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HOLY  BIBt^ 


CONTAINING    THE 


OLD  AND  NEW  TESTAMENTS; 


TRANSLATEll   OUT  OF 


THE   ORIGINAL   TONGUES; 


THE  FORMER  TRANSLATIONS  DILIGENTLY  COMPARED 
AND  RE\'ISED. 


NEW  YORK: 
AMERICAN    BIBLE   SOCIETY, 

iNoTITUTED  IN  THE  YEAR  MDCCCXVI 


1877. 
[Pearl  Rrf.  ISmo.] 


THE   NAMES   AND    ORDKR 

OF  ALL  THE 

BOOKS   OF   THE   OLD   AND    NEW  TESTAMENT, 

WITU  TUE  NUMBER  OF  TUEIR  CHAPTER? 


THE    BOOKS    OF    THE    OLD    TESTAMEI*!'. 


GENESIS      . 

£xoJu9      .     . 
Leviticus   .     . 

Dcuternnomy . 

J udges      .    . 
Ruth     .     .     . 

I.  Samufl  .     . 

II.  Sauiutl 

I.  Kings     .     . 
U.  KHIg3    .      . 

I.  Cbronicles 


II.  Chroniclea 
Exra  ^  .  . 
Nehemiab .  . 
Estber  .  .  . 
Job  ...    . 


Fsalma 

ProTerbs  *  .  .  .  . 
Ecclesiaates  .... 
Tbe  8oDg  of  Solomon 
Isaiah  .    f     .     .     .     . 

Jeremiah 

LamentatioDS  •  .  . 
Ezekiel 


Daolel ,     .  U 

liosea li 

Joel 3 

Obadtah 1 

Jonah 4 

Micab 7 

Nahum '-i 

nabakkuk 3 

Zcpbaaioh 3 


Zecbariah 14 

Malachi 4 


TUE  DOCKS  OF  TUE  NEW  TESTAMENT. 


MATTHEW 29 

Mark 16 

Luka 24 

John 21 

The  Acta 28 

Epiatle  to  the  Romans    ...  16 

I.  Corintbiana 16 

II.  Corintbiaaa 13 

iiaUliaaa U 


Ephcaians 6 

Philippiana 4 

Coloasians 4 

I.  Tbessalonians 6 

n.  TbcaaatoDians 3 

I.  Timothy 6 

II.  Timothy 4 

Titua 3 

Philcmoa I 


Hebrews 13 

Efiistle  of  Jftmea b 

I.  Peter 5 

II.  Peter 3 

I.  Joha 5 

II.  John 1 

Hl.Jolin 1 

Juae I 

Eevelatlon  ....            •  ^ 


rJUlj  Edition, 


H«l,.  1.  10. 
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I.  15. 

1,.  1-2.  1. 

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THE  FIRST  BOOIC  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 

GENESIS. 


CHAPTER  T. 

I  The  croalion  of  heaven  and  earth,  3  of 
the  light,  6  of  the  firmament,  9  of  the 
earth  separated  f  rum  the  waters,  11  and 
made  fruitful,  14  of  the  Bun,  moon,  and 
Rtara,  '20of  fish  and  fowl,  'Hofbeaete  and 
cattle,  2S  of  man  in  the  image  of  Ood.  2  J 
AleQ  the  appointment  of  food. 

Irr  the  "  bcji'mninj;  l>  God  created  the 
heaven  and  the  earth. 

2  And  tlie  earth  was  without  form, 
and  void;  and  darkness  wa^  upon 
tlie  face  of  the  deep.  '^  And  the  Spirit 
of  God  moved  upon  the  face  of  tlie 
waters. 

3  tl  And  God  said,  'Let  there  be 
liffht:  and  there  was  lij^lit. 

4  And  God  saw  tlie  li^'ht,  that  it 
7ra.«  jjood  :  and  God  divided  j  the 
linhtfrom  tlie  darkness. 

5  .Viul  (Sod  called  the  light  fDav, 
and  the  ^larkness  he  called  Niiilit. 
t  And  thetvenin.^  and  the  morning 
were  the  tirst  dav- 

«  Tl  And  Goil  .said,  5 Let  there  be  a 
tfinnanient  in  the  midst  of  the  wa- 
ters, and  let  it  divide  the  waters  froiu 
the  waters. 

7  And  God  made  the  firmament, 
Iiand  divideil  the  waters  which  vrre 
under  the  tirmament  f rom  the  waters 
wtiieh  locre  "above  the  tirmaiuent: 
and  it  was  so. 

S  And  God  called  the  firmament 
Heaven.  And  the  cvcnin*.:;  and  the 
mo'.-ninij  were  the  second  dav. 

9  IT  And  God  saiil,  k  Let  the  waters 
under  the  heaven  he  s?atliere(l  to- 
gether unto  one  plaee,  and  let  the 
drv  huifl  appear;  and  it  was  so. 

II)  And  GiMl  called  the  dry  Jand 
Earth;  and  the  patherin;;  together  of 
the  waters  called  lie  Beas:  and  God 
saw  that  it  wtvi  good. 

11  And  God  said,  l<et  the  earth 
I  hrin.g  forth  t  grass,  the  herb  yield- 
ing seed,  and  the  fruit  tree  yielding 
'"fruit  after  his  kind,  whoso  seed  w 
in  itself,  upon  the  earth:  and  it  was 
so. 

12  And  the  earth  brought  forth 
grass,  aud  herb  yielding  seed  after 
his  kind,  and  the  tree  yielding  fruit, 
whose  seed  was  in  itself,  after  his 
kind:  and  God  saw  that  it  iras  good. 

13  And  the  evening  and  the  Biorn- 
ing  were  the  third  dav. 

U  IT  And  Goil  saiil.  Let  there  be 
°  lights    ill    the   tirmanient   of   the 


heaven  to  divide  t  the  day  fron\  the 
night ;  and  let  them  bo"  for  signs, 
and  **for  seasons,  and  for  days,  and 
years: 

1.")  And  let  them  be  for  lights  in  the 
firmament  of  the  heaven  to  give  lifjht 
upon  tlie  earth:  and  it  wa.s  so. 

10  And  God  I*  made  two  great 
lights;  the  greater  lijrht  tto  rule  the 
day,  and  'i  the  lesser  light  to  rule  the 
night:  /if  miidc  ■'the  stars  also. 

1"  And  God  set  them  in  the  firma- 
ment of  the  lieaven  to  give  light 
upon  the  earth, 

18  And  to  "rule  over  the  day  and 
over  the  ni^ht,  and  to  divide  the 
light  from  the  darkness:  and  God 
saw  that  it  was  good. 

Ill  And  the  evening  and  the  morn- 
ing were  the  fourth  day. 

20  And  God  said.  Let  the  w.aters 
bring  forth  abundantly  the  ||  moving 
creature  tliat  hath  t  life,  and  tfowl 
that  may  fly  above  the  earth  in  the 
f  open  firmament  of  heaven. 

21  And  '  God  created  great  whales, 
and  every  li\  ing  creatuie  that  mov- 
cth,  which  the  waters  brought  forth 
abundantl.v,  after  their  kind,  and 
every  winged  fowl  after  his  kind: 
and  God  saw  that  it  inci-^  good. 

2.'  And  God  blessed  tiieni,  saying, 
"I3e  fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  fill 
the  wnter.s  in  the  seas,  aiid  let  fowl 
multiply  in  the  earth. 

23  And  the  e\ening  and  the  morn- 
ing were  tlir  fifth  dav. 

24  IT  And  God  siiid.  Let  the  earth 
bring  forth  the  living  creature  niter 
his  kind,  cattli',  anil  on'epiiig  tliiii'.', 
and  beast  of  the  earth  after  liis  kind: 
and  it  was  so. 

2.5  And  God  made  the  beast  of  the 
earth  after  liis  kind,  and  cattle  after 
their  kind,  and  every  thing  that 
ereepeth  upon  the  earth  alter  his 
kind;  and  God  saw  that  it  was  good. 

211  ir  And  God  said,  "Let  us  make 
man  in  our  imago,  after  our  like- 
ness: and  >  let  them  have  dominion 
over  the  fish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the 
fowl  of  the  air,  and  over  the  cattle, 
aud  over  all  the  ea'th,  and  over  every 
creeping  tiling  that  ereepeth  upon 
the  earth. 

27  So  (iod  created  man  in  his  otni 
image, ''in  the  image  of  God  created 
he  him;  "male  and  female  creutwd 
he  them. 


The  creation  of  man. 


GENESIS. 


The  garden  of  Eden, 


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ntb.  4.  4. 


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1  Cot.  15.47. 
i  Jol.  ?a.  4. 

Acl.  17,  25. 
k  ch.  7.  22. 

1..  2.  22. 
llCop.  15.  43. 
mch.  13.  10. 

1..S1.X 

Ki.  2.S.  13. 

Joel  2.  3. 
s  ck.  3.  24. 
urh   4.  \«. 


28  Ami  God  blessed  them,  and  God 
Bttid  unto  thciii,  li  Be  fruitful,  and 
multiply,  and  replenish  the  earth, 
and  subdue  it  :  and  have  dominion 
over  the  lish  of  the  sea,  and  over  the 
fowl  of  tlie  air,  and  over  every  livinj^ 
thinj^  that  f  moveth  upon  tlie  earth. 

29  TI  And  God  said,  IJehold,  1  have 
given  you  every  lierb  (  bearing  seed, 
whieh  i.f  upon  the  face  i>f  all  tlie 
earth,  and  every  tree,  in  the  which 
IS  the  fruit  of  a  tree  yielding  seed; 
'  to  you  it  sliall  be  for  meat. 

.'JO  And  to  A  every  beast  of  the  earth, 
and  to  every  "  fowl  of  the  air,  and  to 
every  tiling  that  crcepeth  upon  the 
earth,  wherein  there  is  tlife,  I  hare 
ijiren  every  green  herb  for  meat: 
and  it  was  so. 

.'il  And  f  God  saw  every  thinp  that 
he  had  made,  and,  behold,  it  was 
very  good.  And  tlie  evening  and 
the  morning  were  the  sixth  day. 

CHAPTER  ir. 

I  The  flrat  tabbath.  4  The  manner  of  the 
creation.  8  The  planting  ufthe  garden  of 
Eden,  10  and  the  river  thereof.  IT  Tlie 
tree  of  knmdedge  only  forbidden.  19.  20 
The  naming  of  the  creatures.  21  The 
mtrk-ing  of  woman,  and  inetitution  of 
marriage. 

TIIX'.S  the  heavens  and  the  earth 
Mere  finished,  and  ''all  the  host 
of  them. 

2  I'And  on  the  seventh  day  God 
ended  his  work  which  he  had  made; 
and  he  rested  on  the  seventh  day 
from  all  his  work  which  lie  liad 
made. 

?j  And  God  "'blessed  the  seventh 
dav,  and  sanctilicil  it:  because  that 
in  it  he  had  rested  from  all  his  work 
whicli  God  f  created  and  made. 

411  'IThe^o  are  the  generation.s  of 
tlic  heavens  and  of  the  earth  when 
they  were  created,  in  the  day  tliat  tlie 
l.or.v  God  made  the  earth"  and  the 
heavens, 

.*>  And  every  "'plant  of  the  field  be- 
fore it  was  in  the  eartli,  and  every 
herb  of  the  field  befiire  it  grew:  for 
the  LoiiD  God  had  not  f  caused  it  to 
rain  upon  the  earth,  and  t/icrc  was 
not  a  man  ^  to  till  the  ground. 

6  But  II  there  went  up  a  mist  from 
the  earth,  and  watered  the  whole  face 
of  the  ground. 

7  And  the  I.ORn  God  formed  man 
to/"  the  I'diist  of  the  gronnil,  and 
'breathed  into  his  l  nostrils  the 
breath  of  life;  and  Iman  became  a 
living  soul. 

8Tr  And  the  IjOiin  God  planted  "'a 
garden  "eastward  in  "Kilen;  and 
there  I'  ho  put  the  man  whom  lie  liad 
formed. 

tl  And  out  of  the  ground  made  the 
J-OKi)  God  to  grow  '1  every  tree  that 
is  plea.-^aut  to  the  sight,  and  good  for 
fc.o.l  ;  'the  tr,-c  of  life  also  in  the 
mi.KI  of  the  Karden,  »aud  the  tree  of 
knowlclgeofgood  and  evil. 

10  And  a  river  went  out  of  £dcn  to 
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water  the  garden;  and  from  thence 
it  was  parted,  and  became  into  four 
heads. 

11  The  name  of  the  first  is  Fison: 
that  is  it  which  compasseth  'the 
whole  land  of  Ilavilah,  where  there 
is  gold; 

lli  And  the  gold  of  that  land  is 
good  :  "there  is  bdellium  and  the 
onyx  stone. 

13  And  the  name  of  the  second  river 
is  Gihoii :  the  same  is  it  that  com- 
passeth the  whole  laiidof  t  Ethiojiia. 

14  And  tiie  name  of  the  third  nver 
IS  ^  lliddekel:  that  i,<  it  which  goeth 
l|  toward  the  east  of  Assyria.  And 
the  fourth  river  is  Euphrates. 

15  And  the  I.,oitD  (iod  took  ||  the 
man,  and  >  put  him  into  the  garden 
of  Eden  to  dress  it  and  to  keep  it. 

l(i  And  the  I-ditn  God  commanded 
the  man,  saying,  Of  every  tree  of  the 
garden  t  tliou  mayest  freely  eat: 

17  '  liut  of  the  tree  of  the  knowledge 
of  pood  and  evil,  ''thou  shalt  not  eat 
of  It:  for  in  the  dav  that  thou  catest 
thereof  lif  thou  shalt  surely  die. 

LS  TI  And  the  I.,oicD  God  said.  It  is 
not  good  that  the  man  should  be 
alone;  'I  will  make  lilm  a  help 
t  meet  for  him. 

lit  'I  And  out  of  the  ground  the 
I.oiiii  God  formed  every  lieast  of  the 
tiild,  r.iul  e\ery  fowl  ot'the  air;  and 
Mirou-ht  t/um  unto  ||  Adam  to  see 
w  hat  lie  would  call  them :  and  what- 
soever Adam  culled  every  living 
creature,  that  iras  the  name  thereof. 

20  And  Adam  tgave  names  to  all 
cattle,  and  to  the  fowl  of  the  air.  and 
to  every  beast  of  the  ficlil:  but  tiir 
Adam  there  was  not  found  a  help 
meet  for  him. 

L'l  Anil  the  I.onn  God  caused  a 
fdeep  flecp  t..  fall  uimmi  Adam,  and 
he  slept:  and  In-  took  one  of  his  ribs, 
and  clo.sed  up  the  flesh  instead  there- 
of. 

22  And  the  rib,  which  the  I.onn 
God  had  taken  from  man,  1  made  he 
a  woman,  and  s  brought  her  unto  the 
man. 

2.3  And  Adam  said,  This  is  now 
Il  bone  of  mv  bones,  and  flesh  of  mv 
flesh:  she  sliall  be  called  t  Womaii, 
lieeaiise  she  was  i  taken  out  of  f  man. 

L'l  *.  Thcnf'ore  shall  a  man  leave  his 
fatln'r  and  his  mother,  and  shall 
cleave  unto  his  wife:  and  thej'  shall 
be  one  flesh. 

2.')  I  And  thev  were  both  naked, 
the  man  and  liis  wife,  and  were  not 
'"  ushamed. 

CHAPTER  ni. 

1  Tlie  terinnt  dcecireth  Kve.  8  Sfan't 
nhameful  fall.  1)  Uod  arraignrll,  them. 
14  The  eerpcnt  in  eurted.  IB  The  prom- 
<»cd  teed.  IS  Tlie  punithiHent  of  man- 
Had.  21  Their  firet  clothing.  22  Their 
caeting  out  of  paradiee. 

'V^GW  "the  serpent  was  ''more 
1^  subtile  than  aiiv  boost  of  the 
Held  which  the  Luiiu  God  had  made. 


Man's  shameful  fall. 


Punishment  of  tnankind. 


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And  he  .said  unto  the  woman,  t  Yea, 
liatli  God  said.  Ye  sliall  not  cat  of 
every  tree  of  tlic  f;arden  ? 

2  And  tlic  woman  said  unto  the 
serpent,  Wc  may  cat  of  the  fruit  of 
the  trees  of  tlie  Lcarden  : 

3  '"But  of  the  fruit  of  the  tree  wliicli 
JN  in  tlu'  mid.-'t  (pf  tlic  ;;arden,  God 
hath  .".aid,  Ye  fhall  not  cat  of  it,  nei- 
ther .sliall  ye  tiHH-h  it,  lest  ye  die. 

4  ilAiid  the  seriieiit  said  unto  the 
woman.  Ye  shall  not  surely  die: 

5  For  God  doth  know  that  in  the 
day  ye  eat  thereof,  then  "^your  eyes 
shall  be  opened,  and  ye  sliall  be  as 
sods,  knowing  ;;ood  aiid  evil. 

U  And  when  tlie  woman  saw  that 
the  tree  wan  good  for  food,  and  that 
it  w«s  t pleasant  to  the  eyes,  and  a 
tree  to  be  desired  to  make  one  wise, 
she  took  of  the  fruit  thereof,  fand 
did  eat,  and  jjave  also  unto  lier  hus- 
band with  her;  Sand  he  did  eat. 

7  And  li  the  eyes  of  them  both  were 
opened,  '  and  "the.v  knew  that  they 
were  naked ;  and  they  sewed  tij; 
leaves  together,  and  made  them- 
selves |l  aprons. 

8  And  they  heard  k  the  voice  of  the 
l.,OUD  God  walking  in  the  ^'arden  in 
the  teool  of  the  d^v:  and  Adam  and 
his  wife  I  hid  tlicm.selves  from  the 
presence  of  the  l.oiii)  God  amoiifjst 
tiic  trees  of  the  garden. 

i)  And  the  ]-<>iiU  God  called  unto 
Adam,  and  said  unto  him,  Where 
art  thou 't 

10  And  he  said,  I  licard  thy  voice 
in  the  garden,  '"and  I  was  afraid, 
because  1  was  naked;  and  I  hid  my- 
self. 

11  And  ho  s.aid.  Who  told  tlico  that 
thou  \caAt  naked?  Ila^t  thou  eaten 
of  the  tree,  whereof  I  commanded 
thee  that  thou  shouldest  not  cat  ? 

12  And  the  man  said,  "The  woman 
whom  tliou  gavest  to  he  with  me,  she 
ga\'e  me  of  the  tree,  and  I  did  eat. 

1.3  And  the  T,oi:i)  Ci.id  said  unto 
the  woman.  What  !<  this  that  thou 
hast  done  ?  And  the  woman  said, 
"  The  serpent  beguiled  me,  and  I  did 
cat. 

U  And  the  Lonn  God  said  Punto 
the  serpent.  Because  thfui  hast  done 
this,  thou  art  cui'scd  above  all  cattle, 
and  above  every  beast  of  the  field  ; 
upon  thv  belly  shall  thou  go,  and 
'I  dust  slialt  thou  cat  all  the  days  of 
thy  Ufe: 

15  And  I  will  put  enmity  between 
thee  and  the  woman,  and  between 
'th.y  seed  and  "her  seed;  'it  shall 
bruise  thy  head,  and  thou  shalt 
bruise  liis"heel. 

10  Unto  the  woinan  he  said,  I  will 
greatly  multiply  thy  sorrow  and  thv 
conception;  "in  sorrow  tlioii  siiuU 
brin.s:  forth  children;  "and  thy  de- 
sire 's//(i//  lie  II  to  thy  husband,  and  he 
shall  ^  rule  over  thee. 

17  And  unto  Adam  he  said,  'Be- 
cause thou  hast  hearkened  unto  the 


voice  of  thy  wile,  '  and  hast  eaten  of 
the  tree,  "of  which  I  commanded 
thee,  saying.  Thou  shalt  not  cat  of 
it:  I' cursed  u  the  ground  for  thy 
sake  ;  "^  in  sorrow  shalt  thou  eat  oj 
it  all  the  days  of  thy  life; 

l.S  il  Thorns  also  and  thistles  shall 
it  t  bring  forth  to  thee;  and  'thou 
shalt  eat  the  herb  of  tlie  field  : 

I'J  fin  the  sweat  of  thy  face  shalt 
thou  eat  bread,  till  thou  return  unto 
the  ground;  for  out  of  it  wast  thou 
taken:  ef,,r  dust  thou  «)■^  and  li un- 
to dust  shalt  thou  return. 

20  And  Adam  called  his  wife's 
name  til  Eve;  because  she  w.is  the 
mother  of  .all  living. 

21  Unto  Adam  also  and  to  his  wife 
did  the  I, OKI)  God  make  coats  of 
skins,  and  clothed  them. 

22  IT  And  the  l.oiin  God  said,  iBc- 
hold,  the  man  is  become  as  one  of 
us,  to  know  good  and  evil:  and  now, 
lest  he  put  forth  his  hand,  k  and  take 
also  of  the  tree  of  life,  and  eat,  and 
live  for  ever: 

2.1  Therefore  the  Lor.n  God  sent 
him  forth  from  the  garden  of  Kden, 
1  to  till  the  ground  from  whence  he 
was  taken. 

24  So  he  drove  out  the  man:  and 
he  nUiced  "'at  the  east  of  the  garden 
of  Kilen  "cherubim,  and  a  flaming 
swoid  which  turned  every  way,  to 
keep  the  way  of  the  tree  ot  lift;. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

I  Ttic  lirih,  ira'lc,  and  nliffion  of  Cain 
a:ul  Abet.  8  Tim  murder  of  AUl.  11 
TliC  curae  of  Cain.  II  Unoch  Hie  first 
city.  10  Lamccti  and  liia  two  wivea.  25 
TIte  hirtli  of  Setit,  SO  a>i«i  Unoe. 

\  ND  Ad.am  knew  Eve  his  wife; 
J:\.  and   she    conceived,    and    bare 

II  Cain,  and  said,  I  liave  gotten  a  man 
from  tlic  Louii. 

2  And  she  again  bare  his  brother 
t  Abel.  And  Abel  was  f  a  keejier  of 
sheep,  but  Cain  was  "a  tiller  of  the 
ground. 

;i  And  fin  process  of  time  it  came 
to  pass,  that  Cain  brought  bof  the 
fruit  of  the  ground  an  ottering  unto 
the  Lor.n. 

4  And  Abel,  he  alsobioughtof  ■■  the 
firstlings  of  his  f  flock  and  of  the  fat 
theivofV  And  the  I-oui)  had  ''re- 
spect unto  Abel  and  to  his  offering: 

5  But  unto  Cain  and  to  his  offering 
he  had  not  respect.  And  Cain  was 
very  wroth,  ''and  his  countenaiiee 
fell. 

G  And  the  Lonu  said  unto  Cain, 
Why  art  tliou  wroth?  and  why  is 
thv  countenanee  fallen? 

7"  If  thou  docst  well,  shalt  thou  not 
II  be  accepted  ?  and  if  thou  doest  not 
Well,  sin  lieth  at  the  door:  and  |]  unto 
thee  sliiil!  tif  his  desire,  and  thou 
shalt  rule  over  him. 

.S  .\nd  Cain  talked  with  Abel  his 
brother:  and  it  came  to  pass,  when 
they  were  in  tlic  field,  that  Cain  rose 
7 


The  curse  of  Cain. 


GENESIS. 


Genealogy  of  the  patriarchs. 


t  lUb.  Skah. 


up  ai'uinst  Abel  Id.i  brother,  and 
"blew  liini. 

'J  IT  And  the  Loitn  said  unto  Cain, 
eWhpre  is  Abel  thy  lirother?  And 
he  6aid,  li  I  know  not :  Am  I  my 
l)roth(*r'.s  keeper? 

iO  And  he  said,  What  hast  thou 
dune  ?  tlie  voice  of  tlxy  brother's 
t  blood  ierieth  unto  nic  from  the 
ground. 

II  And  now  art  tliou  cursed  from 
t)ie  earth,  which  hath  opened  Ijer 
nil  lutli  to  receive  thy  brotlier's  blood 
from  thv  Imnd. 

\1  Wli'en  thou  tillest  the  ground,  it 
shall  not  henceforth  yield  unto  thee 
her  ftren'^th;  a  fusitivo  and  a  vaga- 
bond slmlt  thou  be  in  the  earth. 

l"?  And  Cain  naid  unto  tlie  lj(>ui>, 
II  .Aly  punishment  is  greater  than  I 
call  bear. 

11''  Behold,  thou  hast  driven  mo 
out  tlii.H  day  from  tlie  face  of  tlio 
earth;  and  Ifrom  thy  face  shall  I  be 
hid;  and  I  shall  b^a  fuijitive  and  a 
vagabond  in  the  earth;  and  it  shall 
porno  to  pass,  "'that  every  one  that 
Undeth  me  shall  slay  \no. 

15  And  the  J>oi:d  Baid  unto  him, 
Therefore  wliosocver  tlayeth  Cain, 
vengeance  shall  be  taken  on  liini 
"sevenfold.  And  the  I>oi!i)  "set  a 
mark  upon  Cain,  lest  any  finding 
him  should  kill  him. 

II!  IT  And  Cain  1"  went  out  from  the 
presence  of  the  LoiU),  and  dwelt  in 
the  land  of  Nod,  on  the  east  of  Eden. 

iJ  And  Clin  knew  his  wife;  and 
she  conceived,  and  ba.-c  t  Enoch: 
and  he  bnildcd  a  city,  land  called 
the  name  of  the  city,  after  the  name 
of  his  son,  Enoch. 

IS  And  unto  Enoch  was  born  Irad: 
and  Irad  begat  Mchujael:  and  Me- 
hujael  begat  Methusael :  and  Me- 
thnsael  begat  f  Eaiuech. 

VJ  U  And  l^amech  took  unto  him 
two  wives:  the  name  of  tlic  one  irfts 
Adah,  and  the  name  of  the  other 
ZiUah. 

LI)  And  Allah  bare  Jabal :  he  was 
the  fither  of  such  as  dwell  in  tents, 
and  (if'.<ii,-!i  re  liacc  cattle. 

•Jl  And  h'n  brother's  name  was  Jn- 
b;il :  be  was  the  '  father  of  nil  such 
as  hauillo  the  harp  and  organ. 

■2-2  And  ZiUah,  she  also  bare  Tubal- 
cain,  an  t  instructor  of  every  nrtiUeer 
in  brass  and  iron:  and  the  sister  of 
Tnliil-cain  icoj  Naamah. 

L''i  .\nd  l.anieeh  said  unto  his  wiv»9, 
Adah  and  Zillab,  hear  my  voice;  ye 
wives  of  I^amech,  hearken  unto  my 
speech:  for  ||  I  have  slain  a  man  to 
mv  wounding,  and  a  young  man  ||  to 
my  hurt. 

L't  'If  Cain  shall  be  avenged  seven- 
fold, truly  Ijamech  seventy  and  sev- 
enfold. 

'/5  11  And  Adam  knew  his  M-ife 
again  ;     and    she    bare    a    S'ln,    and 

1  called  his  name  ||  t  Seth :  Tor  Ood. 
said  she,  hath  appointed  me  another 
8 


seed  instead  of  Abel,  whom  Cain 
slew. 

20  And  to  Seth,  "  to  liim  also  there 
was  born  a  son;  and  he  called  his 
name  fEnos:  then  began  men  ||"to 
call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lonu. 

r..  nil.  17.  Jo«l  2.  3i  Zeph.  3.  a.  I  lor.  I.  2. 

CHAPTER  V. 

I  The   pcnealogij,   age.   and  death  of  the 

patriarchs  from  Adam  unta  Soah.     24 

The  gadiineal  and  tranelation  of  Enoch. 

THIS  is  the  "book  of  the  genera- 
tions of  Adam.  In  the  day  that 
Ood  created  man,  in  bthe  likeness 
of  God  made  he  him; 

2  'Male  and  female  created  he 
them;  and  blessed  them,  and  called 
their  name  Adam,  in  the  day  when 
they  were  created. 

3  TT  And  Adam  lived  a  hundred  and 
tliirty  years,  and  begat  «  son  in  his 
own  likeness,  after  his  image;  and 
<1  called  his  name  Seth: 

4'-'And  the  days  of  Adam  after  he 
had  begotten  Seth  were  eight  hund- 
re(l  years  :  f  and  he  begat  sons  and 
daughters: 

5  And  all  the  days  that  Adam  lived 
were  nine  hundred  and  thirty  years: 
Eanil  he  died. 

(!  .Vnd  Seth  lived  a  hundred  and 
five  vi-ars,  and  I.  be-at  Knos: 

7  .V'nd  Seth  lived  atler  he  begat  Enos 
eight  hundred  and  seven  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters: 

8  And  all  the  da>-8  of  Seth  were 
nine  liundred  and  twelve  vcars:  and 
he  died. 

9  1  And  Enos  lived  ninety  years, 
and  begat  f  Cainan: 

10  And  Enos  lived  after  he  begat 
Cainan  oiglit  hnndretl  and  fifteen 
years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters: 
"ll  And  all  the  days  of  Enos  were 
nine  hundred  and  live  years:  and  he 
died. 

12  IT  And  Cainan  lived  seventy 
years,  and  begat  1  Mahalaleel: 
"  l.'t  And  Cainan  lived  after  he  begat 
Mahalaleel  eight  hundred  and  forty 
veurs,  and  begat  sons  and  dan^-hter.-^: 
"11  And  all  the  days  of  Cainan  were 
nine  hundred  and  ten  years:  and  he 
died. 

l.i  11  .\nd  Mahalaleel  lived  sixty  and 
five  years,  and  begat  1  .Tared: 

ll)  And  Mahalaleel  lived  after  he 
begat  .lared  eight  hundred  nnil  thir- 
ty vears,  and  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters: 

17  And  all  the  davs  of  Mahalaleel 
were  ei"iit  Immlivd  ninetv  and  five 
veurs:  and  b.-died. 
'IS  11  And  .lared  lived  a  hundred 
sixty  and  two  years,  and  he  begat 
'  Enoch: 

r,»  ,^nd  .Tared  lived  after  he  bepit 
Enoch  eight  hundred  vears,  and  be- 
gat sons  and  dangliters: 

I'D  And  all  the  days  of  Jarcd  weri' 
nine  hnndrcd  si.xty  aud  two  years: 
and  ho  dieil. 


37C0. 
11  ch.  5.  C. 
t  U>b.£i>oii. 
1  Kinci  IS.  21 


Wickediiess  of  the  world. 


GENESIS. 


Form  of  the  ark. 


244S. 
f  Soo  Xum. 

».  ID. 

1  Sam.  \5. 

11.  29. 

2;5»m  21.10 

MaI,  3.  C. 

Jumei  1.  1' 
gl>.  03.10. 

Ei.h.  4.  30. 
t  neb.  /rom 


21  TT  And  Kiiocli  lived  Bixty  nnd 
five  years,  nnd  bo^at  t  Motlmsi-lah: 

22  And  Kiiocli  k  walked  witli  God 
after  he  bc^at  JMethiiselah  three 
Imndred  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
dail^Ilters: 

2'!  And  nil  the  davs  of  Knoch  were 
three  hundr.d  M.vtv  nnd  live  vear.s: 

21  And  HCni.ch  wnlk.d  with  God: 
andln-?rt/,^n,.t;  fnr  G.xl  ti.ok  liim. 

2.>  And  jMethuselah  lived  a  hnnd- 
red  eighty  nnd  seven  years,  nnd  be- 
gat t  l^aniech: 

2(i  And  Methuselah  lived  after  he 
begat  Laniech  seven  hundred  eighty 
and  two  years,  and  begat  sons  and 
daughters: 

27  And  all  the  days  of  Methuselah 
were  nine  hundred  sixty  and  nine 
years:  nnd  he  died. 

2811  And  I/ameeh  lived  n  hundred 
eighty  and  two  years,  and  begat  a  son : 

21)  And  he  called  his  name  t  II  Noah, 
saying.  This  same  shall  comfort  us 
concerning  our  work  and  toil  of 
our  hands,  because  of  the  ground 
'"which  the  Loud  hatli  cursed. 

SO  And  Lnmcch  lived  after  he  be- 
gat Noah  iive  hundred  ninety  and 
live  years,  and  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters: 

31  .\nd  all  the  days  of  I/ameeh  were 
seven  hundred  seventy  and  seven 
years:  and  he  died. 

02    And    Noah    was    five    hundred 

vears  old:  nnd  Noah  begat  "  Shein, 
llam,  "  and  Japheth. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

1  Tht  tvickcdnesa  of  the  worUl.  I'jTiieh  pro- 
vokcd  God*a  wrath,  and  caused  the  food. 
8  A'aah  findcth  orace.  14  The  order, 
form,  and  end  of  the  ark. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  "when  men 
began  to  multiply  on  the  face  of 
the  earth,  and  daughters  were  born 
unto  them, 

2  That  the  sons  of  God  saw  the 
daughters  of  men  that  they  icerc 
fair;  nnd  Mwy  l^took  them  wives  of 
all  which  they  cliose. 

3  And  the  Lord  said,  "^My  Spirit 
shall  not  alwavs  strixe  with  man, 
tllbr  that  ho  also  i".?  ilcsh :  yet  his 
days  shall  be  a  hundred  and  twenty 
years. 

4  There  were  giants  in  the  earth  in 
those  days;  and  also  after  that,  when 
the  sons  of  God  came  in  unto  the 
daughters  of  men,  nnd  thev  bare 
children  to  them,  the  same  hccame 
mighty  men  which  ivcrc  of  old,  men 
of  renown. 

5  f  And  God  saw  that  the  wicked- 
ness of  man  teas  great  in  the  earth, 
and  Hint  ||  every  '  imagination  of  the 
thouglits  of  his  heart  was  only  evil 
I  continualh'. 

G  And  fit  repented  the  I.onii  that 
he  had  made  man  on  tlic  earth,  and 
it  Kgrioved  him  at  his  heart. 

7  And  the  IjOIID  said,  I  will  destroy 
man  whom  I  have  created  from  the 
face  of  the  earth ;  f  both  man,  and 


beast,  nnd  the  creeping  thing,  i.nd  I 
the  towls  of  the  air;  for  it  rcpenteth 
me  that  I  have  made  them. 

H  But  Noah  l^lbund  grace  in  the 
eyes  of  the  hoi!D. 

!»  IT  These  arc  the  generations  of 
Noah:  iNoah  was  a  just  man  and 
II  iierfect  in  bis  generations,  and  Noah 
li  walked  with  God. 

10  And  Noah  begat  three  sons, 
1  Shem,  Ham,  and  Japheth. 

11  The  earth  also  was  corrupt  ""be- 
fore God;  and  the  earth  was  "filled 
with  violence. 

12  And  God  "looked  upon  the 
earth,  nnd,  behold,  it  was  corrupt; 
tor  all  flesh  had  corrupted  his  way 
upon  the  earth. 

l.i  And  God  said  unto  Noah,  V  The 
end  of  all  flesh  is  come  before  me; 
for  the  earth  is  tilled  with  violence 
through  them;  land,  behold,  I  will 
destroy  tbem  l|  with  the  earth. 

14  Tl  "Make  thee  an  ark  of  gopher 
wood;  (rooms  shalt  thou  make  in 
the  ark,  and  slialt  pitch  it  within  and 
without  with  pitch. 

15  And  this  is  Hie  fashion  which 
thou  shalt  make  it  of:  The  length  of 
tlie  ark  shall  he  three  hundred  cu- 
liits,  the  breadth  of  it  fiftv  cubits, 
and  the  height  ofit  thirty  cubits. 

lii  A  window  shalt  thou  make  to 
the  ark,  and  in  a  cubit  shnlt  thou 
tinish  it  nbove;  nnd  the  door  of  the 
ark  shalt  thou  set  in  the  side  there- 
of; vilh  lower,  second,  and  third 
sfories  shalt  thou  make  it. 

ir  ""And,  behold,  I,  even  I,  do 
bring  a  Hood  of  waters  ujion  the 
earth,  to  destroy  all  flesh,  wherein  is 
the  breath  of  life,  from  under  heav- 
en; nnd  every  thing  that  ii  in  the 
earth  shall  die. 

18  But  with  thee  will  I  establish 
my  covenant;  and  "thou  shalt  come 
into  the  ark,  thou,  and  thy  sons,  nnd 
tliy  wife,  and  thy  Bons'  "wives  with 
thee. 

I'J  And  of  every  living  thing  of  all 
flesh,  'two  of  every  ."ort  shalt  thou 
bring  into  the  ark,  to  keep  thrin.  alive 
with"  thee;  they  shall  be  male  and 
female. 

20  Of  fowls  after  their  kind,  nnd 
of  cattle  after  their  kind,  of  every 
creeping  thing  of  the  earth  after  his 
kind;  two  of  every  sort  "shall  come 
unto  thee,  to  keep  them  alive. 

21  And  take  thou  unto  thee  of  all 
food  that  is  eaten,  and  thou  shnlt 
gather  it  to  thee:  and  it  shall  be  for 
food  for  thee,  and  for  them. 

22  "Thus  did  Noah;  ^according 
to  all  that  God  commanded  him, 
so  did  he. 

CHAPTER  vn. 

1  Konh,  with  ftia  family,  and  the  living 
rrealtiree,  enter  into  the  ark.  17  The  be- 
ginninff,  increaee,  and  contintcance  of 
the  flood. 

AND  the  Lord  snid  unto  Nonh, 
"Come  thou  and  all  thy  house 


Before 
CHRIST 


The  flood. 


GENESIS. 


The  waters  asmiage. 


Before 
CHRIST 

2349. 


.  33.  13, 
Prnr.  10. 9. 


2r« 


!.9. 
8. 
cb.  11. 


ii  r.o»,  10. 10. 

.  44.  23. 

ir.  12.  n. 


U.  blol 


1  Tel.  3.  20. 

2  Pot.  2.  5. 
ra  ver.  2.  3, 


into  the  ark;  for '» thee  have  I  seen 
lifthteous  before  me  in  tliis  genera- 
tion. 

2  Of  every  "^  clean  l)cnst  thou  shalt 
take  to  thee  by  f  sevens,  the  male 
and  his  female  :  ilaiid  of  beasts  tliat 
arc  not  clean  by  two,  the  male  and 
liis  female. 

.'!  Of  (owls  also  of  the  air  by  sevens, 
the  male  and  the  female;  to  keep  seed 
alive  upon  the  face  of  all  the  eartli. 

4  For  yet  seven  days,  and  I  will 
cause  it  to  rain  upon  the  earth  "^  forty 
days  and  forty  ni'^hts  ;  and  e^-ery 
liviii;;  substance  that  I  have  made 
will  I  t  destroy  from  off  the  face  of 
the  earth. 

n  lAnd  Noah  did  accordino;  nnto 
all  that  the  I^oitu  comm.indcd  him. 

IJ  And  Noah  wttn  %\k  humlrcd  years 
old  when  the  flood  of  waters  was  up- 
on tlic  earth. 

7  II  "And  Noah  went  in,  and  his 
sons,  ami  his  wife,  and  his  sons' 
wives  with  him,  into  tlie  ark,  be- 
cause of  the  waters  of  the  flood. 

8  Of  clean  beasts,  and  of  boasts 
that  arc  not  clean,  and  of  fowls, 
and  of  every  thinj^  that  creepeth 
ni)on  the  earth, 

y  There  went  in  two  and  two 
nnto  Nuah  into  the  ark,  tlic  male 
and  llie  female,  as  Clod  had  com- 
manded Noah. 

11)  And  it  came  to  p.ass  5  after 
seven  days,  that  the  waters  of  tlie 
Hood  were  uix>ii  the  earth. 

11  TI  In  the  si.x  hundredth  year 
of  Noah's  life,  in  the  second  mouth, 
the  seventeenth  day  of  tlie  month, 
the  same  day  were  all  lithe  fount- 
ains of  the  jrreat  deep  broken  up, 
and  the  ||i  windows  of  heaven  were 
opened. 

Vi  t  And  the  rain  was  upon  the 
earth  Ibrty  duys  and  forty  ni^'hts. 

l.'i  In  tlie  selfsame  diiy  I  entered 
Noah,  and  Shem,  and  Ilain,  and 
Japheth,  the  sons  of  Noah,  and 
Noah's  wife,  and  the  three  wives  of 
Ids  sons  with  them,  into  the  ark  ; 

14  '"Thev,  and  every  beast  after 
Ids  kind,  'and  all  the  cattle  after 
tlieir  kind,  and  every  ereepiui;  fhiu;i 
that  creepeth  ui)ou  tlio  earth  after 
Ids  kind,  and  every  fiiwl  after  his 
kind,  every  bird  of  i:\'C\y  f  sort. 

1.")  And  they  "weiit  in  nnto 
Noah  into  the  ark,  two  and  two  of 
all  fiesh,  wherein  i>  the  breatli  of  lite. 

K;  And  tliey  that  went  in,  went 
in  male  anil  female  of  all  flesh,  "as 
(iod  bail  commanded  him:  and  the 
l.ojiDshnt  bimin. 

V  I'And  the  flood  was  flirty  days 
upon  the  earth  ;  and  the  waters  i'u- 
eieased,  and  bare  up  the  ark,  and  it 
wasliUed  n|)  above  the  earth. 

bS  And  the  waters  prevailed,  and 
were  increased  greatly  upon  the 
earth  ;  'land  the  ark  went  upon  the 
face  of  the  waters. 

ID  And  the  watcift  prevaile<l  ex- 
10 


ceedingly  upon  the  earth  ;  ■'and  all 
the  high  hills,  that  irere  under  the 
whole  heaven,  were  covered. 

a)  Fifteen  cubits  upward  did  the 
waters  jirevail ;  and  the  mountains 
were  covered. 

'1\  'And  all  flesh  died  that  moved 
mion  flic  earth,  both  of  fowl,  nn(l 
of  cattle,  and  ttf  beast,  ami  of  ever>' 
erecping  thing  that  creepeth  upoii 
the  earth,  and  every  man  : 

22  All  in  'whoso  nostrils  vn^ 
tthc  breath  of  life,  of  all  that  icus 
in  the  dry  lanil,  died. 

23  And  every  living  substance  was 
destroyed  which  was  upon  the  face 
of  the  ground,  both  man,  and  cattle, 
and  the  creeping  things,  and  the  fowl 
of  the  hea\'en  ;  and  they  were  de- 
stroyed from  the  earth  :  and  "  Noah 
only  renniined  alhv,  and  they  that 
Mwewith  liim  in  the  ark. 

24  ^Aud  the  waters  prevailecl  upon 
the  earth  a  hundred  and  fifty  days. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  The  waters  tmauage.  4  T/ie  art:  rcttcth 
on  Ai-arat.  7  Thu  raven  and  tlie  itovc. 
15  Jtoah,  being  commanded,  \i  goelh 
forth  of  the  ark.  20  He  luitdeth  an 
attar,  and  offcrcth  aacrificc,  21  whieh 
God  aeccptetit,  and  2>ritm\»eth  to  eurae 
the  earth  no  more. 

A  ND  God  "remembered  Noah, 
J:\.  and  e\*ery  living  thing,  and  all 
the  cattle  that  tcaa  with  him  in  the 
ark:  I'and  God  made  a  wind  to 
pass  over  the  earth,  and  the  waters 


ged. 


2  ^' The  fountains  also  of  the  deep 
and  the  windows  of  heaven  were 
stopped,  and  il  the  rain  from  heaven 
was  restrained. 

3  And  tlie  waters  lotnmed  from 
off  the  eartli  f  continually  :  and  after 
the  end  'of  the  hundred  and  fifty 
days  tlie  waters  were  abated. 

4  And  the  ark  rested  in  the  sev- 
enth month,  on  tlic  seventeenth  d:iy 
of  the  month,  upon  the  mountain's 
of  Ararat, 

')  And  the  waters  tdecroasod  con- 
tinnally  until  the  tenth  month:  in 
the  tenth  muiil/i.  on  tlie  first  ilai/of 
tlie  month,  were  the  tops  of  the 
mountains  seen. 

(J  W  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the 
end  of  forty  days,  that  Noah  opened 
ftlie  window  of  the  ark  whieh  he 
had  made  : 

7  And  he  sent  forth  a  raven, 
whieh  went  forth  1  (o  and  fro,  until 
the  vatei-s  were  dried  up  from  off 
the  ciirtli. 

8  Also  ho  sent  forth  a  dove  from 
him,  to  see  if  the  waters  were  abated 
from  oir  the  fiee  of  the  ground. 

!>  I5ut  the  dove  llMiud  no  rest  for 
the  sole  of  her  fo.it,  and  she  re- 
turned unto  him  into  the  ark  ;  fi>r 
the  waters  ici'/e  on  the  face  of  the 
whole  earth.  Then  he  put  forth  his 
hind,  and  took  her,  and  tpnlled 
her  ill  unto  hi.n  inti  the  ark. 


Noah  goeth  forth  of  the  ark. 


GENESIS. 


Go(Ss  covenant  with  him. 


i3.  23. 

ooh.  9.  11,  15. 

l>Ii.  U.  9. 

>ncl..  ,<.  j^l 
tUl  ih,  day, 
«/  the  Mrlh. 

HJ<:r.33.itI, 


»ch.  1.  28. 
»er.  7,  19. 
cb,  lU.  -J-Z, 


10  And  he  Bttijcd  yet  other  seven 
(lays  ;  and  a'^aln  hu  sent  ibrtli  tlic 
dove  out  of  tlic  ark. 

U  And  the  dove  came  in  to  him 
in  tlie  cvenin;^,  aiid»  lo,  in  lier 
mouth  ?ra.'!  ml  olive  leaf  plucked 
oft  :  so  Noah  knew  that  the  waters 
were  abated  from  off  tlie  earth. 

12  And  he  stayed  ,iet  other  seven 
days,  and  sent  forth  the  dove,  whicli 
returned  not  again  unto  him  any 
more. 

13  TT  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
six  liundredth  and  tir.>,t  year,  in 
the  tirst  month,  the  first  dan  of  the 
month,  the  waters  were  dried  up 
from  off  the  earth:  and  Noah  re- 
moved the  covering  of  tlic  ark,  and 
looked,  and,  beliold,  the  face  of  the 
^'rouml  was  dry. 

14  And  in  the  second  month,  on 
the  seven  and  twentieth  day  of  the 
month,  was  the  earth  dried. 

15  IT  And  tiod  spake  unto  Noah, 
sayins, 

10  Go  forth  of  the  ark,  Kthou, 
and  thy  wife,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
sons*  wives  with  thee. 

17  Brins  forth  with  thee  lievcry 
livins  thiuK  tliat  is  with  thee,  of 
all  flesh,  bnlh  of  fowl,  and  of 
cattle,  and  of  every  creeping  thiiij? 
tliat  creepcth  upon  tlie  earth  ;  that 
they  may  breed  abundantly  in  the 
earth,  and  ibe  fruitful,  and  multi- 
l)ly  upon  tlie  earth. 

IS  And  Noah  went  forth,  and  hi.s 
sons,  and  his  wife,  and  his  sons' 
wives  with  him: 

ID  Kverv  beast,  every  creeping 
thin?;,  and  every  fowl,  unil  wliatso- 
cver  creepeth  upon  the  earth,  ;ifler 
their  f  kinds,  went  forth  out  of  the 
ark. 

'^)  IT  And  Noah  huilded  an  altar 
unto  the  I.oi:i>:  and  took  of  k  every 
clean  beast,  and  of  every  clean  fowl, 
uiul  offered  burnt  otferinga  on  the 
idtar. 

^1  And  the  Lokt)  smelled  ifa  sweet 
.savour;  and  the  Im\h>  said  in  his 
heart,  I  will  not  a^ain  '"curse  the 
;^round  any  more  for  man's  sake  ; 
||for  the  "imaj;ination  of  man's  lieart 
IS  evil  from  liis  j'onth  :  "  neither  will 
I  ai^ain  smite  anv  more  every  thin;; 
livinsc,  as  I  have  (lone. 

2:!  I'  f  While  the  earth  remaineth, 
seedtime  and  liarvest,  and  cold  and 
heat,  and  summer  and  winter,  and 
''day  and  ni^dit  shall  not  cease. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
1  Qod  Iteaacth  Noah,  4  Blood  and  murder 
are  forbidden.  8  Ood* a  covenant,  13  aiy 
nified  by  the  rainbow.  18  Ifoah  replen- 
iaheth  the  world,  20  planteth  a  vineyard, 
21  i«  drunken,  and  niuckej  of  liia  aon. 
iiciiraelh  Canaan.  20  blcaaeth  Shcm,  27 

praijethfor  Jjpheth,  29  and  dielh. 

AND  God  blessed  Noah  and  his 
sons,  and  said  unto  them,  •''Be 
fruitful,  and  multiply,  and  replenish 
the  earth. 


2  ''  And  the  fear  of  you  and  the 
dread  of  yuu  shall  be  upon  every 
beast  of  tlie  e.arth,  and  upon  every 
fowl  of  the  ail',  upon  all  tliat  mov- 
eth  vjwii  tlie  earth,  and  upon  all  the 
fishes  of  the  sea  ;  into  your  hand  arc 
they  delivered. 

3  '^  Every  moving  thinjj  that  liveth 
shall  be  meat  for  you  ;  even  as  the 
ilf;recu  licrb  have  I  given  you  "all 

tlliURS. 

4  iBut  flesh  with  the  life  thereof, 
which  is  the  blood  thereof,  shall  ye 
not  eat. 

5  And  surely  your  blood  of  your 
lives  will  I  refimrc  :  Eat  the  band  of 
every  beast  will  I  require  it,  and  liat 
the  liand  of  man  ;  at  the  hand  of 
every  i  man's  brother  will  I  require 
the  hfe  of  man. 

(>  k  Whoso  sheddeth  man's  blood, 
by  man  shall  his  bb^od  be  slied  :  1  for 
in  the  image  of  God  made  he  man. 

7  And  you,  '"be  ye  fruitful,  and 
multiply  ;  bring  fortli  abundantly  in 
the  cartli,  and  ninltiply  therein. 

H  17  And  God  spake  unto  Noah,  and 
to  his  sons  with  him,  saying, 

1)  And  I,  "behold,!  establish  "my 
covenant  with  you,  and  with  your 
seed  afler  j'ou  ; 

10  f  And  with  every  living  creature 
that  is  with  you,  of  the  fowl,  of  the 
cuttle,  and  of  every  beast  of  the  earth 
with  jou  ;  from  all  that  go  out  of  the 
ark,  to  eveiy  beast  of  the  earth. 

U  And  'II  will  establish  my  cov- 
enant with  you ;  neither  shall  all 
flesh  he  cut  off  any  more  by  tlu' 
waters  of  a  flood  !  neither  shall  their 
any  more  be  a  flood  to  destroy  the 
earth. 

12  And  God  said,  ■■  This  is  the  token 
of  the  covenant  which  I  make  be- 
tween me  and  you,  and  every  living 
creature  that  w'with  you,  tor  perpet- 
ual wnerations: 

l.'i  I  do  set  "my  bow  in  the  cloud, 
and  it  shall  be  for  a  token  of  a  cov- 
enant between  me  and  the  earth. 

14  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
I  bring  a  cloud  over  the  earth,  that 
the  bow  shall  be  seen  in  the  cloud  : 

Ij  And  '  I  will  remember  my  cov- 
enant, which  is  between  nic  ami 
.vou  and  every  living  creature  of  all 
flesh  ;  and  the  waters  shall  no  more 
become  a  flood  to  destroy  all  flesh. 

10  And  the  bow  shall  be  in  the 
cloud ;  and  I  will  look  upon  it,  that 
I  may  remember  "the  everlasting 
covenant  between  God  and  every 
living  creature  of  all  flesh  that  js 
upon  the  earth. 

K  And  God  said  unto  Noah,  This 
w  the  token  of  the  covenant,  which 
I  ha\'e  established  between  me  and 
all  flesh  that  is  upon  the  earth. 

15  V  And  the  sons  of  Noah,  that 
went  forth  of  the  ark,  were  Shem, 
and  Ham,  and  Japheth:  ''and  Ham 
w  the  father  of  t  Canaan. 

li)  5  These   «<<;   tlie    three   sons  of 
11 


Generations  of  Noah. 


GENESIS. 


The  sons  of  Shein. 


Prur.  12.  U. 
b  ProT.  20.  1. 
1  C«r.  10. 12. 


dDaut.27.1S. 
<Jo>)i.  ».  23. 
lKinsi9. 


Jor  V 

.10. 
10.  J 

Z.,.U. 

ai  c-h 

2,  a 

.l.U 

about  2213. 
.  .I.r.  10.  10. 
fch.  0.  11. 

(Mic.  3.  0. 
|Ol.  «<<.'>nl 


Noali:  ^and  of  them  was  tlic  whole 
earth  overspread. 

20  And  Noah  began  lo  be  "a  lius- 
baiidiuaii,  and  lie  planted  a  vine- 
yard : 

21  And  he  drank  of  the  wine,  li.and 
wasili-iinkt'ii ;  and  he  was  uncovered 
within  his  tent. 

22  And  Ham,  the  father  of  Canaan, 
saw  the  nakedness  of  his  father,  and 
told  his  two  brethren  without. 

23  'And  Slieni  and  Japheth  took  a 
Barnient,  and  laid  it  upon  both  their 
shoulders,  and  went  backward,  and 
covered  tlie  nakedness  of  their  fa- 
ther ;  and  their  faces  were  back- 
ward, and  they  saw  not  their  father's 
nakedness. 

24  And  Noah  awoke  from  his  wine, 
and  knew  what  his  j'ounj^er  son  had 
done  unto  him. 

25  And  he  said,  d  Cursed  he  Ca- 
naan; "^a  servant  of  servants  shall 
he  be  unto  his  brethren. 

2C  And  he  said,  f  Blessed  le  the 
Loiio  God  of  Sheni;  and  Caiioau 
shall  be  l|  liis  servant. 

2"  (iod  shall  ||  enlarpie  Japheth, 
Sand  he  shall  dwell  in  the  tents  of 
Shcni  ;  and  Canaan  shall  bo  his 
servant. 

2S  TI  And  Noah  lived  after  the  flood 
tliree  liniidred  and  iiftj'  years. 

2il  And  all  tlie  days  of  Noah  were 
nine  hundred  and'tifty  years:  and 
he  died. 

CII.VrTER  X. 

1   The  giticr.Hi.>:i3  of  .V^ah.    2  Tim  tuna  of 

Japheth.    G  The  nuns  of  Uam.    B  Nimroil 

the  firet  monarch.    21  The  tons  of  Shcm. 

NOW  these  nre  the  frenerations  of 
the  sons  of  Noahi  .Sheni,  Ilani, 
and  Japheth:  "and  unto  them  were 
sons  born  after  the  flood. 

2  '»The  sons  of  .lapheth;  Corner, 
atid  ^Ia<;o^,  and  ^ladai,  and  Juvan, 
and  Tubal,  and  Mesheeh,  and  Tiras. 

a  And  the  sons  of  Comer!  Ash- 
kcnaz,  and  Riphath,  and  To^armuh. 

4  .Vnd  the  sons  of  Javan;  Elishali, 
andTar«hi.sh,Kittini,and||r>oannini. 

,1  By  these  were  Mhe  isles  of  tlie 
Gentiles  divided  in  tlieir  lands; 
every  one  after  his  toufjue,  alter  their 
families,  in  their  nations. 

(J  IT  '1  And  tlic  sons  of  Ham;  Cnsh, 
and    Slizraini,  and   I'hut,  and  Ca- 

7  And  the  sonsof  Cush;  Seba,  and 
llavilnh,  and  Sabtah,  and  Uaiiunh, 
and  Sabteeha:  and  the  sous  of  Ilaa- 
inah;  Sheba,  and  Dedan. 

8  And  Cnsb  beL;at  Nimrod:  he  be- 
gan to  be  a  miu'hty  one  in  the  earth. 

U  lie  was  a  mighty  "  hunter  f  before 
the  LoiiP:  wherefore  it  is  said.  Even 
as  Nimrod  the  mighty  hunter  before 
the  Lord. 

10  e  And  the  beginning  of  his  king- 
dom was  t  Ihibel,  and  Ereeh,  and 
Aoead,  and  Culnch,  in  the  land  of 
Shinur. 

11  Out  of  that    laud   ||  went    forth 

12 


Asshur,  and  builded  Nineveh,  and 
"  the  city  Hehoboth,  and  Calah, 

12  And  Kesen  between  Nineveh  and 
Calah:  the  same  is  a  great  city. 

13  And  Mizraim  begat  Ijudim,  and 
Anamim,  and  Lehabiin,  and  Naph- 
tuhim, 

14  And  P.athrusim,  and  Caslnhim, 
(h  out  of  whom  came  I'hilistim,)  and 
Caphtorim. 

15  TT  And  Canaan  begat  t  Sidou  liis 
firstborn,  and  lleth, 

10  And  the  Jebusite,  and  the  Arao- 
ite,  and  the  Girgasite, 

17  And  the  llivite,  and  the  Arkitc, 
and  the  Sinito, 

18  And  the  Arvadite,  nnd  the  Zem- 
arite,  and  the  Hamathite:  and  after- 
ward were  the  families  of  the  Ca- 
naanites  spread  abroad. 

i  And  the  border  of  the  Canaan- 
ites  was  from  Sidon,  as  thou  coniest 
to  Gerar,  unto  t  Gaza;  as  thou  goest 
unto  Sodom,  and  Gomorrah,  and  Ad- 
mah.  and  Zeboim,  even  unto  Lasha. 

20  These  are  the  sons  of  Ham,  after 
their  families,  after  their  tongues,  in 
their  eonntiies,  and  in  their  nations. 

21  IT  I'uto  Shem  al.so,  the  father  of 
all  the  children  of  Eber,  the  brother 
of  Japheth  the  elder,  even  to  him 
were  r/iif<ircn  born. 

22  The  Weliildren  of  Shem:  Elam. 
and  Asshur,  and  1  Arphaxad,  and 
End,  and  Aram. 

2;!  -Vnd  tlic  children  of  Aram;  Uz, 
and  Hnl,  and  (ietlnr.  and  Mash. 

24  And  .Vrpluixail  begat  t'Sulah; 
and  Salah  b.'gat  Elicr. 

25  "'  And  unto  Eber  were  born  two 
pons:  the  name  of  one  wa.s  l|  Peleg; 
fi)r  in  his  days  was  the  earth  divided; 
and  his  lirother's  name  ira,<  Joktan. 

2<>  And  Joktan  begat  Almodad,  and 
Sheleph,  and  Hazurmaveth,  uud  Je- 
rah, 

27  And  lladoram,  and  Uzol,  and 
Dikhih, 

28  .Vnd  Obal,  and  Abimael,  ond 
Sheb.-v, 

211  And  Ophir,  ond  Havilah,  and 
,Tobab:  uU  these  uvro  the  sons  of 
Joktan. 

30  And  their  dwelling  was  from 
Mesha,  as  th<m  goest  unto  Seidiar,  a 
mount  of  the  east. 

;)1  Thesis  are  the  sons  of  .Shem, 
after  their  families,  after  their 
tongues,  in  their  lauds,  after  their 
nations. 

.'!2  "  These  are  the  families  of  the 
sous  of  Noah,  after  their  generations, 
in  their  natimis:  "and  by  these  were 
the  naticms  divided  in  tlie  earth  after 
the  flood. 

Cn.\PTER  XL 
1  One  lanauaae  in  llie  vrorlj.    3  Tlie  huiUl- 
\ngof  liabel.  &  The  confusion  of  ton^f 
10  The  gencratione  of  Shcm.  £7  The  gen- 
tralionicf  Terah  the  father  of  Alit 
31  Terah  goelh  from  Vr  to  Uaran. 

VND  the  whole  earth  was  of  one 
i  langiuige,  and  of  one  f  8i)ecch 


The  co7}fu»ion  of  tongues. 


GENESIS. 


God  calleth  Abram-. 


mid  to  hit 
^  Heb.  bur^ 


M47. 
n  1  Cbr.  1. 19. 

Luk.  3.  35, 


2  And  it  cnnic  to  pass,  as  they  jour- 
neyed II  from  the  east,  that  they 
found  a  plain  in  the  land  of  Shinar; 
and  they  dwelt  there. 

3  And  f  they  said  one  to  another. 
Go  to,  let  us  make  briek,  and  tburn 
them  thoroughly.  And  they  had 
brick  for  stone,  and  slirae  had  they 
for  mortar. 

4  And  they  said.  Go  to,  let  us  build 
us  a  city,  "and  a  tower,  "whose  top 
nmji  rcac/i  unto  heaven;  and  let  us 
make  us  a  name,  lest  we  be  scattered 
abroad  upon  the  face  of  the  whole 
earth. 

5  l-And  the  Lono  came  down  to 
see  the  city  and  the  tower,  which  the 
children  of  men  builded. 

G  And  the  Lord  said.  Behold,  ^  the 
people  is  one,  and  they  have  all  <i  one 
language;  and  this  they  begin  to  do: 
and  now  nothinp  will  be  restrained 
from  them,  which  they  have  "•■  imag- 
ined to  do. 

7  Go  to,  f  let  us  go  down,  and  there 
confound  their  language,  that  they 
may  Bnot  understand  one  another  s 
speech. 

8  So  hthe  Lord  .scattered  them 
abroad  from  thence  ■  upon  the  face 
of  all  the  earth:  and  they  lefl  off  to 
build  the  oitj-. 

3  Therefore  is  the  name  of  it  called 
II Babel;  k because  the  Lord  did 
there  confound  the  language  of  all 
the  earth:  and  from  thence  did  the 
Lord  scatter  them  abroad  upon  the 
face  of  all  the  earth. 

10  IT  I  These  are  the  generations  of 
Shem:  Shem  was  a  hundred  years 
old,  and  begat  Arphaxad  two  years 
after  the  flood : 

11  And  Shem  lived  after  he  begat 
Arphaxad  five  hundred  years,  and 
begat  sons  and  daughters. 

12  And  jVrpliaxad  lived  five  and 
thirty  years,  *"  and  begat  Salah: 

1.3  And  Arphaxad  lived  after  he  be- 
gat Salah  four  hundred  and  three 
years,  and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

14  And  Salah  lived  thirty  years,  and 
begat  Eber: 

13  And  Salah  lived  after  he  begat 
Eber  four  hundred  and  three  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

16  "And  Eber  lived  four  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  "  Peleg : 

17  And  Eber  lived  after  he  begat 
Peleg  four  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

15  And  Peleg  lived  thirty  years,  and 
begat  Reu : 

ly  And  Peleg  lived  after  he  begat 
lieu  two  hundred  and  nine  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

'J>  And  Reu  lived  two  and  thirty 
years,  and  begat  ''  Serug: 

21  And  Reu  lived  after  he  begat  Se- 
rug two  hundred  and  seven  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

22  And  Serug  lived  thirty  years,  and 
begat  Nahor: 

23  And  Serug  lived  after  he  begat 


Nahor  two  hundred  years,  and  begat 
sons  and  daughters. 

24  And  Nahor  lived  nine  and  twenty 
years,  and  begat  'i  Tcrah: 

25  And  Nahor  lived  after  he  begat 
Terah  a  hundred  and  nineteen  years, 
and  begat  sons  and  daughters. 

2(>  And  Terah  lived  seventy  years, 
and  '  begat  Abram,  Nahor,  and  11a- 
ran. 

27  IT  Now  these  are  the  generations 
of  Terah:  Terah  begat  Abram,  Na- 
hor, and  llaran;  and  Haran  begat 
Lot. 

28  And  Ilaran  died  before  his  father 
Terah  in  the  land  of  his  nativity,  in 
I'r  of  the  Chaldees. 

29  And  Abram  and  Nahor  took  them 
wives:  the  name  of  Abram's  wife  was 
'  Sarai;  and  the  name  of  Nahor's  wife, 
■  Milcah,  the  daughter  of  Ilaran,  the 
father  of  Milcah,  and  the  father  of 
Iseah. 

30  But  "  Sarai  was  barren;  she  had 
no  child. 

31  And  Tcrah  "took  Abram  his  son, 
and  I..ot  the  son  of  Ilaran  his  son's 
son,  and  Sarai  his  daughter  in  law, 
his  son  Abram's  wife;  and  they  went 
forth  with  them  from  "  Ur  of  the  Chal- 
dees, to  go  into  >  the  land  of  Canaan ; 
and  tliey  came  unto  Ilaran,  and  dwelt 
there. 

32  And  the  days  of  Terah  were  two 
hundred  and  live  years:  and  Terah 
died  in  Haran. 

CHAPTER  XIL 

1  God  caltetlt  Abram,  and  blemeth  him  with 
a  promise  of  Chriet.  4  He  departeth  with 
Lot  from  Haran.  G  He  journeyeth  through 
Canaan,  7  which  it  promiged  him  in  a 
vision.  10  He  is  driven  by  a  famine  into 
Egypt.  11  Fear  tnaketh  him  feign  hie 
wife  to  be  his  sister.  14  Pharaoh,  Jiaving 
taken  her  from  tiim,  by  plagues  is  com- 
pelled to  restore  her. 

NOW  the  "Lord  had  said  unto 
Abram,  Get  thee  outof  thy  coun- 
try, and  from  thy  kindred,  and  from 
thy  father's  house,  unto  a  land  that  I 
will  shew  thee : 

2  b  And  I  will  make  of  thee  a  great 
nation,  '^.and  I  will  bless  thee,  and 
make  thy  name  great;  dand  thou 
shall  be  a  blessing: 

3  "  And  I  will  bless  them  that  bless 
thee,  and  curse  him  thatcur.-ieth  thee 
f  and  in  thee  shall  all  families  of  the 
earth  be  blessed. 

4  So  Abram  departed,  as  the  Lord 
had  spoken  unto  him;  and  Lot  went 
with  him:  and  Abram  was  seventy 
and  five  years  old  when  he  departed 
out  of  Haran. 

5  And  Abram  took  Sarai  his  \\ife, 
and  Lot  his  brother's  son,  and  all 
their  substance  that  they  had  gather- 
ed, and  "the  souls  that  they  had  got- 
ten iiin  Ilaran;  and  they  went  forth 
to  go  into  the  land  of  Canaan ;  and 
into  the  land  of  Canaan  they  came. 

6  IT  And  Abram  i  passed  through  the 
land  unto  the  place  of  Siehem,  It  unto 

13 


Before 

CHRIST 

2155. 


Abram  xojourneth  in  Egypt. 


GENESIS. 


A  brain  and  Lot  part. 


11  til.  13.  1.5.  *: 

n.  8. 

P..  iiij.n.  11. 

»cU.  13.1. 


1  cli.  1.1.  3. 
•ch.  20.  1, 
iPi.  105.  13. 
ich.  13,  1. 


about  1018. 
•  ch.  12.  0 


the  plain  of  Morcli.  l  And  the  Ca- 
naanite  ivan  thnn  in  the  land. 

7  '"And  the  I..oni>  npi)carcd  unto 
Abram,  and  said,  "Unto  thy  seed  will 
I  give  tliia  land:  and  there  bnilded 
he  an  "altar  unto  thcLOKD,  who  ap- 
licari'd  unto  liini. 

8  .Viid  ill'  removed  from  thence  unto 
a  mountain  on  tlic  cast  of  lietli-el, 
and  pitehed  his  tent,  liaviiirj  I!eth-el 
on  the  west,  and  Ilai  on  the  cast:  and 
there  he  builded  an  altar  nnto  the 
Loitu,  and  ''called  upon  the  name 
of  the  lyOKD. 

9  And  Abram  journcved,  f  going 
on  still  toward  the  Boutn. 

10  TT  And  there  was  "'a  famine  in  the 
land:  and  Abram  'went  down  into 
Esypt  to  sojourn  there;  for  the  famine 
tras  'grievous  in  the  land. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  come  near  to  enter  into  Kgypt, 
that  he  said  unto  Sarai  his  wife.  Be- 
hold now,  I  know  tliat  tliou  art  "  a 
fair  woman  to  look  upon: 

12  Therefore  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
when  the  Egyptians  shall  sec  thee, 
that  they  shall  sav,  This  i.i  his  wife: 
and  they  "  will  kill  me,  but  they  will 
save  thee  alive. 

13  "  Say,  I  pray  thee,  thou  art  my 
sister:  that  it  may  be  well  with  me 
for  thy  sake;  and  my  soul  shall  live 
because  of  thee. 

14  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Abram  was  come  into  Egypt,  the 
Egyptians  J  beheld  the  woman  tliat 
she  was  very  fair. 

15  The  princes  also  of  Pharaoh  saw 
her,  and  commended  her  before  Plia- 
raoh:  and  the  woman  was  'taken 
into  Pharaoh's  house. 

16  And  he  "entreated  Abram  well 
for  her  sake:  and  he  had  sheep,  and 
oxen,  and  lie  asses,  andnienservants, 
and  maidservants,  and  she  asses,  and 
camels. 

17  And  the  Lord  h  plagued  Pharaoh 
and  his  house  with  great  plagues,  be- 
cause of  Sarai,  Abram's  wife. 

l.S  And  Pharaoh  called  Abram,  and 
said,  <"  What  !S  this  tliat  thou  hast 
done  unto  me?  wliy  didst  thou  not 
tell  me  tliat  she  imn  thv  wife? 
r.)  AVhy  saidst  thou,  She  is  my  sis- 
ter? so  1  niiglit  have  taken  her  to  mc 
to  wife:  now  therefore  behold  thy 
wife,  take  lifr,  and  go  thy  way. 
'J)<  il  And  Pharaoh  commanded  liix 
men  enneerning  him:  and  they  sent 
him  away,  and  his  wife,  and  all  that 
he  had. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  Abrttm  and  Lot  return  out  of  E(,;,pt.  7 
Jlv  ditaijrci^mcnt  tttvtf  part  atunttcr.  ]0 
Lit  ffocth  to  Kicked  Sodom.  14  Ood  rt- 
newelti  the  jtromiBO  to  Abram.  18  Jlc  re- 
moveth  to  Jlebron,  and  there  tiuildeth  an 
altar. 

AND  Abram  went  >ip  outof  Egynt, 
he,  and  his  wife,  and  all  that  lie 
had,  and  Lot  with  him,  "into  the 
south. 

14 


2  liAnd  Abram  was >erv  rich  in  cat- 
tle, in  silver,  and  in  gold. 

3  And  he  went  on  his  journeys 
"  from  the  south  even  to  Beth-el,  un- 
to the  iilace  wliere  his  tent  had  been 
at  the  beginning,  between  Beth-el 
and  Ilai; 

4  Unto  the  <1  place  of  the  altar,  which 
he  ha<l  made  there  at  tlie  first:  and 
there  Abram  ''called  on  the  name  of 
the  Eoni). 

5  TT  And  Lot  also,  which  went  with 
Abram,  had  flocks,  and  herds,  and 
tents. 

G  And  ftlie  land  was  not  able  to 
bear  them,  that  they  might  dwell 
together :  for  their  substance  was 
great,  so  that  they  could  not  dwell 
together. 

7  And  there  was  ^a  strife  between 
the  herdmen  of  Abram's  cattle  and 
the  herdmen  of  Lot's  cattle:  hand  the 
Canaanitc  and  the  Perizzitc  dwelt 
then  in  the  land. 

8  And  Abram  said  unto  I>ot,  >Let 
there  be  no  strife,  1  pray  thee,  be- 
tween me  an<l  thee,  and  between  my 
herdmen  and  thy  herdmen;  for  we 
be  f  breth.ren. 

U  k  Js  not  the  whole  land  before  thee  ? 
separate  ihvself,  I  nrav  thee,  from 
me:  I  if  tlinutcilt  tabi  the  left  hand, 
then  I  will  go  to  the  right;  or  if  limit 
ilcimrt  to  the  right  hand,  then  I  will 
go  to  the  left. 

10  And  I-ot  lifted  up  his  eves,  and 
beheld  all  "'  the  plain  of  Jordan,  that 
it  irii^i  well  watered  every  where,  be- 
fore the  Lord  "destroyed  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah,  "even  ns  the  garden  of 
the  Lord,  like  the  land  of  Egypt,  as 
thou  eomest  unto  V  Zoar. 

11  Then  Lot  chose  him  all  the  plain 
of  .Tordan;  and  Lot  journeyed  east: 
and  they  separated  themselves  the 
one  from  the  other. 

12  Abram  dwelt  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan, and  Lot  ■)  dwelt  in  the  cities  of 
the  plain,  and  'pitched  his  tent  to- 
ward Sodom. 

I'i  But  the  men  of  Sodom  'were 
wicked  and  'sinners  before  the  Lord 
exceedingly. 

14  IT  And  ttie  Lort)  said  unto  Abram, 
after  that  Lot  "was  separated  from 
him.  Lift  up  now  thine  eyes,  and 
look  from  the  place  where  thou  art 
"northward,  and  southward,  and 
eastward,  and  westward: 

15  For  ail  the  land  which  thou  secst, 
'to  thee  will  1  give  it,  and  >to  thy 
seed  for  ever. 

Hi  ,Vnd  ^  I  will  make  thv  .seed  as  the 
dustofthe  earth:  so  that  ifamancin 
number  the  dnst  of  the  earth,  tlicn 
shall  thv  seed  also  be  nnmlnred. 

17  Aris'e,  walk  throu-.-h  the  land  in 
the  length  ofit  and  in  the  breadth  of 
it;  fori  will  give  it  unto  thee. 

IS  Then  Abnim  remuved  liis  tent, 
and  came  "and  dwelt  in  the  t  plain 
of  Mamre,  liwhieh  is  in  Hebron,  and 
built  there  an  altar  unto  the  Lord. 


Acu; 

26. 

LCh,S( 

U.k 

34.  10 

Rom. 

12.  IB. 

The  battle  of  the  kings. 


GENESIS. 


Melchizedek  blessefh  Abram. 


sch.  11.3. 
och.U.17.30 
p  lor.  IB.  21. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  The  battle  of  four  Hnga  against  fiv 


12 


Lot  is  taken  prisoner.     14  .it; 

eth  him.    Id  Melchizedek  bleaeeth  Abram. 

21)  Abram  givcth  Aim  tithe.    L'2  The  rest 

of  the  spoil,  his   partners  having  had 

their  portions^  ha  rcstoreth  to  the  king  of 

Sodom. 

AND  it  came  to  pa.'ss  in  the  days 
of  Aniraplicl  kinj;  ^  of  Shiiiar, 
ArincK  kiiii;  of  EUa.sar.  Cliedorlao- 
nier  kin^  of  lj£lani,  and  Tidal  king 
of  nations; 

2  Tliut  ihcsc  made  war  with  Bera 
king  of  Sodom,  and  with  Birsha 
king  of  Gomorrah,  Shinab  kinj;  of 
■=  Atlmah,  and  Shenieber  king  of  Ze- 
boiini,  and  tJic  king  of  Bela,  whicli 
is  tl  Zoar. 

3  All  these  were  joined  together  in 
the  vale  of  Siddini,  "  which  is  the  salt 
sea. 

4  Twelve  years  fthey  served  Ched- 
orlaomer,  and  in  the  thirteenth  year 
they  rebelled. 

5  And  in  the  fourteenth  j|car  came 
Chcdorlaomer,  and  the  kings  that 
were  with  him,  and  smote  sthe  R^'ph- 
aim  liin  Ashteroth  Karnaim,and  ithe 
Ziizim  in  Ham,  >>  and  the  £inim  in 
II  Shavch  Kiriathaim, 

(J  I  And  tlie  Horites  in  their  mount 
Seir,  unto  ||  El-paran,  wliich  is  by  the 
wilderness. 

7  And  they  returned,  and  came  to 
En-mishiiat,  whicli  is  Kadcsh,  and 
smote  all  tlie  country  of  tlie  Ama- 
Ickitcs,  and  also  the  Amorites,  that 
dwelt '"  in  Hazczon-taniar. 

8  And  tliere  went  out  the  king  of 
Sodom,  and  the  king  of  Gomorrah, 
and  the  king  of  Admah,  and  the  king 
of  Zeboiim,"and  the  king  of  Bela,  (the 
Slime  is  Zo.ir;)  and  they  joined  battle 
with  them  in  the  vale  of  Siddim; 

9  With  Chedorlaomer  the  king  of 
Elam,  and  with  Tidal  king  of  na- 
tions, and  Amraphel  king  of  Shinar, 
and  Arioch  king  of  Ellasar;  four 
kings  with  five. 

10  And  the  vale  of  Siddira  was  .Ml 
of  "slimepits;  and  the  kings  of  Sod- 
om and  Gomorrah  fled,  and  fell  there ; 
and  they  that  remained  fled  "  to  the 
mountain. 

11  And  they  took  r  all  the  goods  of 
Sodom  aiid'Gotnormh,  and  all  their 
victuals,  and  went  their  way. 

lii  And  tliey  took  I^ot,  Abram's 
I  brother's  son,  'who  dwelt  in  Sod- 
om, and  hi.s  goods,  and  departed. 

1.3  U  And  there  came  one  that  had 
escaped,  and  told  Abram  the  He- 
hrewi  for  'he  dwelt  in  the  plain  of 
Manire  the  Aniurite,  brother  of  Esh- 
eol,  and  brother  of  Ancr:  'ond  these 
XLvre  confederate  with  Abram. 

14  And  when  Abram  heard  that 
"  liis  brother  was  taken  captive,  he 
[I  armed  Jiis  ||  trained  se}i-onts,  ^^"born 
in  his  own  house,  three  hundred 
and  eighteen,  and  pursued  them 
^  unto  l)aii. 


15  And  he  divided  himself  against 
them,  he  and  his  servants,  by  night, 
and  >  smote  tliem,  and  pursued 
them  unto  Hobah,  which  is  on  the 
left  liaiid  of  Damascus. 

IG  And  he  brought  back  'all  the 
goods,  and  also  brought  again  his 
brother  Lot,  and  his  goods,  and  the 
women  olso,  and  the  people. 

17  H  And  the  king  ot  Sodom  "went 
out  to  meet  him,  i' after  his  return 
from  the  slaugliter  of  Chedorlaomer 
and  of  the  kings  tliat  toerc  with  him, 
at  the  valley  of  Shavch,  which  is  the 
'^  king's  dale. 

IS  And  <i  Jlelchizedek  king  of  Sa- 
lem brought  forth  bread  and  wine: 
and  he  vjas  '  the  priest  of  '  the  most 
high  God. 

I'J  And  he  blessed  him,  and  said, 
S  Blessed  be  Abram  of  the  most  high 
God,  1>  jiosses.sor  of  heaven  an  i  earth : 

20  And  ibles.sed  be  the  most  high 
God,  which  hath  delivered  thine  en- 
emies into  thy  hand.  And  he  gave 
him  tithes  >■  ot  all. 

21  And  the  king  of  Sodom  said 
unto  Abram,  Give  me  the  t  persons, 
and  take  the  goods  to  thyselfC 

22  And  Abram  said  to  the  king  of 
Sodom,  1 1  have  lifted  up  mine  hand 
unto  the  Loud,  the  most  high  God, 
"the  possessor  of  heaven  and  earth, 

23  That  "I  will  not  take  from  a 
thread  even  to  a  shoelatchet,  and 
that  I  will  not  take  any  thing  that  is 
thine,  lest  thou  shouldest  say,  I  have 
made  Abram  rich: 

'24  Save  only  that  which  the  young 
men  have  eaten,  and  the  portion  of 
tlie  men  "which  went  with  nie, 
Aner,  Eshcol,  and  Slainre;  let  them 
take  their  portion. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
1  God  eneourageth  Abram.  2  Abram 
comptaineth  for  ivant  of  an  heir.  4  Ood 
promiseth  him  a  eon,  and  a  miUtiph/ing 
of  his  seed.  G  Abram  is  Justified  by 
faith.  7  Canaan  is  promised  again,  and 
confirmed  by  a  sign,  12  and  a  vision. 

AFTER  these  things  the  word  of 
the  Lord  came  unto  Abram 
"in  a  vision,  saying,  iiFcar  not, 
Abram :  I  am  thy  "^  shield,  and  thy 
exceeding  A  great  reward. 

2  And  Abram  said.  Lord  God, 
what  wilt  thou  give  me,  'seeing  I  go 
childless,  and  the  steward  of  my 
house  is  this  Eliczer  of  Damascus? 

3  And  Abram  said.  Behold,  to  me 
tliou  hast  given  no  seed:  and,  lo, 
fonc  born  in  my  house  is  mine 
heir. 

4  And,  behold,  the  word  of  the 
Loi;i)  came  unto  him,  saying.  This 
shall  not  be  thine  heir;  l)ut  he  that 
iSsliall  come  forth  out  of  thine  own 
bowels  shall  be  thine  heir. 

5  And  he  brought  him  forth  abroad, 
and  said.  Look  now  toward  heaven, 
and  h  tell  the  i  stars,  if  thou  be  able  to 
number  them :  and  he  said  unto  him, 
k  So  shall  thy  seed  be. 

in 


Caneum  is  prommed. 


GENESIS. 


The  birth  of  Ishmael. 


JIKinSl.S!. 
s  lUn.  R.  23. 


C  Ami  he  1  believed  in  tlie  Loud; 
iind  he  '"eoiinted  it  to  liiiu  for  rij;ht- 
oousiiess. 

7  And  he  said  nnto  liini,  I  am  the 
I/Oiti)  that  "  hnm^ht  thcc  outof'XIr 
of  the  Chalilces,  i'  to  give  theo  this 
land  to  iiilierit  it. 

8  And  he  said,  I^ord  Gon,  1  where- 
by shall  I  know  tiiat  I  shall  inherit 
it? 

"J  And  ho  said  unto  liiin,  Take  mc 
a  heifer  of  three  years  old.  and  a  she 
;^oat  of  three  years  old,  an(l  a  ram  of 
three  years  old,  and  a  turtledove, 
and  a  youn;;  i)i;;con. 

10  And  he  took  nnto  him  all  these, 
and  ''divided  them  in  tlio  midst,  and 
laid  each  piece  one  aj^ainst  another; 
but  'the  birds  divided  he  not. 

11  And  when  the  fowls  came  down 
upon  the  carcasses,  Abraui  drove 
them  awa.v. 

\i  And  when  the  Fun  was  fioin^ 
down,  'a  deep  sleep  fell  upon  Abrani; 
and,  lo,  a  liorror  of  K^cat  darkness 
fell  upon  him. 

13  And  he  said  unto  Abram,  Know 
of  a  surety  "  that  tliv  seed  shall  be  a 
stranger  iu  aland  ifiat  is  not  theirs, 
and  shall  serve  them  ;  and  ^^'  the.v 
shall  afflict  them  four  hundred 
years ; 

14  And  also  that  nation,  whom  they 
shall  serve,  '^will  I.iud;;e:  and  after- 
ward 1  shall  they  conic  out  with  ^reat 
substance. 

15  And  ^thou  shall  RO  "to  thy  fa- 
thers in  peace ;  ^  thou  slialt  be  buried 
in  a  good  old  ape. 

11)  But  ''in  the  fourth  generation 
they  shall  come  hither  a;^ain :  for  the 
iniquity  ilofthe  Amoritea  "ii- not  yet 
full. 

17  And  it  onmc  to  pass,  that,  when 
the  sun  went  down,  and  it  was  dark, 
behold  a  smoking  furnace,  and  1  a 
burning  lamp  that  'passed  between 
those  pieces. 

IM  In  that  same  day  the  Lonn 
Bmado  a  covenant  with  Abram, 
saying,  li  Unto  tliy  seed  have  I  civen 
this  hind,  from  the  river  of  K^^ypt 
nnto  the  great  river,  the  river  Eu- 
phrates: 

I'J  The  Kenitcs,  and  the  Kenizziles. 
and  the  Kadmonites, 

•M  And  the  Ilittites,  and  the  IVriz- 
zites,  and  the  Rephaim, 

'^l  And  the  Amorites,  and  the  Ca- 
naanites,  and  the  Girgashites,  and 
the  Jebusitcs. 

CIIAPTEK  XVI. 

1  Sarait  ici'1'7  barren,  pivcth  JTnynr  to 
Abrnm.  4  ll.fr,ar,  being  aflirlcd  for  de- 
Kpi»in;j  her  miglrenn,  runneth  at'-<it/.  1 
Aiinni/fl  »endeth  hertiacfc  to  aubmit  her- 
elf,  11  and  telleth  her  of  her  chiU.     1 J 


/a/l» 


el  ia  bar 


NOW  Sarai,  Abrom's  wife,  "  Inre 
him  no  children:  and  she  h.iil 
.1  liaiidnuiid,  ''an  KKyptian,  who.se 
name  trii^"  Hagar. 
2  J  And  Harai  said  unto  Abram,  Rc- 
16 


hold  now,  the  Loitn  "  hath  restrained 
mc  from  beiiring:  I  Jiray  tliee,  fgo 
in  unto  my  maid;  it  iiniy  be  that  I 
luiiy  t  obtain  children  by  her.  And 
Abram  Sliearkcued  to  the  voice  of 
Sarai. 

.'i  And  Sarai,  Abram's  wife,  took 
Ilagar  her  maid  the  Egyptian,  atler 
Abram  h  had  dwelt  ten  years  in  the 
land  of  Canaan,  and  gave  her  to  her 
liushaiid  Abram  to  be  his  wife. 

4  IT  And  ho  went  in  unto  Ilagar, 
and  she  conceived:  and  when  she 
saw  that  she  had  conceived,  her  mis- 
tress was  i  despised  in  her  eyes. 

5  And  Sarai  said  unto  .\brain.  My 
wrong  he  upon  thee;  I  have  given 
m.v  maid  into  thy  bosom;  and  when 
she  saw  that  she  had  conceived,  I 
was  despised  in  her  eyes:  kthe  Lord 
judge  between  mc  and  thee. 

(!  I  Hut  Abram  said  unto  Sarai, 
"'Behold,  thy  maid  is  in  thy  hand: 
do  to  her  f  as  it  jileaseth  thee.  And 
when  f  Sarai  dealt  hardly  with  her, 
"  she  fled  from  her  face. 

7  IT  And  the  angel  of  the  I.OKD 
found  her  by  a  fonnUun  of  water  in 
the  wilderness,  "by  the  fountain  in 
the  way  to  l'  Shur. 

8  And  he  said,  Ilagar,  Sarai's  maid, 
whence  camest  thoui'  and  whither 
wilt  thou  go?  And  she  said,  I  flee 
from  the  face  of  my  mistress  Sarai. 

!)  And  the  angel  of  the  I.oitD  said 
unt.i  her.  Return  to  thv  mistress,  and 
'1  submit  thv.-elf  mul.  r  lur  hands. 

1(1  And  the  air_'el  i.f  the  l.oitu  said 
nnto  her,  '  I  will  multiply  thy  seed 
exceedingly,  that  it  shall  not  be 
numbered  for  multitude. 

11  And  the  angel  of  tlie  Lonri  said 
unto  her.  Behold,  thou  art  with 
child,  and  shalt  bear  a  son,  'and 
Shalt  call  lii.s  name  ||Ishiiiael;  be- 
ciiuse  the  LoKD  hath  heard  tliy  af- 
flietitm. 

12 'And  he  will  be  n  wild  man;  hii 
hand  will  be  against  every  nniii,  am 
ci'ery  man's  hand  against  him :  "  and 
he  shall  dwell  in  the  presence  of  all 
his  brethn-n. 

It  .\nd  she  called  the  name  of  the 
LoKl>  that  spake  nnto  her,  Tliou 
(kul  seest  me:  for  she  said.  Have  I 
also  lienTlookcd  after  him  ^  that  sceth 

1 1  AVhercforo  the  well  was  called 
>  II  I5eer-luhai-ioi:  behold,  it  is  "be- 
tween Kadesh  and  IJercd. 
l.'i  IT  .\nd  "  lla"ar  bare  Abram  a  son 
and  Abram  called  his  Kini's  name, 
which  Ilagnr  bare,  !•  Ishmael. 
b'i  And  Abram  mif  fourscore  and 
six  ,\  rars  old,  when  Ilagar  bare  Ish- 
mael to  Abram. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
I  (iod  rcncweth  the  covennnt.  b  Abrank  liis 
iinmu  i»  chdngeil  in  tttken  of  a  greater 
blenKing.  10  Cireumciiiun  i<  inttituted. 
15  S.irai  her  nnmii  I'a  ehangtd,  and  the 
bteseed.  17  raaao  ia  promiaed.  23  Abra- 
Aam  and  lahnuxel  are  eircumeiacd. 


Abram's  imme  is  changed. 


Isaac  is  promised. 


Hoo.  11.  10. 
oEom.  9.  8. 
rch.  12.  7. 

&  U.  U. 


AND  when  Abraiu  was  ninety 
years  old  and  nine,  the  Lokd 
"npijearcd  to  Abraui,  and  said  un- 
to him.  1' I  am  tlie  Alini>;hty  God; 
■^  walk  before  me,  and  be  tliou  ||  J  per- 
fect. 

2  And  I  will  make  my  covenant  be- 
tween me  and  thee,  and  ""  will  multi- 
ply thee  exceedingly. 

3  And  Abram  '  fell  on  his  face:  and 
God  talked  with  him,  saying, 

4  As  for  me,  behold,  my  covenant 
in  with  thee,  and  thou  shalt  be  Sa 
father  of  t  many  nations. 

5  Neither  shall  thy  name  any  more 
be  called  Abram,  but  I' thy  name 
shall  be  ||  Abraham ;  i  for  a  father  of 
many  nations  have  I  made  thee. 

'j  And  1  will  make  thee  exceeding; 
fruitful,  and  I  will  make  l;  nations  of 
thee,  and  l  kings  shall  come  out  of 
thee. 

7  And  I  will  ""establish  my  cove- 
nant between  me  anil  thee  and  thy 
seed  after  thee  in  their  generations, 
for  ail  everlasting  euvenant,  "  to  be 
a  God  unto  thee  and  to  "thy  seed 
after  thee. 

6  And  1"  I  will  give  unto  thee,  and 
to  thy  seed  after  thee,  the  land 
fl  wherein  thou  art  a  ttranger,  nil 
the  land  of  Canaan,  fnr  an  everlast- 
ing possession;  and  "^  I  will  be  their 
God. 

9  IT  And  God  said  unto  Abraham, 
Thou  shalt  keep  my  covenant  there- 
fore, thou,  and  thy  seed  after  thee  in 
their  generations. 

10  This  is  my  covenant,  which  ye 
shall  keep,  between  me  and  you  and 
thy  seed  after  thee;  *Everv  man 
cliild  among  you  shall  be  circum- 
cised, 

11  And  ye  shall  circumcise  the  flesh 
of  your  foreskin:  and  it  shall  be  'a 
token  of  the  covenant  betwixt  me 
and  you. 

12  And  t  he  that  is  eight  d.ays  old 
"shall  be  circumcised  among  you, 
every  man  child  in  your  genera- 
tions, he  that  is  born  in  the  house, 
or  bonglit  with  money  of  any  stran- 
ger, which  is  not  of  thy  seed. 

13  He  that  is  born  in  thy  house,  and 
he  that  is  bought  with  thy  money, 
must  needs  be  circumcised:  and  niy 
covenant  shall  be  in  your  fical«-  for 
an  everlasting  covenant. 

14  And  the  uncircumciscd  man 
child  whose  flesh  of  his  foreskin  is 
not  circumcised,  that  soul  "  shall  be 
cut  off  from  his  people;  he  hath  bro- 
ken my  covenant. 

1.5  IT  And  God  said  unto  Abraham, 
As  for  Sarai  thy  wife,  thou  shalt  not 
call  her  name  Sarai,  but  ||  Sarah,  shall 
her  name  6c. 

16  And  I  will  bless  her,  '^and  give 
thee  a  son  also  of  her  :  yea,  I  will 
bless  her,  and  t  she  shall  fie  a  miilher 
>  of  nations;  kings  of  people  shall  be 
of  her. 

17  Then   Abraham  fell   upon   his 


face,  ^and  laughed,  and  said  in  his  I 
heart.   Shall  a  cliild  be  born    unto 
him  thatis  a  hundred  year.sold?  and 
shall  Sarah,  that  is  ninety  years  old, 
bear? 

18  And  Abraham  said  unto  God,  O 
that  Ishmael  might  hve  before  thee! 

lU  And  God  said,  "  Sarah  thy  wife 
shall  bear  thee  a  son  indeed;  and 
thou  shalt  call  his  name  Isaac ;  and  I 
will  establish  my  covenant  with  him 
for  an  everlasting  covenant,  and 
with  his  seed  after  him. 

20  And  as  for  Ishmacl,  I  have 
heard  thee:  Behold,  I  have  blessed 
him,  and  will  make  him  fruitful, 
and  bwill  multiply  him  exceeding- 
ly; 'twelve  princes  shall  he  beget, 
J  and  I  will  make  him  a  great  na- 
tion. 

21  But  my  covenant  will  I  establish 
with  Isaac,  •'which  Sarah  shall  bear 
unto  thee  at  this  set  time  in  the  next 
jear. 

22  And  he  left  off  talking  with  him, 
and  God  went  u])  from  Abraham. 

23  IT  And  Abraham  took  Ishmacl 
his  son,  and  ail  that  were  born  in  his 
house,  and  all  that  were  bought  with 
his  money,  every  male  among  the 
men  of  Abraham's  house;  and  cir- 
cumcised the  fle^li  of  their  foreskin 
in  the  selfsame  day,  as  God  had  said 
unto  him. 

24  And  Abraham  was  ninety  years 
old  and  nine,  when  he  was  circum- 
cised in  the  flesh  of  hia  foreskin. 

23  And  Ishmael  his  son  icos  thir- 
teen jears  old,  when  he  Avas  circum- 
cised in  the  flesh  of  his  foreskin. 
2(>  In  the  selfsame  day  was  Abra- 
ham cLrcumeised,  and  Ishmael  his 
son. 

27  And  fall  the  men  of  his  house, 
born  in  the  house,  and  bought  with 
money  of  the  stranger,  were  circum- 
cised with  him. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
1  Ahrahaln  cntertuineth  three  angele,  9 
Sarah  ia  reproved  for  lauffhiitg  at  the 
Btratiffe  promise.  17  The  dcstruetion  of 
Sodom  is  revealed  to  Abrahavi.  S-i  Abra. 
ham  viaketh  intereeeeion  for  the  men 
thereof. 

AND  the  Lord  appeared  unto 
him  in  the  "plains  of  Mamre: 
and  he  sat  in  the  tent  door  in  the 
heat  of  the  da v ; 

2  liAnd  he  lifted  up  his  eyes  and 
looked,  and,  lo,  three  men  stood  by 
him:  "and  when  he  saw  tlieni,  he 
ran  to  meet  them  from  the  tent  door, 
and  bowed  himself  toward  the 
ground, 

3  And  said,  My  Lord,  if  now  I  have 
found  favour  in  thy  sight,  |>ass  not 
away,  1  pray  thee,  from  thy  servant: 

4  I-et  J  a  little  water,  I  pray  you,  be 
fetched,  and  wash  your  feet,  and  rest 
yourselves  under  the  tiee: 

,5    And  '  I  will   fetch  a   morsel   of 
bread,  and  \  (comfort  yc  your  hearts; 
after  that    yc    shall    pass    on :    6  (or 
17 


A  braham  interccdelh 


GENKSIS. 


for  the  men  of  Sodom. 


Beroro 
CU  ICIiJT 

1893. 


32.  17. 
,.  3! ».  4 


nut.  And  they  said,  So  do,  as  thou 
hast  snid. 

0  And  Abrahnm  hastened  into  the 
tent  unto  Sarah,  anil  stud,  t  Make 
ready  quickly  three  measures  of  fine 
meal,  knead  U,  and  make  cakes  upon 
the  hearth. 

7  And  Ahr.nham  ran  unto  tlie  lierd, 
and  tetehcd  11  calf  tender  and  goo.l, 
and  nivc  It  unto.ayouns  man;  and 
he  hasted  to  dress  it. 

.S  And  I'lie  took  butter,  and  milk, 
and  the  cnlf  wl\ieh  lie  liad  dressed, 
and  set  it  before  them;  and  he  stooil 
hv  them  under  the  tree,  and  they 
dul  ent. 

II  ■^  And  they  said  unto  him.  Where 
;s  Sarah  tliy  wite?  And  lie  taid,  Ue- 
hohl,  iiu  the  tent. 

10  And  he  said,  1  kwill  certainly 
return  imto  thee  laceordm;;  to  the 
time  of  life;  and,  lo,  '"Sarah  thy 
wile  shall  have  a  son.  Anil  Sarah 
heard  il  in  the  tent  door,  which  was 
behind  bun. 

11  Now  "Abraham  and  Sarah  ivcrc 
old  anil  well  stricken  in  a^ei  anri  it 
ceased  to  he  with  Sarah  "after  the 
manner  ol  women. 

n  Therefore  Sarah  P  lanshcd  within 
herself,  s:u'inK,  'After  I  am  waxeil 
old  shall  I  have  nleasure,  my  'lord 
h-in- old  also? 

I'i  And  the  Loiin  said  imto  Ahra- 
Iiam,  "Wheri'liirc  did  Sarah  lau;;li, 
sayiuK,  Shall  1  of  a  surety  bear  a 
child,  wliieh  am  old? 

14  "Is  any  thins  too  h.ird  for  the 
Lord?  'At  the  time  appointed  I 
will  return  >into  thee,  aeeonlins  to 
the  time  of  life,  and  SaraJi  shall  have 
a  son. 

Ij  Then  Sarali  denied,  savin-,  I 
lau;:hed  not;  f,,rshe  was  afraid.  And 
l\e  .said,  Xav  ;  hut  thou  didst  1  lu-h. 

11!  H  Anil  the  mm  ruse  up  fmm 
thence,  and  looked  toward  Sodom : 
and  Abraham  went  witli  them  "to 
brins  them  on  the  w.av. 

IT  And  the  l,ni!n  said,  ^"' Shall  I 
hide  from  Abraham  that  tiling  which 
Ido; 

18  Seeing  that  Abraham  shall  sure- 
ly become  a  ^reat  and  mighty  na- 
tion, and  al'  the  nations  of  the  earth 
shall  be  "  bliSsi-d  in  liiin? 

Ill  For  I  know  him,  >  that  he  will 
command  l>is  children  and  his 
himseholil  after  him,  ami  tiny  sh:ill 
keep  the  way  of  the  I,<>i!i),  In  do  jus- 
tice and  .jiiilsment;  that  tlie  ],iii;i) 
may  briu'.;  upon  Ahraluun  that 
wlueh  he  hath  spoken  of  him. 
'.t>  And  the  LiiiM)  said,  necnuse 
*thc  cry  of  Sodom  ami  Ciomorndi  is 
sreat,  and  because  their  sin  ia  ^'cry 
grievous, 
21  "I  will  go  down  now,  and  see 
whether  they  have  done  alto;;ether 
aeeordin;  to  the  cry  of  it,  whicli  is 
come  unto  me;  and  it  not,  lilwill 
know. 

18 


22  And  the  men  turned  their  faces 
from  thence,  "^aml  went  toward  Sod- 
om :  but  Abraham  ii  stood  yet  before 
the  l.oRn. 

21  U  And  Abrahnm  "'drew  near,  and 
said,  fWilt  thou  also  destroy  the 
righteous  with  the  wicked? 

24  STerad venture  there  be  fifty  right 
cons  within  the  city:  wilt  thou  also 
destroy  and  not  spare  the  place  for 
the  titty  righteous  that  are  therein? 

2.1  That  be  tiir  from  thee  to  do  after 
this  manner,  to  slay  tlie  ri;;hteous 
with  the  wicked;  and  h  that  the  risbt- 
eous  should  be  as  the  wicked,  that  be 
far  from  thee:  1  Sh.iU  not  the  Judfje 
of  all  the  earth  do  ri;;ht? 

20  And  the  hoitu  said,  Hf  I  find 
in  Sodom  fifty  ri;;hteous  within  tlie 
city,  then  1  will  spare  all  the  place 
for  their  snke.s. 

2"  And  Abraham  answered  and  said, 

1  Heboid  now,  1  luivc  taken  upon  me 
to  speak  unto  the  Lord,  which  am 
"'hilt  dust  and  ashes: 

2.S  Penidventiire  there  shall  lack  five 
of  the  fifty  ri-hteous  :  wilt  thou  de- 
stroy all  the  citv  lor  liirH-  nr  five  ? 
And  he  said,  1(  1  Hud  there  forty  and 
live,  I  will  not  destmy  il. 

•£>  And  he  spake  unto  him  yet 
a;;ain,  and  said,  I'eradveiitnre  there 
shall  be  forty  f  .tiuil  there.  And  he 
said,  I  will  not  do  it  for  forty-s  sake. 

.'JO  And  he  said  iiiilo  liim,  (>h  let  not 
the  Lord  he  an;rrv,  nnd  1  will  speak: 
reradvonturc  tlici-c  sliall  thirty  be 
found  there.  And  he  said,  I  wifl  not 
d[)  ^^  if  I  find  thirty  there. 

;il  And  he  said,  liehold  now,  I  have 
taken  upon  me  to  speak  unto  the 
Lord:  Peradvcntnrc  there  shall  be 
twenty  finind  there.  And  he  said,  1 
will  not  destrov  /'  for  twenty's  sake. 

■■:.'  AniI  he  said,  "Oh  l,t  not  the 
Lord  be  niiu'rv,  and  1  will  speak  vet 
liut  this  oni-ei'l'erailventure  ten  shall 
be  found  there.  "And  he  said,  1  will 
not  destroy  tl  for  ten's  sake. 

.".'!  And  tlie  LoiM)  went  his  wav,  as 
soon  as  he  had  left  communins  with 
Abraham :  nnd  Abraham  returned 
unto  his  place. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

1  Lot  entertaineth  two  angcU.  4  Tlte  vi- 
cious Sodomites  arc  stricken  Willi  blind- 
nest.  12  Lot  to  sent  for  safcti,  into  the 
moanlain:  18  Be  oitainelh  leave  lo  go 
into  Zoar.  S4  SoJont  and  Oomorrah  are 
destroyed.  26  Lot's  wife  il  a  pillar  of 
salt.  SO  Lot  dvellelh  in  a  cave.  31  The 
incestuous  original  ofJIoab  and  Ammon. 

AND  there  "came  two  nnsels  to 
Sodom  at  even;  and  Lot  sat  in 
the  sate  of  Sodom:  and  l>Lot  seeing 
llirm  rose  up  to  meet  them;  and  he 
bowed  hiuiselt  with  his  face  toward 
the -round; 

2  And  he  said.  Behold  now,  my 
lords,  'turn  iu,  1  )ir:iv  ^  011,  into  vou'r 
h.rvunt's  hoii-e.  and' tarry  all  nV.-lit, 
and  ■iwa-h  jour  liet.  and  ye  shall 
ri.se  up  early,  and  i;o  on  your  ways.  | 


Beforo 
CHRIST 

1898. 


Lot  is  sent  out  of  Sodom. 


GENESIS.       Sodom  and  Gomorrah  destroyed. 


2ret.  2.7.  9. 
ch.  18.  20. 


And  they  Boid,  "^Nnys  but  we  will 
abide  in  the  street  nil  night. 

3  And  he  pressed  upon  thcni  great- 
ly; nnd  they  turned  in  unto  hiin, 
and  entered  into  hia  house;  I  and  lie 
made  them  a  i'east,  *ind  did  hake  un- 
lea\'ened  bread,  and  they  did  eat. 

4  IT  But  before  they  lay  down,  the 
men  of  the  city,  even  the  men  of 
Sodom,  compassed  the  Jiousc  rovmd, 
both  old  and  young,  all  tlic  people 
from  e\  erv  quarter: 

5  'And  they  called  unto  Lot,  and 
said  unto  liim,  AVhcrc  are  the  men 
which  came  in  to  thee  this  nighti' 
li  bring  them  out  unto  us,  that  wc 
ima.v  know  then\. 

C  And  I.  Lot  went  out  at  the  door 
unto  them,  and  shut  the  door  after 
him, 

7  And  said,  I  pray  you,  brcthrcu,  do 
not  so  wiekedlv. 

8  llSeliold  now,  I  have  two  daugh- 
ters whieh  have  not  known  man;  let 
me,  I  pray  yiiu,  l>ring  them  o>it  unto 
you,  and  do  >c  to  them  as  is  good  in 
.your  eyes:  only  unto  these  men  do 
nothing;  "  for' therefore  came  they 
under  thr  shadow  of  m.y  roof. 

11  Anil  they  said.  Stand  hack.  And 
they  said  ogain^  This  one  feliair 
"came  in  to  sojourn,  °and  l;e  will 
needs  be  a  judge:  now  will  we  deal 
worse  with  thee  than  with  them. 
And  they  pressed  sore  upon  the  man, 
erai  Lot,  and  came  near  to  break  the 
door. 

10  But  the  men  put  forth  their 
hand,  and  i>ull»;d  I>ot  into  the  house 
to  them,  a!id  shut  to  the  door. 

11  And  tliey  smote  the  men  Pthat 
were  at  tire  door  of  the  house  with 
blindness,  both  small  and  great:  so 
that  they  wearied  themselves  to  iiud 
the  door. 

12  TT  And  the  men  said  unto  Lot, 
Hast  thou  hero  r.uy  besides?  son  in 
law,  and  thy  sons,  nnd  thy  daugli- 
tcrs,  nnd  whatsoever  thou  hnst  in  the 
city,  1  bring  t/ion  out  of  t hi.-;  place  : 

1,'i  For  wc  will  di  ■-(my  this  pKacc, 
because  the  'cryff  thc'ni  is  waxen 
great  before  the  f.iec  of  the  Loud  ; 
nnd  'the  LoisD  hath  sent  us  to  de- 
stroy it. 

li  And  Lot  went  out,  and  spake 
unto  his  sons  in  law.  *  which  mar- 
ried Ilia  daughters,  and  s.aid,  "  Vp, 
get  you  out  of  this  place  ;  for  the 
LoKD  will  destroy  tins  citv.  "But 
lie  seemed  ns  oue  that  mocked  unto 
his  sons  in  law. 

16  TT  And  when  the  morning  arose, 
then  the  nngels  liastened  Lot,  say- 
ing, 5' Arise,  take  tliy  wife,  and  tliy 
two  daughters,  which  J  are  here;  lest 
thou  he  consumed  in  tlic  ||  inii^uity 
of  the  city. 

IG  And  while  he  lingered,  the  men 
kiid  hold  upon  his  band,  and  upon 
the  hand  of  his  wife,  and  upon  the 
hand  of  his  two  daughters;  ''the 
LOKi>    being    merciful   unto   liiiii  : 


"and  they  brought  him  forth,  and 
set  him  without  the  city. 

ir  !T  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
had  brought  them  forth  abroad,  thilt 
he  said,  b  Escape  for  thy  life  ;  'look 
not  behind  thee,  neither  stay  thou  in 
all  tlie  plain  ;  escape  to  the  mount- 
ain, lest  thou  be  consumed. 

18  And  Lot  said  unto  them,  Oh, 
dnot  so,  my  Lord: 

ID  Behold  now,  thy  servant  liath 
found  grace  in  thy  sight,  and  thou 
hast  magnitied  thy  mercy,  which 
thou  hast  shewed  unto  mc  in  saving 
my  Uli-;  and  I  cannot  escape  to  the 
mountain,  lest  some  evil  take  me, 
and  I  die  : 

20  Behold  now,  this  city  is  near  to 
flee  unto,  nnd  it  !>  a  liitlc  one:  (), 
let  nic  escupe  thillier,  ^i>  it  not  a  little 
one  ?)  and  nn'  >-oul  j-hall  Vive. 

21  And  he  iaid  unto  him.  Sec,  'I 
h.ive  accepted  fthee  concerning  this 
thing  also,  that  I  will  not  o^■crtnrow 
this  city,  for  the  which  thou  hast 
spoken. 

2'2  Haste  thee,  escape  thither ;  for 
fl  cannot  do  anv  thing  till  thou  be 
come  thither,  'rhereforo  s  the  name 
of  the  city  was  called  ||  Zoar. 

23  U  The  sun  was  t  risen  upon  the 
earth  when  Lot  entered  into  Zoar. 

24  Then  '"tlie  l>oi:u  rained  upon 
Sodom  nnd  upon  Gomorrah  brim- 
stone and  tire  from  the  Lokd  out 
of  heaven; 

2j  And  he  overthrew  those  cities, 
and  all  the  plain,  and  all  the  in- 
habitants of  the  cities,  nnd  ithat 
which  grew  upon  the  ground, 

2i;  TT  But  his  wife  looked  back  from 
behind  him,  and  she  became  ka  iiil- 
hirofsalt. 

2r  V  And  Abraham  gat  up  early  in 
the  morning  to  the  place  where  ihe 
stood  before  the  LoKD  : 

28  And  he  looked  toward  Sodom 
nnd  Gomorrah,  and  toward  nil  the 
land  of  the  plain,  and  beheld,  and, 
lo,  '"the  smoke  of  the  country  went 
up  as  the  smoke  of  a  furnace. 

29  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
God  destroyed  the  cities  of  the  plain, 
that  God  "remembered  Abraham, 
and  sent  Lot  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
overtlirow,  when  lie  overthrew  the 
cities  in  the  which  Lot  dwelt. 

SO  IT  And  Lot  went  up  out  of  Zoar, 
and  "dwelt  in  the  inountnin,  and 
his  two  daughters  with  liim;  tor  he 
feared  to  dwell  in  Zoar :  nnd  he 
dwelt  in  a  cave,  he  and  Ids  two 
dnughters. 

31  And  the  firstborn  said  nnto  the 
younger.  Our  father  is  olil,  nnd  Hare 
Is- not  a  man  in  the  earth  ''to  come 
in  unto  us  after  the  maimer  of  all 
the  eartli: 

.'ij  Conic,  let  us  make  our  father 
drink  wine,  nnd  we  will  lie  with 
liim,  that  wc  '1  may  prcsci-ve  seed  of 
our  father. 

33  And  they  made  their  father 
19 


A  brahain.  dcnicth  his  loifc. 


GENESia 


Isaac  is  born. 


1  cS.  12.  1,1. 
4  SB.  7. 
.ch.  12.  1.1. 

rr..  IM.  II. 

;  Jnl>  33.  IS. 


<lriiik  Av'mc  that  iiisl'.t:  and  tlic  lirst- 
liom  vent  in,  and  lay  with  ncr  fa- 
ther; and  he  perceived  not  wlieii 
slic  lay  down,  nor  wlicn  slic  arose. 

!)l  And  it  camo  to  pass  on  tlie 
morrow,  that  llie  firstborn  said  nnto 
tlie  yonn;,'cr,  Hchold,  1  lay  3'estor- 
ni^'lit  with  my  fatlior:  let  ns  make 
iuin  drink  wine  this  nijxlit  also;  atul 
j:o  thou  in,  futd  lie  with  him,  that  we 
may  preserve  seed  ofour  father. 

.;.)  And  they  made  their  father 
drink  wine  tliat  ni^ht  nlso:  and  the 
yoini;;cr  arose,  and  lay  witli  him; 
imd  he  perceived  not  when  bhc  lay 
down,  nor  when  s)ic  arose. 

M  Tl\ns  were  both  the  danghtcrs  of 
l.ot  with  child  by  their  fatlicr. 

o7  And  the  tirsthorn  bare  a  son,  and 
called  his  name  JNIoab:  •"  the  .same  I'.s- 
l!ic  tiitlicr  of  the  Aloubitcs  unto  this 
day. 

.'.W  And  the  youn^^er,  she  also  bare  a 
son,  and  called  his  name  llon-aniini: 
"tlie  same  t.*  tlie  fatlier  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammoii  unto  this  day. 
CHAPTER  XX. 

I  Af>raham  eojuunieth  at  Gcrar,  2  denieth 
his  wife,  and  loetlh  her.  3  Abimclccli  ia 
reproved  for  Iter  in  a  dream.  0  lio  re- 
luketh  Aliraham,  14  rettorttli  Surah,  10 
and  reprovcth  her.  17  Uo  is  healed  by 
Abraham's  praj/er. 

AND  Abraham  joiirneyeil  from 
"thence  towanl  the  south  coun- 
try, and  dwelt  between  !>  Kadesh 
and  Shiir,  and  ■■  sojininicd  in  Gcrar. 

2  And  Ahrahnm  said  of  Sinih  his 
wife,  'I  Slie  l■^  my  sister:  and  Abime- 
lech  kin^  of  Gerar  sent,  and  '^touk 
Sarah. 

!!  But  f  God  c.imo  to  Abimelech  Mn 
a  flrcani  bv  ni;;ht,  and  .said  to  him, 
h  Rchold,  thou  oil  hut  a  dead  mnn, 
for  the  woman  which  thou  hast  tak- 
en; for  she  i.<  t  a  nian'.s  wife. 

4  Jint  Abimelech  had  not  come 
near  her:  and  he  said,  honn,  iwilt 
thon  slay  also  a  rirhteons  nation  '/ 

.5  Said  he  not  nnto  me,  Siie  n  mv 
sister?  and  sh':,  even  she  hersi'lf 
said,    lie    i.<!    my    brother:    kin    the 

II  intosrity  of  my  heart  and  innocen- 
cv  of  my  hands  have  1  done  tliis. 

ii  And  God  Baid  nnto  him  in  a 
dream.  Yea,  I  know  tliat  tlioii  didst 
this  in  the  inte-ritv  of  thy  heart; 
for  II  also  withheld  thee  fnim  sin- 
ning "'au'ainst  me:  therefore  Buttered 
1  thee  not  to  touch  her. 

7  Now  therefore  restore  the  man  7/i-' 
wifc-i  "  (iir  he  ix  a  prophet,  and  he 
shall  prav  for  thee,  and  thou  shalt 
live:  ami  if  th.)n  restore  lirr  not, 
"know  tlioii  th.it  tlnni  siialt  surely 
die,  thon.  I' and  all  that  «/'•  thine 


H  Th. 
the  m 
nuts,  ;l 


Abimelech  ro'^e  carlv  in 
ninu'.  and  called  all  his  serv- 
llnlilall  lluselhiii-sin  their 


1)  Then  Abi 
mid  said  nn 
done  unto  i 


h  culled  .Mindiani, 
1,  Wleit  luist  thon 


fended  thee,  '<  that  thou  hast  brought 
on  me  and  on  my  kin;;doni  a  j^rcat 
sin?  thon  hast  done  deeds  unto  me 
■■  that  on;;ht  not  to  be  done. 

10  And  Abimelecli  said  unto  Abra- 
ham, What  sawest  thou,  that  thou 
hast  done  this  thin;;? 

11  And  Abraham  said.  Because  I 
thought,  Surely  'the  fi-ar  of  God  is 
not  in  this  place;  and  '  they  will  slay 
me  for  my  wife's  sake. 

12  And  yet  indeed  "  s/te  is  my  sis- 
ter; she  is  the  daujrhter  of  my  fa- 
ther, but  not  the  daughter  of  my 
mother;  and  she  became  my  wife. 

LJ  And  it  came  to  jiass,  when  "  God 
caused  me  to  wander  from  my  fa- 
ther's house,  that  I  said  nnto  her. 
This  IS  thy  kindness  wliich  tliou 
shalt  shew  unto  me;  .^t  every  jilaee 
whither  we  shall  come,  >  say  of  me, 
Ho  IS  my  brother. 

14  And  Abimelech  '  took  sheep,  and 
o.\cn,  and  menservants,  and  woinen- 
scr>'aiits,  and  f^:\vc  t/trnt  unto  Abra- 
Iiam,  and  restored  him  Sandi  his 
wile. 

1.3  And  Abimelech  said,  Cehold, 
"my  land  is  before  thee:  dwell 
f  wlicre  it  pleaseth  thee. 

11!  And  unto  Sarah  he  said.  Heboid, 
1  have  piven  ''thy  bi-other  a  thou- 
sand ]iirres  of  silver:  '  behold,  he  is 
to  thee  'I  a  covering  of  the  eyes,  unto 
all  that  nrc  with  tliec,  and  with  all 
other:  thus  she  was  reproved. 

17  IT  So  Abraham  '■' praved  nnto 
God  :  and  God  healed  Aliimcleeh, 
and  his  wife,  and  his  inaidscr\'aiits; 
and  thev  bare  vliikln'.n. 

15  l"oi"tlie  l.oHl)  fhad  fast  closed 
up  all  the  wombs  of  the  house  of 
Abimelech,  because  of  Sarah,  Abra- 
ham's wife. 

CHArTEK  XXI. 
1  Jiaac  is  born.  4  lie  is  eircumeiscd.  G 
Sarah's  joy.  0  «:i</nc  and  lili^noel  are 
east  forth.  15  U.fjnr  in  dittrcsn.  17 
The  angel  eomforlcth  hrr.  22  M^me- 
lech's  covenant  tt'ith  Abraham  at  Leer- 
sheba. 

A  ND  the  lyonn  "visited  Sarah  as 
J  V  he  had  saiil.  and  the  l>oui>  did 
nnto  Sanih  I' as  he  had  spoken. 
2  for  Sanih  "^conceived,  and  bare 
Abraham  a  son  in  his  old  a^^e,  ''at 
the  set  time  of  which  God  had  spok- 
en to  him. 

.1  And  Abraham  called  the  name 
of  his  son  that  was  born  imtohiin, 
whom  Sanih  bare  to  him, ""  Isaac. 
4  And  AhrnlKiin  fcircnmcised  his 
son  Isnic  iuinu'  "■iu'ht  dnvs  old,  B.is 
God  had  cominaiHled  hiin. 
.1  And  liAliniluim  was  a  Inindivd 
veais  old,  when  his  son  Isa:ic  was 
born  nnto  iiiin. 

(i  IT  And  Sarah  said,  i  God  liatli 
made  me  to  lan-.-h.  .so  Hint  all  that 
bear  k  will  lau-.-h  wilh  inc. 
7  And  she  said,  Who  would  Inive 
sai.l  nnt.i  Alinih.:in.  that  Sanih 
should   have  -iven   children   suck  ? 


11  agar  and  Ishrnael  cast  forth. 


GENESIS. 


Abhnelecli's  covenant. 


nbout  1S02. 
l.i:nl.  4.30. 


N.i,.,.23  31. 


30.  2.  J.  21. 

I  cii.  ic.  li 


I  lor  I  have  borne  him  a,  son  in  his 
old  af;c. 

8  And  tlie  child  ^rcw,  and  "was 
woaned:  and  Aliniliani  nnide  a  ;;roat 
tL'a.st  tlio  sa)in:  day  that  Isaac  was 
wtaiii'd. 

!)  II  And  Sarali  s.aw  tlic  son  of  lla- 
•^ar  '"the  K^vptian,  "which  slie  liad 
borne  nnto  Ahrahani,  "mocking. 

JO  Wherefore  sl\e  .said  nnto  Abra- 
ham, 1'  Cu.-t  out  tills  hondwoiiian  and 
lier  t.on  :  ti>r  tlie  son  of  thi.s  hoiid- 
wiiinan  shall  not  be  lieir  with  my 
sun,  eri)i  with  Isaac. 

11  And  the  thiiij;  was  very  ^^rievons 
in  Abraham's  tight  i  because  of  his 
son. 

12  TT  And  God  said  xiiito  Abraham, 
l.it  it  not  be  Kiicvons  in  thy  si^ht 
liecanse  ot  the  lad,  and  because  of 
tliy  bondwoman;  in  all  that  Sarah 
hath  said  unto  tliee,  hearken  unto 
her  voice;  for  'in  Isaac  shall  thy 
seed  be  called. 

1;;  And  also  of  the  son  of  the  bond- 
woman will  I  make  "a  nation,  be- 
eanse  he  is  thy  seed. 

1-t  And  Abraham  rose  up  early  in 
the  mornin;;,  and  took  bread,  and  a 
bcittle  ot  water,  and  gave  it  nnto  Ha- 
^'ar,  iHittiii;?  it  on  her  shoulder,  and 
the  child,  and  'sent  her  away:  and 
she  departed,  and  wandered  in  the 
wilderness  of  lieer-sheba. 

1.)  And  the  water  was  spent  in  the 
lupttle,  and  she  cast  the  child  under 
one  of  tlie  shrubs. 

Hi  And  she  went,  and  sat  her  down 
o\er  a;;ainst  him  a  pood  way  off,  as 
it  were  a  bowshot:  tor  she  said.  Let 
me  nut  see  the  death  of  the  child. 
.\iid  she  sat  o\er  a,:;aiiist  hiin^  and 
lifted  up  h<T  voice,  and  wept. 

17  And  "  God  heard  the  voice  of  the 
hill;  and  the  an-el  o(  God  called  to 
ll:i;,'ar  out  of  heaven,  and  said  unto 
her.  What  aileth  thee,  lla-ar?  fear 
not;  fiir  God  hath  heard  the  voice  of 
the  lad  where  he  is. 

l.S  .\rise,  lilt  up  the  lad,  and  hold 
liim  in  thine  hand;  for  "  I  will  make 
him  apreat  nation. 

r.)  And  "  God  opened  her  cyc.a,  and 
she  saw  a  well  of  water  ;  and  she 
went,  and  filled  the  bottle  with  wa- 
ter, and  f;ave  the  lad  drink. 

»)  And  God  >  was  with  the  lad  ; 
and  he  f;re\\',  and  dwelt  in  the  wil- 
deriies.'i,  ''  and  beeanio  an  archer. 

L'l  And  he  dwelt  in  tlie  wildemcss 

ifParan:  and  his  mother  "took  him 
.1  will!  out  of  the  land  of  K^'vpt. 

22  ^  And  It  caino  to  pass  at  that 
time,  that  l>Abiinelech  and  riiiehol 
the  chief  captain  of  his  host  spake 
nnto  Abraham,  savin?,  "  God  in  with 
theeiiittlltliattliini  doest: 

aJ  Now  tliereUire  •!  swear  unto  mo 
here  bv  (iuil.  tthat  thou  wilt  not 
deal  falsely  with  nie,  nor  with  my 
son,  nor  w'ith  my  son's  son:  bitt.  ac- 
cordins  to  the  kindness  that  I  have 
done  unto  thee,  thou  shalt  do  unto 


nie,  anil  to  the  land  wherein  thou 

hast  sojourned. 

'2i  And  Abruham  said,  I  will  swear. 

y.5  And  Abraham  reproveil  Abime- 

leeh  because  of  a  well  of  water,  which 

Abimelech's  servunts  ''had  violently 

taken  away. 

20  And  Abimoleeh  said,  I  wot  not 

who  hath  done  this  tiling:  neither 
didst  thou  tell  me,  neither  yet  heard 
lo///,  but  to  day. 

'/!  And  Abraham  took  sheep  and 
oxen,  and  j;avc  tiiem  unto  Abime- 
lecli;  and  both  of  them  I  made  a  cov- 
enant. 

28  And  Abrahan\  set  seven  Gwc 
lambs  of  tlie  flock  by  themselves. 

2y  And  Abinielech  said  unto  .Abra- 
ham, f^  What  iiu-ioi  these  be\X'n  ewe 
lambs  which  thou  hast  set  by  them- 
selves 'i 

oO  And  he  said.  For  thene  seven  ewe 
lambs  shalt  thou  take  of  my  hand, 
that  lithe)'  may  be  a  witness  unto 
me,  that  I  have  dinned  this  well. 

SI  Wherefore  he  i  called  that  place 
II  Becr-sheba ;  because  there  lliey 
sware  both  of  them. 

32  Thus  they  made  a  covenant  at 
Beer-sheba :  "then  Abimeleeh  rose 
nj),  and  Piiichol  the  chief  captain  of 
his  lic^st,  and  they  returned  into  the 
land  of  the  Philistines. 

S!  U  And  .Ihra/iaia  planted  a  Hjcrovc 
in  Beer-sheba,  and  V  calh-d  there  on 
the  noine  of  the  Loiti),  I  the  cverlast- 
iu;,'  God. 

;U  And  Abraham  sojourned  in  the 
Philistines'  land  many  days. 

CHAPTER  XXIT. 

1  Abraham  ia  tempted  to  offer  Isaac.  3 
ne  otvcth  froof  of  Ma  faith  and  obedi- 
ence. 11  The  angel  ttayelh  him.  13 
laaae  ia  ezehnnped  u>ith  a  ram.  H  The 
place  ia  catted  Jehovah-jireh.  15  Abra- 
ham  ia  hleaaed  ai/ain.  tfO  The  genera. 
tionof  Nahor  unto  liebcJcah. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
thiiiKS,  that  "God  did  tempt 
Abraham,  and  said  unto  liim,  Abra- 
ham: ami  he  B:ud,  t  Behold,  here  I 
<im. 

2  And  he  said.  Take  now  thy  son, 
'» thine  only  i^oii  Isaac,  whom  thou 
lovest,  and  pH  thee  *-'  into  the  land  of 
Moriah;  and  oH'er  him  tlierc  for  a 
burnt  offeriii'.;  upon  one  of  the 
mountains  which  I  will  tell  thee  of. 

3  TT  And  Abraham  rose  vip  early 
in  the  mornin;;,  and  Siiddledhis  a.ss, 
and  took  two  of  his  younj;  men  with 
him,  and  Isaac  his  son,  and  cla\'e 
the  wood  fiir  the  burnt  offerin);,  and 
rose  up,  and  went  unto  the  place  of 
which  God  had  told  him. 

4  Then  mi  the  third  day  Abraham 
lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw  the  place 
afar  off. 

.1  And  Abraham  said  unto  Ins 
yovni'.;  men.  Abide  ye  here  with  the 
ass;  and  I  and  the  lad  will  iro_j'on- 
der  and  worship,  and  come  again  to 


you. 


21 


Trial  of  Abraham's  faith. 


The  death  of  F^arah. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1872. 


0  And  Abraham  took  tlic  woiid  ol' 
tlie  burnt  ottering,  and  «'  luid  //  upon 
Isaac  his  son;  and  Itc  took  the  fii'c  in 
his  hand,  and  n  knift';  and  tliey  went 
both  oftlieiu  toj^etlacr. 

7  And  Isaac  spake  unto  Abraham 
liis  lather,  and  said.  My  iiither;  and 
ho  said,  fHere  nm  J,  my  son.  And 
lie  said,  Beh<ild  the  lire  and  tlio 
wood:  but  wliere  is  the  11  land)  tor  a 


it  i.ltV 
An.l  Ahnil 


It  oflo 

II  tn 


c-tb. 


lani  said,  IMn*  son,  Ciod 
himself  a  lamb  tor  a 
:  so  they  went  both  of 


.     1    thuv    came    to    the    place 

which  God  liad  told  liim  of;  and 
Ahraliam  budt  an  altar  there,  and 
laid  tlic  wood  in  order,  and  bound 
Is!iac  his  son,  and  "  laid  him  on  the 
altar  upon  the  wood. 

IK  .Vnd  Abraham  stretched  forth 
his  hand,  and  took  the  knife  to  slay 
his  sun. 

11  And  the  Ansel  of  the  Loud 
called  unto  him  out  of  heaven,  and 
said,  Abraham,  Abraham:  and  he 
SLiid,  Here  am  I. 

12  And  he  said,  fl.iay  not  thine 
hand  upon  the  hid,  neither  do  thou 
any  thins  unto  him:  for  Snow  I 
know  that  thou  tijarest  God,  seeing 
thou  hast  not  withheld  thy  son, 
thine  only  aon,  from  me. 

l.j  And  Abraham  lifted  up  his 
eves,  and  looked,  and  behold  be- 
1  hiina.  ram  cuu-bt  in  a  tl 


bv  h 


id   Alirahi 


im. 


1 1  And  Abraham  called  the  name 
eit  that  place  ||  Jehovah-jireh:  as  it  is 
said  III  this  dav,  lu  the  mount  of  the 
Loi;i>  it  shall  lie  seen. 

1.1  IT  And  the  Angel  of  the  I.okd 
called  unto  ,\braham  out  of  heaven 
the  second  time, 

]i;  And  Kiiid,  liBy  myself  have  I 
sworn,  saitli  the  J, OKI),  for  because 
thou  hast  done  this  thins,  and  hast 
not  witlilield  thy  son,  thine  only 
so/?, 

17  That  in  blcssins  I  will  bless 
thcc,  and  in  niultiplyins  I  will  mul- 
tiply thy  seed  ias  "the  stars  of  the 
heaven, "k  and  iis  the  sand  which  is 
upon  tlic  sea  I  shore;  and  I  th^  seed 
shall  possess  "'the  k-''c  of  his  ene- 
mies; 

IS  "And  in  thv  seed  shall  all  the 
ualioiisof  tivecurlll  be  blessed;  "  be- 
cause tlloii  luistobcvcd  niv  voice. 

l;i  So  Alinibiim  returned  unto  his 
vouus  men,  and  tliev  rose  up  and 
went  toselber  to  I' lU'cr-sbcba;  and 
Abrahiim  dwelt  at  licer-sheba. 

20  II  And  it  Clone  to  puss  after  these 
thinss,  that  it  was  told  Abraham, 
savins,  lleliold.  'I  Milcah.  she  hath 
idso  borne  children  unto  thy  brother 


firstborn,  and  Buz  his 


brother,  and  Kemucl  the  father  '  of 
Aram, 

22  And  Chesed,  and  Hazo,  and 
Pildash,  and  Jidlaiih,  and  Uethucl. 

2.1  And  'Bethnel  hcsat  "Rebekah: 
these  cislit  Milciih  did  bear  to  Na- 
hor,  Abraham's  In-other. 

24  Ami  his  concubine,  whose  name 
)c,(s  Heunuib,  she  bare  also  Tehah, 
and  Gaham,  and  Thahash.und  Maa- 
ehah. 

CH.VrTER  XXIII. 

I  The  age  ami  death  of  Sarah.  3  The  pur- 
chase of  JUachjjelah,  19  tvherc  Sarah  wag 
buried. 

AND  Sarah  was  a  hundred  and 
seven  and  twenty  years  old: 
t/ir.ie  were  the  years  of  "the  lite  of 
Sarah. 

2  And  Sarah  died  in  °  Kirjath-ar- 
ba;  the  same  i.<  I' Hebion  in  tlie  land 
of  Canaan :  and  Abraham  came  to 
mourn  for  Sarah,  aud  to  weep  for 
her. 

.'1  IT  And  Abraham  stood  up  from 
beliire  his  dead,  and  spake  unto  the 
sonsoflletb,  sayins, 

4  "1  nm  a  .stninser  and  a  sojourn- 
er with  3'ou:  ds'vc  me  a  posses- 
sion of  a  buryingplace  with  you, 
tliat  I  may  bury  my  dead  out  of 
my  sisht. 

.1  And  the  children  of  Heth  an- 
swered Abraham,  savins  unto  him, 

i;  Hear  us,  my  loril:  thou  art  fa 
misbty  ])rinee  anions  us:  in  the 
clioiee  of  our  sepulchres  biirv  tli\' 
dead  ;  none  of  us  shall  withhold 
from  thee  his  sepulchre,  but  that 
thoii  niayest  bury  thy  dead. 

7  And  ^Vbrabam  stood  up,  and 
bowed  him>clf  to  the  people  of  tile 
land,  erru  to  the  children  of  Heth. 

8  And  he  communed  with  them, 
sayins.  If  it  be  your  mind  that  1 
should  burv  mv  dead  out  of  mv 
sisht,  hear  "me,  "and  entreat  for  m"e 
to  Kphron  the  son  of  Zobar, 

II  That  be  mnv  sive  me  the  cave  of 
Machpelah,  wrdch  he  hath,  which  i.< 
in  the  end  of  his  field;  fi>r  (  as  much 
moni'V  as  it  is  worth  he  shall  give  it 
me  for  a  [losscssion  of  a  burying- 
place amonsstyou. 

III  .\nd  Ephron  dwelt  amons  the 
ebildren  of  Ileth:  and  Ephron  the 
llittite  answered  Abraham  in  the 
1  audience  of  tlie  children  of  Ilcth, 
(CI  II  of  all  that  f  went  in  at  the  sate 
of  his  city,  savins, 

11  KKiiv,  niy  lord,  hear  me:  the 
field  sivJ"  I  thee,  aud  the  cave  that  is 
tlieiciii,  I  sive  it  thee;  in  the  jircs- 
cuce  of  the  sous  of  mv  people  s've  I 
ittbec:  burv  tbv  dead. 

12  Aud  Abiabiim  bowed  down  liim- 
self  heflne  tlu'  people  of  the  laud. 

1.'!  And  he  spiiUe  unto  Kpliron  in 
the  audience  of  the  people  of  the 
laud,  savins.  »ut  if  tlion  init  i,irr 
it.  I  priiv  tliee,  hear  me:  I  will  sive 
thee  money  for  the  field  ;  take  it  of 
me,  and  I  will  bury  my  dead  there. 


A  hraham  sendeth  his  servant 


to  seek  a  xmfefor  Isaac. 


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]-t  And  Ephioii  imswered  Abra- 
hiiiii,  savin;;  unto  him, 

l.i  My  "lord,  liearkeii  unto  mo:  the 
land  >;>  worth  lonr  Iiundred  h shekels 
of  silver  ;  what  i<  that  betwixt  me 
and  thee.'  luirv  tluretbre  thy  dead. 

1(1  And  Abraham  hearkened  inito 
Ephron;  and  Abraham  >  weighed  to 
E|]hroii  the  silver,  wliieh  lie  had 
named  in  the  audience  of  the  sons  of 
Hetii,  four  hundred  shekels  of  silver, 
current  uiunnf  with  the  merehant. 

17  IT  And  kthe  tield  of  Ephron, 
whieh  was  in  Maelipelah,  w  hieli 
xvas  before  Manire,  the  field,  and 
the  cave  which  wns  therein,  and  all 
the  trees  that  ircn'  in  the  Held,  that 
u'cre  in  all  the  borders  round  about, 
were  n^ade  sure 

liS  Unto  Abraham  for  a  pnsses.sion 
in  the  presence  of  the  children  of 
Ueth,  before  all  that  went  in  at  the 
>;ate  of  his  city. 

ID  And  after  this,  Abraham  buried 
Sarah  his  wife  in  the  cave  of  the 
field  of  Machpelah  before  Mamre  : 
tlie  same  is  Ilebron  in  the  land  of 
Canaan. 

2U  And  the  field,  and  the  cave  that 
^^  therein,  1  were  made  sure  unto 
Abraham  fbr  a  possession  of  a  bury- 
infjplaee  by  the  sons  of  lleth. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

1  Ahraham  swcareth  hit  Mri'ant.    10  The 

tervanfs  journey:  Vl  Bis  pralicr:  \\  His 

eiyn.     li  Rcltckah  meftelh  him,  18  ful- 

filleth  hit  aign,   22  receiveth  jewels,  23 

sheweih  her  kindred,  25  and  invitelh  him 

home.    20  The  servant  Uetieth  Ood.    29 

Laban  entertaineth  him.    34  The  servant 

sheweth  his  message.     50  Laban  and  Be- 

thuel  approve  it.    68  Rebckah  consenteth 

to  go.    02  Isaac  meeteth  her. 

AND    Abraham    ^was    old,    and 

X  V  f  well  stricken  in  age:  and  the 

Loud  liliad  blessed  Abraham  in  all 

things. 

li  And  Abraham  said  ^  unto  his  eld- 
est servant  of  his  house,  that  <l  ruled 
over  all  that  he  had.  Tut.  I  pray 
thee,  thy  hand  under  my  thigh: 
.'!  And  I  will  nnike  thee  fswear  by 
the  Loud,  the  God  of  heaven,  and 
the  God  of  the  earth,  that  sthou 
Shalt  not  take  a  wife  unto  my  son 
of  the  daughters  of  the  Canaanites, 
among  whom  I  dwell: 

4  lifiut  thou  shalt  go  >unto  my 
country,  and  to  my  kindred,  and 
take  a  wife  unto  my  "son  Isaac. 

5  And  the  servant  said  unto  him, 
Peradventurc  the  wom  in  will  not  be 
willing  to  follow  me  unto  this  hind: 
must  I  needs  bring  thy  sou  again 
unto   the   land  iVoiii  whence    thou 


cam 


t!  And  Abrahsni  said  unto  him,  I?e- 
waro  thou  tliat  thou  bring  not  my 
son  thitlRr  agnin. 

7  ir  The  Eoui)  God  of  heaven, 
which  k  took  me  from  my  father's 
house,  and  from  the  land  of  my  kin- 
dred, and  which  spake  unto  me,  and 


that  sware  unto  nie,  saying,  I  Unto 
thy  seed  will  I  give  this  land;  "'he 
shall  send  his  angel  before  thee,  and 
thou  shnlt  take  a  wife  unto  my  son 
from  tlieiice. 

■s  And  if  the  woman  will  not  be 
willing  to  follow  thee,  then  "thou 
shalt  1ie  clear  fioiu  this  mv  .kiIIi  : 
only  bring  iK.t  inv  son  tliitli.r  (igMiii. 

11  And  tlie  scivulit  put  his  hand  un- 
der the  thigh  of  Abraham  bis  master, 
anrl  sware  to  him  concerning  that 
matter. 

10  1  And  the  servant  took  ten  cam- 
els of  the  camels  of  his  master,  and 
departed;  "||for  all  the  goods  of  his 
master  jcerc  in  his  hand  :  and  he 
arose,  and  went  to  Mesopotamia,  un- 
to I'the  city  of  Nahor. 

11  And  he  made  his  camels  to  kneel 
down  without  the  city  by  a  well  of 
water  at  the  time  of  the  evening, 
emi  the  time  t ''  Uiat  women  go  out 
to  draw  icatci: 

12  And  he  said,  'O  Lord  God  of 
my  master  Abraham,  I  iiray  thee, 
*send  mc  good  speed  this  day,  and 
shew  kindness  unto  my  master  A- 
braham. 

i;!  Behold,  •  I  stand  here  by  the  well 
of  water;  and  "the  daughters  of  the 
men  of  the  city  come  out  to  draw 
water; 

14  And  let  it  come  to  pass,  that  the 
damsel  to  whom  1  shall  say,  l^et 
down  thv  pitcher,  I  pray  thee,  that 
1  may  drink;  and  she  shall  say, 
Drink,  and  I  will  give  thy  camels 
drink  also:  let  the  same  he  she  that 
thou  hast  ajjpointed  for  thy  servant 
Isaac;  and  *^  thereby  shall  1  know 
that  thou  hast  shew x'd  kindness  unto 
my  master. 

15  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  before  he 
had  done  speaking,  that,  behold, 
Kehekah  came  out,  ^^ho  w:is  born  to 
Bethuel,  son  of  "Mileah.  the  wile  of 
Nahor,  Abniham's  brother,  with  her 
pitcher  upon  her  shoulder. 

10  And  the  damsel  >  was  I  very  fair 
to  look  upon,  a  virgin,  neither  had 
any  man  Known  her:  and  she  went 
down  to  the  well,  and  tilled  her 
pitcher,  and  came  up. 

17  And  the  servant  ran  to  meet  her, 
and  said,  l.,et  me,  I  pray  thee,  drink 
a  little  water  of  thy  pitcher. 

IS  ^  And  she  Siiid,  Drmk,  my  lord: 
and  she   hasted,  :md  let  down  her 

})iteher  nix)n  her  hand,  and  gave 
lim  drink. 

Ill  And  when  she  had  done  giving 
him  drink,  she  said,  I  will  draw  va- 
ttr  for  thy  camels  also,  until  they 
have  done  drinking. 

•jt)  And  she  hasted,  and  emptied  her 
pitcher  into  the  trough,  and  ran 
again  unto  the  well  to  dravv^  tcatci; 
and  drew  for  all  his  camels. 

21  And  the  man  wondering  at  her 
held  his  peace,  to  wit  whether  "the 
JjORD  had  made  his  journey  pros- 
perous or  not.  „j 


Itebekah  meeteth  the  servant. 


GENESIS. 


He  telleth  his  errand. 


Beforo 
CURIST 

1857. 


'i'i  And  it  came  to  pass,  ns  the  cant- 
els  had  (lime  ilriukiii;;,  tlmt  the  man 
took  a  ;;(il(len  l»||earrin;^  ot  Iialf  a 
sliokel  \vei;;lit,  and  two  bracelets  for 
!ior  liaiids  of  ton  sliiKch  weiijlit  ot 
Kold; 

a">  Anil  said,  Whose  dauf;litcr  art 
thon?  ti'll  me,  I  jiray  thee:  is  there 
room  in  tliy  i'atlier's  house  lijr  us  to 
h)d;^e  in  ? 

24  And  slic  Slid  unto  liini,  •*  I  am 
the  dauj^liter  of  Betliuel  tlie  son  of 
JNIileah,  whicii  she  bare  unto  Nalior. 

'2'>  Slie  said  moreover  unto  liim. 
We  liavc  both  straw  and  i)rovender 
enou;;lK  and  room  to  Iod;:e  in. 

aj  And  tlie  man  ii  bowed  down  liis 
head,  and  worshipped  tlie  Lord. 

27  And  lie  said,  "^Blesseil  te  the 
l^oUD  God  of  my  master  Abraham, 
who  liath  notlet't  destitute  my  mas- 
ter of  I  his  mercy  and  Iiis  truth: 
I  licitifj  in  the  way,  the  IjOUD  f''leil 
me  to  tlie  house  of  my  master's 
brethren. 

2.S  And  the  damsel  ran,  and  told 
tlii'm  at'  her  mother's  liouse  these 
thin-s. 

2*.)  H  And  Kebekah  had  a  brother, 
and  his  name  ira.<  li  Ivaban :  and  La- 
ban  ran  out  unto  the  man,  unto  the 
well. 

"jO  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  saw 
the  earring',  and  bracelets  upon  his 
sister's  liands,  and  when  he  lieard 
the  words  of  Itebekah  his  sister,  say- 
injr.  Thus  spake  the  man  unto  nie, 
that  he  came  unto  the  man:  and, 
behold,  he  stood  by  the  camels  at 
the  well. 

.'il  And  he  said.  Come  in,  i  thou 
blessed  of  the  Loi:i)  ;  wlierelore 
standest  tliou  without  ?  for  I  have 
pivpared  the  house,  and  room  for 


:'•■!  U  And  the  man  came  into  the 
house:  and  he  un^iriled  his  camels, 
and  k  ;;ave  straw  and  pri>vt'niha'  ti>r 
llie  camels,  and  water  to  w:ish  his 
ti'ct,  and  the  men's  feet  that  iircc 
with  him. 

.'!.'!  And  there  was  set  7iicat  hefbre 
him  to  eat:  hut  he  sai<l,  U  will  not 
eat,  until  1  liave  told  mine  errand. 
And  he  said.  Speak  on. 

.'J-t  .Vnd  he  said,  I  am  Abraham's 
servant. 

."■>  .\nd  the  LoRii  ■"  hath  hlcsscd  my 
master  Knatly,  and  ho  is  become 
;;ieat:  and  he  hath  Riven  him  flocks, 
anil  lienis,  and  silver,  and  ;;old,  anil 
nunservants,  and  maidservants,  and 
camels,  and  asses. 

.'Vi  And  Sai'iih  my  master's  wifi' 
"  bare  a  sou  to  my  master  when  she 
was  old:  and  "linto  liim  hath  he 
pven  all  that  he  hath. 

.'(7  And  my  master  ''  made  me 
swear,  s;iyiii;;.  Thou  shalt  not  take 
a  wife  to  my  sou  of  the  daiiKh- 
ti MS  ot  the  Cauaanites,  in  whoso  land 
1  .Iwell: 

oS  'I  But  thou  Shalt  RO  unto  my  fii- 
at 


tiler's  house,  and  to  my  kindred,  and 
take  a  wife  unto  my  scm. 
.'ill  '  And   1   said  unto  my  master, 
I'eradventure  the  woman   will    not 
follow  me. 

40  'And  he  said  unto  me.  The 
Loud,  'before  whom  I  walk,  will 
send  his  an;;el  with  thee,  and  i)ros- 
per  thy  way;  and  thou  shalt  take  a 
wile  fiir  inv  son  of  my  kindred,  and 
of  my  father's  house: 

41  "  Then  shalt  thou  he  clear  from 
this  my  oath,  when  thou  coniest  to 
my  kindred;  and  if  they  give  not 
thee  one,  thou  shalt  be  clear  from  my 
oath. 

42  And  I  came  this  day  unto  the 
well,  and  said,  '  O  LoitD  God  of  my 
master  Abraham,  if  now  thou  do 
prosper  my  way  which  I  <xo: 

4;i  "Behold,  I  stand  by  the  well  of 
water;  and  it  shall  come  to  jiass, 
that  when  the  vir;;in  conietli  forth 
to  draw  intfrr,  and  1  say  to  her. 
Give  nie,  1  jiray  thee,  a  little  water 
of  thy  jiitcherto  drink; 

44  And  she  say  to  me.  Both  drink 
thou,  and  I  will  also  draw  fijr  thy 
camels:  let  the  same  lie  the  womaii 
whom  the  I^ohd  hath  appointed  out 
for  my  master's  son. 

45  *  And  before  I  had  done  >'  speak- 
ins  in  mine  heart,  behold,  Iicbekali 
came  forth  with  her  pitelier  on  lier 
shoulder;  an<l  she  went  down  unto 
the  well,  and  drew  tnil,,-:  and  1  said 
unto  her,  l^et  me  drink,  I  pray  thee. 

4lj  And  she  made  haste,  aiid  let 
down  her  pitcher  from  her  .sAo/i/f^er, 
and  said.  Drink,  and  I  will  ;;ive  thy 
camels  drink  also:  so  I  drank,  and 
she  made  the  camels  drink  also. 

■17  And  1  asked  her,  and  said. 
Whose  daughter  art  thou?  And  she 
said.  The  (humhter  of  lUthnel,  Na- 
hor's  son,  whom  iMileali  bare  unto 
him:  ami  I  ^iint  the  earrin;;  ujton 
her  face,  and  tlio  bracelets  upon  her 
hands. 

4S  "  And  I  bowed  down  my  head, 
and  worshipped  the  Lord,  and 
blessed  the  I.okd  God  ot  my  ma.s- 
ter  Abraham,  whicli  had  led  me  in 
the  ri;;lit  way  to  take  I'my  master's 
brother's  dau;;htor  unto  his  son. 

4',l  And  now,  if  ye  will '  deal  kindly 
and  truly  with  my  master,  tell  me: 
and  if  not,  tell  me;  that  1  may  turn 
to  the  lisht  hand,  or  to  the  left. 

.V)  Then  l.,aban  and  Bethuel  an- 
swered and  said,  <1  The  thin;;  pro- 
eeecKth  f.-om  the  Loiio:  we  cannot 
■sprak  unto  thee  bad  or  ^-ood. 

.■■1  li.hoia,  Rebekah  lis  helbrcthec: 
take  lirr,  and  ^'o,  and  let  her  be  thy 
master's  sou's  wife,  as  the  LoKi> 
bath  spoken. 

.')2  Anil  it  came  to  pass,  that, 
when  Abraham's  servant  Iicard  their 
words,  ho  >■' worshipped  tho  LORD, 
Itoiriiift  /liiii^cl/'to  the  earth. 

S!  And  tho  servant  brou^rht  forth 
t  lijewcls  of  Bilvcri  nnd  jewels  of 


IsoMC  meeteth  Rebekah. 


A  brahain's  death  and  burial. 


I^oUl,  and  raiment,  niul  save  t/irni 
to  Keheknli  :  ho  jj:nvc  also  to  her 
brotlicr  and  to  lier  mother  '  precious 
things. 

54  And  they  did  cat  and  drink, 
he  and  tlie  men  tliat  trcrc  ^vith 
him,  and  tarrietl  all  nijrht;  and  tliey 
rose  up  in  the  morning,  and  lie 
said,  k  bend  nic  away  unto  my  mas- 
ter. 

5.5  And  lier  brotlier  and  Iier  motlier 
said.  Let  the  damsel  abide  with  us 
II  a  jew  dajs,  at  the  least  ten ;  after 
that  she  shall  jjo. 

5(!  And  he  said  unto  them,  Uinder 
me  not,  seeinj?  the  l.oi;u  hath  pros- 
pered my  way;  send  me  away  that  I 
may  (;o  to  my  master. 

57  And  they  said,  Wc  will  call  the 
damsel,  and  inquire  at  her  mouth. 

5.S  And  they  called  Rebekah,  and 
said  unto  her.  Wilt  thou  fci  with 
this  man  ?  And  she  said,  I  wdl  go. 

5'J  And  they  sent  away  Kebekah 
their  sister,  and  I  her  nurse,  and 
Abraham's  servant,  and  his  men. 

W  And  tbev  bK-M'd  liebekah,  and 
said  unto  Ium-,  Th.m  uit  our  sister; 
be  tliou  '"  the  miithrr  of  tliousands 
of  million.s,  and  "  let  thy  seed  j>os- 
sess  the  gate  of  those  which  hate 
them. 

(il  TT  And  Kebekah  arose,  and  her 
damsels,  and  they  rode  upon  the 
camels,  and  followed  tlie  man:  and 
the  servant  took  liebektth,  and  went 
his  way. 

(i2  And  Isaac  came  from  the  Avay  of 
the  "  well  Lahai-roi;  for  he  dwelt  in 
the  south  country. 

(>•'!  And  Isaac  went  out  ||l'to  med- 
itate in  the  field  at  the  evenlide  : 
and  he  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and  saw, 
and,  behold,  the  camels  were  cuiw- 
in:;. 

Of  And  Rebekah  lifted  up  her  cjes, 
and  when  she  saw  Isaac,  ''she  liHl't- 
ednfi  ll.e  camel. 

0.)  For  she  had  naid  unto  tl;e  serv- 
ant, Wliat  man  is  this  that  walketh 
in  tlie  field  to  meet  us?  And  the 
servant  luiil  said.  It  is  my  master: 
therefore  she  took  a  vail,  and  cover- 
ed herself. 

(l(i  An<l  the  servant  told  Isaac  all 
things  tliat  he  had  done. 

(;7  And  Isiuic  brought  her  into  his 
mother  Sarali's  tent,  and  took  Re- 
bekah, and  she  became  his  wife;  and 
he  loved  her:  and  Isaac  ''was  com- 
forted aflcr  Ills  mother's  dcuili. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
1  The  sons  of  Abraham  by  Keturah.  6 
The  diviaion  of  hia  good».  7  Jlla  aye, 
and  death.  9  Bia  burial.  12  The  gen- 
erations of  lahmael.  17  Ilia  age,  and 
death.  EX  Isaac  prayeth  for  Rebekah, 
being  barren.  22  The  children  atrive  in 
her  womb.  24  The  birth  of  Haau  and 
Jacob.  27  Their  difference.  29  ilaau 
eclleth  fiia  birthright. 

THEN  again  Abraham  took  a  wife, 
and  her  name  u-us,  Keturah. 


2  And  "she  bare  him  Zinn-an,  and 
Jokshnn,  and  Medan,  and  Alidian, 
and  Ishbak,  and  Shnah. 

;>  And  Jokshan  begat  Sheba.  and 
Dedan.  And  the  sinis  of  Dedan 
were  Asshurim,  and  Letushim,  and 
L,eiimnnm. 

4  And  the  sons  of  Midian;  Ephah, 
and  Epher,  and  Ilaixich,  and  Abi- 
dah,  and  Eldaah.  All  these  were 
the  childi'Cn  of  Keturah. 

5  TI  And  I'  Abraham  gave  all  that  ho 
had  unto  Isaac. 

(i  But  unto  the  sons  of  the  concu- 
bines, which  Abraham  had,  Abra- 
ham gave  gifts,  and  '^sent  them 
away  from  Isaac  liis  son,  while  he 
yet  lived,  eastward,  unto  <l  the  cast 
countrv. 

7  And  these  are  the  days  of  the 
N'ears  of  Abndiam's  life  which  he 
lived,  a  hundred  threescore  and  fit- 
teen  years. 

S  Then  Abraham  gave  up  the  ghost, 
and  ''died  in  a  good  old  age,  an  old 
man,  and  full  of  ijenrs;  and  i  was 
gathered  to  his  peo]>le. 

\)  And  "^his  snns  Isaac  and  Ishmael 
buried  him  in  the  cave  of  Maeli- 
pelah,  in  the  field  of  Ephron  the  son 
of  Zoluir  the  Uittite,  whieli  is  before 
Manire; 

1(1  'i  Tlie  field  which  Abraham  pur- 
chased of  the  fons  of  Ileth:  i  tnere 
was  Abraham  buried,  and  Sarah  his 
wife. 

11  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
death  of  Abraliam,  tliat  Clod  blessed 
his  son  I.saae;  and  Isaac  dwelt  by 
the  k  well  I.ahai-ioi. 

12  H  Now  these  tire  the  generations 
nf  Isl-.niael,  Abraham's  son,  Iv.honi 
Ilujrar  the  Egyptian,  Sarali's  liand- 
nniid,  bare  uiilo  Abraham: 

l;;  And  '"  these  are  the  names  of 
the  sons  of  Ishmael,  by  their  names, 
according  to  their  generations;  the 
firstborn  of  Ishmael,  Neba^ioth;  and 
Kedar,  and  Adiieel,  and  JMlbsam, 

14  And  JNlishma,  and  Duinah,  and 
Jlassa, 

15  Ij  lladar,  and  Tema,  Jetur,  Na- 
phisli,  and  Kcdemah: 

Pj  These  are  the  sons  of  Ishmael, 
and  these  are  their  names,  by  their 
towns,  and  by  their  castles;  "twelve 
princes  according  to  their  nations. 

17  And  tliese  are  the  >eais  of  the 
life  of  Ishmael,  n  bundled  and  thirty 
and  seven  years:  and  "he  gave  up 
the  ghost  and  died,  and  was  gather- 
ed unto  his  people. 

18  I' And  tliey  dwelt  from  Ilavilali 
unto  Shur,  that  is  before  Egypt,  as 
thou  goest  toward  Assyria:  utid  he 
f  died  'I  in  tlie  presence  of  all  Ids 
brethren. 

10  IT  And  these  are  the  generations 
of  Isaac,  Abraliani's  son:  •■  Abraham 
begat  Isaac: 

ai  And  Isaac  was  forty  years  old 

when  he  took  Rebekah  to  wife,  'the 

daughter  of  Bethucl  the  Syrian  of 

25 


lUrth  df  Esau  and  Jacob. 


Isaac  doiieth  his  wifi;. 


Ucfuro 
C  II  It  I  S  T 

1607. 


,.  r.um,;i.  10, 

I  I  S;u...  il,  9. 

i  w.  -n. 


:  riuj.  12.  3. 
1S07. 


hil.   27.  U, 
2J.  31. 
I  ch.  27.  e, 
about  1805. 
t  Hell.  ui'l4 


*'/. 


I'udaii-arjun,  Uhc  sibter  to  ]..aban 
tlie  .Sj'riaii. 

'JX  And  Isaac  entreated  the  l.oim 
for  liw  wiiu,  liocaiiKC  Hhe  7!v/s  banvii : 
"ami  tlie  ],oui>  was  ciitri-atud  of 
him,  !iiid  "  lleliekaU  liis  wile  coii- 
euived. 

L'J  Ami  tl\c  children  Ktrn^jiled  to- 
fjetlier  witiiiii  lier:  and  Blie  said.  If 
it  he  M\  wiiy  am  I  tlius?  ^  And  Khe 
went  to  in<iuire  of  tlie  I.oiu>. 

i.'J  And  the  Lokd  said  nnto  her, 
>'  Two  nations  arc  in  thy  womb,  and 
two  manner  of  people  shall  l>c  sepa- 
rated from  thy  towels;  and  '  the  one 
IKMiple  shall  be  stronjier  than  t/ie 
uther  people;  and  "the  elder  shall 
serve  the  younger. 

L'4  IT  And  when  her  days  to  be  de- 
livered were  fultilled,  behold,  there 
Wf're  twins  In  her  womb. 

'ir>  And  the  first  came  out  red,  ''all 
over  like  a  hairy  garment;  and  they 
called  his  name  Rsau. 

20  And  after  that  came  his  brother 
out,  and  "^  his  hand  took  hold  on 
Esau's  heel;  and  J  his  name  was 
called  Jacob  :  and  Isaac  was  three- 
score years  old  when  she  bare  them. 

27  And  the  boys  grew:  and  Esau 
was  •'a  cunning  hunter,  a  man  of 
the  field  i  and  .Tacob  u-as  la,  plain 
man,  t'dwellinjj;  in  tents. 

I'S  And  Isa-ac  loved  Esau,  because 
1  he  did  heat  of  Ids  venison:  'but 
lii'bekali  loved  Jacob. 

•J.)  IT  And  Jacob  sod  pottage  :  and 
Esau  came  from  the  licld,  and  he 
u-ns  faint: 

'M  And  Esau  said  to  Jacob,  Feed 
me,  I  pray  thee,  twith  that  same 
yqA  pottarj'e ;  for  I  a)ii  faint:  there- 
fore was  his  name  called  (llCdom. 

.'!!  And  Jacob  said,  Sell  me  tliis  day 
thy  birthri^'ht. 

.'U  And  Esau  said,  Behold,  1  am  +  at 
the  point  to  div'  :  niul  what  proHt 
sludltliisbiitluii^htdotome? 

.•::;  And  Ja.nl)  said,  Swear  to  me  this 
dav;  and  he  sware  unto  him  :  and 
l.i;esold  ills  l,i,thii-l,t  uiit.i.laeol). 

;;i  Then  .Jaenh  -ave  Esan  bre:id  and 
pnlla^M'  ot  lelitiles;  and  Ihe  did  eat 
and  drink,  Hn<l  rose  nji,  and  went 
his  w;iv.  Thus  Esau  despised  his 
birthri;,'ht. 

CII.Vl'TER  XXVI. 

1  Uaac  Ucaute  of  famine  uvnt  to  Ocrar. 
2  UmI  inttructct'h,  and  bleatcih  him.  7 
/7j  i«  rcprol'eU  by  Abitnelech  for  deiiiiinq 
ftia  wife.  12  //c  groweth  ricli.  Id  Hj 
diggi'tii  F.tek,  Silnali,  and  JCehubolli.  X 
Abiinclcc/i  makelh  a  covenant  witli  him 
at  lleer-tluba.  3 1  Eaau't  u/ilici. 
famin 

t  famine 

that  was  in  tlic  davs  of  .\braham. 
And  Isaac  went  uiito  1.  Abinu'iech 
kin^'  of  the  I'liilistines  unto  (^fcrar. 
2  And  the  I.oi(i>  appeared  unto 
hiiu,  and  said.  Go  not  down  into 
E-viit;  dwell  in  '-the  laud  which  I 
shall  tell  thee  of. 
26 


3  il  Sojourn  in  this  land,  and  'I  will 
be  with  thee,  and  fwil!  bless  thee: 
for  unto  thee,  ami  unto  thv  seed,  «! 
will  k'im'  ;iI1  these  eouiitri'es,  and  I 
will  perform  !■  the  oath  which  1  tware 
unto  Abraham  tliy  tiitlier; 

4  And  il  will  make  thy  need  to 
multiply  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and 
will  five  unto  thv  seed  all  these 
countries;  k  and  in'thv  seed  shall  all 
the  njitions  of  the  earth  l..^  hhss.-.l: 

5  I  Because  that  Abialiam  obeyed 
my  \oice,  and  kept  my  char^'e,  "my 
eoinmandmeuts,  my  statutes,  and 
my  laws. 

(i  IT  .\nd  Isaac  dwelt  in  Gcrar. 

7  And  the  men  of  the  place  asked 
hiiH  of  his  wife:  and  "'he  said.  She  is 
my  sister:  fiir  "lie  feared  to  say,  A'Ae 
IS  "my  wife:  lest,  soiV/  he,  the  men  of 
the  place  should  kill  me  for  Hebek- 
ah  ;  because  she  "  was  fair  to  look 
upon. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  had 
been  there  a  lonuj  time,  that  .Vhime- 
leeh  kiuK  of  tlle  Philistines  looked 
out  at  a  window^  and  saw.  and,  be- 
hold, Isaac  tcius  sporting  with  Kebek- 
ah  his  wife. 

U  And  Abimeleeh  called  Isaac,  and 
said.  Behold,  of  a  surety  she  !.-•  thy 
wife  :  and  how  s:iidst  thou.  She  ?.-- 
my  sister?  And  Is:uic  said  imto  him. 
Because  I  said,  Eest  1  die  for  her. 

10  And  Abimeleeh  said,  What  is 
this  thou  hast  di)ne  nnto  us?  one  of 
the  iieople  mi-lit  lightly  have  hiin 
with  thy  wite,  and  i'thou  shouldest 
ha\'e  Iirtmirht  ;;uiltiness  uijon  us. 

11  And  Abimeleeh  eharjjed  all  7iis 
people,  sayinir,  He  that  ''  toncheth 
tliis  man  or  his  wife  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death. 

12  Then  Isaac  sowed  in  that  land, 
and  f  received  in  the  same  ye:ir  ^a 
hundredfold:  and  the  LoitU  'blessed 
him. 

V>  And  the  man  *  waxed  ffreatj  and 
)  went  forward,  and  grew  untd  he 
became  xevv  great: 

U  For  he  "inul  possession  of  flocks, 
and  jKissi'ssiou  of  herds,  and  great 
store  of  II  servants:  and  the  ThiUs- 
tiues  "  envied  him. 

l."i  For  all  the  wells  "' which  his 
father's  servants  had  digged  in  the 
days  of  Abraham  his  father,  the  Phi- 
listines had  stopped  them,  and  tilled 
tliem  with  earth. 

Ki  And  Abimelecli  said  unto  Isaac, 
(Jo  from  US  ;  for  ''thou  art  much 
mightier  than  we. 

17  II  And  Isaac  departed  thence, 
and  pitched  his  tent  in  the  valley  of 
(ierar,  and  dwelt  there. 

IS  .\iid  Isaue  digged  ng.ain  the  wells 
of  water,  which  thev  hatl  digged  in 
Ihe  davs  of  Abraham  his  father:  for 
the  Pliilislines  had  stopped  them  aft- 
er the  death  of  Abraham  :  >  and  he 
called  their  names  after  the  names 
by  which  his  father  had  called  them. 

i'J  And  Isaac's  servants  digged  in 


A  himclcch's  covenant. 


GENESIS. 


Isaac  sendeth  Esau  for  veniso^i. 


Ucfnre 
C  nil  1  S  T 

alout  1;^. 


(th.  21.  22. 
t/u.ls.  11.7. 


t  Hcl..  Steing 
k  <■]..  21.  22. 


ITI.. 

Ml. 

ocl,. 

21.31. 

ij|»/ 

1 

700. 

pell 

an.  2. 

27.46. 

till 

1.  iitte 

the  valley,  ami  Ibuiul  there  a  well  of 
f  spriiiijiiii;  water. 

L'O  And  the  heriliiien  of  Gerar  "  d'ul 
strive  •with  Isaae'.s  henlineii,  savinu', 
The  water  is  oiir.<:  and  he  culled  the 
name  of  the   well   |i  Esek  ;    because 

liev  Ktr.ne  with  him. 

■Jl'  And  thi'V  di-u'i'd  another  well. 

nd    stinve    inr   tliat    also:    and    he 

allrd  the  name  i.fit  I!  Sitnah. 

L'J   And   lie  romnvud  from  thence, 

ml  di;.'-ed  another  well  ;  and  itn- 
tliat  theV  .strove  not:  and  he  called 
the  nanie  of  it  ||  Heliobotli;  and  he 
said.  For  now  the  l^or.B  hath  made 
mom  for  us,  and  we  sliall  "  be  fruit- 
ful in  the  land. 

25  And  he  went  up  from  thence  to 
Beer-sheba. 

•M  And  the  Lord  appeared  unto 
him  tlie  same  nijiht,  an<l  said.  I»I 
nm  tlie  CJod  of  Abraham  thv  father: 

fear  not,  for  dl  am  witli  thee,  and 
will  bless  thee,  and  multipl.\'  thy 
seed  for  my  Bcrvant  Abraham's 
sake. 

2.5  And  he  '  budded  an  altar  there, 
and  f  called  upon  the  name  of  the 
liOKD,  and  pitched  his  tent  there: 
ami  there  Isaac's  sei-vant.s  digged  a 
well. 

20  IT  Then  Ahinielech  went  to  liim 
from  Gerar,  and  Ahuzzath  one  of 
liis  friends.  Sand  Phichol  the  chief 
captain  of  his  army. 

27  And  Isaac  said  unto  them,  "Where- 
fore come  ye  to  me,  seeiiif;  li >e  hate 
me,  and  have  isent  me  away  from 
you  ? 

2S  And  the.v  said,  t  We  saw  certain- 
ly tliat  the 'L(iiti)  k  was  with  thee: 
and  we  said,  l^et  there  be  now  an 
oath  betwixt  us,  crrn  betwixt  us  and 
thee,  and  let  us  make  a  covenant 
witli  thee; 

2!!  1  That  thou  wilt  do  us  uo  hurt, 
as  we  Iiave  not  touelied  tiiee,  and  as 
we  liavc  done  unto  thee  nothing  but 
good,  and  liave  sent  thee  away  in 
I>eaee :  I  tliou  art  now  the  blessed  of 
the  Loud. 

3J  '"  And  he  made  them  a  feast, 
and  the\-  did  eat  and  drink. 

.11  And  they  rose  up  betimes  in 
the  morning,  ami  "  swure  one  to  an- 
other :  and  Isaac  sent  them  away, 
and  they  departed  from  him  m 
peace. 

.*!2  And  it  eaine  to  pass  the  same 
dav,  that  Isaac's  servants  came,  and 
told  him  i-Diu-eriHiii.'  tlie  well  which 
tl\i>y  IkuI  di-u'ed.  and  said  unto  him. 
We"  have  fouml  water. 

33  And  he  called  it  ||  Shebah:  "there- 
fore the  name  of  the  city  is  \\  Beer- 
sheba  unto  tliis  day. 

34  TI  P  And  Esau  was  fortv  veors  old 
when  he  took  to  wile  .Indith  the 
daughter  of  Beevi  the  Ilittite,  and 
B.ashemath  the  daughter  of  Elon 
tlie  Ilittite: 

Sj  Which  iwere  fa  grief  of  mind 
unto  Isaac  and  to  Kebckah. 


CHAPTER  XXVIL 

1  Xsaae  ncndeth  Esau  for  veni6on.  C  Re- 
bckah  inetructeih  Jacob  to  obtain  the 
hlcming,  15  Jacob  under  the  person  of 
Eaau  o'itainiith  it.  30  Esau  bringeth 
veniaon.  1£J  Isaac  trembleth.  34  Esau 
eomplainctfl,  and  tjt  importunity  obtain- 
eth  a  blessing.  41  JTe  threatcneth  Jacob. 
42  Rebefcah  Uisapitointet/t  it. 

AND  it  came  to  pa-ss,  that  when 
Isaac  was  old,  and  "his  eyes 
were  dim,  so  tliat  he  could  not  see, 
he  called  Esau  his  elde.>^t  son,  and 
said  unto  him.  My  son:  and  he  said 
unto  him.  Behold,  here  am  I. 

2  And  he  said.  Behold  now,  I  am 
old,  I  likuow  not  the  day  of  my 
death : 

3  '  Now  therefore  take,  I  prnv  thee, 
thy  weapons,  thy  quiver  and  th.^- 
bow,  and  go  out  to  the  Held,  and 
f  take  me  unme  venison; 

•1  And  make  me  savoury  meat,  such 
as  I  love,  and  bring  it  to  me,  that  I 
may  eat;  tliat  my  soul  dmay  bless 
thee  before  I  die. 

,">  And  llebekali  heard  when  Isaac 
spake  to  Esau  his  son.  And  Esau 
went  to  t)ie  field  to  hunt  ./or  veni- 
son, roKf  to  bring  it. 

0  TT  And  Uehekah  spake  unto  Jacob 
lier  son,  sa\'ing.  Behold,  I  heard  thy 
father  speak  unto  Esau  thy  brother, 
saying, 

7  Bring  me  venison,  and  make  me 
savoury  meat,  that  I  may  eat,  and 
bless  t1iee  before  the  I>oi!D  before 
my  death. 

fs'Now  therefore,  my  son,  "^obey  my 
voice  oceording  to  that  which  I  com- 
mand thee. 

!)  Go  now  to  the  flock,  and  fetch 
me  from  thence  two  good  kids  of  the 
goats  i  and  I  will  make  them  Tsa- 
vourv  meat  for  thv  father,  such  as  he 
lovcfh : 

111  And  thou  sh.alt  bring  it  to  thv 
father,  tliat  he  mav  eat,  and  that  he 
Smav  bless  tlur  hrii.ie  his  death. 

H  And  .Jacnl)  said  to  Rebekah  his 
mother.  Behold,  li  Esau  my  brother 
is  a  hairy  man,  and  I  am  a  smooth 
man : 

12  My  fiither  peradventiire  will  ifeel 
me,  and  I  shall  seem  to  him  as  a  de- 
ceiver ;  and  I  shall  bring  ka  curse 
upon  me,  and  not  a  blessing. 

l.'l  And  his  mother  said  unto  him, 

1  Upon  mo  be  thy  curse,  my  son  : 
only  obey  my  voice,  and  go  fetch 
me  litem. 

14  And  he  v.ent,  and  fetched,  and 
bronglit  till  III  to  his  mother:  and  his 
mother  '"made  savmiry  meat,  such 
as  his  father  loved. 

1.)  And  Beh.kah  took  t" goodly 
raiment  of  her  eldest  son  Esaii, 
\ihiih  irrre  with  her  in  the  house, 
and  put  them  uiioii  Jacob  her  young- 
er .son: 

Ifi   And  she  put  the  skins  of  the 
kids  of  the  goats  upon   his  hands, 
and  upon  the  smootli  of  liis  neck: 
27 


Jacob  ohtaineth  the  blessing. 


GENESIS. 


Esau  threateneth  Jacob. 


Before 
C  H  U  I  S  T 

about  1760. 


•  noi 

11.0. 

tllcl. 

11.  20. 

I" 

t.  33.13 

..  1.  21 

i.-.  IS. 

17  And  she  j:avc  the  Sii\'oiiry  meat 
nml  till!  lircail,  which  she  hail  jire- 
iiai-ed,  into  the  hand  of  lier  son  Ja- 


l.S  TT  And  ho  eanie  niito  liis  iUtlier, 
and  said.  My  tiillier:  anil  lie  said, 
Here  ftnt  I;  Y'ho  (trf  thmi,  my  son? 

I'.l  .'Vnd  .lacoli  said  unto  his  father, 
I  <iiu  Ksau  thy  firstlirirn  ;  I  have 
done  aeeordin;;  as  thou  Ijudest  me: 
arise,  1  pray  tliee,  sit  and  eat  of  my 
venison,  "that  thy  soul  may  bless 
me. 

20  And  Isaac  said  unto  his  son. 
How  (.s-  it  that  thou  hast  foiMid  it  so 
(iuiekl>',  mv  son?  And  he  said,  Ile- 
eause  the  Loitu  tliy  God  brought  it 
tt..nie. 

L'l  And  Isaac  said  unto,Taeob,  Come 
near,  I  pray  thee,  tliat  1  ''may  feel 
tlnr,  my  son,  whetiier  thou  be  my 
very  s.iu  Ksan  or  not. 

L'li  .\uil  J.unli  went  ne.ar  unto  Isaac 
liis  fither;  and  lu-  frit  him,  ami  sai.l, 
Tiu-  voice  i.^  Jucoh's  voiec',  but  tile 
liandsfov  tlie  he.mls  of  Ksan. 

2:;  And  lie  discerned  him  not,  be- 
cause 'I  his  liaiids  were  hairy,  as  his 
brother  Ks^iu's  hands:  so  he  blessed 
him. 

lil  And  ho  said.  Art  thou  my  very 
Sim  Ksau?    And  he  said,  I  am. 

'Mi  And  he  said,  Bring  it  near  to  mc, 
and  1  will  eat  of  my  son's  venison, 
'that  my  soul  may  bless  thee.  And 
lie  broii;,dit  it  near  to  him,  and  he 
did  eat:  and  he  brought  him  wine, 
and  li.^  drank. 

Lfi  And  liis  father  Isaac  said  unto 
Iiiiu,  Come  near  now,  and  kiss  me, 
Mij'  son. 

-/  And  lie  came  near,  and  kissed 
him  :  and  he  smelled  tlie  smell  of 
liis  raiment,  :ind  blessed  him,  and 
said.  See,  Mlic  smell  of  my  son  fi  ns 
tlie  smell  of  a  held  which  the  LoRU 
liath  lih'ssed: 

•JS  Thereti)ro  'God  give  thee  of 
"the  dew  of  heaven,  and  "'the  fat- 
ness of  the  earth,  and  "plenty  of 
corn  and  wine: 

1;!!  >  J/it  people  seiTC  theo,  and  na- 
tions bow  down  to  thee  :  bo  lord 
over  tliy  brethren,  and  'let  thy 
mother's  sons  bow  down  to  thec': 
"cursed  ?,e  every  one  th:it  eurseth 
tliee,  and  blessed  Ic  he  that  blcsseth 
thee. 

'M  IT  And  it  came  to  pa-es,  na  soon 
[i.s  Isaac  had  made  an  end  of  bless- 
ing, Jacob,  and  .Jacob  was  yet  scarce 
gone  out  from  tile  presence  of  Isaac 
his  fatlu-r,  that  K.viu  his  brother 
came  in  from  Iiis  hunting. 

.'Jl  And  ho  also  had  made  savoury 
moat,  ami  brouglit  it  unto  his  father, 
and  siiid  unto  his  fallior,  Let  mv  fa- 
ther arise,  anil  !■  cat  of  his  son's  veni- 
son, tlial  Ibv  soul  mav  bless  me. 

.•y  And  I.s'aac  his  father  said  unto 
him.  Who  €iit  thou?  And  he  said, 
I  am  tliy  son,  thy  firstborn,  Ksau. 

'M  Anil  Isaac  t  trembled  very  cx- 


eeedinglv,  and  said,  M'ho?  where 
he   th:it'liath    t  taken   venison,  an 
brought  it  me,  and  I  have  eaten  i 
all    before    thou   earnest,  and    liave 
blessed  him  ?  yea,  "^  auU  lie  shall  bi 
blessed. 

Hi  And  when  Esau  heard  the  word 
of  liis  tiither,  il  he  cried  with  a  great 
and  exceeding  bitter  cry,  and  said 
unto  his  father,  liless  iiic,  ciin  mc 
also,  (J  mv  lather. 

35  And  lie  said.  Thy  brfither  came 
with  subtilty,  and  luith  taken  away 
thy  blessing. 

.'Jlj  And  he  said,  'Is  not  he  right- 
ly named  ||  Jacob?  for  lie  hath  bui>- 
planteil  me  these  two  times  :  fhe 
took  away  my  birthright;  and,  be- 
hold, now  ho' hath  taken  away  iny 
blessing.  And  he  said,  JIast  tliou 
not  reserved  a  blessing  (in-  me? 

.".r  And  Isaac  answered  and  said 
unto  Ksau,  !■'  Heboid,  I  liavc  made 
him  thy  lord,  and  all  his  brethren 
have  I  given  to  him  for  servants  ; 
and  liwitli  corn  and  wine  have  I 
II  sustained  liim:  and  what  .shall  1  do 
now  unto  thoo,  mv  son? 

.'i-S  And  Ksau  said  unto  liis  father, 
Ilast  thou  but  one  blessing,  my  fa- 
ther? bless  me,  ci-i  n  me  also,  (j  my 
father.  And  Ksau  lifted  up  his  voice, 
"  and  wept. 

SD  And  Isaac  his  father  answered 
and  said  unto  him,  Hehold,  i-tliy 
dwelling  shall  be  ||  the  fatness  of  the 
earth,  and  of  the  dew  of  heaven  from 
above; 

40  And  by  thy  sword  shalt  thou 
live,  and  Ishalt  serve  thv  brother: 
and  "'it  shall  come  to  pass  when 
thou  slndt  have  the  dominion,  that 
thou  shalt  break  his  yoke  from  olV 
thy  neck. 

41  IT  And  Ksau  "hated  Jacob  be- 
cause of  the  blessing  wlicrewitli  his 
fatiier  blessed  him  :  and  Ksau  said 
in  his  heart,  "  The  days  of  mourning 
tOr  mv  tiither  are  at  hand;  ''then 
will  I  Slav  my  brother  Jacob. 

42  And"  those  words  of  Ksau  her 
elder  .son  wore  told  to  liobekali:  and 
she  sent  anil  ciillod  .lacoh  her  young- 
er son,  and  siiiil  unto  him,  liohold, 
thy  brother  Ksiiii,  as  touching  thee, 
doth  ''comfort  himself,  iiiini6.-<iiiii  to 
kill  theo. 

4-!  Now  therefore,  my  son,  obey  my 
voice;  and  arise,  tieethoii  to  Kabah 
my  brother  'to  Ilaran; 

44  .\nd  tarrv  with  him  a  few  days, 
until  thy  bro'lhcr's  fury  turn  awav: 

4.-)  Until  ihy  brotlic'r's  auger  t'urn 
away  I'rom  tlioe,  and  ho  foigct  llicd 
which  thon  hast  done  to  him:  thou 
I  will  send,  and  fetch  thee  from 
thence:  why  should  I  bo  deprived 
also  of  you  liotli  in  one  day? 

4ii  And  Uobokah  said  to  Isaac,  'I 
am  weary  of  my  life  because  of  the 
daughttrs  of  Heth:  '  if  Jacob  take  a 
wiffc  of  the  daughters  of  Ileth,  such 
as  these  which  are  of  the  daughtei's  1 


Tltc  vision  of  Jacob's  ladder. 


GENESIS. 


Jacob  comcth.  to  Ilaran. 


of  the  land,  what  good  Bliall  iiiy  life 
do  inc  ? 

CIIAPTEK  XXVIII. 
1  laaat:  btctteth  Jacob,  and  eenilrlh  htm  to 

J'ailananim.     0  Esau  mnrricth   M,(h,{. 

lath  the   ilituijhlcr  of  lehmncl.      lU    T/it 

viaioK  of  Jacob'e  luddcr.     la  The  etonc 

of  JSclh-cl.    W  Jacol/'B  vow. 

AN  D  Isaac  called  Jacob,  and 
"blessed  him,  and  cliar^'ed  him, 
and  said  unto  him,  I' Thou  slialt 
not  take  a  wife  of  the  daughters  oi 
Canaan. 

2  'Arise,  po  to  <l Padan-nram,  to 
tlie  house  of  '  Betliuel  thy  niotlicr's 
fhthcr;  and  take  thee  a  wife  from 
thence  of  the  dan(;hters  of  fl^aban 
thy  nn^ther's  brother. 

S  t'And  God  Ahniijhty  bless  thee, 
ai\d  make  thee  fruitful,  and  multi- 
ply tliee,  that  thcni  mayest  be  t  a 
multitude  of  i)eoi>lei 

4  And  ^ive  tl\ee  I'thc  blcssinK  of 
Abralnim,  to  thee,  and  to  tliy  seed 
witli  thee;  that  thou  mayest  mlierit 
tlie  land  f  i  wherein  tliou  art  a  t-tran- 
Ser,  wliieh  Gud  ;ia\  o  unto  Al)raluim. 

5  And  Isaae  sent  a\v:iy  ,Tac-.il.:  and 
he  went  to  I'aclan-annn  nnt.i  l,ahnn, 
son  of  lietlmel  the  Syrian,  the  brolli- 
cr  of  llebekah,  Jacob'.')  and  Esau's 
niotluM-. 

GIT  When  Esau  saw  tl\at  Isaac  had 
blessed  Jacob,  and  sent  liim  away  to 
I'adan-aram,  to  take  him  a  wife  from 
thence;  and  tluit  as  lie  blessed  liim 
ho  Rave  him  a  char;;e,  snyin;;,  Tl\ou 
shall  not  take  a  wili;  of  the  daughters 
of  Canaan; 

7  And  tliat  Jacob  obeyed  his  fatlicr 
and  bis  motlier,  and  was  gone  to 
Padan-aram; 

8  Ami  Esau  secinij  k  that  the  daugh- 
ters of  Canaan  f  pleased  not  Isaac  his 
fatlier; 

U  Tlien  went  Esau  unto  Ishmael, 
and  look  unto  the  wives  wlUeli  he 
had  IMahalath  tlie  daughter  of  Isli- 
mael  Aliraluim's  son,  "'the  sister  of 
Nebnjotli,  to  l)e  his  wife. 

10  !T'  And  Jacob  "  went  out  from 
Beer-sheba,  and  went  toward  "Ila- 
ran. 

U  And  he  lighted  upon  a  certain 
l)lace,  and  tiirried  there  all  nij^Iit,  be- 
cause the  sun  was  set;  and  lie  took 
of  the  stones  of  tliat  place,  and  put 
tlicm  for  his  pillov/s,  and  lay  down 
in  that  place  to  sleep. 

12  And  he  i'  dreamed,  aiul  behold  a 
ladder  set  up  on  tlie  earth,  and  tlic 
top  of  it  reached  to  hea\"en :  and  be- 
hold 'I  tlie  angels  of  God  ascending 
and  descending  on  it. 

i;;  ■'And.  behold,  the  IyOui>  stood 
above  it,  and  said,  "1  am  the  Eoiii) 
God  of  Abraliam  thy  father,  and  the 
God  of  Isaac:  *  tlie  land  whereon 
tirou  liest,  to  thee  will  I  give  it,  and 
to  thv  seed; 

It  And  "tliy  seed  slndl  he  as,  tin- 
dust  of  llic  eartli ;  and  tliou  shall 
f  spread  abroad  "  to  the  west,  and  to 


the  east,  and  to  the  north,  and  to  the 
soutli;  and  in  tliee  and  ^in  lliy  seed 
slniU  all  the  families  of  the  eartli  be 
blessed. 

13  And,  behold,  5'  I  am  with  thee, 
and  will  ''^kecp  thee  in  all  j)htccs 
wliitlier  tliou  goest,  and  will  "brin" 
tliec  again  into  this  land ;  for  t"! 
will  not  leave  thee,  "^  until  I  have 
done  l/iat  which  1  nave  spoken  to 
tliee  of. 

Ki  IT  And  Jacob  awaked  out  of  liis 
sleep,  and  he  said,  Surely  the  I. OICD 
is  in  <l  this  place;  and  1  knew  it  not. 

ir  And  he  wa.s  afraid,  and  said, 
How  dreadful  is  this  place!  this  is 
none  other  but  the  house  of  God,  and 
this  is  the  gate  of  heaven. 

in  And  Jacob  rose  up  earlv  in  the 
morning,  and  t.iok  the  stone  that  he 
had  put./ii/-  his  pillows,  and  "set  it 
up./'o)'a  pilUir,  'and  poured  oil  upon 
the  top  of  it. 

10  And  he  called  the  name  of  5  that 
place  II  Beth-cl:  but  tlie  name  of  that 
city  irrr.,  ciiUr,/  En/,  at  the  lii-st. 

I'll  liAnd  .laeoh  viiweil  a  vow,  say- 
in-.  If  .(ojd  vill  he  with  me,  and 
H  ill  keep  me  in  this  way  that  I  go, 
and  will  give  mo  li  bread  to  eat,  and 
raiment  to  put  on, 

21  So  that  1 1  come  again  to  my  fa- 
ther's house  in  peace;  "*tlieu  shall 
the  EoKi)  he  my  God: 

22  And  tills  stcne,  wliich  I  li.ave  set 
Jbr  a  jiilhir,  "shall  be  God's  house: 
"  and  of  all  that  thoii  shalt  give  me  I 
will  surely  give  the  tenth  unto  thee. 

ClIAPTEIl  XXIX. 
1  Jacob  comcth  to  the  ivM  of  Jlaran.  9  He 
talieth  acijuaiiitancc  of  Rachel.  13  La- 
ban  entertaincth  him,  13  Jacob  cove- 
nanteth  for  Racltel.  £3  He  is  deceived 
with  Leah.  US  He  viarrieth  also  Rachel, 
and  nerveth  for  her  pcven  years  invre. 
32  Leah  Icitreth  Reuben,  33  Simeon,  34 
Levi,  3-'>  (inU  Judati. 

T'^IIEN  Jacob  t  went  on  his  jour- 
ney, "  and  came  into  the  land  of 
the  t  people  of  t!ie  cast. 

2  And  he  hioked,  and  behold  a  well 
in  the  field,  and,  lo,  there  were  three 
flocks  of  sliecp  lying  by  it;  ibr  out  of 
that  well  they  watered  the  flocks: 
and  a  great  stone  jfasinioii  the  well's 
mouth. 

S  And  thither  were  all  the  flocks 
gathered:  and  they  rolled  tlic  stone 
from  the  well's  moutli,  and  watered 
the  sheep,  and  put  the  stone  again 
upon  the  well's  mouth  in  his  place. 

4  And  Jaeoli  said  unto  them.  My 
brethren,  whence /«■  ve?  And  they 
said,  Of  Haran  arc  we. 

■'i  And  he  said  unto  thein.  Know  j-c 
Eaban  the  son  of  Nahorif  And  they 
said.  We  know  tiim. 

(I  And  be  said  unto  them,  II' 7s-  he 
weU?  And  tliev  said,  ]Ic  in  well: 
and,  beli..ld,  Ihiehel  Ids  daughter 
Cometh  with  the  sheep. 

7  And  he  sai.l,  Eo,  t  it  i<  vet  high 
day,  neither  is  il  time  that  the  cattle 
29 


Before 
CHRIST 

nliout  1760. 


Jacob  tnarrietli 


GENESIS. 


heah  and  Rachel. 


Before 
CIIKI  ST 

aljout  17011. 


feh.  n.  R.  k 


1753. 

.T,„ie.  1,;.  1. 


should  be  Kiitlicroil  tii;,'ctlHT :  Avater 
yc  the  Rlioep,  and  *^o  tuttl  iet-d  thrm. 

H  And  thev  Biiid,  We  caiiniit,  until 
all  flic  flocks  he  irathered  together, 
and  till  they  roll  the  stone  from  tlie 
well's  mouth ;  then  we  water  the 
.•^heep. 

'.)  TI  And  •while  lie  yet  spake  with 
them , '  llachel  came  witli  lier  father's 
sheep:  for  she  kept  them. 

10  And  it  i-anie  to  p;iss,  when  Jarob 
saw  Itaehcl  the  dan-hter  of  Lahan 
his  ni(.th.'i'i<  hicllier,  an<l  the  sheep 
of  Lahan  liis  motlier's  hrotlier.  that 
Jacob  went  near,  and  'f  rolled  the 
stone  from  the  well's  mouth,  and 
watered  the  flock  of  Laban  liis  moth- 
er's hrotlier. 

11  And  .Jacob  '"kissed  Rachel,  and 
lifted  up  his  voice,  and  wept. 

VI  And  .Jacob  told  Kaehel  that  he 
iraa  rher  fitlicr's  brother,  and  that 
he  ii-ai  Kclirkah's  son:  Eand  she  ran 
and  tc^ld  li.r  liither. 

1  •".  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Labnn 
lieard  tlie  1  tidin-s  of  .Jacob  his  sis- 
ter's son,  tliathhe  ran  to  meet  liim, 
and  embraced  him,  and  kissed  him, 
and  brought  him  to  his  house.  And 
he  told  Liiban  all  the.se  things. 

14  And  Laban  said  to  him,  i  Surely 
thou  art  mv  bone  and  my  flesh. 
And  he  abode  witli  him  fthc  space 
of  a  month. 

1.7  IT  And  Laban  said  unto  Ja- 
cob, Kecausc  thou  nit  my  brother, 
shouldfst  thou  therefore  serve  me 
liir  nou'^lit:'  tell  me,  what  fhall  thy 
wa-cs  /»■  f 

1(1  And  Laban  had  two  daushters: 
the  name  of  the  elder  irdu  I.,eah,  and 
the  name  of  the  younger  was  Ka- 
ehel. 

17  Leah  vns  tender  eved:  but  Jta- 
chel  was  beanlinil  and  well  favoured. 

15  And  .laroh  loved  Kaehel;  and 
said,  k  1  will  serve  tliee  seven  years 
for  Kaeliel  tliv  vonn-er  dati-hteV. 

I'.l  And  Laliaii  said.  It  i<  li.  ttir  th->t 
I -ive  her  to  thee,  tlian  that  I  >hoold 
^.'ive  her  to  nnotlier  man:  abide  with 

a)  And  .T.icob  I  served  seven  years 
for  Ilicliel;  and  tliey  seemed  unto 
him  but  a  few  days,  for  the  love  he 
had  to  her. 

iil  IT  And  Jacob  said  unto  Laban, 
Give  me  my  wife,  for  my  days  nre 
fidlilled,  that  I  may  "V"  '"  ''"*')  her. 

L'2  And  Laban  ;;athcred  to>rether  all 
the  men  of  the  jilace,  and  "made  a 
feast. 

1! ".  ,\nd  it  e;ime  to  pass  in  the  even- 
in..',  tliat  he  took  Leah  his  daughter, 
and  bnniuht  her  to  him;  and  he 
w.'ntin  M,it.>her. 

L'l  And  Laban  fjave  unto  his  daugh- 
ter Leah  Zilpah  his  maidybra  hand- 
iiKiid. 

'Ih  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  the 
mornin'.;,  behohl,  it  viif  Leah:  aiul 
lie  said  to  Laban,  Wliat  «  lliis  thou 
hast  done  unto  nie?  did  not  I  serve 
30 


with  thee  lor  Rachel  'i  wherctbre  then 
hast  thou  be-uiled  me? 
lii;  And  Laban  said.  It  must  not  be 
80  done  in  our  f  country,  to  give  the 
younger  before  the  tirstboni. 
27  "Fnltil  her  week,  and  we  will 
give  thee  this  also  tor  the  sendee 
which  thou  slialt  serve  with  nic  yet 
seven  tither  j'ears. 

'2)i  And  Jacob  did  so,  and  fulfilled 
her  week:  and  he  gave  him  Rachel 
his  daughter  t.i  wifi;  also. 
Ltl  Ami  Laban  gave  to  Rachel  his 
daughter  Rilliah  liis  handmaid  tt)  be 
her  maid. 

'M  And  he  went  in  also  unto  Ra- 
chel, and  he  •' loved  also  Rachel 
more  than  Leah,  and  served  with 
him  '1  vet  se\'en  other  years. 
Ml  H  And  when  the  I^oiiO  'saw  that 
Leah  vixa  hated,  he  "opened  her 
womb:  but  Rachel  ic<7.«  Imrren. 
oii  And  Leah  coTicei^'ed,  and  bare  a 
son;  and  she  called  his  name  li  Reu- 
ben: for  slie  said.  Surely  the  Loi:ii 
hath  'looked  upon  my  affliction; 
now  therefore  my  husband  will  love 
me. 

.■li  And  she  conceived  again,  and 
bare  a  son ;  and  said.  Because  tlie 
IvORP  hath  heard  that  1  iri<f  hated, 
he  hath  therefore  gi\en  me  this  mii 
also:  and  she  called  his  name  ||  Sim- 
eon. 

34  And  she  conceived  again,  and 
bare  a  son;  and  said.  Now  this  time 
will  my  husband  bo  joined  unto  me, 
becaus'e  1  have  borne  him  three 
sons:  therefore  was  his  name  call- 
ed 11  Levi. 

.'1.5  And  she  conceived  again,  and 
bare  .a  son;  and  she  said.  Now  will 
I  praise  the  Loiii)  :  tiierefore  she 
ealleil  his  name  "||Judah;  and  t  left 
hearing. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 
1  Rachd,  in  grief  for  her  bttrrt-nncgi,  piv- 
eth  liiiltati  tier  maid  vnto  Jacoh.  6  Utic 
bcarctti  Dan  and  Naphtali.  9  Lcffti  giv- 
etit  ZHj^alx  her  maid,  wlio  bcarctti  Uttd 
and  Aetier.  14  Xcuhcn  findclh  man- 
drakee,  tcith  icliich  Leah  huyeth  her  hu»- 
ianJ  of  Jiachel  17  Leah  bcarclh  Itsa- 
char,  Zebulun,  and  Vinah.  22  Rachel 
bearcth  Joseph.  25  Jacob  desireth  to  de- 
part. 27  Laban  efapeth  him  on  a  nctv 
covenant.    a7  Jacob'n  potici/,  tvhereby  he 

AND  when  Rachel  saw  that  "she 
bare  J.ieib  no  children,  Rachel 
1' envied  her  sister;  and  said  unto 
Jacob,  Give  nic  children,  ''or  else  1 
die. 

1!  Ami  Jacob's  anger  was  kindled 
against  R:i.Ik1;  and  he  said.  .I.lm  1 
in  Corl',.  stead,  wlio  hath  withheld 
from  111..-  Ilie  frnitof  tlie  woilib? 

;',  And  she  said,  Heboid  "niv  maid 
I'.ilhali,  go  in  unto  her;  fund  she 
shall  hear  np..n  mv  knees,  K  tliat  1 
may  al... 1 1  have  children  by  her. 

4  Ami  she  gave  liim  RilliaU  her 
lijindmaid  1'  to  wife:  and  Jaccb  wont 
in  unto  her. 


Rachel  beareth  Joseph. 


Laban  stayeth  Jacob. 


ir..  3.5.  24.  i 
•».  1. 
Ijim.  3.  iO, 


ch.b.  6. 


about  1T49. 

1  vor.  4, 

aljout  1743. 


Qbout  1743. 
n  cli.  2.5.  3(1. 
oNum.  \r,.S, 


about  1745. 

■  1  S.nn,.  1,  (i. 
I..  4.1. 
I.uko  1,  25. 


5  And  Billiah  conceived,  and  bare 
Jacob  a  son. 

(i  And  Kacliel  said,  God  Iiath  i  jiidp;- 
ed  me,  and  liatli  also  lieard  my  voice, 
and  hatU  given  me  a  son:  tncrcibrc 
called  she  his  name  ||  J)an. 

7  And  Billiah  Kachel's  maid  con- 
ceived aj;ain,  and  bare  Jacob  a  sec- 
ond son. 

S  And  Kacliel  said,  'With  tfcreat 
wrestlinss  lia\c  I  viestled  witli  my 
sister,  and  I  have  prevailed:  and  blie 
called  his  name  ||  kKaphtali. 

'.)  When  ],eali  saw  that  she  had  left 
bearing,  she  took  Zilpah  licr  maid, 
and  I  gave  her  Jacob  to  wile. 

10  And  Zilpah  Leah's  maid  bare 
Jacob  a  son. 

U  And  Ijcah  said,  A  troop  Com- 
eth: and  she  called  his  name  IIGad. 

12  And  Zilpah  l.,eali's  maid  bare 
Jacob  a  second  son. 

!.■>  And  J.,eah  paid,  f  Happy  am  I, 
fiir  the  daughters  '"will  call  me 
lilessed :  and  she  called  his  name 
II  Asher. 

U  H  And  Kenben  went  in  the  daj-s 
of  wheat  har^■est,  and  found  man- 
drakes ill  the  field,  and  brought 
Ihem  unto  his  mother  J.eah.  Then 
Kacliel  said  to  l>eah,  "  dive  me,  I 
jiray  tliec,  of  thy  s<)n's  mandrakes. 

15  And  she  said  unto  her,  "Is  it  a 
small  matter  that  thou  hast  taken 
my  husband  ?  and  woiildcst  thou 
take  away  my  son's  mandrakes  alsoi* 
.Viid  llaeliel  said,  Theretbre  he  shall 
lie  « itli  thee  to  night  lor  thy  son's 
mandrakes. 

11!  And  Jacob  came  out  of  the  licld 
in  the  evening,  aiidl.eah  went  out 
to  meet  him,  and  said,  Thou  must 
come  in  unto  me;  for  surely  I  have 
hired  thee  with  my  son's  mandrakes. 
Ami  he  lay  with  her  that  night. 

17  And  God  liearkencd  unto  I>cah, 
and  she  conceived,  and  bare  Jacob 
the  filth  son. 

IS  And  l,eali  said,  God  hath  given 
me  my  hire,  because  I  have  given 
my  maiden  to  my  husband:  and  she 
called  hid  name  ||  Issachar. 

I'J  And  Leah  conceived  again,  and 
b.irc  Jacob  the  sixth  son. 

31  And  Leah  said,  God  hath  en- 
dued ine  vitfi  a  good  dowry;  now 
will  my  husband  dwell  Mitli  nic,  be- 
cause I  have  borne  him  six  sons: 
and  she  called  his  name  ||  1'  Zebulnn 

21  And  atterwards  she  bare  a  daugh- 
ter, and  called  her  name  !|  Dinah. 

22  IT  And  God  1  remembered  Ra- 
chel, and  God  hearkened  to  her,  and 
"■opened  her  womb. 

2.*1  And  she  conceived,  and  hare  a 
son;  and  said,  God  hatli  taken  away 
'my  reproach: 

24"  And  she  called  his  name  ||Jo 
seph;  and  said,  'The  LoKU  shall 
add  to  me  another  son. 

25  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ka 
chel  had  borne  Josepli,  that  Jacob 
said  unto  Laban,  "  Send  me  away, 


that  I  may  go  unto  "mine  own  place, 
and  to  my  country. 

2<;  Gi\e  (He  my  wives  and  niv  chil- 
dren, ''for  whom  1  have  served  thee, 
and  let  me  go:  for  thoii  kiiowestmy 
service  which  1  have  done  thee. 

2"  And  Laban  said  unto  him,  I  pray 
thee,  if  I  have  found  fiivour  in  thine 
eyes,  tarry:  Jor  >I  jiave  learned 
by  experience  that  the  LoitD  hath 
blessed  me  ^for  thy  sake. 

28  And  he  said,  ''Appoint  me  thy 
wages,  and  I  will  gii'C  it. 

2'J  And  he  said  unto  him,  bTlioii 
kiiowest  how  I  have  sened  thee, 
and  how  thy  cattle  was  with  me. 

30  For  it  was  little  which  thou  liadst 
before  I  came,  and  <'^  i.s  vow  fin- 
creased  unto  a  multitmle;  and  the 
I-OKI)  hath  blessed  thee  f  since  mv 
coming :  and  now,  when  shall  I 
'■  provide  for  mine  f»wn  house  also? 

31  And  he  said,  Whiu  sluill  I  give 
thee:'  And  Jaenb  sr,id,  Th"U  slialt 
not  give  me  any  thing:  if  tlum  wilt 
do  this  thing  for  me,  1  will  again  feed 
and  keep  thy  flock. 

32  I  will  p:\ss  througn  all  thy  flock 
to  day.  reino\ing  from  tlience  all  the 
speckled  and  spotteil  cattle,  and  all 
the  brown  cattle  among  the  sheep, 
and  the  spotted  and  spvckled  among 
the  goats:  and  <!  oy' siic/i  shall  be  my 
hire. 

3;J  So  shall  my  ''righteousness  an- 
swer for  me  fin  time  to  come,  when 
it  shall  come  for  my  lure  before  thy 
face  :  every  one  that  is  not  speck- 
led and  spotted  among  the  goat: 
and  brown  among  the  sheep,  that 
shall  be  counted  stolen  ,vitli  me. 

34  And  Laban  said,  I!eh..ld,  I  would 
it  might  be  according  to  thy  v.ord 

55  And  lie  removed  that  d.iy  the 
he  goats  that  were  rin'^strcaked  and 
spotted,  and  all  the  she  goats  that 
were  speckled  and  spotted,  ami  every 
one  that  had  w)»ie  white  in  it,  and 
all  the  brown  among  the  sluep,  and 
gave  llicm  into  the  haiui  of  hi.s  sons. 

3(i  And  he  set  three  days' join  ney 
betwixt  himself  and  Jacob:  and  Ja- 
cob fed  the  rest  of  Laban's  flocks. 

37  IT  And  fjacb  took  him  rods  of 
green  pi'plar,  and  of  tne  hazel  and 
ehesnut  tree;  and  pilled  white  streaks 
in  them,  and  made  the  white  appear 
wliirli  iirK  in  the  rods. 

.'is  And  he  set  the  i(  ds  vhicli  he  had 
pilled  before  the  flocks  in  the  gutters 
in  the  watering  troughs  when  the 
flocks  came  to  drink,  that  they 
should  conceive  when  they  came  to 
drink. 

:i'.l  And  the  flocks  conceived  before 
the  rods,  and  brought  forth  cattle 
riiigstreaked,  speckled,  and  spotted. 

4U  And  Jacob  did  separate  the  lambs 
and  set  the  faces  of  the  liocks  toward 
the  ringstreakcd,  and  all  the  brown 
in  the  flock  of  Laban;  and  he  put 
his  own  flocks  by  thcin.''ulvcs,  aud 
put  them  not  unto  Ijaban's  cattle. 
31 


Jacob  leaveth  Lahan. 


GENESIS. 


Lahan  purs^ieth  Jacob. 


Before 
C  H  U  I  S  T 
about  1745. 


1  »..m.  in.  7. 

clrh.  2S.  IS. 
21,  21.  it  VI. 


tr.  33,  39, 
.  11. 
.  30.  2y. 


41  And  it  came  to  jnss,  Mlicn- 
socver  the  t.troiincr  cattle  (lid  con- 
ceive, tluit  Jaciil)  hiid  tlic  rods  lic- 
I'ore  the  eyes  of  tlic  c:ittle  in  tlic 
gutters,  tliut  they  iniglit  conceive 
amoii;;  the  rods. 

iJ,  tint  wliuii  the  cattle  were  feeble, 
he  put  tli( 111  not  in  :  so  the  ft'oblcr 
were  Laban's,  and  the  stronger  Ja- 
cob's. 

4.3  And   the   man    Pincrcnsed   cx- 
eeedin;;!}-,  and    I'had  mnch   c.ittlc, 
and     niiiidservants,    and   nieuberv- 
ants,  and  cuinels,  and  asses. 
ClIArTKR  XXXI. 

1  Jafoh  upotL  di^ijUaj^iirc  itcjinrtcfh  ec- 
crcttu-  VJ  Il'icUel  elcnh-th  Iter  ftitlier'e 
imtii/L'8.  "-  Lahan  jmraucth  alter  him, 
ri)  and  c^inplaineth  af  the  wranff.  34 
liarh'd'a  policy  to  hi'lc  tlie  iittanee.  aO 
J([co4'»  cmiilaint  of  Lalian.  44  The 
covenant  of  Laban  and  Jacob  at  Gahed. 

AND  lie  heard  the  •words  of  l,a- 
ban's  pons,  sa>in;^,  Jacob  hath 
taken  away  all  tliat  irns  our  fa- 
ther's ;  aiul  of  that  ■which  tens  our 
father's  hath  Jio  gottcu  all  this 
■'f;Iory. 

U  Anrl  Jacob  beheld  lithe  coiiii- 
tenanee  of  J,aban,  and,  behold,  it 
U'fts  not  *■  towar<l  him  fas  belbre. 

3  And  the  1.,oi;d  said  unto  Ja- 
cob, ilKetuni  unto  the  land  of  thy 
fathers,  and  to  thy  kindi-cd ;  and  I 
will  be  with  thee. 

4  And  .lacob  sent  and  called  lla- 
chel  and  Leah  to  the  Held  unto  his 
flock, 

5  And  said  unto  them,  ^I  sec 
your  lather's  countenance,  that  it 
'is  not  toward  me  as  before  ;  but  the 
God  of  my  lather  f  hath  been  with 
me. 

(i  And  Rye  l:nnw  that  with  nil  my 
power  I  have  served  your  father. 

7  And  your  fiither'  hath  deceived 
mc,  and  lichnn;;ed  my  wa"es  iteii 
times;  but  God  l.6ullered  him  not 
to  hurt  mc. 

H  If  he  said  thus,  ITbc  (speckled 
shall  he  thy  wa;;e8 ;  then  all  tlie 
cattle  1>  vre  speckled  :  and  if  he  said 
thus.  The  rinv'streaked  sluiU  be  thy 
hire  ;  then  bare  all  the  cattle  ling- 
strciiked. 

1»  Thus  God  hath  "taken  away 
the  cattle  of  your  father,  and  sive'n 
t/i'  HI  to  me. 

10  .\nd  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time 
thiit  the  cattle  conceived,  that  I 
lilti'd  III)  niine  eves,  and  .saw  in  a 
dream,  and,  behold,  the  ||rams 
which  liMipid  upon  the  cattle  uviv 
rin-streakcil,  sp.ckled,  and  ^-rizzled. 

11  And  "the  «n-el  of  (iod  spake 
unto  me  in  a  dream,  stti/infj,  Jacob  : 
and  I  said.  Here  ftni  I. 

I'J  ,\ud  he  .said,  Lill  up  now  thine 
eves,  and  see,  all  the  rams  whii-b 
leap  upon  llu-  e:Ullr  rrr,  rill-streak- 
ed, speckled,  an,l  -H/./Ied  :  lor  >' 1 
have  seen  all  that  l.aliau  doeth  unto 
thee. 

32 


1"  1  am  the  God  of  Ucth-el, 
I'wherc  thou  anointedst  the  pillar, 
and  where  thou  rowedst  a  vow 
unto  mc  :  now  'i  arise,  pet  thee  out 
from  this  land,  and  return  unto  the 
land  of  thv  kindred. 

14  And  ll;ichel  and  I/C.ah  answered 
and  said  unto  liim,  '/.<  t/i(re  yet 
.any  portion  or  inheritance  for  us  in 
our  father's  liousc  't 

15  Arc  we  not  counted  of  him 
straufiers 'i'  for  'he  hath  Fold  us, 
and  hath  (luitc  devoured  also  our 
monev. 

](i  I'or  all  the  riches  which  God 
hath  taken  from  our  father,  that  is 
ours,  and  our  children's:  now  then, 
whatsoever  God  hath  taid  unto 
thee,  do. 

17  IT  Then  Jacob  rose  up,  and 
set  his  eons  and  hi.s  wives  upon 
camels  ; 

l.S  And  lie  carried  away  all  his 
cattle,  and  all  hi.s  Koods  which  he 
had  L'Otten,  the  cattle  of  his  jrcttiu-, 
wliicTi  he  liad  Kotten  in  I'adnn- 
aiini,  for  to  po  to  isaac  his  lather 
in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

Ill  And  Lahan  went  to  shear  his 
sheep  :  and  Iliichel  hail  stolen  the 
t '  imajes  that  ircrc  her  father's. 

20  And  Jacob  stole  away  tuna- 
waves  to  Lallan  tlie  .'^vriaii,  in  that 
he  told  him  not  that  he  lied. 

L'l  So  he  fled  with  all  that  he  liad  ; 
and  he  rose  up,  and  passed  over  the 
river,  and  "set  his  face  toicaid  the 
mount  Gilead. 

2"J  And  rt  was  told  Laban  on  the 
third  day,  that  Jacob  was  fled. 

ai  Anil  he  took  ^his  brethren 
with  him,  and  pursued  afler  him 
seven  davs'  ioiirnev  :  and  they  over- 
took him  in  the  nioiint  Gilead. 

l'l  And  God  >caiiie  to  Laban  the 
Sx'rian  in  a  dream  h\  niplit,  and 
said  unto  him,  'I'ake  h"eed  that  thou 
^  speak  not  to  Jacob  t  either  j;ood 
or  bad, 

l',i  IT  Then  I/aban  overtook  Ja- 
cob, Now  Jacob  had  pitched  his 
tent  in  the  mount :  and  I/aban  with 
his  brethren  pitched  in  the  mount 
of  Gilead. 

VS)  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob, 
What  lia.st  thou  done,  that  thou 
hast  stolen  away  unawares  to  me, 
and  "carried  awiiv  nn-  <biu;;hters, 
ns  caiitives  tahi,  with  tl'u'  sword  i 

■>~i  Wherefore  diil-t  th.iii  flee  away 
seerctlv,  and  f steal  awav  from  me; 
anil  didst  not  tell  me,  tliat  1  mi^'ht 
have  sent  thee  away  with  mirth,  and 
with  son^s,  with  tabret,  and  with 
liarp  ? 

28  And  ha.st  not  suffered  mc  I'to 
kiss  my  sous  and  ni.v  dau'.rhters  'i 
'tliou  liast  now  done  foolishly  in  .so 
doi.u;. 

111  It  is  in  the  power  of  mv  hand 
to  ilo  you  hurt  :  but  the  ■Uiod  of 
vonr  father  spake  unio  me  "vester- 
'ni;,'bt,  sayiii-.  Take  thou  heed  that 


Jacob's  complaint  ofLaban. 


GENESIS. 


The  covenant  between  them. 


ir..  151.  i.i. 
.'..  ii."ii 


thou  speak  not  to  Jacob  eitlicr  ^ood 
or  bad. 

SO  And  now,  Ihovr/Ji  thou  woiild- 
cst  needs  1)0  f;onc,  because  thou  sore 
lon^edst  utter  thy  father'.s  liousc, 
;Kt  vlicrcford  hast  thou  f  stolen  my 
;rods  y 

ol  And  Jacob  niiswcrcd  and  paid 
to  l.aban,  Beeaiise  I  vns  afraid : 
(or  I  paid,  revadvcnture  thou  wonki- 
est take  by  force  thy  dau^liters  iVom 
inc. 

"il  With  whomsoever  thou  findest 
thy  p;ods,  K  let  him  not  live  :  bctbrc 
our  brethren  discern  thou  what  Va- 
thine  with  me,  and  fake  it  to  thee. 
For  Jacob  knew  not  that  Kachel  liad 
stolen  them. 

Sj  And  liahan  went  into  Jacob's 
tent,  and  into  I^eah's  tent,  and  into 
the  two  maidservants'  tents;  but  he 
found  (//(?).(  not.  Then  went  he  out 
of  1/cali's  tent,  and  entered  into  Ka- 
chel's  tent. 

34  Now  Kachel  had  taken  the  im- 
afccsj  and  put  them  in  the  camel's 
furniture,  and  sat  upon  them.  And 
Laban  t  searched  all  the  tent,  but 
found  )lie7ii  not. 

35  And  slic  said  to  her  father,  Let  it 
not  displease  my  lord  that  1  cannot 
brise  up  before  thee;  for  the  custom 
of  women  is-  upon  me.  And  lie 
searched,  but  found  not  tlic  images. 

3tj  Tf  And  Jacob  was  wroth,  and 
chode  with  Laban  :  and  Jacob  an- 
swered and  said  to  Laban,  What  is 
my  trespass  ?  what  is  mv  sin,  that 
thou  hast  so  hotly  pursued  after  me? 

37  Whereas  thou  liast  t  searched  all 
my  stuff,  what  hast  thou  found  of  all 
thy  household  stuff?  set  it  here  be- 
fore my  brethren  and  thy  brethren, 
that  they  may  judp;c  betwixt  us  both. 

88  Tills  twenty  years  htirc  I  hcc7i 
with  thee ;  thj'  ewes  and  thy  she  goats 
have  not  cast  their  youn^',  and  the 
rams  of  thy  flock  have  I  not  eaten. 

3'J  i  That  which  was  torn  v/hcctftfi  I 
brousht  not  unto  thee  ;  I  hare  the 
loss  of  it ;  of  k  my  hand  didst  thou 
require  it,  whether  stolen  by  day,  or 
stolen  by  nisht. 

40  Thus  I  was;  in  the  day  the 
drought  consume<l  me,  and  the  frost 
by  night ;  and  my  sleep  departed 
from  mine  eyes. 

41  Thus  have  I  been  twenty  years 
in  thy  house :  1 1  sen-ed  thee  fourteen 
years  for  thy  two  daughters,  and  six 
years  for  thy  cattle;  and  "'thou  hast 
changed  my  wages  ten  times. 

42  "  Except  the  God  of  my  father, 
the  God  of  Abraham,  and  "the  fear 
of  Isaac,  had  been  with  me,  surely 
thou  hadst  sent  nie  away  now  empty. 
I'  God  hath  seen  mine  affliction  and 
the  labour  of  my  hands,  and  ''re- 
buked thee  yesternight. 

43  If  And  Laban  answered  and  said 
unto  Jacob,  These  daughters  arc  my 
daughters,  and  these  children  ore 
my  children,  and  these  cattle  arc  my 

3 


cattle,  and  all  that  thou  seest  is  mine: 
and  what  can  I  do  this  d.ay  unto 
these  my  daughters,  or  unto  their 
children  which  they  have  borne? 

44  Now  tberefbre  come  thou,  ■'let  us 
make  a  covenant,  I  and  thou;  'and 
let  it  be  for  a  witness  between  me 
and  thee. 

45  And  Jacob  '  took  a  stone,  and  set 
it  up. /'or  a  pillar. 

46  And  Jacob  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, Gather  stones  ;  and  they  took 
stones,  and  made  a  heap:  and  they 
did  eat  there  upon  the  heap. 

47  And  Laban  called  it  ||,Iegar-salia- 
dutlia:  but  Jacob  called  it  ||  Galecd. 

4y  And  Laban  said,  "This  heap  is 
a  witness  between  me  and  thee  this 
day.  Therefore  was  the  name  of  it 
called  Galecd, 

41)  And  "  II  Mizpah;  for  he  said.  The 
LoKU  watch  between  me  end  thee, 
when  we  arc  absent  one  from  aii- 
lother. 

50  If  thou  shall  afflict  my  daughters, 
or  if  thou  shalt  take  other  wives  be- 
side my  daughters,  no  man  is  with 
us;  sec,  God  is  witness  betwixt  mc 
and  thee. 

51  And  Laban  said  to  Jacob,  Be- 
hold this  heap,  and  behold  this  \n\- 
lar,  which  I  have  cast  betwixt  me 
and  thee; 

52  This  heap  he  witness,  and  this 
pillar  he  witness,  that  I  will  not  pass 
over  this  heap  to  thee,  and  that  thou 
shalt  not  pass  over  this  heap  and  this 
pillar  unto  nie,  for  harm. 

5"  The  God  of  Abraham,  and  flic 
God  of  Nahor,  the  God  of  their  fa- 
ther, s.judge  betwixt  us.  And  Ja- 
cob ^swarc  by  "the  fear  of  his  father 
Isaac. 

54  Then  Jacob  (|  offered  sacrifice  up- 
on the  mount,  and  called  his  breth- 
ren to  eat  bread  :  and  they  did  eat 
bread,  and  tarried  all  niglit  in  the 
mount. 

55  And  early  in  the  morning  I/ahau 
rose  up,  and  kissed  his  sons  and  his 
daughters,  and  l) blessed  them:  and 
Laban  dciiarted,  and  "^  returned  unto 
his  iilacc. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 
1  Jacob's  vision  at  Mahaiiaim.  3  His  vict- 
Koge  to  £«au.  G  Be  la  afraid  of  Esau' e 
coming.  9  He  prayeth  for  deliverance. 
13  lie  eendelh  a  jircrcnt  to  Jitaii.  24  Be 
wrestlctfi  tvit/i  an  angel  at  Peniet,  u-hcre 
he  ia  called  Israel.    31  Be  halteth. 

AND  Jacob  went  on  his  way,  and 
"the  angels  of  God  met  him. 

2  And  when  Jacob  saw  them,  he 
said,  This  is  God's  bhost:  and  he 
called  the  name  of  that  place  ||  Ma- 
hanaim. 

3  And  Jacob  sent  messengers  before 
him  to  Esau  his  brother  *^  unto  the 
land  of  Seir,  <l  the  f  country  of 
Edom. 

4  And  ho  commanded  thorn,  saying, 
*■  Thus  shall  ye  speak  unto  my  lord 
Esau;  Thy  servant  Jacob  saith  thus, 

33 


Jacob's  message  to  Esau. 


GENESIS. 


Jacob's  name  is  clianged. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1739. 


k  r.,  60. 15. 

1  oil.  29  13. 
nieli.31.3. 


I  have  sojourned  with  Laban,  and 
stayed  there  until  now: 

.I  And  fl  have  oxen,  and  asses, 
flocks,  and  menscrvants,  and  wo- 
nienservants:  and  I  have  sent  to  tell 
my  lord,  that  SI  may  tind  grace  in 
thv  sisht. 

0  TT  And  the  messengers  returned  to 
Jacob,  sayinj;.  We  came  to  tliy  broth- 
er Esau,  and  also  l>he  eonieth  to 
meet  thee,  and  Jour  hundred  men 
with  him. 

7  Then  Jacob  was  greatly  afraid 
and  I  distressed:  and  he  divided  tlie 
pcojile  tliat  wax  with  him,  and  the 
tlcieUs,  and  herds,  and  the  camels, 
into  two  bands; 

H  And  said,  If  Esau  come  to  the  one 
company,  iind  smite  it,  then  the 
otlier  company  which  is  left  sliall 
escape. 

!)  IT  k  And  Jacob  said,  l  O  God  of  my 
father  Abraham,  and  God  of  my  fa- 
ther Isaac,  the  Lord  "'which  saidst 
unto  me,  llcturn  unto  thy  country, 
and  to  tl>y  kindred,  and  I  will  deal 
well  with  thee: 

10  1 1  am  not  worthy  of  the  least  of 
all  the  "  mercies,  anil  of  all  the  truth, 
which  thou  hast  shewed  unto  thy 
servant;  for  with  "my  staff  I  passed 
over  tills  Jordan;  and  now  I  am  be- 
come two  liands. 

11  1' Deliver  me,  I  pray  thee,  from 
the  hand  of  mv  brother,  from  the 
liand  of  Esau:  for  1  fear  him,  lest  he 
will  come  and  smite  me,  and  ''the 
mother  t  with  the  children. 

12  And  ■■  tliou  saidst,  I  will  surely 
do  thee  good,  and  make  thy  seed  as 
the  sand  of  tlie  sea,  Avhicli  cannot  be 
numbered  for  multitude. 

1.!  U  And  he  lodged  there  that  same 
night;  sviid  took  of  that  v.hich  came 
to  his  hand  'a  present  for  Esau  his 
brother; 

14  Two  hundred  she  goats  and 
twenty  he  goats,  two  hundred  ewes 
and  twenty  rams,  

].",  Thirty  milch  camels  with  their 
colts,  forty  kine  and  ten  bulls,  twen- 
tv  she  a.sses  and  ten  foals. 

10  And  he  delivered  them  into  the 
l-.aiid  of  liis  servants,  every  drove  by 
tiieniselves;  and  said  unto  his  serv- 
ants, I'ass  over  before  me,  and  put  a 
space  betwixt  drove  and  drove. 

17  And  lie  commanded  the  fore- 
most, saying.  When  Esau  my  broth- 
er ineeteth  thee,  and  asketh  thee, 
saving,  Whose  art  thou?  and  whith- 
er" "oest  thou?  and  whose  ave  these 


bet: 


'  th( 


.s  'I'lien  thou  Shalt  say,  Thrfi  }ie  thy 
servant  .Ineob's;  it  i.s  a  present  sent 
nntoTiiv  lord  Esau:  and,  behold,  also 
h.-  IS  behinil  us. 

r.i  ,Viid  so  commanded  he  the  sec- 
ond, and  the  tliird,  and  all  tliat  fbl- 
h'wed  tlie  droves,  savin.g.  On  this 
manner  shall  vc  speak  unto  Esau, 
when  ye  Iind  liim.  „  ,    ,, 

^"0  And  say  ye  moreovor,  Dchoia, 
34 


thy  servant  Jacob  is  behind  ns.  For 
he  said,  1  will '  appease  him  with  the 
present  that  poetn  before  me,  and 
afterward  I  will  sec  his  face;  perad- 
venturc  he  will  accept  f  of  me. 

21  So  went  the  present  over  before 
him;  and  himself  lodged  that  night 
in  the  company. 

22  And  he  rose  up  that  night,  and 
took  his  two  wives,  and  his  two  wo- 
menscrvants,  and  his  eleven  sons, 
"and  passed  over  the  lord  Jab- 
bok. 

23  And  he  took  them,  and  tsent 
them  over  the  brook,  and  sent  over 
tliat  he  had. 

24  TI  And  Jacob  was  left  alone;  and 
there  >^  wrestled  a  man  with  him 
until  the  1  breaking  of  the  day. 

2.5  Aiul  when  he  saw  that  he  pre- 
vailed not  against  him,  he  touched 
the  hollow  of  his  thigh;  and  Uhe 
hollow  of  Jacob's  thigh  was  out  of 
joint,  as  he  wrestled  with  him. 

20  And  ■'•  he  said,  Eet  mo  go,  for  the 
day  breaketh.  And  he  said,  "I  will 
not  let  tliec  go,  except  Uiou  bless 
me. 

27  And  he  said  unto  him,  AVhat  is 
thy  name?    And  he  said,  Jacob. 

28  And  he  said,  ''  Thy  name  shall 
be  called  no  more  Jacob,  but  ||  Israel: 
lor  as  a  prince  hast  tliou  "^  power 
with  God  and  d  with  men,  and  hast 
prevailed. 

211  And  Jacob  asked  him,  and  said. 
Tell  me,  1  pray  thee,  thy  name.  And 
he  said,  "^  Wheretbre  is  it  that  thou 
dost  ask  after  my  name?  And  he 
blessed  him  there. 
m  And  Jacob  called  the  name  of  the 
place  II  I'eniel:  for  'I  have  seen  God 
face  to  face,  and  my  life  is  pre- 
served. 

31  And  as  he  passed  over  Penucl  the 
sun  rose  upon  him,  and  he  halted 
upon  his  thigh. 

02  Theretbro  the  children  of  Israel 
eat  not  of  the  sinew  which  shrank, 
which  is  upon  the  hollow  of  the 
thi;.Vi,  unto  this  dav;  because  he 
touched  the  hollow  of  Jacob's  thigh 
in  the  sinew  that  shrank. 

CIIAI'TER  XXXni. 

b  and  £tau  at  their 
cnmelh  to   Succolli. 
IS   At    ShaUm  /.«   bmiclh    n   fieU.   and 
bxMdcth  an  altar  callcU  Kl-EMic-Urad. 

VND  Jacob  lirted  up  his  eyes,  and 
looked,  ami,  behold,  'Esau 
came,  and  with  him  four  hundred 
men.  And  lie  divided  the  children 
unto  l.eah,  and  unto  Itachel,  and 
unto  the  two  hamlmnids. 

2  Ami  he  put  the  liaiidmaids  and 
their  childnn  toreniost,  and  l.eali 
anil  lur  ehildren  utter,  and  Kachel 
and  Joseph  hiiidermost. 

I!  And  he  passed  ovit  before  them, 
and  l.howeil  himself  to  llie  ground 
seven  time,  until  he  came  near  to 
his  brother. 

4  "And  Esau  ran  to  meet  hini,  nnd 


CUKI8T 
17a». 


„r.  12.  7. 
<Lukg21. 


,1  ch.  11.  SI.  i 


,o/(.W. 
.  V:  13. 
.51.  U.i 


1  The  JuiancM  of  J.if 
meeting.     17  Jarob 


Esau's  kindness  to  Jacob. 


Dinah  raoislied  by  Shcdiem. 


Ucforo 

CHRIST 

1733. 


Ikt  viork.  tc 


ki7  ■a. 

r.uth  2.  13. 
nJo>li.l3.1!7 


/loot  At. 
ojolm  3.  a. 
I  C«ll«.l, 

Atl.7.  16. 

l.Jojh.  24.  1. 
Jnclg.g.  1. 
■1  Josh.  21.  32. 


cmbmced  liim, »'  and  fell  on  his  neck, 
and  kipsod  liini:  and  they  ■wept. 

5  And  lie  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
saw  the  ■wnincn  and  the  children, 
and  said,  "Wlio  arc  those  f  vitli  tiu*e  '^ 
And  he  said.  The  children  '  which 
God  hath  graciously  given  thy  serv- 
ant. 

<>  Then  the  handmaidens  came  near, 
they  and  their  children,  and  they 
bowed  themselves. 

7  And  Leah  aKso  with  her  children 
came  near,  and  bowed  themselves: 
and  after  came  Joseph  near  and  Ka- 
chel,  and  they  bowed  themsehes. 

S  And  he  said,  I  What  iitc((iK\^l  thou 
by  fall  this  drove  which  I  met?  Ami 
lie  said,  T/ic.ie  arc  sto  find  grace  in 
tlie  sight  of  my  lord. 

y  And  Esau  said,  I  have  enough, 
my  brother ;  f  keep  that  thou  hast 
unto  thyself. 

10  And  Jacob  said.  Nay,  I  pray 
thee,  if  now  1  have  found  grace  in 
tliy  sight,  tlicn  receive  my  jprcsent 
at  my  hand:  tor  therefore  1  lihave 
seen  thy  face,  as  though  I  had  seen 
the  face  of  God,  and  thou  wast 
pleased  with  me. 

11  Take,  I  pray  thee,  i  my  blessing 
that  is  brought  to  thee;  because  God 
hath  dealt  graciously  with  me,  and 
because  1  ha^■e  1  enough,  k  And  he 
urged  him,  and  he  took  it. 

12  And  be  suid,  Let  us  take  our 
journey,  and  let  us  go,  and  1  will  go 
before  thee. 

i:i  And  ho  said  unto  him,  IMy  lord 
knowetli  that  tlie  children  ore  ten- 
der, and  tile  flocks  and  herds  with 
yountr  are  with  me  ;  and  if  men 
should  overdrive  them  one  day,  all 
the  flock  will  die. 

14  Let  my  lord,  I  pray  thee,  pass 
over  liefore  his  6er\'ant ;  and  I  will 
lead  on  softly,  1  according  as  the  cat- 
tle that  goeth  before  me  and  tlie  chil- 
dren be  able  to  cndurCj  until  1  come 
unto  my  lord  l  unto  Seir. 

1.5  And  Ksaii  said.  Let  me  now 
f  leave  witli  thee  some  of  the  fi>lk 
tli-^.t  are  with  me.  And  he  said, 
(What  needcth  It?  "'let  mo  find 
grace  in  tlie  sight  of  my  lord. 

10  IT  So  Esru  returned  that  day  on 
his  way  unto  Seir. 

17  And  Jacob  journeyed  to  "  Suc- 
coth,  and  built  him  a  house,  and 
made  booths  for  his  cattle:  therefore 
the  name  of  the  place  is  called  ||  Suc- 
coth. 

18  TIAnd  Jacob  came  to  "Shalem, 
a  city  of  ||  I'  Shechem,  which  in  in  the 
land  of  Canaan,  when  he  came  from 
I'adau-aram  ;  and  pitched  his  tent 
before  the  city. 

I'J  And  ihe  bought  a  parcel  of  a 
field,  where  he  bi'd  spread  his  tent, 
at  the  hand  of  the  children  of  ||  lla- 
inor,  Sheiheui'.s  father,  for  a  hundred 
II  pieces  of  money. 

a)  Ami  be  erected  there  an  altar, 
and  '  called  it  ||  El-Elohe-l.«acI. 


CUAPTEU  XXXIV. 

1  Dinah  ia  raviatied  by  Sheclicm.  4  H: 
Buctit  tomarryhcr.  13  Tlie  tons  cf  Jacob 
offer  the  conditiun  of  circumcision  to  the 
Hhcchemilei.  20  Ilimor  and  Shechem 
jrcrsuade  them  to  aece/it  it.  25  The  «on» 
of  Jacob  upon  that  advantage  flay  them, 
27  and  epoil  their  city.    iiU  Jacob  rcprov- 


eth  Sir 


ndLc 


AND  "Dinah  the  daughter  of 
Leah,  which  she  bare  unto  Ja- 
cob, liwentout  to  sec  the  daugliters 
of  the  land. 

2  And  when  Shechem  the  son  of 
Ilamor  the  lIi^'ite,  jirince  of  the 
country,  ^  saw  her,  he  <l  took  her,  and 
lay  with  her,  and  -f  defiled  her. 

.'i  And  his  roul  clave  imto  Dinah 
the  daughter  (:>f  Jacob,  and  he  lo^■ed 
tlie  damsel,  and  spake  t  kindly  unto 
tlie  damsel. 

4  And  Sheehem  'spake  unto  his 
father  Ilamor,  saying.  Get  me  this 
damsel  to  wife. 

5  And  Jacob  heard  that  ho  had  de- 
filed Dinah  his  daughter  :  now  his 
sons  were  with  his  cattle  in  the  field: 
and  Jacob  (held  his  peace  until  tliey 
were  come. 

(!  Tf  And  Ilamor  the  fiither  of  She- 
chem went  out  unto  Jacob  to  com- 
mune with  him. 

7  And  tlie  sons  of  Jacob  came  out 
of  the  field  when  they  heard  H :  and 
the  men  were  grieved,  and  they 
s  were  very  wrotii,  because  he  li  had 
wrought  fiilly  in  Israel  in  lying  with 
J.-icob's  daujtlitcr ;  i  which  thing 
ought  not  to  be  done. 

8  And  Ilamor  communed  with 
them,  saying.  The  soul  of  my  son 
Shechem  longeth  for  your  daugh- 
ter :  I  pray  you  give  her  liim  to 
wife. 

y  And  make  ye  marriages  with 
us,  a7i(l  give  your  daughters  unto 
us,  and  take  our  daughters  unto 
you. 

10  And  ye  shall  dwell  with  us:  and 
kthe  land  shall  bo  before  you;  dwell 
and  1  trade  ye  therein,  and  "'get  you 
possessions  therein. 

11  And  Shechem  said  unto  her 
father  and  unto  her  brethren.  Let 
me  find  grace  in  your  eyes,  and 
what  yc  shall  soy  iinto  nie  I  will 
give. 

\'l  Ask  me  never  so  much  "dowry 
and  gift,  and  I  will  give  according  as 
ye  shall  say  unto  me :  but  give  me 
the  damsel  to  wife. 

1.5  And  the  sons  of  Jacob  answered 
Sheehem  and  Ilamor  his  father  "de- 
ccitfiillv,  anil  said,  because  he  had 
detilcd'DiuMhtluMr  sister: 

14  And  they  said  unto  them,  We 
cannot  do  tliis  tiling,  to  give  our 
sister  to  one  that  is  uneircumcised; 
for  I* that  vrre  a  reproach  unto  us: 

1 5  But  in  nil's  will  we  consent  unto 
you:  Ifye  will  be  as  we '/f-,  that  every 
niale  of  \(tii  be  circumcised: 

IG  Then  will  we  give  our  daughters 
35 


The  Shcchrmiti's  s'ain. 


God  hlesscth  Jacob. 


I  cli.  45.  n. 

»Jo.l..7.  21 
»  K.. .',.  ?1. 

1  »»^..  11.  1 
jr  I)o..l.  i.  ■21 

I'..  IIJS.  12. 


imto  you,  nnil  ^^•c  ■will  take  your 
d.iu^jhters  to  us,  and  wo  will  dwell 
witli  you,  and  wc  will  liccouic  one 
people. 

ir  But  it'jic  will  not  Iionrken  unto 
ns,  to  be  circumcised;  then  will  wc 
take  our  rtaughtcr,  and  wo  will  be 
;.'oue, 

JS  And  tlicir  words  plea.scd  llainor 
and  Sliechen\  I[am(.)r'.s  son. 

I'J  And  tlic  youii;^  man  deferred 
not  to  do  the  tliinjr,  lieeaiisc  he  had 
(Uli-ht  in  Jacob's  danKhter:  and  he 
H-a.^  'I  more  lionourablc  than  nil  the 
house  of  his  father. 

»l  H  And  Humor  and  Sheehcm  his 
.■icin  came  nolo  tlie  >;ate  of  their  city, 
and  communed  with  the  men  of 
thrir  city,  payinj;, 

I'l  These  ji'ieu  ni'c  peaceable  with 
ns;  therefore  let  them  dwell  in  the 
lainl,  and  trade  therein;  (iir  the  land, 
behold,  it  i.<  larse  enough  il>r  them; 
let  us  take  their  dau^'hters  to  us  lor 
wives,  and  let  us  give  them  our 
daughters. 

il  Only  herein  will  the  men  con- 
sent unto  us  for  to  dwell  with  us,  to 
be  one  people,  if  every  male  anion^ 
us  1)0  circumcised,  as  tlicy  arc  cir- 
cumcised. 

li'l  .s7(((/;  not  their  cattle  and  their 
substance  and  every  beast  of  theirs 
lif  ours  y  only  let  us  consent  unto 
them,  and  they  will  dwell  witli  us. 

;j|  And  unto  ilainor  and  unto  Shc- 
chein  his  son  hearkened  all  that 
■"went  out  oftlie  jjato  of  liiscity  ;  and 
every  male  was  circumcised,  all  that 
went  out  of  the  Kate  of  his  city. 

l'.">  TT  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
third  dav,  when  they  were  sore,  that 
two  of  the  sous  of  Jacob,  "  Simeon 
and  JiOvi,  Dinah's  brethren,  took 
each  man  his  sword,  and  came  upon 
tlic  city  boldly,  and  bIcw  all  the 
males. 

L'll  .'Vnd  they  slew  Hamor  and  Fhe- 
ehem  his  son  with  tlie  |  ed'„'0  of  the 
swoiil,  and  took  Dinah  out  of  She- 
ehem's  lioiise,  and  went  out. 

IV  The  sons  of  Jacob  came  upon  the 
slain,  and  spoiled  the  citj',  because 
tliev  had  deliled  their  sister. 

:;s"Thev  took  their  sheep,  and  their 
o.xen,  an"d  their  asses,  and  that  which 
iritu  in  the  city,  and  that  which  Jtvis 
in  tiie  field, 

LI)  And  all  their  wealth,  and  nil  their 
little  ones,  and  their  wives  took  they 
captive,  and  spoiled  even  all  that  ic(i.< 
in  the  bouse. 

.'W  And  Jacob  said  to  Simeon  and 
I-cvi,  'Yc  have  "troubled  me  >■  to 
nniko  111'-  to  stink  niiioii'»  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  land,  aiiioii;^  the  Caiiaan- 

itcs  and  the  I'cri/.zites:  >  and  1 'wok/ 

lew   in    number,   thev    sluiU    f^atlier 

tliemselvcs  towtbcr  acainst  nie,  and 
slay  nu-;  and  I  shall  be  destroyed,  I 
and  my  house. 

Ml   And  tliey  said.  Should  bo  deal 

with  otir  sister  as  with  a  harlot? 
36 


CIIAl'TEK  XXXV. 

1  Ood  ecmtctlijacubto  JJcth-rt.  Hlnjiurg- 
eth  Ilia  huute  of  iJ-Ai.  C  //d  buiUcth  nii 
altar  at  IScth-a).  8  DelioTah  dicfli  at  At- 
lon-bachiitli.  »  Oo'i  llcstcth  Jacob  at 
Scth-el.  19  Rachel  travailclh.  of  licnja- 
mill,  and  dislh  til  the  wa'j  to  Kilnr.  22 
Reuben  liclh  with  Dithnh.  -n  The  tone  of 
Jaeob.  U~  Jacob  eoinefh  to  Isaac  at  Uc 
bron.    23  The  age,  death,  and  burial  of 

VND  God  said  unto  Jacob,  Arise, 
KO  up  to  "Betli-cl,  and  dwell 
there:  and  make  there  an  altar  unto 
God,  I'thatappeared  unto  thee  "-'when 
thou  lleildest  from  the  face  of  Ksaii 
thy  brother. 

'i,  Tlien  Jncob  said  unto  liis  il  house- 
hold, and  to  nil  that  icoc  with  him. 
Put  away  "the  stranjo  (;ods  that 
ore  nmon^  you,  and  foe  clean,  and 
change  your  garments: 

."  And  let  ns  arise,  and  go  np  to 
Beth-cl;  and  I  will  make  there  an 
altar  unto  God,  Swlio  answered  me 
in  the  day  of  my  distress,  l>and  was 
with  me  in  the  way  which  I  went. 

4  And  they  g;ivc  "nnto  Jacob  all  the 
strange  goils  wliielv  were  in  their 
hand,  and  (.ill  titcfr  i  earrings  wliieh 
were  \n  their  ears  ;  and  Jacob  hid 
them  under  k  the  oak  which  7ra.s-  by 
Sheehcm. 

5  And  they  journeyed:  and  I  the  ter- 
ror of  God  was  upon  the  cities  that 
were  ixjund  about  them,  anil  they  ilid 
not  pursue  alter  the  sons  of  Jacob. 

G  IT  So  Jacob  came  to  "'  Lii?;,  which 
IS  in  the  land  of  G.inaan,  that  i.-,  Bclh- 
cl,  he  and  all  the  people  that  were 
with  bini. 

r  And  he  "built  there  an  altar,  and 
called  the  place  ||  El-betli-cl;  because 
"there  God  appeared  unto  him,  when 
he  fled  from  the  face  of  his  brother. 

S  Hut  I' Deborah  Hebekab's  nurse 
died,  and  she  was  buried  beneath 
Beth-el  uiiiler  an  oak:  and  the  name 
ofit  was  called  [|  Allon-b;iehntli. 

11  IT  And  '1  God  :ippcarcd  unto  Jacob 
again,  Avlien  lie  c;iinc  out  of  V:idan- 
arain,  and  blessed  him. 

10  And  (iod  said  unto  him.  Thy 
name  is  Jaeob:  '^tliv  name  shall  not 
be  called  any  more  Jacob,  'but  Jsrael 
shall  be  thy  name;  and  he  called  his 
name  Israel. 

11  And  (Jod  said  unto  him,  'I  nm 
God  Almighty:  be  fruitful  and  mul- 
tiply ;  "a  nation  and  a  compau.y  of 
n^vifons  shall  be  of  thee,  and  kings 
shall  come  out  of  tliv  loins: 

1.'  And    the    land"  »  which  I  gave 
Abraham  and  Is;iac,  to  thee  I  ' 
give  it,  and  to  thv  seed  aller  thee  will 
1  give  the  laud.  " 

]:;  And  (Jod  '■went  up  from  him  in 
the  place  where  he  talked  with  liiin. 

H  And  Jacob  J  set  up  a  iiillar  in  tli 
place  where  Ite  talked  with  liini,rrci 
a  pillar  of  stone  :   and  he  poured  a 
drink  olli'iing  thereon,  and  he  poured 
oil  thereon. 

1 J  And  Jacob  called  the  n.imc  of 


llachel  dieth  in  travail. 


GENESIS. 


The  generations  of  Esati. 


Bofore 
CHRIST 
about  ITuL*. 


ack.  30.  21. 
1  Sun.  i.  20. 

aljout  17S0. 


2Siiiu.lS.18. 
•  MlG,  4.  ». 


about 1T9G. 
noli.  2i.  30. 

iicii.  a;.  31. 


nbout  17C0. 

.1  cl,.  QS.  9. 
« 1  Ulir.  1.  35. 


jjlace  wliero  CJod  Bpakc  with  him, 
'  l!etli-el. 

l(i  II  And  tlioy  jounicved  iVoni  liotli- 
el;  and  tlicre  v.iis  but  t  .i  little  way  to 
euiiio  to  K))lii'ath:  jiiid  Kaclicl  trav- 
ailed, and  she  had  hard  labour. 

11  And  it  cainc  to  nas.s,  when  she 
was  in  liard  labour,  tnat  the  midwife 
said  unto  her,  Fear  not;  "thou  shalt 
have  this  son  also. 

IS  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  her 
soul  was  ill  derartinj;,  (ibr  she  died,) 
that  she  tailed  his  name  ULen-oni: 
but  his  lather  called  him  ||  Benja- 
min. 

VJ  And  liKaehcl  died,  and  was  bur- 
ied in  the  way  to  '  JCiihrath,  w  hiuh  is 
Beth-lehcm. 

:.'0  And  Jacob  set  a  pillar  upon  her 
f,'ra\e  :  that  ii  the  pillar  of  Kachol's 
;:jrave  «'  unto  this  da^'. 

^1  TT  And  Israel  journeyed,  and 
■spread  Ids  tent  beyond  "the  tower 
01  Kdar. 

'I'i  .\nd  it  came  to  pass,  when  Israel 
dwelt  ill  tliat  land,  tliat  Itcubeii 
went  and  Hay  wiih  Itilh»h  his  fa- 
ther's concubine  :  ami  Israel  heard 
il.  Now  the  sons  of  Jacob  were 
twelve : 

2'J  The  sons  of  Leah;  Kltcuben, 
Jacob's  iirstborn,  and  Simeon,  and 
l.evi,  and  Judah,  and  Issachar,  and 
Zcbulun: 

L'4  The  sons  of  Kachcl;  Joseph,  and 
Ucnjaniin : 

2j  And  the  sons  of  Uilhah,  Kachcl's 
handmaid;  Dan,  and  Naphtali: 

L'U  And  the  sons  of  Zilpah,  Leah's 
handmaid;  Gad,  and  Asher.  These 
are  the  sons  of  Jacob,  which  were 
born  to  him  in  l*adan-arani. 

L'7  TT  And  Jacob  came  unto  Isaac  his 
father  unto  b , Mamie,  unto  the  icity 
of  Alba,  which  ii  llcbion,  where 
Abraham  and  Isaac  sojourned. 

28  And  the  days  of  I>aac  were  a 
huudrcd  and  fourscore  years. 

29  And  Isaac  ^-ave  up  the  Khost, 
and  died,  and  >- was  -athcred  unto 
his  people,  t<'i«<y  old  and  full  of  days: 
and  ihis  sons  Ksati  and  Jacob  buried 
liim. 

C1I.\1>TEK  XXXVI. 

1  Emu's  three  wives.  0  Jlis  removiiiff  to 
vwiuit  Seir.  f)  JJ,a  sona.  15  7/ic  dukea 
tvhicU  deicended  of  his  sons.  20  The 
sons  and  duhea  cj  Scii:  -Ji  Annh  find- 
cth  luxdet.  al  The  kliirjs  of  Edum.  40 
TIte  dukes  thiit  deseended  of  Eeau. 

"]>vT  OW  these  arc  the  generations  of 

i^   Ksau,  "who  is  Kdoin. 

2  li  Ksan  took  his  w  ives  of  the 
dan"htcr3  of  Canaan  ;  .\dah  the 
dau;,'litcr  of  Elon  the  Hittite,  and 
*^  Aholil)amah  the  daughter  of  Aiiah 
the  daiif^hter  of  Zibeoii  the  liivite; 

3  And  'IBashcmath  Ishinacl's 
dau;;htor,  sister  of  Nebaioth. 

4  And  '■  Adah  bare  to  Esau  Eliphaz; 
and  Bashomath  bare  Reuel; 

5  And  Aholihnmah  bare  Jeush,  and 
Jaalam,  and  Korali :  these  are  the 


sons  of  Esati,  which  were  bom  unto 
him  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

(j  And  Esau  took  his  wives,  and  his 
sous,  and  his  daughters,  and  all  the 
^  persons  of  his  house,  and  his  cattle, 
and  all  his  beasts,  and  nil  his  sub- 
stance, which  he  had  got  in  the  land 
of  Canaan;  and  went  into  the  coun- 
try from  the  face  of  his  brother  Ja- 
cob. 

7  fl'or  their  riches  were  more  than 
that  they  might  dwell  together;  and 
Stho  land  wherein  thej'  were  stran- 
gers could  not  bear  them  because  of 
their  cattle. 

.S  Thus  dwelt  Esau  in  li  mount  Seir: 
i  Ef-ini  is  Edom. 

1)  tr  And  these  arc  the  generations  of 
Esau  the  father  of  i  the  Edomites  in 
mount  Seir: 

10  These  arc  the  names  of  Esau's 
sons;  k  Eliphaz  the  son  of  Adah  the 
wife  of  Esaii,  Keiiel  the  son  of  Bashc- 
niath  the  wile  of  Esau. 

11  And  the  sons  of  Eliphaz  were 
Tcinan,  Omar,  ||  Zepho,  and  Uatam, 
ami  Kenaz. 

12  And  Timna  was  concubine  to 
Eliphaz  Esau's  eon;  and  she  bare  to 
Eliphaz  I  Amalek :  these  iccre  the 
sons  of  Adah  Esau's  will?. 

13  And  these  are  the  sous  of  lieucl; 
Naliath,  and  Zerah,  Shammah,  and 
Mizzah:  these  were  the  sonsof  iJash- 
einath  Esau's  wife. 

14  IT  And  these  were  the  sons  of 
Aholihainah,  the  daughter  of  Amih 
the  daughter  of  Zibeon,  Esau's  wife: 
and  she  hare  to  Esau  Jeush,  and  Ja- 
alam, and  Korah. 

15  ir  These  ucrc  dukes  of  the  sous 
of  Esau  !  the  sons  of  Eliphaz  the 
firstborn  nun  of  Esau;  duke  Teman, 
duke  Omar,  duke  Zepho,  diike  Ke- 
naz, 

]()  liuke  Korah,  duke  Gatam,  and 
diiUe  Amalek:  those  are  the  dukes 
Unit  cainc  of  Eliphaz  in  the  laud  of 
Edom:  these  were  the  sons  of  Adah. 

17  TT  And  these  are  the  sons  of 
Keuel  Esau's  son ;  duke  Nahath, 
duke  Zcrah,  duke  Shammah,  duke 
Mizzah  :  these  are  the  dukes  that 
came  of  Reuel  in  the  land  of  Edom: 
these  arc  the  sons  of  Baslicmalli 
Esau's  wife. 

IS  IT  And  these  arc  the  sons  of  Aho- 
lihainah Esau's  w  i(c  ;  duke  Jeush, 
duke  Jaalam,  duke  Korah  :  these 
were  the  dukes  t/mt  came  of  Aholih- 
ainah the  daughter  of  Anah,  Esau's 
wife. 

I'J  These  arc  the  sons  of  Esau,  who 
i.-t  Edom,  and  these  are  their  dukes. 

20  IT  "'These  ore  the  sons  of  Seir 
"  the  Ilorito,  who  inhabited  the  land; 
Lotan,  and  Shobal,  and  Zibeon,  and 
Anah, 

21  And  Dishon,  and  Ezer,  and  Di- 
shan:  these  arc  the  dukes  of  the  Uo- 
riles,  the  children  of  Seir  in  the  land 
of  Eilom. 

22  And  the  children  of  I.otan  were 

37 


The  kings  of  Edom. 


GENESIS. 


Joseph'x  tiDo  dreams. 


Iloii  and  ||  llcmam  ;  ami  l^otan's 
slater  »«(.•<  'Iiniiia. 

•r.  And  tliL-  children  of  Shohid  n-crr 
these  ;  ||  Alvan,  and  Manaliuth,  and 
El.al,  llSliephi),  andOiumi. 

•J4  And  these  »/v  the  eliildren  of 
Zlheoii;  hoth  Ajah,  and  Anali:  this 
u-usl/iiil  Anali  tfiattonnd  "the  nudes 
in  tlic  wilderness,  as  he  Jed  the  asses 
ofZibeon  Ills  (hthcr. 

25  And  the  children  of  Anah  u-ov 
these;  Dishon,  and  Aliulibaniah  the 
daughter  of  Anah. 

'X  .\nd  these  «/e  the  children  of  Di- 
shon ;  II  llenidan,  and  Eshhan,  and 
Ithran,  and  Clieran. 

^r  The  children  of  Ezcr  ore  these; 
Bilhan,  and  Zaavan,  and  ||  .\kan. 

as  The  children  of  Dishan  are  these; 
Uz,  and  Aran. 

:iy  These  are  the  dnkes  ihat  camp  of 
the  llorites;  duke  l^otan,  dnko  Sho- 
hal,  duke  Ziheon,  didce  Anah, 

."lO  Dnke  Dishon,  duke  ICzer,  dnke 
Dishan  :  these  arc  the  dukes  that 
(■ante  of  Iliiri,  amoiij;  tlieir  dukes  in 
the  land  (jf  Seir. 

;J1  ir  And  f  these  «)■«  the  kin^s  that 
reigned  in  the  land  of  Edom,  betiire 
there  reii;ned  any  kinjr  over  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

.'W  And  Behi  the  son  of'Beor  reigned 
in  Ediini  :  and  the  name  of  his  city 
iras  Dinhahuli. 

;V!  And  liela  died,  and  .lohab  the 
son  of  Zerali  of  Bozrah  rei^'ned  in 
his  stead. 

o't  And  Johal)  died,  and  llusliam  of 
the  laud  of  Temani  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

.'1.5  And  Ilnsliam  died,  and  Hadad 
the  son  of  Bedad,  who  smote  Midian 
in  the  field  of  Jloab,  rei;,'ned  in  his 
stead;  initl  the  name  of  Ills  city  w'(e.s' 
Avith. 

■M  And  Iladail  died,  and  Sumluh  of 
Masreknh  r.i-ned  in  his  stead. 

.•;r  And  Sandah  died,  and  .Saul  of 
Kehoboth /<!/ the  river  rei-ned  in  Ids 
stead. 

.'W  And  Saul  died,  and  Baal-h.inan 
the  sou  of  Achbor  reigned  in  Iiis 
stead. 

.'Kl  And  Baal-hanan  the  son  of  Ach- 
bor died,  and  ''  lladar  reigned  in  liis 
stead:  and  the  name  of  his  city  i/<i.< 
Pan;  and  his  wife's  nanu'  kvi.j  Me- 
hetahel,  the  dauj;hter  of  ilatred,  the 
daughter  of  Mezahab. 

40  And  these  an'  the  names  of  ■'the 
dukes  Hull  ram.-  of  Ksau,  according 
to  their  liiMiiiies.  iiller  tlieir  places, 
hv  tiieir  naincs:  duke  Timnah,  duke 
ll'Alvah,  duUe,Ielheth. 

41  Duke  Aholibamah,  duke  Klah, 
duke  I'inon, 

4_'  Dnke  Kenaz,  duke  Teman,  duke 
.Mih/ar, 

4'1  I)id<e  Magdiel,  dnke  Iram:  tlicsc 
^.'  the  dukes  of  Edom,  aceordinp  to 
their  habitatiinis  in  the  land  of  their 
possession:  he  ii  Esau  the  faHicr  of 
1  the  Edondtes. 


■ii  Uc  is  aalit  to  I'c 


CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

2  Joteph  is  htttcU  of  his  Ircthi-cn.  5  Wis 
ttvo  itrcama.  13  Jticoh  acndvth  hi 
visil  hit  brethren.  18  Ws  brethren 
spire  his  death.  21  Jicufjen  snveth 
2ii  They  sell  him  to  the  IthmiieUtta 
Jlia  father,  deceived  by  the  bloody 

mournethforl 

phar  in  Eyypt 

A  ND  Jacob  dwelt  in  the  land 
i'X-  t"  wherein  his  father  was  a 
stranger,  in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

2  These  are  the  generations  of  Ja- 
cob. Joseph,  hcinij  seventeen  years 
old,  was  feeding  the  flock  with  his 
brethren;  and  the  lad  tran  with  the 
sons  of  Bilhah,  and  with  the  sons  of 
Zilnah,  his  father's  wives  :  and  Ju- 
sejili  brought  unto  hii  father  !■  their 
cvd  report. 

a  Now  Israel  loved  Joseph  more 
than  all  his  children,  because  lie  was 
•^  the  son  of  his  old  .age:  and  he  made 
hiin  a  coat  odiiatuj  ||  colours. 

4  And  when  Ids  brethren  saw  that 
their  father  loved  him  more  than  all 
his  brethren,  they '' hated  him,  and 
could  not  speak  peaceably  unto  him. 

5  U  And  Joseph  dreamed  a  dream, 
and  ho  told  il  his  brethren:  and  they 
hated  him  j'ct  the  more. 

C  And  he  said  unto  them.  Hear, 
1  pray  you,  this  dream  which  1  have 
dreamed: 

7  Eor,  'behold,  we  were  binding 
shea\'es  in  the  field,  and,  lo,  my 
slie;if  arose,  and  also  stood  niiright; 
and,  behold,  your  sheaves  stood 
round  al>out,  and  made  obeisance  to 
my  sheaf. 

S  And  his  brethren  said  to  him, 
Slnilt  thou  indeed  reign  overns'r'  or 
shalt  thou  indeed  have  dnminiim 
over  us?  And  they  hated  him  vet 
the  more  for  his  dreams,  and  for  Ida 

'.'  U  Aiul  he  ilreamed  vvt  another 
dream,  and  told  it  his  brethi-en,  ami 
said.  Behold,  I  have  dre.imed  a 
dream  more;  and,  behold,  'the  sun 
ami  the  moon  and  the  eleven  stars 
niad(!  (d)eisanee  to  lue. 

10  And  he  told  i(  to  his  father,  and 
to  his  brethren  :  and  his  father  re- 
buked him,  and  said  unto  bin). 
What  i.<  this  dream  that  thuu  hast 
dreamed  V  Shall  1  and  thy  mother 
and  sthy  brethren  indeed  come  to 
bow  down  ourselves  to  thee  to  the 
earth'/ 

11  And  I. his  brethren  envied  him; 
but  his  f.Ulu'r  ^observed  the  saving. 

IJ  H  And  his  brethieu  went  to' feed 
theirfather's  flock  in  Sheehem. 

l:;  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph.  Do 
not  thy  brethren  feed  llie  Jli,<-h  in 
Sheehem  ?  come,  and  1  will  send 
thee  unto  them.  And  he  said  to 
him.  Hero  am  /. 

14  And  he  said  to  him.  Go,  I  prav 
thee,  tseo  whether  it  be  well  witli 
thy  brethren,  and  well  with  the 
Hocks  I  and.  bring  mc  word  ngain. 


Re  is  sold  hi/  his  brethren. 


The  ti'espass  of  Onan. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  \1'1'J. 


16.  k  ts.  17. 
pch.  4^.  32. 


t  cli.  1    10. 

I>c.  211. 

JoIjIC.  18. 
ulSuii.lS.17 
I  cli.  42.  21. 
ycl,.2a.  11. 
t  Hell. 


dch.  42.  13, 
J«.  31.  IS. 


So  lie  pent  him  out  of  tlic  vale  of 
1;  llubron.  ami  lie  came  to  Shecliem. 

15  M  And  a  certain  man  luund  liim, 
anil,  bohuUl,  itc  icas  wanderinic  in 
tlic  field:  and  the  man  asked  liim, 
sayinp:,  What  scekeiit  thou? 

](i  And  he  said,  1  reek  my  brethren: 
I  tell  me,  I  pi-jy  thee,  where  they 
feed  tiair  tlockf. 

17  And  t"lie  man  said,  Tliey  are  de- 
parted Iience;  fori  heard  them  say, 
Let  us  Ko  to  Dothan.  And  Joseph 
went  after  his  brethren,  and  tbund 
them  in  "'  Bothaii. 

18  And  when  they  saw  liim  afar  off, 
even  before  fie  came  near  unto  them, 
"  they  conspired  against  him  to  slay 
him. 

19  And  they  said  one  to  another. 
Behold,  this  )  dreamer  comcth. 

iO  "  Come  now  therefore,  and  let  lis 
slay  him,  ond  cast  him  into  some 
pit,  Rnd  we  will  say,  Some  e\il  beast 
hath  devoured  liifn  ;  and  we  shall 
sec  what  will  become  of  his  dreams. 

21  And  I'Keuben  heard  it,  and  lie 
delivered  him  out  of  tlieir  hands  ; 
and  said,  1-et  ns  not  kill  him. 

22  And  Keuben  said  unto  them. 
Shed  no  blood,  hut  cast  him  into  this 
pit  that  is  in  the  wilderness,  and  lay 
no  hand  upon  him  j  that  he  mi^'ht 
rid  liim  out  of  their  hands,  to  deliver 
him  to  his  father  afjain. 

23  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jo- 
seph was  come  unto  his  brethren, 
that  they  stripped  Joseph  out  of  his 
eoat,  his  coat  of  mutiij  |)  colours  that 
icK.s  on  him; 

24  And  the.v  took  him,  and  cast 
him  into  a  pit:  and  the  liit  was 
empty,  Ihi-re  «•<(.«  no  water  in  it. 

20  ''  And  they  sat  down  to  eat  bread: 
and  tliey  lifted  up  their  eyes  and 
looked,  and,  behold,  a  company  of 
•■  Ishmaelitcs  came  from  Gilead,  witli 
their  camels  bearing  spiecry  and 
*  b:ilm  and  myrrli,  going  to  carry  it 
down  to  Egvpt. 

2(>  And  Judah  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, AVhat  profit  ?s  it  if  we  slay  our 
brother,  and  'conceal  his  blood? 

27  Come,  and  let  us  sell  him  to  the 
Ishmaelites,  and  "let  not  our  hand 
be  upon  Iiim;  fi:)r  he  tV  ^  our  brother 
and  J  our  flesh  :  and  Ills  bretlireu 
t  were  content. 

28  Then  there  passed  by^Midiau- 
ites  nierehantmeii;  nnd  tliey  drew 
and  lifted  up  Joseph  out  of  the  ))it, 
"  and  sold  Joseph  to  the  Ishmaelites 
for  I>  twenty  pieces  of  silver;  and  they 
bron^'ht  Joseph  into  E^-ypt. 

29  IT  And  Reuben  returned  unto  the 
pit;  and,  behold,  Joseph  was  not  in 
the  pit;  and  he  '^rcut  his  clothes. 

30  And  he  returned  unto  his  breth- 
ren, and  said.  The  child  J  is  not;  and 
I.  whither  shall  I  go? 

ul  And  they  took  'Joseph's  coat, 
and  killed  a  kiil  of  the  goats,  and 
dipiied  the  coat  in  the  blood; 

32  And  they  sent  the  coat  of  many 


colours,  and  they  brought  it  to  their 
father ;  and  said,  Tliis  have  wc 
found:  know  now  whether  it  he  thy 
son's  coat  or  no. 

Vii  And  he  knew  it,  and  said.  It  is 
my  sou's  coat;  an  fevil  beast  hath 
devoured  him ;  Joseiih  is  without 
doubt  lent  in  pieces. 

34  And  Jacob  Srent  his  clothes,  and 
put  sackcloth  upon  his  loins,  and 
mourned  for  his  son  many  days. 

35  And  all  his  sons  and  all  his 
daughters  hrose  up  to  comfort  him; 
blithe  refused  to  be  comforted;  and 
he  said.  For  >  I  will  go  down  into  the 
grave  unto  my  son  mourning.  Thus 
his  father  wept  finr  him. 

3(i  And  kthe  Jlidianites  sold  him 
into  Egypt  unto  Potiphar,  an  f  officer 
of  Pharaoh's,  and  1 1|  captain  of  the 
guard. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 
1  Judah  begsttcth  Jir.  Onan,  and  Shclith. 

0  £/•  viarHetIi  Tamar.     8  The  treapami 

of  Onan.     11  Taniar  atayetli  for  UMah. 

13  S/ie  deccivtth  Judah.    27  Ulie  beai-clh 

tioina,  PUarez  and  Hirati. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  nt  that  time, 
that  Judah  went  down  from  his 
brethren,  and  "turned  in  to  a  certain 
Adtiilamite,  whose  name  ivas  llirah. 

2  And  Judah  'i  saw  there  a  daughter 
of  a  certain  Canaanite,  whose  name 
%ias  "'Shuah;  and  he  took  her,  and 
went  in  unto  her. 

3  And  she  conceived,  and  bare  a 
son;  and  he  called  his  name  I'Er. 

4  And  she  conceived  again,  and 
b:ireason;  and  she  called  his  name 
•^  Onnn. 

5  And  she  yet  again  conceived,  and 
bare  a  son;  and  called  his  name 
fShelah:  and  he  was  at  Chezib, 
when  she  bare  him. 

fi  And  Jiidali  Btook  n  wife  for  Er 
lii.-5  firstboni,  whoso  name  ««s  Ta- 
in ar. 

7  And  li  Er,  Judah's  firstborn,  was 
wicked  in  the  sight  of  the  I.,okl>; 
'  and  the  J.oiin  slew  him. 

8  And  Judah  said  unto  Onan,  Go 
in  unto  kthy  brother's  wile,  and 
marry  her,  and  raise  up  see<l  to  thy 
brother. 

U  And  Onan  knew  th.-,t  the  seed 
should  not  be  Hiis;  and  it  came  to 
pass,  when  he  went  in  unto  his  broth- 
er's wile,  that  he  spilled  it  on  the 
ground,  lest  that  he  should  give  seed 
to  his  brother. 

10  And  the  thing  which  he  did  t  dis- 
pleased the  l.oKi) :  wherefore  he 
slew  "'  him  also. 

U  Then  said  Judah  to  Taniar  his 
daughter  in  law,  "  Remain  a  widow 
at  thy  fiither's  liouse,  till  Shelah  my 
son  be  grown:  for  he  said,  I.est  per- 
adventiuc  he  die  also,  as  his  breth- 
ren did.  And  Tamar  went  and 
dwelt  "in  her  father's  house. 

12  ^And  till  process  of  time  the 
daughter  of  Shuah  Judah's  wife  dieil : 
and  Judah  ''was  comforted,  and 
39 


Tamar  deceivetli  Judah, 


GENESIS. 


Josepk  ix  advanced. 


Bcforo 
C  II  11 1  S  T 

about  17*27. 


o/i-„a- 
r.  11.  W. 


t  Ei.  IG.  33. 
t  IUI>.  a  ltd 
(^/  t/ngaali. 


went  up  unto  his  Blieepshearitrs  to 
Thnnath,  he  and  liis  friend  Jlirah 
tlie  AiUiUamite. 

l.f  Anil  it  was  told  Taniar,  saying, 
Ufhold,  thy  father  in  law  ^'oeth  up 
''to  Tiniuath  to  sliear  his  sliecp. 

14  And  slie  put  her  widow's  f;ar- 
nients  oft'  tVoni  her,  and  covei'ed  her 
with  a  vail,  and  wrapped  herself, 
and  ''sat  in  tan  open  plaee,  whieli  7** 
by  the  way  to  Tininath;  lijr  slie  saw 
"that  Slielah  was  grown,  and  she 
was  nots'ven  unto  hiin  to  wife. 

15  When  Judah  saw  her,  he  thought 
her  to  he  a  harlot;  because  she  liad 
covered  her  faec. 

10  And  he  turned  unto  her  by  tlie 
way,  and  said.  Go  to,  I  i)ray  tliee, 
let  nic  come  in  unto  tliec;  (for  he 
knew  not  that  she  uhis  his  daughter 
in  law:)  and  she  said,  'Wliat  wilt 
Mum  give  me,  that  thou  may  est  come 
ill  unto  me':' 

ir  And  he  said,  'I  will  send  thee  ta 
kid  from  the  (lock.  And  she  said, 
"Wilt  thnii  give  me  a  pledge,  till 
tliDU  send  it? 

18  And  lie  said,  'What  pledge  shall 
I  give  thee?  And  she  said,  "  Thy  sig- 
net, and  thy  bracelets,  and  thy  staff 
tliat  is  in  thine  hand.  And  he  g;ivc 
It  her,  and  came  in  unto  her,  and 
she  conceived  by  him. 
Ill  And  slie  arose,  and  went  away, 
and  y  laid  by  her  vail  from  her.  and 
put  on  tlie  garments  of  her  widow- 
hood. 

•M  And  Judah  sent  the  kid  by  tlie 
hand  iif  his  friend  the  AduUamite,  to 
receive  ///■:  pledge  from  tlie  woman's 
hand:  but  he  iOund  her  not. 
L'l  Then  he  asked  the  men  of  that 
place,  saying,  Where  is  the  harlot, 
tli:it  iriis  llmienly  by  the  way  side? 
And  tliev  said,  There  was  no  harlot 


itlusy,/,, 
!■-'  And  1.1 
ill,  1  cam 


!  rctnrned  to  Judah,  and 
ot  tind  her;  and  also  the 
phice  said,  t/uU  there  was 
no  harli.t  in  t\iU  jilnee. 

L'.'!  And  Jnihih  said,  l^ct  her  take 
it  to  her  lest  we  the  shamed:  be- 
liolil,  I  sent  this  kid,  and  thou  hast 
n<»t  finind  her. 

HI  IT  And  it  came  to  ))ass  about 
three  months  alter,  that  it  was  told 
.liiilah,  saving,  Tamar  tliv  daughter 
in  law  hath  'plaved  the  harlot;  and 
ills,.,  l„-li,.ld,  sh"e  ('.>■  witli  child  liv 
wl.o.eih.ni.  And  J.idi.h  s;ii.l,  liriiig 
herlurlh,  "and  let  her  be  burnt. 

L'.'.  When  she  mts  brought  forth, 
she  si'i.t  to  her  father  in  law,  sav- 
ing, Hy  the  man.  whose  the.se  <o-c, 
(iiii  I  with  chilli :  >vnd  she  said, 
1*  Discern,  I  pray  thee,  whose  are 
these,  ''  the  signet,  and  bracelets,  and 
staff. 

•jr,  And  Judah  .1  acknowledged 
them,  and  said, '  She  h:ltll  been  li.i.ie 
righteo.is  tli:m  I;  beciiiise  that  ri 
gave  her  not  to  Shelah  my  son'. 
And  he  knew  hci'a;;aiu  i^no  more. 
41) 


27  T[  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
time  of  her  travail,  that,  behold, 
twins  were  in  her  womb. 

'JH  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she 
travailed,  that  the  one  put  out  hi." 
liand:  and  the  midwife  took  and 
bound  ujiou  his  hand  a  scarlet 
thread,  saying,  This  came  out  tiist. 

W  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  drew 
hack  his  hand,  that,  heliold,  his 
brother  came  out:  and  she  said, 
II  How  hast  thou  broken  forth'/  //(('.••■ 
breach  be  upon  thee:  therclbie  his 
name  was  called  ||  li  Pliaiez. 

;1U  And  afterward  came  out  liis 
brotlier,  that  had  the  scarlet  thread 
upon  lii«  hand:  and  his  name  was 
called  Zarah. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 
1  Joaajth  (lUviinced  in  Poliphar'e  lioHac.    7 

Jin  ri;Hinti:th  hia  mistreae'  temptation.    13 

JJe  it  fatatly  accutcd.    20  He  is  caat  in 

priaun.    21  tjod  ia  with  him  there. 

AND  Joseph  was  bronn;ht  down 
to  Egypt;  and  "I'otiphar,  an 
otfieer  of  I'haraoh,  captiiin  of  _^Iie 
guard,  an  Egyptian,  i.bouglit  linn 
of  the  hands  of  the  Ishmaelites, 
which  had  brought  him  down  tlii- 
ther. 

2  And  "^thc  Loi;t)  was  with  Jo- 
seph, and  lie  was  a  prosperous  man; 
and  ho  was  in  the  house  of  his  mas- 
ter the  Egyptian. 

"  And  liis  master  saw  that  the 
LOKI)  i(,-«s  with  him,  and  that  the 
Jjoui)  'I  made  all  that  he  did  to  pros- 
per in  his  hand. 

4  And  Joseph  "found  grace  in  his 
sight,  and  he  served  hiin:  and  he 
made  him  foverseer  over  his  liouse, 
and  all  that  ho  had  ho  put  into  his 
hand. 

.'i  And  it  came  to  pass  from  the 
time  that  he  lud  made  him  ovei'- 
seer  in  his  b.nise,  and  over  all  that 
ho  had,  that  Kthe  l,oi!i)  blessed 
the  Egyptian's  In. use  fur  Joseph's 
sake;  and  the  bles.>ing  of  the  l*oi:n 
was  inuin  all  that  ho  liad  in  the 
house,  and  in  the  field. 

a  And  he  Ivfl  all  that  he  had  in  Jo- 
.leph's  hand;  and  he  knew  not  might 
ho  had,  save  the  bread  which  ho  did 
eat.  And  Joseph  I' was  u  goodly  per- 
son, and  well  fiiv..ureil. 

7  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  tliese 
things,  that  his  master's  wife  ca.»t  her 
CM  s  upon  Joseph;  and  she  said,  'l..ic 
with  me. 

5  liiit  lie  refused,  and  said  unto  his 
nnister's  wile,  Ueliold,  my  master 
wiitteth  nut  what  m  with  mo  in  the 
hun^e,  and  ho  bath  committed  all 
that  he  hatli  to  mv  hand; 

'.I  r/irre  it  nunc  gieider  ill  this  house 
than  I  ;  n.'illier  hath  ho  kept  back 
niiv  thing  liuiii  me  but  thee,  l.ecanse 
tliuu  iirt  his  wife:  Vbow  then  can  1 
di.  this  giiat  wickedness,  and  'sin 
:lgainst(iud'/ 

10  .\nd  it  came  to  pass,  as  she  spake 
to  Joseph  day  by  d.-y',  that  lie  licark-  I 


Joseph  resisteth  temptation. 


GENESIS. 


Pharaoh's  butler  and  baker. 


y  Vt.  lOJ.  18. 

I  ivt.  •>.  la. 

,,.Stocli.40.3, 
IS.  St  H.  II. 


eiiccl  not  mito  licr,  to  lie  by  her,  or 
to  be  with  lier. 

U  Ami  it  came  to  iias.s  about  this 
time,  that  JoS(.7>/i  went  into  the  lioiise 
to  do  liis  business;  ami  there  was 
none  of  tlie  men  of  tlie  lioiise  there 
within. 

IJ  Anil  "^'she  c.an^ht  liim  by  his  gar- 
ment, sa^'iii;^,  Lie  with  n»e:  ana  lie 
left  his  garment  in  her  liand,  uud 
tied,  and  j^ot  him  out. 

I'i  And  it  came  to  ji.ass,  wlien  she 
saw  tliat  he  liad  lell  liis  s,'aniient  in 
her  liand,  and  was  Hed  forth, 

H  Tliat  slie  called  niito  tlie  men  of 
her  house,  and  spake  iiiito  them,  say- 
in;;.  See,  lie  hatli  hrou^'ht  in  ii  lle- 
breu'  unto  us  to  mock  us;  lie  eame 
ill  unto  nic  to  lie  with  me,  and  1 
cried  witlia  I  loud  voice: 

1.)  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
lieaid  that  1  lilted  up  my  voice  and 
cried,  tliat  lie  left  liis  -arnient  with 
me,  and  lied,  and -ot  him  out. 

U!  And  slie  laid  lip  his  ^^arnient  by 
her,  until  his  lord  came  home. 

1"  And  she  "spake  unto  him  ac- 
cording to  these  words,  sayin;{,  The 
llchrew  servant,  which  thou  bust 
broii;,'ht  unto  us,  came  in  unto  me 
to  mock  me: 

IS  And  it  came  to  jiass,  .is  I  lifted 
up  my  voice  and  cried,  that  he  left 
his  ;;armeiit  with  me,  and  fled  out. 

II)  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  his 
nia.'iter  beard  the  words  of  bis  wife, 
which  she  spake  unto  liim,  sayinjr. 
Alter  this  manner  did  thy  servant  to 
me;  that  bis  "wrath  was  kindled. 

20  And  Joseph's  master  took  liira, 
and  ''init  him  into  the  ''prison,  a 
place  where  the  kin^^'s  prisoners  tcere 
bound :  and  ho  was  there  in  the 
prison. 

21  Tl  But  the  I/OitD  was  witli  Jo- 
seph, and  I  shewed  him  mercy,  and 
'^fcave  hiin  favour  iu  the  fii;;ht  of  the 
keeper  of  the  prison. 

22  And  the  keeper  of  tlic  prison 
'committed  to  Joseph's  hand  all  tlic 
prisoners  that  tcerii  iu  the  prison  ; 
and  wliatsoever  they  did  there,  he 
was  the  doer  ot'it. 

ZS  Tlie  keeper  of  the  prison  looked 
not  to  any  thin;<  that  xra.<  under  his 
hand;  because  'the  Loiiu  was  with 
liim,  and  that  which  he  did,  the 
IjOUU  made  it  to  prosper. 

CHAPTER  XL. 
1  r/w  butter  anil  baker    of   Pharaoh    m 
priHon.     4  Jjicpk  hath  charge  of  them. 
5  Hj  interpretcth  their  dreama.    20  They 
come  to  pasA  aceordinf/  to  hiB  interpre- 
tation.  'J3  The  ingratitude  of  tha  butler. 
4  ND  it  came  to  pass  alter  these 
iV  thin^rs,  that  the  "butler  of  the 
kin^    of   Egypt  and  7ih  baker  liad 
otfeiided  their  lord  the  kin;;  of  Egypt. 
2  And  Pharaoh  was  li  wroth  against 
two  o.l'bis  otHcers,  against  the  chief 
of  the  butlers,  nnd  against  the  chief 
of  the  bakers. 
a  'And  he  put  them  in  ward  in  the 


bouse  of  the  captain  of  the  guard,  | 
into  the  iirison,  the  place  where  Jo- 
seph Wits  bounil. 

4  And  the  captain  of  the  guard 
ehaigeil  Joseph  with  them,  and  be 
served  them:  and  they  cuntiiiued  a 
season  in  ward. 

5  ir  And  they  dreamed  a  dream  both 
of  them,  oaen  man  his  dream  in  one 
night,  each  man  according  to  the  in- 
terpretation of  his  dream,  the  butler 
and  the  baker  of  the  king  of  Kgypt, 
which  were  bound  in  the  prison. 

(J  Aud  Joseph  came  in  unto  them  in 
the  morning,  and  looked  upon  them, 
aud,  behold,  they  were  sad. 

7  And  he  asked  Pharaoh's  oflicera 
that  were  with  him  in  the  ward  of 
his  lord's  house,  saying,  Wherelbrc 
t  look  ye  no  sadly  to  day? 

S  And  they  said  unto  him,  il  AVc 
have  dreamed  ii  dream,  and  there  i.i 
no  interpreter  of  it.  And  Joseph 
said  unto  them,  '^  J)o  not  interpreta- 
tions IkIoikj  to  God?  tell  me  tltem,  I 
pray  you. 

'J  And  the  chief  butler  told  his 
dream  to  Joseph,  and  said  to  him, 
In  my  dream,  behold,  a,  vine  was  bc- 
lore  me; 

II)  And  in  the  vine  were  three 
branches  :  and  it  ir<i.<  as  though  it 
budded,  anil  her  blossoms  shot  Ibrth ; 
aud  the  clusters  thereof  brought  Ibrth 
ripe  grapes: 

11  And  Pharaohs  enp  was  in  my 
hand  :  and  1  took  the  grapes,  and 
pressed  them  into  Pharaoh's  cup, 
and  I  gave  the  cup  into  Pharaoh's 
Innid. 

12  And  Joseph  said  unto  him,  f  This 
I'.stlie  interpretation  of  it:  The  three 
branches  '■are  three  days: 

V>  Yet  within  three  days  fJiall 
Pharaoh  )i  ||  lift  up  thine  head,  and 
restore  thee  unto  thy  place ;  ami 
thou  shall  deliver  Pharnoli's  cup  into 
his  hand,  alter  the  former  manner 
when  thou  wa.st  his  butler. 

14  But  t  i  tliiiik  oil  me  when  it  shall 
be  well  with  thee,  ami  I.  shew  kind- 
ness, I  pray  thee,  unto  me,  and 
make  mention  of  me  unto  Pharaoh, 
nnd  brin;;  me  out  of  this  house: 

15  For  indeed  I  was  stolen  away 
out  of  the  land  of  the  Hebrews:  lanil 
here  also  have  I  done  nothing  that 
they  should  put  me  into  tlie  duu- 
geou. 

1<)  ^Vhen  the  chief  baker  saw  that 
the  interpretation  was  jiood,  he  said 
unto  Joseph,  I  also  wan  in  my  dream, 
and,  behold,  1  had  three  |i  wliite  bask- 
ets on  my  head: 

ir  And  in  the  uppermost  basket 
lliere  was  of  all  manner  of  t  bake- 
mcats  for  Pharaoh  ;  and  the  birds 
did  eat  tlicm  out  of  the  basket  upon 
my  head. 

IS  And  Joseph  answered  and  said, 
'"This  IS  the  interpretation  thereof: 
The  three  baskets  ore  three  days: 

I'J  "  Yet  within  tliiee  daya  bhall 
41 


Pharaoh's  tuo  dreams. 


GENESI& 


Jose2)h  iuteiyreteth  tJwm, 


Before 
C  II 11 1  S  T 

ubout 1713. 


1.K..7. 11.22. 
!•.  i'i.  II. 
l<i»i  l.'iO.  & 


Pharaoh  ||lif't  up  tliy  lic:ul  from  oil' 
thc'O,  and  shuU  haii;;  thee  0!i  a  tree; 
ami  till!  binls  shall  eat  thy  tlesh  froiii 
o(f  thee. 

LtJ  11  And  it  came  to  pass  the  tliird 
day,  V'/iirk  tras  Pharaoh's  "  hirth(la\', 
tliat  ho  I' made  a  least  unto  all  his 
.servants  :    and  he    'I  ||  lifted    up  the 
head  of  the  chief  butler  and  of  the 
chief  bilker  amon^  his  servants. 
21  And  ho  '  restored  tlie  eliiefbntlcr 
unto  his  bntlerslii))  again;   and  '"he 
f;avc  the  cup  into  Pharaoh's  hand: 
L'2  But  he  '  han;;cd  tlio  chief  balcer: 
as  Joseph  had  interpreted  to  tluni. 
•jr.  Yet  did  not  tlio  chief  butler  re- 
member Josei>h,  but  "  for;;at  him. 

CHAPTER  XLI. 
1  Pharaoh'i  two  draame.  Uj  Joseph  inter- 
jiretelh  them.  Si  lie  gineth  Pharnoh 
coun»el,  S8  Joteph  is  advanced.  50  Ue 
betfctteth  Manaaech  and  Uphruin.  {>1 
Tlie  famine  berjumeth. 

VND  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  t«'o  full  years,  tliat  Pliaraoh 
dreamed  :  and,  behold,  ho  .stood  bv 
tlie  river. 

'i  And,  behold,  there  came  up  out 
of  the  river  seven  well  favoured  kine 
and  fktlleshud ;  and  tliey  ted  in  a 
meadow. 

;!  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine 
came  up  after  them  out  of  tise  river, 
ill  favoured  and  leanfleshed  ;  and 
stood  bv  the  other  kine  upon  the 
brink  of  the  river. 

4  And  the  ill  favoured  and  lean- 
fleslied  kine  did  cat  up  llie  seven 
well  favoured  and  fat  kine.  So 
Pliaraoh  awoke. 

.1  And  he  slept  and  dreamed  the 
second  time:  and,  beliold,  seven  ears 
of  corn  came  up  uix)n  one  stalk, 
Irnukimd^'ood. 

(!  And,  behold,  seven  thin  cars  and 
bbusted  with  the  cast  wind  sprung 
uji  aflcr  tliem. 

(  Anil  tlie  seven  thin  cars  devoured 
tlie  se^'en  rank  and  fidl  cars.  And 
Pluiraoh  awoke,  and,  behold,  it  utt.i 
a  dream. 

8  And  it  came  to  puss  in  the  morn- 
in?  "that  his  spirit  was  tro\ibled  ; 
and  he  sent  and  called  for  all  Ulu' 
maKioi«n.s  of  K;.'ypt,  and  :ill  tlu" 
'^wise  men  there.. f:  and  Phara..li 
told  them  his  dream;  l>ut  tlirrc  iros 
none  that  could  interpret  tlicm  unto 
Pluiraoh. 

!l  TT  Then  spake  the  chief  butler  un- 
to Pliaraoh,  savin;;,  1  do  remember 
mv  faults  this  da}': 

lit  Pharaoh  was  ■!  wroth  with  liis 
ser\'ants.  "and  ]iut  nu»  in  ward  in 
f  the  ^.'iiard's  house,  both 


theeaiitnii 
me  and  th. 


ehiefbaker: 


ned  n  drcnm  in 
fht,  I  ami  h..;  we  dreamed 
.111  a.'.-..r.lin-  to  the  intcr- 
11  of  his  dream. 
1  l/irir  )/os-  there  with  us  a 
voiiiii;  man,  a  Hebrew,  '■'seiTant  fo 
Iho  captain  of  the  k"^"!  i  ""(l  ^"O  I 
43 


told  him,  and  ho  1.  interpreted  to  us 
our  dreams;  to  each  man  aceordiii); 
to  his  drciim  he  did  interpret. 

I'l  And  it  came  to  pass,  ias  lie  in- 
terpreted to  us,  so  it  was;  inc  he  re- 
stored unto  mine  ojKcc,  and  liiin  he 
hanjred. 

U  IT  k  Then  I'hnraoh  sent  and  called 
Josejih,  and  they  If  brought  him 
hastily  "'  out  of  the  <lun;;cou :  and 
he  shaved  Aim.-f//',  and  changed  his 
raiment,  and  came  in  unto  Pharaoh. 

1.)  Ami  Pharaoh  said  unto  Joseph, 
I  have  dreamed  a  dream,  and  t/itrr 
IS  none  that  can  interpret  it:  "audi 
have  heard  say  of  thee,  t/i(it  Ijtliou 
canst  understand  n  dream  to  inter- 
pret it. 

Hi  And  Joseph  answcrcil  Pliaraoh, 
sayins,  "It  U  not  in  me:  I'Go.l  shall 
j;ive  Pharaoh  an  answer  of  peace. 

1"  And  Phanu.h  said  unto  Joseph, 
''  In  my  dream,  behold,  1  stood  upon 
the  bunk  of  the  river: 

IS  And,  beholil,  there  came  up  out 
of  the  river  seven  kine,  fatHushed 
and  well  favoured;  and  they  fed  in 
A  meadow: 

111  And,  behold,  seven  other  kine 
came  up  after  them,  (loor  and  ^'e^y 
illliivouicd  and  leanfleshed,  such  as 
I  never  saw  in  all  the  laud  of  E;;ypt 
for  badness: 

'20  And  the  lean  and  the  ill  favoured 
kine  did  eat  up  the  first  seven  fat 
kine: 

21  And  when  they  had  (  eaten  tlicm 
up,  it  could  not  be  known  that  thcv 
had  eaten  tlienl;  but  thev  icrrc  still 
ill  favoured,  as  at  tlie  be^inniu^.  So 
I  awoke. 

2"J  And  I  saw  in  my  dream,  and, 
behold.  se\'eii  cars  came  up  in  one 
stalk,  full  and  -..od: 

21!  And,  l)eli..l.l,  seven  cars,  ||  with- 
ered, thin,  mill  blasted  with  the  east 
wind,  sprun;;  up  after  them : 

24  Ami  the  thin  ears  devoured  the 
seven  good  cai-s :  ami  '1  told  llm 
unto  the  nia;,'ieians  ;  Imt  IIiitc  «•<(.» 
none  that  et.ul.l  deehire  it  to  me. 

2.">ir  .\n.l  J..^.  ph  said  unto  Pluiraoh, 
Tlie  dri-am  f.f  Pliaraoh  is  one:  »(iod 
hath  shewed  Pharaoh  what  lie  i.« 
about  t.id.i.    - 

21!  The  seven  ;:ood  kine  arc  seven 
years;  and  the  seven  ;cood  ears  ttrc 
seven  years:  the  dream  w  one. 

2"  And  the  seven  thin  and  ill  fa- 
voured kine  that  came  up  after  them 
iirr  seven  veins;  and  the  seven  emptv 
cai-s  blasted  with  the  east  wind  shall 
be  'se\'eii  N'ears  of  faininc. 

2.S  "  This'is  the  thin-  which  I  have 
siioken  unto  Pharaoh:  'What  (iod  is 
ab..ut  to  do  he  shewcth  unto  Pha- 
raoh. 

2*.!  Ueliold.  tlierc  come  '  seven  vcnrs 
of  ;:reMt  plenty  throu'diout  all  the 
lan.lof  i;-v|.t: 

.".n  And  there  shall  >  arise  afler  them 
seven  years  of  faniinc:  and  all  the 
plenty  sliuU  bo  Ibrsottcn  in  the  land 


and  ffiveth  Pharaoh  counsel. 


GENESIS. 


Thejainine  beginneth. 


of  Egypt;  and  the  faininc  "  shall  con- 
sume the  land; 

31  And  the  plenty  shall  not  he 
known  in  the  land  hy  reason  of  that 
famine  foUowinj;;  lijr  it  almll  he  very 
f  j;:rievons. 

.'VJ  And  fill-  tluit  the  dream  was 
doiihled  nntn  Pliaraoh  twice;  tt  U 
hecausc  the  ''thing  j.s  ||  established 
hy  God,  and  God  will  shortly  brin;; 
it  to  pass. 

3.'!  Now  therefore  let  Pharaoli  look 
out  a  man  discreet  and  wise,  and  set 
him  over  the  land  of  £s;ypt. 

34  l>et  Pliaraoh  do  this,  and  let  him 
appoint  II  officers  over  the  land,  and 
I'  take  np  the  firth  part  of  the  land  of 
Kgypt  in  tlie  seven  plenteous  >-ears. 

;i5  And  '^  let  them  gather  all  tlie  food 
of  tliose  good  years  that  come,  and 
laj'  up  com  under  the  liand  of  Pha- 
raoh, and  let  them  keep  food  in  the 
cities. 

St;  And  that  food  shall  be  for  store 
to  the  land  against  tlie  seven  jears 
of  famine,  which  shall  be  in  the  land 
of  Egypt;  that  the  land  f  '1  perish  not 
through  tlie  fiimine. 

^  TT  And  ''  the  tiling  was  good  in 
the  eyes  of  Pharaoh,  and  in  the  eyes 
of aUhia  servants. 

3.S  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  his  ser\'- 
ants.  Can  we  find  suck  a  one  as  this 
is-,  a  man  fin  whom  the  Spirit  of 
God  is  ? 

.'!D  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  .loscph, 
Forasmucli  as  God  hath  shewed  thee 
all  this,  thetv  i*  none  so  discreet  and 
wise  as  thou  art: 

40  s  Thou  Shalt  bo  over  my  house, 
and  according  unto  thy  word  shall 
all  my  jicople  |  be  ruled  :  only  in 
the  tlirone  will  I  be  greater  than 
thou. 

41  And  Pharaoli  said  unto  Joseph, 
Sec,  I  have  ''set  thee  over  all  the 
land  of  Egvpt. 

42  And  Pliaraoh  i  took  off  his  ring 
from  his  hand,  and  put  it  niion  Jo- 
seph's hand,  and  t  arrayed  liini  in 
vestures  of  ^  fine  linen, 'land  put  a 
gold  cliain  about  his  neck; 

4.1  And  he  made  him  to  ride  in  the 
second  chariot  which  lie  had;  "'and 
they  ciieil  before  him,  |l  f  Cow  the 
knee:  and  he  made  him  rwier  "over 
all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

44  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Jo- 
seph, I  nm  Pharaoh,  and  witirout 
thee  shall  no  mini  lift  up  his  hand 
or  foot  in  all  the  laud  of  Egypt. 

45  And  Pharaoh  called  Joseph's 
name  ||  Zaphnath-paaneah  ;  and 
ho  gave  him  to  wife  Asenath  the 
daughter  of  Poti-pherah  ||  priest  of 
On.  And  Joseph  went  out  over 
all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

4(>  IT  And  Joseph  teas  thirty  years 
old  when  he  "stood  helbre  "Pha- 
raoh king  of  Egypt.  And  Josejili 
went  out  from  the  presence  of  Plia- 
raiih,  and  went  throughout  all  the 
land  of  Egypt. 


47  And  in  tlic  seven  plenteous 
years  the  earth  brought  forth  by 
handfuls. 

4S  And  ho  gathered  np  all  the 
food  of  the  seven  years,  which  were 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  laid  up 
tlie  fijod  in  the  cities  :  the  food  of 
the  field,  which  w((s  round  about 
every  city,  laid  he  up  in  the  same. 

411  And  Joseph  gatliered  corn  I'as 
the  sand  of  tlie  sea,  very  much, 
until  he  lefl  numbering  ;  fbr  it  uxis 
without  number. 

50  '^  And  unto  Joseph  were  bom 
two  sons,  befiire  tlie  years  of  famine 
came  :  which  Asenath  the  daughter 
of  Poti-pherah  ||  priest  of  On  bare 
unto  him. 

51  And  Joseph  called  the  name 
of  the  firstborn  IjManassch:  For 
God,  soil/  lie,  hath  made  me  forget 
all  my  toil,  and  all  my  father's 
house. 

."JL'  And  the  name  of  the  second 
called  he  ||  Ephraim  :  For  tJod  hath 
caused  me  to  be  "^  fruitful  in  the 
land  of  my  affliction. 

5.1  U  Ami  the  seven  years  of  plen- 
teousness,  that  was  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  were  ended. 

54  "And  the  seven  years  of  dearth 
began  to  come,  'according  as  Joseph 
had  said  :  and  the  dearth  was  in  all 
lands  ;  but  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
there  was  bread. 

55  And  when  all  the  land  of  Egypt 
was  famished,  the  people  cried"  to 
Pharaoh  fbr  bread  :  and  Pliaraoh 
said  unto  all  the  Egyptians,  Go  unto 
Joseph  ;  what  he  salth  to  you,  do. 

.'!<;  And  the  fimiinc  was  over  all 
the  face  of  tlic  earth  :  and  Josepli 
opened  tail  the  storehouses,  and 
"  sold  unto  the  Egy^ltialls  ;  and  the 
famine  waxed  sore  in  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

•i/  "And  all  countries  came  into 
Egypt  to  Josipli  f()r  to  buy  cum; 
beeimse  that  the  famine  was  so  sore 
in  all  lands. 

CUAPTEK  XLII. 

I  Jacoh  acndetU  /ii'j  ten  tons  to  luy  torn 
in  Egypt.  IC  Thcu  are  itnpruoned  by 
Jotcph  fur  spica.  13  Tlicy  arc  set  at  lib- 
eriy.  on  cottdition  to  Iririff  Bejijamin. 
21  They  hare  remorte  for  Joseph.  24 
Simeon  it  kept  for  a  pledge.  2j  They 
return  with  corn,  and  their  money.  2!l 
Their  relation  to  Jacob.  30  Jacob  re- 
futcth  to  l»nd  Lcnjamin. 

"VT  0\V  when  "  Jacob  saw  that  there 
x\  was  corn  in  Egyjit,  Jacob  said 
unto  his  sons.  Why  do  ye  look  one 
upon  another  ? 

2  And  he  said.  Behold,  I  have 
heard  that  there  is  corn  in  Egypt : 
get  you  down  thither,  and  liuv  fbr 
us  from  thence  ;  that  we  may  i>livc, 
and  not  die. 

3  IT  And  Joseph's  ten  brethren 
went  down  to  buy  com  in  Egypt. 

4  Dut  Uenjamin,  Joseph's  brother, 
Jacob  sent  not  with  his  brethren  ; 

a 


Jacob  sendeth  his  ten  sons 


to  buy  com  in  Egypt. 


lioforo 
C  U  R  1 «  T 

i;u7. 


1  v.r.  31. 

cIl.  41   5. 
it  41. 'JJ. 


for  he  said,  "  Ijcst  peradventurc  mis- 
chief befall  liim. 

o  And  the  sons  of  Israel  canio  to 
buy  ram  nniun;^  tho.se  that  eaine  : 
for  tlie  famine  was  iliii  tlic  hmd  of 
Canaan. 

0  And  Joscpli  wns  tlie  f;o\'crnor 
''over  the  hmd,  <m<l  he  it  mv<  that 
sold  to  all  the  people  of  the  land  : 
and  Joseph's  brethren  came,  and 
f  bowed  down  themselves  before  him 
7<!i(/i  their  faecs  to  the  earth. 

7  And  Joseph  saw  liis  brethren, 
and  he  knew  them,  but  made  iiim- 
self  stran;<e  imto  tliem,  and  spake 
tron;,'hly  unto  tliem  ;  and  he  said 
imto  them,  Whenee  come  ye  'i  And 
they  said.  From  the  land  of  Canaan 
to  buy  food. 

H  And  Joseph  knew  liis  brethren, 
but  thev  knew  not  him. 

',)  And  Joseph  B  remembered  the 
dreams  whieh  ho  dreamed  of  them, 
and  said  unto  them.  Ye  (ire  spies  ; 
to  sec  the  nakedness  of  the  land  ye 
are  come. 

10  And  they  said  unto  him,  Nay, 
my  lord,  but  to  buy  tbod  are  thy 
servants  come. 

1 1  We  are  all  one  mail's  sons  ;  we 
we  true  men;  thy  servants  arc  no 
spies. 

Vi  And  he  said  unto  them.  Nay, 
but  to  see  the  nakedness  of  the 
land  ye  are  come. 

l.'i  And  they  said.  Thy  servants  are 
twelve  bretliren,  the  sons  of  one  man 
in  the  land  of  Canaan  ;  and,  behold, 
the  youngest  I'.i  this  day  with  our  fa- 
ther, and  one  li  <".<  not. 

H  And  Joseph  said  unto  them. 
That  IS  it  tliat  I  spake  unto  you, 
sayinir,  Ye  nve  spies  : 

15  Hereby  ye  shall  be  proved  : 
iUy  tlie  life  of  I'haraoh  ye  shall 
not  Ro  forth  hence,  except  your 
j'oun^^cst  brother  come  hither. 

1(>  Send  one  of  you,  and  let  him 
fetch  your  brother,  and  ye  shall  be 
fkept  in  prison,  that  your  words 
may  be  jiroved,  wlu'ther  then',  tie 
unij  trntli  in  you  :  or  elsir  by  tlie  life 
1  surely  ye  (ov  spies. 
And  he  (put  them  all  toj;etlier 
into  ward  three  ihiys. 

IS  And  Josc'pli  said  unto  thcni 
the  third  day.  This  do,  niid  live  \ 
^j't>r  I  fear  God  : 

iu  If  yc  l)c  true  iiicii,  let  one  of  your 
brethren  be  bound  in  the  house  of 
your  jirison  :  ^o  ye,  carry  corn  for 
the  famine  of  your  liouscs  : 

•£)  lint  I  brill;;  your  youngest  broth- 
er unto  me  ;  so  shall  your  words  be 
verilii  (1,  and  ye  shall  not  die.  And 
they  did  so. 

21  T  And  they  said  one  to  nuotlicr, 
"'  We  <ire  verily  guilty  concerning 
our  brother,  in  that  we  saw  the  an- 
guish of  his  soul,  when  he  besought 
us,  and  we  would  not  hear;  "there- 
fore is  this  distress  come  U|xm  us. 

'12  And   Itcuhcn   answered  them, 
44 


if  I'h: 


saying,  "Spake  I  not  unto  you,  say- 
ing, l)o  not  sin  against  the  child j 
and  ve  would  not  hear?  therefiire, 
behold,  also  his  blood  is  I'reiiuired. 

ai  And  they  knew  not  that  Joseph 
understood  them;  lor  \  he  spake  unto 
them  by  an  interpreter. 

'M  And  he  turned  himself  about 
from  them,  and  wept;  and  returned 
to  them  again,  and  conimuiifd  with 
them,  and  took  from  them  Simeon, 
and  bound  him  before  their  eyes. 

2o  IT  Then  Joseph  commanded  to 
fill  their  sacks  with  corn,  and  to  re- 
store every  man's  money  into  his 
sack,  and  to  give  them  in-ovision  fiir 
the  way  :  and  'i  thus  did  he  unto 
tlicm. 

20  And  they  laded  their  asses  with 
the  corn,  and  departed  thence. 

*A7  And  as  ''one  of  them  opened  his 
sack  to  give  his  ass  provender  in  the 
inn,  he  espied  his  money  ;  for,  be- 
hold, it  icdi  in  his  sack's  mouth. 

as  And  he  said  unto  his  brethreti. 
My  iiuiney  is  restored;  and,  lo,  it  is 
even  in  my  sack:  and  their  heart 
I  failed  llnni,  and  they  Mere  afraid, 
saying  one  to  another,  What  M  this 
that  Goil  hath  done  unto  us? 

i?J  IT  And  they  came  unto  Jacob 
their  father  unto  the  land  of  Canaan, 
and  told  liiin  all  that  befell  unto 
them;  saying, 

.'iO  The  "man,  who  i.s  the  lord  of  the 
laml,  "spake  t  roughly  to  lu,  and 
took  us  for  spies  of  tlieVountrv. 

;il  And  we  said  unto  hini.  We  arc 


true 


IM  We  he  twelve  bretiiri'ii,  sons  of 
our  father;  one  is  not,  and  the  young- 
est /« this  day  with  our  father  in  the 
land  of  Canaan. 

.t!  And  the  man,  the  lord  of  the 
country,  said  unto  us,  '  Hereby  shall 
I  know  that  ve  are  true  men ;  leave 
one  of  your  hrethren  /irrr  with  mc, 
and  take. /"oo(/ ./(<;•  the  famine  of  your 
households,  and  bo  gone: 

;!4  And  bring  your  voungest  brother 
unto  me:  tlioii  shall  I  know  that  yc 
(ire  no  spies,  but  IIkiI  ye  drc  triic 
men:  so  will  I  deli\'er  ^-ou  vour 
brother,  niid  ye  shall  "  trattick  iii  the 
land. 

.kj  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  as  thev 
emptied  their  sacks,  tliat,  behold, 
'every  man's  bundle  of  money  ir<i< 
in  his  sack:  and  when  /«i//i  they  niul 
their  father  saw  the  bundles  of  mon- 
ev,  tlirv  were  afraid. 

.'«;  And  Jacob  their  father  said  unto 
them,  iMe  have  ye  >  bereaved  til'tiiil 
chilitrcn:  Josi-plI  is  not,  and  Simeon 
is  not,  and  ve  will  take  Itenjamin 
awiiij :  all  tlicsc  things  arc  against 
me. 

.'tr  And  Itcuhcn  spake  unto  his  fa- 
ther, saying,  Slay  my  two  sons,  if  I 
bring  liim  not  to  thee:  deliver  him 
into  my  hand,  and  I  will  bring  him 
to  tliee"agaiii. 

SS  And  he  said.  My  son  shall  not 


Jacob  scndeth  Benjamin. 


GENESIS. 


Joseph  entertaincth  his  brethren. 


A  clt.  Si  20. 

•  cii.  a:  2.'. 

JiT.  S.  22, 


po  down  with  yoti;  for  ^  Iiis  Itrotlicr 
IS  dead,  and  he  i.s  lull  alone;  "if  niis- 
cliiuf  bcfiiU  liini  liy  tlic  way  in  the 
which  3'e  po,  then  shall  ye  li  brins 
down  my  };'"y  hairs  with  sorrow  to 
the  grave. 

CIIAPTEU  XLIir. 
1  Jacob  is  hardly  pereuatleil  to  scntt  Jicnja- 

viin.  15  JoBcph  critcrtaineth  his  brethren. 

31  He  maketh  them  a  feast. 

AND  the  famine  ifos"Borc  in  the 
land. 
2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
had  eaten  lip  the  corn  which  they 
liad  bron^ht  out  of  Esypt,  tlieir  fi- 
ther  said  unto  them,  Go  again,  buy 
US  a  little  (bod. 

.■;  And  Judah  epakc  unto  him,  say- 
ng,  The  man  ]  did  solcnnily  protest 
us,  saying,  y  '  •■ 
except  jour 
yon. 

4  Jf  thou  wilt  send  our  brother  with 
us,  we  will  go  down  and  buy  thee 
food : 

.>  But  if  thou  wilt  not  send  him,  we 
will  not  go  down:  for  the  man  said 
unto  US,  Ye  shall  not  see  my  face, 
except  jonr  brother  he  with  j  ou. 
(j  And  Israel  said,  AVherelbrc  dealt 
yc  fo  ill  with  me,  os  to  toll  the  man 
whether  ye  had  yet  a  brotlier? 
7  And  they  said,  The  man  |  asked 
us  straitly  of  our  state,  and  of  our 
kindred,  saying,  A-  your  father  yet 
alive?  liave  3'C  wiothcf  \nQi{\\QT'!  and 
we  told  him  according  to  the  t  tenor 
of  these  words:  )  Could  we  certainly 
know  that  he  would  say.  Bring  your 
brother  down? 

.S  And  Judah  said  unto  Israel  his  fa- 
ther, Send  tlic  lad  with  me,  and  we 
\\ill  arise  and  go;  that  we  may  live, 
and  not  die,  both  we,  and  thou,  antl 
also  our  little  ones. 
',)  I  will  bo  surety  for  him  ;  of  my 
hand  shall  thou  require  him  :  ''if  I 
bring  him  not  imto  thee,  anil  set  him 
bclbre  thee,  then  let  mc  bear  the 
blame  fiir  ever: 

10  For  except  we  had  lingered,  sure- 
ly now  wc  had  returned  ||  this  second 
time. 

11  And  their  father  Israel  said  unto 
them.  If  77  ^tuo't  he  so  now,  do  this; 
take  of  the  best  fruits  in  the  land  in 
your  vessels,  and  'i  carry  down  the 
man  a  present,  a  little  ^'bahn,  and  a 
little  honey,  spices  and  myrrli,  nuts 
and  almonds: 

M  And  take  double  money  in  your 
hand ;  and  the  money  '  tluit  was 
brought  again  in  the  moiitli  of  your 
sacks,  carry  it  again  in  >oiir  hand; 
peradventure  it  jro^  an  o^■ersi^ht. 

13  Take  also  your  brother,  and  arise, 
go  again  unto  the  man: 

H  And  God  Ahnightv  give  you 
mercy  before  the  man,  tliat  he  may 
send  "away  your  other  brother,  a]id 
r.injainin.  s  ||  If  I  be  bereaved  o/"hii/ 
cfiihtnn,  I  am  bereavcil. 

15  IT  And  the  men  took  that  present, 


and  they  took  double  money  in  their 
hand,  and  licnjamin;  and  rose  iip, 
and  went  down  to  Egypt,  and  stood 
before  .loseph. 

l(i  And  when  Joseph  saw  Benjamin 
with  them,  he  said  to  the  ''ruler  of  his 
house.  Bring  t/tfse  men  home,  and 
I  slay,  and  make  ready;  for  lliese 
men  shall  I  dine  with  me  at  noon. 

17  And  the  man  did  as  Joseph  bade; 
and  the  man  brought  the  men  into 
Joseph's  house. 

18  And  the  men  were  afraid,  because 
they  were  brought  into  Joseph's 
house;  and  they  said.  Because  of  the 
money  that  was  returned  in  our 
sacks  at  the  first  time  are  we  brought 
in ;  that  he  may  f  seek  occasion 
■against  lis,  and  fall  upon  us,  and 
take  us  for  bondmen,  and  our  asses. 

1!)  And  they  came  near  to  the  stew- 
ard of  Joseph's  bouse,  and  they  com- 
muned with  him  at  the  door  of  the 
house, 

20  And  said,  O  sir,  i  \  wc  came  in- 
deed down  at  the  first  time  to  buy 
food : 

'21  And  kit  came  to  pass,  when  wc 
came  to  the  inn,  tliat  wc  opened  our 
sacks,  and,  I)chold.  ct-rrff  man's  mon- 
ey va.t  in  the  month  ot  his  sack,  our 
mouev  in  full  woiglif:  and  we  have 
brouglit  it  again  in  our  hand. 

'2J  And  other  money  Jiavc  we 
brought  down  in  our  hands  to  huy 
food:  we  cannot  tell  who  put  our 
money  in  our  sacks. 

■Z'l  And  he  said.  Peace  he  to  you, 
fear  not:  jonr  God,  and  tlie  God  ot' 
your  father,  hath  given  you  treasure 
in  your  sacks;  1  I  liad  your  money. 
And  he  brought  Simeon  out  unto 
them. 

24  And  the  man  brought  the  men 
into  Joseph's  house,  and  I  gave  Ihriii 
water,  and  they  washed  their  feet; 
and  he  ga\'e  their  asses  jirovender. 

2.5  And  they  made  ready  the  pres- 
ent airaiiist  J"osei)h  came  at  noon:  fcir 
they  heard  that  they  should  cat  bread 
there. 

21)  V  And  when  Joseph  came  home, 
they  brought  him  the  present  which 
KYIS'  in  their  band  into  the  house, 
and  '"bowed  themselves  to  him  to 
the  earth. 

27  And  he  asked  them  of  their  i  wel- 
fare, and  said,  i  /<  your  father  well, 
the  old  man  "of  whom  ye  spake?  Js 
he  yet  alive? 

2.S  And  they  answered.  Thy  serv- 
ant our  fiither  is  in  good  liealth,  be 
is  yet  alive.  "  And  they  bowed  down 
their  heads,  and  made  obeisance. 

2'.l  And  be  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
saw  his  bnitlicr  Benjamin,  Pliis  moth- 
er's son,  andsiiid,  7s  this  your  young- 
er brother,  '1  of  whom  yc  spake  unto 
mc?  And  he  said,  God  he  gracious 
unto  thee,  my  son. 

.'1(1  And  Joseph  made  haste;  for  ''liis 
bowels  did  yearn  uiion  his  brother: 
and  he  sought  uliere  to  weep;  and 
46 


Joseph  stayeth  his  brethren. 


GENESIS. 


Judah's  humble  SKpplication. 


Bcforo 
CHRIST 

1707. 


lie  cntort'd  into  hii  clianibi-T,  and 
■^  wept  there. 

•"1  And  he  was^lied  lii:i  ihec,  and 
went  out,  and  retVuincd  Jiinisclf,  and 
said,  Set  (>u  'bread. 

;U  And  tlicj'  6ct  on  for  Iiim  by  him- 
self, and  for  them  hy  themselves, 
and  ibr  tlvc  Egyptians,  which  did  cat 
with  him,  by  them(>elve.s:  because 
the  Egyptians  might  not  eat  bread 
with  the  Hebrews  ;  ibr  tliat  is  "  an 
abomination  imto  the  Kgyptians. 

.'>j  And  they  sat  before  Iiini,  tlic  lirst- 
born  according  to  liis  birthright,  and 
the  youngest  according  to  hisjouth: 
and  tlic  uieii  marvelled  one  at  an- 
other. 

ol  And  lie  took  cmd  ."cut  mcs.ses  un- 
to them  from  before  him:  but  Ben- 
jamin's me.ss  was  ^  five  times  so 
mucli  as  any  of  theirs.  And  they 
drank,  and  t  were  merry  with  liim. 

CUAPTEK  XLIV. 

1  J.iKcph'a  iwltc'j  to  ttay  hia  brethren.  U 
tftt-Ha/t^n  htiuiilc  ttU2i})lic(ttioii  to  iToHcjik. 

\  Nl)  lie  commanded  i  the  steward 
J'\.  of  his  Jiouse,  saying.  Fill  the 
men's  sacks  tvilli  food,  as  much  as 
tlicy  can  carry,  and  put  every  man's 
money  in  his  sack's  mouth. 

li  And  jnit  my  cup,  the  silver  cup, 
in  the  sack's  mouth  of  the  youngest, 
and  his  corn  money.  And  ho  tliil 
according  to  the  word  that  Joseph 
had  si)okcn. 

3  As  soon  as  the  morning  was  light, 
the  men  were  sent  away,  they  and 
their  asses. 

4  AikC  when  they  were  gone  out  of 
the  city,  and  not  tfrt  far  off,  Josoiili 
said  unto  his  steward.  Up,  follow 
after  the  men;  and  when  thou  dost 
overtake  tliem,  say  unto  them. 
Wlicrclbre  have  yc  rewarded  evil 
for  good  ? 

.5  is  not  this  it  in  which  my  lord 
drinkcth,  and  whereby  indeed  he 
lldivincthi'  yc  have  done  evil  in  so 
doing. 

(i  ir  And  ho  overtook  them,  and  he 
5pake  unto  them  tliese  same  words. 

T  And  thev  said  unto  him,  'WIiitc- 
fbre  siitli  iin-  lord  these  wordsy  (Jod 
forbid  lliat  ihv  servants  should  do 
according  to  tliis  thing: 

8  liehold,  nhe  money,  which  wc 
ftmiid  in  our  sacks'  moiitlis,  wc 
broii'.;ht  again  unto  tlicc  out  of  the 
land"  of  Canaan:  how  then  sliouM 
we  stc-.d  out  of  tliy  lord's  house  silver 
or  gold  y 

1)  With  whomsoever  of  thv  servants 
it  1)0  fbiinil,  I)  both  let  liiin  die,  mid 
wc  also  will  be  ni\'  lord's  bondmen. 

Ill  And  lie  said,  X.pw  also  ht  it  'r 
according  unto  your  wonis:  he  with 
whom  it  is  liHind  sImU  bu  my  Bcrv- 
ant;  and  ve  sh:ill  he  bhiinrlcss. 

11  'fhcn"  thev  si.icdilv  took  down 
every  man  his  sack  to'  Ih.^  gnniiul, 
and  opened  every  man  his  sack. 

11!  And  Jio  searched,  crnU  begun  tit 
46 


the  eldest,  and  left  at  thc;»oungc5t: 
and  the  cui)  was  found  m  Ucnja- 
min's  sack. 

1')  Then  they  "^rcnt  their  clothes, 
and  laded  every  man  his  a.=8,  and  re- 
turned to  the  city. 

l-l  IT  And  Judah  and  his  brethren 
came  to  Joseph's  house;  for  he  was 
yet  there:  and  they  ''fell  before  him 
on  tho  ground. 

Ij  And  Joseph  said  unto  Ihem, 
What  deed  is  this  that  ye  have  done  ? 
wot  ye  not  that  such  a.  man  as  1  can 
certainly  11  divine  y 

10  And  Judah  said,  What  shall  we 
say  unto  my  lordy  what  shall  wc 
spc.ik?  or  how  slirdl  we  clear  our- 
selves? God  hath  fimnd  out  the  ini- 
quity of  thy  servants:  behold,  ''wc 
(irc  my  lord's  servants,  both  wc,  and 
he  uho  with  whom  the  cup  is  found. 

17  And  he  said,  'God  forbid  that  I 
should  do  so:  but  the  man  in  whose 
hand  the  cup  is  fiinnd,  he  shall  be 
my  servant;  and  as  for  you,  get  you 
up  in  neacc  unto  }  our  father. 

IS  Y  Then  Judah  came  near  unto 
him,  and  said,  O  my  lord,  let  thy 
servant,  I  pray  thee,  speak  iv  won!  in 
my  lord's  cars,  and  S|ct  not  thine 
anger  burn  against  thy  servant:  for 
tliou  art  even  as  l*liaraoh. 

I'J  My  lord  asked  hia  ser\ant«,  say- 
ing, Ilavo  yc  a  fiither,  or  a  brothery 

•A>  And  we  said  unto  my  lord,  AVc 
have  a  father,  an  old  man,  and  I'a 
child  of  his  old  ago,  a  little  one;  and 
his  brother  is  dead,  and  ho  alono  is 
left  of  his  mother,  and  liis  father  lov- 
eth  him. 

l!l  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  serv- 
ants, ilJriiig  him  tlown  unto  mc, 
that  I  mav  set  mine  cvis  uiion  him. 

22  And  we  said  unto"  inv  lord.  The 
lad  caniHit  leave  his  fiitUcr:  fiir  if  he 
should  leave  his  father,  /a'.v  J'uthcy 
would  die. 

Si  And  thou  saidst  unto  thy  »crv- 
ants,  I-  Except  your  youngest  brother 
come  down  with  you,  jc  shall  sec 
my  face  no  more. 

'A  And  it  came  to  pass  when  we 
came  up  unto  thy  servant  my  fatlicr, 
wc  told  him  the  words  of  my  lord. 

2r>  And  lour  father  said,  Go  again, 
ami  buy  us  a  littlf  food. 

I'll  And  wo  said,  AVc  cannot  go 
di>wn  :  if  our  ymingest  brother  be 
with  us,  then  will  wc  go  down:  fiir 
wc  may  not  see  the  man's  face,  ex- 
cept our  youngest  brother  Itc  with  u«. 

L'<  And  thy  servant  my  father  said 
Yc  know  that  '"  my  wife 


unto 
lane  i 

2S  Andtl 
and  I  sail 
irner^^;  an 

-;)  And  i 
me, 
brill 


dn 
•loth. 


"take  this  also  from 
if  beliill  him,  yeshidl 
gray  hairs  wIlli  soi-- 


.•!i|  Now  trurili.re   wlien  I  conic  to 
thy  servant  my  father,  and  t!ic  lad 


Joseph  coinfortcth  his  brethren. 


GENESIS. 


and  sendethfor  his  father. 


be  nut  with  us;  secins  that  I'liisiila 
is  hoiiiul  up  in  the  hid's  HCi;; 

SI  )t  sliiill  come  to  pass,  when  he 
sectli  tliiit  the  lail  i.s  nut  ifi(/i  vs,  that 
lie  will  (lie  :  niul  thy  servants  shall 
hrin;;  down  the  p'ay  liairs  of  thy 
sei  vnnt  our  father  with  sorrow  to  the 
grave. 

32  For  tliy  servant  became  surety 
for  the  hid  unto  my  father,  saying', 
''Iflbrins  him  not  unto  thee,  then 
I  sluill  bear  the  blame  to  my  father 
tor  c\er. 

3.'!  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  "^  let 
thy  servant  abide  inivteaa  of  the  lad 
a  bondman  to  my  lord;  nnd  let  the 
lad  ^o  up  with  his  brethren. 

o4  1' or  jiow  sliall  I  go  up  to  my  fa- 
ther, and  the  lad  be  not  with  me? 
lest  peradventnre  I  see  the  evil  that 
shall  t  come  on  my  father. 

CHAPTER  XIjV. 

I  Joseph  vtakct/i  himself  knottm  to  Jiis 
brethren.  6  //»  comfortcth  them  in  Ood'a 
]in,vi.lencc.  'J  lie  sendethfor  his  father. 
llj  I'haraoh  confirmelh  it.  '21  Joseph 
furnisheth  them  for  (/tcir  joumeijy  and 
exhorteth  them  to  concord.  25  Jiioob  is 
revived  vjith  the  news. 

THEN  Joseph  could  not  refrain 
himself  betinc  all  them  that  stood 
by  him;  and  he  cried.  Cause  every 
iiian  to  po  out  frc'm  me.  And  there 
sti>ud  no  man  with  him,  while  Jo- 
seph nnidc  liimself  known  unto  his 
brethren. 

'i  And  he  f  wept  aloud  :  and  the 
Ei;ji)tians  and  the  liouse  of  Pharaoh 
hoard. 

o  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, "I  tiiii.  Joseph;  doth  my  fa- 
ther yet  live  'I  And  his  brethren 
could  not  answer  liim;  for  they  were 

II  troubled  at  his  presence. 

4  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren. Come  near  to  me,  I  pray  you. 
And  they  came  near.  And  he  said, 
I  nm  Joseph  your  brotlier,  liwhom 
ye  soUl  into  £j;ypt. 

5  Now  theretore  "be  not  f;rieved, 
t  nor  an^ry  with  yourselves,  that  ye 
sold  mc  h'ithcr :  "for  God  did  send 
me  beliire  yoii  to  preserve  life. 

U  For  these  two  years  Art'/i  the  fam- 
ine been  m  the  land:  and  yet  there 
nrc  fi\c  years,  in  tl\e  which  i/icre 
.':/ntU  neither  be  carinf;  nor  harvest. 

7  And  God  sent  me  before  juu  t to 
preserve  you  a  posterity  in  the 
earth,  and  to  save  your  lives  by  a 
Kieat  deliverance. 

8  So  now  it  tt'a,<  not  you  tliat  sent 
me  hither,  but  God:  and  ho  hath 
made  me  ''a  father  to  Pharaoh,  and 
lord  of  all  his  house,  and  a  ruler 
throi.-liout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

',1  lIn^te  ve,  and  fco  uji  to  my  father, 
niul  sav'uuto  him,  Tluis  saith  tliy 
bun  JuM'ph,  Ciud  hath  made  mc  lord 
I'f  nil  E;;ypt:  cumc  down  unto  me, 
t:irry  not: 

II)  And  fthou  shalt  dwell  in  the 
laud  uf  Goshen,  and  thou  shalt  be 


near  unto  me,  thou,  and  thy  chil- 
dren, and  thy  children's  children, 
and  thy  iloeks,  and  thy  herds,  and 
all  that  thou  hast: 

U  And  there  will  I  nourish  thee; 
;bryct  tlicrc  are  five  years  of  famine; 
iest  thou,  and  thy  household,  and  all 
that  thou  Iiast,  come  to  poverty. 

12  And,  behold,  your  eyes  see,  and 
the  eyes  of  my  brother  Benjamin, 
that  h  is  Bmy  mouth  that  speakcth 
unto  you. 

I'i  And  ye  shall  tell  my  father  of  all 
my  Rlory  in  ligypt,  and  of  all  that 
ye  have  seen;  and  ye  shall  haste  and 
li  bring  down  my  father  hither. 

14  And  ho  fell  upon  his  brother 
Benjamin's  neck,  and  wept ;  and 
Benjamin  wept  upon  his  neck. 

15  iMoreover  he  kissed  all  his  breth- 
ren, and  wept  upon  them:  and  after 
that  liis  brethren  talked  with  him. 

hi  ir  And  the  fame  thereof  was 
heard  in  Pharaoh's  house,  saying, 
Joseph's  brethren  are  come:  and  it 
t  pleased  Pharaoh  well,  and  Ids  serv- 
ants. 

17  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Jo.-cph, 
Say  unto  tliy  brethren.  This  do  ye; 
laue  your  beasts,  and  go,  get  you  un- 
to the  land  of  Canaan ; 

IS  And  take  your  father  and  your 
households,  and  come  unto  nie:  and 
I  will  give  you  the  good  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  yo  shall  eat  i  the  fat  of 
the  l.ind. 

10  Now  thou  art  commanded,  this 
do  ye;  take  you  wagons  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt  for  your  little  ones, 
and  for  your  wives,  and  bring  your 
father,  nnd  come. 

'JO  Also  t  regard  not  your  stuff;  for 
the  good  of  all  the  land  of  Egypt  is 
yours. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
so  :  and  Joseph  gave  them  wagons, 
aeeording  to  the  t  commandment  of 
Pharaoh,  and  g.ave  them  provision 
for  the  way. 

22  To  all  of  them  ho  gave  each  man 
changes  of  raiment ;  but  to  Benja- 
min he  pave  three  hundred  pieces  of 
silver,  and  kftvc  changes  of  raiment, 

2:;  And  to  his  fiither  he  sent  after 
this  iiiaiiiicr;  ten  asses  fladeii  with 
the  good  things  of  Egypt,  and  ten 
she  asses  laden  with  corn  and  bread 
and  meat  fijr  his  father  by  the  way. 

24  So  he  sent  his  brctriren  away, 
and  they  departed:  and  he  said  unto 
them.  See  that  ye  liiU  not  out  by 
the  wn\'. 

25  IT  And  they  went  up  out  of 
Egvpt,  and  came  into  the  land  of 
Cuiiaaii  unto  Jacob  their  father, 

2(> -Villi  told  him,  saying,  Joseph  is 
3'et  alive,  aiul  he  is  governor  over  all 
the  land  of  Egvpt.  I  And  f  Jacob's 
heart  fainted,  fur  he  believed  them 
not. 

27  And  they  told  him  nil  the  words 
of  Joseph,  which  he  bad  said  unto 
thcni:  and  >vhcii  he  saw  the  wagons 
47 


Jacob  goeth  into  Egypt. 


JoscpJi  mectelh  his  father. 


CHRIST 

170G. 


wliicli  Joseph  liad'scnt  to  carry  l\ini, 
tlie  epirit  of  Jacob  their  I'atlier  re- 
vived. 

i?S  And  Israel  said,   H  iii  cnoi];:h; 
Joscpli  my  wm  i.<  yet  alive  :   1  will 
j?o  and  sec  him  before  I  die. 
CIIAPTEK  XLVI. 

I  Jacob  ia  comforted  by  God  at  ISccr-shcbn  : 
6  TItence  he  with  hia  comjxiny  tjoeth  into 
Jigypt.  8  The  number  of  his  family  that 
went  into  Egypt.  29  Joseph  mcetcth  Ja- 
cob. 31  lie  initructeth  his  brethren  how 
to  answer  to  Pharaoh. 

AND  Israel  took  his  journey  with 
all  tliat  lie  had,  and  came  to 
"  Bccr-shcba,  and  oflfeicd  sacrifices 
li  unto  the  God  of  liis  tiither  Isaac. 

2  And  God  siiake  nnto  Israel  "^  in 
the  visions  of  the  ni;;ht,  and  said, 
Jacob,  Jacob.  And  lie  said,  Here 
ant  I. 

3  And  ho  said,  I  am  God,  <1  the  God 
of  thy  father:  fear  not  to  ro  down 
into  E;;ypt;  for  1  will  there  ^niakc 
of  thcc  a  Kreat  nation. 

4  'I  will  Ro  down  with  thee  into 
Ef;ypt;  and  I  will  also  surely  K  brinp 
thee  up  (if/aiii:  and  lijosepli  shall 
put  Ills  hand  upon  thine  eyes. 

5  And  i  Jacob  rose  up  from  Bcer- 
sheba:  and  the  sons  of  Israel  carried 
Jacob  tlieir  father,  and  their  little 
ones,  and  their  wi\'cs,  in  the  wagons 
kwhicli  Pharaoh  had  sent  to  caiTy 
him. 

(i  And  they  took  their  cattle,  and 
their  poods,  wJiieh  they  liad  gotten 
in  the  hind  of  Canaan,  and  came  into 
Kpypt,  I  Jacob,  and  all  his  seed  with 
him: 

7  His  sons,  and  liis  sons'  sons  with 
him,  his  dauRliters,  and  his  sons' 
daujihters,  an<l  all  his  seed  brought 
he  with  him  into  Esypt. 

8  Tf  And  "'these  arc  the  names  of 
tlic  eliildren  of  Israel,  which  came 
into  Esypt,  Jacob  and  his  sons: 
"  llcnben,  Jacob's  firstborn. 

0  And  the  sons  of  Reuben;  Ilanoch, 
and  Phallu,  and  Ilezron,  and  Carmi. 
10  11   And   "the    sons  of   Simeon  ; 

II  Jemuel,  and  Janiin,  and  01\ad,  and 
li  Jachin,  and  ||  Zohar,  and  Shaul  the 
eon  of  a  Canannitish  woman. 

U  IT  And  the  sons  of  I' Levi;  ||  Gcr- 
shon,  Kohath,  and  Merari. 

12  ir  And  the  sons  of  "IJudnh;  Er, 
and  Onan,  and  Slielah,  and  Pharcz, 
and  Zanih:  but  "^Er  and  Onan  died 
in  the  land  of  Canaan.  And  "the 
sous  of  Pharcz  were  Ilezron  and 
Ilamul. 

1.'5  IT  '  And  the  sons  of  Issachar  ; 
Tola,  and  i|  I'huvah,  and  Job,  ami 
ShimroM. 

14  If  And  the  sons  of  Zcbulun; 
Scred,  and  El.iu,  and  Jablcel. 

].-)  'l'Iie>c  hr  the  sons  of  l.eah,  which 
she  b:iie  unto  Jacob  in  P^dan-aram, 
with  his  dajiKlitcr  Dinnli  :  all  the 
souls  of  his  sons  and  his  (laughters 
iirri'  thirty  and  three. 

lU  IT  And  the  sons  of  Gad  ;  "  Ziph- 
48 


ion,  and  lloggi,  Shuni,  and  ||Ezbon, 
Eri,  and  ||  Arodi,  and  Areli. 

IZTT^And  the  sonsofAsher;  Jim- 
nah,  and  Isliuah,  and  Isui,  and  Bc- 
riah,  and  Serah  their  sister:  and  the 
sons  of  Beriah;  Ileber,  and  Malchiel. 

18  >  These  ore  tlie  sons  of  Zilpah, 
'whom  Laban  gave  to  Eeah  his 
daughter;  and  these  she  bare  unto 
Jacob,  even  (sixteen  souls. 

10  The  sons  of  Kachel  "Jacob's  wife; 
Joseph,  and  Benjamin. 

20 1Tb  And  unto  Joseph  in  the  land 
of  Egypt  were  born  Stanasseh  and 
Ephraim,  wliich  Asenath  the  daugh- 
ter of  Poti-phcrah  ||  priest  of  On  bare 
imtohim. 

21  U  ''And  the  sons  of  Benjamin 
}rerc  Belah,  and  Beclicr,  and  Ash- 
bel,  Gera,  and  Naaman,  'I  Elii,  and 
Kosh,  "  Muppim,  and  ||  Iluppim,  and 
Ard. 

22  TIicsc  are  the  sons  of  Kachcl, 
which  were  born  to  Jacob:  all  the 
souls  were  foiU"teen. 

2P,  Iff  And  the  sons  of  Dan;  ||llu- 
shim. 

24  UK  And  the  sons  of  Naphtali; 
.Tahzeel,  and  Gnni,  and  Jczer,  and 
Sbillem. 

25  li  These  are  the  .sons  of  Bilhah, 
iwhicli  Laban  gave  unto  Kachcl  his 
daughter,  and  she  bare  these  unto 
Jacob:  all  the  souls  trcre  seven. 

26  kAU  the  souls  that  came  with 
Jacob  into  Egypt,  which  came  out 
of  his  f  loins,  besides  Jacob's  sons' 
wives,  all  the  souls  icc/e  threescore 
and  six: 

2r  And  the  sons  of  Joseph,  wliich 
were  borne  him  in  Egypt,  vera  two 
souls:  1  all  the  souls  of  the  house  of 
Jacob,  which  came  into  Egypt,  tccce 
tlireesccire  and  ten. 

2811  And  lie  sentJudah  l)efi)re  him 
unto  Joseph,  "'  to  direct  his  face  unto 
Goshen;  and  they  came  "into  the 
land  of  Goshen. 

2!)  And  Joseph  made  ready  his  char- 
iot, and  went  up  to  meet  Israel  liis 
fatlicr,  to  Goshen,  and  nrescnted  him- 
self unto  him;  and  ho  "tell  on  his 
neck,  and  wept  on  liis  neck  a  good 
while. 

SI)  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph, 
''Now  let  mc  die,  since  I  have  seen 
thy  face,  beeause  thou  art  vet  ali\'e. 

.•!l  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, and  unto  his  fatlier's  liouse,  'II 
will  go  >tp,  and  shew  Pharaoh,  and 
sav  unto  him,  iMv  hrcthren,  and  mv 
father's  Ii..use,  which  in  re  in  the 
laud  of  Caiuian,  arc  come  unto  me: 

.•;i;  .\nd  the  men  an'  shephiTcls.  ti.r 
)  their  trade  hath  been  to  feed  cattle; 
and  they  have  brought  their  Hocks, 
and  their  herds,  and  all  that  they 
liave. 

at  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
Pharaoh  shall  c;ill  you,  and  shall 
sav,  'What  is  vtuir  oeeupatiouy 

.".4  Tliat  ve  sh'all  sa^•,  Tliv  servants' 
'trade  lialli  been  about  cattle  'from 


and  presenteth  him  to  Pharaoh.  GENESIS. 


The  Effyptians  sell  their  land. 


Before 
OURIST 

1706. 


170S. 
>ek.4G.M 


jch.  43.  1. 
Iich.  4S.  31. 


Vm 

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r. 

a).  12. 

Hr 

13. 

mJ 

bii.  1. 

our  joutli  even  until  iiiiw,  botli  \vc, 
nii<t  also  our  fathers:  tlint  yo  iiiiiy 
dwell  iu  llie  liuul  of  Goshen  ;  (or 
every  sliejilierd  is  "  an  abomination 
unto  the  l.gyptians. 

CIIAPTEK  XLVII. 

1  Joteph  prceeuteth  five  of  hig  brethren.  7 
and  hit  father,  before  Pharaoh.  11  He 
ffivetU  them  habitation  and  maintenance. 
13  He  getteth  all  the  Egyptiant'  money. 
18  their  cattle.  18  their  landt  to  Pharaoh. 
22  The  priesia'  land  ivaa  not  bought.  23 
ne  letteth  the  land  to  them  for  a  fifth 
part.  23  Jacob')  age.  20  Be  twearcth 
Joaph  to  bury  him  with  hia  fathere. 

THEN  Joseph  "came  and  told 
Pharaoh,  and  said.  My  fiither 
and  my  brethren,  and  their  floeks, 
and  their  lierds,  and  all  that  they 
have,  arc  come  out  of  the  land  of 
Canaan;  and,  behold,  they  are  in 
bthc  land  of  Goshen. 

2  And  he  took  some  of  his  brethren, 
cieii  live  men,  and  "^ presented  them 
unto  Pharaoh. 

3  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  liis  breth- 
ren, ilWhat  U  your  oeeupation? 
And  they  said  unto  Pharaoh,  "^  Thy 
servants  «>*e  shepherds,  both  ^vc,  and 
also  our  fathers. 

4  They  said  moreover  unto  Pha- 
raoh, 'for  to  sojourn  in  the  land  are 
wc  come;  for  thy  servants  have  no 
pasture  for  their  flocks;  6 tor  the 
famine  U  sore  in  the  land  of  Canaan: 
now  therefore,  we  pray  thee,  let  thy 
servants  l'  dwell  in  the  land  of  Go- 
.shen. 

5  And  Pharaoh  spake  unto.Toseph, 
sayinp;,  Thy  father  and  thy  brethren 
are  come  unto  thee: 

(J  i  The  land  of  Ejrypt  it  before  thee; 
in  the  best  of  the  land  make  thy  fa- 
ther and  brethren  to  dwell;  kin  the 
land  of  Goshen  let  them  dwell:  and 
if  thou  knowest  ri«.v  men  of  activity 
anion;;  them,  then  make  them  rulers 
over  my  cattle. 

7  And  Joseph  brought  in  Jacob  his 
father,  and  set  him  before  Pharaoh: 
and  Jacob  blessed  Pharaoh. 

S  And  Pharaoh  said  unto  Jacob, 
f  How  old  art  thou? 

'.I  And  Jacob  said  unto  Pharaoh, 
ITlie  days  of  the  years  of  my  jiil- 
^riinape  are  a  hundred  and  thirty 
years:  ""few  and  evil  have  the  days 
of  the  years  of  my  life  been,  and 
^  have  not  attained  unto  the  days  of 
the  years  of  the  life  of  my  fathers  in 
the  days  of  their  pil^rimn^e. 

10  And  Jacob  "  blessed  Pharaoh, 
and  went  out  from  before  Pharaoh. 

11  IT  And  Joseph  placed  his  futlier 
and  his  bretliren,  and  save  tlicm  a 
possession  in  the  land  of  E^ypt,  in 
the  best  of  the  land,  in  the  land  of 
I'Kameses,  'las  Pharaoh  had  com- 
manded. 

12  And  Joseph  nourished  bis  father, 
and  his  hietliren,  and  all  bis  father's 
household,  with  bread,  ||  f  according 
to  tlicir  familtcs. 


13  TF  And  there  vras  no  bread  in  all 
the  land;  for  the  famine  ua.i  very 
sore,  'so  that  the  land  of  Efjypt  and 
all  the  land  of  Canaan  ftuiitcd  by 
reason  of  the  famine. 

14  "And  Joseph  gathered  up  all  the 
money  that  was  found  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  in  the  land  of  Canaan, 
for  the  corn  which  they  bought:  and 
Josejih  brought  the  money  into  Pha- 
raoh's house. 

],)  .\n(l  when  money  failed  in  the 
land  of  Egvpt,  and  in  the  land  of 
Canaan,  aft  the  Egyptians  came 
unto  Joseph,  and  said,  Give  lis 
bread:  for  'why  should  we  die 
in  thy  presence"?  for  the  money 
failetli. 

](i  And  Joseph  said.  Give  your 
cattle;  and  1  will  give  you  for  your 
cattle,  if  money  fail. 

17  And  they  brought  their  cattle 
unto  Joseph  :  and  Joseph  gave 
them  bread  in  c.rcliavr/c  for  horses, 
and  for  the  flocks,  and  for  the  cat- 
tle of  the  herds,  and  for  the  asses  ; 
and  he  f fed  them  with  bread  for 
all  their  cattle  for  that  year. 

l.S  When  that  year  was  ended, 
they  canio  unto  him  the  second 
year,  and  said  unto  him,  'We  will 
not  hide  it  from  1113'  lord,  how  that 
our  monev  is  spent ;  my  lord  also 
hath  our  lierds  of  cattle  ;  there  is 
not  aught  left  in  the  sight  of  my 
lord,  hut  our  bodies,  and  our  lands  : 

10  Wherefore  shall  we  die  before 
thine  cjes,  both  we  and  our  hmd  ? 
buy  us 'and  our  land  for  bread,  and 
wc  and  our  land  will  be  servants 
unto  Pharaoh  :  and  give  ?«  seed, 
that  we  may  live,  and  not  die,  that 
the  land  lie  "not  desolate. 

20  And  Joseph  bought  all  the 
land  of  Egypt  for  Pharaoh ;  for 
the  Egyptians  sold  every  man  his 
field,  b'ecausc  the  faininc  prevailed 
over  them :  so  the  land  became 
Pharaoh's. 

21  And  as  for  the  people,  he  re- 
moved them  to  cities  from  one  end 
of  the  borders  of  Egypt  even  to  the 
other  end  thereof. 

22  "Only  the  land  of  the  || priests 
bought  he  not ;  for  the  jiriests  had 
a  portion  ai^'.-ir/ned  theiti  of  Pha- 
raoli,  and  did  eat  their  portion 
which  Pharaoh  gave  them  :  where- 
fore they  sold  not  their  lands. 

23  Then  Joseph  said  unto  the 
people.  Behold,  I  have  bought  you 
this  day  and  your  land  for  Pharaoh: 
lo,  here  is  seed  for  }uu,  and  j'c  shall 
sow  the  land. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
the  increase,  that  ye  shall  give  the 
fifth  ]>firt  unto  Pliaraoh,  and  four 
parts  shall  be  your  own,  for  seed  of 
the  field,  and  for  your  food,  and  for 
them  of  your  households,  and  for 
food  for  your  little  ones. 

25  And  they  said,  Thou  hast  saved 
our  lives  :  ^  let  us  find  grace  in  the 

49 


Israel  multiplieth  in  Goshen. 


GENESIS. 


Jacob  hlcsseth  Joseph's  sons. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1701. 


bS..  Dout. 
31    II. 
lKins.2.  1. 

cch.  21.  2. 
.1  cli.  2).  W. 
sSocls.  «). 


I  eh.  41.  SO.  & 

«!.  20. 
.lo*)!.  13.7.  & 


sight  of  my  lord,  and  we  will  be  Pha- 
raoh's servants. 

2G  And  Joseph  made  it  a  law 
over  the  land  of  Ei;y|)t  unto  this 
day,  l/iut  Pharaoh  sliuuld  have  the 
fitlh  )>arl ;  5  except  the  land  of  the 
II  priests  only,  wliick  became  not 
Pharaoh's. 

27  IT  And  Israel  'dwelt  in  the 
land  of  E;;ypt,  in  tlie  conntry  of 
Goshen  ;  and  they  had  possessions 
therein,  and  "grew,  and  multiplied 
exceedingly. 

2H  And  Jacob  lived  in  the  land  of 
Eljynt  seventeen  years :  so  f  tlie 
whole  age  of  Jacob  was  a  hund- 
red fortv  and  seven  j'cars. 
'/J  And  tlie  time  I'drew  nich  that 
Israel  must  die  :  and  he  called  his 
son  Josepli,  and  said  unto  him.  If 
now  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight, 
■■put,  I  pray  tliee,  thy  hand  uiidcr 
my  tliigh,  and  'ideal  liindly  and  tru- 
ly witli  nic  :  "'bury  nic  not,  I  pray 
tliee,  ill  Egvpt : 

.■iO  But  il  will  lie  with  my  fa- 
thers, and  thou  shalt  carry  me  out 
ot  Egypt,  and  Slmrv  me  in  their 
buryingplace.  And  lie  said,  I  will 
do  as  tlini)  hast  said. 
.'!!  And  he  said.  Swear  unto  me. 
And  lie  sware  unto  him.  And  I' Is- 
rael bowed  himself  ui»on  the  bed's 
head. 

ClIAPTEH  XLVIII. 
1  Jotcph  Willi  Ilia  !on«  vinitrth  his  tick 
father.  2  J.ica'i  ftrciujlhcnelh  himnelj 
to  blet)  them.  J  U»  rcpetilclh  the  pram- 
ise.  S  lie  tnheth  Hiihraim  and  Ma- 
naaseh  at  hia  own.  7  lli  telleth  Joseph 
of  hia  malhcr'a  grave.  !)  Be  bleaaelh 
£l>hraim  anil  Maiiaaseh.  17  Be  pre- 
ferreth  the  younger  before  the  elder.  21 
Be  prophceieth  their  return  to  Canaan. 

A  ND  it  came  to  p.iss  after  tliese 
rS.  things,  that  one  told  Joseph,  Be- 
hold, thy  futher  /.•.■  .sick  :  and  he  took 
with  him  his  two  sons,  ^lanasseli 
and  lOpliraim. 

'J  .\nd  one  told  Jacob,  and  said, 
Behold,  thy  son  Joseph  conictli  un- 
to thee  :  anil  Israel  strengtiiened 
himself,  and  sat  upon  the  htcl. 

.1  And  Jacrob  said  unto  Joseph, 
Ood  Almighty  appeared  unto  me  at 
"Luz  in  the  land  ot  Canaan,  and 
blessed  me, 

4  And  said  unto  me.  Behold,  I 
will  make  thee  fruitful,  niid  multi- 
ply thee,  and  I  will  make  of  thee 
u  multitude  of  people  ;  and  will 
(rive  this  land  to  thy  seed  alter 
thee  ^/or  an  c\erlastiiig  posses- 
sion. 

'>  IT  And  now  thy  ''two  son.e, 
Epliraini  and  ^lanasseh,  which  were 
born  unto  thee  in  the  land  of  Egvpt, 
before  I  came  unto  tl.ee  into  Egypt, 
"'■''  mine  :  as  Henbeii  and  Simeon, 
they  shall  be  mine. 

I!  .\nd  thy  issue,  which  thou  lic- 
gettest  after  them,  shall  be  thine, 
an<l  shall  he  called  after  the  name 
60 


of  their  brctlircn  in  their  inherit- 
ance. 

7  And  as  for  me,  when  I  came 
from  Padan,  'iKachcl  died  by  me 
in  the  land  of  Canaan  in  the'w.iy, 
when  yet  llicrp  uaf  but  a  little  way 
to  come  unto  Ephrath:  and  I  buried 
!ier  tliere  in  the  way  of  Eiihrath;  the 
same  is  Bcth-lehem. 

S  And  Israel  beheld  Joseph's  sons, 
and  said,  "Who  arc  these  i* 

!)  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  fa- 
ther, "^Thcy  (irc  my  sous,  whom 
God  hath  given  me  in  this  jilticc. 
And  he  said.  Bring  them,  I  pray 
tliee,  unto  me,  and  fl  will  bless 
them. 

10  Now  Btlie  eyes  of  Israel  were 
tdim  for  age,  fo'llint  he  could  not 
see.  And  lie  brought  them  near 
unto  him;  and  I'lie  kissed  them, 
and  embraced  them. 

11  And  Israel  said  unto  .losepli,  >I 
had  not  tliought  to  see  thy  face:  and, 
lo,  God  hath  shewed  liie  also  thy 
seed. 

12  And  Joseph  brought  them  out 
from  between  his  knees,  and  he 
bowed  himself  with  Jiis  face  to  the 
earth. 

M  And  Joseph  took  them  Imth, 
Ephraim  in  bis  right  band  toward 
Israel's  left  hand,  and  Atanasseh  in 
his  left  hand  toward  Israel's  right 
band,  and  brought  lliim  near  unto 
him. 

H  And  Israel  stretched  out  his  right 
hand,  and  liiiil  il  n|)nn  Ki)hraim's 
head,  who  irtis  the  younger,  and  his 
!ell  hand  upon  iNlamis.^eh's  head, 
k guiding  his  hands  wittingly;  for 
Manasseh  una  the  firstborn. 

15  'I  And  I  he  blessed  Joseph,  and 
said,  God, '"  before  whom  my  fathers 
Abraham  and  Isaac  did  w'alk,  the 
God  which  f<;d  me  all  my  lite  long 
unto  this  day, 

I(!  The  Angel  "which  redeemeil  me 
from  all  evil,  bless  tlie  lads;  and  let 
"inyname  be  named  on  tlieni,  and 
the"  mime  of  my  fathers  Abniham 
and  Isaac;  and  let  them  f  grow  into 
a  multitude  in  the  midst  of  the  earth. 

17  And  when  Joseph  saw  that  his 
father  I' laid  his  right  hand  upon  the 
head  of  Kplnaini,  it  i;  (lispl.■a^ed  him: 
and  he  b.'M  up  his  tMtber's  Innul.  to 
i-emo\'e  it  finm  Epiiraim's  head  unto 
Maimsseb's  bead. 

I.S  .\ml  J..sc|)h  said  nnto  his  father. 
Not  so,  my  liilber:  ti)r  this  is  the 
firstborn  ;  jnit  thy  right  lumd  upon 
bis  head. 

I'.l  .\nd  his  father  reftised,  and  said, 
'I  I  know  i7,  my  son,  I  know  i( ;  he 
also  shall  become  a  people,  and  ho 
also  shall  be  great:  but  truly  Mils 
voiinger  brother  sluill  be  greater  than 
lie.  and  his  seed  shall  become  n 
1  multitude  of  nations. 

2()  And  he  blessed  them  that  day, 
saying,  "In  thee  shall  Israel  bless, 
saying,  God  make  thee  as  Ephraim 


Jacob's  last  jnvphetie 


blessing,  and  death. 


I>«ut.  27. 20. 


1  Pro».  1.  15. 


Kvli..?.  II. 
n  IV  Ili.  9.  * 
30.  12.  k  5T 

oth.  31.  20. 


■i,m  21  17. 
r.  3".  21. 
:.h.  VI.  11. 


tPi. 

■0.  7.  i 

K.ii>. 

.21-18. 

•  I>.  1 

1.1.4 

fi.  1 

Ell 

1.27. 

1.4.4 

7.  fj. 
M.  i. . 

.i60. 

a".  .12 

..  DO, 

c2Kii> 

l»s;i. 

JPror 

2.1  21. 

«  Dent 
11.  Jo 

33. 1-. 
•b.  19. 

and  as  Manasseh:  and  he  set  Ephra- 
im  before  JInnassch. 

21  And  Israel  said  unto  Joseph,  Be- 
liold,  I  die:  but  <  God  shall  be  with 
van,  and  hrin;r  you  ajjain  unto  the 
land  of  your  fatliers. 

2J  Moreover  "  I  have  jriven  to  thee 
one  portion  above  thy  brethren, 
whicli  I  took  out  of  the  hand  '  of  the 
Amorite  "witli  my  sword  and  with 
niy  bow. 

CHAPTER  XLIX. 

1  Jactb  callcth  hit  »o?i»  >o  blest  them.  3 
Their  netting  ii>  iiarlieulai-.  S)  He 
ehnrgeth  them  about  hit  biiriiil.  33  if; 
die  (A. 

AND  Jacob  called  unto  his  sons, 
and  said.  Gather  vonrsclves 
toiicther,  tliat  I  may  "tcit  ymi  llial 
wliicli  shall  befall  jou  l-iu'  tlie  last 
days. 

2  Gather  yourselves  tosether,  and 
hear,  ye  sons  of  Jacob;  and  '  hearlt- 
en  unto  Israel  your  fatlier. 

't  TT  Keuben,  thou  art  d  my  firstborn, 
my  ini;.;lit,  ^and  the  bcf^innin;:  of 
my  strcn;;tli,  .the  excellency  of  dig- 
niK-,  and  tlie  excellency  of  power: 

4  "Unstable  as  water,  tfthou  shalt 
not  excel;  because  thou  »  wcntest  up 
to  thy  father's  bed  ;  then  dcfiledst 
thovi  i( ;  II  he  went  up  to  my  couch. 

5  IT  !•  Simeon  and  Levi  are  « breth- 
ren ;  II  It  instruments  of  cruelty  arc 
1)1  their  habitations. 

(J  (.)  my  soul,  'come  not  thou  into 
their  se'cret;  ""unto  their  assembly, 
"mine  honour,  be  not  thoii  united: 
for  "in  their  an^er  the.v  slew  a  man, 
and  in  their  selfwill  they  |]  digged 
down  a  wall. 

r  Cursed  be  their  anjrer,  for  it  teas 
fierce  ;  and  their  wratli,  for  it  wa.s 
cruel:  ''I  will  divide  them  in  Jacob, 
and  scatter  them  in  Israel. 

H  TI  'I  Juduh,  tliou  art  lie  whom  thy 
brethren  shall  praise:  'thy  lianil 
.^IiaH  be  in  the  neelt  of  thine  ene- 
mies ;  '  thy  fiither's  children  shall 
bow  down  'before  thee. 

11  Judah  ts  '  a  lion's  whelp  :  from 
the  prey,  my  son,  thou  art  jrone  up: 
■  he  stooped  down,  he  couched  as  a 
lion,  and  as  an  old  lion;  who  shall 
rouse  him  up? 

10  "  The  sceptre  shall  not  depart 
from  Judah,  nor  >a  lawgiver  "from 
between  his  feet,  ^  until  Sliiloh  come; 
l>and  unto  him  shall  the  j;atherin^  of 
the  people  be. 

]1^  Binding  his  foal  unto  the  vine, 
and  his  ass's  colt  unto  tlie  choice 
vine  ;  he  waslied  his  j:annents  in 
wine,  and  his  clothes  iii  the  blotfd  of 
grapes : 

12  His  J  eyes  .^/m??  be  red  with  wine, 
and  Ills  tectli  white  witli  milk. 

K  IT  •^Zebulun  shall  dwell  at  the 
haven  of  the  sea;  and  he  shall  be  f(>r 
a  haven  of  ships  ;  and  his  border 
shall  he  unto  Zidon. 

14  IT  Issachar  IS  a  stronj;  ass  couch- 
ing down  between  two  burdens: 


15  And  he  saw  that  rest  was  ^ood, 
and  the  land  that  it  teas  pleasant; 
and  bowed  '  his  shoulder  to  bear,  and 
became  a  sen'ant  unto  tribute. 

l(i  TT  »I)an  shall  judjje  his  people, 
as  one  of  the  tribes  of  Israel. 

1"  'iDan  shall  be  a  .serpent  by  the 
way,  fan  adder  in  the  path,  that 
biteth  the  horse  heels,  to  that  his 
rider  shall  fall  backward. 

IS  1  i  liave  waited  for  thy  salvation, 

O  I-OHD. 

I'J  TT  k  Gad,  a  troop  shall  overcome 
him:  but  he  sliall  overcome  at  the 
last. 

20  TT  I  Out  of  Asher  his  bread  shall 
be  fat,  and  ho  shall  yield  royal  dain- 
ties. 

21  TT  ""Naphtali  is  a  hind  let  loose: 
he  pivetji  Roodly  words. 

22  TT  Joseph  is  a  fruitful  bough,  ercn 
a  fruitful  bough  by  a  well ;  u-hose 
t  branches  run  over  the  wall: 

2'1  Tile  tirehers  have  "  sorely  grieved 
him,  and  shot  af//im,  and  hated  him: 

24  But  his  "  bow  abode  in  strength, 
and  tile  arms  of  his  hands  were  made 
strong  by  the  hands  of ''the  mighty 
<io(l  of  Jacob;  (1  from  thence  "■  is  the 
shepherd,  "  the  stone  of  Israel;) 

■25  ^Eren  by  the  God  of  thy  father, 
who  shall  lielp  thee  ;  "  and  by  the 
Almighty,  "  who  sliall  bless  thee  with 
blessings  of  heaven  above,  blessings 
of  the  deep  that  lieth  under,  blessings 
of  the  breasts,  and  of  the  womb: 

2(1  The  blessings  of  thy  father  have 
prevailed  above  the  blessings  of  ni.v 
progenitors  >'  unto  the  utmost  bound 
of  the  everlasting  hills:  "^they  shall 
be  on  the  head  of  Joseph,  andon  the 
crown  of  the  head  of  him  that  was 
separate  from  his  brethren. 

2/  TT  Ben.iamin  shall  "raven  as  a 
wolf:  in  the  morning  he  sliall  de- 
vour the  prey,  i)and  at  night  he  sliall 
divide  the  spoil. 

2.S  TT  All  these  are  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel:  and  this  is  i(  that  their  fa- 
ther spake  unto  them,  and  blessed 
tliem  ;  every  one  according  to  his 
blessing  he  fclcssed  them. 

•-'.)  And  he  charged  them,  and  said 
unto  them,  I  ^  am  to  be  gathered  un- 
to my  people  :  ii  bury  nie  with  my 
fathers  "^  in  the  cave  that  is  in  the 
field  of  Ephron  tlie  Ilittite, 

."0  In  the  cave  that  is  in  the  field  of 
Machpclah,  which  is  before  Mamrc, 
in  the  land  of  Canaan,  f  which  Abra- 
ham bought  with  tlic  field  of  Ephron 
the  Hittito  for  a  possession  of  a  bury- 
ingplace. 

.'!1  ■!  There  thcv  buried  Abraham  and 
Sarali  his  wife;  Inhere  they  buried 
Isaac  and  Itebekah  his  wife ;  and 
tliere  I  buried  I.eah. 

"2  The  jnirehase  of  the  field  and  of 
the  cave  that  is  therein  icos  from  the 
children  of  Heth. 

^>  And  when  Jacob  had  made  an 
end  of  commanding  his  sons,  he 
I  gathered  up  his  feet  into  the  bed, 
51 


Jacob  is  buried  in  Canaan. 


GENESIS. 


Joseph  comforteth  his  brethren. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1680. 


2llir.  111.14. 

Matt.  26.  12. 

Murk  U.  a. 

i  IK.  1. 

I.uke  2i.  I. 

John  12.  T.  4 

ly.  a.9.  4fl. 
t  Ilcb.  l«.,lt. 
.IXtim. 20.29, 

liatit.  31.  6. 

«  F.itK.  <.  2. 


and  yielded  up  the  slio-st,  and  iwas 
gatliered  unto  his  iKople. 

CHAPTER  L. 

I  The  mourning  for  Jacoh.  i  Joitph  ffet- 
teth  leave  of  Pharaoh  to  go  to  bury  him. 
7  Thu  funeral.  )j  Jotcph  comforteth 
hi«  brethren^  who  craved  his  pardon. 
S2  Hte  age.  23  lie  teeth  the  third  gen- 
eration of  hie  tone.  24  Be  prophetieth 
unio  hie  brethren  of  their  return.  25  He 
taketh  an  oath  of  them  for  hit  bones.  26 
2J4  dteth,  and  it  chested. 

VND  Joseph  "fell  upon  hh  (a- 
thcr's  face,  and  i>«cpt  upon 
him,  and  kissed  him. 

;i  And  Joseph  commanded  his  serv- 
ants the  physicians  to 'embalm  liis 
father:  and  the  ijhysieians  cmbnlmed 
Israel. 

.'i  And  forty  days  were  fulfilled  for 
hiiu;  for  so  arc  fullilled  the  days  of 
those  which  arc  embalmed:  niiil  the 
Egyptians  f  «I  mourned  lur  him  tiirec- 
scorc  and  ten  days. 

4  And  when  the  days  of  his  mourn- 
ins  were  past,  Josc|>h  spake  unto 
'the  house  of  Pharaoh,  saying,  If 
now  I  have  found  craec  in  yourivcs, 
speak,  I  pray  you,  in  tlic  ears  of  Pha- 
raoh, sayiii;;, 

5  'My  father  made  me  swear,  say- 
ing, Lo,  I  die:  in  my  ^rave  >=  which 
I  have  di:;:;ed  for  mc  in  tlic  laml  of 
Canaan,  there  shall  thou  bury  inc. 
Now  theretore  let  inc  po  up,  I  pray 
thee,  and  bury  my  father,  and  I  will 
come  ai;ain. 

<J  And  Phnrnoli  said.  Go  up,  and 
bury  thy  father,  aceordinp;  as  he 
made  thee  swear. 

7  TT  And  Jnsepli  went  up  to  bury  his 
father:  and  with  him  went  up  all  the 
servants  of  Pharaoh,  the  elders  of  his 
house,  and  all  the  ciders  of  the  laud 
ofE-ypt, 

S  And  all  the  house  of  Joseph,  and 
his  brethren,  and  his  father's  house: 
only  their  little  ones,  and  their  flocks, 
and  their  herds,  they  Icll  in  the  land 
of  Coshcn. 

'.P  .\n(l  there  went  up  with  him  both 
ehiiriots  mid  horsemen:  and  it  was  u 
very  ^;rc:it  eoinpany. 

Id  And  they  came  to  the  thrcshiiiK- 
floor  of  Atad,  which  it  boyond  Jcpi-- 
dan;  and  there  they  li  inouVned  with 
a  ;;i'eat  and  very  sore  lameiitatiori: 
land  he  made  a  niourninj;  ibr  his  fa- 
tlier  scN'cn  days. 

II  And  vyheii  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  the  Canaanites,  saw  the  mcmrn- 
in;;  in  the  floor  of  Atad,  they  said. 
This  IS  a  grievous  mourning  to  the 
Egyptians:  wherefore  the  name  of 
it  was  called  ||  Abel-iuizraim,  which 
■  beyond  Jordan. 


I'J  And  his  sons  did  unto  him  ac- 
cording as  he  eonimanded  them: 

l.'i  For  khis  sons  carried  him  into 
the  land  of  Canaan,  and  buried  him 
in  the  cave  of  the  field  of  JIaehpelah, 
which  Abraham  I  bought  witli  the 
lield  for  a  possession  of  a  burving- 
nlacc  of  Ephron  the  Hittitc,  Belbrc 
Mature. 

14  V  And  Joseph  returned  into 
Egypt,  he,  and  his  brethren,  and  all 
that  went  tip  with  him  to  bury  his 
father,  aflcr  he  had  buried  his  (a- 
ther. 

15  TT  And  when  Joseph's  brethren 
saw  that  their  father  was  dead,  "'  they 
said,  Joseph  will  jicradventurc  hate 
us,  and  will  certainly  requite  us  all 
the  evil  which  we  did  unto  him. 

K  And  they  (  sent  a  messenger  un- 
to Joseph,  B.iying,  Thy  father  did 
coinmand  before  he  died,  saying, 

17  So  shall  ye  say  unto  Joseph,  For- 
give, 1  pray  thee  now,  the  trespass 
of  thy  brethren,  and  their  sin;  "for 
they  did  unto  thee  evil  :  and  now, 
we  pray  thee,  forgiye  the  trespass  of 
the  servants  of  "the  (Jod  of  thy  f.i- 
ther.  And  Joseph  wept  when  "they 
spake  unto  him. 
IS  And  his  brethren  also  \vcnt  and 
I'fell  do\yn  before  his  face;  and  they 
said.  Behold,  we  he  thy  servants. 

Ill  And  Joseph  said  unto  thcni, 
1  Fear  not:  'for  tini  1  in  the  place  of 
God? 

21) "  But  ns  for  you,  ve  thought  evil 
against  me:  httt  "God  meant  it  unto 
good,  to  bring  to  pass,  as  it  i.<  this 
day,  to  save  much  people  alive. 
21  Now  therefore  tear  ve  not:  "I 
will  nourish  yon,  and  "your  little 
ones.  And  he  comforted  them,  and 
pake  t  kindly  unto  them. 
I".'  ^  And  J.M-ph  dwelt  in  Egypt,  he, 
and  his  tathei's  he, use  :  andjoscph 
lived  a  bundled  and  ten  years. 

And  Joseph  saw  Eph'raim's  chil- 
dren 'of  the  third  (imeiulivH:  >  the 
children  also  of  Machir  the  son  of 
.Manasseh  »  were  t  brought  up  upon 
Joseph's  knees. 
'11  And  Joseph  said  unto  his  breth- 
ren, 1  die;  and  "God  will  surely 
visit  you,  and  bring  von  out  of  tins 
land  unto  the  land  iiwhieli  he  sware 
to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  Ja- 
cob. 

'J.>  And  ''Joseph  took  an  oath  of  the 
children  of  Isniel.  saying,  God  will 
Mircly  visit  yon,  and  ye  shall  carry 
up  my  hones  from  hence, 
•'li  So  Joseph  died,  (ki'jk/  a  hundred 
and  ten  years  old:  and  they  il  om- 
balmed  him,  and  he  was  piit  in  a 
colfin  in  Egypt. 


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CHAPTER  I. 

1  27i«  children  of  laruti,  after  Joteph't 
death,  do  inultiply.  S  The  more  they  are 
oppreaeed  by  a  new  king,  the  more  they 
multiply.  15  The  godlineee  of  the  mid- 
iftfc*.  in  $aviJig  the  men  children  alive. 
Ti  Pharaoh  comviandetk  the  mate  chil- 
dren to  he  cast  into  the  river. 

NOW  "those  are  the  names  of  the 
cliildreu  of  Israel,  wliieh  came 

into    K^^vpt ;    every    man    and    his 

liouseliold  came  with  Jacob. 

2  lieuben,  Simeon,  Levi,  and  Ju- 
dali, 

3  Issacliar,  Zebulun,  and  Benjamin, 

4  Dan,  and  Naijlitali,  Gad,  and 
Aslier. 

5  And  all  the  souls  that  came  out  of 
the  t  loins  of  Jacob  were  b  seventy 
souls :  for  Joseph  was  in  Egypt 
alrtmhi. 

(<  And  "^Joseph  died,  and  all  his 
brethren,  and  all  that  ;:eneration. 

7  f  J  And  the  children  of  Israel 
were  fruitful,  and  increased  abun- 
dantly, and  multiplied,  and  wa.xed 
exceeding  mighty;  and  the  land  was 
tilled  with  them. 

8  Now  there  'arose  up  a  new  king 
over  Efcvpt,  wliicli  knew  not  Joseph. 

y  And  he  said  unto  his  jioopk',  Bc- 
hoUl,  I  the  people  of  the  children  of 
Israel  ctrd  more  and  mightier  tlian 
we: 

10  s  Come  on,  let  us  li  deal  wisely 
with  them;  lest  they  multiply,  and 
it  come  to  i)ass,  that,  when  there  fall- 
eth  out  any  war,  tiiey  join  also  unto 
our  enemies,  and  tij;iit  ajruinst  us, 
and  .10  get  them  up  out  of  the  land. 

11  Therefore  they  did  set  over  them 
taskmasters  ito  atHict  them  with 
their  ^burdens.  Ami  they  built 
for  Pharaoh  treasure  cities,  Pithom 
landKaamses. 

12  i  But  the  more  they  afflicted 
them,  the  more  they  multiplied  and 
grew.  And  thov  weie  grieved  be- 
cause of  tlie  children  of  Israel. 

l.j  And  the  E.nyptians  made  the 
children  of  Israel  to  serve  with  rig 
our: 

H  And  they  ""  made  their  lives  bit- 
ter with  hard  bondugc,  "  in  mortar, 
and  in  brick,  and  in  all  manner  of 
service  in  the  tield:  all  their  service, 
wherein  they  made  them  serve,  ivas 
with  rigour. 
.    15  H  And  the  king  of  Egypt  spake 


to  the  Hebrew  midwives,  of  which 
the  name  of  the  one  uiin  Shiphrah, 
and  the  name  of  the  other  Puali ; 
l(i  And  he  sold.  When  ye  do  the 
office  of  a  midwife  to  the  Hebrew 
women,  and  sec  t/iciii  upon  the 
stools,  if  it  he  a  son,  then  ye  shall  kill 
him;  but  if  it  be  a  daughter,  then  she 
shall  live. 

17  But  the  midwives  "feared  God, 
and  did  not  I'as  the  king  of  Egypt 
commanded  them,  but  saved  the 
men  children  alive. 

18  And  the  king  of  Egypt  called  for 
the  midwives,  and  said  unto  them, 
Wliy  have  ye  done  this  thing,  and 
have  saved  the  men  children  alive? 

I'J  And  ithe  midwives  said  unto 
Pharaoh,  Because  the  Hebrew  wo- 
men are  not  as  the  Egyptian  women ; 
for  they  are  lively,  and  arc  delivered 
ere  tlie  midwives  come  in  unto  them. 
20  '  Therefore  God  dealt  well  with 
the  midwives:  and  the  people  mul- 
tiplied, and  waxed  very  miglity. 
L'l  And  it  came  to  pass,  because  the 
midwives  feared  God, '  that  he  made 
them  houses. 

22  And  Pharaoh  charged  all  his  peo- 
ple, saving,  ^  Every  son  that  is  born 
ye  shall  east  into  the  river,  and  every 
ilaughter  ye  sliall  save  alive. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  Mosee  i8  bom,  3  and  in  an  ark  caft  into 
the  flaga.  ^  lie  ie  found,  and  brought 
up  by  Pharaoh's  dauglder.  11  lie  elay- 
clh  an  i^gvpfian.  13  He  reproveth  a 
JItbreu:  10  He  flielh  into  Midian.  21 
He  marrieth  Zipporah.  22  Gerahom  ia 
born.  23  Ood  reapceteOi  the  laraelitca' 
cry. 

A  ND  there  went  'a  man  of  the 
2\  house  of  I..evi,  and  took  to  tvy'e 
a  daughter  of  Le'v'i. 

2  And  the  wtpman  conceived,  and 
bare  ii  son:  and  I'when  she  saw  him 
that  Ise  ivns  a  goodly  cliihl,  she  hid 
him  three  months. 

3  And  when  she  could  not  longer 
hide  him,  she  touk  fur  him  an  ark  ot 
bulrushes,  and  daubed  it  with  slinic 
and  with  pitch,  and  put  the  child 
therein;  and  she  hud  it  in  the  iiags 
by  the  river's  brink. 

4  '  And  his  sister  stood  afar  oil",  to 
wit  what  would  be  done  to  him. 

5  II  And  the  J  daughter  of  Pharaoh 
came  down  to  wash  herself'  at  the 
river;  and  hor  maidens  walked  alon;; 

63 


Mosea  fleeth  into  Midian. 


EXODUS. 


God  appeareth  to  Moseg,  and 


by  the  liver's  side:  nml  wlien  she 
saw  the  ark  among  the  ilags,  she  sent 
her  maid  to  fetch  it, 

G  And  when  she  had  opened  iV,  she 
saw  the  child:  niid,  behold,  tlic  babe 
wept.  And  she  had  compassion  ou 
him,  and  said,  Thia  i.s  ona  of  the 
Hebrews'  diildren. 

7  Then  said  his  sister  to  Pharaoh's 
daughter,  Shall  I  co  and  call  to  tliec 
a  nurse  of  the  Hebrew  women,  tliat 
she  may  nurse  the  child  fur  thee? 

S  And  Pharaoh's  daufjhttr  said  to 
her.  Go.  And  the  maid  went  and 
called  the  child's  mother. 

U  And  I'haraoh's  daughter  said  un- 
to her.  Take  this  child  away,  and 
nurse  it  for  me,  and  I  will  give  thcc 
thy  wages.  And  the  woman  took 
the  child,  and  nursed  it. 

10  And  the  child  grew,  and  she 
brought  him  unto  Pharaoh's  daugli- 
ter,  and  he  became  *'hcr  son.  And 
she  called  his  name  ||  Moses:  and 
she  said.  Because  I  drew  him  out 
of  the  water. 

11  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  f  when  Moses  was  grown,  that 
he  went  out  unto  his  brethren,  and 
looked  on  their  S burdens:  and  he 
spied  an  Egy  pti;m  smiting  a  Hebrew, 
one  of  liis  brethren. 

12  And  ho  looked  this  way  and  that 
way,  and  when  he  saw  that  there 
was  no  man,  he  1'  slew  the  Egyptian, 
and  liid  him  in  the  sand. 

13  And  i  when  he  went  out  the  sec- 
ond day,  behold,  two  men  of  the 
Hebrews  strove  together:  and  he 
said  to  him  that  did  the  wrong. 
Wherefore  smitest  thou  thy  fellow  (■ 

14  And  he  said,  kAVho  niade  thee 
ta  prince  and  a  jud^e  over  us?  in- 
tendest  thou  to  kill  me,  as  thou 
killedst  tlie  Egvptian  ?  And  Moses 
feared,  and  said,  Surely  this  tiling  is 
known. 

1.1  Now  when  Phar.noh  heard  this 
thing,  he  sought  to  slay  Moses.  But 
IMcwcs  fled  from  the  face  of  Vhti- 
raoli,  and  dwelt  iu  tlic  land  of  Mid- 
ian: and  he  sat  down  bv  '"a  well. 

IB  "  Now  the  II  priest  of  Midian  had 
seven  daughters  :  "  and  they  came 
and  drew  icalcr,  and  tilled  the 
troughs  to  water  their  father'*  flock. 

17  And  the  shepherds  came  and 
drove  them  awav:  but  Moses  stood 
up  and  helped  tlicm,  and  P  watered 
their  flock. 

IH  And  when  thcv  came  to  iReuel 
their  father,  he  sa!d.  How  w  it  that 
ye  are  eijme  so  soon  to  day? 

19  And  they  said.  An  Egyptian  de- 
livered us  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
shepherds,  and  also  drew  voter 
enough  for  us,  and  watered  the 
flock. 

■JO  .\nd  he  said  unto  his  daughters. 
And  where  is  he?  wliv  i'<  it  that  ve 
have  left  tlie  man?  call  him,  that  lie 
may  'eat  bread. 

21  And  Moses  was  content  to  dwell 
54 


with  the  man:  and  he  gave  Moses 
'  Zipporah  his  daughter. 

22  And  she  bare  Ai'm  a  son,  and  he 
called  his  name  ll^Ocrshom:  for  he 
said,  I  liave  been  "a  stranger  in  a 
strange  land. 

2.*)  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  ^  in  pro- 
cess of  time,  that  the  king  of  Egypt 
died :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
J  sighed  by  reason  of  the  bondage, 
and  they  crieil,  and  ''  their  cry  came 
up  uuto'God  by  reason  of  the  bond- 
age. 

'H  And  God  *  heard  their  groaning, 
and  God  ^remembered  his  '"cove- 
nant with  Abraham,  with  Isaac,  and 
with  Jacob. 

2.")  And  God  lUooked  upon  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  God  f'had  re- 
spect unto  them. 

CHAPTER  HI. 

1  Masca  letpelh  JelUro'a  flack.    2  God  op. 

pcat'Cth  tu  tiiin  in  a  burning  lush.     0  He 

eendetU  him  to  diliixr  i»/-ii«i.      H  T.l 

itaiiie  of  Clod,     la  Ilia  vneasaf/e  to  Israel 

^OW    Moses    kept   the   flock   of 

1\   Jethro  his  father  in  law,  "the 

priest  of   Midian:    and    he   led  the 

flock  to  the  back  side  of  t!ie  desert, 

and  came  to  iithe  mountain  of  God, 

even  to  Horeb. 

2  And  '  the  Angel  of  the  Lord  ap- 
peared unto  him  in  a  flime  of  fire 
out  of  the  midst  of  a  bush:  and  he 
looked,  and,  behold,  the  bush  burn- 
ed with  fire,  and  the  bush  was  not 
consumed. 

3  And  Moses  said,  I  will  now  turn 
aside,  and  see  this  J  great  sight,  why 
the  bush  is  not  burnt. 

4  And  when  the  Lor.D  saw  that  he 
turned  aside  to  see,  God  called  'un- 
to liini  out  of  the  midst  of  the  bush, 
and  said,  Moses,  Moses.  And  he 
said.  Here  am  I. 

5  And  he  said,  Draw  not  nigh  hith- 
er: 'put  off  thy  sliocs  from  off  thy 
feet;  for  the  place  whereon  thoii 
standest  i.<  holy  ground. 

0  Moreftver  he  said,  SI  am  the  God 
of  thy  father,  the  God  of  Abraham, 
the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
Jacob.  And  Moses  hid  his  face;  for 
ii  lie  was  afraid  to  look  upon  God. 

7  TT  And  the  Loi:i)  said,  il  have 
surely  seen  the  affliction  of  my  i>co- 
iilc  which  are  in  Egypt,  and  have 
nenrd  their  cry  khv  reason  of  their 
t;i.sknia&ters;  for  ll  know  their  sor- 
rows; 

8  And  '"I  am  come  down  to  "de- 
liver them  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Egyptians,  and  to  bring  them  up 
out  of  that  land  "unto  a  good  land 
and  a  large,  unto  a  lana  ''flowing 
with  milk  and  honey :  unto  the  place 
of  1  the  Canaanites,  and  the  Hittitcs, 
and  tlie  Amorites,  and  the  Pcriz- 
zites,  and  the  Ilivites,  and  the  Jebu- 
sites. 

ft  Now  therefore,  beluild,  ^the  cry 
of  the  children  of  Israel  is  come  unto 
mc:  and  I  have  also  seen  the  'op- 


tendeth  him  to  deliver  Israel. 


God  giveth  giffns  to  Moses. 


y  ch.  8.  3. 
John  8.  S3. 
2  Cor.  1.  20, 
Hch,  IJ.  8. 


kCen.  50.  21. 

cli.  2.  2.5.  & 

4.31. 

Lut.  1.  03. 
c  G>D.  15.  II. 

IC. 


Kcsh.  9.  111. 
P.  lOi.  27. 
k  115  9. 


ch.  1;). 
k  ch.  12.  31. 
1  ch.  1 1.  3.  4 

12.  3(5. 

Pi.  1X1.  10. 

Prov.  IG.  7. 


pression  ■wherewith  the  Egyptians 
oppress  them. 

10  'Come  now  therefore,  mid  I  will 
send  thee  iinlo  Pharaoh,  that  thou 
mavest  bring  fortli  niy  people  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  Egypt. 

11  H  And  Sloses  siiid  unto  God, 
""Who  am  1,  that  I  should  go  unto 
Pharaoh,  and  that  I  should  brin- 
forth  the  children  of  Israel  out  of 
Egypt  ■/ 

V^  And  ho  said,  ^Certainly  I  will 
be  with  thee;  and  this  shall  be  a  to- 
ken unto  thee,  that  I  have  sent  thee; 
Wiien  thou  liast  brought  forth  the 
people  out  of  Egypt,  ye  shall  serve 
God  upon  this  mountain. 

13  And  Jloses  said  unto  God,  Be- 
hold, u'hcn  1  come  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  shall  say  unto  them. 
The  God  of  your  fathers  hath  sent 
me  nnto  you;  and  they  shall  say  to 
me,  What  iS  his  namol'  wliat  shall  I 
say  unto  them? 

11  And  God  said  nnto  Moses,  I  AM 
THAT  I  AJI :  and  he  said.  Thus 
slialt  thou  say  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  >I  AM  hath  sent  mo  unto 
you. 

13  And  God  said  moreover  xmto 
Moses,  Thus  shalt  thou  say  unto  the 
children  oflsrael.  The  LoitD  God  of 
your  fathers,  the  God  of  Abraham, 
the  God  of  Isaac,  and  the  God  of 
Jacob,  hath  sent  me  unto  you:  this 
is  'my  name  for  ever,  and  tliis  is  my 
memorial  unto  all  generations. 

It)  Go,  and  "gather  the  elders  of 
Israel  together,  and  say  unto  them. 
The  Loud  God  of  your  fathers,  the 
God  of  Abraham,  of  Isaac,  and  of 
Jacob,  appeared  imto  nic,  saying,  lil 
have  surely  visited  you,  and  seen 
that  which  is  done  to  you  in  Eg^ypt: 

17  And  1  have  said.  '^^I  will  Dring 
you  up  out  of  the  afliiction  of  Egypt 
nnto  the  land  of  the  Canaanites,  and 
the  Ilittites,  and  the  Amorites,  and 
the  Perizzites,  and  the  Ilivites,  and 
the  Jcbusites,  unto  a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey. 

IS  And  <i  they  shall  Iicarken  to  thj' 
voice:  and  ^thou  shalt  come,  thou 
and  the  ciders  of  Israel,  unto  the 
king  of  Egj'pt,  and  yc  shall  say  unto 
him,  The"Loj!D  God  of  the  He- 
brews hath  fmet  with  us:  and  now 
let  us  go,  we  beseech  thee,  three 
days'  journey  into  the  wilderness, 
that  we  may  sacrifice  to  the  Loed 
our  God. 

19  If  And  I  am  sure  that  the  king 
of  Egypt  Swill  not  let  you  go,  ||no, 
not  by  a  mighty  hand. 

20  And  I  will  li  stretch  out  my  liand, 
and  smite  E''ypt  with  "all  my  won- 
ders which  I  will  do  in  the  midst 
thereof:  and  k  after  that  he  will  let 
you  go. 

il  And  II  will  give  this  people  fa- 
vour in  the  sight  of  the  Egyptians: 
and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that,  when 
ye  go,  y c  shall  not  go  empty : 


22  ■*'  But  every  woman  shall  borrow 
of  her  neighbour,  and  of  her  that 
Bojourneth  in  lier  house,  jewels  of 
silver,  and  jewels  of  gold,  and  rai- 
ment: and  ye  shall  put  tlicm  upon 
your  sons,  and  upon  your  daugh- 
ters ;  and  "  y c  shall  spoil  ||  the  Egyp- 
tians. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  Moses'  rod  is  Uimcil  into  a  serpent.  G 
Bis  hand  is  leprous.  10  iJo  is  loth  to  6o 
sent.  14  Aaron  is  appointed  to  assist 
him.  W  Moses  departeth  from  Jethro. 
£1  God's  message  to  rharaoh.  £4  Zip- 
porah  circnmciseth  her  son.  £7  Aaron 
is  sent  to -meet  Moses.  31  The  people  be- 
lieveth  them, 

AND  Moses  answered  and  said, 
But,  behold,  they  will  not  be- 
lieve me,  nor  hearken  nnto  my 
voice:  for  they  will  say.  The  Lord 
hath  not  appeared  unto  thee. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him, 
"What  is  that  in  thine  hand?  And  he 
said, "  A  rod. 

3  And  he  said.  Cast  it  on  the  ground. 
And  he  cast  it  on  the  ground,  and  it 
became  a  serpent;  and  Moses  fled 
from  before  it. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
I'ut  forth  thine  hand,  and  take  it  by 
the  tail.  And  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  caught  it,  and  it  became  a  rod 
in  his  hand: 

5  That  they  may  1)  believe  th.at  '^the 
Lord  God  of  their  fathers,  the  God 
of  Abraham,  the  God  of  Isaac,  and 
the  God  of  Jacob,  hath  appeared 
unto  thee. 

U  TT  And  the  LoiSD  said  further- 
more nnto  him.  Put  now  thine  hand 
into  thy  bosom.  And  he  put  his 
hand  into  his  bosom;  and  wlicn  he 
took  it  out,  behold,  his  hand  was 
lepious  I'as  snow. 

7  And  he  s.iid.  Put  thine  hand  into 
thy  bosom  again.  And  he  put  his 
h.and  into  his  bosom  again ;  and 
plucked  it  out  of  his  bosom,  and,  be- 
hold, "it  was  turned  again  as  Ms 
other  flesh. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if 
they  will  not  believe  thee,  neither 
hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  lirst  sign, 
that  they  will  believe  the  voice  of 
the  latter  sign. 

y  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they 
will  not  believe  also  these  two  signs, 
neither  hearken  unto  thy  voice,  that 
thou  shalt  take  of  the  water  of  the 
river,  and  pour  it  upon  the  dry  land : 
and  fthe  water  which  thou  takest 
out  of  the  river  t  shall  become  blood 
upon  the  dry  laml. 

10  IT  And  Moses  said  unto  the 
Lur.D,  O  my  Lord,  I  am  not  t elo- 
quent, neither  theretofore,  nor  since 
thou  hast  spoken  unto  thy  servant ; 
but  SI  am  slow  of  speech,  and  of  a 
slow  tongue, 

11  And  the  LORD  said  unto  him, 
h  Who  hath  made  man's  mouth  ?  or 
who  niakcth  the  dumb,  or  deaf,  or 

55' 


Aaron  appointed  to  assist  Moses.        EXODUS. 


PharaoJi  increaseth 


Before 

CHRIST 

1491. 


U&tt.  111.  19. 
M>rli  11.  U. 
Luk.  12.  11. 

1>.  4-.;i.  11. 


i.icl,.?.  1.2. 

■JK  k  il'i, 
12.  in. 

Iit>l.  IR.  18. 
U  ^1.  II!. 
J.r,  l.U. 

u  iioui.  J.  :i. 

pch.  7.  Lit 


U.  VX 


tch.  3.  20. 
«  oh.  7.  3,  13. 

&  9.  12.  M. 

Ji  10.  1.  Ii 

U.  ». 

li.ol.  2.  30. 
Ju.h   II   211. 
I..  i;l.  17. 
.l..bi>  li  40. 

I  Hot.  II.  1. 


tlie  eeoing,  or  the  blind?  have  not  I 
tlie  l.OHu? 

]:i  Now  tliercforc  go,  and  1  will 
lie  iwith  tliy  mouth,  and  teach  thoe 
what  thou  Shalt  say. 

13  And  he  said,  O  iiiv  Lord, 
k  send,  I  pray  thee,  by  the  iL^nd  o/ 
him  irhnm  thou  |J  wilt  send. 

14  And  the  anger  of  the  Loud 
was  kindled  against  Mo.'ics,  and  he 
said,  Js  not  Aaron  the  Levite  thy 
bri>thur  ?  I  know  that  he  can  speck 
well.  And  also,  behold,  'he  Com- 
eth forth  to  meet  thee  :  and  when 
he  seeth  thee,  he  will  be  glad  in  his 
heart. 

15  And  ""thou  shalt  speak  unto 
liiin,  and  "put  words  in  his  mouth: 
and  I  will  be  with  thy  mouth,  and 
with  his  mouth,  and  "will  teach 
you  what  ye  shall  do. 

]i;  And  he  shall  be  thy  spokesman 
unto  tlie  people  :  aiidlie  shall  be, 
rrcn  he  shall  be  to  thee  instead  of 
a  mouth,  and  i'thou  shalt  be  to  him 
instead  of  God. 

17  And  thou  shalt  take  'I  this  rod  in 
thine  hand,  wherewith  thou  shalt  do 
signs. 

IS  IT  And  Jloseswcnt  and  re- 
turned to  tJethro  his  father  in  law, 
and  said  unto  him.  Let  me  go,  1 
I)ray  thee,  and  return  unto  my  bicth- 
rcn"  which  tne  in  Egyiit,  and  see 
whither  they  be  yet  alive.  And 
Jethro  said  to"  Moses,  Go  in  peace. 

VJ  And  the  Louo  said  unto  Mo- 
ses in  Midian,  Go,  return  into 
Egypt:  for  'all  the  men  are  dead 
which  siiught  thy  iifc. 

HI  .\iid  Moses  took  his  wife  and 
his  sons,  and  set  them  upon  an  uss, 
and  he  returned  to  the  hind  of 
Egyiit:  and  Moses  took  'the  rod 
iif  Gcid  in  his  hand. 

L'l  .\iul  the  Loiii)  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, When  tlwiu  goest  to  return  into 
Kgviit,   sec   tliat    thiiu   do  all   tl 


1(1. Ts   lietii 


I'h; 


diicli   I 


have  puti 


liiinh' 
let  the  I 

ruoh.  T 


..c  hand 
i  heart,  that  he  shall  not 

,,Iego 


halt  say  unto  I'ha- 
th  the  J.ciiii),  ^Israel 
i.s-  my  sou,  '  III  II  my  firs-thorn: 
L'.!  And  I  siiy  uiito  thee.  Let  my 
son  go,  that  he  may  senc  ine  :  anil 
if  tlnni  refuse  to  let  him  go,  behold, 
"I  will  slay  thy  son,  ticn  thy  first- 
born. 

way  in  the  inn,  that 

him,  and  sought  to  bkill  him. 

'J.'i  Then  Zippornh  took  'a  sharp 
II  stone,  and  cut  off  the  foreskin  of 
her  son,  anil  t  cast  it  at  his  feet, 
and  said.  Surely  a  bloody  liusband 
art  thou  to  me. 

'M  So  he  let  him  go  :  then  she 
said,  X  bloody  hnsbaud  t/iuii  art, 
because  of  the'circumeision. 

•S  V   .\nd   the    Lord  said  to  Aa- 
ron,   Go    into    the    wildcrncsu    d  to 
ijtf 


meet  Moses.  And  he  went,  and 
met  him  in  *  the  mount  of  God,  and 
kissed  him. 

US  And  Jloses  ftold  Aaron  all  the 
words  of  the  Loiii)  who  had  sent 
him,  and  all  the  t  signs  wliieh  he 
had  commanded  him. 

iO  IT  And  iMoses  and  Aaron  liwent 
and  gathered  together  all  the  ciders 
of  the  children  of  Israel : 

ai  i  And  Aaron  spake  all  the 
words  which  the  Loi;d  had  spoken 
unto  Moses,  and  did  the  signs  in 
the  si^ht  of  the  people. 

.'il  And  the  jieople  1;  believed  : 
and  when  they  heard  that  the  LoKD 
had  1  visited  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  that  he  "had  looked  upon  their 
afiliction,  then  "  thev  bowed  tlieir 
heads  and  worshippcu. 

CHAPTER  A'. 

1  Phnreioh  cliUeth  Moses  and  Anron  for 
tlieir  vietsayc.  5  lie  increateth  the' Ii- 
raetites'  tusk,  15  lie  chccketh  their 
coinptainte.  20  They  cry  out  upvn 
Muses  and  Amon.  22  Motes  com- 
plaineth  to  God. 

\  ND  afterward  Moses  and  Aa- 
J\  ron  went  in,  and  told  Pharaoh, 
Thus  saith  the  LoKU  God  of  Israel, 
IjCt  my  jieople  go,  that  they  may 
hold  -'i^  feast  unto  nie  in  the  wilder- 
ness. 

2  And  Pharaoh  said,  '■'Who  t'.i 
the  LoitD,  that  I  should  obey  his 
voice  to  let  Israel  go  ?  I  know  not 
the  Loud,  ''neither  will  I  let  Israel 

.!  And  they  said,  <l  The  God  of 
the  Hebrews  hath  met  with  us  :  let 
lis  go,  Ave  pray  thee,  tlirce  days' 
journey  Into  the  desert,  and  sacri- 
lice  unto  the  I^oiii*  our  God  ;  lest 
he  fall  upon  us  with  pestilence,  or 
with  the  sword. 

4  And  the  king  of  Egypt  said 
unto  them,  "Wherefore  do  "ye,  Mo- 
ses and  Aaron,  let  the  people  from 
their  works  't  get  you  unto  your 
'  burdens. 

."i  And  Pharaoh  said.  Behold,  the 
people  of  the  land  now  are.  t  many, 
and  vc  make  them  rest  from  their 
burdens. 

(!  And  Pharaoh  commanded  tlie 
same  day  the  s  taskmasters  of  the 
IM'oide,  and  their  ot!icei-s,  saying, 

7  Ye  shall  no  more  give  the  jvo- 
ple  straw  to  make  brick,  as  heretu- 
lore  :  let  them  go  and  gather  straw 
lor  themselves. 

M  .\nil  the  tale  of  the  bricks,  which 
they  dill  make  heretofore,  ye  shall 
lay  upon  them  :  ye  shall  not  di- 
minish iiiiiilit  thereof:  for  they  be 
idle;  therefore  thev  cry,  saying. 
Let  lis  go  anil  s:ieiiftce  to  our  (iod. 

!l  fi.et  there  more  work  he  laid 
upon  the  iiiiii,  that  tin  v  mav  labour 
Ihireiu ;  and  let  them  not  rigai-d  vain 
words. 

Ill  IT  And  the  taskmasters  of  the 
people  went  out,  and  tlieir  otHcers, 


the  Israelites'  task. 


EXODUS. 


God  reneweth  his  prmnise. 


and  tliey  spake  to  the  people,  say- 
ing, Tlius  saith  Pharaoli,  I  "will  not 
give  vou  straw. 

11  Go  ye,  get  you  straw  wlicre  ye 
can  tint!  it :  yet  not  aught  of  your 
work  shall  bediminitlKU. 

\i  So  the  people  were  scattered 
abroad  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Egypt  to  gather  stubble  instead  of 
straw. 

13  And  the  taskmasters  hasted  them, 
saying.  Fulfil  your  works,  your  f  dai- 
ly tasks,  as  when  there  was  straw. 

"14  And  the  ntficcrs  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  Pharaoh's  taskmas- 
ters had  set  o\cr  them,  were  beaten, 
mill  demundeil,  "Wherefore  have  ye 
not  fullilkd  your  task  in  making 
brick  both  yesterday  and  to  day,  as 
heretol'orer' 

1.5  IT  Then  the  officers  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  came  and  cried  unto 
Pharaoh,  saying,  "Wherefore  dealest 
thou  thus  with  thy  servants  ? 

l(i  There  is  no  straw  given  unto  thy 
servants,  and  they  say  to  us.  Make 
brick:  and,  behold,  thy  servants  arc 
bei'-ten;  but  the  fault  is  in  thine  own 
people. 

17  But  he  said,  "\  e  are.  idle,  ye  are 
idle:  thereibrc  yc  say,  Let  us  go  «Hti 
do  sacrifice  to  tlie  Loiti*. 

IS  Go  therefore  nfiw,  ami  work;  for 
there  shall  no  straw  be  given  you, 
yet  shall  ye  deliver  the  tale  of  bricks. 
"  )y  And  "the  officers  of  the  children 
of  Israel  did  see  that  they  were  in 
evil  case,  after  it  was  said.  Ye  shall 
not  minish  ought  from  your  bricks 
of  your  daily  task. 

20  TT  And  they  met  Moses  and 
Aaron,  who  stood  in  the  way,  as 
they  came  forth  from  Pharaoh: 

21  bAnd  they  said  unto  them.  The 
Loi'.D  look  upon  you,  and  judge  ; 
because  ye  have  made  our  savour  fto 
be  abhorred  in  the  eyes  of  Pharaoh, 
and  in  the  eves  of  his  servants,  to  put 
u  sword  in  tlieir  hand  to  slay  us. 

22  And  Sloses  returned  unto  the 
Loud,  and  said.  Lord,  wherefore 
hast  thou  -lo  evil  entreated  this  jieo- 
ple  ?  why  is  it  that  thou  hast  sent 
me? 

2.'i  For  since  I  came  to  Pharaoh  to 
speak  in  thy  name,  he  hath  done  evil 
to  this  people  ;  t  neither  hast  tliou 
delivered  thy  peojilc  nt  all. 

CHAPTER  VL 

1  Goil  reneweth  his  promita  ly  Jiia  iiame 
JKnoVAlI.  14  TI.e  genealogy  of  Reu- 
ben, 1.-.  of  Simeon,  16  of  Levi,  of  whom 
came  MoueH  and  Aaron. 

T'^IIEN  the  LoED  said  unto  Moses, 
Now  shalt  thou  see  what  I  will 
do  to  Pharaoh  :  for  » with  a  strong 
hand  shall  he  let  them  go,  and  with 
a  strong  hand  i  shall  he  drive  them 
out  of  his  land. 

2  And  God  spake  unto  Moses,  and 
said  unto  him,  I  am  ||  the  LoKD: 

3  And  I  appeared  unto  Abraham, 


unto  Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  by  the 
iiaiiie  of  "  God  Almighty  ;  but  by 
my  name  ilJEHOVAU  was  I  not 
known  to  them. 

4  ''And  I  have  also  established  my 
covenant  with  them,  fto  give  them 
the  land  of  Canaan,  the  land  of 
their  pilgrimage,  wherein  they  were 
strangers. 

5  And  ^  I  have  also  heard  the  groan- 
ing of  the  children  of  Israel,  whom 
the  Egyptians  keep  in  bondage;  and 
1  have  remembered  my  covenant. 

C  Wherefore  say  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  h  I  am  the  LoitD,  and  i  I 
will  bring  you  out  from  under  the 
burdens  of  the  Egyptians,  and  I  will 
rid  you  out  of  their  bondage,  and  I 
will  t  redeem  you  with  a  stretched 
out  arm,  and  w  ith  great  judgments: 

7  And  I  will  1  take  vou  to  me  for  a 
people,  and  '°I  will  be  to  you  a  God: 
and  yc  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
LoKD  your  God,  which  bringeth 
you  out  "  from  under  the  burdens  of 
the  Egyptians. 

M  And  I  will  bring  you  in  unto 
the  land,  concerning  the  which  I  did 
t"  swear  to  give  it  to  Abraham,  to 
Isaac,  and  to  Jacob;  and  I  will  give 
it  you  for  a  heritage:  I  am  the  Loud. 

H  IT  And  Closes  spake  so  unto  the 
children  of  Israel:  'but  they  heark- 
ened not  unto  Moses  for  f  anguish  of 
Ejiirit,  and  lor  cruel  bondage. 

10  And  the  LoiiD  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

11  Go  in,  speak  unto  Pharaoh  king 
of  Egypt,  that  he  let  the  children  of 
Israel  go  out  of  his  land. 

12  And  Moses  spake  before  the 
Lord,  saying,  Behold,  the  children 
of  Israel  have  1  not  hearkened  unto 
me  ;  how  then  shall  Pharaoh  hear 
me,  ""who  am  of  nncircumcised  lips':' 

l.'i  And  the  LoKD  spake  unto  Sloses 
and  luito  Aaron,  and  gave  them  a 
charge  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  unto  Pharaoh  king  of  Egyjit,  to 
bring  the  children  of  Israel  "out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

14  IT  These  be  the  heads  of  their  fa- 
thers' houses:  'The  sons  of  Reuben 
the  firstborn  of  Israel;  Ilanoch,  and 
Pallu,  Ilezron,  and  Carmi:  these  he 
the  families  of  Reuben. 

15  '  And  the  sons  of  Simeon  ;  Jc- 
mnel,  and  Jamin,  and  Oliad,  and 
Jachin,  and  2ohar,  and  Shaul  the 
son  of  a  Canaaniti.«h  woman:  tliese 
are  the  families  of  Simeon. 

10  IT  And  these  are  the  names  of 
"the  sons  of  Levi  according  to  their 
generations  ;  Gershon,  and  Kohath, 
ond  Merari:  and  the  years  of  the  life 
of  Levi  were  a  hunired  thirty  and 
seven  years. 

17  "  The  sons  of  Gershon  ;  Libni, 
and  Shimi,  according  to  their  liimi- 
lies. 

18  And  >thc  sons  of  Kohath;  Am- 
r;im,  and  Izhar,  and  Hebron,  and 
Uzziel:  and  the  years  of  the  life  of 

57 


Moses  goeth  to  Pharaoh. 


EXODUS. 


The  river  turned  into  bluuil. 


r.  2.  10. 
t.  1  i. 
.  10,  1. 


Kohath  were  a  hundred  tliirty  and 
three  years. 

19  And  "the  sons  of  Slerari;  Mahali 
and  Mushi:  these  ai-e  tlie  iamiliert  of 
Levi  accordiiif;  to  their  generations. 

'JO  And  "  Aniram  tooli  him  Jochebed 
his  fiither's  bister  to  wife  ;  and  slie 
bare  him  Aaron  and  Jloses:  and  tlie 
vears  of  tlie  life  of  Amram  were  a 
hundred  and  tliirty  and  seven  years. 

21  TT  And  i"  the  sons  of  Izhar;  Ko- 
rah,  and  Nepheg,  and  Zichri. 

22  And  "^the  sons  of  llzziel;  Misli- 
ael,  and  Elzaphan,  and  Zithri. 

2.'!  And  Aaron  took  him  Elisheba, 
daughter  of  'l  Ainminadab,  sister  of 
Naashon,  to  wife:  and  she  b.ire  him 
'  Nadab  and  Abihu,  Eleazar  and 
Ithainar. 

24  And  the  fsons  of  Koiah;  Assir, 
and  Elkanah,  and  Abiasaph:  these 
are  the  families  of  thi.-  Korhites. 

25  And  Eleazar  Aaron's  son  took 
him  one  of  the  daughters  of  Putiel  to 
wife;  and  Kshc  bare  him  Phinehas: 
these  are  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of 
the  Eevites  aecording  to  their  tami- 
lies. 

2()  These  are  that  Aaron  and  Moses, 
lito  whom  the  l.,oiu)  said,  Bring  out 
the  children  of  Israel  from  the  land 
of  Egypt  accoiding  to  their  i  armies. 

27  These  are  they  which  k  syake  to 
Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  l  to  bung  out 
the  children  of  Israel  from  Egypt : 
these  are  that  Moses  and  Aaron. 

28  U  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  day 
when  the  Lord  spake  uuto  jjoses  in 
the  laud  of  Egvpt, 

20  That  the  Lord  spake  unto  Sfo- 
ses,  saying,  "' I  n«i  the  Lord:  "speak 
thou  iinto  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt  all 
that  I  sftv  unto  thee. 

.'!0  And  "Moses  said  before  the  I-ord, 
Behold,  "I  oiii  of  uneireumeised  lips, 
and  liow  shall  Pharaoh  hearken  unto 
me? 

CHAPTER  VII. 
1  Mosen  i«  encnuraged  to  go  to  Pharaoh. 
7  Bia  age.  8  Ui»  rori  is  turned  into  a 
tcrpent.  11  T/io  torcercra  do  the  Me. 
la  Pharaoh's  heart  is  hardened.  14 
Ood'a  mcetago  to  Pharaoh.  10  The 
river  is  fumed  into  Hood. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
See,  I  have  made  thee  ^a  god 
to  Pharaoh;  and  Aaron  tliy  brother 
shall  be  b  thy  prophet. 

2  Thou  '  shaft  speak  all  that  I  com- 
mand tliee  ;  and  Aaron  thy  brother 
shiill  speak  unto  Pharaoh,  that  he 
send  the  children  of  Israel  out  ot  his 
land. 

3  And  dl  will  harden  Pharaoh's 
heart,  and  'multiply  my  fsigns  and 
my  wonders  in  the  land  of  Egvpt.        | 

4  But  PhttniDh  shall  not  hearken 
unto  you,  s  tlml  I  may  lay  my  hand 
uiwn  Egypt,  and  briug  ibrth  mine 
armie.i,  aiul  mv  people  the  children 
of  Israel,  o>it  of  tlie  land  of  Egypt 
li  by  great  judgments. 

.5  And  the  Egyptians  >  shall  know 


that  I  ant  the  Loitu,  when  I  k  stretch 
forth  mine  hand  upon  Egvpt,  and 
bring  out  the  children  of  Israel  from 
among  them. 

G  And  Moses  and  Aaron  1  did  as  the 
Lord  commanded  them,  so  did  they. 

7  And  Moses  ira.-i  "'fourscore  years 
old,  and  Aaron  fourscore  and  "three 
years  old,  when  they  spake  unto 
Pharaoh. 

8  TT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses and  unto  Aaron,  saving, 

11  When  Pharaoh  shall  speak  unto 
you,  saying,  "  Shew  a  miracle  tor 
you :  then  tliou  shalt  soy  unto  Aa- 
ron, "Take  thy  roil,  and  east  il  be- 
fore Pharaoh,  and  it  shall  become  a 
serpent. 

10  IT  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  in 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  tliev  did  so  ''as 
the  Lord  had  commanded:  and  Aa- 
ron cast  down  liis  rod  befi'ire  Pha- 
raoh, and  before  his  servants,  and  it 
^  became  a  serpent. 

11  Then  Pharaoh  also  ''called  the 
wise  men  and  *thc  sorcerers:  now 
the  magicians  of  Egypt,  they  also 
'did  in  like  manner  with  their  en- 
chantments. 

12  For  thcv  cast  down  every  man 
his  roG,  and  they  became  .serpents: 
but  Aaron's  rod  swallowed  up  their 
rods. 

1j  And  he  hardened  Pharaoh's 
heart,  that  he  hearkened  not  unto 
them;  "  as  the  Lord  had  said. 

14  IT  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, ^  Pharaoh's  heart  is  hardened, 
he  refuseth  to  let  the  people  go. 

1.^  Get  thee  unto  Pharaoh  in  the 
morning;  lo,  he  goeth  out  unto  tlie 
water;  and  thou  shalt  stand  by  tlie 
river's  brink  against  he  come  ;  and 
i  the  rod  which  was  turned  to  a  ser- 
pent shalt  thou  take  in  thine  liand. 

Hi  And  thou  shalt  say  unto  him, 
^The  Lord  God  ot  the  Hebrews 
hath  sent  ine  unto  thee,  saying.  Let 
my  jieople  go,  ''that  the.\'  luay  serve 
nie  in  the  wilderness:  and,  behold, 
hitherto  thou  wouldcst  not  hear. 

ir  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  In  this 
■jthon  shalt  know  that  1  am  the 
Loud:  behold,  I  will  smite  with  the 
rod  that  i,<  in  mine  hand  upon  the 
waters  which  are  in  the  liver,  and 
'■  they  shall  be  turned  ''  to  blood. 

15  And  the  lish  that  !s  in  the  river 
shall  die,  and  the  river  shall  stink; 
and  the  Egyptians  shall  'loathe  to 
drink  of  the  water  of  the  river. 

Ill  IT  And  the  Lord  sjiake  unto  Miv 
ses.  Say  unto  Aaron,  T;ike  thy  rod, 
and  fbtretch  out  thine  hand  upon 
the  waters  of  Egyirt,  upon  their 
streams,  upon  their  rivers,  and  m)- 
oii  their  ponds,  and  unon  all  their 
t  pools  of  water,  that  they  may  be- 
come blood;  and  l/uit  there  m:"iv  be 
blood  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Egypt,  both  in  it.i.ic/.s  oj'  wooil,  and 
in  ic.*,t/o'  o^' stone. 

20  And  Mosrs   and  Aaron  did  bo. 


The  plague  of  frogs. 


The  plagues  of  lice  and  flies. 


as  the  Lord  commanded  ;  and  he 
B  lifted  up  the  rod,  and  smote  the 
■waters  that  were  in  the  river,  in  the 
sight  of  Pharaoh,  and  in  the  si^lit  of 
his  Bcrvants  ;  and  all  the  h  waters 
that  were  in  the  river  were  turned  to 
blood. 

21  And  the  fish  that  was  in  the  river 
died;  and  the  river  ftank,- and  the 
Egyptians  i  eonld  not  drinlc  of  the 
water  of  the  river  ;  and  there  ivas 
blood  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Egjpt. 

22  k  And  the  magieians  of  Egypt 
did  so  with  their  enehantmeiits  : 
and  Pharaoh's  heart  was  hardened, 
neither  did  he  hearken  unto  them; 
las  the  Loitij  had  said. 

2'!  And  Pharaoli  turned  and  went 
into  his  house,  neither  did  he  set  his 
heart  to  this  also. 

24  And  all  llie  Eg>'ptians  digged 
round  about  tlie  i-i\'er  for  water  to 
drink  ;  ibr  they  could  not  drink  of 
the  water  of  the  river. 

25  And  feven  days  were  fulfilled, 
atler  that  the  Lokd  had  smitten  the 
river. 

CHAPTER  YIII. 
1  Froga  arc  tent.  8  Pharaoh  tueth  to  Mo- 
tes. 12  and  AfoBea  ly  prayer  removeth 
them  away.  10  The  dutt  it  turned  into 
lia.ivhich  the  magicians  could  not  do. 
iO  The  ewarmt  of  fiiet.  25  Pharaoh  in- 
clineth  to  tot  the  people  go,  32  but  yet  is 
hardened. 

AND  tlie  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
Go  unto  Pharaoh,  and  say  unto 
him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Let  my 
people  go,  "that  they  may  serve  me. 

2  And  if  thou  Ij  refuse  to  let  them  go, 
behold,  I  will  smite  all  thy  borders 
with  'frogs: 

.■5  And  tne  river  shall  bring  forth 
frogs  abundantly,  whicli  shall  go  up 
and  come  into  tnine  house,  and  into 
ii  thy  bedchamber,  and  upon  thy 
bed,  and  into  the  house  of  thy  serv- 
ants, and  upon  thy  people,  and  into 
thine  ovens,  and" into  thy  ||  knead- 
ingtroughs : 

4  And  the  frogs  shall  come  up  both 
on  thee,  and  upon  thy  people,  and 
upon  all  thy  servants. 

a  IT  And  the  LoRH  sp.ike  unto 
Moses,  Say  unto  Aaron,  "■  Stretch 
forth  thine  hand  with  thy  rod  over 
the  streams,  over  the  rivers,  and 
over  the  ponds,  and  cause  fiogs  to 
come  up  upon  the  land  of  Egypt. 

C  And  Aaron  stretched  out  his  hand 
over  the  waters  of  Egypt:  and  'the 
frocs  came  up,  and  covered  the  land 
of  tgypt. 

7  KAnd  the  magicians  did  bo  with 
their  enchantments,  and  brought  up 
frogs  upon  the  land  of  Egvpt. 

8  TT  Then  Pharaoh  called  for  Moses 
and  Aaron,  and  said,  1>  Entreat  the 
Lord,  that  he  may  take  away  the 
frogs  from  me,  and  from  my  people: 
and  I  will  let  the  people  go, "that  they 
may  do  sacrifice  unto  the  LoKD. 


9  And  Moses  said  unto  Pharaoh, 
II  Glory  over  me :  ||when  shall  1  en- 
treat tor  thee,  and  ibr  thy  servants, 
and  for  thy  people,  t  to  destroy  the 
frogs  from  "thee  and  thy  houses,  that 
they  may  remain  in  the  river  only? 

lOAnd  he  said,  \\  To  morrow.  And 
he  said.  Be  it  according  to  thy  word; 
that  thou  maycst  know  that  ■  there  is 
none  like  unto  the  Lord  our  God. 

11  And  the  frogs  sh.ill  depart  from 
thee,  and  from  thy  houses,  and  from 
thy  serv'ants,  and  from  thy  people; 
they  shall  remain  in  the  river  only. 

12  And  Moses  and  Aaron  went  "out 
from  Pharaoh  :  and  Moses  k  cried 
unto  the  Lord  because  of  the  frogs 
wjiich  he  had  brought  against  Pha- 
raoh. 

13  And  the  Lord  did  according  to 
the  word  of  Moses  ;  find  the  frogs 
died  out  of  the  houses,  out  of  the 
villages,  and  out  of  the  fields. 

14  And  they  gathere<l  them  together 
upon  heaps;  and  the  land  stank. 

13  But  when  Pharaoh  saw  that 
there  was  i  respite,  "'  he  hardened  his 
heart,  and  hearkened  not  unto  them; 
as  the  Lord  had  said. 

15  IT  And  the  Lord  said  unto 
Moses,  Say  unto  Aaron,  Stretch  out 
thy  rod,  and  smite  the  dust  of  the 
land,  that  it  may  become  lice 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt. 

17  And  they  did  so  :  for  Aaron 
stjttehed  out  his  hand  with  his  rod, 
and  smote  the  dust  of  the  earth,  and 
''it  became  lice  in  man,  and  in  beast: 
all  the  dust  of  the  land  became  lice 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Etrypt. 

18  And  "the  magicians  did  so  with 
their  enchantments  to  bring  forth 
lice,  but  they  l'  could  not :  so  there 
were  lice  upon  man,  and  upon  beast. 

11)  Then  the  magicians  said  unto 
Pharaoh,  This  »s  1  the  finger  of  God: 
and  Pharaoh's  '  heart  was  hardened, 
and  he  hearkened  not  unto  them;  as 
the  Lord  had  said. 

20  U  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mcses, 
'Rise  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
stand  before  Pharaoh;  lo,  he  cometh 
forth  to  the  water;  and  say  unto  him. 
Thus  saitli  the  Lord,  'Let  my  peo- 
ple go,  that  they  may  serve  me. 

21  Else,  if  tliou  wilt  not  let  my  peo- 
ple go,  behold,  I  will  send  ||  swarms 
of  flies  upon  thee,  and  upon  thy 
sci-vants,  and  upon  thy  pcoi.'le,  and 
into  thy  houses:  and  the  houses  of 
the  Egyptians  shall  be  full  of  swarms 
of  flies,  and  also  the  ground  whereon 
they  are. 

22  And  "  I  will  sever  in  that  day  the 
land  of  Goshen,  in  which  my  people 
dwell,  that  no  swarms  of  flies  shall 
be  there  :  to  the  end  thou  mayest 
know  that  I  am  the  Lord  in  the 
midst  of  the  earth. 

23  And  I  will  put  f  a  division  be- 
tween my  people  and  thy  people  : 
II  to  morrow  shall  this  sign  be. 

24  And   the    Lord    did    so;    and 


The  murrain  of  beasts. 


The  plaffue  of  boils  and  blat'ns. 


CHRIST 
1491. 


I  P<.  78. 13.  Il 
ItO.  :il. 
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>■  n.n.  n.  3-2. 

Je  «i.  31. 
I>eut.  7.  25. 
■Mi.  IL  li.  31. 


ch.  3.  18. 
.ill,  3. 12. 


"  there  ciime  a  );rievoua  awarm  of 
flies  into  tlie  house  of  I'liaruoh,  and 
into  liis  servants'  liousus,  and  into 
all  the  land  of  Kgypt:  tlie  land  was 
II  corrupted  by  reason  of  the  swarm 
of  flies. 

25  TT  And  Pharaoh  called  for  Mcses 
and  for  Aaron,  and  said.  Go  ye,  sac- 
rifice to  your  (jod  in  the  land. 

20  And  Moses  said.  It  is  not  meet 
BO  to  do;  for  we  shall  sacritice  >  tlie 
abomination  of  tlie  Egyptians  to  the 
LoHI)  our  God:  lo,  slialf  we  sacrihce 
the  abomination  of  the  Egyptians 
before  their  eyes,  and  will  they  not 
stone  us? 

27  We  will  go 'three  days' journey 
into  the  wilderness,  and  saeritice  to 
tlie  ].,()ni>  our  God,  as  "he  shall 
conini'ind  us. 

2.S  And  I'liaraoh  said,  I  will  let  you 
go,  th:it  ye  may  sacrifice  to  tlie 
Lord  your  God  in  the  wilderness: 
only  ye  shall  not  go  very  far  away : 
l> entreat  tor  me. 

2"J  And  Moses  s^id.  Behold,  I  go 
out  from  thee,  and  I  will  entreat  the 
IjOitD  that  the  swarjus  of  flies  may 
dep:irt  from  PhariVih,  from  his  serv- 
ants, and  from  his  peonlc  to  morrow ; 
but  let  not  I'harooh  '  doal  deceitfully 
any  more  in  not  letting  tiie  people 
go  to  sacrifice  to  tlie  Loitii. 

.'iO  And  Moses  went  out  from  Pha- 
raoh, and  Jentreateil  the  EoitD. 

:'A  And  the  I.OKD  did  iu;ci>rdin4  to 
the  word  of  Moses;  and  he  removed 
the  swarms  of  flies  from  Pharaoh, 
from  his  servants,  and  from  his  peo- 
ple: there  remained  not  (nie. 

:i2  And  Pharaoh  "  hardened  his 
heart  at  this  time  also,  neither  would 
he  let  the  people  go. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  Tho  murrain  of  licasta.  8  The  plague 
of  boiie  and  Ua'uis.  \i  Hie  vieaiai/e 
a'lout  the  hail.  '11  The  plague  of  hail. 
■27  Pkaraah  euclh  lo  Moeie,  So  i>u«  yet  it 
hardened. 

1MIKN  the  I,onr.  said  unto  Moses, 
"Go  in  unto  PIniraoh.  iind  till 
him.  Thus  saith  the  l-oito  God  of  the 
Hebrews,  I.,et  my  people  go,  that 
fhev  inu>'  serve  mo. 

■J  I'or  if  tliou  ii  refuse  to  let  them  go, 
unci  wilt  lioM  them  still, 

;!  l!i-hiil.l,  the  ^  hand  of  the  Loiin  is 
npoii  thy  cattle  which  i.s-  in  the  field, 
upon  the  ho.-ses,  upon  the  asses,  up- 
on the  camels,  upon  the  oxen,  and 
upon  the  sheep:  there  shall  lie  a  very 
grievous  murrain. 

4  And  il  the  T.oitn  shall  sever  be- 
tween the  rattle  of  Israel  and  the 
cuttle  of  E^rvi.t  :  and  there  shnll 
nothing  die  of  nil  thnt  is  the  chil- 
dren's of  Israel. 

."i  And   the   I.oiin   appointed   a   set  I 
time,  saving.  To  morrow  the  LoitD 
shall  dothis  thing  in  the  land. 

fi  And  the  I,oni>  did  thnt  thing  on 
the  morrow,  and  '  all  the  cattle  of 


Egypt  <lied:  but  of  the  cattle  of  the 
children  of  Israel  died  not  one. 

7  And  Pharaoh  sent,  and,  behold, 
there  was  not  one  of  the  cattle  of  the 
Israelites  dead.  And  i  the  heart  of 
Pharaoh  was  hardened,  and  he  did 
not  let  the  people  go. 

.s  IT  And  the  Eonu  said  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  Take  to  you  hand- 
fuls  of  ashes  of  tlie  furnace,  and  let 
Jloses  sprinkle  it  toward  the  heaven 
in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh. 

il  And  It  shall  become  small  dust  in 
all  tile  land  of  Egypt,  and  shall  be 
ia  boil  breaking  i'ortli  with  blains 
upon  nnin.and  upon  beast,  through- 
out all  the  lundofEgvpt. 

lU  \iv\  they  took  ashes  of  the  fur- 
n.ace,  and  stood  before  Pharaoh:  and 
Moses  sprinkled  it  up  toward  heav- 
en; and  it  became  t  a  boil  breaking 
forth  with  blains  upon  man,  and 
upon  beast. 

11  And  the  imiigicians  could  not 
stand  before  Jloscs  because  of  the 
boils  ;  fiir  the  boil  was  upon  the 
magicians,  and  upon  all  the  Egyp- 
tians. 

12  And  the  Lonn  hardened  the 
heart  of  Pharaoh,  and  he  hearkened 
not  unto  them;  tas  the  EUKU  had 
spoken  unto  Moses. 

I'l  TI  And  the  Loud  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, 1  liise  up  early  in  the  morning, 
and  stand  before  Pharaoh,  and  say 
unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  l.OKD  God 
of  the  Hebrews,  Eet  my  people  go, 
that  they  may  serve  me. 

14  I'or  I  will  at  this  time  send  all 
my  pla"ues  upon  thine  heart,  aiul 
upon  thy  servants,  and  upon  thy 
people:  "'that  thou  may  est  know 
that  thete  is  none  like  me"  in  all  the 
earth. 

15  For  now  I  will  "stretch  out  niv 
hand,  that  I  may  smite  thee  and  lliy 
peoiile  with  iiestilence ;  anil  thoii 
shalt  be  cut  off  from  the  earth. 

Hi  And  in  very  deed  for  "this  cau.'V 
have  I  )  raised  thee  up.  for  to  shcw^ 
in  thee  my  power ;  and  thnt  my 
name  may  be  declared  throughout 
all  the  earth. 

17  As  yet  cxaltest  thou  thyself 
ngainst  niv  peoiile,  that  thou  wilt 
not  let  tlwni  go? 

l.S  licholil,  to  morrow  about  this 
time  I  will  cause  it  to  rain  a  very 
grievous  hail,  such  as  hath  not  been 
in  Egypt  since  the  foundation  tliere- 
of  even  until  now. 

Ill  Send  therefore  now,  mid  gather 
thy  cnttle,  and  nil  that  thou  hast  in 
the  field:. W;-  i'/><>h  every  man  and 
benst  which  shnll  be  found  m  the 
field,  and  shall  not  be  brought  home, 
hail  ^bnll  conic  down  upon  them, 


nnd  th. 


211  He  that  feared  the  word  of  the 
I,oni>  nmong  the  servants  of  Pha- 
raoh maile  his  servants  and  his  cattle 
flee  into  the  houses: 

21  And  he  that  f  i-egnrdcd  not  the 


The  plague  of  hail. 


EXODUS. 


The  plague  of  locusts. 


1  Cor.  10.26. 
>  li.  2S.  10. 


word  of  the  l.onn  Kt't  his  scrvniits 
and  his  cattle  in  the  fielil. 

^2  IT  And  the  I.OKt)  said  unto  Clo- 
ses, Stretch  fortli  tliine  hand  toward 
lieavcn,  that  tlicrc  may  lie  I'liail  in 
all  the  land  of  Egypt,  upon  man, 
and  upon  beast,  and  npon  every 
lierb  of  the  lield,  throughout  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

2.'i  And  Til  OSes  stretched  forth  his 
rod  toward  heaven:  and  4 the  Loud 
sent  thunder  anil  hail,  and  the  tire 
ran  alonjr  upon  the  gioundi  and  the 
l.oiu)  rained  liail  upon  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

'M  So  there  was  hail,  and  fire  min- 
gled with  the  hail,  very  grievous, 
such  as  there  was  none  like  it  in  alt 
the  land  of  Egypt  since  it  became  a 
nation. 

2.5  And  the  hail  smote  throughout 
nil  the  land  of  Egypt  all  that  i/fw  in 
the  field,  both  man  and  beast;  and 
the  hail  'smote  every  herb  of  the 
field,  uiid  brake  every  tree  of  the 
field. 

■IC,  "Only  in  the  land  of  Goshen, 
where  tlic  cliildren  of  Israel  wcic, 
was  there  no  hail. 

27  ^  And  I'haraoh  sent,  and  called 
for  Moses  and  Aaron,  and  said  unto 
them,  'I  have  sinned  this  time:  "the 
Loun  IS  righteous,  and  1  and  my 
people  are  wicked. 

28  >^  Entreat  the  I-ord  (for  it  is 
enough)  tliat  there  lie  no  ?iiorc 
f  mighty  thunderiiigs  r.nd  hail;  and 
I  w ill  let  jou  go,  and  ye  shall  stay 
no  longer. 

2!)  And  Moses  said  unto  him.  As 
soon  as  1  am  gone  out  of  the  city,  I 
will  >  spread  abroad  my  bauds  unto 
the  Eoitn ;  and  the  fhuuder  sluiU 
cease,  iieitlier  shall  there  be  any 
more  hail;  that  thou  maycst  know 
how  that  the  "^ earth  i.<  tlie'Liiitii'.s. 

,'10  But  as  for  thee  and  tliy  servants, 
"*  I  know  that  yc  will  not  yet  tear  the 
Loiii)  (Jod. 

31  And  the  flax  and  the  barley  vas 
smitten:  I) for  the  barley  vos  in  the 
ear,  and  the  flax  ?ro.«  boiled. 

.j2  But  the  wheat  and  the  rye  were 
not  smitten:  for  they  icere  fot 
grown  up. 

^.'^:^  And  Moses  "went  out  of  the  city 
from  Pharaoh,  and  '"spread  abroad 
his  hands  unto  the  LoKD:  and  the 
thunders  and  hail  ceased,  and  the 
rain  was  not  poured  upon  the  earth. 

.'M  And  when  Pharaoh  saw  that  the 
rain  and  the  bail  and  the  thunders 
were  ceased,  he  sinned  yet  more, 
and  hardened  his  heart,  lie  and  his 
servants. 

K  And  <ltbe  heart  of  Pharaoh  was 
hardened,  neither  would  be  let  the 
children  of  Israel  go;  as  the  LOKD 
had  spoken  (  by  Moses. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  God  thrcntcneth  to  tend  IvcutHi.  7  Pfia- 
rmh.  moved  luj  Ma  tcrvniitt.incHnelh  (o 
let  the  Israelites  go.    12  The  jtlague  of 


the  locufis.  16  Pharaoh  liueth  to  Motes- 
■21  The  plague  of  darltiiese.  24  Pharaoh 
tueth  unto  MueeSf  D7  Out  yet  is  hardened. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Go  in  unto  I'liarnoh :  "  lirir  I 
have  hardened  his  lieait,  and  the 
heart  of  his  servants,  I'that  I  might 
shew  these  my  signs  before  him  : 
2  And  that '  thou  moi,e.st  tell  in  the 
ears  of  thy  son,  and  ot  thy  son's  son, 
wliat  things  1  have  wrouglit  in 
Egypt,  and  my  signs  which  1  have 
done  among  thcni ;  that  ye  may 
know  how  that  I  am  the  l^onn. 
;i  And  Moses  and  Aaron  came  in 
unto  Pharaoh,  and  said  unto  him. 
Thus  saith  the  Eoi:i)  (iod  of  the  He- 
brews, How  long  wilt  thou  n-lusc  to 
iMiumble  thyself  befitre  me?  let  my 
jicople  go.  that  they  may  ser\*c  me. 
4  Else,  if  thou  refuse  to  let  my  peo- 
ple go,  behold,  to  morrow  will  I 
bring  the  '  locusts  into  thy  coast: 
.')  And  they  shall  cover  the  1  face  of 
the  earth,  that  one  cannot  be  able  to 
sec  the  earth:  and  fthey  shall  eat  the 
residue  of  that  wbicli  is  escaped, 
which  rcmaineth  unto  yon  from  the 
hail,  and  shall  eat  everv  tree  which 
groweth  fi:>r  you  out  of  tlie  field: 
it  And  they  *^ shall  fill  thj'  houses, 
and  the  houses  of  all  thy  servants, 
luid  the  ho!:ses  fif  all  the  Egvptians; 
which  neither  thy  fathers,  "nor  thy 
(atbers'  fathers  hiive  seen,  since  the 
day  that  they  were  upon  the  earth 
unto  this  day.  And  be  turned  him- 
self, and  weiit  out  from  Phainob. 
7  And  Pharaoh's  servants  said  unto 
him,  How  long  shall  this  man  be  lia 
snare  unto  us?  let  the  men  go,  that 
they  may  serve  the  3.,oiti>  their  God: 
knowest  thou  not  yet  that  Egypt  is 
destroyed? 

.S  Aiid  Moses  and  Aaron  were 
brought  again  unto  Pharaoh  :  and 
be  said  unto  them.  Go,  serve  the 
Loi;d  vour  God:  but  1  who  arc  they 
that  shall  go? 

It  And  Moses  sai*l_,  "\Ve  will  go  with 
our  young  and  with  our  old,  witli 
our  "sons  and  with  our  daughters, 
with  our  floeJcs  and  with  our  herds 
will  we  go;  for  i  we  viusl  hold  a  feast 
unto  the  Lord. 

10  And  he  said  unto  them,  l^et  the 
l>oi:i>  be  so  with  vou,  as  1  will  let  you 
go,  and  your  little  ones  :  look  to  it  ; 
for  evil  ts  before  you. 
H  Not  so  :  go  now  ye  Uiat  are  men, 
and  serve  the  Lokd  ;  for  that  ye  did 
desire.  And  they  were  driven  out 
from  Pharaoh's  i)resence. 
12  IT  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
k  Stretch  out  thine  handoverthe  land 
of  Egypt  for  the  locusts,  that  they 
may  come  ii|i  uiion  Ihe  land  of  Egypt, 
and  'eat  r\-erv  Jieib  of  the  land,  even 
all  that  the  hail  liatli  left, 
i:!  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his 
rod  over  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  the 
Lord  brought  nn  east  wind  upon  the 
land  all  that  day,  and  all  tliat  night ; 
61 


The  plague  qf  darknens. 


EXODUS. 


God'g  ine-gsape  to  the  Israelites. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1491. 


oh.  S,  30. 


t  H«S.  (Am 
darkn-l. 

7  r*.  IM.  2S. 


nnd  when  it  was  morninjj,  the  cast 
wind  brought  the  locusts. 

H  And  "'tlie  locusts  went  np  over 
all  the  land  of  Ei;ypt,  and  rested  in 
all  the  coasts  of  Egypt ;  very  griev- 
ous uvre  thru;  "before  them  there 
were  no  such  locusts  as  they,  neither 
after  them  shall  be  such. 

1.5  For  they  "^' covered  the  face  of 
the  whole  earth,  so  that  the  land 
was  darkened  ;  and  they  I' did  eat 
every  herb  of  the  landj  and  all  the 
fruit  of  the  trees  which  the  hail 
had  left  :  and  there  remained  not 
any  preen  thing  in  the  trees,  or  in 
the  herbs  of  the  iield,  through  all 
the  land  of  i:g\iit. 

](!  IT  Then  Pharaoh  t  called  for 
Moses  and  Aaron  in  haste  :  and  he 
said,  *II  have  sinned  against  the 
Loitn  your  God,  and  against  vou. 

17  Now  therefore  forgive,  I  pray 
thee,  my  sin  only  this  once,  and 
■■entreat  the  Loiib  your  God,  that 
he  may  take  away  from  mc  this 
death  only. 

IS  And  he  "went  out  from  Pha- 
raoh, and  entreated  the  I,oi;d. 

1!)  And  the  Lord  turned  a  might}' 
strong  west  wind,  which  took  away 
the  locusts,  and  t  cast  them  'into  the 
lied  sea ;  there  remained  not  one 
locust  in  all  tlie  coasts  of  Egvpt. 

a)  But  the  LoiiD  "hardened  Plia- 
raoh's  heart,  so  that  he  would  not 
let  the  children  of  Israel  go. 

21  IT  And  the  I,oi!i>  said  unto 
Moses,  "Stretch  out  thine  hand  to- 
ward heaven,  that  there  may  be 
darkness  over  the  land  f>f  Egypt, 
fcven  darkness  irfiich  mav  be  felt. 

22  And  Moses  stretched  forth  his 
hand  toward  heaven  ;  and  there  was 
a  J  thick  darkness  in  all  the  land  of 
Egypt  three  days  : 

a'3  They  saw  not  one  another, 
neither  rose  any  from  his  place  for 
three  davs  :  ^  but  all  the  children 
of  Israel  Viad  light  in  their  dwellings. 

24  IT  And  I'liaraoh  called  unto 
Moses,  and  "said.  Go  ye,  serve  the 
Loitr>  ;  only  let  your  flocks  and 
your  herds  be  stayed  :  Ict^'our  l»  lit- 
tle ones  also  go  with  you. 

25  And  Moses  said.  Thou  must 
give  Ills  also  sacrifices  and  burnt 
ofterings,  that  we  may  sacrifice  un- 
to the  LoiU)  our  God. 

•X  Our  cattle  also  shall  go  with 
us  :  there  shall  not  a  ho.if  be  left 
behind  ;  fi>r  tliereof  must  we  take 
to  fcerve  the  I. OKI)  our  God  ;  and 
we  know  not  with  what  wc  must 
serve  the  LuHU,  until  wo  come 
thither. 

27  IT  lUit  the  I.ORD  ''hardened 
I'Imiaoh's  heart,  and  he  would  not 
let  them  go. 

2S  And  Vharaoh  said  nnto  him.  Got 
thee  from  me.  take  heed  to  thys.'lf, 
see  inv  face  no  moroi  (Or  in  IhnI  dav 
thou  seest  mv  face  th.m  shnll  die. 

21)  And  JVroHca  said.  Thou  host 
63 


spoken  well,  H  will  sec  thy  face 
again  no  more. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

1  Ood'a  metmgc  to  the  Itraclitei  to  bor- 
row jewel*  of  their  neiffhboura.  4  Motet 
threnteneth  Pharaoh  with  the  death  of 
the  firstborn. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo.ses, 
Yet  will  I  bring  one  plague 
more  upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon 
Egypt  i  afterwards  he  will  let  you 
go  hence  :  °  when  he  shall  let  .von 
go,  he  shall  surely  thrust  you  out 
hence  altogether. 

2  Speak  now  in  the  ears  of  the 
people,  and  let  every  man  borrow 
of  his  neighbour,  and  every  woman 
of  her  neighbour,  bjewels  of  silver, 
and  jewels  of  gold. 

^-  "^  .\nd  the  IvORD  gave  the  peo- 
ple favour  in  tlic  sight  of  the  Egyp- 
tians. Moreover,  the  man  ''  Moses 
iraf  very  great  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh's  servants, 
and  in  the  sight  of  the  people. 

4  .Vnd  Moses  said.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  "About  midnight  will  I  go 
out  into  the  midst  of  iSgvpt  : 

.5  And  fall  the  firstl'iorn  in  the 
land  of  Egypt  shall  die,  from  the 
firstborn  ot  Pharaoh  that  sitteth 
upon  his  throne,  even  nnto  the 
firstborn  of  the  maidservant  that 
H  behind  the  mill ;  and  all  the  first- 
bom  of  beasts. 

()  SAnd  there  shall  be  a  great  crj- 
throughout  all  the  land  of  Egypt, 
such  as  there  was  none  like  it,  nor 
shall  be  like  it  any  more. 

7  liBut  against  any  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  i  shall  not  n  dog  move 
his  tongiu',  against  man  or  beast  : 
that  ye  niay  know  how  that  the 
LniaJdotli  put  a  ditfereucc  between 
the  E'.'vptians  and  Israel. 

.s  .\iuf  kail  these  thy  servants  shall 
coioe  down  nnto  me,  and  how  down 
tlienisclvcs  unto  me,  saying,  Get 
tliee  out,  and  all  the  people  tthat 
follow  thee  :  and  after  that  I  will 
go  out.  And  he  went  out  from  Pha- 
raoh in  t  a  great  anger. 

It  And  the  I.iORD  said  unto  Jloses, 
I  Pharaoh  shall  not  hearken  unto 
you;  that  '"my  wonders  may  be 
multiplied  in  the'land  of  Egypt. 

Ill  And  .Moses  and  Aaron  did  all 
tliesc  wonders  before  I'huraoh  : 
"and  the  Lord  hardened  Pha- 
rioh's  heart,  so  that  he  would  not 
let  tlie  children  of  Israel  go  out  of 
his  land. 

CII.VPTER  XII. 
1  The  heoin-ninsj  of  the  year  ia  ehangetl. 

i  The  pamovcr  I'o  imtituled.     II  The  rile 

of  the  paeeover.     Ij   Unleavened  breml. 

•So  The  Jtrelborn  are  etain.    SI   The  /»• 

rarlitct  are  driien  cut  of  the  land.    S7 
Thei,  rum«  to  Succoth.    U  The  ordinance 

of  the  ,.a„ovn: 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
A  V  ses  and  Aai-on  in  the  Und  of 
Egypt,  sayinpt, 


Tlie  passover  instituted. 


EXODUS. 


The  days  of  unleavened  bread. 


2  "This  month  fhall  he  unto  vou 
the  beginning  of  months  :  it  shall 
he  the  first  month  of  tlie  year  to 
you. 

3  IT  Speak  ye  unto  all  the  congre- 
gation of  Israel,  saying,  In  the  tenth 
(laji  of  this  month  they  shall  take 
to  them  every  man  a  |l  lamb,  accord- 
ing to  the  house  of  their  fathers,  a 
lamb  for  a  house  : 

4  And  if  the  household  be  too 
little  for  the  lamb,  let  him  and  his 
neighbour  next  unto  his  house  take 
it  according  to  the  number  of  the 
souls  ;  every  man  according  to  his 
eating  shall  make  your  count  for 
the  lamb. 

5  Your  lamb  shall  be  I>  without 
blemish,  a  male  t  of  the  first  year  : 
ye  shall  take  it  out  from  the  sheep, 
or  from  the  goats  : 

6  And  ye  shall  keep  it  up  until 
the  ^  fourteenth  day  of  the  same 
month:  and  the  whole  assembly  of 
the  congregation  of  Israel  shall  kill 
it  tin  the  evening. 

"  And  they  shall  take  of  the  blood, 
and  strike  it  on  the  two  side  posts 
and  on  the  upper  door  ijost  of  the 
houses,  wherein  they  shall  eat  it. 

8  And  they  shall  cat  the  flesh  in  that 
night,  roast  with  fire,  and  il  unleav- 
ened bread  ;  and  with  bitter  hi^rhs 
thcv  shall  eat  it. 

n  l2at  not  of  it  raw,  nor  sodden  at 
all  with  water,  but  "'roast  with  tire  ; 
his  head  with  his  legs,  and  with  the 
purtenance  thereof. 

10  1  And  ye  shall  let  nothing  of  it 
remain  until  tbe  morning ;  and  that 
which  remaineth  of  it  until  the  morn- 
ing ye  shall  bun\  with  fire. 

11  IT  And  tluis  shall  ye  eat  it ;  icith 
your  loins  girded,  your  shoes  on  your 
feet,  and  your  staft'  in  your  hand  ; 
and  ye  shall  eat  it  in  haste  :  S  it  is  the 
Lord's  passover. 

12  For  I  liwill  pass  through  the  land 
of  Egypt  this  night,  and  will  smite 
all  tlie  firstborn  in  the  land  of  Egypt, 
both  man  and  beast  ;  and  "agamst 
all  the  II  gods  of  Egypt  I  will  execute 
judgment :  k  I  am  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  blood  shall  be  to  you  for 
a  token  upon  the  houses  where  ye 
ore ;  and  when  1  see  the  blood,  I  will 
pass  over  you,  and  the  plague  shall 
not  be  upon  you  fto  destroy  you, 
when  I  smite  the  land  of  Egypt. 

14  And  this  day  shall  be  unto  you 
Ubr  a  memorial ;  and  ye  shall  keep 
it  a  '"feast  to  the  Lohd  throughout 
your  generations  :  ye  shall  keep  it  a 
feast  "  by  an  ordinance  for  ever. 

15  "Seven  days  shall  ye  eat  un- 
leavened bread  ;  even  the  first  day 
ye  shall  put  away  leaven  out  of 
your  houses  :  for  whosoever  eateth 
leavened  bread  from  the  first  day 
until  the  seventh  day,  J^  that  soul 
shall  be  cut  off  from  Israel. 

1()  And  in  the  first  day  f/;r;T  fhnll 
be  la  holy  convocation,  and  in  the 


seventh  day  there  shall  be  a  holy  1 
convocation  to  vou  ;  no  manner  of 
work  shall  be  ilone  in  them,  save 
that  which  every  traan  must  eat, 
that  onlv  may  be  done  of  you. 

17  And  yc  "shall  observe  Ihf  fca.^t 
of  unleavened  bread  :  for  '  in  this 
selfsame  day  have  I  brought  your 
armies  out  of  the  land  ot  Egypt: 
therefore  shall  ye  observe  this  day  in 
your  generations  by  an  ordinance  for 
ever. 

1811  'In  the  first  mmith,  on  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  month  at  even,  ve 
shall  eat  unleavened  bread,  until  tne 
one  and  twentieth  day  of  the  month 
at  even. 

ID  '  Seven  days  shall  there  be  no 
leaven  found  in  your  bouses  :  tor 
whosoever  eateth  that  which  is  leav- 
ened, "even  that  soul  shall  be  cut 
off  from  the  congregation  of  Israel, 
whether  he  be  a  stranger,  or  born  in 
the  land. 

20  Ye  shall  cat  nothing  leavened  ; 
in  all  your  habitations  shall  yc  eat 
unleavened  bread. 

21  IT  Then  Moses  called  for  all  the 
elders  of  Israel,  and  said  unto  them, 
"Draw  out  and  take  you  a  ||lonib 
according  to  your  families,  and  kill 
the  nnssover. 

22  J  And  ye  shall  take  a  bunch  of 
hyssop,  and  dip  if  in  the  blood  that 
isin  the  basin,  and  ^strike  the  lintel 
and  the  two  side  posts  with  the  blood 
that  IS  in  the  basin;  and  none  of  you 
shall  go  out  at  the  door  of  his  house 
until  the  morning. 

•£i  Tor  the  Lohd  will  pass  through 
to  smite  the  Egyptians  :  and  when  he 
seeth  the  blooil  tipon  the  lintel,  and 
on  the  two  side  posts,  the  Loiu)  will 
pass  over  the  door,  and  l>will  not  suf- 
fer *^tlie  destroyer  to  come  in  unto 
your  houses  to  smite  you. 

24  And  yc  shall  obsei-ve  this  thing 
for  an  ortlinance  to  thee  and  to  thy 
sons  for  ever. 

2.5  And  it  shall  come  to  pas:,  when 
ye  be  come  to  the  land  which  the 
Lord  will  give  you,  "'according  as 
he  hath  promised,  tliat  yc  shall  keep 
this  service. 

2U  'And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
your  children  shall  say  unto  you, 
NVhat  mean  ye  by  this  service  ? 

27  That  ve  "shall  say,  i  It  is  the  sac- 
rifice of  t"he  Lord's  passover,  who 
jiassed  over  the  houses  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  in  Egypt,  when  he 
smote  the  Egyptians,  and  delivered 
our  houses.  And  the  people  6  bowed 
the  head  and  worshipped. 

28  And  the  children  of  Israel  went 
away,  and  lulid  as  the  Lord  had 
commanded  Moses  and  Aaron,  so 
did  thev. 

211  TI  <Xn(\  it  came  to  pass,  that  at 
midnight  kthc  Lorn  smote  all  the 
firstborn  in  the  Innd  of  Egypt,  ifrom 
the  firstboiTi  of  Pharaoh  that  sat  on 
his  throne  tinto  the  firstborn  of  the 
63 


Before 

CHRIST 

»91. 


The  firstborn  are  sJain. 


EXODUS. 


Memorial  of  the  poisoner. 


Befare 
CHRIST 

uai. 


rro»  n.  \\ 

Am.>9.^    17. 
J.mu'i    13. 
n«h.  111. 
r..  V)i.  28. 


.  I'l.  21. 
•n.;7.  31. 


jNur 

n.  33.3 

.Co 

Al.  11. 

•*j" 

12.2. 

&11 
t  H.l 

1.40. 
21. 

Hum 

.  11.  4. 

11.  1 

.\.k 

tOm.  \S.  13. 
AcU  7.  a. 
U«l.  3.  17. 


iSocDaut.lO. 


captive  that  wan  in  the  t  dungeon  ; 
and  all  the  firstborn  of  cattle. 

;jl)  And  Pharaoh  rose  up  in  the 
night,  ho,  and  all  his  servants,  and 
all  the  Egyptians  ;  and  there  was  a 
'"frreat  cry  in  Ej;ypt :  for  Ihcrtt  vns 
not  a  liouse  where  t/icre  icas  not  one 
dead. 

31  IT  And  "he  called  for  Moses  and 
Aaron  by  night,  and  said,  Kise  up, 
and  get  you  forth  from  among  nij[ 

Eeopie,  "^  both  ye  and  the  children  of 
srael  ;  and  go,  serve  the  1.0RD,  as 
ye  have  said. 

".'52  V  Also  take  yonr  flocks  and  your 
herds,  as  ye  have  said,  and  be  gone  ; 
and  1  bless  me  also. 

.'i"i  ""And  the  Egyptians  were  urgent 
upon  the  people,  that  they  might 
send  tliein  out  (tf  the  land  in  liaste  ; 
for  tliey  said,  '*We  be  all  dead  vtcn. 

M  And  the  people  took  their  dough 
before  it  was  leavened,  their  [[kncad- 
ingtronghs  beinij  bound  up  m  their 
clothes  upon  their  shoulders. 

:io  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
according  to  the  word  of  Moses;  and 
they  borrowed  of  the  Egyptians 
'jewels  of  silver,  and  jewels  of  gold, 
and  raiment: 

HG  "  And  the  LonD  ^avc  the  people 
favour  in  the  sight  ot  the  Egyptians, 
so  that  they  lent  unto  tliein  such 
tliimi^  lis  i/ii  1/  ri<iniriii:  and  'they 
sjiuilcd  tlio  Egyptians. 

.'ir  TI  .\nd  •*  the  children  oflsraeljour- 
neycd  from  'Kameses  to  Suecoth, 
about  •'  si.x  hundred  thousand  on 
foot  tbnt  iverc  men,  beside  children. 

.IS  And  ta  mixed  multitude  went 
up  also  with  them;  and  flocks,  and 
herds,  enn  very  much  cattle. 

:}J  And  they  baked  unleavened 
cakes  of  the  dough  which  tliey 
brought  forth  out  of  Egypt,  for  It 
was  not  leavened;  because  l'tlie\' 
were  tlirust  out  of  Egypt,  and  could 
not  tarry,  neitlier  had  thev  prepared 
for  themselves  nnv  vietuals. 

■K)  IT  Now  the  sojoiirning  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  wlio  dwelt  in  Egvpt, 
Kvi.-'fotir  hundred  and  thirtv  veais. 

41  .\nd  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  the  four  hundred  and  thirty  years, 
even  the  selfsame  day  it  came  to 
pass,  that  all  '1  the  hosts  of  the  I.ord 
went  out  from  the  land  of  Egypt. 

42  It  i.i  t'a  night  to  be  mueli  ob- 
served unto  the  Eoitn  for  bringing 
them  out  tinm  the  land  of  Egvpt: 
thisi.^tluit  night  of  the  LoBD  to  be 
observed  of  all  the  children  of  Israel 
in  their  generations. 

+'l  IT  .\nd  the  EoHi)  said  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron,  This  j's  fthe  ordinance 
of  the  passover :  There  shall  no 
stranger  oat  thereof: 

•W  Hut  every  man's  servant  that  is 
bought  for  monev,  when  thou  hn.st 
"circumcised  liini,  then  shall  ho  cat 
thereof. 

4,'*  h  A  foreigner  ond  a  lilrcd  servant 
shall  not  cat  thereof. 
64 


40  In  one  house  shoU  it  be  eaten: 
thou  sh:ilt  not  carry  tbrth  aught  of 
the  flesh  abroad  out  of  the  house; 
t  neither  shall  ye  break  a  bone  there- 
of. 

47  V  All  the  congregation  of  Israel 
shall  t  keep  it. 

48  And  I  when  a  stranger  shall  m>- 
journ  witli  thee,  and  will  keep  the 
jiussover  to  the  I-OKI),  let  all  his 
males  be  circumcised,  and  then  let 
him  come  near  and  keep  it;  ond  he 
shall  be  as  one  that  is  bom  in  the 
land:  for  no  uneireumeised  person 
shall  eat  thereof. 

49  *"  One  law  shall  be  to  him  that  is 
homcborn,  and  unto  the  stranger 
that  sojourneth  among  voii, 

,50  Thus  did  all  the  children  of  Is- 
rael; as  theI.oi;i>  commanded  Mo- 
ses and  Aaron,  so  did  they. 
51  "And  it  came  to  pass  the  self- 
same ri:iv,  t/tnt  the  IjOkd  did  bring 
the  children  of  Israel  out  of  the  land 
of  Eg^pt  "  by  their  armies. 
CHAPTER  Xin. 
1  The  flrttborn  are  taneliJIcU  to  God.    3 
The  memorial  of  the  pattorer  to  eom- 
manderi.     11  The  firlltinge  of  beatte  are 
eet  apart.      17   The  Israelitee  go  out  of 
£ffj/]it,   and  carry  Joeeph'a   lonen   icith 
them.    20  Then  come  to  £tham.    21  Uod 
ffuideth  them  by  a  pillar  of  a  eloudf  and 
a  pillar  of  fire. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
J.  V  saying, 

2  "  Sanctify  unto  me  nil  the  first- 
horn,  whatsoever  openeth  the  womb 
among  the  children  of  Israel,  hoth  of 
man  and  of  beast:  it  U  mine. 
;iTT  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
t'Keinember  this  day,  in  which  ve 
came  out  from  EgN'pt,  out  of  tne 
house  of  t  bmiihige;  "for  '  by  strength 
of  hand  the  l.onn  hrouglit  von  out 
from  this  pinrr :  ,i  there  shalfno  leav- 
ened briad  be  eaten. 

4  '  This  day  came  yc  out  in  the 
month  Abih. 

5  IT  And  it  shall  be  when  the  I.oijp 
shall  f  bring  thee  into  the  land  of  the 
Canaaniles,  and  the  llittites.  and  the 
Amorites,  and  the  llivites,  and  the 
.Iclnisites,  which  he  Psware  unto  thv 
f.ithers  to  give  thee,  a  land  tli>win"g 
with  milk  and  honey,  h  that  thou 
f  halt  keep  this  service  in  this  month. 

*l  i  Seven  clays  tluni  sbalt  eat  un- 
leavened bread,  anil  in  the  sevcnOi 
day  shnU  (,-c  a  feast  to  the  I-oisD. 

'"T^nleavened  breod  shall  be  eaten 
sc^-cn  days:  and  there  shall  k  no 
liMviiK  (1  bread  be  seen  with  thee, 
iiiitliir  shall  there  be  leaven  seen 
«  ilh  thee  in  all  thv  quarters. 

«  U  .\nd  thou  slmlt  i  shew  thv  son 
in  that  dav,  savin-.  77/;V  /<  ./o»r  be- 
ean.ie  of  that 'ir/iiV/,  the  l,oi;i>  did 
unto  me  when  1  came  forth  ont  of 
Egvpt. 

11  .\nd  it  shall  he  for  ■"  a  sign  unto 
thee  upon  thine  hand,  and  for  n 
memorial  between  thine  eyes,  that ' 


The  Israelites  go  out  of  Egypt.  EXODUS.  Pharaoh  p^irmtcth  after  them. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1491. 


the  Lord's  law  may  tie  in  thy 
nioutli:  for  witli  a  strong  liaii<l  hath 
the  Lord  brought  thee  out  of  Egypt. 

10  "  Tliou  Bhalt  therefore  keep  this 
ordinance  in  his  season  from  year  to 
year. 

11  IT  And  it  shall  bo  -when  the  Lord 
shall  bring  thee  into  the  land  of  the 
Canaanites,  as  he  sware  unto  thee 
and  to  thy  fathers,  and  shall  give  it 
thee, 

12  °  That  thou  shall  t!=et  np.Trt  unto 
the  Loud  all  that  opencth  tlic matrix, 
and  every  lirstUng  that  cumeth  of  a 
beast  wliich  thou  hait;  the  male 
sliallbe  the  Lord's. 

13  And  '•every  tinstling  of  an  ass 
thou  shall  redeem  with  a  ||lamh: 
and  if  thou  wilt  not  redeem  it,  then 
thou  shall  break  his  neck:  and  all 
the  firstborn  of  man  among  thy  chil- 
dren 'I  shall  thou  redeem. 

14  IT '  And  it  shall  be  when  thy  son 
a.skcth  thee  t  in  time  to  come,  saying. 
What  IS  this  ?  that  thou  shall  say 
unto  him,  'By  strength  of  hand  the 
Lord  brought  us  out  from  Egypt, 
from  the  house  of  bondage: 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Pha- 
raoh would  hardly  let  us  go,  that 
'the  Lord  slew  all  the  firstborn  in 
the  land  of  Egypt,  both  the  firstborn 
of  man,  and  the  firstborn  of  beast : 
therefore  I  sacrifice  to  the  Lord  all 
that  openeth  the  matrix,  being  males; 
but  all  the  firstborn  of  my  children  I 
redeem. 

K;  And  it  shall  be  for  "  a  token  upon 
thine  hand,  and  for  frontlets  between 
thine  eyes:  for  bv  strength  of  hand 
the  Lo'rd  brought  us  forth  out  of 
Egypt. 

17  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Pharaoh  had  lot  the  people  go,  that 
God  led  them  not  thrmiyh  the 
way  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines, 
although  that  u-os  near  i  for  God 
said,  Lest  peradventure  the  people 
>=  repent  when  Uiey  sec  war,  and 
ythey  return  to  Egypt: 

18  But  God  "  led  the  people  about, 
throvqh  the  way  of  the  wilderness  of 
the  Red  sea :  and  the  children  of 
Israel  went  up  ||  harnessed  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt.  ,      ,      ,_  „ 

19  And  Jloses  took  the  bones  of 
Joseph  with  him:  for  he  had  straitly 
sworn  the  children  of  Israel,  saying, 
>God  will  surely  visit  you;  and  ye 
shall  carry  up  my  bones  away  hence 
with  you. 

2(JT[  And  bthey  took  their  .lourney 
from  Succoth,  and  oueaiiiped  in 
Etham,  in  the  edge  of  the  wilder- 
ness. 

21  And  ''the  Lord  went  before 
them  by  day  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud,  to 
lead  them  the  way:  and  by  night  in 
a  pillar  of  fire,  to  give  them  light;  to 
go  liv  day  and  night. 

22  He  took  not  away  the  jiiUar  of  the 
cloud  by  day,  nor  the  pillar  of  fire 
by  night, /;o»i  before  the  people. 

5 


CHAPTER  XI\ 

1  Ood  inetructelh  the   laraditca  in  the 
journey.      6    Pharaoh   pursucth   aft 


Betoro 

CUBIST 

1491. 


'them.  10  The  Israelitca 
JUoaea  comforteth  them.  15  God  in- 
etrucicth  Moece.  19  The  cloud  removeth. 
behind  the  eamp.  21  The  Jaraelitea 
pasn  through  the  Red  eea,  23  which 
droumeth  the  Egyptiane. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
=>  that  thev  turn  and  encamp  before 
bPi-hahiioth,  between  "^  Migdol  and 
the  sea,  over  against  Baal-zephon: 
before  it  shall  ye  encamp  by  the  sea. 

3  For  Pharaoh  will  say  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  a  They  are  entangled 
in  the  land,  the  wilderness  hath  sliut 
them  in.  

4  And  "=1  will  harden  Pharaoh's 
heart,  that  he  shall  follow  after  them ; 
and  I  fwill  be  honoured. upon  Pha- 
raoh, and  upon  all  his  host;  Rthat 
the  Egvptians  may  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord.     And  they  did  so. 

5  TI  And  it  was  told  the  king  of 
Egypt  that  the  people  fled:  and  I'  the 
heart  of  Pharnoh  and  of  his  servants 
was  turned  against  the  people,  and 
they  said,  "Why  have  wc  done  this, 
that  we  have  let  Israel  go  from  serv- 
ing us?  .      ... 

0  And  he  made  ready  his  chariot, 
and  took  his  people  with  him : 

7  And  he  took  i  six  hundred  chosen 
chariots,  and  all  the  chariots  of 
Egypt,  and  captains  over  every  one 
of  them.  ,      ,       ^    ^, 

8  And  the  Lord  k  hardened  the 
heart  of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and 
he  pursued  after  the  children  ot  Is- 
rael: and  ithe  children  of  Israel  went 
out  with  a  higli  hand. 

!}  But  the  "'  Egyptians  pursued  after 
them,  all  the  horses  and  chariots  of 
Pharaoh,  and  his  horsemen,  and  his 
army,  and  overtook  thcni  encamping 
by  the  sea,  beside  Pi-hahiroth,  before 
Baal-zephon. 

1(1  H  And  when  Pharaoh  drew  nigh, 
the  children  of  Israel  lifted  up  their 
eyes,  and,  behold,  the  Egyptians 
marched  after  them;  and  they  were 
sore  afraid:  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael °  cried  out  unto  the  Lord. 

11  "And  they  said  unto  Moses,  Be- 
cause there  were  no  graves  in  Egypt, 
hast  thou  taken  us  away  to  die  in 
the  wilderness'/  wherefore  hast  thou 
dealt  thus  with  us,  to  carry  us  forth 
out  of  Egypt? 

12  I'  /s  not  this  the  word  that  we  did 
tell  thee  in  Egypt,  saying.  Let  us 
alone,  that  we  may  serve  the  Egyp- 
tians? For  it  had  been  better  tor  us 
to  serve  the  Egyptians,  than  that  we 
should  die  in  the  wilderness. 

13  U  And  Moses  said  unto  the  peo- 
ple 'I  Fear  vc  not,  stand  still,  and 
see  the  salvation  of  the  Lord,  which 
he  will  shew  to  vou  to  day:  ||for  the 
Egyptians  whom  ye  have  seen  to 


»oh.l3.  IS. 
bNum.  33.  7. 
c  Jer.  41.  1. 


Num.  33.  3. 
in  ch.  I,^.  9. 
Jo>h.  24.  6. 


q2  Clir.20.lS, 
17. 
I>.  41.  10. 13. 


The  passage  of  the  lied  sea. 


The  song  of  Moses.' 


4. 

Joih.  10.  H. 


Noh.  9.  11. 

r..  71.  13.  i 

106.9.  4  in. 

3. 

li.  63.  12. 


(lay,  ye  shall  see  tliem  again  no  more 
for  ever. 

U  ■■  The  Lord  shall  fijjht  for  you, 
and  ye  shall  ^liold  yimr  jii-ac't*. 

15  TT  And  the  Loiil)  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, Wherefore  criest  tliou  unto  me? 
speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  go  forward : 

IG  But  'lift  thou  up  thy  rod,  and 
stretch  out  thine  hand  over  the  sea, 
and  divide  it:  and  the  children  of  Is- 
rael shall  go  on  dry  ground  through 
the  midst  of  the  sea. 

17  And  I,  behold,  I  will  "harden 
the  hearts  of  the  Egyptians,  and  thev 
shall  follow  them:  and  1  will  "get 
inc  honour  upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon 
all  his  host,  upon  his  chariots,  and 
upon  Ills  liorseincu. 

IS  And  the  Kgvptians  ^ shall  know 
tluit  I  am  tlie'LouD,  wIk'U  I  have 
gotten  me  honour  upon  Pliaraoh, 
upon  his  chariots,  and  upon  his 
horsemen. 

19  U  And  the  Angel  of  God,  ^  which 
went  before  the  camp  of  Israel,  re- 
moved and  went  behind  them;  and 
the  pillar  of  the  cloud  went  from 
before  their  face,  and  stood  behind 
them: 

:f)  And  it  c  ime  between  the  camp 
of  the  Kgvptians  and  the  camp  of 
Israel;  anil  'it  was  a  cloud  and  dark- 
ness to  tlirin,  but  it  gave  light  by 
night  (o  (/I'j.-'e;  so  that  the  one  came 
not  ne:ir  the  otlier  all  the  niglit. 

'.il  And  Moses  h  stretched  out  his 
liand  over  the  sea;  and  the  Lokd 
caused  the  sea  to  go  hnr/c  by  a  strong 
east  wind  all  that  night,  and  "■  made 
the  sea  dry  land,  and  the  waters  were 
il  divided. 

:i2  And  "the  children  of  Israel  went 
into  the  midst  of  the  se:v  upon  the 
dry  (/round:  and  the  waters  jccre  fa 
wall  unto  them  on  their  right  hand, 
and  on  their  left. 

2.'i  IT  And  the  Egyptians  pursued, 
and  went  in  after  them  to  the  midst 
of  the  sea,  crfa  all  Pharaoh's  horses, 
his  chariots,  and  his  horsemen. 

24  And  it  came  to  p;iss,  that  in  the 
morninij;  watch  i^  the  I^OUD  li.M)ked 
unto  the  host  of  the  Egyptians 
through  the  pillar  of  lire  and  of  the 
cloud,  and  troubled  the  host  of  the 
Egyptians, 

•J.")  .Vud  took  off  their  chariot  wheels, 
II  that  they  .have  tliem  lieavily:  bo 
that  the  Egyptians  slid.  Let  us  fleo 
from  the  fill'  ,, I' Israel:  lor  the  Lord 
li  ligliteth  for  them  against  the  Egyp- 
tians. 

^i  TT  And  the  I>onn  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, i  Stretch  mit  thine  band  over  the 
sea,  that  Hie  wiit.Ts  may  cime  again 
II  their  char- 


IIh 


en. 


•S  .Villi  .Mn.rs  :livl,-||ed  forth  his 
hand  over  the  sia,  ami  the  sea  k  l-e- 
tiiriiid  to  bis  stien-tb  Avhcn  the 
morning  appeared:  and  the  Egyp- 
tians tied  against  it:  and  the  Iaird 


Ifovertlirew  the  Egyptians  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea. 

liy  And  '"  tlie  waters  returned,  and 
"covered  the  chariots,  and  the  imrsc- 
men,  and  all  the  host  of  Pharaoh 
that  came  into  the  sea  alter  them; 
there  remained  not  so  much  as  one 
of  them. 

'Ji)  But "  the  children  of  Israel  walk- 
ed upon  dry  land  in  the  midst  of  the 
sea;  and  the  waters  were  ft  wall  unto 
them  on  their  right  hand,  and  on 
their  left. 

80  Thus  the  Lord  r saved  Israel 
that  day  out  of  the  liand  of  the  Egyii- 
tians;  and  Israel ''  saw  the  Egyptians 
dead  upon  the  sea  shore. 

31  And  Israel  saw  that  great  t  work 
which  the  Lord  did  upon  the  Egyp- 
tians :  and  the  peoiile  feared  the 
Lord,  and  ''believed  the  Lord,  and 
his  servant  Jloses. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1  Moeea^  sonff.    •2'2  The  pei-plc  want  water. 

23  Tim  ircilert   at  Mara/t  arc  bitter.    25 

A  tree  ewcctcncth  them.    27  At  Elimart 

ttfelve  ivclte,  and  seventy  ptittntrcca. 

''["'IIEN  sang  "Moses  and  the  chil- 

J.  dren  of  Israel  this  eong  unto  the 
Lord,  and  spake,  sajing,  I  will 
bsing  unto  the  Lord,  ibr  he  hath 
triumphed  gloriously:  the  horse  and 
his  rider  hath  he  thrown  into  the  sea. 

2  The  Iaird  is  my  strengtli  and 
*"  song,  and  he  is  become  my  salva- 
tion: he  IS  my  God,  and  I  will  pre- 
pare hini  d  ft  liabitation :  my '"  father's 
God,  and  I  f  will  exalt  him. 

;i  The  Lord  u<  a  man  of  6  war:  the 
Lord  is  his  linanie. 

4  i  Pharaoh's  chariots  and  his  host 
hath  hecast  into  the  sea:  k  Ids  chosen 
captains  also  ore  drowned  in  the  Red 
sea. 

5  1  The  depths  have  covered  thcra : 
■"they  sank  into  the  bottom  as  a 
stone. 

G  "  Th.v  right  hand,  O  Lord,  is  bo- 
come  glorious  in  power:  thy  right 
hand,  O  Lord,  liath  das&ed  in 
pieces  the  enein>'. 

7  And  in  tlie  greatness  of  thine  "qx- 
celliiicy  tbmi'luist  overthrown  them 
that  rose  up  against  thee:  thou  sent- 
I'st  liirth  tliv  wrath,  uliich  ''Con- 
sumed them  "'las  stubble. 

.S  .\ud  '  with  the  blast  of  thy  nos- 
trils the  waters  were  gathered  to- 
gether, 'the  floods  stood  upright  as 
ft  heap,  and  the  depths  were  con- 
gealed in  the  heart  of  the  sea. 

'.I  'The  enemv  said,  I  will  pursue, 
I  will  overtake,  I  will  " divi.le  the 
spoil:  mv  lust  shall  be  satisfied  up<m 
them:  Twill  draw  mv  sword,  my 
baud  shall  Ij  destroy  them. 

10  Thou  iliilst  ^  blow  with  fhy  wind, 
>■  the  sra  I'oyered  Ihein:  they  sank  08 
lead  in  the  mighty  waf.Ts. 

1 1  '  Who  ,s  like  unto  thee,  O  Lord, 
nmong  the  II  gods?  who  t,<  like  thee, 
"glorious  in  holinesis,  fcarf\il  i« 
praises,  1' doing  wonders? 


The  waters  of  Mar  ah  healed. 


EXODUS. 


The  people  murmur  for  bread. 


Ii.  CJ.  12,  U. 
Jtr.  2.  6. 
>r<.  78.  54. 
rNain    14.14. 


Before      I    12  Thou  sti-ctclied.5t  out  =  tliy  rij;Iit 
C  U  11 1  S  T    hand,  the  earth  swallowed  them. 
HOI.  13  'X'hou  in  thy  mercy  liast  J  led 

•    forth  the  people  icliich  thou  h.ast  re- 

cvor.B.  I  deemed:  tliou  hast  Ruidcd  1/tctn  in 
thy  strength  unto  "  thy  holy  habit:i- 
tion. 
14  fThc  people  shall  hear,  and  be 
afraid:  e sorrow  shall  take  hold  on 
the  inhabitants  of  Pulestina. 
lo  li  Then  >  the  dukes  of  J^dom  shall 
be  amazed;  kthe  mighty  men  of 
Moab,  trembling  shall  take  hold  u])- 
on  them;  'all  the  inhabitants  of  Ca- 
naan shall  melt  away. 
IG  '"Tear  and  dread  shall  fall  upon 
them;  bv  the  greatness  of  thine  arm 
they  sh.i"ll  be  o«  still  "  as  a  stone;  till 
thy  people  pa«3  over,  O  Lokd,  till 
the  people  pass  over,  "which  thou 
hast  purchased. 

17  Thou  shall  bring  them  in,  and 
P  plant  them  in  the  mountiun  of 
thine  inheritanee,  in  the  plaee,  O 
Lord,  iihich  thou  hast  made  for 
thee  to  dwell  in;  t«  the  'i  sanctuary, 

0  LOKD,  which  thy  liands  have  es- 
tablished. 

18  'The  Lord  shall  reign  forever 
and  ever. 

I'J  For  the  'horse  of  Pharaoh  went 
in  with  his  chariots  and  with  his 
horsemen  into  the  sea,  and  "the 
Lord  brought  again  tlie  waters  of 
the  sea  upon  them;  but  the  children 
of  Israel  went  on  dry  land  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea. 

■3)  IT  And  Miriam  "the  prophetess, 
^the  sister  of  Aaron,  >  took  a  timbrel 
in   her  liand;    and  all    the   women 

rent  out  after  her  'with  timbrels 
and  with  dances. 

21  And  Miriam  "answered  them, 
liSing  ve  to  the  Loud,  for  he  hath 
triuni plied  gloriously:  the  horse  and 
his  rider  hath  he  thrown  into  the 
sea. 

22  So  Moses  brought  Israel  from 
the  Red  sea,  and  thcv  went  out  into 
the  wilderness  of  ■'Shur;  and  they 
went  three  days  in  the  wilderness, 
and  found  no  water. 

23  IT  And  when  they  came  to  i  Ma- 
rah,  thev  could  not  drink  of  the 
waters  o'f  Marah,  for  they  were  l)it- 
ter:  therefore  the  name  of  it  was 
called  II  Marah. 

24  And  the  people  'murmured 
against  Moses,  saying,  What  shall 
w^e  drink  ? 

25  And  he  fcried  unto  the  I>0RD; 
and  the  Lord  shewed  him  n  tree, 
^ which  when  he  had  east  into  the 
waters,  the  waters  were  made  sweet: 
there  he  li  made  for  them  a  statute 
and  an  ordinance,  and  there  ihe 
proved  them, 

20  And  said,  k  If  thou  wilt  diligent- 
ly hearken  to  the  voice  of  the  1.,oud 
tliy  God,  and  w  ilt  do  that  which  i.s 
right  in  his  sight,  iiiwl  wilt  give  ear 
to  his  commandment.';,  and  keep  all 

1  his  statutes,  I  will  put  none  of  these 


TtoY.  21.  31. 
tch.  11. 28.29. 
uJndg.  4.4. 

1  .^lu.  10.  5 
i!tuni.2(i.l59. 
ylS«m.  18.6. 
iJuds  n.n. 


KSo.!2Kinp 
2.  21.  III.  41 
h  See  Jo.b. 


JuJg.  2.  22. 
4  3.  1.4. 
ri.  m.  10.  i 


Idiso.ises  upon  thee,  which  I  have 
brought  upon  the  Egyptians:  for  I 
am  the  Lokd  "■  that  healeth  thee. 
2"  If  "And  thcv  came  to  Eliin, 
where  ivere  twcfve  wells  of  ivatcr, 
and  threescore  and  ten  palm  trees: 
and  they  encamped  there  by  the 
waters. 

CHAPTER  XVL 
1  Th':  Uraelifcs  come  to  Sin.  2  They  mur- 
vmr  for  want  of  Ircad.  4  God  yromieeth 
them  tread  from  heaven,  11  (JuaiVa  are 
tent,  14  and  manna,  lli  The  ordering  of 
manna.  £5  /(  u-aa  not  to  be  found  on  the 
tabbath.    Si  An  omcr  of  it  i»  prceerved. 

AND  thcv  'took  their  journey 
from  Eiim,  and  all  the  congre- 
gation of  the  cliildrcn  of  Israel  Mine 
unto  the  wilderness  of  bSin,  which 
!.'!  betneen  Elim  and  Sinai,  on  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  second  month 
after  their  departing  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt. 

2  And  the  whole  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  '  murmured 
against  Moses  and  Aaron  iu  the  wil- 
derness: 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  said 
unto  them,  clAVould  to  God  we  had 
died  by  the  hand  of  the  Lord  in  the 
land  of  Egypt,  "^when  we  sat  by  the 
flesh  pots,  and  when  we  did  eat 
bread  to  the  full;  forye  have  brought 
us  forth  into  this  wilderness,  to  kill 
this  whole  assembly  with  hunger. 

4  IT  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  BIo- 
scs.  Behold,  I  will  rain  i  bread  from 
heaven  for  vou:  and  the  people  shall 
go  out  and  gather  ta  certain  rate 
evcrv  day,  that  I  may  Rprove  them, 
whether  "they  will  walk  in  my  law, 
or  no. 

5  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  on 
the  sixth  day  they  shall  prepare  that 
which  they'bring  in;  ond  lut  shall 
be  twice  as  much  as  they  gather 
daily. 

6  And  Moses  and  Aaron  said  unto 
all  the  children  of  Israel,  i  At  even, 
then  ye  shall  know  that  the  Lord 
hath  brought  you  out  from  the  land 
of  Egypt: 

7  And  in  the  morning,  then  ye  shall 
see  k  the  glory  of  the  Lord;  llir  that 
he  heareth  yourmurmurings  against 
the  Lord:  and  iwhat  are  we,  that 
ye  murmur  against  us? 

8  And  Moses  said,  Thi.i  shall  be, 
when  the  Lord  shall  give  you  in 
the  evening  flesh  to  eat,  and  iu  the 
morning  lii-cad  to  the  full;  for  that 
the  LoitD  heareth  your  murmuriugs 
which  ye  murmur" against  him:  and 
wiiat  are  we?  yourmurmurings  are 
not  against  us,  but  '"against  the 
Lord. 

II  IT  And  Moses  spoke  unto  Aaron, 
Siv  unto  all  the  congregation  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  "Come  near  be- 
fore the  Lord:  for  he  hath  heard 
^■our  murmuriugs. 

III  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Aaron 
spake  unto  the  whole  congregation 

67 


Eofore 

cnitiST 

H91. 


1491. 

11. 

»m.33.10. 

bE 

.  30.  15. 

ICo 

r.  10.3. 

tRr* 

.(». 

J.0,-1 

o,.,./. 

Pro 

.30,  n 

Jl.t 

.0.  11 

gch 

5.  2.'!. 

.11.2. 

16. 

rer  S! 

Lev 

25.21. 

Quails  and  manna  are  sent. 


EXODUS. 


The  people  murmur  for  uatcr. 


Before 
C!  It  HI  ST 

H91. 


nNum.  11.7. 
Dcul.  8.  a. 

r<.  7H.'24.'4 
IM.  40. 
n  Or,  H'AnMa 


nf  the  eliildren  of  Israel,  that  they 
looked  ti^wiird  tlio  wiUlerness,  antl, 
behiiM,  the  plory  of  the  LoED  "ap- 
peared ill  the  ch)iid. 

1 1  ir  And  tlic  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, snyiii:^, 

12  '*  1  liavc  licard  the  murmiirinps 
of  tho  eliildren  of  Israel:  speak  nnto 
them,  sayinp,  1  At  even  yc  shall  eat 
flesh,  and  "'in  the  moniins  ye  shall 
he  tilled  with  bread;  ami  ye  shall 
know  tliat  I  am  the  I>oi;n  yciur  (iod. 

I'i  And  it  came  to  pas.s,  tliat  ut  even 
^tlie  qu-iila  came  up,  and  covered 
tho  camp:  and  in  tlie  murnins  Mho 
dew  lay  round  about  the  host. 

14  Aiiil  when  the  dew  that  lay  was 
ffono  up,  behold,  upon  the  face  of 
tho  wilderness  thfre  hvj  ".a  small 
round  thiiijr.  O'  small  as  tho  hoar 
frost  on  tile  pronnd. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Israel 
saw  it,  they  said  one  to  another,  ||  It 
15  manna:  for  they  wist  not  what  it 
»"i.<.  And  Moses  said  nnto  them, 
"This  H  the  bread  which  tlic  Lord 
hath  ■,'iven  you  to  eat. 

bi  U  This  is  the  thinjr  which  the 
Loiu)  hath  commanded.  Gather  of 
it  every  man  according  to  his  eating, 
>  an  omer  t  for  every  man,  accordimj 
to  the  number  of  your  t  persons;  take 
ye  every  man  for  them  which  arc  in 
his  tents. 

17  And  tho  children  of  Israel  did  so, 
and  gathered,  some  more,  some  less. 

IS  And  when  they  did  mete  it  with 
an  omer,  'he  that  gathered  much  had 
nothing  over,  and  he  that  gathered 
little  had  no  lack;  thej^  gathered  ev- 
ery man  aeeoi-ding  to  iiis  eating. 

Ill  And  INIoses  saiil,  Let  no  man 
leave  of  it  till  the  morning. 

Lil  Xntwithstanding  they  lioarkened 
not  unto  Moses;  but  so^ne  of  tliem 
left  of  it  until  the  morning,  and  it 
l)reil  worms,  and  stank;  and  Moses 
was  wroth  with  them. 

L'l  And  they  gathereil  it  every 
morning,  every  man  according  to 
his  1  vting:  and  when  the  sun  waxed 
Iiut,  itin.-lted. 

L'2  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  thnt  on 
tile  sixth  day  they  gathered  twice  as 
much  bread,  two  oiiiers  for  one  man: 
!ind  nil  the  rulers  of  the  congregation 
came  and  tidd  Moses. 

■£%  And  he  said  unto  them.  This  is 
that  whiidi  the  Lord  bath  said,  To 
morrow  w  "the  rest  of  the  holv  sab- 
bath unto  the  Lord:  bake  that  Whieh 
ve  will  bake  to  ,l,ni.  and  seethe  that 
ye  will  .seetlie:  and  that  whieh  re- 
nKiiiielli  oviT  lav  np  for  you  to  be 
kept  until  tlie  morning. 

lit  .Vnd  they  laid  it  up  till  the  morn- 
ing, as  Moses  bade:  and  it  did  not 
hstiiik,  neither  was  there  any  worm 
therein. 

L'.">  And  Moses  said.  Kat  that  to  dnv! 
for  today  M  a  sabbath  nnto  the  Lonii: 
to  day  ye  shall  not  (ind  it  in  the  field. 

aG  '  Six  days  ye  shall  gather  it;  but 


on  the  seventh  day,  which  is  the  sab- 
batli,  in  it  tlierc  sliall  be  none. 

L'7  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  there 
went  out  Home  of  the  people  on  the 
seventh  day  for  to  gather,  and  they 
fouml  none. 

■-'■S  And  the  Lord  said  unto  JIoscs, 
How  long  '1  refuse  yc  to  keep  my 
commandments  and'my  laws? 

^y  See,  for  that  the  I.,oi:D  hath  given 
you  the  sabbath,  therefore  he  giveth 
you  on  the  sixth  day  the  bre?d  of 
two  days:  abide  yc  every  m;in  in  his 
place,  let  no  man  go  out  of  his  place 
on  the  seventh  day. 

30  So  the  people  rested  on  tlic  sev- 
enth day. 

31  And  the  house  of  Israel  called  the 
name  thereof  Manna:  and  "^it  V(ts 
like  coriander  seed,  white  :  and  the 
taste  of  it  was  like  wafers  inaile  with 
honey. 

3J  II  And  Moses  said.  This  i.'  the 
thing  whieh  the  Lokd  commandeth. 
Fill  an  omer  of  it  to  he  kept  for  your 
generations  ;  that  they  may  sec  the 
bread  wherewitli  I  have  fed  vou  in 
the  wilderness,  when  1  hronglit  you 
forth  from  the  land  of  ICgypt. 

>>i  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron, 
f  Take  a  pot,  and  put  an  omer  full  of 
manna  therein,  and  lay  it  np  before 
the  Lord,  to  be  kept  "for  your  gen- 
erations. 

34  As  the  Lord  commanded  Mo- 
ses, so  Aaron  laid  it  up  s  before  the 
Testimonv,  to  be  kept. 

.1.5  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  eat 
manna  li  forty  years,  i  until  tliev  came 
to  a  land  inhabited  :  they  <lid  eat 
manna,  until  they  came  unto  the 
borders  of  the  lanil  of  Caiumn. 

:V)  Now  an  omer  is  the  tenth  2)ar<  of 
an  cphah. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 
1  The  peojyic  vmrmur  for  valcr  at  Rtrptii- 
dim.  5  (lad  toidcllt  him  fur  valcr  to  the 
melt  m  noreti.  »  Amnio/!  it  ovcremnc  ly 
the  holding  up  of  Moitee*  >iand:f.  15  Mo- 
tea  buildclh  the  tiltiir  JmiorAll-nisai. 

\  ND  "all  the  congregation  of  the 
a\.  children  of  Israel  journeyed 
from  the  wilderness  of  Sin,  after  tlieir 
journeys,  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  Lord,  and  pitched  in 
Uephidim  :  and  thrrc  was  no  water 
for  the  people  to  drink. 

•2  h  Wherefore  the  people  did  chide 
with  Moses,  and  said.  Give  iis  water 
that  we  mav  drink.  And  Moses  said 
nnto  them,"'\Vliv  chide  ve  with  me:' 
wherefore  ilo  ve'  'tempt'the  l,(>i;i.? 

;:  And  (he  people  thirsteil  tliere  for 
water;  and  tlie  p.M.pli-  .Imnrnmred 
agaiu^t  .Mn^es.  and  said,  ^Vherelbre 
K  this  til, It  thcni  hast  bionght  lis  np 
out  of  lv_'vpt,  lokiU  MS  ami  our  chil- 
dren and  niir  entile  with  thir-st? 

4  And  iMoM-s  ■  eriiil  luilo  the  Lord, 
saying,  Wlnit  shall  I  do  nnto  this 
people  ?  they  bo  almost  ready  to 
fstone  me. 

5  And  the  Lord  Baid  unto  Moses, 


A maiek  in  ox^ercome. 


EXODUS. 


Jethro's  counsel  to  Moses. 


Ufforo 

C  11  U  I  S  T 

H'Jl. 


in.  8. 
1  (.k>t.  10.  4. 
V  Num. 20.13. 
P..  HI.  7.  k 


See  Juaj.  I 

1  Or.  n,m<u 
ihrUti.loi 
AniaUkii 

fore.  4..       1 


»  Go  on  before  the  people,  and  take 
with  thee  of  the  elders  of  Israel;  and 
thy  rod,  wherewith  lithou  smotest 
the  river,  take  in  thine  hand,  and  go. 
G  i  Behold,  I  will  Rtand  before  thee 
tliere  upon  the  rock  in  Iloreb;  and 
thou  shalt  smite  the  rock,  and  there 
shall  come  water  out  of  it,  that  the 
people  may  drink.  And  Mnses  did 
so  in  the  sight  of  the  elders  of  Israel. 

7  And  he  called  the  name  of  the 
place  k||  Massah,  and  l|  Meribah,  be- 
cause of  the  chiuinj^  of  tlic  children 
of  Israel,  and  because  they  tempted 
the  LoisD,  saying,  Is  the  LoitD  among 
us,  or  not? 

8  IT  I  Then  came  Amalck,  and  fought 
with  Israel  in  lUpliidim. 

9  And  Jlcrses  s^iid  unto  ""Joshua, 
Choose  us  out  nu-n,  and  go  out,  tight 
with  Amaluk:  to  morruwl  will  stand 
on  the  toj)  of  the  hill  with  "  the  rod 
of  God  in  mine  hand. 

10  So  Joshua  did  as  Moses  had 
said  to  him,  and  fought  with  Ania- 
lek :  and  Moses,  Aaron,  and  Ilur 
went  up  to  the  top  of  the  hill. 

11  And  it  came  to  pa.'^?,  when  JIoscs 
"held  up  his  hand,  that  Israel  pre- 
viiiled  :  and  when  he  let  down  his 
hand,  Amalek  prevailed. 

l:i  But  Moses*  hands  iccre  heavy; 
and  tlu'V  took  a  stone,  and  put  it 
miller  lifm,  and  he  sat  thereon;  and 
Aarim  and  Ilur  stayed  up  his  hands, 
the  one  on  the  one  side,  and  the 
other  on  the  other  side  ;  and  his 
hands  witc  steady  until  the  going 
down  of  the  sun. 

l.J  And  Joshua  discomfited  Amalek 
and  his  people  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword. 

11  And  the  IjOici)  said  nnto  Moses, 
P  Write  this  ./b/'  a  memorial  in  a 
book,  and  rehearse  it  in  the  ears  of 
Joshua:  f<ir  'i  I  will  utterly  put  out 
the  remembrance  of  Amalek  from 
under  heaven. 

1.5  And  Moses  built  an  altar,  and 
called  the  name  of  it  ||  Jehovah  nissi: 

1(J  For  he  said, !( Because  tthe  Lord 
hath  sworn  tiiat  the  LoitD  vill  Itave 
war  with  Amalek  from  generation  to 
generation. 

CHAPTER  XVllI. 

1  Jcihro  bring.th  to  MvSL-a  hia  wife   and 

two  aons.     7  Muera  entertaiiielh  Mm.    13 

Jilhro'a  coutiacl  ia  accepted.    i7  Jcthro 

departcth. 

"\T7"HEN    "Jcthro,    the    priest    of 

>V  Midian,  Moses'  father  in  law, 
heard  of  all  that  1)  God  had  done  lor 
Moses,  and  for  Israel  his  pe«>ple,  anri 
that  the  Lokd  had  brought  Israel 
out  of  Egypt; 

2  Then  Jetlvro,  Mosca*  father  in  law, 
took  Zipporah,  Sloses'  wife,  "^  after 
he  h.ad  sent  her  back, 

3  And  her  d  two  sons;  of  which  the 
'name  of  the  one  u-rui  HGershom; 
for  he  said,  I  have  been  an  alien  in  a 
strange  land: 

4  And  the  name  of  the  other  was 


IIEliezer;  for  the  God  of  my  father, 
said  he,  t/'t/s  mine  help,  and  deliv- 
ered me  from  the  sword  of  Phara- 
oh: 

5  And  Jcthro,  JIoscs'  father  in  law, 
came  with  his  sons  and  his  wile  un- 
to Moses  into  the  wilderness,  where 
he  encamped  at  f  the  mount  of  God: 

C  And  he  said  nnto  Jloses,  I  thy 
father  in  law  Jcthro  am  come  unto 
thee,  and  thy  wife,  and  her  two  sons 
with  her. 

7  IT  And  JIoscs  s  went  out  to  meet 
his  father  in  law,  and  did  obeisance, 
and  li kissed  him;  and  they  asked 
each  other  of  llicir  f  welfare  ;  and 
they  came  into  the  tent. 

8  And  Moses  told  liis  father  in  law 
all  that  the  L()i;i)  had  dime  unto 
Pharaoh  and  to  the  Kl'N  ptians  for 
Israel's  sake,  and  all  the  travail  that 
had  tcomc  upon  them  by  the  way, 
and  2iow  the  Loud  i  delivered  them. 

y  And  Jcthro  rejoiced  for  all  the 
goodness  which  the  Iaikd  had  done 
to  Nrai-1,  whiini  he  had  delivered  out 
of  tlie  luuiil  of  tlie  Egyptians. 

10  And  Jcthro  said,  ^Blessed  be  the 
Loi:d,  wlio  hath  delivered  you  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  Egjyptians,  and 
out  of  the  hand  of  Pharaoh,  who 
hath  delivered  the  peojile  from  under 
the  hand  of  the  Egyptians. 

U  Now  I  know  that  the  LoitD  is 
Igi-eater  than  all  gods:  '"for  in  the 
thing  wherein  they  dealt  "proudly 
he  was  above  them. 

12  And  Jcthro,  Moses'  father  in  law, 
took  a  burnt  offering  and  sacrifices 
for  God:  and  Aaron  came,  and  all 
the  elders  (it  Israel,  to  cat  bread  with 
Moses'  father  in  law  "before  God. 

M  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  Moses  sat  to  judge  the 
peo])le:  and  the  people  stood  by  Mo- 
ses from  the  morning  unto  the  even- 
ing. 

14  And  when  Moses'  father  in  law 
saw  all  that  he  did  to  the  peojile,  he 
said.  What  is  this  thing  that  thou 
docst  to  the  people  ?  Why  sittest 
thou  thyself  alone,  and  all  the  jk'O- 
ple  stand  by  thee  from  moniing  nnto 
even  ? 

15  And  Moses  said  unto  his  father 
in  law.  Because  Pthe  people  come 
unto  me  to  inquire  of  God: 

1*1  When  they  have  'I  a  matter,  they 
come  unto  me:  and  I  juclge  between 
tone  and  another,  and  I  do  ''make 
Ihem  know  the  statutes  of  God,  and 
his  laws. 

17  And  Moses'  father  in  law  said 
unto  him.  The  thing  that  thou  doest 
I.*  not  good. 

IS  t  'rhou  wilt  surely  wear  away, 
both  thou,  and  this  people  that  "is 
with  thee:  for  this  thing  I'.f  too  heavy 
for  thee:  'thou  art  not  able  to  per- 
form it  thyself  alone. 

l'.»  Ilearlcen  now  unto  my  voice,  I 
will  give  thee  counsel,  and  '  God 
shall  be  with  thee :  Be  thou  "  for  the 


1  2  Cl.r.  2.  S. 


The  people  come  to  Sinai. 


EXODUS. 


God's  fearful  presence. 


Beforo 

CUBIST 

1491. 


2.  i  7.  11. 
iPj.  143.  8. 
•  Dsut.  1.  18. 


cl>.  Ui.  2». 
2Sam.ly.39. 
iD.ut.  1.13. 


L  oli.  17.  I.  3. 
<  cli.  3.  1.  I'i. 
dell.  20.  21. 
AcU  7.  3b. 


1  Dout.  4.  30. 
<t  7.  CI.  &  11. 

a.  21.  A  2a 


]<.  41.8.  li 

43.  1. 

j<r.  10.  le. 


r>.  21. 1.  & 

/HI.  12. 

1  Cur.  10.  2(1, 


people  to  God-ward,  that  thou  may- 
est  *  brills  t'le  causf.s  unto  God: 

•A)  And  thou  shalt  >  tciuli  tlnMU  or- 
diiianco.^  und  laws,  unci  ^li:ilt  ^h^\^• 
them  "the  way  wheiiin  thiv  nintt 
walk,  and  "the  work  that  they  must 
do. 

21  Moreover  thou  shalt  provide  out 
of  all  the  people  table  men,  such  as 
"fear  God,  'linen  of  truth,  ^hating 
covetousness;  and  place  .'luU  over 
them,  to  be  rulers  or  thousands,  and 
rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers  of  fifties, 
and  rulers  of  tens: 

'£i  And  let  them  jud^o  the  people 
fat  all  seasons:  Sand  it  shall  be,  that 
every  great  matter  they  tliall  briu;; 
uiit.i  tlifc,  hut  every  Binall  matter 
thcv  «h;ill  judge:  so  s'hall  it  he  easier 
tor  tlivs.-lt;  and  hthey  shall  bear  (Ae 
biu-'lrn  with  thee. 

•S)  If  thou  shalt  do  this  tliin?;,  and 
God  command  tli.v  ,■.■<),  then  thou 
shalt  be  i  able  to  endure',  and  all  tliis 
people  shall  also  go  to  L  their  place 
in  peace. 

2i  So  Moses  hearkened  to  the  voice 
of  his  father  in  law,  and  did  all  that 
he  had  said. 

Ho  And  I  Moses  chose  able  men  out 
of  nil  Israel,  and  made  them  heads 
over  the  people,  rulers  of  thousands, 
rulers  of  hundreds,  rulers  of  iifties, 
and  rulers  of  tens. 

2li  And  they  "'judged  tlie  people  at 
all  seasons:  the  "hard  causes  thev 
broH^'ht  unto  Moses,  hut  every  small 
liiiiltcr  thev  incl-cd  tliciiisrlvcs. 

lT  U  AiKr.Afnse.5  let  Ills  father  in  law 
di'part:  and  ^'he  went  his  way  into 
his  own  land. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

1  Tlic  people  come  to  Sinai.  :l  God'a  met- 
tifje  by  Moica  unia  the  jicopU  out  of  tlie 
mount.  8  Tha  peoplc't  aniwcr  returned 
agnin.  10  The  people  are  prciuircd 
agiunat  the  third  day.  13  Tlie  mounlnin 
mutt  Jiot  be  touched.  10  The  fear/ul 
jireaencc  of  God  upon  the  mount. 

TN  the  third  month,  when  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  were  pone  forth  (nit 
of  the  land  of  Ej;ypt,  the  same  day 
"came  they  into  the  wilderness  of 
Sinni. 

•J  For  they  wore  departed  from 
liKi  lihi(lim,"and  were  euiiie  t.i  tlic 
desert  of  Sinai,  and  had  pitch..!  in 
the  wilderness  ;  and  tliere  Israel 
camped  beli.re  '■  the  mount. 

.'.  .\ii.l  .1  .\Inses  went  up  unto  God, 
and  thi'  I.oKO  'called  unto  him  out 
of  the  mniiiitain,  sayinj;,  Thus  shalt 
thon  sav  to  the  house  of  Jacob,  and 
tell  the  "children  of  Israel; 

4  fYe  have  seen  what  I  did  unto  the 
Egyptians,  and  /unr  CI  hare  you  on 
eat^les'  wings,  and  brought  you  unto 
myself. 

n  Now  1'  therefnre,  if  ye  will  obey 
m\'  \-oii'e  indt-ed,  ami  keep  mv  eove- 
nu'iit,  tlu'ii  I  ye  shall  be  a  peculiar 
treasure  uiitu  me  nlicive  uU  iieople: 
ibr  kail  the  earth  is  mine: 
70 


G  And  ye  shall  bo  unto  me  a  I  king- 
dom of  priests,  and  a  "'  holy  nation. 
These  are  the  words  which  thou 
shalt  speak  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

7  TT  And  Sloses  came  and  called  for 
the  ciders  of  the  people,  and  laid  be- 
fore their  faces  all  these  words  which 
the  LoiiD  commanded  him. 

8  And  "all  the  people  answered  to- 
gether, and  said.  All  that  the  I.oiiD 
hath  spoken  we  will  do.  And  Moses 
returned  the  words  of  the  people 
unto  the  Loed. 

!)  And  the  Lord  .said  unto  Mosea, 
Lo,  I  come  unto  thee  "in  a  thick 
cloud,  vthat  the  people  may  hear 
when  I  speak  with  thee,  anil  '1  be- 
lieve thee  for  ever.  And  Jloses  told 
the  words  of  the  people  unto  the 
Loitri. 

10  IT  And  the  LoitD  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, Go  unto  the  people,  and  ''sanc- 
tify them  to  day  and  to  morrow,  and 
let  them  '  wash  their  clothes, 

11  And  be  ready  against  tlic  third 
day  :  for  the  third  day  the  Loun 
'  will  come  down  in  the  sight  of  all 
the  people  upon  mount  Sinai. 

12  And  thou  shalt  set  bouud.s  unto 
the  people  round  about,  saying. 
Take  heed  to  yourselves,  that  ye  go 
not  up  into  the  mount,  or  touch  the 
border  of  it :  "  whosoever  toucheth 
the  mount  shall  be  surely  put  to 
dentil : 

l.'l  There  shall  not  a  hand  touch  it, 
but  he  shall  surely  be  stoned,  or  shot 
through;  whether  it  Ite.  beast  or  man, 
it  shall  not  live:  when  the  ||  "  trump- 
et Eouudeth  long,  they  shall  come 
U|)  to  the  mount. 

14  IT  And  Moses  went  down  from 
the  mount  unto  the  people,  anil 
>' sanctified  the  pe.iple;  and  they 
washed  their  clothes. 

1.5  And  lie  said  unto  the  people, 
'  Be  ready  against  the  third  day  : 
"  come  not  at  your  wives. 

IG  U  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
third  dav  in  the  morning,  that  there 
were  lithunders  :;nd  li-htuings,  and 
a'tliiek  eUmd  up.ui  llie  m.mnt,  ami 
theilvciiceoflhe  trvinipi't  exceeding 
Iniid;  so  tlKd  all  the  piuple  that  ictu 
in  the  eimp  ''  trendiled. 

17  And  I. Moses  brought  forth  the 
people  out  of  the  camp  to  meet  with 
<iod;  and  they  stood  at  the  nether 
part  of  the  moiint. 

IH  And  1=  mount  Sinai  was  altogether 
on  a  smoke,  because  the  Loltl)  de- 
scended upon  it  liiu  fire:  iand  the 
smoke  thereof  ascended  as  the  smoke 
of  a  furnaee,  and  kthc  whole  mount 
quaked  greatly. 

ID  And  iwhen  the  voice  of  the 
trumpet  sounded  long,  and  waxed 
louder  and  louder,  "'^Moses  spake, 
and  "  G,.(l  unsweivd  him  bv  a  voice. 

20  Ami  the  l.oKi)  came  d.nvii  up,m 
mount  Sinai,  on  the'  top  of  the 
mount:  and  the  Lo  it  |>  called  Moses 


The  ten  commandments. 


EXODUS. 


The  ten  commandments. 


Before 
C  n  B 1  S  T 

H'Jl. 


!■..  97.  7. 

tch   23.21. 

Joili.  23.  7. 

2Kiu.  17.35 

Ii.  41.  li,  19 
fch.  31.  11 

I>eut.l.21.i 

i;.  15. 

Jo.h.  21.  19. 


vp  to  the  top  of  the  mount;  niiil  INIo- 
sc^wcutup. 

21  And  the  I.oed  said  unto  Moses, 
Go  down,  t  charge  the  people,  lest 
they  break  through  unto  the  LoitD 
"to  gaze,  and  many  oftliem  perish. 

22  And  let  the  priests  also,  whieh 
come  near  to  the  Loud,  I'sanetit'v 
themselves,  lest  the  LojiD  1  break 
forth  upon  them. 

2"  And  Moses  said  unto  the  LoKn, 
The  people  cannot  come  up  to 
mount  Sinai:  for  thou  chargcdst  us, 
saying,  'Set  bounds  about  the 
mount,  and  sanctify  it. 

24  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  him, 
Away,  get  thee  down,  and  thi>u  sluilt 
come  up,  thou,  and  Aaron  witli  tlue: 
but  let  not  the  priests  and  the  jie.iple 
break  through  to  come  up  uuti.  the 
Loni>,  lest  he  break  forth  upon  them. 

25  So  Mose.s  went  down  unto  the 
people,  and  spake  unto  them. 

CHAPTEU  XX. 

1  The  ten  commandments.     18  The  people 

are  afraiU.m Motet  comforleththcm.  iJ 

Idolatry  it  forttdJen.    21  Of  mhat  tort 

the  altar  should  be. 

AND  God  spake  "all  Uiese  words, 
Si>y'"?i  „    .       ,  .  , 

2l)In»tthe  Lord  thy  God,  which 
have  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  "^  out  of  the  house  of  t  bond- 

tciThou  shalt  have  no  other  gods 
before  me. 

4  "  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee 
any  graven  image,  or  any  likeness  q/ 
am/  tiling  that  J.<  in  heaven  above,  or 
that  !-•  in  the  earth  beneath,  or  that 
i.t  ill  the  water  xmder  the  earth: 

5  I  Thou  shalt  not  bow  down  thy- 
self to  them,  nor  serve  tliem:  fur  I 
the  Loud  thy  God  nm  ^n  jcalmis 
God,  li visiting  the  ini(iuity  of  the 
fathers  upon  tire  children  unto  the 
third  and  fourth  (jcncratiun  of  them 
tiiathateme; 

t;  And  '  shewing  mercy  unto  thou- 
sands of  them  that  love  me,  and  keep 
my  commandments. 

7  t  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of 
the  Loin)  thv  God  in  vain:  for  the 
LoED  iwill  not  hold  him  guiltless 
that  taketli  his  name  in  vain. 

H  '"  Kemember  tlie  sabbatli  day,  to 
keep  it  holy. 

y  ■■  Six  days  shalt  thou  labour,  and 
do  all  thy  work: 

10  But  the  "  sl- venth  day  is  the  sab 
bath  of  the  Loiiu  thy  God:  )'/(  i. 
thou  shalt  not  do  any  work,  thou, 
nor  thy  son,  nor  thv  daughter,  thy 
manservant,  nor  thv  maidservant, 
nor  tliy  cattle,  i"  nor  thy  stranger  that 
i.i  witliin  thy  gates : 

11  For  'lira  six  days  the  Loed  made 
heaven  and  earth,  the  sea,  and  all 
that  In  them  is,  and  rested  the  sev- 
enth day :  wherefore  the  Lokd  bless- 


;.  C.  11. 

.31.13.11.     Lor.  19.  3,  30.  4  20.  2.     _- 

1.15.3:31.21.     Lev.  23.  3.     Ei.  20    12.     Luke  13.  11.     -^.-... 
,3.    ch.  It;.  2t!.  &  31.  13.    pNuL.  13. 10,  17.  W.  19.     q  Gen.  2.  2. 


neh.  23 


jcd   the  sabbatli  day,  and  hallowed 

lit. 
12  TT  ""Honour  thy  father  and  thy 

mother:  that  thy  (lays  may  be  long 

upon  the  hind  which  the  LoiiD  thy 
God  giveth  thee. 

,  ].-!  »Thou  shalt  not  kill. 
14  '  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adul- 
tery. ,  ' 
].■)  >'  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

[  10  "'  Thou  shalt  not  bear  false  wit- 
ness against  thy  neighbour. 

I  17  "  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neigh- 
bour's house,  >  thou  shalt  not  covet 

(thy  neighbour's  wife,  nor  his  man- 
servant, nor  his  maidservant,  nor 
his  ox,  nor  his  ass,  nor  any  tiling 
that  IS  thy  neighbour's. 
Irt  ir  And  '^all  the  peoiile  'saw  the 
tliunderings,  and  the  lightnings,  and 
tlie  noise  of  tlie  trumpet,  and  the 
mountain  lismoking:  and  when  the 
people  saw  it,  they  removed,  and 
aood  alar  otr. 

li)  And  tlicy  said  unto  Moses, 
<■  Speak  thou  witli  us,  and  we  will 
hear:  but  J  let  not  God  speak  with 
us,  lest  we  die. 

20  And  Moses  said  unto  the  people, 
'^  Fear  not:  f  for  God  is  come  to  prove 
you,  and  sthat  his  fear  may  be  be- 
tbre  vour  faces,  that  ye  sin  not. 

21  And  tlie  people  stood  ofar  off, 
and  Moses  drew  near  unto  lithe 
thick  darkness  wlierc  God  ic«.~-. 

22  TT  And  tlic  LoIiU  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, Thus  tliou  shalt  say  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  Ye  have  seen 
that  I  have  talked  with  you  ifrom 
heaven. 

23  Ye  shall  not  make  kwith  me 
gods  of  silver,  neither  sliall  ye  make 
unto  you  gods  of  gold. 

24  H  An  altar  of  earth  thou  shalt 
make  unto  me,  and  shalt  sacrifice 
tliereon  tliy  burnt  ofl'erings,  and  thy 
peace  offerings,  Uliy  sheep,  and 
thine  oxen:  in  all  '"places  where  I 
record  my  name  I  will  come  unto 
thee,  and  I  will  "  bless  thee. 

2.5  And  °if  thou  wilt  make  me  an 
altar  of  stone,  thou  shalt  not  )  build 
it  of  hewn  stone:  for  if  thou  lift  up 
thy  tool  upon  it,  thou  hast  polluted 
it. 

20  Neither  shalt  thou  go  up  by  steps 
unto  mine  altar,  that  thy  nakedness 
be  not  discovered  thereon. 

43  8  Don,  .1.  4.  23.  Zoph.  1.  5.  2  Cor.  6.  11.  15. 
mIJ«ut.l2  .',.  11.  21.  *  11.  2'1  4  IB.  U.  11.  *  as.  2. 
*  9.  i.  2  Chr.  (;  C.  1:  7.  10.  fc  12.  13.  Kir.C.  12. 
74  7.  Jer.  7.  10.  1.'.  n  Gen.  12.2.  Ueat.",  13. 
JoaU.8.  31.     t  n«b.  ItuUd  tlttm  with  hnmnsj, 

CHAPTER  XXL 

1  Lawt  for  menservania.  5  For  the  ecrv 
ant  whose  ear  it  tored.  7  For  women- 
tervanlt.  12  For  manBtaui/hier.  IG  For 
ttealert  of  vxen.  17  For  curtert  of  pa- 
rents. iS  For  tmitere.  i2  For  a  hurt  by 
chance.  2S  For  an  ox  that  gorcth.  !« 
For  him  that  it  an  occatioTl  of  hartn. 

"VTOW    these   arc    the    judgments 

1>    which    thou    shalt    "set    before 

thani. 


Before 

CURIST 

1491. 


Jer,35.7.  Of. 

19. 

Mall.  l.',.  4, 

i  19    19. 

Mink  7.  10. 


Mic. 


H»l..  2.  9. 

to  12.  1, 
>20.  33. 


12.  15. 

20.33. 

Bom.  7,  7.  Sc 

13.9. 

Epk.  5.  3.  S. 


Jor,  5.  8. 

MiLll.5.  2S.  • 
t  Htl,.  12.  18. 
«Eor.l.l0.12. 
licb.  19.  18. 


Ucb.  12.  19. 
<1  Deul.  «.  25. 
el  Sam. 12.20. 

Is.  41.  lu,  13. 
fOen,  22.  1. 

Deul.  13.  3. 
gDeut.  4. 10. 

i  (i.  2.  k  10. 


IC.  C. 

Li.  6. 13. 
1.  ch.  19. 16. 

0».it.  .1.  5. 

1  Kins«8. 12. 
iD™t.  4.  30. 


B».  20.  CO.  ,V 
G.     1  Lev.  1.  2. 

1  Kin.  8.  43. 
Neh.  I.  9.     Pe. 

o  Dcut.  27.  5, 


71 


Divers  laws 


EXODUS. 


and  ordinances. 


IJcfore 

CHRIST 

H31. 


1.15.10, 


tHc1>.b< 
cj.fc.   ' 


M.tt.  2(t.  SI. 
k  N>im.3.'i.2'l 

I>>ut.  1!I.4,S. 
1 1  Sum.  21,  4. 


>ut.  \9.  3. 
..h.  20.  2. 
rum, 15.30. 


I>  I>oul.  21,  7. 
q  Qon.  37.  23. 
rch.  22.  4. 


2  I' If  thou  buy  a  Hebrew  servant, 
six  years  lie  shall  serve:  and  in  the 
seventh  he  shall  go  out  free  for 
nothinj^. 

3  If  he  came  in  t  by  himself,  he  shall 
KO  out  by  himself:  if  he  were  married, 
tin  Ml  his  wite  shall  go  out  witii  him. 

4  If  his  master  have  given  him  a. 
wife,  and  she  have  borne  him  sons 
or  daughters;  the  wife  and  her  chil- 
dren shall  he  her  master's,  and  he 
shall  go  out  by  himself. 

5  "  And  if  the  servant  t  shall  plainly 
s!iy,  I  love  my  master,  my  wife,  and 
my  children;  I  will  not  co  out  free: 

0  Then  liis  master  shall  bring  him 
unto  the  J  judges;  ho  shall  also  bring 
him  to  the  door,  or  unto  the  door 
ixjst;  and  his  master  shall 'bore  his 
ear  through  with  an  awl;  and  he 
shall  serve  him  for  ever. 

7  TT  And  jf a  man  'sell  his  daughter 
to  be  a  maidservant,  she  shall  not  go 
out  Sas  tlie  mcnservants  do. 

•S  If  she  t  please  not  her  master,  who 
hath  betrothed  her  to  himself,  then 
shall  he  let  lier  be  redeemed:  to  sell 
her  unto  a  strange  nation  he  shall 
luive  110  power,  seeing  he  hath  dealt 
deceitfully  with  her. 

'.I  And  if  lie  have  betrothed  her  unto 
his  son,  he  shall  de-il  with  her  after 
the  lU'.inucr  of  daughters. 

II)  If  lie  take  him  another  wife,  her 
foo<l,  her  raiment,  hand  her  duty  of 
mun-iagc,  shall  he  not  diminish. 

11  And  if  he  do  not  these  tliree  unto 
lier,  then  shall  she  go  out  free  with- 
out money. 

\2.  ^  '  Ilethat  smiteth  n  man.  so  that 
he  die,  shall  be  surclv  put  to  death. 

1.1  And  kif  a  man  "lie  not  in  wait, 
but  God  I  deliver /liHi  into  his  hand; 
then  "'I  will  appoint  thco  a  place 
whither  he  shall  nee. 

14  But  if  a  man  come  "presumptu- 
ously upon  his  neighbour,  to  slay  him 
with  guile;  "thou  sliult  take  him 
from  mine  altar,  that  he  mnv  die. 

1.-.  TT  And  he  that  smiteth  his  father, 
or  his  motlier,  shall  be  surely  put  to 
death. 

10  ir  And  Pho  that  stealeth  a  man, 
and  'I  selleth  him,  or  if  lie  be  ■'lliunil 
in  his  hand,  he  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death. 

17  ir  AndMio  that  ||  curseth  his  fa- 
ther, m  his  mother,  shall  surely  bo 


It  to  death. 


1  if  men  strive  togethe-,  and 
one  smite  ||  another  with  a  sti.ne.  or 
with  A/s  list,  and  he  die  not,  but 
keepeth  his  bed: 

r.)  II  he  rise  again,  and  walk  abroad 
'  upon  his  staff,  then  shall  he  that 
smote  him  be  (piit:  only  he  shall  i)av 
./'o/-tthe  loss  of  his  ti'me,  and  shall 
cause  iiini  to  hi'  thoroughlv  lu'aled. 

LIIIT.Xnd  if  a  man  smite  liis  servant, 
or  his  maid,  with  a  rod,  and  he  die 
uniliT  bin  luMiil;  ho  shall  be  surely 

(pnoished. 

I'l  Notwithstanding,  if  ho  coutmuo 
73 


a  day  or  two,  he  shall  not  be  iJunish- 
cd:  for  "  he  /j  his  money. 

'£i  TT  If  men  strive,  anil  hurt  a  wo- 
man with  child,  so  that  her  fruit  de- 
part/;-o«i  }ii-i\  and  yet  no  mischief 
follow:  ho  shall  be  surely  punished, 
according  as  the  woman's  husband 
will  lay  upon  him ;  and  he  shall 
"  pay  as  the  judges  fleJcnnine. 

'St  And  if  anil  mischief  follow,  then 
thou  ehalt  give  life  for  life, 

24  >'  Eye  tor  eye,  tooth  for  tooth, 
hand  for  hand,  foot  for  foot, 

2j  Burning  flir  burning,  wound  for 
wound,  stripe  for  stripe. 

20  If  And  if  a  man  smite  the  eye  of 
his  servant,  or  the  eye  of  his  liiaid, 
that  it  perish;  ho  shall  let  liim  go 
free  for  his  eve's  sake. 

27  And  if  lie  smite  out  his  man- 
servant's tootli,  or  his  maidservant's 
tooth;  he  sh.all  let  him  go  free  for  his 
tooth's  sake. 

2,S  TT  If  an  ox  goro  a  man  or  a  wo- 
man, that  they  die:  then  ''the  ox 
shall  be  surely  stoned,  and  Ids  flesh 
shall  not  be  eaten;  but  the  owner  of 
the  ox  i<h(tU  be  quit. 

2i)  Hut  if  the  ox  were  wont  to  push 
with  his  hitrii  in  time  past,  and  it 
hath  been  testitied  to  his  owner,  and 
he  hath  not  kept  him  in,  but  that  he 
hath  killed  a  man  or  a  woman;  tlie 
ox  shall  be  stoned,  and  his  owner 
also  shall  be  put  to  death. 

.'!0  If  there  bo  laid  on  him  a  sum  of 
money,  then  lie  shall  give  for  "the 
ransom  of  his  life  whatsoever  is  laid 
upon  him. 

.'il  Whether  he  have  gored  a  son,  or 
have  gored  a  daughter,  according  to 
this  judgment  sliall  it  bo  done  unto 
him. 

OJ  If  the  ox  shall  push  a  manserv- 
ant or  a  maidservant:  he  shall  give 
unto  thi'ii-  master  w  tliirlv  shekels  of 
silver,  and  tlie  '  ox  shall  he  stoned. 

.'I'J  TT  And  if  a  man  shall  open  a  pit, 
or  if  a  man  shall  dig  a  pit,  and  not 
cover  it,  and  an  ox  or  au  ass  fall 
therein; 

.S4  The  owner  of  the  pit  shall  make 
it  good,  aii'l  give  money  unto  the 
owner  of  tliem;  and  the  dead  bctuil 
shall  be  his. 

."..i  11  And  if  one  man's  ox  hurt  an- 
other's, that  he  die;  then  they  shall 
sell  the  live  ox,  and  divide  the  monev 
of  it;  and  the  dead  o.c  also  they  shall 
divide. 

'M  Or  if  it  be  known  that  the  ox 
hath  used  to  push  in  time  pa.«t,  and 
his  owner  hath  not  kept  him  in:  lie 
shall  surelv  p:ij'  ox  for  ox,  and  the 
dead  shall  uc  Ins  own. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
\  Of  theft.    !>  Of  damage.    TOftrespalstt. 

14   Of  borrowing.      18   Of  fornication. 

18  Of  witchcraft.    19  Of  bcttiality.    iO 

Of  idolatry.     £1  Of  utrangers.  wi'lowf, 

and  fatherlctt.     25   Of  utury.     26   Of 

j/tc.lgc9.    28  Ofrevercimo  to  mat/istrate». 

M  0/ the  flmtfruit: 


Divers  lawn 


EXODUS. 


and  ordinances. 


IF  a  num  shiiU  steal  iin  ox,  or  a 
llslicep,  !ind  kill  it,  or  sell  it;  he 
shall  restore  five  oxen  for  an  ox,  and 
"  four  sheep  for  a  sheep. 

2  IT  If  a  thief  be  found  b  brcakinp:  up, 
and  be  smitten  that  ho  die,  there 
sfutll  "^  no  blood  be  shed  for  him. 

'3  If  the  sun  be  risen  upon  him, 
t/icrc  shntl  be  blood  s/ieil  for  him;y<i)- 
he  fliould  make  full  restitution:  if 
lie  liave  nothing:,  then  he  shall  be 
•Isold  for  his  theft. 

4  If  the  theft  bo  certainly  "^  found  in 
his  hand  aUvc,  whether  it  be  ox,  or 
ass,  orsheep;  he  shall  f  restore  double. 

5  If  If  a  iiiiin  shall  cause  a  field  or 
yiiu-yard  tu  be  eaten,  and  shall  put 
in  his  beast,  and  sliall  feed  in  an- 
otluT  mail's  field;  of  the  best  of  his 
own  field,  and  of  the  best  of  his  own 
vineyard,  sliall  he  make  restitution. 

C  IT  If  fire  break  out,  and  catch  in 
thorns,  so  that  the  stacks  of  corn,  or 
tlie  st;inclin>;  corn,  or  tlie  field,  ho 
consumed  t/ie,-eicit/i ;  he  that  kindled 
tlie  lire  shall  surely  make  restitu- 
tion. 

7  T  If  a  man  shall  deliver  unto  his 
neighbour  money  or  ttnft"  to  keep, 
:iiid  it  bo  stolen  out  of  the  man's 
house;  s  if  the  thief  be  found,  let  liim 
pav  double. 

8  If  the  thief  be  not  found,  then  the 
master  of  tlic  house  shall  be  brought 
unto  tlie  I'.judires,  («  .«>e  whether  he 
have  put  his  hand  unto  his  neijjli- 
btmr's  Koods. 

11  For  all  manner  of  trespass,  luhclh- 
ey  it  be  for  ox,  for  ass,  for  sheep,  for 
raiment,  or  for  any  manner  of  lost 
thins:,  which  another  challengeth  to 
be  liis,  the  i  cause  of  both  parties 
shall  come  before  the  judges;  and 
whom  thcjudKCs  shall  condemn,  he 
shall  pay  double  unto  his  neighbour. 

10  If  a  man  deliver  unto  his  iieigli- 
bour  an  ass,  or  an  o.x,  or  a  sheep,  or 
any  beast,  to  keep;  and  it  die,  or  be 
hurt,  or  driven  away,  no  man  seeing 

11  T/ien  shall  an  k  oath  of  the  LoitD 
be  between  them  both,  that  he  hath 
not  put  his  hand  unto  liis  neii;h- 
bour's  goods:  and  tli.'  owner  of  it 
shall  accept  thereof,  and  he  sliall  not 
make  it  pood. 

12  And  I  if  it  be  stolen  from  him,  he 
BliiiU  make  restitution  unto  the  owner 
thereof. 

l.i  If  it  be  torn  in  pieces,  then  let  him 
brins  it./br  witness,  und  he  sliall  not 
make  good  that  which  was  torn. 

14 II  And  if  a  ni.in  borrow  ««5r/i<  of 
his  neighbour,  and  it  be  hurt,  or  die, 
the  owner  tliereof  being  not  with  it, 
he  shall  surely  make  it  good. 

lo  But  if  the"  owner  thereof  6e  with 
it,  he  shall  not  make  it  good:  if  it  6e 
a  liired  thino,  it  came  for  his  hire. 

IG  TT  And  '"if  a  man  entice  a  maid 
that  is  not  betrothed,  and  lie  with 
her,  he  shall  surely  endow  her  to  be 
his  wife. 


17  If  her  father  utterly  refuse  to  give 
her  unto  him,  he  shall  f  pay  money 
according  to  tlie  "dowry  of  virgins. 

Its  11  "  Thou  bhalt  not  suffer  a  witch 
to  live. 

10  IT  1' Whosoever  lieth  with  a  beast 
shall  surely  be  iJut  to  death. 

£11  ff  llle  that  sacrificeth  unto  anij 
god,  save  unto  the  Lono  only,  he 
sliall  be  utterly  destroyed. 

i!l  T  ■■  Thou  Bhalt  neither  vex  a 
stranger,  nor  oppress  him  :  for  ye 
were  strano:ers  in  the  land  of  Ejjvpt. 

22  U '  Ye  sliall  not  afflict  any  widow, 
or  fatherless  child. 

23  If  thou  afflict  them  in  any  wise, 
and  they  '  cry  at  all  unto  me,  I  will 
surely  "hear  tlieir  cry; 

24  And  iiiv  "wrath  shall  wax  hot, 
and  I  will  kill  you  with  the  sword; 
and  >'your  wiv'es  shall  be  widows, 
and  J'our  children  fatherless. 

25  11  ^  If  thou  lend  iiioncy  to  ami  of 
my  people  that  i.<  poor  by  thee,  tliou 
slialt  not  be  to  him  as  a  usurer,  nei- 
ther Shalt  thou  lay  upon  him  usury. 

2G  "If  thou  at  all  take  thy  iieigli- 
bour's  raiment  to  pledge,  tliou  shall 
deliver  it  unto  hiiu  by  that  the  sun 
goeth  down : 

27  For  that  is  liis  covering  onlv,  it  !s 
his  raiment  for  his  skin  :  wherein 
shall  he  sleep?  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  when  he  l"  crieth  unto  me,  that 

I  will  hear;  for  I  (ou  'gracious. 

28  TT  <l  Thou    shall  not   revile  the 

II  gods,  nor  curse  the  ruler  of  thy 
people. 

21)  IT  Thou  Shalt  not  delay  to  offer 
f  'the  first  of  thy  ripe  fruits,  and  of 
thy  1  liquors:  fthe  firstborn  of  thy 
sons  shall  thou  give  unto  me. 

30  s  Likewise  shalt  thou  do  with 
thine  oxen,  and.  with  thy  sheep: 
li seven  days  it  shall  be  with  his  dam: 
on  the  cightli  day  thou  shall  give  it 
me. 

81  IT  And  ye  shall  be  i  holy  men  un- 
to me:  k  neither  shall  vc  cat  am/ 
flesh  that  i.<  torn  of  beasts  in  tlie 
field;  ye  shall  cast  it  to  the  dogs. 

■21.  3.  n.  Vn,-.  W.  10.  i  22.  27.  Ei  18.  7,  16.  Am 
2.1.  cch.  111.  B.  2Cl.r.  31).  9.  J?j.  S'l.  li.  d  Etc.  1 
6.  JuJeS.  i|Or.>u./;(f..  ver.  8.  9.  P«.  82.  U. 
«....  o  cli.  2:1.  li;.  la.  Pruv.  3.  <1.  tHcl..  .«ir.  f 
■a.  19.  BBout.  1,1.  in.  1.  Lo..  22.  -27.  i  ch.  19.  I 
L>«ut.  11.21.     kLcT.  22.  8.     E^.i.H.Sc    U.3\.. 

CHAPTER  XXni. 

1  Of  slander  and  false  witness.  3.  0  Of 
justice,  i  Of  eharilaiteness.  10  Of  tlie 
pear  of  rest.  12  Of  the  tailiath.  13  Of 
idolatry.  14  Of  the  three  feasts.  13  Of 
the  blood  and  the  fat  of  the  sacrifice.  20 
An  Attfiel  is  promised,  unth  a  ilessing, 
if  they  obey  him. 

THOU  "shall   not  || raise    a  false 
report:  put  not  thine  hand  with 
the  wicked  to  be  an  l>  unrighteous 
witness. 
2  TT "  Thou  shalt  not  follow  a  multi- 

lO.  3.  I  Or.  r»m.e.  kch.  20.  IB.  Dtul.  10  W.  17.  18."  pV  3.i.'u. 
Prov.  W.  .1.  9.  23.  4  21.  28.  S«o  1  King,  21.  10.  1 3.  M.tt.  26.  iS.  (10. 
(1.  AcU6.  11.  13.  cOen.  7.  1.  i  la  4.  7.  cli.32.  1.2.  Joili  24.  IS. 
lSun.U.9.  lKin.l9.1tl.  Joli31  31.  Pn».  1.  10.  II,  U.  4  4.  14. 
Moll.  27. 24.26.     Uaik  13.  13.     Luko  23.  23.     Actj  21.  27.  t  25.  a. 

73 


Divers  laios  and  ordinances. 


EXODUS. 


An  Angel 2yromised  for  a  ffuide. 


Before 

C  II  K  1  S  T 

1401. 


MM.  -il.  4. 
kcl.  31.7. 

Aom.  i.  IH, 
IDotit.  16.  19. 


nich.  22  21. 
Dool.  10.  19. 
J<  21.  1 1,  17. 

k  2T.  I'l. 

1"<  ul.  n. 

K..  2i.  7. 

MiU.  X  n. 

|>  L.V.  iS.  3.4. 
I  Or.  UX¥» 

cell.  9).  S.9. 
D.ut.  .'I.  13. 
I.uku  IJ.  1 1. 


tilde  to  (/o  evil;  il neither  slialt  tliou 
f  speak  in  a  cause  to  deeline   after 
many  to  wmtjudc/nient: 
:i  IT  Neither  shall  thou  countenance 
a  poor  man  in  his  cause. 

4  11  "  If  tliou  meet  thine  enemy's  ox 
or  hia  ass  going  astrav,  tliou  slialt 
surclv  bring  it  back  to  hini  again. 

5  !tf  thou  see  the  ass  of  hiin  that 
hateth  tine  h  ing  under  his  burden. 
Hand  \V(.ul.U-'st  tnrbrar  to  help  him, 
thou  slKilt  surely  help  with  him. 

G  s  Tliou  shalt  not  wrest  the  judg- 
ment of  thy  poor  in  his  cause. 

7  h  Keep  thee  far  from  a  false  mat- 
ter; land  the  innocent  and  righteous 
slay  thou  not:  for  k  I  will  not  justify 
the  wicked. 

STTAnd  Uhou  shalt  take  no  gift: 
tor  the  gift  blindeth  fthe  wise,  and 
perverteth  the  words  of  the  right- 
eous. 

il  IT  Also  ""thou  shalt  not  oppress  a 
stranger:  for  ye  know  the  tlieart  of 
a  stranger,  seeing  ye  were  strangers 
ill  the  Icuui  of  Egypt. 

10  And  "  six  years  thou  shalt  sow 
thy  land,  and  shalt  gatlier  in  the 
fruits  thereof: 

11  But  the  seventh  i/ear  ihoii  shalt 
let  it  rest  and  lie  still;  that  the  poor 
of  thy  people  may  eat:  and  what 
they  leave  the  beasts  of  the  tield 
shall  cat.  In  like  manner  thou  slialt 
deal  with  thy  vineyard,  and  with  thy 
II  olivcvard. 

12  "  Six  days  thou  shalt  do  thy 
work,  and  on  the  seventh  day  thou 
shalt  rest:  that  thine  ox  and  thine 
ass  may  rcbt,  niul  the  sua  of  thy 
handmaid,  and  tlie  stranger,  may  be 
refreshed. 

i;j  And  ill  all  thinrfS  that  I  have  said 
unto  you  I'bc  circumspect:  and 
'I  make  no  mention  of  the  name  of 
other  gods,  neither  let  it  be  heard 
out  of  thv  mouth. 

H  II  ■■  'Pliree  times  thou  shalt  keep 
a  feast  uiUo  me  in  the  year. 

1.1 '  Thou  shalt  keep  the  feast  of  un- 
leavened bnad:  (thou  shalt  eat  uii- 
leaveneil  bread  seven  (lavs,  as  I  ccini- 
mandrd  thcr,  iu  the  time  appointed 
of  tlie  iiionlli  Ahih;  for  iu  it  thou 
earnest  out  from  Egypt:  'and  none 
shall  appiir  before  nie  emptv;) 

Hi  "  And  tin-  feast  of  harvest,  the 
firstfruits  of  thy  labours,  which  tlnni 
hast  sown  in  the  field:  niul  *  the 
feast  of  ingathering,  vlilcli  m  in  the 
end  of  the  year,  when  thou  hast 
gathered  in  thy  labours  out  of  the 
field. 

17  >■  Three  times  in  the  year  nil 
thv  males  shall  appear  before  the 
I/Ord  (i()i>. 

1,S  '•  Thou  shalt  not  offer  the  Wood 
of  my  sacrifice  with  leavened  bread; 


Ju.li   ■J'l.  i. 

P.  3(1.  1.  Eph.  !  1.5.  1  Tim.  1.  V>  -t  Nu.n  32.  31.  D.ul 
Jo,h  '23.  T.  IV  IIM.  Ho.  i.  17.  Zrcl..  13  2  r.h.Sia. 
'.:!  4.     Pout.  IR.  IH.    ach.    13.    1. 


12.  3. 


tc1(..'14  20.     Dout    1(1.  IU.     urli.31.££       I.*v.  21.  10. 

.  10.  13     ycl(   -.H.  23.     Uaut.  IC.  IU.     acli.  IS.  8.  k  34.  29. 
11.    l»iil.  IU.  4. 

74 


neither  shall  the  fat  of  my  ||  sacrifice 
remain  until  the  morning. 

VJ  ■>  I'he  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy 
land  thou  shalt  bring  into  the  house 
of  the  Imiiu  thy  God.  b  Thou  shalt 
not  seethe  a  kid  in  his  mother's  milk. 

aj  ir  "  Behold,  I  send  an  Angel  be- 
fore thee,  to  keep  thee  in  the  way, 
and  to  bring  thee  into  the  place  which 
I  have  prepared. 

21  Beware  of  him,  and  obey  his 
voice,  ('provoke  him  not;  for  he  will 
"  not  pardon  your  transgressions :  for 
f  my  name  w  in  him. 

22  But  if  thou  shalt  indeed  obey  his 
voice,  and  do  all  that  I  speak;  "then 
s  I  will  be  an  enemy  unto  thine  ene- 
mies, and  II  an  adversary  unto  thine 
adversaries. 

2.3  11  For  mine  Angel  shall  go  before 
thee,  and  i  brinj;  thee  in  unto  tlie 
Amorites,  and  tlie  Ilittites,  and  the 
IVrizzites,  and  the  Canaanites,  the 
Ilivites,  and  the  Jebusitcs  ;  and  1 
will  cut  them  off. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  kbow  down  to 
their  gods,  r.or  serve  them,  1  nor  do 
after  their  works:  '"hut  thou  shalt 
utterly  overthrow  them,  and  quite 
break* down  their  images. 

25  And  ye  shall  "sen-e  the  Loiin 
vour  Cio(i,  and  "he  shall  bless  thv 
bread,  and  thy  water ;  and  l"  1  will 
take  sickness  away  from  the  midst 
of  thee. 

20  IT  '1  There  shall  nothing  ca.st  their 
young,  nor  be  liarren,  iu  fliv  land: 
the  number  of  thy  days  I  will  Mulfil. 

27  I  will  scud  'my  fear  before  thee, 
and  will  '  destroy"  all  the  people  to 
whom  thou  shall  come  ;  and  I  will 
make  all  tliiiie  enemies  turn  their 
]  backs  unto  thee. 

2.S  And  "  I  will  send  hornets  before 
thee,  which  shall  drive  out  the  lli- 
vite,  the  Camianite,  and  the  llittite, 
from  before  thee. 

2'.l  ™  I  will  not  drive  them  out  from 
before  thee  in  one  year;  lest  the  land 
beeoiue  desolate,  and  the  beast  of  the 
(icid  multiply  against  thee. 

■M  Ilv  little"  and  little  1  will  drive 
tli.-m  'out  from  b.-lore  thee,  until  thou 
be  increased,  and  inherit  tlie  land. 

."I  -Viid  >^  1  will  M  t  till'  bounds  from 
the  Ued  sea  even  unto  the  sea  of  the 
I'hilistines,  and  IV.. m  the  desert  unto 
the  river:  tbr  I  will  >  deliver  the  in- 
habitants of  the  land  intoyour  band: 
and  thou  shalt  drive  them  out  befiire 
thee. 

."_'  '  Thou  shalt  make  no  covenant 
with  them,  nor  with  their  gods. 

.•VI  They  shall  not  dwell  in  thy  I.tnd, 
lest  tliev  make  thee  sin  against  me: 
for  if  tliou  serve  their  gods,  "it  will 
surely  be  a  snare  unto  thee. 

•  n.n  %',.  S.  eli.  15.  11.  10.  D(!iit.  2.  23.  i  11.  S.5. 
1  s«i„.  11.1.1.    2Cl.r.  11.11.       " 


21.41 
103.98. 


tH«b.  I 
rtii.  21.  12.  w  D«ut.  7.  22.  X  0«u. 
111.  11.21.  Jxli.1.4.  IKIIV.4.21.24.  F, 
a.l|.  1.4.*11.  21.         " 


P<  M.  23.& 
Wl.  10. 
Jo.li.  2.  9.  11. 


Moses  getteth  tip  into  the  mount. 


EXODUS. 


What  the  people  are  to  offer. 


CHAPTER  XXIV. 

1  ifoscs  is  called  up  into  the  mountain.  3 
The  people  promtBC  obedience.  4  MvBes 
builletUan.  allar.and  twelve  pillars.  6 
He  apfinkletit  the  ttlnodof  the  covenant. 
9  The  glory  of  God  appearcth.  \\  Aaron 
and  Uur  have  the  charge  of  the  people. 
15  Moset  gocth  into  t/ie  vtountain,  where 
he  continueih  forty  days  and  forty  nights. 

A  ND  he  snid  unto  Moses,  Come 
-TV  up  unto  tlie  I>or.i>,  thou,  and 
Aaron,  •''Nadab,  and  Abihu,  l>and 
seventy  of  the  elders  of  Israel;  and 
worship  ye  atiir  off. 

2  And  Moses  ^' alone  shall  come 
near  the  Lokd  :  but  thev  shall  not 
come  nigh  ;  neither  shall  the  peo- 
ple i.'0  up  witli  him. 

3  IT  And  .Muses  c.ime  and  told  the 
pef>iilo  all  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
and  all  the  jud;;meuts  :  and  all  the 
people  answered  with  one  voice,  and 
said,  J  All  the  words  which  the  Lokd 
hath  said  will  we  do. 

4  And  Moses  "^  wrote  all  tlie  words 
of  the  IjOiid,  and  rose  up  early  in 
the  niorninp:,  and  builded  an  altar 
under  the  hill,  and  twelve  fpillars, 
according  to  the  twelve  tribes  of  Is- 
rael. 

.")  And  he  sent  youns  men  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  which  oftered 
burnt  oflferings,  and  sacrificed  peace 
ofl'erings  tif  oxen  unto  the  LoiID. 

(i  And  Moses  stook  half  of  the 
blood,  and  nut  it  in  ba.sins ;  and 
half  of  tlic  blood  he  sprinkled  on 
the  altar. 

7  And  he  btook  the  book  of  the 
covenant,  and  read  in  the  audience 
of  the  people  :  and  thev  said,  i  All 
that  the  Lord  hath  said  will  we  do, 
and  be  obedient. 

5  And  M..ses  took  the  blood,  and 
sprinkled  il  on  the  people,  and  said, 
Behold  Kthe  bl.iod  of  tlie  covenant, 
which  tlie  Loiti)  hath  made  withyou 
concerning  all  these  words. 

9  IT  Then  I  went  up  Jloses,  and 
Aaron,  Nadab,  and  Abihu,  and  sev- 
enty of  the  elders  of  Israel ; 

10  And  they  ■"  saw  the  God  of  Is- 
rael :  and  there  vas  under  his  feet 
as  it  were  a  paved  work  of  a  "  sap- 
phire stone,  and  as  it  were  the  "body 
of  heaven  in  /lin  rleiinusi. 

11  And  upon  the  nobles  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  he  1'  laid  not  his  liand: 
also  '1  they  saw  Ciod,  and  did  '  cat  and 
drink. 

12  TT  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, **  Come  up  to  me  into  the  mount, 
and  be  there  :  and  I  will  give  thee 
'  tables  of  stone,  aud  a  law,  and  com- 
mandments which  I  have  written  ; 
that  thou  may  est  teach  them. 

l.'J  And  Moses  rose  up,  and  "his 
minister  Joshua;  and  Moses  ""went 
up  into  the  mount  of  God. 

14  And  he  said  unto  the  ciders,  Tar- 
ry ye  here  for  us,  until  we  come  again 
unto  you:  and,  behold,  Aamn  and 
Ilur  are  with  you:  if  any  man  have 


any  matters  to  do,  let  him  come  unto 
tliem. 

15  And  Moses  went  up  into  the 
mount,  and  "a  cloud  covered  tlie 
mount. 

l(i  And  >  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
abode  upon  mount  Sinai,  and  the 
cloud  covered  it  six  days:  and  the 
seventli  day  he  called  unto  Moses 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  cloud. 

17  And  the  sight  of  the  glory  of  the 
Loud  icas  like  ^devc»uring  tire  on 
the  top  of  the  mount  in  the  eyes  of 
tlie  children  of  Israel. 

IS  And  Moses  went  into  the  midst 
of  the  cloud,  anil  gat  him  up  into 
tlic  mount:  and  "Jloses  was  in  the 
mount  forty  days  aud  forty  nights. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

1    What  the  Israelites  must  offer  for  the 

making  of  the  tabernacle.     lU  The  form. 

of   the   ark.     17   The  mercy  teat,    with 

the   cherubim.    23   The    table,  with   the 

furniture  thereof.    31   The  candlestick, 
with  the  instruments  thereof. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
XX.  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  f  bring  me  an  1|  offering  : 
°  of  every  man  that  giveth  it  willinglv 
with  his  heart  ye  shall  take  my  of- 
fering. 

.'i  Aud  this  iJ  the  offering  which  ye 
shall  takeof  thxm;  gold,  and  silver, 
and  brass, 

4  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet, 
and  \\  fiite  linen,  and  goats'  hair, 

5  And  ranis'  skins  dyed  red,  and 
bad'jers'  skins,  and  shittim  wood, 

ti  "Oil  for  tlie  light,  "  sjiiees  for 
anointing  oil,  and  for  J  sweet  in- 
cense, 

T  Onyx  stones,  and  stones  to  beset 
in  the  *'ephod,  and  in  the  fbreast- 
jilate. 

•S  And  let  tlieni  make  me  a  s  sanc- 
tuary; that  111  may  dwell  among 
them. 

U  '  According  to  all  that  I  shew 
thee,  a/Ur  the  pattern  of  the  taber- 
nacle, and  the  pattern  of  all  the  in- 
struments tliereof,  even  so  shall  yc 
make  it. 

10  ir  k  And  they  shall  make  an  ark 
of  shittim  wood  :  two  cubits  and  a 
half .«/(«//  he  the  length  thereof,  and 
a  cubit  and  a  half  the  breadth  there- 
of, and  a  cubit  and  a  half  the  height 
thereof. 

11  And  thou  shalt  overlay  it  with 
pure  gold,  within  and  Avithout  shalt 
thou  overlay  it,  and  shalt  make  upon 
it  a  crown  of  gold  round  about. 

12  And  thou  shalt  east  four  rings 
of  gold  for  it,  and  put  t/iem  in  the 
four  corners  thereof:  and  two  rings 
shall  be  in  the  one  side  of  it,  and  two 
rings  in  the  other  side  of  it. 

I.')  And  thou  shalt  make  staves  of 
shittim  wood,  and  overlay  them  witli 
gold. 

14  And  thou  shnlt  j)ut  the  staves 
into  the  rings  by  the  sides  of  the  ark, 
75 


The  ark,  merq/  seat. 


EXODUS. 


table,  and  candlestick: 


Before       l 
CHRIST' 
HOI. 


Hak.  9.  4. 
iich.37.0. 
Rom.  3.  25, 
Hsb.  9.  S. 


I  Or.  o/  IA< 


I«T.  W.  2. 
Num.  17.1. 
■  l^am.T. )«. 

!!  Sun^  U.  2! 
8  Kin.  I9.li 
]■•.  M.  1.  St 
90.1. 
IJ.  37.  l«. 
tch.  37.  10. 

1  Kin.  7  U. 

2  Clir.  <  8. 


tliat  the  ark  may  be  borne  with 
them. 

1.5  1  The  staves  shall  be  in  the  nnss 
of  the  ark:  they  shall  nut  be  takiu 
from  it. 

Ki  Anil  thou  shall  jnit  into  the  ark 
■"the  testimony  which  I  sliall  give 
thee. 

17  And  "thou  shall  make  n  mercy 
seat  0/  pure  sold:  two  cubits  r.nd  a 
half  shall  /,«  the  len-th  thereof,  and 
a  cubit  and  :;  luilf  tlie  breadth  Uiere- 
of. 

IS  ,Vnd  tliou  slialt  make  two  cher- 
ubim o/p.ld,  0/  l)eaten  work  shalt 
tliou  make  tlicni,  in  tlie  two  ends  of 
the  mercy  scat. 

I'.l  And  make  one  cherub  on  the 
one  end,  and  the  otlier  cherub  on 
the  other  end  :  crcn  (of  the  mercy 
seat  shall  ,ve  make  the  cherubim  on 
tl\e  two  ends  tliereof. 

LH)  And  "tlie  chcrul)im  shall  stretch 
firtli  t/irii-  wiTi;.'s  on  liish,  covering 
tlie  mcrcv  scat  witli  their  win^s,  and 
their  faces  s/«(W /.<oA-  one  to  another; 
toward  tlie  mercy  seat  shall  the  faces 
of  the  cherubim  be. 

21  1"  And  thou  sh:dt  put  the  mercy 
seat  above  upon  the  urk  ;  and  ''  in 
the  ark  thou  shidt  put  the  testimony 
that  I  shall  give  thee. 

•22  vVnd  '  there  I  will  meet  with  thee, 
and  I  will  commune  with  thee  from 
above  tl\e  men  y  scat,  fnuii  *  between 
the  two  cheruMm  which  ai-e  upon 
the  ark  of  tlie  ti>.tim.uiy,  of  all  t/nwjs 
which  I  will  liivc  tlu-e"ia  commaud- 
meut  unti)  the  childreu  of  Israel. 

■Si  IT  '  Thou  ^i:ilt  also  make  a  table 
of'shittim  wood:  two  cubits  .•.,',«// te 
the  leu-th  thereof,  and  a  cubit  the 
breailth  thereof,  and  a  cubit  aad  a 
half  the  height  thereof. 

24  Anil  thou  slialt  ovcrhiy  it  witli 
pure  L'old,  and  make  thereto  a  crown 
of  sold  ri>iiiid  alH.ut. 

2.")  And  thou  shalt  make  unto  it  a 
border  ()f  a  hauilhreadth  round  :d)^>ut, 
an. I  thou  shalt  make  a  Rohlen  crown 
to  tlie  border  tlieiv.if  roiunl  ab.nit. 

■Ji:  .Viid  thou  shalt  make  for  it  four 
rinu's  of  sold,  and  put  the  rills'*  in 
the  tiiur  comers  that  are  on  the  four 


fci't  th. 


eof. 


•27  Over  asainst  the  border  shall  the 
rinss  he  for  places  of  tlio  staves  to 
bear  the  tabic. 

as  .\ud  thou  shalt  make  the  staves 
of  shittim  wood,  and  overlay  them 
with  sold,  that  Uic  t.nble  niay  be 
boone  with  them. 

-.".I  .Vnd  thou  shalt  make  "  the 
dislies  thereof,  and  spoiins  thereof, 
and  covers  thereof,  and  bowls  tJieri"- 
of,  II  to  cover  withal  :  0/  pure  gold 
■ihalt  thou  m:ike  them. 

.'JO  .Vnd  thou  shalt  set  upon  the  ta- 
ble *shewhrcail  before  me  always. 

"1  V  '  And  thou  shalt  make  a  can- 
dlestick or'  piiiv  sohl:  o/beaten  work 
shall  the  caiidlestiek  be  made :  his 
shall,  and  his  hmnchcs,  his  bowls, 
76 


his  knops,  and  his  flowers,  shall  be 
of  the  same. 

;'.2  And  six  branches  shall  come  out 
of  the  siiles  of  it :  three  branches  of 
the  candlestick  out  ot  the  one  side, 
and  three  branches  of  the  candlestick 
out  of  the  other  side  : 

.15  Three  bowls  made  like  unto  al- 
monds, iiilh  a  knop  and  a  flower  in 
one  branch  ;  and  three  bowls  made 
like  almonds  in  the  other  branch, 
with  a  knop  and  a  flower  :  so  in  the 
six  branches  that  come  out  of  the 
candlestick. 

34  And  in  the  candlestick  fJialt  It- 
four  bowls  nuide  like  unto  almonds, 
I(i7/i  their  knups  and  their  flowers. 

35  And  l/iti-^  flidllU'  a  knop  under! 
two  branches  of  the  same,  and  x  I 
knop  under  two  bninehes  of  the  1 
same,  and  a  knop  under  two  branches  • 
of  the  same,  accurdins  to  the  six  ' 
branches  that  proceed  out  of  tlie  can- 
dlestick. 

31)  Their  knops  and  tlieir  branches 
shall  be  of  the  same  :  all  of  it  .-Aa/J 
be  one  beaten  work  0/  pure  cold. 

37  And  thou  shalt  make  the  seven 
lamps  thereof:  and  >  they  shall  |;  lif  ht 
the  lamps  thereof,  that  tliey  may  =  s'^'*-' 
lisht  over  asainst  1  it. 

;is  And  the  tons*  thereof,  and  the 
snull'dishcs  thereof,  s/iall  lie  o/purc 
gold. 

3'J  Of  a  talent  of  pure  gold  shall  he 
iiKike  it,  with  all  these  vessels. 

4<l  And  "look  that  thou  make  Ihcm 
alter  their  pattern,  t  which  was 
shewed  tliee  in  the  mount. 

cii.vPTER  xxvr. 

1  Tlie  ten  curdiina  0/  Hie  l,ik<rnacU.  " 
The  eleven  eurtaine  of  goote'  hair.  H 
The  eovtrin,/  if  icii,..'  sMiu.  li  The 
tiwii-iin  of  tlie  taUrnueU,  mUt  their 
tockcle  awl  ban.  31  The  vail  for  the 
ark.    'M  The  hanijiHij  for  the  door. 

MOREOVEU  "thou  shalt  make 
the  tabernacle  with  ten  curtains 
11/"  fine  twined  linen,  and  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet :  with  cherubim 
t  of  cunning  work  shalt  thou  make 
them. 

'2  The  lensth  of  one  curtain  shall 
U:  eisht  and  twenty  cubits,  and  the 
bi-eadth  of  one  curfciin  four  cubits  : 
and  every  one  of  the  curtains  shall 
have  onciiicasurc. 

3  The  five  curtains  shall  Iw  coup- 
led tosether  one  to  another  i  and 
other  five  curtains  shall  tc  coupled 
one  til  another. 

4  And  thou  shalt  make  loops  of  blue 
upon  the  edge  of  the  one  curtain  from 
the  selvedge  in  the  cinipling  :  and 
likewise  shalt  thou  make  in  the  utter- 
most edge  of  anolhtr  curtain,  ill  the 
coupling  of  the  second. 

"1  Kitty  lixips  shalt  thou  make  in  the 
one  curtain,  and  fifty  loops  shalt  tliou 
make  in  the  edge  of  the  curtain  that  is 
in  the  coupling  of  the  second  :  that  tlie 
loops  niav  take  hold  one  of  another. 

(■)  And  tliou  shalt  make  fifty  taches 


The  curtains  of  the  tabernacle. 


EXODUS. 


The  boards  of  the  tabernacle. 


Before 
CHRIST 

HOI. 


of  sold,  and  couple  the  curtnins  to- 

g ether  with  the  taches  :  uud  it  shall 
e  one  tabernacle. 

T  H  And  lithou  shalt  make  curtains 
of  floats'  hair  to  be  a  covering  upon 
the  tabernacle  :  eleven  curtains  shalt 
thou  make. 

8  The  length  of  one  curtain  fhall 
be  thirty  cubits,  and  tlie  breadth  of 

e  curtain  four  cubits  :  and  the 
eleven  curtains  s7iaU  be  all  of  one 
measure. 

9  And  thou  shalt  couple  five  cur- 
tains by  themselves,  and  six  curtains 
b^  themselvesj  and  shalt  double  the 
si.xtli  curtain  m  the  forefront  of  the 
tabernacle. 

10  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  loops 
on  the  edge  of  the  one  curtain  that 
is  outmost  in  the  couplins,  and  fifty 
loops  in  the  edge  of  the  curtain  which 
couplcth  the  second. 

11  And  thou  shalt  make  fifty  taches 
of  brass,  and  put  the  taches  Into  the 
loops,  and  couple  the  ||  tent  together, 
that  it  mav  be  one. 

12  And  the  remnant  that  remaineth 
of  the  curtains  of  the  tent,  the  half 
curtain  that  remaineth,  shall  hang 
over  the  back  side  of  the  tabernacle. 

1.'5  And  a  cubit  on  the  one  side, 
and  a  cubit  on  the  other  side  tot 
that  which  remaineth  in  the  length 
of  the  curtains  of  the  tent,  it  shall 
hang  over  the  sides  of  the  taberna- 
cle, on  this  side  and  on  that  side,  to 
cover  it. 

14  And  ■'thou  shalt  make  a  covcr- 
ng  for  the  tent  of  rams*  skins  dyed 

red,  and  a  covering  above  o/badgers' 
skins. 

15  IT  And  thou  shalt  make  boards 
for  the  tabernacle  of  shittim  wood 
standing  up. 

Ifi  Ten  cubits  shall  be  the  length  of 
a  board,  and  a  cubit  and  a  half  shall 
be  the  breadth  of  one  board. 

17  Two  t  tenons  shall  there  be  in 
one  board,  set  in  order  one  against 
another  :  thus  shalt  thou  make  for 
all  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle. 

18  And  thou  shalt  make  the  boards 
for  the  tabernacle,  twenty  boards  on 
the  south  side  southward. 

19  And  thou  shalt  make  forty  sock- 
ets of  silver  under  the  twenty  boards; 
two  sockets  under  one  board  for  his 
two  tenons,  and  two  sockets  under 
another  board  for  his  two  tenons. 

L1I  And  for  the  second  side  of  the 
tabernacle  on  the  north  side  there 
fhalt  be  twenty  boards, 

'2\  And  theu-  forty  sockets  of  silver; 
two  sockets  under  one  board,  and  two 
sockets  under  another  board. 

22  And  for  the  sides  of  the  taber- 
nacle westward  thou  shalt  make  six 
boards. 

23  And  two  boards  shalt  thou  nuike 
for  the  corners  of  the  tabernacle  in 
the  two  sides. 

2-t  And  they  shall  be  t  coupled  tn- 
1  getlier  beneath,  and  they  shall  be 


coupled  together  above  the  head  of        Before 
it  unto  one  ring:  thus  shall  it  be  for    CHRIST 
them  both;  they  shall  be  for  the  two         ^*^^- 
corners. 

25  And  they  shall  be  eight  boards, 
and  their  sockets  of  silver,  sixteen 
sockets;  two  sockets  underonc  board, 
and  two  sockets  underanother  board. 

2H  TT  And  thou  shalt  make  bars  of 
shittim  wood;  five  for  the  boards  of 
the  one  side  of  the  tabernacle, 

27  And  five  bars  for  the  boards  of 
the  other  side  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
five  bars  tor  the  boards  of  the  side 
of  the  tabernacle,  lor  the  two  sides 
westward. 

28  And  the  middle  bar  in  the  midst 
of  the  boards  shall  reach  from  end  to 
end. 

29  And  thou  shalt  overlay  the  boards 
with  gold,  and  make  their  rings  of 
gold  Jdr  places  for  the  bars:  and  thou 
shalt  overlay  the  bars  with  gold. 

31)  And  thou  shalt  rear  up  the  tab- 
ernacle <l  according  to  the  fashion 
thereof  which  was  shewed  thee  in 
the  mount. 

.'U  It  And  '  thou  shalt  make  a  vail 
of  bluCj  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
tine  twmcd  Imen  of  cunning  work: 
with  cherubim  shall  it  be  made. 

32  And  thou  shalt  hang  it  upon  four 
pillars  of  shittim  wood  overlaid  with 
gold:  their  hooVs  shall  be  of  gold,  up- 
on the  four  sockets  of  silver. 

3;;  IT  And  thou  shalt  hang  up  the 
vail  under  the  taches,  that  thou  may- 
est  bring  in  thither  within  the  vail 
fthe  ark  of  the  testimony:  and  the 
vail  shall  divide  unto  you  between 
^  the  holy  place  and  the  most  holy. 

34  And  hthou  shalt  put  the  mercy 
seat  upon  the  ark  of  the  testimony 
in  the  most  ho]y  ]ilace. 

35  And  "thou  shalt  set  the  table 
without  tlie  vail,  and  k  the  candle- 
stick over  against  the  table  on  the 
side  of  the  tabernacle  toward  the 
south :  and  thou  shalt  put  the  table 
on  the  north  side. 

oC  And  ithou  shalt  make  a  hang- 
ing lor  the  door  of  the  tent,  of  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  arid  fine 
twined  liueu,  wrought  with  needle- 
work. 

37  And  thou  shalt  make  for  the 
hanging  "*  five  pillars  of  shittim 
wood^  and  overlay  them  with  gold, 
and  their  hooks  sliall  he  of  gold  : 
and  thou  shalt  cast  five  sockets  of 
brass  lor  them. 

CHAPTER  XXTII. 

I  Tli€  altar  of  burnt  otfcriiiy,  with  the 
vessels  tliereof.  U  Tlic  court  of  tlie  tab- 
ernacle inclosed  with  lianginya  anil 
pillars.  18  Tlie  measure  of  the  court. 
20  The  oil  for  the  lamp. 

\ND  thou  sh.alt  make  "an  altar  of 
shittim  wood,  five  cubits  long, 
and  five  cubits  broad;  the  altar  shall 
he  foursqiuire:  and  the  height  there- 
of .-7m//  Ik'  three  cubits. 
,  2  And  thou  shalt  make  the  horns 
T7 


The  court  of  the  tabernacle. 


EXODUS. 


Aaron  and  his  sons  set  apart. 


Beforo 

CHRIST 

1491. 


of  it  upon  the  four  corners  thereof : 
his  horns  Fhall  bo  of  the  same:  and 
I)  thou  shalt  overlay  it  ^vith  brass. 

.'5  x\n(l  thou  shalt  make  his  pans  to 
receive  his  ashes,  and  his  shovels, 
and  his  basins,  and  liis  fleshhooks, 
and  liis  firepans  :  all  the  vessels 
thereof  thou  shalt  make  of'  brass. 

4  And  thou  shalt  make  for  it  a  Rrate 
of  network  of  brass  ;  and  upon  the 
net  shalt  tliou  make  ftinr  brazen  rings 
in  the  four  corners  thereof. 

.')  Aiid  tliou  .shalt  out  it  under  the 
coni])ass  of  the  altar  beneatli,  that  tlie 
net  may  be  even  to  the  midst  of  the 
altar. 

G  And  thou  shalt  make  staves  for 
the  altar,  staves  o/'  sliittini  wood,  and 
overlay  them  witli  brass. 

7  And  the  staves  shall  be  put  into 
the  rings,  and  tlic  staves  shall  be  up- 
on the  two  sides  of  the  altar,  to  hear 
it. 

8  Hollow  -with  boards  shalt  thou 
make  it :  "^  as  |  it  was  shewed  thee  in 
the  mount,  so  shall  tliey  make  it. 

II  IT  And  il  tliou  shalt  ni.akc  the  court 
of  the  tabernacle:  for  the  south  side 
southward  there  sttall  be  hangings  for 
the  court  o/"  fine  twined  linen  of  a 
liundrcd  cubits  long  for  one  side: 

II)  And  the  twenty  pillars  thereof 
and  tlieir  twenty  sockets  altall  be  of 
brass  ;  the  lioofis  of  the  pillars  arid 
tlieir  fillets  sliall  be  of  silver. 

11  And  likewise  for  the  north  side 
in  length  there  shall  be  hangings  of 
a  hundred  etrbit.^  long,  and  his  twen- 
ty pillars  and  their  twenty  sockets 
of'  brass;  the  hooks  of  the  pillars  and 
tlieir  fillets  of  silver. 

12  H  And  for  the  breadth  of  the 
court  on  the  west  side  shall  he  hang- 
ings of  tiflv  cubits:  their  pillars  ten, 
and  their  sockets  ten. 

1.'!  .Vnd  the  breadth  of  the  court  on 
tlie  ea.>it  side  eastward  shall  be  fifty 
cubits. 

M  I'lie  hangings  of  one  side  of  the 
(late  shall  be  filtecn  cubits:  their  pil- 
lara  three,  and  their  sockets  three. 

1.3  .\iid  on  the  other  side  shall  he 
hangings  fifteen  cubits:  their  pil- 
lars three,  and  their  sockets  three. 

l(i  IT  And  for  the  gate  of  the  court 
shall  Ik'  a  hani.'ing  of  twcntv  cubits, 
or'  blue,  and  puri)le,  and  sciirlet,  un.l 
Hue  twineil  linen,  wrought  with  nee- 
dlework: anil  their  pillars  shall  be 
four,  and  their  sockets  four. 

ir  .Ml  the  jiillars  round  about  the 
coiMt  shall  l.e  filleted  with  silver  ; 
hall  l,e   u/'  silver,   and 


ekrts 


IHII  'I'lie  Uiiu'th  of  the  court  .■--A»;/fcr 
a  hundred  eubita,  and  the  breadth 
)  tifly  every  where,  and  the  height 
five  cubits  oT  fine  twined  linen,  and 
their  sockets  n^' brass. 

r.t  All  the  vessels  of  the  tabernacle 
in  all  (he  service  tluivof,  and  all  the 
pin:i  thereof.  un<\  all  the  pins  of  the 
court,  shall  h  oi'hrasA. 
78 


Beforo 
cum  ST 

HOI. 


SChc.  13.  11 

ii  <!.  rs. «. 

k  ■£!.  9.  m. 
Ler.  3.  IT.  It 


Koni.lS.23 
*  It.  21. 
ISun.SO.  23. 


20  V.  And  '  thou  shalt  command  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  they  bring 
thee  iiuro  oil  olive  beaten  "for  the 
light,  to  cause  the  lamp  tto  bum 
always. 

2\  In  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation f without  the  vail,  which  is 
before  the  testimony,  B  Aaron  and 
his  sons  shaU  order  "it  from  evening 
to  morning  before  the  Lord:  1ii( 
shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  unto  their 
generations  on  the  behalf  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

I  Aaron  ari'l  hU  eoni  arc  tct  apart, for  t?ui 
pricet'e  ofice.  '2  llohj  garments  are  ap. 
]:ei7ilcd.  'a  The  epiiod.  15  Tlie  brcatt- 
plate  with  twelve  preeiout  etvnes.  30 
Tin  Vrim  and  Thummim.  31  The  robe 
of  the  ephod,  with  pomeffranatee  and 
belle.  36  The  plate  of  the  mitre.  30  The 
embroidered  coat.  40  The  ffarmenta  for 
Aaron'e  eons. 

A  ND  take  thou  unto  thee  "Aaron 
.iV  thv  brother,  and  his  sons  with 
him,  from  am..ng  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, that  he  nun-  minister  untii  mc 
in  the  priest's  oflii-e,  ,  r,  ii  Aamu,  Xa- 
dab  and  Abiliu,  Kleazar  and  Itha- 
mar,  Aaron's  sons. 

2  And  bthou  shalt  make  holy  gar- 
ments for  Aaron  thy  brother,  for 
glory  and  for  beauty. 

•i  And  '  thou  shalt  speak  unto  all 
that  arc  wise  hearted,  "Iwhom  I  have 
filled  with  the  spirit  of  wisdom,  that 
they  nia\  make  Aaron's  garments  to 
consecrate  liim,  tliat  he  may  minister 
unto  me  in  the  prii-st's  otHee. 

4  And  these  are  tlie  garments  which 
they  shall  make;  'a  breastt)late,  and 
fan  opliod,  and  ^a  robe,  and  ha 
broidercd  coat,  a  mitre,  and  a  girdle: 
and  they  shall  make  holy  garments  j  i 
for  Aaron  thy  brother,  and  his  sons, 
that  he  may  minister  tmto  mc  in  the 
priest's  office. 

5  And  they  sh.ill  take    gold,  and 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  ; 
fine  linen.  i 

t»  U  i  And  they  shnll  make  the  ephod    i 
ot'  gold,  of  blue,  and  or'  jnirple,  or' 
scarlet,  and  fine  twineil  hncn,  with 
cunning  work. 

7  It  shall  have  the  two  shoulder- 
pieces  thereof  Joined  at  the  two  edges 
thereof;  and  so  it  shall  be  joined  to- 
gether. 

.S  And  the   ||  curious  pirdlc  of  fhef|Oc.  ™. 
ephod,  which  is  u|>on  it,  shall  lie  of  j   »'^'>'"»-'. 
the    same,    according    to    the    work 
thereof;  <riii  (./gold,  of  blue,  and 
purple,  and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined  ! 

liuen. 

'.I  And  thou  shalt  take  two  (Uiyx 
stones,  anil  grave  on  them  the  names 
of  the  children  of  Israel: 

111  .Six  of  their  names  on  one  stone, 
and  the  {ither  six  names  <>f  the  rest 
oil  the  other  stone,  according  to  their 
birth. 

II  With  the  work  of  an  engraver  in 
stone,  like  the  cugniviiigs  of  a  signet. 


bch.  21.5.23. 
k  31.  in.  & 
3a.  1.  i 

I..r.  S.  7.  31. 
Num.  M.  20. 

c  cli.  31.  e.  i; 

.>».  1. 
dell.  ;t.3.& 

SS.  30,  31. 


The  ephod  and  breastplate. 


EXODUS. 


The  ITrim  and  Thmntnim. 


shalt  thou  engrave  the  two  stones 
with  the  names  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael: tliovi  shalt  make  them  to  be  set 
in  ouches  of  gold. 

12  And  thou  shalt  put  the  two  stones 
upon  the  shoulders  of  the  ephod  for 
stones  of  memorial  unto  the  children 
of  Israel:  and  kAaron  shall  bear  their 
names  before  the  Lord  upon  his  two 
shoulders  Ifor  a  memorial. 

1.3  IT  And  tliou  shalt  make  ouehes  of 
gold! 

14  And  two  chains  ©/"pure  gold  at 
the  ends  ;  of  wreathen  work  shalt 
thou  make  them,  and  fiisten  the 
wreathen  chains  to  the  ouehes. 

15  IT  And  "thou  shalt  make  the 
breastplate  of  judgment  with  cun- 
ning work  ;  after  the  work  of  the 
ephod  thou  shalt  make  it;  q/gold, 
of  blue,  and  of  purple,  and  of  sear- 
let,  and  of  fine  twined  linen,  shalt 
thou  make  it. 

l(i  Foursquare  it  shall  be  Iwing 
doubled ;  a  span  sliall  he  the  lengtli 
thereof,  and  iv  span  shall  he  the 
breadth  thereof. 

17  "  And  thou  shalt  t  set  in  it  set- 
tings of  stones,  crcft  four  rows  of 
stones:  the  first  row  shall  be  a  ||  sar- 
dius,  a  topaz,  and  a  carbuncle:  this 
shall  be  the  first  row. 

18  And  the  second  row  shall  be  an 
emerald,  a  sapphire,  and  a  diamond. 

rj  And  the  third  row  a  ligure,  an 
agate,  and  an  amethyst. 

a)  And  the  fourth  row  a  beryl,  and 
an  onyx,  and  a  jasper:  they  shall  be 
set  in  gold  in  their  t  inclosings. 

21  And  the  stones  shall  be  with  the 
names  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
twelve,  according  to  their  names,  like 
the  engravings  of  a  signet;  every  one 
with  his  name  shall  they  be  accord- 
ing to  the  twelve  tribes. 

22  IT  And  thou  shalt  make  upon  the 
breastplate  chains  at  the  ends  of 
wreathen  work  q/' pure  gold. 

2.3  And  thou  shaft  make  upon  the 
breastplate  two  rings  of  gold,  and 
shalt  put  the  two  rings  on  the  two 
ends  of  the  breastplate. 

24  And  thou  slialt  put  the  two 
wreathen  chains  of  gold  in  tl\e  two 
rings  v'hich  are  on  the  ends  of  the 
breastplate. 

25  And  the  other  two  ends  of  the 
two  wreathen  chains  thou  shalt  fust- 
en  in  the  two  ouches,  and  put  them 
on  the  shoulderpicecs  of  the  ephod 
before  it. 

2G  IT  And  thou  shalt  make  two  rings 
of  gold,  and  thou  shalt  put  tliein 
upon  the  two  ends  of  the  breastplate 
in  the  border  thereof,  which  is  in  the 
side  of  the  ephod  inward. 

27  And  two  other  rings  of  gold  thou 
shalt  make,  and  shalt  put  them  on 
the  two  sides  of  the  ephnd  vmder- 
neath,  toward  the  forepart  thereof, 
over  against  the  other  coupling  there- 
of, above  the  curious  girdle  of  the 
ephod. 


28  And  they  shall  bind  the  breast- 
plate by  the  rin^s  thereof  unto  the 
rings  ot  the  ephod  with  a  lace  of  blue, 
that  it  may  be  above  the  curious  gir- 
dle of  the  ephod,  and  that  the  breast- 
plate be  not  loosed  from  the  ephod. 

2!l  And  Aaron  shall  bear  the  names 
of  the  children  of  Israel  in  the  breast- 
plate of  judgment  upon  his  heart, 
when  he  goeth  in  unto  the  holy 
place,  "for  a  memorial  before  the 
Lord  continually. 

.')0  TT  And  I'thou  shalt  put  in  the 
breastplate  of  judgment  the  X^rini 
and  the  Thummim;  and  they  shall 
be  upon  Aaron's  heart,  when  he 
goeth  in  before  the  Lord  :  and  Aaron 
shall  bear  the  judgment  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  upon  his  heart  before 
the  Lord  continually. 

.31  IT  And  '1  thou  shaft  mako  the  robe 
of  the  ephod  all  of  blue. 

.32  And  there  shall  be  a  hole  in  the 
top  of  it,  in  the  midst  thereof:  it  shall 
have  a  binding  of  woven  work  round 
about  the  hole  of  it,  as  it  were  the 
hole  of  an  habergeon,  that  it  be  not 
rent. 

.3.3  IT  And  beneath  upon  the  (i  hem 
of  it  thou  shalt  make  pomegranates 
of  blue,  and  of  purple,  and  of  sear- 
let,  round  about  the  hem  thereof; 
and  bells  of  gold  between  them 
round  about; 

34  A  golden  bell  and  a  pomegran- 
ate, a  golden  hell  and  a  pomegranate, 
upon  the  hem  of  the  robe  round 
about. 

'A5  And  it  shall  be  upon  Aaron  to 
minister :  and  his  sound  shall  be 
heard  when  he  goeth  in  unto  the 
holy  place  before  the  Lord,  and 
when  he  cometh  out,  that  he  die 
not. 

.31)  IT  And  "■  thou  shalt  make  a  plate 
of  pure  gold,  and  grave  upon  it,  like 
the  engravings  of  a  signet,  HOLI- 
NESS TO  THE  LORD. 

.37  And  thou  shalt  put  it  on  a  blue 
lace,  that  it  may  be  upon  the  mitre; 
upon  the  forefront  of  the  mitre  it 
shall  be. 

.38  And  it  shall  be  upon  Aaron's 
forehead,  that  Aaron  may  '  bear  the 
iniquity  of  the  holy  things,  which 
the  children  of  Israel  shall  hallow  in 
all  their  holy  gifts  ;  and  it  shall  be 
always  upon  his  forehead,  that  they 
may  "be  '  accepted  before  the  Lord. 

Si  V  And  thou  shalt  embroider  the 
coat  of  fine  linen,  and  thou  shalt 
make  the  mitre  of  fine  linen,  and 
thou  shalt  make  the  girdle  o/needle- 
work. 

40  IT  "  And  for  Aaron's  sons  thou 
slialt  make  coats,  and  thou  shalt 
make  for  them  girdles,  and  bonnets 
shalt  thou  make  for  them,  for  glory 
and  for  beauty. 

41  And  thou  shalt  put  them  upon 
Aaron  thy  brother,  and  his  sons  with 
him;  and  shalt  ''anoint  them,  and 
t  ^  consecrate    them,    and    sanctity 

~  79 


The  sacrifice  and  rites 


EXODUS. 


of  consecrating  the  priests. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1401. 


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16.4. 
El.  4 1.  IS. 


n  oil.  20.  26. 
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!..//(  (^f 

thcni,  that  they  may  minister  unto 
mc  ill  the  priest's  oflice. 
42  And  thou  shnlt  make  them  ^  linen 
breeches  to  cover  f  their  naltedness; 
from  the  loins  even  unto  tlio  tliiglis 
they  shall  t reach: 

4!  And  tlicy  shall  be  upon  Aaron, 
and  upon  his  sons,  ■when  they  come 
in  imto  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, or  when  they  come  near 
"unto  the  altar  to  minister  in  the 
\\o\y  place ;  that  they  hbear  not  ini- 
quity, and  die  :  "  it  shall  be  a  statute 
for  ever  unto  him  and  his  seed  after 
him. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

1  The  »acrifice  and  ceremonies  of  eojlBe- 

crating  the  pricete.     88   The   continual 

burnt    offering,      4a    God'a    proniiee    to 

dwelt  among  the  children  of  leracl. 

AND  this  is  the  thing  that  thou 
shall  do  unto  them  to  hallow 
them,  to  minister  unto  mc  in  the 
iniest's  office :  " Take  one  younjf 
bullcjck,  and  two  r,ims  without 
blemish, 

2  And  1) unleavened  bread,  and 
cakes  unleavened  tempered  with  oil, 
and  wafers  unleavened  anointed 
with  oil:  of  wheaten  flour  shall  thou 
make  them. 

3  And  thou  shnlt  put  them  into  one 
basket,  and  bring  them  in  the  basket, 
with  the  bullock  and  the  two  rums. 

4  And  Aaron  and  his  sons  thou 
shall  brin,g  unto  the  door  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation,  "'and 
shall  \\aA\  lliem  with  water. 

.'")  il  And  thou  shall  take  the  gar- 
ments, and  put  upon  Aaron  the  coal, 
and  the  robe  of  the  ephod,  and  the 
ephoil,  and  the  breastplate,  and  gird 
him  with  "the  curious  girdle  of  the 
ephod: 

li  f  And  thou  shall  put  the  mitre 
upon  his  head,  and  put  the  holy 
crown  upon  the  mitre. 

7  Then  shall  thou  lake  the  anoint- 
ing Poll,  and  pour  li  upon  his  head, 
and  anoint  him. 

H  And  i"  thou  shall  bring  his  sons, 
and  put  coats  upon  them. 

".»  And  thou  shall  gird  them  with 
girdles,  Aaron  and  his  sons,  and 
t  put  the  bonnets  on  them :  and  i  the 
priest's  office  shall  be  theirs  for  a 
perpetual  slaliite :  and  thou  shall 
\  k  ccnisecrate  Aaron  and  his  sons. 

10  And  thou  shall  cause  a  bullock 
to  be  brought  before  the  tabernncle 
of  the  congregation;  and  1  Aaron  and 
his  sons  shall  put  their  hands  upon 
thehendofthe  bollcick. 

11  .\ih1  thou  shall  kill  the  bulhiek 
bifoiv  Ihi-  l.MKii,  (,ii  the  door  of  the 
taliernni'le  (.f  the  coiigiegalion. 

12  AiMl  tliou  '"  Shalt  take  of  the 
blood  ..f  the  hiiUoek,  and  put  it  upon 
"the  horns  of  the  alt-ir  with  tliy 
finger,  ami  pour  all  the  blood  beside 
the  bottom  of  the  altar. 

i:!  And  "thou  shall  take  all  the  fat 
that  covereth  the  inwards,  and  ||  the 
80 


caul  that  is  above  the  liver,  and  tlie 
two  kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
them,  and  burn  tliem  upon  the  altar. 

14  But  I' the  flesh  of  the  bullock, 
■and  his  skin,  and  his  dung,  shall 
thou  burn  with  fire  without  the 
camp:  it  i>  a  sin  oflcring. 

15  11  '1  Thou  shall  also  lake  one  ram ; 
and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall  '■j>ut 
their  hands  upon  the  head  of  tlie 
ram. 

11)  And  thou  shall  slay  the  ram,  .and 
thou  shall  take  his  bk»od,  and  sprin- 
kle it  round  about  upon  the  altar. 

17  And  thou  shall  cut  the  ram  in 
pieces,  and  wash  the  inwards  of  him, 
and  his  legs,  and  put  them  unto  his 
pieces,  and  ||  unto  his  head. 

18  And  thou  shall  burn  the  whole 
ram  upon  the  altar:  il  is  a  burnt 
oft'ering  unto  the  lyOIiD  :  il  is  a 
"  sweet  savour,  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  I.,onD. 

11)  TT '  And  thou  sh.alt  lake  the  other 
ram;  and  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall 
put  their  liands  upon  the  head  of  the 
ram. 

20  Then  shall  thou  kill  the  ram, 
and  take  of  his  blood,  and  jnil  it  upon 
the  lip  of  the  right  ear  of  Aaron,  and 
upon  the  lip  of  the  right  car  of  his 
sons,  and  upon  the  thumb  of  their 
right  band,  and  upon  the  great  toe 
of  their  riglit  fool,  and  sprinkle  the 
blood  upon  the  altar  round  about. 

21  Ami  thou  shall  take  of  the  blood 
that  ts  upon  the  altar,  and  of  "  the 
anointing  oil,  and  sprinkle  it  upon 
Aaron,  and  upon  his  garments,  and 
upon  his  sons,  and  iiixm  the  gar- 
ments of  his  sons  with  him:  and 
*'  he  shall  he  hallowed,  and  his  gar- 
ments, and  his  sons,  and  his  sons' 
garments  with  him. 

22  Also  thou  shall  take  of  the  ram 
the  fat  and  the  rump,  and  the  fat 
that  covereth  the  inwards,  and  the 
caul  above  the  liver,  and  the  two 
kidneys,  and  the  fat  that  is  upon 
lheni,"and  the  right  shoulder;  for  il 
w  a  ram  of  consecration : 

2'1  ^And  one  loaf  of  bread,  and  one 
cake  of  oiled  bread,  and  one  wafer 
out  of  the  basket  of  the  unleavened 
bread  that  is  before  the  1,oki>  : 

2i  And  thou  shall  put  nil  in  the 
hands  of  Aaron,  and  in  the  hands  of 
his  sons;  and  shall  ||  >  wave  thcm/or 
tt  wave  offering  before  the  I.OKIi. 

2.)  'And  thoii  shall  receive  them  of 
their  hands,  and  burn  Ihrni  upon 
tlie  altar  for  a  burnt  <itleriiig,  for  a 
sweet  saN'our  before  the  J.OKii;  it  is 
an  oft'ering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
l.ouii. 

2(>  And  thou  shall  take  "the  breast 
of  the  ram  of  Aaron's  consecration, 
and  wave  it  ,/i)r  a  wave  otferin.g  be- 
fori'  tlie  IjOKI):  and  l>il  shall  be  thy 

PMVI. 

27  .Vnd  thou  shall  sanctify  ''tbc 
breast  of  the  wave  offcrinjr,  and  the 
shoulder  of  tlie  heave  offering,  which 


The  continual  burnt  offering. 


EXODUS. 


The  altar  of  incense. 


rF,i.40.  12. 

31,  X. 
qHob.  10.  11. 


ch.  40.  10. 

th.  sa  2). 

Mutt.  23.  19. 


yl  Kinji  18. 


is  waved,  nnd  which  is  licnved  up, 
of  the  ram  of  the  consecration,  even 
of  l/iat  wliich  is  for  Aaron,  and  of 
that  which  is  for  his  sons: 

28  And  it  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his 
sons'  d  by  n  statute  for  ever  from  the 
children  of  Israel;  for  it  is  a  heave 
offering:  and  'it  shall  be  a  heave 
oft'ering  from  the  children  of  Israel 
of  the  sacrifice  of  their  peace  offer- 
ings, erc»  their  heave  offering  unto 
the  LoKD. 

2!)  IT  And  the  holy  garments  of  Aaron 
f  shall  be  his  sons' after  him,  Bto  be 
anointed  therein,  and  to  be  conse- 
crated in  them. 

30  And  t  h  that  son  that  is  priest  in 
his  stead  shall  put  them  on  i  seven 
days,  when  he  cometh  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation  to  minister 
in  the  holy  phicc. 

31  IT  And  thou  shalt  take  the  ram 
of  the  consecration,  and  k  seethe  his 
flesh  in  the  holy  place. 

32  And  Aaron  and  hia  sons  shall 
cat  the  flesh  of  the  ram,  and  the 
I  bread  that  m  in  tlic  basket,  ;;;/  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

33  And  ""  they  shall  eat  those  things 
wherewith  the  atonement  was  made, 
to  consecrate  and  to  sanctify  them: 
"  but  a  stranger  shall  not  cat  thereof, 
because  they  are  holy. 

34  And  if  aught  of  "the  flesh  of  the 
consecrations,  or  of  the  bread,  re- 
main unto  the  morninjj,  then  "thou 
shalt  burn  the  remainder  with  fire: 
it  shall  not  bo  eaten,  because  it  ts 
holy. 

.'W  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto 
Aaron,  and  to  his  sons,  according  to 
all  tilings  which  I  have  commanded 
thee;  I' seven  days  shalt  thou  conse- 
crate them. 

30  And  thou  shalt  1  offer  every  day 
a  bullock. />>/■  a  sin  offering  for  atone- 
ment :  and  thou  shalt  cleanse  the 
altar,  when  thou  hast  made  on  atone- 
ment for  it,  ■■  and  thou  shalt  anoint 
it,  to  sanctity  it. 

37  Seven  days  thou  shalt  make  an 
atonement  for  the  altar,  and  sanctify 
it;  'and  it  shall  be  an  altar  most 
holv: '  whatsoever  touchcth  the  altar 
shall  be  holy. 

,"18  IT  Now  this  ?s  that  which  thou 
shalt  offer  njion  the  altar ;  "  two 
lambs  of  the  lirst  year  ^  day  by  day 
continually. 

3U  The  one  lamb  thou  shalt  offer 
^in  the  morning;  and  the  other 
lamb  thou  shalt  offer  at  even; 

40  And  with  the  one  lamb  a  tenth 
deal  of  flour  mingled  with  the  fourth 
part  of  a  bin  of  beaten  oil;  and  the 
fourth  part  of  a  bin  of  wine  for  a 
drink  offering. 

41  And  the  other  lamb  thou  shalt 
y offer  at  even,  and  shalt  do  thereto 
according  to  the  meat  offering  of  the 
morning,  and  according  to  the  drink 
ofl'criug  thereof,  for  a  sweet  savour. 


an  offering  made  by  lire  unto  the 

L,OKD. 

42  This  shall  be^a  continual  burnt 
offering  throughout  your  genera- 
tions at  the  door  of  tiic  tabernacle 
of  the  congregation  before  the  Lokd, 
'where  1  will  meet  you,  to  speak 
there  unto  thee. 

4.3  And  there  I  will  meet  with  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  ||  the  taber- 
nacle b  shall  be  sanctified  by  my 
glory. 

44  And  I  will  sanctify  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  congregation,  and  the 
altar:  I  will "  sanctify  also  both  Aa- 
ron and  his  sons,  to  minister  to  me 
in  the  priest's  office. 

45  TT  And  <l  I  will  dwell  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  will  be  their 
God. 

40  And  they  s'lall  know  that  "  I  am 
the  Lord  tlieir  God,  th.at  brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
that  I  may  dwell  among  them;  I 
am  the  Lokd  their  God. 

CHArXER  XXX. 
1  The  attnr  of  inccnee.     11  Tha  ransom  of 

eoulB.    17  The  brazen  laver.    22  The  holy 

anoinfinff  oil.    34  The  compoBitio7i  of  the 

perfume. 

AND  thou  shalt  make  "an  altar 
l^to  burn  incense  upon;  o/shit- 
tim  wood  shalt  thou  make  it. 

2  A  cuhit. '^haJl  lie  the  length  there- 
of, and  a  cubit  the  breadth  thereof; 
foursquare  shall  it  be:  and  two  cu- 
bits .«hnll  he  the  height  thereof;  the 
horns  thereof  s7m?/  be  of  the  same. 

3  And  thou  shalt  overlov  it  with 
pure  gold,  the  ttop  thereof,  and  the 
t  sides  thereof  round  about,  and  the 
horns  thereof;  and  thou  shalt  make 
unto  it  a  crown  of  gold  round  about. 

4  And  two  golden  rings  shalt  thou 
make  to  it  under  the  crown  of  it,  by 
the  two  t  corners  thereof,  upon  the 
two  sides  of  it  shalt  thou  make  it; 
and  they  shall  be  for  places  for  the 
staves  to  bear  it  withal. 

5  And  thou  shalt  make  the  staves 
of  shittim  wood,  and  overlay  them 
with  gold. 

0  And  thou  sholt  put  it  before  the 
vail  that  ).<  by  the  ark  of  the  testi- 
mony, before  the  ^  mercy  seat  that  is 
over  the  testimonj-,  where  I  will 
meet  with  thee. 

7  And  Aaron  shall  bum  thereon 
f<i sweet  incense  every  morning: 
when  "^hc  dresseth  the  lamps,  he 
shall  burn  incense  upon  it. 

8  And  when  Aaron  llflighteth  the 
lamps  fat  even,  he  shall  bum  in- 
cense upon  it,  a  perpetual  incense 
before  tne  Loed  throughout  your 
generations. 

'.)  Ye  shall  offer  no  f  strange  incense 
thereon,  nor  burnt  sacrifice,  nor  meat 
ofl'ering;  neither  shall  ye  pour  drink 
offering  thereon. 

10  And  s  Aaron  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment upon  the  horns  of  it  once  in  a 
year  with  the  blood  of  the  sin  offer 
01 


;  The  brazen  lavcr. 


EXODUS. 


The  holy  anointing  oil. 


c  n  K I  s  T 
1401. 


Pi.  «.  7. 
Matt.  20.  2fl. 
M.rk  10.  45. 


.24. 


k23 
■   15.    . 
IMoU.  17.24. 
inl..T.  27.Z5. 

Num.  3.  47. 

Ez.  45.  12. 
o  oh.  33.  26. 
oJob3l.  1». 

Trov.  22.  2. 

tpli.  6.  fl. 

Col.  3.  25. 
tHeb.  ' 


au.  7.  38. 
.  40.  7.  30. 


inff  of  atonements;  once  in  the  year 
sliall  he  make  atonement  upon  it 
tlirouplioiit  your  generations:  it  is 
most  lioly  unto  tlic  Lord. 

11 II  An'd  tlie  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saving, 

1:!  liVv'licn  thou  takest  tlie  sum  of 
the  cliildrcn  of  Israel  afler  t  their 
number,  then  shall  they  give  every 
man  ia  ransom  for  his  soul  unto  the 
Lord,  when  thou  numberest  them; 
that  there  be  no  k  plague  among 
them,  when  thou  numberest  them. 

13  I  This  they  shall  give,  every  one 
that  passeth  among  them  that  are 
numbered,  half  a  shekel  after  the 
shekel  of  the  sanctuary:  (""a  shekel 
is  twenty  gerahs  ■)  "  a  half  shekel  sliall 
be  the  ottering  ot  the  Lord. 

14  Every  one  that  pa.sseth  among 
thcni  that  arc  numbered,  from  twen- 
ty years  old  and  above,  shall  give  an 
otfering  unto  the  I>ord. 

15  Tlie  "rich  shall  not  tgive  more, 
and  the  poor  shall  not  tpive  less, 
than  half  a  shekel,  when  thcij  give 
an  otfering  imto  the  Lord,  to  make 
an  P  atonement  for  your  souls. 

IG  And  thou  shalt  take  the  ntonc- 
mont  money  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  '1  shalt  ajipoint  it  for  the 
service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation; that  it  may  bo  ''a  memo- 
rial unto  the  ehildieu  of  Israel  before 
the  IjOUD,  to  make  an  atonement 
for  your  souls. 

17  11  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saving, 

]cS  ''rhou  shalt  also  make  a  laver 
o/'brass,  and  his  foot  also  o/'brass,  to 
wash  villiiil:  and  thou  shalt  'put  it 
between  the  tatiernaele  of  the  con- 
gregation and  tlie  altar,  and  thou 
slialt  put  water  therein. 

19  For  Aaron  and  liis  sons  "shall 
wash  tlieir  hands  and  their  feet  there- 
at: 

CO  Wlien  they  go  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  cnngreniition,  thev  shall 
wash  with  water,  tliat  they  die  not; 
or  when  tliey  come  near  to  the  altar 
to  minister,  to  bum  ofl'ciing  made 
bv  fire  unto  the  Lord: 

•jl  So  they  shall  wash  their  hands 
and  their  feet,  that  they  die  not:  and 
"it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  to 
tliem,  even  to  him  and  to  his  seed 
throughout  their  generations. 

22  TT  Moreover  the  Lord  spake  unto 
Moses,  sa^'ing, 

23  Take  thou  also  unto  thee  "prin- 
cipal spices,  of  jnire  >'ni\'rrh  five 
hnndred  sh.hl^,  and  '..f  sweet  cinna- 
mon litilf  so  miieli,  <'!V)i  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  fl„k,h,  and  of  sweet 
"calamua  two  hundred  and  fifty 
shekels, 

24  Andof  "cassia  five  hundred  .<7;rf'- 
eh,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary, 
and  of  oil  olive  n  ''bin: 

I";  And  thou  shalt  make  it  an  oil  of 
holy  ointment,   an    ointment   rom- 
pound  after  the  art  of  the  ||  apothc- 
82 


Gary:  it  shall  bo  'a  holy  anointing 
oil. 

2()  il  And  thou  shalt  anoint  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation  there- 
with, and  the  ark  of  the  testimony, 

27  And  the  table  and  all  his  vessels, 
and  the  candlestick  and  his  vessels, 
and  the  oltar  of  incense, 

28  And  the  altar  of  burnt  offcrinjj 
with  all  his  vessels,  and  the  laver  and 
his  font. 

L".)  And  thou  shalt  sanctify  them, 
that  they  may  be  most  holy:  "^  what- 
soever loucheth  them  shall  be  holy. 

30  'And  thou  shalt  anoint  Aaron 
and  his  sons,  and  consecrate  them, 
that  tlieij  may  minister  unto  me  in 
the  priest's  ofiice. 

31  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying.  This  shall 
be  a  holy  anointing  oil  unto  me 
througliout  3'our  generations, 

32  I'pon  man's  flesh  shall  it  not  be 
poured,  neitlier  shall  ye  make  o«,v 
other  like  it,  after  Ihc  composition  of 
it:  tit  is  holy,  and  it  shall  be  holy 
unto  you. 

,"3  h  Whosoever  componndeth  nnv 
like  it,  or  whosoever  putteth  nn;/  of 
it  upon  n  stranger,  i  shall  even  be  cut 
ofl'from  his  neople. 
34  IT  And  the  LOKD  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, k  Take  unto  thee  sweet  spices, 
stacte,  and  onycha,  and  galbanum; 
these  sweet  sp'iccs  with  pure  frank- 
incense: of  each  shall  there  be  a  like 
ireiijht: 

3.)  And  thou  shalt  make  it  a  per- 
fume, a  confection  1  after  the  art  of 
the  njiotlieeary,  t  tempered  togctlier, 
pure  aifff  holy: 

3(i  And  tboii  shalt  beat  some  of  it 
very  small,  and  put  of  it  before  the 
testimony  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  "'  where  I  will  meet 
with  tliee  :  "  it  shall  be  unto  you 
most  holy. 

.'i7  And  as  for  the  perfume  which 
thou  slialt  make,  "ye  shall  not  make 
to  yourselves  according  to  the  com- 
position thereof:  it  shall  be  unto  thee 
linly  for  tlie  Loud. 
.'IS  1'  'Wliosix'ver  shall  make  like  unto 
that,  to  smell  thereto,  shall  even  bo 
cut  off  from  his  people. 

CIIArXER  XXXI. 
1  BciaUel  and  Aliolial)  art  called  and 
titaUo  meet  for  the  u-ork  of  the  taherna- 
ele.  12  Theolerrvalinnoflheeabbalhie 
afjain  eammandeJ.  13  Moeea  reeciveth 
the  two  tal/lca. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
sayinir, 
2  "  See,  I  Ti.ave  called  bv  name  Be- 
zalecl  Ihc  l>sou  of  I'vi;  the  son   of 
Ilur,  oftbe  tribeofJudnh: 

1  I  luive  'filled  him  with  the 


1,  in 

d'erstanding,  and 
in  all  manlier  of' 
4  To  devise  .■1111 
Id,  and 


isdom,  and  in  un- 
n  knowledge,  and 
i'rkm;mship, 
iiig  wcnks,  to  work 
iiid  in  brass. 


And  in  cutting  of  stones,  to  set 


The  sabbath  to  he  keiH  holy. 


EXODUS. 


Aaron  malccth  a  golden  calf. 


■  th.  20.  0. 
lOcn.  2.  2. 
eh.  16.  23.  k. 


34.  2.'<.  2rt. 
Dcut.  .1.  13. 
4  0.  22.  4  !1 
10.  11. 


?/icm,  and  in  canin;?  of  timbor,  to 
work  in  all  manner  of  workman- 
ship. 

G  And  1,  behold,  I  have  given  with 
him  i'  Aholiab^he  son  of  Aliisamach, 
of  the  tribe  of  Dan :  and  in  the  hearts 
of  all  that  are  "wise  lieartcd  I  have 
put  wisdom,  that  they  may  make  all 
that  I  have  commanded  thee; 

7  'The  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, and  tthe  ark  of  the  testimony, 
and  1'  the  mercy  sciit  that  i^  thei'e- 
upon,  and  all  tne  1  furniture  of  the 
tabernacle, 

8  And  '  the  table  and  liis  fiimiturc, 
and  kthe  pure  candlestick  with  all 
his  furniture,  and  the  altar  of  in- 
cense, 

9  And  1  the  altar  of  burnt  offering 
with  all  his  furniture,  and  "'  the  laver 
and  his  foot, 

ID  And  "the  clothes  of  sen-ice,  and 
the  lioly  gannents  for  Aaron  the 
priest,  and  the  garments  of  his  sons, 
to  minister  in  the  priest's  office, 

H  "  And  the  anointing  oil,  and 
P sweet  incense  for  the  holy  2'tnce: 
accordhig  to  all  that  I  liavc  com- 
mandc<l  thee  shall  they  do. 

12  IT  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

l.i  Speak  thou  also  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying,  'i  A'erily  my 
sabbaths  ye  shall  keep  :  for  it  is  a 
sign  between  nie  and  you  through- 
out your  generations  ;  that  ye  mav 
know  that  I  am  the  Lokd  that  dotli 
sanctify  you. 

14  '■  Ye  shall  keep  the  sabbath  there- 
fore; for  it  is  holy  unto  you.  Every 
one  that  defileth  it  Bhall  surely  be 
put  to  death:  for  'whosoever  doetli 
aH?/ work  therein,  that  soul  shall  be 
cut  off  from  among  his  people. 

15  '  Six  days  may  work  be  done; 
but  in  the  "  seventh  is  the  sabbath  of 
rest,  tholy  to  the  LoiiD:  whosoever 
docth  aiii/  work  in  the  sabbath  day, 
he  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

li;  AVherefore  the  children  of  Israel 
shall  keep  the  eabbath,  to  obscne 
the  sabbath  throughout  their  gener- 
ations, for  a  perpetual  covenant. 

17  It  is  ^  a  sign  between  me  and  the 
children  of  Israel  for  ever:  for  5  m 
six  days  the  LoKD  made  heaven  and 
earth,  and  on  the  seventh  day  he 
rested,  and  was  refreshed. 

18  IT  And  he  gave  unto  iSIoses,  when 
he  had  made  an  end  of  communing 
with  him  uj^on  mount  Sinai,  ^two 
tables  of  testimony,  tables  of  stone, 
written  with  the  linger  of  God. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

1  The  people,  in  the  absence  of  MoscH. 
cause  Aaron  to  make  a  calf.  7  Ood  is 
angered  thereby.  11  At  the  entreaty  of 
Musca  he  ie  appeased.  15  Moses  Com- 
eth doten  with  the  tables,  19  He  break- 
eth  them.  20  He  destroyeth  the  calf.  22 
Aaron's  cxcuec  for  himself.  25  Moses 
causeth  the  idolaters  to  bo  elain.  o\)  lie 
praycth  for  thi  people. 


AND  when  the  people  saw  that 
INIoses  •"'delayed  to  come  down 
out  of  the  mount,  the  people  gather- 
ed themselves  together  unto  Aaron, 
and  said  unto  him,  blip,  make  us 
god.?,  which  shall  "^go  before  us;  for 
ns  for  this  Moses,  the  man  that 
brought  us  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  wc  wot  not  what  is  become  of 
him. 

'J  And  Aaron  said  unto  them.  Break 
off  the  tl  golden  earrings,  which  are 
in  the  cars  of  your  Avivcs,  of  your 
sons,  and  of  your  daughters,  and 
bring  t/icm  unto  me. 

3  And  all  the  people  brake  off  the 
golden  earrings  which  irerc  in  their 
ears,  and  brought  thcni  unto  Aaron. 

4  "And  he  received  thcia  iit  their 
hand,  and  fashioned  it  with  a  grav- 
ing tool,  after  he  had  made  it  a  molt- 
en calf:  and  tlicy  said,  These  be  thy 
gods,  O  Israel,  which  brought  thee 
up  out  of  tlie  land  of  Egypt. 

5  And  when  Aaron  saw  il,  lie  built 
an  altar  before  it;  and  Aaron  made 
f  proclamation,  and  said.  To  morrow 
is  a  feast  to  the  Loed. 

G  And  they  rose  up  early  on  the 
morrow,  anil  offered  burnt  oflerings, 
and  brought  peace  offerings ;  and  the 
f  people  sat  down  to  eat  and  to  drink, 
and  rose  up  to  play. 

7  IT  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  Moses, 
Il  Go,  get  thee  down;  for  thy  people, 
which  thou  broughtcst  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  i  have  corrupted  them- 
selves: 

8  They  have  turned  aside  quickly 
out  of  the  way  which  k  I  command- 
ed them:  they  have  made  tliem  a 
molten  calf,  and  have  worshipped  it, 
and  have  sacrificed  thereunto,  and 
said,  I  These  be  thy  gods,  O  Israel, 
M'hich  have  brought  thee  up  out  of 
the  land  of  Egypt. 

!)  And  the  L'oki)  said  unto  Moses, 
"'I  liavc  seen  this  people,  and,  be- 
hold, it  IS  a  stiffneckcd  iieoplc: 

10  Now  therefore  "  let  mo  alone,  that 
"my  wrath  may  wax  hot  against 
thein,  and  that  I  ni.ay  consume 
them :  and  r  1  will  make  of  thee  a 
great  nation. 

Ill  And  Moses  besought  t  the  Lord 
his  God,  and  said,  Lokd,  why  doth 
thy  wrath  wax  hot  against  tliy  j)eo- 
plc,  which  thou  hast  brought  forth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with  great 
power,  and  with  a  nughty  hand? 

12  ■■  Wherefore  should  the  Egyp- 
tians speak,  and  say.  For  mischief 
did  he  bring  them  out,  to  slay  them 
in  the  mountains,  and  to  consume 
them  from  the  face  of  the  earth? 
Turn  from  thy  fierce  wrath,  and 
'  repent  of  this  evil  against  thy  peo- 
ple. 

I'l  Remember  Abraham,  Isaac,  and 
Israel,  thy  servMints,  to  whom  thou 
iswarest  by  thine  own  self,  and 
snidst  unto  them,  °I  will  multiply 
your  seed  as  the  stars  of  heaven,  and 
83 


Moses  brcakcth  (ha  tables. 


EXODUS. 


Moses  prayeih  for  the  peoiilc. 


Bcforo 

C  U  U  I  S  T 

HDl. 


•wDout.3:!3i. 
li».^m.21.1« 
lt'hr.2l.  1.5. 
P..  Itti.  4.5. 
Jor.  H  S.  1 
2".  r.l.  19. 


crh.  11,  11.* 
r.    'Jl.  .V  I'l. 


all  this  land  that  I  liavc  spoken  of 
will  I  Kivc  unto  j'our  seed,  and  they 
shall  inherit  it  for  ever. 

14  And  the  Loud  *  repented  of  the 
evil  which  he  thought  to  do  unto  his 
people. 

15  IT  And  ^  Moses  turned,  and  went 
down  from  the  mount,  and  the  two 
tahlcs  of  the  testimony  were  in  his 
hand :  the  tables  xcere  written  on 
both  their  sides;  on  the  one  side  aud 
on  tlic  other  ivere  they  written. 

l(j  And  the  J  tables  were  tlic  work 
of  God,  and  the  writin;;  ?tvH  the 
writing  of  God,  graven  \ipuu  the 
tables.  ,        ,    „ 

17  And  when  Joshua  heard  tlic 
noise  of  the  people  as  they  shouted, 
he  said  unto  Jloses,  There  i.<a  noise 
of  war  in  the  camp. 

IS  And  he  said,  II  is  not  the  voice  of 
(/inn.  that  shout  for  mastery,  neither 
i'.<  i^  the  voice  of  Ihciii  that  cry  for 
I  hein"  overcome  ;  hut  the  noise  of 
thi-iii  Dial  sing  do  I  hear. 

r.l  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  ns  soon  as 
he  came  nigh  unto  the  camp,  that 
^he  saw  tlie  calf,  and  the  dancin;;: 
anil  Moses'  anger  waxed  hot,  and  lie 
oast  tlie  tables  out  of  his  hands,  and 
brake  them  beneath  the  mount. 

L'H  ''And  he  took  the  calf  wliich  they 
hii.l  nuid.',  and  burnt  )'(  in  the  fire, 
aii(l-r..nnd  it  to  powder,  and  strewed 
it  nni'M  till!  witc-r,  and  made  tlie  chil- 


dren of  Is 


i-\  drink  of' it. 


21  .\nd  Mo;es  said  unto  Aaron, 
liWIiat  did  this  people  unto  tlice, 
that  tliou  ha,st  brought  so  great  a  sin 
upon  them? 

L'J  And  Aaron  said,  Let  not  the 
an^'er  of  my  lord  wax  hot:  ^  thon 
Uno«-e3t  the  p.-oplc,  that  they  we  set 
i.n  mischief. 

:;:l  I'or  thev  said  unto  me,  <l  Make 
us  gods,  whirh  shall  go  before  ns: 
fnr  II.!  for  th'iA  Moses,  the  man  (hut 
i)roiight  us  up  out  of  the  land  of 
I'>'V|it,  wo  wot  not  what  is  become 
oflVim. 

•M  And  I  said  unto  them,  Whoso- 
i-vcr  hath  any  gold,  let  them  break 
It  olf.  So  th'oy  gave  it  mc:  then  I 
oast  it  into  the  fire,  and  there  '•'camo 
out  this  calf. 

:;.'■)  IT  .\nd  when  Sfoses  saw  that  the 
jieoiile  irrre  f  naked,  (tiir  Aaron  Khad 
nv.ifli^  them  naked  unto  tiicir  shama 
uniong  t  their  enemies,) 

i^i;  Then  Moses  stood  in  the  gate 
of  tlie  camp,  and  said,  Wlio  i»  on 
the  l.omi's  side?  let  liiin  come  unto 
nie.  And  all  the  sons  of  Levi  gath- 
ered themselves  together  unto  him. 

27  .-Vnd  he  said  unto  them.  Thus 
snith  the  Loui)  God  of  Israel,  Put 
every  man  his  sword  by  his  side, 
null  go  ill  and  out  from  gate  to  gate 
tliroiighont  the  camp,  and  hslay 
evi'iy  man  his  brother,  and  every 
man'  his  enmpanion,  and  cverj'  niau 
his  neighbour. 

L'.s  And  Ihi-  children  of  Levi  did  ac- 


cording  to  the  word  of  Jtoses:  and 
there  fell  of  the  people  that  day  about 
three  thousand  men. 

29  i  II  I'or  Moses  had  said,  t  Conse- 
crate yourselves  to  day  to  the  Lonn, 
even  every  man  upon  his  son,  ami 
uiKin  his  brother;  that  he  may  be- 
stow upon  you  a  blessing  this  day. 

30  Tf  Audit  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  tliat  Moses  said  unto  the 
people,  K  Ye  have  sinned  a  great  sin: 
and  now  I  will  go  up  unto  the  I>oi!I>; 
Ijieradvcnture  1  shall  "'make  on 
atcniement  fi>r  your  sin. 

;!1  And  Mose.s  "returned  unto  the 
Lord,  and  said.  Oh,  this  people  have 
sinned  a  great  sin,  and  have  "made 
them  gods  of  gold. 

82  Yet  now,  if  thou  wilt  forgive 
their  sin—;  and  if  not,  I' blot  me.  1 
pray  thee,  lout  of  thy  book  which 
thou  hast  written. 

o.'i  And  the  J,oi!n  said  unto  Mo.ses, 
'Whosoever  hath  sinned  against  nie, 
him  will  I  lilot  out  of  my  book. 

.'U  Tlierefore  iii^w  go.  had  the  peo- 
ple unto  the  Jiliirr  of  wliieh  I  have 
spoken  unto  thro:  MiohoM.mine  An- 
gel shall  go  before  ihei::  nevertheless, 
'in  the  day  when  I  visit,  1  will  visit 
their  sin  iipini  them. 

aj  And  thoLomi  plagued  the  peo- 
ple, because  "  tlii'y  made  the  calf, 
which  Aaron  made. 


i  >•„,«. a  11. 
12.  in. 

Dcui.  12  I'- 
ll. UiS.9. 
W. 
19ui>.13.1,\ 

n. 

Pro».  21.  3. 
Ztth.  i:i.  a. 
M»ll.  10.  37. 


U<^"i 


An^ 


2I».  16.     t  Itout.  ?2.  3i. 
AtUT.  11. 


■iS.  it.     Jloui. '2.M\. 


CHAPTER  XXXnL 

1  Tlic  Lard  rcfunclh  (o  go  on  lie  hail  prom- 
ised vAth  till!  peojAt.  4  The  people  mtir- 
miir  thereat.  1  The  tahenmcle  it  re- 
7novetl  out  of  the  camp.  0  The  Lord 
talkelll  familiarly  trilh  Monet.  VI  Mo- 
$ca  deiireth  to  see  the  glory  of  Ood. 

VNO  the  I/"1!D  said  unto  Moses, 
Depart,  (mil  go  <ip  hence,  thou 
"and  the  people  which  tlum  hast 
brmight  up  out  of  tho  land  of  Egypt, 
unto  the  laud  which  I  sware  unto 
Abraham,  to  Isjac,  and  to  Jacob, 
saying,  i'  Unto  thv  seed  will  I  give  it: 

2  •'  Aud  I  will  solid  an  Angel  be- 
fore thee;  >I  and  I  will  drive  out  the 
Canoanitc,  the  Amorito.  and  the 
Uittite,  and  the  Perizzitc,  the  lli- 
vitc,  and  tho  .lebusitc: 

3  "■  Tnto  a  hind  flowing  with  milk 
and  houov:  'for  I  will  not  go  up  in 
the  midst  of  thee  :  for  thmi  art  a 
«stift'ni'i-koil  people:  lest  li  I  consume 
thee  in  tlio  wav. 

4  IT  And  when  the  people  hcord 
those  evil  tidings,  •they  mouruod  : 
kiinil  no  man  did  put  ou  him  his 
ornaments. 

.I  For  the  Loun  had  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, Sav  unto  tho  children  of  Israel, 
I  Ye  (ii'c  a  stimieokod  p.-ople:  I  will 
come  up  ""intotlio  inid.-t  of  thee  in 
a  moment,  and  oonsnmo  thee:  there- 
n>re  now  put  ofTtliv  ornaments  from 
Ihoo.  that  1  may  "'know  what  to  do 
unto  tliee. 


y  I  .s>m.  13. 

20.  ». 

Luke  15.  IS. 
13S«m.  16. 


Kom.  9.  3. 

,Fi..'.r..  8. 4 

I3i^.  10. 


»ch.  ^.  7. 
kO.n.  12.7. 

ch.  :!2. 13. 
•cb.  32.  31.4 

M.  II. 
,1  n«ul.  7.  22. 

Ji»l,.  31.  11. 
•  ch.  .\8. 
Ittt.  15.  17. 
Ech..12.9.  4 

34,9. 

Uaul.  9.  0, 

13. 
lich.23,  21.4 


I..  M.  II. 
Ki  at.  17. 
23.  li  2a.  IS. 


God  talkcth  with  Moses. 


EXODUS. 


The  tables  are  renewed. 


tCon.  32.  30. 

K.ini.  VI.  ». 
U.ut.  31.  111. 

i>  di.  21. 13. 


.  18.  13. 
10. 
1-  .5, 
»  10.  U. 


J".  31.  H. 
m  lUm.  9. 15, 

16.  13. 
nlVim.J.  4. 


11  Anil  tlie  children  of  Israel  strippc'il 
tlioiiif^olvcs  of  their  oruanients  by  tlie 
iiioitnt  lloreb. 

7  And  Moses  took  the  tabernnclc, 
and  pitched  it  witliout  the  camp,  ntiir 
otf  from  the  cnmp,  "and  called  it  the 
Tabernacle  of  the  congregation.  And 
it  came  to  pass,  that  every  one  which 
I'  sought  the  Lord  went  out  unto  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  which 
was  without  the  camp. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jloses 
went  out  unto  the  tabernacle,  tltat  all 
the  iiO(ii)le  rose  up,  and  stood  every 
man  tat  his  tent  door,  and  looke'd 
alter  Moses,  until  he  was  gone  into 
the  tabernacle. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Moses 
entered  into  the  tabernacle,  the 
cloudy  nillar  descended,  and  stood 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
(Ac  Loud  'talked  with  Mo,se3. 

10  And  all  the  people  saw  the 
cloudy  pillar  stand  at  the  tabernacle 
door:  and  all  the  people  rose  up 
and  '  worshipped,  every  man  iit  his 
tent  door. 

11  And  'the  Loud  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses face  to  face,  as  a  man  speakcth 
unto  his  friend.  And  he  turned  again 
into  the  camp;  but  "his  servant  Josh- 
ua, the  son  of  Nun,  a  young  man, 
departed  not  out  of  the  tabernacle. 

12  H  And  Moses  said  unto  the  LoitD, 
See,  ^  thou  sayest  nnto  me.  Bring  up 
this  people:  and  thou  hast  not  let  me 
know  wnom  thou  wilt  send  with  me. 
Yet  thou  hast  said,  ^  I  know  thee  by 
name,  and  thou  hast  also  found  grace 
in  mv  sight. 

1.3  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee, 
^  if  I  have  found  grace  in  thy  sight, 
"  shew  me  now  thy  way,  that  I  may 
know  thee,  that  I  maytind  grace  in 
thy  sight:  and  consider  that  tliis  na- 
tion IS  li  thy  people. 

14  And  he  said,  '=  Sly  presence  shall 
go  uith  thee,  and  I  will  give  thee 
5  rest. 

15  And  he  said  imto  him,  'If  thy 
presence  go  not  tvit/i  nie,  carry  us 
not  up  hence. 

Hi  For  wherein  shall  it  bo  known 
here  that  I  and  thy  people  have 
found  grace  in  thy  sight?  iUit  not 
in  that  thou  goest  with  us  ?  So 
s  shall  we  be  separated,  I  and  th}' 
people,  from  all  the  people  that  are 
upon  the  face  of  the  earth. 

IT  And  the  Loi:d  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, 111  will  do  this  thing  also  th.at 
thou  hast  spoken  :  for  '  thou  liast 
found  grace  m  my  sight,  and  1  know 
thee  by  name. 

18  And  he  said,  I  beseech  thee, 
shew  me  kthy  glory. 

19  And  he  said,  1 1  will  make  all  my 
goodness  pass  before  thee,  and  I  will 
proclaim  tlie  name  of  the  Loi!D  be- 
fore thee;  "'and  will  be  "gracious  to 
whom  I  will  be  gracious,  and  will 
shew  mercy  on  whom  I  will  shew 
mercy. 


2U  And  he  said.  Thou  canst  not  sec 
my  face :  tor  "  there  shall  no  man  see 
me,  and  live. 

'Jl  And  the  LoKD  said.  Behold, 
tliere  is  a  place  by  me,  and  thou 
shalt  stand  upon  a  rock: 

22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  while 
my  glory  passeth  by,  that  I  will  put 
thee  I'in  a  cleft  of  tlie  lock,  and  will 
4  cover  thee  with  my  hand  wliile  1 
pass  by : 

2;!  And  I  will  take  awaymine  hand, 
and  thou  shalt  see  my  back  parts  ; 
but  my  face  shall '  nut  be  seen. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

1  The  tables  are  rencixd.  5  The  name 
of  the  Li-r.D  proclaimed.  8  JUoees  en- 
treateth  Oi,a  to  yo  with  them.  10  God 
iRaficth  a  covcntmt  with  them,  repeating 
certain  duliea  of  the  first  table.  28  Mo- 
ece  after  forty  day  a  in  the  viaunt  cometh 
dou-n  with  the  tablet.  29  Hie  faee  thi- 
netft,  and  he  covereth  it  with  a  vail. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
"  Hew  tliee  two  tables  of  stone 
like  unto  the  first:  l>and  I  will  write 
upon  thc'se  tables  the  words  that  were 
in  the  first  tables,  which  thou  brakest. 

2  And  be  ready  in  the  morning,  and 
come  up  in  the  morning  unto  mount 
Sinai,  and  present  thyself  tliere  to 
me  'in  the  top  of  the  mount. 

3  And  no  man  shall  il  come  up  with 
thee,  neither  let  any  man  be  seen 
throughout  all  the  mount;  neither 
let  the  flocks  nor  herds  feed  before 
that  mount. 

4  IT  And  he  hewed  two  tables  of 
stone  like  unto  the  first;  ond  Moses 
rose  up  early  in  the  morning,  and 
went  up  unto  mount  Sinai,  as  the 
Lord  liad  commanded  him,  and 
took  in  his  hand  the  two  tables  of 
stone. 

6  And  the  Lord  descended  in  the 
cloud,  and  stood  with  him  there,  and 
"proclaimed  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

G  And  the  Lord  passed  by  before 
him,  and  proclaimed.  The  Lord, 
The  Lord  f  God,  merciful  and  gra- 
cious, longsuil'ering,  and  abundaut 
in  E  goodness  and  li  truth, 

7  iKeepinf;  mercy  for  thousands, 
k  forgiving  iniquity  and  transgres- 
sion and  sin,  and  I  that  will  by  no 
means  clear  t?ie  ijitilty;  visiting  the 
iniquity  of'the  fathers  upon  the  chil- 
dren, and  upon  the  children's  chil- 
dren, unto  the  third  and  to  the  fourth 
generation. 

8  And  Moses  made  haste,  and 
"bowed  his  head  toward  the  earth, 
and  worshipped. 

y  And  he  said.  If  now  I  have  found 

fracc  in  thy  sight,  O  Lord,  "let  my 
,or<l,  I  pray  thee,  go  among  us;  for 
"it  is  a  stitlnecked  people;  and  par- 
don our  iniquity  and  our  sin,  and 
take  us  for  P  thine  inheritance. 
10  IT  And  he  said.  Behold,  M I  make 
a  covenant:  before  all  thy  people  I 
will  ''do  marvels,  such  as  have  not 
been  done  in  all  the  earth,  nor  in 


Ctod''s  covenant  viith  the  people.  EXODUS. 


Moses''  face  shineth. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1491. 


Bl>>ut  10.21. 

Pi.  U5.  0. 

U  01.  J. 
I  Drut.  5  32. 

k  U.  :i.  2.5.  ti 

12.  28,  32.  & 

as.  1. 

ach.  33.  2. 


tSoli.9.0.& 
dBh.20.  5. 


:ur.  11),  27. 
hPi,  im.  28. 
1  Cor.  B.  4.  7, 


1  Kine»ll..l. 
1  ch.  32.  K. 

I.av.  IJ.  i. 
>..  .\i.  12.  U. 

i  2J.  Ij. 
u  ch.  13.  1. 
ocl..  13.  2.  12. 

*  22.  20. 

Ki.  41.30. 

l.uko  2.  23. 
I>  rh.  13.  13. 


I.iiko  13. 1 1. 
•  ch.  23.  IG. 
Ctul.  16.  10, 


•hZl,  H.17. 
Ixiil.  111.  10. 
oh.  33.  2. 


any^  nation :  and  all  the  people  amonp 
wliich  thou  lilt  sliall  see  tlie  wdiU  of 
the  Loud:  for  it  is 'a  terrible  thing 
tliat  I  will  do  with  thee. 

11  '  Observe  thou  that  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day:  behold,  "I 
drive  out  before  thee  the  Aniorite, 
and  the  Canaanite,  and  the  llittite, 
and  the  Perizzite,  and  the  Ilivite, 
and  the  Jebusite. 

12  ^  Take  heed  to  thvsclf,  lest  thou 
make  a  covenant  wit"h  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  land  whither  thou  Koest, 
lest  it  be  for  ^ a  snare  in  the  miubt  of 
thee: 

l.'S  But  ye  Bhfill  ^  destroy  their  altars, 
break  their  f  images,  and  **  cut  down 
their  groves: 

H  l''or  thou  shalt  worship  bno  other 
™d:  for  the  Lord,  whose  "name  is 
Jealous,  is  a  d  jealous  God. 

1 J  "Lest  thou  make  a  covenant  with 
the  inhabitants  of  the  laud,  and  they 
fgo  a  whoring  after  their  gods,  and  do 
sacrifice  unto  their  gods,  and  oi/f  B  call 
thee,  and  thou  heat  of  his  sacrifieei 

10  And  thou  take  of  i  their  daugh- 
ters unto  thy  sons,  and  their  daugh- 
ters kgo  a  whoring  after  their  gods, 
and  make  thy  sons  go  a  whoring  aft- 
er their  gods. 

17 1  Thou  shalt  make  thee  no  molten 
gods. 

l.S  T  The  feast  of  "unleavened 
bread  shalt  thou  keep.  Seven  days 
thou  shalt  eat  unleavened  bread,  as 
I  eummniuUd  tliee,  in  the  time  of 
the  iiiniitli  Aliih:  (i)r  ill  tlie  "  month 
Abib  thou  canu-stoutfn.iii  Egypt. 

r,l"AIl  tliiit  opuneth  the  iiuitri.x  is 
mine;  and  every  iirstling  among  tliy 
cattle,  wliclhcr  ox  or  sheep,  thut  ts 
male. 

20  Hut  I"  the  firstling  of  an  nss  thou 
shalt  redeem  with  a  |ilamb:  and  if 
tbiiu  redeem  Aim  not,  then  shalt 
thou  break  his  neck.  All  the  first- 
born of  thy  suns  thou  shalt  redeem. 
And  none  shall  appear  before  me 
'1  empty. 

21  IT  ■■  Six  days  thou  ohalt  work,  hut 
on  the  seventh  dny  thou  shalt  rest: 
in  earing  time  and  in  harvest  tlmu 
shalt  rest. 

22  IT  'And  thou  shalt  observe  the 
feast  of  weeks,  of  the  llrstfruils  of 
wlieat  liarvest,  and  the  feast  of  in- 
gatluTiug  at  the  t  vear's  end. 

■£l  IF  'Thrice  in"tlie  year  shall  all 
your  men  ehildren  iippeiir  before  the 
Lord  (inn,  the  God  oflsn.el. 

2-1  Tor  1  will  "ea>t  out  the  nations 
before  thoo,  mid  "eniaige  thy  bord- 
ers; i  neither  sluiU  aiiv  iiiau  de.sire 
thy  land,  when  thou  slialt  -.i  up  to 
appear  before  the  Loiiu  thy  God 
thrice  in  the  year. 

25  ^  Thou  Shalt  not  offer  the  blood 
of  my  sacrifice  with  leaven;  "neither 
shall  the  sacrifice  of  the  feast  of  tlic 
passover  be  left  unto  the  moruiug. 


26 1)  The  first  of  the  firstfruits  of  thy 
land  thou  shalt  bring  unto  the  house 
of  the  LoED  thy  God.  "  Thou  shalt 
not  seethe  a  kid"  in  his  mother's  milk. 

27  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Write  thou  <l  these  words:  for  atler 
the  tenor  of  these  words  I  have  made 
a  covenant  with  thee  and  with  Israel. 

2iS  '^And  he  was  there  with  the 
Lord  iorty  days  and  fiirty  nights: 
he  did  neither  cat  bread,  nor  drink 
water.  And  i  He  wrote  upon  the  ta- 
bles the  words  of  the  covenant,  the 
ten  f  commandments. 

2'J  Tf  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Mo- 
ses came  down  from  mount  Sinai 
with  the  I'two  tables  of  testimony  in 
Moses'  hand,  when  he  came  down 
from  the  mount,  that  Sfoses  wist  not 
that  li  the  skin  of  his  liice  shone 
while  he  tiilked  with  him. 

'M  And  when  Aaron  and  all  the 
ehildren  of  Israel  saw  Moses,  behold, 
the  skin  of  his  ftce  shone:  and  tliey 
were  afraid  to  come  nigh  him. 

31  And  Moses  called  unto  them  ; 
and  Aaron  and  all  the  rulers  i>f  the 
congregation  returned  unto  him :  and 
Sloses  talked  with  them. 

32  And  afterward  all  the  children 
of  Israel  came  nigh  :  i  and  he  gave 
them  in  commandment  all  that  the 
T.o  RD  had  spoken  with  liim  in  mount 
Sinai. 

,1'!  And  an  Moses  had  done  speak- 
ing with  them,  he  put  ka  vail  on  his 
face. 

'.U  Hut  I  when  Moses  went  in  be- 
fore the  Loi;n  to  speak  with  him,  he 
took  the  vail  off,  until  he  came  out. 
And  ho  came  out,  and  spake  nnto 
the  children  of  Israel  thut  which  he 
was  commanded. 

3.1  And  the  children  of  Israel  saw 
the  face  of  Sloses,  that  the  skin  of 
Moses'  face  shone  :  and  Moses  put 
the  vail  upon  his  face  airaiii,  until 
he  went  in  to  speak  with  Iliiu. 

CH  AFTER  XXX  ^^ 

1  U'ht  taUtUit.  4  The  free  jiiflt  for  tlic 
tahtmacte.  £0  Tlie  readineit  of  the  pco- 
jile  to  offer,  aO  ISezaleel  and  Alwluib  are 
call.U  to  the  work. 

A  NO  Moses  gathered  nil  the  con- 
...  V  gregatiou  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael together,  and  said  unto  them, 
"  Tliese  are  the  words  which  the 
Loi;i>  hiith  commanded,  that  t/e 
should  do  them. 

2  li  Six  days  shall  work  be  done,  but 
on  the  seventh  day  there  shall  be  to 
vou  (  a  holv  dav,  a  sabb.-.th  of  rest 
to  tlie  LokTi:  whosoever  doeth  work 
lluM-.iu  sliuUbe  imt  to  death. 

.■!  •  Vesluill  kimlle  no  fire  through- 
out your  habitations  upon  the  sab- 
bath day. 

•t  V  And  Moses  spake  nnto  all  the 
congregation  of  the  ehildrin  of  Is- 
rael, saying,  >'  This  i.<  the  thing  which 
the  Loud  commanded,  saying, 

li  Take  ye  fi-om  anning  j'ou  an  of- 
fering uiito  the  Loud  :  'whosoever 


Offerings  for  the  tabernacle. 


Bezaleel  and  Aholiab  called. 


ich.  31.  10.  i 


of  a  -Hilling  heart,  let  him  brins 
it,   nil  olleriii"  of  the  LoKU  ;  gold, 
and  silver,  and  brass, 
C  And  blue,  and  purple,  and  scar- 
let, and  fine  linen,  and  goats'  //ai"r, 

7  And  rams'  skins  dyed  red,  and 
badgers'  s'icins,  and  shittim  wood, 

8  And  oil  for  the  light,  f  and  spices 
for  anointing  oil,  and  for  the  sweet 
incense, 

9  And  onyx  stones,  and  stones  to  be 
set  for  the  ephod,  and  lor  the  breast- 
plate. 

10  And  s  cverywise  hearted  among 
you  shall  conie,  and  make  all  that 
the  Lord  hath  commanded; 

H  txhe  tabernacle,  his  tent,  and 
liis  covering,  his  laches,  and  his 
boards,  his  bars,  his  pillars,  and 
his  s(jckctsi 

12  >  The  ark,  and  the  staves  thereof, 
with  the  mercy  seat,  and  the  vail  of 
the  covering; 

13  The  k  table,  and  his  staves,  and 
all  his  vessels,  land  the  shewbread; 

14  '"  The  candlestick  also  for  the 
light,  and  his  furniture,  and  his 
lamps,  with  the  oil  for  tlie  light ; 

15  "And  tlie  incense  altar,  and  his 
staves,  "and  the  anointing  oil,  and 
I' the  sweet  incense,  and  the  hanging 
for  the  door  at  the  entering  in  of  the 
tabernacle  ; 

lU  4  The  altar  of  burnt  offering,  with 
his  brazen  grate,  his  staves,  and  all 
his  vessels,  the  laver  and  his  foot ; 

17  ■■  The  hangings  ot  the  court,  his 

f)illars,  and  their  sockets,  and  the 
langing  for  the  door  of  the  court ; 

IS  The  pins  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
the  pins  of  the  court,  and  theu- 
cords ; 

I'J  '  The  clothes  of  service,  to  do 
sen'iec  in  the  holy  ]>lace,  the  holy 
garments  for  Aaron  the  priest,  and 
the  garments  of  his  sons,  to  minis- 
ter in  the  priest's  office. 

'A1  IT  And  all  the  congregation  of 
the  children  of  Israel  departed  from 
the  presence  of  Moses. 

'21  And  they  came,  every  one  '  whoso 
heart  stirred  him  up,  and  every  one 
whom  his  spirit  made  willing,  ami 
they  brought  the  Lord's  offering  to 
tlie'work  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
grogation,  and  for  all  las  service,  and 
for  the  holy  garments. 

22  And  tney  came,  both  men  and 
women,  as  many  as  were  willing 
hearted,  and  brought  bracelets,  and 
earrings,  and  rings,  and  tablets,  all 
jewels  of  gold:  and  every  man  that 
oflered,  of- 
unto  the 

23  And  "e\'ery  man,  with  whom 
was  found  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  and  fine  linen,  and  goats' 
hair,  and  red  skins  of  rams,  and 
badgers'  skins,  brought  them. 

24  Every  one  that  did  offer  an 
offering  of  silver  and  brass  brought 
the  Lord's  offering:  and  every  man, 
with  whom  was  found  shittim  wood 


for  any  work  of  the  service,  brought 
it. 

25  And  all  the  women  that  were 
"wise  hearted  did  spin  with  their 
hands,  and  liroiiglit  that  which  they 
had  spun,  hotli  of  blue,  and  of  pur- 
ple, and  of  scarlet,  and  of  tine  linen. 

2()  And  all  the  women  whose  heart 
stirred  them  up  in  wisdom  spun 
goats'  hair. 

27  And  "  the  rulers  brought  onyx 
stones,  and  stones  to  be  set,  for  the 
ephod,  and  for  the  breastplate; 

28  And  >'  spicCj  and  oil  for  the  light, 
and  for  the  anointing  oil,  and  for  the 
sweet  incense. 

2'J  The  children  of  Israel  brought 
a  ^willing  ofl'ering  unto  the  Lord, 
every  man  and  woman,  whose  heart 
made  them  willing  to  bring  for  all 
manner  of  work,  which  the  Loup 
had  commanded  to  be  made  by  the 
hand  of  Moses. 

30  IT  And  Moses  said  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  See,  "the  Lord  hath 
called  by  name  Bezaleel  the  son  of 
Uri,  the  son  of  liur,  of  the  tribe  of 
Judah; 

31  And  he  hath  filled  him  with  the 
spirit  of  God,  in  wisdom,  in  under- 
standing, and  in  knowledge,  and  in 
all  manner  of  workmanship; 

32  And  to  devise  curious  works,  to 
work  in  gold,  and  iu  silver,  and  in 
brass, 

3.'!  And  in  the  cutting  of  stones,  to 
set  titan,  and  in  carving  of  wood,  to 
make  any  manner  of  cunning  work. 

34  And  he  hath  put  in  his  heart  that 
he  may  teach,  both  he,  and  I'Aholiab, 
the  sou  of  Aliisamach,  of  the  tribe  of 
Dan. 

35  Them  hath  he  "^ filled  with  wis 
dom  of  heart,  to  work  all  manner  of 
work,  of  the  engraver,  and  of  the 
cunning  workman,  and  of  the  em- 
broiderer, in  blue,  and  in  purple,  in 
scarlet,  and  in  fine  linen,  and  of  the 
weaver,  even  of  them  that  do  any 
work,  and  of  tliose  that  devise  cun- 
ning work. 

CIIAPTEIJ  XXXVL 

1  Tho  offeringu  are  delivered  to  the  work- 
men.   5   Tlie  liberality  of  tlie  people  ia 
reetrnined.    8  The  curtains  of  cUerul.im. 
11  The  curtaina  of  goals'  liair.    la  Tlie 
covering  of  tMns.     20  The  boards  tcilh 
their  sockets.     31  The  bare.    35  The  vail. 
a7  The  hanging  for  the  door. 
'■pHEN  wrought  Bezaleel  andAho- 
JL    liab,   and   every   "wise   hearted 
man,  in  whom  the  Lord  put  wis- 
dom  and    understanding   to   know 
how  to  work  all    manner  of  work 
for  the  service  of  the  '■  sanctuary,  ac- 
cording  to  all  tliat  the  Lord  had 
commanded. 

2  And  Moses  called  Bezaleel  and 
Aholiab,  and  every  wise  hearted 
mail,  in  whose  he:irt  the  Lord  had 
put  wisdom,  even  every  one  "^  whose 
iiem-t  stirred  him  up  to  come  unto 
the  work  to  do  it: 

87 


Before 

CURIST 

1491. 


1491. 
•  c)i.!».3  Ic 
ai.  (I.  4  3i. 

10,  as. 


The  curtains  of  cherubim. 


EXODUS. 


The  boards  and  bars. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1491. 


3  And  they  received  of  Moses  all 
the  ofterine,  which  the  children  of 
Israel  J  had  brought  for  the  work  of 
the  service  of  the  sanctuary,  to  make 
it  iril/ial.  And  they  brought  yet 
unto  him  free  olferings  every  morn- 
ing. 

4  And  oil  the  wise  men,  that 
wrought  all  the  work  of  the  sanc- 
tuary', eanic  every  man  from  his 
work  whicli  they  niade; 

,')  H  And  they  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying,  "  The  people  bring  much 
more  than  enough  for  the  service 
of  the  work,  which  the  Lokd  com- 
manded to  make. 

U  And  Moses  gave  commandment, 
and  thoy  caused  it  to  be  proclaimed 
throughout  the  camp,  saying,  l^et 
neitlier  n)an  nor  woman  make  any 
more  work  for  the  ottering  of  the 
sanctuary.  So  the  people  were  re- 
strained from  bringing. 

7  For  the  stuff  they  liad  was  suffi- 
cient for  all  tlie  work  to  make  it, 
and  too  much. 

H  IT  'And  every  wise  hearted  man 
among  them  that  wrought  the  work 
of  the  tabernacle  made  ten  cur- 
tains of  fine  twined  linen,  and 
blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet :  ^rith 
cherubim  of  cuuning  work  made  he 
them. 

;i  The  length  of  one  curtain  iras 
twenty  and  eight  cubits,  and  the 
In-eadlh  of  one  curtain  four  cubits: 
tlie  curtains  ivcre  all  of  one  size. 

10  And  he  coupled  the  five  curtains 
one  unto  another:  and  the  other  five 
curtains  lie  coupled  one  uuto  an- 
other. 

U  And  he  made  loops  of  blue  on 
the  edge  of  one  curtain  from  the 
selvedge  In  the  coupling:  likewise 
he  made  in  the  uttermost  side  of 
another  curtain,  in  the  coupling  of 
tlie  .second. 

l:i  K  Fifty  loops  made  he  in  one  cur- 
tain, antl  fifty  loops  made  he  in  the 
edge  of  the  curtain  wliicli  ir.is-  in  the 
eon|)ling  of  tlie  second  :  the  lo(,ps 
hell!  i<w  rnrldiii  to  nnotlicr. 

i:;  Anil  he  made  liftv  tni-hcs  of  gold, 
and  coupled  the  curtains  one  unto 
unotlier  witii  the  tachea  ;  so  it  be- 
came one  tabernacle. 

14  IT  'i  And  he  made  cr.rtains  or' 
goals'  hnir  for  the  tent  over  the 
tabernacle:  eleven  curtains  he  made 

tllenl. 

I.'i  The  length  of  one  curtain  vns 
thirty  cubits,  and  four  cubit:*  kvi.'.- 
the  liie:ulth  of  one  curtain  :  the 
eleven  curtains  Kvrc  of  one  size. 

HI  .\nd  he  coupled  five  curtains 
l>y  tliemselves,  and  si-t  curtains  by 
tliemselvcK. 

17  And  ho  made  fifty  loops  upon 
the  uttermost  edge  of  the  curtain  in 
the  eonpling,  and  f\\\v  loops  made 
he  upon  the  eilire  of  the  curtain 
which  cmii.leth  the  second. 

JS  And  he  made  fitly  taehes  o/"bnU!9 
88 


to  couple  the  tent  together,  that  it 
might  be  one. 

lit  i  And  lie  made  n  covering  for 
the  tent  of  rams'  skins  dyed  red, 
and  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins 
above  thut. 

'3)  TI  k  And  he  made  hoards  for  the 
tabernacle  of  shittim  wood,  standing 
up. 

21  The  length  of  a  hoard  wa.t  ten 
cubits,  and  the  breadth  of  a  board 
one  cubit  and  a  half. 

22  One  hoard  had  two  tenons,  equal- 
ly distant  one  from  another :  thus 
aid  he  make  for  all  the  boards  of  the 
tabernacle. 

2.'!  And  he  made  boards  for  the  tab- 
ernacle; twenty  boards  for  the  south 
side  southward: 

24  And  forty  sockets  of  silver  he 
made  under  the  twenty  boards;  two 
sockets  under  one  board  for  his  two 
tenons,  and  two  sockets  under  an- 
other board  for  his  two  tenons. 

25  And  for  the  other  side  of  the  tab- 
ernacle, which  is  toward  the  north 
comer,  he  made  twenty  boards, 

2G  And  their  forty  socKcts  of  silver; 
two  sockets  under  one  board,  and 
two  sockets  under  another  board. 

27  And  for  the  sides  of  the  taherna- 
cle  westward  lie  made  six  boards. 

28  And  two  boards  made  he  for  the 
corners  of  the  tabernacle  in  the  two 
sides. 

2*.!  And  they  were  tcf"plc<l  be- 
neath, and  coupled  together  at  the 
head  thereof,  to  one  ring :  thus  he 
did  to  botli  of  them  in  both  the  cor- 
ners. 

.'W  And  there  were  cipht  boards  ; 
and  their  sockets  were  sixteen  sock- 
ets of  silver,  t  under  every  board  two 
sockets. 

31  ff  And  he  made  I  bars  of  shittim 
\y;>od;  five  for  the  boards  of  the  one 
ride  of  the  tabernacle, 

■.;-l  .\iiil  five  bars  fur  tile  honrdi  of 
tlie  other  side  of  the  tali.-riiai'le.  and 
live  bars  f,.r  the  boards  of  the  taber- 
nacle i;.r  the  sides  westward. 

X\  .Villi  he  made  tlie  middle  bar  to 
shoot  through  the  boards  from  the 
one  end  to  the  other. 

.'14  And  lie  overlaid  the  boards  with 
gold,  and  made  their  rings  of  gold  to 
fx'  places  for  the  bars,  and  overlaid 
the  hai-3  with  gold. 

II.I  IT  And  he  made  "'a  vail  o/"  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlot,  and  fine 
twined  linen  :  with  cherubim  made 
ho  it  of  cunning  work. 

;!(;  And  he  made  tliereunto  four  jiil- 
lars  of  sliitlim  u;>..,l.  and  overlaid 
them  with  gold:  tluir  Imuks  icvr  o/' 
gold;  and  he  cast  for  them  four  sock- 
ets of  silver. 

:M  TI  And  ho  made  a  "hanging  fbr 
the  tuhernaclo  door  of  blue,  and 
|iiiri>le.  mid  scarlet,  and  fine  twined 
linen,  (..flleedlework; 

:w  .\nd  the  five  jiillars  of  it  with 
their  hooks  :    and  lie  overlaid  their 


The  ark  and  mercy  seat. 


EXODUS. 


The  golden  candlestick. 


chnpiters  and  their  fillets  with  gold: 
but  their  five  sockets  were  of  brass. 

CHAPTER  XXXvil. 
1  The  ark.  0  The  mercy  eeat  u-ith  cheru- 
Hm.  10  The  table  with  M»  vcteete.  17 
Tilt  can:llettick  vilh  hii  tami>3  and  in- 
eiruments.  25  The  attar  of  ineenee.  29 
The  anointing  oil  and  eiveet  incenee. 

VND  Rczttlecl  made  "the  ark  of 
sliittim  wood;  two  ciihits  and  a 
half  K-as  the  Icncth  ofit,  and  a  cnbit 
and  a  half  the  breadth  of  it,  and  a 
cubit  and  a  half  tlic  height  ofit: 

2  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold 
within  and  without,  and  made  a 
crown  of  gold  to  it  round  about. 

3  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of 
pold,  to  1x1  set  by  the  four  corners  of 
it;  even  two  rings  upon  the  one  side 
of  it,  and  two  rings  upon  the  other 
side  ofit. 

4  And  he  made  staves  of  shittim 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold. 

5  And  he  put  the  staves  into  the 
rings  by  the  sides  of  the  urk,  to  bear 
the  ark. 

CTT  And  he  made  the  l"  mercy  seat  o/" 
pure  gold:  two  cubits  and  a  half  was 
the  length  thereof;  and  one  cubit  and 
a  half  the  breadth  thereof. 

7  And  he  made  two  cherubim  of 

f;old,  beaten  out  of  one  piece  made 
le  tlicm,  on  the  two  ends  of  the 
mercy  seat; 

8  One  cherub  ||  on  the  end  on  this 
side,  and  another  cherub  ||  on  the 
other  end  on  that  side  :  out  of  the 
mercy  seat  made  he  the  cherubim 
on  the  two  ends  thereof. 

!)  And  the  cherubim  spread  out  llieir 
wings  on  high,  and  covered  with 
their  wings  over  the  mercy  seat,  with 
their  faces  one  to  another  ;  eieii  to 
tlie  mercy  seatward  were  the  faces  of 
the  cherubim. 

10  V  And  he  made  '  the  table  of 
shittim  wood  :  two  cubits  iras  the 
length  thereof,  and  a  cubit  the 
biiiulth  thereof,  and  a  cubit  and  a 
lialfthe  lieight  thereof: 

11  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure  gold, 
and  made  thereunto  a  crown  of  gold 
round  about. 

12  Also  he  made  thereunto  a  border 
of  a  handbreadth  round  about;  and 
made  a  crown  of  gold  for  the  border 
thereof  round  about. 

l.'l  And  he  cast  for  it  four  rings  of 
gold,  and  put  tiie  rings  upon  the  four 
corners  that  were  in  the  four  feet 
thereof. 

14  Over  against  the  border  were  the 
rings,  the  places  for  the  btaves  to  bear 
the  table. 

15  And  he  made  the  staves  q^  shittim 
■wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  gold, 
to  bear  the  table. 

IG  And  he  made  the  vessels  which 
were  upon  the  table,  his  J  dishes,  and 
his  spoons,  and  his  bowls,  and  his 
covers  |]  to  cover  withal,  of  pure 
gold. 

17  IT  And   he   made   the  'candle- 


stick of  pure  gold :  of  beaten  work 
made  he  the  candlestick;  his  shaft, 
and  his  branch,  his  bowls,  his  knops, 
and  his  flowers,  were  of  the  same: 

18  And  six  branches  going  out  of 
the  sides  thereof ;  three  branches  of 
the  candlestick  out  of  the  one  side 
thereof,  and  three  branches  of  the 
candlestick  out  of  the  other  side 
thereof: 

2'J  Three  bowls  made  after  the  fash- 
ion of  almonds  in  one  branch,  a 
knop  and  a  flower;  and  three  bowls 
made  like  almonds  in  another 
branch,  a  knop  and  a  flower  :  so 
throughout  the  six  branches  going 
out  of  the  candlestick. 

•iO  And  in  the  candlestick  jrere  four 
bowls  made  like  almonds,  his  knops, 
and  his  flowers: 

'J\  And  a  knop  under  two  branches 
of  the  same,  and  a  knop  under  two 
branches  of  the  same,  and  a  knop 
under  two  branches  of  the  same,  ac- 
cording to  the  six  branches  going  out 
ofit. 

22  Their  knops  and  their  branches 
were  of  the  same:  all  ofit  was  one 
beaten  work  o/"pure  gold. 

a'J  And  he  riiade  his  seven  lamps, 
and  his  snuffers,  and  his  snuffdishes, 
of  pure  gold. 

24  Of  a  talent  of  pure  gold  made  he 
it,  and  all  the  vessels  thereof. 

25  IT  f  And  he  made  the  incense 
altar  o/ shittim  wood:  the  length  of 
it  was  a  cubit,  and  the  breadth  ofit  a 
exibit ;  it  was  foxirsquare  ;  and  two 
cubits  was  the  height  ofit;  tile  horns 
thereof  were  of  the  same. 

L'li  And  he  overlaid  it  with  pure 
gold,  iMth  the  top  of  it,  and  the  sides 
thereof  round  about,  and  the  horns 
ofit:  also  he  made  unto  it  a  crown 
of  gold  round  about. 

27  And  he  made  two  rings  of  gold 
for  it  under  the  crown  thereof;  bv 
the  two  corners  of  it,  upon  the  two 
sides  thereof,  to  be  places  for  the 
staves  to  hear  it  withal. 

28  And  he  nnide  tlie  staves  q/" shit- 
tim wood,  and  overlaid  theni  witli 
gold. 

_  29  IT  And  he  made  Sfhe  holy  anoint- 
ing oil,  and  the  pure  incense  of  sweet 
spices,  according  to  the  work  of  the 
apothecary. 

CHAPTER  xxxvm. 

1  The  attar  of  hurnt  off^Hnri.  8  The  lavor 
of  braes.  0  The  court.  21  The  sum  of 
that  the  people  offered. 

AND  "he  made  the  altar  of  burnt 
oflering  of  shittim  wood  :  Ave 
cubits  was  the  length  thereof,  and 
five  cubits  the  breiidth  thereof;  it 
was  foursquare;  and  three  cubits  the 
height  thereof. 

2  And  he  made  the  horns  thereof 
on  the  four  corners  of  it;  the  horns 
thereof  were  of  the  san\e :  and  he 
overlaid  it  with  brass. 
^  And  he  made  all  the  vessels  of  the 
altar,  the  pots,  and  the  shovels,  and 
8? 


The  court. 


EXODUS. 


The  sum  of  the  offerings. 


lieforo 

CHRIST 

1401. 


the  basins,  and  the  fle.shhooks,  and 
the  lirepaiis:  all  the  vessels  thereof 
niudu  lie  q/' brass. 

4  Ami  he  made  for  the  altar  a  bra- 
zen grate  of  network,  under  the  com- 
pass thereof,  beneath,  uuto  the  midst 
of  it. 

5  And  he  cast  four  rings  for  the  four 
end.s  of  the  grate  of  brass,  io  be  places 
for  the  staves. 

U  And  he  made  the  stjivcs  q/'shittim 
wood,  and  overlaid  them  with  bras.s. 

7  And  he  put  tlie  staves  into  the 
rings  on  the  sides  of  the  altar,  to  bear 
it  withal;  he  made  the  altar  hollow 
with  boards. 

S  IT  And  ho  made  lithe  laver  of 
brass,  and  the  foot  of  it  ot'  brass,  of 
the  !|  lookingglasses  of  ilie  woimii 
tassembUng,  which  assembled  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

y  IT  And  he  made  °  the  court:  on  the 
south  bide  southward  the  hangings 
of  the  court  n-era  o/him  twined  lin- 
en, a  hundred  cubits: 

10  Their  pillars  were  twenty,  and 
their  brazen  sockets  twent/  ;  the 
liooks  of  the  pillai's  and  their  fillets 
ivere  of  silver. 

11  And  for  the  iiortli  side  tlic  Jiani;- 
itiffs  were  a  hundred  cubits,  their  jiil- 
lars  were  twenty,  and  their  sockets 
of  brass  tsventy;  the  hooks  of  the  pil- 
lars anil  their  tillets  q/' silver. 

1"J  And  for  tlte  west  side  were  hang- 
ings of  fifty  cubits,  their  pillars  ten, 
and  their  "sockets  ten;  the  hooks  of 
the  jiillars  and  their  tillets  q/'silver. 

I't  And  for  the  east  side  eastward 
fifty  cubits. 

U  'I'he  hangings  of  the  one  side  q/" 
thi'  f/itle  were  Jifteen  cubits  ;  their 
pillars  three,  and  their  sockets  three. 

L'l  And  for  the  other  side  of  tlie 
court  gate,  on  this  hand  and  that 
hand,  were  hangings  of  fifteen  cu- 
bits ;  their  pillars  three,  and  their 
sockets  three. 

1(!  All  the  hangings  of  the  court 
round  about  were  of  line  twined 
linen. 

17  And  the  sockets  for  the  pillars 
were  of  brass;  the  hooks  of  the  |>il- 
lars  and  their  tillets  of  silver;  and 
the  overlaying  of  their  chapiters  or' 
silviT;  and  all  tlie  pillars  of  the  court 
wrn-  lilletL',1  with  silver. 

IH  And  the  hanging  for  the  gate  of 
the  court  was  needlework,  of  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  aiid  line 
twined  linen :  and  twenty  cubits  w<i.< 
the  l.-nglh,  and  tli,'  height  In  the 
Ith   in,^  five  euliits,  answerable 


to  the  \<: 


l.ftll 


int. 


I'.l  And  their  pillars  u-irr  lour,  and 
their  sockets  of  bntss  four;  tlieir 
hooks  of  silver,  and  the  overlaying 
of  their  chapiters  and  their  fillets  of 
silver. 

a)  And  all  the  il  pins  of  the  taberna- 
cle, anil  of  the  court  round  about, 
)i>erc  o/bra.ss. 


21  71  This  is  the  sum  of  the  taberna- 
cle, ei'en  of  ''the  tabernacle  of  testi- 
mony, as  it  was  counted,  according 
to  the  commandment  of  Moses,  ./be 
the  service  of  the  Levites,  fby  "the 
hand  of  Ithamar,  son  to  Aaron  the 
priest. 

22  And  BBezaleel  the  son  of  ITri, 
the  son  of  Ilur,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah, 
made  all  that  the  Lokd  commanded 
Moses. 

2.i  And  with  him  was  Aholiab,  son 
of  Ahisamach,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan, 
an  engraver,  and  a  cunning  work- 
man,  and  an  embroiderer  in  blue, 
and  in  purple,  and  in  scarlet,  and 
tine  linen. 

24  All  the  gold  th.Tt  was  occupied 
for  the  work  in  all  the  work  of  the 
holy  place,  even  the  gold  of  the  ot- 
tering, was  twenty  and  nine  talents, 
and  seven  hundred  and  thirty  shek- 
els, after  h  the  shekel  of  the  sanctu- 
ary. 

25  And  the  silver  of  them  that  were 
numbered  of  the  congregation  «■((.-■ 
a  hundred  talents,  and  a  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  threescore  and 
fifteen  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary: 

21J  iA  bekah  for  f  cverv  man,  that 
is,  half  a  shekel,  after  tlie  shekel  of 
the  sanctuary,  for  every  one  that 
went  to  be  numbered,  from  twcntv 
years  old  and  upward,  for  ksi.x  hund- 
red thousand  and  three  thousand 
and  five  hundred  and  fifty  meti. 

27  And  of  the  Imndi.-.l  talents  of 
silver  were  east  I  the  s.iekcts  of  the 
sanctuary,  and  the  si«kets  of  the 
vail;  a  hundred  soi-kcis  of  the  hund- 
red talents,  a  talent  tor  a  socket. 

2S  And  of  the  thousand  seven  hund- 
red seventy  and  five  s/u^i  In  he  made 
hooks  for  the  pillars,  and  overlaid 
their  chapiters,  and  filleted  them. 

2U  And  the  brass  of  the  offering  wa'< 
seventv  talents,  and  two  thousand 
and  four  hiiiHlivd  shekels. 

;»i  \\u\  tluTcwitli  he  made  the  sock- 
ets to  the  d.M.r  of  the  tabernacle  of 
tlie  eoiii;regation,  and  the  brazen  al- 
tar, and  the  hra/rn  grate  for  it,  and 
all  the  v,s.M-ls  of  the  altar, 

:!1  And  the  sockets  of  the  court 
round  about,  ami  the  sockets  of  the 
court  gate,  ami  all  the  pins  of  the 
tabernacle,  and  all  the  pins  of  the 
court  round  about. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

1  Tlic  clotltra  of  tcri'ue  iiml  hoi)/  garmenla. 
'J  r/ie  fphu,t.  8  Tilt  Ireatlptale.  ■2-2  Tin 
role  of  lite  epiiod.  27  TItt  cocli.  milre. 
anU  girdU  of  fine  Uncn.  BO  Tht  plain  of 
the  holy  crotvn.  ^i  All  t«  viewed  and 
approved  tiy  Motet. 

4  NO  of  "the  hlne.  and  purple. 
J\  and  scarlet,  thev  made  I'clothes 
of  serviei'.  to  do  service  in  the  holy 
lilacc,  and  nnule  the  holy  garment's 
Uir  Aaron;  "as  the  LoBD  eommund- 
ed  Moses. 
2  il  And  he  made  the  cphod  q/"gold. 


The  holy  garments  for  the 


EXODUS. 


service  of  the  tabernacle. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1491. 


blue,  and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and 
fine  twined  linen. 

3  And  tliey  did  beat  the  gold  into 
thin  plates,  and  cut  it  iiilo  wires,  to 
work  it  in  the  blue,  and  in  the  pur- 
ple, and  in  the  scarlet,  and  in  tlie 
line  linen,  with  cunnings  work. 

4  They  made  shoulderpieccs  for  it, 
to  couple  it  together:  by  the  two 
edges  was  it  coupled  together. 

5  And  the  curious  girdle  of  liis 
cphod,  that  uxis  upon  it,  teas  of  tlie 
same,  according  to  the  work  thereof; 
of  gold,  blue,  aud  purple,  and  scar- 
let, and  tine  twined  linen;  as  the 
Loud  commanded  Jloses. 

G II  "^  And  they  wrought  onyx  stones 
inclosed  in  ouches  of  gold,  graven, 
as  signets  are  graven,  witli  the  names 
of  the  children  of  Israel. 

7  And  he  put  them  on  the  shoul- 
ders of  the  ephod,  that  thcij  slioidd  he 
stones  for  a  'memorial  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel;  as  the  LoED  com- 
manded Moses. 

8  IT  8  And  he  made  the  breastplate 
of  cunning  work,  like  tlie  work  of 
the  cphod;  o/ gold,  blue,  and  pur- 
ple, and  scarlet,  and  fine  twined 
linen. 

U  It  was  foursquare;  they  made  the 
breastplate  double:  a  span  was  the 
length  thereof,  and  a  span  the  breadth 
thereof,  heiug  doubled. 

10  li  And  they  set  in  it  four  rows  of 
stones:  the  frst  row  was  a  \\  sardius, 
a  topaz,  and  a  carbuncle:  this  wus 
the  hrst  row. 

11  And  the  second  row,  an  emerald, 
a  sapphire,  and  a  diamond. 

VI  And  the  third  row,  a  ligure,  an 
agate,  and  an  amethyst. 

13  And  the  fourth  row,  a  beryl,  an 
onyx,  and  a  jasper:  tlieij  u-cre  in- 
closed in  ouches  of  gold  in  their  in- 
closings. 

14  And  the  stones  tccre  according 
to  the  names  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, twelve,  according  to  their  names, 
like  the  engravings  of  a  signet,  every 
one  with  his  name,  according  to  the 
twelve  tribes. 

13  And  they  made  upon  the  breast- 
plate chains  at  tlie  ends,  o/ wreathen 
work  o/'pure  gold. 

10  And  they  made  two  onehes  of 
gold,  and  two  gold  rings-,  and  put 
tlie  two  rings  in  the  two  ends  of  the 
breastplate. 

17  And  they  put  the  two  ■wreathen 
chains  of  gold  in  tlie  two  rings  on 
the  ends  of  the  breastplate. 

18  And  the  two  ends  of  the  two 
wreathen  chains  they  fastened  in 
the  two  ouches,  and  put  tlieiii  on 
the  shoulderpieces  of  the  ephod,  be- 
fore it. 

19  And  they  made  two  rings  of 
gold,  and  put  them  on  the  two  ends 
of  the  breastplate,  upon  the  border 
of  it,  which  was  on  the  side  of  tlie 
ephfid  inward. 

1    20  And  they  made  two  other  golden 


rings,  and  put  tliem  on  the  two  sides 
of  the  ephod  underneath,  toward  tlie 
forepart  of  it,  over  against  the  other 
coupling  thereof,  above  the  curious 
girdle  of  the  ephod. 
•Jl  And  they  did  bind  the  breast- 
plate by  his  rings  unto  the  rings  of 
the  epliod  with  a  lace  of  blue,  that 
it  miglit  be  above  the  curious  girdle 
of  the  cphod,  and  that  the  breast- 
plate might  not  be  loosed  from  the 
cphod;  as  the  I^OKD  commanded 
Moses. 

22  IT  i  And  he  made  the  robe  of  the 
ephod  oy' woven  work,  all  fi/"blue. 

23  And  there  teas  a  hole  in  the  midst 
of  the  robe,  as  the  hole  of  an  haber- 
geon, u-ith  a  band  round  about  the 
hole,  that  it  should  not  rend. 

24  And  they  made  upon  the  hems 
of  the  robe  pomegranates  of  blue, 
and  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  twined 
liucn. 

23  And  they  made  k  bells  of  pure 
gold,  and  put  the  bells  between  the 
pomegranates  upon  tlie  hem  ()f  the 
robe,  round  about  between  tlic  pome- 
granates: 

2ti  A  bell  and  a  pomegranate,  a  bell 
and  a  pomegranate,  round  about  the 
hem  of  the  robe  to  minister  in  ;  as  the 
Loitu  commanded  Moses. 

27  TT  I  And  the\'  made  coats  of  fine 
linen  o/ woven  work  for  Aaron,  and 
for  his  sons, 

'JH  "'  And  a  mitre  of  fine  linen,  and 
"oodly  bonnets  of  fine  linen,  and 
"linen  breeches p/'fine  twined  linen, 

2'.»  "And  a  girdle  or'  fine  twined 
linen,  and  blue,  and  purple,  and 
scarlet,  o/ needlework;  as  tlie  LoitD 
commanded  Moses. 

.■jO  it  fAnd  they  made  the  plate  of 
the  holy  crown  of  pure  gold,  and 
wrote  upon  it  a  writing, 7iAe  to  tlic 
engravings  of  a  signet,  HOLINESS 
TO  THE  LORD. 

31  And  they  tied  unto  it  a  lace  of 
blue,  to  fasten  it  on  higli  upon  the 
mitre ;  as  the  LoitD  commanded 
Moses. 

32  IT  Thus  was  all  the  work  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  tent  of  the  congre- 

fation  finished:  and  the  children  of 
srael  did  'i  according  to  all  tliat  tlic 
LoiiD  commanded  Moses,  so  did 
thev. 

3.3  U  And  they  brought  the  taber- 
nacle unto  Muses,  the  tent,  and  all 
his  furniture,  his  taches,  his  boards, 
his  bars,  and  his  pillars,  and  his 
sockets; 

34  And  the  covering  of  rams'  skins 
dyed  red,  and  the  covering  of  badg- 
ers' skins,  and  the  rail  of  the  cover- 
ing; 

35  The  ark  of  the  testinion3',  and 
the  staves  thereof,  and  the  mercy 
scat; 

3(1  The  table,  ami  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  and  the  shewbread; 

37  The  pure  candlestick,  with  the 
lamps  thereof,  even  u-ilh  the  lamps 
91 


All  approved  hy  Moses. 


EXODUS. 


The  tabernacle  is  reared. 


lieforo 

CllUl  ST 

Hul. 


X  eh.  35.  10. 
a  Lev.  9.-2l\23. 


ncli.  12.  2.  i 

U.  1. 
Ivor,  17. 

cii.  2U,  1,  :icr. 


to  be  set  in  order,  nnd  nil  tlic  vessels 
thereot;  ami  the  oil  iijr  lij^ht; 
O.S  And  tlie  golden  nltjir,  and  the 
iiniiinthi^   oil,    and    fthc    sweet  in- 
eense,  nnd  the  hanginj,'  ibr  the  taber- 

ol)  The  brazen  altar,  and  liis  grate 
of  brnsa,  his  staves,  and  all  his  ves- 
sels, the  laver  and  his  foot; 

40  The  hangings  of  the  court,  his 
pillars,  and  Ids  sockets,  and  the 
luuiging  ii'r  the  com  t  g;ito.  Ills  cords, 
uudhis  jiijis,  and  all  tlie  vessels  of 
tlie  serviee  of  the  tahernaele,  for  the 
tent  of  the  congregation; 

41  The  clothes  ot  service  to  do  serv- 
ice in  the  holyptace,  and  tlie  holy 
garments  ii>r  Aaron  the  ^iriest,  anil 
his  sons'  garments,  to  minister  in  the 
priest's  oiHce. 

4J  According  to  all  that  the  Loin) 
commanded  Jloses,  so  the  children 
of  Israel  '' made  all  the  work. 
4.'!  And  Moses  did  ln,,k  npim  all  the 
work,  and,  behold,  they  had  done  it 
as  the  L.OKU  liad  commanded,  even 
so  had  they  done  it:  and  iloses 
"  blessed  them. 

CHAPTER  XL. 
1  The  talcrnacte  is  commaiiilcrt  to  he  rear- 
ed, 9  and  anointed.  1^  Aaron  and  his 
eona  to  be  eanetificd.  10  Moeea  perform- 
etit  all  thiaijB  accordingly.  31  A  cloud 
cot'crcth  the  tabernacle. 

AND  the  Loud  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  On  ttie  first  day  of  the  "  first  month 
shalt  thou  set  np  bthe  tabernacle 
of  the  tent  of  the  congregation. 

;!  And  ^  thou  shalt  put  therein  the 
ark  of  the  testimonv,  and  cover  the 
ark  with  the  vail. 

4  And  '1  tliou  shalt  l)ring  in  the 
table,  and  'set  in  order  t  Ihe  things 
that  are  to  be  set  in  order  upon  it; 
f  and  thou  shalt  bring  in  tile  candle- 
stick, and  light  the  lamps  thereof. 

,1  BAnil  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  of 
gold  for  the  incense  bef.re  tile  ark 
of  the  tcslini.)iiv,  and  put  the  hang- 
ing of  the  door  to  the  t.iliernacle. 

(1  And  thou  shalt  set  the  altar  of  the 
burnt  ottering'  before  the  door  of  the 
taliernacle  ol  the  tent  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

T  A 


1 1"  thou  shalt  set  the  laver  be- 
■eii  the  tent  of  the  coiigreg:ition 
1  the  altar,  and  shalt  put  water 


.S  Ami  thou  shalt  set  up  the  court 
round  about,  and  liang  up  the  liang- 
iugatthecc.urtgate. 

II  And  tlio\i  shalt  take  the  anointing 
oil,«iul  >  anoint  the  t:iberuaele,  and 
all  that  u  thereiu,  and  shalt  hallow 
it,  ami  all  the  vessels  thereof:  and  it 
sleill  be  holy. 

III  And  thou  shidt  anoint  the  altar 
of  (he  burnt  offerhig,  and  all  his  ves- 
sels, ami  sanctifv  the  altar:  and  kit 
shall  be  an  altar")  most  holv. 

II  And  thou  slndt  nnoint"  the  hiver 
and  his  foot,  and  sanctifv  it. 
92 


12  I  And  thou  shalt  bring  Aaron 
and  his  sons  unto  the  dour  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
wash  them  with  water. 

13  And  thou  shalt  put  upon  Aaron 
the  holy  garments,  '"and  anoint  him, 
and  sanetitV  him;  that  he  mav  min- 
ister unto  UH-  in  the  jiriest's  otlice. 

14  And  then  shalt  bring  his  sons, 
and  clothe  them  w  itli  coats: 

loAnd  thou  shalt  anciiiit  them,  as 
thou  didst  anoint  their  father,  that 
they  may  minister  unto  nic  in  the 
priest's  oliiee :  lor  their  anointing 
shall  surel.v  be  "an  everlasting  priest- 
hood thron''hout  their  generations. 

1(J  Thus  did  Moses:  according  to 
all  that  the  Loitu  commanded  him, 
sodid  he. 

1"  II  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  first 
month  in  the  second  year,  on  the 
first  <lai/  of  the  month,  t/iat  the 
••  tabernacle  was  reared  up. 

15  And  Jloses  reared  up  the  taber- 
nacle, and  iiistened  his  sockets,  and 
set  up  the  boarils  thereof,  and  put  in 
the  bars  thereof,  and  reared  np  his 
pilUirs. 

r.l  And  he  spread  abroad  the  tent 
over  the  tidiermiele,  and  put  the 
covering  t)f  the  tent  above  upim  it; 
as  the  Loud  commanded  Moses. 

a)  IT  And  he  took  and  jint  I' the 
testimony  into  the  ark,  ami  set  the 
staves  on  the  ark,  and  put  the  mercy 
seat  above  upon  the  ark: 

L'l  And  he  brought  the  ark  into  the 
tabernaele,  ami  'i  set  np  the  vail  of 
the  covering,  and  covered  the  ark 
of  the  testimony;  as  tlie  Loud  com- 
manded Closes." 

22  IT  ■'Aiid  he  put  tlie  tabic  in  the 
tent  of  the  congregation,  upon  the 
side  of  the  tibermiclo  northward, 
without  the  vail. 

2.'i  "And  he  set  the  bread  in  order 
upon  it  before  the  Loud  ;  as  the 
Loui.  had  comimiuded  Moses. 

2411  'And  he  put  the  c;vnillestiek  in 
the  tent  of  the  eongregati.m.  (.ver 
against  the  table,  on' the  side  of  the 
tabernacle  southward. 

25  And  "  he  lighted  the  lamps  before 
the  Loud;  as  the  Loud  commanded 
Moses. 

20  TT  '^  And  he  put  the  golden  altar 
in  the  tent  of  the  congregation  be- 
fore the  vail: 

2"  >  And  he  burnt  sweet  incense 
thereon ;  as  the  J>oui>  commanded 
Moses. 

2S  U  ^  And  he  set  np  the  hanging  at 
thedocn-ofthetabermicle. 

I'.i  ".\ud  he  put  the  altar  of  burnt 
ollering  l„i  the  do.ir  of  the  t:ibernaele 
of  the  tent  of  the  i-ongregatiou,  and 
boll'ered  n|i,.u  it  the  burnt  ottering 
nnd  the  meat  olfering;  as  the  Loui) 
commanded  Moses. 

.'ill  TI  '  And  he  set  the  laver  between 
the  tent  of  the  coiigreg:ition  and  the 
altar,  and  put  water  tlicrc,  to  wash 
irilhal. 


A  cloud  covereth 


LEVITICUS. 


the  tabernacle. 


Beforo 

CURISI 

1400. 


th.  27.  9,  16. 
f  th.  29. 13. 
Ui.  IR.  2. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 

1490. 


cl,.. 1.2. 8.  in. 
it  4.  1.5.  it  ». 
11.  2J.  tic. 
21. 
fch.22,21.27. 


i-hil.  ■ 


31.  M.  JcU.  7. 
*  Ifi.  21. 
Num.  iS.ia. 
2air.20.23. 


I2riir.?5.  11 
Hcl..  10.  11. 
k  rh.  3.  B. 


;U  And  Mosos  nml  Aaron  and  liis 
snns  washed  their  hands  and  tlieir 
feet  thereat: 

32  When  they  went  into  tlic  tent 
of  tlic  congregation,  and  wlien  thoy 
came  near  unto  the  altar,  they  wash- 
ed; <l  as  the  I>oiJl)  eonnnanded  Mosos. 

33  "^And  he  reared  up  the  court 
round  ahout  the  tabernacle  and  the 
altar,  and  set  up  the  hanging  of  the 
court  gate.  So  Moses  finished  the 
work. 

Si  H  fThcn  a  cloud  covered  the  tent 
of  the  congregation,  and  tlic  glory  of 
the  Loud  tilled  the  tabernacle. 

35  And  Moses  s  was  not  able  to  en- 


ter into  the  tent  of  the  congregation, 
because  the  cloud  abode  thereon, 
and  the  glory  of  the  Loitu  filled  the 
tahcrnacle. 

30  ii  And  when  the  cloud  was  taken 
up  from  over  the  tabernacle,  the 
children  of  Israel  t  went  onward  in 
ail  tlieir  journeys: 

37  But  "  if  the  cloud  were  not  taken 
up,  then  they  journeyed  not  till  the 
d.ay  that  it  was  taken  up. 

;>f  For  k  the  cloud  of  the  Lord  v-as 
upon  the  tabernacle  by  day,  and  fire 
was  on  it  by  night,  in  the  sight  of  all 
the  house  of  Israel,  throughout  all 
tlieir  journeys. 


THE  THIRD  BOOK  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 

LEVITICUS. 


CnAPTER  I. 

1  T7ie  6ijni<  oifcrinse.    a  (;/  Ihc  herd,  10 
cf  tin:  Jlocke,  14  of  thcfiywis. 

AND  the  Lord  "called  unto  Mo- 
ses, and  spake  unto  him  i>out  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
saving, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  "^If  any  man  of 
you  bring  an  otlering  unto  the  Lord, 
ye  shall  bring  your  offering  of  the 
cattle,  even  of  tne  herd,  and  of  the 
flock. 

3  If  his  offering  he  a.  burnt  sacrifice 
of  the  herd,  let  him  otfer  a  male 
J  without  bleniisli:  he  shall  oft'er  it  of 
his  own  voluntary  will  at  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
before  the  Lord. 

4  "^  And  he  shall  put  his  hand  upon 
the  head  of  the  burnt  offering;  and  it 
shall  be  f  accepted  for  him  tto  make 
atonement  for  him. 

a  And  he  shall  kill  the  h  bullock 
before  the  Lord:  "and  the  priests, 
Aaron's  sons,  shall  bring  the  blood, 
Itand  sprinkle  the  blood  round  about 
upon  the  altar  that  i'  bii  the  door  of 
tiie  tiibernaclc  of  the  congregation. 

G  And  he  shall  flay  the  burnt  oftcr- 
ing,  and  cut  it  into  his  pieces. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Aaron  the  priest 
shall  put  fire  upon  the  altar,  and  Hay 
the  wood  in  order  upon  the  fire: 

8  And  the  priests,  Aaron's  sons, 
shall  lay  the  parts,  the  head,  and 
the  fat,  in  order  upon  the  wood  that 
is  on  tlic  fire  which  is  upon  the 
alt.ar: 

'J  But  his  inwards  and  his  legs  shall 
he  wash  in  water  :  and  the  priest 
shall  burn  all  on  the  altar,  to  In'  a 
burnt  sacrifice,  an  offering  made  by 


'sweet  s.ivour  unto  tlic 


Before 

CHRIST 

1490. 


fire,  of  a 
Loud. 

10  IT  And  if  his  offering  he  of  Oie 
flocks,  immrlji,  of  the  tiicep,  or  of 
the  goats,  for  a  burnt  sacrifice;  he 
shall  bring  it  a  male  "  without  blem- 
i.sh. 

11  "And  he  shall  kill  it  on  the  side 
of  the  altar  northward  before  the 
J.fiKii:  mill  the  jiriests,  Aaron's  sons, 
shall  sprinkle  his  blood  round  about 
upon  tlio  altar. 

Ji;  And  he  shall  cut  it  into  his 
pieces,  with  his  head  and  his  fat : 
and  the  priest  shall  lay  them  in  or- 
der on  the  wood  that  iVs  on  the  fire 
which  iS  upon  the  altar: 

13  But  lie  shall  wash  the  inwards 
and  the  legs  with  water :  and  the 
priest  shall  bring  it  all,  and  burn  it 
upon  the  altar:  it  is  a  burnt  sacrifice, 
an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord. 

14  IT  And  if  the  burnt  sacrifice  for 
his  oflcring  to  the  Lord  be  of  fowls, 
then  he  shall  bring  his  offering  of 
V  turtledoves,  or  of  young  pigeons. 

1  j  And  the  priest  sliall  bring  it  unto 
the  altar,  and  !|  wring  ofl'  his  head, 
and  burn  il  on  the  altar;  and  the 
lilood  thereof  shall  be  wrung  out  at 
the  side  of  the  altar: 

1()  And  he  shall  pluck  away  his 
crop  with  II  his  feathers,  and  cast  it 
1  beside  the  altar  on  the  east  part,  by 
the  place  of  the  ashes. 

17  And  he  shall  cleave  it  with  the 
wings  thereof,  hut  '  shall  not  divide  it 
a.sunder:  and  the  priest  shall  burn  it 
upon  the  altar,  upon  the  wood  that 
is  upon  the  fire:  -^it  is  a  burnt  sacri- 
fice, an  offering  made  by  fire,  of  a 
1  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 


Ihe  meat  offering  of  flour. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  2Jeaco  offerings. 


Before 
CHRIST 

H'JO. 


sch.  6.  11.  U 
!).  17. 
Hum.  IS.  4. 


AcU  lU.  4. 
c  oh.  7.  9.  & 
10.  12.  U. 


I.  29.  2. 


0»1.  5,  9. 
It  F...  iZ.  21. 
«Fi.il.  lU.ll. 


CHAPTER  II. 

1  Tho  meat  offering  of  flour  with  oil  and 
incense,  4  cither  lia/ccn  in  the  oven,  5  or 
on  a  plate,  1  or  in  a  fryingpan,  12  or  of 
the  flretfruite  in  the  ear.  \i  The  salt  of 
the  meat  offering. 

AND  when  any  will  offer  "  a  meat 
offering  unto  the  IjOkd»  his  of- 
fering sliall  be  f)/"  line  flnnr;  and  he 
sliall  pour  oil  upon  it,  and  put  frank- 
incense thereon. 

2  And  lie  sliall  bring  it  to  Aaron's 
sons  the  priests  :  and  he  shall  talte 
tlicrcout  his  handful  of  tlic  flour 
tliereof,  and  of  tlie  oil  thereof,  with 
nil  the  frankincense  thereof;  and 
tlie  priest  sliall  burn  ''t)ie  memorial 
of  it  upon  the  altar,  to  he  an  offering 
made  by  lire,  of  a,  sweet  savour  unto 
the  Lord: 

;5  And  'the  remnant  of  the  meat 
offering  shall  he  Aaron's  and  his 
sons':  il  it  is  a  thing  most  holy  of  tlie 
offerings  of  the  Lord  made  bv  fire. 

4  TT  And  if  tliou  bring  nn  o"blation 
of  a  meat  offer!  ug  bakeh  in  tlie  oven, 
//  .•^hidt  hr  iinleuveiuHl  cakes  of  line 
flour  miiiglefl  with  oil,  or  iinle:ivcn- 
ed  wafers  ^  anointed  with  oil. 

.'>  TT  And  if  tliy  oblation  hn  a  meat 
offering  hnk-eti  jl  in  a  pan,  it  shall  lie 
or'  flne  flour  unleavened,  mingled 
witli  oil. 

<)  TIiou  slialt  part  it  in  pieces,  and 
pour  oil  thereon:  it  is  a  meat  ofl'er- 
lug. 

r  TT  .\nd  if  thy  oblation  he  a  meat 
offering  hfiken  in  tlie  fryingnan.  it 
sliall  be  made  o/'fine  flour  witli  oil. 

,s  .Viid  tliou  sbnlt  bring  the  meat 
ol);-iiiig  th:it  is  made  of  these  tilings 
unto  the  Loiiii:  and  wlien  it  is  pre- 
si'iitcd  unto  tlie  jiriest,  lie  shall  bring 
it  unto  tlie  altar. 

!t  .Villi  the  priest  shall  take  from  the 
nie.it  oftering  '  a  memorial  tliereof, 
and  shall  burn  it  upon  tlie  altar:  it 
r'.s-  an  K  ottering  nr.ide  by  fire,  of  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  l.onn. 

10  And  h  tliat  wbieli  is  left  of  the 
meat  offering  fhall  be  Aaron's  and 
his  sons':  it  i.i  a  thing  most  lioly  of 
tlie  oft'erings  of  the  I-oiiD  made  by 
fire. 

11  No  meat  offering,  which  yo  shall 
bring  unto  tlie  JjOiti),  slniU  lie  made 
with  i  leaven:  for  ye  sliall  burn  no 
leaven,  nor  any  honey,  in  any  offer- 
ing of  the  I/oit'i)  made  by  fire. 

I-'IT  k  Am  for  tile  nblatioii  oftheflrst- 
fniits.  ve  sliall  offer  tliem  unto  tlie 
LoKii:  liut  thev  sliall  not  f  be  burnt 
on  th,'  altar  lor  a  sweet  savour. 

1.1  And  (verv  oblatiini  of  thv  meat 
oft'ering  I  shalt  thou  season  with  salt; 
neitber  shalt  thou  suffer  '"the  salt  of 
the  covenant  of  thy  (!od  to  be  lack- 
ing from  thv  meat  offering:  "with 
all  thine  ofl'eriug.s  thou  shalt  offer 
salt. 

14  And  if  thou  offer  a  meat  offering 
of  thv  flrstfruits  unto  the  Lnim, 
"thoii  shalt  offer  for  the  meat  (■tfer- 


ing  of  thy  flrstfruits  green  ears  of 
corn  dried  bv  the  fire,  even  corn 
beaten  out  of  ^  full  oars. 

1.5  And  '<  thou  shalt  put  oil  upon  it, 
and  lay  frankincense  thereon:  it  is  a 
meat  offering. 

Hi  And  the  priest  shall  bum  ''tlic 
memorial  of  it,  part  of  the  beaten 
corn  thereof,  and  part  of  the  oil 
thereof;  with  nil  the  frankincense 
thereof:  it  in  an  ofloring  made  by 
tire  unto  the  I^ord. 

CHAPTER  IlL 

I  The  peace  oferin'j  of  the  herd,  6  of  the 

flock,  7  either  a  lamb,  12  or  a  goat. 

AND  if  his  oblation  he  a  "sacrifice 
of  peace  ottering,  if  he  ofl'cr  i<of 
the  herd,  whether  it  he  a  male  or 
female,  he  shall  offer  it  b  without 
blemish  before  the  Lord. 

U  And  *■  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon 
the  head  of  his  offering,  and  kill  it  at 
the  door  of  tlie  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation :  and  Aaron's  sons  the 
jiriests  shall  sprinkle  the  blood  upon 
the  altar  ruund  about. 

;>  And  he  shall  otter  of  the  sacrifice 
of  the  peace  offering  au  ottiL'ring 
made  by  fire  unto  the  LoKn;  I'the 

II  fat  that  covereth  the  inwards,  and 
all  the  tilt  that  is  upon  the  inwards, 

4  And  the  two  kidney.%  and  tlie  fat 
that  is  on  fliem,  wlueh  is  by  the 
flanks,  and  the  ||  caul  above  the  liver, 
with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  ho  take 
away. 

.')  And  Aaron's  sons  ®  shall  burn  it 
on  the  altar  upon  the  burnt  sacrifice, 
which  is  upon  the  wood  that  ?V  on 
the  fire  :  it  is  nn  oftering  made  by 
lire,    of   a   sweet   savour   unto   the 

JyORI). 

G  11  And  if  his  offering  for  a  sacrifice 
of  pe:iee  ottering  unto  the  Lord  Ite 
of  the  flock,  liiale  or  female,  fbe 
shall  ofler  it  without  blemish. 

7  If  he  offer  a  Kami)  for  his  offering, 
then  shall  he  offer  it  before  the 
Lord. 

.S  And  lie  shall  lav  his  hand  upon 
the  bead  of  his  offering,  and  kill  it 
before  the  tabernacle  of  the  con^'re- 
gation  :  and  Aanui's  sons  shall 
sprinkle  the  blood  tliereof  round 
about  upon  the  altar. 

II  And  he  shall  ofl'cr  of  the  snerifiec 
of  the  peace  offering  an  ottering 
made  bv  fire  nnto  tlie  I.ORn;  the  fat 
thereof,', oir^  the  whole  rump,  it  shall 
he  take  off  hard  bv  the  baeklKuie; 
and  the  f.it  that  covereth  the  in- 
I  wards,  and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon  the 
inwards, 

10  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the 
I  fat  that  is  upon  them,  which  is  by 

the  flanks,  and  the  caul  above  the 
liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he 
take  awav. 

11  And  t'lie  priest  shall  burn  it  upon 
the  altar:  it  is  Bthe  fooil  of  the  offer- 
ing made  bv  fire  unto  the  Loi:i>. 

i    12  H  And  if  his  ottering  lie  a  goat. 


The  sin  offering 


LEVITICUS. 


of  ignorance. 


then  lihe  shall  offer  it  before  tlie 
Loud. 

13  And  ho  shall  lay  his  hand  upon 
the  head  of  it,  and  Kill  it  l)cfore  the 
tabernacle  of  the  consrcgation :  and 
the  sons  of  Aaron  shall  sprinkle  the 
blood  thereof  upon  the  altar  round 
about. 

14  And  he  shall  offer  thereof  his 
oftering,  cren  an  offering  made  by 
fire  unto  the  Lord;  the  fat  that  cov- 
ercth  the  inwards,  and  all  the  fat  that 
is  upon  the  inwards, 

15  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat 
that  is  upon  tliem,  which  is  bv  the 
flanks,  and  the  caul  above  the  liver, 
with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  ho  take 
away. 

Hi  And  the  priest  shall  burn  them 
upon  the  altar:  it  is  the  food  of  the 
otferinK  made  by  fire  for  a  sweet 
savour:  "all  the  fat  is  the  LoitD's. 

17  It  shajl  te  a  t  iierpetual  statute 
for  your  generations  throughout  all 
your  dwellings,  that  ye  eat  neitlier 
I  fat  nor  ■"  blood. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  Tht  ein  offering  of  ignoranci:,  3  for  the 

priest,  13  for  the  congregation,  22  for 
the  ruler,  '27  for  any  of  the  people. 

AND  the  LoKD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying,  "If  a  soul  shall  sin  through 
ignorance  against  any  of  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  coiiccriiiiir) 
things  which  ought  not  to  bo  done, 
and  shall  do  against  any  of  them : 

'■i  lilf  the  priest  that  is  anointed  do 
sin  according  to  the  sin  of  the  peo- 
ple; then  Ictliim  bring  for  his  sin, 
which  he  hath  sinned,  "^  a  young  bull- 
ock without  blemish  unto  thoLonu 
for  a  sin  offerin;^. 

4  And  he  shall  bring  the  bullock 
<1  unto  the  door  of  the'tabeniacle  of 
the  congregation  before  the  Lord; 
and  shall  lay  his  liand  upon  the 
bullock's  head,  and  kill  the  bullock 
before  the  Lord. 

5  And  the  priest  that  is  anointed 
'shall  take  of  the  bullock's  blood, 
and  bring  it  to  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation: 

G  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  finger 
in  the  blood,  and  sprinkle  of  the 
blood  seven  times  before  the  Lord, 
before  the  vail  of  the  sanctuary. 

7  And  the  priest  shall  f  put  some  of 
the  blood  upon  the  horns  of  the  altar 
of  sweet  incense  before  the  Lord, 
which  is  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation; and  shall  pour  Sail  the 
nlood  of  the  bullock  at  the  bottom  of 
the  altar  of  tlie  burnt  offering,  whicli 
is  at  tlie  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation. 

8  And  he  shall  take  off  from  it  all 
the  fat  of  the  bullock  for  the  sin  of- 
fering; the  fat  that  coverctli  the  in- 
wards, and  all  the  fat  that  is  upon 
tlie  inwards, 

0  And  the  two  kidneys,  and  the  fat 


ly  the 

flanks,  arid  the  caul  above  the  liver, 
with  the  kidneys,  it  shall  he  take 
away, 

10  n  As  it  was  taken  off  from  the 
bullock  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace  of- 
ferings: and  the  priest  shall  burn 
tlieni  upon  the  altar  of  the  burnt 
oft'cring. 

11  i  And  the  skin  of  the  bullock, 
and  all  his  flesh,  witii  his  head,  and 
with  his  legs,  and  his  inwards,  and 
his  dung, 

12  Even  the  whole  bullock  shall  he 
carry  forth  f  without  the  camp  unto 
a  clean  place,  ^  where  the  ashes  are 
poured  out,  and  l  bum  him  on  the 
wood  with  fire:  t  where  the  ashes  are 
poured  out  shall  he  be  burnt. 

13  IT  And  °'  if  the  whole  congrega- 
tion of  Israel  sin  through  ignorance, 
"and  the  thing  be  hid  froni  the  eyes 
of  the  assembly,  and  they  have  done 
soiiiewliat  against  any  of  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  concerning 
filings  which  should  not  be  done, 
and  arc  guilty; 

14  Wlicn  the  sin,  which  tlicy  have 
sinned  against  it,  is  known,  then  the 
congregation  shall  offer  a  young  bull- 
ock for  the  sin,  and  bring  Inm  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  of  tlio  congre- 
gation. 

1.5  And  the  ciders  of  the  congrega- 
tion "  shall  lay  their  hands  upon  the 
lieadof  the  bullock  before  the  Lord; 
and  the  bullock  shall  be  killed  be- 
fore the  Lord. 

Hi  PAnd  the  priest  that  is  anointed 
shall  bring  of  the  bullock's  blood  to 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation: 

17  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  fin- 
ger in  some  of  the  blood,  and  sprinkle 
it  seven  times  before  the  Lord,  even 
before  the  vail. 

18  And  he  shall  put  some  of  the 
blood  upon  the  honis  of  the  altar 
which  IS  before  tlie  Lord,  that  is  in 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
and  shall  pour  out  nil  the  blood  at 
the  bottom  of  the  altar  of  the  burnt 
offering,  which  is  at  the  door  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

10  And  he  shall  take  all' his  fat  from 
him,  and  burn  it  upon  the  altar. 

L'O  And  lie  shall  do  with  the  bullock 
as  he  did  ''  with  the  bullock  for  a  .sin 
oflTering,  so  shall  he  do  with  this: 
■^and  the  priest  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment for  them,  and  it  shall  be  for- 
given them. 

'21  And  he  shall  carry  forth  the  bull- 
ock without  the  camp,  and  burn 
him  as  he  burned  the  first  bullock: 
it  ('.•*  a  sin  offering  for  the  congre- 
gation. 

2'2  TT  When  a  ruler  hath  sinned,  and 
'done  soincichnt  through  ignorance 
against  any  of  the  commandments 
of  the  Lord  his  God  concerning 
t/iinga  which  should  not  be  done, 
and  is  guilty; 

i;3  Or  'if  his  sin,  wherein  he  hath 
95 


The  sin  offering  of  ignorance. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  trespass  offering. 


noforo 
CHRIST 

14U0. 


y  eh.  3.  5, 
I  T^r.  to. 
Kuiu.10.2S. 


t  Hcl).  nu 
t  Het>,  ptc 


sinned,  come  to  his  knowledge;  he 
shall  bring  his  offering,  a  liid  of  the 
givUs,  a  male  without  blemish: 

l!4  And  "  he  shall  lay  his  hand  npnn 
the  head  of  the  goat,  and  kill  it  in 
tlie  place  where  they  kill  the  burnt 
offering  before  the  Lord:  it  ts  a  sin 
ott'ering. 

Z'l  ^And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the 
blood  of  the  sin  offering  with  his 
finger,  and  put  it  upon  tlie  horns  of 
the  altar  of  burnt  offering,  and  shall 
|H)ur  out  his  blood  at  the  bottom  of 
tile  altar  of  burnt  offering. 

a!  And  he  shall  burn  all  his  fat  up- 
on the  .'dtar,  as  Jthe  fat  of  the  sacri- 
fice of  peace  offerings:  'and  the 
priest  shall  make  an  atonement  for 
him  as  concerning  his  sin,  and  it 
sliall  be  forgiven  him. 

27  11  And  "  if  t  any  one  of  the  t  com- 
mon people  sin  through  ignorance, 
while  he  doeth  somewhat  agniiiM 
any  of  the  commandments  of  the 
Lord  ronimiing  lhmg$  which  ought 
not  to  be  done,  and  be  guilty ; 

US  Or  liif  his  sin,  which  he  hath 
sinned,  come  to  his  knowledge;  then 
he  shall  bring  his  offering,  a  kid  of 
the  goats,  a  female  without  blem- 
ish, for  his  sin  wliich  he  hath  sin- 
ned. 

L'H  ■'.Vnd  ho  shall  lay  his  hand  upon 
till'  lie;i(l  lit'  fhc  sin  offering,  and  slay 
"■  ... I. ._:.._  j,j  j],g  piiicg  of  the 


lt..lVe 


■d    th. 


.1  tie 


liriest  shnll  take  of  the 
f  witli  his  tinker,  and 
nnt  //  ni'oii  the  horns  of  tlie  nltar  of 
imrnt  offering,  and  shnll  pour  out 
all  the  blood  thereof  at  the  bottom 
of  tlie  altar. 

.11  And  <l  he  shall  take  nway  all  the 
fat  thereof,  'an  the  fat  is  tiken  away 
from  off'  the  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings; and  the  priest  shall  burn  it  up- 
on the  alt:ir  for  a  fswect  savour  unto 
the  I.,oi:ii;  Band  the  priest  shall 
make  an  atonement  for  him,  and  it 
shall  be  for;;iven  him. 

.'L'  And  if  he  bring  a  lamb  for  a  sin 
offering,  li  lie  shall  bring  it  n  female 
without  blemish. 

.'!.'>  And  he  shall  lay  his  hand  upon 
the  he:ul  of  the  sin  offering,  and  slay 
it  for  a    sin    offering    in    the   place 


where  they  kill  flic  burnt  offeriu 
."rf  And  the  pr 


cvl 
the 
blood   of  th. 


it  !(■ 


till'  nltar  of  burnt 
bl 


t  shall  take  of  the 
Vring  with  his 
.11  th.'li..nisof 
niuu',  an.lsliiill 
1  thereof  at  the 


11  tl 

U.ttoill  i.fthe  altar: 
X,  Anil  he  shall  take  away  all  the 
fat  thereof,  ns  the  fat  of  the  lamb  is 
taken  away  from  the  sacriflce  of  the 
pence  oll'crings;  and  the  priest  shall 
iiurn  them  upon  the  altar,  i  accord- 
ing to  the  offerings  made  by  fire  un- 
to the  LoiU):  kand  the  priest  shall 
make  an  atonement  for  his  sin  that 
be  hath  committed,  and  it  shall  be 
forgiven  him. 

96 


CUAPTER  V. 

I  He  that  einncth  in  concealing  his  knowl- 
edge, 2  in  touching  an  u  netean  thing,  4  or 
in  making  an  oath.  0  JJiK  trcepass  offer- 
ing, cf  the  flock,  7  offowte,  U  or  of  flour. 
14  The  tretpaet  offering  i»  tacrilege,  17 
and  in  aina  of  ignorance. 

AND  if  a  soul  sin,  "  and  hear  the 
voice  of  swearing,  and  w  a  wit- 
ness, whether  he  hath  seen  or  known 
of  it;  if  he  do  not  utter  it,  then  he 
shall  l>  bear  his  iniquity. 

:i  Or'^if  a  soul  touch  any  unclean 
thin^,  whether  i(  6e  a  carcass  of  an 
unclean  beast,  or  n  carcass  of  un- 
clean cattle,  or  the  carcass  of  un- 
clean creeping  things,  and  if'  it  be 
hidden  from  him;  he  also  sliall  be 
unclciin,  and  J  guilty. 

.1  Or  if  he  touch  "^"thc  uncleanncss 
of  man,  wliatsoevcr  uncleanncss  it  lie 
that  a  man  shall  be  defiled  withal, 
and  it  be  hid  from  him;  when  he 
knoweth  of  it,  then  he  shall  be 
guilty. 

4  Or  if  a  soul  swear,  pronouncing 
with  hi."  lips  fto  do  evil,  or  i^fo  do 
good,  whatsoever  it  lie  that  a  man 
shnll  pronounce  with  an  oath,  and  it 
be  hid  from  him;  when  he  knoweth 
of  it,  then  he  shall  be  guilty  in  one 
of  these. 

5  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  shall  he 
guilty  in  one  of  these  t/iiiigi>,  that  he 
shall  I.  confess  that  he  hnth  sinned  in 
that  thiiif/: 

(1  And  he  shnll  bring  his  trespass 
offering  unto  tlio  i-.iKii  l.ir  his  sin 
which  ho  hath  ,-iiine.l,  a  Uninle  from 
the  flock,  a  Inmh,  or  a  kid  of  the 
goats,  for  a  sin  offering ;  and  the 
priest  shnll  make  an  atoueinent  for 
him  concerning  his  sin. 

7  And  iif  the  be  not  able  to  bring 
a  lamb,  then  ho  shall  bring  fiir  his 
trespass,  which  he  hnth  committed, 
two  k  turtledoves,  or  two  young 
pigeons,  unto  the  Lord;  one"  for  a 
sin  offering,and  the  other  for  a  burnt 
offering. 

H  And  he  shnll  bring  them  nnto  the 
jiricst,  who  shall  offer  tluit  which  (',< 
i'or  the  sin  offering  first,  and  I  wring 
oft'  his  head  from  his  neck,  but  shall 
not  divide  it  asunder: 

!l  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the  blood 
of  the  sin  offering  upon  the  side  of 
file  alt:>r ;  and  '"  the  rest  of  the 
lilood  shall  be  wrung  out  at  tlic 
bottom  of  the  altar;  it  is  a  sin  oft'er- 
ing. 

10  And  he  shall  offer  the  second  for 
a  burnt  ofleriii-,  aecrding  to  the 
ir'mnnuer:  "nii.l  tlu'  nriest  shall 
make  an  atoueiii.'iit  I  ir  him  for  his 
sin  which  be  hath  sinned,  and  it 
shall  be  forgiven  him. 

II  IT  Hut  if  ho  be  not  nblc  to  bring 
two  turtledoves,  or  two  yonn"  pig- 
eons, then  be  that  siniiedshall  tiring 
for  his  offering  the  tenth  part  of  nil 
eiihah  of  fine  flour  for  a  sin  oIl'.Tiu-; 
I'he  shall  put  no  oil  upon  it,  ueitlur 


The  trespass  offering. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  law  of  the  burnt  offering. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1400. 


u  ch. n.  14. 

I  E.ri.  10.  13. 


ct.  4.  2.  13. 
2-2.  27. 
P..  W.  12. 
I.uk.  12.  48. 


shall  he  put  «».'/  frtinkinccusc  there- 
on :  for  it  is  a  siii  otlcriii^. 

12  Then  shall  lie  briiii;  it  to  the 
priest,  and  the  priest  sIu'iU  take  his 
handful  of  it,  '^cvrn  a  memorial 
thereof,  and  burn  it  on  the  altnr, 
■■aceordiuK  to  the  offerings  m.ide  by 
fire  unto  the  Lokd:  it  is  a  sin  olfcr- 
iiiR. 

lo  'xVnd  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  him  as  touching;  his 
sin  tliat  he  hath  sinned  in  one  of 
these,  and  it  shall  be  forpven  liim: 
and  '  the  remnant  shall  be  the  priest's, 
as  a  meat  ofTerins. 

14  IT  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  BIo- 
ses,  saying, 

15  "It'n  sold  commit  a  trespass,  and 
sin  tlirou^h  ignorance,  in  tlie  holy 
things  of  the  LoKD;  then  ''lie  shall 
bring  for  his  trespass  unto  the  I^OKD 
a  rain  -without  blemisli  out  of  tlic 
(locks,  with  tin'  estimation  by  shek- 
els of  silver,  ultcr  >  the  shekel  of  the 
sanctuary,  for  a  trespass  oftering: 

l(j  j\n(l  he  sliall  make  amends  for 
tlic  liarm  that  he  bath  done  in  the 
lioly  tiling,  and  '  shall  add  the  fifth 
part  tliereto,  and  give  it  unto  the 
priest:  "and  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  him  with  the  ram  of 
the  trespass  oft'ering,  and  it  shall  be 
forgiven  him. 

17  TT  And  if  a  b  soul  sin,  and  commit 
any  of  these  things  which  are  forbid- 
den to  be  done  by  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord;  'though  he  wist 
it  not,  3'et  is  he  il  guilty,  and  shall 
bear  his  iniquity. 

18  '  And  he  shall  bring  a  ram  with- 
out blemish  out  of  the  flock,  with 
thy  estimation,  for  a  trespass  offer- 
ing, unto  the  priest:  faud  the  priest 
shall  make  an  atonement  for  him 
concerning  his  ignorance  wherein  he 
erred  and  wist  it  not,  and  it  shall  be 
forgiven  him. 

19  It  ts  a  trespas.9  offering:  She 
hath  certainly  trespassed  against  the 
Lor.D. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  The  tretpats  offering  far  tins  ttone  tfit- 
ting};i.  8  The  law  of  the  burnt  offering, 
14  and  of  the  meat  offering.  13  The  offer- 
ing  at  the  consecration  of  a  prieet.  24 
The  law  of  the  ein  offering. 

AND  the  LOED  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 
2  If  a  soul  sin,  and  ^commit  a  trcs- 


dclivered  him  to  keep,  or  in  ||t  fel- 
lowship, or  in  a  thinjr  taken  away 
by  violence,  or  hath  li  deceived  his 
neiglibour; 

I!  Or  'have  found  that  which  was 
lost.  Olid  licth  concerning  it,  and 
fsweareth  falsely;  in  any  of  all  these 
that  a  man  doeth,  sinning  therein: 

4  Then  it  shall  be,  because  he  hath 
sinned,  and  is  guiltv,  tlmt  h-  shall 
restore  that  w-hieh  he  took  violcntlv 
away,  or  the  tiling  which  he  hath 
7 


deceitfully  gotten,  or  that  wliich  was 
delivered  him  to  keep,  or  the  lost 
tiling  which  ho  found, 
5  Or  all  that  about  which  he  liatli 
sworn  falsely;  he  shall  even  6 restore 
it  in  the  principal,  and  shall  add  the 
liilh  part  more  thereto,  and  give  it 
unto  him  to  whom  it  appertalneth, 
1(  t  in  the  day  of  his  trespass  offering. 

0  And  he  sliall  bring  his  trespass  of- 
fering unto  the  Lokd,  Ha  ram  with- 
out blemish  out  of  the  flock,  with 
thy  estimation,  for  a  trespass  offer- 
ing, unto  the  priest: 

7  iAnd  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  tiir  him  betbre  the  Lnno: 
and  it  shall  be  forgiven  him  for  any 
thinjt  of  all  that  he  hath  done  in  tres- 
passing therein. 

8  tf  And  the  Lokd  spake  mito  Jfo- 
ses,  s.iying, 

9  Command  Aaron  and  his  sons, 
saying,  Thi.s  is  the  law  of  the  burnt 
offering:  It  is  the  burnt  offering,  ||  lie- 
cause  of  the  burning  ujion  the  :il(ar 
all  night  unto  the  morning,  and  the 
fire  ot  the  altar  shall  be  liuniiiig  in  it. 

10  kAnd  the  priest  shall  juit  <ni  his 
linen  gamient,  and  his  linen  breech- 
es shall  he  put  upon  his  flesh,  and 
take  up  the  ashes  which  the  fire  hath 
consumed  with  the  burnt  offering  on 
the  altar,  and  he  shall  put  them Tbe- 
sidc  the  altar. 

11  And  "'he  shall  put  off  his  gar- 
ments, and  put  on  other  garments, 
and  carry  tbrth  the  ashes  without 
the  camp  "unto  a,  clean  place. 

12  And  the  lire  upon  the  altar  sli.tll 
he  burning  in  it;  it  shall  not  be  put 
out:  and  the  priest  shall  buni  wood 
on  it  every  morning,  and  lay  the 
burnt  offering  in  order  upon  it;  and 
he  shall  burn  thereon  "the  fat  of  the 
jieace  offerings. 

li!  The  fire  shall  ever  be  burning 
upon  the  altar;  it  shall  never  go  out. 

It  IT  I'Aiid  this  is  the  law'of  the 
meat  ottering:  The  sons  of  Aaron 
shall  ofier  it  Ijcfore  the  LoKD,  before 
the  altar. 

1.)  And  he  shall  take  of  it  his  hand- 
ful, of  the  flour  of  the  meat  offering, 
and  of  the  oil  thereof,  and  all  the 
frankincense  which  ts  upon  the  meat 
offering,  and  shall  burn  it  upon  tlie 
altiir  for  a  sweet  savour,  even  tlie 

1  memorial  of  it,  unto  the  Lokd. 

l(i  And  'the  remainder  thereof  shall 
Aaron  and  his  sons  cat:  "with  un- 
leavened bread  shall  it  be  eaten  in 
the  holy  place;  in  tlie  court  of  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  they 
shall  cat  it. 

17  '  It  shall  not  be  baken  with  leav- 
en. "I  have  given  it  vnio  tlicni  for 
their  portion  of  my  offerings  made 
by  fire;  '^it  is  most  holy,  as  is  the  sin 
orTcring,  and  as  the  ti'cspass  offerinj:. 

18  >  All  the  males  among  the  ehil- 
d;en  of  Aaron  shall  eat  of  it.  'It  yJiall 
br  a  statute  for  ever  in  your  gener:i- 
tions  conccniin':;  (he  ofrerings  of  the 

97 


Law  of  the  sin  offenng. 


LEVITICUS.  Law  of  the  trespass  offering. 


CHRIST 
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m.  37.  i 

J.<OKD  made  by  fire:  '*e\'ery  one  that 
toueheth  tliein  shall  be  holy. 

r,(  'I  And  the  LoKD  spake" unto  Mo- 
ses, siivinj;, 

20  !•  This  U  the  oiferiiig  of  Aaron 
and  of  his  sons,  which  they  shall 
offer  unto  the  lyOHD  in  the  day  when 
he  is  anointed;  the  tenth  part  of  an 
'  ei>hah  of  fine  flour  fiir  a  meat  otfer- 
\\\\i  perpetual,  half  of  it  i]i  the  morn- 
ing.', and  lialf  thereof  at  nif^ht. 

■n  In  a  pan  it  sh;i]l  be  made  with 
oil;  ii,i:l  vhni  il  i<  li:lken,  tllnn  shult 
hrin-itin:  .»/-/  the  haken  pieees  of 
tlie  meat  c.nerini;  s-hidt  then  offer  ./or 
a  sweet  .'.a\<inr  unto  the  LoKli. 

•--J  And  tlie  iirie^tof  his  .M,ns  ilthat 
is  anointed  in  Ins  stead  shall  offer  it: 
it  is:\  statute  for  ever  unto  the  LoKU; 
'it  shall  b-  wlu.lly  burnt. 

L'.'E  For  e\ery  me;it  offerini;  for  the 
jiriest  sliall  bo  wholly  burnt:  it  shall 
not  be  eaten. 

lit  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  BIo- 
si's,  s:iyini.^, 

L*."»  Speat  lintft  .Varou  ami  to  Ins 
sous.  s;ivin-,  I'fliis  M  the  law  of  the 
sin  c.lfel'iu-:  K]u  tin-  pl;iee  «  hcvc  tlu^ 
burnt  oin'rin.,'  is  killed  shall  the  sin 
otferiu','  lie  killed  before  the  Loi;u: 
I'it  M  mnst  holy. 

ai  i  The  iiriest  that  ofTereth  it  for  sin 
shall  eat  it:  tin  the  holy  idaec  shall 
it  be  eaten,  in  the  e<nirt  <pf  the  taber- 
uaele  of  the  con^'ref^atimi. 

•27  I  Wludsoever  slndl  touch  the  flesh 
thereof  shall  be  holv:  iind  when 
there  is  sprinkled  of  the  bl 1  there- 
of upon  any  f;annent,  tlmu  slndt 
wash  that  whereon  it  was  sprinkled 
in  the  holv  place. 

as  But  the  e:n-then  vessel  wherein 
it  is  sodden  '".shall  be  broken:  and 
it  it  be  sodden  in  a  brazen  pot,  it 
slniU  be  both  scoured,  and  rinsed  in 
water. 

L'.l  "  All  the  males  nmonp;  the  priests 
sliall  eat  thereof:  "  it  K  most  holv. 

.■»l  I'And  no  sin  ..Iferile.',  whereof 
o»7of  the  bloo.l  is  broii-ht  into  the 
talieniaele  of  the  eonL're-;ili..n  to  rec- 
oncile tfillidl  in  tlie  holy  /.hirr,  shall 
be  cutcn:  it  shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 

CHAPTER  Vll. 
1  Tim  taw  of  the  Irttpiitt  c/lcrijiff,  U  and 
of  the  peace  offerings,  Vi  whethtir  it  be  for 
a  tttankgffiviiifft  10  or  a  vow,  or  a  free- 
will  offeriiii/.  Z2  Tht  fat,  20  and  the 
blood,  are  forbidden.  28  The  pricite' 
portion  in  the  peace  offeritifft. 

IIKEWISE  "this  is  the  law  of  the 
J  tresiiassoirerinir:  liit(.-;most  holv. 

2  •■  In  the  pkiee  wHiele  tluv  kill  the 
burnt  olleriu-  shall  thev  kill  the  tres- 
pass ,.1feriiiL':  and  the'bl 1  Ibere.d' i 

sindl  he  sprinkle  roniul  about  upon 
the  altar. 

:;  .\nd  he  slnill  offer  of  it  dall  the 
fid  thereof;  the  rump,  ami  the  fat 
tli:dcovrrctll  the  inwards, 

I  .\nd  the  two  kidnev.s,  and  the 
fit  that  IS  on  them,  whieh  m  by  the 
flanks,  and  the  caul  l/iat  u  libovc 


the  liver,  with  the  kidneys,  it  shall 
he  take  away: 

5  And  the  priest  shall  hum  them 
upon  the  altar. /(*r  an  (dferinj;  made 
by  fire  unto  the  l>oi:u:  it  is  a  tres- 
jiass  offering. 

li  "  Every  male  among  the  priests 
shall  eat  tueieof:  it  shall  be  eaten  iu 
the  holy  place:  fit  m  most  hol.v. 

7  As  the  sin  offering  />•,  so  is  Pthc 
trespass  offering:  Ih' n  is  one  law  for 
them:  the  priest  tluit  nuiketh  atone- 
ment therewitli  sludl  have  if. 

8  And  the  priest  that  oflereth  any 
man's  burnt  nfiirinp,  <-e.)i  the  priest 
.shall  luive  to  hiiuself  the  skm  of  the 
burnt  otfcri)!-  whieh  he  hath  oflercd. 

'J  And  li;ill  the  meat  otlering  tlnit 
is  b;iken  in  the  oven,  and  all  that  is 
dressed  iu  the  fryiiiKpan,  and  II  in 
the  pan,  shall  be  the  priest's  that 
offereth  it. 

IU  And  everj-  meat  ofl'erin.s,  min- 
gled with  oil,  and  dr.v,  shall  all  the 
sous  of  Aanm  have,  one  (fs  much  as 
another. 

I I  And  1  this  is  the  law  of  the  socri- 
liee  of  jieace  offeriuK.s,  which  he  shall 
tifl'er  unto  the  I,(il!i). 

1-2  If  he  offer  it  fiir  a  fhank.snivin-:, 
then  he  shall  offer  with  the  .s:ierifiee 
of  thanksf^ivinj;  uuleaveucd  cakes 
minified  with  oil,  and  unleavened 
wafers  k  anointed  with  i>il.  and  cakes 
mingled  with  oil,  of  fine  flour,  fried. 

13  Besides  the  cakes,  !»■  shall  offer 
nir  his  offcrin;;  I  leavened  bread  with 
the  sacrifice  of  thauksgivins  of  his 
pe:ice  otfijrings. 

U  And  of  it  he  shall  ofTer  one  out 
of  the  whole  oblation  Jar  a  heave 
offering  unto  the  Loiii),  "'and  it 
shall  be  tlie  priest's  that  sprinkleth 
the  blood  of  the  peace  offerings. 

15  "And  the  llesli  of  the  sacrifice 
of  his  )ieace  olhrin^'s  tor  thanksgiv- 
ing shall  be  eaten  the  same  day  tliat 
it  is  offered:  he  shall  not  leave  any 
of  it  until  the  morning. 

li;  lint  "if  the  sacrifice  of  his  ofTcr- 
ing  hr  a  vow,  or  a  voluntary  ofltring, 
it  shall  be  eaten  the  same  day  that 
he  (iffereth  his  sacrifice;  and  on  the 
morrow  also  the  rcmainderof  it  shall 
be  eaten: 

ir  But  the  remainder  of  the  flesh  of 
the  sacrifice  on  the  third  day  shall 
he  burnt  with  fire. 

18  And  if  n».v  of  the  flesh  of  the 
sacrifice  of  his  peace  ofl'crings  be 
eaten  nt  nil  on  the  third  dav,  it  shall 
not  be  neecpted,  neither  sliall  it  be 
I'imputcd  unto  hiiii  that  offereth  it: 
it  shall  be  an  'lahomiiiatiou,  and  the 
soul  that  eateth  of  it  sludl  bear  his 

III  Anil'the  flesh  that  tmieheth  aiiv 
nneUiin  lh>,„,  shall  not  be  eaten;  it 
shall  be  l.u.nt  with  tire:  an. I  as  for 
the  flesh,  all  that  be  clean  shall  eat 
thereof. 

Ltl  But  the  soul  th:it  oateth  <./' the 
ne;.li  of  the  sacrifice  of  peace  bfler- 


Tlie  portion  of  the  priests. 


LEA'ITCCUS.      Aaron  and  his  sons  consecrated. 


ings,  that  jtcrtain  unto  the  Lt>ui), 
''liaving  l\is  uncleaiincss  upon  him, 
even  that  soul "  slinll  be  cut  oft"  (ioni 
liis  people. 

21  Moreover  the  soul  that  sliall  touch 
any  unclean  tiling,  ns  *the  unclean- 
ness  of  man,  or  wiji  "iinclean  beast, 
or  any  *  abominable  unclean  thing, 
and  eat  of  the  flesh  of  t!ie  sacrifice  of 
peace  offerings,  vhich  pertiiin  unto 
the  LoiiD,  even  that  soul  ''sl\all  be 
cut  off  from  liis  people. 

21  TI  And  the  LuEU  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

23  Speak  unto  the  chiUlrcn  of  Is- 
rael, saying,  ^  Yc  shall  eat  no  man- 
ner of  fat,  of  ox,  or  of  sheep,  or  of 
goat. 

24  Anil  the  fat  of  the  1  beast   that 


be  given  them  of  tlie  children  of  Is- 
rael, liin  the  day  tliat  he  anointed 
them,  bn  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out tlieir  generations. 

07  Tliis  fs  tlic  law  "of  the  burnt  of- 
fering, k  of  tlie  meat  oiTcring,  i  anil  of 
the  sin  ofi'ering,  "'  and  of  the  trespass 
offering,  "  and  of  the  conseci^ations, 
and  "of  the  sacrifice  of  the  peace  of- 
ferings; 

oS  Which  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses  in  mount  Sinai,  in  the  day 
tluit  lie  commanded  the  cl\ildren  of 
Israel  I'to  offer  their  oblations  unto 
the  Loud,  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai. 

CHAPTER  VUI. 

1  MoKca  coneicrnteik  Aaron  and  Jns  eons. 

H  Thtir  ain  ajfcring.    18  Tlieir  burnt  of- 

ferina.    2i  Tlicram  of  conetcraliiins.    i>l 
Tlic  jilarc  fi  lid  time  of  their  eontccration. 


dietli  of  itself,  and  tlie  fat  of  tliat 

whicli  is  torn  witli  beasts,  may  be 

used  in  any  otlicr  use:  but  ye  shall    IX  saying 

in  no  wise  eat  of  it.  2  •'Take  Aaron  and  his  sons  with 

25  For  whosoever  eateth  the  fat  of  i  him,  and  I' tlie  garments,  and  'the 
the  beast,  of  which  men  offer  an  of-  [  anointing  oil,  and  a  bullock  for  the 
fering  made  by  fire  unto  the  I.ohd,  |  sin   offering,  and  two  rams,  and  a 
even  the  soul  that  eateth  it  shall  be  i  basket  of  unleavened  bread; 
cut  oft'from  his  people.  I    .'»  And  gather  thou  all  tlie  congrega- 

21!  "Moreover  ve  shall  cat  no  man-  '  tioii    togitlier   unto   the  dcw.r  of  the 
ner  of  blood,  tchrlhrr  it  h'  of  fowl  or    tabcTiiaele  of  the  i  i.iiL'ri'giition. 
of  beast,  in  any  of  your  dwellings.        |    4  And  .M..,-cs  did  ;i>  tlu-  I.i.ini  cnm- 

27  "Whatsoever  soul  it  be  that  eateth  ;  manded  biui;  and  the  assembly  was 
any  manner  of  blood,  even  tliat  soul  i  gathered  together  unto  the  duor  of 
shall  be  cut  off  from  his  people.  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

28  TT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo-  5  And  Jloses  said  unto  the  congrc- 
ses,  saying,  jation,  il  This  ii  the  thing  which  the 

21)  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Isra-    Lord  commanded  to  he  done, 
el,  saying,  "  lie  that  offereth  the  sac-      (I  And   JIoscs   brought  Aaron  and 
iliee  of  his  peace  offerings  unto  the    liis    sons,  *'and  washed   thcni  with 


I,oi!D,  shall  bring  his  oblation  unto 
the  Lord  of  the  sacrifice  of  liis  peace 
offerings. 

31)  hllis  own  hands  shall  bring  the 
offerings  of  the  Lord  made  by  fire, 
the  fat  with  the  breast;  it  shall  he 
bring,  that '  the  breast  may  be  waved 
/or  a  wave  offering  before  the  Lord. 

31  JAnd  the  priest  shall  burn  the  fat 


•ater. 

7  'And  be  put  upon  hini  the  f^coat, 
and  girded  him  with  the  girdle,  and 
clothed  him  witli  the  robe,  and  put 
the  cphod  upon  him,  and  he  girded 
him  with  tlie  curious  girdle  of  the 
cphod,  and  bound  it  unto  him  there- 
with. 

S  And  he  put  the  breastplate  upon 
upon  the  altar:  "but  tlie  breast  shiiU  i  him:  also  be  liput  in  the  breastplate 
be  Aaron's  and  his  sons'.  1  the  t'rim  and  the  Tliumniim. 

32  And  f  the  right  shoulder  shall  ye  j  tl  lAnd  he  put  the  mitre  upon  his 
give  uuto  the  priest /or  a  heave  of-  i  head;  also  upon  the  mitre,  even  uj)- 
fering  of  the  sacrifices  of  your  peace  on  his  forefront,  did  be  put  the  gold- 
offerings.  I  en  plate,  the  holy  crown ;  ss  the 
Si  He  among  the  sons  of  Aaron,  I  Lord  k  commanded  Moses, 
that  offereth  tlie  blood  of  the  peace  |    10  LVnd  JIoscs  took  tiie  anointing 


offerings,  and  the  fat,  shall  have  the 
right  shoulder  for  Ids  i>art. 
o4    For  8  the   wave   breast  and  the 
heave  shoulder  have  I  taken  of  the 
children  of  Israel  from  oft'  the  sacrifi- 


oil,  and  anointed  the  tabernacle  and 

all  that  teas  therein,  and  sanctified 

them. 
U  And  he  sprinkled  thereof  upon 

the  altar  seven  times,  and  anointed 
ces  of  their  peace  offerings,  and  have  the  altar  and  all  his  vessels,  both  the 
~ them   unto   Aaron  the  priest    biver  and  his  foot,  to  sanctify  them 


and  unto  his  sons,  by  a  statute  tor 
ever,  from  among  thechildren  of  Is- 
rael. 

.xi  II  This  is  the  portion  of  the  anoint- 
ing of  Aaron,  and  of  the  anointing  of 
his  sons,  out  of  the  offerings  of  the 
Lord  made  by  fire,  in  the  day  irh(  a 
he  iiiesented  them  to  minister  unto 
I^ord  in  the  priest' 


12  And  be  ""poured  of  the  anointing 
oil  upon  Aaron's  head,  and  anointed 
him,  to  siinetify  him. 

\"i  "And  Moses  brought  Aaron's 
sons,  and  put  coats  upon  them,  and 
girded  them  with  girdles,  and  i  jiut 
boniiets  upon  tbcm;  as  the  Lord 
coinmiindixl  Closes. 

brought  the  bnlhiek  foi 


SUAVhich  the  LoiiD  comnniuded  to  '  the  sin  oftlring:  and  Aaron  and  his 


The  ram  of  consccraiinn. 


LEy-ITICUS. 


AarorVs  offcnngs  for  hiinse'f, 


Bcforo 

cnRiST 

1400. 


.  2n.  11. 

4.  11,  13. 
.  23.  15. 


sons  Phiiil  their  hands  upon  the  head 
of  the  bullock  for  the  sin  olfi'iint,'. 
15  And  lie  slew  it;  land  jMoses 
took  the  blood,  nnd  iiut  it  upon  the 
horns  of  the  altar  round  about  \v'M\ 
his  finder,  and  purilied  the  r.ltnr,  and 
poured  the  blood  ut  the  bottom  of 
the  altnr,  nnd  .-ianctified  it,  to  iniiko 


It. 


1  he  took  all  the  fat  that  i<'a.<; 
u|>on  the  inwards,  and  the  caul 
n',i:n  the  liver,  andtlic  t«'0  kidneys, 
and  their  fat,  and  Moses  burned  it 
upon  llic  altar. 

17  Jiiit  the  bullock,  nnd  his  bide. 
Ills  (Icsli,  and  his  duns,  he  burnt 
with  lire  without  the  camp;  as  the 
Li,i;i)  -eoniniinded  Mose.'*. 

IS  TT  <And  he  hrou.-lit  tlic  ram  for 
tlie  burnt  olt'rriiii;:  and  Aaron  and 
lii^A  poiM  l.iid  their  hands  upon  the 
head,  if  the  ram. 

i;i  And  he  killed  il ;  and  Moses 
sprinkled  tlie  blood  upon  the  altiir 
r.Muidaliout. 

L**)  And  he  cut  the  ram  into  pieces; 
and  Sloses  burnt  tlit  Iiead,  and  the 
pieces,  and  the  fat. 

L'l  And  he  washed  the  inwards  nnd 
the  le-s  in  water;  and  Moses  burnt 
the  whole  ram  niion  tlie  altar:  it  in(s 
a  Imrnt  saeriliee  for  a  sweet  savour, 
fiiti/  an  ottering  maile  by  tire  nnto 
the  I.oRi);  "us  the  l.,ORD  command- 
ed Moses. 

'Ji  TT  And  "he  bronght  the  other 
ram,  the  ram  of  emiseeration:  nnd 
Aaron  ami  his  sons  laid  their  bands 
upon  the  head  of  the  ram. 

:;.'.  .Villi  lie  slew  il;  and  IMnses  took 
of  the  blood  of  it,  and  put  if,  upon 
the  tip  of  Aaron's  ri^ht  ear,  nnd 
upon  the  thumb  of  bis  riirlit  jiaiiil, 
and  uiioii  the  great  toe  of  iiis  right 
foot. 

'Jt  And  be  brought  Aaron's  sons, 
and  .Mo^'-s  put  of  the  hlooil  upon  the 
ti)i  ot  llietr  ri;;ht  ear,  and  upon  the 
Ihiuiiln  of  their  right  hands,  and 
upon  tlie  great  toes  of  their  right 
fret:  nnd  :\Ioses  sprinkled  the  blood 
u|ioii  the  altar  round  about. 

•J".  ». Villi  he  took  the  fat,  nnd  the 
rump,  and  all  the  fat  that  vas  upon 
the  iinv;irds,  and  the  raiil  h'mi-c  the 
liver,  and  the  tw.)  kiilnevs,  and  their 
f:it,  and  the  riglit  shouhfer: 

L'll  >  .Viid  out  of  the-  b;isket  of  un- 
leavened bread,  that  tr,i.i  heliire  the 
J.OKli.het.iok  one  unleavened  eak.', 
and  a  eaUe  of  oiled  bread,  nnd  one 
wafer,  and  put  t>iciii  on  the  fVt,  nnd 
upon  the  riglit  shoulder: 
2"  And  he  put  nil  'upon  Aaron's 
hands,  nud  upon  bis  sons'  linnds, 
nnd  waved  them  Ihi-  a  wave  ottering 
betiire  the  l.oiii..' 

•JS  ''yVnil  >Iosi's  took  tbem  from  off 
their  hands,  and  burnt  thrm  on  the 
altar  niiou  the  burnt  offering:  they 
eonseerations  for  n  sweet  sa- 
:  it  ii  nu  offering  made  by  fire 
the  J.nRp. 
100 


20  And  Jfoses  took  the  breast,  nnd 
waved  it  for  a  wave  offering  before 
the  LoiiD:  for  of  the  ram  of  conse- 
cration it  was  Moses'  I'part;  as  the 
Loiti)  commanded  Moses. 

oO  And  '■  Moses  took  of  the  anoint- 
ing oil,  and  of  the  blood  which  »vt.<: 
upon  the  altar,  and  sprinkled  it  up- 
on Aaron,  antl  upon  liis  garments, 
and  upon  his  sons,  and  upon  bis 
sons*  garments  iiiili  him;  and  sauc- 
tilied  Aaron,  iiiitl  his  garments,  nnd 
his  sons,  and  his  sons' garments  witli 
him. 

"1  U  And  IMoses  said  unto  Anron 
and  to  his  sons,  A  IJoil  the  flesli  at 
(he  door  of  the  tabornacic  of  the 
congregation;  and  there  eat  it  with 
the  bread  that  is  in  tlie  basket 
of  consecrations,  as  I  commanded, 
savin.g,  Aaroii  and  liis  sons  sliall 
eat  it.' 

•■y  'And  that  which  remainetb  of 
the  flesh  nnd  cf  the  bread  shall  ye 
burn  with  fire. 

.'!3  And  ye  shall  not  go  out  of  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation ill  seven  days,  until  the  diys 
of  your  consecration  be  at  an  end: 
for  I'scven  days  shall  he  consecrate 
you 


r.t  s  As  he  hath  do 
I.oRii   hath   comn 


e  this  dav,  so  the 
indcd  to"  do,  to 
make  an  atoncnunt  for  voii. 
.•;.-.  Thcrelore  ^liall  ye  iihide  at  the 
door  of  the  tahernaele  of  the  con- 
gregation dav  nnd  night  seven  days, 
and  likcep  the  charge  of  the  LoiiD, 
that  ye  die  not:  for  so  I  am  com- 
manded. 

.'i!  So  Anron  nnd  his  sons  did  all 
things  which  the  I-OKD  commanded 
by  tlic  hand  of  Jlosca. 

CIIAPTEK  IX. 
1  Tim  fint  cfftrinya  of  A.uon.for  himecJf 
and  the  iitopU.  3  TIte  tin  offering,  12 
ana  tlif  liurnt  offering  for  himtelf.  15 
Tlie  offerings  for  the  ittoplc.  lij  Jfituri, 
anil  Aaron  lilcaa  the  prople.  24  Fira 
Cometh  from  the  Lord,  upon  the  altar. 
A  ND  "it  came  to  pass  on  the  eighth 

1  V  day,  that  Moses  called  Aaron 
nnd  his  sons,  nnd  the  ciders  of  Is- 

ael; 

2  And  he  said  unto  Anron,  I'Tiike 
thee  a  young  calf  for  a  sin  ofTering, 

nnd  tC  nun  for  n  burnt  otlering, 
without  blemish,  nnd  oiler  them  be- 
ne the  Loitn. 

!  And  unto  the  children  of  Israel 
thou  slialt  speak,  saying,  '>  Tnke  ye 
n  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  bin  ottering; 
nnd  a  calf  and  a  lamb,  loth  of  the 
first  year,  without  blemish,  for  a 
liurnt"  ottering: 
i  Also  n  bullock    nnd   a   ram    for 

feace  oft'eriiigs,  to  sncriHec  before  the 
.ORD;  and  'a  meat  ottering  min- 
gled with  oil:  forUo  day  the  I,oUi) 
will  api 


U  A 


Mo 


id  Ihcv  brought  lliuf  which 
•omma'iided  licliire  the  tabcr- 
if  the   congregation:   and  nil 


the  people. 


LEVITICUS. 


Nadab  and  Abihu  slain. 


»Ei.a)24,«!. 
32.'3J.'ii.' 

I.  Num.  B.  23. 
U.:ul.al.  .'.. 
Luko  24.  50. 


the  congroj^otion  drew  near  and 
stood  iRtore  the  l.oitu. 

(J  And  IMoses  said,  Thi*  /.<  tlie  thinfj 
wliich  the  I..OI£D  conminnded  that 
ve  should  do:  and  K  the  glory  of  the 
Loitu  shall  appear  unto  juu. 

7  And  RIoscs  said  unto  Aaron,  Go 
unto  the  altar,  and  1' offer  thy  sin 
otf'ering,  and  thy  burnt  ottering,  and 
make  an  atonement  tiir  thyself,  and 
for  the  people:  and  iofi'or  the  offer- 
ing of  the  petiple,  and  make  an 
atonement  for  thcni;  as  the  LoHU 
commanded. 

S  If  Aaron  therefore  went  unto  the 
altar,  and  slew  the  calf  of  the  sin 
otfenng,  which  icas  for  liimsclf. 

ykAnd  the  sons  of  Aaron  brought 
the  blood  unto  him:  and  he  dipped 
his  linger  in  the  blood,  and  iput  i7 
upon  the  horns  of  the  altar,  and 
poured  out  the  blood  at  the  bottom 
of  the  altar: 

10  '"  But  the  fat,  and  the  kidneys, 
and  the  caul  above  the  liver  of  the 
sin  offering,  he  burnt  upon  the  altar; 
•^as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

11  "And  the  flesh  and  the  hide  he 
burnt  with  fire  without  the  camp. 

12  And  he  slew  the  burnt  offering; 
and  Aaron's  sons  presented  nnto 
him  the  blood,  1'  which  he  sprinkled 
round  about  upon  the  altar. 

l.'t  1  And  they  presented  the  burnt 
offorin";  unto' hun,  with  the  pieces 
thereof  and  the  head:  and  he  burnt 
tliriii  upon  the  altar. 

14  'And  he  did  wash  the  inwards 
and  the  legs,  and  burnt  lliciii  upon 
the  burnt  ottering  on  the  altar. 

15  TI  '  And  he  brought  the  people's 
offering,  and  took  the  goat,  Avhich 
was  the  sin  offering  for  the  people, 
and  slew  it,  and  oflered  it  for  sin,  as 
the  first. 

l(i  And  he  brought  the  burnt  offer- 
ing, and  offered  it  '  according  to  the 
II  manner. 

17  And  he  brought  "  the  meat  offer- 
ing, and  t  took  a  liandful  thereof, 
and  burnt  it  upon  the  altar,  "be- 
sides the  burnt  sacrifice  of  the  morn- 
ing. 

18  lie  slew  also  the  bullock  and  the 
ram  for  >  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, whicfi  ivas  for  the  people:  and 
Aaron's  sons  presented  unto  him  the 
blood,  which  he  sprinkled  upon  the 
altar  round  about, 

19  And  the  fat  of  the  bullock  and 
of  the  ram,  the  rump,  and  that  which 
eovereth  tfte  i«wy(?v/.«,  and  the  kid- 
neys, and  the  caul  above  the  liver: 

20  And  thoy  put  the  fat  upon  the 
breasts, ''  and  he  burnt  the  fat  upon 
the  altar : 

L'l  And  the  breasts  and  the  right 
shoulder  Aaron  waved  "./b/-  a  wave 
ottering  before  the  Loud;  as  Moses 
commanded. 

L'2  And  Aaron  lifted  up  his  hand 
toward  the  people,  and  >>  blessed 
them:  and  came  down  from  offering 


of  the  sin  offering,  and  the  burnt 
offering,  and  peace  offerings. 
2.1  And  JMoses  and  Aaron  went  into 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
and  came  out,  and  blessed  the  peo- 
ple: '■  and  the  gll^ry  of  t!ie  LoKD  ap- 
peared unto  aUtlic  people. 
24  And  'I  there  came  a  fire  out  from 
before  the  Lord,  and  consumed  up- 
on the  altar  the  burnt  ottering  and 
the  fat:  wliicli  when  all  the  people 
saw,  '  the^  shouted,  and  fell  on  their 
faces. 

CHAPTER  X. 
I  Nadab  and  Abihu,  fur  offering  of  tirangc 
fire,  are  burnt  Iv  fire.  0  Aarun  and  hia 
tons  are  forbidden  to  mourn  for  Ihem. 
S  The  priests  are  forbidden  wine  when 
they  are  to  go  into  the  tabernacle.  12 
The  law  of  eating  the  holy  thinge.  16 
Aaron's  excuse  for  tranegreeeing  there- 
of. 

AND  "  Nadab  and  Abihu,  the  sons 
of  Aaron,  btook  either  of  them 
his  censer,  and  put  fire  therein,  and 
put  incense  thereon,  and  oflered 
'  strange  fire  before  the  Lord,  which 
he  commanded  them  not. 

2  And  there  J  went  out  fire  from  the 
Lord,  and  devoiucd  them,  and  they 
died  lieibre  the  Lord. 

o  Then  Moses  said  unto  Aaron, 
This  is  it  that  the  Lord  spake,  say- 
ing, I  will  be  sanctified  in  them 
^■tnat  come  nigh  me,  and  before  all 
the  people  I  will  be  f  glorified.  i^And 
Aaron  held  his  peace. 

4  And  Jloses  called  Mishacl  and 
Elzaphan,  the  sons  of  !■  Hzzicl  the 
uncle  of  Aaron,  and  said  unto  them, 
Come  near,  i  carry  your  brethren 
from  before  the  sanctuary  out  of  the 
camp. 

5  So  they  went  near,  and  carried 
them  in  their  coats  out  of  the  camp; 
as  Moses  had  said. 

U  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron,  and 
unto  Eleazar  and  unto  Ithamar,  his  I  r.uke 
sons,  k  Uncover  not  your  heads,  nei- 
ther rend  your  clothes;  lest  ye  die, 
and  lest  1  wrath  come  upon  "all  the 
people:  but  let  your  brethren,  the 
whole  house  of  "Israel,  bewail  the 
burning  which  the  Lord  hath  kin- 
dled. 

7  ™And  ye  shall  not  go  out  from 
the  door  "of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  lest  ye  die:  "for  the 
anointing  oil  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
you.  And  they  did  according  to  the 
"word  of  Moses. 

8  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto 
Aaron,  saying, 

!(  "Do  not  drink  wine  nor  strong 
drink,  thou,  nor  thv  sons  with  thee, 
when  ye  go  into  tne  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  lest  ye  die:  it  fliall 
be  a  statute  for  ever  throughout  your 
generations. 

10  And  that  ye  may  Pput  difference 
between  holy  and  unholy,  and  be- 
tween unclean  and  clean ; 

11  'I  And  that  ye  may  teadi  the  phil- 

101 


Before 
CHRIST 

1490. 


>  oil.  le.l.k 

■il.il. 

Kom,3.3.  4. 

1  2(i.  tl. 

1  Chr.  21.  a 
lich.  16.  12. 

Num.  16.  IS. 
cEi.  30.  9. 
.lch.9.  21. 

Num.  1>>.  3S. 


t  Pi.  39.  9. 
I>  E«.  R.  18,22. 
Nuu.  3.  19, 


k  Ex.  n3.  5. 
ch.  13.  4.;.  & 
21.  1.  10. 


Jo.h.  7.  1.  Jt 
ii.  18.  20. 
2  S«iii.  24. 1. 
Bich.  21.  12. 
»Ex.  2R.  41. 
cli.  8.  30. 


Jer.  15.  19. 
Et.  22  26.  Jc 
44.  23. 


Law  0/  eating  the  holy  thinijs.  LEVITICUS. 


The  dUtiiiction  of  meats 


1.  ch.  0.  a3. 
ccii.u.  8.  n. 


drcn  of  Israel  all  the  Btatiiti's  wliich 
the  I^OIiD  hath  spoken  iinto  tlieiu 
by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

i'J  IT  AikI  Mo.';e.s  spake  unto  Aaron, 
and  nnto  Eleazar  and  unto  Itha- 
mar,  liis  sons  that  were  lell.  Take 
•"the  meat  otferinj;  that  reniaineth 
of  the  otlerinps  ot  tlie  l.oi:[)  iii;ule 
by  (ire,  and  eat  it  wiilioiit  liaviii  be- 
side the  altar:  for  *it  if  most  liulv. 

Li  And  ye  shall  eat  it  in  tlie  lioly 
plaee,  beeause  it  is  thy  due,  and  thy 
sons'  due,  of  the  sacritiees  of  the 
Loiti>  made  by  lire:  lor  'so  I  am 
eomnuinded. 

14  And  "  the  wave  breast  and  heave 
shoulder  shall  ye  eat  in  a  elean 
plaee;  thou,  and  thy  sons,  and  thy 
daughters  with  tliee":  lor  llini  lie.  tliy 
due,  and  thy  sons'  due,  iiliirit  are 
given  out  ol  the  saerifiees  of  i)eaee 
offerings  of  the  ehildren  of  Israel. 

1.5  "The  heave  slionlder  and  the 
wave  brea.st  shall  tliey  brin^  witli 
the  offerings  made  by  fire  of  the  fat, 
to  wave  it/or  a  wave  oftering  liefbre 
the  LoitD;  and  it  shall  be  thine,  and 
tliy  sons'  witli  tliee,  by  a  statute  for 
ever;  as  the  l.oisD  hath  eoiuuianded. 

]<i  Tt  And  Moses  diligentlv  souu'bt 
ytlie  goat  of  tlie  sin  otferinir.  anil, 
Ix'liold,  it  was  burnt:  ami  he  was 
angry  witli  Kleazar  and  Itluunar, 
tlie  sons  of  Aaron  w/iich  u-cre  letl 
,tlir,;  saying, 

17  "AVIierefore  have  ve  not  eaten 
tlie  sin  ortering  iu  tile  licilv  plaee, 
seeing  it  (s  most  liolv,  and  lin,/  hath 


it  voii  to  Ik 
■  eoiigiegutiiu 
■lit  tor  tbeiii  h, 
;  lieliold,  -tlie 
Might  ill  with 
should  indeed 


ty  of 
>  make  atone- 
■  the  J.uRDl' 
id  of  it  was  not 
he  holv  fkirr: 
cealeii  it  in  the 


/,/,MV,    l.ll 

And    ,\.ii 


llllMl. 

!ltO 


.M.I 


tilings  li: 
bad  eale 
'Isliollld    it    111 


(lav  have  llnv  oMVi-ed 

eiiiii  1    their    burnt 

re  the  1,01:11:  uikI  such 
befallen    me:    and    //I 


utfe 


the 


bei 
,'htof  the  I.<ii:i< 


;  to  da 
epted 


n  Moses  heard  that,  he 
was  content. 

C II  APT  EH  XI. 
1  What  btaili  may,  4  nn<i  wliat  miiy  not 
1,0  eaten,   fl  Wliat  fiaheii.   1:1  What  ftiwl: 
'Ji)   Ttie  creeping  thini/a  which  ani  un- 
clean. 

\Nn  the  Loini  spake  nnto  Moses 
and  to  Aaron,  saving  unto  them, 
•2  Speak  unto  the  ehildren  of  Israel, 


'  'flu-.- 
ve"  sliall  eat  an 
;.r,  oiitlie  ear 

.■!  WliatsiK'Vei 
is  elovenlix.ti 
I'lid,  among  tl 
eat.  _ 

•4  Neverthel 


llie  b. 


vhieh 


iig  all  the  beasts  that 

iarteth  the  hoof,  and 
,  ,0/'/  eheweth  the 
beasts,  that  sliall  vc 


<ss,  these  shall  ve  not 
at  of  them  that  ehew  the  end,  or 
f  tlieni  that  divide  the  hoof:  <i.<  the 
103 


camel,  because  he  eheweth  the  cud, 
but  divideth  not  tho  hoof;  he  is'  un- 
clean unto  yon. 

.'■>  And  the  coney,  because  he  ehew- 
eth the  cud,  but  divideth  not  the 
hoof:  he  is  nnelean  unto  you. 

I)  And  tlie  hare,  beeause  he  eheweth 
the  end,  but  divideth  not  tlic  hoof; 
he  !.■;  unclean  unto  you. 

7  And  the  swine,  though  he  divide 
the  boot,  and  be  elovenfooted,  yet 
he  elieweth  not  tlic  cud;  lihe  is  un- 
clean to  voll. 

«  Of  tlieir  flesh  shall  ye  not  eat, 
and  tlieir  carcass  shall  ye  not  touch; 
*-■  they  are  unclean  to  you. 

0  IT  .1  These  shall  ye  eat  of  all  that 
arc  in  the  waters:  whatsoever  hath 
fins  and  scales  in  the  waters,  in  the 
seas,  and  in  the  rivers,  them  shall 
ye  eat. 

10  And  all  that  have  not  fins  and 
scales  in  the  seas,  and  in  tlie  rivers, 
of  all  that  move  in  tho  waters,  and 
of  any  living  thing  which  is  in  the 
waters,  they  sliall  be  an" abomina- 
tion unto  you: 

11  They  shall  be  even  an  abomin.a- 
tioii  unto  von:  ve  shall  not  eat  of 
tluir  flesh.'  but  .ve  shall  have  tlieir 
carcasses  in  abomination. 

12  AVhatsoe\'er  hath  no  fins  nor 
scales  ill  the  waters,  that  j</«iH  be  an 
abomination  unto  you. 

l.'ilTi'And  these  ore  l/ici/  irliich  ye 
shall  have  in  aboniination'  among 
the  ti.wls;  they  shall  not  be  eateii, 
tliev  (t<v  an  abomination:  the  eagle, 
and  the  ossifrage,  and  the  ospray, 

14  And  the  vulture,  and  the  kite 
after  his  kind: 

I,*!  Everv  raven  after  his  kind; 

111  And  "the  owl,  and  the  nighthawk, 
anil  the  cuckoo,  and  the  liawk  after 


17  And  the  little  owl,  and  the  cor- 
morant, and  the  great  owl, 

bS  Ami  the  swan,  and  the  pelican, 
and  the  cier  eagle, 

11)  And  the  stork,  the  heron  after 
her  kind,  and  the  lapwing,  and  the 
bat. 

20  All  fowls  that  creep,  going  upon 
all  four,  shall  be  an  auonnnatioii 
unto  you. 

•Jl  Yet  these  may  ye  eat  of  every  (\\- 
iiig  creeping  thing  that  gnctli  upon 
o// four,  which  have  legs  above  tlieir 
feet,  to  lca|>  withal  upon  tile  earth; 

•_'■.'  1:1;, I  tliiM-  of  tlieni  ve  iiiaveat; 
Ktbe  locust  alter  bis  kind,  anil  the 
liald  locust  after  his  kind,  and  the 
beetle  alter  his  kind,  and  the  grass- 
liopipi-r  alter  his  kind. 

V'.  Hut  nil  utiiir  living  creeping 
things,  which  have  tour  feet,  .-/uill 
h'  1111  aboniinatiou  unto  yon. 

L'4  .\ud  liir  these  ve  shall  be  nil- 
clean:  whosoever  tonchelh  flic  ear- 
ea.ssof  them  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

i".  And  whosoever  heanlli  amihl  of 
the  carcass  of  them  li  shall  wash  his 


clean  and  unclean. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  purification  of  women. 


cloUiPS,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
ven. 

'Hi  The  carcasses  of  every  ocast 
which  divideth  the  hoof,  and  is  not 
dovenlboted,  nor  chewetli  the  tnid, 
iinclcun  unto  you ;  every  one 
tliat  touchcth  them  shall  be  un- 
Uan. 

27  And  whatsoever  t;oeth  iipr>n  liis 
.)a«s,  among  nil  manner  of  beasts 
tliat  go  on  all  lour,  those  are  un- 
clean unto  }ou  :  whoso  toucheth 
their  carcass  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

iW-And  he  that  beareth  the  carcass 
of  them  shall  wash  his  clothes,  anil 
be  unclean  until  the  even:  they  are 
unclean  unto  you. 
ill  U  These  also  .'^hall  be  unclean 
unto  you  amon;;  the  creeping  things 
tliat  creep  upon  the  earth;  tlie  wea- 
sel, and  i  the  mouse,  and  the  tortoise 
atV'r  his  kind, 

SI)  And  the  ferret,  and  the  chame- 
leon, and  the  lizard,  and  the  snail, 
and  the  mole. 

.31  These  are  unclean  to  you  among 
all  that  creep:  whosoever  "doth  toucli 
them,  when  they  be  dead,  shall  be 
unclean  until  tlie  even. 
'.VJ  And  iip»)n  whatsoever  aiv/  of 
them,  when  thev  are  dead,  doth  fall, 
it  shall  be  unclean  ;  whether  it  he 
any  vessel  of  wood,  or  raiment,  or 
sUm,  or  sack,  whatsoever  vessel  it  be, 
wherein  (i/ii/ work  is  done,  k  it  must 
be  put  into  water,  and  it  shall  be  un- 
clean initil  the  even;  so  it  shall  be 
cleansed. 

.'i!  And  everv  earthen  vessel,  where- 
into  aiii/  of  them  talleth,  whatsoever 
i.-'  in  it  sliall  be  unclean;  and  lye 
shall  break  it. 

:'A  Uf  all  meat  which  may  be  eaten, 
tlitit  on  which  such  water  Cometh 
shall  be  unclean:  and  all  drink  th:it 
may  be  drunk  in  every  sucA  vessel 
shii'll  be  unclean. 

.".'.  .\nd  every  thing  whereupon  any 
j>iirt  of  their  carcass  falleth  shall 
be  unclean  ;  uhether  it  te  oven,  or 
ranges  for  pots,  they  shall  be  broken 
down  :  for  they  arc  unclean,  and 
shall  be  unclean  unto  you. 
SO  Nevertheless  a  fountain  or  pit, 
H-hercin  there  is  t  plenty  of  water, 
shall  be  clean:  but  that  which  touch- 
eth their  carcass  shall  be  unclean. 
.'?7  And  if  any  part  of  their  carcass 
fall  upon  any  sowing  seed  which  is 
to  be  sown,  it  shall  tie  clean. 
;tt  But  if  any  water  be  put  upon  the 
seed,  and  any  part  of  their  carcass 
fall  thereon,  it  shall  Ic  unclean  unto 
you. 

3y  And  if  any  beast,  of  which  ye 
may  eat,  die;  "he  that  toucheth  the 
carcass  thereof  shall  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

•1"  And  ■"  he  that  eoteth  of  the  car- 
cass of  it  shall  wash  his  clothes,  and 
be  unclean  until  the  even  :  he  also 
1  that  beareth  the  carcass  of  it  shall 


wash  his  clothes,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

41  And  every  creeping  thin"  that 
creepeth  upon  the  earth  shall  be  an 
abomination;  it  shall  not  be  eaten. 

4-2  Whatsoever  goeth  upon  the 
bellv,  and  whatsoever  goeth  upon 
nil  iiuir,  or  whatsoever  1  hath  more 
feet  among  all  creephig  things  that 
creep  upon  the  earth,  them  ye  shall 
not  eat ;  lor  they  are  an  abomina- 
tion. 

4:!  "  Ye  shall  not  make  your  t  selves 
ahi>minable  with  aiiv  creeping  thing 
that  creepetli,  neither  shall  ye  make 
yourselves  unelenn  with  them,  that 
ye  should  be  detiled  thereby. 

44  For  I  am  the  LORU  your  God: 
ye  shall  thcrelbre  sanctify  your- 
selves, and  "ye  shall  be  holy;  <br  I 
am  holy :  neither  shall  ye  defile 
yourselves  with  any  manner  of 
creeping  thing  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth. 

4.5  1'  For  I  am  the  LoKD  that  bring- 
eth  you  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
to  be  vour  God:  'lye  shall  theretore 
be  holy,  lor  I  am  holv. 

40  This  !.s-  the  law  of  the  beasts,  and 
of  the  fowl,  and  of  every  living  crea- 
ture that  nioveth  in  the  waters,  and 
of  every  creature  that  creepeth  upon 
the  earth  : 

47  '  To  make  a  ditferenee  between 
the  unclean  and  the  clean,  and  be- 
tween the  beast  that  may  be  eaten 
and  the  beast  that  may  not  be  eaten. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  The  purification   of  women  after  child- 
birth.   G  Her  offeringe  for  Iter  purifying. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying.  If  a  "woman  have  concciveil 
seed,  and  borne  a  man  child,  then 
bshe  shall  be  unclean  seven  days; 
■'  according  to  the  days  of  the  separa- 
tion for  her  infirmity  shall  she  be 
unclean. 

."  And  ill  tlie  J  eighth  day  the  flesh 
of  liis  fi.rchUiii  shall  be  ciienmcised. 

4  .\iid  she  shall  then  continue  in 
the  blood  of  her  purifying  three  and 
thirty  days;  she  shall  touch  no  hal- 
lowed tiling,  nor  come  into  the  sanc- 
tiiarv,  until  the  days  of  her  purify- 
ing be  fulfilled. 

.1  lint  if  she  bear  a  maid  child,  then 
she  shall  be  unclean  two  weeks,  as 
in  her  separation :  and  she  shall  con- 
tinue in  the  blood  of  her  purifying 
threescore  and  six  days. 

(i  And  "^  when  the  days  of  her  puri- 
fying are  fulfilled,  for  a  son,  or  for  a 
daughter,  she  shall  bring  a  lamb  t  of 
the  first  year  for  a  burnt  ofl'ering, 
and  a  young  pigeon,  or  a  turtledove, 
for  a  sin  offering,  unto  the  door  of 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
unto  the  priest: 

7  Who  shall  otrcr  it  before  the 
I  I.,oui),  and  make  an  atonement  for 
103 


The  laws  and  tokens 


L,KVITICUS. 


whereby  to  discern  leprosy. 


Bcforo 
C  n  H I  8  T 

14'JO. 


I  Or,  twtUinff. 
>  Deut.  28,27. 
Ja.  3.  17. 


il  Hum.12. 10, 
12 
2  Kin.  5.  27. 


t)■<^b.  I 


her;  and  she  shall  be  cleansed  from 
the  issue  of  her  blood.  This  i.<  the 
law  for  her  that  hath  borne  u  male  or 
a  female. 

8  f  And  if  fshe  be  not  able  to  bring 
a  lamb,  then  she  shall  bring  two  tur- 
tles, or  two  young  pigeons;  the  one 
for  the  burnt  offering,  and  the  other 
for  a  sin  ottering:  t'and  the  priest 
shall  make  an  atonement  for  her, 
and  she  shall  be  clean. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

1  The  laii'B  and  tokens  whereby  tJte  priest 
ia  to  be  i/uideti  in  discerning  the  Icproay. 

AND  the  IvOitD  spake  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron,  saying, 

2  Wlien  a  man  shall  have  in  the 
skin  of  his  tlesli  a  |l  rising,  "  a  scab, 
or  bright  spot,  and  it  be  in  the  skin 
of  his  flesh  like  the  plague  of  lep- 
ro.^iy;  ''then  he  shall  be  brought  un- 
to Aaron  the  ^iriest,  or  unto  one  of 
his  sons  the  priests: 

3  And  the  priest  shall  look  on  the 
plague  in  the  skin  of  the  flesh:  and 
wliKii  the  hair  in  the  plague  is  turned 
white,  and  the  plague  ir.  sight  he 
deeper  than  the  skin  of  his  flesh,  it  is 
a  pliigiie  of  leprosy:  and  the  priest 
shall  look  ou  him,  and  pronounce 
him  unclean. 

4  If  the  bright  spot  ho  white  in  the 
t  kin  of  his  flesh,  and  in  sight  fcr-  not 
(U'c|)rr  than  tlie  skin,  ami  tlie  hair 
tlicieof  henot  turned  white;  tlien  the 
piicst  shall  shut  up  him  tliut  halU  the 
plMgiie  seven  days: 

r,  And  the  jiriest  shall  look  on  him 
the  seventh  day:  and,  behold,  i/ the 
pl!ii,'iie  in  his  sight  be  at  a  st.iy,  and 
the  plague  spread  not  in  the  skin; 
thru  tlie  priest  shall  shut  him  up 
^^e\i'U  (lavs  more; 

(1  .\ii.l  tlie  priest  shall  look  on  him 
ng.iin  tlie  seventh  day:  and,  behold. 
il'  the  plat'ue  he  sniuewhat  dark,  kiuI 
the  jiluirue  spread  not  in  the  skin,  the 
priest  shall  iiiomumee  him  clean:  it 
1,1  l,ul  a  seah:  aud  he  'shall  wash  his 
clothes,  aud  he  clean. 

7  Hut  if  the  scab  spread  much 
abroad  in  the  skin,  after  that  he 
hath  been  seen  of  the  priest  for  his 
cleansing,  he  shall  be  seen  of  the 
priest  again; 

.s  And  //'  the  priest  sec  that,  behold, 
the  scab  spreadeth  in  the  skin,  then 
tlie  priest  shall  immouneo  him  un- 
clean: it  IS  a  leprosy. 

II  IT  When  the  pliigue  of  leprosy  is 
in  a  man,  then  lie  shall  be  bixnight 
nuto  the  priest; 

10  'i.\ud  the  priest  shall  see  Aim; 
and,  heli..KI,  (V  the  rising  be  white 
in  the  skin,  aud  it  have  turned  the 
hair  white,  and  there  be  f  quick  raw 
ilesh  in  the  rising; 

11  It  />■  all  old  lepm.sy  in  the  skin 
of  his  flesh,  and  the  priest  shall 
pronounce  him  tinclean,  and  shall 
not  shut  him  up :  for  he  is  un- 
clean. 

KM 


12  And  if  a  leprosy  break  out 
abroad  in  the  skin,  an*d  the  lepros,v 
cover  all  the  skin  of  him  that  liath 
the  plugiie  tVoin  his  head  even  ti.>  his 
foot,  wheresoever  the  jaiest  lui.keth  ; 

l:i  Then  tlie  jirie^t  shall  ciisider: 
and,  behold,  ij'  the  leprosy  have  cov- 
ered all  his  tie.sh,  he  shall  pronounce 
him  clean  llial  liatli  the  plague:  it  is 
all  turned  white:  he  i,';  clean. 

II  But  when  niw  flesh  appeareth  in 
him,  he  Bhall  he  unclean. 

15  And  the  priest  shall  see  the  raw 
flesh,  and  prououuee  him  to  be  un- 
clean: for  the  raw  flesh  is  unclean: 
it  IS  a  leprosy. 

1(J  Or  if  the  raw  flesh  turn  again, 
and  be  changed  unto  wlute,  he  shall 
come  unto  the  priest; 

17  And  the  priest  shall  see  him  : 
and,  behold,  if'  the  plague  be  turned 
into  white  ;  then  the  priest  shall 
pionouiiee  him  cleau  that  hath  the 
plague:  he  is  clean. 

IH  U  The  flesh  also,  in  which,  ereii 
in  the  skin  thereof,  was  a  '  boil,  and 
is  he:iled, 

HI  And  in  the  pl.ace  of  the  boil 
tiiere  be  a  white  rising,  or  a  bright 
spot,  white,  and  Eomcwhat  reddish, 
and  it  be  shewed  to  the  priest; 

20  And  if,  when  the  priest  seeth 
it,  behold,  it  be  in  sight  lower  than 
the  skin,  and  the  hair  thereof  be 
turned  white;  the  priest  shall  pi-.i- 
nounce  him  unclean:  it  is  a  plague 
of  liMirosv  broken  end  of  the  boil. 

■21  But  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and, 
behold,  there  he  no  whiti'  hairs  there- 
in, and  if  it  ^'  11. it  lower  than  the 
skin,  but  b*'  somewhat  dark;  then 
the  priest  shall  shut  him  up  seven 
(lays: 

2-'  And  if  it  spread  much  abroad 
in  the  skiu,  then  the  luiest  shall 
pi'onounco  him  unclean :  it  is  a 
lilague. 

•Si  But  if  the  bright  spot  stay  in 
his  place,  (iiiil  spread  not,  it  is  n 
burning  boil  ;  and  the  priest  shall 
pronounee  him  clean. 

24  IT  Or  if  there  be  am/  flesh,  in 
the  skiu  whereof  there  is  fa  hut 
burning,  and  the  (piiek  il<  >h  that 
hurneth  have  a  white  bi'ight  spot, 
somewhat  reddish,  or  white; 

2.'»  Then  the  priest  shall  look  upon 
it:  and,  beliold,  il'  the  hair  in  the 
bright  spot  he  turned  white,  and 
it  Tk:  ill  sight  deeper  than  the  skin; 
it  IS  a  leprosy  broken  out  of  the 
liuruiug  :  wherefore  the  priest  shall 
pronounee  him  unclean  :  it  is  the 
plague  of  leprosy. 

li;  Hut  if  the  priest  look  on  it,  and. 
be  hold.  Ih:  re  be  no  white  hair  in  the 
bright  spot,  audit  be  no  lower  than 
theo//i'/'  skill,  hut'w  somewhat  dark; 
then   the   priest  shall  shut  liiiu  up 

27  -Vnd  the  priest  shall  look  upon 
him  the  seventh  ilAy:  (iiid  if  it  be 
spread  much  abroad  in  the  skiu,  tlicn 


Tlie  laws  and  tokens 


LEVITICUS. 


ii'kerehy  to  discern  leprosy. 


the  priest  shall  proiiounee  him  un- 
clean: it  !j  the  plague  of  leprosy. 

•16  And  if  the  bright  spot  stay  in  his 
place,  aiul  spread  not  in  the  skin, 
butit/)e  somewhat  dark;  it  /*■  a  ris- 
ing of  the  burning,  ar.d  the  priest 
shall  pronounce  him  clean:  lor  it  is 
an  iiilhunmation  of  the  burning. 

•3  IT  If  a  man  or  woman  have  0 
plague  upon  the  head  or  the  beard; 

'M  Then  the  priest  shall  see  tlie 
plague :  and,  behold,  if  it  be  in 
sight  deeper  than  the  skin,  and 
there  be.  in  it  a  yellow  thin  hair  ; 
then  the  priest  shall  pronounce  him 
unclean  :  it  ts  a  dry  scall,  ercit  a 
leprosy  upon  the  head  or  beard. 

31  And  if  tlie  priest  look  on  the 
plague  of  the  scall,  and,  behold,  it 
be  not  In  sight  deeper  than  the  skin, 
and  tliat  there  is  no  black  hair  in 
it;  then  the  priest  shall  shut  u^)  him 
that  hath  the  plague  of  the  scall 
seven  days: 

32  And   in   the   seventh    day  the 

Criest  shall  look  on  the  plague:  and, 
ehold,  {/'  the  scall  snre:'.d  not,  and 
there  be  in  it  no  yellow  hair,  and 
the  scall  be  not  iu  sight  deeper  tliau 
the  skin ; 

33  lie  shall  be  shaven,  but  the 
scall  shall  he  not  shave  ;  and  the 
priest  shall  shut  up  him  that  hath 
the  scall  seven  days  more: 

34  And  in  the  seventh  day  the 
priest  shall  look  on  the  scall :  and, 
behold,  if  the  seall  be  not  spread  in 
the  skin,  nor  be  in  sight  deeper  than 
the  skin  ;  then  the  priest  shall  pro- 
nounce him  clean :  and  he  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  be  clean. 

3.5  But  if  the  scall  spread  much  in 
the  skin  after  his  cleansing; 

36  Then  the  priest  shall  look  on 
him:  and,  behold,  if  the  scall  be 
spread  in  the  skin,  the  priest  shall 
not  seek  for  yellow  hair;  he  is  un- 
clean. 

3"  But  if  the  scall  he  in  his  sight  at 
a  stay,  and  that  there  is  black  hair 
grown  up  therein;  the  scall  is  heal- 
ed, he  is  clean:  and  the  priest  shall 
pronoiuicc  him  clean. 

3.S  ir  If  a  man  also  or  n  v.oman  have 
in  the  skin  of  their  ilesli  bright  spots, 
crcn  wliite  bright  spots; 

3!)  Then  the  priest  shall  look:  and, 
behold,  if  the  bright  spots  in  the 
skin  of  their  flesh  be  darkish  white, 
it  is  a  freckled  spot  that  groweth  in 
the  skin:  he  ?s clean. 

4U  And  the  man  whose  f  hair  is  fall- 
en ott"  his  head,  he  is  bald;  yet  is  he 
clean. 

41  And  he  that  hath  his  hair  fallen 
ott"  from  the  part  of  his  head  toward 
his  face,  he  is  forehead  bald;  yet  is 
he  clean. 

42  And  if  there  be  in  the  bald  head, 
or  bald  forehead,  a  white  reddish 
sore;  it  is  a  leprosy  sprung  up  in  his 
bald  head,  or  nis  bald  forehead. 

43  Then  the  priest  shall  look  upon 


it:  and,  behold,  i/' the  rising  of  the 
sore  be  white  reddish  in  his  bald 
head,  or  in  his  bald  Sorehead,  as  the 
leprosy  appeareth  in  the  skin  of  the 
tlesh; 

44  He  is  a  leprous  man,  he  is  un- 
clean :  tlie  priest  shall  piomtunee 
him  utterly  unclean;  his  plague  is 
in  his  head. 

45  And  the  leper  in  whom  the 
plague  is,  his  clothes  shall  be  rent, 
and  his  head  bare,  and  he  shall  fput 
a  covering  upon  his  upper  lip,  and 
shall  cry,  ^  Unclean,  unclean. 

40  All  the  days  wherein  the  plague 
shall  he  in  him  he  shall  be  defiled; 
he  is  unclean :  he  shall  dwell  alone; 
li  without  the  camp  shall  his  habita- 
tion be. 

ii  U  The  garment  also  that  the 
plague  of  leprosy  is  in,  uhilher  it  Ik 
a  woollen  garment,  or  a  linen  gar- 
ment; 

4.S  Whether  it  be  in  the  warp,  or 
woof,  of  linen,  orof  woolkn;  wheth- 
er in  a  skin,  or  in  any  f  thing  made 
of  skin; 

4'.l  And  if  the  plagne  be  greenish  or 
reddish  in  the  garment,  or  in  the 
skin,  either  in  the  wari),  or  in  the 
woof,  or  iu  any  i  thing  of  skin;  it  is 
a  plague  of  leprosy,  and  shall  be 
shewed  unto  the  priest: 

50  And  the  priest  shall  look  upon 
the  jjlague,  and  shut  up  it  that  hath 
tlie  iilague  seven  days: 

."il  And  he  shall  look  on  the  plague 
on  the  seventli  day;  if  the  plague  be 
spread  in  the  garment,  either  in  the 
warp,  or  in  the  woof,  or  in  a  skin,  or 
in  any  work  that  is  made  of  skin; 
the  plague  is  i  a  fretting  leprosy ;  it  is 
unclean. 

52  He  shall  therefore  burn  that  gar- 
ment, whether  warp  or  wiMif,  in 
woollen  or  in  linen,  t>r  any  thing  of 
skin,  wherein  the  i)lague  is:  lor  it  i.i 
a  fretting  leprosy;  it  shall  be  burnt 
in  the  fire. 

53  And  if  the  priest  shall  look,  and, 
behold,  the  plague  be  not  spread  in 
the  garment,  either  in  the  warii,  or 
in  the  woof,  or  in  any  thing  of  skin; 

54  Then  the  priest  shall  command 
that  they  wash  the  tiling  wherein  the 
plague  is,  and  he  shall  shut  it  up 
seven  days  more: 

55  And  the  jiricst  shall  look  on  the 
plague,  after  that  it  is  washed:  and, 
beriiihl,  if  the  plague  have  not 
changed  his  colour,  and  the  plague 
be  not  spread,  it  is  unclean;  thou 
shalt  burn  it  in  the  tire;  it  is  fret  in- 
ward, t  whether  it  be  bare  within  or 
without. 

5(>  And  if  the  priest  look,  and,  be- 
hold, the  plague  be  somewhat  dark 
after  the  washing  of  it;  then  he  shall 
rend  it  out  of  the  garment,  or  out  of 
the  skin,  or  out  of  the  warp,  or  out 
of  the  woof: 

57  And  if  it  appear  still  in  the  gar- 
ment, either  iu  the  warp,  or  in  the 
105 


Rites  and  sacrificen 


LEVITICUS. 


in  cleansing  the  leper. 


liefore 
CHRIST 


sch.  1:1.  G. 
I.  ell.  11. '23. 


woof,  or  in  any  thing  of  skin;  it  u  a,  i  12  And  thi 
sprettding  pUitiue :  thou  shalt  bum  lamb,  and  ' 
that  wherein  the  plague  i>  with  fire.    ]  offering,    and    th 

5'<  And  the  •.-arnient,  eitlier  warp,  or 
woof,  or  wh:its<>u\''-r  thin-.;  nf  skin  it 
h;  whieli  Uiom  shalt  wash,  il  tli.> 
plague  be  d«'parted  from  them,  then 
it  shall  be  washed  the  seeond  time, 
and  shall  be  elean. 

59  This  is  the  law  of  the  plasiie  of 
leprosy  in  a  garment  of  woollen  or 
linen,  either  in  the  warp,  or  woof,  or 
any  thing  of  skins,  to  jironounee  it 
elcan,  or  to  pronounce  it  unclean. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

ritet  and  aacrificea  in  clcanainff  of 


1  Til 
the  leper.    3J 
/x/uae.    43  Tli 

AND  the  LoitD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saving, 
2  This  shall  be  the  law  of  the  leper 
ill  the  day  of  his  cleansing :  lie 
"shall  be  brought  unto  the  priest: 
.'i  And  the  priest  shall  go  forth  out 
of  the   camp;    and  th 


priest  shall  take  one  he 

otfer  him  (or  a  trespass 

:    big    of  oil,    and 

"  w  ave  them  lor  a  wave  offering  be- 

ti.re  the  J,ol;ii: 

1.;  And  in-  shall  Slav  tlie  lamb  "in 

tlie  plaee  where  he  shall  kill  the  sin 

tiffering  and  the  burnt  offering,  in 

the  hofv  place:  for  I'as  the  sin  otfer- 

5  I'j!  tlie  jiriest's,  so  U  the  trespass 


offering:  ''  it  i'.-^  most  holv: 
1-4  And  tlie  priest  shall  take  .«onie 
of  tile  blood  of  tbe  trespass  offering, 
and  the  priest  shall  put  it  ■'upon  the 
tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  to 
be  cleansed,  and  upon  tlie  tliuinb  of 
his  right  hand,  and  upon  tlie  great 
toe  of  liis  right  foot. 
1.5  And  the  priest  shall  take  sotne  of 
the  log  of  oil,  and  pour  it  into  the 
pahn  of  his  own  left  hand: 
111  And  the  priest  shall  dip  his  right 
finger  in  the  oil  that  is  in  his  left 
hand,  and  shall  sprinkle  of  the  oil 
with  his  tinger  seven  times  before 
St  shall  '  the  Lord: 
look,  and,  behold,  (/the  plague  of  17  And  of  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is 
leprosy  be  healed  in  the  leper;  in  bis  hand  shall  the  priest  put  upon 

4  Then  shall  the  priest  command    the  tip  of  tlie  right  ear  of  him  that  is 

.,  .,  i,_  „i 1    ^^|  |jy  cleansed,  and  upon  the  thumb 

of  his  ri^lit  hand,  and  upon  the  great 


to  take  for  him  that  is  to  be  cleansed 
two  (]  birds  alive  anil  clean,  and  l'  ce- 
dar wood,  and  'scarlet,  and  il hys- 
sop: 

.'i  And  the  priest  shall  command 
that  one  of  the  birds  be  killed  in  an 
earthen  vessel  over  running  water. 

(i  As  for  the  living  binl.  he  sluill 
take  it,  and  tlie  cedar  wood,  and  tlie 
searUt,  and  the  bvss,)p,  and  sluill 
dip  th.-m  and  the  living  binl  i.i  the 
III 1   of    the    bird    t/int    ims    killed 


■tin 


shall  "■  sprinkle  upon  him 
that  is  to  be  cleansed  from  the  lepro- 
s\'  1  seven  times,  and  shall  itronouiice 
liim  elean,  and  sluill  let  the  living 
bird  loose  tint.)  the  open  field. 
«  And  he  that  is  to  be  cleansed 
s  shall  Wiish  bis  clothes,  and  sluive 
off  all  his  hair,  Land  wash  himself 
in  water,  that  lie  may  be  clean:  and 
atler  that  he  shall  come  into  the 
,1  i  shall  tarry  abroad  out  of 


his  tent  ; 


days 


lint  it  sliull  be  on  the  seventh  dav, 
that  he  shall  shave  all  his  hair  off' 
his  head  and  his  beard  and  Iiis  eve- 
brows,  even  all  his  hair  he  shall 
and  he  shall  wash  his 
I  he  shall  wash  his  flesh 
(1  he  shall  be  elean. 
Ill  .\nd'oii  the  eighth  dav  Hie  shall 
take  two  be  lambs  wi'hoi'it  bl.'iiiish. 
b  t  of  til 


off: 

s,  als. 


itle 


Id    bh' 


id    thr 


tenth 


deals  of  line  tlonr./ij/-  la  meat  olfer- 
ing,  mingled  with  oil,  and  oni'  log 
of  oil. 
II  And  the  priest  that  niakcth  liiiii 
ele;in  shall  present  the  man  that  is 
to  be  made  elean,  and  those  things, 
before  the  I.olJl),  .1/  the  door  of  the 
tabernaele  of  the  congregation. 
106 


toe  of  Ins  right  fiiot,  upon  the  blood 
of  the  trespass  offering: 
IS  And  the  remnant  of  the  oil  that 
IS  in  the  priest's  luind  he  shall  pour 
upon  the  bead  of  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed:  »  and  the  priest  shall  make 
an   atonement  for    Iiiin    before    the 

I.OIiO. 

I'.l  .Viid  the  priest  shall  offer  '  the 
sin  offering,  and  miike  an  atonement 
tiir  him  that  is  to  Im'  eleiiused  IVoiii 
his  miehunness;  and  afterward  he 
shall  kill  the  burnt  off.Tiiig: 

■M  And  the  priest  shall  offer  the 
burnt  offering  and  tin-  meatoffering 
upon  the  altar:  and  the  priest  shall 
make  an  atoneineiit  liir  him,  aiul  he 
shall  be  elean. 

•Jl  And  "  if  he  lie  poor,  and  f  cannot 
get  so  miieh;  then  he  shall  take  mie 
lamb  Ibr  a  trespass  offering  t  to  be 
wuveci,  to  make  an  aloueiiient  tiir 
him,  and  one  tenth  deal  of  tine  flour 
mingled  with  oil  tor  a  meat  offering, 
ttiid  a  l<)g  of  oil; 

22  "  And  two  turtledoves,  or  two 
young  pigeons,  such  as  he  is  able  to 
"get;  and  the  one  shall  be  a  sin  offer- 
ing, and  the  other  a  burnt  offering. 

2.-;  '  And  he  sludl  bring  them  on  the 
eighth  dav  for  his  cleansing  unto  the 
priest,  niito  the  d.ior  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  before  the 
J,oi:i). 

21  >  And  the  priest  shall  take  the 
lamb  of  the  tivspasa  offering,  and  the 
log  of  oil,  and  the  priest  shall  wave 
them  tor  a  wave  offering  before  the 
l>oui>: 

2.';  And  he  sliidl  kill  the  Iamb  of 
the  trespass  offering, 'mill  the  priest 
shall  take  some  of  tlie  blood  of  the 


Sitfng  of  lej/romj  in  a  hoKse. 


LE\'1TICUS. 


Tlie  cleaiii-i'ng  of  triat  house. 


trespass  ottering,  and  put  it  upon  the 
tip  of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  to 
be  cleansed,  anil  upon  tlie  tlunnb  of 
his  right  hand,  and  upon  tlie  great 
toe  of  his  right  foot. 

•X  And  the  priest  shall  pour  of  the 
oil  into  the  palm  of  his  own  left 
hand: 

lT  And  the  priest  shall  sprinkle  with 
his  right  finger  mine  of  t)ie  oil  that 
w  in  his  ktl  hand  seven  times  betore 
the  Loiil): 

■JH  And  the  priest  shall  put  of  the 
oil  that  IS  in  his  hand  upon  the  tip 
of  the  right  ear  of  him  that  is  to  be 
cleansed,  and  upon  tlie  thumb  of  his 
right  hand,  and  upon  the  great  toe 
ot  his  right  toot,  u|)on  the  place  of 
the  blood  of  the  trespass  ottering; 

'£>  And  the  rest  of  the  oil  that  is  in 
the  priest's  hand  he  shall  put  upon 
the  head  of  Iiim  that  is  to  be  cleansed, 
to  make  an  atonement  ibr  him  before 
the  LoBD. 

30  And  he  shall  otter  the  one  of  "the 
tiirtledo\'es,  or  of  the  young  jiigeons, 
such  as  he  can  get; 

31  Fvi'it  such  as  he  is  able  to  get, 
the  one  7b;'  a  sin  offering,  and  the 
other  /'or  a  burnt  ottering,  with  the 
meat  offering:  and  the  priest  shall 
make  an  atonement  for  him  that  is 
to  be  cleansed  before  the  Lord. 

3:,'  Tills  i.<  the  law  of  him  m  whom 
IS  the  plaj^ue  of  leprosy,  whose  hand 
is  not  able  to  get  ^thcU  which  per- 
taiiicth  to  his  cleansing. 

33  1  And  the  LoitD  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

:H  '  When  ye  be  come  into  the  land 
of  Canaan,  which  I  give  to  you  for  ii 
possession,  and  I  put  the  plague  of 
leprosy  in  a  house  of  the  land  cf 
\uur  possession; 

■  i.)  And  he  that  owneth  the  liousc 
^ll:lll  icinic  and  tell  the  priest,  say- 
ing, It  seemeth  to  me  there  is  as  it 
were  <i  a  plague  in  the  house: 

.'Ki  Then  the  priest  shall  command 
that  they  ||  empty  the  house,  before 
the  priest  go  into  it  tn  sec  the  plsgue, 
tluitall  thiit  ;s  in  the  house  be  not 
liiude  niuleaii  :  and  atterward  the 
prit^t  sliall  go  in  to  fee  the  house: 

37  And  he  shall  look  on  the  plague, 
and,  behold,  if  the  plague  te  in  the 
walls  of  the  house  with  hollow 
streaks,  greenish  or  reddish,  which 
in  sight  are  lower  than  the  wall; 

.y  Then  the  priest  shall  go  out  of 
the  liouse  to  the  door  of  tlie  house, 
and  shut  tip  the  house  seven  days: 

3y  And  the  priest  shall  come  again 
the  seventh  day,  and  shall  look :  and, 
behold,  i/  the  plague  be  spread  in 
the  walls  of  the  liouse; 

•III  Then  the  priest  shall  command 
tliat  tlii'V  take  away  the  stones  in 
whieli  tlie  plague  is,  and  they  shall 
oust  tin m  into  an  unclean  place 
with. nit  tlie  city: 

•11  Anil  he  shall  cause  the  house  to 
bo  seniped  within  round  about,  and 


they  shall  pour  out  the  dust  that 
they  scrape  off'  without  the  city  into 
an  unclean  iilace: 

t:i  And  they  shall  take  other  stones, 
and  put  tliem  in  the  place  of  those 
stones;  and  he  shall  take  other  mor- 
tar, and  shall  plaster  the  house. 

4,3  And  if  the  plague  come  again, 
and  break  out  in  the  house,  after 
that  he  hath  taken  away  the  stones, 
and  after  he  hath  scraped  the  house, 
and  otter  it  is  plastered; 

44  Then  the  priest  shall  come  and 
look,  and,  behold,  (/'  the  plague  be 
spread  in  the  house,  it  is  '  a  fretting 
leprosy  in  the  hou.se:  it  is  unclean. 

4j  And  he  shall  break  down  the 
house,  the  stones  of  it,  and  the  tim- 
ber thereof,  and  all  the  mortar  of  the 
house;  and  he  shall  carry  them  forth 
out  of  the  city  into  an  unclean  place. 

40  Slorcover,  he  that  goetli  into  the 
house  all  tlic  while  that  it  is  shut  up 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

4r  And  he  that  lieth  in  the  house 
shall  wash  his  clothes;  and  he  that 
cateth  ill  the  house  shall  nash  his 
clothes. 

48  And  if  the  priest  f  shall  come  in, 
and  look  n^on  it,  and,  behold,  the 
plague  hath  not  spread  in  the  house, 
alter  the  house  was  plastered;  then 
the  priest  shall  pronounce  the  house 
clean,  because  the  plague  is  healed. 

4i)  And  I  he  shall  take  to  cleanse  the 
house  two   birds,  and  cedar  wood, 


birds  in  on  earthen  vessel  over  run 
ning  water: 

51  And  he  shall  take  the  cedar 
wood,  and  the  hyssop,  and  the  scar- 
let, and  the  living  bird,  and  dip  them 
in  the  bhiod  of  the  slain  bird,  and  in 
the  running  water,  and  sprinkle  the 
house  seven  times: 

52  And  he  sliall  cleanse  the  house 
with  the  blood  of  the  bird,  and  with 
the  running  water,  and  with  the  liv- 
ing bird,  and  with  the  cedar  wood, 
and  with  the  hyssop,  and  with  the 
scarlet: 

.W  But  he  shall  let  go  the  living  bird 
out  of  the  city  into  the  open  fields, 
and  Kniake  on  atonement  lor  the 
house:  and  it  shall  be  clean. 

54  This  is  the  law  lor  all  manner  of 
plague  of  leprosy,  and  liseall, 

55  And  ior  the  i  leprosy  of  a  gar- 
ment, k  and  of  a  house, 

50  And  I  for  a  rising,  and  for  a  scab, 
and  fur  a  bright  spot: 
or  To  '"  teach  1  when  it  is  unclean, 
and  when  it  is  clean:  tliis  is  the  law 
of  leprosy. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1  The  uncle.imteet  i,f  tnen  in  their  ittuet. 

13  The  eleaiiBing  of  them.     I'J  The  un- 

cleanncKS  of  wcmeii  in  their  iBSUtil.     2S 

Their  cieumini/. 

\  ND  the  LoRi>  spake  unto  Jloses 
s\.  and  to  Aaron,  saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  childn  n  of  Israel, 
107 


The  vncleanness  of  men. 


LEVITICUS. 


Tlie  uncleanness  of  women. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1490. 


1.  ch.  11.05.4 


fch.  II  30.31. 
gob. li.  19,31. 


and  say  unto  them,  "  When  any  man 
hath  a  ||  runninfr  issue  out  of  his 
flesli,  became  of  his  issue  lie  is  un- 
clean. 

.'5  And  this  shall  bo  his  uncleanness 
in  his  issue:  whether  his  flesh  run 
with  his  issue,  or  his  flesh  be  stopped 
from  ills  issue,  it  fs  his  uncleanness. 

4  Every  bed,  whereon  he  lioth  that 
h.ith  the  issue,  is  unclean:  and  every 
t  thing,  whereon  he  sitteth,  shall  be 
unclean. 

5  And  whosoever  touchcth  his  bed 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  hand  bathe 
liiiiifilf'  in  water,  and  be  unclean 
until  the  even. 

II  And  he  that  sitteth  on  iwii  thing 
wliereiin  he  sat  that  hath  the  issue 
shiill  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe 
liitiifi  If  in  water,  and  bo  unclean 
until  the  even. 

7  -Vnd  he  that  touchcth  the  flesh  of 
him  that  hath  tlic  issue  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  bathe  himself  in 
water,  and  he  miolean  until  the  even. 

8  And  if  he  that  liath  the  issue  spit 
upon  him  tluit  is  clean;  then  he  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  liimscl/' 
in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  tlie 
even. 

'.I  And  what  saddle  soever  he  ridcth 
upon  tliat  hath  the  issue  shall  be  un- 
clean. 

10  And  whosoever  touchcth  any 
thing  that  was  under  him  shall  be 
unclean  imtil  the  even:  and  he  that 
bearetli  (1/11/  or'  those  things  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  /limsclf 
in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even. 

11  And  whomsoever  he  touehoth 
that  hath  tlie  issue,  and  hath  not 
rinsed  his  hands  in  water,  he  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  aiul  bathe  liim.'rl/ 
in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even. 

12  And  the  'vessel  of  earth,  that 
ho  toneheth  whicli  hath  tlio  issue, 
shall  be  broken  :  and  everv  vessel  of 
wood  shall  he  linye.l  in  water. 

I'i  And  when    he  that  hath  an  i.s- 


>lh< 


shall  luiiiili. 


d   of   hi 


th. 


t.>  h 


elf 


clothes,  and  hathe  his  flesh  in  run- 
ning water,  anil  shall  be  clean. 
14  And  on  the  eighth  day  he  shall 
take  to  him  'two  turtledoves,  or 
two  ^■onng  pigeons,  and  come  be- 
fore tin-  l.oKU  unto  the  door  of  the 
f  the  congregation,  and 


iive  them  II 
I.-.  And  tin 


:ih.  the  priest: 


tfer  them, 
fthe  one  lui-  a  sin  olleriiig.  and  tlu' 
other  /(.I-  a  hiinit  ollering  :  s,,,,,! 
the  priest  sliall  make  an  atimenient 
for  him  before  the  I..0UD  for  his  is- 
sue. 

I<>  And  I' if  any  man's  seed  of  copn- 
laticni  go  out  from  him,  then  he  shall 
wash  iill  his  flesh  in  water,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even. 

17  And  every  garment,  and  every 
108 


skin,  whereon  is  the  seed  of  copu- 
lation, shall  be  washed  with  water, 
and  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

18  The  woman  aLso  with  whom  man 
shall  lie  wvVA  seed  of  copulation,  they 
shall  both  bathe  thpwsch-es  in  water, 
and  i  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

li>  IT  And  k  if  a  woman  have  an 
issue,  and  her  issue  in  her  flesh  be 
blood,  she  shall  be  I  put  apart  seven 
days  :  and  whosoever  toueheth  her 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

20  And  every  thin<r  that  she  lieth 
upon  in  her  separation  shall  be  un- 
clean: everv  thing  also  that  she  sit- 
teth upon  sball  he  unclean. 

21  And  whosoever  touchcth  her  bed 
shall  wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe /loii- 
snl/  in  water,  and  be  unclean  until 
the  even. 

22  And  whosoever  touchcth  anv 
thing  that  she  sat  upon  shall  wash 
his  clothes,  and  bathe  liimsclf  in 
water,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even. 

2'!  And  if  it  bf  on  licr  bed,  or  on 
any  thing  whereon  she  sitteth,  when 
he  toueheth  it,  he  shall  be  iinelean 
until  the  even. 

24  And  I  if  any  man  lie  with  her  at 
all,  and  her  flowers  be  upon  him,  he 
shall  be  unclean  seven  davs;  and  all 
the  bed  whereon  he  lieth  shall  be  un- 
clean. 

25  And  if  '"  ft  woman  have  an 
issue  of  her  blood  many  days  out  of 
the  time  of  her  sepanitiou",  or  if  it 
run  bevond  thi'  time  of  lier  separa- 
tion ;  lill  the  (hiys  of  tlu-  issue  of 
her  nueleanness  shall  be  as  the 
days  of  her  separation  :  she  s?iall 
be  unclean. 

2(i  Kvery  bed  whereon  she  lieth  all 
the  days  of  her  issue  shall  be  unto 
her  as  the  bed  of  her  separation :  and 
whatsoever  she  sitteth  upon  shall  be 
unclean,  as  the  uncleanness  of  her 
sej^mration. 

2<  And  whosoever  touchcth  those 
things  shall  he  unclean,  and  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  liiinse(i' 
in  water,  and  be  unclean  until  the 
even. 

28  IJut  "  if  she  be  cleansed  of  her 
issue,  then  she  shall  number  to  her- 
self seven  days,  and  after  that  she 
shall  be  clean. 

211  And  on  the  eighth  day  she  shall 
take  unto  her  two  turtles,  or  two 
young  pigCiins,  and  bring  them  un- 
to the  priest,  to  the  door  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation. 

:•*)  And  tlu>  priest  shall  oiler  tl 


.MV 


d  lli^ 


otli. 


It  uii; 


Ithepri, 

t  lor  her  hetiire 

isue  of  her  un- 


tlie  J.oiio  for  the 
cleanni'ss. 

.'11  Thus  shall  ye  "separate  the  chil- 
dren of  Isniel  from  their  uiicloaiincssi 
that  Ihev  die  not  in  their  unclean- 
ness, wlien  they  I' defile  my  taberna- 
cle that  i.<  among  them. 


How  the  high  priest  tnust 


LEVITICUS. 


e^iter  into  the  holy  place. 


H.i,.  n 

10.  13. 

7.* 

40.  M. 
IKin. 
11.  12. 

22.4 
S.  10. 

dH.b.  9 
21.  i). 

7.12. 

.C1..4. 

f  r...  29 
42.43. 

39. 

.32  1  This  ),s  the  law  of  him  tliiit 
hath  an  issue,  '"and  of  him  "vvhosc 
seed  poeth  from  him,  and  is  dctiled 
therewith; 

.3.'>  '  And  of  her  that  is  sick  of  her 
flowers,  and  of  him  that  liath  an 
issue,  of  the  man,  '  and  of  the  wo- 
man, "and  of  him  that  lieth  with 
her  tliat  is  unclean. 

CHAPTER  XTI. 
1  Uow  the  high  priest  muet  enter  into  the 
holy  place.  11  The  sin  offering  for  him- 
lelf.  15  The  tin  offering  for  the  people. 
20  The  eeapegoat.  £9  The  yearly  feaet 
of  the  expiations. 

A  ND  the  I-OKH  spake  unto  Moses 
J\_  after  "the  death  of  the  two  sons 
of  Aaron,  when  they  oflcred  before 
the  LoRn,  and  died; 

2  And  the  Loud  said  nnto  Mo- 
ses, Speak  nnto  Aaron  thv  hrother, 
that  he  lieomc  not  at  all  times  into 
the  holy  place  within  the  vail  before 
the  merey  seat,  whieh  in  upon  the 
ark  ;  that  he  die  not :  for  '  I  will 
appear  in  the  cloud  upon  the  merey 
seat. 

.■?  Thus  shall  Aaron  '1  come  into  the 
holy7>/'(rr;  ^'with  a  yonn.i;  l)iilIock 
for'a  sin  offerinf^,  and  a  ram  for  a 
burnt  olferinj;. 

4  He  shall  i>ut  on  fthc  holy  linen 
coat,  and  he  shall  have  the  linen 
breeches  upon  his  ilesh,  and  shall 
be  eirded  with  a  linen  jrirdle,  and 
with  the  linen  mitre  shall  he  be 
attired  :  those  are  holy  garments  ; 
therefore  B  shall  he  wash  his  flesh 
in  water,  and  so  put  them  on. 

5  And  he  shall  take  of  ti  the  con- 
p:rcgation  of  the  children  of  Israel 
two  kids  of  the  goats  for  a  sin  offer- 
ing, and  one  ram  for  a  burnt  offer- 
ing. 

(i  And  Aaron  shall  offer  his  bull- 
ock of  the  sin  oftering,  whieh  j< 
for  himself,  and  innike  an  atone- 
ment for  himself,  and  for  his  house. 

7  And  he  shall  take  the  two  goats, 
and  present  them  before  the  Lord 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

«  And  Aaron  shall  cast  lots  upon 
the  two  goats  :  one  lot  for  the  Loiili, 
and  the  other  Iftt  for  the  t  scapegoat. 

'J  And  .\nron  shall  bring  the  gont 
upon  whieh  the  Lord's  lot  ffell, 
and  offer  him  for  a  sin  f'ffering. 

10  But  the  goat,  on  whieh  the  lot 
fell  to  be  the  scapegoat,  shall  he  pre- 
sented alive  before  the  Lord,  to 
make  kan  atonement  with  him,  aittl 
to  let  him  go  for  a  scapegoat  into  the 
wilderness. 

U  And  Aaron  shall  brin"  the  bnll- 
oek  of  the  sin  offering,  which  i,?  for 
himself,  and  shall  make  an  attnie- 
mcntfor  himself,  and  titr  his  house, 
and  shull  kill  the  bullock  of  the  sin 
offering  whieh  is  for  himself: 

VI  And  he  shall  take  la  censer  full 
of  burning  coals  of  fire  from  otf  the 
altar  before  the  I/Ord,  and  his  bands 


full  of  '"  sweet  incense  beaten  small, 
and  bring  it  within  the  vail: 

13  "And  he  shall  put  the  incense 
upon  the  fire  before  the  Lord,  that 
the  cloud  of  the  incense  may  cover 
the  "mercy  seat  that  is  upon  the 
testimonv.that  he  die  not: 

14  And  1'  ho  shall  take  of  the  blood 
of  tlie  bullock,  and  'i  sprinkle  it  with 
his  finger  upon  the  mercy  seat  east- 
ward ;  and  before  the  liiercv  scat 
shall  he  sprinkle  of  the  blood  with 
his  finger  seven  times. 

15  II  '  Then  shall  he  kill  the  goat 
of  the  sin  offering,  that  t.s-  for  the  peo- 
ple, and  bring  his  blood  =•  within  the 
vail,  and  do  with  that  blood  as  he 
did  with  the  blood  of  the  bullock, 
and  sprinkle  it  upon  the  mercy  scat, 
and  before  the  mercy  seat: 

10  And  he  shall  'make  an  atone- 
ment for  the  lioly  plarc,  becaii.se  of 
the  iinclcaiincss  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  because  of  their  trans- 
gressions in  nil  their  sins:  and  so 
shall  he  do  for  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  that  Ireinaineth  among 
them  in  the  midst  of  their  unclean- 
ness. 

17  "And  there  shall  be  no  man  in 
the  taheniacle  of  the  congregation 
when  he  goeth  in  to  make  an  atone- 
ment in  the  hoh'  plarr,  until  he 
come  out,  and  have  made  an  atone- 
ment for  liiniself,  and  for  his  house- 
hold, and  for  all  the  congregation  of 
Israel. 

18  And  he  shall  go  out  nnto  the 
altar  that  is  before  the  Lord,  and 
'■make  an  atonement  for  it;  and 
shall  take  of  the  blood  of  the  bull- 
ock, and  of  the  blood  of  the  goat, 
and  put  it  upon  the  horns  of  the 
altar  round  abtmt. 

19  And  he  shall  sprinkle  of  the 
blood  upon  it  with  his  finger  seven 
times,  and  cleanse  it,  and  >  hallow  it 
from  the  unclcanness  of  the  children 
of  Israel. 

'20  IT  And  when  he  hath  made  an 
end  of '^  reconciling  the  holy  jilacc^ 
and  the  t:ibcrn.aclc  of  the  congrega- 
tion, and  the  altar,  he  shall  bring  the 
live  go:it: 

21  And  Aaron  shall  lay  both  his 
hands  upon  the  head  of  tlie  live 
goat,  and  confess  over  him  r.il  the 
iniquities  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  all  their   transgressions    in  nil 

I  their  sins,  "'putting  them  upon  the 
I  head  of  tiic  goat,  and  shall  send  hnu 

awa.v  bv  the  hand  of  f  :i  lit  man  into 

the  wilderness: 

22  And  the  );ont  shall  l>bear  upon 
him  all  their  iniquities  nnto  n  land 
tnot  inhabited  :  and  he  shall  let  go 
the  goat  in  the  wildonie^s. 

2.1  And  Anron  shall  come  into  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  ^and 
shall  put  off  the  linen  garments, 
which  he  put  on  when  he  went  into 
the  holy^i?£(c'c,  and  shall  leave  them 
there: ' 

109 


eft.  12.11.* 


Yearly  feast  of  cxjnation^. 


LEVITICUS. 


Eatinij  of  blood  forbidden. 


U   k  10  l.i 
1  Jolm  1.  7. 
9. 
t  cl..  2).  32. 


24  Ami  lie  shall  wash  )\is  flesh  with 
water  in  the  ho\y  place,  and  put  t>ii 
his  garments,  arid  come  forth,  <!  and 
otter  his  burnt  otf'erin;;,  and  the 
I>urnt  otferinj;  of  the  iieople,  and 
make  an  atonement  tor  himselt',  and 
for  the  people. 

25  And  *■  the  fat  of  the  sin  offering 
shall  he  burn  upon  the  altar. 

2(j  And  he  that  let  go  the  pnat  for 
the  scapegoat  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
fand  bithc  his  flesh  in  water,  and 
afterward  come  Into  the  camp. 

2"  EAnd  the  bullock  fur  the  sin 
offering,  and  the  goat  ./be  the  sin  of- 
fi'riiig,  Nvliiisc  blood  was  hrouglit  in 
to  make  atoni-nicntin  the  liolv/'/'i-r, 
shall  o/i-'  carry  forth  witlioiit  the 
camp;  and  they  shall  burn  in  the 
lire  their  skins,  and  their  llcsh,  and 
thiirdiing. 

•JS  Ami  he  that  burncth  them  shall 
wash  his  clothes,  and  bathe  his  flesh 
in  water,  and  afterward  lie  shall 
come  into  tlie  camp. 

2!t  H  And  tliis  shall  be  a  statute  for 
ever  unto  yon:  lliat  Uin  the  seventh 
month,  on  the  tenth  dai/  of  the 
month,  ve  shall  afflict  vonr  so\ils, 
and  do  no  work  at  all,  iclirl/, 


stran 


gcT  that  s.ijoiinieth  among  vou: 
••Ji  For  on  that  day  shall  llie  jiricft 
make  an  atonement  for  .von,  to 
i  cleanse  yon,  l/ntt  ye  may  be  clean 
from  all  vonr  sins  before  the  LoiiD. 
.'il  I  It  .thull  Ik:  a  sabbath  of  rest  unto 
yon,  anil  ye  shall  afflict  your  souls, 
by  a  statute  for  ever. 
;\l  I  And  the  (iriest,  whom  he  sh.all 
t, 


llle    to 


tin 


t.ad.  shall  make 
"shall  put  on 
II  the  holy  gar- 


oftirr  ill  his  father's  s 
tlie  aloiu'ini-iit,  and 
the  linen  clothes,  en 
ments: 

.■!;!  And  "he  shall  make  an  atone- 
ment fiir  the  holy  sanctuary,  and  he 
sh.ill  make  an  atonenieiit  for  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  and 
for  the  altar:  and  he  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  the  priests,  and  for  all 
the  people  of  the  congregation. 
."I  I'Aiid  this  shall  be  an  everlasting 
statute  nnto  von.  to  make  an  atoiie- 
ment  for  the  ehildren  of  Israel  for  all 
their  sins  'i  once  a  year.  And  he  did 
as  the  LoiiO  commanded  .Moses. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
1  The  HooU  of  all  nlain  beauls  iniiat  ha 
offtred  to  the  Lord  at  the  iloor  of  the 
tabernaeU.  7  Thff/  muKt  ntit  offer  to 
ilevile.  10  Alt  e.ilinff  of  lilooU  in  forbid- 
den, M  and  qll  (/i<i(  dieth  alone,  ur  u 
(orii. 

\ND  the  I>oi!i)  spake  tinto  Moses, 
saying, 
2  .Speak  unto  .\aron,  and  unto  his 
sons,  and  nnto  nil  the  diililren  of  Is- 
rael, and  sav  unto  tbemj  'Phis  is  the 
tiling  which  the  I<oiti)  Imth  com- 
innnded,  saying, 

;i  What  iinin  soever  there  be  of  the 
UO 


house  of  Israel,  "that  killeth  an  ox, 
or  lamb,  or  goat,  in  the  camp,  or 
that  killeth  it  out  of  the  camp, 

4  ''And  bringi-th  it  not  unto  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrc- 

fation,  to  ofl'er  an  otl'ering  unto  the 
iOItu  before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Loud;  blood  shall  be  '^inipnted  un- 
to that  man;  he  hath  shed  blood; 
and  that  man  il  shall  be  cut  off  from 
among  his  people: 

5  To  the  end  that  the  children  of 
Israel  m:iy  tiring  their  sacrifices, 
"^  which  tlii-y  <»fler  in  the  open  held, 
c^'eii  that  tlie\'  iiia\'  bring  them  unto 
the  J,or.ii.  uiito  the  door  ot  the  tab- 
eriiai'lo  of  the  congregation,  unto  the 
Iiriest,  ami  oiler  them  /or  pc:>cc  of- 
ierilr.'-^  nnto  the  l.olu). 

li  And  the  priest  i  shall  sprinkle  the 
blood  upon  the  altar  of  tlic  I.okd  «( 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  t^burn  the  fat  for  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Loiin. 

7  And  they  shall  no  more  offer  their 
s:ieriliees  l.'nnto  devils,  after  whom 
thev  .have  ^one  a  whoring.  This 
shall  lie  a  statute  (i.r  e\  er  unto  them 
throughout  their  generations. 

s  H  .And  thou  shalt  say  unto  them. 
Whatsoever  mail  thri-e  be  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  or  of  the  strangers 
which  sojourn  among  you,  k  that  of- 
f'ereth  a  rmriit  oflrriiig  or  6.acriticc, 

'.I  And  Miriiigeth  it  not  unto  the 
door  of  the  taberiiaele  of  the  congre- 
gation, to  otter  it  unto  the  LoiiD; 
even  that  man  shall  be  cut  off  from 
anion.- his  people. 

id  II  '".Villi  whatsoever  man  there  be 
of  the  house  of  Israel,  or  of  the  stran- 
■^,'rs  that  sojourn  ammig  voii.  that 
eateth  aiiv  manner  of  blood ;  "I  will 
even  set'inv  face  against  that  soul 
that  cuteth  lilood,  and  will  cut  him 
off  from  among  bis  iieoplc. 

il  "  For  the  life  of  the  flesh  is  in  the 
blood  ;  and  I  have  given  it  to  you 
upon  the  altar  ''to  make  an  atone- 
ment fi)r  your  souls:  iiir  "'it  i,<  the 
blood  thai  maketh  an  atonement  for 
the  soul. 

12  Therefore  I  said  unto  the  chil- 
dien  of  Israel,  No  soul  of  yon  shall 
eat  blood,  neither  shall  any  stranger 
that  sojonrneth  among  von  eat  blood. 

1.!  And  whatsoever  man  Ih,  ,;  l,r  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  or  of  the  stran- 
gers that  sojourn  among  yon, )  which 
'luinletli  liiid  catchcth  any  beast  or 
fowl  that  may  lie  eaten  ;  lie  shall 
even  '  jiour  out  the  blood  thereof, 
and  '  cover  it  with  dust. 

1 1  "  For  il  i.<  the  life  of  all  flesh:  the 
blood  of  it  U  for  the  lite  thereof: 
therefore  1  said  unto  the  children  of 
Israel.  Ye  shall  cat  tlie  bloml  of  no 
iiuiiiiier  of  flesh:  fiir  the  life  of  all 
fh>li  is  the  hlood  thereof :  whosoever 
eateth  it  shall  be  cut  off. 

I.-,  '•And  everv  soul  that  eateth  \  that 
which  died  o/'  it^ell',  or  that  which 
was  torn   tciV/t  («,<i.n(.<,  whether  it  be 


"Unlawful  tttarnages. 


LEVITICUS. 


Unlawful  lusts. 


ith.5.  1.  *- 
18.  k  19.  S. 
Hum.  19.20. 


Ii  W.  7. 
E..  20.  5, 
19.  »). 


dUtul.l.  1,?.. 

to.  1. 

£«-  »).  19. 
•  El.  20. 11, 13, 


mC«ti.33. 18. 
21!. 
ch.  20.  12. 


M«ll.?2.  21. 
Huk  12.  U. 
cli.  20.  U. 


one  of  your  own  country,  or  a  stran- 
ger, >  he  shall  both  wash  his  clothes, 
'and  batlie  liimsclf' in  water,  and  be 
unclean  until  the  even:  tlicn  shall 
he  be  clean. 

]()  But  if  he  ■wash  tlicrn  not,  nor 
bathe  his  flesh;  then  "he  shall  bear 
his  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
1  Unlawful  jnarriagei.    19  Unlawful  IubU. 
ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 


A^ 


2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  "1  am  the  Louu 
your  (iod. 

.'J  !> Alter  the  doing.s  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  wherein  ye  dwelt,  shall  ye 
not  do;  and  "^  after  the  doings  of  tne 
land  of  Canaan,  wliitbcr  I  bring  voii, 
shall  ye  not  clo :  neither  shall  ye 
walk  in  their  ordinances. 

•1  il  Ve  shall  do  my  judgments,  and 
keep  mine  ordinances,  to  walk  tlierc- 
iii :  I  (Oil  the  Lord  your  God. 

5  Ye  shall  therefore  keep  my  stat- 
utes, and  my  judgments:  "^which  if  a 
man  do,  he  "shall  live  in  them:  fX  am 
the  Loud. 

0  T\  None  of  you  shall  approach  to 
anj'  that  is  f  liear  of  kin  to  him,  to 
uncover  their  nakedness:  I  am  tlie 
Lord. 

7  K  The  nakedness  of  tliy  father,  or 
the  nakedness  of  thy  mother,  shalt 
thou  not  uncover:  she  is  thy  mother; 
thou  shalt  not  uncover  her  naked- 
ness. 

8  liThc  nakedness  of  thy  father's 
wife  shalt  thou  not  uncover:  it  is  thy 
father's  nakedness. 

U  "  The  nakedness  of  thy  sister,  the 
daughter  of  thy  father,  or  daughter 
of  thy  mother,  whether  she  be  born 
at  home,  or  born  abroad,  eceii  their 
nakedness  thou  shalt  not  uncover. 

10  The  nakedness  of  thy  son's  daugh- 
ter, or  of  thy  daughter's  daughter, 
creji  their  nakedness  thou  shalt  not 
uncover:  for  theirs  is  thine  own  na- 
kedness. 

11  The  nakedness  of  thy  father's 
wife's  daugnter,  begotten  of  thy  fa- 
ther, she  1^  thy  sister,  thou  shalt  not 
uncover  her  nakedness. 

12  k  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  na- 
kedness of  thy  father's  sister:  she  t*' 
thy  father's  near  kinswoman. 

13  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  na- 
kedness of  thy  mother's  sister:  for 
she  is  thy  mother's  near  kinswoman. 

14  1  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  na- 
kedness of  thy  father's  brother,  thou 
sli.alt  not  approach  to  his  wife:  she  is 
thine  aunt. 

13  •"  Thou  shalt  ^ot  uncover  the 
nakedness  of  thy  daughter  in  law  : 
she  i>  thy  son's  wife;  thou  shalt  not 
uncover  her  nakedness. 

Hi  "  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the 
nakedness  of  thy  brother's  wife:  it  is 
thy  brother's  nakedness. 

if  °  Thou  shalt  not  uncover  the  na- 


kedness of  a  woman  and  her  daugh- 
ter, neither  shalt  thou  take  her  sou's 
daughter,  or  her  daughter's  daugh- 
ter, to  uncover  her  nakedness  ;  ./or 
they  arc  her  near  kinswomen:  it  u 
I'iekedness. 

IS  Neither  shnlt  thou  take  ||  a  wife 
to  her  sister,  ''to  vex  her,  to  uncover 
her  nakedness,  besides  the  other  ill 
licr  life  t\me. 

'I  Also  thou  shalt  not  approach 
unto  a  woman  to  uncover  ner  na- 
kedness, as  h)ng  as  she  is  put  apart 
for  her  unclcaniiess. 

•JO  .Moveiivcr  •"  thnu  shalt  not  lie  car- 
niillv  with  tliv  neighbour's  wife,  to 
dctilo  thvseUwit'ulier. 

:.'l  Aiul"  thnu  shalt  not  let  any  of 
thv   seed  ''pass   through  tl(e  Jirc  to 

Jilokch,  neither  shalt  thou  "pro- 
fane the  name  of  thy  God:  I  am  the 
Lord. 

^  Thou  shnlt  not  lie  with  man- 
kind, as  with  womankind:  it  is 
abomination. 

3  '  Neither  shalt  thou  lie  with  any 
beast  to  defile  thyself  therewith:  nei- 
ther shall  any  woman  stand  before  a 
beast  to  lie  down  thereto:  it  is  '  con- 
fusion. 

24  "Defile  not  ye  yourselves  in  any 
of  these  things :  li  for  in  all  these  the 
nations  are  defiled  which  I  cast  out 
before  you : 

And 'the  land  is  defiled:  there- 
fore I  do  d  visit  the  iniquity  thereof 
upon  it,  and  the  land  itselt  '  vomit- 

'th  out  her  inhabitants. 

3)    f  Vc    shall    therefore    keep    my 

tatutcs  and  my  judgments,  and 
shall  not  commit  av;/  of  these  abom- 
inations ;  jicilhcr  any  of  3'oiir  own 
nation,  nor  any  stranger  that  so- 
j<iurneth  among  j'ou: 

27  (For  all  the^e "abominations  have 
the  men  of  the  land  done,  which 
irere  before  you,  and  the  land  is  de- 
filed:) 

•Hi  That  f  the  land  spew  not  you  out 
also,  when  ye  defile  it,  as  it  sjiew- 
ed  out  the  nations  that  tcere  before 
you. 

"  21>  Tor  whosoever  shall  commit  any 
of  these  abominations,  even  the  souls 
that  commit  them  shall  be  cut  off 
from  among  their  people. 

."JO  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  mine 
ordinance,  h  that  j/e  commit  not  ani/ 
one  of  these  abominable  customs, 
which  were  committed  before  you, 
and  that  ve  >  defile  not  yourselves 
therein:  k  I  am  the  Lord  your  God. 
CHAPTER  XIX. 
A  repetition  of  sundry  law*. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 
2  S|ieak  unto  all  the  congregation 
of  the  children  of  Lsrael,  and  siiv  un- 
to thein,  »  Ye  shall  he  holy:  furl  the 
J.Oitn  your  God  am  holy. 
1  ;!  11  b  Ye  shall  fear  every  man  his 
raotlier,  and  his  father,  and  "^^  keep 
111 


A  repetition  of 


LEVITICUS. 


sundry  laws. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1490. 


ih.26.  1. 
ICr.  10.  14. 
IJolmS.  21. 
o  Er.  .11.  17. 


E  oh.  23.  a 
Deiit  21.  19, 
21),  21. 


60.21). 

rro.,  11.  13. 
ft  20.  lU. 
Ki.  22.  II. 


(.1.4  27.4. 
1 1  John  2.  9. 
11.  &  a.  1.5. 


1  I'tl.  2.  1. 

T  M.ii.  5.  a. 
k  2i ;«). 
«»in.  \x  n. 


.  «.  9, 
1.22.11. 


my  sabbaths:  I  am  the  Lord  your 
God. 

4  TT  rt  Turn  yo  not  unto  idols,  "  nor 
make  to  yourselves  iiinlten  gods:  I 
mil  the  LOKD  your  God. 

5  11  And  I  if  ye  offer  :i  sacrifiec  of 
pcaee  offerings  unto  tlie  Loud,  ye 
shall  offer  it  at  your  own  will. 

U  It  shall  bo  eaten  (he  same  day  ye 
offer  it,  and  on  the  morrow:  and  if 
auf^ht  remain  until  the  tliird  d;iy,  it 
shall  be  burnt  in  the  fire. 
7  And  if  it  be  eaten  at  all  on  the 
third  day,  it  !s  abominable;  it  shall 
not  be  aecepted. 

H  Tlierefbre  evcrji  one  that  eatcth  it 
sliall  bear  his  iniquit,v,  bceause  he 
hatli  profaned  tl]e  liallowed  thing  of 
thi'  I.OUD!  and  tliut  modI  shall  be  cut 
off  from  nnicing  liis  people. 
!l  IT  And  s  when  ye  re-.ii)  flic  harvest 
of  viiiu-l.uid,  tliou  shalt  not  wholly 
)-ea'p  tlie  corners  of  tliy  field,  neither 
•slialt  tliou  gather  the  gleauinga  of 
thy  harvest. 

]U  And  thou  shalt  not  glean  thy 
vineyard,  neither  shalt  thou  gather 
event  grape  of  thy  vineyard  ;  thou 
shalt  leave  them  for  the  poor  and 
st)-anger:  I  am  the  Loitli  your  God. 

11  TT  I)  Ye  shall  not  steal,  neither 
deal  falsely,  i  neither  lie  one  to 
another. 

12 II  And  yc  shall  not  k  swear  by  my 
name  falsely,  I  neither  shalt  thou 
profane  the  "name  of  thy  God:  lam 
the  Lord. 

li  H  '"  Thou  shnlt  not  defraud  thy 
neighbour,  neitlu-r  iiib  him:  "the 
wages  of  him  tluit  is  hired  shall  not 
abide  with  thee  all  night  until  the 
morning. 

14  IT  Thou  shalt  not  curse  the  deaf, 
°  nor  jiut  a  stumblingblix'k  before  the 
blind,  but  shalt ''  fear  tliy  God :  I  am 
the  Loicn. 

1,^)11  '1  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteous- 
ness in  iiid'4i])ci)t  ;  th..u  slialt  n^t 
respect  the  pailiD  olT!i<'  Piiol',  U!ir 
h.-riTTi,,-  the  pr)s,.!l  ofTI.e  no^thtv: 
liilTui ligmT'ousncss  .■^hainiiou  judge 
tliy  nciglil 

10  If  'Tl 

down  (T.i  a  talebearer  among  thy  peo 
pie;  neither  shalt  tliou  "stand  against 
the  blood  of  thy  neiglibour:  I  am  the 
Lonii. 

17  IT  <Thon  shalt  not  hate  thv 
brother  in  thine  heart :  "tliou  shalt 
in  anv  wise  reluiKe  lliy  neighbour, 
i|  and  "not  suffer  si  1)  iip..ii  him. 

18  U  "Thou  shnlt  not  nvcii-e.  nor 
bear  any  grudge  against  the  children 
of  thy  people,  J  but  thou  shalt  love 
thy  neighbour  as  thyself:  Icon  the 
Lord. 

11)  H  Ye  shnll  keep  my  etatutcs. 
Thou  sliult  not  let  thy  cattle  gender 
with  a  diverse  hind:  '  thou  shalt  not 
sow  tliy  field  with  mingled  seed  : 
"  neither  shall  a  guDicDt  mingled  of 
linen  and  woollen  coini'  noon  tliee. 

•M  H  And  whosoever  lietli  carnally 
112 


with  n  woman,  that  is  a  bondmaid, 
„t  betrothed  to  a  husband,  and  not 
at  all  redeemed,  nor  freedom  given 
her;  Hfshc  shall  be  scourged  :  they 
shall  not  be  put  to  death,  because 
she  was  not  free. 

I  And  i>hc  shall  bring  his  trespass 
offering  unto  the  LoiiD,  unto  the 
door  ot  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, ercn  a  ram  for  a  trespass  of- 
Icring. 

'ii  And  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  for  him  with  the  ram  of 
the  tresjiass  f)ffering  before  the  Lord 
for  his  sin  which  he  hath  done;  and 
the  sin  which  he  hath  done  shall  be 
forgiven  him. 

'J.'i  IT  And  when  vc  shall  come  into 
the  hand,  and  shall  have  planted  all 
manner  of  trees  for  food,  then  .vv-  shall 
count  the  fruit  thei-eof  as  uueircum- 
ciscd:  three  years  shull  it  be  as  nn- 
cirenmcised  "unto  you:  it  shall  not 
be  eaten  of. 

•>i  But  in  the  fourth  year  all  the 
fruit  thereof  shall  be  t  ho'ly  "  to  praise 
the  Lord  vithiil. 

a.'i  And  in  the  fifth  vear  shall  yc 
eat  of  the  fruit  thereof"',  that  it  may 
vield  unto  you  the  increase  thereof: 
I  am  the  I/oro  vour  Goil. 

21!  IT  ''  Ye  shati  not  eat  nun  thing 
with  the  blood:  ''neither  shall  ye  use 
enchantment,  nor  observe  times. 

27  f  Yc  shall  not  round  the  corners 
of  your  heads,  neither  shalt  thou 
mar  the  corners  of  thy  beard. 

2M  Yc  shall  not  ?malie  any  cuttings 
in  your  flesh  for  the  dead,  nor  print 
any  marks  upon  vou  :  I  am  the  Lord. 

2*.!  V  li  Do  not  t  prostitute  tliv  daugh- 
ter, to  cause  ber  to  be  a  whore;  k-st 
the  lanil  fall  to  whoredom,  and  the 
laud  become  full  of  wickedness. 

oO  IT  i  Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths, 
and  k  reverence  my  sanctuary :  1  am 
the  LoRii. 

II  IT  1  llcgard  not  them   that  have 


f'amili; 


spirits,    iieitlu 
,  tola     


ek    after 


leliled  bv  them:  1  am 
Lord  vour  (io<l. 

,'!2  IT '"Tirou  shalt  rise  up  before  the 
i'iiou  ahalt  not  go  up  and  hoarv  head,  and  honour  tlie  face  of 
the  old  man,  and  "fear  thy  God:  I 
(0)i  the  Lord. 

;i'.  11  And  "if  n  stranger  sojourn 
with  thee  in  your  land,  yc  shall  not 
II  vex  him. 

.'U  >'  /-'"'  the  stranger  that  dwelletli 
with  you  shall  be  unto  yon  as  one 
born  "among  vou,  and  'I  thou  sluilt 
love  bill!  as  "thvseil  ;  for  ve  were 
strangei-s  in  the  land  of  Kgyiit:  I  am 
the  Lord  your  God. 

,V>  IT  '  Ye  shall  do  no  unrighteons- 
ness  in  judgment,  in  meteyard,  in 
weight,  or  in  measure. 

31)  ■'Just  balances,  just  t weights,  a 
just  ephah,  and  a  .just  hin,  shall  ye 
have:  I  am  the  I,ORi>  your  (iod, 
which  brought  vou  out  of  the  land 
of  Kgvpf. 

u7  'Tiieieforc  shall  yc  observe  all 


A  repetition  of 


LEVITICUS. 


sundry  lams. 


«ct..  19.5. 
bch.  18.21. 

II.UI.  12.  ;n. 

Ic  18- 10. 
2  King!  17- 

17.  A  a.  ii. 

S  a.r.  33.  6. 
Jtr.  7.  31.4 
Si  3.5. 


1K>.  H.  11.  & 

23.  38.  3a. 
I  ch.  18.  21. 


gth.  17,  10. 
h  Ex.  20.  5. 
i  ch.  17.  7. 


Ich.  11.41.  4 
11).  2. 
1  Pit.  1.  16. 


r.20,  20. 
I.  15.  i. 
.  11.  12. 


Ich.  11.23. 
uclv.  19.  22. 
Dtut.  23.  17. 


CIIAPTEK  XX. 

1  0/  him  that  givcth  of  hit  etcd  to  Mo- 
Uch.  4  Of  him  that  favourelh  such  a  ove. 

6  Of  going  to  wizard).  7  Of  eanctifica- 
tion.  9  Of  him  that  cureeth  hit  parentt. 
10  OfaduUtry.  11,  14,  17,  19  Of  incett. 
13  Of  jorfomy.  15  Of  bettiality.  18  Of 
vneteannfet.  22  Obeditnce  is  re^utreti 
«rt(ft  /ioftne««.  27  TKizard*  miMi  6e  pu( 
to  death. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  xinto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  "Again,  thou  shalt  say  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  bWliosoevcr  he.  be 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  or  of  the 
strangers  that  sojourn  in  Israel,  that 
givetli  any  of  his  seed  unto  Molcch; 
he  shall  surely  be  put  to  death:  the 
people  of  the  land  Bhall  stone  him 
with  stones. 

3  And  '  I  will  set  my  face  against 
that  man,  and  will  cut  him  oft  from 
among  his  people;  because  he  hath 
given  of  his  seed  unto  Molcch,  to 
"defile  my  sanctuary,  and  'to  pro- 
fane my  holy  name. 

4  And  if  the  people  of  the  land  do 
any  ways  hide  their  eyes  from  the 
man,  when  he  givcth  of  his  seed 
unto  Molech,  and  f  kill  him  not; 

5  Then  6 1  will  set  my  face  against 
that  man,  and  li  against  his  family, 
and  will  cut  him  off,  and  all  that 
i  go  a  whoring  after  lum,  to  commit 
whoredom  with  Molcch,  from  among 
their  people. 

G  H  And  k  the  soul  that  turncth  after 
such  OS  have  familiar  spirits,  and 
after  wizards,  to  go  a  whoring  after 
them,  I  will  even  set  my  face  against 
that  soul,  and  will  cut  him  oft  from 
among  his  people. 

7  f  1  Sanctify  yourselves  therefore, 
and  be  ye  holy:  fori  am  thcLoiiD 
your  Go<l. 

8  '"  And  ye  shall  keep  my  statutes, 
and  do  them:  "lam  theLoKD  which 
sanctify  ^-ou. 

0  IT  "  f'or  every  one  that  curseth  his 
father  or  his  mother  shall  be  surely  j. 
put  to  death:  he  hath  cursed  his  fa- 
ther or  his  mother;  ''his  blood  (i/ia/i 
be  upon  hiin. 

10  IT  And  1  the  man  that  committeth 
adultery  with  another  man's  wife, 
errn  he  that  committeth  adultery 
with  his  neighbour's  witi?,  the  adul- 
terer and  the  adulteress  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death. 

II '  And  the  man  that  lieth  with  his 
father's  wife  hath  uncovered  his  fa- 
ther's nakedness:  both  of  them  shall 
surely  be  put  to  death;  their  blood 
shall  he  upon  them. 

12  "And  if  a  man  lie  with  his  daugli- 
ter  in  law,  both  of  them  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death:  Uhev  have  wrought 
confusion;  their  bloo"di!/i«H  fcc  uixm 
them. 

13  "  If  a  mon  also  lie  with  mankind, 
as  he  lieth  witli  a  woman,  botli  of 

8 


them  ha^'c  committed  an  abomina- 
tion :  they  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death;  their  blood  shall  be  upon 
them. 

U  ''And  if  a  man  take  a  wife  and 
her  mother,  it  i.s-  wickedness:  they 
shall  be  burnt  with  fire,  both  he  and 
they;  that  there  be  no  wickedness 
among  you. 

15  >  Aiid  if  a  man  lie  with  a  beast, 
he  shnll  surely  be  put  to  death;  and 
ye  shall  slay  the  beast. 

IG  And  it  a  woman  approach  unto 
any  beast,  and  lie  down  thereto,  thou 
shalt  kill  the  woman,  and  the  beast: 
they  shall  surely  be  put  to  death; 
their  blo<!d  shall  be  upon  them. 

ir  ^And  if  a  man  shall  take  his 
sister,  his  father's  daughter,  or  his 
mother's  daughter,  ana  see  her  na- 
kedness, and  she  see  his  nakedness; 
it  is  a,  wicked  thing;  and  they  shall 
be  cut  off  in  the  sight  of  their  people: 
he  hath  uncovered  his  sister's  naked- 
ness; he  shall  bear  his  iniquity. 

18  "And  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  a 
woman  having  her  sickness,  and 
shall  uncover  her  nakedness ;  he 
hath  1  discovered  her  ibuntain,  and 
she  hath  uncovered  the  fountain  of 
her  blood:  and  both  of  them  shall  be 
cut  off' from  among  their  people. 

19  iiAnd  thou  shalt  not  uncover  the 
nakedness  of  thy  mother's  sister,  nor 
of  thy  father's  sister;  '^for  he  uncov- 
ereth  his  near  kin:  they  shall  bear 
their  iniquity. 

20  ilAnd  if  a  man  shall  lie  with  his 
uncle's  wife,  he  hath  uncovered  his 
uncle's  nakedness  :  they  shall  bear 
their  sin;  they  shall  die  childless. 

21  'And  if  a  man  shall  take  his 
brother's  wife,  it  i.'  1  an  unclean 
thing:  he  hath  uncovered  his  broth- 
er's nakedness;  they  shall  be  child- 
less. 

22  IT  Ye  shoU  therefore  keep  all  m3' 
f  statutes,  and  all  my  judgments,  and 
do  them:  that  the  land,  whither  I 
bring  you  to  dwell  therein,  Espew 
3*ou  not  out. 

23  liAnd  yc  shall  not  walk  in  the 
manners  of  the  nation,  which  I  cast 
out  before  you:  for  they  committed 
all  these  things,  and  i  thereibre  I  ab- 
horred them. 

24  But  kl  have  said  unto  you.  Ye 
shall  inherit  their  land,  and  I  will 
give  it  unto  you  to  possess  it,  a  land 
that  floweth  with  milk  and  honey:  1 
am  the  Lord  your  Go<l,  Iwhich  have 
separated  you  from  other  people. 

25  "  Yc  shall  therefore  put  differ- 
ence between  clean  beasts  and  un- 
clean, and  between  unclean  fowls 
and  clean:  "and  ye  shall  not  make 
your  souls  abominable  by  beast,  or 
by  fowl,  or  by  any  manner  of  living 
thing  that  ||  crcepeth  on  the  ground, 
which  I  have  separated  from  you  as 
unclean. 

'2(\  And  ye  shall  he  holy  unto  me: 
"for  I  the  Lord  am  holv,  and  Phave 

ii3 


Divers  laws 


LEVITICUS. 


and  ordinances. 


Bcforo 

c  n  U  1  8  T 

1400. 


fi.  i,:'„,.if 


t.  ch.  1.1.27,28. 

Dcul.  U.  1. 

Ks.  41. '2J. 
c  cli.  13.  21.  & 

19.  12. 
<)St)«cli.3.11. 
e  Ki.  41.  2S. 


f.Se<<  I>e< 


1.21. 


>i(l»D.  38.  21. 


ir:i.2!).29.ao. 

rli.  H.  Vi.  ii 

111.  Vi. 

Num.  M.  23. 
k  Ei.  2S.  3. 

cl..  Id.  32. 
1  ch.  10.  G. 
m  Kum.  19. 


.  1.  2. 


severed  yoii  from  other  people,  that 

ye  should  he  mine. 
;;"  IT  '*.V  mail  also  or  woman  tliat 

hath  a  familiar  spirit,  or  tliat  is  a 

wizard,  sliall  surelv  be  l)ut  to  death: 

they  shall  stono  tlicm  with  stones; 

■■  their  blood  shall  he  upon  them. 
CHAPTER  XXI. 

1  Of<he  2>rii»<a'  mourning.  C  Of  their  ho- 
linetl.  8  0/  tlieir  cittimnlion.  7,  13  Of 
their  marriagea.  17  The  prii-sta  that  have 
l[cmiahc»  must  not  tniniater  in  the  aane- 
tmxry. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Spealt  unto  the  priests  the  sons 
of  Aaron,  and  say  unto  them,^Tliere 
slmll  none  be  defiled  for  the  dead 
anionic  his  people: 

2  Bnt  for  his  kin,  that  is  near  nnto 
him,  that  is.  for  ]iis  motlier,  and  for 
liig  father,  and  for  liis  son,  and  for 
his  danjihter,  and  for  )iis  In-other, 

.3  And  for  his  sister  a  virjrin,  tliat  is 
niffli  nnto  him,  whicli  h:itli  had  no 
husband;  for  ]ier  may  he  be  defiled. 

4  JSiit  II  he  sliall  not  defile  himself, 
h<'ing  n  ebicf  man  among  his  people, 
to  iirot'aiie  liiinself. 

.5  i)The.v  shall  not  make  bnldnoss 
upon  their  head,  neither  shall  they 
shave  off  the  corner  of  their  board, 
nor  make  any  cuttinfrs  in  tlicir  Hesh. 

a  They  shall  be  lioly  unto  their 
God,  and  "^not  profane  the  name  of 
their  God  :  for  the  ofterincs  of  the 
I,onn  made  bv  fire,  cni't  J  the  bread 
of  their  (iod,  tney  do  offer:  therefore 
they  shall  be  holy. 

7  ■•■  They  shall  not  take  a  wife  that 
IS  a  whore,  or  profane:  neither  shall 
they  take  a  woman  fput  awny  from 
her  husband:  lor  lie  I'a  holy  unto  his 
God. 

H  Thou  shalt  sanrtifv  him  therefore; 
for  he  (.flVreth  the  bread  of  tliv  (Joel: 
he  shall  he  lioly  unto  llu-e:"i-T..r  I 
LoiU),  whieh  sanctify  you,  am 


holy 


if  she  prnfiinc  herself  by  iibiviiij.;  tl.. 
whore,  she  profancth  her  liither:  she 
shall  be  burnt  with  fire. 

10  iAnd  he  Hint  is  the  hipli  priest 
among  his  brethren,  ujion  whose 
lu'ad  the  anointing  oil  was  j>nured, 
and  k  that  is  consecrated  to  put  on 
the  garments,  1  shall  not  uncover  his 
head,  nor  rend  liis  clothes; 

11  Neither  shall  he  '"go  in  to  any 
dead  body,  nor  defile  himaelf  for  bfs 
father,  or  for  his  ninther; 

12  "Neither  shall  lie  go  out  of  the 
sunetiiurv,uor  profane  the  .sanetiiarv 
of  liis  (iod:  for  "the  crown  of  the 
anointing  oil  of  his  God  is  upon  him: 
lamthe  I.oiii). 

1.1  And  I' he  sliall  take  a  wife  in  her 
virginity. 

14  A  widow,  or  a  divorced  woman, 
or  profane,  or  a  harlot,  these  shall  he 
not  (aUe:  but  he  shall  take  a  virgin 
of  Ills  own  people  (o  wife. 

!.">  Neither  shall  ho  profane  his  seed 
114 


among  his  people:  for  II  the  LoiiD 
do  sanctify  liim. 

IG  TT  And  the  Lokd  siiakc  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

17  Speak  unto  Aaron,  saying,  Who- 
soever he  l)e  of  thy  seed  in  tlicir  gen- 
erations that  hatn  any  blemish,  let 
him  not  ■■  approach  to  offer  the 
II  bread  of  his  God. 

18  For  whatsoever  man  he  he  that 
hath  a  blemish,  he  shall  not  ap- 
proach; a  blind  man,  or  a  lame^or 
he  that  hath  a  flat  nose,  or  any  thing 
■■'superflutms, 

10  Or  a  man  that  is  brokenfooted, 
or  brokenluindcd, 

'X)  Or  crookbaekcd,  or  |j  a  dw.irf,  or 
that  hath  a  blemish  in  his  eye,  or  be 
scurvy,  or  scabbed,  vv  ^lialii  his 
stones  broken; 

21  No  man  that  hath  a  blemish  of 
file  seed  of  Aaron  the  jiriest  shall 
come  nigh  to  "offer  the  ofl'erings  of 
the  Lord  made  by  fire:  he  hath  a 
blemish;  he  shall  not  conie  nigh  to 
offer  the  bread  of  his  God. 

22  He  shall  cat  the  bread  of  his 
God,  both  of  the  ^most  holy,  and  of 
the  y  holy. 

2.'{  Only  he  sh.all  not  go  in  nnto  the 
vail,  nor  come  nigh  unto  the  altar, 
because  he  hath  a  blemish;  that* he 
profane  not  my  sanctuaries  :  lor  I 
the  Lord  do  saiictifv  them. 

24  And  Moses  tohl  it  unto  Aaron, 
and  to  his  sons,  and  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

1  The  prietta  in  their  unclcaniitaa  moat 
al'tlain  from  the  holy  Ihinga.  0  lloie 
they  ehnll  le  eleanaeii.  Ill  IK/io  o/  IM 
jirieat'a  houae  may  eat  of  the  hoty  thinga. 
17  The  ancrifieea  muat  be  tcilhuul  blttn- 
iah.  20  The  age  of  the  aaeritlee.  »  The 
/.TIC  of  eating  the  aaerifiee  of  thanhagiv- 


J} 

2  Speak  unto  Aaron  and  to  his  sons, 
that  they  "separate  theinsrives  from 
the  holy  things  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  that  they  l*pnifanc  not 
my  holy  name  in  those  things  which 
they  "^hallow  unto  mc:  I  am  the 
LoiiD. 

.'!  Say  unto  them.  Whosoever  he  be 
of  allyonrsced  among  your  gcncm- 
tions, "that  goetli  unto  the  holy 
things,  wliieh  the  children  of  Israel 
hallow  unto  the  Lord,  J  having  his 
uneleanness  upon  him,  that  soul 
shall  be  cut  otl'  from  my  presence:  I 
am  the  Lord. 

4  What  man  soever  of  tlic  seed  of 
Aaron  is  a  leper,  or  hath  'a  )  rnn- 
iiiug  issue  :  he  shall  not  eat  of  the 
holv  thimts.  f  until  he  be  clean.  And 
5  whoso  toueheth  aiiv  thing  that  is 
unclean  hii  the  dead,  or  "a  man 
whose  seed  goetli  from  him; 

.'i  ()r>  whosoever  toueheth  any  creep- 
ing thing,  whereby  he  may  lie  made 
unclean,  or  k »   liian    of  "whom  ho 


fch.  IL  3,  fc 
li.  Vi. 
|NuJ».I9.11, 


kch.1^7,  U. 


Divers  laws 


LKVITICLTS. 


and  ordinances. 


ich.J.  15,15. 


I  Or,  goati. 
i  rtr.  20. 
Ual.  1.  8. 


may  take  unclcaiuicss,  whatsoever 
uncleaniics.s  he  hath; 

(i  The  soul  which  liatli  touched  any 
such  shall  be  unclean  until  even, 
and  shall  not  cat  of  the  holy  things, 
unless  he  I  \s'ash  his  flesh  with  water. 

7  And  when  the  sun  is  down,  he 
shall  be  clean,  and  shall  atlerward 
cat  of  the  lioly  things;  because  '"it 
M  his  tbod. 

,S  "  That  which  dicth  of  itself,  or  is 
torn  %vitli  hcuMs.  he  .sliall  not  cat  to 
defile  himself  therewith;  I  aui  the 
LoiiD. 

9  They  shall  therefore  keep  mine 
ordinance,  "lest  they  bear  sin  for  it, 
and  die  therefore,  it  they  profane  it; 
I  the  ]yOKD  do  sanctify  tlicni. 

10  I' There  shall  no  stranger  cat  of 
the  holy  thing;  a  so.journer  of  the 
priest,  or  a.  hired  servant,  shall  not 
cat  oA'the  holy  thing. 

11  But  if  tlie  priest  buy  nny  soul 
t  witli  hi.s  money,  he  shall  cat  of  it, 
and  he  that  is  born  in  his  house; 
'I  they  shall  cat  of  his  meat. 

12  if  the  iiricst's  daugiiter  also  be 
man-ied  unto  fa  stranger,  she  may 
not  cat  of  an  offering  of  the  lioly 
things. 

1.3  But  if  the  priest's  daughter  be  a 
widow,  or  divorced,  and  have  no 
chihl,  and  is  'returned  unto  her  fa- 
ther's house,  "^as  in  her  youth,  she 
shall  cat  fif  her  father's  "meat;  but 
there  shall  no  stranger  cat  thereof. 

14  U  '  And  if  a  man  cat  o./  the  holy 
thing  unwittingly,  then  he  shall  put 
the  fifth  ]>art  thereof  unto  it,  and 
shall  give  it  unto  the  priest  with  the 
Iioly  thing. 

1,5  And  ''  they  shall  not  profane  tlie 
holv  things  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  they  oflTer  nnto  the  hoito; 

IG  Or  I!  suffer  them  "  to  bear  the  in- 
iquity of  tiespa.ss,  when  they  eat 
their  holy  things;  for  I  the  l-ohu  do 
sanctifv  tlicin. 

17  II  And  the  Loun  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying, 

18  Speak  unto  Aaron,  and  to  liis 
sons,  and  unto  all  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  say  unto  thciii,  )  What- 
soever he  be  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or 
of  the  strangers  in  Israel,  that  will 
offer  his  oblation  for  all  his  vows,  and 
for  all  his  freewill  offerings,  which 
they  will  offer  unto  the  I.,oRD  for  a 
burnt  offering; 

19  '  Ye  fhall  offer  at  j'onr  own  will 
a  male  without  blemish,  of  the 
beeves,  of  the  sheep,  or  of  the  goats. 

20  ^Jiiit  whatsoever  hatli  a  blemish, 
that  shall  ye  not  offer;  for  it  shall 
not  be  acceptable  for  you. 

21  And  It  whosoever  ofiereth  a  s-^.c- 
rifiee  of  peace  ofierings  unto  the 
Lord  '•'to  accomplish  his  vow,  or  a 
freewill  offering  in  beeves  or  ||  sheep, 
it  shall  be  perfect  to  be  accepted; 
there  shall  be  no  blemish  therein. 

22  d  Blind,  or  broken,  or  maimed, 
or  having  a  wen,  or  scurvy,  or  eoab- 


bed,  ye  shall  not  otter  these  unto  the 
LoRn,  nor  make  "^  an  offering  by  fire 
of  them  upon  the  altar  unto  the 
Lord. 

)>'■'>  Either  a  bullock  or  a  ||  lamb  th.it 
hath  any  thing  isuperttuous  or  lack- 
ing ill  his  parts,  that  niaycst  thou 
offer. /"or  a  freewill  ottering;  but  for  a 
vow  it  shall  not  be  accepted. 

24  Vc  shall  not  offer  unto  the  Lord 
that  which  is  bruised,  or  crushed,  or 
broken,  or  cut;  neither  shall  ye  make 
ainf  offering  thereof  in  your  land. 

2j  Neither  S  from  a  stranger's  hand 
shall  ye  offer  1>  the  bread  of  your  God 
of  any  of  these;  because  their  "cor- 
ruption is  in  them,  wid  blemishes  1)e 
in  them;  Ihcy  shall  not  be  accepted 
for  you. 

20  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Clo- 
ses, saying, 

27  k  When  a  bullock,  or  a  sheep,  or 
a  goat,  is  brought  forth,  then  it  shall 
be  seven  days  under  the  dam;  and 
from  the  eighth  day  and  thenecforth 
it  sliall  be  accepted  for  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

25  And  whether  it  be  cow  or  ||  ewe,  ye 
shall  not  kill  it '  and  her  young  both 
in  one  day. 

20  And  when  ye  will  ■"  offer  a  sacri- 
fice of  thanksgiving  unto  the  Lord, 
ofi'er  it  at  your  own  will. 

'M  On  the  same  day  it  shall  be  eaten 
up;  ye  shall  leave  "  none  of  it  until 
the  morrow:  I  etin  the  Lord. 

01  "  Therefore  shall  yc  keep  my 
commandments,  and  do  them;  I  «»i 
the  Lord. 

.'!2  1'  Neither  shall  ye  jprofane  my 
holy  name;  but  'I  I  will  be  hallowed 
among  the  children  of  Israel:  I  am 
the  I>ORD  which  ''hallow  you. 
Si  "  That  brought  you  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  to  be  your  God;  I  am 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 
1  Tlic  feasts  of  the  Lord.  ;  Tlie  sabbath. 
4  Tlie  passovcr.  3  The  sheaf  of  first- 
friiita.  16  The  .feast  of  Pentecost.  22 
Gleaninas  to  be  left  for  the  poor.  2Z  The 
feast  of  trumpets.  iiO  The  day  of  atone- 
ment, ai  The  feast  of  tabernae'les. 
A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
-/V  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them,  Voncenting  "  the 
feasts  of  the  Lord,  which  ye  shall 
1)  proclaim  to  be  holy  convocations, 
even  these  are  my  feasts. 

;!  '^Six  days  shall  work  be  done; 
but  the  seventh  day  !.<  the  sabbath 
of  rest,  a  holv  con^■oeation ;  yc  shall 
do  no  work  therein :  it  7,<  the  sabbath 
of  the  Lord  in  all  your  dweUinps. 

4  11  J  These  are  the  feasts  of  the 
Lord,  eccH  holy  convocations,  which 
ye  shall  proclaim  in  their  seasons. 

.") '  In  the  fourteenth  daij  of  the  first 
month  at  even  is  the  Lord'.s  pass- 
over. 

Ci  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the 
same  month  is  the  feast  ofunlcav- 
115 


T lie  feast  of  Pentecost. 


I-EVITICUS. 


The  day  of  atonement. 


Num.  1'..  '2. 
IS  &  2S  2(!. 
IlB.H.  Hi.  9. 
Jo.h.  IS.  IS. 


cneil  bread  unto  the  Lord:  seven 
days  ye  must  eat  unleavened  bread. 

7  I  In  the  first  day  ye  shall  have  a 
holy  convocation:  ye  shall  do  no 
servile  work  therein. 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made 
by  fire  unto  the  Lokd  seven  days: 
in  the  seventh  day  is  .i  holy  convo- 
cation :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work 
thcreiji. 

',)  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  5Io- 
scs,  saving, 

10  Sponk  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  say  unto  them,  E  When  ye 
be  come  into  the  land  which  I  give 
unto  you,  and  shall  reap  the  harvest 
thereof,  then  ye  shall  brmg  a  ||  t  sheaf 
of  litlie  firstfruits  of  your  harvest 
Tinto  the  priest: 

U  And  he  shall  "wave  the  sheaf  be- 
fore the  Lord,  to  be  accepted  for 
von:  on  the  morrow  after  the  sab- 
bath t!ie  priest  shall  wave  it. 

I'J  And  ye  shall  offer  that  day  when 
vc  wave  the  sheaf  a  he  lamb  witliont 
blemish  of  the  first  year  for  a  burnt 
ofiering  unto  the  Lord. 

l.'i  k  And  the  meat  offering  thereof 
:'/iriU  hr.  two  tenth  deals  of  fine  flour 
mingled  with  oil,  an  offering  made 
l>y  lire  unto  the  Lord  /or  a  sweet 
sa\'our:  and  tlie  drink  offering  tiiere- 
of  flinlt  he  of  wine,  the  fourth  part 
of  a  iiin. 

U  Anil  ve  shall  cat  neither  bre.id, 
nor  purclied  corn,  nor  green  ears, 
until  tlic  selfsame  day  th.at  ye  have 
broiiglit  an  offering  unto  your  God: 
(■/  fliall  be  a  statute  for  ever  tlirougli- 
Dut  vour  generations  in  oil  your 
dwellings. 

1.")  IT  And  lye  shall  count  unto  you 
from  tile  morrow  after  the  sabbath, 
from  tlie  day  that  ye  brought  the 
sheaf  of  the  wave  offering  ;  seven 
sahliutlis  shall  be  complete: 

Hi  Even  unto  the  morrow  after  tlie 
seventh  sabbath  shall  ye  numlier 
"■fifty  days;  and  ye  shall  offer  "a 
new  meat  offering  unto  tlic  I,OKn. 

17  Ye  shall  briuij  out  of  your  hab- 
itations two  wave  loaves  of  two  ti'utli 
deals:  they  shall  be  of  fine  flour; 
tliey  shall  fie  baken  with  le;iven  ;  llivy 
are  "the  firstfruits  unto  the  Loi;ii. 

IS  And  vo  sliall  off.-r  witli  tlie  lircnd 
seven  lambs  without  blemish  of  llie 
first  year,  and  one  young  bullock, 
and  two  rams:  they  shall  he  ./'"/•  a 
burnt  ottering  unto"  the  Lord,  with 
tlieir  meat  ottering,  and  tlieir  drink 
ottcM-ings,  cvni  an  ottering  made  by 
ttie,  of  sweet  savour  unto  the  Lord. 

lin'lu'u  ve  sluiU  s.qeritice  I' one  kill 
of  till'  goats  lor  a  sin  ottering,  and 
two  himlisof  tlio  first  yearforasac- 
rilice  <if  'I  ii...aee  ofterings. 

•_il  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them 
with  the  bread  of  the  firstfruita  for 
a  wave  ott'eriug  before  the  I-oitl), 
with  the  two  iMMibs:  ""(Iiev  shall  be 
lioly  to  the  I,ni;i>  lor  the  priest. 

L'l  And  ve  slniU  proclaim  on  the  self- 
■  116 


same  day,  that  it  may  be  a  holy  con- 
vocation unto  you:"ye  shall  do  no 
servile  work  tliercin':  it  shall  he  a 
statute  for  ever  in  all  your  dwellings 
throughout  your  generations. 

22 11  And  '  when  ye  i  cap  the  har\'est 
of  your  land,  thou  shalt  not  make 
clean  riddance  of  the  corners  of  thy 
field  when  thou  reapest,  *  neither 
shalt  tliou  gather  any  gleaning  of 
thy  harvest:  tliou  shalt  leave  them 
unto  the  ])oor,  and  to  the  stranger: 
I  am  the  I/ORii  your  God. 

%i  IT  And  the  Lord  sjiake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

2t  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Isra- 
el, saying.  In  the  "seventh  month, 
in  the  first  ilaij  of  the  montli,  shall 
ye  have  n  sabbath,  "a  memorial  of 
blowing  of  trumpets,  a  holy  convo- 
cation. 

2.5  Ye  shall  do  no  servile  work 
therein:  but  ye  shall  otter  an  offer- 
ing made  bv  tire  unto  the  Lord. 

2ij  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

27  >Also  on  tlie  tenth  daji  of  this 
seventh  month  there  ."hall  be  a  day 
of  atonement:  it  shall  be  a  holy  con- 
vocation unt/i  yon;  and  ye  shall  af- 
flict your  souls^  and  otter" an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord. 

28  Ami  ye  shall  do  no  work  in  that 
same  day:  for  it  i-^  a  day  of  atone- 
ment, to  make  an  atonement  for  you 
before  the  Lord  your  God. 

29  For  whatsoever  soul  it  he  that 
shall  not  be  attlictcd  in  that  same 
day,  '  he  shall  be  cut  off  from  among 
his"  iieople. 

;iO  And  whatsoever  soul  it  he  that 
doeth  any  work  in  that  same  day, 
"the  same  soul  will  I  destroy  froin 
amt)ng  his  people. 

.'tl  Ye  slmll  do  no  manner  of  work: 
It  shall  lie  a  statute  for  ever  through- 
out your  generations  in  all  your 
dwellings. 

:\2  It  slinll  he  unto  you  a  sabbath  of 
rest,  and  ye  shall  a'tHict  your  souls: 
in  the  ninth  dai/  of  the  month  at 
even,  from  even  unto  even,  shall  ye 
f  celebrate  your  sabbath. 

.'t!  IT  And  the  LoKU  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

!'A  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Isra- 
el, saving,  b  The  fifteenth  dav  of  this 
seventh  month  shfill  lie.  the"feast  of 
tabernacles  ./be  seven  days  unto  the 
Lord. 

;;,",  t»n  the  first  day  .'Itall  he  a  holy 
convocation:  ye  shall  do  no  servile 
work  therein. 

•Ii;  ,^even  days  ye  shall  offer  an  of- 
fering made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord; 
'cm  tlie  eightli  dny  shall  be  n  holv 
eoiii'oeatioii  unto  >'oii,  and  ye  shall 
otter  ail  ottering  made  by  fire  unto 
the  Lord:  it  i.i  a  t'' solemn  nssem- 
blv:  ami  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work 
thrreiii. 

M7  *-'  These  are  the  feasts  of  the 
Lord,  which  ye  shall  proclaim  to  be 


The  oil  for  the  lamps. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  laio  of  hlasphemy. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1490. 


»Ei.2T.20.21. 


l.Ei.31 

3a.  ;i7. 

8.  & 

CE..25 

30. 

ill  Km 
2Chr. 
Icli.  1 

7.W. 

,  la. 
■i. 

lioly  convocations,  to  otl'cr  nn  oltcr- 
ing  made  by  lire  unto  the  Lord,  a 
burnt  offering,  and  a  incut  offering, 
a  sacrifice,  and  drink  offerings,  ev- 
ery thing  upon  liis  day: 

38  fBetide  the  sabbaths  of  the  Lokd, 
and  beside  your  gifts,  and  beside  all 
your  vows,  and  beside  all  \'our  free- 
will offerings,  which  ye  give  unto 
the  Lord. 

39  Also  in  tlic  fifteenth  day  of  the 
seventh  month,  when  ye  have  B  gath- 
ered in  the  fruit  of  the  land,  ye  shall 
keep  a  feast  unto  the  Lord  seven 
days:  on  the  first  dav  sJuiHle  a  sab- 
bath, and  on  the  eighth  day  shatlbe 
a  sabbath. 

40  And  tye  shall  take  you  on  the 
first  day  the  t  boughs  of  goodly  trees, 
branches  of  pahn  trees,  and  the 
boughs  of  thick  trees,  and  willows 
of  the  brook;  land  ye  shall  rejoice 
before  the  Lord  your  God  seven 
days. 

41  k  And  ye  shall  keep  it  a  feast  unto 
the  Lord  seven  days  ill  the  year:  it 
sliall  be  a  6t;itute  for  ever  in  your 
generations;  ye  shall  celebrate  it  in 
the  seventh  month. 

42  1  Ye  shall  dwell  in  booths  seven 
days ;  all  that  arc  Israclitei  bom 
shall  dwell  in  booths: 

4.3  "' That  }our  generations  may 
know  that  I"  made  the  children  of 
Israel  to  dwell  in  booths,  when  I 
brought  them  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt:  I  am  the  lyORD  your  God. 
44  And  Moses  "  declared  unto  the 
children  of  Israel  the  feasts  of  the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
1  Theoilfor  Ihe.lampa.  b  Tlie  sliewbrcarl. 
10  Shelomitlt'a  eon  blasphtmcth.  13  T/ie 
laiv  of  blasphemy.  \1  Uf  murder.  IS  Of 
damage.  iS  The  lluaphemer  is  stoned. 
A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
jtV  saying, 

2  ^  Coniinand  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  bring  unto  thee  pure  oil 
olive  beaten  for  the  light,  f  to  cause 
the  lamps  to  bum  continualh'. 

3  Without  the  vail  of  the  testimony, 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
shall  Aaron  order  it  from  the  even- 
ing unto  the  morning  before  the 
Lord  continually;  it  shall  be  a.  stat- 
ute for  ever  in  your  generations. 

4  He  shall  order  the  lamps  upon 
bthe  pure  candlestick  before  the 
Lord  continuallv. 

5  IT  And  thou  shalt  take  line  flour, 
and  bake  twelve  *■  cakes  thereof:  two 
tenth  deals  shall  be  in  one  cake. 

0  And  thou  shalt  set  them  in  two 
rows,  si.x  on  a  row,  <i  upon  the  pure 
table  before  the  Lord. 

7  And  thou  shalt  put  pure  frankin- 
cense upon  each  row,  that  it  may  be 
on  the  uread  for  a  memorial,  ecen 
an  offering  made  by  fire  unto  the 
Lord. 

8  "  Every  sabbath  he  shall  set  it  in 
order  before  the  Loi'.D  continually, 


being  taken  from  the  children  of  Is- 
rael by  an  everlasting  covenant. 
U  And  'it  shall  be  Aaron's  and  his 
sons';  Band  they  shall  eat  it  in  the 
holy  place:  for  it  is  most  holy  unto 
hint  of  the  offerings  of  the  Lord 
made  by  fire  by  a  perpetual  statute. 

10  IT  And  the  son  of  an  Israclitish 
woman,  whose  father  was  an  Egj'p- 
tian,  went  out  among  the  children  of 
Israel:  and  this  son  of  tlie  Israclitish 
woman  and  a  man  of  Israel  strove 
together  in  the  camp; 

11  And  the  Israclitish  woman's  son 
li  blasphemed  the  name  of  the  Loud, 
and  i  cursed.  And  they  k  brought 
him  unto  Moses:  (and  his  mother's 
name  was  Shelomith,  the  daughter 
of  Dibri,  of  the  tribe  of  Dan :) 

12  And  they  l  put  him  in  ward, 
+  "*  that  the  mmd  of  the  Lord  might 
be  shewed  them. 

13  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

14  Brmg  forth  him  that  hath  cursed 
without  the  camp;  and  let  all  that 
heard  him  "  l.iy  their  hands  upon  his 
head,  and  let  all  the  congregation 
stone  him. 

15  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying,  \Vhoso- 
ever  curscth  his  God  "shall  bear  his 
sin. 

IG  And  ho  that  I'blasphemeth  the 
name  of  the  Lord,  he  shall  surely 
be  put  to  death,  fox/ all  the  congre- 
gation shall  certainly  stone  him:  as 
well  the  stranger,  as  he  that  is  bom 
in  the  land,  when  he  blasphcmeth 
the  name  of  the  Loco,  shall  be  put  to 
death. 

17  TT 1  And  he  that  t  killeth  any  man 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

18  ■'And  lie  that  killeth  a  beast  shall 


20  Breach  for  breach,  eye  for  eve, 
tooth  for  tooth:  as  he  hath  causei  a 
lilemish  in  a  man,  so  shall  it  be  done 
to  him  again. 

21  'And  he  that  killeth  a  beast,  he 
shall  restore  it:  "and  he  that  killeth 
a  man,  he  shall  be  put  to  death. 

22  Ye  shall  have  "one  manner  of 
law,  as  well  for  Uic  sti-anger,  as  for 
one  of  your  own  country:  forlam 
the  Lord  your  God. 

23  ir  AndJIoscs  spake  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  >  that  they  should 
bring  forth  him  that  had  cursed  out 
of  the  camp,  and  stone  him  with 
stones:  and  the  children  of  Israel 
did  as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

1  The  sabbath  of  the  seventh  year.  8  T!ie 
jubilee  in  tlw  fiftieth  year.  14  Of  t;j. 
preasion.  18  A  blessing  of  obedience, 
•li  The  redemption  of  land.  29  Of  houses. 
S5  Compassion  of  the  poor.  39  The 
usage  of  bondmen.  47  The  redemption 
of  servants. 

117 


lletoro 

C  II  K  I  S  T 

1490. 


IcX.. 


13.  U. 
27.5. 

n  De.it.  13. 1). 

i  17.  7. 
och.  i.  1.4 

2(1. 17 


74.10.  IS. 
.tl.  li  .-51. 
.rk  3.  28. 


.  21.  12. 
in.  ?.■!.  31. 
it.  la.  11. 


t  Hch.  lift 

/.•■  I,/.. 
.  Er.  21.  ei. 

Jieul.  la.  21. 


I  Ei.  12,  49. 
ch.  19.  31. 

Kuu.15. 16. 


The  year  of  juhilco. 


LEAaXICUH. 


The  reOemption  of  land. 


Before 
CHRIST 


II 4.  ig. 

.  13. 

u.  m.  4. 


Mil...  2  li. 
1  Our.  1!.  H. 
koL.  1:7.18,23. 


AND  the  Lord  ppake  unto  Moses 
in  mount  Sinai,  saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  chililVen  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  tliein,  When  ye  come 
into  tlie  land  which  I  give  you,  then 
.<liall  tlie  land  t  keep  "  a  sabbatli  un- 
to tlie  LoitD. 

3  Six  years  thou  shalt  sow  tliy  fiehl, 
and  six  years  thou  slialt  prune  tliy 
vineyard,  and  gatlicr  in  the  Iruit 
tliercofi 

4  But  in  the  seventh  year  shall  be 
a  sabbatli  of  rest  unto  the  land,  a 
sabbath  for  the  Loku:  thou  shalt 
neither  sow  thy  field,  nor  prune  thy 
vineyard. 

SI)  That  which  groweth  of  its  own 
accord  of  tliy  harvest  thou  shalt  not 
reap,  neither  gather  the  grapes  1  of 
thy  vine  undressed:  for  it  is  a  year 
of  rest  unto  the  land. 

0  And  tlie  sabbath  of  the  land  shall 
be  meat  for  you;  for  thee,  and  for 
thy  servant,  "and  for  thy  maid,  and 
for  thy  hired  servant,  and  for  thy 
stranger  that  sojuurnoth  with  thee, 

7  And  for  thv  cattle,  and  for  the 
beast  that  are  Ml  thy  land,  shall  all 
the  increase  thereof  be  meat. 

8  IT  And  thou  shalt  number  seven 
sabbaths  of  years  unto  thee,  seven 
times  seven  years;  and  the  space  of 
the  seven  sabbaths  of  years  shall  be 
initi)  thee  forty  and  nine  yeai-s. 

II  Then  shalt'thou  cause'the  trump- 
et tof  tlie  jubilee  to  sound  on  the 
tentli  i/((!/  of  the  seventh  month,  "^  in 
the  day  of  atonement  shall  ve  make 
the  trumpet  sound  Oirougliout  all 
your  land. 

10  And  ye  shall  hallow  the  fiftieth 
year,  and  il  proclaim  liberty  tliroiigb- 
out  «?/  the  land  unto  all  the  inhab- 
itunta  thereof:  it  shall  bo  a  jubilee 
unto  you;  ''and  ye  shall  return 
everv  man  unto  his  possession,  and 
ve  shall  return  every  man  unto  lus 
family. 

11  A  jubilee  shall  that  fiftieth  year 
be  unto  von:  ive  shall  not  sow,  nei- 
ther reap  that  which  groweth  of  itself 
in  it,  nor  gather  t/ic  ijrapcs  in  it  of 
thy  vine  undressed. 

li!  For  it  w  tlie  jubilee;  it  shall  be 
holy  unto  you:  Bye  shall  eat  the  in- 
creaae  thereof  out  of  the  field. 

13  li  In  tlio  year  of  this  jubilee  yc 
shall  return  every  man  unto  his  pos- 

11  -Vnil  if  thou  sell  aught  unto  thy 
neiglibDiir,  or  buyest  (iiia!it  of  thy 
ni'ighboiir's  hand,  iye  shall  not  op- 


■  unother; 


k  Ac 


the  number  of 
r  llie  jubilee  thou  shalt  buy 
iiftliv  oiighboiir,  ««i/ according  un- 
to the  number  of  years  of  the  fruits 
he  shall  sell  unto  tliee: 
hi  According  to  the  multitude  of 
years  thou  shalt  increase  the  jirice 
"thereof,  and  accordini;  to  the  few- 
ne...s  of  years  thou  shftlt  diminish 
the  price  of  it:  ibr  ciccunlhiij  to  the 
118 


number  o/"  the  years  of  the  fruits 
dotli  he  sell  unto  thee. 

17  I  Ye  shall  not  therefore  oppress 
one  another;  '"but  thou  shaft  fear 
thy  God:  for  I  aw  the  LoiiD  your 
God. 

IS  H  "'Wherefore  ye  shall  do  my 
statutes,  and  keep  "my  judgments, 
and  do  them;  ".and  ye  shall  dwell  in 
the  land  in  safety. 

i;)  And  the  land  shall  yield  her 
fruit,  and  I'  ve  shall  eat  your  fill,  and 
dwell  therein  in  safety. 

ai  And  if  ye  shall  say,  1  What  shall 
we  eat  the  seventh  year  ?  behold, 
■■  we  shall  not  sow,  nor  gather  in  our 
increase: 

21  Then  I  will  ■"  command  my  bless- 
ing upon  you  in  the  sixth  year,  and 
it  shall  bring  forth  fruit  for  three 
years. 

22  '  And  ye  shall  sow  the  eighth 
year,  and  eat  i/et  of  "old  fruit  until 
"the  ninth  year;  until  her  fruits  come 
in  ye  shall"  eat  o/'the  old  alure. 

2.3  T  The  land  shall  not  be  sold 
11  f  for  ever:  ibr  "the  land  is  mine; 
for  ye  arc  y  strangers  and  sojourners 
with  me. 

24  And  in  all  the  land  of  your  pos- 
session yc  shall  grant  a  redemption 
ibr  the  land. 

2.)  IT '  If  thv  brother  be  waxen  poor, 
and  hath  sold  nway  some  of  his  pos- 
session, and  if  "any  of  his  kin  come 
to  redeem  it,  then  shall  he  redeem 
that  which  his  brother  sold. 

2(i  And  if  the  man  have  none  to 
redeem  it,  and  t  himself  bo  able  to 
redeem  it; 

'JT  Then  ''let  him  count  the  vears 
of  the  sale  tliereuf,  and  restore  tl 


the  ma 


1  he 


may  return  unto  hi 
possession. 

28  But  if  he  be  not  able  to  restore  it 
to  him,  then  that  which  is  sold  shall 
remain  in  the  hand  of  him  that  hath 
bought  it  until  the  year  of  jubilee: 
'and  in  the  jubilee  it  .shall  go  out, 
and  he  shall  return  unto  his  posses- 
f.icni. 

2".!  And  if  a  man  sell  a  dwelling- 
house  in  n  wuUed  city,  then  he  may 
redeem  it  within  a  whole  year  after 
it  is  sold;  within  a  full  year  may  he 
ivdeem  it. 

.'!0  And  if  it  be  not  redeemed  within 
the  space  of  a  full  vear,  then  the 
house  that  i.i  in  the  walled  citv  shall 
be  establishe<l  for  ever  to  hiiii  that 
lionght  it  thn)Ughouthis  generations: 
it  sha'l  not  gi>  out  in  the  jubilee. 

.■il  Hut  the  houses  of  the  villages 
which  have  no  wall  round  about 
them  shall  be  counted  as  the  fields 
of  the  c(uiiitrv:  1  they  may  be  re- 
deemed, and  they  shall  go  out  in  the 
jubilee. 

;i2  Notwithstiinding  J  the  cities  of 
the  Levites,  ami  the  houses  of  the 
cities  of  their  possession,  may  the 
Lcvites  redeem  nt  any  time. 


Compassion  of  the  poor. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  redemption  of  servants. 


CHRIST 
1491. 


t  Hob.  ill 
tHob. 

gDout.  15.  7. 


Pro».  11.  31. 
Luk«  C.  di. 
AcU  11.29. 
lUm.  12.  10. 
1  John  3.  17. 
b  Ei.  22. 25 
D.ul.  a.  19. 
H.h.  5.  7. 
Ti.  15.  5. 
Pror.  2S.  8. 
Ki.  18.  8,  13. 


Neb.  5.  9. 
kch. 22.32,33. 
lEi.  21.  2 

Deut.  15.  12. 

lKlnE«9  22. 

2  Kinsa  4.  1 

Neb.  5.  5. 

Jir.  31.  11. 
t  Hob.  xriK 


E..  1.  IT.  21 
Keul.  25  18. 
Mai  3.  5. 


h  Hob.  y« 


33  And  if  ||  a  man  purchase  of  the 
Levitcs,  then  the  house  that  was 
sold,  and  the  eity  of  his  possession, 
"shall  go  out  in  the  ,v«"'o/juhilce: 
for  the  houses  of  the  cities  of  the 
Levitcs  we  theit  possession  among 
the  children  of  Israel. 

.34  But  fthe  field  of  the  suburb.s  of 
their  cities  may  not  be  sold;  for  it  is 
their  perpetual  possession. 

35  H  And  if  thy  brother  be  waxen 
poor,  and  t  fallen  in  decay  with  thee; 
then  thou  shalt  fK relieve  him:  yea, 
though  lie  be  a  stranger,  or  a  sojourn- 
er; that  he  may  live  with  thee. 

3G  h  Take  thou  no  usury  of  him,  or 
increase:  but  ifear  th^v  God;  that 
thy  brother  may  live  with  thee. 

37  Thou  shalt  not  give  him  thy 
money  upon  usury,  nor  lend  him 
thy  victuals  for  increase. 

38  k  I  am  tlie  Lord  your  God, 
which  brought  you  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  to  give  you  the  land 
of  Canaan,  and  to  be  your  God. 

39  IT  And  I  if  thy  brother  that  dweU- 
eth  by  thee  be  waxen  poor,  and  be 
sold  unto  thee;  thou  shalt  not  t  com- 
pel him  to  serve  as  a  bondservant: 

40  But  as  a  hired  servant,  and  as  a 
sojourner,  he  shall  be  with  thee,  and 
shall  serve  thee  unto  the  year  of  j  u- 
bilee : 

41  And  then  Bhall  he  depart  from 
thee,  both  he  and  his  children  '°  with 
him,  and  shall  return  unto  his  own 
family,  and  "  unto  the  possession  of 
his  fathers  shall  he  return. 

42  For  they  are  "my  servants,  which 
I  brought  forth  out  of  tlie  land  of 
Egypt:  they  shall  not  be  sold  t  as 
bon(imen. 

43  V  Thou  shalt  not  rule  over  him 
Iwith  rigour;  but  ■■  shalt  fear  thy 
God. 

44  Both  thy  bondmen,  and  thy 
bondmaids,  which  thou  shalt  have, 
shallbe  of  the  heathen  that  are  round 
about  you;  of  them  shall  ye  buy 
bondmen  and  bondmaids. 

45  Moreover,  of 'the  children  of  the 
strangers  that  do  sojourn  among 
you,  of  thcni  shall  ye  buy,  and  of 
their  families  that  are  with  you, 
which  they  begat  in  your  land:  and 
they  shall  be  your  possession. 

40  And  'ye  shall  take  them  as  an 
uiheritance  for  your  children  after 
you,  to  inherit  them  for  a  possession; 
ttliey  shall  be  your  bondmen  for 
ever:  but  over  jour  brethren  the 
children  of  Israel,  "ye  shall  not  rule 
one  over  another  with  rigour. 

47  M  And  if  a  sojourner  or  stranger 
twax  rich  by  thee,  and  "thy  brother 
tliat  dwelletli  by  him  wax  poor,  and 
sell  himself  unto  the  stranger  or  so- 
journer by  thee,  or  to  the  stock  of 
the  stranger's  family: 

48  Afler  that  he  is  sold  he  may  be 
redeemed  again;  one  of  his  brethren 
may  ^  redeem  him: 

49  Either  his  uncle,  or  his  uncle's 


son,  may  redeem  him,  or  any  that  Is 
nigh  of  kin  unto  him  of  his  family 
may  redeem  him;  or  if  'he  be  able, 
he  may  redeem  himself. 

50  And  he  shall  reckon  with  him 
that  bought  him  from  the  year  that 
he  was  sold  to  him  unto  the  year  of 
jubilee:  and  the  price  of  his  sale 
shall  be  according  unto  the  num- 
ber of  ygars,  "according  to  the  time 
of  a  hired  servant  shall  it  be  with 
him. 

61  If  there  be  yet  many  years  6*"- 
hind,  according  unto  tliem  he  shall 
give  again  the  price  of  his  redemp- 
tion out  of  the  money  that  he  was 
bought  for. 

52  And  if  there  remain  but  few 
years  unto  the  year  of  jubilee,  then 
he  shall  count  with  him,  and  ac- 
cording unto  his  years  sh:Ul  he  give 
him  again  the  price  of  his  redemp- 
tion. 

&}  And  as  a  yearly  hired  servant 
shall  he  bo  witii  him:  and  the  other 
shall  not  rido  witli  rigour  over  him 
in  thy  sight. 

54  And  if  he  be  not  redeemed  ||  in 
these  j/earn,  then  I)  he  shall  go  out  in 
the  year  of  jubilee,  both  he,  and  his 
children  with  him. 

55  For  '  unto  me  the  children  of  Is- 
rael are  servants;  they  are  my  serv- 
ants whom  I  brought  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt:  I  am  the  Loud  your 
God. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
1  Of  idolatry.  2  Kcligiouanctt.  8  A  ilcta- 

ittff  to  them  that  keep  the  covimandmenta. 

14  A  curat:  to  those  that  break  them.    40 

O'od  jiromiecth  to  remember  them  that 

repent, 
'\7"E  shall  make  you  "no  idols  nor 

i  graven  image,  neither  rear  you 
up  a  II  standing  image,  neither  shall 
yc  set  up  anil  ||  t  image  of  stone  in 
your  land,  to  bow  down  unto  it:  jbr 
I  am  the  Loud  your  God. 

2  IT  b  Ye  shall  keep  my  sabbaths, 
and  reverence  my  sanctuary:  I  am 
the  Lord. 

3  IT  'If  yo  walk  in  mj'  statutes,  and 
keep  my  commandnient.-i,  and  do 
them ; 

4  J  Then  I  will  give  vou  rain  in  due 
season,  "^  and  the  land  shall  yield  her 
increase,  and  the  trees  of  the  field 
shall  yield  their  fruit. 

5  And  fyour  threshing  shall  reach 
unto  the  vintage,  and  the  vintage 
shall  reach  unto  the  sowing  time  : 
and  Sye  shall  eat  your  bread  to  the 
full,  and  ^  dwell  in  your  land  safely. 

0  And  i  I  will  give  peace  in  the  land, 
and  l^ye  shall  lie  down,  ond  none 
shall  make  }/au  afraid  :  and  I  will 
t  rid  1  evil  bea.sta  out  of  the  land,  nei- 
ther shall  ""  the  sword  go  through 
your  land. 

7  And  ye  shall  chase  your  enemies, 


I  2  Kin.  17.  ti.    Ei.  5.  17. 


la.  45  7. 
la.  35.  9.     Jor.  30. 
t  Hob.  caw  10  ctaai. 


A  blessing  and 


LEVITICUS. 


a  curse  proposed. 


B»».  21  3. 
■  cli  20.23. 

t  2  Cor.  6   10. 


Jer.  1.5.  3. 
lilKul  2S>2. 
o  1  lium.  2.  J3 
dUcuI. 23.33, 


and  they  shall  fall  before  you  by  the 
Bword. 

8  And  "  five  of  you  shall  chase  a 
luuulied,  and  n  hundred  ut'you  shall 
put  ton  thousand  to  flight:  and  your 
cnoniie.s  shall  fall  belore  you  by  the 
sword. 

II  For  I  will  "  have  respect  unto  you, 
and  I'  make  you  fruitful,  and  multi- 
ply you,  and  establish  my  covenant 
with  you. 

10  And  ye  shall  eat  1  old  store,  and 
bring  forth  the  old  because  of  the 
new. 

11  '^And  I  will  ect  my  tabernacle 
among  you:  and  my  soul  shall  not 
"  abhor  you. 

1^  'And  1  will  walk  among  you,  and 
"will  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be 
my  people. 

I'l  "  1  am  the  Lord  your  God, 
which  brought  you  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  tliat  ye  should  not  be 
their  bondmen;  ''and  1  ha\'e  br<iken 
the  bands  of  your  yoke,  and  made 
you  go  upright. 

H  if  y  But  if  ye  will  not  hearken 
xmto  me,  and  will  not  do  all  those 
commandments; 

15  .'Vnd  if  ve  shall  'despise  my 
statutes,  or  if  voiir  soul  ul>hor  my 
judgments,  so  tliat  ye  will  not  do  all 
my  coinmandinents,  but  that  ye 
break  my  covenant: 

lUIalsowill  do  this  unto  you:  Iwill 
even  appoint  f  over  you  ^terror, 
'  consumption,  and  t1ie  burning 
ague,  that  shall  ^  consuuie  the  eyes, 
and  cause  sorrow  of  heart;  and  J  ye 
shall  sow  your  seed  in  vain,  for  your 
enemies  shall  eat  it. 

17  And  *■  1  will  set  my  face  against 
you,  and  fyo  shall  be  slain  before 
your  enemies:  K  they  that  hate  you 
shall  reign  over  you:  and  bye  snail 
fleo  when  none  pursucth  you. 

18  And  if  ye  will  not  yet  for  all  this 
hearken  unto  me,  then  I  will  punish 
you  i  seven  times  more  ft>ryour  sins. 

1>J  And  1  will  k  break  the  pride  of 
your  power;  and  X  I  will  inuKC  your 
lieavcn  as  irou,  and  your  eartli  as 
brass : 

20  And  your  ""  strength  shall  be 
spent  in  vain:  for  "your  land  shall 
not  yield  her  increase,  neither  shall 
the  trees  of  the  land  yield  their  fruits. 

21 11  And  if  ye  wait  li  contrary  unto 
me,  and  will  lu^t  hearken  unto  me;  I 
will  bring  seven  times  more  plagues 
upon  you  according  to  your  ains. 

22  "I  will  also  send  wild  beasts 
among  you,  which  shall  rob  you  of 
your  children,  niiil  destroy  yo'ur  cat- 
tle, and  make  you  few  ii'i  luimlior; 
and  I'your  liiijh  ways  shall  be  deso- 
late. 

23  And  if  ye  t  will  not  be  reformed 
by  me  by  tliese  things,  but  will  walk 
contrary  unto  me; 

24  '  Then  will  1  also  walk  contrary 
unto  you,  and  will  punish  you  yet 
seven  times  for  your  sins. 

120 


25  And  ■*  I  will  bring  a  eword  upon 
you,  that  shall  avenge  the  quarrel 
of  my  covenant ;  and  when  ye  are 
gathered  together  within  your  cities, 
'I  will  send  the  pestilence  among 
you;  and  ye  shall  be  delivered  into 
tlie  hand  of  the  enemy. 

2<J  "  And  when  I  have  broken  the 
staff  of  your  bread,  ten  women  shall 
bake  your  bread  in  one  oven,  and 
they  shall  deliver  ;iou  your  bread 
again  by  weight:  and  "ye  shall  eat, 
and  not  be  s:itisfied. 

27  And  ^  if  ye  will  not  for  all  this 
hearken  unto  nie,  but  walk  contrary 
unto  me; 

28  Tlien  I  will  walk  contrary  unto 
you  also  '  in  fury;  and  1,  oven  X,  will 
chastise  you  seven  times  for  your 
sins. 

211  'And  ye  shall  cot  the  flesh  of 
your  sons,  and  the  flesh  of  your 
daughters  shall  ye  eat. 

30  And  I'l  wifl  destroy  your  high 
places,  and  cut  down  your  images, 
and  ''  cast  your  carcasses  upon  the 
carcasses  of  your  idols,  and  iny  soul 
shall  •!  abhor  you. 

.'il  'And  1  will  make  your  cities 
waste,  and  f  bring  your  sanctuaries 
unto  desolation,  lind  1  will  not  smell 
the  savour  of  your  sweet  odours. 

32  s.Vnd  I  will  bring  the  land  into 
desolation:  and  your  enemies  which 
dwell  therein  shall  be  li  astonished  at 
it. 

.').'3  And  >  I  will  scatter  vou  among 
the  heathen,  and  will  draw  out  a 
sword  alter  you  :  and  .Muir  land 
shall  be  desolate,  and  your  cities 
waste. 

3-4  k  Then  shall  the  land  enjoy  her 
sabbaths,  as  long  as  it  lielh  desolate, 
and  ye  be  in  your  enemies' land;  crcii 
then  shall  the  land  rest,  and  enjoy  her 
sabbaths. 

;i5  As  long  as  it  lieth  desolate  it 
shall  rest ;  because  it  did  not  rest 
in  your  i sabbaths,  when  ye  dwelt 
upon  it. 

'M  And  upon  them  that  arc  left 
(ilii-f  of  you  "'I  will  send  a  faint- 
Mcss  into"their  hearts  in  the  lands  of 
tluir  enemies;  and  "  tlie  sound  of  a 
t  shaken  leaf  shall  cha.'^o  them:  and 
lluy  shall  flee,  as  fleeing  from  a 
sword ;  and  they  shall  liill  when 
none  pursueth. 

.■!7  And  "they  shall  fall  one  upon 
another,  as  it  were  before  a  sword, 
wlien  none  pursueth:  and  I'ye  shall 
ha\o  no  power  to  stand  before  your 
onouiies. 

■  W  .\iid  ye  shall  perish  among  the 
hoiithen,  anil  the  land  of  your  ene- 
mies shall  eat  you  up. 

.Ill  And  they   that  are  left  of  you 
'isliall   pine   away  in    their  inii|iiity 
in  NMiir  enemies'  lanils;  and  also  in  i 
the  iniquities  of  their  fatliors  sliall 
they  pine  away  witli  thoin.  I 

Ki.  4.  17  Si  0.  9.  i.  20.  43.  Ii  21,  23.  Jc  33.  1(1.  ll  3(1.  31 
Zoeb.  lU.  >J 


Mercy  to  the  penitent. 


LEVITICUS. 


The  estimation  of  votes. 


Befard 
C  U  11 1  S  T 

14J1. 


10  J>  ».  2S, 

X. 

Xi.  U.  7. 

Att.7.  51. 

Bob.  2.  SSk 

Col.  2.  11. 

II  KiD.21.29. 


u  Ei.  2.  21.  li 

6.11. 

P-.  10«.  45. 

1:1  VS.  00. 
I  Pi.  ije  23. 
y  y«r.  31,  35. 


I.  4.  31. 

1.  u.a. 

.  11.  2. 


40  ''If  thoy  siiall  confess  their  in- 
iquity, and  the  iniquity  of  tlieir  fa- 
thers, witli  tlieir  trespass  whicli  tliey 
trespassed  against  me,  and  tliat  also 
they  have  walked  contrary  unto  me; 

41  And  that  I  also  have  walked  con- 
trary nnto  them,  and  have  brought 
them  into  the  land  of  their  enemies; 
if  then  their  '  uncircuincised  hearts 
be  '  humbled,  and  they  then  accept 
of  the  punishment  of  their  iniquity : 

42  Then  will  I  "remember  my 
covenant  with  Jacob,  and  also  my 
covenant  with  Isaac,  and  also  my 
covenant  with  Abraham  will  I  re- 
member; and  I  will  "remember  the 
land. 

43  y  The  land  also  shall  be  left  of 
them,  and  shall  enjoy  her  sabbath.s, 
while  she  lieth  desolate  without 
them  :  and  they  shall  accc^1t  of  the 
punishment  of  their  iniquity  ;  be- 
cause, even  because  they  "  despised 
my  judgments,  and  because  their 
soul  abhorred  my  statutes. 

44  And  yet  for  all  that,  when  they 
be  in  the  land  of  their  enemies,  ^  I 
will  not  cast  them  awny,  neither  will 
I  abhor  them,  to  destroy  them  utter- 
ly, and  to  break  my  covenant  with 
tliem:  for  1  am  the  Lord  their  God. 

45  But  I  will  iifor  their  sakes  re- 
member the  covenant  of  their  an- 
cestors, "^whom  I  brought  forth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt  ifin  the  sight 
of  the  heathen,  that  I  might  be  their 
God:  I  am  the  Lord. 

4G    "  These    are    the    statutes    and 

iudgments  and  laws,  which  the 
lOUD  made  between  nim  and  the 
children  of  Israel  fin  mount  Sinai 
by  the  hand  of  Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXVn. 

1  Ht  that  muketlt  a  aingular  vow  must  he 
till  Lord's,  a  The  eitimalion  of  the 
pereon.  9  Of  tt  beast  ffit'eii  bi/  vow.  H 
Of  a  house.  Ii3  Of  a  field,  and  the  re- 
demption thereof.  28  Na  devoted  thing 
may  be  redeemed.  32  The  tithe  tJiay  not 
be  changed. 
\  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 

J\  saying, 

2  Speak  vinto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  sny  nnto  tlioin,  '^When  a 
man  shall  make  a  singular  vow,  the 
persons  shall  be  for  the  Lord  by 
thy  estimation. 

3  And  thy  estimation  shall  be  of 
the  male  from  twenty  years  old 
even  unto  sixty  years  old,  even  thy 
estimation  shaft  be  lifly  shekels  of 
sUver,  ii  after  the  shekel  of  the  sanc- 
tuary. 

4  Xnd  if  it  he  a  female,  then  thy 
estimation  shall  be  thirty  shekels. 

5  And  if  it  be  from  five  years  old 
even  unto  twenty  years  old,  then 
thy  estimation  shall  be  of  the  male 
twenty  shekels,  and  lor  the  female 
ten  shekels. 

G  And  if  it  be  from  a  month  old 
even  unto  live  years  old,  then  thy 
estimation  shairbc  of  the  male  live 


shekels  of  silver,  and  ibr  the  female 
thy  estimation  shall  be  three  shek- 
els of  silver. 

7  And  if  it  be  from  sixty  years  old 
and  above;  if  it  he  a  male,  then  thy 
estimation  shall  be  fifteen  shekels, 
and  for  the  female  ten  shekels. 

8  But  if  he  be  poorer  than  thy 
estimation,  then  he  shall  present 
himself  before  the  priest,  and  the 
priest  shall  value  him  ;  according 
to  his  ability  that  vowed  shall  the 
priest  value  nim. 

U  And  if  it  be  a  benst,  whereof  men 
bring  an  offering  unto  the  Lord,  all 
that  anij  man  giveth  of  such  unto  the 
Lord  shall  be  holy. 

10  lie  shall  not  alter  it,  nor  change 
it,  a  good  lor  a  bad,  or  a  bad  tor  a 
good:  and  if  he  shall  at  all  change 
beast  for  beast,  then  it  and  the  ex- 
change thereof  shall  be  holy. 

11  And  if  it  be  any  unclean  beast, 
of  which  they  do  not  otfer  a  sacri- 
fice unto  the  Lord,  then  he  shall 
])resent  the  beast  before  the  priest: 

12  And  the  priest  shall  value  it, 
whether  it  be  good  or  bad :  t  as 
thou  vainest  it,  uho  art  the  priest, 
so  shall  it  be. 

13  '  But  if  he  will  at  all  redeem 
it,  then  he  shall  add  a  fifth  part 
thereof  unto  thy  estimation, 

14  IT  And  when  a  man  shall  sanc- 
tify his  house  to  be  holy  unto  the 
Lord,  then  the  priest  shall  estimate 
it,  whether  it  be  good  or  bad:  as  the 
priest  shall  estimate  it,  so  shall  it 
stand. 

1,5  JAnd  if  he  that  sanctified  it  will 
redeem  his  house,  then  he  shall  add 
the  fifth  part  of  the  money  of  thy 
estimation  unto  it,  and  it  shall  be 
his. 

10  And  if  a  man  shall  sanctify  unto 
the  Lord  some  jmrt  of  a  field  of  his 
possession,  then  thy  estimation  shall 
he  according  to  the  seed  thereof:  \\  a 
homer  of  barley  seed  sliall  be  valued 
at  fitly  shekels  of  silver. 

17  If  he  sanctify  his  field  from  the 
year  of  jubilee,  according  to  thy  es- 
timation it  shall  stand. 

18  But  if  he  sanctify  his  field  after 
the  jubilee,  then  the  ijriest  shall 
*^ reckon  unto  him  the  money  ac- 
cording to  the  years  that  remain, 
even  unto  the  year  of  the  jubilee, 
and  it  shall  be  abated  from  thy  esti- 
mation. 

I'J  fAnd  if  he  that  sanctified  the 
field  will  in  anv  wi:^e  redeem  it,  then 
he  shall  add  the  fifth  jiart  of  the 
monev  of  thy  estimation  unto  it,  and 
it  shall  be  assured  to  him. 

20  And  if  he  will  not  redeem  the 
field,  or  if  he  have  sold  the  field  to  an- 
other man,  it  shall  not  be  redeemed 
any  more. 

21  But  the  field,  s  when  it  goeth  out 
in  the  jubilee,  shall  be  holy  nnto  the 
Lord,  as  afield  li devoted;"  ithe  pos- 
session thereof  shall  be  the  priest's. 

121 


Jfo  devoted  thing 


NUMBERS. 


may  be  redeemed. 


4  18.  16. 
Ei,  45.  12. 
♦  Heb,./;;'.!- 


22  And  If  a  man  sanctity  unto  the 
Lonu  11  field  which  he  hath  bought, 
wliicli  IS  not  of  the  fields  of  khis  pos- 
session; 

23 1  Then  the  i)ricst  sliall  reckon  un- 
to him  the  worth  of  thy  estimation, 
even,  unto  the  year  of  the  jubilee: 
and  he  shall  give  thine  estimation  in 
that  day,  as  a  holy  thing  unto  the 
Loiti). 

24  '"In  the  year  of  the  jubilee  the 
field  shall  return  unto  him  of  whom 
it  was  bought,  even  to  him  to  whom 
tlie  possession  of  the  land  did  belong. 

25  And  all  thy  estimations  shall  be 
according  to  the  sheltel  of  the  sanc- 
tuary: "twenty  gerahs  shall  be  the 
shekel. 

2U  U  Only  the  t°  firstling  of  the 
beasts,  wliich  should  be  the  IjORd's 
firstling,  no  man  shall  sanctify  it; 
whether  it  be  ox,  or  sheep:  it  ij  the 

LOKD'.S. 

27  And  if  it  be  of  an  unclean  beast, 
then  lie  shall  redeem  it  according  to 
thine  estimation,  ''and  shall  add  a 
fifth  part  of  it  tliereto:  or  if  it  be  not 
redeemed,  then  it  shall  bo  sold  ac- 
cording to  thy  estimation. 

28  1  Notwithstanding,   no   devoted 


thing,  that  a  man  shall  devote  unto 
the  LOKD  of  all  that  he  liutli,  t.ollt  of 
man  and  beast,  and  of  the  field  of 
his  possession,  shall  be  sold  or  re- 
deemed: every  devoted  thing  li  most 
holy  unto  the  I>okd. 
2!)  ■'None  devoted,  which  shall  he 
devoted  of  men,  shall  be  redeemed; 
but  shall  surely  be  put  to  death. 

30  And  '  all  the  tithe  of  the  land, 
irhet/ier  of  the  seed  of  the  land,  or  of 
the  fruit  of  the  tree,  in  the  Loitu's : 
it  is  holy  unto  the  Lord. 

31  *And  if  a  man  will  at  all  redeem 
aught  of  his  tithes,  he  shall  add  there- 
to the  fifth  part  there  of. 

32  And  concerning  the  tithe  of  the 
herd,  or  of  the  fiock,  eren  of  what- 
soever "  passeth  under  the  rod,  the 
tenth  shall  be  holy  unto  the  Loud. 

35  lie  shall  not  seaieh  whether  it 
be  good  or  bad,  "neither  shall  he 
change  it:  and  if  he  change  it  at  all, 
then  both  it  and  the  change  thereof 
shall  be  holy  ;  it  shall  not  be  re- 
deemed. 

3-1  >'  These  are  the  commandments, 
which  the  LoitD  commanded  Moses 
for  the  children  of  Israel  in  mount 
Sinai. 


THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 

NUMBERS. 


CHAPTER  L 

1  Qod  ccmmitv.dcth  Moaea  to  number  ttic 
people.  5  The  prineea  of  the  trilics.  17 
The  numier  of  everfi  trilic.  47  The  Le- 
vilee  are  exempted  Jor  the  eervice  of  the 
Lord. 

VND  the  Loitn  spake  unto  Moses 
"in  the  wilderness  of  Sinai,  liin 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
on  the  fiist  ./(»!/ of  the  soemid  m..Mth, 
in  the  second  year  after  tlii'V  weie 
come  out  of  tlie  land  of  Kgypt,  s:iy- 

2"^  Take  ye  the  sum  of  all  the  con- 
gregation'of  the  childi-en  of  Israel, 
after  their  families,  by  the  house  of 
their  futliers,  witli  the  number  of 
their  names,  every  male  by  their 
polls; 

.".  From  twenty  years  old  and  up- 
ward, all  that  are  able  to  go  forth  to 
war  in  Israel:  thou  aud -Varon  shall 
niiMiber  them  bv  their  armies. 

4  And  with  you  there  shall  be  a 
man  of  e\'erv  "ti-ibo;  every  one  head 
ofthe  house  '..Ihi.s  fathers. 

••  1[  And  the»e  are  the  names  ofthe 
men  that  shall  stand  with  you:  of 
the  tribe  <)/'lleuben;  Elizur  the  sou 
of  Shedeur. 

132 


G  Of  Simeon;  Sliclumiel  the  son  of 
Ziirishaddai. 

7  Of  Judah;  Nahshon  the  son  of 
Amminudab. 

8  Of  Issacliar;  Nethancel  the  son  of 
Zuar. 

y  Of  Zcbulun;  £liab  the  son  of 
Hel.m. 

10  Of  the  children  of  .loscph:  of 
Eplu:iiiiK  I-:ii..;l>ama  the  sou  (.f  Ain- 
mihud:  of  Manasseh;  Ciamaliol  the 
son  ol  lVd:ibzur. 

11  Of  Uenjamiii;  Abidan  the  son  of 
(iideoni. 

12  Of  Dan;  Ahiczer  the  son  of  Am- 
mishaddai. 

13  Of  Asher;  Pagiel  the  sou  of  Oc- 
ran. 

14  Of  Gad;  Eliasaph  the  son  of 
<l  Deuel. 

l.'>  Of  Naphtali;   Aliiru  the  son  of 


lU 


These  u'ci-e  the  renowned  of 
the  congregation,  princes  of  the 
tribes  of  their  fathers,  fhcads  of 
thousands  in  Israel. 

17  IT  And  iMoses  and  Aaron  took 
these  men  which  are  expressed  by 
their  names: 

18  An''  thev  assembled  all  the  con- 


The  number  of  men 


in  each  tribe. 


Before 

CHRI ST 

1490. 


gregation  togetlier  on  the  first  day  of 
tlie  second  month,  and  they  declared 
tlieir  pedigrees  after  their  families, 
by  tile  house  of  their  fathers,  accord- 
ing to  tlie  number  of  the  names, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
by  their  polls. 

iy  As  the  I-OKD  commanded  Mo- 
ses, 80  he  numbered  them  ia  tiie  wil- 
derness of  Sinai. 

2()  And  the  children  of  Reuben,  Is- 
rael's eldest  son,  by  their  generations, 
after  their  families,  by  the  house  of 
their  fathers,  according  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  names,  by  their  polls, 
every  male  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward,  all  tliat  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war; 

21  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  eren  of  the  tribe  of  Keuben, 
icere  forty  and  six  thousand  and  five 
hundred. 

•J2  IT  Of  tlie  children  of  Simeon,  by 
tlieir  generations,  after  their  fami- 
lies, by  the  house  of  their  fethers, 
those  tliut  were  numbered  of  them, 
according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  by  their  polls,  every  male 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war; 

•£j  Those  tliut  were  numbered  of 
tlieni,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Simeon, 
were  fifty  and  nine  thousand  and 
three  hundred. 

24  IT  Of  the  children  of  Gad,  by 
tlieir  generations,  after  their  fami- 
lies, by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  from  twenty  jears  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war; 

25  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  efen  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  n-eic 
forty  and  five  thousand  six  hundred 
and  fifty. 

2G  II  Of  the  children  of  Judah,  by 
their  generations,  after  their  f'aniilie.s, 
by  the  house  of  tlieir  fathers,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  names, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war; 

27  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Judah, 
tvere  threescore  and  fourteen  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred. 

28  TT  Of  the  children  of  Issachar,  by 
their  generations,  after  their  families, 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  names, 
friim  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war; 

211  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  eren  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar, 
were  fifty  and  four  thousand  and 
four  hundred. 

30  IT  Of  the  children  of  Zebulun.  by 
their  generations,  afler  their  families, 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  names, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  were  iiblo  to  go  forth  to  war; 

31  Those  that  were  numbered  of  i 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  I 


were  fifty  and  seven  tliousand  and 
four  hundred. 

3211  Of  the  children  of  Joseph,  name- 
til,  of  the  children  of  Ephraim,  by 
their  generations,  after  their  families, 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  the  names, 
from  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
all  that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war; 

Ki  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim, 
were  forty  thousand  and  five  hund- 
red. 

34  IT  Of  the  children  of  Manassch, 
by  their  generations,  after  their  fam- 
ilies, by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  forth 
to  war; 

35  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Manassch, 
iverc  thirty  and  two  thousand  and 
two  hundred. 

3(J  TT  Of  the  children  of  Benjamin, 
by  tlieir  generations,  after  their  fimi- 
ihes,  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go  ibrtli 
to  war; 

37  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin, 
were  thirty  and  five  thousand  and 
four  hundred. 

38  IT  Of  the  children  of  Dan,  by 
their  generations,  after  their  fami- 
lies, by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  from  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  all  that  were  able  to  go 
forth  to  war; 

Sd  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Dan,  were 
threescore  and  two  thousand  and 
seven  hundred. 

40  H  Of  the  children  of  Asher,  by 
their  generations,  after  their  fami- 
lies, by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
according  to  the  number  of  the 
names,  from  twenty  yeare  old  and 
upward,  all  that  w'ci'e  able  to  go 
iljrth  to  war; 

41  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Asher, 
were  forty  and  one  thousand  and 
five  hundred. 

42  U  Of  the  children  of  Naphtali, 
throughout  their  generations,  after 
their  families,  by  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  according  to  the  number  of 
the  names,  from  twenty  years  old 
and  upward,  all  that  were  able  to 
go  forth  to  war; 

43  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  even  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali, 
were  fifty  and  three  thousand  and 
four  hundred. 

44  s  These  are  those  that  were  num- 
bered, which  Moses  and  Aaron  num- 
bered, and  the  princes  of  Israel,  6ei«y 
twelve  men;  each  one  was  for  the 
house  of  hie  fathers. 

123 


The  Levites  exempted. 


The  order  of  tlie  tribes 


h,  2 

.32  1, 

A  2 

33. 

,  4  VU  i7. 
Ihr.  C.  1 

h.  10.lt. 
utiL  4.  M. 
lir.l'.  10. 


45  6o  were  all  tliose  tliat  were 
iiiinibert'il  of  tlie  cliildroii  of  Israel, 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  n[)ward,  all 
that  were  able  to  go  forth  to  war  in 
I.srael ; 

4(;  Even  nil  thcv  that  were  num- 
bered were  I'six  hundred  thousand 
and  tlirce  thousand  and  live  hund- 
red and  fifty. 

47  U  But  ithe  Levites  after  the 
tribe  of  their  fathers  were  not  num- 
bered ainon^  them. 

48  For  the  Lord  had  eiioken  unto 
Moses,  saying, 

4S)  k  Only  thou  shalt  not  number 
the  tribe  of  Levi,  neither  take  the 
sum  of  them  ainonj;  the  children  of 
Israel: 

50  iBut  thou  shalt  appoint  the 
Levite.s  over  the  tabernacle  of  tes- 
timony, and  over  all  the  vessels 
thereof,  and  over  all  tilings  tliat  be- 
long to  it:  they  sliall  bear  the  tab- 
ernacle, and  all  tlie  ve.'^sels  thereof; 
and  they  shall  minister  unto  it, '"  and 
shall  cneami)  round  about  the  taber- 
nacle. 

51  "  And  when  the  tabernacle  set- 
teth  forward,  the  Levites  shall  take 
it  down  ;  and  when  the  tabernacle 
is  to  be  pitched,  the  Levites  shall 
set  it  up  :  "  and  the  straiijrer  that 
Cometh  nijch  shall  be  put  to  death. 

.W  And  the  children  of  Israel  shall 
pitch  their  tents,  >'  every  man  by  hi.s 
own  camp,  and  evcrv  man  hv  his  own 
standard,  throughout  their  li.i^ts. 

.W  'iBut  the  Levitrs  hliall  pitcli 
round  about  the  tabernacle  of  tes- 
timony,  that  there  be  no  '  wrath  up- 
on the  con{;ref,'ation  of  the  children 
of  Israel  :  "  ond  the  Levites  shall 
keep  the  charge  of  tlie  tabernacle 
of  testimony. 

54  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
aecordinc  to  all  that  the  I..0KD  com- 
manded Jloses,  so  did  they. 

CHAPTER  n. 

The  ord^r  of  the  tribes  in  their  tenti. 

AND  the  I-onn  spake  niito  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  sayiiiK, 

2  'Every  man  of  the  cliililren  of 
Israel  shall  pitch  by  his  own  stand- 
ard, with  the  ensign  of  their  father's 
house:  Hfar  off  about  tlie  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation  .shall  they 
pitch. 

.!  And  on  the  east  side  toward 
the  risiii"  of  the  sun  shall  they  of 
the  standard  of  the  camp  of  Judah 
pitch  throughout  their  amiies  :  and 
'  Nahshoii  the  son  of  Ainminadab 
x/ddll  fie  captain  of  the  children  of 
Judah. 

4  .\nd  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
nnmbered  of  them,  trcre  threescore 
and  fourteen  thousand  and  si.\  hund- 
red. 

5  And  those  that  do  pitch  next 
unto  him  ^h<lll  /»'  the  tribe  of  Is- 
s:i.-liar  :   and  Nethancl   the  son   of 

m 


Zuar  sftaU  be  captain  of  the  children 
of  Issachar. 

0  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  thereof,  ireie  fifty 
and  four  thousand  and  four  hund- 
red. 

7  771^11  the  tribe  of  Zchulun  :  and 
Eliab  the  son  of  llelon  ^haU  be  cap- 
tain of  the  cliildren  of  Zebulun. 

8  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  thereof,  were  fifty  and 
seven  thousand  and  four  hundred. 

0  All  that  were  numbered  in  the 
camp  of  Judah  were  a  'lundred 
thousand  and  tburscorc  thousand 
and  six  thousand  and  lour  hundred, 
throughout  their  armies :  J  these 
shall  first  set  forth. 

10  IT  On  the  south  side  ahall  be 
the  standard  of  the  camp  of  Keuben 
according  to  their  armies  :  and  the 
captain  of  the  children  cif  Reuben 
shall  be  Elizur  the  son  of  Shedeur. 

11  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  thereof,  we}-e  fortv 
and  six  thousand  and  fi^'e  hundred. 

12  And  those  which  pitch  bv  him 
s/iall  be  the  tribe  of  Simeon':  and 
the  captain  of  the  children  of  Sim- 
eon shall  be  Shelumiel  the  son  of 
Zurishaddai. 

1.1  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  ircre  fifty 
and  nine  thousand  and  three  hund- 
red. 

14  Then  the  tribe  of  Cad  :  and 
the  captain  of  the  sons  of  dad  shall 
U  i:iiasaph  the  son  of  ||  Keuel. 

l.-i  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  w  re  forty 
and  five  thous!Uid  and  six  hundred 
and  fifty. 

1()  All  that  were  numbered  in  the 
camp  of  Reuben  icf/-e  a  hundred 
thousand  and  fifty  and  one  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred  and  liftv, 
throughout  their  armies:  "and  thev 
shall  set  fiirth  in  the  second  rank. 

17  Ti  fThen  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  shall  set  liirward  with 
the  camp  of  the  Levites  in  the  midst 
of  the  cami):  as  thev  encamp,  s-o 
shall  thev  set  foiwurd,"  everv  man  in 
his  place  bv  their  slnndards". 

18  TT  On  t1ie  west  side  s'hall  he  the 
standard  of  the  camp  of  Ephrniin 
according  to  their  armies:  and  the 
captain  of  the  sons  of  Ephniim  sliall 
be  Klisliama  the  son  of  Ammihud. 

10  And  his  host,  niid  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  ircir  forty 
thousand  ami  tWe  hundred. 

•Jt)  And  bv  him  shall  he  the  tribe  of 
Sranasseh  :  and  the  captain  of  the 
children  o(  Manasseh  shulllK'  Uanni- 
liel  tlie  son  (»f  IVdahzur. 

21  .\nd  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  icere  thirty  and 
two  thousand  uml  two  hundred. 

22  Then  the  tribe  of  Benjamin: 
and  the  cantain  of  the  sons  of  Ben- 
jamin shall  Ia;  Abidau  the  son  of 
Gideoni. 


in  their  tents. 


NUMBERS. 


The  sons  of  Aaron. 


hch 

10.  25. 

>V. 

3H.  26. 

n. 

21. 

23  And  his  host,  nnd  those  tliat 
were  juimbcrcd  of  tlicni,  iccre  thirty 
and  five  tliousaud  and  four  hund- 
red. 

24  All  that  were  numbered  of  the 
camp  of  Ephraim  tcere  a  hundred 
thousand  and  cipht  thousand  and  a 
hundred,  throughout  their  armies: 
Sand  they  shall  go  forward  in  the 
third  rank. 

25  IT  The  standard  of  tlie  camp  of 
Dan  shall  be  on  the  north  side  by 
their  armies:  and  the  captain  of  the 
children  of  Dan  xhall  be  Ahiezer  the 
son  of  Ammislvaddai. 

2G  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  ivere  three- 
score and  two  thousand  and  seven 
hundred. 

27  And  those  that  encamp  by  him 
s/iall  he  the  tribe  of  Asher:  and  the 
captain  of  the  children  of  Ashcr 
^liall  be  Pagiel  the  son  of  Ocran. 

28  And  his  host,  and  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  forty  and 
one  tiiousand  and  five  hundre(l. 

•£)  IT  Then  the  tribe  of  Naphtali: 
and  the  captain  of  the  children  of 
Naphtali  shall  be  Ahira  the  son  of 
En  an. 

30  And  his  host,  and  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  icere  fifty 
and  three  thousand  and  four  hund- 
red. 

31  All  the.v  that  were  numbered  in 
the  camp  "of  Dan  hvjc  a  hundred 
thousand  and  fifty  nnd  seven  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred:  hthcy  shall 
go  hindmost  witli  tiicir  standards. 

32  TT  These  are  those  which  were 
numbered  of  the  children  of  Israel 
by  the  house  of  their  fathers:  iall 
those  that  were  numbered  of  tlic 
camps  throughout  their  hosts  icere 
six  liundred  thousand  and  three 
thousand  and  Jive  hundred  and 
titty. 

33  But  k  the  liCvitcs  were  not  num- 
bered among  the  cliildreu  of  Israel; 
as  the  I.iORi>  commanded  Moses. 

3i  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
according  to  all  that  the  Lord  com- 
manded Aloses:  I  so  tlicy  ijitched  by 
their  standards,  and  so  tliey  set 
forward,  every  one  after  their  fam- 
ilies, according  to  the  house  of  their 
fathers. 

CHAPTER  III. 
I  The  tons  of  Aaron.  5  T/io  Lcvitca  are 
ffiven  to  the  priests  for  the  service  of  the 
tabernacle,  11  instead  of  the  flrttborn. 
14  The  Levites  are  numbered  by  their 
families.  21  The  families,  number,  and 
charge  of  the  GershoniteStil  of  the  Ko' 
hathitet,  S3  of  the  Merarites.  38  Tlie 
place  and  charge  of  Moses  and  Aaron. 
4U  The  firstborn  are  freed  by  the  Levitcs. 
44  The  overplus  are  redeemed. 

THESE  also  are  the  generations 
of  Aaron  and  Moses,  in  the  day 
that  tlio  LOHU  spake  with  Muses  iu 
mount  Sinai. 
2  And  these  are  the  names  of  the 


sons  of  Aaron;  Nadab  the  °  firstborn, 
and  Abihu,  Eleazar,  and  Ithamar. 

3  Those  are  the  names  of  the  sons 
of  Aaron,  bthe  priests  which  were 
anointed,  f  whom  he  consecrated  to 
minister  in  the  priest's  ofhee. 

4  'And  Nadab  and  Abihu  died 
before  the  Lord,  wlien  they  offered 
strange  fire  before  the  LoRii,  in  the 
wilderness  of  Sinai,  and  they  had  no 
children:  and  Eleazar  and  Ithamar 
ministered  in  the  priest's  ofhcc  In 
the  sight  of  Aaron  tneir  father. 

5  TT  And  tlie  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

G  i  Bring  the  tribe  of  Levi  near, 
and  present  them  before  Aaron  the 
priest,  that  they  may  minister  unto 
him. 

7  And  they  shall  keep  his  charge, 
and  the  ch:irge  of  the  whole  congre- 
gation before  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  to  do  ^thc  service  of 
the  tabernacle. 

8  And  they  shall  keep  all  the  in- 
struments of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  and  the  charge  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  to  do  the  service 
of  the  t:>bernncle. 

n  And  f  thou  shalt  give  the  Lcvites 
unto  Aaron  nnd  to  his  sons:  they  ore 
wholly  given  unto  him  out  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

10  And  thou  shalt  appoint  Aaron 
and  his  sons,  Sand  they  shall  wait 
on  their  priest's  office  :  l>  and  the 
stranger  that  comcth  nigh  shall  be 
put  to  death. 

11  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

12  And  I,  behold,  i  I  have  taken  the 
Levitcs  from  among  the  children  of 
Israel  instead  of  all  the  firstborn 
that  openeth  the  matrix  among  the 
children  of  Israel:  therefore  the  Le- 
vitcs shall  be  mine; 

13  Because  kail  the  firstborn  are 
mine;  1 /"or  on  the  day  that  I  smote 
all  the  firstborn  in  the  land  of  Egypt 
1  hallowed  unto  me  all  the  firstborn 
in  Israel,  botli  man  and  beast:  mine 
they  shall  be:  I  am  the  Lord. 

14T  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses in  the  wililerness  of  Sinai,  saying, 

15  Number  the  children  of  Levi  aft- 
er the  house  of  their  fathers,  by  their 
families:  '"  every  male  from  a  month 
old  and  upward  shalt  thou  number 
them. 

IG  And  Sloses  numbered  them  ac- 
cording to  the  tword  of  the  Lord, 
as  he  was  commanded. 

17  "And  these  were  the  sons  of  Levi 
by  their  names;  Gcrshou,  and  Ko- 
hath,  and  Mer,iri. 

IS  And  these  are  the  names  of  the 
sons  of  Gershon  by  their  families; 
"Libni,  nnd  Shimei. 

1'.)  And  the  sons  of  Kohath  by  their 
families:  P  Amram,  and  Izehar,  He- 
bron, and  TTzziel. 

20  ''And  the  sons  of  Jlerari  by  their 
families;  Muhli,  and  Mushi.  These 
125 


The  several  families,  number. 


NUMBERS. 


and  charge  of  the  Leviteg. 


are  the  families  of  the  Levitcs  ac- 
cording to  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

21  Of  Gershon  u-a.i  the  family  of 
the  Libnites,  and  the  family  of  the 
Shimites :  these  are  the  families  of 
the  Gershonites. 

22  Those  that  were  numbered  of 
them,  aceordingr  to  the  numbcT  of  all 
the  males,  from  a  mnnlh  old  and 
upward,  errn  those  that  wore  num- 
bered of  them  icerc  seven  thousand 
and  five  hundred. 

'/■i  '  The  families  of  the  Gershonites 
shall  pitch  behind  the  tabernacle 
westward. 

24  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of 
the  father  of  the  Gershonites  aliall  be 
Klias.iph  the  son  of  Lnel. 

25  And  "  the  charge  of  the  sons  of 
Gershon  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  slinll  be  '  the  tabenia- 
ele,  and  "the  tent,  '^  the  covering 
thereof,  and  >  the  hanging  for  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, 

2tJ  And  ^  the  hangings  of  the  court, 
and  "the  curtain  lor  the  door  of  the 
court,  which  i>  by  the  tabernacle, 
and  by  the  altar  found  about,  and 
hthe  cords  of  it,  for  all  the  Bcrvice 
thereof 

27  TT  'And  of  Kohath  ?ra?the  family 
'if  the  .\niramites,  and  the  tamilv  of 
the  I/iharitcs,  and  the  family  of  the 
Ihbn.nib's,  and  the  family  of  the 
Uzzielitis:  tliesc  are  the  fumilies  of 
the  K.ihathites. 

2S  In  tlu'  number  of  all  the  males, 
from  a  month  old  and  upward,  ircrc 
eight  tbnnsantl  and  six  hundred, 
keeping  tlu*  charge  of  the  sanctuary. 

2'.l  J  The  families  of  the  sons  of  Ko- 
hath shall  pitch  on  the  side  of  the 
tnhcruacle  s.iuthward. 

■M  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of 
the  tUtlier  of  (he  families  of  the  Ko- 
hathites  fhiiH  le  Klizaphan  the  son 
of  Uzziel. 

.11  And  'their  charge  nhnll  lie  fthc 
ark.  and  Kthc  table,  ami  I'the  can- 
dlestick, and  >  the  altju*s,  and  the 
vessels  of  the  sanctuary  wherewith 
thev  minister,  and  k  tne  hanging, 
arul  all  the  service  thereof. 

.'12  .\iul  Kli'azar  the  son  of  Aaron 
the  priest  sA<i//  !«•  chief  over  the  chief 
of  tlu'  I-<'vites.  mill  hnie  the  over- 
siglit  cif  ihi'm  that  keep  the  charge  of 
thi'sKuetuarv. 

■'.1  II  or  .Merarl  ica.«  the  family  of 
tlLi-  Mahlites.  and  the  familv  (if  the 
Mushites:  these  itre  the  fan'iilies  of 
Merari. 

."M  And  those  that  were  numherecl 
of  th.ni,  according  to  the  uumber  of 
all  the  mules,  from  a  month  oUl  and 
upward,  «v;v  si.^  thousand  and  two 
hundred. 

.!.■.  And  the  chief  of  the  house  of  the 
father  of  the  families  of  Merari  vn$ 
/.Uriel  the  son  of  .\bihail  :  Mhi-sr 
shall  pitch  on  the  side  of  the  tubcr- 
nacle  northward. 


30  And  t""""*)-  the  custodv  and 
charge  of  the  sons  of  Merari  aliall  be 
the  boards  of  the  tabernacle,  and  the 
bars  thereof,  and  the  pillars  thereof, 
and  the  sockets  thereof,  and  all  the 
vessels  thereof,  and  all  that  serveth 
thereto, 

37  And  the  pillars  of  the  court 
rouiul  about,  and  their  sockets,  and 
their  pins,  and  their  cords. 

.S8  ir  "But  those  that  encamp  before 
the  tabernacle  toward  the  east,  even 
befi^re  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation eastward,  shall  be  Moses,  and 
Aaron  and  his  sons,  "keeping  the 
charge  of  the  sanctuary  ffor  the 
charge  of  the  children  of  "Israel;  and 
1  the  stranger  that  conieth  nigh  shall 
be  put  to  deatli. 

.TO  ''All  that  were  numbered  of  the 
Levites,  which  Moses  and  Aaron 
numbered  at  the  commandment  of 
the  LoiiP,  througliout  their  f.imilies, 
all  the  males  from  a  month  old  and 
upward,  were  twenty  and  two  thou- 
sand. 

41)  T[  And  the  I,oi!T>  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, "  Nimiber  nli  the  firstborn  of  the 
nudes  of  the  children  of  Isr.ael  from 
a  month  old  and  njuvard.  and  take 
thcnumh.T  oftluir  names. 

41  'Anil  thou  shalt  take  the  Levites 
for  me  (I  111,1  the  I.ono)  instead  of 
all  the  lirstborn  among  the  children 
of  l^rael;  and  the  cattle  of  the  I,e- 
vites  instead  of  all  the  firstlings 
among  the  cattle  of  the  children  of 
Israel. 

42  And  Moses  numbered,  as  the 
Lord  connuanded  him,  all  the  first- 
horn  among  the  children  of  Israel. 

4;!  .\nd  all  the  firstborn  nudes  bv 
the  unmbcr  of  names,  from  a  month 
old  and  upward,  of  those  that  were 
numbered  of  them,  were  twenty  and 
twotliousiind  two  hundred  and  three- 
score and  thirteen. 

44  V  .\n<l  the  I.OUD  spake  unto  Mi>- 
scs,  saving, 

4,1  "  Take  the  Levitcs  instead  of  all 
the  firstborn  among  the  children  of 
Israel,  and  the  cattle  of  the  Ix-vites 
instead  of  their  cattle:  and  the  Le- 
vitcs shall  be  miiu':  I  am  the  Loitn. 

4(!  .Vud  fir  those  that  are  to  be 
'redeemed  of  the  two  hnndreil  and 
threescore  and  thirteen  of  the  first- 
born ofthe  children  of  Israel,  >  which 
arc  more  than  the  Levites: 

47  Thou  shalt  even  take  "five  shek- 
els ni)ieee  by  the  poll,  alter  the  shek- 
el of  the  sanctuary  shalt  thou  take 
them:  C  the  shekel  i.s-  twenty  gerahs:) 

45  And  thou  shalt  five  the  money, 
wherewith  the  odfl  iiumber  of  them 
is  to  be  redeemed,  unto  Aaron  and 
t*t  his  sons. 

4!)  And  Moses  took  the  redemiition 
money  of  them  that  were  over  and 
above  them  that  were  redeemed  by 
the  Levites: 


The  age  for  the  Lcvites'  service,        NUMBERS. 


and  their  burdens  respectively. 


sand  three  hundred  and  threescore 
and  five  she/eel",  after  the  shekel  of 
the  sanctuary: 

51  And  Moses  "^  gave  the  money  of 
them  that  were  redeemed  unto  Aaron 
and  to  his  sons,  according^  to  the  word 
of  the  LoKD,  as  the  Lokd  command- 
ed Bloses. 

CHAPTKK  IV. 
1  Tfnj  age  and  time  of  the  Leviten^  service. 
4  Iha  carriage  of  the  Kohathitcs,  when 
the  prieett  hai>e  taken  down  the  iabcr- 
7iaclc.  10  The  charge  of  Eteaxar.  17 
The  ofica  of  the  pricstt.  21  The  car- 
riage of  the  Oershonitee.  29  The  car- 
riage of  the  Meraritci.  34  The  »mm- 
hcroft'he  Kuhathitee,  33  of  the  Gerehon- 
itea,  -12  and  of  the  Meraritea. 

VND  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

2  Take  the  sum  of  the  sous  of  Ko- 
hath  from  among  the  sons  of  Levij 
after  their  famiUes,  by  tlie  liouse  ot 
their  fathers, 

3  "From  thirty  years  old  and  up- 
ward even  until  "fiflv  years  old,  all 
that  enter  into  the  iio"st,  to  do  the 
work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

4  ^  Tills  ^hall  he  the  service  of  the 
sons  of  Kohath  in  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation,  a'lout  "  the  most 
lioly  tilings. 

.~*  IT  And  when  the  camp  setteth 
forward,  Aaron  shall  como,  and  Ills 
sons,  and  tliev  shall  take  down  A  the 
covering  vail,  and  cover  the  *ark 
of  testimony  with  it: 

G  And  shall  put  thereon  the  cov- 
ering of  badgers*  skins,  and  shall 
spread  over  it  a  cloth  wliolly  of 
blue,  and  shall  put  in  ftlie  staves 
thereof 

7  And  upon  the  stable  of  shcw- 
bread  they  shall  spread  a  cloth  of 
blue,  and  put  thereon  the  dislies, 
and  the  spoons,  and  the  bowls,  and 
covers  to  I!  cover  withal  :  and  the 
continual  bread  shall  be  thereon : 

8  And  they  shall  spread  upon  them 
a  cloth  of  scarlet,  and  cover  the  same 
with  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and 
shall  put  in  the  staves  thereof 

',)  And  they  shall  take  a  cloth  of 
blue,  and  cover  the  '» candlestick  of 
the  light,  laud  his  lamps,  and  his 
tongs,  and  his  snutfdishes,  and  nil 
the  oil  vessels  thereof,  wherewith 
they  minister  unto  it: 

10  And  they  shall  put  it  and  all 
the  vessels  thereof  within  a  cover- 
ing of  badgers'  skins,  and  shall  put 
it  upon  a  bar. 

11  And  upon  k  the  golden  altar 
they  shall  spread  a  cloth  of  blue, 
and  cover  it  with  a  covering  of 
badgers'  skins,  and  shall  put  to  the 
staves  thereof: 

12  And  thev  shall  take  all  the  in- 
struments of  ministrv,  wliercwith 
they  minister  in  the  sanctuary,  and 
put  them  in  a  cloth  of  Ijlu'o,  and 
cover  them  with  a  covering  of  badg- 


ers' skins,  and  sliall  put  them  on  a 
bar. 

I'j  And  they  shall  take  away  the 
ashes  from  the  altar,  and  spread  a 
liurplc  cloth  thereon: 

14  And  they  shall  put  upon  it  all 
the  vessels  tncreof,  wherewith  they 
minister  about  it,  eren  the  censers, 
the  fleshhooks,  and  the  shovels,  and 
the  II  basins,  all  the  vessels  of  the 
altar ;  and  they  shall  spread  upon 
it  a  covering  of  badgers'  skins,  and 
j)ut  to  the  staves  of  it. 

15  And  when  Aaron  and  his  sons 
have  made  an  end  of  covering  the 
sanctuary,  and  all  the  vessels  of 
the  sanctuary,  as  the  camp  is  to 
set  forward  ;  after  that,  1  the  eons 
of  Kohath  shall  come  to  bear  it: 
'"but  they  shall  not  toucli  aiiii  holy 
thing,  lest  they  die.  "  These  things 
arc  the  burden  of  the  sons  of  Ko- 
hath in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

l(j  TT  And  to  the  office  of  Kleazar 
the  sou  of  Aaron  the  priest  per- 
taineth  ''the  oil  for  the  light,  and 
the  ^  sweet  incense,  and  ithe  daily 
meat  offering,  and  the  ■"  anointing 
oil,  anil  the  oversight  of  all  the  tab- 
ernacle, and  of  all  tliat  therein  t.?, 
in  the  sanctuary,  and  in  the  vessels 
thereof 

17  T  And  the  LORD  spake  unto 
Moses  and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

18  Cut  ye  not  otf  the  tribe  of  the 
families  of  tlie  Kohathites  from 
among  the  Levites: 

I'J  But  thus  do  imto  Ihem,  that 
they  may  live,  and  not  die,  wlien 
they  approach  unto  'the  most  holv 
things  :  Aaron  and  his  sons  shall 
go  in,  and  appoint  them  every  one 
to  his  service  and  to  his  burden: 

20  '  But  they  shall  not  go  in  to 
see  when  the  holy  things  arc  cover- 
ed, lest  they  die. 

21  IT  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto 
Moses,  saying, 

22  Take  also  the  sum  of  the  sons 
of  Gcrshon,  throughout  the  houses 
of  their  fathers,  by  their  families; 

25  "  From  thirty  years  old  and  up- 
ward until  fifty  years  old  shalt  thou 
number  them;  all  that  enter  in  tto 
perform  the  service,  to  do  the  work 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation. 

24  This  w  the  service  of  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  Gershonites,  to  serve, 
and  for  ||  burdens: 

25  And  "  thev  shall  bear  the  cur- 
tains of  the  tabernacle,  and  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation,  his  cov- 
ering, and  the  covering  of  the  badg- 
ers' skins  that  is  above  upon  it,  and 
the  hanging  for  the  door  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation, 

\1G  And  the  hangings  of  the  court, 
and  the  hanging  for  the  door  of  the 
gate  of  the  court,  which  is  by  the 
tabernacle  and  by  the  altar  round 
nbimt,  and  their  cords,  and  all  the 
instruments  of  tlielr  service,  and  all 
127 


The  nu7nber  qualified 


NUMBERS. 


for  the  ininistry. 


Before 
CUKI ST 

1490. 


that  is  made  for  them:  so  shall  they 
serve. 

'I!  At  the  t  appointment  of  Aaron 
and  his  hons  shall  be  nil  the  service 
of  the  sons  of  tlie  Gershenites,  in 
all  their  burdens,  and  in  all  their 
service:  and  ye  shall  .Tppoint  unto 
tlieni  in  charge  all  their  burdens. 

28  This  IS  the  service  of  the  families 
of  the  sons  of  Gershon  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation:  and  their 
charge  s.h<M  he  under  the  hand  of 
Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest. 

Lt*  T  As  for  tlie  sons  of  Mcrari,  thou 
shalt  number  them  after  their  fami- 
lies, bv  the  house  of  their  futliers; 

30  >■  t'rom  thirty  years  old  and  up- 
ward even  unto  fifty  years  old  shalt 
thou  number  them,  every  one  that 
entcrcth  into  the  t  service,  to  do  the 
work  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation. 

.'U  And  ''  this  is  the  charge  of  their 
burden,  according  to  all  their  service 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation ; 
'  the  boards  of  the  tabernacle,  and 
the  bars  tliereof,  and  the  pillars  there- 
of, and  sockets  thereof, 

.'52  And  tlie  pillars  of  the  court  round 
about,  and  tlieir  sockets,  and  their 
pins,  and  tlieir  cords,  with  all  their 
instrinnents,  and  with  all  their  serv- 
ice; and  by  name  ye  slvall  1' reckon 
the  iustniincnts  of  the  charge  of 
tluir  burden. 

.".'!  This  K  the  por\'ice  of  the  families 
of  the  sons  of  Merari,  nrenrdiiig  to 
all  tlieir  service,  iu  the  tiibi-rnaclo  of 
the  congregation,  iiiuler  the  hancl 
of  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aaron  the 
priest. 

.'!4  IT  '^  An<l  Sfoses  and  Aaron  and 
the  chief  of  the  congregation  num- 
bered the  rons  of  the  K(phnthites 
after  their  families,  and  after  the 
house  of  their  fathers, 

.■;.">  Fruin  thirty  vears  old  and  up- 
ward even  unto  fitly  year.s  old,  every 
one  that  euterelh  iiito  the  service,  for 
the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation: 

.".i;  .Vud  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them  by  their  families  were  two 
thousanil  seven  hundred  an<l  tittv. 

37  These  tirrr  thev  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  famili(''s  of  the  Kohnlh- 
ites,  all  that  might  do  service  in  the 
tabernaele  of  the  eongregatinn,  whirh 
Moses  and  Aaron  did  number  ac- 
cording to  the  comii.anclment  of  the 
J.incnbv  the  haml  of  Moses. 

•W  And  thoM-  that  were  numbered 
of  the  sons  (jf  (Jershon,  throughout 
llieir  fonilies,  and  by  the  house  of 
tlieir  Ilithei.J, 

:i!P  I'nnii  thirty  years  old  and  up- 
w.'ii.l  even  unto  fitly  years  old,  every 
one  that  cntereth  into  tlic  service,  for 
the  work  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation, 

■III  Even  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them,  throUL'hont  tlu'ir  families, 
by  the  house  of  their  f:illiers,  were 
1> 


two  thousand  and  six  hundred  and 
thirty. 

41  'I  These  arc  they  that  were  num- 
bered of  tlic  families  of  the  sons  of 
Gershon,  of  all  that  might  do  serv- 
ice in  the  tabernacle  ot  the  congre- 
gation, whom  Aloses  and  Aaron  did 
number  according  to  tho  command- 
ment of  the  Loitn. 

42  TT  And  those  that  were  numbered 
of  the  fiimilies  of  the  sons  of  Merari, 
throughont  their  families,  by  the 
house  of  their  fathers, 

^T  From  thirty  years  old  and  up- 
ward even  unto  fifty  years  old,  every 
one  that  cntereth  into  the  ser\'ice, 
for  the  work  in  the  tabeniaclc  of  the 
congregation, 

44  Even  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them  after  their  families,  were 
three  thousand  and  two  hundred. 

4.)  These  he  those  that  were  num- 
bered of  the  families  of  the  sons  of 
Jlcrari,  whom  Jloses  and  Aaron 
numbered  "^according  to  the  word 
of  the  I.OHD  bv  the  hand  of  Moses. 

4()  All  those  tfiat  were  numbered  of 
the  Levites,  whom  Moses  and  Aaron 
and  the  chief  of  Israel  numbered, 
after  their  families,  and  after  the 
house  of  their  fathers, 

4?  fFrom  thirty  years  old  and  up- 
ward even  unto  fiftv  years  old,  every 
one  that  came  to  do  the  service  of 
the  ministry,  and  the  service  of  the 
burden  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, 

4.S  Even  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them,  were  eight  thousand  and 
five  hundred  and  fourscore. 

4!l  According  to  the  commandment 


according  to  his  service,  and  accord- 
ing to  his  burden:  thus  were  they 
numbered  of  him,  lias  the  Lord 
coniniauded  Jloses. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  Tlie  unrlenn  are  remt^vcd  cut  cf  the 
enmp.  6  Keetitulittn  ie  to  le  mixde  in 
trenjiaetes.     11  The  trial  of  jeaJvuej/. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel, 
that  they  put  out  of  the  cnnip  every 
•leiKT,  and  every  one  that  hath  on 
lussne,  and  whosoever  is  defiled  by 
the'  dead: 

3  liotli  male  and  female  shall  j'c 
put  out,  without  the  camp  shall  Ve 
put  them;  that  they  defile  not  their 
camps,  •'in  the  midst  whereof  I 
dwell. 

4  -Viid  the  children  of  Israel  did  so, 
and  put  them  out  without  the  cuinp: 
ns  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses,  so 
did  the  children  of  Israel. 

5  IT  And  the  Loiil)  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

0  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
'  VVIieu  o  man  or  woman  shall  com- 
mit any  sin  that  men  commit,  to  do 


The  trial  of  jealousy. 


NUMBERS. 


The  trial  rf  jealousy. 


a  trespass  against  the  LoKD,  and  that 
persfn\  be  suilt\'; 

7  fThen  they  shall  confess  tlieir  sin 
which  they  have  done:  and  lie  shall 
recompense  his  trespass  fc'with  the 
principal  thereof,  and  add  unto  it  the 
tiflh  part  thereof,  and  give  it  unto 
him  against  whom  he  hath  tres- 
passed. 

8  But  if  the  man  have  no  kinsman 
to  recompense  the  trespass  unto,  let 
the  trespass  be  recompensed  unto  the 
Lord,  even  to  the  priest;  beside  '>  tlic 
ram  of  the  atonement,  whereby  an 
atonement  shall  be  made  lor  him. 

y  And  every  ||i  offering  of  all  the 
holy  things  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  tlic}'  bring  unto  the  priest, 
shall  be  his. 

10  And  every  man's  hallowed  things 
shall  be  his  :  whatsoever  any  man 
givetli  the  priest,  it  shall  be  this. 

11  TI  And  the  LoKD  spake  unto  5Io- 
ses,  saying, 

VI  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them.  If  any  man's 
wite  go  aside,  and  commit  a  trespass 
against  him, 

l.'i  And  a  man  1  lie  with  her  carnally, 
and  it  he  hid  from  the  eyes  of  her 
husband,  and  be  kept  close,  and  she 
be  detiled,  and  llicre  be  no  witness 
against  her,  neither  she  be  taken 
villi  tlir  nifvmer; 

14  .Villi  the  spirit  of  jealousy  come 
upon  him,  and  he  be  jealous  of  his 
Mife,  anil  she  be  defiled;  or  if  the 
spirit  of  jeal.iiisy  come  upon  him, 
and  lie  lie  jealous  of  his  wife,  and 
she  lie  not  defiled: 

].".  Then  shall  the  man  bring  his 
wife  unto  the  priest,  and  he  shall 
bring  lier  offering  for  her,  the  tenth 
iincf  (if  an  cphah  of  barley  meal; 
lie  shall  pour  no  oil  upon  it,  nor  put 
frankincense  thereon;  for  it  is  an  of- 
fering of  jealousy,  an  offering  of  me- 
morial, ""bringing  iniquity  to  re- 
membrance. 

1(>  And  the  priest  shall  bring  her 
near,  and  set  her  before  the  LoitD : 

17  And  the  priest  shall  take  holy 
water  in  an  earthen  vessel  ;  and  cif 
the  dust  that  is  in  the  floor  of  the 
tabernacle  the  priest  shall  take,  and 
put  it  into  the  water: 

15  .\nd  the  i)riest  shall  set  the 
woman  before  the  LOKI),  and  un- 
cover tlic  woman's  head,  and  put 
the  offering  of  memorial  iu  licr 
hands,  which  M  the  jealousy  offer- 
ing: and  the  priest  shall  have  in  his 
hand  the  bitter  water  that  causcth 
the  curse: 

I'J  And  the  priest  shall  charge  her 
bv  an  oath,  and  say  unto  the  woman, 
Ifnoinau  have  lani  with  thee,  and 
if  thou  hast  not  gone  aside  to  un- 
cleanness  Wjvith  fl/io^AcT  instead  of 
thy  husband,  be  thou  free  from  this 
bitter  water  that  eanseth  the  curse: 

20  But  if  thou  hast  gone  aside  in 
another  instead  of  thy  husband,  and 
9 


if  thou  be  defiled,  and  some  man 
have  lain  with  thee  besides  thine 
husband: 

21  Then  the  priest  shall  "  charge  the 
woman  with  an  oath  of  cursing,  and 
the  priest  shall  say  unto  the  woman, 
"  The  LoiiD  make  thee  a  curse  and 
an  oath  among  thy  people,  when  the 
Lord  doth  make  thy  thigh  to  t  rot, 
and  thy  belly  to  swell; 

22  And  this  water  that  causeth  the 
curse  P  shall  go  into  thy  bowels,  to 
make  thij  belly  to  swell,  and  thii 
thigh  to  rot.  i  And  the  woman  shall 
say,  Amen.  amen. 

2.'!  And  the  priest  shall  write  these 
curses  in  a  book,  and  he  shall  blot 
them  out  with  the  bitter  water: 

24  And  he  shall  cause  the  woman 
to  drink  the  bitter  water  that  causeth 
the  curse :  and  the  water  that  causeth 
the  curse  shall  enter  into  her,  and 
become  bitter. 

25  Then  the  priest  shall  take  the 
jealousy  offering  out  of  the  woman's 
liiind,  and  shall  'wave  the  ofl'ering 
before  the  Lord,  and  offer  it  upon 
the  altar: 

2(i  'And  the  priest  shall  take  a  hand- 
ful of  the  offering,  cren  the  memorial 
thereof,  and  burn  it  upon  the  altar, 
and  afterward  shall  cause  the  woman 
to  drink  t!ie  water. 

27  And  when  he  hath  made  her  to 
drink  the  water,  tiien  it  shall  come 
to  pass,  that  if  she  be  defiled,  and 
have  done  trespass  against  her  hus- 
band, that  the  water  that  causeth  the 
curse  shall  enter  into  her,  and  be- 
come bitter,  and  her  belly  shall  swell, 
and  her  thigh  shall  rot :  and  the 
woman  '  shall  be  a  curse  among  her 
people. 

2.S  And  if  the  woman  be  not  defiled, 
but  be  clean;  then  she  shall  be  free, 
and  shall  conceive  seed. 

29  This  !.s  the  law  of  jealousies, 
when  a  wife  goeth  aside  to  another 
"instead  of  her  husband,  and  is  de- 
filed; 

30  Or  when  the  spirit  of  jealousy 
Cometh  upon  him,  and  he  be  jealous 
over  his  wife,  and  shall  set  the  wo- 
man before  the  Lord,  and  the  priest 
shall  execute  upon  her  all  tliis  law. 

31  Then  shall  the  man  be  guiltless 
from  iniquity,  and  this  woman 
^  shall  bear  her  iniquity. 

CHAPTER  yj. 

1  The  law  of  tlic  K^azaritet.    22  Tlie  form 
of  blessing  the  jteople. 

\NT)  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 
2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them.  When  either 
man  or  woman  shall  || 'separate 
themselves  to  vow  a  vow  of  a  Naza- 
rite,  to  separate  thewscivcs  unto  the 
Lord; 

.S  h  He  shall  separate  himfcJf  from 
wine  and  strong  drink,    and    shall 
driuk  no  vinegar  of  wine,  or  vinegar 
12q 


The  law  of  the  Nazarites. 


NUMBERS. 


The  offerings  of 


Before 
CURIST 

H90. 


adj.  13.  5. 
111.  17. 
Sum.  1. 11. 


f  Lot.  .5.  7.  k 
14.  K.  li  13. 
11,  29. 


k  I.«T.  4.  2.27. 
1  Lot.  3.  e. 
a  Lot.  2.  4. 


of  strong  drink,  neither  shall  he 
drink  any  liquor  of  grapes,  nor  cat 
moist  grapes,  or  dried. 

i  All  the  days  of  his  ||  separation 
shall  he  eat  nothing  that  is  made  of 
the  tvine  tree,  from  the  kernels  even 
to  tlic  husk. 

5  All  the  days  of  the  vow  of  his  sep- 
aration there  shall  no  "^  razor  come 
upon  his  head  :  until  the  days  be 
fultilled,  in  the  which  he  separateth 
hiimelf  unto  the  J-okd,  he  shall  be 
holy,  and  shall  let  the  locks  of  the 
hair  of  his  head  grow. 

G  All  the  days  that  he  separateth 
liiiiviiilr'  unto  the  Lokd  'Uie  shall 
come  at  no  dead  body. 

7  "^Ile  shall  not  make  himself  un- 
clean for  his  father,  or  for  his  moth- 
er, for  his  brother,  or  for  his  sis'ter, 
when  tliev  die:  because  the  i  conse- 
cration ot'his  God  is  upon  his  head. 

8  All  the  days  of  his  separation  he 
is  holy  unto  the  Loud. 

'■•  And  if  any  man  die  very  sudden- 
ly by  him,  and  he  hath  defiled  the 
liead  of  his  consecration  ;  then  he 
sliall  f  shave  his  head  in  the  day  of 
his  cleansing,  on  the  Bcventh  day 
shall  he  shave  it. 

10  And  ^  oil  the  eighth  day  he  shall 
bring  two  turtles,  or  two  voung  pig- 
(»)ns,  to  the  priest,  to  the  door  of  the 
t;il>criKiclc  of  the  congregation: 

11  And  the  priest  shall  cthT  the  one 
liir  a  sin  i.tli-ring.  and  the  other  (i)r  a 
biinit  (ill'i  ring,  and  make  an  atone- 
ment for  liini,  for  that  he  sinned  by 

had,  :ind  shall  hallow  his  Iiead 


th;it^ 


d:iv. 


Aiu\  he  shall  consecrate  unto  the 
lyoiti)  the  davs  of  his  sepa ration,  and 
shall  bring  li  lamb  of  the  first  vear 
li  for  n  trespass  offering:  but  the  days 
that  were  before  sliall  I  be  lost,  be- 
cause his  scMiarafion  was  defiled. 

I'i  H  And  this  /■>■  the  Imw  of  the  Naz- 
arite:  i  wlu'ii  the  da\*s  of'  his  sepani- 
fion  are  fulfilled,  heshall  be  brought 
until  file  (l.«>r  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  enngregation: 

It  And  he  shall  offer  his  offering 
nntr>  llie  l.oKI.,  one  h.-  lamb  of  the 
first  veurwiflK.nf  Memish  for  a  burnt 
c.tferln-,  and  one  e»e  lamb  of  the 
first  year  wilboiit  blemish  k  for  a  sin 
ottering,  ami  one  ram  without  bleni- 
i,shlfi>r  peneeoitiTiiigs, 

I.')  And  a  basket  of  unleavened 
bread,  '"cakes  of  fine  flour  mingled 
with  oil,  and  wafers  of  unleavene<l 
bread  "  anointed  with  oil,  and  their 
ineiit  offering,  and  their  "drink  of- 

l(i  .And  tlic  jiriest  shall  bring  thrm 
befiire  tlie  I.OKP,  and  shall  offer  his 
sin  offering,  and  his  burnt  offering: 

ir  An. I  liesliiill  offer  fbe  ram  lor  a 
s.ieriiiee  of  pe:lee  otli-riii-s  niito  the 
l.oitn,  Willi  the  baskil  (if  iKileav- 
eiied  breail:  the  i>rie.-t  shall  offer 
also  his  incut  ottering,  aiid  hi:*  drink 
ottering. 

130 


18  I" And  the  Nazaritc  shall  shave 
the  head  of  his  separation  at  tlie 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation, and  shall  take  the  hair  of  the 
head  of  his  separation,  and  put  U  in 
the  fire  which  is  under  the  sacrifice 
of  the  peace  otterings. 

I'J  And    the   priest  shall   take  the 

1  sodden  shoulder  of  the  ram,  and 
one  unleavened  cake  out  of  the  bas- 
ket, and  one  unleavened  wati-r,  and 
'shall  put  Iheni  upon  the  hands  of 
the  Nazarite,  after  llie  hair  of  his 
separation  is  shaven : 

•20  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them 
./or  a  wave  oflering  before  the  LoitP: 
'this  !S  holy  lor  the  jiriest.  with  the 
wave  breast  and  hein'e  shoulder : 
and  after  that  the  IS'azaritc  may 
drink  wine. 

21  This  j.<  the  law  of  the  Nazarite 
who  hath  vowed,  ancf  o/"his  ottering 
unto  the  Imkd  fi)r  his  separation, 
besides  that  that  his  hand  shall  get: 
according  to  the  vow  which  he 
vowed,  so  he  must  do  after  the  law 
of  his  separation. 

22  U  And  the  l>onD  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, sa\'ing, 

2-'i  Speak  unto  Aaron  and  unto  Iiis 
sons,  sayini;.  On  this  wise  *ye  shall 
bless  the  children  of  Israel,  saying 
unto  them, 

24  The  Loud  bless  thee,  and  "  keep 
thee: 

25  The  IjOrd  "make  his  face  shine 
upon  thee,  and  "  be  gracious  unto 
thee: 

Lt)  ^The  Lord  lift  up  his  counte- 
nance upon  thee,  una  'give  thee 
jieaee. 

27  "And  they  shall  put  my  name 
upon  the  children  of  Isruel,  and  Wl 
will  bless  them. 

CHAl'TKR  ■VII. 
1  Tlic  offtrino  nf  lite  princrt  at  the  dedica- 
tion of  the  tahernaclc.     lU  Tlicir  several 
ajferinga  at  the  dc:ltcalivn  vf  the  altar. 
yj  OoU  epeitkcth  to  Moeee  from  the  nterey 

A  ND  it  came  to  pa.«s  on  the  day 
^'V  that  Moses  had  fully  "set  up  the 
tabcrmu'le,  and  had  anointed  it,  and 
sanctified  it,  and  all  the  instruments 
thereof,  both  the  altar  and  all  the 
vessels  thereof,  and  had  anointed 
them,  and  sanctified  them:  | 

2  That  Ijfhe  princes  of  Israel,  heads 
of  the  house  of  their  fathers,  who 
irej-c  the  princes  of  the  tribes,  1  and 
were  over  them  that  were  numbered, 
offered : 

3  And  thev  brought  their  offering 
before  the  LoitD,  six  covered  wag- 
ons, and  twelve  oxen:  n  wagon  for 
two  of  the  princes,  and  for  each  one 
an  ox:  and  they  brought  them  be- 
fore the  tabernacle. 

4  .Vnd  the  LoKD  spake  unto  Moses, 
s.aying, 

5  Take  i^  of  them,  that  they  may  be 
to  do  the  service  of  the  tabeVnaere  of 
the   congregation ;   nnd   thou    shalt 


the  princes  at  the 


NUMBERS. 


dedication  of  the  altar- 


give  them  unto  tlie  I^cvites,  to  every 
man  according  to  liis  service. 
G  And  Moses  tof>k.  tlie  waj;ons  and 
the  oxen,  and  gave  them  unto  the 
Levites. 

7  Two  wafjons  and  fonr  oxen  •■  Iio 
gave  nnto  the  sons  of  Gershon,  ac- 
cording to  tlieir  service: 

8  JAnd  (bur  wagons  and  eight  oxen 
lie  gave  unto  the  sons  of  JVIerari,  ac- 
cording unto  their  service,  '^  under 
tlic  liand  of  Ithamar  the  son  of  Aa- 
ron the  priest. 

y  But  unto  tlie  sons  of  Kohatli  he 
gave  none:  hccause  fthe  service  of 
the  sanctuary  belonging  unto  them 
s  was  that  they  should  bear  upon 
their  shoulders. 

10  IT  And  the  princes  offered  for 
h  dedicating  of  tlie  altar  in  tlie  day 
that  it  was  anointed,  even  the 
princes  oftcred  their  oft'ering  before 
the  altar. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  nnto  SIoscs, 
They  shall  offer  their  offering,  each 
prince  on  his  day,  tor  the  dedicating 
of  the  altar. 

12  H  And  he  that  offered  his  offering 
the  firsst  day  was  •  Nahshon  tlie  son 
of  Amminudab,  of  the  tribe  of  Ju- 
dah: 

1.3  And  his  offering  u-tis  one  silver 
charger,  tlie  weight  whereof  teas  a 
hundred  and  thirty  shrkt  Is,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  sevintv  ^lu■k^■ls,  after 
kthe  shekel  of  tlie  Vaiutiuiry;  both 
of  them  were  full  of  tine  tluur  min- 
gled with  oil  for  a  l  meat  offering: 

14  One  spoon  of  ten  shekels  of  gold, 
full  of"  incense: 

1  j  "  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lamb  "of  the  first  year,  lor  a 
burnt  offering: 

Hi  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  °sin 
offering: 

17  And  for  Pa  sacrifice  of  peace 
offerings,  two  oxen,  five  rams,  five 
he  goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
this  n-as  the  ottering  of  Nahshon  the 
son  of  Animinadab. 

LS  V  On  the  second  day  Ncthaneel 
the  son  of  Zuar,  prince  of  Issachar, 
did  offer: 

ly  He  offered  for  his  offering  one 
silver  charger,  the  weight  whereof 
was  a  hundred  and  tlurty  shekels, 
one  silver  bowl  of  seventy  shekels, 
after  the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary; 
both  of  them  full  of  fine  flour  min- 
gled with  oil  for  a  meat  offering: 

■JO  One  spoon  of  gold  of  ten  s/iekels, 
full  of  iueeiise: 

21  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lamb  of  the  first  year,  for  a 
burnt  offering: 

22  One  kid  of  the  goafs  for  a  sin 
offering: 

2.3  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
goafs,  five  l.imhs  of  the  first  vear: 
this  was  the  offering  of  Nethaneel 
the  sou  of  Zuar. 

24  U  On  the  third  day  Eliab  the  son 


of  Ilelon,  prince  of  the  children  of 
Zebulun,  t/nl  njlir: 

23  His  offering  was  one  silver 
charger,  the  weight  whereof  was  a 
hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after 
flic  shekel  of  the  sanctuary;  both  of 
them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with 
oil  for  a  meat  offering: 

2(!  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels, 
full  of  incense: 

27  One  youn^  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lamb  of  the  first  year,  for  a 
burnt  offering: 

28  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering: 

20  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  fi\'e  he 
goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
this  teas  the  offering  of  Kliab  the  son 
ofllelon. 

30  V  On  the  fourth  day  Elizur  the 
son  of  Shedeur,  prince  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Kenben,  did  offer: 

31  His  offering  teas  one  silver 
charger  of  the  weight  of  a  hundred 
and  thirty  shekels,  one  silver  bowl 
of  seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel 
of  the  sanctuary;  both  of  them  full 
of  fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a 
meat  offering: 

32  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels, 
full  of  incense: 

3.3  One  joung  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lamb"  of  the  first  ye;ir,  for  a 
burnt  offering: 

34  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering : 

35  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
this  was  the  ottering  of  Klizur  the 
son  of  Shedeur. 

3011  On  tlie  fifth  day  Shelumiel  the 
son  of  Znrishaddai,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Simeon,  did  offer: 

.37  His  offering  was  one  silver 
charger,  the  weight  whereof  was  a 
hundred  and  thirty  shekels,  one  sil- 
ver bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after 
the  shekel  of  the  sanctuary:  both  of 
them  full  of  fine  flour  mingled  with 
oil  for  a  meat  ottering; 

.38  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  fAfieb, 
full  of  incense: 

3'J  One  young  bnllock,  one  ram, 
one  lamb  of  the  first  year,  for  a 
burnt  ottering: 

40  One  kid  of  the  go.its  for  a  sin 
offering: 

41  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
this  was  the  offering  of  Shelumiel 
the  son  of  Zurishaddai. 

42  1  On  the  sixth  day  Eliasaph  the 
son  of  Denel,  prince  of  the  children 
of  Gad,  offered: 

43  His  offering  was  one  silver 
charger  of  the  weight  of  a  hundred 
and  thirty  shekels,  a  silver  bowl  of 
seventy  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of 
the  sanctuary;  both  of  thera  full  of 

131 


The  offerings  of  the  jmncM 


NUMBERS. 


Before 
CHRIST 

14»). 


fine  flour  mingled  with  oil  for  a  meat 

offering: 

41  One  golden  epoon  of  ten  sliekch, 
full  iif  incense: 

•!.">  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lunib  of  tnc  Jirst  year,  for  a 
liui-ut  ottering: 

Hi  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
ollVriiig: 

47  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  live  rams,  five  he 
gn:its,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
tliis  »v>s  the  offering  of  £liasaph  the 
pun  of  Deuel. 

4S  •;  On  tlic  seventh  d;iv  Elishama 
the  son  of  Anmiihud,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Eplirnini,  r,//,  ,r,/ ; 

V.I  His  offering  nas  inn-  silver  chart- 
er, the  weight  whereof  was  a  }\und- 
rcd  and  thirty  s/iokels,  one  silver 
bowl  of  seventy  shekels,  after  the 
slnkrl  of  the  snnctuary;  both  of 
(Innn  liill  of  line  floor  mingled  with 
oil  tin-anu_%ito11VTing: 

»\  ( Inr  golden  spoon  of  tell  shekels, 
fnll  olinciuse: 

.01  tine  yonng  bullock,  one  nun, 
oiH'  lunil)  of  the  first  year,  for  a 
burnt  ollering: 

.SJ  diu'  kid  of  the  goats  iiir  a  sin 
..Hiring: 

.V!  And  fiir  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
gouts,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
this  ir,ix  the  offering  of  Ehshama  the 
s(Mi  of  Anunilunl. 

r,i  1  On  the  ei-hth  d.iv  nlTrre'l  Ga- 
nndiil  the  snn  of  I'.ihdiznr,  i)rinee 
orthcchil.lrrii  (,f  MMlKlsseh; 

.V.  His  offering  »v.s  one  silver  charg- 
er of  the  weight  of  a  hundred  and 
thirty  s/„/.;-r<.  one  silver  bowl  of 
scvciitv  shekels,  after  the  shekel  of 
(he  sMiu-tnary;  both  of  them  full  of 
tine  fhnir  mingled  with  oil  fijr  a 
onatnin-ring: 

.'ii;  Oni'  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekels, 
fnll  of  incense: 

.'w  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
lanili"  of  tlio    first   year,   for  a 


burnt  otfe 
.W  On 


i.tt'er 


I  And  {< 

two 


kid  of  the  goidd  for  a  sin 
a  sacrifice  of  pence  offe 


fiv 


he 
rst  vear: 
naliel  the 


e  ran 
rubs  of  the 
this  i/vr.s-  the  offering  of  til 
s.ni  of  Teibdizur. 

Oirr  On  the  ninth  d:\v  .\bidan  the 
sen  of  (iid.'oni.  |nii,ee  of  the  chil- 
dren of  l!rni;nnin,<.,;rm/.- 

r,l  His  utliTinu'  »'f..i  one  silver chnrg- 
er,  the  weiL'ht  w  hereof  »<•«.■!  a  huTul- 
rrd  and  thirty  s/n  k,  1^.  one  silver 
bowl  nf  sexentv  shekels,  utfcr  the 
shekel  of  (he  "snnetnarvi  both  of 
(hi'ni  fnll  of  line  flour  mingled  with 
oil  li.r  ann;dolieriug: 

Hi  One  giihlen  spoon  of  ten  .v/irA'c7.'i, 
fnll  of  incense: 

(;■'.  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
(MIC    Iamb  of  the  first   year,  for  a. 
burnt  offering: 
132 


at  (he  dedication  of  the  altar. 

CUIUS  7 


f4  One  kid  of  tlic  goats  for  a  sin 
oftering: 

tJ5  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
goats,  five  lambs  of  the  first  year: 
this  wa-t  the  ottering  of  Abidan  the 
son  of  Gideoni. 

(iG  11  On  the  tenth  day  Ahiczer  the 
son  of  Amniishaddai,  prince  of  the 
children  of  Dan,  offered  : 

G7  His  offering  ?™s  one  silver  charg- 
er, the  ^veigllt  whereof  icos  a  hund- 
red and  thirty  sA./r/s,  ,,ne  silver 
bowl  of  scveutv  shekels,  alter  the 
.shekel  of  the  snnetnary;  both  of 
them  full  of  fine  fionr  mingled  with 
oil  for  a  meat  offering: 

(>S  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekeU. 
full  of  incense: 

(iy  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  land)  of  tlic  first  year,  for  n 
burnt  offering: 

"0  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
offering: 

71  And  for  a  sr^crifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
goats,  five  hunhs  of  the  first  year: 
this  vii-^  the  offering  of  Ahiezer  the 
son  of  .Vinniislnnldwi. 

'i-J.  TI  On  the  eleventh  dnv  I'.igiel  the 
son  of  Oeran,  prince  of  tlic  children 
of  Asher,  (ifl'rnd: 

r.j  His  ollining  ii-a.i  one  silver  chnrg- 
er,  the  wei-ht  wln'reof  »os  a  Iniinl- 
red  and  thirty  .s/„/,7s.  one  silver 
bo\vl  of  sevelitv  shekels,  niter  the 
shekel  of  the  's:nietuarv:  both  of 
them  full  of  fine  (lour  mingled  with 
oil  fin-  a  meat  (.tlfering: 

74  One  golden  spoon  of  ten  shekeb, 
fnll  of  incense: 

7.>  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lamb  of  the  first  year,  for  a 
burnt  ottering: 

7ii  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
oftering: 

77  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  pence  otTer- 
ings,   two  oxen,  fi\e  rams,  five  I 


goats,  fiv 
thi 


Iambs  of  the  first  year: 
the  ottering  of  I'ngiel  the 
son  of  Oeran. 

7M  TT  On  the  twelfth  dav  Aliirn  the 
son  of  Kinm,  prince  of  file  children 
of  Napliddi,  ..//In,/.- 

711  His  ottering  leos  one  silverchnrg- 
er,  the  weight  whereof  icn  a  linnil- 
red  and  tliirtv  s/i,  A-e/.-i.  one  silver 
bowl  of  seven'tv  shekels,  atler  the 
shekel  of  the  "sanctuary:  both  of 
(heni  full  of  fini-  fionr  mingled  with 
oil  fiir  a  meat  ottering: 

.sil  One  gohleu  spoon  of  ten  sliekeh, 
fnll  of  incense: 

f*!  One  young  bullock,  one  ram, 
one  lauilj  of  the  first  year,  for  a 
burnt  ottering: 

Hi  One  kid  of  the  gouts  for  a  sin 
ofli?ring: 

Kl  And  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace  offer- 
ings, two  oxen,  five  rams,  five  he 
goats,  five  Lambs  of  the  tti-st  year: 
this  tru.?  the  offering  of  Ahira  the 
6011  of  Knan. 


God  spcakctli  to  Moses. 


NUMBERS. 


The  consecration  of  the  Levites. 


litforo 
CHRIST 

HOO. 


rch.  12.  a. 
Ki.  3J.  9, 11. 
ITliatii.  C'oi/. 
•  Ki.  23.  22. 


•  ch.  19.  9,  17, 
lt>. 
f  n.l,.  M 


fLcT.  11.8,9. 
«I»T.  2.  1. 


84  Tills  ic(ts  tlie  dedication  of  the 
attar,  in  tlie  day  when  it  wa-s  anoint- 
ed, Ijy  the  priiices  of  Lsrael:  twelve 
ella^;cel■.sof^ilver,  twelve  silver  bowls, 
twelve  spoons  of  gold: 

Sj  Each  charger  of  silver  weighing 
a  hundred  and  thirty  s/icieit,  each 
bowl  seventy:  all  the  silver  vessels 
iveiglicil  two  thousand  and  four 
hundred  slic^cls,  after  the  shekel  of 
the  sanctuary: 

Uti  The  golden  spoons  were  twelve, 
full  of  incense,  iceiijlihiij  ten  shd.cls 
apiece,  after  the  shekel  of  the  sune- 
tuary:  all  the  gold  of  the  spoons  ivus 
a  liundred  and  tw  entv  .■•■/*'  Ac/s. 

S"  All  the  oxen  for  t"lie  burnt  offer- 
ing w'O'e  twelve  bullocks,  the  lams 
twelve,  the  Iambs  of  the  first  year 
twelve,  with  their  meat  ottering:  and 
the  kids  of  the  goats  lor  sin  ottering 
twelve. 

85  And  all  the  oxen  for  the  sacrifico 
of  the  peace  offerings  icerc  twenty 
and  four  bullocks,  the  rams  sixty, 
the  he  goats  sixtv,  the  lambs  of  tlio 
first  year  sixty.  'This  uas  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  altar,  after  that  it  was 
1  anointed. 

Sy  And  when  Closes  was  gone  into 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
'to  speak  with  ||him,  then  he lieard 
'the  voice  of  one  speaking  unto  liim 
from  oft'  the  mercy  seat  that  uai  up- 
on the  ark  of  testimonv,  from  be- 
tween the  two  cherubim  :  and  he 
spake  unto  liini. 

CHAPTER  Yin. 
1  JIow  lite  Intnjta  arc  to  be  lighted.     5  The 

euntecrittiuii  of  the  Levitet.    2:i  The  age 

and  time  of  their  eerv<ee. 

VND  the  LonD  spake  unto  Jloses, 
B-iying, 

2  Speak  unto  Aaron,  and  say  unto 
him,  When  thou  "  liglitest  the  lamps, 
the  seven  lamps  shall  give  light  over 
against  the  candlestick. 

3  And  Aaron  did  so;  he  lighted  the 
lamps  thereof  over  against  tlie  can- 
dlestick, as  the  Loi;d  commanded 
.Moses. 

4  i^And  this  work  of  the  candlestick 
icta  of  beaten  gold;  unto  the  shall 
thereof,  unto  the  fiowers  thereof,  uas 
■^beaten  work:  J  according  unto  the 
pattern  which  the  Loi:d  had  shewed 
AIoscs,  so  lie  made  the  candlestick. 

5  IT  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  Jlo- 
ses, saying, 

C  Take  the  Levites  from  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  cleanse  them. 

7  And  thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  them, 
to  cleanse  them:  Sprinkle  '  water  ut 
purifying  up.ui  tliem,  and  f  I'let  them 
shave  all  tlieir  flesh,  and  let  them 
wash  their  clothes,  and  so  make 
themselves  clean. 

8  Then  let  them  t.ake  a  young  bull- 
ock with  Kliis  meat  oiicring,  even 
fine  flour  mingled  with  oil,  and  an- 
other }'ounp  bullock  shalt  thou  take 
for  a  Bin  ottcrinp. 

9 1'And  thou  shalt  bring  the  Levites 


befiire  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation: >and  thou  shalt  gather  the 
whole  assembly  of  the  children  of 
Israel  tog.-tlur. 

10  .\iid  thou  sh-ilt  bring  the  Levites 
before  the  Luitu:  and  the  children 
of  Israel  ^  shall  put  their  hands  upon 
the  Levites: 

11  And  Aaron  shall  t  offer  the  Le- 
vites before  the  Loicu  Jur  an  t  otter- 
ing of  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
t  tlicy  may  execute  the  service  of  tiie 
L(>i:n. 

12  lAnd  the  Levites  shall  lay  their 
hands  upon  the  lieads  of  the  bull- 
ocks: and  thou  shalt  oti'er  the  one 
for  a  sin  offering,  and  the  other  for 
a  burnt  ottering,  unto  the  I.,ui;D,  to 
make  an  atonement  for  tlie  Levites. 

1.3  And  thou  sluilt  set  the  Levites 
before  Aaron,  and  before  his  sons, 
and  offer  tliem  Jbr  an  ottering  unto 
the  Loud. 

14  Thus  shalt  thou  separate  the  Le- 
vites from  among  the  children  of 
Israel :  and  the  Levites  shall  be 
"'  mine. 

15  And  after  that  shall  the  Levites 
go  in  to  do  the  service  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation:  and  thou 
shalt  cleanse  them,  and  "otter  tliem 
for  an  ottering. 

10  For  they  ore  wholly  given  unto 
me  from  among  the  children  of  Isra- 
el; "instead  ot  sutdi  as  open  every 
womb,  cVLti  inatccul  o/"  the  firstborn 
of  all  the  children  of  Israel,  liave  I 
t;iken  them  unto  me. 

17  f  For  nil  the  firstborn  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  are  mine,  both  man 
and  beast:  on  the  day  that  I  smote 
every  firstborn  in  the  land  of  Lgypt 
I  sanctified  them  for  myself. 

18  And  I  I'.ave  taken  tFie  I>cvitcs  for 
e!1  the  firstborn  of  tlie  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

I'J  And  1 1  have  given  the  Levites 
as  f  a  girt  to  Aaron  and  to  his  sons 
from  among  the  children  of  Israel, 
to  do  the  serAico  of  the  children  of 
Israel  in  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  to  make  an  atone- 
ment for  the  children  of  Israel:  'that 
there  be  no  plague  among  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  when  the  children  of 
Israel  come  nigh  unto  the  sanctu- 
ary. 

20  And  JIoscs,  and  Aaron,  and  all 
the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  did  to  the  Levites  according 
unto  all  that  the  LoiiD  commanded 
Moses  concerning  the  Levites,  so  did 
the  children  of  Israel  unto  them. 

21  "And  the  Levites  were  jnirificd, 
and  they  washed  their  clothes;  i  and 
Aaron  offered  them  as  an  oireriiig 
before  the  Lor.i);  and  Aaron  made 
an  atonement  for  them  to  cleanse 
them. 

22  "And  after  that  went  the  Levites 
in  to  do  their  se^^'ice  in  the  taberna- 
cle of  the  congregation  before  Aaron, 
and  before  his  sons:  ''as  the  Lokd 

133 


The  passover  again  commanded.      NUMBEIIS.         A  cloud  ffuideth  the  Israelites. 


Ueforo 
CHRIST 


had  commanded  MostB  coiiccriiinj; 
the  Levites,  sfi  did  thty  uiiti)  them. 

•St  IT  And  the  l>oiti)  sjiako  nnto  Mo- 
ses, siiyin;;, 

24  This  in  it  that  hrjoiir/rlh  \into  the 
Ki'vites:  >  fniMi  twenty  and  fi\'e  years 
old  and  npwurd  they"  shall  Roiii  (to 
erviee  (il'thc  taberna- 


•leoftlli 


(rutin 


L'.j  And  (Vcjni  the  w^u  of  filly  years 
they  bliall  teease  waitinK  upon  the 
service  tlicreuf,  and  shall  serve  no 
more: 

'Jl')  Hnt  shall  minister  with  their 
hretiiren  in  the  tahernnrle  of  the 
(■.^((ireKution,  'to  keep  tlie  ehar';e, 
and  slndl  do  no  service.  Tims  shall 
thiin  do  unto  the  l^evitea  tonchiuK 
their  charge. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1    T/ie  pataover  ta  cijmm:in<leU  ayiiin.     0  A 
tecond  jiatieovcr  iittuH'fit  f 


15 

:iiiovinij»  and  i 


lixddcth  th: 
<./  the  Jsra 

\ND  the  Loiit>  spake  nnto  Moses 
in  the  wil<lerne.-s  of  Sinai,  in  the 
lirst  niiinth  of  the  second  year  niter 

they  were  ( e  out  of  the  land  of 

livpt,  savin;.', 

■2  Ixt  the  children  of  Israel  niso 
kcep''tlie  passover  at  his  appointed 

.i  In  the  fourteenth  day  of  this 
month,  t»t  even,  ye  shall  keej)  it  in 
his  api>ointed  senscni;  nccordin^  Ut 
all  the  rites  of  it,  and  according'  to 
all  the  ceremonies  thereof,  shall  ye 
keep  it. 

•I  And  Moses  spake  nnto  the  chil- 
dren nf  Israel,  that  thev  should  keep 


the  p: 

:,  Ai 

the  lu 


tie 


ild<' 


nth 


■SI    i.f 


L-hildren 


maniled  Tsioses,  . 
of  Israel. 

(i  H  And  there  were  certain  men, 
who  were  "^  defiled  hy  the  dead  holly 
I  if  a  num.  that  they  could  not  keep 
llie  piivs.ivcr  on  that  day:  'hind  they 
eanie  heliire  Moses  and  before  Aaron 
on  Ihiitdav. 

7  .\nd   thosi'   men    s;ii(l    unto  him, 

We  nrr  deliled  liv  Ihe  dead  l.odv  ..f 
a  nnm:  whiTiHiie'  are  wc^  kei.t  liaek. 
Unit  we  niav  nnt  oiler  an  i.llerint;  of 
the  l,oKi>  m  his  aopoinled  .vasim 
annmi' the  children  of  Israel? 

K  And  M.isi's  said  unhi  them,  ."^tand 
still,  an<l  ''  1  will  Inair  what  (he  l.oiin 
will  eonniniml  eoneernin);  you. 

!l  H  And  the  LoKU  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, savin:;, 

1(1  Speak  nnto  the  children  of  Is- 
ra<'I,  s;i\inL',  If  any  miin  of  you  or  of 
vour  piisteiitv  shidl  he  nnidean  by 
'ri'ascni  of  a  di'ad  li.iilv,  or  In:  in  ll 
11   keep 


do  the  l.oni. 


II  iThc  ti.urteenlh  day  of  Ihe  s. 
ond  month  at  even  they  shall  ke 
134 


it,  mirl  feat  it  with  unleavened 
bread  and  bitter  herbs. 

!•_'  ll  They  shall  leave  none  of  it  unto 
the  inornin^;,  '  nor  break  any  heme 
of  it:  k  aecordinjj  to  all  the  firdi- 
nances  of  the  pussover  they  shall 
k<ep  it. 

I'i  lint  the  man  that  i<  clean,  and 
is  not  in  a  journey,  and  Ibrbeareth 
to  keep  the  passover,  even  the  same 
soul  I  shall  he  cut  off  from  amon^  his 
people:  because  he  "'brought  not 
the  oflijrin;?  of  the  LoKU  in  his  ap- 
pointed season,  that  man  shall  "  bear 
his  sin. 

H  And  if  a  stranger  shall  sojourn 
ainon;;  you,  and  will  keep  the  p«.ss- 
over  unto  the  LoiU);  acconling  to 
the  ordinance  of  the  passover,  and 
accordinvc  to  the  manner  thereof,  so 
shall  he  do:  "ye  shall  have  one  or- 
din:inee,  both  for  the  stranger,  and 
for  Idni  that  was  bom  in  the  land. 

Ij  U  And  I' on  the  day  that  the  tab- 
ernacle was  reared  up  the  cloud 
covered  the  tabernacle,  7i(imcli/^  the 
tent  of  the  testimony:  and  'i  at  even 
tliere  was  upon  the  tabernacle  as  it 
were  the  appearance  of  tire,  until  the 
mornin;;. 

IG  So  It  was  nhvay:  the  cloud  cov- 
ered it  l/ff  tiait.  and  the  appearance 
otHre  bv'niKlit. 

17  .\ncl  when  the  cUnid  'was  taken 
up  from  the  taljernaele,  then  after 
that  the  children  of  Israel  joni-nev- 
ed:  and  in  the  plaei'  where  the  cloiid 
aliode,  there  the  children  of  Israel 
pitched  Iheirtent.t. 

IS  At  the  comnnindment  of  the 
l.oito  the  children  of  Israel  jonr- 
nevcd,  and  at  the  comnnindment  of 
the  1,11  K I)  thev  jiitiluil:  'as  lonR  ns 
the  cloud  abode  upon  Ihe  tabernacle 
thev  rested  in  their  tents. 

I'.rAnd  when  the  elond  (tarried 
Ion;;  nixin  the  tabernacle  manv  davs, 
then  the  children  of  Israel  'kept  the 
char;,'e  of  the  l.uiii>,  and  journeyed 
not. 

2(1  And  K)  it  was,  when  the  cloud 
was  tt  few  days  upon  the  tabernacle; 
according;  to  the  commandment  of 
the  Loiti)  thev  ahfalc  in  their  tents, 
and  aeeordinu''to  the  commandment 
of  Ihe  l.nl:l>  llov  jonni.ved. 

L'l  .\nil  >o  it  Wiis,  when  the  cloud 
f  abode  from  even  nnto  the  mornini;, 
ami  tluil  the  elond  was  taken  np  m 
the  morniii;;,  then  they  journeyed: 
whether  ll  iio.i  by  dav  or  by  ni:;ht 
that  the  cloud  was  tiikeu  up,  they 
journeyed. 

2'.'  Or  M-hither  il  uvre  two  days,  or 
a  month,  or  a  .year,  that  the  cloud 
tarried  upon  the  tabernacle,  remain- 
ing' thereon,  Ihe  childnn  of  Israel 
"  iilioile  in  their  tents,  and  jonrneveil 
not:  hut  when  it  was  taken  up,  tliey 
jonrneveil. 

•_'.l  .\t  the  commandment  of  the 
I,oi!l>  they  nsleil  in  their  tents,  and 
at  the  commandment  of  the  l.oiiu 


The  nse  of  the  silver  trumpets.         NUMBERS.  The  order  of  the  Israelites'  march. 


cl  ch.  2.  3. 


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2.3 

8. 

they  journeyed :  they  '  kept  the 
charge  of  the  Loud,  at  the  eom- 
niaiiumeiit  ut'tlie  Loicu  hy  the  liuiid 
of  Mo.ses. 

CHAPTER  X. 
1   TlieuBc  of  Hie  tilver  trumpftfi.     11  Tl,c 

Inrapliteg  rctnove  from  Hintii  to  J'tirnn. 

14  r/ie  order  of  ineir  marcli.    2'J  llolmb 

in  entreated  by  MoscK  not  to  leave  Ifiein. 

3.J  T/ie  Uemiuij  of  Motel  at  the  removing 

and  retting  of  the  ark. 

AND  tlie  Loud  Bpnkc  unto  Moses, 
Buyiii'', 

■J  Make  thee  two  trumpets  of  silver; 
of  n  whole  pieec  Shalt  thou  make 
tliein:  that  thou  innyest  use  tluin 
for  the  "eallin;;  of  the  u.s.senihly,  and 
fi)r  the  iourtiovin;;  i)f  the  camps. 

.-!  .\ii(l  whcn'Mhev  .-hall  hlow  with 
th.-m,  all  tlic-  «^s(■lllhlv  shall  a.ssem- 
l.le  tliemsclvis  t.)  ll..e  ut  the  diH.r  of 
the  taheniaili'  oltlic  con-ic-ation. 

4  And  if  thev  Ij|..w  hnl  with  one 
tniiHinl,  then  tlic  priiiecs,  irhirli  an- 
'  heads  of  the  thousands  ot  Israel, 
shall  jrather  themselves  unto  thee. 

^  When  ye  blow  an  alarm,  then 
J  the  camps  that  lie  on  the  east  jiarts 
shall  KO  forward. 

(i  When  ye  blow  an  alarm  the  sec- 
ond time,  then  the  cainps  that  lie 
'ou  tlie  south  side  sh;-.II  take  their 
jnmnrv:  tluv  shall  blow  un  alarm 
i;.r  their  journeys. 

7  liut  wlien  the  congrecntion  is  tn 
I.e  gathered  tn-cther,  1  ve  shall  hlow, 
hut  ye  sluill  net  ^  sound  an  alarm. 

K  hAnd  the  sons  ol  Aaron,  the 
priests,  shall  hlow  with  tlie  trump- 
ets; and  tliey  shall  ho  to  yon  t(>r  an 
ordiinmee  for  ever  thruughuut  your 
frelMM-ations. 

11  And  iif  ye  ro  to  war  In  voiir 
lanil  apiinst  the  eneiuv  that  1.  op- 
pressuth  you,  then  ye  shall  hlow  an 
alarm  with  the  trinupi'ts;  and  vi' 
shall  be  1  renicndiered  liclnre  the 
LuKi)  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be 
saved  from  your  enemies. 

HI  Also  '"in  the  day  of  your  glad- 
ness, and  in  your  solemn  days,  aud 
in  the  beeinniuss  of  your  months, 
ye  shall  blow  with  the  trumpets  over 
your  burnt  offerint^s,  and  tiver  the 
sacrifices  of  your  peace  olVerinj;s; 
that  they  may  be  to  vou  "for  a  me- 
morial fieliire  your  Cod:  I  am  the 
Loitli  your  God. 

11  H  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
twentieth  </(ii/ of  the  second  iiKuith. 
in  the  second  year,  that  tlie  clnud 
"was  taken  up  from  ott  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  tcstinifiny. 

1-'  Ami  the  children  of  Israel  tr.ok 
I' their  journovs  out  of  the  'iwiUbT- 
ness  ol'  Sinai."  and  the  el.nnl  rested 
in  tlic  ''wild.-.-nessofl'ariin. 

I.".  .Vnd  tlicv  first  took  tinir  journev 
'aee.irdin.'  "to  tlie  coinniaMrlmeut  of 
thel.oui.  bv  the  hand  of  Moses. 

14  !!  'In  t1u-  first  /./nr,.  went  the 
standard  of  the  camp  of  Un-  cliildreu 
of  Judah  ttccordiiif;  to  their  armies: 


and  over  his  host  was  "  Nolishon  the 
son  of  Animinadnb. 
1.)  An<l  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
hildren  of  l...saehar  ivas Nethan- 


c'llln 


on  of  Zii 


d  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Zcbulun  was  Kliab 
tlu!  son  fif  IIclou. 

17  Aud  "the  tabernacle  was  taken 
down;  and  the  sfnis  of  Gershon  aud 
the  sons  ol  Merari  set  lorwartl,  >  bear- 
ing' the  tabernacle. 

IS  H  ,\iid  '  tlie  stnndnrd  of  the  canip 
of  Keuben  set  forward  accordinj^  to 
their  armies:  and  over  his  host  ira.-* 
Klizur  the  sou  of  Shedeur. 

11)  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Simeon  vi,s  Shclu- 
micl  the  sou  ofZinishaddai. 

lid  Aud  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  (iad  ui«  Kliasapb 
the  sou  of  Deuel. 

lit  And  the  Koliatliitcs  set  forward, 
bearing;  the  "saneUniry:  an<l  \\llti: 
ulliii-  did  set  up  the  tabernacle 
ayaiust  tliey  came. 

22  TI  Aud  ii  the  standard  of  the  camp 
of  the  children  of  Kphraiiu  set  for- 
ward according  to  their  armies:  nnd 
over  his  host  was  Klishauia  the  son 
of  Annnihud. 

'£i  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Manasseh  iC(/.'(Gamii- 
liel  thesonoflVdahzur. 

24  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe 
<if  the  children  of  Henjumin  wan 
Abidau  the  son  oftiideoni. 

Mit  And  'liie  stiinchinl  of  the  camp 
of  llu'  cliililren  of  Dan  set  torwar<l, 
v/iirh  v.ix  the  rearward  of  all  the 
camps  throughout  their  hosts:  and 
over  his  host  him  Ahiezer  the  son  of 
Ammishaddai. 

2(1  And  over  the  ho.st  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Asher  was  I'aj^iel  the 
son  of  Ocran. 

27  And  over  the  host  of  the  tribe  of 
the  children  of  Naphtidi  was  Ahira 
the  son  of  r.nun. 

VX  f  'I  Thus  iicrc  the  ioumcyin(;s  of 
the  children  of  Israel  uecordiiiK  to 
then*  armies,  when  they  set  fi)rward. 

21)  1\  And  Mo.ses  said  unto  Ilobab, 
the  son  of  '  Kaguel  the  Midianitc, 
.Moses'  fattier  in  law,  We  are  jour- 
ncyiuK  unto  the  pluse  of  which  the 
l.<ini)  said,  1 1  will  give  it  you:  come 
tlniu  with  us,  and  i^we  wdl  do  thee 
good:  for  lithe  l.oiin  hath  spoken 
(.'Odd  eoueerninj,'  Israel. 

.■«)  .'\nd  he  said  unto  him,  I  will  not 
L'o;  lint  I  will  dejiart  to  iiiiue  own 
lund.  and  to  my  kimlrcd. 

.'U  And  he  said,  Leave  us  not,  I 
pray  tliee:  torasinncb  as  thou  kiKiw- 
esthow  we  are  to  encamp  in  th<>  wil- 
derness, and  thou  mayest  be  to  us 
■  instead  of  eves. 

.■!2  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  ro  with 
us,  vea.  It  shall  he,  that  k  what  good- 
nes;  the  Lortn  shall  do  unto  us,  the 
same  will  we  do  unto  thee. 

.Kl  If  And  they  departed  from  I  the 
1.35 


The  people  lust  for  flesh. 


NUMBERS. 


Moses  complaineth  to  God. 


Dcrore 
CHRIST 


•  Ai  El. 12.38. 


o,.  10. 6. 
C  K«.  W.  3. 
Ii  cli.  21.  5. 
iK<.  111.14.31. 
t  Ileb.  »y.  0/ 


,  1".  31. 
t.  1(1.  13. 


mount  of  tlie  1>ord  three  days' jour- 
ney :  and  the  ark  of  tlie  coveiiiint  of 
the  Imrd  "'  went  before  them  in  the 
tiiree  day.s' journey,  to  seureh  out  a 
restiii;;  pluee  ibr  thein. 
o4  And  "  the  cloud  of  the  I..ORD 
uiiiin  tlieiu  by  day,  when  they  went 
out  i>f  the  camp. 

.'I.)  And  it  euiue  to  pass,  when  the 
ark  set  forward,  that  Moses  said 
"Kise  up,  IjOnn,  and  let  tliine  ene- 
mies be  scattered;  and  let  them  that 
hate  thee  tlee  before  thee. 
uH  And  when  it  vested,  he  said.  Re- 
turn, O  J.diiii,  unto  the  t  many 
thousands  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XI. 
1  Tho  hurninff  at  Tuberah  iiriencJicit  by 
Moses'  praijer.  4  The  people  tunt  fur 
fe^h,  and  lo'tthe  manna,  lu  .Voscn  eom- 
plaineth  of  hie  charge.  16  OoU  liiviiittth 
Ins  burden  rcnto  seventy  elders,  al 
quails  are  given  in  wrath  at  Klbroth- 

A  ND  "  jo/ien  the  people  |i  com- 
/\.  plained,  '  it  displeased  tlie 
Loud:  and  tho  Lokd  heard  it: 
iiand  his  ansor  was  kindled:  and 
the 'lire  of  tlie  I.okd  burnt  among 
them,  and  ciiiisunicd  llinn  I/tat  u'ere 
in  the  ntteriii...^t  p.iit-i  of  the  camp. 

2  And  the  people  cried  unto  Moses; 
and  when  Moses  il  praveil  niito  the 
Loiii).  tlie  tire  f  was  (inenehed. 

H  And  he  (-.died  the  name  of  the 
place  llTalicrali:  beeaiisi  the  fire  of 
the  I,(>l;l>  Imi-iit  anion- tliem. 

4  H  And  the  >  mi.\e.l  multitude  that 
i/-<rs-  :im.,Te;  them  t  tell  a  lusting':  and 
the  children  of  Israel  als,.  (wept 
ai;iiiii,  and  said,  fWho  shall  irive  us 
flesh  toeaf/ 

.'.  «  We  remember  the  fish,  which  we 
did  eat  in  lOu'vpt  freelv;  the  cueilm- 
bci-s,  and  the'meloiis.'and  the  leeks, 
1  the  onions,  and  theuMilie: 

(i  lint  iK.w  hour  soul  i.vdiied  awav: 
l/ifi-i'  i.s  nothin;,'  at  all,  besidea  tills 
uiannn,  liciiirr  onr  eyes. 

7  And  i  tile  manna  »'<i.i  as  coriander 
seed,  and  the  f  colour  thereof  us  the 
colour  of  1.  bdellium. 

.s  .lull  the  people  went  about,  and 
tMtheied  il.  an(l  -idiind  it  in  mills, 
or  beat  it  in  a  mortar,  and  baked  it 
in  pans,  and  made  cakes  of  it:  and 
I  the  taste  of  it  was  as  the  taste  of 
fresh  oil. 

■I  .\iid  '"wheu  the  dew  fell  upon  the 
camp  in  the  ni^'lit,  the  nianmi  fell 


ip(.i 


1(1  II  Then  M 
weep  tliroiii:h. 
erv  man  in  tin 
"t'huan-erof  I 
-rcativ;  .Mo-cs 
1  .Mo-r 


ises  heard  the  people 
nt  their  families,  ev- 
il  dthis  tent:  and 

lie  Loiiii  was  kindled 
also  was  disiilcased. 
;  said  niito  the  l,oien, 
t  thoii  alllieled  thy 
vbeiitore  have  I  not 
1  favour  in  thy  sii;ht,  that  thmi 
-I  the  burden  of  all  this  iieoplc 


IJ  Have  I  conceived  all  this  peoplcy 
138 


Wli 


and 


have  I  begotten  them,  that  thou 
shouldest  say  unto  me,  ^  Carry  them 
in  thy  bosom,  as  a  'i  nursing  father 
heaieth  the  sucking  child,  unto  the 
land  which  thou  'swarest  unto  their 
fathers  ? 

13  *  Whence  should  I  have  flesh  to 
give  unto  all  this  people?  for  they 
weep  unto  me,  saying.  Give  us  flesh, 
that  we  iiiav  eat. 

1-4  'I  am  "not  able  to  bear  all  this 
people  alone,  because  it  is  too  heavy 
for  me. 

15  And  if  thou  deal  thus  with  me, 
"  kill  me,  I  pray  thee,  out  of  hand,  if 
I  have  found  f:ivour  in  thy  sight; 
and  let  me  not  ^see  my  wretched- 
ness. 

lU  IT  And  the  l^oitn  said  unto  Mo 
scs.  Gather  unto  me  i  seventy  men 
of  the  elders  of  Israel,  whom  thou 
knowest  to  he  the  eiders  of  the  peo- 
ple, and  'ottiecrs  over  them;  and 
bring  them  unto  tlie  labernaele  of  the 
congregation,  that  they  may  stand 
there  with  thee. 

17  And  I  will  "come  down  and  talk 
with  thee  there:  and  '■  I  will  take  of 
the  spirit  which  is  upon  thee,  and 
will  put  it  niRin  them  :  and  they 
shall  bear  the  burden  of  the  people 
with  thee,  that  tliou  bear  i(  not  tliy- 
self  alone. 

IS  .Vnd  say  thou  unto  the  people, 
*-'  Sanctifv  yourselves  against  to  mor- 
row, auu  ye  shall  cat  flesh:  lor  ye 
have  wefitJ  in  the  e.irs  of  the  Loiiii, 
saying.  Who  shall  give  us  flesh  to 
cut?  'for  )(  mi.o  well  with  us  in 
Egypt:  thereliirc  the  LuiiU  will  give 
you  Hesh,  and  ye  uhall  eat. 

r.)  Ye  shall  not  eat  one  day,  nor 
two  days,  nor  five  d:iys,  neither  ten 
day.s,  nor  twentv  davs; 

It)  I  Jim  even  a  "I  whole  month,  until 
it  come  out  at  voiir  nostrils,  and  it 
he  loathsome  niito  v(ai:  because  that 
ye  have  despised  tlie  l.OKD  which  i.s 
among  you,  and  have  wept  before 
him,  saving,  swhy  came  we  forth 
ontofE-vpt? 

'21  Aixl  Moses  said,  h  The  people, 
among  whom  I  «/»,  arf^  six  huudreil 
thousand  footmen  :  and  thou  hast ' 
said,  I  will  give  them  flesh,  that  they  | 
may  cat  a  whole  month.  | 

'22  "Shall  the  tloeks  and  the  herds 
be  slain  for  them,  to  sntfice  tlicmy 
or  shall  all  the  fish  of  the  sea  be  | 
gathered  together  lL>r  them,  to  sutHee  i 
them  ? 

if!  .\nd  the  Loun  said  unto  Moses,  > 
k  Is  the  l.ouD's  hand  waxed  short? 
thini  shalt  see  now  whether  liny 
word  Bhull  conic  to  pass  uuto  thee  or  I 
not.  j 

L'4  IT  Anil  Moses  went  out,  and  told 
the  people  the  words  of  tlie  I,oi!i>, 
and  "'gathered  the  seventy  men  of 
he  .-Iders  of  the  people,  and  set 
hem  round  about  the  l:ilHrriacle. 
•_'.">  .\nd  the  l.oiu)  "came  down  in  a 
cloud,  and  si>uke  unto  liim,  and  took  I 


I  S««  -2  K1UC4 

M>lt    13.  XI. 
M.rk  8.  1. 
JuUu  e.  T.  9. 


Quails  are  given  in  wrath. 


NUMBERS. 


Miriam  and  Aaron's  sedition. 


2  Kin.  19.  4. 
!•  37.  4. 
E»  35. 12. 13. 
dP..7e.  9. 


of  the  spirit  that  wets  upon  him,  and 
pave  it  unto  the  seventy  eiders:  and 
It  came  to  pass,  that,  "  when  tlie  spir- 
it rested  upon  tlieni,  ''they  proplic- 
sied,  and  did  not  cease. 
•JO  Uiit  there  remained  two  of  the 
men  in  tlie  camp,  tlie  name  of  tlic 
mis  Eldad,  and  the  name  of  the 
otlier  Medad:  and  the  spirit  rested 
upon  tlicm;  and  tliey  inre  of  tliem 
that  were  written,  hut  1  went  ni>t  out 
unto  the  tahernacle:  and  tliey  proph- 
esied in  tlie  eaiup. 
'II  And  there  ran  ayonnf;  man,  and 
told  .Moses,  and  said,  Eldad  and  Sle- 
dad  do  prophesy  in  the  camp. 

L'.S  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  the 
servant  of  .Moses,  one  of  his  young 
men,  answered  and  said,  Wy  lord 
M..SL-.S,  '•inrhidthem. 

•J!.\  .Vnd  Moses  said  unto  him,  Envi- 
est  thou  for  luv  sake?  "would  Uod 
that  all  the  Liii:ii's  jieople  were 
prophets,  (iiiit  that  the  IjOIcd  would 
l>iit  his  Siiirit  upon  tliem. 

.•!0  And  .Moses  gat  liiiu  into  tlie 
eani)),  he  and  the  elders  of  Israel. 

.'il  IT  And  there  went  forth  a  i  wind 
from  the  LoKO,  and  brought  quails 
from  the  sea,  and  let  tliem  fall  by  the 
canipj  fas  it  were  a  day's  journey  on 
thi.s  side,  and  as  it  were  a  day's  jour- 
ney on  tlie  other  side,  round  about 
the  camp,  and  as  it  were  two  cubits 
Imih  upon  the  l;iie  of  the  earth. 

.■;j  And  the  pe.iple  stood  up  all  that 
day,  and  all  ilml  ui-lit,  and  all  the 
next  d.iy,  and  they  gathered  the 
cpiails:  he  that  gathered  least  gath- 
eivd  ten  "homers:  and  they  .spread 
them  all  abroad  lor  themselves  rouud 
about  the  camp. 

SI  And  while  the  'flesh  ipasyei  be- 
tween their  teeth,  ere  it  was  chewed, 
the  wrath  of  the  I.or.i)  was  kindled 
against  the  pei.ple,  and  the  ]>ORD 
smote  the  peojile  with  a  very  great 
plague. 

'H  And  lie  called  the  name  of  that 
place  11  Kibroth-hattaavah  :  because 
there  they  buried  the  people  that 
lusted. 

'■i.'>  >Anil  the  people  journeyed  from 
Kibroth-hattaavan  unto  llazeroth; 
and  ;  abode  at  llazeroth. 

CHAPTER  XII. 
I  Ood  rcbuketh  the  aeditiun  of  Miriam  and 

Auron.     10  Miriiim'n  Uproaij  i»  healed 

at  the   prayer   of   Mogea      14  (fud  eovt- 

inandcth  her  to  be  ahut  out  of  the  hoBt. 

\  ND  Miriam  and  Aaron  spake 
Jr\.  against  Moses  because  of  the 
!I  Ethiopian  woman  whom  he  had 
married :  for  ^  he  had  1  married  an 
Ethiopian  woman. 

2  And  they  said.  Hath  the  Loed  in- 
deed spoken  only  by  Moses?  i»hath 
he  not  spoken  also  by  us?  And  the 
Lord '^' heard  if. 

.'i  (Now  the  iniin  Moses  irns  very 
meek,  abo\'e  all  the  men  which  were 
upon  the  tiiee  of  the  earth.) 

•t'iAnd  the  J.,ui!ii  B;uke  suddenly 


unto  Moses,  and  unto  Aaron,  and 
xinto  Miriam,  Come  out  ye  tliree 
unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion.   And  they  three  came  out. 

5  "And  the  Loiiu  came  down  in 
the  pillar  of  the  cloud,  and  stood  m 
tlie  door  of  the  tabernacle,  and  called 
Aaron  and  Miriam:  and  they  both 
came  forth. 

G  And  he  said.  Hear  now  my  words: 
If  there  be  a  iirophct  among  you,  1 
thel.oRU  will  make  myself  known 
unto  him  fin  a  vision,  tiiid  will  speak 
iiuto  him  S  in  a  dream. 

1  11  My  servant  Moses  is  not  so,  iwho 
IS  faithful  in  all  kmine  house. 

,S  With  him  will  I  speak  1  mouth  to 
mouth,  even  "'apparently,  and  not 
in  dark  speeches;  and  "the  simili- 
tude of  the  1-OKI)  shall  he  behold: 
wherefiire  then  "were  ye  not  atraid 
to  speak  against  nn'  servant  .Moses  ? 

II  And  the  angirofllie  l.oui)  was  khi- 
dled  against  them;  and  lie  (Up;;rti.d. 

lU  And  the  cloud  departed  fnnn  off 
the  tabernacle;  and,  l"  behold,  Jlir- 
iain  hevame  ''  leprous,  ichite  as  snow: 
and  Aaron  looked  upon  Miriam, 
and,  beliold,  n/w  wiis  leprous. 

11  And  Aaron  said  unto  Moses, 
Alas,  my  lord,  I  beseech  thee,  'lay 
not  the  sin  upon  us,  wherein  we 
liave  done  foolishly,  and  wherein  we 
have  sinned. 

12  Let  her  not  be  'as  one  dead,  of 
whom  the  flesh  is  half  consumed 
when  he  eoiueth  out  of  his  mother's 
womb. 

l.j  And  Moses  cried  unto  the  LoiU), 
saying.  Heal  her  now,  O  God,  1  be- 
seech thee. 

1411  And  the  Lord  s.aid  unto  Mo- 
ses, 'If  her  father  had  but  spit  in  her 
face,  should  she  not  be  ashamed 
seven  daj's  ?  let  her  be  "  shut  out 
from  tl\e  camp  seven  days,  and  after 
tliat  let  her  be  received  in  again. 

15  "  And  jMiriam  was  shut  out  from 
the  camp  seven  days:  and  the  peo- 
ple journeyed  not  till  Miriam  was 
brought  in  aijain. 

10  And   afterward    the    people    re- 
moved from  >  llazeroth,  and  pitched 
in  the  wilderness  of  Paran. 
CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  The  naviea  of  the  men  who  were  aent  to 
aearch  the  land.     17  Their  inatruetioyia. 
21  Their  acta.    20  Their  relation. 

A  ND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
J\  saying, 

2  "Send  thou  men,  that  they  may 
search  the  land  of  Canaan,  wliich  I 
give  unto  the  children  of  Israel:  of 
every  tribe  of  their  fiithei*s  shall  ye 
send  a  man,  every  one  a  ruler  among 
them. 

.'1  And  Moses  by  the  commandment 
of  the  Loud  sent  them  iifrom  the 
wilderness  of  Paran :  all  those  men 
irerr  heads  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  And  these  were  their  names:  Of 
the  trilie  of  Reuben,  Shammua  the 
son  of  Zaccur. 

137 


The  names  of  the  spies. 


NUMBERS.      The  people  inurmur  at  the  news. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1490. 


f»or.  8. 
ti.   17.'.). 
cL.  U.  U.  31), 


1  Neh  O.?.-:.?-'.. 

K<.  31.  11. 
k  Deal.  31.  (J, 

7.  'iJ. 


.  34.3. 
o«1t.l<).'JS. 


Judl.  lU.  4. 
S  Or,  Kifffy. 
|T)int  U. 


5  Of  the  tribe  of  Simeon,  Sliaphat 
the  son  of  llori. 

(>  '^  Of  the  tribe  of  Juduh,  A  Caleb  the 
son  of  Jophnnneh. 

7  Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar,  ]<>al  the 
son  of  Joseph. 

H  Of  tlie  tril)e  of  Ephraiin,  '^  O.shea 
the  son  of  Nun. 

II  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Palti  the 
son  of  Kiipliu. 

10  Of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  Gaddiel 
tlie  son  of  Sodi. 

11  Of  the  tribe  of  Joseph,  itamrhi,  of 
the  tribe  of  Manasseh,  Ciaddi  the  son 
of  Siisi. 

\1  Of  tlie  tribe  of  Dan,  Ainmiel  the 
son  of  Gemalli. 

M  oniie  tribe  of  Aslier,  Sethur  the 
Bt>ii  of  .Michael. 

U  Of  the  tribe  of  Naplitali,  Nahbi 
tlie  son  of  Vophsi. 

15  Of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  Gcucl  the 
son  of  Maehi. 

b!  These  are  the  name.s  of  the  men 
which  .Moses  sent  to  spv  out  the 
luiid.  .\nd  Moses  called  i  0.shea  the 
son  of  Nun,  Jehoshua. 

17  T  And  Moses  sent  thcin  to  spy 
out  the  land  of  Canaan,  and  said 
unto  them.  Get  you  up  this  u-aii 
Ksoutlnvard,  and  go  up  into  lithe 
mountain: 

bs  And  sec  the  land,  what  it  w,-  and 
tlie  neople  that  dwellcth  therein, 
whether  they  he  strong  or  weak,  few 
or  many; 

HI  .\nd  what  the  land  )i  that  they 
dwell  in,  whether  it  he  good  or  bacf ; 
anil  what  cities  then  be  that  they 
dwell  in,  whether  in  tents,  or  in 
stroll-  holds; 

^11  .\nd  what  t!io  land  is,  Mhethcr 
it  hf  i  lilt  or  lean,  M'hether  there  be 
wood  therein,  or  not.  And  k  be 
ye  of  good  courage,  and  bring  of 
the  fruit  of  the  land.  Now  the 
time   ii'us  the  time  of  tlic  first  ripe 

'Jl  ^  So  they  went  up,  and  searched 
the  land  1  from  the  wilderness  of  Zin 
unto '"Ilchob,  as  men  come  to  Ha- 
niath. 

22  And  they  ascended  by  the  south, 
and  came  mito  Hebron;  where  ".\hi- 
man,  Shcshai,  and  Talmai,  "the  chil- 
dren of  Anak,  wei-r.  (Now  I'  llebmn 
was  built  seven  years  before  ''  Zoan 
in  Kgvpt.) 

L''! '  .\nd  tliev  came  unto  the  ||  brook 
of  Kshc-ol,  and  cut  down  from  thence 
abraiuh  with  one  cluster  of  gnipcs, 
and  tlu-s  bare  it  between  two  u|>i)n  u 

talf;  and  l/ini  hi;>:i,ihi  of  the  pome- 


.doftlu 


I  Till'  phiee  was  calli'd  the  ||  brook 
Kshcol.  Iieeause  of  the  elu.ster  of 
■rapes  which  the  cliildrcn  of  Israel 
utdowu  from  thence. 
!.''''■  .\ud  Ihev  returned  from  search- 
ngofthe  Iiu'kI  after  tortvibiys. 
LC,  'I  And  Ihev  went  and  eamo  to 
doses,  and  to  Aaron,  niid  to  all  the 
ongrcgation  of  the  children  of  I.s- 
13S 


rael,  'unto  the  wilderness  of  Parun, 
to  '  Kadesh;  and  brought  back  word 
unto  them,  and  unto  all  the  congre- 
gation, and  shewed  them  the  fruit  of 
the  laud. 

27  And  they  told  him,  and  sajd.  We 
came  unto  the  land  whither  thou 
scntest  us,  and  surely  it  floweth  with 
"milk  and  honey ;  ''and  this  is  the 
fruit  of  it. 

2'H  Nevertheless  ^  the  people  te  strong 
that  dwell  in  the  land,  and  the  cities 
lire  walled,  <(/(t/  very  great:  and 
moreover  we  saw  ^  the  children  of 
Anak  there. 

211  "  The  Anialekites  dwell  in  the 
land  of  the  south:  and  the  Ilittite.s. 
and  the  Jebiisites.  and  tlie  .\niorites, 
dwell  in  the  nioiintains;  and  the  Ca- 
naanites  dwell  by  the  sea,  and  by 
the  coast  of  Jordan. 

311  And  i>  Caleb  stilled  the  people 
before  Moses,  and  said.  Let  us  go  up 
at  once,  and  possess  it;  lor  we  are 
well  able  to  overcome  it. 

.31  "^  But  the  men  that  went  up  with 
him  said.  We  be  not  able  to  go  up 
against  the  people ;  for  they  (tie 
stronger  than  we. 

'ii  And  they  il  brought  up  an  evil 
report  of  the  land  which  they  had 
searched  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying.  The  land,  through  which  we 
have  gone  to  search  it,  i^'  a  land  that 
eateth  up  the  inhabitants  thereof; 
and  ''all  the  people  that  we  saw  in  it 
(irc  t  men  of  a  great  stature. 

S!  And  there  we  saw  the  giants. 
Mho  sons  of  Anak,  uhicli  come  of  the 
giants:  and  we  were  in  our  own 
sight  i^as  grasshoppers,  and  so  we 
were  I'in  their  sight. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1    The  peonlcmurmiirni  thfncwf.    6  Josh- 
ua ami  Caleb  labour  to  still  l/iem.   U  Ood 
IhreatcnetU  them     Li  .Voses  persuaileth 
Ooil,    and    obtainetlt    pardon.      20   The 
vtitrmttrers  arc  deprived  of  entering  in- 
to the  land.    30  The  tnen  who  raised  the 
evil  report  die  by  a  plague.    40  The  peo- 
ple that  u'ould  invade  the  land  against 
the  ii'iH  «/  (lod  are  smitten. 
\  ND  all   the    congregation   lifted 
/\  up  their  voice,  and  cried;  and 
"the  people  wept  that  night. 
2  !■  .Vnd  all  the  children  of  Israel 
murmured  against  Moses  and  against 
Aaron:  and  the  whole  coiiirri>gatiou 
.said  nut.,  them.  Would  (iod  that  we 
had  died   in  the  hind  of  EgvntI  or 
<:  would  (iod  we  had  died  in  tins  wil- 
derness! 

;i  And  wherefore  hath  the  I-ORD 
brought  us  unto  this  land,  to  fall  by 
the  sword,  th:it  our  wives  and  our 
ehildren  slioiilil  be  a  prey?  were  it 
not  better  for  us  to  return  into 
Egypt  y 

4  And  tliev  said    one  to   another, 
'1  Let  us  make  a  captain,  and  *■  let  us 
return  into  K'.'ypt. 
.1  Then  1  Moses  and  Aaron  fell  on 
their  faces  belore  all  the  assembly  of 


Moses  intercedeth  with  God. 


NUMBERS. 


The  munniirers  are  excluded. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1490. 


bch.  13  27. 
Dtut.  I.  25. 
■  Cut.  IK  ir,. 


&2U.  3 
n  cli.  ii.  B. 
tHeb. 

P..  Hi.  .V 
■  •  30  2.  3. 

Jcr.  m. «. 

oatD.  4S.  21. 
El  33,  16 
l>eut  20  1.3. 
3  dc31  6.  a. 
Jo-K  1  5 
JuJg  I  22. 
'iClic  13  12 
k  15.  S  ji20. 
17   i  32.  8. 


I.  Kj.  17   4. 
t  £i   U\  10  & 

21    Ir.  17.  i 


P«  ft^  8. 
M.l.  3.8,  IB. 
■  noi.l   1.32. 


u  Et.  32  12. 
Knut  S)  26. 
27.  2a.  U  32 


r..  lui. « 
145  a 

Jon.h  4. 

.7 
.i 

2. 

l.E<.  20.  . 

.1 

the  coiigre{;ation  of  the  children  of 
Israel. 

0  TT  (•'And  Joshua  the  win  of  Nun, 
antt  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephuiineh, 
which  ticre  of  them  that  Kearehed 
the  land,  rent  their  clothes: 

7  And  they  spnke  uiitu  all  the  com- 
pany of  tlie  children  ot  I.Mncl,  sav- 
ing, liThe  land,  « hich  we  passed 
throiii;h  to  search  it,  (.■<  an  e.xceudint,' 
good  land. 

H  If  the  Lonn  'detifiht  in  >is,  then 
ho  will  brinn  us  into  this  land,  and 
Rive  it  us;  ka  land  which  tioweth 
with  milk  and  honey. 

'.•Only  'rebel  not  ye  ajrainst  the 
Lojti),  "'neither  fear  ye  the  people 
of  the  land;  l(:)r  "  they  oic  bread  for 
UM:  their  t  delcnce  is  departed  from 
them,  "and  the  Loiii)  is  with  us:  fear 
them  net. 

II)  I'  But  all  the  congrepation  bade 
stone  them  with  stones.  And  ''the 
clory  of  the  Louu  appeared  in  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congrc-pation  be- 
fore all  the  children  oflsiiiel. 

11  II  And  the  1.0Ri>  said  unto  JIo- 
ses.  How  lout;  ■*''"  "i''*  people  "pro- 
voke me  ?  and  how  long  will  it  be 
ere  thev  '  helieve  me,  Ibr  all  the  signs 
which  t  have  shewed  amoiiR  tliemi' 

12  I  will  smite  tliem  with  the  pesti- 
lence, and  disinherit  them,niul  'will 
make  of  thee  a  greater  nation  and 
mightier  than  they 

l.'t  IT  And  "  Moses  said  unto  the 
Lord,  Then  the  Egyptians  shall 
hear  i7,(for  thou  hroughtest  up  tliis 
people  in  thy  might  from  among 
them;) 

14  And  they  will  tell  it  to  the  in- 
habitants ot  this  land:  V"''  they 
have  heard  that  thou  LoRn  oil 
among  this  people,  that  thou  Lord 
art  seen  face  to  face,  and  that  >  th>' 
cloud  standeth  over  them,  and  l/iat 
thou  goest  before  them,  by  dajtime 
in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud,  and  in  a  pillar 
of  tire  by  night. 

15  V  Now  (/■  thou  shalt  kill  a!!  thi."; 
I>eople  as  one  man,  then  the  n.itions 
which  have  heard  the  fame  of  thee 
will  speak,  saying, 

10  Because  tlie  Lord  was  not  ^  able 
to  bring  this  people  into  the  land 
which  he  swarc  unto  them,  theretiire 
he  hath  slain  them  iu  the  wilder- 
ness. 

17  And  now,  I  beseech  thee,  let  the 
power  of  mv  Lord  be  great,  accord- 
ing as  thon  liast  spoken,  saying. 

Is  The  Lord  is:  "  longsufl'ering,  and 
of  great  mercy,  forgiving  iniquity 
and  trausgressiiin,  and  by  no  means 
clearing  the  tjnihii.  '» visiting  the  in- 
ifiuity  of  the  fathers  xiptni  the  cliil- 
dren  unto  the  third  and  lourlh  <jcn- 
eralwii. 

U)  ^  Pardon,  I  beseech  thee,  the  in- 
iiliiitv  of  this  people  il  according  unto 
the  grcMtiHss  of  tin-  nierev,  and  "^as 
th.iu  h:i~t  i..i'.;ivi  11 'lliia  people,  from 
i:-vpteven  |l  until  now. 


20  And  the  Lord  said,  1  have  par- 
doned laccording  to  thy  word: 

21  But  OS  truly  as  I  live,  eall  the 
earth  shall  be  filled  with  the  glory  of 
the  Lord. 

22  11  Because  all  those  men  which 
have  seen  my  glory,  and  my  mira- 
cles, which  I  did  in  Egypt  and  in 
the  wilderness, and  have  tempted  me 
now  itliese  ten  times,  and  liave  not 
hearkened  to  my  voice; 

2;J  k  t  Surely  they  shall  not  sec  the 
land  which  I  sware  unto  their  lii- 
thers,  neither  shall  any  of  them  that 
provoked  me  sec  it: 

24  But  my  servant  1  Caleb,  because 
he  had  another  spirit  with  him,  and 
'"hath  followed  me  fully,  him  will  I 
bring  into  the  land  whereinto  he 
went;  and  his  .seed  shall  possess  it. 

2.5  (Now  the  Amalekites  and  the 
Canaanites  dwelt  in  the  valley.)  To 
morrow  turn  you,  "and  get  you  into 
llie  wilderness  by  the  way  of  tin 
Ued  sea. 

2(i  II  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo 
ses  and  unto  Aaron,  saying, 

27  "  How  long  shall  J  bear  vith  thii 
evil  congregation,  which  murmur 
against  inei'  ''  I  have  heard  the  mur- 
inurings  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
which  they  murmur  against  me. 

28  Say  unto  them,  ''As  Inily  as  I 
live,  saith  the  Lord,  'as  ye  have 
spoken  in  mine  cars,  so  will  I  do  to 
you: 

211  Your  carcasses  shall  fall  in  this 
wilderness,  and  "all  that  were  nuni- 
bered  of  .vou,  according  to  your 
whole  number,  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  which  ha\  c  mur- 
mured apainst  me, 

.'!0  DoKDtless  ye  shall  not  come  into 
the  land,  Cdiic'cnihiii  which  1  t  swarc 
to  make  you  dwell  therein,  'save 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephuiineh,  and 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun. 

31  "  But  your  little  ones,  which  ye 
said  should  be  a  prev,  them  will  1 
bring  in,  and  they  snail  know  the 
land  which  "ye  have  despised. 

32  But  as  for  30U,  >  jour  carcasses, 
they  shall  fall  in  this  wilderness. 

33  And  your  children  shall  ||  "wan- 
der iu  the  wilderness  "  forty  years, 
and  1)  bear  your  whoredoms,  until 
\'our  carcasses  be  wasted  in  the  wil- 
derness. 

34  'After  the  number  of  the  daj's  in 
which  ye  searched  the  land,  cnn 
d  forty  "days,  each  day  lor  a  year, 
shall  ye  liear  your  iniiiuilies,  cvrit 
forty  years,  '^  and  3'e  shall  know  my 
ll  breach  of  promise. 

35  H  the  Lord  have  said,  I  will 
surely  do  it  unto  all  s  this  evil  con- 
gregation, that  are  gathered  together 
asaiust  me:  in  this  wilderness  they 
shall  he  consumed,  and  there  tiiey 
shall  die. 

3U  liAnd  the  men  which  Moses  sent 
to  search  the  land,   who   returned, 
and   madi!  all   the  cougrei;ation   to 
139 


Tha  rebellious  are  xmitten. 


NUMBERS. 


Tlie  law  of  sundry  offerings. 


J  U.  O.  8. 

li :«. 

Ic  i'l  2.  K.  13. 

Dcut.  10.  10. 
ollcii   D.2I. 

Ej. .».  la. 
ri.oT.  2. 1.  Ji 


murmur  at;aiiist  liiin,  by  briiiKUiK 
up  a  slander  upon  tlie  land, 

.■i7  Even  tho.se  men  tliat  did  hiin'; 
up  the  evil  report  upon  the  land, 
idled  by  the  plajjue  belore  the  Lord. 

.'W  k  But  Joshua  the  son  ot  Nun,  and 
Caleb  the  sou  of  Jephunneh,  ivliich 
in  re  of  the  men  that  went  to  search 
the  land,  lived  slill. 

o!)  And  Moses  told  the.sc  sayings 
unto  all  the  children  of  Israel:  laud 
tlie  people  mourned  greatly. 

40  IT  And  they  rose  up  early  in  the 
luorniug,  and  gat  them  up  into  the 
top  of  the  mountain,  saying,  Lo, 
'"we  be  here,  and  will  go  up  unto  the 
place  which  the  LoBU  hath  prom- 
ised: for  we  have  sinned. 

41  And  Moses  said.  Wherefore  now 
do  ye  transgress  "the  eommandment 
of  tile  l.,oitL>i'  but  it  shall  not  prosper. 

42  "Gu  not  up,  fur  the  Loud  w  not 
among  you;  that  yo  be  not  smitten 
before  your  enemies. 

4-!  For  the  AmaleUites  and  the  Ca- 
naanites  are  there  belbre  vou,  and 
ye  shiiU  fall  by  the  sword:  ''because 
Ve  are  turned  away  from  the  Lohd, 
theretbre  the  LoKD  will  not  be  with 
you. 

"44  ''But  they  presumed  to  go  up 
unto  the  hiirtop:  nevertheless  the 
ark  of  tlie  covenant  of  tlie  Loud, 
and  Moses,  departed  not  out  of  the 
camii. 

4.j  ■■  Then  the  ,\malekites  c.ime 
down,  and  the  Caiiaanites  which 
dwelt  in  that  hill,  and  smote  tli.iii, 
and  discomtited  them,  crt/i  unto 
'^  llorniah. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
1  The  Imv  of  the  meat  offering  and  the 
drink  offering.  Vi,  29  The  ttranuer  in 
umler  the  smne  Uu:  17  The  l„w  of  the 
firal  of  the  dough  for  «  heave  offering. 
2'i  The  gaerijice  for  tint  ofignorunce.  30 
The  jmnithnient  of  preHumption.  32  lie 
that  rii'laled  the  tabOath  ia  Honed.  37 
The  law  offringct. 

VND  the  LoKD  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  "  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Isra- 
el, and  say  unto  them.  When  ye  be 
come  into  the  land  of  your  habita- 
tions, which  I  give  unto  you, 

.'S  And  i>will  make  an  ottering  by 
fire  unto  the  Loliii,  a  biuiit  offering, 
or  a  s:icritice  'in  (performing  a 
vow,  or  in  a  freewill  ottering,  or  'I  in 
your  solemn  feasts,  to  make  a  "sweet 
savour  unto  the  Loud,  of  the  herd, 
or  of  the  flock: 

4  Then  (shall  he  that  ofTeroth  his 
offering  unto  the  Loud  bring  "a 
meat  otrering  of  a  tenth  (leal  of  flour, 
mingled  li  with  the  fourth  jMirt  of  ii 
hin  of  oil. 

.'">  i  And  the  fourth  jmrl  of  a  hin  of 
wine  for  a  drink  ottering  slialt  thou 
t   ottering  or 


I 
saerilie 


for  one  himb. 


i;  t  Or  for  a  ram,  tiiou  shalt  iirepare 
for  a  meat  ofi'ering  two  tenth  deals 
140 


of  rtour.  mingled  with  the  third  },wt 
of  a  hin  of  oil. 

r  And  for  adrink  ottering  lliou  shaft 
otter  the  third  imrl  ni  a  hin  of  w  ine, 
for  a  sweet  savour  iiiitn  tlie  Loud. 
"s  And  when  thou  prepaiest  a  bull- 
ock for  a  burnt  ottering,  or  for  a 
sacrifice  in  performing  a  vow,  or 
I  peace  ofFeriiigs  unto  the  Lords 

1)  Then  shall  he  bring  '"  with  a  bull- 
ock a  meat  ottering  of  three  tenth 
deals  of  flour,  mingled  with  half  a 
hin  of  oil. 

10  And  thou  shalt  bring  for  a  drink 
offering  half  a  hin  of  wine,  ./or  an 
ottering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet  sa- 
vour unto  the  LoKU. 

11  "Thus  shall  it  be  done  for  one 
bullock,  or  for  one  ram,  or  for  a 
lamb,  or  a  kid. 

12  According  to  the  number  that  ye 
shall  prepare,  so  shall  >  e  do  to  every 
one  according  to  their  number. 

13  All  that  are  born  of  the  country 
shall  do  these  things  atler  this  man- 
ner, in  ottering  an  offering  made  by 
tire,  of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Lord. 

14  And  if  a  stranger  sojourn  with 
you,  or  whosoever  tie  among  vou  in 
vour  generations,  and  will  otter  an 
offering  made  by  fire,  of  a  sweet 
savour  unto  the  LoKD;  as  ye  do,  so 
he  shall  do. 

lj"()nc  ordinance  .e/mH  he  both  for 
\oi\  of  the  congregation,  and  also  for 
the  stranger  that  sojourncth  ivith 
1)1111,  ail  ordinance  for  ever  in  your 
generations:  as  ve  <ire,  so  shall  the 
stranger  he  before  the  Lord. 

K;  One  law  and  one  manner  shall  be 
for  you,  and  for  the  stranger  that  so- 
joui-ueth  with  you. 

17  IT  And  the  LOKD  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

1,S  I'  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  say  unto  them.  When  ye 
come  into  the  laud  whither  I  bring 

lit  Then  it  shall  be,  that. when  yc 
eat  of  1  the  bread  of  the  laud,  ye  shall 
otter  up  a  heave  ottering  unto  the 
Loud. 

20  ■■  Ye  shall  offer  up  a  cake  of  the 
first  of  your  dough  for  a  heave  of- 
fering: as?/e  do  'the  heave  ottering 
of  the  threshingfloor,  so  shall  ye 
heave  it. 

21  Of  the  first  of  your  dough  ye  shall 
give  unto  the  Loud  a  heave  otTering 
in  your  generations. 

22  IT  And  •  if  ye  have  erred,  and  not 
observed  all  these  commandments, 
which  the  Lord  hath  spoken  unto 
Moses, 

2.'!  Eren  all  that  the  I^ord  hath 
commanded  vou  by  the  hand  of  Mo- 
ses, from  the  dav  that  the  Loud 
commanded  .1/o-r.^  and  hencefor- 
ward among  vcnir  generations ; 

24  Then  it  shall  be.  "if  iimiUt  be 
committed  by  ignorance  t  without 
the  knowledge  of  the  congregation, 


The  sabbathbreaker  stoned. 


NUMBERS. 


The  rebelMo7i  of  Korah, 


Before 

CHRIST 

1490. 


tl\nt  all  tlic  conKri'gation  sliall  offer 
(jiu  youii{;  bullock  1br  a  burnt  oHcr- 
in^,  fir  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  I^oi!i>, 
"  with  lii.s  meat  offeriiif;,  and  his 
drink  oflerinf;,  accordin;;  to  tlic 
11  manner,  and  >  one  kid  ot  tlie  goats 
for  a  .sin  offering. 

25  ^  And  tlie  jiriest  shall  make  an 
atonement  fiir  all  tlie  eongrcKation 
of  the  cliildren  of  Israel,  and  it  sliall 
be  forgiven  them;  fcir  it  !,<  ignoranee: 
and  they  shall  bring  their  offerinE, 
a  sacrilice  made  by  tire  unto  the 
Loitii,  and  their  sin  ofl'erint;  before 
the  Lord,  for  their  isnonuiee: 

'2ii  And  it  shall  be  tbr^iven  all  the 
congregation  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, aiid  the  stranger  that  sojoum- 
eth  among  them ;  seeing  all  tlie  ik'o- 
ple  ircrc  in  ijjnorance. 

lT  it  And  "if  any  soul  sin  through 
igTiorance,  then  he  shall  bring  a  sue 
goat  of  the  tirst  jear  for  a  sin  ofter- 
ing. 

2H  iiAnd  the  priest  shall  make  an 
atonement  (or  tlic  soul  that  sinneth 
ignorantlj-,  when  he  sinneth  by  ig- 
norance before  the  Lord,  to  make 
an  atonement  for  him;  and  it  shall 
be  ibrgiven  him. 

Ull  '■  Ye  shall  have  one  law  for  Iiim 
that  tsinnctli  through  ignorance, 
tmlli  fur  him  that  is  born  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  for  the 
stranger  tliat  sojourneth  among 
them. 

.•JO  TI  ■!  But  the  soul  that  doeth  aiigTit 
f  presumptuously,  in/icl/icrhe  be  born 
Ml  the  land,  or  a  stranger,  the  same 
reproachcth  the  Lord;  and  that  soul 
shall  be  cut  olf  from  among  his  peo- 
ple. 

ol  Because  he  hath  ^  despised  the 
word  of  the  Loud,  and  hath  broken 
his  commandment,  that  soul  shall 
utterly  be  cut  off;  f  his  iniquity  shall 
be  upon  him. 

32  IT  And  while  the  children  of  Is- 
rael were  in  the  wilderness,  sthej' 
found  a  man  that  gathered  sticks 
upon  the  sabbath  day. 

3;!  And  they  that  found  him  gather- 
ing sticks  brought  him  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron,  and  unto  all  the  congre- 
gation. 

34  And  they  put  him  liin  ward, 
because  it  was  not  declared  what 
should  bo  done  to  him. 

3.5  And  the  LORD  said  unto  Moses, 
i  The  man  shall  be  surely  put  to 
death :  all  the  congregation  shall 
li  stone  him  with  stones  without  the 
camp. 

30  And  all  the  congregation  brouglit 
him  without  the  camp,  and  stoned 
him  with  stones,  and  he  died;  as  the 
Lord  commanded  Moses. 

37  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  tmto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

38  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  bid  i  them  that  they  make 
them  fringes  in  the  borders  of  their 
garmeuts,  throushout  their  genera- 


tions, and  that  they  jiut  upon  the 
fringe  of  the  borders  a  ribband  of 
blue: 

oil  And  it  shall  he  unto  you  for  a 
fringe,  that  je  may  look  upon  it,  and 
remember  all  the  coinmandments  of 
the  Lord,  and  do  them;  and  that 
ye  '"seek  not  after  your  own  heart 
and  your  own  eyes,  after  which  yc 
use  "  to  go  a  whoring: 

W  That  ye  may  remember,  and  do 
all  my  comnianaments,  and  be  "  holy 
unto  your  God. 

41  I  am  the  Loud  your  God,  which 
brought  you  out  of  tlic  land  of  Egypt, 
to  be  your  God:  I  am  the  Loud 
your  God. 

CHAPTER  XVL 

I  TJie  rebellion  of  Korah,  Dalhan,  ctnd 
Ahiram.  •i.i  Mosen  M]inratcth  the  peo- 
ple from  the  rebels'  tenia.  31  The  earth 
ewattoioeth  u;»  Korah,  and  n  fire  con. 
eumeth  othert.  30  The  eenacra  are  re- 
served to  holy  use.  41  fourteen  thoit- 
ennd  and  seven  hundred  are  ulain  hp  a 
pltiffuc  for  7nurmurinff  against  Moacs 
and  Aaron.  40  Aaron  by  ineenae  atayeth 
the  ptaffue. 

'VTOW  "Korah,  the  son  of  Izhar, 

I I  the  son  of  Koliath,  the  son  ot 
Levi,  and  Dathau  and  Abiram,  the 
sons  of  Eliab,  and  On,  the  son  of 
Peleth,  sons  of  Keuben,  took  jitcn  : 

2  And  they  rose  up  belbrc  Moses, 
with  certain  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
two  hundred  and  fifty  iirinces  of  the 
assembly,  li  famous  in  the  congrega- 
tion, men  of  renown: 

3  And  "^they  gathered  themselves 
together  against  Moses  and  ajtainst 
Aaron,  and  said  unto  them,  f  1  e  tal.c 
too  much  upon  yon,  seeing  ii  all  the 
congregation  are  holy,  every  one 
of  them,  "and  the  Lord  is  among 
them :  wherefore  then  litl  yc  up  your- 
selves above  the  congregation  of  the 
Lord? 

4  And  when  Slosc!  heard  !(,  f  he  fell 
upon  his  face: 

5  And  he  spake  unto  Korah  and 
unto  all  his  companj',  saying.  Even 
to  morrow  the  Loud  will  shew  who 
ai-c  his,  and  tc/io  is  i^lioly;  and  will 
cause  him  to  come  near  unto  him: 
even  him  whom  he  hath  h chosen 
will  he  cause  to  'come  near  unto 
him. 

(i  This  do;  Take  j'ou  censers,  Ko- 
rah, and  all  his  company; 

7  And  put  lire  therein,  and  put  in- 
cense in  them  before  the  Lord  to 
morrow:  and  it  shall  be  that  the 
man  whom  the  Loud  dotli  choose, 
he  .'ihall  be  holy:  tfe  take  too  much 
upon  you,  ye  sons  of  Levi. 

8  And  Moses  said  unto  Korah,  Hear, 
I  pray  you,  ye  sons  of  Levi: 

9  Seemeth  it  hut  k  a  small  thing  unto 
you,  that  the  God  of  Israel  hath  l  sep- 
arated you  from  the  congregation 
of  Israel,  to  bring  j;ou  near  to  him- 
self to  do  the  service  of  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  Lord,  and  to  stand  be- 

14J 


The  rebellion  of  Korah, 


NUMBERS. 


Dathan,  and  Ahiram. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  1471. 


LUoo.  1M5, 
II. 
\,  K.  II. 


fore  the  congregation  to  minister 
unto  them? 

10  Anil  he  hath  broujrtit  thee  near 
lo  him,  and  all  tliy  brethren  tlie  tsons 
of  Levi  with  thee:  unci  seek  ye  the 
priesthood  also? 

11  For  which  cause  both  thou  and 
all  thy  compimy  arc  gathered  to- 
gether against  the  LOISD:  '"and  what 
IS  Aaron,  that  ye  murmur  against 
him  ? 

12  U  And  Moses  sent  to  call  Dathan 
and  Al>irain,  the  sons  of  Eliab;  which 
said,  We  will  not  come  up: 

13  "Is  it  a  small  thing  that  thou 
hast  brought  us  up  out  of  a  land 
that  fioweth  with  milk  and  lioncy, 
to  kill  us  in  tlie  wilderness,  except 
tlinu  "make  thyself  altogether  a 
Iirinee  over  us? 

H  Moreover,  thou  liast  not  brought 
us  into  I'a  land  tliat  floweth  with 
milk  and  honey,  or  given  us  inherit- 
ance of  fields  anil  vineyards  ;  wilt 
tliim  t  put  out  the  cyesot  these  men? 
we  will  not  come  up. 

l.i  And  Moses  was  very  wroth,  and 
snid  unto  the  LoiiP,  'i  Respect  not 
thou  their  offering:  'l  have  not  ttiken 
one  ass  from  them,  neither  have  I 
hurt  one  of  them. 

lij  And  Moses  said  unto  Korah, 
'  He  thou  and  all  thy  company  'be- 
fore the  1>0K1),  thou,  and  they,  and 
Aaron,  to  morrow: 

17  And  t.ake  every  man  his  censer, 
and  put  incense  in  them,  and  bring 
ye  before  the  Lokd  every  man  his 
censer,  two  hundred  and  fifty  cens- 
ers; thou  also,  and  Aaron,  each  of 
yoH  his  censer. 

18  And  they  took  every  man  his 
censir,  and  put  fire  in  them,  and 
laid  incense  thereon,  and  stood  in 
the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation with  Mo..<es  and  Aaron. 

10  And  Korah  gathered  all  tl  - 


sttll 


It.)  the  d. 


.ftli. 


ofthi-tabe  .       ,, 

and  "  till-  glorv  of  tlie  I.okd  appeared 

unto  all  the  congregation. 

L1I  And  the  Loud  spake  unto  Moses 
and  iMito  Aaron,  saying, 

•Jl  "  .Separate  yourselves  from  among 
this  congregation,  that  I  may  >  con- 
sume them  in  a  moment. 

21  And  thev  '^  fell  upon  their  faces, 
and  said,  U  God,  "(he  (lod  of  the 
spirits  of  all  flesh,  shall  one  man  sin, 
and  wilt  thou  be  wroth  with  all  the 
congregation  ? 

2.1  TI  And  the  Loitl)  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

'M  .Speak  unto  the  congregation, 
saving.  Get  von  up  from  about  the 
tal)ernaclc  of  Korah,  Duthiin,  and 
Aliiram. 

as  .\nd  Moses  rose  up  and  went 
unto  Dathan  and  .\hirani;  and  the 
elders  of  Israel  f.illowed  him. 

'Jl  And  he  spake  iiiiUi  the  congrega- 
tion, saying,  ''Depart,  I  pray  you, 
fiom  the  teiit.s  of  these  wicked  men, 
142 


and  touch  nothing  of  theirs,  lest  ye 
be  consumed  in  all  their  sins. 

'27  So  thev  gat  up  from  the  taber- 
nacle of  ICorah,  Dathan.  and  Ahi- 
ram, on  every  side:  and  Dathan  and 
Abirain  came  out,  and  stixxl  in  the 
door  of  their  tents,  and  their  wives, 
and  their  sons,  and  their  little  chil- 
dren. 

2S  And  Moses  said,  '  Hereby  ye 
shall  know  that  the  Loud  hath  sent 
me  to  do  all  these  works;  for  I hni-e 
not  (lone  them  <t  of  mine  own  mind. 

2!)  If  these  men  die  I  the  common 
death  of  all  men,  or  if  they  he  'visit- 
ed afler  the  visitation  of  all  men; 
then  the  Lord  hath  not  sent  me. 

;?0  But  if  the  Loud  fmake  fa  new 
thing,  and  the  earth  open  her  mouth, 
and  swallow  them  up,  with  all  that 
aijpeitain  unto  them,  and  they  Sgo 
down  <|uick  into  the  pit;  then  yc 
shall  understand  that  these  men 
have  provoked  the  Lord. 

,"1  TT  li  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  had 
made  an  end  of  speaking  all  these 
words,  that  the  ground  clave  asunder 
that  jco.'i  under  them: 

32  And  the  earth  opened  her  mouth, 
and  swallowed  them  up.  and  their 
houses,  and  i  all  the  men  that  iippcr- 
Iniiied  unto  Korah,  and  all  their 
goods. 

33  They,  and  all  that  appertained 
to  them,  went  down  alive  into  the 
pit,  and  the  earth  closed  upon  them: 
and  they  perished  from  among  the 
congregation. 

'.'A  And  all  Israel  that  teere  round 
about  them  fled  at  the  cry  of  them: 
for  they  said.  Lest  the  earth  swallow 
us  up  ulfo. 

3.5  And  there  k  came  out  a  fire  from 
the  Lord,  and  consumed  Uhe  two 
hundred  and  fifty  men  that  offered 
incense. 

.'HI  TI  .\nd  the  Loud  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

:',7  Speak  unto  Eleazar  the  son  of 
Aaron  the  priest,  that  he  take  nj)  the 
censers  out  of  the  burning,  and  scat- 
ter thcni  the  fire  yonder;  ibr  "'  they 
are  hallowed. 

,'W  The  censers  of  these  "sinners 
against  their  own  souls,  let  them 
make  them  broad  plates/or  a  cover- 
ing of  the  altar:  for  they  offered 
them  before  the  Lord,  therefore 
they  are  hallowed:  "and  they  shall 
be  a  sign  unto  the  ehiklien  ol  Israel. 

;»  And  Elea/.ar  the  priest  took  the 
brazen  censers,  wherewith  thev  that 
were  Inirnt  had  offered:  and  they 
were  made  ]>rtKii\  j}kiles  for  a  cover- 
ing of  the  altar: 

41)  To  lie  a  memorial  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  I' that  no  stranger, 
which  j'.s-  not  of  the  seed  of  .Varon, 
come  near  to  oiler  incense  helore  the 
Lord;  that  he  be  not  as  Korah,  and 
as  his  company:  as  the  Loud  said  to 
him  bv  the  hand  of  Moses. 

41  H  iBut  on  the  morrow  1  all  the 


The  people  murmur. 


NUMBERS. 


Aaron's  rod  flourisheth. 


conp;ref^ation  of  the  children  of  Israel 
murmured  against  Moses  and  njrainst 
Aaron,  savins;,  Yc  have  killed  the 
people  of  the  Lord. 

42  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
congregation  was  gathered  against 
Moses  and  against  Aaron,  that  they 
looked  toward  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  :  and,  behold,  ■■  the 
cloud  covered  it,  and  "  the  glory  of 
the  Lord  appeared. 

43  And  Moses  and  Aaron  came  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion. 

44  TT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saving, 

45  *  Get  you  lip  from  among  this 
congregation,  tliat  I  may  consume 
them  as  in  a  moment.  And  "the}' 
fell  upon  their  faces. 

4(>  ti  And  Moses  said  unto  Aaron, 
Take  a  censer,  and  put  tire  therein 
from  off  the  altar,  and  put  on  in- 
cense, and  go  quickly  unto  the  con- 
gregation, and  make  an  atonement 
for  them :  ^  for  there  is  wrath  gone 
out  from  the  Lord;  the  plague  is 
begun. 

47  And  Aaron  took  as  Moses  com- 
manded, and  ran  into  the  midst  of 
the  congregation;  and,  behold,  the 
plajruc  was  begun  among  the  [leople: 
ana  he  put  on  incense,  and  made  an 
atonement  for  the  jieople. 

48  And  he  stood  between  the  dead 
and  the  living;  and  the  plague  was 
stayed. 

4!)  Now  they  that  died  in  the  plague 
were  fourteen  thousand  and  seven 
hundred,  besides  them  that  died 
aliout  the  matter  of  Korah. 

.50  And  Aaron  returned  unto  ^Foses 
unto  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation:  and  the  plague 
was  stayed. 

CHAPTER  XVIL 

1  Anron'a  rod  amontj  all  the  rodt  of  till 
tribre  only  fiouriaheth.  10 /«  ta  left  for 
a  inoniaiicnt  agaiimt  the  rebela. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  take  of  every  one  of  them  a  rod 
according  to  the  house  of  thrir  fa- 
thers, of  all  their  princes  according 
to  the  liouse  of  their  fathers,  twelve 
rods:  write  thou  every  man's  name 
upon  his  rod. 

5  And  thou  shall  write  .Vnron'a 
name  upon  the  rod  of  Ijovi:  tor  one 
rod  :ihaU.  he  for  the  head  of  the  house 
of  their  fathers. 

4  And  thou  shalt  lay  them  up  in 
the  t^ibernacle  of  the  congregation 
before  the  testimony,  "  where  I  will 
meet  with  vou. 

5  And  it  sliall  come  to  pa-ss,  that  the 
man's  rml,  b  whom  I  shall  choose, 
shall  blossom:  and  I  will  make  to 
cease  from  me  the  murmurings  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  ''whereby  they 
murmur  against  yr.u. 

G  IF  And  Moses  spake  unto  tJie  chil- 


dren of  Israel,  and  every  one  of  their 
princes  gave  him  1  a  rod  apiece,  for 
each  prince  one,  according  to  their 
fathers' houses.eiCH  twelve  rods:  and 
the  rod  of  Aaron  icas  among  their 
rods. 

7  And  Moses  laid  up  the  rods  before 
the  Lord  in  <Ulie  tabernacle  of  wit- 
ness. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  on  the 
morrow  Moses  went  into  the  taber- 
nacle of  witness;  and,  behold,  the  rod 
of  Aaron  for  the  house  of  Levi  was 
budded,  and  brought  forth  buds,  and 
bloomed  blossoms,  and  yielded  al- 
monds. 

il  And  Moses  brought  out  all  the  rods 
from  before  the  Lord  unto  all  the 
children  of  Israel:  and  they  looked, 
and  took  every  man  his  rod. 

1(1  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Bring  "Aaron's  rod  again  before  the 
testimony,  to  be  kept  ftor  a  token 
against  the  trcbels;  Sand  thou  shalt 

?[uite  take  away  their  murmurings 
rom  me,  that  they  die  not. 

11  And  Moses  didfo:  as  the  Lord 
commanded  him,  so  did  he. 

12  And  the  children  of  Israel  spake 
unto  Moses,  saying.  Behold,  we  die, 
we  perish,  we  all  perish. 

1'!  h  Whosoever  cometh  any  thing 
near  unto  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord 
shall  die:  shall  we  be  consumed  with 
dying? 

CHAPTER  xvm. 

1  The  ehrrrfie  of  the  priests  and  Levftes.  9 
Tuc  priests'  portion.  21  The  Levites' 
portion.  25  The  heave  offerivfj  to  the 
priests  out  of  the  Levites'  portion. 

VND  the  Lord  said  unto  Aaron, 
"Thou  and  thy  sons  and  thy  fa- 
ther's house  with  thee  shall  iibear  the 
iniquity  of  the  sanctuary:  and  thou 
and  thy  sons  with  thee  shall  bear  the 
iniquity  of  your  priesthoo<l. 

2  And  thj'  brethren  also  of  the  tribe 
of  Levi,  the  tribe  of  thy  father,  bring 
thou  with  thee,  that  they  may  he 
'^.joined  unto  thee,  and  J  minister  un- 
to tliec:  but  'thou  and  thy  sons  with 
thee  ^nll  minister  before  the  taber- 
nacle of  witness. 

a  And  they  shall  keep  tliv  charge, 
and  ithe  charge  of  all  the  tabernacle: 
Sonly  tlie^'  shall  not  come  nigh  the 
vessels  ot  the  sanctuarj'  and  the  al- 
tar, h  that  neither  they,  nor  ye  also, 
die. 

4  And  they  shall  be  joined  unto 
thee,  and  keep  the  charge  of  the  tab- 
ernacle of  tlie  eoncrrgation,  for  all 
the  senice  of  the  tabernacle:  iand 
a  stranger  shall  not  come  nigh  unto 
you. 

.■;  And  yc  shall  keep  k  the  charge  of 
the  sanctuary,  and  the  charge  ot  the 
altar;  'that  there  be  no  wrath  any 
more  upon  the  children  of  Israel. 

C,  And  I,  bthold.  I  have  '"tak- 
en your  brethren  the  Levites  from 
among  the  childi-en  of  Israel:  "to 
you  tlicj/  arc  given  as  a  gift  fbr  the 
143 


The.  portinn  of  the  priests. 


NUMBERS. 


The  portion  of  the  Leviten. 


Before 
CHRIST 
ftbout  1471. 


e  Ei.  22.  29 
dKi.22  29  & 
•a  h>.  li  34. 


22.  2;i. 
Lev.  27.  2a 
oh.  3.  13. 
hEi.  Ut3.  i: 
31.20. 


I  B<.  29.  % 
I»T.7.31.32, 


I>oitu,  to  (Ic)  the  scrvii'o  of  the  taber- 
nacle (if'tlif  ciin;;rcKntii>n. 

7  Thercll>n>  "tlii.u  ami  thv  sons  with 
tlioe  sliiiU  keep  vmir  piies't's  offlco  for 
every  thiii^'  of  the  altar,  and  I'within 
the  vail;  and  ve  shall  serve:  I  have 
given  .vonr  |)rtest's  otKce  viiln  jioii  ris 
11  service  of  i;ift:  and  the  stranger  that 
Cometh  nigli  shall  be  put  to  death. 

8  TT  Anil  the  Loiiu  fpake  unto 
Aaron,  Beliold,  11  also  have  given 
tliee  the  charge  of  mine  heave  offer- 
ings of  all  the  hallowed  thing.?  of  tlie 
ehildien  of  Israel;  unto  thee  have  I 
given  them  'by  reason  of  the  anoint- 
ing, and  to  thy  son.?,  by  an  ordinance 
for  ever. 

!)  This  shall  be  thine  of  the  most 
holy  things,  rc-^crrcd  from  the  tire: 
every  oblation  of  tlieirs,  every  •meat 
offering  of  theirs, and  every  sin  offer- 
ing of  tln'irs,  and  every  *  trespass 
offering  of  theirs,  whicli  they  slinll 
render  unto  nic,  f/iall  be  most  holy 
for  thee  and  for  thy  sons. 

10  "In  the  most  holy  jitace  shalt 
tliou  eat  it;  every  male  shall  cat  it: 
it  sjiall  be  holy  iihto  thee. 

U  And  this  i.s'  tliine;  J'thc  heave 
offering  of  their  gill,  with  all  the 
wave  otfeiings  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael: 1  have  iriven  them  nnto  ''thee, 
and  to  thv  sons  and  In  thv  dangh- 
ter.^  Willi  thee,  by  a  statute  for  ever: 
^e\'erv  one  that  is  clean  in  tiiy  liouse 
shall  eat  of  it. 

I-.'  i>  AU  the  f  best  of  the  nil,  and  all 
the  best  ol  the  wine,  and  of  the  wheat, 
<:the  tiistfruits  of  them  which  they 
shall  oiler  nnto  the  1-OHI),  them  have 
J  given  thee. 

1.1  Am/  whatsoever  i.s  first  ripe  in 
the  land,  'I  which  they  shall  bring  nn- 
to the  hoini,  shall  be  thino;  "cverv 
one  tliat  is  clean  in  thine  liouse  shall 
eat  of  it. 

14  f  Every  thing  devoted  in  Israel 
shall  be  tliine. 

1.5  Every  thing  that  openeth  Sfhe 
matrix  in  all  flesh,  which  tliev  bring 
unto  the  I.oiiu,  w/iillin-  U  h.-  of  men 
orhea.s|s,  shall  be  thine:  nevertheless 
lithe  nrstb.>rnofiiKm..haltlhousnre- 
Ivreilerni,  and  lb.' tirstlingof  unclean 
biMsts  shalt  Ihon  redeem. 

Hi  \\v\  th.'-e  thatare  to  be  reilei'med 
from  a  month  old  shalt  thon  redeem, 
■  according  to  thine  estimation,  for 
the  money  of  five  shekels,  after  the 
sliekil  of  the  sunctuarv,  k which  is 
twenty  gerahs. 

17  I  Uiit  the  firstling  of  a  cow.  or  the 
firstling  of  a  sheei),  "r  the  firstling  of 
a  goat,  thou  shalt  not  redeem;  thev 
-or  holv:  "Mhon  shalt  sprinkle  thetr 
blo.)d  upon  the  altar,  and  shalt  burn 
tlieir  fat  for  an  ofTeriUL'  made  bv  fire, 
fi)r  a  sweet  savour  nnto  the  Li)l>li. 

15  And  the  lle^h  of  them  shall  be 
thine,  as  the  "  wave  breast  and  as  the 
right  shoulder  are  thine. 

I'.l  "  All  the  heave  iiflTeringa  of  the 
holy  tilings,  which  the  childix-n  of 
144 


Israel   offer   unto   the  Lonn,   have 

I  given  thee,  and  thv  sons  and  thy 
daughters  with  thee",  bv  a  statute 
for  ever:  I' it  i.^  a  covenant  of  salt 
for  ever  before  the  l.or.i)  nnto  thee 
and  to  thv  seed  with  thee. 

at  U  And  the  l.oiiD  spake  unto 
Aaron,  Thon  shalt  have  no  inher- 
itance in  their  land,  neither  shalt 
thou  have  any  part  among  them  : 

I I  am  thy  piirt  and  thine  inherit- 
ance among  the  children  of  Israel. 

21  And,  behold,  'I  have  given  the 
children  of  Levi  all  the  tenth  in  Is- 
rael ior  an  inheritance,  fortheir  serv- 
ice which  they  serve,  creii  '  the  seri'- 
ice  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

22  '  Neither  must  the  children  of 
Israel  licneeffirth  come  nigh  the  tab- 
ernacle of  the  congregation,  "  lest 
they  bear  sin,  f  and  die. 

'£i  "  But  the  Levites  shall  do  the 
service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  they  shall  bear  their 
iniiiuity:  it  slinUbe  a  statute  for  ever 
throughout  your  generations,  that 
among  the  children  of  Israel  they 
have  no  inheritauee. 

24  s  15ut  the  tithes  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  which  thev  offer  oaa.  brave 
olferiu-  unto  the  I.orh.  I  have  given 
to  the  Levitesto  inherit:  tberefi.re  I 
have  said  nnto  them,  '^  Among  the 
children  of  Israel  they  shall  have  no 
inheritance. 

25  T  And  the  Lord  spake  unto 
IMoses,  saying, 

20  Thus  speak  unto  the  Eevites, 
and  say  unto  them,  AVIien  yc  take 
of  the  children  of  Israel  the  tithes 
which  I  have  given  you  from  them 
for  your  inheritance,"  then  ye  shall 
offer  up  a  lieave  offering  of  it  for 
the  l.oiiu,  creii  "a  tenth  part  of 
the  tithe. 

27  I'And  this  your  heave  offering 
shall  be  reckone<l  tinto  yon,  as 
though  it  wcrr  the  corn"  of  the 
thre.sliingfloor,  and  as  the  fulness 
of  the  winepress. 

2.S  Tims  ye  also  .shall  offer  a  heave 
offering  nnto  the  I.iinn  of  all  your 
tithes,  which  yc  receive  of  the  "chil- 
dren of  Israel  ;  and  ye  shall  give 
thei-eof  the  l>oi!r>'s  heave  ofl'ering  to 
Aaron  the  priest. 

2!!  Out  of  all  your  gifI-'<  ye  shall 
offer  every  liea"vc  offtrin.j  of  the 
Lord,  of  all  the  f  best  thereof,  cnn 
the  hallowed  part  thereof  out  of  it. 

.■»  Therefbre  thou  .shalt  say  nnto 
them.  When  yc  have  heaved  the 
best  thereof  from  it,  ^  then  it  shall 
be  counted  unto  the  l.evites  as  the 
increase  of  the  thresbingtloor,  and 
as  the  increase  of  the  \vinepress. 

.".1  .\nd  ye  shall  eat  it  in  every 
place,  ye  and  your  households:  for 
it  (.«  'lyour  reward  for  your  ser\'icc 
in  the"  tahcrniicle  of  tlie  congrega- 
tion. 

32  .\nd  ve  shall  "bear  no  sin  bv 


Btfori 
CHRIST 
about  lt71. 


The  water  of  separation. 


NUMBERS. 


The  laiv  for  the  use  of  it. 


c  U..  <  6.  i 
Ifi   U.  IS. 
Heb.  S.  13. 


er.  13.  20. 
.'.  31.  23. 


reason  of  it,  when  je  have  lieavcd 
from  it  the  best  of  it :  luitlier  shall 
yv.  I  pollute  tlie  holy  thiii;,'s  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  lest  ve  die. 
CHAPTER  XIX. 

I  Tlie  water  of  eepnration  mmlc  of  the 
atliea  of  a  ml  heifer.  11  T/ic  law  for 
the  uae  of  it  in  imrifiealion  of  the  un- 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses 
and  unto  Aaron,  sayins, 

2  This  i.s  the  ordinance  of  the  law 
which  the  l.OKD  hath  commanded, 
sayins.  Speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel,  that  they  bring  thee  a  red 
heifer  without  spot,  wherein  ;«  no 
blemish,  "and  upon  which  never 
came  yoke. 

3  And  yc  sliall  cive  her  unto  Ele- 
azar  the  prii'st,  tliat  he  may  brinp; 
her  lifortli  without  the  camp,  and 
one  shall  slay  her  before  his  face: 

4  And  Eleazar  the  priest  shall  take 
of  licr  blood  with  his  finger,  and 
■■sprinkle  of  lier  blood  directly  before 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation 
seven  times. 

5  And  one  shall  burn  the  heifer  in 
his  sight;  il  her  skin,  and  her  flesh, 
and  her  blood,  with  her  dung,  shall 
he  burn: 

I!  And  the  priest  shall  take  '"ceda 
wood,  and  hyssop,  and  scarlet,  an( 
cast  it  into  the  midst  of  the  burning 
of  the  heifer. 

7  fThen  the  priest  shall  wash  his 
clothes,  and  he  shall  bathe  his  fle.sh 
in  water,  and  afterward  he  shall 
come  into  the  camp,  and  the  priest 
shall  be  unclean  until  the  even. 

S  And  he  tliat  burnetii  her  shall 
wash  his  clothes  in  water,  and  bathe 
his  flesh  in  water,  and  shall  be  un- 
clean until  the  even. 

i)  And  a  man  that  is  clean  shall 
gather  up  sthe  ashes  of  the  heifer, 
and  lay  them  up  without  the  camp 
in  a  clean  place,  and  it  shall  be  kept 
for  the  congregation  of  the  children 
of  Israel  hfor  a  water  of  sei)ara- 
tion :  it  is  a  purification  for  sin. 

10  And  he  that  gathereth  the  aishes 
of  the  heifer  shall  wash  his  clothes, 
and  he  unclean  until  the  even:  and 
it  shall  be  unto  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, and  unto  the  stranger  that  so- 
jonrneth  among  them,  for  a  statute 
for  ever. 

II  IT  ille  that  toneheth  the  dead 
body  of  any  t  man  shall  be  unclean 
seven  days. 

lu'  klle  shall  niirify  himself  with 
it  on  the  third  da^',  and  on  the  sev- 
enth day  he  shall  be  clean  :  but 
if  he  purify  not  himself  the  thir.l 
day,  then  the  seventh  day  he  shall 
not  be  clean. 

l.'J  Whosoever  touchcth  the  dead 
body  of  anv  man  that  is  dead,  and 
purifieth  not  himself,  Idefileth  the 
tabernacle  of  the  Eono  ;  and  that 
soul  shall  be  cut  off  from  Israel : 
because  "'the  water  of  separation 
10 


was  not  sprinkled  upon  him,  he 
shall  be  unclean;  "his  uncleanness 
is  yet  ujxjn  him. 

14  This  is  the  law,  when  a  man 
dieth  in  a  tent :  all  that  C(mie  into 
the  tent,  and  all  that  is  in  the  tent, 
shall  be  unclean  seven  days. 

1.5  And  every  "open  vessel,  which 
hath  no  covering  bound  upon  it,  is 
unclean. 

l(i  And  P  whosoever  toucheth  one 
that  is  slain  with  a  sword  in  the  open 
fields,  or  a  dead  body,  or  a  bone  of 
a  man,  or  a  grave,  sliall  be  unclean 
seven  days. 

17  And  for  an  unclean  person  they 
shall  take  of  the  fashes  of  the  burnt 
heifer  of  purification  for  sin,  and 
t  running  water  shall  be  put  thereto 
in  a  ves.sel: 

IH  And  a  clean  person  shall  take 
■■hyssop,  and  dip  it  in  the  water,  and 
sprinkle  it  upon  the  tent,  and  upon 
all  the  vessels,  and  upon  the  persons 
that  were  there,  and  upon  him  that 
touched  a  bone,  or  one  slain,  or  one 
dead,  or  a  grave: 

!!•  And  the  clean  person  shall 
sprinkle  upon  the  unclean  on  the 
third  day,  and  on  the  seventh  day: 
^and  on  the  seventh  dav  he  shall 
purify  himself,  and  wash  his  clothes, 
and  "bathe  himself  in  water,  and 
shall  be  clean  at  even. 

•jn  But  the  man  that  shall  be  un- 
clean, and  shall  not  purify  him.self, 
that  soul  shall  be  cut  oil' from  amonj; 
the  congregation,  because  he  hath 
'defiled  the  sanctuary  of  the  Lord: 
the  water  of  separation  hath  not 
been  sprinkled  upon  him;  he  is  un- 
clean. 

21  And  it  shall  be  a  perpetual  statute 
unto  them,  that  he  that  sprinkleth 
the  water  of  separation  shall  wash 
his  clothes;  and  he  that  toucheth 
the  water  of  separation  shall  be  un- 
clean until  even. 

2'J  And  "  whatsoever  the  imclean 
person  toucheth  shall  be  unclean  : 
and  "the  soul  that  touchetli  i<  shall 
be  unclean  until  even. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

1  The  children  of  Iiritet come  to  Zin,  where 
Miriam  ilielh.  2  They  murmur  for  want 
of  water.  7  Mosee  smiting  the  rock  bring- 
e'th  forth  water  at  Meribah.  14  Moact  at 
Ka'lcsh  dcgireth  paeeage  through  Ktlom, 
which  to  denied  him.  22  At  j/iuunj  JJor 
Aaron  rcsigneih  hii  place  to  I^teazar, 
ami  dicth. 

THEN  "came  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, cren  the  whole  congrega- 
tion, into  the  desert  of  Zin  in  the  first 
month:  and  the  people  abode  in  ICa- 
desh;  and  ii  IMiriam  died  there,  and 
was  buried  there. 

2  '-■And  there  was  no  water  for  the 
congregation:  'land  they  gathered 
themselves  together  against  Moses 
and  against  Aaron. 
.3  And  the  people '"chode  with  Mo- 
ses, and  spake,  saying.  Would  God 
145 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  1471. 


Moses  smiteth  the  rock. 


NUMBERS. 


Moses'  message  to  Eclom. 


Before 

C  II  III  ST 

1453. 


ft  K.  37.  U 
16.  32, 35.  49. 
E  E..  17.  3. 


hch.  H.  5.  k 
It'.  1.  JJ.  45. 
i  cU.  14,  10, 


IS.li.  n.  11. 

IV  7s.  n,  in, 
li  wr,.  41,  4 
Hi,  8. 

1 1.  4:1,  '2f).  Si 
4^.  '.il. 
mcl..  17.  10. 


1  C-or.  10.  4. 
].  ch,  27.  14^ 

4  3.  26,  Ji  32, 

51, 
<i  Lo».  10,  3, 

Ki.  20,  41,  & 

aH.  23,  it  38, 

W. 

1  P.1,  3,  15, 
r  D«iil.  33  8, 

I-i.  95.  8.  Il 

106.  32.  4o. 
JThiitl., 

Stt  Ex.  17. 7, 
•  Ju.lg,  11.16. 

17. 
t  Dent,  2,  4, 


yEx,2.  Z).  1 
3.  7. 

•  Ki.  3.  2.  A 
U.  I'.l.  &Z.I, 
20,  k  33.  2. 

.Soo  ch.  21. 


tliat  wc  had  died  f  when  our  brethren 
died  before  tlie  I..OR0I 

4  And  i^why  have  ye  brought  up 
tlie  eouRregation  of  tile  Loud  into 
tliis  wilderness,  that  wc  and  our  cat- 
tle should  die  there? 

<■;  And  wherefore  have  ye  made  ns 
to  eonie  up  out  of  E^ypt,  to  bring  us 
in  unto  tins  evil  place?  it  is  no  place 
of  .'^eo<l,  or  of  tigs,  or  of  vines,  or  of 
IK)nn",:ranates;  neither  is  there  any 
watt-r  to  drink. 

(1  .\nil  M<j.sos  and  Aaron  went  from 
the  ])r('senee  of  the  assembly  unto  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  tlie  conpre- 
gution,  and  I'they  tell  upon  tlieir 
faces:  and  ithe  glory  of  the  Loud 
api>eared  unto  them. 

7  H  And  the  Lokd  spake  unto  5Io- 

s  k  Tiike  the  rod,  and  gather  thou 
the  a.ssi'uihlv  togclher,  thou  and 
Auniu  tin-  lirntlior,  and  speak  ye 
unto  tlie  rlick  bel'nve  their  eyes;  and 
it  sliall  ;;ive  forth  his  water,  and 
Ithou  .shalt  bring  forth  to  them  water 
out  of  the  rock:  so  thou  shalt  give 
the  congregation  and  their  beasts 
drink. 

1)  And  Moses  took  the  rod  ""from 
before  the  Lord,  as  he  commanded 
liim. 

1(J  And  Jloses  and  Aaron  gathered 
the  congregation  togethiT  lietiir<'  the 
rock,  and  he  said  unto  them,  "  lliar 
now,  ye  rebels;  must  we  letch  you 
water  "out  of  this  rock? 

11  And  .Aloses  lifted  up  his  liand, 
and  with  liia  rl^d  he  snn)tc  the  rock 
twice:  and  "the  water  came  out 
abundantly,  and  the  congregation 
drank,  and  their  beasts  oho. 

1211  And  the  Loi;i>  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses and  Aan.ii,  liicauM'  I've  believed 
mc  not,  to  'isMiiitity  nu'  m  tlu'  eyes 
of  the  eliildr.n  r,r  l>r.ael,  thenlnre  ye 
shall  not  bring  this  eongregiilinu  into 
the  land  which  I  have  given  them. 

l:i  ■"I'liis  i,^  tlie  water  of  ||  Meril.ah; 
beennse  the  children  of  Israel  strove 
with  tiic  Loiti),  and  he  was  sanctilied 
in  them. 

14  IT  "And  Moses  sent  messengers 
from  Kadesh  unto  the  kingof  Kdom, 
'Thus  saith  thy  brother  Israel,  Thou 
knowcst  all  the  travail  that  hath  t  be- 
fallen us: 

15  "How  our  fathers  went  down  into 
Egvpt,  "  and  we  have  ilwelt  in  lOgy  iit 
a  long  time;  ^and  the  Egyptians 
vexed  us,  and  our  fathers: 

](i  And  >\vlien  we  cried  unto  the 
Loicn,  he  heard  our  voice,  anil  ^sent 
an  angel,  and  hath  brought  ns  forth 
out  of  Egvpt:  and,  bi'luild,  wc  are  in 
Kadesh,  a  ci(y  in  the  nttorniostof  thy 
border. 

17  "Let  ns  pass.  I  prav  thcc,  through 
thyconntrv:  we  will  not  pass  thnnigh 
the  lields,  or  through  llie  vineyards, 
neither  will  we  diink  ,ir  the  water  of 
the  wells:  we  will  ;;o  by  the  king's 
/lii/h  wav,  we  will  not  turn  to  the 
146 


right  hand  nor  to  the  left,  until  we 
have  passed  thy  borders. 

18  And  Edom  said  unto  him.  Thou 
shalt  not  pass  by  mc,  lest  I  come  out 
against  thee  with  the  sword. 

ly  And  the  children  of  Israel  said 
unto  him,  AVo  will  go  bv  the  liigh 
wav:  and  if  1  an.l  mv  cattle  drink  of 
thy  water,  l.thin  1  «ill  |)ay  for  it:  I 
will  only,  without  i/(iiii(/  .any  thing 
e/.sr,  go  through  on  my  feet. 

20  And  he  said,  "^  Thou  shalt  not 
go  through.  And  Edom  came  out 
against  hini  with  much  people,  and 
with  a  stron"  hand. 

21  Thus  Edom  J  refused  to  give 
Israel  passage  througli  his  border: 
wherefore  Israel  *■  turned  away  from 
him. 

22  H  And  the  children  of  Israel, 
even  the  whole  congregation,  jour- 
neyed from  '"Kadesh,  *^and  came 
unto  mount  Ilor. 

2.'!  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  5fo- 
ses  and  Aaron  in  mount  Ilor,  by  tlic 
coast  of  the  land  of  Edom,  saying, 

24  Aaron  shall  be  li  gathered  unto 
his  people:  for  he  .shall  not  enter  in- 
to the  land  which  I  have  given  unto 
the  children  of  Israel,  because  iye 
rvbelled  ngain.st  my  t>*<""'l  "'  'nc 
water  of  Meribah. 

2.'i  k  Take  Aaron  and  Eleazar  his 
son,  and  bring  them  up  unto  mount 
Ilor: 

20  And  strip  Aaron  of  his  garments, 
and  jint  them  upon  Eleazar  his  son: 
and  Aumn  shall  he  gathered  101/0  his 
people,  anil  shall  die  there. 

27  And  Moses  did  as  the  Lord 
comnninded:  and  they  went  up  into 
m<nint  Ilor  in  the  sight  of  all  the 
congregation. 

'J.S  l.Viid  M<ises  stripix'd  Aaron  of 
his  garnieiits,  and  put  them  upon 
Eleazar  his  sou;  and  '"Aaron  died 
there  in  the  top  of  the  mount:  and 
Aloses  and  Eleazar  came  down  from 
the  mount. 

2!)  And  when  all  the  congregation 
saw  that  Aaron  was  dead,  they 
mourned  for  Aaron  "  thirty  days, 
Oi-CH  all  the  house  of  Israel. 
CHAPTER  XXL 
1  Uracl  with  sume  Iu«b  destroy  the  Ca- 
naanitea  at  IJormah.    i  Tfte  people  mur- 

inuring  are  plagued  with  fiery  eerpentt. 
7  They  ri'penting  are  healed  by  a  brazen 
eerpc'nt.  10  .^^'uiidry  Joiirneya  of  the  itra. 
elilea.    21  *V/ioil  t«  overcome,  S3  and  Og. 

AND  Jrlien  "kin<r  Arad  the  Ca- 
naanitr,  which  dwelt  in  the 
south,  heard  tell  that  Israel  came 
h  by  tlie  way  of  the  spies  :  then  he 
fiiiight  against  Israel,  and  took  .<omc 
of  tliem  pri.si>ners. 

2  ^\nd  Israel  vowed  a  vow  unto  the 
Lord,  and  said.  If  thou  wilt  indeed 
deliver  this  people  info  my  hand, 
then  '11  will  utterly  destroy  their 
cities. 

.'I  And  the  I.onn  henrkcned  to  the 
voice  of  Israel,  and  delivered  up  the 


The  people  are  plagued. 


NUMBERS. 


Sihon  and  Off  are  overcome. 


Before 

CHKIST 

H02. 


m  r..  TS.  31. 

Q  r.r.  5. 
oKt.  R.  9.  2S. 
l«aiu.  I.!  19. 


Canaanites ;  and  tlicy  utterly  de- 
stroyed them  and  their  cities:  and 
lie  eallcd  the  name  of  the  place 
II  llormah. 

4  IT  And  "^thcv  journeyed  from 
mount  Ilor  by  tlic'way  of  the  Red 
sea,  to  f  compass  tlie  land  of  Edom : 
and  tlie  soul  of  the  people  was  much 
li  tdiNcoiii-jixi'd  because  of  the  way. 

.>  And  the  i)eople  *!  spake  ncainst 
God,  and  a;^ainst  Moses,  hAVhere- 
fore  have  ve  brought  us  up  out  of 
Egypt  to  (lie  in  the  wilderness?  for 
ihcrc  is  no  bread,  neither  is  there  nn;/ 
water;  and  iour  soul  loatheth  this 
light  bread. 

(i  And  kthc  LOHD  sent  l  fiery  scr- 

Sents  among  the  peojile,  and  the.y 
it  the  people;  and  much  people  of 
Israel  died. 

7  T  "'  Therefore  the  people  came  to 
Moses,  and  said,  "We  hu\*e  sinned, 
flir  °  we  have  spoken  against  the 
Loitn,  and  against  thee;  "prav  unto 
the  Loud,  that  he  take  away  tne  ser- 
pents from  us.  And  Jloscs  prayed 
for  the  people. 

H  And  the  EoKD  said  unto  Moses, 
Make  thee  a  fiery  serpent,  and  set  it 
upon  a  pole:  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  that  every  one  that  is  bit- 
ten, when  he  looketh  upon  it,  shall 
live. 

'J  And  I"  Moses  made  a  serpent  of 
brass,  and  put  it  upon  a  pole;  and  it 
came  to  pass,  that  if  a  serpent  h.id 
bitten  any  man,  when  he  beheld  the 
serpent  or  brass,  he  lived. 

10  n  And  the  children  of  Israel  set 
forward,  and  '<  pitched  in  Oboth. 

11  And  they  .journeyed  from  Oboth, 
and  '■  pitched  at  |J  Ije-abarim,  in  the 
wilderness  which  is  bcibrc  Moab,  to- 
ward the  sunrising. 

12  IT  '  From  thence  they  removed, 
and  pitched  in  tlie  valley  of  Zared. 

1.}  From  thence  they  removed,  and 
pitched  on  the  other  side  of  Arnon, 
which  IS  in  the  wilderness  that  Com- 
eth out  of  the  coasts  of  the  Amorites: 
for  'Anion  is  the  border  of  Jloab, 
between  Moab  and  the  Amorites. 

14  Wherefore  it  is  said  in  the  book 
of  the  wars  of  the  Loiil),  ||  AVhat  he 
did  in  the  Red  sea,  and  in  the  brooks 
of  Arnon, 

15  And  at  the  stream  of  the  brooks 
that  gocth  down  to  the  dwelling  of 
Ar,  "  and  t  lieth  upon  the  border  of 
Moab. 

1*J  And  from  thence  t/icff  iccjit  ^to 
Beer:  that  is  the  well  wliercof  the 
Loud  spake  unto  Moses  Gather  the 
people  together,  and  I  will  give  them 
water. 

17  IT  y  Then  Israel  sanp  this  song, 
t  Spring  up,  O  well;  Ijsing  ye  unto 
it: 

18  The  princes  digged  the  well,  the 
nobles  of  the  people  digged  it,  by  llie 
(liivtion  o;'' the  lawgiver,  with  their 
staves.  And  from  the  wilderness 
thctj  went  to  Mattanah: 


19  And  from  Mattanah  to  Naholicl: 
and  from  Nahaliel  to  Bamoth: 

•20  And  from  Bamoth  in  the  valley. 
that  is  in  the  t  country  of  Moab,  to 
the  top  of  II  Pisgah,  which  looketh 
"toward  ||.Icshimon. 

21  TT  And  I) Israel  sent  messengers 
unto  Siliou  king  of  the  Amontes, 
saying, 

22  'Let  me  pass  through  thy  land: 
we  will  not  turn  into  the  fields,  or 
into  the  vineyards;  we  will  not  drink 
oy'the  waters  of  the  well:  but  we  will 
go  along  by  the  king's  high  way,  un- 
til we  be  past  thy  borders. 

23  A  And  Silion  would  not  suifcr  Is- 
rael to  pass  through  his  border:  but 
Sihoii  gathered  all  his  people  to- 
gether, and  went  out  against  Israel 
into  the  wilderness:  "and  he  came 
to  Jahaz,  and  fought  against  Israel. 

24  And  f  Israel  smote  him  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword,  and  possessed  his 
land  from  Anion  unto  Jabbok,  even 
unto  the  children  of  Amnion :  for  the 
border  of  the  children  of  Amnion 
teas  strong. 

25  And  Israel  took  all  these  cities: 
and  Israel  dwelt  in  all  the  cities  of 
the  Amorites,  in  lleshbon,  and  in  all 
the  t  villages  thereof. 

2(i  For  Ilcshbon  vas  the  city  of 
Silion  the  king  of  the  Amorites,  who 
had  Ibuiiht  against  tlie  former  king 
of  .Moab,  and  taken  all  liis  hind  out 
of  his  hand,  even  onto  Anion. 

27  Wheretbre  they  that  speak  in 
proverbs  say,  Come  into  lleshbon, 
let  the  city  of  Sihon  be  built  and 
prepared: 

28  For  there  is  Ba  fire  gone  out  of 
Heshbon,  a  flame  from  the  city  of 
Sihon  :  it  hath  consuincd  l>  Ar  of 
Moab,  awl  the  lords  of  the  high 
places  of  Arnon. 

29  Woe  to  thee,  Sloab  I  thou  art 
undone,  O  people  of  "Chemosh:  he 
hath  given  his  sons  that  escaped, 
and  his  daughters,  into  captivity  un- 
to Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites. 

'M  We  have  shot  at  them;  Heshbon 
is  perished  even  liunto  Dibon,  and 
we  have  laid  them  waste  even  unto 
Nopliah,  which  reacheth  unto  I  Med- 
cba. 

.31  IT  Thus  Israel  dwelt  in  the  land 
of  the  Amorites. 

32  And  Moses  sent  to  spy  out  ■"  Jaa- 
zer,  and  they  took  the  villages  there- 
of, and  drove  out  the  Amorites  that 
ivere  there. 

33  Tr''And  they  turned  and  went 
up  by  the  way  of  Bashan:  and  Og 
the  king  of  Bashan  went  out  against 
them,  he,  and  all  his  people,  to  the 
bottle  "at  Edrci. 

34  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
I' Fear  him  not:  for  I  have  delivered 
him  into  thy  hand,  and  all  his  peo- 
ple, and  his  land;  and  Ithou  shalt 
do  to  him  as  thou  didst  unto  Silion 
king  of  the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  at 
lleshbon. 

147 


Dalak  sendeth  for  Balaam. 


NUAIBERS. 


An  angel  opposeth  Balaam. 


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3.1  •■  So  they  smote  him,  .-iml  liis  sons, 
and  all  }iis  people,  until  there  was 
none  left  hiin  alive:  and  they  pos- 
sessed his  land. 

CHAPTER  XXir. 

I  JtalaK'ji  first  mctsage  fur  llalaam  U  re- 
fused, li  Ilia  gecttntl  mesaa^e  obtaincth 
him.  i1  An  ani/el  would  knvc  atnin  liiin, 
if  hia  ttaa  had  not  aaved  him.  30  Ili\lak 
entcrtaincth  him. 

A  ND  "the  children  nf  Israel  set 
Jr\.  forward,  and  pitched  in  the 
plains  of  Moab  on  this  side  Jordan 
hif  Jericho. 

2  T[  And  '» Balak  the  son  of  Zippor 
saw  all  that  Israel  had  done  to  the 
Ainorites. 

.'!  And  '  Moab  was  sore  afraid  of  the 
j)('(tplc,  hrciiu.se  they  nrre  many  : 
anil  .MonI)  \va«  distressed  because  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

4  And  .Mdiib  said  nnto  <I  the  elders 
of  Midian,  Now  shall  this  company 
lick  np  all  l/int  arc  round  about  us, 
as  the  ox  licketh  np  the  ;^rass  of  the 
field.  And  lialak  the  son  of  Zippor 
irri.s  king  of  the  Moabites  at  that 
time. 

.'i  *■  lie  sent  messengers  therefore 
xinto  Balaam  the  eon  of  Beor  to 
f  Pethor,  which  is  by  the  river  of  the 
lan<l  of  the  children  of  his  people,  to 
call  him,  saying.  Behold,  there  is  a 
people  come  out  from  Ej^ypt:  beluild, 
they  cover  the  t  face  ot'  the  earth, 
and  they  abide  over  against  me: 

i;  Come  now  therefore,  I  pray  thee, 
Scnrse  me  this  people;  for  the}' are 
too  mighty  for  me  :  peradventtne  I 
shall  prevail,  tliat  we  may  smite 
tliein,  and  Hint  I  mav  drive  them  out 
of  the  land:  for  I  wot  that  he  wlioni 
thou  hlcssest  w  blessed,  and  he 
whom  thou  enrsest  i:^  eurscd. 

7  And  the  elders  of  Moab  and  the 
elders  of  .Midian  departed  with  Ijtbe 
rewards  of  divination  in  their  hand; 
and  they  came  unto  Balaam,  and 
spake  unto  him  the  words  of  Balak. 

.S  And  he  said  unto  them,  i  Lodge 
here  this  night,  and  I  will  bring  ynn 
word  again,  as  the  I,oi!i)  shall  speak 
unto  nie  :  and  the  princes  of  Moab 
abode  with  lialaam. 

II  k  Ami  Cod  came  unto  Balaam, 
and  said,  What  men  are  these  with 
thee? 

10  And  Balaam  said  nnto  God,  Ba- 
lak the  si>n  of  Zippor,  king  of  Mo;»b, 
hath  sent  unto  me,  saiiiii;/, 

11  Bi'hold,  l/irrr  in  a  jieople  come 
out  of  Egypt,  which  covereth  the  face 
of  the  earth  :  come  now,  curse  nie 
them;  peradventnre  1 1  shall  be  able 
to  overcome  them,  and  drive  them 
out. 

IJ  And  Coil  said  unto  Balaam, 
Tluui  shalt  not  go  with  them;  thou 
shall  not  curse  the  people:  for  1  they 
are  blessed. 

1'!  And  Balaam  rose  up  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  s:iid  unto  the  jirinces  of  Ba- 
lak, Get  you  into  your  land:  for  the 
14H 


Lord  refnscth  to  give  mc  leave  to 
go  with  you. 

14  And"  the  princes  of  Moab  rose  up, 
and  they  went  unto  Balak,  and  said, 
Balaam  refuseth  to  come  with  us. 

I.j  IT  And  Balak  sent  yet  again 
princes,  more,  and  in<ire  honourable 
than  they. 

hi  And  thcj'  came  to  Bala.am,  and 
said  to  him.  Thus  sailh  Balak  the 
son  of  Zii)por,  t  Let  nothing,  I  pray 
thee,  hinder  thee  from  coming  unto 
me: 

17  For  I  will  promote  thee  nnto 
very  great  honour,  and  I  will  do 
whatsoever  tliou  sayest  unto  me: 
"'come  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  curse 
me  this  peonle. 

15  And  Balaam  answered  and  said 
unto  tlie  servants  of  Balak,  "  If  Ba- 
lak would  give  me  his  house  full  of 
silver  and  gftld,  "  I  cannot  go  beyond 
the  word  of  the  Loi!i>  my  God,  to  do 
less  or  more. 

U>  Now  therefore,  I  pray  von,  T*  tar- 
ry ye  also  here  this  night,  t^at  I  may 
know  what  the  Loitu  will  say  unto 
me  more. 

It)  '1  And  God  came  nnto  Balaam 
at  niglit.  and  said  nnto  him.  If  the 
men  cmne  tn  call  thee,  rise  np,  oh*'/ 
go  with  them;  but  ■'yet  the  word 
which  I  shall  say  unto  thee,  that 
slialt  thmi  do. 

lil  And  Balaam  rose  np  in  the 
morning,  ami  snddlecl  his  ass,  and 
went  with  the  jiriTiees  of  Moab. 

L'li  IT  And  God's  anger  was  kindled 
because  he  went:  'and  the  angel  of 
the  Lord  stuixl  in  the  way  tor  an 
:ul\-ersary  against  him.  Now  he  was 
riding  upon  his  ass.  and  his  two  serv- 
ants ir<-r<-  with  him. 

!.'■■'.  .\nd  'the  ass  saw  the  angel  of 
the  l.niii)  standing  in  the  wav,  and 
his  sword  drawn  in  his  hand:  and 
the  ass  tnrnetl  aside  out  of  the  way, 
and  went  into  the  tield:  and  Balaam 
smote  the  ass,  to  turn  her  into  the 
way. 

24  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood 
in  a  path  of  the  vinevards,  a  wall  ^»- 
ii)'l  on  this  side,  and  a  wall  on  that 
siue. 

i".  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel 
of  the  l.oi;o,  she  thrust  herself  nnto 
the  wall,  and  enislud  Ihdaan.-s  foot 
against  the  wall:  and  he  smote  her 
again. 

'M  And  the  angel  of  the  I/Onn  went 
further,  and  stood  in  a  narrow  iilace, 
where  iras  no  wav  to  turn  cither  to 
the  right  hand  or  to  the  left. 

•-'"  And  when  the  ass  saw  the  angel 
of  the  LoKii,  she  fell  down  under 
Balaam:  and  Balaam's  anger  was 
kiiidhd,  and  he  smote  the  ass  with  a 
stair. 

-'.S  And  the  Lord  "opened  the 
monlh  of  the  ass,  and  she  said  nnto 
Balaam,  What  have  I  (lom>  unto 
thee,  that  thou  hast  smitten  me  tlicse 
three  times? 


Balak  goeth  to  m.eet  Balaam. 


NUMBERS. 


Balaam's  parables. 


t  Heh.  lo  t< 
l>2P>t.  2.  U. 


e  Oon.  11.  17. 
fell.  21.  U. 


29  And  Balaam  said  unto  the  ass, 
Because  tlioii  hast  mockod  nie:  I 
would  tliere  were  a  sword  in  mine 
hand,  "for  now  would  I  kill  thee. 

30  1  And  the  ass  said  unto  Balaam, 
Am  not  I  thine  ass,  t  upon  which 
thou  liast  ridden  ||  ever  since  /  teas 
thine  unto  this  day  i*  was  1  ever  wont 
to  do  60  unto  tliee?  And  he  said. 
Nay. 

31  Then  the  Lord  'opened  the 
eyes  of  Balaam,  and  he  saw  the  an- 
gel of  the  Loud  standing  in  the  wav, 
and  his  sword  drawn  in  his  hanil: 
and  he' bowed  down  his  head,  and 
II  fell  flat  ou  his  face. 

oj  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said 
unto  him.  Wherefore  hast  thou  smit- 
ten thine  ass  these  three  times?  Be- 
hold, I  went  out  t  to  withstand  thee, 
because  t/nj  way  is  >>  perverse  before 
me: 

Si  And  the  ass  saw  me,  and  turned 
from  nie  these  three  times:  unless 
she  had  turned  from  me,  surely  now 
also  I  had  slain  thee,  and  saved  her 
alive. 

34  An<l  Balaam  said  tinto  the  angel 
of  the  Lok:>,  "^  I  have  sinned:  fori 
knew  not  that  thou  stoodest  in  the 
way  against  me:  now  therefore,  if  it 
t  disple-se  thee,  I  will  get  me  back 
again. 

.U5  And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  said 
unto  Balaam,  Go  with  the  men; 
J  but  only  the  word  that  I  shall 
speak  unto  thee,  that  thou  shalt 
speak.  So  Balaam  went  with  the 
princes  of  Balak. 

.•J(i  IT  And  when  Balak  heard  that 
Balaam  was  come,  'he  went  out  to 
meet  him  unto  a  city  of  Moab, 
f  which  U  in  the  border  of  Arnou, 
which  i.1  in  the  utmost  coast. 

37  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 
Did  I  not  earnestly  send  unto  thee 
to  call  thee?  wherefore  camest  thou 
not  unto  me?  am  I  not  able  indeed 
s  to  promote  thee  to  honour  ? 

35  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
LfO,  I  am  come  unto  thee:  have  I 
now  any  power  at  all  to  say  anv 
thing?  hthe  word  that  Clod  putteth 
in  my  mouth,  that  shall  I  speak. 

3!)  And  Balaam  went  with  Balak, 
and  they  came  unto  ||  Kirjath-hu- 
zoth. 

40  And  Balak  offered  oxen  nnd 
sheep,  and  sent  to  Balaam,  and  to 
the  princes  that  U'ere  with  him. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, that  Balak  took  Balaam,  and 
brought  him  up  into  the  '  high  places 
of  Baal,  that  thence  he  might  see  the 
utmost  jyart  of  the  people. 

cii.\PTER  xxm. 

1,  13,  23  JSalak'a  mcrifice.    7,  18  Dalaam't 
jt^raUc. 

AND  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
*  Build  me  here  seven  altars, 
and  prepare  me  liere  seven  oxen  and 
seven  rams. 


2  And  Balak  did  as  Balaam  had 
spoken;  and  Balak  and  Balaam  li of- 
fered on  every  altar  a  bullock  and  a 
ram. 

3  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
"  Stand  by  thy  burnt  offering,  and  I 
will  go:  i)eradventure  the  Lord  will 
come  ilto  meet  me;  and  whatsoever 
he  sheweth  me  I  will  tell  thee.  And 
II  he  went  tn  a  high  place. 

4  "And  God  met  Balaam:  and  he 
said  unto  him,  I  have  prepared  seven 
altars,  and  1  have  offered  upon  every 
altar  a  bullock  and  a  ram. 

5  And  the  Lord  fput  a  word  in 
Balaam's  mouth,  and  said,  Keturn 
unto  Balak,  and  thus  thou  shalt 
speak. 

U  And  he  returned  unto  him,  and, 
lo,  he  stood  by  his  burnt  sacrifice, 
he,  and  all  the  princes  of  Moab. 

7  And  he  stook  up  his  parabie,  and 
said,  B.-ihak  tlic  king  of  Moab  hath 
brought  me  from  Aram,  out  of  the 
mountains  of  the  east,  saying,  It  Come, 
curse  mc  .Jacob,  and  come,  idefy  Is- 
riel. 

,S  *  How  shall  I  curse,  tchoiii  God 
hath  not  cursed?  or  how  shall  I  de- 
fy, whom  the  Lord  hath  not  defied? 

'J  For  from  the  top  of  the  rocks  1 
see  him,  and  from  the  hills  I  behold 
him:  lo,  Ithe  people  shall  dwell 
alone,  and  ""shall  not  be  reckoned 
among  the  nations. 

10  "  Who  can  count  the  dust  of  Ja- 
cob, and  the  number  of  the  fourth 
part  of  Israel?  Let  f  nie  die  "the 
death  of  the  righteous,  and  let  my 
last  end  be  like  liis! 

11  And  Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 
What  hast  thou  done  unto  me?  I' I 
took  tliee  to  curse  mine  enemies, 
and,  behold,  thou  hast  blessed  them 
altogether. 

12  And  he  answei-cd  and  said,  iMust 
I  not  take  heed  to  speak  that  which 
the  Lord  hath  put  in  my  mouth? 

13  And  Balak  said  unto  "him,  Come, 
I  pray  thee,  with  me  unto  another 
place,  from  whence  thou  mayest  see 
them:  thou  shalt  see  but  the  utmost 
part  of  them,  and  shalt  not  see  them 
all;  and  curse  mc  them  from  thence. 

14  IT  And  he  brought  him  into  the 
field  of  Zophim,  to  the  top  of  11  Pisgah, 
'and  built  seven  altars,  and  offered 
a  bullock  and  a  ram  on  ciery  altar. 

15  And  he  said  unto  Balak,  Stand 
here  bv  thy  burnt  offering,  while  I 
meet  the  Lono  yonder. 

11!  And  the  Lord  met  Balaam,  and 
''put  a  wonl  in  his  mouth,  and  said. 
Go  a<rain  unto  Balak,  and  say  thus. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  him,  be- 
hold, he  stood  by  his  burnt  offering, 
and  the  princes  of  Moab  with  him. 
And  Balak  said  unto  him.  What 
hath  the  Lord  spoken  ? 

18  .\nd  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said,  'Rise  up,  Balak,  and  hear; 
hearken  unto  me,  thou  son  of  Zip- 
por: 

149 


Balaam's  proplieey 


NUMBERS. 


of  Israel's  happiness. 


Defore 
CURIS  T 


M«l.  3.  ti, 
lUia.  II.  23 


ch  n.  n. 

y  IUim.4.7, 9. 
lEi   IJ  21  ic 

■ja.  u. 

•  Pj  68  13. 
iicb.'H  8, 
«l)=ul  3J  17. 


1  Km.  22. 14. 
livor   13. 


•  oh 

J3  3. 1.1. 

♦  11 

1) 

w  rAt 

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».'  '"• 

l.rl, 

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■ic)i 

II 

■■>.'. 

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Ill  III 

H  J 

1   ■. 

1  -a 

■ic 

.Irli 

■u 

I..  I, 

;,  IS 

19  "  God  rs  not  a  man,  that  he 
should  lie;  neither  the  son  of  man, 
that  lie  bhould  repent;  hath  he  said, 
and  shall  he  not  do  it^  or  hath  he 
spoken,  and  shall  he  not  make  it 
(tood? 

•J»  Behold,  I  have  received  coin- 
mandincnt  to  bless:  nnd  ^  he  hatli 
blessed;  and  I  cannot  reverse  it. 

21  >  lie  hath  not  beheld  iniiiuity 
in  Jaeol),  neither  hath  he  seen  per- 
verseness  in  Israel:  '  tlie  l.OKD  his 
God  «  with  him,  ■'and  the  shout  of  a 
kine;  i.s  among  them, 

2"jEGod  brought  tliem  out  of  Egjpt; 
he  hath  as  it  were  '  the  strength  of  a 
unieorn. 

21'  Surely  there  is  no  cneliantment 
||ag.ainst  Jacob,  neitlier  iitlicie  any 
divination  against  Israel:  according 
to  this  time  it  shall  be  said  of  Ja- 
cob and  of  Israel,  <i  What  huth  God 
wrought! 

24  Behold,  the  people  shall  rise  up 
"as  a  grt':>t  lion,  and  lilt  no  liiiiiself 
as  a  young  lion:  Hie  sliull  not  lie 
down"  until  he  eat  o/'  tlie  prey,  and 
drink  tlie  blood  of  tlie  slain. 

2511  And  Balak  suiil  unto  Balaam, 
Neither  curse  tlieiii  at  all,  nor  bless 
tliem  at  all. 

21)  But  Balaam  answered  and  said 
unto  liulak.  Told  not  I  tliee,  saving, 
«  All  that  the  Loiiu  speaketh,  tliat  1 
must  do? 

27  1  jViid  Balak  said  unto  Balaam, 
li  Come,  1  pray  thee,  I  will  bring  thee 
unti)  aiintlier  pliiee;  iienulventurc  it 
will   pliasr    (;,,a   tlv.it    tliou   mayest 


>tli( 


th. 


2.SAnd  liulak  broiiglU  I!;iluain  unto 
the  tcip  of  I'eor,  that  looketh  ■  toward 
Jeshimon. 

211  -Viid  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
^  Build  nie  here  seven  altars,  and 
prepare  me  here  seven  bullocks  and 
seven  rams. 

:li)  .\nd  Balnk  did  as  Balaam  had 
said,  and  offered  a  bullock  and  u 
ram  on  eivri/  altar. 

CIIAPTKH  XXIV. 

1  tialixam,  (a.irin.r;  diviitntUJiin,  pi-oplietl- 
tlh  the  hnpyineaa  iif  larail.  10  U.ilnlc 
in  auiffr  tliamieeelh  him.  Ij  lie  pyiiplic. 
ticth  of  the  Star  of  Jncuk,  unit  the  tie- 
ttruction  of  tome  natloni- 

VND  when  Balaam  saw  that  it 
pleased  the  Loud  to  bless  Israel, 
he  went  not,  as  at  "other  times,  f  to 
seek  for  enehnntinents,  but  he  set 
his  face  toward  the  wiUleniess. 

2  And  Balaam  lifted  up  liis  eyes, 
and  he  saw  Israel  ''abiding  I'li  /(is 
tfnl.^  according  to  their  tribes:  and 
'  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon  him. 

•I  ■'  ^VikI  he  took  up  his  pnrahle,  and 
said,  Balaam  the  .son  of  Beor  hath 
said,  and  the  man  t  whose  eyes  arc 
open  liath  said : 

4  Tie  hath  said,  vhit-h  heard  the 
words  ofOod,  which  s;iw  the  vision 
of  the  AlmiL'lity,  'falling  i»/o  d 
tiwirc,  but  having  his  eyes  open: 


a  How  goodly  are  thy  tents,  O  Ja- 
cob, (iiiil  thy  tabernaifes,  O  Israel! 

U  As  the  valleys  are  they  spread 
forth,  as  gardens  by  the  river's  side, 
fas  the  trees  of  lignalocs  K  which  the 
Loud  hath  planted,  and  as  cedar 
trees  beside  the  waters. 

7  lie  shall  )X)ur  the  water  out  of  his 
buckets,  and  his  seed  ahull  be  I' in 
many  waters,  and  his  king  shall  be 
higher  than  'Agog,  and  his  k king- 
dom shall  be  exalted. 

8  I  God  brought  him  forth  out  of 
Egjpt;  he  hatli  as  it  were  the  strength 
ot  a  unicorn:  he  shall  "'eat  up  the 
nations  his  enemies,  and  shall "  lireak 
their  bones,  and  "pierce  them  through 
with  his  arrows. 

!)  I'  lie  couched,  he  lay  down  as  a 
lion,  and  as  a  great  lion:  who  shall 
stir  him  up?  'l  Blessed  is  he  that 
blesseth  thee,  and  cursed  is  he  that 
curseth  thee. 

10  H  And  Balak's  anger  was  kindled 
against  Balaam,  and  he  'smote  his 
hands  together:  and  Bulak  said  unto 
Balaam,  "  1  called  thee  to  curse  mine 
enemies,  and,  behcjid,  thou  hast  al- 
together blessed  them  tliese  three 
times. 

11  Therefore  now  flee  thou  to  thy 
place  :  '  I  thought  to  promote  thee 
unto  great  honour;  but,  In,  the  l.oiio 
hath  kept  thee  back  limn  honour. 

12  And  Balaam  said  unto  Balak, 
Spake  I  not  also  to  thy  messeiigei-s 
which  tliou  sentest  unto  me,  saving, 

n  "If  BaUik  would  give  me  his 
house  full  of  silver  and  gold,  I  can- 
not go  beyond  tlie  cominaiulineiit 
of  the  Loud,  to  do  ei(/u)good  or  bad 
of  miiM>  own  mind  ;  but  what  the 
Loud  saith,  that  will  I  speak? 

14  .\iid  now.  behold,  I  go  unto  mv 
people:  come  Ih,  irraiv.  (iikI  ^  I  will 
advertise  tlu-e  wluit  this  people  shall 
do  to  tliv  people  >  in  the  latter  ilttvs. 

l.'!  1  '  .Viid  lie  took  up  his  parable, 
and  saiil,  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor 
hath  said,  and  the  man  whose  eyes 
are  open  hath  said: 

l(i  He  hath  said,  which  heard  the 
words  of  God.  and  knew  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  Most  High,  vhich  saw 
the  vision  of  the  Almighty,  tiilling 
iii^o  a  trance,  but  having  Ids  eyes 
open : 

17  "  I  .shall  sec  him.  but  not  now:  1 
sliall  behold  him.  but  not  nigh:  Ihere 
shallcome  lui  Slar  out  <.f  .laeoli.  anil 
'a  Seeptre  shall  ri>e  out  of  Israel, 
nnd  sliall  l|  siiiiti'  the  ciiiers  ot  .Moab, 
onddestrovalltheehil.lienofSlieth. 

1«  And  .iTdom  shall  lie  a  posses- 
sion, Seir  also  shiiU  lie  a  possession 
for  his  enemies:  and  Israel  shall  do 
valiantlv. 

11)  '■  (lut  of  Jacob  shall  come  he  that 
shall  have  dominion,  and  shall  de- 
strnv  him  that  remaineth  <dthe  city. 

20  il  Ami  when  he  lo.ik.d  on  .\ina- 
lek.  he  to<,k  up  his  piinible.  and  said, 
Ainalek  iras  ||  the  first  of  the  nations  j 


Zimri  and  CozU  slain. 


NUMBERS. 


The  s^im  of  all  Israel  taken. 


•  Gen.  10.  1 
I>»ii.  11.  30. 
iOtn.  10.21, 


.  34.  10. 
>r  10.  20. 


o  r..  108.  30. 

pD.iil.  1.3. 
1  Cut.  10.  8- 


but  his  latter  end  ||  sliatl  be  that  lie 
perish  for  ever. 

•2\  And  he  looked  on  the  Kenitcs, 
and  took  up  his  parable,  and  said, 
Strong  is  thy  dwellingplace,  and 
thou  piittest  thy  nest  in  a  roek. 

2:1  Nevertheless  f  the  Kenite  shall  be 
wasted,  ||  until  Asshur  shall  carry 
thee  away  captive. 

23  And  he  took  up  his  parable,  and 
said,  Alas,  who  shall  live  when  God 
doeth  this! 

24  And  ships  fliall  cnme  from  tin- 
coast  of  fChittiin,  and  shall  aflliet 
Asshur,  and  shall  afflict  «  Kber,  and 
he  also  shall  perish  for  ever. 

25  And  Balaam  rose  up,  and  went 
and  h returned  to  his  place:  and  Ba- 
lak  also  went  liis  way. 

CIIAPTEU  XXV. 
1  laracl  at  Shittim  commit  whorcilom  irnj 
idolatry.  6  I'hUu'haa  kiUetk  Zimrl  mid 
Cozhi.  10  God  therefore  giveth  him  an 
evLrlaatinij  pricalhood.  10  The  Mtdian- 
itea  arc  to  be  vexed. 

AND  Israel  abode  in  "  Shittim, 
and  lithe  people  began  to  com- 
mit whoredom  with  the  dan{;hteis  oi 
Moab. 

2  And  '  they  called  the  people  unto 
lithe  sacritices  of  their  frods:  and  the 
people  did  cat,  and  *■  bowed  down 
to  their  pods. 

.?  And  Israel  ioined  himself  unto 
Baal-peor :  and  fthc  anger  of  the 
Lord  was  kindled  ajjainst  Israel. 

4  And  the  I^ord  said  unto  Moses, 
STake  all  the  heads  of  the  people, 
and  hang  them  up  before  tlie  Lokd 
against  the  sun,  li  that  tlie  tierce 
anger  of  the  Lord  may  be  turned 
away  from  Israel. 

5  And  Jloses  said  unto  >  the  .iudws 
of  Israel,  k  Slay  ye  every  one  his 
men  that  were  joined  unto  Baal- 
peor. 

Gil  And,  behold,  one  of  the  children 
of  Israel  came  and  brought  imto  bis 
brethren  a  Midianitisb  woninn  in  the 
sight  of  Moses,  and  in  tlu-  sight  of  nil 
the  congregation  of  the  children  of 
Israel,  '  who  trere  weeping  firfore  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congre- 
gation. 

7  And  ""when  Phinehas,  "the  son 
of  Eleazar,  the  eon  of  Aaron  the 
priest,  saw  it,  he  rose  up  from  among 
the  congregation,  and  took  a  javelin 
in  his  hand; 

8  And  he  went  after  the  man  of  Is- 
rael into  the  tent,  and  thrust  both  of 
tliem  through,  the  man  of  Israel,  and 
tlie  woman  through  her  belly.  So 
"  the  plague  was  stayed  from  the 
children  of  Israel. 

9  And  1"  those  that  died  in  the  plague 
were  twenty  and  four  thousand. 

10  11  And  the  LoRP  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saving, 

U  'ifhinchas,  the  son  of  Eleazar, 
the  son  of  Aaron  the  priest,  hath 
turned  my  wrath  away  from  the 
children  of  Israel,  while  lie  was  zeal 


OU3  I  for  my  sake  among  them,  that 
I  consumed  not  the  children  of  Is- 
rael in  ■■  my  jealousy. 

12  Wherefore  say,  =^  Behold,  I  give 
unto  him  my  covenant  of  peace: 

I.'5  And  he  shall  have  it,  and  '  his 
seed  after  him,  evcji  the  covenant  of 
"an  everlasting  priesthood;  because 
he  was  "zealous  for  his  God,  and 
J  made  an  atonement  for  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

14  Now  the  name  of  the  Israelite 
that  was  slain,  even  that  was  slain 
with  the  Midianitisb  woman,  was 
Zimri,  the  sou  of  Salii,  a  iiriiu-e  of  a 
I  eluellimise  among  the  Simccmilcs. 

].-,  And  tlie  name  of  the  .Midianitisb 
woiiKin  tliiit  was  slain  i/iis  Co/.bi,  tlie 
daugliter  of '  Zur;  he  ims  head  over 
a  peqple,  and  of  a  chief  house  in 
Midian. 

11!  TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

17  ■'  Vex  the  Midianites,  and  smite 
them : 

18  For  they  vex  you  with  their 
'i  wiles,  wherewith  "they  have  be- 
guiled you  in  the  matter  of  Peor, 
and  in  the  matter  of  Cozbi,  the 
daughter  of  a  prince  of  Midian,  their 
sister,  which  was  slain  in  the  day  of 
the  plague  lor  Peor's  sake. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
1  The  Bum  of  all  lara.l  ia  tul.cn  in  the 
plains  of  Moab.  62  The  law  of  divillinci 
among  ihem  the  mherttatice  of  the  land. 
67  The  families  and  number  of  the  Le- 
vilea.  63  Xone  were  left  of  them  7ih<eh 
were  numbered  at  Sinai,  but  Caleb  and 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  the 
plague,  that  the  I>ORi)  spake 
unto  Moses  and  unto  Eleazar  the 
sou  of  Aaron  the  priest,  saying, 

2  "  Take  the  sum  of  all  the  con- 
gregation of  the  children  of  Israel, 
Efrom  twenty  years  old  and  upward, 
throughout  "their  fathers'  house,  all 
that  are  able  to  go  to  war  in  Israel. 

.">  .\nd  Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest 
spake  with  them  *"  in  the  plains  of 
Moab  by  Jordan  near  Jericho,  say- 
iug, 

4  Take  tlie  sum  of  the  people,  from 
twenty  years  old  and  upward ;  as 
the  L"or"d  iI  commanded  Aloses  and 
the  children  of  Israel,  which  went 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

5  f  •■  Reuben,  the  eldest  son  of  Isra- 
el: the  children  of  Reuben;  Hanoeh, 
of  whom  eoiiielh  the  family  of  the 
Ilanoehites:  of  Pallu,  tlie  family  of 
the  Palluites: 

U  Of  Hezion,  the  fainilv  of  the  Hez- 
ronites:  of  Carmi,  the  family  of  the 
Carmites. 

7  These  are  the  families  of  the  Reu- 
benitcs  :  and  thev  that  were  num- 
bered of  them  were  forty  and  throe 
thousand  and  seven  hundred  and 
thirty. 

8  Aiid  the  sons  of  Pallu;  Eliab. 

9  And  the  sons  of  Eliab;  Nemuel, 

151 


The  snirn  of  Israel 


is  taken  in  the 


Before 

CHRIST 

1452. 

fill.  it).  1,  i. 

sol..  IC. 32,35. 


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1  Cl.r  ti.  2^. 
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HI. 

&c.  Sc  is.  12. 
1  1  Clir,  J.  3 


and  Dathaii,  and  Abiram.  This  ts 
tfifU  Diitlian  and  Abirani,  whiclt  were 
itiimuus  in  the  cijn;;rej,'ation,  wiio 
strove  against  Mosos  and  against 
Aaron  in  the  company  of  Korah, 
wlien  tliev  strove  a;;ainst  tlie  LoKD: 

10  f^Antl  the  eartli  fipunod  her 
mouth,  and  swallcnvi/d  thiMii  up  to- 
gether with  Kuruli,  when  lluit  eiim- 
pauy  died,  wliat  time  tiie  lire  de- 
voured two  lumdred  and  titty  men: 
•'and  they  became  a  sijrn. 

11  Notwitlistandins  '  tlie  children  of 
Korali  died  not. 

\2  If  Tlie  sons  of  Simeon  after  tlieir 
families:  of  kNcmuel,  the  family  of 
the  Nemuelites:  of  Jamin,  tiie  fumi- 
\y  of  the  .laminites:  of  Ijachin,  the 
family  of  the  .Jachinites: 

i:j  Of  "'Zerah,  the  lamily  of  the 
Zarhites:  of  Sliaul,  the  liiinily  of  tlie 
Shaulites. 

14  These  are  the  families  of  the 
Siineonites,  twenty  and  two  thou- 
sand and  two  hundred. 

1.5  TI  The  ehililren  of  (lad  afXer  their 
tamilies:  ot"Zephoii,  the  taiiiiiv  i.f 
the  Zei)lu)nite3:  of  ll-,l--i,  the  laniily 
of  the  llaij^ites:  of  Sliuni,  the  tlimi- 
Iv  of  the  Shunites: 

IG  Of  llOziii,  the  family  of  the 
Oznites  :  of  Eri,  the  family  of  tlic 
Erites: 

17  Of  "Arod,  the  family  of  the  Aro- 
dites  :  of  Arcli,  the  family  of  the 
Arelites. 

'.H  These  are  the  families  of  the 
ehildren  of  Gad  aeeorilin:];  to  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them,  forty 
thousand  ami  live  hundred. 

li)  H  HTlie  sons  of  Judali  \oere  Er 
and  Onan:  and  Er  and  Onau  died 
in  the  land  of  Canaan. 

•Jll  -Vnd  'I  the  sons  of  Judali  after 
their  tamilirs  were;  of  Shel.ili.  the 
ruiuilv  or  till'  Slirluilites:  of  I'harrz, 
(he  fumilv  of  (lie  I'hur/.ites:  of  Ze- 
rah, the  famih-  of  tlie  Zarhites. 

■Jl  .Viul  the  M.ns  of  I'luirez  were;  of 
lli'zrou,  tlie  laiuilv  of  the  llezron- 
iles:  of  llaiinil,  the  family  of  the 
Uumnlites. 

L"J  These  arc  the  families  of  Judah 
aeeording  to  those  that  were  nnni- 
hered  of  them,  threescore  and  si.\- 
tifu  thinisaiid  and  live  huudred. 

■S:  1  '  or  i\\i!  sous  of  Is.vK-har  after 
their  fimilies:  «^  Tola,  the  familv  of 
tlu-  Toliiites:  of  II  I'ua,  the  lamily  of 
the  ruuites: 

L't  (_>f  ll.Iashul),  the  familv  of  the 
.lasluihite.^;  of  ^^himroll,  the  family 
of  the  Shimroiiites. 

li'i  These  are  the  families  of  Issa- 
cliar  accordintj  to  those  that  were 
niiMibered  of  tliem,  threescore  and 
four  thoiKiind  and  three  hundred. 

•X>  U  "  Ot'  the  sons  of  Zebnlnn  after 
their  faiiiilies  :  of  Sered,  the  tliinilv 
of  the  .Sardites:  of  Elon,  the  liimilv 
of  the  Elouites:  of  Jahleel,  the  fami- 
ly of  the  Jahleelites. 

•'7  These  are  the  families  of  the 
152 


Zebulunites  accordin;;  to  those  that 
were  numbered  of  them,  threescore 
thousand  and  five  hundred. 

28  IF  '  The  sons  of  Joseph  after  their 
families  uc/e  AlanasseU  and  Ephra- 
iin.  I 

ill  Of  the  .sons  of  Manassch  :    of  | 
"Machir,  the  fumilv  of  the  .Machir- 
ites:  and  Machir  be;;at  Uilead :  of 
Gilead  co:ne  the  liiuiily  of  the  Gil- 
cadites. 

3(1  These  are  the  sons  of  Gilead:  of 
"  Jeezer,  the  tiimilv  of  the  ,)eczerites: 
of  Uelek,  the  family  of  the  llelekites: 

31  And  o;'.Vsriel,  the  fiiniily  of  the 
Asrielites;  and  o?  Shcchem,  the  fam- 
ily of  the  Slieehemites: 

32  And  o/  .Shemida,  the  family  of 
the  Sheinidaites:  and  o/llepher,  the 
liunily  of  the  llepherites. 

.'IJ  TT  And  >  Zelophehad  the  son  of 
Ilepher  had  no  sous,  Init  daii;;hters: 
and  the  names  of  the  daUL;hters  of 
Zelophehad  irrre  iMuhlali,  and  Noah, 
llo^lah,  Milcah,  ami  Tiiv.ah. 

31  These  are  the  fainilieu  of  Manas- 
seli,  and  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them,  iilly  and  two  thousand  and 
seven  hundred. 

3o  U  These  are  the  sons  of  Ephraira 
after  their  families  :  of  Shntlielah, 
the  family  of  the  Sliuthalhites  :  of 
*liecher,  the  family  of  the  Bachrites: 
of  Tahau,  the  family  of  the  Tahan- 
ites. 

•'M  And  these  are  tlie  sons  of  Shu- 
thelah:  of  Eran,  the  family  of  the 
Eranites. 

37  These  are  the  families  of  the 
sons  of  Ephraim  according  to  those 
that  were  numbered  of  them,  thirty 
and  two  thousand  and  five  hundred. 
These  ore  the  sons  of  Joseph  after 
their  families. 

.•;s  1I''The  sons  of  Benjamin  after 
their  f  imilies:  of  Heia,  the  liimilv  of 
the  lielaites:  of  Ashhel,  the  familv  of 
the  Ashbelites:  of  bAhinuii,  the  fami- 
lv of  the  Ahininiites: 

;RI  Of  "^  Shupham,  the  family  of  the 
Shuphamites:  of  lluphani,  the  fami- 
ly of  the  lluplmmites. 

4)  And  the  sons  of  Bela  were  'lArd 
and  Naainan:  of  Ar0^t\\c  family  of 
the  Ardites  :  ami  of  Naaman,'the 
familv  of  the  Xiiamites. 

41  T'lle^e  an-  the  s.insof  Benjjunin 
after  their  families:  and  they  that 
were  nuiiiheri'.l  of  fheni  vrre  forty 
and  five  thousand  and  six  lumdred. 

4J  IT  ^  'f liese  an-  the  fons  of  Dan 
after  their  families:  ol  1!  Shuliam.  the 
liimilv  of  the  Shuhamitos.  These 
are  tlie  tamilies  of  Dan  uller  their 
families. 

43  All  the  families  of  the  Shuhom- 
ites,  according  to  those  that  were 
numbered  of  tlicm,  tc<r;'e  threescore 
and  four  thousand  and  four  hund- 
red. 

IITT  r  O/-  the  children  of  Aslier  after 
their  families:  of  Jinina,  the  family 
of  the  Jimnitea:  of  Jesui,  tlie  family 


Uefore 

CHRIST 

1452. 


j^aiiis  of  Moab. 


NUMBERS. 


The  law  of  inheritances. 


Before 

CHRIST 

14J2. 


Dl.  1:]. 

Joali   11.23 


q  Lot.  10.  1,2. 
cK   3.  4. 
1  UUr.  21.  2. 

rS««cU.3.3a. 


of  tlie  Jesuites:  oi'Beriah,  the  lUinily 
of  the  Beriitcs. 

45  Of  the  sons  of  Beriah;  of  Ilcher, 
the  family  of  the  Ileberites:  of  Mal- 
chiel,  the  family  of  the  Malchielites. 

4U  And  the  name  of  tlie  dau^jhter  of 
Ashcr  was  Surali. 

47  These  arc  tlic  famiUes  of  the 
sons  of  Asher  according  to  tliosc  tliat 
were  numbered  of  them;  who  wtre 
fifty  and  three  thousand  and  tour 
liundred. 

4«  IT  t  Q/;  tlic  sons  of  Naphtali  after 
tlieir  families;  of  Jaiizeel,  the  family 
of  the  Jahzeelites:  of  Uuni,  the  iam- 
ilv  of  the  Gunites; 

4u  Of  Jezer,  the  family  of  the  Jozcr- 
ites;  of  I'Shiliem,  the  family  of  the 
Shilleniitcs. 

50  These  are  the  families  of  Naph- 
tali according  to  their  families;  and 
they  that  were  numbered  of  them 
mere  forty  and  five  thousand  and 
four  hundred. 

51  '  These  were  the  numbered  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  six  hundred 
thousand  and  a  thousand  seven 
hundred  and  tliirty. 

5211  And  the  L,OI!D  spake  unto  5Io- 
ses,  saying, 

5?  k  Unto  these  the  land  shall  be  di- 
vided for  an  inheritance  according 
to  the  number  of  names. 

54  I  To  nian3'  thou  shalt  f  give  the 
more  inheritance,  and  to  few  thou 
shalt  tgive  the  less  inheritance:  to 
every  one  shall  his  inheritance  be 
given  according  to  those  that  were 
numbered  of  liim 

55  Notwithstanding  the  land  shall 
be  "'divided  by  lot:  according  to  tlie 
names  of  the  tiibcs  of  tJieir  fathers 
they  shall  inherit. 

5()  According  to  the  lot  shall  the 
IMSsession  thei-eof  be  divided  be- 
tween many  and  few. 

57  U  "And  these  are  they  that  were 
numbered  of  the  Levites  after  their 
families:  of  Gershon,  the  family  of 
the  Gershonites:  of  Kohath,  tlic  fam- 
ily of  the  Kohathites:  of  Jlerari,  the 
family  of  the  Mcrarites. 

58  These  are  the  fiimilies  of  the 
Levites;  the  family  of  the  Libnites, 
the  family  of  the  Ilebronites,  the 
family  of  "the  JIahlites,  the  family  of 
the  Mushites,  the  family  of  the  Ko- 
rathites.  And  Kohath  begat  Am- 
ram. 

53  And  the  name  of  Amram's  wife 
was  "Joehebed,  tlie  daughter  of  Levi, 
whom  her  mother  bare  to  Levi  in 
Egypt:  and  she  bare  unto  Amram, 
Aaron  and  Moses,  and  JUriani  their 
sister. 

00  P  And  unto  Aaron  was  born  Na- 
dab  and  Abihu,  Eleazar  and  Itha- 
mar. 

01  And  INndab  ,ind  Abihu  died, 
when  they  ofi'ered  strange  fire  before 
the  LoRii. 

02  ■■  Aud  those  that  were  numbered 
of  them  were  twenty  and  tluce  thou- 


sand, all  males  from  a  month  old  and 
upward:  "  lor  they  were  not  number- 
ed among  the  children  of  Israel,  be- 
cause there  was '  no  inheritance  given 
them  among  the  children  of  Israel. 
Ci  IT  These  are  they  that  were  num- 
bered by  Moses  and  Eleazar  the 
priest,  who  numbered  the  children 
of  Israel  "  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by 
Jordan  near  Jericho. 

04  "  But  among  these  there  was  not 
a  man  of  them  whom  Moses  and 
Aaron  the  priest  numbered,  when 
they  numbered  the  children  of  Is- 
r:iel  in  the  wilderness  of  Sinui. 

05  For  the  LuiiD  had  said  of  them, 
They  >  shall  surely  die  in  the  wilder- 
ness. And  there  "was  not  left  a  man 
of  them, '  save  Caleb  the  son  of  Je- 
jjliunneh,  and  Joshua  the  son  of 
Nun. 

CHAPTER  XXYII. 

1  Tlic  llnurjlilers  of  Zclophchad  hue  for  an 
inheritance.  G  Tltc  U,m  of  inlierttancea. 
12  jMoscB,  being  told  of  hit  death,  eueth 
fur  a  auece^gur.  13  JoBhua  ia  appointed 
to  BHccccd  him. 

''plIEN  came  the  daughters  of  "  Ze- 

1  lophehad,  the  son  of  llepher,  the 
son  of  Gilead,  the  sun  of  Machir,  the 
son  of  Manasseh,  of  the  families  of 
Manassch  the  son  of  Joseph  :  and 
these  ore  the  names  of  his  daughters; 
.Mahlah,  Noah,  and  lloglah,  and  Mil- 
cah,  and  Tirzah. 

2  And  thej-  stood  before  Moses,  and 
before  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  before 
the  princes  and  uU  tlie  congregation, 
hij  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  tlie 
c'ongregatiini,  saying, 

.".  Our  father  I' died  in  tlie  wilder- 
ness, and  he  was  not  in  the  company 
of  thein  that  gathered  themselves 
togetlier  against  the  Lord  'in  the 
company  of  Korali;  but  died  in  his 
own  sin,  and  had  no  sons. 

4  Why  should  the  name  of  our  fa- 
ther be  1  done  away  from  among  his 
family,  because  he  hath  no  son? 
i  Give  unto  us  therefore  a  possession 
among  the  brethren  of  our  lather. 

5  And  Moses  "^  brought  tlieir  cause 
before  the  Lord. 

0  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

7  The  daughters  of  Zelophchad 
speak  right:  i  thou  shalt  surely  give 
them  a  iiossession  of  an  inheritance 
among  their  father's  brethren;  and 
thou  shalt  cause  the  inheritance  of 
their  father  to  pass  unto  them. 

8  And  thou  shalt  speak  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  saying.  If  a  man 
die,  and  have  no  son,  then  ye  shall 
cause  his  inheritance  to  pass  unto 
his  daughter. 

y  And  if  he  have  no  daughter,  then 
ve  shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  his 
lircthren. 

10  And  if  he  have  no  brethren,  then 
ye  shall  give  his  inheritance  unto  his 
father's  brethren. 

U  And  if  his  fatlier  have  no  breth- 
153 


Joshua  to  Kucceed  Moses. 


Before 

CHRIST 

Hoi 


licl. 

20 

12, 

37 
32. 

lEi 

17. 

7. 

nDeut  31.2 
2  Cl.r.  1.  10. 


qDeut,  31,9. 
rli.ut.  31.  7. 
•  See  ch.  11. 
IT,  it. 

1  S.1U.  10.  0, 
9. 

2  Kin.  2.  13. 
t  Jo.U.  1.  16. 

17. 
uS»  Juili.  9. 

II. 

Ju,l|.  l.I.^ 

20.  IB.  2:1.21;. 

1  .S.in.  2J  » 

i3<l   7. 
I  Ei.  m.  30 
)■  Jo.li   a  U, 

13.  "ii'.' 


r.  3. 11  4 

iui.'l.  7.  12. 


len,  then  ye  bIiuII  fiive  liis  inherit 
uncr  unto  lii.s  kin.snian  that  is  next 
to  liuu  of  lii.s  iamilv.  and  lie  sliiiU 
possess  It:  ami  it  sliuU  be  unto  tlie 
c-luldrcn  of  Jsrael  Ku  statute  of  jutlR- 
mcut,  as  tlie  L,oiti)  coniinanded  Mo- 

12  IT  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, liGet  tliee  up  into  this  mount 
Abanin,  and  see  tlie  land  which  I 
have  given  unto  the  cliildren  of 
Israel. 

I'i  And  when  tliou  hast  seen  it 
thou  also  ishalt  be  gathered  unto 
tliy  people,  as  Aaron  thy  brother 
was  jjathered. 

14  For  ye  k  rebelled  ajrain.st  my 
cominandment  in  the  desert  of  Zin 
in  the  strife  of  tlie  conKre;;:itioii,  t(') 
sanctity  me  at  the  water  lieliire  tlieir 
eyes:  tliat  is  the  1  water  of  Meribuli 
in  Kadesh  in  the  wilderness  of  Zin. 
l.j  IT  And  Jloses  spake  unto  the 
I><>Iil>,  savin';, 
llj  het  the  Lord,  "the  God  of  the 
spirits  of  all  fiesli,  set  a  man  over  the 
eoiigre;;ation, 

17"  Which  may  go  out  before  them, 
and  which  may  ko  in  before  them, 
and  whicii  may  lead  them  out,  and 
which  may  briii"  them  in;  that  the 
eongresration  of  the  Lord  be  not  "as 
sheep  which  have  no  sbeiilurd 
IHTTAnd  the  Loud  said  unto  Mo- 
ses, Take  thee  Joshua  tlie  sou  of 
Nun,  a  man  I'inwhom  is  tlie  spirit 
and  'I  lav  thine  hand  upon  liiin; 
]!>  Ami  set  him  before  Kleazar  the 
priest,  and  before  all  the  coii.'rc";i- 
tioii;  and  '■{jivehimaebarL'eintheir 
si);ht. 

a)  And  'thou  shalt  put  mme  of 
thine  honour  upon  him,  that  all  the 
coni;rcf,'ati(m  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael '  mav  lie  obedient. 
•n  "  And  he  shall  stand  before  Elea- 
zarthe  llrie^t.  who  shall  ask  comw/ 
I  forbmi  ^attiTthejud-nientof  Uriin 
lietnr<'  till'  1,1.11:11:  i  at  his  word  shall 

''"■y,  »-' !'•  aoil   at  his  word  thev 

^'■.',11  '■"" '.  t">"'  lie,  and  all  the 

ehildren  ol  Israel  with  him,  even  all 
I  the  eon-ri-atiou. 
■J-1  And  .Moses  did  as  the  Lord 
couimanded  him:  and  he  took  Josh- 
ua, and  Ket  him  before  Klea/ar  the 
priest,  and  before  uU  the  conirrca- 
tioii : 

•£i  And  he  laid  his  hands  upon  him, 
"and  cave  him  a  chari;e,  as  the 
LoKI)  commanded  by  the  hand  of 
Moses. 

CHAPTER  XXAIII. 

1  0/t,-ri,uj.  .,r^  I.,  u  „t„,r ;.    a  T/,c  con- 

Unu.,1  l,u,;,l  ..ffcri,,,,.     H  Tlu  offering  on 

tlui  imiaovcr,  Sli  in  ll.e  day  of  firttfruitt. 

VND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, say  i  11;^, 
2  Coinmund  tlie  children  of  Israel 
and  say  unto  them,  Mv  ofleriii", 
mill  "my  bread  for  mv  sacriliees 
niado  by  fire,  for  \  a  sweet  savour 
164 


NUMBERS. The  offerings  at  the  passover. 


unto  me,  shall  ve  observe  to  olfet 
unto  nie  in  their  due  season, 
.^r.,^.'"*.  ""'"  ■'•'"'I'  •"»/  "iKo  «liem, 
I'This  !,■  the  otterin;,'  made  hv  fire 
which  ye  shall  offer  unto  the  1>okd; 
two  lambs  of  the  first  year  without 
spot  i  dav  by  day,  ./(),•  a  continual 
'"'-■t  otterinp. 


4  The  one  lamb  shalt  thou  offer  in 
the  morn  ins,  and  the  other  lamb 
shalt  thou  ofter  t  at  even : 

5  And  'a  tenth  part  of  an  ephah  of 
flour  for  a  ilnu-at  offering,  min'ded 
with  the  fourth  ;j«/f  of  a  "'hiu  of 
beaten  oil. 

(J  //  i.s  fa  continual  burnt  ofterinj:, 
which  was  ordained  in  mount  Sinai 
for  ;i  sweet  savour,  a  sacriticc  made 
by  tire  unto  th,-  Lord. 
7  And  the  diink  otferinff  thereof 
Khali  b,  the  fourth  part  of  a  bin  for 
the  one  lamb:  Bin  the  holy  place 
shalt  thou  cau.se  the  strong  wine  to 
be  poured  unto  the  Lord  lor  a 
drink  ofiering. 

IS  And  the  other  Iamb  shalt  thou 
offer  at  even  :  as  the  meat  offering  of 
the  morning,  and  as  the  drink  otter- 
ing thereof,  thou  shalt  ofh.'r  iV,  a 
sacrifice  maile  bv  tire,  of  a.  sweet 
savour  unto  the  Lord. 
'.»  II  And  on  the  s;ilibath  day  two 
lanilisdt  the  tirst  year  without  spot. 
Hid  t»,,  tenth  deals  of  flour  fur  a 
meat  ,ifteri,,j.M,iin.de,l  with  oil,  and 
the  dliuk  ottering  thereof: 
ll>  I  lux  U  iithe  burnt  offering  of 
every  sabbath,  beside  the  continual 
burnt  ottering,  and  his  drink  otter- 
ing. 

U  IT  And  i  in  the  beginnings  of  vour 
months  ye  shall  otter  a  burnt  litter- 
inir  unto  the  Lord:  two  voung  bull- 
ocks and  one  ram.  seven  lambs  of 
the  hist  MUM- without  sp.it: 
yi  .\nd  Mhre,.  tenth  deals  of  flour 
/"/•  a  meat  ottering,  mingled  with 
oil.  for  one  bullock;  and  two  tenth 
deals  of  flour  lor  a  meat  offering, 
mingled  with  oil,  for  one  ram: 
1.)  And  a  several  tenth  deal  of  flour 
mingled  with  oil./;,/-  a  meat  ottering 
unto  one  lamb:  /i,/- a  burnt  .itterinrr 
of  a  sweet  savmir.  a  sneritice  made 
by  hre  nnto  the  Lord. 
14  And  their  drink  orterings  shall 
be  halt  a  bin  of  wine  nnto  a  bull- 
ock, and  the  third  part  of  a  bin 
unto  a  ram,  and  a  fourth  iiart  of  a 
bin  unto  a  lamb:  this  i.<  the  burnt  of- 
fering of  every  nxnith  throughout 
the  montha  of  the  year. 
I.">  And  lone  kid"of  the  goats  for  a 
SMI  ottering  unto  the  Lord  shall  be 
otteri'd,  beside  the  continual  burnt 
ottering,  and  his  drink  ottering. 
Hi  "'And  in  the  fourteenth  dav  of 
the  first  mouth  is  the  passover  of  the 
Lord. 

ir   "And   in    the    fifteenth    dav   of 
t  us  month  is  tin' feast  :  seven  "davs 
shall  unleavened  bread  be  eaten     " 
18  In  the  "tirst  day  fluiU  be  a.  holy 


dL« 

».  2 

1. 

el':^ 

29 

40. 

IKt 

29.  42. 
Amo«£ 

^ 

BE. 

29. 

42. 

in  Ei.  12.  e. 

11. 

!.••  23.  5. 

Ii.m.Vo.  1. 

El.  U.  21. 
"  L^r.  23.  e. 
.  Ki.  12  10. 

t«».  U  7. 


in  the  day  of  firstfniits, 


NUMBERS. 


and  mi  the  other  feast*. 


:.  12.  16.1 

•'  -a.  8. 

.23.  le.i 
22- 
V.  23.  10. 

ut    IS.  10. 
1.  2.  1. 


convocation;  ye  shall  do  no  manner 
of  Gcn'ile  work  therein  : 

111  But  ye  shall  otter  a  sacrifice  made 
by  fire  fur  a  burnt  ottering  unto  the 
LOKD;  two  young  bullocks,  and  one 
ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  the  first 
year:  t'tbev  shall  be  unto  you  with- 
out blcniisti. 

I'll  -Vnd  their  meat  olfering  sluiU  be 
oyrtour  mingled  with  oil:  three  tenth 
deals  shall  ve  otter  lor  a  bullock,  and 
two  tentli  deals  for  a  ram; 

U'l  A  several  tenth  deal  shalt  thou 
otter  for  e\'ery  lamb,  throughout  the 
seven  lambs: 

22  And  lone  goat, /or  a  sin  offering, 
to  make  an  atonement  for  you. 

23  Ye  shall  otter  these  beside  the 
burnt  otfering  in  the  morning,  which 
is  for  a  continual  burnt  ottering. 

24  After  this  manner  ye  shall  offer 
daily,  throughout  the  seven  days,  the 
meat  of  the  sacrifice  made  by  fire, 
of  a  sweet  savour  unto  the  Loitl):  it 
shall  be  ottered  beside  the  continual 
burnt  ottering,  and  his  drink  otter- 
ing. 

25  And  ■'on  the  seventh  day  ye 
shall  have  a  holy  convocation  ;  ye 
shall  do  no  servile  work. 

20  11  Also  'in  the  day  of  the  first- 
fruits,  when  ye  bring  a  new  meat 
ofl'ering  unto  the  LOKD,  after  your 
weeks  7w?  out,  ye  shall  have  a  holy 
convocation;  ve  shall  do  no  servile 
work: 

27  But  ye  shall  offi'r  the  burnt  of- 
fering for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Loisu  ;  'two  young  bullocks,  one 
ram,  .seven  laiiibs  of  the  first  year; 

2>i  And  their  meat  ottering  of  flour 
mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth  deals 
unto  one  bullock,  two  tenth  dcal^ 
unto  one  rain, 

29  A  several  tenth  deal  unto  one 
lamb,  throughout  the  seven  lambs; 

;*)  And  one  kid  of  the  goats,  to 
make  an  atonement  for  you. 

31  Ye  shall  offer  l/icni  beside  the 
continual  burnt  offering,  and  his 
meat  ottiering,  ("they  shall  be  unto 
you  without  blenifsh,)  and  their 
drink  offerings. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

1  The  offering  ut  the  ftant  of  Irumpcit, 
7  at  t/ie  da^/  of  aJJUctintj  their  goute,  13 
and  on  tlie  eight  days  of  tlte  feast  of 

\ND  in  the  seventh  month,  on 
the  first  (lai/  of  the  month,  ye 
shall  have  a  holy  convocation  ;  ye 
shall  do  no  servile  work  :  "  it  is  a 
day  of  blowing  the  trumpets  untt) 
yoii. 

2  And  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  of- 
fering for  a  sweet  savour  unto  the 
Loiii);  one  voung  bullock,  one  ram, 
anil  seven  lambs  of  the  first  jear 
without  blemish : 

3  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be 
o/' flour  mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth 
deals  for  a  bullock,  and  two  tenth 
deals  for  a  ram. 


4  And  one  tenth  deal  tor  one  lamb, 
throughout  the  seven  lambs: 

5  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a 
sin  offering,  to  make  an  atonement 

of 

the  month,  and  his  meat  offering, 
and  *^  the  daily  burnt  ottering,  and 
his  meat  offering,  and  their  drink 
offerings,  d  according  unto  their  man- 
ner, for  a  sweet  savour,  a  sacrifice 
made  by  fire  unto  the  l.ORD. 

7  Tt  And  'ye  shall  have  on  the 
tenth  day  of  this  seventh  month  a 
holy  convocation;  and  ye  shall  f af- 
flict jour  souls:  ye  shall  not  do  any 
work  therein: 

8  But  ye  shall  offer  a  burnt  of- 
fering uiito  the  LOKU  for  a  sweet 
savour ;  one  j'oung  bullock,  one 
ram,  and  seven  lambs  of  the  first 
j'ear;  s  thev  shall  be  unto  you  with- 
out blemisli. 

'J  And  their  meat  offering  shall  be 
q/' flour  mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth 
deals  to  a  bullock,  and  two  tenth 
deals  to  one  ram, 

10  A  several  tenth  deal  for  one 
lamb,  throughout  the  seven  lambs: 

11  One  kid  of  the  goats  for  a  sin 
ottering;  beside  lithe  sin  ottering  of 
atonement,  and  the  continual  burnt 
ofl'eringj  and  the  meat  ottering  of  it, 
and  their  drink  otterings. 

12  IT  And  ion  the  fifteenth  day  of 
the  seventh  month  ye  shall  have  a 
holy  convocation  ;  ye  shall  do  no 
-lervilc  work,  and  ye  shall  keep  a 
feast  unto  the  l.ORU  seven  dajs: 

13  And  tye  shall  otter  a  burnt  of- 
fering, a  sacrifice  made  by  fire,  of  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Loitn;  thir- 
teen young  bullocks,  two  rams,  and 
fourteen  lambs  of  the  first  year;  they 
shall  be  without  blemish: 

14  And  their  meat  ottering  shall  be 
o./'flour  mingled  with  oil,  three  tenth 
deals  unto  every  bullock  of  the  thir- 
teen bullocks,  two  tenth  deals  to  each 
ram  of  the  two  rams, 

15  And  a  several  tenth  deal  to  each 
lamb  of  the  fourteen  lambs: 

1()  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for 
a  sin  offering;  beside  the  continual 
burnt  offering,  his  meat  ottering, 
and  his  drink  ottering. 

17  V.  And  on   the    second   day  i, 
shall  offer   twelve  young  bullock 
two  rains,  fourteen  lambs  of  the  first 
year  without  spot: 

'  IK  And  their  meat  offering  and  their 
drink  otterings  fijr  the  bullocks,  for 
tlie  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  shall  be 
according  to  their  number,  laftcrthe 
manner: 

111  And  one  kid  of  the  goats  for  a 
sin  offering :  beside  tlie  continual 
burnt  offering,  and  the  meat  offering 
thereof,  and  their  drink  otterings. 

I'd  IT  And  on  the  third  day  eleven 
bnllocks,  two  rams,  fourteen  lambs 
of  the  first  year  withont  blemish 

21  And  their  meat  offering  and  their 
155 


Offering  on  the  feast  of  tabernacles.    NUMBERS. 


Vows  are  not  to  he  broken. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1432. 


drink  offerings  for  tlic  bullocks,  lor 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  shall  be 
according  to  their  number,  '"alter 
the  manner: 

L'J  And  one  goat  fni-  a  sin  ottering; 
beside  the  continual  burnt  ottering, 
and  his  meat  offering,  and  his  drink 
ottering. 

ai  II  And  on  the  fourth  day  ten  bull- 
ocks, two  rams,  and  fourteen  lambs 
of  the  tirst  year  without  blemish: 

24  Their  meat  ottering  and  their 
drink  offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  ibr  the  lambs,  shall 
be  according  to  their  number,  after 
the  manner: 

25  And  one  kid  of  the  goatg  for  a 
sin  offering;  beside  the  cnntinual 
burnt  offering,  his  meat  offering,  and 
his  drink  ottering. 

•J>  V  And  on  the  fifth  dav  nine  bull- 
ocks, two  ranih,  ami  fourteen  lambs 
of  tlic  first  year  without  spot: 

■S  And  their  Mu-atdtferiii- and  their 
drmk  offerings  tbr  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  shall  be 
according  to  their  number,  after  the 
manner: 

2S  And  one  goat /or  a  sin  offering; 
lioside  the  continual  burnt  ottering, 
and  his  meat  ottering,  and  his  drink 
olleriug. 

211  ir  And  on  the  si.xth  day  eight 
bullocks,  two  r-ims,  atul  fourteen 
Inmbs  of  the  first  year  without  blem- 
ish: 

."0  And  their  meat  offering  and  their 
drink  offerings  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  tlie  lambs,  shall  be 
according  to  their  number,  after  the 
manlier: 

ol  And  one  goat /or  a  sin  offering; 
beside  the  continual  burnt  ottering, 
his  meat  ottering,  and  his  drink  of- 
fering. 

32  H  And  on  the  seventh  day  seven 
bullocks,  two  rams,  and  fourteen 
lambs  of  the  first  year  without  blem- 
ish: 

.3.5  And  their  meat  offering  and  their 
drink  ofl'crinfs  for  the  bullocks,  for 
the  rams,  and  for  the  lambs,  shall  be 
according  to  tlieir  number,  after  the 
uumncr: 

.•;t  And  one  goat/oc  a  sin  offering: 
beside  the  continual  burnt  offering, 
his  meat  offering,  and  his  drink  of- 
fering. 

!i.'i  II  On  the  ei:,'lifh  day  vc  sluill  have 
a  "solemn  assi-mhlv:  Ve  shall  do  no 
servile  work  Ihrrciii:  ' 

;;(J  Uut  ye  shall  oiler  a  burnt  otter- 
ing, a  s;ierifice  made  hv  fire,  of  a 
sweet  savour  unto  the  Lonn :  one 
bullock,  one  ram,  seven  lambs  of  the 
first  vi'ar  without  bleml.sh: 

r.7  Their  meat  ottering  and  their 
drink  offerings  for  the  huUock,  for 
the  ram,  and  tor  tlie  lambs,  shall  be 
according  to  their  number,  after  the 
nianuer: 

.'IS  And  one  goat  ./"or  a  sin  oflering; 
beside  the  continual  burnt  ottering, 
l&ti 


and  his  meat  offering,  and  his  drink 
ottering. 

31)  These  things  ye  shall  ||do  unto 
the  LoRl>  in  your"  "set  feasts,  beside 
your  I' vows,  and  your  freewill  ott'er- 
mgs,  for  your  burnt  offerings,  and  for 
your  meat  ott'erings,  and  for  your 
drink  ott'erings,  and  for  your  peace 
offerings. 

40  And  Moses  told  the  children  of 
Israel  according  to  all  that  the  Lobb 
commanded  Moses. 

CUAPTER  XXX. 
1  T'oica  are  >w«  to  be  broken,    i  The  eieep- 

tion  of  a  mauVtvou;  0  o/  awife'e,  Oo/ 

a  widow^a,  or  Iter  that  is  divorced. 

\  ND  Moses  spake  unto  "the  heads 
1\  of  the  trihes  concerning  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying.  This  is  the 
thing  which  the  l,Of(D  hath  com- 
manded. 

2  I'lf  a  man  vow  a  vow  unto  the 
Lord,  or  '^ swear  an  oath  to  bind 
his  soul  with  a  bond;  he  shall  not 
t  break  his  word,  he  shall  ildo  ac- 
cording to  all  that  proceedeth  out  of 
his  mouth. 

3  If  a  woman  also  vow  a  vow  unto 
the  Loiiii,  and  bind  herself  by  a 
bond,  hiiig  in  her  father's  house  in 
her  youth; 

4  And  her  father  hear  her  vow,  and 
her  bond  wlierewith  she  hath  hound 
her  soul,  aiul  her  father  shall  hold 
his  peace  at  her;  then  all  her  vows 
sh.all  stand,  and  every  bond  where- 
with she  hath  bound"  her  soul  shall 
stand. 

.■)  But  if  her  father  dis.-illow  her  in 
the  day  that  he  hearcth,  not  any  of 
her  vows,  or  of  her  bonds  wlierewith 
she  hath  hound  her  soul,  ^hall  stand; 
and  tlie  l,oi;i)  sIkiU  forgive  her,  bc- 
cajise  her  father  disallowed  her. 

(i  And  if  ^hc  had  at  all  a  husband, 
wlieu  ts-he  vowed,  or  uttered  aught 
out  of  her  lips,  wherewith  she  bound 
her  sold; 

7  .Vnd  her  husband  heard  il,  and 
held  his  peace  at  her  in  the  day  that 
he  heard  il:  then  her  vows  sliall 
stand,  and  her  bonds  wherewitli  she 
bound  her  soul  shall  stand. 

.S  ISut  if  her  husband  'disallowed 
heron  tlie  dav  that  he  hearil  it.  then 
he  shall  make  h,'r  vow  which  she 
vowed,  and  that  which  .-.he  uttered 
with  her  lips,  wherewith  she  bound 
her  soul,  of  none  cttect ;  and  the 
LoKii  shall  forgive  her. 

II  Uut  everv  vow  of  a  widow,  and  of 
her  that  is  divorced,  wherewitli  they 
have  hound  their  souls,  shall  stand 
airainst  her. 

10  And  if  she  vowed  in  her  hus- 
band's house,  or  bound  her  soul  by 
aboiiil  with  ail  oalll; 

11  And  her  huslpand  heard  il,  and 
held  his  peace  at  her,  <IH</  disallowed 
her  not  :  then  all  her  vows  shall 
stanil,  and  every  bond  wherewith 
she  bound  her  sold  shall  stand. 

]'J  lint  if  her  husband  hath  utterly 


The  Midianites  are  spoiled. 


NUMBERS.        Moses  is  xoroth  inth  the  officers. 


mailc  tlicm  void  on  the  day  lie  lu'aid 
them ;  then  wliatsoever  proceeded  out 
of  lier  lips  coneernin^  lier  A'nws,  or 
concerning  tlic  bond  of  lier  poul, 
shall  not  stand:  her  husband  hath 
made  them  void;  and  the  Loitu 
shall  forgive  her. 

13  Every  vow,  and  every  binding 
oath  to  atfliet  the  soul,  her  husband 
may  establish  it,  or  licr  husband 
may  make  it  void. 

14  But  if  her  husband  altogether 
hold  his  peace  at  her  from  day  to 
day ;  then  he  establisheth  all  her 
vows,  or  all  her  bonds,  which  arc 
upon  her:  ho  continneth  them,  be- 
cause he  held  his  peace  at  her  in  the 
day  tliat  he  heard  thou. 

15  But  if  he  shall  any  ways  make 
them  void  after  that  he  hath  heard 
them;  then  ho  shall  bear  her  iniq- 
uity. 

Hi  These  are  the  statutes,  which  the 
Lord  commanded  Moses,  between  n 
man  and  his  wiie,  between  the  fa- 
ther and  his  dauj;hter,  heiiirj  ijct  in 
her  youth  in  her  lather's  house. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

1  Tlie  Midianitca  arc  npoilcl,  and  Balaam 
tlain.  13  J/bsea  i«  wroth  witit  tha  o;^cerit, 
for  saving  the  women  ative.  ID  /low  the 
sotiiicre,  vnth  ttieir  captivcn  and  spoil, 
arc  to  be  purified.  £5  TIte  proportion 
Kherchy  the  prey  is  to  be  divided.  i»  Tlie 
voluntary  oblation  unto  the  treasury  of 
the  Lord. 
A  ND  the  LoKU  spake  unto  Moses, 

1\  saying, 

2  "Avenge  the  children  of  Israel  of 
the  Midianites:  afterward  shalt  thou 
l>bc  gathered  unto  thy  people. 

3  And  Moses  spake  unto  the  people, 
sa,ving.  Arm  some  of  yourselves  unto 
the  war,  and  let  thcni  go  against  the 
Slidianites,  and  avenge  the  Lord  of 
Midian. 

4  1  Of  every  tribe  a  thousand, 
throughout  all  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
shall  ye  send  to  the  war. 

5  So" there  were  delivered  out  of  the 
thousands  of  Israel,  a  thousand  of 
crerf/  tribe,  twelve  thousand  armed 
for  war. 

G  And  Moses  sent  them  to  the  war, 
a  thousand  of  every  tribe,  them  and 
Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar  the 
priest,  to  the  war,  with  the  holy  in- 
struments, and  '  the  trumpets  to  blow 
in  his  hand. 

7  And  they  warred  against  the 
Midianites,  as  the  Lord  command- 
ed Moses;  and  J  they  slew  all  the 
'  males. 

8  And  they  slew  the  kings  of  Jlid- 
ian,  beside  the  rest  of  them  that  were 
slain ;  namel/i,  •  Evi,  and  Rekem, 
and  Zur,  and  llur,  and  Reba.  five 
kings  of  Midian :  6  BaUuim  also  the 
son  of  Beor  they  slew  with  the 
sword. 

II  And  the  children  of  Israel  took  all 
the  women  of  Midian  captives,  and 
their  little  ones,  and  took  the  spoil  of 


all  their  cattle,  and  all  their  flocks, 
and  all  their  goods. 

HI  And  they  burnt  all  their  cities 
wherein  they  dwelt,  and  all  their 
goodly  castle's,  with  lire. 

1 1  And  li  they  took  all  the  spoil,  and 
all  the  prey,  loth  of  men  and  of 
beasts. 

l\i  And  they  brought  the  captives, 
and  the  prey,  and  the  spoil,  unto 
Moses  and  Eleazar  the  priest,  and 
unto  the  congregation  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  unto  the  camp  at  the 
plains  of  Sloab,  which  arc  by  Jor- 
dan near  Jericho. 

13  TT  And  Moses,  and  Eleazar  the 
priest,  and  all  the  princes  of  tlic  con- 
gregation, went  forth  to  meet  them 
without  the  camp. 

14  And  Moses  was  wroth  with  the 
officers  of  the  host,  irilh  the  captains 
over  thousands,  and  captains  over 
hundreds,  which  came  from  the 
t  battle. 

13  And  Moses  said  imto  them.  Have 
ye  s,aved  i  all  the  women  alive? 
"  1()  Behold,  k  these  caused  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  through  the  1  counsel 
of  Balaam,  to  commit  trespass  against 
the  Lord  in  the  matter  of  Peor,  and 
'"  there  was  a  plague  among  the  con- 
gregation of  the  Lord. 

17  Now  therefore  "  kill  every  male 
among  the  little  ones,  and  kill  every 
woman  that  hath  know  n  man  by  ly- 
ing with  t  him. 

18  But  all  the  women  children,  that 
have  not  known  a  man  by  l.ving 
with  him,  kcej)  alive  tor  yourselves. 

lU  And  °  do  ye  abide  without  the 
camp  seven  days  :  whosoever  hath 
killed  any  person,  and  ''whosoever 
hath  touched  any  slain,  purify  tol/i 
yourselves  and  your  captives  on  the 
third  day,  and  on  the  seventh  day. 

'M  And  purify  all  j/our  raiment,  and 
all  t  that  is  made  of  skins,  and  all 
work  of  goats'  liair,  and  all  things 
made  of  wood. 

:il  TT  And  Eleazar  the  priest  said 
unto  the  men  of  war  which  went  to 
the  battle.  This  i.s  the  ordinance  of 
the  law  which  the  Lord  command- 
ed Moses; 

22  Only  the  gold,  and  the  silver,  the 
brass,  the  iron,  the  tin,  and  the  lead, 

23  Lverv  thing  that  may  abide  the 
fire,  ye  shall  make  il  go  tlirongh  the 
fire,  and  it  shall  be  clean:  neverthe- 
less it  shall  be  purified  'i  with  the  wa- 
ter of  separation:  and  all  that  abid- 
etli  not  the  tire  ye  shall  make  go 
through  the  water. 

24  '.Vnd  ye  shall  wash  yoxir  clothes 
on  the  seventh  day,  and  ye  shall  be 
clean,  and  afterward  ye  shall  come 
into  tlie  camp. 

2.'i  ^  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

2li  Take  the  sum  of  the  prey  +  that 
was  taken^o^/i  of  man  and  of  beast, 
I  thouj  and  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  the 
1  chief  fathers  of  the  congregation : 
157 


The  proportion  whereby 


NUMBERS. 


the  prey  is  to  be  divided. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1451!. 


27  And  'divide  tlic  prey  into  two 
parts;  between  them  that  took  the 
W!ir  upon  them,  who  went  out  to 
Iwltio,  and  between  all  the  conj,'re- 

i;.s  And  levy  a  tribute  unto  tlic  Lord 
of  the  men  of  war  whieh  went  out 
to  battle:  'one  soul  of  five  hundred, 
fxjth  of  the  persons,  and  of  the  beeves, 
and  ofthe  asses,  and  of  the  sheep: 

L".l  Take  //  of  their  half,  and  give  it 
unto  EUa/.ar  the  priest,  yb/' a  heave 
orterin;,' ofthe  ],ol:l>. 

■  Ml  jVnd  of  the  ehildren  of  Israel's 
half,  thou  bhalt  take  "one  portion  of 
fifty,  of  the  persons,  ofthe  beeves,  *)f 
the  asses,  and  of  the  |j  floeks,  of  all 
mannerof  beasts,  and  five  them  unto 
the  l,cvi(i-s,  "  whieh  keep  the  charge 
oftlK' t;iheniaele  ofthe  Loki). 

■■■■\  And  .M..>r^  and  Khazar  the  priest 
<liil  as  the  I, OHO  eoiiiiiianded  Moses. 

.'t'And  the  \<iHil\,hri,„i  the  rest  of 
the  prey  whieh  tlie  ini  ii  nf  war  had 
ean:,'lit,  was  six  hundred  thousand 
and  seventy  thousand  and  five  thou- 
sand sheep, 

:•!  An<l  threescore  and  twelve  thou- 
sand beeves, 

.'H  And  threescore  and  one  thousand 
asses, 

'■V)  And  thirty  and  two  thousand 
persons  in  all",  of  women  that  had 
not  known  man  bv  h'in;:  with  him. 

■■>;  And  tlie  half,  ic/iir/i  »vis  the  por- 
tion of  them  that  went  out  to  war, 
wan  in  nnmlier  three  hundred  thou- 
sand ami  sevin  and  thirty  thousand 
and  live  liundn-d  slieep: 

.•'.r  And  the  I.nicn'.s  tribute  ofthe 
sheep  was  six  hundred  and  three- 
score and  (ifteen. 

.W  And  the  beeves  Vfi-c  thirtv  and 
six  thousand;  of  whieh  the  I,oi:u's 
tribute  (/vi- tliree^seoreanil  twelve. 

■  SI  And  the  asses  im;:  thirtv  thou- 
sanil  and  livi>  hundred;  of  wliich  the 
J.«4)Ui»'s   tribute  wets  threescore  and 

40  And  the  persons  vcre  sixteen 
thousanil:  of  wliieh  the  LoitD's  trib- 
\iU'  »o.«  thirtv  and  two  i)ersons. 

41  Ami  .Mi.ses  gave  the  tribute, 
irliitli  trill  the  J.oiiii'.s  heave  offer- 
ins,  unto  lOleazar  the  priest,  ^as  the 
Iaihi)  commanded  Moses. 

4J  Ami  of  the  ehildren  of  Israel's 
half,  whieh  .Moses  divided  from  the 
men  tbiit  warred, 

4-'.  (  Now  the  half  fAot  pfrlninril  unin 
till' enn-re-ation  was  three  hundred 
thousand  and  thirty  thous:ind  uii,/ 
seven  thousand  and  live  hundred 
sheep, 

44  And  thirty  and  six  thousand 
beeves, 

4.)  And  thirty  thousand  n.ssc8  and 
live  hundred, 

(I!  And  sixti'cn  thousand  persons, > 

47  Kven  'of  the  ehildren  of  Israi  I's 
half,  Moses  took  one  jiorlion  -.f  lil\v, 
tidf/i  t>f  num  and  of  beast,  and  gave 
them  unto  the  Levites,  which  kejit 
lu8 


the  charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
Loiiti;  as  the  L,oitu  commanded 
Moses. 

4.S  H  And  the  officers  which  vrre 
over  thousands  of  the  host,  the  cap- 
tains of  thcmsands,  and  captains  of 
hundreds,  came  near  unto  Mo.ses: 

4'J  And  they  said  unto  Moses,  Thy 
servants  have  taken  the  sum  of  the 
men  of  war  which  (tre  under  our 
t  charge,  and  there  lackcth  not  one 
man  of  us. 

W  We  have  thcrefiire  brought  an 
oblation  tor  the  Loitn,  what  every 
nuin  hath  1  .-..tten,  of  jewels  of  gold, 
eliains,  and  bracelets,  rings,  earrings, 
and  tablets,  '  to  make  an  atonement 
for  our  souls  before  the  I.okii. 

rA  And  Moses  and  Eleazar  the 
priest  took  the  gold  of  them,  crc;t 
all  wrought  jewels. 

r,>  Ami  all  the  gold  of  the  f  oflroring 
that  thev  oinriMl  up  to  the  I.oun,  of 
the  captliins  of  thousands,  and  ofthe 
captains  of  imndreils,  \\as  sixteen 
thousand  seven  liundrtHl  and  filly 
shekels. 

.'►'!  ( lor  li the  men  of  war  had  taken 
spoil,  every  man  tor  himself.) 

.">4  And  "Moses  and  Kleazar  the 
priest  took  the  gold  of  the  captains 
of  thousands  and  of  hundreds,  and 
brought  it  into  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  ^/or  n  memorial  for 
the  children  of  Israel  before  the 
Luun. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 
I   T'le  Rciihcnitct    at>d    (!mtite>    t«e    Tor 

their  iiihrriliincc  on  that  tide  Jordan. 

6  Motea  rcjirovtth  them,     lli  Thet/  offer 


NOW  the  children  of  Reuben  and 
the  children  oftiad  hail  n  very 
great  multitude  of  cattle:  and  wheii 
thev  saw  the  land  of  '  Jazer,  and  the 
land  of  (iiUail,  that,  behold,  the  place 
KYua  lilace  f,,r  entile; 

2  The  children  of  (iad  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Rcnbin  came  ami  spake  unto 
Moses,  anrl  to  Eleazar  the  priest,  nnd 
unto  the  princes  ofthe  congregation, 
saying, 

a  Ataroth,  nnd  Dibon,  nnd  .Tazer, 
nnd  l>Nimrnh,  nnd  Heshbon,  and 
Elealeh.  and  "  Shebam,  nnd  Nebo, 
and  'I  lUon. 

4  Knii  the  country  'which  the 
I.oi:i)  smote  before  the  congregatiim 
of  Israel.  M  a  land  for  cattlei  nnd  thy 
.servants  have  callle: 

.'i  Whei-elore.  s;iid  thev,  if  we  have 
f.mnd grace  in  thv  sight,  let  tliis  laml 
he  (risen  unto  thy  servants  for  :i  pos- 
session, mill  bring  ns  not  i>ver  .Ii,r- 
dan. 

I!  'I  And  Moses  said  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  (iad  nnd  to  the  childivn  of 
Kenben,  .'<hnll  your  brethren  go  to 
war,  and  shall  ye  sit  here? 

7  .\ml  wheivfore  f  discoiu'jige  ye  the 
heart  of  the  children  of  Israel  from 


The  Reubenites  and  Gadites 


NUMBERS. 


offer  conditions  to  Moses. 


CHRIST 
1452. 


(ch.  a.  3.  % 
fD.ut.  1.22. 
k  >lt.  13.UM. 
Peut.  1.  21, 


ncli.  U.2I. 
U.ul.  1.  SS. 
Joali.  11.8,9. 


s  ch.  11.  33, 
84.35. 
ecli.26.  «,<». 


fllast.  1.34. 
ql)«ul  30.17. 


goinp:  over  into  tlie  land  which  tlie 
Loud  liath  givtu  thcniy 

8  Tims  did  your  lathers,  fwhcn  I 
sent  them  I'rom  Kadcsh-barneu  sto 
sec  the  land. 

9  For  l>  when  they  went  up  unto  the 
valley  of  Eshcol,  and  saw  the  land, 
thev  discoura^'cd  the  heart  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  that  they  should 
not  go  into  the  land  which  tlie  LoKD 
had  given  them. 

10  1  And  the  Lord's  anger  was 
kindled  the  same  time,  and  he  swarc, 
saying, 

11  Surely  none  of  the  men  that  came 
up  out  ot  Egypt,  k  from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  shall  see  tlie  land 
whicli  1  sware  unto  Abraham,  unto 
Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob;  because  Ithcy 
have  not  t  wholly  followed  me: 

12  Save  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephun- 
neh  the  Kenezitt,  and  Joshua  tiic 
son  of  Nun:  '"for  they  have  wholly 
followed  the  Lord. 

13  And  the  Lord's  anger  was  kin- 
dled against  Israel,  and  he  made 
tliem  "  wander  in  the  wilderness 
forty  years,  until  "all  the  genera- 
tion, that  had  done  evil  in  the  eight 
of  the  Lord,  wa.s  consumed. 

14  And,  behold,  ye  are  risen  up  in 
your  fathers'  stead,  an  increase  of 
sinful  men,  to  augment  yet  the 
f  tierce  anger  of  the  Lord  toward 
Israel. 

15  For  if  ye  ^  turn  away  from  after 
him,  he  will  3"et  again  leave  them  in 
tlie  wilderness;  and  ye  shall  destroy 
all  this  people. 

10  IT  And  they  came  near  unto  him, 
and  said.  We  will  build  sheepfolds 
here  for  our  cattle,  and  cities  for  our 
little  ones: 

17  But  'we  ourselves  will  go  ready 
armed  before  the  children  ()f  Israel, 
until  we  have  hnmght  tluin  unto 
their  iilace:  and  our  little  .Mies  shall 
dwell  in  the  fenced  cities,  because  of 
the  inhabitants  of  the  laud. 

18  'Wc  will  not  return  unto  our 
houses,  until  the  children  of  Israel 
have  inherited  every  man  his  inher- 
iUincc: 

1!)  For  we  will  not  inherit  with  them 
on  yonder  side  Jordan,  or  fiirward: 
'  because  our  inheritance  is  fallen  to 
us  on  this  side  Jordan  eastward. 

20  IT  And  "  Jloses  said  unto  them. 
If  ye  will  do  this  thing,  if  ye  will  go 
armed  before  the  Lord  to  war, 

21  And  will  go  all  of  you  armed 
over  Jordan  before  the  Lord,  until 
he  hath  driven  out  his  enemies  from 
before  him, 

22  And  ^the  land  be  .^uhdued  be- 
fore the  Lord:  then  afterward  >  ye 
shall  return,  and  be  guiltless  before 
the  Lord,  and  before  Israel ;  and 
"this  land  slndl  bo  your  ixissessiou 
before  the  Lord. 

2:3  But  if  ye  will  not  do  so,  behold,  yc 
have  sinned  against  the  Lord:  and 
be  sure  "your  sin  will  lind  you  out. 


24  b  Build  you  cities  for  your  little 
ones,  and  folds  tor  your  sheep;  and 
do  that  which  hath  proceeded  out  of 
j'our  mouth. 

"  25  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
children  of  Reuben  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying.  Thy  servants  will  do  as 
my  lord  conimandeth. 

2G  '  Our  little  ones,  our  wives,  our 
tloeksj  and  all  our  cattle,  shall  be 
there  ni  the  cities  of  Gilead: 

27  d  But  thy  ser\-ants  will  pass  over, 
every  man  armed  for  war,  belbre  the 
Loud  to  battle,  as  niy  lord  saith. 

28  So  *^ concerning  them  Jloses 
commanded  Eleazar  the  priest,  and 
Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  and  the  chief 
fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel : 

29  And  Moses  said  unto  them.  If 
the  chiUlren  of  Gad  and  the  children 
of  Reuben  will  pass  with  you  over 
Jordan,  every  man  armed  to  battle, 
before  the  Lord,  and  the  land  shall 
be  subdued  belbre  you ;  then  ye 
shall  give  them  the  land  of  Gilead 
for  a  ptissession: 

.'!0  But  if  they  will  not  pass  over 
with  you  armed,  they  shall  have  pos- 
sessions among  you  in  the  land  of 
Canaan. 

.•51  And  the  children  of  Gad  and  the 
children  of  Reuben  answered,  say- 
ing. As  the  Lord  hath  said  unto  thy 
servants,  so  will  we  do. 

.12  We  will  pass  over  armed  before 
the  I>0RD  into  the  land  of  Canaan, 
tliat  the  possession  of  our  inheritance 
on  this  side  Jordan  viay  be  ours. 

Si  And  f  Moses  gave  unto  them, 
eiejt  to  the  children  of  Gad,  and  to 
the  cliildren  of  Reuben,  and  unto 
half  the  tribe  of  Manasseh  the  son 
of  tloseph,  f5  the  kingdom  of  Hihon 
king  of  the  Amorites,  and  the  king- 
dom of  Og  king  of  Bashan,  the  land, 
with  the  cities  thereof  in  the  coasts, 
even  the  cities  of  the  country  round 
about. 

S4  IT  And  the  children  of  Gad  built 
it  Dibon,  and  Ataroth,  and  '  Aroer, 

f!5  And  Atroth,  Shophan,and  k  Jaa- 
zer,  and  Jogbebah, 

.«  And  I  Beth-nimrah,  and  Beth- 
haran,  ""fenced  cities;  and  folds  for 
sheep. 

.'57  And  the  children  of  Reuben 
"  built  Heshbon,  and  Elealeh,  and 
Kiijathaim, 

;!S  And  "Nebo,  and  PBaal-meon, 
(*!  their  names  being  changed,)  and 
Shibmah  :  and  tgave  other  names 
unto  the  cities  which  they  builded. 

.'5)  And  the  children  of  '  Machir  the 
son  of  Manasseh  went  to  Gilead,  and 
took  it,  iind  dispossessed  the  Amorite 
which  iras  in  it. 

40  .Vnd  Moses  'gave  Gilead  unto 
Maehir  the  sou  of  Manasseh;  and  he 
dwelt  then'in. 

41  And  'Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh 
went  and  took  the  small  towns  there- 
of, and  called  them  "  Ilavoth-jair. 

159 


Tivo  and  forty  journeys 


NUMBERS. 


of  the  Israelites. 


Before 

JURIST 

H5a. 


«Ex 

12 

37. 

MO 

12 

2  i 

Clil 

U. 

8. 

dE. 

12 

29. 

•  Ex.  12. 
IS.  11. 

12.4 

»e» 

12 

». 

fK<. 

12. 

37. 

(Es 

13 

20. 

roll  11. 35. 

1  ch.  12   1(1. 


42  And  Nobah  went  and  took  Kc- 
natli,  und  the  villages  thereof,  and 
called  it  Nubah,  after  liis  own  name. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

1  Two  aftd  fortt/  joiirn:!/8  of  the  Israel- 
ites. 60  Tlic  C<maanitc»  are  to  is  de- 
stroycd. 

""pIIESE  are  the  journeys  of  the 
X  eliildren  of  Israel,  which  went 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  Eji.vjit  with 
their  armies  under  the  hand  of  Mo- 
ses and  Aaron. 

2  And  Moses  wrote  their  Roins-s  out 
neeordinz  to  their  journeys  by  the 
coniiuaudineut  of  the  LoiiD  :  and 
the.'io  five  tlicir  journeys  according 
to  their  jjoiiiss  out. 
.'!  And  they  "departed  from  Rameses 
in  I'the  first  mouth,  on  the  fifteenth 
day  of  the  first  month;  on  the  mor- 
row after  the  passover  the  children 
of  Israel  went  out  ^"with  a  hiffh  hand 
in  the  sifflit  of  alt  the  Ej^yptians. 

4  For  the  Egyptians  buried  all  thrir 
firstborn,  d  which  the  Lord  had  smit- 
ten ainonp^  them:  •'upon  their  i.'itds 
also  the  LoRn  executed  jiuli^nu-uts. 

5  f  And  the  children  of  Israel  re- 
inoved  from  Raniescs,  and  pitched 

i;  And  they  departed  from  6  Suc- 
eoth,  and  pitched  in  Ethani,  which 
it  ill  the  eil^'C  of  tlic  wilderness. 

7  Ard  bthey  removed  from  Etham, 
and  turned  asain  unto  Pi-iiahiroth, 
which  IS  before  Baal-zephou  :  and 
they  pitched  before  Migdol. 

S  And  they  departed  from  before 
Pi-hahiroth,  and  i  passed  thronj^h  the 
midst  of  the  sea  into  the  wilderness, 
and  went  three  days'  journey  in  the 
wilderness  of  Ethaiii,  und  pitched  in 
.Marah. 

11  And  fhev  remo^-ed  from  Marah, 
and  k  came 'unto  Elim:  and  in  Elim 
irin-e  twelve  fountains  of  water,  ami 
threescore  and  ten  palm  trees;  and 
they  pitched  there. 

10  And  they  removed  from  Elim, 
f.ud  encamped  by  the  Red  sea. 

11  And  they  removed  from  the  Red 
sea,  and  cneainped  in  the  '  wilderness 
of  .Sin. 

12  And  they  took  their  journey  out 
of  the  wilderness  of  Sin,  and  encamp- 
ed in  Dophkah. 

I'i  And  they  departed  from  Doph- 
kah, and  encamped  in  Alush. 

14  .Vnd  they  removed  from  Aliish, 
and  encainped  at  "Rephidim,  whcie 
was  no  water  lor  the  people  to  drink. 

l.'i  And  they  departed  trom  Rephi- 
dim, and  pitched  iu  the  "wilderness 
of  Sinai. 

Hi  And  thev  removed  from  the 
ihscit  nf  Sin.ii.  and  pitched  "at 
IIKihrotli-hattii.ivah. 

ir  .\ih1  thev  diparled  from  Kibroth- 
hattaavah,  and  I'cucaniped  at  Ilaze- 
roth. 

l■'^  And  they  departed  from  Ilazc- 
rotli,  and  jiitched  in  'iRitlimah. 
160 


1!)  And  they  departed  from  Rith- 
mah,  and  pitched  at  Rimmon-parez. 

21)  And  they  departed  trom  Rim- 
mon-parez, and  pitched  in  l.ihnah. 

21  And  they  removed  from  Eibnah, 
and  pitched  at  Ki>sah. 

22  -Vnd  they  journeyed  from  Rissah, 
and  pitched  in  Kehelathah. 

2'!  And  they  went  trom  Kehelathah, 
and  pitched  in  mount  Shapher. 

24  And  thev  removed  from  mount 
Shai)her,  and  encamped  in  Ilaradah. 

2.">  And  they  removed  from  Ilara- 
dah, and  pitched  in  JIakheloth. 

2(;  And  they  removed  from  .Makhe- 
loth,  and  encamped  at  Tahath. 

27  And  they  departed  from  Tahath, 
and  pitched  at  Tarah. 

2.S  And  they  removed  from  Tarah, 
and  pitched  in  Mithcah. 

211  And  they  went  from  Mithcah, 
and  pitched  in  llashmonah. 

'M  And  they  departed  from  llash- 
monah, and  'encamped  at  Jloseroth. 

.'11  And  they  departed  from  Mose- 
roth,  and  pitched  in  Bene-jaakan. 

y2  And  tlicy  rcmo\ed  from  'Bene- 
jaakan,  and  'encamped  at  Hor-ha- 
gidgad. 

.*>.',  And  they  went  from  Hor-hagid- 
gad,  and  jiitched  in  Jotbathah. 

.">4  And  they  removed  from  Jotba- 
thah, and  encainiied  at  Ebronah. 

33  And  they  departed  from  Ebronah, 
"and  encamped  at  Ezion-gaber. 

Si;  And  they  removed  from  Ezion- 
gaber.  and  Jiitched  in  the  "'wilder- 
ness of  Ziu.  which  is  Kadesh. 

;!7  And  they  removed  f'n.m  ^Kadesh, 
and  pitched  iu  mount  Ilor,  in  the 
edge  of  the  land  of  Edom. 

.'W  And  >,\an)M  the  priest  went  up 
into  mount  Ihu-  at  tlie  command- 
ment ot  th<'  I,(iKi),  and  died  there, 
iu  the  tl.rtieth  year  after  the  children 
of  Israi.'!  were  come  out  of  the  land 
of  Egvpt,  in  the  first  dutj  of  the  fifth 
month. 

oil  And  Aaron  wan  a  hundred  and 
twenty  and  three  years  old  when  he 
died  in  mount  Ilor. 

411  And  "king  Arad  the  Canaanite, 
which  dwelt  iu  the  south  in  the  land 
of  Canaan,  heard  of  the  coming  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

41  And  they  departed  from  mount 
*  Ilor,  ami  iiitched  in  Zaimonah. 

42  And  they  departed  from  Zaimo- 
nah, and  pitched  in  Punon. 

4'.  .\nd  thev  departed  from  Punon, 
and  iipitclicd  in  Oboth. 

41  And  'they  de|iartcd  from  Oboth, 
and  pitched  in  ll  J  Ije-abarim,  in  the 
border  of  .Moah. 

4.'>  And  thev  departed  from  lim,  and 
l>itehed':iiri)ihon-gad. 

4ii  .Vnd  they  removed  from  Dibon- 
gad,  and  encamped  in  Alinon  f-dib- 
lathaim. 

47  And  they  removed  from  Almon- 
diblathaim,  "s^and  pitched  in  the 
mountains  of  Ab.arim,  before  Nebo. 

48  And   they    departed   from   the 


C II  R  I  .S  T 
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lKiug.9.a6. 

*  Ki.  «. 

1453. 

wol..  211.  1.  U 

27.  U. 
ich.  2H-22.23. 

i  SI.  J. 
7  ch.  20. 24. 28. 

lloul  10.  6.  * 

32.  W. 


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ich.  21.1.  &c. 


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21.4. 

tch 

21.  10. 

Cch 

21    11. 

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Aba 

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dch 

21.  11. 

eel. 

32.  31. 

The  borders  of  the  land. 


NUMBERS. 


Those  which  shall  divide  it. 


E».  4- 

.  14 

bJoal. 
4c. 

15  1 
.47.13. 

cG«n. 
JoOi. 

U.S. 
14.2. 

dJoih 

15.3 

rtl..  13  26  i 

fS„J 

o.U  1.5. 

mountains  of  Abariin,  and  h pitched 
in  the  plains  oi  Muab  by  Jordan 
near  Jerieho. 

4'J  And  the5^  pitched  by  Jordan, 
from  Beth-,]esimoth  cve^i  unto  (|iA- 
bcl-shittim  m  the  plains  of  Moab. 

50  If  And  tlie  LoKO  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses in  tlie  plains  of  Moab  by  Jordan 

war  Jericho,  saying, 

51  Speak  unto  tlie  children  of  Isra- 
el, and  say  unto  tliem,  kwiien  yc 
arc  passed  ever  Jordan  mto  tlie  land 
of  Canaan; 

.W  1  Then  ye  shall  drive  out  all  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land  from  before 
you,  and  destroy  all  their  pictures, 
and  destroy  all  tlieir  mollcn  imosics, 
and  quite  pluck  down  all  their  high 
places: 

5;3  And  ye  shall  dispossess  t?ic  iit- 
liabilauts  0/  the  land,  and  dwell 
therein  :  for  I  have  given  you  the 
land  to  possess  it. 

&t  And  "'ye  shall  divide  the  land 
by  lot  for  an  inheritance  among  your 
families  ;  aufl  to  the  more  ye  shall 
tgive  the  more  inheritance,  and  to 
the  fewer  ye  shall  t  give  the  less  in- 
heritance :  every  man's  iitherilancc 
shall  be  in  the  place  where  liis  lot 
falleth ;  according  to  the  tribes  of 
your  fathers  ye  shall  inherit. 

55  But  if  ye  will  not  drive  out  the 
inhabitants  of  the  land  from  before 
you;  then  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
those  which  j-c  let  remain  of  them 
shall  be  "  pricks  in  your  eyes,  and 
thorns  in  your  sides,  and  sliall  vex 
you  in  the  land  wherein  ye  dwell. 

56  Moreover  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
that  I  shall  do  unto  you,  as  I  thought 
to  do  unto  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

1   TIxe  borders  of  tlie  land.    K  The  nnmce 
of  the  men  which  shall  divide  the  land. 

AND  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

2  Command  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  say  unto  them.  When  ye  come 
mto  "the  land  of  Canaan;  (this  is  the 
land  that  shall  fall  unto  you  for  an 
inheritance,  even  the  land  of  Canaan 
with  the  coasts  thereof:) 

3  Then  byour  south  quarter  shall 
be  from  the  wilderness  of  Zin  along 
by  the  coast  of  Edom,  and  your 
south  border  shall  be  the  outmost 
coast  of  '  the  salt  sea  eastward: 

4  And  your  border  shall  turn  from 
the  south  il  to  the  ascent  of  Akralj- 
bim,  and  pass  on  to  Zin  :  and  the 
going  forth  thereof  shall  be  from  the 
south  ""to  K.idesh-barnea,  and  shall 
go  on  to  f  Ilazar-addar,  and  pass  on 
to  Azmon : 

5  And  the  border  shall  fetch  a  com- 
pass from  Azmon  B  unto  the  river  of 
Egypt,  and  the  goings  out  of  it  shall 
be  at  the  sea. 

fi  And  as  for  the  western  border,  ye 
shall  even  have  the  great  sea  for  a  bor- 
der: tills  shall  be  your  west  border. 
IJ 


7  And  this  shall  be  your  north  bord- 
er: from  the  great  seayc  shall  point 
out  for  you  li  mount  Ilor: 

8  From  mount  Hor  ye  shall  point 
out  your  border  i  unto  the  entrance 
of  llamath;  and  the  goings  forth  of 
the  border  shall  be  to  t  Zedad: 

!)  Tt  And  the  border  shall  go  on  to 
Ziphron,  and  the  goings  out  of  it 
sliall  be  at  I  Ilazar-cnaii :  this  shall 
he  your  north  border. 

10  And  ye  shall  point  out  j'our  east 
boraer  from  Ilazar-cnan  to  She- 
pham: 

11  And  the  coast  shall  go  down 
from  Shcpham  '"  to  Kiblah,  on  the 
east  side  of  Ain;  and  the  border  shall 
descend,  and  shall  reach  unto  the 
f  side  of  the  sea  °  of  Chinnereth  cast- 
ward  : 

12  And  the  border  shall  go  down  to 
Jordan,  and  the  goings  out  of  it  sliall 
be  at  "  the  salt  sea:  this  shall  be  your 
land  with  the  coasts  thereof  round 
about. 

13  And  Moses  commanded  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saying,  l'  This  ts  the 
land  which  ye  shall  Inherit  by  lot, 
which  the  I.hkd  commanded  to  give 
unto  the  nine  tribes,  and  to  the  naif 
tribe: 

14  T  For  the  tribe  of  the  children  of 
Keubeii  aeeordnig  to  the  hou.se  of 
tlieir  fathers,  and  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Gad  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  ha^'e  received 
their  inheritance ;  and  half  the  tribe 
of  Manasseh  have  received  their  in- 
heritance: 

15  The  two  tribes  and  the  half  tribe 
have  received  their  inheritance  on 
this  side  Jordan  near  Jericho  cast- 
ward,  toward  the  sunrising. 

IG  And  the  Loud  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

1"  These  are  the  names  of  the  men 
which  shall  divide  the  land  unto 
you :  ■■  Eleazar  the  priest,  and  Josliua 
the  son  of  Nun. 

18  And  ye  shall  take  one  '^  prince  of 
every  trine,  to  divide  the  land  by  in- 
heritance. 

VJ  And  the  names  of  the  men  are 
these:  Of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  Caleb 
the  son  of  Jephunneh. 

S)  And  of  the  tribe  of  the  children 
of  Simeon,  Shemuel  the  son  of  Am- 
mihud. 

21  Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin,  Elidad 
the  son  of  Chislon. 

L'2  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Dan,  Eukki  the  son  of 
Jofjli. 

2o  The  prince  of  the  children  of 
Joseph,  for  the  tribe  of  the  chil- 
dren <t'  Manasseh,  Ilanniel  the  son 
of  Ephod. 

24  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim,  Kemuel  the 
son  of  Shiphtan. 

25  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Zebulun,  Elizaphan  the 
son  of  Pamach. 

161 


The  cities  of  the  Lcvites. 


NUMBERS. 


The  laws  of  murder 


CHRI ST 
Ubi. 


38. 


)...!■.  w.  a. 
F.<.  21.  13. 


2<i  And  the  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
cliildren  of  Issachar,  I'alticl  tlie  son 
of  Azzan. 
lT  Anil  tl)o  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
childrrii  tif  Ashur,  Aliihud  tlic  eon 
of  Slid. .mi. 

L'.S  Anil  th.'  prince  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Nnphtali,  Tedahcl  the 
son  of  Anuniliud. 

i!*.!  Thcsi'  (lie  tliiii  whom  the  I^onn 
commanded  to  divide  tlie  inherit- 
ance unto  tlie  ciiiklren  of  Israel  in 
the  land  of  Canaan. 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 

1  Eight  nnd  S'lrty  citict   for  the  Ln'itei 

with  their  tuburbt,  iintl  meiiture  Ihertof. 

tj  Six  of  the  in  are  tube  citteH  of  refuge. 

0  The  Inws  of  murder.    31  Xo  aatiafuc- 


tiunfo, 


■tier 


A  ND  (lie  Lord  spake  unto  Moses 
I'\.  in  the  plains  of  Moab  by  Jordan 

Idren  of  Israel, 


near  .leridio,  savin 

a  •'  Command  tlie  < 
that  they  K"c  nnlo  the  Levite 
the  iidicritaiice  ol"  their  jHissession, 
cities  t.>  dwell  in;  an. I  vi-  sliall  give 
iil.-^ii  not.,  tlie  L.vitis  Milmrbsforthe 
eitii^s  n.iin.lali..ut  th.'iii. 

.'iAn.l  the  cities  shall  they  have  to 
dwell  in:  and  the  snhiirlis  of  them 
shall  be  li.r  their  cattle,  anil  for  their 
goods,  and  for  all  their  beasts. 

4  And  the  suburbs  of  the  cities, 
wlii.h  ye  slinll  give  unto  the  Lcvites, 
s/i(ill  ri'iir/i  from  the  wall  of  the  city 
and  outward  a  thousand  cubits 
rr.und  about. 

.5  And  }*e  shall  measure  from  with- 
out the  city  on  the  east  side  two 
thi.nsand  cubits,  nnd  on  the  south 
side  tw.i  tlii.usaiiil  cubits,  and  on  the 
west  si. le  tw.i  tli..iisan.l  cubits,  nnd 
on  the  n.trth  side  tw.i  thousand 
cubits;  and  tlie  city  hIkiH  he  in  tlie 
midst:  this  shall  be  to  them  the  sub- 
urbs of  the  cities. 

C  And  among  the  cities  which  ye 
shall  give  unto  the  I.evites  l/irrc 
s/uilllif  I. six  cities  f.ir  refii-.-..,  which 
VC  shall  up|K>iiit  f._ir  tlie  maii>-la\'er, 
that  he  may  flee  thitlur:  and  "t  to 
them  yc  shall  add  forty  nnd  two 
cities. 

7  .So  all  the  cities  which  ye  shall 
give  to  the  Lcvites  ,<ft((U  lie  *"  forty 
and  eight  cities:  them  slialt  yc  ijife 
with  their  suburbs. 

.S  .\nil  the  cities  which  ye  shall  give 
s/inll  he  J  of  the  possession  of  the 
children  of  Israel:  '■'fVom  Ihcm  thai 
have  many  ye  shall  give  many;  but 
from  Ihrin  Ihtil  httre  few  ye  shall 
give  few:  every  one  shall  give  of  his 
cities  unto  the  Levites  accoriliug  to 
his  inheritance  which  t '><-■  inherit- 
eth. 

y  11  .\nil  the  Loitn  spake  nuto  Mo- 
ses, saying, 

10  Speak  nnt.i  the  ■'hildr.-ii  of  I.s- 
rnel,  and  say  unto  th.'in,  '  When  ye 
lie  ctimo  over  Jordan  into  tliu  land 
of  Caiman, 

11  Then    fye    shall    appoint   you 

163 


cities  to  be  cities  of  refuge  for  you; 
that  the  slayer  may  flee  thitlier, 
which  kiileth  any  person  fat  un- 
awares. 

\2  hAnd  they  shall  be  unto  you 
cities  for  refuge  from  the  avenger: 
that  the  manslaver  die  not,  until 
he  stand  before  the  congregation  in 
judgment. 

l.'i  And  of  these  cities  which  yc 
shall  pive,  "si-x  cities  shall  yc  have 
for  refuge. 

14  k  Ye  shall  give  three  cities  on  this 
side  Jordan,  and  three  cities  shall  ve 
give  in  the  land  of  Canaan,  uhi'ch 
shall  he  cities  of  refuge. 

l.'i  These  six  cities  shall  be  a  refuge, 
fnlh  for  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
'  for  the  stranger,  and  for  the  s<ijourn- 
er  among  them;  that  every  one  that 
killetli  any  person  unawares  may 
flee  thither. 

1<> '"  And  if  he  smite  him  w  ith  an 
instniment  of  iron,  so  tli.at  he  die,  he 
I's  ft  murderer:  tlie  murderer  shall 
snrelv  be  put  t.i  death. 

ir.\nd  ifhe  smite  him  t  with  throw- 
ing ;i  stun.',  wlierewith  he  may  die, 
and  lie  die,  he  is  a  murderer:  the 
murderer  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death. 

15  Or  i>"he  smite  him  with  ft  linnd 
weapon  of  wood,  wherewith  he  may 
die,  and  he  die,  he  is  n  murderer: 
the  murderer  shall  surely  be  put  to 
death. 

lit  "  The  revenger  of  blood  himself 
shall  Slav  the  murdenr:  when  he 
meet.'th  liim,  he  shall  Slav  him. 

20  lint  "if  he  thrust  hiiii  of  hatred, 
or  hurl  at  him  1*  by  laving  of  wait, 
that  hi' die; 

21  Or  in  enmity  smite  him  with  his 
hand,  that  he  die:  he  that  smote  /liin 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death;  /(<r  he 
IS  a  murderer:  tlie  revenger  of  blood 
shall  slav  the  murderer,  when  he 
mecteth  Iiini. 

22  lint  if  he  thrust  him  suddenly 
1  without  enmity,  or  have  cast  upon 
him  any  thing"  without  laying  of 
wait, 

2.1  Or  with  any  stone,  wherewith  n 
man  iiuiy  die,  seeing  him  not,  and 
east  it  upon  him,  that  he  die,  nnd 
u'a.i  not  liis  enemy,  neither  sought 
his  harm; 

24  Then  'the  congregation  shall 
judge  between  the  slayer  and  the 
reviiigir  of  blood  according  to  these 
judgments: 

2.1  .\nil  the  congregiition  shall  de- 
liver the  slaver  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  n'venger  i.f  bl.u.il,  and  the  con- 
gregation shall  r.'slore  him  to  the 
city  of  his  ivfime.  whitlii-r  he  was 
fled:  and  -he  sindl  abi.le  in  it  unto 
the  death  of  the  high  priest,  'which 
w:isaiii.iiit..l  with  theholvoil. 

Lii  lint  illhislav.r  shall  at  any  lime 
come  with. .lit  the  border  of  the  city 
of  his  refuge,  whither  he  Mas  fled; 

'S  And  the  revenger  of  blood  find 


and  manslaughter. 


NUMBERS. 


Of  the  marriaffe  of  heiresses. 


El.  21  2. 


him  without  the  borders  of  tlie  city 
of  his  refucc,  and  the  rcveii;;('r  of 
blooil   kill  the  slayer;  the  shall  not 

10  (Tiiilty  of  blood: 

:iS  lircausc  he  shonkl  have  remain- 
ed in  tlie  city  of  his  rcfnpe  iintii  the 
death  of  the  Jiich  priest:  biTt  after 
tlie  death  of  the  hiRh  priest  the 
slayer  shall  return  into  the  land  of 
his  possession. 

20    So    these    tliiuf/x    shall    be    for 

'  a  statute  of  judjjmcnt  nnto  you 
throuffliout  your  generations  in  all 
yotir  dwellinj^s. 

.31)  Whoso  killeth  any  person,  the 
murderer  shall  be  put  to  death  by 
the  "mouth  of  witnesses:  but  one 
witness  shall  not  testify  against  any 
person  to  cattse  him  to  die. 

•U  Moreover  ye  shall  take  no  satis- 
faction for  the  life  of  a  murderer, 
which  v!  t guilty  of  death:  but  he 
shall  be  surely  put  to  death. 

32  And  ye  sliall  take  no  satlsfection 
for  him  that  is  fled  to  the  city  of  his 
refuge,  that  he  should  come  again  to 
dwell  in  the  laud,  until  the  death  of 
the  priest. 

S!  .So  ye  shall  not  pulluto  the  land 
wherein  ye  arc:  tor  IiIcuhI  >  it  detil- 
cth  the  hind:  ami  t  the  land  cannot 
be  cleansed  of  the  blood  that  is  shed 
therein,  but  ^by  the  blood  of  him 
that  shed  it. 

m  '  Defile  not  therefore  the  land 
which  ve  shall  inhabit,  wherein  I 
dwell:  for  lil  the  LoRU  dwell  among 
the  cliildren  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

1  The  inconvenience  of  the  inheritmice  of 
dauf/htera  5  is  remedied  by  -marrying  in 
tlieir  own  tribct,  7  leat  the  inheritance 
should  be  removed  from  the  tribe.  In  The 
daughters  of  Zelophehad  marry  their 
father's  brothers'  sons. 

VND  the  chief  fathers  of  the  fami- 
lies of  the  **  children  of  Gilead, 
the  son  of  Maehir,  the  son  of  Manas- 
sch,  of  the  families  of  the  sons  of  .Jo- 
seph, came  near,  and  spake  before 
Moses,  and  before  the  princes,  the 
chief  fathers  of  tlic  children  of  Is- 
rael: 

2  And  they  said,  bThc  I.onn  com- 
manded my  lord  to  give  the  land  for 
an  inheritance  by  lot  to  tlic  children 
of  Israel:  and  "^my  lord  was  com- 
manded by  the  Lokd  to  give  the  in- 
heritance of  Zelophehad  our  brother 
unto  liis  daughters. 

3  And  if  they  be  married  to  any  of 


the  sons  of  the  ollici-  tribes  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  then  shall  their 
inheritance  be  taken  from  the  inher- 
itance of  our  fathers,  and  shall  be 
put  to  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe 
t  whereunto  they  are  recei^•ed  :  so 
shall  it  be  taken  from  the  lot  of  our 
inheritance. 

4  And  when  <'the  iubilce  of  the 
children  of  Israel  shall  be,  then  shall 
their  inheritance  be  put  unto  the  in- 
heritance of  the  tribe  whereunto  they 
arc  received:  so  shall  their  inherit- 
ance be  taken  away  from  the  inher- 
itance of  the  tribe  of  our  fathers. 

5  And  Moses  commanded  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  according  to  the  word 
of  the  l^oKi>,  saying,  Tlic  tribe  of 
the  sons  of  Joseph  ^hath  said  well. 

(1  This  IS  the  thing  which  the 
Lord  doth  command  concerning 
tlie  daughters  of  Zelophehad,  say- 
ing. Let  them  t  marrv  to  whom  they 
think  best:  f  only  to  the  family  of  the 
tribe  of  their  father  shall  they  marry. 

7  So  shall  not  the  inheritance  of  the 
children  of  Israel  remove  from  tribe 
to  tribe:  for  every  one  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  f  f^keep  himself 
to  the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  his 
fathers. 

.S  And  f>  every  daughter,  that  pns- 
sesseth  an  inlieritanee  in  nnv  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  shall  he  wife 
unto  one  of  the  family  of  the  tribe  of 
her  father,  that  the  children  of  Israel 
may  enjoy  every  man  the  inherit- 
ance of  "his  fathers. 

!•  Neither  shall  the  inheritance  re- 
move from  one  tribe  to  another  tribe; 
but  every  one  of  the  tribes  of  the 
children  of  Israel  shall  keep  himself 
to  his  own  inheritance. 

10  Even  as  the  Lord  commanded 
Moses,  so  did  the  daughters  of  Ze- 
lophehad: 

U  iFor  Mahlah,  Tirzah,  and  Ilog- 
l.ih,  and  Milcah,  and  Noah,  the 
daughters  of  Zelophehad,  were  mar- 
ried unto  their  father's  brothers'  sons : 

12  And  they  were  married  f  into  the 
families  of  the  sons  of  Manasseh  the 
son  of  Joseph,  and  their  inheritance 
remained  in  the  tribe  of  the  family 
of  their  father. 

13  These  are  the  commandments 
and  the  judgments,  which  the  Lord 
coinmandc<lj  by  the  hand  of  Moses, 
unto  the  children  of  Israel  kin  the 
plains  of  Moab  by  Jordan  7iear  Jer- 
icho. 


&  22.  i.  7. 


(.Num.  n.!6 


■  Otn,  12.7  i 
1.5.  1«.  li  17. 

7.  rt.  J(  Ml.  4. 

A  -IS.  IJ. 
Kt.  is.  18. 

Num.  II.  II 


E,.  :l.!.  13. 
nl  Kings  3.B. 


THE  FIFTH  BOOK  OF  MOSES,  CALLED 

DEUTERONOMY. 


CHAPTEK  I. 

1  ^rotCl'  specrh  i>i  llie  etiit  of  the  fortieth 
year,  hritJUj  rchtarsing  the  tto'ry  C  of 
Ood'g   j>ro>niae,    13  of  givittf/  them   ojH' 
erm,  Vj  of  gewlini/  'the  sjjiet  to  tenreh 
the  land,  3\  of  GoiCt  anger  for  their  in- 
credulity, n'and  dieolicdienee. 
''piIESE  he  the  words  which  Moses 
J    ppake   unto  all   Israel  "on    this 
side  Jordan  in  the  wilderness,  in  the 
plain  over  a;;ainst  H  the  Ked  fea,  be- 
tween Paraii,  and  Toplul,  and  La- 
ban,  and  llazercith,  and  J>izahab. 
•1  (  Tlii-rr  tiir  eleven  days'  journey 
from    Iloreh   liv  the  way  of  mount 
Seir  buiito  Kadesh-barnea.) 
■i  And  it  eanic  to  pass  Mn  the  forti- 
eth venr,  ill  the  eleveiitli  niontii,  on 
the  tirst  (/<(,'/  of  the  laoiith,  lluil  Mo- 
ses spake  unto  the  eliildren  of  Israel, 
nceordinj;  unto  all  that  the  l.ono  had 
p:i\'e;i   him  in  commandment  unto 
them; 

4  •!  After  lie  had  slain  Sihon  the 
Uius  of  the  Ainorites,  which  dwelt 
ill  Ileshbuii,  and  Os  the  kiiiR  of 
IJashan,  which  dwelt  at  Astaroth 
^'in  Edrei: 

5  On  this  side  .lordan,  ill  the  Land 
of  Moah,  hefjan  Moses  to  declare  this 
law,  Ruyini^, 

(i  The  l.DitD  our  God  spake  unto 
us  (in  Iloreb,  savin-,  Ye  luive  dwelt 
long  '^cnonsh  in  this  mount: 

7  Turn  you,  and  taki'  voiir  joumev, 
and  ).'0  to  the  mount  of  the  Amorites, 
and  unto  1  all  llie  ,,l,ir,x  ninli  tliere- 
unto,  in  the  jilaiii,  in  the  hills.  ;;iiil  in 
the  vale,  and  in  the  south,  and  hy 
the  sea  side,  to  the  land  of  tliB  Ca- 
naanites,  and  unto  Lebanon,  unto 
the  creat  river,  the  river  Kuphrates. 

»  liehold,  1  have  f  set  the  land  he- 
fore  yon;  >;o  in  and  )n>s8ess  the  land 
which  the  J-olii)  swarc  unto  your 
fathers,  l>  Abraham,  Isaac,  and  .laeoli, 
to  give  unto  them  and  to  their  seed 
after  them. 

lit  And  I  i spake  unto  you  at  that 
time,  sayiiii;,  I  um  not  able  to  bear 
vou  in\'sclf  aloiu'; 

"ill  The  I.oKi.  vour  Ood  ImtlMnnlti- 
plied  yon,  uini;  behold,  tye  are  this 
day  as  the  stars  of  heaven  for  multi- 
tude. 

M  (iTlic  I-ORi)  God  of  your  futliors 
make  vou  a  thousand  tiiiiea  so  many 
more  iis  ye  <irc,  and  bless  you,  "'as 
be  hath  promised  you!) 

12  "How  can  I  myself  alouo  bear 
164 


your  cunihrance,  and  your  burden, 
and  your  strife? 

I'J  "ITake  yon  wise  men,  and  un- 
dcrstandin!;,"aiid  known  anion;:  your 
tribes,  and  1  will  make  them  rulers 
over  you. 

14  And  ye  answered  mc,  and  said. 
The  thin;;  which  thou  liast  spoken  is 
goodyofiis  to  do. 

1.3  So  I  took  the  chief  of  your  tribes, 
wise  men,  and  known,  I'and  t  made 
them  heads  over  you,  captains  o^'er 
thousands,  and  captains  over  bund- 
reds,  and  captains  over  tiftics,  and 
captains  over  tens,  and  otlicersamonj; 
your  tribes. 

IG  And  I  charged  vour  .judires  at 
that  time,  sayiny:,  llear  the  c(iti:f('< 
between  vour  brethren,  and  ''.judjie 
righteously  between  crcrtt  man  and 
his  ''brother,  and  the  stranger  that  is 
with  him. 

\7  'Ye  shall  not  f respect  persons 
in  .judgment;  hut  ye  shall  hear  the 
small  as  well  as  the  great;  yc  shall 
not  be  afraid  of  the  (ace  of  man  ;  for 
•the  judgment  is  God's:  mid  the 
cause  that  is  ton  Iiurd  liT  ^oii,  "bring 
it  unto  me,  and  I  will  hear  it. 

I,S  And  I  cmmnnded  vou  at  that 
time  all  the  thiu-s  which  ve  should 
do. 

r.l  IT  And  when  we  departed  from 
llorcb,  *  we  went  tlirougli  all  thai 
great  and  terrible  wilderness,  which 
ye  saw  by  the  way  ot  the  mountain 
of  the  Ainorites,  as  the  Iaiho  our 
<;o(l  eommaiideil  us;  and  >  we  came 
to  Kadesh-barnea. 

LM  .\nd  I  said  unto  you.  Ye  are  come 
unto  the  mountain  of  the  Ainorites, 
which  the  Loiu)  our  God  doth  give 
unto  us. 

U'l  lichohl,  the  I.oni.  tliv  God  hath 
set  the  laud  before  thee:"  go  up  ami 
possess  i^  as  the  Loud  (;,)d  of  thy 
lathers  hath  said  unto  thee;  -fear 
not,  neither  be  discouraged. 

22  TI  And  vc  came  near  unto  me 
cver.v  one  of  vou,  and  said.  We  will 
.send  men  bei'ore  us,  and  the.v  shall 
search  us  out  the  land,  and  bring  us 
word  again  by  what  wav  we  must 
go  up,  anil  into  what  citfes  we  shall 
conn*. 

2:!  And  the  saving  pleased  me  well; 
anil  "I  tiHik  twelve  men  of  you,  one 
of  a  tribe; 

24  And  I'they  turned  and  went  up 
into  the  mountain,  and  came  unto 


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the  valley  of  Eshcol,  and  searched  it 
out. 

25  And  they  look  of  the  fruit  of  the 
land  in  tlieir  liands,  and  brought  tt 
dow  n  unto  us,  and  brou(;ht  us  word 
ll^ain,  and  said,  '^  Jt  is  u  f;ood  land 
wliieli  the  Loku  our  God  doth  give 

•X  dNotwitlistanding  ye  would  not 
go  up,  but  rebelled  against  the  com- 
mandment of  the  LOKD  your  God: 

27  And  ye  nuirniured  in  your  tents, 
and  said,  Because  the  I^oni>  "^ hated 
us,  he  hath  brought  us  forth  out  of 
the  land  of  Kgypt,  to  deliver  us  into 
the  hand  of  the  Amorites,  to  destroy 
us. 

2H  Wl\ithcr  khall  we  go  up  y  our 
brethren  liave  f  discouriigotl  fiur 
heart,  savin*.r,  'The  peojilu  (.w  greater 
and  taller  than  wo  ;  the  cities  die 
great  and  walled  up  to  heaven;  and 
moreover  we  have  seen  the  sons  of 
tlie  SAnakim  there. 

I'll  Then  I  said  imto  jou.  Dread  not, 
neither  be  afraid  of  them. 

30  I'Tlie  Lord  your  God  which 
gneth  before  you,  lie  shall  fight  for 
you,  accoi'ding  to  all  that  he  did  lor 
you  in  Egypt  before  your  eyes; 

."1  And  in  the  wilderness,  where 
thou  hast  seen  how  that  the  I.okd 
thy  God  ibaro  thee,  as  a  man  doth 
bear  his  son,  in  all  the  way  that  ye 
went,  until  ve  came  into  this  place. 

■M  Yet  in  this  thing  tve  did  not  be- 
lieve the  Lord  your  God, 

3.3  I  Who  went  in  the  way  before 
you,  '"to  search  you  out  a  place  to 
pitch  your  tents  ?«,  in  fire  by  night, 
tosheiv  you  by  what  way  ye  should 
go,  and  in  a  cloud  by  day. 

34  And  the  Loud  heard  the  voice 
of  your  words,  and  was  wroth,  "and 
sware,  saying, 

;«  "  Surely  there  shall  not  one  of 
these  men  of  this  evil  generation  see 
that  good  land,  which  I  sware  to 
give  unto  your  fathers, 

•Mj  I'  Save  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephun- 
neh;  he  shall  see  it,  and  to  him  will 
1  give  the  land  that  he  hath  trodden 
upon,  and  to  his  children,  because 
'I  he  hath  I  wholly  followed  the  Lord. 

."7  'Also  the  I-ord  was  anery  with 
me  for  your  sakcs,  saying,  Thou  also 
.shalt  not  go  in  thither. 

.'18  '^liut  Joshua  tlie  son  of  Nun, 
I  which  standeth  before  thee,  he  shall 
go  in  thither:  "encourage  him  :  lOr  he 
shall  cause  Lsraci  to  inherit  it. 

3S)  '  Moreover  your  little  ones,  which 
J  yo  said  should  be  a  prcv,  and  vour 
children,  which  in  that  day  "had  no 
knowledge  between  good  and  evil, 
they  shall  go  in  thither,  and  unto 
them  will  I  give  it,  and  they  shall 
possess  it. 

■V>  "But  n.*  for  you.  turn  yon,  and 
take  your  journey  into  the  wilder- 
ness by  the  way  of  the  Red  sen. 

•II  Then  yc  answered  and  snid  unto 
me,   iiWe  have  sinned   against  the 


1..0RD,  wc  will  go  up  and  tight,  ac- 
cording to  all  tliat  the  Lord  our 
God  commanded  us.  And  when  ye 
had  girded  on  every  man  his  weap- 
ons of  war,  ye  were  ready  to  go  up 
into  the  hill. 

42  And  the  Lord  said  unto  nic. 
Say  unto  them,  '  Go  not  up,  neither 
tight;  lor  I  (o>i  not  among  jou;  lest 
ye  be  smitten  before  your  enemies. 

43  So  I  spake  unto  you  ;  and  yc 
would  not  near,  but  rebelled  against 
the  commandment  of  the  Lord,  and 
1  J  went  presumptuously  up  into  tlie 
hill. 

44  And  the  Amorites,  which  dwelt 
in  that  mountain,  came  out  against 
you,  and  chased  you,  "as  bees  do, 
and  destroyed  you  in  Seir,  ci'«i  un- 
to llonniih. 

43  And  ye  returned  and  wept  before 
the  IjOiii);  but  the  Lord  would  not 
hearken  to  your  voice,  nor  give  ear 
unto  vou. 

4li  1  feo  ye  abode  in  Kadesh  many 
days,  according  unto  the  days  that 
ye  abode  there. 

CIlAl'TEK  IL 

1  77i«  story  is  continueil,  that  they  u'crt 
not  to  mcil<lle  with  the  Etlomilen,  9  nor 
U'ith  the  JIfonbitii,  17  tior  nith  tht  Am- 
tnonilet,  H  but  ;b'i,'i»il  the  Amorile  was 
euhUueJ  ly  them. 

T'^IIEN  we  turned,  and  took  our 

1  .journey  into  the  wilderness  by 
the  way  of  the  Red  sea,  "as  the  Lord 
spake  unto  me:  and  wc  compassed 
mount  Scir  many  days. 

2  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  me, 
saying, 

3  Ye  have  compassed  this  mount- 
ain iilong  enough:  turn  you  north- 
ward. 

4  And  command  thou  the  people, 
saying,  •■  Ye  (oc  to  pass  through  the 
coast  of  your  brethren  the  children 
of  Esau,  which  dwell  in  Seir;  and 
they  shall  he  afraid  of  you:  take  ye 
good  heed  unto  yourselves  therefore: 

5  Meddle  not  with  them:  for  I  will 
not  give  you  of  their  land,  t  no.  not 
so  much  as  a  footbreadth;  <i  because 
1  have  given  mount  Seir  unto  Esau 
/or  a  possession. 

U  Ye  shall  buy  meat  of  them  for 
money,  that  yc  may  eat;  and  ve 
shall  also  buy  water  of  them  for 
money,  that  ye  may  drink. 

7  Tor  the  Lord  thy  God  hath 
blessed  thcc  in  all  the  works  of  thy 
hand  :  he  knoweth  thy  walking 
through  this  great  wilderness:  *=  these 
forty  years  the  Lord  thy  God  lititli 
been  with  thee ;  thou  hast  lacked 
nothing. 

8  (  And  when  we  passed  bv  from 
our  brethren  the  children  of  Esau, 
which  dwelt  in  Scir.  thron;;Ii  the 
way  of  the  plain  from  SF.Iath,  and 
from  Ezion-gaber,  we  tunied  and 
iwsscd  by  the  way  of  the  wilderness 
ofMo.ih." 

9  And  the  Lord  said   unto  me, 

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0.  IS 

■«  33,  ji 


ijoth  M  3. 
•Lj.r.  ir,  20. 
b<loi>.  10   14. 


cHuio  31.13. 
II. 
Ju.lC  11.  la. 


II  Uistrcas  net  the  Moabiti's,  neither 
contend  with  them  in  buttle  :  liir  1 
will  not  jjivc  thee  of  their  laml  /or 
u  posses.sion  ;  because  I  have  ;;iven 
liAr  unto  'the  children  of  ].ot  fur  a 
po.«scssion. 
Ill  V  The  Emini  dwnll  therein  in 
times  n-.x.-it,  a  people  ;:re:tt,  and  itiuiiv, 
and  tall,  !:s  i  tlie  Anakim : 

11  AVhich  also  iv'ere  aeeounted  ^1- 
ar.t.s,  as  the  Anakim;  but  the  ^loab- 
ites  call  them  Emim. 

12  ■"  The  Iloiim  also  dwelt  in  Seir 
beforetinic;  but  the  children  of  Esau 
t  succeeded  them,  when  they  had 
destroved  them  from  before  tlieni, 
and  dwelt  in  their  ||  stead:  as  Israel 
did  unto  tlie  laud  of  his  possession, 
which  the  Loud  i;ave  unto  them. 

l:i  Now  lis.'  up,  saul  /,  iiud  ;.'et  you 
over  "the  l|  hrook  Zfi-.d.  And  we 
went  over  the  brook  Zered. 

14  .Vnd  the  .space  in  which  we  came 
"from  K.ulcsli-barnca,  uiit.l  we  were 
come  over  the  brook  Zercd,  »•«.< 
thirty  and  ci|;ht  yeai-s;  I'  until  all  the 
Kciieratiou  of  the  men  of  wir  were 
wasteil  out  from  amou;  the  host,  'las 
the  EiiRi)  sware  unto  theiu. 

1.5  Tor  indeed  the  'hand  of  the 
I.OKU  was  against  them,  to  destroy 
them  from  amoiiK  tlie  host,  until 
they  were  consumed. 

lUT  So  it  came  to  pass,  when  all 
the  men  of  war  were  consumed  and 
dead  from  amon£j  the  people, 

17  That  the  Lono  s^jakc  unto  me, 
sayin^r, 

).S  Thou  art  to  pass  over  thron>;h 
Ar,  the  const  of  Moab,  this  day: 

II*  .Vnd  trhf-n  thou  comest  niu'h  over 
ajiaiust  the  children  of  ,\iiimon,  dis- 
tress them  n..t.  nor  meddle  with 
them:  fir  I  will  not  ^'ive  thee  of  the 
land  of  the  children  of  Ainmon  fiii'y 
liossession  :  because  I  have  civen  it 
unto  '  the  children  of  Lot  fur  a  Jios- 
session . 

'JO  (That  also  was  nceonnted  a  land 
ofdiauts:  ciants  dwelt  therein  in  old 
time:  and  the  .\miiionites  call  them 
<  Zam/.ummim: 

21  "  A  people  Kreat.  and  manv,  and 
tail,  as  the  .\nakim  :  but  the'Loisn 
destroyed  them  lieliire  them  ;  and 
tluv  siiceeeded  them,  and  dwelt  in 
their  stead: 

•JJ  .\s  he  did  to  the  children  of  Esau, 
"which  dwelt  in  Seir,  when  he  de- 
stroyed 1  the  llorim  from  before 
them  :  and  they  succeeded  them, 
and  dwelt  in  their  stead  even  unto 
this  day : 

2^1  And  'the  Avim  which  dwelt  in 
Ilazerim,  rrcii  unto  "  .\/.zah,  ''the 
Caiihtorim.  which  came  forth  out  of 
Caphtor,  distn>ved  them,  and  dwelt 
iu  their  stead.) 

•-'4  TT  Rise  ye  up.  take  your  .iourney, 
and  ■■  pass  "over  the  river  Anion  :  be- 
hold, I  have  ;;iveu  into  thine  h:iMd 
Sihon  the  Amorite.  kiii-  of  llesh- 
bon,  and  his  luiul:  1  lie-in  to  po.i- 
166 


scss  U,  and  contend  with  him  in  bat- 
tle. 

25  ilThis  day  will  I  besin  to  put  the 
dread  of  thee  and  tlie  fear  of  thee 
upon  the  nations  that  arc  under  the 
whole  heaven,  who  shall  hear  report 
of  thee,  and  shall  tremble,  and  be  in 
anL'Uish  because  of  thee. 

2li  H  And  I  sent  messengers  out  of 
the  wilderness  of  Kedemoth  unto 
Sihon  kins  of  Heshbon  '  with  worda 
otjieace,  saying. 

2/  fLet  inc  pass  through  thy  land:  1 
will  so  alonj;  by  the  hi,?h  way,  I  will 
neitiier  turn  unto  the  ri^ht  hand  nor 
to  the  left. 

2.S  Thou  shalt  sell  nie  meat  for 
money,  that  I  uuiy  eat:  and  ;;ive  nie 
water'for  money,  that  I  may  drink: 
Koiily  I  will  pass  through  on  my 
feet: 

20  (li  .\s  the  children  of  Esan  which 
dwell  iu  Seir,  and  the  Moabites 
wliieh  dwell  in  Ar,  did  unto  me:) 
until  I  shall  i>:iss  over  Jordan  into 
the  laud  which  the  Lokd  our  God 
giveth  us, 

M  I  Hut  Sihon  kins  of  Heshbon 
would  not  let  lis  pass  bv  him:  for 
I' the  Loi:i>  lliv  God  Iha'rdeurd  his 
spirit,  and  maile  his  heart  obstinate, 
that  he  mi.'lit  deliver  him  into  thy 
hand,  us  a/^i'eiirflli  thi    d:iy. 

.'!1  Anil  the  Loicii  said  unto  inc, 
Uehold,  I  have  besun  to'-'sivc  Si- 
hon and  his  land  before  thee:  besin 
to  possess,  that  thou  maycst  inherit 
his  land. 

.'12  "  Then  Sihon  came  out  against 
us.  he  and  all  his  people,  to  tii;ht  at 
Jaliaz. 

.'Vl  And  "  the  Loitu  our  Go<I  deliver- 
ed him  before  lis  ;  and  '*  we  smote 
him,  and  his  sons,  and  all  his  people. 
.■!4  .\nd  we  took  all  his  eities  at  that 
time,  and  ''  utterly  destroyed  I  the 
men,  and  the  woiiien,  nnd'the  little 
ones,  of  every  city,  we  left  none  to 
remain : 

.'!.■)  Only  the  cattle  wc  took  for  a 
prev  uiito  ourselves,  and  the  fipoil 
of  the  cities  which  wc  tiHik. 
;Vi  ■■  From  Aroer,  which  is  by  the 
brink  of  the  river  of  Anion,  and 
from  the  citv  that  is  by  the  river, 
even  unto  Gilead,  there  was  not  one 
citv  too  stronir  for  us:  "the  LOKD 
on'r  (ioil  .Uhvered  all  inito  us: 
.17  Only  unto  the  land  of  the  chil- 
dren of  .\ininon  thou  camest  not, 
tior  unto  any  place  of  the  river 
<  J.alibok,  nor  unto  the  cities  in  the 
mountains,  nor  unto  "whatsoever 
the  Luliii  our  Goil  iorlKide  us. 

CHAPTER  Iir. 
1   The  tlory  of  Ihc  roiiqiicX  cf  Off  king  of 

JJntlmn.    11  Tlie  Hgncee  of  hit  beJ.     13 

The  iti'«rpiiii(i»ii   </  thutf  t.tyule  lo   the 

two  tribca  ami  half.    °3  .l/..»c>'  yr.xyer  to 

enter  into  the  lanj.    X  Ue  i<  permitted 

to  ere  it. 
'"pH  EX  we  turned,  and  went  up  the 
i.    way  to  liasiian  :    and  "  t);;  the 


The  corujttest  of  Og. 


BEUTERONOMY.      Noses'  prayer  to  see  the  land. 


p*. Ill';  10,11. 

12  U  136.  Id. 

n  31. 


2  s»,„.  i  i. 

tc  lit.  (t 

lXuu.3ill. 


kinp^  of  Bashun  came  out  aj:rauist  us. 
lie  anil  ull  his  peoiile,  to  battle  l>at 
Edrei. 

2  Anil  the  Lord  said  unto  mo.  Fear 
him  not:  tori  will  deliver  him,  and 
all  his  iieople,  and  his  land,  into  thy 
hand;  and  thou  slialt  do  unto  him 
as  thou  didst  unto  '  Sihon  kiiu;  of 
the  Amorites,  which  dwelt  at  llesh- 
bon. 


river  Jabbok,  ^tihiih  is  tlie  border 
of  tlie  children  of  Amnion; 

ir  The  plain  also,  and  Jord-in, 
and  the  coast  tliercof,  from  '  Chin- 
iieroth  ^cvcn  unto  the  sea  of  the 
plain,  "crc/t  the  salt  sea,  ||  under 
Asluloth-pisjrah  eastward. 

],S  TI  And  I  commanded  you  nt 
tluit  time,  siiyin;;.  The  honn  your 
Ciod  hath    civen  you  this    land  to 


S  So  the  I.ORn   our  God  delivered  ,  possess  it:  h  ye  shall  pass  over  armed 


before  your'l)rcthren  the  children  of 
Israel,  all  tluit  are  t  meet  for  the  war. 
Ill  But  your  wives,  and  your  little 
ones,  anil  your  cattle,  (,for  I  know 
that  ye  havemuch  cattle,)  shall  abide 
ill  your  cities  which  I  have  Riven  you : 
'J6  Until  the  l.oi:i>  have  eiven  rest 
unto  your  brethren,  as  well  as  unto 
you,  and  701(1^  they  also  jiossess  the 
land  which  the  I. or.n  your  Gcul  hath 
hi^'li  wails,  sates,  and  bars;   beside    ^iveii  them  beyond  Jordan:  and //i''« 
unwalled  towns  a  sreat  many.                .shall  ye  "^  return  every  man  unto  his 
(J  And  we  utterly  destroyed  them,    possession,  wOiich  I  have  {riven  you. 
as  we  did  unto  Sihon  kin;        " "    '      '    "  ..t     ■ 


into  our  hands  Ok  also,  the  kinp;  of 
Bashan,  and  all  his  people:  »lana  we 
smote  him  until  none  was  left  to  him 
remaining- 

4  And  we  took  all  his  cities  at  that 
time,  there  was  not  a  city  which  we 
took  not  from  them,  threescore  cities, 
'  all  the  region  of  Arj;ob,  the  king- 
dom of  Ok  in  Bashan. 

.")  All  these  cities  were  fenced  with 


ofllesh 

tKin,  utterly  destroyins  the  men, 
women,  ami  children,  of  every  city. 

7  But  all  the  cattle,  and  the  spoil  of 
the  cities,  we  took  fbr  a  prey  to  our- 
selves. 

.S  And  we  took  at  that  time  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  two  kings  of  the 
.Vmorites  the  land  that  was  on  this 
side  Jordan,  from  the  river  of  Aruou 
unto  iiHtniit  llermfin; 

II  (  ll7/).'7(  cilerinon  the  Sidonians 
c:dl  Sirion;  and  the  Amorites  call  it 
liShenir;) 

III  i  All  the  cities  of  the  plain,  and  all 
(:ile;id,  and  kail  Bashan,  unto  Sal- 
cliah  and  Edrci,  cities  of  the  king- 
dom of  Ok  in  Bashan. 

11  I  For  oiilv  Ok  kinK  of  Bashan  re- 
mained of  t"lio  reinn:int  of  '"Kiants; 
heli..ld,  his  bed>tead  7m.«  a  bedstead 
of  iron:  n  it  not  in  "  Rabbath  of  the 
children  of  Amnion  ?  nine  cubits 
ii'ii.i  the  leiiKth  thereof,  and  four 
ciihits  the  breadth  of  it,  after  the 
cubit  of  a  man. 

12  And  this  land,  vhteh  we  possess- 
ed at  that  time,  "  from  Aroer,  which 
is  by  the  river  Anion,  and  half 
mount  Gilead,  and  ^the  cities  there- 
of, save  I  unto  the  Reubenites  and 
to  the  Gadites. 

l.'j  'I  -Viid  the  rest  of  Gilead,  and 
.ill  Bashan,  being  the  kiuKdom  of 
Ok,  Knve  I  unto  the  half  tribe  of 
Man.isseh  :  nil  the  rcKion  of  Aiirob, 
with  all  Bashan,  which  was  called 
the  land  of  Kiants. 

14  '■Jair  the  son  of  ^lanasseh  took 
all  the  couutrv  of  ArKOb  'unto  the 
coasts  of  Geshuri  ami  Maachathi  ! 
and  '  called  them  after  his  own  name, 
Bashan-havoth-jair.  unto  this  day. 

l."i  "And  I  Kave  Gilead  unto  Ma- 
chir. 

11;  .Vnd  unto  the  Reubenites  ''and 
unto  (he  (indites  I  gave  from  Gilead 
even  unto  the  river  Arnon  half  the 
valley,  and  the  border  even  unto  the 


21  T  And  d  I  commanded  Joshua  at 
that  time,  sayiiiK,  Thine  eyes  have 
seen  all  that  tlie  Lor.i) your  God  hath 
done  unto  these  twokiuKs:  so  shall 
the  Lord  do  unto  all  the  kingdoms 
whither  thou  passest. 

22  Ye  shall  not  fear  them:  for  'the 
Lord  your  God  he  shall  fight  for 
you. 

2.'!  And  '1  besought  the  Lord  at 
that  time,  saying, 

24  O  Lord  Got),  thon  hast  begun 
to  shew  thy  servant  s  thy  greatness, 
and  tliy  mighty  hand:  forli  what  God 
j,s-  Ihiri'  in  hein'en  or  in  earth,  that 
can  do  according  to  thy  works,  and 
according  to  thy  might  i* 

2.'!  I  pray  thee,  let  me  go  over, 
and  see  't'lic  good  land  that  j.f  be- 
yond Jordan,  that  goodly  mountain, 
and  Lebanon. 

2<j  But  the  Lord  k  was  wroth  with 
me  for  your  sakes,  and  would  not 
hear  me  :  and  the  Lord  said  unto 
me,  I-et  it  suffice  thee  ;  speak  no 
more  tintrt  me  of  this  matter. 

27  I  Get  thee  up  into  the  top  of 
Jl  Pisgah,  and  lift  up  thine  eyes  west- 
ward, and  northward,  and  south- 
ward, and  eastwanl,  and  behold  xt 
with  thine  eyes  :  for  thou  slialt  not 
go  over  thi.s  Jordan. 

28  But  "'charge  Joshua,  and  en- 
courage him,  and  strengthen  him  : 
for  he  shall  go  over  before  this  peo- 
ple, and  he  shall  cause  them  to 
inherit  the  land  which  thou  shalt 
see. 

29  So  we  abode  in  "  the  valley  over 
against  Beth-peor. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  An  fjrhortatioH  to  obeitience.    41  MoseB 
ajipointeth  the  three  cttiee  of  refuge  on 
thiit  rile  Jonl.m. 

"VrOW  therefore  hearken,  O  Israel, 
1^  unto  "the  statutes  and  unto  the 
judgments,  which  I  teach  you.  li.r 
to  do  l/wni,  that  ye  may  live,  and  go 
in  and  jKissess  the  land  which  the 
167 


l>N.im.3'2.23. 


An  exhortation  to  obedience.        DEUTERONOMY.     A  dissuanve  against  idolatry. 


Uefov 
CHRIST 


c  Num.  i5.  4, 
J  O.K.  K.  17. 


dJol.28.  28. 
r.,  19  7.  >i 
111.  10. 


h  Pro.   3    1, 
i.  i  4.  21.      I 

I  e:en.  1,?  W.  I 


9.  11. 

n,  23. 
!1.  l.'.li 


Lord  Gud  of  your  lathers  giveth 
.voii. 

'Z  '•  Ye  shall  not  adil  unto  the  word 
which  I  foininandyou,  neither  shall 
ye  diitiinish  auijld  i'rum  it,  that  ve 
may  keep  the  etuiiinandincnts  of  tile 
LoKi)  your  God  wliieh  1  coininund 
yon. 

.'i  Your  eyes  have  seen  what  the 
Loud  did  because  of  ^  Baal-pcor  : 
ti)r  all  tlie  men  that  ibllowed  Baal- 
lieor,  the  l>0ltD  thy  God  liath  do- 
strovcil  them  from  anions  you. 

4  But  ye  that  did  cleave  unto  the 
Loud  your  God  are  alive  every  one 
of  you  this  day. 

5  "Beliold,  I  nave  taught  you  stat- 
utes and  judgments,  even  as  the 
Loud  iny  God  eominanded  me,  tliat 
ye  should  do  so  in  the  land  whither 
ye  go  to  possess  it. 

(i  Keep  tlierefore  and  do  them; 
for  this  is  ilyour  wisdom  and  your 
understanding  in  tlie  siglit  of'  the 
nations,  which  shall  hear  all  these 
statutes,  and  say.  Surely  this  grettt 
nation  IS  a  wise  and  understanding 
people. 

7  For  '  what  nation  m  there  so 
great,  who  /hi//i  f  God  so  nigh  unto 
them,  as  tlie  Lokd  our  God  »s  in 
all  Ihinys  thai  we  call  npoii  him 
J'or  ? 

8  And  what  nation  i.<  thim  so 
great,  that  hath  statutes  and  judg- 
ments so  righteous  as  all  this  law, 
which  I  set  before  von  this  (tin-  ? 

1»  Only  take  heed  to  thvself,  and 
Bkeep  thy  soul  diligentlv,  ii  lest  thou 
forget  the  things  wliieli  tliinc  i  yes 
nave  seen,  and  lest  tliey  depart  from 
thy  heart  all  the  days  of  tliy  life  : 
i)ut  i  teach  them  thy  sons,  and  thy 
sons'  sons; 

ID  S,trrin!b/  k  the  dav  that  thou 
stoodest  before  the  Lo'kd  Ihv  (iod 
in  Uoreh,  wlien  the  Loiji.  said  un- 
to me.  (Jather  me  the  people  tugetli- 
er,  and  1  will  make  them  hear  mv 
words,  that  tliev  niav  learn  to  fea'r 
me  all  the  days"  that'they  sluill  live 
U|iou  the  earth,  and  thai  tliey  m.ay 
teach  their  children. 

11  And  yo  came  near  and  stood 
under  the  mountain ;  and  the 
■  mountain  burned  with  fire  nnto 
the  I- midst  of  lieaven,  willi  dark- 
ness, clouds,  and  thick  darkness. 

12  "'  And  the  I,<>iti>  sjiake  unto  you 
out  of  the  midst  of  the  lire:  '"ye 
heard  the  voice  of  the  words,  but 
saw  no  similitude;  "fonly  j/e  heard 
a  voice. 

I'll' And  he  declared  nolo  von  his 
covemint,  which  lie  eommanc'liil  yoii 
to  perform,  f:r>_H  'Men  eiMiuiuind- 
ments;  and  'he  wrote  them  upon 
two  tables  of  stone. 

14  II  And  'the  Loki>  commanded 
me  at  that  time  to  teach  you  statutes 
and  jnilgmcnts.  that  ve  might  do 
them  in  the  land  whither  ye  go  over 
to  possess  it. 


1.5  'Take  ye  therefore  good  heed 
unto  yourselves;  for  yc  saw  no  man- 
ner of  "similitude  on  the  dav  that 
the  Loud  spake  unto  you  in  iloreb 
out  of  tlie  inicUt  of  the  lire: 

K;  lycst  yc  '^  corrupt  'juwselccs,  and 
ymakc  joii  a  graven  image,  the 
Bimilitudo  of  any  figure,  "  the  like- 
ness of  male  or  female, 

17  The  likeness  of  any  beast  that  is 
on  the  earth,  the  likeness  of  any 
winged  fowl  that  tlietli  in  the  air, 

18  The  likeness  of  any  thing  that 
creepeth  on  the  ground,  the  likeness 
of  any  fish  that  is  in  the  waters  l)e- 
neath  the  earth: 

lit  And  lest  thou  '  lift  up  thine  eyes 
unto  heaven,  and  when  thou  secst 
the  sun,  and  the  moon,  and  the 
stars,  I'feii  "all  tlie  host  of  heaven, 
shouldest  be  driven  to  '^worship 
them,  and  serve  them,  which  the 
Loud  thy  God  hath  ||  divided  unto 
all  nations  under  tlie  whole  heaven. 

20  But  the  Loud  hath  taken  you, 
and  •!  brought  you  forth  out  of  the 
iron  furnace,  cicn  out  of  Egypt,  "^to 
be  unto  him  a  people  of  inheritance, 
as  i/e  are  this  day. 

21  Furthermore"  ffbe  Lord  was  on 
gry  with  me  for  your  sakes,  and 
sware  that  1  shcmld  not  go  over  Jor- 
dan, aiiil  that  1  should  not  go  in  un- 
to that  good  land,  which  the  Loud 
thy  God  giveth  thee  for  an  inherit- 
ance: 

22  But  '  I  must  die  in  this  land, 
li  I  must  not  go  over  Jordan :  but  ye 
shall  go  over,  and  possess  i  that  good 
land. 

23  Take  heed  unto  j-oursclves,  k  lest 
yc  forget  the  covenant  of  the  Loud 
jour  God,  which  he  made  with  you, 
land  make  vou  a  graven  image,  or 
the  likeness  of  aiiv  liini.i,  which  the 
l.oKii  thy  (ohI  hath  toihid.hn  thee. 

24  For  '"  the  Loud  thv  (iod  is  a. 
consuming  hie,  M-,7,  "ajealnus  God. 

2J  H  Wlieii  thou  shalt  beget  chil- 
dren, ami  childi'cn's  children,  and 
ye  shall  have  remained  long  in  the 
land,  and  "shall  corrupt  umirsiliri, 
and  make  a  graven  image,  or  the 
likeness  of  any  thiiii/,  and  i' shall  do 
evil  in  the  si'^ht  of  the  Loud  thy 
God.  to  provoke  him  ti)  anger; 

2(! 'I  I  cull  heaven  and  earth  to  wit- 
ness ag.iin.^t  you  this  day,  tlnit  ve 
sJiall  s...>n  utterly  i>erisli  fi"-om  off  the 
Ihnd  whcrcunto  ye  go  over  Jordan 
to  pos.scss  it;  ye  shall  not  prolong 
i/oiir  days  upon  it,  but  shall  utterly 
lie  destroyed. 

2"  And  t"!ie  Loud  ■■  shall  scatter  vou 
among  tlie  nations,  and  ye  sliidl  be 
left  few  in  mimber  ammig  the  hea- 
then, whither  the  Loud  shall  lead 
you. 

2.S  And  "  there  yc  shall  serve  gods, 
the  work  of  inen's  hands,  \yoou  ami 
stone,  'which  neither  see,  nor  heiir, 
nor  cat,  nor  snicU. 

20  "But  if  from  thence  thou  shalt 


God's  especial  regard  to  Israel.  DEUTERONOMY. 


The  covenant  hi  Horeb. 


tHeb.  *oi.. 
/oun.(  Ika, 
Ki.  18.  8. 
ch.31.  17. 

iO«n.  49.  1. 
eh.  31.  a 
Jer.2J.  m 
Hoi.  3.  5. 

J  Jojl  2.  12. 

.2Chr  30.9. 
Noh.  9.  31. 
P..  11(1.5. 


oEi.2t.ll.ii 

33.20. 

ch.  5.  21,  26. 


1  eh.  32.  39. 
lS«m  2.2. 
1.   «.  5.  18. 

uiulc  12  29. 

kE.   199.19. 
1l  20.  1?.  22. 


seek  the  Lord  thy  God,  thou  Bhnlt 
find  )iiiii,  if  thou  seek  him  with  all 
tliy  heart  and  witli  all  thy  soul. 

'M  AVheii  thou  art  in  tribulation, 
and  all  these  things  t  are  come  upon 
tliee,  "creii  iu  the  latter  days,  if  tliou 
!  turn  to  the  Lord  tliy  God,  and 
shalt  be  obedient  unto  liis  voice; 

31  (For  the  Loud  thy  God  is  ^a 
merciful  God;)  he  will  not  forsake 
tliee,  neither  destroy  thee,  norforpet 
tlic  covenant  of  thy  lathers,  which 
he  sware  unto  them. 

.'i2  For  "ask  now  of  the  days  that 
arc  past,  which  were  belore  thee, 
since  the  day  that  God  created  man 
upon  the  eartli,  and  o.-i-  l>from  the 
one  side  of  heaven  unto  the  other, 
whether  tliere  hath  been  imy  such 
lliiii;/  as  this  ;;reat  thing  is,  or  hath 
been  heard  like  it? 

.'U  '  Did  ever  people  hear  the  voice 
of  God  speaking  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  fire,  as  thou  hu.st  lieard,  and 
live  ? 

.■>4  Or  hath  God  assayed  to  go  nml 
take  him  a  nation  from  the  midst  of 
ottotker  nation,  J  by  temptations,  "■  by 
signs,  and  by  wonders,  and  by  war, 
and  ibya  mighty  hand,  and  "s  by  a 
stretched  out  arm,  hand  bv  great 
terrors,  according  to  all  ffiat  the 
Lord  your  God  did  for  you  in 
Egypt  before  your  eyes? 

;i5  Unto  thee  it  was  shewed,  that 
thou  mightest  know  tliat  tlie  Lord 
he  is  God;  U/icre  is  none  else  beside 
him. 

.'iU  k  Out  of  heaven  he  made  tliee  to 
hear  his  voice,  that  he  miglit  instruct 
tliec:  and  upon  eartli  Tie  slicwed 
thee  his  great  fire;  and  tliou  heard- 
est  his  words  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
fire. 

:iT  And  because  Ihe  loved  tliy  fa- 
thers, therefore  he  clioso  their  seed 
after  tlicm,  and  '"brought  tliee  out 
in  his  sight  with  Ills  mighty  power 
out  of  Egypt; 

38  "  To  ilrive  out  nations  from  be- 
fore thee  greater  and  mightier  than 
thou  art,  to  bring  thee  in,  to  give 
thee  their  lantl/or  an  inheritance,  as 
it  is  this  day. 

3'J  Know  therefore  this  day,  and 
consider  it  in  thine  heart,  that  "the 
Lord  he  is  God  in  heaven  above, 
and  upon  the  earth  beneath:  there  Is 
none  else. 

40  1'  Thou  shalt  keep  therefore  his 
statutes,  and  his  commandments, 
which  I  command  thee  this  day, 
'I  that  it  mav  go  well  with  thee,  and 
with  tliy  cliiklicn  after  thee,  and 
that  thou  mayest  prolong  ?A//  days 
upon  the  eartli,  which  the  LoitD  thy 
God  giveth  thee,  for  ever. 

41  Vi  Then  iloses  ""severed  three 
cities  on  this  side  Jordan  toward 
tlie  sunrising; 

4i  » That  the  slayer  might  flee  thith- 
er, whieli  should  kill  his  neighbour 
unawares,   and    hated   him    not    in 


times  past;  and  that  fleeing  unto  one 
of  these  cities  he  might  live: 
4-3  jVome///,  'Bezer  in  the  wilder- 
ness, in  the  plain  country,  of  the 
llcubenites;  and  llamoth  in  Gilead, 
of  the  Gadites;  and  Golan  in  Bashan, 
of  the  Manassites. 

44  TT  And  this  is  the  law  •which 
Moses  set  before  the  children  of  Is- 
rael: 

45  These  arc  the  testimonies,  and 
the  statutes,  and  the  judgments, 
■which  Moses  spake  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  after  they  came  forth 
out  of  Egypt, 

41)  On  tills  side  Jordan,  "in  the 
valley  over  against  Beth-jieor,  in  the 
land  of  .Sihoii  king  of  the  Aniorites, 
who  dwelt  at  Ue.shbon,  whom  Mo- 
ses and  the  children  of  Israel  "smote, 
after  they  \vere  come  forth  out  of 
Egypt: 

47  And  they  possessed  his  land,  and 
tlie  land  >  ofOg  king  of  Bashan,  two 
kings  of  the  Aniorites,  which  iccre 
on  this  side  Jordan  toward  the  sun- 
rising; 

4>i  '  From  Aroer,  which  is  by  the 
bank  of  the  river  Anion,  even  unto 
mount  Sion,  which  is  "  llermon, 

4'.l  And  all  the  plain  on  this  side 
Jordan  eastward,  even  unto  the  sea 
of  the  plain,  under  the  ^  springs  of 
Pisgah. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  The  covtuant  in  Ilorcb.     6  Tlie  tencom- 
inandments.    t!"2  At  the  people^n  request 
Moacs  ri-ccivetii  the  Inw  frum  Uud. 

AND  Moses  called  oil  Israel,  and 
said  unto  them.  Hear,  O  Israel, 
the  statutes  and  judgments  wliieh  I 
speak  in  }  our  cars  this  day,  that  ye 
may  learn  them,  and  f  keep  and  ilo 
them. 

2  "The  Lord  our  God  made  a 
covenant  with  us  in  Iloreb. 

3  The  Lord  bmade  not  this  cove- 
nant with  our  fathers,  but  with  us, 
tren  us,  who  arc  all  of  us  here  alive 
this  day. 

4  '■  The  I.,ORD  talked  with  vou  face 
to  face  in  the  mount  out  of  the  midst 
of  the  fire, 

5  (ill  stood  between  the  Lord  and 
you  at  that  time,  to  shew  you  the 
word  of  the  Lord:  for  'ye  were 
afraid  by  reason  ot  the  fire,  a'lid  went 
not  up  into  the  mount,)  saving, 

^(i  IT  fl  am  the  Lord  thy  O'od,  which 
brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
from  the  house  off  bondage. 

7  s  Thou  shalt  have  none  other  gods 
before  me. 

8  li  Thou  shalt  not  make  thee  any 
graven  image,  or  any  likeness  tif 
an\i  tliiutj  that  is  in  heaven  above,  or 
tliut  i.<  ill  tlie  earth  beneath,  or  that 
is  in  the  waters  beneath  the  earth: 

!l  Thnu  .vhalt  not  bow  down  thyself 
unto  them,  nor  serve  them  :  for  "I  the 
Lord  thy  God  am  a  jealous  God, 
i  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the  fathers 
upou  the  children  unto  the  thiid  and 
169 


The  teii  coTninandm«nes. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


Moses  reeeivetli  the  law. 


Before 

CU  RIST 

14)1. 


kJ.:r  31  la. 

D«n.  9.  4. 
I  E«.  20.  7. 


pch.  15.  n  k 
1".  li.  i'^*. 
1-1,  il. 


.21.  17. 
k'ol' i  1.1 


s.  CI.  IIA 
.  l^. 
.  i.  13. 

1.20.16.10. 


fourtli  i/cnerulioii  of  thom  that  liatc 
iiie, 

10  liAnd  showinf;;  mercy  unto  thoii- 
suiiils  ot'thcin  tliiil  love  mo  mid  keep 
my  coniioundnicnts. 

11  IThou  .slialt  not  take  the  name 
of  tlio  I,oi:i>  thv  (iod  in  vain:  for 
the  L(ii:i.  will  !i'..tli..ld/,/«JKU'ltle.ss 
that  takcth  liis  name  in  vain. 

lU  "'  Kctp  the  .saliljath  day  to  sanc- 
tify it,  a.>5  tlie  LoKl>  tliy  God  hath 
commanded  thee. 

l.'{  "  Six  days  tliou  shalt  labour,  and 
do  all  thy  work: 

14  But  the  seventh  day  !.i'  the  "sab- 
batli  of  the  Louu  thy  God:  in  it  tliou 
shalt  not  do  any  work,  thou,  nor  tliy 
son,  nor  tliy  daughter,  nor  tiiy  inan- 
HOrvunt,  nor  thy  maidservant,  nor 
thine  ox,  nor  thine  ass,  nor  any  of 
thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stran;;er  that  is 
wftliin  thy  ^^ate.s;  that  thy  nianseiv- 
ant  and  tliy  maidservant  may  rest  as 
well  as  thou. 

1.')  I'  And  remember  lliat  thou  wast 
a  servant  in  the  land  of  p];j\'pt,  and 
that  the  Louu  thy  (;od  iin.ir-ht  thee 
out  thence  'itlirout;li  a  mighty  hand 
and  by  a  stretched  out  arm :  therefore 
the  Loici)  thy  God  oonimanded  thee 
to  keep  the  siiblutli  day. 

Iti  IT  'Honour  th.y  father  and  thv 
motlier,  .as  the  Loud  thy  God  hath 
commanded  thee:  "that  thy  days 
may  be  prolon>;ed,  and  that  it  may 
Ko  well  with  thee,  in  the  land  which 
the  I.oui)  thv  God  K'veth  tliee. 

17  'Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

15  "  Neither  shalt  thou  commit 
niUiltery. 

li)  «  Neither  shalt  thou  fitenl. 

20  >  Neither  shalt  tliou  he.ir  false 
witness  a;;ainst  thv  nei^'hhonr. 

■J\  •'•  Neither  shalt  thou  de.siro  thv 
nei>;hbour's  wife,  neither  shalt  fhoii 
covet  thy  nei-hliour's  house,  his  tivld, 
or  his  manservant,  or  his  maidserv- 
ant, his  ox,  or  his  ass,  or  any  thin<j 
that  IS  thy  neijrhhour'sj 

•22  tl  These  words  thel.or.n  spake 
unto  all  vour  assembly  in  the  mount 
out  of  the  miilst  of  the  lire,  of  the 
cLuul,  and  of  the  thick  darkness, 
with  a  f;re:it  voice;  and  he  adiled  no 
more.  And  "he  wrote  them  in  two 
tables  of  stone,  and  delivered  them 
unto  me. 

:i'i  i>  .\nd  it  c.nmo  to  pass,  when  ye 
heard  the  voice  out  of  the  midst  "f 
the  darkness,  (for  the  moiint.iiu  did 
bum  with  tire,)  that  ye  caiue  near 
unto  ine,  ircu  all  the  heads  of  3'our 
tribes,  and  your  elders: 

2i  And  ve  s:dd.  Hehold.  the  I,oi:i) 
our  (iod  h'.ith  shewed  us  his  ;;lo.-y 
tmd  his  (ireatness,  and  "^we  h:ive 
heard  his  voice  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  tire:  we  have  seen  this  dav  that 
Gail  doth  t:dk  with  man,  mid  he 
Jliveth. 

1.'.5  Now  tlierefoio  why  should  wo 
die?  for  this  L'reat  Are  will  consume 
us:   'if  wc  fhoar  the  voice  of  tliu 


Loud  our  God  any  more,  then  wc 
shall  die. 

•2t'i  fl'or  who  is  thci-r  o/M  flesh,  that 
hath  heard  the  voice  of  the  living 
God  speakin;?  out  of  the  midst  of  the 
tire,  as  we  /lavc,  and  lived  ? 

27  Go  thou  near,  and  hear  all  that 
the  J.OKD  our  God  shall  say;  and 
ii  speak  thou  unto  us  all  that  the 
Louu  our  God  shall  speak  unto 
thee;  and  we  will  hear  iV,  and  do  it. 

2S  And  the  Loud  heard  the  voice  of 
your  words,  when  ve  .-pake  unto  me; 
and  the  Loud  said  unto  mi',  1  have 
heard  the  voice  of  the  words  of  this 
people,  which  they  have  spoken  un- 
to thee:  hthey  have  well  said  all  that 
they  have  spoken. 

20  i  Oh  that  there  were  such  a  heart 
in  them,  that  they  would  fear  me, 
and  ^keep  all  my  conimundmcnts 
always,  Uhat  it  ini^lit  be  well  with 
thcni,  and  with  their  children  for 
ever! 

SO  Go  s,ny  to  them.  Get  you  into 
your  tenia  ajrain. 

;;l  But  as  tor  thee,  stand  thou  licrc 
by  me,  "'and  1  will  speak  unto  thee 
all  the  command. nents,  and  the  stat- 
utes, and  the  judgments,  which  thou 
shalt  teach  them,  that  they  niav  do 
tlifiiu  in  the  land  which  1  ^ive  tliem 
to  possess  it. 

S2  Ye  shall  observe  to  do  therefore 
as  the  Loud  your  God  hath  com- 
manded von:  "  ve  shall  not  turn 
aside  to  tKe  ri;;ht  li:ind  ur  to  the  left. 

;W  Ye  shall  walk  in  ":ill  tin-  wavs 
which  the  1,(ji;o  your  (;..d  hath  coiil- 
manded  you,  tluit  ye  may  live,  I'aud 
tlidl  it  may  le  well  witii  yon,  and 
tlial  jc  may  iirolon-j  j/our  days  in  the 
laud  which  yc  shall  possess. 

CH.VPTEK  \I. 

1   r.'.c  cmt  of  Iht  I.IK.  i<  o'jcdicntc.    3  An 
€xliortitliun  tlu'rcto. 

NOW  these  arc  *tlie  command- 
ments, the  statutes,  and  the 
iud;;uicnts,  which  the  Louu  your 
God  commanded  to  teach  vou,  th:vt 
ye  mi^'lit  do  l/icin  iu  the  laml  whither 
ve  tl-'o  to  possess  it: 

2  1'  Tliat  thou  miRhtest  fear  the 
LOKI)  thv  God,  to  keep  all  his  stat- 
utes and  his  commandments,  which 
I  command  thee,  tliou,  and  thy  son, 
and  thy  son's  sou,  all  the  days  of 
thy  life";  'and  that  thy  days  may  be 
prolonjed. 

;i  H  Hear  theivfore,  O  Israel,  and 
observe  to  do  it:  that  it  mav  be 
well  with  thee,  and  tli:it  ye  muy  in- 
crease mi^'htilv.  'Ins  the  l.oun  GikI 
of  thv  fathers"  hath  promised  thee, 
in  'the  land  that  lloweth  with  inilk 
and  honev. 

4  rllear,  O  Israel:  The  Loni>  our 
God  is  one  Lord: 

.1  And  Kthou  shdt  love  the  Loud 
thv  God  hwith  all  thine  heart,  ami 
with  all  thy  soul,  and  with  ull  thy 
miirht. 


An  exhortation  to  obedience.        DEUTKRONOMY.    The  Canaanites  to  be  destroyed. 


■or.  la.  9. 

.  u.  n.M. 


0  And  "these  words,  wliicli  I  com- 
mand tlioc  tliib  day,  shall  bu  in  thine 
lieart: 

7  And  k  thou  shaU  )  tench  them  dili- 
gently unto  thy  children,  and  shalt 
talk  of  them  when  thou  fittest  in 
thine  house,  and  when  tli^u  \v:ilk- 
cst  by  the  way,  and  when  tli..u  licbt 
down,  and  when  tliou  i  isist  up. 

S  lAnd  thou  shall  bind  them  for 
a  Eign  upon  thine  hand,  and  they 
shall  be  as  frontlets  between  thine 
eyes. 

'J  '"And  thou  shall  write  them  upon 
the  posts  of  thy  house,  and  on  thy 
gates. 

10  And  it  shall  be,  when  tlie  I,oi;i) 
thy  Ciod  shall  have  bronglit  thee  iji- 
tc)  the  land  which  he  swarc  unto  thv 
lathers,  to  Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to 
Jacob,  to  give  thee  great  and  goodly 
cities,  "which  thou  buildcdst  not, 

1 1  And  houses  full  of  nil  good  thingf^ 
which  thou  tilledsl  not,  and  wells 
digged,  which  tliou  diggedst  not, 
vineyards  and  olive  trees,  which  thou 
plantedst  not;  "when  thou  shalt  have 
eaten  and  be  full; 

12  Then  beware  lest  thou  forget  the 
Loud,  which  brought  thee  torth  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the  liouse 
off  bondage. 

i:!  Thou  shalt  I'fear  the  I,oi:ii  thy 
God,  and  serve  him,  an d^  shalt  swear 
by  his  name. 

14  Ye  shall  not  ''go  after  other  gods, 
'of  the  gods  of  the  people  which  arc 
round  about  you; 

15  (For  'the  Lord  thy  God  i.i  a 
jealous  God  among  vou:)  "lest  the 
anger  of  the  Lord  tfiv  God  be  kin- 
dled against  tlue,  ami  destroy  thee 
from  oft' the  f;ice  of  the  earth. 

10  H  "Ye  shall  not  tempt  the  Lonn 
vour  God,  >'as  >e  tempted  /tint  in 
Alassah. 

IT  Ye  shall  'diligentlv  kcGp  the 
commandurents  of  tlie  l^OKi)  your 
God,  and  his  testimonies,  an<l  his 
statutes,  which  he  hath  commanded 
thee. 

IS  And  thou  "shalt  do  that  which 
is  right  and  good  in  the  siglit  of  the 
l>oliD;  that  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 
and  that  thou  inayest  ^o  in  and  i»os- 
sess  the  good  land  which  the  LoKD 
swarc  unto  thy  fathers, 

19  bTo  cast  out  all  thine  enemies 
from  before  thee,  as  the  1..oi;d  huth 
spoken. 

•M  And  "^  when  thy  eon  nsketli  thee 
fin  time  to  come,  saving,  What  Menu 
the  testimonies,  and  tlie  statutes,  and 
the  juJgments,  which  the  Loi:u  our 
G(»ii  liath  commuiuled  youi" 

I'l  Tlien  thou  shalt  say  unto  tliy 
son.  We  were  riiaraoh's  bondmen 
in  Egypt:  and  tlie  Lord  brought  us 
out  of  Egvpt  il  with  a  mighty  hand: 

'li  '=Aiiil  the  Lord  shewed  signs 
and  wonders,  great  and  t  sure,  upon 
1-gypt,  upon  Pharaoh,  and  upon  all 
his  household,  before  our  eyes: 


23  And  he  brought  us  out  from 
thence,  that  he  might  bring  us  in, 
to  give  us  the  land  which  he  swure 
unto  our  fathers. 

24  And  the  LoKD  commanded  us  to 
do  all  these  statutes,  i  to  fear  the 
Loud  our  God,  'for  our  goud  al- 
ways, that  khe  miglit  preserve  us 
alive,  as  it  is  at  tliis  day. 

I'j  And  ■  it  shall  be  "our  righteous- 
ness, if  we  observe  to  do  all  these 
coinmnndments  before  the  Loud 
our  God,  as  he  hath  commanded  ua. 
CHAPTER  A'll. 

I  Alt  communion  with  the  naliont  ij  for- 
biUitcn,  A  for  fe.ir  of  idolntry,  0  for  the 
hulincBB  of  tha  J^eople,  y  for  the  nature 
of  O'ud  ill  ?tia  mercy  and  Justice,  17  for 
the  amtureUncss  of  victory  which  tiod 
will  yU'C  over  them. 

WHEN  the  •■'LoKD  thy  God  shall 
bring  thee  into  the  land  whither 
thou  gocst  to  possess  it,  and  hath 
cast  out  many  nations  before  thee, 
i>the  Hittites,  and  the  Girgashites, 
and  the  Amorites,  and  the  Canaan- 
ites, and  the  Perizzites,  and  the  lli- 
vites,  ami  the  Jebusites,  seven  na- 
tions *■  greater  and  mightier  than 
thou; 

•1  And  when  the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  •!  deliver  them  before  thee;  thou 
shalt  smite  them,  </«</  'utterly  de- 
stroy tiicm  ;  rthon  shalt  mal<c  no 
covenant  with  them,  nor  shew  mercy 
unto  them: 

8  8  Neither  shalt  thou  make  mar- 
riages with  them;  thv  daughter  thou 
shfJt  not  give  unto  his  son,  nor  his 
daughter  slialt  thou  take  unto  thy 
soil. 

4  For  they  will  turn  awny  thy  eon 
from  following  me,  tliat  they  may 
serve  other  gods:  li.so  will  the  anger 
of  the  Loud  be  kindled  against  you, 
and  destroy  thee  suddenly. 

5  But  thus  shall  j'e  deal  "with  them; 
ve  shall  "  destroy  their  altars,  and 
break  down  ^icir  f  images,  and  cut 
down  their  groves,  and  burn  their 
graven  images  with  fire. 

(i  k  For  thou  ait  a  liolv  people  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God:  'the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  chosen  thee  to  be  a  special 
people  unto  himself,  above  all  [woplc 
that  ore  upon  Uie  face  of  the  earth. 

7  The  Lord  did  not  set  his  love 
upon  you,  nor  choose  you,  because 
ya  werc  more  iii  number  than  any 
people;  for  j'C  iccre  ""the  fewest  of 
all  people: 

S  But  "because  the  Lord  loved 
you,  and  because  be  would  keep 
"the  oath  which  he  had  sworu  unto 
vour  fathers,  I' hath  the  Lord 
linnight  vou  out  with  a  mij.'hty 
hand,  and  redeemed  yo\i  out  ot  the 
house  of  bondmen,  from  the  hand  of 
Phnr.i..h  king  of  Egypt. 

il  Know  therefore  that  the  Lord  thy 
(old,  he  IS  Goil,  'ithe  faithfnl  God, 
'  wliieli  keepi'th  covenant  and  mercy 
with  them  that  love  him  and  keep 

m 


The  reward  of  obedience. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


An  exhortation  thereto. 


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liis  cominaiidincnts  to  a  thousand 
generations; 
10  And  'rcpaycth  them  that  hate 
Iiim  to  their  face,  to  destroy  them: 
'he  will  not  be  slacic  to  him  that 
luiteth  liim,  he  will  repay  liim  to  his 

Jl  Thou  shall  therefore  keep  the 
comin:indments,  and  the  statutes, 
and  the  jud;;ments,  which  I  com- 
mand thee  this  day,  to  do  them. 

12  If  "  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  fifye  hearken  to  these  judg- 
ments, and  keep  and  do  them,  tli.it 
the  ]<oiiI)  thy  God  shall  keep  unto 
thee  "the  covenant  and  the  mercy 
which  he  sware  unto  t!iy  fathers: 

13  And  he  will  J  love  thee,  anil  hiess 
thee,  and  mill tiplv  thee:  '  he  will  also 
bless  tlu-  IVnit  of'thv  womli,  and  the 
fruit  of  thy  land,  thy  e<n-n,  and  thy 
wine,  and  tliine  oil,  the  increase  of 
thy  kine,  and  the  llocksof  thy  sheep, 
in  the  land  which  he  sware  liuto  thy 
f  itlie.-s  to  -i^•e  thee. 

H  Thou  Shalt  be  blessed  above  all 
people:  ''there  shall  not  be  male  or 
i'emalc  barren  among  you,  or  among 
.vour  cattle. 

15  And  the  Lord  will  take  away 
from  thee  all  sickness,  and  will  piit 
none  of  the  I) evil  diseases  of  Egypt, 
which  thcni  knowest,  upon  thee;  but 
wilt  lay  them  upon  all  them  that  hate 
tliec. 

1()  And  "^  thou  shall  consume  all  the 
jicople  which  the  1ah:d  thy  (Sod 
sluill  deliver  thee;  il  thine  eye  shall 
have  no  pity  upon  them  :  neitlier 
rhalt  thou  serve  their  gods;  lor  that 
iciVi  he  "•■  a.  snare  unto  thee. 

17  If  thou  Shalt  say  in  thine  heart. 
These  nations  arc  more  than  I;  how 
can  I  ("dispossess  themi' 

l.S  s  Thou  sluilt  not  be  afraid  of 
them:  biU  shalt  well  lirenieinbcr 
what  the  ],oi!i>  thv  Hod  did  unto 
riiaraoh.andiint.Mill  K-vpt; 

lit  i  The  great  temptations  which 
thine  eves  saw,  and  tin'  signs,  and 
the  wonders,  and  Uu-  miglitv  hand, 
and  tlie  stretched  out  nnn,  wherebv 
the  l.oHi)  thv  (Jod  Uron-ht  tliee  out: 
soBliuUthe  J,oiii>  thy  (J. id  do  unto 
all  the  people  of  whom  thou  art 
afraid. 

•A>  k  Moreover  the  I<onn  thy  God 
will  send  the  hornet  among  them, 
until  thev  that  are  lell,  alul  hide 
themselves  from  thee,  be  de^troved. 

L'l  Thon  slnilt  n.it  be  alirighlJd  at 
them:  fir  the  l.oito  thy'  (Jod  is 
I  among  you,  '"a  mighty  God  and 
terrible. 

•^i  "And  the  I.oiii)  thy  God  will 
tput  out  those  nations  belitre  thee 
bv  little  and  little:  tluni  mavest  not 
i-onsume  them  at  onee.  lest  the  beasts 
oftiietield  increase  -.ipcni  thee. 

a!  Uutthel.ouDthv  (iod  shall  de- 
liver them  f  unt.)  the'e,  and  shall  de- 
stroy them  with  a  mighty  destruc- 
tion, until  tIn'V  1)0  destroved. 
172 


24  And  "he  shall  deliver  their  kings 
into  thine  hand,  and  thou  shall  de- 
stroy their  name  Pfrom  under  heav- 
en :  'I  there  shall  no  man  be  able  to 
staml  betbre  thee,  until  thou  have 
destroyed  them. 

2'}  The  gra\*eii  images  of  their  gods 
'shall  ye  burn  with  lire:  thou  '...halt 
not  desire  the  silver  or  gold  l/iat  is 
on  them,  nor  take  il  unto  thee,  lest 
thou  be  'snared  therein:  for  it  is 
"an  abomination  to  the  Lokd  thv 
God. 

2(1  Neither  shalt  thou  bring  an 
abomination  into  thine  house,  lest 
thou  be  a  cursed  thing  like  it:  but 
thou  shalt  utterly  detest  it,  and  thou 
shalt  utterly  ablior  it;  "for  it  is  a 
cursed  thing. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

An  exhortation  to  obedience  in  regard  of 

(Joil'e  tlcatinu  ivilh  them. 

VLTj  the  commandments  which  I 
command  thee  this  day  "shall 
ye  obserNe  to  do,  that  yc  niay  live, 
and  multiply,  and  go  in  and  possess 
the  land  which  the  Lokd  sware  un- 
to your  fathers. 

'2  And  thou  shalt  remember  all  the 
w.iy  which  the  Loud  thy  God  bled 
thee  these  forty  years  in  "the  wilder- 
ness, to  humble  tlicc,  and  '^  to  prove 
thee,  il  to  know  what  wan  in  thine 
heart,  whether  thou  wouldest  keep 
his  commandments,  or  no. 

;;  And  he  humbled  thee,  and 'suf- 
fered thi^e  to  hunger,  and  ffed  thee 
with  niunna,  which  thou  knewest 
not,  neither  did  thy  fathers  know; 
that  he  might  make  thee  know  that 
man  doth  Snot  live  bv  bread  only, 
but  by  every  icoril  that  jiroeeedeth 
out  ot  the  mouth  of  the  Louu  dotli 
man  live. 

4  It  Thy  raiment  waxed  luit  old  up- 
on thee,  neither  did  thy  finit  swell, 
these  forty  years. 

5  '  Thou  shalt  also  consider  in  thine 
heart,  that,  as  ii  man  chastcneth  his 
son,  so  the  Lokd  thy  God  chastcn- 
eth thee. 

(1  Therefore  thou  shalt  keep  the 
commandments  of  the  Loitii  thy 
(iod,  i^to  walk  in  his  ways,  and  to 
fear  him. 

7  For  the  I.,oitD  thy  God  bringeth 
thee  into  a  good  land,  la  land  of 
britoks  of  water,  of  fountains  and 
depths  that  spring  out  of  vallevs  and 
hills; 

H  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and 
vines,  and  (ig  trees,  and  pomegran- 
ates; a  land  I  of  oil  olive,  ami  honev; 

il  A  land  wherein  thon  shalt  eat 
bread  withtnit  scarceness,  (Iu>u  shalt 
not  hick  any  r/o/ir/  in  it ;  a  land 
'"whose  stones  air  iron,  and  out  of 
whose  hills  thon  ma.vest  dig  brass. 

10  "  When  thou  hast  eaten  and  art 
full,  then  thou  shalt  bless  the  l.i.un 
thy  (!od  for  the  good  land  which  ho 
hath  given  thcc. 


Moses  rehear seth  the 


DEUTERONOMY. 


several  rchellions  of  Israel. 


n  Beware  tliat  thou  forset  not  the 
LoHD  tliv  God,  in  not  keeping  Iiis 
conmianilmcnts,  and  hisjudnnients, 
and  his  statutes,  wliich  I  command 
thee  tliis  day: 

12  "Lest  when  thou  hast  eaten  and 
art  full,  and  hast  built  goodly  houses, 
and  dwelt  therein ; 

I'J  And  vhen  thy  herds  and  thy 
flocks  multiply,  and  thy  silver  and 
thy  pold  is  multiplied,  and  all  that 
thou  hast  is  multiplied: 

14  1'  Then  thine  heart  be  lifled  up, 
and  thou  'I forget  the  lyOitu  thy  God, 
whieh  brought  thee  forth  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  from  tho  Iiousc  of 
bondage; 

J5  Who  ■'led  thee  through  that 
great  and  terrible  wilderness, "  where- 
in icerc  fiery  serpents,  and  scorpi- 
ons, and  drought,  where  there  n-fi-t 
no  water;  'who  brought  thee  forth 
water  out  of  the  rock  of  iiint; 

Hi  Who  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness 
with  "manna,  whieh  thy  fathers 
knew  not,  that  he  might"  humble 
thee,  and  that  he  might  prove  thee, 
'to  do  thee  good  at  thy  latter  end; 

1"  >AtuI  tliou  srry  in  thine  heart. 
My  power  and  the  might  of  7ui/je 
hand  hatii  gotten  me  this  wealth. 

15  But  thou  shalt  remember  the 
Loud  thy  God:  "for  it  iVi  he  that 
givcth  thee  power  to  get  wealth, 
"that  he  may  establish  his  covenant 
whieh  he  sw'are  imto  thy  fathers  as 
it  is  this  da3'. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  do  at  all 
forget  the  LoKU  thy  Goil,  and  walk 
after  other  gods,  and  serve  them, 
and  worship  them,  "1  testify  against 
you  this  day  that  ye  shall  surely 
perish. 

20  As  the  nations  whieh  the  Lokd 
destroyeth  before  your  face,  *^so  shall 
ye  perish;  because  j'e  would  not  be 
obedient  unto  the  voice  of  the  LoiiU 
your  God. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
ifoitet  ili8SU(t(lct/i  them  from  the  opinion 
of  their  otttn  rightconitnefB,  by  rchcare- 
in(/  their  several  rebellions. 

HEAR,  O  Israel :  Thou  art  to 
"pa-ss  over  Jordan  this  day,  to 
go  in  to  possess  nations  *  (greater  and 
mightier  than  thvself,  cities  great 
and  *■■  fenced  up  tolieavcn, 

2  A  people  great  and  tall,  <1  the  cliil- 
dren  of  the  Anakim,  whom  thou 
kuowest,  and  of  ichnm  thou  hast 
heard  saif.  Who  can  stand  before  the 
children  of  Anak! 

*J  I'nderstand  therefore  this  day, 
that  the  Lokd  thy  God  is  he  which 
■^goeth  over  before  thee:  as  a  fcon- 
suming  fire  She  shall  destroy  them, 
and  he  shall  bring  them  down  he- 
fore  thy  face:  hso  shalt  thou  drive 
them  out,  and  destroy  them  quiek- 
Iv,  as  tlie  Lokd  hath  said  unto 
tliee. 

4  i  Spe.ak  not  thou  in  thine  heart, 
after  that  the  Lokd  tiiy  God  hatli 


cast  them  out  from  before  thee,  say- 
ing, For  my  righteousness  the  Lord 
hath  brought  me  in  to  possess  this 
land:  but  kfor  the  wickedness  of 
these  nations  the  Lokd  doth  drive 
them  out  from  before  thee. 

5  I  Not  for  thy  righteousness,  or  for 
the  uprightness  of  thine  heart,  dost 
thou  go  to  possess  their  land:  but  for 
the  wickedness  of  these  nations  the 
Loud  thy  God  doth  drive  them  out 
from  before  thee,  and  that  he  may 
perform  "'the  word  which  the  Lokd 
sware  unto  thy  fathers,  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob. 

U  I'nderstand  therefore,  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee  not  this 
good  land  to  possess  it  for  thy  right- 
eousness; for  thou  art  "  a  stifi'neckcd 
people. 

7  H  Remember,  ami  forget  not,  how 
thou  provokedst  the  LoKD  thy  God 
to  wrath  in  the  wilderness:  "from 
the  day  that  thou  didst  depiirt  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  until  }'e  came 
unto  this  place,  ye  nave  been  rebel- 
lious against  the  Lokd. 

8  Also  J'in  lloreb  ye  provoked  the 
Lokd  to  wrath,  so  that  the  Lokd 
was  angry  wiOi  you  to  have  de- 
stroyed you. 

',1  'iWhen  I  was  gone  up  into  the 
mount  to  receive  the  tables  of  stone, 
eren  the  tables  of  the  covenant  which 
the  LTSru  made  with  you,  then  '1 
abode  in  the  mount  forty  days  and 
forty  nights;  I  neither  did  eat  bread 
nor  drink  water: 

10  "And  the  Lokd  delivered  unto 
me  two  tables  of  stone  written  with 
the  linger  of  God;  and  on  them 
u'n.i  irritten  according  to  all  the 
words  which  the  I^okd  spake  with 
you  in  the  mount,  out  of  the  midst 
of  llie  tire,  'in  the  day  of  the  assem- 
bly. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass  at  tho  end 
of  forty  days  and  forty  nights,  that 
the  Lokd  gave  me  the  two  tables  of 
stone,  even  the  tables  of  the  cove- 
nant. 

12  And  the  Lokd  said  unto  me, 
"  Arise,  get  thee  down  quickly  from 
hence;  for  thy  people  which  thou 
hast  brought  forth  out  of  Egypt 
have  corrupted  thenu'ielrei' :  they  are 
"  quickly  turned  aside  out  of  the 
way  which  I  commanded  them;  they 
have  made  them  a  molten  image. 

13  Furthennore  J  the  Lord  spake 
unto  me,  saying,  I  have  seen  this 
people,  and,  behold,  "it  is  a  stilF- 
necked  people: 

14  "Let  me  alone,  that  I  may  de- 
stroy tliem,  and  i>  blot  out  their  name 
from  under  hea\'on  :  '^  and  I  will 
make  of  tliee  a  nation  mightier  and 
greater  than  they. 

l'>  'I  So  I  turned  and  came  down 
from  the  mount,  and  ''the  mount 
burned  with  fire:  and  the  two  ta- 
bles of  the  covenant  tverc  in  my  two 
hands. 

173 


Jiebellions  of  Israel. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


The  two  tablet  restored. 


Before 

CURIST 

1451. 


I  Nnm.  U  1, 

3,  i. 
m  Ei.  17.  7. 


P  r>.  las.  21, 

2.S. 
1  ch.  31.  27. 


H!  And  f  I  looked,  nnd,  bcliold,  je 
had  sinned  u^iiinst  the  LoHD  vour 
(Jiul,  ami  had  made  j'ou  a  molten 
call:  vc  had  tuiiied  aside  quielily 
out  of 'the  way  which  the  Loiiu  had 
eoinmanded  you. 

17  And  1  toiilc  the  two  tables,  and 
cast  them  out  of  my  two  hand-s,  and 
brake  them  before  vour  eyes. 

IS  And  1  Kfell  down  before  the 
]/c)RD,  as  at  the  first,  forty  days  and 
forty  Mi;;hts:  I  did  neither  eat  bread 
nor" drink  water,  l)ccausc  of  all  your 
sins  which  ye  sinned,  in  doins  wick- 
edly in  the  sight  of  the  1..0UD,  to 
provoke  him  to  anwr. 

lit  li  For  I  was  afraid  of  the  aneer 
and  hot  disple.isurc,  wherewith  the 
1..0KD  was  wroth  against  you  to  de- 
stroy you.  'But  the  Loitti  lieark- 
ened  unto  mc  at  that  time  also. 

211  And  the  lyOi!i>  Wius  very  anpry 
with  Aaron  to  have  destroyed  hmi: 
and  I  i)rttyed  lor  Aaron  also  the  same 
time. 

21  And  k  I  took  your  sin,  the  calf 
which  yc  had  made,  nnd  burnt  it 
with  tire,  and  stamped  it,  ^r/*r/ ground 
1/  very  small,  crrn  until  it  wa.s  a-s 
small  as  dust;  ami  1  cast  the  dust 
thereof  into  the  brook  that  descended 
out  of  the  moinit. 

22  And  at  I  Tnherah,  and  at  ""  Mas- 
sab,  and  at  "  Kibroth-hattaavah,  ye 
provoked  the  l/oni)  to  wrath. 

•Si  Likewise  "when  the  I-ORn  sent 
you  from  Kadcsh-barnea,  sayinj;.  Go 
up  and  possess  the  land  which  I  have 
given  you;  then  yc  rebelled  against 
the  coriimandment  of  the  LoRI>your 
(iod,  and  I'yc  believed  him  not,  nor 
hearkened  to  his  voice. 

21  *•  Ye  have  been  rebellious  against 
the  LoKD  from  the  day  that  I  knew 
you. 

2.-)  "-Thus  I  fell  down  before  the 
Loi!i>  forty  days  and  forty  nights, 
as  I  fell  down  (tf  the  Jir^t ;  because 
the  Loiti)  had  said  he  would  destroy 
you. 

211  '  I  prayed  therefore  unto  the 
Lord,  andsaid,  O  J.oriI  God,  de- 
stroy not  tbv  people  and  thine  in- 
heritance, wfiicb  thou  hast  redeemed 
throui;h  tbv  greatness,  which  thou 
hast  brought  fi>rth  out  of  Egvpt  with 
a  mi'.'hty  hanil. 

2'  Hemember  thy  servants,  Abra- 
ham, Isaac,  and  .lacnb  ;  look  not 
unto  the  sttd)bornness  of  this  people, 
nor  to  their  wickedness,  nor  to  their 
sin: 

2H  Lest  'the  land  whence  thou 
broughtest  Ufl  out  sav,  "  liecause  the 
Lord  was  not  able  to  bring  them 
into  the  land  which  be  promised 
them,  and  bicuMse  hi-  hated  them, 
111'  bath  brought  them  out  to  hlay 
tbem  in  the  wil(ler[;css. 

2'.l     *  Vet     tbiv     me     thv     people 
and   thine   inhiVitaiice,  which  thou 
brou'dilest  o\it  by  thy  migiity  power 
and  by  thy  stretched  out  urm. 
174 


ClIArXEK  X. 

1  God'B  mercy  i«  rcntorinff  the  ttrn  ttiblf», 
6  til  conlinuin<j  the  prictthooil,  »  in  tep 
arntintf  tlte  tribe  of  Levi,  10  in  heark- 
ening unto  .Vu»e«'  «ui(  for  the  pcuiiU. 
12  An  cxlwrt»tion  unto  ottedicnce. 

VT  that  time  the  Lord  said  unto 
me,  "  Hew  thee  two  tables  of 
stone  like  unto  the  first,  nnd  come 
up  unto  mc  into  the  mount,  and 
I' make  thee  an  ark  of  wood. 

2  And  1  will  write  on  the  tables 
the  words  that  were  in  the  first  tables 
which  thou  hrakest,  and  "^tliou  timit 
put  then)  in  the  ark. 

"  And  I  made  an  ark  of  rtshittim 
wiH)d,  and  *'  hewed  two  tables  of 
stone  like  unto  the  first,  and  went 
up  into  the  mount,  having  the  two 
tables  in  mine  hand. 

4  An<l  fhe  wrote  on  the  tables,  nc- 
eording  to  the  first  writing,  the  ten 
1  commandments,  *^  which  the  Lord 
spake  unto  \(n\  in  the  mount,  out  of 
the  midst  of  the  fire.  Mn  the  day  of 
the  assembly;  and  the  LoitD  gave 
them  unto  me. 

.)  .\nil  I  turncl  myself  and  icame 
down  from  the  mount,  and  k  put  the 
tables  in  the  ark  which  I  bad  made; 
land  there  they  be,  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded me. 

(J  1  And  the  children  of  Israel  took 
their  iourney  from  Bccroth  "'of 
the  children  of  Jaakan  to  "Mosern: 
"then'  Aaron  dii'd,  and  there  he  was 
buried;  and  Eleuzar  his  son  minis- 
tered in  the  priest's  office  in  his 
stead. 

7  PFrfim  thence  thcv  journcved 
unto  Gmlgodah;  and  from  Gudgo- 
dah  to  Jotbatb,  a  laud  of  rivers  of 
waters. 

5  IT  At  that  time  1  the  Lord  sepam- 
ted  the  tribe  of  l>evi,  'to  bear  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord,  "to 
stand  before  the  Lord  to  minister 
unto  him,  and  '  to  bless  in  his  name, 
unto  this  day. 

!i  "Wherefore  Levi  linth  no  part  nor 
inheritance  with  his  brethren;  the 
Lord  is  his  inberitanee.  necording 
as  the  Lord  thy  God  promised  him. 

1(1  And  "I  stayed  in  the  nnnint.  ac- 
cording to  the  ll  first  time,  forty  days 
and  forty  niiihts;  and  >  the  Lord 
hearkened  unto  me  at  that  time  also, 
nml  the  Louu  would  not  destroy 
thee. 

11  'And  the  Lord  said  unto  mc. 
Arise,  i  take  Ihji  journey  before  the 
people,  that  they  "mav  go  in  and  po.s- 
sess  the  land,  wliieli  1  sware  unto 
their  fathers  to  give  unto  them. 

12  II  And  now,  Israel,  'what  doth 
the  Lord  thy  God  re(|uire  of  lliee, 
but  I'to  fear  the  LoitD  thv  (Jod, '  to 
walk  in  all  his  w;iys,  and  'I  to  love 
bini,  and  to  serve  the  Lord  thy  GihI 
with  all  tbv  heart  and  with  all  thv 
soul. 

\\  'I'o  keep  the  commandments  of 
the  LuuD,  and  his  statutes,  which 


An  exhortation  to  obedience        DEUTERONOMY,     by  promiseg  and  thrcatenings. 


Berore 

CURIST 

1451. 


E.,  19.  5. 

I-i.  21.  1. 
bch.  J.  37. 
iS««Ler.  26. 


Kem    2.  28, 

Col.  2.  11. 
kch.  9.  6.  13. 
lJo.h,  22.  22. 

fa   13^  2 

l>i»u  2. 17.  ic 

11.3(1. 
n.R«.  17  11. 

It  19.  Ki. 
nch  7.21. 
o2  Chu  19.  7. 

J»l.  31.19 

AcU  10  31. 

R«iD.  2  11. 

O.l   2.  fi 

Epli   fi  9. 

C.l   3.  11. 

1  I'lrl.  1.  17. 
r  P>.  f 9.  5.  & 

U6.  9. 
1L«».  19.  33. 


•  eh.  II)  12.  k 

30.  in.  20. 

bZeeh.  3.7. 


ech.  8.  $. 
dch.  5.  21. 
•  cl>.  7.  19. 
rPi  7H.  12.  i. 


I  commniid  thee  this  day  'lor  thy 
Rood  ? 

14  Behold,  ftlic  heaven  and  tlie 
heaven  of  licaveiis  i.<  t!ic  1-ord's 
tliy  God,  Kthc  earth  uli<o,  with  all 
tliat  therein  i.«. 

15  liOiily  the  Lord  had  a  delipht 
in  tliy  fathers  to  love  them,  and  he 
chose  their  eeed  after  them,  creii  you 
alxivc  all  people,  as  it  is  this  day. 

1*J  Circumcise  therefore  'the  tbrc- 
skin  of  your  heart,  and  be  no  more 
k  stifFncekcd. 

17  For  the  Lord  your  God  is  I  God 
of  sods,  and  '"  Lord  of  lords,  a  (rreat 
God,  "  a  nii};hty,  and  a  terrible,  which 
"resardeth  not  persons,  nor  taketh 
reward: 

IS  I' lie  doth  execute  the  .ludRment 
of  flic  fatlicrless  and  widow,  and  lov- 
ttli  tlic  stranger,  ill  Kivin;;  him  food 
and  raiment. 

rj  'I  Love  ye  therefore  the  stranger: 
for  ye  were  strangers  in  the  land  of 
Ewpt. 

at  'Thou  shall  fear  the  I/Okd  thy 
God;  him  shall  thou  serve,  and  to 
him  shall  thou  'cleave,  'and  swear 
by  his  name. 

■jl  "He  t.«  thy  praise,  and  he  is  thy 
God,  ^  that  hath  done  for  thee  these 
great  and  terrible  things,  which  thine 
eyes  have  .'een. 

'£i  Thy  fathers  went  down  into 
Kgypl  >  with  threescore  and  ten  per- 
sons; and  now  the  Loud  thy  God 
hath  made  tlicc  ^as  the  stars  of  heav- 
en for  multitude. 

17   II.     lis.™    U'.  21.    2S.m 


CHAPTER  XI. 

1  An  exhortation  to  ohettiencr,  2  by  their 
own  experience  of  God'g  great  works,  8 
ly  promise  of  Ood'a  great  btcftiyigs,  16 
and  by  threateninys.  18  .4  careful  etudy 
t»  required  in  Ood'n  ivord«.  20  The  blees- 
iug  and  curpc  ie  eel  before  thetn. 

'•piIEREFORE    thou    shalt   "love 

1  tlie  Lonn  thy  ("tod.  and  l>kcep 
his  charge,  and  Ins  statutes,  and  his 
.iiidgmeiits,  and  his  commandments, 
alway. 

2  And  know  ye  this  day:  for  I 
siieak  not  with  your  children  wliich 
have  not  known,  and  which  have  not 
seen  «the  chastiseiiient  of  tlie  LoiiD 
vour  God,  ■!  his  greatness, '■jiis  mighty 
hand,  and  his  stretched  out  arm, 

•i  I  And  liis  miracles,  and  his  acts, 
which  he  did  in  the  midst  of  Egypt 
unto  Pharaoh  the  king  of  Egypt, 
and  unto  all  his  land; 

4  And  what  he  did  unto  the  anny 
of  Egypt,  unto  their  horses,  and  to 
their  chariots;  s|„nv  )io  made  the 
water  of  the  Red  sea  to  o\  erflow 
them  as  they  pursued  after  you,  and 
/(««•  the  LoKi)  hath  destroyed  them 
niito  this  day: 

a  And  what  he  did  unto  you  in  the 
wilderness,  until  ye  came  into  this 
place; 


C  And  hwhat  he  did  unto  Dathan 
and  Abiram,  the  sons  of  Eliah,  the 
son  ofKeiiben  :  how  the  earth  opened 
her  mouth,  and  swallowed  them  up, 
and  their  linvi>clii.l(ls,  and  their  tents, 
and  all  the  |isubstanec  that  jirfi.-.iii 
their  pos.sessioii,  in  the  midst  of  nil 
Israel: 

7  But  iyour  eyes  have  seen  all  the 
great  acts  of  the  Loiiu  which  he  did. 

X  Therefore  shall  ye  keep  all  the 
commandments  which  I  command 
you  this  day,  that  ye  may  k  he  strong, 
and  go  in  and  possess  the  land, 
whither  ye  go  to  possess  it; 

II  And  I  that  yc  may  prolong  yow 
days  in  the  land,  '"which  thc'lJoRU 
sware  unto  your  fathers  to  give  unto 
them  and  to  their  seed,  "a  land  tlial 
flowelh  with  milk  and  honey. 

III  H  For  the  land,  whither  thou 
goesl  in  to  possess  it,  is  not  as  the 
land  of  Egypt,  from  whence  ye  came 
out,  "  where  thou  sowedst  thy  seed, 
and  wateredst  it  with  thy  foot,  as  a 
garden  of  herbs: 

II  •'But  the  land,  whither  ye  go  to 
possess  it,  IS  a  land  of  hills  and  va\- 
Icys,  ami  drinkcth  water  of  the  rain 
of^  heaven : 

IL'  A  land  which  the  Lord  thy  God 
1  careth  for:  'I  the  eyes  of  the  "Lord 
thy  God  arc  always  upon  it,  from 
the  beginning  of  the  year  even  unto 
the  end  of  the  year. 

I.'5  V  And  it  sliall  come  to  pass,  if  yc 
shall  hearken  '^diligently  unto  my 
commandnients  which  I  command 
you  this  day,  '  to  love  tlie  Lord  your 
God,  and  to  serve  him  with  all  your 
heart  and  with  all  your  soul, 

)4  That  '  1  will  gi/e  j/oi(  the  rain  of 
your  land  in  his  due  season,  "  the 
first  rain  and  the  latter  rain,  that 
thou  inayest  gather  in  thy  corn,  and 
thy  wine,  and  thine  oil. 

I.')  '  And  I  will  f  send  grass  in  thy 
fields  for  thy  cattle,  that  thou  niayest 
>  eat  and  be  full. 

Hi  Take  heed  to  yourselves,  'that 
your  heart  be  not  deceived,  and  ye 
turn  aside,  and  "serve  other  gods, 
and  worship  them; 

17  And  tlicH  i>the  Lord'.s  wrath  he 
kindled  against  you,  and  he  'shut 
up  the  heaven,  tliat  there  be  no  rain, 
and  that  the  land  yield  not  her  fruit; 
and  lest  ii  ye  perish  (piicklv  from  oft' 
the  good  land  which  the  Lord  giv- 
cth  vou. 

18  "TT  Therefore  ■=  shall  ye  lay  up 
these  my  words  in  your  heart  and  in 
your  soul,  and  '  hind  them  for  a  sign 
upon  your  hand,  that  they  may  be 
as  frontlets  between  vtuireyes. 

10  =  .\ii(I  ye  .■-hall  teach  them  vonr 
chiMren,  siiiaking  of  them  when 
thou  sittest  111  thine  house,  ami  when 
tlioii  wnlki  >t  hv  tlie  way,  when  thou 
liest  down,  and  when  thou  risest  up. 

Lit  li  And  thou  shalt  write  them  upon 
the  door  posts  of  thine  house,  and 
upon  thy  gates: 

175 


Blessing  and  curse  proposed.       DEUTERONOMY.  The  place  of  God's  service. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1451. 


Pror  3.  2.  A 
4  10  &9.  U. 
k  Pa.  72.  5.  & 


cU.  6.  17. 
mch.  10  «). 


rcli.  7.JL 

>ch.2.  25. 

IE..  23.  27. 

u  cli.  30. 1,  IS. 
l:l. 
ich.  28.2. 


>  r.an.  12  0. 

Jndi.7.  1. 
kcli. ».  1. 

Joili.  1. 11 


1  Kl 

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in,  11. 

21  That  1  your  days  may  be  multi- 
plied, and  tl>e  days  of  your  children, 
in  the  land  whieh  the  Lord  .sware 
unto  your  fatlicrs  to  Rive  them,  las 
the  daj's  of  heaven  upon  the  oartli. 

2211  lor  if  ij'e  sliall  diligently  keep 
all  these  coinmaudments  which  1 
command  jou,  to  do  them,  to  love 
the  LoKD  your  God,  to  walk  in  all 
his  ways,  and  '"  to  cleave  unto  him; 

2.'i  Then  will  the  LOKD  "drive  out 
all  these  nations  from  before  you, 
and  ye  shall  "  possess  greater  nations 
and  mightier  than  yourselves. 

24  I'  Every  place  whereon  the  soles 
of  your  feet  shall  tread  shall  be 
vours  :  ^  from  the  wilderness  and 
Lebanon,  from  the  river,  the  river 
Euphrates,  even  unto  the  uttermost 
sea  shall  your  coast  be. 

25  'There  shall  no  man  be  able  to 
stand  before  you:  ./or  the  LORti  your 
God  shall  '  fay  the  fear  of  you  and 
the  dread  of  you  upon  all  tlie  land 
that  ye  shall  tread  uix)n,  <as  he  hath 
saiil  "unto  you. 

2<>  U  "  Behold,  I  set  before  you  this 
da^  a  blessins  and  a  curse; 

2/  ^  A  blessinff,  if  ye  obey  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Loud  your  God, 
which  I  command  you  this  day: 

28  And  a  >  curse,  if  yc  will  not  obey 
the  commandments  of  the  Lord 
your  God,  but  turn  aside  out  of  the 
way  which  I  command  you  this  day, 
*o  j;o  after  other  Rods,  which  ye  have 
not  known. 

2".l  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
the  Lord  thy  God  hath  brought 
thee  in  unto  the  land  wliither  thou 
goest  to  posscs.s  it,  tluit  tlimi  slialtput 
'the  bles.sint;  upiiu  iiiomit  Gerizini, 
and  the  curse  upon  nunmt  JOb;il. 

iiO  ..■Ire  they  not  on  the  other  side 
Jordan,  by  the  way  whore  the  sun 
goeth  down,  in  the  land  of  the  Ca- 
naanites,  which  dwell  in  the  cham- 
paign over  against  Gilgal,  **  beside 
the  plains  of  Morrh  ? 

31  l>For  ye  shall  pass  over  Jordan 
to  go  in  ttt  i^ossi'ss  the  ];nt(l  whieli 
the  Loiai  v.nr  (Jod  u-ivftli  \n,i,  and 
ye  shall  p.iVsos  it,  nod  dwell  therein. 

;i2  And  ye  shall  observe  '  toilo  :ill 
the  statutes  and  judgments  whieh  I 
set  before  you  this  daj-. 

CHAPTER  XIL 

1  Monuments  of  idolatry  arc  to  be  deatrov- 

ed.    6  n<!  place  of  Ood'a  tcrvicc  ia  to  be 

kept.  \h,-iiBloodU forhidden.  17,20,20 

Holy  thintiB  mngt  be  eaten  in    the    holy 

plarc.  I'J  The  Leiiileieiiotlobefortakeit. 

2'J  Idolatry  i«  not  to  be  inquired  after. 

•''plIE.'JK    arc    the    statutes   and 

1    judgments,  whieh  ye  shall  ob- 

perve  to   do  in  the  land,  whieh  tlu' 

Loiti)  God  of  thy  fathers  giveth  thee 

to  possess  it,  iiiill  the  days  that  ye 

live  uiion  the  earth. 

2  "■  \  c  shall  utterly  destmy  nil  the 
places,  wherein  the  nations  wliieh 
ye  shall  ||  jiosscss  ser\'ed  their  gods, 
J  upon  the  high  mountiiins,  and  ui>- 
176 


on  the  hills,  and  under  every  green 
tree: 

3  And  '■ye  shall  t overthrow  their 
altars,  and  break  their  pillars,  and 
burn  their  groves  with  tire;  and  ye 
shall  hew  clown  the  graven  images 
of  their  gods,  and  destroy  the  names 
of  them  out  of  that  place. 

4  f  Yc  shall  not  do  so  unto  the  Lord 
your  God. 

.5  But  unto  the  place  which  the 
Lord  your  God  shall  i^  choose  out  of 
all  your  tribes  to  put  his  name  there, 
even  unto  his  habitation  shall  ye 
seek,  and  thither  thou  shalt  come: 

(!  And  l»  thither  yc  shall  bring  your 
burnt  offerings,  and  vour  sacrifices, 
and  your  i  tithes,  and  lieave  oft'erings 
of  your  hand,  and  your  vows,  and 
vour  freewill  oflerings,  and  the  first- 
lings of  j'our  herds  and  of  your 
flocks: 

7  And  k  there  ye  shall  eat  before  the 
Lord  your  Gixl,  and  lye  shall  re- 
joice in  all  that  ye  put  your  hand 
unto,  ye  and  your  households, 
wherein  the  Loiin  thv  God  hath 
blessed  thee. 

.s  Ye  shall  not  do  after  all  the  t/iings 
that  we  do  here  this  day,  '"every 
man  whatsoever  i^  right  in  his  own 
eyes. 

U  For  yc  are  not  as  yet  come  to  the 
rest  and  to  the  inheritance,  which 
the  LoRi>  your  God  giveth  you. 

10  But  If/ten  "  ye  go  over  Jordan, 
and  dwell  in  the  land  which  the 
Lord  your  God  giveth  vou  to  in- 
herit, and  trheu  he  gi^■etll  you  rest 
from  all  vour  enemies  rounil  about, 
so  thnt  ve  dwell  in  suletv; 

11  TliVn  there  sliall 'be  "a  place 
which  the  Loiiii  your  God  shall 
choo.se  to  cause  his  name  to  dwell 
there;  thither  shall  ye  bring  all  that 
I  command  you  :  your  burnt  ofler- 
ings, and  your  sacrifices,  your  tithes, 
and  the  liiavc  offering  of  "your  hand, 
and  all  t  your  rhc;ice  vows  which  ye 
vow  unto  the  LfM;T>: 

12  And  I'ye  shall  rejoice  before  the 
Lord  yoiir  Goil,  ye,  anil  your  sons, 
and  your  daughti-rs,  and  your  men- 
ser^'ants,  niul  >"(uir  maidservants, 
and  tlie  Levile  "fliat  I'.i  within  your 
gates;  forasmneh  ns  'I  lie  hath  no 
part  nor  inheiitatu-e  with  vou. 

13  '  Take  heed  to  thyself"  that  thou 
offer  not  thv  burnt  oflerings  in  every 
place  that  f*liou  scest: 

14  "lint  in  the  place  which  the 
Lor.i)  shall  choose  in  one  of  thv 
tiibes,  there  thou  shalt  offer  th"v 
liiunt  offerings,  iind  Ihere  thou  .shalt 
do  all  that  1  e..inin:iiid  thee. 

I.-i  NotwillisliiiiilinLT,  I  thou  mnvest 
kill  and  cut  tlesli  in  all  thv  gates, 
whatsoever  thv  .-^unl  histetli  after, 
according  to  tlie  blessing  of  the 
Lord  thy  Gi>d  whieh  be  hath  given 
thee:  "the  unclean  and  the  clean 
may  eat  thereof,  ^  as  of  the  roebuck, 
and  as  of  the  hart. 


Idolatnj  is  not 


DEUTERONOMY. 


to  be  inquired  after. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1451. 


Lo»  7.  26.  k 

17.  10. 

.1.   l.V  a,  i 


5  Ex.  15.26. 
ch.  13.  IS. 
IKiu.  11.38. 


10.  4  18.  19. 
iIS»m.  1.21, 
22.21. 


ID  Ei.  23,  23. 
cli.  19.  1, 
Joali,  23.  4. 


IG  -Only  ye  6liaU  not  cat  the  blood; 
yc  sliall  pour  it  upon  the  earth  ns 
Water. 

17  IT  Thou  ninvcst  not  cat  within 
thy  gates  tlie  titlic  of  thy  corn,  or  of 
thy  wine,  or  of  thy  oil,  or  tlie  first- 
lings of  thy  herds  or  of  thy  floek,  nor 
any  of  thy  vows  whieli  tliou  vowest, 
nor  thy  freewill  offerings,  or  heave 
offering  of  thine  hand: 

ly  But  tliou  must  cat  them  before 
the  I.OUD  thy  God  in  the  place  w  Inch 
the  l..oiti)  thy  God  shall  choose, 
thou,  and  thy  son,  and  th3-  daugh- 
ter, and  thy  manservant,  and  thy 
maidservant,  and  the  Levite  that  )s 
within  thy  gates:  and  thou  slialt  re- 
joice before  the  Loud  thj'  God  in 
all  that  thou  puttest  thine  hands 
unto. 

lit "  Take  heed  tn  thyself  that  thou 
forsake  not  the  Lcvite  fas  long  as 
thou  livcst  upon  the  earth. 

2Uir  When  the  1-ORU  thy  God  shall 
enlarge  thy  border,  lias  he  hath 
promised  thee,  and  thou  shalt  s.ay,  I 
will  cat  flesh,  because  thy  soul  long- 
eth  to  cat  flesh  ;  thou  niayest  cat 
flesh,  whatsoever  thy  soul  lustcth 
after. 

21  If  the  place  which  the  I/Ord  thy 
God  hath  chosen  to  put  his  name 
there  be  too  far  from  thee,  tlien  tliou 
shalt  kill  of  thy  herd  and  ot  thy 
flock,  which  tlie  Lord  hath  given 
tliee,  as  I  have  commanded  thee, 
and  thou  shalt  cat  in  thy  gates  what- 
soever thy  soul  lustcth  after. 

S'J  "^Evcn  as  the  roebuck  and  the  ! 
hart  is  eaten,  so  thou  shalt  cat  them:  j 
the  unclean  and  the  clean  shall  cat 
((/■them  alike. 

23  il  Only  \  be  sure  that  thou  cat  not 
the  blood:  "^  for  the  blood  is  tlie  life; 
and  thou  mayest  not  cat  the  life  witli 
the  flesh. 

24  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it;  thou  shalt 
pour  it  upon  the  earth  as  water. 

25  Thou  shalt  not  eat  it;  fthat  it 
may  go  well  with  thee,  and  with 
thy  children  after  thee,  t^'when  thou 
shalt  do  that  ichick  is  right  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord. 

2U  Only  thy  hholy  things  which 
thou  hast,  and  >  thy  vows,  thou  shalt 
take,  and  go  unto  the  place  which 
the  Lord  shall  choose: 

27  And  kthou  shalt  otTer  thy  burnt 
offerings,  the  flesh  and  the  blood, 
upon  the  altar  of  the  Lord  thy  God : 
and  the  blood  of  thy  sacrifices  shall 
be  poured  out  upon  the  altar  of  the 
Lord  thy  God,  and  thou  shalt  eat 
the  flesh. 

2.S  Observe  and  hear  all  these  words 
which  I  command  thee,  i  that  it  inav 
go  well  with  thee,  and  with  thy  chil- 
dren after  thee  for  ever,  when  thou 
docst  lliiil  ir/nrli  is  good  and  right  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

2y  TT  Wien  ""the  Lord  thy  God 
shall  cut  oft' the  nations  from  before 
thee,  whither  tliou  goest  to  possess 
12 


them,  and  thou  f  succeedest  them, 
and  dwcUcst  in  their  land; 

30  Take  heed  to  thyself  "  that  thou 
be  not  snared  f  by  toUowiii"  them, 
after  that  tliey  be  destroyed  from  be- 
fore thee;  and  that  thou  inquire  not 
after  their  gods,  saying,  llow  did 
these  nations  serve  tneirgods?  even 
so  will  I  do  likewise. 

31  "  Thou  shalt  not  do  so  unto  the 
Lord  thv  God:  for  every  t  abomina- 
tion to  tlic  Lord  which  ho  hateth 
have  they  done  unto  their  gods;  for 
I' even  tlicir  sons  and  tlieir  daughters 
they  have  burnt  in  the  lire  to  their 
go(fs. 

32  What  thing  soever  I  command 
you,  obscr\'e  to  do  it :  *'  thou  shalt 
not  add  thereto,  nor  diminish  from 
it. 

CUAPTEK  XIII. 
1  Entiecrs  to  itlolntry,  G  how  near  tocver 
unto  thcc.  9  are  to  tic  stoned  to  death.    12 
Idolatrous  cities  are  tiot  to  be  spared. 

IF  there  arise  among  you  a  prophet, 
or  a  "dreamer  of  dreams,  I'and 
giveth  thee  a  sign  or  a  wonder, 

2  And  '  the  sign  or  the  wonder  come 
to  pass,  whereof  he  spake  wnto  thee, 
saying,  I^et  us  go  after  other  gods, 
which  thou  hast  not  known,  and  let 
ns  sen'c  them ; 

3  Thou  shalt  not  hearken  unto  the 
words  of  that  prophet,  or  that  dream- 
er of  dreams:  fisr  the  1,o:;d  your 
God  '1  proveth  you,  to  know  whether 
ye  love  the  Lord  your  God  with  all 
your  heart  and  with  all  your  soul. 

4  Yc  shall  'walk  after  the  1>ord 
your  God,  and  fear  him,  and  keep 
Ills  commandinents,  and  obey  his 
voice,  and  ye  shall  serve  him,  and 
feleavc  unto  him. 

5  And  s  that  prophet,  or  that  dream- 
er of  dreams,  shall  be  put  to  death; 
because  he  hath  f  spoken  to  turn  i/oii 
away  from  the  Lord  your  God, 
which  brought  you  out  of  the  lanil 
of  Egypt,  and  redeemed  you  out  of 
tb.e  house  of  bondage,  to  thrust  thee 
out  of  the  way  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  conimnnded  thee  to  walk  in. 
h  So  shalt  thou  put  the  evil  away 
from  the  midst  of  thee. 

G  IT  ■  If  thy  brother,  the  son  of  thy 
mother,  or  thy  son,  or  thy  daughter, 
or  k  the  wife  of  thy  bosom,  or  thv 
friend,  I  which  ts  as  thine  own  soul, 
entice  thcc  secretly,  saying.  Let  us 
go  and  serve  other  gods,  which  thou 
hast  not  known,  tliou,  nor  thy  lii- 
thers; 

7  ynmcJif,  of  the  gods  of  the  people 
which  (trc  round  about  you,  nigh 
unto  thee,  or  tar  off'  from  thee,  from 
the  one  end  of  the  earth  even  unto 
the  nifirr  end  of  the  earth; 

S  Thou  sh.ilt  "'not  consent  unto 
him,  nor  hearken  unto  him;  neither 
shall  thine  eye  pity  him,  neither  shalt 
thou  sjiarc,  neither  shalt  thou  con- 
ceal him: 

U  But  "thou  shalt  surely  kill  him; 
177 


Of  idolatrous  citiee. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


Meats  clean  and  unclean^ 


Before 
C  H  K  I  S  T 

H51. 


■1  Josh.  22.  11, 
JuOg. 20.1.2. 

I  Or,  nni.j4t> 
Jii.l«.'l9.  22. 


Ju.li.  0.  18. 
Or,  ilevolal, 
>Ju>h.  G.  2IS. 
,Oon,e2  17 
It  211.  i.  21.  U 
28.  It. 

:  oh.  12.25.2S. 


rho.<.«  13. 
.V.  21.  ai. 
,.7  i;  * 

la.  i;). 
;i  1.  II 

I'U  10.   IJ, 

«.  U.  2. 


"thine  hand  ehnll  be  first  upon  him 
to  put  liiin  to  death,  and  afterwards 
the  hand  of  all  the  people. 
II)  And  thou  shalt  stone  him  with 
?tones,  that  ho  die;  heeaiise  lie  hath 
."ionnlit  to  tin  list  tliee  away  from  the 
l.oui)  thy  (iod,  wliich  liiou-ht  thee 
out  of  the  laiiil  of  Kgvpt,  from  the 
house  of  I  h,.n(l:i-e. 

11  And  I' all  Israel  shall  hear,  and 
fear,  and  shall  do  no  more  any  such 
wickedness  as  this  is  amonj^  you. 

12  T  'I  If  thou  shalt  hear  fiii/  in  one 
of  thy  cities,  which  the  Lord  thy 
God  hath  given  thee  to  dwell  there, 
sayinj;, 

i:!  Certain  men,  |!  the  chUdren  of 
Belial,  "^arc  ^one  out  from  anion;; 
vou,  and  have  'withdrawn  the  in- 
liabitants  of  their  city,  .saving,  '  Let 
113  go  and  serve  other  gods,  which 
ye  have  not  known; 

14  Then  shalt  thou  inquire,  and 
make  search,  and  ask  dili:;entlv; 
and,  t-H-hold,  if  it  /»'  truth,  anil  the 
thing  certain,  lliat  such  abomination 
is  wronglit  aninng  >'(.>u; 

l."i  TliMU  shalt  surely  smite  the  in- 
habitants of  that  eitv  with  the  cd-e 
of  the  sword,  "  dcstrovin-  it  utterlv. 
and  all  that  l»  therein",  ;oid  the  cattle 
tlltlieed-eoftli 


!   And   tiKUl   shalt   -ath.-r   all    the 
oil  of  it  into  the  niid:-t  of  the  street 


I 

SjlO 

thereof,  and  shalt  ■  nnm  witu  nii> 
the  citv,  and  all  the  sp..il  thereof 
every  wliit,  for  (he  l,oi:i)  thy  God: 
and 'it  shall  he  >a  heap  for  ever;  it 
sludl  not  be  built  asain. 

]i  And  ^  there  sluill  cleave  nought 
of  the  II  cursed  thing  to  thine  hand; 
that  the  LoRU  may  "turn  from  the 
lierccne.ss  of  his  anger,  and  shew 
thee  mercy,  and  have  conip,ission 
upon  thee,  and  multiply  tiiee,  l>as 
he  hath  sworn  unto  thy  lathers; 

fS  When  tiiou  shalt  hearken  to  the 
void-  of  the  I.OKI)  tin-  G.kI,  '  to  keep 
all  hi: 


III  thee  thi 


<lav,  to  d,i 


r/nr/i 


of  the  Loi;i)  thy 


!.<:  right  in  the 

God. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  OotVt  rliillmi  are  tio(  to  ilisfigurc  them- 
trlpcn  til  ?iiimriiin(7.  3  WlMt  m.lj/,  and 
what  may  not  tic  calcn,  ioflcntla,  Oof 
fitl,<-n,  11  of  fowl:  21  Thatwhiclt  ilictli 
of  ituc-lf  ma'ii  not  be  eaten.  22  Tillies  of 
rfiniiui  'urntii-e.  Hi  Titlict  and  firtlliiuit 
of  r.Joicing  hefore  the  Lurd.  2S  T/.c 
('/i<ri(  |/nii-'»  tithe  of  almt  and  charilij. 

\^F.  ni-c  "the  children  of  the  l.onn 

1  your  God:  iiye  .shall  not  cut 
yourselves,  nor  make  any  baldness 
between  vour  eyes  for  the  dead. 

2  '  For  tnoii  <irl  a  holv  people  unto 
the  I.OKI)  thv  God,  aiid  the  I.onn 
hath  ebosiu  then  to  be  a  pi.  nliar 
people  unto  him-elf,  above  all  the 
nations  that  <ov  up..u  the  earth. 

;t  V  il  Thou  shalt  not  eat  any  abom- 
inable thing. 
I  ^'  These  an-  the  iH'iists  which  ye 
173 


shall  eat:  the  ox,  the  sheep,  and  the 

goat, 

5  The  hart,  and  the  roebuck,  and 
the  fallow  deer,  and  the  wild  goat, 
and  the  ||  1  pygarg,  and  the  wild  ox, 
and  the  chamois. 

(i  And  every  beast  that  parteth  the 
hoof,  and  eleaveth  the  cleft  into  two 
claws,  aiicl  chcweth  the  end  among 
the  beasts,  that  ye  shall  eat. 

7  Nevertheless  these  ye  shall  not 
cat,  of  them  that  chew  the  cud,  or 
of  them  that  divide  the  cloven  hoof; 
as  the  camel,  and  the  hare,  and  the 
coney:  (or  they  chew  the  cud,  but 
divide  not  the  hoof;  therefore  they 
arc  unclean  unto  vou. 

H  And  the  swine, liecause  itdivideth 
the  hooi;  yet  cheweth  not  the  end,  it 
i"s  unrlean  nnio  you:  ye  shall  not 
eat  of  their  tlesh,  i  nor  touch  their 
dead  carcass. 

11  U  6  These  yc  shall  cat,  of  all  that 
are  in  the  waters:  all  th;it  liavc  fins 
and  scales  shall  yc  eat: 

1(1  And  whatsoever  hath  not  fins 
and  scales  ye  may  not  eat ;  u  is 
unclean  unto  vou. 

11  IT  or-.M  clean  birds  vc  shall  cat. 

IJ  h  But  these  are  llir'n  of  which 
ve  sluill  not  eat:  the  eagle,  and  the 
ossifia-e,  and  (he  osprav, 

h!  And  the  L'Irde.  aiurHie  kite,  and 
(he  MiKiueahiT  his  Kinil, 

1  \  And  everv  la\  en  alter  his  kind, 

1.)  And  the  owl,  and  the  night- 
hawk,  and  the  cuckoo,  .and  the 
hawk  after  his  kind, 

1(1  The  little  owl,  and  the  great  owl, 
and  the  swan, 

I"  And  the  pelican,  and  the  gicr 
CiVgle,  and  {\\Q  cornior:int, 

bS  .\nd  the  stork,  and  the  heron 
alter  her  kind,  and  the  lapwing,  and 
the  hat. 

r.)  -Vnd  i  every  creeping  thing  that 
tlieth  i.5  unclean  unto  you:  kthcy 
shall  not  he  eaten. 

'Jil  I'.ul  of  all  clean  fowls  yc  may  cat. 

L'l  1  I  Yc  shall  not  eat  oV'anvthing 
that  dieth  of  il.self :  thou  shall  give  it 
unto  the  stranger  that  i,s  in  thy  gates, 
that  he  may  eat  it;  or  thou  mayest 
sell  it  unto'an  alien:  "for  thou  art 
a  holy  people  unto  the  1/Oni)  thy 
(iod.  "  Thou  shalt  not  seethe  a  kid 
in  his  mother's  milk. 

22  "Thou  shalt  truly  tithe  all  the 
increase  of  thy  seed,"  that  the  field 
bringeth  forth  vear  bv  vear. 

2:!  >'  And  tlion  shalt  eat  before  the 
l.oiin  thy  God,  in  the  place  which 
he  shall  choose  to  place  his  name 
then-,  the  tithe  of  tliy  corn,  of  tliy 
wine,  and  ol  thine  oil,  and  Ithe 
firstlings  of  thv  herds  nnd  of  thy 
flocks;  that  tlion  mayest  learn  to 
fear  the  l.oiin  Ibv  God  alwavs. 

24  .\ud  if  the  wav  be  too  lone  for 
Hue,  so  that  thoii  art  not  able  to 
carry  it:  or  'if  the  place  be  too  far 
tVoni  thee,  which  the  l.oKI.  thy  God 
elnill  choose  to  set  Ids  name  there, 


The  year  of  release. 


DEUTEUONOMY. 


Of  a  Jlchreio  servant. 


Before 

C  U  R  I  S  T 

H.il. 


Bh.  12. 12.18, 
U. 

iNum  15.J0, 


..  26.  12. 


cU.  31    10. 
Jcr  31   U. 


kSeooh.JJ. 

■a 

I  Or.  7\>t». 


•  cl.2S.12.41. 

f  ch.  C5  13. 
1-rov.  2i.  7. 

elJohii3.17, 

T»licn  tl>el..oi!l)  tliy  GoJ  hath  blessed 
thee: 

•J5  Tlien  slialt  tlum  turn  ?7  into 
nionev,  luul  liind  up  tlic  iiionoy  in 
thine  lianil,  null  shalt  go  unto  tlie 
pUu-c  wliieh  tlie  Loim  thy  GuJ  sliall 

•Si  And  thou  Blialt  hcstow  that 
money  for  whatsoever  tliy  soul  lust- 
rth  after,  for  oxen,  or  tor  slieep,  or 
for  wine,  or  for  stron;;  drink,  or  ti)r 
whatsoever  thy  soul  (dcsireth:  'and 
tlioii  shalt  cat  tliere  hefore  the  Ja)kd 
thy  God,  and  thtui  shalt  rejoice, 
thou,  and  thine  household, 
27  And  'the  Levite  tliat  is  within 
thy  gates  ;  thou  shalt  not  forsake 
him  :  for  "  he  hath  no  part  nor  in- 
heritince  with  thee. 
2811  "At  the  end  of  three  vears  thou 
shalt  briiii;  forth  all  tlie  tithe  of  thine 
increase  the  same  year,  and  shalt  lay 
!<  up  within  thy  ^-ates: 
211  >  And  the  l^evite, (because  ^  he 
hath  no  puit  nor  inheritance  with 
thcejaiul  thr  straiij^er,  and  the  fa- 
tlurlrss,  and  the  \U(l.w,  which  arc 
within  thv  -atis,  shall  come,  and 
shall  cat  aiul  he  satisfied;  that  "the 
LoiU)  tliy  God  may  hless  thee  in  all 
the  work  of  thine  liaiid  wliich  thou 
doest. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
1  The  gfventh  year  a  year  of  release  for 
the  poor.  7  h  «iu«C  ftc  no  let  of  lendini] 
or  gwing.  12  A  Hebrew  servant,  10 
except  he  will  not  depart,  muet  in  the 
seventh  ijcar  go  forth  free  nnUwell  fur- 
nrsheU.  19  Alt  firstling  males  of  the 
eatllc  are  to  lie  eanctifieit  utito  the  Lord. 
A  T  the  end  of  'cvri/  seven  years 
^T.  thou  shalt  make  a  release.  " 

2  And  this  h  the  nianner  fif  the 
release  :  Every  f  creditor  that  lend- 
etli  might  unto  liis  neighbour  shall 
release  it;  he  shall  not  exact  t7  of 
his  neighbour,  or  of  his  brother  : 
because  it  is  called  tlic  Lord's  re- 
lease. 

3  bOf  a  foreigner  thou  mayest  exact 
it  again,  hut  that  which  is  thine  with 
thy  brother  thine  hand  shall  release; 

i  II  Save  when  there  shall  be  no 
poor  amou^;  vou  ;  'for  the  Eord 
shall  ereativ  bless  thee  in  the  laud 
which  the  f-oui)  thy  God  sivcth  thee 
for  an  inheritance  "to  jwissess  it: 

5  Only  '1  if  thou  carefully  hearken 
unto  the  voice  of  the  I^ord  thy 
God,  to  observe  to  do  all  these  coni- 
luandmciits  which  I  command  thee 
this  dav. 

i;  For"  the  I.onn  thv  God  blcsscth 
thee,  as  he  pn.misi-d  thee:  and  'tin)!! 
shalt  l.'iid  unto  manv  nati.ms.  hut 
thou  shalt  not  hornnv  ;  and  i  thou 
shalt  reiirn  over  manv  nation.s,  but 
they  shall  not  rei^'u  over  thee. 

*"  17  If  there  he  anion};  vou  a  poor 
man  of  one  of  thv  breth'ren  within 
any  of  thy  Rates  in  thy  laud  which 
the  I>oi!l)  thy  Gi>d  Riveth  tl\ep, 
8  thou  shalt  not  harden  thine  heart. 


nor  shut  thine  hand  from  thy  poor 
brother: 

H  li  But  thou  shalt  open  thine  hand 
wide  unto  him,  and  shalt  surely  lenil 
him  sufficient  tor  his  need,  in  tliat 
which  he  wanteth. 

y  Beware  that  there  be  not  a 
f  thought  in  thy  1  wicked  heart, 
sajiii".  The  bcventh  year,  the  year 
oi^^  release,  is  at  hand  ;  and  tnine 
i  eye  be  evil  against  thy  poor  broth- 
er, and  thou  givcst  him  nought;  and 
k  he  cry  unto  the  Loud  against  thee, 
and  lit  be  sin  unto  thee. 

II)  Thou  shalt  surely  give  him, 
and  '"thine  heart  shall  not  be  grieved 
when  thou  givest  unto  him:  because 
that  "for  this  thing  the  Lord  thy 
Go<l  shall  bless  thee  in  all  thy  works, 
and  in  all  that  thou  putte'st  thine 
hand  unto. 

11  For  "the  poor  shall  never  cease 
out  of  the  land  :  thcriloir  1  eom- 
luand  thee,  sa\  ill-.  Thou  shalt  open 
thine  hand  wide  inito  thy  biothcr,  to 
thy  poor,  and  to  thy  needy,  in  thy 
land. 

12  U  Jml  1'  if  thy  brother,  a  Hebrew 
niin,  or  a  Hebrew  woman,  be  sold 
unto  thee,  and  serve  thee  six  years; 
then  in  the  seventh  year  thou  sliult 
let  l.im  go  free  from  tnee. 

13  And  when  thou  sendest  Iiini  out 
free  from  thcc,  thou  tlialt  not  let 
him  go  away  empty: 

14  Ihou  shalt  furnish  him  liberally 
out  of  thy  flock,  and  out  of  thy  floor, 
and  out  of  thy  wiiuprrss:  hr'  l/ml 
wherewith  the  I,oi;ii  thv  (Ii.d  hath 
'1  hleised  thee  thou  shalt  give  unto 
him. 

1.5  And  '  thou  shalt  rcmcnihcr  that 
tiiou  wa.st  a  bondman  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  and  the  J.ord  thy  God  re- 
deemed thee:  therefore  I'coiniiiaud 
thcc  this  tiling  to  day. 

I(i  And  it  shall  be,  Mf  he  say  unto 
thee,  1  will  not  go  away  from  thee; 
because  lie  loveth  thee  and  thine 
house,  becau.se  he  is  well  with  thee; 

17  Then  thou  shalt  take  an  awl, 
and  thrust  it  through  his  car  unto 
the  door,  and  he  shall  be  thv  servant 
for  c^'cr  And  also  unto  tfiy  maid- 
servant thou  shalt  do  likewise. 

]'S  It  shall  not  seein  hard  unto  thee, 
when  thou  scndest  him  away  free 
from  thee;  for  he  hath  been  worth 
'a  double  hired  servant  lr>  thcr,  in 
serving  thee  six  years:  and  the  LoKl> 
thv  God  shall  bless  thee  in  all  that 
tliou  doest. 

11)  IT  "All  the  firstling  males  that 
come  of  thv  herd  and  of  thv  flock 
thou  shalt  sanetifv  unto  the  I.oiii) 
thy  God :  thou  shalt  do  no  work  with 
the  firstling  of  thv  bullock,  nor  shear 
the  firstling  orth"v  sheep. 

2n  '■Thou  slndt  cat  it  hefore  the 
l.oRIi  thy  God  vear  by  year  in  the 
place  which  the"I.ORn  "sliall  choose, 
thou  ami  thv  household. 

21  >  And  if  there  be  oH.i/  blemish 
179 


Cll  RIST 
1451. 


The  three  solemn 


DEUTERONOMY. 


yearly  feasts. 


Before 
CHRIST 

Hf)l. 


[iBi.l2.Z).«. 


IV.iK  IS.  ID. 


!ir..iiiii.k 


12  Kin.  1123. 

.Tol.i,  2.  l;l. 
2J.  ^  U.U. 


I,.r.2:l   15. 

Bum.29.-.ffi. 
ACU2.1. 


therein,  fts  ?7'iV  /«  lame,  or  blind,  or 
hare  any  ill  blemish,  thou  shalt  not 
sacrifii:e"it  unto  the  Liiiti)  tlir  God. 

2-J  Tlioii  Shalt  eat  it  within  thy 
gates:  ^  the  unclean  and  the  clean 
versmi  sliiitl  ml  if.  alike,  as  the  roe- 
biiek,  and  as  the  hart. 

a  "Only  tlioii  hlialt  not  cat  the 
blood  thereof;  thou  i-halt  pour  it  up- 
ou  the  ground  as  water. 

CIIAPTEK  XVI. 

I  Till!  fcntl  of  the  2i"'">vrr,  9  of  wcckt. 
Vi  of  Inbcrnnclfe.  10  Kvsry  mule  viuat 
offer,  aa  he  it  able,  at  lUeae  three  feantt. 
18  VfiurlgenandjaHice.  21  Oroietand 
imat/es  arc  forbidden. 

OBSERVE  the  "month  of  Ahib, 
and  keep  the  passover  unto  the 
].oi!D  thy  God:  for  liin  tl>e  month 
o(  Abib  the  l.iiitn  thy  God  brouj,'lit 
thee  forth  out  of  E.;ypt  ^  l)y  ni-ht. 

2  Thou  Rhalt  thcreiiiro  ."iaerilicc  the 
passover  unto  tlio  l>or.D  th.y  God,  of 
tlu'  flock  and  I'the  Iicrd,  in  the  '  phiec 
which  the  Jmku  shall  choose  to 
place  his  name  there. 

3  fThou  shalt  cat  no  leavened  bread 
with  it;  seven  day.s  shalt  tliou  cat 
unleavened  l)rea(l  therewith,  rrrtt 
the  bread  of  afiiiction  ;  for  thou 
earnest  f()rth  out  of  tlie  laud  of  Ef,'ypt 
ill  haste:  tliat  thou  niayest  remem- 
ber tlie  day  when  tliou  camest  forth 
out  of  the  laud  of  E;,'vpt  all  the  days 
of  tliy  life. 

4*!  And  there  shall  bo  no  leavened 
bread  Been  with  thee  in  all  tliy  coast 
seven  days;  li  neither  sliall  there  n»y 
l/iiiifi  of  the  flesh,  which  thou  sacri- 
(iccdst  the  first  day  at  even,  remain 
;dl  ni-ht  until  the  mornin;,'. 

.">  Tliou  mavcst  not  (|  sacrifice  the 
linssr>ver  witliiu  anv  of  thy  (rates, 
which  the  J>oiin  thy  God"  giveth 
thee: 

(J  lint  nt  the  Tilaec  which  the  Lonn 
thy  God  sh7,U  choose  to  place  liis 
name  in,  there  tliou  sh^lt  sacrifice 
the  passover  i  at  even,  nt  the  Roinc 
down  of  the  sun,  nt  the  season  that 
thou  camest  forth  out  of  Ef;vpt. 

7  Aud  thou  sli:ilt  k  roast  and  eat  it 
lin  the  place  which  the  I.oito  tin- 
God  shall  choose:  and  thou  shalt 
turn  in  the  moruiuL;,  and  go  unto 
thy  tents. 

S  Six  days  thou  shalt  eat  unleaven- 
ed bread:  and  '"ou  the  seventh  (lav 
sliiilf  be  a  I  solemn  assembly  to  tlic 
Loud  thy  Gud:  thou  shalt  do  no 
work  tliereiii. 

;t  IT  "Seven  weeks  shalt  thou  num- 
ber unto  thee:  begin  to  number  the 
seven  weeks  from  siirh  time  (ff  thou 
bcgiuuest  to  2i"t  the  sickle  to  the 
corn. 

10  And  thou  shalt  krrp  the  feast  of 
weeks  unto  the  I,(ii:r>  lliv  C.nd  with 
lla  tribute  of  a  freewill  "oth-riii^-  of 
thine  hand,  which  lh..u  shalt  t.-ve 
Kiilii  the  /.nun  lliii  (III:!  "nccordinft 
as  the  LoKU  thy  God  hath  blessed 
thee: 

I'M 


11  And  ''thou  shalt  rejoice  bcfiire 
the  I.ORD  thy  God,  thou,  and  thy 
son,  and  thy  daughter,  and  thy  man- 
servant, and  thy  maidservant,  and 
the  l.evite  that  ti  within  thy  gates, 
and  the  stranger,  and  the  fatlierless, 
and  the  widow,  that  arc  among  you, 
in  the  place  which  tlio  Lono'thy 
God  hath  chosen  to  place  his  name 
there. 

IJ'lAnd  thou  shalt  remember  that 
thou  wast  a  bondman  in  Egvpt:  and 
thou  shalt  observe  and  do  those 
.statutes. 

l'>  TI '"'J'hou  shalt  obscn'O  the  feast 
of  tabernacles  seven  days,  after  that 
thou  hast  gathered  in  thy  )  corn  nud 
thy  wine: 

11  And  'thou  shalt  rejoice  in  thy 
feast,  tliou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy 
daughter,  and  thy  liianservant,  and 
thy  maidservant,  and  the  Levite,  the 
stranger,  and  the  iUtlicrless,  and  tlio 
widow,  that  are  within  th.\-  gates. 

1.1  '  Seven  days  shalt  thou  keep  a 
.solemn  feast  unto  the  Loi.ii  thy  (Jod 
in  the  place  which  the  I,(pi;ri"  shall 
elioo.se:  because  the  Lmni  thy  God 
shall  bless  thee  in  all  thine  increase, 
and  in  all  the  works  of  thine  hands, 
thcrclorc  thou  shalt  surciv  rejoice. 

IC  U  "  Three  times  in  a  y'nr  shall  all 
tliy  males  appear  bcliire  the  Lor.i) 
thy  God  in  the  place  which  he  shall 
choose ;  in  the  least  of  unleavened 
bread,  and  in  the  feast  of  weeks,  and 
in  the  feast  of  tahemaclcs:  and  ^  they 
shall  not  appear  before  the  Lor.D 
empf.v: 

17  Every  man  !.!inU  aire  (as  he  is 
able,  ?  according  to  tlie  blessing  of 
the  I.oiiu  thy  God  which  he  liath 
given  thee. 

IS  IT  '•.Tudges  and  oflicer.s  shalt  thou 
make  thee  in  all  lliv  g;'.tes,  which  the 
Enitii  thy  God  givetli  thee,  through- 
out thy  tribes:  and  they  shall  judge 
the  pcojilc  with  .just  judgment. 

V)  "Thou  shalt  liot  wrest  judg- 
ment; I'tliou  shalt  not  respect  iier- 
sons,  ''neither  take  .1  gift:  liir  a  gift 
d.ith  blind  the  eves  ol'^the  wise,  and 
luTvcil  the  II  words  of  the  rL'hteous. 

•JO  fTliat  wliich  is  allogclhcr  just 
shalt  th.ni  follow,  that  thou  mavest 
((live,  and  inherit  the  land  which  the 
I,oul)thv  Godgivclh  thee. 
i;l  IT  "'Tbim  slnilt  n.'t  plant  thee  n 
grove  of  any  tri-es  near  unto  the  altar 
of  the  I,oi!r>  thy  God,  which  thou 
shalt  make  thee. 

•>■>  fNcitber  sluilt  thou  set  thee  np 
nmi  llimnge;  which  the  ]>oui>  thy 
God  liateth. 

CIIArTER  XVII. 

1  Tlie  thiniia  t,icrillecU  tniitt  be  «oiiml.  2 
I.Matrm  miiaC  le  ilain.  8  Uard  con- 
troremiea  are  to  he  d.ltrmined  Ay  (Ac 
jii  i>»r«  nyid  jwlqru.  12  The  eonlruiHrr 
of  th,(tdrlermiiialion>ii}ittitie.  II  The 
election,  1(3  aiitt  diiti/ o,fai'i»t/. 

rplIOir  "shalt  not  sacrifice  unto  the 
X   LiUKD  thy  God  aiii/  bullock,  or 


Idolaters  to  be  slain. 


DEUTERONOMY.       Election  and  duty  0/  a  ki7ig. 


B«fora 
CURIST 

nil. 


I  ch.  n.  9. 
AcH  7.  J8. 


rj.  '20.  ■22,28. 
!i  21.  2 
Num.  35  11. 
1«.  I'J. 


II  sheep,  wherein  is  blemish,  or  any 
evilf'avouredness :  (or  tliat  ii  an 
abomination  unto  the  l-oiiu  thy 
God. 

2ir  l>If  there  be  found  amonff  you, 
within  any  of  thy  pates  which  the 
Loiiu  thy  God  jjiveth  thee,  man  or 
woman,  tliat  hath  wrought  wicked- 
ness in  tlic  siplit  of  tlie  Loitu  thy 
God,  'in  transgressing  his  covenant, 

3  And  hatli  gone  and  served  other 
gods,  and  worshipped  tliem,  either 
i  the  sun,  or  moon,  or  any  of  tlie  liost 
oflieaven,  "whicli  I  liave  not  com- 
manded; 

4  f  And  it  be  told  thoe,  and  thou 
hast  heard  or'  it,  and  inquired  dili- 
gentlv,  and,  behold,  it  lie  true,  (iiul 
the  tiling  certain,  that  such  abom- 
ination is  wrouglit  in  Israel: 

5  Then  shalt  thou  bring  ibrth  that 
mail  or  tliat  woman,  wliieh  liave 
CDininilted  that  wicked  thing,  unto 
tliv  gates,  (.TCii  tliat  man  or  that 
woman,  and  s  shalt  stone  them  with 
stones,  till  they  die. 

G  li  At  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses, 
or  three  witnesses,  shall  lie  that  is 
worthy  of  death  be  put  to  death;  but 
at  the  mouth  of  one  witness  he  shall 
not  be  put  to  death. 

7  1  The  hands  of  the  witnesses  shall 
be  first  upon  him  to  nut  him  to  death, 
and  afterward  the  handa  of  all  the 
people.  So  kthou  shalt  put  the  evil 
away  from  among  von. 

811  1  If  there  arise  a  matter  too  hard 
for  thee  in  judgment,  ""between 
blood  and  blood,  between  plea  and 
plea,  and  between  stroke  and  stroke, 
hi'iiiij  matters  of  controversy  within 
thy  gates:  then  shalt  tliuu  arise,  "and 
get  thee  up  into  the  place  whicli  thi-' 
Lord  thy  God  sJiall  choose; 

9  And  "thou  shalt  come  unto  tin 
priests  the  l^evites,  and  ■'  unto  tin 
judge  that  shall  be  in  those  days,  and 
iiKluirc;  'land  thev  shall  shew  thei 
the  sentence  of  iintgnicnt: 

10  And  thou  shalt  do  according  to 
the  sentence,  which  tliey  of  that  place 
which  the  J.okd  shall  choose  shall 
shew  thee;  and  thou  shalt  obser\e  to 
do  according  to  all  that  they  inform 
tl 


the  land  which  tlie  Loed  thy  God 
giveth  thee,  and  shalt  possess  it,  and 
shalt  dwell  therein,  and  shalt  tuv,  "I 
will  set  a  king  over  me,  like  as  all  tlie 
nations  that  <i)r  about  me; 
15  Thou  shalt  in  anj'  wise  set  him 
king  over  thee,  '  whom  the  Lokd 
thy  God  shall  choose  :  one  '  from 
among  thy  brethren  shalt  thou  set 
king  over  thee:  thou  mayest  not  set 
a  stranger  over  thee,  which  wiiotthy 
brother. 

llj  But  he  shall  not  multiply  "horses 
to  himself,  nor  cause  the  iieoolel'to 
return  to  Egypt,  to  the  end  tnat  he 
should  mnltfply  horses:  forasmuch 
as  'the  Lord  liath  said  unto  you, 
d  Ye  shall  henceforth  return  no  more 
that  way. 

17  Neither  shall  he  multiply  wives 
to  himself,  that  "■  his  heart  turn  not 
away:  neither  shall  he  greatly  mul- 
tiply to  himself  silver  and  gold. 
hS  1  And  it  shall  be,  when  lie  sitteth 
upon  the  throne  of  his  kingdom,  that 
he  shall  write  liim  a  copv  of  this  law 
in  a  book  out  of  s  (Aci<  which  tjsbetbre 
the  priests  the  Levites: 
11)  And  liit  shall  be  with  him,  and 
he  shall  read  therein  all  the  days  of 
his  life  ;  that  he  may  learn  to  fe.ir 
the  LoitD  his  God,  to  keep  all  tin- 
words  of  this  law  and  these  statutes, 
to  do  them : 
•2t)  That  his  heart  be  not  lifted  up 
above  his  brethren,  and  that  he  i  turn 
not  aside  from  the  commandment,  to 
the  right  hand,  or  In  the  led:  to  the 
end  that  he  may  prolong  lit.-i  days  in 
his  kingdom,  he,  and  his  children, 
in  the  midst  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
1   The  Lord  is   the  prieatt'   and  Lcvitca' 
inheritance.    3  The  priett's  due.    G  The 
Lcvite'a  pitrtitjn.    9  The  aboinintttionaof 
the  nationa  are  to  be  avoided.     Ij  Chriat 
the  Prophet  ia  to  he  heard.    20  The  prc- 
aumptuoua  propltet  ia  to  die. 
rplIE  priests  the  l^evites,  oii</  all 
X  the  tribe  of  Levi,  "shall  have  no 
part    nor    iiilieritance    with    Israel  : 
thev  1"  shall  eat  the  ofterings  of  the 
Loud  made  by  fire,  and  his  inherit- 
ance. 

2  Therefore  shall  they  have  no  in- 
tance  among  their  brethren ;  the 


Before 
CH  RIST 


9. 1.5.  Ic  ID 
24.  &  16   12. 
1  Chi  22.  10. 
iJei.  30.21. 


ii  10.  26.  28. 

P«.  20  7. 
bis.  31  1. 

Ki  17   15. 
cEr  13   17. 

Kuni.  ll.;i.4. 
dtU  58.  CS. 

Hu<   U.  i. 


15. 


.42. 


11  According  to  the  sentence  of  the   1 „ 

law  which  they  shall  tiuch  tlice,  and  Loud  i.<  thrir  inheritance,  as  he  hath 
according    to    the  judgment  which  i  said  unto  tliom. 

they  shall  tell  thee,  thou  shalt  do:  3  IT  And  this  shall  he  the  priest's 
thou  shalt  not  decline  from  the  sen-  due  from  the  people,  from  them  that 
tcnce  which  thev  shall  shew  thee,  to  uft'cr  a  sacrifice,  whether  it  Ix  ox  or 


the  right  hand,  nor  to  the  left. 

12  And  'the  man  that  will  do  pre- 
sumptuously, land  will  not  hearken 
unto  the  priest  "  that  standcth  to 
minister  there  before  the  Lord  thy 
God,  or  unto  the  judge,  even  that 
man  shall  die:  and  •  thou  shalt  put 
awav  the  evil  frrtm  Israel. 

)3  ^And  all  the  people  shall  hear, 
and  fear,  and  do  no  more  presuinp- 
tuouslv. 

11   IT  "When   thou   art  come    unto 


sheep:  and  'they  shall  give  unto 
the  priest  the  shoulder,  and  the  two 
cheeks,  and  the  maw. 

4  il  The  tirstriuit  n/.-o  of  thy  corn,  of 
thv  wine,  and  of  thine  oil,  and  the 
first  of  the  fleece  of  thy  sheep,  shalt 
thou  give  him. 

r>  For  "the  Lord  thv  God  hath 
chosen  him  out  of  all  tliy  tribes,  f  to 
stand  to  minister  in  the  name  of  the 
Loud,  him  and  his  sons  for  ever. 

(j  H  And  if  a  Levitc  come  from  any 
181 


.K.lin.ia.20. 
i  W  02. 
cU.  10.  9. 


eF.i  2S.  1. 

Kuio.  3.  lOL 
reh.  10.8.  ll 

17.12. 


Christ  the  true  Prophet. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


The  cities  of  refuge. 


Before      I  of  thy  piites  Out  of  nil  Israel,  where 
iiD.cn.    i^g  e  sojourned,  nnd  come  with  nil 
the  desire  of  nis    mind  hunto  the 
l)lncc  whieh  tl>e  Loud  shnll  choose; 

7  Then  he  shall  minister  in  the 
name  of  tlic  l.oitD  his  Ciod,  ins  all 
his  hrethren  the  l.evites  (/o,  which 
stand  there  heforc  the  Loitn. 

8  Thcv  shall  have  like  k  portions  to 
eat,  he^id.s  I  that  whieh  eonicth  of 
tlle  sale  of  Ills  putrinionv. 

y  II  Wh.u  thuci  ait  come  into  the 
land  wliicli  the  ].oi:i>  thv  Cod  ^'iv- 
cth  thee,  1  thuu  shall  nut  learn  to  <lo 
after  the  ahoniiuations  of  those  na- 
tions. 

10  There  phall  not  he  found  anion;; 
vou  ami  one  that  maketh  his  son  or 
Kis  daughter  '"  to  jiass  tlirough  the 
fire,  "or  that  iiscth  divination,  or  an 
observer  of  times,  or  an  enchanter, 
or  a  witch, 

11  "t)r  a  clinrmcr,  or  a  consulter 
with  familiar  spirits,  or  n  wizard,  or 
a  I' necromancer. 

IJ  I'or  all  tliat  do  these  things  nrr 
an  iihominntiou  unto  the  Loitn:  and 
'I  hecause  of  tliese  nbominations  the 
Loitn  tliv  God  dutli  drive  them  out 
from  before  tliee. 

!.•!  Thou  Shalt  be  ||  perfect  with  the 
Loiiu  thy  God. 

14  For  "these  nations,  which  thou 
shalt  II  possess,  hearkened  unto  ob- 
servers of  times,  and  nnt(»  diviners: 
hut  as  for  tlnr,  tlie  ],oitl>  thy  God 
hath  not  suffered  tliee  s..  to  ,lo. 

\-,  V,  I  The  Loitn  thv  (iocl  will  raise 

ui)   nnto    tliee   a   rr;.|iliet   from    the 

M  of  thee,  of  tliv    bri'tl.ren.   like 


•  ill.  9.  10 
t  Kj.  20.  19. 
ll»b.  li  W. 


Iltohi 


.-hall  hearke 


lltl 

edstuf  the  l,ol:l)  thy  (omI  in  ll..reb 
"in  the  day  of  the  nssemlily,  saying, 
'Let  me  not  hear  again  the  voice  of 
the  l,ni!i>  my  God,  neither  ht  me 
see  tills  great  fire  any  more,  that  I 
die  not. 

I"  And  the  I/Onn  said  nnto  me, 
"They  have  well  !>i<oken  that  whieh 
they  have  spoken. 

in'Mwill  raise  them  np  a  I'roiihet 
from  among  their  brethren,  like  nn- 
to thee,  and  >  will  [int  mv  words  in 
his  mouth:  'and  he  shall  speidi  nnto 
them  all  thut  I  shall  command  him. 

I'.l  ■'.\nd  it  shall  come  to  pas»,  l/iat 
whosoever  will  not  hearken  nnto  mv 
words  which  he  shall  speak  in  my 
name,  I  will  re(|nire  i^  of  him. 

VS)  lint  I'llie  iMophet,  which  shall 
presume  to  sjieak  a  wonl  in  mv 
name,  which  I  liave  not  eomnnind- 
eil  him  to  siicak,  or  'that  shall  sprak 
in  the  nann-  of  other  gods,  even  that 
prophet  shall  die. 

•Jl  \iul  if  Ihon  sav  in  thine  heart, 
I  low  sliall  we  know  tin'  word  which 
the  I.oiMi  hath  notypi>ken? 

2-2  'IWhen  a  prophi't  speaketh  in 
th.-  name  of  Ihc  l,oi;ii,  'ir  th.'  thing 
fl>llow  not,  lOM-  com.'  to  pass,  that  is 
the  thing  whieh  the  I.ouii  hath  not 
1S2 


spoken,  but  the  jirophet  huth  spoken 
it  I  ])resumptuously :  thou  shalt  not 
be  afraid  of  him. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

I  Thf!  citiea  of  refunf.  4  Tilt:  Jirifiiopi 
lliereoffar  the  iiiMtlaytr.  14  The  laml- 
m«rA-  is  not  to  be  removetl.  15  Two  trit- 
neanc/i  at  the  least.  Hi  The  2*unie?iment 
of  a  faUc  wit„e„. 

WrilEN  the  Loi;d  thv  Ood  'hath 
>\  cutoff  the  liati..lis.  whose  land 
the  Loud  thv  (o.d  giveth  thee,  anil 
thou  f  succecdest  them,  and  dwellest 
in  their  cities,  ami  in  their  house 
L'  I'Thon  shalt  si-parate  three  cities 
fir  thee  in  the  mid-t  of  thv  land 
whieh  the  I.oKii  thy  God"  giveth 
tliee  to  jiossess  it. 

3  Thou  shalt  prepare  thee  n  way, 
and  divide  the  coasts  of  thy  land, 
which  tlie  l,oni)  thy  God"  giveth 
thee  to  inherit,  into  three  parts,  that 
cvcrv  slaver  mav  flee  thither. 

4  T"  And  Mhis"  i.s  the  case  of  the 
slaver,  which  shall  flee  thither,  that 
he"  mav  live:  WIliso  killeth  his 
neighbour  ignorantiv,  whom  he  hat- 
ed not  tin  time  past; 

5  As  when  a  man  goetli  into  the 
wood  with  Ids  neighbour  to  hew 
wood,  nnd  his  hanil  feteheth  a  stroke 
v.'ith  the  axe  to  cut  down  the  tree, 
and  tlie  )  head  slippeth  from  the 
t  helve,  nnd  I  li-hletli  noon  his  neigh- 
bour, that  he  die;  hc'  shall  Hee  unto 
one  ofthose  cities,  and  live: 

U  .li.est  the  avenger  of  the  blood 
pursue  the  shiver,  while  his  heart  is 
hot,  and  (.veriiike  him,  hecause  the 
wav  is  long,  and  1  sla\'  hiin;  whereas 
lie"ic(i.s-  not  worthv  "of  death,  inas- 
mni'has  he  hated  liim  not  tin  time 
past. 

"  Wherefore  I  command  thee,  say- 
ing. Thou  shalt  separate  three  cities 
i.ir  thee. 

H  And  if  the  Lokd  thy  God  'en- 
large thv  coast,  as  he  hath  sworn 
nnto  thv  fathci-s,  nnd  give  thee  nil 
the  land  whieh  he  promised  to  give 
unto  thv  fathers: 

;i  If  thou  shalt  keeji  all  these  com- 
mandments to  do  them,  whieh  I 
command  thee  this  il:iy,  to  love  the 
Loitii  thv  God,  nnd  to" walk  ever  in 
his  ways;"  f  then  slialt  tlum  add  three 
cities  more  for  thee,  beside  tliese 
three  : 

111  That  innocent  blood  be  not  shed 
in  thy  land,  which  the  I,oiii>  thy 
God  givelh  thee  /i>r  an  inheritance, 
and  'o  bU....l  be  upon  thee. 

II  II  linl  s  if  any  man  hate  his  neigh- 
bour, and  lie  in  wait  for  him,  and 
rise  np  a^'ainst  him,  nnd  smile  him 
I  mortalU  that  he  die,  and  flceth  into 
one  of  thes,.  eili.'s: 

UThrn  til,'  elders  of  his  citv  shall 
siMid  an.l  li'teh  him  thence,  and  de- 
liver him  into  thi-  hand  of  the  aveng- 
er of  hi, .o.l,  that  1h-  mav  <lie. 

l:l  I.  Thine  e\e  shall  iiot  pity  him, 
i  but  thou  shalt  put  away  llie  uuilt  o/ 


CHRIST 
1451. 


lk.minti/4. 


fK<.  31.  13, 

N  urn.  M.  1(1, 

SI. 

cl..  S7  21. 

froT.  «S.  17. 
tllck..»li/<. 
licli    13.  ?.  Ji 

15.  li. 


Of  false  witness. 


DEUTERONOMY.        Laws  to  be  observed  in  war. 


innocent  blood  from  Jsmcl,  tlint  it 
may  go  well  with  thco. 

14  H  k  Thou  shnlt  not  remove  thy 
neighbour's  landmark,  whieh  they 
ofdld  time  have  set  in  thine  inherit- 
ance, which  thou  shalt  inherit  in  the 
land  that  the  Lord  thj'  God  g'^'*-'"' 
thee  to  possess  it. 

1.5  TT  I  One  witness  shall  not  rise  up 
against  a  man  for  any  iniquity,  or 
tor  any  sin,  in  any  sin  that  he  siu- 
ncth:  at  the  mouth  of  two  witnesses, 
or  at  the  mouth  of  three  witnesses, 
shall  the  matter  be  established. 

11!  TT  If  a  false  witness  '"rise  np 
against  any  man  to  testify  against 
ium  II  tlinl  iiliicli  is  wrong; 

17  Then  both  the  men,  between 
whom  the  controversy  iV,  shall  stand 
befire  the  I.ORU,  "  before  the  priests 
and  the  judges,  which  shall  be  in 
those  days; 

15  .Vnd  the  .judges  shall  make  dili- 
gent inquihitlon:  and,  behold,  iV'the 
witness  he  a  fidse  witness,  anil  hath 
tcstiHeil  fiilsely  against  his  brother; 

11)  "Then  shall  ye  do  unto  him,  as 
he  bad  thought  to  have  done  imto 
his  brother:  so  r  shalt  thou  put  the 
evd  uwa\'  finm  among  von. 
•J»  'lAiTd  those  whieh"reniain  shall 
hear,  and  fear,  and  shall  henceforth 
eoniiuit  no  more  any  such  evil  among 
you. 

21  'And  tliine  eye  shall  not  pity; 
>Mt  'life  sliall  (JO  for  life,  eye  for  eye, 
tooth  for  tooth,  hand  for  hand,  foot 
for  foot. 

CHAPTER  XX. 
1  The  prUat'ti  exiwvtcttion  to  encourage 
the  people  to  battle.  5  Tlie  ogieera'  proc- 
lamixtioii  u'lio  tire  to  be  tltBtnieHfd  from 
the  war.  10  How  to  use  the  ciliea  that 
accept  or  refuse  the  proclamation  of 
peace.  10  T17i.if  cilict  nuitt  be  devoted. 
I'J  Trcea  of  man'a  meat  viust  not  be  de- 


eye 


'W^IIEN'  thou  goest  out  to  battle 
\  \  against  thine  enemies,  and  seesrt 
"horses,  and  chariots,  iind  a  people 
more  than  th.'U,  he  not  afraiil  of 
them:  lor  the  I.oiiwthv  God  is  bwith 
thi'e,  which  bmught  tliee  up  out  of 
tlielaiid  utr.gypt. 
li  .\r.il  it  shall  be,  when  ve  are  come 
nigh  unto  the  battle,  that  the  priest 
sliall  approach  and  speak  nnto  the 
people, 

.'1  And  shall  say  nnto  them.  Hear, 
O  Israel,  ye  approach  this  dav  unto 
battle  against  vour  enemies:  let  not 
your  hearts  t^aint,  fear  not,  and  do 
not  1  tremble,  neither  be  ye  terrified 
because  of  them; 

4  For  the  LoisD  your  God  !S  he 
that  goeth  with  you,  ■'to  fight  for 
you  against  your  enemies,  to  save 
you. 

5  IT  And  the  officers  shall  six'ak 
nnto  the  people,  saving.  What  man 
i.itlieri'  that  hath  built  anew  house, 
and  hath  not . I  dedicated  it?  let  him 
go  and  return  to  his  house,  lest  he 


die  in  the  battle,  and  another  man 
dedicate  it. 

U  And  what  man  is  he  that  hath 
planted  a  vineyard,  and  hath  not 
yet  f  eaten  of  itl'  let  him  olfo  go  and 
return  nnto  his  house,  h-st  he  die 
in  the  battle,  and  another  man  eat 
of  it. 

7  "-'And  what  man  is  there  that  hath 
betrothed  a  wife,  and  hath  not  taken 
her?  let  him  go  and  return  unto  his 
house,  lest  he  die  in  the  battle,  and 
another  man  take  her. 

S  And  the  oUiccrs  shall  speak  fur- 
ther unto  the  people,  and  thev  shall 
sav,  f  What  man  is  tin  re  tluit  'is  fear- 
ful and  fainthearted;^  let  him  go  and 
return  nnto  his  house,  lest  his  breth- 
ren's heart  1  faint  as  well  as  his  luait. 

!)  And  it  shall  be,  when  the  oiheers 
have  made  an  end  of  speaking  nnto 
the  people,  that  they  shall  m;ike  e:ip- 
tains  of  tiic  armies  fto  lead  the 
people. 

10  TT  When  thou  comest  nigh  unto 
a  city  to  fight  against  it,  Stheu  pio- 
elaim  peace  imto  it. 

U  And  it  shall  be,  if  it  make  thee 
answer  of  peace,  an<i  open  nnto  thee, 
then  it  shall  be,  thul  all  the  i>eople 
that  is  found  therein  shall  he  trib- 
utaries unto  thee,  and  they  shall 
serve  thee. 

12  And  if  it  will  make  no  peace  with 
thee,  hut  will  midie  war  against  thee, 
then  thou  shalt  besiege  it: 

13  And  when  the  f.ouD  thy  God 
hath  deli\ered  it  into  thine  hands, 
lithou  shalt  smile  every  male  thereof 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword: 

14  But  the  women,  and  the  little 
ones,  and  "the  c:itile,  and  all  that  is 
in  the  city,  even  all  the  sjioil  thereof, 
shalt  thou  \  take  unto  thyself;  ami 
k  thou  shalt  eat  the  spoil  of  thine 
enemies,  whieh  the  Loi;ij  thy  God 
hath  gi\'en  thee. 

],';  Thus  shalt  thou  do  unto  all  the 
cities  which  are  very  far  oti'f  rom  thee, 
which  are  not  of  the  cities  of  tliesc 
nations. 

HI  But  '  of  the  cities  of  these  peojtle, 
whieh  the  Loi:i.  thv  God  doth  give 
thee  ]or  an  inluritanee,  thou  shalt 
save  alive  nothing  tliat  breatheth: 

17  But  thou  slialt  iitterlv  destrov 
them:  i,r»,i.7,/,  tlie  Ilitlih's',  and  Ih'e 
.■Vmorites,  tlie  ('ana:niites.  and  the 
Berizzites.  the  Ilivites.  and  the  Jeh- 
nsites;  as  the  l.oi;i>  thy  God  hath 
comnurnded  thee: 

15  That  "'  Ihey  teach  you  not  to  do 
after  all  their  abondnations,  which 
they  have  done  unto  their  gods;  so 
should  ve  "siu  against  the  Loup 
your  Go'd. 

lU  TT  AVhen  thou  shalt  besiege  a  city 
a  long  time,  in  making  war  against  it 
to  take  it,  thou  shalt  not  ihstniy 
the  trees  thereof  by  forcing  an  axe 
against  them:  for  thou  mayest  eat  of 
them,  and  thou  shalt  notcut  them 
down  (II  for  the  tree  of  the  field  is 
183 


Exination  of  uncertain  tnurder.  DEUTIiRONOMY.      A  rebellicnis  son  to  be  stoned. 


Before 

cuRiaT 

1451. 


A  211  U, 
Mall,  27. 9i. 


mnn's  life)  f  to  employ  t/iein  in  tlie 

^J\)  Only  the  trees  wJiich  tliou  know- 
est  thiit  they  he  not  trees  fur  meat, 
thou  hhalt  destroy  and  eitt  tlieiii 
down;  and  thou  shalt  huild  hul- 
wurka  uj^ainst  the  city  that  maketh 
wur  with  thee,  until  I  it  be  subdued. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
1  TUe  expiation  of  an  ttnccrtain  viunJer. 
1)  Tlmuaag,'  of  a  captive  taken  lu  wife. 
lb  Tlic  flrstliorn  i«  not  to  he  ilitinhcriteU 
upon  private  affcetiun.  18  A  ttubliom 
BOH  it  to  l/e  itoneJ.  to  death,  'ii  The 
malefactor  muet  7lot  hantj  all  night  on  a 


which  the  l>()iii)  tliy  Uod  Rivcth 
thee  to  possess  it,  lyin^  in  tlie  field, 
aii(/  it  be  not  known  wno  hath  slain 
liiin: 

2  Then  tliy  elders  and  thv  jud^^es 
shall  come  forth,  and  thVv  shall 
measure  unto  the  cities  which  arc 
niiindahimt  him  tliat  is:-lain: 

.■1  And  it  slndl  be,  l/mt  tlie  citv  w/iirh 
IS  next  unto  tlie  hhiin  man,  even  tlie 
ehlers  .li  that  citv  sliall  take  a  heit.-r, 
wliicli  hath  not'been  wrought  with, 
(iiii/  which   hath   not   drawn  in  the 

4  Aiid  the  ciders  of  that  city  shall 
hrin;;  ilown  tlie  liiifer  unto  a  rough 
\'alliy,  which  is  nrither  cared  nor 
sown,  and  shall  strike  off  the  heifer's 
neck  tliere  in  the  vuUev. 

.'■.  Ami  the  priests  the"  sons  of  Levi 
shall  come  near;  lin-  "  them  the  l.oiu) 
thy  God  hath  clmsen  to  minister  un- 
to him,  and  to  bless  in  the  name  of 
the  l/OiiD;  and  li  by  their  t  word  shall 
eviTV  controversy  and  cvury  etroku 
be  Iri.d: 

0  And  all  the  eldera  of  that  citv,  thrit 
(I,-,,  next  unto  the  slain  (-/(?«,"•  shall 
wash  their  hands  over  the  heifer  tluU 
is  hehriiil,-d  in  thevallev: 

7  And  tliev  shall  answer  and  Pay, 
Our  haniis  have  not  shed  this  bloo'd, 
neither  have  our  eves  seen  it. 

5  He  1 ■citill,   ()   I.iutli,  unto  thv 

lieople  Israel,  whom  thou  hast  re- 
deemed,'land  lav  not  inuoeent  hi 1 

I  unto  tliy  jieopfe  of  Isiaer.s  eliar-e. 
And  the  blood  shall  be  forgiven 
them. 

'.)  So  '■  shall  thou  put  nwny  the  f!">tf 
o/"innocent  blood  from  auiong  vou, 
when  thou  shalt  do  t/i,it  te/iicA  i.i 
riu'lit  in  thesi-htofthe  I.olil). 

10  i[  When  thou  L'oest  forth  to  war 
against  thine  enemies,  and  Ihc  I,onl> 
thv  (iod  hath  ileliverei!  them  into 
thine  liands,  and  thou  hast  taken 
them  captive, 

11  .\nil  seest  among  the  captives  a 
lna\itil'ul  woman,  atul  hast  a  desire 
unto  hrr,  that  thou  wouldest  liavc 
her  to  thy  wife; 

II'  Theii  thou  shalt  brinz  her  home 
to  thine  Iioum-:  and  she  shall  shave 
her  head,  and  ||limre  her  nails; 

l.'l  .Vnd  sill'  shall  put  the  raiment  of 
184 


her  captivity  from  off  her,  and  shall 
remain  in  thine  house,  and  'bewail 
her  father  and  )ier  mother  a  full 
month:  and  after  that  thou  shnltgo 
in  unto  her.  and  be  her  husband, 
and  she  shall  be  thy  wife. 

14  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  have  no 
delight  in  her,  then  thou  shalt  let 
her  go  wliither  .she  will;  but  thou 
slialt  not  sell  her  at  all  fiir  money, 
thou  shalt  not  make  merchandise  of 
her,  because  thou  hast  8 humbled 
her. 

l.'l  IT  If  a  man  have  two  wives,  one 
beloved,  hand  another  luited,  and 
they  have  borne  luni  childicn,  lo//i 
the  beloved  and  tlie  hated;  and  i/the 
tirstbom  son  be  hers  that  was  liated: 

10  Then  it  shall  be,  ■  when  he  maketh 
his  tons  t.i  inherit  l/iat  which  he 
hath,  lliiil  he  may  not  make  the  son 
of  the  beloved  tirslhorn  beti.re  the 
son  iif  the  Jiatcd,  tiliich  is  mckcU  tlie 
firstborn : 

17  But  he  shall  acknowledge  the  son 
of  the  hated  ./oi-  the  firstborn,  1.  bv 
gi\'ing  him  a  double  portion  of  all 
I  tliat  he  hath:  for  he  li  i  the  begin- 
ning of  his  strength;  "'the  right  of 
the  lirstborn  is  his. 

18  IT  If  a  man  have  a  stubborn  and 
rebellious  son,  which  will  not  obey 
the  voice  of  Ids  father,  or  the  voice 
of  his  mother,  and  lluil,  when  they 
have  chastened  him,  will  not  heark- 
en unto  them: 

lil  Then  shall  bis  father  and  his 
mother  lay  huld  on  him,  and  bring 
him  out  niito  the  elders  of  his  eity, 
and  unto  the  gate  olbis  place; 
Lil  And  they  shall  say  unto  tlie 
elders  of  his  city.  This  our  son  is 
stubborn  and  rebellious,  he  will  not 
obey  onr  voice;  he  w  a  glutton,  and 
a  drunkard. 

21  And  all  the  men  of  his  city  shall 
stone  him  with  stmies,  that  he  die: 
"so  shalt  thou  put  e\il  away  from 
among  yon;  "and  all  Israel  shall 
he:ir,  and  tear. 

L'J  II  And  if  a  man  have  committed 
a  sin  1' worthy-  of  tleath,  and  he  be  to 
be  put  to  death,  and  thou  hang  him 
on  a  tree: 
L'.i  'I  His  body  shall  not  remain  all 
night  upon  the  tree,  but  thou  shalt 
ill  any  wise  bury  him  that  day;  (for 
'he  tliat  ii  hanged  is  I  accursed  of 
CkmI:)  that  'thy  land  be  not  defiled, 
which  the  I.oiiii  thy  Godgivetll  tlice 
fur  au  inheritance. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
1  Of  humanilti   towant   brethren.    6  The 
•ex  ie  to  be  Uittini/itiehoti  by  apparel.    6 
The   ilam  la   not   to   be   taken  with  her 
j/ounti  onet.    8  The  hoiito  mutt  have  bat- 
tlement:   9  Confutian  it  to  be  nvoiJeil. 
la    fringet   upon   the   vctlure.    1:1    The 
jiuniehmeni  of  him  that  tianilereth  hit 
K'ife.    211,  22  OfaJullerj/,  25  of  rape,  28 
niij  of  fornication.    SO  Jnceel. 
ri'^nOU  "shalt  not  sec  thy  brotlier's 
1    nx  or  his  sheep  go  astray,  and 


The  piinishtnent  of  him 


DEUTERONOMY. 


that  slandereth  his  icife. 


Before 
HOI. 


liide  thyself  from  thuiii:  thou  Blinlt 
in  any  case  briii};  tluiii  again  unto 
thy  brotlier 

2  And  if  thy  I)rothcrte  not  nigh  un- 
to thee,  or  if  tlioii  knowliini  not,  tlien 
tliou  shalt  brin;;  it  unto  thine  own 
liouse,  and  it  shall  be  with  tliee  until 
tliy  bi'otlier  seek  after  it,  and  thou 
slialt  restore  it  to  him  again. 
.'!  In  like  manner  shalt  thou  do  with 
his  assi  and  so  shalt  thou  do  with  his 
raiment;  and  with  all  lost  tliinys  of 
tliy  brother's,  which  he  hath  lost,  and 
thou  hast  ibund,  slialt  thou  do  like- 
vise:  thou  mayest  not  hide  thvself 
-mi'  Thou  shalt  not  see  thy  bii  .tiler's 
ass  or  his  ox  hill  down  liy  (lie  way, 
and  hide  thy.self  from  them:  thou 
shalt  surely  help  hiiu  to  lilt  l/icnt  up 
attain. 

6  !1  The  woman  shall  not  wear  that 
which  pertaineth  unto  ti  man,  neither 
shall  a  Hum  put  on  a  woman's  gar- 
ment: lor  all  that  do  so  are  abomina- 
tion unto  the  Loud  thy  God. 

G  IT  If  a  bird's  nest  chance  to  be  be- 
fore thee  in  the  way  in  any  tree,  or 
on  the  f^round,  whethrr  they  lie  young 
ones,  or  eggs,  and  the  dam  sitting 
upon  the  young,  or  upon  the  eggs, 
'thou  shaft  not  take  tlie  dam  with 
the  young: 

7  JUit  thou  shalt  in  any  wise  let  the 
dam  go,  and  take  the  young  to  thee; 
iltluit  it  may  be  well  with  thee,  and 
(/(((( thou  mavest  prolong  tin/  days. 

«  IT  When  thou  liuildcst  a  "new 
house,  then  tliou  slialt  make  a  bat- 
tknuiit  tor  thy  io,,f,  tliat  thou  bring 
iHit  l)lood  upon  tlime  house,  if  any 
man  tall  fVoiii  thence. 

I>  TT  *"J'hoii  shalt  not  sow  thy  vine- 
yard with  divers  seeds:  lest  the  ttruit 
ot'thy  seed  which  thou  hast  sown,  and 
tlie  tiuitofthy  vineyard,  be  defiled. 

10  II  (Thou  shalt  not  plough  with 
an  ox  and  an  ass  togrtlier. 

11  IT  6  Thou  shalt  not  wear  a  gar- 
ment of  divers  sorts,  o.s  of  woollen 
and  linen  together. 

12  Tl  Thou  shalt  make  thee  ^fringes 
upon  the  four  f  (punters  of  thy  vest- 
ure, wherewith  thoii  luvciesti/ii/sclf. 

1311  If  any  man  take  a  wife,  and  igo 
in  unto  her,  and  hale  her, 

14  And  give  oeeosions  of  speech 
against  her,  and  bring  up  nn  evil 
name  uiiou  her,  and  .say,  I  took  this 
woman,  and  when  I  came  to  her,  I 
found  her  iu»t  a  maid: 

l.j  Tlien  shall  the  father  of  the  dam- 
sel, and  lier  mother,  take  and  bring 
forth  lite  tokens  o;  the  damsel's  vir- 
ginitv  unto  the  elders  of  the  city  in 
tlie  g:ite: 

111  And  the  damsel's  father  shall  say 
unto  the  elders,  I  gave  my  daughter 
unto  this  man  to  w  ite,  anil  he  liateth 
her; 

17  And,  lo,  he  hath  given  occasions 
of  speech  atjitnisf  lier^  saying,  I  found 
not  thy  daughter  a  niiiid;  and  yet 
these  lire  the  tokrnso/iiiy  tlaughter'a 


virginity.  Aud  they  shall  spread  the 
cloth  before  tne  elders  of  the  city. 

]«  And  the  elders  of  that  city  shall 
take  that  man  and  chastise  him; 

VJ  And  they  shall  ameiee  him  in  a 
hundred  shckeh  (»f  silver,  ami  give 
thciii  unto  the  father  of  the  damsel, 
because  lie  hath  brought  up  an  evil 
name  upon  a  virgin  of  Israel:  and 
slie  shall  be  his  wife;  he  may  not  put 
her  away  all  his  days. 

to  But  if  this  thing  be  true,  mul  the 
tokens  of  virginity  be  not  Ibuud  lor 
the  damsel: 

21  Then  they  shall  bring  out  the 
damsel  to  the  door  of  her  father'.^ 
house,  and  the  men  of  her  city  sliall 
stone  her  with  stones  that  she  die; 
because  she  hath  k  wrought  liilly  in 
Israel,  to  play  the  whore  in  her  fa- 
tlier'a  house:  Iso  shalt  thou  put  evil 
away  from  anion;^  you. 

'JJ  11  '"If  a  man  behnind  lying  with 
a  woman  manied  to  a  husbanu,  then 
they  shall  both  of  them  die,  l.olh  the 
man  that  lay  with  the  woman,  and 
the  woman :  so  shalt  thou  jjut  away 
evil  from  Israel. 

2.'5  U  If  a  damsel  th<il  )■!  a  virgin  be 
"betrothed  unto  a  husband,  and  a 
mail  iiiid  her  in  the  city,  and  lie  with 
h«r; 

•A  Then  ye  shall  bring  them  both 
out  unto  the  g;ite  of  that  city,  and  ye 
sliall  stone  them  with  stones  that 
they  die;  the  damsel,  because  she 
cried  not,  ?jei«r/ in  the  city;  and  the 
man,  because  he  hath  "hnnibled  his 
neighbour's  wile:  I'so  thou  shalt  put 
away  evil  from  nnuuip  you. 

2.5  H  But  if  a  man  hnd  a  betrothed 
damsel  in  the  held,  and  the  man 
II  force  her,  and  lie  with  her;  then 
the  man  only  that  lay  with  her  shall 
die: 

2U  But  unto  the  damsel  thou  shalt 
do  nothing;  there  is  in  the  damsel 
no  sin  iror//;// of  death:  for  as  when  a 
man  riseth  :igainst  his  neighbour,  and 
bliyeth  him,  even  so  is  this  mutter: 


he  foui 
Rtn.th. 
!l.(.lie  to 


2S  IT  'I  It  a  liuiii  tiliil  a  damsel  that  is 
a  virgin,  ^\llieh  is  not  betrothed,  and 
lay  hold  on  her,  and  lie  with  her, 
aiid  they  bo  found; 

iS  Then  the  man  that  lay  with  her 
shall  give  unto  the  damsel's  lather 
fifty  shekeln  of  silver,  and  she  shall  be 
Ills  wife;  ''because  he  hath  humbled 
lier,  he  may  not  put  her  away  all  his 
days. 

ai  H  'A  man  shall  not  take  his  fa- 
ther's wife,  nor  '  discover  his  father's 
skirt. 

CIIAPTEK  XXIII. 

I  Tt7to  mnT/  or  mny  not  enter  into  ttic  eon- 
greijation.  0  Vnrlainncsa  to  be  avoi'led 
in  tlieliott.  15  Of  tlie  fugitive  tervant. 
17  (Jf  filtldne»».  13  Of  uUmimMe  tac- 
rifices.  I'J  Of  K«urj(.  £1  Of  vowa.  2-i 
Of  treapciBSce. 

185 


Divers  laws 


DEUTERONOMY. 


and  ordinances. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1461. 


\.  So«  cli.2.29. 


HE  that  is  wounded  in  tlic  stones, 
or  liatli  liis  privv  ineniljer  cut 
oif,  slwll  not  enter  iiito  the  congrc- 
f,'!Uion  (.fthc  l.oi:i>. 
•1  A  liMslanl  sluill  not  enter  into  the 
eonj:re^'ation  of  the  J.oitD;  even  to 
liis  tenth  generation  shall  he  not 
enter  into  the  congregation  of  the 

LOISD. 

o  ^An  Ammonite  or  Moahitc  shall 
not  outer  into  the  congregation  of 
the  Loni);  even  to  their  tentli  gen- 
eration sh.ill  they  not  enter  into  tl)e 
congreguliiin  of  the  I.oitii  lor  ever: 

4  blJeeanse  thev  nut  v..n  ii..t  witll 
bread  and  witli  water  in  tlie  wav, 
when  ve  eunie  furtli  out  ot  Egviit; 
and  '  beeiiuse  tliev  liired  a-ainst  thee 
lialaani  tlie  son  of  lieor  of  I'ethor  of 
Mesopotamia,  to  eurse  thee. 

5  Nevertheless,  the  l.or.o  thy  God 
would  not  hearken  unto  I!ala.ani; 
but  the  LoKD  thy  God  turned  tlie 
curse  into  a  blessing  unto  thee,  be- 
cause the  Loili)  thy  God  loved  thee. 

C  <)  Thou  shalt  not  seek  their  peace 
nor  their  t  prosperity  all  thy  days  for 
ever. 

7  IT  Thou  shalt  not  abhor  an  Edom- 
ite ;  "for  he  is  thy  brother:  thou 
shalt  not  abhor  an  Egyptian  j  be- 
cause t'thou  wast  a  stranger  in  his 
land. 

S  The  children  that  arc  begotten  of 
them  shall  enter  into  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  LuiiD  in  their  third  gen- 
eration. 

'J  IT  When  the  host  goeth  forth 
against  thine  enemies,  then  keep 
thee  from  everv  wicked  thing. 

ID  U  sir  there  be  among  m>u  anv 
m;in,  that  \*  not  clean  bv  reason  <pf 
uneleainies.s  that  ehaneeth  liim  by 
night,  then  shall  he  go  abroad  out 

f  tlie  camp,  he  shall  not  come  with- 


1  the 


ami) 


11  But  it  shall  be,  when  evening 
t Cometh  on,  I'he  shall  wash  liiinfili' 
with  water:  and  when  the  sun  is 
down,  he  shall  come  into  the  camp 

jj  TI  Thou  shalt  have  a  place  also 
without  the  camp,  whither  thou  shalt 
g.i  filth  ahroad: 

V.'.  And  thou  shalt  have  a  paddle 
tipon  tliv  weapon;  and  it  shall  be, 
when  thon  f  wilt  ease  thvsellabvnad, 
thou  shalt  dig  therewith,  and  shalt 
turn  hack  and  cover  that  which 
eoineth  fVom  thee: 

H  For  the  Loiti)  thv  God  i  wnlketh 
ill  the  midst  of  thv  camp,  to  .bin  er 
thee,  and  to  give  lip  (Mine  enemies 
before  thee;  therefore  shall  thv  eniup 
be  holy:  that  he  see  no  1  unclean 
thing  in  thee,  and  turn  awav  from 
thee. 

1.-.  II  I.  Thou  shalt  not  deliver  unto 
his  master  the  servant  wliieli  is  es- 
caped froiu  his  master  nuto  thee: 

l(i  lie  shall  dwell  with  theo,  even 
among  yim,  in  that  )ilaeo  which  he 
shall  choose  in  one  of  thy  gates,  where 


itfliketh  him  best:  I  thou  shalt  not 
oppress  him. 

17  ir  There  shall  be  no  ||  whore  "'of 
the  daughters  of  Israel,  nor  "a  sod- 
omite of  till'  sons  of  Israel. 

IN  Thou  shalt  not  bring  the  hire  of 
a  whore,  or  the  jirice  of  a  dog,  into 
the  house  of  the  J^oiii)  thy  God  for 
any  vow:  for  even  both  these  ore 
abominatiou  unto  the  Louu  thy 
God. 

10  IT  "Thou  shalt  not  lend  upon 
usury  to  thy  brother;  usury  of  mon- 
ey, usury  of  victuals,  usury  of  any 
thing  that  is  lent  upon  usury: 

liil  I'Unto  a  stranger  tliuu  maycst 
lend  upon  usury  ;  but  unto  thy 
brother  thou  shiilt  not  lend  upon 
usury:  '1  that  the  I.oi:ii  thy  (iod 
nniybless  thee  in  all  that  thon  set- 
test  thine  hand  to  in  the  land  whith- 
er thou  goest  to  possess  it. 

Ul  IT  ■■  When  thou  shalt  vow  a  vow 
unto  the  Lohd  thv  God,  them  shalt 
not  slack  to  pav  it:"for  the  I.or.Ii  thy 
God  will  siirel\'  rotiuire  it  of  thee; 
and  it  would  bo  sin  in  thee. 

L'2  I!ut  if  thou  shalt  forbear  to  vow, 
it  shall  be  no  sin  in  thee. 

23  "That  whieh  is  gone  out  of  thv 
lips  thou  shalt  ke,>p  and  |)erforni; 
crcn  a  fieewill  otl'ering,  according  as 
thou  hast  vowed  unto  the  LoKI)  thv 
(}od,  which  thou  hast  promised  with 
thy  nnnith. 

24  TI  When  thou  comcst  into  thy 
neighbour's  vinevard,  then  thon 
mayest  eat  grapes  thy  fill  at  thine 
owii  pleasure;  but  tboii  shalt  not  put 
(i»viu  tliy  vessel. 

:.'.'»  When  thon  coinest  into  the  stand- 
ing corn  of  thv  neighbour,  'then 
tliou  niavest  p"luck  the  ears  with 
thine  haiul:  but  thou  shalt  not  nunc 
a  sickle  unto  thy  neighbour's  stand- 
ing corn. 

CIIAPTEll  XXIV. 

1  Of  divorce,   b  Anew  marricil  man  gotth 

n'^ttowar.    0,\0  Of  ],letlget.    TOfvian- 

tlefilem.     8  Of  tejiroty.     14  The  hire  is 

loUiiivan.  Hi  Of  justice.  10  Ofcliaril;). 

AA^  IIKX  a  "man  luith  t;iken  awife, 

>>  and  married  her,  and  it  conn- 
to  pass  that  slu'  liiid  no  favour  in  his 
eves,  lueanse  he  h:lth  loulul  fsoinc 
li'nelealiness  in  her:  then  let  him 
write  her  a  hill  of  (  divoici-ment,  and 
gi\'e  if  in  her  hand,  and  send  lier 
outofhishon.se. 

L'  .\n<l  when  she  is  departed  out  of 
his  bcnise,  she  may  go  and  be  anoth- 
er man's  ici'/i'. 

.•I  And  0'  the  latte 
her,  and  write  her  a 
nniit.  and  giveth  il  ill  her  hand,  and 
sendeth  her  out  of  his  bouse;  or  if 
the  latter  husband  die,  which  took 
her  Mte  his  Wilis 

•1  11  Her  fornu'r  husband,  which  sent 
her  awav,  mav  not  take  her  ngiiin  lo 
be  his  Wife,  atV>r  that  she  is  detiled; 
ti>r  that  i.<  abomination  befoiv  the 
l.oui) :    and   thou   shalt  not  cause 


Divers  laws 


DEUTERONOMY. 


and  ordinances. 


E.; 

21 

16. 

ch 

19. 

19. 

I,. 

V.  U.ii 

kEi,  H.  26. 


J.r.  31.  29. 

80. 

E..  18.  20, 


the  land  to  siii,  which  the  J.okd 
tliy  God  giveth  thtc/oc  iin  inherit- 
ance. 

5  TT  "^  Wlicn  a  man  hath  taken  a  new 
■\vifc,  lie  shall  not  j^o  out  to  war, 
t  neither  shall  he  he  charged  witli 
any  husiness:  but  lie  shall  be  free  nt 
home  one  year,  and  pliall  ii  cheer  up 
his  wife  which  he  hath  taken. 

C  U  No  man  shall  take  the  nctlier  or 
the  ni)iier  niillstiriic  to  i)ledL;e:  fur  he 
taketliu  iiKin's  lili-  to  plcd-^. 

rn  "If  a  man  bi-  louud  ^teulin- anv 
of  his  brethren  ol  the  eliildren  of 
Israel,  and  niaketh  mereliandise  of 
him,  or  selleth  him;  tlieii  that  thief 
shall  die;  fund  tiiou  slialt  put  evil 
away  from  anion;;  j  ou. 

S  IT  Take  heed  in  s  the  plague  of 
leprosy,  that  thou  observe  diligent- 
ly, and  do  accordinj;  to  all  tliat  tlie 
priests  tlie  Levites  shall  teach  y<ni: 
as  I  commanded  them,  so  ye  shall 
observe  to  do. 

',1  li  Keineinber  what  the  I>ord  thy 
God  did  innto  Miriam  by  the  way^ 
after  tliut  ye  were  come  lortli  out  ot 
E^ypt. 

10  IT  When  thou  dost  fiend  thy 
brother  any  thin^',  thou  shalt  not  go 
into  his  house  to  feteli  bis  plcdj^e. 

11  Thou  shalt  stand  abroad,  and  the 
man  to  whom  thoii  dost  lend  shall 
bring  out  the  pledge  abroad  unto 
thee. 

12  And  if  the  man  he  poor,  thou 
shalt  not  sleep  with  his  plcdp;e: 

1:!  kin  any  case  thou  shalt  deliver 
him  the  pledge  asain  when  the  sun 
^oeth  down,  that  lie  may  sleep  in  bis 
own  raiment,  and  i  bless  thee:  and 
"•it  shall  be  righteousness  unto  thee 
before  the  LOKI)  thy  God. 

14    IT   Thou    shalt"  not   "  oppress   a 

hired  servant  M<(^  j.s'  i rand  needv, 

u-hcllier  he  be  of  thy  bretliren,  or  of 
thy  strangers  that  are  in  tbv  land 
within  thv  ^^atcs: 

1,5  At  his  day  "thou  shalt  give  liim 
his  hire,  neither  shall  tlie  sun  po 
down  upon  it:  for  he  ?.s  poor,  and 
tsetteth  his  heart  upon  it:  I' lest  he 
crv  against  thee  unto  the  Lord,  and 
it  "be  sin  unto  thee. 

Hi  1  The  fathers  shall  not  be  put  to 
death  for  the  children,  neither  shall 
the  children  be  put  to  death  for  the 
fathers  :  every  man  shall  be  put  to 
deatli  for  his  own  sin. 

17  IT  '  Thou  shult  not  pervert  the 
.judgment  of  the  stranger,  vnr-  of  the 
fatlierless:  'nor  take  a  widow's  rai- 
ment to  iilod.'e: 

l.S  But  '  tb.ni  shalt  remember  that 
thou  w.ist  a  bondman  in  Egypt,  and 
the  Loim  thy  God  redeemed  thee 
thence  :  therefore  I  command  thee 
to  do  this  thing. 

19  IT  "When  thou  cnttest  down  thine 
harvest  in  thy  field,  and  hast  forgot 
u  sheaf  in  the"field,  thou  shalt  not  go 
again  to  fetch  it:  it  shall  be  for  the 
stranger,  for  the  fiitherless,  and  for 


the  widow;  that  the  I.,okd  tliy  God 
may  ^  bless  thee  in  all  the  work  of 
thine  hands. 

I;!)  When  thou  beatest  thine  olive 
tree,  fthou  shalt  not  go  over  the 
boughs  again  :  it  sliall  be  for  the 
stranger,  for  the  fatherless,  and  lor 
the  ^^  idow. 
L'l  When  tliou  gathcrest  the  grapes 
of  tliv  vinevard,  thou  shalt  not  glean 
it  t  lifterwiii-d  :  it  shall  be  for  the 
stranger,  lor  the  fatherless,  and  for 
tlie  w  idow. 

l'"J  And  >  thou  shalt  remember  that 
thou  wast  a  bondman  in  the  land  (if 
Egvpt:  tberelbre  I  command  thee  to 
do  "this  thing. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
1  Stripes  mtut  not  cxctcil  forty.  4  The  ox 
ia  uot  to  be  muzzled.  b'Of  raising  aeeil 
unto  a  brother.  11  Of  the  immodest  wo- 
man. 13  Ufunjutt  ti<eight$.  17  The  mem- 
ory of  AmaUk  it  to  be  blotted  out. 

IF  there  be  a  "controversy  between 
men,  and  they  come  unto  judg- 
ment, that  the  judt/es  may  judge 
tluni  ;  then  they  l.shall  justify  the 
righteous,  and  condemn  tne  wicked. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  if  the  wicked  man 
he  '  worthv  to  be  beaten,  that  the 
judge  shall  cause  him  to  lie  down, 
tl  and  to  be  beaten  before  his  face, 
according  to  his  fault,  by  a  certain 
number. 

;i  "^  Forty  stripes  he  may  give  him, 
and  not  exceed:  lest,  {/"he  should 
exceed,  and  beat  him  above  these 
with  many  stripes,  then  thy  brother 
should  f  seem  vile  unto  thee. 

■if  ^  Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox 
when  he  t  treudeth  out  the  com. 

0  IT  blf  brethien  dwell  together,  and 
one  of  them  die.  and  have  no  child, 
the  wife  of  the  de;id  shall  not  marry 
witliout  unto  a  stranger:  her  j|  jius- 
baiid's  brother  shall  go  in  unto  her, 
and  take  her  to  bim  to  wife,  and  per- 
fiirm  the  duty  of  a  husband's  brother 
unto  her. 

0  And  it  shall  be,  tlint  the  firstborn 
which  she  beareth  i.«hall  succeed  in 
the  name  of  liis  brother  u/iich  if 
dead,  that  khis  name  be  not  put  out 
of  Israel. 

7  And  if  the  man  like  not  to  take 
his  II  brother's  wife,  then  let  hi.^  brotli- 
er's  wife  go  np  to  the  igate  untc  (lie 
elders,  and  say,  J'y  hnsbund's  biotli- 
er  refuseth  to  raise  np  unto  liis  broth- 
er a  name  in  Israel,  be  will  not 
perform  the  duty  of  my  husband's 
lirother. 

K  Then  the  elders  of  his  city  shall 
call  him,  and  speak  unto  hiiii:  and 
i/he  stand  to  it,  and  say,  "'  I  like  not 
to  take  her; 

■)  Then  shall  his  brother's  wife  come 
unto  him  in  the  presence  of  the  eld- 
ers, and  "loose  his  shoe  from  oil'  his 
foot,  and  spit  in  his  face,  and  shall 
answer  and  say,  So  shall  it  be  done 
unto  that  man  that  wiil  not  "build 
up  his  brother's  house. 
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DEUTEROKOMY.      The  oj^eHng  of  Ote  firrtfruit*. 


Befim 
CHRIS 

1451. 


pdi-lSLll. 

V^' 

13.35. 

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El.  45.  10. 

Use 

ail. 

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Pre.,  il  «. 

K^m.:L  IS. 


M.«. 

jr.Mi.lt  u. 
ck.  le  la. 


10  And  his  name  shall  be  called  in 
Israel,  The  house  of  liim  that  liath 
Ills  shcH'  lck»:-eU. 

11  TT  When  men  strive  toother  one 
with  another,  and  the  wife  of  the  one 
draweth  near  for  to  deUver  her  hus- 
band out  iif  the  hand  of  him  that 
sniiteth  him,  and  puttcth  forth  her 
hand,  and  taketh  him  b^'  the  secrets: 

iL'  Then  thou  shalt  cut'ofi  herJiand, 
'' thine  cac  shall  not  pity  her. 

13  11  1  Thou  shalt  not  liave  in  thy 
bag  f  divers  weights,  a  great  and  a 
small: 

14  Thou  shalt  not  have  in  thine 
house  t  divers  measuH:s,  a  ?reat  and 
a  small: 

15  ISut  thou  shalt  have  a  perfect 
and  just  -weiiht,  a  nerft-ct  and  just 
measure  shalt  tliou  have:  'that  thy 
days  mav  be  lensrthened  in  the  lan'd 
wliich  the  Lock  thy  God  givtth 
thee. 

IG  For  "all  that  do  such  thinjrs.  anil 
all  that  do  unrii^hteouslv.  arc  an 
abomination  unto  the  Loiiu  tliv 
Gi«L 

I"  IT  ^  Remember  "what  Anialelt  did 
unto  thee  by  the  way,  when  ye  were 
come  forth  out  of  Egypt; 

Is  How  he  met  thee  by  the  way, 
and  smote  the  hindmost  <'f  tliee,  <  re« 
all  0,at  irere  feeble  behind  tliee^  w  hen 
thou  ira.4  faint  and  weary;  and  he 
"  feared  not  God. 

r.l  Therefore  it  shall  be,  ^  when  the 
Loud  thy  God  hath  jri>en  thee  rest 
fi"om  all  thine  enemies  rt»und  abf>ut, 
in  the  land  which  the  Li>i:i>  thy  God 
giveth  thee  fur  an  inheritance  to 
IKissess  it,  that  thou  shalt  >  blot  out 
the  remeiubrauce  of  Amnlek  from 
under  heaven;  thou  shalt  uut  forget 
it. 

CH.\.PTER  XXVI. 

1  TVrf  Mn/fjirinn  cf  him  Ikal  ofcrcth  tlit 
batket  i-f  tirM-.fruiit.  12  The  proper  of 
lUm  thai  pivclh  ki§  third  year's  litht*. 
]G  Ttie  covenaitX  between  Oud  and  the 
ye^pU. 

\  XD  it  shall  be,  when  thou  art 
.r\.  come  in  unto  the  land  which 
the  Loud  thy  God  giveth  thee  .I'or 
an  inheritance,  and  possesscst  it,  and 
dwelle.<t  therein: 

2  '  That  thou  shalt  take  of  the  first 
frf"  all  the  fruit  of  tlie  earlh,  which 
thou  shalt  bring  of  thy  land  that  the 
Louii  tliy  God  giveth  thee,  and  shalt 
put  il  in  "a  ba.-ket,  and  shalt  tp.i  unto 
the  place  which  the  I^oKD  tliy  CJ^kI 
shall  choose  to  )>lacc  his  name  tlicrc. 

;i  And  thou  shalt  go  unto  the  priest 
tliat  shall  lie  in  those  days,  and  my 
unto  him.  1  pnifcss.  tlii.-  day  unto  the 
Loud  thy  Gixl.  that  1  am  conic  unto 
tlie  country  which  llie  Loud  s wan- 
unt>  our  fathers  for  li»  give  us. 

•4  And  the  priest  .shall  take  tlie 
basket  out  of  thine  hiind,  and  set  it 
down  before  the  altax  of  the  LoCD 
tJiy  God. 

S  And  tlioa  shalt  speak  and  say  be- 


:  fore  the  Loed  thy  God, '  A  S.vrian 
I  d  ready  to  perish  iros-  my  father:  and 
I  ''he  went  d<«wn  int»»  Eg^pt,  and  so- 
journed there  with  a  t  tew.  and  be- 
came there  a  nation,  givat,  mighty, 
and  ix>pulous: 

U  And  f  the  Egyptians  evil  entreat- 
ed us,  and  afflicted  us,  and  laid  upon 
us  hard  bondage: 

7  And  t  when  we  cried  unto  the 
LoKD  God  of  our  fathers,  the  Loub 
heard  our  voice,  and  looked  on  our 
affliction,  and  our  labour,  and  our 
oppr<«sion : 

s  And  itlie  Loud  brought  us  forth 
out  of  Egj  pt  with  a  mighty  hand, 
and  witli  an  outstretched  ami.  and 
t  with  great  terriblenes*.  and  with 
signs,  and  with  wonders: 
1>  .4jid  he  hath  brought  us  into  this 
place,  and  hath  given  us  this  land, 
cieii  la  land  that  flowetb  with  milk 
and  honey, 
m  And  liow.  behold.  I  have  brought 
tlie  lirstfniits  of  tlie  land,  which 
tliou,  O  Loud,  hast  given  me.  And 
thou  shalt  get  it  before  tlie  Loed  thy 
God.  and  worship  before  tlie  LoBD 
thy  God: 

li  And  ■"  thou  shalt  rejoice  in  every 
good  tJiiiiri  which  the  LoKD  thy  GoS 
hatli  given  unto  thee,  and  unto  tliine 
house,  thou,  and  the  Levite,  and  the 
stranger  that  is  among  you. 
IJ  T  Mlien  thou  hast  made  an  end 
of  tithing  all  the  '  tithes  of  thine  in- 
crease tlie  third  year,  jrhirh  if  "the 
>ear  of  tithing,  and  hast  given  i( 
unto  the  Levite.  tlie  stranger,  the  H- 
therless,  and  the  widow,  that  they 
mav  eat  within  thv  gates,  and  )ie 
tilled: 

1j  Then  thon  shalt  say  before  the 
LoBD  thy  God,  1  have  brought  away 
tlie  hallowed  things  out  of  muii* 
house,  and  also  have  given  them 
unto  the  l>evilc,  and  unto  the  stran- 
ger, to  tlie  fciherless,  and  to  the 
widow,  according  to  all  thy  com- 
mandments which  tliou  ha«t  com- 
manded me:  I  have  not  transgressed 
thv  cfimmandments,  •'neither  have 
;  I  forgotten  them: 

I  14  1 1  have  not  eaten  ther«>f  in  my 
I  mourning,  neither  have  I  taken  away 
atiijltt  tliereof  tor  au»  unclean  «». 
luir  given  atttiht  therc*»f  for  tiie  dead: 
Uut  I  have  hcarkeiKHl  to  the  voice  of 
the  Loud  my  God.  ami  have  done 
according  to  all  that  thou  hast  com- 
manded me. 
'  ],". '  lA>ok  down  from  thv  holy  hab- 
itation, fn>Mi  heaven,  and  bless  tliv 
IKopIe  Israel,  and  the  land  which 
tliou  hxst  iriven  us.  as  thou  swarcst 
unt  •  i.i:r  fj'.lK  ^-.  a  laud  tliat  floweth 
will. 

]i.  •  LoBD  thy  God 

hat'  I'lee  to  do  these 

stati.'  _    .lats:  thou  slialt 

I  tlierelvoc  kttp  iuid  do  them  witli  all 
;  tliine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  iiouL 
I   17  Tbou  liast  'avouched  the  Loud 


Befora 

CHEISI 

l-ijl. 

tOi^  U.U. 

dc.r«  a  1.x. 

.  Cr.  «  1.1. 
Aci«T.  U. 

f  &». «.  z:. 

ci.  10.  Si. 
{ElI.  ILll. 
kEi.in.S4. 

25  *  3.  9.  k 

4.  XL 

iKtllTT.SU 


The  law  to  he  vrritten  on  stones.    DEUTERONOMY. 


The  curses  of  the  laiv. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1451. 


«ch,  4.7.  8. 
&2<.  1. 
Ft  lis.  11. 

T  El.  19.  n. 


this  day  to  be  tliy  God,  and  to  walk 
in  ]iis  way.s,  and  to  keep  lii.s  statutes, 
and  lii.s  coniniandinents,  aiul  Jiis 
judgments,  and  to  hearken  unto  his 
Vftiee  : 

IS  And  'the  Lord  hath  avouched 
thee  tiiis  day  to  l)e  his  peculiar  peo- 
ple, as  he  liath  promised  thee,  and 
that  llion  shouldest  keep  uU  his  com- 
mandments; 

I'.IAnd  to  make  thee  "hiph  above 
all  nations  which  he  hath  made,  in 
praise,  and  in  name,  and  in  lionour; 
and  that  thou  inayest  be  ^a  holy 

icople  unto  the  l.,bitD  thy  God,  as 

le  hath  spoken. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

1  Thi:  j\co]dc  arc  c-jmmandtd  in  vrile  the 
law  u)ion  ttonet,  5  ami  to  build  an  altar 
of  wliole.  ilonea.  11  Tlie  tribes  divicleil 
on  Oerizim  ami  Ebat.  14  Tlie  cureei 
pronounced  on  mount  Ehal. 

AND  Moses  with  the  elders  of  Is- 
rael commanded  the  people, 
savinjr.  Keep  all  the  commandments 
which  I  command  you  this  day. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  on  the  day  "when 
ye  shall  pass  over  Jordan  imto  the 
land  which  the  I.oim  thy  God  ^\v- 
eth  thee,  that  ^thou  shall  "set  thee  up 
preat  stones,  and  plaster  them  with 
plaster: 

.'I  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  them 
all  the  words  of  this  law,  when  thou 
art  passed  over,  that  thou  mayest  j;o 
in  unto  the  land  which  the  L,oi;i» 
thy  God  civcth  thee,  a  land  that 
(Iclweth  with  milk  and  honey;  as  the 
I,oi:i)  God  of  thy  fathers  liath  prom- 
ised theo. 

4  Therefore  it  shall  be  when  ve  be 
pone  0%'er  .Jordan,  thnt  ve  shall  set 
up  tiie.-^e  stones,  which  1  command 
you  this  day,  '  in  mount  Ebal,  and 
"thou  shalt  plaster  them  with  plaster. 

a  And  there  shalt  thou  build  an  al- 
tjir  unto  the  Lord  thy  God,  an  altar 
of  stones:  d  thou  shalt  not  lift  up 
ami  iron  tool  \\\mr\  them. 

0  Thou  shalt  build  the  altar  of  the 
IxjitD  thv  God  (if  whole  stones:  and 
thou  shah  offer  burnt  offerings  there- 
on unto  the  Eoun  thv  God: 

7  And  thou  shalt  offer  peace  offer- 
ings, and  shalt  eat  there,  and  rejoice 
before  the  Lord  thy  God. 

8  And  thou  shalt  write  upon  the 
stones  all  the  words  of  this  law  very 
plainl.v. 

"J  n  And  Moses  and  the  priests  the 
Levitts  spake  unto  all  Israel,  sayinp. 
Take  heed,  and  hearken,  O  Israel; 
*  this  dav  thou  art  become  the  people 
of  the  Lord  thy  God. 

1"  Thou  shalt  therefore  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  do 
his  connnandmcnts  and  his  statutes, 
whicli  I  command  thee  this  day. 

11  IT  An<l  Moses  charged  the  people 
the  same  duv,  saying, 

\'l  These  snail  stand  fuixin  mount 
Oerizim  to  bless  the  people,  when 
ye  arc  come  over  Jordan;  Simeon, 


and  Levi,  and  Judah,  and  Issachai",  i 
and  Jose[)h,  and  Uenjamin  : 

13  And  s  these  shall  stand  upon 
mount  Ebal  t  to  curse  ;  Keuben, 
Gad,  and  Aslier,  and  Zebulun,  Dan, 
and  Napbtali. 

14  TI  And  htho  Levites  shall  speak, 
and  say  unto  all  the  men  of  Israel 
with  a  loud  voice, 

1.5  i  Cursed  be  tlie  man  that  mak- 
cth  awy  graven  or  molten  image,  an 
abomination  unto  the  I..ORD,  the 
work  of  the  hands  of  the  craftsman, 
and  putteth  it  in  asecret  place:  kand 
all  the  people  shall  answer  and  say, 
Amen. 

Ill  1  Cursed  he  he  that  setteth  light 
by  his  father  or  his  mother:  and  all 
the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

17  '"  Cursed  te  he  that  removeth  his 
neighbour's  landmark:  and  all  the 
people  shall  sav,  Amen. 

],S  "  Cursed  be  he  that  makcth  the 
blind  to  wander  out  of  the  way:  and 
all  the  people  shall  say.  Amen. 

10  "  Cui-scd  Ije  he  that  pcrvcrteth  the 
judgment  of  the  stranger,  fatherless, 
and  widow:  and  all  the  people  shall 
sav.  Amen. 

•A)  P  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his 
father's  wife:  liecause  he  uncovereth 
his  father's  skirt:  and  all  the  people 
shall  say.  Amen. 

'.il  'I  Cursed  be  he  thnt  lieth  with  nny 
manner  of  beast:  and  all  the  people 
shall  say.  Amen. 

22  '  Cursed  be  he  that  lieth  with  his 
sister,  the  daughter  of  his  father,  or 
the  daughter  of  his  mother:  and  all 
tlie  people  shall  sav.  Amen. 

2;i  *  Cursed  6c  he  "that  lieth  with  his 
mother  in  law:  and  all  the  people 
shall  sav.  Amen. 

24  'Cursed  be  he  that  smiteth  his 
neighbour  secretly:  and  all  the  peo- 
ple shall  say.  Amen. 

25  "  Curseil  6c  he  that  taketh  reward 
to  slay  an  innocent  person:  and  nil 
the  jieople  sliall  say.  Amen. 

2('>  "  Cursed  tje  he  that  confirmeth 
not  aU  the  words  of  this  law  to  do 
them:  and  all  tlie  people  shall  say, 
AJiicn. 

CHAPTER  XX^'III. 

1    Tltc    Uetninqs    for  ohediencc.     15   The 
curses  for  disobedience. 

AND  it  shall  come  to  pass,  "if 
thou  shalt  hearken  diligentlv 
unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God, 
to  observe  aiirl  to  do  all  his  com- 
mandments which  I  command  thee 
this  day,  that  the  Lord  thy  God 
iiwill  set  tliccon  high  abovc'all  na- 
tions of  the  earth: 

2  And  all  these  blessings  shall  come 
on  thee,  and  "^overtake  thee,  if  thou 
shalt  hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the 
Lord  thv  God. 

;;  d  Bles»"ed  x/,tiU  thou  be  in  the  city, 
and  blessed  shalt  thou  be  'in  the 
field. 

4  Blessed  sliall  be  fthe  fruit  of  thy 
189 


^The  hlesmios  for  oT^^fJ^^^^T^^^DEUTE^^ 


Dcforo 

CHRIST 

urii. 


[  Or.  rfotijA. 


i  I«».  55.  21. 
f  Or.  harm. 


1  Ki  W.  .5.  f 
ch.  7  II.  & 
ai.  IX.  I'J.  ! 
29.  U. 


boily,  and  the  fruit  of  thy  Rround 
and  the  fruit  of  thy  V""''^'  ''"i  '"r 
crease  of  thy  kinc,  and  tlic  (locks  ot 

i^IilCTsed  shall  be  tliy  hasket  and 
tliv  II  store.  ,        ^, 

(i  s  blessed  fhnU  tlinn  Ik  when  thou 
conu-st  in,  and  l)lessod  slmlt  tliou  Ijc 
wlien  thou  );oest  out. 
7  The  Loud  h.slv.iU  cause  thine 
enemies  that  rise  up  aca'ns'  ""■!; '" 
he  smitten  Ijcfore  tliy  face :  they 
shall  come  out  against  thee  one  way, 
and  flee  beliirc  thee  seven  ways. 
H  The  LoiiH  shall  icommand  the 
hlessinir  upon  thee  in  thy  || store- 
houses, and  in  all  th..t  thou  ksettcst 
thine  hand  unto;  and  he  shall  liless 
thee  in  the  land  which  the  LoKD 
thv  (ioil  ijiveth  thee. 
'MThe  LouT)  shall  establish  thee  a 
h'olv  people  unto  hin.self,  as  he  hath 
swoni  unt.>  thee,  if  thou  shall  keep 
the  comnuuidmentsof  the  l.OKU  thy 
Uod,  and  walk  in  his  ways. 
IK  And  all  people  ot  the  earth  shall 
sec  that  thou  art '"  colleil  hy  the  iianie 
ot  the  J>oitu;  and  they  shall  be 
"afraid  of  thee. 

U  And  "the  Loni)  shall  make  thee 
plenteous  II  in  K>><"K  ">  tH''"',"5i 
thy  fbody,  and  in  tlie  fruit  ot  thv 
cattle,  and  in  the  friiitof  thy  ground, 
in  the  land  which  tlie  I.oiU)  sware 
unto  thy  fathers  to  kivc  tliee. 
i>  The  Loiti)  shall  open  nnto  the 


-cursin",  "vexation,  and  l> rebuke,  in 
all  that  thou  settest  thine  hand  unto 
i  for  to  do,  until  thou  be  destroyed, 
and  until  thou  peri-h  <iiiickly;  be- 
cause of  the  wi.'kediiess  of  thy  dom^s, 
wherchv  thou  hast  forsaken  inc.  . 
•'I  The"  holiu  shall  make  'the  pesti- 
lence cleave  unto  thee,  until  he  have 
consumed  thee  from  ort  the  land, 
whither  thou  ;;oest  to  possess  it. 
■2>  The  .i  Loini  shall  smite  thee  with 
a  consumption,  and  with  a  tever, 
and  with  an  iuHammation,  and  with 
an  extreme  hiirmni;,  and  witli  tne 
II  sword,  and  with  '  blasting,  and  w  ith 
mildew,  and  they  shall  pursue  thee 
until  thou  perish. 

■>;)  And  fthv  heaven  that  i.«  over  th\ 
head  shall  he  brass,  and  the  earth 
that  IS  under  thee  sliall  lie  iron. 
•>\  The  J.oKO  shall  make  the  rain 
of  thv  l:ind  powder  and  dust:  from 
heav;n  shnll  it  come  down  upon 
thee,  until  thou  he  destroyed. 
•'5  sTI.e  Loi:i)  siKdl  cause  thee  to 
be  smitten  helore  tliiiieenemies:  thou 

Shalt  K'o  out  one  ^^•'>/-^"''^  ,'',';;;; 

and  flee  seven  ways  helore   hem  .  and 
h  Shalt  be  I  removed  into  all  the  km 
doins  of  the  earth. 

•'li  \nd  'thv  carcass  shall  be  meat 
imto'  all  fowls  of  the  air,  aiul  unto 
the  beasts  of  the  earth,  and  no  man 
shall  fray  lhv,n  away.  . 

■'■  Tlie  I,(>i:i>  will  smite  thee  with 
Mhe  botch  of  i:-vpt,  and  with  "the 


Before 

CHRIST 

Mol. 


1,  Pi  SO.  16. 
I.   30.  17.  Ii 

ii.2o  bee. 


,'-  '^"^l^^^'y^itr'thrhJ^en    e^o    Z^:uandw\th-;he  seab.a,,dwi.h 
hii  pod   tiejsurc     tic      uiy         lo    e       i,eh.  whereof  thou  canst  not  be 


L'ive  the  rain  unto  thy  land  in  his 
season,  and  'I  to  bless  all  the  work 
of  thine  hand:  and  'thou  shall  lend 
nnto  many  nations,  and  thou  shall 
not  borrow. 

I",  \nd  the  I/Oiti)  shall  make  thee 
"the  head,  and  not  the  tail:  and  thou 
Shalt  he  above  only,  and  thou  shall 
not  he  beneath;  if  that  thou  hrarUeu 
unto  the  conmiaiidinentsortheLoi;i> 
thy  Cod,  which  1  coniiiiand  thee  this 
d  IV   to  observe  and  to  do  thcin  : 

u'i.\nd  tlioii  shalt  not  po  aside 
from  anv  of  the  words  which  I  com- 
mind  thee  this  day,  In  the  rii;ht 
hand,  or  M  the  left,  to  RO  alter  other 
L'fids  to  serve  them. 

1.-,  ^  lint  it  shall  come  to  pass,  "i( 
thou  will  not  hearken  unto  the  yoiee 

of  the    I.OI-.I)   thy  (,od,tooh.elNe  to 

do  nil  his  commandments  anil  us 
statutes  which  1  comniand  thee  this 
day;  that  all  these  curses  shall  come 
upon  Ihcc,  and  "overtake  thee: 

Id  Cursed  "linlt  thou  lie  >  in  the  city, 
and  cursed  slinlf  thou  te  in  the  tielil 

17   Cursed  shall  lie  thy  basket  and 

i,S  Cursed  shdll  hr  the  fruit  of  thy 
boilv.  and  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  the 
increase  of  thy  kiue,  and  the  flocks 

"I'.l  (^in-sed  s/i«i/'  thou  !«•  when  thou 
con.est  in.  and  cursed  .v/...«  thou  /»■ 
when  thou  tioest  out. 
a)  The  LOKii  shall  send  upon  thco 
1911 


■  V.  ai.  17, 

..  K.  30. 


E.  23.«>. 
HIol,  /or« 

i  1  Suii.  I7.4i. 

r,.  70  2. 

Jcr  7.33.4 
IS.  4.  &  M. 


Cincroils,aiiv4  ,,  im  *..^  — Y 

the  itch,  whereof  thou  canst  not  be 

•'.S  The  I.nRt)  shall  smite  thee  with 
madness,  and    blindness,  and  '"  as- 
tonishment of  heart: 
•")  Vnd  thou  slndl  "t:rope  at  noon- 
dav'  as  the  blind  irr<ipeth  in  dark 
ness,  and  thou  shalt  not  prosper  ii 
thy  wavs:    and  thou   shalt  be  oiil; 
oppressi'd  and  spoiled  evermore,  and 
no  man  shall  save  Ihcc. 
•«)  "Thou  shalt  betroth  a  wife,  and 
another  man  shalllie  with  her:  I' thou 
shall  build  a  house,  and  thou  shalt 
not  dwell  therein:  ■ithoii  shall  plant 
a  vineyard,  and  shalt  not  i  K»tlier  the 
irraiies' thereof. 

;U  Thine  ox  shnll  he  slain  before 
thine  eyes,  and  thou  shall  not  eat 
thereof:  thine  nss  .v7m« '«•  Mohntlj 
Ukcn  away  floin  before  thy  face, 
and  t  shall  not  he  restored  to  thee : 
thv  sheep  shall  l<c  piven  unto  thiuc 
enemies,  and  thou  shalt  have  none 
to  rescue  them.  . 

;i>  Thy  sons  and  thy  dauffhters 
slwll  l<c  ^'iven  unio  another  l'e",ll'':: 
and  thine  eyes  shall  look  ami  fad 
H-ilh  lnn:n»<l  f"r  them  all  tl  e  daj 
I'lUK-:  and  Mrrc  .s/,<i«  te  no  iiUKl't  "' 
thine  hand.  .      ,       ,  in 

;;■!  'The  fruit  of  thy  land,  and  nil 
thv   labours,  shall    a   nation   which 

thou  kuowest  not  cat  up:  and  thou 

shall  be  only  oppressed  and  crushed 

alwnv : 


,.ioi.  31  la 

Jcr.  9  10. 
pjol.  31  8 
Jrr  12  13. 
At,.,...1.  11. 

Z.'i'h   1    11. 

n  c-l..  20.  6. 


The  curses 


DEUTERONOMY. 


for  disobedience. 


CHRIST 

1451. 


Lu 

.>»  U  43 

n.Tr 

r  (S.ia  i 

411 

?2 

U 

K. 

IT.  .1.  li 

Jlo 

•  8   1. 

34  So  that  thou  flialt  be  mad  'for 
the  si(;ht  of  tliino  eyes  whieh  thou 
sl\alt  see. 

.'W  The  I.,ouD  shall  "smite  thee  in 
tlie  knees,  and  in  the  leL'.s,  with  a 
sore  botch  tliat  cannot  Gc  healed, 
I'rona  the  sole  of  thy  toot  unto  the 
top  of  thy  head. 

oi)  The  Lord  shall  "brinf;  thee, 
and  thy  kins  which  thou  .ihalt  set 
over  tlice,  unto  a  nation  which 
neither  tjiou  nor  thv  fathers  liave 
known:  and  >  there  .slialt  thou  serve 
other  pods,  wood  and  stone. 

."7  And  tliou  shalt  ln'come  'an  as- 
tonishment, a  iirox'crh,  •'and  a  by- 
word, anion:;  all  nations  wliither  tiic 
Loud  shall  k'ad  tliec. 

.'W  iiTliou  shalt  carry  much  seed 
out  into  the  field,  and  shalt  gather 
but  little  in;  ibr  ''the  locust  shall 
consume  it. 

.'!!)  Tliou  shalt  plant  vineyards,  and 
dress  l/icii),  but  shalt  neither  drink 
of  the  wine,  nor  irather  the  grapes; 
for  the  worms  shall  cat  them. 

411  Thou  shalt  have  olive  frees 
tlimii;,'hont  all  thv  coasts,  but  thou 
shalt  nut  anoint '?/'/"<7/'with  the  oil; 
fortliin<'olivi'  shall  cast /,;,<  mo7. 

■11  'riiou  slullt  h.L'ct  M.iis  and  dau-h- 
,  but  till.. u.-lialt  n..t.ni..v  thcni; 


r..r.Uh. 


idl  ! 


captnitv. 

1   fruit  of  thy 


A-1  All   tliv    t 
land  shall  the  I. 

4.!  The  stran-cr  that  ;<  within  thee 
shall  Kct  uj.  ab.jvc  thee  very  hif?h; 
and  thou  shalt  conic  down  very 
low. 

44  "  lie  shall  lend  to  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  not  lend  to  him:  fhe  shall  be 
tlie  head,  and  tli.ni  sludt  be  the  tail. 

4.1  Moreovi-r  '<^M  these  curses  shall 
come  np.in  the.',  and  shall  pursue 
thee,  and  overtake  thee,  till  thou  be 
destroyed ;  because  thou  hearken- 
edst  not  unto  flic  voice  of  the  Lord 
thy  God,  to  keep  his  command- 
ments and  his  statutes  which  he 
conininnde.l  thee. 

4(i  And  they  shall  be  upon  thee  lifor 
a  sif?u  and  fiir  a  wonder,  and  upon 
thy  seed  for  ever. 

47  >  Because  thou  servedst  not  the 
Lord  thv  God  with  jovfulness,  and 
witli  ehulncss  of  heart,  kfor  the 
almndaiuT  ni  n\\  ihi.nix; 

AA  Tlier.-fV.re  slvilt  thon  serve  thine 
cncnii.^s,  which  tlie  Lord  shall  send 
against  theo,  in  hunger,  and  in  thirst, 
and  in  nakedness,  and  in  want  of  all 
Hiiiigs:  and  he  Ishall  put  a  voke  of 
iron  upon  thy  neck,  until  iie  have 
dcstroved  thee. 

4!) '"  The  Lord  shall  hrincr  n  nation 
n^ainst  thee  from  far,  from  the  end 
of  the  earth.  "  «.s  fwift  as  the  eagle 
flieth  ;  a  iiali.in  whose  tonjue  thou 
shalt  not  tun. lerstan<l; 

•^'11  A  nation  f  of  fierce  oonntennnce, 

which  shall  not  regard  the  person 
of  the  old,  nor  shew  favour  to  the 
young: 


51  And  lie  shall  Peat  the  fruit  of  thy 
cattle,  and  the  iruit  of  thy  land,  un- 
til thou  be  destroyed  :  which  oL'<o 
shall  n.it  ].'a\'c  thee  c(/Aer corn,  wine, 
or  oil,  <ir  tlie  increase  of  thy  kinc,  or 
Hoiks  ot  thv  sheep,  until  he  have 
destroyed  tlice. 

5:i  And  he  shall  1  besiege  thee  in 
all  thy  Rates,  until  thy  high  and 
fenced  walls  come  down,  wherein 
thou  trustedst,  throughout  all  thy 
land  :  and  he  shall  besiege  tlicc  in 
all  thy  gates  throughout  all  thy  land, 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  hath  given 
thee. 

.V!  And  '  thou  shalt  cat  the  fruit  of 
thine  own  f  body,  the  flesh  of  thy 
sons  and  of  thy  daughters,  which  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  given  thee,  in 
the  siege,  and  in  the  straitness, 
wherewith  thine  enemies  shall  dis- 
tress thee: 

54  S>  that  the  man  thai  is  tender 
among  you,  and  very  delicate,  'his 
eye  shall  be  evil  toward  his  brother, 
and  toward  'the  wife  of  his  lios<im, 
and  toward  the  remnant  of  his  chil- 
dren which  he  shall  leave: 

.■■..">  .'^o  that  he  will  not  give  to  anv 
of  til,  111  ,,f  the  flesh  (,f  his  children 
wliniii  he  shall  eat:  b.ciiusehe  hath 
nothing  I.  It  hhii  in  the  sicu-e,  and  in 
the  straitness,  wherewith  tliiiie  ene- 
mies shall  distress  thee  in  nil  thy 
gates. 

5(j  The  tender  and  delicate  woman 
among  yon,  which  would  not  ad\-en- 
tnre  to  set  the  sole  of  her  foot  uik.u 
the  ground  for  delieateness  and  ten- 
derness, "her  eye  shall  be  evil  tis- 
ward  the  husband  of  her  bosom,  and 
toward  her  son,  and  toward  her 
daughter, 

S"  And  toward  her  1  young  one  that 
comctli  out '•from  between  her  feet, 
and  toward  her  cliildren  which  she 
shall  bear:  for  she  shall  eat  them  fw 
want  of  all  t/iin;js  secretly  in  the 
siege  and  straitness,  wherewith  thine 
enemy  shall  distress  thee  in  thy 
gates. 

5»  If  thou  wilt  not  observe  to  do  nil 
the  words  of  this  hiw  that  are  written 
in  this  book,  tluit  thou  n1a^'c..■t  fear 
>  this  gl.irioiis  and  fenifnl  name, 
THE  LOKl.)  THY  GOD  ; 

5'J  Then  the  LoitD  will  make  thy 
plagues  '  wondertiil,  and  the  plagues 
of  thy  seed,  even  great  plagues,  and 
of  long  continuance,  and  sore  sick- 
nesses, and  of  long  continuance. 

(X)  ^foreover,  he  wiH  bring  upon 
thee  all  "the  diseases  of  Egypt,  which 
thou  wast  afraid  of;  and  they  shall 
cleave  unto  thee. 

til  Also  every  .sickness,  and  every 
placne.  which"  )s  not  written  in  the 
hook  of  this  law,  them  will  the  Lord 
I  bring  upon  thee,  until  thou  be  dc- 
stroved. 

(12  "And  ye  I  shall  be  left  few  in 
number,  whereas  ye  were  ''  as  the 
stars  of  heaven  for  multitude  ;  bc- 
191 


An  exhortation 


DEUTERONOMY. 


to  obedience. 


IJeforo 

CHRIST 

1451. 


2? 

Epk.  4.  IK. 


cnusc  thou   wouUlcst   not  obey   the 

voice  of  the  Loiit>  tliy  God. 
(>5  And  it  shall  come  to  pns;?,   Hint 

an  the   Loni)  J  rejoiced  over  you  to 

do  you  K'wli  """  *"  multiply  you; 

BO  the  hold)  '"will  rejoice  over  you 
destroy  you,  and  to  brinR  you  to 
ui;lit ;  and  ye  shall  be  plucked 
111  off  the  land  whither  thou  goest 


til  p. 


_  _n(l  till'  I.ORD  'shall  scatter  thee 
niniMij,'all  people,  from  the  one  end 
of  the  earth  even  unto  the  other;  and 
Btlu-re  thou  shalt  serve  other  Rods, 
which  neither  thou  nor  thy  fathers 
have  known,  rrcn  wood  ana  stone. 
Im  And  h  anions:  these  nations  shalt 
thou  find  no  ease,  neither  shall  the 
sole  of  thy  foot  have  rest:  'but  the 
I/Oiii)  shall  k'u'c  thee  there  a  trem- 
hlin;;  heart,  and  failing  of  eyes,  and 
t  sorrow  of  mind: 

Oi  And  thy  life  shall  hang  in  doubt 
before  thee;  and  tluni  shalt  fear  day 
and  nisht,  and  shalt  have  none  as- 
surance of  thy  life: 
(17  1  In  the  morning  thon  shalt  say. 
Would  God  it  were  even  I  and  at 
even  thou  shalt  say,  Would  God  it 
were  morning!  dir  the  fear  of  thine 
heart  wherewith  thou  shalt  fear, 
and  '"for  the  sight  of  thine  eyes 
whii-h  thon  shalt  see. 
IW  ,\n(l  llie  I.oKi)  "shall  hrin^  thee 
int..  K:.'Viit  again  witli  ships,  hy  the 
wav  whereof  I  spake  unto  thee, 
"Tliou  shalt  see  it  no  more  again: 
and  there  ye  shall  be  sold  unto  your 
enemies  for  bondmen  and  bondwo- 
men, and  no  man  shall  buy  ijuu. 

CIIArXER  XXIX. 
1  Moses  czhorlcth  them  to  obctHcncchy  the 
memory  of  the  works  they  have  teen.  10 
All  are  nrescnted  before  the  Lord  to  en- 
ter into  his  covenant.  16  The  great  loralh 
cm  him  that  flntlcrcth  himself  in  his 
wirkeUneas.  23  Secret  thini/s  belonu  unto 
Ood. 

THESE  nrr  the  words  of  the  cove- 
nant, which  the  l,(ii:i)  command- 
ed Moses  to  make  with  the  children 
of  Israid  in  the  land  ot  Moah,  besides 
"the  covenant  which  he  made  with 
them  in  ll.ireh. 

:;  TI  And  Moses  called  nnto  all  Is- 
rael, and  said  nnto  them,  i>  Ye  have 
seen  all  that  the  I.oitn  did  lictore 
your  eves  in  the  land  of  Egypt  unto 
rharai")h,  and  nnto  all  his  servants, 
and  nnto:ill  his  land; 

:!  ''The  great  temptations  which 
thine  eyes  have  seen,  the  signs,  and 
tiiose  gieat  miracles: 

4  Yet  'I  the  I.oitn  hath  not  given 
you  a  heart  to  perce'.vc,  and  eyes  to 
see,  and  ears  t.i  hear,  nnto  this  day. 

.'> '■  .\nd  1  liavi'  led  voii  forty  years 
in  the  wilderness:  f\our  eh.thes  are 
not  waxen  old  upon  von,  and  thy 
shoe  is  not  waxen  old  upmi  thy 
foot. 

(>  «  Yc  have  not  eaten  bread,  neither 
have  yc  drunk  wine  or  strong  drink: 
192 


that  ye  might  know  that  I  um  the 
Loud  your  God. 

7  And  when  ye  came  nnto  this 
place,  hSihon  the  king  of  Ileshlion, 
and  Og  the  king  of  Uaslian,  came 
t  against  us  unto  battle,  and  we 
smote  them : 

S  And  we  took  their  land,  and  igave 
it  for  an  inheritance  tinto  the  Ken- 
bcnites,  and  to  the  Gadites,  and  to 
the  half  tribe  of  .Manasseh. 

;)  k  Keep  theretore  the  words  of  this 
covenant,  and  do  them,  that  ye  may 
1  prosper  in  all  that  ye  do. 

10  IT  Ye  stand  this  day  all  of  you 
before  the  Loitu  vour  God;  your 
captains  of  vour  tribes,  your  elders, 
and  your  oflicers,  xcilh  all  the  men 
of  Israel, 

11  Your  little  ones,  your  wives,  and 
thy  stranger  that  /.'in  thy  camp,  from 
'"  the  hewer  of  thy  wood  unto  the 
drawer  of  thy  water: 

I'J  That  thinj  shouldest  i  enter  into 
covenant  with  the  i,oi;ri  thy  God, 
and  "into  his  oath,  which  the  I.oiiu 
thy  (Jod  niaketh  with  thee  this  day: 

l.'iThat  he  may  "establish  thee  to 
day  for  a  people  nnto  himself,  and 
tlinl  he  may  ne  unto  thee  a  God, 
I' as  he  hath  said  unto  thee,  and  'las 
he  hath  sworn  nnto  thy  fathers,  to 
Abraham,  to  Isaac,  and  to  .Tacob. 

14  Neither  with  vou  only  'do  I 
make  this  eovenanf  and  this  oath; 

15  liut  with  hiiti  that  standeth  here 
with  us  this  dav  hrfnre  the  Loiinour 
God,  "and  als.'.  witli  /;/«ithat  !.•>■  not 
here  with  lis  this  day: 

IG  (For  ye  know  how  we  have  dwelt 
in  the  land  of  Egypt;  and  how  we 
came  through  the  nations  which  yc 
passed  1)3'; 

17  And  vc  have  seen  their  abomina- 
tions. Slid  their  t  idols,  wood  and 
stone,  silver  and  gold,  which  trcrc 
among  them:) 

IS  Lest  th-re  should  bo  among  you 
man,  or  woman,  or  (ainily,  or  tribe, 
'  whose  heart  tnrneth  away  this  day 
from  the  L(>i;i)  our  God.  to  go  o;i-/ 
serve  the  gods  of  these  nations;  "lest 
there  should  be  niiiong  you  a  root 
that  beareth  ||  1  gall  and  wormwood; 

11)  And  it  come  to  pass,  when  he 
heareth  the  W(irds  of  this  cui-sc.  that 
he  bless  himself  in  his  heart,  sayiii", 
I  shall  have  pence,  though  I  walk 
"  in  the  |l  iiiia'.'inalinn  of  mine  heart, 
^  to  add  Idrnnkennesslothirst: 

20  >  Till-  I.oi:i)  will  ni't  spare  him, 
but  then  'the  aiii;er  ol  the  l.oKDaiid 
"his  jealonsv  shall  smoke  against 
tlnit  limn,  and  all  the  enrsrs  tliat  are 
written  in  this  book  shall  lie  upon 
him,  and  the  Loini  I'shall  blot  out 
Ills  name  from  under  heaven. 

••'1  And  the  I.okh  'shall  separate 
him  nnto  .vil  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  according  to  all  the  curses  of 
the  covenant  that  I  arc  ■written  in 
this  iH-.k  of  the  law: 

•2:1  So  that  the  generation  to  come 


He  ton 

CHRIST 

1451. 


GocFs  wrath  on  the  wicked. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


Mercy  to  the  penitent. 


of  your  children  that  shall  rise  up 
after  you,  and  the  stranL^er  that  fihall 
come  from  a  far  land,  shall  say, 
when  they  see  the  plagues  of  that 
land,  and  the  sicknesses  )  which  the 
LoRri  hath  laid  upon  it; 

S  Ami  that  the  whole  land  thereof 
r.s  hrimstone,   •'  and  salt,  nnd  burn- 

_,  that  it  is  not  sown,  nor  beareth, 
nor  any  grass  jiroweth  therein,  •■  like 
the  overthrow  of  Sodom  and  Gomor- 
rah, Admah  and  Zeboim,  which  tlie 
i.oiti)  overthrew  in  his  auger,  and  in 
his  wrath: 

24  Even  all  nations  shall  say, 
fWhereforc  hath  the  Lokd  done 
thus  unto  this  land?  what  nicancth 
the  heat  of  this  fjreat  anj^er? 

25  Then  men  shall  say,  Because 
they  have  ibrsaken  the  covenant  of 
the  LoKi)  God  of  their  fathers, 
which  he  made  with  them  when  he 
brought  them  forth  out  of  tlie  land 
of  Egypt: 

2<)  For  they  went  and  sen'cd  other 
gods,  and  worshipped  them,  gods 
whom  they  knew  not,  and  I]  u/iont 
he  had  n()t  i  given  unto  them : 

27  And  the  anger  of  the  l^OKH  was 
kindled  against  this  land,  Pto  bring 
upon  it  all  the  curses  that  are  written 
in  this  book: 

2.S  And  the  Lord  h  rooted  them  out 
of  tlioir  land  in  anger,  and  in  wrath, 
and  in  great  indignation,  anil  cost 
them  into  another  land,  as  it  is  this 
day. 

2'.i  The  secret  t?iin(i^  belong  unto  the 
Lord  our  God  :  but  those  t/iimj^ 
ir/n'ch  are  re^'ealcd  belong  unto  us 
an<l  to  our  children  tor  ever,  that  7re 
may  do  all  the  words  of  this  law. 

CnAPTER  XXX. 

1  Great  mcrHe%  promised  unto  the  repent* 
am.  II  TUe  commandment  ia  manifctt. 
15  Death  and  life  are  set  liefure  them. 

AND  "  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
liall  these  things  are  come  upon 
thee,  the  blessing  and  the  curse, 
which  I  have  set  before  thee,  and 
'  thou  shalt  call  them  to  mini!  among 
all  the  nations,  whither  the  Lord 
thy  God  hath  driven  thee, 
2"And  shalt  'l  return  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  shalt  obey  his  voice 
according  to  all  that  I  command  thee 
this  day,  thou  and  thy  children,  witli 
all  thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul; 

3  'That  then  the  Lord  tl\y  God 
will  turn  tliy  capti\ity,  and  have 
compassion  upon  thee,  and  will  re- 
turn and  fgathcr  thee  from  all  the 
nations,  whither  the  Lord  thy  God 
hath  scattered  thee. 

4  s  If  (j»v  of  thine  be  driven  out  un- 
to the  outmost  parts  of  heaven,  from 
thence  will  the  Lord  thy  God  gath- 
er thee,  and  froni  thence  will  he 
fttch  thee; 

•5  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  bring 
thee  into  the  land  which  thy  fathers 
IK)sscssed,  and  thou  shalt  possess  it; 
13 


and  he  will  do  thee  pood,  and  multi- 
ply tliee  above  thy  tatliera. 
(i  And  I' tlie  Lord  thy  God  will  cir- 
cnmeisc  thine  heart,  and  the  heart 
of  thy  seed,  to  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with 
all  thy  soul,  that  thou  niavcst  live. 

7  And  the  Lord  thy  GikI  will  put 
all  these  curses  upon  thine  cncnnes, 
and  on  them  that  hate  thee,  which 
persecuted  thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  retuni  and  obey 
the  voice  of  the  Lord,  and  do  all  his 
commandments  which  1  command 
thee  this  day. 

!>  lAnd  the  Lord  thy  God  will 
make  thee  plenteous  in  every  work 
of  thine  hand,  in  the  fruit  of  tliy 
body,  and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  cattle, 
and  in  the  fruit  of  thy  land,  for  good: 
lor  the  Lord  will  again  t  rejoice  over 
thee  for  good,  as  he  rejoiced  over  thy 
fathers : 

10  If  thou  shalt  hearken  unto  the 
voice  of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  keep 
his  commandments  and  his  statutes 
u'lnclt  are  written  in  tliis  book  of  the 
law,  and  if  thou  turn  unto  the  Lord 
thy  God  with  all  tliine  heart,  and 
with  all  thy  soul. 

11  TF  For  tills  commandment  which 
I  command  thee  this  day,  lit  is  not 
hidden  from  thee,  neither  is  it  far 
olf. 

12  "It  is  not  in  heaven,  that  thou 
shouldcst  say.  Who  slinll  go  up  for 
us  to  heaven,  and  briiif'  it  unto  us, 
that  we  may  hear  it,  and  do  it? 

l.'i  Neither  i.'!  it  beyoml  the  sea,  tliat 
thou  shouldcst  say,  AVho  shall  go 
over  the  sea  for  us,"ond  bring  it  unto 
us,  that  we  may  hear  it,  and  do  it? 

14  But  the  word  is  very  nigh  unto 
thee, in  thy  mouth,  and  m  thj'  heart 
that  thou  mavest  do  it. 

13  Ti  See,  "1  have  set  before  thee 
this  day  life  nnd  good,  nnd  death 
and  evil; 

li;  In  that  I  command  thee  this  day 
to  love  the  Lord  thv  God.  to  walk 
in  his  ways,  nnd  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments, and  his  statutes,  and 
his  judgments,  that  thou  mayest  live 
and  multiply:  and  the  Lord  thy 
God  shall  bless  thee  in  the  land 
whitlier  thou  goest  to  possess  it. 

17  But  if  thine  heart  turn  away,  so 
that  thou  wilt  not  hear,  but  shalt  be 
drawn  away,  and  worship  other 
gods,  and  sen-e  them ; 

18  "  I  denounce  unto  you  this  day 
tliat  ye  shall  surely  perish,  anit  that 
ye  shall  not  prolong  your  days  upon 
the  land,  whither  thou  passest  over 
Jordan  to  go  to  possess  it. 

10  1'  I  call  heaven  and  earth  to  re- 
cord this  day  against  you,  that  ''  I 
have  set  before  you  life  and  death, 
blessing  and  cursing ;  therefore 
choose'  life,  that  both  thou  and  thy 
seed  may  live: 

in  That  thou  mayest  love  the  Lord 
thy  God,  and  that  thou  mavest  obey 
193  " 


Moxcs  encmirngcth  Joshua, 


DEUTERONOMY. 


and  f/ioeth  him  a  charffc. 


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his  voice,  and  tliattliou  may  est  cleave 
imto  him :  ibr  lie  is  thy  '  life,  and  the 
length  of  thy  days:  that  thou  mayest 
dwell  in  the  laiul  whicli  the  l<oia) 
swnre  unto  thy  lathers,  to  Abraham, 
to  Isaac,  and  to  Jacob,  to  give  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

1  Musca  encouraijeth  the  people.  7  He 
cncuurngetli.  Jvahua.  0  lit:  ilMvcrcth 
the  law  unto  the  pricttB  to  read  it  in  the 
seventh  year  to  the  people.  14  Gott 
ffivcth  a  charge  to  Joshua,  19  and  a 
song  to  testify  against  the  people.  24 
Mosen  delivereth  the  book  of  the  law  to 
the  Levites  to  keep.  28  Uc  viaketh  a 
protestation  to  the  ciders, 

AND  Moses  Avent  and  spake  these 
words  unto  all  Israel. 

2  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  '^am  a 
hundred  and  twenty  years  old  this 
day;  I  can  no  more  ''go  out  and 
come  in  :  aI.so  the  LoitD  hath  said 
unto  me,  '^  Thou  shalt  not  go  over 
this  Jordan. 

">  The  ].,OKD  thy  God,  'ihe  will  go 
over  before  thee,  ami  lie  will  destroy 
these  nations  from  before  tlioe,  anil 
thou  shalt po.ssess  them:  atul  Joshua, 
he  shall  go  over  before  thee,  °as  the 
I-or.D  hath  said. 

4  fAnd  the  l,onD  .shall  do  unto 
them  5  as  he  did  to  Sihon  and  to 
Og,  kings  of  the  Amorites,  and  Nn- 
to  the  land  of  them,  whom  he  dc- 
struyed. 

5  And  lithe  Lord  shall  give  them 
up  before  your  face,  (liat  ye  may  do 
unto  thcrn  according  uiito  all  the 
commandments  wliich  I  have  com- 
manded you. 

()  i  Be  strong  and  of  a  good  cour- 
age, kfear  not,  nor  be  afraid  of 
(hum  :  lor  the  LouD  thy  God,  I  he 
it  i.s  that  doth  go  with  thee  ;  "'  he 
will  not  fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee. 

7  IT  And  jM"ses  called  unto  Joshua, 
and  Hai<l  unto  him  ill  the  sight  of 
all  Israel,  "  Be  strong  and  of  a  good 
courage  :  for  thou  must  go  with 
this  people  unto  the  land  which  the 
Ia)HIi  liath  sworn  unto  their  tithcrs 
til  give  them;  and  thou  shalt  cause 
tluim  to  inherit  it. 

8  And  the  Lord,  "he  i7  is  that 
doth  go  before  thee;  I'hc  will  be 
with  thee,  he  will  not  fail  thee,  nei- 
ther forsake  thee:  fear  not,  neither 
be  dismayed. 

HIT  And  Moses  wrote  this  law,  land 
delivered  it  unto  the  priests  the  sons 
of  I>evi,  '  which  bare  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  LoitD,  and  unto  all 
the  elders  of  Israel. 

10  And  Moses  commanded  them, 
s;iying,  At  the  end  of  ci-iri/  seven 
years,  in  the  solemnity  of  the  "year 
of  relcise,  '  in  the  feast  of  tauer- 
nneles, 

11  When  all  Israel  is  como  to 
"iipix'ur  before  the  l.oni)  thy  God 
in  the  place  which  he  .«hall  choose, 
'<  thou  shalt  read  this  law  before  all 
Israel  in  tlu-ir  hearing. 

IW 


12  >  Gather  the  people  together, 
men,  and  women,  and  children,  and 
thy  stranger  that  is  within  thy  gates, 
tliat  they  may  hear,  and  that  they 
may  learn,  and  fear  the  Lord  your 
Goil,  and  observe  to  do  all  the  words 
of  this  law: 

K  And  that  their  children,  ^  which 
have  not  known  anii  ihinij,  "may 
hear,  and  learn  to  fear  the  Loud 
your  God,  as  long  as  ye  live  in  the 
land  whither  ye  go  over  Jordan  to 
possess  it. 

14  TT  And  the  Lord  said  unto 
Moses,  b  Behold,  thy  days  approach 
that  thou  must  die  :  call  Joshua, 
and  present  yourselves  in  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  congregation,  that  'I 
may  give  him  a  charge.  And  Moses 
ana  Joshua  went,  and  presented 
themselves  In  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation. 

15  And  rtthe  Lord  appeared  in  the 
tabernacle  in  a  pillar  of  a  cloud:  and 
tlic  pillar  of  the  cloud  stood  over  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle. 

Ui  TT  And  the  Lord  said  unto 
Moses,  Behold,  thou  shalt  f  sleep 
with  thy  fathers ;  and  this  iicople 
will  "rise  up,  and  fgo  a  whoring 
afler  the  gods  of  the  strangers  of 
the  land,  whither  they  go  lo  he 
among  them,  and  will  i^  forsake  mc, 
and  li  bre:ik  my  covenant  which  I 
have  made  with  them. 

17  Then  my  an-er  shall  be  kindled 
against  tlicm  in  tliat  day.  :uid  i  I  will 
li_irsakc  them,  and  I  will  k  hide  my 
fiice  from  them,  and  tlicy  shall  be  de- 
voured, and  manv  evils  and  troubles 
shall  t  befall  theiii:  so  that  they  will 
s;iy  in  that  day,  1  Are  not  these  evils 
come  upon  us,  because  our  God  is 
"hiot  among  us? 

IS  And  "  I  will  surely  hide  my  face 
in  that  day  for  all  the  evils  which  they 
shall  have  wrought,  in  that  they  are 
turned  unto  ether  gods. 

1',)  iS'ow  theret'ore  write  ve  this  son" 
for  yon,  and  teacli  it  the'ehildren  o? 
Isniel:  put  it  in  their  mouths,  that 
this  song  mav  be  "a  witness  for  me 
against  Ihi'  criildren  of  Israel. 

2tl  For  when  I  shall  have  brought 
them  into  the  land  which  I  ewarc 
unto  their  fathers,  that  flowcth  with 
milk  and  honey ;  and  they  shall 
have  eaten  aiul  filled  themselves, 
I' and  waxen  fat;  'ithcu  will  they 
turn  unto  other  god.«,  and  serve 
them,  and  provoke  mc,  and  break 
inv  covenant. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  'when 
many  evils  and  troubles  are  befallen 
them,  that  tills  song  shall  testify 
t against  them  as  a  witness;  fiir  it 
shall  not  be  forgotten  out  of  the 
mouths  of  their  seed:  for  "I  know 
their  imagination  'which  they  fgo 
about,  even  now,  before  I  have 
brought  them  into  the  land  which  I 
sware. 

22 II  Muses  therefore  wrote  this  song 


The  song  of  Moses. 


DEUTJiRONOMY. 


The  song  of  Moses. 


the  same  day,  and  tauglit  it  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

2">  "  And  he  pare  Joshna  the  son 
of  Niiii  a  charge,  and  said,  *  Be 
strons  and  of  a  eiiud  coura;,'C  :  for 
thou  shalt  bring  tire  cliildrcn  of  Is- 
rael into  the  land  which  I  sware 
unto  them:  and  I  will  be  witli  tlice. 

24  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Mo- 
ses had  made  an  end  of  >  writinf;  the 
words  of  this  law  in  a  book,  until 
they  were  finished, 

25  That  Moses  commanded  the  I^c- 
vites,  which  bare  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Loud,  sayinp;, 

2<i  Take  this  book  of  the  law,  ''■  and 
put  it  in  the  side  of  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  LoitD  30ur  God, 
that  it  may  be  there  ''for  a  witness 
against  thee. 

27  I)  For  I  know  thy  rebellion,  and 
thy  "stiff  neck:  behold,  while  I  am 
vet  alive  with  you  this  dav,  ye  have 
been  rebellious  against  the  I.OUD  ; 
and  how  much  more  after  my  death? 

•JS  IT  Gatlier  unto  me  all  the  ciders 
of  your  tribes,  and  your  otticers,  that 
I  may  speak  these  words  in  their 
ears,  ''and  call  heaven  and  earth  to 
record  against  them. 

'jy  For  1  know  that  after  my  death 
ye  will  utterly  'corrupt  i/OKCsc/ies, 
and  turn  aside  from  the  way  which 
I  have  commanded  you;  and  levil 
will  befall  you  6 in  tnc  latter  days; 
because  ye  will  do  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  to  provoke  hiui  to  an- 
ger tlirough  the  work  of  your  hands. 

.".(I  .Viul  Closes  spake  in  the  ears  of 
all  (be  ongregatiun  of  Israel  the 
words  of  this  sung,  until  they  were 
ended. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

1  MoBes'  Bonn,  which  scttcth  forth  CoiVa 

mercy  and  vcnffeancc.    40  IJe  cxhortcth 

them  to  Bet  their  hearts  upoyl  it.    4d  (Jo<l 
aendcth  him  up  to  vtount  iVVfro,  to  see  the 

land,  and  die. 

GIVE  "car,  O  ye  heavens,  and  I 
will  speak;  and  hear,  O  earth, 
the  words  of  my  mouth. 

2  h  My  doctrine  shall  drop  as  the 
rain,  my  speech  shall  distil  as  the 
dew,  *■  as  the  small  rain  upon  the 
tender  herb,  and  as  the  showers  up- 
on the  grass: 

;i  Because  I  will  publish  the  name 
of  the  Lord:  <i ascribe  ye  greatness 
unto  our  God. 

4  lie  IS  -  the  Rock,  f  his  work  i.i  per- 
fect: for  "^all  his  ways  are  judgment: 
ha  God  of  truth  and  i  without  in- 
iquity, just  and  right  is  he. 

of'I'hey  have  corrupted  them- 
selves, II  tlielr  spot  is  not  llic  s/iot  of 
his  children.'  the;/  ore  a  I  per\'erse 
and  crooked  generation. 

(i  Do  ye  thus  '"  requite  the  Lonr>,  O 
foolish  people  and  unwise?  !.«  not  he 
°thy  father  that  hath  "bought  tlice? 


»M,//,     keh 

.?1,29.     lOr 

ihat  they  arc  nfi(  /. 

•  rhild 

i.Wi>(.     11 

Is.  ra.  18. 

rt.  7i.  2. 

hath  he  not  l'  made  thee,  and  estab- 
lished thee? 

7  IT  Kemeiuber  the  daj's  of  old,  con- 
sider the  years  of  f  many  genera- 
tions: 'lask  thy  father,  and  he  will 
shew  thee;  thy  elders,  and  they  will 
tell  thee. 

8  When  the  Most  High  ''divided  to 
the  nations  their  inheritance,  when 
he  "separated  the  sons  of  Adam,  he 
set  tlie  bounds  of  the  people  accord- 
ing to  the  number  of  Uie  children  of 
Israel. 

11  For  'the  I-onn's  portion  is  his 
people;  Jacob  is  the  flot  of  his  in- 
heritance. 

10  He  found  him  "  in  a  desert  land, 
and  in  the  waste  liowling  wilder- 
ness; he  II  led  him  about,  he  ^in- 
structed him,  he  >  kept  him  as  the 
apple  of  his  eye. 

11  '■  As  an  eagle  stirreth  up  her  nest, 
fluttereth  over  her  young,  spreadeth 
abroad  her  wings,  taketli  them,  bcar- 
eth  them  on  her  wings; 

12  .So  the  l>oi:u  alone  did  lead  him, 
and  tlicre  was  no  strange  god  with 
him. 

13  "  He  made  him  ride  on  the  high 
places  of  the  earth,  th;it  he  might  eat 
the  increase  of  the  fields ;  and  he 
made  him  to  suck  b  honey  out  of  the 
rock,  and  oil  out  of  the  flmty  rock; 

14  Butter  of  kine,  and  inilkof  sheep, 
with  fat  of  lambs,  and  rains  of  the 
breed  of  Bashan,  and  goats,  ^  with 
the  tilt  of  kidneys  of  wheat ;  and 
thou  didst  drink  the  pure  'I  blood  of 
the  grape. 

15  ir  But  "■  Jeshuruu  waxed  fat,  and 
f kicked:  ''tliou  art  waxen  fat,  thou 
art  grown  thick,  thou  art  covered 
u-ilh  fatness;  tlien  he  li  forsook  God 
tr/iich  imado  him,  and  lightly  es- 
teemed the  kRock  of  his  salvation. 

K;  1  They  provoked  him  to  jealousy 
witli  strange  gods,  with  abomina- 
tions provoked  they  him  to  anger. 

17  '"The)'  sacrificed  unto  devils, 
II  not  to  God;  to  gods  whom  they 
knew  not,  to  new  gods  that  came 
newly  up,  whom  your  fiithers  feared 
not. 

18  "  Of  the  Rock  that  begat  thee 
thou  art  unmindful,  and  hast  ** for- 
gotten God  that  fbrined  thee. 

rj  1'  And  when  the  Lord  saw  i7, 
he  II  abhorred  thcni,  'i  because  of  the 
provoking  of  his  sons,  and  of  his 
daughters. 

a)  And  he  said,  ''I  will  hide  my 
face  from  them,  I  will  see  what  their 
cud  s-liall  hr. :  for  they  arc  a  very 
froward  generation,  'children  in 
whom  IS  no  faith. 

21  1  Thev  have  moved  me  to  jeal- 
ousy witli  that  which  is  not  God; 
they  have  provoked  me  to  anger 
"with  their  vanities:  and  ''I  will 
mo\e  them  to  jealousy  with  t/iusc 
tvhich  are  not  a  people;  I  will  pro- 


The  smi(i  of  Moses. 


DEUTERONOMY. 


The  snug  of  Mosea. 


llufore 

CURI ST 

1451. 


H»b.  a.  5. 
b  Ixiv.  20.  22. 
cLnin.  1   2U. 


P..  Kl    13.4 
llir.  4.1. 
I.uko  19.  42. 
i  I«.  il.  7. 


I  1  Sun.  2. 2. 
1  H.vm.  4.  8. 
J«r.  4(1.  3. 
!•.  1.  10. 


Jtr.  2  M 

)Io»   1.1.  12. 

JWra.  J.  0. 
•  P«  (11.  1. 

Rom.  12.  la. 

II.l..  10.  3U. 
1 3  Ttt.  2. 3. 
uFt.  MJ.  II. 
■..Tu.lj  2,  13. 

I'l  I'll  4-.. 

.l.r.  .11.*. 

Juol2.  U. 
t  Ii<j1>.  haml, 
yl  KlneiU. 


J.r.  2.  28. 

tnob. 


vdke  them  to  anger  with  a  i'oolish 
nation. 

•^1  For  y  a  fire  is  kindled  in  mine 
anj,'iT,  and  || shall  bum  unto  the  low- 
est hell,  and  ||  sh.all  eonsumc  the 
earth  with  her  inerease,  and  set  on 
tire  tlic  ioundatious  of  the  mount- 
ains. 

2i  I  will '  heap  mischief's  upon  them ; 
"I  will  spend  mine  arrows  upon 
them. 

24  Thcji  shnll  he  burnt  with  lumcer, 
and  devoured  with  fhurninj;  heat, 
and  with  bitter  destruction:  I  will 
also  send  I' the  teeth  of  beasts  upon 
them,  with  the  poison  of  serpents  of 
the  dust. 

•a  '  The  sword  without,  and  terror 
(within,  shall  t destroy  both  the 
vouii);  man  and  the  virgm,  the  siiek- 
linK  "'■■!"  with  the  man  of  frrav  hairs. 

2<i  ii  I  said,  I  would  scatter  them 
into  corners,  I  wtinld  make  the  re- 
membrance of  them  to  cease  from 
amontr  men: 

'.'7  Were  it  not  that  I  feared  the 
wrath  of  the  enemy,  lest  their  ad- 
versaries ■"  should  behave  themselves 
stran^elv,  nml  lest  they  .should  i  .say, 
jl  Onr  band  is  hi);b,  and  the  Loiil) 
liath  not  done  all  this. 

25  For  they  are  a  nation  void  of 
cmnisrl,  <^  neither  is  there  any  uudcr- 
standuiijin  them. 

!.".( Ii  ( )  that  they  were  wise,  that  they 
nnderstiiud  this,  'that  tliey  would 
CMlsiderthi'ir  latter  end! 

■a)  How  sh.udd  w„nc  chase  a  thou- 
sand, and  two  p>it  ten  th.ius^in<l  to 
flight,  cxeent,  their  Rock  I  had  .sold 
them,  and  tha  L.OKi>  had  shut  them 
up? 

.'il  For  ""their  rock  !.?  not  as  onr 
Kock,  "  even  our  enemies  them- 
selves beinn  iiidges. 

.'J2  For  "  then-  vine  ||  is  of  the  vine  of 
Sodom,  and  (rf  the  iields  of  (lomor- 
rah:  thi'ir  j;i-.i|)es  <ov-  prapes  of  gall, 
their  clusters  .ov  bitter: 

."'i  Their  wine  /.■.■  I'  the  jmison  of 
draRons,  and  the  cruel  'i  venom  of 
a.sps. 

■M  h  not  this  Maid  up  in  store  with 
me,  and  scaled  up  among  my  trea.s- 
ures  ? 

.'W  •  To  mc  bcUmr/cth  venpteance,  and 
recompense;  their  foot  shall  slide  in 
iliir  time:  (()r  'the  dav  of  their  ca- 
lamity iiathand,  and  the  thin-s  that 
shall  come  upon  them  make  haste. 

.■ii;  "For  the  I.oiti)  shall  jud'^e  his 
people,  ^and  repent  himself  for  his 
servants,  when  he  secth  that  thrir 
t  power  is  )rone,  nud  ^  there  is  none 
shut  lip,  or  left. 

.'ff  And  he  shall  say  "Where  ore 
their  pods,  tlitir  rock"  in  whom  they 
trusted, 

;K  Which  did  eat  the  f:it  of  their 
sncritices,  aiirl  drank  the  wine  of 
their  drink  otferinps?  let  them  rise 
up  and  help  you,  awl  bo  t  }'""'■  pro- 
tecti(Ui. 

196 


;i!)  Sec  now  that  "  I,  even  I,  aiu  lie, 
and  hthcre  is  no  poil  with  me:  "^  I 
kill,  and  I  make  alive;  I  wound, and 
I  heal:  neither  i'.''  t/ierr  ami  that  can 
deliver  out  of  my  hand. 

4(>  <i  For  I  lift  up  my  hand  to  heav- 
en, and  say,  I  live  tor  ever. 

41  "If  I  whet  my  plitterinp  sword, 
and  mine  band  take  hold  on  judg- 
ment; II  will  render  vengeance  to 
mine  enemies,  and  will  reward  them 
that  hate  mc. 

4'i  I  will  make  mine  arrows  s  drunk 
with  blood,  and  my  sword  shall  de- 
vour flesh;  and  that  yf\i\\  the  blood 
of  the  slain  and  of  the  captives,  from 
the  beginning  of  I'  revenges  upon  the 
enemy. 

4;J  II 1  Rejoice,  O  yc  nations,  with  his 
people:  for  he  will  kavenge  the  blood 
of  Ills  servants,  and  i  will  render 
veinreance  to  his  adversaries,  and 
'"will  he  merciful  unto  his  land, 
anil  t"  his  people. 

44  IT  And  .Moses  came  and  spake  all 
the  words  of  this  soup  in  the  ears  of 
tlie  people,  he,  and  Ij  Iloshea  the  son 
of  Nun. 

4.')  And  Moses  made  an  end  of 
speakinp  all  these  words  to  all  Israel: 

4(i  And  he  said  unto  them,  "  Set 
vour  hearts  unto  all  the  words  which 
I  testify  amonp  joii  this  day,  which 
ye  shall  command  vonr  children  to 
observe  to  do,  all  the  words  of  this 
law. 

47  For  it  is  not  a  vain  thing  for  you; 
"liieanse  it  is  vour  life:  and  through 
this  thing  ve  .slinll  prolong  your  days 
in  the  land,  whither  ye  go  over  Jor- 
dan to  possess  it. 

45  I'  .Villi  the  I.or.o  spake  unto  Mo- 
ses that  selfsame  dav.  savinp, 

4!)  Get  thee  up  into  this  'luioiintain 
Abarim,  nnto  mount  Netin,  which  /.•! 
in  the  land  of  Moah,  that  is  over 
against , Jericho;  and  behold  the  land 
of  Canaan,  which  I  give  unto  the 
children  of  Israel  for  a  possession: 

.V)  And  die  in  the  mount  whither 
thou  giH'st  n]),  and  be  gathered  unto 
tliv  pi(i|ile;  as  '  .\aron  thy  brother 
died  in  ninuiit  Ilur,  and  wiis  gather- 
ed nuM  his  people:  . 

,'il  Because  ^  ve  trespassed  against 
me  among  the  children  of  Israel  at 
the  waters  of  ||  .Merihah-Kadesh,  in 
the  wilderness  of  Zin;  because  ye 
'sanetitied  ine  not  in  the  midst  of 
thecliildn-n  of  Israel. 

.■;.'  "  Vet  thou  shalt  sec  the  land 
belnre  thcr ;  hut  thoii  shalt  not  go 
tliither  nnto  the  land  which  I  give 
the  children  of  Israel. 

CHAPTKR  XXXIII. 
1   TlicmnjrtKiff  Oml.    6  The  MfKfinut  of 
(/lo  (icffuci  (riim.    20  The  excellency  o/ 
Iirtiil. 

VNI>  this  ii '  the  blessing,  where- 
with  Moses  lithe  man  of  Ciod  i 
hicssed  the  children  of  Israel  before 
his  death. 
:;  .Vnd  he  s:tid,  '' Th5  Lord  camel 


Tlie  prophecy  of  Moses 


DEUTERONOMY. 


concerning  the  twelve  tribes. 


11.  A2i.  a 

Ki  .11.23.24. 
Mai.  2.  7. 


17. 

r<.  51.  13. 

Ki.  43.  27. 
.2S«m,2423. 

I'i.  21).  3. 

K.  21].  40.  41. 

*43.  ST. 
•  Con.  49.  2.5. 
b  i-in.  27.  28. 


:.  S.2.  4. 
I.  7.30.35. 
a.  49.  2e. 


I'roin  Sinai,  and  rose  up  from  Scir 
unto  tlieiii;  lie  t^Iiined  ibrtU  fnmi 
mount  Paraii.  and  he  came  witli 
<l  ten  thousands  of  saints;  from  liis 
ri;;ht  liand  wt:ni  f  a  fiery  law  for 
them. 

;;  Yea,  ''he  loved  the  people:  fall 
his  saints  are  in  thy  hand:  and  they 
Ssat  down  at  thy  feet;  cccry  one 
shall  li  receive  of  tliy  words. 

4  '  Moses  commanded  us  a  law, 
^eren  the  inheritance  of  the  congre- 
gation of Jaeoh. 

,5  And  he  was  Uunp  in  '"Jeshurun, 
wlien  the  lieads  of  the  people  anil 
the  tribes  of  Israel  were  ™tliereU  to- 
gether. 

(i  H  Let  Reuben  live,  and  not  die; 
and  let  not  his  men  he  few. 

7  IT  And  this  is  the  hlessina  of  Ju- 
dah;  and  he  said,  Hear,  Loud,  the 
voice  of  Judah,  and  brins  him  unto 
his  people:  "let  his  hands  he  Kuth- 
cient  for  him;  and  be  thou  "a  help 
to  him  frttin  his  enemies. 

8  TT  And  of  Levi  he  said,  P  Let  thy 
Thummim  and  thy  Urim  Im  with 
thy  holy  one,  ''  whom  thou  didst 
prove  at  Massah,  antt  icith  whom 
thou  didst  strive  at  the  waters  of 
Meribah; 

llWho  said  unto  his  father  and  to 
his  mother,  I  have  not  'seen  him: 
"neither  did  he  acknowledj^e  his 
brethren,  nor  knew  his  own  chil- 
dren :  for  '  they  have  observed  thy 
word,  and  kept  thy  covenant. 

10  II  "  They  shall  teach  Jacob  thy 
judgments,  and  Israel  thy  law : 
'll  "  they  shall  put  incense  f  before 
thee,  land  whole  burnt  sacriticc 
upon  thine  altar. 

11  Bless,  LOKD,  his  substance,  and 
^  :iccept  the  work  of  his  hands:  smite 
through  the  loins  of  them  that  rise 
against  him,  and  of  them  that  hate 
him,  that  they  rise  not  again. 

12  IT  .-!«(/ of  Benjamin  he  said.  The 
hehived  of  the  Loitn  shall  dwell  in 
safety  by  him  ;  and  the  Imk,i  shall 
cover  him  all  the  day  long,  and  he 
shall  dwell  between  liis  shoulders. 

13  TT  And  of  Joseph  he  said,  "  Uless- 
ed  of  the  Loun  he.  his  land,  for  the 
precious  things  of  heaven,  for  htlie 
dew,  and  for  the  deep  that  couchcth 
beneath, 

14  And  for  the  precious  fruits 
hrouffht  fortli  by  the  sun,  and  fiir  the 
precious  things  tput  forth  by  the 
tmoon, 

1.5  And  for  the  chief  things  of  'the 
ancient  mountains,  and  for  the  pre- 
cious things  d  of  the  lasting  hills, 

1()  And  for  the  precious  things  of  the 
earth  and  fulness  thereof,  and  for 
the  good  will  of  "  him  that  dwelt  in 
the  bush:  let  the  hJesofinq  fconie  uixm 
the  head  of  Joseph,  and  upon  the  top 
of  the  head  of  him  that  was  separated 
from  his  hretliren. 

17  His  glory  is  liW.  the  Sfirstlingof 
his  bullock,  and  his  horns  are  like 


ll  the  horns  of  t  unicorns:  with  them 
i  he  shall  jmsh  the  people  tfigether  to 
the  ends  of  the  esrlli:  and  kthvy  are 
the  ten  tlioiisands  of  Epliraim,  and 
they  are  tlie  tliousands  of  Manasseh. 
IS  IT  And  of  Zebulun  he  said,  I  He- 

i'dice,  Zebuhin,in  thy  goingout;  and, 
ssaehar,  in  thy  tents. 

11)  They  shair"'call  the  people  unto 
the  mountain  ;  there  "they  shall 
offer  sacrifices  of  righteousness:  for 
they  shall  suck  of  the  abundance  of 
the  seas,  and  of  treasures  hid  in  the 
sand. 

•20  fl  And  of  Gad  he  said.  Blessed  be 
he  that  "cnlargeth  Gad:  he  dwelleth 
as  a  lion,  and  teareth  the  arm  with 
the  crown  of  the  head. 

•II  And  I'he  provided  the  first  part 
for  himself,  because  there,  in.  a  por- 
tion of  tlie  lawgiver,  teas  he  t  seated; 
and  •>  he  came  with  the  heads  of  the 
people,  ha  executed  the  justice  of 
the  LoiiU,  and  his  judgments  with 
Israel. 

'2211  And  of  Dan  he  said,  Dan  in  a 
lion's  whelp:  ■'he  shall  leap  from 
Bashan. 

Zi  IT  And  of  Naphtttli  he  said,  O 
Naphtali,  "  satisfied  with  fa\our,  and 
full  with  the  blessing  of  the  Lord, 
*  IKJSsess  thou  the  west  and  the  south. 

24  TF  And  of  Asher  he  said,  "  Let 
Asher  be  blessed  with  children;  let 
him  be  acceptable  to  his  brethren, 
and  let  him  "  dip  his  fiiot  in  oil. 

2.5  II  Thy  shoes  shall  Ije  >  iron  and 
brass;  and  as  thy  days,  so  shall  thy 
strength  be. 

20  IT  There  is  ''none  like  unto  the 
God  of  "Jeshurun,  liu-Aorideth  upon 
the  heaven  in  thy  help,  and  in  his 
excellency  on  the  sky. 

27  The  eternal  God  is  thy  '^  refuge, 
and  underneath  are  the  everlasting 
arms:  and  d  he  shall  thrust  out  the 
encniy  from  before  thee;  and  shall 
say.  Destroy  them. 

25  '-■  Israel  then  shall  dwell  in  safety 
alone  :  fthe  fountain  of  Jacob  shall 
he  upon  a  land  of  corn  and  wine; 
al.so  his  Slieavens  shall  drop  down 
dew. 

29  ll  Happy  art  thou,  O  Israel:  i  who 
is  like  unto  thee,  <)  people  saved  by 
the  LoKP,  kthe  .shield  of  thy  help, 
and  who  is  the  sword  of  thy  excel- 
lency !  and  thine  enemies  iji  shall  be 
found  liars  unto  thee  ;  and  '"  thou 
shalt  tread  upon  their  high  places. 

CILVrTER  XXXIV. 

I  Mijtcs  fnm  >,wunt  .Xel.o  viewcth  the  land, 
i  lU  liiellt  there.  G  Uit  burial.  7  Bis 
age.  8  Thirty  days'  mourning  for  him. 
'J  Joshua  Bucceedeth  him.  10  T/tc  praise 
of  Moses. 

\  ND  Moses  'went  up  from  the 
J  \  plains  of  Moab  "unto  the 
monntnin    of  Nebo,    to   the   top  of 

II  Pisgiih,  that  is  over  ngain.st  Jencho: 
and  the  T.oiiD  li  shewed  him  all  the 
land  of  Gilead,  ''luito  Dan. 

2  And  all  Naphtali,  and  the  land  of 
197 


Mosen'  age 


JOSHUA. 


and  death. 


Bcforo 

c  n  It  I  s  T 

Mil. 


2  cut.  a  1.5, 


u. 


.  12.  ■ 


a;,  a.i 

2-i,  13. 
32.  '^i  "  ' 

lich   32.  .',0. 
Ju.li.  1.  1,  2. 


Bpforo 

ciniisT 

H51. 


cOeu 

.  7.  21. 

fEx.  3.  12. 

'!■" 

.  81   8, 

.  17. 

7,  id. 

h  Dout.  31.  0, 
Hob.  13,  r,. 

in^-nt 

31.7. 

Epliraim,  mul  Maiins.scli,  .niid  nil  the 
land  of  Jiuliih,  d  unto  tlie  utmost  .sun, 

3  And  tlio  sonth,  and  the  jjlain  of 
the  valley  of  Jerk-ho,  "^the  city  of 
palm  trees,  unto  Zoar. 

4  And  the  IXiitD  said  unto  him, 
f This  i.<  tlie  land  wiiirli  I  s«are  ini- 
to  Abraham,  unto  Isaae,  and  unto 
Jacob,  Baying,  1  will  f;ive  it  unto 
thy  seed :  s  I  liavc  caused  tliee  to 
see  it  -with  tliine  eyes,  but  thou  shall 
not  L'o  over  tliitlier. 

5  if  !■  .'io  Mose.s  the  servant  of  the 
Lonn  died  there  in  the  land  of  jMoab, 
accordiiif;  to  the  word  of  the  Loun. 

I)  And  ho  bnried  liini  in  a  valley  in 
the  land  of  Moah,  over  afjainst  lieth- 
poor:  but  >  no  man  knowcth  of  his 
sepulchre  unto  this  day. 

7  TT  k  And  Moses  icas  a  hundred  and 
twenty  years  old  when  lie  died:  Ihis 
eye  was  not  dim,  nor  his  f  natural 
force  f  abated. 


H  TT  And  tlio  children  of  Israel  wept 
for  jMoses  in  tlie  plains  of  Moab 
["thirty  dajs:  so  the  davs  of  weei)- 
inj;  and  mourninj^  for  Moses  were 
ended. 

i)  U  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nnn  was 
fidl  of  the  "spirit  of  wisdom;  fur 
"Motes  had  laid  his  hands  upon 
him :  and  the  children  of  Israel 
hearkened  unto  him,  and  did  as  the 
I,oi!D  commanded  Slose.s. 

10  IT  And  tliere  f  arose  not  a  proph- 
et since  in  Israel  like  unto  Jloses, 
'I  whom  the  I^ORD  knew  face  to  face, 

U  In  all  ■'the  signs  and  the  won- 
ders which  the  Lord  sent  him  to  do 
in  the  land  of  Kj;yi>t,  to  Pharaoh, 
and  to  all  his  servants,  and  to  all  his 
laud, 

12  And  in  all  that  mighty  hand, 
and  in  all  the  great  terror  wliich 
Moses  shewed  in  the  sight  of  all 
Israel. 


THE 


BOOK    OF    JOSHUA. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  The  Lord  nppointetfi  Joshua  to  succeed 
MuBCB.  3  The  bordera  of  the  promised 
land.  ^,0Ood  promiseth  to  assist  Joshua. 
8  He  oil'Cth  him  instructions.  10  Ue  pre- 
parcth  the  people  to  pass  over  Jordan. 
1'2  Joshua  putteth  the  two  tribes  and  half 
in  mind  of  their  jtromise  to  ^osca.  10 
They  promise  him  fealty. 

NOW  after  the  death  of  Moses  the 
servant  of  the  l,(ii;n.  it  came 
to  pass,  that  the  I.oiU)  simke  unto 
Joshua  the  smi  of  Nun,  Moses'  "min- 
ister, saying, 

•2  liMi>ses  my  servant  is  dead;  now 
therefore  arise,  go  o\er  tliis  Jordan, 
tlion,  and  all  this  people,  unto  the 
land  which  I  do  give  to  them,  en  h 
to  the  children  of  Israel. 

8  "•  ICvery  iilaee  that  the  sole  of  yonr 
foot  Bhall  tread  upon,  that  have  I 
given  unto  you,  as  1  said  unto  Mo- 

4  '1  From  the  wilderness  and  this 
Lebanon  even  unto  the  great  river, 
the  river  Ku|)hrates,  all  the  land  of 
the  Ilitliles,  and  ludo  tlie  great  sea 
toward  tlie  going  down  of  the  sun, 
shall  be  vonr  coast. 

r,  '  There  sh:dl  not  arv  man  be  able 
to  stand  before  thee  all  the  days  of 
thv  life:  fas  1  was  with  Moses,  no  i^  I 
will  he  with  thee:  1>I  will  not  fail 
thee,  nor  forsake  thee. 

G  i  Il(^  strong  and  oi^  a  good  courage: 
for  II  unto  this  pe.iple  shall  thou  di- 
vide tor  an  inheritance  the  land, 
198 


which  I  sware  unto  tlicir  fathers  to 
give  them. 

7  Only  he  thou  strong  and  verj* 
courageous,  that  thou  mayest  ob- 
serve to  do  according  to  all  the  l.aw, 
k  which  Moses  my  servont  com- 
manded thee  :  I  turn  not  from  it  to 
the  right  hand  or  to  the  left,  that 
tliou  mayest  ||  prosper  whithersoever 
thou  goest. 

,S  ■"  This  hook  of  the  law  shall  not 
depart  out  of  thv  mouth;  but  "thou 
shall  meditate  therein  dav  and  night, 
thai  IhoM  mavist  observe  to  do  ac- 
cording to  all  th:it  is  written  there- 
in :  liir  then  thon  shall  make  thv 
way  pnisperons.  and  then  thou  shall 
\\  have  good  success. 

!t  "Have  not  I  commanded  thee? 
Be  strong  and  of  a  good  courage; 
I' be  not  afraid,  neither  be  thou  dis- 
nnivcd  :  for  the  I.omi  thy  God  is 
Willi  thee  whither.soever  thou  goest. 

11)  II  Then  Joshua  eonnnanded  the 
otHeers  of  the  people,  saving, 

11  Pass  through  the  heist,  and  com- 
mand the  people,  saving,  rrenare 
you  victuals;  lor 'I  within  three  days 
ye  shall  pass  over  this  Jordiui,  to  go 
in  to  possess  the  land,  which  the 
LoitD  your  God  givelh  you  to  pos- 
sess it. 

IJ  TT  And  to  the  Reubenites.  and  to 
the  Gadites,  and  to  half  the  tribe  of 
Manasseh,  spake  Joshua.  sa\'ing. 

l.i  Kemember  'the  word  wliich  .^ro- 
(es  the  servant  of  the   ],oi;i)   coin- 


The  covenant  between 


Rdhab  and  the  spies. 


manded  you,  saying,  The  LoiiD 
your  God  hath  Kiveii  jou  rest,  and 
Iiatli  given  you  this  land. 

H  Your  wives,  your  little  ones,  and 
your  cattle,  shall  remain  in  the  land 
which  Moses  gave  you  on  tjiis  side 
Jordan  ;  but  ye  shall  pass  before 
your  brethren  tarnied,  all  the  mighty 
inen  of  valour,  and  help  them; 

15  Until  the  Lord  have  given  your 
bretliren  rest,  as  fie  hath  (jivcn  you, 
and  they  also  have  possessed  the 
land  which  the  LoED  your  God  giv- 
eth  them:  ■''then  ye  shall  return  inito 
the  land  of  your  possession,  and  en- 
joy it,  which  Moses  the  Ixjkd's 
servant  gave  you  on  this  side  Jordan 
toward  the  sunrising. 

lU  IT  And  they  answered  Joshua, 
saying,  All  that  thou  eommandest 
us  we  will  do,  and  whithersoever 
thou  sendest  us,  we  will  go. 

17  According  as  we  hearkened  unto 
Moses  in  all  things,  so  will  we  heark- 
en unto  thee  :  only  the  1.,ord  thy 
God  'be  with  thee,  as  he  was  witli 
Jloses. 

18  Whosoever  he  he  that  doth  rebel 
against  thy  commandment,  and  will 
not  hearken  unto  thy  words  in  all 
that  thou  eommandest  him,  he  shall 
be  put  to  death:  only  be  strong  and 
of  a  good  courage. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Rnhab  receiveth  and  conecaJtih  the  twa 

tpka  aentfruvi  Shitlim.    8  The  covenant 

between  her  and  them,    i'i  Their  return 

and  relation. 

AND  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun  ||sent 
"out  of  Shittim  two  men  to  spy 
secretly,  saying.  Go  view  the  land, 
even  ifericho.  And  they  went,  and 
beame  into  a  harlot's  house,  named 
"  Rahnb,  and  t  lodged  there. 

2  And  <l  it  was  told  the  king  of  Jeri- 
cho, saying,  Behold,  there  came  men 
in  hitherto  night  of  the  children  of 
Israel  to  search  out  the  country. 

;i  And  the  king  of  Jericho  sent  unto 
Rahab,  saying.  Bring  forth  the  men 
that  are  come  to  thee,  which  are 
entered  into  thine  house:  for  they  be 
come  to  search  out  all  the  country. 

4  *-'  And  the  woman  took  the  two 
men,  and  hid  them,  and  said  thus. 
There  came  men  unto  me,  but  1 
wist  not  whence  they  tcerc : 

a  And  it  came  to  pass  about  the  time 
of  shutting  of  the  gate,  when  it  was 
dark,  that  the  men  wcntout;  wliither 
the  men  went,  I  wot  not :  ijursue 
after  them  quickly;  for  ye  shall  over- 
take them. 

G  But  I  she  had  brought  them  >ip  to 
theiTJofof  the  house,  and  hid  them 
with  the  stalks  of  flax,  which  she  had 
laid  in  order  upon  the  roof. 

7  And  the  men  pursued  after  them 
the  way  to  Jordan  mi  to  the  fords: 
and  as  soon  as  they  which  pursued 
after  them  were  goiic  out,  they  shut 
the  gate. 

5  11  And  before  they  were  laid  down. 


she  came  up  unto  them  upon  the 
roof; 

U  And  she  said  unto  the  men,  I 
know  that  the  Lord  hath  given  you 
the  land,  and  that  Syour  terror  is 
fallen  upon  us,  and  that  all  the  in- 
liabitants  of  the  land  f  faint  because 
of  you. 

10  For  we  have  heard  how  the  Lord 
li  dried  up  the  water  of  the  Red  sea 
for  yoUj  when  ye  came  out  of  Egypt; 
and  i  what  ye  did  unto  the  two  kmgs 
of  the  Amorites,  that  u-cre  on  the 
other  side  Jordan,  Sihon  and  Og, 
whom  ye  utterly  destroyed. 

11  And  as  soon  as  we  had  k  heard 
these  thiiu/s,  lour  hearts  did  melt, 
neither  t  did  there  remain  any  more 
courage  in  any  man,  because  of  you: 
for  '"  the  Lord  your  God,  he  js  God 
in  heaven  above,  and  in  earth  be- 
neath. 

12  Now  therefore,  I  pray  you, "  swear 
unto  me  by  the  Lord,  since  I  have 
shewed  you  kindness,  that  ye  will 
also  shew  kindness  unto  "my  father's 
house,  and  ''give  me  a  true  token: 

l.'S  And  that  ye  will  save  nlive  my 
father,  and  my  mother,  and  mv 
brethren,  and  my  sisters,  and  all 
that  they  have,  and  deliver  our  lives 
from  death. 

14  And  the  men  answered  her,  Onr 
life  t  for  yours,  if  yc  iitter  not  this 
our  business.  And  it  shall  be,  when 
the  Lord  hath  given  us  the  land, 
that  'I  we  will  deal  kindly  and  truly 
with  thee. 

15  Then  she  ''let  them  dow 
cord  tlirough  the  wind 
house  was  upon  the  town  wall 
she  dwelt  upon  the  wall. 

IG  And  she  said  unto  them.  Get 
you  to  the  mountain,  lest  the  piir- 
"tfuers  meet  you;  and  hide  yourselves 
there  three  days,  until  the  pursuers 
be  returned:  and  allerwaid  may  ye 
go  your  way. 

17  And  the  men  said  unto  her.  We 
tiill  liC  ' blameless  of  this  thine  oatl 
which  thou  hast  made  us  swear. 

18  '  Behold,  when  we  come  into  the 
land,  thou  shall  bind  this  line  of 
scarlet  thread  in  the  window  which 
thou  didst  let  us  down  by:  "and 
thou  shalt  t  bring  thy  father,  and  thy 
motlicr,  and  thy  brethren,  and  all 
thy  father's  household,  home  unto 
thee. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  that  whosoever 
shall  go  out  of  the  doors  of  thy  house 
into  the  ptreet,  his  blood  shall  Le 
upon  his  head,  and  we  u-ill  te  guilt- 
less: and  whosoever  shall  be  with 
thee  in  the  bouse,  "bis  blood  shall 
tie  on  our  head,  if  any  hand  be  upon 
him. 

£0  And  if  thou  utter  this  our  busi- 
ness, then  wo  will  be  quit  of  thine 
oath  which  thou  h.ast  made  us  to 
swear. 

21  And  she  said,  Aceoniing  unto 
your  words,  so  le  it.  And  she  sent 
199 


vn  by  a 

for  her 


Joshua  Cometh  to  Jordan. 


JOSHUA. 


The  loaters  oj  Jordan  divided. 


licforo 

C  U  K  I  S  T 

H&l. 


cKooNum.lO. 

Si. 

,1  Pout.  31.  a 


III...  1  111 

Mm   in.  IB. 
1  n'-".  1.  9. 


thi^m  away,  and  they  dcinrted:  ami 
she  boiiiid  the  Bcarlet  liiiu  ill  the 
window. 

L'2  And  they  went,  and  eamc  unto 
the  mountain,  ami  atnide  tlierc  three 
days,  until  tlie  piiisiiers  were  re- 
turned :  and  the  pursuers  sought 
them  throiit,'hout  all  tlie  way,  but 
found  thaiii  not. 

a'i  II  So  the  two  men  returned,  and 
descended  from  the  mountain,  and 
passed  over,  and  came  to  Joshua  the 
sou  of  Nun,  and  told  him  uU  tliinm 
that  befell  them: 

24  And  they  said  unto  Joshua, 
Truly  >  tlie  Loiiii  liatli  delivered 
into  our  Iiands  all  the  limd:  for  even 
all  the  inhuhitunts  of  tlie  country  do 
t  iiiiut  because  of  us. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1  Jothua  Cometh  to  Jordan.  2  The  offlccrt 
iiiHtrnct  the  people  for  the  jnisetuje.  7 
The  Lord  cncourageth  Jonhua.  QJonhuti 
encourageth  the  people.  14  The  watere 
of  Jordan  are  divided. 

\  ND  Joshua  rose  early  in  tlie 
^\moruin|;;  and  they  removed 
"from  Siiittim,  and  came  to  Jordan, 
he  and  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and 
lod;,'ed  tlieie  before  they  pa.ssed  over. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  ''  iSfter  three 
days,  thut  the  officers  went  through 
the  host; 

.'i  And  tliey  commanded  the  people, 
siiyins,  '  \V  heu  ye  see  the  aric  of  tlie 
covenant  of  the  I.OUD  your  God, 
•land  the  priests  the  I/Cvitea  bearing 
it,  then  ye  sliall  remove  from  your 
jiliu'e,  and  go  after  it. 

4  '  Yet  there  shall  be  a  space  be- 
tween you  and  it,  about  two  thou- 
sand cubits  by  measure  :  come  not 
near  unto  it,  tluit  ye  may  know  tlie 
way  by  which  ye  must  go  :  for  ye 
have  not  paased  IhLi  way  t  hereto- 
fore. 

.5  And  Josliiia  said  unto  the  people, 
f  Sanctify  yourselves:  for  to  morrow 
the  Loud  will  do  wonders  among 
you. 

G  And  Joshua  spake  unto  the  priests, 
saying,  BTake  uptho  aikof  the  cove- 
nant, and  pass  over  bi-forc  the  iieo- 
ple.  And  tliey  took  np  the  ark  of 
the  covenant,  and  went  before  the 
l.eople. 

7  II  .\nd  the  Lonn  said  unto  Josh- 
ua, This  day  will  I  lie^'in  to  !<  mag- 
nify tlicc  in  tlie  sight  of  all  IsraH, 
tliat  tliev  may  know  that,  i  n.i  I  was 
with  Moses,  .vo  I  will  he  witli  thee. 

K  And  thou  shalt  command  k  the 
iniists  th!it  he:ir  the  ark  of  tlie  cove- 


Canaanitea,  and  the  llittites,  and 
tlio  llivites,  and  tlie  I'crizzites,  and 
tlie  (iirgashilis,  and  tlie  Amurites, 
and  tlicblnisites. 

11  liehold,  the  iirk  of  the  covcn.nnt 
of  "the  l.nidofiiU  the  earth  p:issetli 
over  hclore  voii  into  Jordan. 

12Now  tlicr.fnre  I' take  you  twelve 
nun  out  of  the  tribes  of  Israel,  out  of 
every  tribe  a  man. 

Vi  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  'i  as 
soon  as  tlie  soles  of  the  feet  of  the 
priests  tliat  bear  the  ark  of  the  I^oitn, 
'the  Lord  of  all  the  earth,  shall  lest 
in  the  waters  of  Jordan,  tliat  Ihe  w.>- 
ters  of  Jordan  shall  be  cut  olf./'/om 
the  waters  that  come  down  from 
above;  and  they  'shall  stand  upon  a 
heap. 

14  T[  And  it  came  to  pnss,  when  tiie 
people  removed  from  tlieir  tents,  to 
nois  over  Jordan,  nnd  the  jiriests 
bearing  the  '  ark  of  the  covenant  be- 
fore the  pt'ople; 

15  And  us  they  that  bare  the  ark 
were  come  unto  Jordan,  and  "the 
feet  of  the  priests  tluit  lure  tlio  ark 
were  dipped  in  the  brim  of  tlie  wa- 
ter, (for  '■Jordan  oveiflc.weth  all  his 
banks  >  all  the  time  of  harvest,) 

10  That  the  waters  wjiieh  came 
down  from  above  stood  and  rose  np 
upon  a  heaji  very  far  from  the  citv 
Adam,  that  i>  beside  ^Zaretun;  and 
those  that  came  down  "toward  the 
sea  of  tlie  plain,  cnii  bthc  salt  sea, 
failed,  ami  were  cut  o(l':  and  the 
people  passed  over  right  against  Jer- 
icho. 

17  And  the  priests  that  bare  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  I, ..1:0  stiKa! 
firm  on  dry  ground  in  the  iiiicls-t  of 
Jordan, 'and  all  tl\e  Israelites  pass- 
ed over  on  dry  ground,  until  all  the 
Seoplc  were  possud  clean  over  Jor- 
an. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  Twelve  men  are  appointed  to  take  twelve 
Honre  for  a  tncmorial  out  of  Jordan.  9 
Twelve  other  atones  are  net  up  in  the 
midet  of  Jordan.  10,19  The  people  paet 
over.  14  Ood  magnifieth  Joehua.  -JO 
The  twelve  etonee  arc  pitchedin  Oilgal. 

AND  it  came  to  pa.«3,  when  nil  the 
peojile  wi're  clean  passed  "  over 
Jordan,  that  the  I,uiii)  spake  unto 
Joshua,  saying, 
2  ii  Take  you  twelve  men  out  of  the 
people,  out  of  every  tribe  a  man, 
.'t  And  command  ye  them,  (uiving. 


nnnt, 

the  brink  ..fth. 


\Vli( 


vatcr 


shall  still 

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I. .11 

iin. 

•JTl  And 

J.whna  s 

lid 

unto  the  chil- 

dren  i>f  l^ 

r:i.|    Coil 

1'  li 

(her  an 

il  hear 

the  word 

loftlie  Li 

in 

v.iiirt. 

od. 

10    And 

Josluia 

Slit 

.     Here 

iv    ve 

shall  km 

W  tllllt  '" 

■he 

liviii- 

;od  iv 

among  vi 

n,aiul  III 

It  1 

ewiUw 

ithout 

fail  "dri\ 

e  out  fro 
200 

11    1 

elore  y 

lU  the 

Take  yon  hence  out  of  the  midst  of 
Jordan,  out  of  the  place  where  'the 
priests'  ft'ct  stood  firm,  twelve  stones, 
are  come  to  '  and  ve  shall  earrv  them  over  with 
if  Jordan,  lye  you,  and  leave  tlie"m  in  .'the  lodging 
place,  where  ye  shall  lodge  tliis 
night 

4  Then  Joshua  called  the  twelve 
men,  whom  he  had  prepared  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  out  of  every  tribe 
a  man : 

.'»  .-Vnd  Joshua  said  unto  them,  Pass 
over  before  the  arkof  tlio  Lomiyour 


The  people  pass  over  Jordan. 


JOSHITA. 


Joshua  renevjeth  circumcision. 


(iotl  into  thii  inidst  of  Jordan^  and 
tuke  yoH  np  every  man  of  jou  a 
stone  tipon  liiH  shimlder,  uecordinj;^ 
\into  tlu-  nniiilier  of  the  tribes  of  the 
ehildren  of  Israel: 
i;  Tliat  this  nuiy  be  a  sijrn  nnionf? 
yon,  that  '^  wiieu  your  cliildreu  nsk 
their  fiithfrs  fin  time  to  eome,  .s:iy- 
in;;,  SVhat  7iir(Tr)i  ye  l)y  these  stones'? 

7  Then  yc  shall  answer  them,  'J'hut 
rthc  wntera  of  Jorchm  were  ent  otf 
before  tlie  ark  of  the  eoven:uit  of  tlie 
LOBU;  when  it  passed  over  Jordan, 
the  waters  ctf  Jordan  were  cut  oif: 
and  these  stones  shall  be  for  ^  a  me- 
morial unto  the  children  of  Israel  for 
ever. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  did  so 
as  Joshna  commanded,  and  took  \\\t 
twelve  stones  out  of  the  midst  OT 
Jordan,  as  the  IjOuij  spake  unto 
Juslina,  aeeordim,'  to  llie  niuoberof 
\\\i-  tril.e^  (jf  tlieiluldren  of  Israel, 
and  carried  tliem  over  with  lluin 
unto  the  place  where  they  lodt;e(l, 
and  laid  tlieni  down  there. 

!l  And  Jiishna  set  np  twelve  stones 
in  the  liiidst  of  Jorilun,  in  the  place 
whi're  the  feet  of  the  priests  which 
liare  the  nrk  of  the  covenant  stood: 
and  tliev  are  there  unto  this  d;iy. 

Ill  IT  I'or  the  priests  which  hare  the 
ark  stood  in  the  midst  of  Jordan, 
until  every  thing  was  tinished  that 
the  l,oi!U  commanded  Joshua  to 
siwak  unto  the  people,  aeccjrding  to 
all  that  Moses  comnninded  Joshna: 
and  the  people  halted  and  passed 
over. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all 
the  people  were  clean  jiasscd  over, 
tliat  tlie  ark  of  the  I.oitD  passed 
uver,  and  the  priests,  in  the  presence 
of  the  people. 

12  And  iitlie  ehildren  of  Reuben, 
and  the  children  of  (Jad,  and  half 
the  tribe  of  ISIaiuisseh,  passed  <)ver 
armed  before  the  ciiildren  of  Israel, 
as  Moses  spake  unto  them: 

13  About  forty  thousand  \\  prepared 
for  war  passed  over  before  the  lvOKi> 
unto  battle,  to  tlie  phiins  of  Jerielio. 

Itir  (In  that  day  the  ],oi:i>  inia-ni- 
tie.l  Jnsluia  in  tiie  sisht  of  all  Israel; 
and  they  ic'ared  him,  as  they  leured 
.Moses,  all  the  days  of  his  life. 

ir>  And  the  Loitu  spake  uuto  Josh- 
ua, saying, 

I(!  Command  the  priests  that  bear 
kthe  ark  of  the  testnaouy,  that  they 
eome  up  out  of  Jordan. 

17  Joshua  therefore  commanded  the 
priests,  saying,  Come  ye  up  out  of 
.luLilan. 

IS  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
priests  tlnit  bare  the  ark  of  tlie  cove- 
nant of  the  l.oiu)  were  eome  up  out 
of  the  midst  of  Jordan,  ami  the  s(des 
of  the  priests'  leet  were  flitted  up 
unto  the  dry  laud,  tliut  the  waters  of 
Jordan  returned  unto  their  place, 
i;ind  I  flowed  over  all  his  bauKs,  as 
1  lUru  ,lid  befbre. 


11)  IT  And  the  people  came  np  out  of 
Jordan  on  the  tenth  </«</ of  the  first 
month,  and  encamped  "'in  Uilgal, 
in  tlie  east  border  of  Jericho. 

1:0  And  "those  twelve  stone.%  which 
thev  look  out  of  Jordan,  did  Joshua 
]iiteli  in  (iil';al. 

L'l  .\nd  he  spake  unto  the  children 
of  Israel,  saj  ing,  "When  your  chil- 
dren shall  ask  their  fathers  tin  time 
to  eome,  saying,  What  mccoj  these 

'J2  Then  yc  shall  let  your  children 
know,  saying,  V  Israel  came  over  this 
Jordan  on  dry  land. 
'Mi  Tor  the  I<oiii>  your  God  dried 
up  the  waters  of  Jordan  from  before 
you,  until  ■\'e  were  passed  over,  as 
theI-o]:i>  v'uurCnd  did  to  the  Red 
sea,  ''which  he  dried  up  from  before 
us,  untd  we  were  gone  over: 
•Ji  '  That  all  the  |ic..].le  of  the  earth 
mi-ht  know  the  hand  of  the  l.(ii;ii, 
that  it  IS  -iiiii^hty:  that  ye  might 
•lear  the  l.oitu  your  God  f  for  ever. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1   Tha   Canaanitea  are  afraid.    2  Joshua 

rcncwelh  circumcUion.    10  The  pattovcr 

iekejjtatOilgal.     Vi  Manna  ccaaelh.     W 

An  Angel  ayjpeareth  to  Jonhua. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
kings  of  the  Amorites,  which 
ui:rc  fill  the  side  of  Jordan  westward, 
and  all  the  kings  of  the  Canaanites, 
"  which  were  by  the  sea,  l> heard  that 
the  liOiti)  had  dried  up  the  waters 
of  Jordan  from  before  the  children 
of  Israel,  untd  we  were  passed  over, 
that  their  heart  melted,  '  neither  was 
there  spirit  in  them  ;iiiv  more,  be- 
cause of  the  children  of  Israel. 

LM[  At  that  time  the  l,o];i)  said  unto 
Joshua,  Make  thee  ||  .1  sharp  knives, 
and  cireiimeise  again  the  eliildren  of 
Israel  the  second  time. 

.')  And  Joshua  made  him  sharp 
knives,  and  eireumeised  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  at  ||the  hill  of  the 
tiireskins. 

4  And  this  I's  the  cause  why  Joshna 
did  eircunieise:  ""All  tlie  people  that 
came  cmt  of  Egypt,  that  vere  males, 
i/nii  all  the  men  ot  war,  died  in  tlie 
wilderness  by  the  way,  after  they 
came  out  of  Egypt. 

5  Now  all  the  people  that  came  out 
were  eireumeised;  but  all  the  )ieoi)le 
that  ucrc.  born  in  the  wilderness  liy  the 
way  as  thev  came  forth  out  of  Egypt, 
thiin  thevliad  not  eireumeised. 

(i  For  tlie  childreu  of  Israel  walked 
f  forty  years  in  the  wilderness,  till  all 
the  people  that  Wfre  men  of  war, 
which  cnme  out  of  Egypt,  were  emi- 
sunied,  because  they  obeyed  not  the 
voice  of  the  Loud:  uuto'whom  the 
I/OIili  .sware  that  filie  would  not 
shew  them  thclaud,  which  the  Loiii) 
sware  unto  their  falhcrs  tliat  he 
would  give  us,  lia  land  tliat  lloweth 
with  milk  ami  honey. 

7  And  i  their  children,  vJiotti  he 
raised  up  in  their  stead,  them  Joshna 
201 


An  Angel  cippeareth  to  Joshua.         JOSHUA. 


Jericho  is  besieged. 


Before 

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G.n.31. 

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34.  11 

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cli.21.  11. 
E..  aO.  7.  Il 
23.  3,  8. 

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i.  19. 

Kuu 

12.0. 
a.  it.  5, 

„K. 

IB.  35. 

Nam  2:  23. 
I<i»i    Kl.  II, 


«<■!.. 2. 9.2l.i 
l>I>aut.  7.  21. 


10.  ■-■i 
J  Hum.  10,8. 


circumcised  :  lor  they  were  iincir- 
ciiincised^  because  they  hutl  not  cir- 
cunK'ised  them  by  the  way. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  f  "when  they 
had  done  circumcising  all  the  \K'tt- 
ple,  that  tliey  abode  in  their  places 
in  the  camp,  k  till  they  were  whole. 

'.)  And  the  LoKD  said  unto  Joshua, 
This  day  have  I  rolled  awav  '  the 
rejiroach  of  E^yiit  from  otf  you. 
Wherefore  the  name  of  the  place  is 
calleil  II  '"  Gil'^'al  unto  this  dav. 

10  IT  And  the  children  of  Israel  en- 
camped in  Gilsal,  and  kept  tlie  pass- 
over  "  on  the  fourteenth  day  of  the 
month  at  even  in  the  plains  of  Jcr- 
iclio. 

11  And  they  did  cat  of  the  old  corn 
of  tile  laiul  on  the  morrow  after 
the  passover,  unleavened  cakes,  and 
parched  corn  in  the  selfsame  day. 

l:i  T\  And  "  the  manna  ceased  on  the 
morrow  after  they  had  eaten  of  the 
old  corn  of  tlie  land;  neitlicr  had  the 
children  of  Israel  manna  any  more; 
but  they  did  cat  of  the  fruit  of  the 
land  of  Canaan  that  year. 

l.i  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Josluia  was  liv  ■lericlin,  that  he  lifted 
up  Ills  eves  and  looked,  and,  behold, 
there  stood  I' a  man  over  af;Minst  him 
'1  with  bis  sworfl  drawn  in  his  band: 
and  .Joshua  went  unto  him,  and  said 
unto  him.  Art  thou  for  us,  or  Ibr  our 
adversaries? 

H  And  he  said,  Nav;  but  fi.«  [|  cap- 
tiin  of  the  host  of  the  I.OKI)  am  I 
now  come.  And  Joshua  '  fell  on  his 
face  to  the  earth,  ami  did  worship, 
and  saiil  unto  him.  What  saith  my 
lord  unto  bis  servant':' 

l.'<  And  the  captain  of  the  LoEP's 
host  said  unto  Joshua,  "Loose  thy 
shoe  from  oft'  thy  foot;  for  the  place 
whereon  thou  staiidest  in  holy.  And 
Joshua  did  so. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Jericho  is  «/iuf  up.     i  Ooil  intlructelh 

Joshua  htiw  to  bcauge  it.     12  Tlic  city  is 

compassed.     17  /(  ini<»(  be  accursed.     20 
The  walls  fall  tlf.wn.    2'i  Jt,ilial>  is  saved. 

20  Tlie  kui'liler  of  Jericho  is  cursed. 

NOW  Jericho  I  wns  straitlv  shut 
up  because  of  the  children  of 
Israel:  none  went  out,  and  none 
came  in. 

'1  And  the  T,oi!n  said  unto  Joshua, 
See,  "1  have  K'ven  into  thine  band 
Jericho,  and  the  li  kin;;  thereof,  <m</ 
the  mi;;hty  nu'ii  of  valour. 

.'!  And  ye  shall  compass  the  city,  all 
.V  men  of  war,  ntiil  ;,'0  round  about 
the  city  onee.  Tlius  shall  thou  do 
six  da\'s. 

•1  Anil  seven  priests  shall  bear  be- 
fore the  ark  seven  'trumpets  of 
rams'  horns:  and  the  seventh  day  ye  ' 
shall  compass  tlie  city  seven  times, 
and  lithe  priests  shall  blow  with  the 
trumpets.  j 

.5  .\nd   it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
when    they  make   a  Ions  "'"■*'  with 
the  ram's  "born,  and  when  ye  liear  1 
2U3 


the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  all  the 
people  shall  shout  with  a  ^-reat  shout; 
and  the  wall  of  the  citv  shall  fall 
down  t  flat,  sind  the  people  shall  as- 
cend up  every  man  straight  bctbrc 
him. 

U  T  And  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun 
called  the  jiriests,  and  said  unto 
them.  Take  up  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant, and  let  seven  j)riests  bear  sev- 
en trum]iets  of  rams'  horns  before 
the  ark  of  the  I.oni). 

7  Anil  be  said  unto  the  people.  Pass 
on,  and  compass  the  city,  and  let 
him  that  is  armed  pass  on  before  the 
ark  of  the  I^ord. 

K  IT  And  it  oainc  to  pass,  when 
Joshua  had  spoken  unto  the  people, 
that  the  seven  jiriests  bearing  the 
Seven  trumpets  of  rams'  horns  pass- 
ed on  before  the  l>OKP,  and  blew 
with  the  trumpets:  and  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Loud  followed 
them. 

'J  11  And  the  armed  men  went  be- 
fore the  priests  that  blew  with  the 
truini)ets,  '■'and  thii  f  rearward  came 
after  the  ark,  the  prkft.i  poiii};  on, 
and  blowing  with  the  trumpets. 

10  And  Josiuia  had  commanded  the 
people,  sayinj;.  Ye  shall  not  shout, 
nor  t  make  any  noise  with  your 
voice,  neither  shall  iinif  word  pro- 
ceed out  of  your  mouth,  until  the 
day  I  bid  you  shout;  then  shall  ye 
shout. 

11  So  the  nrk  of  the  Lord  com- 
passed the  city,  goiufc  about  il  once: 
and  they  came  into  the  camp,  and 
lod^'ed  in  the  camp. 

12  M  And  Joshua  rose  early  in  the 
morniii;;,  fand  the  priests  took  up 
the  ark  of  the  LoHP. 

l.'i  And  sevtn  priests  bearins  seven 
trumpets  of  rams'  boms  before  the 
ark  of  the  Lokh  went  on  continual- 
ly, and  blew  w  ith  the  trumpets:  and 
tlie  armed  men  went  before  them; 
but  the  rearward  came  alter  the  ark 
of  the  Loup,  IIw  iirii.st.-^  Koin;,'  on, 
and  blowing-  with  tlie  trumpets. 

14  Anil  the  seeoiiil  day  they  com- 
passed the  litv  om-e,  ;uiil  returned 
into  the  camp,    .^o  they  did  six  days. 

IT)  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  sev- 
enth day,  that  they  rose  early  about 
the  daw'ninjr  of  the  day,  and  com- 
passed the  city  after  the  same  man- 
ner seven  times:  only  on  that  day 
they  compassed  the  city  seven  times. 

1()  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  sev- 
enth time,  when  the  priests  blew 
with  the  trumpits,  Joshua  said  unto 
the  proplr,  Sliout;  tor  the  Loitu 
bntli  ^'iven  vou  the  eitv. 

17  H  And  the  eilv  shall  he  II  accursed, 
civil  it,  and  all  "that  nrr  thei-i'in,  to 
the  Loud:  onlv  UMb;ib  tlu-  harlot 
shall  live,  she  and  :ill  that  <.re  with 
her  in  the  hous.,  because  Ksbe  hid 
the  inessenyers  that  we  sent. 

15  And  ve,  liin  anv  wise  keep  jimir- 
.•it/rc.i  fl-om  tlie  accursed  thin;;,  lest 


taken,  and  destroyed. 


JORHUA. 


Acltan  troubleth  Israel. 


ye  make  yourselves  acciirst'd,  when 
ye  take  of  the  accursed  thing,  and 
make  the  camp  of  Israel  a  curse, 
■  and  trouble  it. 

19  But  all  the  silver,  and  gold,  and 
vessels  of  brass  and  iron,  me  t  con- 
secrated unto  the  Loi;ii:  tlicy  shall 
eonie  into  tlie  treasury  of  tlie  I,(ii;i>. 

2*1  So  the  people  slioiited  whi-n  tlie 
priests  blew  with  tlie  trumpets:  and 
it  came  to  pass,  wlien  the  people 
heard  the  sound  of  tlie  trumpet,  and 
the  people  shouted  witli  a  L'reat 
shout,  that  k  the  wall  fell  down  f  flat, 
so  tliat  the  people  went  up  into  the 
city,  every  man  straight  before  liim, 
and  they  took  the  city. 

•>\  Anil  they  l  utterly  destroyed  all 
that  was  in  the  city,  botii  man  and 
woman,  young  ami  old,  and  ox,  and 
slieep,  and  ass,  with  tlie  edge  of  the 
sword. 

L'2  But  Joshua  had  said  unto  the 
two  men  that  had  spied  out  the 
country.  Go  into  tiie  harlot's  house, 
and  bring  out  tlience  the  woman, 
and  all  that  she  liatli,  "'  as  ye  sware 
unto  her. 

'S\  And  the  young  men  that  were 
spies  went  in,  and  brought  out  Ila- 
liab,  "  and  her  father,  and  her  moth- 
er, and  her  brethren,  and  all  that  she 
had;  and  they  brought  out  all  her 
t  kindred,  and  left  them  witliout  the 
camp  of  Israel. 

•H  And  they  burnt  the  city  with 
lire,  and  all  that  u-as  therein:  ''only 
the  silver,  and  the  gold,  and  tlie 
vessels  of  brass  and  of  iron,  they  put 
into  the  treasury  of  the  house  of  tile 
Lord. 

L'5  And  Joshua  saved  Rahab  the 
harlot  alive,  and  her  father's  liouse- 
liold,  and  all  tliat  she  had;  and  Hshe 
clwelleth  in  Israel  even  unto  this 
day;  because  she  hid  the  messen- 
gers, which  Joshua  sent  to  spy  out 
Jericho. 

20  H  And  Joshua  adjured  them  at 
that  time,  saying,  1  Cursed  he  the 
man  before  tlie  LoRn,  that  riseth  up 
and  biiildeth  tliis  citv  Jericho:  he 
sliall  lay  the  foinidation  thereof  in 
his  firstborn,  and  in  his  vonngest  sun 
shall  he  set  up  tlie  gates  of  it. 

27  •■  So  the  Lord  was  witli  Joshua; 

and  ■  his  fame  was  noised  throughout 

all  the  country. 

CHAPTER  A^IL 

1  The  Israelites  are  emilten  at  At.  6 
Joshua's  comptiiint.  10  (jvU  iuetrucicth 
him  what  to  do.  16  .ichnn  is  taken  by  the 
lot.  Ulliaeonfeseion.  i2  lie  and  all  he 
had  are  destroyed  in  the  valley  of  Achor. 

IyVT  the  children  of  Israel  com- 
J  mitted  a  trespass  in  the  accursed 
thing:  for  "||Achan,  tlic  son  of  Car- 
mi,  the  son  of  II  Zabdi,  the  son  of 
Zerali,  of  tlic  tribe  of  Judah,  took  of 
the  accursed  thing:  and  the  anger 
of  the  IjOud  was  kindled  against  the 
cliildren  of  Israel. 
:i  And  Joshua  sent  men  from  Jeri- 


cho to  Ai,  which  is  beside  Beth-aven, 
on  theeast  side  of  Beth-el,  and  spake 
unto  them,  saying.  Go  up  and  view 
the  country.  Ami  the  men  went  up 
and  viewed  Ai. 

.3  And  they  returned  to  Joshua,  and 
said  unt<i  him.  Let  not  all  tiie  people 
go  up;  but  let  f  about  two  or  tliree 
tliousand  men  go  up  and  smite  Ai; 
nnd  ni:ike  not  all  the  pcoi)le  to  labour 
tliitlier;  for  they  ore  6ii^  few. 

4  So  there  went  up  tliither  of  the 
poojile  about  three  thousand  men; 
I*  and  they  fled  before  the  men  of 
Ai. 

5  And  the  men  of  Ai  smote  of  them 
about  tliirty  and  six  men:  for  they 
chased  them  from  before  the  gate 
even  unto  Sliebarim,  and  smote  them 
l|iu  the  going  down:  wherefore  ^' the 
hearts  of  the  people  melted,  and  be- 
came as  water. 

()  IT  And  Joshua  J  rent  his  clothes, 
and  fell  to  the  earth  upon  his  face 
before  tke  ark  of  the  Lord  until  the 
eventide,  lie  and  the  elders  of  Israel, 
and  "^  put  dust  upon  their  heads. 

I  And  Joshua  eaid,  Alas,  O  Lord 
God,  f  wherefore  hast  thou  at  all 
brought  this  people  over  Jordan,  to 
deliver  us  into  t)ie  hand  of  the  Amo- 
rites,  to  destroy  us?  would  to  God  we 
h.id  been  content,  and  dwelt  on  the 
otiier  side  Jordan  I 

S  O  Lord,  what  shall  I  say,  when 
Israel  turnetli  their  )  backs  before 
their  enemies! 

1)  For  the  Canaanites  nr.d  nil  the  in- 
habitants of  tlie  land  shall  hear  or  it, 
and  shall  environ  us  round,  and  ^cut 
otr  our  name  from  the  earth  :  and 
hwhat  wilt  thou  do  unto  tliy  great 
name? 

10  TI  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh- 
ua, Get  thee  up  ;  wherelbre  fli^'st 
thou  thus  upon  thy  face':' 

II  i  Israel  hatli  sinned,  and  they 
have  also  transgressed  my  covenant 
which  1  commanded  them:  kfor 
the}'  have  even  taken  of  the  accursed 
thing,  and  have  al.so  stolen,  and  i  dis- 
semljled  also,  and  they  have  put  it 
even  among  tlieir  own  stuff. 

U  '"  Therefore  the  children  of  Is- 
I  rael  could  not  stand  before  their 
j  enemies,  but  turned  t/ieir  backs  be- 
■  fore  their  enemies,  because  "  they 
j  were  accursed:  neitlierwili  I  be  with 
I  you  any  more,  except  ye  destroy  the 
accursed  from  anion";  you. 

13  Up,  "sanctify  the  people,  and 
say,  P  Sanctify  yourselves  against  to 
morrow:  for  tlius  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel,  There  is  an  accursed 
thing  in  the  midst  of  thee,  O  Israel: 
tliou  canst  not  stand  before  thine 
enemies,  until  ye  take  a«ay  the  ac- 
cursed thing  from  among  you. 

14  In  the  morninc  therefore  ye  shall 
be  brought  according  to  vour  tribes: 
and  it  shall  bo,  t lint' the  tribe  which 
1  the  Lord  takelh  shall  come  accord- 
ing to  the  families  thereof';  and  tlie 

283 


Achan  is  put  to  dfath. 


JOSHUA. 


The  stratagem  for  taking  At 


II  1^  17. 
.  3.  Si. 
I.  IS.  17 


fiiinily  wlik'h  the  liOun  shall  take 
shall  come  liv  liousehoUls;  and  the 
liniiselKild  wliirli  the  Lord  shall 
Uike  shall  eonie  man  bv  nmn. 

].■.  ^\.nll  it  shall  he,  llirit  he  that  is 
taken  with  t!ie  aeeiirsed  thin;r  shall 
he  Imriit  with  fire,  he  and  all  tliat  he 
hath:  heeausc  he  liath '^  transj;ressed 
the  covenant  of  the  Loiu).  and  be- 
cause he  'hath  wrought  ||  iblly  in 
Israel. 

1(1  ir  So  Joshua  rose  up  early  in  the 
mornin";,  and  hrouglit  Israel  by  their 
tribes;  and  the  tribe  of  Judan  was 
taken: 

17  And  he  brought  the  family  of 
Judah;  and  he  took  the  family  of 
the  Zarhites:  and  ho  bron-ht  the 
faniilv  of  the  Zarhites  man  by  man; 
and  2abdi  was  taken: 

18  And  he  brou;,'ht  his  household 
man  by  man;  and  .\ehan,  the  sun  of 
Canni,  the  son  of  Z;ib(li,  tin'  s..m  of 
Zerah,  of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  "was 
taken. 

I'J  And  Joshua  said  nnto  Achan, 
IMy  son,  "^rive,  I  nray  thee,  glory  to 
the  I/OKD  God  of  Israel,  >'and  make 
confession  unto  him;  and  *tell  me 
now  what  thou  hast  done;  liide  il 
not  from  me. 

^■0  And  Achan  answered  Joshua, 
and  said.  Indeed  I  have  sinned 
against  the  L<)Iti>  God  of  Israel,  and 
thus  and  thus  have  I  done: 

Ul  When  I  saw  among  tlie  spoils  a 
•'oodly  Uabvlonish  garment,  and  two 
hundred  shekels  of  silver,  and  a 
t  wedge  of  gold  of  fifty  shekels  w  eight, 
tlieii  leovehMl  them,  and  took  them; 
anil,  behold,  tluy  an-  hid  in  the  earth 
in  tlie  midst  of  iny  tent,  and  the  sil- 
ver under  iU 

L'J  TI  So  Joshua  sent  messengers, 
and  thev  ran  nnto  the  tent ;  an*l, 
behold,  'il  WHS  hid  in  liis  tent,  and 
the  silvi'r  under  it. 

2.!  And  tliev  took  them  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  tent,  and  brought  them 
nnto  Joshua,  and  nnto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  t  laid  theni  out 
before  the  L<)i:r>. 

•_'4  And  Joshua,  and  all  Israel  with 
him.  took  Aehan  the  sou  of  Zerah, 
and  the  silver,  ami  tlie  g:uinent,  and 
the  wedL-e  of  gold,  and  bis  sons,  and 
his  daughters,  and  his  om^u,  iind  his 
n.sses,  and  his  sheep,  :iud  his  tent, 
and  all  that  he  had  :  ami  tliey 
brought  them  nnto  ■"the  valley  of 
Achor. 

■jn  ,\nd  .loshua  said,  ''Why  luist 
thou  troubled  us?  the  I.dlcii  shall 
trouble  thee  this  day.  'And  all  Is- 
rael stoned  him  WMth  stones,  and 
burned  them  witli  fire,  after  they 
had  stoned  them  with  stones. 

Lli  .Vnd  thev  J  raised  over  him  n 
great  heap  of  stones  unto  this  day. 
So  'the  I.nicn  turned  IVoin  the  fien'e- 
ness  i.f  his  anger.  Wherelhre  the 
n:ime  of  that  i>laee  was  cnlleil,  i  The 
valley  of  II  .\ehor,  unto  this  dny. 
2U4 


CHAPTER  VIIL 

I  God  cncourageth  Joihua.  3  The  strata- 
gem whereby  Ai  wom  litken.  '20  Tfie  king 
thereof  is  hanged,  m  Joshua  buildeth 
an  altar,  32  writeth  the  law  on  stones,  33 
propoundcth  biessimjs  and  cursings. 

VNDtheliOP.D  said  unto  Joshua, 
■'  Fear  not,  ueitlier  be  thou  dis- 
mayed :  take  idl  tin'  jieoplc  of  war 
with  tlu-o,  and  arise,  go  up  to  Ai : 
see,  Il  I  have  given  into  thv  hand  the 
king  of  Ai,  and  his  people,  and  his 
city,  and  his  land: 

2  And  thou  shalt  do  to  Ai  and  Aer 
king  as  thou  didst  unto  ""Jericho  and 
her  king:  only  dtlie  spoil  thereof, 
and  the  cattle  "thereof,  shall  ve  take 
lor  a  prey  unto  yourselves:  fay  thee 
an  ambush  for  tlie  city  behind  it. 

.!  IT  So  Joshua  arose,  and  all  the 
people  of  war,  to  go  up  against  Ai: 
and  Joshua  chose  out  thirty  thou- 
sand mighty  men  of  valour,  and  sent 
them  away  by  night. 

4  And  he  commanded  them,  say- 
ing. Behold,  l^ye  shall  lie  in  wait 
against  the  city,  ercn  behind  the 
city:  go  not  very  far  from  the  city, 
but  be  ye  all  ready: 

5  And  I,  and  all  the  people  that 
arc  with  me,  will  approach  <into 
the  city:  and  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
when  they  eome  out  against  us,  as 
at  the  first,  that  I'wc  will  flee  before 
them, 

(I  (For  they  will  come  out  after  lis,) 
till  we  have  f  drawn  them  from  the 
city;  for  they  will  s:iy.  They  llee  be- 
foiT'  us,  as  at  the  first :  tlieivfore  we 
will  flee  betiire  them. 

7  Then  ye  shall  rise  up  from  the 
ambush,  imd  seize  upon  the  city  : 
for  the  Ldhd  your  God  will  deliver 
it  into  vour  hand. 

S  Ami  it  shall  be,  when  vc  have 
taken  the  city.  Iliaf  ye  shall  set  the 
citv  on  fire  :  aeeording  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  Loi:ii  shall  ye  do. 
^  See,  I  have  eommamh-d  vou. 

9  <l  Joshua  thercliire  s'eiit  them 
forth  ;  and  they  went  to  lie  in  am- 
bush, and  abode  between  l!eth-el 
and  Ai,  on  the  west  side  of  Ai:  but 
Joshua  lodged  that  night  among  tlio 
Iieople. 

Ill  .Vnd  Joshua  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  numbered  the  people, 
and  went  up.  he  and  the  elders  of 
Israel,  lirfore  the  people  to  Ai. 

II  I'And  all  the  pioplr. .  ren  l/te  jtfo- 
l>lc  of  war  that  trrrr  with  him.  went 
up,  and  drew  nigh,  and  came  i)eforc 
the  city,  and  jiitehrd  on  the  north 
side  <if  Ai  :  now  there  trcis  a  valley 
between  them  and  Ai. 

IJ  And  he  took  alj<Mitflvc  thousand 
men,  and  set  them  to  lie  in  ambush 
between  ne(h-el  and  Ai,  on  the  west 
side  lloftheeity. 

1  '•  .\ud  when  they  had  set  the  peo- 
ple, ,ni,  all  the  host  that  i/vw  on  the 
north  of  the  city,  and  t  their  liers  in 
wait  on  the  west  of  the  city,  Joshua 


^Ai  is  taken,  and 


JOSHUA. 


the  king  thereof  hanged. 


went  that  nifjlit  into  the  midst  of  the 
valluy- 

14  T  And  it  came  to  pas?,  when  the 
king  of  Ai  saw  i(,  tliat  tiay  liasted 
and  rose  up  early,  and  tlie  men  of 
the  eity  went  out  a^aiubt  Israel  to 
battle,  he  and  all  his  people,  at  a 
time  appointed,  before  tlic  plain;  but 
he  1  wist  not  that  there  were  liers  in 
ambush  apainst  him  behind  the  eitv. 

15  And  Joshua  and  all  Israel  kmadc 
as  if  they  were  beaten  betbrc  them, 
and  fled  by  the  way  of  the  wilder- 
ness. 

lU  And  all  the  people  that  were  in 
Ai  were  ealled  tuj^ether  to  pursue 
after  them  :  and  they  pui-sued  alter 
Joshua,  and  were  drawn  away  from 
the  city. 

1"  And  there  was  not  a  man  left  in 
Ai  or  Beth-el,  that  went  not  out  after 
Israel :  and  they  lell  the  eity  open, 
and  pursued  after  Israel. 

IS  And  the  LoiU)  said  unto  Joshua, 
Stretch  out  the  spear  that  U  in  thy 
hand  toward  Ai ;  for  1  will  pive 
it  into  thine  hand.  And  Joshua 
stretched  out  the  spear  that  lie  had 
in  his  hand  toward  the  city. 

I'J  And  the  ambush  arose  quickly 
out  of  their  ]>lacc,  anil  they  ran  as 
soon  as  he  had  stretched  out  his 
hand :  and  they  entcix'il  into  the 
city,  and  took  it,  and  hasted  and  set 
the  city  on  tire. 

'Ji)  And  when  the  men  of  Ai  looked 
behind  tliem,  tliev  saw,  and,  behold, 
the  sinuke  c,f  tlu-  citv  ascended  np  to 
heaven,  and  tbi'V  had  no  f  jinwer  to 
Hce  this  way  or  that  way  :  and  the 
peoi)le  that  fled  to  the  wilderness 
turned  back  ui)on  the  pursuers. 

21  And  when  Joshua  and  all  Israel 
saw  that  the  ambush  had  taken  the 
eity,  and  that  the  smoke  of  tlie  city 
ascended,  then  thev  turned  again, 
and  slew  the  men  of  Ai. 

22  And  the  other  issued  out  of  the 
city  against  them;  so  they  were  in 
the  midst  of  Israel,  some  on  this  side, 
and  sonic  on  that  side  :  and  they 
sniote  tlicni,  so  that  they  'let  none 
of  them  remain  (u*  escape. 

23  And  the  king  of  Ai  they  took 
alive,  and  brought  him  to  Joshua. 

24  And  it  eanic  to  pass,  when  Israel 
had  made  an  end  of  slaying  all  the 
inhabitants  of  AI  in  the  fleld,  in  the 
wilderness  wherein  they  chased 
them,  and  when  they  were  all  fallen 
on  the  edge  of  the  sword,  until  thev 
were  consumed,  that  all  the  Israel- 
ites returned  unto  Ai,  and  smote  it 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

25  And  so  it  was,  that  all  that  fell 
that  day,  botli  of  men  and  women, 
were  twelve  thousand,  even  all  the 
men  of  Ai. 

2(j  For  Joshua  drew  not  his  hand 
back,  wherewith  be  stretched  out  tlie 
spear,  until  he  had  utterly  destroyed 
all  the  inhabitants  of  Ai. 

27  '"  Only  the  cattle  and  the  spoil 


of  that  eity  Israel  took  for  a  prey 
unto  tlieins'elvcs,  according  unto  tlie 
M  ord  of  the  LoKU  wliicli  he  "  coiii- 
maiided  Joshua. 

28  And  Joshua  burnt  Ai,  and  made 
it  "a  heap  tor  ever,  eien  a  desolation 
unto  this  day. 

2'J  P  And  the  king  cf  Ai  lie  hanged 
oil  a  tree  until  eventide:  ''and  as 
soon  as  the  sun  was  down,  Joshua 
commanded  that  they  should  take 
his  carcass  down  from  the  tree,  and 
cast  it  at  the  entering  of  the  gate  of 
the  city,  and  ''raise  thereon  a  great 
heap  of  stones,  that  remaitieth  unto 
this  day. 

30  IT  'I'hen  Joshua  built  an  altar  un- 
to the  LoKU  God  of  Israel  'in  mount 
JCbal, 

31  As  Sloses  the  servantof  the  Lord 
commanded  tlie  children  of  Israel, 
as  it  is  written  in  tlic  Miook  of  the 
lawofiMoses,  an  altar  of  whole  stones, 
over  which  no  man  bath  liftcil  up 
OH.v  iron:  and  "  they  odered  thereon 
burnt  offerings  unto  the  LoKU,  and 
sacrificed  peace  ott'erings. 

32  IT  And  "^lic  wrote  there  tipon  the 
stones  a  copy  of  the  law  of  Jloses, 
which  he  wrote  in  the  presence  of 
the  children  of  Israel. 

3;i  And  all  Israel,  and  their  elders, 
and  officers,  and  their  iudges,  stcwid 
on  this  side  the  ark  anil  on  that  side 
before  the  priests  the  Levites,  >whicli 
bare  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
lAiUD,  as  well  "the  str.Hiigcr.  as  he 
that  was  born  among  them:  lialf  of 
them  over  against  mount  Gerizim, 
and  half  of  them  over  against  mount 
Kbal;  "as  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
iioui)  had  commanded  before,  that 
they  should  bless  the  people  of  Is- 
rail. 

34  And  afterward  l)hc  read  all  the 
words  of  the  law,  ■'  the  blessings  and 
cursings,  according  to  all  tliat  is 
written  in  the  book  of  the  law. 

;55  There  was  not  a  word  of  all  that 
Moses  commanded,  which  Joshua 
read  not  before  nil  the  congregation 
of  Israel,  I'with  the  women,  and  the 
little  ones,  and  'the  strangers  that 
t  were  conversant  among  them. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

I   77(e  kings  combine  against  Israel,  3  Tlie 

Gibconites  by  craft  obtain  a  Icagttc.    16 

For  which  they  arc  condemned  to  per- 

])etual  bondage. 

\ND  it  came  to  pass,  when  all  the 
kin^s  which  icere  on  this  side 
Jordan,  in  the  hills,  and  in  the  val- 
leys, and  in   all  the  coasts  of  "the 
ffeat  sea  over  against  Lebanon,  l>tlie 
littite,  and  the  Amoritc,    the    Ca- 
naanite,  the  Pcrizzite,    the    Ilivite, 
and  the  Jebusite,  heard  thereof; 
2  That  they  '  gathered  themselves 
together,  to  fieht  with   Joshua  and 
with  Israel,  with  one  t  accord, 
."i  M  And  when  the  inhabitants  of 
'1  Gibcou   'heard  what   Joshua  had 
done  unto  Jericho  and  to  Ai, 
205 


■-'.Sau..  21.  I. 
2. 


The  Gibeonites  by  craft 


obtain  a  league. 


cum  ST 

1451. 


Bch.  U.  U. 

li  Ex.  Z).  32. 

Deut.  7.  2.  & 

20.  15. 

Ji..lg.2.  2. 
i  Deut.  20.  U. 

2  Kin.  10.  S. 


i>N>.m  27.21 
1.  30.  1.2. 
Sc.Ju.lg   1. 


4  They  did  work  wilily,  nml  went 
and  made  as  i(  tliey  liad  been  am- 
bnssadin-s,  and  took  old  sacks  upon 
their  asses,  and  'wine  bottles,  old,  and 
rent,  and  bound  up; 

.5  And  old  shoes  and  elouted  upon 
their  feet,  and  old  ;:;arments  upon 
them;  and  all  the  breail  of  their  pro- 
vision was  dry  and  mouldy. 

G  And  they  went  to  Joshua  funto 
the  camp  at  Oilgal,  and  s;iid  unto 
him,  and  to  the  men  of  Israel,  Wc  be 
come  from  a  far  country:  now  there- 
fore make  ye  a  league  with  us. 

7  And  the  men  of  Israel  said  unto 
the  SHivites,  Peradventurc  yo  dwell 
amons  us;  and  ii  how  shall  wc  make 
a  league  with  yon'i 

8  And  they  said  unto  Joshua, '  Wc 
are  thy  servants.  And  Joshua  said 
unto  tiicm,  Wlio  are  ye?  and  from 
whence  come  ye? 

y  And  they  said  unto  him,  k  From 
a  very  far  country  thy  servants  arc 
come,  because  of  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God:  for  we  have  I  heard 
the  fame  of  him,  and  all  that  he  did 
in  E^vpt, 

It)  And  '"all  that  he  did  to  the  two 
kind's  of  the  Amorites,  that  irr/r  be- 
yond Jordan,  to  Sihon  kins  of  Ilesh- 
bon,  and  to  Off  kin;;  of  Uashan, 
which  ira."!  at  Ashtaroth. 

11  Wherefore  onr  elders  and  all  the 
inliabitauts  of  our  country  spake  to 
us,  savins.  Take  victuals  twith  you 
for  the  journey,  and  go  to  meet  them, 
a:id  say  unto  them,  Wc  are  your 
sen-ants:  therefore  now  make  "ye  a 
league  with  us. 

12  This  our  bread  we  took  hot  for 
our  provision  out  of  our  houses  on 
the  day  we  came  forth  to  170  unto 
yon;  but  now,  behold,  it  is  (Try,  and 
It  is  mouldy: 

V,  And  these  bottles  of  wine,  which 
wc  tilled,  K'cre  new;  and,  behold, 
thev  be  rent:  and  these  our  s^rnients 
and  our  shoes  arc  become  old  by 
reason  of  the  very  lonj;  journey. 

14  Aud  lithe  men  took  of  their 
victuals,  "and  asked  not  coiinticl  at 
the  mouth  of  the  Lord. 

l.">  ,\iul  Joshua  "made  peace  with 
them,  and  made  a  lenL'ue  with  them, 
to  let  them  live:  and  the  princes  of 
the  conKre|»alion  sware  unto  them. 

I(>  M  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  three  days  after  thev  bad  made  a 
lea-ue  with  them,  that  (hey  heard 
that  thev  irrrr  (heir  ni'iuhbours,  and 
Ih'i.l  theV  dwelt  anion:;  them. 

17  And  the  children Ot  Israel  .i(nir- 
nevi'd,  iu\il  eame  unto  tlii^ir  cities  ou 
the  third  (lav.  Now  their  cities  ,r,rr 
I'tJiheon.  an.l  Chepbirali,  aud  liee- 
roth,  anil  Kirjath-jearim. 

15  And  the  cbildnMi  of  Israel  smote 
them  not,  1  because  the  princes  of  the 
coni;re:;atiou  hud  sworn  unto  them 
by  the  Lord  (io<l  of  Israel.  And  all 
the  eouffre;;ation  murmured  u^uinst 
tlie  princes. 

206 


19  But  nil  the  princes  said  unto  all 
the  conjjrcffatiun.  We  have  sworn  un- 
to them  by  the  Lord  God  of  Israel: 
now  therefore  we  may  not  touch 
them. 

20  This  we  will  do  to  them  ;  wc 
will  even  let  them  live,  lest  "^  wrath 
be  upon  us,  because  of  the  oath 
which  wc  swnrc  unto  them. 

21  And  the  princes  said  unto  them. 
Let  them  live ;  but  let  them  be 
"  licwcrs  of  wood  and  drawersof  water 
unto  all  the  conjrrcffation  ;  as  the 
princes  had  •  promised  them. 

22  11  And  Joshua  called  for  them, 
and  he  spake  unto  them,  savins. 
Wherefore  have  ye  besnilerf  us, 
savins,  "  Wc  ore  very  far  from  you; 
When  *ye  dwell  anions  us? 

2'!  Now  therefore  ye  are  y  cursed, 
and  there  shall  f  iione  of  you  be 
freed  from  beins  bondmen,  and 
^  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers  of 
water  tor  the  house  of  my  God. 
24  And  they  answered  Joshua, 
aud  said,  ISecanse  it  was  certainly 
told  thy  servants,  how  that  the 
Lord  thy  God  *  commanded  his 
servant  JIoscs  to  pive  you  all  the 
land,  and  to  destroy  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  land  from  before  you, 
therefore  l>we  were  sore  afraid  of 
our  lives  because  of  you,  aud  have 
done  this  thins. 

2.5  And  now,  behold,  wc  arc  'in 
thine  hand:  as  it  scemeth  Rood  and 
risht  unto  thee  to  do  unto  us,  do. 
2(>  Aud  so  did  he  unto  tliem,  and 
delivered  them  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  that  they  slew 
them  not. 

27  And  Joshua  t  made  them  that 
day  il  hewers  of  wood  and  drawers 
of  water  for  the  consresation,  and 
for  the  altar  of  the  Lord,  even  unto 
this  day,  'in  the  place  which  lie 
should  choose. 

CHAPTER  X. 
1  Five  kings  tear  affaingt  Oibeon.  C  Josh- 
ua rescuelh  il.  VI  GoJ  fighlcHi  against 
them  trith  hailstones.  12  The  sun  an<l 
moon  stand  still  at  the  nord  of  Joshua. 
10  The  five  kings  are  mured  in  a  cave. 

23  Tlicj  tiro  brought  forth.  24  seornful- 
III  used,  26  niKi  hanged.  28  ^rvsn  kings 
more  are  conquered.  4;J  Joshua  return. 
eth  to  C/ilgal. 

"VTOW  it  came  to  pa.«a,  when 
il  Adoni-zedek  kins  of  Jerusa- 
lem had  heard  how  J;,shua  had  tak- 
en Ai,  ami  had  utterly  ilestroved 
it:  "as  he  had  done  to  'Jericho  and 
her  kins,  -"^o  he  had  dcuie  to  i'  Ai  and 
her  kins  :  and  '  how  the  inhnhit- 
aiits  of  (Jiheon  hail  made  peace  with 
Israel,  and  were  anions  them: 
2  That  they  itfenR-d  srcatly,  be- 
cause Gibeon  irtui  a  ^reat  city,  as 
one  of  the  t  royal  cities,  and  be- 
onnse  it  iras  sreater  than  Ai,  and 
all  the  men  thereof  ircrr  mishtv. 
:i  Wherefore  Adoni-zedek  kiiis  of 
Jerusalem  sent  inito  llohain  kins  of 


The  sun  and  viomi  stand  still. 


JOSHUA. 


The  five  combined  kings  slain. 


r»  18.  i« 

i«  2S.  21. 
m  cl..  1(!.  3. ; 
nch   15.35. 


Hebron,  and  unto  I'iram  kins  of 
Jarmuth,  and  unto  Jnphia  kin;;  of 
l>acliish,  and  unto  Dcbir  king  of 
Eglon,  saying, 

4  Come  up  unto  nic,  and  help  mc, 
tliat  wc  may  smite  Gibcon:  '=for  it 
iiath  made  peace  witli  Josliua  and 
■with  tlic  cliildren  of  Israel. 

5  Tlicrclbre  tlie  five  kings  of  the 
Amorites,  the  king  of  Jerusalem, 
the  king  of  Hebron,  the  king  of 
Jarmuth,  the  king  of  I-achish,  the 
king  of  Eglon,  f  gathered  themselves 
together,  and  went  up,  they  and  all 
their  hosts,  and  cneamped  beibre 
Gibcon,  and  made  war  against  it. 

G  H  And  the  men  of  Gibeon  sent 
unto  Joshua  ^io  the  camp  to  Gil- 
gal,  saying.  Slack  not  thy  hand 
fnim  thy  sen-ants  ;  come  up  to  us 
f|uieklv,  and  save  us,  and  help  us: 
for  r.U'  the  kings  of  the  Amorites 
that  dwell  in  the  mountains  are 
gathered  together  against  us. 

T  So  Joshua  ascended  from  Gilgal, 
he,  and  Imll  the  people  of  war  with 
him,  and  all  the  mighty  men  of  val- 
our. 

S  IT  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Josh- 
ua, iFear  them  not:  for  I  have  de- 
livered them  into  thine  hand;  k  there 
shall  not  a  man  of  them  stimd  before 
thee. 

U  Joshua  therefore  came  unto  them 
suddenly,  and  went  up  from  Gilgal 
.all  night. 

10  And  the  Lord  I  discomfited  them 
before  Israel,  and  slew  them  with  a 
great  slaughter  at  Gibeon,  und  chased 
them  along  the  way  that  goetli  up 
'"to  Beth-horon,  and  smote  them  to 
"  Azekah,  and  unto  Jlakkcdah. 

U  And  it  came  to  pa.ss,  as  they  fled 
from  before  Israel,  ami  were  in  the 

foing  down  to  Beth-horon,  "  that  the 
,ORD  cast  down  great  stones  from 
heaven  upon  them  unto  Azekah, 
and  thev  died:  t/Ki/tcere  more  which 
died  with  hailstones  than  ^/K?/whom 
the  children  of  Israel  slew  with  the 
sword. 

12  IT  Then  spake  ,To.sliua  to  the  l>oi!T> 
in  the  day  when  the  l.,oi;t>  delivered 
up  the  Amorites  before  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  he  said  in  the  sight  of 
Israel,  I'  Sun,  t  stand  thou  still  upon 
Gibeon:  and  thou,  .Aloon,  in  the 
valley  of  '1  Ajalon. 

l.'f  And  the  sun  stood  still,  and  the 
moon  stayed,  until  the  people  had 
avenged  themselves  upon  their  ene- 
mies, '/s  not  this  written  in  the 
bonk  of  |!  Jasher?  So  the  sun  stood 
still  in  the  midst  of  heaven,  and 
hasted  not  to  go  down  about  a  whole 
day. 

14  And  there  was  "no  day  like  that 
before  it  or  after  it,  that  the  Lord 
hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  a  man: 
for  '  the  I.oitii  fought  for  Israel. 

15  H  "  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all 
Israel  with  him,  unto  tlie  camp  to 
Gilgal. 


IG  But  these  ftvc  kings  fled,  and  hid 
themselves  in  a  cave  at  Makkedah. 

ir  And  it  was  told  Joshua,  saying, 
The  five  kings  are  found  hid  iii  a 
cave  at  Makkedah. 

IS  And  Joshua  said,  KoU  great 
stones  upon  the  mouth  of  the  cave, 
and  set  men  by  it  for  lokeep  them: 

10  And  stay  ye  not,  hut  pursue  after 
your  enemies,  and  t  smite  the  hind- 
most of  them;  snflcr  them  not  to 
enter  into  their  cities:  for  the  Loud 
jour  God  hath  delivered  them  into 
your  hand. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Josh- 
ua and  the  children  of  Israel  had 
made  an  end  of  slaying  them  with  a 
very  great  slaughter,  till  they  were 
consumed,  that  tlie  rest  rvhich  re- 
mained of  them  entered  into  fenced 
cities. 

21  And  all  the  people  returned  to 
the  camp  to  Joshua  at  Makkedah 
in  peace;  ^none  moved  ]iis  tongue 
against  any  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

22  Then  said  Joshua,  0|>en  the 
mouth  of  the  cave,  and  bring  out 
those  live  kings  unto  me  out  of  the 
cave. 

a'?  And  they  did  so,  and  brought 
forth  those  five  kings  tinto  him  out 
of  the  cave,  the  king  of  Jerusalem, 
the  king  of  Hebron,  the  king  of  Jar- 
muth, the  king  of  Laehish,  and  the 
king  of  Eglon. 

24  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
brought  out  those  kings  unto  Josh- 
ua, that  Joshua  called  for  .all  the  men 
of  Israel,  and  said  unto  the  captains 
of  the  men  of  war  which  went  with 
him,  Comenear,  >  putyourfeetunon 
the  necks  of  these  Kings.  And  they 
came  near,  and  put  their  tcet  upon 
the  necks  of  them. 

25  And  Joshua  said  unto  them, 
^  Fear  not,  nor  be  dismayed,  be 
strong  and  of  good  courage  :  for 
"thus  shall  the  Lord  do  to  all  your 
enemies  against  whom  ye  tight. 

20  And  afterward  Joshua  smote 
them,  and  slew  them,  and  hanged 
them  on  five  trees:  and  they  I'were 
hanging  upon  the  trees  until  the 
evening. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time 
of  the  going  down  of  the  sun,  thai 
Joshua  commnnded,  and  they  'took 
them  down  oil"  the  trees,  and  cast 
them  into  the  cave  wherein  they 
had  been  hid,  and  laid  great  stones 
in  the  cave's  mouth,  i(7iic/i  reniain 
until  this  ven'  day. 

2S  IT  And  that  day  Joshua  took 
Makkedah,  and  smote  it  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword,  and  the  king 
thereof  he  utterly  destroyed,  them, 
and  all  the  souls  that  kyVc  therein ; 
lie  let  none  remain :  and  he  did  to 
the  king  of  Makkedah  rias  he  did 
unto  the  king  of  Jericho. 

lO  Then  .loshua  passed  from  Mak- 
kedah, and  all  Israel  with  him,  unto 
l.ibnah,  and  fouglit  against  Libnah; 
207 


Joghiia  gmiteth 


JOSHUA. 


dicers  other  kings. 


l««ick    II. 

1.1  K  I'.,  n 

Ju^.  1.  10. 


CHAPTER  XI. 

kingK  overcome  at  the  nntert  of 
lu  Umof  M  taken  and  burnt. 
16  AU  the  country  taken  ty  Joihua.    21 
"•■-    toff. 


S*!  And  the  ]>op.i)  cldiverKl  it  also,  I 
and  the  kins  thereof,  into  the  haiiil  1  i  /), 
of  I.srael:  and  he  tniote  it  with  the        M 
ed^'e  of  the  sword,  and  all  the  souls        16 
that  H-rre  therein;    he  let  none  re-        Tlie  Anakim 

Ihfl?,  i",  "i.  *"!■  i*^'*^  ."".'2  *t?  '''"5  A  ND  it  came  to  pa.«s,  when  Jabin 
thereof  as  he  did  unto  the  king  of  J\  kins  'if  Uazor  li^d  heard  l/,o^ 
«r%  A     1  T    V.  ,  r         ,  •,.    I  </<(rtw,  that  he  "eent  U,  Jobab  king 

■AT]  And  Joshua  na.»sed  from  J,ib-  of  Ma/lon,and  to  the  kins  i-of  Shini- 
Tiah,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  unto  j  ron,  and  to  the  king  of  Achshnnh, 
I>achi»h,  and  encamped  against  it,  2  And  Vj  the  kinss  that  vrerr  on 
" «  .  i^Ji'  "P"'"^'  '.'=,-  ,  .  ,  ,  I  ""=  i>orth  of  the  mountains,  and  of 
;;;£  tUrl^  .  ?.'"^'^','^'"^*•'Jf'^''.'^''""^  Pl^'"«  «"'«h  of  -  Chinneroth, 
inf)  the  hand  of  Israel,  which  t/xjk  it  ,  and  in  the  vallev,  and  in  the  border* 


on  the  second  day,  and  smote  it  with 
the  edg..-  of  the  sword,  and  all  the 


1  of  Dor  on  the  west^ 

.3  Arul  to  the  Canaanite  on  the  cast 

to  ,  and  on  the  west,  and  lu  the  Amoritc, 

'  and   the  Ilittite,  and  the  I'erizzitc 


souls  tfiat  Kcre  therein,  accordin 

».',!,*{;'''''='«';>, '^""'^'".I'ibnah.  ..„   .... „  „.,„  „.,  .,„,,„,, 

.«  IT  Then  lloram  king  of  Gezer  and  the  Jcbusite  in  the  mountains, 
:ame  up  to  help  l.achish;  and  Josh;  |  'and  to  the  Ilivlte  under  f  Uermon 
"^in  the  landof  Mizpeh. 

4  And  they  went  out,  tlicv  and  all 
their  hosts  with  them,  mucli  people, 
heven  an  the  sand  that  is  upon  the 
sea  shore  in  multitude,  with  horses 
and  chariots  very  many. 

5  And  when  all  these  kings  were 
*  met  tfjgethcr,  they  came  and  pitched 
together  at  the  waters  of  Merom,  to 
fight  against  Israel. 

GIT  And  the  I..oni>  said  unto  Josh- 
ua, iBe  not  afraid  because  of  thein: 
for  to  morrow  about  thi.s  time  will  I 
deliver  them  up  all  slain  before  Is- 
rael :  thou  shall '-  hough  their  horses, 
and  burn  their  chariots  with  fire. 

7  So  Joshua  came,  and  all  the  peo- 
ple of  war  with  him,  against  them  by 
the  waters  of  Merom  suddenly;  and 
they  fell  upon  them. 

N  And  the  Lokd  delivered  them  in- 
to the  hand  of  Isrul,  who  smote 
them,  and  chased  them  unto  (|  great 
Zidon,  and  unto  I  ]|  t  .Misreiihotli- 
niaim,  and  unto  the  valley  of  Aliz- 
peh  eastward;  and  tliev  smote  them, 
until  thev  left  thim  none  remaining. 

'J  And  Joshua  did  unto  them  '"as 
the  Lo!:i)  bade  him  :  he  houghed 
tlieir  bor:4f«,  and  burnt  their  char- 
iots with  fir^'. 

10  TI  And  Jo.shua  at  that  time  turned 
back,  and  took  Ilazor,  and  smote  the 
king  thereof  with  the  sword:  for  Ua- 
zor beforetime  was  the  head  of  all 
those  kingdoms. 

11  And  they  smote  all  the  souls 
that  tcprc  therein  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  utterlv  ikslroving  l/it:in: 
there  was  not  (any  kit  "to  breathe: 
and  be  burnt  llazor  witli  fire. 

1 J  And  all  tlie  cities  of  lliosc  kings, 
and  all  the  kings  of  tliiTn.  did  Jo^li- 
un  take,  and  smote  tlinn  with  the 
edge  of  tlic  sword,  (iml  he  utterly 
destroved  tliein,  "as  .Moses  the  ber>- 
ant  of  the  Loitu  commanded. 

]■!  But  eu  for  the  cities  that  stood 
still  I  in  f  heir  strcngtli,  Israel  burned 
none  of  them,  save  Ilazor  only;  tlutt 
did  Joshua  bum. 

H  And  all  the  spoil  of  these  cities, 
and  tiie  cattle,   tlic  children   of  Js- 


ua  sniiite  him  and  his  people,  until 
he  had  left  him  none  remaining. 

:H    TI   And    from    Lacliish    Jo.shua 

na.ssed  unto  Eglon,  and  all  Israel  with 
liim;  and  they  encamped  against  it, 
and  fought  against  it: 

■i.'>  And  they  took  it  on  that  day, 
and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  all  the  Sfmls  that  were 
therein  lie  utterly  destroyed  that 
day,  according  to  all  that  he  had 
done  to  Lachish. 

.'!0  And  Joshua  went  up  from  Eglon, 
and  all  Israel  with  him,  unto  'He- 
bron: and  they  fought  against  it: 

.'17  And  they  took  it,  and  smote  it 
with  the  edge  of  tlie  sword,  anil  the 
kmg  thereof;  and  all  the  cities  there- 
of, and  all  the  souls  that  v:r:i-i.  there- 
in; he  left  none  remaining,  according 
to  all  that  he  had  done  to  Eglon;  but 
ilotroycd  it  utterly,  and  all  the  souls 
that  ii:cre  therein. 

.'W  TT  And  Joshua  returned,  and 
all  Israel  with  him,  to  'Uebir;  and 
fiiiight  against  it: 

.■fj  And  he  took  it,  and  the  king 
thereof,  and  all  the  cities  thereof; 
end  they  smote  them  with  the  edge 
of  the  swo.d,  and  utterlv  destroyed 
all  the  souls  that  were  therein;  he 
left  none  remaining:  as  he  had  done 
to  Hebron,  so  he  did  to  Uebir,  and 
to  the  king  thereof;  as  he  hud  done 
:ilso  to  Libnoh.  and  to  her  king. 

40  TI  .So  Joshua  smote  all  the  coun- 
trvofthe  hills,  and  of  the  south,  and 
of  the  vale,  and  of  the  :  prings,  and 
nil  their  kings:  he  left  none  reiiinin- 
ing,  but  uttirly  destroyeil  i;ll  that 
bri-athed,  as  the  Loiiu  God  of  I.sra- 
el  *^ commanded. 

41  And  Jo.shua  fmotc  them  from 
Kadesh-barnea  even  u;ito  1.  Gaza, 
■  and  all  the  country  of  Goshen, 
even  unto  Gibeon. 

•IL'  And  all  these  kings  and  their 
land  did  Joshin  take  at  one  time, 
k  beeansu  the  I.oiti)  God  of  Israel 
f.tiglit  lor  Israel. 

4'!  And  Joshua  returned,  and  all 
I-niel  with  liim,  unto  the  camp  to 
Gilgal. 


fch.  13.  11. 
eO>i>.3LW. 

hr,„  22.17.i 
32.12 
JoJj  7.  R 


«  S gm  .-n  32. 
I>'>i  7.  2.  k 

W.  111.  17. 


The  Anakim  are  cut  off. 


JOSIW A.  Tliirti/  one  Icings  smitten  by  Joshua. 


ich.  9.  3,7. 


*  H.  h  17.  t 
18.  &  1». 
r^h.  1 1.  1.1  & 
21.  4t  &  72 
t.  li  23. 1. 
1445. 

T«r.  13. 


racl  took  (or  u  prey  unto  tlicinsch'cs; 
but  every  man  tliey  smote  with  the 
cdfic  of  the  Kword,  until  tliey  had  dc- 
ftroyed  them,  neither  letl  they  any 
t(»  breatlic. 

l.">  IT  "A.s  the  Lonn  commanded 
Moses  liis  servant,  bo  I' did  Mosea 
command  Joshua,  and  ''  so  did  Josh- 
ua; 1  he  lefl  notliin;;  undone  of  all 
that  tlie  I.(iHI)  commanded  Mose.'^. 
)<;  So  Joshua  took  all  that  land, 
■•the  hills,  and  all  the  Boutli  country, 
"and  all  the  laud  of  Go.shen,  and 
the  valley,  and  the  plain,  and  the 
monntain  of  Israel,  and  the  valley 
of  the  same; 
17  ^Evcn  from  i|  the  mount  Ila- 
l;ik,  that  cfc'h  up  tf)  Scir,  even  un- 
to Baal-Kad  in  the  valley  of  l,ebn- 
non  under  mount  Mormon:  and  "all 
their  kin^s  I.e  took,  and  Kmotc  them, 
and  slew  them. 

IH  li  Joshua  made  war  a  long  time 
with  all  those  kind's. 
]'.»  There  was  not  a  citv  that  made 
peace  with  thechildnn  ul'  Israel,  save 
"the  Ilivites  the  inlriliitniits  of  (iib- 
eon:  all  o//icr  they  look  in  battle. 
atFor  Jit  was  of  the  Lokd  to  hard- 
en their  heartsj  that  they  should  come 
againBt  Israel  lu  battle,  that  he  mi;;ht 
destroy  Ihein  utterly,  ami  that  they 
niijiht  have  uo  favour,  but  that  he 
ini;,'ht  destroy  them,  'a»  the  1.,ord 
coiinuandcd  Moses. 
•Zl  r  And  at  that  time  came  Josh- 
ua, and  cut  off  "the  .\nakim  from 
the  mountains,  from  Hebron,  from 
l>ebir,  from  Anab,  ami  from  all  the 
mountains  of  Judah,  and  from  all 
the  mountains  of  Israel:  Joshua  de- 
stroyed them  utterly  with  their  cit- 
ies. 

22  There  wag  none  of  the  Auakim 
left  in  the  land  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael: only  in  Gaza,  in  hGath,  'and 
in  Ashdoil,  there  remainefl. 

23  .So  Josiiua  took  the  whole  land, 
il  cccordiu;;  to  all  that  the  lyOHi)  said 
unto  Moses;  and  Joshua  i;ave  it  for 
an  inheritance  unto  Israel  '  accord- 
in;^  to  their  divisions  by  their  tribes. 
'And  the  land  rested  from  war. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1    Tli9  two  kingi  whon':  eountric/l   Moeca 

took  and  dinjiotcd  of.    7    The  one  and 

thirty  kiuf/a  on  the  other  aide  Jordan 

which  Joshua  smote. 

NOW  these  nre  the  kings  of  the 
land,  which  the  children  of  Is- 
rael smote,  and  possessed  their  land 
on  the  otluT  side  Jordan  toward  the 
risiu;;  of  tlu'  sou,  'fioiii  the  river 
Arnoii  iMinto  uionnt  Ilermon,  and 
alltl.-phiin  on  tin- last: 
2'  Siliou  kiu-oftbe  Aniorites,  who 
dwelt  in  Ihshbon,  mid  ruled  from 
Aroir,  whieh  in  upon  the  bank  of 
the  river  Arnon,  and  from  the  mid- 
dle of  the  river,  anil  from  half  (;il- 
cad,  even  unto  the  river  Jabhok, 
wtiich  Ik  the  border  of  the  children 
of  Ammon; 
14 


.■!  And  '1  from  the  plain  to  the  sea  of 
Chinnerodi  on  the  east,  and  unto 
the  sea  of  the  iilaiii,  c('«  the  salt  sea 
on  the  east,  ''tlie  way  to  Beth-.)e6hi- 
moth;  and  from  ||  the  south,  under 
||f.\shdolli-pisf;ah: 

4  U  And  t^the  coast  of  O;;  kins  of 
liashan,  u/iich  vrm  of  ii  the  remnant 
of  the  Slants,  'that  dwelt  at  Ashta- 
roth  and  at  Edrei, 

."i  And  rei;rned  in  ^  mount  Ilermon, 
laud  in  Saleah,  and  in  all  Bashan, 
'"unto  the  border  of  the  (Jesburites 
and  the  Maaehathites,  and  half  Gil- 
ead,  the  border  of  Sihou  king  of 
Ilcshbon. 

i;  "  Them  did  Moses  the  servant  of 
the  I>oi;i)  and  the  children  of  Israel 
smite:  and  "Moses  the  servant  of 
the  l>oia>  cave  it  for  n  possession 
unto  the  Heubcnitcs,  and  the  Gad- 
ites,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Mauas- 

7  H  And  these  nre  the  kinps  of  the 
country  ''which  Joshua  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  smote  on  this  side  Jor- 
dan on  the  west,  from  Baal-(;ad  in 
the  valley  of  Lebanon  even  unto 
the  mount  Ilalak,  that  KOeth  up  to 
'I  Seir;  which  Joshua ''save  unto  tlie 
tribes  of  Israel  fur  a  possession  ac- 
cording to  their  divisions; 

8  "In  the  mountains,  and  in  the 
valleys,  and  in  the  plains,  and  in  the 
springs,  and  in  the  wilderness,  and 
in  the  south  country;  'the  Ilittitcs, 
the  Amorites,  and  the  Canaanites, 
llie  Perizzites,  the  Ilivites,  and  the 
Jebusites: 

!)  TI  "  The  king  of  .Jericho,  one  ; 
"the  king  of  Ai,  which  is  beside 
Keth-el,  one; 

10  >  The  king  of  Jerusalem,  one  ; 
the  king  of  Hebron,  one; 

11  The  king  of  Jarmuth,  one;  the 
king  of  I.achish,  one; 

12  The  king  of  Eglon,  one;  'the 
king  of  Gezer,  one; 

i:;  "The  king  of  Debir,  one;  the 
king  of  <icder,  one; 

II  The  king  of  Hormah,  one  ;  the 
king  of  Arail,  one; 

1.')  i>The  king  of  I/ibnah,  one;  the 
kiiigof  AduUam,  oni 
king  of  A 
•I  the  king  of  Beth-el,  one; 

17  The  king  of  Tappuah,  one;  'the 
king  of  Ilepher,  one: 

l.S  The  kill"  of  Apliek,  one  ;  the 
kingfif  II  1-asharon,  one; 

III  The  king  of  Madon,  one;  fthc 
kingof  Ilazor,  one; 

20  The  king  of  s  Shiniron-meron, 
one;  tbekingof  Aehsbaph,one; 

21  Tbi'  kiiiL'  of  'Jaanaeh,  one;  the 
kingof  .McL'iddo,  one; 

22  liTlic  king  of  Kedcsh,  one;  the 
king  of  Jokiieam  of  Carmel,  one; 

2.".  The  king  of  Dor  iii  the  i  coast  of 
I)or,  oric  ;  the  king  of  t  the  nations 
<if  (iil^'al,  one; 

2t  The  king  of  Tirzah,  one:  all  the 
kings  thirty  and  one. 

209 


CHRIST 
1453. 


The  inheritaiice  of  the 


Berora 

CHRIST 

1443. 


JOSHUA. 


Ci.al.3l!  3. 
l.Jii.I».3.  1. 
>=1  3.  i. 
!'  13 
-  J«in  3.  3. 
ilJ.37,  33. 
■  2.  19. 
f.'o'ls.  3.  3. 
1  -S.™.  0.  4 
1«. 

Ztpb.  2.  5 
6  Doul.  2.  a. 


meU.  U.  8. 

D  S««  eh.  23. 
l:t. 

JuOc.  2.  21, 

■a. 

ocli.  U  1,2. 


ClIAPTEK  Xm. 

1  The  bounds  of  the  htnj  not  pel  con- 
quered. 8  The  inheritane:  of  the  tivo 
tribee  anU  half.  14,  Xi  The  Lord  and  hit 
tacrijtcca  are  the  inheritance  of  Levi. 
10  The  boumlt  of  Vie  inheritance  of  Heu- 
Un.  22  Balaam  tlain.  24  The  bound,  of 
the  inheritance  of  Gad,  2a  and  of  the 
iMlf  tribe  of  Manaeaeh. 

"VrOW  Joshua  "was  old  antl  strick- 
i.>  en  in  ye.irs;  and  the  LoKD  said 
unto  hini,  Tliou  art  old  ojk/  stricken 
ill  years,  and  there  remaineth  yet 
very  much  land  I  to  he  possessed. 
'2i>  This  I.I  the  land  that  yet  remain- 
eth :  all  the  horders  of  the  riiilis- 
tines,  and  all  •'  Geshuri, 
3  '=Froni  Sihor,  which  is  Iwforc 
Ji-^'ypt,  even  unto  the  borders  of  Ek- 
ron  northward,  u-/iirk  is  counted  to 
UV^.,.'-''''."''"'"''^ :  'five  lords  of  tlic 
rhilistines:  the  Gazathites,  and  the 
Ashdothites,  the  Eshkalonites,  the 
Gittites,  and  the  Ekronitcs ;  also 
•'the  Avites: 

*  i'rom  the  eoutli,  all  tlic  land  of 
the  Canaan itcs,  and  |(  Mearah  that  ts 
beside  the  Sidoninns,  liunto  Anhek 
to  tlie  borders  of  i  the  Amorites:  ' 
5  And  the  land  of  k  tlie  Giblitcs, 
and  all  Lebanon  toward  the  sunris- 
ins,  ifrom  Baal-gad  under  mount 
Ilcnnon  unto  the  enteriii''  into  Ha- 
matli. 

(!  AH  the  inhabitants  of  the  hill 
country  from  Lebanon  unto  '"  .Mis- 
rephoth-maim,  aii'l  all  the  Sidoni- 
ans,  them  "will  I  drive  out  from 
betorc  the  children  of  Israel  :  only 
"divide  thou  it  by  lot  unto  the  Isra- 
elites for  an  inheritance,  as  I  have 
"   inmanded  thee. 

Xow  therefore  divide  this  land  for 
an  iiihoritance  unto  the  nine  tribes, 
and  the  half  tribe  of  Manasseh, 
H  With  whom  the  Keubenites  and 
the  Gaditcs  have  received  tlieir  in- 
heritance, l"  which  Moses  jjavc  them, 
beyond  Jordan  eastward,  crcn  as 
Moses  the  ser%ant  of  the  Loud  ;rave 
them ; 

!l  From  Arocr,  that  li  ujion  the 
bank  of  the  river  Anion,  and  the 
city  that  i.«  in  the  midst  of  tlie  river 
'land  all  the  plain  of  .Medeba  unto 
Dibon; 

liJ  And  'all  the  cities  of  Sihon  kin"  ' 
of  the  Amorites,  which  reigned  in 
lleshbon,  unto  the  border  of  the 
children  of  Amnion; 

11  "  And  Gilead,  and  the  border  of 
the  Gcshuritcs  and  Maachaliiitcs, 
and  all  mount  Ilornion,  and  all  Da- 
shan  unto  Salcah; 

12  All  the  kingdom  of  Og  in  Ba- 
shan,  which  reigned  in  Ashtaroth 
and  in  Edrci,  who  remained  of  'the 
remnant  of  the  giants:  "for  these 
did  Moses  smite,  and  cast  them 
out. 

I.I  Nevertheless  the  children  of  Is- 
rael expelled    ^not  the  Geshurites, 
nor  the  Maachatliites:  but  the  Gesh- 
210 


tu^o  tribes  and  half. 


I  uritcs  and   the  Maachathites  dwell 
among  the  Israelites  until  this  dav. 

14  >  Only  unto  the  tribe  of  Lev!  he 
gave  none  inheritance;  the  sacrifices 
of  the  Lord  (iod  of  Israel  made  by 
fire  are  their  inheritance,  =as  he  saiil 
unto  them. 

1.5  V  And  Moses  gave  unto  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Kcubcn  inheritance 
according  to  their  families. 

lij  And  their  coast  was  ■'  from  Aroer, 
that  !,<  on  the  bank  of  the  river  Ar- 
non,  i>and  the  city  that  i.s  in  the 
midst  ot  the  river,  "^and  all  the  plain 
by  .Medeba; 

1"  lleshbon,  and  all  her  cities  that 
arc  in  the  plain  ;  Dibon,  and  I|Ba- 
moth-baal,  and  Bcth-b.ial-meon, 

15  il  And  Jahaza,  and  Kedcmotir, 
and  Mephaath, 

11) ''And  Kirjathaim.  and  fSibmali, 
and  Zareth-shahar  in  the  mount  of 
the  valley. 

It)  And"Beth-pcor,  and  5  \[  ^Uhdotli- 
pisgah,  and  Beth-jeshimoth, 
L'l  li  And  all  the  cities  of  the  plain, 
and  all  the  kingdom  of  Sihon  king 
of  the  Amorites,  which  reigned  in 
lleshbon,  i  whom  Moses  smote  k  with 
the  princes  of  Midian,  Evi,  and  Ke- 
kem.  andZur,  and  Itur,  and  Bcba, 
ir/iicA  ircre  dukes  of  Sihon,  dwelling 
in  the  country. 

22  IT  1  Balaaiii  also  the  son  of  Beor, 
the  II  soothsayer,  did  the  children  of 
Israel  slay  with  the  sword  among 
them  that  were  slain  bv  them. 
•li  And  the  border  of  the  children  of 
Reuben  was  Jordan,  and  the  border 
tlarco/.  This  tra.i  the  inheritance  of 
the  children  of  Keuben  after  their 
families,  the  cities  and  the  villages 
thereof. 

24  And  Moses  gave  inheritance  unto 
the  tribe  of  Gad,  crcn  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Gad  according  to  their  fam- 
ilies. 

2j  '"  And  tluir  co.ist  was  Jazer.  and 
all  the  cities  oftiilead.  "and  half  the  | 
land  ol  the  cliildren  of  Amnion,  un- 
to Aroer  that  i,<  before  "  Kabbah ; 

li  And  from   lleshbon    unto    Ua- 
...ath-mizpeh,    and    Betonim  ;    and  I 
from  Mahanaim  unto  the  border  of 
Debir;  i 

27  And  in  the  valley,  I'  Bctli-aram, 
and    Beth-nimrah,   "'land    Succoth, 
and  Zaphon,  the  rest  of  the  kingdom 
of  Sihon   king  of  lleshbon.  Jordan  I 
and  /lis  border,  crcn  unto  the  edge 
■^of  the  sea  of  Chinnereth    on  the  I 
other  side  Jordan  castwaril. 
2.S  This  IS  the  inheritance  of  the 
children  of  Gad  aflcr  their  families, 
the  cities,  and  their  villages. 
2'J  U  And   Moses  gave   viherilance 
unto  the  half  tribe  of  .Manasseh:  and 
Mis  was  the  imsfo^^ion   of  the   half 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Manasseh  by 
their  tainilies. 

.'W  And  their  coast  wa.s  from  Ma- 
hanaim, all  Bashan,  all  the  kingdom 
of  Og  king  of  Baclian,  and  'all  tlic 


B«rore 

CHRIST 

144S. 


J  Sum.  18.20, 
21.  21. 
eb.  11.  3,  t. 


I  Or.  n, 

«/  B<mJ.  anj 


ch.  12.  i 
1  Or.  Sprimgt 


1  X «m.  2J.  5. 
4  3L8. 
I  Or,  tfiWair. 


VS.  29.  with 
Drnl  2.  1<1. 
*  JuJUl. 


Caleb  ohtaineth  Hebron. 


JOSHUA. 


Borders  of  the  lot  of  Judah. 


CHRIST 
1445. 


about  1444. 

«Nam. 31.17. 


Nuin.13.31. 
Jout.  1.  28. 
Sum.  14  21. 


towns  of  JaiTj  wliich  arc  in  Bashan, 
tlircc'scorc  cities; 

Bl  ,\ii(l  lialf'Gilcad,  and  '  Ashtarotti, 
and  Kdrci,  cities  of  the  kinfjdom  ot 
O;;  in  JJa,slinn,  iccrc  jicrtaiuitig  unto 
the  cliildren  of  Machir  the  son  of 
M.inasseh,  crcii  to  tlie  one  lialf  ot  tlie 
"cliildren  of  Slaehir  by  their  fam- 
ilies; 

.S2  ThePC  arc  the  coiitifrirs  ■which 
Moses  did  distrihnte  for  inheritance 
in  the  plains  of  Mnnli,  on  the  other 
side  Jordan,  hv  .Icricho,  eastward. 

y;3  "  IJut  unto  tlic  Irihc  of  l.evi  Mo- 
ses save  not  rtiii/  inheritanre  :  the 
Loud  God  of  Israel  icas  their  inher- 
itance, 5  as  lie  .said  unto  them. 

CHAPTEll  XIV. 
1   The  nine  tribes  and  a  half  are  to  have 
their  inheritance  hy  lot.    0  Caleb  hy  2>riv- 
ilege  obtaincth  Hebron. 

AND  the.sc  are  tlip  co"«/n>,'!  ■which 
the  children  of  Israel  inherited  in 
the  land  of  Canaan,  "which  Elcazar 
the  priest,  and  Joshua  the  son  of 
Nun,  and  the  heads  of  the  fathers  of 
the  trihes  of  the  children  of  Israel, 
distributed  for  inhcrit.ance  to  them. 
H  !■  By  lot  irns  their  inheritance,  as 
the  Loisn  commanded  by  the  hand 


3 '^  For  Moses  had  piven  the  inher- 
itance of  two  tribes  and  a  half  tribe 
on  the  other  side  Jordan:  but  unto 
the  liCvites  he  gave  none  inheritance 
ainonR  them. 

4  For  ii  the  children  of  Joseph  were 
two  tribes,  Manasseh  and  Ephraini : 
theretorc  they  pave  no  part  unto 
the  Jicvites  in  the  land,  save  cities  to 
dwell  lit,  with  tlieir  suburbs  for  their 
cattle  and  for  their  substance. 

5  "  As  the  Loi!i>  commanded  Moses, 
so  the  children  of  Israel  did,  and  they 
divided  the  land. 

6  ^  Then  the  children  of  Judah 
came  unto  Joshua  in  Gilpal  :  and 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephnnnch  the 
fKcnezite  s.aid  unto  him.  Thou 
knowe.st  ethc  thiii);  that  tlic  ho  III) 
said  unto  Moses  the  man  of  God  con- 
cerning nic  and  thee  li  in  Kadesh- 
barnca. 

7  Forty  years  old  n-n.i  I  when  Moses 
the  servant  of  the  Lord  isent  me 
from  Kadcsh-barnea  to  espy  out  the 
land;  and  I  brought  him  word  again 
as  it  was  in  mine  heart. 

8  Nevertheless  k  mv  brethren  that 
went  up  with  me  made  the  heart  of 
the  people  melt:  but  I  wholly  1  fol- 
lowed the  Loud  my  God. 

U  And  Moses  sware  on  that  day, 
saying, '"  Surely  the  land  "  whereon 
thv  feet  have  trodden  shall  be  thine 
inlieritance,  and  thv  children's  for 
ever,  because  thou  liast  wholly  fol- 
lowed the  LoitD  mv  God. 

10  And  now,  behold,  the  Lonn 
hath  kept  me  alive,  "as  he  said, 
these  forty  and  five  yc-irs,  even  since 
the   Loud    snake  this   ■word  unto 


Jloses,  while  the  eInUhen  o/' Israel 
t  wandered  in  the  wilderness:  and 
now,  lo,  I  am  this  day  iburscore  and 
live  years  old. 

11 1'  As  yet  I  am  as  strong  this  day 
as  Juas  m  the  day  that  Moses  sent 
me:  as  my  strength  «•«.?  then,  even 
so  is  my  strength  now,  tor  war,  botli 
*4  to  go  out,  and  to  come  in. 

I'J  Now  therefore  give  mc  tliis 
mountain,  whereof  the  Loitu  spake 
in  that  day;  for  thou  heardcst  in 
that  day  now  ''  the  Aiiakim  v:n'c 
there,  and  t/utt  the  cities  tce7-c  great 
(Oil/ fenced:  *if  so  be  the  Lord  icill 
lie  with  nie,  then  'I  shall  lie  able  to 
drive  them  out,  as  the  Lord  said. 

13  And  Joshua  "  blessed  him,  "  and 
gave  unto  Caleb  the  son  of  Jephun- 
neh  Hebron  tor  an  inheritance. 

14  >  Hebron  therefore  became  the 
inheritance  of  Caleb  the  son  of  Jc- 
phunneh  the  Kenezite  unto  this  day; 
because  that  he  'wholly  followed 
the  Lord  God  of  Israel. 

1.5  And  "the  name  of  Hebron  be- 
fore »(■».<  Kirjath-arha;  uliic/i  Ji-hu 
teas  a  gre,".t  man  among  the  Anakira. 
bAnd  the  land  had  rest  from  war. 

ClIAPTEK  XV. 

1  The  borders  of  the  lot  of  Judah.  13 
Caleb's  2)urtion  and  eonquest.  10  Otk- 
nitl.  for  his  valour,  hulk  .iehtah,  Ca- 
leb's daughter,  to  ti'ife.  IS  She  obtaiiieth 
a  blessiuii  of  her  father.  21  The  cities 
of  Judah.  63  The  Jebiisites  not  con- 
quered. 

THIS  then  was  the  lot  of  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Judah  bv  their 
families  ;  "even  to  the  borclcr  oi 
Edoni  the  h  wilderness  of  Zin  sciutb- 
ward  vas  the  uttermost  part  of  tlie 
south  coast. 

•1  And  their  soutli  border  was  from 
the  shore  of  the  salt  sea,  from  the 
t  bay  that  looketh  southward: 

3  And  it  went  out  to  the  south  side 
'  to  ||  Maaleh-aerabbim,  and  passed 
along  to  Zin,  and  ascended  up  on 
the  south  side  unto  Kadesh-barnca, 
and  passed  along  to  llezron,  and 
went  up  to  Adar,  and  fetched  a  com- 
pass to  Karkaa: 

4  Frnni  thence  it  passed  <)  toward 
Aznion,  and  went  out  unto  the  river 
of  Egyjit;  and  the  goings  out  of  that 
coast  were  at  the  sea:  this  shall  be 
your  south  coast. 

5  And  the  cast  border  was  the  salt 
sea,  even  unlo  the  end  of  Jordan. 
And  ^/leff  border  in  the  north  quar- 
ter was  from  the  b:iy  of  the  sea  at  the 
uttermost  part  of  Jordan; 

()  And  the  border  went  up  to  *■  Bcth- 
hogla,  and  passed  along  by  the  north 
of  Beth-arabah;  and  the  border  went 
up  t  to  the  stone  of  Bohan  the  son  of 
Reuben: 

7  And  the  border  went  up  toward 
Debir  from  stlie  volley  of  Achor, 
and  so  northward,  looking  toward 
Gilgal,  that  is  betiire  tlie  going  up 
to  Adummini,  which  i.--  on  the  south 
2U 


Caleb's  portion  and  conquest. 


The  cities  of  Judah. 


Ilefore 

C  II  U  I  S  T 

1444. 

h  2  Sum.  17. 

17. 

1  Kiiga  1.  9. 
Ith.  IS.  16. 

2Kin.2:i.in, 

J«r.  19. 2.  a. 
kch.  13,28. 

Ju.Ib.  1.21. 

Si  U.  10. 
1  cl..  18.  10. 


n.IuJg.  1.10. 


siile  ot  the  river  :  anil  the  bonier 
passed  toward  the  waters  oC  Eii-slie- 
iiiesl\,  uiid  tlie  Koines  out  thereof 
were  at  h  En-rogel: 

8  And  the  border  went  up  ibytlic 
valley  of  the  son  of  Ilinnoni  unto 
the  Bouth  side  of  tlie  k  Jebusite;  tlie 
same  ;<  Jerusalem:  and  tlie  border 
Went  up  to  tlie  top  of  the  mountain 
that  lu(h  before  the  valley  of  Jiin- 
nom  westward,  whieli  is  at  the  end 
I  of  the  valley  of  the  (giants  north- 
ward : 

!)  And  the  border  was  drawn  from 
the  top  of  the  hill  unto  "'the  fount- 
ain ol'  the  water  of  Nephtoaii,  and 
went  out  to  the  cities  of  mount 
Epliron:  and  tlie  border  was  drawn 
"to  liaalah,  whieli  is  " )virjatli-jea- 
rim: 

10  Ami  the  border  compassed  from 
liaalaii  westward  unto  mount  Heir, 
and  passed  alon-  unto  tlio  side  of 
mount  Jearim,  whieh  is  Chesalon, 
on  tlie  nortli  side,  and  went  down 
to  Beth-slicme.sh,  and  passed  on  to 
I'Timnah: 

11  And  the  border  went  out  unto 
tlic  side  of 'lEltron  nortliward:  and 
tlie  border  was  drawn  to  Shicron, 
and  passed  alon^j  to  mount  U.aalah, 
and  went  out  unto  Jal)ueel:  and  the 
^'oings  out  of  the  border  were  at  the 
sea. 

12  And  the  west  border  ^crit  '  to  the 
creat  pen,  nn<l  the  eoast  thcrciij. 
This  is-  the  coast  ot  the  children  of 
.Judali  round  about  aeeording  to 
their  families. 

I'i  "  "And  unto  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jepliunneli  lie  jrave  a  part  amoni; 
tlie  children  ot  Jiulnh,  necordin;;  to 
the  commandment  ot  the  J.<oiti)  to 
Josliua,  rvcii  '  ll  the  city  of  Arba 
the  fatlier  of  Anak,  which  vitij  is 
Hebron. 

14  And  Caleb  drove  thence  "the 
three  sons  of  Anak,  ^  Sheshai,  and 
Ahinuin,  and  Talmai,  the  eliildrcn 
ol  Anak. 

I.")  Anil  5  he  went  up  thence  to 
the  inliabitanta  of  Debir:  and  the 
name  of  Uebir  before  \vt\s  Kirjath- 
sepher. 

1(!  1  'And  Caleb  said,  lie  that 
sntitcth  Kirjath-sepher,  and  takelh 
it,  to  him  will  I  );ive  Aehsah  my 
d:>u;:hter  to  wite. 

17  And  "Otlmiel  the ''son  of  Kenaz, 
the  brotlicr  of  Caleb,  took  it:  and  he 
gave  liiin  Aehsah  liis  damjhter  to 
wife. 

18  And  ''it  came  to  pns.a,  as  she 
came  wtto  hint,  that  she  moved  him 
to  ask  of  her  father  n  Held:  and  .Ishe 
lighted  off  hrr  ass:  and  Caleb  said 
unto  her,  What  wouldest  thou? 

r.)  AVho  answcreil.  Give  mc  a 
'blessing;  tor  thou  hast  given  me  a 
sooth  land:  give  me  also  springs  of 
wiitcr.  ,\nd  he  gave  her  the  upper 
springs,  ami  the  nether  springs. 

Ltl  TIlIs  i.«  the  inherituueo  of  the 
212 


tribe  of  the  children  of  Judah  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

21  And  the  uttermost  cities  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Judah  toward 
the  coast  of  Edom  southward  were 
Kabzeel,  and  Eder,  and  Jagur, 

22  And  Kinali,  and  Uinioiiah,  and 
Adailah, 

2'!  And  Kedesli,  and  Ilazor,  and 
Ithnan, 

24  Ziph,  and  Telem,  and  Bcaloth, 

2.5  And  liazor,  lladattah,  and  Keri- 
oth,  and  llezion,  whieh  i5  Ilazor, 

2(;  Amam,  and  Shema,  and  .Mola- 
dah, 

27  And  Ilazar-gaddah,  and  Hesh- 
mon,  and  Beth-palet, 

28  And  Uazar-shual,  and  Beer-she- 
ba,  and  Bizjothjah, 

20  Baalah,  and  lim,  and  Azem, 

."ill  And  Eltolad,  and  Chesil,  and 
Ilormah, 

.:JI  And  fZiklag,  and  JIadmannah, 
and  Sansannah, 

.52  And  Lebaoth,  and  Shilhim,  and 
Ain,  and  Rimmon:  all  the  cities  arc 
twenty  and  nine,  with  their  villages: 

:i.'!  And  in  the  valley,  '^Eshtaol,  and 
Zoreah,  an<l  Ashnah, 

.'14  And  Zanoah,  and  En-gannim, 
Tappuah.  and  Enam, 

.15  Jarmuth,  and  Adullam,  Socoh, 
and  Azekab, 

.'!(!  And  Sharaim,  and  Adithaim, 
and  Gederah,  II  and  Gederothaim; 
fourteen  cities  with  their  villages: 

.'!7  Zenan,  and  lladashah,  and  Jlig- 
dal-gad, 

I'W  Ami  Dilean,  and  Mizpeh,  h  and 
Joktheel, 

3!)  Laehlsh,  and  Bozkath,  and  Eg- 
lon, 

40  And  Cabbon,  and  Lahmam,  and 
Kithlish, 

41  And  Gederoth,  Beth-dagon,  and 
Naamah,  and  Makkedah;  sixteen 
cities  with  their  villages: 

42  Eibnali,  an<l  Ether,  and  Ashan, 
4';  And  Jiphtah,  and  Ashnah,  and 

Nczib, 

41  And  Kcilah,  and  Acbzib,  and 
Alareshah  j  nine  cities  with  tlicir  vil- 

4.'i  I'.kron,  witli  Iicr  towns  and  licr 
villages: 

40  From  Ekron  even  unto  the  sea, 
all  that  lay  \  near  Ashdod,  with  their 
villages: 

47  Ashdod,  with  her  towns  and  her 
villages;  Gaza,  with  her  towns  and 
her  villages,  nn  to  i  the  river  i  if  I'gypt, 
and  kthc  great  sea,  and  the  border 
(hn-cof: 

4.S  IT  And  in  the  mountains,  Sh-imir, 
and  Jattir,  and  Poeoh, 

4(1  And  Dannah,  and  Kiijath-san- 
n:ih,  w  hich  !,■;  Debir, 

.'lO  And  Anab,  and  Eshtemoh,  ond 
Anim, 

.M  I  And  Goshen,  and  Ilolon,  and 
(Jiloh;  eleven  cities  with  their  vil- 
lages: 

£2  Arab,  and  Duuiali,  and  J^elican, 


Borders  of  the  sons  of  Joseph's  JOSHUA.  The  lot  and  coast  cf  Maimsseh. 


llcfore 

CHRIST 

M44. 


oSeo  JuJg.  1. 

S.  VI. 

■i  a«m.  5.  6. 
pJu.lB,1.21. 


5."  And  II  Janum,  andUftli-tapiniah, 
and  Aphekah, 

54  And  Iluintah,  and  "' Kirjatli-ar- 
ba,  which  !s  Hebron,  and  Ziot;  nine 
cities  witli  tlicir  villages: 

5.')  JIaon,  Carniel,  and  Zipii,  anil 
Juttah, 

■Vt  And  Jezrcel,  and  Jokdcam,  and 
Zanoah, 

57  Cain,  Gibeah,  and  Timnali;  ten 
cities  with  their  villa;j:es: 

5(<  Halhul,  Betli-zur,  and  Gedor, 

5!)  And  Maarath,  and  15eth-an(ith, 
and  Eltekon;  six  cities  witli  tlicir 
villages: 

tiO  "  Kirjath-haal,  which  is  Kirjatli- 
jcarini,  and  K;ibbah;  two  cities  with 
tlieir  villages. 

(il  In  the  wilderness,  Betli-arabali, 
Middin,  and  Seeaeah, 

fii  And  Nibshan,  and  the  city  of 
Salt,  and  Kn-Kcdi;  six  cities  with 
their  villaecs. 

113  IT  As  for  the  Jebusites  the  inliali- 
itants  of  Jerusalem,  "the  children  of 
Judah  could  not  drive  tbeni  out: 
I' but  the  Jebusites  dwell  with  the 
cliildren  of  Judah  at  Jerusalem  unto 
this  day. 

CIIAPTER  XVr. 

\   Till  general  l,ordera  of  the  sons  of  Jo- 

eepli.    5  The  border  of  the  inhcritanee  of 

Ephraim.    10  The  Cumtanitca  not  con- 

qtLCred. 

L  NU  the  lot  of  the  children  of 
/  V  Joseph  I  fell  from  Jordan  by  Jer- 
icho, unto  the  water  of  Jericho  on 
the  east,  to  tlie  wilderness  tliat  goetli 
up  from  Jericlio  t]u'oui;hout  mount 
Beth-el, 

2  And  coeth  out  from  Beth-ol  to 
"Luz,  and  passetil  aUnic:  unto  the 
borders  of  Arclii  to  Ataroth, 

u  And  poetli  down  westward  to  the 
coast  of  Japlileti,  '•unto  the  coast  of 
Bctli-horon  the  netlier,  and  to  ■■  Ge- 
zer:  and  tlie  goinj,'s  out  thereof  are 
at  the  sea. 

4  J  So  the  children  of  Joseph,  Ma- 
nasseh  and  £pliraiin,  took  tncir  in- 
heritance. 

3  t  And  the  border  of  the  children 
of  Ephraim  according  to  their  fanii- 
liea  was  thus:  even  tlie  border  of 
their  inheritance  on  tlie  east  side 
was  *^  Ataroth-addar,  '"unto  Beth-ho- 
ron  the  upper; 

11  And  the  border  went  ont  toward 
the  sea  to  SMichinetlialion  the  nortli 
side;  and  the  border  went  about 
eastward  unto  Taanath-sbiloh,  niid 
passed  by  it  on  the  east  to  Janohali; 

7  And  it  went  down  fromJanohah 
to  Ataroth,  liand  to  Naaiath,  and 
came  to  Jericho,  and  went  out  at 
Jordan. 

8  Tlie  border  went  ont  from  Tap- 
puali  westward  unto  the  i  river  Ka- 
nah;  and  the  Roings  out  thereof 
were  at  the  sea.  This  is-  tlie  inherit- 
ance of  tlie  tribe  of  the  cliildreu  of 
Ephraim  by  tlieir  families. 

U  And  Ittlic  separate  cities  for  the 


children  of  Ephraim  u-rre  among 
tlie  inheritoiice  of  tlie  children  of 
Manassch,  all  the  cities  witli  their 
villages. 
10  lAnd  they  drave  not  ont  the  Ca- 
naanites  tliat  dwelt  in  Gezer  :  but 
the  Canaanitcs  dwell  anumg  tlie 
Ephraimites  unto  this  day,  and 
serve  under  tribute. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
1   The  lot  of  Manasteh.     1  Ilia  const.     12 
The  Cnnaanitet  not  driven  out.     14  The 
children  of  Joseph  obtain  another  lot. 

T''IIERE  was  also  a  lot  ior  the  tribe 
of  Manasseli  ;  for  he  tens  the 
'tirstborn  of  Josepli  ;  to  icit,  for 
!■  Maehir  the  firstborn  of  Manassch, 
tlic  fatlier  of  Gilead:  because  he  was 
a  man  of  war,  therefore  he  had  ''Gil- 
ead and  Bashan. 

2  There  was  also  a  lot  for  <•  the  rest 
of  the  children  of  Manassch  by  their 
families;  '  for  the  children  of  11  Abie- 
zer,  and  for  the  cliildren  of  Ilelek, 
'and  for  the  cliildren  of  Asriel,  and 
for  tlie  children  of  Shechem,  Sand 
for  the  children  of  Hepher,  and  for 
the  children  of  Sliemidn:  tliese  were 
the  male  children  rf  Manassch  tlie 
son  of  Joseph  by  their  fimiilies. 

.3  ^  But  h  Zelophehad,  the  son  of 
Ilephcr,  the  son  of  Gilead,  the  son 
of  Maehir,  the  son  of  Manassch,  luad 
no  sons,  but  daughters  :  and  these 
are  tlie  names  of  his  daughters, 
Mahlah,  and  Noftli,  Iloglah,  Jlileah, 
and  Tirzah. 

4  And  they  came  near  before  ■  Ele- 
azar  the  priest,  and  before  Jo.-^hua 
tlie  son  of  Nun,  and  befin-e  the 
princes,  paying,  k  The  I.oiU)  com- 
manded Moses  to  give  us  an  inherit- 
ance among  our  bretliren.  Tliere- 
fore,  according  to  the  command- 
ment of  the  l,OKI>,  lie  gave  them  an 
inheritance  among  tlie  brethren  of 
their  father. 

5  And  there  fell  ten  rortions  fo  Ma- 
nassch, besides  the  land  of  Gilead 
and  Bashan,  whicli  ucre  on  the  oili- 
er side  Jordan; 

(!  Because  the  daughters  of  Manas- 
sch had  an  inheritance  among  bis 
sons  :  and  the  rest  of  ^lanasseh's 
sons  had  the  land  of  tiilead. 

7  TI  And  the  co.ist  of  .Manassch  was 
from  Aslier  to  iMichnu'tbab,  that 
heth  before  Shechem;  and  tlie  liortl- 
er  went  along  on  tlie  right  hand  un- 
to the  inhabitants  of  En-tappuah. 

.S  j\nw  Slanosseh  liad  the  land  of 
Tappuah  :  but  '"  Tappuah  on  the 
border  of  Manasseli  tclonyed  to  the 
children  of  Ephraim; 

!*  And  the  coast  descended  "  unto 
the  II  river  Kanah,  southward  of  the 
river :  "  these  cities  of  Ephraim  ore 
among  the  cities  of  Manasseli  :  the 
coast  of  Manassch  also  jcns  on  tlic 
north  side  of  the  river,  and  the  out- 
goings of  it  were  at  the  sea: 

10  Southward  tl  was  Ephraim's,  and 
northward  it  was  JIanasseh's,  and 
213 


The  Canaanites  put  to  tribute.  JOSHUA. 


Tlie  lot  of  Benjamin. 


Before 
Cn  RIST 

mi. 


the  sea  i3  hU  border;  and  tlicy  met 
together  in  Ashcr  on  the  north,  and 
in  Issachiir  on  the  eiist. 

J I  I' And  Manassch  had  in  Issachnr 
and  in  Asher  'i  Beth-sliean  and  her 
towns,  and  Ihleani  and  her  tnwns, 
and  the  inliahitants  of  Dor  and  licr 
towns,  and  the  inliahitants  of  En- 
dor  and  her  towns,  anil  the  inhahit- 
unts  of  Taanaeh  and  her  towns,  and 
the  inhahitants  of  Me;;iddo  and  her 
towns,  eivH  tlireo  countries. 

12  Vet  'the  children  of  Manasseh 
could  not  drive  out  the  inliabilants 
of  tliose  cities  ;  but  the  Canaanites 
would  dwell  in  that  land. 

1)  Yet  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
children  of  Israel  were  waxen  stronj?, 
that  tl\ey  put  the  Canaanites  to  "trib- 
ute; but  did  not  iitterly  drive  thcni 
out. 

14  'And  the  children  of  Joseph 
spuke  unto  Joslma,  sayin;;,  Why 
hast  thou  n\y<!nmc  b\it  "one  lot  and 
one  portion  to  inherit,  seeinj^  I  am 
^a  fjreat  people,  forasmneh  as  the 
Loiti)  iiath  l)lessed  mo  hitherto:' 

15  And  Josliuii  answered  them.  If 
tliou  he  a  great  people,  ttieii,  get  thee 
up  to  the  wood  coimti-ii,  and  cut 
down  lor  thyself  there  in  the  land  of 
the  I'eri/zitcs  and  of  the  ||  f;iants,  if 
mount  Kphraiai  be  too  liarrow  for 
thee. 

li;  And  the  children  of  Joseph  .said, 
The  hill  is  not  enough  lor  us:  and 
all  the  Canaanites  that  dwell  in  the 
land  of  the  valley  have  >  chariots  of 
iron,  ioili  ihcij  who  ore  of  IJeth- 
.sliean  and  her  towns,  and  tlicy  who 
ore  "ol  tlie  valley  of  Jezrccl. 

17  And  Joshua  spake  unto  the 
house  of  Josei)h,  even  to  Kphraini 
and  to  Manasseh,  sayins.  Thou  art 
a  threat  people,  and  hast  great  pow- 
er: thou  slialt  not  have  one  lot 
onlii : 

IS  ISut  the  moiintain  shall  ho  thine: 

for  It  is  a  w 1,  and  thou  slialt  cut  it 

ddwii:  and  tlie  niit-nin-s  of  it  .shall 
he  thine  :  for  th.ui  slialt  drive  out 
the  Canaanites,  '^  though  thev  have 
iron  chariots,  and  though  they  be 
strong. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
1  r/ic  iixheriiwlc  i»  net  up  ut  .f/iiloh.  S  Tlic 

rcmnimirr  uf  till:  LtnU  ta  tleicribeil,  ami 

tliviilcil  iiilu  m'fcii  pnrla.     10  Johhiin  ili- 

vi.lclU  i(  bj/  tot.     n  T'le  lot  a,ul  Itorder 

of  llcuj„„u,l.    SI  Their, itic. 

\NI)  the  whole  congregation  of 
the  child ren  of  Israel  assembled 
together  "at  Shiloh,  and  ''set  up  the 
tabernacle  of  the  congregation  there: 
and  the  land  was  bubdued  before 
them. 

a  And  there  remained  among  the 
children  of  Israel  seven  tribes,  which 
had  not  yet  received  their  inherit- 
ance. 

•i  And  Joshua  said  iinto  the  chil- 
dren  of  Israel,  ^  How   Ioulj  (ice  ye 
slack    to   go    to    po.ssess    the    land, 
814 


which  the  LoRi)  God  of  your  tii- 
thers  hatli  given  youi* 

4  Give  out  fioni  among  you  three 
men  for  eaek  tribe:  and  I  will  send 
them,  and  they  shall  rise,  and  go 
through  the  land,  and  describe  it  ac- 
cording to  the  inlieritanee  of  thcin; 
and  they  shall  come  nrjitin  to  me. 

.5  And  i\\Qy  sliall  divide  it  into  seven 
parts:  iljudah  shall  abide  in  their 
coast  on  the  south,  and  '-'theliouse 
of  Joseph  shall  abide  in  their  coasts 
on  the  north. 

(i  Yo  shall  therefore  describe  the 
land  into  seven  parts,  and  bring  the 
ilc.'eriptiim  hither  to  mo,  f  that  I  may 
cast  lots  for  you  here  before  the 
Lord  our  God. 

7  "But  the  Levites  have  no  part 
among  you;  for  the  priesthood  of 
the  Loi;"l>  !s  their  inheritance:  liand 
(iad,  and  Keubon,  and  half  the  trihe 
of  iMaiKiMeh,  have  received  their  in- 
lieritanee beyond, lordaii  on  the  ea^t, 
which  Moses  the  servant  of  the  Loiiii 
gave  them. 

8  IT  And  the  men  arose,  and  went 
away :  and  Joshua  charged  them  that 
v,-en't  to  describe  the  land,  saying. 
Go  and  walk  through  the  hmd',  and 
describe  it,  and  come  again  to  nie, 
that  1  may  here  east  lots  for  you  be- 
fore the  IyOi:t>  in  Shiloh. 

II  And  the  men  went  and  passeil 
through  the  land,  and  described  it 
by  cities  into  seven  parts  in  a  book, 
aiid  came  again  to  Joshua  to  the 
host  at  Shiloh. 

10  H  And  Joshua  cast  lots  for  them 
in  Shiloh  before  the  Loni>:  and  there 
Joshua  divided  the  land  unto  the 
children  of  Israel  according  to  tlieir 
divisions. 

1 1  H  And  the  lot  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Bcnjaniin  came  up  ac- 
cording to  their  families:  and  the 
coast  of  their  lot  came  forth  between 
the  children  of  Judah  and  the  chil- 
dren ot  Joseph. 

12  1  .Vnd  their  border  on  the  north 
side  was  from  Jordan;  and  the  boni- 
er went  up  to  the  sitle  of  Jericho  on 
the  north  side,  and  went  up  tlirou'-h 
tlie  mountains  westward  ;  and  the 
goings  out  thereof  were  at  the  wil- 
derness of  Beth-aven. 

i:;  .Viul  the  border  went  over  from 
thence  toward  Luz,  to  the  side  of 
l.uz,  k  which  IS  Beth-el.  southward; 
and  the  horder  deseeiidi'd  l>.  At.irolh- 
adar,  near  the  hill  that  li.th  on  the 
uthside  lofthenetherll.-tli-horon. 
1  Ami  ihe  horder  was  drawn  tlu-nr,-. 
and  compassed  the  corner  of  the  sea 
southward.  Ir.aii  the  hill  that  Inth 
befiire  Hetli-honm  southward;  and 
the  goings  out  thereot  were  at  '"  Kir- 
jath-liaaL  which  i.'J  Ivirjath-jearim,  a 
eity  of  the  children  or  Juuoli:  this 
i/'iis  the  west  quarter. 

l.'i  And  the  south  (piarter  icrts  from 
the  end  of  Kir.iath-jearim,  and  the 
border  went  out  on  the  west,  and 


The  lots  of  Simeon, 


JOSHUA. 


Zehidun,  and  Issacliar. 


Before 

CHRIST 

1444. 


went  out  to  "the  well  of  waters  of 
Ncphtoah: 

1(!  And  the  border  came  down  to 
the  end  of  the  mountain  that  Hcth 
bcibre  "tlie  valley  of  the  son  of  Ilin- 
noni,  and  which  is  in  tlie  valley  of 
the  giants  on  the  north,  and  descend- 
ed to  the  valley  of  Hinnnm,  to  the 
sideof  Jebusi  on  the  south,  and  de- 
scended to  I"  En-rogel, 

17  And  was  drawn  from  the  north, 
and  went  forth  to  En-shcmesh,  and 
went  ibrth  toward  Gcliloth,  which  is 
over  against  the  going  up  of  Aduni- 
mim,  and  descended  to  ''the  stone 
of  Bohan  the  son  of  Reuben, 

18  And  passed  along  toward  the  side 
over  against  ''  \\  Arabah  northward, 
and  went  down  unto  Arabah: 

ly  And  the  border  passed  along  to 
the  side  of  Beth-hoglah  northward: 
and  the  outgoings  ot  the  border  were 
at  the  north  t  bay  of  the  salt  sea  at 
the  south  end  of  Jordan:  this  was 
the  south  coast. 

20  And  Jordan  was  the  border  of 
it  on  the  cast  side.  This  teas  the 
inheritance  of  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin, by  tlie  coasts  thereof  round 
about,  according  to  their  families. 

21  Now  the  cities  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin  according  to 
thcirfamilieswcrcJericho,  and  Beth- 
hoglah,  and  the  valley  of  Keziz, 

22  And  Beth-araban,  and  Zema- 
raim,  and  Beth-el, 

2.'i  And  Avim,  and  Parah,  and  Oph- 
rnh, 

24  And  Chephar-haammonni,  and 
Ophni,  and  Gaba;  twelve  cities  with 
their  villages: 

2.5  Gibcon,  and  Ramah,  and  Bcc- 
roth, 

2(!  And  Mizpeh,  and  Chcpliirah, 
an<l  Mozah, 

27  And  Rekcm,  and  Irpcel,  and 
Tar:ilah, 

28  And  Zelah,  Eleph,  and  'Jebusi, 
which  is  Jerusalem,  Gibcath,  wtft 
Kirjath;  fourteen  cities  with  their 
villages.  This  is  the  iidicritance  of 
the  children  of  Benjamin  according 
to  their  families. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

1   The  lot  of  Simeon,  W  of  Zebulun,  IT  of 

lasacltar,   24  «/  Aalicr,  o2  of  Kitjililnti, 

40  of  Ban.    49   Tlie  children  of  lernel 

give  an  inheritaneo  to  Joshua, 

AND  the  second  lot  came  forth  to 
Simeon,  ercii  for  the  tiibo  <if  the 
children  of  Simeon  accordiiic:  to 
their  families:  *and  their  inlu-rit- 
ance  was  within  the  inheritance  of 
the  children  of  Judah. 

2  And  I)  thev  had  in  their  inherit- 
ance Beer-slieba,  or  Sheba,  and 
Moladah, 

I-J  And  liazar-shual,  and  Balah,  and 
Azem, 

4  And  Eltolad,  and  Betlud,  and 
Ilorniah, 

5  And  Ziklag,  and  Ecth-marcaboth, 
and  Hazar-susah, 


G  And  Beth-lebaoth,  and  Sharuhen; 
thirteen  cities  and  their  villages: 

7  Ain,  Kemmon,  and  Ether,  and 
Ashan;  four  cities  and  their  villages: 

8  And  all  the  villages  that  u-ere 
round  about  these  cities  to  Baalath- 
beer,  Kamath  of  the  south.  This  is 
the  inheritance  of  the  tribe  of  the 
children  of  Simeon  according  to  tlieir 
families. 

U  Out  of  the  portion  of  the  ehddren 
of  Judah  iras  the  inheritance  of  the 
children  of  Simeon:  for  the  part  of 
the  children  of  Judah  was  too  mucli 
for  them :  '  therefore  the  children  of 
Simeon  had  their  inheritance  within 
the  inheritance  of  them. 

10  TT  And  the  third  lot  came  up  for 
the  children  of  Zebulun  according  to 
their  families:  and  the  border  of  their 
inheritance  was  unto  Saiiil: 

11  'I  And  their  border  went  up  to- 
ward the  sea,  and  Maralah,  and 
reached  to  Dabbashcth,  and  reached 
to  the  river  that  is  "  before  Jokncani! 

12  And  turned  from  Sarid  eastward 
toward  the  sunrising  unto  the  border 
of  Chisloth-tabor,  and  then  goeth  out 
to  Daberath,  and  goetli  up  to  Japhia, 

13  And  from  tiienee  passeth  on 
along  on  the  east  to  Gittah-hepher, 
to  Ittah-kazin,  and  goeth  out  to 
Remmon-)(  methoar  to  Neah; 

14  And  the  border  compasseth  it  pn 
the  north  side  to  Ilannathon  :  aiid 
the  outgoings  thereof  are  iu  the  val- 
ley of  Jiphthah-cl: 

15  And  Kattath,  and  Nahallal,  and 
Shimron,  and  Idalah,  and  Beth-le- 
hcm  :  twelve  cities  with  their  vil- 
lages. 

Ki  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the 
cliildren  of  Zebulun  according  to 
their  families,  these  cities  with  their 
villages. 

17  U  And  the  fourth  lot  came  out  to 
Issaehar,  for  the  children  of  lssach:ir 
according  to  their  families. 

18  And  their  border  was  toward 
Jezrcel,  and  ChesuUoth,  and  Shu- 
ncm, 

19  And  Ilaphraim,  and  Shihon, 
and  Anaharath, 

20  And  Rabbith,  and  Kishion,  and 
Abez, 

21  And  Remeth,  and  En-gannim, 
and  En-haddah,  and  Beth-pazzezj 

22  And  the  coast  reacheth  to  Tabor, 
and  Shahttzimah,  and  Bcth-shemesli ; 
and  the  outgoings  of  tlicir  border 
were  at  Jordan;  sixteen  cities  with 
their  villages. 

2'i  This  is  the  inheritance  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Issaehar  ac- 
cording to  their  families,  the  cities 
and  their  village!. 

24  n  And  the  fifth  lot  came  out  for 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Asher  ac- 
cording to  their  families. 

25  And  their  border  was  Ilclkatli, 
and  Hali,  and  Beten,  and  Aclisiiaph, 

20  And  Alammelcch,  and    Amad, 
and  Misheal;   and  reacheth  to  Car- 
21a 


The  lots  of  Naphtali  and  Dan.         JOSHUA. 


Joshua's  inheritance. 


Before 

C  U  K  I  S  T 

1444. 


mcl  westwiud,  and  to  Shihor-lib- 
iiath; 

'J7  Anil  tumcth  toward  the  sun- 
rising  to  Dfth-dugon,  and  reaclu-th 
to  ZL'bnlun,  and  to  tlie  valley  of 
Ji))htli!ih-el  toward  the  north  side 
ot  Beth-enick,  and  Nt-icl,  and  gocth 
out  to  Caliul  on  the  left  IkukI, 

^8  And  Hebron,  and  Kehob,  and 
llaninion,  and  Kanah,  fei-cii  unto 
great  Zidon ; 

;."J  And  t/icii  the  coast  turneth  to 
Kanndi,  and  to  the  strong  city  t  Tyre , 
and  the  coast  turneth  to  llosah;  and 
the  outgoings  thereof  are  at  the  sea 
from  the  coast  to  s  Achzib: 

.'W  Ilnimah  also,  and  Aphek,  and 
Rehob:  twenty  and  two  cities  with 
tlieir  villages. 

.'il  Tills  IS  the  inheritance  of  the 
tribe  of  the  children  of  Aslier  accord 
ing  to  their  families,  these  cities  with 
their  villages. 

.'i2  17  The  sixth  lot  came  out  to  the 
chiUlren  of  Naphtali,  errii  for  the 
children  of  Naphtali  according  to 
their  families. 

•  i';  And  tlieir  coast  was  from  Ile- 
leph,  from  Allon  to  Zaanannim,  and 
Adami,  Nekeb.  and  Jabneel,  unto 
Lakum;  and  the  outgoings  thereof 
were  at  Jordan: 

.'M  And  llicn  lithe  coast  turneth  west- 
ward to  Aznoth-tabor,  and  goeth 
out  from  thence  to  llukkok,  and 
reacheth  to  Zebnhin  on  the  south 
side,  and  reaeheth  to  Asher  on  the 
\ve;>t  siile,  ami  to  Juiliih  upon  Jordan 
t.waiil  tlie  suniisini;. 

.!..  And  the  f.iieeil  eilies  ,in;  Zid- 
dim,  Zer,  and  Uammath,  Kakkath, 
and  Chinnereth, 

.'f(j  And  AdamiJi,  and  Ilamah,  and 
Hazor, 

.'i"  And  Kedesh,  and  Edrei,  andEn- 
hazor, 

.'!8  .\nd  Iron,  and  Migdal-el,  llorem, 
and  Retli-iiiKilh,  and  Bctli-sliemesh; 
niiutceii  cities  with  their  villages. 

;;'.)  This  IS  the  inheritance  of  the 
trib.-of  the  children  of  Naphtali  ae- 
eoriling  to  their  families,  the  cities 
anil  their  villages. 

•10  Ti  .liiil  the  seventh  lot  came  ont 
C.r  the  tribe  of  the  cliildren  of  Dan 
according  to  tlieir  families. 

41  And  the  coast  of  their  inherit- 
ance was  Zorah,  and  JJshtaol,  and 
Ir-shemesh, 

42  ,\nil  i  Shaalabbin,  and  Ajnlon, 
and  Jethlah, 

4'1  .\nd  Elon,  and  Thininatha!i,and 
Kki- 

4»  And  Eltckeh,  and  Gibbcthon, 
and  Haalath, 

4-1  .-Vud  Jeliud.anJBcne-berak,  and 
(iuth-riiiu.ioii, 

4'>  .Vnd  Me-jarkon,  and  Hakkon, 
with  llie  border  l(  before  |i  Japho. 

47  And  k  the  const  of  the  cluldrcn  of 
Dun  went  out  Inn  lilllf  (iir  thcni : 
therefore  the  children  of  Dan  went 
up  to  fight  ai;iiinst  Lcsheni,  and  took  I 
21(i 


it,  and  smote  it  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword,  and  possessed  it,  and  dwelt 
therein,  and  called  l.eshem,  I  Dan, 
after  the  name  of  Dan  their  father. 

48  This  IS  the  inheritance  of  the 
tribe  of  tlie  children  of  Dun  accord- 
ing to  their  tiimilies,  these  cities 
with  their  villages. 

41)  IT  When  they  had  made  an  end 
of  dividing  the  land  for  inheritance 
by  their  coasts,  the  children  of  Israel 
gave  an  inheritance  to  Joshua  tlie 
son  of  Nun  among  them: 

50  According  to  the  word  of  the 
LoRu  they  gave  liim  the  city  which 
he  asked,  even  "■  Timnath-" serah  in 
mount  Ephraim:  and  he  built  the 
city,  and  dwelt  tlierein. 

51  "These  tire  the  inheritances, 
which  Eleaznr  the  jiriest,  and  Joshua 
the  son  of  Nun,  and  the  heads  of  the 
fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  divided  tor  an  inheritance 
by  lotl'in  Sliiloh  before  the  Eoini, 
at  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation.  So  they  made  an  end 
of  dividing  the  country. 

CIIAPTEK  XX. 

1  Ood  eommamlcth,  7  anil  tht  children  of 
Israel  a]>point  the  six  cities  of  refuge. 

TUE  Lord  also  spake  unto  Josh- 
ua, saying, 
2  Speak  to  the  cliildren  of  Israel, 
sayiiiff,  "Appoint  out  for  you  cities 
if  refuge,  whereof  I  spake  unto  you 


of  refuge,  whereof 
by  thehandof  JNIos 
..  That  the  slaver 


r  that  killeth  ami 
person  unawares  ami  unwittingly 
may  flee  thither:  and  they  shall  be 
your  refuge  from  the  avenger  of 
blood. 

4  And  when  he  that  doth  flee  unto 
one  of  those  cities  shall  stand  at  the 
entering  ef  ii  the  g:ite  of  the  city,  and 
shall  declare  his  cause  in  the  ears  of 
the  ciders  of  tliat  city,  they  shall 
take  him  into  tlie  city  unto  thuni. 
and  give  him  a  place,  that  he  nia\' 
dwell  among  them. 

5  '  And  if  the  avenger  of  blood  pur- 
sue after  him,  then  they  shnll  not 
deliver  the  slayer  up  into  his  hand; 
because  ho  smote  lus  neighlioiir  un- 
wittingly, and  hated  liim  not  before- 
time. 

(i  And  Iio  shall  dwell  in  that  citv, 
<1  until  ho  stand  before  the  congregn- 
tiou  for  iud-ment.  and  until  tlie 
death  of  the  high  priest  that  shall  be 
in  tlioso  .111,.:' then  shall  llie  slaver 
return,  and  come  unto  his  own  citv, 
and  unto  his  own  house,  unto  the 
city  from  whence  he  tied. 

7  IT  And  they  taiipoiuted  "'Kedesh 
in  Oulilie  in  mount  Naiihtali,  and 
iSbecluin  in  mount  Ephraim,  and 
RKirjath-arlin,  which  is  Hebron,  in 
li  the  monutiiiu  of  Jiidah. 

8  And  on  llie  other  side  Jordan  hv 
Jericho  eustwnnl.  tliev  iissigmd  .  lle- 
zcrin  the  wild,  ^nl■^s  upon  tlie  plain 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Keuben,  and  1.  lU-  i 


Biffht  and  forty  cities 


JOSHUA. 


are  given  tmto  the  Levites. 


U.».  23.  2. 
ach.  IS.U.U. 
ocli.  20.  7. 

J^uk.0  1.  33. 


moth  in  Gilcad  out  of  tlie  tribe  of 
Gad,  nil  J  l  Golan  in  Bashan  out  of 
the  trihe  of  Manasseh. 
II  '"  These  were  the  cities  appointed 
for  all  the  children  of  Israel,  and  lor 
the  .stranger  that  sojonrneth  niiionj; 
them,  tluitwho.'oever  killcth  onii  per- 
son at  unawares  niiji;ht  flee  thither, 
and  not  die  hy  the  hand  of  the 
iiveiiKer  of  blood,  "until  he  stood 
before  the  coii(;regatiou. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
1  Eight  and  fvrty  cities  given  by  lot,  out 
of  the  otlicr  tritea,unto  the  Levites.    43 
Hod  gave  the   land,  and  rest  unto   the 
Jaraelitea,  according  to  his  promise. 
'I'^IIEN  came  near  the  heads  of  the 
X    father.^  of  the  Levites  unto  "Ele- 
azar  the  priest,  and  unto  Joshua  tlie 
eon  of  >fun,  and  unto  the  heads  of 
the  fathers  of  the  tribes  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel ; 

2  And  they  spake  unto  them  at 
li  Shiloh  in  tne  laiul  of  Canaan,  say- 
ing, "•'  The  LoKD  eonimanded  by  the 
hand  of  Moses  to  give  us  cities  to 
dwell  in,  with  the  suburbs  thereof 
for  our  cattle. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
unto  the  Levites  out  of  their  inherit- 
ance, at  the  commandineiit  of  tlie 
Lord,  these  cities  and  their  sub- 
urbs. 

4  And  the  lot  came  out  for  the  fam- 
ilies of  tlie  Kohathites:  and  dthc 
children  of  Aaron  the  priest,  vldch 
wci'c  of  the  Levites,  ''had  hy  lot  out 
of  the  tribe  of  Judah,  and  o\it  of  the 
tribe  of  Simeon,  and  out  of  tlie  tribe 
of  Benjaniiii,  thirteen  cities. 

.5  And  fthe  rest  of  the  children  of 
Kohath  /I'l'/by  lot  out  of  the  families 
of  tlie  tribe  of  Ephraim,  and  out  of 
tlie  tribe  cjf  Dan,  and  out  of  the  half 
tribe  of  Manasseh,  ten  cities. 

0  And  i^tbe  children  of  Gcrshon 
hail  by  lot  out  of  the  families  of  the 
tribe  of  Issachar,  and  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Asher,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Naplitali,  and  out  of  the  half  trilie  of 
Manasseh  in  Bashaii,  tliirteen  cities. 

7  li  The  children  of  Mcrari  by  their 
families  had  out  of  the  tribe  of  Ileu- 
ben,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad,  and 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Zebulun,  twelve 
cities. 

8  iAnd  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
by  lot  unto  the  Levites  these  cities 
with  their  suburbs,  kas  the  1.,ord 
commanded  by  the  hand  of  Sroscs. 

9  IT  And  they  gave  out  of  the  tribe 
of  the  children  of  Judah,  and  out  of 
the  tribe  of  the  children  of  Simeon, 
these  cities  wliieh  are  here  f  mention- 
ed bv  name, 

10  rwhlch  the  children  of  Aaron, 
hciiKj  of  tlio  lUmilies  of  the  Kohath- 
ites, u'ho  were  of  the  children  of 
Levi,  had:  for  theirs  was  the  first 
lot. 

il  "  And  they  gave  them  !|  the  city 
of  Arba  the  father  of  "  Anak,  which 
citji  is  Hebron,  "in  the  hill  country  of 


Judah,  with  the  suburbs  thereof 
round  about  it. 

12  But  I' the  fields  of  the  city,  and 
the  villages  thereof,  gave  they  to  Ca- 
leb the  son  of  Jephunneh  lor  his 
liossession. 

l:i  U  Thus  ithey  gave  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Aaron  tlie  priest  'Hebron 
with  her  suburbs,  to  he  a  city  of  ret- 
uge  ior  the  slayer;  'and  Libnah  with 
her  suburbs, 

14  And  'Jattir  with  her  suburbs. 
"  and  Eshtemoa  with  her  suburbs, 

]j  And  "llolon  with  her  suburbs, 
>  and  Debir  with  her  suburbs, 

It>  And  '^  Ain  with  her  suburbs, 
•'and  Juttah  witli  her  suburbs,  and 
Ij  Beth-shcmesh  with  lier  suburbs; 
nine  cities  out  of  those  two  tribes. 

17  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Benja- 
min, '  Giboon  with  her  suburbs, 
<l  Geba  with  her  suburbs, 

in  Anathoth  with  her  suburbs,  and 
^Almon  with  her  suburbs;  ibur  cit- 
ies. 

I'J  All  the  cities  of  the  children  of 
Aaron,  the  priests,  were  thirteen  cit- 
ies with  their  suburbs. 

20  IT  f  And  the  families  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Kohath,  the  Levites  which 
remained  of  the  children  of  Kohath, 
even  they  had  the  cities  of  their  lot 
out  of  the  tribe  of  Ephraim. 

'S\  For  they  gave  thein  s  Shcchem 
with  her  suburbs  in  mount  Ephra- 
im, to  te  a  city  of  refuge  for  tlie  slay- 
er; and  Gezer  with  her  suburbs, 

22  And  Kibzaim  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Beth-horon  with  her  suburbs ; 
iliur  cities. 

Si  And  out  of  the  trilie  of  Dan.  El- 
tekeh  with  her  suburbs,  Gibbethon 
with  her  suburbs, 

24  Aijalon  with  her  suburbs,  Gath- 
rimmoii  with  her  suburbs;  four  cit- 
ies. 

25  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  of  Jla- 
nnsseh,  Taiiaeh  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Gath-rimmou  with  her  suburbs; 
two  cities. 

2(i  All  tlie  cities  iccre  ten  with  their 
suburbs  lor  the  families  of  tlio  chil- 
dren of  Kohath  that  remained. 

27  TT  liAnd  unto  the  children  of  Gcr- 
shon, of  the  families  of  the  Levites, 
out  of  the  otJter  half  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh thci/  gave  iGolan  in  Baslian  with 
her  suburbs,  to  be  a  city  of  refuge  for 
the  slayer;  and  Beeshterah  witJi  her 
suburbs;  two  cities. 

2S  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar, 
Kishon  wilh  her  suburbs,  Bubareh 
with  her  suburbs, 

29  Jarmuth  with  her  suburbs,  En- 
panuim  with  her  suburbs;  four  cit- 
ies. 

.".0  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Asher, 
Mishal  witli  her  suburbs,  Abdon 
witli  Iiev  .-.uburbs, 

.'U  Ilelkoth  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Ilchob  with  her  suburbs;  four  cities. 

32  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali, 
kKedesh  in  Galilee  with  her  sub- 
217 


The  two  tribes  and  half 


JOSHUA. 


htiild  an  altar  hy 


Before 

CIIKIST 

1444. 


pR«D.  n.  15. 
i  l.i.  U.  i 

at.  3.  li  i:a.  i. 

13. 
'1  ell.  11.  23.  i 

tD«at.  7.51. 


url>3,  to  be  n  city  of  rcfii'jc  for  tlie 
slaver;  and  Iluirmintli-dor  witli  lier 
suburbs,  nnd  Kiirtaii  with  Iier  sub- 
urb.?! tlircc  cities. 

S;i  All  tlie  cities  of  the  Gershouitcs 
according  to  fiieir  f.unilies  were  thir- 
teen cities  witli  their  suburbs. 

31  TI  I.Viid  unt.)  tlie  families  of  tl^e 
cliildrcu  of  Mernri,  the  rest  of  the 
Levites,  out  of  the  tribe  of  Zehulun, 
Jokueani  witli  her  suburbs,  and  Kiir- 
tnh  with  her  suliurb.s. 

So  Diniuali  witli  her  suburbs,  Na- 
halal  with  her  suburbs;  four  cities. 

;!(i  And  Out  of  t!ie  tribe  of  Keuben, 
'"  liezer  with  her  suburbs,  luid  Jaha- 
zah  with  her  suburbs, 

H7  Kedenioth  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Slephaath  witli  her  suburbs  :  four 
cities. 

CS  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Gad, 
"Kamoth  in  Gilead  with  her  sub- 
urbs, to  he  9.  city  of  refuse  for  the 
slayer;  and  Mahanaim  with  her  sub- 
urbs, 

o!)  Ueshbon  witli  her  suburbs,  Jazer 
with  her  suburbs;  four  cities  in  nil. 

40  So  all  the  cities  for  tlic  children 
of  SIcruri  by  their  families,  which 
were  remaining  of  the  families  of 
the  I.,evites,  were  by  their  lot  twelve 
cities. 

41  "All  the  cities  of  the  Levites 
within  the  possession  of  the  children 
of  Israel  H-ire  forty  uud  eij?ht  cities 
witli  tlieir  suburb.^. 

Al  These  cities  were  every  one  with 
their  suburbs  round  nbo"ut  them  : 
thus  were  nil  tlicse  cities. 

•I'i  IT  And  the  I^ord  ^ave  unto  Isra- 
el I'all  tlie  land  wliich  he  sware  to 
;;ive  nnt,>  their  fathc  rs  ;  and  they 
liossessed  if,  and  dwelt  therein. 

44  'lAnd  tlie  ],oi;i)  ^Mve  them  rest 
round  ab.iiit,  aceo.din-  to  :ill  tliat  he 
sware  imto  tli.-ir  fathers:  and '"there 
stood  not  a  man  of  all  tli.ir  enemies 
before  tliem;  the  Lui:i)  dehveied  all 
their  enemies  into  their  hand. 

4.'.  "There  failed  not  au:;ht  of  anv 
;;ood  tiling'  which  the  Lnui)  hail 
spolteu  unto  the  house  of  Israel;  all 
came  to  pass. 

CIIAPTEK  XXII. 

1  Tha  two  ti-iltca  an:l  hnlf  ti-Uh  a  Ucisinf 
are  sent  home.     10  Thc^huHd  the  altar 
of  tcHtimonij  in  thtir  juuriuy.     11   Tlu 
UraMtca  are  offended  thereat.    21  Tlicj/ 
give  them  i/ood  eatinfitctiun. 
''plIEX.Ioshua  called  the  Reiiben- 
1    ites,   and  the   Giulites,   and  the 
luilf  tribe  of  .Mana,s.seli, 
L'  And    said  unto  them,   Ye  Iiavc 
kept  "all  tliat  Moses  tiio  servant  of 
the    I,oni>  commanded    you,  I' nnd 
have  ohi-yeil  mv  voice  in"  all  that  I 
eonnuamledyou: 

.'!  Ye  have  not  left  your  brethren 
tliese  many  davs  unto  this  dav,  Imt 
have  kept  the  eluu-se  of  tlie'eom- 
muiidinent  of  the  I.onn  your  God. 
4  And  now  the  I.oiii)  your  (Jod 
hatli  K'ven  rest  unto  your  brethren, 
218 


as  he  promised  them:  tliereforc  no 
return  ye,  and  get  you  unto  your 
tents,  anil  unto  tlie  land  of  your  pos- 
.session,  'which  Moses  the  servant 
of  thoLoitD  gave  you  on  the  other 
side  ,Iordan. 

5  But  ii  take  diligent  heed  to  do  the 
commandment  and  the  law,  which 
Jloses  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
charged  you,  "to  love  the  Loud 
your  God,  and  to  walk  in  all  his 
ways,  and  to  keep  his  Cfunmand- 
nicnts,  and  to  cleave  unto  him,  and 
to  serve  liim  with  all  your  lieart  and 
with  all  vour  soul. 
G  So  Josliua  f  blessed  them,  and  sent 
them  away:  nnd  they  went  unto 
their  tents. 

7  TT  Now  to  the  o«f  half  of  the  tribe 
of  Mana.sseh  .Moses  liail  given  pns- 
scsfioii  in  Baslian:  Kbut  unto  the 
o(/ierlialfthereofgaveJo.shua  among 
their  brethren  on  this  side  Jordan 
westward.  And  when  Joshua  sent 
them  away  also  unto  their  tents,  then 
he  blesseil  them, 

K  And  he  spake  unto  them,  saying, 
Ileturii  witli  much  riches  unto  "your 
tents,  and  with  very  iinich  cattle, 
with  silver,  and  with  gold,  and  with 
bi'ass,  and  witli  iron,  and  with  very 
much  raiment:  I' divide  the  .spoil  o'f 
your  enemies  witli  your  bretlircn. 
9  IT  And  tlie  cliil'dren  of  Reuben 
and  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  half 
tribe  of  Manasseh  returned,  and  ile- 
parted  from  the  children  of  Israel  out 
of  Shiloh,  which  iVs  in  the  hind  of 
Canaan,  to  go  unto  ithe  countrv  of 
Gilead,  to  the  land  of  their  posses- 
sion, whereof  tliev  were  possessed, 
according  to  the  word  of  thcI^oHU 
by  the  hand  of  .Mo^es. 
lu  IT  -Viid  when  they  came  unto  the 
borders  of  Jordan,  that  are  in  tlie 
land  of  Canaan,  the  children  of 
Keuben  and  the  children  of  Gad 
and  the  half  tribe  of  .Manasseh  built 
there  nn  nltar  by  Jordan,  a  great 
altar  to  see  to. 
U  IT  And  the  children  of  Israel 
k  heard  sav.  Behold,  the  children  of 
Reuben  nnd  llie  children  of  (Jad 
and  the  half  tribe  of  M:ina.<seh  have 
built  nn  altar  over  against  the  land 
of  Canaan,  in  the  |jordei>i  of  Jordan, 
at  the  passage  of  tlie  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

12  And  when  the  children  of  Israel 
heard  of'  it,  I  the  whole  congre.gation 
of  the  children  of  Lsniel  gathered 
themseh'es  together  at  Shiloh,  to  go 
U|)  to  war  against  them. 
I.!  And  the  children  of  Israel  '"sent 
unto  the  children  of  Reuben,  and  to 
the  children  of  (iad,  and  to  tlie  half 
tribe  of  .Manasseh,  into  the  land  of 
Gilead,  "  I'liinchas  the  sou  of  Klea- 
zar  the  priest, 

14  And  with  liim  ten  princes,  of 
each  t  chief  house  n  prince  through- 
out nil  the  tribes  of  Israel  ;  nnd 
"each  one  wa»  a  liend  of  the  house 


Contention  between  the  tribes. 


The  deputies  are  satisfied. 


of  tiicir  fathers  amonj'  the  thousands 
of  Israel. 

15  IT  And  they  came  luito  tlie  chil- 
dren of  Keuben,  ami  to  tlic  children 
of  Gad,  and  to  the  lialf  trihe  of  Ma- 
nasseh,  unto  tlie  land  of  i; dead,  and 
they  spake  "witli  tliem,  sayin;r, 

Ifi  Tlius  saith  the  "whole  conjjrep^a- 
tion  of  the  Lord,  What  trespass  is 
this  that  ye  have  committed  n;;ainst 
tlie  God  of  Israel,  to  turn  away  this 
day  from  following  the  Loui),  in 
that  ye  have  builded  yow  an  altar, 
I'  that  ye  might  rebel  this  day  ayainst 
the  lyOKD? 

n  Js  the  iniqtiity  lof  Pcor  too 
little  for  us,  from  whicli  vrc  are  not 
cleansed  until  this  day,  altlionsii 
there  was  a  plague  in  the  congrega- 
tion of  the  Loud, 

IS  But  that  ye  must  turn  nwny  this 
day  from  following  the  Loud?  and 
it  will  be,  seeing  ye  rebel  to  day 
ns;ainst  the  Loud,  "that  to  morrow 
'he  will  be  wroth  with  the  whole 
congregation  of  Israel. 

1!)  Notwithstanding,  if  the  land  of 
your  possession  be  unclean,  tlieii  pass 
ye  over  unto  the  land  of  the  pos- 
session of  the  Lord,  ^wherein  the 
Lord's  tabernacle  dwelleth,  and 
take  possession  among  us:  but  rebel 
not  against  tlie  Lord,  nor  rebel 
against  us,  in  building  you  an  altar 
besides  the  altar  of  the  Loud  our 
God. 

ai '  Did  not  Achan  the  son  of  Zerah 
commit  a  trespass  in  the  accursed 
tiling,  and  wratli  fell  on  all  the  coii- 
gregatkm  of  Israel?  and  that  man 
jjcrlslu-d  not  alone  in  his  initjuity. 

21  TT  Then  the  eliildreu  of  lieuben 
and  the  cliildreii  of  Gad  ami  the 
half  tribe  of  Slanassch  answered,  and 
said  unto  the  heads  of  the  thousands 
of  Israel, 

•22  The  Lord  "  God  of  gods,  the 
Loud  God  of  gods,  he  "knoweth, 
and  Israel  ho  shall  know;  if  it  lie 
ill  rebellion,  or  if  in  transgression 
against  the  Loud,  (save  us  not  this 

2.'!  That  we  have  built  us  an  altar 
to  turn  from  fblhnving  the  Loi;D, 
or  if  to  otl'er  thereon  burnt  oliering 
or  meat  ottering,  or  if  to  oiler  jieacc 
olferiii.'s  therinn,  let  the  Loud  him- 
self >  require //.- 

I'l  And  if  we  have  not  rather  done 
it  for  tearof  (/i/.-i  tiling,  saying,  tin 
time  to  come  your  children  might 
sneak  unto  our  children,  sa^'ing. 
What  have  ve  to  do  with  the  Loud 
God  of  Israeli' 

25  For  the  Lord  hath  made  Jordan 
a  border  between  lis  and  vou,  ye 
children  of  Reuben  and  children  of 
Gad;  ye  have  no  part  in  the  Lord: 
so  sliall  your  children  make  our 
children  cease  from  fearing  the  Lord. 

21J  Therefore  we  said.  Let  us  now 
prepare  to  build  us  an  altar,  not  for 
burnt  offering,  nor  for  sacrifice: 


27  But  that  it  riif/.v  be'^a  witness  be- 
tween us,  and  you,  and  our  genera- 
tions after  ns,  that  we  might  "do  the 
service  of  the  Lord  before  him  with 
our  burnt  oti'erings,  and  with  our 
saeritices,  and  with  our  peace  offer- 
ings ;  that  vonr  children  may  not 
siy  to  our  ciiildrcn  in  time  to  come. 
Ye  have  no  part  in  the  Loud. 

28  Therefore  said  we,  that  it  shall 
he,  when  they  should  so  say  to  us  or 
to  our  generations  in  time  to  come, 
that  wo  may  say  aijain.  Behold  the 
p:ittcin  of  the  altar  of  the  Lord, 
which  our  fathers  made,  not  for  burnt 
offerings,  nor  tor  sacriiiecs;  hut  it  I's 
11  witness  between  us  and  vou. 

20  God  forbid  that  we  should  rebel 
against  the  Lord,  and  turn  this  day 
from  following  the  Lord,  ''to  build 
an  altar  ibr  burnt  offerings,  for  meat 
oiferings,  or  for  sacrifices,  besides  the 
altar  of  the  Loud  our  God  that  is  be- 
fore his  tabernacle. 

30  IT  And  when  Phinehas  the  priest, 
and  the  princes  of  tlie  congregation 
and  heads  of  the  thousands  of  Israel 
which  iccrc  with  him,  heard  the 
words  that  the  children  of  Reuben 
and  the  children  of  Gad  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Manassch  spake,  t  It  pleased 
them. 

.'il  And  Phinehas  the  son  of  Eleazar 
the  priest  .said  unto  the  childi-cn  of 
Reuben,  and  to  tlie  children  of  Gad, 
and  to  the  children  of  Manassch, 
Tills  day  we  perceive  that  the  Loun 
j.-c  'among  us,  because  j'e  ha^'c  not 
eonimitted  this  trespass  against  the 
Lord:  t  now  ye  have  delivered  the 
children  of  Israel  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Loud. 

oj  II  And  FliiiKha.s  the  son  of  Elea- 
zar the  priest,  and  the  princes,  re- 
turnetl  from  the  children  of  Reuben, 
and  from  the  children  of  Gad,  out  of 
the  land  of  Gilcad,  unto  the  land  of 
Canaan,  to  thechildren  of  Israel,  and 
brought  them  word  again. 

33  And  the  thing  pleiLsed  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel;  and  the  children  of 
Israel  ii  blessed  God,  and  did  not  in- 
tend to  go  up  against  them  in  battle, 
to  destroy  the  land  wherein  the  chil- 
dren of  Reuben  and  Gad  dwelt. 

.'>t  And  the  children  of  Reuben  and 
the  children  of  Gad  called  the  altar 
II  A'(/;  for  it  s/iii'i  fie  a  witness  be- 
tween us  that  the  Lord  i-s  God. 

CHAPTER  XXIIL 
1  Jjahiia't  cxhurtalloii  U-fure  hi)  denth,  3 

ly  fonncr  bt'iiejitg,  ^ty  protnUes,  11  and 

by  thrctiteniiujs. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  a  long  time 
after  that  the  Loud 'had  given 
rest  unto  Israel  from  all  their  ene- 
mies round  about,  that  Joshua  l>wa.x- 
ed  old  iiiul  t  stricken  in  age. 
2  And  Joshua  "=  called  for  all  Israel, 
and  for  their  elders,  and  fbr  their 
heads,  and  for  tlieir  .judges,  and  for 
their  ofiieers,  and  said  unto  them,  I 
am  old  and  stricken  iu  age: 
219 


Joshua's  exhortation  before  Ids  death.  JOSHUA.       The  tribes  assembled  at  Shechem. 


Before 
CHRIST 

nbout  14i7. 


IL 

1   U 

1. 

23 

5Na 

u.  33 

63 

hch 

1.7. 

Pror.  4.  U. 
Eph.O  11. 
IKi.  23.  13. 


uDeul.  11,23. 

ocl>.  1  S 

II  I.ei.  2«  8 
Ile.it,  :U  3'), 
Ke.J.Mlj.  3. 
31,  *  1.'.,   li 
■2  »«.«  23.  ». 

■lK<   li  U  & 


•  Hob.  10  34. 

li  Pot,  2  20. 
21 

t  Dout  7.  3. 

uJudg  2,3. 

I  K>.  2),  .13 
N..r.i.33  .'.,i 
Deul  7  Hi, 
IKm.  11  4 

y  1  Kill  2.  2. 


3  And  ye  Iiave  seen  all  that  the 
Loud  your  Uoil  hath  done  unto  all 
these  nations  because  of  you;  for  the 
•I  Lord  your  God  is  lie  that  hath 
fought  for  you. 

4  Behold,  **  1  have  divided  unto  you 
hy  lilt  these  iiation.s  that  remain,  to  lie 
an  inlieritance  for  your  tribes,  from 
Jordan,  with  all  the  initions  tliat  I 
have  eut  off,  even  unto  tlie  great  sea 
t  westward. 

5  And  the  Lonn  your  God,  Hie 
shall  expel  tliem  from  before  yon, 
and  drive  tliem  from  out  of  jour 
si;fht ;  and  ye  shall  possess  their 
land,  Sas  the  LouD  your  God  liath 
promised  unto  you. 

(i  li  lie  ye  therefore  very  courap;eou3 
to  keep  and  to  do  all  tli.at  is  written 
in  the  book  of  the  law  of  Moses,  '  that 
ye  turn  not  aside  therefrom  to  the 
ri^ht  hand  or  to  the  left; 

7  That  ye  k  come  not  among  these 
nations,  these  that  remain  among 
you;  neither  I  make  mention  of  the 
name  of  their  gods,  nor  eaiise  to 
swear  by  them,  neither  ser\'e  them, 
nor  bow  yourselves  unto  them: 

8  II  But  '"cleave  unto  the  Loud 
your  God,  as  ye  have  done  unto  this 
day. 

1)  II  "For  the  Lord  hath  driven  out 
from  before  you  great  nations  and 
strong:  but  (is/or  you,  °  no  man  hath 
been  able  to  stand  before  you  unto 
this  day. 

ID  I'  One  man  of  yon  shall  chase  a 
thou.sand:  tin-  the  Lord  your  God, 
he  il  U  that  fifchteth  lor  you,  1  as  he 
hath  promised  you. 

11  "■  Take  good  heed  therefore  unto 
I  yourselves,  that  ye  love  the  Loud 
your  God. 

12  El.se,  if  ye  do  in  any  wise  'go 
back,  and  cleave  unto  the  remnant 
of  these  nations,  <iven  these  that  re- 
main among  you,  and  shall  '  make 
mai'riages  with  them,  and  go  in  un- 
to them,  and  they  to  you: 

13  Know  for  a  certainty  that  "the 
Loud  your  God  will  no  more  drive 
out  <m//  o/'  these  nations  from  be- 
fore yon;  *but  they  shall  be  snares 
and  trai)s  unto  you,  and  scourges  in 
your  sides,  and  thorns  in  your  eyes, 
until  ye  perish  from  otF  this  good 
laud  which  tlic  Lord  your  GodTiath 
given  you. 

1 1  And,  behold,  this  day  ^  I  am  go- 
ing the  way  of  all  the  earth:  and  ye 
know  in  all  your  hearts  and  in  all 
your  souls,  that  'not  one  thing  liath 
f.iiled  of  all  the  good  things  which 
tlie  Loud  your  God  siiake  concern- 
ing you  ;  all  are  come  to  pass  unto 
vou,  (inii  not  one  thing  hath  failed 
tllereof. 

l."i  ■'  Therefore  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
thdt  as  all  good  tilings  are  come 
upon  you,  which  the  Lord  your  God 
promised  you  ;  so  shall  the  Lord 
biini;  upon  you  liall  evil  thing.s^ 
until  he  liave  destroyed  you  from  oil 
220 


this  good  land  which  the  Lord  your 
God  hatli  given  you. 
l(j  When  ye  have  transgressed  the 
covenant  of  tlie  Loud  your  God, 
which  he  commanded  .\'Ou,  and  have 
gone  and  served  other  gods,  and 
tiowed  yourselves  to  them  ;  then 
shall  the" anger  of  the  Lord  be  kin- 
dled aijainst  you,  and  ye  sliall  perish 
quickly  from"  off  tliegood  land  which 
lie  hath  given  unto  you. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
1  Juthiia  aascmbletk  the  triUt  at  Slierhcm. 
2  A  brU-f  history  of  Uoifa  benefits  from 
Tcrnh.  14  Ue  rcnewelh  the  covenant  be- 
tween them  ami  Ood.  2o  A  atone  the  wit- 
ncBs  of  the  covenant.  29  Joshita^s  affe, 
death,  and  burial.  3Z  Joseph's  bones  are 
buried.    33  fleaxar  Uieth. 

AND  Joshua  gathered  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  to  ''Shechem, 
and  licallcd  for  the  ciders  of  Israel, 
and  lor  their  heads,  and  for  their 
judges,  and  for  tlieir  officers;  and 
thev  '  presented  themselves  before 
God. 

2  And  Joshua  said  unto  all  the 
people.  Thus  saith  the  Loud  God 
of  Israel,  il  Vour  fathers  dwelt  on  the 
oilier  side  of  tlie  flood  in  old  time, 
eicn  Terah,  the  father  of  Abraham, 
and  the  fatlier  of  Nachor:  and  °  tiny 
served  otiier  gods. 

3  And  fl  took  your  father  Abraham 
from  the  other  side  of  the  flood,  and 
led  him  throughout  all  the  land  of 
Canaan,  and  multiplied  his  seed,  and 
figave  him  Isaac. 

4  And  1  gave  unto  Isaac  lijneob 
and  Esau  :  and  I  gave  unto  i  Esau 
mount  Seir,  to  possess  it;  k  hut  Jacob 
and   his   children  went  down   into 

Kgypt. 

5  1 1  sent  Moses  also  and  Aaron,  and 
"'  1  pla"ued  Egypt,  according  to  that 
which!  did  am'ong  them:  and  after- 
ward I  brought  you  out. 

G  And  I  "brought  your  fathers  out 
of  Egypt:  and  "ye  came  unto  the 
sea;  I'and  tlie  Egyptians  pursued 
after  your  fathers  with  chariots  and 
horsemen  unto  tlie  Itid  sea. 

7  And  when  thiv  'leried  unto  the 
Loud,  'he  put  darkness  between 
yoiiandthe  Egyptians,  "and  brought 
the  .sea  upon  them,  and  covered 
them:  and  'your  eyes  have  seen 
what  I  have  done  in  Egvpt:  anil  ye 
dwelt  in  the  wilderness  ^a  long  sea- 
son. 

8  And  I  brought  you  into  the  land 
of  the  Ainorites,  which  dwelt  on  the 
other  side  Jordan:  'and  they  tbnght 
with  you:  and  I;;ave  them  ilito  \  our 
hand,  that  ye  might  possess  their 
laud;  and  1  destroyed  them  from  be- 
fiire  you. 

!)  Then  >'I3!d.ak  the  son  of  Zippor. 
king  of  Moab,  arose  and  wurred 
against  Israel,  and  'sent  and  called 
Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  to  curse  von: 

10  "But  I  would  not  hearken  imto 
U:daam;    !■  therefore  he  blessed  Jou 


The  covenant  renewed. 


JOSHUA. 


Joshua's  age  and  death. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  1427. 


crh.3  \i.  17. 

iiio.ll.li 

dell.  6.  1.  4 


g  Ddut.  6.  10, 
11. 
tb.  U.  13. 


h  Deal.  in.  12. 


1. 12.2 


I  Can  17.  1.  & 

20.6. 

D«ut.  18.  13. 

P..  110.  1. 

2  Cor.  1.  IS. 

K|.U  6.  2i. 
kT.r.  2.  23. 

L«v.  17.  7. 

E>.  2U.  IH. 
1  E..  20.  7,  8. 

di23.  3. 
nt  See  Ruth 

l.l.'i 

1  Kine>  18. 


Deut.  13  7.i 
29  18. 
Judg.  R.  10. 
rt^en.  18.  19. 


H  M.tl,  0.  21 
r  r..^.  19.  2 

1  S».r..  6.  20. 
r..  89  a.  9. 

I.  S.  16. 

I  Et.  20.  S. 
tE«.  23.  21. 
u  1  Oir.  28.  9. 

2  Cl.r.  1.!.  2. 
E..-»  8  22. 
I..  1.2.S.*65. 

II.  12 
Jtr.  17.  13. 

I  ch.  23.  15. 


still :  60  1  delivered  you  out  of  his 
hand. 

11  And  ■■ye  went  over  Jordan,  and 
came  unto  Jericho:  and  Jthe  men 
of  Jericho  fouj;ht  ajrainst  yon,  the 
Anioritcs,  and  the  Fcrizzites,  and 
the  Canaanites,  and  tlic  llittites,  and 
the  Girgashites,  the  Ilivites,  and  tlie 
Jebnsites;  and  I  delivered  them  into 
your  hand. 

12  And  "^I  sent  the  hornet  before 
you,  wliieh  drave  thcni  out  from 
hefore  you,  even  the  two  kings  of  tlie 
Ainorites;  but  'not  with  thy  sword, 
nor  witli  thy  bow. 

LS  And  I  have  given  you  a  land  for 
which  yc  did  not  labour,  and  *^cities 
which  ye  built  not,  and  yc  dwell  in 
them;  of  the  vineyards  and  olive- 
yards  which  ye  planted  not  do  ye 
cat. 

14  U  liNow  therefore  fear  the  LoiiD, 
and  serve  him  in  'sincerity  and  in 
truth;  and  i.put  awaj'  the  .gods  which 
your  fathers  served  on  the  other  side 
ofthe  flood, and  liii  Egypt;  andscrvc 
ye  the  Lokd. 

15  And  if  it  seem  evil  unto  you  to 
serve  the  Lord,  '"choose  you  this 
dav  whom  ye  will  serve ;  whether 
"  the  gods  which  your  lathers  served 
that  v:cre  on  the  other  side  of  the 
flood,  or  "the  gods  ofthe  Anioritcs, 
in  whose  land  ye  dwell:  I'but  as  for 
me  and  my  house,  wc  will  servo  the 
Lord. 

10  And  the  people  answered  and 
said,  God  forbid  that  wc  should  for- 
sake the  IjORD,  to  serve  other  gods; 

17  For  the  Loud  our  God,  he  il  in 
that  brought  us  up  and  our  fathers 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  from  the 
house  of  bondage,  arid  which  did 
those  great  signs  in  our  sight,  and 
preserved  us  in  all  the  wav  wherein 
we  went,  and  among  all  the  people 
through  whom  we  pas.sed: 

l.S  And  the  Lord  drave  out  from 
before  us  all  the  people,  even  the 
Anioritcs  which  dwelt  in  the  land: 
therefore  will  we  also  serve  the 
IvOitb  :  for  he  is  our  God. 

I!)  And  Joshua  said  unto  the  people, 
lYc  cannot  sen'e  the  I,ord:  for  he 
IS  a  ■'holy  God;  he  is  "a.jcalous  God; 
'he  will  not  forgive  your  transgres- 
sions nor  your  sins. 

20  "If  yc  forsake  the  I.ORn,  and 
serve  strange  gods,  ^thcn  he  will 
turn  and  do  you  hurt,  and  consume 
you,  after  that  he  hath  .done  you 
good. 


21  And  the  people  said  unto  Josh- 
ua,   Nay ;    but   we    will   serve    the 

lyORP. 

22  And  Joshua  .said  unto  the  people. 
Ye  arc  witnesses  against  yourselves 
that  >  yc  have  chosen  yon  the  l.oKii, 
to  serve  him.  And  they  said.  We 
are  witnesses. 

2.'5  Now  therefore  'put  nway.  faiil 
he,  the  strange  pods  which  are  among 
you,  and  incline  jour  heart  unto  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel. 

24  And  the  people  said  unto  Joshua, 
The  Lord  our  God  will  we  serve, 
and  his  voice  will  we  obey. 

2.5  So  Joshua  "made  a  covenant 
with  the  people  that  day,  and  set 
them  a  statute  and  an  ordinance  "in 
Shechem. 

•2S>  TT  And  Joshua  ''wrote  these  words 
in  the  book  of  the  law  of  God,  and 
took  ila  great  stone,  and  ''set  it  up 
there  funder  an  oak,  that  was  by  the 
sanctuary  ofthe  Lord. 

'li  And  Joshua  said  unto  all  the 
people.  Behold,  this  stone  shall  be 
^a,  witness  unto  us;  (or  I'it  hath 
heard  all  the  words  of  the  Lord 
which  he  spake  unto  us:  it  shall  be 
therelore  a  witness  unto  jou,  lest  ye 
deny  your  God. 

2X  So  "Joshua  let  the  people  depart, 
every  man  unto  his  inheritance. 

2'J  11  kAnd  it  came  to  p.iss  after 
these  things,  that  Joshua  the  son  of 
Nun,  the  servant  of  the  Lord,  died, 
bcinij  a  hundred  and  ten  years  old. 

30  And  they  buried  him  in  the  bord- 
er of  his  inheritance  in  i  Timnath- 
scrah,  which  is  in  mount  Ephraim, 
on  the  north  side  of  the  hill  of 
Gaa.sh. 

;U  And  "Israel  served  the  Lord 
all  the  days  of  Joshua,  and  all  the 
days  of  the  elders  that  i  overlived 
Joshua,  and  which  had  "known  all 
the  works  of  the  LORD,  that  he  had 
done  for  Israel. 

;'.2  U  And  "the  bones  of  Joseph, 
which  the  children  of  Israel  brought 
up  out  of  Egypt,  buried  they  in 
Shechem,  in  a  parcel  of  ground 
P  which  Jacob  bought  ofthe  sons  of 
ILimor  the  father  of  Shechem  for 
a  hundred  ||  pieces  of  silver;  and  it 
became  the  inheritance  of  the  chil- 
dren of Joseph. 

Xi  And  Eleazar  the  son  of  Aaron 
died;  and  they  buried  him  in  a  hill 
thai  pertained  to  'I  Phinehas  his  son, 
which  was  given  liini  iu  mount 
Ephraim. 


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THE 


BOOK    OF    JUDGES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  The  ai-la  of  JuUnh  and  Simeon 
AUani-biizck  jxtntly  requited.  8  Jeruea- 
hmtalirn.  \»  Hebron  taken.  U  Otkniel 
hath  Achaah  to  tvife  for  takinff  of  DcH, 
10  r/ic  Kcnitca  dwell  in  Jiidnh.  17  Ilor- 
m«/i.  Gaza,  Ankcton  and  Ekron  taken 
21  The  aelt  of  Benjamin.  22  Of  tin 
houee  of  Joseph,  who  take  Deth-cl.  '3n  rt| 
Zehahin.  :il  Of  Aiher.  ij  Of  A'ajik- 
tnli.    M  Of  Dan. 

>TOW  after  tlie  dontli  of  Jo^Iuia 
H    canio  to  pass,  tliat  tlie  ciuldrcn 
of  Israel  ^  asked  tlic  LoKli,  sayin 
Who  shall  go  up  for  lis  asainst  the 
Caiuianites    first,    to    fis'it    against 
themV 

i;  And  tlie  T,ORi>  said,  'i.Itidah  shall 
go  lip:  liehold,  I  have  delivered  the 
luiid  into  Ids  hand. 

.'!  And  Jiidali  said  unto  Simeon  his 
brother.  Conic  up  witli  nic  into  iny 
lot,  tliut  we  may  tight  npainst  tlic 
Caniwnites;  and  *■  I  likewise  will  go 
witli  thee  into  thy  lot.  So  Simeon 
went  with  him. 

4  And  Jndah  went  >ip;  and  the 
IjOUD  delivered  tlic  Canaanites  and 
the  Periziites  into  tlieir  liaiid:  and 
they  slew  of  tlicm  in  J  Bezek  ten 
thousand  men. 

.'>  And  tliey  fonnd  Adoni-bezek  in 
Hezik:  and  they  fought  against  him, 
and  thev  slew  the  Canaanites  and 
the  IVli/zites. 

(i  lint  Adoni-hezck  fled:  and  they 
pnrsned  after  him,  and  eaujjht  him, 
and  cut  olf  his  tlmmbs  and  Ills  great 
toes. 

7  And  Adoni-Iiczek  said.  Three- 
score and  ten  kings,  having  1  their 
thumhs  and  tlieir  great  toes  cnt  oil', 

II  gathered  tliiir  wmt  under  my  ta- 
ble: "as  I  have  done,  .so  (iiul  hatli 
re(|niti'd  me.  And  tliev  ln-oii,-lit  him 
to  .Teinsalem,  and  there  he- died. 

.SNowfthe  ehildreii  of  Jndali  had 
fought  against  Jornsalem,  and  liad 
taken  it,  and  smitten  it  with  the  edge 
of  tlie  sword,  nnd  set  the  city  on 
tire. 

it  ^  "And  afterward  the  children 
of  Jiid:di  went  down  to  tight  against 
the  Cainianites,  that  dwelt  in  the 
monntain.  and  in  the  south,  and  in 
the  li  valley. 

Ill  And  Jndah  went  against  the 
Caniumites  that  dwelt  in  Hebron: 
now  tlie  name  of  Hebmn  hetiire  I'n.s 
li  Kiijath-arha:  ami  they  slew  Slic- 
shai,  and  Ahiniaii,  and  rulniai. 
T22 


11  "And  from  thence  he  went 
against  the  inhabitants  of  Dcbir: 
and  tile  name  of  Debir  before  v:iis 
Kirjath-sepher: 

1:.'  kAnd  Caleb  said,  He  that  smiteth 
Kirjath-scpher,  and  taketli  it,  to  him 
will  I  give  Achsah  my  daughter  to 
wife. 

I.'!  And  Othniel  the  son  of  Kcnaz, 
1  Caleb's  younger  brother,  took  it: 
and  he  ga\c  him  Achsah  his  daugh- 
ter to  wife. 

14  "'And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she 
came  lo  lam,  that  she  moved  him  to 
.ask  of  her  father  a  field:  and  she 
lighted  from  off  lirr  nss;  and  Caleb 
said  unto  her,  What  wilt  thou? 

15  And  she  said  unto  liim,  "Give 
me  a  blessing:  for  thou  hast  given 
me  .1  south  land :  give  mc  al.so 
springs  of  water.  And  Caleb  gave 
her  the  upper  springs  and  the  nether 
sjirings. 

Hi  ir  "And  the  children  of  the 
Kenite,  Moses'  father  in  law,  went 
np  out  I'of  the  city  of  palm  trees 
with  the  children  ot  Jndah  into  the 
wilderness  of  Judali,  which  Until  in 
the  south  of  ''Arad:  ""and  they  went 
and  dwelt  among  the  people. 

17 'And  Jndah  went  with  Simeon 
his  brother,  and  they  slew  the  C:i- 
naanites  that  inhabited  Zephath, 
and  ntlerly  destroyed  it.  And  the 
name  of  tlic  city  "was  called  '  Uor- 
nndi. 

IS  Also  Judah  took  "  Gaza  with  the 
coast  thereof,  and  Askelon  with  the 
coast  thereof,  and  Kkron  with  the 
coast  thereof. 

Ill  And  "the  I/Onii  was  with  Jndah; 
and  ll  he  drave  out  tlic  iiiliahiliinl!:  of 
the  monnlain:  hut  could  not  drive 
out  t'le  iiiliahitants  of  the  vallev,  be- 
cause thev  hud  >  chariots  otiron. 

•>f\  'Aii'l  they  gave  Hebron  unto 
Caleb,  as  Moses  said:  and  he  ex- 
[lelled  thenee  the  three  sonsof  Anak. 

'1\  "And  the  chihlren  of  Henjamin 
did  not  drive  out  the  Jebnsitcs  that 
inbahited  JcTiisalini:   but  the  Jebu- 

ites  dwill  with  the  children  of  lieii- 

amin  in  Jerusalcin  luito  this  dav. 

ii'T  And  theh.H,se..f  Joseph,  thev 
also  went  up  aLMiiust  l!eth-el:  bmul 
the  l,oi:ii  iros  with  tlu-ni. 

a;  And  the  1 se  of  Joseph  "■  sent 

to  descry  lleth-el.  Now  the  name 
of  the  city  before  nasi  'i  I-uz. 

'1\  And  tlie  i^iiies  saw  a  man  come 


The  Canaanitcs  not  dtiven  out. 


An  anciel  rehuketh  the  people. 


Refore 
C  U  R  I  S  T 

about  1425. 


furtli  out  of  the  city,  ami  tlicy  said 
unto  liini,  S)il'W"  us,  -we  l)iay  tlico, 
tlic  cutranco  into  the  city,  and  "wc 
will  slu-w  lluM*  mercy. 

L'.'i  Anil  wlicn  ho  sntwi'd  them  the 
entrance  into  tlic  city,  they  smote 
the  city  -.vitli  the  cil;;e  of  tile  sword: 
but  they  let  ?o  the  man  and  all  his 
family. 

a;  And  the  man  went  into  the  land 
of  the  llittites,  and  built  a  city,  and 
called  the  name  thereof  Luz:  which 
i.s  the  name  thereof  unto  this  day. 

•17  !I  (Neither  did  JIanossch  drive 
out  Ihr  iiiliiiliitimtit  vf  Bcth-thean 
and  her  townf,  nor  Tuanach  and 
her  towns,  nor  the  inhabitnnts  of 
Dor  and  her  towns,  nor  the  inhab- 
itants of  Ihleam  and  her  towns,  nor 
the  inhabitants  of  Mc;;iddo  and  her 
towns :  but  the  Canaanitcs  would 
dwell  in  that  land. 

M  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Israel 
was  strong',  tliat  they  nut  the  Ca- 
naanitcs to  tribute,  anil  did  not  utter- 
ly drive  them  out. 

L'O  U  i^  Neither  did  Ephraim  drive 
out  the  Canaanitcs  tliat  dwelt  in 
Ciezer;  but  the  Canaanitcs  dwelt  in 
Gezer  anion^  them. 

.30  1  Neither  did  Zebidun  drive  out 
the  inhabiUmts  of  Kitron,  nor  the 
li  inhabitants  of  Kahalol  ;  but  the 
CananniteH  dwelt  nmont;  them,  and 
became  tributaries. 

.'il  ^  ■  Neither  did  Ashcr  drive  out 
the  inhabitants  of  Accho,  nor  the 
inhabitants  of  Zidon,  nor  of  Ahlab, 
nor  of  Achzib,  nor  ol  Ilclbah,  nor  of 
Aphik,  nor  of  Kchob: 

"l  Hut  the  Aslicritcs  k  dwelt  nmons 
the  Canaiinitcs.  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land;  for  they  did  not  drive 
them  out. 

sy  y.  I  Neither  dnl  Nnphtali  drive 
out  the  inhabitants  of  IJcth-shcmcsh. 
nor  the  inhabitants  of  Itcth-anath; 
but  be  '"dwelt  anion?  the  Canaan- 
itcs, the  inhabitants  of  the  land : 
nevertheless,  the  inhabitant.sof  I!cth- 
shemcsh  and  of  Bctli-anath  "became 
tributaries  unto  them. 

S4  And  the  Aniorites  forced  the 
children  of  Dan  into  the  mountain: 
(or  they  would  not  sufTer  tliein  to 
come  down  to  the  valley : 

d.5  But  the  Amorites  wonid  dwell 
in  mount  lleres  "in  Ai.ialon,  and 
in  Shaalbim:  yet  tlie  hand  of  tlie 
house  of  Joscpli  t  prevailed,  so  tliat 
they  became  tribidarics. 

oG  And  the  coa.-.t  of  the  Amorites 
u'fii  ''from  lithe  poiiif;  up  to  Akrab- 
bim,  from  the  rock,  and  upward. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  An  angel  rebuketh  the  peojilc  at  Boehim. 

0  Tlia  irickedneM  of  the  new  operation 

after  .loelma.     14  Ooa'a  anger  and  }iity 

towardt  them.    20  The  Cauaanitet   are 

left  to  prove  Israel. 

\ND   an   ||  Ansel   of  the   I.onn 
came  up  from    Oiljal   "to  Bo- 
cliim.  and  said,  I  made  you  to  so 


up  out  of  £;:ypt,  and  have  brou;;ht 
you  unto  the  land  winch  1  s\*aie 
unto  your  lathers;  and  lil  said,  1 
will  never  break  my  covenant  with 
you. 

2  And  ''ye  shall  make  no  lea^nc 

with  tlic  "inhabitants  of  this  hind; 

^  ve  shall  throw  down  their  altars: 

'but  ye  have  not  obeyed  my  voice; 

whv  have  ye  done  this? 

.3  \Vhercfore  I  also  said,  I  will  not 

I  drive  them  out  from  belorc  you:  but 

1  they  shall  be  'o.s  t/iorus  in  your  sides, 

land   1^ their  Rods  ehall  be  a  lisnarc 

unto  you. 
!  4  Aiid  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
AiiRclof  the  l.oijDspake  these  words 
unto  all  the  children  of  Israel,  that 
the  people  lilted  up  their  voice,  and 
wept. 

!i  And  they  called  the  name  of  that 
place  IIBoehim:  and  they  sacrificed 
there  unto  the  Lokd. 
(i  H  And  when  '.Joshua  had  let  the 
people  f;o,  the  chihlien  of  Israel  went 
every  man  unto  his  inheritance  to 
possess  the  land. 

7  t  And  the  people  served  the  1<oi!D 
nil  the  davs  of  Joshua,  and  all  the 
days  of  the  elders  that  i  outlived 
Joshua,  who  had  seen  all  the  prcat 
works  of  the  Lout),  that  he  did  lor 
Israel. 

8  And  1  Joshua  the  son  of  Nun,  the 
servant  of  the  L()i;i>.  died,  bciiirj  a 
hundred  and  ten  years  old. 

j  1)  "'  And  they  buried  him  in  the 
I  border  of  his  Inheritance  in  "  Tim- 
[  nath-lieies,  in  the  mount  of  Ephra- 
I  ini,  on  the  north  side  of  the  hill 
Gaasli. 

10  And  also  all  thct  generation  were 
I  •ratheied    unto    their    fathers  :    and 

there  arose  another  c^nerntion  after 
them,  which  "knew  not  the  Lord, 
nor  yet  the  works  which  he  had 
donefbr  Israel. 

11  V  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 
evil  in  the  si^ht  of  the  Loud,  and 
served  Boalim : 

12  And  tlicy  ("forsook  the  Lonri  Ood 
of  their  lathers,  which  broufrht  tlicm 
out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  followed 
'iotlicr  gods,  of  the  pods  of  the  peo- 
ple that  vrrc  round  about  them,  and 
""  bowed  themselves  unto  them,  and 
provoked  the  Lokd  to  nnger. 

13  And  they  forsook  the  I-or.D,  "and 
served  Baal  and  Ashtaroth. 

14  II  'And  the  anger  of  the  Lorn 
was  hot  against  Israel,  and  he  "de- 
livered them  into  the  hands  of  spoil- 
ers that  spoiled  them,  and  "he  sold 
them  into  the  hands  of  their  enemies 
round  about,  so  that  they  >  could  not 
any  longer  stand  before  their  ene- 
mies. 

l.i  'Whithersoever  they  went  nnf, 
the  hand  of  the  Lonnwas  against 
them  lor  evil,  ns  the  Lord  had  said, 
and 'as  the  Lord  had  sworn  unto 
them:  and  they  were  greatly  dis- 
tressed. 

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Israel's  idolatry,  and  God's  anr/ei:     JUDGES. 


Othnicl  delivereih  Israel. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  HOO. 


t  Hob.  .nvn(. 
1.  F*.34  15,16, 
U,.  17.7. 


/■ 

fv 

Ko/lA 
r.  11. 

ir. 

SJ 

ot.h.  23, 

10 

10  TT  Nevertluless " the  Loiiii  rnispil 
up  ,)ik]!;''S.  wliicli  1  delivered  tln'm 
out  of  tlic  hand  ot  those  that  Bpoiled 
llRin. 

17  And  vet  the,y  wnidd  not  hearken 
unto  their  jud^'e.s,  but  tliey  I'Went  a 
whorini?  al'ter  other  cods,  and  bowed 
thi'iiisefves  unto  them:  tliey  turned 
quiekly  out  of  the  way  which  their 
tiitliers  walked  in,  obeying  the  com- 
inandnicnts  of  the  L,onp;  but  they 
d>d  not  HO. 

H  And  when  the  l,oi;r)  raised  them 
up  indu'es,  then  '  the  I.OKU  was  witli 
the'iuilu-e,  and  delivered  them  out  of 
the  "hand  of  tlieir  enemies  all  tlie 
days  of  the  jud,!!;e:  <l  for  it  repented 
the  Lord  because  of  their  f;roaniii;;s 
by  reason  of  them  that  oppressed 
them  and  vexed  them. 

r.l  .Vml  it  came  to  pass,  "when  the 
jiid^c  was  dead,  IIkU  they  returned, 
and  |i  corrupted  t/,eiiifclns  more  tlian 
their' fathers,  in  followiiif;  other  nods 
to  serve  them,  and  to  bow  down  un- 
to them:  I  tliey  ceased  not  from  their 
own  doing's,  nor  from  their  stubborn 
way. 

'M  ^  f  And  the  nnser  of  the  I.OTtn 
was  hot  against  Israel;  and  he  said, 
lieeause  that  this  people  hath  s  trans- 
;;i(ssed  mv  covenant  which  1  com- 
m:uidril  their  fatlicrs,  and  have  not 
hearkened  unto  my  voice; 

21  li  I  also  will  not  henceforth  drive 
out  any  from  before  them  of  the  na- 
tions which  Josliua  leH  when  he 
died: 

■22  I  That  through  them  I  may 
l<  prove  Israel,  whether  they  will 
keep  tlie  way  of  the  I.oi;ii  to  walk 
therein,  as  their  fathers  did  keep  it, 
or  not. 

L'o  Therefore  the  I.OItP  ||left  those 
nations,  without  drivinu  them  out 
hastily;  neilher  delivered  he  them 
into  the  hand  of  Joshua. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1  ncimtitni  tiiitclirivrc  left  to  jirofc /»- 
rncl.  0  Ilu  (•ommunioii  with  tl>c7n  they 
commit  l.(oIti(i-r,.  8  ODmicl  dcHvcrctli 
them  from  fhuihau-rinhnfhnhn.  12 
JiViM.t  from  Effton.  31  Shnmaar  from 
the.  riillUthiea. 

NOW  these  arr  "  the  nations  which 
tlie  Lord  left,  to  prove  Israel 
bv  them,  ercn  as  inany  ol'  hntrl  as 
had  not  known  all  the  wars  of  Ca- 
naan; 

2  Only  that  the  (renerationa  of  the 
children  of  Israel  mi^ht  know  to 
teach  them  war,  at  the  least  such  as 
before  knew  nothing  thereof; 

:',  .\(tni,h,.  I'live  lords  of  the  I'liilis- 
tines,  and  .tU  the  Canaauiles,  and 
the  Sidimians.  ami  the  llivites  that 
dwelt  in  mount  Lebanon,  from 
nimint  liaalhermou  unto  the  enter- 
in;;  in  of  Ilamath. 

4  '  And  they  were  to  prove  Israol 
bv  them,  to  know  whither  thev 
would  hearken  unto  the  eommaiid- 
meuts  of  the  I,oiu>,  which  lie  com- 
224 


UcrOTO 

CHRIST 
about  1401). 


mnnded  their  fathers  by  the  hand  of 
-Aloses. 

5  IT  il  And   the   children    of  Israel     

dwelt  among  the  Caiiaanites,  Hit-Lp,  1^.35, 
tites,  and  Amorites,  and  I'erizzites, 
and  llivites,  and  .lebnsites: 
li  And  ''llicv  took  their  dau<;hters 
to  be  their  'wives,  and  gave  their 
daufihters  to  their  sons,  and  served 
their  ^ods.  I 

7  fAnd  the  children  of  Israel  did  |  about  140*. 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Loup,  and    »th.  2. 11, 
forgat   the  Lord    their  God,  « and  !  u <i..  2. 13, 
served  Uaalim  and  l>the  groves, 
a  U  Therefore  the  angerof  the  Lord 
was  hot  against  Israel,  and  he  1  sold 
them    into  the  hand  of  k  Chusluin- 
rishathaim   king  of  t  Mesopotamia  : 
and  the    children    of   Israel  served 
Chushan-rishathaim  eight  years, 
y  And  when  the  children  of  Israel 
I  cried  unto    the    LoiiD,  the  Lord 
'"raised  up  a  i  deliverer  to  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  who  delivered  them, 
<!e;i  "  Othniel  t!ic  son  of  Keiiaz,  Ca- 
leb'.s  younger  brother. 
lU  .Viid  "the   Spirit   of  the  Lord 
I  came    upon    him,   and   he   judged 
Israel,  and  went  out  to  war:  and  the 
LoKii   dehvcre'l   Cluishan-ri.shatha- 
ini  king  of  t  .'Mes.ipotamia  into  his 
hand;  and  his  hand  prevailed  against 
Cbushan-ri.-hathaim. 

11  And  the  land  had  rest  forty  years: 
and  Othuiel  the  son  of  Kenaz  died. 

12  IT  I' And  the  children  of  Isniel 
did  evil  again  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord:  and  the  Lord  strengthened 
'I  Eglon  the  king  of  l\Io:ib  against 
Israel,  bceansc  thev  had  done  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

1:'.  And  he  gathered  unto  him  the 
ehildren  of  .\minou  and  ''Amalek, 
and  went  anil  sinnte  Israel,  and  iKis- 
sessed  Mhe  eitv  ofp.ahn  trees. 

14  So  the  children  of  Israel 'served 
ICglon  the  king  of  Moab  eighteen 
years. 

15  IJut  when  the  children  of  Israel 
"cried  unto  the  Lord,  the  Lord 
raised  them  up  a  deliverer,  Khnd 
the  son  of  Cera,  jl  a  Uenjamite,  R 
man  fleflhanded:  and  by  him  the 
ehildren  of  Israel  sent  a  present  unto 
Kglon  the  king  of  Moab. 

hi  liut  Lliud  made  him  a  dagger 
which  had  two  edges,  of  a  cubit 
length;  and  he  diil  gird  it  under  his 
raiment  upon  his  right  thigh. 

17  And  he  bron-ht  the  present  unto 
Eglon  kingof  iMoab:  and  Eglon  icci,* 
a  very  fat  man. 

hS  And  when  he  had  made  an  end 
to  ofl'er  the  present,  he  sent  away  the 
j>i-ople  that  bare  the  present. 

1:1  lint  he  himself  turned  again 
>■  from  the  ||  quarries  that  were  by 
('■ilgal,  and  said,  I  have  a  secret 
errand  unto  thee,  O  king  :  who 
^aid,  Keep  silence.  And  all  that 
stood  bv  hiiii  went  out  liom  him. 

It)  Anil  Ehud  came  unto  him;  and 
he  was  sitting  in  |  usuniiner  parlour, 


Ehud  killeth  Eglon. 


JUDGES. 


Israel  oppressed  by  Jabin. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  133G. 


1  Ssia.  21.  J. 


ISnra 

13.3. 

Joak. 

7.  1.-.. 
.il7. 
1. 

.eh  T. 
lS»ii. 

1.  15 
17.17. 

bJoOi. 

2.7. 

lU.  k  IS).  3B. 
dl  Skid. 12.9. 
Pi.  m.  9, 


which  he  had  for  liiniscU* alone:  and 
Ehud  said,  I  liave  a  inossu>;e  frt^ni 
God  unto  thfc.  And  lie  arose  out  of 
ftiif  seat. 

21  And  Ehud  put  forth  his  loft 
hand,  and  took  the  dajj^er  from  his 
light  thigh,  and  thrust  it  into  his 
belly: 

22  And  the  haft  also  went  in  after 
the  blade  ;  and  the  fat  closed  upoti 
the  blade,  so  that  he  could  not  draw 
the  dasher  out  of  his  belly;  and  ||  the 
dirt  came  out. 

23  Then  Ehud  went  forth  throufih 
the  porch,  and  shut  the  doors  of  the 
parlour  upon  him,  and  locked  them. 

24  When  he  was  cone  out,  his  serv- 
ants cume;  and  when  they  saw  that, 
behold,  the  doors  of  the  parlour  uere 
locked,  they  said.  Surely  he  ||  cover- 
eth  his  feet  in  his  summer  chamber. 

2o  And  they  tarried  till  they  were 
a.shamed  :  and,  behold,  he  opened 
not  the  doors  of  the  parlour;  there- 
fore tliey  took  a  key,  and  opened 
thcni :  and,  behold,  their  lord  xi:as 
fallen  down  dead  on  the  earth. 

20  And  Ehud  escaped  while  they 
tarried,  and  passed  bej'ond  the  quar- 
ries, and  escaped  unto  Seirath. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  come,  that  5  he  blew  a  trumpet 
in  the  ^mountain  of  Ephraim,  and 
the  children  of  Israel  went  down 
with  him  from  the  mount,  and  he 
before  them. 

25  And  he  said  imto  them.  Follow 
after  me:  for  "theEoni)  hath  deliv- 
ered your  enemies  the  Moabites  into 
your  hand.  And  they  went  down 
after  him,  an<l  took  1»  the  fords  of  Jor- 
dan toward  Moab,  and  suffered  not 
a  man  to  i>ass  over. 

2!)  And  they  slew  of  JFoab  at  that 
time  about  ten  thousand  men,  all 
t  lusty,  and  all  men  of  valour;  and 
there  escaped  not  a  man. 

30  So  Moab  was  subdued  that  day 
under  the  hand  of  Jsracl.  And  ''  the 
laud  had  rest  fourscore  years. 

31  IT  And  after  him  was  «'  Shamjrar 
the  son  of  Anath,  which  slew  of  the 
Philistines  six  hundred  men  'with 
an  oxgoad  :  I  and  he  also  delivered 
B Israel. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Deborah  and  Jl.truk  dclii'er  (Jicm  from 

Jahin  and  Sieera.     13  Jdcl  Htlctli  Hise- 

AND  "the  children  of  Israel  ojrain 
did  evil  in  the  si;.'htot  the  Loui), 
when  Ehud  was  dead. 

2  And  tlie  Lord  I'sold  them  into 
the  hand  of  Jabin  kin^  of  Canaan, 
that  reisued  in  '  llazor:  the  captain 
of  whose  host  «•«.-!  'i  Sisera.  wl\ich 
dwcltiu  •■llarosluthof  the  ('.entiles. 

3  And  the  children  of  Israel  cried 
unto  the  Loi;d  :  for  he  had  nine 
hundred  'chariots  of  iron;  and 
twenty  years  i^he  miRhtily  oppressed 
the  children  of  Israel. 

i  IT  Aiid  Deborah,  a  prophetess,  the 
1.5 


wife  of  Eapidoth,  she  judged  Israel 
at  that  time. 

5  I'  And  she  dwelt  under  the  palm 
tree  of  Deborah,  between  Kamah 
and  Bcth-cl  in  mount  Ephraim  : 
and  the  children  of  Israel  came  up 
to  her  for  .ludgment. 

0  And  she  sent  and  called  i  Barak 
the  son  of  Abinoam  out  k  of  Ke- 
desh-naphtali,  and  said  unto  hiiTij 
Ilath  not  the  I/Onn  God  of  Israel 
commanded,  sai/nuj.  Go  and  draw 
toward  mount  Tabor,  and  take  with 
thee  ten  tliousand  men  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Naphtali  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Zehulun? 

7  And  1 1  will  draw  unto  thee,  to 
the  "'river  Kishon,  Sisera  the  cap- 
tain of  Jabin's  army,  with  his  char- 
iots and  his  multitude  ;  and  I  will 
deliver  him  into  thine  hand. 

S  .\nd  Barak  said  unto  her.  If  thou 
wilt  go  witli  me,  then  1  will  go:  but 
if  thou  wilt  not  go  with  me,  llicn  1 
wdlnotgo. 

'.I  And  she  said,  I  will  surely  go 
with  thee:  notwitlistanding  the  jour- 
ney that  thou  takcst  shnll  not  be 
for  tliine  honour ;  lor  tlic  J-okd 
shall  "s-vM  i^isera  into  the  hand  of 
a  woman.  And  Deborah  arose,  and 
went  witli  Barak  to  Kedesh. 

10  IT  And  Barak  called  "Zcbulun 
and  Naphtali  to  Kedesh ;  and  he 
went  up  with  ten  thousand  men 
I'at  his  feet:  and  Deborah  went  up 
with  him. 

11  Now  Ileber  'Ulie  Kenite,  vhicli 
uas  of  the  children  of  '' Hobab  tlie 
father  in  law  of  Moses,  had  severed 
liimsi'lf  from  the  Kenites,  an<l  pitched 
his  tent  unto  tlie  plain  of  Zaanaim, 
'  which  IS  by  Kcdcsh. 

12  And  they  shewed  Sisera  that 
Barak  the  son  of  Abinoam  was 
gone  up  to  mount  Tabor. 

I'i  And  Sisera  t  gathered  together 
all  his  chariots,  even  nine  hundred 
chariots  of  iron,  and  all  the  people 
that  ircrc  with  him,  from  Harosheth 
of  the  Gentiles  unto  the  river  ot 
Kishon. 

14  And  Deborah  said  unto  Barak, 
tip;  for  this  !.' the  day  in  which  the 
I^oni)  hath  delivered  feisera  into  thine 
hand:  Ms  not  the  Lokd  gone  out 
before  thee?  So  Barak  went  down 
from  mount  Tabor,  and  ten  thou- 
sand men  after  him. 

l,j  And  "the  Lord  discomfited 
Sisera.  and  all  his  chariots,  and  all 
A(.<  host,  with  the  edge  of  the  sword 
before  Barak;  so  that  Sisera  lighte<l 
down  off  his  chariot,  and  fled  away 
on  his  feet. 

HJ  But  Barak  pursued  after  the 
chariots,  and  after  the  host,  unto 
Ilamsheth  of  the  Gentiles:  and  nil 
the  host  of  Sisera  fell  uixm  the  edge 
of  the  sword  ;  nn<l  there  was  not 
)  a  man  left. 

ir  Ilowbeit  Sisera  fled  away  on  his 
feet  to  the  tent  of  Jael  the  wife  of 
2?S 


Jacl  Ulleth  Sisera. 


JUDGES. 


The  sono  of 


Bi'fore 
C  11  K  1  S  T 
about  1390. 


ITobcr  tlic  Kcnite:  im  there  ««s 
„'.i"c  Ixtwoon  Jaliiii  the  km-  pi 
ha/.r.r  and  tlic  house  of  llcbcr  tlie 

IS  IT  \Vnl  Jncl  went  nut  to  meet  Sis- 
rra,  and  K>i.l  u.,t..  l.i.n.  Turn  in, 
Miy  lonl,  turn  iu  to  luc  ;  fear  n()t. 
Aiul  vlien  he  Ir.ul  tuined  m  iiiito 
luT  into  tl>c  tent,  n\\c  covered  luni 
with  ii  II  mantle. 

I'l  And  he  Biiid  imto  her,  (.ive  mc, 
I  WAS  thee,  a  little  water  to  drink; 
for  I  nm  thirstv.     And  she  opened 
^a  l.ottlc   or  milk,   nnd    %-x\->i    him 
drink   anil  covered  him. 
vii  .\."r  liu  he  said  unto  her.  Stand  i 
tl-io'door  of  the  l.-nt,  and  it  shrdl  he, 
wlu'ii  iniv  man  (h>th  c.inie  and  in 
,,„ireorthee,and  say    Is  there  any 
mm  here?  tint  thon  shalt  say.  No. 
•>\  Tlu-u  Juel  Ikber-H  wile  Mook  a 
nail  of  the  tent,  and  t  took  a  hain- 
mer  in  her  hand,  and  went  soltly 
unto  him,  and  smote  the  nail  into 
his  temples,  and  fastened  it  into  the 
t;round  :  for  he  was  fast  a-slccp  and 
wcarv.     So  ho  died. 
•"  And,  liehold,  as  Barak  pursued 
slseri    .lael  eanie  out  to  meet  hnn, 
und  sai.lnnto  him,  fome,  and!  will 
shew  thee  the  man  whom  thou  seek- 
(st       \nd   when   he   came    into   her 
tent     behold,    Sisera   lav   dead,  and 
the  nail  icis  in  his  temples. 
•':!   So  'God  subdued  on  that  day 
Jabin  the  kinR  of  Canaan  before  the 

'^i'l  Aml^he^'hand  of  the  children 
of  Israel  t  prosi.ercd  and  prevailed 
a"aiust  .labiu  the  kin;^  of  Canaan, 
until  they  liad  destroyed  Jabin  kniR 
of  Canaan. 

CII.VPTEK  V. 
The  tang  of  Deborah  and  liaral.: 

TIIKN  "sans  Deborah  and  llarak 
the  son  of  Abiiioam  on  that  day, 

"a^'rr'aiso  yc  the  I.okh  for  the 
i.ftvenu'insof  Israel, 'when  the  peo- 
pW  willin^'lv  offered  themselves, 
'.-i  .Ulear,  I)  .Nc  kiu-s:  Rive  ear,  O 
ve  prinees  :  I,  rr.„  I,  will  sing  unto 
the  l.olio:  1  will  sin- i"«'Je  to  the 
Loltl)  (Jod  of  Israel. 

4  Loim.  "when  thou  wentest  out 
of  Seir  when  thou  marchedst  (Uit  ot 
,l,c  ti.-.ld  of  l-Mom,  (the  earth  trem- 
1,Um1  uinl  the  heavri.^  dropped,  the 
clouds  also  droppc'd  water. 

r,  SThe  niountiiins  f  melted  from 
before  the  1-<>KI),  ee.H  litliat  Sinai 
from  before  the  J.ouo   <.o<l  ot  Is- 

Tlu  the  daysofiShanyzartheson 
-'•    '■•ath,  in  llie  davs  of  '  .lael.  Mb- 


war  in  the  ^ates:  "  was.there  a  shield 
or  spear  seen  anionj;  iorty  thousand 

'"  My  heart!.*  toward  the  Kovcniors 
of  Israel,  that  I'olfered  themselves 
willingly  nmonj;  the  people.  Uless 
ve  the  I-onD.  . ,  ,  .. 

"  10  II ''  Speak,  ye  ■■  that  ride  on  white 
asucs,  »ye  that  sit  in  judgment,  and 
walk  by  the  way. 

11  T/.ci,  that  arc  <Mircred  from  the 
,iso  of  archers   in    tlie    places  of 


li.foro 
C  UK  1ST 
about  I'JDG. 


noise  oi  iii«.ii,;i^  .'.  '",,,»  IV 
drawing  water,  there  shall  they  re 
hearse  the  frishtcons  acts  of  the 
I.OKD,  even  the  righteous  acts  to- 
ivard  the  inhahiln,ils  ot  Jus  v.l  ajjes 
in  Israel :  then  shall  the  people  ot 
the  I.oKD  CO  down  to  the  pates. 
1  '  "  \wakc, awake,  Deborah:  awake, 
a%vake  utter  a  son;;  :  arise,  Barak, 
and  ^  lead  thy  captivity  captive,  thou 
son  of  Abinoam.  ..  ,  , 
li  Then  he  made  him  that  remain- 
ctb  Miave  dominion  over  the  nobles 
amoni;  the  people:  the  l.oi:r>  made 
me  have  donunion  over  tlie  nu-iit\ . 
H  't)Ht  of  Kphraim  .rrtj-  "ere  a 
root  of  them  •':iKainst  Amdek:  at  er 
thee  l5eni:onin,  anioiv_'  thy  people; 
out  of  !■  >la<-hir  came  down  govern- 
ors and  out  of  Zebulun  they  that 
t  Inunlle  the  pen  of  the  writer. 
15  And  the  princes  ot  Issaehar  jrerc 
with  Deborah;  even  Issaehar  and 
al.so  '■Barak:  he  Wiis  sent  on  t  toot 
into  the  valley.  II  For  the  divisions 
of  Reuben  (Acre  irere  great  t  thoughts 

of  heart.  ,  ,  ,, 

1(!  Whv  abodcst  thon  Janionp  the 
shecpfoids,  to  hear  the  bleatiuK's  of 
the  tlocks?  II  For  the  divisions  of 
Keuben  there  were  great  scarchings 
of  heart.  ,  .   ,      , 

1"  '  C.ilead  abode  beyond  Jordan  : 
and  whv  did  Dan  remain  in  ships? 
f  Vsher  continuc-d  on  the  sea  ||  shore, 
and  abode  in  his  1|  breaches 

IS  sZcUnlun  and  Naphtah  urre  a 
people  IhnI  (jeopanleil  their  lives 
nnt.)  the  death  in  the  high  places  ot 
the  field.  ,     .       ,  . 

lU  The  kinjs  came  nii'(  tought ; 
then  fought  the  kings  of  Canaan  in 
Taanach  hv  the  waters  of  Megiddo; 
lithev  took  "no  gain  of  money. 

20  "i They  fought  from  heaven; 
kthe  stars  in  their  f  courses  louglit 

"vri'The'rTve'rof  Kishon  swept  them 

Sn"'1)?.^-UH^u>'!^'-^- 
tr^^ri?w:;"'!hohorseh,K.n.hr,-- 
ken  hv  the  means  of  til 
the  praneings  of  their  li 


1'..  U5. 7. 
I  r>.  57.  8. 


1  Or.  /». 
cS>cJo<li.  13. 


gch.  1.  10. 
H.b. 


„lt. 


high 


!;:;i;Vh 


id  th 


I  travellers  walked  tli 

7    '/■/„■    h,hahilai,l.< 
cea.sed,  they  ceased 
that   I    Deborah   am     , 
'"a  mother  in  Israel. 

a  They  "  chose  new  gods:  then  was 
226 


villag 
Israel,  until 
that  I  arose 


,,  pranciiiKs, 
ightv  ones, 
id  the  aiigel 

„7"tbe"l,.)Ui>,  cursove  bitterly   the 
bita        thereof:  >■•  because  they 

;".mennttothehelp"ofthel.ou... 

to  the  help  of  the  I.OKK  against  the 

""'rVilessed  above  women  shall  ".lael 
the  wife  of   Helier  the   Kenito   be; 


ci,.;i.!iii>. 

l.s.m  17.47. 


Deborah  and  Barak. 


JUDGES.      A  pro2)hct  rebuketh  the  Israelites. 


DefoTO 
CIIHIST 
about  12110. 


IPi.  to.  0. 10. 


ch. 

.13. 

ch.  7 
S.  Ill 
\  Ki 

ai.  I. 

li.Si 
1.  4.  30. 

V:   W. 

Uic. 

0.15. 

1'  blessed  shall  shu  be  above  ■women 
in  tile  tent. 

2.5 'i  lie  asked  water,  mul  she  frave 
him  milk;  slie  bruiight  forth  b\ittcr 
in  a  lordly  disli. 

2f>  ■■  Slie  pnt  her  hand  to  the  nail, 
and  her  right  hand  to  the  worknien',s 
hammer;  and  fwith  the  hammer 
she  smote  Sisera,  she  smote  olf  liis 
licad,  when  she  had  piereed  and 
fctrieken  through  his  temples. 

'.'■  f  .\t  her  feet  he  bowed,  ho  fell,  he 
lay  down :  at  her  feet  he  bowed,  he 
fell:  where  lie  bowed,  there  he  fell 
down  t  dead. 

28  The  mother  of  Sisera  looked  out 
at  a  window,  and  cried  through  the 
lattiee.  Why  is  his  chariot  .•>■<>  Ion;;  in 
coming?  wiiy  tarry  the  wheels  of  his 
chariots? 

211  Her  wise  ladies  answered  her, 
yea,  she  returned  t  answer  to  herself, 

30  "  Have  they  not  sped?  have  they 
not  divided  the  prey;  t  to  every  man 
a  damsel  or  two;  to  Sisera  a  prey  of  di- 
vers colours,  a  prey  of  divers  colours 
of  needlework,  of  divers  colours  of 
needlework  on  both  sides,  meet  for 
the  necks  of //(r?>i  thnt  tak-e  the  spoil? 

.31  '  .So  let  all  thine  enemies  perish, 

0  Loitn:  but  let  them  that  love  him 
6e  "  as  the  sun  "  when  he  goeth  forth 
in  his  might.  And  the  land  had  rest 
forty  years. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Tha  Tgraetiten  for  their  gin  are  oppretaed 
hy  MiiUan.  8  U  vrophct  rcbukclh.  them. 
U  An  angel  cenrl'eth  dideon  for  their  ,le- 
Uvertrnee.  17  aiJeon'K  jire'aent  is  coii- 
suoied  with  fire.  *2o  (Jiiteon  deatroyeth 
Bimft  altar,  and  off>:reth  a  taerifice 
upon  the  altar  tiehovtth-shalom.  28  Joanh 
defendeth  hit  eon,  and  eallcth  him  Je- 
rulibaal.  33  Oideon'a  army.  36  Gideon's 
ligne. 

'  A  ND  the  children  of  Israel  did 

a\.  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  LoiiD: 
and  the  LoKn  delivered  them  into 
the  hand  I>of  IMidian  seven  vears. 

2  And  the  band  of  Midian  }  prevail- 
ed against  Israel:  ami  because  of  the 
Midianites  the  children  of  Israel 
made  them  'the  dens  which  (oe  in 
the  mountains,  and  caves,  and 
strong  holds. 

.S  And  so  it  was,  when  Israel  had 
sown,  that  the  Midianites  came  np, 
and  d  the  Amalekites,  *■  and  the  chil- 
dren of  the  east,  even  they  came  up 
against  tbein; 

4  And  they  encamped  against  them, 
and  t'destroyed  the  increase  of  the 
eartli,  till  tliou  come  unto  (laza,  and 
lelt  no  sustennuee  for  Israel,  neither 
II  sheep,  nor  ox,  nor  ass. 

.5  For  the\-  came  up  with  their  cuttle 
and  their  tents,  and  tliey  cione  ^;is 
gr:vsshoppers  H»r  multitude;  ,/'</■  bolh 
they  and  their  camels  were  without 
number:  and  they  entered  into  the 
land  to  destroy  it. 

(i  Anil  Israel  was  greatly  impover- 
ished because  of  the  Midianites:  and 


the  children  of  Israel  li  cried  unto  the 
l.oiti). 

7  U  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
eliildien  of  Israel  cried  unto  the 
],oi:ii  because  of  the  Midianites, 

.s  Thnt  the  Lord  sent  fa  prophet 
unto  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
said  unto  them,  Thus  saith  the 
I.ouTi  God  of  Israel,  I  brought  you 
np  from  Egvpt,  and  brought  you 
fiirth  out  of  the  house  of  bondage; 

9  And  I  delivered  you  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Egyptians,  and  out  of 
the  liand  of  all" that  oppressed  you, 
and  i  drave  them  out  from  before 
yon,  and  gave  you  their  land; 

"lO  And  I  said  unto  you,  I  nm  the 
EoHD  your  God;  k  fear  not  the  gods 
of  the  Aniorites,  in  whose  lan<l  ye 
dwell:  but  yc  liavc  not  obeyed  my 
voice. 

U  IT  And  there  came  an  angel  of 
the  Eonn,  and  sat  under  an  oak 
which  teas  in  Ophrah,  that  j)cr<o!H«? 
untojoash  'the  Abi-ezritc:  and  his 
son  '"  Gideon  threshed  wheat  by  the 
winepress,  tto  hide  !(from  the  "Mid- 
ianites. 

12  And  the  "angel  of  the  EoRT>  ap- 
peared unto  him,  and  said  unto  him. 
The  EoHD  »s  "with  thee,  thou 
mighty  man  of  valour. 

I'J  And  Gideon  said  unto  him,  O 
my  Lord,  if  the  Loud  be  with  us, 
why  then  is  all  this  befallen  ns?  and 
P where  6c  all  his  miracles  ''which 
our  fathers  told  us  of,  saying.  Did  not 
the  Lord  bring  us  up  from  Egypt? 
but  now  the  Loud  hath  'forsaken 
us,  and  delivered  us  into  the  hands 
of  the  Midianites. 

14  .\nd  the  Lord  looked  upon  him, 
and  said,  '  Go  in  this  thy  might,  and 
thou  shalt  save  Israel  from  the  hand 
of  the  Midianites:  'havu  not  I  sent 
thee? 

15  And  he  paid  unto  him,  O  my 
T/ird,  wherewith  shall  I  save  Israel? 
behold,  "  t  m  V  family  i.i  poor  in  Ma- 
nasseh,  and  I  Oiu  the  least  in  my  fa- 
ther's house. 

Ki  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him, 
^  Surely  I  will  be  with  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  smite  the  Midianites  as  one 
man. 

17  And  he  said  nnto  him.  If  now  I 
have  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  then 
>  shew  iiie  a  sign  that  "thou  talkest 
with  me. 

l.S  ^  Depart  not  hence,  I  pray  thee, 
until  I  come  nnto  thee,  and  bring 
forth  my  II  present,  and  set  it  before 
thee.  And  he  said,  I  will  tarry  un- 
til thon  come  again. 

10  IT  "And  Gideon  went  in,  and 
made  ready  la  kid,  and  unleavened 
euki-s  of  an  ephah  of  flour :  the 
tlrsh  be  put  in  a  basket,  and  he  put 
the  broth  in  u  |>ot,  and  brought  il 
out  unto  him  under  the  oak,  and 
presented  it. 

21)  And  tlu'  angel  of  God  said  un- 
to liim,  Take  the  flesh  and  the  un- 
227 


Gideon  destroyeth  DaaCs  actar. 


JUDGES.        The  dmthle  sign  firantcd  to  him. 


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»./'*' 

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M.i 

Ho 

.  9.  10. 

leavened  cakes,  ami  Hay  Mc»i  upon 
this  rock,  and  "'pour  out  the  broth. 
And  he  du;  so. 

:il  11  Then  the  nn^el  of  the  Lord 
put  forth  the  end  of  the  staff  that 
iViis  in  his  hand,  and  touched  the 
flesh  and  the  unleavened  cakes;  and 
tl  there  rose  ui)  tire  out  of  the  rock, 
and  consumed  the  flesli  and  the  un- 
leavened cakes.  Tlien  the  anj;el  of 
the  l.oitl)  departed  out  of  his  sight. 

"^2  And  "vvlicn  Gideon  "^perceived 
that  lie  wat  an  aiiKel  of  the  LoKD, 
Gideon  said,  xVliis,  O  l.«ord  God! 
ffor  because  I  have  seen  an  ani^el 
of  the  Lord  face  to  (ace. 

&  And  the  Loud  said  unto  him, 
sPeace/JC  unto  thee;  fear  not:  thou 
shalt  not  die. 

'M  Then  Gideon  built  an  altar  there 
unto  tlie  Loud,  and  called  it  ||  Jeho- 
vaii-sii:il(.ini:  unto  this  davit  is  yet 
liin  Uphrah  of  the  Abi-ezritcs. 

L'.5  11  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same 
ni<;Iit,  that  the  Loud  said  unto  him. 
Take  thy  father'.i  younL'  bullock, 
(I  even  the  second  bullock  of  seven 
years  old,  and  throw  down  tlie  altar 
of  Baal  that  thy  father  hath,  and 
■  cut  down  the  grove  that  it  by  it: 

»)  And  build  an  nlt.ir  unto  the 
Lord  thy  God  upon  the  top  of  this 
frock,  II  in  the  ordered  place,  and 
take  the  sceoiid  bullock,  and  otter 
a  burnt  sacrifice  with  the  wood  of 
the  grove  which  thou  slialt  cut  d.iwn. 

'li  Then  Gideon  took  ten  men  of 
his  servants,  and  did  as  the  Loud 
had  said  unto  him:  and  s^o  it  was, 
because  he  feared  his  father's  house- 
hold, and  the  men  of  the  city,  that 
he  could  not  do  it  by  day,  that  he 
did  it  by  night. 

L'S  IT  And  when  the  men  of  the  city 
arose  early  in  the  morning,  beliolu, 
the  altar  of  Baal  was  cast  down,  and 
the  grove  was  cut  down  that  vns  by 
it,  and  the  seconil  bullock  was  otTereil 
upon  the  altar  lliul  i/Yr,-  built. 

l-.t  And  thev  saiil  one  to  another, 
Who  hath  (lone  this  thing?  And 
whin  they  inquired  and  nskcd,  thev 
said,  (iideon  the  son  of  Joash  hatU 
done  this  thing. 

.'ill  Then  the  men  of  the  city  said 
nnto  Joash,  Bring  out  thy  son,  that 
he  may  die:  because  lie  hath  cast 
down  the  altar  of  Baal,  and  because 
he  hath  cut  down  the  grove  that  iciis 
bv  it. 

.■>1  And  Joash  said  nnto  all  that 
stood  against  him,  AViU  ye  plead 
for  liaaly  will  ve  save  liilil  ;'  lu' 
that  will  plrad  fa-  him,  b't  him  be 
put  to  (h'atli  whiKt  il  i.<  ml  murn- 
ing:  if  he  te  a  god,  let  him  plead 
for  liimsclf,  because  om:  luith  cast 
down  bis  nitar. 

!\>  Tbereforo  on  that  day  be  called 
him  ||kjerul.banl,  saying,  J.et  Baal 
plead  against  him,  because  he  luitli 
thrown  down  his  altar. 
aj  ir  Then  all  1  the  Midianitcs  and 


the  Amalckites  and  the  children  (pf 
the  exst  were  gatln-rcd  together,  and 
went  over,  and  pitched  in  '"the  val- 
ley of  Jezreel. 

o4  But  "the  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
tcame  upon  Gideon,  and  bo  "blew 
a  trumpet;  and  Abi-ezer  fwas  gath- 
ered arter  him. 

S.5  And  he  sent  messengers  through- 
out all  Slanasseh ;  who  also  was  gath- 
ered after  him:  and  be  sent  messen- 
gers unto  Asher,  and  unto  Zebulun, 
and  unto  Naplitali;  and  they  came 
up  to  meet  them. 

yon  And  Gideon  said  unto  God,  If 
thou  wilt  save  Israel  by  mine  hand 
as  thou  hast  said, 

ar  i>  Behold.  1  will  put  a  fleece  of 
wool  in  the  floor;  (ind  if  the  dew  be 
on  the  fleece  only,  and  it  tie  dry  up- 
on all  the  earth  Oe'ides,  then  shall  I 
know  that  thou  wilt  save  Israel  by 
mine  hand,  as  thou  hast  said. 
as  And  it  was  so:  for  he  rose  up 
early  on  the  morrow,  and  thrust  the 
fleece  together,  .and  wringed  the  dew 
out  of  the  fleece,  n  bowl  full  of  water. 
;!'J  And  Gidcou  said  unto  God,  'ilyct 
not  thine  anger  be  hot  against  me, 
and  I  will  speak  but  this  once:  let 
mc  prove,  I  Jiray  thee,  but  this  once 
with  the  fleece;  let  it  now  be  dry 
only  upon  the  fleece,  and  ujjon  all 
the  ground  let  there  be  dew. 
4')  And  God  did  so  that  night:  for  it 
was  dry  upon  the  fleece  only,  and 
there  was  dew  on  all  the  ground. 

CIIAVTEK  VII. 
1  GitUon'a  army  of  two  and  tMrly  tltou- 
tnnd  i$  brougitt  to  tlirte  hundred.  9  He 
ta  encouraged  by  tlie  dream  and  inter- 
pretation of  Itie  barley  cake.  10  /fij 
itratage^n  of  (rum;)i:(«  and  lamps  in 
pitchert.    24  Tfie  £pUraimitc3  tnJce  Oreb 

THEN  Mcrubbaal,  who  /s  Gideon, 
and  all  the  people  that  iirrc  with 
him,  rose  up  earlv,  aud  pilcheil  hc- 
'de  the  well  of  lUrod:  so  that  the 
host  of  the  .Midianitcs  were  on  the 
north  side  of  them,  bv  the  hill  of 
.Moreh,  iu  the  valley. 

2  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Gideon, 
The  people  that  urc  with  thee  arc 
too  many  for  me  to  gi\'c  the  Mid- 
ianitcs into  their  hands,  lest  Israel 
1  vaunt  themselves  aL'aiust  mo,  say- 
ing. Mine  own  hand  bath  saved  me. 

3  Now  theret'ore  go  to,  i)roclaim  in 
the  ears  of  the  jieople,  s.ayiii",  '  AVho- 
socver  i.<  fearful  and  alraid,  let  him 
ri'turn  and  deinirt  earlv  from  iiuiuut 
C;ilead.  And  there  returned  of  the 
pi'ople  twenty  and  two  thousand  ; 
aud  there  remained  ten  tlnuisaud. 

4  Aiul  the  Lord  s.iij  unto  (iideon, 
The  peii|.le  lov  vet  I, hi  maiiv;  bring 
them  down  uufo  the  water,  and  I 
will  try  tlnni  for  thee  there:  and  it 
shall  be.  Unit  of  whom  I  say  unto 
thee.  This  shall  ^o  with  thee,  the 
same  shall  go  with  thee;  and -of 
whomsoever  1  say  unto  thee,  Thi* 


Gideon's  army  reduced. 


The  Midianlten  jmt  to  flight. 


Before 
C  H  K  I  S  T 
nbout  I'.'-IS. 


fT.r.13.14,1.5. 

11. 

1  S:>m.  11.  9. 

I  Or,  ranl-j  ty 
e".'  13.  19. 
(ch.  C.  6.  33. 


sliiill  not  go  with  tlicc,  the  eainc 
sliall  not  <ro. 

5  So  lie  brought  down  the  peoiilc 
unto  the  wiiter:  and  the  Lord  said 
unto  Gideon,  Every  one  tliat  lup- 
peth  of  tlio  water  with  liis  tongue, 
as  a  dog  Inpneth,  him  shall  thou  set 
by  himself;  likewise  every  one  that 
bowetli  down  upon  his  knees  to 
drink.  , 

6  And  the  number  of  them  that 
lapi)cd,  ]iuttin(/  their  hand  to  their 
mouth,  were  three  hundred  men  ; 
but  all  the  rest  of  the  people  bowed 
down  upon  their  knees  to  drink 
water. 

"  And  the  Lonn  said  unto  Gideon, 
'I  liy  tlic  three  hundred  men  that 
InpjH'd  will  I  sa\'e  you,  and  deliver 
the  -Midianitcs  into'thiiie  hand:  and 
kt  all  the  ol/icr  people  go  every  man 
unto  his  place. 

8  So  the  people  took  victuals  in 
their  hand,  and  their  trumpets:  and 
he  sent  all  the  rent  of  Israel  every 
man  unto  his  tent,  and  retained  those 
three  hundred  men:  and  the  host 
of  Midiaii  was  beneath  him  in  the 
valley. 

9  V  And  it  eamc  to  pass  the  same 
'night,  that  the  LoiiU  said  unto  him. 
Arise,  get  thee  down  unto  the  host; 
lor  I  have  delivered  it  into  thine 
liand. 

10  But  if  thou  fear  to  go  down,  go 
thou  with  I'hurah  thy  servant  down 
to  the  host: 

11  And  thou  shall  f  hear  what  they 
say;  and  afterward  shall  thine  hands 
l)e  strengthened  to  go  down  unto 
the  host.  Then  went  he  down  with 
Phurah  his  servant  unto  the  outside 
of  the  II  armed  men  that  iverc  in  the 
host. 

12  And  the  Midianitcs  and  the 
Amalekites  and  Sail  the  children  of 
the  east  lay  along  in  the  vallcv  like 
grasshoppers  for  multitude;  and  their 
camels  jivre  without  number,  as  the 
sand  by  the  sea  side  for  multitude, 

L'5  And  when  Gideon  was  come, 
behold,  t/ieie  u-as  a  man  that  told  iv 
dreum  unto  his  fellow,  and  said, 
Behold,  I  dreamed  a  dream,  and,  lo, 
a  cake  of  barley  bread  tumbled  into 
the  host  of  Midian,  and  came  unto 
a  tent,  and  smote  it  thai  it  fell,  and 
overturned  it,  that  the  tent  lay  along. 

14  And  his  fellow  answered  and 
said,  This  is  nothing  else  save  the 
sword  of  Gideon  the  son  of  Joash, 
a  man  of  Israel:  /or  into  his  hand 
liath  God  delivered  Midian,  and  all 
the  host. 

15  IT  And  it  was  so,  when  Gideon 
heard  the  telling  of  the  dream,  and 
tthe  interpretation  thereof,  thai  he 
worshipped,  and  returned  into  the 
host  of  Israel,  and  said.  Arise;  for 
tlie  liOiU)  hath  delivered  into  your 
hand  the  host  of  iMidian. 

Hi  And  he  divided  the  three  hund- 
red men  into  three  companies,  and 


he  put  ta  tiTJinpct  in  every  man's 
hand,    with    empty    pitchers,    and 

II  lamps  within  the  pitchers. 

17  And  he  said  vinto  them.  Look  on 
me,  and  do  likewise:  and,  behold, 
w  hen  I  come  to  the  outside  of  the 
camp,  it  shall  be  t/iat,  as  I  do,  so 
shall  .ve  do. 

LS  Wlicn  I  blow  with  a  trumpet,  I 
and  all  that  ore  with  me,  then  blow 
yc  the  trumpets  also  on  every  side 
of  all  the  camp,  and  sav,  The  sword 
of  the  LoHii,  and  of  Gideon. 

V.)  71  So  Gideon,  and  the  hundred 
men  that  nvre  with  him,  came  unto 
the  outside  of  the  camp  in  the  be- 
ginning of  the  middle  watch;  and 
they  liad  but  newly  set  the  watch: 
and  they  blew  the  trumpets,  and 
brake  the  pitchers  that  ucrc  in  their 
hands. 

'20  And  the  three  companies  blew 
the  trumpets,  and  brake  the  pitchers, 
and  held  the  lamps  in  their  left  hands, 
and  the  trumpets  in  their  right  hands 
to  blow  vithiil:  and  they  cried.  The 
sword  of  the  Lord,  and  of  Gideon. 

•M  And  they  h  stood  every  man  in 
his  place  round  about  the  camp : 
■  and  all  the  host  ran,  and  cried,  and 
fled. 

22  And  the  three  hundred  kblew 
the  trumpets,   and    Ithe  LoRi)    set 

III  every  man's  sword  against  his  fel- 
low, e\en  throughout  all  the  host: 
and  the  host  fled  to  Beth-shittah  ||  in 
Zcrerath,  and  to  the  f  border  of  Abel- 
meholah.  unto  Tabbath. 

a!  And  the  men  of  Israel  gathered 
themselves  together  out  of  Naphtali, 
and  out  of  Ashcr,  and  out  of  all 
jManassch,  and  pursued  after  the 
Midianitcs. 

2i  U  And  Gideon  sent  messengers 
throughout  all  "mount  Ephraim, 
saying,  Come  down  against  the  Mid- 
ianitcs, and  take  befiire  them  the 
waters  unto  Beth-barah  and  Jordan. 
Tlien  all  the  men  of  Ephraim  gath- 
ered themselves  together,  and  "  took 
the  waters  unto  I'Bcth-barah  and 
Jordan. 

2.3  And  they  took  i  two  princes  of 
the  Midianitcs,  Oreb  and  Zeeb:  and 
they  slew  Oreb  uixm  "^the  rock  Oreb, 
ana  Zeeb  they  slew  at  the  winepress 
of  Zeeb,  and  pursued  Atidian,  and 
brouglil  the  heads  of  Oreb  and  Zeeb 
to  Gideon  on  the  '  other  side  Jordan. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  GidcmpaeificththeF.phraimilit.  i  Sue- 
coth  and  I'enuH  refuse  <o  rMcve  aide- 
o>i'«  army.  10  Zebdlt  and  Zalmunnn  are 
taken.  13  Succot/t  and  Penuel  are  de- 
stroyed. 18  Oideon  rcvengetit  hit  breth- 
rtn<'t  death  on  Zehnh  and  Halmunna.  22 
/7c  refuneth  government.  24  i/i«  ephod 
caase' of  idolatry.  iB  Midian  subdued. 
21)  i;i,l,'ou's  fhtliiren,  and  death.  SS  The 
lsraetiti;s'  idotatrtf  and  ingratitude. 

VND  '^tlie  men  of  Ephraim  said 
unto  him,  f  Why  hast  thou  serv- 
ed us  thus,  that  thoii  ealledst  us  not, 


Zebah  and  Zalmunna  are 


JUDGES. 


taken  prismiers,  ana  slain. 


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llKlii.22.27. 


cli   'W   i  13. 
17.  'a. 
2Kiu|[b3.20. 


when  tliou  wentest  ti)  fi^'lit  vitli  tlio 
Midiunites  ?    Ami    tliiy    did    chide 


Iiave  I  done  now  in  cr>mp.iiison  of 
you?  Jx  not  tlie  gleaning  of  tlic 
l^nipra  of  Kphniini  iK'ttor  than  tl\c 
vintairool  Ahi-i'zor? 
.'i  I' (loll  liHtli  (k'livoi'cd  into  vonr 
lian.l.-<  the  piim-i-s  of  Miditui,  i)iTh 
and  Zuc'l.:  and  wliat  wa.s  I  al.l.'  to  do 
in  comparison  of  >''au^  Tiu-n  tlicir 
t'-an;;cr  was  abated  toward  liini, 
wlu'ii  lie  had  said  tliat. 

4  T[  And  Gideon  came  to  Jordan, 
and  pa.ssud  over,  lie,  and  the  three 
hnndred  men  that  were  wit);  him, 
faint,  yet  pursuing  Ihcm. 

5  And  lie  said  unto  tlie  men  of 
•1  Succoth,  Give,  1  pray  yon,  hiaves 
of  l.read  unto  tlie  people  that  follow 
me;  for  they  he  faint,  and  I  am  pur- 
suin;;  after  Zebah  and  Zalmunna, 
kind's  of  jMidian. 

B  IT  And  the  princes  of  Siiccotli 
said,  'Are  the  hands  of  Zebali  and 
Zalmunna  now  in  thine  hand,  that 
fwe  .should  ;;ivo  bread  unto  thine 
army  ? 

7  And  Gideon  said.  Therefore  when 
the  Lord  hath  delivered  Zebah  and 
Zalmunna  into  mine  hand,  cthen  I 
will  I  tear  vonr  Hesli  with  the  thorns 
of  the  wiUlerness  and  with  briers. 

•S  n  And  he  went  up  thence  l>  to  Pe- 
luiel,  and  sp.ike  unto  them  likewise: 
and  the  men  of  I'ennel  answered 
him  us  the  men  of  Succotli  hud  an- 
swered /lini. 

II  .\nd  he  spake  also  unto  the  men 
of  I'eiiuel,  saying.  When  1  iconie 
nirain  in  peace,  kl  will  break  down 
this  tower. 

]()  IT  Now  Zebah  nnd  Zalmunna 
iccre  in  Karkor,  ami  their  hosts  with 
them,  nbont  tilleen  thon.sand  ))ii-», 
all  that  were  leftof  lall  the  hosts  of 
the  ehildien  of  the  east:  for  there 
fi-ll  II  :i  hundred  and  twenty  thou- 
sainl  men  that  drew  swoid. 

il  (JidcMi  went  lip  by  the 


way  of  tin 


that  ilwelt 


tlie"  east  of  "'N..bah  and  .Jo-behali, 
am!  smote  the  host:  for  the  host  was 
"sei-ure. 

12  Anil  when  Zeliah  nnd  Zalmun- 
ini  fled,  he  piirsneil  after  them,  and 
"took  the  two  kin^s  of  Alidian,  Ze- 
bah and  Zalmunna,  and  f  discomfit- 
ed all  the  host. 

I.'i  U  And  Gideon  the  son  of  Joash 
returned  from  battle  before  the  sun 
iriH  ii/i. 

14  .\nd  cnni;lit  a  yminf;  man  of  the 
men  of  Sneeoth,*  and  imiuired  of 
iiiin  :  and  he  t  described  unto  him 
the  nrinees  of  .Succoth,  nnd  the  eld- 
ers tliereof,  errn  tlux'escore  and  sev- 
enteen men. 

l.'i  And  he  came  unto  the  men  of 
Succoth,  nnd  said.  Heboid  Zcbali 
und  Zulmnnna,  with  whom  ye  did 
>*  upbraid  mo,  snyini;,  Aiv  tlio  hamU 


of  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  now  in 
thine  hand,  that  we  should  give 
bread  unto  thv  nnn  t/uil  arc  weary? 

l(i  'lAml  he  "took  the  elders  of  the 
city,  and  tiiorns  of  the  wilderness, 
anil  briers,  nnd  with  them  he  )  taught 
the  men  of  Succoth. 

17  ""And  he  beat  down  the  tower  of 
''I'enuel,  and  slew  the  men  of  the 
city. 

l.S  TT  Then  said  he  unto  Zebah  and 
Zalmunna,  What  manner  of  men 
u'ere  theij  whom  ye  slew  at '  Tabor? 
And  they  answered.  As  thou  art,  so 
trere  they;  each  one  \  resembled  the 
children  of  a  kinj;. 

Ill  And  he  said,  They  nvre  my 
brethren,  ei'cji  the  sons  of  my  moth- 
er :  as  the  Lokd  liveth,  if  ye  liad 
saved  them  alive,  I  would  not  slay 
you. 

'3)  And  he  said  unto  Jether  his  first- 
horn,  l!p,  <mit  slay  them.  But  the 
^■outh  drew  not  his  sword  ;  for  he 
ieaied,  because  he  irax  vet  a  voutll. 

L'l  Th.ii  Zebah  and  Zalmunna  said, 
Kise  tlimi,  and  tiill  upon  us  :  for  as 
the  man  in,  .so  is  his  streii'jth.  And 
(iidcon  arose,  and  "slew  Zebah  and 
Zalmunna,  and  took  away  the  ||  or- 
naments that  were  on  their  camels' 
necks. 

'^i  IT  Then  the  men  of  Israel  said 
unto  Gideon,  llule  thou  over  us, 
both  thou,  and  thy  son,  and  thy 
.smi's  son  also:  for  "thou  liust  deliv- 
ered us  from  the  hand  of  .Midian. 

Si  And  Gideon  said  uiit..  tlieni,  I 
will  not  rule  over  you,  neither  shall 
my  son  rule  over  "you  :  ^  the  Lokd 
shall  rule  over  you. 

24  M  And  (fitleon  said  unto  them, 
I  would  desire  a  retiuest  of  you,  that 
ye  would  Eivc  inc  every  man  tlic 
earrin;;s  of  Ills  prey.  (For  tlicy  had 
golden  earrings,  >  because  they  were 
Ishmuelites.) 

'2.'i  .\nd  tliev  answered.  We  will  will- 
ingly give  t)iriii.  And  they  spread  a 
garment,  and  diil  cast  therein  every 
man  the  i-arrini;s  of  his  prev. 

Li;  .Vnd  the  weight  of  the  golden 
earrings  that  he  iccimsted  was  a 
thousand  and  seven  luuidred  .shrhh 
of  gold;  besiilesornuiiierits,and||col- 
lars,  and  purple  raiment  th:it  »-o.<  on 
the  kings  of  .Midiaii,  an.l  besides  the 
chains  that  trere  about  their  camels' 
necks. 

L'7  ,\nd  Gideon  '  maile  an  cphod 
thereof,  nnd  put  it  in  his  city,  rreii 
"in  Ophrah  :  and  all  Isniel  *iwent 
thither  a  whoring  atler  it:  which 
thing  became  'a  snare  unto  <>ideon, 
and  to  his  house. 

■.'S  n  Thus  was  Midian  subdued  l>c- 
fore  the  ciiililrcn  of  Israel,  so  that 
they  litled  up  their  heads  no  more. 
•l.\nd  the  countrv  was  in  <|iiietiiess 
fortv  years  in  the  diiva  of  (iidcon. 

•M^  .Villi  .lernbbaal  the  son  of  Joafh 
went  nnd  dwelt  in  his  own  house. 

•ilt  And  Uideun  had  'tlircescoi-eand 


Abimelech  is  made  king. 


JUDGES. 


Jotham's  jmrable  of  the  trees. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 
about  VH'J. 


ch. 

;.  21. 

Icli. 

2.  19. 

kcb 

2.  17. 

Id. 

1.  1.  4C. 

«. 

7«.  11. 
k  lUli.O. 

IH. 

9.  in,  17. 
e.u,i.5. 

t  Hell.  II7.0I 
WiclAii'.  ft. 
bell.  8.  30. 


ten  sons  t  of  his  body  begotten:  for 
lie  hiul  many  wives. 
.SI  'And  his  concubine  that  teas  in 
Sliecheni,  she  also  bare  liim  a  roii, 
wliosc  name  he  f  called  Abimelech. 
82  TT  And  Gideon  the  non  of  Joa.sli 
died  f^in  a  j^ood  old  n^o^  and  was 
Imried  ill  the  si'|iulclire  of  Joash  Jiis  I 
father,  liiii  Ophrah  of  the  Abi-ez- 
rites. 

3i)  And  it  came  to  pass,  i  as  soon  as 
Gideon  was  dead,  that  the  children 
of  Israel  turned  a;>;ain,  and  1^  went  a 
whorin<;  after  Baalim,  land  made 
Baal-berith  their  eod. 
34  And  the  children  of  Israel  "^  re- 
membered not  the  Loui>  tlieir  God, 
who  had  delivered  them  out  of  the 
hands  of  all  their  enemies  on  every 
side : 

.'Jo  "  Neither  shewed  they  kindness 
to  the  house  of  Jerubbaal,  iiamel/i, 
Gideon,  aecordiiin  to  all  the  };oo(l- 
ness  which  he  had  shewed  unto 
Israel. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  Abimelech   by  eonepiriiey  with  the  She- 

cheynites,  and  ntuntcr  of  hie  brethren^  is 

made  kitig.     7  Juthatil  by  a  parable  re- 

bukcth  t/iem,  and  foretelleth  their  ruin. 

22  Gaal  conepireth  tvith  the  Shcchemitca 

aguinet  him.     'JQ  Zebul  revealeth  it.     'M 

Abimelech  overcometh  them,  and  aoweth 

the  city  with  talt.     40  He  bumeth  the 

hold  of  the  god  llerith.    60  At   Thebez 

he  ia  tlaiji  by  a  jticce  of  a  mitlatone.    Oli 

Jotham'e  cures  ia  fulfilled. 

AND  Abimelech  the  son  of  Jorub- 

l\  baal  went  to  Shechcm  unto  'his 

motlier's  brethren,  and  communed 

with  them,  and  with  all  the  family 

of  the  house  of  liis  mother's  father, 

saying, 

2  Speak,  I  prav  von,  in  the  ears  of 
all  the  men  of  "Shcchem,  t  Whether 
is  better  for  vow,  either  that  nil  tlie 
sons  of  .I.Tuliliaal,  irliii-h  aiy  1.  three- 
score and  ten  persons,  rei;^n  o\'er 
you,  or  that  one  reign  over  you?  re- 
member also  that  I  am  ""your  bone 
and  your  flesh. 

.'(  And  his  mother's  brethren  spake 
of  him  in  the  ears  of  all  the  men 
of  Shechem  all  these  words:  and 
their  hearts  inclined  f  to  (iiUow 
Abimelech;  for  they  said,  He  is  our 
■1  brother. 

4  And  they  gave  him  threescore 
and  ten  pieces  of  silver  out  of  the 
house  or  *  Baal-berith,  wlierewith 
Abimelech  hired  fvain  and  light 
persons,  which  ibllowed  him. 
6  And  he  went  unto  his  father's 
house  8 at  Ophrah,  and  lislew  his 
brethren  the  sons  of  Jerubbaal,  beinf/ 
threescore  and  ten  persons,  upon 
one  stone:  notwithstanding,  yet  Jo- 
tham  the  voungiKt  son  i>f  .lerubbaal 
was  left;  for  lie  liid  himself. 
(!  .\nd  all  the  men  of  Shechem 
gathered  together,  and  all  the  house 
of  Millo,  and  went  and  made  Abim- 
elech king,  II  by  the  plain  of  the  pil- 
lar that «'((« in'Shcchcm. 


7  TT  And  when  they  told  it  to  Jo- 
tham,  he  went  and  stood  in  tho  top 
of  i  mount  Geri/im,  and  lifted  up 
his  voice,  and  crietl,  ami  siiiil  unto 
tliein,  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  men  of 
Shechem,  that  God  may  hearken 
unto  von. 

)S  t  'i'lic  trees  went  forth  on  a  titiir 
to  anoint  a  king  over  them:  and 
they  said  unto  the  olive  tree,  1  Keign 
thou  over  us. 

il  But  the  olive  tree  said  unto  them. 
Should  I  leave  my  fatness,  "'  where- 
with by  me  they  honour  God  and 
man,  and  f  go  to  be  promoted  over 
the  trees? 

10  And  the  trees  said  to  the  tig  tree, 
Cnine  thou,  anf/  reign  over  us. 

11  But  tlie  lig  tree  said  unto  them, 
Sliould  I  forsake  my  sweetness,  anil 
my  good  fruit,  and  go  to  be  promoted 
over  the  trees? 

Then  said  the  trees  unto  the 
vine.  Come  thou,  uinl  reign  over  us. 
1,'i  And  the  vine  said  unto  them, 
Should  I  h'tive  my  wine,  "which 
cheeretli  (iod  and  man,  and  go  to  be 
promoted  over  the  trees? 

14  Then  said  all  the  trees  unto  the 
II  bramble,  Come  thou,  uiul  reign 
over  us. 

15  And  the  bramble  said  nnto  the 
trees.  If  in  truth  ye  anoint  me  king 
over  you,  tJten  come  tiiitl  put  j'oiir 
trust  in  my  "shallow;  and  if  not,  ''let 
tire  come  out  of  the  brumble,  and 
devour  the  ''cedars  of  I>ebaiion. 

16  Now  therefore,  if  ye  have  done 
trulv  and  sincerely,  in  that  ye  have 
maile  Abimelech  king,  and  if  ye  have 
dealt  well  with  Jerubbaal  and  his 
liouse,  and  have  done  nnto  him 
'■  according  to  the  deserving  of  his 
hands: 

17  (For  my  father  fought  for  you. 
and  f  adventured  his  life  far,  ami 
delivered  you  out  of  the  hand  of 
Midian: 

18  'And  ye  are  risen  up  against  my 
father's  house  this  day,  and  have 
slain  his  sons,  threescore  and  ten 
persons,  upon  one  stone,  and  have 
made  Abimelech,  the  son  of  his 
maidservant,  king  over  the  men 
of  Shechem,  because  he  is  your 
brother:) 

I'.l  If  ye  then  have  dealt  truly  and 
sincerely  with  Jerubbaal  and  with 
his  house  this  day,  llirii  'rejoice  ye 
in  Abimelech,  and  let  him  also  re- 
joice in  you: 

20  But  if  not,  "  let  fire  come  out 
from  Abimelech,  and  devour  the 
men  of  Shechem,  and  the  house  of 
Millo;  and  let  tire  come  out  from 
the  men  of  Shechem,  and  from  the 
house  of  Millo,  and  devour  Abime- 
lech. 

21  And  Jotham  ran  awav,  and  fled, 
and  went  to  *  Beer,  and  dwelt  there, 
for  fear  of  .Vbimelech  his  brother. 

22  IT  When  Abimelech  had  reigned 
I  three  years  over  Israel, 

231 


The  Shechemiteg  conspire  against      JUBGES.       Ahimelech,  who  overcometh  them. 


Before 

c  II  u  I  a  T 

ibout  12U0. 


14.  U  13.  9, 

W. 

Hce  1  KiDgi 

1.'.  15.  i<  la. 

2  Uhr.  10. 15. 
&  IS.  19.  Ace 
li.  1').2,  11. 
1 1..  33    1. 


6e«  !■.  16.  0, 

10. 

Jer.  25.  30. 


2.'5  Then  >God  sent  an  evil  spirit 
between  Abinielech  and  tlio  men  of 
Sheeliein;  and  the  men  of  Sliechem 
''dealt  ticaclierously  with  Abinie- 
lech: 

•>l  "That  tlio  cruelty  rlnnc  tn  the 
tlireeseore  and  ten  hmh  of  .lerubbaal 
mi-ht  come,  and  tin  ir  bloMd  be  laid 
upon  Abinudecli  their  brother,  which 
Blew  them,  and  upon  the  nun  of 
Shechem,  which  t  aided  him  in  the 
killing  of  his  brethren. 

2.")  And  the  men  of  Shechem  set 
liers  in  wait  for  liiin  in  the  top  of  the 
mountains,  and  they  robbed  all  that 
came  alom;  that  wav  by  them:  and 
it  was  told  Abimelech. 

•Ji!  .\iid  (iaal  the  bou  of  Ebed  came 
witli  liis  brethren,  and  went  over  to 
Shechem:  and  the  men  of  Shechem 
put  their  confidence  in  him. 

LT  And  they  went  out  into  the 
fields,  and  feathered  their  vineyards, 
and  trode  ttic  f/rttpe.fj  and  nuide 
II  merry,  and  went  into  I'tbc  liouse 
of  their  god,  and  did  eat  and  drink, 
and  cursed  Abimelech. 

\Si  And  G.aal  the  son  of  Ebed 
said,  "^  Who  is  Abimelech,  and  who 
IS  Shechem,  that  we  should  serve 
him?  13  not  lie  the  son  of  Jerub- 
baal?  and  Zebul  his  ofKccr?  serve 
the  men  of  'I  ilamor  the  father  of 
Shechem:  for  why  should  we  serve 
him? 

jiy  And  °  would  to  God  this  people 
were  under  my  hand!  then  wcnild 
I  remove  Ahimolech.  Ami  he  said 
to  Abimelccli,  Inereaso  thine  army, 
and  come  out. 

.■iO  IT  And  when  Zebul  the  ruler 
of  the  city  heard  tlie  words  of  G;ial 
the  son  of  Ebed,  his  anger  was 
l|  kindled. 

'■':[  An<l  he  sent  mcsscns;ers  unto 
Abimelech  t  Jirivily,  saying.  Behold, 
Gaal  the  son  of  Ebed  and  Ilia  breth- 
ren be  come  to  Sliechem;  and,  be- 
hold, they  fortify  tlie  city  against 
thee. 

."1:?  Now  tberefore  up  hv  ni;rht,  thoii 
pie  that  i.<  \vith  thee,  and 


it  in  tlie  field 


.t;  .\nd  it  shall  be,  (/ifr(  in  the 
morning,  as  soon  as  the  sun  is  up, 
thou  shalt  rise  carlv,  and  set  upon 
the  city:  and,  behold,  wlifii  he  and 
the  people  that  i.-*  with  hiin  come 
out  a;;ainst  thee,  then  inaycst  thou 
do  to  them  t  as  thou  shalt  tiud  ocea- 


ai  V  And   .\bi 
all   the   people 


eleel 


l)v  --  „ 
Sllech. 


Jht, 


d  th< 

1  ti) 


up,  and 
irrri-  with  him. 
Iai<l  wait  against 
mpani 


'a  And  Gaal  the  s,.ii  of  lAu'd  went 
out,  and  stood  in  the  enterin;;  of  the 
(;ate  ofthe  city:  and  .Vbinul.eh  rose 
up,  and  the  people  that  ici./r  with 
him,  from  Ivinj,'  in  wait. 

.!i;  And  wlieii  (iaal  saw  the  peo- 
ple, he  said  to  Zebul,  Behold,  there 
come  iieojile  down  <Vom  the  top  of 

:i32 


the  mountains.  And  Zebul  said 
unto  him,  Thou  seest  the  shadow 
of  the  mountains  as  if'  they  uere 
men. 

.'i?  And  Goal  spake  again  and  said, 
See,  there  come  people  down  by  the 
i  middle  of  the  hind,  and  another 
company  come  along  by  the  plain  of 
II  Meonenim. 

."S  Then  said  Zebul  unto  him, 
Where  is  now  thy  mouth,  where- 
with thou  fsaidst,'  Who  is  Abime- 
lech, that  we  shauld  serve  him  ?  is 
not  this  the  people  that  thou  liast 
despised  ?  j;o  out,  I  pray  now,  and 
tight  with  them. 

.'ii)  And  Gaal  went  out  before  the 
men  of  Shechem,  and  fought  with 
Abimelech. 

40  And  Abimelech  chased  him, 
and  he  fled  before  him,  and  many 
were  overthrown  (nut  wounded,  even 
unto  the  entering  of  the  gate. 

41  And  Abimelech  dwelt  at  Aru- 
niah:  and  Zebul  thrust  out  Ciaal  and 
liis  brethren,  that  they  should  not 
dwell  in  Shechem. 

4i  And  it  came  to  nass  on  the  mor- 
row, that  the  people  went  out  into 
the  field;  and  they  told  Abimelech. 

4.'i  And  he  took  the  people,  and 
divided  them  into  three  companies, 
and  laid  wait  in  the  field,  and  look- 
ed, and,  behold,  the  peojile  ivere 
come  forth  out  of  the  city;  and  he 
rose  up  against  them,  aiid  smote 
them. 

44  And  Abimelech,  and  the  com- 
pany 'hat  Ma.'!  with  him,  rushed 
forward,  and  stood  in  the  entering 
of  the  gate  of  the  city:  and  the  two 
Dlliei-  companies  ran  upon  all  the 
jDofle  that  iccre  in  the  fields,  and 
slew  them. 

1.)  And  Abimelech  fought  against 
the  city  all  that  day:  and  8 he  took 
the  city,  and  slew  the  people  that 
jras  therein,  and  h  heal  down  the 
city,  and  sowed  it  witli  salt. 

4()  IT  And  when  all  the  men  of  the 
tower  of  Shechem  heard  lh<il,  they 
entered  into  a  hold  of  the  house  iof 
the  god  Berith. 

4r  And  it  was  told  Abimelech,  that 
all  the  nun  of  the  tower  of  Shechem 
were  galh.red  log,. ther. 

48  And  Aliiiiielech  gat  him  up 
to  mount  k  Zaimon,  he  and  all  the 
people  that  tnie  with  him  ;  and 
Abimelech  took  an  axe  in  his  hand, 
and  cut  down  a  hough  from  the 
trees,  and  took  it.  and  laid  i7  on  his 
shonlder,  and  s^iid  unto  the  people 
that  ir,rr  with  him.  What  yc  have 
seen  1  me  do,  make  ha»te,  ami  do  a» 


CUKIST 
about  12C<k, 


I  Or.  »•  r<- 


1  //< 


,l,i,ir 


all  the  people  likewise  cut 
down  cverv  man  his  bough,  and  fol- 
lowed .Vbinielech,  and  put  them  to 
the  hold,  and  set  the  hold  on  tire 
upon  them;  so  that  all  the  men  of 
the  tower  of  Shechem  died  also, 
about  a  thousand  men  and  women. 


Ahiinelech  is  slain  at  Thebez. 


JUDGES. 


God  pitieth  Israel. 


Before 
CUBIST 
about 120C. 


b  ch.  5.  10.  Ji 
12.  14. 
c  Deut.  3.  li. 
I  Or.  TA<  v.V- 

Num.  32. 41. 


about  1161. 

dcK  2  11.  & 
3. 7.  ki.l.lt 
e.  1.  4c  13.  1. 

•  ell.  2.  13. 

f  ah.  2.  12. 

SlKIn  1133. 
P>.  1U6.  36. 


about  1161. 

hell.  2.  U. 
I  Sum.  12,  f 


MJ  IT  Tlien  went  Abimelccli  to  Thc- 
boz.  and  encaiupeil  aj^ainst  Tliebez, 
and  took  it. 

01  Hut  there  was  a  strong  tower 
within  tlio  city,  and  tliither  fled  all 
the  men  and  women,  and  all  they 
of  the  city,  and  shut  it  to  them,  and 
gat  them  up  to  the  top  of  the  tower. 

oJ  And  Abimelccli  came  unto  the 
tower,  and  fouj;ht  a^jainst  it,  and 
went  hard  unto  the  door  of  the 
tower  to  burn  it  witli  tire. 

5:i  And    a  certain  woman    least  a 

f>iece  of  a  millstone  upon  Abime- 
ech's  head,  aud  all  to  brake  liis 
skull. 

54  Then  '"he  called  hastily  unto 
the  younsT  man  his  arnioui-bearer, 
and  said  unto  him.  Draw  thy  sword, 
and  slay  me,  that  men  say  not  of 
me,  A  woman  slew  him.  And  his 
youiiK  man  thrust  him  through,  and 
he  died. 

55  And  when  the  men  of  Israel 
saw  that  Abimelech  was  dead,  they 
departed  every  man  unto  his  place. 

5G  IT  "  Thus  God  rendered  the 
wickedness  of  Abimelech,  which 
he  did  unto  his  father,  in  slaying  his 
seventy  brethren: 

57  And  all  the  evil  of  the  men  of 
Shechem  did  God  render  upon  their 
heads:  and  upon  them  came  "the 
curse  of  Jotliam  the  son  of  Jerubbaal. 

CH.\PTER  X. 

1  Tola  judgeth  Itraalin  Shamir.  S  Jair, 
whose  thirty  aonB  had  thirty  citiea.  6 
3V(c  Phitietinee  and  AmmotiiteB  oppreea 
Israel.  10  In  their  mieery  God  tcndcth 
them  to  their  false  gods.  15  Upon  their 
repentance  he  pitieth  them. 

AND  afler  Abimelech  there  "arose 
to  II  t  defend  Israel  Tola  the  son 
of  Puah,  the  son  of  Dodo,  a  man  of 
Issachar;  and  he  dwelt  in  Shamir  in 
mount  Kphraim. 

2  And  he  judged  Israel  twenty  and 
three  years,  and  died,  and  was  buried 
in  Shamir. 

3  TT  And  after  him  arose  Jair,  a 
Gileaditc,  and  judged  Israel  twenty 
and  two  years. 

•4  And  he  had  thirty  sons  that  brode 
on  thirty  ass  colts,  and  they  had 
thirty  cities, '  which  are  called  ||  Ua- 
voth'-jair  unto  this  day,  which  are 
in  the  land  of  Gilead. 

5  And  Jair  died,  and  was  buried  in 
Camon. 

0  W  And  <l  the  children  of  Israel  did 
evil  again  in  the  sight  of  the  Loud, 
and  "served  Baalim,  and  Ashtaroth, 
and  fthe  gods  of  Syria,  and  the  gods 
of  s  Zidon,  and  the  gods  of  Moab, 
and  the  gods  of  the  children  of  Am- 
mon,  and  the  god.s  of  the  Philistines, 
and  foi-sook  the  Loud,  and  served 
not  him. 

7  And  the  anger  of  the  Lord  was 
hot  against  Israel,  and  he  h  sold  them 
into  the  hands  of  the  Philistines, 
and  into  the  hands  of  the  children 
of  Amnion. 


8  And  that  year  they  vexed  and 
t oppressed  the  children  of  Israel: 
eighteen  years,  all  the  children  of 
Israel  tha't  u-ere  on  the  other  side 
Jordan  in  the  land  of  the  Aiuorites, 
which  is  in  Gilead. 

y  Moreover  the  children  of  Ammon 
passed  over  Jordan  to  fight  also 
against  Judali,  and  against  Benja- 
min, and  against  the  house  of  Ephra- 
im ;  so  that  Israel  was  sore  distressed. 

10  H  i  And  the  children  of  Israel 
cried  unto  the  Lord,  saying.  We 
have  sinned  against  thee,  both  be- 
cause we  have  forsaken  our  God, 
and  also  served  Baalim. 

11  And  the  Lord  said  unto  the 
children  of  Israel,  Did  not  1  deliver 
you  v.  from  the  Egyptians,  and  1  from 
the  Ainoritcs,  '"  from  the  children  of 
Ammon,  "  and  from  the  Philistinesl' 

12  "The  Zidonians  also,  I' and  the 
Am.ilekites,  aud  the  Maonites,  1  did 
oppress  you  ;  and  ye  cried  to  me, 
aud  I  delivered  you  out  of  their 
hand. 

13  '  Yet  ye  have  forsaken  me,  and 
served  other  gods:  wherefore  I  will 
deliver  you  no  more. 

14  Go  and  'cry  unto  the  gods  which 
yc  have  chosen  i  let  them  deliver  you 
in  the  time  of  your  tribulation. 

15  T\  And  the  children  of  Israel  said 
unto  the  Loud,  We  have  sinned: 
'  do  thou  unto  us  whatsoever  f  seem- 
eth  good  unto  thee:  deliver  us  only, 
wo  pray  thee,  this  day. 

1()  "And  they  put  away  the  t  strange 
gods  from  among  theiii,  and  served 
the  Lord:  and  "his  soul  twas 
grieved  for  the  misery  of  Israel. 

17  Then  the  children  of  Amnion 
were  f  gathered  together,  and  en- 
camped in  Gilead.  And  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  assembled  themselves 
together,  and  encamped  in  >  Mizpeh. 

l.S  And  the  people  and  princes  of 
Gilead  said  one  to  another.  What 
man  is  he  that  will  begin  to  fight 
against  the  ehildrcu  of  Amnion?  he 
shall  ''  be  head  over  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Gilead. 

CHAPTER  XL 

I   The  covenant  between  Jephthah  and  the 
Oileadites,  that  he  should  be  their  head. 
12  The  treaty  of  peace  between  him  and 
the  Ammonites  t«  in  vain.    29  Jephthah'a 
vote.    32  His  conquest  of  the  .immonites. 
34  He  performeth  his  vow  on  his  daugh- 
ter. 
■\TOW    "JciVlithah    the    Gileadite 
1\    was  ba  mighty  man  of  valour, 
and  he  icat  the  son  of  ta  harlot:  and 
Gilead  hegat  Jephthah. 
2  And  Gilead's  wife  bare  him  sons; 
and   his  wife's  sons    grew  up,  and 
they  thrust  out  Jephthah,  and  said 
unto  him.  Thou  shalt  not  inherit  in 
our  father's  house;  for  thou  art  the 
son  of  a  strange  woman. 
:i   Then  Jephthah    fled    t  from   his 
brethren,  and  dwelt  in  the  land  of 
Tob:  and  there  were  gathered  '  vain 


Jephthah's  fruitless  emoassy 


JUDGES. 


to  the  kino  of  Ammon. 


Bofore 
CHRIST 
about  1101. 


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nboutmS. 


<lNuu  20.11. 
rNuni.ll>.lM. 


men  to  Jephtliah,  and  went  out  witli 
him. 

•i  IT  And  it  came  to  pa?s  fin  proccHs 
or  time,  tlmt  tlie  ehilclren  of  Ammon 
made  w.ir  .•l-uill^t  l^niel. 

:,  And  it  was  .so,  tl.at  wluMi  the  chil- 
firen  of  Ammon  made  war  ajrainst 
I.srael,  tlie  elders  of  (iilead  went  tn 
fetch  Jephthah  out  of  tlio   land  of 

lob: 

fi  And  they  Baid  unto  Jephthah, 
Come,  and  be  our  captain,  tliat  we 
may  tight  with  the  children  of  Am- 
mon. 

7  And  Jephthah  said  unto  the  eld- 
ers of  Gilead,  'I  IJid  not  ye  hate  me, 
and  expel  me  out  of  my  fatlier's 
house?  and  why  are  ye  come  unto 
me  now  when  ye  are  in  distress? 

H  ■•'  And  the  ciders  of  Gilead  said 
unto  Jephthah,  Therefore  we  tturn 
af;ain  to  thee  now,  that  thou  inayest 
^o  with  us,  and  tip:ht  against  the 
children  of  Amnion,  and  be  Kour 
head  over  all  the  inhabitauts  of 
Gilead. 

y  And  Jephthah  said  unto  the  eld- 
ers of  Gilead,  If  ye  brinp:  nic  home 
a;;iiiii  to  ti;,'ht  against  the  children  of 
An.m..n,  and  the  I.oiii)  deliver  them 
liitVire  rjie,  shall  I  be  your  head? 

1(1  ,Vnd  the  elders  "of  Gilead  said 
unto  Jephthah,  liThe  LoKD  (be 
witness  l)ct\\een  us,  if  we  do  not  so 
according  to  thv  words. 

II  llieii  Jephthah  went  with  the 
elders  of  Gilead,  and  the  people 
made  him  i  head  and  captain  over 
them:  and  Jephthah  uttered  all  his 
words  kli.-f.irc  the  I,oiti>  in  .Mi/.peh. 

IJ  H  And  Jeplitliah  scut  mcs.-icng.TS 
niito  the  king  ..f  the  children  (.f  Ain- 
nn.n,  Kiiyiiii.',  What  hast  thou  to  do 
with  me,  that  thou  art  come  against 
me  to  liglitiu  mv  land? 

l:;  And  the  king  of  the  children  of 
.Vrriniod  :iMs\v(»red  Unto  the  messen- 
gers of  Jeplitliah,  1  Heeause  Israel 
took  away  my  land,  when  they  cinie 
up  out  <»f  I'lgvpt,  from  Anuin  even 
unto  '"Jabhiik,  and  unto  Jordan: 
now  theretore  restore  those  /<i)i</.s 
again  peaceably. 

14  .Vnd  Jeplithah  sent  messengers 
ag(,io  unto  the  king  of  the  children 
of  Ammon: 

l.^  .\iid  said  imto  him,  ^fhus  saith 
Jephthah.  "  Israel  took  not  awav  the 
laml  of  Moab,  nor  the  land  of  the 
children  of  Ammon : 

III  Hut  when  Israel  came  up  from 
Kgypt,  and  "walked  through  the 
wilderness  unto  the  Iti'd  sen,  and 
I'came  to  Kadesli: 

17  Then  ''  Israel  sent  messengers 
unto  the  king  of  n.loni.  saving,  Let 
me,  I  prav  thee,  pass  thiiMigh  thv 
land:  '  but  the  king  of  Ddom  would 
not  hearken  l/ir,;i,i.  And  in  like 
manner  they  sent  unto  the  king  of 
Moab  :  but  he  would  not  coitm'itl: 
and  Israel  "abode  in  Kadesli. 

la  Then  they  went  along  tliroueU 
3S4 


the  wilderness,  and  'compassed  the 
land  of  Kdom,  and  the  land  of  .Moab, 
uiid  "came  bv  the  east  side  of  the 
land  of  .Moab',  "and  jatched  on  the 
othiT  side  of  .Vrnoii,  hot  came  not 
within  tlie  border  of  Moab:  for  Ar- 
imn  icos  the  border  of  Moab. 

Ill  And  >  Israel  sent  messengers  un- 
to Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  the 
king  of  Heshbon  ;  and  Israel  said 
unto  him,  ^  Let  us  pass,  we  pray 
thee,  through  thv  land  intomv  place. 

ai^But  Sdion  trusted  not  Israel  to 
pass  through  his  coast:  but  Sihon 
gathered  all  his  people  together,  and 
pitched  in  Jahaz,  and  fought  agaiust 
Israel. 

•Jl  And  the  l.oun  God  of  Isr.acl  de- 
livered Sihon  and  all  his  people  into 
the  hand  of  Israel,  and  tluv  bsmote 
them :  so  Israel  p(jssesse(l  :dl  the  land 
of  the  Amorites,  the  iuhabitunts  of 
tluit  country. 

2'.i  And  they  possessed  "^all  the 
coasts  of  the  Amorites,  from  Arnon 
even  unto  Jabbok,  and  from  the  wil- 
derness even  unto  Jordan. 

U'l  So  now  the  I..oi:ii  God  of  Israel 
hath  dispossessed  the  Amorites  from 
before  his  people  Israel,  and  bhould- 
est  thou  possess  it? 

24  Wilt  not  thou  possess  that  which 
<1  Chemosh  thy  god  giveth  thee  to 
possess?  So  whomsoever  ^the  LoKii 
our  God  shall  drive  out  from  before 
us,  them  will  we  possess. 

lV)  .Slid  now  ml  thou  any  thing  bet- 
ter than  f  lialak  the  son  of  Zippor, 
king  of  Moab?  did  he  ever  strive 
:ig:unst  Israel,  or  did  ho  ever  fight 
ag-.iili^t  them. 

Li;  While  Israel  dwelt  in  K  Heshbon 
and  her  towns,  and  in  h  Aroer  and 
her  towns,  and  in  all  the  cities  that 
h'  along  by  the  coasts  of  Arnon, 
three  hundred  years?  why  therefore 
did  ve  not  recover  Ihein  within  that 
time? 

Ui  Wherefore  I  have  not  sinned 
against  thee,  but  thou  doest  me 
wrong  to  war  aiiainst  me:  the  l.oiin 
ilhe  Ji.ilge  khe  judge  this  dav  hr- 
tw.en  the  eiiihlreu  of  Israel  and  the 
children  of  Ammon. 

lis  llowbeit  the  king  of  the  rhildren 
of  .-Vmnion  hearkened  not  unto  the 
wiirds  of  Jephthah  which  he  sent 
him. 

I'Jir  Tlien  I  the  Spirit  of  the  LOKt> 
came  upon  |l  Jephthah,  and  he  pass- 
ed over  (iilead,  and  Manasseli,  and 
passed  over  Mizpeh  of  (iilead,  and 
from  Mizpeh  of  (iilead  he  piussed 
over  unto  the  children  of  .\mnion. 

."id  And  Jephthah   "'vowed  a  vow 

unto   the    I >.   and  said.   If  thou 

sbnit  without  fail  deliver  the  chil- 
dren of  Ammon  int..  mine  hands. 

.■il  Then  it  shall  be.  that  I  wb:itso- 
ever  cmilli  forth  of  the  doors  ofmv 


eaee  from  the  children  of  Ammon, 
shall  surely  be  the  I.ur.u's,  H"ai)U 


The  iss^ie  of  his  rash  vow. 


JUDGES. 


The  Ephraimites  are  smitten. 


CHRIST 
abuullHS. 


f  Heb. 
.U.o.  37.  2U 


!■•.  It.  4. 
IIcc.  S.  t.  5. 
X  Huio.  30.  2. 


I  will  offer  it  up  lor  a  burnt  offer- 
in  r. 

.'IJ  IT  So  .Tophthah  passed  over  unto 
tlio  cliildri'u  of  Amnion  to  fight 
n;;ainst  tluiii;  and  the  LoHU  deliv- 
ered theni  into  his  hands. 
.■'-■;  .VtuI  lie  snioti-  them  from  Aroer, 
even  till  thon  <unu;  to  I'Aliiinith, 
crca  twentv  eitics,  and  unto  ||  the 
plain  of  the"'  vincvanls,  with  a  very 
(jreat  elaiijchter.  Thus  the  children 
of  Aminon  were  subdued  before  the 
ehildren  of  Israel. 

^4  TT  And  Jephthah  came  (olMiz- 
peh  unto  his  house,  and,  behold,  'his 
daughter  eamc  out  to  meet  him  with 
timbrels  and  with  dances:  and  slie 
wan  Ills  only  child;  |H  beside  her  lie 
had  neither  son  nor  daughter. 
u.!»  And  it  eamc  to  pass,  when  lie 
saw  her,  that  he  ''rent  his  clothes, 
and  said,  Alas,  my  dau^'hter!  tlioii 
hast  brought  me  very  low,  and  lliou 
art  one  of  them  (hat  tioiilile  me:  Inr 
I 'have  opened  my  nioutli  unto  the 
Loun,  and  "  I  cannot  go  back. 
.'iO  And  she  said  unto  liim.  My  fa- 
ther, if'  thou  hast  opened  thy  mouth 
unto  tlic  I.oKii,  '^  do  to  me  accordiu}^ 
to  that  which  hath  proceeded  out  of 
thy  mouth :  forasmuch  as  >  the  IjOKD 
hath  taken  vengeance  for  thee  of 
thine  enemies,  cueit  of  the  children 
of  Amnion. 

"7  And  she  said  unto  her  father. 
Let  this  thing  be  done  for  me:  let 
me  alone  two  months,  that  I  may 
t^o  up  and  down  upon  the  mount- 
ains, and  bewail  my  virginity,  I  and 
my  fellows. 

.'iS  And  he  said.  Go.  And  he  sent 
her  away. /or  two  months:  and  she 
went  with  her  comjianions,  and  be- 
wailed her  virj^iuity  njion  the  mount- 
ains. 

.'I'.J  And  it  eamc  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  two  months,  that  she  returned 
unto  her  father,  who  'did  with  her 
nccordinrj  to  his  vow  which  he  had 
vowed:  and  she  knew  no  man.  And 
it  was  a  II  custom  in  Israel, 
40  '/'/ttif  the  daughters  of  Israel  went 
t  yearly  II  to  lament  the  daughter  of 
Jephthah  the  Crileaditc  four  days  in 
a  year. 

CHAPTEK  XII. 
1  The  Ephrmmitet.iiuarrelliniT  with  Jeph- 
tluih,  and  ditcernea  by  SIMboUth.  «ra 
tliiin  bii  the  Oileuilitit.  7  Jephthah  di- 
elh.  8  Ibzan,  trho  hud  thirty  tons  and 
thirlu  dauyhtert.  11  find  Eton,  13  ami 
Abdun.  u'hti  had  forty  eont  and  thirty 
nephi'U'8,  judged  I»rai:l. 

AND  'the  men  of  Ephraim  t gath- 
ered themselves  together,  and 
went  northward,  and  said  unto 
Jeplithah,  Wherefore  passedst  thou 
over  to  tight  against  the  children  of 
Aniinou,  and  didst  not  call  us  to  go 
with  thee?  we  will  burn  thine  house 
upon  thee  with  fire. 
•I  And  Jeplithah  said  unto  them,  I 
and  my  people  were  at  great  strife 


with  the  children  of  Amnion ;  and 
when  I  called  you,  ye  delivered  me 
not  out  of  their  hands, 
o  And  when  I  saw  that  j'c  delivered 
iHO  not,  I  liput  my  life  in  my  hands, 
and  pas.sed  over  against  the  children 
of  Amnion,  and  the  I.iiiiii  delivered 
tliem  into  my  hand:  wlicrelbre  then 
are  yc  come  up  unto  nic  this  day,  to 
fight  against  me? 

4  Then  Jephthah  gathered  together 
all  the  men  of  Gilcad,  and  fought 
with  Ephraim  :  and  the  nun  of 
Gilead  smote  Ephraim,  because  they 
said.  Ye  Gileadites ''aiC  fugitives  of 
Ephraim  among  the  Ephraimites, 
ami  among  the  Manassites. 

5  And  tlie  Gileadites  took  the  >'  pas- 
sages of  Jordan  before  the  Ephraim- 
ites: and  it  was  fo.  that  when  those 
Ephraimites  which  were  escaped 
said,  Eet  me  go  over,  that  the  men 
of  Gilead  said  unto  him,  Ai-t  thon  an 
Ephraimite?    If  he  said.  Nay; 

(J  Then  said  they  unto  him.  Say 
now  II  Shibboleth:  and  he  said  Sib- 
boleth:  for  he  could  not  frame  to 
pronounce  it  right.  Then  they  took 
liini,  and  slew  him  at  the  passages 
of  Jordan:  and  there  fell  at  that  time 
of  the  Ephraimites  forty  and  two 
thousand. 

7  And  Jephthah  judged  Israel  six 
years.  Then  died  Jephthah  the  Gil- 
eaditc,  and  was  buried  in  one  of  the 
cities  of  Gikad. 

,S  IT  And  after  him  jj  Ibzan  of  Beth- 
lehem judged  \srAA. 

'.)  And  he  had  thirty  sons,  and  thirty 
daughters,  whuin  he  sent  abroad,  and 
took  in  thirty  daughters  from  abroad 
for  his  .sons.  And  he  judged  Israel 
seven  years. 

10  Then  died  Ibzan, and  was  buried 
at  Beth-lehem. 

11  And  after  him  ||  Elon,  a  Zebu- 
loiiite,  judged  Israel;  and  he  judged 
Israel  ten  years. 

l:i  And  £lon  the  Zebnionite  died, 
and  was  buried  in  Aijalon  in  the 
country  of  Zchnhin. 

l.'i  And  after  him  flAbdon  the  son  of 
llillel.  a  Pirathonite,  judged  Israel. 

14  And  he  had  forty  sons  and  thirty 
f  nephews,  that  "^  rode  on  threescore 
and  ten  ass  colts:  and  he  judged  Is- 
rael eight  years 

15  And  Abdon  the  son  of  llillel  the 
Pirathonite  died,  and  was  buried  in 
Pirathon  in  the  land  of  Ephraim,  fin 
the  mount  of  the  Amalekites. 

CHAPTEK  XIII. 

1  Taracl  is  in  the  hund  of  the  I'hilittinet. 
2  An  anget  appeareth  to  Manoah*g  wife. 
8  The  angel   appeareth   to  Manoah.     15 
Manoah'e  eaerifiec.  whereby  the  angel  i» 
discovered.    £4  Snineon  ta  born. 
\  ND  the  children  of  Israel  fdid 
/\   e\'il   again   in   the  sight  of  the 
I,oi:ii:    Hand   the    Lo I! Ii    delivered 
them  i>into  the  hand  of  the  Philis- 
tines fi.rlv  years. 
2  II  And  there  was  a  certain  man 


An  angel  appeareth 


JUDGES. 


to  Manoah's  lei/e. 


Before 
CIIKIST 
about  lltil. 


cJo>h.lU.  4L 

iicii.n  12, 

I.ok.l,   11, 

13.  2d  31. 


of  "^  Zorah,  of  tlie  family  of  the  ]>nn- 
ites,  whose  name  Wdn  Alunouli;  and 
his  wife  ivus  barren,  and  bare  not. 
.'J  And  the  J  imgel  of  the  Lord  ap- 
peared unto  the  woman,  and  said 
unto  Iier,  Behold  now,  thou  art  bar- 
ren, and  beare.st  not:  but  thou  shalt 
conceive,  and  bear  a  eon. 

4  Now  therefore  beware,  I  pray  thee, 
and  "drink  not  wine  nor  Btronj; 
drink,  and  cat  not  any  unclean 
tliiiifj : 

5  For,  lo,  thou  slialt  conceive,  and 
bear  a  son;  and  no  i  razor  shall  come 
on  liis  head:  for  the  child  shall  be  Pa 
Nazarite  unto  (Jod  from  the  womb: 
and  he  shall  hbesin  to  deliver  Israel 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines. 

G  TT  Then  the  woman  came  and 
told  her  husband,  sayin;;,  i  A  man 
of  God  came  untome,  andhiskcoun- 
tenance  wfi.1  like  the  countenance  of 
an  angel  of  God,  very  terrible:  but  I 
I  asked  him  not  whence  lie  icoji,  nei- 
ther told  he  me  his  name: 

7  But  he  said  unto  mc.  Behold, 
tiiou  shalt  conceive,  and  bear  a  son; 
and  now  drink  no  wine  nor  strong 
drink,  neither  eat  any  unclean 
l/iiiip:  for  the  child  shall  be  a  Naz- 
arite to  God  from  the  womb  to  the 
day  of  his  death, 

8  TT  Then  Manoah  entreated  the 
Lord,  and  said,  O  my  Lord,  let  the 
man  of  God  which  thou  didst  send 
come  again  unto  us,  and  teach  us 
what  we  shall  do  unto  the  child  that 
shall  be  born. 

'J  And  God  hearkened  to  the  voice 
of  Manoah ;  and  the  angel  of  God 
came  again  unto  the  woman  as  she 
sat  in  the  field  :  but  IManoah  her 
husband  was  not  with  her. 

10  And  the  woman  made  haste,  and 
ran,  and  shewed  her  husband,  an(l 
said  unto  him,  Behold,  the  man  hath 
appeared  unto  me,  that  came  unto 
me  the  o/lirr  day. 

11  And  .Manoah  arose,  and  went 
after  his  wife,  and  came  to  the  man, 
and  said  unto  him.  Ail  thou  the 
man  that  snakest  unto  the  woman? 
.\nd  he  sai(i,  I  <tni. 

12  And  Manoah  said.  Now  let  thy 
words  come  to  pass,  t  How  shall  we 
order  the  child,  and  ||t  how  shall  we 
do  unto  him? 

1.1  And  the  angel  of  the  I.,()i!n  said 
unto  Manoah,  Of  all  that  1  said  unto 
the  woman  let  her  beware. 

It  She  may  not  cat  of  any  tJiing 
tlKit  coMH'th"  of  the  vine,  '"neither 
let  her  drink  wine  or  strong  drink, 
TH.r  .-.it  any  unclean  Ihiii;/ :  all  that  I 
connnandi'il  her  let  her  observe. 

l.'dl  And  .^tanoah  said  unto  the  an- 
gel of  the  I.oiin,  I  pray  thee,  "let 
us  detain  thee,  iintil  we  shall  have 
ina<le  ready  a  kid  t  inr  thee. 

Hi  .Vnd  tlie  angel  of  the  T.oiin  said 
unto  Manoah,  Though  thou  detain 
me,  I  will  not  eat  of  thy  bread:  and 
if  thou  wilt  offer  a  burnt  oifcriug. 


thou  must  ofter  it  unto  the  Lohu, 
For  M;tnoah  knew  not  that  he  was 
an  angel  of  the  Lord. 

17  And  Manoah  said  unto  the  angel 
of  the  Lord,  What  i.<  thy  name,  that 
when  thv  sayings  come  to  pass  we 
may  do  tliee  honour? 

18  And  the  anpel  of  the  Lord  said 
unto  him,  ■-■  Why  askest  thou  thus 
after  my  name,  seeing  it  in  I!  secret? 

10  So  Manoah  took  a  kid  with  a 
meat  offering,  ''and  offered  tl  upon  a 
rock  unto  the  Lord:  and  the  aiir/rt 
did  wondrously;  and  Manoah  and 
his  wife  looked  on. 

1:0  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
flame  went  up  toward  heaven  from 
olf  the  altar,  that  the  angel  of  the 
i..ORD  ascended  in  the  flame  of  the 
altar :  and  Manoah  and  his  wife 
looked  on  it,  and  ''  fell  on  their  faces 
to  the  ground. 

21  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  did 
no  more  appear  to  Manoah  and  to 
his  wife.  'Then  Manoah  knew  that 
he  !<o,«  an  angel  of  the  Lord. 

22  .\nd  Manoah  said  unto  his  wife, 
'We  shall  surely  die,  because  we 
have  seen  God. 

2.1  But  his  wife  said  unto  him.  If 
the  Lord  were  pleased  to  kill  us,  he 
would  not  have  received  a  burnt  of- 
fering and  a  meat  offering  at  our 
hands,  neither  would  he  have  shew- 
ed us  all  these  things,  nor  would  as 
at  this  time  have  told  us  such  thiiiys 
as  these. 

24  ^  And  the  woman  bare  a  son, 
and  called  his  name  'Samson:  and 
"  the  child  grow,  and  the  Lord 
blessed  him. 

25  »And  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  be- 
gan to  move  him  at  times  in  t  the 
camp  of  Dan  >  between  Zorah  ond 
Eshtaol. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  Rtrnton  deiirtth   a  tiife  of  Ike  Philie- 

tinei.    5  In  hit  Journey  ht  /fittcth  ation. 

6  In  a  tceonii  journey  he  findeth  tioney 

in  the  carettBa.      10  Sntneon'g  mnrrittffe 

feast.     12  Hit  riddle  ti/  tiin  wife  t«  made 

inown.  19i/«  tyoilelh  thirty  Philitlimi. 

20  Uia  wife  «  tnarried  lo  iinolher. 

\  ND  Samson  went  down  "to  Tim- 

J\    nath,   and   l^saw   a   woman    in 

Timnath   of  the    daughters    of  the 

I'hilistines. 

2  And  he  came  up,  and  told  his  fa- 
ther and  his  mother,  and  said,  I  have 
seen  a  woman  in  Timnath  of  the 
daughters  of  the  Philistines :  now 
therefore  '  get  her  for  me  to  wife. 
.!  Then  his  father  and  his  mother 
said  unto  him.  Is  there  never  a  wom- 
an among  the  daughters  of  ■!  thy 
brethren,  or  among  all  my  people, 
that  thou  goest  to  take  a  w  ile  of  the 
'  uncircumeised  Philistines  ?  .\nd 
Samson  said  unto  his  father.  Gel  her 
for  me;  for  t  she  pleaseth  me  well. 
4  But  his  father  and  his  mother 
knew  not  that  it  van  lof  the  Loud, 
that  lie  sought  an  occasion  against 


Samson's  marriage  feast. 


JUDGES. 


lie  is  denied  his  tcife. 


Before 
CHRIST 
abwtlUl. 


hrh.  3.  10.  k 
13   25. 
ISun.U.  6. 


Ki.  17   2. 
I.i.ko  11.7. 
kCcn.  29.  27. 


m  ch.  10.  {. 
neb.  13.0. 
IHsli.  I„ 


the  Philistines:  for  at  that  time  tthc 
Pliilistincs  liad  dominion  over  Is- 
rael. 

5  TT  Then  went  Samson  down,  and 
hia  father  and  his  mother,  to  Tim- 
nath,  and  came  to  the  vineyards  of 
Timnath:  and,  behold,  a  young  lion 
roared  f  against  him. 

C  And  hthe  Spirit  of  the  LoiiD  came 
mightily  upon  him,  and  he  rent  him 
as  he  would  have  rent  a  kid,  and  lie 
had  nothing  in  his  hand:  but  he  told 
not  his  father  or  his  mother  what  he 
had  done. 

7  And  he  went  down,  and  talked 
with  the  woman  ;  and  she  pleased 
Samson  well. 

8  TI  And  aflcr  a  time  he  returned  to 
take  her,  and  he  turned  aside  to  see 
the  carcass  of  the  lion:  and,  behold, 
there  (^a^■  a  swarm  of  bees  and  honey 
in  the  carcass  of  the  lion, 

0  And  he  took  thereof  in  his  hands, 
and  went  on  eating,  and  came  to 
his  father  and  mother,  and  he  gave 
them,  and  they  did  eat:  but  he  told 
not  them  that  ne  had  taken  the  hon- 
ey out  of  the  carcass  of  the  lion, 

10  T!  So  his  father  went  down  unto 
the  woman:  and  Samson  made  there 
a  feast;  for  so  used  the  young  men 
to  do. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
saw  him,  that  they  brought  thirty 
companions  to  be  with  him. 

12  M  And  Samson  said  unto  them, 
I  will  now  iput  forth  a  ridillc  unto 
you  :  if  ve  cau  certainly  declare  it 
me  ^  within  the  seven  (lavs  of  the 
feast,  and  tind  it  out,  then  T  will  give 
you  thirty  jj  sheets  and  thirty  1  change 
of  garments: 

l.T  But  if  yc  cannot  declare  it  me, 
then  shall  ve  give  mc  thirty  sheets 
and  thirty  cnange  of  garments.  And 
they  said  unto  him.  Tut  forth  thy 
riddle,  that  we  may  hear  it. 

14  And  he  said  unto  them.  Out  of 
the  eater  came  forth  meat,  and  out 
of  the  strong  came  forth  sweetness. 
And  they  could  not  iu  three  days 
expound  the  riddle. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
seventh  day,  that  they  said  unto 
Samson's  wife,  "'  Entice  thy  hus- 
band, that  he  may  declare  unto  us 
the  riddle,  "  lest  we  burn  thee  and 
thy  father's  house  witli  five  :  have 
ve  called  us  f  to  take  that  we  have? 
hit  not.'io.'' 

IG  And  Samson's  wife  wept  be- 
fore him,  and  said,  "Thou  dost  but 
liatc  me,  and  lovcst  me  not:  thou 
hast  put  forth  a  riddle  unto  the 
children  of  mv  people,  and  hast  not 
told  it  me.     And  he  siiid  unto  her. 


thee  ? 

17  And  she  wept  before  him  ||  the 
seven  days,  while  their  feast  l.nsted: 
and  it  came  to  pass  on  the  seventh 
day,  that  he  told  her,  because  she 


lay  sore  upon  him :  and  she  told  the 
riddle  to  the  children  of  her  peo- 
ple. 

18  And  the  men  of  the  city  said 
unto  him  on  the  seventh  day  be- 
fore the  suu  went  down.  What  i','! 
sweeter  than  honey  'i  and  what  i> 
stronger  than  a  lion?  And  he  said 
unto  them.  If  ye  had  not  ploughed 
with  my  heifer,  yc  had  not  found 
out  my  riddle. 

Ill  U  And  rthe  Spirit  of  the  Lord 
came  upon  him,  and  he  went  down 
to  Ashkelon,  and  slew  thirty  men 
of  them,  and  took  their  ||  spoil,  and 
gave  change  of  garments  unto  them 
which  expounded  the  riddle.  And 
his  anger  was  kindled,  and  he  went 
up  to  his  father's  house. 
20  But  Samson's  wife  ''  was  t/iven  to 
his  companion,  whom  he  had  used 
as  ''his  friend. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
1  Samton  it  itemed  his  wife.  3  Be  burn- 
etii tlie  Philistines'  earn  with  foxes  and 
firebrands.  0  His  wife  and  her  father 
are  burnt  by  the  Philistines.  7  Samson 
smitclh  them  hip  and  thigh.  9  He  is 
bound  by  the  men  of  Judah,  and  deliver- 
ed to  the  Philistines.  14  He  killelh  them 
with  a  jawbone.  13  God  maketh  the 
fountain  En-hakkore  for  him  in  Lchi. 

BUT  it  came  to  pass  within  a 
while  after,  in  the  time  of  wheat 
harvest,  that  Samson  visited  his  wife 
with  a  kid  ;  and  he  said,  I  will  go  in 
to  mv  wife  into  tlie  chamber.  But 
her  father  would  not  sutler  him  to 
go  in. 

2  And  her  father  said,  I  verily 
thought  that  thou  hadst  utterly 
"hated  her;  therefore  I  gave  her  to 
thy  companion:  is  not  her  younger 
sister  fairer  than  she?  f  take  her,  I 
pray  thee,  instead  of  her. 

.'!  fr  And  Samson  said  concerning 
them,  ((  Now  shall  I  be  more  blame- 
less than  the  Philistines,  though  I  do 
them  a  displeasure. 

4  And  Samson  went  and  caught 
three  hundred  foxes,  and  took  |)  lire- 
brands,  and  turned  tail  to  tail,  and 
put  a  firebrand  in  the  midst  between 
two  tails. 

5  And  when  he  had  set  the  brands 
on  fire,  he  let  (Arm  go  into  the 
standing  corn  of  the  Philistines, 
and  burnt  up  both  the  shock.*,  and 
aUo  the  standing  corn,  with  the  vine- 
yards and  olives. 

"G  it  Then  the  Philistines  said.  Who 
hath  done  this?  And  they  answered, 
Samson,  the  son  in  law  of  the  Tini- 
nite,  because  he  had  taken  his  wife, 
and  given  her  to  his  companion. 
i>  And  the  Philistines  came  up,  and 
burnt  her  and  her  father  with  fire. 

7  IT  And  Samson  said  unto  them. 
Though  ye  have  done  this,  vet  will 
I  be  avenged  of  you,  and  after  that 
I  will  cease. 

S  .'Vnd  he  smote  them  hip  and 
thigh  with  a  great  slaughter :  and 
837 


Samson  s^nUeth  the  Philistines. 


JUDGES. 


Delilah's  falsehood  to  Samson. 


I!i-fore 
CHRIST 
Bboot  IHO. 


mtll' 

tilob 

mt 

ift. 

fLrr. 

Jo.h 

31 

8. 
10. 

t  Hel. 

n 

Amp* 
ITli.l 

I 

gr..  3. - 

I  Or,  l»»i. 

l.(icn.«   27. 
li  40.  29. 


tlio  rjiilii. 
i  ch.  13.  1. 


he  went  down  and  dwelt  in  the  top 
of  tile  rock  Ebun. 

'.I  IT  Then  the  Philistines  went  np, 
mill  pitelicil  in  JiiiUili,  nnd  spread 
tlicniwlvi'.^  '  in  Lehi. 

in  And  tlic  men  of  Jndah  said, 
Whv  are  ye  come  up  ntxaingt  us? 
And  they  answeredt  To  bind  Sam- 
son are  wc  conic  up,  to  do  to  him  as 
he  hath  done  to  us. 

11  Tlien  three  thousand  men  of 
Jndah  t  went  to  the  top  of  the  rock 
Ktam,  and  said  to  Samson,  Know- 
cst  tliou  not  that  the  Philistines 
tirr  'I  rulers  over  us  ?  what  is  this 
t/iiit  thou  hast  done  unto  us?  And 
lie  sjid  unto  them,  As  they  did  un- 
to me,  so  have  I  done  unto  them. 

1'2  And  they  said  unto  him,  AVc 
are  come  down  to  bind  thee,  that 
we  may  deliver  thee  into  the  hand 
of  tlie  Philistines.  And  Samson 
said  unto  them.  Swear  unto  me,  that 
ye  will  not  full  upon  me  yourselves. 
"I.'J  And  they  spake  unto  him,  say- 
ins.  No;  but  we  will  hind  thee  fast, 
and  deliver  thee  into  their  hand  : 
l»ut  surely  wc  will  not  kill  thee. 
And  tlicyhound  him  with  two  new 
cords,  ond  brought  him  up  from  the 
rock. 

14  IT  At}d  when  he  came  unto  I.chi, 
the  Philistines  shouted  against  him: 
and  *^  the  Spirit  of  the  1.0  kd  came 
mightily  upon  him,  and  the  cords 
tliat  ire're  upon  his  arms  became  as 
tlax  that  W.1S  burnt  witli  fire,  and  his 
bands  t  loosed  from  off  his  hands. 

15  And  he  fi)und  a  f  new  jawbone 
of  an  asr.,  and  jnit  forth  his  hand, 
and  took  it,  and  fslew  a  thousand 
men  therewith. 

p;  And  Samson  said.  With  the  jaw- 
bone of  an  nss,  i  heaps  upon  heaps, 
with  tlic  jaw  of  an  nss  have  I  slain  a 
thousand  men. 

17  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
had  made  an  end  of  speaking,  that 
lie  cast  awav  the  jawbone  out  of 
his  hand,  and  called  that  place  ||  Ra- 
ni \!h-lchi. 

1.!  V.  .\nd  he  was  pore  atliirst,  and 
called  on  the  I.oitD,  and  said,  «  Thou 
hast  ;;iven  this  ;;re:it  deliverance  into 
th-  hand  of  thv  serviinl  :  and  now 
shall  1  die  for  thirst,  and  full  into  the 


hand  of  til 


place 


1'.)  But  (!od  clave  a  h..H 
that  ir(i.<\ii  II  the  jaw,  and  tli 
water  thiri'init;  and  when  he  had 
drunk,  dliis  spirit  came  ajrain,  and 
he  revived:  wherefore  ho  called  the 
namo  thereof  [!  Kn-hakkore,  which 
win  Lehi  nut.,  this  .lav. 

W  II  And  he  jurl-iMl  "Israel  iin  thr 
days  of  the  Philistines  twenty  years. 

Cn.VPTKR  XVI. 

1  A'imton  nt  (!,fzii  rti'itpcCi,  nnd  cnrritlh 
awnji  tlie  yatea  "f  l>ie  rity.  4  ndiUih. 
earruittetl   liy   llli    I'hilitlinef,    entirclll 


Thr 


ahc  it  dcc' 


r.l.     15 


At  t.itt  aha  ortrromtl/i    him.     21    I'/io 
I'liilitlines   takt  him,  and  put  out  /■■« 
238 


cj/€».  22  JTi«  atrcngth  rencmnu,  he  pull- 
cth  down  thi  houat  upon  the  Philiatinea, 
nnd  diath. 

TIIKN  went  Samson  to  Gaza,  and 
saw  there  t  a  harlot,  and  went  in 
unto  her. 

2  .lull  it  KYIS  Inhl  the  Gazitcs,  say- 
in;;.  .Samson  is  conic  hither.  And 
tliev  •^coiiipassnd  lihn  in,  and  laid 
wait  for  him  all  iii;;ht  in  the  pate  of 
the  city,  and  were  t  (|iiiet  all  the 
nisht.  saving.  In  the  morning,  when 
it  is  day,"wc  shall  kill  him. 

3  And  Samson  lay  till  midnight, 
and  arose  at  midnigiit,  and  took  the 
doors  of  the  gate  of  the  city,  and  the 
two  posts,  and  went  awav  with  them, 
f  bar  and  all.  and  put  tfiem  upon  his 
shoulders,  and  carried  them  up  to 
the  top  of  a  hill  that  is  before  He- 
bron. 

4  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  afterward, 
that  he  loved  a  wimian  ||  in  the  val- 
ley of  Sorek,  whose  name  iroj  Deli- 
lah. 

."i  And  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
came  up  unto  her,  and  said  unto 
her,  ii  Entice  him,  and  see  wherein 
his  great  strength  Hetli.  and  by  what 
inr{tn?yjc  may  prevail  against  him, 
that  we  may  bind  him  to  ||  afflict 
him:  and  we  will  give  thee  every 
one  of  us  eleven  hundred  jiieccs  of 
silver. 

(1  IT  And  Delilah  said  to  Samson, 
Tell  nic,  I  pray  thee,  wherein  thv 
great  strength  firt/i,  and  whcrewitli 
thou  mightest  be  bound  to  afflict 
thee. 

7  And  Samson  said  unto  her.  If 
thcv  bind  nic  with  seven  ||t  green 
withs  that  were  iie\'cr  dried,  then 
shall  I  be  weak,  and  be  as  f  another 
man. 

NTlun  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
iths 
t  been  dricil,  and  she 
hound  him  with  them. 

;>  Now  l/icie  xnrr  men  lying  in 
wait,  abiding  with  her  in  the  cham- 
ber. .\nd  she  said  unto  him.  The 
l*liilistines  li€  upon  thee,  Samson. 
And  he  brake  the  withs,  as  a  thread 
of  tow  is  broken  when  it  1  touehcth 
the  fire.  So  his  strength  was  not 
km.wn. 

10  .\nd  Delilah  said  unto  Samson, 
Hehold,  thou  hast  iiioeked  me,  and 
told  me  lies:  now  tell  me.  I  pray 
thee,  wherewith  thou  mightest  be 
hound. 

11  .Vnd  ho  said  unto  her.  If  they 
bind  mc  fast  with  new  ropes  t  that 
never  wen'  occupied,  thou  shall  1  be 
weak,  and  he  as  another  man. 

VI  Dililah  therefore  tcM.k  new  roiies, 
and  bound  him  thenwith,  and  s.aid 
unto  him.  The  Philistines  U-  upon 
thee,  Samson.  And  Ihnv  „;■,:•  liers 
ill  wait  abiding  in  the  chanibur. 
.\nd  he  bnike  them  from  olf  his 
onus  like  n  thread. 

13  And  Delilah  said  unto  Samson, 


lie  is  overcome. 


JUDGES. 


Samson's  death. 


CHRIST 
nbout  112U. 


&  18.  12.  4 
2S,  13.  16 


t  Heb.  <nd 

rl..J  our 


Hitherto  thou  hast  inockcd  nic,  nnd 
told  inc  lies:  tell  me  wherewith  thou 
mij^htost  be  bound.  And  he  said 
unto  her,  If  thou  wcavest  the  seven 
locks  of  my  liead  with  the  Aveb. 

H  And  she  fastened  il  with  the  pin, 
and  .«aid  unto  liini,  Th«  Pliilistmes 
he  upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he 
awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and  went 
away  with  the  pin  of  the  beam,  and 
with  the  web. 

15  IT  And  she  said  unto  him,  °  How 
canst  thou  say,  I  love  thee,  when 
thine  heart  Ksnot  with  nic?  Thou 
hast  mocked  me  these  three  times, 
and  hast  not  told  rac  wherein  thy 
great  strength  heth. 

hi  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  she 
jiressed  him  daily  with  her  words, 
and  urged  him,  no  that  his  soul  was 
t  vexed  unto  death; 

17  That  he  J  told  her  all  his  heart, 
and  said  unto  her,  "^  There  hath  not 
come  a  razor  upon  mine  head;  fori 
hnretxen  a  Nazaritc  unto  God  from 
my  mother's  womb:  if  I  be  shaven, 
then  my  strength  will  go  from  me, 
and  I  shall  become  weak,  and  be 
like  any  o(/ic;-  man. 

18  And  when  Delilah  saw  that  he 
had  told  her  all  his  heart,  she  sent 
nnd  culled  for  the  lords  of  the  Philis- 
tines, saying.  Come  up  this  once,  for 
he  hath  shewed  me  all  his  heart. 
Then  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
came  up  unto  her,  and  brought 
money  in  their  hand. 

10  (And  she  made  him  sleep  upon 
her  knees;  and  she  called  for  a  man, 
and  she  caused  him  to  shave  off  the 
seven  locks  of  his  head;  and  she  be- 
gan to  afflict  him,  and  his  strength 
went  from  him. 

20  And  she  said.  The  Philistines  he 
upon  thee,  Samson.  And  he  awoke 
out  of  his  sleep,  and  said,  I  will  go 
out  as  at  other  times  before,  and 
shake  myself.  And  he  wist  not  that 
the  l^oRD  Kwa.s  departed  from  him. 

21  H  But  the  Philistines  took  him, 
and  f  put  out  his  eyes,  and  brought 
him  down  to  Gaza," and  bound  him 
with  fetters  of  brass  ;  and  he  did 
grind  in  the  prison  house. 

22  Ilowbeit  the  hair  of  his  head 
began  to  grow  again  (|  after  he  was 
shaven. 

23  Then  the  lords  of  the  Philis- 
tines gathered  them  together  for  to 
offer  a  great  sacrifire  unto  Dagon 
their  god,  and  to  rejoice  ;  for  they 
said.  Our  god  hath  delivered  Sam- 
son our  enemy  into  our  hand. 

24  And  when  tlie  people  saw  him, 
thev  li  praised  their  god  :  for  tiiey 
said.  Our  god  hath  delivered  into 
our  hands  our  enemy,  and  the  de- 
stroyer of  our  country,  t  which  slew 
many  of  us. 

25  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
their  hearts  were  i  merry,  that  tliey 
said.  Call  for  Samsou,  that  he 
may    make    us    sport.     And    they 


called  for  Samson  out  of  the  prison 
house  ;  and  ho  made  t  them  sport : 
and  they  set  him  between  the  pil- 
lars. 

20  And  Samson  said  unto  the  lad 
that  held  him  hv  the  hand,  Sutter 
me  that  1  may  feel  the  pillars  where- 
upon the  house  standeth,  tliat  I  may 
lean  upon  them. 

27  Now  the  house  was  full  of  men 
and  women;  and  all  the  lords  of  the 
Philistines  were  there;  and  lliere  icf/r 
upon  the  li  roof  about  three  thousand 
men  and  women,  that  beheld  while 
Samson  made  sport. 

28  And  Samson  called  unto  the 
Lord,  and  said,  O  Lord  God,  l  re- 
member me,  I  pray  thee,  and 
strengthen  me,  I  pray  thee,  only 
this  once,  O  God,  that  I  may  be  at 
onec  avenged  of  the  Philistines  for 
mv  two  eves. 

20  And 'Samson  took  hold  of  the 
two  middle  pillars  upon  which  the 
house  stood,  and  lion  which  it  was 
borne  up,  of  the  one  with  his  right 
hand,  and  of  the  other  with  his 
left. 

SO  And  Samson  said.  Let  tmc 
die  with  the  Philistines.  And  he 
bowed  himself  with  (il!  his  might; 
and  the  house  fell  upon  the  lords, 
and  upon  all  the  people  that  were 
therein.  So  the  dead  which  he 
slew  at  his  death  were  more  than 
thew  which  he  slew  in  his  life. 

31  Then  his  brethren  and  all  the 
house  of  his  father  came  down,  and 
took  him,  and  brought  liim  up,  and 
'"  buried  him  between  Zorah  nnd 
Eshtaol  in  the  buryingplace  of  Ma- 
noah  his  father.  And  he  judged 
Israel  twenty  years. 

CHAPTER  X^^I. 

1  Of  the  money  that  Micah  first  »toU, 
then  ycetored.  hie  mother  maketh  tm- 
agea,  5  and  he  ornnmenta  for  them.  1 
lie  hireth  a  Levite  to  he  hie  prieet. 

AND  there  was  a  man  of  mount 
Ephraim,  whose  name  uas  3Ii- 
cah. 

2  And  he  said  unto  his  mother. 
The  eleven  hundred  sliek-els  of  sil- 
ver that  were  taken  from  thee, 
about  which  thou  cursedst,  and 
spakest  of  also  in  mine  ears,  be- 
hold, the  silver  is  with  mc  ;  I  took 
it.  And  his  mother  said,  "Blessed 
be  thou  of  the  I,(iuD,  my  son. 

.".  And  when  he  liad  restored  the 
eleven  hundred  nhrkeU  of  silver  to 
his  mother,  his  mother  said,  I  had 
wholly  dedieuted  tlie  silver  unto 
the  Ltjr.T)  from  my  hand  for  my  son, 
to  ''make  a  graven  image  and  a 
molten  image:  now  theretore  1  will 
restore  it  unto  thee. 

4  Yet  he  restored  the  money  un- 
to his  mother ;  and  his  mother 
^'  took  two  hundred  fihekeh  of  silver, 
and  gave  them  to  the  founder,  who 
made  thereof  a.  graven  image  and  a 
238 


Micah's  idolatry. 


JUDGES.       The  Danites  send  spies  to  Laish. 


Bfforo 
CHRIST 
about  1«J0. 


'.  K 

n  13,  33 

fch. 

■a. 

in.  1.  k 
.  k  21. 

1.33.5. 

15. 

It.  13.  8 
Joih.I9 

13.  1. 

Mir 

5.2. 
I.  2.  1.  «. 

molten  ima^c  :  and  they  were  in 
the  house  of  Micali. 

5  And  the  ninn  Micah  had  a 
house  of"  Rods,  and  made  un  <*  ephod, 
and  ''teraphini,  and  fconseerated 
one  of  his  sons,  who  became  his 
priest. 

0  iln  those  days  t/ifrc  was  no 
king  in  Israel,  ^buf  every  man  did 
that  xoliirh  was  right  in  liis  own 
cvea. 

7  TT  And  there  was  a  young  man 
out  of  li  Heth-lehem-iiulnh  of  the 
family  of  Judah,  who  mis  a  Lcvite, 
anil  he  sojourned  there. 

8  And  the  man  departed  out  of  the 
city  from  Beth-lehem-judah  to  so- 
journ where  he  could  find  a  place: 
and  he  came  to  mount  Kphraim  to 
the  house  of  Micah,  ]  as  he  jour- 
neyed. 

9  And  Micah  said  unto  him. 
Whence  comest  thou  ?  And  lie 
said  unto  him.  I  am  a  )..cvitc  of 
Bcth-lehem-judah,  and  I  po  to  so- 
journ where  I  may  tind  a  jttacc. 

10  And  .Micah  said  unto  him, 
riwcll  with  me,  'and  he  unto  me  a 
k  father  and  a  priest,  and  1  will  give 
thee  ten  sltekeh  of  silver  by  the 
year,  and  (If a  suit  of  apparel,  and 
thy  victuals.  So  the  Lcvite  went 
in. 

11  And  the  Levite  was  content  to 
dwell  with  the  man  ;  and  the 
young  man  was  unto  him  as  ouc  of 
his  sons. 

12  And  Micah  1  consecrated  the 
hevite  i  and  the  young  man  '"be- 
came his  priest,  and  was  in  the 
lioMsc  of  Micah. 

l.)  Tlien  said  Micah,  Now  know 
I  that  the  l.,c)i;i)  will  do  me  good, 
seeing  I  have  a  l.<evite  to  vty 
priest. 

CHAPTER  xvin. 

1  The  Danitet  ttnj  five  men  to  trek  out 
aninlieriliinee.  3  At  the  house  of  Micah 
theyeontutt  with  .lanitthiin,  <tnU  arc  en- 
eouraged  in  their  may.  7  Then  l'"reh 
Laith,  anit  bring  back  newt  of  pood 
hope.  II  Six  hundred  men  are  Bent  to 
turprite  it.  H  In  the  ipcij/  they  rob  Mi- 
eah  of  hie  prieet  and  hie  coneeerated 
thinge.  27  They  win  Laith,  and  call  it 
flan.  30  They  let  up  idolatry,  wherein 
Jonathan  inherited  tht  prieethood. 

TN  "those  days  Ihrrr  was  no  king 
in  Israel:  and  in  tlioic  duvs  •>  the 
tribe  of  the  Danites  sought  them  an 
inheritrincc  to  dwell  in  :  for  unto 
that  day  all  llii'ir  inheritance  had 
not  fallen  unto  them  among  the 
tribes  of  Israi-1. 
\i  .\nd  the  ibildren  of  Han  sent 
of  their  family  five  men  from  their 
coasts,  f  men  of  valour,  from  "  Zo- 
rah,  and  from  Eshtnol,  ii  to  spy  out 
the  land,  and  to  search  it;  and  they 
said  unto  them.  Go,  search  the 
land :  who  when  they  came  to  mount 
Kphraim,  to  the  'house  of  Micah, 
they  lodged  there. 


",  AVhcn  they  were  by  the  house 
of  Micah,  they  knew  the  voice  of 
the  young  man  the  Levite :  and 
they"  turned  in  thither,  and  said 
unto  him.  Who  brought  thee  hither? 
and  what  makest  thou  in  this  jAacci 
and  what  hast  thou  here? 

4  And  he  said  unto  them.  Thus 
and  thus  dealeth  Micah  with  me, 
and  hath  'hired  me,  and  I  am  his 
priest. 

5  And  they  said  unto  him,  SAsk 
counsel,  we  pray  thee,  hof  God, 
that  we  may  know  whetlicr  our 
way  which  we  go  shail  be  pros- 
perous. 

0  And  the  priest  said  unto  them, 
>  Go  in  peace  :  before  the  Loud  i.^ 
your  way  wherein  ye  go. 

7  IT  Tlien  the  five  men  departed, 
and  came  to  k  Laish,  and  saw  the 
people  that  ircr<^  therein,  I  how  they 
dwelt  careless,  after  the  manner  of 
the  Zidonians,  quiet  and  secure ; 
and  thrre  was  no  i  magistrate  in  the 
land,  that  might  put  tht-m  to  shame 
in  nn>t  thing  ;  and  they  wrv  far 
from  the  Zidonians,  and  h.id  no 
busine.'.a  with  any  man. 

8  And  they  came  unto  their  breth- 
ren to  '"  ^orah  and  Kshtaol :  and 
their  brethren  said  unto  them.  What 

i  fay  ye? 
'J  And  they  said,  "Arise,  that  wc 
may   go  up    against  them  :    lor  we 
havB  seen  the  land,  and.  behold,  it 

I  IS  very  good:  and  arc  ye  "still?  be 
not  slotliful  to  go,  anil  to  enter  to 
possess  the  land. 

lit  When  ye  go,  ye  shall  come  unto 
a  people  l'seeure,"and  to  a  large  land: 
for  God  hat U  given  itiutoy our  hands; 
'la  place  where  thcrv  is  no  want  of 
any  thing  that  i.s-  in  the  earth. 
11  II  And  there  went  from  thence 
of  the  family  of  the  Danites,  out  of 
Zorah  and  out  of  Kshtaol,  six  hund- 
red men  |  oppointed  witli  weapons 
of  war. 
lli  ,\nd  they  went  up,  and  pitched 
in'  Kirjath-ieariTii,  in  judah:  where- 
fore they  called  th.Tt  pliire  "  Mahaneh- 
dan  unto  this  day:  behold,  i(  is  be- 
hind Kirjath-jearim. 
13  And  thev  passed  thence  unto 
mount  Kphraim,  and  came  unto  'the 

I  house  of  >licali. 

I    14  II  "  Then  answered  the  five  men 

I  that  went  to  spy  out  the  country  of 

I  Laish,  and  said' unto  their  brethren. 
Do  ye  know  that  "there  is  in  these 

I  houses  nil  ephod,  and  teraphini,  and 

j  a  graven  image,  and  a  molten  image? 
now  therefore  consider  what  ye  have 

1  to  do. 
15  And    they  turned  thitherward, 
and    came    to    the    house    of    the 

!  young  man  the  Levltc,  firii  unto 
the  house  of  Micab,  and  \  saluted 
him. 

j  lli  And  the  >eix  hundred  men 
oppointed    with    their    weapons    of 

I  war,  which  ice;'c  of  the  children  of 


Micah  is  robbed  of  his  idols. 


JUDGES. 


A  Levite  goeth  to  Deth-lehcm. 


Before 
CURI ST 
about  1-106. 


ProT.  30.  32. 
MIc.  7,  in, 
tch.  17.  10. 


^ut.  33.  22. 
>ih.  19. 17. 


Dan,  stood  by  the  entering  of  the 

pate. 

17  And  'the  five  men  that  went 
to  spy  out  the  land  went  up,  and 
came  in  thither,  and  took  "the 
craven  imaj»e,  and  the  cphod,  and 
tlie  teraphim,  and  tlic  molten  im- 
age: and  the  priest  stood  in  the  en- 
tering of  the  gate  with  the  six  hund- 
red men  tlml  were  appointed  with 
weapons  of  war. 

18  And  these  went  into  Micah's 
house,  and  fetched  the  carved  im- 
age, the  ephod,  and  the  teraphim, 
and  the  molten  imase.  Then  said 
the  priest  unto  them.  What  do  ye? 

VJ  And  they  said  unto  him.  Hold 
thy  peace,  ''lay  thine  hand  upon  thy 
mouth,  and  go  with  us,  *^  and  be  to 
us  a  father  and  a  priest :  is  )(  bet- 
ter for  thee  to  be  a  priest  unto  the 
house  of  one  man,  or  that  thou  be 
a  priest  unto  a  tribe  and  a  family  in 
Israel? 

20  And  the  priest's  heart  was 
glad,  and  he  took  the  ephod,  and  the 
teraphim,  and  the  graven  image, 
and  went  in  the  midst  of  the  people. 

21  So  they  turned  and  departed, 
and  put  the  Uttle  ones  and  the  cat- 
tle and  the  carriage  before  tliem. 

22  TI  And  when  they  were  a  good 
way  from  the  house  of  ISIicah,  the 
men  that  were  in  the  houses  near 
to  Micah's  house  were  gathered  to- 
gether, and  overtook  the  children 
of  Dan. 

2'!  And  the}'  cried  unto  the  chil- 
dren of  Dan. "  And  they  turned  their 
faces,  and  said  unto  Micah,  AVhat 
aileth  thee,  i  that  thou  comest  with 
such  a  companj'? 

24  And  he  said.  Ye  have  taken 
away  iny  gods  which  I  made,  and 
the  priest,  and  ye  are  gone  aw.ay  : 
and  what  have  1  more  ?  and  what 
iVi  this  that  ye  say  unto  me,  What 
aileth  thee? 

25  And  the  children  of  D.m  said 
unto  him,  I>et  not  thy  voice  be 
heard  among  us,  lest  i  angry  fel- 
lows run  upon  thee,  and  thou  lose 
thv  life,  with  the  lives  of  thy  house- 
hold. 

2(>  And  the  children  of  Dan  went 
their  way  :  and  when  Jlicali  saw 
that  they  were  too  strong  for  him, 
he  turned  and  went  back  unto  his 
house. 

27  And  they  took  t/ic  t/iinga  which 
Micah  had  made,  and  the  priest 
wjiich  he  had,  and  >'  came  unto  La- 
ish,  unto  a  people  that  were  at  quiet 
and  secure;  ^and  they  smote  them 
with  the  edge  of  the  sword,  and 
burnt  the  city  with  tire. 

28  And  there  ira.«  no  deliverer, 
because  it  was  ffar  from  Zidon, 
and  they  liad  no  business  with  nni/ 
man;  and  it  was  in  the  vallev  that 
lieth  Kby  Bcth-rehob.  And"  they 
built  a  city,  and  dwelt  therein. 

2'J  And  t  they  called  the  name  of  the 
16 


city  iDan,  after  the  name  of  Dan 
their  father,  who  was  born  unto  Is- 
rael:  howbeit  the  name  of  the  city 
iras  L,aish  at  the  lirst. 
30  U  And  the  children  of  Dan  set 
up  the  graven  image:  and.Ionatlian, 
the  son  of  Gershom,  the  son  of  Ma- 
nasseh,  he  and  his  sons  were  priests 
to  the  tribe  of  Dan  k  until  the  day  of 
the  captivity  of  the  land. 

01  And  they  set  them  up  IVIicah's 
graven  image,  which  he  made,  l  all 
tlie  time  that  the  house  of  God  was 
in  Shiloh. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

I  A  Levite  goeth  to  ISeth-tehem  to  fetch 
home  hit  wife.  IG  An  old  man  enler- 
taineth  him  at  Oibeah.  22  The  Oibeath- 
itee  abuaa  hie  concubine  to  death.  29  lie 
divideth  her  into  twelve  pieceSt  to  eend 
them  to  the  twelve  tribes. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days, 
xV  ''when  ^/lerc  ifos  no  king  in  Is- 
rael, that  there  was  a  certain  Levite 
sojourning  on  the  side  of  mount 
Ephraim,  who  took  to  him  fa  con- 
cubine out  of  li  Beth-lehem-jndah. 

2  And  his  concubine  played  the 
whore  against  him,  and  went  away 
from  him  unto  her  father's  house 
to  Beth-lehem-judah,  and  was  there 

II  f  four  whole  months. 

-S  And  her  husband  arose,  and  went 
after  her,  to  speak  ffricndlv  unto 
her,  OH(/  to  bring  her  again,  liaving 
his  servant  with  him,  and  a  couple 
of  asses:  and  she  brought  him  into 
her  father's  house;  and  when  the  fa- 
ther of  the  damsel  saw  him,  he  re- 
joiced to  meet  him. 

4  And  his  father  in  law,  the  dam- 
sel's father,  retained  hinr ;  and  he 
abode  with  him  three  days:  so  they 
did  eat  and  drink,  and  lodged  there. 

5  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
fourtli  day,  when  they  .'.rose  early  in 
the  morning,  that  ho  rose  up  to  de- 
part: and  the  d.amscl's  father  said 
unto  his  son  in  law,  f  *^  Comfort  thine 
heart  with  a  morsel  of  bread,  and 
afterward  go  your  way. 

C  And  they  "sat  down,  and  did  cat 
and  drink  "both  of  them  together: 
for  the  damsel's  father  had  said  unto 
the  man.  Be  content,  I  pray  thee, 
and  tarry  all  night,  and  let  thine 
heart  be  merry. 

7  And  when  the  man  rose  up  to 
depart,  his  father  in  law  urged  him: 
therefore  he  lodged  there  again. 

8  And  he  arose  early  in  the  morn- 
ing on  the  fifth  day  to  depart:  and 
the  damsel's  father  said.  Comfort 
thine  lieart,  I  praj'  thee.  And  they 
tarried  t  until  afternoon,  .ind  they 
did  eat  both  of  them. 

9  And  when  the  man  rose  up  to  de- 
part, he,  and  his  concubine,  and  his 
servant.  Ills  father  in  law,  the  dam- 
sel's father,  said  unto  him.  Behold, 
now  the  day  f  drnweth  toward  even- 
ing, I  pray" you  tarry  all  night:  be- 
hold, fthe  day  groweth  to  an  end, 

241 


The  Levite's  concubine 


JUDGES. 


is  abused  to  death. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  HIHJ. 


kJojh.18.1, 
el>.  11.  31.  k 

20.  19. 
m*m.  I.  3, 


in.  4. 

iri,  4 


lodse  here,  that  thine  heart  may  be 
merry;  and  to  morrow  );ct  you  early 
on  your  way,  that  thou  inayest  go 
t  home. 

Ill  liut  the  man  would  not  tarry  that 
night,  but  he  rose  up  and  departed, 
and  came  tovcr  against  HJcl)U3, 
which  IS  Jerusalem;  and  Ihen^  were 
witli  him  two  asses  saddled,  his  con- 
cubine also  v'as  with  him. 

11  Aiifl  when  tliey  were  by  Jebus, 
tlie  day  was  far  spent;  and  the  serv- 
ant said  unto  liis  master.  Come,  I 
pray  thee,  and  let  us  turn  in  into  this 
city  '  of  the  Jebusites,  and  lodge  in 
it. 

12  And  his  master  said  unto  him. 
We  will  not  turn  aside  hither  into 
the  city  of  a  stranger,  that  i»  not  of 
the  children  of  Israel;  we  will  pass 
over  I  to  Gibeah. 

\'\  And  he  said  unto  his  servant. 
Come,  and  let  us  draw  near  to  one 
of  these  places  to  lodge  all  night,  in 
(Jibeah,  or  in  s  Ramah. 

14  And  tlioy  passed  on  and  went 
their  way;  and  the  sun  went  down 
upon  them  when  thrij  ircrp  by  Gib- 
cab,  which  betonr/eth  to  Benjamin. 

15  And  they  turned  aside  thither, 
to  go  in  and  to  lodge  in  Gibeah:  and 
when  he  went  in,  he  sat  him  down 
in  a  street  of  the  city:  for  there  wnx 
no  man  that  li  took  them  into  his 
house  to  lodging. 

Hi  IT  And,  behold,  there  came  an  old 
man  from  i  his  work  out  of  the  tield 
at  even,  which  teas  also  of  mount 
Kphrnim;  and  he  sojourned  in  (Jib- 
eah: but  the  men  of  the  place  iccrc 
Hfn.jamites. 

17  And  when  he  had  lifted  up  his 
eyes,  he  saw  a  wayfaring  man  in  the 
street  of  the  city:  and  tlie  old  man 
said.  Whither  goest  thou  ?  and 
whence  coincst  thou? 

IH  And  he  said  unto  him.  We  are 
passing  from  IBeth-lehem-judah  to- 
ward the  side  of  mount  ICphraim  ; 
from  thence  am  I  :  and  I  went  to 
Beth-lchem-judah,  but  I  am  nnw 
going  to  kthc  house  of  tlie  Lord; 
ttn<l  there  i.«  no  man  that  1  receiveth 
me  to  house. 

li»  Yet  there  is  both  straw  and 
nnivcnder  for  our  asses;  and  there  is 
l>read  and  wine  also  for  me,  ami  for 
thy  handimiid,  and  for  the  young 
mim  which  is  with  thy  servants : 
I  hi  re  in  no  want  of  any  thing. 

'J)  And  the  old  man  eaiil,  I  Pence 
'«•  with  thee;  howsoever, /c^  all  thy 
wanta  lie  upon  inc ;  "'only  lodge 
not  in  the  street. 

•JI  "So  he  brought  him  into  his 
house,  :ind  gave  [irovcnder  unto  the 
assi's:  "and  tlu'V  washed  their  feet, 
aiiddidcit  aii.l'drink. 

L".'  11  Xoir  as  tlu'V  were  making  their 
hearts  merry,  behold,  I' the  men  of 
the  eit.v,  certain  ''sons  of  IteliMl,  be- 
set the  house  round  about,  <ih»/  heat 
at  the  door,  and  spake  to  the  master 
242 


of  the  house,  the  old  man,  saying, 
^  Bring  forth  the  man  that  came  into 
thine  house,  that  we  may  know  him. 

2-'i  And  ■*  the  man,  the  master  of  the 
house,  went  out  unto  them,  and  said 
unto  them.  Nay,  my  brethren,  nay, 
I  pray  you,  do  not  so  wickedly;  see- 
ing that  this  man  is  come  into  mine 
house,  1  do  not  this  folly. 

24  "  Behold,  here  is  my  daughter  a 
maiden,  and  his  concubine;  them  I 
will  bring  out  now,  and  *  humble  ye 
them,  and  do  with  them  what  seem- 
eth  good  unto  you:  but  unto  this 
man  do  not  f  so  vile  a  thing. 

'2.~t  But  the  men  would  not  hearken 
to  him:  so  the  man  took  his  concu- 
bine, and  brought  her  forth  unto 
them;  and  they  >kncw  her,  and 
abused  her  all  "the  night  until  the 
morning:  and  when  the  day  began 
to  spring,  they  let  her  go. 

26  Tlien  came  the  woman  in  the 
dawning  of  the  day,  and  fell  down 
at  the  door  of  the  man's  house  where 
her  lord  was.  till  it  was  light. 

2"  And  her  lord  rose  up  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  opened  the  doors  of  the 
house,  and  went  out  to  go  his  way: 
and,  heboid,  the  woman  his  concu- 
bine was  fallen  down  at  the  door  of 
the  house,  and  her  hands  irc;*e  upon 
the  threshold. 

28  And  he  said  unto  her,  Vp,  and 
let  us  be  going.  But  *none  answer- 
ed. Then  the  man  took  her  up  upon 
an  ass,  and  tlie  man  rose  up,  and  gat 
him  unto  his  ])lace. 

21*  TI  .\ih1  when  he  was  come  into 
his  house,  he  took  a  knifr,  and  laid 
hold  on  his  concubine,  and  ''divided 
her,  ttifjether  with  her  bones,  into 
twelve  pieces,  and  sent  her  into  all 
the  coasts  of  Israel. 

.'SO  And  it  was  so,  that  all  that  saw  it 
said,  There  was  no  such  deed  done 
nor  seen  from  the  day  that  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  came  up  out  of  the 
land  of  Kgypt  unto  this  day:  con- 
sider of  it,  I' take  advice,  and  speak 
your  minds. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

1  Tht  I.evitc  in  a  gtnrralaitemhUi  dcelar- 
tth  hit  icroiiff.  8  TAo  decree  of  iht  at- 
Bembly.  12  The  Itenjamitet.  being  cited. 
ni.iJre  heail  againit  the  Itraetitet.  18 
The  Itrnelitet  in  two  liattlet  lost  forty 
thoutamt.  20  They  liettroy  by  a  ttrata- 
gem  ali  the  lienjamitett  except  tixhund- 

rpiIKN  "all  the  children  of  Israel 

1  went  out,  and  the  congregation 
was  gathered  together  as  one  man, 
from  l>  l);iii  even  to  Becr-sheba,  with 
the  land  of  Gilead,  unto  the  Lord 
Mu  Mi/peh. 

2  -And  tlie  chief  of  all  the  people, 
erril  of  nil  the  tribes  of  Israel,  pre- 
sented tlicniRclvesin  the  assemblv  of 
the  people  of  God,  four  humlred 
thousantl  footmen  «1  that  drew  sword. 

.1  (Now  the  children  of  Beniamin 
heard  that  the  childrcuof  Israel  were 


The  Xievite  aeclarein  nis  wrong. 


JUDGES.         The  Bcnjamites  tiricc  victorious. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  IIOO. 


t  ch.  19. 15. 
fib.  19.22. 


gone  up  to  Mizpch.)  Then  said  the 
children  of  Israel,  Tell  ?(s,  liow  was 
this  wickedness? 

4  And  f  the  Levitc,  the  husband  of 
the  woman  that  wus  slain,  answered 
and  said,  'I  came  into  Giheah  that 
beloiigelh  to  Benjamin,  I  and  my 
concuhine,  to  lodge. 

5  f  And  the  men  of  Gibeah  rose 
against  me,  and  beset  the  house 
round  about  upon  me  by  night,  aurf 
thought  to  have  slain  me:  ^and  my 
concubine  have  they  f  forced,  that 
she  is  dead. 

C  And  bl  took  my  concubine, 
and  cut  her  in  pieces,"  and  sent  her 
throuphout  all  the  country  of  the 
inhentanee  of  Israel:  for  they  ihave 
committed  lewdness  and  folly  in  Is- 
rael. 

7  Behold,  ye  are  all  children  of  Is- 
rael :  k  give  here  your  advice  and 
counsel. 

H  IT  And  all  the  people  aro"se  as  one 
man,  saying.  We  will  not  any  of  vs 
go  to  hfs  tent,  neither  will  wc  any 
o/icn  turn  into  his  house. 

'.)  But  now  this  shaft  be  the  thing 
which  wc  will  do  to  Gibeah;  we  icill 
go  up  by  lot  against  it; 

10  Anil  we  will  take  ten  men  of  a 
hundred  throughout  all  the  trilies  of 
Israel,  and  a  hundred  of  a  thousand, 
and  a  thousand  out  of  ten  thousand, 
to  fetch  victuals  for  the  people,  that 
they  may  do,  when  they  come  to 
Gilicnh  of  Benjamin,  according  to 
nil  tlio  folly  tha!t  they  have  wrought 
in  Israel. 

11  .So  all  the  men  of  Israel  were 
gathered  against  the  city,  f  knit  to- 
getlier  as  one  man. 

12  IT  I  And  the  tribes  of  Israel  sent 
men  through  all  the  tribe  of  Benja- 
min, saying,  "What  wickedness  is 
this  that  is  done  among  you  ? 

13  Now  therefore  deliver!!.',  the  men, 
'"the  children  of  Belial,  which  are 
in  Gibeah,  that  we  may  put  them  to 
death,  and  "  put  away  evil  from  Is- 
rael. But  the  children  of  Benjamin 
would  not  hearken  to  the  voice  of 
their  brethren  the  ehihlren  of  Israel: 

14  But  the  children  of  Benjamin 
gathered  themselves  together  but  of 
the  cities  unto  Gibeah,  to  go  out  to 
battle  against  the  children  of  Israel. 

15  And  the  children  of  Benjamin 
were  numbered  at  that  time  out  of 
the  cities  twenty  and  si.x  thousand 
men  that  drew  sword,  besides  the 
inhabitants  of  Giheah,  which  were 
numbered  seven  hundred  chosen 
men. 

Iti  Among  all  this  people  tf)erc  it^ere 
seven  hundred  chosen  men  °lell- 
handed;  every  one  could  sling  stones 
at  a  hair  hreodth.  anil  not  miss. 

ir  And  the  men  of  Israel,  besides 
Benjamin,  were  numbered  four 
hundred  thousand  men  that  drew 
sword:  all  these  twrr  men  of  war. 

18  TT  And   the   children   of  Israel 


arose,  and  ''went  up  to  the  house  of 
God,  and  'i  asked  counsel  of  God, 
and  said,  Which  of  us  shall  f;o  up 
first  to  the  battle  again"st  the  children 
of  Benjamin?  And  the  Loud  said, 
Judah  shall  go  up  first. 

19  And  the  children  of  Israel  rose 
up  in  the  morning,  and  encamped 
against  Gibeah. 

lid  And  the  men  of  Israel  went  out 
to  battle  against  Benjamin;  and  the 
men  of  Israel  put  themselves  in 
array  to  tight  against  them  at  Gib- 
eah. 

21  And  ""the  children  of  Benjamin 
came  forth  out  of  Gibeah,  and  de- 
stroyed down  to  the  ground  of  the 
Israelites  that  day  twenty  and  two 
thousand  men. 

22  And  the  people,  the  men  of  Is- 
rael, encouraged  themselves,  and  set 
their  battle  again  in  array  in  the 
place  where  they  put  themselves  in 
array  the  first  day. 

2.1  '('Ami  the  children  of  Israel 
went  up  and  wept  before  the  Lokd 
until  even,  and  asked  counsel  of  the 
Loud,  saying.  Shall  I  go  uj)  again  to 
battle  aga'inst  the  children  of  Benja- 
min my  brother?  And  the  Lord 
said.  Go  up  against  him.) 

24  And  the  children  of  Israel  came 
near  against  the  children  of  Beiij.i- 
inin  the  second  day. 

25  And  •  Benjamin  went  forth 
against  them  out  of  Gibeah  the  sec- 
ond dav,  and  destroyed  down  to  the 
grountf  of  the  children  of  Israel  a<;ain 
eighteen  thousand  men ;  all  tliese 
drew  the  sword. 

2(i  IT  Then  all  the  children  of  Israel, 
and  all  the  people,  "went  up,  and 
came  unto  the  house  of  Gofl,  and 
wept,  and  sat  tliere  before  the  LoKD, 
and  fasted  that  day  until  even,  anrl 
(►ffered  burnt  offerings  and  peace  of- 
ferings before  the  L(.)KD. 

27  And  the  children  of  Israel  in- 
(luired  of  the  Lokd,  (for  '^thc  ark  of 
tne  covenant  of  God  u'us  there  in 
those  dovs, 

2.S  y  And  Phinehas,  the  son  of  Ele- 
azar,  the  son  of  Aaron,  ^  stood  belbre 
it  in  those  days,)  saying,  J^hall  I  yet 
again  go  out  to  battle  agitinst  the 
children  of  Benjamin  my  lirother,  or 
shall  1  cease?  And  the  Lokd  said. 
Go  up;  for  to  morrow  I  will  deliver 
them  into  thine  hand. 

2!l  And  Israel  "set  liers  in  wait 
round  about  Gibeah. 

GO  And  the  children  of  Israel  went 
up  against  the  children  of  Benjamin 
on  the  third  day,  and  put  themselves 
in  array  against  Gibeah,  as  at  other 
times. 

ol  And  the  children  of  Benjamin 
went  out  ogaiust  th.e  people,  and 
were  drawn  away  from  the  city;  and 
thev  began  t  to  smite  of  the  people, 
anil  kill,  as  at  other  times,  in  the 
highways,  of  which  one  goetli  up  to 
11  the  house  of  God,  and  the  other  to 
243 


The  Dcnjamites  smitten. 


JUDGES. 


Their  desolation  betcailcd. 


lii-foro 
C  II  K  1  S  T 

aVjout  14116. 


dJo.h,  8. 19. 

H  Or,  marte 

^fitI>  tli0 
trumpet. 
Jo.h.C.  6. 

I  Or,  limt. 

t  Hi-b.  ml*. 

t  lint.. 


Gibcah  in  the  field,  about  tliirty 
men  of  Isniel. 

32  And  the  cliildren  of  Benjamin 
said,  Tlicy  arc  smitten  (low:i  lieforc 
U3,  as  at  the  first.  But  the  cliildren 
of  Israel  said,  Let  iis  flee,  and  draw 
them  from  the  city  unto  the  high- 
ways. 

.1'J  And  all  the  men  of  Israel  rose 
up  out  of  their  place,  and  put  them- 
selves in  array  at  Baal-tamar:  and 
the  liors  in  wait  of  Israel  came  forth 
out  of  their  ijlaees,  creii  out  of  the 
nu'ndows  of  Gibeah. 

oi  And  there  came  npainst  Gibeah 
ten  thousand  chosen  men  out  of  all 
Isriiehaiid  the  battle  was  sore:  bbut 
they  knew  not  that  evil  was  near 
them. 

.').!  And  the  LORn  smote  Hcnjamin 
before  Israel :  and  the  children  of 
Israel  destroyed  of  the  Beniamites 
that  day  twenty  and  five  thousand 
and  a  hundred  men:  all  these  drew 
the  sword. 

.'!()  So  the  children  of  Benjamin  saw 
that  they  were  smitten;  'for  the  men 
of  Israel  t;ave  place  to  the  Ben.ia- 
mites,  because  they  trusted  unto  the 
liers  in  wait  which  they  had  set  be- 
side Gibeah. 

"J  'I  And  the  liers  in  wait  hasted, 
and  rushed  u|)on  Gibeah  ;  and  the 
liers  in  wait  ||  drew  the.nisrh'C!^  alon*^, 
and  smote  nil  the  city  with  the  cd^e 
of  the  sword. 

.'IS  Now  there  was  an  appointed 
II  sign  between  the  men  of  Israel 
land  the  liers  in  wait,  that  they 
should  make  a  Rveat  I  iliime  witli 
smoke  rise  up  out  of  the  city. 

'V  And  when  the  men  of  Israel  re- 
tired in  the  battle,  Benjamin  began 
t  ti>  smite  awl  kill  of  tHe  men  of  I.s- 
rael  about  thirty  persons  :  for  they 
said,  Surelv  they  arc  smitten  down 
before  us,  as  in  the  first  battle. 

•10  But  when  the  flame  began  to 
arise  up  out  of  the  city  with  a  pillar 
of  smoke,  the  Benjamites  "^looked 
behind  them,  and,  behold,  tthe  flame 
of  the  city  ascended  up  to  heaven. 

41  And  when  the  men  of  Israel 
turned  again,  the  men  of  Benjamin 
were  aniiized:  for  llu'v  taw  that  evil 
I  w.ia  Clinic  upnn  them. 

42  Tlicrcforc  llicy  turned  IhcirbnHn 
before  file  men  of  Israel  unto  the 
way  of  the  -wilderness;  but  the  battle 
overtook  them  ;  and  them  which 
ranie  out  of  the  cities  they  destroved 
in  the  midst  of  them. 

4!  77III.1  tbcv  inclosed  the  Benja- 
mites riHiiid  about,  <oi</ chased  thc'm, 
and  trode  th.-m  down  ||  with  case 
^ovcr  ag:uust  Gibcah  toward  the 
BUnrising. 

44  Ann  there  fell  of  Bcnjumiii 
eighteen  thousand  men  ;  all  these 
ifcrmeu  of  valour, 

4.-.  Anil  tbcv  turncl  and  fled  to- 
ward llic  wildcnnss  iinin  the  rock  of 
tltimmon:  and  Ihey  gleaned  of  them 
2H 


in  the  highways  live  thousand  men; 
and  pursued  'hard  after  them  unto 
Gidoni,  and  slew  tsvo  thousand  men 
of  them. 

40  So  that  all  which  fell  that  day 
of  Benjamin  were  twenty  and  five 
thousand  men  that  drew  the  sword; 
all  these  tvere  men  of  valour. 

47  «  But  si.x  hundred  men  turned 
and  fled  to  the  wilderness  unto  the 
rock  Kimmon.and  abode  in  the  rock 
Himmon  four  months. 

4S  And  the  men  of  Israel  turned 
again  upon  the  children  of  Benja- 
min, and  smote  them  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  as  well  the  men  of 
cvenj  city,  as  the  beast,  and  all  that 
f  came  to  hand:  also  they  set  on  fire 
all  the  cities  that  t  they  came  to. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

I  TIte  people  f'cwnil  the  deeoifttion  of  Ben- 
jamin. 8  By  the  dcstruetion  of  Jabeah- 
gilcad  they  provide  them  four  hundred 
wives.  16  They  (tdviee  them  to  »urprig8 
the  virgins  that  danced  at  Shitoh. 

NOW  "the  men  of  Israel  had 
sworn  in  Mizpeh,  saying.  There 
shall  not  any  of  us  give  liis  tiaughter 
unto  Benjamin  to  wife. 

2  And  the  people  came  tito  the 
house  of  God,  and  abode  there  till 
even  before  God,  and  lifted  up  their 
voices,  and  wejit  sore; 

.■i  And  said,  O  Loud  God  of  Is- 
rael, why  is  this  come  to  pass  in  Is- 
rael, that  there  should  be  to  day  one 
tribe  lacking  in  Israel? 

4  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, that  the  people  rose  early,  and 
'■  built  there  an  altar,  and  I'lflcred 
burnt  offerings  and  peace  offerings. 

."i  .Vnd  the  children  of  Isniel  said, 
Who  IS  l/icre  among  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel  that  came  not  np  with  the 
coiigrigatiou  unto  the  Loisn?  i  Tor 
they  had  made  a  great  oath  con- 
cerning him  that  came  not  up  to  the 
Loud  to  JNIizpeh,  saying,  lie  shall 
surely  he  put  to  deatli. 

0  And  tlic  children  of  Israel  rc- 
jicnteil  them  for  Benjamin  their 
brother,  and  said.  There  is  one  tribe 
cut  otr  from  Israel  this  dav. 

"  IIiiw  shall  we  do  for  wives  for 
them  that  remain,  seeing  we  have 
sworn  by  the  I, nun,  that  we  will 
not  give  them  of  our  daughters  to 
wives? 

5  TT  And  thev  said.  What  one  t.« 
tliei-e  of  the  {ribcs  of  Israel  that 
came  not  up  to  Mizpeh  to  the 
I.oKD?  And,  hehohl,  there  came 
none  to  tlie  camp  from  "^Jabesh- 
gilead  to  the  asscmlily. 

II  I'or  the  people  were  iinnibcrcd, 
and,  bcbiild.  //(.  n-  ir,rr  Ui.lic  . if  the 
inhabilants  of  .lMbesh-i.-ilrad  Ilurc. 

10  And  the  con-regatiiiu  sent  tbith- 
f  the  val- 


iante^t,  , 


iidi'd  tbi 
tin 


habitants 
of  Jabesh-gilc;id  with  the  edge  of  the 


The  Ben  jam-it  eji  are  advised  to 


RUTH. 


cai-ry  off  the  virgins  of  Shiloh. 


Uefum 
CHRIST 
about 14UG. 


Siutia 


LS««Ocn.  12 

10.  A  W.  1. 


sword,  with  the  women  and  the  chil- 
dren. 

11  And  this  is  the  thinp  that  ye 
shall  do,  s  Ye  shall  utterly  destroy 
every  male,  and  every  woman  that 
1  hath  lain  by  man. 

12  And  they  luund  anions  the  in- 
habitants of  Jahcsli-gilead  lour  hund- 
red t  young  virgins,  that  had  known 
no  man  by  lying  with  any  male:  and 
they  brought  them  unto  the  camp  to 
k  Slii'oh,  which  is  in  the  land  of  Ca- 
naan. 

13  And  the  whole  congregation  sent 
sn)iie  i  to  speak  to  the  cliiklren  of 
Benjamin  i  that  were  in  the  rock 
Rim'mon,  and  to  ||  call  peaceably 
unto  them. 

14  And  Benjamin  came  again  at 
that  time ;  lind  tliey  gave  them 
wives  which  they  ha'd  saved  alive 
of  the  women  of  Jabesh-gilcad : 
and  yet  so  they  sufficed  them  not. 

l.i  And  the  peoiile  k  repented  them 
for  Benjamin,  because  that  the  LoitD 
had  made  a  breach  in  the  tribes  of 
Israel. 

lU  TT  Then  the  elders  of  the  con- 
gregation said.  How  shall  we  do  for 
wives  for  them  that  remain,  seeing 
the  women  are  destroyed  out  of  Ben- 
jamin? 

17  And  they  Raid,  Therf  must  he  an 
inheritance  for  them  that  be  escaped 
of  Benjamin,  that  a  tribe  be  not  de- 
stroved  out  of  Israel. 

15  ilowbeit  we  may  not  give  them 
wives  of  our  daughters:  I  tor  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  have  sworn,  saying. 
Cursed  be  he  that  giveth  a  wife  to 
Benjamin. 


1!)  Then  thev  said.  Behold,  there 
is  a  feast  of  the  l>ORD  in  Shiloh 
t  yearly,  in  a  place  »  hich  is  on  the 
north  side  of  Beth-ti,  ncn  the  east 
side  I!  of  tlie  highway  that  gocth  up 
from  Bcth-el  to  Shechem,  and  on 
the  south  of  Lebonah. 

•M  Therefore  they  commanded  the 
children  of  Benjamin,  saying.  Go 
and  lie  in  wait  in  the  vineyards; 

HI  And  see,  and,  behold,  if  the 
daughters  of  Shiloh  come  out  "'to 
dance  in  dances,  then  come  ye  out 
of  the  vineyards,  and  eaten  you 
everv  man  Ills  wife  of  the  daughters 
of  Shiloh,  and  go  to  the  land  of 
Benjamin. 

22  And  it  shall  be,  when  their 
fathers  or  their  brethren  come  un- 
to us  to  complain,  that  we  will  say 
unto  them,  ||  Be  favourable  unto 
them  lor  our  sakes :  because  we 
reserved  not  to  each  man  his  wife 
in  the  war:  for  yc  did  not  give  unto 
them  at  this  time,  that  ye  should  be 
guilty. 

2.!  And  the  children  of  Benjamin 
(lid  so,  and  took  them  wives,  accord- 
ing to  their  iiuinber,  of  them  that 
danced,  whom  they  caught :  and 
they  went  and  returned  unto  their 
iiiireritanee,  and  "repaired  the  cities, 
and  dwelt  in  them. 

24  And  the  children  of  Israel  de- 
parted thence  at  that  time,  every 
man  to  his  tribe  and  to  his  family, 
and  thev  went  out  from  thence  every 
man  to  liis  inheritance. 

25  "  III  those  days  there  was  no  king 
in  Israel:  •'every  man  did  that  which 
was  right  in  his  own  eyes. 


THE 

BOOK  OF  RUTH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Elimetech  driven  by  famine  into  Moab, 
lUeth  there.  4  Mahion  and  Chilion,  hav- 
ing married  tfivee  of  Moab,  die  also.  0 
Naumi  returning  homeward,  8  diiteuad- 
eth  tier  two  daughters  in  taw  from  going 
with  tier.  14  Orjiah  leavcth  her.  but  Ruth 
with  great  constancy  aceompanieth  tier, 
la  TUcy  two  come  to  Beth-lehem,  where 
they  are  gladly  received. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days 
when  "the  judges  t  ruled,  that 
there  was  ba  famine  in  the  land. 
And  a  certain  man  of  ^  Beth-lehem- 
judah  went  to  sojourn  in  the  coun- 
try of  Moab,  he,  and  his  wife,  and 
his  two  sons. 

2  And  the  name  of  the  man  was 
Eliineleeh,  and  the  iiaiiie  of  liis  wife 
Naomi,  and  the  name  of  his  two 
sons  Mahion  and  Chilion,  J  Ephrath- 
ites  of  Beth-lehem-judah.    And  they 


came  •■  into  the  country  of  Moab,  and 
t  continued  there. 

3  And  Elinielech  Naomi's  husband 
died;  and  she  was  letl,  and  her  two 
sous. 

4  And  thev  took  them  wives  of  the 
■women  of  'Moab  ;  the  name  of  the 
one  was  Orpah,  and  the  name  of  the 
other  Iluth  :  and  they  dwelt  there 
about  ten  vears. 

5  And  Jiahlon  and  Chilion  died 
also  both  of  them  ;  and  the  woman 
was  left  of  her  two  sons  and  her 
husband. 

U  IT  Then  she  arose  with  her  daugh- 
ters in  law,  that  she  might  return 
from  tlie  country  of  Moab  :  for  she 
had  heard  in  the  country  of  Moab 
how  that  the  LOKD  had  f  visited  his 
people  in  "^  giving  them  bread. 

7  Wherefore  she  went  forth  out  of 
the  place  where  she  wns,  and  her 


Ruth's  constancy  to  Naomi. 


KUTH. 


Und. 
tH.b., 


nJ.ilg.  2    15, 
,  Jol.  lu.  '21. 


pJudj.  11,21. 
^  .Soe  Joih.2i. 


I  Or,  Il.,M    I 
r2Kingj 


•  IS«m.  3. 17. 
4  2j.  22.  I 
2Snm.id.l3. 


two  daui,'htcr3  in  law  with  her;  and 

t  ley  went  on  tlie  way  to  return  unto 

tlic  land  of  Jiiduh. 
8  And  Naomi  said   unto   lior  two 

dauatliters  in  law,  1.  Go,  return  eaeh 

to  lier  niodicr's  lionse  :    i  the  I,()i:i> 

deal   kindly   with  you,   as   ve  have 

dealt  with  k  the  dead,  and  with  me. 
il  The  hoiio  crantyou  thatyc  may 

lind  I  rest,  each  of  i/ou  in  tlie  hou.sc 

of  lier  hiishand.     Then   kIic   kissed 

them;  and  they  lifted  up  their  voice 
and  wept.  ' 

IJ  And  they  said  unto  her.  Surely 
wo  will  return  with  thee  unto  thv 
people.  •' 

11  And  Naomi  said.  Turn  a^-ain 
my  daughters:  why  will  ve  (,'o  with 
me.'  are  there  yet  (tin/  mure  sons  in 
iny  womb,  "'  that  they  may  be  your 
husbands? 

Turn  apain,  my  daughters,  go 
..  '  tni;/:  tor  1  am  too  old  to  liavc 
a  hnshand.  If  I  should  say,  I  have 
linpe,  |h>;  I  shoiil.l  have-  a  husband 
also  to  uight,  and  should  also  bear 
sons; 

1:5  Would  yc  f  tarry  for  them  till 
they  were  grown?  would  ye  stay  for 
them  Irom  Imving  husbands  ?  nav 

mv  daughters  ■   for  at  <r,.i,.i.„(i,  „.'  I  ti"  r""'"  °"'"  ""»''  "'"o  nis  servant 
niJcMo?  youVsatsVlfaf .!  the'ha"  d    ol^MlL^''  "^«  ''''^"^'  ^^''^-'^ 

14  And^'thev  fift^ruDXii'r'ln'"-      ♦K  "^'"^  '^^  ^'^"»"'  *'>"»  ^"^  ^«'  o^" 


Ruth  ffleaneth 


eountrv  of  Aloab  :  and  thev  came 
to  Beth-lehein  »in  the  beginning  of 
barley  harvest. 

CHAPTER  ir. 

1  Ruth  glcauelh  in  the  Jidda  of  Boas.    4 
lluaz  takin.j  knamUJue  of  her,  8  thewclh 
her  great  favour.  18  That  which  ,ho  got, 
she  carrielh  to  Naomi. 
\  ND  Naomi  had  a  "kinsman  of 
XI,  her  husband's,  a  mightv  man  of 
wealth,  of  the  family  ot^Mimelech: 
and  his  name  was  >>i[  Boaz. 
2  And  Kuth  the  Moabitess  .said  un- 
to Naomi,   Let   me  now  go  to  the 
held,  and  "^ glean  ears  of  corn  after 
tnm    in    whose    sight    I    shall    «nd 
grace.    And  she  said  unto  her.  Go 
my  daughter. 

a  And  she  went,  and  came,  and 
gleaned  iii  the  field  after  the  reap- 
ers: and  her  t  hap  was  to  light  on 
a  part  of  the  lield  l,clo»r/i,i,/  unto 
Uoaz,  who  was  of  the  kindred  of 
r-hmeleeh. 

4  ir  And,  behold,  Boaz  came  from 
ifeth-lehem.  and  said  unto  the 
reapers,  J  The  J.okd  be  with  you 
And  they  answered  him,  The  I.oed 
blesa  thee. 

5  Then  said  Boaz  unto  his  servant 


Before 
CIIUI  ST 
about  lol'J 


II  C>lle,l  Auos.  I 


unto  her. 

.15  And  she  eaid.  Behold,  thy  sister 
in  law  is  gone  back  unto  her  people, 
and  unto  1' her  gods:  i return  thou 
alter  thy  sister  in  law. 

Hi  And  Kuth  said,  (| ''Entreat  me 
not  to  leave  thee,  or  to  return  from 
following  after  thee  :  for  whither 
thou  goesl,  I  will  go  i  and  where 
thou  lo,  gest,  I  will  f;,dge:  Mhv  peo- 
ple .«/;<(«  Oe  my  people,  and  thy  God 
my  (iod: 

li"  Where  thou  dier.f.  will  I  die   and 

18  -When  she  saw  that  ^he  1  y^nsUu^^^al^^y^Z^^^^l^^r'r^' 
steadfastly  minded   to  go  with  her     i.nt,.  tl,V,  ,  ait  iilhiist,  go 

then  she  left  speaking  ,mto  her  '       1    cl,  lev  tiTi  '•.;!''.'   l"''""S  "'  """ 

in  IT  So  they  two  went  until  they      1       'n     n"       ''V.  m  V  ™''"" 

came  to  Beth-lehem.  And  it  canie  a  I  1,  w  d  r.!l'f.  i  ^''"'  *'"■?• 
to  pass,  when  they  were  come  o  I  a  I  i  1  L  ,  [  ,-L  w.'"  H™'""'; 
Bcth-leheni.  that  =^all  the  eilv  was  ^  „!  .,„  •  .i'-""^'  ^^  ''y,  ''"*■"  ^ 
•  ""   '"^  '"y  ^"^    '"""'•  »:race  in  thine  eyes,  that  thou 


of Bloab. 

7  And  she  said,  I  prav  vou,  let  me 
Kican  and  gather  atleV  "the  reapers 
among  the  sheaves  :  .so  she  came, 
and  hath  continued  even  from  the 
moiiiing  until  now,  that  she  tarried 
a  httle  111  the  house. 

S  Then  said  Boaz  unto  Ruth, 
nearest  thou  not,  my  duu^'hter  ' 
Go  not  to  glean  in  another  Held 
neither  go  from  hence,  but  abide 
here  fast  by  my  maidens: 
,•'  /'■,'   tl"'>e   eyes  te  on  the  field 


>7.stlii!i  v,",'^'". !,'"-■■"'  ""^  thV/ said, 
■20  And  .she  said  unto  them.  Call  me 
not  II  Naomi,  call  nie  ||  iMara:  for  the 
Alinighty  iiath  dealt  very  bitterly 
with  nie.  ' 

n  1  went  out  full,  «and  the  Loni) 
hath  brought  me  home  again  cmiitv 
why  then  call  ye  me  Naomi,  seeing 
the  J^OHD  hath  testified  against  nic 
and  the  Almightv  luitii  aHlieted  nie' 
2>  So  Naomi  returned,  and  Ruth 
the  Moabitess,  her  daiigliter  in  law 
With  her,  which  retnined  out  of  the 


it  take  knowledge  of  me, 
seeing  1  am  n  stranger? 
11  And  Boaz  answered  and  said 
unto  her.  It  hath  fullv  been  shew- 
ed me  tall  that  thou  hast  done 
unto  thy  mother  in  law  since  the 
death  of  thine  husband  ;  and  /,„„• 
thou  hatt  left  thv  father  and  thv 
mother,  and  the  land  of  thv  nalivifv, 
and  art  come  unto  a  people  whic"h 
tliou  knewest  not  heretoliire. 

liThe  I^oim  reeomiiensc  thy 
..  -.k,  and  a  full  reward  be  given 
thee  of  the  Loud   God   of  Israel, 


l» 


iti  the  fields  of  Boaz. 


Ruth  lieth  at  Boaz'  feet. ^ 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  \.iV2, 


p  ch.  3.  10. 

2  ».in.  2  5. 

Jol.29.  la, 


under  whose  wings  tliou  art  come 
to  trust. 

13  Then  she  said,  ||  V  Let  me  find 
favour  in  tliy  si^ht,  my  lord  ;  tor 
that  thou  hast  comtbrted  me,  and 
for  that  thou  hast  spoken  t  friendly 
unto  thine  handmaid,  I  though  I  he 
not  like  unto  one  of  tliinc  hand- 
maidens. 

li  And  Boaz  said  unto  lier,  At 
mealtime  come  tliou  hither,  and 
cat  of  the  bread,  and  dip  thy  morsel 
in  the  vinegar.  And  she  sat  heside 
the  reapers  :  and  he  readied  lior 
parched  corn,  and  she  did  cat,  and 
"■  was  Buttieed,  and  left. 

15  And  when  she  was  risen  up  to 
glean,  Boaz  commanded  Ids  young 
men,  saying.  Let  her  glean  even 
among  the  sheaves,  and  t  reproach 
her  not: 

l(i  And  let  fall  also  some  of  the 
handfuls  of  purpose  for  her,  and 
leave  them,  that  she  may  glean 
them,  and  rebuke  her  not. 

17  So  she  gleaned  in  the  field  un- 
til even,  and  beat  out  that  she  liad 
gleaned:  and  it  was  about  an  ephah 
of  barley. 

18  IT  And  she  took  it  up,  and  went 
into  the  city  ;  and  her  mother  in 
law  saw  what  she  had  gleaned:  and 
she  brought  forth,  and  gave  to  her 
"  that  she  had  reserved  after  she  was 
sntliced. 

19  And  her  motlier  in  law  said  un- 
to lier.  Where  hast  thou  gleaned  to 
day?  and  where  wroughtest  thoul' 
blessed  be  lie  that  did  "  take  knowl- 
edge of  thee.  And  she  shewed  her 
mother  in  law  with  whom  she  }>ad 
wrought,  and  said.  The  man's  name 
with  whom  I  wrouglit  to  day  «  Boaz. 

20  And  Naomi  said  unto  her 
daughter  in  law,  ''  Blessed  ie  he  of 
the  XonD,  who  ihath  not  letl  oft' 
his  kindness  to  the  living  and  to  the 
dead.  And  Naomi  said  unto  her. 
The  man  is  near  of  kin  unto  us, 
•"II  one  of  our  next  kinsmen. 

21  And  Ruth  tiie  Moabitees  said, 
lie  said  unto  me  also.  Thou  shalt 
keep  fast  by  my  young  men,  until 
they  have  ended  all  my  harvest. 

22  And  Naomi  said  unto  Uuth 
her  daughter  in  law.  It  is  good,  my 
daughter,  that  thou  go  out  with  his 
maidens,  that  they  ||  meet  thee  not  in 
any  other  tield. 

23  So  she  kept  fast  by  the  maidens 
of  Boaz  to  glean  unto  the  end  of 
barlev  harvest  and  of  wheat  harvest; 
and  dwelt  with  lier  mother  in  law. 

CHAPTER  III. 

1  By  Naomi's  instruction.  6  Kuth  lieth  at 

Boaz'   feet.     8  Ziuuz  acknowlcdgeth   the 

rirjht  of  a  kiiwman.     14  He  tendeth  her 

away  with  six  measures  of  barley. 

THEN  Naomi  her  mother  in  law 
said    unto    her,    Mv    daughter, 
"shall  I  not  seek  h  rest  for  thee,  that 
it  mav  be  well  with  theey 
2   And   now  is   not   Boaz   of  our 


kindred,  "  with  whose  maidens  thou 
wast?  Behold,  lie  winnowcth  barley 
to  night  in  the  threshingfloor. 

3  Wash  thyself  thcrelbrc,  "land 
anoint  thee,  and  put  thy  raiment 
upon  thee,  and  get  thee  down  to 
the  floor  :  hut  make  not  tby.'^elf 
known  unto  the  nmn,  until  he  shall 
have  done  eating  and  drinking. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  when  he  lieth 
down,  that  thou  shalt  mark  the 
place  where  he  shall  lie,  and  thou 
bhult  go  in,  and  ||  uncover  his  teet, 
and  lav  thee  down;  and  he  will  tell 
thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 

5  And  she  said  unto  her.  All  that 
thou  sayest  unto  me  I  will  do. 

G  f  And  she  went  down  unto  the 
floor,  and  did  according  to  all  that 
lier  motlicr  in  law  bade  ner. 

7  And  when  Boaz  had  eaten  and 
drunk,  and  ^'his  heart  was  merry, 
he  went  to  lie  down  at  the  end  of 
the  heap  of  corn:  and  she  came  soft- 
ly, and  uncovered  his  feet,  and  laid 
her  down. 

8  TT  And  i[  came  to  pass  at  mid- 
night, that  the  man  was  afraid,  and 
I!  turned  himself:  and,  behold,  a 
woman  lay  at  his  feet. 

U  And  he  said.  Who  a?'<  thou?  And 
she  answered,  I  am  Ruth  thine  hand- 
maid :  I  spread  therefore  thy  skirt 
over  thine  handmaid;  for  thou  art 
!j  "^a  near  kinsman. 

ID  And  he  said,  ii  Blessed  6c  thou  of 
the  Louu,  my  daughter:  fur  thou 
hast  shewed  more  kindness  in  the 
latter  end  than  lat  the  beginning, 
inasmuch  as  thou  foUowedst  not 
young  men,  whether  poor  or  rich. 

11  And  now,  my  daughter,  fear  not; 
I  will  do  to  thee  all  that  thou  requir- 
est:  for  all  the  feity  of  my  people 
doth  know  that  thou  art  k  a  virtuous 
woman. 

12  And  now  it  is  true  that  I  am  tloj 
1  near  kinsman :  howbeit  "'  there  is  a 
kinsman  nearer  than  I. 

13  Tarry  this  night,  and  it  shall  be 
in  the  morning,  that  if  he  will  "  per- 
form unto  thee  the  p.art  of  a  kins- 
man, well;  let  him  do  the  kinsman's 
part:  but  if  he  will  not  do  the  part  of 
a  kinsman  to  thee,  then  will  I  do  the 

iiart  of  a  kinsman  to  thee,  ^as  the 
-oKD  liveth :  lie  down  until  the 
morning. 

14  U  And  she  lay  at  his  feet  until 
the  mornin":  and  she  rose  up  before 
one  could  know  another.  And  he 
said,  1'  Let  it  not  be  known  that  a 
woman  came  into  the  floor. 

15  Also  he  said.  Bring  the  llvail 
that  tliou  hast  upon  thee,  and  hold  it. 
And  when  she  held  it,  he  measured 
six  measures  of  barley,  and  laid  it  on 
her:  and  she  went  into  the  city. 

16  And  when  she  came  to  her 
mother  in  law,  she  said,  Who  art 
thou,  n)y  daughter?  And  she  told 
her  all  that  the  rHan  had  done  to  her. 

17  And  she  said.  These  six  vieasures 

247 


The  nearest  of  kin  declining  it. 


Doaz  taketh  Ruth  to  uife. 


IV-rato 
CIl  UlST 
about  l^rj. 


ui  'ivs.O 
:i  13. 
Ill  lU.  21. 
.  3.  12,  13. 


of  barley  pjave  lie  me;  for  he  said  to 
me,  Go  not  empty  unto  tliy  mother 
in  law. 

18  Then  Eaid  she,  1  Sit  still,  my 
(lanijhter,  nntil  tlioii  know  how  the 
matter  will  fall:  for  the  man  will  not 
be  in  rest,  nntil  ho  have  linished  the 
thing  this  day. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Bnnz  cnltctk  into  juUgment  tha  next 
kiftemim.  0  i7j  rcfusclh  the  rcitemptioyi 
accordui<j  to  the  manner  in  Israel.  0 
Jloaz  buycth  the  inheritance.  H  Ue 
marricth  Ruth.  13  Sha  beareth  Obed 
the  fir.iiirlfathrr  of  David.  IS  The  gen- 
eration of  I'harez. 
THEN  went  Boaz  up  to  the  Rate, 
and  sat  him  down  tliere:  and, 
behold,  "the  kinsman  of  whom  Boaz 
spake  came  by;  unto  whom  he  said. 

Ho,  such  a  one!  turn  aside,  sit  down 
here.  And  he  turned  aside,  and  sat 
down. 

2  And  he  took  ten  men  of  l<the 
elders  of  the  city,  and  said.  Sit  ye 
down  here.     And  they  sat  down. 

.*i  And  he  said  unto  tlie  kinsman, 
Naomi,  that  is  come  apjain  out  of  the 
country  of  Moab,  sellcth  a  parcel  of 
land,  which  was  our  brother  Elirae- 
lech's; 

4  And  \  I  thought  to  advertise  thee, 
sa.ving,  •=  Buy  it  i  before  the  inhabit- 
ants, and  before  the  elders  of  my 
people.  If  thou  wilt  redeem  it,  re- 
deem it:  but  if  thou  wilt  not  redeem 
it,  then  tell  me,  that  I  may  know: 
"tor  there  is  none  to  redeem  il  be- 
sides thee ;  and  I  am  after  thee. 
^Vnd  he  H:iid,  I  will  redeem  it. 

.1  Then  said  Boaz,  What  dav  thou 
buyest  the  licUl  of  the  hand  of  Nao- 
mi, thou  must  buy  it  also  of  Ruth 
the  Moabitess,  the  wife  of  the  dead, 
fto  raise  up  the  name  of  the  dead 
upon  his  inlieritancc. 

<i  If  SAnd  the  kinsman  said,  lean- 
not  redeem  it  for  m.vself,  lest  I  mar 
mine  own  inheritance:  redeem  thou 
my  right  to  thyself;  for  I  cannot  re- 
deem it. 

7  II  Now  this  iptv!  the  manner  in 
furnicr  time  in  Israel  concerning  re- 
iicLMniug  and  concerning  changing, 
fT  to  confirm  all  things;  a  man 
pluekod  ofT'  his  shoe,  ;md  gave  it  to 
ills  neiirhhour:  and  this  irtis  u  testi- 
inonv  in  Israel. 

s  Therefore  the  kinsman  said  unto 
Boaz,  Buy  i(  for  thee.  So  ho  drew 
off  his  shoe. 


9  T  And  Boaz  said  unto  the  elders, 
and  tU}to  all  the  people.  Ye  are  wit- 
nesses this  day,  that  I  have  bought 
all  that  ncis  Elimelech's,  and  all  that 
leas  Chilion'a  and  Mahlon's,  of  the 
hand  of  Naomi. 

10  iMoreover  Ruth  the  Moabitess, 
the  wife  of  Mahlon,  have  I  purchased 
to  be  ra.v  wifi?,  to  raise  up  the  name 
of  the  dead  upon  his  inheritance, 
i  that  the  name  of  the  dead  be  not 
cut  oft'  from  among  his  brethren, 
and  from  the  gate  of  his  place:  ye 
are  witnesses  this  day. 

11  And  all  the  people  that  xrere  in 
the  gate,  and  the  elders,  said.  We  are 
witnesses,  k  The  Loui)  make  the 
woman  that  is  come  into  thine  house 
like  Rachel  nnd  like  Ix'ah,  which 
two  did  1  build  the  house  of  Israel: 
and  II  do  thou  worthily  in  ""Ephra- 
tah,  and  t  be  famous  in  Beth-le- 
hem; 

12  And  let  thy  house  be  like  the 
house  of  I'iiarez,  "whom  Tamarbare 
unto  Judah,  of  "the  seed  which  the 
Loud  shall  give  thee  of  this  young 
woman. 

13  71  So  Boaz  PtookRuth,  and  she 
was  his  wife:  and  when  he  went  in 
unto  her,  'ithe  Lord  gave  her  con- 
ception, and  she  bare  a  son. 

14  And  'the  women  said  unto  Nao- 
mi, Blessed  be  the  Loiii),  wliich  hath 
not  fleft  thee  this  day  without  a 
II  kinsman,  that  his  name  may  be 
famous  in  Israel. 

15  And  he  shall  be  unto  thee  a  re- 
storer of  thy  life,  and  \  a  nourishcr  of 
t  thine  old  age:  for  thy  daughter  in 
law,  which  lovetb  thee,  which  is 
'*  better  to  thee  than  seven  sons,  hath 
borne  him. 

IC.  And  Naomi  took  the  child,  and 
laid  it  in  her  bosom,  and  became 
nurse  unto  it. 

17  'And  the  women  her  neighbours 
gave  it  a  name,  saying.  There  is  n 
son  born  to  Naomi;  ond  they  called 
his  name  Obed:  he  is  the  father  of 
Jesse,  the  father  of  David. 

IS  IT  Now  these  rt/r  the  generations 
ofPharoz:  "  Pharcz  begat  Ilezron. 

10  And  Hczron  begat  Ram,  nnd 
Rim  begat  .Vmminadab, 

ai  -Vnd  Amminadab  begat  "  Nah- 
shon,  and  Nahslion  begat  >  \\  Salmon. 

•Jl  -Vnd  Salmon  begut  Boaz,  nnd 
Boaz  begat  Obed, 

•li  And  Obed  begat  Jesse,  and 
Jt'sne  bei;at  ^  David. 


9M 


THE 


■Ei   23.11. 

D«ut.  16.  16. 

Luke  -2.  U. 
t  Hel..  frem 


eJob.  13  1. 
fD.nt.  12. 17. 
18.  i  16.  U. 


2  S«m.  17.  8. 
mCen.2K.20. 
Kum  30.  3. 
Judg.  11.  30. 


FIRST  BOOK  OF  SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE   CALLED, 

THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Elkanah  a  Lcvite,  having  two  wives, 
tvorthippeth  yearly  at  Shitoh.  4  Ue 
eherigfieth  Hannah,  thuugh  barren,  and 
provoked  Ig  Peninnah.  9  Hannah  in 
grief  prageth  for  a  child.  12  Eli  first 
rebuking  her,  afterwards  bteeseth  her. 
19  Hannah  having  borne  Samuel,  slay 
eth  at  home  till  he  be  weaned.  '2i  i^he 
presenteth  him,  according  to  her  vou>,  to 
the  Lord. 

Now  there  was  a  certain  man  of 
Ramathaim-zophim,  of  mount 
Kphraim,  and  liis  name  was  *  Elka- 
nah, the  son  of  Jeroham,  the  eon  of 
Elihu,  the  son  of  Tohu,  the  .son  of 
Zuph,  lian  Ephrathite: 

2  And  he  had  two  wives;  the  name 
of  the  one  u-as  Hannah,  and  the 
name  of  the  other  Peninnah  :  and 
Peninnah  had  children,  but  Hannah 
had  no  children. 

3  And  this  man  went  up  out  of  his 
city  "^t yearly  ''to  worship  and  to 
sacrifice'unto  the  Lord  of  hosts  in 

'  Shiloh.  And  the  two  sons  of  Eli, 
Hophni  and  Phinehas,  the  priests  of 
the  Lord,  were  there. 

4  II  And  when  the  time  was  that 
Elkanah  foffered,  he  ffave  to  Penin- 
nah his  wife,  and  to  all  her  sons  and 
lierdauojhters,  portions: 

But  unto  Hannah  he  gave  \\a 
worthy  portion;  for  he  loved  Han- 
nah: ?Dut  the  Loud  had  shut  up 
her  womb. 

(i   And  her  adversary  also  i  li  pro- 
voked her  sore,  for  to  make  her  fret, 
because  the  LoitD  had  shut  up  her 
)nib. 

And  as  he  did  so  year  by  year, 

when  she  went  up  to  the  house 

of  the  Lord,  so  she  provoked  her; 

therefore  she  wept,  and  did  not  eat. 

8  Then  said  Elkanah  her  husband 
to  her,  Hannah,  why  weepest  thou? 
and  why  eatest  thou  not?  and  why 
is  thy  heart  grieved?  am  not  I  i  bet- 
ter to  thee  than  ten  sons? 

9  TI  So  Hannah  rose  up  after  they 
had  eaten  in  Shiloh,  and  after  they 
had  drunk.  Now  Eli  the  priest  sat 
upon  a  scat  by  a  post  of  ithe  temple 
of  the  Lord. 

10  I  And  she  teas  tin  bitterness  of 
soul,  and  prayed  unto  the  I..OBD,  and 
wept  sore. 

11  And  she  ""vowed  a  vow,  and 
said,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  if  thou  wilt 
indeed  "  look  on  the  affliction  of  thine 
handmaid,  and  "remember  me,  and 


not  forget  thine  handmaid,  but  wilt 
pive  unto  thine  handmaid  fa  man 
child,  then  1  will  give  him  unto  the 
Lord  uU  the  days  of  his  life,  and 
V  there  shall  no  razor  come  upon  his 
head. 

12  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the  j  con- 
tinued praying  before  the  LoUD, 
that  Eli  marked  her  mouth. 

1'!  Now  Hannah,  she  spake  in  her 
heart;  only  her  lips  moved,  but  her 
voice  was  not  heard  :  therclbre  Eli 
thought  she  bad  been  drunken. 

14  And  Eli  said  unto  her.  How  long 
wilt  thou  be  drunken?  put  away  thy 
wine  from  thee. 

15  And  Hannah  answered  and  said. 
No,  my  lord,  I  <i/)i  a  woman  f  of  a 
sorrowful  spirit:  I  have  drunk  nei- 
ther wine  nor  strong  drink,  but  have 
'I  poured  out  my  soul  before  the 
Lord. 

16  Count  not  thine  handmaid  for  a 
daughter  of  'Belial:  ibr  out  of  the 
abundance  of  my  l|  complaint  and 
grief  have  I  spoken  hitherto. 

17  Then  Eli  answered  and  said, "  Go 
in  peace:  and  'the  God  of  Israel 
grant  tliec  thy  petition  that  thou  hast 
asked  of  him. 

18  And  she  said,  "Let  thine  hand- 
maid find  grace  in  thy  sight.  So  the 
woman  ^  went  her  way,  and  did  eat, 
and  her  countenance  was  no  more 
I'ad. 

I'J  IT  And  they  rose  up  in  the  morn- 
ing early,  and  worshipped  before  the 
I..ORD,  and  returned,  and  came  to 
their  house  to  Ramah:  and  Elkanah 
>  knew  Hannah  his  wife;  and  'the 
I.,ord  remembered  her. 

20  Wherefore  it  came  to  pass, 
I  when  the  time  was  come  about 
after  Hannah  had  conceived,  that 
she  bare  a  son,  and  called  his  name 
'I  Samuel,  say\n(j.  Because  1  have 
asked  him  of  the  Lord. 

21  And  the  man  Elkanah,  and  all 
his  house,  "  went  up  to  offer  unto  the 
Lord  the  yearly  sacrifice,  and  his 
vow. 

22  But  Hannah  went  not  up;  for 
she  said  unto  her  husband,  /  \rill 
not  go  up  until  the  child  be  weaned, 
and  then  1  will  i> bring  him,  that 
he  may  appear  before  the  Lord, 
and  there  *^  abide  'l  fbr  ever. 

2.'1  And  *■  Elkanah  her  husband 
said  unto  her.  Do  what  seemeth 
thee   good ;    tarry  until  thou   have 


Hannah's  song  of  thankfulness.        I.  SAMUEL. 


Tlie  im'ckedness  of  Eli's  sons. 


tJ/iim. 


^Tun  i.e. 

bSee  Luko  1. 
«:.  Stu. 
c  f.  K.  10.  it 

lU.  9. 

dr>  I)  II.  & 

13.  .^.  4  OT.  i. 


rub  ao.  7. 

'.<b  38.  <.  S. 
•   51.  5.  * 


weaned  him  ;  fonly  the  I/Ono  es- 
tablish his  word.  "So  the  woman 
abode,  and  pave  lier  son  suck  until 
slie  weaned  him. 

L'4  II  And  wlien  she  had  weaned 
liim,  she  K|ocik  liim  np  witli  her, 
Willi  three  bullocks,  and  one  tplKih 
of  flour,  iinil  .1  bottle  of  wine,  and 
broii.i;lit  him  unto  li  the  house  of  the 
Loiii)  in  Shiloh:  and  the  child  utis 
youns. 

25  And  they  slew  a  bullock,  and 
i  brought  the  child  to  Eli. 

'20  And  she  said,  O  my  lord,  kas 
thy  soul  livctli,  niv  lord,  I  am  the 
woman  that  stood  by  thee  hers, 
prayins  unto  the  Loiii). 

27  I  For  this  child  I  prayed ;  and  the 
I. Old)  hath  given  me  my  petition 
which  I  a.sked  of  him: 

L'.S  '"  Therefore  also  I  have  |)  lent 
him  to  the  Lokd  ;  as  long  as  he 
liveth  II  he  shall  be  lent  to  the 
Loiii).  And  he  "worshipped  the 
Lokd  there. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Himnah'a  tomj  i»  thankfulness.    12  The 

tin  of  i,7t'«  aona.     la  Samuel't  miniatri/. 

2U   if.v   £Ii'a   bleaiint,  Hannah  it  more 

fruitful.    22  Kli  reproveth  hid  auna.    27 
A  pruphccy  againat  £li'a  houae, 

AND  Hannah  "prayed,  and  said, 
Ij  My  heart  rejo"iceth  in  the 
I>ORD,  "^niine  horn  is  exalted  in  the 
LoitD;  my  mouth  is  cnlurped  over 
mine  enemies;  because  1  J  rejoice 
in  thv  salvation. 

2  *  t/iere  is  none  holy  as  the  LoRn: 
for  there  ts  f  none  besides  thee:  nei- 
ther i.s-  t/iefc  any  rock  like  our  Ooil. 

3  Talk  no  moreso  exeeedim;  proud- 
ly; e let  Ji«<  tarroKanev  come  out  of 
your  mouth:  for  the  l.oni)  is  n  <iod 
of  knowlcdj;e,  aud  by  him  actions 
are  wei;;lu'd. 

4  liTho  bows  of  the  mifrhtv  men 
ore  broken,  and  thev  that  stumbled 
are  (lirrled  with  strenijth. 

fl  '  J'/i,!/  thiit  n-ire  full  have  hired 
out  themselves  for  bread:  and  tliiii 
Hint  vi'ie.  huiifrry  ceased  :  so  that 
kthc  barren  hath  borne  seven;  and 
I  she  that  hath  many  children  is 
waxed  feeble. 

«  ""Tlie  ],(iun  killeth,  and  mak- 
eth  alive:  he  brin^'etll  down  to  the 
^'rave,  autl  brin>retli  up. 

7  The  l.oKu  "  maketh  ]ioor,  and 
maki'tli  rich:  "he  brin''cth  low,  and 
liftclh  np. 

K  I' lie  rniseth  np  the  poor  out  of 
the  dust,  and  lillelh  np  the  bejipir 
from  the  dunghill,  1  to  set  them 
anion^  princes,  and  to  make  them 
inherit  the  throne  of  t;l<"".v:  for  ''the 
pillars  of  the  earth  me  tlic  I.OKli's, 
and  he  hath  set  the  world  uiioii 
them. 

i(»  He  will  keep  the  feet  of  his  saints, 
and  the  wicked  Khali  be  silent  in 
darkn.ss;  liu-  by  strenslh  shall  no 
man  prevail. 

10  The  udvcrsaries  of  the  Lord 
S!uO 


shall  be  *  broken  to  pieces;  "out  of 
heaven  shall  he  thunder  upon  them 
"the  l.oiui  shall  judL'e  the  ends  of 
the  earth:  and  he  shall  give  strength 
unto  his  king,  and  >  exalt  the  horn 
of  his  anointed. 

11  And  Elkanah  went  to  Ramah 
to  his  house.  "And  the  child  diil 
minister  unto  the  Loud  before  Eli 
the  priest. 

]'i  IT  Now  the  sons  of  Eli  were 
"sons  of  Belial;  I'thcy  knew  not 
the  Lord. 

rj  And  the  priest's  custom  with 
the  people  »*a.«,  that^  when  any  man 
oflt'red  sacrifice,  the  priest's  servant 
came,  while  the  flesh  was  in  seeth- 
ing, with  a  fleshhook  of  three  teeth 
in  Ills  hand; 

14  And  he  struck  it  into  the  pan, 
or  kettle,  or  caldron,  or  pot ;  all 
that  the  fleshhook  brought  up  the 
priest  took  fiir  himself.  So  they  did 
in  Shilcjh  unto  all  the  Israelites  that 
eame  thither. 

15  Also  before  they  '  burnt  the 
fat,  the  priest's  ser\'ant  came,  and 
said  to  the  man  that  sacrificed. 
Give  flesh  to  roast  for  the  priest ; 
for  he  will  not  have  sodden  flesh  of 
thee,  but  raw. 

1<>  And  \t'  any  man  said  nnto 
liim.  Let  them  not  fail  to  burn  the 
fat  t  presently,  and  then  take  ri.s 
murli  as  thy  soul  dcsireth;  then  lie 
would  answer  him,  jVo;/,-  but  thou 
Shalt  give  it  me  now:  and  if  not,  I 
will  take  it  by  force. 

17  AVherefore  the  sin  of  the  j-onng 
men  was  very  great  >1  before  the 
l.ciKi)  :  for  men  "abhorred  the  of- 
fering of  the  LoHl). 

l.SIT  flint  Samuel  ministered  before 
the  Lokd,  h'iiuj  a  child,  s  girded  with 
a  linen  ephod. 

11)  Mttreover  his  mother  made  him 
a  little  coat,  and  brought  it  to  him 
from  year  to  year,  when  she  hcainc 
up  with  her  husband  to  oflTcr  the 
yearly  sacrifice. 

•M  Tf  And  Eli  "blessed  Elkannh 
and  his  wife,  and  saiil.  The  Iaiisd 
give  thee  seed  of  this  woman  fi)r 
the  \\  loan  which  is  k  lent  to  the 
Loud.  And  they  went  unto  their 
own  home. 

L'l  And  the  Lonn  I  visited  Han- 
nah, to  that  she  conceived,  and 
bale  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 
And  the  child  Samuel  "'grew  before 
the  Loud. 

22  TT  Now  Eli  was  very  old,  and 
heard  all  that  his  sons  did  unto  all 
Israel;  and  how  they  lay  with  "the 
women  that  t  assenibledat  the  door 
of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion. 

'.'■!  And  he  said  unto  them,  'Wliv  do 
ye  such  thin?.'.?  for  II  I  hear  of  your 
evil  dealings  by  all  this  jicople. 

'.'4  Nay,  my  sons;  for  \t  is  no  goml 
report  that  I  hear ;  ye  iiiako  the 
LuuD'.'i  people  ||  to  transgress. 


A  prophecy  against  Eli's  house.       I.  SAMUEL. 


God  calleth  Sainnel. 


urn.  15  30. 
,«h.  11.10. 


»L«T.2.3.10. 
k  C.  W.  k  7. 
7,8.  31.35. 
k  10   11.15. 


L'5  It'  one  man  sin  against  another, 
the  judpe  sliall  judge  him:  but  it'  a 
man  "siii  against  the  J..()KU,  who 
sliall  entreat  lor  him  ?  Notwithstanil- 
ing,  they  hearkened  not  unto  tlie 
voice  of  tlieir  fUtlier,  '' becauye  tlie 
I,(.i;i)  would  sl:iv  tlicni. 

•Ji  And  thi'  clnld  Suiiiuol  'I grew  on, 
and  was  'in  iUvniir  li.,tli  with  tliu 
Loi:ii,  and  al.so  witli  men. 

'jr  Tl  'And  tlierc  came  a  man  of  Ood 
unto  Eli,  and  said  unto  liim.  Thus 
saitli  the  Lonu,  'Did  I  plainly  ap- 
pear unto  the  house  of  thy  father, 
when  tlicy  were  in  Egypt  in  I'lia- 
raoh's  liouse? 

■JS  And  did  I  "choose  him  out  of  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel  to  l.e  my  pric.-^t,  to 
ofter  upon  mine  altar,  to  burn  in- 
cense, to  wear  an  cphod  before  me? 
and  "did  I  give  unto  the  house  of 
thy  father  all  the  offerings  made  by 
fire  of  the  children  of  Israel? 

21)  Wherefore  >  kick  ye  at  my  sacri- 
fice and  at  mine  offering,  which  I 
have  commanded  in  7Hf/  *  habitation; 
and  honourest  thy  sons  above  me,  to 
make  yourselves  fat  with  the  ehieftst 
of  all  the  offerings  of  Israel  my  i)co- 
plc  ? 

30  "Wherefore  the  I.oni)  God  of  Is- 
rael saith,  "  I  said  indeed  that  thy 
house,  and  the  house  of  thy  father, 
slioiild  walk  before  me  for  ever:  but 
now  tiie  Lui{i>  saith,  l"  Be  it  fur  from 
mej  for  them  that  honour  mc  ""I  will 
honour,  and  il  they  that  despise  me 
shall  be  lightly  esteemed. 

ai  Behold,  "the  days  come,  that  I 
will  cut  off  thine  arm,  and  the  arm 
of  thy  father's  house,  that  there  shall 
not  be  an  old  man  in  thine  house. 

32  And  thou  shalt  see  f|  an  enemy 
in  vi.li  habitation,  in  all  the  wcctUh 
whieii  God  shall  give  Israel  :  and 
there  shall  not  be  lau  old  man  in 
thine  house  for  ever. 

.I.'*  .\nd  the  man  of  thine,  whom  I 
shall  nut  cut  off  from  mine  altar, 
^halUft:  to  consume  thine  eyes,  and 
to  grie\'e  thine  heart:  and  all  the  in- 
crease of  thine  house  shall  die  (in 
the  flower  of  their  age. 

34  And  this  shall  6c  B  a  sign  unto 
thee,  that  shall  come  upon  thy  two 
sons,  on  Ilophni  and  Phinehas;  lun 
one  day  they  shall  die  both  of  them. 

So  And  'I  will  raise  me  up  a  faith- 
ful priest,  that  shall  do  according  to 
that  which  is  in  mine  heart  and  in 
my  mind:  and  k  I  will  build  him  a 
sure  house;  and  he  shall  walk  before 
1  mine  anointed  for  ever. 

3U  '"And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
everyone  that  is  left  in  thine  house 
shall  come  and  crouch  to  him  for  a 
piece  of  silver  and  a  morsel  of  bread, 
and  shall  say,  t  l*ut  me,  I  pray  thee, 
into  Hone  of  the  priests' offices,  that 
I  may  eat  a  piece  of  bread. 
CIIAVTEU  III. 
1  How  tha  umrU  of  the  L.i,-d  wa>  firat  re 
veaUd  to  Hamuel.     U  (JoU  tclUtIi  Sumuiil 


the  destruction  of  £li^B  hoitBC.  15  Sam- 
uel.  tliouiih  loth,  lelleth  Eli  titc  vision. 
li>  Stnnticl  groweth  in  credit. 

AND  "the  child  Samuel  minister- 
ed unto  the  Eoiui  before  Eli. 
And  liflie  word  of  the  l.oKi)  was 
precious  in  those  days;  thfrc  iras  no 
<.>peu  vision. 

•2  And  it  came  to  pass  at  that  time, 
wlion  Eli  H'ns  laid  down  in  his  place, 
•■r.nd  his  eyes  began  to  wax  dim, 
that  he  could  not  sec; 

3  And  ere  the  dlamp  of  God  went 
out  ''in  the  temple  of  tlic  I.oia), 
where  the  ark  of  God  n:as,  and 
Samuel  was  laid  down  to  slfcfi; 

4  That  tlie  I.oni>  called  Samuel: 
and  he  answered.  Here  am  I. 

.'i  And  he  ran  nnto  Eli,  and  said, 
Here  fim  I ;  lor  thou  calledst  me. 
And  he  said,  I  called  not:  lie  down 
again.     And  he  went  and  lay  down. 

C  And  the  EoHP  called  yet  again, 
Samuel.  And  Samuel  arose  and 
went  to  Eli,  and  said,  Here  am  I; 
for  thou  didst  call  me.  And  he  an- 
swered, I  called  not,  my  son;  lie 
down  again. 

7  II  Now  Samuel  f  did  not  yet  know 
the  EoKD,  neither  was  the  word  of 
the  1..<>K[>  yet  revealed  unto  him. 

8  And  tlie  Loud  called  Samuel 
again  the  third  time.  And  he  arose 
and  went  to  Eli,  and  said.  Here  am 
I;  for  thou  didst  call  me.  And  Eli 
perceived  that  the  Lord  had  called 
the  child. 

It  Therefore  Eli  said  unto  Samuel, 
Go,  lie  down:  and  it  shall  be,  if  he 
call  thee,  that  thou  shalt  say.  Speak, 
Lord;  for  thy  servant  heaVeth.  So 
Samuel  went  and  lay  down  in  his 
place. 

10  And  the  Lord  came,  and  stood, 
and  called  as  at  other  times,  Samuel, 
Samuel.  Then  Samuel  answered, 
.Speak:  for  thy  servant  heareth. 

11  TI  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
liehold,  1  will  do  a  thing  in  Israel, 
=  ut  whiili  both  the  ears  of  every  one 
that  heureth  it  shall  tingle. 

12  In  that  day  I  will  perform  against 
Eli  liall  tilings  which  I  have  spoken 
concerning  his  house;  f  when  I  be- 
gin, I  will  also  make  an  end. 

13  II '  For  I  have  told  him  that  I  will 
kjudge  his  house  for  ever  for  the  in- 
iquity which  he  knoweth;  because 
I  his  sons  made  themselves  ||vile,  and 
he  t '"  restrained  them  not. 

11  And  therefore  1  have  sworn  unto 
the  house  of  Eli,  that  the  iniquity  of 
Eli's  house  "  shall  not  be  purged  with 
sacrifice  nor  offering  for  ever. 

15  IT  And  Samuel  lay  until  the 
morning,  and  opened  the  doors  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord.  And  Sam- 
uel feared  to  shew  Eli  the  vision. 

Hi  Then  Eli  called  Samuel,  and 
said,  Samuel,  my  son.  And  lie  an- 
swcre<l,  Here«»i  1. 

17  And  he  s.iid,  'What  i."  the  thing 
that  the  Luhd  hath  said  unto  thee? 
261 


The  Israelites  are  smitten. 


I.  SAMUETx 


The  death  of  Eli. 


Before 
C  II  U  1  S  T 

about  IHI. 


i  Holi  all  the 


pJobl.  21.  & 
2.  10. 
Fi.  39.  !l. 

I>.  3J.  8. 
qcli.2.ai. 
tUrn   39  2, 

21.  23. 


l>2Saiii.  e  2. 

P*.  M).  1.  ^ 

19.1. 
cEi.25.  19, 


1  pray  thee  hide  ifnotfrom  me:  "God 
do  so  to  thee,  and  f  more  also,  if  thou 
hide  ttnii  \',  thing  from  me  ef  all  the 
things  that  lie  said  unto  thee. 

1.S  And  Samuel  told  him  f  every 
whit,  and  hid  nothing  from  him. 
And  he  Baid,  I'll  U  the  Loud: 
let  him  do  what  ecemcth  him 
good. 

11)  IT  And  Samuel  igrew,  and  ''the 
Loud  was  with  him,  'and  did  let 
none  of  his  words  fall  to  the  ground. 

ao  And  all  Israel  'from  Dan  even 
to  Beer-sheha  knew  that  S-.imuel 
vaA  \\  established  to  he  a  prophet  of 
the  liOiiD. 

21  And  the  Loud  appeared  again 
in  Shiloh  :  for  the  I.uiiD  revealed 
himself  to  Samuel  in  Shiloh  by 
"  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  The  liracUtea  am  overcome  by  the  Phi- 
liatinca  ut  EUn-ezer.  3  They  fetch  the 
ark  unto  the  terror  of  the  rhilialiiieB.  10 
They  are  tmittcn  again,  the  ark  taken, 
Ilaphni  and  Phinehaa  are  tUiin.  12  Eli 
at  the  newa,  falling  backward,  breaketh 
hia  neck.  19  Phinehaa'  wife,  diacouraged 
in  her  travail  with  1-chalod,  Jieth. 

\  ND  the  word  of  Samuel  |l  t  came 
/V  to  all  Israel.  Now  Israel  went 
out  against  the  Philistines  to  hat- 
tie,  and  pitehed  beside  '*Eben-ezer: 
and  the  Philistines  pitched  in  Aphek. 

2  And  the  Philistines  put  them- 
selves in  array  against  Israel :  and 
when  tthey  joined  battle,  Israel 
was  smitten  before  the  Philistines  ; 
and  they  slew  of  t  the  army  in  the 
held  alxiut  four  thousand  men. 

3  tl  And  when  the  people  were 
come  into  the  camp,  the  elders  of 
Israel  said.  Wherefore  hath  the 
Loiti)  smitten  ns  to  dav  before  the 
Philistines  ?  Let  us  t  fetch  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  Loiai  out  of 
Shiloh  unit.)  us,  that,  when  it  Com- 
eth anicmg  ns,  it  mav  save  us  out  of 
the  hand  of  our  enemies. 

•1  So  the  people  sent  to  Shiloh, 
that  they  might  bring  from  thence 
tin?  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
I.<.i!D  of  hosts,  i.which  dwelleth  ^- 
lai'fii  'the  cherubim:  and  the  two 
sons  of  Eli,  llophni  and  Phinchas, 
it'rre  there  with  the  ark  of  the  cov- 
enant of  Ciod. 

.'i  And  when  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Loiti)  came  into  the 
camp,  all  Israel  shouted  with  u 
great  shout,  so  that  the  earth  rang 
again. 

(i  And  when  the  Philistines  heard 


us  I  for  there  hath  not  been 
thing  t  heretofore. 


ach  a 


the  noise  of  the  shout,  thev  said 
What  m<;„„th  the  nciise  of  this 
great  shont  in  the  camp  of  the  He- 
brews ?  And  thev  un(leryto,.d  that 
the  ark  of  the  Loico  was  come  into 
the  camp. 

7  An<l  the  Philistines  were  ftfraiil: 
for  they  saiil,  God  is  come  into  the 
camp.    And   they  said.  Woo   unto 

aea 


8  Woe  unto  usi  who  shall  deliver 
us  out  of  tile  nand  of  these  mighty 
Godsy  these  are  the  Gods  that  smote 
the  Egyptians  with  all  the  plagues  in 
the  wifderness. 

!)  J  Be  strong,  and  quit  yourselves 
like  men,  O  ye  Philistines,  that  ye 
be  not  sen-ants  unto  the  Hebrews, 
"as  they  have  been  to  you:  tiuit 
vourselves  like  men,  and  fight. 
■]0  V  And  the  Philistines  Ibught, 
and  r Israel  was  smitten,  and  they 
fled  every  man  into  his  tent :  and 
there  was  n  very  great  slaughter ; 
for  there  fell  of  Israel  thirty  thou- 
sand footmen. 

II  And  Kthe  ark  of  God  was  taken; 
and'' the  two  sons  of  Eli,  llophni  and 
Phinehas,  f  were  slain. 

Vi  IT  And  there  ran  a  man  of 
Benjamin  out  of  the  army,  and 
icamc  to  Shiloh  the  same  day  with 
his  clothes  rent,  and  kw'ith  earth 
upon  his  head. 

l.'j  And  when  he  came,  lo,  Eli  sat 
upon  la  scat  by  the  way  side  watch- 
ing :  for  his  heart  trembled  for  the 
ark  of  God.  And  when  the  man 
came  into  the  city,  and  told  it,  all 
the  city  cried  out.' 

H  Aiid  when  Eli  heard  the  noise 
of  the  crying,  he  said,  AVhat  mean- 
elk  the  noise  of  this  tumult  ?  And 
the  man  came  in  hastily,  and  told 
Eli. 

15  Now  Eli  w.as  ninety  and  eight 
years  old;  and  '"his  eyes  fwere 
dim,  that  he  could  not  see. 

11!  And  the  man  said  unto  Eli,  I 
(tin  he  that  came  out  of  the  army, 
and  I  fled  to  day  out  of  the  army. 
And  he  said,  "What  fh  there 
done,  my  eon? 

17  And  the  messenger  answered 
and  said,  Israel  is  fled  before  the 
Philistines,  and  there  hath  been  also 
a  great  slaughter  among  the  people, 
and  thy  two  sons  also,  Hophni  and 
Phinchas,  are  dead,  and  the  ark  of 
(iod  is  taken. 

IS  .Vnd  it  I'ame  to  pas,<,  when  he 
made  mention  of  the  ark  of  God, 
that  he  fell  from  off  the  seat  liack- 
I  ward  hv  the  side  of  the  gate,  and 
his  neck  brake,  and  he  died:  for  he 
was  an  old  man,  and  heavy.  IJAnd 
he  had  judged  Israel  forty  j-ears. 

11)  IT  And  his  daughter  in  law, 
Phinchas'  wife,  was  with  child, 
iienr  ||  to  be  delivered:  and  when 
she  heard  the  tidings  that  the  ark 
of  God  was  taken,  and  that  her  Ei- 
ther in  law  and  her  husband  were 
dead,  she  bowed  herself  and  trav- 
ailed ;  ibr  her  pains  f  came  uix>n 
her. 

'J)  .\nd  about  the  time  of  her  death 
"the  women  that  stinxl  l>y  her  said 
unto  her.  Pear  not ;  for  thou  hast 
lM)rne  a  son.  But  she  answered  not, 
t  neither  did  she  regard  i(. 


The  Philistines  take  counsel 


I.  SAMUEL. 


how  to  send  back  the  ark. 


21  And  Rhe  named  the  child  [IPI-cha- 
l)od,  saying,  ITlie  Rlory  is  departed 
t'rom  Israel:  because  the  nrk  of  God 
was  taken,  and  because  of  her  Hither 
in  law  and  her  husband. 

22  And  she  said,  The  glory  is  de- 
parted from  Israel:  for  tlie  arit  of 
God  is  taken. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  Ths  Philielinct  having  brounht  the  ark 
into  Ash'iod,  ect  it  in  the  house  of  Da- 
gon.  3  Vagon  is  smitten  doion  and  cut 
in  pieces,  and  they  of  Ashdod  stnilten 
mtn  emerods.  8  So  God  dealeth  with 
them  of  Gath,  when  it  was  brought  thith- 
er: 10  and  so  with  them  of  £kron,  when 
it  K'as  brought  thither. 

AND  the  Philistines  took  the  ark 
of  God,  and  bioui;lit  it  "from 
El>en-ezer  unto  Ashdod. 

2  'When  the  Philistines  took  the  nrk 
of  God,  they  brought  it  into  the  house 
of  bDagon,  and  set  it  by  Dagon. 

Sir  And  when  they  of  Ashdod  arose 
early  on  the  morrow,  behold,  Dngoii 
was''  fallen  upon  his  face  to  the  earth 
before  the  ark  of  the  I^ohd.  And 
they  took  Dagon,  and  iiset  him  in 
his  place  again. 

4  And  when  they  arose  early  on 
the  morrow  morning,  behold,  Dagon 
icas  fallen  upon  his  face  to  the  ground 
before  the  arkof  thel.oiti);  and  "^the 
liead  of  Dagon  and  both  the  palms 
of  his  hands  were  cut  off  upon  the 
threshold;  only  lithe  sluiiq)  of  Dagon 
was  left  to  him. 

5  Therefore  neither  the  priests  of 
Dagon,  nor  any  that  come  into  Da- 
gon's  house,  ftread  on  the  threshold 
of  Dagon  in  Ashdod  unto  this  day. 

G  But  Ethe  hand  of  the  I.oud  was 
heavy  upon  them  of  Ashdod,  and  he 
h  destroyed  them,  and  smote  them 
with  ■  emerods,  even  Ashdod  and  the 
coasts  thereof. 

7  And  when  the  men  of  Ashdod 
saw  that  it  v:a.^  so,  they  said.  The 
nrk  of  the  God  of  Israel  shall  not 
abide  with  us:  for  his  hand  is  sore 
upon  us,  and  upon  Dagon  our  god. 

N  They  sent  therefore  and  gathered 
all  thelords  of  the  Philistines  unto 
them,  and  said.  What  shall  we  do 
with  the  nrk  of  the  God  of  Israel? 
And  they  answered.  Let  the  ark  of 
the  God  of  Israel  be  carried  about 
unto  Gath.  And  they  carried  the 
ark  of  the  God  of  Israelabout  thillier. 

0  And  it  was  so,  that,  after  they  had 
carried  it  about,  ktlic  liand  of  the 
Lord  was  against  the  city  Iwifh  a 
very  great  destruction:  and  "he 
smote  the  men  of  the  city,  both  small 
and  great,  and  they  Iiad  emerods  in 
their  secret  parts. 

10  TI  Therefore  they  sent  the  ark  of 
GodtoEkron.  And  it  came  to  pass, 
as  the  nrk  of  God  came  to  Ekron, 
that  the  Ekronitcs  cried  out,  saying. 
They  have  brought  about  the  ark  of 
the  God  of  Israel  to  t  us,  to  slay  us 
and  our  people. 


11  So  they  sent  and  gathered  to- 
gether all  the  lords  of  the  Philistines, 
and  said.  Send  away  the  ark  of  the 
God  of  Israel,  and  let  it  go  again  to 
his  own  place,  that  it  sl.ay  t  us  not, 
and  our  people:  for  there  was  a  dead- 
ly destruction  throughout  all  the 
city:  "the  hand  of  God  was  very 
heavy  there. 

12  And  the  men  that  died  not  were 
smitten  with  the  emerods:  and  the 
cry  of  the  city  went  up  to  heaven. 

CHAPTER  A'l. 

1  After  seven  months  the  Philistines  take 
counsel  how  to  send  back  the  ark.  10 
The;/  bring  it  on  a  new  cart  with  an  of- 
fering unto  Belh-shemesh.  10  The  ]ieo- 
plc  are  smitten  for  looking  into  the  ark. 
i\  They  send  to  them  of  Kirjath  jearim 
to  fetch  it. 

A  ND  the  ark  of  the  Lord  was  in 
J:\  the  country  of  the  Philistines 
seven  months. 

2  And  the  Philistines  "called  for 
the  j>riests  and  the  diviners,  saying, 
AVhat  shall  we  do  to  the  arl<  of  the 
I.oiiii?  tell  us  wherewith  we  shall 
send  it  to  Ids  place. 
.3  And  they  said.  If  ye  send  away 
the  nrk  of  the  God  oflsracl,  send  it 
not l> empty;  but  in  any  wise  return 
him  '-"a  trespass  offering:  then  ye 
shall  be  liealcd,  and  it  shall  <1  be 
known  to  you  why  his  hand  is  not 
removed  from  you. 

4  Then  said  they,  What  shall  he  the 
trespass  offering  which  we  shall  re- 
turn toliim?  They  answered.  Five 
golden  emerods,  and  five  golden 
mice,  ^according  to  the  number  of 
the  lords  of  the  Philistines:  for  one 
plague  was  on  f  you  all,  and  on  your 
lords. 

5  AVhcrcfore  vc  shall  make  images 
of  your  emcrotls,  and  images  of  your 
mice  that  fmar  the  liind  ;  and  ye 
shall  fgive  glory  unto  the  God  "of 
Israel:  i)erad\enture  he  will  It  lighten 
his  hand  from  oif  you,  and  from  off 
i  your  gods,  and  from  off  your  land. 

G  Wherefore  then  do  ye  liarden 
vour  hearts,  k  as  the  Egyptians  and 
Pjiaraoh  hardened  theirhearts?  when 
he  had  wrought  \\  wondeii'ully  among 
them,  Ulid  they  not  let  t  the  peojile 
go.  and  they  departed? 

7  Now  therefore  make  "  a  new  cart, 
nnd  take  two  milch  kinc,  °  on  which 
there  hath  come  no  yoke,  nnd  tie 
the  kine  to  the  cart,  and  bring  their 
calves  home  from  them : 

8  And  t.akc  the  nrk  of  the  Lord, 
and  lay  it  upon  the  cart ;  nnd  i>ut 
**  the  jewels  of  gold,  which  ye  return 
him, /or  n  trespnss  offering,  in  n  coffer 
by  the  side  thereof;  and  send  it  away, 
tliat  it  may  go. 

9  And  see,  if  it  gocth  up  by  the  way 
of  Ilia  own  const  to  I' Beth-shemeslI, 
f/ifiillhe  hath  done  us  this  great  evil: 
but  if  not,  then  M  v'e  shall  know  that 
i(  !s  not  his  hand  thai  smote  us;  it 
was  a  chance  that  happened  to  us. 

253 


The  PhilUUncs  send  back  the  ark.  I.  SAMUEL.       The  Israelites  repent  at  Mizjteh. 


noforo 
CHRIST 
about  IHU. 


•  .Ti»)i.  IS.  II 
J. ill.  IS.  i; 

1  Clir.  U.S.O 


10  IT  And  the  men  did  so;  and  took 
two  inik-li  kinc,  and  tied  thcni  to 
the  cart,  and  shut  up  their  calves  at 
home: 

11  And  thoy  laid  the  ark  of  the 
I..onn  upon  the  cart,  and  the  cofter 
with  the  mice  of  pold  and  the  iiu- 
a^es  of  tlieir  enierods. 

\1  And  the  kinc  took  the  straight 
way  to  the  way  of  Bcth-shcinesh, 
nnil  went  along  the  hi.c:hway,  low- 
in};  n9  they  went,  and  turned  not 
aside  to  the  rijrht  hand  or  to  the  left; 
and  the  lords  of  tlie  Philistines  went 
after  them  vinto  the  border  of  Bcth- 
6heniesli. 

13  And  f/ir;/ o/"  Beth-shemesh  were 
reapin;;  their  wheat  harvest  in  the 
valley:  and  they  lifted  up  their  eyes, 
and  saw  the  ark,  and  rejoiced  to  see 
it. 

11  And  the  cart  came  into  the  ticld 
of  Joshua,  a  Hetlr-sheinitc,  and  stood 
there,  where  titcrc  tvns  a  preat  stone: 
and  they  clave  the  wood  of  the  cart, 
and  ottered  the  kinc  a  burnt  otfering 
unto  the  l.oitn. 

151  And  the  lycvites  took  down  the 
ark  of  the  l>oi;n,  and  the  coU'erthat 
t(vK  with  it,  wherein  the  jewels  of 
gold  ircrr,  and  jjut  them  on  the  great 
stone:  and  the  men  of  I!cth-she- 
inesli  otTered  burnt  olferinga  and 
saerificed  saerilices  the  same  day 
unto  the  I.onn. 

II)  And  when  "'the  five  lords  of  the 
I'hilistines  had  seen  it,  they  returned 
to  ICkron  the  same  day. 

ir  ^And  these  ore  the  golden  erne- 
rods  which  the  Philistines  returned 
for  n  trespass  otfering  unto  the 
Lonn  ;  for  Ashdod  one,  for  Gaza 
one,  tor  Askelon  one,  for  Gath  one, 
for  I^kron  one; 

IS  And  the  golden  mice,  arcorflinn 
to  the  nniuher  of  all  the  cities  of  the 
l•llilistilles^r^,„/„•H3to  the  live  lordri, 
lotti  of  finred  cities,  and  of  country 
\  illage-*,  even  unto  the  fl  great  ^tiule 
r»/'Ahel,  whereon  they  set  down  the 
ark  of  tlie  Loisd:  vhii'li  ftoiin  ir- 
mriiiirth  unto  this  day  in  the  tield  of 
Joshua,  the  Ueth-sheinite. 

ly  U  And  'ho  smote  the  men  of 
Ucth-shemesh,  because  thev  had 
looked  into  the  ark  of  the  I.,oni>, 
even  lie  smote  of  the  people  (ilty 
thousand  and  threescore  lind  ten 
men:  and  the  people  lamented,  be- 
ciiiMC  the  I.or.ii  linil  smitten  iH-f»v 
ol'the  i>eo|)le  with  a  great  slaughter. 

31  And  the  men  of  lieth-sheinesh 
said,  "  Who  is  able  to  ftand  before 
this  holy  l,oi;i>  (!od?  and  to  whom 
shall  he  go  up  from  us? 

I'l  II  And  they  sent  messengers  to 
the  inhnhitants  of  »  Kiriiith-iiMrim, 
saying,  'I'lie  Philistines  have  bn.ught 
again  the  ark  of  the  l.niin;  come  ye 
down,  iiml  fetch  it  up  to  you. 
ClIAPTtK  VII. 

1    TVu'j/  !>/  K(rj,illt}inrim  hrinj  llie   ark 
into  itiC  house  of  Alinadiib.  and  mncti- 
2M 


.iUrr 


fy  Eleazar  hia  eon  to  krcp  it.  2 
tu'tnty  years  3  the  JeracUtes,  by  i^iimu- 
ci'fl  TncanBt  solemnly  repent  at  .Vir/ic.'i. 
7  ^YI^^le  Samuel  prayeth  ami  enerifieetti, 
the  Lord  dUromfiteth  tlie  I'hilittinee  I'y 
thunder  at  Jiben-ezer.  13  Tlie  Phitislinee 
are  subdued.  15  .S'.imu^i  pt^aeeably  and 
religiously  judgetli  Israel. 

AND  the  men  of  *  Kiijath-jearim 
came,  and  fetched  up  the  ark  of 
the  Loiti),  and  brought  it  into  the 
house  of  I'Abinadab  in  the  hill,  and 
sanctified  Eleazar  his  son  to  keep 
the  ark  of  the  1-ORD. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  the 
ark  abode  in  Kirjath-jearim,  that  the 
time  was  long  ;  for  it  was  twenty 
years:  and  nil  the  house  of  Israel  la- 
mented after  the  Lonn. 

3  TI  And  Samuel  spake  iinto  all  the 
house  of  Israel,  saying.  If  yc  do  "■  re- 
turn unto  the  Lord  with  all  your 
hearts,  then  <tput  away  the  strange 
gods  and  "Ashtaroth  from  among 
you,  and  fprcparo  your  hearts  unto 
the  I.oui),  and  *'' serve  him  onlv  : 
and  he  will  deliver  you  out  of  tnc 
hand  of  the  Philistines. 

4  Then  the  children  of  Israel  did 
put  away  h  Baalim  and  Ashtaroth, 
and  served  the  LoKT)  only. 

5  And  Samuel  said,  i  Gather  all  Is- 
rael to  Mizpeh,  and  I  will  pray  for 
you  unto  the  Lord. 

C  And  they  gathered  together  to 
^Slizpeh,  knnd  drew  water,  and 
poureil  iV  out  before  the  l.oup.nnd 
I  fasted  on  that  day,  and  said  there, 
'"  We  have  sinned  against  the  Lord. 
And  Samuel  judged  the  children  of 
Israel  in  Jlizpeh. 

7  And  when  the  Philistines  heard 
that  the  children  of  Israel  were  gath- 
ered together  to  Mizpeh,  the  lords  of 
the  Philistines  went  up  against  Is- 
rael. And  when  the  children  (>f  Is- 
rael heard  it,  they  were  afraid  of  the 
Philistines. 

S  And  the  children  of  Israel  said  to 
Samuel,  f  "  Cease  not  to  cry  unto  the 
Lord  our  God  for  us,  that  he  will 
save  lis  out  of  the  hand  of  the  Phi- 
listines. 

9  IT  And  Samuel  took  n  sucking 
lamb,  and  oft'ered  it  for  a  burnt  of- 
fering wholly  unto  the  Lord:  and 
"Samuel  crfed  unto  the  Lord  for 
Israel;  and  the  Lord  |!  heard  him. 

10  And  as  Samuel  was  offering  up 
the  burnt  offering,  the  I'hilistines 
drew  near  to  battle  against  Israel ; 
I'biit  the  Lord  thundered  with  n 
great  thunder  on  that  day  upon  the 
Philistines,  and  discomfited  them; 
and  they  were  smitten  before  Is- 
rael. 

11  .\nd  the  nun  of  Israel  went  out 
of  Mizpeh,  and  pursued  the  Philis- 
tines, and  smote  them,  until  they 
Clime  under  I!eth-car. 

}'2  Then  S;iiiniel  '<  took  a  stone,  and 
set  it  between  .Mi/peh  and  Shen, 
and  called  the  name  of  it  ||  Kben- 


They  desire  a  king. 


I.  SAMUEL.        The  manner  of  a  hing  foretold. 


crer,  saying,  Ilitherto  hath  tlie  Lord 
helped  us. 

13 IT  'So  tlic  Philistines  were  sub- 
dued, and  they  "  came  no  more  into 
the  eoast  of  Israel:  and  the  hand  of 
the  Lord  was  against  the  Philistines 
all  the  days  of  Samuel. 

14  And  the  eities  which  the  Philis- 
tines had  taken  from  Israel  were 
restored  to  Israel,  from  Ekron  even 
unto  Gath  ;  and  the  coasts  thereof 
did  Israel  deliver  ontof  tlic  hands  of 
the  Philistines.  And  there  was  peace 
between  Israel  and  the  Amorites. 

15  And  Samuel  'judged  Israel  all 
tlie  days  of  his  life. 

IG  And  he  went  from  year  to  year 
Jin  circuit  to  Beth-cl,  and  Gilgal, 
and  Mizpeh,  and  judged  Israel  in  all 
those  places. 

ir  And  "his  return  X'os  to  Ramah; 
for  there  was  his  liousc:  and  there 
he  judged  Israel;  and  there  he 
^  built  au  altar  unto  the  Lokd. 

CHAPTER  Vin. 

1  By  occasion  of  the  ill  govcmmcM  of 
SamucVt  tont,  thf,  laracUtct  aek  a  king. 
0  Samuel  praying  in  grief,  ia  comforted 
by  Ood:  10  i/e  telleth  the  manner  of  a 
king.  19  God  willcth  Samuel  to  yield 
unto  the  importunity  of  the  people. 

AND  it  came  topa«s,  when  Sam- 
uel was  old,  that  lie  "made  his 
t>  sons  judges  over  Israel. 

2  Now  the  name  of  his  firstborn 
was  II  Joel ;  and  the  name  of  his 
second,  Abiah:  they  were  judges  in 
Beer-sheba. 

3  And  his  sons  ^walked  not  in  his 
ways,  but  turned  aside  tl  alter  lucre, 
and  **  took  bribes,  and  perverted 
judgment. 

4  Then  all  the  elders  of  Israel  gath- 
ered themselves  together,  and  came 
to  Samuel  unto  Ramah, 

5  And  said  unto  him,  Rehold,  thou 
art  old,  and  thy  sons  walk  not  in  tliy 
ways:  now  fniake  us  aking  to  judge 
us  like  all  the  nations. 

Oil  But  the  thing  t  displeased  Sam- 
uel, when  they  said.  Give  us  a  king 
to  judge  us.  And  Samuel  prayed 
unto  the  Lord. 

7  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Samuel, 
Hearken  unto  the  voice  of  the  jieople 
in  all  that  they  s.iy  unto  thee:  for 
sthey  have  not  rejected  thee,  but 
h  they  have  rejected  iiie,  that  I  should 
not  reign  over  them. 

8  According  to  all  the  works  which 
they  have  done  since  the  day  that  1 
brought  them  up  out  of  Egypt  even 
unto  this  day,  wherewith  they  liave 
forsaken  nie,  and  served  other  gods, 
so  do  they  also  unto  thee. 

9  Now  tlierefore  ||  hearken  unto  their 
voice:  ||howbeit  yet  protest  solemn- 
ly unto  tliem,  an'd  ishcw  thcui  the 
liianner  of  the  king  that  shall  reign 
over  them. 

10  IT  And  Samuel  told  all  the  words 
of  the  Lord  unto  the  people  that 
asked  of  him  a  king. 


11  And  he  said,  k  This  will  be  the 
manner  of  the  king  that  shall  reign 
over  you:  iHe  will  take  your  soris, 
and  appoint  them  for  himself,  for  his 
chariots,  and  to  be  his  horsemen; 
and  some  shall  run  before  his  char- 
iots. 

12  And  he  will  appoint  him  captains 
over  thousands,  and  captains  over 
flflies;  and  will  .sc<  tliem  to  ear  his 
ground,  and  to  reap  his  harvest,  and 
to  make  his  instruments  of  war,  and 
instruments  of  his  chariots. 

13  And  he  will  take  your  daughters 
to  be  confectionaries,  and  to  be  cooks, 
and  to  be  bakers. 

14  And  '"he  will  take  your  fields, 
and  your  vineyards,  and  your  olive- 
yards,  even  tfie  best  o.t'  them^  and 
give  Ihcm  to  his  servants. 

15  And  he  will  take  the  tenth  of 
your  seed,  and  of  your  vineyards, 
and  give  to  his  t  officers,  and  to  his 
servants. 

10  And  he  will  take  your  menserv- 
ants,  and  your  maidservants,  and 
your  goodliest  young  men,  and  your 
asses,  and  put  them  to  his  work. 

17  lie  will  take  the  tenth  of  your 
sheep:  .and  ye  shall  be  his  servants. 

18  And  }e  shall  cry  out  in  that  day 
bec.iuso  of  your  king  Vhich  yc  shall 
have  chosen  you  ;  and  the  Loku 
"  will  not  hear*3'ou  in  that  day. 

ID  TT  Nevertheless  the  people  "re- 
fused to  obey  the  voice  of  Samuel; 
and  they  said.  Nay;  but  we  will  have 
akini;  over  us; 

20  That  wo  also  m.iy  be  Plike  all 
the  nations;  and  that  our  king  mav 


21  And  Samuel  heard  all  the  words 
of  the  people,  and  he  rehearsed  them 
in  the  ears  of  the  Lord. 

22  And  the  Lord  said  to  Samuel, 
1  Hearken  unto  their  voice,  and 
make  them  a  king.  And  Samuel 
said  unto  the  men  of  Israel,  Go  je 
every  man  unto  his  city. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  Saul    despairing   to  find   hit   father's 

ateci,  0  hj  the  counsel  of  his  servant,  It 

and  direction  of  young  maidens,  16  nc- 

cording  to  God's  revelation,  18  eometh  to 

Samuel.    19  Samuel  entertaineth  Saul  at 

the. feast.    23  Samuel,  after  secret  com- 

9nunieation,  bringeth  Saul  on  his  way. 

■VfOW  there  was  a  man  of  Benja- 

i^^    niin,  whose  name   (ras  ^Kish, 

the  eon  of  Abiel,  the  son  of  Zeror, 

the   son  of  Beehorath,   the   son   of 

Aphiah,    ||  a   Bejijamitc,  a    mighty 

man  of  |1  power. 

2  And  he  had  a  son,  whose  name 
teas  S:uil,  a  choice  )oung  man,  and 
a  goodly:  and  there  was  not  among 
the  children  of  Israel  a  goodlier  per- 
son than  he:  ''from  his  shoulders 
and  iiiiward  he  icas  higher  than  any 
of  the  jicoplc. 

S  And  the  asses  of  ICish  Saul's  fa- 
ther were  lost.     And  Kish  said  to 
256 


Saul  sent  to  seek  his  father's  asses.  I.  SAMUEL. 


He  Cometh  to  Samuel. 


Bcforo 
CHRIST 
ab«ul  ID.i.'i. 


o^Kln.  <.  42. 


IR.  >,  13.  17 
lKi»E.ll.3 

t  Hc\>.  If?;!!! 

t  Ileb 

i>i»i( 

lit. 

t  II  .1. 

n'.Vi'i* 

jO.o 

2j.  22 

111.21.  II. 


Snul  Ills  Bon,  Take  now  one  of  tlie 
scrviiiits  with  thee,  and  arise,  j^o  seek 
the  nKscs. 

4  And  he  pa.ssed  through  mount 
Ephraim,  and  passed  through  the 
land  of  '^  Shalisha,  but  they  found 
thcni  not:  tJien  tliey  jiassed  "tlirouph 
the  land  of  Shalini,  and  thrrc  t/iri/ 
were  not :  and  he  passed  throiijrii 
tlie  land  of  the  Benjamites,  hut  they 
found  l/iem  not. 

5  .liirt  when  they  were  come  to  the 
land  of  Zu])h,  Sa'ul  said  to  Ills  serv- 
ant that  irrts  with  him,  Come,  and 
let  na  return;  lest  my  father  leave 
rnri:ig  for  the  asses,  and  take  thought 
for  us. 

G  And  he  said  unto  him,  Rehold 
now,  tlicre  is  \n  this  city  <1  a  man  of 
(«od,  and /<f7  I'.s  an  honourable  man; 
"all  that  he  saith  cometh  surely  to 
pass:  now  let  us  go  tliither;  perad- 
venture  lie  can  bIicw  us  our  way  that 
we  should  po. 

I  Then  said  Saul  to  his  servant, 
But,  hehold,  7/"  wc  ro,  fwhat  shall 
we  bring  the  man  ?  lor  the  bread  1  is 
spent  in  our  vessels,  and  thcvc  is  not 
a  present  to  bring  to  the  man  of  God: 
what  t  have  we? 

8  And  the  servant  answered  Saul 
again,  and  said.  Behold,  1 1  have  hero 
:it  hand  the  fninth  part  of  a  shekel 
of  silvir:  Ihni  will  I  give  to  the  man 
oftJod,  to  tell  u.soiir  w.ay. 

i)(  Before  time  in  LsracI,  when  a  man 
Swcnt  to  iiuiuirc  of  God,  thus  lie 
spake.  Come,  and  let  us  go  to  the 
seer  :  for  lie  that  is  now  cnllrd  a 
I'rophct  was  bcforetimo  called  lia 
Seer.) 

10  'J'hcn  said  Saul  to  his  servant, 
tWell  said;  conic,  let  ns  go.  So 
tliev  went  unto  the  city  where  the 
man  ofC.id  mis. 

II  ir  AiiH  as  they  -went  up  1  the  hill 
to  the  city,  itliey  found  j-oung  mai<l- 
cns  going  out  to  draw  water,  and 
said  unto  them.  Is  the  seer  here? 

12  And  they  answered  them,  and 
said,  lie  is;  behold,  Aris  before  ycni: 
make  haste  now,  for  he  came  to'dnv 
to  the  city;  for  >■  tlirie  is  a  ||  sacritieV 
of  the  people  to  day  I  in  the  high 
place: 

I'i  As  soon  as  ye  bo  come  into  the 
eitv,  ye  shall  straightway  find  him, 
before  he  go  up  to  the  high  jilacc  to 
eat:  for  the  people  will  not  cat  until 
lie  come,  because  lie  doth  bless  the 
sacrifice ;  ami  afterward.')  they  eat 
that  be  bidden.  Now  thereforo  get 
you  up;  for  about  1  this  time  ye  shall 
lind  him. 

11  And  they  went  up  into  the  city: 
and  when  they  were  come  into 
the  city,  behohl,  Samuel  came  out 
against  tlicin,  for  to  go  up  to  the 
high  place. 

I.'i  If  '"Now  the  l,(ii:i>  had  t  toM 
Samuel  in  his  e;ir  a  day  before  Saul 
came,  saying, 

IG  To  morrow  about  this  time  I  will 
366 


send  thee  a  man  out  of  the  land  of 
Benjamin,  "and  thou  shalt  anoint 
him  to  be  captain  over  my  people 
Israel,  that  he  may  save  my  people 
out  of  the  hand  of  the  Philistines: 
for  1  have  "looked  upon  my  peo- 
ple, because  their  cry  is  come  unto 
me. 

17  And  when  Samuel  saw  Saul,  the 
Loiio  said  unto  him,  I' Behold  the 
man  whom  I  spake  to  thee  of  I  this 
same  shall  t  reign  over  my  people. 

18  Then  Saul  drew  near  to  Samuel 
in  the  gate,  and  said,  Tell  me,  I  proy 
thee,  where  the  seer's  house  is. 

Ill  And  Samuel  answered  Saul,  end 
said,  I  am  the  seer;  go  up  before  lue 
unto  the  high  place;  for  ye  shall  cat 
with  me  to  dav,  and  to  morrow  I  will 
lot  thee  go,  and  will  tell  thee  all  that 
i.^  in  thine  heart. 

20  And  as  for  'Uhinc  asses  that  were 
lost  t  three  days  ago,  set  not  thy 
mind  on  them;  for  they  are  found. 
And  on  whom  ^is  all  the  desire  of 
Israeli*  Js  it  not  on  thee,  and  on  ail 
thy  fiither's  house? 

21  And  Saul  answered  and  said, 
^Am  not  la  Benjamite,  of  the  'small- 
est of  the  tribes  of  Isnicl?  and  "my 
family  the  least  rf  all  the  families  of 
the  tribe  of  Benjainin  ?  wherefore 
then  spoakest  thoii  f  so  to  me? 

2J  And  Samuel  took  Saul  and  his 
servant,  and  brought  them  into  the 
parlour,  and  made  them  sit  in  the 
chiefest  place  among  them  that  were 
bidden,  which  were  about  thirty  per- 
sons. 

2.'i  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  cook, 
Bring  the  portion  which  I  gave  thee, 
of  which  1  said  unto  thee,  Set  it  by 
tliec. 

21  And  the  cook  took  up  ^  the  shoul- 
der, and  t/iaf  which  was  upon  it,  and 
.•;et  it  before  Saul.  And  Samuel  said, 
Behold  that  which  is  |i  left!  set  it  be- 
fore thee,  and  eat:  tiir  unto  this  time 
Iiath  it  licen  kept  for  thee  since  I 
said,  I  have  invited  the  people.  So 
Saul  did  eat  with  Samuel  that  day. 

2.'>  IT  And  when  they  were  come 
down  from  the  high  place  into  the 
city,  Samiirl  coinniuned  with  Saul 
upon  >  the  top  of  the  house. 

2(1  And  they  arose  early  :  nnd  it 
came  to  pass  about  the  spring  of  the 
day,  that  Samuel  called  Saul  to  the 
top  of  the  house,  saying,  T'p.  that  I 
may  send  thee  away.  And  Saul 
arose,  and  they  went  out  both  of 
them,  he  and  Samuel,  abroad. 

2"  ^l)i(/  as  they  were  going  down  to 
the  end  of  the  city,  Samuel  said  to 
Saul,  Bid  the  servant  p;is.s  on  befciro 
us,  (and  he  passed  on,)  but  stand 
thou  still  ta  while,  that  I  may  shew 
thee  the  word  of  God. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  f.imuil  anoiyitelti  .S.iul.  2  JIc  ronrtrm 
rM  Ann  fy  predielion  of  thret  tiirna.  9 
S<tur»  hftirl  i«  changed,  nnd  ht  jirojthf. 
tictti.      H  lie  conccatctti  (An  matter  o/ 


Samuel  anointeth  Satd. 


I.  SAMUEL.     Saul  proclaimed  king  at  Mizpeh. 


John  7,  15. 
A«.  4.  13. 


the  kingdom  from  hit  uncle.  17  Saul  is 
clioten  at  Mizpcli  by  lot.  26  The  differ- 
ent affections  of  hia  eubjecte. 
THEN  '  Samuel  took  a  vial  of  oil, 
and  pimrfd  it  upon  his  licad, 
band  kissed  hiin,  and  said,  /sit  not 
because  "  tlie  I.okd  liutli  anointed 
thee  lobe  captain  over  J  his  iiilierit- 
ancc? 

a  When  thou  art  departed  from  me 
to  day,  tlien  thou  shall  Hnd  two  men 
by  *'llaelicl's  sepulelirc  in  the  liorder 
of  Benjamin  fat  Zelzali ;  and  they 
will  say  unto  thee.  The  asses  which 
thou  wentest  to  seek  are  found:  and, 
lo,  thy  father  hath  left  t  the  care  of 
tlie  asses,  and  sorroweth  for  you, 
saying.  What  shall  I  do  for  my  son '/ 

3  Then  shalt  thou  go  on  forward 
from  thence,  and  thou  slialt  come  to 
the  plain  ot  Tabor,  and  tlicre  shall 
meet  thee  tliree  men  ^oini;  up  '''to 
God  to  Betli-el,  one  carryin;^  three 
kids,  and  another  carrying  three 
loaves  of  bread,  and  another  carry- 
ing a  bottle  of  wine: 

4  And  tliey  will  tsalutc  tlice,  and 
give  tliee  two  loaves  of  bread;  which 
thou  shalt  receive  of  their  hands. 

5  After  tliat  thou  shalt  come  to  Ii  tlie 
hill  of  God,  i  where  is  tlie  garri.son  of 
the  I'liilistine;^:  and  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  when  thou  art  come  thitlicrto 
the  city,  that  lliou  tlialt  meet  a  com- 
pany of  prophets  coming  d(»wn 
kl'rom  the  high  place  with  a  psal- 
tery, and  a  tabrct,  and  a  pipe,  and  a 
harp,  before  them;  land  they  shall 
prophesy: 

U  And'"  the  Spirit  of  the  I,OI!I)  will 
come  upon  thee,  and  "Ihou  shalt 
prophesy  with  them,  and  slialt  be 
turned  into  another  man. 

7  And  f  lot  it  lie,  when  these  ** signs 
arc  come  unto  thee,  |  lliat  thou  do  as 
occasion  serve  thee  ;  for  •*  God  is 
with  thee. 

8  And  thou  shalt  go  down  before 
me  'I to  Gilgal;  and,  behold,  1  will 
come  down  unto  thee,  to  ofler  burnt 
oflerings,  and  to  Bacrilicc  sacrifices 
of  peace  offerings:  'seven  days  shalt 
thou  tarry,  till  I  come  to  thee,  and 
shew  thee  what  thou  shalt  do. 

y  IT  And  it  Avas  so,  that,  when  he 
had  turned  his  tback  to  go  from 
Samuel,  God  fgave  him  another 
heart :  and  all  those  signs  came  to 
pass  that  day. 

10  And  "  wnen  they  came  thither  to 
the  hill,  behold,  ia  company  of 
prophet.s  mrt  him;  and  "the  Spirit 
of  (o'(l  caiiio  upon  him,  and  he 
prophesied  among  them. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  all 
that  knew  him  beforetime  saw  that, 
behold,  lie  prophesied  among  the 
prophets,  then  the  people  said  f  one 
to  another,  What  i>  this  f^trMs  come 
unto  the  son  of  Kish?  ^  Is  Saul  also 
among  the  pr<^phets? 

1-  And  one  f  of  the  same  place  an- 
swered and  said,  But  >  who  is  their 
17 


father?  Therefore  it  became  a  prov- 
erb, Is  Saul  also  among  the  proph- 
ets? 

1-j  And  when  he  hnd  made  an  end 
of  prophesying,  he  came  to  the  high 
place. 

14  TT  And  Saul's  uncle  said  unto 
him  and  to  his  servant.  Whither 
went  ye?  And  he  said.  To  seek  the 
asses:  and  when  we  saw  that  thetj 
vrre  no  where,  we  came  to  Samuel. 

1.5  And  Saul's  uncle  said,  Tell  me, 
I  pray  thee,  what  Samuel  said  unto 
you. 

IC  And  Saul  said  unto  his  uncle. 
He  told  us  plainly  that  the  asses 
were  found.  But  of  the  matter  of 
the  kingdom,  whereof  Samuel  spake, 
lie  told  him  not. 

17  ir  And  Samuel  called  the  people 
together  "  unto  the  LiOHl>  "  to  Miz- 
peh; 

15  And  said  unto  the  children  of 
I.srael,  liTlius  saith  the  l.oKD  God 
of  Israel,  I  brought  up  Israel  out  of 
Kgypt,  and  delivered  you  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  Egyptians,  and  out  of 
the  hand  of  all  kingdoms,  and  of 
them  that  oppressed  you: 

1!)  'And  ye  have  this  day  rejected 
your  God,  who  himself  saved  you 
out  of  nil  your  adversities  and  your 
tribulations;  and  ye  hai'e  said  unto 
him,  San,  but  set  a  king  over  us. 
Now  therefore  prcsentyouVsclvcs  lie- 
fore  the  EoKiJ  by  your  tribes,  and  by 
your  thousands. 

1^0  And  when  Samuel  liad  tl  caused 
all  the  tribes  of  Israel  to  conic  near, 
the  tribe  of  Benjamin  was  taken. 

'21  When  ho  liad  caused  the  tribe 
of  Benjamin  to  come  near  by  their 
families,  the  family  of  Matii  was 
taken,  and  Saul  the  son  of  Kish  was 
taken:  and  when  they  sought  him, 
he  could  not  be  found. 

22  Thercliirc  tliov  '^inquired  of  the 
I.OKD  further,  if  the  man  should  yet 
come  thither.  And  the  lyOitii  an- 
swered. Behold,  he  hath  hid  himself 
among  the  stuff. 

'j;l  And  they  ran  and  fetched  him 
thence:  and  when  he  stood  among 
the  people,  flie  was  higher  than  an.v 
of  the  people  from  his  shoulders  and 
upward. 

'J4  And  Samuel  said  to  all  the  peo- 
ple. See  ye  him  Kwlimii  the  I.oiin 
liatli  chosin.lhat  Ihrro  is  none  like 
him  among  all  the  ixople?  And  all 
the  jieople  shouted,  and  said,  li  t  God 
i-ave  the  king. 

L'."»  Then  Samuel  told  the  people 
itlie  manner  of  the  kingdom,  and 
wrote  it  in  a  book,  and  laid  it  up 
belbre  the  IvOUi).  And  Samuel  sent 
all  the  people  away,  every  man  to 
his  house. 

2(1  II  And  Saul  also  went  home  k  to 
Gibeah;  and  there  went  with  him  a 
hand  of  men,  whose  hearts  God  had 
touched. 

27  IBut  the  "■children  of  Belial 
257 


Saul  rfscueth  Jahcsh-gilead. 


1.  SAJIUEL.  Samuel  testifieth  his  intcgritij. 


Before 
CU  KIST 

1095. 


said,  IJow  shall  this  man  save  lis? 
And  tlioy  despised  him,  "and 
brought  him  no  presents.  But  ||lic 
held  liis  peace- 

1  Kin.  4  SI.  »  10  23.     2Chr.  ]7.  5.     P..  72.  10.     Matl.Z.  11.     1  Or. 
A.  uo.  »,  M.ujA /.,  Aa-i  i.m  J,»/. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

1  Iftthash  o/Fertlh  them  of  Jnhcth-gilead  a 
reproiichful  condition.  4  Ttitij  tend  me.i- 
tcngera.  and  are  delivered  (.;/  .SnuL  12 
JS'titt  tUerehy  is  confirmed,  and  hit  Atny 
dom  reneu'ed. 


came  up,  and  encamped  aj^ainst 
b Jabesh-pilead:  an<l  all  the  men  of 
Jabe.sh  said  unto  Nahash, ''  .Make  n 
covenant  with  us,  and  we  will  Ecrvc 
thee. 

2  And  Nahash  the  Ammonite  an- 
swered them,  On  this  condition,  will 
I  make  tt  covenant  with  yon,  that  I 
niav  thrust  out  all  your  iiijht  eyes, 
and  lay  it /or  J  a  reproach  upon  all 


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.'!  And  the  elders  of  Jabcsh  said  un- 
to him,  t  Give  us  seven  days'rcspite, 
that  we  may  send  messengers  unto 
all  the  coasts  of  Israel:  and  tlien,  if 
lliei-e  be  no  man  to  save  us,  wc  will 
come  out  to  thee. 

4  IT  Then  came  the  messengers  ''to 
(Jibeah  of  Saul,  and  told  the  tidings 
in  the  ears  of  the  people:  and  fallthc 
people  lifted  up  their  voices,  and 
wept. 

a  And,  behold,  Saul  canit:  after  the 
herd  out  of  the  field  ;  and  Saul 
said.  What  ailclh  the  people  that 
they  weep?  And  tlu-v  told  him  the 
tidinf;s  of  the  men  of  Jabesh. 

G  PAnd  the  Spirit  of  God  came  upon 
Said  when  he  heard  tliose  tidinj;s, 
and  his  an^er  was  kindled  greatly. 

7  And  lie  took  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and 
h  hewed  them  in  pieces,  and  sent 
lliein  thrinii;hout  all  the  coasts  of  Is- 
rael by  the  hands  of  messengers,  sav- 
ins;, '  Whosoever  conieth  not  forth 
after  Saul  and  after  Samuel,  so  shall 
it  be  done  unto  his  o.xen.  And  the 
fedr  of  the  l,oi!i)  fell  on  the  people, 
and  they  eanic  out  fwith  one  cou- 
sent. 

,"i  And  when  he  numbered  them  in 
k  Bezek,  the  children  I  of  Israel  were 
three  hundred  thousand,  and  the 
men  of  Judali  thirtv  thousand. 

I»  .And  they  said  unto  the  ineKsenp;erfl 
that  eaiiie,  Tlius  shall  ve  sav  unto 
the  men  of  .lahesh-t^ilcad,  Ti)  mor- 
row, bv  Unit  lime  the  sun  be  hot,  vc 
shall  liave  ||  help.  And  the  messe'n- 
Rcrs  ranic  and  slicwed  it  to  the  men 
ot, Jabesh:  and  thev  were  ulad. 

10  Therefore  the  inen  of  .labesh  said. 
To  morrow  '"  we  will  come  out  unto 
you,  and  ye  shall  do  with  us  nil  that 
secineth  jjood  unto  you. 

11  And  it  was  so  on  the  morrow, 
that  "Saul  put  the  people  "in  three 
companies:  and  they  came  into  the 
midst  of  the  host  in  the  morning 
watch,  and  slew  the  Ainnioniffts  until 

as 


the  heat  of  the  day:  and  it  came  to 
p;i.ss,  that  they  which  remained  were 
scattered,  so  that  two  of  them  were 
not  led  together. 

12  IT  And  the  people  said  unto  Sam- 
uel, P  Who  is  he  that  said.  Shall  Saul 
reign  over  us?  1  bring  the  men,  that 
we  niav  put  them  to  death. 

13  And  Saul  said,  ■■  There  shall  not 
a  man  be  put  to  death  this  dav:  for 
to  day  ^the  Lord  hath  wrought  sal- 
vation in  Israel. 

14  Then  said  Samuel  to  the  people, 
Come,  and  let  us  go  •  to  Gilgal,  and 
renew  the  kingdom  there. 

15  And  all  the  people  went  to  Gil- 
gal; ^nd  there  they  mtide  Saul  king 
''before  the  Lord  in  Gilgal;  and 
^  there  they  sacrificed  sacrifices  of 
peace  offerings  before  the  LoiiD;  and 
there  Saul  and  all  the  men  of  Israel 
rejoiced  greatly. 

CIIAPTER  XIL 
1  Samuel  teslifielh  hia  integrity.  C  He  re- 
proveth  tlio  fcojiU  of  ingratitude.  \6  lie 
tcrrifietti  them  with  thunder  in  harveet 
time.  20  U&  comforteth  them  in  tiod'a 
mercy. 

VND  Samuel  said  unto  all  Israel, 
Heboid,  I  have  hearkened  unto 
■'your  voice  in  all  that  ye  said  unto 
me,  and  bhavc  made  a  king  over 
you. 

2  And  now,  behold,  the  king  <^  walk- 
eth  before  you:  ■!  and  I  am'old  and 
grayheaded  ;  and,  behold,  my  sons 
are  with  you  :  and  I  have  walked 
botbre  you  from  my  childhood  unto 
this  d.ay. 

3  Behold,  here  I  am:  witness 
again.^t  me  before  the  Lord,  and  be- 
fore "^his  anointed:  f  whose  o.\  have  I 
t!iken?  or  whose  a.ss  have  1  taken? 
or  whom  have  I  defrauded?  whom 
have  I  oppressed?  or  of  whose  hand 
have  I  received  ani/  (bribe  ||to 
£  blind  mine  eyes  therewith?  and  I 
will  restore  it  you. 

4  And  they  said.  Thou  hast  not  de- 
frauded us,  nor  oppressed  us,  neither 
hast  thou  taken  aught  of  any  man's 
hand. 

5  And  he  said  imto  them,  The 
Lord  i.s-  witness  against  vou,  and  his 
anointed  is  witness  this  <fay,  h  that  ye 
have  not  found  aught  iin  my  hand. 
And  thev  answered,  J!e  i.«  witness. 

(i  U  And  Samuel  said  unto  the  peo- 
ple, k  1/  is  the  Lord  that  l(  advanced 
.Moses  and  .Vnrini,  and  that  brought 
your  fathers  up  out  of  the  land  of 
I'^gvpt. 

7  Now  therefore  stand  still,  that  1 
may  1  reason  with  you  before  the 
Lord  of  all  the  t  righteous  acts  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  did  i  to  you  and 
to  your  fathers. 

K  '"  When  Jacob  was  come  into 
Egypt,  and  vour  falhei-s  "  cried  unto 
the"  Lord,  then  the  Lord  "sent  Mo- 
ses and  .\aron,  which  brought  forth 
your  fathers  out  of  Egypt,  and  made 
Uiem  dwell  in  this  place. 


He  calleth  for  thunder  and  rain.     I.  SAMUEL. 


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9  And  when  they  I'forsat  tlie  Lord 
their  God*  "'  lie  sold  them  into  the 
liand  of  Sisera,  captain  oi"  t)ic  Iiost  of 
Hazor,  and  into  tlie  hand  of  '  the 
Philistines,  and  into  tlie  liand  of  the 
kin^  'of  Jloab,  and  they  fought 
against  tliem. 

10  And  they  cried  unto  the  Loud, 
and  said,  '  We  have  sinned,  because 
we  liavc  forsaken  tlie  l..oKI>,  "  and 
iiave  served  Baalim  and  Ashtaroth: 
but  now  "  deliver  lis  out  of  the  hand 
of  our  enemies,  and  we  will  serve 
thee. 

11  And  the  Lord  sent  >' Jerubbaal, 
and  Bedun,  and  ''Jephthah,  and 
"  Samuel,  and  delivered  you  out  of 
the  hand  of  your  enemies  on  every 
.side,  and  ye  dwelt  safe. 

VI  And  when  ye  saw  that  INaliash 
the  king  of  the  children  of  Amnion 
came  against  j'ou,  "^ye  said  unto  me, 
Nay;  but  a  king  shall  reign  over  us: 
when  il  the  LoKD  your  God  was 
your  king. 

13  Now  therefore,  "^behold  the  king 
Twhom  ye  have  chosen,  and  whom 
ve  have  desired!  and,  behold,  sthe 
Loiiu  hath  set  a  king  over  you. 

11  If  ye  will  hfear  the  Lord,  and 
serve  him,  and  obey  his  voice,  and 
not  rebel  against  the  t  command- 
ment of  the  Lord:  then  shall  both 
ye  and  also  the  king  that  reigueth 
over  you  f  continue  following  the 
Lord" your  God: 

l.>  But  if  yc  will  i  not  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Lord,  hut  rebel  against 
the  commandinent  of  the  Lord  ; 
then  shall  the  hand  of  the  Lord  be 
against  you,  kaa  it  luas  against  your 
fathers. 

16  TT  Now  therefore  1  stand  and  see 
this  great  thing,  which  the  Lord 
will  do  before  your  eyes. 

17  7s  If  not  '"wheat  harvest  to 
day?  "1  will  call  unto  the  Lord, 
and  he  shall  send  thunder  and  rain; 
that  ye  may  perceive  and  see  that 
"your  wickccliiess  is  great,  whieli 
ve  have  done  in  the  siglit  of  the 
Lord,  in  asking  3'ou  a  king. 

IS  So  Samuel  CiiUed  unto  the 
Lord;  and  the  Lord  sent  thunder 
.and  rain  that  day:  and  Pall  the 
people  gre.itly  feared  the  Lord  and 
Samuel. 

ly  And  all  the  people  said  unto 
Samuel,  't  Pray  for  thy  servants  unto 
the  Lord  thy  God,  tfiat  we  die  not: 
for  we  have  added  unto  all  our  sins 
thifi  evil,  to  ask  us  a  king. 

•Jil  ir  And  Samuel  said  unto  the 
people,  Fear  not :  ye  have  done 
all  this  wickedness  :"  yet  turn  not 
aside  from  following  the  Lord,  but 
serve  the  Lord  with  all  your  heart: 

21  And  'turn  ye  not  "aside  :  'lor 
tJicn  should  yc  go  after  vain  thiitijs^ 
which  cannot  profit  nor  deliver;  ibr 
they  are  vain. 

2*J  For  *thc  Lord  will  not  forsake 
his  people  "for  his  great  name's  sake : 


because  ''it  hath  pleased  the  Lord 
to  make  you  his  people. 

23  Moreover  as  for  me,  God  forbid 
that  1  should  sin  against  the  LoKD 
I  >  in  ceasing  to  pray  for  vou:  but 
'  I  will  teach  you  the  '  gooil  and  the 
right  way: 

'H  b  Only  fear  the  Lord,  and  scne 
him  in  truth  with  all  your  heart:  for 
'couiiider  ||  how  Jgreat  tliiiirjs  ho 
hath  done  for  you. 

I'o  But  if  ye  shall  still  do  wickedly, 
'ye  shall  bo  consumed,  fbothyc  aiid 
your  king. 

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dlJout.  10.  21.    Pi.  126.  2,  3.     •Jo»1..2l.  20.     rX>«ul 

CHAPTER  XIIL 

1  Saul's  icUctcd  bnnJ.  S  lie  calleth  the 
Hebrews  to  Gilgal  against  the  PItilis- 
tines,  whose  garrison  Jonathan  had 
smitten.    5  The  Philistines'  great  host. 

6  The  distress  of  the  Israelites.  8  Saul, 
weary  of  staying  for  Samuel,  saerifi' 
ceth.  11  Samuel  reproveth  him.  17  The 
three  spoiling  lands  of  the  Philistines. 
19  I'he  policy  of  the  Philistines,  to  suf- 
fer no  smith  in  Israel. 

SAUL  t reigned  one  year;  and 
when  he  had  reigned  two  years 
over  Israel, 

2  Saul  chose  him  three  thousand 
victi  of  Israel ;  u-hcraof  two  tliou- 
sand  were  with  Saul  in  Slichniasli 
and  in  mount  Bcth-el,  and  a  thou- 
sand were  with  Jonathan  in  ^  Gibeah 
of  Beniamin  :  and  the  rest  of  the 
people  lie  sent  every  man  to  his  tent. 

.S  And  Jonathan  smote  I'the  gar- 
rison of  the  Philistines  that  was  in 
IIGcba,  and  the  I'hilistincs  heard 
0/  it.  And  Saul  blew  the  trumpet 
throughout  all  the  land,  saying.  Let 
the  Hebrews  hear. 

i  And  all  Israel  heard  say  that 
Saul  had  smitten  a  garrison  of  the 
Philistines,  and  that  Israel  also  t  was 
had  in  abomination  with  the  Philis- 
tines. And  the  people  were  called 
together  after  Saul  to  Gilgal. 

5  IT  And  the  Philistines  gathered 
themselves  together  to  figlit  with 
Israel,  thirty  thousand  chariots,  and 
six  thousand  horsemen,  and  people 
as  the  sand  wHch  is  on  the  sea 
shore  in  nniUitude:  and  they  came 
up,  and  pitched  in  MiehniasL,  east- 
ward from  Beth-aven. 

G  When  the  men  of  Israel  saw 
tli.it  they  were  in  a  strait,  (for  the 
people  were  distressed,)  then  the 
people  '^did  hide  themselves  in 
caves,  and  in  thickets,  and  in  rocks, 
I  and  in  high  places,  and  in  pits. 

7  And  somt:  of'  tlie  Hebrews  went 
over  Jordan  to  the  land  of  Gad  and 
Gilcad.  As  for  Saul,  he  ttvs  yet  in 
Gilgal,  and  all  the  people  J  followed 
him  trembling. 

8  11  <1  And  he  tarried  seven  days, 
according  to  the  sot  time  that  Sam- 
uel hail  €ii))ioinl<(} :  but  Samuel 
came  not  to  Gilgal;  and  the  people 
were  scattered  from  him. 

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Samuel  reprorcth  Sanl,^ 


I.  SAMUEL.     Jonathan  and  his  armourbearer 


Before 
C  U  U  1  S  T 

1093. 


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9  And  .Saul  Bnid^  Urin;;  liUhcr  a 
burnt  offe'rin;  to  nic,  nnd  peace  of- 
feriuRS.  And  he  offered  the  burnt 
offering. 

10  And  it  ctimc  to  pass,  that  as 
soon  as  ho  luid  mailc  an  end  of  of- 
fering tlie  burnt  olforiug,  behold, 
Samuel  eanie  ;  and  Sanl  went  out 
to  meet  him,  that  ho  might  )  salute 
liim. 

11  ir  ,\nd  Samuel  said.  What  hast 
thou  done?  And  Saul  said,  liecau.sc 
I  s-nv  that  the  people  "were  scattered 
from  me,  and  ihtii  thou  earnest  not 
within  the  days  appointed,  and  that 
the  Philistine's  gatlicrcd  themselves 
tr)-eHierat  .Michma.sh: 

VI  Therefore  said  I,  The  Philistines 
■nill  come  down  now  upon  me  to  Gil- 
jj.il,  nnd  I  have  not  t  m.ado  suppli- 
cation unto  the  LoKn:  1  forced  my- 
self therefore,  and  ollcred  a  burnt 
offerinir. 

n  And  Samuel  said  to  Srml,  <^  Thou 
linst  done  foolishly:  Mhou  hast  not 
kept  the  commandment  of  the  LoHD 
thy  God,  which  he  commanded  thee: 
for  now  would  the  IjORV  h.avc  estab- 
lished thy  kingdom  upon  Israel  for 
ever. 

14  BBut  now  thy  kingdom  shall 
not  oontinue  :  '"the  l.oni)  hath 
sought  liim  a  man  after  his  own 
heart,  and  the  l^oUD  hath  com- 
manded him  to  be  captain  over  his 
people,  because  thou  hast  m.it  kept 
that  which  the  Lord  commanded 
thee. 

1.5  And  Sanuicl  arose,  and  pat  liim 
up  from  Gil;;  d  unto  Giheah  of  li.Mi- 
jamin.  And  Saul  numhereil  the 
people  that  irrre  I  nrcsent  with  hiin, 
I  about  six  hundrotl  men. 

Ifi  .Vnd  Saul,  and  Jonathan  his  son, 
and  the  jieopl.'  that  irrre  present  with 
them,  abode  in  t  Gibeah  of  Benja- 
min: but  the  Philistines  encamped 
in  Michmash. 

17  U  And  the  spoilers  came  out  of 
the  camp  of  the  PhilistiucH  in  tliree 
companies:  one  com|)anv  turned 
unto  the  way  that  h'nilelh  to  L  Opli- 
rah,  unto  tlu^  land  of  Sliuul: 

18  And  another  company  turned 
the  way  to  I  Itrth-horon :  ni:d  another 
company  turneil  to  the  way  of  the 
border  that  lookelh  to  the  valley  of 
"'  Zeboim  toward  the  wilderne.'-». 

T.I  IT  Now  "  there  was  no  smith 
found  throughout  all  the  land  of  Is- 
rael :  for  the  Philistines  Baid,  l,est 
the  Hebrews  make  Iheiii  swords  or 
spears: 

•JO  But  all  the  I.iraelites  went  down 
to  the  Philistines,  to  sharpen  every 
man  his  share,  nnd  Ills  coulter,  and 
his  axe,  and  his  mattock. 

21  Yet  they  had  t  a  Ale  for  the  mat- 
tocks, and  for  the  coulters,  nnd  for 
the  forks,  nnd  for  the  nxes,  and  t  to 
sliarncn  the  goads. 

'22  So  it  came  to  pang  in  the  day  of 
battle,  that  "  there  was  neither  sword 
360 


nor  spear  found  in  the  hand  of  any 
of  the  people  that  ivri-e  with  Saul  and 
Jonathan  :  but  with  Saul  and  with 
Jonathan  liis  son  was  there  found. 
2.'?  I'  And  the  ||  garrison  of  the  Phi- 
listines went  out  to  the  passage  of 
Michmash. 

CIIAPTEPv  XIV. 
1  Jonathnn,  vnnittind  to  /ii»  father,  the 
pricBt,  or  the  people,  goeth  and  niiracu- 
touity  smiteth  the  Philistintt'  garriton. 
15  A  divine  terror  makcth  tfiem  beat 
thcntsclvea.  17  Saut,  not  etayinff  the 
prieatU  anewer,  eetteth  on  them,  21  The 
captivated  Uebrevia,  and  the  hidden  la- 
raclitea,  join  againat  them.  24  Saut'a 
unadvised  adjuration  hindereth  the  x'ie- 
tory.  32  He  reetraincth  the  people  from 
eating  blood.  35  He  buildeth  an  altar. 
30  Jonathan,  taken  by  lot,  ia  saved  by  the 
pieople.    47  SauVa  strength  and  family. 

NOW  Hit  came  to  pass  upon  a  day, 
that  Jonathan  the  son  of  Saul 
said  unto  the  young  man  that  bare  his 
armour.  Conic,  and  let  us  go  over  to 
the  Philistines'  garrison,  that  7.<  on 
the  other  side.  But  he  told  not  his 
father. 

2  And  Saul  tarried  in  the  uttcmio.st 
part  of  Gibeah  under  a  pomegranate 
tree  which  is  in  Migron:  nnd  the 
people  that  vi'ie  with  him  were 
"about  six  hundred  men; 

3  And  bAhiah,  the  son  of  Ahitub, 
*I-chabod'sbrotber,  the  sonof  Phine- 
has,  the  son  of  Eli,  the  IjORD's  priest 
in  Shiloh,  J  wearing  an  ephod.  And 
the  jieople  knew  not  that  Jonathan 
was  gone. 

4  IT  And  between  the  passages,  by 
which  Jonathan  sought  to  go  over 
*^  unto  the  Philistines'  garrison,  there 
icas  a  sharp  rock  on  the  one  side, 
and  a  sharp  rock  on  the  other  eide: 
and  the  name  of  the  one  uas  IJozcz, 
and  the  name  of  the  other  Seneh. 

5  The  )  forefront  of  the  one  «-as 
situate  northward  over  against  Mich- 
mash, and  tile  other  southward  over 
against  Gibeah. 

(!  And  Joniitlian  said  to  the  young 
man  that  bare  his  armour.  Come, 
and  let  us  go  over  unto  the  garrison 
of  these  nncircumcised  :  it  niiiy  be 
that  the  I.Oltl)  will  work  for  u.s":  for 
there  i.t  no  restraint  to  the  I.,onD  flo 
save  by  many  or  by  lew. 

"  And  his  lirmourbearer  said  unto 
him.  Do  nil  that  i.i  in  thy  heart : 
turn  thee;  behold,  I  am  with  thee 
according  to  thy  heart. 

S  Then  said  Jonatliiin,  Behold,  wc 
will  pass  over  unto  these  men,  and 
we  wdl  discover  ourselves  unto  tbcm. 

!)  If  they  say  thus  unto  us,  (  Tarry 
until  we  conic  io  you;  then  we  will 
stand  still  in  our  place,  nnd  will  not 
go  up  unto  them. 

10  But  if  they  sny  thus.  Come  «p 
unto  us;  then  "we  will  go  up:  for  the 
T.oKi)  hiith  ilclivered  them  into  our 
hand;  and  ^Ihis  fhall  6c  a  sign  unto 
us. 

11  And    both    of  them  discovered, 


smite  the  Philistine  garrison. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


Saul's  unadvised  adjuration. 


JuJs.  7.  21. 
h2  Kin.  7.7. 

Jul.  lU.  11. 
1  cb.  13.  17. 


yEr.  14.30. 

Pt.  i\.  e.  7. 

Ho..  17. 
qch.  13.  5. 


thcmselvos  unto  the  parrison  of  the 
rhilistincs:  and  the  Fliilistincs  .said, 
Ijchold,  the  Hebrews  come  forth 
out  of  the  holes  where  they  had  hid 
themselves. 

12  And  the  men  of  the  garrison 
answered  Jonathan  and  liis  armonr- 
bcarcr,  and  sairl,  Come  up  to  us, 
and  we  will  shew  you  a  tiling.  And 
Jonathan  said  unto  his  armonr- 
licarer.  Come  up  niter  me:  for  the 
l>oKU  halli  delivered  them  into  the 
hand  of  Israel, 
i;!  And  Jonathan  climbed  up  upon 
his  hands  and  upon  his  feet,  and  his 
armourbearer  alter  him  :  and  tliey 
fell  before  Jonathan ;  and  his  armour- 
bearer  slew  after  him. 
H  And  that  lirst  slaughter,  which 
Jonathan  and  his  armourbearer 
made,  was  about  twenty  men,  within 
as  it  were  ||  a  half  acre  of  land,  icliich 
a  yoke  of  oxen  mirjhl  ploiirjh. 
15  And  h  there  was  trembling  in  the 
host,  in  the  field,  and  among  all  the 
people:  the  garrison,  and  i  the  si)oil- 
eis,  they  also  trembled,  and  the  earth 
iiuaked :  so  it  was  f  t  a  very  great 
trembling, 
lij  .\nd  the  watchmen  of  Saul  in 
Gibeah  of  Benjamin  looked  ;  and, 
behold,  the  multitude  melted  away, 
and  they  I  went  on  beating  down  one 
another. 

17  Then  said  Saul  unto  the  people 
that  icere  with  him.  Number  now, 
and  see  wlio  is  gone  from  us.  And 
when  they  liad  numbered,  behold, 
Jonathan  and  his  armourbearer  tcere 
not  t/i.re. 
]s  .\nd  Saul  said  unto  Ahiah,  Bring 
hitliir  tlie  ark  of  God.  l"or  the  ark 
of  God  was  at  that  time  with  the 
children  of  Israel, 
ly  U  And  it  came  to  pnss,  while 
Saul  '"talked  unto  the  priest,  that 
the  II  noise  that  iras  in  the  host  of 
tlie  Philistines  went  on  and  in- 
creased :  and  Saul  said  unto  the 
priest.  Withdraw  thine  hand. 

20  And  Saul  and  all  the  people 
that  icere  witli  liim  f  assembled 
themselves,  and  tliey  came  to  tlie 
battle:  and,  behold,  "every  man's 
sword  was  against  his  fellow,  arirl 
there  ivas  a  very  great  discomfit- 
ure. 

21  Moreover,  the  Hebrews  that 
were  with  the  I'hilistines  before 
that  time,  which  went  up  with  them 
into  the  camp  from  tlie  countrif 
round  about,  even  tliey  also  turned 
to  be  with  the  Israelites  tliat  ivcre 
with  Saul  and  Jonathan. 

22  LikewLse  all  the  men  of  Is- 
rael which  "had  hid  themselves  in 
mount  Ephrnim,  n-hrn  they  heard 
that  the  Philistines  fled,  even  they 
also  followed  hard  after  them  in  tlie 
battle. 

23  1'  So  the  I.oun  saved  Israel  that 
day:  and  the  battle  passed  over  1  un- 
to Beth-aven. 


21  IT  And  the  men  of  Israel  were 
distressed  that  day  :  for  Saul  had 
■■adjured  the  people,  saying,  fe'urscd 
be  the  man  that  eateth  any  food 
until  evening,  th.at  I  may  be  avenged 
on  mine  enemies.  So  none  of  the 
people  tasted  an;/  food. 

25  'And  all  thcij  of  the  1-nd  came 
to  a  wood;  and  there  was  'honey 
upon  the  ground. 

2IJ  And  when  the  people  were  come 
into  the  wood,  beliold,  the  honey 
dropped;  but  no  m.in  put  his  hand 
to  iiis  mouth:  for  the  people  feared 
the  oath. 

27  But  Jonathan  heard  not  when 
his  father  chrrged  the  people  with 
the  oath  :  wlierefore  he  ijut  forth 
the  end  of  the  rod  that  was  in  his 
hand,  and  dipped  it  in  a  honey- 
comb, and  init  his  hand  to  his 
mouth  ;  and  his  eyes  were  enlight- 
ened. 

28  Then  answered  one  of  the 
people,  and  said.  Thy  father  straitly 
charged  the  people  with  an  oath, 
saying.  Cursed  be  the  man  that 
eateth  any  food  tliis  day.  And  the 
people  were  |(  faint. 

2y  Then  said  Jonathan,  ^ly  fa- 
ther hath  troubled  the  land:  sec.  I 
pray  you,  how  mine  eyes  have  been 
enlightened,  because  I  tasted  a  lit- 
tle of  this  honey. 

CO  How  much  more,  if  haplj'  the 
people  had  eaten  freely  to  d:iy  of 
tlie  spoil  of  their  enemies  whicli 
they  found?  for  lind  there  nut  Wvn 
now  a  much  greater  slaughter  among 
tlie  rhilistincs? 

31  And  they  smote  the  Philistines 
that  day  from  Wiehmash  to  Aija- 
lon :  and  the  people  were  very  taint. 

32  And  the  people  flew  upon  the 
spoil,  and  took  sheep,  and  oxen, 
and  calves,  and  slew  tJieni  on  the 
ground :  and  the  people  did  eat 
them  "  with  tlie  blood, 

33  TT  Then  they  told  Saul,  s.ay- 
ing.  Behold,  the  people  sin  against 
the  LOED,  in  that  Ihev  eat  with 
the  blood.  And  he  said,  Ye  have 
I,  transgressed  :  roll  a  great  stone 
unto  me  this  day. 

34  And  Saul  said.  Disperse  your- 
selves among  the  people,  and  say 
unto  them.  Bring  me  hither  every 
man  his  ox,  and  every  man  his 
sheep,  and  slay  them  liere,  and  eat; 
and  sin  not  against  the  I.oi;d  in 
eating  with  the  bicod.  And  all  the 
people  brought  every  man  his  ox 
I  with  him  that  night,  and  slew 
them  there. 

35  And  Saul  ^  built  an  altar  unto 
the  Lord:  f  the  same  was  the  first 
altar  that  he  built  unto  the  I.okd. 

?,i\  !I  And  Saul  said.  Let  us  go 
down  after  the  Philistines  by  night, 
and  spoil  them  until  the  morning 
light,  and  let  us  not  leave  a  man 
of  them.  And  they  said,  Do  what- 
soever seemeth  good  unto  thee. 
261 


Ecforo 
CHRIST 

nbout  1C87. 


Tlie  2)eople  rescue  Jonathan. 


I.  SAMUEL.       Saul  is  sent  to  destroy  Amalek. 


Beforo 
C  IlIU  HT 
about  lud7. 


.J.i.h.  7.  11, 
cU.  10.  id. 

t  n*b 


1th.  11.  11. 
kSSnm.  10.  n. 


Then  said  the  priest,  l^et  us  draw  i 
ne.ar  hitlier  unto  GuJ. 

."7    And    Saul   asked    counsel    of 
God,    Shall    I    go    down    utter   tlie  i 
Philistines  ?  wilt  thou  deliver  them  | 
into  the  hand  of  Israel?    But  nie 
answered  him  not  that  day. 

.'W  Aud  Saul  said,  ^  Draw  yo  near 
hither,  all  the  t  chief  of  thcpeople: 
and  know  and  sec  wherein  this  ein 
hath  been  tliis  day. 

.'!D  For,*aj  the  Loud  liveth,  which 
saveth  Israel,  thouirh  it  be  in  Jona- 
than my  son,  he  .shall  surely  die.  Hut 
tUtre  was  not  a  man  among  all  the 
people  that  answered  him. 

41)  Then  said  he  unto  nil  Israel, 
Be  ye  on  one  side,  and  I  and  Jnn.a- 
than  my  son  will  be  on  the  other 
side.  And  the  people  said  unto 
Saul,  Do  what  secmctli  good  unto 
thee. 

41  Therefore  S;uil  said  unto  the 
r.oiti)  God  of  Israel,  |i  !■  Give  a  per- 
fect lot.  'And  Saul  and  Jonathan 
were  taken :  but  the  people  f  escaped. 

4i  And  Saul  said.  Cast  lota  be- 
tween mc  and  Jonathan  my  son. 
.\nd  Jonathan  was  taken. 

4!  TJien  Saul  said  to  Jonathan, 
I  Tell  mc  what  thou  hast  done. 
.Vnd  Jonathan  told  him,  and  said, 
'■  I  did  but  taste  a  little  honey  with 
tlie  ctnl  ot'  the  rod  that  ?r((s  in  mine 
hand,  oml,  lo,  I  must  die. 

44  And  Saul  answered,  fGod  do 
so  and  more  al.so  :  ffor  thou  shult 
surely  die,  Jonathan. 

45  And  tlie  people  said  unto 
Saul,  Shall  Jonatlian  die,  wlio  hath 
wrought  this  great  salvation  in  Is- 
rael i'  God  forbid:  li  «s  the  LoKi) 
liveth,  tlii-rc  shall  not  one  hair  of 
Ills  head  fall  to  the  ground;  f.;r  he 
hath  wrought  with  (J.hI  this  rlav. 
So  the  people  rescued  Jonathaii, 
lint  he  died  not. 

■Ill  'I'lieii  Siml  went  np  from  fol- 
lowing the  I'hiiistines:  and  the  Phi- 
li^lines  went  to  tlicirown  plneo. 

4r  TT  So  Saul  took  the  kingilum  over 
Israel,  niitl  f.m-Iit  again-tall  his  en- 
emies on  everv  ^i(U•,  ngain-t  .Moal),  j 
lunl  against  the  children  ori.\nini..n, 
iuid  against  Kdoni,  and  a-ainst  tlie 
kiii-s  of  l.Zcili:ih,  and  against  the 
rhilislines  :  and  whilhersoever  lie 
turned  himself,  he  vexed  th,m. 

4.S  And  he  ||  gathered  a  heist,  anil 
1  smote  tlie  Ainalekites,  and  deliv- 
ered Israel  out  of  the  hands  of  them 
that  spoiled  them. 

4'J  .Now  '"the  sons  of  Saul  were  Jon- 
athan, anil  Isluii,  and  IMelchi-shua  : 
I'.iiil  the  names  of  his  two  daughters 
Kvir  lliim-:  the  name  of  the  tirsthorn 
.Merah,  and  the  name  of  the  vounger 
.Miehal: 

.VI  .Vnd  the  name  of  Saul's  wife  tcri.t 
.Miintiam,  (he  daughter  ot  Ahimaaz: 
and  the  name  of  the  captain  of  his 
host  mil  t  Aimer,  the  son  of  Ner, 
Saul's  uncle. 
20'2 


I  51  "  And  Kish  ivaa  the  father  of 
Saul ;  and  Ner  the  father  of  Abner 
WHS  the  son  of  Abiel. 
52  And  there  was  sore  war  against 
the  Philistines  all  the  days  of  Saul: 
and  when  Saul  saw  any  strong  man, 
or  any  vahaiit  man,  '"he  took  him 
uuto  him. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

I  .Samuel  icnUclli  Saul  to  destroy  Amaleli. 
0  A'nui  fuvourclh  tlic  Kctiitcii.  8  He 
eparetlt  .-iy  ttf  «"rf  ttie  beet  of  the  tjioil. 
10  Samuel  denounceth  unto  Saul,  com- 
mcndinf;  and  excuaing  /timsetf.  GoU't 
rejection  of  tiim  for  hia  dieobcdicncs. 
24  Saul's  humiliation.  32  Samuel  kill 
eth  .-itjag.    34  Samuel  and  Saul  part. 

SAMUEL  also  said  unto  Saul, 
"The  LoitD  sent  me  to  anoint 
thee  to  be  king  over  his  people,  fiver 
Israel  :  now  therelbre  hearken  thou 
xinto  the  voice  of  the  words  of  the 
Loitu. 

•j:  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I 
remember  tliat  which  Amalek  did  to 
Israel,  1>  how  he  laid  nait  for  him  in 
the  way,  when  he  came  up  from 
Egypt. 

3  Now  go  and  smito  Amalek,  and 
'  utterly  destroy  all  that  they  have, 
and  spare  them  not ;  but  sliiy  both 
man  and  woman,  infant  and  suck- 
ling, ox  and  sheep,  camel  and  ass. 

4  .-Vnd  Saul  gathered  tlic  people  to- 
gether, and  numbered  them  in  Tel- 
aiin,  two  hundred  thousand  footmen, 
and  tin  Ihciusand  men  of  Judah. 

.1  And  Siinl  cnnie  to  a  city  of  Ama- 
hU,  and  ||  laid  wait  in  the  valley. 

(i  IT  Ami  Saul  said  unto  "l  the  Ke- 
nitcs,  "Go,  depart,  get  you  down 
from  among  tho  Amalekites,  lest  1 
destroy  vini  with  them  :  for  fvc 
shewed  kindness  to  all  the  children 
of  Israel,  when  thev  came  np  out 
of  Egypt.  So  the  l\enites  departed 
from  among  tlio  Amalekites. 

7"  And  SmuI  smote  the  Amalekites 
from  li  llavilah  imld  thou  conicst  to 
i  Shnr,  that  is  over  against  Egvpt. 

.S  And  k  he  took  Agag  the  k"ing  of 
the  Amalekites  alive,  and  'utterly 
destroyed  all  tho  people  with  the 
edge  of  the  sword. 

!)  But  iSanl  and  the  people  ""spared 
Agag,  and  the  best  of  the  sheep,  and 
of  the  o\en,  and  |i  of  the  fallings,  and 
the  lambs,  and  alU/of^  ira*' good,  and 
would  not  nttiily  destroy  them:  but 
everv  thing  t.'iiit'iriin  \\le  »ud  refuse, 
that"tlii-v  ilesti-oved  utterly. 

ID  V  Then  caine  the  word  of  the 
I I)  unto  Samuel,  saving. 

II  "  It  repenteth  me  that  I  have  set 
up  Saul  to  tie  king:  for  he  is  "turned 
back  from  following  me,  I'and  hath 
not  pcrlbrnied  my  commandments. 
And  it  'Igrieved  Samuel:  and  he 
cried  unto  the  Liiltn  all  night. 

12  And  when  Suninel  rose  early  to 
meet  Saul  in  the  inoniiiig.  it  was  told 
Samuel,  saving,  S-.uil  came  to'^Car- 
inel,  and,  behold,  he  si't  him  up  a  | 


Saul  is  reje-cted  for  disobedience.      I.  SAMUEL.  Sanmel  conuth  to  Beth-lehem. 


t  r..  JO.  8. 9. 

J'rov.  21.  3. 
I..  1,  II.  12. 


lleb.  ll).0.7. 
8.  a. 

«  Etc.  a.  1. 
llui.O.  G. 
M:..l.i2»,i 
•J.  IS  i  1J.7. 


place,  and  is  gone  about,  and  passed 
on,  and  gone  down  to  Gilgal. 

13  And  Samuel  came  to  Saul:  and 
Saul  said  unto  him,  > Blessed te  thou 
of  the  Lor.D:  I  have  ncrfbnned  the 
couimandnunt  of  the  LoiU). 

14  And  Samuel  snid.  What  mcan- 
et/i  then  this  bleatini;  of  the  sheep 
in  mine  eai-s,  and  the  lowiuj;  of  the 
oxen  v.hich  I  hear? 

1j  And  Saul  said.  They  have 
brought  them  from  tlic  Amalckites: 
'  for  tlic  people  spared  the  best  of  the 
sheep  and  of  the  o.xen,  to  sacrifice 
unto  the  Lord  thy  God  ;  and  the 
rest  we  have  utterly  destroyed. 

lU  Then  Samuel  said  unto  Saul, 
Stay,  and  I  will  tell  thee  what  the 
LoitD  hath  said  to  me  this  iiiglit. 
And  he  said  unto  him,  Sav  on. 

17  And  Samuel  said,  "  \V)icn  thou 
least  little  in  thine  own  siglit,  v(tst 
tliou  not  inaite  the  head  of  tlie  triljcs 
of  Israel,  and  the  LoKU  anointed 
thee  king  over  Israel? 

15  And  the  Loud  sent  thee  on  a 
journey,  and  said.  Go  and  utterly 
destroy  the  sinners  the  Amalckites, 
and  fight  against  them  until  t  they 
be  consumed. 

19  Wherefore  then  didst  thou  not 
obey  the  voice  of  the  Loitu,  but 
diilst  fly  upon  the  spoil,  and  didst 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord? 

riU  And  Saul  said  unto  Samuel,  Yea, 
'^  I  have  obeyed  the  voice  of  the 
Lord,  and  have  gone  the  way  whicli 
the  Lord  sent  me,  and  have  brought 
Agag  the  king  of  Amalek,  and  have 
utterlv  destroved  tlie  Amalckites. 

•Jl  i  IJut  tlie  people  took  of  tlie  spoil, 
slieep  and  oxen,  tlie  chief  of  the 
tilings  wliicli  should  have  been  ut- 
terly dcstroved,  to  sacritice  unto  the 
Loisn  thy  (iod  in  Gilgal. 

22  And  Samuel  said,  ^  Ilath  the 
Lord  as  great  delight  in  burnt  of- 
ferings and  sacrifices,  as  in  obeying 
the  voice  of  the  Lord?  Behold,  "to 
obey  is  better  than  saerificc,  and  to 
hearken  than  the  fat  of  rams. 

23  For  rebellion  !\s  a■^  the  sin  of 
f  witchcraft,  and  etubbornness  is  as 
iniquity  and  idolatry,  liee-inse  thou 
hast  rejected  the  wiinl  of  tlie  IjOUD, 
I)  he  hath  also  rejected  thee  from 
beinfj  king. 

24  ir  'And  Saul  said  unto  Samuel, 
I  have  sinned:  for  I  ha^'c  transgress- 
ed the  commandment  of  the  Lord, 
and  thy  words:  because  I  •! feared 
the  people,  and  obeyed  their  voice. 

25  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  i)ar- 
don  my  sin,  and  turn  again  with  me, 
that  I  may  worship  theXoRD. 

2C  And  "Samuel  said  unto  Saul,  I 
will  not  return  with  thee:  'for  thou 
hast  rejected  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
and  the  Lord  hath  rejected  thee 
from  being  king  over  Israel. 

27  And  as  S.imuel  turned  about  to 
go  away,  f  he  laid  hold  upon  the  skirt 
of  his  niantle.  and  it  rent. 


28  And  Samuel  said  unto  him, 
BThe  Lord  hath  rent  the  kingdom 
of  Israel  from  thee  this  day,  and  hath 
given  it  to  a  neighbour  ot  thine,  that 
IS  better  than  thou. 

2'J  And  also  the  ||  Strength  of  Israel 
Ii  will  not  lie  nor  repent:  for  he  ts 
not  a  man,  that  he  should  repent. 

'M  Then  he  said,  I  have  sinned:  ijet 
i  honour  me  now,  I  pray  thee,  before 
the  elders  of  my  people,  and  before 
Israel,  and  turn  again  with  me,  that 
I  may  worship  the  Lord  thy  God. 

.31  So  Samuel  turned  again  after 
Saul ;  and  Saul  worshipped  the 
Lord. 

32  II  Then  said  Samuel,  Bring  ye 
hither  to  nie  Agag  the  king  of  the 
Amalekitos.  And  Agag  came  unto 
him  delicately.  And  Agag  said, 
Snrciv  the  bitterness  of  death  is  past. 

Si  Aiid  Samuel  said,  l^  As  thy  sword 
hath  made  women  childless,  so  shall 
thy  mother  be  childless  among  woiu- 
cn.  And  Samuel  hewed  Agag  in 
pieces  before  the  Iaird  in  Gihgal. 

."4  U  Then  Samuel  went  to  Ramah; 
and  Saul  went  up  to  his  house  to 
IGibeahofSaul. 

"■>  And  '"  Samuel  came  no  more  to 
see  Saul  until  the  day  of  his  death: 
nevertheless  Samuel  "mourned  for 
Saul:  and  the  Lord  "repented  that 
he  had  made  Saul  king  over  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XVL 
1  Samuel  ecnt  ly  Gud,  ttyulcr  pretence  of 
a  gacrijicet  Cometh  to  Beth-lehem.  G  BU 
human  judiiwent  ie  reproved.  11  Jie 
anointeth  iKivid.  15  Saul  tendcth  for 
l^uvid  to  quiet  hi»  cv'd  apirit. 

AND  the  Lord  said  unto  Samuel, 
"  How  long  wilt  thou  mourn  for 
Saul,  seeing  lil  have  rejected  him 
from  reignin,srover  Israel?  '^  till  thine 
horn  with  oil,  and  go,  I  will  seiul 
thee  to  Jesse  the  Beth-lehemile:  for 
"I  I  liave  provided  uio  a  king  among 
his  sons. 

2  And  S.imnel  said.  How  can  I  go? 
if  Saul  hear  it,  he  will  kill  me.  And 
the  Lord  said,  Take  a  heifer  t  with 
thee,  and  say,  *"  I  am  come  to  sacri- 
fice to  the  Lord. 

3  And  call  Jesse  to  the  sacrifice,  and 
fl  will  shew  thee  what  thou  shall  do: 
and  s  thou  shalt  anoint  unto  me  hiiu 
whom  I  name  unto  thee. 

■i  And  Samuel  did  that  which  the 
Lord  spake,  and  came  to  Beth- 
lehem. And  the  elders  of  the  town 
li  trembled  at  his  t  coming,  and  said, 
■  Comest  thou  peaceably  ? 

5  And  he  said,  reaceably:  I  am 
come  to  sacrifice  unto  the  Lord: 
t  sanctify  yourselves,  and  come  with 
me  to  tlie  .sacrifice.  And  he  sancti- 
fied Jesse  and  his  sons,  and  called 
them  to  the  sacrifice. 

(j  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
were  come,  that  he  looked  on  I  Eliab, 
and  "said.  Surely  the  Lord's  an- 
ointed (s  before  him. 

7  But  the  Lord  said  unto  Samuel, 
263 


J  r».  78.  70.  h 


Samuel  anointeth  David. 


CHRIST 

aXuiiix.  10G3. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


I.  p..  il7.  lU. 

oI>  .AS.  8. 
p2  tor.  10,  7. 
t  n>Ii.  ,,!,. 
q!  Kin.  n.  :t9. 
1  i'Ur.  a).  9. 


-l-t.  2.  13. 

..  17.  12. 

u  2  Sftm.  7.  8. 
!■•.  7a.  70. 
f  H.b.rouni 

•  <h    17.42. 

ySoBl..  9  17. 

•  ch.  10.  1. 
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»S««  Num. 


.  10,  (I.  10, 

about  I1H16. 

Icli    II    (1    * 
18  12.4a  1,5, 


li  C.n   II    4(1 

m    10,  it, 
«.22,  2a, 


Look  not  on  "his  conntenancc,  or 
on  tlic  liei^jht  ot  his  stature;  hecausc 

I  Imvc  refused  him:  "for  the  Uno 
secth  not  as  man  seotli ;  fi,r  man 
'  looketh  on  tlie  t outward  appear- 
ance, but  the  LoKD  looketh  on  the 

'  heart. 

S  Then  Jesse  ealled  '•Abinndab,  and 

inade  him  puss  before  Sanuiel.  And 
lie  said  Neither  hath  the  LoiU) 
chosen  this. 

U  Then  Jesse  made  >l|  Shammah  to 
puss  by.  And  he  said.  Neither  hath 
the  I.ORo  chosen  this. 

10  Again,  Jesse  made  seven  of  liis 
sons  to  pa.s.s  befiire  Samuel.  And 
Samuel  said  unto  Jesse,  The  Loud 
liatli  not  elicisiMi  these. 

II  And  Saniiicl  said  unto  Jesse,  Arc 
here  all  (A.y.hild.vi.y    And  he  said! 

1  here  remumcth  .vet  thi'  vcun-e^t 
and    behohl    he  keep.th  |j„.  sIh.,.,  .' 
And  .Samuel  .said  nut.)  Jesse   "  .Snnd 
and  fetch   biiii:    fi.r  we  will  not  sif 
tdown  till  he  come  liither 
U' And  he  sent,  and  broin-ht  him  in. 
^»Vf  he  .(-as  »  rinldy.  a,al  witlial  1  of 
a  beautiful  countenance,  and  j;uodlv 
to  look  to.     >  And   the   LoiiiT  said. 
Arise,  anoint  him :  for  this  is  he 
1.'5  Then  .Samuel  took  the  horn  of 
oil  and  ^anointed  him  in  the  midst 
pt  his  brethren:  and  "the  Spirit  of 
the  jjOiiD  came  upon   David  from 
that  day  forward.     So  Samuel  rose 
lip.  and  went  to  llaniah. 
I    H  '1   ''I!"t  tl.e  S|,ii-it  of  the  I.oitn 
d.pnrtcd    from    Saul,  and   'an   evil 
spinUn.m  the  Loi;i,  |l  tr.mhled  him. 
1  •■'     i',"     ^'■1"'"  •'"*'=">'s  said   nnto 
mm,  i!,.|H, ki  now,  an  evil  spirit  from 
liixl  tronliletli  thee. 
II!  Let  our  lord  now  command  thv 
servants,  which  are  .1  before  thee,  to 
seek  out  a  man,  who   it  a  cniinin" 
player  on  a  harp:  and  it  sliall  come 
to  p:,ss,   when   the  evil    spirit  from 
(.odisiip,,,,    l,(M.,tlmtheKl,all'l,lav 
lyjh  ins  hand,  and  thou  slmlt  be  well. 
1'  .\n'l  Saul  said  unto  his  servants, 

"ell   and  brill-  hi„i  to  me. 

1«  I  hen  answered  one  of  the  serv- 
ants, and  .suid,  liehold,  I  have  seen  ! 
a  son  of  Jesse  the  Detli-lehemite,  lh„f  I 
IS  cunning  in  playing,  and  fami'ditv  ' 
valiant  man,  and  a  man  of  war  "anil 
prudent  in  ||  matters,  and  a  colmlv 
person,  and  Bflie  Loud  w  with  him" 

19  ir  Wherefore  Saul  .sent  i 
fcra  unto  Jesse,  and  said,  S. 


Goliath  defieth  lerael. 


^^f '  for  he  hath  found  favour  in  my 

a!  And  it  came  to  p.qs,s,  when  I  the 
ei-a  spirit  from  God  was  upon  .Saul 

haltavjd  tookaharp,andplaved 
with  ins  hand:  so  .Saul  was  refresh- 
ed, and  was  well,  and  the  evil  spirit 
departed  from  him. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

1  The  armict  of  the  hntelitct  and  Phi- 
liatlnea  heinj  ruidy  to  batUe.  4  Uoliath 
CQmcth   proudly   forth    to    chalienyt    a 

tZ'^",'    P  ^.'"'"''  '<""  '•"  '■"  /""'"'•  <o 
2H  W-'J  '"  ''7": .'•■*»"'  I'"  challenge. 
2S  Eltab  chiUelh  h,m.    SO  He  i,  brought 
to  Saul.    32  /le  ,heweth  the  reason  of 
hit    confidence.      33     Without    armour 
armed  by  faith,  he  elayeth  the  giant.    6 
I'aul  tukcth  notice  of  Datid. 
]y[OW    the    Philistines    'gathered 
^^    tofietlier  tlieir  armies  to  battle 
and      were     cathered     together     a. 
I  Shochoh,  which   lieloniieth    to  Ju- 
dali,  am    pitched  between  Shochoh 
and  Azekah    in  ||  ICphes-damniim. 
-  And  Saul  and  the  men  of  Israel 
weresathered  to;,-ether,  and  pitebed 
-y  the  valley  of  Klah.  and  f  set  the 
battle  in  array  against  the  Philistines, 
•i  And   the  Philistines  stood  on   a 
mountain  on  the  one  side,  and  Israel 
stood  on  a  mountain  on  the  other 
side:  and  there  ivits  a  valley  between 


ffcra  unto  Jesse,  and  said,  Semrm, 
David  thy  son,  li  which  in  with  the 
sheep. 

20  And  .Tessc  ifook  an  ass  Imh,, 
with  bread,  and  a  bottle  of  wine,  ami 
wi"/'  "',"i. '■'■"'  ""'"  ^^  ^•*'"'''  '■'« 
•n  And  llnid  came  to  Saul,  and 
ksloodl„.(„r,.him:  and  he  loved  him 
ereatly;  and  he  became  his  imnour- 
bearer. 

L«.Viid  Saul  sent  to  .Tesse,  saving, 
Let  David,  I  jiray  thee,  stand  before 
264 


^J  J'il  ""■'■''  "■^"'  °"'  "  champion 
out  of  the  ciimp  of  the  Philistines  ' 
named  ^  Goliatfi,  of  d  Gath,  whose 
lici;;lit  icrt.s-  sl.^c  cubits  and  a  siian. 
■>  And  he  hnd  a  helmet  of  brass 
upon  his  heail.  ami  he  ,r„s  f  arrl.Td  1 
with  a  coat  of  mail;  and  the  wei.-lit 
of  he  coat  «-<i,s  five  tliousand  shekels 
of  brass. 

(;  .Vnd  he  hail  ;;reavcs  of  brass  upon  , 
Ins  le-s,  and  a  /|  tarset  of  brass  be- 
tween his  shoulders. 
'  And  the  'sfcitfof  his  spear  Jim-lifcc  I 
a  weavers  beam;  and  his  spear's! 
head  nci,,hc:,/  si.x  hundred  shekels  of 
iron:  and  one  bcarin-  a  shield  went 
oelore  hiin. 

«  .\iid  he  stood  and  cried  unto  the 
I  nrnnes  of  Israel,  and  said  unto  tlicin. 
'  N>  bv  are  yc  come  out  to  sot  w 
battle  inariay?  (i),i  not  la  I'liilistin 
and  ye  f  servants  to  Siuil  ;' 
you  a  man  for  von,  and  let  hii 
iU>\yn  tome. 

;i  Ithe  he  able  to  fish  t  with  me,  and 
toUillme.  tbeu  will  we  be  vour  se 
■"",'*=  .;"'.'•' I   prevail  atrAiust  hi 
:>"d  kill  him,  then  shall  vo  be  our  I 
servants,  and  i-' serve  us.     " 

HI  And  the  Philistine  said,  I  l.defv 
the  armies  of  Israel  this  dav  ;   L-iv 
me  a  man,  that  we  may  fiL-ht  to 
j^etber. 

M  When  Saul  and  all  Israel  heard 
those  words  of  the  Philistine,  they 
V.'t!  ''''*"'7;'''l:  ,"'">  nn'atly  afraid. 
Il;ii  Now  David  „■„,.,  the  .son  of  that 
».  •-phnithite  of  Ihtb-lehem-iudah 
wliosenumc  !c<i.<  Jesse;  and  Tie  had" 


David,  coming  to  the  army. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


accejiteih  the  challenge. 


atout  UtO^i. 

icii.ii;.  iii.n. 

13.'^  U,  1.1.'  " 

1  eight  bona :  and  the  iu:m  went 
anions  men  for  an  old  muu  in  the 
days  of  Saul. 

l.'i  And  the  three  eldest  sons  of  Jesse 
went  and  followed  Saul  to  the  hat- 
tic  :  and  the  "'names  of  his  three 
sons  that  went  to  tlie  battle  were 
Kliah  the  tirsthorn,  ami  next  unto 
him  Ahinadah,  and  the  third  Shani- 
mah. 

H  And  David  was  the  youngest: 
and  the  three  eldest  followed  Saul. 

15  But  David  went  and  returned 
from  Saul  "  to  feed  his  father's  yheep 
at  lieth-lehem. 

16  And  the  Philistine  drew  near 
morning  and  evening,  and  presented 
himself  forty  days. 

17  And  Jesse  said  nnto  David  his 
son,  Take  now  for  thy  brethren  an 
ephah  of  this  parched  toni,  and  these 
ten  loaves,  and  run  to  the  eanip  to 
thy  brethren; 

IS  And  carry  these  ten  f  cheeses  un- 
to the  t  captain  of  tlieir  thousand, 
and  "look  how  thy  brethren  fare, 
and  take  their  pledge. 

I'J  Now  Saul,  and  they,  and  all  the 
men  of  Israel,  icere  in  the  valley  of 
Elah,  fighting  with  the  Pliilistines. 

20  TT  And  David  rose  up  early  in  the 
morning,  and  left  the  sheep  with  a 
keeper,  and  took,  and  went,  as  Jesse 
had  commanded  him;  and  he  came 
to  the  II  trench,  as  the  host  was  going 
forth  to  the  ||  fight,  and  shouted  for 
the  battle. 

L'l  For  Israel  and  the  Philistines  had 
put  the  battle  in  array,  army  against 
army. 

2J  And  David  left  t  his  carriage  in 
the  hand  of  the  keeper  of  the  car- 
riage, and  ran  into  the  army,  and 
came  and  f  saluted  his  hretiiren. 

2'i  And  as  he  talked  with  them,  be- 
hold, there  came  up  the  elianipion, 
the  Philistine  of  Gath,  Goliath  by 
name,  out  of  tlie  armies  of  the  Phi- 
listines, and  spake  V  aecording  to  the 
same  words:  and  David  heard  thein. 

24  And  all  the  men  of  Israel,  when 
they  saw  the  man,  fled  f  from  him, 
and  were  sore  afraid. 

25  And  the  men  of  Israel  said.  Have 
ye  seen  this  man  that  is  come  up? 
surely  to  defy  Israel  is  he  come  up: 
and  it  shall  he,  tliat  tlie  man  wlio 
killeth  liim,  the  king  will  enrich  him 
with  great  riches,  and  '1  will  give  liiiii 
his  daughter,  and  make  his  father's 
house  free  in  Israel. 

2(i  And  David  spake  to  the  men 
that  stood  by  him,  saying,  Wluit 
shall  be  done  to  tlie  man  that  killeth 
this  PhiUstine,  and  taktth  away 
'"the  reproach  from  Israel?  for  who 
I's  this  "uncircumcised  Philistine, 
that  he  should  "defy  the  armies  of 
"the  living  God? 

27  And  the  people  answered  him 
after  this  manner,  saying,  '^  So  shall 
it  be  done  to  the  man  that  killeth 
him. 


2.S  IT  And  Eliab  his  eldest  brother 
heard  when  he  spake  unto  the  men ; 
and  Eliab's  Sanger  was  kindled 
against  David,  and  he  said,  "Why 
camest  thou  down  hither?  and  with 
whom  hast  thou  left  those  few  sheep 
in  the  wilderness  ?  I  know  thy 
pride,  and  the  naughtiness  of  thine 
heart;  for  thou  art  come  down  that 
thou  mightest  see  the  battle. 

211  And  David  said.  What  have  I 
now  done?    ^is  there  not  a  cause? 

CO  TT  And  he  turned  fiom  him  to- 
ward another,  and  ''spake  after  the 
same  f  manner:  and  the  pcojile  an- 
swered him  again  after  the  former 
manner. 

ol  And  when  the  words  were  heard 
which  David  spake,  they  rehearsed 
them  before  Saul:  and  he  f  sent  ibr 
him. 

SI  IT  And  David  said  to  Saul,  li  Let 
no  man's  heart  fail  because  uf  him; 
'thy  servant  will  go  and  tight  with 
this  Philistine. 

Si  And  Saul  said  to  David,  ilThou 
art  not  able  to  go  against  this  Piiilis- 
tine  to  fight  with  him:  for  thou  oc? 
lint  a  youth,  and  he  a  man  of  war 
from  his  vouth. 

;!4  And  David  said  unto  Saul,  Thy 
servant  kept  his  father's  sheep,  and 
there  came  a  lion,  and  a  bear,  and 
took  a  II  lamb  out  of  the  flock: 

S5  And  I  went  out  ailer  him,  and 
smote  him,  and  delivered  it  out  of 
his  mouth  :  and  when  lie  arose 
against  me,  I  caught  liint  by  his 
beard,  and  smote  him,  and  slew 
him. 

oG  Thy  servant  slew  both  the  lion 
and  the  hear:  and  this  uncircum- 
cised  Philistine  shall  be  as  one  of 
them,  seeinjr  he  hath  defied  the  ar- 
mies of  the  living  God. 

u7  David  snid  moreover,  *^  The 
I>(ir.I)  that  delivered  me  out  of  the 
paw  of  the  lion,  and  out  of  the  paw 
uf  the  hear,  he  will  deliver  me  out 
of  the  hand  of  this  Philistine.  And 
Saul  said  unio  David,  Go,  and  fthe 
Loiii)  he  with  thee. 

.■;s  H  And  Saul  farmed  David  with 
his  armour,  and  he  put  a  helmet  of 
brass  upon  liis  head;  also  he  armed 
him  with  a  coat  of  mail. 

uU  And  David  girded  his  sword 
upon  his  armour,  and  he  assayed  to 
go;  for  he  liad  not  proved  it.  And 
David  said  unto  Saul,  I  cannot  go 
witli  these;  for  I  have  not  proved 
them.    And  David  put  them  offhiin. 

■10  And  he  took  his  staffin  liis  hand, 
and  eliose  him  fiN'c  smooth  stones 
out<if  the  II  brook,  and  put  them  in 
a  shepherd's  t  bag  which  ho  had, 
even  in  a  scriji;  and  liis  sling  was  in 
his  hand:  and  he  drew  near  to  the 
Philistine. 

41  And  the  Philistine  came  on  and 
dri'W  near  unto  David;  and  the  man 
that  bare  the  shield  ircitt  before  him. 

42  And  when  the  Pliilistlne  looked 

2»i5 


Before 
C  II  U  1  S  T 

about  \a(i'i. 


David  slayeth  the  Philistine. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


Jonathan's  love  for  David. 


Befara 
C  H  a  I  .S  1 
about  104.I. 


l!S»ni.22.33, 


al>out,  and  saw  David,  he  s disdained 
liim:  for  he  was  but  a  youth,  and 
I"  ruddy,  and  of  a  fair  countenance. 

4'i  And  the  Philistine  suid  unto 
David,  i  Ai)i  I  a  do^,  th;it  thou  contest 
to  me  with  staves.'  And  the  I'liilis- 
tine  cursed  David  bv  )iis  gods. 

•14  And  the  Philistine  k  said  to 
David,  Come  to  me,  and  I  will  give 
tliy  flesh  unto  the  fowls  of  the  air, 
and  to  the  beasts  of  the  held. 

45  Then  said  David  to  tlie  Philis- 
tine, Thou  comest  to  me  witli  a 
sword,  and  with  a  spear,  and  witli 
a  shield:  1  but  I  come  to  thee  in  the 
inline  of  tlic  Loud  of  hosts,  the  God 
of  the  armies  of  Israel,  wliom  thou 
hast  "'defied. 

40  This  day  will  the  Lord  t  deliver 
thee  into  mine  hand  ;  and  I  will 
smite  thee,  and  take  thine  head  from 
thee;  and  I  will  give  "the  carcasses 
of  the  host  of  the  Pliilistines  tliis 
dtiy  nnto  the  fowls  of  the  air.  and  to 
the  wild  heusts  of  the  earth;  "tliat  all 
tlu-  earth  may  know  that  there  is  a 
(;.)din  Isr.ael. 

47  And  all  this  assembly  shall  know 
that  the  Lokd  I'saveth  not  with 
sword  and  spear:  for  'i  the  battle  is 
the  LoKD's,  and  he  will  give  you 
into  our  hands. 

4S  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
Pliilistine  arose,  and  came  anrl  drew 
nigli  to  meet  David,  that  D.ivid  hast- 
ed, and  ran  toward  the  armv  to  meet 
tlu'  Philistine. 

4:1  And  David  put  liis  hand  in  his 
ami   took  thenee  a  stone,  ami 


slang 
h 


t.te  the  I'hilistine  ii 


t  tlie  stniie  sunk 
into  Ills  f.ri'he.id;  and  he  fell  upon 
his  face  to  the  earth. 

.'■jll  So  ''David  prevailed  over  tlie 
Philistine  with  a  sliir.;  and  with  a 
stone,  ami  smote  the  I'hilistinc,  and 
sUv,-  hiiu;  hot  tlici-e  mis  no  sword 
in  thi'  huidof  D:ivid. 

.M  Tlieiefore  David  ran,  and  stood 
upon  the  Philistine,  and  t.iok  his 
swoid,  and  drew  it  out  of  the  ^lle:ltll 
tlii'ivnf,  aiiil  slew  him,  and  eut  otf 
his  heail  therewith.  Aiul  when  the 
Philislines  saw  their  cliampioii  was 
dead,  'thrv  fled. 

."..'  And  the  men  of  Israel  and  of  Ju- 
d  ill  :irosr>,  and  shouted,  and  pursued 
the  Philistines,  until  thou  come  to 
the  vallev,  and  to  the  gales  of  lOkron. 
And  the  wounded  of  the  Philistines 
fell  down  by  the  way  to  '  Shaaraim, 
even  unto  Oath,  and  unto  l':kron. 

■V!  And  the  cliihiren  of  rsniel  re- 
turned from  chasing  after  the  Pliilis- 
tines, and  thev  spoiled  tli.-ir  tents. 

.M  And  Dnvid  t..ok  the  brad  of  the 
Philistine,  ami  biought  it  to  .I.tiivi- 
lem;  hut  he  put  liis  ftrmnnr  in  his 
tent. 

Xi  IT  And  when  Saul  saw  David  go 
forth  against  the  Philistine,  lie  said 
nnto  ,\bner,  the  captain  of  the  host, 
Abner,  "whose  son  is  tliis  vouth? 
266 


.V 


And  Abner  said.  As  thy  soul  livcth, 

0  king,  I  cannot  tell. 

.K  And  the  king  said.  Inquire  thou 
whose  son  the  stripling  is. 

.'■r  And  as  David  returned  from  the 
slaughter  of  the  Philistine,  Abner 
took  him,  and  brought  him  before 
Saul  "  witli  the  head  of  the  Philis- 
tine in  his  hand. 

W  And  Saul  said  to  him.  Whose  son 
art  thou,  t/ioit  young  man  ?  And 
David  answered,  >/  am  the  son  of 
thy  servant  Jesse  the  Beth-lehcmite. 

CHAPTER  XVin. 

1  Jonathan  lovcth  David.  6  Haul  envieth 
hit  qjraiie,  10  seeketh  to  kill  him  in  hit 
fur!/,  12  fearcth  him  for  hit  good  luc- 
cctt,  17  ojferclh  him  hit  daughtert  for  a 
entire.  '2'2  David  pertuaded  to  he  the 
king's  ton  in  law,  giveth  two  hundred 
foretkint  of  the  Philietines  for  Miehal't 
dowry.  28  Saul't  hatred,  and  Vavid'a 
glory  inereateth. 

ND  it  came  fo  pass,  when  he  had 
adc  an  end  of  speaking  nnto 
Saul,  that  "the  soul  of  Jimathan  wa.s 
knit  with  the  soul  of  David,  I'and 
.Tonatlian  loved  him  as  liis  own  soul. 

L' And  Saul  took  him  that  day, 'and 
would  let  him  go  no  more  home  to 
his  father's  lionse. 

:i  Then  Jon.ithan  and  David  made 
a  covenant,  because  he  loved  him  as 
his  own  soul. 

4  And  Jonathan  stripped  himself 
of  the  robe  that  t'o<  ujion  him,  and 
gave  it  to  David,  ami  his  garments, 
even  to  his  sword,  and  to  his  bow, 
and  to  Ills  girdle. 

5  H  And  David  went  out  whitherso- 
ever Saul  sent  liim,  anrl  If  behaved 
himself  wisely  :  and  Saul  set  him 
over  the  men  of  war,  and  lie  was 
accepted  in  the  sisrhtof  all  the  peo- 
ple, and  also  in  the  eight  of  Saul's 
servants. 

(J  And  it  came  to  pass  as  they  came, 
when  David  was  returned  from  the 
slaughter  of  the  ||  Philistine,  that 
'I  the  women  came  out  of  all  cities 
of  Israel,  singing  and  dancing,  to 
meet  king  Saul,  with  tabrets,  with 
joy,  and  with  linstruments  of  music. 

7  And  the  women  "answered  one 
aiiot/trr  as  they  played,  and  said, 
rs.iul  hath  slain  his  thousauds,  and 
David  his  ten  thousands. 

8  And  Saul  was  vcrv  wroth,  and 
the  saving  f  ^displeased  him;  and  he 
said.  They  have  ascribed  nnto  David 
ten  thousands,  and  to  me  they  have 
ascribed  but  tJiousands  :  anil  irtial 
can  he  h.ave  more  but  lithe  king- 
dom? 

11  And  Saul  eved  David  from  that 


CHKI8T 
Bbiiul  1063. 


,1  f.. 


In  V  Anil  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  tlnit  i  the  evil  spirit  from 
Cod  eaiiie  upon  Saul,  U  :md  he  proph- 
esied ill  the  mid-t  of  the  house:  and 
David  plaved  with  his  hand,  as  at 
other  times:  land  l/urc  ico.i  a  jave- 
lin in  Saul's  hand. 


D.  41. 30. 

b  D»at.  13.  6, 
ch  19.3  * 
to.  17. 


AcU  111.  IS. 
Wh,  19.9. 


Saul's  jealousy  of  him. 


I.  SAJIUEL.         Michal  given  to  David  to  xoife. 


!P.  li.  29. 
.IC.  13.18. 
I.  Id.  U.  St. 


U  And  Saul  ""cast  ti\c  javelin;  ibr 
he  said,  1  will  smite  Kavid  even  to 
tlie  wall  with  it.  And  Uavid  avoid- 
ed out  of  liis  presence  twice. 

\2  IT  And  Saul  wa.s  "afraid  of  Da- 
vid, because  "the  I..i>i:D  was  witli 
him,  and  was  ''departed  from  Saul. 

13  Therefore  Said  removed  him 
from  him,  and  made  him  his  captain 
over  a  thousand;  and  'i  he  went  out 
and  came  in  belbre  tlie  people. 

14  And  David  ||  behaved  himself 
wisely  in  all  his  ways;  and  'the 
L,oiii>  wa^  with  him. 

13  Wherefore  when  Saul  saw  that 
he  behaved  himself  very  wisely,  ho 
was  afraid  of  him. 

10  But  ^all  Israel  and  Judah  loved 
David,  because  he  weutoutaudcanic 
in  Ijefore  tliem. 

17  IT  And  Saul  said  to  David,  Be- 
hold my  elder  dau^'hter  Merali,  'lier 
will  I  pivc  tliee  to  wife :  only  be  thou 
i  valiant  for  me,  and  ti^ht  "the 
hoKD's  battles.  For  Saul  .said,  '^Let 
not  mine  hand  be  uthiu  him,  but  let 
the  hand  of  tlie  Philistines  be  upon 
him. 

15  And  David  said  unto  Saul,  S  Who 
am  1  ?  and  what  is  my  life,  or  my  la- 
ther's family  in  Israel,  that  I  should 
be  son  in  law  to  the  king? 

10  But  it  came  to  pass  at  the  time 
M'lien  Merab  Siiul's  daughter  sliould 
have  been  given  to  David,  tliat  she 
was  p:i\'en  unto ''Adriel  thc"Mehol- 
atliitc  to  wife. 

L'()  I'And  Michal  Saul's  dau<ihter 
loved  David :  and  they  told  Saul, 
and  the  thin^;  t  pleased  iiim. 

21  And  Saul  said,  1  will  fjivc  him 
her,  that  she  inav  be  'a  snare  to  him, 
and  that  .1  tlie  iiand  of  the  Philis- 
tines may  be  ajjainst  him.  Wliere- 
tbre  Saul  said  to  David,  'I'hou  shalt 
''this  day  be  my  eon  in  law  in  the 
oiif  q/'tlie  twain. 

lil'  IT  And  Saul  commanded  his  serv- 
ants, sai/iiir/.  Commune  witli  David 
secrutlv,  and  sav.  Behold,  the  kinfr 
hatli  deli-lit  in  thee,  and  nil  his  serv- 
ants love  thee:  now  therefore  be  the 
Ulnar's  son  in  law. 

•£'j  And  Saul's  servants  spake  those 
words  in  tlio  ears  of  David.  And 
David  said,  Scemeth  it  to  you  a  lijrht 
tiling  to  be  a  king's  sou  in  law,  see- 
ing tiiat  I  am  a  poor  man,  and  liglit- 
Iv'csteemcd? 

L'4  And  the  servants  of  Saul  told 
liim,  saying,  t  On  this  manner  spake 
David. 

'2.1  And  Saul  said.  Thus  shall  ye 
say  to  David,  The  king  de.siieth  not 
any  f  dowry,  but  a  hundred  foreskins 
of  the  Philistines,  to  be  ^avenged 
of  the  king's  enemies.  But  Saul 
h  thought  to  make  David  fall  by  the 
hand  of  the  Philislines. 

20  And  when  his  servants  told 
David  tliese  words,  it  pleased  David 
well  to  be  the  king's  son  in  law:  and 
i  the  days  were  not  t  exiiired. 


2"  Wherefore  David  arose  and 
went,  he  and  this  men,  and  slew  of 
the  Philistines  two  hundred  men  ; 
and  1  David  brought  tlieir  foreskins, 
and  tliey  gave  them  in  full  tale  to 
the  king,  that  he  might  be  the  king's 
son  in  law.  And  Saul  gave  him 
Wichal  his  daughter  to  wife. 

'2H  ^  And  Saul  saw  and  knew  that 
the  1^0 i:d  ^ras  with  David,  and  t/tat 
Michal  Saul's  daughter  loved  him. 

21)  And  Saul  was  yet  the  more 
afraid  of  David ;  and  Saul  became 
J>avid's  enemy  continuallv. 

30  Tlicn  tlie  princes  of  the  Philis- 
tines "'went  fortli:  and  it  came  to 
pass,  after  they  went  forth,  t/iat  Da- 
vid "behaved"  himself  more  wisely 
tlian  all  the  servants  of  Saul;  so  that 
his  name  was  mueli  f  set  by. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

1  Jonathan  UiacloBeth  hia  fiitlur^a  purpose 
to  kill  Viivitl.  4  J/e  perimadcth  Ida 
father  to  reconciliation.  _  8  Bj/  reason  of 
David'e  good  success  in  a  new  war. 
i^aul'a  viaticiouB  rage  breaketh  out 
against  him.  12  Michal  decciveth  her 
father  with  an  image  in  David's  bed.  18 
David  Cometh  to  Samuel  in  Kaioth.  10 
Saul's  messengers  scut  to  take  David, 
2a  and  Saul  himself,  prophet!/. 

AND  Saul  spake  to  Jonathan  his 
son,  and  to  all  his  servants,  that 
they  sliould  kill  David. 

2  But  Jonati  an  Saul's  son  "de- 
liglitcd  much  i-i  David:  and  Jona- 
than told  David,  saying,  Saul  my 
father  seeketh  to  kill  thee :  now 
therefore,  I  pray  thee,  take  heed  to 
thyself  until  the  morning,  and  abide 
in  a  secret  place,  and  hide  tlivself: 

3  And  I  will  go  out  and  stand 
beside  my  fatlier  in  the  field  where 
thou  ar(,  and  I  will  commune  witli 
mv  father  of  tliee;  and  what  I  see, 
tliat  I  will  tell  thee. 

4  IT  And  Ji'iiatlian  1' spake  good  of 
David  unto  Saul  his  father,  and  said 
unto  iiiiii,  I^et  not  the  king  '^sin 
against  his  servant,  against  David; 
because  he  hath  not  sinned  against 
thee,  and  because  his  works  hai-e 
been  to  thee-ward  very  good : 

,5  For  he  did  put  his  <llifo  in  his 
hand,  and  *'&lew  the  Pliilistine, 
and  ftho  Loiti>  wrought  a  great 
salvation  for  all  Israel:  thou  saw- 
est  it,  and  didst  rejoice:  ^  wherefore 
tlien  wilt  thou  lisin  against  inno- 
cent blood,  to  slay  David  witliout  a 
cause? 

0  And  Saul  hearkened  unto  the 
voice  of  Jonathan:  and  Saul  swaie, 
.i-l.<  the  Loud  liveth,  he  shall  not  be 
slain. 

7  And  Jonathan  called  D.avid, 
and  Jonathan  shewed  him  all  those 
tilings.  And  Jonathan  brought  Da- 
vid to  Saul,  and  he  was  in  his  pres- 
ence, i  as  t  in  times  past. 

.s  IT  And  there  was  war  again :  and 
David  went  out,  and  fought  witli  the 
Philistines,  and  slew  them  with  a 
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fjrcat  slaufjhter;  and  they  fled  I'rom 
f  him. 

9  And  kthe  evil  .>;pirit  from  the 
1-olti)  was  upon  Saul,  ns  he  sat  in 
his  house  with  K\a  javelin  in  his 
hand:  and  David  played  with  A  is 
hind. 

10  And  Saul  BOnpht  to  smite  Da- 
vid even  to  the  waUwith  the. javelin  ; 
but  he  slipped  away  out  ot'  Saul's 
presence,  and  he  smote  the  javelin 
into  the  wall:  and  David  He'd,  and 
escaped  that  ni;,'ht. 

]|  I  Saul  also  sent  messcnpers  unto 
David's  house,  to  wateh  liini,  and 
to  slay  him  in  the  n\ornin^' :  and 
.Miclial  David's  wife  told  him,  say- 
ins.  If  thou  save  not  thy  life  to  ni);lit, 
to  morrow  thou  shall  be  slain. 

VI  II  So  Michal  "'let  David  down 
through  a  window:  and  he  went,  and 
(led,  and  escaped. 

]■'!  And  Michal  took  an  t  image,  and 
laid  it  in  the  bed,  and  put  a  pillow 
of  fjoats'  liiiir  for  liis  bolster,  and 
eovereil  It  with  a  cloth. 

14  Anil  wlieu  Saul  sent  nicssenffcrs 
to  take  David,  she  said.  Ho  i.i  sick. 

15  And  Siul  sent  the  nicsscn<rers 
irr/iiiii  to  see  David,  saying.  Bring 
him  up  to  me  in  the  bed,  that  I  may 
slay  liim. 

lU  And  when  the  messengers  were 
come  in,  behold,  tliei-:  viis  an  image 
in  the  bed,  with  a  pillow  of  goats' 
/mil-  fi>r  ills  bolster. 

17  And  S.uil  sai.l  unto  Michal, 
Why  hnst  thou  deceived  me  so,  and 
sent  away  mine  enemy,  that  ]\q  is 
escaped  ?  And  Michal  answered 
S-iiil.  lie  said  unto  me,  Let  me  go; 
"whv  should  1  kill  thee? 

hS  If  So  JJavid  Hod,  and  escaped, 
and  came  to  Samuel  to  K.imah, 
and  told  him  all  that  Saul  had  done 
to  him.  And  he  and  Samuel  went 
and  dwelt  in  Naioth. 

ID  .\nd  it  was  told  Saul,  saving.  Be- 
hold, David  i.-c  at  Nnioth  in'llamah. 

•J)  A:.d  "Saul  sent  messengers  to 
take  David:  I'aud  when  thi'v  saw 
the  companv  i.f  tlio  i)rnpl,c-ts  prnph- 
cMing.  aud'Sini.K-l  sf:indiiig  o.--  ap- 
pointerlovcrthcru,  the  Sjiirit  i.f  (;..d 
was  ujion  the  messengers  of  Saul, 
and  thi'y  also  ''  prophesied. 

L'l  And  when  it  was  told  Saul,  ho 
sent  olher  messengers,  and  they 
proiihesied  likewise.  And  Saul  sent 
messengers  again  the  tliird  time,  and 
they  pr..phesied  also. 

^J  Then  went  lie  also  to  Ramah, 
and  came  to  a  great  well  that  i.' in 
Seehu  :  and  he  asked  and  said, 
Where  ant  Samuel  and  David  ;' 
And  one  said,  ISehold,  l/ic'j  Ik:  at 
Naioth  in  Uamah. 

Li-i  And  he  went  thither  to  Naioth 
in  llimah:  and  'the  Spirit  of  (Jod 
was  upon  him  also,  and  ho  went  on, 
and  pn>phesied,  until  ho  eamo  to 
Xaioth  ill  Kamah. 

i;i  'And  he  stripped  off  his  clothes 


also,  and  prophesied  before  Samuel 
in  like  manner,  and  i  lay  down 
'naked  all  that  day  and  all  that 
night.  Whcretbre  tliey  say,  "/s  Saul 
also  among  the  prophets? 

CHAPTER  XX. 

I  David  cotifutteltt  willi  Jonathan  for  his 
tafeti/.  11  Jonattian  and  Havid  renew 
their  covenant  by  oatlt.  IS  Jonathan'^ 
loJren  to  Uavid.  ii  Saul,  milting  iJa- 
viil,  eeekelh  to  kill  Junatlian.  So  Jona- 
tllail  lovinijly  takttii  his  leave  of  David. 

A  ND  David  fled  from  Naioth  in 
1\.  Kamali,  and  came  and  said  be- 
fore Jonathan,  What  have  I  done? 
what  is  mine  iniquitv?  and  what  i.,- 
my  sin  before  thy  father,  that  he 
secketh  my  life? 

'2  And  he  said  iiuto  him,  God  for- 
bid: thon  Shalt  not  die:  behold,  nn' 
father  will  do  nothing  either  great  o"r 
small,  but  that  he  will  1  shew  it  me: 
and  why  should  my  lutlier  hide  this 
thing  from  me?  it  7.s  not  m. 

3  And  David  swarc  moreover,  and 
said.  Thy  father  certainly  knoweth 
that  1  have  found  grace  in  thine 
eyes;  and  he  saith.  Let  not  Jonathan 
know  this,  lest  ho  be  grieved:  hut 
truly,  OS  the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy 
soul  liveth,  tlinrc  is  hut  a  step  be- 
tween me  and  death. 

4  Then  said  Jonathan  nnto  David, 

II  Whatsoever  thy  soul  f  desireth,  I 
will  even  do  il  for  thee. 

5  And  David  said  nnto  Jonathan, 
Behold,  to  morrow  is  the  "now  moon, 
aiul  I  should  not  fail  to  sit  with  the 
king  at  meat:  but  let  me  go,  that  I 
u)ay  libido  myself  iu  the  lield  unto 
the'thiid  (lin/'nt  even. 

C  If  thy  f  ithor  at  nil  miss  me,  then 
say,  David  earnestly  asked  learc  of 
me  that  he  niip:ht  run  "to  Belli- 
lehem  his  city:  for  t/irre  is  n  yearly 
II  sacrifice  there  for  all  the  familv. 

7  >1  If  ho  say  thus,  /(  is  well";  thy 
servant  shall  have  peace:  but  if  ho 
be  vory  wroth,  t/irii  be  sure  that 
"'evil  is  dotermined  bv  him. 

.S  Thorolnre  thou  slialt  fdoal  kind- 
ly with  thy  servant:  fiir  E  ||,ou  hast 
brouglit  lliv  serv.^nt  into  a  covenant 
of  the  l,o"i;i>  with  thee:  notwith- 
standing, I'  if  there  bo  in  mc  ini<iuity, 
slay  me  thyself;  for  why  shouldest 
thou  bringme  to  thy  fatlier? 

9  And  Jonathan  said.  Far  be  it  from 
thee  :  for  if  I  knew  certainly  that 
evil  were  determined  by  my'father 
to  come  upon  thee,  then  would  not 
I  tell  it  thee? 

10  Then  said  David  to  .Jonathan, 
AVho  shall  tell  mc?  or  what  i/' thy 
father  answer  thoe  roughlv  ? 

11  H  And  Jonathan  s:iid"  unto  D.a- 
viii.  Come,  ami  lot  ns  go  ..ut  into  the 
field.  And  thcv  went  out  both  of 
them  into  the  field. 

12  .\nd  Jonathan  said  nnto  Da- 
vid, <)  I,<ii:D  God  of  Israel,  when  I 
have  t  sounded  my  father  about  to 


Jonathan's  covenant  loith  David.     I.  SAMUEL. 


Said  seekcth  to  kill  Jonathan. 


morrow  anv  time,  oy  the  third  </«.'/, 
and,  behold',  if  there  he  good  toward 
David,  and  1  then  send  not  unto 
thee,  and  t  shew  it  thee; 
l.j  1  Tlie  IjOKD  do  bo  and  niueli 
more  to  Jonathan  :  but  if  it  please 
my  father  to  do  thee  evil,  then  1  will 
sliew  it  thee,  and  send  tliee  away, 
that  tliou  mavest  ro  in  peace:  and 
kthe  LoHD  be  with  thee,  as  he  hath 
hecn  with  my  father. 

14  And  thou  shalt  not  only  wliile 
vet  I  live  shew  mo  the  kindness  of 
the  Loud,  that  I  die  not: 

15  But  afeo  Ithou  slialt  not  cut  off 
thy  kindness  from  my  liouso  for 
ever:  no,  not  wlicn  the  Luuu  hath 
cut  off'  the  enemies  of  David  every 
one  fro]n  the  face  of  the  eartli. 

It;  So  Jonathan  t  made  a  corennnt 
with  the  hoiisc  of  David,  sailing, 
'"Lot  the  Lonn  oven  require  it  at 
tlic  lianil  of  David's  enemies. 

n  And  Jonathan  caused  David  to 
swear  again,  ||  because  he  loved  him: 
"for  he  loved  him  as  he  loved  his 
own  soul. 

18  Then  Jonathan  said  to  David, 
°To  morrow  is  the  new  moon:  and 
thou  shalt  be  missed,  because  thy 
seat  will  be  f  empty. 

I'J  And  u-lien  tliou  hast  stayed  three 
days,  titeii  thou  shalt  go  down 
lltnuickly,  and  come  to  ''the  place 
v.here  thou  didst  hide  thyself  t  when 
the  business  was  in  Unnil,  and  shalt 
remain  by  the  stone  ||  Ezcl. 

'10  And  I  will  shoot  three  arrows  on 
the  side  thereof,  as  though  I  shot  at 
a  mark. 

21  And,  behold,  I  will  send  a  lad, 
saying.  Go,  find  out  the  arrows.  If 
I  expressly  say  unto  the  lad,  Be- 
hold, the  arrows  are  on  this  side  of 
thee,  take  them;  then  come  thou: 
for  there  is  peace  to  thee,  and  t  no 
hurt;  'i(7,«  the  Loud  liveth. 

22  But  if  I  say  thus  unto  the  young 
man.  Behold,  the  arrows  are  beyond 
thee;  go  thy  -way:  for  the  Louu 
hath  sent  thee  nwaV. 

2'l  And  as  touchinri  ''the  matter 
wliicli  thou  and  1  hiive  spoken  of, 
bcholil,  the  Loud  he  between  thee 
and  me  for  ever. 

24  U  So  David  hid  himself  in  the 
Held:  and  when  the  now  moon  was 
come,  the  king  sat  him  dowu  to  eat 
moat. 

2o  And  the  king  sat  upon  his  seat, 
as  at  other  times,  eren  upon  a  scat 
by  the  wall:  and  Jonathan  arose, 
and  Abner  sat  by  Saul's  bide,  and 
David's  place  wascmpty. 

26  Nevertheless  Saul  spake  not  any 
thing  that  day :  for  he  thought. 
Something  hatn  befdlen  hiui,  he  is 
'  not  clean ;  surely  he  is  not  clean. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, which  teas  the  serond  ilaij  of 
the  month,  th;it  David's  place  was 
empty:  and  Saul  said  inito  Jonathan 
his  son,  AVhoreforc  comcth  not  the 


son  of  Jesse  to  meat,  neither  yester- 
day, nor  to  day  ? 

2S  And  Jon:ithan  'answered  Paul, 
David  earnestly  asked  leave  of  me 
to  go  to  Beth-lehem: 

2'j  And  he  said.  Let  me  go,  I  pray 
thee;  for  our  family  hath  a  sacrifice 
in  the  city;  and  my  brother,  lie  hath 
commanded  nie  to  be  there:  and 
now,  if  I  have  found  favour  in  thine 
eyes,  let  me  get  away,  I  pray  thee, 
and  sec  my  bicthrcn.  Therefore  he 
comcth  not  unto  the  king's  table. 

31)  Then  Saul's  anger  was  kindled 
against  Jonathan,  and  he  said  unto 
him,  II  t  Thou  son  of  the  peiwersc  re- 
bellious u-ontan,  do  not  1  know  that 
thou  hast  chosen  the  son  of  Jesse  to 
thine  own  confusion,  and  unto  the 
confusion  of  thy  mother's  nakedness  7 

.•li  For  as  long  as  the  son  of  Jesse 
liveth  upon  the  ground,  thou  shalt 
not  be  established,  nor  thy  kingdom. 
Wherefore  now  send  and  fetch  him 
unto  mc,  for  he  t  shall  surely  die. 

.■J2  And  Jonathan  answered  Saul  his 
father,  and  said  unto  him,  "Where- 
fore shall  he  be  slain?  what  hath  he 
done  ? 

33  And  Saul  ^  cast  a  javelin  at  him 
to  smite  him:  i  whereby  Jonathan 
knew  that  it  was  determined  of  his 
father  to  slay  David. 

34  So  Jonathan  arose  from  the  table 
in  fierce  anger,  and  did  cat  no  meat 
the  second  day  of  the  month:  fiir  lie 
was  grieved  for  David,  because  his 
father  had  done  him  shame. 

35  T  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
morning,  that  Jonathan  went  out 
into  the  field  at  the  time  appointed 
with  David,  and  a  little  hid  w  ith  him. 

3U  And  he  s;iid  unto  liis  lad,  Hun, 
find  out  now  the  arrows  wliich  1 
shoot.  Antl  as  the  lad  ran,  ho  shot 
an  arrow  t  beyond  him. 

:^7  And  when  the  lad  was  come  to 
tlie  place  of  the  arrow  wliicli  Jona- 
than had  shot,  Jonathan  cried  after 
the  lad,  and  said,  Is  not  the  arrow 
bej'ond  thee? 

M  And  Jonathan  cried  after  the  lad. 
Make  speed,  haste,  stay  not.  And 
Jonathan's  l.ad  gathered  up  the  ar- 
rows, and  came  to  his  master. 

oil  But  the  lad  knew  not  any  thing 
only  Jonathan  and  David  knew  the 
matter. 

40  And  Jonathan  gave  his  f  artillery 
unto  this  lad,  and  said  uuto  him, 
Go,  cany  tlicm  to  the  city. 

41  It  And  as  soon  as  the  lad  was 
gone,  David  arose  out  of  a  place  to- 
w.ard  the  south,  and  fell  on  his  face 
to  the  ground,  and  bowed  himself 
three  times:  and  they  kissed  one  an- 
other, and  wept  one  with  another, 
until  David  exceeded. 

42  And  Jonathan  said  to  David, 
^  Go  in  peace,  ||  forasmuch  as  we 
have  sworn  both  of  us  in  the  name 
of  the  ]>ouD,  saying.  The  Loud  be 
between  me  and  thee,  and  between 

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fU..  8.25. 

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my  sccil  and  thy  seed  for  ever.  And 
he  arose  and  aeparted  :  and  Jona- 
than went  into  the  city. 

CUAPTER  XXI. 

1  Dnviil  at  Aob  ohtmnelh  of  AMmelech 
hallowed  bread.  7  Voeg  tvaa  present.  H 
Dariit  taketh  OoUatU'n  tivorU.  10  David 
at  Gathfcigneth  himaelf  mad. 

THEN  came  David  to  Nob  to 
*Ahi?nelccli  tlic  priest:  and 
Ahimelccli  was  li afraid  at  the  meet- 
ins  of  David,  and  .said  nnto  him, 
"Why  <trt  thou  alone,  and  no  man 
witli  thee? 

2  And  i)avid  said  imto  Aliimelech 
tliG  priest,  TliC  king  Iiatl\  command- 
ed me  a  business,  and  liatli  said  unto 
me,  Let  no  man  know  any  tiling  of 
the  Imsincss  wherealioiit  I'srndthee, 
and  wliat  I  have  commanded  thee: 
and  I  liavc  appointed  inr/  servants  to 
snel\  and  sucl\  a  place. 

3  Xow  therefore  what  is  under  thine 
hand?  pi^'C  iite  five  lotirc.^  o/' bread 
in  mine  hand,  or  what  there  is  fpres- 
cnt. 

4  And  tiic  priest  answered  David, 
and  said,  y'Acrc  7.s' no  eomnioa  bread 
imder  mine  hand,  but  there  is  '■hal- 
lowed bread;  dif  the  .^'oung  men 
have  kept  themselves  at  least  froni 
women. 

5  And  David  answered  the  priest, 
and  said  unto  him,  Of  a  trntli  women 
linre  liftii  kept  from  us  about  tlu'se 
three  (lays,  since  I  came  out,  and  the 
^'vcsscls'of  the  young  men  are  holy, 
and  t/ic  bread  V^'  in  a  manner  com- 
mon, II  yea,  though  it  were  sanctified 
this  day  fin  the  vessel. 

G  .So  the  priest  Sgave  him  hallowed 
hivfdl :  for  there  was  no  bread  tlicro 
but  the  shewbread,  I'that  was  taken 
from  before  the  J,(ii:n,  to  jiut  luit 
bread  in  the  day  when  it  was  taken 
away. 

T  Now  a  certain  man  of  the  servants 
of  S:i\d  ?C(is  tliere  that  day,  detained 
before  the  Loiti);  and  liis  name  jrtia 

I  Doeg,  an  Kdoniite,  tlje  rliiefest  of 
the  liTdnien  that  h,  hiii,iri/  to  Saul. 

NTT  And  David  said  unto .\himelech, 
niVnd  is  there  not  here  uiuler  thine 
hand  spear  or  sword  ?  for  I  have 
neitlier  brought  my  sword  nor  mv 
weapons  with  n)e,  because  the  king's 
bu'iiness  rrciiiircd  linste. 

'.I  An.l  the  jiriest  saiil,  The  sword  of 
(;(.li:ith  (he  I'hilistine,  whom  thou 
^l.■wl■^l  in  ktlie  valley  of  Klali,  I  be- 
liold,  it  i.<  /iriv  wrapped  in  n  cloth 
beliind  the  ephod:  if  thou  wilt  take 
tlnit,  take  il:  tor  Ihrrc  i.<  no  other 
save  that  here.  And  David  said, 
Tlirri'  IS  none  like  that,  give  it  me. 

10  IT  .\nd  David  arose,  and  fled  that 
day  fur  fonr  of  Saul,  and  went  to 

II  Achish  the  king  of  Oath. 

1!  And  '"the  servants  of  Acliish 
said  unto  him,  /<  not  this  David  the 
king  of  the  land?  did  they  not  sing 
one  to  another  of  him  in  dances,  say- 
270 


ing,  "  Saul  hath  slain  his  thousands, 
and  David  his  ten  thousands? 

12  And  J)avid  "  laid  up  these  words 
in  his  heart,  and  was  sore  afraid  of 
Achish  tlic  king  of  Gath. 

13  And  1' he  changed  his  behaviour 
before  them,  and  feigned  himself 
mad  in  their  hands,  and  jl  seral)bled 
on  the  doors  of  the  gate,  and  let  his 
spittle  fall  down  upon  his  beard. 

14  Then  said  Achish  unto  bis  serv- 
ants, ]-o,  ye  see  the  man  His  mad: 
wherefore  llicii  have  ye  brought  him 
to  me  y 

1  J  Have  I  need  of  madmen,  that  vc 
have  brought  this.ri^Wow  to  plav  tlic 
madman  in  my  presence?  shall  this 

fclioio  come  into  my  house? 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

1  Companies  resort  unto  David  tit  .idul- 
lam.  X  At  Mizpeh  he  eomn-.endeth  hit 
parents  uiifo  the  King  of  Moab.  5  Ad- 
monished by  Gad,  he  eometit  to  Ilarcth. 
G  Saul  going  to  pursue  him,  complaineth 
of  his  servants'  unfaithfulness.  9  Doeg 
accuseth  Ahimeteeh.  H  ,*faul  command, 
eth  to  kill  the  priests.  17  Iha  footmen 
refusing,  Doeg  exeeutethit.  '2  i  Abiathar 
esciping,  bringcth  Davtd  the  newt. 

DAVID  therefore  departed  thence, 
and  "'escaped  b  to  the  cave  Adul- 
1am:  and  when  his  brethren  and  all 
his  father's  house  beard  if,  they  went 
down  thither  to  him. 

2  '  And  every  one  that  va.i  in  dis- 
tress, and  every  one  that  fvns  in 
debt,  and  every  one  l/icit  iinn  f  dis- 
contented, gatlicred  themselves  un- 
to him;  and  he  became  a.  captain 
over  them:  and  there  were  with  him 
about  lour  hundred  men. 

.'!  H  And  David  went  thence  to 
Mizpeh  of  Moab:  and  ho  said  unto 
tlu^  king  of  Sloab,  Let  my  father 
aiul  mv  mother,  I  pray  thee,  come 
forth,  (iiirl  tie  with  vou',  till  1  know 
what  (iod  will  do  fo"r  me. 

4  And  he  hn.ught  them  before  the 
king  of  Moab:  ami  tbcv  dwelt  with 
him  all  the  while  that  l)avid  was  in 
the  hold. 

5  IT  And  the  prophet  '1  (lad  paid 
nnto  David,  Abiilc  not  in  the  hold; 
depart,  and  get  thee  into  the  land 
of  Judah.  Then  David  deiinrted, 
and  came  into  the  forest  of  Uareth. 

(i  Tf  AVhcn  Saul  luaiil  that  David 
was  discovered,  and  the  men  that 
irrrr  with  bini,  (now  Saul  abode  in 
Gibeah  under  a  |l  tree  in  Raninh, 
having  his  spear  in  his  linn<l,  and 
all  his  servants  tccrc  standing  about 
hiiu;') 

7  Then  Saul  said  nnto  his  servants 
that  stood  about  him.  Hear  now,  ye 
iienjamites  ;  will  the  son  of  Jesse 
'give  every  one  of  you  fields  and 
vineyards,  anil  make  you  all  cap- 
tains of  thousands,  ana  captains  of 
hundreds; 

S  That  all  of  von  have  conspired 
against  me,  and  there  n  none  that 
t.-'heweth    mc    that    fniy  ton    hath 


Doeg  accuscth  Ahimelech. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


David  rescueth  Keilah. 


made  a  league  with  the  son  of  Jesse, 
and  th(^re  is  none  of  you  that  is  sorry 
for  me,  or  sheweth  unto  me  tliat 
my  Bon  hatli  stirred  up  my  servant 
against  me,  to  lie  in  wait,  as  at  this 
day? 

9  IT  Then  answered  BDoes  the 
Edomite,  which  was  set  over  the 
servants  of  Saul,  and  said,  I  saw 
the  son  of  Jesse  coming  to  Nob,  to 
li  Ahimelech  the  son  of  i  Ahitub. 

10  kAnd  he  inquired  of  the  Lord 
for  him,  and  Igavc  him  victuals,  and 
Rave  him  the  sword  of  Goliath  the 
Vhilistinc. 

U  Then  the  kin^  sent  to  call 
Ahimelech  the  iiricst,  the  son  of 
Ahitub,  and  all  his  fiither's  house, 
the  priests  that  were  in  Nob  :  and 
they  came  all  of  tliem  to  the  kin;;. 

VI  And  Saul  said.  Hear  now,  thou 
son  of  Aliitub.  And  he  answered, 
j  Here  I  am,  my  lord. 

lo  And  Saul  "said  tmto  him.  Why 
have  vc  conspired  against  me,  thou 
and  t1ic  son  of  Jesse,  in  that  thou 
hast  given  him  bread,  and  a  sword, 
and  hast  inquired  of  God  for  him, 
that  he  should  rise  against  me,  to 
lie  in  wait,  as  at  this  day? 

H  Then  Ahimelech  answered  the 
king,  and  said,  And  who  U  so  faith- 
ful among  all  thy  servants  as  David, 
wliieh  is  the  king's  son  in  law,  and 
gocth  at  thy  bidding,  and  is  honour- 
able in  thine  house? 

1.5  Did  1  then  begin  to  inquire  of 
God  for  him?  be  it  far  from  me:  let 
not  the  king  impute  on//  tiling  unto 
his  servant,  7ior  to  all  the  house  of 
my  father :  for  thy  servant  knew 
nothing  of  all  this,  f  less  or  more. 

IS  And  the  king  said.  Thou  shalt 
surely  die,  Ahimelech,  thou,  and  all 
thy  father's  house. 

17  IT  And  the  king  said  unto  the 
lltfootmcn  that  stood  about  him. 
Turn,  and  sluy  the  priests  of  the 
Loud  ;  because  their  hand  also  is 
with  David,  and  because  they  knew 
when  he  fled,  and  did  not  shev/  it  to 
me.  Hut  the  servants  of  the  king 
'"would  not  put  forth  their  hand  to 
fall  upon  the  priests  of  the  Lokd. 

18  And  the  king  said  to  Doeg, 
Turn  thou,  and  fall  upon  the  priests. 
And  Doeg  the  Edomite  turned,  and 
he  fell  upon  the  priests,  and  "slew 
on  that  day  fourscore  and  live  per- 
sons that  did  wear  a  linen  ephod. 

VJ  "And  Nob,  the  city  of  the 
priests,  smote  he  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword,  both  men  and  women, 
children  and  sucklings,  and  oxen, 
and  asses,  and  sheep,  with  the  edge 
of  the  sword. 

20  TI  I"  Andoncof  the  sonsof  Ahime- 
lech the  son  of  Ahitub,  named  Abi.a- 
thar,  1  escaped,  and  fled  after  David. 

21  And  Ahiathar  showed  David  that 
Saul  had  slain  the  Louii's  prie.-its. 

22  And  David  said  unto  Ahiathar, 
I  knew  it  that  day,  when  Doeg  the 


Edomite  tens  there,  that  he  would 
surely  tell  Saul:  I  have  occasioned 
llic  death  of  all  the  persons  of  thy 
father's  house. 

2.')  Abide  thou  with  me,  fear  not: 
•"for  he  that  seeketh  my  lilii  seeketh 
thy  life:  but  with  mc  thou  s/ialt  be 
in  saieguard. 

CHAPTER  XXIir. 
1  IJnvidt  inquiring  of  the  Lord  by  Abia- 
thar,   rescueth  Keilah.     7  God  shewing 
him  the  coming  of  Saul,  nnd  the  treach- 
ery of  the  Keilitce,  he  acupeth  from  Kei- 
lah.    14  In  Ziph  Jonathan  Cometh  and 
comforlelh  him.     19  The  Ziphitca  dis- 
cover him  to   Saul.    25  At  Maon  he  is 
rescued  from  Saul  hy  the  invasion  of  the 
Philistines.    29  Ue  dwelleth  at  £n-yedi. 
''piIEN    they  told    David,  saying, 
±     Behold,    the    Philistines    tight 
against  "Keilah,  and  they  rob  the 
t!\reshingfloors. 

2  Therefore  David  l>  inquired  of  the 
Lord,  saying.  Shall  I  go  and  smite 
these  Philistines?  And  the  I^oitD 
said  unto  David,  Go,  and  smite  the 
Philistines,  and  save  Keilah. 
.3  And  David's  men  said  tinto  him. 
Behold,  we  be  afraid  here  in  Judah: 
how  much  more  then  if  we  come  to 
Keilah  against  the  armies  of  the  Phi- 
listines? 

4  Then  David  inquired  of  the  Lord 
yet  again.  And  the  Lord  answered 
him  and  said.  Arise,  go  down  to 
Keil.ah;  for  X  will  deliver  the  Phi- 
listines into  thine  hand. 
.")  So  David  and  his  men  wont  to 
Keilali,  and  fought  with  the  Philis- 
tini's,  and  brought  away  their  cattle, 
and  smote  them  with  a  great  slaugh- 
ter. So  David  saved  the  inhabitants 
of  Keiiah. 

I)  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahia- 
thar the  .son  of  Ahimelech  ''flod  to 
David  to  Keilah,  t/iat  he  came  down 
u-ilh  an  ephod  in  his  hand. 

7  U  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  David 
was  come  to  Keilah.  And  Saul  said, 
God  hath  delivered  him  into  mine 
hand;  for  he  is  shut  in,  by  entering 
into  a  town  that  hath  gates  and 
bars. 

8  And  Saul  called  all  the  people  to- 
gether to  war,  to  go  down  to  Keilah, 
to  besiege  David  and  his  men. 

9  IT  And  David  knew  that  Saul 
.secretly  practised  mischief  against 
him;  and  J  he  said  to  Ahiathar  the 
priest.  Bring  hither  the  ephod. 

10  Then  said  David,  O  Lord  God 
of  Israel,  thy  servant  hath  certainly 
heard  that  Saul  seeketh  to  come  to 
Koilah,  *■  to  destroy  the  city  ibr  my 
sake. 

11  Will  the  men  of  Keilah  deliver 
mc  up  into  his  hand?  will  Saul  come 
down,  as  thy  servant  hath  heard  ?  O 
l.dun  God  of  Israel,  I  beseecli  thee, 
toll  thy  servant.  And  the  Lord 
snid.  He  will  come  down. 

IJ  Then  said  David,  Will  the  men 
of  Keikih  T  deliver  me  and  my  men 
271 


David  cscapcth  from  Keilah. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


Ue  cutteth  off  Saul's  skirt. 


Before 
CIllU  S  T 

about  1;>C1. 


bP<  II.  1. 
liJoih.  13.  .1 
i  I'«.  il.  3,  ) 


into  the  hand  of  Saul?  And  the 
Loi:i)  said.  They  will  delivcrfAce  up. 

1.)  IT  Then  IJavid  nnd  hi.i  men, 
^  which  were  about  six  hundred,  arose 
and  departed  out  of  Keilah,  and 
went  whitliersocver  they  could  p;0. 
And  it  was  told  Saul  that  David  was 
escaped  from  Keilah ;  and  lie  for- 
bare  to  eo  forth. 

11  And  Oavid  abode  in  the  wilder- 
ness in  stron;^  holds,  and  remained 
in  s.a  mountain  in  tlic  wilderness  of 
li  Ziph.  And  Saul  i  sought  liim  every 
day,  hut  God  delivered  him  not  into 
his  han<l. 

l'>  And  David  saw  that  Saul  was 
come  out  to  seek  his  life:  and  David 
v:as  in  the  wilderness  of  Ziph  in  a 
wood. 

Ifl  IT  And  Jonathan  S-iul's  son  arose, 
and  went  to  David  into  the  wood, 
aiul  strenf^thcnfd  hi.s  hand  in  God. 

IT"  And  he  .'^aid  unto  him,  Fear  not: 
for  the  hand  of  Snul  my  tiither  shall 
not  (iud  thee;  and  thou  shalt  he  kin 
over  Israel,  and  I  shall  he  next  unto 
thee;  and  l-that  also  Saul  my  father 
kiioweth. 

18  And  they  two  I  made  a  covenant 
before  the  l>oi:i):  nnd  David  abode 
in  the  wood,  and  Jonathan  went  to 
his  liouse. 

I'J  IT  Tlien  ""came  up  the  Ziphites 
to  Saul  to  Giheah,  s.ayin;.;.  Doth  not 
David  hide  himself  with  us  in  stron;? 
holils  in  the  wood,  in  tlic  hill  of 
Ilaehilah,  which  is  ton  the  south  of 
II  Jeshimon? 

yl  Now  therefore,  O  kinjr,  come 
down  aecordin;^  to  all  the  desire  of 
thy  soul  to  come  down;  and  "our 
p:irt.«/K(H  he  to  deliver  him  into  the 
lcin--s  luind. 

I'l  And  Said  said,  Blessed  he  ye  of 
the  I/OKi>;  for  ye  have  compassion 
on  me. 

'21  Go,  I  pray  j'ou,  prepare  vet,  and 
know  and  see  his  place  where  his 
1  haunt  is,  wiil  who  liath  seen  him 
there:  for  it  is  told  me  iliat  he  deal- 
eth  very  suhtilrlv. 

■S:  Si'e  thireli>i'e,  and  t.ako  knowl- 
cil.-ei.C  all  tlie  liirkin;;  places  where 
he  hidetli  himsi'lf,  and  come  ycas'iin 
to  me  with  the  certainty,  and  I  will 
(;o  witli  you:  and  it  snail  come  to 
pa-ss,  if  he  be  in  the  land,  tl>at  I  will 
search  him  n\it  throughout  all  the 
thousaiulsofJudah. 
24  .\nd  thev  arose,  nnd  went  to 
Ziph  beliire  Saul:  but  David  and  his 
TiM'U  iLvi-c  in  the  wilderness  "of 
.Maon,  in  the  plain  on  the  south  of 
Jeshimon. 
L'.i  Saul  also  nnd  liis  men  went  to 
seek  him.  And  they  told  D»vid  : 
wlu'reforo  he  came  down  II  into  iv 
rock,  and  abode  in  the  wilderness  of 
.Maon.  And  when  Saul  heard  that, 
he  pursued  after  David  in  the  wil- 
derness of  JFaon. 

2(!  And  Saul  went  on  this  side  of  the 
mountain,  and  D.avid  and  his  men 
■jr.v 


on  that  side  of  the  mountain:  ''nnd 
David  made  haste  to  pet  away  for 
fear  of  .Saul ;  for  Saul  nnd  his  men 
*l compassed  David  and  his  men 
round  about  to  take  them. 
2"  IT  ""  lint  there  came  a  messen;;cr 
unto  Saul,  sayiufi.  Haste  thee,  and 
come;  for  the  Philistines  have  \\n- 
vaded  the  land. 

28  Wherefore  Saul  returned  from 
pursuing  after  David,  and  went 
against  the  Philistines  :  therefore 
they  called  that  place  ||  Sela-ham- 
manlekoth. 

29  IT  And  David  went  up  from 
thence,  and  dwelt  in  strong  holds  at 
*  JCn-gcdi. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
1  David  ill  a  cava  at  En-jtdi,  having  cut 
off  SauVt  ekirt,  tparcth  hit  life.  8  lie 
thcwctit  thcrcbii  hia  innocency.  15  Saul, 
aclinoH'trdf/infj  hia  fault,  taketh  an  oath 
of  David,  awl  dcpartclh. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  'when  Satd 
was  returned  from  f  following 
the  Pliili^^tincs  that  it  was  told  him, 
i;.linl(l,  Duvid  is  in  the  wil 


der 


if  1-: 


edi. 


2  Then  Saul  took  three  thousand 
chosen  men  out  of  all  Israel,  and 
I'wcnt  to  seek  David  and  his  men 
upon  the  rocks  of  the  wild  coats. 

3  And  he  camo  to  the  sTieepcotcs 
by  the  way,  where  wets  a  cave;  nnd 
•^Saul  went  in  to  il cover  his  feet: 
and*'D;n"id  :\nd  his  men  remained 
in  the  sides  of  the  ea^-e. 

4  f  .Vuil  the  mei\  of  David  said  unto 
him,  lielK.ld  tlie  dav  of  which  the 
l.oni)  siiiil  unto  tlue.  Behold,  I  will 
deliver  thine  eneinv  int.i  lliiiie  hanfl, 
that  tho\i  mnyest  do  to  him  as  it  shall 
seem  pmd  unto  tliee.  Then  David 
arose,  and  cut  off  the  skirt  off  Saul's 
robe  j)ri\'ily. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass  nflerward, 
that  s  David's  heart  smote  him,  be- 
cause he  had  cut  off  Saul's  skirt. 

(i  And  he  said  unto  his  men,  li  The 
I.oRi)  forbid  that  I  should  do  this 
thini^  unto  my  master,  the  J.oRp's 
aiu")inted,  to  stretch  forth  mine  hand 
nt^aiust  him,  seeing;  he  is  the  unoint- 
cd  of  the  l,oi!D. 

7  So  David  f  i  stayed  his  servants 
with  these  words,  and  suH'ered  them 
not  to  rise  n;j:ninst  Saul.  But  Saul 
rose  up  out  of  the  cave,  and  went  tm 
/lis  way. 

8  Daviil  also  arose  afterward,  and 
went  out  of  the  cave,  nnd  cried  nfler 
Saul,  saiiu'.'.  Mv  lord  the  kin?.  And 
whin  Saul  In, .lied  b.hind  him,  Da- 
vid sto.ipeil  with  his  face  to  the  earth, 
and  hi.wiM  himself. 

'.MFAnd  1  ).ivi,l  said  to  Saul,  iWhere- 
fore  heari'st  tboii  men's  words,  say- 
ing. B.h.ild,  David  se.-keth  thy  hurt? 

II)  Beh..!d.  this  day  thine  eyes  have 
seen  how  that  the  I.oim  had  deliv- 
ered thee  to  day  into  mine  haml  in 
the  cave:  nnd  some  hade  nw  kill  thee: 
but  yiiiite  eye  spared  thee;  nnd  I  said. 


Saxil  acknoivlcdr/eth  his  fault. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


2\'abars  churlisluicss. 


I  ch.  26.  23. 
t  Hcb. 

;i;:y/'i2.* 


I  will  not  put  forth  mine  hand 
ugaiii^t  my  lord;  for  he  !s  the  LOKU's 
anointed. 

11  Moreover,  my  father,  see,  yea, 
see  the  skirt  of  tliy  rohe  in  my  hand: 
ibr  in  that  I  cut  off  tlie  skirt  of  thy 
robe,  and  killed  thee  not,  know  thou 
and  sec  that  t/icre  is  l  neither  evil  nor 
transsrcssion  in  mine  hand,  and  I 
have  not  sinned  against  thee  ;  yet 
thou  "'  huntest  ray  soul  to  take  it. 

12  "The  lyOitD  judge  between  me 
and  thee,  and  the  I>oi;d  avenge  ine 
of  tliee:  but  mine  hand  shall  not  be 
upon  thee. 

1.'!  As  snitli  the  proverb  of  the  an- 
cients, Wickedness  proccedeth  i'rom 
the  wicked:  but  mine  hand  shall  not 
be  upf)n  thee. 

14  After  whom  is  the  king  of  Israel 
come  out  ?  after  whom  dost  thou 
pursue?  "after  a  dead  dog,  after  I'a 

16  1  The  T^ono  therefore  he  judge, 
and  judge  between  me  an<l  thee,  and 
^see,  and  ^  plead  my  cause,  and  f  de- 
liver me  out  of  thine  hand. 

Hi  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Da- 
vid liad  made  an  end  of  speaking 
these  words  unto  Saul,  that  Siiulsaitf, 
'Is  this  thy  voice,  my  eon  David? 
And  Saul  lifted  up  his  voice,  and 
wept. 

17  "And  he  said  to  David,  Thon  ayt 
'more  righteous  than  I:  for  >  thou 
hast  rewarded  mc  good,  whereas  I 
have  rewarded  tl\ec  evil. 

18  And  thou  hast  shewed  this  dav 
how  that  thou  hast  dealt  well  v.-itii 
mc:  forasmuch  as  when  '"the  Lord 
had  t  delivered  me  into  thine  hand, 
thou  killcdst  me  not. 

19  For  if  a  man  find  his  enemy,  will 
he  let  him  go  well  away?  wherefore 
the  Loi'.i)  reward  thee  "good  for  that 
thou  hast  done  unto  mc  this  day. 

20  And  now,  behold,  ^I  know  well 
that  thou  shalt  surely  be  king,  and 
that  the  kingdom  of  Israel  shall  be 
established  in  thine  hand. 

21  1>  Swear  now  therefore  unto  me 
by  the  LoitD,  ^that  thou  wilt  not  cut 
oft'  my  seed  after  me,  and  that  tliou 
wilt  not  destroy  my  name  out  of  my 
father's  house. 

22  And  David  sware  unto  Saul. 
And  Saul  went  home;  but  David 
and  liis  men  gat  them  up  unto  ''  the 
hold. 

CHAPTER  XXA'. 
I  Samuel  dieth.  2  David  in  Paran  send- 
eth  to  Nabal.  10  Provolted  by  Nabal'a 
churliBhncBe,  he  mindeth  to  destroy  him. 
14  Abigail  understanding  thereof,  18 
takcth  n  present,  2:i  and  by  her  vfisdom 
82  paeifieth  Damd.  30  Nabal  hearina 
thereof  dieth.  39  David  ta.'ceth  Abigail 
and  Ahinoam  to  be  his  toives.  44  Michal 
is  given  to  Phalti. 

AND  "Samuel  died;   and  all  the 
Israelites  were  "ntlicrcd  t'^geth- 
er,  and  ''lamented  him,  and  buried 
him  in  his  house  at  llamah.    And 
18 


David  arose,  and  went  down  "^  to  the 
wilderness  of  I'aran. 

2  And  tltem  v:as  a  man  il  in  Maon, 
whose  II  possessions  wt^rc  in  *■'  Carmel; 
and  the  man  u-as  very  great,  and  he 
had  three  thousand  "sheep,  and  a 
thousand  poats:  and  he  was  shearing 
his  sheep  in  Carmel. 

;!  Now  the  name  of  the  man  icas 
Nabal,  and  the  name  of  his  wife 
Abigail;  and  s/ic  vas  a  woman  of 
good  understanding,  and  of  a  beau- 
tiful countenance:  out  the  man  was: 
churlish  and  evil  in  his  doings;  and 
he  was  of  the  house  of  Caleb. 

4  IT  And  David  heard  in  the  wilder- 
ness that  Nabal  did  f  shear  his  sheep. 

5  And  David  sent  out  ten  3'oung 
men,  and  David  said  unto  the  young 
men,  CJet  you  up  to  Carmel,  and  go 
to  Nabal,  and  f  greet  him  in  my 
name: 

G  And  thus  shall  ye  sav  to  him  that 
liveth  in  prosperitif,  f^  I'eace  be  both 
to  thee,  and  iieace  br  to  thine  house, 
and  peace  he  unto  all  that  thou  hast. 

7  And  now  1  have  heard  that  thou 
hast  shearers  :  now  thy  shepherds 
which  were  with  us,  we  t  hurt  them 
not,  Il  neither  was  there  aught  miss- 
ing unto  them,  all  the  while  they 
were  in  Carmel. 

8  Ask  thy  young  men,  and  llicy 
will  shew  thee.  Wherefore  let  the 
young  men  find  favour  in  thine 
eyes;  for  we  come  in  ia  good  day: 
give,  I  ijray  thee,  whatsoever  Com- 
eth to  thine  hand  unto  thy  servants, 
and  to  thy  son  David. 

i)  And  when  David's  young  men 
came,  they  spake  to  Nabal  according 
to  all  those  words  in  the  name  of 
David,  and  f  ceased. 

10  IT  And  Nabal  answered  David's 
servants,  and  said,  kWho  is  David? 
and  who  is  the  son  of  Jesse?  there  be 
many  servants  nowadays  that  break 
away  every  man  from  his  master. 

11  1  Shall  I  then  take  my  bread,  and 
mv  water,  and  my  t  flesh  that  I  have 
killed  for  my  shearers,  and  give  )( 
unto  men,  whom  I  know  not  whence 
they  te.' 

12  So  David's  young  men  turned 
their  way,  and  went  again,  and  came 
and  tourhim  all  those  sayings. 

h'i  And  David  said  unto  his  men. 
Gird  ve  on  every  man  his  sword. 
And  tliey  girded  on  every  man  his 
sword;  and  David  also  girded  on  his 
sword:  and  there  went  up  after  Da- 
vid about  four  hundred  men  ;  and 
two  hundred  "  abode  by  the  stuff. 

14  IT  But  one  of  the  yoimg  men  told 
Abigail,  Nabal's  wife,  saying,  Behold, 
David  sent  messengers  out  of  the 
wilderness  to  salute  our  master;  and 
he  trailed  on  them. 

15  But  the  men  were  very  good  un- 
to us,  and  "  we  were  not  {hurt,  nei- 
ther missed  wc  any  thing,  as  long  as 
we  were  conversant  with  them,  when 
we  were  in  the  fields. 

273 


Abigail's  discreet  co7iducf,. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


She  pacifieth  David. 


Before 
0  U  II I  8  T 

about  1U6U. 

oEv.  11.  22. 
Jub  1.  10. 
,.cl..2).7. 


Pro*.  18.  llj. 


m.  \i.  V>. 
.m.l8..12. 
-I,  ;I3.  11, 


11)  They  were  °,a  wall  unto  us  both 
by  nij;ht  and  daj',  all  the  while  wo 
were  with  thcra  kcepin);  the  sheep. 

17  Now  therefore  know  and  consid- 
er what  thou  wilt  do;  for  I'evil  is 
determined  a^nin.'^t  our  master,  and 
against  all  Iiis  household:  for  he  is 
fiirh  a  pon  of  'I  Belial,  that  a  man 
cannot  speak  to  him. 

18  IT  Tlien  Abiffail  made  haste,  and 
■■took  two  hundred  loaves,  and  two 
bottles  of  wine,  and  five  sheep  ready 
dressed,  and  five  measures  of  parch- 
ed cor/i,  and  a  hundred  1|  clusters  of 
raisins,  and  two  hundred  cakca  of 
fi>:s,  and  laid  t/tein  on  a.'?ises. 

l\)  And  she  said  unto  her  servants, 
'  Go  on  before  me;  behold,  I  coine 
after  vou.  But  she  told  not  her  hus- 
band Nabal. 

a)  And  it  was  so,  a."  she  rode  on  the 
as.<,  that  she  came  down  bv  the  cov- 
ert of  the  hill,  and,  behold,  David 
and  his  men  came  down  against  her; 
and  she  met  them. 

:^1  Now  l)a\'id  had  said,  Surclv  in 
vain  have  1  kept  all  that  thh  fellow 
hath  in  the  wilderness,  so  that  noth- 
ing; was  missed  of  nil  that  pciiained 
unto  him:  and  he  liath  'requited  me 
evil  for  good. 

Ti  "  So  and  more  al.«o  do  God  unto 
the  enemies  of  Daviil,  if  I  ^  leave  of 
all  that  /lerftiiii  to  him  by  the  morn- 
ins  lis^ht  i'any  that  laaseth  acrainst 
the  wall. 

l!'i  And  when  Abicail  s!iw  David, 
she  hasted,  and  ''lighted  off  the  n-ss, 
ami  fell  before  David  on  her  face, 
and  bowed  herself  to  tlic  fjround, 

21  And  (ell  at  his  feet,  and  said, 
U[ion  me,  my  lord,  viion  me  Irt  t/ii.i 
ini(|nity  hr :  and  let  thine  handmaid, 
1  pray  thee,  speak  in'thino  f  audience, 
ami  hear  the  words  of  thine  hand- 
maid. 

2.5  lyct  not  my  lord,  I  pray  thee, 
Iregard  this  man  of  Helial,  cicn  Xa- 
bal  :  i()r  as  his  name  I'.s',  so  js  he  ; 
||  Nabal  i>  his  name,  and  folly  t.s  with 
him:  but  1  thine  handmaid  .saw  not 
tlu:  youni;  nu'n  of  my  lord,  whom 
thou  didst  send. 

2()  Now  therefore,  mv  lord,  "a.i  tlio 
Loiii)  liveth,and.isl"livsoiil  livetli, 
seein,?  the  l.oiii)  hatli  I'wilhholdcn 
thee  from  comini;  to  ahf'tl  blond,  and 
from  I  ^  nvcn;.;iii;4;  thyself  witli  tliine 
own  hand,  now  «l  let  thine  enemies, 
and  tlicv  that  seek  evil  to  my  lord, 
be  as  Nabal. 

•27  And  now  •'this  ||  ble.^isinjr  which 
thine  handin.iid  hath  brontlit  unto 
mv  lord,  h'l  it  even  be  Kivcii  nuto 
the  youn-  nn  n  tliat  I  follow  mv  lord. 

2S  1  piav  thie,  for;;i>e  the  trespass 
ot  thine  liaiulmnid:  for  i  the  l.oltl) 
will  certniiilv  make  mv  lord  a  sure 
iKiiL-e;  beciinse  mv  lord  n  fiKliteth 
the  battles  of  the  f.oKii,  and  I'evil 
hath  nut  been  found  in  thee  ult  thy 
davs. 

2'.)  Yet  a  man  ia  risen  to  pursue 
274 


thee,  and  to  seek  thy  soul:  but  the 
soul  of  my  lord  sh:ril  be  bound  in 
the  bundle  of  life  with  the  Lord  thy 
God;  and  the  soul.s  of  thine  enemies, 
them  shall  he  i  sling  out,  j  as  out  of 
the  middle  of  a  eling. 

30  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
the  Loiii)  shall  h.ave  done  to  m.v 
lord  according  to  all  the  good  tliat 
he  hath  siKiken  concerning  thee,  and 
shall  have  appointed  thee  ruler  over 
Israel; 

.'U  That  this  shall  bo  t  no  grief  unto 
thee,  nor  offence  of  heart  unto  my 
lord,  either  that  thou  hast  shed  blood 
causeless,  or  that  my  lord  hath 
avenged  himself:  but  when  the 
1/0 itD  shall  have  dealt  well  with  my 
lord,  then  remember  thine  hand- 
maid. 

32  TT  And  David  said  to  Abigail, 
k  Blessed  fic  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
which  sent  thee  this  d.ay  to  meet  me: 

.'!.'!  And  blessed  be  thy  advice,  and 
blessed  fje  thou,  which  nast  I  kept  inc 
this  day  from  coming  to  shctf  blood, 
and  from  avenging  myself  with 
mine  own  hand. 

."1  For  in  very  deed,  an  the  Lonn 
God  of  Israel  liveth,  which  hath 
■"  kept  mo  back  from  hurting  thee, 
except  thou  h.adst  hasted  and  come 
to  meet  nie,  surely  there  had  "  not 
been  left  unto  Nabal  by  the  morning 
light  any  that  pisseth  against  the 
wall. 

!ij  So  David  received  of  her  hand 
that  which  she  had  br<»ug!it  him, 
and  said  unto  her,  "  (Jo  up  in  peace 
to  thine  house;  sec,  1  have  hearken- 
ed to  thy  voice,  and  have  ■'accepted 
thy  person. 

'M  ir  -Vnd  Abigail  cnme  to  Nabal; 
and,  behold,  'ilic  held  a  fea.<t  in  his 
house,  like  the  feast  of  a  king:  and 
Nabal's  heart  irn.f  merry  witliin  him, 
for  he  ii'is  very  drunken:  wherefore 
she  t'lld  him  noihing.  less  or  more, 
until  tlie  mnrning  light. 

."7  H'lt  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morn- 
ing, when  the  wine  was  gone  out  of 
Nabal,  and  his  wife  had  told  him 
these  things,  that  his  heart  died 
within  him,  and  ho  became  os  a 
stone. 

■  W  And  it  eamo  to  pass  about  ten 
davs  ni'tcr,  that  the  Lord  smoto 
Nabal,  that  he  died. 

.HI  H  .\nd  when  David  heard  that 
Nabal  was  dead,  he  said,  'Blessed 
If  the  Lord,  that  hath  "pleaded 
tlie  cause  of  mv  reproach  fri>m  the 
hiHid  of  Nabal,"  and  hath  'kept  his 
servant  from  evil  :  for  the  Lord 
li;itli  "ritnrned  the  wirkediu-ss  of 
Nabal  upon  his  own  head.  And 
l):ivid  sent  and  communed  with 
.-Vbigail,  to  take  her  to  him  to  wiftf. 

■10  .Viul  wlien  the  servants  of  David 
were  come  to  Abigail  to  Carmel, 
they  spake  unto  her,  saying,  David 
sent  us  unto  thcc,  tu  tuku  thco  to 
him  to  wife. 


David  iakcUl  Abigail  to  xrnfe. 


I.  SAMUEL. 


He  again  spareth  Sattl's  life. 


41  And  6lic  arose,  and  bowed  her- 
self on  Iter  face  to  llic  earth,  and  said. 
Behold,  li't  ''thine  handmaid  be  u 
servant  to  wash  the  feet  of  the  serv- 
ants of  my  lord. 

42  An<l  Abi;;flil  hasted,  and  arose, 
and  rode  upon  an  ass,  with  live  dam- 
sels of  liers  that  went  f  after  her; 
and  she  went  after  tlie  messengers 
of  David,  and  became  bis  wife. 

4.1  David  also  took  Abino.%m  ^of 
Jczrccl;  ''and  they  were  also  both 
of  them  his  wives. 
44  H  But  Saul  had  given  "  Michal 
Ills  daughter,  David's  wife,  to  1)  Bhalti 
the  son  of  Laish,  which  ivas  of  i)  Gal- 
lim. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
1  l^aul,  by  the  diai^ovcrt/  of  the  Zivhitct, 
come/h   to  Haehilak   against   David.    5 
JJaviU  cominij  into    the    trench  stayeih 
Aljiahni  from  kitlini/   Saul,  but   takclh 
hia  epcnr  and  cruse.    13  Vavid  reprov- 
elh  Abner,   13  and  exhortetii  Saul.    21 
Saul  ackuQvilcdgeth  hit  ein. 
A  ND  the  Ziphites  came  unto  Saul 
^V  to  Gibcah,  saying,  "Doth  not 
I")avid  lude  liimsclf  in  the   hill  of 
llaehilah,  n-hirh  is  before  Jcshimon  ? 
2  Then  Saul  arose,  and  went  down 
to  the   wilderness  of  Ziph,  havinjc 
three  thousand  chosen  men  of  Israel 
with  bini,  to  seek  David  in  the  wil- 
derness of  Ziph. 

.1  And  Saul  pitched  in  the  hill  of 
Ilaebilah,  which  i>  before  Jcshimon, 
by  the  way.  But  David  abode  in 
the  "wilderness,  and  he  saw  that  Saul 
came  after  liim  into  tlic  wilderness. 

4  D.avid  therefore  sent  out  spies, 
and  understood  that  Saul  was  come 
in  very  deed. 

5  IT  And  David  arose,  and  came  to 
the  place  where  Saul  had  pitched: 
and  David  beheld  the  place  where 
Saul  lay,  and  I'Abner  the  son  of 
Ner,  the  captain  of  his  host:  and 
Saul  l:\y  in  the  ||  trench,  and  the 
people  pitched  round  nbi>ut  him. 

0  Then  answered  David  and  said 
to  Ahimelech  the  llittite,  and  to 
Abishai  'tlie  son  of  Zcruiali,  broti^cr 
to  .loab,  snyinp,  Wlio  will  ilgo  down 
witli  mo  to  Saul  to^  the  camj)?  And 
Abisliai  said,  I  will  |;o  down  witii 
thee. 

7  So  David  and  Abishai  came  to  the 
people  by  night:  and,  behold,  Saul 
lay  sleeping  within  the  trench,  and 
his  spear  stuck  in  the  ground  at  his 
bolster:  but  Abner  and  the  people 
lay  round  about  him. 

8  Then  said  Abishai  to  David,  God 
hatli  t  delivered  thine  enemy  into 
thine  hand  tliis  dav:  now  therefore 
let  me  smite  him,  1  pr:iy  thee,  ^vitli 
the  spear  even  to  t!»e  earth  at  once, 
and  I  will  not  smile  him  the  eecond 
time. 

It  And  I>avid  said  to  Abishai,  De- 
stroy liinx  not:  "^forwliocan  strcteh 
fortti  his  Iiaiul  against  llie  Loi;i>'s 
anointed,  and  be  guiltless? 


10  David  said  furthermore.  As  the 
Lord  livcth,  ithe  Lord  shall  smite 
him;  or  Hiis  day  shall  come  to  die; 
or  he  shall  b  descend  into  bnttl«,  and 
perish. 

U  1  The  Lord  forbid  that  I  should 
stretch  forth  mine  hand  against  the 
LoRu'.s  anointed:  but,  I  pray  tliee, 
take  thou  now  the  spear  that  !s  at 
his  bolster,  and  the  cruse  of  water, 
and  let  us  go. 

12  So  David  took  the  spear  and  the 
cruse  of  water  from  Saul's  bolster; 
and  they  ^at  them  away,  and  no 
man  saw  tV,  nor  knew  77,  neither 
awaked  :  for  they  icrrc  all  asleep; 
because  k  a  deep  sleep  from  the 
Lord  was  fallen  upon  them. 

l.'J  U  Then  David  went  over  to  the 
other  side,  and  stood  on  the  top  of  a 
hill  .ifar  off;  a  great  space  being  be- 
tween themt 

14  And  David  cried  to  the  people, 
and  to  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  saying, 
Answercst  thou  not,  Abner?  Then 
Aijuer  answered  and  said.  Who  a]-t 
thou  t/iat.  criest  to  tlie  king? 

15  And  David  said  to  Abner,  Art 
not  thou  a  valinnt  man?  and  who 
is  like  to  thee  in  Israel?  wherefore 
then  hast  thou  not  kept  thy  lord  the 
king  ?  f(jr  there  came  one  of  flie 
iieoplc  in  to  destroy  the  king  thy 

l(i  This  thing  is  not  pood  that 
thou  hast  done,  vis  the  Lord  liv- 
etli,  ye  arc  +  worthy  to  die,  because 
vc  have  not  kept  5'our  master,  the 
Lord's  anointed.  And  now  see 
where  the  king's  spear  is,  and  tlie 
cruse  of  water  that  was  at  his  bol- 
ster. 

17  And  Saul  knew  David's  voice, 
and  said,  I  7s  this  thy  voice,  my  son 
David?  And  David  said,  It  is  my 
voice,  my  lord,  O  kin^. 

W  And' he  said,  '"Wherefore  doth 
my  lord  thus  pursue  after  his  serv- 
ant? for  what  nave  1  done?  or  what 
evil  i.s-  in  mine  hand? 

19  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee, 
let  my  lord  the  king  hear  the  words 
of  his  servant.  If  the  LORD  have 
"  stirred  thee  up  against  me,  let  him 
f  accept  an  ottering  :  but  \i  ihcfi  be 
the  children  of  men,  cursed  he  they 
before  the  Lord;  "for  they  have 
driven  me  out  this  day  from  {  abid- 
ing in  the  r  inheritance  of  the  Lord, 
savin,?.  Go,  serve  other  gods. 

si)  Now  therefore,  let  not  my  blood 
fall  to  the  earth  before  the  face  of  the 
Lord:  for  the  king  of  Israel  is  come 
out  to  seek  'I  a  flea,  as  when  one  dotli 
hunt  a  partridge  in  the  mountains. 

21  IT  Then  said  Saul,  ■■  I  have  sin- 
ned :  return,  my  son  David  ;  for  I 
will  no  more  do  thee  harm,  because 
my  soul  was  '  precious  in  tliine  eyes 
tliis  day:  behold,  I  have  plajcd  tlic 
fool,  and  have  erred  exceedingly. 

2-  And  David  answered  and  said. 
Behold  the  king's  spear  1  and  let 
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one  of  tlie  younj^  men  come  over 
and  fV'tch  it. 

i;.'{  I  The  Lonn  render  to  every  man 
Ilia  riKlitcousnesa  and  hia  tiutliful- 
ne.ss:  for  tlic  Lord  delivered  tiiee 
into  7111/  liand  to  daj',  but  I  would 
not  stretcli  fortli  mine  liaud  against 
tlie  l.,ORi)'.s  anointed. 

'H  And,  lieliold,  aa  thy  life  was  muchi 
set  b.v  tliia  day  in  mine  eves,  bo  let 
my  life  be  much  set  by  in  tlie  eyes  of 
the  Loud,  and  let  him  deliver  me 
out  of  all  tribulation. 

lii  Then  Saul  said  to  David,  Bless- 
ed 6c  thou,  my  Ron  David:  thou  shalt 
both  do  preat  things,  and  also  shalt 
still  "  prevail.  So  David  went  on  his 
way,  and  Saul  returned  to  hia  place. 

CHAPTER  XX-N'ir. 
1  Saul  heariiuj  David  to  ha  iii  Gath  teck- 

et/t  no  moro  for  him.    6  David  beggeth 

Zlkhtg  of  .dcliish.    S  ns,  invading  other 

countric»,  jierauadcth  Achieh  he  fought 

agaiuBt  Judah. 

AND  David  said  in  hia  heart,  I 
shall  now  t  perisli  one  day  by 
the  hand  of  Saul:  Ihcre  is  nothing; 
better  for  me  than  that  I  should 
speedily  escape  into  the  land  of  the 
I'hihstines;  and  Saul  shall  despair 
of  me,  to  seek  me  any  more  in  any 
coast  of  Israel:  so  shall  1  escape  out 
ofhisha-.<(l. 

'2  .'Vnd  David  arose,  "and  lie  pa-ssed 
over  with  the  six  hundred  men  that 
tirre  with  him  Ij  unto  Aehish,  the  son 
of  JIaoch,  kiuR  of  Gatli. 

3  And  David  dwelt  with  Aehish 
at  Gath,  he  and  his  men,  every  man 
with  hia  household,  r.rcn  David 
"^  with  his  two  wives,  Ahinoam  the 
Jczreelitess,  and  Abigail  the  Car- 
melitess,  Nabal's  wife. 

4  And  it  was  told  Saul  that  David 
was  fled  to  Gath:  and  he  sought  no 
more  again  for  him. 

.'>  IT  And  David  said  unto  Aehish, 
If  I  liave  now  found  grace  in  thine 
eyes,  let  them  give  me  a  place  in 
soMiQ  town  in  tiic  country,  that  I 
may  dwell  there  :  for  why  should 
thy  servant  dwell  in  the  royal  city 
with  thee? 

fi  Then  Aehish  gave  him  Ziklng 
that  day  :  wherefore  «'  /ilclag  per- 
tainelh  unto  the  kings  of  Judiili  un- 
to this  duy. 

7  And  f  the  time  that  David  dwelt 
in  the  country  of  the  Philistines  was 
I  a  full  your  and  four  months. 

8  IT  And  David  and  Ids  men  went 
np,  and  invaded  'the  Geshurites, 
'and  the  ((  Gezrites,  and  the  BAma- 
lekites:  for  tho&e  nntitint  irrrr  ot'  ohl 
the  inhabitants  of  the  land,  l>as  thou 

foest  to  Shur,  even  unto  the  land  of 

!)  .\nd  David  smote  the  land,  and 
left  neither  man  nor  woman  alive, 
and  took  away  the  sheep,  and  the 
oxen,  and  tile  asses,  ami  the  cuniels, 
and  the  a|iiiurcl,  and  returned,  and 
came  to  Aeliish. 
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10  And  Aehish  said,  ||  V/hither 
have  ye  made  a  road  to  day?  And 
Davi(i  said.  Against  the  south  of 
Judah,  and  against  the  south  of 
ithe  Jerahnieeirtes,  and  against  the 
south  of  k  the  Kenitcs. 

11  And  David  saved  neither  man 
nor  woman  alive,  to  bring  tiffhif/s 
to  Gath,  saying.  Lest  they  should 
tell  on  lis,  saying.  So  did  David, 
and  so  n'ill  b'c.  his  manner  nil  tlie 
while  he  dwelleth  in  the  country  of 
the  Philistines. 

12  And  AchLsh  believed  David, 
saying.  He  hath  made  his  people 
Israel  t  utterly  to  abhor  him;  there- 
fore he  shall  be  my  servant  for  ever. 

CHAPTEIl  XXTIIL 

1  Achith  jiuttcth  confidcnca  in  David.  3 
Saul,  having  deetroyed  tftts  U'itchc$f  4 
and  now  in  his  fear  fornaktn  of  ifod,  1 
leeketh  to  a  witch.  9  The  witch,  encour- 
aged by  Saul,  raiteth  up  i^amuft.  15 
Saul,  hearing  hie  ruin.faintelh.  81  The 
woman  with  hie  eervante  refresh  him 
with  meat. 

AND  "it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  that  the  Philistines  gath- 
ered their  armies  together  fur  war- 
fare, to  fight  with  Israel.  And 
Aeliish  said  unto  David,  Know  thou 
assuredly,  that  th<iu  shalt  go  out 
with  me  to  battle,  thou  and  thy 
men. 

2  And  D.avid  said  to  Aehish,  Surely 
thou  shalt  know  what  thy  servant 
can  do.  And  Aehish  said  "to  David, 
Therefore  will  I  make  thee  keeper 
of  mine  head  for  ever. 

3  IT  Now  b  Samuel  was  de.ad,  and  all 
Israel  had  lamented  him,  and  buried 
him  in  Uamali,  even  in  his  own  city. 
And  Saul  had  put  away  ''those  that 
had  familiar  spirits,  and"  the  wizards, 
out  of  the  land. 

4  And  the  Philistines  gathered  them- 
selves together,  and  came  and  pitch- 
ed in  il  Shuncm:  and  Saul  gathered 
all  Israel  together,  and  they  pitched 
in  *-'  Gilboa. 

a  And  when  Saul  saw  the  host  of 
the  Philistines,  he  was  fafraid,  and 
hia  heart  greatly  trembled. 

0  And  when  Saul  in<|uircd  of  the 
Loud,  '^thc  Lokd  answered  him 
not,  neither  by  ii  dreams,  nor  "by 
Urim,  nor  bv  p'rophets. 

7  IT  Then  said  Saul  unto  Ids  serv- 
ants, Sedc  me  n  woman  that  hath  ft 
familiar  spirit,  tliat  I  may  go  to  her, 
and  inquire  of  her.  Aiid  his  serv- 
ants said  to  him.  Heboid,  tlierf  is  a 
woman  that  hath  a  familiar  spirit  at 
En-dor. 

8  And  Saul  disguised  himself,  and 
put  on  other  raiment,  and  he  went, 
and  two  men  with  him,  and  they 
came  to  the  woman  by  night:  and 
the  said,  1  pray  thee,  divine  unto 
me  by  the  familiar  spirit,  an<l  bring 
me  him  up,  whom  I  Bliall  name  unto 
thee. 

I)  And  the  woman  said  unto  liiin. 


She  raiseth  up  Sarrmel. 


I.  SAMUEL.    The  Philistines  jealous  of  David. 


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BehoU,  thou  knowest  what  Saul 
Imth  tloue,  how  he  liatli  I  cut  off 
those  that  have  laiiiiliar  spirits,  and 
the  wizards,  out  of  the  laud:  where- 
fore then  layest  thou  a  suure  <or  my 
life,  to  cause  mo  to  die? 

ID  And  Saul  Bwaro  to  her  by  the 
Loud,  saving,  -•!•<  the  Loud  liveth. 
there  shall  no  punishment  happen 
to  thee  for  this  thing. 

11  Then  said  tlie  woman,  Whom 
shall  1  bring  up  unto  thee?  And  he 
said,  Briu;?  me  up  Samuel. 

IL'  And  when  the  woman  saw  Sam- 
uel, she  cried  with  a  loud  voice:  and 
the  woman  spake  to  Saul,  saying. 
Why  hast  thou  deceived  me  ?  for 
thou  art  Saul. 

13  And  the  king  said  unto  her.  Be 
not  afraid:  for  what  sawost  thou? 
And  the  woman  said  unto  Saul,  1 
saw  "'gods  ascending  out  of  the 
earth. 

14  And  he  said  unto  her,  fWhat 
form  !;>■  he  of?  And  she  said.  An  old 
man  comcth  up;  and  he  !,■!  covered 
with  "a  mantle.  And  Saul  perceived 
that  it  toas  Samuel,  and  he  stooped 
with  his  face  to  the  ground,  and 
bowed  himself. 

15  IT  And  Samuel  s:ud  to  Saul,  Why 
hast  thou  disquieted  me,  to  bring  me 
up?  And  Saul  answered,  "I  am  sore 
distressed;  for  the  Philistines  make 
war  against  me,  and  ^  God  is  depart- 
ed from  me,  and  i  answereth  me  no 
more,  neither  t  by  prophets,  nor  by 
dreams:  therefore  Iliave  called  thee, 
that  thou  mayest  make  known  unto 
me  what  I  shall  do. 

IG  Then  said  Samuel,  Wherefore 
then  dost  thou  ask  of  me,  seeing  the 
LoiiD  is  departed  from  thee,  and  is 
become  thine  enemy  ? 

17  And  the  Loud  hath  done  ||  to 
him,  ■'as  he  spake  by  tme:  for  the 
LoHD  hath  rent  the  kingdom  out 
of  thine  hand,  and  given  it  to  thy 
neighbour,  even  to  David: 

IS  'Because  thou  obeyedst  not  the 
voice  of  the  Lord,  nor  cxecutedst 
his  fierce  wrath  upon  ^Vmalek,  there- 
fore hath  the  Loud  done  this  thing 
unto  thee  this  day. 

I'J  Moreover  the  JjOun  will  also  de- 
liver Israel  with  thee  into  the  hand 
of  the  Philistines  :  and  to  morrow 
^halt  thou  and  thy  sons  he  with  me: 
the  IjOUD  also  shall  deliver  the  host 
of  Israel  into  the  hand  of  the  Philis- 
tines. 

20  Then  Saul  f  fell  straightway  all 
along  on  the  earth,  and  was  sore 
afraid,  because  of  the  words  of  Sam- 
uel:  and  there  was  no  strength  in 
him;  tor  lie  had  eaten  no  bread  all 
the  day,  nor  all  the  night. 

21  IT  And  the  woman  came  unto 
Saul,  and  saw  that  he  was  sore 
troubled,  and  s.iid  unto  him,  Be- 
hold, thine  handmaid  hath  obeyed 
thy  voice,  and  I  Iiave  'put  my  "life 
in  my  hand,  and  have  hearkened 


unto  thy  words  which  thou  spakest 
unto  me. 

22  Now  therefore,  1  pray  thee,  heark- 
en thou  also  unto  the  voice  of  thine 
handmaid,  and  let  me  set  a  morsel 
of  bread  before  thee  ;  and  eat,  that 
thou  mayest  have  strength,  when 
thou  goest  on  thy  way. 

2.J  But  he  refused,  and  said,  I  will 
not  cat.  But  his  servants,  together 
with  the  woman,  compelled  him; 
ami  he  hearkened  unto  their  voice. 
So  he  ro.e  from  the  earth,  and  sat 
upon  the  bed. 

2-4  And  the  woman  had  a  fat  calf 
in  the  house  ;  and  she  hasted,  and 
killed  it,  and  took  flour,  and  knead- 
ed it,  and  did  bake  unleavened  bread 
thereof: 

25  And  she  brought  t<  before  Saul, 
and  before  his  servants ;  and  they 
did  eat.  Then  they  rose  up,  and 
went  away  that  night. 

CIIAPTEIl  XXIX. 
1  Daviit  inarcAiny  with  tl,e  PliiUatinea,  3 

i8  distiltotved  by  their  princes.    6  Achieh 

dismisieth  him,  inth  commendationa  of 

!»s  Jidelily. 

NOW  "the  Philistines  gathered 
together  all  their  armies  bto 
Aphek  :  and  the  Israelites  pitched 
by  a  fountain  which  is  in  Jezreel. 

2  And  the  lords  of  the  Philistines 
passed  on  by  hundreds,  and  by  thou- 
sands: but  David  and  his  men  pass- 
ed on  in  the  rearward  '  with  Aciiish. 

3  Then  said  the  princes  of  the 
Philistines,  What  du  these  Hebrews 
here?  And  Aehish  naid  unto  the 
princes  of  the  Philistines,  7s  not  this 
David,  the  servant  of  Saul  the  king 
of  Israel,  which  hath  been  witli  me 
fi  these  days,  or  these  ^ears,  and  I 
have  ^^ found  no  fault  in  him  since 
he  fell  unto  we  unto  this  day? 

4  And  the  princes  of  tlie  Philistines 
were  wroth  with  him;  and  the  princes 
of  the  Philistines  said  unto  hiin, 
f  Make  this  fellow  return,  that  he  may 
go  again  to  his  place  wliicli  thou  hast 
appointed  him,  and  let  him  not  go 
down  witli  us  to  battle,  lest  tin  the 
battle  he  be  an  adversary' to  us:  for 
wherewith  should  he  reconcile  him- 
self unto  his  master?  should  it  not  ie 
with  the  heads  of  these  men  ? 

5  Is  not  this  David,  of  whom  they 
sang  one  to  another  in  dances,  say- 
ing, h  Saul  slew  his  thousands,  and 
David  his  ten  thousands? 

G  IT  Then  Aehish  called  David,  and 
said  unto  him,  Surely,  as  the  Lord 
liveth,  thou  hast  been  upright,  and 
'thv  going  out  and  thy  coming  in 
witli  me  in  the  host  is  good  in  my 
sight:  for  kl  have  not  found  evil 
in  thee  since  the  day  of  thy  coming 
unto  me  unto  this  day:  nevertheless 
t  tlie  lords  favour  thee  not. 

7  ^Vhcretbre  now  return,  and  go  in 
peace,  that  thou  1  displease  not  the 
lords  of  tlie  Philistines. 

8  1(  And  David  said  unto  Aehish, 

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Th^Amalekites  spoil  Ziklag.  I.  SAMUEL.  Damd  rccovereth  all  the  spoil. 


■  o.  1.  27, 
d  Pi.  42.  .V  <i 

w.  :i,  4.  11. 

Ilnb. 3.17.18. 
cl..  23.  0.  0. 


But  what  have  I  done?  and  what 
hast  tliou  fuuiid  in  tliv  serv.int  so 
long  as  I  liavo  been  \  with  thee  nnto 
this  day,  that  I  may  not  eo  ti;;lit 
n^'ainst  the  eueiniea  of  my  lord  the 
king? 

!)  And  Achish  answered  and  said  to 
David,  I  know  tliat  thou  oj/good  In 
my  sight,  las  an  angel  of  God:  not- 
withstanding,   "'tlie    princes  nf  the 

1  hilistines  have  said.  He  shall  not 
go  up  with  U3  to  the  battle. 

10  Wherefore  now  rise  np  early  in 
the  morning  witli  thy  master's  serv- 
ants that  are  come  with  thee:  and  as 
soon  as  yo  be  up  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, and  have  light,  depart. 

U  So  David  and  his  men  rose  up 
early  to  depart  in  the  mornin",  to 
return  into  the  land  of  the  Pliilis- 
tines.  "And  the  Philistines  went  up 
to  Jezreel, 

CUAPTER  XXX. 

1  The  Amalekitea  apoil  Ziklag.  4  David 
asking  counsel  is  encouragerl  lu  OmI  to 
pursue  them.  U  By  the  vie,ms  of  o  rc- 
vivcd  Egyptian  he  is  brought  to  the  en- 
emies, and  rccovereth  <iU  the  spoil.  22 
David'a  latv  to  divide  the  spoil  equally 
between  them  that  fight  and  them  that 
keep  the  stuff.  "0  JJe  ecndeth  vreaenta 
to  his  friends. 

VND  it  came  to  pass,  when  David 
and  hin  men  were  come  to  Zik- 
lag on  tlie  third  day,  that  the  "Ama- 
lokites  had  invaded  the  south,  and 
Ziklug,  and  smitten  Ziklag,  and 
burned  it  with  fire; 

2  .\m\  had  taken  the  women  cap- 
tives, that  hv,v  tlicreiii :  II 


!/,,■ 


•ither; 


;it  or 


lit  carried 


.  ,  -  .     ntcm  tl „,. 

.'!  U  So  David  and  his  men  cami  to 
the  city,  and,  behold,  it  ica-f  burned 
with  fire;  and  their  wives,  and  their 
sons,  Mud  their  daughters,  were  taken 
captives. 

4  'I'lien  David  and  the  people  that 
in'rr  with  iiim  lifted  up  their  voice 
and  wept,  unin  they  had  no  more 
power  to  weep. 

.'i  And  David's  iitwo  wives  were 
taken  captives,  Ahinoam  the  Jez- 
reclitess,  and  Abigail  the  wife  of 
Nabal  the  Carmelite. 

(i  .\nd  David  was  greatly  distressed; 
^  for  the  iK'o|)le  spake  of  stoning  him, 
becaiiBC  the  soul  of  all  the  peoiile 
was  t  grieved,  every  man  for  liis 
sons  and  for  his  daughters  :  J  but 
David  encouraged  himself  in  tlie 
I.oiii)  hisCioil. 

7  "And  David  said  to  Abiathar  the 
priest,  .Vhimelech's  son,  1  pray  thee, 
brmg  me  liither  tli,.  ephod.  And 
Abiathar  brought  thither  the  ephod 

.S  'Anil  Davhl  inquired  at  thel.onn. 
saying.  Shall  1  |iuisiie  atler  this 
troop?  shall  tovertiike  them?  And 
he  answered  him.  I'ursue:  lor  thou 
KlKiUsiir.lv  ov.rtukc  t/„;,i,  and  with- 
out fail  recover  ((//. 
278 


9  So  David  went,  ho  and  the  six 
hundred  men  that  i/we  with  him, 
and  came  to  the  brook  liesor,  where 
those  that  were  left  behind  staved. 

II)  But  David  pursued,  he  aiid  linir 
hundred  men:  efbr  two  )iuudred 
abode  behind,  which  were  so  faint 
that  they  could  not  go  over  the  brook 
Besor. 

D  IT  And  tliey  found  an  Egvpfian 
in  the  field,  and  brought  him  to  J)a- 
vid,  and  gave  him  bread,  and  he  did 
eat;  and  tliey  made  him  drink  water; 

12  And  they  gave  him  a  piece  of  a 
cake  of  figs,  and  two  clusters  of  rais- 
ins: and  hwhen  he  had  eaten,  his 
spirit  came  again  to  him :  for  he  liad 
eaten  no  bread,  nor  drunk  a«y  water, 
three  days  and  three  nights. 

13  And  David  said  unto  him.  To 
whom  belonacst  thou?  and  whence 
art  thou?  And  he  said,  I  am  a 
young  man  of  Egypt,  servant  to  an 
Amalekite;  and  my  master  left  me, 
because  three  davs  agone  I  fell  sick. 

1-1  We  made  aii  invasion  vpon  the 
south  of  i  the  Chercthites,  and  upon 
the  coast  whieli  Irluiir/'  th  to  Judah, 
and  iiijon  the  south  of  k  Caleb;  and 
we  burned  Ziklag  with  fire. 
15  And  David  said  to  hiin.  Canst 
thouliiiugmedowntothiscompany? 
And  he  said.  Swear  nnto  me  bv  tiod, 
that  thou  wilt  neither  kill  nie,  nor 
deliver  me  into  the  hands  of  my 
ma.ster,  and  I  will  bring  thee  down 
to  this  company. 

l(i  TT  And  when  ho  had  brought 
Iiim  ilown,  behold,  then  n-rrc  spread 
ahr.wd  upiin  all  the  earth,  leafing 
ami,  nuking,  an, I  ,l:,i„.i„g,  because 
ot  all  ilie  great  spoil  that  thev  had 
taken  out  of  the  hiiul  of  the  I'liilis- 
tiiu-s.  and  out  of  the  lan.I  of.I,i,|ali. 
1/  -Vml  David  smote  tluni  fmm  the 
twilight  even  unto  flu-  evening  of 
tthe  next  day:  and  there  escaped 
not  a  man  of  them,  save  fonr  hund- 
red young  men,  which  rode  upon 
camels,  and  fled. 

IS  And  David  recovered  all  that  the 
Amalekites  hail  carried  away:  and 
David  rescued  his  two  wives, 
lit  Ami  there  was  nothing  lackin- 
to  them,  neither  siiiull  ii,,r.'re>it  mi" 
ther . sons  n,.r,laiii;lit,Ms,nci~tli,.r  spoil 
nor  any  lhii„i  that  tlu'v  hail  takin  to 
them:  '"  Da\iil  r,,'ov,Te,l  all 
L1I  .\n,I  David  took  all  the  flocks 
and  the  herds,  irA/./i  thev  dnive  be- 
fore those  <>t!,rr  cattle,  and  said.  This 
i.<  Daviil's  srioil. 

21  IT  Ami  David  cnmc  to  the  "two 
hundrcl  men,  whicli  were  to  faint 
that  they  could  not  follow  David, 
whom  they  bad  made  also  to  abide 
at  the  brook  Besor:  ami  thev  went 
liirth  to  meet  David,  and  to  meet  the 
lieople  tlnit  vrrr  with  )iim  :  and 
when  Daviil  came  near  to  the  peo- 
pl,',  hellsalute,!  them. 
Tl  Then  answ.-i.'.l  all  the  wicked 
men,  and  vten  "of  Bcliid,  of  |  those 


hS*  Judg.12. 

la. 

•k.  U.  27. 


JuJt.  13.15. 
CI  I>cul.  n.  13. 
JuJ(.  h).  12. 
n.k.  am. 


and  scndeth  presents  to  hisfn'eiids.   I.  SAMUEL. 


The  death  of  Saul. 


ucl..  S7.  10. 
E  JuJs,  1.  10. 


tliiit  went  witli  l)uvi(l,  niid  enid,  l{c- 
causc  they  went  nut  with  us,  we  will 
not  give  them  iiiuj/it  of  the  spoil  thnt 
wc  have  rieoveixil,  siive  ti>  every 
mnn  liis  wile  nml  his  ehildien,  tliat 
they  may  lead  l/uiii  away,  and  de- 
part. 

^3  Then  Baid  David,  Ye  shall  not 
do  so,  my  brethren,  with  thnt  which 
the  l.oin>  liatli  ^ivcn  us,  who  hath 
pre.served  Tis,  and  delivered  the  com- 
pany that  caino  against  us  into  our 
hand. 

24  For  who  wiU  hearken  unto  yon 

n  this  matter?  hut  ^ns  his  part  is 
that  goeth  down  to  the  battle,  so  sliall 
his  part  he  that  tarrieth  by  the  stuff : 
they  shall  part  alike. 

MAnd  it  was  fo  from  that  day  f  for- 
ward, that  lie  ni.Tde  it  a  statute  and 
an  ordinance  for  Israel  unto  this  day. 

•X  tF  .\nd  when  Jjavid  cunie  to  Zilc- 
lapr,  he  sent  of  the  spoil  unto  the 
elders  of  JiicUih,  cr,H,  to  his  friends, 
sayin;j^.  Behold  a  f  present  lor  yon 
of  the  spoil  of  the  enemies  of"  the 
Lonn; 

27  To  them  which  icere  in  Ucth-cl, 
and  to  thetit  which  it-i/re  in  4  south 
Ramoth,  and  to  t/ieiii  which  were  in 
'Jatlir, 

28  And  to  them  whieli  were  in 
'  Aroer,  and  to  Iheni  which  vere.  in 
Siijhnioth,  and  to  theni  which  u'ere 
in  'Eshtemoa, 

29  And  to  them  which  treiv  in 
Rachnl,  and  to  them  which  vere  in 
the  cities  of  "the  Jerahmeelites,  and 
to  them  which  tccre  iu  the  cities  of 
the  ^^Kenitcs, 

i-y>  And  to  them  which  veye,  in 
>■  Ilormah,  and  to  them  which  irrre 
in  Chor-ashan,  and  to  them  which 
irere  in  Athacli, 

.•!1  And  to  Ihem  which  vrre  in 
^  Hebron,  and  to  all  the  places  where 
David  liinisclf  and  his  men  were 
wont  to  haunt. 


CHAPTER  XXXr. 

Said  haviiuj  li.et  hie  army,  aiul  M 


tnd     hit 


iirbe, 


kill 


thcmsclvLH.  7  The  I'hilialim-s  possets 
the  forsulen  tuwna  of  the  IsrueUtcs.  8 
Tht'y  triumjjh  aver  the  dead  carcasses. 
11  'i'he II  of  Jahesh.giLead,  recovering  the 
boities  hy  niffhtt  burn  thevi  at  Jnticsh, 
and  iiioarvfitUy  bury  ttteir  bones. 

NOW     "the     Philistines     fought 
agaiuBt  Israel:  and  the  mcu  of 


Israel  tied  from  betbre  the  Philis- 
tines, and  fell  down  ||  slain  in  mount 
I'Gilhoa. 

2  And  the  Philistines  followed  liard 
upon  Saul  and  ui)on  his  sons;  and 
the  Philistines  slew  ^Jonathan,  and 
Abinadab,  and  Melehi-shua,  Saul's 
sons. 

.•5  And  il  the  battle  went  fore  against 
Saul,  and  the  t  archers  f  hit  him; 
and  ho  was  sore'Avounded  of  the 
archers. 

4  "^Then  said  Saul  unto  his  armour- 
bearer,  Draw  thy  sword,  and  thrust 
me  through  therewith  i  lest  fthese 
uncircnmciscd  come  and  thrust  me 
through,  and  |1  abuse  me.  But  his 
armourbearer  would  not;  *^  lor  ho 
was  sore  afraid.  I'herefore  Saul  took 
a  sword,  and  h  fell  upon  it. 

5  And  when  Ids  ajmourbearer  saw 
that  Saul  was  dead,  he  fell  likewise 
upon  his  sword,  and  died  with  him. 

U  So  iSaul  died,  and  his  three  sons, 
and  Ills  armourbearer,  and  all  his 
men,  that  same  day  together. 

7  IT  And  when  the  men  of  Israel  that 
were  on  the  other  side  of  the  vallev. 
and  thcij  that  irere  on  the  other  side 
Jordan,  saw  that  the  men  of  Israel 
tied,  and  that  Saul  and  his  sons  were 
dead,  they  forsook  the  cities,  and 
fled:  and  the  Philistines  came  and 
dwelt  in  them. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, when  the  Philistines  came  to 
strip  the  slain,  that  they  found  Saul 
and  his  three  sons  fallen  in  mount 
Gilboa. 

'.)  And  they  cut  off  his  head,  nnd 
stripi)C(l  (.If  his  armour,  and  sent  in- 
to the  hind  of  the  Philistines  round 
aliiiut,  to  iiiulilish  it  ill  the  house  of 
their  idols,  and  iiinoug  the  people. 

Ill  k  And  they  put  his  armour  in  the 
house  of  lAshtarotli:  aiul  "'thiy 
fastened  his  body  to  the  wall  of 
"  lietli-shan. 

11  IT  "And  when  the  inhabitants  of 
■labesh-gilead  heard  II  of  that  which 
the  Philistines  had  done  to  Saul, 

)2''A1I  the  valiant  men  arose,  and 
went  all  night,  and  took  the  body  of 
Sanl  and  the  hodiis  of  his  .sons  from 
the  wall  of  I'.eth-shan,  and  came  to 
.laliesh,  and  'I  burnt  Ihem  there. 

1."  And  IIhv  took  their  bones,  and 
■"buried  thini  undei' a  tree  atjabcsh, 
"  and  lasted  seven  days. 


THE 


J  1  Sum.  31.1. 
.  S.>  1  a.m. 
31.  2.  3.  i. 


SECOND  BOOK  OF  SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE   C.VLLED, 

THE  «ECOND  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  The  Amttlckite,  who  brought  iidinfja  of 
the  overthrow,  and  accuoad  Jiimstlf  of 
S^tul's  death,  is  elain.  17  /.<<irii<(  in- 
tiicntelh  ^'tlui  and  Jonathan  witlt  a  song, 

NOW  it  vjaiiie  to  p-.iss  after  the 
(loath  of  Saul,  when  Davkl  waa 
rL'tiirni'd  from  "'tho  slaughter  of  tho 
Ainalekitos,  and  Uavkl  liad  abode 
two  days  in  Ziklag; 

2  It  came  even  to  pass  on  tlic  tliird 
day,  tliat,  beliold>  l»a  man  came  out 
jf  the  camp  from  Saul  "^with  liis 
clothes  rent,  and  eartli  upon  Ids 
licad:  and  .lo  it  was,  wlien  lie  came 
to  David,  that  he  fell  to  the  earth, 
and  did  obeisance. 

.'i  And  David  said  unto  him.  From 
whence  comest  thou?  And  he  said 
unto  him,  Out  of  the  camp  of  Israel 
am  I  escaped. 

•1  And  David  said  unto  him,  1  How 
went  the  matter?  1  pray  tliee,  tell 
.  And  he  answered.  That  the 
people  are  fled  from  the  battle,  and 
many  of  the  peo|)le  also  are  fallen 

lid  dead;  and  Saul  and  Jonathan 
his  son  are  ileail  also. 

And  D.ivid  snid  unto  tho  voun? 
man  tliat  t(]ld  hiui.  How  knowest 
thon  that  Saul  and  Jonathan  his  son 
be  dead/ 

(i  And  the  youns  man  that  told  him 
said.  As  I  happened  bv  chance  upon 
'I  mount  (iilboa,  behold,  ''Saul  lean- 
ed upon  his  spear;  and,  lo,  tlie  char- 
iots and  horsemen  followed  hard 
after  him. 

7  And  when  ho  looked  behind  him, 
he  saw  me,  and  called  nnto  ine.  And 
I  answered,  f  Here  ntii  I. 

8  And  he  said  nnto  me.  Who  art 
thou?  And  I  answered  him,  I  (im 
an  Ani»lekite. 

U  lie  said  unto  mo  again.  Stand,  I 

firay  thee,  upon  nie,  and  slay  me: 
or  ||anv;nisli  is  come  upon  me,  be- 
cause my  life  i;i  yet  whole  in  me. 

10  So  I  stood  lipon  lum,  and 'slow 
him,  because  I  was  sure  that  he  could 
not  live  after  that  he  was  fallen  :  and 
I  took  the  crown  that  icos  upon  his 
head,  and  the  bracelet  that  iccm  on 
his  arm,  and  have  brought  them 
liithrr  nnto  mv  lord. 

U  Then  David  took  hold  on  his 
clothes,  and  Krent  Ihem;  and  like- 
wise all  the  men  tliat  vrrv  kM\  him: 

IJ  And  they  mourned,  and  wvpt, 
and  fasted  until  cveu,  for  Saul,  oud 
380 


for  Jonathan  his  son,  and  for  the 
people  of  the  Loud,  and  lor  the 
house  of  Israel;  because  they  were 
fallen  by  the  sword. 

l.'j  TT  And  David  said  unto  tho  young 
man  that  told  him,  Wlience  art 
thon?  And  he  answered,  I  luii  the 
son  of  a  stranger,  an  Ainalekite. 

14  And  David  said  unto  liini,  I'  How 
wast  thou  not  'afraid  to  I- stretch  forth 
thine  hand  to  destroy  the  LoKu's 
anointed? 

1  j  And  I  David  called  one  of  the 
young  men,  and  said.  Go  near,  ft«c/ 
fall  upon  him.  And  lie  smote  him 
that  he  died. 

K)  And  David  said  nnto  him,  "'  Thy 
blood  be  upon  thy  head  ;  for  "  tliy 
month  hath  testified  against  thee, 
saying,  I  have  slain  the  Louu's  an- 
ointed. 

17  TI  And  David  lamented  with  this 
lamentation  over  Saul  and  over  Jon- 
athan his  son: 


behold,  it 
Jaslier:) 

H)  The  beauty  of  Israel  is  slain 
upon  thv  high  places:  "'how  are  the 
mightv  fallen! 

L'O  "I'ell  i(  not  in  Oath,  publish  it 
not  in  the  streets  of  Askelou;  lest 
"the  daughters  of  tho  Philistines  re- 
joice, lest  the  daughters  of  '  the  uii- 
cireumeised  triuinph. 

21  Ye  " mountains  of  Gilboa,  ^ Kt 
there  be  no  dew,  neither  tct  therein 
rain,  upon  von,  nor  lields  of  oflor- 
ings :  for  ttiere  the  shield  of  the 
mighty  is  vilely  cast  away,  the  shield 
of  Saul,  OS  lliowili  he  liad  not  been 
s  anointed  with  oil. 

•-'2  From  the  blooil  of  the  slain,  from 
the  fat  of  tlio  mighty.  Mho  bow  of 
•lonathan  turned  not  back,  and  the 
sword  of  S;iul  returned  not  cinnty. 

23  Saul  and  J..nnthan  mre  lovely 
and  I)  oU';is:int  in  tlu-ir  lives,  and  in 
tlieir  death  thev  wi-re  not  divided: 
thev  were  switier  than  eagles,  they 
were  "  strongi-r  than  lions. 

21  Ye  duightersof  Israel,  weep  over 
Saul,  who'  chithed  vmi  in  scarlet, 
witho^A.c  delights:  who  put  on  or- 
naments of  gold  upon  your  apparel. 

2J  How  are  the  mightv  fallen  in 
the  midst  of  the  battle!  O  J<ma- 
than,  Ihou  wiisl  slain  in  thine  high 
placet). 


David  made  king  over  Judali.        II.  SAMUEL. 


Joab  defeateth  Ahner. 


&tl.  39, 


2C  I  am  distressed  lor  tiice,  my 
brother  Jonathan:  very  pleasant  hast 
thou  been  unto  me:  ijtby  love  to  me 
was  wonderful,  passing  the  love  of 
women. 

27  "  How  are  the  mighty  fallen,  and 
the  weapons  of  war  perishedl 

CIIAPTEK  II. 
1  Davul,  hj  God's  direction,  with  hia  com- 
Jtany  gocth  tip  to  Hebron,  where  he  ia 
made  king  of  Judah.  bile  commendetit 
them  of  Jabeah-giUad  for  their  kinUneaa 
to  Saul.  8  Abner  viaketh  lah-boahcth 
king  of  Israel.  13  A  mortal  skirmish 
bettueen  twelve  of  Abner'a  and  twelve  of 
Joab'a  men.  13  Aaahel  ia  alain.  ^5  At 
Abner'a  inotiini  Joab  eoundeth  tt  retreat. 
32  Aaahil'a  burial. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  tliis, 
that  David  "inquired  of  the 
Loiti),  saying,  Shall  I  go  up  into 
any  of  the  cities  oi'Judahi'  And  tlie 
Loifi>  said  unto  liim,  Go  up.  And 
David  said,  Whitlier  shall  I  go  up? 
And  he  said,  Unto  i'  Hebron. 

2  So  David  went  up  thither,  and 
his  *^two  wives  also,  Ahinoam  the 
Jezreelitess,  and  Abigail  Nabal's  wife 
the  Carmelite. 

3  And  il  his  men  that  were  with 
him  did  David  bring  up,  every  man 
witli  his  household:  and  they  dwelt 
in  the  cities  of  Hebron. 

4  '^And  the  men  of  Judah  came, 
and  there  they  anointed  David  king 
over  the  liouse  of  Judah.  And  thev 
told  David, s:iying,  T/iat  I'tlie  men  of 
Jabesli-gilead"ii;e/e  Ihcij  that  buried 
Saul. 

5  ?r  And  David  sent  messengers 
unto  tlie  ivien  of  Jabesh-gilead,  and 
said  unto  them,  8  Blessed  Im  ye  of 
the  L(nti),  that  ye  have  shewed  tliis 
kindness  imto  your  lord,  cren  unto 
Saul,  and  have  buried  him. 

0  And  now  lithe  Lord  shew  kind- 
ness and  truth  unto  you:  and  I  also 
will  requite  you  this  kindness,  be- 
cause ye  have  done  this  thing. 

7  Theretbre  now  let  your  hands  be 
strengthened,  and  the  ve  valiant:  for 
your  master  Saul  is  dead,  and  also 
the  house  of  Judah  hava  anoiutcd 
me  king  over  them. 

8  IT  But  iAbner  the  son  of  Xer, 
captain  of  t  Saul's  host,  took  ||  Ish- 
bosheth  the  son  of  Saul,  and  brought 
him  over  to  Mahanaim; 

9  And  made  him  king  ovei"  Gilead, 
and  over  the  Ashurites,  and  over 
Jezreel,  and  over  Ephraim,  and  over 
Bcni:iniin,  and  over  all  Israel. 

lOisli-boshoth  Saul's  son  tens  forty 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign 
over  Israel,  nnd  leigneil  two  years. 
But  the  liouse  of  Judah  followed 
David. 

H  And  t  the  f  time  that  David  was 
king  in  Hebron  over  the  house  of 
Judah  was  seven  years  and  six 
months. 

12  TT  And  Abner  the  son  of  Ner,  and 
tlio  servants  of  Ish-boslieth  the  son 


of  Saul,  went  out  from  Mahanaim 
to  i  Gibeon. 

],".  And  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah, 
and  the  servants  of  David,  went  out, 
and  met  f  together  by  ""  the  pool 
of  Gibeon:  :ind  the}'  sat  down,  the 
one  on  the  one  side  of  the  pool,  and 
the  other  on  tlie  other  side  of  the 
jiool. 

14  And  Abner  said  to  Joab,  I.ct 
the  young  men  now  arise,  and  play 
before  us.  And  Joab  said.  Let  them 
arise. 

15  Then  there  arose  and  went  over 
by  number  twelve  of  Benjamin, 
which  peildiiied  to  Ish-bosheth  the 
son  of  Saul,  and  twelve  of  the  serv- 
ants of  David. 

Hi  And  they  caught  every  one  his 
fellow  by  the  head,  and  thrust  his 
sword  in  his  fellow's  side;  so  they 
ftll  down  together :  wherefore  that 
place  was  called  ||  Ilelkath-hazzu- 
rini,  which  is  in  Gibeon. 

17  And  there  was  a  very  sore  battle 
that  days  and  Abner  was  beaten, 
and  the  men  of  Israel,  before  the 
servants  of  David. 

18  11  And  there  were  "three  sons 
of  Zeruiah  there,  Joab,  and  Abishai, 
and  Asaliel  :  and  Asahel  uas  "us 
light  t  of  loot  1  !■  as  a  wild  roe. 

11)  And  Asahel  pursued  alter  Abner; 
and  in  going  he  turned  not  to  the 
right  hand  nor  to  the  left  1  from  fol- 
lowing Abner. 

2U  Then  Abner  looked  behind  him, 
and  said,  jlrt  thou  jVsahel'!'  And  he 
answered,  I  aiii. 

21  And  Abner  said  to  him.  Turn 
tliec  aside  to  thy  light  hand  or  to 
tliy  left,  and  lay  thee  hold  on  one 
of  the  young  men,  and  take  thee  his 
II  armour.  But  Asahel  would  not 
turn  aside  from  following  of  him. 

22  And  Abner  said  again  to  Asahel, 
Turn  thee  aside  fVoni  following  me: 
wherefore  ."-hould  I  smite  thee  to  the 
ground?  how  then  should  I  hold  up 
my  face  to  Joab  thy  brother? 

23  Howbeit  he  refused  to  turn  aside: 
wherefore  Abner  with  the  hinder 
end  of  the  spear  smote  him  1  under 
tlic  fifth  rib,  that  the  snear  came  out 
behind  him;  and  he  fell  down  there, 
and  died  in  the  same  place:  and  it 
came  to  pass,  t/icit  as  many  as  came 
to  the  place  where  Asahel  fell  down 
and  died  stood  still, 

24  Joab  also  and  Abishai  pursued 
after  Abner:  and  the  sun  went  down 
when  tliey  were  cttme  to  the  hill  of 
Ammah,  "tlnit  li(  tli  before  Giah  by 
the  way  of  tlie  wilderness  of  Gibeon. 

25  IT  And  tlu'  cliililreii  of  Benjamin 
gathered  themselves  together  after 
Aimer,  and  became  one  troop,  and 
stood  on  tlie  top  of  a  hill. 

2(i  Then  Abner  called  to  Joab,  and 
said.  Shall  the  sword  devour  for 
ever?  knowest  thou  not  that  it  will 
be  bitterness  in  the  latter  cnil?  how 
long  shall  it  be  then,  ere  (liou  bid  the 
,    281 


Joah  soundcth  a  retreat. 


Biforo 

C  H  it  I  S  T 
aLiaut  Viiii 


h  I  HAm.3J:.43 


c  I  S.m.27.  B 
li  I-."-  I.  i. 


till   wazet/t 
lium  to  hiia 
i.plca 


pcoplo  return  from  followinir  their 
urt'tlireni' 

LV  And  Joiib  said,  As  God  livcth 
,,"I«'S3.  "»>"u  )nidst  spoken,  surely 
then  1  in  tho.  inuniin^'  the  people  liiiil 
Iffoiienp  every  one  from  followinj; 
Ins  hrother.  " 

L'SSoJ.ial)  blew  a  trunii)et,  and  all 
:lie  people  stooil  still,  and  pursued 
alter  Israel  no  more,  neither  fbuL'ht 
tliey  any  more. 

211  And  Aimer  and  liis  men  walk- 
ed all  that  night  throu-h  the  plain, 
and  passed  over  Jordan,  and  went 
through  all  Bithrou,  and  they  came 
to  -Mahanaim. 

,30  And  Joah  returned  from  follow- 
ing Abner:  and  when  he  had  Eath- 
ered  all  the  people  together,  there 
laeked  of  David's  servants  nineteen 
men  and  Asahel. 

31  But  the  servants  of  David  had 
smitten  of  Benjamin,  and  of  Abner's 
"len,  so  llmt  three  hundred  and 
irecscoro  men  died. 
'-  ^}  ^iid  they  took  up  Asahel,  and 
...irHd  hiin  lu  the  sepulehre  of  his 
Utiier  which  «.<(,-  in  Beth-lehem. 
Ana  Joah  and  his  men  went  all 
ne,'lit,  and  they  cumc  to  Hebron  nt 
break  of  day. 

CUAPTKR  in, 

1  During  the  w.tr  llinnd  t 
atronyer.  U  Hix  tonti  tiefit 
in   lUbron.     0  Ab 

lahbuahtth,  13  revoltcth  to'UaviU.  ij 
JJtivid  raquirctU  a  condition  tubrina  fiim 
h,»  wife  itichal.  17  Abnur,  having  com- 
muned  mth  the  Uraetitc.  i«  fcaated  bu 
i'liiiul,  and  dtemtaied.  22  Joab,  return, 
ing  from  battle,  «'»  UiapteiueU  with  the 
kmt/.  and  liillcth  Abner.  28  UaviU  curt- 
eth  Joab,  al  a«(/  mournethfor  Abner. 

NOW  there  was  lon^;  war  between 
the  house  of  Saul  and  the  Inmse 
of  David:  but  David  waxeil  stron-er 
and  stnm-er,  and  the  house  of  Saul 
waxed  weaker  and  weaker. 

2  II  -Vnd  "unto  David  were  sons 
born  lu  lleliron  :  and  his  firstborn 
was  Amuoii,  bof  Ahiuoam  the  Jez- 
rociitess; 

;i  And  his  second,  ||  Chileab.  of 
Abi-ail  the  wife  of  Nubal  the  Car- 
melite; iin.l  the  third,  Absalom  the 
son  ol  Maaeah  the  daughter  of  Tal- 
mai  km;;  '  ortie.-^hur; 

■(  And  the  fourth.  .lAdoiiijnh  the 
sMii  „l  l|a--itli;  and  the  liflh,  Sheph- 
"tiah  tlieiiou  of  Ahilal; 

.',  .Vu.l  the  si.xlh  Itl,reain,by  Kglah 
Davi,  „  w,|^..  These  Were  l,orn  to 
David  in  Hebron. 

|1  U  And  it  came  to  pass,  while 
there  was  war  between  the  house  of 
S.uil  and  lie  house  of  David,  thut 

iHlils'eofs'luI  ''"'  '"■""=  *'"■  "'"  i 

'  And  S.iul  had  a  coneuhine,  who«e 
name  ,nM'Hi,pai,,  the  d,m;hter  of 
A.,,1,:  and  /</,-/„„A..//,  said!,,  Aimer. 
\  herefore  hast  thou  f  «one  in  uutj 
my  Uthtr'.s  eoncubiuei' 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Abner  revolteth  to  David. 


8  1  hen  was  Abner  very  wroth  for 
the  wonls  ot  Ish-boslulh,  and  said, 
./«  I  i-adop',,  Jicad.  whirl,  n-ains  I 
Judah  do  r,hew  kitidii..-  thu  ,|,,v 
unb.  the  hoiuicof  Saul  thv  father 
to  Ins  brethren,  and  to  his"  friends 
and  have  not  delivered  thee  into  thj 
hand  of  J>avid  that  thou  cha?s^'»^ 
me  to  day  with  u  fault  concernini: 
tins  woman?  '' 

y  li.So  do  God  to  Abner,  and  more 
also,  except,  i  as  the  l.oiio  hath 
^Z?^,!i  '°  ^^*\'<1'  '■^'<^"  so  I  do  to  him; 

10  lo  translate  the  kin-dom  from 
the  house  of  Saul,  and  to  set  up  the 
throne  ot  David  over  Israel  and  over 
Judah,  kfrom  Dan  even  to  Beer- 
sheba. 

11  And  he  could  not  answer  Abner 
'\Tii     '^-aui.  because  he  feared  him 

IL  TT  And  Abner  sent  messenpers  to 
David  on  his  behalf,  eayinjr.  Whose 
;s  the  land?  saying  also.  Make  thy 

engue  with  nic,  and,  behold,  my 
hand  s/mH  fc?  with  thee,  to  bring 
about  all  Israel  unto  thee 

Iji  TT  And  he  said,  Well;  I  will  make 
n  league  with  thee:  but  one  thin"  I 
require  of  thee,  t  that  is,  I  Thou  shlilt 
not  see  my  face,  except  thou  first 
'''"'"S,,'°Al«-hal  Saul's  daughter, 
w  hen  thou  comest  to  see  my  face 

14  And  David  sent  messengers  to 
Ish-bosheth  Saul's  son,  B:iying.  De- 
liver me  my  wife  Miehal,  which  I 
espoused  to  nic  "  for  a  hundred  fore- 
skins of  the  Philistines. 

15  And  Ish-bosheth  sent,  and  took 

-Ph  n-".'.!?"'  ''"*l'»n<l.  <^'-t'«  from 
"Phaltiel  the  son  of  I^aish. 

l(i  And  her  husband  went  with  her 
Jalong  weeping  behind  her  to  I'l'.i- 
hunm  Then  said  Abner  unto  him, 
Go,  return.     And  he  nturned 

ir  TT  And  Ahner  had  c.priimunica- 
tion  with  the  elders  of Isnul  savin  . 
■ie  sought  for  David  Jin  times' past 
/"/<'■  king  over  you: 

IS  N'ow  then  <Io  it ;  1  for  the 


I     ath  spoken  ot  David,  saving,  liv 
the  hand  of  my  servant  Davidl  will 
f'i^'i' '">',!'™P'9  I'*""-''  o"t  "f  tlie  hand 
I  hand  of  all  their  enemies 
t    l;>  And  Abner  also  spake  in  the  oars 
j  of 'Beiijamui:  and  Abner  went  also 
I  to  speak  in  the  ears  of  David  i„  ]<,- 
bron  all  that  seeme.I  g.Hid  to  Israid. 
i.nd  that  seemed  good  to  the  wliol. 
house  ot  Benjamin. 
-'«  So  Abner  came  to  David  to  He- 
bron,  and    twenty  mc.i   with  him 
And   David  ni.ade  Abner   nnd   tin 
men  that  )<rn>  with  him  a  feast. 
^.•, •■^".d  Abner  s.aid  unto  David    I 
wril  arise  nnd  go,  nnd  "will  g:dher 
nil  Israel  unto  my  lord  the  king,  that 
thev  may  make  u  loagiic  with'  thee 
",'"'  V,'"'  "',""'  "'a.V''st  '  reigii  over  nli 
tli:  t  tlune  heart  desireth.     And  Da- 
vid sent  Abner  away;  and  he  went 
ill  peace. 
2-i  II  And,  behold,  the  servants  of 


i  HI.  1. 12." 

2S.  17. 

1  thr.  12.  23. 

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ch.  IT. 


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II  th.  IJ.  10. 


10.  11. 
1 1  Klii.11.37. 


Abiwr  is  slain  by  Joab. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Ish-bostieth  is  murdered. 


Dnvid  and  Joab  came  i'nini  pursuing 
a  troop,  and  brought  in  a  fji-eat  spoil 
witli  tlioin:  but  AbntTWTis  not  witli 
David  in  Hebron;  for  he  had  sent 
liiiii  away, and  he  was  ;;one  in  peace. 

li'-i  \Vlien  Joab  and  all  the  host 
tliat  v:as  with  him  were  come,  they 
told  Joab,  saying,  Abner  the  son  of 
Ner  came  to"  the  kin^,  and  he  hath 
sent  hini  away,  and  lie  is  gone  in 
peace, 

'H  Then  Joab  camo  to  the  kinj;, 
and  said,  What  hast  thou  done  ? 
behold,  Abner  came  unto  tliee;  why 
is  it  that  thou  hast  sent  him  away, 
and  be  is  quite  f;cnc? 

■Ij  Thou  knowest  Abner  the  son 
of  Ner,  that  be  came  to  deceive 
thee,  and  to  know  "thy  i;"'"n  out 
and  thy  cominj^  in,  and  to  know  all 
that  thou  doest. 

20  And  when  Joab  was  come  out 
from  David,  he  sent  messengers 
after  Abner,  which  bron>;bt  him 
apain  from  the  well  of  Sirah  :  but 
David  knew  it  not. 

27  And  when  Abner  was  returned 
to  llebron,  Joab  "took  him  aside  in 
the  gate  to  speak  with  him  I!  quietly, 
and  smote  him  there  >  under  the  fifth 
ril),  that  he  died,  for  the  blood  of 
^Asahel  his  brother. 

28  U  And  afterward  when  David 
heard  i7,  lie  said,  I  and  my  kingdom 
are  puiltless  before  the  J.ui;i>  for 
ever  from  the  t  blood  of  Abner  the 
son  of  Ner: 

21)  "J.et  it  rest  on  the  head  of 
Joab,  i!nd  on  all  his  father's  house; 
and  let  there  not  ffail  from  the 
house  of  Joab  one  1' that  h:tt!i  an  is- 
sue, or  that  is  a  leper,  or  that  Ican- 
cth  on  a  staff,  or  tliat  falletli  on  the 
sword,  or  that  lacketh  bread. 

"A)  So  Joab  and  Abishai  his  broth- 
er slew  Abner,  because  he  had  slain 
their  brother  'Asahel  at  Gibeon  in 
the  battle. 

81  TT  And  David  said  to  Joab, 
and  to  all  the  people  that  nwd  with 
liim,  il  Uend  your  clothes,  and  "gird 
yi>u  with  sackcloth,  and  mourn  be- 
fore Abner.  And  kin^  David  him- 
self  followed  the  t  bier. 

32  And  they  buried  Abner  in  He- 
bron :  and  the  king  lifted  up  his 
voice,  and  wept  at  tiie  grave  of  Ab- 
ner; and  all  the  people  wept. 

Iju  And  the  king  lamented  over 
Abner,  and  said.  Died  Abner  as  a 
ff(X)l  dicthy 

34  Thy  hands  vcyc  not  bound, 
nor  thy  feet  put  into  fetters  :  as  a 
man  falleth  before  f  wicked  men,  so 
fcllest  thou.  And  all  the  people 
wept  again  over  him. 

35  And  when  all  the  people  came 
5  to  cause  David  to  cat  meat  while 
it  was  yet  day,  David  sware,  saying, 
li  So  do  God' to  me,  and  more  also, 
if  I  taste  bread,  or  aught  else,  itill 
tlie  sun  be  down. 

'M  And  all  the  people  took  notice 


of  it,  and  it  t  pleased  them  :  na 
whatsoever  the  king  did  pleased  all 
the  people. 

37  For  all  the  people  and  all  Is- 
rael understood  that  day  that  it  was 
not  of  the  king  to  slay  Abner  the 
son  of  Ner. 

.'ly  And  the  king  said  unto  his 
servants.  Know  ye  not  that  there  is 
a  prince  and  a  great  man  fallen  this 
ilay  in  Jsraeli" 

H'J  And  I  am  this  day  tweak, 
though  anointed  king ;  and  these 
men  the  sons  of  Zeruiah  i-  be  too 
hard  for  me:  Ithe  lAinu  shall  re- 
ward the  doer  of  evil  according  to 
his  wickedness. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

I  The  Inraelitcu  bring  troubled  nt  the  death 
of  Abner,  2  Jiaanah  and  Rechab  eUty 
Ish'boBheth,  and  bring  hie  head  to 
Hebron.  0  David  cauaeth  them  to  be 
•lain,    and    Jeh-boahclh'a    head    to    bo 

AND  when  S.auVs  son  heard  that 
Abner  was  dead  in  Hebron, 
"his  hands  were  feeble,  and  all  the 
Israelites  were  it  troubled. 

2  And  Saul's  son  had  two  men 
tlmt  tccre  captains  of  br.nds :  the 
name  of  the  one  iras  Baanah,  and 
the  name  of  the  t  other  Rechab,  the 
sons  (if  Rimnion  a  Beerothite,  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin:  (for  "Bee- 
roth  also  was  reckoned  to  Benjamin: 

3  And  the  Beerothites  fled  to 
J  Gittaim,  and  were  sojourners  there 
until  this  day.) 

4  And  '=  Jonathan,  Saul's  son, 
had  a  son  t/iat  n-as  lame  of  his 
feet.  He  was  five  years  old  when 
tlie  tidings  came  of  Saul  and  Jona- 
than I  out  of  Jezreel,  and  his  nurse 
took  him  up,  and  fled  :  and  it 
came  to  pass,  as  she  made  haste 
to  flee,  that  he  fell,  and  became 
lame.  And  his  name  uas  {|  Mephib- 
osheth. 

5  And  tlio  sons  of  Rimnion  the 
Beerothite,  Rechab  and  Baanah, 
went,  and  came  about  the  heat  of 
the  day  to  the  bouse  of  Ish-boshcth, 
who  lay  on  a  bsd  at  noon. 

U  And  they  came  thither  into  the 
midst  of  the  house,  as  tftcu/fjfi  they 
would  have  fetched  wheat ;  and 
they  smote  him  Sunder  the  fifth 
rifj:  and  Kechab  and  Baanah  his 
brother  escaped. 

7  For  when  they  came  into  the 
house,  he  lay  on  Ins  bed  in  his  bed- 
chamber, and  they  smote  him,  and 
slew  him,  and  beheaded  him,  and 
took  his  head,  and  gat  them  away 
through  the  plain  all  night. 

H  And  they  brought  the  head  of 
Ish-boshetb  unto  David  to  He- 
bron, and  said  to  the  king.  Behold 
the  head  of  Ish-hosheth  the  son  of 
Saul  thine  enemy,  h  which  sought 
thv  life:  and  the  LoRnh;ith  avenged 
my  lord  the  king  this  day  of  Saul, 
and  of  his  seed. 


Da»id  anointed  Mng  over  Israel.    II.  SAMUEL.         David  smiteth  the  Philistines. 


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9  H  And  Unvid  answered  llcchab 
and  Baanuli  his  brotlier,  tlie  sons  of 
Kiinnion  the  Uecrothitc,  and  said 
unto  tlicm,  As  tlio  Ldku  liveth, 
i  wlio  liatli  redeemed  my  soul  out 
of  all  adversity, 

10  Wlion  y-  one  told  rae,  saying. 
Behold,  Saul  is  dead,  t  thinking 
to  Iiave  brought  good  tidings,  I 
took  hold  of  him,  and  slew  him  in 
Ziklag,  II  who  l/iouijht  that  I  would 
have  given  liim  a  reward  for  his 
tidings; 

11  flow  much  more,  when  wick- 
ed men  have  slain  a  rigliteous  per- 
son in  his  own  house  upon  his  bod? 
.sliall  I  not  tliereli)re  now  1  require 
his  blood  of  your  hand,  and  take  you 
away  from  tlic  earth? 

12  And  David  '"commanded  his 
young  men,  and  tlicv  bk-w  them, 
and  cut  oft'  their  IkiTuL^  and  their 
feet,  and  hanged  t/n-m  up  over  tlu- 
pool  in  Hebron.  lint  tlu-y  took  tlie 
Iiead  of  Ish-hosheth,  and  buried  it 
ill  the  "sepulchre  of  Abuer  iu  He- 
bron. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  The  trihea  come  to  Hebron  to  anoint 
David  over  Igrael.  4  VaviU't  ttge. 
0  He  titkinu  Zion  from  the  Jcbutitet 
dwelleth  in  it.  11  Uirmn  tendctli  to 
David.  13  Eleven  eons  are  born  to 
him  in  Jerusalem.  17  David,  direrled 
by  Ood,  emitelh  the  Philislince  at  llaal- 
peraziin,  'Z'Z  and  at/ain  at  the  mulbernj 


to  David  unto  Hebron,  and  spake, 
saj'ing,  IJeliold,  bwe  are  thy  bone 
and  thy  flesh. 

2  Also  iu  time  past,  when  Saul 
was  king  over  us,  '^thon  wast  lie 
that  ledih'st  out  and  liiouglitest  in 
I.-irael:  and  the  I,ui:i)  said  to  thee, 
JThon  slialt  feed  my  people  Israel, 
and  thou  shalt  be  u  captain  over 
Israel. 

.'i  'So  all  the  elders  of  Israel  came  to 
tlie  king  to  Helirou:  land  king  Da- 
vid made  a  h;igue  with  them  in  Me- 
biun  >;  heCcire  the  I,oi:i):  and  they 
anninti'd  l>a\'id  king  over  Israel. 

4  H  David  ira.i  tliirty  years  old  when 
he  began  to  reign,  iaiiil  he  reigned 
f(n"ty  years. 

5  In  "Hebron  ho  reigned  over  ,Tuda1i 
■  seven  years  iiud  six  months:  and 
in  Jerusalem  he  reigned  thirty  and 
three  years  over  all  Israel  and  Ju- 
dah. 

0  V  And  the  king  and  his  men 
went  kto  Jerusalem  unto  I  the  Jeb- 
ii.sites,  the  inhabitants  of  the  land; 
which  8|)ako  unto  David.  Baving, 
Kxcept  thou  take  nvav  the  blind 
and  the  lame,  thou  shalt  not  conic 
in  hither:  |l  thinking,  David  cannot 
come  in  liitlicr. 

7  Nevertheless,  David  took  the 
strong  hold  of  Zion:  "'the  same  « 
the  city  of  David. 

8  And    David   said  on   that   day, 

284 


Who.soever  getteth  up  to  the  gut- 
ter, and  smitetb  the  Jebusites,  and 
the  lame  and  the  blind,  t/icU  are 
hated  of  David's  soul,  "Ac  ^/iiiU  he 
chief  mill  cti/ilaiii.  ||  Wherefore  thev 
said.  The  blind  and  the  lame  shall 
not  come  into  the  house, 
y  So  David  dwelt  in  the  fort,  and 
called  it  "the  city  of  David.  And 
David  built  round  about  from  Millo 
and  inward. 

10  And  David  twcnt  on,  and  grew 
great,  and  the  Loi;i)  Uod  of  hosts 
teas  with  him. 

11  ir  And  '■  Hiram  king  of  Tyre  sent 
messengers  to  David,  aiid  cedar  trees, 
and  carpenters,  and  t  masons:  and 
they  built  David  a  house. 

12  And  David  jierceivcd  that  the 
Loin>  had  ests'.blished  him  king  over 
Israel,  and  that  he  liad  exalted  his 
kinirdom  tor  his  people  Israel's  sake. 

l.i':i  And  n  David  took  liim  more 
concubines  and  wives  out  of  Jerusa- 
lem, after  lie  was  come  from  He- 
bron: and  there  were  vet  sons  and 
daughters  born  to  David. 

14  And  'these  be  tlic  names  of 
those  that  were  born  unto  him  in 
Jerusalem;  ||  Shammnab,  and  Sho- 
bab,  and  Nathan,  and  Solomon, 

15  Ibhar  also,  and  ||  Klishua,  and 
Neplieg,  and  Japhia, 

lij  And  Elishama,  and  l|  Eliada,  and 
Eliphalct. 

17  Tf  "But  when  the  Phili.stines 
lieard  that  thoy  had  anointeil  David 
king  over  Israel,  all  the  Philistines 
came  up  to  seek  David;  and  David 
heard  o;'  it,  '  and  went  down  to  the 
hold.     " 

18  The  Philistines  also  came  and 
spread  themselves  in  "the  valley  of 
Kephaim. 

l!i  And  David  '^  inquired  of  the 
l.OKi),  saving.  Shall  I  go  up  to  the 
I'liilistines;'  wilt  thou  deliver  tliem 
into  mine  hand?  .\nd  the  I,iu;ii 
said  unto  David,  Co  up:  for  I  will 
doubtless  deliver  tlie  I'liilistines  into 
thine  hand. 

20  And  David  came  to  ^  Baal-pcra- 
zim,  and  David  smote  them  there, 
and  said.  The  I.oKi)  hath  broken 
forth  unon  mine  enemies  before  me, 
as  the  oreach  of  waters.  Therefore 
he  called  the  name  of  that  place 
II  Haal-perazim. 

21  And  there  they  left  their  images, 
and  David  and  his  men  "jl  burned 
them. 

22  TI  °  .Vnd  the  Philistines  came  up 
vet  again,  and  spread  themselves  in 
the  valley  of  llephaiin. 

2^1  And  when  I'  David  inquired  of 
the  LuiiP,  he  said.  Thou  Bhalt  not 
go  up;  but  fetch  a  compass  behind 
them,  ond  come  upon  them  over 
against  the  mulbcrrv  trees. 

24  .\nd  let  it  be,  wlien  thou  "^hear- 
cst  the  sound  of  a  going  in  the  tops 
of  the  mulberry  trees,  that  then  thou 
shalt  bestir  th.Vsclf:  for  then  ilehaU 


David  fctchcth  the  ark 


II.  SAMUEL. 


from  Kirjath-jcarini. 


the  IjOiu>  po  out  before  thee,  to  smite 
the  liost  ot  the  Philistines. 
25  And  David  did  so,  as  the  LoRn 
had  commanded  him ;  and  smote  the 
Philistines  froni  "^  Geba  until  thou 
come  to  f  Gazer. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  David  fetchelh  the  ark  from  Kirjath-jca- 


art.    0  Uzzah  \ 


ittcn 


at  Ptrct-uizah.  9  God  bletteth  Obed- 
edom  for  the  ark.  \1  Davidbringing  the 
ark  into  Zion  with  saerificeSt  danceth 
before  it,  for  which  Michal  deipiaeth 
him.  17  Be  placeth  it  in  a  tabernacle 
with  great  joy  and  feasting.  20  Michal 
reproving  David  for  hie  religiouB  Joy  ia 
childlcee  to  her  death. 

AGAIN,  David  gathered  together 
all  tlie   clioscn   »«<?«  of  Israel, 
thirty  thousand. 

2  And  "David  .arose,  and  went 
with  nil  the  people  that  nvre  with 
him  from  |!  Baale  of  Judah,  to  bring 
up  from  thenee  the  ark  of  God, 
II  whoso  name  is  called  by  the  name 
of  the  Loiii)  of  hosts  I'that  dwellcth 
between  the  cherubim. 

3  And  they  tset  the  ark  of  God 
•^upon  a  new  cart,  and  brought  it 
out  of  the  house  of  Abinadab  that 
v'«s  in  II  Gilieah  :  and  Ilzzah  and 
Ahio,  the  sons  of  Abinadab,  drave 
the  new  cart. 

4  And  they  brought  it  out  of  J  the 
house  of  Abinadab  which  u-an  at 
Gibcah,  t  accompanying  the  ark  of 
God:  and  Ahio  went  before  the  ark. 

.5  And  David  and  all  the  house  of 
Israel  played  before  the  Lohd  on  all 
manner  of  iii^fnimcnts  made  of  fir 
wood,  even  on  harps,  and  on  psalter- 
ies, and  on  timbrels,  and  on  coruets, 
anrl  on  cymbals. 

(i  IT  And  when  they  came  to  ^Na- 
chon's  threshingfiobr,  Uzzah  fput 
forth  /ii's  hand  to  the  ark  of  God,  and 
took  liold  of  it;  for  the  oxen  ||  shook 
it. 

7  And  the  anger  of  the  Lor.n  was 
kindled  against  Uzzah,  and  t'God 
smote  Iiim  there  for /i/.s-  ||  error;  and 
there  he  died  by  the  ark  of  God. 

8  And  David  was  displeased,  be- 
cause the  Loitn  had  t  made  a  breach 
upon  Uzzah :  and  he  called  the  name 
of  the  place  II  Percz-uzzah  to  this  day. 

9  And  ii  David  was  afraid  of  tlio 
Lord  that  dav,  and  said.  How  shall 
the  ark  of  thelyORP  come  to  me? 

10  So  David  would  not  remove  the 
ark  of  the  Lord  nnto  him  into  the 
city  of  David:  but  David  carried  it 
aside  into  the  liouse  of  Obed-cdom 
ithe  Gittite. 

11 1  And  the  ark  of  the  Lord  con- 
tinued in  the  house  of  Obed-cdom 
the  Gittite  three  months  :  and  the 
Lord  Ible.ssed  Obed-edom,  and  all 
his  household. 

12  TT  An<l  it  was  told  king  David, 
saying,  The  Loi:i>  hath  blessed  the 
hovisc  of  (_)hod-cdom,  and  all  that 
pertainetli  unto  him,  because  of  the 


ark  of  God.  '"  So  David  went  and 
brought  up  the  ark  of  God  from  the 
house  of  Ubed-edom  into  the  city  of 
David  with  gladness. 
Vi  And  it  was  so,  that  when  "  they 
that  bare  the  ark  of  the  Lord  had 
gone  six  paces,  ho  sacrificed  "oxen 
and  fallings. 

14  And  David  ''  danced  before  the 
Lord  with  all  his  might;  and  David 
UKts  girded  1  with  a  linen  cphod. 

15  '  So  David  and  all  the  house  of 
Israel  brought  up  the  ark  of  the 
Lord  with  shouting,  and  with  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet. 

16  And  ^as  the  ark  of  the  Lord 
came  into  the  city  of  David,  Michal 
Saul's  daughter  looked  through  a 
window,  and  saw  king  David  leap- 
ing and  dancing  before  the  Lord; 
and  she  despiscQ  him  in  her  heart. 

17  TT  And  'they  brought  in  the  ark 
of  the  Loud,  and  set  it  in  "  his  place, 
in  the  midst  of  the  tabernacle  that 
David  had  t  pitched  for  it:  and  Da- 
vid "offered  burnt  offerings  and 
peace  oflcrings  before  the  Lord. 

IS  And  as  soon  as  David  had  made 
an  end  of  offering  burnt  offerings 
and  peace  offerings,  >  he  blessed  the 
peojilc  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts. 

1!)  '■'  And  he  dealt  among  all  the 
peoi>le,  even  among  the  whole  mul- 
titude of  Israel,  as  well  to  the  women 
as  men,  to  every  one  a  cake  of  bread, 
and  a  good  piece  of  flesh,  and  a  flag- 
on of  wine.  So  nil  tlie  people  de- 
parted every  one  to  his  house. 

20 II  "  Then  Dsivid  returned  to  bless 
his  houseliold.  And  Michal  the 
daughter  of  Saul  came  out  to  meet 
David,  and  said,  How  glorious  was 
the  king  of  Israel  to  day,  who  1' un- 
covered himself  to  day  in  the  eyes  of 
the  handmaids  ofhis  servants,  as  one 
of  the  '"vain  fellows  || shamelessly 
imcovereth  himself! 

21  And  David  said  nnto  Jlichal,  It 
ico.s- before  the  Lord,  il  which  chose 
me  before  thy  father,  and  before  all 
his  house,  to  "appoint  me  ruler  over 
the  people  of  the  Lord,  over  Israel: 
therefore  will  I  play  before  the  Lord. 

22  And  I  will  j-et  be  more  vile  than 
thus,  and  will  be  base  in  mine  own 
sight:  and  ||of  the  maidservants 
whicli  tlaou  hast  spoken  of,  of  them 
sliall  I  be  had  in  honour. 

23  Therefore  Michal  the  daughter 
of  Saul  had  no  child  "unto  the  day 
of  her  death. 

CHAPTER  VIL 
1  Nathan  first  approving  the  purpose  of 
David  to  build  Uod  a  house,  i  after  by 
the  word  of  God  forliddeth  him.  12  lie 
proiniseth  him  benefits  and  blessings  in 
his  seed.  18  David*B  prayer  and  tttanks- 
giving. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  "when  the 
king  sat  in  his  house,  and  the 
I>oRD    had    given    him    rest    round 
enemies; 
285 


Lor.D    had    given 
about  from  all  his 


God's  promises  to  David. 


ir.  SAMUEL. 


riis  prayer  and  thanksgiving. 


fScolKln.S. 

3.A8.  Ifl. 

IChr.  22.  8. 

i  28.  3. 
glKin.  8.  16. 
h  Ei.  4(1.  19, 

lis.  31. 
iI,o». '26.  U. 

1-2, 

Doul.  23.  11. 


nn  1  .Sam.  13. 

11. 

ch.  5.  10.  Ji 

8.  li.  U. 
a  lSftm.31.G. 

r..  8J.  23. 
in.h./.-or. 


IKin 

1133 

ulKin 

C.  1. 

»  Do  .It 
1  Kill, 
Acl.  1 

.■^1  16 

'i!.*^;- 

8.20. 
.  11. 

ml  Kin 

r..  r,. 

».  f3.2ft.27. 

uii.  1.  ;>. 
1,  m.  30,31, 


2  That  the  king  said  unto  Nathan 
the  proplict,  See  now,  I  dwell  in  iia 
hoURC  of  cedar,  "^  but  the  ark  of  God 
dwelleth  within  <l  curtains. 

3  And  Nathan  said  to  the  kinp,  Go, 
do  all  that  is  '  in  thine  heart;  for  the 
l.OKi)  IS  with  thcc. 

4  IT  And  it  came  to  ras.'?  that  ni);ht, 
that  tlie  word  of  the  Louo  came  un- 
to Nathan,  savinj^, 

.5  Go  and  tc1l  tiny  servant  David, 
Thus  saith  the  Lord,  f  Shalt  thou 
build  me  a  house  for  mc  to  dwell 
in? 

G  Whereas  I  have  not  dwelt  in  an;/ 
house  "since  the  time  that  1  brought 
up  the  children  of  Israel  out  of  Ef^j'pt, 
even  to  this  day,  but  have  walked  in 
h  a  tent  and  in  a  tabernacle. 

7  In  fill  the  placrs  wherein  I  have 
iw.ilked  with  all  the  children  of 
Israel  spake  I  a  word  with  \\  any  of 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  wliom  I  com- 
manded kto  feed  my  people  Israel, 
sa^inj;,  Wliy  build  ye  not  me  a  house 
of  ceclar? 

8  Now  therefore  so  shalt  thou  say 
unto  my  servant  D.ivid,  'JMms  saitli 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  1 1  took  tlice  from 
the  eheepcote,  1  from  following  the 
sheep,  to  be  ruler  over  my  people, 
o^'er  Israel: 

U  And  '"I  was  with  thee  •whither- 
soever thou  wentest,  "and  have  cut 
oft*  all  thine  enemies  i  out  of  tliy 
si;;lit,  and  hnvc  made  thee  "a  prcat 
name,  like  nntr>  tlie  name  of  the 
^Toniinrn  that  nrc  in  the  earth. 

10  JNIoreovor  I  will  appoint  a  place 
for  my  people  Israel,  and  will  I'jilant 
thcni,  that  they  may  dwell  in  a  i)lace 
of  their  own,  and  move  no  more; 
'ineitlicr  shall  the  cliildren  of  wick- 
edness afflict  them  any  more,  as  be- 
forctimc, 

11  And  n.i  ■'since  the  time  that  I 
cominaiulerl  judijes  to  he  over  my 
people  Israel,  and  have  'caused  thee 
to  rest  from  all  thine  enemic.i.  Also 
tlic  I.ciKD  tclleth  thcc  Uhathowill 
make  thee  a  house. 

12  TT  And  "when  thy  days  he  ful- 
filled, and  thou  ^sh;<lt  sleep  with 
tliy  fathers,  >  I  will  sot  up  thy  seed 
alter  thee,  which  shall  proceed  out 
of  thy  bowels,  and  I  will  establish 
his  kingdom. 

].')  "lie  shall  build  a  house  for  my 
name,  and  I  wiU"stal)Iisli  the  throne 
of  Ilia  kingdom  for  ever. 

n  bl  will  be  bis  father,  and  he  shnll 
he  my  son.  *^lf  he  commit  ini(iiiit\", 
I  will  chasten  him  with  the  i.id  of 
men,  and  with  the  stripes  of  the  chil- 
dren of  men: 

15  Hut  my  mercv  shall  not  depart 
awiiy  from  him,  A  as  I  took  ;(  from 
Saul,  whom  I  put  aw.ay  betbre  thee. 

l(i  2^nd  ''thine  house  "and  thy  king- 
dom shall  l)c  established  fi>r  ever 
befiire  thee :  tliy  throne  shall  be 
establislied  forever. 

17  Accordinv!  to  all  these  words,  and 
2»t> 


according  to  all  this  vision,  so  did 
Nathan  speak  unto  David. 

IH  TT  Then  went  kins  David  in, 
and  sat  before  the  Lord,  and  he 
said,  f  Who  am  I,  ()  Lord  God?  and 
what  ).s  my  house,  that  thou  hast 
brought  me  hitherto? 

I'J  And  this  was  yet  a  small  thing 
in  thy  sight,  O  Lord  Goi>;  fibut 
thou  hast  spoken  also  of  thy  serv- 
ant's house  for  a  great  while  to  come, 
h  And  IS  this  the  f  nianner  of  man,  O 
Lord  Goii? 

t-Kl  And  what  can  David  say  more 
unto  thee  ?  for  thou,  Lord  God, 
i  knowest  thy  servant. 

1^1  For  thy  word's  sake,  and  accord- 
ing to  thine  own  heart,  hast  thou 
done  all  these  great  things,  to  make 
tliy  servant  know  them. 

*2'2  Wherefore  k  thou  art  great,  O 
Lord  (Jod:  for  U/icrc  I'.s  none  like 
thee,  neither  is  there  any  God  besides 
thee,  according  to  all  that  wc  have 
heard  with  our  ears. 

•2.'!  And  '"  what  one  nation  in  tho 
earth  i.<  like  thy  people,  even  like  Is- 
rael, whom  God  went  to  redeem  for 
iijicoplc  to  himself,  and  to  make  him 
a  name,  and  to  do  for  you  great 
things  and  terrible,  for  thy  land,  be- 
fore "thy  people,  which  thou  rc- 
decmedst  to  thee  from  Egypt, /rom 
the  nations  and  their  gods? 

24  For  "thou  hast  confirmed  to 
thyself  thy  people  Israel  to  tte  a 
Iicopio  nnto  thee  for  ever:  I'and 
thou,  lyORD,  art  become  their  God. 

25  And  now,  O  I^OKD  God,  the 
word  that  thou  hast  spoken  con- 
corning  thy  servant,  and  concern- 
ing bis  bouse,  establish  if  for  ever, 
and  do  as  thou  hast  said. 

2()  And  let  thy  name  be  magnified 
for  ever,  saying.  The  Lord  of  hosts 
is  tho  Godover  Israel:  and  let  the 
house  of  thy  servant  David  be  estab- 
lished before  thee. 

27  For  thou,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  God 
of  Israel,  hast  i  revealed  to  thy  serv- 
ant, sayini;,  I  will  buihl  thee  a  house: 
therefore  liath  thy  servant  found  in 
his  heart  to  pray  this  pniycr  unto 
thee. 

2S  And  now,  O  Lord  Goo,  thou 
art  that  God,  and  'I  thy  words  be 
true,  and  thou  hast  promised  this 
goodness  nnto  thy  servant: 

211  Therefore  now  t  let  it  please 
thee  to  bless  the  house  of  thy  serv- 
ant, that  it  may  continue  for  ever 
before  thee;  for  thou,  ()  Lord  Goi), 
hast  spoken  it:  and  with  thv  bless- 
ing let  the  house  of  thy  servant  bo 
blessed  '  for  ever. 

CIIArTER  VIIL 
1  nai'i'.i  lubJiirth  the  I'hilislincn  and  tlie 
Slmil^itcs.  Slh  imitrtii  Itndadcztr.mid 
tliii  .'•'i/Wdtn.  »  Tni  tcndclh  .lur.tm  with 
piwiienla  to  Wi»«  liiin.  11  Tlie  jiroenls 
<iM.(  tlm  tjioH  J>,itid  ilcdicalclh  to  Ood. 
14  Ih  ]iuHi-tli  garriaoM  in  Jidom.  10 
i'mid-a  ojicers. 


David  stihducth  his  eneinics. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


He  sendeth  for  Mephiboshcth. 


al  Cbr,  11 
(  Or.  Tht 


d  V:  72.  10. 
10.  27. 


I  Ai  1  Chr.  18. 
sJoah.  11.6. 


I'j.  CO,  tiU.. 

I  Or.  slajrius. 
<1  flen.  27.  29, 


•  cl..  10. 13,  U 
20.  23. 
lll.r.  11.6. 


AND  "after  tliia  it  cauie  to  pass, 
that  David  smote  tlic  Pliilistiucs, 
and  subdued  tliein:  and  ])avid  took 
II  Motiu'g-amniah  out  of  tlie  liand  of 
the  Philistines. 

2  And  i>]ie  smote  IMoal),  and  meas- 
ured tlicm  "witli  a  line,  easting  tiiem 
down  to  tlio  ground;  even  witli  two 
lines  measured  lie  to  put  to  death, 
and  with  one  full  lino  to  keep  alive. 
And  so  the  Jloabites  '  became  Da- 
vid's servants,  and  A  brought  gifts. 

.3  H  David  smote  also  ||  Iladadezer, 
the  son  of  Rehob,  king  of  "^  Zobah, 
.as  he  went  to  recover  'his  border  at 
the  river  Euphrates. 

4  And  David  took  |l  from  him  a 
thousand  ||  chariots,  and  seven  hun- 
dred horsemen,  and  twenty  thou- 
sand footmen:  and  J)avid  shoughed 
all  the  chariot  horses,  but  reserved 
of  thcm,/br  a  hundred  chariots. 

5  hAnd  when  tlie  Syrians  of  Da- 
mascus came  to  succour  Hadadczer 
king  of  Zobah,  David  slew  of  the 
Syrians  two  and  twenty  thousand 
men. 

6  Then  David  put  parrisons  in 
Syria  of  Damascus:  and  the  Syr- 
ians i  became  servants  to  David,  (i)iil 
brought  gifts,  k  And  the  Lokd  pre- 
served David  whithersoever  he  went. 

7  And  David  took  Ulic  shields  of 
gold  that  were  on  the  servants  of 
Iladadezer,  and  brought  them  to 
Jerusalem. 

.S  And  from  ||  Betah,  and  from  ||Bcr- 
othai,  cities  of  Iladadezer,  king  Da- 
vid took  exceeding  much  brass. 

y  IT  When  ||  Toi  king  of  llam.ath 
heard  that  David  had  smitten  all  the 
host  of  Iladadezer, 

10  Then  Toi  sent  '"Joram  his  son 
unto  king  David,  to  f  salute  him, 
and  to  bless  him,  because  he  had 
fought  against  Hadadczer,  and  smit- 
ten him:  for  Hadadczer  fhad  wars 
with  Toi.  And  Jorani  f  brought 
with  him  vessels  of  silver,  and  vessels 
of  gold,  and  vessels  of  brass: 

n  Which  also  king  David  "did 
dedicate  unto  the  Lokd,  with  the 
silver  and  gold  that  ho  had  dedicated 
of  all  nations  which  he  subdued; 

12  Of  Syria,  and  of  Moab,  and  of 
the  children  of  Ammon,  and  of  the 
Philistines,  and  of  Amalek,  and  of 
the  spoil  of  Iladadezer,  son  of  Keliob, 
king  of  Zobah. 

13  And  David  gat  /liin  a  name  when 
he  returned  from  f  smiting  of  the 
.Syrians  in  "the  valley  of  salt,  r||fci;jj/ 
eighteen  thousand  i»ch. 

li  ir  And  he  put  garrisons  in  Edom; 
throughout  all  Edom  put  he  g.arri- 
sons,  and  '1  all  they  of  I'.dom  became 
D.avid',s  seri'ants.  'And  the  I„oi!D 
preserved  David  -whitliersoever  he 
went. 

15  And  David  rci,gned  over  all  Is- 
rael; and  David  executed  ,iudgment 
and  justice  unto  all  bi.s  people. 

IG  'And  Joab  the  son  of  Zcruiah 


vas oyer  the  host;  and  '  Jehoshaphat 
the  son  of  Ahilud  was  ||  recorder; 
17  And  "Zadok  the  son  of  Ahitub, 
and  Ahinielcch  the  son  of  Abiathar, 
u-f'yc  the  priests  ;  and  Seraiah  icas 
the  II  scribe; 
IS  '^  And  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jchoia- 
da  was  over  both  the  ^  Cherethites 
and  the  Pelethites;  and  David's  sons 
were  ||  chief  rulers. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
1  Tjatiid  by  Ziba  tcndethfor  MspMbotlieth. 
7  For  Jonathan'e  eaka  he  cntertaineth 
him  at  hi»  ittble,  and  reetorcth  him  alt 
that  was  Saul'a.  'J  He  inaketh  Ziba  hit 
farmer. 

AND  David  said.  Is  there  yet  any 
that  is  left  of  the  house  of  Saul, 
that  I  may  "  shew  him  kindness  for 
Jonathan's  sake? 

2  And  llierc  vas  of  the  house  of 
Saul  a  servant  whose  name  vas 
I'Ziba.  And  when  they  had  called 
him  unto  David,  the  kiiig  said  unto 
him.  Art  thou  Ziba?  And  he  said. 
Thy  servant  /s  lie. 

3  And  the  king  said,  7s  there  not 
.vet  any  of  the  house  of  Saul,  that  I 
in.ay  shew  "^the  kindness  of  God  unto 
him  ?  And  Ziba  said  unto  the  king, 
Jonathan  hath  yet  a  son,  whiclt  is 
»l  lame  on  his  feet. 

4  And  the  king  said  unto  him, 
Where  is  he?  And  Ziha  said  unh) 
the  king,  Behold,  he  /.*  in  the  house 
of  "Rlacnir,  the  son  of  Ammiel,  in 
Eo-dehar. 

5  U  Then  king  David  sent,  and 
fetched  him  out  of  the  house  of 
Maehir,  the  son  of  Ammiel,  from 
Eo-debar. 

G  Now  when  ||  Jlcphibosheth,  the 
son  of  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Saul, 
was  come  unto  David,  he  fell  on  his 
face,  and  did  revereucc.  And  David 
said,  Mephiboshcth.  And  he  an- 
swered. Behold  thy  scrv.antl 

7  TT  And  David  said  unto  him.  Fear 
not:  ffor  I  will  surely  shew  thee 
kindness  for  Jonathan  thy  fat'ner's 
sake,  and  will  restore  thee  all  the 
land  of  Saul  thy  father  ;  and  thou 
shalt  eat  bread  at  my  table  continu- 
ally. 

8  And  he  bowed  himself,  and  said, 
What  IS  thy  servant,  that  thou  should- 
cst  look  upon  such.  B  a  dead  dog  as 
I  am  ? 

'.I  IT  Then  the  king  called  to  Ziba, 
Saul's  servant,  and  said  unto  him, 
I"  I  have  given  unto  thy  master's  son 
all  that  pertiiincd  to  Saul  and  to  all 
his  house. 

10  Thou  therefore,  and  thy  eons, 
and  thy  servants,  shall  till  the  land 
for  him,  and  thou  shalt  bring  in  the 
fruits,  that  thy  master's  scu\  may 
have  food  to  cat:  but  Mephiboshcth 
thy  master's  son  "shall  eat  bread  al- 
way  at  my  table.  Now  Ziba  had 
k  fifteen  sons  and  twenty  servants, 

11  Then  said  Ziba  uiito  (be  king. 
According  to  all  that  my  lord  the 

287 


The  Syrian-t  and 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Ainnwuitcs  dcfcatco. 


Before 
CHRIST 
Ebout  11)40. 


Ou.li.  U.  ; 
5. 
•  ch.  23.  S. 


kin;;  )m(h  coramnnded  liia  servant, 
so  shall  thy  servant  do.  As  for 
Mepliiboshcth,  said  the  king,  he  shall 
eat  at  my  table,  ns  one  of  the  king's 
sons. 

lli  And  jMephihoslicth  h.id  a  yonn^j 
son,  I  whose  name  j'-fs  Micha.  Ana 
all  tliat  dwelt  in  the  lionse  of  Ziba 
tL'et-e  servants  unto  Mephiboshetli. 

K  .So  Mepliibosheth  dwelt  in  Jeru- 
saleni:  '"for  lie  did  ent  continually 
at  the  kin;.;'s  table;  and  °  waa  lame 
on  both  his  feet. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  David's  mctscnpcr,,  cent  to  comfort  77,i- 
nuti  the  90H  of  Nahasii,  are  viUanouelj/ 
entreated.  6  The  Ammonitct,  slreni/th- 
cticit  by  the  Syrians,  are  overeovte  by 
Jijrttj  and  Ahiahai,  15  JShobach,  7iiakinff 
a  new  sujjply  of  tite  Syrians  at  Jletam,  is 
elain  by  iJavid. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
tliat  the  "kin;;  of  the  children 
of  Amnion  died,  and  llaiiun  Ilia  son 
rei^jned  in  his  stead. 

2  Then  said  David,  I  will  shew 
kindness  unto  Ilanun  the  son  of 
Nahash,  as  liis  father  shewed  kind- 
ness unto  me.  And  David  sent  to 
comfort  Iiiiu  by  the  hand  of  his  serv- 
ants for  his  "fatiicr.  And  David's 
servants  canio  into  the  land  of  the 
children  of  Amnion. 

a  And  the  princes  of  the  children  of 
Amnion  said  unto  Hanun  their  lord, 
tThinkest  thou  tliat  ])aviil  doth 
lionour  thy  fatlicr,  that  he  hath  sent 
eomforters  unto  tlieul'  hath  not  Da- 
vid ratlicv  sent  his  servants  unto 
tliee,  to  search  tiic  cit}',  and  to  spy  it 
out,  and  to  overthrow  it? 

4  Wherefore  Hannn  took  David's 
servants,  and  shaved  off  the  one  half 
of  their  beards,  and  cut  olf  their  gar- 
ments in  the  middle,  ^cvvn  to  their 
buttocks,  and  sent  them  away. 

5  When  they  told  /(  unto  David,  he 
sent  to  meet  "them,  because  the  men 
were  ^rreatly  ashamed:  and  the  kiie,' 
said,  'J'arrv  at  Jerielio  until  your 
beards  be  ..'r<iwn.  and  thrn  return. 

C  ir  And  wlion  the  rliildreu  of  Am- 
nion saw  tliat  they  '^stauk  before  Da- 
vid, the  eliihlrcn  of  Amnion  sent  and 
liiied  '11110  Syrians  of  lietb-rehob, 
nnd  the  Syrians  of  Zoba,  twenty 
thousand  footmen,  and  of  kini;  Maii- 
cah  a  thousand  men,  and  of  '[  Ish- 
tob  twelve  tliou^^and  men. 

7  And  when  David  lieard  of  l•^  ho 
sent  .loah,  and  all  the  host  of  °  the 
ini'.;lity  men. 

S  And  the  children  of  Amnion  came 
out,  and  put  the  battle  in  arrav  at 
the  entering;  ill  of  the  pate:  undVthe 
Syrians  of  Zoha,  and  of  Ilehob,  and 
Ish-tob,  and  Mnacah,  uxic  by  tiicni- 
selvc's  in  the  field. 

I)  When  Joal)  saw  that  the  front  of 
the  battle  waa  n;;ainst  liim  before 
and    behind,    ho   chose    of    all    the  1 

ice  men  of  Israel,  and  put  them 
in  array  against  the  Syrians:  | 

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10  And  the  rest  of  the  people  he  de- 
livered into  the  hand  of  Abishai  liis 
brother,  that  he  mi(;lit  put  ilieni  in 
array  nj^ainst  the  children  of  Am- 
nion. 

11  And  he  said.  If  the  Syrians  be 
too  strong;  for  me,  then  thou  shalt 
help  me:  but  if  the  children  of  Am- 
nion be  too  strong  for  thee,  then  I 
will  come  and  help  thee. 

12  8  lie  of  good  courage,  and  let  us 
hplay  the  men  for  our  people,  and 
for  the  cities  of  our  God:  and  ithc 
Lord  do  that  which  Bcemeth  ]iim 
good. 

13  And  Joab  drew  nigh,  and  the 
people  that  u'cre  with  him,  unto  the 
battle  against  the  Sj-rians:  and  they 
tied  before  him. 

14  And  when  the  children  of  Am- 
nion saw  that  the  Syrians  were  fled, 
tlieii  fled  they  also  before  Abishr.i, 
and  entered  into  the  city.  So  Joab 
returned  from  the  children  of  Am- 
nion, and  came  to  Jerusalem. 

Ij  T  And  when  the  Syrians  saw  that 
they  were  smitten  before  Israel,  they 
gathered  themselves  together. 

Ii;  And  Iladarezer  sent,  and  brought 
out  the  Syrians  that  ir<rc  beyond 
II  the  river;  nnd  thej-  came  to  Ilclam : 
and  II  Shobach  the  captain  of  tlic  host 
of  Iladarezer  went  before  tliem. 

17  And  when  it  was  told  David,  he 
gathered  all  Israel  together,  and 
ji.issed  over  Jordan,  and  came  to 
ilelam.  And  the  Syrians  set  them- 
selves in  array  against  David,  and 
fought  with  him. 

18  And  the  S.vriana  fled  before  Is- 
rael ;  nnd  David  slew  the  men  of' 
seven  hundred  cliariots  of  the  Syri- 
ans, and  fortv  thousand  khorsenien, 
and  smote  .sliobach  the  captain  of 
tlieir  host,  who  died  there. 

I'J  And  when  all  the  kings /7m<i(r;-e 
servants  to  Iladarezer  saw  that  they 
were  smitten  before  Israel,  thoy  made 
peace  with  Israel,  and  I  served  them. 
So  the  Syrians  feared  to  hell)  the 
children  of  Ammou  any  more. 

CIIArTER  XI. 
1  ^^'hile  Joai  irpieyed  liabbah,  David  eotn- 
mitlcl/i  adultery  with  Ilath-thcba.  0 
Uriah,  tent  for  by  I>avid  to  cover  the 
adultery,  would  not  go  horns  neither 
sober  itor  drunken.  14  lie  earrieth  to 
Joab  the  letter  of  Us  death.  18  Joab 
ern.leth  the  nen's  thereof  to  Pavid.  20 
David  taktlh  Dath-shcba  to  mfe. 

\ND  it  camo  to  pass,  t  after  the 
year  waa  expired,  at  the  time 
when  kings  go  forth  In  battle,  that 
'"^  David  sent  Joab,  and  his  servants 
with  him,  nnd  nil  Israel;  nnd  they 
destroyed  the  children  of  Amnion, 
and  besieged  Kabbah.  Uut  David 
tarried  still  at  Jerusalem. 
2  TI  And  it  came  to  jinss  in  an 
evcningtidc,  that  David  arose  from 
oft"  his  bed,  ''and  Widked  upon  the 
roof  of  the  king's  house:  nnd  from 
tlie  roof  ho  ''saw  a  wom.in  washing 


David's  adultery  rm'th  Uriah's  wife.  II.  SAMUEL. 


Uriah  'is  slain  in  battle. 


herself;  and  the  woman  wtis  very 
beautiful  to  look  upon. 

3  And  David  sent  and  inquired 
after  the  wonian.  And  one  said,  Is 
not  this  II  Batli-sheba,  the  daughter  of 
II  Eliani,  the  wife  J  of  Uriah  tlie  Ilit- 
tite? 

4  And  David  Bent  messengers,  and 
took  her;  and  she  came  in  unto  him, 
and  ''he  lay  with  her;  ||  for  she  was 
f  purified  from  her  unelcanness:  and 
she  returned  unto  her  house. 

5  And  the  woman  conceived,  and 
sent  and  told  David,  and  said,  I  am 
with  cliild. 

G  TT  And  David  sent  to  Joah,  anyina. 
Send  me  Uriah  the  Uittite.  And 
Joab  sent  tFriah  to  David. 

T  And  when  Uriah  was  come  tmto 
him,  David  demanded  of  him  fhow 
Joab  did,  and  how  the  people  did, 
and  how  the  war  prospered. 

8  And  David  said  to  Uriah,  Go 
down  to  thv  house,  and  Swash  thy 
feet.  And  Uriah  departed  out  of  the 
king's  house,  and  there  f  followed 
him  a  mess  of'vicat  from  the  kiuj;. 

9  But  Uriah  slept  at  the  door  of  the 
king's  house  with  all  the  servants  (^f 
lii3  lord,  and  went  not  down  to  his 
house. 

10  And  when  they  had  told  D.ivid, 
saying,  1'rir.h  wont  nut  dnwn  unto 
his  house.  David  said  unto  llrinh, 
earnest  thou  not  from /A.v  journey  y 
why  l/icii  didst  thou  not  go  down 
unto  thine  house? 

11  And  Uri  h  said  unto  David, 
hThe  ark,  and  Israel,  and  Judah, 
abide  in  tents;  and  imy  lord  Joab, 
and  the  servants  of  m  v  lord,  arc  en- 
camped in  the  open  Helds;  shall  I 
then  po  into  mine  liouse,  to  cat  and 
to  drink,  and  to  lie  with  my  wife? 
ris  thou  livcst,  and  as  thy  soul  livetli, 
1  will  not  do  this  thing. 

IJ  And  David  said  to  I'riah,  Tarry 
here  to  day  also,  and  to  niormw  I 
will  let  thee  depart.  So  Uri;:h  r.hndo 
in  Jerusalem  that  day,  and  the  mor- 
row. 

13  And  when  David  had  called  him, 
ho  did  eat  and  drink  before  him; 
.".nd  he  made  Inrn  I' drunk:  and  rt 
even  he  went  out  to  lie  on  his  bed 
•■with  the  servants  of  his  lord,  but 
went  not  down  to  his  house. 

11  II  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
morning,  tliat  D;ivid  "'wrote  a  letter 
to  Joab,  and  sent  it  by  the  hand  of 
Uriah. 

1.5  And  he  wrote  in  the  letter,  say- 
i:ig.  Set  ye  Uriah  in  the  forefront 
cf  the  t  hottest  battle,  and  retire  ye 
tfrom  liim,  that  he  may  "be  smit- 
ten, and  die. 

IG  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joab 
observed  the  city,  that  he  assigned 
Uriah  unto  a  place  where  he  knew 
tliat  valiant  men  vere. 

17  And  the  men  of  the  city  went 
out,  and  fought  with  Joab:  and  there 
fell  some  of  the  people  of  (lie  servants 
10 


of  David;  and  Uriah  the  Ilittite  died 
also. 

IS  IT  Then  Joab  sent  and  told  David 
ail  the  things  concerning  the  war; 

ID  And  churgcil  the  messenger,  say- 
ing, When  tnou  hast  made  an  end 
of  tellinsc  the  matters  of  the  war  unto 
tlie  king, 

20  And  if  so  be  that  the  king's  wrath 
arise,  and  he  say  unto  thee.  Where- 
fore approached  yc  so  nigh  unto  the 
city  when  ye  did  fight?  knew  ye  not 
tliat  they  would  shoot  from  the  wall? 

2\  Who  smote  "Abimelech  the  son 
of  P  Jerubbesheth?  did  not  a  woman 
cast  a  piece  of  a  millstone  upon  him 
from  tlic  wall,  that  he  died  in  Tlie- 
bez?  why  went  ve  nigh  the  wall? 
then  say  thou.  Thy  servant  Uriah 
the  Uittite  is  dead  also. 

22  If  So  the  messenger  went,  and 
came  and  sliewed  David  all  that  Jo- 
ab had  sent  him  for. 

^.3  And  the  messenger  said  unto 
David,  Surely  the  men  prevailed 
.against  us,  and  came  out  unto  us  in- 
to the  iieki,  and  we  were  upon  them 
even  unto  the  entering  of  tlie  gate. 

24  And  the  shooters  shot  from  off 
the  wall  upon  thy  6er\'ants ;  and 
mine  of  the  king's  servants  be  dead, 
and  thy  sonant  Uriah  the  Uittite  is 
dead  also. 

25  Then  David  paid  unto  the  mes- 
senger. Thus  Shalt  thou  say  unto 
Joab,  Let  not  this  thing  f  displease 
thee,  for  the  sword  devoureth  tone 
as  well  as  another:  make  thy  battle 
more  strong  against  the  city,  and 
overthrow  it :  and  encourage  thou 
him. 

2G  IT  And  when  the  wife  of  Uriah 
heard  that  liriaU  licr  husband  was 
dead,  she  mourned  for  her  hus- 
band. 

27  And  when  the  mourning  was 
past,  David  sent  and  fetched  her  to 
nis  house,  and  she  ''became  his  wife, 
and  bare  Jiim  a  fon.  But  the  thing 
that  David  had  done  t  displeased  the 

LOBl). 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  yatfian'9  parable  of  tlie  ewe  lamh  eatie- 
eih  David  to  be  hie  own  judge.  7  David, 
reproved  by  Nathan,  eonfesecth  hie  ein, 
and  ta  pardoned.  15  David  ^noitmeth 
and  jtrayethfor  the  ehild,  white  it  lived. 
U  tSolom'oil  ie  born,  and  named  Jedidiah. 
20  David  talceth  liaUah,  and  tortureth 
the  people  thereof. 

AND  the  LoKi>  sent  Nathan  unto 
David.  And  "  he  came  unto 
him,  and  ''said  unto  him.  There 
were  two  men  in  one  city;  the  one 
rich,  and  tlie  other  poor. 

2  The  rich  man  had  exceeding  many 
flocks  and  herds: 

3  But  the  uoor  man  had  nothing, 
save  one  little  ewe  lamb,  which  ho 
had  bcmght  and  nourished  up:  and 
It  grew  up  together  with  him,  and 
wiUi  his  children;  it  did  eat  of  his 
own  fmcat,  and  drank  of  his  own 


David  confenscth  Ids  sin. 


ir.  SAMUEL. 


Solomon  is  bom. 


Before 

c  u  :i  1  s  T 

about  1034. 


Seo  1  Snm. 
15.  lU. 

l.'i.SI. 

>ch.  ii.ie.ie. 

U.  27. 


fN 


1 3««  1  S*ra. 

15.  24. 
mch.^l.  10. 

Jul!  7.  211. 

ri.  92  3.  tc 

91.4. 

I'ror  23.  13. 
1,  rh.St   10. 


I.ch.  13.31. 


cup,  nnd  lay  in  his  bosom,  and  was 
unto  liim  as  ft  dau>;htfr. 

4  And  there  came  a.  traveller  unto 
the  rich  man,  and  he  spared  to  take 
of  his  own  flock  and  of  his  own  herd, 
to  dress  for  the  wayfaring  man  that 
was  come  unto  him  ;  but  took  the 
poor  man*3  lamb,  and  dressed  it  for 
tlie  man  that  was  come  to  him. 

.")  .\nd  David's  anger  was  greatly 
kiiulled  against  the  man  :  and  he 
s;iid  to  Nathan,  Ai  the  LoKI)  liveth, 
the  man  that  hath  done  this  (/iih<7 
II  shall  surely  die: 

li  And  he  shall  restore  the  lamb 
■^fourfold,  because  he  did  this  tiling, 
and  because  he  had  no  pity. 

7  IT  And  Nathan  said  to  David, 
Thou  lu-t  the  man.  Thus  saith  the 
1-oni)  God  of  Israel,  I  ''anointed 
thee  king  over  Israel,  and  I  deliv- 
ered thee  out  of  the  hand  of  Saul; 

8  And  I  gave  thee  thy  master's 
house,  and  thy  master's  wives  into 
thv  bosom,  and  gave  theo  the  house 
of  Israel  and  of  Judah;  and  if  Ifuil 
hint  lurii  too  little,  1  would  moreover 
liave  given  unto  thee  such  and  such 
things. 

'.I  'Wherefore  hast  thou  f despised 
the  coiiimanilment  of  tlie  I.oiiT),  to 
iloevil  in  liis  sight?  Kthou  hast  kill- 
e<l  Uriah  tlie  llittitc  with  the  sword, 
nnd  hast  taken  his  wile  lo  be  thy 
wife,  and  hast  sUiin  him  with  the 
sword  of  the  children  of  Ammon. 

Ill  Now  therefore  I'thc  sword  shall 
never  dep;irt  from  thine  house;  be- 
cause tlinu  hast  despised  me,  and 
hfist  tnkcn  the  wife  of  Uriah  the  Hit- 
tile  to  be  thv  wife. 

11  Tlins  saith  the  I,oi!ii,  Heliold,  T 
will  raise  up  evil  against  thee  iiiit  of 
thine  own  house,  and  I  will  't:ike 
thy  wives  before  thine  eyes,  and  "ive 
l/ii'iii  unto  thy  neighbour,  unit  he 
.shall  lie  with  thy  wives  in  the  sight 
of  this  sun. 

I-'  I'or  thou  didst  t^  secretly:  tbut 
I  will  do  this  thing  belbrc  all  Israel, 
and  before  the  sun. 

I'i  I  .\nd  David  eaiil  unto  Nathan, 
"'I  have  sinned  against  the  IvOun, 
And  Nathan  said  unto  David,  'J'lie 
I-oKP  also  hath  "put  away  tliy  sin; 
thou  shalt  not  die. 

l-»  Ilowbeit,  because  bv  tliis  deed 
thou  hast  given  great  occiision  to  the 
enemies  of  the  l.i)iii>"ti.  hhisphenie, 
the  child  also  (/m«  !s  born  unto  thee 
shall  surely  die. 

1.1  IT  And  Nathan  departed  tinto  his 
house.  And  the  l.oiii)  struck  the 
chilli  that  I'riah's  wife  bare  unto 
David,  and  it  was  very  sick. 

Hi  David  therefore  besought  God 
for  the  child;  and  David  tfasted, 
and  went  in,  and  ''  lay  all  night  upon 
the  earth. 

ir  .'Vnd  the  elders  ofliis  house  arose, 
mill  villi  to  him,  to  raise  liim  up 
from  the  earth:  but  he  would  not, 
neither  did  he  eat  bread  with  tliem. 
290 


ly  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the  sev- 
enth day,  that  the  child  died.  And 
the  servants  of  David  feared  to  tell 
him  that  the  child  was  dead  :  for 
they  said,  Heboid,  while  the  child 
was  yet  alive,  we  spake  unto  him, 
and  lie  would  not  hearken  unto  our 
voice:  how  will  he  then  lve.\  him- 
self, if  we  tell  him  that  the  child  is 
dead? 

I'J  But  when  David  saw  that  his 
servants  whispered,  David  perceived 
that  the  child  was  dead:  therefore 
David  said  unto  his  servants,  Is  the 
child  dead?  And  they  said,  lie  is 
dead. 

Ltt  Then  David  arose  from  the  earth, 
and  washed,  and  i  anointed  himiv{f, 
and  changed  his  apparel,  and  came 
into  the  house  of  the  I.OKti,  and 
'worshipped:  then  he  canio  to  his 
own  bouse:  and  when  he  required, 
they  set  bread  before  liim,  and  he 
did  eat. 

yi  Then  said  his  servants  unto  him. 
What  tiling  tji  this  that  tliou  hast 
done?  thou  didst  fast  and  weep  for 
the  child,  vhik  il  irtr.i  alive;  but 
when  the  child  was  dead,  thou  didst 
rise  and  eat  bread. 

L'2  And  he  said.  While  the  child 
was  yet  nlive,  I  fasted  nnd  wept : 
Mbr  1  said.  Who  can  tell  vlntlirr 
Oon  will  be  gracious  to  me,  that  the 
cliild  may  live? 

li.'J  But  now  ho  is  dead,  wherefore 
should  I  fast?  can  I  bring  him  back 
again?  I  shall  go  to  him,  but  'he 
shall  not  return  to  me. 

U'4  TT  And  David  comforted  Bnth- 
sheba  his  wife,  and  went  in  unto 
her,  and  lav  with  her:  and  "she  bare 
a  son,  and'''  he  called  his  name  Solo- 
mon: and  the  I.oiti)  loved  him. 

•.'.'■.  And  he  sent  bv  the  hand  of 
Nathan  the  prophet";  nnd  he  called 
his  name  ||  Jedidiah,  because  of  the 

I.Oltl). 

•li'i  H  And  !  Joab  fought  against 
^Kabtmb  of  the  children  of  Ammon, 
and  took  the  royal  city. 

■J7  And  .loab  sent  messengers  to 
David,  nnd  said,  I  have  fought 
against  Kabbah,  and  have  taken  the 
city  of  waters. 

•JH  Now  therefore  gather  the  rest  of 
the  pioplc  together,  and  encamp 
a-aiust  the  citv,  and  take  it:  lest  I 
take  the  city,  lind  t  it  ho  called  alter 

U'il  .Villi  David  gathered  all  the  peo- 
ple logetlier,  and  went  to  Itabbali, 
and  fought  against  it,  and  took  it. 

.W  "  And  be  took  their  king's  crown 
from  olf  bis  head,  the  weight  where- 
of iciui  n  talent  of  jtold  with  the  pre- 
cious stones:  nnd  it  was  Sfl  on  Da- 
vid's liead.  And  he  brought  forth 
the  spoil  of  the  city  f  in  great  nbund- 
ance. 

.'11  And  he  brought  forth  the  people 
that  ic.ir  th'Tcin,  anil  put  llimi  un- 
der saws,  and  under  harrows  of  iron. 


Amnon  forccth  his  sister  Tainar,   II.  SAMUEL. 


and  afterwards  hateth  her. 


and  under  axes  of  iron,  and  made 
them  pass  throuji'i  the  brickkiln :  and 
thus  did  he  unto  all  the  eities  of  the 
children  of  Amnion.  So  David  and 
all  the  people  returned  unto  Jerusa- 
lem. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  Amnon  loving  Tiimar,  by  Junndab^B 
coun.fi  .UinHing  himself  tick,  r,mshtth 
her.  15  lis  hulcth  her,  and  uhamefully 
turncth  her  amiy.  19  Akaalom  cntcr- 
taineth  her,  <tytj  coneenleth  hts  purpose. 
Z'i  At  a  aheepshtaring,  among  nil  the 
king's  sons,  he  killeth  Amnon.  iO  Da- 
vid grieving  at  the  news  is  comforted  bu 
JontiJab.  »7  Absalom  fieelh  to  Taimai 
at  Geshur. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
"that  Ahsalom  the  son  of  David 
had  a  fair  sister,  whose  name  i/'(is 
I' Tamar  ;  and  Amnon  tiie  son  of 
David  loved  her. 

2  And  Amnon  was  so  vexed,  that  he 
fell  sick  for  his  sister  Tamar;  for  sh.e 
icas  a  virgin ;  and  f  Amnon  thought 
it  hard  for  him  to  do  any  thing  to  her. 

3  But  Amnon  had  a  friend,  whose 
name  was  Jonadab,  'the  son  of 
Shimcah  David's  brother:  and  Jona- 
dab iriis  a  very  subtile  man. 

4  And  he  said  unto  him,  "Why  art 
tlioii,  hrintf  the  king's  son,  tlean 
j  from  day  to  day?  wilt  thou  not  tell 
me?  And  Amnon  said  unto  him,  1 
love  Tamar,  my  brother  Absalom's 
sister. 

5  And  Jonadab  said  unto  him.  Lay 
thee  down  c>n  thy  bed,  and  make 
tliysclf  sick  :  and  when  thy  father 
coincth  to  sec  thee,  say  unto  him,  I 
pray  thee,  let  my  sister  Tamar  come, 
ami  give  me  meat,  and  dress  the 
meat  in  my  sight,  that  I  may  see  it, 
and  eat  it  at  her  hand. 

0  TT  So  Amnon  lay  down,  and  made 
himself  sick:  and  when  the  king  was 
come  to  see  him,  Amnon  said  unto 
the  king,  1  pray  thee,  let  Tamar  my 
sister  come,  and  *J  make  me  a  couple 
of  cakes  in  my  sight,  that  1  may  eat 
at  her  hand. 

7  Then  David  sent  home  to  Tamar, 
saying.  Go  now  to  thy  brother  Ani- 
non's  house,  and  dress  him  meat. 

8  So  Tamar  went  to  licr  brother 
Aninon's  house  ;  and  he  was  laid 
down.  And  she  took  ||(lour,  and 
kneaded  it,  and  made  cakes  in  his 
sight,  and  did  bake  the  cakes. 

9  And  she  took  a  pan,  and  poured 
tlieia  out  before  him;  but  he  refused 
to  eat.  And  Amnon  said,  "^  Have  out 
all  men  from  me.  And  they  went 
out  every  man  from  him. 

10  And  Amnon  said  unto  Tamar, 
Bring  the  meat  into  the  chamber, 
that  I  may  eat  of  thine  hand.  And 
Tamar  took  the  cakes  which  she  had 
made,  and  brought  thrtii  into  the 
chamber  to  Amnon  her  brother. 

U  And  when  she  had  lirouu'ht  Ifiem 
uuto  him  to  eat,  he  ftoi.k  hold  of 
her,  and  said  uuto  lier.  Come  lie  with 
me,  my  sister. 


1:!  And  she  answered  him.  Nay,  my 
brother,  do  not  t  force  me:  for  s  |  no 
such  thing  ought  to  be  done  in  Is- 
rael: do  not  thou  this  l' folly. 

l.'i  And  I,  whither  shall  1  cause  my 
shame  to  go?  and  as  for  tliee,  thou 
shalt  be  as  one  of  the  fools  in  I.srael. 
Now  therefore,  I  jiray  thee,  speak 
unto  the  king;  i  for  ha  w  ill  not  with- 
hold me  from  thee. 

14  Howbeit  he  would  not  hearken 
unto  her  voice:  but,  being  stronger 
than  she,  li  forced  her,  and  lay  with 
her. 

1")  TT  Then  Amnon  hated  her  t  ex- 
ceedingly; so  that  the  hatred  wlierc- 
witli  he  hated  her  n-aa  greater  than 
the  love  wherewith  he  had  loved  her. 
And  Amnon  said  unto  her,  Arise, 
be  gone. 

IG  And  she  said  unto  him.  There  is 
110  cause:  this  e^'il  in  sending  me 
away  is  greater  than  the  other  that 
thou  didst  unto  me.  But  he  would 
not  hearken  unto  her. 

ir  Then  he  called  his  servant  that 
ministered  unto  him,  and  said,  Put 
now  this  ifoiiian  out  from  ine,  and 
bolt  the  door  after  her. 

18  And  she  fiad  la  garment  of  divers 
colours  upon  her ;  for  with  such 
robes  were  the  king's  daughters  that 
were  virgins  apparelled.  Then  his 
servant  brought  her  out,  and  bolted 
the  door  after  her. 

1!)  TT  And  Tamar  put ""  ashes  on  her 
head,  and  rent  her  garment  cif  divers 
colours  that  ?(v(s  on  her,  and  "laid 
her  hand  on  her  head,  and  went  on 
crying. 

liO  And  Absalom  her  brother  said 
unto  her,  llath  t  Amnon  thy  brother 
been  with  thee?  but  hold  now  thy 
peace,  my  sister:  ho  is  thy  brother; 
t  regard  not  this  thing.  So  Tamar 
remained  f  desolate  in  her  brother 
Absalom's  house. 

21  H  But  when  king  David  heard  of 
all  these  things,  he  was  xt'ry  wroth. 

22  And  Absalom  spake  unto  his 
brother  Amnon  "  neither  gfiod  nor 
bad:  for  Absalom  I'hated  Amnon, 
because  he  had  forced  his  sister 
Tamar. 

2.')  V.  And  it  came  to  pass  after  two 
full  years,  that  Absalom  1  had  sheep- 
shearers  in  Baal-hazor,  which  is  be- 
side Ephraim:  and  Absalom  invited 
all  the  king's  sons. 

24  And  ADsalom  came  to  the  king, 
and  said,  Behold  now,  tliy  servant 
hath  sheepshearers;  let  the  king,  I 
beseech  thee,  and  his  servants  go 
with  thy  servant. 

2.5  And  the  king  said  to  Absalom, 
Nay,  my  son,  let  us  not  all  now  go, 
lest  we  be  chargeable  unto  thee. 
And  he  pressed  him:  howlicit  he 
would  not  go,  hut  blessed  him. 

2(J   Then   saiil    Absalom,    If  not,   I 
pray  thee,  let  m\'  Imither  Amnon  go 
with   us.     And 'the    king  said   unto 
him.  Why  should  he  go  with  thee? 
291 


Amnon  i-9  slain. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Joah's  artifice  to 


C  II  lU  S  T 

M3I. 

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■Is    \1.  «, 

B 

1 
R. 

111  3.  7. 
■.m.-i.  ,T«. 
th    1.  10. 

t  Met),  j^tij 


f  n«h.  wiVA  a 

loao. 

•  th.  3.  3. 

«ch.l 

23,32. 

1027. 
h    13.  .19. 


27  But  Absalom  pressed  him,  that 
he  let  Amnou  and  all  the  king's  sons 
K"  with  him. 

lis  11  Ndw  Absalom  hatl  commanded 
his  servants,  saying,  Mark  ye  now 
when  Amnon's  '  heart  is  merry  with 
wine,  and  when  I  say  unto  you. 
Smite  Amnon  ;  then  kill  him,  fear 
not:  II  have  not  1  commanded  you'/ 
be  courapjeous,  and  be  f  valiaiit. 

ill  And  the  servants  of  Absalom  did 
imto  Amnon  as  Absalom  had  com- 
miiniled.  Then  all  the  kinji's  sons 
aro-sc,  and  every  man  +  gat  .him  up 
upon  his  mule,  and  fled. 

.'to  U  And  it  came  to  p,iss,  while  they 
were  in  the  way,  that  tidings  came 
to  David, savins,  Absalom  h"'l>  slain 
all  tlic  king's  sous,  and  there  is  not 
one  of  them  left. 

'il  'I'lien  the  king  arose,  and  'tare 
liis  garments,  and  'lay  on  the  eartli; 
and  all  his  servants  stood  by  with 
their  clothes  rent. 

3J  And  ".Jonadab,  the  son  of  Shim- 
eali  David's  brother,  answered  nu'l 
said,  Let  not  my  lord  suppose  tlifii 
they  have  slain  all  the  young  men 
the  king's  sons;  for  Amnon  onl.y  is 
dead:  for  by  the  t appointment  of 
.\bs-.il<im  this  hath  been  ||  determined 
finin  the  day  that  he  forced  his  .sister 
Tamar. 

•';.;  Now  therefore  "let  not  mr  lord 
the  king  take  tlie  thing  to  his'heart, 
to  think  that  all  the  king's  sons  are 
dead;  for  Amnon  onlv  is  dead. 

■M  1  But  Ab.salom  fled.  And  the 
youTig  man  that  kept  the  w.itch  lifted 
up  !iis  eyes,  and  looked,  and,  behold, 
tlu-re  came  much  people  by  the  way 
ciftbe  hillside  behind  him. 

•  !."i  .Vnd  Jomidab  said  unto  the  king, 
Biliold,  the  king's  sons  come:  \  an 
thy  siTvant  said,  so  it  is. 

.'«!  .Vnd  it  came  to  p\ss,  n.'i  soon  n» 
he  hiid  undo  an  end  of  speaking, 
that,  beliold,  the  king's  sons  came, 
an. I  lilted  lip  their  voice  and  wept: 
anil  the  king  alsoaud  all  his  servants 
wipt  t  very  sore. 

•'ir  1  Hut  Absalom  fled,  and  went 
tn  ■  Talmai,  tlie  son  of  ll.Vmmihiid, 
king  of  Geshur.  And  Dnvid  mourn- 
ed mr  his  s(m  every  day. 

."W  So  Absalom  fled,  and  went  to 
■'  (ieshur,  and  was  there  throe  vears. 

.",'J  And  thn  soul  of  king  "Daviil 
[[longed  to  go  forth  unt.i  .\bsalom: 
for  he  wiui  ''comforted  eoiieerning 
Amuun,  seeing  he  was  dead. 

CHAPTEUXIV. 

1  Jonh,  Buhornitig  a  tvi'tow  of  Ti-koah.  by  a 
puriiUc  to  incline  the  ktng'e  heart  to 
fetch  home  Abentom,  brinffcth  him  to  ,/*- 
ritealem.  2j  Abealom't  bctlltl/,  hnir.  nn.t 
ehililren.  '28  After  two  i/fare.  Abealom  \ 
by  Joitb  it  brought  into  the  king'e  Jirce- 

NOW  Joah  the  son  of  Zeruiah  per- 
eeiveil  that  the  king's  heart  icii.« 
•'toward  Absalom. 
2  And  Jonb  sent  to  b'l'ukoah,  and 
202 


fetched  thence  a  wise  woman,  and 
said  unto  her,  I  pray  thee,  feign  thy- 
self to  he  a  mourner,  ^'and  |>ut  on 
now  mourning  apparel,  and  anoint 
not  thyself  with  oil,  but  be  as  a  wom- 
an that  had  a  long  time  mourned  lor 
the  dead : 

u  And  come  to  the  kin^,  and  speak 
on  this  manner  unto  him.  So  Joab 
<1  put  the  words  in  her  mouth. 

i  IT  And  when  the  woman  of  Teko- 
ali  spake  to  the  king,  she  'fell  on 
her  face  to  the  ground,  and  did  obei- 
sance, and  said,  t '  Help,  O  king. 

.5  .\nd  the  king  said  unto  her.  What 
aileth  thee?  And  she  answered,  ''I 
am  indeed  a  widow  woman,  and 
mine  husband  is  dead. 

G  And  thy  handmaid  had  two  sons, 
and  they  two  strove  together  in  the 
field,  and  t/irrc  u-tu^  f  none  to  part 
them,  hut  the  one  smote  the  other, 
and  slew  him. 

7  And,  behold,  h  the  whole  family 
is  risen  against  thine  handmaid,  and 
they  said.  Deliver  him  that  smote 
his  brother,  that  we  may  kill  him, 
for  the  life  of  his  brother  whom  he 
slew;  and  wc  will  destroy  the  heir 
also:  and  so  they  ehall  quench  my 
coal  which  is  left,  iind  shall  not  leav'c 
to  my  husband  nrithrr  name  nor  re- 
mainder t  upon  the  earth. 

H  And  the  king  said  unto  the  wom- 
an. Go  to  thine  huuso.  and  I  will 
give  charge  concerning  thee. 

9  And  the  woman  of  'I'okoah  said 
unto  the  king.  My  lorcl,  O  king,  "the 
iniquity  be  on  me,  and  on  my  fii- 
thcr's  House:  k  and  the  king  anil  his 
throne  be  guiltless. 

11)  And  the  king  said.  Wliosoever 
saith  anijht  unto  thee,  bring  liim  to 
me,  and  he  shall  not  touch  thee  any 
more. 

n  Then  said  she,  I  prav  thee,  let 
the  king  remember  the  I.okd  thv 
God,  1  that  thou  woiildost  not  sufl'er 
itlie  revengers  of  blood  to  destroy 
any  more,  lest  they  destroy  my  son. 
And  he  said,  "'-Is-  the  Loiin  hveth, 
there  shall  not  one  hair  of  thy  sou 
fall  to  the  earth. 

\'i  Then  the  woman  said,  I..et  thine 
handmaid,  I  pray  thee,  speak  our 
word  unto  my  lord  the  king.  And 
he  said,  .Say  on. 

I'l  And  the  woman  said.  Wherefore 
then  hast  thou  thought  such  a  thing 
against  "  the  people  of  God?  for  the 
king  doth  spiMk  this  thing  as  one 
which  isfaultv.  in  that  Ibo  king  doth 
not  fetch  hoiiie  again  "bis  banished. 

II  I'or  we  V  must  nooils  die.  and  nrc 
OS  water  spilt  on  the  ground,  which 
cannot  be  g:ithercil  up  again:  ||  nei- 
ther doth  God  respect  atni  iierson; 
vet  doth  he  'i  devise  means,  that  his 
banished  hi'  n.it  expelled  from  him. 

I.->  Now  tber.  lore  that  I  am  come  to 
sneak  of  this  tiling  unto  my  lord  the 
king,  if  t.f  because  the  people  have 
made  mc  afraid :  and  thy'  handmaid 


bring  Absalom  home. 


II.  SAMUEL.      Absalom,  is  brotight  to  the  king. 


Before 
C  U  R  I  S  T 

1027. 


snid,  1  will  now  $pcak  unto  the  kinji;; 
it  may  be  that  tlie  Iting  will  portbrm 
the  request  uf  his  handinaitl. 

It)  For  the  kinjt  will  hear,  to  deliver 
his  handmaid  nut  of  the  hand  of  the 
man  thiit  irrjiilil  destroy  nie  and  my 
son  tii;;ethcr  out  of  the  inheritance 
oltiod. 

17  Then  thine  handmaid  said.  The 
word  of  my  lord  the  king  shall  now 
he  f  comfortable :  for  ''  as  an  angel  of 
God,  BO  is  my  lord  the  king  t  to  dis- 
cern good  and  bad  :  tliereforc  the 
l.oitij  thy  God  will  be  with  thee. 

18  Then  the  king  answered  and  said 
unto  the  woman,  Hide  not  from  me, 
I  pray  thee,  the  thing  that  I  shall 
ask  tlioe.  And  the  woman  said.  Let 
my  lord  the  king  now  sneak. 

lil  And  the  king  said.  Is  not  the 
hand  of  Joab  with  thee  in  nil  this? 
And  the  woman  answered  and  said. 
As  thy  soul  liveth,  my  lord  the  king, 
none  can  turn  to  the  right  hand  or  to 
the  left  from  aught  that  my  lord  the 
king  hath  spoken  :  for  thy  servant 
Jonb,  he  bade  me,  and  'he  put  all 
the.se  words  in  the  mouth  of  thiuc 
handmaid: 

ai  To  fetch  about  this  form  of 
.•speech  hath  thy  servant  Joab  done 
this  thing:  antl  my  lord  j*5  wise,  ^ac- 
cording to  the  wisdom  of  an  angel  of 
God,  to  know  all  things  that  are  in 
the  earth. 

21  If  And  the  king  said  unto  Joab, 
Behold  now,  I  have  done  this  thing: 
go  therefore,  bring  the  young  man 
Absaloin  again. 

•J2  And  Joab  fell  to  the  ground  on 
his  face,  and  bowed  himself,  and 
f  thanked  the  king:  and  Joab  said. 
To  da.v  thv  servant  knowcth  that  I 
Inive  found  grace  in  thy  sight,  mv 
lord,  O  king,  in  that  tlie  king  hath 
fuUiiled  the  request  of  |1  his  serv- 
ant. 

2-'!  So  Joab  arose  "and  went  to 
Gesluir,  and  brought  Absalom  to 
Jerusalem. 

24  And  the  king  said.  Let  him 
turn  to  his  own  house,  and  let  him 
"  not  see  my  face.  So  Absalom  re- 
turned to  his  own  house,  and  saw 
not  the  king's  face. 
2o  TT  t  Kut  in  all  Israel  there  was 
none  to  be  so  much  praised  as  Ab- 
salom for  his  beauty  :  >  from  the 
sole  of  his  foot  even  to  the  crown 
of  his  head  there  was  no  blemish  iu 
him. 

•S>  And  when  he  polled  his  head, 
(tor  it  was  at  every  year's  end  that 
he  polled  it:  bccau.se  the  hair  v.  as 
heavy  on  him,  therefore  he  polled 
it:)  he  weighed  tlie  hair  of  his 
head  at  two  hundred  shekels  after 
the  king's  weight. 

27  And  'unto  Absalom  there  were 
born  three  sons,  and  one  daughter, 
whose  name  was  Tamar:  she  was  a 
woman  of  a  fair  count,''nanee.  | 

28  11    So  Absalom    dwelt   two  full  i 


years  in  Jerusalem,  "and  saw  not 
the  king's  face. 

29  Therelbre  Absalom  sent  for 
Joab,  to  have  sent  him  to  the  king; 
but  he  would  not  come  to  him  : 
and  when  he  sent  acain  the  second 
lime,  he  would  not  come. 

oi)  Therefore  he  said  imto  his 
servants,  See,  Joab's  field  is  fncar 
mine,  and  he  hath  barley  there;  go 
and  set  it  on  fire.  And  Absalom's 
servants  set  the  field  on  fire. 

.'il  Then  Joab  arose,  and  came  to 
Ab.salom  unto  his  house,  and  said 
unto  him,  AVherefore  have  thy  serv- 
ants set  my  field  on  fire? 

32  And  Absalom  answered  Joab, 
Behold,  I  sent  unto  thee,  saying, 
Come  hither,  that  I  may  send  thee 
to  the  king,  to  say.  Wherefore  am 
I  come  from  Geshur  ?  it  had  bcfii 
good  for  me  to  have  been  there  still; 
now  therefore  let  me  see  the  king's 
face  ;  and  if  there  be  any  iniquity 
in  roe,  let  him  kill  me. 

3.1  So  Joab  came  to  the  king,  and 
told  him  ;  and  wlien  he  had  called 
for  Absalom,  he  came  to  the  king, 
and  bowed  himself  on  his  face  to 
the  ground  before  the  king :  and 
the  king  b  kissed  Absalom. 

CILVPTER  XV. 

I  Abtaloni,  by  fair  tpeechea  and  eourte- 
tica,  ItcaUtli  the  hem-la  of  Jaract.  7  Uiv 
tier  fvcttnee  of  a  vow  he  obtaineth  Uavt 
to  go  to  Hebron.  10  He  makcth  the 
great  conapiracy.  IJ  Da 
ncwa  fcelh  from 
U'ould  not  leave  him.  24  Zadok 
Aliiathar  are  tent  back  tvilh  tite  ark.  30 
David  and  hia  company  go  mjo  vwunt 
Olivet  weeping.  31  Be  curacth  Ahitho- 
phel'a  counael.  32  Uuahai  it  aent  back 
tvith  inatructiona. 

AND  "it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  Absalom  li prepared  him 
chariots  and  horses,  and  fifty  men 
to  run  beftire  him. 

2  And  Absalom  rose  up  early,  and 
stood  beside  the  way  of  the  gate  : 
and  it  was  so,  that  when  an3'  man 
that  had  a  controversy  f  came  to  the 
king  for  judgment,  then  Absalom 
called  unto  him,  and  said.  Of  what 
city  art  thou?  And  he  said,  Th.v 
servant  is  of  one  of  the  tribes  of 
Israel. 

3  And  Absalom  said  unto  him.  See, 
thv  matters  are  good  and  right;  but 

II  t)icre  if  no  man  ilejntted  of  the  king 
to  hear  thee. 

4  Absalom  snid  moreover,  '^  Oh  that 
I  were  made  .iudge  in  the  land,  that 
every  man  w  hich  hath  any  suit  or 
cause  mi.;;ht  come  unto  me,  and  I 
would  do  liim  justice! 

5  And  it  was  so,  that  when  any 
man  came  nigh  to  him  to  do  hiiii 
oboisaiice,  he  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  took  him,  and  kissed  him. 

(>  And   on  this  manner  did  Absa- 
lom to  all   Isr;iel  that  cariie  to  the 
king   for  judgment:    i' so  Absalom 
293 


>avid  upon   the 
aUm.     19   Ittai 


Ahsalotn's  dangerous  conspiracy.    II.  SAMUEL. 


David  sendeth  back  the  ark. 


Before 

C  IIKl  ST 

10i4. 


Kuih  1.  1(1. 
iVo..  17.  17. 


stole  the  liearta  of  the  men  of  Is- 
rael. 

7  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  •'after 
forty  years,  that  Absalom  said  unto 
the  king,  I  pray  thee,  let  me  {;o  and 
pay  my  vow,  whieh  I  have  vowed 
unto  the  I,oi:ii,  in  Ilehron. 

H  'For  thy  (servant  s vowed  .1  vow 
li  while  I  abode  at  Geshur  in  Syria, 
saying.  If  the  LoRi>  shall  bring  ine 
again  indeed  to  Jerusalem,  then  I 
will  serve  the  Loitu. 

y  And  the  king  said  unto  liim,  Go 
in  peace.  So  he  arose,  and  went  to 
Hebron. 

10  IT  But  Absalom  sent  spies  through- 
out all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  saying. 
As  soon  as  ye  licar  the  sound  o*f  the 
trumpet,  then  ye  shall  say,  Absalom 
reigneth  in  Hebron. 

11  And  with  Absalom  went  two 
hundred  men  out  of  Jerusalem,  tliiit 
iri'i'c  i  called;  and  they  went  kin  their 
simplicity,  and  they  knew  not  any 
tiling. 

12  And  Absalom  sent  for  Ahitho- 
iihel  the  Gilonite,  UJavid's  counsel- 
lor, from  his  city,  ere/t  from  '"Gi- 
loh,  while  he  offered  sacrifices.  And 
the  conspiracy  was  strong  ;  for  the 
people  "increased  continually  with 
.Vbsaloin. 

l.'J  TT  And  there  came  a  messenger 
to  Davicl,  saying,  "  The  hearts  of  the 
men  of  Israel  arc  after  Absalom. 

14  And  David  said  unto  all  his 
servants  that  icere  with  him  at  tJc- 
rusalem.  Arise,  and  let  us  I* flee; 
for  we  shall  not  el.ic  escape  from 
Absalom  :  make  speed  to  depart, 
lest  he  overtake  us  suddenly,  and 
1  bring  evil  upon  us,  and  Biiiite  the 
city  with  the  edge  of  the  sword. 

15  And  the  king's  servants  said  un- 
to the  king.  Behold,  thy  servants  fi;v 
rradf/  to  (to  whatsoever  my  lord  the 
king  shall  )  appoint. 

hi  And  'ithe  king  went  f.irtli,  .and 
all  his  household  t  after  him.  And 
tlic  king  left  ■■  ten  women,  u'/iirh  iccre 
eoneubines,  to  keci)  the  house. 

ir  And  the  king  went  forth,  and 
all  the  people  idler  him.  and  tarried 
in  a  place  that  was  far  ott'. 

IH  And  all  his  servants  passed  on 
beside  him;  "and  nil  the  Chereth- 
ites,  and  all  the  I'elethites,  and  nil 
the  Gittites,  six  liundred  men  wliieh 
came  after  liitn  from  Gath,  passed 
on  before  the  king. 

I'.l  IT  •I'lien  s:iid  the  king  to  'Ittai 
the  Gittite,  AVheref.n-e  goest  thou 
also  with  u^'  ivtiirn  to  thy  place, 
and  abide  with  the  king:  lor  thou 
ml  a  stiangi'r,  anil  also  an  exile. 

■>»  Whereas  thou  earnest  but  yes- 
terday, should  I  this  day  1  nnike 
thee  go  up  and  down  with  us'i"  see- 
ing I  go  "wliither  I  maV,  return 
thou,  and  take  back  thy  lircthren; 
luercv  and  truth  !:e  with  ihee. 

lil  And  Ittvd  answered  the  king, 
and  eiiid,  ^  As  tliu  Lukd  livuth, 
204 


and  0.1  ray  lord  the  king  livcth, 
surely  in  what  i)laec  my  lord  the 
king  shall  be,  whether  in  death  or 
lite,  even  there  also  will  thy  servant 
be. 

L'J  And  David  said  to  Ittai,  Go  and 
pass  over.  And  Ittai  the  Gittite 
passed  over,  and  all  his  men,  and 
all  llie  little  ones  that  ircre  with 
him. 

'J'!  And  all  the  country  wept  with 
a  loud  voice,  and  all  the  people 
pas.sed  over:  the  king  also  himself 
passed  over  the  brook  ||  Kidron, 
and  all  the  people  passed  over,  to- 
ward the  way  of  the  V  wilderness. 

24  IT  And  lo  Zadok  also,  and  nil 
the  Levites  were  with  him,  ''bear- 
ing the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  God: 
and  they  set  down  the  ark  of  God; 
and  Ablathar  went  up,  until  all  the 
people  had  dojie  passing  out  of  tlie 
city. 

25  And  the  king  said  unto  Zadok, 
Carry  back  the  ark  of  God  into  the 
city  :  if  I  shall  tiiid  favour  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lokd,  he  ''will  bring 
me  again,  and  shew  me  bol/i  it,  and 
his  habitation: 

20  But  if  he  thus  sa3',  I  have  no 
li delight  in  thee;  behold,  lifre  niu 
I,  '  let  him  do  to  me  sis  scemeth  good 
unto  him. 

27  The  king  .said  also  nnto  Zadok 
the  priest.  Art  not  thoii  n  «1  seer  i* 
return  into  the  city  in  peace,  and 
'your  two  sons  witn  you,  .\himaaz 
thv  son,  and  Jonathan  the  son  of 
Ablathar. 

28  See,  fl  will  tnrrv  in  the  plain  of 
the  wilderness,  untif  there  come  word 
from  vou  to  eertifv  me. 

21t  ^adok  therefore  and  Abinthar 
carried  the  ark  of  God  again  to  Jeru- 
salem: and  thev  tarried  there. 

a)  IT  And  David  went  up  liy  the 
ascent  of  moiiiil  Dlivet,  land  "wept 
as  he  went  up,  and  ^had  his  head 
covered,  and  he  went  li  barefoot  : 
and  all  the  people  that  irns  with 
him  'covered  every  man  his  heati, 
and  they  went  up,  ^  wce[>ing  us  they 
went  up. 

;il  If  And  one  told  David,  saying, 
I  Ahithophel  i'.<  among  the  conspir- 
ators with  Absalom.  .\nd  David 
said,  O  I.,<)KI>,  I  pray  thee,  '"turn 
the  counsel  of  Ahithophel  into  fool- 
ishness. 

;;-'  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  ic7icii 
David  was  come  to  the  top  oillie 
iiiouiif,  where  he  worshipped  God. 
behold.  Ilushai  the  "  Aivhite  eaine 
to  meet  him  "  with  his  coat  rent,  and 
earth  upon  his  he:id; 

;t!  I'nto  whcnn  David  said.  If  thou 
nasscst  on  with  me,  then  thou  shalt 
lie  I'll  burden  unto  me: 

,'!4  But  if  thou  return  to  the  city, 
and  say  \into  Absalom,  'I  I  will  be 
thy  servant,  ()  king ;  as  I  have 
Iven  thy  father's  servant  hitherto, 
80  will  I  HOW  ulso  be  thy  Ecrvant: 


Shimei  curscth  David. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Ahithophel's  counsel. 


ub.  IS.  IS. 
1  Chr.  27-  33. 
ich.  10.  Ij. 


oh.  l.'i.SO.Sa. 


1  Kin  2.8.44 


1HcL 

!>/  6100.^.                 1 

SDcul 

13, 13. 

liJuJc 

9  21. 

1  KU 

2.32, 

33. 

iSeerl 

.  1    11. 

111.  1 

i.  11. 

then  inayest  thou  for  me  defeat  the 
counsel  of  Ahithophel. 

35  And  luisl  tliou  not  there  with 
thee  Zadok  and  Ahiiithar  the  priostH? 
therefore  it  fliall  be,  tluit  what  thing 
soever  thou  slialt  hear  out  of  the 
king's  house,  'thou  shalt  tell  it  to 
Zadok  and  Abiathar  the  priests. 

S(i  Beliohl,  the;/  have  there  "with 
them  their  two  sons,  Aliimaaz  Za- 
dok's  soil,  and  Jonathan  Abiathar's 
son;  and  by  tliem  ve  shall  send  un- 
to me  every  thing  tliat  ye  can  hear. 

37  So  Ilushai  '  David's  friend  came 
into  the  city,  "and  Absalom  came 
into  Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER  XVr. 

I  Ziba,  hy  prenents  and  fttlea  auggeatians. 
obtaineth  his  maater'a  inlteritancc.  0  At 
Bahurim  SMmei  cumeth  David.  9  Da- 
vid with  patience  nbetaineth,  and  re- 
atraineth  othera,  from  revenge.  K  Ilu- 
thai  inainuafth  himaelf  into  .ibx.lnn'a 
eounael.    20  AhithopheVa  counael. 

AND  "when  David  was  a  little 
past  the  top  of  the  hill,  behold, 
liZiba  the  servant  of  Mephibo- 
aheth  met  him,  with  a  couple  of 
asses  saddled,  and  upon  them  two 
hundred  loaies  of  bread,  and  a 
hundred  bunches  of  raisins,  and  a 
hundred  of  summer  fruits,  and  a 
bottle  of  wine. 

2  And  the  kinj  said  nnto  Ziba, 
What  meanest  thou  by  these?  And 
Ziba  said,  The  osscs  lie  for  the 
king's  household  to  ride  on  ;  and 
tlie  bread  and  fiunimer  fruit  for  the 
young  men  to  eat;  and  the  wine, 
'■  that  such  R9  be  faint  in  the  wilder- 
ness may  drink. 

3  And  the  king  said.  And  where 
is  thy  master's  son?  il  And  Ziba 
said  unto  the  king.  Behold,  he  abid- 
cth  at  Jerusalem:  for  he  said.  To 
day  shall  the  house  of  Israel  restore 
me  the  kingdom  of  my  father. 

4  ''Then  said  the  king  to  Ziba, 
Behold,  thine  are  all  that  pertained 
unto  Mephibosheth.    And  Ziba  said, 

I I  humbly  beseech  thee  thai  I  muv 
find  grace"  in  thy  sight,  my  lord,  O 
king, 

5  IT  And  when  king  David  came 
to  Bahurim,  behold,  thence  came 
out  a  man  of  the  family  of  the  house 
of  Saul,  whose  name  was  f  Shimei, 
the  son  of  Gera:  ||  he  came  forth,  and 
cursed  still  as  he  came. 

0  And  he  cast  stones  at  David, 
and  at  all  the  servants  of  king  Da- 
vid: and  all  the  people  and  all  the 
mighty  men  were  on  his  right  hand 
and  on  his  left, 

7  And  thus  said  Shimei  when  he 
cursed,  Come  out,  come  out,  thou 
t  bloody  man,  and  thou  Snian  of 
Belial; 

8  The  I.onn  hath  lneturued  upon 
thee  all  ithe  blood  of  the  lu.u.-e  of 
Saul, in  whose  sti-nd  tho\i  hast  reign- 
ed: and  the  I.oKii  hatli  delivered 
the  kingdom  into  the  hand  of  Ab- 


salom thy  son  :  and,  t  behold,  thou 
art  taken  in  thy  mischief,  because 
thou  art  a  bloody  man. 

'.>  U  Then  said  Abishai  the  son  of 
Zeruiah  unto  the  king,  Why  should 
this  kdead  dog  'curse  my  lord  the 
king?  let  me  go  over,  1  pray  thee, 
and  take  otf  his  head. 

10  And  the  king  said,  ""What  have 
I  to  do  with  jou,  ye  sons  of  Zeruiah? 
so  let  him  curse,  because  "the  I.OKU 
hath  said  unto  liim,  Curse  David. 
■^  Who  shall  then  say,  Wheiefore  hast 
thou  done  so? 

U  And  David  said  to  Abishai,  and 
to  all  his  servants.  Behold,  ''  my  son, 
which  icamc  Ibrth  of  my  bowels, 
seekcth  my  life  :  how  much  more 
now  wm.v  (7ns  Benjamite  ilo  it?  let 
liini  alone,  and  let  him  curse ;  ibr 
the  Loitu  iiatli  bidden  him. 

r,i  It  may  be  that  the  Lokd  will 
look  on  mine  ||  i  affliction,  and  that 
the  IjOitD  will  ""requite  me  good  for 
liis  cursing  this  day. 

13  And  as  David  and  his  men  went 
bv  the  way,  Shimei  went  along  on 
tlie  hill's  side  over  against  him,  and 
cursed  as  he  went,  and  threw  stones 
at  liim,  and  t  cast  dust. 

14  And  the  king,  and  all  the  people 
that  were  with  him,  came  weary, 
and  refreshed  themselves  there. 

l.i  IT  And  'Absalom,  and  all  the 
people  the  men  of  Israel,  came  to 
Jerusalem,  and  Ahithophel  with 
him. 

1(!  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ilu- 
shai the  Archite,  'David's  friend, 
was  come  nnto  Absalom,  that  Ilu- 
shai said  nnto  Absalom,  f  God  save 
the  king,  God  save  the  king. 

17  And  Absalom  said  to  Ilushai, 
Is  this  thy  kindness  to  thy  friend? 
"  why  wcntest  thou  not  with  thy 
friend? 

18  And  Ilushai  said  unto  Absalom, 
Nay;  but  whom  the  LoiiD,  and  this 
people,  and  all  the  men  of  Israel, 
choose,  his  will  I  be,  and  with  him 
will  I  abide. 

r.l  And  again,  ''whom  should  I 
serve  ?  shoiilil  J  not  serrc  in  the  pres- 
ence of  his  son?  as  I  have  served  in 
thy  father's  presence,  so  will  I  be  in 
til v  presence. 

a')  IT  Then  said  Absalom  to  .Miitho- 
jihel.  Give  counsel  among  you  what 
I  we  sliall  do. 

21  And  .\hithopheI  said  nnto  Absa- 
lom, Go  in  unto  thy  father's  yconeu- 
liines,  which  he  hath  left  to  keep  the 
house:  and  all  Israel  shall  hear  that 
thou  *art  abhorred  of  thy  faiher; 
then  shall  "the  hands  of  all  that  are 
with  thee  be  strong. 
I  L'J  So  they  spread  Absalom  a  tent 
I  upon  the  toji  of  the  house:  and  Ab- 
:  siilom  went  in  unto  his  father's  con- 
cubines bin  the  sight  of  all  Israel, 
'2;i  .\nd  the  counsel  of  Ahithophel. 
which  he  counselled  in  those  days, 
1  was  as  if  a  man  had  in(\nired  at  the 
295 


Ahithophel'g  counsel  defeated. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


lie  Itangeth 


Before 

CHRIST 

1U23. 


t  I)  oL.  won/ .' 


t  oracle  of  God:  bo  jcii.s  nil  the  coun- 
sel of  Ahithophel '  both  with  Uuviil 
und  with  AbBaloin. 

CIIAPTEn  XVII. 

1  AhithophcVu  coungtC  is  oxierthrotim  by 
HuahaVftt  according  to  O'oU'b  appoint- 
inent.  ir>  Secret  inteUigencn  in  «i'n(  unto 
David.  23  Ahithophel  hangeth  himself. 
25  Amaia  is  madi  captain.  27  Dnviil  at 
Muhanaitn  in  fttrniBheJ  with  ])rovieion, 

MOREOVER  Aluthoplicl  said  un- 
to Absalom,  J^ct  ine  imw  choose 
out  twelve  tlioubaiid  men,  and  I  will 
arise  and  pursue  alter  JDavid  this 
ni-ht: 

2  And  I  will  come  upon  him  while 
he  ijj  "weary  and  wealt  handed,  and 
will  make  him  afraid  :  and  all  the 
people  that  arc  with  him  shall  flee; 
and  I  will  li smite  the  kin;;  only: 

.i  And  I  will  brins  back  all  tlie  peo- 
ple unto  thee:  the  man  whom  thou 
seekest  w  as  if  all  returned:  so  all 
the  i)eoi)le  shall  be  in  peace. 

4  And  the  saving  t  pleased  Absa- 
lom well,  and  all  the  elders  of  Israel. 

.')  Then  said  Absalom,  Call  now 
Ilushai  the  Areliite  also,  and  let  us 
hear  likewise  t  "hat  he  saith. 

0  And  when  Ilushai  was  come  to 
Absal4)in,  Absalom  spake  unto  him, 
s:iyin;;,  Ahithophel  bath  spoken  after 
this  manner:  shall  we  do  tij'tcr  his 
I  sayiuL'?  if  not,  speak  thou. 

7  And  Ilushai  said  unto  Absalom, 
The  counsel  that  Abilhophel  hath 
t  ^'iven  IS  not  piod  at  this  tune. 

H  For,  said  llusluii,  tlu)U  knowcst 
thy  father  and  bis  men,  that  they  tie 
mighty  men,  and  they  he  t  ehafi'd  in 
tlieir  minds,  as  'a  bear  robbed  of  her 
whelps  in  the  field:  and  tliy  father  I'.s- 
a  m:in  of  war,  and  will  not  lodire 
with  the  ncople. 

II  Hebohi,  he  is  hid  now  in  some  pit. 


or  ill  some  other  place:  and  it 
come  to  piiss,  when  some  of  them 
be  f  overthrown  at  the  first,  that 
whosoever  bearetb  it  will  say.  There 
is  a  slaiiKbteramona  tl\e  peoiile  that 
f.illow  Absalom. 

]l>  And  he  also  that  i>  valiant,  whose 
heart  i>  as  the  heart  of  a  lion,  shall 
ntterlv  J  melt:  for  all  Isnicl  knoweth 
that  tbv  tiither  ij!  ii  miahty  man,  anil 
thin  which  be  with  him Kre  valiant 
men. 

II  Therefore  I  counsel  tliut  all  Is- 
rael be  uenerallv  -atlieied  unto  the,', 
'from  i)an  even  to  I!eer-sbrbii,  Tms 
the  sand  that  l.s-  hv  tlle  sea  f..r  multi- 
tude; and  t  that  thou  go  to  battle  in 
tl.ineo«n|,ers.m. 

ll!  So  simll  we  come  upon  him  in 
scime  pbice  where  he  sbaU  be  found,    and  was  buried  in  the  sepulchro  of 
1  we  will  li^tlit  upiui  him  ns  the    his  f ither. 


the  river,  until  there  be  not  one  small 
stone  found  there. 
14  And  Abs.->lom  and  all  the  men  of 
Israel  said.  The  counsel  of  Ilushai 
the  Arcbite  \s  better  than  the  counsel 
of  Ahithophel.  For  i^the  Loun  b.ad 
t  appointed  to  defeat  the  eood  coun- 
sel of  Ahithophel,  to  the  intent  that 
the  LoiiD  might  bring  evil  upon  Ab- 
salom. 

13  H  h  Then  said  Ilushai  unto  Za- 
dok  and  to  Abiatliar  the  priests. 
Thus  and  thus  did  Ahithophel  coun- 
sel Absalom  and  the  elders  of  Israel; 
and  thus  and  thus  have  1  counselled. 
K;  Now  therefore  send  iiuiekly,  and 
tell  David,  saying.  Lodge  not  this 
night  i  in  the  plains  of  the  wilder- 
ness, but  speedily  pass  over:  lest  the 
king  be  swallowed  np,  and  all  the 
people  that  an'  with  him. 
irk  Now  Jonathan  and  Ahimaaz 
1  stayed  by  '"  En-rogel  ;  for  they 
might  not  be  seen  to  come  into  the 
city  :  and  a  wench  went  und  told 
them;  and  they  went  and  told  king 
Uavid. 

IH  Nevertheless,  a  lad  saw  them, 
and  told  Absalom  :  but  they  went 
both  of  them  away  quickly,  and 
came  to  a  man's  house  "in  Baliii- 
rini,  which  had  a  well  in  his  court; 
whither  they  went  down, 
li)  And  "the  woman  took  and 
spread  a  covering  over  the  well's 
mouth,  and  spread  ground  corn 
thereon  ;  and  the  thing  was  not 
known. 

IH)  And  when  Absalom's  servants 
came  to  the  woman  to  the  house, 
they  said,  AVhere  i'«  Ahimaaz  and 
Jonathan^''  And  Pthc  woman  said 
unto  them.  They  be  gone  over  the 
brook  of  water.  And  when  they 
had  sought  and  could  not  find  them, 
they  returned  lo  Jerusalem. 
21  -Vnd  it  cuiiie  to  pass,  after  they 
were  departe<l,  that  they  came  np 
out  of  tlie  well,  and  went  and  told 
king  D/.vid,  and  said  unto  David, 
*<  Arise,  and  pass  quickly  over  the 
water :  for  tlius  hath  Ahithophel 
counsclleil  ogainst  you. 
'.'2  Then  David  arose,  and  nil  the 
people  that  1/1  )■<■  with  him,  and  they 
passed  over  Jordan:  by  the  morning 
light  there  lacked  not  one  of  them 
that  was  not  gone  over  Jordan. 
•J.:  t:  .\nd  wlicii  Ahitliophel  saw 
that  his  counsel  was  n.it  1  Ibllowed. 
he  saihllcd  /(I.I  nss,  and  arose,  and 
gat  him  homo  to  his  house,  to  'his 
city,  and  f  put  his  household  in  or- 
',  and  '  banged  himself,  and  died 


dew  falleth  on   the  ground:  and  • 
him  ami  of  all  tlie  men  that  are  with 
him  there  shall  not  be  lelt  so  much 


i4  Then  David  come  to '  Mahnnaim. 
And  .\bsalom  passed  over  J.irdiin, 
he  and  all  the  men  of  Israel  with 


1.1  Moreover,  if  he  be  gotten  into  a 

city,  then  shall  all  Israel  bring  ropes     _ _  . 

to  that  city,  and  wo  will  draw  it  into  ■  which  Amasa  if 


5  !T   And    .-Vbsalom   mndo 
ptiiin  o>  the  host  instead 


Aniasa 

Joab: 

son,  whoso 


The  Israelites  smitten. 


II.  SAMUEL. 


Absalom  slain  by  Joab. 


name  u-as  \\  Ithra  an  Israelite,  that 
went  in  to  "  t  Abigail  the  daughter 
of  II  Nahash,  sister  to  Zeruiah  Juab'8 
mother. 

:^>  So  Israel  and  Absalom  pitched 
in  the  land  ol'Gilead. 

■n  II  And  itcaine  to  pass,  when  David 
was  come  to  Alahanaim,  that  "  Shobi 
the  son  of  Nahash  of  liabbah  of  tlie 
children  of  Amnion,  and  >  Macliir 
the  son  of  Aniniiel  of  Lo-debar,  and 
^  Barzillai  the  Gileadite  of  l^o^elim, 

2H  Broiijrht  beds,  and  \\  basins,  and 
earthen  vessels,  and  wheat,  and  bar- 
ley, and  Hour,  and  parched  cam, 
ami  beans,  and  Icntilcs,  and  parched 

Li)  And  honey,  and  butter,  and 
sheep,  and  cheese  of  kine,  for  Da- 
vid, and  for  the  people  that  tfvre 
with  him,  to  eat:  lur  they  said.  The 
people  is  hunt,'ry,  and  weary,  and 
thirsty,  "  in  the  wilderness. 

CIIAPTEK  XVIII. 
1  David  viewing  the  nnnieg  in  tfieir  march 
i:iveth  them  charge  of  Abtalom.  6  The 
Jeruclites  are  tore  emitten  in  the  wood 
uf  Ephraim.  1>  Abealom.  hanging  in  an 
oak,  ia  Btain  by  Juab,  and  cast  into  a 
]iit.  \i  Abealum'i  place.  Vj  Ahimaaz 
and  Cushi  bring  tidinga  to  JJavid.  ;i3 
David  mournethfvr  Abealom. 


cantniiis  of  thousands  and  captains 
of  hiinilreds  over  them. 

L'  And  David  sent  ti.rth  a  third  part 
of  the  jieople  inuUTthe  liand  of  Joab, 
and  a  third  part  under  the  liand  of 
Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  Joab's 
brother,  "and  a  third  part  under  the 
hand  of  Ittai  the  (iittite.  And  the 
kinf?  said  unto  the  people,  I  'will 
surely  fro  forth  with  you  myself  also. 

.■!  I<  But  the  people  answered.  Thou 
shalt  not  go  forth  :  for  if  we  flee 
awav,  they  will  not  f  care  for  us; 
neitlier  if  half  of  us  die,  will  they 
care  for  us :  but  now  l/iou  art 
f  worth  ten  thousand  of  113  :  there- 
fore now  'it  IS  better  that  thou  f  suc- 
cour us  out  of  the  city. 

4  And  the  kinj;  said  unto  them. 
What  seemeth  you  best  I  will  do. 
And  the  king  stood  by  the  gate  side, 
and  all  the  people  came  out  by 
hundreds  and  by  thousands. 

.')  And  the  kin"  commanded  Joab 
and  Abishai  and  Ittiii,  saying,  i<eo/ 
gently  for  niv  sake  with  the  young 
man,  even  with  Absalom.  "  And  all 
the  people  lieard  when  the  king  gave 
all  the  captains  charge  concerning 
-Vbsalom. 

li  1  So  the  people  went  out  into  the 
lield  against  Israel :  and  the  battle 
wiisin  the  'Iwood  ofEphraini: 

7  Where  the  people  of  Israel  were 
slain  before  the  servants  of  David, 
and  there  was  there  a  great  slaughter 
that  day  of  twenty  thousand  men. 

8  For  the  battle  was  there  scattered 
over  the  face  of  all  the  country:  and 


the  wood  1  devoured  more  people 
that  day  than  the  sword  devoured. 
'J  U  And  Absalom  met  the  servants 
of  David.  And  Absalom  rode  upon 
a  mule,  and  the  mule  went  under 
the  thick  boughs  of  a  great  oak,  and 
his  head  cauglit  hold  of  the  oak,  and 
he  was  taken  up  between  the  heaven 
and  the  earth  ;  and  the  mule  that 
^cas  under  him  went  away. 

10  And  a  certain  man  saw  if,  and 
told  Joab,  and  said.  Behold,  1  saw 
Absalom  hanged  in  an  onk. 

11  And  Joab  said  unto  the  man  that 
told  him.  And,  behold,  thou  sawest 
Itiiii,  and  why  didst  thou  not  smite 
him  there  to  the  ground  ?  and  1 
would  have  given  thee  ten  s/it/.efe  of 
silver,  and  a  girdle. 

12  And  the  man  said  tmto  Joab, 
Though  I  should  I  receive  a  thon- 
.sand  sAeic/s  of  silver  in  mine  hand, 
ijet  would  I  not  put  forth  mine  hand 
against  the  king's  son:  *^tbr  in  our 
hearing  the  king  charged  thee  and 
Abishai  and  Ittai,  saying,  i  Beware 
that  none  touch  the  young  man  Ab- 
salom. 

i'.i  Otherwise  J  should  have  wrought 
falsehood  against  mine  own  life:  for 
there  is  no  matter  hid  from  the  king, 
and  thou  thyself  wouldest  have  tet 
thyself  against  7ne. 

14  Then  said  Joab,  I  may  not  tarrv 
thus  f  with  thee.  And  lie  took  thieV 
d.irt3  in  his  hand,  and  thrust  tliciii 
through  the  heart  of  Absalom,  while 
he  wus  yet  alive  in  tlie  f  midst  of  the 
oak. 

15  And  ten  j'oung  men  that  bare 
Joab's  armour  compassed  about  and 
smote  Absalom,  and  slew  liini. 

10  And  Juab  blew  the  trumpet,  and 
the  people  returned  fi-om  pursuing 
after  Israel:  for  Jo:ib  lield  back  the 
people. 

17  And  they  took  Absalom,  and  cast 
him  into  a  great  pit  in  the  w  ood,  and 
flaid  a  very  great  heap  of  stones  up- 
on him:  and  all  Israel  fled  every  one 
to  his  tent. 

18  V  Now  Absalom  in  his  lifetime 
had  taken  and  reared  up  tor  liiniself 
a  pillar,  which  i.-i  in  sthe  king's  dale: 
for  he  said,  til  have  no  son  to  keep 
mv  name  in  remembrance:  aiul  he 
calle<l  the  pillar  after  bis  own  name: 
and  it  is  called  unto  this  day,  Absa- 
lom's place. 

I'J  T  Then  said  Ahimaaz  the  son  of 
Zadok,  I.ct  me  now  run,  and  bear 
the  king  tidings,  how  that  the  Loiiii 
hath  t  avenged  him  of  his  enemies. 

'20  And  Joab  said  unto  him.  Thou 
shalt  not  t  bear  tidings  this  day,  but 
thou  shalt  bear  tidings  another  daj;: 
but  this  day  thou  shalt  bear  no  ti- 
dings, because  the  king's  son  is  dead. 

21  Then  said  Jo;ib  to  Cushi,  Go  tell 
the  king  what  thou  liast  seen.  And 
Cushi  bowed  himself  unto  Joab,  and 
ran. 

22  Then  said  Ahimaaz  the  eon  of 

•.an 


David  mourneth  for  Absalom.        II.  SAMUEL. 


David  ceageth  his  mourning. 


Ueforo 

c  11  It  I  a  T 

WXi. 


t   Ucl..  Cra., 


Zadok  yet  again  to  Joab,  But  fliow- 
Kdover,  let  ine,  I  pray  thee,  also  run 
nfter  Cushi.  And  Joab  said,  Where- 
fore wilt  thou  run,  my  son,  seeing 
that  thou  hast  no  tidin;;9  ||  ready  ? 

2.'i  But  howsoever,  suid  hi',  let  me 
run.  And  he  said  unto  him,  Kun. 
Then  Ahimanz  r.in  by  the  way  of  the 
plain,  and  overran  Cushi. 

'Z\  And  David  sat  between  the  two 
Kates:  and  >  the  watchman  went  up 
to  the  roof  over  the  Kate  unto  the 
wall,  and  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
looked,  and  behold  a  man  running 
alone. 

M  And  the  watchman  cried,  and 
told  the  king.  And  the  king  said. 
If  lie  be  alone,  there,  is  tidings  in  his 
mouth.  And  he  came  apace,  and 
drew  near. 

20  And  the  watchman  saw  another 
num  running :  and  the  watchman 
called  unto  the  porter,  and  said.  Be- 
hold {tnothf'f  m:in  running;  alone. 
And  the  king  said.  He  also  bringeth 
tidings. 

i;7  And  the  ■watchman  said,  t  Me- 
thiuki'th  tlie  running  of  the  foremost 
is  like  the  running  of  Ahimaaz  the 
son  of  Zadok.  And  the  king  said. 
He  IS  a  good  man,  and  cometu  with 
good  tidings. 

•JH  And  Ahimaaz  called,  and  said 
unto  the  king,  ||fAll  is  well.  And 
lie  tVU  down  to  tlio  earth  upon  hi» 
fai-e  hrloii'  the  king,  and  said,  Bless- 
ed/»■  thr  l.ciitn  thy  God,  which  hath 
I  (IcliviTi'd  up  the  men  that  lifted  up 
tlu'ir  luiiid  against  inv  lord  tlie  king. 

L".!  .\nd  the  king  said,  tis  the  young 
man  .-Vbsalom  safe?  And  Ahimaaz 
an:^wered,  When  Joab  sent  the  king's 
servant,  and  im:  thv  servant,  I  saw  a 
great  tumult,  but  I  knew  not  what 
it  wa:<. 

SO  And  the  king  said  unto  him. 
Turn  aside,  an.!  stand  here.  And 
he  tnrni-d  aside,  and  stood  still. 

.•11  Anil,  lieliiild,  Cushi  came:  and 
Cushi  s:iid.  1  Tidings,  mv  lord  the 
kiug  :  fir  the  ],(>iti)  hatli  avenged 
tliec-  tills  d:iy  of  all  them  that  rose  up 
against  thee. 

.■12  And  the  king  said  unto  Cushi.  /s 
the  vcning  iiKui  .Misalom  safe?  And 
Cuslii  aiiBWircd,  Tlic  enemies  of  mv 
lord  tlie  king,  and  all  that  rise  .igsinst 
thee  to  do  iha  hurt,  bo  aa  that  young 
nmn  is. 

.'V!  IT  And  the  king  was  much  moved, 
and  went  <ip  to  the  chamber  over 
the  gate,  and  wept:  and  as  he  went, 
thus  he  said,  kO  my  son  Absalom: 
mv  sou,  mv  son  Absalom  !  would 
God  I  had  died  for  thee,  O  Absalom, 
my  son,  my  sun! 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
1  Joab  eiMtaetli  the  king  to  ctnae  hit  mourn. 


I'll/- 


'J    rtic    Isr 


ins  the  kinu  itick.     11  Pavid  len.lrlh 

to  the  pricata  to  ineita  them  of  Jiitltih. 

18  »Viimi'i  ia  pardoned.    'J4  .Mephihoaheth 

nxcuaeU.    H'l  Jiitrzitlai  Uiainisaad,  c'Aon- 

3!» 


ham  hia  aon  ia  taken  into  the  king^a  fam. 
ily.  41  The  laraclitea  expoatulate  with 
Judah  for  brinying  home  the  king  with- 
out them. 

VND  it  was  told  Jonb,  Behold,  the 
king  weepeth  and  mourneth  for 
Absalom. 

L'  And  the  t  victory  that  d.ay  was 
turned  into  mourning  unto  all  the 
people;  lor  the  people  heard  say  that 
day  how  the  kiug  was  grieved  for 
his  son. 

.'i  And  the  people  gat  them  by  stealth 
that  day  '*  into  the  city,  as  people  be- 
ing ashamed  steal  away  when  they 
flee  in  battle. 

4  But  the  king  !> covered  liis  face, 
and  the  king  cried  with  a  loud  voice, 
'O  my  son  Absalom!  O  Absalom, 
my  son,  my  son! 

J)  And  Joab  came  into  the  house  to 
the  kiug,  and  said.  Thou  hast  shamed 
this  day  the  fiices  of  all  thy  servants, 
which  this  day  have  saved  thy  life, 
and  the  lives  ot*  thy  sons  and  of  thy 
daughters,  and  thelivesof  thy  wives, 
and  the  lives  of  thy  concubines; 

(it  In  that  thou  lovest  thine  enemies, 
and  hatest  thy  friends.  For  thou  hast 
declared  this  day,  t  that  thou  regard- 
est  neither  princes  nor  servants:  for 
this  dav  I  perceive,  that  if  Absalom 
had  lived,  and  all  we  had  died  this 
day,  then  it  had  pleased  thee  well. 

7  "Now  therefore  arise,  go  forth,  and 
speak  t  comfortably  unto  thy  serv- 
ants: for  I  swear  by  the  I.dki),  if 
thou  go  not  forth,  there  will  not  tarry 
one  with  thee  this  night:  an<l  that 
will  be  worse  unto  thee  than  all  the 
evil  that  befell  thee  from  thy  youth 
until  now. 

8  Then  the  king  arose,  and  sat  in 
the  gate.  And  they  told  unto  all  the 
people,  saying.  Behold,  the  king  doth 
sit  in  tlie  "gate.  .\nd  all  the  people 
came  Iiefcire  the  king:  for  Israel  had 
fled  everv  man  to  his  tent. 

!)  Tl  And'  all  the  people  were  at  strife 
throughout  nil  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
saying.  The  king  saved  us  out  of  the 
hand  of  our  euemies,  and  he  deliv- 
ered US  out  of  the  hand  of  the  I'hi- 
listincs;  and  now  he  is  il  fled  out  i>f 
the  land  for  Absalom. 

10  And  Absalom,  wliom  we  anoint- 
ed over  us,  is  deail  in  battle.  Now 
therefore  whv  t  speak  ye  not  a  word 
of  bringing  the  king  b;iek? 

11  It  .Vnil  king  David  sent  to  Zndok 
and  to  Abiathar  the  priests,  saying, 
Spiak  unto  tlie  elders  of  Juilah,  say- 
ing. Whv  are  ye  the  hist  to  bring  the 
king  back  to 'his  house?  seeing  the 
speech  of  all  Israel  is  come  to  the 
king,  piv/i  to  his  house. 

IL'  Ye  air  my  brethren,  ye  are  °  my 
bones  and  my  flesh:  wherefore  then 
are  ye  the  lust  to  bring  back  the 
king? 

I'! '  .\nd  sav  yc  to  Amn.ea,  Art  thou 
not  of  my  hone,  and  of  my  flesh  ? 
»  God  do  "so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if 


His  return  to  Jerusalem. 


n.  SAMUEL.         David's  gratitnde  to  Barzillai.' 


thou  be  not  ciiptain  of  the  host  before 
me  continually  in  the  room  of  Jonb. 
H  And  he  bowed  the  lieaitof  allthe 
men  of  Judah,  hcven  as  tlie  hriiit  of 
one  man;  fo  that  they  sent  lliis  uonl 
unto  the  king,  Ketuin  thou,  and  all 
thy  servants. 

15  So  the  king  returned,  and  came 
to  Jordan.  And  Judah  came  to  iGil- 
eal,  to  go  to  meet  the  king,  to  con- 
duct the  king  over  Jordan. 
]C  TT  And  k  Shimei  the  son  of  Gera, 
a  Beniamite,  which  icfuof  Bahurim, 
hasted  and  came  down  with  the  men 
of  Judah  to  meet  king  David. 
17  And  there  were  a  thousand  men 
of  Benjamin  with  him,  and  l  Ziha 
the  servant  of  the  house  of  Saul,  and 
his  iifteen  sons  and  his  twenty  serv- 
ants with  him;  and  they  went  over 
Jordan  before  the  king. 
IS  And  there  went  over  a  ferry 
boat  to  carry  over  the  king's  house- 
hold, and  to  do  t  what  he  thought 
good.  And  Sl\iniei  the  son  of  Gera 
fell  down  before  the  king,  as  he  was 
come  over  Jordan ; 
lU  And  said  unto  the  king,  "'IjCt 
not  my  lord  impute  iniquity  imto 
me.  neither  do  thou  remember  "  that 
which  thy  servant  did  perversely  the 
day  that  my  lord  the  king  went  out 
ofjerusalein,  that  the  king  should 
"take  it  to  his  heart. 
2U  For  thy  servant  doth  know  that  I 
have  sinned;  therefore,  behold,  1  um 
come  the  first  this  day  of  all  ''  the 
house  of  Joseph  to  go  down  to  meet 
my  lord  tl\e  king. 

'11  But  Abishai  the  son  of  Zeruiah 
answered  and  said.  Shall  not  Shimei 
be  put  to  death  for  this,  because  he 
■i  cursed  the  Lord's  anointed? 
22  And  David  said,  '  What  have  I 
to  do  with  you,  ye  sons  of  Zeruiah, 
that  yc  should  this  day  be  adversa- 
ries unto  me?  'shall  there  any  man 
be  put  to  death  this  day  in  Israel? 
for  do  not  I  know  that  I  am  this  day 
king  over  Israel? 
2-'>  Therefore  '  the  king  said  imto 
Shimei,  Thou  shalt  not  die.  And 
the  king  sware  unto  him. 
24  IT  And  "  Mephibosheth  the  son  of 
Saul  came  down  to  meet  the  king, 
and  bad  neither  dressed  his  feet,  nor 
trinmied  his  heard,  nor  washed  his 
clothes,  from  the  day  the  king  de- 
parted until  the  day  he  came  uguin 
m  peace. 

2.5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he  was 
come  to  Jerusalem  to  meet  the  king, 
that  the  king  said  unto  him,  ^Where- 
fore wentest  not  thou  with  me,  Me- 
phibosheth? 

20  And  he  answered.  My  lord,  O 
king,  my  servant  deceived  mc;  for 
thy  servant  said,  I  will  saddle  me  an 
ass,  that  I  may  ride  thereon,  and  go 
to  the  king;  because  thy  ser\'ant  is 
lame. 

27  And  y  h?  hath  slandered  thy 
servant  unto  my  lord  the  king;  ^  hut 


my  lord  the  king  is  as  au  angel  of 
God:  do  therefore  what  is  good  in 
thine  eyes. 

28  For  all  of  my  father's  house 
were  but  t  dead  men  before  my 
lord  the  king:  "yet  didst  thou  set 
thy  servant  among  them  that  did 
eat  at  thine  own  table.  What  right 
therefore  have  1  yet  to  cry  any  more 
unto  the  king? 

21)  And  the  king  said  unto  him. 
Why  speakest  thou  any  more  of  thy 
matters'?  I  have  said,  Thou  and 
Ziba  divide  the  land. 

,'I0  And  Mephibosheth  said  nnto 
the  king.  Yea,  let  him  take  all, 
forasmuch  as  my  lord  the  king  is 
come  again  in  peace  nnto  his  own 
house. 

yi  U  And  1' Barzillai  the  Gilcadite 
came  down  from  Rogclim,  and  went 
over  Jordan  with  the  king,  to  con- 
duct him  over  Jordan. 

32  Now  Barzillai  was  a  very  aged 
man,  even  fourscore  years  old:  and 
'lie  had  provided  the  king  of  sus- 
tenance while  he  lay  at  Mahanaim; 
for  he  (ccis  a  very  great  man. 

-■jo  And  the  l^ing  said  unto  Bar- 
zillai, Come  thou  over  wi-th  nic, 
and  I  will  feed  thee  with  me  in  Je- 
rusalem. 

:U  And  Barzillai  said  nnto  the 
king,  t  How  long  have  I  to  live,  that 
I  should  go  up  with  the  king  unto 
Jerusalem? 

,'i.5  I  am  this  day  il  fourscore  years 
old  :  uiiil  can  I  discern  between 
good  and  evil  ?  can  thy  servant 
taste  what  I  eat  or  what  1  drink  ? 
can  I  hear  any  more  the  voice  of 
singing  men  and  singing  women  ? 
wherefore  then  should  thy  servant 
be  vet  a  burden  unto  my  lord  the 
king? 

?AJ  Thy  servant  will  go  a  little 
way  over  Jordan  with  the  king ; 
and  why  should  the  king  recom- 
pense it  me  with  such  a  reward? 

37  Let  thy  servant,  I  pray  thee, 
turn  hack  again,  that  I  may  die  in 
mine  own  city,  ami  be  bvricd  by 
the  grave  of  mv  father  and  of  my 
mother.  But  behold  thy  servant 
'  Chimham  ;  let  him  go  over  with 
my  lord  the  king;  and  do  to  him 
what  shall  seem  good  unto  thee. 

"Ji  And  the  king  answered,  Chim- 
ham shall  go  over  with  me,  and  I 
will  do  to  him  that  which  sliall  seem 
good  unto  thee:  and  whatsoever 
thou  f  halt  t  require  of  me,  that  will 
I  do  for  thee. 

,"0  And  all  the  people  went  over 
Jordan.  And  when  the  king  was 
come  over,  the  king  fkis.sed  Bar- 
zillai, and  blessed  him;  and  he  re- 
turned nnto  his  own  place. 

40  Then  the  king  went  on  to  Gil- 
gal,  and  t  Chimham  went  on  with 
him:  and  all  the  people  of  Judah 
conducted  the  king,  and  also  half 
the  people  of  Israel. 

2fi9 


Sheba'g  revolt. 


ir.  SAMUEL. 


Amasa  slain  hy  Jodb. 


41  IT  And,  iKlioliI,  nil  flic  nuMi  of 
Isriu'l  ciiine  to  tlie  kiiip;,  anil  said 
unto  tlic  kinjj.  Why  have  our  hrvth- 
ifii  the  men  of  Jiidah  stolen  thee 
away,  and  -have  hroiight  the  kins, 
and  his  household,  and  all  David's 
nu'n  with  him,  over  Jordan  i* 

■ii  And  all  the  men  of  Jiidah  an- 
swered the  men  of  Israel,  Because 
the  kin^  is  hncar  of  kin  to  us: 
wlu  nfore  then  he  vc  ansrv  for  tliis 
iMulter?  have  we  eaten  at  all  of  the 
Uini;'s  cost*  or  hath  ho  ^'iveu  U3  any 
fjift? 

\'\  And  tlic  men  of  Israel  answer- 
ed tlie  men  of  Judah,  anil  said.  We 
liave  ten  parta  in  the  km;:,  and  we 
Inive  also  more  nV;/i^  in  David  than 
ye  :  why  then  did  vo  f  despise  ns, 
lliat  our  advice  sho'iild  not  he  first 
liad  in  brin^'in-  hack  our  kin;;  ? 
And  ithe  words  of  tlu>  men  of  Judah 
were  tiereer  than  the  words  of  the 
mcii  of  Ismel. 


CHAPTER  XX. 

1  By  o<-<-mioM  of  Iht  qu.trret,  Shc^a  mnk- 
rlA  .1  finrt!/  in  InrMl.  3  llafiJ't  ran 
concubMitt  «;■«  t/tut  up  in  l^frpetu<'Mt 
>>ri».»i.  4  Ainiita,  tii.i./«  <-n^(.M>i  oifi- 
JuJtih,  \4  ft.iin  tiy  Jonb.  14  Jottk  pur- 
•  ufl/i  Shelin  until  .4>vt.  1G  A  iri»  iroui. 
nil  t.irtth  tlii  cifj/  kji  SHiUi't  head.  S3 
JLifU't  uficcra. 

VND  there  happened  to  be  there 
a  man  of  Helial,  whose  name 
l^.l..■  Sheha,  the  son  of  Hiehri,  a 
Uenjuinite:  and  he  blew  a  trumpet, 
and  said,  "We  have  no  part  in  l)a- 
vid,  neither  have  wo  inheritance  in 
the  son  of  Jesse:  l- every  man  to  his 
tents,  O  Israel. 

2  So  every  man  of  Israel  went 
up  fr\im  after  David,  niiil  followed 
Sheba  the  sou  of  liichri:  but  the 
men  of  ,1udah  elave  unto  tlieir  king, 
fr\im  Jorvlin  even  to  Jerusalem. 

;i  T  .Viid  David  came  to  his  house 
at  Jerusalem:  and  the  kin;;  took  the 
ten  women  /ii.«  '"concubines,  whom 
he  had  Kit  to  keen  the  house,  and 
pnt  them  in  t  waiM.  and  IWl  them, 
Imt  went  not  in  unto  them.  So  thev 
wei-o  I  shut  up  unto  the  day  of  their 
ileath,  t  living;  in  widowhiHHi. 

4  ^  Then  said  the  kins  to  .Vma-tn, 
•U  .\sscmble  me  the  nu-n  of  Judah 
within  thtvo  days,  and  bo  thou  here  I 
pn-sent.  | 

5  So  Amas.t  went  to  sssemble  t!i<  I 
iiicNorJudah:  but  he  tarriiHl  louder  | 
t!>an  the  set  time  wliioli  he  had  ajv  ; 
|K>inte(l  him.  I 

«i  And  David  s-iid  to  Abishai. 
Now  shall  Shelvx  the  sou  of  Hiehri  : 
do  us  niorv  harm  than  <iul  Absa- 
lom: lake  thou  'thy  lord's  8er\-ants. 
and  pursue  al>er  dim,  lest  he  jret 
hini  fenccil  cities,  aud  f  escape 
us.  1 

"   And    there  went   out  lifter  him 
Jivib's  men.  iind  the    ( Ohcrrlhitrs, 
'  «iul     the     IVlcthites,    and    all     the  j 
,  ini;:ht,v  men:  and  Uioy  went  out  of  I 
300 


Jerusalen),  to  pursue  after  Sheba 
the  son  of  IJiehri. 

S  When  they  iivre  at  the  grent 
stone  which  i.<  in  Gibeon,  Amasa 
went  before  them.  And  Joab's  gar- 
ment that  he  had  put  on  was  girded 
unto  him,  and  upon  it  a  girdle  willt 
a  sword  fastened  upon  his  loins  in 
the  sheath  thereof;  and  as  he  went 
fiirth  it  fell  out. 

!1  .\nd  Joab  said  to  .\masa.  Art 
thou  in  health,  mv  brotl\er?  ^And 
Joab  took  Amasa  >)y  the  beanl  with 
the  riglit  hand  to  kiss  him. 

10  Hut  Amasa  took  no  heed  to  the 
sword  that  xms  in  Joab's  hand:  bo 
li  be  smote  him  therewith  lin  the 
tillli  )|V>,  and  shed  out  his  bowels  to 
the  ground,  and  t struck  him  not 
n.Min  ;  and  he  died.  So  Joab  and 
Abishai  his  brother  pui-sucd  after 
Sheba  the  son  of  Hichri. 

U  .\nd  one  of  Joab's  men  stood  bv 
him,  and  said.  He  that  favoureth  Ji>- 
ab,  and  be  that  i.<  tor  David,  kt  liim 
t/o  after  Joab. 

12  And  Amasa  wallowed  in  blood 
in  the  midst  of  the  highway.  And 
when  the  man  saw  that  all  the  peo- 
ple stood  still,  he  removed  Amasa 
out  of  the  highway  into  the  field, 
and  east  u  elotii  upon  him,  when  he 
saw  that  every  one  that  came  by 
him  stoott  still. 

I.!  Whcu  he  was  removed  out  of  the 
highway,  all  the  ix^ople  went  on  iifi- 
er  Jiwli,  to  pursue  after  Sheba  the 
son  of  Hichn. 

H  TT  Aud  he  went  throirgh  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel  unto  kAbcl,  and  to 
Ueth-maaebah,  and  all  the  Berites: 
and  they  were  gathered  together, 
and  went  also  alter  him. 

1 J  .\nd  thev  came  and  besieged  him 
in  Abel  of  iJeth-maachah,  and  thev 
least  up  a  bank  against  the  city,  anil 
lit  stoixl  in  the  trench:  and  all  the 
IH'ople  that  irrir  with  Joab  t  battervd 
the  wall,  to  thr\iw  it  down. 

li!  T  Then  cried  a  wise  woman  out 
of  the  city.  Hear,  hear;  say,  1  pray 
you,  unto  Jo:ib,  Come  near  hither, 
that  I  ni.ay  s|>eak  with  thee. 

ir  And  when  he  was  come  near 
unto  her,  the  woman  said,  .ti-t  thou 
Joab?  And  he  answered,  I  am  he. 
Then  she  said  unto  him.  Hear  the 
worxls  of  thine  handmaid.  And  he 
answervd,  1  do  hear. 
IS  Then  she  siwke,  saving,  ||  They 
were  wont  to  s|K^ak  in  ohi  time,  say- 
ing. They  shall  surely  ask  coKN.*/'»t 
Alx-I:  and  so  they  eniled  fAe  mnitrr. 
U*  1  am  one  or'fWeiM  that  aif  i»eaeea- 
ble  a»,l  faitht\:l  in  Israel:  thou  seek- 
est  to  destroy  a  city  and  a  mother  Ih 
Israel:  why  wilt  thou  swallow  up 
■"  the  inheritance  of  the  I.okd? 
:X)  Aiul  Jiub  answered  and  said. 
Far  be  it,  far  be  it  from  me,  tliat  I  j 
siionhl  swallow  up  or  destrviy. 
:^t  The  matter  t.*  not  si>;  but  a  man 
of  mount  £phraiin,  Sheba  the  sou  of  | 


Shcba  is  htJifa<1cd. 


II.  S^VMUEL. 


i»?.r;>a/('«  care  for  the  dead. 


Before 
CHRIST 

aWut  1022. 


r  cfc    R.  IT. 

1  Kjuii  i  t. 
•  ch.  r3.  .^ 


t  HeK  »«..7ir 


r  Or.  II  li  aol 
<r<><l  that  <M 


c )  S*n. 10.26. 
d  1  Sam  10  21. 


Bichri  1  by  name,  hsth  lifted  up  his 
hand  aj^ins-t  the  kiiij;,  ertn  npiinst 
David:  deliver  him  only,  and  1  will 
deiMirt  from  the  city.  Aiid  the  wom- 
an said  unto  Joah,  nohold.  his  head 
shall  be  thrown  to  thee  over  the  w  all. 

l.*:;  Then  the  woman  went  unto  all 
the  j>eople  "in  her  wisdom:  and  thoy 
cut  tiff  the  head  of  Sheba  the  son  <>f 
Bichri,  and  ca.'-t  it  out  to  Joab.  And 
he  blew  a  trumpet,  and  they  t  retired 
from  the  city,  every  man  to  his  tent. 
And  Joab  returned  to  Jerusalem  un- 
to the  king. 

i3  H  Now  "Joab  una  over  all  the 
host  of  Israel:  and  ISenaiah  the  s<in 
of  Jehoiada  ira-e  over  the  Cherethites 
and  over  the  Pelethitoa: 

L'4  And  Adoram  wax  I'over  the  tril>- 
ute:  and  'i  Jehoshaphat  tlic  son  of 
Ahilud  }rns  [i  recorder: 

— i  And  Sheva  iros  scribe:  and  ''Za- 
dok  and  Abiathar  mrc  the  priests: 

lli  "And  Ira  also  the  Juirite  was  {la 
chief  ruler  about  David. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

I  r^e  thrte  ^e(ri-»^  famine  for  the  Gihepn- 
itrt  eeaneth.  iy  hongintj  grven  of  SauVt 
ton*.  10  RizjHth't  kinilnert  iinto  the 
dead,  12  Daxnd  burieth  the  bonet  (/ 
Saul  and  Jonathan  in  hie  father**  ecjt- 
ulehre.  15  Four  bnttlrt  affainet  the  Phi- 
/(xftnra.  If  Vfrf  in  /our  valiant*  of  David 
tiny  four  ffiante. 

IMIEN  there  w,is  a  famine  in  the 
days  of  David  three  years,  year 
after  year:  and  Da\'id  \  inquiretl  of 
thcI.oi;i>.  And  the  Loi;o  answer- 
ed. It  i.«  for  Saul,  and  lor  his  bloody 
house,  because  he  slew  the  Gibeoii- 
ites. 

1'  And  the  king  called  the  Gibeon- 
ites,  and  said  unto  them:  (now  the 
Gibconites  ircre  not  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  but  *of  the  remnant  of  the 
Amorites;  and  the  children  of  Israel 
had  sworn  unto  them  :  and  Saul 
sought  to  slay  then)  in  his  zeal  to 
the  children  of  Israel  and  Judah:) 

.■?  Wherefore  David  said  unto  the 
Gibeonites,  What  shall  I  do  for  you? 
and  wherewith  shall  I  make"  the 
atonement,  that  ye  may  bless  btlie 
inheritance  of  thel.oiii)? 

4  And  the  Gibeonites  snid  nntohim, 

II  We  will  have  no  silver  nor  gold  of 
Saul,  nor  of  his  house;  neither  for 
us  Shalt  thou  kill  any  man  in  Israel. 
-Vnd  he  said.  What  yc  shall  say,  tliat 
will  I  do  for  you. 

5  .\nd  tliey  answered  the  king.  The 
man    that    consumed   us,   and    that 

devised  against  us  thnt  we  should 
be  destroyed  from  remaining  in  any 
of  the  coasts  of  Israel, 

C  I*et  seven  men  of  his  sons  be  de- 
livered unto  us.  and  we  will  hang 
them  tip  unto  the  Lord  "^  in  Gibeah 
of  Saul,  ■!  II  iflmn  the  I.OKn  did 
choose.  And  the  king  said,  I  will 
gi>-e  them. 

7  Rut  the  king  spared  Mephibo- 
shetb,  the  son  of  Jonathan  the  son  of 


Saul,  because  of  ^tlie  Loiin's  oath 
that  iTrt.*  between  them,  between  Da- 
vid and  Jonatlian  the  son  of  Saul. 

IS  But  the  king  tixik  the  two  s<ins  of 
'Uizpoh  the  daughter  of  Aiali,  whom 
she  bare  unto  Saul.  Armoni  and  Mc- 
phibosheth:  and  the  live  «>ns  of  JiMi- 
clial  the  daughter  of  Saul,  whom  she 
i  brought  up  for  Adriel  the  son  of 
Barzillai  the  Meholathite: 

il  And  he  delivered  them  into  the 
hands  cf  the  Gibeonites.  and  they 
Iningcd  them  in  the  hill  P  before  the 
LoISD:  and  they  fell  all  seven  to- 
gether, and  wei-c  put  to  dentli  in  Uic 
days  of  harvest,  in  the  first  f/njy-S  in 
tlie  beginning  of  barley  liarvcst. 

10  U  And  liKizpah  tfie  daughter  of 
Aiah  took  sackcloth,  and  spread  it 
for  her  upon  the  rKk,  ifrom  tlie  be- 
ginning of  harvest  until  water  drojv 
))cd  upon  them  out  of  heaven,  and 
sutTervd  neither  the  birds  of  the  air 
to  rest  on  them  b>'  day,  nor  tlie  beasts 
of  tlie  field  bv  night. 

11  And  it  was  told  D.-ivid  what  Kiz- 
pah  the  daughter  of  Aiah,  tlie  con- 
cubine of  Saul,  had  done. 

1:;  ^  And  David  went  and  took  the 
bones  of  Saul  and  the  bones  ot  Jona- 
tlian his  son  from  the  men  of  k  Ja- 
hesh-gilead,  which  had  stolen  them 
from  the  street  of  Betb-shan,  where 
the  1  rhili.stines  had  hanged  th.m. 
when  the  Philistines  liad  slain  Saul 
in  Gilboa: 

13  And  he  brought  up  from  thence 
the  bones  of  Saul  and  the  bones  of 
Jonathan  his  son;  and  they  gatliercd 
the  bones  of  them  that  weie  hanged. 

14  And  the  l>ones  of  S-iul  and  Jona- 
than his  siiii  buried  thev  in  the  coun- 
try of  Benjamin  in  "'IZelnh,  in  the 
,'epulchre  of  Kish  his  fitther:  and 
they  performed  all  that  the  king 
commanded.  And  after  that  "  God 
was  entreated  for  the  land. 

15  ^  Moreover  the  Philistines  had 
yet  war  again  w  itli  Israel ;  and  Da- 
vid went  down,  and  his  serxants 
with  him,  and  fought  against  the 
Philistines:  and  David  waxed  faint. 

U>  And  Ishbi-benob.  which  irns  of 
the  sons  cf  |;  the  giant,  the  weight  of 
»  hose  t  f  l>ear  ufiglieil  three  hundred 
.'Jukih  of  brass  in  weight,  he  being 
girded  with  a  new  sicoixl,  thought  to 
nave  slain  David. 

ir  But  .\l)i!-hai  the  son  of  Zeruiah 
succoured  him,  and  smote  the  I'hi- 
listine,  and  killed  him.  Then  the 
men  cf  David  sware  unto  him,  say- 
ing, "Thou  shalt  go  no  more  out 
with  us  to  battle,  that  thou  quench 
not  the  P  t  light  of  Israel. 

18  1  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  there  was  again  a  battle  with  the 
Philistines  at  Gob:  tlun  '  Sibl>oohai 
the  Hushathite  slew  ||  Saph,  which 
tins  of  the  sons  of  ||  the  giant. 

19  .\nd  there  was  asrain  a  battle  in 
Gob  with  the  Philistines,  where  El- 
liauan  the  son   of  |,  Jaarc-orcgini,  a 

301 


A  psalm  of  thanksgiving 


II.  SAMUEL. 


for  Gnd's  mighty  deliverance. 


Ueforo 
CHRIST 

about  1IJ18. 


»m.  17.10, 

u  1  Sam.  16.9. 
Shummah. 
E  1  Chr.  -JO.  8. 


1018. 
•  K«.  1-5.1. 
JuJg  5.  1. 
l.ri.  IS.  till. 


i'l.  IK.  '2.  ko 
i31.3  471 
ii.  St  HI.  2.  & 


...I.ulg./-..  2tl. 
1  S..U.  2.  ID. 
i  7.  10. 
r4  W.  3. 

i<.  ao.  30. 

rDewt.. '13.23. 
r.  7  l:l.  & 
77.  17.  i  HI. 


Beth-leheraite,  slew  '  the  brother  of 
Goliath  the  Gittite,  the  staff' of  whose 
spear  ivits  like  a  weaver's  beam. 

20  And  '  there  was  yet  a  battle  in 
Gath,  where  was  a  man  of  r/real 
stature,  that  had  on  every  hand  six 
fingers,  and  on  every  foot  six  toes, 
four  and  twenty  in  numljer;  and  he 
also  was  born  to  ||  the  giant. 

Jl  And  when  he  ]|  defied  Israel, 
Jonathan  the  son  of  "  Shinieah  the 
brotjier  of  David  .slew  him. 

22  ^  These  four  were  born  to  the 
giant  in  Giith,  and  fell  by  the  hand 
of  David,  and  by  the  hand  of  his 
servants. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

A  psitlm  of  thanksgiving  for  tfod'*  power- 
ful iletiverance,  and  inanifulU  bietaingt. 


day  lliat  the  I>okd  had  ^delivered 
liim  out  of  the  hand  of  all  his  ene- 
mies, and  out  of  the  hand  of  Saul: 

2  And  he  said,  "^  The  lyOlit)  is  my 
rock,  and  my  fortress,  and  my  de- 
liverer; 

3  The  God  of  my  rock;  Hin  him 
will  I  trust:  he  is  my  "shield,  and 
tlio  f  horn  of  my  salvation,  my  lii,Lrh 
f5 tower,  and  my  I' refuge,  my  saviour; 
thou  savest  me  from  violence. 

•t  I  will  call  on  the  Loud,  irhn  is 
worthy  to  be  praised:  so  shall  1  be 
sa\'ed  from  mine  enemies. 

5  When  the  |1  waves  of  death  com- 
passed me,  the  floods  of  f  ungodly 
men  made  me  afraid; 

(i  The  (I  i  sorrows  of  hell  compassed 
me  about;  the  snares  of  death  pre- 
vented me. 

7  In  my  distress  k  I  called  upon  the 
lyOiii),  and  cried  to  my  God;  and  he 
did  1  hear  my  voice  out  of  his  temple, 
and  my  cry  did  enter  into  his  ears. 

8  Then  '"the  earth  shook  and  trem- 
bled ;  "  the  foundations  of  heaven 
moved  and  shook,  because  he  was 
wroth. 

9  There  went  up  a  smoke  tout 
of  his  nostrils,  and  "fire  out  of  his 
mouth  devoured:  coals  were  kindled 
by  it. 

10  He  l^  bowed  the  heavens  also,  and 
came  down;  and  ''darkness  W(ts  un- 
der his  feet. 

11  .Vnd  he  rode  upon  a  cherub,  and 
dill  Ih  :  ami  lie  was  seen 'upon  the 
win-s'ofthe  wind. 

IJ  .\iiil  lie  made  "darkness  pavilions 
round  nlioiit  bim,  fdark  water-s,  and 
tiiick  il.Mids  ofthe  skies. 

l:i  Tln-miu'h  the  brightness  before 
him  were  'coals  of  fire  kindled. 

14  The  I-oiti)  "thundered  from 
heaven,  and  the  BIo:,t  High  uttered 
his  voice. 

Ij  .Vnd  be  sent  out  "arrows,  and 
seaKcnd  them  ;  lightning,  and  dis- 
eoiiilitcMl  them. 

I(i  .\nd  the  channels  of  the  sea  an- 
peured,  the  foundations  of  the  world 
were  discovered,  at  the  ^  rebuking 
302 


ofthe  Lord,  at  the  blast  of  the  breath 
of  his  [I  nostrils. 

1"  ^  He  sent  from  above,  he  took 
me ;  he  drew  me  out  of  ||  many 
waters: 

IH  "  He  delivered  me  from  my  strong 
enemy,  and  from  them  that  hated 
me;  for  they  were  too  strong  for  me. 

I'J  They  prevented  me  in"  the  day 
of  my  calamity:  but  the  Loud  was 
my  stay. 

20  I)  He  brought  me  forth  also  into 
a  large  place:  he  delivered  me,  be- 
cause he  '^  delighted  in  me. 

21  J  The  LoicD  rewarded  me  ac- 
cording to  my  righteousness;  accord- 
ing to  the  ""cleanness  of  my  hands 
hath  ho  recompensed  me. 

22  For  1  have  f  kept  the  ways  of  the 
LdKD,  and  have  not  wickedly  de- 
parted from  my  God. 

2'!  For  all  his  ^judgments  were  be- 
fore me:  and  as /or  his  statutes,  I 
did  not  depart  from  them. 

24  I  was  also  ^l  upright  f  before 
him,  and  have  kept  myself  from 
mine  iniquity. 

2.5  Therefore  ithe  I.,ord  hath  rec- 
ompensed me  according  to  my  right- 
eousness; according  to  my  cleanness 
t  in  bis  eyesight. 

2lj  AVith  kthc  merciful  thou  wilt 
slicw  thyself  merciful,  and  with  the 
upright  "man  thou  wilt  shew  thyself 
upright. 

LV  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew 
thyself  pure;  and  Iwith  tlie  froward 
thou  wilt  II  shew  thyself  unsavoury. 

2.S  And  the  '"afflicted  people  thou 
wilt  save:  but  thine  eyes  are  upon 
"the  haughty,  (/in/thoumayest bring 
them  down. 

29  For  thou  art  my  Ijlcmp,  O  LOBD: 
and  the  Loud  will  lighten  my  dark- 
ness. 

30  For  by  thee  I  have  I|  run  through 
a  troop:  *by  my  God  have  I  leaped 
over  a  wall. 

.'!1  As  for  God,  "bis  way  is  perfect; 
1"  the  word  of  the  Loud  i.'  ||  tried:  he 
is  a  buckler  to  all  them  that  trust  in 
him. 

32  For  *!  who  is  God,  save  the 
LoRDi'  and  who  is  a  rock,  save  our 
God? 

;!.'!  God  IS  my  "■strength  and  power; 
and  he  f  '^  maketh  mv  wav  '  perfect. 

;i4  He  t  maketh  my  "feet  "  like  hinds' 
,lrel;  and  "setteth  me  upon  my 
high  places. 

"to  5  lie  teacheth  my  bands  t  to  war; 
so  that  a  bow  of  steel  is  broken  by 
mine  arms. 

;!G  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the 
shield  of  thy  salvation:  and  thy  gen- 
tleness hatli  1  made  me  great. 

.'tr  Thou  hast  "enlarged  my  steps 
under  me;  so  that  my  t  feet  did  not 

.''.s  T  lun-e  pursued  mine  enemies, 
and  destroved  tlicni;  and  turned  not 
again  until  1  had  consumed  them. 

oU  And  1  have  consumed  them,  and 


and  manifold  blessings. 


II.  SAMUEL.    Catalogue  of  David's  mighty  men. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1018. 


rj..lj27.  9. 

ProT.  1.  28. 

I».  1.  15. 

Mic,  3.  4. 
f  2  Kin.  13.  7. 

Pi-  35.  6. 

Dnn.  2.  35. 

1 1<.  10.  e. 


i..t-  28  13. 
.  8. 1-U. 
.2.8. 
k  U.  55.  5. 


■  .  89.  20. 
1.7.    12.13. 
I.  53. 29. 


1, 1  .S.m  16.12. 
'.  S3.  20. 


SreP..  110.3. 


wounded  them,  that  they  could  not 
arise:  yea,  they  are  fallen  "under 
my  feet. 

40  For  thou  hast  !>  girded  me  "with 
strength  to  battle:  "^  them  tliat  rose 
up  against  me  hast  tliou  i  subdued 
under  me. 

41  Thou  hast  also  given  me  the 
<l  necks  of  mine  enemies,  that  I 
might  destroy  them  that  hate  me. 

4J  They  looked,  but  Ihete  ica.i  none 
to  save;  eteii  ''unto  the  JLuiiU,  but 
he  answered  them  not. 

43  Then  did  I  beat  them  ns  small 
fas  the  dust  of  the  earth:  I  did  stamp 
them  ^as  the  mire  of  the  street,  (tmt 
did  spread  them  abroad. 

44  ii  Thou  also  hast  delivered  me 
from  the  strivings  of  my  people, 
thou  hast  kept  me  to  be  ihead  of  the 
heathen:  ka  people  ichicli  1  knew 
not  shall  serve  me. 

45  f  Strangers  shall  [ff  submit  them- 
selves unto  me:  as  soon  as  thc^v  hear, 
they  shall  be  obedient  uuto  me. 

4U  Strangers  shall  fade  away,  and 
they  shall  be  afraid  'out  of  their 
close  places. 

47  The  Lord  liveth;  and  blessed  fie 
my  rock;  and  exalted  bo  the  God  of 
the  "^  rock  of  my  salvation. 

48  It  is  God  that  f  avengeth  me, 
and  that  "  bringeth  dcjwn  the  people 
under  me, 

4'.l  And  that  bringeth  mc  forth  from 
mine  enemies:  thou  also  hast  lilted 
mc  up  on  high  above  them  that  rose 
up  against  me:  thou  hast  delivered 
me  from  the  "violent  man. 

5<)  Therefore  I  will  give  thanks  unto 
thee,  O  I/ORD,  among  I'the  heathen, 
and  I  will  sing  praises  unto  thy 
name. 

jl  1  lie  is  the  tower  of  salvation 
for  his  king:  and  sheweth  mercy  to 
his  ""anointed,  unto  David,  and"' to 
his  seed  for  evermore. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

1  David,  in  his  last  word%,  profcaacth  hig 
faith  in   God*s  promieeB    to  be  beyond 
sense    or  experience.     0    The    dUferent 
Btale  of  the  Kicked.     8  A  catalogue  of 
David's  mighty  men. 
"VTOW  these  be  the  last  words  of 
I\    David.    D.ivid  the  son  of  Jesse 
said,  "and  the  man  who  vns  raised 
up  on   high,   I'the  anointed  of  the 
God  of  Jacob,  and  the  sweet  psalm- 
ist of  Israel,  said, 
2  "^  The  Spirit  of  the  Lohd  spake 
by  me,  and   his  word  mts  iu  my 
tongue. 

.">  The  God  of  Israel  said,  <l  the  Koek 
of  Israel  spake  to  mc,  ||  lie  that 
ruleth  over  men  vnist  be  just,  ruling 
« in  the  fear  of  God. 

4  And  f/«-  sliallbe  as  thelight  of  the 
morning,  whrn  the  suu  riseth,  even 
a  morning  without  clouds;  us  the 
tender  grass  s/iriiitriiig  out  of  the 
earth  by  clear  shining  after  rain. 

5  Although  my  liouse  be  not  so 
witli  God;  e  yet  "he  hath  made  with 


me  an  evcrlastin"  covenant,  ordered 
in  all  tlii)i!is,  and  sure:  for  l/iis  is  all 
i  my  salvation,  and  all  tiii/  desire, 
altliough  he  make  it  not  to  grow. 

G  IT  But  llie  sons  of  Belial  shall  he 
all  of  them  as  thorns  thrust  away, 
because  they  cannot  be  taken  with 
hands: 

T  But  the  man  that  shall  touch 
them  must  be  f  fenced  with  iron  and 
the  staff  of  a  tpear;  and  they  shall 
be  utterly  burned  with  fire  in  the 
same  place. 

8  IT  These  be  the  nomc.^  of  the 
mighty  men  whom  David  had: 
II  The  Tachmonite  that  sat  in  the 
seat,  chief  among  the  captains;  the 
same  iras  Adino  the  Eznite  :  || /■<• 
lifted  np  his  spear  against  eight 
hundred,  fwhom  he  slew  at  one 
time. 

y  And  after  him  was  hEleazar  the 
son  of  Dodo  the  Ahohite,  one  of  the 
three  mighty  men  with  David,  when 
they  defied  "the  Philistines  that  were 
there  gathered  together  to  battle,  and 
the  men  of  Israel  were  gone  away: 

10  He  arose,  and  smote  the  Philis- 
tines until  his  hand  was  weary,  and 
his  hand  clave  unto  the  sword:  and 
the  Loitl)  wrought  a  great  victory 
that  day  ;  and  the  people  returned 
after  him  only  to  spoil. 

11  And  alter  him  was  >  Shammah 
the  son  of  Agcc  the  Hararito.  k  And 
the  Philistines  were  gathered  togeth- 
er II  into  a  troop,  where  was  a  piece 
of  ground  full  of  lentiles:  and  the 
people  fled  from  the  Philistines. 

IJ  But  he  stood  in  the  midst  of 
the  ground,  and  defended  it,  and 
slew  the  Philistines  :  and  the  I.,oiiD 
wrousht  a  great  victorv. 

I.'!  And  1 II  three  of  the  thirty  chief 
went  down,  and  came  to  David  in 
the  harvest  time  unto  ""the  cave  of 
Adullaro:  and  the  troop  of  the  Plii- 
listinea  pitched  in  "the  valley  of 
Rephaim. 

14  And  David  ira,<t  then  in  °  a  hold, 
and  the  garrison  of  the  Philistines 
tens  then  in  Beth-lehem. 

15  And  David  longed,  and  said,  Oh 
that  one  would  give  me  drink  of  the 
water  of  the  well  of  Beth-lehem, 
which  ?5  by  the  gate! 

1')  And  flic  three  n"iighty  men  brake 
throuph  the  host  of  the  Philistines, 
and  drew  water  out  of  the  well  of 
Beth-lehem,  that  teas  by  the  gate, 
and  took  ?7,  and  brought  it  to  David: 
nevertheless  he  would  not  d.-ink 
thereof;  but  poured  it  out  unto  the 

I.OP.D. 

17  And  he  said.  Be  it  far  from  mc, 
O  Lor.ii,  that  I  should  do  this:  isnnt 
this  1'  the  blood  of  the  men  that  went 
iu  jeopardy  of  their  lives?  tliereforo 
he  would  not  drink  it.  Tliese  things 
did  those  three  mightv  men. 

IS  And  'lAbi.shai,  the  brother  of 
Joab,  the  son  of  Zeruiah,  was  chief 
among  three.  And  he  lifted  up  his 
303 


Cataloffiw  of  David's  mighty  men.    II.  SAMUEL. 


David  nmnhereth  the  people. 


Deforo 
CHRIST 

11118. 


.  r:..  15, 15. 

in.r.  II  22 
t  n.'l.    /ion« 


U  Or.  m'//y«. 

)•  J  u.ie.  2. 9. 


spear  a);ainst  three  hundred,  ta«c' 
Blew  tlieiii,  and  had  the  name  anion}; 
three. 

1'.)  Was  lie  n(»t  most  honourable  of 
tliree?  therctiire  he  was  tlicireaptain: 
howbcit  he  attained  not  unto  i\\Qjirst 
three. 

'Ji)  And  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jchoiada, 
the  son  of  a  valiant  man,  of  ''Kab- 
zcel,  t  who  had  done  many  acts, "  he 
slew  two  Hionlike  men  of  Moub:  he 
went  down  also  and  slew  a  lion  in 
the  midst  of  a  pit  in  time  of  snow. 

L'l  And  lie  slew  an  Esyptian,  fa 
goodly  man:  and  the  Ejiyptian  had 
a  spear  in  his  hand  ;  but  he  went 
down  to  him  with  a  staft',  and  pluck- 
ed the  spear  out  of  the  Egyptian's 
hand,  and  slew  him  with  Ids  own 
s]iear. 

22  These  things  did  Benaiah  the 
son  of  Jchoiada,  and  had  the  name 
among  three  mighty  men. 

2-*J  He  was  (|  more  honourable  than 
the  thirty,  but  he  attained  not  to  the 
Jiift  three.  And  David  set  hiin 
'over  his  ((  f  guard. 

24  "  Asaliel  the  brother  of  Joab  wafi 
one  of  the  tiiirty:  Elhanan  the  son 
of  Dodo  of  Beth-lchem, 

25  *'Shammah  the  llaroditc,  Klika 
the  llarodite, 

2ii  Uclez  the  Paltitc,  Ira  the  son  of 
Ikkcsh  the  Tekoite, 

2"  Abiczer  the  .Vncthothitc,  Mcbun- 
nai  the  Hushathite, 

2M  Zaimon  the  Ahohitc,  Jfaharai 
the  Netopliathitc, 

2!l  lleleh  the  son  of  Baanah,  a  Ne- 
topliatliite,  Ittai  the  son  of  Kibai  out 
of  Gibcah  of  the  children  of  Ben- 
jamin, 

.'ill  Henaiah  the  Pirathonite,  Iliddai 
of  the  II  brooks  of  >  Gaash. 

ol  Abi-albon  the  Arbathite,  Azma- 
veth  the  Baihumite, 

^2  Elinhliu  the  Shaalbonite,  of  the 
sons  of  Jashen,  Jonathan, 

.'io  Shammah  the  llararite,  Ahiam 
the  son  of  Shurar  the  llararite, 

:H  Eliphclct  the  son  of  .Vhiisbai,  the 
son  of  the  Maachathite,  Kliam  the 
son  of  Ahithophel  the  Ciilonite, 

.W  Ilezrai  the  Carmelite,  I'luirai  the 
.Vrbite, 

.'id  Igal  the  son  of  Nathan  of  Zohah, 
Uaiii  the  Gaditc. 

.)"  Zeick  the  Ammonite,  Nahari 
the  liecrothite,  nniiourbearer  to  Joab 
tliesoii  of  Zcriiiah, 

.iS  -  Ira  an  Ithrite,  Gnreb  an  Ithrite, 

."'J  "  I'riah  the  Hittitc  :  thirty  and 
seven  in  all. 

CII.VPTEU  XXIV. 

1  Dnvi'l,  Umjilcd  hy  Satan.  jDncth  Joab 
to  nutnbef  the  pcovle.  5  Tl.r  atptaiuf, 
in  nine  months  on',1  twenty  dayt.brinrj 
llic  tniitirr  of  thirteen  hundred  thau- 
t.md  fighting  men.  10  David,  having 
three  plagues  propounded  by  Gad,  rr- 
pfntelh,  and  chooieth  the  three  days' 
pesliU'nee.  15  .ifl,-r  the  death  of  three- 
score and  ten  liwusand,  David  by  re- 
301 


pentancc  preventeth  the  destruction  of 
Jerusalem.  18  David,  by  Clad'e  direc- 
tion, purehaseth  Arnunuh's  threshing- 
fioor;  where  having  sacrificed,  tlie 
plague  staycth. 

AND 'again  the  anger  of  the  Lord 
was  kindled  against  Israel,  and 
II  he  moved  David  against  them  to 
say,  1)  Go,  number  Israel  and  Judah. 

2  For  the  king  said  to  Joab  the 
captain  of  the  host,  which  icn.^  with 
liiin,  II  Go  now  through  all  the  tribes 
of  Isiacl,  'from  Dan  even  to  Beer- 
shebn,  and  number  je  the  people, 
that  ii  I  may  know  the  number  of  the 
people. 

.")  And  Joab  said  unto  the  king,  Now 
the  LoUL)  thy  God  add  unto  tne  peo- 
ple, how  many  soever  they  be,  a 
hundredfold,  and  that  the  eyes  of 
mv  lord  the  king  may  see  it:  but 
w[iv  doth  mv  lord  the  king  delight 
in  this  thing"? 

4  Notwithstanding  the  king's  word 
prevailed  against  Joab,  and  against 
the  captains  of  the  host.  And  Joab 
and  the  captains  of  the  host  went 
out  from  the  presence  of  the  king,  to 
number  the  people  of  Israel. 

i  TI  And  they  passed  over  Jordan, 
and  pitched  in  ''  Aroer,  on  the  right 
side  of  the  city  that  liclli  in  the  midst 
of  the  II  river  of  Gad,  and  toward 
f Jazer: 

G  Then  tliev  c:(me  to  Gilead,  and 
to  the  Ijlandof  Tahtim-hmlshi:  and 
they  came  to  BDan-jaan,  and  about 
to  li  Zidon, 

7  And  came  to  the  strong  hold  of 
Tyre,  and  to  all  the  cities  of  the 
IlivitCH,  and  of  the  Canaanites  :  and 
they  went  (Uit  to  the  south  of  Judah, 
ercii  to  Beer-sheba. 

8  So  when  they  had  gone  through 
all  the  land,  they  came  to  Jerusalem 
at  the  end  of  nine  months  and  twenty 
days. 

!)  And  Joab  pave  np  the  sum  of 
the  number  ot  the  people  iinto  the 
king:  iand  there  were  in  Israel  eizht 
hundred  thousainl  valiant  men  that 
drew  tiu'  sw.inl;  :ind  thi-  men  of  Ju- 
dah in  n:  five  hundred  thousandnien. 

10  H  And  k  David's  heart  smote 
him  after  that  he  had  numbered 
the  people.  And  David  said  unto 
the  J.oini,  'I  have  sinned  greatly 

n   that  I   have  done  :   and  now,  1 


beseech  thee,  O  l.oHli,  take  away 
the  iiiiouity  of  thy  servant;  for  I 
have  '"done  vcrv  foolisblv. 

11  For  when  r)avid  was  up  in  the 
morning,  the  word  of  tlie  l.oiiii 
came  unto  the  prophet  "  Gad,  Da- 
vid's "seer,  saving, 

12  Go  and  say  unto  David,  Thus 
saith  the  Loitl),  1  otfcr  thee  three 
thini/s;  choose  thee  one  of  them, 
that  I  may  do  il  unto  thee. 

1'!  So  Gad  came  to  David,  nnd 
told  him,  and  sai<l  unto  him.  Shall 
''seven  years  of  tamiiie  corrm  nnto 
thee  ill  thy  land?  or  wilt  thou  flee 


The  three  days'  pestilence. 


I.  KINGS. 


The  plague  is  stayed. 


iedi.  1.  1.^ 
Chr.  21.  li 
1  27.  21. 


three  months  before  thine  enemies, 
while  they  pursue  thee  ?  or  that 
there  be  three  days'  pestilenee  in 
tliyland?  now  advise,  and  see  what 
answer  I  shall  return  to  liim  that 
sent  me. 

14  And  David  said  unto  Gad,  I 
am  in  a  great  strait:  let  us  fall  now 
iiito  the  hand  of  the  Loud  ;  'ifor 
his  mercies  ai-e  || great:  and  ■'let  nic 
not  fall  into  the  hand  of  man. 

15  11  So  'the  Lord  sent  a  pesti- 
lence upon  Israel  from  the  morn- 
ing even  to  the  time  appointed:  and 
there  died  of  the  people  from  Dan 
even  to  Beer-sheba  seventy  thou- 
sand men. 

l(i  'And  when  the  angel  stretched 
out  his  hand  upon  Jerusalem  to 
destroy  it,  "the  Loud  repented 
him  of  the  evil,  and  said  to  (he 
angel  that  destroyed  the  people.  It 
is  enough  :  stay  "now  thine  hand. 
And  the  angel  of  the  Lonn  was  by 
the  threshingplace  of  ^  Araunah  the 
Jebusite. 

ir  And  David  spake  unto  the  Lonn 
when  he  saw  the  angel  that  smote 
the  people,  and  said,  Lo,  >  I  have 
sinned,  and  I  have  done  wickedlv: 
but  these  sheep,  what  have  they 
done?  let  thine  hand,  I  pray  thee, 
be  against  mc,  and  against  "my  fa- 
ther's house. 

18  II  And  Gad  came  that  day  to 
David,  and  said  unto  liim,  ^  Go  up, 
rear  an  altar  unto  the  I-okd  in  the 
threshingfloor  oft  Araunah  the  Jebu- 
site. 


19  And  David,  according  to  the 
Baying  of  Gad,  went  up  as  the  Lokd 
commanded. 

'M  And  Araunah  looked,  and  saw 
the  king  and  his  servants  coming 
on  toward  him:  and  Araunah  went 
out,  and  bowed  himself  before  the 
king  on  his  face  upon  the  ground. 

;;l  And  Araunah  said,  'Wheretbre  is 
my  lord  the  king  come  to  his  servant? 
"And  David  said.  To  buy  the  thresh- 
ingfloor of  thee,  to  build  an  altar  un- 
to the  Lorn,  that  hthe  plague  may 
be  stayed  from  the  people. 

22  And  Araunah  said  unto  David, 
Let  my  lord  the  king  take  and  ofier 
up  what  seemcth  good  unto  him  : 
"^  behold,  licfe  be  oxen  for  burnt  sac- 
rifice, and  threshing  instruments 
and  otlinr  instruments  of  the  oxen 
for  wood. 

23  All  these  tilings  did  Araunah, 
OK  a  king,  give  unto  the  king.  And 
Araunah  said  unto  the  king.  The 
LoitD  thj-  God  il  accept  thee. 

24  And  the  king  said  unto  Arati- 
nah.  Nay:  but  1  will  surely  buy  it 
of  thee  at  a  price  :  neither  will  I 
offer  burnt  oflerings  unto  the  Lord 
my  God  of  that  wliich  doth  cost  me 
nothing.  So  'David  bought  the 
threshingfloor  and  the  oxen  for  fifty 
shekels  of  silver. 

25  And  David  built  there  an  altar 
unto  the  Loitn,  and  oil'ered  burnt 
offerings  and  peace  offerings,  f  So 
tl;c  Lonn  was  entreated  for  the 
land,  and  ftho  plague  was  stayed 
from  Israel. 


THE 


FIRST  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS, 

COMMONLY   CALLED, 

THE  THIRD  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CHAPTEK  L 

1   Ahishaff   cherisheth   Bavi'l    in   his   ex- 
treme age.  b  Adonijah,  David's  darling, 
usurpetfi  the  kingdom.    11  Uy  the  coun- 
sel of  Nathan,  K  JSath-eheba  movcth  the 
king,  22  and  Nathan  secondeth  her.    28 
David  renemeth  his  oath  to  Dath-eheba. 
32  Solomon,  by  David's  appointment,  be- 
ing anointed  king  by  Zadok  and  Nathan, 
the  people  triumph.    41  Jonathan  bring- 
ing these  news,  Adonijah's  guests  fiy. 
60  Adonijah,  flying  to  the  horns  of  the 
altar,  upon  his  good  behaviour  is  dis- 
missed by  Solomon. 
■VrOW  king   David  was   old   and 
-L^    t stricken   in   years:    and  they 
covered   him  with  clothes,  but   h"e 
gat  no  heat. 
2  Wherefore  his  servants  said  unto 
him,  +Let  there  bo  sought  for  my 
lord  the  kingfayoung  virgm:  anil 
20 


let  her  stand  before  the  king,  and  let 
her  t  cherish  him,  and  let  her  lie  in 
thy  bosom,  that  my  lord  the  king 
mn.v  get  heat. 

3  So  they  sought  for  a  fair  damsel 
throughout  all  the  coasts  of  Israel, 
and  found  Abishag  n  "  Shunammite, 
and  brought  her  to  the  king. 

4  And  the  damsel  Has  very  fair,  and 
cherished  the  king,  and  minister- 
ed to  him:  but  the  king  knew  her 
not. 

5  TT  Then  '■  Adonijah  the  son  of  Ilag- 
gith  exalted  himself,  saying,  I  wdl 
the  king:  and  'he  prepared  him 
chariots  and  horsemen,  and  fifty  men 
to  run  before  liim. 

(1  Ai;rl  his  father  had  not  displeased 
him   fat  any  time  in  saving,  Wliy 
hast  thou  done  so?  and  he  also  vds 
3U5 


Before 

CHRISl 

1015. 


Nathan's  advice  to  Bath-sheba.  I.  KINGS. 


C  II  R  1  8  T 
1015. 


■.  Tim  n-,ll 
»m.  17.17. 


;i  vtTV  Koodly  man;  '1  and  /lis  mot/icr 
liare  liini  iitlur  Al).sali)in. 

7  And  t  h<;  coniirri-d  with  .Tnab  the 
son  of  Zeruiah,  and  with  '^Al>iatluir 
tiie  pra-st:  and  i  tlioy  tibllowins 
Adonijah  lielpcd  litiii. 

.S  But  Zuihik  tlic  priest,  and  Bena- 
iMli  thf  .^on  of  Jclioiada,  and  Nathan 
tlif  pniplirt,  and  KSliinifi.  and  Kui, 
and  lalir  „M;;l,ty  nii-n  wJii,-l,/„7,„»/,W 
to  David,  win'  not  witli  Ailonijal'.. 

■•lAn.l  Adonijah  slew  .sl.crpaiid  ox- 
en and  fat  rattle  livtlie  stone  of  Zo- 
lieleth,  whieli  IS  liy  ||  Kn-ro-el,  and 
ealled  all  liis  brethren  the  kind's 
sons,  and  all  the  men  of  Judah  the 


David's  oath  to  nath-sheha. 


a:i  And  thcv  told  the  kinj;.  s.iyini. 
Behold  Nathan  the  pro|)het.  And 
when  he  was  eonie  in  helore  tlie 
kin-,  he  howed  himself  I.eli.re  the 
kin;,'  with  his  taei'  tn  the  -round 

L4  Ai.d  Nathan  said,  .Mv  lurd,  () 
km-  hast  thon  said,  Adonijah  shall 
rei-n  after  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon 
my  throne? 

25  "  For  he  is  jjonc  down  this  day, 

and  hatli  slain  oxen  and  fat  cattle 

and  .sheep  in  ahnndaiice,  and  hath 

called  all  the  kin^'.s  sons,  and  the 

captains  of  the  host,  and  Ahiathar 

,,,■,,    .    ,,:,--      .,  'he  priest;  and,  liehold,  thev  eat  anrl 

(     B.i     N;.han    the   prophet,  nnd    drink  before  him,  and  "  i/V  1  God 

b,  and  the  mi-hty  men,  and    save  kin-  Adonijah 

iM. ^p{T^^i':X^:L  ai;:, t^i'^be'-pHji^ i!;^ i^sJ; 

'•■  -iiah  the  son  of  ._IIa--ith  doth      -'T  Is  this  thin-  done  by  iny  lord  the 


1  ll.l..  I17.<i( 
I  vcr.  13,  30. 


t  II.l.,  ..V 


;ei-M,  and  David  our  lordknoweth 

li  Now  therefore  come,  let  me,  I 

iray  thee,  sive    thee    counsel,   that 

boil  niayest  save  thine  own  life,  and 

lie  bti'ofthvson  Solomon. 

I.:  (Jo  :ind   (;<-t  tliee   in  unto  kinjr 

Javid,  and  say  unto  him.  Didst  not 

ion,  my  lord,  O  kin-,  swear  unto 

lime  bandniaid,  saying-,  kAssurcdly 

Solomon   thy   son   shall   rei-n   after 

me,  an.l  be  shall  sit  nocn  mv  throne? 

why  tben  ilotli  Adonijah  r,.'i-„y 

II    ISehold,   wliile  th'on    v.-t   talkest 
tbeiewilli  the  kin-,  1  also  will  eonie 

t'l-ll .andleonlirmthv  words. 

lo  IF  Anil   JJath-shebawent'in  unto 
[lie  kin-inf.i  the  ebaniber:  and  the 
km-  was  very  old;  and  .Vbislia-  the  ,  ,.,:,  .„, 
siumammite    iniuistered    unto    the    ence  t 
km-.  j,jj.,l  1^; 

hi  And  Uath-shcba  bowed,  and  did 
obeisance  onto  the  kill-.  And  the 
km- said,  I  \Vliatwonldc-sttli..n? 
ir  And  she  said  nnto  him,  .Mv  lord 
Itboii  swarest  In- the  J.oiii)  (bV  (;,„! 
nnto  thine  bandmaid,  .so ///«</,  Assur- 
edly Solomon  thy  sou  shall  rei-n 
aller  me,  and  he  shall  sit  upon  my 
tlirone. 

Is  ,\nd  now,  behold,  Adonijah 
rei-netb  ;  and  now,  my  lord  "the 
km-,  thon  knowst  il  not: 
l:i  '"And  be  bath  slain  oxen  and  fat 
eatlle  and  sbeep  in  abuiulanee,  and 
lialli  called  all  the  sons  of  the  i<in- 
and  .\l,iatl,ar  tlie  priest,  and  .barb 
the  captain  of  the  host:  lint  .SoU.mon 
Iby  .s,-rvaiit  lialli  be  not  cidbd. 

-'"  And  til mv  hn-d.  O  kin-    the 

eves  of  all  Israelo.v  upon  thee,  that 
tlioii  shoiildest  tell  them  who  shall 
Ml  on  (be  throne  of  mv  lord  the  kin" 
atlrrhini. 
-I  OtbiTwiso  it  shall  come  to  pass. 
when  iiiy  l„rd  the  kin-  shall  "sleep 
wi  b  bis  lathers,  tllat  I  ami  mv  sou 

Soo,,,,,„.shalll,econnte,l|otrendei-s.    my   mr„   ,ue   Km-,   even   so  be    be 
-  II  And,  lo,  while  she  yet  talked  I  with  SoU.mon,  and  •'make  his  throne 


king,  and  thon  bast  not  shewed  il 
unto  thy  servant,  who  should  sit  on 
the  throne  of  luy  lord  the  kin-  after 
him  ? 

as  TT  Then  kinff  D,avid    answered 
and  said.  Call  me  Bath-sheba.    And 
she  came  finto  the  kin;;'s  Iirescncc, 
and  stood  before  the  kin;. 
•£)  .And  the  kini;  sware.  and  said, 
l.l.s-  the  l.oi;i,  Ijv.tb,  that  hath  re- 
deemed my  sMiil  ont  of  all  distress, 
.'SO  ■'Kven  as  I  sware  unto  thee  by 
the  I.ORP  God  of  Israel,  savin-.  As- 
suredly Sidonion  tbv  son  sliall  rei-n 
alter  me,  ami  be  shall  sit  n|ion  inv 
throuo  111  my  stead;   even  so  will  "l 
certainly  do  this  dav. 
■"I    'riieii    liatb-slaba    bowed  with 
face  to  the  earth,  and  did  lever- 
the  kiii^',  and  .said,  "I.etluy 
--„'  Davhl  live  llir  ever. 
;!2  TI  And  kin;;  David  said.  Call  me 
Zadok    the   priest,   and   Nathan   the 
prophet,  and  lienaiali  the  son  of  .le- 
boiada.    And  they  came  before  the 
km-. 

,•',►;  'I"l>e  kinjT  also  said  nnto  them, 
'  J  ake  with  yon  the  servants  of  your 
lord,  and  cause  Solomon  mv  son  to 
ridi^  ii|ion  (  mine  own  miile,  and 
brill-  him  down  to  "(iilion; 
;!-l  And  let  Zadok  the  priest  and 
Nathan  the  prophet  "anoint  him 
tliere  kin;;  over  Israel:  and  Milow 
ye  with  tl..-  trumpet,  and  sav,  God 
save  kill',- Sol, .moil. 
.■:.-,  'I'll. -11  ye  shall  come  up  after  him, 
that  he  imiy  come  and  sit  np..n  mv 
tbrmie;  fl.r  be  shall  be  kile,'  in  iiiV 
st.'ad:  ami  I  have  apiiointeil  him  to 
be  ruler  over  Israel  and  over  Ju- 
dah. 

."I!  And  Bcnniah  the  son  of  .Iclioiada 
(inswercd  the  kin-,  and  said.  .Vini'ii; 
the  I,(ii!i>  God  of  my  lord  the  kins 
sav  so  tiio. 

.•!?  "As  the  I,()i!i>  hath  been  with 
my  lord   the  kin-,   even   so  I 


].  1  SaiD.lOJ!!. 
I  Hcl..  L,l 
liny  Attoni- 


t  llcV.  tr/on. 
un.  4.  Ol 


12  Sum.  2n.  6. 

1  n>ii.  11.11  iv* 

l-olan^oth  f9 

l"#      SC9 

K.ll>.  C.  8. 
..2Chr.J130. 
xl.N«ni.  10. 1. 

*  in.  .1.  12. 

2  .snin.  2.  4. 
ii  .'..  .1. 

rl..  111.  lit. 
2Ki.if.O.  3. 
&II.  12. 
y2S.m. 15.10, 


Solomon  anointed  king. 


David's  charge  to  Solomon. 


irreatcr  than  the  throne  of  my  lord 
kill;;  David. 

;iS  So  Zadok  the  priest,  and  Nathan 
the  prophet,  band  Bcnaiah  the  .'•(in 
of  Jelioiada,  and  the  Clu'rctliitcs, 
and  the  Pelethites,  went  duwii,  and 
caused  Solomon  to  ride  upon  kins 
David's  mule,  and  brought  liim  to 
Gihon. 

39  Anil  Zadok  the  priest  took  a 
horn  of  ''oil  nut  of  the  tabernacle, 
and  il  anointed  Solomon.  And  they 
blew  the  trumpet;  "'and  all  the  peo- 
ple said,  (lod  save  kinj;  Solomon. 

40  And  all  the  people  caiiu'  up  after 
him,  and  the  people  piiicd  with 
I)  pipes,  and  rejoiced  with  f;i'eat  joy. 
So  tiiat  the  earth  rent  with  the  sound 
oftliem. 

■11    II   And    Adonijah    and   all   the 
'  c  witli  him  heard  it 


till 


had  made 


dof  eati 


And  when  Joab  heard  the  sound  of 
the  trumpet,  he  said,  ■\Vherelorc  is 
this  noibc  of  the  city  being  in  an 
uproar? 

il  And  while  he  yet  spake,  behold, 
Jonathan  the  son  of  Ahiathar  the 
I>ricsteame:  and  Ad'iniinli  said  unto 
iiim,  O.mein;  fi.r  i  tli.ii'wn/ a  valiant 
man,  and  lirinsest  ^-uod  liclin-s. 

4;i  And  Jonathan  answered  and 
said  to  Adoniiah,  \m\y  our  lord 
king  David  iiath  made  Solomon 
king. 

44  And  the  king  hath  sent  with  him 
Zadok  the  laicst,  and  Nathan  the 
prc.plict,  and  l!en:iiah  the  sonof  Je- 
hniada,  and  tlie  Cherelhites,  and  tlie 
I'el.  tildes,  and  tliev  have  caused  Iiiui 
lori.le  npnn  the  king's  mule: 

!.-|  And  Za.h.k  the  priest  and  Na- 
than the  prophet  have  anointed  him 
king  in  Gilion:  and  tliey  are  come 
up  iioni  thence  rejoicing,  so  that  the 
city  rang  again.  This  !*•  the  noise 
lliat  ye  have  heard. 

41 J  And  also  Solomon  Rsitteth  on 
the  throne  of  the  kingdom. 

4"  And  moreover  the  king's  serv- 
ants eanic  to  bless  our  lord  King  Da- 
vid, sa\ing,  I"  God  make  the  name  of 
Solomon  better  than  thy  name,  and 
make  his  throne  greater  than  thy 
throne,  i  And  the  king  bowed  him- 
self upon  the  bed. 

45  And  also  thus  said  the  king, 
lilessed  he  the  Loitn  God  of  Israel, 
which  hath  1^  given  one  to  sit  on  my 
throne  this  day,  mine  eyes  even  see- 
ing it. 

4'j  And  all  the  guests  that  were  with 
Adnnijah  were  afraid,  and  rose  up, 


■ay. 


M  IT  And  Adonijah  feared  because 
of  Solomon,  and  arose,  and  went, 
and  1  caught  Iiold  on  the  horns  of  the 
altar. 

.51  And  it  was  told  Solomon,  saving. 
Behold,  Adonijah  feareth  king'Solo- 
nmn:  tor,  lo,  he  hath  caught  hold  on 
the  horns  of  the  altar,  saving,  Let 
king  Solomon  swear  nntu  uie  to  day 


that  ho  will  not  slay  his  servant  with 
the  swfird. 

rc'  And  Solomon  said.  If  he  will 
sliew  himself  a  worthv  man,  '"there 
shall  not  a  Iiair  of  him  fall  to  the 
earth  :  hut  it  wickedness  shall  be 
found  in  him,  he  shall  die. 
5.'!  So  king  Solomon  sent,  and  they 
brought  lum  down  from  the  altar. 
And  he  came  and  bowed  liimsclf  to 
king  Solomon  :  and  Solomon  said 
unto  him,  Go  to  thine  house. 

ClIAPTEU  II. 
1  DaviJt  having  given  «  charge  to  Soto- 
mon,  3  of  religivueneBB.  5  of  Joah,  7  of 
UarziUai,  8  of  SIdmci,  10  dieth.  12  Solo- 
mon auccecdcth.  13  Adonijah,  moving 
Bath-9hcha  to  eue  unto  Solomon  for 
AMahag,  ia  jmt  to  death.  20  Abiathnr, 
having  his  life  given  him,  is  deprived  of 
the  priesthood.  28  Joab  fleeing  to  the 
horns  of  the  altar  ia  there  alain.  35 
JJenaiahis  pat  in  Joab''s  room,  and  Za- 
dok in  AUatluir's.  30  Shimn,  confined 
to  Jerusalem,  by  occasion  of  going  thence 
to  Oath,  ia  put  to  death. 

NOW  "the  days  of  David  drew 
nigh  that  he  should  die;  and  he 
charged  Salomon  )>is  son,  saying, 

•J  III  go  the  way  of  all  the  earth:  'be 
thou  strong  therefore,  and  shew  thy- 
self a  man; 

:\  And  keep  the  charge  of  the  Lonn 
thy  God,  to  walk  in  his  ways,  to  keep 
his  statutes,  and  his  commandments, 
and  his  jinlgmcnts,  and  his  testimo- 
nies, as  it  is  written  in  the  law  of 
iVIoses,  that  thou  nuivcst  <' ||  nrosper 
in  all  that  thou  doest,  and  wliither- 
soever  thou  turucst  thyself: 

4  Tlnit  the  ].()i;i)  niav  "continue 
his  \\oid  whitdi  he  spake  concern- 
ing me,  saving,  rif  thy  children  take 
heed  to  tlieir  way,  to  f  walk  before 
me  in  truth  with  all  their  heart  and 
with  all  their  soul,  li  there  shall  not 
t  fail  thee  (said  he)  a  man  on  the 
throne  of  Israel. 

5  .Moreover  thon  knowest  also  what 
Joah  the  son  of  Zennah  i  did  to  me, 
o/?r/ what  he  did  tti  the  twocaptainsof 
the  hosts  of  Israel,  unto  k  Aimer  the 
sou  of  Ner,  and  unto  l  Amasa  the  son 
of  Jethcr,  whom  he  slew,  and  f  shed 
the  blood  of  war  in  peace,  and  put 
the  blood  of  war  upon  his  girdle  that 
7ros  ;diout  his  loins,  and  in  his  shoes 
that  irrrr  on  his  feet. 

(!  Do  therefore  "'according  to  thy 
wisdom,  and  let  not  his  hoar  head  go 
down  to  the  grave  in  peace. 

T  lint  shew  kindness  imto  the  >ons 
of  "Barziilai  the  Gileadite,  and  let 
them  be  of  those  that  "eat  at  thy 
table:  for  so  I' they  came  to  me  when 
1  tied  because  of  Absalom  thy 
lirother. 

S  .And,  behold,  t/ioii  liast  with  thee 
1  Shimei  the  son  of  Gera,  a  lienja- 
mite  of  Hahnrim,  which  cursed  nic 
with  :i.  t  grievous  cnrsc  in  the  day 
when  I  went  to  IMahanaim:  but  ''he 
e;ime  down  to  nu-et  me  at  Jfirdan, 
and  "I  Bware  t'i  him  hv  the  Loi:d, 
307 


li  2  Slim.  7.13, 


Adonijah  micth  for  Abishag. 


I.  KINGS. 


He  is  put  to  death. 


y  2  Sam.  3.  7. 
s2SKm.  5.  4. 
ICltr.  29.26. 


111.  .t  J-i.  5. 0. 
i'rov.  21.30. 


f  Ei.  20.  li 
|S»i.ri.45.a 


sajinfT,  I  will  not  put  thee  to  death 
with  tiie  sworil. 

y  Now  therefore  'hold  him  not 
guiltless  :  for  thou  art  a  wise  man, 
and  knowcst  what  thou  oughtest  to 
do  unto  him  ;  but  his  hoar  head 
"  bring  thou  down  to  the  grave  with 
blood. 

10  So  "  David  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  in  >  the  city  of  Da- 
vid. 

11  And  the  days  that  David  'reign- 
ed over  Israel  vrre  forty  years:  sev- 
en years  rci<;ned  he  in  Hebron,  and 
thirty  and  three  years  reigned  he  in 
Jerusalem. 

12  TT  "  Then  sat  Solomon  upon  the 
throne  of  David  his  father;  and  his 
kingdom  was  established  greatly. 

l.'JTT  And  Adonijah  the  son  of  Hag- 
gith  came  to  Bath-sheba  the  mother 
of  Solomon.  And  she  said,  HCom- 
est  thou  peaceably?  And  he  eaid, 
l\aceably. 

14  He  said  moreover,  I  have  somc- 
wlnt  to  say  unto  thee.  And  she 
s:iid,  Say  on. 

l.'i  .Vnd  he  said.  Thou  knowcst  that 
the  kingdom  was  '^miiie,  and  Hint 
all  Israel  set  their  faces  on  me,  Hint  I 
sliould  reign:  howbeit  the  kingdom 
ia  turned  about,  and  is  become  my 
brother's:   for  Jit  was  his  from  the 

1>1>HI). 

11)  And  now  I  ask  one  petition  of 
tlipo,  t  deny  nic  not.  And  she  said 
unto  him,  !^ay  on. 

17  And  lie  said.  Speak,  I  pray  thee, 
unto  Solomon  the  king,  (for  ne  will 
not  say  tliee  nay,)  that  he  give  me 
''  Abisfiag  the  Shunammitc  to  wife. 

15  And  liath-sheba  said,  AVell;  I 
will  speak  for  thee  unto  tiie  king. 

Ill  IT  ISath-shcba  therefore  went  un- 
to king  Solomon,  to  spe.ik  unto  him 
for  Adoni.jah.  And  the  king  rose  up 
to  meet  her,  and  f  bowed  himself  un- 
to Iter,  and  sat  down  on  his  tlirone, 
and  caused  a  seat  to  be  set  fi>r  tlie 
king's  mother;  i^aud  she  sat  on  his 
right  hand. 

ai  Then  she  said,  I  desire  one  small 
petiticm  of  thee;  f  prrii/  tlirc,  say  mo 
not  nay.  And  the  king  said  "unto 
her,  Ask  on,  my  mother;  for  I  will 
not  say  thee  nav. 

•Jl  .Vud  she  said,  Let  Abishag  the 
ShuiKimmite  be  given  to  Adonijah 
Ihy  bidtlier  to  wife. 

1!-  .And  king  Solomon  answered 
anil  s:iid  unto  his  mother.  An. I  why 
dost  lliou  iisk  Abishag  the  Shuiiam- 
mite  for  Adonijah?  ask  for  him  the 
kingdom  also;  for  he  is  mine  elder 
brother ;  even  lor  liiin,  and  for 
li  Abiathar  the  priest,  and  for  Joub 
the  son  of  Zcruiah. 

2."  Then  king  Solomon  sware  by 
the  l/Oiin,  saying,  i  God  do  so  to  me, 
and  more  also,  if  Adonijah  have  not 
spoken  tills  word  against  his  own 
life. 

-'1  Now  therefore,  OS  the  LiiKi)  liv- 
308 


eth,  which  hath  established  me,  and 
set  me  on  the  throne  of  David  my 
father,  and  who  hath  made  me  a 
house,  as  he  k  promised,  Adonijah 
shall  be  put  to  death  this  day. 

25  And  king  Solomon  sent  by  the 
hand  of  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoia- 
da  :  and  he  fell  upon  him  that  he 
died, 

20  TT  And  unto  Abiathar  the  priest 
said  the  king,  CJet  thee  to  I  Anathoth, 
unto  thine  own  fields;  for  thou  «r? 
1  worthy  of  death:  but  I  will  not  at 
this  time  put  tlice  to  death,  •"  becau.se 
thou  barest  the  ark  of  the  lyord  Goii 
before  David  my  father,  and  because 
"thou  hast  been  afflicted  in  all 
wherein  my  father  w.as  afflicted. 

27  So  Solomon  thrust  out  Abiathar 
from  being  priest  unto  the  I.,onD  ; 
that  he  might  "fulfil  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  which  he  spake  concern- 
ing the  house  of  Eli  in  Shiloh. 

2S  H  Then  tidings  came  to  Joab  : 
for  Joab  ^  had  turned  after  Adonijah, 
though  ho  turned  not  after  Absalom. 
And  Joab  fled  unto  the  tabernacle 
fif  the  Lord,  and  icaught  hold  on 
the  horns  of  tlie  altar. 

2!)  .\nd  it  was  told  king  Solomon 
that  Joab  was  fled  unto  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  lyOKD  :  and,  behold, 
he  is  by  the  altar.  Then  Solomon 
sent  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada, 
saving.  Go,  fall  upon  him. 

30  And  Benaiah  came  to  the  taber- 
nacle of  the  Loud,  and  said  unto 
him.  Thus  saith  the  king.  Come 
forth.  And  he  said,  Nav  ;  but  I 
will  die  here.  And  Benaiah  brought 
tlic  king  word  again,  saying.  Thus 
said  Joab,  and  thus  he  answered  me. 

.'il  And  the  king  said  unto  him, 
■■Do  as  he  hath  said,  and  fall  upon 
him,  and  bury  him;  'that  thou 
niayest  take  away  the  innocent 
blood,  which  Joab  .shed,  from  me, 
and  from  tlie  house  of  niv  father. 

.1-'  And  tlie  L<ii;i>  '  shail  return  his 
blood  uptm  his  own  head,  who  fell 
upon  two  men  more  righteous  "and 
better  than  he,  and  slew  them  with 
the  sword,  my  father  David  not 
knowing  l/icrc'ol\  lo  till,  '  Ahner  the 
son  of  Ner,  captain  of  tlie  host  of  Is- 
rael, and  >  Aniiisa  the  son  of  Jethcr, 
captain  of  the  host  of  Jiidali. 

;«  Their  blood  shall  therefore  re- 
turn lipiiii  the  luail  of  Joab,  and' up- 
on the  head  of  his  siiil  for  ever: 
"but  upim  David,  and  upon  his 
seed,  and  upon  his  house,  and  upon 
his  Undue,  shall  there  bo  peace  for 
ever  from  the  Loud. 

m  So  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada 
went  up,  and  fell  upon  him,  ami 
slew  him:  and  he  was  buried  in  his 
own  house  in  the  wilderness. 

;i5  H  And  the  king  jiut  Benaiah 
the  son  of  Jehoi;ula  in  his  room 
over  tlie  host  :  and  >'  Zailok  the 
priest  did  the  king  put  in  the  room 
of  Abiathar. 


Shimei  is  confined  to  Jcrusalon.       I.  KINGS. 


Solomon  sacrificeth  at  Gibeon. 


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f  L.T.  20.  9. 
Jcuh.  '£.  19. 
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1014. 

«ch.7.8.4  9. 
21. 

La  Sam.  5.  7. 

cch.  7.  1. 

a  cb.  e. 

oG  H  And  the  kiiiR  sent  and  call- 
ed for  il  Sliiniei,  and  said  unto  him. 
Build  thee  a  house  in  Jerusalem, 
and  dwell  there,  and  go  not  lorlh 
thence  any  whither. 

tiT  For  it  shall  be,  tttat  on  the  day 
thou  goest  out,  and  passest  over  ^  the 
brook  Kidron,  thou  shall  know  for 
certain  that  thou  shalt  surely  die  : 
f  thy  blood  shall  be  upon  thine  own 
head. 

'■is  And  Shimci  said  unto  the  kins. 
The  saying  !s  good:  as  my  lord  the 
king  hath  said,  so  will  tliv  servant 
do.  And  Sliitnci  dwelt  in  Jerusalem 
many  days. 

ay  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  three  years,  that  two  of  the  serv- 
ants of  Shiniei  ran  away  unto 
s  Achish  son  of  Maachali  king  of 
Gath.  And  they  told  Shimei,  sav- 
ing, Behold,  thy  servants  be  in  Gatn. 

40  And  Shimci  arose,  and  sad- 
dled his  ass,  and  went  to  Gath  to 
Aclii^h  to  seek  his  servants  :  and 
Shiimi  went,  and  brought  his  serv- 
ants from  (iath. 

41  And  it  was  tola  Solomon  that 
Shiniei  had  gone  from  Jerusalem 
to  Gath,  and  was  come  again. 

42  And  the  king  sent  and  called 
for  Shiniei,  and  said  unto  him.  Did 
I  not  make  thee  to  swear  by  the 
I.OUDj  and  protested  unto  tjhee,  say- 
ing, Know  lor  a  certain,  on  the  day 
tliou  goest  out,  and  walkest  abroa<l 
any  whitlior,  that  thou  shalt  surely 
die?  and  thou  saidst  unto  me.  The 
word  l/iat  1  have  heard  is  good. 

4'!  Why  then  hast  thou  not  kept 
the  oath  of  the  l.ouD,  and  the  com- 
mandment that  1  have  charged  thee 
with? 

44  The  king  said  moreover  to  Shim- 
ei, Thou  knowest  iiall  the  wicked- 
ness which  thine  heart  is  privy  to, 
that  thou  didst  to  David  my  father; 
therefore  the  I.okd  shall  "return  thy 
wickedness  upon  thine  own  head: 

4d  And  king  Solomon  sfutU  lie 
blessed,  and  >■  the  throne  of  David 
shall  be  established  before  the  Loiiu 
for  ever. 

4(i  So  the  king  commanded  Bc- 
naiali  the  son  of  Jehoiada  ;  which 
went  out,  and  fell  upon  him,  that 
he  died.  And  the  I  kingdom  "was 
established  in  the  hand  of  Solomon. 


house  of  the  Lord,  and  'the  wall 
of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

2  I  Only  the  people  sacrificed  in 
high  places,  because  there  ^^■a8  no 
house  built  unto  the  name  of  the 
l.oiil),  until  those  days. 

;!  Aiul  Solomon  Bjoved  the  Lord, 
li  walking  in  the  statutes  of  David 
his  father:  only  he  sacrificed  and 
burnt  incense  in  high  places. 

4  And  ithc  king  went  to  Gibeon 
to  sacrifice  there  ^k  for  that  was  the 
great  high  place:  a  thousand  burnt 
offerings  did  Solomon  otter  upon 
that  altar. 

5  IT  I  In  Gibeon  the  Lord  appeared 
to  Solomon  "'  in  a  dream  by  night; 
and  God  said,  Ask  what  I  shall  give 
thee. 

0  "And  Solomon  said.  Thou  hast 
shewed  unto  thy  servant  David  my 
father  great  ||  mercy,  according  as 
he  "walked  before  thee  in  truth, 
and  in  righteousness,  and  in  up- 
rightness of  heart  with  thee  ;  and 
thou  hast  kept  for  him  this  great 
kindness,  that  thou  P  hast  given  him 
a  son  to  sit  on  his  throne,  as  it  is 
this  day. 

7  And  now,  O  Lord  my  God, 
thou  hast  made  thy  servant  king 
instead  of  David  my  father:   'land 

I  am  but  a  little  child:  I  know  not 
Jiow  ^to  go  out  or  come  in. 

«  And  thy  servant  is  in  the  midst 
of  thy  people  which  thou  'hast  cho- 
sen, a.  great  people,  'that  cannot  be 

II  umbered  nor  counted  for  multi- 
tude. 

II  "Give  therefore  thy  servant  an 
t  understanding  heart  "  to  judge  thy 
people,  that  I  may  J  discern  between 
good  and  bad  :  tor  w  ho  is  able  to 
judge  this  tliy  so  great  a  people? 
10  And  the  speech  pleased  the  Lord, 
that  Soloinon  had  asked  this  thing. 

I  11  And  God  said  unto  him.  Be- 
cause thou  hast  asked  this  thing,  and 
hast  '  not  asked  fur  thy  self  1  long  life; 
neither  hast  asked  riches  for  thyself, 

inorhast  asked  the  life  of  thine  ene- 


CIIAPTER  IIL 

1  Solomon  marrUth  l'tit<raoh'»  daughter. 
2  Uiyli  placea  hting  in  use,  Solomon 
merificetit  at  Gibeon.  5  Solomon  at 
Gibeon,  in  the  choice  which  God  gave 
him,  preferring  wiedovi,  obtaincth  wia- 
dom,  richeg,  and  honour.  16  Solomon's 
judgment  between  the  two  harlots  mak- 
eth  him  renowned. 

AND  "Solomon  made  affinity 
with  I*haraoh  king  of  Eg^'pt, 
and  took  Pharaoh's  daughter,  and 
brought  her  into  the  bcity  of  Da- 
vid, until  he  had  made  an  end  of 
building  his  "^own  house,  and  J  the 


mies;  but  hast  asked  for  tliyself  un- 
Iderstanding  j  to  discern  judgment; 

12  *  Behold,  I  have  done  accord- 
'ing  to  thy  word  :  lilo,  I  have  given 

thee  a  wise  and  an  understanding 
heart ;  so  that  there  was  none  like 
I  thee  before  thee,  neither  after  thee 
shall  any  arise  like  unto  thee. 

13  And  I  have  also  *" given  thee 
that  which  thou  hast  not  asked, 
both  il  riches,  and  honour  :  so  that 
there  II  shall  not  be  any  among  the 

I  kings  like  unto  thee  all  thy  days. 

14  And  if  thou  wilt  walk  in  my 
ways,  to  keep  my  statutes  and  my 
commandments,  "as  thy  fiither  Da- 
vid did  walk,  then  I  will  f  lengthen 
thy  days. 

1.1  And  Solomon  Eawokc;  and, 
behold,  it  lens  a  dream.  And  he 
came  to  Jerusalem,  and  stood  be- 
fore the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 


Solomon  renowned  for  judfjment.       I.  KINGS. 


His  chief  officers  of  state. 


Leforo 
CHRIST 

1U14. 


1.  43,  30. 
It.  13. 

;ii.  20. 


Loiii),  and  oH'orcd  up  burnt  oll'i>r- 
in;[rs,  and  otFcrcd  peace  ofFerinjjs,  an<l 
li  made  a  feast  to  all  hia  servants. 

](j  IT  Then  came  there  two  women, 
that  were  harlots,  unto  the  kin;;,  and 
"  stood  before  liim. 

1"  And  the  one  woman  said,  O  my 
lord,  I  and  this  woman  dwell  in  one 
house;  and  I  was  delivered  of  a  child 
with  her  in  the  house. 

18  And  it  came  to  pass  the  third 
day  after  that  I  was  delivered,  that 
ti\i3  woman  was  delivered  also:  and 
we  n:<'rc  tojjether ;  t/tcre  was  no 
.stranger  with  us  in  the  house,  save 
we  two  in  the  house. 

ID  And  this  woman's  child  died  in 
the  nijxht;  because  she  overlaid  it. 

20  And  she  arose  at  nii(lnii;lit,  and 
took  my  son  fi-on>  beside  me,  wliilc 
thine  handmaid  slept,  and  laid  it  in 
her  bosom,  and  laid  her  dead  child 
in  my  bosom. 

21  And  when  I  rose  in  the  morn- 
ing to  give  my  child  suck,  behold,  it 
was  dead  :  but  when  1  had  con- 
sidered it  in  the  morning,  belutld,  it 
was  not  my  son,  whieli  1  did  bear. 

22  And  thi!  other  woman  said. 
Nay;  but  the  living  is  my  son,  and 
the"  dead  i.<  thy  son.  And  this  said. 
No  i  but  the  "dead  is  thy  son,  and 
the  living  is  my  son.  Thus  they 
spake  before  the  kin^. 

2'!  Then  said  the  kinp:.  The  one 
saith,  This  is  mv  son  that  liveth, 
and  thy  son  is  tlie  de.ad  :  and  the 
other  saith,  Nav;  liut  thy  son  is  the 
dead,  anil  my  son  /.<  the  living. 

24  And  the  kin^  said,  Rring  me  a 
sword.  And  they  brouglit  a  sword 
before  the  king. 

2.5  And  the  king  said,  Divide  the 
living  child  in  two,  and  give  half  to 
the  one,  and  half  to  the  other. 

2G  Then  spake  the  woman  whose 
the  living  child  v^fts  unbi  the  king, 
for  k  her  bowels  t  yearned  upon  her 
son,  and  she  said^  O  my  lord,  give 
her  tlic  living  child,  anil  in  no  wise 
slay  it.  Bnt  the  otlier  said,  I^et  it 
be  neither  mine  nor  thine,  but  di- 
vide it. 

27  Then  the  kin:;  answered  and 
said.  Give  her  the  living  child,  and 
in  no  wise  slay  it:  she  i.*  the  mother 
thereof. 

2iS  And  nil  Israel  heard  of  the  iudg- 
ment  wliieh  the  king  had  judged  ; 
and  they  f.Mired  tlio  king  :  for  they 
saw  that  the  I  wisiloni  of  Godu'ttsf  i" 
him  to  do  judgment. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

I  Sutomon'i  princet.  1  Hit  twelve  offlccrt 
fur  proviaion.  20,  S4  The  j>,!iice  ami 
larifitietumf  Iii»  kinqdam.  ^i  llin  daily 
provision.  20  Hit  ttaUca.  29  Ilia  wia- 
dnm. 

SO  kin"  Solomon  was  Wn^,  over  all 
Israel. 
2  And  thesfi  "iri^rc  the  princes  whieli 
he  had;   A/ariah  tlic  son  of  Zadok 

II  tlic  priest, 

»10 


.1   J'^liborcph  and   Ahiah,   the  f^ 
of   Shisha,   II  scribes;    ■' Jehoshaphat 
the  sou  of  Ahilud,  the  \\  recorder. 

4  And  1*  Benaiah  the  son  of  Je- 
hoiada  was  over  the  host :  and  Za- 
dok and  ''Abiathar  werr  the  priests: 

5  And  Azariah  the  son  of  Nathan 
ii^ds  over  fl  the  oHicers  :  and  Zubiid 
the  Sim  of  Nathan  was  ''principal 
otiicer,  and  f  the  king's  friend: 

(>  And  Ahishar  ■ivas  over  the  liouse- 
hold:  and  KAdoniram  the  son  of  Ab- 
da  was  over  the  II  tribute. 

7  IT  And  Solomon  had  twelve  offi- 
cers over  all  Israel,  which  provided 
victuals  for  the  king  ami  his  house- 
hold: each  man  hia  mouth  in  a  year 
made  provision. 

8  And  these  are  their  names:  ||  The 
son  of  llur,  in  mount  Ephraim: 

'J  II  The  son  of  Dikar,  in  Makaz, 
and  in  Shaalbim,anrl  Beth-shemesh, 
and  Elon-beth-hanan : 

It)  II  The  son  of  Ilesed,  in  Aru- 
both;  to  him  pertained  Sochoh,  and 
all  the  land  of  Ilephcr: 

11  II  The  son  of  Abinadab,  in  all  the 
region  of  Dor;  which  had  Taphath 
the  daughter  of  Solomon  to  wife: 

12  Baana  the  son  of  Ahilud;  to  him 
pertained  Taanach  and  Megiddo, 
and  all  Beth-shean,  which  if  by  Zar- 
tanah  beneath  Jezreel,  from  Beth- 
shean  to  Abel-meholah,  even  unto 
the  )>lace  that  is  bevifnd  jokneam; 

13  II  The  son  of  tJebcr,  in  Ramoth- 
gilead;  to  him  2)ertained  ^^ihti  towns 
of  Jair  the  son  of  Manasseh,  which 
are  in  Gilcad;  to  him  also  pertaimil 
i  the  region  of  Argob,  which  />•  in 
Bashan,  threescore  great  cities  with 
w.alls  and  brazen  bars: 

14  Abinadab  the  son  of  Iddo  had 
\\  Miihanaim: 

15  Ahimaaz  ((•o.t  in  Naplit.ali;  lie 
also  took  Basmath  the  daughter  of 
Solomon  to  wife: 

Hi  Eaanah  the  son  of  Ilushai  ico.?  in 
Aslier  and  in  Aloth : 

17  .lehosliaphat  the  son  of  Paruali, 
in  Issaehar: 

18  Shimci  the  son  of  Elah,  in  Ben- 
jamin: 

111  (Jeber  the  son  of  Ilri  teas  in  the 
country  of  (Jilead,  in  ^  the  coiintr\' 
of  Sihiin  king  of  the  Amorites,  anil 
of  Og  king  (if  Bashan;  and  hr  was 
the  only  officer  which  was  in  the 
land. 

2()  UJndah  and  Israel  were  many, 
las  the  sand  which  «  by  the  sea  in 
multitude,  '"eating  and  drinking, 
and  making  merrv. 

21  And  "Sol.iiniin  reigned  over  nil 
kingili'iiiM  fiiim  "the  river  unto  the 
land  of  the  Philistines,  and  unto  the 
border  of  Egypt:  I' they  brought 
presents,  and  served  Solomon  all  the 
days  of  his  life. 

22TI  And  Solomon's  t  provision  for 
one  ilay  was  thirty  }  nieiisures  of 
line  Umir,  and  threescore  measures 
of  meal, 


Solo7non's  greatness  and  wisdom.      I.  KINGS.      Iliram  giveth  timber  to 


Beforo 

CHRIST 

lull. 


Solomwi. 


i)P4.  T2. 11. 
»1  Chr.  22,  0. 


Zech.  J.  10. 
u  JuJg.  lid.  I, 
I  ch.  111.  25. 


J1|9.  2J. 


I  Or,  »,.,/„. 
or.  .,.../( 

t.,U,'s,  14, 
Mk-,  1.  U. 

.  cli,  3,  la. 


).  title, 
Cl.r,  2, 
i,  SI,  di 


2.".  Ten  fat  oxen,  and  twenty  oxen 
ont  of  the  pii.stiire.':,  and  a  hundred 
slieep.  besido.s  hartf.,  and  roeluieks, 
and  filloH-  deer,  and  fatted  tiiwl. 
;.'l  Fur  lie  liad  dominion  over  all  the 
n'l/ion  on  this  side  the  river,  fiom 
Ti|)lisali  even  to  Azzali,  over  'I all 
tliu  kin^s  on  this  Bide  the  river:  and 
nie  had  peace  on  all  sides  round 
aliont  him. 

L'i  And  Juduh  and  Israel  'dwelt 
fsafelj-,  'every  man  imder  his  vine 
and  under  his  «■;  tree,  "from  Dan 
even  to  Beer-sheba,  all  the  days  of 
Solomon. 

'M  TT  And  "  Solomon  had  forty  thou- 
sand stalls  of  >horses  for  his  chariots, 
and  twelve  thousand  horsemen. 
27  And  ^ those  officers  provided 
ictnals  for  kinj?  Solomon,  and  for 
II  that  came  unto  kin";  Solomon's 
table,  every  man  in  his  month:  they 
lacked  iiothin;;. 

2H  Barley  also  and  straw  for  the 
horses  and  ||  dromedaries  brought 
they  unto  the  i)lace where  the  o/AWj-.s 
were,   every  man  according  to  Ids 


29  IT  And  "  God  Rave  Solomon  wis- 
dom and  understanding  exceeding 
much,  and  largeness  of  heart,  even 
as  the  sand  that  /,<  on  the  sea  shore. 
:ill  And  Solomon's  wisdom  excelled 
the  wisdom  of  all  the  children  I'of 
the  ca.st  country,  and  all  'the  wis- 
dom of  Kgypt. 

.'11  For  he  was  d  wiser  than  all  men; 
■"than  Ethan  th<'  Ezrahite,  faiid  He- 
man,  anil  Chideol.  and  Darda,  the 
sons  of  .Mahol:  and  his  fame  was  in 
all  natiiins  round  about. 

And  'he  spake  three  thous.and 
proverbs:  and  his  Usougs  were  a 
thousand  and  live, 
■'i'i  And  he  spake  of  trees,  from  the 
cedar  ti-ee  that  w  in  Eebanon  even 
unto  the  hys.Bop  that  springeth  out 
of  the  wall :  he  spake  also  of  beasts, 
and  of  fowl,  and  of  creeping  things, 
and  of  fishes. 

:U  And  ithere  came  of  all  people  to 
hear  the  wisdom  of  Solomon,  from 
all  kinf^s  of  the  earth,  which  had 
heard  of  his  wisdom. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  nil-am,  tending  to  cmgratulnte  Solo- 
mon, ia  certified  of  his  purpose  to  build 
tlte  tfinplc,  and  detircd  to  furniek  liim 
with  timber  thereto.  7  Iliram,  btea&ing 
Ood  for  Solomon,  and  rcgucsiittg  food 
for  hia  family,  fitrniahcth  him  with 
treet.  13  Tl,e  number  of  Solomon's 
workmen  and  labourers. 

\Nn  "Iliram  king  of  Tyre  sent 
his  servants  unto  Soloiiion;  for 
he  had  beard  that  they  bad  anointed 
blinking  in  the  rooii'i  of  his  father: 
lifor  Iliram  was  ever  a  lover  of  Da- 
vid. 

And  "  Solomon    sent  to  Iliram, 
say  Ml", 

3  Tbon  knowest  how  that  David 
my  father  could  not  build  a  house 


unto  the  name  of  the  I.oun  bis  God, 
'1  for  the  wars  which  were  about  bim 
on  every  side,  until  the  I^ijkd  put 
them  under  tlic  soles  of  hia  feet. 
4  But  now  the  IjOUd  my  God  hath 
given  nio  "rest  on  every  side,  so  thiit 
there  is  neitlier  adversary  nor  evil 
occurrent. 

.1  f  And,  behold,  1 1  purpose  to  build 
a  house  nnto  the  name  of  the  LoKii 
my  God,  tas  the  Eokd  spake  unto 
IXivid  my  father,  saying.  Thy  son, 
whom  I  will  set  upon  thy  throne  in 
thy  room,  be  shall  build  a  house  un- 
to my  name. 

IJ  fiow  therefore  command  thou 
that  they  hew  nie  h  cedar  trees  out 
of  Lebanon;  and  my  servants  shall 
be  with  thv  servants:  and  unto  thee 
will  I  give  hire  for  thy  servants  ac- 
cording to  all  that  thou  shalt  i  ap- 
point: flir  thou  knowest  that  tlieie  is 
not  among  us  any  that  can  skill  to 
hew  timber  like  unto  the  Sidonians. 
!"  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Hiram  heard  the  words  of  Solomon, 
that  he  rejoiced  greatly,  and  said, 
HIessid  he  tlie  Liirii  this  d:iy,  which 
hath  given  unto  David  a  wise  sou 
over  tills  great  people. 
8  And  Hiram  sent  to  Solomon,  say- 
ing, I  have  t  considered  the  things 
which  thou  sentest  to  mc  for:  anil  I 
\yill  do  all  thy  desire  concerning 
timber  of  cedar,  and  concerning  tim- 
ber of  fi  r. 

H  My  servants  shall  bring  them  down 
from  Lebanon  unto  the  sea;  iand  I 
will  convey  them  by  sea  in  floats 
unto  the  place  that  thou  shalt  f  ap- 
point me,  and  will  cause  them  to  be 
discharged  there,  and  thou  shalt  re- 
ceive Iheiji:  and  thou  shalt  accom- 
plish my  desire,  kiu  giving  fooil  for 
my  household. 

10  So  Hiram  gave  Solomon  cedar 
trees  and  fir  trees  accort/iny  tu  all  his 
desire. 

11  'And  Solomon  gave  Iliram 
twenty  thousand  f  measures  of  wheat 
fur  food  to  bis  household,  and  twen- 
ty measures  of  pure  oil:  thus  gave 
Solomon  to  llii-aiji  year  by  year. 

12  And  tlie  l.ni:ii  gave  'Solomon 
wisdom, '"as  he  promibcdbim:  and 
there  w:i3  peace  between  Hiram  and 
Solomon ;  and  they  two  made  a 
league  together. 

1.'!  T  And  king  Solomon  raised  a 
t  levy  out  of  all  Israel;  and  the  levy 
W'as  thirty  thousand  men. 

It  Anil  be  sent  thein  to  Lebanon, 
ten  thousand  a  month  by  courses:  a 
month  they  were  in  Lebanon,  anil 
two  months  at  home:  and  "  Adoni- 
ram  was  over  the  levy. 

].">  "And  .Solomon  "bad  threescore 
and  ten  thousand  that  bare  burdens, 
ind  finirscore  thousand    bewera  in 

he  mountains; 

I(i  Besides  the  chief  of  Solomon's 
officers  which  nvre  over  the  work, 
three  thousand  and  three  hundred, 
311 


Before 

C  H  U  1  S  T 

11114. 

<1 1  Chr,  22. 8. 

iSi.  a. 

oc)i,4,  24, 
1  Chr.  22,9. 

f2  Chr.  2.  4. 
t  neli.  Jay. 
6  2  Sam,  7, 13. 

leiir.  17.12. 

Ic22.  10. 


2  Cl.r.  2.  la 


The  building  and 


I.  KINGS. 


ornaments  of  the  temple. 


whiuli  ruled  over  the  people  that 
wroujiht  in  the  work. 

17  Anil  the  king  commanded,  nnd 
they  bi-ou^ht  great  stones,  costly 
stones,  and  I'liewed  stones,  to  lay 
the  foundation  of  the  house. 

18  And  Solomon's  builders  and 
Hiram's  builders  did  Iiew  them,  and 
tlic  II  stonesquarcrs:  so  tliey  prei)ared 
timber  and  stones  to  build  the  house. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1  Tlie  luUding  of  Salomon's  temple.  5 
r/w  cliambera  thereof.  11  Corf's  prom- 
ise unto  it.  15  Tfie  ceiling  and  adorn- 
ing of  it.  23  TUe  cherubim.  31  The  doors. 
35  The  court.  37  The  time  of  bu'ddinsj  it. 

AND  "it  came  to  pass  in  the  four 
hundred  and  cij,'htieth  year  alt- 
er the  children  of  Israel  were  come 
out  of  tho  land  of  Egypt,  in  the 
lourth  year  of  Solomon's  reign  over 
Israel,  in  tho  month  Zif,  which  is 
the  second  month,  tliat  I'hc  t  began 
to  build  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

2  And  '^the  house  which  king  Solo- 
mon built  for  the  Loud,  the  length 
thereof  was  threescore  cubits,  and 
the  breadth  thereof  twenty  cubits, 
and  the  height  thereof  thirty  cubits. 

.'J  And  the  jjorch  before  the  temple 
of  the  house,  twenty  cubits  was  the 
length  thereof,  according  to  the 
breadth  of  the  house;  and  ten  cubits 
"■(IS  the  breadth  thereof  before  the 
house. 

•1  And  for  the  house  he  made 
'1 II  wintlows  of  narrow  lights. 

S  TT  And  ||  against  the  wall  of  tho 
house  he  built  *^f  chambers  round 
about,  against  the  walls  of  the  house 
round  about,  bol/i  of  the  tenii)le 
fand  of  the  oracle  :  and  ho  made 
t  chambers  round  about. 

C  The  nethermost  chamber  tvas  five 
cubits  broad,  and  the  middle  was  six 
cubits  broad,  and  the  third  ii'os  sev- 
en cubits  broad:  for  without  in  the 
toallot  the  house  he  made  t  narrow- 
ed rests  round  about,  that  the  beams 
should  not  be  fastened  iu  the  walls 
of  the  house. 

7  And  Bthe  house,  when  it  was  in 
building,  was  built  of  stone  made 
ready  before  it  was  brought  thither: 
so  that  there  was  neither  hammer 
nor  a.xe  iiur  any  tool  of  iron  heard  in 
the  house,  while  it  was  in  building. 

,S  The  door  for  the  middle  chamber 
was  in  the  right  t  side  of  the  house: 
and  they  went  up  with  winding  stairs 
into  the  middle  chamber,  and  out  of 
the  middle  into  the  third. 

'J  li  So  ho  built  the  house,  and  fin- 
ished it;  and  covered  the  house  I|  with 
beams  and  boards  of  cedar. 

lU  And  then  he  built  chambers 
against  all  the  house,  five  cubits 
high:  and  they  rested  on  the  house 
with  timber  of  cedar. 

11  TT  And  the  word  of  tho  Lord 
came  to  Solomon,  saying, 

12  Concerniny  this  house  which 
thou  art  in  building,  iif  thou  wilt 

312 


walk  in  my  statutes,  and  execute  my 
judgments,  and  keep  all  my  com- 
mandments to  walk  in  them;  then 
will  I  perlbrm  my  word  with  thee, 
k  which  1  epake  unto  David  thy  la- 
ther: 

13  And  '  I  will  dwell  among  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  will  not ""  for- 
sake my  people  Israel. 

14  "  So  Solomon  built  the  house, 
and  finished  it. 

15  And  he  built  the  walls  of  the 
house  within  with  boards  of  cedar, 
II  both  the  floor  of  the  house,  and  the 
walls  of  the  ceiling:  anil  he  covered 
thcni  on  the  inside  with  wood,  and 
covered  tho  floor  of  the  house  with 
planks  of  fir. 

10  And  he  built  twenty  cubits  on 
the  sides  of  the  house,  both  the  floor 
and  the  walls  with  boards  of  cedar: 
he  even  built  them  for  it  within,  eren 
forthe  oracle, C't't;i  forthe  "mostholy 
place. 

ir  And  the  house,  that  is,  the  tem- 
ple beflire  it,  was  forty  cubits  lont/. 

is  And  the  cedar  of  the  house  with- 
in u-as  carved  with  ||  knops  and 
t  open  flowers:  all  icas  cedar;  there 
was  no  stone  seen. 

I'j  And  the  oracle  he  prepared  in 
the  house  within,  to  set  there  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  liOitD. 

20  And  the  oracle  in  the  forepart 
i(>a5  twenty  cubits  in  length,  and 
twenty  cubits  in  breadth,  and  twen- 
ty cubits  in  the  height  thereof:  and 
he  overlaid  it  with  t  pure  gold;  and 
so  covered  the  altar  ichich  icas  u/ 
cedar. 

L'l  So  Solomon  overlaid  the  house 
within  with  i)ure  gold:  anil  he  made 
a  partition  by  the  chains  of  gold  be- 
fore the  oracle ;  and  he  overlaid  it 
with  gold. 

22  And  the  whole  house  he  overlaid 
with  gold,  until  he  had  finished  all 
tho  house:  also  I'tlie  whole  altar  that 
was  by  tho  Oracle  he  overlaid  with 
gold. 

23  U  And  within  the  oracle  ihe 
made  two  cherubiui  o/'||  f  olive  tree, 
each  ten  cubits  high. 

24  And  five  cubits  was  the  one  wing 
of  the  cherub,  and  five  cubits  the 
other  wing  of  the  ehenib:  from  the 
uttemuist  iiart  of  the  line  wing  unto 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  other  iccre 
ten  cubits. 

25  And  tho  other  cherub  was  ten 
cubits:  both  the  cherubim  iiere  of 
one  measiM'c  and  one  size. 

2(>  The  height  of  tho  one  cherub 
was  ten  cubits,  and  so  was  il  of  the 
otiier  cherub. 

2"  And  he  set  tho  cherubim  within 
the  inner  house:  and  'l\  tlu-v  stieteh- 
cd  forth  the  wings  of  the  clieruhini, 
so  that  the  wing  of  tlio  one  t.iuc'liod 
the  <i«r'  wall,  iumI  Ihe  wing  of  the 
ollu-r  cluTul)  tnuchf.l  the  otiier  wall; 
and  their  wines  touched  one  another 
iu  the  midst  of  the  house. 


The  doors  of  the  oracle. 


I.  KINGS. 


Solomon's  other  btnlcUngs. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1(X)5. 


1005. 
1  Com  para 


1005 
t!llg02. 
>  eh.  9.  10. 
9  Ctr.  8.  1. 


28  And  he  overlaid  the  cherubim 
with  gold. 

29  And  he  cirred  all  the  wall.s  of 
the  house  round  about  with  carved 
figures  of  cherubim  and  palm  trees 
and  topen  Huwcrs,  within  and  with- 
out. 

ao  And  the  floor  of  the  liouse  he 
overlaid  with  gold,  within  and  with- 
out. 

31  TT  And  for  the  entering  of  the  or- 
acle he  made  doors  o/' olive  tree:  the 
lintel  aiul  side  posts  were  ||  a  fifth 
part  of  the  icaU. 

32  The  II  two  doors  also  iccre  o/"  olive 
tree;  and  he  carved  upon  them  carv- 
ings of  cherubim  and  palm  trees  and 
topen  flowers,  and  overlaid  them 
with  gold,  and  spread  gold  upon  the 
cherubim,  and  upon  the  palm  trues. 

33  So  also  !iiade  he  for  tl\e  door  of 
tlie  temple  posts  of  olive  tree,  ||  a 
fourtli  part  ofllie  wall. 

34  And  the  two  doors  were  of  fir 
tree:  the  'two  leaves  of  the  one  door 
luerc  folding,  and  the  two  leaves  of 
the  other  door  were  folding. 

35  And  he  carved  thereon  cherubim 
and  palm  trees  and  open  flowers  : 
and  covered  them  with  gold  fitted 
upon  the  carved  work. 

36  If  And  he  built  the  inner  court 
with  three  rows  of  hewed  stone,  aud 
a  row  of  cedar  beams. 

37  IT  'In  the  fourth  year  was  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  the  I.<ui£D 
laid,  in  the  month  Zif : 

3S  And  in  the  eleventh  year,  in  the 
month  Bui,  which  is  tlie  eighth 
month,  was  the  house  finished 
II  throughout  all  the  parts  tliereof, 
and  according  to  all  the  liishion  of 
it.  So  was  ho  "  seven  years  in  build- 
ing it. 

CHAPTER  VII. 
1  The  building  of  Solomon's  house.  2  Of 
the  house  of  Lebanon.  0  Of  the  porch  of 
jMlars.  1  Of  the  porch  of  judgment.  S 
Of  the  house  for  I'liaraoh's  daughter.  13 
Hiram's  work  of  the  two  pillars.  2i  Of 
the  molten  sea.  iT  Of  the  ten  bases.  38 
Of  the  ten  lavers,  40  and  all  the  vessels. 

BUT    Solomon  was  building   his 
own  liousc  ^thirteen  years,  and 
he  finished  all  his  house. 

2  IT  He  built  also  the  house  of  the 
forest  of  Lebanon;  tlie  length  there- 
of was  a  hundred  cubits,  and  the 
breadth  thereof  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
height  thereof  thirty  cubits,  upon 
four  rows  of  cedar  pillars,  with  cedar 
beams  upon  the  pillars. 

3  And  it  uas  covered  with  cedar 
above  upon  the  t  beams,  that  lay  on 
forty  five  pillars,  fifteen  in  a  row. 

4  And  there  were  windows  in  three 
rows,  and  f  light  was  against  light  in 
three  ranks. 

5  And  all  the  ||  doors  and  posts  jcpre 
square,  with  the  windows:  and  light 
was  against  light  in  three  ranks. 

*!  IF  And  he  made  a  iiorch  of  pillars; 
the  length  thereof  xvas  fifty  cubits. 


and  the  breadth  thereof  thirty  cubits : 
and  the  porch  was  |l  before  them  : 
and  the  other  pillars  and  the  thick 
beam  were  ||  before  them. 

7  Tf  Then  he  made  a  porch  for  the 
throne  where  he  might  j'id"c,  ercn 
the  porch  of  judgment:  and  it  was 
covered  with  cedar  t  from  one  Bide 
of  the  floor  to  the  other. 

8  IT  And  his  house  where  he  dwelt 
had  another  court  within  the  porch, 
which  was  of  the  like  work.  Solo- 
mon made  also  a  house  for  Pharaoh's 
daughter,  ijwhom  he  had  taken  to 
wife,  like  unto  tliis  porch. 

U  All  these  were  of  costly  stone.'?, 
according  to  the  measures  of  hewed 
stones,  sawed  with  saws,  within  and 
witliout,  even  from  the  foundation 
unto  the  coping,  and  so  oi\  the  out- 
side toward  the  great  court. 

10  And  the  foundation  ««s <)/■  costly 
stones,  ereii  great  stones,  stones  of 
ten  cubits,  and  stones  of  eight  cubits. 

11  And  above  were  costly  stones, 
after  the  measures  of  hewed  stoues, 
and  cedars. 

12  And  the  great  court  round  about 
was  with  three  rows  of  liewcd  stones, 
and  a  row  of  cedar  beams,  both  for 
the  inner  court  of  tlie  house  of  the 
Loitu,  'and  ibr  the  porch  of  the 
house. 

13  IT  And  king  Solomon  sent  and 
fetched  il  Hiram  out  of  Tyre. 

14  ''He  icas  fa  widow's  son  of  the 
tribe  of  Naplitali,  and  fhis  father 
teas  a  man  of  Tyre,  a  worker  in 
brass:  and  She  was  filled  with  wis- 
dom, and  understanding,  and  cun- 
ning to  work  all  works  in  brass. 
And  he  came  to  king  Solomon,  and 
wrought  all  his  work. 

15  l'"or  he  feast  litwo  pillars  of  brass, 
of  eigliteen  cubits  high  apiece:  and 
a  line  of  twelve  cubits  did  compass 
either  of  them  about. 

16  And  he  made  two  chapiters  of 
molten  brass,  to  set  upon  the  tops 
of  the  pillars:  the  height  of  the  one 
chapiter  was  five  cubits,  and  the 
height  of  the  other  chapiter  uxis  five 
cubits: 

17  And  nets  of  checker  work,  and 
wreaths  of  chain  work,  for  the  chapi- 
ters which  we)-e  upon  the  top  of  the 
pillars;  seven  for  the  one  chapiter, 
and  seven  for  the  other  chapiter. 

18  And  he  made  the  pillars,  and 
two  rows  round  about  upon  the  one 
network,  to  cover  the  chapiters  that 
were  upon  the  top,  with  pomegran- 
ates :  and  so  did  he  for  the  other 
chapiter. 

19  And  the  chapiters  that  Here  upon 
the  top  of  the  pillars  u-ere  of  lily 
work  in  the  porch,  four  cubits. 

20  And  the  chapiters  upon  the  two 
pillars  had  pomegranates  also  above, 
over  against  the  belly  which  was  by 
the  network:  and  the  pomegranates 
were  itwo  hundred  in  rows  round 
about  upon  the  other  chapiter. 

313 


0/  the  molten  sea. 


Of  the  ten  lavers. 


'A  k  And  lie  eft  up  tlic  pillars  in 
Ulie  porch  of  tlif  tciiipio:  and  lie  sot 
up  tlio  risht   pillar,  and  called  the 

naiiii'  llu'i I'lMachin:    and  he  Bct 

np  thi'  Icll  jiillar,  and  called  the 
name  thereof  ||  j:..az. 

22  And  upon  the  toj)  of  the  pillars 
i('«s  lily  work:  so  was  the  work  of 
the  pillars  finished. 

•£\  II  And  he  nniile  "' a  molten  sea, 
ten  cuhits  fliom  the  ouo  Inim  to  the 
other:  it  u-(i.<  ronnd  ;ill  about,  aiul 
his  heiRht  tnni  five  enliits:  :uid  a  line 
of  thirty  euhits  did  compass  it  round 
ahout. 

24  And  under  the  hrim  of  it  ronnd 
about  there  uvri:  knops  compassing 
it,  ten  in  a  cnhit,  "  compassing  the 
sea  round  about ;  the  knops  tverc 
cast  in  two  rows,  when  it  was  cast. 

25  It  stood  upon  "twelve  oxen,  three 


looki 


l,i,>kin,-  to 


■d  the  north,  : 
d  the  west,  I 


their  hind 
2i;  And  it 
and  the  h 


till 


and 


■  parts 


a  haiulbreadth  tliiek, 
thereof  was  wrought 
brim  of  u  cup,  with  flowers 
it  contained  i' two  thousand 


of  li 

baths. 

27  II  And  lie  made  ten  bases  of  brass; 
four  cubits  irn.i  the  h'n;:tli  of  one 
base,  and  four  cubits  the  breadth 
thereof,  and  three  cubits  the  height 
of  it. 

2S  And  the  work  of  the  bases  »Yr.-Jon 
this  -iHnnncr:  thev  had  borders,  and 
the  borders  irrn-  between  the  ledges: 

2'.l  And  on  the  borders  that  mm  be- 


twi 


the   ledu 


Kin  the  ledges 
Ihrn:  mix  a  base  above:  and  beneath 
the  lions  and  oNiii  in  rf  certain  ad- 
ditions maile  of  thin  work. 

"(I  .\nd  every  b:ise  had  limr  brazen 
wheels,  and  phd.s  of  brass:  and  the 
four  corners  thereof  had  uuderset- 
tera:  under  the  laver  ici/-.'  underset- 
ters  molten,  at  the  side  of  every  ad- 
dition. 

."I  And  the  mouth  of  it  within  the 
eluipiter  and  above  iro,'!  a  cubit;  but 
the  mouth  thereof  ir<i.<  round  nl'ln- 
t!ic  work  of  the  base,  a  cubit  anil  a 
half:  and  also  upon  the  mouth  of  it 
inri'  gravings  with  their  borders, 
(bursiinarc,  not  round. 

.'U  And  under  the  borders  uvrc  four 
wheels  ;  and  the  axletrees  of  the 
wheels  »(■</■(■  f  jniiivil  to  the  b;i6C;  and 
the  bii;;ht  of  a  wheel  was  a  cubit 
and  halfaeuhit. 

.li  And  the  work  of  the  wheels  hvis 
like  the  work  of  a  chariot  wheel  ; 
their  avletrees,  and  (heir  naves,  and 
their  fi-lloes,  and  their  spokes,  iirir 
all  molten. 

;i4  .And  llivrc  irerc  four  undcrsottere 
to  tlio  lour  corners  of  one  base:  ami 
the  undersettcra  were  of  the  very! 
base  itself. 

314 


"'t  And  in  the  top  of  the  base  vii.i 
tlirrc  a  round  compassot  half  a  cubit 
high:  and  on  the  top  of  the  base  the 
ledges  therecd'  and  the  borders  there- 
of ?'■(■;■<'  of  the  same. 

3(1  I'or  on  the  iilates  of  the  ledges 


bordeis 
rubim,  lions,: 
iig  to  the  )|.i 
and   :idditioi 


eof. 


,dp:d 

portion 

rtmnd 


f,  and 
he  graved  chi 
trees,  accord 
of  every  one 
ahout. 

ST  After  this  mniincr  he  made  the 
ten  bases:  all  of  them  bad  one  east- 
ing, one  measure,  aiiti  one  size. 

as  IT  Then  ''  made  he  ten  lavers  of 
brass ;  one  laver  contained  forty 
baths;  and  every  laver  was  lour 
cubits:  and  upon  every  one  of  the 
ten  bases  one  laver. 

31)  And  he  put  live  bases  on  the 
right  1  side  of  the  house,  and  five  on 
the  left  side  of  the  house:  and  he  .let 
the  sea  (in  the  right  side  of  the  house 
eastwar<l,  over  against  the  south. 

■iUTI  And  t  Hiram  made  the  lavers, 
and  the  shovels,  and  the  basins.  So 
Hinini  nuule  an  end  ot doing  all  the 
work  that  he  maile  king  Solomon  for 
the  house  of  the  Ldltli: 

41  The  two  pillars,  and  the  tiro 
bowls  of  the  chapiters  that  irere  on 
the  top  of  the  two  pillars;  and  the 
two  'networks,  to  cover  the  two 
bowls  of  the  chapiters  which  were 
upon  the  top  of  the  pillars; 

42  And  four  hundred  pomegranates 
for  the  two  networks,  inn  two  rows 
of  poniegramdes  (iir  one  network,  to 
cover  tlie  two  bowls  of  the  chapiters 
that  »■,,,■  (upon  the  [lilhirs; 

4:!  Aiul  the  ten  bases,  and  ten  lavers 
on  the  Ir.ises; 

44  .\nd  one  sea,  and  twelve  oxen 
under  the  sea; 

4.">  '  Ami  the  pots,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  basins;  and  all  these  vessels, 
which  Hiram  made  to  king  Solomon 
for  the  house  of  the  ],<ii;ii,  were  oi' 
I  bright  brass. 

4il  Mu  the  plain  of  .Jordan  did  the 
king  cast  them,  fin  the  clav  ground 
betwei- n  "  Sneeoth  and  ^  Zartlian. 

47  Anil  Solomon  lelt  all  the  ves- 
sels Kinnii/lml.  I  because  they  were 
exeeeiling  nianv  :  neither  was  the 
weight  of  the  brass  f  fonnd  out. 

4,S  And  Solomon  made  all  the  ves- 
sels that  juiliiim'il  unto  the  house 
of  the  hiiuii:  >  the  altar  of  gold,  and 
'the  table  of  gold,  whereiiimii  "the 
shewhrettd  uas, 

4'.i  And  the  candlesticks  of  pui-e 
gold,  five  on  the  right  siilr.  ami  live 
on  tlie  lefl,  before  the  oracle,  with 
the  flowers,  and  the  lamps,  and  the 
tongs  o^gold, 

«1  And  the  bowls,  and  the  sniilVers, 
and  the  basins,  and  the  spoons,  and 
the  1  censers  o^  jiure  gold;  and  the 
hinges  o/g(dd,  IhiIIi  for  the  doors  of 
the  inner  house,  the  most  holy  pitwe, 
iiiiil  for  the  doora  of  the  liuusv,  tu  wil, 
of  the  temple. 


The  feast  of  the  dedication. 


Soloino7i's  prayer. 


HI04. 
lum.  4.  IS. 


ir.i.os-i 

.13. 

t  Ucl.  /„ 

J: 

I  Or.  a.t 

■i  Clir.  0 

a"' 

m  Ei.  a? 
l*rut.  HI 

21. 
.'2. 

qE«.40,3-l,3.5. 

•2i;t.r,  .■>,  i:i, 

11.  li  7.  3. 


■  I.rr.  Id.  5. 

P..  18.11.  i 

117.2. 

12  Sum.  7. 13. 


£1  So  was  ended .  all  the  work 
th.it  kinj!;  Snloiium  made  lor  tiie 
house  of  the  J.oKD.  And  Solo- 
mon liroiiKht  in  the  1  thini,'s  i>  which 
David  his  tiithur  had  dudicaU-il ; 
eicit  tlic  wlvi-r,  and  the  gold,  and 
the  Vessels,  did  he  pnt  anion;;  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  the  Loiiu. 

CIIArTEll  VIIl. 

1  The  feast  of  tlie  UeMealion  of  the  temple. 

12,  04  Holamon'a  Ueneing.    ii2  *V,ioniuii's 

prayer.    &ti  Hia  aacrijice  of  jicaee  offer- 

in,j». 

''pHEN  "Solomon   asscnihlcd    the 

Jl  elders  of  Israel,  and  all  the  heads 
of  the  tribes,  the  fehief  of  the  Ci- 
thers of  the  children  of  Israel,  unto 
king  Solomon  in  Jerusalem,  l>lhat 
they  might  brini;  up  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  liOnn  "^out  of  the 
city  of  David,  which  !.<  Zion. 

2  And  all  the  nun  of  Israi  1  .issem- 
blcd  themselves  unto  kin;;  Solomon 
at  the  <1  feast  in  the  month  Ethauim, 
which  is  the  seventh  month. 

o  And  all  the  elders  of  Israel  came, 
'^  and  the  priests  took  up  the  ark. 

4  And  they  brou;;ht  up  the  aik  of 
the  LoiiD,  f  ami  the  tahernnelo  of  the 
coiigrefration,  and  all  the  holy  ves- 
sels that  icerc  in  the  taheniaele,  even 
those  did  the  priests  and  the  Levites 


bri 


:up. 


And  king  Solomon,  and  all  the 
eon;;re;:ation  of  Israel,  that  were 
assembled  unto  him,  were  with  liini 
hi'fore  the  ark,  ^  sneriHein;;  sheep 
and  oxen,  that  eould  not  be  told  nor 
mnnbered  for  nuiltitiule. 
C  And  the  priesls  li  hion;;ht  in  the 
ark  of  the  eovenaiit  of  the  l.oicii 
unto  ihis  pUu-e,  into  the  oraele  of 
the  Iiouse,  to  the  most  holy  phwc, 
ertn  k  under  tlie  wings  of  the  cher- 
ubim. 

7  For  the  cherubim  spread  forth 
their  two  win;;s  over  the  place  of  the 
ark,  and  the  cherubim  covered  the 
ark  and  the  staves  thereof  above. 

8  And  they  'drew  out  the  staves, 
that  the  1  ends  of  the  staves  were 
seen  out  in  the  |l  holy  jilare  before 
the  oracle,  and  they  were  not  seen 
without :  and  there  they  are  unto 
this  day. 

!)  "'  There  teas  iiothins  '"  tlie  ark 
"  save  the  two  tables  of  stone,  which 
Moses  "  put  there  at  lloreh,  l|  I'  when 
the  Loiii)  made  a  coreiiuiit  with  the 
children  of  Israel,  when  they  came 
out  of  the  land  of  Ep;ypt. 

10  And  it  came  to  "pass,  when  the 
priests  were  come  out  of  the  holy 
iilace,  that  the  cloud  'Milled  the 
nouse  of  the  I.,ORn, 

11  So  that  the  priests  could  not 
stand  to  minister  because  of  the 
cloud  :  for  the  j^lorv  of  the  I.oui) 
had  filled  the  house  of  the  Lonn. 

12  IT  ■'Then  spake  Solomon,  The 
IiOUn  said  that  he  would  dwell  "in 
the  thick  darkness. 

13  '  I  have  surely  built  thee  a  house 


to  dwell  in,  "  a  settled  idacc  for  thee 
to  abide  in  for  ever. 

M  And  the  kins  turned  his  face 
aliout,  and  ^  blessed  all  the  coni;re- 
;;;alion  of  Israel :  and  all  the  conyie- 
gation  of  Israel  stood; 

15  And  he  said,  1  Blessed  h-  the 
Loiiu  God  of  Israel,  wl 


iiUed  il,  saying, 

1(1  •' Since  the  day  that  I  brought 
forth  my  people  Israel  out  of  Eg.vpt, 
I  chose  no  city  out  of  all  the  tribes 
of  Israel  to  build  ii  house,  tliat  hiny 
name  might  be  therein;  but  I  chose 
^  David  to  be  over  mv  people  Israel. 

17  And  J  it  was  in  tlie  heart  of  Da- 
vid my  father  to  build  a  house  for  the 
name  of  the  Loiiu  God  of  Israel. 

IS  "And  the  I^ord  said  unto  Da- 
vid mv  father.  Whereas  it  was  in 
thine  heart  to  build  a  house  unto 
my  name,  thou  didst  well  that  it 
was  in  thine  heart. 

lit  Nevertheless  fthou  shall  not 
build  the  house;  but  thy  son  that 
shall  come  iorth  cut  of  thy  loins, 
he  shall  build  the  house  unto  my 
name. 

20  And  the  Loi;d  hath  performed 
his  word  that  he  spake,  and  1  am 
risen  up  in  the  room  of  David  my 
iiither,  and  sit  on  the  throne  of  Is- 
rael, fias  the  I.oiiD  promised,  and 
have  built  n  house  for  the  name  of 
the  I-(ini>  God  of  Israel. 

21  And  I  have  set  there  a  place  for 
the  ark,  wherein  ?.s  lithe  covenant  of 
the  I,(ii:n,  whi<li  he  iiiailewith  our 
fathers,  v-luii  he  brought  them  out 
of  the  hiii.lol  lOgvjit. 

22  U  Anil  Solomon  stood  before  ithe 
altarof  the  I.oitu  in  the  presence  of 
all  the  congregation  of  Israel,  and 
1.  spread  ilirth  his  hands  toward 
heaven: 

f  2^5  And  lie  said.  Lord  God  of  Is- 
rael, Uhere  is  no  God  like  thee,  in 
lieaven  above,  or  on  earth  beneath, 
""  who  keepest  covenant  and  mercy 
with  thy  servants  that  "  walk  before 
thee  with  all  their  heart: 

24  Who  hast  kept  with  thy  servant 
David  my  father  that  thou  promis- 
edst  him:  thou  spakest  also  with  thy 
mouth,  and  hast  fultillcd  it  with 
tliine  hand,  as  tt  is  this  day. 

25  Theretbre  now,  LORD  God  of 
Israel,  keep  with  thy  servant  David 
my  father  that  thou  promisedst  him, 
saying,  "t  There  shall  not  fiiil  thee  a 
man  in  mv  sight  to  sit  on  the  throne 
of  Israel;  "l  so  that  thy  children  take 
heed  to  their  way,  that  they  walk 
lietbre  me  as  thou  hast  walked  be- 
fore me. 

211  I'And  now,  O  God  of  Israel,  let 
thv  word,  I  pray  thee,  be  verified, 
which  thou  spakest  unto  thy  serv- 
ant David  mv  father. 
I  27  liut  'I  will  God  indeed  dwell  on 
fthe  earth?  behold,  the  heaven  and 
313 


Solomon's  prayer 


I.  KINGS. 


at  the  dedication 


Before      j 
CIIRISTI 

1(»)4.       ' 


''heaven  of  heavens  cannot  contain 
tliee;  how  much  les3  thia  )iouse  that 

I  liave  Ijnilded? 

L'S  Vet  liave  thon  respect  unto  the 
prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  to  liis 
sui>'plication,  O  l^i)i;i>  my  God,  to 
heurkeu   unto   the   cry   and    to    the 

Craycr,  which  tliy  servant  prayeth 
efore  thee  to  day: 

i!9  That  thine  eyes  may  he  open  to- 
ward tliis  lionse  nij^ht  and  day,  fven 
toward  the  i)laee  of  whieli  tliou  hast 
said,  'My  name  shall  be  there:  that 
thou  mayest  hearken  unto  the  pray- 
er which  thy  servant  shall  make 
'  II  toward  this  jilaee. 

SO  "And  hearken  thou  to  the  snp- 
plication  of  thy  servant,  and  of  tliy 
people  Israel,  when  they  shall  pray 

II  toward  this  place:  and  hear  thou 
in  heaven  thy  dwellingplaee  :  and 
when  thou  hearest,  forgive. 

ul  TI  If  any  man  trespass  ai^ainst  his 
neighbour,  ]  ani  "an  oath  be  laid 
npon  him  to  cause  him  to  swear,  and 
the  oath  come  before  thine  .altar  in 
this  house: 

.S2  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and 
do,  and  jud;xc  tliv  servants,  >  con- 
demning; tlie  wicked,  to  brin"  his 
way  npon  his  head;  and  justifying 
the  rigliteous,  to  give  him  according 
to  his  righteousness. 

3.'5  IT  ''When  thy  people  Israel  be 
smitten  down  betbre  the  enemy,  be- 
cause thev  have  sinned  against  thee, 
and  ''shall  turn  again  to  thee,  and 
confess  thy  name,  and  pray,  and 
make  supplication  unto  thee  ||"in  this 
house: 

."■t  Then  hear  thon  in  heaven,  and 
forgive  the  sin  of  thy  pei.ple  Israel, 
and  bring  them  again  unto  tlic  land 
which  tlinu  g:ivest  unto  tln-ir  fathers. 

.'i.')  TI  I)  When  heaven  is  shut  np,  and 
there  is  no  rain,  because  they  have 
sinned  against  tliee  i  if  they  pray 
toward  this  place,  and  confess  thy 
name,  and  turn  fVom  their  sin,  when 
thou  afilictc'.t  tbeni: 

.'!(!  Tlun  hear  thou  in  heaven,  and 
forgive  the  sin  of  tbv  servants,  and 
ofthvpciple  Israel,  that  thou  Meaeh 
tlicni  .llhe  good  way  wherein  tliey 
shonlil  walk,  and  give  rain  npon  tin- 
land,  whii'h  Ihnu  hast  given  to  thy 
people  fir  an  inluTitanee. 

V.7  IT  'irth.re  be  in  the  land  famine, 
if  there  be  pestilence,  blasting,  mil- 
dew, locust,  or  if  there  be  cuterpillari 
if  their  enemy  besiege  them  in  the 
land  of  their  ||  cities  ;  whatsoever 
phigue,  whatsoever  sickness  t/irrfbr; 

"S  What  praver  and  supplieatinn 
soever  be  iiin(}c  hv  any  man,  or  bv 
all  thy  people  IsVacI,  wliieh  shall 
know  every  man  the  plague  of  his 
own  lieart,  and  spread  tbrth  his 
hands  towanl  this  house: 

."'J  Then  hear  thon  in  heaven  thy 
dwellingphice,  and  forgive,  and  dii, 
anil  give  to  every  man  according  to 
his  ways,  whose  heart  thou  knowest; 
31fi 


(for  thou,  fiCH  thou  only,  f  knowest 
the  hearts  of  all  the  children  of  men :) 
4il  P  That  they  may  fear  thee  all  the 
days  that  tliey  live  m  the  bind  which 
thou  gavest  unto  our  fathers. 

41  ftIoreo\-er  concerning  a  stranger, 
that  (>  not  of  thy  people  Israel,  but 
Cometh  out  of  afar  country  lor  thy 
name's  sake; 

42  (For  they  shall  hear  of  thy  great 
name,  and  of  thy  h  strong  hand,  and 
of  thy  stretched  out  arm;)  when  he 
shall  come  and  pray  toward  this 
house: 

a  Hear  thou  in  heaven  thy  dwell- 
ingplace,  and  do  according  to  all  that 
the  stranger  ealleth  to  thee  for:  >  that 
all  peoi)lu  of  the  earth  may  know  thy 
name,  to  kfcar  thee,  as  do  thy  people 
Israel:  and  that  thev  may  know  that 
t  this  house,  which  1  liavc  builded,  is 
called  bv  thy  name. 

44  TT  It'  thy  people  go  out  to  battle 
against  their  enemy,  whithersoever 
thon  shalt  senil  them,  and  shall  pniv 
unto  the  I.oi.u  t  toward  the  city 
which  thon  bast  chosen,  and  towanl 
the  house  that  I  liavc  built  lor  thy 
name; 

4.5  Then  hear  thou  in  heaven  their 
praver  and  their  supidieation,  and 
maintain  their  ||  cause. 

K  If  they  sin  against  thee,  ( 1  for 
there  is  no  man  that  sinneth  not,) 
and  thou  be  angry  with  them,  and 
deliver  them  to  the  eneniv,  so  that 
thev  carry  them  away  captives  ■"  un- 
to tlie  hin'd  of  the  eneniv,  tar  or  near; 

4"  "  Yrt  if  they  shall  t  bethink  them- 
selves in  the  land  whither  they  were 
carried  captives,  and  repent,  and 
make  supplication  unto  thee  in  the 
land  of  them  that  carried  tiiem  cap- 
tives, "saying.  We  have  sinned,  and 
have  dMiie  pirverselv,  we  have  com- 
mitted wiek.iluess;  ' 

45  .And  .-()  I' return  unto  thee  with 
all  tluir  heart,  and  with  all  llieir  soul, 
in  the  land  of  their  enemies,  which 
led  them  awav  captive,  and  'I  pray 
unto  thee  toward  their  land,  which 
tliou  gavest  unto  their  fathers,  the 
eitv  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and  the 
hoiise  which  1  have  built  for  thy 
mime: 

4'.»  Then  hear  thou  their  prayer  and 
their  supplication  in  heaven  thy 
dwellingplacc,  and  maintain  their 
II  cause, 

,1(1  And  forpivc  thy  people  that  have 
sinned  against  thee,  and  all  their 
transgressions  wherein  they  have 
transgressed  against  thee,  and  ""give 
tliem  compassion  before  them  who 
carried  them  captive,  that  they  may 
liave  compassion  on  them: 

,M  l"or  '  tliey  hr  tliv  people,  and  thine 
inheriliince,"  wbicK  thou  bnnightest 
forth  out  of  Kgvpt,  'from  the  midst 
of  the  furnace  oCiron: 

.ra  That  thine  eyes  may  he  open  un- 
to the  supplication  of  thy  servant, 
and  unto  the  supplication  of  thy  peo- 


of  the  temple. 


I.  KINGS. 


GocCs  covenant  tcith  Solomon. 


Ltv.J.  Jl. 
1  Sum.  31.  8. 

.lo»li.  in.  5. 

J.iJj.  .1  :l. 

2  Km.  U.2J. 
kOen.l.V  18. 

lium.3iJ. 


pie  Israel,  to  hearken  unto  them  in 
all  that  they  call  for  unto  thee. 
M  For  thou  didst  separate  them 
from  among  all  the  people  of  the 
earth,  to  be  thine  inheritance,  "as 
thou  spakest  by  the  hand  of  Moses 
thy  servant,  when  thon  broughtest 
our  fathers   out  of  Egypt,  O  Lord 

GODj 

S-t  jtnd  it  ■was  so,  that  when  Solo- 
mon had  made  an  end  of  praying  all 
this  pravcr  and  supplication  unto  the 
Lour),  he  arose  from  before  the  altar 
of  the  LoKD,  from  kneeling  on  his 
knees  with  liis  liands  6i>read  up  to 
heaven. 

55  And  he  stood,  '^and  blessed  all 
the  congregation  of  Israel  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying, 

5G  Blessed  fie  the  Lord,  that  hath 
given  rest  unto  his  people  Israel,  ac- 
cording to  all  that  he  promised : 
^  there  hath  not  f  failed  one  word  of 
all  liis  good  promise,  which  he  prom- 
ised by  the  hand  of  Moses  his  serv- 
ant. 

57  The  Lord  our  God  be  with  us, 
as  he  was  with  our  fathers:  *^  let  him 
not  leave  ns,  nor  forsake  us: 

58  That  he  may  "incline  our  hearts 
unto  him,  to  walk  in  all  his  w.ays, 
and  to  keep  liis  commandments,  and 
his  statutes,  and  liis  judgments, 
which  he  commanded  our  futliers. 

5'J  And  let  these  ray  wtprds,  where- 
with 1  have  made  supplication  be- 
fore the  IjOud,  be  nigh  unto  the 
LoKD  our  God  day  and  night,  that 
he  maintain  the  cause  of  his  servant, 
and  the  cause  of  his  people  Israel  lat 
all  times,  as  the  matter  shall  require: 

CO  1)  That  all  the  people  of  the  earth 
mavknow  that  "^thc  I.okd  is  God, 
and  that  there  is  none  else. 

01  Let  your  <1  heart  therefore  be  per- 
fect with  the  Lord  our  God.  to  walk 
in  his  statutes,  and  to  keep  his  com- 
mandments, as  at  this  day. 

62  Tl  And  ^' the  king,  and  all  Israel 
with  him,  offered  sacrifice  before  the 

LOKD. 

IV,  And  Solomon  offered  a  sacrifice 
of  peace  offerings,  wliich  he  ollered 
unto  the  LoKi>,  two  and  twenty 
thousand  oxen,  and  a  hundred  and 
twenty  thousand  sheep.  So  Ihc  king 
and  all  the  children  of  Israel  dedi- 
cated the  liouse  of  the  Lokd. 

(M  f  The  same  day  did  the  king  hal- 
low tlie  middle  ot'  the  court  that  irns 
before  the  house  of  the  Lout)  :  for 
there  he  offered  burnt  offerings,  and 
meat  offerings,  and  the  fat  of  the 
peace  offerings:  because  E  the  brazen 
altar  that  was  before  the  Loud  icas 
too  little  to  receive  the  burnt  offer- 
ings, and  meat  offerings,  and  the  fat 
of  the  peace  offerings. 

Go  And  at  that  time  Solomon  held 
ba  feast,  and  all  Israel  with  him,  a 
great  congregation,  from  i  the  enter- 
ing in  of  llaniath  unto  k  the  river  of 
Egypt,  before  the  Lokd  our  God, 


'seven  days  and  seven  days,  even 
fourteen  days. 

00  ™  On  the  eighth  day  he  sent  the 
people  away:  and  they  |;  blessed  the 
ting,  and  went  unto  their  tents  joy- 
ful and  glad  of  heart  for  all  the  good- 
ness that  the  Lord  had  done  for  Da- 
vid his  servant,  and  for  Israel  his 
people. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
1  God^a  covenant  in  a  vision  with  Solomon. 
10  Tlie  mutual  jirescnta  of  Solomon  and 
Biram.  li  In  Solomon's  Korks  tile  Gen- 
tiles were  his  bondmen,  the  Israelites 
honourable  servants.  24  Pharaoh's 
daughter  removeth  to  tier  house.  25  Solo, 
mon-s  yearly  salcvin  sacrifices.  20  His 
navy  fetcheth  gold  from  Ophir. 

AND  "  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solo- 
mon had  finished  the  building 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord,  band  the 
king's  house,  and  '-all  Solomon's  de- 
sire which  he  was  pleased  to  do, 

2  That  the  Lord  appeared  to  Solo- 
mon the  second  time,  d  as  he  had  ap- 
peared unto  him  at  Gibeon. 

3  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  '=1 
have  heard  thy  prayer  and  thy  sup- 
plication, that  thou  hast  made  before 
me  :  I  have  hallowed  this  house, 
which  thou  hast  built,  fto  put  my 
name  there  for  ever;  Sand  mine  eyes 
and  mine  heart  shall  be  there  per- 
petually. 

4  Andif  thou  wilt  h  walk  before  me, 
ias  David  thy  father  walked,  in  in- 
tegrity of  heart,  and  in  uprightness, 
to  do  according  to  all  that  I  have 
commanded  thee,  and  wilt  keep  my 
statutes  and  my  judgments; 

Then  I  will  establish  the  throne 


of  thy  kingdom  upon  Israel  for  ever, 
k  as  I  promised  to  David  thy  fath( 
saying.  There  shall  not  fail  thee 


man  upon  the  throne  of  Israel. 

0  'Jlut  if  ye  shall  at  all  turn  from  fol- 
lowing me,  ye  or  your  children,  and 
will  not  keep  my  commandments 
ninl  my  statutes  which  I  have  set 
before  you,  but  go  and  serve  other 
gods,  aiid  worship  them: 

1  ■"  Then  will  I  cut  oft'  Israel  out  of 
the  land  which  I  have  given  them; 
and  this  house,  which  I  have  hal- 
lowed "for  my  name,  will  I  cast  out 
of  my  sight;  "and  Israel  shall  be  a 
proverb  and  a  byword  among  all 
people: 

8  And  Pat  this  house,  ultich  is  high, 
every  one  that  passcth  by  it  shall  be 
astonished,  and  shall  hiss;  and  they 
shall  say,  'i  Why  hath  the  Lord  done 
thus  unto  this  land,  and  to  this 
house? 

y  And  they  shall  answer.  Because 
they  forsook  the  Lord  their  God, 
who  brought  forth  their  fathers  out 
of  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  have  taken 
hold  upon  other  gods,  and  have  wor- 
shipped them,  and  served  them : 
therefore  hath  the  I.OKD  brought 
upon  them  all  this  evil. 

10 II  And  "^it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
317 


Solomon  btiikhth  divers  cities. 


I.  KINGS. 


The  queen  of  Shcba's  visit. 


Before 
CHRIST 
nboul  'JX2. 


JuJi    1.21. 

uljoiit  'J'.l'J. 
I.  Joib.  Hi.  10. 


i  17.  1.' 

k  J.i.l.s.  1 

LN, 

■r..  2". 

N.I..  ?..; 

U.3. 

..'.'I. 
7.4 

ml,»r.  i 

30. 

11,  -.'7. 
■i.r.  :iJ.  5. 

■It.  K.  IJ. 


of  twenty  years,  when  Solomon  liad 
built  the  two  houses,  tlic  house  of 
the  LoRu,  and  the  king's  house, 

11  '(.Vow  Hiram  the  king  of  Tyre 
bad  furnished  Solomon  with  cellar 
trees  and  fir  trees,  and  with  Rold,  ac- 
cording to  all  his  desire,)  that  then 
king  Solomon  gave  Hiram  twenty 
cities  in  tlio  land  of  Galilee. 

12  And  lliram  came  out  from  Tyre 
to  see  the  cities  wliicli  Solomon  liad 
given  him;  and  they  (pleased  him 
not. 

It's  And  he  said,  What  cities  arc 
these  which  thou  hast  given  me,  my 
brother?  'And  lie  called  them  tlie 
land  of  II  Cahiil  unto  this  dav. 

14  And  Hiram  sent  to  the  King  six- 
score  talents  of  gold. 

la  V  And  this  is  the  reason  of  "  the 
levy  which  king  Solomon  raised;  for 
to  build  the  house  of  the  I.uiiu,  and 
his  own  house,  and  ==  Millo,  and  the 
wall  of  Jerusalem,  and  J  Hazor,  and 
'■'  Megiddo,  and  *  Gczer. 

li;  For  I'hanioh  king  of  Egvpt  had 
gone  lip,  and  taken  (iczcr,  and  luirnt 
it  with  lire,  band  slain  the  Caiuan- 
ites  that  dwelt  in  the  city,  and  given 
it  J'or  a  i>resent  unto  liis  daughter, 
Solomon's  wife. 

17  And  Solomon  built  Oezer,  and 
''  IJeth-horon  the  nether, 

15  And  .1  liaalath,  and  Tadmor  in 
tlie  wiidcriic.s.>j.  in  thcland, 

111  And  all  tile  cities  of  store  th.it 
Solomon  lia.l,  and  cities  for  ''his 
chniiol^i,  anil  citirs  lor  liis  horsomen. 
and  llhnt  wliicli  S..l..„„,n  ulc.^in'.l 
to  liuild  iii.leriisaleMi,aiid  in  Lclia- 
iion,  and  in  all  the  land  of  his  do- 
minion. 

liil  i^.lni!  nil  the  jiooplc  that  u-rre 
left  of  the  Ainoriles,  llittites,  IVriz- 
zites,  Ilivites,  anil  ,li-lnisites,  which 
wrrc  notof  tlu-  children  of  Israel, 

:;i  Their  children  I.  ihat  were  left 
after  them  in  the  land,  i  whom  the 
children  of  Isr.iel  also  were  not  able 
utterly  to  ile.-troy,  1- upon  tho.^c  did 
Soloniiin  lew  a  tribute  of  Ibondserv- 
ice  unto  this  dav. 

•2i  iSiit  of  tlie  children  of  Israel  did 
Solomon  "'make  no  bondmen:  but 
they  ifcrc  men  of  war,  and  his  .teri- 
aiiLs,  and  his  princes,  and  his  cap- 
tains, and  rulers  of  liis  chariots,  and 
his  liorsemon. 

2.'!  These  icrrc  the  chief  of  the  ofli- 
cers  that  vt-rf  over  Solomon's  work, 
"tlvc  liiindriMl  and  (ifty.  which  bare 

iile  over  the  jicople  that  wrought  in 


rk. 


■Jl  If  lint  "  Vharaoh'fl  daughter  came 
lip  out  of  the  city  of  David  iiii- 
t)  I'lier  hniise  which  Sniomon  had 
built  lor  her:  'Ithen  did  he  build 
.Millo. 

~'t  II  "".Vtid  three  times  in  a  year  did 
Solomon  offer  burnt  oil'erings  ninl 
peace  olleringa  upon  the  altar  which 
ho  built  unto  the  LoKH,  nnd  he 
burnt  iucensc  t  upon  the  nltar  that 
318 


icns  before  the  Lokd.  So  he  iiuishcd 
the  house. 

ai  T[  And  *ljing  Solomon  nindc  a 
navy  of  ships  in  'Kzion-gebcr,  which 
M  beside  Kloth,  on  the  t  shore  of  the 
Red  sea,  in  the  land  of  Kdom. 

•J7  "And  Ilirani  sent  in  the  navy  his 
servants,  sliipmen  that  had  knowl- 
edge of  the  sea,  with  the  scnants  of 
Solomon. 

L'S  And  thev  ciime  to  "  Ophir,  and 
fetched  fronrthrnee  gold,  four  hund- 
red and  twenty  talents,  and  brought 
it  to  king  Solomon. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  The  queen  of  jS/icda  tulmireth  the  wtBdom 
of  Solomon.  U  .fulomon's  aolJ.  K  Ilia 
taructt.  \»  The  thruixe  of  ioory.  2\  Ilia 
vcsifclif.  24  Ilia  jtrcfcnta.  26  Ilia  ehari. 
otaand/iorec.     '^i  IJia  tribute. 

\NI)  when  the  'queen  of  Sheba 
heard  of  the  fame  of  Solomon 
concerning  the  name  of  the  I.oitn, 
she  came  bto  prove  him  with  hard 
(luestions. 

li  And  she  came  to  Jerusalem  with 
a  very  great  train,  with  camels  that 
bare  spices,  and  very  much  gold, 
and  precious  stones:  "and  when  she 
was  come  to  Sohnnon,  she  com- 
muned with  hiin  of  all  that  was  in 
her  heart. 

;>  And  Solomon  told  her  all  her 
tipiestions:  there  was  not  ro/.i/ thing 
hid  from  the  king,  which  ho  told 
her  not. 

4  .\nd  wlien  the  niieen  of  Sheba 
liiid  seen  all  SiilDinnn's  wisdom,  and 
the  house  that  he  liiiil  built, 

,-.  .\nd  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the 
sitting  of  his  serv:ints,  and  the  i  at- 
tendance of  his  ministers,  and  their 
apparel,  and  his  ||  cupbearers,  ■'and 
his  ascent  by  which  he  went  up  un- 
to llie  luiii^e  of  the  LoHD;  there  was 
no  more  spirit  in  her. 

(i  And  she  said  to  the  king.  It  was 
a  true  )  report  that  I  heard  in  mine 
own  land  of  thy  jjacts  and  of  thy 
wisdom. 

7  llowbeit  I  believed  not  the  words, 
until  I  eanic,  and  mine  eves  had  seen 
it;  and,  behold,  the  halfwas  not  t<ild 
me:  ithv  wisiloni  and  prosperity  ex- 
ceed,■lb  "the  fame  which  1  heard. 

.S  illliippv  arc  tliv  men,  liappv  arc 
these  thv  servants." which  stand  con- 
tinually belbre  thee,  ami  that  hear 
thv  wi.sdom. 

IP"'  lilcssed  be  the  I.niin  thv  God, 
which  delighted  in  thee,  to  set  thee 
on  the  throne  of  Israel  :  because 
the  I.oKi.  loved  Israel  for  ever, 
llieret;.re  liind.'  he  tlue  king,  f to  do 
judgment  and  j.lsliee. 

Ill  .Viul  she  Kgave  the  king  n  hund- 
red and  twenty  talent.s  of  gold,  nnd 
of  spices  very  great  store,  nnd  pre- 
cious atones  :  there  came  no  more 
such  nbundanee  of  spices  n.^  these 
which  the  ((ueen  of  .Sheba  gave  to 
king  .Solomon. 

II  I'And  the  navy  aluo  of  Hiram, 


Solomon's  wealth  and  toisdom. 


I.  KINGS. 


Solomon  seduced  to  idolati-y. 


that  lirouglit  pAA  from  Opiiir, 
brouslit  in  from  Uphir  groat  plenty 
of  II  aimng  trees,  and  precious  stones. 

Vl  lAnd  tlic  klnR  made  of  the 
almng  trees  HfpiUars  for  the  house 
of  tiic  Loiii),  and  for  the  kin;i's 
Ijouse,  Iiarps  also  and  psalteries  for 
singers:  there  eanie  no  such  1-al- 
mug  trees,  nor  were  seen  unto  this 
day. 

I:;  And  Uinj;  .Solomon  g.avc  unto 
the  queen  ol  Shcha  all  her  desire, 
whatsoever  she  asked,  besides  that 
wliieh  Solomon  gave  her  tof  liis 
ro3'al  bounty.  So  she  turned  and 
went  to  lier  own  country,  she  and 
her  servants. 

14  IT  Now  the  weight  of  gold  that 
came  to  Solomon  in  one  year  was 
six  liundrcd  threescore  ana  six  tal- 
ents of  gold, 

15  liesides  tknt  hr  had  of  the  mer. 
ehantmcn,  and  of  the  traihek  of  the 
spice  merchants,  and  1  of  all  the 
kings  of  Arabia,  and  of  the  II gov- 
ernors of  the  country. 

10  II  And  king  Solomon  made  two 
liundred  targets  o/"  beaten  gold:  six 
hundred  slickcls  of  gold  went  to  one 
target. 

17  And  //fi  made,  ">  three  hundred 
shichlso/'  beaten  gold;  three  pnund.s 
of  gold  went  to  one  shield:  and  tl]e 
king  put  tluin  in  the  "liouscof  the 
forest  of  l.ebiinon. 

IS  U  "  Moreover,  the  king  made  a 
great  throne  of  ivory,  and  overlaid 
;t  with  the  best  gold. 

I!l  The  throne  had  six  step.'),  and 
the  top  of  the  throne  u-iis  round 
fbehinil:  :ind  thtre  zccrc  f  stag's  on 
either  side  ou  the  i)lace  of  the  seat, 
and  two  lions  stood  beside  the  st.ays. 

20  And  twelve  lions  stood  there 
on  the  one  side  and  ou  the  other  up- 
on the  six  steps:  there  was  not  fthe 
like  made  in  any  kingdom. 

iil  "Z  I' And  all  lung  Solomon's  drink- 
ing vessels  mro.  of  gold,  and  all  the 
vessels  of  the  house  of  the  forest  of 
Ijcbanon  were  of  pure  gold;  Hnone 
(fere  of  silver  :  it  was  nothing  ac- 
counted of  in  tlie  days  of  Solomon. 

21i  For  the  king  had  at  sea  a  navy 
of  'I  Tharshish  with  the  navy  of  Hi- 
ram :  once  in  three  years  eame  the 
n,avy  of  Tharshish,  bringing  gold, 
and  silver,  ||  ivory,  and  aijcs,  and 
peacocks. 

23  So  'king  Solomon  exceeded  all 
the  kings  of  the  earth  lor  riches  and 
for  wisdom. 

24  IT  And  all  the  earth  f  sought  to 
Soloniun,  to  liear  his  wisdom,  which 
God  bud  put  in  his  heart. 

2.5  And  they  brought  cverv  man 
his  present,  vessels  of  sihcV,  and 
vessels  of  gold,  end  garnieiits,  ami 
;irmour,  and  spices,  horses,  and 
mules,  a  rate  year  by  j-ear. 

20  IT  "And  Solomon  'gathered  to- 
gether chariots  and  horsemen  :  anil 
he  had  a  thousantl  and  four  hundred 


chariots,  and  twelve  thousand  horse- 
men, whom  he  bestowed  in  the  cit- 
ies for  chariots,  and  with  the  king  at 
Jerusalem. 

27  "And  the  king  f  made  silver 
to  he  in  Jerusalem  as  stones,  and 
cedars  made  he  to  he  jis  the  syca- 
more trees  that  are  in  the  vale,  for 
abundanee. 

2S  Tf  "(And  Solomon  had  horses 
brought  out  of  Kgypt,  and  1  linen 
yarn:  the  king's  merchants  received 
the  linen  yam  at  a  price. 

29  And  a  chariot  eame  np  and 
went  out  of  Kgypt  for  six  hundred 
fltrkrh  of  silver,  and  a  horse  lor  a 
hundred  and  fifty:  ''and  so  for  all 
the  kings  of  the  llittites,  and  tor  the 
kings  of  Syria,  did  they  bring  litem 
out  t  by  their  means. 

CIIArXER  XI. 

1  Solomon^s  wives  anil  coricubinct.  4  In 
hit  old  (ige  t/icy  draw  him  to  idolatry. 
9  God  threateneth  him.  U  Solomon's 
advereariea  were  Iludady  ivho  waa  en- 
tertained in  Egyptt  23  Hczony  who 
reigned  in  DamaecuSt  20  and  Jeroboam^ 
io  u'liom  Ahijah  prophesied.  41  Solo, 
vion's  acts,  reign,  arid  death:  Jleho- 
loam  succecJcth  him. 

rHIT  "king  Solomon  loved  i>many 
>  strange  'women,  ||  together  with 
tlic  daughter  of  I'baraob,  women  of 
the  .Moahites,  .\nimniiitc6,  Edomites, 
Zid.inians,  ,(»</  llittites; 

2  or  the  nations  riiiir.niiiirj  Avhieh 
th.<  I..IKII  taid  unto  the  ehildrrn  vf 
]sr:Kl,  '^•c■  sliall  nnt  ^o  in  to  them, 
niitiier  shall  they  come  in  unto  yu\i: 
./or  surely  tliiy  will  turn  away  your 
heart  afli  r  their  gods:  Solomou  clave 
unto  these  in  love. 

;i  And  ho  luid  .seven  hundred  wives, 
princesses,  and  three  hundred  coneu- 
l)ines:  and  his  wives  turned  away  his 
heart. 

4  For  it  came  to  pass,  when  Solo- 
mon was  old,  tl  t/iaf  his  wives  turned 
away  his  heart  after  other  gods:  and 
his  ""^lieart  was  not  perfect  with  the 
I.oun  his  fiod,  fas  leas  the  heart  of 
Davi.l  liis  father. 

5  For  Siil'tmon  went  atler  P.\sh- 
toreth  the  goddess  c»f  the  ZidoniMiis, 
and  after  ||  Jlilcom  the  abomination 
of  the  Ammonites. 

0  And  Solomon  did  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  I.,OItD,  and  1  went  not  full;^ 
alter  the  JLoRU,  as  did  David  his 
father. 

7  hThen  did  Solomon  build  a  high 
place  for  i  Chemosh,  the  abomina- 
tion of  Moab,  in  kthe  hill  that  is 
before  Jerusalem,  and  li^r  Moleeb. 
the  abomination  of  the  children  of 
Amnion. 

S  And  likewise  did  he  for  all  his 
strange  wives,  which  burnt  incense 
and  saerificcd  unto  their  gods. 

!l  U  Anil  the  l.oiiD  was  angry  with 
Solomon,  because  Ibis  heart  was 
turned  from  the  Lord  God  of  Israel, 
"'which  had  appeared  un  to  hiin  twice, 
119 


Solomon's  adversaries. 


I.  KINGS. 


Solomon's  adversaries. 


Pl.  tti 

33. 

qcU.  IL 

20. 

rD„t. 

12. 11. 

1 1  Cht 

5.26. 

t2S«m 

a  11. 

10  And  "  liad  e-oninianded  him  con- 
cerning this  thin};,  thiit  lie  Rhnuld 
not  po  after  ntlior  },'ods:  bnt  he  kept 
not  tliat  which  the  Lord  command- 
ed. 

U  ■\Vhcrcforc  the  Lord  said  unto 
Solomon,  Forasmuch  ns  tliis  f  is 
done  of  thee,  .and  thou  hast  not  kept 
my  covenant  and  my  statutes,  which 
I  have  commanded  thee,  "X  will 
surely  rend  the  kingdom  from  thee, 
and  will  };ive  it  to  thy  servant. 

12  Notwithstanding,  in  thy  davs  I 
will  not  do  it  for  David  thy  fjtlier's 
sake:  but  I  will  rend  it  oiit  of  the 
hand  of  thy  son. 

1.3  I'Howbcit  1  will  not  rend  away 
all  the  kingdom;  i««  will  give  'lone 
tribe  to  thy  son  for  David  my  serv- 
ant's sake,  and  for  Jerusalem's  sake 
■■  which  I  have  chosen. 

14  H  And  the  Loud 'stirred  up  nn 
adversary  unto  Solomon,  Iladad  the 
Kdomite:  he  was  of  the  kinj;'s  seed 
in  Kdom. 

1.")  >  For  it  came  to  pass,  wticn  David 
was  in  Edom,  .and  Jo:\l>  the  captain 
of  the  host  was  gone  up  to  hiiry  the 
slain,  "after  he  had  smitten  every 
male  in  JCdom; 

10  ( For  six  months  did  Joali  remain 
there  with  all  Isr.ael,  until  he  had 
cut  off  every  male  in  Fdom:) 

^7  That  Iladad  fled,  he  and  certain 
IMomites  of  his  father's  servants 
with  him,  to  go  into  Kgjpt;  Iladad 
hclii;/  yet  a  little  child. 

l.S  And  they  arose  out  of  Midian, 
and  came  to"  I'aran:  and  thi'y  took 
men  with  them  out  of  I'aran,  and 
they  came  to  Kjrypt,  unto  l*haraoIi 
king  of  Kj^ypt:  wliieh  pave  him  a 
house,  anil  appointed  him  victuals, 
and  gave  him  land. 

r.l  And  Iladad  tbnnd  great  favour 
in  the  sight  of  I'liaraoh,  so  that  he 
gave  him  to  wife  the  sisler  of  his 
own  wife,  the  sister  of  Tahpencs  the 
queen. 

•-'0  And  the  sister  of  T.ahpencs  bare 
him  (ienubatli  his  son,  wliom  Tah- 
penes  weaned  in  I'liaraoh's  house: 
and  Genulialh  was  in  Pharaoh's 
household  among  the  sons  of  I'ha- 
raoh. 

ill  "And  when  Iladad  beard  in 
Kgypt  that  David  sle|it  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  that  .loal)  tlie  caiitain  of 


the  h. 

I'll! 


^t  was  dead.    Iladad   said   to 
ih,    t  Let    me    depart,   that   I 


1  countr 


'JL'  'I'lieii  rhar.aoh  said  niito  him. 
Hut  what  bast  thoii  lacked  with  ine, 
that,  behold,  thou  seekest  to  go  to 
thine  own  eonutrv?  And  be  an- 
swered, 1  Nothing:'  howbeit  let  me 
go  in  any  wise. 

L''i  TTAud  (iod  stirred  him  up  nii- 
o.'/irr  adversarv,  Hezon  the  sou  of 
Kliadah,  which  (led  from  his  lord 
>  Iladadezerkingof  Zobab; 

L't  And  be  gatberi'd  men  unto  him, 
and  became  captain  over  a  baud, 
330 


^  when  David  slew  them  of  Xo!xih  : 
and  they  went  to  Damascus,  and 
dwelt  tbcrcin,  and  reigned  in  Da- 
mascus. 

25  And  he  was  an  adversary  to  Is- 
rael all  the  days  of  Solomon, "besides 
the  mischief  "that  H.adad  dul:  and 
he  abhorred  Israel,  and  reigned  over 
Syria. 

iti  IT  And  "Jeroboam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  an  Eiibratbite  of  Zcreda, 
Solomon's  servant,  whose  mother's 
name  teas  Zeruab,  a  widow  woman, 
even  he  l>  lifted  up  /lis  hand  against 
the  kinj. 

'27  And  this  ?ca.«  the  cause  that  he 
lifted  i\p  his  band  against  the  king: 
■^  Solomon  built  Millo,  ami  r  repaired 
the  breaches  of  the  city  of  David  his 
father. 

lis  And  the  man  .Teroboam  ira^  a 
mighty  man  of  vaionr:  and  Solomon 
seeing  the  young  man  that  he  t  was 
industrious,  be  made  liiin  ruler  over 
all  the  t  charge  of  the  house  of 
Joseph. 

'J[l  And  it  came  to  ptiss  at  that  time 
when  Jeroboam  went  out  of  Jerusa- 
lem, that  the  prophet  I'Abijah  the 
Shilonite  found  him  in  the  way; 
and  he  had  clad  himself  with  a  new 
garment;  and  they  two  ucrc  alone 
in  the  field: 

.'lO  Anil  Abijab  caught  the  new  gar- 
ment that  icW.s-  on  bim,  and  "^rent  it 
in.  twelve  pieces: 

;!1  And  ho  said  to  Jeroboam,  T.akc 
thee  ten  pieces:  for  i  thus  saith  the 
Lonn,  the  Cod  of  Israel,  Heboid,  I 
will  rend  the  kingdom  out  of  the 
hand  of  Solomon,  and  will  give  ten 
tribes  to  thee: 

;i2(Hnt  he  shall  have  one  tribe  for 
my  servant  David's  sake,  and  for 
Jc'rusalcm's  sake,  the  city  which  I 
have  chosen  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel:) 

'Si  o  liecausc  that  they  have  forsaken 
me,  and  have  wnrshiiiped  Asbtoreth 
the  goddess  of  the  Ziilonians,  Cbc- 
mosh  the  god  of  the  Moabites,  and 
-Mileom  the  god  of  the  children  of 
Animon,  and  have  not  walked  in 
my  ways,  to  do  (/;(('  irhii-h  i.-c  right 
ininiue  eyes,  and  ^« /.c/ji  niv  statutes 
anil  my  judgments,  ns  ilid  David  his 
father. 

;!4  Howbeit  I  will  not  take  the 
whole  kingdom  out  of  his  band : 
but  I  will  make  bim  prince  all  the 
days  of  Iiis  life  for  David  my  serv- 
ant's sake,  whom  I  chose,  because 
be  kept  my  commandments  and  my 
statutes: 

;ij  Hut  III  will  take  the  kinplom 
out  of  bis  son's  hand,  and  will  give 
it  unto  thee,  <r,)i  ten  tribes. 

a;  And  iiiilo  bis  son  will  I  give 
one  tribe,  tliat  i|)a\id  my  servant 
mav  b.ive  a  tligbt  alway  before  me 
in  Jerusalem,  the  city  which  I  have 
chosen  me  to  put  my  name  there. 

'oi  And  I  will  take  thee,  and  tliou 


Rehoboam  succcedcth  Solomon. 


I.  KINGS. 


Ten  tribes  revolt  from  Jam,. 


12Soni.7.  11, 


m2Cli 

r.  0.29. 

or.'lA 

»» 

n2rh 

.9 

30. 

t  llol. 

J<, 

/•■ 

nboul  07 

:>. 

o  ■,!  Cb 

.9 

31 

kcli.  11.  2G. 
celt.  11,40. 


dlSiimS.  11- 


e2  t-hp.  in.  7. 


slialt  rci^u  acconliiif?  tti  ail  tliat  thy 
.■ioul  dcsircth,  and  shalt  be  kiii^'  over 
Israel. 

SS  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  wilt 
hearken  unto  all  that  I  command 
thee,  and  wilt  walk  in  my  ways, 
and  do  that  is  rijxht  in  my  6i<;)it, 
to  keep  my  statutes  and  my  coiu- 
niandments,  as  David  my  servant 
did;  that  k  I  will  be  with  thee,  and 
1  build  thee  a  sure  hou.se,  as  I  built 
lor  David,  and  will  give  Isn^cl  unto 
tlicc. 

•j'J  And  I  will  for  this  afflict  the  seed 
of  David,  but  not  for  ever. 

40  Solomon  sought  therefore  to  kill 
Jeroboam.  And  Jeroboam  arose,  and 
lied  into  Eg.vpt,  unto  Shishak  king 
of  Egypt,  anil  was  in  Egypt  until  tlie 
deatli  of  Solomon. 

41  IT  And  '"the  rest  of  the  l|acts  of 
Solomon,  and  all  that  he  did,  and 
his  wisdom,  are  they  not  written  in 
the  book  of  the  acts  of  Solomon? 

42  "iynd  tlie  (time  tliat  Solomon 
reigned  in  Jerusalem  over  all  Israel 
i/-«,s  forty  years. 

4.';  "  And  Solomon  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  was  buried  in  the  city  of 
David  his  father:  and  I'Kchoboam 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CIIAPTEK  XII. 

1  The  Isrncliica,  aeecmhhd  at  Shcdirm  to 
crown  Jicltol'Ofim,  by  Jerobomn  iiutK-c  a 
luitofrelalutionnntohim.  d  lieholmum., 
refutini/  the  old  vicn's  connect,  %  the 
wlvicc  of  voutig  men,   antwcrcth  them 
rouijhly.     16  Ten  tribes  revotlinr,,  kill 
Aiioram,  and  tiiake  Rehoboam  to  fiee. 
21  Rehobonm,  raisinff  an  army,  ia  for- 
bidden    bu      Shemaiah.     2.i    Jeroboam 
etrcnglhcnelh  himself  by  cilicB,  2I>  and 
by  the  idolatry  of  the  two  calves. 
A  ND   "Kehoboam  went  to    She- 
l\-  cliom:  for  all  Israel  were  come 
to  Shechcm  to  make  him  king. 
2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  k .Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebat,  who  was  yet 
in  ''Egypt,  lieard  of  it,  (for  he  was 
fled  from  the  presence  of  king  Solo- 
mon, and  Joniboani  dwelt  in  Egv|it,) 
S  Thiit  (hey  sent  and  calleil  liim. 
And  Jeroboiim  iind  all  the  congrega- 
tion of  Israel  came,  and  spake  unto 
Kelinboam,  saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  ilyokc 
grievous:  now  therefore  niakn  *tliou 
tlie  grievous  service  of  tliy  fatlu'r, 
and  his  heavy  yoke  which  he  put 
upon  us,  lighter,  and  wo  will  serve 
tliee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them.  Depart 
yet  J'or  three  d:iys,  then  come  again 
to  nie.     Anil  the  pLoplo  departed. 

G  IT  And  king  Kehoboam  consulted 
with  tlie  old  men,  tliat  stood  be- 
fore Solomon  bis  fatlier  while  he  yet 
lived,  and  said.  How  do  ye  advise 
tliat  I  may  answer  this  people? 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  pav- 
ing, -^If  thoii  wilt  be  a  servant  unto 
this  people  this  day,  and  wilt  serve 
tlicm,  and  answer  tlieni.  and  speak 
21 


good  word.s  to  them,  then  they  will 
be  thy  servants  for  ever. 
ti  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  of  the 
old  men,  which  tliey  had  given  him, 
and  consulted  with  the  young  men 
tliat  were  grown  up  witli  him,  and 
wliicli  stood  before  him: 

9  And  he  said  unto  them,  "What 
counsel  give  yc  that  wc  may  answer 
this  people,  who  liave  spoken  to  me, 
sa.ving,  ]\Iake  the  yoke  which  thy 
father  did  put  upon  us  lighter? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were 
grown  iin  with  liiin  spake  unto  him, 
saying.  Thus  shalt  thou  speak  unto 
this  people  that  spake  unto  tliee,  say- 
ing. Thy  fat  her  made  our  yoke  heavy, 
but  make  thou  i(  lighter  unto  us;  thus 
shalt  thou  s.ay  tinto  them.  My  little 
fiinjer  shall  be  thicker  than  my  fa- 
ther's loins. 

11  And  now  whereas  my  father 
did  lade  j'ou  with  a  heavy  yolvc, 
I  will  add  to  your  yoke:  my  father 
hath  chastised  you  with  whips,  but 
I  will  chastise  you  with  scorpions. 

12  TI  So  Jeroboam  and  all  the  people 
came  to  Rehoboam  the  third  day,  as 
the  king  had  appointed, saying,  Come 
to  me  again  tlie  third  day. 

13  And  tlie  king  answered  the  peo- 
ple t roughly,  and  forsook  the  old 
men's  counsel  tliat  they  gave  him; 

14  And  spake  to  them  after  the 
counsel  of  the  young  men,  saying, 
My  father  made  your  yoke  heavy, 
and  I  will  add  to  your  yoke:  my  fa- 
ther aho  chastised  you  with  whips, 
but  1  will  chastise  you  with  scor- 
pions. 

1.5  Wherefore  the  king  hearkened 
not  unto  the  people;  for  fthc  cause 
was  from  the  I.oiin,  that  he  might 
perform  his  saying,  which  the  I>oi:i) 
K spake  by  Ahijah  the  Shilonitc  unto 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat. 

IG  H  So  when  all  Israel  saw  that 
the  king  hearkened  not  unto  them, 
the  people  answered  the  king,  say- 
ing, liWhat  portion  have  wc  In  Da- 
A'id  ?  neither  h<ire  ire  inheritance 
in  the  son  of  Jesse:  to  your  tents, 
O  Israel  :  now  see  to  thine  own 
house,  David.  So  Israel  departed 
unto  their  tents. 

V  But  i  (If/or  the  children  of  Israel 
which  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Jiidah, 
llehohoam  reigned  over  them. 

15  Then  king  Kehoboam  kscnt 
Adoram,  who  icos  over  the  tribute; 
and  all  Israel  stoned  him  with  stones, 
that  he  died.  Therefore  king  Reho- 
boam t  made  speed  to  get  him  up  to 
bis  chariot,  to  flee  to  .Tcrusalem. 

I'J  So  1  Israel  !|  rchcllcd  against  the 
house  of  David  unto  this  day. 

20  And  it  c.ime  to  pass,  when  all  Is- 
rael lieiird  that  Jeroboam  was  come 
again,  that  they  sent  and  called  him 
unto  the  congregation,  and  made 
him  king  over  all  Israel:  there  was 
none  tliat  followed  the  house  of  Da- 
vid, but  the  tribe  of  Jinlali  '"only. 
321 


Jeroboam's  idolatry. 


I.  KINGS. 


His  hand  witherclh. 


t^  Kin,  10.2!). 

Ji  17. 10. 
uE>.3J.4.  8. 


I'i'n,  2S.  11. 

I  it.,  n.  ni. 

2Kia.  K.Vl. 
»ch.  m.  32. 


21  TT  And  when  "  Rehoboam  was 
conic  to  Jcrnsalcni,  lie  assemlilcd  all 
the  house  of  Jiulah,  with  the  tribe  of 
Ben.iauiin,  a  luiiidrcd  and  fourscore 
tliousand  chosen  men,  which  were 
warriors,  to  ii^ht  a;^aiiist  the  house 
of  Israel,  to  bring  the  kingdom  asain 
to  Kcliobnam  the  son  of  Solomon. 

2J  I5ut  "the  word  of  God  came  iinto 
Sliemaiali  the  man  of  God,  saying, 

2-'i  Speak  unto  Kchoboam,  the  son 
of  Solomon,  king  of  Jndah,  and  un- 
to all  the  house  of  Judah  and  Ben- 
.jamin,  and  to  the  remnant  of  the 
people,  saying, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye  shall 
not  go  up,  nor  figlit  ajjainst  your 
brethren  the  children  of  Israel :  re- 
turn every  man  to  his  jiousc  ;  Pfor 
tills  tiling"  is  from  me.  They  heark- 
ened tlicrcforo  to  the  word  of  the 
Loud,  and  returned  to  depart,  ac- 
cording to  the  word  of  the  LoiiD. 

25  IT  Then  Jeroboam  ''built  She- 
choin  in  mount  Kphraim,  and  dwelt 
therein:  and  went  out  from  thence, 
and  built  ''  IVuucl. 

2(!  And  ticroboam  said  in  his  heart. 
Now  shall  ihe  kingdom  return  to  the 
house  of  David: 

27  If  this  pcojilo  "go  up  to  do  sac- 
rifice ill  the  house  of  the  Lokd  at 
.Jerusalem,  then  shall  the  heart  of 
this  people  turn  again  nnto  their 
lord,  eccn  unto  Ilehobo.am  king  of 
Judah,  and  they  shall  kill  me,  and 
go  again  to  Kelioboam  kingof  Judali. 

2S  Wliereuiion  the  king  took  coun- 
sel, and  'made  two  calves  q/^  gold, 
and  said  unto  theni.  It  is  too  much 
fi)r  vol!  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem:  "be- 
hold thy  gods,  O  Israel,  wliich 
brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of 
Kgyi't. 

21)  And  he  set  the  one  in  ^Bcth-cl, 
and  tlie  other  put  he  in  >'  Dan. 

.'»0  And  this  thing  became  ^a  sin: 
for  tlie  people  went  to  wors/iiji  be- 
Ibre  the  one,  crrn  unto  Dan. 

.'U  And  lie  made  a  ''hoiisc  of  high 
jilaces,  I'anrl  made  priests  of  the 
lowest  of  tlie  people,  which  were  not 
ofthe  sons  of  Levi. 

;J2  And  .Jeroboam  ordained  a  feast 
ill  tlio  ei-lith  iiiontli,  on  the  fifteenth 
day  of  Ihe  mnnlli,  like  unto  >■  tlie 
feast  that  w  in  Judali,  and  he  ||  of- 
fiMcd  niion  the  alfir.  So  .lid  he  in 
l!oth-el,  l|  sacrifieiiig  unto  the  calves 
that  he  Inid  nuide:  .land  he  placed 
in  ISeth-el  the  priests  of  the  high 
places  which  he  hail  made. 

.T!  So  he  llotl'ereil  upon  the  nltar 
wliich  ho  had  ma.lo  in  Heth-el  the 
tifteenth  day  of  the  eighth  month, 
rn'ii  in  the  mouth  which  he  h:id 
"■dcvi.scd  of  liis  .iwn  h.art;  and  or- 
daine.l  a  feast  unto  the  chil.lren  of 
Israel:  and  h.'  otfeieil  upon  theultar, 
I  aud  I  burnt  incense. 

CIIAT'TKR  XIIL 
I  .Tcral:,j,im'a  /i.i.i.i,  llml  aff^rrJ  vMrnre  to 
liiin  tfiiit  proithmiicU  a^tiinvt  hia  altar  at 
332 


Beth-el,  withereth,  6  and  at  the  prayer 
of  the  prophet  is  restored.  7  The  proph- 
et, rcfuaififf  the  king*9  entertainment, 
dcpartcth  from  Dclh-rl.  11  An  old 
prophet,  ecducinff  him,  Inringeth  him 
bach.  20 //j  is  reproved  by  <lod,  i^elain 
by  a  lion,  2ti  buried  by  the  old  prophet, 
31  who  confirmcth  hid  prophecy.    3y  Jero. 

AND,  beholcf,  there  '  came  a  man 
of  God  out  of  Judah  by  the  word 
of  the  Loud  unto  Beth-el  :  i>and 
Jeroboam  stood  by  the  altar  \\  to  burn 
incense. 

2  And  he  cried  against  the  altar  in 
the  word  of  the  Lniu>,  anil  said,  O 
altar,  altar,  thus  saith  the  Lord;  Be- 
hold, a  child  shall  be  born  unto  the 
house  of  David,  "^Josiah  by  name; 
and  upon  thee  shall  he  offer  the  priests 
of  the  high  places  tliat  burn  incense 
upon  thee,  and  men's  bones  shall  be 
burnt  upon  thee. 

.1  And  lie  pave  .'  a  sign  the  same 
day,  saying.  This  is  the  sign  whicli 
the  L.MSD  hath  spoken;  Behold,  the 
alt.ar  sliall  bo  rent,  and  the  ashes  that 
(iiv  upon  it  shall  be  poured  out. 

•1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  king 
Jeroboam  liear.l  the  sayin™  of  the 
man  of  (iod,  which  hadcried  against 
the  altar  in  Beth-cl,  that  he  put  forth 
his  ban. I  from  the  altar,  saying,  Lay 
hold  on  him.  And  his  hand,  which 
he  put  forth  against  )iim,  dried  up,  so 
that  he  could  not  pull  it  in  agaiu  to 
him. 

.')  The  altar  also  was  rent,  and  the 
ashes  poured  out  from  tlie  altar,  ac- 
cording to  the  sign  which  the  man 
of  Gocl  had  given  by  the  word  of  the 
Loi:d. 

(5  And  the  king  answered  and  said 
unto  the  man  of  God,  ''  Kntreat  now 
the  f.ice  of  the  Loiin  thy  God,  and 
pray  for  me,  that  my  hand  may  be 
restored  me  again.  .\iid  the  man  of 
(Jod_  besought  t  the  L.iKi),  and  tho 
king's  hand  was  restored  liim  again, 
and  became  as  it  ir./.-j  before. 

7  And  the  kin"  said  unto  the  man 
of  God.  Come  home  with  me,  and 
refresh  thyself,  aud  f  I  will  give  tlieo 
a  re  war.  I. 

8  Anil  the  man  of  God  said  nnto 
the  king,  '  If  thou  wilt  give  me  half 
thine  house,  I  will  n.it  go  in  with 
thee,  neither  will  I  eat  bread  nor 
diinic  water  in  this  plnce: 

'.)  For  so  was  it  cliiirged  mc  by  the 
word  of  tho  Lord,  "  saying,  "h  Eat 
no  bread,  nor  drink  water,  nor  turn 
again  by  tho  same  way  that  tliou 
earnest. 

Ill  So  he  went  another  way,  and  rc- 
luriied  not  by  tho  way  that  ho  came 
to  I!eth-el. 

II  TI  Now  there  dwelt  an  old  proph- 
et in  B.-th-el;  and  hia  1  sons  came 
and  told  him  all  tlie  works  that  the 
man  of  God  had  done  that  dav  in 
Belh-el;  tho  words  whieli  he  "had 
spoken  unto  the  king,  thein  they 
told  also  to  their  father. 


The  disobedient  jyrophet  slain. 


I.  KINGS. 


The  old  prophet  burieth  him. 


12  And  tlicir  futher  said  unto  tlicm, 
AV  Uat  way  went  lie  ?  For  his  sons  liad 
seen  Avhat  way  the  man  of  God  went, 
which  came  from  Jndah. 

la  And  ho  said  unto  his  eons,  Sad- 
dle me  the  ass.  So  tlicy  saddled 
him  the  ass:  and  he  rode  tlicreon, 

14  And  went  after  tlic  man  of  God, 
and  found  him  sitting  under  an  oak: 
and  he  said  unto  him.  Art  thou  the 
man  of  God  that  earnest  from  Judah? 
And  he  said,  1  am. 

15  Then  he  said  unto  him.  Come 
home  with  me,  and  eat  bread. 

Hi  And  he  said,  'I  may  not  return 
■with  thee,  norgo  in  with  thee:  nei- 
ther will  I  eat  bread  nor  drink  water 
with  thee  in  this  phice: 

17  For  f  it  was  said  to  me  V  by  the 
word  of  the  I>oitD,  Thou  shaft  cat 
no  bread  nor  drink  water  there,  nor 
turn  again  to  go  by  the  way  that 
thou  earnest. 

l.S  He  said  unto  him,  I  am  a  proph- 
et also  as  thou  art;  and  an  angel 
spake  unto  me  by  the  word  of  the 
LoKD,  saving.  Bring  him  back  with 
thee  into  thine  house,  that  he  may 
eat  bread  and  drink  water.  JJut  he 
lied  unto  him. 

1',)  So  he  went  back  with  him,  and 
did  eat  bread  in  his  house,  and  drank 
water. 

20  H  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they 
sat  at  the  table,  that  the  word  of  tlie 
I.fiiiT)  came  unto  the  prophet  that 
bniuglit  him  back: 

l;1  And  he  crie<l  unto  the  man  of 
God  that  came  from  Judah,  saying. 
Thus  saith  the  l.i>i:i>.  Forasmuch  as 
thou  lui^t  ilisoheved  the  mouth  of 
the  I>ouo,  and  luist  not  kept  the 
coniniandnu'iit  which  the  LoitD  thy 
God  eomuKinded  tliee, 

'S2  Hut  canu'st  back,  and  hast  eaten 
bread  and  drunk  water  in  the  I  place, 
of  the  whicli  the  Lord  did  say  to 
thee,  Eat  no  bread,  and  drink  no 
water ;  thy  carcass  shall  not  come 
unto  the  sepulchre  of  thy  fathers. 

2.3  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  after  he 
had  eaten  bread,  and  atler  he  had 
drunk,  that  he  saddled  for  him  tlie 
ass,  to  wit^  for  the  prophet  whom  he 
had  brought  back. 

24  And  when  he  was  gone,  "a  lion 
met  him  by  the  way,  and  slew  him: 
and  his  carcass  was  cast  in  the  way, 
and  the  ass  stood  by  it,  th.e  lion  also 
stood  by  the  carcass. 

25  And,  behold,  men  passed  by,  and 
saw  the  carcass  cast  in  the  way,  and 
the  lion  standing  by  the  carcass:  and 
they  came  and  told  it  in  the  city 
where  the  old  prophet  dwelt. 

26  And  when  the  prophet  that 
)  brought    him    back    from    the    way 

heard  thereof^  he  said,  ItV.'t  the  man 
of  God,  who  was  disobedient  unto 
the  word  of  the  I^ORD:  therefore  tlie 
LoKD  hnth  delivered  him  unto  the 
lion,  which  hath  ttorn  lilm,  and 
slain   him,   according   to  the  word 


of  the  LoKD,  which  he  spake  unto 
him. 

27  And  he  spake  to  his  sons,  saying. 
Saddle  nic  the  ass.  And  they  sad- 
dled him. 

28  And  he  went  and  found  his  car- 
cass cast  in  the  way,  and  the  ass  and 
the  lion  standing  by  the  carcass:  the 
lion  had  not  eatcu  the  carcass,  nor 
ttorn  tlie  ass. 

211  And  the  prophet  took  up  the  car- 
cass of  the  man  of  (»od,  and  laid  it 
upon  the  ass,  and  brought  it  back: 
and  the  old  prophet  came  to  the  city, 
to  mourn  and  to  bury  him. 

30  And  he  laid  his  carcass  in  his 
own  grave;  and  they  mourned  over 
him,  samng,  "Alas,  my  brother! 

Ul  And  it  came  to  pass,  aflcr  he  had 
buried  him,  that  lie  spake  to  his 
sons,  saying,  "When  I  am  dead,  then 
bury  me  in  the  sepulchre  wiicrcin 
the  man  of  God  is  buried;  "lay  my 
bones  beside  his  bones: 

32  ITor  the  saying  which  he  cried 
by  the  word  of  the  Loud  against  the 
altar  in  Beth-el,  and  against  all  the 
liouses  of  the  high  places  which  are 
in  the  cities  of  1  Samaria,  shall  sure- 
ly come  to  pass. 

33  U  'After  this  thing  Jeroboam  re- 
turned not  from  his  evil  way,  but 
fmade  again  of  the  lowest  of  the  peo- 
ple priests  of  the  high  places:  who- 
soever would,  he  t  consecrated  him, 
and  he  became  one  of  the  priests  of 
the  high  places. 

34  '^And  this  thing  became  sin  unto 
the  house  of  Jeroboam,  even  'to  cut 
it  off,  and  to  destroy  it  from  olf  the 
face  of  the  earth. 

CUAPTER  XIV. 

1  Afiijah  being  tick,  Jerobomn  geiideth  hie 
viifc  disifuieed  tvith  j/rctenta  to  tlic 
prophet  Ahijah  at  Shiloh.  0  Ah'jah, 
forewarned  t'j/  God^  denouncefh  God'e 
judgment.  17  Abijali  diclh,  and  is  bur- 
ied. 19  Xndab  eucceedeth  Jeroboam,  il 
RehoboavCa  loieked  reign.  25  i^liiehaf; 
Bpoitcth  Jeraaalcm.  29  Abijam  duccced- 
eth  llehoboam. 
A  T  that  time  Abiiali  the  ton  of 

IX.  Jeroboam  fell  sick. 

2  And  Jeroboam  said  to  his  wife. 
Arise,  I  pray  thee,  and  disguise  thy- 
self, tliat  thou  be  not  known  to  be 
the  wife  of  .Teroboam :  and  get  thee 
to  Shiloh  :  behold,  there  i.«  Ahijah 
the  prophet,  which  told  me  that  "/ 
should  he  king  over  this  jieople. 

3  bAnd  take  t  with  thee  ten  loaves, 
and  II cracknels,  and  a  ||  cruse  of  lion- 
ey,  and  go  to  him :  he  shall  tell  thee 
what  shall  become  of  the  child. 

4  And  Jeroboam's  wife  did  so,  and 
arose,  *^r.nd  went  to  Shiloh,  and  came 
to  the  house  of  Ahi.iah.  But  Ahijah 
could  not  see;  for  liis  eyes  t  were  set 
by  reason  of  his  age. 

fl  IT  And  tlie  J^ORD  said  unto  Ahi- 
jah, Behold,   the  wife  of  Jeroboam 
coineth  to  ask  a  thing  of  thee  fur  her 
son;   for  he  is  eick:   thus  and  thus 
323 


Jeroboam's  ivife  gocth  to  Ahijah.       I.  KINGS 


Shishak  s-poilcth  Jerusalem. 


Beforo 

C  HRIST 

'I'm. 


t  nab.  hard. 
clS<.«2S«ii>. 


about  0313. 
1  cb.  1.5.  23. 
kci..21.  21. 

2Kmei9.8. 


6l  VX  3. 

r.-li.l5.27.2«. 


fi2Kin.i;.  r, 

r.I...h.  'J  1.11. 

i<:. 

.Sliln.  1'..23. 
1K..31.  n. 
Dcul.l2.a.l. 

iicli.  12.30.  * 
11.  31.  k  ly 
SU.Itl.  ii  1C.2. 

ch.  10.  0.  8. 


Shalt  tliou  say  unto  her:  for  it  Bh:i.ll 
be  when  the  cometh  in,  that  she  Bhall 
fei'-n  liersclf  ti>  be  another  woman. 
G°Anrl  it  was  so.  when  Ahyah 
heard  tlic  sound  of  her  feet,  as  Khc 
came  in  at  the  door,  that  he  Raid, 
Come  in,  thou  wife  of  Jeroboam  ; 
why  fci-iic^t  thon  tliyseli  Jo  he  an- 
other? tor  I  (Oil  sent  to  thee  icttli 

7  Go,  tell  .lerohoam,  Thus  saith 
the  Imrd  (iod  of  Israel,  il  Foras- 
much as  I  exalted  thoe  fiom  anions 
the  people,  and  made  thee  prince 
over  my  people  Israel, 

8  And  'rent  the  kingdom  away 
from  the  house  of  David,  and  Rave 
it  thee:  and  yet  thou  hast  not  been 
a.s  my  servant  David,  f  who  kept  inv 
commandments,  and  who  followed 
me  with  all  his  heart,  to  do  that  only 
irhirli  was  riffht  in  mine  eyes; 

9  lUit  hast  done  evil  above  all  that 
were  before  thee  :  e f,,r  thou  hast 
gone  and  made  thee  other  pods,  and 
molten  imasea,  to  provoke  inc  to 
auRcr,  and  lihast  cast  me  behind 
thy  back:  .,      .,,  ,    • 

10  Therefore,  heboid,  il  will  hrinf; 
evil  upon  the  house  of  Jeroboam, 
and  kwill  cut  off  from  Jcroboain 
him  that  pi-^aeth  ajainst  the  wall 
\aii'l  bim  tint  is  shut  up  and  left 
in  Israel,  and  will  tike  away  the 
remnant  of  Hie  house  of  Jeroboain 
ns  a  man  taketh  away  dung,  till  it 
be  all  K"ne. 

11  I"  Him  t'lat  dicth  of  Jeroboam 
in  the  eitv  .''lall  the  dos'  f->':  "nJ 
him  that  diiiii  in  the  licld  shall  the 
lowU  of  the  air  cat:  for  the  Loud 

IJ  Ari.se  tho  I*  therefore,  Kct  thee  to 
thine  own  li-.nae:_<r«,«  "wlu-n  lliv 
n-ct  enter  into  the  city,  the  child  shall 

'l.lAnd  nil  Israel  shall  mourn  for 
him,  and  bury  liiin:  for  he  only  ot 
Jeroboam  shall  come  lo  the  pave, 
because  in  him  "there  n  f..iiii(l  .<'>mr 
"oodtliin'?  toward  tiie  l,(ii:ii  (.odof 
Israel  in  the  house  of  Jenih.-am.     , 

11  I' Moreover  the  I.or.i)  shall  raise 
him  up  a  kin-  over  Israel,  who  shall 
cut  off  the  house  of  Jeroboam  that 
day:  but  what?  oven  now. 

]j  I'orthc  l.Ditn  shall  smite  Israel, 
as  a  reed  is  shaken  in  the  watrr,  and 
ho  shall  "iroot  up  Israel  out  of  this 
■•.-oc.d  land,  which  he  Rave  to  their 
fathers,  and  shall  scatter  them  "  be- 
yond the  river,  'because  they  have 
ado   their   proves,  provokinj;    the 

i,oi!i)  to  anfccr. 

I(!  And  he  shall  Rivc  Israel  up  he 

..£•*!..«  ^:....  j.e  Trt,.rtt.(i.i»n    "  whi 


l%2.r 


1.4. 


cause  of  the  sins  of  Jeroboam,  "  wlio 
did  sin,  and  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

17  IT  And  Jeroboam's  wife  arose, 
and  departed,  and  came  to  ^  Tir/.ah: 
nii'l  >  when  she  came  to  the  thresh- 
old of  the  door,  the  child  died; 

1,S  And  they  buried  lum;  and  nil 
Israel  mourned  for  him, 'aceordinj; 
324 


to  the  word  of  the  Lor.n,  which  he 
spake  by  the  hand  of  hia  servant 
Ahijah  the  prophet.  .      -  , 

11)  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jero- 
boam, how  he  -'waned,  and  how  be 
rei'^nrd,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  Chronicles  ot  the 
kinis  of  Israel.  .  .  .     , 

•I)  And  the  days  which  Jeroboam 
reiu'nod  wci-e  two  and  twenty  years: 
and  he  t  slept  with  his  fathers,  and 
Nadab  his  son  rcipiied  in  his  stead. 
•21  H  And  Itehoboam  the  son  of 
Solomon  reipcned  in  Judah.  l>Re- 
hoboam  u-as  forty  and  one  years 
old  when  ho  began  to  reign,  and 
he  reigned  seventeen  years  in  Je- 
rusalem, the  city  'which  the  Lokd 
did  choose  out  of  all  the  tribes  of 
Israel,  to  put  his  name  there.  '1  And 
his  mother's  name  teas  Naamah  an 
Ammonitess.  .,  .     .,       .  v» 

'J2  •■  And  Judah  did  evil  m  the  sight 
of  the  I>ORi>,  and  they  fprovoked 
him  to  iealoiiav  with  their  sins  which 
they  h;id  committed,  above  all  that 
their  fathers  had  done.  „ ,  .   , 

>.!  For  they  also  built  thera  E  high 
pTaoea,  and  ||  images,  hand  groves, 
on  every  high  liill,  and  i  under  every 
green  tree.  . 

•'4  K  \nd  there  were  also  sodomites 
in  tlielniid:  o»'Mlicv  did  according 
to  all  tlic  aboiiiiiiatious  of  the  nations 
wliii'h  the  Lditi)  cast  out  before  the 
children  of  Israel.  . 

•J.-,  II  I  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
fiflh  year  of  king  Hehobonm,  that 
Shish'ak  king  of  Egypt  came  up 
against  Jerusalem: 
5;  '"  And  he  took  away  the  treas- 
ures of  tbft  house  of  the  Loisn,  and 
the  treasures  of  the  king's  lujuse;  he 
even  took  away  all:  and  he  took 
awavHll  the  shlchls  of  gold  "which 
Sohimou  had  made.  . 

•>7  And  kin"  Uehoboam  made  in 
their  stead  brazen  shields,  and  com- 
mitt.-d  Ihrm  unto  the  hands  of  the 
chief  of  the  tguiird,  which  kept  the 
door  ofthe  king's  house. 
"S  ,\ucl  it  was  .»o,  when  the  king 
went  into  the  house  of  the  I><)iil>, 
that  the  guard  hare  them,  and 
brought  them  back  into  the  guard- 
chamber.  .  e 
ny  V  "Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Reboboam,  and  all  that  he  did.  «<•<• 
tliey  not  writt.-u  in  fbe  hor.k  of  the 
Chronicles  ofthe  kings  ot  Judah? 
.".I)  And  there  was  1' war  between 
Reboboam  and  Jeroboam  all  their 
days.  ,  .  ... 
,tl'  1  And  Rehohoam  slept  with 
his  fathers,  and  was  buried  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David.  'And 
his  mother's  name  ic>"  Na:imah  an 
Ammonitess.  And  '  Abijam  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

CriArTF.R  XV. 

1  Abij<im't  tci>*rrJ  rciffii.    7  Aid  lucceiit- 

ell,  hitn.    B  Atn'a  (/oo.l  rti,in.     10   The 

UHxr  Scdcctii  BiKteha  anil  him  taumlh 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  056.     I 


;!,.  1...  \i.  k 
?•  Il 
2K.n.  23.  7. 

071. 
'h,  11.  411. 
2  Clir.  12. 2. 
„  2  Chr.  12.9. 


.th.  12.2*.* 

1.5.  11. 

2  Chr.  12.  13. 


,2Cl.r.  1116. 
r  fir.  21. 
.■.•Chr.  12.1H. 


Aga's  good  reiffii. 


I.  KINGS. 


nis  league  Kith  Ben-hadad. 


c  n  u  1  s  T 

053. 


UClT 

21.  ai 

11.20. 

t2l 

il. 

.jl. 

13.1 

aJChr 
M,a(o 

11.21. 

'i: 

1 
11 

.4. 

.60. 

feh 

11.32.36. 

him  to  make  a  h-agim  wUli  JJen-liaihul. 
*3  Jchotihaphat  9itccecdeth  Asa,  -j  Sa- 
ilab'n  ivickctl  reiyn.  27  Iltiasha  cotmpir- 
in(j  againat  him  cxecuteth  AhiJah'B 
prophecy.  31  Nadab^i  iict»  and  death. 
S'i  llaanha'a  wicked  reign. 

"VTOW  "in  the  cifrhtccnth  year  of 
X\  king  Jeroliottiii  the  ton  ot  Nebat 
reigned  Abijani  over  Judali. 

2  Three  years  reigned  lie  in  Je- 
rusalem. I'And  his  mother's  name 
ivas  '^  Maachuh,  tlie  daughter  of 
d  Abishalom. 

3  And  he  "walked  in  all  the  sins  of 
his  father,  which  he  had  done  be- 
fore him;  and  '^hia  heart  was  not 
perfect  with  the  I.,<)KI)  his  God,  as 
the  heart  of  David  his  father. 

4  Nevertheless  ffor  David's  sake 
did  the  Loun  his  God  give  him 
a  II  lamp  in  Jerusalem,  to  set  up  his 
sou  aflcr  him,  and  to  establish  Jeru- 
salem : 

5  Because  David  5  did  that  which 
u-as  right  in  the  eyes  of  the  Loud, 
and  turned  not  aside  from  any  thing 
that  he  commanded  him  all  the 
davs  of  his  life,  '•  save  only  in  the 
matter  of  Uriah  the  Ilittite. 

G  ■  And  tliere  was  war  between  Re- 
hoboam  and  Jeroboam  all  the  davs 
of  his  life. 

r  k  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Abijam,  and  all  that  he  did,  «re 
they  not  written  in  the  bonk  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Judah? 
And  there  was  war  between  Abijam 
and  Jeroboam. 

S  lAnd  Abijam  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers; and  tliey  buried  him  in  the 
city  of  David;  and  Asa  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead, 

y  H  And  in  the  twentieth  year  of 
Jeroboam  king  of  Israel  reigned  Asa 
over  Judah. 

10  And  fortv  and  one  years  reigned 
he  in  Jerusalem.  And  liis  II  mother's 
name  vas  JIaachali,  the  daughter  of 
Abishalom. 

11  "'And  Asa  did  that  which  was 
right  in  the  eves  of  the  Loi:i>,  as  did 
David  his  fatner. 

12  "  And  he  took  away  the  sodom- 
ites nut  of  the  huul,  and  removed  all 
the  idol.s  that  his  fatliors  hail  made. 

l:i  And  als.i  "  .Maachah  his  mother, 
even  her  he  remo\-ed  fiom  hcih(j 
queen,  because  she  had  made  an 
idol  in  a  grove;  and  Asa  t  destroyed 
her  idol,  imd  I'  burnt  i(  by  the  brook 
Kidron. 

H  ''But  the  high  places  were  not 
removed;  nevertheless  As;i's  'heart 
was  perfect  with  the  LoitD  all  his 
days. 

15  And  he  brought  in  the  f  things 
which  his  fallur  had  dedicated,  and 
the  things  which  himself  had  dedi- 
cated, into  tlie  house  of  the  I.oiiU, 
silver,  and  gnld,  and  vessels. 

l(j  11  And  there  was  war  between 
Asa  and  Baasha  king  of  Israel  all 
their  days. 


17  And  'Baasha  king  of  Israel 
went  up  against  Jndali,  and  built 
'litiniah,  "that  he  might  not  sulfcr 
any  to  go  out  or  come  in  to  Asa  king 
of  Jndah. 

l.s  Then  Asa  took  all  the  silver 
and  the  gold  that  were  left  in  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  tlie  I.diU), 
and  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
house,  and  delivered  them  into  the 
hand  of  his  servants:  and  king  Asa 
sent  them  to  *Ben-hadad,  the  son 
of  Tabrimon,  the  son  of  llezion, 
king  of  Syria,  that  dwelt  at  1'  Damas- 
cus, saying, 

ly  Tltcre  is  a  league  between  me 
and  thee,  and  between  my  father 
and  thy  father:  behold,  I  have  sent 
unto  thee  a  present  of  silver  and 
gold;  c<ime  and  break  thy  league 
with  Baasha  king  of  Israel,  that  he 
m.ay  t  depart  from  me. 

20  So  Ben-hadad  hearkened  unto 
king  Asa,  and  sent  the  captains  of 
the  hosts  which  he  had  against  the 
cities  of  Israel,  and  smote  ^Ijon, 
and  "Dan,  and  ^  Abd-bethiuaa- 
chah,  and  all  Cinneroth,  with  all 
the  land  ofNaphtali. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Baasha  heard  thrrent',  that  he  left 
oft'  building  of  K;unah,  and  dwelt 
in  Tirzah. 

22  '  Then  king  Asa  made  a  proc- 
lamation throughout  all  Judah ; 
none  was  t  exempted  :  and  they 
took  away  the  stones  of  Kamah, 
and  the  timber  thereof,  wherewith 
Baasha  had  builded;  and  king  Asa 
built  with  them  d  Geba  of  .Benjamin, 
and  "■  iSIizpah. 

23  The  rest  of  all  the  acts  of  Asa, 
and  all  his  might,  and  all  that  he 
did,  and  the  cities  which  he  built, 
are  they  not  written  in  the  book 
of  the  'Chronicles  of  the  kings  of 
Judah?  Nevertheless  fin  the  time 
of  his  old  age  he  was  diseased  in  his 
feet. 

24  And  Asa  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  with  his  lathers  in 
the  citv  of  David  his  father:  Sand 
>>  Jehoshaphat  his  sou  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

25  TT  And  Nadab  the  son  of  Jer- 
oboam f  began  to  reign  o(er  Israel 
in  the  second  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Judah,  and  reigned  over  Israel  two 
years. 

2li  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  I.,oi:p,  and  walked  in  the  way 
of  his  father,  and  in  i  his  sin  where- 
with he  made  Israel  to  sin. 

27  IT  k  And  Baasha  the  son  of  Ahi- 
jah,  of  the  house  of  Issachar,  con- 
spired against  him  ;  and  Baasha 
smote  him  at  1  Gibbethon,  which  hr- 
IniH/ed  to  the  Philistines;  for  Nadab 
and  all  Israel  laid  siege  to  Gibbethon. 

2.S  lOven  in  the  third  year  of  Asa 
king  of  Judah  did  Baaslia  slay  him, 
and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2'J  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
325 


Bcforo 
C  II  lU  y  T 

about  O.'jl. 


iSair.  16.  2. 
y  ch.  11.23.21. 


Jehu's  prophecy  against  Eaasha.       I.  KINGS. 


Zimri  burnetii  himself. 


CHRIST 

054. 


pell.  12.  28. 
2!).  *  U.  33. 
ll  11.  lU. 


2Clir.  19.2. 
&2U.  31. 
b  eh.  U.  7. 


.ch.  11.  10.4 
fch.  11.  11. 


reiffncd,  t/iiit  he  emote  nil  the  house 
of  Jeroboam ;  he  left  not  to  .Ifio- 
1)0.1111  any  that  brca(ln-(l,  niitil  he 
had  destroyed  him,  acecmlin;,'  unto 
"'the  sayin.ti  of  the  J.okii,  wliieli 
he  epake  by  his  servant  Ahijah  the 
Shilouite: 

I'iO  "  Beeause  of  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
wliich  he  sinned,  and  which  he  made 
Israel  sin,  by  his  provocation  where- 
with he  provoked  the  Loitu  God  of 
Israel  to  anger. 

.'il  IT  Now  tTio  rest  of  the  acts  of  Na- 
dab,  and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  liookof  the  Chronicles 
of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

.'!2  "And  there  was  war  between 
Asa  and  Baasha  kinp;  of  Israel  all 
tlieir  days. 

.x!  In  the  third  year  of  Asa  king  of 
Jndah  lie^an  Baasha  the  son  of  Ahi- 
jah to  reign  over  all  Israel  in  Tirzah, 
twenty  and  four  years. 

34  And  he  did  evil  in  the  siRht  of 
the  I.,OT!i),  and  walked  iu  ''the  way 
of  Jeroboam,  and  iu  his  sin  where- 
with he  made  Israel  to  sin. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

1,  7  Ji;ftu*a  prophecy  agninH  Baa&hci.  G 
JUahaucceedclUhim.  SXimriconiipirinij 
againot  JiUh  iiiccecdclh  him.  11  Zimri 
axceutcth  Johu'a  prophecy/.  15  Omri, 
made  king  by  the  toldiera.forceth  Zimri 
dcaperiiltty  to  burn  himself,  £1  The 
kingdom  being  divided,  Omri  prevaileth 
against  Tibni,  '2'i  Omri  buitdeth  A'(- 
tnaria.  25  His  wicked  reign.  27  Ahab 
aucccedeth  him.  29  Ahab^s  most  wicked 
reign.  34  Joshtta'a  curse  upon  Hiel  the 
builder  of  Jericho. 

word  ol ^ _ 

son    of   Ilanani 

again.st  li.aasha,  saying, 

2  l>  Forasmuch  as'I  exalted  thee  out 
of  the  dust,  and  made  thee  prince 
over  mv  people  Israel;  and  'thou 
hast  walked  in  the  way  of  Jerohtiam, 
and  hast  made  my  people  Israel  to 
sin,  to  provoke  me  to  anger  with 
their  sins; 

3  Behold,  I  will  <1  take  away  the 
posterity  of  Baasha,  and  the  posteri- 
ty of  his  house;  and  will  make  tliy 
house  like  'the  house  of  Jcroboaiii 
tliesimofNebat. 

■I  f  lliin  tliat  dieth  of  Baasha  in  the 
eitv  shall  the  dogs  eat;  and  him  that 
dieth  of  his  in  the  fields  shall  tlie 
fowls  oftlie  air  eat. 

.■SNow  tlie  rest  of  the  acts  of  Baasha, 
and  wliat  be  did,  and  liis  might, 
Cxrethev  not  written  iu  the  hook  of 
the  Chro'uieles  oftlie  kiuu's  of  I.srael? 

CSo  Baasl.a  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  was  buried  iu  li'I'ir/.ah:  and 
Klah  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

7  And  also  by  the  hand  of  the 
prophet  ijchii  the  son  of  Ilanani 
.■anie  the  word  of  the  l,OKi>  against 
r.aaslKi,  and  Mg-.in^t  1,1^  li,.u^,',  even 
f,ir  all  tlie  evil  that  he  .lid  in  the  sight 
of  the  LoiM),  ill  pvi. voicing  hiui  to 
anger  with  tlie  work  of  his  hands,  iu 
32tj 


being  like  the  house  of  Jeroboam; 
and  because  the  killed  him. 

S  H  In  the  twenty  and  sixth  year  of 
Asa  king  of  Jndah  began  Klah  the 
s^in  of  Baasha  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
Tirzah,  two  years. 

!)  'And  his  servant  Zimri,  captain  of 
half  his  chariots,  conspired  against 
him,  as  he  was  in  Tirzah,  drinking 
himself  drunk  in  the  house  of  Arza 
t  steward  ctt' his  house  in  Tirzah. 

10  And  Zimri  went  In  and  smote 
him,  and  killed  him,  in  the  twenty 
and  seventh  year  of  A.sa  king  of 
Judah,  and  reigned  in  his  stead. 

11  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
began  to  reign,  as  soon  as  he  sat  on 
his  throne,  that  he  slew  all  the  house 
of  Baasha:  he  left  him  "'not  one  that 
pisseth  against  a  wall,  1|  neither  of  his 
kinsfolks,  nor  of  his  friends. 

I'J  Thus  did  Zimri  destroy  all  the 
house  of  Baasha,  "  according  to  the 
word  of  the  l.,oitD,  which  be  spake 
against  Baasha  t  °  liy  Jehu  the 
prophet, 

13  For  all  the  sins  of  Baasha,  and 
tlie  sins  of  Klah  his  son,  by  which 
tliey  sinned,  and  by  which  they 
made  Israel  to  sin,  in  provoking  the 
Loi:i>  God  of  Israel  to  anger ''with 
their  vanities. 

14  Now  tlie  rest  of  the  acts  of  Elah, 
and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not  writ- 
ten in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of 
the  kings  of  Israel? 

15  U  In  the  twenty  and  seventh  year 
of  Asa  king  of  Juilah  did  Zimri  r'eigii 
seven  days  in  Tirzah.  And  the  peo- 
ple were  encamped  *1  against  Gib- 
hethon,  which  belonged  to  the  Philis- 
tines. 

1(J  And  the  people  that  irere  en- 
cainiied  heard  say,  Zimri  hath  eon- 
spired,  and  bath  lilso  slain  the  king: 
wherefore  all  Israel  made  Omri,  tiie 
captain  oftlie  host,  king  over  Israel 
that  day  in  the  camp. 

1"  And  Omri  went  lip  from  Gib- 
betlioii,  and  all  Isniel  with  him,  and 
they  bi-sieged  Tirzah. 

IS  .\nd  it  came  to  p:iss,  when  Zimri 
saw  that  the  city  was  taken,  that  ho 
went  into  the  palace  of  the  king's 
house,  and  burnt  the  king's  house 
over  him  with  tire,  and  died, 

1!)  For  his  sins  which  he  sinned  in 
doing  e\  il  in  the?  sight  of  the  I.ouu, 
'■  ill  walking  in  the  way  of  Jeroboam, 
and  in  his  sin  which  lie  did,  to  make 
Israid  to  sin. 

LI)  Now  the  rest  of  the  nets  of  Zimri, 
and  his  treason  that  he  wnniglit,  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  oftlie  kings  of  Israel  ? 

I'l  7  'I'hen  were  the  people  of  Israel 
divided  into  two  parts:  half  of  tlic 
pec. pie  followed  Tihni  tlic  son  of 
Ginath.  t.i  make  him  king;  and  half 
lollowed  Omri. 

L'.'  lint  tlie  people  that  Ihllowed 
Oiiiii  prev:uled  against  the  iieople 
tliat  fallowed  Tibul  the  son  of  Gi- 


Ahab's  most  itncked  reign. 


I.  KINGS. 


Elijah  is  fed  by  ravens. 


Before 

CHRIST 

926. 


•2  Kiu.  10. 18. 

A  17.  16. 
b2Kin.l0.21, 

20,  27. 
c2Khi.  13.6. 

k  IT.  111.  li 

21.3. 

J«r.  17.  2. 
d  *cr.  30. 

ch.  81.  2.5. 


•  2Km.3.  U. 
b  D«ut.  10.  8. 

d  Lake  1.  2:. 


natli:  so  Tibni  died,  and  Oiiiri  reiy;n- 
ed. 

23  T  In  the  thirty  and  first  year  of 
Asa  IciiiK  of  Judali  bcf!un  Oiiiri  to 
rei^u  over  Israel,  twelve  years:  six 
years  rei^rned  he  in  Tirzah. 

24  And  he  bouf^ht  the  hill  Samaria 
of  Shenier  for  two  talents  of  silver, 
and  built  on  the  hill,  and  called  the 
name  of  the  city  which  he  built,  aft- 
er the  name  of  Shemer,  owner  of  the 
hill,  t"  Samaria. 

25  IT  But '  Omri  wrought  evil  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord,  and  did  worse 
than  all  that  were  before  him. 

20  For  lie  "  walked  in  all  the  way 
of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Ncbat,  and 
in  his  sin  wherewith  he  made  Israel 
to  sin,  to  provoke  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  to  anger  with  their  ^vanities. 

27  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Omri 
which  he  did,  and  his  iniiiht  that  he 
shewed,  are  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel? 

28  So  Omri  slept  with  his  fathers. 
and  was  buried  in  Samaria  :  and 
Ahab  his  sou  reigned  in  his  stead. 

2a  nAnd  in  the  thirty  and  eighth 
year  of  Asa  king  of  Jndah  began 
Ahab  the  son  of  Omri  to  reign  over 
Israel:  and  Ahab  the  son  of  Omri 
reigned  over  Israel  in  Samaria  twen- 
ty and  two  years. 

oO  And  Ahab  the  son  of  Omri  did 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Louu  above 
all  that  ivere  before  him. 

31  And  it  came  to  pass,  t  as  if  it  had 
been  a  light  thing  for  him  to  walk  in 
the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nc- 
bat, J  that  he  took  to  wife  Jezeliel 
the  daughter  of  Ethbaal  king  of  the 
^Zidonians,  "and  went  and  served 
Baal,  and  worshipjied  him. 

32  And  he  reared  up  an  altar  for 
Baal  in  bthe  house  of  Baal,  which 
he  had  built  in  Samaria. 

33  *^ And  Ahab  made  a  grove;  and 
Ahab  d  did  more  to  provoke  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  to  anger  than 
all  the  kings  of  Israel  that  were  be- 
fore him. 

34  T  In  his  days  did  Hiel  the  Beth- 
elite  build  Jericho:  he  laid  the  ibun- 
dation  thereof  in  Abiram  his  tirst- 
born,  and  set  up  the  gates  thereof  in 
his  youngest  son  Segub,  "according 
to  the  word  of  the  I.OKn,  which  he 
spake  by  Joshua  the  sou  of  Nun. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

1  Elijah,  Jiaving  prophesied  againat  Ahab, 
IB  Bent  to  Chcrith,  where  the  rtivcne  feed 
him.  8  He  is  eent  to  the  widow  of  Zare- 
phath.  17  He  raiteth  the  loidow'a  <ron. 
24  The  woman,  bclieveth  him. 

AND  t  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  who 
teas  of  the  inhabitants  of  Gilead, 
said  unto  Ahab,  -'As  the  Lord  God 
of  Israel  liveth,  l»  before  whom  I 
stand,  'there  shall  not  be  dew  nor 
rain  it  these  years,  but  according  to 
my  word. 


2  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  him,  saying, 

3  Get  thee  hence,  and  turn  thee 
eastward,  and  hide  tliysclf  by  the 
brook  Cherith,  that  is  belore  Jordan. 

4  And  it  shall  be,  tlnit  thou  shalt 
drink  of  the  bniok;  and  1  have  com- 
manded the  ravens  to  feed  thee 
there. 

5  So  he  went  and  did  according  un- 
to the  word  of  the  Lord:  for  he  went 
and  dwelt  by  the  brook  Cherith, 
that  IS  before  Jordan. 

(J  And  the  ravens  brought  him 
bread  and  flesh  in  the  morning,  and 
bread  and  flesh  in  the  evening;  and 
he  drank  of  the  brook. 

7  And  it  came  to  pass  t  after  a  while, 
that  the  brook  dried  up,  because 
there  had  been  no  rain  in  the  land. 

S  TT  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  him,  saying, 

U  Arise,  get  thee  to  "^Zarephath, 
which  helom/eth  to  Zidon,  and  dwell 
there:  behold,  I  have  commanded  a 
widow  woman  there  to  sustain  thee. 

10  So  he  arose  and  went  to  Zare- 
phatli.  And  when  he  came  to  the 
gate  of  the  city,  behold,  the  widow 
woman  tios there  gatheringof  sticks: 
and  he  called  to  her,  and  said.  Fetch 
me,  I  pray  thee,  a  little  water  in  a 
vessel,  that  I  may  drink. 

11  And  as  she  was  going  to  fetch  it, 
he  called  to  her,  and  said.  Bring  me, 
I  pray  thee,  a  morsel  of  bread  in 
thine  hand. 

12  And  she  said.  As  the  Lord  thy 
God  liveth,  I  have  not  a  cake,  but'a 
handful  of  meal  in  a  barrel,  and  a 
little  oil  in  a  cruse:  and,  behold,  I 
ciiii  gathering  two  sticks,  that  I  may 
go  in  and  dress  it  for  me  and  my 
son,  that  we  may  eat  it,  and  die. 

13  And  Eliiah  said  unto  her.  Fear 
not;  go  ana  do  as  thou  hast  said: 
but  make  me  thereof  a  little  cake 
first,  and  bring  it  unto  me,  and  after 
make  for  thee  and  for  thy  son. 

14  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
Isr.iel,  The  barrel  of  meal  shall  not 
waste,  neither  shall  the  cruse  of  oil 
fail,  until  the  day  that  the  Lord 
fsendeth  rain  upon  tlie  earth. 

!.■>  And  she  went  and  did  according 
to  the  saying  of  Elijah:  and  she,  and 
he,  and  her  house,  did  eat  Ij  maiii/ 
days. 

lo'  Anil  the  barrel  of  meal  wasted 
not,  neither  did  the  cruse  of  oil  fail, 
according  to  the  w  ord  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  spake  f  by  Elijah. 

17  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  these 
things,  t/iat  the  son  of  the  woman, 
the  mistress  of  the  house,  fell  sick; 
and  his  sickness  was  so  sore,  that 
there  was  no  breath  left  in  him. 

18  And  she  said  unto  Elijah,  f  What 
have  I  to  do  with  thee,  O  thou  man 
of  God?  art  thou  come  unto  nie  to 
call  my  sin  to  remembrance,  and  to 
slay  my  son? 

I'J  And  he  said  unto  her.  Give  me 


Elijah  raiseth  the  widow's  son. 


Elijah's  siffn  to 


Ueforo 
CHRIST 

about  UlU. 


hHob.  11.  3S. 


l.I)o.a.28.1i 


thy  son.  Ami  he  took  him  out  of 
lier  busiiin,  ami  earned  him  up  into 
11  loft,  wliire  ju-  alwile,  and  laid  him 
upon  liisowii  lied. 

L'l)  And  lie  cried  unto  tlic  liORD, 
and  said,  O  Loud  my  God,  lia»t 
thou  als*  hrou<;ht  evd  upon  the 
widow  with  whom  I  Bojouru,  by 
slayinj;  her  son? 

:^l  »And  he  t  stretched  himself  upon 
tlie  cliild  tliree  times,  and  cried  unto 
tlic  Loud,  and  said,  ()  Loun  my 
God,  I  pray  thee,  let  this  child's  soiil 
come  t  into  him  aj^ain. 

2;i  And  tlie  Loud  hoard  the  voice 
of  Elijah;  and  tlie  soul  of  the  cliild 
came  into  him  airain,  and  he  li  re- 
vived. 

2o  And  Elijah  took  the  cliild,  and 
brought  liini  down  out  of  the  cham- 
ber into  the  house,  and  delivered 
him  unto  his  mother:  and  ElijaJi 
said.  See,  thy  son  liveth. 

'2-i  IT  And  the  woman  said  to  Elijah, 
Now  by  this  i  I  know  that  thou  art 
a  man  of  God,  aitif  that  the  word  of 
the  Loud  in  thy  mouth  is  truth. 

CHAPTER  XVIIL 

1  In  the  cxireiiulxj  uf  famine  Elijah,  tent 
to  Ahab,  mecteth  i/oml  Ohadiah.  U  OI>a- 
Utah  bringeth  Ahab  to  Elijah.  17  Eli- 
jah, reproving  Ahab,  by  fire  from  heaven 
convineeth  Haal'a  prophelt.  41  Elijah, 
by  prayer  obtaining  rain,  foUoweth  Ahab 
(u  Jelreel. 

VND  it  came  to  passs  after  '  many 
days,  that  the  word  of  the  Loud 
came  to  Elijah  in  the  third  vear,  say- 
in;;,  (Jo,  sliew  thvself  unto  Ahab; 
and  b  I  will  send  rain  upon  the  earth. 

2  And  IClijah  went  I.,  .-hew  himself 
unt4>  Ahab.  And  tlicn:  was  u  sore 
famine  in  Samaria. 

.-!  And  Ahab  called  f  Obadiah,  which 
vits  f  the  ;.'ovenuir  of  liin  lionse. 
(Now  Ohadiah  feared  the  Loud 
;;reatly : 

4  For  it  was  .to,  when  t  Jezebel  cut 
oil"  the  prophets  of  the  Loud,  that 
Oliadirih  to.ik  a  hundred  prophets, 
and  bid  tlvem  liv  titlv  in  a  cave,  and 
fed  them  with  breailnnd  water.) 

1  Abuhs;iid  unto  Ohadiah,  Go 


do  the  land. 


nil  f. 


water,  a: 
venture 
tin-  hor 


;.V    li 


.  uli 


iitain 


.■>■  :    penid- 
,  f  that  we 


tall  the  heiis 

(i  Sij  they  diviileil  the  land  between 
them  to  pa.-s  thn.n;;hont  it:  Ahab 
Went  one  wav  bv  himself,  and  Oha- 
diah went  an..thi"r  way  by  liim.self. 

7  U  And  as  Ohadiah  was  in  tlie  way, 
behold,  lOlijah  met  him  :  and  lie 
knew  him.  anil  fell  on  bis  face,  and 
said,  .\rt  thiin  thalmv  lord  Elijah? 

s  AtuI  he  answered  "him,  I  fim  .•  f-o, 
tell  thv  lord,  liebold,  Elijah  i.->  here. 

y  And  he  said.  What  have  I  sinned, 
that  thou  woidd.st  deliver  thy  serv- 
ant into  the  hand  of  Ahab,  to  slay 

lUD  thv   God    liveth, 


111  Ai 


there  is  no  nation  or  kingdom, 
whither  mv  lord  hath  not  sent  to 
seek  thee:  "and  when  thev  said,  lit- 
is not  there:  be  took  an  oath  of  the 
kiuffdom  and  nation,  that  they  found 
thee  not. 

II  And  now  thou  saycst.  Go,  tell 
thy  lord,  behold,  Elijah  is  here. 

li  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  as  noon 
as  I  am  eone  from  thee,  that  '  the 
Spirit  of  the  LoUD  shall  carry  thee 
whither  I  know  not;  and  so  when  I 
come  and  tell  Ahab,  and  he  cannot 
find  thee,  he  shall  slay  me  :  but  1 
thy  servant  fear  the  Loud  from  iny 
yiiuth. 

l.'i  Was  it  not  told  my  lord  what  I 
did  when  Jezebel  slew  the  prophets 
of  the  Loun,  how  1  hid  a  hundred 
men  of  the  Loud's  prophets  by  fifty 
in  a  cave,  and  fed  them  with  bread 
and  water? 

14  And  now  thou  eaycst,  Go,  tell 
thy  lord.  Behold,  Elijah  is  here: 
and  he  shall  slay  me. 

1.')  And  Elijah  said,  Js  the  Loun  of 
hosts  liveth,  betbre  whom  I  stand,  I 
will  surely  shew  myself  unto  him  to 
day. 

III  So  Ohadiah  went  to  meet  Ahab, 
and  told  him  :  and  Ahab  went  to 
meet  Elijah. 

17  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Ahab  saw  Elijah,  that  Ahab  said 
unto  him,  J  Art  thou  he  that  '  troub- 
leth  Israel? 

l.S  And  he  answered,  1  have  not 
troubled  Israel;  but  thou,  and  thy 
father's  bouse,  fin  that  .ve  have 
forsaken  the  commandments  of  tlie 
Loud,  and  thou  hast  followed  lia- 
alim. 

Ill  Now  therefore  send,  ami  pither 
to  me  all  Israel  untoiiionnt  -Carinel, 
and  the  prophets  of  liaal  lour  bund- 
red  and  fifty,  band  the  prophets  of 
the  fjroves  tinir  hundred,  which  cut 
at  Jezebel's  table. 

'M  So  Ahab  sent  unto  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  and  lathered  the 
jirophets  together  unto  mount  Car- 

L'l  And  Elijah  came  unto  nil  the 
people,  and  said.  1-  How  I.mi;,'  halt  ve 
iietween  two  ||  opinions  :'  if  the  l.ouD 
he  (iod.  follow  hlin  :  hot  if  liaal.  1  Ih.i, 
follow  him.  .Vml  the  iieople  answer- 
ed him  not  a  word. 

22  Then  said  Klijali  unto  the  peo- 
ple, "'I,  errii  1  oiilv,  remain  a  prophet 
of  the  I-oud;  "but  Uanl's  prophets 
(i;v  four  hundred  and  titty  men. 

23  Let  them  therefore  i;ive  us  two 
bullocks;  and  let  them  cliooso  one 
bullock  for  themselves,  and  cut  it  in 
pieces,  and  lu.v  it  on  wood,  and  put 
no  tire  vmler':  and  I  will  dress  the 
other  biilloek,  ami  lav  it  on  wood, 
and  put  no  lire  iiicler: 

24  .Viid  call  ye  on  the  name  of  your 
prods,  ami  1  ■.vill  call  on  the  nan"\e  of 
the  LoKii:  and  the  Gml  that  "an- 
swereth    by    lire,  let    him    be   God. 


iletermine  the  true  God. 


I.  KINGS.       Elijah  by  2)raycr  obtaiiieth  rain. 


k  Ki.  3.  e. 

c  th.  8. 13. 
2Kfn.  IM.  13. 
1"<.  t3.  ts 


And  all  the  people  answered  and 
said,  f  It  is  well  spoken. 

■2')  And  Elijah  said  unto  the  proph- 
ets of  Daul,  Choose  you  one  Inilloeli 
for  yourselves,  and  dress  it  lirst;  lor 
yc  arc  many:  and  call  on  the  name 
ofyour  ;:o(l^,  hut  put  no  tire  tiintcr. 

3)  .Vnd  they  took  tlie  bullock  whieh 
was  yiven  them,  and  they  dressed  it, 
and  called  on  the  name  of  Baal  from 
morning  even  until  ikjou,  saying,  O 
Baal,  II  near  us.  But  tlwre  icas  •'  no 
voice,  nor  any  that  ]|  answered.  And 
they  II  leaped  upon  the  altar  which 
was  made. 

27  Anil  it  came  to  pass  at  noon,  that 
Elijah  mocked  them,  and  said.  Cry 
f  aloud:  for  he  is  a  god;  either  ||  he  is 
talking,  or  he  f  is  pursuing,  or  he  is 
in  a  journey,  or  peradventurc  he 
sleepeth,  and  must  be  awaked. 

aSAud  they  cried  aloud,  and  icut 
themselves  after  their  manner  with 
knives  and  lancets,  till  fthe  blood 
gushed  out  upon  them. 

2i*  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  mid- 
day was  past,  ''and  thcv  prophesied 
until  the  tiiiii'.  of  the  t  offering  of  the 
ereuintf  sacrifice,  that  there  ivas  *nei- 
tlier  voice,  nor  any  to  answer,  nor 
any  +  that  regarded. 

.3U  And  Elijah  said  unto  all  the  peo- 
ple. Come  near  unto  me.  And  all 
the  people  came  near  unto  him. 
■  And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the 
Loiin  thftt  \ra?  broken  down. 

31  And  Elijah  took  twelve  stones, 
according  to  the  numberof  the  tribes 
of  the  sons  of  Jacob,  unto  whom  the 
word  of  the  LoiiD  came,  saying,  "  Is- 
rael shall  be  thv  name: 

.*-'-'  And  with  the  stones  he  built  an 
altar  "in  the  name  of  the  I>oi!i):  and 
he  made  a  trench  about  the  altar,  as 
great  as  would  contain  two  measures 
of  seed. 

33  And  he  >'  put  the  wood  in  order, 
and  cut  the  bulliK-'k  in  iiieccs,  and 
laid  him  on  tlie  wood,  and  said.  Fill 
four  barrels  with  water,  and  ''  pour  i( 
on  the  burnt  sacrifice,  and  ou  the 
wood. 

.'{4  And  he  said.  Do  it  tlie  second 
time.  And  tliey  did  it  the  second 
time.  An<l  he  said.  T)o  it  the  third 
time.  And  they  did  it  tlie  third 
time. 

'^  --Vnd  the  water  f  ran  r(»und  about 
the  altar;  and  he  filled  "the  trench 
also  with  water. 

ori  And  it  came  to  pass  at  tlie  time  of 
the  offering  of  the  erenintj  sacrifice, 
that  Elijah  the  prophet  came  near, 
and  said,  I.okd  1j  God  of  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  of  Israel,  "^  let  it  be  known 
this  day  that  thou  art  God  in  Israel, 
and  thitt  I  am  thy  servant,  and  that 
J  I  have  done  all  these  things  at  thy 
word. 

37  Hear  me,  O  Lord,  hear  me,  that 
this  people  mav  know  that  thou  art 

the  ].oi:n  Go'd,  and  that  thou  hast 
turned  their  heart  back  again. 


3.S  Then  '  the  fire  of  the  Loitii  fell, 
and  consumed  the  burnt  sacrifice, 
and  the  wood,  and  the  stones,  and 
the  dust,  and  licked  up  the  water 
that  iras  in  the  trench. 

3il  And  when  all  the  people  saw 
iV,  they  fell  on  their  liiccs:  and  they 
said,  I  'i'lie  l.iiKi),  he  is  the  God;  the 
].()i;i).  he?,sthe  God. 

•11)  And  Elijah  said  unto  them, 
II  s  Take  the  prophets  of  Baal;  let  not 
one  of  them  escape.  And  they  took 
them  :  and  Elijah  brought  them 
down  to  the  brook  Kishon,  and  I'slcw 
them  there. 

41  IT  And  Elijah  said  unto  Ahab, 
Get  thee  up,  eat  and  drink;  for  there 
is  ||a  sound  of  abundance  of  rain. 

■42  So  Ahab  went  up  to  eat  and  to 
drink.  And  Elijah  went  up  to  the 
top  of  Caruiel:  >and  he  cast  himself 
down  upon  the  earth,  and  put  his 
face  between  his  knees, 

43  And  said  to  his  servant.  Go  up 
now,  look  toward  the  sea.  And  he 
went  up,  and  looked,  and  said. 
There  is  nothing.  And  he  said.  Go 
again  seven  times. 

44  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  sev- 
enth time,  that  he  said.  Behold,  there 
ariseth  a  little  ek>ud  out  of  the  sea, 
like  a  man's  hand.  And  he  said.  Go 
up,  say  unto  Ahab,  t  Prepare  tliti 
ehariiit,  and  get  thee  down,  that  the 
rain  stop  thee  not. 

4.'>  And  it  eunie  to  pass  in  the  mean 
wliile,  that  the  heaven  was  black 
with  clouds  and  wind,  and  there  war. 
a  groat  rain.  And  Aliab  rode,  and 
went  to.Iezreel. 

4(j  .•\nd  the  hand  of  the  Loud  w.is 
on  Elijah;  and  he  k girded  up  his 
loins,  and  ran  before  Ahab  t  to  the 
entrance  of  Jezreei. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
1  Elijah,  Ihreateneil  by  Jezebel,  fleclh  to 
Hcer-nlieba.  4  In  the  wilderneta,  bcin,, 
weary  of  his  life,  he  ie  comforted  by  an 
antjcl.  l>  At  Horeb  God  apjteareth  unto 
htm,  tenJiiia  him  to  anoint  JIazaet.  Jehu, 
and  y.tiaha.  li)  Eliaha,  ta.\iny  le^ve  t,f 
hia  frienda,  followeih  Elijah. 

A  ND  Ahab  told  Jezebel  all  that 
/V  Elijah  had  done,  and  withal  how 
he  had  ''slain  all  the  prophets  with 
the  sword. 

2  Tlien  Jezebel  sent  a  messenger 
unto  Elijah,  saying,  1>  So  let  the  gtnls 
do  to  )/ie,  and  "more  also,  if  I  make 
not  thy  life  as  the  life  of  one  of  them 
bv  to  morrow  about  this  time. 

3  And  when  he  saw  that,  he  arose, 
and  went  for  his  life,  and  came  to 
Bcer-sheba,  "which  beloiif/eth  to  Ju- 
dah,  and  left  his  Eer\ant  there. 

4  IT  But  he  himself  went  a  day's 
journey  into  the  wilderness,  and 
came  and  sat  down  under  a  juniper 
tree  :  and  he  '  requested  )  for  him- 
self that  he  might  die;  and  said.  It  is 
enough  ;  now,  O  Lor.D,  take  away 
my  life;  for  I  am  not  better  than  my 
fathers. 

3aa 


Ood  appearetk  to 


I.  KINGS. 


Elijah  at  Horeb. 


Before 
CHRIST 


<l5Klii.9  I- 
rl.ak.4  77. 


5  And  as  lie  l:iy  anil  slept  under  a 
.juniper  tree,  li.licild,  then  an  lintel 
tdiu-hed  hini,  and  naid  unto  him, 
.'Vrise  nii'l  eat. 

0  And  lie  looked,  and,  behold,  there 
was  a  eakc  bakcn  on  the  coals,  and  a 
eruse  of  water  at  his  f  head.  And  he 
did  eat  and  drink,  and  laid  him 
down  a^ain. 

7  And  the  angel  of  the  Loud  came 
a;j;ain  the  second  time,  and  touched 
him,  and  said.  Arise  and  cat ;  be- 
cause the  journey  is  too  great  for  thee. 

H  And  he  arose,  and  did  cat  and 
drink,  and  went  in  the  strength  of 
tliat  meat  'I  forty  days  and  forty 
nights  unto  'Uorcb  the  mount  of 
God. 

It  IT  And  he  came  thither  unto  a 
cave,  and  lodged  there;  and,  behold, 
the  word  of  tlie  Lokd  ciimc  to  him, 
and  he  said  unto  him,  What  doest 
thou  here,  Klijah? 

lU  And  he  said,  f  I  have  been  very 
Sjealoua  for  the  Loi;n  God  of  hosts: 
for  the  children  of  Israel  have  for- 
saken thy  covenant,  thrown  down 
thine  altars,  and  li  slain  thy  jirojiliets 
with  the  Bword;  and  i  I,  eieii  I  only, 
am  left;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to 
take  it  nwa3'. 

U  And  he  said.  Go  forth,  and  stand 
kupon  the  mount  before  the  I,oi!i). 
And,  behold,  the  l>()i;i>  passed  by, 
and  la  great  and  strong  wind  reiit 
the  mountains,  and  brake  in  pieces 
tlie  rocks  befijrc  the  Loun;  bid  the 
LoHi)  irits  not  in  the  wind:  and  aft- 
er the  wind  an  eartlnniake;  hut  the 
I/OKi)  trii.i  not  in  tlie  eartlninake: 

I'J  And  after  the  e:irtliciiiak.- a  fire; 
Iml  the  l...i:i>  v<i^  not  in  the  fire: 
and  after  the  fire  ii  still  snrdl  voice. 

l:i  And  it  was  .so,  when  Klijah  heard 
i7,th!it"'he  wra|>ped  his  face  in  his 
mantle,  and  went  out,  and  stood  in 
the  entering  in  of  the  cave.  ".Vnd, 
behold,  tliere  rtniie  a  voice  unto  him, 
anil  said,  What  doest  thou  here, 
Klijah? 

14  ".\nd  he  said,  I  have  been  verv 
jealous  for  the  Loud  God  of  hosts: 
ueeaiise  the  children  of  Israel  have 
forsaken  tliv  covenant,  thrown  down 
thine  altars',  and  slain  tliv  prophets 
with  the  sword;  and  I,  r'r.,.  1  only, 
am  left;  and  they  seek  my  life,  to 
take  it  awnv. 

l."i  .\nd  tfie  Lonn  naid  unto  him. 
Go,  return  on  thy  way  to  the  wilder- 
ness of  J):imaseu»:  I'imd  when  thou 
coinest,  anoint  Ilazael  lo  be  king 
over  Syria: 

Hi  Aiid  ijehii  the  eon  of  Nimshi 
shnlt  thou  anoint  to  be  king  over  Is- 
rael: and  'Klisha  the  son  ofShaphat 
of  .\bel-nuliol:ih  shalt  thou  anoint 
to  l)e  prophet  in  tliv  room. 

17  And  'it  shall  eome  to  jmss.  tl„it 
him  that  ese:ip,th  the  swonl  ..f  lla- 
zael  shall  .hliii  slay:  liurl  him  tllrlt 
cseapeth  from  the'  sword  of  Jehu 
'shall  Klisha  slay. 
330 


18  "  Yet  11 1  have  left  me  seven  thou- 
sand in  Israel,  all  the  knees  which 
have  not  bowed  unto  Baal,  ^^  and  ev- 
ery mouth  which  hath  not  kissed 
him. 

I'J  IT  So  he  departed  thence,  and 
found  Klisha  the  son  of  Shapliat, 
who  was  ploughing  tcitU  twelve  yoke 
of  oxen  before  him,  and  he  with  the 
twelfth:  and  Elijah  passed  by  him, 
and  cast  his  mantle  upon  him. 

i5>  And  he  left  the  oxen,  and  ran 
after  Elijah,  and  said,  >  Let  me,  I 
pray  thee,  kiss  my  father  and  my 
mother,  and  tUen  1  will  follow  thee. 
And  he  said  unto  him,  t  Go  back 
again :  for  what  have  I  done  to  theei' 

L'l  And  he  returned  back  from  him, 
and  took  a  yoke  of  oxen,  and  slew 
them,  and  ^  boiled  their  flesh  with 
the  instruments  of  the  oxen,  and 
gave  unto  the  people,  and  they  did 
cat.  Then  he  arose,  and  went  after 
Elijah,  and  ministered  unto  him. 
CHAPTEK  XX. 

1  Ben-ha.lmi,  nut  conlcnl  willi  Ahah't  liom- 
age,  beaicgctli  Sittnuria.    13  liy  tlie  direc 
tiun  of  a  propfiit,  the.  Syrians  are  gtain. 
22  At  the  prophet  foretcarneil  Aliali,  the 
Sj/riani,  truating  in  the  vallei/t,  eome 
affaiitBt  him  in  Apheh.    SS  By  the  worj 
of  the  prophet,  and  (iod't  Judgment,  the 
Syrians  arc  Kinitten  again.    31  7'hc  Syr- 
ians aul>mitting  them»eliie$,  Ahab  tend- 
eth  lien-hadad  away  with  a  covenant.  36 
The  prophet,  under  the  paratde  of  a  pris- 
oner, making  Ahab  to  judge  himself,  de- 
nounceth  Qod*s  judgment  against  him. 
A  ND  Ben-hiidad  the  king  of  Syria 
J\  gathered  all  his  host  togctfier: 
and  t/ii  rr  in  re  tliirtv  and  two  kings 
with  him,  and  horses,  and  chariots: 
and  lu-  went  up  and  besieged  Sama- 
ri:i,  and  w:irred  against  it. 
'J  And  he  sent  messengers  to  Ahab 
king  of  Isriiel  into  the  city,  and  said 
unto  him.  Thus  saith  Ben-hadad, 
.'!  Thy  silver  and  thy  gold  i.f  mine; 
thy  w  ivei  also  and  thy  children,  even 
the  goodliest,  tire  mine. 
4  Anil  the  king  of  Israel  answered 
and  said,  IMy  lord,  ()  kin",  occord- 
iii"  to  thv  saving,  1  am  thine,  and 
allthat  I  liave". 


And  tin 


idad. 


saving,  .Vlthougli  I  have  fe 

th'ie,  saving.  'I'Viou  shall  deliver  me 
thv  silver,  ;'nd  thy  gold,  and  thy 
wfves,  and  thy  children; 

(1  Vet  I  will  send  my  servants  unto 
thee  to  morrow  about  this  time,  and 
they  shall  search  thine  house,  and 
tlie'lnnises  of  thy  servants;  and  it 
shall  be,  that  whatsoever  is  \  pleasant 
in  thine  eyes,  they  slndl  put  it  in 
their  blind,' and  take  it  awav. 

7  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  all 
the  elders  of  the  land,  and  said, 
.Alark,  I  prav  von,  and  see  how  this 
man  seeketh  "mischief:  for  he  sent 
unto  me  fo.-  my  wives,  and  for  my 
children,  and  lor  my  silver,  and  for 
my  gold;  and  1 1  denied  him  not. 


By  a  prophet's  direction 


the  Syrians  are  smitten. 


S  And  hU  the  elders  and  all  the  peo- 
ple said  unto  him.  Hearken  nut  unto 
hint,  nor  eonseat. 

i)  Wherefore  he  said  unto  the  nies- 
Benj;ers  of  Ben-lmdad,  Tell  my  lord 
the  kin':.  All  that  thnu  didst  send 
for  to  thy  servant  at  the  tirst  I  will 
do  :  but  this  tiling  1  may  not  do. 
And  the  messeiijters  departed,  and 
hroHfcht  him  word  again. 

10  And  Bcn-hadad  sent  unto  him, 
and  said,  'The  gods  do  so  unto  nie, 
and  more  also,  if  the  dust  of  Samaria 
shall  BUtfiee  for  handfuls  for  all  the 
people  that  t  follow  nic. 

11  And  the  king  of  Israel  answered 
and  said.  Tell  /liiii,  Let  not  him  that 
girdeth  on  his  ttaniess  boast  himself 
as  he  that  putteth  it  otf. 

lli  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ben- 
hadad  heard  this  f  message,  as  he 
M'<w  b  drinking,  he  and  the  kings  in 
the  II  pavilions,  that  he  said  unto  liis 
servants,  ||  Set  yourselces  in  airaij. 
And  they  set  thcmstlvts  in  array 
against  tlie  city. 

Vi  II  And,  behold,  there  t  came  a 
prophet  unto  Ahab  kin»  of  Israel, 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  LoKD,  Hast 
thou  seen  all  this  great  multitude;' 
behold,  '^  I  will  deliver  it  into  thine 
hand  this  day:  and  thou  shalt  know 
that  I  am  the  I>ouD. 

14  And  Ahab  s.aid.  By  whom  ? 
And  he  said.  Thus  saith  the  I-()i;i), 
Even  by  the  ||  young  men  of  the 
princes  of  the  provinces.  Then  he 
said.  Who  sh-all  t  order  the  battlei' 
And  he  answered,  Thou. 

1.5  Then  he  numbered  the  young 
men  of  the  princes  of  the  ijrovinees, 
and  they  were  two  himdred  and 
thirty  two:  and  after  them  he  num- 
bered all  the  people,  even  all  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  bi'lny  seven  thousand. 

ID  And  they  went  out  at  noon.  But 
Ben-hadad  um^  ii  drinking  himself 
drunk  in  the  pavilions,  he  and  the 
kings,  the  thirty  and  two  kings  that 
helped  him. 

17  And  the  young  men  of  the 
princes  of  the  provinces  went  out 
Hrst:  and  Ben-hadad  sent  out,  and 
they  told  him,  saying.  There  are 
men  come  out  of  Samaria. 

15  .Vnd  he  said.  Whether  they  be 
come  out  for  neaee.  take  them  alive; 
or  whether  tncy  be  conic  out  for 
war,  take  them  iilive. 

19  So  these  young  men  of  the 
lirinees  of  the  provinces  came  out  of 
the  citv,  and  the  army  which  follow- 
ed thein. 

liti  And  they  slew  every  one  his 
man:  and  tiie  Syrians  fled:  and  Is- 
rael pursued  them:  and  Ben-hadad 
the  king  of  Svria  escaped  on  a  horse 
with  the  hor.semen. 

1*1  Anil  the  king  of  Israel  went  out, 
and  smote  the  horses  and  chariots, 
and  sli'W  the  Svrians  with  a  great 
slaughter. 

■21  Vi  And  the  prophet  came  to  the 


king  of  Israel,  and  said  unto  him, 
Go,  strengthen  thyself,  and  mark, 
ami  sec  what  thou  doest:  'for  at  the 
return  of  the  year  the  king  of  Syria 
will  come  up  against  thee. 
'Sj  And  the  servants  of  the  king  of 
Syria  said  unto  him.  Their  gods  ore 
gods  of  the  hills:  therefore  they  were 
stronger  tlian  we  ;  but  let  us  fight 
against  them  in  the  plain,  and  surely 
we  shall  be  stronger  than  thev. 

24  And  do  this  thing.  Take  the 
kings  away,  every  man  out  of  his 
place,  and  put  captains  in  their 
rooms : 

25  And  number  thee  an  army,  like 
the  army  f  that  thou  hast  lost,"  horse 
for  horse,  and  chariot  for  chariot : 
and  we  will  tight  against  them  in  the 
lilain,  and  surely  we  shall  be  stronger 
than  they.  And  he  hearkened  unto 
their  voice,  and  did  so. 

2(i  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  return 
of  the  year,  that  Ben-hadad  num- 
bered the  Syrians,  and  went  vip  to 
f  Aphek,  tto  ti»jht  against  Israel. 

27  And  the  cnildren  of  Israel  were 
numbered,  and  II  were  all  present, 
and  went  against  them  :  and  the 
cliildren  of  Israel  pitched  before 
them  like  two  little  flocks  of  kids; 
but  the  Syrians  tilled  the  country. 

2(i  IT  And  tliere  came  a  man  of  God, 
and  spake  unto  the  king  of  Israel, 
and  said.  Thus  saith  the  I-ORI),  Be- 
cause the  Syrians  have  said.  The 
Lord  i'.s-  God  of  the  hills,  but  he  is 
not  God  of  the  valleys,  therefore 
Swill  1  deliver  all  this  great  multi- 
tude into  thine  hand,  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  urn  the  LoKD. 

2'J  And  they  pitched  one  over 
against  the  other  seven  days.  And 
so  it  was,  that  in  the  seventh  day 
the  battle  was  joined:  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  slew  of  the  Syrians  a 
hundred  thousand  footmen  in  one 
dov. 

3(^  But  the  rest  fled  to  Aphek,  into 
the  city ;  and  tlicre  a  wall  te'U  upon 
twenty  and  seven  thousand  of  the 
men  that  were  left.  And  Ben-hadad 
fled,  and  came  into  the  city,  ]|  t  into 
an  inner  chamber. 

?A  U  And  his  servants  said  unto 
him.  Behold  now,  we  have  heard 
that  the  kings  of  the  house  of  Israel 
are  merciful  kings :  let  us,  I  pray 
thee,  liput  sackcloth  on  our  loins, 
and  ropes  upon  our  lieads,  and  go 
out  to  the  king  of  Israel:  pcradven- 
tnre  he  will  save  thy  life. 

32  So  they  girded  sackcloth  on  their 
loins,  and  7)ii(  ropes  on  their  heads, 
and  came  to  the  king  of  Israel,  and 
paid.  Thy  servant  Ben-hadad  saith, 
I  prav  thee,  let  me  live.  And  he 
said, /she  yet  alive y  ho  is  my  brother. 

S;  Now  the  men  did  diligently  ob- 
serve whether  anif  thin(/  icoidd'come 
from  him,  and  did  hastily  catch  iV; 
and  they  said.  Thy  brother  Ben- 
hadad.  Then  he  said.  Go  ye,  bring 
331 


Ahah's  unscasnnalAe  lenitij. 


I.  KINGS. 


lie  desireth  Nahoth's  vineyard. 


t  ll«b. 


him.     Tlicn  Ucn-li; 
to  him:  ami  he  t-ai: 


Mi  hi! 


,1,1  the  rh; 

1.1  /;< 


hid  said  unto  him, 
i  Th(^  citit's,  wliieli  my  father  took 
fniiii  tliv  tUthur,  I  will  restore;  and 
tlion  sluilt  iiiiilto  streets  lor  thee  in 
Dainaseus,  as  niv  father  made  in 
Samaria.  Then  'fiiiil  Ahub,  1  -will 
send  thee  away  witli  this  eovcnant. 
Ho  lie  made  a  covenant  with  him, 
and  sent  him  away. 

.Ti  11  And  a  certain  man  of  kthe  sons 
nf  the  prophets  said  unto  his  nei'jli- 
hnur  I  ill  the  word  of  the  1a>ut>, 
Smite  me,  I  pray  thee.  And  tlic 
man  refuseit  to  somite  him. 

.-ii;  Tlien  said  he  unto  him,  He- 
cause  thou  liast  not  (ilieyed  tlie 
vciioe  of  tlie  J.iiKii,  lu'liohl,  as  soon 
as  thou  art  de|Kuted  IVoui  me,  a 
lion  sliall  slay  thee.  And  as  soon 
as  he  was  departed  from  him,  '"a 
lion  found  Iiim,  and  slew  him. 

::7  Then  he  found  another  man, 
and  said,  Smite  me,  I  pray  tliee. 
Ami  the  man  smote  him,  tso  that 
iu  smitini;  he  w^onnded  him, 

;1S  So  the  prophet  departed,  and 
waiteil  for  the  kin-;  hy  the  way,  and 
ili^iruised  liiniself  with  ashes  upon 
his'faee. 

au  And  "as  the  kinj^  passed  hy, 
he  cried  unto  the  kinR :  and  he 
said,  Thy  servant  went  out  into  the 
midst  of  the  hattlc;  and,  heliohl,  a 
man  turned  aside,  and  hroui;ht  a 
man  unto  nie,  and  said,  Iveep  this 
man:  if  hv  an \' means  he  lie  miss- 
in-,  then  ""bIuiII  thv  life  he  for  his 
life,  or  else  thou  shalt  1  p:iy  a  talent 
of  silver. 

■in  And  as  thy  servant  w;i3  husy 
hen- and  lliere,  f  he  was  gone.  And 
llie  kin.;  of  Israel  said  unto  him, 
S.I  >/ni/l  thv  judgment  be;   thyself 

hast  cleeided  it. 

■II  .\iul  he  hasted,  and  took  the 
ashes  awav  from  his  fiee:  and  the 
kin(;of  Israel  discerned  him  that  he 
»-„sorthepi-ophets. 

■r.'  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thus 
sailh  the  I.oiili,  I'lleeaiise  thou 
hast  let  :;o  out  of  l/i!J  hand  a  man 
whom  I  ap|>oiiited  to  utter  destrnc 


lion,  tl 
his  lili 


life  sliall  ^o  tor 
anil  thy  people  for  his  pco- 


i:i  And  the  kin?:  of  Isniel  iwent  to 
his  liouse  luavv  and  displeased,  and 
came  to  Samaria. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 

1  Ah.jb  tcing  Jciiidl  Xabotfi't  vinef/ard 
i«  i/rieveit.  u  Jezebel  urritinij  letter* 
ngniiiat  Xitbuth,  he  is  eondernnej  of 
Uanpliemii.  15  .iliab  tnlteth  v<j$teition 
of  the  vineyard.  17  Elijah  lienuuneelh 
juiiitmcntt  arjiitrmf  .ihitb  tiii't  Jezebel, 
•ii  mclceil  Ah,ib  repenting,  (lod  defer- 
reth  thejudijment. 

4   ND  it  came  to  pass  after  the.se 
:\   thing's,   thiit    Nnhoth    the    Jez- 
reelito  had   a  vineyard,  which   iid.i 
332 


in  Jczreel,  hard  by  the  palace  of 
Ahab  kin?  of  Samaria. 
•2,  And  Aliali  sp:ike  unto  Nahoth, 
sayins.  Give  ine  thy  "vineyard,  that 
I  in:iy  have  it  for  a  parden  of  herbs, 
because  it  I'.s  near  unto  my  house  : 
and  I  will  f.'ive  tliee  liir  it  a  better 
vineyard  than  it :  or,  if  it  t  seem 
jjnocl  to  thee,  I  will  give  thee  the 
worth  of  it  in  monev. 

3  And  Naboth  said  to  Ahab,  The 
LoRO  forbid  it  me,  l>that  1  should 
give  the  inheritance  of  my  fathers 
unto  thee. 

4  And  Ahab  came  into  his  house 
heavy  and  displeased  because  of 
the  word  wliieh  Naboth  the  Jez- 
reelite  had  spoken  to  him  :  for  he 
had  said,  I  will  n.it  Rive  thee  the 
iiiheritanee  of  my  lathers.  And  he 
laid  him  down  iipon  his  bed,  and 
turned  away  his  face,  and  would 
eat  no  bread. 

5  IT  But  Jezebel  his  wife  came  to 
him,  and  said  unto  him,  AVhy  is 
thy  spirit  so  sad,  that  thou  catest 
no  bread? 

(i  And  he  said  unto  her,  Hecanse 
I  spake  unto  Naboth  the  Jezreel- 
ite,  and  said  unto  him.  Give  me 
thv  vinevord  for  monev  ;  or  else, 
if  "it  pleiise  thee,  1  will  (rive  thee 
aiKitlirr  vineyard  for  it:  and  he  an- 
swered, I  will  not  give  thee  my  viiie- 
y.^rd. 

'"  And  Jezebel  his  wife  said  unto 
him.  Dost  thou  now  govern  the 
kingdom  of  Israel?  arise,  awl  cat 
lireail,  and  let  thine  heart  be  nierrv: 
I  will  give  thee  the  vineyard  of  Na- 
both the  Jezreelite. 

H  So  she  wrote  letters  in  Ahah's 
n;tme,  and  sealed  llnni  with  his 
seal,  and  sent  the  Utters  unto  the 
elders  and  to  the  m.hUs  that  inr, 
in  hiscitv,  dwelliie,'  with  Xjlioth. 

'.»  And  she  wrote  in  tlie  letters,  say- 
ing, rroelaim  :i  f;i^t.  and  set  Naboth 
Ion  hi-h  anion- the  people: 

III  .\iid  set  two  men.  sons  of  Relial, 
before  him,  to  bear  witness  against 
him,  s:iving.  Thou  didst  '-  bl.isphenic 
God  aiid  the  king.  And  llir»  carry 
him  out,  and  d stone  him,  that  he 
mav  die. 

11  .\nd  the  men  of  his  city,  crcii 
the  elders  and  the  nobles  who  were 
the  inhabitants  iu  his  city,  did  as 
Jezeb.l  had  sent  unto  them,  0)i</  as 
it  iros  written  in  tlie  letters  which 
she  had  sent  unto  them. 

PJ  "  Thev  proelaimi'd  a  fast,  and  set 
Naboth  on  high  among  the  people. 

l.'l  And  there  came  in  two  men, 
children  of  Belial,  and  sat  before 
him  :  and  the  men  of  Belial  wit- 
nessed against  him,  crrn  against 
Naboth,  Ml  the  presence  of  the 
people,  saving,  Nahoth  did  blas- 
pheme God  and  the  king.  fThen 
thev  carried  him  forth  out  of  the 
eitv,  and  stoned  him  with  stones, 
that  he  died. 


■  projyhwy  aoaimt  Ahab.        I.  KINGS.         Ahah  seduced  by  false  iirophets. 


M  Then  they  Fcnt  to  Jezebel,  fay- 
in;;,  Nalioth  is  etoned,  and  is  dead. 

15  IT  And  it  c.nnie  to  pass,  when 
Jezebel  heard  that  Naboth  was 
stoned,  and  was  dead,  that  Jezebel 
said  to  Ahab,  Arise,  take  posses- 
sion of  the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the 
Jczrcelite,  whicli  he  refused  to  give 
thee  for  money:  tor  Naboth  is  not 
alive,  but  dead. 

Ifi  And  it  came  to  pass,  when 
Ahab  heard  tliat  Naboth  was  dead, 
that  Ahab  rose  np  to  go  down  to 
the  vineyard  of  Naboth  the  Jczrcel- 
ite, to  take  possession  of  it. 

ir  IT  EAnd  the  word  of  the  I.,or.D 
came  to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying', 

18  Arise,  ro  down  to  meet  Ahab 
kin^  of  Israel,  li  which  7S  in  Sama- 
ria :  behold,  he  is  in  the  vineyard 
of  Naboth,  whither  he  is  gone  down 
to  possess  it. 

lU  And  thou  shalt  speak  nnto 
him,  saying,  Thns  saith  Ihc  Loi;n, 
Hast  tliou  killed,  and  also  taken 
possession?  And  thou  shalt  speak 
unto  him,  saying.  Thus  saith  the 
l/Oitn,  i  In  the  place  where  dogs 
licked  the  blood  of  Naboth  shall 
dogs  lick  thy  blood,  even  thine. 

20  And  Ahab  said  to  Elijah,  k  Itast 
tlioutbundmc,  O  mine  en  "my?  And 
he  answered,  I  ha^'C  found  ilice:  btv 
cause  1  thou  hast  sold  thyself  to  work 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  iJoiiD. 

21  Behold,  "'I  will  bring  evil  upon 
thee,  and  will  take  sway  tliy  ims- 
tority,  and  will  cut  oif  from  Al'.nb 
"him  that  pisseth  against  tlio  wall, 
and  "him  that  is  shut  up  and  left  iu 
Israel, 

22  And  will  make  thine  house  like 
the  house  of  I'Jcioboam  the  son  of 
Nebat,  and  like  the  house  of  ''liaa- 
sha  the  sou  of  Ahijah,  for  the  provo- 
cation wherewith  thou  hast  provoked 
me  to  anger,  and  made  Israel  to  sin. 

2.3  And  'of  Jezebel  also  spake  the 
EoKi),  saying.  The  dogs  shall  eat 
Jezebel  by  tlie  ||  wall  of  Jezrcel. 

24  "llirn  that  dicth  of  Ahab  in  the 
city  the  dogs  shall  eat;  and  him  that 
dieth  in  the  held  shall  the  fowls  of  the 
air  cat. 

25  TT  But  'there  was  none  like  unto 
Ahab,  which  did  sellhimself  to  work 
wickedness  in  the  sight  of  the  Eoiin, 
"  whom  Jezebel  his  wife  ||  stirred  uj). 

2(1  And  he  did  very  abominably  ni 
following  idols,  according  to  all  thmijs 
^  as  did  the  Amorites,  whom  the 
EuRD  cast  out  before  the  children  of 
Israel. 

27  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Ahab 
heard  those  words,  that  he  rent  his 
clothes,  and  >  put  sackcloth  upon  his 
flesh,  and  fasted,  and  lay  iu  sack- 
cloth, and  went  softly. 

28  And  the  word  of  the  LoKD  came 
to  Elijah  the  Tishbite,  saying, 

29  Secst  thou  how  Ahab  luimbleth 
himself  before  me?  because  he  hum- 
blcth  himself  before  mc,  I  will  not 


bring  the  evil  in  his  days:  hut  '  \n 
Ills  son's  days  will  I  bring  the  evil 
upon  his  lioiisc. 

CUAPTEK  XXir. 

I  Ahab,  teduced  by  false  j^rophcts,  accord- 
ing  to  the  word  of  Micaiah,  t«  slain  at 
llamoth-gilead.  87  The  do^s  lick  vp 
hia  blfiod,  and  Ahaziah  enccccdetk  him. 
41  Jehoshaphat's  good  reign.  45  Uis 
acts.  CO  Jchoram  eucceedvth  him.  61 
Ahaziah^e  evil  reign. 

AND  they  continued  three  3-ears 
without  war  between  Syria  and 
Israel. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  third 
year,  that  ■  Jchoshaphat  the  king  of 

Judah  came  down  to  the  king  of  Is- 
rael. 

3  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  nnto 
his  servants.  Know  ye  that  iil!amnti\ 
in  Gilead  !s  ours,  liud  we  le  1  still, 
oml  take  it  not  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Syria? 

4  And  he  said  unto  Jchoshanliat, 
^Vilt  thou  go  with  me  to  battle  to 
Bamoth-gilead?  And  Jchoshaphat 
said  to  the  king  of  Israel,  '  I  am  as 
thou  art,  my  people  as  thy  people, 
my  horses  as"  thy  horses. 

5  And  Jchoshaphat  said  unto  the 
kinft  of  Israel,  Inquire,  I  pray  thee, 
at  the  word  of  the  LouT)  to  day. 

()  Then  the  king  of  Israel  'I  gath- 
ered the  prophets  together,  about 
four  hundred  men,  and  said  unto 
them.  Shall  I  go  against  Kamoth- 
gili:iil  to  hatlle,  or  shall  I  forbear? 
And  they  said,  Co  np;  for  the  Eord 
sliall  deliver  it  into  the  hand  of  the 
king. 

7  And  'Jchoshaphat  said.  Is  there 
not  here  a  prophet  of  the  Loni)  be- 
Biilcs.lhat  we  might  inqnireof  him  ? 

8  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Jehosliapliat,  There  is  yet  one  man, 
Alicaiah  the  son  of  Imlah,  by  whom 
we  may  inquire  of  the  Lord:  but  I 
hate  hfm;  for  he  doth  not  prophesy 
good  concerning  me,  but  evil.  And 
Jchoshaphat  said,  Let  not  the  king 
say  so. 

y  Then  the  king  of  Israel  called  an 

II  othcer,  and  said.  Hasten  hither  Mi- 
caiah the  son  of  Imlah. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  and  Jc- 
hoshaphat the  king  of  Judah  sat  each 
on  his  throne,  having  put  on  their 
robes,  in  a  1  void  place  in  the  en- 
trance of  the  gate  of  Samaria;  and 
all  the  prophets  prophesied  before 
them. 

11  And  Zedckiah  the  son  of  Che- 
naanah  made  hini  horns  of  iron  : 
and  he  said.  Thus  saith  the  Loun, 
With  these  shalt  thou  push  the  Syr- 
ians, until  thou  have  consumed 
them. 

12  And  nil  the  prophets  prophesied 
so,  saying.  Go  up  to  llamoth-gilead, 
and  prosper;  for  the  Lord  shall  de- 
liver it  into  the  king's  hand. 

l.j  And  the  messcngerthat  was  gone 
to  call  Micaiah  spake  unto  him,  say- 
33.3 


Micaiah  foretclleth  Ahah's  death.       I.  KINGS. 


Ahab  is  slain  in  hattlc. 


Before 
CHRIST 

81)7. 


hu.n.  1. 

lion.  7.  9. 
IJab  l.G.  h 


M«ll,  18.  ID. 
Holi,  1.7.14. 
O  Or.  dettivt. 


ins.  Behold  now,  t!ie  words  of  the 
prophets  declare  good  unto  the  kins 
with  one  mouth:  lettliy  word,  I  pray 
tliee,  he  like  the  word  of  one  of  them, 
and  speak  that  tc/ticft  (s  pood. 

14  And  .Mieaiah  said,  As  the  LOKD 
liveth,  I  what  the  Luiiu  saith  uuto 
nie,  that  will  I  speak. 

l.j  ^  So  he  came  to  the  kins.  And 
tlie  kins  5n\d  unto  him,  ^lieaiali, 
.filial!  we  so  against  Ramitth-silead  to 
battle,  or  shall  we  forbear?  And  he 
answered  him,  Go,  and  prosper:  iitr 
the  LoiiD  shall  deliver  it  into  the 
hand  of  the  kins- 

16  And  the  king  said  unto  him, 
Ilow  many  times  shall  I  adjure  thee 
that  thou  "tell  me  nothins  but  that, 
w/iiclt  IS  true  in  the  name  of  the 

J.OKD? 

17  And  he  said,  I  saw  all  Israel 
'^scattered  upon  the  hills,  as  sheep 
that  have  not  a  shepherd  :  and  the 
l.iiuo  saitl,  These  have  no  master: 
let  them  return  every  man  to  his 
house  m  iieaee. 

15  And  the  kins  of  Israel  said  unto 
.lehoshapliat,  Hid  I  not  tell  thee  tliat 
lie  would  propliesy  uo  sood  concern- 
ins  nie,  hut  evil? 

Ill  And  he  said,  Hear  thou  therefore 
the  word  of  the  IvOno:  hi  saw  the 
I.OKii  sittinson  his  throne,  i  and  all 
the  host  of  heaven  stamlhis  by  him 
on  his  right  hand  and  on  his  U-tt. 

1.^(1  And  the  l.oijn  saiil.  Who  shall 
II  persuaile  .Miah,  that  he  mav  so  up 
and  full  at  K;imoth-silead?  And  one 
said  ou  this  manner,  and  another 
said  on  th:it  manner. 

21  And  there  came  forth  .a  spirit, 
and  stood  before  the  Loud,  and  said, 
I  will  persuade  him. 

22  And  the  I.oko  said  unto  him, 
Wherewith?  And  he  said,  I  will  go 
forth,  and  I  will  be  a  Ivins  spirit  in 
the  month  of  all  his  pinphets.  And 
hn  said,  v'I'hou  slialt  p.-rsuade  /,/,», 
ami  pirv.iil  uls„:  s'ifortli.aii.l  d..  s,,. 

L'::iS;owtherernre.beh..l(l,the  1,..:m> 
hath  put  a  Ivins  spirit  in  the  in.. nth 
of  all  these"  thy  prophets,  ami  the 
Koiii)  hath  spoken  evil  eoncernins 
thee. 

21  l!ut  Zedokiah  the  son  of  Chenna- 
nah  went  near,  and  emote  Mieaiah 
on  the  eheek,  ami  saiil,  "■  Which 
way  went  the  Spirit  of  the  l..oi!i) 
from  me  to  speak  unto  thee? 

2.-.  .Vnd  Mieaiah  said,  Heboid,  thou 
Shalt  see  in  that  (lav,  wlu-n  thou 
slialt  s'l  II  into  |  nil  inner  chamber  to 
hide  thvself 

2fi  .\nd  the  kins  of  Israel  said.  Take 
IMicniuh.  and  carry  him  back  \into 
Amon  tlie  s"vernor  of  the  city,  and 
to.Ioash  tlu>  kinu'sson; 

27  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  kins. 
l*ut  this  f'rilnw  in  the  prison,  and 
feed  him  with  bread  ofntnietion  :ind 
with  water  of  nftlietiou,  until  1  conic 
in  peace. 

2.S  .\nd  Mieai;ih  said,  If  thou  return 
334 


at  all  in  peace,  "  the  Loud  hath  not 
spoken  by  me.  And  he  s!iid,  llcark 
en,  O  people,  everv  one  of  vou. 
21*  So  the  kins  of  "Israel  and  Jehosh 
nphat  the  kins  of  Judali  went  up  to 
Kaiiioth-silead. 

.'W  And  the  kins  of  Israel  said  unto 
Jehobhaphat,  II I  will  disguise  my? 
and  enter  into  the  battle  ;  but  i>ut 
thou  on  thy  robes.  .Vuil  the  kinj:, 
Israel  "disguised  himself,  and  went 
into  the  battle. 

ZV  But  the  kins  of  Syria  command 
ed  his  thirty  and  two  captains  that 
had  rule  over  his  chariots,  sayins, 
Fight  neither  with  small  nor  sreat, 
save  only  with  the  kins  of  Israel. 
,'12  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  saw  .Tehosh- 
aphat,  that  they  said.  Surely  it  is 
the  king  of  Israel.  And  they  turned 
aside  to  fight  against  him:  and  Jc- 
hoshaph.at  H  cried  out. 
.'J.'!  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  perceived 
that  it  icn.'i  not  the  king  of  Israel, 
that  they  turned  back  from  pursu- 
ing him. 

34  And  a  cerlnin  man  drew  a  how 
fat  a,  venture,  and  smote  the  king 
of  Israel  between  the  1  joints  of  tlie 
harness:  wherefore  he  s:iid  unto  the 
driver  of  his  chariot.  Turn  thine 
liand,  and  carry  me  out  of  the  host; 
for  I  am  1  wounded. 
.'K  And  the  battle  i  increased  that 
diiv:  and  the  king  was  st.iveil  up  in 
his"  chariot  against  tlie  Syrians,  and 
died  at  even:  ami  the  blooil  ran  out 
of  the  wound  into  the  j  midst  of  the 
chariot. 

.'»(i  And  there  went  a  proclamation 
throughout  the  host  about  the  going 
down  of  the  sun,  saying,  Kvery  man 
to  his  city,  and  every  man  to  his 
own  country. 

:\7  IT  So  tlie  king  died,  and  fwas 
brought  to  Samaria  ;  and  they  bur- 
ie.l  the  king  in  S.nmnria. 
."..s  And  mil'  washed  the  chariot  in 
the  pool  of  S'lniaria;  and  the  dogs 
licked  up  his  blood;  and  they  washed 
his  armour;  iiceordin'T  'luiito  the 
word  of  the  Loiiii  which  he  snake. 
;!ll  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ahab, 
and  all  that  he  did,  anil  'the  ivory 
house  whieli  he  made,  and  nil  the 
cities  that  he  bnilt,  ore  they  not  writ- 
ten in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of 
the  kings  of  Israel? 

40  So  Ahab  slept  with  his  fathers; 
and  Ahaziah  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

41  1  And  "Jchoshnphnt  the  son  of 
.\sa  began  to  reign  over  Judah  in  the 
toiirth  year  of  .Vhnb  king  of  Israel. 

42  Jclioshnphnt  trns  thirty  nnd  five 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign; 
nnd  ho  reigned  twenty  nnd  five  years 
in  Jcrnsalcm.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  Aznbah  the  daughter  of 
Sbillii. 

43  And  "he  walked  in  all  the  ways 


Jchoshaphat's  good  reign. 


II.  KINGS. 


Afiazialt's  inched  reign. 


nch.  11.  JJ.  at 
15,  14. 
2  Kinp  12. 3. 


of  Asa  his  father ;  he  turned  not 
aside  from  it,  doinj;  that  u-Jiich  vas 
rv^]\i  in  the  eyes  of  the  Lokd:  nev- 
ertlK'loss  "tlie  liijjli  plaeea  were  not 
tal<cn  away  ;  for  the  people  offered 
and  burnt  incense  yet  in  the  high 
places. 

44  .\nd  '^  Jehoshaphat  made  peace 
with  the  king  of  Israel. 

45  Now  the  rest  of  tlie  acts  of  Je- 
hoshaphat,  and  his  miglit  that  he 
shewed,  and  how  he  warred,  nre 
they  not  written  in  the  booli  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Judah? 

4(i  J  And  the  remnant  of  the  sodom- 
ites, which  remained  in  the  days  of 
his  father  Asa,  he  took  out  of  the 
land. 

47  '  Tliere  vris  then  no  king  in 
Edom:  a  deputy  u'(ia  king. 

48  ''.Jchoshapliat  (|l»inade  ships  of 
Thar.shisl\  to  go  to  Ophir  for  gold: 
*^  hut  they  went  not;  for  the  ships 
were  broken  at  d  Kzion-geber. 


49  Then  said  Aliaziah  the  son  of 
Ahab  unto  Jchoshapliat,  Let  my 
servants  go  with  thv  servants  in  the 
ships.    But  Jehosluiphat  would  not. 

50  TT  And  Mehoshaphat  slept  with 
Jiis  fatliers,  and  was  buricii  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David  his  fa- 
ther: and  Jehoraiu  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

51  !T  f  Aha/iah  the  son  of  Ahab  be- 
gan to  reign  over  Israel  in  Samaria 
the  seventeenth  year  of  Jeboshaphat 
king  of  Judah,  and  reigned  two  years 
over  Israel. 

52  And  he  did  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  Lord,  and  f  walked  in  the  way 
of  his  liither,  and  in  the  way  of  his 
mother,  and  in  the  way  of  Jert)l)oain 
the  son  of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel 
to  sin: 

.VJ  For  liho  served  Baal,  and  wor- 
shipped him,  and  provoked  to  anger 
the  Loi:l»  tlod  of  Israel,  according 
to  all  that  his  father  had  done. 


THE 


SECOND  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS, 

COMMOXLY   CALLED, 

THE  FOURTH  BOOK  OF  THE  KINGS. 


CIIArXEK  I. 

1  Moab  rehelltth.  2  Ahaziah^  scnfHitff  to 
JSnnl-zebiih,  huth  liis  jwli/Mcnt  hy  Eli- 
jah. 5  Elijah  twice  brinyctli  Jire  from 
heaven  upon  them  whom  Ahaziah  tent 
to  apprehend  him.  13  //c  pitieth  the 
third  captain,  and,  encouraged  by  an 
anpel,  teltelh  the  king  of  hie  death.  17 
Jehoram  aucceedeth  Ahaziah. 

THEN  Moab  "rebelled  ag.ainst 
Israel  1>  alter  the  death  of  Ahab. 

2  And  Ahaziah  fell  down  through 
a  lattice  in  his  upper  chamber  that 
ira.t  in  Samaria,  and  was  .sick:  and 
he  sent  messengers,  and  said  unto 
them.  Go,  inquire  of  Baal-zcbub  the 
.god  of  '  Ekron  whether  I  shall  re- 
cover of  this  disease. 

.3  But  the  angel  of  the  Lord  s.aid  to 
Elijah  the  Tishbite,  Arise,  go  up  to 
meet  the  messengers  of  the  king  of 
Samaria,  and  say  unto  them,  h  it  not 
because  there  i>  not  a  God  in  Israel, 
that  ve  go  to  inquire  of  Baal-zebub 
the  god  of  Ekron? 

4  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the 
Lord,  t  Thou  shalt  not  come  down 
from  that  bed  on  which  thou  art 
gone  up,  but  shalt  surely  die.  And 
Elijah  departed. 

5  IT  And  when  the  messengers 
turned  hack  unto  him,  he  said  unto 
them.  Why  are  ye  now  turned  hack? 

Ij  And  they  said  unto  him.  There 
came  a  man  up  to  meet  us,  and  said 


unto  US,  Go,  turn  again  unto  the 
king  that  sent  you,  and  say  unto 
him.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Is  il  not 
because  there  is  not  a  God  in  Israel, 
that  thou  sendest  to  inquire  of  Baal- 
zebub  the  god  of  Ekron  ?  theretore 
thou  shalt  not  come  down  from  that 
bed  on  which  thou  art  gone  up,  but 
shalt  surely  die. 

7  And  he  said  unto  thorn,  {  What 
manner  of  man  teas  he  which  came 
up  to  meet  you,  and  told  you  these 
words? 

8  And  they  answered  him.  Tie  teas 
da  hairy  man,  and  girt  with  a  girdle 
of  leather  about  Iiis  loins.  And  he 
said.  It  is  Elijah  the  Tishbite. 

U  Then  the  king  sent  unto  him  a 
captain  of  titty  with  his  tiftv.  And 
he  went  up  to  him:  and,  behold,  he 
sat  on  the  top  of  a  hill.  And  he 
spoke  unto  him.  Thou  man  of  God, 
the  king  hath  said.  Come  down. 

10  And  Eliiah  answered  and  said 
to  the  captafn  of  fifty.  If  1  be  a  man 
of  God,  then  ''let  fire  come  down 
from  heaven,  and  consume  thee  and 
thy  fiftv.  And  there  came  down  fire 
from  heaven,  and  consumed  him 
and  his  fifty. 

11  Again  also  he  sent  unto  him  an- 
other captain  of  fifty  with  his  fifty. 
And  he  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  O  man  of  God,  thus  hath  the 
king  said.  Come  down  quickly. 

336 


The  death  of  Ahaziah. 


Elijah  taken  v}>  into  heaven. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 

about  89ij. 


ir.rn.  6,  ai. 
1. 1  Kin.  10  21, 


el  Kin, 20  a', 
ch,  1.  \,M.i 


12  And  Elijah  answered  and  said 
unto  tlioni,  It  I  be  a  man  of  God,  k-t 
fire  come  down  from  heaven,  and 
eon.snmc  thee  and  thy  tifty.  And 
the  fire  of  God  came  down  from 
heaven,  and  consumed  him  and  his 
fifty. 

l.'J  IT  And  he  sent  af;ain  a  captain 
of  the  third  fifty  with  his  fifty.  And 
tlie  third  cajjtain  of  fifty  went  up, 
and  came  and  1  fell  on  liis  knees 
iM't'ore  lOlijjili,  and  besouj;:lit  him, 
and  siiid  nlito  him,  O  man  of  God,  1 
prjiy  thee,  let  my  life,  and  the  life  of 
these  fifty  thy  servants,  f  be  precious 
in  thv  f^iiht." 

H  ftelibld,  there  came  fire  down 
iVom  heaven,  and  burnt  uji  tlie  two 
captains  of  the  former  tifties  with 
their  fifties:  tlurcforc  let  my  life  now 
l>c  precious  in  thy  sij^ht. 
].">  And  the  angel  of  the  Loud  said 
unto  Kli,iab,  Go  down  with  liim:  be 
not  afraid  of  him.  And  he  arose, 
and  went  down  with  him  unto  the 
king. 

H!  And  he  said  unto  him,  Thus 
Baith  the  Loiiu,  Forasmuch  as  thou 
hast  sent  mes.scnscrs  to  inquire  of 
liaiil-zelinb  the  god  of  Ekron,  )>  il 
not  because  tlinrc  U  no  God  in  Israel 
to  iiKiuire  of  his  word?  therefore  tho\i 
slialt  not  come  down  oft'  that  bed  on 
which  thou  art  gone  up,  but  tshalt 
surely  die. 

V  if  So  he  died  according  to  the 
word  of  the  I-oiii)  which  Elijali  had 
spoken.  And  ||.Iehoi-ani  reigned  in 
his  stead,  in  the  secoml  year  of  ,le- 
iioram  the  son  of  Jelioshaphat  king 
of  Judali:  because  he  had  no  son. 
bSNowthe  rest  of  the  acta  of  Aha- 
ziah which  he  did,  arc  they  not  writ- 
ten in  tlie  hook  of  the  Chronicles  of 
the  kings  of  Israel? 

CIIAPTER  II. 
I  Elijah,  takinff  hit  Unve  of  £lie'ta,  with 
hi»  mantle ttivideth  Jordan,  }}titid,tfrant- 
iny  Klieha  hiti  rcyitcaf,  in  taken  ly;  It;/  a 
fiery  chariot  into  heaven.  I'J  hti»ha, 
dii-iding  .Jordan  with  JUijnli't  mantle. 
in  aekivwlediKd  hia  unereieor.  10  3Vi,- 
youiitl  jtrnplicia,  hnrdh)  obtainiiin  learr 
l„  reek  Klijah.  e;uld  not  find  him.  V.l 
Klitha  with  Kalt  luatrlh  thtxtnwholetoou- 
witcra.  U3  Ihara  deatroy  the  children 
that  mocked  Klivha. 

VNI)  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
l,()i;i)  would  "take  up  Elijah 
into  heaven  by  a  whirlwind,  that 
Elij.ah  went  with  HClisha  from  Gil- 
gal'. 

■J  And  Elijah  said  unto  Elishn, 
''Tarrv  here,  I  prav  tllee;  for  the 
I.oitDhatli  sent  me  to  lieth-el.  And 
Klisha  s;iid  llnl.i  liini.  .!<  tliel.oiiP 
liveth,  and  ■!  as  thv  soul  liv.-tli,  I  will 
not  leave  thee.  f>o  they  went  down 
to  Reth-el. 

;i  And  '  the  sons  of  the  prophets  that 
xvcre.  at  Rcth-el  came  forth  to  Elisha, 
and  said  unto  liini,  Kuowest  thon 
that  the  Eokd  will  take  away  thy 
master  from  thy  head  to  day?     Ami 


he  said,  Yea,  I  know  it;  hold  3*c 
your  peace. 

4  And  Elijah  said  unto  him,  Elisha, 
tarry  here,  I  pray  thee;  for  the  Louu 
hatli  sent  me  to  ,)ericho.  And  he 
said,  ^l,s  tlie  Eoi:o  liveth,  and  as  thy 
soul  liveth,  I  will  not  leave  thee.  So 
they  came  to  Jericho. 

5  And  the  sous  of  the  prophets  that 
were  at  Jericho  came  to  Elisha,  and 
said  unto  Iiim,  Knowest  thou  that 
the  LoRIt  will  take  away  thy  master 
from  thy  head  to  day?  And  he  an- 
swered. Yea,  I  know  it;  hold  y« 
your  peace. 

(j  And  Elijah  said  unto  him.  Tarry, 
I  \tY:\y  thee,  liere;  for  the  Euicn  hath 
sent  me  to  Jordan.  And  he  said,  Ai^ 
the  LojiD  liveth,  and  a.f  thy  soul 
liveth, "1  will  not  leave  thee.  And 
tliey  two  went  on. 

7  And  fifty  men  of  the  sons  of  the 
prophets  went,  and  stood  f  to  view 
afar  off:  and  they  two  stood  by  Jor- 
dan. 

8  And  Elijah  took  his  mantle,  and 
wrapped  it  together,  and  smote  the 
waters,  and  fthey  were  dividi'd  liither 
and  thither,  .so"  that  they  two  went 
over  on  dry  ground. 

y  IT  And  it  came  to  pa^s,  when  they 
were  gone  over,  that  Kliiah  said  unto 
Elisha,  Ask  what  I  shall  do  for  thee, 
before  I  be  taken  away  from  thee. 
And  Elisha  said,  I  prav  thee,  let  a 
double  portion  of  thy  spirit  be  upon 
me. 

IKAiid  lie  said,  fThou  hast  asked 
a  hard  tiling:  neverllielcx<,  if  thou 
sec  me  when  I  am  taken  from  tliee, 
it  shall  be  so  unto  thee;  but  if  not,  it 
shall  not  be  .to. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  still 
went  on,  and  talked,  that,  behold, 
there  appeared  '<^  a  chariot  of  fire,  and 
horses  of  fire,  and  iiarted  them  both 
asunder:  and  Elijah  went  up  by  a 
whirlwind  into  heaven. 

I'.'TF  And  Elisha  saw  l'^  and  he  cried, 
h  Mv  father,  mv  father,  the  chariot  of 
Israel,  and  the  horsemen  thereof! 
.Vnd  lie  saw  him  no  more:  and  he 
(o.ik  hold  of  his  own  clothes,  and 
rent  them  in  two  pieces. 

I'i  He  took  up  also  the  mantle  of 
Elijah  that  fell  from  him,  and  went 
hack,  and  stood  hv  the  1  bank  of 
Jordan : 

14  And  he  took  the  mantle  of  Elijah 
that  fell  from  him,  and  smote  the 
waters,  and  said,  Whei-e  is  the  liOKIi 
God  of  Eliiah?  And  when  he  also 
had  smitten  the  waters,  i  they  parted 
hither  and  thither:  and  Elisha  went 
over. 

15  And  when  the  sons  of  the  proph- 
ets which  were  k  to  view  at  Jerieho 
saw  him,  thev  said.  The  spirit  of  Eli- 
jah doth  rest  on  Elisha.  And  they 
came  to  meet  him,  and  bowed  them- 
selves to  the  gn>und  before  him. 

li;  ir  And  thev  said  iinio  liim.  Be- 
hold now,  there  be  with  thy  servants 


ElUha  healeth  the  waters. 


ir.  KINGS. 


Moab  rebclleth  ar/ainst  Israel. 


fifty  t strong  men;  let  them  go,  we 
pniy  tlicc,  and  seek  thy  master : 
I  lest  penidvcntiire  the  Spirit  of  the 
Loiti)  hath  taken  him  up,  and  east 
him  uprn  tbome  mountain,  or  into 
some  valley.  And  he  said,  Ye  ehall 
not  send. 

ir  And  when  they  urged  him  till  he 
was  ashamed,  he  said,  Send,  They 
sent  therefore  tifty  men;  and  they 
sought  three  days,  but  found  him 
not. 

18  And  ■when_  they  came  airain  to 
him,  (tor  he  tarried  at  Jericno,)  he 
said  unto  them,  Did  1  not  say  unto 
3*ou,  Go  not? 

ID  IT  And  the  men  of  the  city  said 
unto  Klishn,  Behold,  I  pray  thee,  the 
situation  of  this  city  is  pleasant,  as 
my  lord  seeth  :  but  the  water  is 
naught,  and  the  ground  t  barren. 

iiO  And  he  said.  Bring  me  a  new 
cruse,  and  put  salt  therein.  And 
they  brought  it  to  him. 

■Jl  And  he  went  forth  unto  the 
spring  of  the  w.iters,  and  ""cast  the 
salt  in  tliere,  and  said.  Thus  saith 
the  Loud,  I  have  healed  these  wa- 
ters; there  shall  not  be  from  thence 
any  more  death  or  barren  land. 

22  So  the  waters  were  healed  unto 
this  day,  according  to  tlie  saying  of 
Elisha  which  he  spake. 

2'>  HAnd  he  went  up  from  thence 
unto  Beth-el;  and  as  he  was  going 
up  by  the  way,  there  came  tbrth 
little  "children  out  of  the  city,  and 
mocked  him,  and  said  unto  him. 
Go  up,  thou  bald  head;  go  up,  thou 
hahl  head. 

24  And  he  turned  back,  and  looked 
on  them,  and  cursed  them  in  the 
nameof  the  I,oi;u.  And  there  came 
forth  two  she  bears  out  of  the  wood, 
and  tare  forty  and  two  children  of 
them. 

25  And  he  went  from  thence  to 
mount  Carniel,  and  from  tlience  he 
returned  to  Samaria. 

CUAPTER  III. 
1  Jehoram^s  reign,  4  Mcaha  rebeUetTt.  6 
Je/iorani,  li'itlt  JchoahnjiJiat,  and  the 
king  of  Edom,  being  distressed  for  want 
of  water,  bn  Elisha  obtaineth  water,  and 
promise  of  victory.  21  The  Moabites, 
deceived  by  the  colour  of  the  water, 
eominff  to  spoil,  are  overcome.  20  The 
king  of  Moab,  by  saerifUing  the  king  of 
Edotn^s  son,  raiseth  the  siege. 

>TOW  "Jchoram  the  son  of  Ahab 
S  began  to  reign  over  Israel  in 
Samaria  in  the  eighteenth  vear  of 
Jeho.shaphat  king  of  Judali,  and 
reigned  twelve  years. 

2  And  he  wrought  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  Loud;  but  not  like  his  father, 
and  like  his  mother :  for  he  put 
away  the  t  image  of  Baal  ''that  his 
lather  had  made. 

JJ  Nevertheless  he  cleaved  unto  *"the 
sins  of  Jeroboam  the  sou  of  Nebat, 
which  made  Israel  to  siu;  he  depart- 
ed not  therefrom. 
22 


4  H  And  jMesha  king  of  Moab  was  a 
shcepmastcr,  and  rendered  unto  the 
king  of  Israel  a  hundred  thousand 
ii  lambs,  and  a  hundred  thousand 
rams,  with  the  wool. 

5  But  it  came  to  pass,  when  'Ahab 
was  dead,  that  the  king  of  Sloab  re- 
belled against  the  king  of  Israel. 

(i  f  And  king  Jehoram  went  out  of 
Samaria  the  same  time,  and  num- 
bered all  Israel. 

7  And  he  went  and  sent  to  Jehosha- 
lihnt  the  king  of  Judah,  saying.  The 
king  of  Moau  hath  rebelled  against 
me:  wilt  thou  go  with  me  against 
iSIoab  to  battle?  And  he  said,  I  will 
go  up:  fl  am  as  thou  art.  my  people 
as  thy  people,  and  my  horses  as  thy 
horses. 

8  And  he  said.  Which  way  shall  we 
go  up?  And  he  answered^  The  way 
through  the  wilderness  of  Edom. 

i)  So  the  king  of  Israel  went,  and 
the  king  of  Judah,  and  the  king  of 
£dom:  and  they  tetehed  a  compass 
of  seven  days' journey:  and  there 
was  no  water  for  the  host,  and  ibr 
the  cattle  t  that  tbllowed  them. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  said,  Alas! 
that  the  Loud  hath  called  these 
three  kings  together,  to  deliver  them 
into  the  hand  of  Moab! 

11  But  K  Jehoshaphat  said,  Is  tfierc 
not  here  a  prophet  of  the  Lord,  that 
we  niay  inquire  of  the  I^ord  bv 
him  ?  And  one  of  the  king  of  Israel's 
servants  answered  and  said.  Here  ts 
Elisha  the  son  of  Shaphat,  which 
poured  water  on  the  hands  of  Elijah. 

12  And  Jehoshaphat  .said.  The  word 
of  the  Lord  is  with  him.  So  the 
king  of  Israel  and  Jehoshaphat  and 
the  king  of  Edom  li  went  down  to 
him. 

1.^  And  Elisha  said  unto  the  king 
of  Israel,  i  What  have  I  to  do  with 
thee?  kget  thee  to  I  the  prophets  of 
thy  father,  and  to  the  prophets  of 
thy  mother.  And  the  king  of  Israel 
said  unto  him.  Nay:  lor  the  Lord 
hath  called  these  three  kings  togeth- 
er, to  deli\er  them  into  the  hand  of 
Moab. 

14  And  Elisha  said,  "Vis  the  Lord 
of  hosts  li\eth,  before  whom  I  st.tnd, 
surely,  were  it  not  that  I  regard  the 
presence  of  Jehoshapliat  the  king  of 
Judah,  I  would  not  look  toward 
thee,  nor  see  thee. 

15  15ut  now  bring  me  "a  minstrel. 
And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the  min- 
strel pltiyed,  that  "  the  hand  of  the 
Louii  came  upon  him. 

li;  And  he  said.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord,  PMake  this  valley  full  of 
ditches. 

17  For  thus  saith  the  Lord,  Ye 
shall  not  see  wind,  neither  shall  ve 
see  rain  :  yet  that  valley  shall  lie 
tilled  with  water,  that  ye  may  drink, 
both  ye,  and  your  cattle,  aiid  your 
beasts. 

18  And  this  is  but  a  light  thing  in 

337 


Thr.  Jtr<. 

ll.'lv.ro 
I)  II  IIIH'I 


(Jiilr:/  tirfratoil. 


II.  KINfJH. 


i<:  will  ilc- 
iiiti>  joiir 


tlM!    HKllt   (,f  tllU    I,.. HI 

liviT  tliii    M<ml>itc'H    III 
liniKl. 

lit  Anil  y,'  hliiill  Hiiiit,.  ivri-v  (LmcmI 
■•My,  MM.I  .■very  <li.,ic,.  rily.an'l  xliiill 
Ifll  .■v.;iy  (?H„(1  (,•,•.•,  iin.l  Mop  III! 
«i-lln-il   w r.  niKl  (hiiirfvcry  Kooil 


The  widovft  oU  imilUpUed. 


L1I  A 

I"!.'.    ' 
i.llr 


Kl'lll 


ifh  Mn 


ri'l  It.  niMi.'  I„|)u»„  h,  ||„i  niiirii. 
ivlii'ii  'i(|„,  „„,„,,  „(H,,i,i^  wilt 
\,    IImiI,    IhIioM,    (I,,...,,    rniiir 

wilier  l.y  l\u:  wiiy  <,f  Kil.n ,„l  tin: 

rDiiiitiy  wiiM  lllli.||  will,  wiiliT. 
2\   II  Anil    wli.'ii    nil    lliit    Aliiiililli.n 
lii'ilnl  llnil  tin,  ki„^r„  „,.,.„  ,.,,„„.  „ 

lol)Kl,ti,K'.lli.,.ttl,..„,,ll„.y  U-ullHTnl 
nil  lliiil  will,  iilili,  I.,  I  ,,„t  Mil  iinii- 
oiir    iiiiil  iijiwiiril,  mill  bUmhI  in  tlio 

■^•i  Anil  lliry  rimii  ii|i  raily  In  the 
iniMiiinK,  iniil  <lin  miii  kIioim,  n,,,,,, 
Ihr  wuhr,  iiiKl  tin,  IM.mliitcH  hhw  tliu 
wiilii-  nil   till)   oilier  bIiId  tit   leil   m 

2.)   Anil    they  iinlil,   TIiIh   h   lilnnil: 
III    kliiK'M    iim    Hiiiily    (Miiln,    mill 
I  ley  hiivi,  Hinilleii  line  iiii„||iei-:  imw 
IheieHiie,  IMimll,  lo  llie  mhpII. 

■M    Anil     wl hey    ,    tn    the 

eillll|iiif  Inniel.llu,  iKi-nelileK  iLHeiiii 

"ml  h le  llie  IMniililleH,  Bi.tlmtllirv 

llrd  lir|;,n,  Iheni:  hut  |(lliey  went 
llnwiinl  Miiiltin-  the  J\Iniih|(ert,  even 
iiW/ie/,T,,nnlrv. 

M  Anil  lliey  lieiit  diiwn  tin,  el(ie«, 

"'"     <'"   <'vr.V   H 1    liieei,    of   lii„,| 

I'lii'l  evn-v  niun  hix  Mlnne,  nnil  lllleil 
It  I  nnil  Ihuy  nt(i|.|icil  nil   the  welUnl 

wnler I    leileilnll   Ihe   ,.,mmI   |i : 

I  only  In  '  Mr  IniinBelli  left  they  Ihe 
hloileM  Iheivol'i  howheit  the  hlini.erH 
weiitnhont  il,  mill  iiinnle  it. 

•M  II  Ami  whc.ii  till,  kiiiK  of  lM,,nh 
muv  lh.it  the  hiillh'  wn«  l.>o  H.iie  tor 
him,  he  look  wilh  him  neveii  hiiinl- 
le.l    nnn    Unit  ilie  w  mvoiiIk,  to   liiviik 

I n..|,,,v„ilnlotlieklllKolI':ilolll: 

hut  III.  v  I hi  not. 

■M  'nieii  "he  l,,oU  IliK  ehleKt  run 
Ihiit    „ho„hl     l„iv,j     rel^-neil    ill    hiH 

'''•"'1.  "11,1    olh.ieil    hlin  ./oi-u    nl 

'Ihuiii^  upon  till,  wmII.     Anil  Ihern 


mild,  'J'liliio  )innilmai<l  Imtli  not  but 
thiii){  in  till)  lioune,  nuvo  a  not  of 
oil. 

:(  'I'heii  lie  Willi,  rjii,  borrow  tlipc 
ve««elKnhnmil  of  nil  thy  iieiKlil,oiir«, 
rivii  einpty  ve»Hel»i  '  ||  l.orrow  not  (i 
(ew. 

4  And  when  thou  nrt  eoine  in, 
thou  Muilt  Mint  the  door  upon  thee 
nnd  ii|>iin  thy  noii»,  nml  hIiiiII  iioiir 
lint  into  nil  tlio!.e  yei<»i.|H,  nnd  thou 
ulniltl.etnhiilelliiit  whieh  i„  full. 

r.  So  .he  went  froni  him,  and  .hnt 
Ihe  door  upon  her  mid  upon  her 
"OHM,  who  lin,n-|,t  Me  rrmh  to 
hiTi  mi<Ulie|"Miredout. 

«  And  it  lunie  to  |m«.^,  when  Ihe 
venHilH  were  lull,  tilut  ^he  oiiiil  un- 
to her  hoii,  Itiinj,'  nil,  yet  ii  ye»»el. 
And  he  hniil  iinh,  her,  fhrrc  T,  notn 
yrHKPl  more.     And  the  oil  htnyed. 

7Tlien«heennie  nnd  told  tl inn 

ol  (ioii.  And  he  «„id,  (;o,  ,>ell  the 
oil.  Mild   imy   lliy  II  dehl,  mid  live  thou 

nnd  thy  ihililien  ol'Ihe  rest 

H  11  And  /it  leii  on  a  dny,  thnt 
Khdhii  iiiiKHed  I,,  .iSliiinein,  wliere 
leo,  a  ^reiit  woniniii  mid  xlie  (eon- 
^tiMlneil  him  to  ent  liiend.  And  «, 
il  wiiH,  Ihiil  nn  oft  an  lie  iiniii.ed  hv. 
hi' turned  III  thither  to  ent  lireiul. 

1)  Ami  Khe  leilil  uiilo  her  hiislmnd, 
Kehold  now,  1  pereelve  that  thin  i,< 
II  ln>ly  nniii  of  (J.id,  whieh  iiuhaeth 
hvnseonli illy. 

Ml  Let  UH  iiuike  n  little  ehatnhcr, 
I   liniy    liee,oii  llie  wiiili  and   ht  im 

\»-i  lor  him  there  a  hid I  ,i  t;,hl|. 

|i"'',  »  "tool d  a  emidh'sliek:  mid 

It  hllllll  he,  when  lu'  e.Mllelh  to  111 
Unit  lie  Kinill  liirn  in  thillirr. 

11    And   it   li'il    on    II   ihiv,  that   he 
eiiiiie    lliilher,    and    he   tiiriie 
Ihe  eluimher,  mill  Iny  lliere. 

IJ  And  heMiid  lo  i;elnizl  Id 

"•!'.    <;dl    this    Shi iiiiiilte.      And 

when   he  linil   eillled   her,   Khe   hIooiI 


helii 


'  hii 


wiiH  Ki''"t  Imli-milioii  ai;Nin»t  Is- 
riK'li  >and  Iliey  ilepiuleil  fnnii  him 
and  returned  lo  Wo-iV  oieii  Innd. 

("iiAri'i.ii  IV. 

I  ;7l«/ei  tnulliiilinin  Ihe  wt.d.ic'.  ii((.  II 
/'•'  iiimlh  n  «»»  ((.  (/,„  „,„„(  .V/lainiiii- 
"m7,..  1.1  //.,  r„Uelh  t,,,„ln  htr  ,le,„t  ,„„. 
■m  It  l/lluni  In  lii-iflelli  lh)i  il^ii.llu  ,,.,(. 
rith'.  •IJ  //.I  ;iH,jMli  ,1  /iii,i,(r<.<i  i,i,iii 
..'ii'/i(,™M(,/(,„irr«. 

\I'>\V  le  erieil  ii  i-erlaln  wiiin- 

.  >    " Ihe  wiveH  of  "the  i.oii'.  of 

le  piophelH  null,  Kll»hn.  Biivlnc, 
Ihv   ,;,TVM„t  iiir    hiihliiiiid   l„   iVmli 

",l",'   'I'oi'   I weM  that  thy  Herviiiit 

!l"'  I'"'- I.oi.o;  and  the  eredllor 

'••  > I'  Mo  lake  iiiilo  him  my  two 

HMI >e  hoiiil u. 

And   Idihlia  Kiid  iinlo  her,  What 
hhall    I    do    lor    Ihee?    tell    me,    »llllt 
I  liltnl   thuii   III    till)   hoiinol'     And  kIiu 
1138 


11  And  he  niiid  unto  him,  Sny  now 
.mlo  her,  Jh'liolil,  thou  hn«t  heen 
eiuefnl  for  iiH  with  all  thin  erne  i 
winitlito  he  done  |;.r  thee?  Wouhl- 
e»t  thou  he  fpoken  li.r  lo  the  kin;-, 
or  to  Ihe  eiiiilain  of  Ihe  lio.ti'  And 
hlie  miMveivd,  1  dwell  iiinonK  mine 
own  I pie. 

II  And  ho  Huid,  What  then  i..  lo 
Ik,  done  lor  her?  And  (Jehiizl  nn- 
^weled,  Verily  hlie  liiilh  no  clillil, 
nnd  her  linidiand  In  old. 

!■■>  Anil  ho  mild,  fall  her.  Anil 
when  111,  liiul  culled  her,  kIic  utood 
in  the  iliiiir. 

III  And  he  Kaiil,  "  Alioiit  IliN  I  Kpa- 

""».   ' diiiif  lo   the   tlinn   of  lili-, 

Ihoii  ,.hiiltniir,raeeaMni.  And  Mie 
Mild,  Nav,  my  lord  lli„ii  luaii  of  (iiKl, 
<do  not  lie  iiiilolliliiehand id 

yi  Ami  the  wonuiii  roneeived,  nnd 
h:ire  i,  m,ii  at  that  aeawni  that  Kllnha 
had  hiilil  iiiilo  her,  iiceordiiiK  to  the 

IH   11    And    wlicu    Iho    idiiM    waa 


The.  Sliiinammitf'H  /inn 

U  II  II 1  N  T 


II.  KINGS. 


;;riiwii,  it  t'l'll  (Ml  a  (Illy,  tliiit  lio  went 
out  (>>  liU  tiillicr  Ut  tlic  miiHTH. 

r.l  Anil  ]w  miiil  iiiito  liix  liitlici, 
Alv  lii'iiil,  niv  liniill  Anil  he  Miiil 
lunliiil,  Ciiri'V  liini  to  IiIh  niollicr. 

:>(>  And  when  hii  liml  tiikiii  liiin, 
luiil  Iniiiiijlit  liiiii  III  IiIn  iiiiillicr,  hi' 
Kilt  on  licr  kni'i's  till  noon,  anil  t/iin 
(licil. 

^1  Anil  Kill-  wintiiii,  iiiiil  Iniil  liiin 
on  till-  IiimI  of  tliii  niiin  ot  (ioil,  un.l 
Khiit  t/if  ihmr  ii|>oii  liiiii,  anil  wi'iit 
out. 

•J'.'  Anil  kIih  rnili'il  unto  liiT  liiiH- 
iianil,  anil  xaiil,  SimhI  iiu',  I  jiiiiy 
tlii'i',  oin>  of  tlii^  voiin;^  turn,  iiiiil 
(MIC  of  tiic  iiiiKrM,  that  1  may  niii  to 
till!  iiinn  of  (loll,  anil  conn'  ii);ain. 

•£i  Anil  ho  Hiiiil,  Willi I'Ibri'  wilt 
llioii):olo  hini  to  ilnvi'  it  i.i  nrithi'i- 
ni'w  niooii,  iHM'  Kalihuth.  Anil  kIiu 
Kaiil,  II  >h, ill  In-  \  wril. 

■.'4  'I'lii'ii  hill-  Kailillcil  nil  niw,  niiil 
Kiiiil  to  hiT  Kirvant.  Drive,  anil  (;<> 
foruniili  I  Klaik  not  tliij  jiillii;;  lor 
lli(>,  cxi'i'pt  I  liiil  thi'iv 

M  ho  kIiii  wrnt  mill  ivunii  tiiito 
tlicinan  of  (ioil  K  to  inoiiiit  Ciirini'l. 
Anil  it  iMinic  to  paK»,  »hi'n  thii  liiiin 
of  <;..il  Kaw  liiT  iifiir  olf,  lliat  lie 
Kiiiil  to  (irhn/l  hia  Ki-rvunt,  Ilcliolil, 
t.limili-i- in  titat  Slinnainniiti': 

•Jl  Uiiii  now,  I  piny  tine,  to  iiint 
hi-r,  anil  kuv  unto  lii-i,  h  it  Weil 
wilii  tlii'i'i'  U  It  well  with  lliy  IniB- 
Innil?  i.iKwi'll  willitlii-rliilil/    Anil 

KllI'llllKWITIll,    /<<,■.  wcii. 

■J7    Anil    whin    kI tin-    to    tin' 

ninii  (it  (inil  to  thi'  hill.  kIw  i-aii^lit 
thini  hythf  liit:  lint  Ccha/i  lanii; 
iirar  to  tliiUKt  hi-r  iiwav.  Anil  Ihr 
iiiim  of  (ioil  Kaiil,  l.i't'  her  alone  ; 
liir  her  Koul  n  (  vi-i.il  witliiii  her: 
mill  tlie  l.niMi  halh  hiil  iMroiii  iiie, 
unil  halh  iinttohl  me. 

L'NTIienKheKiiiil,  Dill  I  ileKiieiiKon 
of  my  loril?  luliil  1  not  nny,  Do  not 
(leeeivu  nie? 

!.'!»  'I'hen  he  m\i\  to  (ielnizi,  i(;iiil 
ii|i  thy  loiiiK,  and  take  iiiy  i>tall  in 
tliiiie  liiinil,  anil  ):»  Ihy  v  av  :  if  thou 
meet  any  man,  LKiiliile  liini  mil;  anil 
if  any  Kaliite  thee,  anxwer  him  not 
n;;iiin:  and  Ihiy  my  ntnlt'  iipiiii  the 
fileeoftheehilil. 

.•m  And  tile  II. oilier  of  the  eliildmiiil, 
"Ml  llie  1,111(11  liveth,  and  UK  thy 
MMil  liveth,  1  will  luit  have  thee. 
Aildheuiov,  mill  followed  her. 

.■;l  Ami  (ieh.i/i  paHKiMl  on  I.efore 
tliein,  anil  laid  the  Ktalf  upon  the 
hieeof  theeliildi  l.iit(/i.,r  i/vi.  nei- 
ther  voice,  nor  )  hearing'.  VVIierr- 
torn  ho  went  n;,'a!ii  to  meet  lilin,  and 
told  him,  huyiiij!,  'J'lii;  child  in  "not 
uwiiked. 

'■'•J,  And  when  ICIiKhit  wan  coiiio  in- 
to tliii  hoii»e,  heh,,iil,  the  rliilii  was 
dead.oie/  h,h|  upon  hi'^  lied. 

•M  Me  "went  ill  llierelore,  anil  kIiiiI 
the  iloor  upon  llieni  twain,  I' unit 
jirayeil  unto  the  I.diiii. 

'H  And  lie  wuiit  nil,  und  lay  upuii 


till!  rlilld,  nnd  put  lii 
hiH  inoiitli,  fin 
cvcK,  nnd  lii«  h 
and  'IhcKtietcl 
cliild  :    and    the   IIckIi 
wnxeil  wnriii. 


rafned  to  life  by  KHxha. 

Ilnf.ir.. 
Oil  KI  8T 


I hi«hand» 

elf  upon  tie 


.1.1   The 

1   he 

le 

ilrneil. 

n 

III   1 

aikeil 

In  the  h 

IllKC 

h 

mill  fi 

11 

mil 

1  went 

h!;;,:'";; 

1       Kl 
ll     Ml 

eti 

hed     h 
hiid  KI 

111 

..elf 
/I'll 

KOvl'll 

timi-H,  111 

d    III. 

el 

ill!  one 

le 

Ihi 

H  CVCK 

.■;i;  And 

hee 
Shin 

Ih 

dlieliu 

f\ 

I'lle 

;  k'hIiI, 

CallthiH 

llliile. 

h 

I'ulleil 

her.  And  w  lieii  kIio  wan  come  in 
unto    him,  lio    nitlil,   Tuku    up    thy 

.'irTluMi  Khe  went  111,  nnd  fell  nt 
hiH  feet,  and  lioweil  heiKelf  to  tlir 
Cionnil,  and  'took  up  her  mm,  nnd 
went  out. 

'•WII  And  l':rndmcninenKniiito>'(ill- 
);al:  and  llniv  ico.i  ii  »  dearth  in  tile 
land  I  nnd  the  Hoiiit  of  the  piophelx 
irrir  >  Kitting'  Ik  fore  liiin  :  mid  he 
xaiil  unto  hix  xervmit.  Set  on  the 
(treat  pot,  mid  Kirllie  pottuK'' lor  the 
Koimofthe  proplielK. 

.•::i  And  one  went  out  into  the  field 
to  K»ther  lii'ilm,  and  tannd  a  wild 
vine,  nnd  Kidlii'nd  tlie,e..f  wild 
iroiiidK  luH  lap  full,  and  cmiie  Hiid 
Khred  llirm  into  the  pot  ol  lioltni;o: 
lor  thev  knew  llinii  not. 

•ID  So"thi'V  poured  out  (or  the  men 
local.  Aw\  it  came  to  paxs.  iih  thev 
weri'caliiiK-of  tlie  iiotlap.,  that  tiieV 
cried  out,  nnd  miil,  ()  IIkhi  man  of 
(;oil,^/i,e,'  ..I'deiilh  in  the  pot.  And 
they  could  not  cat  lliini,r. 

•II  Hut  he  Kuid,  Then  liriii^  menl. 
And"he('iiKt  iniito  the  poti  nnd  he 
Kiiiil,  I'oiir  out  for  the  people,  that 
tliey  may  eat.  And  tliero  wn«  no 
fhiiriii  ill  the  pot. 

■\>  II  And  there  eniiie  ii  man  from 
>il<nnl-Klialii.|ia,  -and  hroiiKlit  the 
man  of  (ioil  hreail  of  the  tlrKlfriiil», 
twenty  Iohvch  of  hiirley,  mid  full  caiB 
of  corn  II  in  the  hiiKk'theiiof.  And 
he  Kiiiil,  (;ive  nnto  the  people,  that 
they  niav  cat. 

•I.)  Aiiit  lii»  Kcrvitor  naiil,  d  What, 
Khoiild  I  Kit  thiK  hefor*  11  linndrcd 
men/'  lIcKaid  u^-nill,  (ilvc  llie  peo- 
ple, thnt  tliev  may  cat:  liir  lliiiii  xiiitli 
tin;  I.iiiiii,''*riii'y'Hlinlleut,  unilKhull 


'//,. 


Ill  heforetl 
(lid  cut,  rmid  hit  Hun 
to  the  word  of  the  I, on 


1  they 
rdliiB 


ClIArTKU  V. 
1  iV.iuniiol,  iu  lh«  rfi"'rl  t'f  <i  ii.(;)((l'«  mnU, 
)•  tent  (.)  .'.Vim.iri.i  lu  U  curtd  of  hit  Up- 
ruty.  H  t:ii,h<i,  trmlUiu  him  to  JorJnn, 
cimlh  liim.  \ti  lit  rfluflng  ynamun't 
fflfli  iirnnltth  him  lowt  of  lilt  carlh.  Kll 
deliiiit,  iihunlni/  hiH  mnHrr't  nnina  iinru 
A.iiiinuii,  it  ainitlon  with  lejirv)/. 

NOW   "Ninininn,  captain    of  the 
hoKt  of  the  kiiiK  of  Syria,  wan 
l.a  L'leut  man  |  williliin  mriKler,  and 

IMhoii able,  because  by   him  the 

I/Uiiu  liuii  i;ivcn  ||<lcliveruiicu  unto 


Namnan  cometh  to  Samaria. 


II.  KINGS. 


He  i.1  cxircd  of  his  ImroKy. 


Syrij:  hu  was  also  a  mifjlity  man  in 
valour,  l>i(t  lie  mis  a  leper. 

2  And  tlie  Syrians  had  fjone  out  by 
companies,  and  had  brou'^ht  away 
captive  out  of  the  land  of  Israel  a 
little  nmid;  and  she  f  waited  on  Na- 
aman's  wife. 

3  And  she  said  nnto  her  mistress, 
Would  God  my  lord  were  i  with  tbo 
prophet  that  is  in  Samaria  I  for  he 
would  t  recover  him  of  his  leprosy. 

4  And  one  went  in,  and  tuld  his 
lord,  sayinp,  Thus  and  thus  s^id  the 
maid  that  is  of  the  land  of  Israel. 

5  And  the  king  of  Syria  said.  Go  to, 
SO,  and  I  will  send  a  letter  unto  the 
king  of  Israel.  And  he  departed, 
and  ''took  i\vith  him  ten  talents  of 
silver,  and  six  thousand  pieces  of 
j;old,  and  ten  changes  of  raiment. 

(J  And  he  brought  the  letter  to  the 
king  of  Israel,  saying.  Now  when  this 
letter  i»  come  unto  thee,  behold,  I 
have  therewith  sent  Naaman  my 
servant  to  thee,  that  thou  mayest  re- 
cover him  of  bis  leprosy. 

I  And  it  cime  to  puss,  when  the 
king  of  Israel  bad  read  the  letter, 
that  ho  rent  his  clotlirs,  and  said. 
Am  I  .IGod,  to  kill  and  to  make 
alive,  that  this  man  doth  send  unto 
me  to  recover  a  man  of  his  leprosy? 
'\Vhereft)rc  consider,  I  pray  you,  and 
SCO  how  be  eeekcth  a  quarrel  against 
mo. 

8  W  And  it  was  ,w.,  when  Elisha  the 
man  of  God  h;iil  heard  that  the  king 
of  Israel  had  rent  his  clothes,  that  ho 
Font  to  tlie  king.  Raving,  Wherefore 
hast  tliou  rent  thy  clothes?  let  him 
come  now  to  me,  and  he  shall  know 
t!\at  there  is  a  prophet  in  Israel. 

y  So  Naunnn  came  with  bis  horses 
and  with  his  chariot,  and  stood  at 
the  doorof  tlic  house  of  Elisha. 

10  And  Elisha  sent  a  n\essengcr 
nnto  him,  saying.  Go  and  "wash  in 
Jorilan  seven  times,  and  thy  llesh 
shall  come  again  to  thee,  and  tliou 
sbalt  be  clean. 

11  But  Naam^n  was  wroth,  and 
went  away,  and  said.  Behold,  f  ||  I 
thought,  Ilo  will  surely  come  out 
t3  mo,  and  stind,  and  call  on  the 
name  of  the  Eoiii)  bis  G')d,  and 
t  strike  bis  b.\nd  over  the  place,  and 
recover  tlie  Irjier. 

IJ  An:  not  ||  .Vliana  and  Phariiar, 
rivers  of  ])aina<ens,  lie;:er  than  nil 
the  waters  of  Israel?  may  I  not  wash 
in  lliem,  and  bo  clean  ?  So  ho  turned 
and  went  away  in  a  rage. 

I!  And  bis  8ervant.s  came  near, 
and  spake  imto  bim,  and  said,  Mv 
fither,  if'  tbo  jirophct  bad  bid  thee 
<lo  some  great  thing,  wonldc.st  thou 
not  have  done  ilf  bow  mneb  ratlur 
llieu,  when  be  Bftith  to  thee,  Wash, 
and  be  clean  ? 

U  Then  went  he  down,  and  dip- 
ped bimsclf  seven  times  in  .iLirdin, 
according  to  the  Ba\ing  of  the  man 
of  God:  and  this  lUsli  camo  again 
340 


like  nnto  the  flesh  of  a  little  child, 
and  She  was  clean. 

I.;  TT  And  be  returnee!  to  the  man 
of  God,  ho  and  all  his  company,  and 
came,  and  stood  before  him":  and 
he  said,  Bchnlil,  now  I  know  that 
there  is  li  no  God  in  all  the  earth, 
but  in  Israel:  now  therefore,  I  pray 
thee,  take  "a  blessing  of  thy  uerv- 
ant. 

K;  But  be  said,  i.  As  the  Lord 
livctb,  before  whom  I  stand,  II  wi.I 
receive  none.  And  ho  urged  bim  to 
take  }t;  but  be  refused. 

J7  And  Naaman  said,  Shall  there 
not  then,  I  pray  thei',  be  given  to 
tliy  servant  two  mules'  burden  of 
earth?  for  thy  servant  will  iiencc- 
forth  offer  neither  burnt  ottering  nor 
sacrifice  unto  other  gods,  but  unto 
the  Ijoitn. 

18  In  this  thing  the  1/Ord  pardon 
thy  servant,  that  when  mv  master 
goeth  into  the  house  of  Jlimmon 
to  worship  there,  and  ""be  leancth 
on  my  band,  and  I  bow  myself  in 
the  bouse  of  Kimnion:  wheii  1  bow 
down  myself  in  the  house  of  ]{im- 
mon,  the  Iy()i:i>  pardon  thy  servant 
in  tbis  thing. 

I'd  And  he  said  imto  him.  Go  in 
peace.  So  he  tlcparted  from  him  t  a 
little  way. 

'M  II  But  Gchazi,  tbo  servant  of 
Elisha  the  man  of  (Jod,  said.  Be- 
hold, my  master  b.ith  spared  Na,a- 
man  tliis  Svrian,  in  not  receiving  at 
bis  hands  that  which  he  brought: 
but,  as  the  Eoui)  livetb,  I  will  run 
atier  him,  and  take  somewhat  of 
him. 

'A  So  Gehazi  followed  after  Naa- 
man.  And  when  Naaman  saw  him 
running  after  him,  lie  lighted  down 
from  tl\c  chariot  to  meet  him,  and 
said,  1  Ys  all  well? 

L'J  And  he  said,  AH  is  well.  My 
master  bath  sent  me,  saying.  Be- 
hold, even  now  there  be  como  to 
mo  fn>m  mount  Ephraim  two  young 
men  of  the  sons  of  the  prophets:  give 
them,  1  pr:iy  thee,  a  talent  of  silver, 
and  two  changes  of  garments. 

2^1  And  Naaman  said.  Bo  content. 
take  two  talents.  And  bo  urged 
him,  and  bound  two  talenLs  of  sil- 
ver in  two  bags,  with  two  changes 
of  garments,  and  laitl  them  upon 
two  of  his  servants;  and  tliey  bare 
Ihcm  before  bim. 

HI  And  when  bo  came  to  the  ||  tower, 
ho  took  them  tVon\  tlieir  hand,  and 
bestowed  them  in  tlie  bouse:  and  he 
let  the  men  go,  and  they  departed. 
2.)  But  ho  went  in,  and  stooil  be- 
fore his  master.  And  Klisba  said 
unto  bim,  Wbeneo  rDiii'st  thtm,  Ge- 
hazi? And  bo  said,  Thy  servant 
went  I  no  whither, 
•"i  And  lie  said  nnto  bim.  Went 
not  mine  heart  irilh  Hire,  when  the 
man  turned  again  from  bis  chariot 
to  meet   thee?    Js  it  a,  time  to  re- 


Elisha  causeth  iron  to  sinm. 


II.  KINGS. 


The  Syrians  struck  blind. 


ceive  3iioncy,  and  to  receive  gar- 
ments, and  olivcyards,  and  vine- 
yards, and  sheep,  and  oxen,  and 
menscrvants,  .and  maidservants? 
2?  The  leprosy  therefore  of  Naa- 
man  "shall  cleave  unto  thee,  and 
unto  thy  seed  for  ever.  And  lie  went 
out  from  his  presence  "a  leper  as 
wUite  as  snow. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1  Elitha,  giving  leave  to  the  younr/  proph- 
eta  to  enlarge  their  ilwelUnya,  caiia- 
eth  iron  to  awim.  8  Ilg  diactoteth  the 
king  of  Syria')  counsel.  13  The  army, 
which  xvaa  aent  to  Dothan  to  ap]>rehend 
Jiliahn,  IK  amittcn  with  blinUneia.  19 
Being  brought  into  Samaria,  they  are 
dismiaacd  in  peace.    24   The  famine  in 


Han 


eth  1 


itoe 


t  the 


children.  JiO  The  hing  tendetk  to  blay 
EUaha. 

AND  'the  sons  of  the  prophets 
said  unto  Klisha,  Behold  now, 
tlie  place  wlierc  wc  dwell  with  thee 
is  too  strait  for  us. 

2  Let  us  go,  wo  pray  thee,  unto 
Jordan,  and  take  thence  every  nuui 
a  beam,  and  let  us  make  us  a  i)Iace 
there,  where  we  may  dwell.  And  he 
answered.  Go  ye. 

3  And  one  aanl.  Be  content,  I  pray 
thee,  and  p;o  with  thy  servants.  And 
he  answered,  I  will  po. 

4  So  he  went  with  them.  And 
when  they  came  to  Jordan,  they  cut 
down  wood. 

5  But  as  one  was  felling  a  beam, 
the  taxe  head  fell  into  tlic  water: 
and  he  cried,  and  said,  Alas,  maaterl 
i'or  it  was  borrowed. 

I!  And  the  man  of  God  said. 
Where  fell  it?  And  lie  shewed  him 
tlie  place.  And  iiho  cut  down  a 
stick,  and  csst  it  in  thither;  and  the 
iron  did  swim. 

7  Therefore  said  he.  Take  H  up  to 
thee.  And  ho  put  out  his  hand,  and 
took  it. 

8  f  Then  the  king  of  Syria  war- 
red against  Israel,  and  took  coun- 
sel with  his  servants,  sayinj;.  In 
such  and  such  a  place  shall  Oc  my 
I]  camp. 

9  And  the  man  of  God  sent  unto 
the  king  of  Israel,  saying.  Beware 
that  thou  pass  not  such  a  place;  for 
thither  the  Syrians  are  come  down. 

10  And  the  king  of  Israel  sent  to  the 

f)lace  which  the  man  of  God  told 
lim  and  warned  him  of,  and  saved 
himself  there,  not  once  nor  twice. 
H  Therefore  the  heart  of  the  king 
of  Syria  was  sore  troubled  ftr  tliis 
thing;  and  he  called  his  servants, 
and  said  imto  them.  Will  ye  not 
shew  me  which  of  us  is  for  the  kiug 
of  Israel? 

12  Atid  one  of  his  servants  said, 
tNone,  my  lord,  O  king:  but  Elisha, 
the  prophet  that  is  in  Israel,  telleth 
the  king  of  Israel  the  words  that  thou 
Bpeakest  in  thy  bedchamber. 

13  IT  And  lie  said,  tJo  and  siiy  where 
he  is,  that  I  may  tend  and  fetch  him. 


And  it  was  told  him,  saying.  Behold, 
lie  w  in  'Dothan. 

14  Therefore  sent  he  thither  horses, 
and  chariots,  and  a  t  great  host:  an(l 
they  came  by  uight,  and  compassed 
the  city  about. 

1.5  And  when  the  ||  servant  of  the 
man  of  God  was  riwen  c?.rly,  and 
gone  forth,  behold,  a  host  compassed 
the  city  both  with  horses  and  cliari- 
ots.  And  his  servant  said  unto  him, 
Alas,  my  master!  how  shall  we  do? 

l(i  And  he  answered,  Fear  not:  for 
'I  they  that  be  with  us  are  more  than 
they  that  he  with  them. 

17  And  Elisha  prayed,  and  said, 
Loni),  I  pray  thee,  open  his  eyes, 
that  he  may  see.  And  the  1,6  i;o 
opened  the  eyes  of  the  young  man ; 
and  he  saw:  and,  behold,  the  mount- 
ain u'as  foil  of  *■  horses  and  chariots 
of  lire  round  about  Elisha. 

18  And  when  they  came  down  to 
him,  Elislia  prayed  unto  the  Loiti), 
and  said.  Smite  tliis  people,  I  pray 
thee,  with  blindness.  And  'he  smote 
them  with  blindnessaccordiug  to  the 
word  of  Elisha. 

1!)  IT  And  Elisha  s.aid  unto  them. 
This  IS  not  the  way,  neither  is  thi:j 
the  city:  tfollowme,andl  will  bring 
vou  to  the  man  whom  yc  seek.  But 
he  led  them  to  Samaria. 

20  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
were  come  into  Samaria,  that  Elisha 
said,  IjOr.D,  open  tlie  eyes  of  these 
iiicii,  th.at  they  may  see.  And  tlie 
LoiiD  opened  their  eyes,  and  they 
saw;  and,  behold,  thei/  weie  iu  tho 
midst  of  Samaria. 

21  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Elisha,  when  he  saw  them,  My  fa- 
ther, shall  1  smite  tlieiiif  Ehall  I 
smite  tlicm  ? 

22  And  he  answered,  Thou  shalt 
not  smite  them :  wouldcst  thou  smite 
those  whom  thou  hast  taken  captive 
with  thy  sword  and  with  thy  bow? 
^set  bread  and  water  before  them, 
that  they  may  cat  and  drink,  and  go 
to  their  master. 

23  And  he  prepared  great  provision 
for  them :  and  when  they  had  eaten 
and  dnuik,  he  sent  them  away,  and 
they  went  to  their  master.  So  l»thc 
bands  of  Syria  camo  no  more  into 
the  land  of  Israel. 

24  11  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  Ben-liadad  king  of  Syria  gatli- 
ered  all  his  host,  and  went  up,  and 
besieged  Samaria, 

2.5  And  there  was  a  great  famine  in 
Samaria:  and,  behold,  they  besieged 
it,  until  an  ass's  head  ^yas  sold  for 
fourscore  pieces  of  silver,  and  tli 
fourth  part  of  a  cab  of  dove's  dun 
for  five  pieces  of  silver. 

2G  And  as  the  king  of  Israel  was 
passing  by  upon  the  wall,  there  cried 
a  woman  unto  him,  saying.  Help, 
niv  lord,  ()  king. 

27  And  be  said,  ||  If  the  Lord  do 

not  help  thee,  whence  ehall  I  help 

3U 


miisha  prophesieth 


II.  KINGS. 


incredible  plenty. 


Dcfore 
C  U  lU  S  T 

about  8'J2. 


alioul  (<D2. 
»T.r.  n,  19, 


l.T.r,  17.  1». 
211. 
t  II  .1.  •  lonl 


thee?  out  of  the  barnfloor,  or  out  of 
the  wineprossy 

28  And  the  king  said  unto  her. 
What  aileth  thcc?  And  sl\e  answer- 
ed, Tjiis  woman  said  unto  jne.  Give 
thy  sttn,  that  wc  may  eat  liim  to  day, 
and  wc  will  cat  my  son  to  morrow. 

'20  So  Mve  boiled  my  son,  and  did 
cat  liini:  and  I  said  unto  heron  tlie 
tncxt  day,  Give  thy  son,  tliat  we 
may  cat  liim:  and  she  liath  hid  her 
son. 

30  II  And  it  came  to  pass,  wlien  tlic 
kinp  heard  the  words  of  the  woman, 
that  lie  trcnt  his  clothes;  and  he 
passed  by  upon  the  wall,  and  the 
people  looked,  and,  behold,  he  had 
sackcloth  within  upon  hi.i  Hesh. 

31  Then  he  said,  1  God  do  so  and 
more  also  to  me,  if  the  head  of  Eli- 
isha  the  son  of  Shaphat  shall  st«nd 
on  him  tliis  d.ay. 

3J  But  Klisha  sat  in  his  house,  and 
"'the  elders  sat  with  him;  and  (/it 
king  Bent  a  man  from  before  him: 
but  ere  the  messenger  came  to  him, 
he  said  to  the  elders,  "  See  yc  how 
this  son  of  "ft  murderer  hath  sent  to 
take  away  mine  head  /  look,  when 
the  messenger  cometb,  shut  the  door, 
and  hold  him  fast  at  the  door:  in  not 
the  sound  of  his  master'a  feet  behind 
him? 

.'!.'!  And  while  he  yet  talked  with 
them,  behold,  the  messeni^er  came 
down  unto  him  :  and  he  said.  Be- 
hold, this  evil  is  of  the  Loud;  I'what 
should  1  wait  for  tho  J.OUD  any 
longer? 

CHAPTER  VII. 

1  Elitha  propheticth  infre<liMe  lilcniy  in 

Hamaria.    3  Four  Upcrt,  venturiiiii  uii 

tilt  hoKt  of  the  i^yrians.  bring  tidiniin  of 

their  fliijht.  Vi  the  king,  finding  liy  fpiet 

the  ncwe  to  le  true,  epoitoth  the  tunte  of 

the  Sj/riana.   17  The  lord,  who  loould  not 

believe  the  prophecy  of  plenty,  hnvinythe 

chixrge  of  the  gate,  t«  trodden  to  death  in 

the  prett. 

'■f'^IIEN   Elisha  said.   Hear  ye  the 

I     word  of  the  I.oiii) ;   Thus  saith 

the  l.oKii,  "To  morrow  abcnit  this 

time  .</(((/(  a  mcnsure  of  line  fluur  te 

null  for  a  shekel,  and  two  measures 

of  barley  for  tt  shekel,  in  the  gate  of 

Samaria. 

■J  bThen  )a  lord  on  whose  linnd 
the  king  leaned  answered  the  man 
of  God,  and  said.  Behold,  "■  i_t'  the 
I.oltl)  would  make  wiiulowa  in 
heaven,  nii«ht  this  thing  be?  And 
he  said,  Itehold,  thou  shalt  see  iV 
with  thine  eves,  but  elmlt  not  cat 


the 


3  IT  And  there  were  four  leprous 
men  A  at  the  euteriiig  in  of  the  ■rate: 
anil  thev  sniil  ..ne  to  another,  Why 
sit  wc  here  until  we  die? 

4  If  wo  say,  AVc  will  enter  into 
the  city,  then  the  famine  is  iu  the 
city,  and  we  shall  die  there:  ami  if 
wo  M  still  here,  wc  die  nlao.  Now 
therefore  conic,  und  let  ub  full  uutu 

343 


the  host  of  the  Syrians:  if  they  save 
us  alive,  we  shall  live;  and  if  they 
kill  us,  wc  shall  but  die. 

,'■>  Ami  they  rose  up  in  the  twilight, 
to  go  unto  the  camp  of  the  Syrians: 
and  wlien  they  were  come  to  the 
uttcnnost  p:ii  t  of  the  camp  of  Syria, 
beliold,  thi  IV  vas  no  man  there. 

(i  IcT  the  I.iil;i)  had  made  the 
host  iif  llie  Syrians  '-  to  hear  a.  noise 
of  chariots,  and  n  noise  of  horses, 
even  the  noise  of  a  great  host:  and 
they  said  one  to  another,  Lo,  the 
king  of  Israel  hath  hired  against 
us  ithe  kings  of  the  Ilittites,  and 
the  kings  of  the  Egyptians,  to  come 
upon  us. 

7  Wherefore  thev  *^ arose  and  fled 
in  the  twilight,  and  left  their  tents, 
and  their  horses,  and  their  asses, 
even  the  camp  as  it  teas,  and  fled 
for  their  life. 

H  And  when  these  lepers  came  to 
the  uttermost  part  of  the  camp, 
tliey  went  into  one  tent,  and  did  cat 
and  drink,  :uid  carried  thence  silver, 
and  gold,  and  raiment,  and  went 
and  hid  it;  and  came  again,  und 
entered  into  another  tent,  and  car- 
ried thence  <(faj,  und  went  and  hid 
it. 

'.)  Then  they  said  one  to  another, 
Wc  do  not  well:  tliis  day  iVi  a  day 
of  good  tidings,  and  we  hold  our 
peace:  if  we  tarry  till  the  morning 
light,  t  some  mischief  will  come  upon 
us:  now  therefore  come,  that  we  may 
go  and  tell  the  king's  household. 

10  So  they  came  and  called  unto 
the  porter  of  tlic  city:  and  they  told 
them,  saving,  Wc  came  to  the  camp 
of  the  i^yii.ins,  and,  behold,  there 
tnts  no  liiivn  there,  neither  voice  of 
man,  but  horses  tied,  and  asses  tied, 
and  the  tents  as  they  iceiv. 

11  Anil  he  called  the  porters;  and 
they  told  it  to  the  king's  house  with- 
in. 

12  W  And  the  king  arose  In  the 
night,  and  said  unto  his  servants, 
I  will  now  shew  you  what  the  Syr- 
ians have  done  to  us.  Thev  know 
that  wc  be  hungry  ;  therefore  are 
they  gone  out  of  the  camp  to  hide 
themselves  in  the  field,  saying, 
When  thev  come  out  of  the  city, 
we  shall  catch  them  alive,  and  get 
into  the  city. 

13  And  one  of  his  servants  answered 
and  said,  l,ct  fonic  take,  I  pray  thee, 
five  of  the  liorses  that  remain,  which 
arc  left  f  in  the  eitv.  (behold,  they 
(ire  r.s  all  the  ninftitnde  of  Israel 
that  lire  left  in  it:  behold,  I sai/,  they 
IOC  even  as  nil  the  multitude  of  the 
Israelites  that  are  consumed:)  and 
let  us  send  and  see. 

14  They  took  therefore  two  chariot 
horses:  and  the  king  tent  after  the 
host  of  the  Syrians,  saying.  Go  and 
see. 

l.')  And  they  went  after  them  unto 
Jordan:  and,  lo,  all  the  way  was  full 


Elisha's  prophecy  verified. 


II.  KINGS.     The  Shunammite's  land  restored. 


of  garments  and  vessels,  wliieli  the 
Syriuiia  had  cast  away  in  their  liaste. 
An<l  the  messengers  returned,  and 
told  the  kinff. 

1(J  And  the  people  went  out,  and 
spoiled  the  tents  of  the  Syrians.  So 
a  measure  of  fine  Hour  was  sohl  for  a 
shekel,  and  two  measures  of  barley 
for  a  shekel,  i"  according  to  the  word 
of  the  J.oi:i.. 

IT  IT  And  the  kins  appointed  the 
lord  on  whose  hand  he  leaned  to 
have  the  charjje  of  the  p:ate  ;  and 
the  people  trotle  npou  him  in  tlic 
Rate,  and  he  died,  ias  the  man  of 
God  liad  said,  who  spake  when  the 
kins  came  down  to  him. 

IS  And  it  came  to  pass  as  the  man 
of  God  had  spoken  to  the  kinj;,  say- 
injr.  It  Two  measures  of  barley  for  a 
shekel,  and  a  measure  of  fine  flour 
for  a  shekel,  shall  be  to  morrow  about 
this  time  in  the  gate  of  Samaria: 

lit  And  that  lord  answered  the 
man  of  God,  and  said,  Now,  he- 
hold,  ir'  the  LiOUU  should  make  win- 
dows in  heaven,  mi);ht  such  a  thins 
be  ?  And  he  said,  Beliold,  thou 
shalt  see  it  with  thine  eyes,  but 
shalt  not  eat  thereof. 

L'll  And  so  it  tell  out  unto  him :  for 
the  i)eoiile  trode  upon  him  in  the 
gate,  and  he  died. 

CHAPTER  vnr. 

1  TItc  .'fhunammite,  having  left  her  coun- 
try geven  years,  to  avoid  the  forewarned 
famine,  for  Eliaha^a  iniraele  take  hath 
her  land  rettored  by  the  king.  7  JIazael, 
being  Bent  with  a  present  by  Ben-hadad 
to  Etiaha  at  Damascus,  after  he  had 
heard  the  prophecy,  killeth  his  master, 
and  succeedeth  him.  10  Jehoram^s  tvick. 
ed  reign  in  Judah.  20  Edom  and  Libnah 
revolt.  23  Ahaziah  succeedeth  Jehoram. 
25  .^haziah's  wicked  reign.  28  He  visit- 
eth  Jehoram  wounded,  at  Jezreel. 

THEN  spake  Elisha  unto  the 
woman,  "whose  son  he  had  re- 
stored to  life,  saying.  Arise,  and  go 
thou  and  thine  "household,  and  so- 
journ wheresoever  thou  canst  so- 
journ: for  the  l.ORi)  lihath  called 
for  a  famine;  and  it  shall  also  come 
upon  the  land  seven  years. 

'2  And  the  woman  "arose,  and  did 
after  the  saying  of  the  man  f)f  GotI: 
and  she  went  with  her  household, 
and  sojourned  in  the  laud  of  the 
Philistines  seven  years. 

3  And  it  came  to  pass  at  the  seven 
years'  end,  that  the  woman  returned 
but  of  the  land  of  the  Philistines  : 
and  she  went  tbrth  to  cry  unto  the 
king  for  her  house  and  for  her  land. 

■1  And  the  king  talked  with  '' Ge- 
hazi  the  servant  of  the  man  of  God, 
saying.  Tell  me,  I  pray  thee,  all  the 
great  things  that  Elisha  hath  done. 

.*>  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  was 
telling  the  king  how  he  had  d  re- 
stored a  dead  body  to  life,  that,  be- 
hold, the  woman,  whose  son  he  had 
restored  to  life,  cried  to  the  king  for 
her  liouse  and  for  hur  land.    And 


Gehazi  said,  My  lord,  O  king,  this  is 
tlie  woman,  and  this  Isliersou,  wliom 
Elisha  restored  to  life. 
G  And  when  the  king  asked  the 
woman,  she  told  him.  So  the  king 
appointed  unto  her  a  certain  ||  offi- 
cer, saying.  Restore  all  that  K"«.« 
hers,  and  all  the  fruits  of  the  field 
since  the  day  that  she  left  the  laud, 
even  until  now. 

7  If  And  Elisha  came  to  Dania.scus; 
andBen-hadad  the  king  of  Syria  was 
sick;  anditwastoldhim, saying,  The 
man  of  God  is  come  hitiier. 

8  And  the  king  said  unto  "^Ilazael, 
f  Take  a  present  in  thine  hand,  and 
go,  meet  the  man  of  God,  and  "in- 
quire of  the  Loitii  bv  him,  saying, 
Shall  I  recover  of  this"  disease? 

9  So  llazael  went  fo  nieet  him,  and 
took  a  present  f  with  him,  even  of 
every  good  thing  of  Damascus,  forty 
camels'  burden,  and  came  ami  stuo'd 
before  him,  and  said.  Thy  son  lien- 
hadad  king  of  Syria  hath  sent  me  to 
thee,  saying,  Shall  I  recover  of  this 
diseases' 

10  And  Elisha  said  unto  him.  Go, 
say  unto  him.  Thou  may  est  certainly 
recover:  howbcit  thc"I>oi!i)  hath 
shewed  me  that  I' he  shall  surely 
die. 

11  And  he  settled  his  countenance 
t steadfastly,  until  he  was  ashamed: 
and  the  man  of  God  i  went. 

\i  And  Hazael  said,  AVhy  wecpcth 
my  lord?  And  he  ansv,"ere<l,  lie- 
cause  I  know  ^  the  evil  that  tliou  wilt 
do\intothe  children  of  Israel:  their 
strong  holds  w  ilt  tlion  set  on  fire,  :iiid 
their  vcmng  men  wilt  thou  sl^iv  with 
the  swoiil,  and  1  wilt  chisli  tluir  eliil- 
dren,  and  rip  up  their  women  n\  ith 
child. 

13  And  Hazael  said.  But  what,  '"  (V 
thj'  servant  a  dog,  that  he  should  do 
this  great  thing  ?  And  Elisha  an- 
swered, "The  J,OIcu  hath  shewed 
me  that  thou  .«/«</<  he  king  over  Syr- 
ia. 

14  So  he  departed  from  Elisha,  and 
came  to  his  master;  who  said  fo  him, 
What  said  Elisha  t.>  thee?  And  he 
answered.  He  told  me  tlial  thou 
bhouldest  surely  recover. 

lo  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  that  he  took  a  thick  cloth, 
and  dipped  it  in  water,  and  spread 
it  on  his  face,  so  that  he  died:  and 
Hazael  reigned  in  his  stead. 

1(J  TT  And  m  the  fiflh  vearof  Joram 
the  son  of  .Vhab  king  of  Israel,  ,Ie- 
hoshaphat  ))fi<iij  then  king  of  Judah, 
"Jehoram  the  son  of  Jehoshaphat 
king  of  Judah  t  began  to  reign. 

17  ^' Thirty  and  two  years  old  was 
he  when  he  began  to  reign :  and  he 
reigned  eight  years  in  .Terusalem. 

15  .\ud  he  wiilked  in  the  way  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  as  did  the  house  of 
Ahah  ;  for  'I  the  danghler  of  Aliab 
was  his  wife:  and  he  did  evil  in  the 
Bight  of  the  LoiiU. 

343 


Jehoram's  tncked  reign. 


II.  KINGS. 


Jehu  is  anointed  king. 


Before 
C  U  K  1  3  T 

8>>2. 


r2  Sam.  7.  13. 

IKiii  u.aii. 

li  IS.  i. 

■i  fl.r.  '21.  7. 

«Oen,27  40. 

■JCl.1.218.'). 
10. 
tl  Kin. 22, 17 

H  An.l  «.> 
ruJIllU.l, 


884. 
»2  Chr.  22.  5. 
I.  ch.  9.  15. 


ha.1  .....utU- 
I  ClU.l. 


lit  Yet  the  Lord  "would  not  destroy 
Judah  for  David  liis  servant's  sake, 
'as  lie  pnimi^ed  him  to  t;ive  him  al- 
ways a  t  li)-'ht,  and  to  his  children. 

a)  IT  111  his  days  MOdoiu  revolted 
from  under  tlie  hand  of  Judah,  'and 
made  a  kin;;  over  themselves. 

'Jl  So  Joram  went  over  to  Zair,  and 
all  the  chariots  with  him :  and  he  rose 
by  iiif2:lit,  and  smote  the  Kdomites 
which  compassed  him  about,  and  the 
(■a|it:iiiis  of  tlie  chariots:  and  the  peo- 
ple lied  into  their  tents. 

:i2  II  Yet  Kdom  revolted  from  under 
the  hand  of  .Judah  unto  this  day. 
"  Then  Lihiiah  revolted  at  the  same 
time. 

■-'3  And  the  rest  of  tlie  acts  of  Jo- 
rain,  and  all  that  he  did,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  book  of  the  Chroni- 
cles of  the  kiii^s  of  Judah  ? 

•M  And  Jorani  slept  witli  his  tiithers, 
and  was  buried  with  his  fathers  in 
the  city  of  David:  and  '  ||  Ahaziali 
his  son  reij^ned  in  his  stead. 

•S>  TI  III  tlie  twelfth  year  of  ,Toram 
tlie  son  of  Allah  kinjr  of  Israel  did 
.Vhaziah  the  son  of  Jelioram  kinji^  of 
Judah  bey;in  to  reign. 

2ti  >  Two  and  twenty  years  old  was 
Ahaziali  when  he  beRan  to  reijjn; 
and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusa- 
lem. And  his  mother's  name  vas 
Athaliah,  the  ||  daughterof  Oniri  king 
of  Israel. 

27  ^And  lie  walked  in  the  way  of 
the  house  of  Ahab,  and  did  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Louii,  as  did  the 
house  of  Ahah:  for  he  ?ra.s  the  son 
in  law  of  tlic  house  of  Ahab. 

Si  V  And  ho  went  "with  Jorani  the 
son  of  Ahab  to  the  war  against  lla- 
zacl  king  of  Syriain  Kamoth-gilead; 
and  tlie  Syrians  wounded  Joram. 

21)  .\nd  liking  Joram  went  back  to 
be  healed  in  Je/reel  of  the  wounds 
t  which  the  Svrians  had  given  Jiim 
at  !|  Uainali,  when  he  fought  again.^t 
llazael  king  of  Syria.  -^And  Aha- 
xiahthe  son  of  Jdioram  king  of  Ju- 
dah went  down  to  see  Jorum  the  son 
of  Ahab  iu  Jezreel,  because  lie  was 
f  sick. 

CIIAPTEK  IX. 

1  Eliiha  gendelh  n  young  prophet  with 
ijiHtructiont  to  anoint  Jehu  at  Jiamoth- 
ffilettd.  4  T/te  prophfl  hitvint/  done  hi$ 
mtisentfo  fleeth.  11  t/ehti,  bein//  mcido 
king  by  tha  toldierB.  kilttth  Joram  in 
the  fl.ld  of  Naboth.  27  Ahaiiah  it 
utain  at  Our,  and  biiricl  at  Jeruialem. 
'M  Proud  Jeiehel  ia  thrown  down  out  of 
u  tvinilow.  and  eaten  by  doge. 

VND  Elisha  the  prophet  called 
one  of  "the  children  of  the 
prophets,  and  said  unto  him,  liGird 
up  thv  Iniiis,  and  take  this  box  of 
oil  iu  thine  hand,  'and  go  to  Ka- 
moth-gileail: 
•-'  And  when  th.ni  coniest  thither, 
look  out  there  J.liu  tlie  scui  of  Je- 
hoshaplnit  the  sou  of  Nimshi,  and 
go  in,  and  iiiaku  him  arise  up  from 
3M 


amon"  dliis  brethren,  and  carry  him 
to  an  T  inner  cliamber; 

3  Then  "take  the  box  of  oil,  and 
pour  it  on  his  head,  and  say.  Thus 
saith  the  liOUi),  I  have  anointed  thee 
king  over  Israel.  Then  open  the 
door,  and  flee,  and  tarry  not. 

4  'f  So  the  young  man,  cren  the 
youug  man  the  prophet,  went  to 
Kamoth-gilead. 

5  And  when  ho  came,  behold,  the 
captains  of  the  host  were  sitting;  and 
he  said,  I  have  an  errand  to  thee,  O 
captain.  And  Jehu  said.  Unto  which 
of  all  us?  And  he  said,  To  thee,  O 
captain. 

(i  And  he  arose,  and  went  into  the 
house;  and  he  poured  the  oil  on  liis 
head,  and  said  unto  him,  fTlins 
saith  the  I.,or,i)  (Jod  of  Israel,  I  have 
anointed  thee  king  over  the  people 
of  the  Loud,  cren  over  Israel. 

7  And  thou  shalt  smite  the  house  of 
Ahab  thy  master,  that  I  may  avenge 
the  blood  of  mv  servants  the  proph- 
ets, and  the  blood  of  all  tlie  servants 
of  the  l.olJli,  «at  the  liand  of  Jezebel. 

8  For  the  whole  house  of  Ahab  shall 
perish:  and  I'l  will  cut  otf  from  Ahab 
ihim  that  pisscth  against  the  wall, 
and  k  him  that  is  shut  up  and  left  iu 
Israel: 

'J  And  I  will  make  the  house  of 
Ahab  like  the  house  of  1  Jeroboam 
the  sou  of  Nebat,  and  like  the  house 
of"  Baasha  the  son  of  Aliijah: 

10  "  And  the  do^'s  shall  eat  Jezebel 
in  the  portion  ot  Jezreel,  and  there 
slinll  ftc  none  to  bury  /ler.  And  lie 
opened  the  door,  and  fled. 

11  IT  Then  Jehu  came  forth  to  the 
servants  of  his  lord:  and  one  said 
unto  him.  In  all  well  ?  wherefore 
came  "this  mad  I'lUmc  to  thee?  And 
he  said  unto  them.  Ye  know  the 
man,  and  his  coinniitnication. 

l-J  And  thev  said.  It  U  false;  tell  us 
now.  And  he  said.  Thus  and  thus 
.spake  he  to  me,  saying.  Thus  saith 
the  Loun,  I  have  anointed  thee  king 
over  Israel. 

I'J  Then  they  hasted,  and  ''took 
evorv  man  his  garment,  and  put  it 
under  him  on  the  top  of  the  stairs, 
and  blew  with  trumpets,  saying,  Je- 
hu t  is  king. 

14  So  Jehu  the  son  of  Jchoshaphat 
the  son  of  Nimshi  conspired  against 
Joram.  (Now  Joram  had  kept  Ka- 
moth-gilead, he  and  all  Lsrael,  be- 
cause of  IlazacI  king  of  Svria. 

I.-i  But  'Iking  f  Joram  was  returned 
to  be  healed  iu  Jezreel  of  the  wounds 
whii-h  the  Svrians  I  had  given  him. 
when  he  fought  with  Ilazael  king  of 
Syria.)  And  Jehu  said.  If  it  he  your 
niinils,  l/iiit  t  let  none  go  forth"  tmr 
escape  out  of  the  city  to  go  to  tell  i< 
in  Je/reel. 

Hi  So  Jehu  rodo  in  a  chariot,  and 
w.nt  to  Jezreel;  for  Joram  lay  there. 
'.Vnd  Ahaziali  king  of  Juduli  was 
come  down  to  see  Joram. 


He  killeth  Joram. 


II.  KINGS. 


Jezebel  is  eaten  by  dogs. 


1  H>b.  Uooiff. 
•  lKiii.2t.19. 


\7  And  there  stttod  ii  watchman  on 
tlie  tt)\vor  in  Jezivel,  and  he  Bpied 
the  company  of  Jehu  as  he  came, 
and  suid,  1  see  a  com|)any.  And 
Jurani  said,  Taljo  a  horseman,  and 
send  to  mcfcttlieni,  and  let  him  say, 
Is  it  peace  ? 

18  So  there  went  one  on  horseback 
to  meet  him,  and  said,  Tlius  saitli 
the  liing.  A'  ((  peace  ?  And  Jehu 
said.  What  hast  tliou  to  do  with 
l>C!U-ei'  turn  thee  beliind  me.  And 
tlie  watcliman  told,  sayiiii^,  Tlie 
mcssent;cr  came  to  tliem,  but  lie 
conu'tli  not  again. 

HI  'j'hcn  he  sent  out  a  second  on 
horseback,  which  catiic  to  them,  and 
said.  Thus  saitli  the  king,  7a"  it  jjeace? 
And  Jeliu  answered.  What  hast  thou 
to  do  with  peace?  turn  thee  behind 
me. 

aJ  And  the  watchman  told,  saying, 
He  came  even  unto  them,  and  Com- 
eth not  a<:;ain :  and  the  ||  driving  is 
like  the  diiving  of  Jehu  the  sou  of 
Nimshi;  for  he  driveth  t  furiously. 

21  And  Joram  said,  f  Make  ready. 
And  his  chariot  was  made  ready. 
And  "Joram  king  of  Israel  and  Alia- 
z\ah  king  of  Judah  went  out,  each  in 
his  chariot,  and  tiiey  went  out  against 
Jehu,  and  ]  met  him  in  tlic  portion 
of  Naboth  the  Jezreelite. 

22  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Joram 
saw  Jehu,  that  he  said,  75  it  peace, 
Jehu?  And  he  answered.  What 
peace,  so  long  as  tile  whoredoms  of 
thy  mother  Jezebel  and  her  witcli- 
erails  are  .«o  many? 

23  And  Joram  turned  his  hands, 
and  fled,  and  said  to  Ahazlah,  There 
iS  treachery,  O  Ahaziah. 

24  And  Jehu  t  drew  a  bow  with  his 
full  strength,  and  smote  Jehoram  be- 
tween his  arms,  and  the  arrow  went 
out  at  his  heart,  and  he  t  sunk  down 
in  his  chariot. 

2.")  Tlien  said  Jchn  to  Bidkar  his 
captain.  Take  up,  ntul  cast  him  in 
the  portion  of  the  field  of  Naboth  the 
Jezreelite:  for  remember  how  that, 
when  I  and  thou  rode  together  after 
Aliab  liis  father,  'the  Loud  laid  this 
burden  upon  him; 

2G  Surely  I  have  seen  yesterday  the 
t  blood  of  Naboth,  and  the  blood  of 
his  sons,  saith  the  I^OUD ;  and  "  I  will 
requitu  thee  in  this  ||  plat,  saith  the 
Lonn.  Now  therefore  take  and  cast 
him  into  the  plat  o/' i/coiiik/,  accord- 
ing to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

27  H  But  when  Ahaziah  the  king  of 
Judah  saw  this,  he  fled  by  the  way 
of  the  garden  house.  And  Jehu  fol- 
lowed after  him,  and  said.  Smite 
hin\  also  in  the  chariot.  And  Iheij 
did  so  at  the  going  up  to  Gur,  which 
uh.vlbleam.  And  lie  fled  to^Me- 
gidilo,  and  died  there. 

28  And  his  servants  carried  him  in 
a  chariot  to  Jerusalem,  and  buried 
him  ill  his  sepulchre  with  his  fathers 
iu  tho  city  of  David. 


29  And  in  the  eleventh  year  of  ,To- 
ram  the  sou  of  Ahab  began  Ahoziah 
to  reign  over  Judah. 

30  If  And  when  Jehu  was  come  to 
Jezreel,  Jezebel  heard  o/  it;  >  and 
she  t  painted  her  lace,  and  tired  her 
head,  and  looked  out  at  a  window. 

ol  And  as  Jehu  entered  in  at  the 
gate,  she  said,  '■'  Had  Zimri  peace, 
who  slew  his  master? 

.'12  And  he  lilted  up  his  face  to  the 
window,  and  said.  Who  i.s  on  my 
side?  who?  And  there  looked  out 
to  him  two  or  three  |(  eunuchs. 

.'!';  .\nd  he  .said,  Tlirow  her  down. 
So  tliey  threw  her  down:  and  some 
of  her  blood  was  sprinkled  on  the 
wall,  and  on  the  liorses:  and  he  trodc 
her  under  (iiot. 

34  And  when  he  was  come  in,  he 
did  eat  and  drink,  ond  said.  Go,  see 
now  this  cursed  woman,  and  bury 
her:  for  ''she  is  a  king's  daughter. 

35  And  they  went  to  buryner:  but 
they  found  no  more  of  lier  than  the 
skull,  and  the  feet,  and  the  palms  of 
her  hands. 

;X!  Wherefore  they  came  asain,  and 
told  him.  And  he  said,  Tnis  is  the 
word  of  the  Lord,  which  he  spake 
f  b.v  his  servant  Elijah  the  Tishbite, 
saying,  l<In  the  portion  of  Jezreel 
shall  dogs  eat  the  flesh  of  Jezebel: 

37  And  the  carcass  of  Jezebel  shall 
be  'as  dung  upon  the  face  of  the 
field  in  the  j)Ortion  of  Jezreel;  .so  that 
they  shall  uot  say.  This  !s  Jezebel. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  Jelm,  Jy  ;ii8  letlcrg,  cauacth  sevmty  of 
Altab'a  chilUrtn  to  be  hdieadcd.  8  //( 
excusith  the  faet  by  the  prophecy  of 
Elijah.  12  At  the  Bhcttring  hottse  he 
tlayeth  two  and  forty  of  Ahaziati'i 
bretliren,  15  Jle  tatceth  Jcttonadab  into 
hia  company.  18  liy  eubtHty  he  destroy- 
eth  all  the  worthippera  of  Jiaat.  20  Jcfm 
foltijweth  Jerobonvt'a  aina.  33  Ilazael 
opprcaaeth  larael.  34  Jvhoahaz  eitcceed- 
eth  Jehu. 

VND  Ahab  had  seventy  sons  in 
Samaria.  And  Jehu  wrote  let- 
ters, and  sent  to  Samaria,  unto  the 
rulers  of  Jezreel,  to  the  elders,  and  to 
tthem  that  brought  up  Ahab's  c7ii7- 
dren,  saying, 

2  Now  as  soon  as  this  letter  comcth 
to  you,  seeing  your  master's  sons  are 
with  you,  and  there  are  with  you 
chariots  and  horses,  a  fenced  city 
also,  and  armour; 

3  Look  even  out  the  best  and  meet- 
est  of  your  master's  sons,  and  set  him 
on  his  father's  throne,  and  fight  for 
your  master's  house. 

4  But  they  were  exceedingly  afraid, 
and  said.  Behold,  two  kings  stood 
not  before  him:  how  then  shall  we 
stand  ? 

5  And  he  that  was  over  the  liouse, 
and  he  that  iras  over  the  city,  the 
elders  also,  and  the  bringers  up  of 
the  chililren,  sent  to  Jehu,  saving. 
We  are  thy  Bcrvants,  and  will  do  all 

316 


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about  884. 

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f  neb.  hutht 
liand  of. 
b  1  Km.21.23. 


Altai's  seventy  sons  slain. 


II.  KINGS. 


Jehxi  destroveth  all 


diKii>ei:i. 


1  n. 

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r.  »i' 

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f  Jor.  M.  C. 

f  1  Cl.r.  2.  65. 
t  llrl< 

I.  Eir>  10.  V.I. 


that  thou  Bhalt  bid  u.s;  we  will  luit 
iiiuko  niiy  kin^':  do  thou  tliatu'hich 
i.s-  j^ood  ill  tliinc  eyes. 
(1  Then  he  wrote  ii  letter  the  second 
time  to  them,  saying,  ll'ye  be  f  mine, 
and  )/'  ye  will  liearken  unto  my 
voiee,  take  ye  the  Iieads  of  the  men 
your  master'.s  sons,  and  come  to  mc 
to  Jezi-eel  by  to  monow  tliis  time. 
Now  the  liin;^'.-5  son:^,  bciii;/  se^■ellty 
persons,  icerc  with  the  ftreat  men  of 
the  eitv,  which  brought  them  up. 

7  And  it  came  to  p.i.ss,  when  the  let- 
ter came  to  them,  that  they  took  the 
kiii(;'3  sons,  and  "slew  seventy  per- 
sons, and  put  their  heads  in  baskets, 
and  sent  him  litem  to  Jezreel. 

8  H  And  tliere  came  a  messenger, 
and  told  him,  saying.  They  have 
broiif^ht  the  heads  of  the  kind's  sons. 
And  lie  said,  Lay  ye  them  in  two 
heaps  at  the  entering  in  of  the  gate 
until  the  luornin^. 

l>  And  it  caine  to  pass  in  the  morn- 
ini;,  that  he  went  out,  and  stood,  ami 
sanl  to  all  the  people.  Ye  be  riijht- 
eous:  behold,  1. 1  conspired  n-ainst 
mv  ma.'.ter,  and  slew  him:  but  who 
slew  all  these? 

Ill  Know  now  that  there  shall  '"fall 
nnio  the  earth  nothing  of  the  word 
of  the  l,oi:i),  which  the  I-ouD  spake 
coneerning  the  house  of  Ahab:  for 
the  I.oiiu  hath  done  t/iat  which  lie 
spake  il  I  by  liis  servant  Klijah. 

11  So  Jclui  slew  all  that  remained 
of  the  house  of  Ahab  in  Jezreel,  and 
all  his  preat  men,  and  his  ||  kinsfolks, 
and  his  priests,  until  he  Ictt  him 
none  lemainiu);. 

12  IT  Ami  lie  arose  and  departed, 
and  came  to  Samaria.  Jml  as  he 
ico.t  at  the  t  shearing  house  in  the 
way, 

1.".  '^Jehu  tmet  with  the  brethren 
of  Aha/iah  king  of  Jiidah,  and  said, 
AVho  arc  ve?  And  thev  answt'red, 
AVe  arc  tlic  brethren  of  Ali.iziah: 
and  we  go  down  i  to  salute  the  chil- 
dren of  the  king  and  the  children  of 
the  queen. 

It  And  he  said.  Take  them  alive. 
And  tliey  took  them  alive,  and  slew 
them  at  the  iiitof  the  sheariii',;  hou.se, 
III  11  two  and  tbrty  men;  neither  left 
he  any  of  them. 

I."i  H  And  when  he  was  departed 
thence,  he  1  li-hted  on  l.IebomKlab 
the  son  of  «  Uecliab  romiiKi  to  meet 
him:  ami  he  I  saluted  biin,  and  said 
til  him.  Is  thine  heart  right,  as  my 
heart  i.f  with  thy  liearti'  And  .Je- 
homnlab  answered,  It  is,  W  it  be, 
ligive  )iii'  thine  hand.  And  he  gave 
/ii'mhls  hnnd;  and  he  took  him  up 
to  him  into  the  chariot. 

Ill  And  he  said.  Come  with  mc,  and 
sec  my  '  zeal  for  the  l,oni).  So  they 
made  him  ride  in  his  chariot. 

ir  And  when  Iw  came  to  Samaria, 
the  slew  all  that  remained  nnto 
Ahab  ill  Samaria,  till  he  had  il.stn.y- 
cd  him,  nceoidins  to  the  »;iyiiig  of 
3t6 


the  Loud,  l  which  he  spake  to  Eli- 
jah. 

IS  IT  And  Jehu  gathered  all  the  peo- 
ple together,  and  saitl  unto  them, 
'"Ahab  served  liaal  a  little;  but  Jehu 
shall  serve  him  much. 

I'J  Now  therefore  call  unto  mo  all 
the  "prophets  of  liaal,  all  his  serv- 
ants,and  all  his  priests;  let  none  be 
waiitin;,':  for  I  have  a  gre;it  sacrince 
tu  do  to  liaal  ;  whosoever  shall  be 
wanting,  he  shall  not  live.  lint  Jehu 
did  It  in  subtilty,  to  the  intent  that 
he  might  destroy  the  worshippers  of 
Baal. 

20  And  Jehu  said,  t  Proclaim  a  sol- 
emn assembly  for  Ba.il.  And  they 
proclaimed  il. 

21  And  Jehu  sent  through  nil  Is- 
rael: and  all  the  worshippers  of  Baal 
came,  so  that  there  was  not  a  man 
left  that  came  not.  And  they  came 
into  the  "house  of  Baal;  iiiid  the 
house  of  Baal  was  l|full  from  one 
end  to  another. 

22  And  he  said  unto  him  that  was 
over  the  vestry.  Bring  forth  vest- 
ments lor  all  the  worshippers  of 
liaal.  And  he  brought  them  ibrtb 
vestments. 

2.J  And  Jehu  went,  and  ,Tehonadab 
the  son  of  Kechab,  into  the  lunise  of 
liaal,  and  said  unto  the  worship- 
pers of  Baal,  Search,  and  look  that 
there  be  here  with  \  ou  none  of  the 
servants  of  the  J.i»-iliii,  but  the  wor- 
shippers of  Baal  only. 

24  And  when  they  went  i.i  to  offer 
sacrifices  and  burnt  offerings,  Jehu 
apixiinted  four.i.eore  men  without, 
and  said,  //lu.v  of  the  men  whom  1 
have  broimlit'into  \onr  hands  es- 
cape, /i,;  l/iat  ktl.lh  him  no,  I'liis  life 
-■i/m/idcfortheliteofliinK 

2."i  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as 
ho  had  made  an  em!  of  ottering  the 
burnt  ottering,  that  Jehu  said  to  the 
guard  and  to  the  captains.  Go  in, 
<(iji/  Klay  them ;  let  none  come  forth. 
And  they  smote  them  with  f  the 
edge  of  the  sword:  and  the  guard  and 
the  ca|itains  ca-t  llirm  out,  and  went 
to  the  eitv  of  the  house  of  Baal. 

2t!  And"  they  brought  forth  the 
t 'I  images  out  of  the  liousc  of  Baal, 
and  burned  them. 

27  And  they  brake  down  the  image 
of  Baal,  and"  brake  down  the  house 
of  Baal,  ''and  made  it  a  draught 
house  unto  this  day. 

25  Thus  Jehu  destroyed  Baal  out 
of  Israel. 

29  n  llowbeit,/;()m  the  sins  of  Jero- 
lioaiii  the  son  of  Nebat,  who  iiiaile 
Israel  to  sin,  Jehu  departed  not  from 
after  them,  to  nil.  "the  golden  calves 
that  tivrc  in  Beth-el,  and  that  ii-tiv 
in  Dan. 

.'Kl  .\nd  the  I.oiiii  said  unto  Jehii, 
Because  thoii  hast  done  well  in  exe- 
cuting iIhiI  ir/ar/i  IK  right  in  mine 
eyes.  Old/  bast  done  unl<i  the  house 
of  Ahab  accordiug  to  all  that  utm 


the  worsliippers  of  Baal. 


II.  KINGS. 


Athaliah  is  slain. 


(■irhr.2-i.u. 


nine  lienrt,  '  tliy  cliililron  of  the 
tburtU  ffcncnttiou  ehull  sit  on  tlie 
throne  oflsrael. 

;!1  Hut  Jehu  ttonk  no  hoed  to  walk 
u  the  law  ot  the  I^c)i:i)  Uud  of  Israel 
with  all  liis  heart;  lor  he  departed 
not  from  "the  fina  of  Jeroboam, 
whieh  made  Israel  to  sin, 
3211  In  those  days  the  I^onn  bcpian 

I  to  cut  Israel  thort :  and  ^  Ilaxael 
smote  them  in  all  the  coasts  of  Is- 
rael; 

o.*i  From  Jordan  t  eastward,  all  the 
land  of  Gilead,  the  Gadites,  and  the 
Keubcnites,  and  the  Mannssites,  from 
Aroer,  which  is  by  the  river  Arnou, 

II  even  >  Gilead  ana  Bashan. 

"A  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jehu, 
and  all  that  he  did,  and  all  his  mi>;ht, 
iiii;  they  not  written  in  the  hook  of 
the  Chronicles  of  the  kind's  of  Israel? 
ilj  And  Jehu  slept  with  his  fathers: 
and  they  buried  hini  in  Samaria. 
And  Jchbahaz  his  sou  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

3U  And  t  the  time  that  Jehu  reigned 
over  Israel  in  Samaria  teas  twouty 
and  eight  years. 

CHAPTER  Xr. 
1  Jehoash,  leing  enved  hy  Jchoshehn  hii 
aunt  from  Athaliah'a  mniaucre  of  the 
teed  royal,  is  hid  six  years  in  the  hoitnc 
of  Odd,  4  Jchoiada,  yivintj  order  to  the 
captains,  in  the  seventh  year  anointeth 
him  king.  13  Athaliah  is  slain.  17  Je- 
hoiada  restoreth  the  u'orship  of  God. 

VND  when  "Athaliah  l-thc  mother 
of  Ahaziah  saw  that  her  sou  was 
dead,  she  arose  and  destroyed  all  the 
t  seed  royal. 

2  But  llJehoshcba,  the  danghtcr 
of  king  Joram,  sister  of  Ahaziah, 
took  II  Joash  the  son  of  Ahaziah,  and 
stole  him  fi*oin  among  the  king's  sous 
ivltich  icere  slain;  and  they  hid  him, 
even  him  and  his  nurse,  in  the  bed- 
chamber from  Athaliah,  so  that  he 
was  not  slain. 

.■i  And  he  was  with  her  hid  in  the 
house  of  the  Loud  six  years.  And 
Athaliah  did  reign  over  the  land. 

4  IT  And  *^  the  seventh  year  Jehoiada 
sent  and  fetched  the  rulers  over 
hundreds,  with  the  captains  and  the 
guard,  and  brought  tlu'ni  to  him  into 
the  house  of  the  Loud,  and  made  a 
covenant  with  them,  and  took  nn 
oath  of  them  in  the  house  of  the 
Luui),  and  shewed  them  the  king's 
son. 

5  And  he  commanded  them,  sav- 
ing. This  IS  the  thing  that  ye  shall 
do;  A  third  part  of  you  that  outer 
in  'Ion  the  sabbath  shall  even  be 
keepers  of  the  watch  of  the  king's 
house; 

G  And  a  third  part  shall  be  at  the 
gate  of  Sur;  and  a  third  part  at  the 
gate  behind  the  guard:  so  shall  ye 
keep  the  watch  of^the  house,  f|  that  it 
be  not  broken  down. 

7  And  two  lit  parts  of  all  you  that 
go  forth  on  the  sabbath,  even  they 


shall  keep  the  watch  of  the  house  of 
the  l-OKD  about  the  king. 

8  And  ye  shall  compass  the  king 
round  about,  every  man  with  his 
weapons  in  his  baud:  and  he  that 
Cometh  within  the  ranges,  let  him 
be  slain:  and  be  yc  with  the  king  as 
he  goeth  out  ,ind  as  he  comotli  in. 

9  ^  And  the  captains  over  the  hund- 
reds did  according  to  all  tliitir/g  that 
Jclioiada  the  priest  commanded :  and 
they  took  every  man  Jiis  men  tluit 
were  to  come  in  on  the  sabbath,  with 
them  that  Bho\dd  go  out  on  the  sali- 
bath,  and  came  to  Jehoiada  the 
priest. 

10  And  to  the  captains  over  hund- 
reds did  the  priest  give  king  l>a- 
vid's  spears  nnd  shields,  that  joeie 
in  the  temple  of  the  Loi;d. 

11  And  the  guard  stood,  every  man 
with  his  weapons  in  his  hanil,  round 
about  the  king,  from  the  right  t  cor- 
ner of  the  temple  to  the  left  corner 
of  the  temide,  aloiuj  by  the  altar  and 
the  tcmplu. 

12  And  he  brought  forth  the 
king's  son,  and  jiut  the  crown  uptm 
liim,  and  gave  Aim  the  testimony; 
and  they  made  him  king,  and 
auointLd"  him  ;  and  they  clapped 
their  hands,  and  said,  ffGod  save 
the  king. 

K  11  SAnd  when  Athaliah  heard 
the  noise  of  the  guard  and  of  the 
people,  she  came  to  the  people  into 
the  temple  of  the  Lord. 

14  And  when  she  looked,  behold, 
the  king  ttood  by  'ui  pillar,  as  the 
manner  was,  and  the  princes  nnd 
the  trumpeters  by  the  kinj;,  and  all 
the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced,  and 
blew  with  trumpets:  and  Athaliah 
rent  her  clothes,  and  cried,  Treason, 
treason. 

lo  But  Jehoiada  the  priest  coni- 
nuinded  the  captains  of  the  hund- 
reds, the  otiicers  of  the  host,  and 
said  unto  them.  Have  her  forth 
without  the  ranges;  and  him  that 
followcth  her  kill  Avith  the  sword. 
For  the  priest  had  said.  Let  her  not 
be  slain  in  the  house  of  the  Loun. 

Ill  And  they  laid  hands  on  her; 
and  she  went  by  the  way  by  the 
which  the  horses  came  into  the 
king's  house:  and  there  was  she 
slain. 

)"  H  "And  Jehoiada  made  a  cove- 
nant between  the  Lord  and  the  king 
and  the  people,  that  they  should  be 
the  Lord's  people;  k between  the 
king  also  and  the  people. 

18  Anil  all  the  people  of  the  land 
went  into  the  'house  of  Baal,  and 
brake  it  down;  his  altars  and  his 
images  '"  brake  they  in  pieces  thor- 
oughlv,  and  slew  Mattan  the  priest 
of  Baal  before  the  altars.  And  "  the 
priest  apixiinted  t  officers  over  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

i:i  And  he  took  the  rulers  over 
hundreds,   and    the    captains,   and 


t  nd..  let  fia 


Jehoash  giveth  order  for 


II.  KINGS. 


the  repair  of  the  temple. 


the  Rimrd,  and  all  the  people  of 
the  hind  ;  and  they  broni;ht  down 
the  king  from  the  house  of  the 
l-OF.u,  and  came  by  the  way  of 
the  gate  of  tlie  guard  to  the  king's 
house.  And  lie  sat  on  the  throne 
of  the  kings. 

I'll  And  all  the  people  of  the  land 
rejoiced,  and  the  city  was  in  quiet: 
and  they  slew  Atlialiah  with  the 
sword  hi'skle  the  king's  house. 

m  •*  Seven  years  old  v^iis  Jehoash 
when  he  began  to  reign. 

CHAPTER  Xir. 

1  Jehoash  rcigneth  well  all  iho  days  of 
Jchuiada.  4  Jli!  giveth  order  for  the  re- 
pair of  the  temple.  17  llazacl  il  di- 
verted from  JeruBatem  by  a  present  of 
lite  halliiuvd  trcuBurca.  13  Jehoash  be- 
ing slain  by  his  eervantSt  Amasiah  sac- 
ceedeth  him. 

IN  the  seventh  year  of  Jehu,  "Je- 
hoash began  to  reign;  and  forty 
years  reigued  ho  in  Jerusalem. 
And  his  niotlier's  name  W(is  ZibiaU 
of  lieer-shcba. 

2  And  Jelioash  did  Ihat  which 
iras  right  in  the  sight  of  the  1.,oi!d 
all  lii*  d.aya  wherein  Jehoiada  the 
priest  instructed  him. 

o  lint  l»the  high  places  were  not 
taken  nwav:  the  people  still  sacri- 
ficed and  Durnt  incense  in  the  liigh 
places. 

4  TT  And  Jehoash  said  to  the  priests, 
■^  All  the  money  of  the  ||  f  dedicated 
things  that  is  bronglit  into  the  house 
of  the  JjOKo,  ereii  <tthe  money  of 
every  one  that  pas.scth  t/ie  account, 
t  the  money  that  every  man  is  set  at, 
ami  all  the  money  that  t'comcth 
into  any  man's  hcirt  to  bring  into 
the  liouse  of  the  IjOKD, 

5  Let  the  priests  take  it  to  them, 
every  man  of  his  acquaintance  : 
and  let  them  repair  tlie  breaches  of 
tlie  house,  wheresoever  any  breach 
sliall  he  found. 

0  But  it  was  so,  that  fin  the  three 
and  twentieth  year  of  king  Jch<tash 
fthe  priests  had  not  repaired  the 
breaches  of  the  lionse. 

7  « Then  king  Jehoash  called  for 
Jehoiada  the  priest,  and  the  other 
priests,  and  said  unto  them.  Why 
repair  ye  not  the  breaches  of  the 
house  ?  now  therefore  receive  no 
more  money  of  your  acquaintance, 
hut  deliver  it  for  the  breaches  of  the 
Iiouse. 

.S  And  the  priests  consented  to  re- 
ceive no  jiiorc  money  of  the  people, 
neitlicr  to  repair  the'breaches  of  the 
house. 

U  Hut  Jehoiada  the  priest  took 
lia  chest,  and  bored  a  hole  in  the 
lid  of  it,  and  set  it  beside  the  al- 
tar, on  tlie  right  side  as  one  cometh 
into  the  liouse  of  tlie  I^oitu  :  and 
the  priests  that  kept  the  fdoor  put 
therein  all  the  money  thrit  icii5 
brought  into  the  liouse  of  the  Loud. 

10  And  it  was  so,  when  they  saw 
348 


that  there  was  much  money  in  the 
chest,  that  the  king's  ||  scribe  and 
the  high  priest  came  up,  and  the^' 
t  put  up  ill  bags,  and  told  the  money 
that  was  found  in  the  house  of  the 

LOKI). 

11  And  they  gave  the  monev,  being 
told,  into  the  hands  of  them  "that  did 
the  work,  that  had  the  oversight  of 
the  house  of  the  Loud  :  and  they 
tlaid  it  out  to  the  carpenters  an'd 
builders,  that  wrought  upon  the 
house  of  the  Lord, 

1^  And  to  masons,  and  hewi-rs  of 
stone,  and  to  buy  timber  and  hewed 
st(pne  to  repair  "the  breaches  of  the 
house  of  the  Loitii,  anil  for  all  that 
t  was  laid  out  lor  the  house  to  repair 
it. 

l.'i  Howbeit  "there  were  not  made 
for  the  house  of  the  Iaikd  bowls  of 
silver,  Riiuffcrs,  basins,  trumpets,  any 
vessels  of  gold,  or  vessels  of  silver,  of 
the  money  that  u'ft*-  brought  into  the 
house  of  the  Lokd: 

14  But  they  gave  that  to  the  work- 
men, and  repaired  therewith  the 
house  of  the  Luiu). 

15  Jlorcover  ^  they  reckoned  not 
with  the  men,  into  whose  hand  they 
delivered  the  money  to  be  bestoweil 
on  workmen  :  for  they  dealt  faith- 
fully. 

l(i  1  The  trespass  money  and  sin 
money  was  not  brought  into  the 
Iiouse  of  the  LoHU  :  "'it  was  the 
priests'. 

17  1[  Then  "  Hazael  king  of  Syria 
went  up,  and  fought  against  U'ath, 
and  took  it :  and  "  llazael  set  his 
face  to  go  up  to  Jerusalem. 

IS  And  Jelioash  king  of  Judah 
Ptook  all  the  hallowed  thing?  that 
Jehoshapliat,  and  Jehoram,  and  Aha- 
ziah,  his  fathers,  kings  of  Judah,  had 
dedicated,  and  his  own  hallowed 
things,  and  all  the  gold  that  was 
tbuiid  in  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  Loiiii,  and  in  the  king's 
house,  and  sent  it  to  llazael  king 
of  Syrii :  and  he  f  went  away  from 
Jerusalem. 

I'J  If  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo- 
ash,  and  nil  that  he  did,  ore  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  ChrouiclcB 
of  the  kings  of  Judah? 

20  And  'iliis  servants  arose,  and 
made  n  conspiracv.  and  slew  Joash 
in  II  the  house  of  Alillo,  which  goeth 
down  to  Silla. 

21  For  '  Jozaehar  the  son  of  Shimc- 
atli,  and  Jehozabad  the  son  of  ||  Sho- 
nier.  Ilia  servants,  smote  him,  and  he 
died;  and  they  buried  him  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David  :  and 
"  Amazinh  his  son  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  Jehoahas*  wicked  reitftt.  Z  Jehoahaz,  op- 
prc»aeit  btj  Jfazael,  i«  rtUcvcd  by  prayer. 
»  Joiit/i  iuccetiletK  him.  lu  Ifii  u-icked 
reiyn,  VI  Joroboam  tueceedeth  him.  14 
JUlinha  dying  prophttietk  to  Joath  thne 


Jehoahaz'  vricked  reign. 


II.  KINGS. 


Elisha's  sickness  and  death. 


t  n.u.  14, 

third  vLr 


t  Hob.  waikai 


about  849. 
>JuJ».  2.  U. 


n  Kin.  IC.33. 
t  llcl).  stood. 


victorica  over  the  S;irinnt.  20  Tlie  Mo- 
abitcs  invndin;/  the  land.  FAiiha'a  lionet 
raise  up  a  dead  vian.  22  Jlazacl  dyini), 
Joaeh  getteth  three  vietories  over  Jien- 
haduJ. 

IN  t  the  three  and  twentieth  j'ear 
of  Joash  the  son  of  Ahaziah  king 
of  Judah,  Jehoahaz  the  son  of  Jehu 
began  to  reign  over  Israel  in  Sama- 
ria, and  reigned  seventeen  .vears. 

2  And  lie  did  that  rchich  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  Lokd,  and  tfollowed 
the  sins  of  Jeroboam  tlie  son  of  Ne- 
bat,  whicli  made  Israel  to  sin ;  he  de- 
parted not  tlierefrom. 

3  TI  And  "the  anger  of  the  LoitD 
was  kindled  against  Israel,  and  he 
delivered  them  into  the  hand  of 
b  llazael  king  of  Syria,  and  into  the 
hand  of  Bcii-hadad  the  son  of  lla- 
zael,  all  their  days. 

4  And  Jehoahaz  •'besought  the 
Lord,  and  tlie  Lono  hearkened  un- 
to him:  for  il  he  saw  the  oppression 
of  Israel,  because  the  king  of  Syria 
oppressed  them. 

,h  ('And  the  Lor.D  gave  Israel  a 
saviour,  so  that  they  went  out  from 
under  the  hand  of  tlic  S.vrians:  and 
the  children  of  Israel  dwelt  in  their 
tents,  t  as  bcforetime. 

0  Nevertheless  they  departed  not 
from  the  sins  of  the  house  of  Jerobo- 
am, who  made  Israel  sin,  btit  |  walk- 
ed therein:  fand  there  t remained 
ttie  grove  also  in  Samaria.) 

7  Neither  did  he  leave  of  the  people 
to  Jehoahaz  but  fifty  horsemen,  and 
ten  chariots,  and  ten  thousand  foot- 
men; for  the  king  of  Syria  had  dc- 
stroved  thorn,  fand  had  made  them 
like" the  dust  by  threshing. 

8  IT  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je- 
hoahaz, and  all  that  he  did,  and  Iiis 
might,  ore  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  tlio  Clironicles  of  the  kings 
of  Israel? 

9  And  Jehoahaz  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers ;  and  tlicy  buried  him  in  Sa- 
maria:  and  II  Joash  his  sou  reigned 
in  his  stead  •■. 

10  IT  In  the  thirty  and  seventh  year 
of  Joash  king  of  Judah  begaji  l|Jc- 
hoash  the  sou  of  Jehoahaz  to  reign 
over  Israel  in  Samaria,  and  reir/ned 
sixteen  years. 

U  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  siglit  of  the  Lor.D;  he  depart- 
ed not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
t;ie  son  of  Nehat,  wlio  made  Israel 
sin:  hnt  he  walked  therein. 

\i  liAnd  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo- 
ash, and  >all  that  he  did,  and  this 
might  wherewith  he  fought  against 
Aiiiaziah  king  of  Judah,  are  they 
not  written  in  the  book  of  the  Chron- 
icles of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

13  And  Jo.ash  slept  with  his  fathers; 
and  Jeroboam  sat  upon  his  throne: 
and  Joash  was  buried  in  Saniaria 
with  the  kincs  of  Israel. 

11  TT  Now  Elisha  was  fallen  sick  of 
his  sickness  whereof  he  died.    And 


Joash  the  king  of  Israel  came  down 
luito  him,  and  wept  over  his  face, 
and  said,  O  my  father,  my  father! 
I  the  chariot  of  Israel,  and  the  horse- 
men thereof. 

15  And  Elisha  said  unto  him.  Take 
bow  and  arrows.  And  he  took  unto 
him  bow  and  arrows. 

10  And  he  said  to  the  king  of  Israel, 
t  Put  thine  hand  upon  the  bow.  And 
he  put  his  hand  upon,  it :  and  Elisha 
put  his  hands  upon  the  king's  hands. 

17  And  he  said.  Open  the  window 
eastwai-d.  And  he  opened  it.  Then 
Elisha  said,  Shoot.  And  he  shot. 
And  he  said.  The  arrow  of  the  Lord's 
deliverance,  and  the  arrow  of  deliver- 
ance from  Syria:  for  thou  shalt  smite 
the  Syrians  in  "'Aphek,  till  thou 
have  consumed  them. 

IS  And  he  said.  Take  the  arrows. 
And  he  took  tliem.  And  he  said  un- 
to the  king  of  Israel,  Smite  upon  the 
ground.  And  he  smote  thrice,  and 
stayed. 

l',i  And  the  man  of  God  was  wroth 
witli  him,  and  said.  Thou  sliouldest 
have  smitten  five  or  six  times;  then 
hadst  thou  smitten  Syria  till  thou 
hadst  consumed  it;  "whereas  now 
thou  Shalt  smite  Syria  fri^i  thrice. 

L'l)  IT  And  Elisha  died,  and  they 
buried  him.  And  the  bands  of  the 
Moabites  invaded  the  laud  at  the 
coming  in  of  the  year. 

21  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were 
burying  a  man,  that,  beliold,  they 
spied  n  band  of  men  ;  and  they  east 
the  man  into  the  sepulchre  of  Elisha: 
and  when  the  man  t  w'as  let  down, 
and  touched  the  hones  of  Elisha,  he 
revived,  and  stood  up  on  his  feet. 

22  TT  But  "Hazael  kino;  of  Syria 
oppressed  Israel  all  the  days  of  Je- 
hoahaz. 

23  ''And  the  Lord  was  gracious 
unto  them,  and  had  compassion  on 
them,  and  'Uiad  respect  unto  them, 
■■  because  of  his  covenant  with  Abr:;- 
ham,  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  and  would 
not  destroy  them,  neither  cast  he 
tiiem  from  his  t  presence  as  yet. 

24  So  llazael  king  of  Syria  died; 
and  Ben-hadad  his  son  feigned  in 
his  stead. 

25  And  Jehoash  the  son  of  Jehoa- 
haz f  took  again  out  of  the  hand  of 
Ben-li:ulad  the  sun  of  llazael  the 
cities,  which  he  had  taken  out  of  the 
hand  of  Jehoahaz  his  father  by  war. 
^  Three  times  did  Joash  beat  him, 
and  recovered  the  cities  of  Israel. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 
1  Amaziah'a  fffjoU  reiijit,  5  Jlia  justice  on 
tlie  murderers  of  Ida  father.  7  Uia  vic- 
tory over  Edom.  8  Ataaziah.  ftrovohing 
Jchonali,  is  overcome  and  epoiled.  IbJer- 
oboavt  aiicccedeth  Jehoaah.  17  Amaziah 
slain  htj  a  conspiracy.  21  Azariah  auc. 
cecdcfh  hiyyi.  23  Jerohoam^a  luicked  reign. 
2d  Zaehariah  eucceedeth  7tim. 

IN  "the  second  year  of  Joash  son 
of  Jehoahaz  king  of  Israel  reigned 
349 


Amazmh's  gnnd  reign. 


II.  KINGS. 


lie  is  nlm'n  hy  a  conspiracy. 


'Jl  He  was  twenty  anil  five  years  old 
wlicn  he  bej,'an  to  reij^n.  and  ieij;ned 
twenty  and  nine  years  in  Jerusalem. 
And  his  mother's  name  was  Jchoad- 
dun  of  Jerusalem. 

:i  .\nd  lie  (lid  tlint  n-liich  n-as  right 
in  the  sit:lit  of  the  I.oini.  vet  not 
like  David  his  father:  he  didaeeord- 
iu''  to  all  things  us  Joash  his  father 
diO. 

4  '■  Ilowheit  the  higli  places  were 
not  taken  away:  as  yet  the  people 
did  sacriHce  and  burnt  incense  on 
the  high  place.?. 

5  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Boon 
as  the  kingdom  w.a3  conHrmed  in 
hi.s  hand,  tluit  he  slew  his  servants 
'I  which  hu<l  slain  the  king  hisiiithcr. 

G  But  the  children  of  the  murderers 
he  slew  not  :  according  unto  tliat 
which  is  written  iu  the  book  of  the 
law  <if  Mo.scs,  wherein  the  JiOiii) 
commande.l,  saving,  •'The  fathers 
sIkiU  not  be  put  to  death  lor  the  chil- 
dren, nor  the  children  be  put  to 
death  for  the  fathers;  hut  every  man 
shall  be  put  to  death  for  his  own  sin. 

7  'He  slew  of  Edom  in  Sthovallev 
of  salt  ten  thousand,  and  took  ||Selah 
by  war,  hand  called  the  name  of  it 
Jokthecl  unto  this  dav. 

8  Tl  >  Then  Amazian  sent  messen- 
gers to  Jehonsh.  the  son  of  Jchoahaz 
son  of  Jehu,  king  of  Israel,  saying. 
Come,  let  us  look  one  another  in  the 
face. 

U  And  Jeho.ash  the  king  of  Israel 
sent  to  Amazi:ili  king  of  Judah,  say- 
ing, k  The  thistle  that  ictif  in  I^eha- 
non  sent  to  tlie  I  cedar  that  van  in 
Lebanon,  saying.  Give  tliv  daughter 
tonivsou  til  wife:  and  tlierc  passed 
hv  n,  wild  Iiea^t  tli:it  ir,K  in  Lebanon, 
andtn.,lu,l„wi,  the  thistle. 

HI  Thnii  hiist  in. Iced  smitten  Edom, 
and '"thine  heart  hath  lirte.Uhce  up: 
glorv  ullhi^,  iuid  Inriv  1  at  home:  f..r 
whv  shf.ul.lest  th^.u  "ill. ■,1,11c  to  tin/ 
Imrt,  that  th.m  shouMrst  fall,  crcn 
thou,  and  Judah  witli  tliee? 

U  Hut  Anniziah  woidd  not  hear. 
'I'liereforo  Jehoash  king  of  Israel 
went  up;  and  he  and  Ama/i.ah  king 
of  Jndah  looked  (me  another  in  the 
fac-c  at  "Hcth-shemcsh,  which  be- 
/o,i,„-//,  to  Ja.lah. 

1-.'  .\nd  .luihih  t  was  put  to  the  worse 
h'liMc  Isrj.l;  and  tliev  fled  everv 
m:iu  t,)llicir  tents. 

1.!  .Vnd  Jehoiish  king  of  Israel  took 
Anii/.iah  king  of  Judah,  the  son  of 
•hli.Kish  the  s,.n  of  Aha/.inh,  at  Ileth- 
sln'me>h,  and  Ciune  to  Jerusalem, 
:inil  brake  (h.wn  the  wall  of  Jerusa- 
lem from  "the  gate  of  lOplnuim  un- 
to ''the  corner  gate,  four  Jiundred 
cubits. 

It  .Vnd  he  look  all  "ilhc  gold  nnd 
silver,  and  nil  the  vessels  that  weru 
luuiid  in  thi'  house  of  the  Loi!i>,  ami 
in  the  tre:isurcs  of  the  king's  liousc, 
SOU 


and  hostages,  nnd  returned  to  Sa- 
maria. 

l.i  IT  ""Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je- 
hoash  w  hich  he  did.  and  his  might, 
and  liow  be  fought  with  Amaziah 
king  of  Judah,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Israel? 

1()  And  Jehoash  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  was  buried  in  Samaria 
with  the  kings  of  Israel;  nnd  Jero- 
boam bis  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

17  IT  'And  Amaziah  the  son  of  Jo- 
ash king  of  Judah  lived  after  the 
death  of  Jehoash  son  of  Jchoahaz 
king  of  Israel  fifteen  years. 

18  And  the  rest  of  the  nets  of  Am- 
aziah, arc  they  not  written  in  the 
book  of  the  Chronicles  t»f  the  kings 
ofJudah? 

r.t  Now  1  thcv  made  a  conspiracy 
against  him  in  Jerusah-m  :  and  he 
fled  to  "  Laehish ;  hut  tliev  sent  after 
him  to  Laehish,  and  slew  liim  there. 

20  And  they  brought  him  on  horses: 
and  be  was  buried  at  Jerusalem  with 
his  fathers  in  the  city  of  David. 

21  IT  And  all  the  people  of  Judah 
took  ^Azariah,  which  vas  si.vteen 
years  old,  au'l  made  him  king  in- 
stead of  his  father  Amaziah. 

22  He  built  >  Klath,  and  restored  it 
to  Judah,  alter  that  the  king  slept 
with  his  fathers. 

2.';  IT  In  the  tilteenth  year  of  Ama- 
ziah the  son  of  Joash  king  of  Juduh, 
■lerohoam  the  son  of  Joash  king  of 
Israel  began  to  reign  in  Samaria, 
and  rciipu'il  forty  nnd  one  years. 

24  And  he  did  tliiit  irliich  hiw  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Loi:i>:  he  dep,art- 
ed  not  from  all  the  sins  of  Jeroboam 
the  son  of  Nebut,  who  mode  Israel  to 
sin. 

2.'j  lie  restored  the  coast  of  Israel 
''from  the  entering  of  llamath  unto 
"the  pea  of  the  plain,  according  to 
the  word  ofthe  LoKi.  (iod  of  Israel, 
which  he  spake  bv  the  hand  of  his 
serviint  i- Jonah,  the  son  of  .^miltsi, 
the  prophet,  winch  n-as  of  '  Gath- 
hcpher. 

2(!  For  the  Loud  ■!  saw  the  nflliction 
of  Israel,  that  it  was  very  bitter:  for 
'■  lUvrc  tens  not  any  shut  up,  nor  any 
letY,  nor  nnv  helper  for  Israel. 

27  lAnd  tile  l.oun  saiil  not  that  he 
would  blot  out  the  name  of  Isnicl 
from  under  heaven  :  hut  he  saved 
them  bv  the  hand  of  Jeroboam  the 
son  of  .loasb. 

25  '.]  Now  the  rest  of  the  nets  of  Jer- 
oboam, nnd  all  that  he  did,  nnd  his 
might,  how  he  waned,  and  how  he 
recovered  Damascus,  nnd  Ilamnth, 
6  irliirli  Moniicil  to  Juilah,  for  Israel, 
arc  they  not  written  in  the  book  of 
the  Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Is- 
ra.l? 

'-''.t  And  Jeroboam  slept  with  his  Wi- 
thers, rrrn  with  the  kings  of  Israel; 
nnd  I'/nchariah  his  son  rvigned  iu 
Ilia  btcad. 


Azariah's  good  reign. 


II.  KINGS.    Reigns  of  Menahem  and  Pckahiah. 


c  Ur.  U.  46. 

aliout  758. 


iMnil.  l.a.d. 


CUAPTER  XV. 

1  Azariah^B  j/ood  reign,  bi/e  dnirttj  a  Up- 
er,  Jotham  eucecvtJeth.  S  iiacJuiriiih,  the 
taet  of  Jehu^e  generation,  reigning  i/i, 
te  alain  by  Shallum.  13  Shaltum.  reign- 
ing a  month,  in  flain  by  Menahem.  IG 
Menahem  ttrcngtheneth  himself  by  Put. 
21  Pckahiah  succeciteth  him.  23  Pcka- 
hiah  it  ttain  by  Pekah.  27  Pekah  is  op- 
pressed by  Tigtath-piteser.  and  slain  by 
Hoshea.  32  Jotham^s  good  reign.  3li 
Ahaz  sticceedeih  him. 

IN  the  twenty  nnd  seventh  year  of 
Jeroboam  king  of  Israel  '•' began 
•■Azariah  son  of  Amaziah  king  of 
Judah  to  reign. 

2  Sixteen  j'earB  old  was  ho  when  he 
began  to  reign,  and  he  reigned  two 
and  fifty  years  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  kqj  Jecholiah  of 
Jerusalem. 

3  And  he  did  lliat  whirh  was  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  J^okd,  according 
to  all  that  his  father  Amuziah  had 
done; 

4  "  Save  that  the  high  places  were 
not  removed  :  ttic  people  sacrificed 
and  burnt  incense  still  on  the  high 
places. 

5  TT  And  the  Lord  'I smote  the  king, 
so  that  he  was  n  leper  unto  the  day 
of  liis  death,  and  *^  dwelt  in  a  several 
house.  And  Jotham  tlie  king's  son 
H'os  over  the  house,  judging  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land. 

6  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Azari- 
ah,  and  all  that  he  did,  arc  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles 
of  the  kings  of  Juilah? 

r  So  Azariah  slept  with  his  fathers; 
and  fthcy  buried  him  ■with  his  tU- 
tliers  in  the  city  of  David:  nnd  Jo- 
tham his  son  rci'gned  in  his  stead. 

8  IT  In  the  thirty  and  eighth  year  of 
Azariah  king  of  Judah  did  Zachari- 
ah  the  son  of  Jeroboam  reign  over 
Israel  in  Samaria  six  months. 

y  And  he  did  that  which  iros  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  I.okd,  as  his  fathers 
had  done:  he  departed  not  from  the 
eins  of  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

10  And  Shallum  the  son  of  Jabesh 
conspired  against  him,  nnd  B  smote 
him  before  the  people,  and  slew  him, 
and  reigned  in  nis  stead. 

1 1  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Zaeh- 
ariah,  behold,  they  arc  written  in 
tlie  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  tlic 
kings  of  Israel. 

IJ  Tills  was  hthe  word  of  the  I^onD 
which  he  spake  unto  Jehu,  saying, 
Thy  sons  sliall  sit  on  the  throne  of 
Israel  unto  tlie  fourth  generation. 
And  so  it  came  to  pass. 

13  IT  Shallum  the  son  of  Jabchh  be- 
gan to  rei^n  in  the  nine  and  tliirtielli 
year  of  >  tlzziuh  king  of  Judah;  and 
he  reigned  ta  full  month  in  Samaria. 

14  For  Jlenahem  the  son  of  Gadi 
went  up  from  k  Tirzah,  and  came  to 
Samaria,  and  smote  Shallum  the  son 
of  Jabesh  in  Samaria,  and  slew  liim, 
and  reigned  in  his  stead. 


1.)  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Shal- 
lum, and  his  conspiracy  which  he 
made,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Israel. 

lij  IT  Then  Menahem  smote  iTiph- 
sah,  and  all  that  irerc  therein,  and 
the  coasts  thereof  from  Tirzah:  be- 
cause they  opened  not  to  him,  there- 
fore he  smote  it;  and  all  "'the  wom- 
en therein  that  were  with  child  he 
ripped  up. 

17  In  the  nine  and  thirtieth  year  of 
Azariah  king  of  Judah  began  Mena- 
hem the  son  of  Gadi  to  reign  over 
Israel,  and  rei(jtied  ten  years  in  Sa- 
maria. 

IS  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  I.ohd:  he  depart- 
ed not  all  liis  days  from  the  sins  of 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat,  who 
made  Israel  to  sin. 

19  And  "Pul  the  king  of  Assyria 
came  against  the  land  :  and  Mena- 
hem gave  I'nl  a  thousand  talents  of 
silver,  that  his  hand  might  be  with 
him  to  "confirm  the  kingdom  in  his 
hand. 

20  And  Menahem  t  exacted  the 
money  of  Israel,  crcn  of  all  the 
mighty  men  of  wealth,  of  each  man 
fifty  sliekels  of  silver,  to  give  to  the 
king  of  Assyria.  So  the  king  of  As- 
syria turned  back,  and  stayed  not 
there  in  the  land. 

•_'l  IT  And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Menahem,  and  all  that  he  did,  aiv 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel? 

22  And  Menahem  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers; and  Pckahiah  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

23  IT  In  the  fiftieth  ye.tr  of  Azariah 
king  of  Judah,  Pekiihiah  the  son  of 
Menahem  began  to  reign  over  Is- 
rael in  Samaria,  and  reigned  two 
3'ears. 

24  And  he  did  that  which  teas  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lokd:  he  depart- 
ed not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the 
son  of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

25  But  Pekah  the  son  of  Kemaliah, 
a  captain  of  his,  conspired  against 
him,  and  smote  him  in  Samaria,  in 
the  palace  of  the  king's  house,  with 
Argob  and  Ariel),  and  with  him  fifty 
men  of  the  Gilcadites:  and  he  killeil 
him,  and  reigned  in  his  room. 

2l>  And  the  rest  of  the  nets  of  Pck- 
ahiah, and  all  that  he  did.  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

27  U  In  the  two  and  fiftieth  Tear  of 
.\zariah  king  f.f  Judah,  I*  Pekah  the 
sou  of  Ilemaliah  began  to  reign  over 
Israel  in  Samaria,  and  reigned  twen- 
ty years. 

28  And  he  did  that  which  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord:  he  depart- 
ed not  from  the  sins  of  Jeroboam  the 
son  of  Nebat,  who  made  Israel  to  sin. 

2*,)  In  the  dm-9  of  Pekah  king  of  Is- 
rael '1  came  Tiglath-pileser  Jang  of 
351 


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akar  aec«r£a«  taal  tkat  kiai?  jUka 

bad  aest  liiaa  Daaaatcac:  ••  Vrndt  ; 


\jvt»,  ttwm  Ae  fanftaa*  af  Ae 
h'»a».  fiaaa  >Ha»*«  Ae  altar  and 
tlic  hwug  cT  «K  \jn»,  tmd.  pa«  K 

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K  Tka*  *d  rr^A  Ae  font,  i 
esrdmr  WaM  tta«  Uae  Akaz  ea 


Samaria  ?«  taken,  and 


II.  KTN'GS. 


Israel  carried  into  captivity. 


]r    IT    "And    king    Ahaz    cut    off   all  their  cities,  I"  from  the  tower  of  the 
"the   borders  of  the  bases,  ttiid  re- ^  watchmen  to  the  fenced  city, 
moved   the    laver   from    off    tlicr.i :      ]•)  i  And  thej;  set  them  up  f  imapes 
and  took  down  f  the  sea  from  off  the    and  l  groves  lin  every  high  hill,  and 
brazen  oxen  that  were  under  it,  and    under  every  green  tree: 
put  it  uixin  a  pavement  of  stones.  11    And  tnerc  they  burnt  incense 

]H  And  the  covert  lor  the  sabbath  in  all  the  high  places,  as  diil  the 
tliat  thev  had  built  in  the  lioutc,  heathen  whom  the  Lokd  carried 
and  the  king's  entry  without,  turned  away  before  them  ;  ond  wrought 
he  from  the  house  of  the  Loi:i>  for  wicked  things  to  provoke  the  Lord 
the  king  of  Assyria.  ,  to  anger: 

]'J  !r  Now  tlie  rest  of  the  nets  cf|    12  lor  they  served  idols,  "  whereof 
Aliaz  which  he  did,  are  they  not    the  Lord  had  said  unto  them,  °  Vc 
written  in  the  book  of  the  Chroni-  j  shall  not  do  this  thing, 
clcs  of  the  kings  of  Judah?  |    l:j  Yet  the  Lord  testified  against 

'JO  And  Ahaz  slept  with  his  £ithers,  |  Israel,  and  against  Judah,  t  by  all 
and  'twas  buried  with  his  fathers  in  :  the  prophets,  and  by  nil  •tho  seers, 
the  city  of  David:  and  Uczekiah  his  I  saying,  ''Turn  ye  from  your  evil 
son  reigned  in  liis  stead.  ways,  and  keep  my  commandments 

riTAPXFT?  Y\'Tr  \aml  my  statutes,  according   to   all 

li7a.wr.Ai*iir/„.    3yi;,.uM«dkh«  l^w  wWchl  commanded  your 
by  Hhalmaneitr,  hi  ontpirtth  agmmt    fathers,  and  which  I  seut  to  you  by 


11  i<*  Ho  Ung  of  Kr-tjj.t.    6  Sa 
for  their  jinj   i<  captitated.     24    The 
»trfinge  nation*,  vrhich  tctre  trangpiant 
e'i  in  if3tnaria,teinf/  fjt'tgued  teith  tiont, 
make  a  mixture  of  reli'jiom. 

IN  the  twelfth  year  of  Ahaz  king 
of  Judah  began  *  Iloshea  the  son 
of  Elah  to  reigu  in  Samaria  over  Is- 
rael nine  years. 

2  And  he  did  that  u-lilcli  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Loi:i>,  but  not 
as  the  kings  of  Israel  that  were  be- 
fore him. 

3  ir  Against  him  came  up  !■  Shal- 
niancscr  king  cf  Assyria;  and  Ilo- 
shea became  his  Ecr^•ant,  and  tgove 
him  !]  presents. 

4  And  Ui«  king  of  Assyria  found 
conspiracy  in  Iloshea :  fur  he  had 
sent  meskengers  to  80  king  of  Ugjpt, 
and  brought  no  prcwnt  to  the  king 
of  Assyria,  as  he  A'c/  ///>/ic  year 
by  ^'ear:  therefore  the  king  ot'^As- 
syna  shut  hiia  up,  and  bound  Iiini 
in  jirison. 

5  U  Then  '  the  king  of  Assyria 
came  up  throughout  all  the  land, 
and  went  up  to  ijamario,  and  bc- 
licgcd  it  three  years. 

C  H  "lln  the  ninth  year  of  Iloshea 
the  king  of  Assyria  took  Samaria, 
and  'carried  Israel  away  into  As- 
syria, 'and  placed  them  in  Ilalah 
and  in  Ilabor  i;/  the  river  of  Gozan, 
and  in  the  cities  of  the  Medcs. 

7  lor  so  it  was,  that  the  children 
of  Israel    had    sinned    ngaiiipt    tha 

Loud  their  God,  which  had  brought  seen  or  ihracl,  anil  atmcteil  tlieiii, 
them  «p  out  of  th«  l.ind  of  Egypt,  and  fdeliverc<I  them  into  the  hand 
from  under  the  hand  of  Fharaoh  of  s[K>ilrTS,  until  he  had  caht  tiiem 
Uingcl  f^ypl,  and  had  feared  other  '  out  of  his  hight. 

gods.  I    21   For  ^he  rent    Israel    from    the 

8  And  ^walked  in  the  statutes  o(  houeeof  David;  and  Hhey  made  Jer- 
tlic  heathen,  whom  the  I..f>lcD  cast    oboani  the  son  of  Nebat  king:  and 


my  ser^-ants  the  prophets 

14  Notwithstanding,  they  would 
not  liear,  but  ''hardened  their 
necks,  like  to  the  neck  of  their  fa- 
thers, that  did  not  believe  in  the 
Lord  their  Go<l. 

15  And  they  rejected  his  statutes, 
'and  liis  covenant  that  lie  made  with 
their  fathers,  and  his  testimonies 
which  he  testified  against  them  ;  and 
they  followed  'vanity,  and  'became 
vain,  and  went  after  the  heathen 
tluit  were  round  about  them,  con- 
cerjiing  whom  the  Lord  Iiad  charg- 
ed them,  that  they  should  "not  do 
like  them. 

10  And  they  lefl  all  the  cemmand- 
ments  of  the  Lord  their  God,  and 
"made  them  molten  images,  eicH 
two  calvei*,  >  and  made  a  grove,  and 
worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven, 
'and  served  Baal. 

17  "And  they  caused  their  sons  and 
their  daughters  to  jiass  through  the 
fire,  and  ''used  divinntion  anil  en- 
chantments, ond  '  fohl  themselves 
to  do  evil  in  the  eight  of  the  Loud, 
to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

18  Therefore  the  Lord  was  very 
angry  » ith  Israel,  and  removed  them 
out  of  his  sight:  there  wos  none  left 
"I  but  the  tribe  of  Jui!ah  only. 

I'J  Also  'Judnh  kept  not  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  their  God. 
but  walked  in  the  statutes  of  Israel 
which  they  mode. 

'J>  ^Vnd  the  Lord  rejected  all  tho 
cd   of  Israel,  nnil   atHicted    them 


out  from   before  the  children  'if  Iii- 
raci,    and    of    the    kings    of    Israel, 
which  Ihey  had  made. 
9  And  the  children  of  Israel  did 


Jertjboam  dravc  Israel  from  lijllow 
ing  the  Lord,  and  made  them  sin  a 
great  tin. 
•n  For  the  children  of  Israel  walked 


secretly  lliofe   things  that  vere  not    in  all  tlie  sins  of  Jeroboam  which  1 

right  against  the  Lonn  their  God,  j  did:  they  d(|»artcd  not  from  them; 

and  they  built  them  high  places  in  I    !•;;  Until  the  Lord  removed  Isra 

23  303 


Mixed  viorship  of  the  Samaritann.     II.  KINGS. 


llczekiah's  good  reign. 


Ktut.  IS  31. 
r  1  Kin.  12.J1. 


rn.Ta,  2«. 

:i-i.  10, 

Km, 11. 31. 


out  of  his  MKlit,  '03  lie  had  said  liy 
all  his  6en-ant»  the  proplii'ts.  k  So 
was  l.sracl  carried  away  out  of  their 
own  laud  to  Assyria  unto  this  day. 

•J4  It  I  And  tlic  kintt  of  Assyria 
liroiiglit  mpH  "'from  liahylon,  and 
from  (Juthah,  and  from  "  Ava,  and 
from  llamatii,  and  from  Sephar- 
vaiin,  and  plaeed  ihfm  in  the  cities 
of  Samaria  instead  of  the  children  of 
Israel:  and  they  possessed  Samaria, 
and  dwelt  in  the  cities  thereof. 

il5  And  5o  it  was  at  the  hefiinninR 
of  their  dwellinj;  there,  that  they 
fiared  not  the  Ijonii:  therefore  the 
I/OHi)  sent  lions  amoni;  tliem,  which 
.^lew  fnmc  of  them. 

L'(i  Wherefore  they  spake  to  the 
kinp  of  Assyria,  saying.  The  nations 
which  thou  liast  removed,  and  placed 
in  tlio  cities  of  Samaria,  know  not 
the  manner  of  the  God  of  the  land: 
lliereforc  he  hath  sent  lions  among 
tliem,  and,  beliold,  they  slay  them, 
because  they  know  not  the  manner 
oftheGodoftheland. 

27  Then  the  kinjr  of  Assyria  com- 
m.nnded,  savin;;,  Carrv  thither  one 
.■rthe  priests  whom  ve"broii^'ht  from 
tlieiicc;  and  let  theni  po  and  dwell 
there,  and  let  him  tench  them  the 
manner  of  tlie  God  of  the  land. 

'2H  Tlien  one  of  the  priests  whom 
they  had  carried  away  from  Samaria 
caine  and  dwelt  in  Jieth-el,  and 
taught  them  how  they  should  fear 
the  lyOiiD. 

'Jll  llowbeit  every  nation  made  gods 
of  their  own,  and  put  them  in  the 
house»  of  the  high  places  which  the 
.Samaritans  had  made,  every  nation 
in  their  cities  wherein  they  dwelt. 

."Jl  .\iid  the  men  of  "Babylon  made 
SiiciHili-lieiiiith,  and  the  men  of 
Ciitli  made  Ncrsal,  and  the  men  of 
llamath  made  Ashinia, 

.'!!  I' And  the  Avites  made  Nihhaz 
and  'I'artak,  and  the  Sepharvites 
''burnt  their  children  in  tire  to 
Ailrammelcch  and  Anammclcch,  the 
gods  of  Sepharvnim. 

.1:;  So  they  feared  the  I.,onD, 'and 
made  unto"  themselves  of  the  lowest 
of  them  priests  of  the  high  places, 
which  sacrificed  for  them  m  the 
lionses  of  the  high  places. 

,'W  "They  feared  the  Loiin,  and 
served  their  own  gods,  after  the 
manner  of  tlic  nations  ||  whom  they 
carried  nwny  from  thence. 

H4  Unto  this  day  they  do  after  the 
former  manners  :   they  fear  not  the 

I.(ini>,  neither  do  they  aftir  tluir 
statutes,  or  after  Iheir  ordimmces,  i>r 
atler  the  law  and  commandineiit 
which  the  l,()ni>  commanded  the 
children  of  Jacob,  •  whom  he  named 
Israel; 

:Vi  With  whom  the  l.oici)  had  made 
acovelKint,  and  charged  thrni,  sav- 
ing, "  Ve  shall  not  tear  other  gods, 
nor  '^  bow  yourselves  to  tlu-in,  nor 
servo  tliein,'nor  sacrifice  to  them: 
354 


."G  Hut  the  I/Oi:t),  who  hrought  you 
np  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt  with 
great  power  and  J  a  stretched  out 
arnij  '  him  shall  ye  fear,  and  him 
shall  ye  w  (irsliip,  and  to  him  shall  yc 
do  Bacrifice. 

">7  And  the  statutes,  and  the  ordi- 
nances, and  the  law,  and  the  com- 
mandment, which  he  wrote  for  you, 
"  ye  shall  cfbservc  to  do  for  evermore; 
and  ve  shall  not  fear  other  gods. 

;I8  And  the  covenant  that  I  hare 
made  with  vou  liyc  shall  not  forget; 
neither  shall  ye  fear  other  gods. 

;;!)  But  tile  LonD  your  God  ye  shall 
fear;  and  he  shall  (ieliver  you  out  of 
the  hand  of  all  your  enemies. 

40  llowbeit  they  did  not  hearken, 
hut  they  did  after  their  former  man- 
ner. 

41  "  So  these  nations  feared  the 
Lord,  and  served  their  graven  im- 
ages, both  their  children,  and  their 
children's  children;  as  did  their  fa- 
thers, to  do  they  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

1  ffczckia/i'a  uoud  reiyn.    4  lie  dettroyeth 
idolatry,  and  protinrelh,    9  Samaria  it 
carried  captive  fur  their  tint.    Ji  Sen- 
nacherib invading  Judnh  t«  pacified  ly 
a  tribute.    17  Kub-thakeU,  tent  by  Sen- 
nacherib again,  revttcth  Uczekiah,  and 
by   blatj'hcmout    Jterattatiuna   eUiciteth 
the  people  to  revolt. 
"VTOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  third 
XM   Tear  of  Iloshca  son  of  Elah  king 
of  IsVael,  l/int  •'  Hezekiah  the  son  of 
Aliaz  king  of  Judah  began  to  reign. 
2  Twenty  and  five  years  old  was 
he  when  lie  began  to  "reign;  and  he 
reigned   twenty   and  nine  years  in 
iTerusalcm.     Ills  mother's  name  also 
vns  I'Ahi,  the  daugliter  of  Zaclia- 
riah. 

;!  And  he  did  lliat  ic7iich  iras  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  I.oijd,  according 
to  all  that  David  his  father  did. 
4  IT  '  lie  removed  the  high  places, 
and  brake  the  t  images,  and  cut  down 
the  groves,  and  brake  in  pieces  the 
'1  brazen  serpent  that  Moses  hod 
made:  for  unto  those  days  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  did  burn  iiiceiiso  to  it; 
and  he  called  it  ||  Nehushtan. 
/i  lie  "trusted  in  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel;  fso  that  after  him  was  none 
like  him  among  all  the  kings  of  Ju- 
dnh. nor  an;/  that  were  before  him. 
<1  I'lir  he  f  clave  to  the  l.onn,  iiml 
departed  not  f  from  following  him, 
hut  kept  Ids  commandments,  which 
the  l.nKi.  euiiimanded  .Mi.ses. 
I  And  the  Lord  bwns  w  itii  him; 
(Vi'l  h<-  i|irosperi'd  whithersoever  he 
went  forth:  und  he  krebelleil  against 
the  king  of  Assyria,  and  served  him 
not. 

X  I  He  smote  the  Philistines,  eren 
tinto  f  Gaza,  and  the  borders  thereof, 
'"from  the  tower  of  the  watchmen  to 
the  fenced  city. 

!t  V  And  "it  camp  to  pass  In  the 
fourth  year  of  king  Hezekiah,  wliich 


Sennacherib  invadHh  Jvdah. 


II.  KINGS.      Rab-shakeh's  blasphemous  speech. 


Before 
CllKlST 

atout  7-3. 


o<h,  17.6. 

pch.  17,6. 
<1 1  Chr.  5.  26. 


t  Heb,  (Acm. 
about  710. 


J  El.  29.  S.  7 


tcoi-tlic  seventh  year  of  Ilnslica  son 
of  Elah  kill},'  of  Israel,  that  Shal- 
niancser  king  of  Assyria  came  up 
against  Samaria,  and  licsioRcd  it. 

10  And  at  the  end  of  tliree  years 
thev  took  it:  even  in  the  sixth  year 
of  ilczekiah,  that  i'--  "tlie  ninth  year 
of  Hoshea  king  of  Israel,  Samaria 
was  taken. 

U  I'And  the  king  of  Assyria  did 
carry  away  Israel  unto  Assyria,  and 
put  them  Min  llalah  and  in  llabor  '-j/ 
the  river  of  Gozan,  and  in  the  cities 
of  the  Medes: 

VI  ''Because  they  obeyed  not  the 
voice  of  the  l^oiin  their  God,  but 
transgressed  his  covenant,  and  all 
that  Moses  the  servant  of  the  I.OKD 
commanded,  and  would  not  hear 
tlirvi,  nor  do  them. 

Vi  TT  Now  *in  the  fourteenth  year 
of  king  Ilezekiah  diil  f  Scnnaclicrib 
king  of  Assyria  come  up  against  all 
the  fenced  cities  of  Judah,  and  took 
them. 

14  And  Ilezeklnh  king  of  Judah 
sent  to  the  king  of  Assyria  to  La- 
chi.sh,  saying,  1  have  ottended ;  re- 
turn from  me:  that  which  thou  put- 
test  on  me  will  I  bear.  And  the  king 
of  Assyria  appointed  unto  Hezeki- 
ah  kin^  of  Judah  three  hundred  tal- 
ents of  silver  and  thirty  talents  of 
gold. 

15  And  ITezckiah  'gave  him  all  the 
silver  tliat  was  found  in  the  house 
of  the  L.OKD,  and  in  the  treasures  of 
the  king's  house. 

11)  At  that  time  did  Ilezckiah  cut 
off  the  rjoltl  fivm  the  doors  of  the 
temple  of  the  I.OIJii,  and  ,iiom  the 
pillars  which  Ilezckiah  king  of  Ju- 
flah  had  overlaid,  and  gu\  e  \  it  to 
the  king  of  Assyria. 

17  IT  And  the  king  of  Assvria  sent 
Tartan  and  Kabsaris  and  llJub-slia- 
keh  from  Lachish  to  king  Ilczekiiih 
with  a  f  great  host  against  Jerusalem: 
and  they  went  up  and  came  to  Je- 
rusalem. And  when  they  were  conic 
up,  they  came  and  stood  by  the  con- 
duit of  the  upper  pool,  "  which  i's  in 
the  highway  of  the  fuller's  tield. 

18  And  when  they  had  called  to  the 
king,  there  came  out  to  tliem  Elia- 
kim  the  son  of  Hilkiah,  whi<h  vii.i 
over  the  JiousehoUl,  and  Slubna  the 
|l  scribe,  and  Joah  the  son  of  Asaph 
the  recorder. 

I'.l  And  Kab-shakeh  said  unto  them. 
Speak  ye  now  to  Ilezckiah,  Thus 
snith  tlie  great  king,  the  king  of 
Assyria,  ^AVhat  conHdencc  is  this 
wherein  thou  trustcst? 

'M  Thou  Isaycst,  (but  tJiei/  are  InU 
1  vain  words,)  ||  /  have  counsel  and 
strength  for  the  war.  Now  on  whom 
dost  thou  trust,  that  thou  rebellcst 
against  me? 

•21  y  Now,  behold,  thou  1  trustcst 
upon  the  staff  of  this  bruised  reed, 
even  upon  Egypt,  on  which  if  a  man 
lean,  it  will  go  into  his  liand,  and 


pierce  it :  so  is  Pharaoh  king  of 
Egypt  unto  all  that  trust  on  liim. 

tS  Hut  if  yc  say  unto  nie,  "We  trust 
in  the  LoKP  our  God:  is  not  that  he, 
*  whose  high  places  and  whose  altars 
nczekiah  hath  taken  away,  and  liath 
said  to  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  \c 
shall  worship  before  this  altar  in  Je- 
rusalem "^ 

Zi  Now  therefore,  I  pray  thee,  give 
I!  pledges  to  my  lord  the  Icing  of  As- 
syria, and  1  "will  deliver  thee  two 
thousand  horses,  if  thou  be  able  on 
thy  part  to  set  riders  upon  them. 

'A  llow  then  \\ilt  thou  turn  away 
the  face  of  one  cuptain  of  the  least  of 
my  master's  servants,  and  jnit  thy 
trust  on  Egypt  for  chariots  and  for 
liorscmen? 

L'5  Am  I  now  come  up  without  the 
I.oiU)  .-gainst  this  place  to  destroy 
iti'  The  LoKi)  said  to  nic.  Go  up 
against  this  land,  and  destroy  it. 

■Jfj  Then  said  Eliakim  the  son  of 
Hilkiah,  and  Shcbnn,  and  Joah,  un- 
to Rab-shakch,  Speak,  I  pray  thee, 
to  thy  servants  in  the  Syrian  lan- 
guage ;  for  we  understand  it:  and 
talk  not  with  us  in  the  Jews'  lan- 
guage in  the  ears  of  the  people  that 
are  on  the  wall. 

'.T  Cut  Kab-shakeh  said  unto  them. 
Hath  my  master  sent  me  to  thy 
master,  and  to  thee,  to  speak  these 
words  ?  hath  he  not  sent  me  to  the 
men  which  sit  on  the  wall,  that  they 
may  cat  their  own  dung,  and  drink 

I  their  own  piss  with  you .' 

i8  Then  Kab-shakeh  stood  and 
cried  with  aloud  voice  in  the  Jews' 
language,  and  spake,  saying.  Hear 
the' word  of  the  great  king,  the  king 
of  Assyria: 

^J  Thus  saith  the  king,  'Let  not 
Ilezckiah  deceive  you:  tor  he  sl-.all 
not  be  able  to  deliver  you  out  of  Ids 
hand: 

oil  Neither  let  Ilezekioh  make  you 
trust  in  the  I.ORI),  saying.  The  Ei)i:i> 
will  surelv  deliver  us,  and  this  cily 
shall  not  be  delivered  into  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Assyria. 

.•?!  Hearken  not  to  Ilezekioh : 
for  thus  saith  the  king  of  Assyria, 

II  t  Make  an  ayrcemtiit  with  me  by 
a  present,  and  come  out  to  me,  and 
then  cat  yc  every  man  of  his  own 
vine,  nntl  every  "one  of  his  fig  tree, 
and  drink  ye  every  one  the  waters 
of  his  11  cistern: 

32  Until  I  come  and  take  you  away 
to  a  land  like  your  own  land,  l^a 
land  of  corn  and  wine,  a  land  of 
bread  and  vineyards,  a  land  of  oil 
olive  and  of  honey,  that  yc  may 
live,  and  not  die:  and  hearken  not 
unto  Hezekiah,  when  he  ||  pcrsuad- 
eth  you,  saying.  The  Eoitii  will  de- 
liver us. 

3,1  "^Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the 
nations  delivered  at  alibis  land  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria? 

04  d  Where  aic  the  gods  of  Hamath, 
355 


Ilezekiah  sendeth  to  Isaiah. 


II.  KFNGS.      Scnnacherih's  blasphemous  letter. 


Ilcfore 
CHRIST 

about  710. 


ti.Snm. 1(1.12. 
.Ich.  !■>.  .13. 

rr..  .'.(I  ei. 

tll,l,. /.„„,(. 


and  of  Arpaily  wlicro  art  tlic  K'«l» 
of  Scpharvaim^  Ueim,  nnd  ''I^'ah? 
liavc  they  delivered  Samaria  out  of 
inineli:«id? 

.T>  Wiio  arc  they  anion*:  all  the  pods 
of  the  countries,  that  have  delivered 
t  heir  eon  n  try  out  ot"  mine  hand,  ft  !iat 
the  JiOiil)  should  deliver  Jerusalem 
out  of  mine  hand? 
aft  15ut  the  people  held  their  peace, 
and  answered  him  not  a  word;  for 
the  kin;:'»  commandment  was,  say- 
ing. Answer  iiim  not. 
.'ir  Then  came  Kliakim  the  son  of 
Ililkiah,  wiiicli  troi  over  the  house- 
liold,  and  Shebua  the  scribe,  and 
Joali  the  son  of  Asaph  the  record- 
er, to  Ilezekiah  6  with  l/ieir  clothes 
rent,  and  told  liim  the  words  of  Itab- 
shakeh. 

CUAPTEU  XIX. 
I  HczefdnU  intmrning  teutJrth  to  laaiah 
to  praij  for  them.  G  Isaiah  comfortelh 
thon.  6  i^ennnchcrib,  goiiigtoeytcoitnier 
Tirhaktih.  icndclh  a  Uatiihrmout  letter 
to  Ilezekiah.  14  lUzekiah'a  praj/er. 
110  lBaiah'$  prophecy  of  the  pride  arul 
dentruetion  of  Sennacherib,  and  the  good 
of  Xion.  'Ab  An  angel  alaycth  the  Aneyr. 
tuns.  38  Sennacherib  it  elain  at  Sine- 
veh  h,,  hit  own  ton,. 

ANl>  'it  came  to  pass,  when  kins 
Ilezekiah  heard  it,  that  he  rent 
his  clothes,  and  covered  himself  with 
sackcloth,  and  went  into  the  house 
ot  the  ]><)KD. 

2  And  lie  sent  Kliakim,  which  was 
ovcrtho  household,  and  Shebna  the 
sr'rilie,  and  t!io  ciders  of  the  priests, 
covered  witli  sackcloth,  to  >> Isaiah 
tile  prophet  the  sou  of  Amoz. 

.'.'  And  they  said  unto  him.  Thus 
saith  Ilezckiuh,  This  day  i.<  n  day 
of  troiihle,  an  I  of  rebuke,  and  ||  blas- 
phemy ;  for  t'le  children  arc  come  to 
the  birth,  and  Ihfrc  is  not  strenirth  to 
brin;;  forth. 

4  'It  may  be  the  Lord  thy  God 
will  hear  all  the  words  of  Kab- 
sliakch,  il  whom  the  kin;;  of  As.syria 
his  master  hath  sent  to  reproach"  the 
liviii-  (iodi  and  will  -■  reprove  the 
wonls  which  the  J,.m;ii  thy  (iud  hath 
hearil:  wheveliiro  lill  lip  l/ii/  prayer 
tor  tlie  remnant  that  are  1  left. 

.'>  So  tlir  servants  of  king  Ilezekiah 
can«i-  to  Isaiah. 

(I  IT  'And  Isahah  said  tinto  them, 
Tims  shall  vc  sav  to  vour  master. 
Thus  saitli  thel.ORi),  15c  not  afraid 
of  the  words  which  thou  hast  beard, 
with  which  the  B  servants  of  the  king 
of  Ass\ri,i  have  blasphemed  me. 

7  liehold,  I  will  send  h  a  blast  upon 
him,  and  he  shall  hear  a  rumour, 
and  sluill  return  to  his  own  land; 
and  1  will  cause  him  to  full  by  the 
sword  in  his  own  land. 

X  IT  So  Kiib-shakeh  returned,  and 
found  the  kin^  of  Assyria  warrinor 
n;;ainst  l^ibnnh  :  for  he  had  heard 
that  he  was  dei>arted  i  from  Lachish. 

'.)  And  k  when  he  heard  say  of  Tir- 
hakah  kin;?  of  Kthiopi.a,  Heboid,  he 
366 


is  come  out  to  )i;;ht  against  thee;  he 
sent  messengers  again  unto  Ileze- 
kiah, saying, 

10  Thus  shall  yc  speak  to  Ilezekiah 
king  of  Judah,  saying,  1-ct  not  thy 
(iod  I  in  whom  thou  trustest  deceive 
thee,  saying,  Jerusalem  shall  not  be 
delivered  Into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Assyria. 

11  Heboid,  thou  hast  heard  what 
the  kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to 
all  lands,  by  destroying  tlienr  utter- 
ly: and  Shalt  thou  be  delivered? 

12  "'Have  the  gods  of  the  nations 
delivered  them  which  my  fathers 
have  destroyed:  as  (jrozan,  and  Ha- 
ran,  and  liezeph,  and  the  children 
of  "Kden  which  icece  in  Thelasar? 

13  "Where  is  the  king  of  Ilamath, 
and  the  king  of  Arpad,  and  the  king 
of  the  city  of  Scpharvaim,  of  Ilcua, 
and  Ivali.' 

14  IT  ''And  Ilezekiah  received  the 
letter  of  the  hand  of  the  messengers, 
and  read  it:  and  llczekiaJi  went  np 
into  the  house  of  the  l^ouu,  and 
spread  it  before  the  Loni>. 

15  And  Ilezekiah  prayed  before  the 
l<oni),  and  said,  ()  liCiRD  God  of  Is- 
rael, 1  which  dwellcst  between  the 
cherubim,  'thou  art  the  God,  cicn 
thou  alone,  of  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth  ;  thou  hast  made  heaven 
and  earth. 

l(i  I/OHi), '  bow  down  thine  ear,  and 
hear:  'open,  I<oui),  thine  eyes,  and 
see:  and  hearthe  words  of  Sennache- 
rib, "  which  hath  sent  him  to  re- 
proach the  living  God. 

17  Of  a  truth,  Xuiii),  the  kings  of 
Assyria  have  destroyed  the  nations 
and  their  lands, 

IS  And  have  feast  their  gods  into 
the  fire;  for  they  icere  no  gods,  but 
"the  work  of  men's  hands,  wood  and 
stone:  therefore  tliey  have  destroyed 
them. 

ID  Now  therefore,  O  l^onD  our  God, 
1  beseech  thee,  save  thou  u.s  out  of 
his  hand,  !  that  all  the  kingdoms  of 
the  earth  may  know  that  thou  art 
the  I.(iKi)  God,  even  thou  only. 

211  TI  Then  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 
sent  to  Ilezekiah,  saving.  Thus  saith 
thel-oiii)  God  ofIsrael,'7/(fi/ which 
thou  hast  prayed  to  me  against  .Sen- 
nacherib king  of  Assyria  "I  have 
heard. 

21  This  i.«  the  word  that  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  concerning  bim;  The 
virgin  I'thc  daughter  ot  Zion  hath 
despised  thee,  ami  laughed  thee  to 
scorn  ;  the  daughter  of  Jerusalem 
'  liatli  shaken  her  head  at  thee. 

"22  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and 
blaspheined?  and  against  whom  hast 
thou  exalted  l/ii/  voice,  ami  lifted  up 
thine  even  on  high?  cien  against 
'I  the  Holy  0/ifoff»racl. 

2.'i  I  '  Hy  thy  messengers  thou  hast 
roproached  the  Lord,  and  hast  said, 
'With  the  multitude  of  my  chariots 
I  am  Come  up  to  tlio  height  of  the  | 


The  Assyrian  army  destroyed. 


II.  KINGS.        Ilezekiah's  sickness  and  prayer. 


hl»IJ  I  nou 


Ml  Sara  2.21. 


'":c:i 


inouiitnins,  to  the  sides  of  Lebanon, 
and  will  cut  down  I  the  tull  eidar 
trees  tliereof,  and  tlic  choice  lir  trees 
thereof:  and  1  will  enter  into  the 
lod;^inj;s  of  Iiis  borders,  tmd  into  1|  the 
lirtre.st  of  his  Carniel. 
24  I  have  dijjired  !ind  drunk  strange 
waters,  and  witli  the  sole  of  my  feet 
have  I  dried  up  all  the  rivers  of  ||  be- 

"SO 

liotv  SI  have  done  it,  iniil  of  ancient 
times  that  I  have  formed  itl^  now 
have  I  brought  it  to  pass,  that  I'thou 
sliouldest  be  to  lay  waste  fenced  cities 
in(o  ruinous  licaps. 

•M  Therefore  their  inhabitants  were 
tot  small  power,  thev  were  dismayed 
and  confounded  ;  tiny  were  as  the 
L'rass  of  the  held,  and  (is  the  ;;recn 
herb,  (is  ithe  grass  on  tin.'  liousetops, 
and  as  corn  blasted  betorc  it  be 
grown  up. 

'27  But  kl  know  thy  ||  abode,  and 
thy  going  out,  and  thy  coming  in, 
and  thy  rage  against  nie. 

28  Because  thy  rage  against  me  and 
thy  tumidt  is  come  up  into  mine 
cars,  therefore  1 1  will  put  njy  hook 
in  thy  nose,  and  my  bridle  in  thy 
lips,  and  I  will  turn  thee  back  "'  by 
the  way  by  which  thou  camcst. 

'£)  And  this  sliall  lie  "a  sign  unto 
thee.  Ye  shall  eat  this  year  sueli 
things  as  grow  of  themselves,  and  in 
the  second  year  that  which  springeth 
of  the  same;  and  in  tire  third  \"ear 
sow  ye,  and  reap,  and  plant  vine- 
yards, and  eat  the  fruits  tliereof. 

'JU  "And  t  the  remnant  that  is  es- 
caped of  the  house  of  Judah  shall 
yet  again  take  root  downward,  and 
bear  fruit  upward. 

31  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go 
tbrth  a  remnant,  and  t  they  that  es- 
cape out  of  mount  Zion:  I' the  zeal 
of  the  LoKU  o/ hosts  shall  do  tills. 

SJ  Therefore  thus  saith  the  hoitl) 
concerning  the  king  of  Assvria,  He 
shall  not  come  into  this  city,  nor 
shoot  aT»  arrow  there,  nor  come  be- 
fore it  with  shield,  nor  cast  a  bank 
against  it. 

:..'!  By  the  way  that  he  came,  by  the 
same  shall  he  return,  and  shall  not 
come  into  this  citv,  saith  the  l.oiiii. 

i'A  For  '11  will  defend  tliis  city,  to 
save  it,  for  mine  own  sake,  and  'for 
my  servant  David's  sake. 

3o  IT  And  "it  came  to  pass  that  night, 
that  the  angel  of  the  Loud  went  out, 
and  smote  in  the  camp  of  the  As- 
syrians a  hundred  fourscore  and  five 
tluiusand:  and  when  they  arose  early 
in  the  morning,  behold,  they  uxi'c 
all  dead  corpses. 

X  So  Sennacherib  king  of  Assyria 
departed,  and  went  aud  returned, 
and  dwelt  at '  Nineveh. 

il7  And  it  cnme  to  pass,  os  ho  was 
worshipping  in  the  house  of  Nisroch 
his  god,  that  "Adnimmeleeli  and 
Sharczcr  his  sons  ^  smote  him  with 


the  sword :  and  they  escaped  into 
the  land  of  i  Armenia.  And  >  Esar- 
haddou  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

1  Bezc/iiah,  hnvitiif  rcccivett  a  vinaage  of 
iieatfl,  by  prayer  hath  his  life  tent/tlten- 
ed.  8  The  Bun  goetti  ten  degrees  back- 
ward for  a  $ign  of  that  promise.  12 
Berodaeh'btiiadan  sending  to  visit  Ilez- 
thiah,  beeav.ie  of  tlie  u'onder,  hath  tiolicr 
of  hie  treaeures.  14  Jeaiah  understand, 
ing  thereof  foretalleth  the  Jiabylonian 
cafitiuitl/.  2U  Manataeh  tueceedeth  iie:- 
chiah. 

IN  "those  days  was  Ilezekiah  sick 
unto  death.  And  the  prophet 
Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz  came  to  him, 
and  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith  the 
Lorn.',  1  Set  thine  house  in  order  j  for 
thou  shalt  die,  and  not  live. 

2  Then  he  turned  his  face  to  the 
wall,  and  prayed  unto  the  Lokd, 
saying, 

3  1  beseech  thee,  O  Lorp,  b  remem- 
ber now  how  I  have  '  walked  before 
thee  in  truth  ami  with  a  perfect 
heart,  and  have  done  t/iat  vliicli  is 
good  in  thy  sight.  And  Ilezekiah 
wept  t  sore. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  afore  Isaiah 
was  gone  out  into  the  middle  || court, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lutiu  came  to 
him,  saying, 

5  Turn  again,  and  tell  Ilezekiah 
lithe  captain  of  my  people.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  David 
thy  father,  "I  have  heard  thy 
prayer,  I  have  seen  'thy  tears:  be- 
hold, 1  will  heal  thee:  on  the  third 
day  thou  shalt  go  up  unto  the  house 
of  the  Lortu. 

G  And  I  will  add  unto  thy  days 
tirteen  years  ;  and  1  will  "deliver 
thee  anil  this  city  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Assyria;  and  i^  I  will 
defend  this  city  for  mine  own  sake, 
and  fur  my  servant  David's  sake. 

7  And  I'  fsaiah  said.  Take  a  lump  of 
figs.  And  they  took  and  laid  it  on 
the  boil,  and  he  recovered. 

S  H  And  Ilezekiali  said  unto 
Isaiah,  i  What  shtiH  I.e  the  sign  that 
the  LoKt)  will  heal  me,  and  that  I 
shall  go  up  into  the  house  of  the 
Lord  the  third  day? 

U  And  Isaiah  said,  k  This  sign 
shalt  thou  have  of  the  Lori),  that 
the  LOKI)  will  do  the  thing  that  he 
shadow  go 
_j0  back  ten 
degrees? 

lU  And  Ilezekiah  answered.  It 
is  a  light  thing  lor  the  shadow  to 
go  down  ten  (legrees:  nay,  but  let 
the  shadow  return  backward  ten 
degrees. 

11  And  Isaiah  the  prophet  cried 
unto  the  Loud:  and  Uie  brought 
the  shadow  ten  degrees  backward, 
by  which  it  had  gone  down  in  the 
Idialof  Ahaz. 

\J  V  '"At  that  time  ||  Berodaeh- 
baladan,  the  sou  of  Baladaii,  king 
33T 


The  Bahylonish  captivity  foretold.    11.  KINGS.       Matiasseh's  excessive  wickedness. 


pell.  !J.  13.  4 
Z'l.  1.1. 
Jor  27.21.22. 


r  I  Sum.  3. 18. 

J"l.  1.  21. 

I's.  33.  9. 
I  Or.  Shalt 


about  710. 

■  2Cl.r.  .liJ.!. 
t  Nell.  3.  10. 


of  Babylon,  Font  letters  and  a  pres- 
ent unto  Jlezekiali:  lur  he  had  lieurd 
tliat  Ilczekiah  had  been  sick. 

13  And  "  llezckinh  hearkened  un- 
to tlieni,  and  EJiewed  tlieni  all  the 
house  of  his  II  precious  things,  the 
silver,  and  the  j^old,  and  the  spices, 
and  the  precious  ointment,  and  all 
tlio  house  of  his  ||t  armour,  and  all 
tliat  was  found  in  his  treasures  : 
tliere  was  nothing  in  his  house,  nor 
in  all  his  dominion,  that  llezckiuli 
shewed  tliem  not. 

H  H  Then  came  Isaiah  tlic  prophet 
unto  kins  Hezekiah,  and  said  uuto 
liim.  What  said  these  men  ?  and 
from  whence  came  they  unto  thee? 
And  Hezekiah  said.  They  are  come 
from  a  far  country,  cvcit  iroiii  Baby- 
lon. 

15  And  he  said,  What  have  they 
seen  in  thine  house?  And  Hezekiah 
ans\yered,  "All  tlie  tltiii'jK  that  (tie 
in  mine  house  have  they  seen  :  there 
is  notliinjj  anion;.;  my  treasures  that 
1  liave  not  shewed  them. 

IG  And  Isaiah  said  unto  Hezekiah, 
Hear  the  word  of  the  IjORI). 

1"  Behold,  the  days  come,  that 
all  tliat  ii  in  thine  house,  and  that 
which  tliy  fatliers  have  laid  up  in 
store  unto  tliis  day,  I'sliall  be  carried 
unto  Babylon:  uothin;.;  shall  be  left, 
saith  tlie  Lui;u. 

IS  And  of  tliy  sons  that  shall  issue 
from  tliee,  which  thou  shall  bcfiet, 
1  shall  they  take  away;  Hand  they 
shall  be  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of  the 
king  of  Babylon. 

ID  Then  said  Hezekiah  unto 
Isai.ah,  ''  Good  i.<  the  word  of  the 
IvOUD  which  thou  hast  spoken. 
And  he  said,  \\Is  it  not  good,  if 
peace  and  truth  be  in  iny  days? 

20  IT  -"And  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Hezekiah,  and  all  his  niinht,  and 
how  he  'in:ide  a  poi>l,  and  a  con- 
duit, and  "iirou^'ht  w.itrr  into  the 
city,  an'  tl»y  not  written  in  tlie 
book  of  tlic  C'lirouicks  of  the  kiii"3 
of.Iudih? 

'21  And  "Hezekiah  slept  with  his 
filherr. :  and  jMan.'.sseh  \\\i  sou  reign- 
ed iu  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXr. 

1  MananecW*  rcii/n.  3  IJiti  (treat  idolatry. 
T.)  Ilia  wickciliiess  Ciiuiellt  prophecica 
against  Judah,  17  .'linon  succcedeth 
liim.  13  Aiiii>n'a  wieked  rAgii.  23  Ue 
being  elai/t  hij  hia  aervanta,  and  tliomi 
"ij/  the  people,  Joaiah 


ade  ki. 


\g. 


MANASSEH  "icn.i  twelve  years 
old  when  he  be;;an  to  rei^jn.  and 
rci;;ned  fitly  and  five  years  iu  Jeru- 
salem. And  his  luolher's  name  u'cw 
Heplizi-bah. 

2  And  ho  did  that  vlitch  tea,?  evil 
in  the  sijiht  of  the  I.oitl),  !■  after  the 
iihomiuatiouB  of  the  heathen,  whom 
l!io  l.iiKii  cast  out  b.'foio  the  chil- 
dren oflsrai'l. 

y  For  he  built  up  n^'ain  the  high 
363 


places  'which  Hezekiah  his  father 
had  destroved  ;  and  he  reared  up 
altars  for  Baal,  and  made  a  grove, 
tias  difl  Ahab  kin>;  of  Israel;  and 
"worshipped  all  the  host  of  heaven, 
and  served  them. 

4  And  f  he  built  altars  in  the  house 
of  the  IjORI),  of  wliich  the  Imkh 
said.  Bin  Jerusalem  will  I  put  my 
name. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the 
host  of  heaven  in  the  two  courts  of 
the  house  of  the  hoKD. 

C  li  And  he  made  his  son  pass 
through  tlie  tire,  and  observed 
i  times,  and  used  ciichautmeuts,  and 
dealt  witii  familiar  spirits  and  wiz- 
ards: he  wrought  much  wickedness 
iu  the  sight  of  the  I^ouu,  to  provoke 
him  to  anger. 

7  And  he  set  a  graven  image  of 
tlie  grove  that  he  had  made  iu  the 
liouse,  of  which  the  ]>ouD  said  to 
David,  and  to  Solomon  his  son. 
It  In  this  house,  and  in  Jerusalem, 
which  1  have  chosen  out  of  all  tlio 
tribes  of  Israel,  will  I  put  my  name 
lor  ever: 

8  I  Neither  will  I  make  the  feet  of 
Israel  move  any  moie  out  of  the 
laud  which  1  gave  tlieir  fathers ; 
only  if  they  will  observe  to  do  oc- 
cording  to  all  tliat  I  hnvo  command- 
ed tliem,  and  aecoriliug  to  all  the 
law  that  my  servant  Sloses  com- 
manded them. 

!)  But  they  hearkened  not  :  and 
ManassrU  "'seduced  them  to  do 
more  evil  than  did  the  nations  whom 
the  LoKD  destroyed  belore  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

10  IT  And  the  I>oitD  spake  by  his 
servants  the  prophets,  saving, 

H  "Because  .Manasseirkiilg  of  Ju- 
dah hath  done  tluse  abominations, 
"(inci  hath  done  wickedly  above  all 
that  the  Amorites  did,  which  n'cre 
before  him,  iMul  I^hiUh  made  Judah 
also  to  sin  with  his  iilols: 

1-'  Therefore  thus  suitli  the  Lord 
God  of  Israel.  Behold,  1  am  bringing 
.sii(7i  evil  upon  Jerusalem  and  Ju- 
dah, tluit  whofoevcr  hcareth  of  it, 
both  '1  his  ears  shall  tingle. 

l.J  And  I  will  stretch  over  Jerusa- 
lem 'the  line  of  Samaria,  and  the 
plummet  of  the  house  of  Ahab:  and 
I  will  wipe  Jerusalem  as  a  ninii 
wipcth  a  dish,  t  wiping  it,  and  turn- 
ing il  upside  down. 

14  .\nd  I  will  forsake  the  remnant 
of  mine  inheritance,  and  deliver 
them  into  the  hand  of  their  enemies; 
and  they  shall  become  a  prey  and  a 
spoil  to  all  their  enemies; 

15  Because  they  have  done  that 
irhich  iras  evil  in  my  sight,  and  have 
provoked  me  to  anger,  since  the  day 
their  fathers  came  forth  out  of  Kgy  pt, 
oven  unto  this  day. 

H5  "  Moreover  iVlanasseh  shed  inno- 
cent blood  very  much,  till  he  had 
tilled  Jcriisalcn'i    tfrom  one   end  to 


(ltSAm.3  11. 
Jur.  iJ.  J. 
rS».Ii,3(,ll. 


Amon's  vricked  reign. 


II.  KINGS. 


Josiah's  good  reign. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  O'JS. 


(A3. 
Or.  33.  Jl 


another  i  besides  hift  sin  wherewitli 
lie  made  Judah  to  sin,  ill  doiiij;  t/iat 
U'hicli  wus  evil  in  the  eight  of  the 
LoKD. 

17  IT  Now  'the  rest  of  the  nets  of 
Manassch,  and  all  that  he  did,  nnd 
his  sin  that  lie  sinned,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  Cliroui- 
clesofthc  kinRSof  Judah? 

l.S  And  "  Slanasseh  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  gar- 
den of  his  own  house,  in  the  garden 
of  Uzza :  and  Amon  his  son  reijjn- 
cd  in  his  stead. 

ly  IT  "Anion  was  twenty  and  two 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
"and  he  reigned  two  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem. And  his  mother's  name  tens 
Meshnllenieth,  the  daughter  of  11a- 
ruz  of  Jotbali. 

'Jl  And  he  did  tliat  tvltich  ifos  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  L,0KD,  >  as  his  fa- 
tlier  Manasseh  did. 

21  And  he  walked  in  all  the  way 
that  his  father  walked  in,  and  nerved 
the  idols  that  his  father  served,  and 
worshipped  thein: 

L'2  And  he  'forsook  the  Lonn  God 
of  his  fathers,  and  walked  not  in  the 
way  of  the  I,oi:d. 

l!.')"ir  "And  the  servants  of  Amon 
conspired  against  him,  and  slew  the 
king  in  his  own  house. 

24  And  the  people  of  the  land  slew 
all  them  that  liad  conspired  against 
kin^  Amon;  and  the  people  of  the 
land  made  Josiah  his  son  king  in  his 
stead. 

25  Now  the  rest  of  the  nets  of  Amon 
which  he  did,  are  they  not  written 
in  the  book  of  the  Chronicles  of  the 
kings  of  Judah? 

2fj  And  he  was  buried  in  his  sep- 
ulchre in  the  garden  of  I'zza:  and 
b  Josiah  his  sou  reigned  in  hij  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

I  Jb«tci7i'<  good  rciyn.      3  i/d  takcth  care 
for  the  repair  of  the  temple.    8  llilkiah 
having  found  a  look  of  the  lau',  Josiah 
tendeth    to  Huldah  to    inquire    of   the 
Lord.      15   Huldah  prophesieth  the  de- 
struction of  Jerusalem, Out  retpile  there- 
of in  Joaiah^e  time. 
JOSIAII   "ico.?    eight    years    old 
when  ho  began  to  reign,  and  lie 
reigned  thirty  and  one  years  in  Je- 
rusalem.    And   his    mother's    name 
was  Jedidih,  the  daughter  of  Ada- 
iah  of  b  Boseath. 

2  And  he  did  that  trhich  icos  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  I^oini,  and  walk- 
ed in  all  the  way  of  David  his  father, 
and  '^turned  not  aside  to  the  right 
hand  or  to  the  left. 

3  tl  d  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
eighteenth  year  of  king  Josiah,  (/ia« 
the  king  sent  Shaphon  the  son  of 
Azaliah,  the  son  of  MeshuUam,  the 
scribe,  to  the  liouse  of  the  I,ord, 
saying, 

4"Go  up  to  Hilkiah  the  Iiigh  j>riest, 
that  he  may  sum  the  silver  which  is 
'  brought  iiito  the  house  of  the  Loud, 


which  fthe  keepers  of  the  fduor 
liave  gathered  of  the  people: 

5  And  let  tliem  e  deliver  it  into  the 
hand  of  the  doers  of  the  work,  that 
have  the  oversight  of  the  houseof  the 
1/OUI):  nnd  let  them  give  it  to  the 
doers  of  the  work,  which  is  in  tlie 
house  of  the  Lord,  to  repair  the 
breaches  of  the  house, 

C  Unto  eariienters,  and  builders, 
and  masons,  and  to  buy  timber  und 
hewn  stone  to  repair  the  house. 

7  Ilowbeit,  h  there  was  no  reckoning 
made  with  them  of  the  money  that 
was  delivered  into  their  hauil,  be- 
cause they  dealt  faithfully. 

S  !r  And  Hilkiah  the  liigh  priest 
said  unto  Shaphnn  tli*  scribe,  i  I 
have  found  the  book  of  the  law  in 
the  house  of  the  LoRii.  And  Hil- 
kiah gave  the  book  to  Shaphan,  and 
he  read  it. 

0  And  Shaphan  the  scribe  come  to 
the  king,  and  brought  the  king  word 
again,  nnd  said,  'lliy  servants  have 
t  gathered  the  money  that  was  ftiuiid 
in  tlie  house,  and  liiivc  delivered  it 
into  the  hand  of  them  that  do  the 
work,  that  liave  the  oversight  of  the 
house  of  the  I.OKD. 

10  And  Shaphan  the  scribe  shewed 
tlie  king,  saying,  Hilkiah  the  jiriest 
hath  delivered  me  n  book.  And 
Shaphan  read  it  before  the  king. 

11  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
king  liad  heard  the  words  of  the 
hook  of  the  law,  that  ho  rent  liis 
clothes. 

12  And  the  king  commanded  Hil- 
kiah the  priest,  and  Ahikam  the  sou 
of  Shaphan,  and  k  Achbor  the  son  tif 
II  Miehaiah,  and  Shaphan  the  scribe, 
and  Asahiah  a  servaut  of  the  king's, 
saying, 

Kl  Go  ye,  inquire  of  the  Lord  for 
me,  and  for  the  people,  and  for  all 
Judah,  concerning  the  words  of  this 
book  that  is  found:  for  great  is  ithe 
wrath  of  the  Lord  that  is  kindled 
against  us,  because  our  fathers  ha\'e 
not  hearkened  unto  the  words  of  this 
book,  to  do  according  unto  all  that 
which  is  written  concerning  us. 

14  So  llilkiah  the  priest,  nnd 
Ahikam,  an<l  Achbor,  and  Sliaphan, 
and  Asahiah,  went  unto  Huldah 
the  prophetess,  the  wife  of  Shalluni 
the  son  of  '"Tikvah,  the  son  of 
II  Harhas,  keeper  of  the  f  wardrobe; 
(now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  ||  in 
the  college;)  and  they  communed 
with  her. 

1.5  U  And  she  said  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Tell 
the  man  that  sent  you  to  me, 

ir.  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold, 
"  I  will  bring  evil  upon  this  place, 
and  upon  the  inhabitants  thereof, 
evPii  all  the  words  of  the  book  which 
the  king  of  Judah  hath  read: 

]"  "Because  they  have  forsaken 
me,  and  have  buriied  incense  unto 
other  gods,  that  they  might  provoke 
359 


Josiah  destroyeth 


II.  KINGS. 


mc  to  aiiRer  with  nil  the  Morks  of 
tlicir  hunda  ;  thcrcloro  mv  wrath 
sliall  be  Idndleil  against  tliia  place, 
and  shall  not  be  qucnelied. 

JJut    to    ^the    king    of    Judah 


idolatry  in  Judah. 


..  51.  17. 
i7.  15. 
.la. '21.29. 


Kidron,  and    carried    the   ashca   of 
them  nnto  Ueth-el. 
5  And  lie  fpiit  down  the  (idola- 
trous   priests,   whom    the    kings  of 
Judah  had  ordained  to  burn  incense 


I  ;„r    „  V       ••■-    "."'n    .11    """'11    J  uuan  nau  oruained  to  burn   license 
<^.     hJ^^Z,  <'v"^'i!;r.^'„?^!'.".^I\?  !\i«ftj''i--  i"  «>-  ei.ie^"^f 


I.oui),  thii.'i  shall  }-e  say  to  him, 
Thus  Raith  the  L,oi;u  God  of  Israel, 
.Is  toncltiiKj  the  words  which  thou 
ha.st  heard: 

]'J  Because  thine  1  heart  was  ten- 
der, and  thou  liast  'humbled  thy- 
self befbre  the  Lord,  when  thou 
heardest  what  I  spake  against  this 
place,  and  against  the  inhabitants 
thereof,    that    they    should    become 

a  desolation  and  '  a  curse  unci 
hast  rent  thy  clothes,  and  wept  be- 
fore ine ;  I  also  iiave  heard  tliite, 
saith  tiio  Ijoiji). 

•M  Behold  therefore,  1  will  gather 
thee    unto    thy    fathers,    and    thou 

shalt  be  gathered  into  thy  grave 
in  peace;  and  thine  eyes  shall  not 
see  all  the  evil  which  1  will  bring 
upon  this  place.  And  they  brought 
the  king  word  again. 

CHAPTER  XXIir. 
1  Jonah  cauacl/i  tlm  bouk  to  he  riad  in  a 

tuUmn  ataemUbj.  3  lU  rencwetli  tlia  cov- 
enant   of    the   Lord.    4  lie    destroyeth 

idolatrtj.      15    i/u     Immt     dead      men's 

bonea  upon  the  attar  of  Heth-cl,  na  leaa 

forepropheaied.     L'l    Jfe    Itept    a    moat 

aolemn      paaaover.      24    Jle     put     away 

u;tte,ea  and  all  ahominalion.    M  (lod; 

final  wrath  againtt  Judah.    29  Joeiah, 

provoking  Pharaoh-nechoh,  ia  alain  at 

Mepddo.    31  Jehoahaz,  auceecding  him, 

1«  tinpriaoneU  by  Pharaoh-nechoh,  who 

made  Jehoiakim  king.     3fl  Jehoiakiiu'a 

wicked  reign. 

A  ND  "the  king  sent,  and  they  hissonorhisdan- 
.,(•?,  P'"'"^''*'"?  "."«o  '""•  "11  the  elders  ;  the  fire  to  .Molecfi 
ot  Judah  and  ot  Jerusalem 


.)    1        J       1  •  ^    '•  "    Anu     le   took  nwav  the  horsps 


Judah,  and  in  the  places  round  about 
Jerusalem  ;  tlicm  also  that  burned 
incense  unto  Baal,  to  the  sun,  and 
to  the  moon,  and  to  the  \\  planets, 
and  to  'all  the  host  of  heaven. 
G  And  he  brought  out  the  fgrove 
from  the  house  of  the  Luirn 
without  Jerusalem,  unto  the  brook 
Kidrou,  and  burned  it  at  the  brook 
Kidron,  and  stamped  it  small  to 
powder,  and  cast  the  powder  there- 
of upon  B  the  graves  of  the  children 
of  the  jieople. 

I  J  /^^'^  '"^  brake  down  the  houses 
h  of  the  sodomites,  that  u-eio  by  the 
house  of  the  Loud,  i  where  the  wom- 
en wove  t  hangings  for  the  grove. 

8  And  lie  brought  all  the  priests 
out  of  the  cities  of  Judah,  and  de- 
filed the  hijth  places  where  the 
priests  had  burned  incense,  from 
k  Geba  to  Beer-shebn,  and  brake 
down  the  liigh  pl.nees  of  the  gates 
that  vcre  in  the  entering  in  of  the 
gate  of  Joshua  the  governor  of  the 
city,  which  were  on  a  mau's  left 
hand  at  the  gate  of  the  city. 

9  1  Nevertheless  the  priests  of  the 
high  places  came  not  up  to  the 
altar    of    the    Lord    in    Jerusalem, 

"  but  they  did  eat  of  the  unleavened 
bread  among  their  brethren. 

10  And  he  defiled  "  Tophoth,  which 
<s  in  "the  valley  of  the  children  of 
Hinnoni,  P  that  no  man  might  make 
his  son  or  his  daughter  topasstlirough 

he  fire  to  .Molecli. 

11  And   he  took  away  the  horses 


Beforo 
C  U  K I  S  T 

624. 


liousc  of  the  Lord,  and  all  tin 
men  of  Judah  and  all  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem  with  him,  and 
the  priests,  and  the  prophets,  and 
all  the  peonle,  j  both  small  and 
great :  and  he  read  in  their  ears 
all  the  words  of  the  book  of  the 
covenant  li  which  Was  found  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord. 

.'i  TT  And  the  king  ''slnod  bv  a 
pillar,  and  made  a  eoveiinnt  be'fore 
th"  Lord,  to  walk  aftrr  the  Lord 
and  to  keep  liiseomriiundiiients  ami 
his  testimonies  and  his  statutes 
with  all  th,-ir  heart  and  all  th.-,,- 
soul,  to  perflirm  tlio  w.irds  of  tins 
(ovinaiit  that  were  written  in  this 
hook.  And  all  the  people  stood  to 
tlie  covenant. 

4  And  the  king  commanded  Ilil- 
kiah  the  high  iiricst,  and  the  priests 

"•'»•»'■; ilnnh.r.aMdthe  keepers 

of  the  diKir,  to  bring  forth  out  of 
file  temple  of  the  Lord  all  the  ves- 
sels tliat  were  made   for   Hani,  and 

lor    lithe    ITiivo     niirl     i: 

•  if  h 
with 


to  the  sun,  at  the  entering  in  of  the 
lousc  of  the  Lord,  by  the  cham- 
ber of  Natlian-mc-leeh  the  ||  cham- 
berlain, whicli  u-af  in  the  suburbs. 
and  burned  the  chariots  of  tlie  sun 
with  tire. 

1-'  And  the  altars  that  vere  'Ion 
the  top  ot  the  ujipcr  chamber  of 
Ahaz,  which  the  kings  of  Judah 
had  made,  and  the  altars  which 
JIana.sseh  had  made  in  the  two 
courts  of  the  house  of  the  J.okd, 
did  the  king  beat  down,  and  II  brake 
llicm  down  from  thence,  and  cast 
the  dust  of  them  into  the  brook 
Kidron. 

I'i   And  the  high  plnccs  that  were 

bef<)ie  Jerusalem,  which  »■,,,,■  on  the 

ht  haml  of  "  the  mount  of  corrup- 

n,   which  »S,,|oin,,u   the  king  of 

Israel  had  builihd  f,,r  .V-litoicth  the 

ill linatioii  ,.f  111,.   Ziih.nians,  and 

lor  Chemosh  the  ahnmimilion  of  the 
Moahites,  and  f,.r  .Milcom  the  abom- 
natiou  of  the  children  of  Amnion, 


..30.33. 
r.  7.31.  Sc 
C:  11.12. 


it  ."^     ■'.'■      *'"'ii,    uim      iii:i(M)|l    OI    me    CM 

the  grove,  and  fur  all  the  host  ,  did  llitt  kin"-  defih- 

ourTrusiVcMn'^"''"'''"'''' ■-'''"'- '  "  '^"''  '"■  ''■"''''"' '"  I''"''""  "'"  ' 

300 


.,       ..   ,j il     ■■'•">•"»     ■Mnnc  111  iiieces  ino  Tinl- 

the   fields  of  1  ages,  and  cut  down  the  grovis,  and 


<,  S,.  Jor.  19. 

i.t. 

Z.1.1..  1.  s. 


A  solemn  passover  is  kept. 


Josiah  slain  in  battle. 


Before 
C  U  K  1  S  T 

ulKiii.l2.28. 


■  1  Km.  13. 31. 
HS«e2Cbr.34, 


lOr.  . 

n.  13.2 

cE<. 

IKU 
ch.  1 

22.50. 
.  IS.  40 
.IS. 

a  2  CI 

r.  31.  S. 

•  2Ch 

r.  35.  1. 

fKi. 
fiaut 

13. 

a.s. 

9.  2. 

le.  2. 

,2Cli 

.33.18. 

tiljout  G23. 
Hi*  HiliyeAi 


lL«v.  m.  31. 
ic  -in.  27. 
Ucut.  18. 11. 


filled  tlieir  places  with  the  bones  of 
iiK'n. 

J5  ir  Moreover  the  altar  that  was  at 
licth-el,  and  tlie  high  place  "  which 
Jeroboam  the  eon  of  Nebat,  who 
made  Israel  to  sin,  had  made,  both 
that  altar  and  the  hiph  place  he  brake 
down,  and  bnriicd  tlie  high  place, 
<mil  stamped  it  small  to  powder,  and 
bill  ncd  the  crove. 

l(j  Ami  as  Josiah  turned  himself,  he 
spie<l  the  sepulchres  that  were  there 
in  the  mount,  and  sent,  and  took 
the  bones  out  of  the  sepulchres,  and 
burned  t/icni  u}>on  the  altar,  and  pol- 
luted it,  acecirding  to  tlie  »  weird  of 
the  J.oiil)  which  tlic  man  of  tiod 
proclaimed,  who  proclaimed  these 
words. 

]■  Then  he  said,  AVhat  title  is  that 
that  I  see?  And  the  men  of  the  city 
told  him,  /(  is  i  the  sepulchre  of  tlio 
man  of  God,  which  came  from  Ju- 
dah,  nud  proclaimed  these  thing's 
that  thou  hast  done  against  the  altar 
of  lieth-el. 

1.S  And  he  said,  Let  him  alone;  let 
no  man  move  his  bones.  So  they  let 
his  bones  i  alone,  with  the  bones  of 
*  the  prophet  that  came  out  of  Sa- 
maria. 

I'J  And  all  the  houses  also  of  the 
hii;h  places  that  icere  "in  the  cities 
of  Samaria,  which  the  kiups  of  Isra- 
el liad  made  to  provoke  the  Loi:n  to 
au;,'er,  Josiah  took  away,  and  did  to 
tliem  accordinj;  to  all  the  acts  that 
he  had  done  in  Beth-el. 

l.'O  And  b  he  ||  '^  slew  all  the  priests  of 
t!ie  high  places  that  icere  there  npon 
tlie  altars,  and  <t  burned  men's  bones 
upon  tliein,  aud  returned  to  Jerusa- 
lem. 

21  IT  And  the  king  commanded  all 
the  petiple,  savinir,  *^  Keep  the  pass- 
over  unto  the  l.oitn  your  God,  i  as  it 
is  written  in  the  book  of  this  cove- 
nant. 

22  Surely  s there  was  not  holden 
such  a  passover  from  the  days  of  the 
judges  that  .judged  Isniel,  nor  in  all 
the  days  of  the  kings  of  Israel,  nor 
of  the  kings  of  Judah; 

1^  But  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  king 
Josiah,  wheyeiii  this  passover  was 
holden  to  the  Lord  in  Jerusalem. 

'M  TT  Moreover  1'  the  workers  >rith 
familiar  spirits,  and  the  wizards,  and 
the  II  images,  and  the  idols,  and  all 
the  abominations  that  were  spied  in 
the  land  of  Judah  and  in  Jerusalem, 
did  Josiah  put  away,  that  he  might 
perform  the  words  of  '<  the  law,  which 
were  written  in  the  book  that  llilki- 
ah  the  priest  ibund  in  the  liousc  of 
the  Lonn. 

-5  kAnd  like  unto  him  was  there  no 
king  before  liini,  that  turned  to  the 
LoitD  with  all  his  heart,  and  with 
all  his  soul,  and  with  all  his  might, 
according  to  all  the  law  of  Moses; 
neither  al^er  him  arose  there  aiiij  like 
him. 


20  IT  Notwithstanding,  the  Lord 
turned  not  from  the  tierceness  of  his 
great  wrath,  wherewith  his  anger 
was  kindled  against  Judah,  ibecause 
of  all  the  i  provocations  that  Manas- 
sch  had  provoked  him  withal. 

27  And  the  Lord  said,  I  will  re- 
move Judah  also  out  of  my  sight, 
as  "'I  have  removed  Israel,  and  will 
cast  off  this  city  Jerusalem  which  I 
have  chosen,  and  the  house  of  which 
I  said,  "  My  name  shall  be  there. 

lis  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Josi- 
ah, and  all  that  he  did,  are  they  not 
written  in  the  book  of  the  Chroni- 
cles of  the  kings  of  Judah? 

211  IT  "  In  his  days  Pharaoh-ncchoh 
king  of  Kgypt  went  up  against  the 
king  of  Assyria  to  the  river  Euphra- 
tes :  and  king  Josiah  went  against 
him;  and  he  slew  him  at  1'  Megiddo, 
when  he  'i  had  seen  him. 

at)  'And  his  servants  carried  him  in 
a  chariot  dead  from  Megiddo,  and 
brought  him  to  Jerusalem,  and  bur- 
ied him  in  his  own  sepulchre.  And 
^  the  people  of  the  land  took  Jehoa- 
haz  the  son  of  Josiah,  and  anointed 
him,  and  made  him  kin;;  iu  his  fa- 
ther's stead. 

!')!  U  llJehoahaz  uas  twenty  and 
three  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  he  reigned  three  montlis 
in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  '  llamutal,  the  daughter 
of  Jeremiah  of  Libnah. 

32  And  he  did  that  wliich  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  according 
to  all  that  his  fathers  had  done. 

.'i.3  And  Pharaoh-nechoh  put  him  in 
bauds  "  at  Kiblah  in  the  land  of  Ila- 
matli,  II  that  he  might  not  rci-^n  in 
Jerusalem  ;  and  t  put  the  land  to  a 
tribute  of  a  hundred  talents  of  sil- 
ver, and  a  talent  of  gold. 

34  And  "  Pharaoh-ncchoh  made  Eli- 
akim  the  son  of  Josiah  king  in  the 
room  of  Josiah  his  father,  and  >  turn- 
ed his  name  to  ^  Jchoiakim,  and  took 
Jchoahaz  away  :  "  and  he  came  to 
Egypt,  and  died  there. 

35  And  Jchoiakim  gave  1j  the  silver 
and  the  gold  to  Pharaoh  ;  but  he 
taxed  the  land  to  give  tlic  money 
according  to  the  commandment  oV 
Pharaoh:  he  exacted  the  silver  and 
the  gold  of  the  people  of  the  land,  of 
every  one  according  to  his  taxation, 
to  give  it  nnto  Pharaoh-nechoh. 

30  IT  'Jehoiakim  ivas  twenty  and 
five  years  old  when  he  began  to 
reign;  and  he  reigned  eleven  years 
in  Jerusalem.  And  his  mother's 
name  was  Zebudah,  the  daughter  of 
Pcdaiah  of  Rumah. 

37  And  he  did  that  tchich  was  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lokd,  according 
to  all  that  his  fathers  had  done. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

1  Jehoiakim,  first  subdued  by  yebuchad- 
ticzzur,  then  rebeltinff  affainet  him,  pro- 
eureth  hit  own  ruin.  5  Jehoiachin  «ue- 
ceaUeth  him.     7   The  king  of  Egypt  i» 

3dl 


JehoiacMn'g  wicked  reign. 


II.  KINGS. 


Jerusalem,  is  twice 


:r.  2S.  9.  k 
.  19.8. 


Jor  22  H. 
19.  1  31.  10. 
g  St.  Jet.  37. 


IJtr,  21.  1.  ii 


nSe«ch.25. 

iS. 
p  ch.  21.  17. 


:.  3. 


vanquUluU  by  the  king  of  Uahitun.  8 
Jcliiiuichiu'a  evil  rciii'i.  10  Jtrutulem 
ie  taken  ami  curritU  captive  into  JJttby- 
ton.  17  ZedeKiah  ii  made  kintj,  and 
reii/nalh  ill  unto  the  utter  destruction  of 
Judah. 

IN  '  his  (lays  Nebuchadnezzftr  kins 
of  Bahylon  cnine  up,  and  Jc- 
lioialiim  became'  hi^l  Ber\'aiit  three 
years:  tlicii  he  turned  and  rebelled 
a;;ainst  him. 

M  b  And  the  I..onn  sent  against  him 
bands  of  the  Chaldce.s.  and  bands  of 
the  Syrians,  and  bands  of  the  Moab- 
itcs,  and  iiands  of  the  children  of 
Amnion,  and  sent  them  against  Ju- 
dah to  destroy  it,  "^aeeording  to  the 
word  of  the  l.,01ii),  whieh  he  spake 
t  by  his  servants  the  jirophcts. 

.'J  Surely  at  tlie  commandment  of 
the  I.,oi!D  came  Mis  upon  Judah,  to 
remove  tlieui  out  of  his  sijjht,  d  for 
the  sins  of  Manasseh,  according  to  all 
that  he  did; 

4  "  And  also  (iir  the  innocent  blood 
that  lie  shed:  for  he  iilled  Jerusalem 
witli  innocent  blood  ;  which  the 
Lor.i>  would  not  pardon. 

5  If  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je- 
hoiakim,  and  all  that  he  did,  arc 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
Chronicles  of  the  kinjis  of  Jud:ih? 

0  I  So  Jehoiakim  slept  with  his  fa- 
tliers:  and  Jehoiacliiii  his  sou  reign- 
ed in  liis  stead. 

7  And  s  the  kinfj  of  Egypt  came  not 
again  any  more  out  of  liis  land:  for 
h  the  king  of  liaby  Ion  had  taken  from 
the  river  of  Kgypt  unto  the  river 
Euphrates  all  that  pertained  to  the 
king  of  Egypt. 

•S  TI  II  i  Jehoiuchin  «'«,« eighteen  years 
old  wlien  he  began  to  reign,  aiid  he 
■   ■     JerusulcMi  tl 


Ami  h: 


i.th. 


.■  Xe 


sh- 


t:i,  the  daughterof  ElnathaiiorJeru- 
.snlcm. 

11  And  he  did  thnt  irliich  wax  evil  in 
llie  sight  of  the  I. oui),  according  to 
all  that  his  father  hud  done. 

11)11  y-  At  that  time  the  servants  of 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
came  up  against  Jerusalem,  and  the 
citv  1  w-a.s  besieged. 

11  .\ud  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Huhylon  came  against  the  city,  and 
hiaservjuitsdhl  besiege  it. 

12  1  And  Jehoiachin  the  king  of  Ju- 
dah w.uit  out  to  tlie  kiugof  HiibvloM, 
he,  and  his  mother,  ami  hisservains, 
and  Ilis  princes,  and  hi.s  l|<>Hiccrs: 
'"and  the  king  of  Babylon  "took 
him  "in  the  eighth  year()f  his  reign. 

l.'i  ''And  he  carried  out  thence  all 
the  tre:isurcs  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
house,  and  lent  in  pieces  nil  the 
vessels  of  gold  which  Solomon  king 
of  Israel  had  made  in  the  temple  of 
the  J.oiiD,  ''as  the  I.iii^ii  had  said. 

1-1  And  "he  carried  away  uU  Jeru- 
salem, and  all  the  piiueis,  and  all 
the   mightv    men    of  valour,  'rnu 

3>a 


ten  thousand  captives,  and  "all  the 
craftsmen  and  smiths:  none  remain- 
ed, save  "  the  poorest  sort  of  the  jieo- 
plcof  the  hind. 

lo.And  >  he  carried  awav  Jehoia- 
chin to  Jiabylun,  and  tfic  king's 
mother,  and  the  king's  wives,  and 
his  llotKcers,  and  the  mighty  of  the 
land,  thu^c  carried  he  into  captivity 
from  Jcnisaleiu  to  Babylon. 

IG  And  ^all  the  men  of  might,  ercn 
seven  thousand,  and  craftsmen  and 
smiths  a  thousand,  all  tinit  were 
strong  and  apt  for  war,  even  them 
the  king  of  Babylon  brought  captive 
to  Babvlon. 

17  TT  And  'the  king  of  Babylon 
made  Mattaniah  I' his  father's  brother 
king  in  his  stead,  and  "^  changed  his 
name  to  Zedekiah. 

hS  d  Zedekiah  »7W  twenty  and  one 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  eleven  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. And  his  motlier's  name  uas 
"  Ilamutal,  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
of  hibnah. 

11)  fAnd  he  did  lliat  wJiicli  uas  evil 
in  the  sight  of  thel,OKi>,  according 
to  all  that  Jehoiakim  had  done. 

20  For  through  the  anger  of  the 
l.,OKI)  it  came  to  pyss  in  Jerusalem 
and  Judah,  until  lie  had  cast  them 
out  from  his  presence,  l^that  Zede- 
kiah rebelled  against  the  king  of 
Babylon. 

CIIArXER  XXV. 

1  Jerusalem  isbeeiiijed.  i  Zedekiahtnken, 
his  Bona  eiain,  his  eyca  put  out.  6  .VeAu- 
zar-adan  defacetli  the  city,  earrielh  the 
remnant,  except  a  few  poor  labourers, 
into  captivity,  13  apoileth  and  earricth 
away  the  treasures.  18  The  nobles  are 
slain  at  Rihlah.  2'2  Oedaliuh,  uilw  tlM« 
set  overthem  that  remained,  beiny  stain, 
the  rest  flee  into  Egypt,  i'  Kvilmero- 
daeh  advaneeth  Jeho'.iKhin  in  his  court. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  "  in  the  ninth 
year  of  his  reign,  in  the  tenth 
month,  in  the  tenth  (/a;/  of  the 
month,  that  Nebuchadnezzar  king 
of  Babylon  came,  he,  and  all  his 
host,  against  ,Tcrusalem,  and  pitcheil 
against  it:  and  they  built  forts  against 
it  round  about. 

2  And  the  city  was  besieged  unto 
the  eleventh  year  of  king  Zedekiah. 

.'!  And  on  the  ninth  dai/  of  the 
^•I'liiirlh  month  the  famine  prevailed 
in  tlie  citv,  and  there  was  no  bread 
for  the  people  of  the  land. 

4  IT  And  '  the  citv  was  broken  up, 
and  nil  the  men  ot'  war  .ttnl  by  night 
by  the  way  of  the  gate  between  two 
w:ills,  which  IS  by  the  king's  garden: 
(now  the  Chaldees  %vn-c  again^t  the 
city  round  about:)  and  ''Mr  kiitf/ 
w  cut  the  way  toward  the  jilain. 

.">  And  the  army  of  the  Chaldees 
pursued  after  the  king,  ami  over- 
took him  iu  the  jilains  of  Jericho: 
and  all  his  army  were  scattered  from 
him. 

(i    So    they    took    the    king,    and 


beeier/ed  and  taken. 


II.  KINGS. 


Ishmacl  hilleth  Gedaliah. 


tHtb.  t*<on. 
«  1  Kin.  7. 17. 


brought  liim  up  to  the  kinR  of  Baby- 
lon '  to  Ril)lali ;  and  they  t  tjave  judg- 
nient  upon  him. 

7  And  they  Blew  the  sons  of  Zede- 
kiah  before  his  eyes,  and  f  f  put  out 
the  eyes  of  Zcdckiah,  and  bound  him 
witl\ "fetters  of  brass,  and  carried  liim 
to  Babvhiu. 

S  TT  And  in  the  tifth  month,  Son  the 
seventh  daij  of  the  month,  whicli  is 
lithe  nineteenth  year  of  kinj?  Nebu- 
chadnezzar king  of  Babylon,  icame 
Nebuzar-adan,  ||  captain  of  tlic  guard, 
a  servant  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
unto  Jerusalem; 

11  kAnd  he  burnt  the  house  of  the 
Loiui,  land  the  king's  house,  and 
all  the  houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  every 
great  j»«hV  house  burnt  he  with  lire. 

10  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chal- 
decs,  that  icere  uitk  the  captain  of 
the  guard,  "'  brake  down  the  walls 
of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

11  "  Now  the  rest  of  the  people  that 
were  left  in  the  city,  ami  the  f  fugi- 
tives that  fell  away  to  the  king  of 
Babylon,  with  the  remnant  ot  the 
multitude,  did  Nebuzar-adan  the  cap- 
tain of  the  guard  carry  away. 

12  But  the  captain  of  the  guard  "left 
of  the  poor  of  the  land  to  ie  vine- 
dressers and  husbandmen. 

l.j  And  V  the  'i  pillars  of  brass  that 
were  in  the  house  of  the  LoRi>,  and 
''the  bases,  and  ''the  brazen  sea  that 
wns  in  the  house  of  the  Loui),  did 
tiic  Chaldees  break  in  pieces,  and 
carried  the  brass  of  them  to  Babylon. 

14  And  '  the  pots,  and  the  shovels, 
and  the  snutTers,  and  the  spoons,  and 
all  the  vessels  of  brass  wherewith  they 
ministered,  took  they  away. 

1.5  And  the  firepans,  and  the  bowls, 
and  such  things  as  uece  of  gold,  \n 
gold,  and  of  silver, !«  silver,  the  cap- 
tain of  the  guard  took  away. 

1(>  The  two  pillars,  tone  sea,  and 
the  bases  which  Solomon  had  made 
for  the  house  of  the  LoKD  ;  "the 
brass  of  all  these  vessels  \fa3  with- 
out weight. 

n  "The  height  of  the  one  pillar 
wax  eighteen  cubits,  and  the  chapi- 
ter upon  it  ii:as  brass:  and  the  height 
of  the  chapiter  three  cubits;  and  the 
wreathen  work,  and  pomegranates 
upon  the  chapiter  round  about,  all 
of  brass:  and  like  unto  these  had  the 
second  pillar  with  wreathen  work. 

l.S  TF  '  .\nd  the  captain  of  the  guard 
took  '  Seraiah  the  chief  priest,  and 
'  Zephaniah  the  second  priest,  and 
the  three  keeiiers  of  the  t  door: 

lU  And  out  of  the  city  he  took 
an  ([  ottieer  that  was  set  over  the 
men  of  war,  and  iitive  men  of  them 
that  t  were  in  the  king's  presence, 


which  were  found  in  the  city,  and 
the  II  principal  scribe  of  the  host, 
which  mustered  the  people  of  the 
land,  and  threescore  men  of  the 
people  of  the  land  that  icere  found 
in  the  city: 

a)  And  Nebuzar-adan  captain  of  the 
guard  took  these,  and  brought  them 
to  the  king  of  Babylon  to  Kibluh : 

21  And  the  king  "of  Babylon  smote 
them,  and  slew  them  at  Kiblah  in 
the  land  of  Ilamath.  ^  So  Judah  was 
carried  away  out  of  their  land. 

'22  TT  J  And  as /or  the  peonle  that  re- 
mained in  the  land  of  Juiiah,  whom 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
had  lefl,  even  over  them  he  made 
Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikuni,  the  son 
of  Shaphan,  ruler. 

i'5  And  when  all  the  "captains  of 
the  armies,  they  and  their  men, 
heard  that  the  king  of  Babylon 
had  made  Gedaliah  governor,  there 
came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah,  even 
Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah,  and 
Johanan  the  son  of  Careah,  and 
Seraiah  the  son  of  Tanhumeth  the 
Netophathitc,  and  Jaazaniah  the  son 
of  a  Maachathite,  they  and  their  men. 

24  And  Gedaliah  sware  to  them, 
and  to  their  men,  and  said  unto 
tiiem.  Fear  not  to  be  the  servants 
of  the  Chaldees:  dwell  in  the  laud, 
and  serve  the  king  of  Babylon;  and 
it  shall  be  well  with  you. 

2.5  But  fit  came  topass  in  the  sev- 
enth month,  that  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  the  son  of  Elishama,  of 
the  seed  f  royal,  came,  and  ten  men 
with  him,  and  smote  Gedaliah,  that 
he  died,  and  the  Jews  and  the  Clial- 
dees  that  were  with  him  at  Mizpah. 

2ti  And  all  the  people,  both  small 
and  great,  and  the  captains  of  the 
armies,  arose,  *^and  came  to  Egypt: 
for  thev  were  afraid  of  the  Chaldees. 

21"  IT  lAnd  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
seven  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  cap- 
tivitv  of  Jchoiachin"  king  cf  Juilali, 
in  tiic  twolllh  month,  on  tlio  seven 
and  twtntietli  </«.'/ ot  the  month,  Ifuil 
Evil-merodach  king  of  Babylon  in 
the  year  that  he  be;ian  to  reign  i  did 
lift  up  the  head  of'Jchoiachin  king 
of  Judah  out  of  prison  ; 

28  And  he  spake  i  kindly  to  him, 
and  set  his  throne  above  the  throne 
of  the  kings  that  were  with  him  in 
Babylon ; 

2y  And  changed  his  prison  gar- 
ments: and  he  did  k-eat  bread  con- 
tinually before  him  all  the  days  of 
his  life. 

31)  And  his  allowance  was  a  con- 
tinual allowance  given  him  of  the 
king,  a  dailv  nite  for  every  day,  all 
the  days  of  Lis  life. 


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CHRIST 

4i«rt.  Ac. 


|Or,B.>*aH. 
[1  Or,  /?oJa- 


.  lU.  2S. 
I.  10.  20. 


THE  FIRST  BOOK  OF 

THE    CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  I. 
1  Aiani'a  line   to   ^oah.     5    T 
Japhcth.     8   The  auni  of  //.r 
eons  ofShcm.    24  Mc  "'     •' 


/a*n 


fi'j 


I.  17  The 
:  to  Abra- 
The 


»4  The  poiterily  of  Abra- 
ham hy  £aau.    43  The  king)  of  Edor.l. 
01  Tlie  dukes  of  Edom. 
A  DAM,  "  Slicth,  Enosh. 
jV  2  Kenan,  Mahalalecl,  Jcred, 
?.  IIiMioch,  .Alcthusflah,  Laniceh, 

4  Noah,  Slicni,  Ham,  anil  Japlieth. 

5  TT  l>Tlie  sons  of  Japhutli:  Goincr, 
and  iMagou,  and  .Mudai,  and  Javan, 
and  Tubal,  and  Meshooji,  and  Tiras. 

6  And  the  sons  of  GonuT  :  Ash- 
chcnaz,  and  piiphath,  and  Togar- 
mah. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Javan;  Elishah, 
and  Tarshisli,  Kittim,  and  H  Doda- 
nim. 

X  7r''Thc  son3  of  Ham;  Cush,  and 
Mizrairn,  Put,  and  Canaan. 

il  And  the  sons  of  Cush;  Scba,  and 
llavilali,  and  Sabta,  and  Knamah, 
and  Sahteeha.  And  the  sons  of 
Jluunah;  Slicba,  and  Dedan. 

10  And  Cush  '1  begat  Ninirod:  he 
began  to  be  inic:hty  ujion  the  earth. 

11  And  Mizraim  begat  1-udlni,  and 
Anainun,  and  Echabim,  and  Naph- 
tuhini, 

IJ  And  Pathrusuii,  and  Caslubim, 
(of  whfun  eanie  the  Philistines,)  and 
'C'aphtorini. 

11!  And  'Canaan  begat  Zidon  his 
firstborn,  and  lleth, 

H  The  Jebusite  also,  and  the  Amo- 
rite,  and  the  (iirj;ashite, 

l.'i  And  the  Hivite,  and  the  Arkitc, 
and  the  Sinite, 

](!  And  the  Arvadite,  and  the  Zem- 
arite,  and  the  Haniathite. 

17  IT  The  sons  of  s  Sliem  ;  Elam, 
and  Asshur,  and  Arphaxad,  and 
End,  and  Aram,  and  t'z,  and  Ilnl, 
and  Gether,  and  [I  Ideslu  i-li. 

IS  And  Arphaxad  begat  Shelah,  and 
Shelah  begat  Eber. 

lU  And  unto  Eber  were  born  two 
.sons:  the  name  of  the  one  »■«,<  ||  Pe- 
Icg;  because  in  his  days  the  earth 
was  divided;  and  his  brother's  name 
ictts  Joktan. 

W  And  liJoktan  begat  Almodad, 
anil  Shelepli,  and  Ilazarmaveth,  and 
Jerah. 

L'l  Iladorara  also,  and  XTzal,  and 
Diklah, 

'l'l  And  Ebal,  and  Abim;iel,  and 
Sheha, 

li.'l  And  Ophir,  and  Ilavilah,  and 
■Tobab.  All  these  were  the  sons  of 
Joktan. 

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24  IT  i  Shcm,  Arphaxad,  Shelah, 
2.5  k  Eber,  Peleg,Keu, 
21)  Serug,  Nahor,  Terah, 

27  lAbrani;  the  same  i!!  Abraham. 

28  The  sons  of  Abraham;  ""Isaac, 
and  "Ishniael. 

21)  TT  These  arc  their  generations: 
The  "firstborn  of  Ishmael,Nebaioth; 
then  Kedar,  and  Adbeul,  and  Mib- 

^A)  JSrishma,  and  Dumah,  Massa, 
II  Hadad,  and  Tenia, 

.'U  Jetur,  Naphish,  and  Kedemah. 
These  are  the  sons  of  Ishniael. 

82  TI  Now  Hhe  sons  of  Keturnh, 
Abraham'sconcubine:  shebare  Zim- 
ran,  and  Jokshan,  and  Medan,  and 
Midian,  and  Ishbak,  and  Shuah. 
And  the  sons  of  Jokshan ;  Sheba, 
and  Dedan. 

3.'!  And  the  sons  of  Midian;  Ephah, 
and  Eplier,  and  Henoch,  and  Abida, 
and  Eldaah.  All  these  arc  the  sons 
of  ICeturah. 

;M  And  1  Abniham  begat  Isaac. 
""The  sons  of  Isaac;  Esau  and  Israel. 

Vi'i  Tf  Tile  f^ons  of  '  Esau;  Eliphaz, 
Reucl,  and  Jeush,  and  Jaalani,  and 
Korah. 

'Hi  The  sons  of  Eliphaz  ;  Tenian, 
and  Omar,  ||  Zephi,  and  Gatani,  Ke- 
nnz,  and  Timna,  and  Anialek. 

.'i7  The  sons  of  Keuel;  Nahath,  Ze- 
rah,  Shanimah,  and  Mizzah. 

.'i-S  And  'the  sons  of  Scir  ;  Eotan, 
and  Shobal,  and  Zibeon,  and  Anali, 
and  Dishon,  and  Ezor,  and  Hishan. 

■'i'J  And  the  sons  of  Eotan  ;  Hori, 
and  !|  Iloniam;  and  Tiniua  was  Eo- 
tan's  sister. 

40  The  sons  of  Shobal;  l|  Allan,  and 
Manahath,  and  Ebal,  ||  Shephi,  and 
Onani.  And  the  sons  of  Zibeon; 
Aiah,  and  Anah. 

41  The  sons  of  Anah;  "Dishon. 
And  the  sons  of  Dishon;  1|  Amram, 
and  Eshban,  and  Ithran,  «»d  Che- 
ran. 

ii  The  sons  of  Ezcr;  Rilhan,  and 
Zavan,  an^l  ||  Jakan.  The  sons  of 
Dishan;  IF/,  and  Aran. 

4,!  TT  Now  these  aiv"  the  '^  kings  that 
reigned  in  the  land  of  Edom  before 
anil  king  reigned  over  the  children 
of  Israel;  Bela  the  son  of  Beor:  and 
the  name  of  his  city  wax  Dinhubab. 

44  And  when  Bela  was  dcmt.  .To- 
bab the  son  of  Zerah  of  Bozruh 
reigneil  in  his  stead. 

45  And  when  Jobab  was  dead,  IIu- 
if  tlu-  bind  of  the  Temanites 


reigned  in  hi. 
4(1    And    will 


•st.^id. 

n    llusham  was  dead, 

un    of    liedad,    whicli 


The  posterity  of  Judah. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


Jerahmeel's  posterity. 


smote  Slidian  in  the  field  of  Monb, 
reisncd  in  liis  stcnd:  nnd  the  name 
of  his  city  iccr^s  Avith. 

47  And  vhcn  llndad  wns  dead, 
Samlah  of  Mazrcknh  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

48  >  And  ^vhen  Samlnh  was  dead, 
Shaul  of  lieliolintli  l)y  the  river 
reigned  in  liis  stead. 

4'J  And  when  Sliaul  was  dead, 
Baal-hanan  the  son  of  Aclibor 
reigned  in  his  stead. 
50  And  when  Baal-hanan  was 
dead,  |1  Iladad  reigned  in  his  stead: 
nnd  tlie  name  of  liis  city  was  \\  l*ai; 
and  his  wife's  name  was  ftrelietabel, 
the  daughter  of  Matred,  the  daughter 
of  Mezaliab. 

.11  W  lladad    died   also.    And    the 
"dukes  of  Edom  were;  duke  Tim- 
nali,  duke  ||  Aliah,  diikc  .Tetlicth, 
Fi2  Duke  Aholibamah,  duke  Jilah, 
duke  Pinon, 

.5^1  Duke  Kenaz,  dulce  Teman,  duke 
Jlibzar, 

MDuke  Magdiel.dukelrnm.  These 
are  the  dukes  of  Edom. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  1710  sons  of  Israel.  3  The  pottcrUy  of 
Judah  bv  Tamar.  13  Tlie  children  of 
Jesuc.  18  I'hx  potterily  of  Caleb  the  ton 
of  Beiron.  21  Hezron's  potterity  by  the 
daughter  of  JUaehir.  £5  Jerithmeel'e 
posterity.  Si  Sheehan^B  posterity.  42 
Another  branchof  Caleb's  posterity.  60 
The  posterity  of  Caleb  the  son  of  Uur. 

THESE  arc  the  sons  of  l!  Israel ; 
"  Reuben,  Simeon,  Levi,  and 
Judah,  Issachar,  and  Zebnlun, 

2  Dan,  Josepli,  and  Benjamin, 
Naphtali,  Gad,  niid  Asher. 

.1  TT  Tlie  sons  of  !ijudah;  Er,  and 
Onan,  and  Sbelab  :  wtiich  three 
were  born  unto  liim  of  the  daughter 
of  •■  Sliua  the  Canaanitess.  And 
<l  Er,  the  firstborn  of  Judah,  wns 
evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Loito;  and 
he  slew  him. 

4  And  'Tamar  his  daughter  in 
law  bare  him  Pharcz  and  Zernh. 
All  the  sons  of  Judah  ircre  five. 

5  The  sons  of  fPharez  ;  Hezron, 
and  llaniul. 

6  And  the  sons  of  Zerah;  ||  Zimri, 
Sand  Ethan,  and  Ilcman,  and  C.al- 
eol,  and  ||  Dara:  five  of  them  in  all. 

7  And  the  sons  of  li  Carmi;  II  Aehar, 
the  troubler  of  Israel,  who  trans- 
gressed in  the  thing  i  accursed. 

8  And  the  sons  of  Ethan;  Azariah. 

9  The  sons  also  of  Hezron,  that 
were  born  unto  him  :  Jerahmeel, 
and  II  Ram,  and  II  Chclubai. 

10  And  Ram  k  begat  Amminadab; 
and    Amminadab    begat    N:ihshon, 

I  prince  of  the  children  of  Judah; 

11  And  Nabsbon  begat  II  Salma,  nnd 
Salnia  begat  Boaz, 

VI  And  Boaz  begat  Obed,  and  Obed 
begat  Jesse. 

18  II '"  And  Jesse  begat  his  firstborn 
Eliab,  and  Abinadab  the  second,  and 

II  Shimma  the  third. 


14  Nethaneel  the  fourth,  Raddai  the 
fitlh, 

15  Ozem  the  sixth,  David  the 
seventh: 

]li  Whose  sisters  were  Zeruinh,  and 
Abigail.  "And  the  sons  of  Zeruiali; 
Abishai,  and  Joab,  and  Asahel,  three. 

17  And  "Abig.iil  bare  Amasa:  and 
the  father  of  Amasa  was  \\  Jcther  the 
Ishmaelitc. 

18  IF  And  Caleb  the  son  of  Hezron 
begat  chiklrcn  of  Azubah  his  wife, 
and  of  Jerioth:  her  sons  are  these; 
Jcsber,  and  Shobab,  and  Ardon. 

Ill  And  when  Aznbnh  was  dead, 
Caleb  took  unto  him  PEphrath, 
whicl\  bare  him  Ilur. 

20  And  Hur  begat  Uri,  and  Uri 
begat  'I  Bezalccl. 

'A  H  And  afterward  Hezron  went  in 
to  the  daughter  of  ''Iilaobir  the  fa- 
ther of  Gilead,  whom  he  t  married 
when  ho  v:as  threescore  years  old; 
and  she  bare  him  Scgub. 

'I'l  And  Segub  begat  Jair,  who  had 
three  and  twenty  cities  in  the  land 
of  Gilcad. 

2.'> '  And  be  took  Geshur,  and  Aram, 
with  the  towns  of  Jair,  from  them, 
with  Kenath,  and  tlic  towns  thereof, 
c'TH  threescore  cities.  All  these  fce- 
hmrjed  to  the  sons  of  Machir  tlic  fa- 
ther of  Gilend. 

24  And  after  that  Hezron  was  dead 
!n  Caleb-epbratnh,  then  Abiah  Hez- 
ron's  wife  bare  him  '  Ashur  the  father 
of  Tekon. 

25  IT  And  the  sons  of  Jerahmeel  the 
firstborn  of  Hezron  were.  Ram  tlie 
firstborn,  and  Bunah,  and  Orcn,  nnd 
Ozem,  ai)d  Ahijali. 

21!  Jerahmeel  had  also  another  wife, 
whose  name  xrax  Atarah  ;  the  was 
the  mother  of  Onam. 

27  And  the  sons  of  Ram  the  first- 
horn  of  Jerahmeel  were,  Maaz,  nnd 
Jamin,  and  Eker. 

28  And  the  sons  of  Onnm  were, 
Shnnimai,  and  Jada.  And  the  sons 
of  Slinmmai;  Nadab,  and  Abishur. 

29  And  the  name  of  the  wife  of 
Abishur  jras  Abihail,  nnd  she  bare 
him  Ahbnn,  and  Molid. 

SO  And  the  sons  of  Nadnb;  Scled, 
nnd  Anpaim:  but  Seled  died  witli- 
out  children. 

ol  And  the  sons  of  Appaim;  Ishi. 
And  the  sons  of  Ishi  ;  Sliesh,an. 
And  "  the  children  of  Sheshan ; 
Ahlni. 

32  And  the  sons  of  Jada  the  brother 
of  Sbammai;  Jetber,  and  Jonathan: 
and  Jether  died  without  children. 

0.1  And  the  sons  of  Jonathan;  Pe- 
leth,  and  Zaza.  These  were  the  sons 
of  Jerahmeel. 

34  II  Now  Sheshan  had  no  sons, 
but  daughters.  And  Sheshan  had  a 
servant,  an  Egyptian,  whose  name 
t'v!s  Jarhn. 

.35  And  Sheshan  gave  his  daughter 
to  Jmha  his  servant  to  wife;  nnd  she 
bare  him  Attai, 

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about  1090. 


i.2s«m.2.18. 
oSSam  17.2i. 


|F,«.31,2. 
■N..ra.  27.  I. 


v32,41. 
L.  .1.  II. 
.  13.  SO. 


about  1471. 
t  ch.  4,  i. 


Caleb's  postetiti/. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


David's  soni)  and  siicce-ixom. 


C  H  U  1  S  T 
about  H71. 


■  .lu.lg   I    18. 
•  Jtc.  X.  2. 


.".«  Anil  AUui  bcjat  Nathan,  and 
N.itlinn  bcffafZalia:!, 

'■'•I  And  Zabad  begat  Eplilal,  and 
Eplilal  begat  Obcd, 

S8  And  Uljed  begat  John,  and  Jehu 
begat  Azarish, 

3a  And  Azariah  begat  llelcz,  and 
Hclcz  begat  Eleasah, 

40  And  Kleasali  begat  Sisaniai,  and 
Sisaniai  begat  ShaUiim, 

41  And  SbaUum  bepat  Jekamiah, 
and  .lekaniiaU  begat  Llisliaina. 

4:i  IT  Now  tlie  son.s  of  Caleb  the 
brother  of  Jerahmccl  nrre,  Meslia 
his  firstborn,  wliicli  U'a.<  tlic  fatlier 
of  Zipli;  and  the  sons  of  JIareshah 
tlie  father  ctf  Hebron. 

4.*?  And  the  Kons  of  Hebron;  Ko- 
rah,  and  Tappuah,  and  liekem,  and 
Shema. 

44  And  Plieina  begat  Kaham,  the 
father  of  .hirkoam:  and  llokem  be- 
gat ShaniMKii. 

45  And  the  eon  of  .Shammai  ivas 
Maon:  and  Maou  was  tlie  father  of 
Ceth-ziir.  _ 

4(j  And  iCpliah,  Caleb's  concubine, 
bare  Ilarau,  and  Moza,  and  Gazez: 
and  llaran  begat  Gazez. 

47  And  the  sons  of  Jahdai;  llegem, 
and  .lotham,  and  Geshnm,  and  Polet, 
and  Kphah,  and  Shaapli. 

48  Jlaacliali,  Caleb's  concubine, 
bare  Shehcr,  and  Tithanali. 

4'J  Slie  bare  also  Shaaph  the  fa- 
tlier of  ^ladniannah,  Siieva  the  fa- 
ther of  i\Iaclil)enah,  anil  tiic  iather 
of  Gibea:  and  tlic  dauglUer  of  Caleb 
was  y  Aehsa. 

50  H  These  were  the  sons  of  Caleb 
the  son  of  Hnr,  the  firstborn  of 
;:  Ephratah  ;  Sliobal  the  father  of 
Kiriath-jearim, 

.^I'Salma  the  father  of  Botli-lehera, 
Hareph  the  fatlior  of  Betli-gader. 

.52  And  Shobal  the  lather  of  Kir- 
jnth-iertriin  had  sons;  ||  Uaroeh,  <i»d 

1  half  of  the  Manahethites. 

5J  And  the  families  of  Kirjath- 
jearim;  the  Ithrites.  and  the  I'li- 
liitcs,  and  the  Shuuiathiles,  and  the 
IMishraitcs;  of  them  came  the  Za- 
reathitcs,  and  the  Eshtaiihtrs. 

54  Tlie  sons  of  Salma;  Hrth-lehem, 
and  the  Netophathites,  \\  Ataroth,  the 
house  of.Ioib,  and  half  of  the  Mana- 
hethites, the  Zorites. 

55  And  the  families  of  the  scribes 
wliich  dwelt  at  Jabez;  the  Tirath- 
ites,  the  Shimeathites,  ini,l  Suclia- 
thites.  These  arc  the  '■  Keiiites  tliat 
eanie  of  Heniath,  the  father  of  the 
house  of  "Kcchab. 

CHAPTER  in. 

I  Tha  soil,  of  Davitl.     10  //i»  line  to  Zcde- 
kiixh.     n  'Tha  lucceaaurt  of  Jeconiah. 

NOW  these  were  the  sons  of 
David,  which  were  born  unto 
him  in  Hebron;  the  firstborn  "  .\m- 
nnii,  of  Ahinonm  the  '■Jezreclitess: 
the  second,  ||  Daniel,  of  Abigail  the 
Carmelitcss: 
.%>6 


■-'  'J'he  thivd,  Absalom  the  son  of 
:Ma«ehah  the  diiight?r  of  Talinai 
king  of  Gc.'-hur:  the  fourth,  Adoni- 
jah  the  soil  of  llnggith: 

3  Tlie  filth,  Shephatiah  of  Abital: 
the  .si.xth,  Ithreaiii  by  '^Eglali  his 
wife.  * 

4  Thrxe  si.x  were  horn  unto  him 
in  Hebron;  and  ilthere  he  reigned 
seven  years  and  si.x  months  :  and 
'in  Jerusalem  he  reigned  thirty  and 
three  j'ears. 

5  fAnd  these  were  born  unto  him 
in  Jerusalem;  |(  Shiniea,  and  Slio- 
bali,  and  Nnthon,  and  Si^olomon, 
four,  of  II  Bath-shua  the  daughter  of 
II  Animiel: 

(i  llihar  also,  and  l|  Elishama,  and 
Kliplielct, 

7  And  Nogah,  and  Nepheg,  and 
Japhia. 

8  Anil  Elishama,  and  ||£liada,  and 
Eliphelct,  h  nine. 

y  T/icse  mre  all  the  sons  of  David, 
besides  the  sons  of  the  concubines, 
and  i  Tamar  their  sister. 

1(1  TI  And  Solomon's  son  wax  k  Ke- 
hoboani.  If  Abia  his  sou,  Asa  his  son, 
Jehoshajihnt  his  son, 

II  Jorani  his  son,  ||  Ahaziah  his  son, 
Joasli  his  son, 

li  Amaziah  his  son,  ||  Azariah  his 
son,  Jotham  his  son, 

I'l  Ahaz  his  son,  Ilezekiah  his  son, 
JLnuisseh  liis  son, 

14  Anion  his  son,  Josiah  his  son. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Josiah  tticrc, 
the  firstborn  ||  Johanau,  the  second 
llJehoiakim,  the  third  l|  Zedekiah, 
the  fourth  Shallum. 

II!  And  the  sons  of  Uehoiakim; 
llJeeoniah  his  son,  Zedekiah  "'his 
son. 

1711  And  the  sons  of  Jcconiah;  Assir, 
I  Salathiel  "his  son, 

18  Malehiram  also,  and  Pedaiah, 
and  Shenazar,  Jecuiniah,  Hoshauia, 
and  Nedabiah. 

III  And  the  sons  of  Pedaiah  were, 
Zerubbabel,  and  Sliimei  :  nnil  the 
sons  of  Zerubbabel  :  Meslinllam, 
and  Hananiah,  and  Shelomith  their 
sister: 

ai  And  Hashubah,  and  Ohel,  and 
Berechiah,  and  lius,idtah,  Jusluib- 
hesed,  five. 

L'l  .\ud  the  sons  of  Ilananiah  ; 
Pelatiah,  and  Jesaiah:  the  sons  of 
Ke|iliaiah,  the  sons  of  Arnaii,  the 
sons  of  Obadiah,  the  sons  of  Sheeli- 
aniah. 

2i  And  the  sons  of  Sliechaniah  ; 
Shemaiah:  and  the  sons  of  .Shema- 
iah;  "Hattnsh,  and  Igcal,  and  I!a- 
riah,  and  Neiiriali,  and  Shapliat, 
six. 

'Zi  And  the  sons  of  Neariah:  Elioc- 
nai,  and  )  Hezekiah,  and  Azrikani, 
tliree. 

1.'4  .\nil  the  sons  of  Elioenai  ircrc, 
Hodaiuh,  and  Kliashib,  uiid  Pclaiah, 
and  .\kkub,  and  Johanau,  and  Dala- 
iali,  and  Anani,  se\'eii. 


Of  Jahez,  and  his  prayer. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


The  posterity  of  Simeon. 


CHRIST 

Vim,  4c. 


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81.19 

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tneb 

Iftho. 

I  Thai  i-. 


CIIAPTEIl  IV. 

1,  U  r/ie  posterity  of  Jutlah  by  Caleb  the 
t:in  of  liur.  &  Of  Athtir  the  paslltu- 
vioui  son  of  nezron.  !)  Of  Jalei,  and 
hie  prayer.  21  The  posterity  of  tihctah. 
24  The  posterity  anrl  cities  of  Simeon. 
39  Their  coniuest  of  Gedor,  and  of  the 
Amatckitee  in  mount  iSeir. 

THE  sons  of  Judah;  "  Pharez,  Ilez- 
ron,  and  ||Carmi,  and  Ihir,  and 
Sl\ol)al. 

2  And  II  Rpaiah  the  son  of  Shobal 
be^at  Jahath  ;  and  Jalmth  begat 
Ahnmai,  and  I^ahad.  These  arc 
the  families  of  the  Zorathites. 

.".  And  these  urre  of  the  father  of 
Etam;  Jezreel,  and  Ishnia,  and  Id- 
bash:  and  the  name  of  their  sister 
n-ax  Ilazelclponi: 

4  And  Penncl  the  father  of  Gedor, 
and  Ezer  tlio  father  of  Hushah. 
TIie.se  ftrr  the  sons  of  l^IInr,  the 
tirs(l)nin  of  Ephratah,  the  fatlier  of 
Beth-lilicm. 

,5  IT  ,\nd  '  Ashur  tlie  father  of  Tekoa 
had  two  wives,  llclah  and  Nnarah. 

G  .\nd  N.iarah  bare  liini  Aliiizani, 
and  llepher,  and  Tcmeni,  and  llaa- 
hashtari.  These  wcif  the  sons  of 
Naarali. 

7  And  the  sons  of  llelah  u-cre, 
Zereth,  and  Jezoar,  and  Etlinan. 

.S  And  Coz  begat  Anub,  and  Zobe- 
bah,  and  the  families  of  Aliarhel  the 
son  of  Ilarnm. 

ill!  And  Jabez  was  ''more  hononr- 
ahlc  than  his  brethren  :  and  his 
mother  called  his  name  ||  Jabez,  say- 
ing. Because  I  bare  Iiim  with  sorrow. 

li)  And  Jabez  called  on  the  God  of 
Israel,  saying,  t  Oh  that  thou  would- 
cst  bless  me  indeed,  and  enlarge  my 
coast,  and  that  thine  hand  might  be 
with  me,  and  that  thou  wouldest 
f  keep  me  from  evil,  that  it  may  not 
grieve  me!  And  God  grau'tcd  him 
that  which  he  requested. 

11  IT  And  Chelub  the  brother  of 
Shuah  begat  Mehir,  which  was  the 
father  of  Eshton. 

12  And  Eshton  begat  Beth-rapha, 
and  Pasenh,  and  Tehinnah  the  fa- 
ther of  i|  Ir-naha.sh.  These  arc  the 
men  ot  Keehah. 

1^  And  the  sons  of  Kenaz;  '  Othniel, 
and  Seraiah:  and  the  sons  of  Oth- 
niel; llllnthath. 

14  And  Meonothai  begat  Ophrah: 
and  Seraiah  begat  Joab,  the  fatlicr 
of  f  thcll  valley  of  ||  Charashim  ;  for 
they  were  craftsmen. 

15  And  the  sons  of  Caleb  the  son  of 
Jephunnsh;  Iru,  Elah,  and  Naam: 
and  the  sons  of  Elah,  ||  even  Kenaz. 

1(!  And  the  sons  of  Jehalelecl;  Zii)h, 
and  Ziphah,  Tiria,  and  Asareel. 

!"  And  the  sons  of  Ezra  weic,  Je- 
ther,  and  Mcred,  and  Epher,  and 
Jalon  :  and  she  bare  Miriam,  and 
Shammai,  and  Ishbah  the  father  of 
Eshtemoa. 

18  And  his  wife  llJehudijah  bare 
Jered  the  father  of  Gedor,  and  llcbcr 


the  father  of  Soeho,  and  Jekuthiel 
tlie  father  of  Zanoah.  And  these 
are  the  sons  of  Bithiah  the  daughter 
of  Pliaraoh,  which  Slered  took. 

1!)  And  the  sons  ofhis  wife  ||  llodiah 
Hie  sister  of  Naham,  the  father  of 
Keilah  tlic  Garmite,  and  Eshtemoa 
the  Jtaaehathite. 

20  And  the  sons  of  Shimon  were, 
Amnon,  and  Kinnah,  Ben-hanan, 
and  Tilon.  And  the  sons  of  Ishi 
tcrrr,  Z'lheth,  and  Ben-zoheth. 

L'l  TT  The  eons  of  Shelah  i^thc  son 
of  Judah  were,  Er  the  father  of  Le- 
eah,  and  Eaadah  the  father  of  Ma- 
resliali,  and  tiic  families  of  the  house 
of  them  that  wrought  tine  linen,  of 
the  house  of  Ashbea, 

22  And  .lokini,  and  the  men  of  Cho- 
zeba,  and  Joash,  and  Saraph,  who  had 
the  dominion  in  Moab,  and  Jashubi- 
luhem.   And  tliene  are  ancient  things. 

2.3  These  were  the  potters,  and  those 
that  dwelt  among  plants  and  hedges: 
there  they  dwelt  with  the  king  for 
his  work. 

24  H  The  sons  of  Simeon  were, 
II  Nemnel,and  Jamin,  jiJarib,  Zerah, 
avtl  Shaul: 

2.")  Shalluni  his  son,  Mibsam  his  son, 
Mishma  his  son. 

2G  And  the  sons  of  Mishma;  llamu- 
el  his  son,  Zacchur  his  son,  Shiniei 
his  son. 

27  And  Shimei  had  sixteen  sons 
and  six  daughters;  but  his  brethren 
had  not  many  children,  neither  did 
all  their  family  multiply,  f  like  to  the 
children  of  Judah. 

2.S  And  they  dwelt  at  h  Beer-sheba, 
and  Moladah,  and  Hazar-shual, 

211  And  at  ||  Bilhah,  and  at  Ezcm, 
and  at  ||  Tol.ad, 

.'!0  And  at  Bethuel,  and  at  llormah, 
and  at  Ziklag, 

.31  And  at  Bcth-marcaboth,  and 
l|  llazar-susim,  and  at  Beth-birei,  and 
at  Sliaaraim.  These  were  their  cities 
unto  the  reign  of  David. 

;i2  And  their  villages  were,  ||  Etam, 
and  Ain,  Kimnion,  and  Tochen,  and 
Ashan,  live  cities: 

o.'5  And  all  their  villages  that  icere 
round  about  the  same  cities,  unto 
II  Baal.  These  teere  their  habitations, 
and  II  their  genealogy. 

34  And  Meshobab.  and  Jamlech, 
and  Joshah  the  son  of  Amaziah, 

;io  And  Joel,  and  Jehu  tlie  son  of 
Josibiah,  the  son  of  Seraiah,  the  son 
of  Asiel, 

30  .\nd  Elioenai,  and  J.iakobah,  and 
Jcshohaiah,  and  Asaiah,  and  Adiel, 
and  Jesimiel,  and  Benaiah, 

37  And  Ziza  the  son  of  Shiphi,  the 
son  of  Alton,  the  son  of.Tedaiah,  the 
son  of  Shimri,  the  son  of  Shemaiah; 

3.S  These  I  mentioned  by  their  names 
were  princes  in  their  tiimilies:  nnd 
the  house  of  their  fathers  increased 
greatly. 

3!)  TI  And  they  went  to  the  entrance 
of  Gedor,  eren  unto  the  c:ist  side  of 
3CT 


The  liihc  of  Reuben. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


The  chief  men  of  Gad. 


12  KId.  !■<.  8. 


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3. 

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Jt  IK 

Tl.5 
7. 

23. 

tlio  vnlley,  to  eeck  pasture  for  their 
llocks. 

■40  And  they  found  fat  pasture  nnd 
good,  and  tlic  lanil  wan  wide,  nnd 
quiet,  and  peaceable ;  for  tlit:ij  of 
Ilani  liad  dwelt  there  of  old. 

•11  And  these  written  by  name  came 
in  the  days  of  Ilezekiali  kin;?  of  Ju- 
dah,  and  '  smote  their  tents,  iinil  the 
habitations  th.it  were  found  there, 
and  destroyed  them  utterly  unto  tliis 
day,  and  dwelt  in  their  rooms:  be- 
cause there  wiis  pasture  there  for 
their  flocks. 

A'l  And  some  of  them,  even  of  the 
sons  of  Simeon,  five  hundred  men, 
went  to  mount  Seir,  liavin;;  for  tlieir 
captains  rdatiah,  nnd  Neariah,  iind 
Hephaiah,  and  Uzziel,  the  sous  of 
Jshi. 

4!  And  they  smote  k  the  rest  of  the 
Amalckites  that  were  escaped,  and 
dwelt  there  unto  this  day. 
CHAPTER  V. 

I  The  line  of  Reuben  (u'/io  lost  hia  lirih- 
rial't)  unto  the  enplivily.  •)  Their  hah- 
itatim  nnd  coni;ucHt  of  the  Jlcigaritei. 
U  The  chief  mcnanilhatiitatiani of  Oail. 
18  The  number  and  conf;uc»4  of  Keubtn, 
awl,  anil  the  half  of  Jtanatte'h.  23  The 
habitatione  and  chief  men  of  that  half 
tribe.    £5  Their  captivity  for  their  ein. 

NOW  the  sons  of  Reuben  the  first- 
born of  Israel,  (for  "  he  iraa  the 
tirstborn;  but,  f<>rasmuch  as  lie '> de- 
filed his  father's  bed,  *^  Ills  birthri;?ht 
was  Kiven  unto  the  sons  of  Joseph 
the  son  of  Israel:  and  the  penealocy 
is  not  to  ba  reckoned  alter  the  birth- 
risht. 

2  For  iljndah  prevailed  above  his 
brethren,  nnd  of  him  I'lanf  tlic  "chief 

II  ruler;  but  the  birthright  icas  Jo- 
seph's:) 

;;  The  sons,  I  fay,  of  f  Reuben  the 
firstborn  of  Israel  tccrr,  Ilanoch,  nnd 
I'allu,  Ilezron.and  Carmi. 

4  Tlie  sons  of  Joel;  Sliemainh  his 
son.  Go;;  his  son,  Shimei  his  son, 

.5  iilicah  his  son,  lieaia  his  son,  liaal 
Ills  son, 

(i  liecrah  his  son,  whom  ||  TilKith-  I 
pihieserkin^  of  Assyria  carried  away 
cii/iiirc:  he  was  prince  of  the  Reu- 
benites. 

7  And  his  brethren  by  their  fam-  I 
ilies,  Pwhen  the  Kcne:ilojy  of  tlieir 
;.'enerntions  was  reikimed,"  iivrc  the  I 
chief,  .Teiel,  nnd  Z.  ehnriah, 

5  And  licla  the  son  oC  A/.az,  the  son 
of  II  .'^hema,  the  son  of, loci,  who  dwelt ! 
in  l'.\roer,  even  unto  Nebo  nnd  I 
Jlaal-meon: 

!)  .\nil  eastwnril  he  inhabited  unto 
the  enterinp;  in  of  the  wilderness  I 
from  the  river  Kuphrates:  heeause 
their  cattle  were  multiplied  iin  the 
landoftiilead. 

U)  And  in  the  dava  of  Saul  thov 
made  war  k  with  the  lliii,'arite»,  who 
fell  bv  their  IkiihI:  nn.l  tliev  dwelt 
in  their  tents  1  tliron^-liout 'all  the 
east /nH(/of  Ciih'iid.  i 

3(>8 


11  IT  And  the  children  of  Gad  dwelt 
over  against  them,  in  the  land  of 
I  Hashan  unto  Salcah: 

12  Joel  the  chief,  and  Shapliam  the 
ne.\t,  and  Jaanai,  and  Shapliat  in 
13:isban. 

l.'j  And  their  brethren  of  the  house 
of  their  fathers  iceie,  Aliehael,  and 
MeshuUam,  and  Sheba,  and  Jorai, 
and  Jachan,  and  Zia,  and  Ilcbcr, 
seven. 

U  These  me  the  children  of  Abihail 
the  son  of  lluri,  the  son  of  Jaroah, 
the  son  of  Gilead,  the  son  of  Jlichael, 
the  son  of  Jeshishai,  the  son  of  Jahdo, 
the  sou  of  Buz; 

15  Ahi  the  son  of  Alidiel,  the  son 
of  Guni,  chief  of  the  house  of  their 
fathers. 

It!  And  they  dwelt  in  Gilead  in 
Rasiian,  nnd  in  lier  towns,  and  in 
all  the  suburbs  of  '"  Sharon,  upon 
f  their  borders. 

17  All  these  were  reckoned  by  gen- 
ealogies in  the  days  of"  Jothnin  king 
of  Judah,  and  inthe  days  of  "Jero- 
boam king  of  Israel. 

l.S  TT  The  sons  of  Reuben,  and  the 
Gadites,  and  half  the  tribe  of  AUnas- 
seh,  f  of  valiant  men,  men  able  to 
bear  bucklerand  sword,  and  toshoot 
with  bow,  and  skilful  in  war,  irerc 
tiiur  and  forty  thousand  seven  hund- 
red nnd  threescore,  that  went  out  to 
the  war. 

1'.)  And  they  made  war  with  the 
Ilagarites,  with  rjetur,  and  Xephisli, 
and  Nodab. 

M  And  "they  were  helped  against 
them,  and  the  Ilagarites  were  de- 
livered into  their  hand,  nnd  uU  that 
irere  with  them:  for  they  cried  to 
God  in  the  battle,  and  lie  was  en- 
treated of  them;  because  they  ''put 
their  trust  in  him. 

^1  And  they  f  took  away  their  cat- 
tle; of  their  e:imels  fifty  thousand, 
and  of  sheeii  two  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand,  and  of  asses  two  thousand, 
nnd  oft  men  a  hnndrcd  thousand. 

22  I'or  there  fell  down  many  slain, 
because  the  war  ua.i  of  God.  And 
they  dwelt  in  their  steads  until '  the 
cnptivitv. 

L':;  V  Aiid  the  children  of  the  half 
tribe  of  Manasseh  dwelt  in  the  land: 
they  increased  from  Hashnn  unto 
Baal-hcrmon  nnd  Senir,  and  unto 
mount  llermon. 

24  And  these  were  the  bends  of  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  even  F.pher, 
and  Ishi,  nnd  Kliel,  nnd  Azriel,  nnd 
Jeremiah,  and  Ilodaviah,  and  Jah- 
diel,  mighty  men  of  valour,  f  fumous 
men,  ami  heads  of  the  house  of  their 
fathers. 

25  Tf  And  they  transgressed  ngainst 
the  God  of  their  fathers,  nnd  went  n 
'whoring  afler  the  gods  of  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land,  whom  God  destroyed 
tiirore  them. 

'M  And  the  God  of  Israel  stirred  up 
the  spirit  of  "  I'ul  king  of  Assyria, 


The  sons  of  Levi. 


I.  CHRONICLES.   The  singers  appointed  hij  Damd. 


Boforo 
CHRIST 

about  74U. 


:1  Kii>ci6. 
2n.r.  J. 
ti  Sec  Eir»  7, 


tOr.  Eihni, 

:  Or.  l-.har, 
ver.  'J.  IS. 


and  tlie  spirit  of  "Tiljcatli-pilnfscr 
kins  ('•  Assyria,  niid  he  carrifd  tlifiu 
away,  cventlie  Kcubenites,  and  (lie 
Oaditt's,  and  tlic  lialf  trilje  of  Manas- 
Boli,  and  brouj;lit  tiieni  unto  ^llalah, 
and  llabor,  and  llara,  antl  to  the  riv- 
er Uozan,  unto  tliis  day. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1  T!ie  tone  of  Levi.  4  Tlie  Hn»  of  the 
pricttt  unto  the  captivity.  10  The  fiim- 
ilice  of  Gerihom,  Alerari,  and  Koliath. 
49  The  office  of  Aaron,  and  hie  lino  unto 
Ahiinttaz.  64  The  citiea  of  the  prieete 
and  Lcvilcs. 

THE  sons  of  Levi;  °||Gershon, 
Koliatli,  and  Mcrari. 
2  And  tlic  sons  of  Koliath:  Amram, 
l>lzliar,  and  Jlebron,  and  I'zzicl. 
ii  And  tlie  cliildren  of  Anirani;  Aa- 
ron, and  Most'S,  aud  Miriam.  The 
sons  also  of  Aaron  ;  ^  Nadab  aud 
Abihu,  Elcazarand  Ithaniar. 

4  V  Eleazar  begat  I'hinehas,  Phine- 
Iias  bepat  Abisliua, 

5  And  Ahishua  bej^at  Bukki,  and 
Bukki  begat  Uzzi, 

fi  And  tizzi  begat  Zerahiah,  and 
Zcrahiah  begat  Jleraioth, 

7  Meraioth  begat  Amariah,  and 
Aniari.ih  begat  Aliitub, 

8  And  <l  Anitub  begat  Zadok,  and 
*^  Zadok  begat  Ahiniaaz, 

y  And  Alumaaz  begat  Azariah,  and 
Azariah  begat  Johanan, 

10  And  Jolianan  begat  Azariah;  (he 
if  is  f  that  executed  the  priest's  office 
f  in  the  B  temple  that  Solomon  built 
in  Jerusalem:) 

11  And  li  Azariah  begat  Amariah, 
and  Amari;ili  begat  Ahitub, 

I-.'  And  Ahitub  begat  Zadok,  and 
Zadok  begat  ||  Shallum, 

l.'l  And  Shallum  begat  Ililkiah,  and 
Ililkiah  begat  Azariah, 

14  And  Azariah  begat  i  Seraiah,  and 
Scraiah  begat  Jehozadak, 

15  And  Jehozadak  went  info  cap- 
tiiifi/,  kwhcn  the  LoKD  carried 
away  Judah  and  Jerusalem  by  the 
hand  of  Nehuehadnezzar. 

Ifi  IT  The  sons  of  Levi;  1||  Gershom, 
Kohath,  and  .Merari. 

17  And  these  l>a  the  names  of  the 
rons  of  Gershoiu;  Libni,  and  Sliim- 
ci. 

IS  And  the  sons  of  Kohath  ii-cre, 
Amram,  and  Izhar,  aud  Hebron, 
and  Uzziel. 

19  The  sons  of  Merari;  IVIahli,  and 
Mushi.  And  these  arc  tlie  families 
of  the  Lcvites  according  to  their  fa- 
thers. 

20  Of  Gershom;  I.ihni  his  son,  Ja- 
hath  his  son,  '"  Zimmah  his  son, 

21  llJoah  his  son,  ||  Iddo  his  son, 
Zerah  his  son,  ||  Jeaterai  his  son. 

22  The  sons  of  Kohath;  ||  Ammina- 
dab  his  son,  Korah  his  sou,  Assir  his 
son, 

2."  Elkanah  his  son,  and  Ebiaeaph 
his  sou,  and  Assir  his  son, 

24  Tahath  his  son.  Il  Uriel  his  son, 
Uzziah  liis  sun,  and  Shanl  his  son. 
24 


2.5  And  the  sons  of  Elkanah ; 
"  Aniasai,  and  Ahimoth. 

20  ..-li! ybr  Elkauah:  the  sons  of  El- 
kanah; II  Zophai  his  son,  and  "Ka- 
hath  his  son, 

27  1'  Eliah  his  son,  Jeroham  his  son, 
Elkanah  his  son. 

21S  Aud  the  sons  of  Samuel;  the  first- 
horn  II  Vashui,  and  Ahiah. 

29  'J'lie  sons  of  Alerari;  Mahli,  Lib- 
ni his  son,  ShimcL  his  sou,  Uzza  his 
son, 

oO  Shimea  his  son,  Ilaggiah  his  son, 
Asaiah  his  son. 

ill  And  these  ai-e  they  whom  David 
set  over  the  service  of  song  in  the 
house  of  the  Loud,  after  that  the 
'lark  had  rest. 

.'52  And  they  ministered  before  the 
dwellingplace  of  the  tabernacle  of 
the  congregation  with  singing,  until 
Solomon  had  built  the  hooise  of  the 
IjOUd  in  Jerusalem:  and  then  they 
waited  on  their  ofhce  according  to 
their  order. 

uij  Aud  these  arc  they  that  |  waited 
with  their  children.  Of  the  sons  of 
the  Kohathites;  lleman  a  singer,  the 
sou  of  Joel,  the  son  of  Shemual, 

.■54  The  son  of  Elkanah,  the  son  of 
Jeroham,  the  son  of  Eliel,  the  son  of 
II  Toah, 

35  The  son  of  ||  Zuph,  the  son  of  El- 
kanah, the  son  of  Mahath,  the  son  of 
Amasai, 

30  The  son  of  Elkanah,  the  son  of 
II  Joel,  the  son  of  Azariah,  the  son  of 
Zephaniah, 

37  The  son  of  Tahath,  the  son  of 
Assir,  the  son  of  'Ebiasaph,  the  son 
of  Korah, 

."is  The  son  of  Izhar,  the  son  o'' 
Kohath,  the  son  of  Levi,  tlie  son  of 
Israel. 

."I'J  Aud  his  brother  Asaph,  who 
stood  on  his  right  hand,  even  Asiipli 
the  son  of  Berachiah,  the  son  of 
Shimea, 

40  The  son  of  Michael,  the  son  of 
Baasciah,  the  son  of  Malchiah, 

■U  The  son  of  '^Ethni,  the  son  of 
Zerah,  the  son  of  Adaiah, 

42  The  son  of  Ethan,  the  son  of 
Zimmah,  the  son  of  Shimei, 

4.3  The  sou  of  Jahath,  the  son  of 
Gershom,  the  son  of  Levi. 

44  And  their  brethren  the  sons 
of  Merari  stood  on  the  left  hand  : 
II  Ethan  the  son  of  ||  Kislii,  the  son 
of  Abdi,  the  son  of  JMalluch, 

43  The  son  of  Ilashnbiah,  the  son  of 
Amaziah,  the  son  of  Ililkiah, 

40  The  son  of  Amzi,  the  son  of 
Bani,  the  son  of  Shamer, 

47  The  son  of  Mahli,  the  son  of 
Mushi,  the  son  of  Mcrari,  the  son  of 
Levi. 

48  Their  brethren  also  the  Levites 
were  appointed  unto  all  manner  of 
service  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  house 
of  God. 

49  II  But  Aaron  and  his  sons  offered 
'upon  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering, 

369 


The  cities  of  the 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


priests  and  Lcvites. 


Befure 

C  II  it  I  S  T 

1441,  &o. 


Juih.  21.  lb. 
Ji»h.  21.10. 


and  "oil  tlie  nltar  of  iiiconse,  nml 
irrra  iipiioiiitrc/  for  all  till;  work  of 
the  /./(("■  most  holy,  and  to  iomUc  an 
atuncnient  for  Lsrat-I,  accordin;;  to  all 
that  Mosps  tho  servant  of  (jod  had 
conioKiMdcd. 

.'iO  And  these  arc  the  sons  of  Aaron; 
KIcazar  his  eon,  Phinchas  his  son, 
Ahisluia  his  son, 

.")!  liukki  Ilia  son,  Uzzi  hia  son,  Zer- 
ahiah  liis  son, 

.W  Meraiotli  his  son,  Aniariah  his 
son,  Aliitiih  his  son, 

.•i-'i  Zadok  his  son,  Aliimaaz  liis  son. 

M  H  '^  Now  tliese  are  their  dwellinp- 
places  tliroiifthout  their  castles  in 
their  coasts,  of  tlie  sons  of  Aaron,  of 
the  families  of  tlic  Koliathites:  for 
theirs  was  the  lot. 

55  y  And  they  gave  them  Hebron  in 
the  land  of  Jndah,  and  the  suburbs 
thereof  round  about  it. 

50  ''But  the  fields  of  the  city,  and 
the  villages  thereof,  they  gave  to 
Caleb  the  son  of  Jephunneh. 

57  And  ''to  the  sons  of  Aaron  they 
gave  the  cities  of  Judah,  niimrhi,  He- 
bron, the  ciftf  oi'  refuge,  and  l>ibnah 
with  her  suburbs,  and  Jattir,  and 
Kshtenioa,  with  their  suburbs, 

.W  And  ijllilen  with  her  suburbs, 
Debir  with  her  suburbs, 

51)  And  IIAshan  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Heth-shemesh  with  her  suburbs: 

(H*  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Uen.ja- 
min  !  Geba  with  her  snliurbs,  and 
II  Alometh  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Anathoth  with  her  snhnrbs.  All 
their  cities  tlirougbout  their  families 
(/■.Tf  thirteen  cities. 

01  And  unto  the  sons  of  Kohatb, 
''trfiirh  irrrr  left  of  the  family  of  that 
tril)e,  ircri:  rilh'S  qirrn  out  of  the  half 
tribe,  iinmrhi,  out  o/the  half  tribe  of 
Manassch, '  b.v  lot,  ton  cities. 

(W  And  to  "the  sons  of  (Jershom 
throughout  their  families  out  of  the 
tribe  of  Isaachar,  and  out  of  the  tribe 
of  Asher,  and  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Naphtali,  and  out  of  tlie  trihu  of  Ma- 
nasseh  in  Haslian,  thirteen  cities. 

(LS  I'nto  the  sons  of  .Mcrari  were 
rjiren  by  lot,  thronghout  their  fami- 
lies, out  of  tlic  tribe  of  KiMihen,  and 
out  of  tlie  tribe  of  (.iad,  and  out  of 
the  tribe  of  Zebuliin,  .1  twelve  cities. 

(14  And  the  children  of  Israel  gave 
to  the  lycvites  tUese  cities  with  tlicir 
suburbs. 

(>">  ,\nd  they  gave  by  lot  out  of  tho 
tribe  of  the  children  of  .Tudah,  and 
out  of  the  trilie  of  tlie  children  of 
Simeon,  and  out  of  the  trihc  of  tho 
eliililren   of  lieniumin,  these  cities. 


:ined  l>v  Ihrl 


families  of 
the  sons  of  Kohatli  Inul  cities  of  their 
coasts  out  of  the  tribe  of  lOphraim. 
(ir  fAnd  tliey  gave  unto  them,  of" tho 
cities  of  refuge,  .'^hechcm  in  mount 
Kphralm  with  her  suburbs:  they  gave 
also  Ge/cr  with  her  Buburbn, 
U3  And  Kjokineaiii  with  licr  sub- 
370 


urbs,  and  Beth-horon  with  her  sub- 
urbs, 

O'.l  And  Ajalon  with  her  suburbs, 
and  (Jath-rimmon  with  her  suburbs: 

ro  And  out  of  the  half  tribe  <,f  Ma- 
nassch;  Aner  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Bileam  with  her  suburbs,  tiir  the 
tUni.ily  of  the  remnant  of  the  sons 
of  Kohath. 

71  Unto  the  sons  of  Gershom  leere 
flireii,  out  of  the  family  of  the  half 
tribe  of  Manasseh,  Golan  in  Bnslian 
with  her  suliurbs,  and  Ashtaroth 
with  her  suburbs: 

72  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Issachar: 
Kedesh  with  her  suburbs,  Daberath 
with  her  suburbs, 

7.'i  And  Kainoth  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Anem  with  her  suburbs: 

74  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Asher: 
Mashal  with  her  suburbs,  and  Ab- 
don  with  her  suburbs, 

75  And  Ilukok  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Kehob  with  her  suburbs: 

7H  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  Naphtali; 
Kedesh  in  (ialilec  witli  her  suburbs, 
and  llammon  with  her  suburbs,  and 
Kiriathaim  with  lierBuhiirbs. 

77'llnto  the  rest  of  the  chililren  of 
Merari  irerc  i/nin,  out  of  the  trilie 
of  Zebulun,  Kimmou  with  her  sub- 
urbs. Tabor  with  her  suburbs: 

78  And  on  the  other  side  Jordan  by 
Jericho,  on  the  east  side  of  Jordan, 
irrre  yiren  them,  out  of  the  tribe  of 
Ileuben,  Bezer  in  the  wilderness 
with  her  suburbs,  and  Jahzah  witli 
her  suburbs, 

7'.l  Kedemoth  also  with  her  suburbs, 
and  Mephaath  with  her  suburbs: 

S)  And  out  of  the  tribe  of  (iad;  H.a- 
iiioth  in  Gilead  with  her  siilinrbs, 
and  Mahanaim  with  her  suburbs, 

.SI  And  lleshbou  with  her  suburbs, 

and  Jazer  with  her  suburbs. 

CIIAI'TEK  VII. 

1  The  sunt  of  Jiimchar,^  of  Uenjamin,  13 

of  JN"iij)/.«i(i,  14  of  Manmich,  20,  24  amt 

of  Ephrnim.    21  Tht  calamity  of  HpUra- 

i'm  lu  llie  men  of  Oath.    23  Jlcriah  is 

born,   ii  EphraiiiCt  habitatione.    'M  Tho 

NOW  the  sons  of  Issachar  vvrr, 
"  Tola,  and  ||  I'uah,  Jasliub,  and 
Shimrom,  four. 

'J  And  (lie  sons  of  Tola;  Uzzi,  and 
Uenhaiah,  and  Jcriel,  and  Jahmai, 
niul  Jibsam,  and  Shemuel,  heads  of 
their  father's  house,  to  k'iV,  of  Tola: 
the;/  were  valiant  men  of  might  in 
their  generations  ;  bwhose  number 
was  in  the  days  of  Diivid  two  and 
twenty  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Uzzi;  Izrahiah: 
and  the  sons  of  Izrahirih  ;  Michael, 
and  Ohadiah,  and  Joel,  Ishiah,  five: 
all  of  them  chief  men. 

4  And  with  them,  by  their  genera- 
tions, after  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
irere  bands  of  soldiers  for  war,  six 
and  thirty  thousand  titen:  lor  thoy 
liad  many  wives  and  sons. 

5  And  tlicir.brcthrcn  nmong  oil  Oic 


The  sons  of  Benjamin,  Naphtali,  I.  CHRONICLES. 


Manassch,  and  Ephraim. 


oil 

1  //». 

yham. 

|o 

.  /ri. 

.AHvam. 

N 

ra.'ir 

JH 

•  O 

n.  40 

2i. 

fl  Sam.  12.11. 


families  of  Issachar  uvre  valiant  iiiLn 
of  niisht,  reckoned  in  all  by  their 
Kenealogiea  fourscore  and  seven  thou- 
sand. 

G  H  TIic  sons  of  "  Benjamin  ;  Bela, 
and  Becher,  and  Jediael,  three. 

7  And  the  sons  of  Bela;  Jizbon,  and 
Uzzi,  and  Uzziel,  and  Jerinioth,  and 
Iri,  five;  heads  of  the  house  of  their 
fathers,  mighty  men  of  valour ;  and 
were  reckoned  by  their  genealogies 
twenty  and  two  thousand  and  thirty 
and  four. 

■S  And  the  sons  of  Becher;  Zemira, 
and  Joash,  and  Kliezer,  and  KUoe- 
nai,  and  Omri,  and  Jerimoth,  and 
Abi,ah,  and  Anathoth,  and  Alameth. 
All  these  are  the  sons  of  Becher. 

U  And  the  number  of  them,  after 
their  genealojjv  by  their  generations, 
heads  of  the  fiouse  of  their  fathers, 
mighty  men  of  valour,  wus  twenty 
thousand  and  two  hundred. 

10  The  sons  also  of  Jediael ;  Bil- 
han:  and  the  sons  of  Bilhan;  Jeush, 
and  Benjamin,  and  Ehud,  sind  Che- 
naanah,  and  Zethan,  and  Tharshish, 
and  Ahishahar. 

11  All  these  the  sons  of  Jediael,  bv 
the  heads  of  their  fathers,  miphty 
men  of  valour,  u-erc  seventeen  thou- 
sand and  two  hundred  sohlicm,  lit  to 
go  out  for  war  oiifl  battle. 

12  J  Shuppim  also,  and  liuppim,  the 
children  of  ||  Ir,  and  liusuim,  the 
sons  of  I]  Aher. 

13  H  The  sons  of  Naphtali;  Jahziel, 
and  Guni,  and  Jezer,  and  *■■  ShaUum, 
the  sonsof  Bilhah. 

14  IT  The  sons  of  Manassch ;  Ashriel, 
whom  she  bare;  (but  liis  concubine 
the  Aramitcss  bare  Jlachir  the  father 
ofGilead: 

15  And  Mflchir  took  to  wife  t!ie  si's- 
<c?' of  liuppim  and  Shuppim,  whose 
sister's  name  was  JIaachali  i)  and  the 
name  of  the  second )«!.«  Zelophehad: 
and  Zclophehad  had  daughters. 

l(i  And  jlaachah  the  wile  of  Machir 
bare  a  son,  and  slie  called  his  name 
Pcresh;  and  the  name  of  his  brother 
leas  Sheresh;  and  his  sons  icere 
t'lam  and  Bakem. 

ir  And  the  sons  of  TJlam;  fBedan. 
These  trerc  the  sons  of  Gilcad,  the 
son  of  Machir,  the  son  of  Mamisseh. 

IS  And  his  sister  Hamnuilcketh 
bare  Ishod,  and  B  Abiezer,  and  Jla- 
halah. 

I'J  And  the  sons  of  Shemidah  were, 
Ahian,  and  Sheehem,  and  Likhi, 
and  Aniam. 

20  H  And  lithe  sons  of  Ephraim; 
Shuthclah,  and  Bered  his  son,  and 
Tahath  his  son,  and  Eladali  his  son, 
and  Tahath  his  son, 

21  IT  And  Zabad  liis  son,  and  Shu- 
thclah his  son,  and  Ezer,  ami  Elead, 
whom  the  men  of  Gath  l/iat  were 
born  in  that  land  slew,  because  they 
came  down  to  take  away  their  cat- 
tle. 

22  And  Ephraim  their  fatlicr  mourn- 


ed many  days,  and  hi 
■  fiiii 


brctlircn  came 
to  comfort 

2.J  1\  And  when  he  went  in  to  his 
wife,  she  conceived  and  bare  a$on, 
and  he  called  his  name  Beriah,  be- 
cause it  went  evil  with  his  house. 

24  (And  his  daughter  was  Sherah, 
who  built  Beth-noron  the  nether, 
and  the  upper,  and  Uzzen-sherah.) 

25  And  Rephah  was  his  son,  also 
Resheph,  and  Telah  his  ton,  and 
Tahau  his  son, 

26  ]>aadan  his  son,  Ammihud  his 
son,  Elishamahis  son, 

27  II  Non  his  son,  Jehoshuah  his  son. 

28  T[  And  their  possessions  and  hab- 
itations tcere,  Beth-el  and  the  towns 
tliereof,  and  eastward  iNaaran,  and 
westward  Gezer,  with  the  1  towns 
thereof;  Sheehem  also  and  the  towns 
thereof,  unto  Gaza  and  the  towns 
thereof: 

21)  And  by  the  borders  of  the  chil- 
dren of  k  Slanasseh,  Beth-sheun  and 
her  towns,  Taanach  and  lier  towns, 
iMcgiddo  and  her  towns,  Dor  and 
her  towns.  In  these  dwelt  the  chil- 
dren of  Joseph  the  son  of  Israel. 

30  TI  '"The  sons  of  Asher;  luinah, 
and  Isuah,  and  Ishuai,  and  Beriah, 
and  Scrah  their  sister. 

31  And  the  sons  of  Beriah;  llcber, 
and  Malchiel,  who  ie  the  father  of 
Birzavith. 

32  And  llcber  betjat  Japhlet,  and 
"  Shonier,  and  Ilotham,  and  Shua 
their  sister. 

33  And  the  sons  of  J.iphlct;  Pasach, 
and  Bimhal,  and  Ashvath.  Tliese 
arc  the  children  of  Japhlet. 

3-1  .Vnd  the  sonsof  "Shamer;  Ahi, 
and  Hohgah,  Jehubbah,  and  Aram. 

35  And  the  sons  of  liis  brother  lle- 
lem;  Zophah,  and  Imna,  and  She- 
lesh,  and  Amal. 

;'.()  Tlie  sons  of  Zophah;  Suah,  and 
Ilarncplier,  and  Shual,  and  Beri,  and 
Imrah, 

37  Bezcr,  and  Ilod,  and  Shamma, 
and  Shilshah.and  Ithran,and  liecra. 

:)H  And  the  sons  of  Jether;  Jcpliun- 
neh,  and  Pispah,  and  Ara. 

3U  And  the  sons  of  UUa;  Arab,  and 
Ilaniel,  and  Rezia. 

40  All  these  icere  the  children  of 
Asher,  heads  of  their  father's  house, 
choice  anil  mighty  men  of  valour, 
chief  of  the  princes.  And  the  num- 
ber throughout  the  genealogy  of 
them  that  were  apt  to  the  war  «h(( 
to  battle  icas  twenty  and  six  thou- 
sand men. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 
1  The  fovB  and  chief  men  of  Benjamin. 
33  TIte  stock  uf  ^uul  and  Jonathan. 

NOW  Benj.imin  begat  "Bela  hia 
lirstborii,    Ashbel    the    second, 
and  Ahanih  the  third, 
a  Nohah  the  fourtli,  and  Rapha  the 
fifth. 

3  And  the  sons  of  Bela  were,  ||  Ad- 
dar,  and  Gera,  and  Abiliud, 
371 


Sons  and  clwf  men  of  Benjamin.  I.  CIIROXICLES.       Stock  of  Saul  and  Jonathan. 


Ii«r.>ro 
CHRIST 
HcKi,  io. 


•I  Anil  AbJsliua,  and  Naaiiian,  aii<l 
Ahuali, 

ft  Ami  Gcra,  and  ||  Shephuplian, 
and  lluram. 

(J  And  these  arc  tho  sons  of  Kliud: 
tliese  arc  tlie  licads  of  the  fiither«  of 
the  inliubitnnts  of  Gcha,  and  they 
removed  them  to  ii  Manaliatli: 

7  And  Naanian,  and  Ahiah,  and 
Gcra,  he  removed  them,  and  bejjat 
llzza,  and  Ahiliiid. 

8  And  Shaharaim  beg^t  chthlren  in 
tlie  conntry  of  Moab,  after  he  had 
s<'Mt  them  away;  ilushhu  and  Baara 
u-iTC  )iis  wives. 

II  And  he  be;;at  of  llodcsh  his  wife, 
J'lhah,  and  Zibia,  and  Meslia,  and 
.M:Uuham, 

I"  And  Jeuz,  and  Shachia,  and 
Minna.  These  KJrre  Iiis  sons,  lieads 
of  the  fathers. 

11  And  of  Uushim  he  begat  Abitub, 
and  Ktpaal. 

12  The  sons  of  Klpaal;  Elicr,  and 
.Misham,  and  Shamed,  who  Imilt 
(Jno,  and  l.,od,  with  the  towns  there- 
of: 

l."t  Brriah  also,  and  *"  Shemn,  w]\o 
tccre  lieads  of  the  fatliers  of  the  in- 
haliitantsof  .'Vjaliin,  wno  drove  away 
the  inhabitants  olGath: 

11  And  Aliio,  Shasliak,  and  Jero- 
nioth, 

I.*)  And  Zcbadiah,  and  Arad,  and 
Adcr, 

hi  And  Miehacl,  and  Ispah,  and 
.loha,  tlie  poMsof  lierialii 

17  And  Zebadiali,  and  MeshuUam, 
and  Hezel^i,  and  lleber, 

18  Ishmerai  also,  and  Jezliah,  and 
Jobab,  the  sons  of  Elpaal; 

I'J  And  Jakim,  and  Zichri,  and 
Zabdi, 

'M  And  Klienai,  and  Zilthai,  and 
Eliel, 

21  And  Adaiah,  nnd  Ueraiah,  and 
Shimr.itli,  tlie  sons  of  ||  .Shimhi; 

•21  And  Islipau,  and  IKlier,  and 
Kliel, 

2')  And  Abdon,  and  Zieliri,  and 
Il.inan, 

•>\  And  Ilananiuli,  and  Klam,  and 
Antothijah. 

■J.'i  And  l|>liedeiali,  and  I'cnucl,  tlic 
Konsof  Shaslmk; 

.\nd  Sliiiin.shcrai,  nnd  Shchariali, 


and  Athaliah, 


and 


'17   And  .laresiah,    and   Eliah 
Zichri,  tlic  sons  of  .leroliam. 

?8  Tliese  iircc  heads  uf  the  fathers, 
bv  tlieir  generations,  chief  im  d. 
These  dwelt  in  Jerns.iliiii. 

■J!l  Ami  at  (Jiheon  dwelt  tlic  || father 
ofGibeoii;  wliosc  li  wife's  name  was 
.Maachah: 

.'j(>  And  his  firstborn  son  Abdon,  and 
Zur,  and  Kish,  and  IJaal,  ami  Nadnb, 

:!1  And  Gcdor,  and  Aliio,  and  ||  Za- 

■•■1  And  Mikloth  beynt  ||  Shimeah. 
And  these  also  dwelt  with  tlieir 
bielhren  in  Jerusalem,  over  against 
them. 

373 


'X\  IT  And  "^Ner  begat  Kisli,  and 
Ivisli  begat  iSaul,  and  Sanl  begat 
Jonathan,  and  iMalchi-shua,  and 
''.'Vbinadab,  and  II  Ksh-baal. 

:i4  And  the  son  of  Jonathan  una 
\\  Merih-baal;  and  Merib-baal  begat 
ii.Mieah. 

.15  And  the  sons  of  Micah  wrrr, 
I'itlion,  and  Melech,  and  ||  Tarea, 
and  Ahaz. 

3i»  Ami  Ahaz  begat '» Jehoadah;  and 
Jclio^uUh  begat  Alemeth,  and  Az- 
maveth,  and  Ziniri;  and  Zimri  be- 
gat Moza; 

SI  And  !\Joza  begat  Binea:  i  Kapha 
was  his  son,  Eleasali  his  son,  A/.il 
his  son. 

•38  And  Azcl  had  six  Rons,  wlio.se 
names  are  these,  Azrikam,  Bocheru. 
and  Ishmael,  and  Slicarial',  and 
Ubadiah,  and  Ilanan.  All  these 
were  the  sons  of  Azel. 

.'!!!  Ami  the  sonsof  Kshek  his  brother 
tocre,  Ulani  his  firstborn,  Jehnsh  the 
second,  and  Eliphelet  the  third. 

40  And  the  sons  of  I'lam  were 
mighty  men  of  valour,  archers,  ami 
had  many  sons,  and  sons'  scpiis,  a 
hundred  and  fitly.  All  these  arc 
of  the  sons  of  Ceniamin. 

CUAP-TER  IX. 
1  TJtt  original  of  IsracCa    and  Judith's 

ffcneatoyiea.      2    The   Jur-relitrit.    In  the 

jtrientOt  H  and  tht  Lfvit.-e,  tvith  Scth- 

inim,    which    dwelt    i>l    JerunaUm.      27 
The  charge  of  certain  Lcvitea.    3i  The 

Hock  of  Saul  and  JoMilhan. 

SO  'all  Israel  were  reckoned  by 
-  genealogies ;  and,  behold,  they 
were  written  in  tlie  book  of  the  kings 
of  Israel  and  Jiidah,  w/io  were  car- 
ried away  to  Babylon  for  their  trans- 
gression. 

2  Tf  I)  Now  the  first  inhabitants  that 
tlwell  ill  their  possessions  in  their 
cities  ivere,  the  Isl■aeli^rs,  the  priests, 
Ijcvites,  and  '  the  Nelhiiiiin. 

.■i  And  ill  .iJenisalom  dwelt  of  the 
children  of  Ju:lah,  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Benjamin,  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Ephraim,  and  .Manasseh; 

4  Utliai  the  son  of  Ammihnd,  the 
son  of  Omri,  the  son  of  Iinri,  the  son 
of  Baiii,  of  the  children  of  I'harez 
the  son  of  Judah. 

a  And  of  the  Shilonitcs;  Asaiah  the 
firstborn,  and  his  sons. 

i>  And  of  the  sons  of  Zerah;  Jenel. 
and  their  brethren,  si.x  hundred  and 
ninety. 

7  And  of  the  sons  of  Benjamin; 
Sallu  the  son  of  Mcshullam,  tlie  son 
of  Ilodaviah,  the  son  of  llnsennah, 

8  And  Ibneiah  the  son  of  Jeroham, 
and  Elah  the  son  of  llzzi,  the  son  of 
iMichri,  and  Meshullam  the  son  of 
Shei'hathiah,  tlic  son  of  Keuel,  the 
son  of  Ihnijah; 

'.)  And  their  brethren,  according  to 
their  generations,  nine  humlred  ami 
litlv  and  six.  All  tliexe  imii  m  re 
chief  of  the  fathers  in  the  house  of 
their  fathers. 


The  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem.     1.  CHRONICLES. 


The  charge  of  the  Levites. 


.  11.  10. 
.  U.  11. 


]()  T  "^  And  of  the  priests;  Jcdalah, 
and  Jelioinrii),  and  JachiUf 

11  And  II  Azariah  tlie  son  of  Ililkiah, 
the  son  of  Mf.shnllani,  the  s<jn  of 
Zadok,  the  son  of  Sleraioth,  the  son 
of  Ahitub,  the  ruler  of  the  house  of 
God; 

lli  And  Adaiah  the  son  of  .Teroham, 
the  son  of  Pasliur,  the  son  of  Malelii- 
jah,  and  Maa-siai  the  sou  of  Adiel, 
the  son  of  Jahzerah,  the  son  of  Me- 
shuUani,  t)ie  son  of  Meshilleniith, 
tlie  son  of  Imnier; 

l.'i  And  tlicir  brethren,  heads  of  the 
iiouse  of  their  fathers,  a  tliousand 
and  seven  liundred  and  threescore; 
I  very  able  men  tor  tlie  work  of  the 
service  of  the  house  of  God. 

14  And  of  the  I.evites;  Sheniaiah 
the  sou  of  llasshub,  the  son  of  Az- 
rikaui,  the  son  of  Uashabiah,  of  the 
sons  (jf  Merari; 

1.5  And  liakbakkar,  lleresh,  and 
Galal,  and  Mattaniah  the  son  of 
.Micah,  the  son  of  Zichri,  the  sou  of 
Asaph; 

l(i  And  Obadiah  the  son  of  Shem- 
aiah,  the  son  of  Galal,  the  son  of 
Jcduthun,  and  liei-eeliiah  tlie  sou 
of  Asa,  the  son  of  KIkanah,  that 
dwelt  in  the  villanes  of  the  Netopha- 
tliites. 

17  And  the  porters  icere,  Slial- 
luni,  and  Akknb,  and  Talnion,  and 
.\hiinan,  and  their  brethren:  Shal- 
luin  »(i5  the  chief: 

15  Who  hitherto  waited  in  the 
king's  pate  ciistward :  they  xcert 
]>ortors  in  the  companies  of  tlie  chil- 
dren of  IjCVi. 

19  And  Shallum  the  son  of  Kore, 
the  son  of  Ebiasaph,  the  son  of 
Korah,  and  his  brethren,  of  the 
house  of  his  father,  tiie  Korahitcs, 
HTre  over  tlie  work  of  the  Ber\'ice, 
keepers  of  the  f  gates  of  the  taber- 
nacle: and  tlieir  fathers,  hcing  over 
tlie  host  of  the  Loiiu,  were  keepers 
of  the  entrj'. 

31)  And  fPhinehaa  the  son  of 
lOlcazar  was  tlie  ruler  over  them  in 
time  jiast,  <ind  the  LoKD  iLCis  with 
him. 

21  And  Zechariali  the  son  of 
Mesheleniiah  wtiA  porter  of  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  cou- 
y:  relation. 

22  All  these  which  were  chosen 
to  be  porters  in  the  gates  were  two 
hundred  and  twelve.  These  were 
reckoned  by  their  genealogy  in  their 
villages,  whom  *^  David  and  Samuel 
h  the  seer  1  did  ordain  iu  their  |!  set 
ottice. 

L'3  So  they  and  their  children  had 
the  oversight  of  the  gates  of  the 
house  of  the  IvOrd,  nawelt/,  the 
house  of  the  tabernacle,  by  wards. 

-4  In  four  quarters  were  the  port- 
ers, toward  the  east,  west,  north, 
and  south. 

20  And  their  brethren,  which  were 
iu  their  villages,  ware  to  come  i  after 


seven  days  liom  time  to  time  witli 
thciii. 

a;  For  these  Levites,  the  four  chief 
porters,  were  iu  their  |l  set  ofHce,  and 
were  over  the  ||  chambers  and  treas- 
uries of  the  house  of  God. 

2'  H  And  they  lodged  round  about 
the  house  of  God,  because  tlie  charge 
was  upon  them,  and  the  opening 
thereof  every  morning  2><:rtained  to 
them. 

2S  And  certain  of  them  had  the 
charge  of  the  ministering  vessels, 
that  they  should  t  bring  tlieiu  in 
and  out  by  talc. 

ti'J  Home  of  them  also  were  ap- 
pointed to  oversee  the  ves.scls,  and 
all  the  II  instruments  of  the  sanc- 
tuary, and  the  tine  flour,  and  t!ie 
wine,  and  the  oil,  and  tlie  frankiu- 
cense,  and  the  spices. 

.10  And  some  of  thu  sons  of  the 
priests  made  lithe  ointment  of  the 
spices. 

31  And  Mattithiah,  one  of  the 
I.ievitcs,  who  inui  the  firstborn  of 
Shalhim  tlie  Korahite,  liad  the  Ij  set 
ofHce  lover  the  things  that  were 
made  ||  in  the  pans. 

."2  And  other  of  their  brethren, 
of  the  sous  of  the  Kohathites,  "'^rc/'c 
over  the  I  shewbread,  to  prepare  it 
every  sabbath. 

33  And  these  are  "the  sinjiers, 
chief  of  the  fathers  of  the  lA'vites, 
who  rcmaiiuiif/  in  the  chambers  were 
free  :  for  I  they  were  emploj'ed  in 
that  work  day  and  night. 

.04  These  chief  fathers  of  the  Le- 
vites icere  chief  throughout  their 
generations  ;  these  dwelt  at  Jeru- 
salem. 

35  V  A-nd  in  Gibeon  dwelt  the  fa- 
ther of  Gibeon,  Jeliiel,  whose  wife's 
name  was  "Maachah: 

3(i  And  his  firstborn  son  Ahdon, 
then  Zur,  and  Kisli,  and  Baal,  and 
Ner,  and  Nadab, 

37  And  Gedor,  and  Aliio,  and 
Zechariah,  and  Mikloth. 

,!S  And  jlikloth  begat  Shimcam. 
And  they  also  dwelt  with  their 
brethren  at  Jerusalem,  over  against 
tlieir  brethren. 

.39  1' And  Ner  begat  Kish  ;  and 
Kisli  begat  Saul  ;  and  Saul  begat 
Jonathan,  and  Malchi-shua,  and 
Abinadab,  anil  Esh-baal. 

40  And  the  sou  of  Jonathan  was 
Merib-baal :  and  Merib-baal  begat 
Alicah. 

41  And  the  sons  of  Micah  were, 
Pithon,  and  Melech,  and  Tolirea, 
'^aiid  jhaz. 

42  And  Ahaz  begat  Jarah  ;  and 
Jarah  begat  Alemeth,  and  Aznia- 
veth,  and  Ziniri;  and  Ziuiri  begat 
Moza; 

4-3  And  Moza  begat  Binea ;  and 
Kephaiah  liis  son,  Eleasali  his  son, 
Azel  his  son. 

44  And  Azel  had  six  sons,  whose 
names  arc  these,  Azrikam,  JJoch- 
373 


Saul's  overthrow  and  death.         I.  CHRONICLES.       David  made  king  at  Ilebron. 


/..»JAi»i 


10.  k  i.  X 


cru,  and  Ishniael,  and  Slieariali, 
and  (^badiati,  and  Ilanan.  These 
were.  t)ie  sons  ot'Azel. 

CIIAl'TKK  X. 

I  SciiiCs  ot'crthrom  ami  death.  8  The 
J'hitiali/ica  triumph  ci'Cr  SaiU.  11  The 
kinitncBt  of  Jabenh.gilead  toward  Saul 
anU  hit  «on«.  lU  Saul'a  •in,  fur  tcftic/i 
(/id  kingdom  was  translated  from  him  to 
JJjviU. 

NOW  "the  Philistines  fought 
against  Israel ;  and  the  men 
iif  Israel  tied  tnnn  heforc  the  Phi- 
listines, and  (ell  duwn  1|  slain  in 
mount  Gilboa. 

2  And  the  Pliilistines  followed  liard 
aJ'tcr  Saul,  and  after  his  sons;  and 
the   Pliilistines  slew  Jonathan,  and 

II  Abinadab,  and  Alalehi-sluia,  the 
sons  of  Saul. 

.'!  And  the  battle  went  sore  against 
.Saul,  and  the  I  archers  t  hit  him,  and 
he  was  wounded  of  the  arehers. 

4  Then  said  Saul  to  his  armour- 
bearer.  Draw  thy  sword,  and  thrust 
me  through  therewith ;  lest  these 
nncireumeised  come  and  fj  abuse 
nie.  15ut  his  armourbearer  would 
7iot :  for  he  was  sore  afraid.  So 
Saul  took  a  swortl,  anil  fell  upon  it. 

.5  And  when  his  armourbearer  saw 
that  Saul  was  dead,  he  fell  likewise 
on  the  sword,  and  died. 

U  So  Saul  died,  and  his  three  sons, 
and  all  his  house  died  together. 

7  And  when  all  the  men  of  Israel 
that  irere  in  the  valley  saw  that 
tliey  fled,  and  that  Saul  and  his  sons 
were  dead,  tlien  they  forsook  their 
cities,  and  fled:  and  tlie  Philistines 
came  and  dwelt  in  them. 

.S  tl  And  it  came  to  pass  on  the 
morrow,  when  the  Pliilistines  came 
to  strip  tlie  slain,  that  they  found 
Saul  and  his  nous  fallen  in  mount 
Cilboa. 

U  And  when  they  had  stripped  him, 
thev  took  Ills  he;i"d,  and  his  armour, 
anctsentiiito  tlie  land  of  the  I'hilis- 
lines  round  about,  to  carry  tidings 
unto  their  idols,  and  to  the  "people. 

10  I.  And  they  put  his  armour  in  the 
house  of  their  gods,  and  fUstened  his 
h.'ad  in  the  U'mple  of  Uagon. 

11  V  And  when  all  .labesh-gilead 
bean!  all  that  the  Philistines  had 
done  to  Saul, 

IJ 'I'liey  arose,  nil  the  valiant  men.  I 
and  took  away  the  body  of  Saul,  and 
the  bodies  of  his  sons,  and  brought 
thcni  to  Jabesh,  and  buried  their 
bones  under  the  oak  in  Jabesh,  and 
fluted  seven  days. 

I.iir  So  Saul  died  for  his  transgres- 
sion which  he  )  committed  against 
the  I/OUI),  '^  eri'ii  against  the  word  of 
the  I.onn,  which  he  kept  not,  and 
also  for  asking. ■„„„>•,/ of  o»,'r/(.i/Ai/(/ 
u  familiar  spirit,  •>  to  iiii|,',ire  ul'il : 

14  And  imiuiicd  not  ol  the  I.OHD: 
tluTcfoie  be  slew  him,  and  ""turned 
the  kingdom  unto  David  the  son  of 
f  Jesse. 

374 


CHAPTER  XI. 

I  David  hy  a  general  content  is  made  king 
at  llcbrun.  4  tie  loinneth  the  cattle  of 
HioHfrom  the  Jcliutilea  liy  Joah'e  valour. 
lu  A  catalogue  of  JJavid^t  mighty  men. 

'"piIEN  "all  Israel  gathered  them- 
X  selves  to  l^avid  unto  Ilebron, 
saying.  Behold,  we  lire  thy  bone  and 
thy  flesh. 

'2  And  moreover  t  in  time  past,  even 
when  Saul  was  king,  thou  wic.-Y  he 
that  leddest  out  and  broughtcst  in 
Israel:  and  the  Loui)  thy  Ciod  said 
unto  thee.  Thou  shall  l|lifeed  my 
people  Israel,  and  thou  shalt  bo  ruler 
over  my  people  Israel. 

3  Therefore  came  all  the  ciders  cf 
Israel  to  the  king  to  Ilebron;  ami 
David  made  a  covenant  with  them 
in  Ilebron  before  the  Loitn :  and 
•^  they  anointed  David  king  over 
Israel,  according  to  the  word  of  the 
l>ouD  t  liy  'I  Samuel. 

4  IT  AndDavid  and  .all  Israel  "went 
to  Jerusalem,  which  is  Jehus;  fwhere 
the  Jebusites  were,  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land. 

.')  And  the  inhahitants  of  Jehus  said 
to  David,  Thou  shalt  not  come  hither. 
Nevertheless  David  took  the  castle  of 
Ziou,  which  is  the  city  of  David. 

(i  And  David  said,  Whosoever 
smiteth  the  Jebusites  first  shall  be 
fchief  and  cai>tnin.  So  Juab  the  son 
of  Zeruiah  went  llrst  up,  and  was 
chief. 

7  And  David  dwelt  in  the  castle; 
therefore  they  called  11  it  the  city  of 
David. 

8  And  he  built  the  city  round  about, 
even  from  Millo  rouiid  about:  and 
Joab  t  repaired  the  rest  of  the  city. 

1)  So  David  t  waxed  greater  *and 
greater:  for  the  Loiu>  of  hosts  was 
with  him. 

11)1  K  These  also  nie  the  chief  of  the 
mighty  men  wlmni  D;ivid  had,  who 
il  strengthened  themselves  with  him 
in  his  kingdom,  an,/  with  all  Israel, 
to  make  him  king,  according  to  lithe 
word  of  the  I, OKI)  concerning  Israel. 

U  And  this  is  the  number  of  tlte 
mijrhty  men  whom  David  had:  Ja- 
slnmeam,  ||n  llachmonite,  the  chief 
of  the  eaptJiins:  he  lifted  nphiss|>ear 
against  three  luindrcd  slain  by  liiui 
at  one  time. 

IJ  And  alter  him  i/-ns  Eleazar  the 
son  of  D.iilo,  the  Ahohitc,  who  leas 
<-i/cottlie  tlirce  mightics. 

l:i  He  was  witli  David  at  llPas-dam- 
niim,  and  there  the  Philistines  were 
gathered  together  to  battle,  where 
was  a  parcel  of  ground  fuUof  barlev; 
and  the  people  fled  from  before  tfic 
Philistines. 

II  .\nd  they  ||  set  themselves  in  the 
midst  of  lliiit  parcel,  and  delivered  it, 
and  slew  the  Philistines  ;  and  the 
l.ouu  saved  llicin  by  a  great  ||  deliv- 
erance. 

l.l  IT  Now  II  three  of  the  thirty  cnp- 
tuins  ■  went  down  to  tho  lock  to  Du- 


A  catalogue  of 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


David's  mighty  men. 


Before 
C  il  II 1  B  T 

W47. 


ISSun.  23.13. 


B  Or,  Skatn- 
I  Or.  Barod 
as'.ni.SS.JS. 


i.2>.2 


I  Or.  J/c&wi 


vid,  into  t!ie  c:ivc  of  Adtillani;  and 
the  host  of  the  I'hili.stinca  cnciimped 
^  in  the  valley  of  Kcplinini. 

]fi  And  David  j/vi.?  tlicn  in  the  hold, 
and  tlie  Phih.stines*  giirrison  K'(tc> 
then  at  Bcth-leheni. 

17  And  David  longed,  and  said.  Oh 
that  one  would  cive  nie  drink  of  the 
water  of  the  well  of  Ceth-lehem,  that 
is  at  tlie  Kate ! 

IS  And  the  three  brake  through  the 
hostof  the  Philistines, and  drew  water 
out  of  the  well  of  Ueth-lehem,  tliat 
was  by  the  gate,  and  took  i7,  and 
brought  it  to  David  :  but  David 
would  not  drink  of  it,  but  poured  it 
out  to  the  Doitn, 

I'J  And  said,  My  God  forbid  it  me, 
that  I  should  do  tliis  thing:  shall  1 
drink  the  blood  of  tlicsc  men  f  that 
have  put  their  lives  in  .ieopnrdy?  for 
with  the  jeoinrdij  of  their  lives  they 
brought  it :  therefore  he  would  not 
drink  it.  Those  things  did  these 
three  mightiest. 

20  IT  I  And  Abishai  the  brother  of 
Joab,  he  was  eliief  of  the  three:  tor 
lifting  up  his  spear  again.st  three 
hundred,  he  slew  thon,  and  had  a 
name  among  the  three. 

L'l '"  Of  the  three,  he  was  more  hon- 
ourable than  tlie  two ;  for  he  was 
their  captain  :  howbcit  lie  attained 
uut  to  the/<s(  three. 

l5  Benaiah  the  son  of  Jchoiada,  the 
son  of  a  valiant  man  of  Kabzetl, 
t  who  had  done  many  acts  ;"  he  slew 
two  lionlike  men  of  Moab:  also  he 
went  down  and  slew  ft  liou  in  a  pit 
in  a  snowv  day. 

2.3  And  lie  slew  an  Egyptian,  )  a 
man  of  ri>'C"t  stature,  five  cubits 
high;  and  in  the  Kgyptian's  hand 
!i'(/s  a  spear  like  a  weaver's  lieam; 
and  he  went  down  to  hiiu  with  a 
staff,  and  plucked  the  spear  out  of 
the  Ef^yptian's  h.ind,  and  slew  him 
with  his  own  spear. 

24  These  things  did  Benaiah  the  son 
of  Jehoiada,  and  had  a  name  among 
the  three  mighties. 

25  Behold,  he  was  honourable  among 
the  thirty,  but  attained  not  to  the 

iirst  three:  and  David  set  him  over 
his  guard. 

2()  IT  Also  the  valiant  men  of  the 
armies  icerc,  "Asahel  the  hnither  of 
Joab,  Elhauan  the  sou  of  Dodo  of 
Beth-lehcm, 

27 II  Shanimoththe  ||  Ilarorite,  llclcz 
the  llPelonite, 

28  Ira  the  son  of  Ikkesh  the  Tekoite, 
Abi-ezer  the  Antothite, 

21)  llSibbccai  the  llushathite,  ||  Ilai 
the  Ahohite, 

30  Maharai  the  Netophathite,  |l  Ile- 
led  the  son  of  Baonah  the  Netopha- 
thite, 

31  Ithai  the  son  of  Ribai  of  Gibeah, 
that  pertained  to  the  children  of 
Benjamin,  Benaiah  the  Piratbonite, 

32  fl  Hurai  of  the  brooks  of  Gaash, 
II  Abiel  the  Arbatliitc, 


.S3  Azinavcth  tlie  Baharumite,  Eli- 
ahba  the  Shaalbonite, 

34  The  sons  of  ||  Ilashem  the  Gi/o- 
nitc,  Jonathan  the  son  of  Sliage  the 
llararite, 

.'!o  Ahiam  the  son  cf  ||  Sacar  the 
Ihirarite,  l|  Eliphal  tlie  son  of  ||  llr, 

\K  Ilepherthe  Mccheratliitc,  Ahij.ih 
the  Pelonite, 

37  II  Uezro  the  Carmelite,  ||  Naarai 
the  son  of  Ezbai, 

38  Joel  the  brother  of  Nathan,  Hib- 
har  11  the  son  of  llaggeri, 

3'J  Zelek  the  Ammonite,  Naharni 
the  Berothite,  the  armourbearer  of 
Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah, 

40  Ira  the  Ithrite,  Gareb  the  Ithrite, 

41  I'riah  the  llittite,  Zabad  the  sou 
of  Alilai, 

42  Adina  the  son  of  Shiza  the  Reu- 
beiiite,  a  captain  of  the  Reubenites, 
and  tliirty  with  him, 

43  Hanan  the  son  of  Jlaachah,  and 
Joshaphat  the  Mitlinite, 

44  I'zzia  the  Ashteratliite.  Shama 
and  Jehiel  the  sous  of  Ilothau  the 
Aroerite, 

43  Jediael  the  ||son  of  Shimri,  and 
Joha  his  brother,  the  Tizite, 

4()  Eliel  the  Mahavite,  and  Jeribai 
and  Joshaviah  the  sons  of  Eiiiaam, 
and  Ithmah  the  Bloabite, 

47  Eliel,  and  Obed,  and  Jasiel  the 
Mesobaite. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  Tht  eomjmnica  that  came  to  David  at 
ZiAlnij.  23  Ilic  ariniea  that  came  to  Aim 
at  Ucbron, 

NOW  "these  are  they  that  came 
to  David  to  bZiklag,  t  while  he 
vet  kept  himself  close  because  of 
liaul  the  son  of  Kish:  and  they  werf 
among  the  mighty  men,  helpers  of 
the  war. 

2  They  were  armed  with  bows,  and 
could  use  both  the  right  hand  and 
'  the  left  in  hurling  stones  and  shoot- 
ing arrows  out  of  a  bow,  even  of 
Saul's  brethren  of  Bcn)aniin. 

3  The  chief  ud.i  Ahiezer,  then 
Joash,  the  sons  of  ||  Sheniaah  the 
Gibeathite;  and  Jeziel,  and  Pelet,  the 
sons  of  Azniaveth  :  and  Berachah, 
and  Jehu  the  Antothite, 

4  And  Ismaiah  the  Gibeor.ite,  a 
mighty  man  among  the  thirty,  and 
over  the  thirty;  and  Jeremiah,  and 
Jahaziel,  and  johanan,  and  Josabad 
the  Gedcrathite, 

5  Eluzai,  and  Jerimoth,  and  Bea- 
liah,  and  Shemariah,  and  Shepha- 
tiah  the  Ilaruphite, 

li  Elkanah,  and  Jcsiah,  and  Aza- 
reel,  and  Joezer,  and  Jashobeam, 
the  Korhites, 

7  And  Joelah,  and  Zebadiah,  the 
sons  of  Jerohain  of  Gedor. 

8  And  of  the  Gadites  there  separated 
themselves  unto  David  into  the  hold 
to  the  wilderness  men  of  might,  find 
men  \  of  war  Jit  for  the  battle,  that 
could   handle    shield   and  buckler, 

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to  David  at  Hebron. 


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I. 

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14. 

whose  faces  were  like  the  fiiccs  of 
Huns,  and  xceie  •!  | as  swift  as  the  roes 
upon  the  mountains! 
!>  Ezcr  tlic  lii-st,  Obadiah  the  sec- 
ond, Kliab  the  tliird, 

10  MishinannaU  the  fourth,  Jere- 
miah tlie  tifth. 

11  Altai  the  sixth,  Eliel  the  seventli, 
]2Johanan  the  eiglith,  Elzabad  the 

ninth, 

K!  Jeremiah  the  tenth,  Alaclibanoi 
tlic  eleventh. 

14  Tlieae  loere  of  the  sons  of  Gad, 
captains  of  tlic  host :  ||  one  of  tlie 
least  was  over  a  hundred,  and  tlie 
f;reatest  over  a  thousand. 

1.5  These  uie  they  that  went  over 
Jordan  in  the  first  month,  when  it 
had  J  overflown  all  his  "'banks;  and 
they  put  to  flight  all  iliein  of  the  val- 
leys, Uttli  toward  the  cast,  and  toward 
the  west. 

Hi  And  there  came  of  the  children 
of  Bcnjamiu  and  Judah  to  tlie  hold 
unto  David. 

17  And  David  went  out  1  to  meet 
them,  and  answered  and  paid  unto 
them.  If  ye  be  come  peaceably  unto 
nu!  to  help  nic,  mine  heart  shall  t  be 
knit  unto  you:  but  if  ye  fie  come  to 
betray  me  to  mine  enemies,  seeiufif 
t/icfc  /s  no  (I  wronjj  in  mine  hands, 
the  God  of  our  fathers  look  thereon, 
and  rebuke  it. 

15  Then  1  the  spirit  came  upon 
f  Amasai,  U'/io  ircis  chief  of  the  cap- 
tains, (tiid  he  ?(ii(l,  Thine  are  irt'j 
David,  and  on  thy  side,  thou  son  ot 
J«.sse:  peace,  peace  he  unto  thee,  imd 
peace  III'  to  thine  helpers;  for  thy 
(iod  lulpctli  thee.  Then  David  re- 
c<ived  them,  and  made  them  cap- 
tains of  the  band. 

Ill  And  there  fell  some  of  Manasseh 
to  David,  s  «'),(,„  ],e  ^ame  with  the 
Philistines  against  Saul  to  battle;  but 
they  helped  them  not:  for  the  lords 
of  the  IMiilistines  upon  advisement 
sent  him  away,  sflyiiij^,  li  lie  will  fall 
to  liis  master  Saul  t  to  the  Jeopard// 
of  our  heads. 

LH)  As  he  went  to  Ziklap,  there  fell 
to  him  of  Manasseh,  Adnah,  and 
Jo/.abad,  and  Jediael,  and  Michael, 
and  Jo7.ab:id,  and  Klilui,  anil  Zilthai, 
captains  of  the  thousands  that  xcere 
of  Manasseh. 

21  And  they  helped  David  llasainst 
ithc  band  o/"  the  rorers:  fur  they 
were  nil  mighty  men  of  valour,  and 
were  captains  in  the  host. 

22  For  at  that  time  day  by  day  there 
came  to  David  to  help  him,  until  it 
van  a  great  host,  like  the  host  uf 
{;od. 

2311  And  these  are  the  nnmhersof 
tlie  |lt  bands  lh<it  „;n-  ivailv  armed 
to  the  war,  «)/</  k  ,Miiie  to  f)aviil  to 
Hebron,  to  Muru  tlie  kingdom  of 
Saul  to  nim,  "'aceonliiit;  to  the  word 
of  the  I,i)i!l>. 

21  The  children  of  Judah  that  bare 
shield  and  spear  were  six  thousand 
37tS 


and  eight  hundred,  ie;idy  ||  armed  to 
the  war. 

2.5  Ofthechildren  of  Simeon,  mighty 
men  of  valour  for  the  war,  seNX'ii 
thousand  and  one  hundred. 

2(1  Of  the  children  of  l>evi  four  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred. 

27  And  Jehoiada  icas  the  leader  of 
the  Aaronites,  and  with  him  were 
three  thousand  and  seven  hundred: 

2S  And  "  Zadok,  a  young  man 
mighty  of  valour,  and  of  his  father's 
house  twenty  and  two  captains. 

2!)  And  of  the  children  of  Henjamin, 
the  1  kindred  of  Saul,  three  thousand: 
for  hitherto  t "  the  greatest  part  of 
them  had  kept  the  ward  of  the  house 
of  Saul. 

30  And  of  the  children  of  Ephraim 
twenty  thousand  and  eiglit  hundred, 
niiglity  men  of  valour,  I  Inmous 
throughout  the  house  of  their  fa- 
thers. 

.'il  And  of  the  half  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh eighteen  thousand,  which  were 
cxjiressed  by  name,  to  come  and 
make  David  king. 

32  And  of  the  children  of  Isaachar, 
P  which  were  men  that  had  under- 
standing of  the  times,  to  know  what 
Israel  ought  to  do;  the  heads  of  them 
veie  two  hundred;  and  all  their 
brethren  tvere  at  their  command- 
ment. 

33  Of  Zebulun,  such  ns  went  forth 
to  battle,  II  expert  in  war,  with  all 
instruments  ot  war,  fifty  thousand, 
which  could  ||  keep  rank;  theij  icere 
t  not  of  double  heart. 

34  And  of  Naphtali  a  thous:ind  cap- 
tains, and  with  them  with  shield  and 
spear  thirty  and  seven  thdiisand. 

.'15  And  of  the  Danit^s  expert  in  war 
twenty  and  eight  thousand  and  six 
hundred. 

:Mi  And  of  Aslier,  such  ns  went  forth 
to  battle,  II  expert  in  war,  forty  thou- 
sand. 

.'17  And  on  the  oth«r  side  of  Jordan, 
of  the  Keubciiites,  and  the  Gadites, 
and  of  tlie  half  tribe  of  Manasseh, 
with  all  manner  of  instruments  of 
war  fur  the  battle,  a  hundred  and 
twenty  thousand. 

.'VS  All  these  nun  of  war,  that  could 
keep  rank,  came  with  a  perfect  heart 
to  Hebron,  to  make  David  king  over 
all  Israel:  and  all  the  rest  nl.-o  of  Is- 
rael !t't7eofoue  heart  to  make  David 
king. 

31)  And  there  thoy  were  with  Da- 
vid three  days,  eating  and  drinking: 
for  their  brethren  had  prepared  lor 
them. 

■II)  Moreover  they  that  were  nigh 
them,  ereii  unto  l.isaehar  and  Zebu- 
lun and  Naphtali,  bnuight  bread  on 
asM's.  and  on  eami'ls,  and  on  mules, 
and  (Ml  oxen,««(/  Ij  meat,  meal,  cakes 
of  figs,  and  bunches  of  raisins,  and 
wine,  and  oil,  and  oxen,  and  sheep 
ahunduutly :  for  there  iy<«  joy  in  Is- 
rael. 


ITzza  in  smitten. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


The  Philistinct  defeated. 


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CIIAl'TEU  XIII. 

1  David  fctcheth  the  ark  with  great  6olem. 
nity  from  Kirjath-jeariiu.  'J  llzza  bvinn 
tmittcn,  the  ark  is  left  at  the  hoitise  of 
LH>eil  eilom. 

AND   David  consulted   with    tlic 
captainsof  tliijii.'^anils  and  luuid- 
reds,  ami  witli  every  leader. 

2  And  David  said  untu  all  the  eon- 
Kre;;ation  of  Israel,  If  it  f^rfrnt  ^ood 
unto  you,  and  t/iut  it  ha  of  the  I>oiu> 
our  God,  t  let  us  send  abroad  unto 
our  brethren  every  where,  llial  are 
"left  in  all  the  hind  of  Israel,  and 
with  thcni  tiUo  to  the  priests  and 
Levites  ivhich  are  fin  their  citie.s 
<tiHl  suburbs,  that  they  may  gather 
themselves  imto  us: 

3  And  let  us  (  brinp;  njjain  the  ark 
of  our  God  to  us:  I'tbr  wc  inquired 
uot  at  it  in  the  days  of  Saul. 

4  And  all  the  congregation  said  that 
they  would  do  so:  for  the  thing  was 
right  in  the  eyes  of  all  the  people. 

5  So  "^  David  gathered  nil  Israel  to- 
gether, from  il  Shihor  of  Egypt  even 
unto  the  entering  of  llematli,  to  bring 
the  ark  of  God  "from  Kirjath-jearim. 

ti  And  David  went  up,  and  all  Is- 
rael, to  (Baalah,  )hat  is,  to  Kiriath- 
.jearini,  which  belonged  to  Judali,  to 
bring  up  thence  the  ark  of  God  the 
Loiit),  Bthat  dwelleth  between  the 
cherubim,  whose  name  is  called  o)m7. 

7  And  they  f  carried  the  ark  of  God 
Il  in  a  new  cart  i  out  of  the  house  of 
Abinadab:  and  Uzza  and  jUiio  drave 
the  cart. 

8  k  And  David  and  nil  Israel  played 
before  God  with  all  tlicir  might,  and 
with  t  singing,  and  with  harps,  and 
with  psalteries,  and  with  timbrels, 
and  withcynibals,  and  with  trumpets. 

9  IT  And  when  they  came  unto  the 
thrcsliiugfioor  of  ||  Chidon,  Uzza 
put  forth  his  hand  to  hold  the  ark; 
for  the  oxen  f  stumbled. 

lit  And  the  anger  ol  the  Lord 
was  kindled  against  Ifzza,  and  he 
smote  him,  I  because  he  put  his 
hand  to  the  ark:  and  there  lie  ""died 
bel'ore  God. 

11  And  David  was  displeased,  be- 
cau.se  the  I.,oi:u  had  made  a  breach 
upon  I'zza:  wherefore  that  place  is 
called  I!  Perez-uzza  to  this  day. 

12  And  David  was  afraid  of  God 
that  day.  saying,  llow  shall  I  bring 
the  ark  of  God  Iwme  to  mel' 

l.j  So  David  )  brought  not  the  ark 
liDiiie  to  himself  to  the  city  of  David, 
but  carried  it  aside  into  the  house  of 
Obed-cdom  the  Gittitc. 

14  "  And  the  ark  of  God  remained 
with  the  family  of  Obcd-edom  in  his 
house  three  months.  And  the  l.oiio 
blessed  "the  house  of  Obed-cdom, 
and  all  that  he  had. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  mram'a  kimtneea  to  David.  2  Daviifs 
felicity  ill  jKulile,  wiveK,  and  chililrcil. 
y  JJia  two  victories  againat  the  i^liiiia- 
tinea. 


NUW  "Iliiam  king  of  Tyre  sent 
messengers  to  David,  and  tim- 
ber of  cedars,  with  masons  and  car- 
penters, to  build  him  a  house. 

2  And  David  perceived  that  the 
EoRu  had  contirmcd  him  king  over 
Israel,  for  his  kingdom  was  lifted  up 
on  high,  because  of  his  people  Ismel. 

.'i  11  And  David  took  i  more  wives 
at  Jerusalem  :  and  Da,vid  begat  more 
sons  and  daughters. 

4  Now  ''these  are  the  names  of 
Itis  children  which  he  had  in  Jeru- 
salem; Shammua,  and  Shobab,  Na- 
than, and  Solomon, 

,'>  And  Ibhar,  and  Elishua,  and 
Elpalet, 

I!  And  Nogah,  and  Nepheg,  and 
Jiiphia, 

7  And  Elishama,  and  ||  Bceliada, 
and  Eliplialet. 

H  T[  And  when  the  rhilistines  heard 
that  *^  David  was  anointed  king  over 
all  Israel,  all  the  IMiilistines  went  uj) 
to  seek  David.  And  David  heard  uf 
it,  and  went  out  against  them. 

'J  And  the  Philistines  came  and 
spread  themselves  <l  in  the  valley  of 
Kephaim. 

10  And  David  inquired  of  God,  say- 
ing. Shall  I  go  up  against  the  Philis- 
tines? and  wilt  thou  deliverthem  in- 
to mine  liandi*  And  the  Loi:i>  said 
unto  him,  Go  up;  ibr  I  will  deliver 
them  into  thine  hand. 

1 1  So  they  came  up  to  Bnal-perazim ; 
and  David  smote  them  there.  Then 
David  said,  God  hath  broken  in  upon 
mine  enemies  by  mine  hand  like  the 
breaking  forth  of  waters:  therefore 
they  called  the  name  of  that  place 
II  Baal-perazim. 

12  And  when  they  had  left  their 
gods  there,  David  gave  a  command- 
ment, and  they  were  burned  with 
lire. 

l.j  ^' And  the  I'hilistines  yet  again 
spread  themselves  abroad  in  the 
valley. 

14  Therefore  David  inquired  again 
of  God;  and  God  said  unto  him.  Go 
not  up  after  them;  turn  away  from 
them,  faiid  come  upon  them  over 
against  the  mulberry  trees. 

15  And  it  shall  be,  when  thou 
Shalt  hear  a  sound  of  going  in  the 
tops  of  the  mulberry  trees,  tlial 
then  thou  shalt  go  out  to  buttle ; 
for  God  is  gone  forth  before  thee  to 
smite  the  host  of  the  Philistines. 

l(i  David  therefore  did  as  God  com- 
manded him:  and  they  smote  the 
host  of  the  Pliilistines  from  ^  Gibeon 
even  to  Gazer. 
17  And  I'tlie  fame  of  David  went  out 
into  all  lands:  andthel.oitD  'brought 
the  fear  of  him  upon  all  nations. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
1  Dnviilf  7taving  prepared  a  place  for  Vie 
ark,  orderet/i  the  priests  and  Levitea  to 
bring  it  from  Obed-edotn.,  £5  He  per- 
formeth  the  solemnity  thereof  with  great 
juy.    2'J  Michul  Uespiseth  hitn, 

.?77 


The  ark  brought  from 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


the  house  of  Obed-edo<n. 


Before 
cult  I  ST 

1042. 


I  Ilcb.  Ilia 


Ich.  6.  33. 
lich.O.  39. 
lali  0.  II. 


AND  David  made  him  lioiises  in 
tlie  city  of  David,  ami  iircpurcd 
a  place  for  tlie  ark  of  God,  "and 
pitclii-dforitatent. 

2  Tlicu  J)avid  said,  1  None  ou^lit 
to  curry  tlie  iiarli  of  (iod  Ijut  tlie 
J^evitca  :  for  tlicm  liatli  tlie  1,oi!d 
clioscn  to  carry  the  ark  of  Uod,  and 
to  minister  unto  him  for  ever. 

?,  And  David  '^;;athered  all  Israel 
to^jctlier  to  Jerusalem,  to  brin^  up 
tlie  ark  of  the  I.oui)  unto  his  place, 
w  liicli  lie  had  prepared  for  it. 

A  And  Divid  assembled  the  chil- 
dren of  Aaron,  and  the  l.evites: 

r>  Of  the  sons  of  Kohath;  Xtriel  the 
chief,  and  his  ||  brethren  a  hundred 
and  twenty: 

(J  Of  the  sons  of  Merari;  Asaiah  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  two  hundred 
and  twenty: 

7  Of  the  sons  of  Gershom;  Joel  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  a  hundred 
and  thirty: 

S  Of  thcsonsofJElizaphuii;  Shem- 
aiah  the  chief,  and  his  brethren  two 
liundred: 

U  Of  the  sons  of  "^Hebron;  Eliel  the 
chief,  and  his  brethren  fourscore: 

11)  Of  the  sons  of  Uzzicl;  Ammin- 
adab  the  chief,  and  his  brethren  a 
liundreil  and  twelve. 

11  And  David  called  for  Zadok 
and  Abiathar  the  priests,  and  for 
the  Ix'vites,  for  Uriel,  Asaiah,  and 
Joel,  Shemaiah,  and  Kliel,  and 
Amininadab, 

12  And  said  <into  them.  Ye  ore 
the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  the  I.e- 
vitcs :  sanctify  j-onrselves,  hath  ye 
and  your  brethren,  that  ye  may 
brins  up  the  ark  of  the  Loud  God 
of  Israel  unto  the  place  that  I  have 
prepared  for  it. 

1.'!  For  I'because  ve  did  it  not  nt 
the  first,  sthe  Lord  our  God  made 
a  breach  npun  us,  fir  that  we  sought 
him  not  nftcr  the  due  order. 

M  So  the  jiriesls  and  the  Levites 
sanctitic<l  tli.'nisilves  to  brin;;  up  the 
ark  of  the  I.uiio  (iod  of  Israel. 

15  And  the  ehil.lien  of  the  l.evites 
bare  the  ark  of  God  upon  their 
shoulders  with  the  staves  tlicreon,as 
Piloses  comin.aiided,  according  to 
the  word  of  the  J>oi!i). 

10  And  David  spake  to  the  chief  of 
the  Lcvites  to  appoint  their  brethren 
to  Ik'  the  Binders  witli  instruments 
of  music,  psalteries  and  harps  and 
cymbals,  sounding,  by  lifting  up  the 
voice  with  joy. 

17  So  the  Lcvites  appointed  i  Ile- 
nian  the  son  of  Joel  ;  and  of  his 
brethren,  1.  Asaph  the  son  of  Bere- 
chiah  ;  and  of  the  sons  of  Jlerari 
their  brethren,  1  Kthan  the  son  of 
Kushaiah; 

IS  And  with  them  their  brethren  of 
the  second  ilr.ji-rr.  Zechariah,  lien, 
and  Jaar.iel,  and  Slu'iniramoth.  and 
Jehiel,  and  lliini,  Kliab,  and  Hena- 
iuh,  and  Xaaseiuh,  uud  Mattithiah, 


and  Elipheleh,  and  Mikneiah,  and 
Obed-edom,  and  Jeiel,  the  porters. 

I'J  So  the  singers,  lleinan,  Asaph, 
and  Ethan,  were  appouitat  to  sound 
with  cymbals  of  lirass; 

;*)  And  Zechariah,  and  ||Aziel,  and 
Shemiramoth,  and  Jehiel,  and  Unni, 
and  Eliab,  and  Jloaseiali,  and  15e- 
naiah,  with  psalteries  '"on  Aiamoth; 

21  And  Sl.attithiah,  and  Elipheleh, 
and  Mikneiah,  and  Obed-edoni,  and 
Jeiel,  and  Azaziah,  with  harps  ||on 
the  Sheminith  to  excel. 

22  And  Ghenaniah,  chief  of  the  Lc- 
vitcs,  \\v;as  for  tsong:  he  instructed 
about  the  song,  because  lie  was  skil- 
ful. 

23  And  Bercchiah  and  Elkanah 
irere  doorkeepers  for  the  ark. 

24  And  Shebuniah,  and  Jehosha- 
phat,  and  Nethaneel,  and  Aniasai, 
and  Zechariah,  and  IJenaiah,  aiul 
Eliezer,  the  priests,  "did  blow  with 
the  trumpets  before  tli*  ark  of  God: 
and  Obed-edom  and  Jehiah  were 
doorkeepers  for  the  ark. 

25  U  So  "David,  and  the  elders  of 
Israel,  and  the  captains  over  thou- 
sands, went  to  bring  up  the  ark  of 
the  covenant  of  the  Eoi;i>  out  of 
the  house  of  Obed-edom  with  joy. 

2<i  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  God 
helped  the  l.,evitcs  that  bare  the  ark 
of  the  covenant  of  the  l.omi,  that 
they  offered  seven  bullocks  and  seven 
rams. 

27  And  David  was  clothed  with  a 
robe  of  fine  linen,  and  all  the  Ec- 
vites  that  bare  the  ark,  and  the  sing- 
ers, and  Chenaniah  the  master  of  the 
II  song  with  the  singers:  David  also 
hati  upon  him  an  ejiliod  of  linen. 

28  r  Thus  all  Israel  brought  up  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  EoKi> 
with  shouting,  and  with  sound  of  the 
cornet,  and  with  trumpets,  and  with 
cymbals,  making  a  noise  witli  psal- 
teries and  harps. 

2'J  TI  And  it  came  to  pass,  '^as  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  l.oui) 
came  to  the  eitv  of  Daviil,  that  .Mi- 
ehal  the  dangh'ter  of  Saul  hu.king 
out  at  a  window  saw  king  David 
danciii';  anil  playing:  and  she  de- 
eiiised  nim  in  her  heart. 

CHAI'TER  XVI. 
1  Dal'uVs  fcstivnl  taeriflrc.  *  /To  ordcr- 
eth  a  choir  to  sirtfj  tfitinkSffiviti'j.  7  Tfie 
Jttatm  of  thanksgiving.  37  lU  appoint' 
eth  viint8ter8,  portcra,  pricttt,  and  mu- 
aiciant,  to  attend  continuattg  on  the  ark. 

SO  »thev  brought  the  ark  of  God, 
and  set  it  in  tlie  midst  of  the 
tent  that  David  had  pitched  for  it: 
and  thev  ottered  burnt  sacrilices  and 
peace  ofrerings  before  God. 

2  .Vnd  when  David  had  made  nn 
end  of  offering  the  burnt  offerings 
and  the  peace  offerings,  lie  blessed 
the  people  in  the  name  of  the  EoKD. 

;!  .Viid  he  dealt  to  every  one  of 
Israel,  both  man  and  woman,  to 
every  one   a  loaf  of   bread,  and  a 


psahn 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


of  thanksffiving. 


r.fn.  12.  17 

!  M.  3, 

■;..  7.15— 


pood  piece  of  flesh,  and  a  flason  of 
wine. 

4  V  And  he  nppointcd  rn-tnin  of  tlio 
Ijcvite-s  to  niitiistor  before  the  ark  of 
tlie  l>oi;i>,  and  to  brccord,  mid  to 
thank  and  praise  the  LoKD  God  of 
Israel: 

5  Asaph  the  chief,  and  next  to  liim 
Zecliariah,  Jeiel,  and  Shemiramotli, 
and  Jehiel,  and  JIattithiah,  and 
Ehab,  andUenaiah.and  Obcd-odom: 
and  Jeiel  f  with  psalteries  and  with 
liarps;  but  Asaph  made  a  sound  with 
cymbals; 

(J  Benaiah  also  and  JahazicI  the 
priests  witii  trumijcts  continually 
before  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of 
God. 

7  V  Then  on  that  day  David  de- 
livered "first  iJiis  jisahii  to  thank 
the  l^onD  into  the  hand  of  Asaph 
and  his  brethren. 

«  il  Give  thank.s  unto  tlic  l.oiin, 
call  upon  his  name,  make  known  his 
deeds  anion;?  the  people. 

U  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  un- 
to him,  talk  ye  of  all  his  wondrous 
works. 

lU  Glory  ye  in  his  holy  name:  let 
the  heart  of  tliem  rejoice  tliat  seek 
tlie  Lord. 

11  Seek  the  IjORU  and  his  strensth, 
seek  his  face  continually. 

12  Kcmembcr  lus  marvellous  works 
that  he  hath  done,  his  wonders,  and 
the  judgments  of  his  mouth; 

13  O  ye  seed  ot  Israel  his  serv- 
ant, ye  children  of  Jacob,  his  chosen 
ones. 

U  lie  in  the  I-onn  our  God  ;  his 
jud;;ments  arc  in  all  the  earth. 

13  Be  ve  mindful  always  of  his  cove- 
nant; tlie  word  winch  lie  commanded 
to  a  thousand  generations; 

l(i  Etenof  the  "^co!'t»«H<  which  he 
made  with  Abraham,  and  of  his  oath 
unto  Isaac; 

17  And  hath  confirmed  the  same  to 
Jacob  ibr  a  law,  uml  to  Israel  7br  an 
everlasting  covenant, 

I.S  Saving,  Unto  thee  will  I  give  the 
land  of  Cauaau,  1  the  lot  of  your  in- 
heritance; 

ly  When  ye  were  but  f  few,  'even  a 
few,  and  stranger.*  in  it. 

1*0  And  when  they  went  from  nation 
to  nation,  and  from  one  kingdom  to 
another  people; 

21  lie  suflered  no  man  to  do  them 
wrong:  yea,  he  6  reproved  kings  for 
their  sakes, 

22  Saying,  h  Touch  not  mine  an- 
ointed, and  do  my  prophets  no  harm. 

23  iSing  unto  the  l,oi;i),  all  the 
earth;  shew  forth  from  day  to  day 
his  salvation. 

24  Ueclare  his  glory  among  the 
heathen  ;  his  marvellous  works 
among  all  nations. 

25  lor  great  is  the  Loun,  and 
greatly  to  be  praised:  he  also  is  to 
be  feaVed  above  all  gods. 

20  Kor  all  tlic  gods  k  of  the  people 


are  idols:  but  the  Lord  made  the 
heavens. 

27  Glory  and  honour  are  in  his 
presence;  strength  and  gladness  arc 
in  his  place. 

28  Give  unto  the  J.,ord,  ye  kindreds 
of  the  people,  give  unto  the  Loi:u 
glory  and  strength. 

2'J  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory 
due  unto  his  name:  bring  an  ofter- 
ing,  and  come  betbrc  him:  worship 
the  Louii  in  the  beauty  of  holiness. 

."I)  Fear  before  him,  all  the  earth: 
the  world  also  shall  be  stable,  that 
it  be  not  moved. 

.'11  Let  the  heavens  be  glad,  and 
let  the  earth  rejoice  :  and  let  nun 
sav  among  the  nations.  The  Lord 
reigneth. 

.'12  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fulness 
thereof:  let  the  fields  rejoice,  and  all 
that  i.t  therein. 

33  Then  shall  the  trees  of  the 
wood  sing  out  at  the  presence  of 
tlie  Lord,  because  he  coiiieth  to 
judge  the  earth. 

."4  lO  give  thanks  unto  the  Lord; 
for  he  is  good;  for  his  mercy  cndur- 
clh  for  ever. 

35  '"And  say  yc.  Save  us,  O  God 
of  our  salvation,  and  gather  us  to- 
gether, and  deliver  us  from  the 
heathen,  that  we  may  give  thanks 
to  thy  holy  name,  and  glory  in  thy 
praise. 

3G  "Blessed  ?/c  the  Lord  God  of 
Israel  I'or  ever  and  ever.  And  all 
"the  people  said.  Amen,  and  praised 
the  Lord. 

37  If  So  he  left  there  before  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  Lord 
Asaph  and  his  brethren,  to  minister 
before  the  ark  continually,  as  every 
day's  work  required: 

38  And  Obed-edom  with  their 
brethren,  threescore  and  eight ; 
Obed-edom  also  the  son  of  Jedu- 
thun  and  Ilosah  to  be  porters: 

3'J  And  Zadok  the  priest,  and  his 
brethren  the  priests,  P  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  Lord  'Un  the 
high  place  that  iccw  at  Gibeon, 

4IJ  To  otier  burnt  offerings  unto 
the  Lord  upon  the  altar  of  the 
burnt  ottering  continually  ■'t morn- 
ing and  evening,  and  to  do  accord- 
ing to  all  that  IS  written  in  the  law 
of  the  Lord,  which  he  commanded 
Israel; 

41  And  with  them  TTeman  and  Jcdu- 
thun,  and  the  rest  that  were  chosen, 
who  were  expressed  by  name,  to  give 
thanks  to  the  Lord",  "because  his 
merev  cndnreth  forever; 

42  And  with  them  Ilcman  and 
.Teduthun  with  trumpets  and  cym- 
bals for  those  that  should  make  a 
sound,  and  with  musical  instru- 
ments of  God.  And  the  sons  of 
Joduthun  icrre  t  porters. 

43  >  And  ell  the  people  departed 
every  man  to  his  house:  and  Da- 
vid returned  to  bless  his  house. 

37a 


God'x  proinises  to  David. 


I.  CHRONICLES.      Uis  prayer  and  thanksgimng. 


Bcforo 
C  11  KIST 
about  1042. 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

1  Nathan  first  apjiroving  tha  pitrpoRe  of 
IhiviU,  to  buiU  Clod  a  /.ounii.  a  a/tc'i 
by  tha  tmrd  of  Oud  forbidilelh  him.  i: 
He  promtBeth  him  hleasinga  and  benefit' 
in  hit  Bccd.  10  l>aviU'e  prayer  and 
thanfcegiving, 

"V[OW  "it  came  to  pass,  ns  David 
i,l  sat  in  liis  liouse,  that  Divid 
said  to  Nathan  the  prophet,  ]>o,  I 
dwell  in  a  house  of  cedars,  but  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  tlie  Loitu 
rcmuiaelh  under  curtains. 

2  Then  Nathan  said  unto  David, 
Do  all  that  is  in  thine  heart ;  for 
Uod  is  with  thee. 

;!  TI  And  it  came  to  pass  the  same 
ni;;ht,  that  the  word  of  God  cauie 
to  Nathan,  sayinff, 

4  Go  and  tell  l3avid  my  servant. 
Thus  saith  the  I-oi;n,  Thou  shalt 
not  build  me  a  house  to  dwell  in : 

5  For  I  have  not  dwelt  in  a  house 
since  the  day  that  I  brought  up  Is- 
rael unto  this  day;  butt  nave  Rone 
from  tent  to  tent,  and  from  one  taber- 
nacle lo  tmolUcr. 

0  Wheresoever  1  have  walked  with 
all  Israel,  spake  I  a  word  to  any  of 
the  jud;;es  of  Israel,  whom  I  com- 
manded to  ft'Cd  my  people,  saying. 
Why  have  ye  not  built  me  a  house 
of  cedars? 

7  Now  therefore  thus  shalt  thou 
say  unto  my  servant  David,  Thus 
saitli  the  Lord  of  hosts,  I  took 
tliee  from  the  shecpcote,  even 
tfrom  following  the  sheep,  that 
thou  shouldest  be  ruler  over  my 
lieople  Israel: 

S  And  I  have  been  with  thee 
whithersoever  thou  hast  walked, 
and  have  cut  off  all  thiiio  enemies 
from  before  thee,  and  have  maile 
thee  a  name  like  the  name  of  the 
Sreat  men  that  ore  in  the  earth. 

1)  Also  I  will  ordain  a  place  for  my 
people  Israel,  and  will  jilant  them, 
and  they  shall  dwell  in  their  place, 
and  shall  l)0  moved  no  more:  nei- 
ther shall  the  children  of  wickedness 
waste  them  any  more,  as  at  the  be- 
ginning, 

10  And  since  the  time  that  I  com- 
manded judges  to  III!  over  my  ]h<i- 
lile  Israel.  Jloreorer  1  will  subdue 
all  thine  enemies.  Furthermore  I 
tell  thee,  that  the  I.OHD  will  build 
thee  a  house. 

11  TI  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
when  thvdavslic  expired  that  thou 
must  BoVo  te  with  tliv  fathers,  that 
I  will  raise  np  thy  seed  utter  thee, 
which  shall  be  of  thv  sons;  oud  I 
will  .  stalilish  his  kingdom. 

IJ  lie  shall  build  me  a  house,  and  I 
willstal.lish  his  throne  li.r  ever. 

l;!  Ii  1  will  be  his  father,  and  he  uhall 
be  my  ton:  ami  I  will  not  take  my 
mercy  nwny  from  him,  as  I  took  il 
from  him  that  was  beti)re  thee: 

M  Hut  '1  will  settle  him  in  mine 
house  and  in  my  kingdom  for  ever; 
3tJU 


and  his  throne  shall  be  established 
for  evermore. 

15  According  to  all  these  words,  and 
according  to  all  this  vision,  so  did 
Nathan  speak  unto  David. 

10  U  d  And  David  the  king  came  and 
sat  before  the  l/ORi>,  and  said.  Who 
am  I,  O  Loud  God,  and  what  i.<  mine 
house,  that  thou  hast  brought  me 
hitherto? 

17  And  !/<:(  this  was  a  small  thing  in 
thine  eyes,  O  God ;  for  tliou  hast  ulsti 
spoken  of  thy  servant's  house  for  a 
great  while  to  come,  and  hast  regard- 
ed me  according  to  the  estate  of  a 
man  of  high  degree,  O  I.,oiiD  God. 

IS  What  can  David  speak  more  to 
thee  for  the  honour  of  thy  servant? 
for  thou  knowest  thy  servant. 

lUOLoitD,  for  thy  servant's  sake, 
and  according  to  tliine  own  lieart, 
hast  thou  done  all  this  greatness,  in 
making  known  alU/ici-'etK'"f''' things. 

'20  O  Lord,  l/ieie  is  none  like  thee, 
neither  is  tliere  auij  God  besides 
thee,  according  to  all  that  we  have 
heard  with  our  cars. 

21  And  what  one  nation  in  the  earth 
IS  like  thy  people  Israel,  whom  God 
went  to  redeem  lo  Ut  his  own  i)eople, 
to  make  thee  a  name  of  grcituess 
and  terribleness,  by  driving  out  na- 
tions from  bclbre  thy  people,  whom 
thou  hast  redeemed  out  of  ICgypt? 

2J  For  thy  people  Israel  didst  thou 
make  thine  own  people  lor  ever:  and 
thou,  LoitD,  becumest  their  God. 

23  Therefore  now,  LoiiD,  let  the 
thing  that  tliou  hast  spoken  concern- 
ing thy  servant  and  concerning  liis 
house  be  established  lor  ever,  and 
do  as  thou  hast  said. 

24  I>et  it  even  be  established,  that 
thy  name  may  be  magnilied  for  ever, 
saying.  The  LoKD  of  hosts  is  the 
God  of  Israel,  even  a  God  to  Israel: 
and  let  the  house  of  David  thy  serv- 
ant ?«;  established  beli>ie  tlice. 

2.5  For  thou,  O  niv  God,  (  hast  told 
thy  servant  that  thou  wilt  build  him 
a  house:  therefore  thy  servant  hath 
found  in  liis  heart  to  pray  before  thee. 
2H  And  now,  l.<ii:I>,  thou  art  God, 
and  hast  promised  this  gooducss  un- 
to thv  servant: 

27  Kow  therefore  ||  let  it  please  thee 
to  bless  the  house  of  thy  servant, 
that  it  mav  be  before  thee  for  ever: 
lor  thou  blessest,  I)  l.oKD,  and  it 
aliall  be  blessed  for  ever. 

CII.VPTER  XVIII. 
I  Itavii  tubductK  the  I'hUiitinet  and  the 
.Viiabilei.  3  Ue  tmiteth  Uadarezer  and 
the  Syrian:  9  Tou  tendeth  Uadaram 
with  vretentt  to  lleee  David.  11  Tlu 
prctenta  and  the  epoil  David  dedicateth 
to  Hod.  13  lie  putleth  garri4ont  in 
Edom.    14  David'e  o^cerM, 

N'OW  after  this  "it  came  to  pass, 
that  David  smote  the  I'hilisliues, 
and  subdued  them,  and  took  Gath 
and  her  towns  out  of  the  hand  of  the 
Philistines. 


Vavid  suhdmth  his  enemies.        1.  CHRONICLES. 


He  scndeth  to  Hanun. 


'1  And  he  smote  Moab  ;  and  the 
Moahitcs  became  David's  servants, 
and  brought  gifts. 

.".  IT  And  David  smote  ||  Iladarczer 
kins  of  Zobah  unto  Hamatli,  as  )ie 
went  to  stablish  his  dominion  by  the 
river  Euphrates. 

4  And  David  took  from  liim  a  thou- 
sand ehariots,  and  h  seven  thousand 
liorscmen,  and  twenty  thousand  foot- 
men :  David  also  liou^hed  all  tlie 
chariot  horses,  but  reserved  of  them 
a  hundred  chariots. 

SAnd  when  the  Svriansof  tDamas- 
cus  came  to  help  Iladarczer  king  of 
Zobah,  David  slew  of  the  Syrians 
two  and  twenty  thousand  men. 

6  Then  David  put  gan-isons  in 
Syria-damascns;  and  the  Syrians  be- 
came David's  servants,  <nut  broui^ht 
sifts.  Thus  the  J.oKD  preserved 
David  whithersoever  he  went. 

7  And  David  took  tlie  shields  of 
sold  that  were  on  the  servants  of 
lladarezcr,  and  brought  them  to  Je- 
rusalem. 

8  Likewise  from  ||Tibhath,  and 
from  Chun,  cities  of  lladarezcr, 
brought  David  very  much  brass, 
wherewith  *■  Solomon  made  the 
brazen  sea,  and  the  pillars,  and  the 
vessels  of  brass. 

9  IT  Now  when  II  Ton  kin;;  of  Ua- 
math  heard  how  David  had  smitten 
all  the  host  of  lladarezcr  king  of 
Zobah; 

10  lie  sent  ||  lladoram  his  son  to 
kinj;  David,  ||  to  inqiiire  of  his  wel- 
fare, and  t  to  consrutulate  him,  be- 
cause he  had  fought  against  lladare- 
zcr, and  smitten  him;  (lor  lladare- 
zcr thad  war  with  Ton;)  and  uitli 
him  all  manner  of  vessels  of  gold  and 
silver  and  brass. 

11  TT  Them  also  king  David  dedicat- 
ed unto  tlie  l.OKD,  with  the  silver 
and  tlic  gold  that  he  brought  from 
all  these  nations;  from  F.dom,  and 
from  Moab,  and  from  tlic  children 
of  Animon,  and  from  the  Philistines, 
and  from  Amalck. 

12  Moreover,  t  Abishai  the  son  of 
Zcruiah  slew  of  the  Kdomites  in  the 
valley  of  suit  '1  eighteen  thousand. 

13  ir  'And  lie  put  garrisons  in 
Edom;  and  .all  tlie  Kilomites  became 
David's  servants.  Thus  the  LOHD 
preserved  David  whithersoever  he 
went. 

li  U  So  David  reigned  over  all  Is- 
rael, and  executed  judgment  and 
justice  among  all  his  people. 

15  And  Joab  the  son  of  Zcrxiiah  was 
over  the  host;  and  Jchoshaphat  the 
son  of  Ahilud,  ||  recorder; 

IC  And  Zadok  the  son  of  Aliitub, 
and  [1  Abimelcch  the  son  of  Abiathar, 
u-erc  the  priests;  and  ||  Shavsha  was 
scribe; 

17  f  And  IJcnaiah  the  son  of  Jehoiada 
irns  over  the  C'hcrethitcs  and  the 
I'clethites;  and  the  sons  of  David 
were  oliicf  f  about  the  king. 


CHAPTER  XIX. 

1  J>avid*a  messcngera,  ecnt  to  comfort 
Uanun  the  ton  of  Xahatk,  arc  viilanouc- 
lycntreated.  GThg AmmoniteB,9trenyth- 


the 


Jonband  Abishai,  16  Shophach, making 
a  new  etipply  of  the  ISyrians,  i$  elain 
by  Ifavid. 

"VTOW  "it  came  to  Jiass  after  this, 
X\  that  Nahash  the  king  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Animon  died,  and  his  son 
reigned  in  his  stead. 

2  And  David  said,  I  will  shew  kind- 
ness unto  llanuu  the  son  of  Nahash, 
because  his  father  shewed  kindness 
to  me.  And  David  sent  messengers 
to  comfort  him  eoiiccining  his  father. 
So  the  servants  of  David  came  into 
the  land  of  the  children  of  Ammon 
to  Hanun,  to  comfort  him. 

■1  But  the  princes  of  the  children 
of  Ammon  said  to  Hanun,  t  Think- 
est  thou  that  David  doth  honour  thy 
father,  that  he  hath  sent  comtbrters 
unto  thee?  are  not  his  servants  come 
unto  thee  for  to  search,  and  to  over- 
throw, and  to  spy  out  the  land  ? 

4  Wherefore  Hanun  took  David's 
servants,  and  sliavcnl  them,  and  cut 
off  their  garments  in  the  midst  hard 
by  their  buttocks,  and  sent  them 
away. 

5  Then  there  went  certain,  and  told 
David  how  the  men  were  served; 
and  he  sent  to  meet  them:  for  the 
men  were  greatly  ashamed.  And 
the  king  said.  Tarry  at  Jericho  until 
your  beards  be  grown,  and  then  re- 
turn. 

G  IT  And  when  the  children  of  Am- 
mon saw  that  thev  had  made  them- 
selves t  odious  to  David,  Hanun  and 
the  children  of  Ammon  sent  a  thou- 
sand talents  of  silver  to  hire  them 
chariots  and  horsemen  out  of  Meso- 
potamia, and  out  of  Syria-maachah, 
ij  and  out  of  Zobah. 

7  So  they  hired  thirty  and  two  thou- 
sand chariots,  and  the  king  of  Maa- 
chah  and  his  people;  who  came  and 
pitched  before  JNIedeba.  And  the 
children  of  Amnion  gathered  them- 
selves together  from  their  cities,  and 
came  to  battle. 

8  And  when  David  heard  of  it,  he 
sent  Joab,  aud  all  the  host  of  the 
mighty  men. 

y  Anil  the  children  of  Ammon  came 
out,  and  put  the  battle  in  arrav  be- 
fore the  gate  of  the  city:  ana  the 
kings  that  were  come  icere  by  them- 
selves in  the  field. 

10  Now  when  Joab  saw  that  1  the 
battle  was  set  against  him  before 
and  behind,  he  chose  out  of  all  the 
II  choice  of  Israel,  and  put  them  in 
array  against  the  Sj'rians. 

11  Xnd  the  rest  of  the  people  he 
delivered  unto  the  hand  of  f  Abishai 
his  brother,  ami  tlicv  set  thcmselres 
in  array  against  the  cliildren  of  Am- 
mon. 

12  And  he  said,  If  the  Syrians  be 

381 


Itabbah  taken  and  spoiled. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


David  mimbcreth  Israel. 


Cll  UlST 
about  11137. 


too  fitronjy  for  nic,  then  thou  phuU 
luOp  iiic:  hut  if  the  cliildrcu  of  Ain- 
uiou  he  too  strou);  for  thee,  tlien  I 
will  help  thee. 

I'i  lie  of  Kood  courape,  nud  let  U3 
Ijeliavc  ourselves  vnliautly  for  our 
jH'opIe,  and  ii.)r  the  cities  of  our  God: 
and  let  the  Loud  do  thai  iv/iic/i  is 
good  in  his  Fi};ht. 

M  So  Joal)  and  the  people  that  jrere 
with  him  drew  iiiph  before  the  Syr- 
ians unto  the  battle;  and  they  fled 
before  him. 

15  And  when  the  children  of  Am- 
nion saw  that  the  Syrians  were  fled, 
they  likewise  fled  before  Ahi.iliai  his 
brother,  and  entered  into  tlic  city. 
Then  Joab  came  to  Jerusalcni. 

Ill  TT  And  when  the  Syrians  saw 
tliat  they  were  put  to  the  worse  be- 
iVjre  Israel,  they  sent  niesseiiKcrs, 
and  drew  forth  the  Syrians  that  (cere 
beyond  the  ||  river:  and  !|  .Shophach 
the  captain  of  the  host  of  Uadarezcr 
irent  before  them. 

17  And  it  was  told  D.avidi  nnd  he 
gathered  all  Israel,  nnd  passed  over 
Jordan,  and  came  upon  them,  and 
set  l/if  l.alil,-  in  arruv  afjainst  them. 
So  wluMi  David  had  put  the  battle  in 
array  a'^'ainst  the  Syrians,  they  fought 
with  him. 

IS  Uut  tlie  Syrians  fled  before  Israel; 
and  David  slew  of  the  Syrians  seven 
thoui^a.ud  iiifn  tvhirh  J'ouifht  in  char- 
iots, nnd  forty  tiiousand  footmen, 
nnd  killed  Shophaeh  the  captaiu  of 
tlie  host. 

(ID  And  when  the  serv.ants  of  Ilad- 
i;rezer  saw  that  they  were  jnit  to  tlic 
worse  before  Isrnel,  they  made  peace 
with  David,  and  beeauic  his  serv- 
ants; neither  would  the  Syrians  help 
the  children  of  Amnion  aiiy  more. 
CHAPTER  XX. 

1  Rdbhnh  i»  l.iti-j/r'l  hy  Jutib,  KpoHcil  ly 
Ihtvid.and  the  peol'U  ll:i-reof  turlurcd. 
4  Tltree  yuinlt  arc  »(.n?i  in  three  mveriil 
overthrow  of  the  I'Mlitlinet. 

VND'itcamc  to  pass,  that  t  after 
the  year  was  e.xpiied,  nt  tlu'time 
thnt  kings  go  out  ro /.(t/^/.,  .loah  led 
forth  the  power  of  the  armv,  and 
wasted  the  country  of  the  el'iildreu 
of  Ammon.  and  came  and  brsie,L;ed 
Hahhah.  Hut  David  tarried  at  ,Ieru- 
.salem.  And  ii.Ioab  smote  Hahbali, 
and  destroyed  it. 

2  And  Diivid  'took  the  crown  of 
their  kin;;  from  olV  his  bead,  nnd 
found  it  1  to  weipili  a  talent  of  pold, 
and  l/icre  ivcre  precious  stones  lu  it; 
and  it  was  set  upon  David*3  head: 
and  he  brought  also  exceeding  much 
spoil  out  of  the  city. 

.'!  And  he  brouglit  nut  the  people 
tluit  ivcre-  in  it,  and  cut  tficm  with 
saws,  and  witli  barrows  of  iron,  and 
with  ax<s.  KviTi  sod.  alt  David  with 
all  the  cities  of  the  children  of  Am- 
nion. And  David  and  all  the  people 
returned  to  .Jerusalem. 

4  U  And  it  came  tu  pass  after  this, 
382 


'1  tliat  there  ||  t  arose  war  nt  |l  Gczer 
with  the  I'hilistines;  at  which  time 
'  Sihbeehai  the  llushathite  slew  |l  Sip- 
pai,  that  n-as  ol  the  children  of  H  tlic 
giant:  and  they  were  subdued. 
,*>  And  tliere  was  war  again  with  the 
Philistiucs;  and  Elhanan  the  son  of 
[I  Jair  slew  I/nhmi  the  brother  of  Go- 
liath the  G?ttite,  whose  spear  stall" 
leas  like  n  weaver's  beam. 
(1  And  yet  again  f  there  was  war  at 
Gath,  where  was  |  a  man  of  great 
stature,  whose  fingers  and  toes  were 
four  and  twenty,  six  on  each  hamt, 
and  six  on  each  Jhut :  and  he  also 
w.is  tthe  son  of  the  giant. 
7  But  when  he  ||  defied  Israel,  Jon- 
athan the  son  of  ||  Shimca  David": 
brother  slew  liim. 

,S  These  were  born  unto  the  giant 
in  Gath;  and  they  fell  hy  the  hand 
of  David,  and  by  the  hand  of  his 
servants. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
1  DaX'id,  tempted  by  .Satan,  foreclh  Joab 
to  uumUr  the  people.  5  The  number  of 
the  people  being  brought.  David  repejit- 
eth  of  it.  9  David  having  three  plagues 
propounde<t  ly  Had  chooseth  tlie  peeU- 
lence.  H  After  the  death  of  eeventy  thou- 
sand, David  hy  rcpentanec  preventeth 
the  dcilrurtion  of  Jerugatcm.  18  David, 
by  (tad'a  direction,  purchaeeth  Ornan't 
thrcshingjloor:  where  having  luitt  an 
altar,  Ood  givcth  a  sign  of  hia  favour  hy 
fire,  and  ttayeth  the  plague.  28  David 
ifctcrificeth  there,  being  reatrained  from 
tiibeon  by  fear  of  the  angel. 
\  ND  "  Satan  stood  up  against  Is- 
/V  rael,  nnd  provoked  David  to 
number  Israel. 

2  And  David  said  fo  ,Toab  nnd  to 
the  rulers  of  the  i>eople,  Go,  number 
Israel  from  neer-sheba  even  to  Dan; 
I'and  bring  the  number  of  them  to 
mc,  that  I  may  know  it. 

3  And  Joab  answered.  The  Lorp 
make  his  people  n  hundred  times  so 
many  more  as  tliej'  f)e :  but,  my  lord 
the  feing,  are  they  not  all  my  "lord's 
servants?  why  then  doth  mv"lord  re- 
iiuire  this  thing?  why  will  he  be  a 
cause  of  trespass  to  Isiael? 

■1  Nevertheless  the  king's  word  pre- 
vailed nsainst Joal).  ■\Vhereforc Joah 
ileparted,  nnd  went  throughout  all 
Israel,  and  came  to  Jervisalem. 

.'■)  H  .\iid  Joah  gave  the  sum  of  the 
number  of  the  iieople  unto  David. 
And  all  !/„!/  ,>r  l^ael  were  a  llioii- 
sanil  thousimd  and  a  hundred  tiiou- 
sand men  that  drew  sword:  and  Ju- 
dah  wa.f  four  hundred  threescore  and 
ten  thousand  men  that  drew  sword. 

Ij ""  Hut  Levi  and  Ilenjamin  counted 
he  not  among  them  :  for  the  king's 
word  was  abominable  to  Joab. 

7  iAnd  God  was  <lisple,ased  with 
this  thing  ;  therefore  he  smote  Is- 
rael. 

8  And  n.ivid  said  unto  God,  JI 
have  sinned  grcnlly,  because  I  have 
done  this  thing:  ''but  now,  I  beseech 
tlice,  do  Hway  the  iniciuity  of  thy  I 


The  three  days'  jjciitihnce. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


God  stayeth  the  plague. 


servant;  for  1  have  (lone  very  fool- 
ishly. 

11 TI  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Gad, 
David's  fsccr,  savin;;. 

Ill  Go  and  till  David,  savins.  Thus 
saith  the  Loi;n,  I  ( (.m-r'tlKO  tlirce 
lliiiigK:  choose  Ihi-e  one  of  tlicm,  that 
I  may  do  it  unto  tlue. 

11  So  Gad  came  to  David,  .and  s.aid 
unto  him.  Thus  saith  the  Louu, 
t  Clioose  tliee 

12  n'Eiflicr  three  years'  famine;  or 
tlirec  months  to  be  destroyed  before 
thy  foes,  while  that  the  sword  of 
thine  enemies  ovortaketh  tlicc;  or 
else  three  days  the  sword  of  the 
l.ORP,  even  the  pestilence,  in  the 
land,  and  tlie  anpcl  of  the  Lord  de- 
stroying throughout  all  the  coasts  of 
Israel.  Now  therefore  advise  thyself 
what  word  I  shall  bring  again  to  liim 
that  sent  me. 

lit  And  David  said  unto  Gad,  I  am 
in  n  great  strait:  let  me  fall  now  in- 
to the  hand  of  the  Louo;  for  very 
I!  great  are  his  mercies  :  but  let  me 
not  fall  into  the  hand  of  man. 

14  H  So  the  Lord  sent  pestilence 
upon  Israel:  and  there  fell  of  Israel 
seventy  thousand  men. 

15  Aiid  God  sent  an  li  angel  unto 
Jerusalem  to  destroy  it:  and  as  he 
was  destroying,  the  Lord  beheld, 
and  'he  repented  him  of  the  evil, 
and  said  to  the  angel  that  destroyed. 
It  is  enough,  stay  now  thine  hand. 
And  the  angel  of  the  Lord  stood 
by  the  threshingtloor  of  ||  Oman  the 
Jebiisite. 

l(j  And  David  lifted  up  his  eyes,  and 
ksaw  the  angel  of  the  Loud  stand 
between  the  earth  and  the  heaven, 
having  a  drawn  sword  in  his  hand 
stretched  out  over  Jerusalem.  Then 
David  and  the  elders  of  l.-irafl,  who 
iri-re  clothed  in  sackcloth,  fell  upon 
their  faces. 

17  And  David  said  unto  God,  7s  it 
not  I  that  commanded  the  people  to 
be  numbered?  even  I  it  is  that  h;ive 
sinned  and  done  evil  indeed  ;  but 
o.?  for  these  sheep,  what  have  they 
done?  let  thine  hand,  1  pray  thee,  O 
Lord  my  God,  be  on  me,  and  on 
my  father's  house  ;  but  not  on  thy 
people,  that  they  should  be  plagued. 

1«  IT  Then  the  1  angel  of  the  Lord 
commanded  Gad  to  say  to  David, 
that  David  should  go  up,  and  set  up 
an  altar  unto  the  Lord  in  the  thresh- 
ingtloor of  Oman  the  Jehusite. 

r.i  And  David  went  up  at  the  sav- 
ing of  Gad,  which  he  spake  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord. 

20  II  And  Oman  turned  back,  and 
saw  the  angel;  and  his  four  sons  with 
him  hid  themselves.  Now  Ornau 
was  threshing  wheat. 

L'l  And  as  David  came  to  Oman, 
Oman  looked  and  saw  Daviii,  and 
went  out  of  the  threshingtloor,  and 
bowed  himself  to  David  with  hia 
face  to  the  ground. 


'2'2  Then  David  said  to  Oriian, 
IGrant  me  the  place  of //'!>  thresh- 
ingtloor, tliat  I  may  build  an  altar 
therein  unto  the  Loun:  thou  shalt 
grant  it  me  for  the  full  price:  that 
the  plague  may  be  stayed  from  the 
people. 

Si  And  Oman  said  unto  David, 
Take  it  to  thee,  and  let  my  lord  the 
king  do  tJicit  u-hich  is  good  in  his 
eyes:  lo,  I  give  thee  the  oxen  also  for 
burnt  ofl'crings,  and  the  threshing 
instruments  for  wood,  and  the  wheat 
for  the  meat  oftcring;  I  give  it  all. 

24  And  king  David  said  to  Oman, 
Nay;  but  1  will  verily  buy  it  for  the 
full  price:  for  I  will  not  take  thiit 
whicli  IS  thine  for  the  Lord,  nor 
offer  burnt  njlerings  without  cost. 

2r>  So  '"  Da\id  ga\'c  to  Oman  for  the 
place  six  hundred  shekels  of  gold  by 
weight. 

2G  And  David  built  there  an  altar 
unto  the  Lord,  and  offered  burnt 
offerings  and  peace  oft'erings,  and 
called  upon  the  Lord;  and  "he  an- 
swered him  from  heaven  by  fire  upon 
the  altar  of  burnt  offering. 

27  And  the  Lord  commanded  the 
angel ;  and  he  put  up  his  sword  again 
into  the  sheath  thereof. 

28  IT  At  that  time  when  David  saw 
that  the  Lord  had  answered  him  in 
the  threshingfloor  of  Oman  the  Jeb- 
usite,  then  he  sacrificed  there. 

2".) "  For  the  tabernacle  of  the  Lord, 
which  Moses  made  in  the  wilderness, 
and  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering, 
were  nt  that  season  in  the  high  place 
at  1'  Gibeon. 

.'M  lint  David  could  not  go  before  it 
to  inqnire  of  God:  for  he  was  afraid 
becajise  of  the  sword  of  the  angel  of 
the  Lord. 

CUAPTER  XXIL 

1  David,  forcknov'ing  the  Jjlace  of  the 
teviple,  jtrepareth  abundance  for  the 
building  of  it.  6  IJe  inalructetii  Solo- 
mon in  God^g  promises,  and  his  duty  in 
building  the  temple.  17  He  chargeth  the 
princes  to  assiet  /lis  e07i. 

THEN  David  said,  "This  is  the 
house  of  theLoitn  God,  and  this 
IS  the  altar  of  the  burnt  offering  for 
Israel. 

2  And  David  commanded  to  gather 
together  l>the  strangers  that  were  in 
the  land  of  Israel;  and  he  set  masons 
to  hew  wrought  stones  to  build  the 
house  of  God. 

3  And  David  prepared  iron  in  abun- 
dance for  the  nails  for  the  doors  of 
the  gates,  and  for  the  joinings:  and 
brass  in  abundance  ''without  weight; 

4  Also  cedar  trees  in  abundance: 
for  the  d  Zidonians  and  they  of  Tyre 
brought  much  cedar  wood  to  David. 

5  And  David  said,  '  Solomon  my 
son  iS  young  and  tender,  and  the 
house  that  is  to  be  huildcd  for  the 
Lord  mu.<t  he  exceeding  magnifical, 
of  fame  and  of  glory  throughout  all 
countries:  1  will  (Ac/-i;^oic now  make 

383 


David's  charge  to  Solomon. 


I.  CHRONICLES.       David  makcth  Solomon  king. 


Before 
CHRIS 

1017. 


loh.a.  5. 
kl  Kin  4,2^. 


tl..  17.  t%  13. 
i2S.6. 
naUil..  I.  S. 


IDoul  12. 10, 

J..O,.  Kl.  4. 
2  Sara.  7.  I. 
ch.  23.  «. 


preparation  for  it.  So  David  prepared 
abuudantly  before  his  deatli. 

UH  Then  he  called  for  Solomon  his 
son,  and  charged  him  to  build  a 
honsc  for  the  JjOKU  God  of  Israel. 

7  And  David  said  to  Solomon,  My 
son,  as  for  me,  fit  was  in  my  mind 
to  build  a  house  *^  unto  the  name  of 
the  Lout)  my  God; 

»  Uut  the  word  of  the  Lono  came 
to  me,  saying, ''  Thou  hast  shed  blood 
abundantly,  and  hast  made  Rreat 
wars;  thou  shalt  not  build  a  house 
unto  my  name,  because  thou  hast 
shed  much  blood  upon  the  oarth  in 
my  sight. 

9  i  Behold,  a  son  shall  be  born  to 
thee,  who  shall  be  a  man  of  rest;  and 
I  will  give  him  k  rest  from  all  lii.'> 
enemies  round  about:  for  his  name 
shall  be  (i  Solomon,  and  I  will  give 
peace  and  quietness  luito  Israel  ill 
his  days. 

10  I  lie  shall  build  a  house  for  my 
name;  and  '"  he  shall  be  my  son,  and 

I  will  he  his  father:  and  I  will  estab- 
lish the  throne  of  liis  kingdom  over 
Israel  for  ever. 

11  Now,  my  son,  "the  Lonn  be  with 
thee;  and  prosper  thou,  and  build 
the  house  of  the  hoi;u  thy  God,  as 
he  hath  said  of  thee. 

12  Only  the  I,oi;u  "give  thee  wis- 
dom and  understanding,  and  give 
thee  charge  concerning  Israel,  that 
thou  mayest  keep  the  law  of  the 
hoiti)  thy  God. 

13  1'  Then  shall  thou  prosper,  if  thou 
takest  heed  to  fuUil  the  statutes  and 

judgments  which  the  Loud  charged 
Moses  with  concerning  Israel:  i  be 
etrong,  and  of  good  courage;  dread 
not,  nor  be  dismayed. 

14  Now,  behold,  ||  in  my  trouble  1 
have  prepared  for  tlie  house  of  the 
LoitD  a  hundred  thousand  talents 
of  gold,  and  a  thousand  tliousand 
t:dents  cf  silver;  and  of  brass  and 
iron  r^vitiiout  weight;  for  it  is  in 
abundance:  timber  also  and  stone 
liave  I  prepared  ;  and  thou  mayest 
add  thereto. 

],i  Moreover,  there  are  workmen 
with  thee  in  abundance,  hewers  and 

II  \forker8  of  stone  and  timber,  and 
all  miinner  of  cunning  men  for  every 
manner  of  work. 

10  Of  the  gold,  the  silver,  and  the 
brass,  nnd  the  iron,  tJiere  ts  no  num- 
ber. Arise  Iherrf'orr,  nnd  be  doing, 
and  "the  Loi;d  be  with  thee. 

17  II  David  also  commanded  all  the 
princes  of  Israel  to  help  Solomon  his 
son,  i»'!/iiiij, 

hS./s  not  the  I.ouD  your  God  with 
you?  'and  hath  he  iio<  given  you 
rest  on  every  side  ?  for  he  liath  given 
the  inhabita"nts  oftlie  land  into  mine 
hand:  and  the  lan<l  's  subdued  be- 
fore the  LOKD,  aud  before  his  peo- 
ple. 

10  Now  "set  your  heart  nnd  vonr 
Boul  to  seek  tlic  Loud  your  God  ; 
3S4 


arise  therefore,  and  build  ye  the 
sanctuary  of  the  Loud  God,  to 
"bring  the  ark  of  the  covenant  of  the 
LOKU,  and  the  holy  vessels  of  God, 
into  the  house  that  is  to  bo  built  >  to 
the  name  of  the  Loud. 

CUAFTEU  XXIII. 
1  David  in  hia  old  age  maketh  Solomon 
king.  2  TAe  numUr  and  dialritiution  of 
the  Lei'ites.  7  Tlie  familiet  of  the  Otr- 
thonilc:  12  The  tona  vj  Kohnth.  t\ 
The  tons  0/  Merari.  24  The  office  of  the 
Ltvitee. 
O  when  David  was  old  nnd  full  of 


s 


days 


he  made  "  Solomon  his  son 
king  over  Isnael. 
L'  11  And  he  gathered  together  all  the 
princes  of  Israel,  with  the  priests  and 
the  Levites. 

3  Now  the  Levites  were  numbered 
from  the  age  of  ''thirty  years  and 
upward:  and  their  number  by  their 
polls,  man  by  man,  was  thirty  aud 
eight  thousand. 

4  Of  whicU,  twenty  and  four  thou- 
sand were  \\  to  set  forward  the  work 
of  the  house  of  the  Loud;  and  six 
thousand  icoic  'officers  and  judges: 

5  Moreover  four  thousand  were 
porters;  nnd  four  thousand  praised 
the  Loud  with  the  instruments 
d  which  I  made,  said  IJaviti^  to 
praise  therevUli. 

()  And  "David  divided  them  into 
t  courses  among  the  eons  of  Levi, 
nnmelij,  Gershon,  Kohatli,  and  Mer- 
ari. 

7  IT  Of  the  f  Gershonites  were  ||  Laa- 
dan,  and  ShinuM. 

S  The  sons  of  Laadan  ;  the  chief 
%ias  Jehiel,  nnd  Zetham,  and  Joel, 
three. 

9  The  sons  of  Shimei;  Shclomith, 
and  llaziel.  and  Haran,  three.  These 
were  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of  Laa- 
dan. 

10  And  the  pons  of  Shimei  iccre, 
Jahath,  II  Zina,  and  Jeush,  and  I!e- 
riah.  These  four  tccre  the  sons  of 
Shimei. 

1 1  And  Jahath  was  the  chief,  and 
Zizah  the  second  :  but  .Unsh  and 
IJcriah  I  had  not  many  sons;  there- 
fore they  were  in  one  reckoning,  ac- 
cording to  their  father's  house. 

l:iir  s  The  sonsof  Kohath;  Amram, 
Izhar,  Hebron,  nnd  llzziel,  four. 

13  The  sons  of  1"  Ammm  ;  Aaron, 
nnd  Moses:  nnd  "Aaron  was  separat- 
ed, tliat  he  should  sanctify  the  most 
holy  things,  he  and  his  sons  for  ever, 
1^  to' burn  incense  before  tlie  Loi;d, 
'to  minister  unto  him,  nnd  "'to  bless 
in  his  name  for  ever. 

14  Now  roiierniinf/  Moses  the  man 
of  (iod,  "  his  sons  were  named  of  the 
tribe  of  Levi. 

LI  "The  sons  of  JIoscs  were,  Ger- 
shom,  and  Kliezer. 

KiOftliesonsof  Gershom,  I'llShcb- 
uel  Hos  the  chief. 

17  .\nfl  the  sons  of  Eliezer  were, 
1  Kehabiah  ||  the  chief.    And  I'.liczcr 


The  office  of  the  Levites. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


The  divisions  of  the  priests. 


had  none  other  Bons;  but  tlic  sous  of 
Rehabiah  f  were  very  many. 

18  Of  the  sons  of  Izhar;  ||  Shelo- 
mith  the  chief. 

rj  ■'Of  the  sons  of  Hebron;  Jeri.ih 
the  first,  Aniariah  the  second,  Ja- 
Iiaziel  the  third,  and  Jelcanieani  tlie 
fourth. 

20  Of  the  eons  of  Uzziels  Micah  the 
first,  and  Jesiali  the  second. 

21  IT  "The  sons  of  JNIerari;  Mahli, 
and  Mushi.  The  sons  of  Mahli; 
Eleazar,  and  '  Kish. 

22  And  Eleazar  died,  and  "  had  no 
sons,  but  duujrhters  :  and  their 
II brethren  the  sons  of  KisU  'took 
them. 

2:!  >  The  sons  of  Mushi;  Mahli,  and 
Edcr,  and  Jeremoth,  three. 

24  tr  These  were  the  sons  of  ^  Levi 
after  the  house  of  their  lathers;  ei'en 
the  chief  of  the  fathers,  as  they  were 
counted  by  nimiber  of  names  by 
their  polls,  that  did  the  work  for  the 
service  of  the  house  of  tlie  Loud, 
from  the  age  of  '  twenty  years  and 
upward. 

2.5  For  David  said.  The  Lord  God 
of  Israel  IJliatli  piveu  rest  unto  his 
people,  II  that  they  may  dwell  in  Je- 
rusalem for  ever: 

2G  And  also  unto  the  Levites:  they 
shall  no  more  ^"  carry  the  tabernacle, 
nor  any  vessels  of  it  for  the  service 
thereof. 

27  For  by  the  last  words  of  David 
the  Levites  irere,  tn  inn  bored  from 
twenty  vears  t)ld  and  above: 

25  Because  f  their  otticc  irostowait 
on  tlie  eons  of  Aaron  for  tlic  service 
of  the  bouse  of  the  Lord,  in  the 
courts,  and  in  the  chambers,  and  in 
the  purifying  of  nil  holy  things,  and 
the  work  of  the  service  of  tlie  house 
of  God; 

20  Botli  for  <l  the  sliewbread,  and  for 
**  the  line  flour  for  meat  oflering,  and 
for  ftlie  unleavened  cakes,  and  for 
"(/ia(  xvhich  is  baked  in  the  llpan, 
and  for  that  which  is  fried,  and  lor 
all  manner  of  li  measure  and  size; 

.30  And  to  stand  every  morning  to 
thank  and  praise  the  Lord,  uud 
likewise  at  even; 

.31  And  to  offer  all  burnt  sacrifices 
unto  the  Lord  iin  the  6ubb.atbs,  in 
the  new  moons,  and  on  the  kset 
feasts,  by  number,  according  to  tlie 
order  commanded  unto  tlicm,  cou- 
tinually  lirlore  the  LoKD; 

.32  And  th:it  they  should  I  keep  the 
charge  of  the  tabernacle  of  the  con- 
gregation, and  the  charge  of  the  holy 
jilace,  and  '"the  charge  of  the  sons  of 
Aaron  their  brethren,  in  the  service 
of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXir. 

1   Tht  diviaiont  of  the  sons  of  Aaron  brj 

lotintof:mr  and  twenty  orders.    20  T'le 

Koh<ttltitcs,  £7  and  the  Meraritea  divided 

by  tot. 

NOW  these  are  the  divisions  of 
the  sons  of  Aaron.    "The  sons 
25 


of  Aaron ;  Nadab  and  Abihu,  Eleazar 
and  Ithamar. 

2  But  b  Nadab  and  Abihu  died  be- 
fore their  father,  and  had  no  chil- 
dren: therefore  Eleazar  and  Ithamar 
executed  the  jiriest's  office. 

3  And  David  distributed  them, 
both  Zadok  of  the  sons  of  Eleazar, 
and  Ahinielecli  of  the  sons  of  Itha- 
mar, according  to  their  offices  in  their 
service. 

4  And  there  were  more  chief  men 
tbund  of  the  sons  of  Eleazar  than 
of  the  sons  of  Ithamar;  and  thus 
were  they  divided.  Among  the  sons 
of  Eleazar  there  were  sixteen  chief 
men  of  the  house  of  their  fathers,  and 
eight  among  the  sons  of  Ithamar  ac- 
cording to  the  house  of  their  fathers. 

5  Thus  were  they  divided  by  lot, 
one  sort  with  another;  for  the  gov- 
ernors of  the  sanctuary,  and  govern- 
ors of  the  house  of  God,  were  of  the 
sons  of  Eleazar,  and  of  the  sons  of 
Ithamar. 

a  And  Shemaiah  the  son  of  Ne- 
tlianeel  the  scribe,  one  of  the  Le- 
vites, wrote  them  before  the  king, 
and  the  princes,  and  Zadok  the 
priest,  and  Ahinielecli  the  son  of 
Abiathar,  and  be/ore  the  chief  of 
the  fathers  of  the  priests  and  Le- 
vites: one  tpi'incipal  household  be- 
ing taken  for  Eleazar,  and  one  taken 
for  Ithamar. 

7  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth  to 
Jehoiarib,  tlic  second  to.Jedai:di, 

8  The  third  to  Ilarim,  the  fourth  to 
Scorim, 

9  The  fifth  to  Maleliijah,  the  sixth 
to  Mnamin, 

10  The  seventh  to  llakkoz,  the 
eighth  to  '^  Abi.jah, 

11  The  ninth  to  Jeshuah,  the  tenth 
to  Sbecaniah, 

12  Tlie  eleventh  to  Eliashib,  the 
twelfth  to  Jakim, 

13  The  thirteenth  to  Uuppah,  the 
fourteenth  to  Jcshebeab, 

14  The  fifteenth  to  Bilgah,  the  six- 
teenth to  Imiiier, 

15  The  seventeenth  to  Ilczir,  the 
eighteenth  to  Aphscs, 

1(J  The  nineteenth  to  Pethahiah,  the 
twentieth  to  Jehezekcl, 

17  The  one  and  twentieth  to,Iachin, 
the  two  and  twentieth  to  Ganiul, 

18  The  three  and  twentieth  to  Dela- 
iah,  the  four  and  twcutieth  to  Jlaa- 
ziah. 

I'J  These  u-cre  the  orderings  of 
them  in  their  service  <Uo  come  into 
the  bouse  of  the  Lord,  according 
to  their  manner,  under  Aaron  their 
father,  as  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
had  commanded  him. 

20  IT  And  the  rest  of  the  sons  of 
Levi  were  the.'^e :  Of  the  sons  of 
Aniram;  'Shub.-iel:  of  the  sons  of 
Shubael;  Jehdeiali. 

21  Concerning  f  Rehabiah  ;  of  the 
sons  of  Rehabiah,  the  first  teas  Is- 
Ehiah. 


The  member  and 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


divisions  of  the  singers. 


about  1G15. 
Boh,  6.  33,  39, 


U  Or,  Ataftd. 
■r.r.  \t. 
I  Of,  ,<tAuba</, 


22  Of  tlic  Izharitcs;  E  Shclomoth: 
of  the  sons  of  Slidomoth;  Juliath. 

23  And  the  eons  of  \^}1rftron;  Jc- 
riah  IIik  JirsI,  Aniariah  the  eecoiid, 
Jahnziel  the  third,  Jckarneam  the 
fourth. 

24  O/'the  sons  of  Vz/Aet;  Michah: 
of  the  8CH18  of  .Micliali;  Shamir. 

2.i  The  brother  of  Miohah  ions 
Issliiah  :  of  tlie  sons  of  Isshiah ; 
Zechariah. 

20  >  The  sons  of  Mcrari  ivcrc  Rlahli 
and  Mushi :  the  eons  of  Jaaziah  ; 
15cno. 

27  TI  The  sons  of  Jlerari  l)y  .Taaziah; 
Beno,  and  Shoh:im,and  Zaccur,  and 
Ibri. 

28  Of  Mahli  came  Klcazar,  k  who 
liad  no  sons. 

2'J  Concernin.t?  Kish:  the  son  of  Kish 
ir(ts  ilorahmeel. 

,'!0  I  The  sons  also  of  Mushi;  Mahli, 
and  £<ler,  and  Jerinioth.  Tiiese 
vcre  the  sons  of  the  Ijcvitcs  after 
the  house  of  their  fathers. 

;il  These  likewise  cast  lots  over 
a;;ainst  their  brethren  the  sons  of 
Auron  in  the  presence  of  David  the 
king,  and  Zndolc,  and  Ahiinelecli, 
and  tl>e  chief  of  the  fathers  of  the 
priests  and  J^evites,  even  the  princi- 
pal fathers  over  against  their  younger 
brethren. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

I  The  number  and  oljioes  of  thff  tingcrs. 
8  Their  diviaion  Cij  lot  into  four  and 
twonti/  orders. 

MOiUCOVEU  David  and  the 
captains  of  the  host  scp'iratcd 
to  tlie  service  of  the  sons  of  "  Asaph, 
and  of  Heman,  and  of  Jeduthun, 
wlio  sliould  prophesy  with  harps, 
with  psalteries,  and  with  cymbals: 
and  the  number  of  the  worknieu 
accordin;r  to  their  service  was: 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Asaph;  Zaceur, 
and  Joseph,  and  Nethaniah,  and 
(I  .-Vsarelah,  the  sons  of  Asaph  un- 
der the  lianils  of  Asaph,  which 
prophesied  t  according  to  the  order 
of  the  king. 

:!  Of  Ji'iliitlinn:  the  sons  of  Jed- 
uthun; (i.'(l«liuli.  and  llZeri,  and 
Jeshaiah,  Ilushabiah,  and  Matti- 
thiah,  l|  six,  under  the  hands  of  their 
father  Jeduthun,  who  jirophesied 
with  a  hari),  to  give  thanks  and  to 
praise  the  Li)itn. 

4  Of  Ileman  :  the  pons  of  He- 
man:  Eukkiah,  Mattaniah,  ||  Uzziel, 

II  Shebuel,  and  Jerimutii.  Hananiah, 
Han:mi,  Kliathah,  tiiddalti.  and 
Itumamti-ezer,  Joshbekashab,  Mal- 
lothi,  ll,.thir,  (inil  jMahazioth: 

.■■.  All  these  vvrr  the  sous  of  He- 
man  the  king's  seer  in  the  ||  words 
of  (Jod,  to  lilt  up  tlu^  horn.  Ami 
God  gave  to  Ilenian  fourteen  sous 
and  three  daughters. 

(!  All  these  in-rc.  under  the  hands 
of  their  father  for  song  in  the  house 
of  the  Loud,  with  cymbals,  psal- 
teries, and  harps,  for  the  Bcrvicc  of 
3S(i 


the  house  of  God,  i>f  according  to 
the  king's  order  to  Asaph,  Jedu- 
thun, and  Hcniun. 

7  So  the  number  of  them,  with  their 
brethren  that  were  instructed  in  the 
songs  of  the  l,.OKI),  crrn  all  that  were 
cunning,  was  two  hundred  fourscore 
and  eight. 

8  T\  And  they  cast  lots,  ward  against 
vnrri,  as  well  the  small  as  the  great, 
^  the  teacher  as  the  scholar. 

9  Now  the  first  lot  came  forth  for 
Asaph  to  Joseph :  the  second  to 
Gedaliah,  who  with  his  brethren 
and  sons  were  twelve: 

111  The  third  to  Zaceur,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

11  The  fourth  to  Izri,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

12  The  fifth  to  Nethaniah,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

13  The  si.xth  to  Bukkiah,  he,  his 
eons,  and  his  brethren,  leere  twelve: 

14  The  seventh  to  Jesharelah,  he, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were 
twelve: 

15  The  eighth  to  Jeshaiah,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

lU  The  ninth  to  Mattaniah,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  irere  twelve: 

17  The  tenth  to  Shimci,  he,  his  sons, 
and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

IS  The  eleventh  to  Azareel,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

rj  The  twelfth  to  llashabiah,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  irere  twelve: 

20  The  thirteenth  to  Shnbael,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  irere  twelve: 

21  The  fourteenth  to  Mattithiah,  Ac, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were 
twelve: 

22  The  fifteenth  to,Terenioth,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  were  twelve: 

2.'!  The  sixteenth  to  Hananiah,  he, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were 
twelve: 

24  The  seventeenth  to  Joshbeka- 
shab, he,  his  sons,  and  his  brethren, 
were  twelve: 

25  The  eighteenth  to  Hanani,  he,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  irerr  twelve: 

2(i  The  nineteenth  to  IMallothi,  Ac, 
his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were 
twelve: 

27  The  twentieth  to  Eliathah,  Ac,  his 
sons,  and  his  brethren,  wriv.  twelve: 

28  The  one  and  twentieth  to  Hothir, 
Ac,  his  sons,  and  his  brethren,  were 
twelve: 

211  The  two  and  twentieth  to  Gid- 
dalti,  he,  liis  sons,  and  his  brethren, 
were  twelve: 

.11)  'J'hc  three  and  twentieth  to  >ra- 
hazioth,  he,  his  sous,  aud  his  breth- 
ren, irere  twelve: 

.•11  The  four  and  twentieth  to  Ro- 
nmmti-ezer,  Ac,  his  sons,  anil  his 
brethren,  xeere  twelve. 

CnAPTER  XXVL 

I   The  rfiiuimu  of  Oio   yorlci,.     13  Tht 
unlet  asaiancd  bij  h,t.     i:"   Tht  l.eviUi 
that  had   chargt   of  the    t 
Offieert  andjudffte. 


The  divisions  of  the  porters.         I.  CHRONICI-ES. 


The  officers  and  judges. 


/^ONCEKNING  the  divisions  of 
\J  the  porteis:  Of  tlic  Korliitcs  ilkih 
\\  Mcsheleiniah  the  son  of  Korc,  of 
tlie  sons  of  II  Asaph. 

2  And  the  eons  of  Meshelemiali 
were,  Zccliariah  the  firsthorn,  Je- 
diacl  tlie  second,  Zcbadiah  tlie  tliird, 
Jathniel  the  fourth, 

3  JKIam  the  fifth,  Jchohanan  the 
sixth,  Elioenai  the  scvcntli. 

4  Aloreover  tlie  sons  of  Ohed-cdoni 
were,  Slieniaiah  tlie  firstborn,  .Tehuz- 
abad  the  second,  Joah  the  third,  and 
Sacar  the  fourth,  and  Nethauccl  the 
fifth, 

5  Ammiel  the  sixth,  Issachar  the 
seventh,  I'eulthai  the  eifjhth :  for 
God  blessed  II  him. 

G  Also  unto  Sheniaiah  liis  son  were 
sons  born,  that  ruled  throughout  the 
house  of  their  father:  for  they  luere 
niiffhty  men  of  valour. 

7  The  sons  of  Sheniaiah;  Othni,and 
Rephael,  and  Obcd,  Klzabad,  whose 
brethren  n*crc  stronj^  men,  Eliliu, 
and  Semachiah. 

S  All  these  of  the  sons  of  Obcd- 
cdoni:  they  and  tlicir  sons  and  their 
brethren,  able  men  for  strength  for 
the  service,  xoere  threescore  and  two 
of  Obed-«doni. 

y  And  Meshelemiali  had  sons  and 
brethren,  strong  men,  eighteen. 

10  Also  "llosah,  of  the  children  of 
Merari,  had  sons  ;  Siinri  the  chief, 
(for  t/ioKgh  he  was  not  the  firstborn, 
yet  his  father  made  him  the  chief;) 

11  llilkiah  the  second,  Teh:iliah  the 
third,  Zechariah  the  fourth:  all  the 
sons  and  brethren  of  Hosah  were 
thirteen. 

12  Among  these  were  the  divisions 
of  tlie  porters,  crcn  among  the  chief 
men,  having^  vards  one  against  an- 
other,  to  minister  in  the  house  of 

the  hllKD. 

lo  TI  And  they  cast  lots,  ||  as  well  the 
small  as  the  great,  according  to  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  for  every  gate. 

14  And  the  lot  eastward  fell  to 
I'  Shelemiah.  Then  for  Zechariah 
his  son,  a  wise  counsellor,  the}'  cast 
lots;  and  his  lot  came  out  northward. 

15  To  Obed-edom  southward;  and 
to  his  sons  the  house  of  t  Asuppim. 

10  To  Shuppini  and  Ilosah  the  lot 
eame  forth  westward,  with  the  gate 
Shallecheth,  by  the  causeway  of  the 
going  II  up,  ward  against  ward. 

17  Eastward  were  six  Levites,  north- 
ward four  a  day,  southward  four  a 
day,  and  toward  Asuppim  two  and 
two. 

18  At  Parbar  westward,  four  at  the 
causcw*ay,  und  two  at  Parbar. 

19  These  are  the  divisions  of  the 
porters  among  the  sons  of  Kore,  and 
among  the  sons  of  Merari. 

20  IT  And  of  the  Levites,  Alii.iah  v:as 
l>over  the  treasures  of  the  house  of 
God,  and  over  the  treasures  of  the 
\  dedicated  tilings. 

21  .^Is  conecrning  the  BonsofflLaa- 


dan;  the  sons  of  the  Gcrshonite  Laa- 
dan,  chief  (uthcrs,  eren  of  Laadan 
the  Gershonite,  were  ||  Jchieli. 

22  The  sonsof  Jehieli;  Zetham,  and 
Joel  his  brother,  wliick  were  over  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  the  IjOkd. 

2'!  Of  the  Amramites,  and  the  Iz- 
haritcs,  the  llebronites,  and  the  Uz- 
ziclites: 

24  And  "^  Shebucl  the  son  of  Ocr- 
shoni,  the  son  of  Moses,  was  ruler  of 
the  treasures. 

25  And  his  brethren  by  Eliezer; 
Kcliabiah  his  son,  and  Jeshaiali  his 
son,  and  Joram  his  son,  and  Zichri 
his  son,  and  <l  Shelomith  his  son  : 

2(1  Which  Shelomith  and  his  breth- 
ren were  over  all  the  treasures  of  the 
dedicated  things,  which  David  the 
king,  and  the  chief  fathers,  the  cap- 
tains over  thousands  and  hundreds, 
and  the  captains  of  the  host,  hail 
dedicated. 

27  t  Out  of  the  spoils  won  in  battles 
did  they  dedicate  to  maintain  the 
house  of  the  I>oi:d. 

28  And  all  that  Samuel  ^  the  seer, 
and  Saul  the  son  of  Kish,  and  Abner 
the  son  of  Ner,  and  Joab  the  son  of 
Zeruiah,  had  dedicated;  aiirf  w;hoso- 
ever  had  dedicated  antr  thing,  it  tf-os 
under  the  hand  of  Shelomith,  and  of 
his  brethren. 

21)  TT  Of  the  Izharitcs,  Chenaniah 
and  his  sons  were  for  the  outward 
business  over  Israel,  for  f  oHicers  and 
judges. 

oO  And  of  the  llebronites,  Ilasha- 
biah  and  his  brethren,  men  of  valour, 
a  thousand  and  seven  hundred,  were 
toHicers  among  them  of  Israel  on 
this  side  Jordan  westward  in  all  the 
business  of  the  Loiiu,  and  in  the 
service  of  the  king. 

ul  Among  the  llebronites  wan  sje- 
rijah  the  chief,  eren  among  the 
llebronites,  according  to  the  genera- 
tions of  his  fathers.  In  the  fortieth 
year  of  the  reign  of  David  they  were 
sought  for,  and  there  were  found 
among  them  mighty  men  of  valour 
bat  Jazer  of  Gilcad. 

32  And  his  brethren,  men  of  valour, 
were  two  thousand  and  seven  hund- 
red chief  fathers,  whom  king  David 
made  rulers  over  the  Kenbenites,  the 
Gadites,  and  the  half  tribe  of  Manas- 
seh.  for  every  matter  pertaining  to 
God,  and  t  ■  affairs  of  the  king. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

1  TJte  twelve  captains  for  ever;/  eeverat 

month.     10    Tlie  princet  of   tlie   livetve 

tribes.    23  Tlie  numherina  of  the  people 

is  hindered.    25  David's  several  officers. 

"V|"OW  the  children  of  Israel  after 

i.1    their  number,  to  wit,  the  chief 

fathers    and   captains  of  thousands 

and  hundreds,  and  their  officers  that 

served  the  king  in  any  matter  of  the 

courses,  Avhich  came  in  and  went  out 

month  by  month  throughout  all  the 

niontiis  of  the  year,  of  every  course 

zvere  twenty  and  lour  thousand. 

387 


The  caiitaim  for  every  month.     I.  CHROXICLES. 


David's  scve-al  officerg. 


Doforc 
CIIKIST 
about  1015. 


,.a(  <,:r,„r. 

1  Jviu,  i. 


Sam  Zi.ia, 
'.ll'.2i.4o. 


»2  8.ra.I1.19. 


h2H»m.2n.2S. 


2  Over  tlie  first  course  fi>r  the  first 
month  was  "Jashobcani  the  son  of 
Zabilicl :  and  i!\  his  course  ivere 
twenty  and  four  thousnnd. 

3  Of  the  children  of  I'crez  ica9  tlic 
chief  of  all  the  captains  of  the  host 
for  the  first  month. 

4  And  over  the  course  of  the  second 
month  was  \\  Dodai  nn  Ahohitc,  and 
of  his  course  v:ns  Mikloth  also  tlie 
ruler  :  in  his  course  likewise  were 
twenty  and  four  thousand. 

5  The  third  captain  of  the  host  for 
the  third  montli  jcfi.t  Bcnaiah  the  son 
of  Jchoiada,  a  !|  chief  priest;  and  in 
his  course  were  twenty  and  four 
thousand. 

G  This  is  that  Cenaiah,  who  wns 
li  mighty  among  the  thirty^  and  above 
the  tiiirtv:  and  in  his  course  loas 
Ammizabad  his  son. 

7  The  fourth  cnplain  for  the  fourth 
month  was  "Asahel  the  brother  of 
Joab,  and  Zcbadiah  his  son  after 
him:  and  in  his  course  xcere  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

8  The  fifth  captain  for  the  fifth 
month  was  Shamhuth  t!ie  Izrahite: 
and  in  his  course  were  twenty  and 
four  thousand. 

y  The  sixth  captain  for  the  sixth 
month  was  <ilra  the  son  of  Ikkosli 
the  Tckoitc;  and  in  his  course  ivcre 
twenty  and  four  thousand. 

]l)  The  seventh  captain  for  the 
seventh  month  i''fr.s ''llelez  the  Pel- 
onite,  of  the  children  of  Ephraim: 
and  in  his  course  tvere  twenty  and 
four  thousand. 

11  The  ci^'hth  captain  for  the  ci;hth 
month  Wits  i  Sibbccai  the  Ilnsliathite, 
of  the  Zarhilfs:  and  iu  his  course 
v-rj-c,  twciitv  and  foiu'  thousand. 

IJTIiu  n\[M\cai)tain  for  the  ninth 
month  imts-  K  .Vhiezer  the  Anetothito, 
of  the  Henjamites:  and  in  his  course 
wrrr  tweutv  and  four  thousand. 

1.!  The  tenth  captain  f.)r  the  tenth 
month  wax  I.  Maliarai  the  Netopha- 
thite,  of  the  Z-.irhites  :  and  in  his 
coui-se  were  twenty  and  four  thou- 
sand. 

14  The  eleventh  captain  for  the 
eleventh  month  was  i  Henaiah  the 
rirathonite,  of  the  children  of  Kphra- 
im:  and  in  his  course  were  twenty 
and  four  thousand. 

I'l  The  twelfth  captain  for  the 
twelfth  month  was  \\  Ileldai  the  Ne- 
tophathitc,  of  Othnicl:  and  in  liis 
course  were  twenty  and  four  thou- 
sand. 

Hi  IT  Furthermore  over  the  tribes  of 
Israel:  the  ruler  of  the  Ileubenites 
was  Kliezer  the  (son  of  Zichri:  of  the 
Simconitcs,  Shepliatiali  the  son  of 
Slaaehah: 

n  Of  the  T,evite9,  kllaslmbiah  the 
son  of  Kemuel  :  of  the  Aaronites, 
Zadok: 

15  Of  Judah,  IKlihu,  one  of  the 
brethren  of  llavid:  of  Issachar,  Omri 
the  son  of  Michael: 

388 


19  Of  Zcbulun,  Ishniai.ah  the  son 
of  Obadiah:  of  Naphtali,  Jerinioth 
the  son  of  Azriel: 

2U  Of  the  children  of  Kphraim,  llo- 
she:*  the  son  «>f  Azaziah:  of  the  half 
tribe  of  Manasseh,  Joel  the  son  of 
I'edniah : 

21  Of  the  half  tribe  of  JIanasseh 
in  Gilead,  Iddo  the  son  of  Zechari- 
ah:  of  Benjamin,  Jaasiel  the  son  of 
Abner: 

22  Of  Dan,  Azarecl  the  son  of  Jero- 
ham.  These  were  the  princes  of  the 
tril)es  of  Israel. 

23  IT  But  David  took  not  the  num- 
ber of  them  from  twenty  years  old 
and  under:  because  '"the  l^iii:!)  had 
said  he  would  increa.se  Israel  like  to 
the  stars  of  the  heavens. 

24  Joab  the  son  of  Zeruiah  bejan  to 
number,  but  he  finished  not,  because 
"  there  fell  wrath  for  it  ajainst  Isr.iel: 
neither  f  was  the  number  put  in  the 
account  of  the  Chronicles  of  king 
David. 

2.5  TT  And  over  the  king's  treasures 
jcn.?  Azmaveth  the  son  of  Adiei:  and 
over  the  storehouses  in  the  fields,  in 
the  cities,  and  in  the  villages,  antl  in 
the  castles,  was  Jehonathan  the  son 
of  Uzziah: 

2fi  And  over  them  that  did  the  work 
of  the  field  for  tillage  of  the  ground 
ivas  Kzri  the  son  of  C'helub: 

27  And  over  the  vineyards  was 
Shimei  the  Ramathite:  f  over  the  in- 
crease of  the  viney.ards  for  the  wine 
cellars  was  Zabdi  the  Shiphmife: 

28  And  over  the  olive  trees  and  the 
sycamore  trees  that  wcrr  in  the  low 
plains  roas  Baal-hanan  the  CJcderite: 
and  over  the  cellars  of  oil  7ras  Joash: 

2!l  And  over  the  herds  that  fed  in 
Sharon  was  Shitrai  the  Sharonite: 
and  over  the  herds  that  were  in  the 
vallcvs  was  Shaphat  the  son  of 
Adla'i : 

.'ID  Over  thf  camels  also  was  Ohil 
the  Ishinaclite:  and  over  the  asses 
HYM  Jcluleiah  the  Mcronothite: 

.•!l  And  over  the  flocks  was  Jaziz 
the  llagcrite.  All  these  were  the 
rulers  of  the  substance  which  was 
king  David's. 

o2  Also  Jonathan  David's  tincle  was 
a  counsellor,  a  wise  man,  and  a 
11  scribe  :  and  iTehiel  the  llson  of 
Ilachmoni  iras  with  the  king's  sons: 

;rt  And  ".Vhilhophel  was  the  king's 
counsellor:  and  I'llushai  the  Arch- 
ite  was  the  king's  cotnirinion: 

.'!4  And  after  Ahithojihcl  was  ,Iehoi- 
adtt  the  sou  of  BeJiaiah,  and  l.\bia- 
thar:  and  the  general  of  the  king's 
army  was  'Joab. 

CHAPTEK  XXVni. 

1  David  in  a  aolcmn  asacmbtu  having  tie- 
ftui-Cii  (Joil'a  Javjur  to  him,  an,t  prom- 
is*  to  hit  ton  aolomon,  rzhotteth  them 
to  fear  Oo'l.  9.  W  Jle  encvuratieth  Solo- 
mon to  build  the  temple.  11  Jlc  ffiveth 
him  pattern*  fnr  the  form,  and  gold  and 
tilver  for  the  materials. 


David  exhorteth  to  fear  God.       I.  CHRONICLES.       Ilis  instructions  to  Solomon. 


John  17.  3. 

i-..  loi.a.  " 

•  I  S»n..  16.  7. 

IKiiv.  8  ;19. 

ch.  29.  17. 

Fi.7.  9.  <• 

13-4.  -2. 

Prov.   17.  3. 

Jer    ll.:"J. 

i  17. 10.  iL 

20.  12. 

R«v.  2.  23. 
<2Cl.r.  li.2. 


AND  David  asscmljlccl  all  the 
princes  of  Israel,  "tlie  princes 
of  tlie  tribes,  niul  i^tlie  captnins  of 
the  companies  tiiat  ministered  to  tlie 
Icinj;  by  course,  and  the  captains 
over  the  thousands,  and  captains 
over  the  hundreds,  and  '^the  stew- 
ards over  all  the  substance  and  ||  pos- 
session of  the  kin^r,  |!  and  of  his  sons, 
with  the  II  officers,  and  with  '1  the 
mighty  men,  and  with  all  the  valiant 
men,  unto  Jerusalem. 

2  Then  David  the  king  stood  up 
upon  his  feet,  and  said.  Hear  me, 
my  brethren,  and  my  people:  A.i/ur 
me.  "^  I  /huI  in  mine  heart  to  build  a 
house  of  rest  lor  the  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  LoKD,  and  for  f  tlie  foot- 
stool of  our  Uod,  and  had  made 
ready  for  the  building: 

.'i  But  God  said  unto  me,  S  Xhou 
Shalt  not  build  a  house  for  my  name, 
because  thou  hast  bei-n  a  man  of  war, 
and  hast  shed  t  blood. 

4  llowbeit  the  I-OUD  God  of  Israel 
I' chose  me  before  all  the  house  of 
my  iiither  to  be  king  over  Israel  for 
ever:  lor  he  hath  chosen  ijudah  to 
he  the  ruler:  and  of  tiie  house  of 
Judah,  kthe  houseof  my  father;  and 
'among  the  sons  of  luy  father  he 
liked  me  to  make  me  king  over  all 
Israel: 

5  "'And  of  all  my  sons,  (for  the 
Lor.D  hatli  given  me  many  sons,) 
"  he  hath  chosen  Solomon  my  son  to 
fit  upon  the  throne  of  the  kingdom 
of  tJie  LoitD  over  Israel. 

ti  And  he  said  unto  me,  °  Solomon 
thy  son,  he  shall  build  my  Inuise 
and  my  courts:  for  I  have  chosen 
him  to  be  my  sou,  and  I  will  be  his 
father. 

7  Moreover  I  will  establish  his  king- 
dom for  ever,  I'if  he  be  I  constant 
to  do  my  commandments  and  my 
judgments,  as  at  this  day. 

S  Now  therefore,  in  the  si^ht  of  all 
Israel  the  congregation  of  the  L.onD, 
and  in  tiic  audience  of  our  God, 
keep  and  seek  for  all  the  command- 
ments of  the  LonD  your  God:  that 
vc  may  possess  this  "good  land,  and 
leave  it  for  an  inheritance  for  your 
children  after  you  for  ever. 

9  T[  And  thou,  Solomon  my  son, 
1  know  thou  the  God  of  thy  liither, 
and  serve  liiui  ''with  a  perfect  heart 
and  with  a  willing  mind:  for  "the 
hoitD  soarcheth  all  hearts,  and  un- 
derstandeth  all  the  imaginations  of 
the  thoughts:  ^if  thou  seek  h:in,  he 
will  be  found  of  thee;  but  if  thou 
forsake  him,  he  will  cast  thee  oil'  for 
ever. 

lU  Take  heed  now:  "for  the  Lord 
hath  chosen  thee  to  build  a  house  for 
the  sanctuarv:  be  strong,  and  do  it. 

11  IT  Then  i>avid  gave  to  Solomon 
his  son  "the  pattern  of  the  poreh, 
and  of  the  houses  thereof,  and  of  the 
treasuries  thereof,  and  of  the  upper 
chambers  thereof,  aud  of  the  inner 


jiarlours  thereof,  and  of  the  place  of 
the  mercy  seat, 

12  And  the  pattern  t  of  all  that  he 
had  by  the  Spirit,  of  the  courts  of  the 
house  of  the  I.OKU,  and  of  all  the 
chambers  round  about,  i' of  the  treas- 
uries of  the  house  of  God,  and  of  the 
treasuries  of  the  dedicated  things: 

i:i  Also  for  the  courses  of  the  priests 
and  the  Levitcs,  and  for  all  the  work 
of  the  service  of  the  house  of  the 
I.ORU,  and  fur  all  the  vessels  of  serv- 
ice in  the  house  of  the  1.,ord. 

14  Jle  f/urc  of  gold  by  weight  for 
things  of'  gold,  for  all  instruments  of 
all  manner  of  service;  sili-ei- aho  {or 
all  instruments  of  silver  by  weight, 
for  all  instruments  of  every  kind  of 
service: 

15  Even  the  weight  for  the  candle- 
sticks of  gold,  and  for  their  lamps  of 
gold,  by  weight  for  every  caudle- 
stick,  and  lor  the  lamps  thereof:  and 
for  the  candlesticks  of  silver  by 
weight,  hotli  for  the  candlestick,  and 
also  for  the  lamps  thereof,  according 
to  the  use  of  everv  candlestick. 

lij  And  by  weiglit  he  <jave  gold  for 
the  tables  of  shewbread,  for  every 
table;  and  liLeu'ise  silver  for  the  ta- 
bles of  silver: 

17  Also  pure  gold  for  the  flesh- 
hooks,  and  the  bowls,  and  the  cups: 
and  for  the  golden  basins  he  gai-e 
gold  by  weight  for  everv  basin;  and 
likcicise  siller  by  weight  for  every 
basin  of  silver: 

IS  And  for  the  altar  of  incense  re- 
fined gold  by  weight;  and  gold  for 
the  pattern  of  tlie  chariot  of  the 
'^  cherubim,  that  spread  out  their 
icings,  and  covered  the  ark  of  the 
covenant  of  the  J.OUD. 

I'J  All  this,  said  Darin, ''the  l>OKD 
made  mc  understand  in  writing  by 
his  hand  upon  me,  even  all  the  work's 
of  this  ]}attern. 

20  And  David  said  to  Solomon  his 
son,  b  I3e  strong  and  of  good  cour- 
age, and  do  it:  fear  not,  nor  be  dis- 
mayed, for  the  l^onii  God,  even  my 
Goil,  uill  be  with  thee;  'he  will  not 
fail  thee,  nor  forsake  thee,  until  thou 
hast  tinished  all  the  work  for  the 
service  of  the  house  of  the  I..oiiD. 

21  And,  behold,  J  the  courses  of  the 
priests  and  the  Levites,  creii  theij 
shall  be  with  thee  for  all  the  service 
of  the  house  of  God:  and  there  shall 
he  with  thee  for  all  manner  of  work- 
manship "  every  willing  skilful  man, 
for  any  manner  of  service:  also  the 
princes  and  all  the  people  will  be 
wholly  at  thy  comniaudmeut. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 
1  Paviif,  t>y  hi*  example  and  entreaty,  6 
eausecn  the  princes  aud  peoi>le  to  o^Ter 
wittiiti/t!/.  10  David's  thankeyiviny  and 
prayer.  20  The  people,  having  lleeaed 
Ood,  and  eacrifieed,  make  Solomon  king. 
20  I'avid'e  reiyn  and  death. 

FURTIIEKMORE  David  the  king 
said  uuto  all  the  congregation, 


Offerings  for  the  temqjle. 


I.  CHRONICLES. 


David's  thanksgiving. 


.  21.  13. 


Solomon  my  sod,  whom  nloiie  God 
hath  chosen,  !s  i/ei  "young  and  ten- 
der, and  the  work  is  great:  tor  the 
palace  is  not  for  man,  but  fur  the 
Loud  God. 

2  Now  1  have  prcp.ired  with  all  my 
might  for  the  house  of  my  God  the 
gold  for  things  to  he  made  of  gold, 
and  the  silver  for  </ii'H9Sofsilver,iind 
the  brass  for  things  of  brass,  the  iron 
for  thitif/s  of  iron,  and  wood  for  things 
of  wood;  honyx  stones,  and  stones  to 
he  set,  glistering  stones,  and  of  divers 
colours,  and  all  manner  of  precious 
atones,  and  marble  stones  in  abund- 
ance. 

3  Moreover,  because  I  liave  set  my 
atl'ection  to  the  house  of  my  God,  I 
liavc  of  mine  own  proper  good,  of 
gold  and  silver,  lohich  I  have  given 
to  the  house  of  my  God,  over  and 
above  all  that  I  have  prepared  for  the 
holy  house, 

•1  Efcn  three  thousand  talents  of 
gold,  of  the  gold  of  "  Ophir,  and  sev- 
en thousand  talents  of  refined  silver, 
to  overlay  the  walls  of  the  houses 
withal: 

a  The  gold  for  things  of  gold,  and 
the  silver  for  things  of  silver,  and  for 
all  manner  of  work  to  be  made  by  the 
liands  of  artificers.  And  who  then 
is  willing  1  to  consecrate  his  service 
this  day  unto  the  LoJiDl' 

(i  H  Then  rtthe  chief  of  the  fathers 
and  princes  of  the  tribes  of  Israel, 
and  the  captains  of  thousands  and 
of  hundreds,  with  'the^  rulers  of 
the  king's  work,  offered  willingly, 

7  And  gave,  for  the  service  ot  the 
house  ot  God,  of  gold  five  thousand 
t:\lcnts  and  ten  thousand  drams,  and 
ofsilvi-r  ton  thousand  talents,  and  of 
brass  oiglitecn  thousand  talents,  and 
one  hundred  thousand  talents  of 
iron. 

8  And  they  with  whom  precious 
stones  were  found  gave  them  to  the 
treasure  of  the  house  of  the  Lonn,  by 
the  hand  of  i  Jehiel  the  Gcrshonite. 

9  Then  the  people  rejoiced,  for  that 
they  offered  willingly,  because  with 
perfect  lieart  they  ^offered  willingly 
to  the  LOKI)  :  and  David  the  king 
also  rejoiced  with  great  iov. 

10  If  Wherefore  Pavid  blessed  the 
Lord  before  all  the  congregation: 
and  David  s^id.  Blessed  bf  thou. 
Loud  God  of  Israel  our  father,  for 
ever  and  ever. 

11  liTliine,  (>  Lord, isthe greatness, 
and  the  power,  and  the  glory,  and 
the  viet.i.  V,  and  the  majesty:  for  all 
Ihid  is  in  the  heaven  and  in  the  earth 
is  thiiir :  thine  is  the  kingdom,  O 
LoiMi,  and  thou  art  exalted  as  head 

12  ilioth  riches  and  lionour  come 
of  thee,  and  thou  reignest  over  all; 
and  in  thine  hand  is  power  and 
might;  and  in  thine  hand  it  is  to 
make  great,  and  to  give  strength  un- 
to all. 

390 


13  Now  therefore,  our  God,  we 
thank  thee,  and  praise  thy  glorious 
name. 

14  Hut  who  am  L  and  what  is  my 
people,  tliat  we  should  t  be  able  to 
offer  so  willingly  after  this  sort?  for 
all  things  cum'e  of  thee,  and  f  of  thine 
own  have  we  gi\'en  thee. 

lo  For  k  \Ye  are  strangers  before 
thee,  and  Bojourners,  as  were  all 
our  fathers  :  lour  days  on  the  earth 
are  as  a  shadow,  and  there  is  none 
t  abiding. 

llj  O  l>oi!D  our  God,  all  this  store 
that  we  have  jjrepared  to  build  thee 
a  house  for  thine  holy  name  cometh 
of  thine  hand,  and  is  all  thine  own. 

17  I  know  also,  my  God,  that  thou 
'"  triest  the  heart,  and  "  hast  pleasure 
in  uprightness.  As  for  me,  in  the 
uprightness  of  mine  heart  I  have 
willingly  offered  all  these  things:  and 
now  have  1  seen  with  joy  thy  peo- 
l)le,  which  are  ||  present  here,  to  offer 
willingly  unto  thee. 

15  O  Lord  Goil  of  Abraham, Isaac, 
and  of  Israel,  our  fathers,  keep  this 
for  ever  in  the  imagination  of  the 
thoughts  of  the  heart  of  thy  people, 
and  \l  prepare  their  heart  unto  thee: 

19  And  "give  unto  Solomon  my 
son  a  perfect  heart,  to  keep  thy  com- 
mandments, thy  t;  stinionies,  and  thy 
statutes,  and  to  do  all  these  things, 
and  to  build  the  palace,  for  the 
which  P  I  have  made  provision. 

20  IT  And  David  said  to  all  the 
congrcK;ation,  Now  bless  the  Lord 
your  Gi>d.  And  all  the  congreg.a- 
tion  blessed  the  Lord  God  of  their 
fathers,  and  bowed  down  their  heads, 
and  worshipped  the  Lord,  and  the 
king. 

21  And  they  sacrificed  sncrifices  un- 
to the  Loud,  and  offered  burnt  offer- 
ings unto  the  IXJRD,  on  the  morrow 
after  that  day,  eren  a  thousand  bull- 
ocks, a  thousand  rams,  and  a  thou- 
sand lambs,  with  their  drink  offer- 
ings, and  sacrifices  in  abundance  for 
all  Israel: 

22  Anil  did  cat  and  drink  before  the 
Lord  on  that  day  with  great  glad- 
ness. And  they  made  Solomon  the 
son  of  David  king  the  second  time, 
and  'I  anointed  Aim  unto  the  Lord 
to  be  the  chief  governor,  and  Zadok 
to  be  priest. 

2'i  Then  Solomon  sat  on  the  throne 
of  the  Lord  es  king  instead  1.4'  Da- 
vid his  father,  ami  prospered;  and 
all  Israel  obeyed  him. 

24  And  all  the  princes,  and  the 
mighty  men,  and  all  the  sous  like- 
wise of  king  David,  't  submitted 
themselves  unto  Solomon  the  king. 

25  And  the  Lor.i)  magnified  Solo- 
mon ciceedingly  in  the  sight  of  all 
Israel,  and  'bestowed  upon  him  siwh 
royal  majestv  as  had  not  been  on  any 
king  before  liim  in  Israel. 

20  TT  Thus  Da>id  the  sou  of  Jesse 
reigned  over  all  Israel. 


Solomon's  choice  of  wisdom         II.  CHRONICLES. 


is  blessed  by  God. 


Before 
CHRIST 

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tiZSaiii.  5.5. 
c  Gen.  22. 9. 
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Before 
CUUIST 

1U15. 


•  lKii>.2.4e. 


•  I  Kin.  3  4. 
1  Chr.  16.  39. 
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il  Kin.  3.4. 

klKin.3.S,6. 


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27  'And  the  time  that  lie  rcM;i;ncd 
over  Israel  icus  forty  years;  "seven 
years  reigned  lie  iu  IKbroii,  aud 
thirty  and  three  years  reigned  he  in 
Jerusalem. 

28  And  he  ^  died  in  a  good  old  age. 
J  fuUof  days,  riches,  and  honour:  and 
Solomon  his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 

29  Now  tlic  acts  of  David  the  king, 


first  and  last,  behold,  they  die  writ- 
ten ill  the  |l  \  book  of  Samuel  the 
seer,  and  in  the  book  of  Nathan  the 
prophet,  and  in  the  book  of  Gad  the 
seer, 

oO  With  all  his  reign  and  his  might, 
*and  the  times  that  went  over  him, 
and  over  Israel,  and  over  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  countries. 


THE  SECOND  BOOK  OF 

THE   CHRONICLES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  The  toUmn  offering  of  Holam 
on.  7  Solomon's  choice  of 
bleiacJ  by  Ood.    13  Solomon 


n,ih 


AND  "  Solomon  the  eon  of  David 
was  strengthened  in  his  king- 
dom, and  I'the  l^oIiD  his  God  was 
with  him,  and  'magnified  him  ex- 
ceedingly. 

2  Then"  Solomon  spake  unto  all  Is- 
rael, to  dthe  captains  of  thousands 
and  of  hundreds,  and  to  the  judges, 
and  to  every  governor  in  all  Israel, 
the  chief  of  the  fathers. 

3  So  Solomon,  and  all  the  congrega- 
tion with  him,  went  to  the  high  place 
that  was  at  °  Gibeon;  for  there  was 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation  of 
God,  which  Moses  the  servant  of  the 
Lord  had  made  in  the  wilderness. 

4  fBut  the  ark  of  God  had  David 
brought  up  from  Kirjath-jearim  to 
the  place  w/iich  David  had  prepared 
for  it:  for  he  had  pitched  a  tent  for 
it  at  Jerusalem. 

5  Jloreover  sthe  brazen  altar,  that 
li  Bezaleel  the  son  of  Uri,  the  son  of 
Ilur,  had  m.ide,  ||  he  put  before  the 
tabernacle  of  the  Loud  :  and  Solo- 
mon and  the  congregation  sought 
unto  it. 

6  And  Solomon  went  up  thither 
to  the  brazen  altar  befoj-e  the  Lord, 
whicli  was  at  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation,  and  "offered  a  thou- 
sand burnt  offerings  upon  it. 

7  IT  w  In  that  night  did  God  appear 
unto  Solomon,  and  said  unto  him. 
Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee. 

8  And  Solomon  said  unto  God, 
Thou  hast  shewed  great  mercy  unto 
David  my  father,  and  liast  made  me 
'to  reign  in  his  stead. 

9  Now,  O  Lord  God,  let  thy 
promise  unto  David  my  father  be 
established:  ""for  thou  hast  made 
me  king  over  a  people  f  like  the 
dust  of  the  earth  in  multitude. 

10  ^  Give  me  now  wisdom  and 
knowledge,  that  I  may  °go  out  and 
come  in  before  this  people:  for  who 
can  judge  this  thy  people,  that  is  so 
great? 


U  PAnd  God  eaid  to  Solomon, 
Because  this  was  in  thine  licart, 
and  thou  hast  not  asked  riches, 
wealth,  or  honour,  nor  the  life  of 
thine  enemies,  neither  yet  hast  asked 
long  life  ;  but  hast  asked  wisdom 
and  knowledge  lor  thyself,  that  thou 
mayest  judge  my  people,  over  whom 
I  have  made  thee  king: 

12  Wisdom  and  knowledge  is 
granted  unto  thee;  and  I  will  give 
thee  riches,  and  wealth,  and  hon- 
our, such  as  Inone  of  the  kings 
have  had  that  have  been  before  thee, 
neither  shall  there  any  after  tliee 
have  the  like. 

13  IT  Then  Solomon  came  .from  his 
journey  to  the  high  place  that  was 
at  Gibeon  to  Jerusalem,  from  before 
the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation, 
and  reigned  over  Israel. 

14  ■■  And  Solomon  gathered  chariots 
and  horsemen:  and  he  had  a  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred  chariots,  and 
twelve  thousand  horsemen,  which 
he  placed  in  the  chariot  cities,  and 
witli  the  king  at  Jerusalem. 

15  'And  tlic  king  tmade  silver 
and  gold  at  Jerusalem  as  j^tenteous 
as  stones,  and  cedar  trees  made  he 
as  the  sycamore  trees  that  are  in  the 
vale  for  abundance. 

10  '  .\nd  f  Solomon  had  horses 
brought  out  of  Egypt,  and  linen 
yarn ;  the  king's  inerciiants  received 
the  linen  yarn  at  a  price. 

ir  And  they  fetched  up,  and 
brought  forth  out  of  Egypt  a  char- 
iot for  six  hundred  shekels  of  sil- 
ver, aud  a  horse  for  a  hundred  and 
fifty :  and  so  brought  they  out 
horses  for  all  the  kings  of  the  llit- 
tites,  and  for  the  kings  of  Syria,  t  by 
their  means. 

CHAPTER  IE 
1,  17  Solomon's  labourers  for  the  buildinff 

of  the  temple.    3  Bis  embaeeage  to  Hu- 

ram  for  workmen  andprovision  of  stuff. 

11  nuram  eendethhim  a  kind  answer. 

\  ND  Solomon  "determined  to 
.1  \  build  a  house  for  the  name  of 
the  Lord,  and  a  bouse  fur  his  king- 
dom. 

2  And  b  Solomon  told  out  three- 
3fll 


Soloniun's  tiiessage  to  Iluram.    II.  CHRONICLES. 


Dimensions  of  the  temple. 


Before 

CURIST 

1015. 


.  25.  .10. 
'.  21.  8. 
.m.  28.  3, 


score  and  ten  tliousand  men  to 
bear  burdon.s,  and  fourscore  thou- 
sand to  how  in  the  mountain,  and 
tlirce  thousand  and  six  Iiundred  to 
oversee  them. 

3  TT  And  Solomon  sent  to  ||  Iluram 
tlie  king  of  Tvre,  saviiij,  'As  llmu 
didst  deal  with  David'  niy  father, 
and  didst  scud  liim  cccUiis  to  build 
liiin  a  liouse  to  dwell  therein,  even  &o 
d.al  vilh  inc. 

i  Heboid,  '1 1  build  a  liouse  to 
tlie  name  of  the  Lord  my  God, 
to  dedicate  it  to  him,  and  "^  to  burn 
before  him  f  sweet  incense,  and  for 
ftho  continual  shewbread,  uud  for 
sthe  burnt  otlerin^s  morninii;  and 
evening,  on  tlie  sabbaths,  and  on 
the  new  moons,  and  on  the  solemn 
feasts  of  the  J.iikd  our  God.  This  is 
«/i  on/tnaiice  for  ever  to  Israel. 

a  And  the  house  which  I  build  is 
;:reat:  for  h great  is  our  God  above 
all  t;ods. 

0  i  Itiit  who  f  is  able  to  build  him 
a  house,  seeing;  the  heaven  and  heav- 
en of  heavens  cannot  contain  him? 
who  am  I  then,  that  I  should  build 
him  a  house  save  only  to  burn  sac- 
rilice  betlu-ehim? 

7  Send  me  now  therctorc  a  man 
ennnin;;  t.)  work  in  gold,  and  in  sil- 
ver, and  ill  brass,  and  in  iron,  and 
in  purple,  and  crimson,  and  blue, 
and  that  can  skill  fto  grave  with 
the  cunning  men  that  (oe  with 
me  in  Judnh  and  in  Jernsalem, 
kwhora  David  my  father  did  pro- 
vide. 

8  1  SeiKl  mo  also  cedar  trees,  fir 
trees,  and  |l  al-nm  trees,  out  of  Leb- 
anon: for  1  know  that  thy  servants 
can  skill  to  cut  timber  in  "Lebanon; 
and,  behold,  my  servants  sliall  be 
witli  tliy  servants, 

II  llveii  to  jirejiare  me  timber  in 
abundance  :  for  the  house  which  I 
am  about  to  build  s/i<iH  te  f  wonder- 
ful frreut. 

II)  "'And,  behold,  I  will  give  to 
thy  servants,  the  hewers  that  cut 
limber,  twenty  thonsancl  measures 
of  beaten  wheat,  ami  Hientv  tli.Mi- 
sand  UR'asures  (.f  bailey,  and'fwenty 
I  baths  of  w  iue,  and  twenty 


d  batle 
llu 


of  oil. 


11  ir  Then  Iluram  Ihe  kins- of  Tvrc 
answered  in  wiitiuu',  which  ho  sent 
to  Solomon,  "  lieeauso  the  Loi:i> 
bath  loved  his  pcoiilo,  he  hath  made 
thee  king  over  them. 

12  Iluram  said  moreover,  "Blessed 
be  the  Loud  God  of  Israel,  I'thnt 
made  heaven  and  earth,  who  hath 
given  to  Oavid  the  king  a  wise  son, 
t  endued  with  luudeme  and  under- 
standing, that  might  build  a  bouse 
for  the  J/Oltii,  and  a  house  for  hia 
kingchnu. 

i;i  And  now  I  have  sent  a  cunning 
man,  oiidned  with  understanding,  of 
n  my  fathe  ' 


14 


1  The  son  of  a  woman  of  the 
393 


daughters  of  Dan,  and  his  futher 
v:as  a  man  of  Tyre,  skilful  to  work 
in  gold,  and  in  silver,  in  brass,  in 
iron,  in  stone,  and  in  timber,  in 
purple,  in  blue,  and  in  fine  linen, 
and  in  crimson!  also  to  grave  any 
manner  of  graving,  and  to  find  oiit 
every  device  which  shall  be  put  to 
him,  with  thy  cunning  men,  and 
with  the  cunning  men  of  my  lord 
David  thy  father. 

15  Now  therefore  the  wheat,  and  the 
barley,  the  oil,  and  the  wine,  which 
•■my  h)rd  hath  spoken  of,  let  him 
send  unto  his  servants; 

10  *Aud  we  will  cut  woo<l  out  of 
Lebanon,  (as  much  as  thou  shalt 
need;  and  we  will  bring  it  t«  thee  in 
floats  by  sea  to  tJoppa;  and  tbou 
shalt  carry  it  up  to  Jerusalem. 

17  H  '  And  .Solomon  numbered  all 
f  the  strangers  that  were  in  the  laiid 
of  Israel,  after  the  numbering  where- 
with "  David  his  father  had  number- 
ed them  ;  and  they  were  ibund  a 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  and 
three  thousand  and  six  hundred. 

18  And  he  set  "threescore  and  ten 
thousand  of  them  to  be  bearers  of 
burdens,  and  (Inirscore  thousand  to 
he  hewers  in  the  mountain,  and  three 
thousand  and  six  hundred  overseers 
to  set  the  people  awork. 

CnAPTER  III. 
1   TJie  plare,  «<id  time  of  huiUing  the  tem- 
ple.    3  The  meiiBurt  and  orimmenti  of 
the   houec.     II    TM  cheruMm.      H  Tlie 
Viiil  and  pillars. 

Tlin.V  "Solomon  began  to  build 
the  house  of  the  Liiiiu  at  I'.leru- 
salera  in  mount  Moriah,  ||  where  Me 
/,o/:n appeared  unto  Davicl  bis  father, 
in  the  place  that  David  bad  prepared 
in  the  thrcshiugfloor  of  ||  Drnan  the 
Jebusite. 

li  And  he  began  to  build  in  the 
econd  fidit  of  the  second  month,  in 
be  fourth  vi'ar  of  his  rei-n. 
•■i  !T  \ow  these  <in-  Ihr  t/.in'i.t  .1  trliere- 
II  Solomon  was  i  instructed  for  the 
milding  of  the  house  of  God.  The 
b-ngth  liy  cubits  .-.Iter  the  first  meas- 
ure trir-i  threescore  cubits,  und  the 
hreniltli  twentv  cubits. 

4  And  the  '  i>oreh  that  vax  in  the 
front  or'  the  Ihiu.v,  the  leiiL-th  or'  i( 
nan  according  to  the  hri'adlli  of  the 
bouse,  twenty  cubits,  and  the  hii-ht 
icnst\  Iiundred  and  twentv:  and  he 
overlaid  it  within  with  pure  L'dd. 

5  And  rtbo  greater  b.mse  be  ceiled 
with  tir  tree,  which  he  overlaid  with 
fine  gold,  and  set  thereon  palm  trees 
and  chains. 

<;  And  he  tgarnishcd  the  house  with 
precious  stones  for  beanlv:  and  the 
gold  icwg.ihlufl'arvaiui.' 

7  lie  ov.rlaid  also  the  house,  the 
beams,  the  p..sts,  and  the  walls  tlierc- 
nf,  ami  the  do,,.s  thereof,  with  gold; 
and  giav.'il  chc'rnbim  ou  the  walls. 

■S  And  be  made  the  most  holv  bouse, 
the   length  whereof  tins    according 


The  molten  sea. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Furniture  of  the  temple. 


to  the  breadth  of  the  house,  twenty  i 
cubits,  and  tlic  breadtli  thereof  twen- 
ty cubits:  and  he  overhiid  it  witli 
fine  gold,  amounting  lu  bLx  liundred 
talents. 

'J  And  the  weight  of  the  nails  u-as 
fifty  shekels  of  gold.  And  lie  over- 
laid the  upper  chambers  w  ith  gold. 

10  K  And  in  the  most  holy  house  he 
made  two  cherubim  ||  of  image  work, 
and  overlaid  them  with  gold. 

11  IT  And  the  wings  of  the  cherubim 
uvre  twenty  eubita  long:  one  wing 
of  the  one  client!)  was  live  cubits, 
reaching  to  the  wall  of  the  house  : 
and  the  other  wing  was  likvvmc  live 
cubits,  reaching  to  the  wing  of  the 
other  clierub. 

12  And  one  wing  of  the  other  cherub 
%cas  five  cubits,  reaching  to  the  wall 
of  the  house:  and  tlie  other  wing  ic<i'>" 
live  cubits  aho,  joining  to  the  wing 
of  the  other  cherub. 

13  The  wings  of  these  cherubim 
spread  themselves  forth  twenty  cu- 
bits: and  they  stood  on  their  feet, 
and  their  faces  mie  \\  inward. 

14  11  And  he  made  the  li  vail  o/'blue, 
and  purple,  and  crimson,  and  line 
linen,  and  t  wrought  cherubim  there- 
on. 

15  Also  he  made  before  the  house 
itwo  pillars  of  thirty  and  tive  cubits 
t  high,  and  the  chapiter  that  uas  on 
the  top  of  each  of  them  tL'os  live  cu- 
bits. 

IG  And  ho  made  chains,  as  in  the 
oracle,  and  put  tlicni  on  the  heads  of 
the  pillars!  and  made  I- a  hundred 
pomegranates,  and  iiut  tJieui  on  the 
chains. 
17  And  he  l  reared  up  the  pillars 
before  the  temple,  one  on  the  right 
hand,  and  the  other  on  the  left;  and 
called  the  name  of  that  on  the  right 
hand  11  tiachin,  and  the  name  of  that 
ou  the  lelt  ||  Boaz. 

CIIAl'TEK  IV. 
1  TJta  altar  of  brata.    2   Tim  molten  tea 

upon  tu'eli'a  oxen.     0    The   ten  lafers, 

canUlesticks,  and  tablet.     9  Ttil  courts. 

and  the  inntrumenf  of  hratt.      19  The 

inttramcnti  of  <jold. 

MOREOVER  he  made  "an  altar 
of  brass,  lue.ity  cubits  the 
length  thereof,  and  twenty  cubits  the 
breadth  thereof,  and  ten  cubits  the 
height  thereof. 

2  11 1"  Also  he  made  a  molten  sea  of 
ten  cubits  t  from  brim  to  brim,  round 
in  compass,  and  five  cubits  the  height 
thereof;  and  a  line  of  thirty  cubits 
did  compass  it  round  about. 

3 'And  under  it  u-as  Ihe  similitude 
of  oxen,  which  did  compass  it  round 
about:  ten  in  a  cubit,  compassing  the 
sea  round  about.  Two  rows  of  oxeu 
were  east,  when  it  was  cast. 

4  It  stood  upon  twelve  oxen,  three 
looking  toward  the  north,  and  three 
looking  toward  the  west,  and  three 
looking  toward  the  south,  and  three 
looking  toward  the  cast:  and  the  6ca 


v:a3  set  above  upon  them,  and  all 
their  hinder  parts  were  inward. 

5  And  the  thickness  of  it  ifas  a  hand- 
breadth,  and  the  brim  of  it  like  the 
work  of  the  brim  of  a  cup,  ||  with 
flowers  of  lilies;  and  it  received  and 
lield  (I  three  thousand  baths. 

ti  'i  He  made  also  "^  ten  lavers,  and 
put  five  ou  the  right  hand,  and  five 
on  the  left,  to  wash  in  them:  f  sucli 
things  as  they  ofl'ered  for  the  burnt 
offering  tlicy  w.ashed  in  them;  but 
the  sea  was  for  the  priests  to  wash  in. 

7  f  And  he  made  ten  candlesticks  of 
gold  s  according  to  their  form,  and 
set  them  in  the  temple,  five  ou  the 
right  hand,  and  five  on  the  left. 

S  ulle  made  also  ten  tables,  and 
placed  r/icm  in  the  temple,  five  on 
the  right  side,  and  five  on  the  left. 
And  he  made  a  hundred  ||  basins  of 
gold. 

',)  IT  Furthermore  i  he  made  the  court 
of  the  priests,  and  the  great  court, 
and  doors  for  the  court,  and  overlaid 
the  doors  of  them  with  brass. 

10  And  k  he  set  the  sea  on  the  right 
side  of  the  cast  end,  over  against  the 
south. 

11  And  '  Iluram  made  the  pots,  and 
the  shovels,  and  the  ||  basins.  And 
Hnram  f  finislud  the  work  that  lie 
was  to  make  tor  king  Solomon  for 
the  house  of  God; 

12  To  wit,  the  tH  o  pillars,  and  ""  the 
pommels,  and  the  chapiters  which 
icere  on  the  top  of  the  two  pillars, 
and  the  two  wreaths  to  cover  the  two 
[uimmcls  of  the  chapiters  which  itere 
on  the  top  of  the  pillars; 

1'!  Anil  "four  hundred  pomegran- 
ates on  the  two  wreaths;  two  rows 
of  pomegranates  on  each  wreath,  to 
cover  the  two  pommels  of  the  chap- 
iters which  were  t  upon  the  pillars. 

14  He  made  also  "  bases,  and  ||  lavers 
made  he  upon  tlie  bases; 

15  One  sea,  and  twelve  oxen  under 
it. 

If)  The  pots  also,  and  the  shovels 
and  the  fleshhooks,  and  all  their  in- 
struments, did  I'  lluram  his  father 
make  to  king  Solomon  for  the  house 
of  the  LOKI),  oft  bright  brass. 

17  '1  In  the  plain  of  Jordan  did  the 
king  cast  them,  in  the  t  clay  ground 
between  Suceoth  and  Zereuathah. 

IS  'Thus  Solomon  made  all  these 
vessels  in  great  abundance:  for  the 
weight  of  the  brass  could  not  be 
found  out. 

19  TT  And  '^  Solomon  made  all  the 
vessels  that  wcie  .lor  the  house  of 
God,  the  golden  altar  also,  and  the 
tables  whereon  'the  shewbread  was 
set ; 

HO  Moreover  the  candlesticks  with 
their  lamps,  that  tluy  should  burn 
"  after  the  manner  before  the  oracle, 
of  pure  gold; 

21  And  "  the  flowers,  and  the  lamps, 
and  the  tongs,  made  he  of  gold,  and 
that  t  perfect  gold.: 


Before 
CUD,  I  ST 

1012. 


(Or.  (.(•,» 
ilSee  L  Kiugs 


gOr.  6ouf<. 
i  1  Kin.  6.  SO. 


ISclKiu.?. 

40. 

J  Or.  Uwl: 
t  11.1,.  /„..*- 

,d  I.  M.l>. 

mlEio  7.41. 


pi  Kiii.7.  H. 

45. 

tHeb 

J. 

al  Ki 

n.  7.46. 

tHil. 

j/lA. 

rlKi 

.  7. 47. 

.1  Kin.  7.  48. 

Induction  of  the  ark. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


A  cloud  fiUeih  the  house. 


Before 
CHRIST 

1012. 


c2S»m.  a  12. 
d  1  Kin.  9.  2. 


t  U.l,./our<(. 
flCbr.  2J.  1. 


2-2  And  the  smitifcrs,  aiul  tlie  ||  ba- 
sins, and  the  spoons,  ami  the  censers, 
of  pure  gold:  and  the  entry  of  the 
house,  tlie  inner  doors  thereof  for  the 
most  holy  phirc,  and  the  doors  of  the 
house  of  the  temple,  vjcre  oy'gold. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1   The  dedicate  treasures.    2  The  iolcMn 

inUuclion  of  tht  ark  into  the  oraela.     11 

Uiid  beinfj  praiecd  giveth  a  viaibte  sign 

of  hi,  favour. 

THUS  *all  the  work  that  Solomon 
made  for  the  liouse  of  the  lyOCD 
was  finished:  and  Solomon  brought 
in  all  the  things  that  David  his  fa- 
ther had  dedicated;  and  the  silver, 
and  the  goUl,  and  all  the  instru- 
ments, put  he  among  the  treasures 
of  the  house  of  God. 

2  TT  bThen  Solomon  assembled  the 
ciders  of  Israel,  and  all  tlic  heads  of 
tlie  tribes,  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of 
the  children  of  Israel,  unto  Jerusa- 
lem, to  bring  up  tlie  ark  of  the  cove- 
nant of  the  Loud  '  out  of  the  city  of 
David,  which  is  Zion. 

3  <1  Wliereforc  all  the  men  of  Israel 
assembled  tliemselvcs  unto  tlie  king 
■^  in  the  feast  which  ictis  in  tlie  sev- 
en tii  month. 

4  And  all  tlie  ciders  of  Israel  came; 
und  tlie  Lcvites  took  up  tlie  ark. 

"i  And  they  brouglit  up  tiie  ark,  and 
tlie  tabernacle  of  tlio  c<iiigrcgation, 
mid  all  the  holy  vessels  that  icere  in 
the  tabernacle,  these  did  the  priests 
imil  the  I.cvites  bring  up. 

(i  .Vlso  king  Solomon,  and  all  the 
congregation  of  Isi-iiel  that  were  as- 
sembled unto  him  before  the  ark, 
sHcridced  sheep  and  oxen,  wliieh 
<'on!d  not  be  told  nor  numbered  lor 
multitude. 

7  And  the  priests  brought  in  the 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  I.oitn 
unto  his  |>lace,  to  the  oracle  of  the 
house,  into  tlic  most  holy  ;>/atv', 
rtcji  under  tlic  wings  of  the  cher- 
ubim: 

8  For  the  cherubim  spread  forth 
their  wings  over  the  place  of  the  ark, 
and  the  cherubim  covered  the  ork 
and  the  staves  thereof  above. 

;i  And  thi-v  drew  out  the  staves  of 
III,'  <ul:.  thiit  the  cmis  of  the  staves 
were  seen  fi-om  the  ark  before  the 
oraele;  but  they  were  not  scon  with- 
out.    And  II  there  it  is  unto  this  dav. 

10  There  ints  nothing  in  the  ark 
save  the  two  tables  which  Moses 
l\mt.  therein  at  lloreh,  ||  when  the 
I, Dim  made  a  cureiinnt  with  the 
ehililren  of  Israel,  wlieu  they  came 
outoflCgvpt. 

U  H  Ana  it  camo  to  pass,  when  the 
priests  were  come  out  of  the  holy 
place:  (for  nil  the  priests  Unit  tni-e 
f  present  were  eanctificd,  and  did 
nut  then  wait  bv  course: 

12  c  Also  the  r..-vit.s  i//ii>A  iccr--  the 
singers,  all  of  tliiiii  of  .\sapli.  of  He- 
man,  of  Jediitlinn,  with  their  sons 
and  their  brethren,  being  arrnyed  in 
3M 


white  linen,  having  cymbals  an<I 
psalteries  and  harjis,  stood  at  tlie  east 
end  of  the  altar,  liand  with  them  a 
hundred  and  twenty  priests  eouud- 
ing  with  trumpets:) 

l.?  It  came  even  to  pass,  as  the 
trumpeters  and  singers  icere  as  one, 
to  make  one  Bound  to  be  heard  in 
praising  and  thanking  the  l.,oi:D  ; 
and  wlien  they  lifted  up  their  voice 
with  the  trumpets  and  cymbals  and 
instruments  of  music,  and  praised 
the  LoKD,  seti/itio,  i  For  he  is  good; 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever:  that 
then  the  house  was  filled  with  a 
cloud,  even  the  house  of  the  Loud; 

14  So  that  the  priests  eould  not 
stand  to  minister  by  reason  of  the 
cloud  :  kfor  the  glory  of  the  Lord 
bad  HUed  the  house  of  God. 

CHAPTER  \I. 

I  Solomon,  having  blessed  tho  people, 
lleaseih  God.  I'l  Sotomon^s  prayer  in 
the  consecration  of  the  temple,  upon  the 
brazen  scaffold. 

''IPIIF-NT  "said  Solomon,  The  Loud 

1  hath  said  tliat  he  would  dwell 
in  the  h  thick  darkness. 

2  But  I  have  built  a  house  of 
habitation  for  thee,  and  a  place  for 
thy  dwelling  for  ever. 

.1  And  the  king  turned  his  face, 
and  blessed  the  whole  congregation 
of  Israel:  and  all  tho  congregation 
of  Israel  stood. 

4  And  he  said.  Blessed  he  the 
l.oun  God  of  Israel,  who  hath  with 
his  hands  fulfilled  that  which  he 
sp.ake  with  his  mouth  to  my  father 
David,  saying, 

5  Since  the  day  that  I  brought 
forth  my  people  out  of  the  land  of 
Egyjit  1  chose  no  citv  among  all 
the"  tribes  of  Israel  to  Iniild  a  house 
in,  that  my  name  might  be  there  ; 
neither  chose  I  any  man  to  be  a 
ruler  over  my  people  Israel: 

I!  'But  I  have  chosen  Jerusalem, 
that  my  name  might  be  there;  and 
•1  have  chosen  David  to  be  over  my 
people  Israel, 

7  Now  '  it  was  in  the  heart  of  David 
my  father  to  build  a  house  for  the 
name  of  the  I.oiiii  God  of  Israel. 

!S  But  the  l-oi!i>  said  to  David 
mv  father.  Forasmuch  as  it  was  in 
thine  heart  to  bnild  a  house  for  my 
name,  thou  didst  well  in  that  it  was 
in  thine  heart: 

'.I  Notwithstanding  thou  shalt  not 
build  the  Ikmim';  but  tliv  son  which 
shall  come  forth  out  of  thy  loins,  he 
shall  build  tlie  house  for  my  name. 

10  The  l,oi!i>  therefore  hath  per- 
formed his  wonl  that  he  hath  spok- 
en: for  I  am  risen  up  i;i  the  rixun 
of  Dnvid  my  father,  uiul  am  set  on 
the  throne  "of  Israel,  as  the  lyOUD 
pnimised,  and  have  built  the  house 
for  the  iittine  of  the  I.uiiD  God  of 
Israel. 

II  And  in  it  hare  I  put  tho  ork, 


Solomon's  jyrayer  at  the 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


consecration  of  the  temple. 


tH.b.  nn,i 


fwlicrcin  i'j»  the  covenant  of  the 
1-oiiD,  tlint  he  made  with  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

12  IT  B  And  he  stood  before  the  altar 
of  the  lyOnn  in  the  proBcncc  of  all 
the  congregation  of  Isrucl,  and  spread 
forth  his  hands: 

13  For  Solomon  had  made  a  brazen 
scaffold,  of  live  cubits  \  lon^',  and 
live  cubits  broad,  and  tlirce  cubits 
hijch,  and  had  set  it  in  tlie  midst 
of  the  court:  and  upon  it  he  Blood, 
and  kneeled  down  upon  his  knees 
belbre  all  the  congregation  of  Israel, 
and  spread  Jbrtli  his  hands  toward 
heaven, 

14  And  said,  O  LOKD  God  of  Is- 
rael, I'  there  is  no  God  like  thee 
in  the  heaven,  nor  in  the  earth  ; 
which  kecpest  covenant,  and  shew- 
('.c<  mercy  unto  thy  servants,  that 
walk  before  thee  with  all  their  hearts: 

15  "Thou  which  hast  kept  with 
thy  servant  David  my  father  that 
which  thou  hast  promised  him  ; 
and  spakest  with  thy  mouth,  and 
hast  fulfilled  it  with  thine  hand,  as  i( 
i.«  this  day. 

11)  Now  therefore,  O  l^onn  God 
of  Israel,  keep  with  thv  servant 
U.avid  m.v  father  that  wtiich  thou 
hast  promised  him,  saying,  kt  There 
shall  not  fail  thee  a  man  in  my 
sight  to  sit  upon  tlie  throne  of  Is- 
rael; lyet  so  that  thy  children  take 
heed  to  their  way  to  walk  in  my 
law,  as  thou  hast  walked  before  mo. 

17  Now  then,  O  Loi:i)  God  of 
Israel,  let  thy  word  be  verified, 
which  thou  hast  spoken  unto  thy 
servant  IJavid. 

18  But  will  God  in  very  deed  dwell 
with  men  on  the  earth?  '"Behold, 
heaven  and  the  heaven  of  heavens 
cannot  contain  thee  ;  how  much 
less  this  house  which  I  have  built! 

19  Have  respect  therefore  to  the 
prayer  of  thy  ser\'ant,  and  to  his 
supplication, 'O  I.OUD  my  God,  to 
hearken  unto  the  cry  and  the  jtrayer 
which  thy  servant  prayeth  before 
thee: 

20  That  thine  eyes  may  be  open 
upon  this  house  day  and  night, 
upon  the  place  whereof  thou  hast 
said  that  thou  wouldest  put  thy 
name  there;  to  hearken  unto  the 
prayer  which  thy  servant  prayeth 
II  toward  tliis  place. 

21  Hearken  therefore  nnto  the 
supplications  of  thy  servant,  and 
of  thy  people  Israel,  which  they 
shall  t  make  toward  this  i)lace  : 
hear  thou  from  thy  dwellingplace, 
even  from  heaven;  and  when  thou 
hearest,  Ibrgive. 

22  ^  If  a  man  sin  against  his 
neighbour,  tand  an  oath  be  laid 
upon  him  to  make  him  swear,  and 


requiting  the  wicked,  by  recom- 
pensing his  way  upon  his  own 
head;  and  b/ justifying  the  right- 
eous, by  givmg  him  according  to 
his  righteousness. 

24  II  And  if  thy  people  Israel  ||  be 
put  to  the  worse  before  the  enemy, 
because  they  have  sinned  against 
tlicu  ;  and  shall  return  and  confess 
thy  name,  and  pray  and  make  sup- 
plication before  thee  \\  in  this  house; 

25  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heav- 
ens, and  forgive  the  sin  of  thy 
people  Israel,  and  bring  them  again 
nnto  the  land  which  tliou  gavest  to 
them  and  to  their  fathers. 

2U  IT  When  the  "heaven  is  shut 
up,  and  there  is  no  rain,  because 
tliey  have  sinned  against  thee;  yet 
if  they  pray  toward  this  place,  and 
confess  thy  name,  and  turn  from 
their  sin,"  when  thou  dost  afflict 
them; 

27  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven, 
and  forgive  the  sin  of  thy  servants, 
and  of  thy  people  Israel,  when  thou 
liast  taught  them  the  good  way, 
wherein  they  should  walk;  and  send 
rain  upon  tfiy  land,  which  thou  hast 
given  unto  thy  people  for  an  inherit- 
ance. 

28  TT  If  there  °be  dearth  in  the  land, 
if  there  be  pestilence,  if  there  be 
blasting  or  mildew,  locusts  or  cater- 
pillars ;  if  tlieir  enemies  besiege 
them  tin  the  cities  of  their  land; 
whatsoever  sore,  or  whatsoever  sick- 
ness there  he  : 

29  Then  what  prayer  or  what  sup- 
plication soever  shall  be  made  of  any 
man,  or  of  all  thy  people  Israel,  when 
every  one  shall  know  his  own  sore 
and  "his  own  grief,  and  shall  spread 
forth  his  hands  |l  in  this  house: 

."0  Then  hear  thou  from  heaven 
thy  dwellingplace,  and  forgive,  and 
render  unto  every  man  according 
nnto  all  his  ways,  whose  heart  thou 
knowcst;  (for  thou  only  ^  knowest 
the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men;) 

31  That  they  may  fear  thee,  to  walk 
in  thy  ways,  i  so  long  as  they  live 
t  in  the  land  which  thou  gavest  unto 
our  fathers. 

.'12  H  Moreover  concerning  the  stran- 
ger, 1  which  is  not  of  thy  people  Is- 
rael, but  is  come  from  a  far  country 
for  thv  great  name's  sake,  and  thy 
mightv  hand,  and  thy  stretched  out 
arm ;  if  they  come  and  pray  in  this 
linuse: 

"A  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heav- 
ens, even  from  thy  dwellingplace.  and 
do  according  to  all  that  the  stranger 
ealleth  to  thee  for;  that  nil  people 
of  the  earth  may  know^  thy  name, 
and  fear  thee,  as  iloih  thy  people 
Israel,  and  may  know  that  tthis 
house  which  I  "have  built  is  called 


the  oath  come  before  thine  altar  in  I  bv  thy  name, 
this  house;  I    34   If  thy    people    go    out    to    war 

2.'3  Then  hear  thou  from   heaven,  I  against  their  enemies  by  the  way  that 
and  do,  and  judge  thy  servants,  by  1  thou  shall  send  them,  and  they  pray 

395 


Solomon's  jn-aijer. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


God  appcarcth 


unto  thee  toward  this  eity  which 
tliou  hast  chosen,  and  tlie  house 
which  1  have  built  for  thy  names 

.'15  Then  hear  thou  from  tlie  licav- 
ens  their  prayer  and  their  supplica- 
tion, and  maintain  their  II  cause. 

.'iti  Jf  they  sin  against  thee,  (I'or  there 
is  'no  man  which  siuneth  not,)  and 
thou  be  angry  with  them,  and  de- 
liver them  over  before  MeiV  enemies, 
and  tthey  carry  them  away  captives 
unto  n  land  far  off  or  near; 

i'u  Yet  v/they  t  bethink  themselves 
in  the  land  whither  they  are  carried 
eajitivc,  and  turn  and  pray  unto  thee 
in  the  land  of  their  eaptivUy,  sayinj^. 
We  have  sin  ned.  we  have  done  amiss, 
and  have  dealt  wickedlv; 

.'iS  If  they  return  to  "thee  -n-ith  all 
their  heart  and  with  all  tlioir  soul  in 
the  land  of  their  captivitv,  whither 
they  have  carried  them  captives,  and 
pr.ay  toward  their  land,  which  thou 
;;avest  unto  their  fathers,  and  lowanl 
the  city  which  thou  hast  chosen,  and 
toward  the  house  which  I  have  built 
for  thv  name: 

39  Then  hear  thou  from  the  heav- 
ens, even  from  thy  dwellinjiiilace, 
tlieir  prayer  and  tlieir  supplications, 
and  maintain  their  ||  cause,  and  for- 
give thy  people  which  have  sinned 
aftainst  thee. 

40  Now,  my  God,  let,  I  beseech 
tiiee,  thine  eyes  bo  open,  and  let 
thine  ears  he  attent  f  tmto  the  prayer 
l/ial  IS  umi/e  in  this  place. 

41  Now  'therefore  arise,  O  Lord 
God,  into  thy  'restinjj  place,  thou, 
and  the  ark  of  thy  strenftth:  let  tliy 
priests,  O  LoitD  God,  be  clothed 
with  salvation,  and  let  thy  saints 
"  rejoice  in  j^nodness. 

4J  O  IjOki)  God,  turn  not  away  the 
face  of  thine  anointed;  ^remember 
the  mercies  of  David  thy  servant. 
CH.\PTER  vir. 

1  Ooil  Anut»i7  given  icatinumy  to  SolomorCi 
1>frfyci-  by  fire  from  heinien,  nii.i  glary 
in  the  temple,  the  jteoplc  wornliip  him. 
4  Suiomo.i'o  solemn  eacrifice.  8  Kolomon 
having  kept  the  fcaet  of  tabernartfe,  ami 
the  feast  of  the  Uedieation  of  the  altar, 
(tismieeeth  the  people.  12  IJod  appear- 
iitij    to    ,^^oliinton    i/iveth    hiin   promieea 

NOW  "when  Solomon  had  made 
an  end  of  prayin};,  the  I'lire 
came  down  fronr  heaven,  and  con- 
sumed the  burnt  oflerin;;  and  the 
sacrifices;  and  ^  the  j;lory  of  the 
J.oiii)  filled  the  house. 

2<iAud  the  priests  could  not  enter 
into  the  house  of  the  J<i)i;i>,  berause 
the  j;lo''.v  of  the  LoKi>  had  filled  the 
i.oiii>'.s  house. 

.!  And  when  all  the  children  of  Is- 
rael saw  liow  the  tire  came  down, 
and  the  glory  of  the  Loiit)  upon  tlie 
liouse,  they  bowed  themselves  with 
their  faces  to  the  ground  upon  the 
j)avemeut,  and  worshipped,  and 
praised  the  Lokd,  '^sni/iiirj,  For  /ic 


Osgood;  ffor  liis  nicTcy  endut'eth  for 
ever. 

4  ^KThen  the  kins  and  all  the 
people  ofl'ered  sacritices  before  the 
Loud. 

5  And  kinj::  Solomon  offered  a  sac- 
rifice of  twenty  and  two  thousand 
oxen,  and  a  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  sheep.  So  the  king  ancl 
nil  the  people  dedicated  the  house 
of  God. 

0  liAnd  the  priests  waited  on  their 
offices:  the  Lcvites  also  with  instru- 
ments of  music  of  the  I.ohd,  which 
David  the  king  had  made  to  praise 
the  IjOIcd,  because  his  mercy  en- 
(liirelli  for  ever,  when  David  praised 
t  by  their  ininistrj';  and  i  the  priests 
sounded  trumpets  before  them,  and 
all  Israel  stood. 

7  Moreover  t  Solomon  hallowed  the 
middle  of  the  court  that  I'os  before 
the  house  of  the  I.otiD:  for  there  he 
offered  burnt  offerings,  and  the  tat 
of  the  peace  olferinjjs,  because  the 
brazen  altar  which  Solomon  liad 
made  was  not  able  to  receive  the 
burnt  ott'erings,  and  the  meat  offer- 
ings, and  the  fat. 

b  11  'Also  at  the  same  time  Solomon 
kept  the  fe:;st  seven  d:xys,  and  uU  Is- 
rael with  him,  a  very 'great  congre- 
gation, from  the  entering  in  of  Ila- 
nuith  unto  '"  the  river  of  Egypt. 

t>  And  in  the  eighth  day  they  made 
fa  solemn  assembly:  for  they  kept 
the  dedication  of  tlie  altar  seven 
days,  and  tiic  feast  seven  days. 

li)  And  "on  the  three  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  seventh  umuth  he  sent 
the  people  away  into  their  tents,  glad 
and  merry  in  heart  for  the  gotnlness 
that  the  Loitn  had  shewed  unto  Da- 
vid, and  to  Solomon,  and  to  Israel 
his  people. 

11  Thus  "Solomon  finished  the 
house  of  the  Lokd,  and  the  king's 
house:  and  all  that  came  into  Solo- 
mon's heart  to  make  in  the  hcuise  of 
the  Lokd,  and  in  his  own  house,  he 
jirospcrously  effected. 

12  If  And  the  Ia)KD  appeared  to 
Solomon  by  night,  and  said  unto 
him,  I  have  heard  thy  jirayer,  ''and 
have  chosen  this  place  to  myself  for 
a  house  t»f  saerilice. 

l.'i  ''  If  I  shut  up  heaven  that  there 
be  no  rain,  or  if  I  conunand  the  lo- 
custs to  devour  the  land,  or  if  I  tend 
pestilence  among  my  people; 

J4  It'  my  people,  t  which  are  called 
by  my  name,  shall  'humble  them- 
selves, and  pray,  and  seek  my  face, 
and  turn  from  their  wicked 'ways  ; 
"then  will  I  hear  from  heaven,  and 
will  forgive  their  sin,  and  will  heal 
their  laud. 

I.j  Now  'mine  eyes  shall  bo  open, 
aiul  nunc  ears  attent  1  unto  the  prayer 
lli((t  i.i  matte  in  this  i)laee. 

II!  l"or  now  have  "  I  chosen  and 
sanctilicd  this  house,  that  my  name 
may   be  there  for  ever :   auil  mine 


again  to  Solomon. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Solomon's  yearly  nacrifices. 


Before 
CHRIST 


Uv.  2C.  14. 
3.1. 
Dcnl.  28.  15, 


eyes  and  mine  licart  ehall  be  there 
perpetually. 

17  "And  as  for  thee,  if  thou  wilt 
walk  before  me,  as  David  thy  father 
walked,  and  do  aceoidinK  to  ail  that 
I  have  commanded  thee,  and  shall 
observe  my  statutes  aud  my  judg- 
ments; 

18  Then  will  I  stablish  the  throne 
of  thy  kingdom,  accordin;;  as  I  have 
covenanted  with  David  thy  father, 
saying,  5 1  There  shall  not  fail  thee  a 
man  to  he  ruler  in  Israel. 

19  ^I5ut  if  ye  turn  away,  and  for- 
sake my  statutes  and  my  command- 
ments, which  I  have  set  before  you, 
and  shall  go  and  servo  other  gods, 
and  worship  them; 

•J)  Tlieu  will  I  pluck  them  up  by 
the  roots  out  of  my  land  which  1 
have  gi%en  them  ;  and  this  house, 
which  I  have  sanctified  for  my  name, 
will  I  cast  out  of  my  sight,  and  will 
make  \ttohea.  proverb  and  a  byword 
among  all  nations. 

21  And  this  house,  which  is  high, 
shall  be  an  astonishment  to  every 
one  tliat  passeth  bv  it ;  so  that  he 
shall  say, "Why  hntU  the  LoiiD  done 
thus  unto  this  land,  and  unto  this 
house? 

22  And  it  shall  be  answered.  Be- 
cause they  forsook  the  I.onn  (Jod 
of  their  fathers,  which  brought  them 
forth  out  of  the  land  of  K^ypt,  aud 
laid  hold  on  other  gods,  and  worship- 
ped them,  and  served  then):  there- 
fore hath  ho  brought  all  this  evil  up- 
on them. 

CUAPTER  Vlir. 

1  Solomon's  buHilingt.  7  The  OentileB 
which  were  left  AVIomoii  made  tribuln- 
riea:  hut  the  Israelites  rulers.  11  Pha- 
raoh's dauf/hter  reynoveth  to  her  house. 
12  l^ulomon's  yearly  solemn  sacrifices. 
U  He  appointeth  the  priests  and  Leviles 
to  their  places.  17  The  navy  fetcheth 
gold  from  Ophir. 
ND  'it  came  to  pass  at  the  end 
of  twenty  years,  wherein  St)lo- 

mon    had    built   the    house   of  the 

Lord,  and  his  own  house, 

2  That  the  cities  which  lluram  had 
restored  to  Solomon,  Solomon  built 
them,  and  caused  the  children  of  Is- 
rael to  dwell  there. 

3  And  Solomon  went  to  Ilamath- 
zobah,  and  prevailed  against  it. 

4  iiAud  he  built  Tadmor  in  the 
wilderness,  and  all  the  store  cities, 
which  he  built  in  llamath. 

5  Also  he  built  Beth-horon  the 
upper,  and  Beth-horon  the  nether, 
fenced  cities,  with  walls,  gates,  and 
bars; 

C  And  Baalath,  and  all  the  store 
cities  that  Solomon  had,  and  nil  the 
chariot  cities,  and  the  cities  of  tlie 
horsemen,  and  -f  all  that  Solomon 
desired  to  build  in  .lernsalcm,  and 
in  Lebanon,  and  throughout  all  the 
land  of  his  dominion. 

7  IT  'As  for  all  the  people  that^  were 


A 


left  of  the  Ilittitcs,  and  the  Amorites, 
and  the  Perizzites,  and  the  Ilivites, 
d  the  Jebusites,  whieli  tccre  not  of 
Israel, 

S  But  of  their  children,  who  were 
left  after  them  in  the  land,  whom 
the  children  of  Israel  consumed  not, 
them  did  Solomon  make  to  pay  trib- 
ute until  this  day. 

'J  But  of  the  children  of  Israel  did 
Solomon  make  no  servants  for  his 
work  ;  but  they  urre  men  of  war, 
and  chief  of  his  captains,  and  cap- 
tains of  his  chariots  and  horsemen. 

10  And  these  i!,c;e  the  chief  of  king 
Solomon's  officers,  croi  <Uwo  hund- 
red and  tifty,  that  bare  rule  over  the 
people. 

11  ir  And  Solomon  «  brought  up  the 
daughter  of  Pharaoh  out  of  the  city 
of  David  unto  the  house  that  he  had 
built  for  her  :  for  he  said.  My  wiic 
shall  not  dwell  in  the  house  of  Da- 
vid king  of  Israel,  because  the  iihirex 
we  t  holy,  whereunto  the  ark  of  the 
Loi:d  hatli  come. 

12  H  Then  Solomon  offered  burnt 
oft'erings  unto  the  Loud  on  the  altar 
of  the  Loud,  which  he  had  built  be- 
fore the  porch, 

Li  Even  aller  a  certain  rate  f  every 
day,  offering  according  to  the  com- 
mandmen  t  of  Moses,  on  the  sabbaths, 
and  on  the  new  moons,  and  on  the 
solemn  feasts,  s  three  times  in  the 
year,  even  in  the  feast  of  unleavened 
bread,  and  in  the  feast  of  weeks,  and 
in  the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

11  IT  And  he  appointed,  according 
to  the  order  of  David  his  father,  the 
h  courses  of  the  priests  to  their  serv- 
ice, and  i  the  I^cvites  to  their  charges, 
to  praise  and  minister  before  the 
priests,  as  the  duty  of  every  day  re- 
quired :  the  k  porters  also  by  their 
courses  at  every  gate:  for  tso  had 
David  the  man  of  God  commanded. 

15  And  they  departed  not  from  the 
commandment  of  the  king  unto  the 
priests  and  Levites  concerning  any 
matter,  or  concerning  the  treasures. 

10  Now  all  the  work  of  Solomon 
was  prepared  unto  the  day  of  the 
foundation  of  the  house  of  the  Loud, 
and  until  it  was  finished.  .So  the 
house  of  the  LoKD  was  perfected. 

17  IT  Then  went  Solomon  to  I  Ezion- 
geber,  and  to  II  Eloth,  at  the  sea  side 
in  the  land  of  Edom. 

IS  '"And  Huram  sent  him,  by  the 
hands  of  his  servants,  ships,  and 
servants  that  had  knowledge  of  the 
sea:  and  they  went  with  the  servants 
of  Solomon  to  Ophir,  and  took  thence 
four  hundred  and  fifty  talents  of  gold, 
aud  brought  them  to  king  Solomon. 

CnAPTEB  IX. 
1  Tlte  queen  of  J^heta  admireth  the  wisdom 
of  Salomon.  13  Solomon's  gold.  15  His 
taracts.  U  The  throxe  of  ivory.  20 //is 
vessels.  23  Hie  presents.  Hb  His  chariots 
and  horse.  2^ His  tributes,  mollis  reign 
atul  death. 

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'    092. 


The  qaeen  of  Sheba's 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


vigit  to  Solomon. 


AND  "when  the  queen  of  Sheba 
heard  <if  the  fame  of  Solomon, 
she  came  to  prove  Solomon  with  hard 
questions  at  Jerusalem,  with  a  very 
(jreat  company,  and  camels  that  bare 
spices,  and  Ko'd  >"  abundance,  and 
precious  stones:  and  when  she  was 
come  to  Solomon,  she  communed 
with  him  of  all  that  was  in  licr  heart. 

2  And   Solomon   told  her    all    her 

?[uestions:  and  there  was  nothinirhid 
rom  Solomon  which  he  told  her  not. 

3  And  wlien  the  queen  of  Sheba 
had  seen  the  wisdom  of  Solomon, 
and  the  house  that  he  had  built, 

4  And  the  meat  of  his  table,  and  the 
sittin(,'ofhis  servants,  and  the  attend- 
ance of  his  ministers,  and  their  ap- 
parel; his  llcupbearersalso,  and  their 
apparel;  and  his  ascent  by  which  he 
went  up  into  the  house  of  the  Lord; 
there  was  no  more  spirit  in  her. 

5  And  she  said  to  the  kins.  It  was  a 
true  f  report  which  I  heard  in  mine 
own  land  of  thine  j|  acts,  and  of  thy 
wisdom : 

6  Howbeit  I  believed  not  their 
words,  until  1  came,  and  mine  eyes 
had  seen  it:  and,  behold,  the  one 
half  of  the  K'"f^atness  of  thy  wisdom 
was  not  told  me:  for  thou  exceedcst 
the  fame  that  1  heard. 

7  Happy  ore  thy  men,  and  happy 
fvc  these  thy  servants,  which  stand 
continually  before  thee,  and  hear  thy 
wisdom. 

S  Blessed  ho  the  Loun  thy  God, 
which  dcli^'hted  in  thee  to  set  thee 
on  his  throne,  to  be  kins  *of  t'li^ 
IjORD  thy  God:  because  thy  God 
loved  Isr.ael,  to  cst:iblish  them  for 
ever,  therefore  made  he  thee  kins 
over  them,  to  do  judsnicnt  and 
justice. 

U  And  she  save  the  kins  a  hundred 
and  twenty  t:ilents  of  sold,  and  of 
spices  great  abundance,  and  precious 
stones:  neither  was  there  any  such 
spice  as  the  queen  of  Shebii  gave 
king  Solomon. 

JO  And  the  servants  also  of  llnram, 
and  the  servants  of  Solomon,  I' which 
brousht  sold  from  Ophir,  brought 
•^  algum  trees  and  precious  stones. 

]  1  And  the  king  made  o/'the  algum 
trees  ||  t  terraces  to  the  house  of  the 
hORD,  and  to  the  kins's  palace,  and 
harps  and  ps!ilteries  for  sinsers:  and 
there  were  none  such  Been  before  in 
the  land  of  Judah. 

M  And  kins  Solomon  gave  to  the 
queen  of  Sheba  all  her  desire,  what- 
soever she  asked,  besides  that  which 
she  had  brouglit  unto  the  king.  So 
she  turned,  and  went  away  to  her 
own  land,  she  and  her  servants. 

i:!  IT  Now  tlie  weight  of  gold  that 
came  to  Solntuon  in  one  ye;ir  was  six 
hundred  and  threescoreand  six  tal- 
ents of  gold: 

H  liesidca  llutt  vliich  chapmen  and 
merchnnts  brought.  And  all  the 
kings  of  Arabia  and  l| governors  of 
3,98 


the  country  brought  gold  and  silver 
to  Solomon. 

15  II  And  king  Solomon  made  two 
hundred  tarsets  o/' beaten  gold:  six 
hundred  s/ielels  of  beaten  gold  went 
to  one  tarset. 

]G  And  three  hundred  shields  marlc 
hf.  of  beaten  gold  :  three  hundred 
shcK'ch  of  gold  went  to  one  shield. 
And  the  king  put  them  in  the  house 
of  the  forest  of  ljeb:inon. 

17  Moreover  the  king  made  a  great 
throne  of  ivory,  and  overlaid  it  with 
pure  gold. 

18  And  there  were  six  steps  to  the 
throne,  with  a  footstool  of  gold,  whtcit 
were  fastened  to  the  throne,  and 
f  stays  on  each  side  of  the  sitting 
place,  and  two  lions  standing  by  the 
stays : 

ly  And  twelve  lions  stood  there  on 
the  one  side  and  on  the  other  upon 
the  six  steps.  There  was  not  the  like 
made  in  any  kingdom. 

a)  TI  And  all  the  drinking  vessels  of 
king  Solomon  rrere  o/'gold,  and  all 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  forest 
of  l..ebanon  were  nf  f  pure  gold  : 
II  none  u-ere  of  silver;  it  was  i)ot  any 
thing  accounted  of  in  the  days  of 
Solomon. 

21  For  the  king's  ships  went  to 
Tarshish  with  the  servants  of  Hu- 
ram  :  every  three  years  once  came 
the  ships  of  Tarshish  bringing  gold, 
and  silver,  ||  ivory,  and  apes,  and 
peacocks. 

22  And  king  Solomon  passed  nil  the 
kings  of  the  earth  in  riches  and  wis- 
dom. 

2.'!  U  And  all  the  kings  of  the  earth 
sought  the  presence  of  Solomon,  to 
hear  his  wisdom,  that  God  had  put 
in  his  heart. 

2-1  And  they  brought  every  man 
his  ))resent,  Vessels  of  silver,  and 
vessels  ot  gold,  and  raiment,  har- 
ness, and  spices,  horses,  and  mules, 
n  rate  year  by  year. 

25  IT  And  Solomon  'Ihad  four 
thousand  stalls  for  horses  and  char- 
iots, and  twelve  thousand  horse- 
men ;  whom  he  bestowed  in  the 
chariot  cities,  and  with  the  king  at 
Jerusalem. 

•S<  IT  'And  he  reigned  over  all  the 
kings  ffrom  the  II  river  even  unto  the 
land  of  the  Philistines,  and  to  the 
border  of  Egv^lt. 

27  cAnd  the  king  fniade  silver  in 
Jerusalem  as  stones,  and  cedar  trees 
made  he  as  the  syeainore  trees  that 
arti  in  the  low  iilalns  in  abundance. 

28  liAnd  they  brought  unto  Solo- 
nnin  horses  out  of  Lgypt,  and  out 
of  all  lands. 

20  If  i  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Solomon,  first  and  last,  <(;■<;  they  not 
written  in  the  t  book  of  Nathan  the 
prophet,  and  in  the  in-ophecv  of 
kAhijah  the  Shihmite,  and  in  ll'ie  vi- 
sions of  1  Idd"  the  seer  against  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Nebati' 


Jlehoboaui  succeedeth  Solomon.    II.  CHRONICLES. 


Revolt  of  the  ten  tribes. 


CHRIST 
about  092. 


nlKin.aU, 

o. 

075. 


30  "'And  Solomon  reigned  in  Je- 
rusalem over  all  Israel  tbrtv  years. 

.'U  And  Solomon  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  he  was  buried  in  the  city 
of  David  his  father:  and  Kehoboam 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
CHAPTER  X. 

I  The  Israelites,  asaemUed  at  Shcchcm 
to  crown  liclwboam,  by  Jeroboam  make 
a  suit  of  relaxation  unto  him.  0  lieho- 
boam,  rcfueing  the  old  mcw'a  counsel, 
by  the  advice  of  young  men  anewereth 
them  roughly.  10  Ten  tribes  revolting 
kill  Badoram,  and  inaAe  Jlehoboam  to 
flee. 

AND  "Rehoboam  went  to  She- 
chem:  for  to  Shechem  were  all 
Israel  come  to  make  him  kinp;. 
'2  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jero- 
boam the  son  of  Ncbat,  wlio  was  in 
Egypt,  b  w'hither  he  had  fled  from  tlic 
presence  of  Solomon  the  king,  heard 
it,  that  Jeroboam  returned  out  of 
Egypt. 

3  And  they  sent  and  called  him. 
So  Jeroboam  and  all  Israel  came 
and  spake  to  Rehoboam,  saying, 

4  Thy  father  made  our  yoke  griev- 
ous: now  therefore  ease  thou  some- 
what the  grievous  servitude  of  tliy 
father,  and  his  heavy  voke  that  he 
put  upon  us,  and  we  will  serve  thee. 

5  And  he  said  unto  them,  Come 
again  unto  me  after  three  days. 
And  the  people  departed. 

G  IT  And  king  Rehoboam  took  coun- 
sel with  the  old  men  tliat  had  stood 
before  Solomon  his  father  while  he 
yet  lived,  saying.  What  counsel  give 
yemc  to  return  answcrto  this  people? 

7  And  they  spake  unto  him,  say- 
ing. If  thou  be  kind  to  this  people, 
and  please  them,  and  speak  good 
words  to  them,  they  will  be  thy 
servants  for  ever. 

8  But  he  forsook  the  counsel  which 
the  old  men  gave  him,  and  took 
counsel  with  tiie  3'oung  men  tliat 
were  brought  up  witli  him,  tliat  stood 
before  liim. 

y  And  he  said  nnto  them,  TVIiat 
advice  give  ye  that  we  may  return 
answer  to  tliis  people,  whieli  have 
spoken  to  me,  saying.  Ease  some- 
what the  yoke  that  thy  father  did 
put  upon  ns? 

10  And  the  young  men  that  were 
brought  up  with  liim  spake  unto 
him,  saying.  Thus  shalt  tliou  an- 
swer the  people  that  spake  unto 
thee,  saying.  Thy  father  made  our 
yoke  heavy,  but  make  tliou  it 
somewhat  lighter  for  us;  thus  shalt 
thou  say  unto  tliem,  Sly  little  Jin- 
ger  shall  be  thicker  than  my  fa- 
ther's loins. 

11  For  whereas  my  father  fput 
a  heavy  yoke  upon  you,  I  will  put 
more  to  your  yoke:  my  fatlier  clias- 
tised  you  with  whips,  but  I  vjill  chas- 
tise i/uu  with  scorpions. 

12  So  Jerobonm  and  all  the  peo- 
ple came  to  Kelioboam  on  the  third 


day,  as  the  king  bade,  saying.  Come 
again  to  me  on  the  tiiiid  day. 
1'!  And  the   king    answered    them 
roughly  ;   and   king  Kehoboam  ibr- 
sooK  the  counsel  of  the  old  men, 

14  And  answered  them  after  the  ad- 
vice of  the  young  men,  saying.  My 
father  made  your  yoke  heavy,  but  I 
will  add  thereto:  my  father  chastised 
you  with  whips,  but  I  will  chastise 
yon  with  scorpions. 

15  So  the  king  hearkened  not  wnio 
the  people  :  '^'i'ov  the  cause  was  of 
God,  tliat  the  l.oitD  might  pcribriu 
his  word,  which  he  spake  b^v  the 
dhand  of  Ahijah  the  Shilomte  to 
Jeroboam  the  son  of  Ncbat. 

11)  IT  And  when  all  Israel  saw  that 
the  king  would  not  hearken  unto 
them,  the  people  answered  the  king, 
saying,  What  portion  have  we  in  Da- 
vid? and  ire  have  none  inheritance 
in  the  son  of  Jesse:  every  man  to 
your  tents,  O  Israel:  awl  now,  Da- 
vid, see  to  thine  own  house.  So  all 
Israel  went  to  their  tents. 

17  But  as  for  the  children  of  Israel 
that  dwelt  in  the  cities  of  Judah,  Re- 
hoboam reigned  over  them. 

IS  Then  king  Kehoboam  sent  Ila- 
doram  that  was  over  the  tribute;  and 
the  children  of  Israel  stoned  him  with 
stones,  that  he  died.  But  king  Re- 
hoboam 1  made  speed  to  get  him  up 
to  his  chariot,  to  nee  to  Jerusalem. 

19  '  And  Israel  rebelled  against  the 
house  of  David  unto  this  day. 

CHAPTER  XI. 

1  Rehoboam  raising  an  army  to  subdue 
Israel,  is  forbidden  by  Shemaiah.  6  i/e 
ttrengtheneth  his  kingdom  with  forts 
and  provision.  13  The  priests  and  Lc- 
vites,  and  such  as  feared  God,  forsaken 
by  Jeroboam,  strengthen  the  kingdom 
of  Judah.  18  The  wives  and  children  of 
Rehoboam. 

AND  'when  Kehoboam  was 
come  to  Jerusalem,  he  gather- 
ed of  the  house  of  Judah  and  Ben- 
jamin a  hundred  and  fourscore 
tliousand  chosen  men,  wliieh  were 
to    fight    against    Israel 


that  he  might  bring   the  kingdom 
again  to  Kehoboam. 
2  But  the  word  of  the  Loud  came 
ij  to  Shemaiah  the  man  of  God,  say- 

u  Speak  unto  Kehoboam  the  son 
of  Solomon,  king  of  Judah,  and  to 
all  Israel  in  Judah  and  Benjamin, 
saying, 

4"  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Te  shall 
not  go  up,  nor  fight  against  your 
brethren  :  return  every  man  to  his 
house;  for  this  thinj^is  done  of  me. 
And  they  obeyed  tiie  words  of  the 
I.OKI),  and  returned  from  going 
against  Jeroboam. 

5  H  And  Kehoboam  dwelt  in  Je- 
rusalem, and  built  cities  for  defence 
in  Judah. 

(1  He  built  even  Beth-lehem,  and 
Etam,  and  Tekoa, 

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Rehohoam's  wives  and  children.  11.  CHRONICLES.         Shishak  spoileth  Jerusalem. 


r.oforo 
C  UK  I  ST 
about  975. 


.li3i).  11,  13. 
1  ell.  12. 1. 


7  And  Beth-zur,  and  Slioco^  and 
AduUuin, 

S  And  Gatli,  and  Mareshah,  and 
Ziph, 

II  And  Adoraim,  and  Lachish,  and 
Azckah, 

II)  And  Zorali,  and  Aj.ilon,  and 
Hebron,  which  are  in  Judah  and  in 
Benjiimin,  fenced  cities. 

11  And  he  fortified  the  strongholds, 
and  put  captains  in  thoiii,  and  store 
ofvictnals,  and  of  oil  and  \vi;ie. 

12  And  in  every  several  eitv  lie  pvt 
shields  and  spears,  and  made  tliom 
exeeedinp  strong,  havin^^  Judah  and 
Ccnjaniin  on  liis  side. 

ri  If  And  tlie  priests  and  the  Levitea 
tlint  v'fvc  in  all  Israel  f  resorted  to 
him  out  of  all  their  coasts. 

14  For  the  l.evites  left  <^  their  snb- 
urbs  and  their  possession,  and  came 
to  Judah  and  Jerusalem:  for  'i  Jero- 
boam and  Jiis  sons  had  cast  them  otf 
from  c.xeeutinj^  the  priest's  office  un- 
to the  IjORii: 

15  "^  And  he  ordained  him  priests 
for  the  hii;h  places,  and  for  'the 
devils,  and  for  sthe  calves  which 
he  liad  made. 

1(1  hAnd  after  them,  out  of  all  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  such  as  set  their 
hcirts  to  seek  the  l-i>i;n  God  of  Is- 
rael came  to  Jerusalem,  to  s.aeritice 
'into  the  Lord  God  of  tlieir  fathers. 
17  So  they  istrcnsthened  the  king- 
dom of  Judah,  and  made  Uehoboam 
the  son  of  Salomon  stron;;,  three 
years:  for  three  years  they  walked 
in  the  WMV  of  David  and  Solomon. 
IS  11  And  Itchoboam  took  him  Ala- 
halath  tlie  daughter  of  Jerimolh  the 
sou  of  David  to  wife,  and  Abihail  tlie 
dauu'hterof  Eliab  the  son  of  Jesse; 
l!l  Which  bare  him  children:  Jeush, 
and  Shamariali,  and  Zaham. 
Lll  And  after  her  he  took  k  Maach.ah 
the  dauRhtcr  of  Absalom:  which  bare 
him  Ahijah,  and  Attai,  and  Ziza,  and 
Sbelomith. 

'1\  And  llehoboam  loTcd  Maa- 
chnh  the  dau-hter  of  Absalom 
above  all  liis  wives  and  his  concu- 
bines: (for  he  tfiok  cijchteen  wives, 
and  threescore  cuiu'iibincs;  nnil  be- 
fjat  twenty  and  cij;htsons,  and  three- 
score danphters.) 
'21  And  Itehoboain  1  made  Abijah 
the  son  of  Maachab  the  chief.  In 
l>e  ruler  omon;;  his  brethren:  for  he 
t/iought  to  make  him  kinff. 
a.t  And  he  dealt  wisely,  and  dis- 
persed of  all  his  children  throu;;b- 
out  all  the  countries  of  Judah  ami 
lieiijnmin,  unto  every  fenced  city  : 
and  he  ;;;\ve  them  victuals  in  nbuiul- 
ance.    And  he  desired  f  many  wives. 

CHAPTER  XIL 
1  Rchohoam,  f^^rnakin^  tho  Lord^  U  pun- 
ilhtd  bv  Sltitlmk.  b  lit  nii.i  the  prinecs, 
rrpinllng  at  the  yrcnehing  of  Slirma- 
iah,  are  tietivereU  J'rom  dftruetioii,  t>iit 
not  from  ept/il.  IJ  T/t*  rciifn  and  dcatli 
of  Uchot/ontn. 

400 


AND  "it  came  to  pass,  when  IJc- 
hoboam  had  established  the 
kincjdoni,  and  had  8tren;;thencd 
himself,  I)  he  forsook  the  law  of  tlic 
Lonii,  and  all  Israel  with  him. 

2  "^And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in 
the  fifth  year  of  kin^  Kehoboam, 
Shishak  Icins  of  E^ypt  came  up 
against  Jerusalem,  because  they  had 
transgressed  a;;ainst  the  1-onn, 

.'I  With  twelve  hundred  chariots,  and 
threescore  thousand  horsemen:  and 
the  people  vrrc  without  number 
that  came  with  him  out  of  Kpypt; 
lithe  Lubim,  the  Sukkiim,  and  the 
Kthiopians. 

4  And  he  took  the  fenced  cities 
which  prylnine.ll  to  Judah,  and 
came  to  .Jerusalem. 

5  TT  Then  came  'Shemaiah  the 
prophet  to  Kehoboam,  and  tn  the 
princes  of  Judah,  that  were  gather- 
ed t(i;;other  to  Jerusalem  because  of 
Sliishak,  and  said  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lonn,  fYe  have  forsaken 
nie,  and  theretbre  have  I  also  left 
you  in  the  hand  of  Shishak. 

"(i  AVhereupon  the  princes  of  Is- 
rael and  the  kin;j  P  humbled  them- 
selves; and  they  said,  h  The  l.olJU  is 
rii;hteous. 

(  And  when  the  Lord  saw  that 
they  luimbled  themselves,  "the 
word  of  the  Lorn  came  to  Sheni- 
aiah,  saying,  They  have  humbled 
themselves  ;  llierrjhre  I  will  not 
destroy  them,  but  1  will  ^rant  them 
)I  some  deliverance;  and  my  wrath 
shall  not  be  jioured  out  upon  Jeru- 
salem bvthehandof  Shishiik. 

,S  Nevertheless  ktliey  shall  be  his 
servants;  that  they  m;iy  know  Imy 
service,  and  the  service  of  the  kiuf;- 
doms  of  the  countries. 

'.I  '"  So  Sliishak  kin^;  of  Eprypt  came 
up  a;;:unst  Jerusaleni,  and  took  away 
the  treasures  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  treasures  of  the  king's 
house;  betook  all:  be  carried  away 
also  the  shields  of  Rold  which  Solo- 
mon h;id  "made. 

PI  Instead  of  which  king  Rehobo.am 
made  shields  of  brass,  and  commit- 
ted Dion  "to  the  hands  of  the  chief 
of  the  guard,  that  kept  the  entrance 
oftlie  king's  house. 

II  And  when  the  king  entered  into 
the  hou.sc  of  the  I.oKii,  the  guard 
came  and  fetclud  them,  and  brought 
them  a".ain  into  the  guardehaniber. 

l'.!And  when  he  humbled  himself, 
the  wrath  of  the  I.oud  turned  from 
him,  that  he  would  not  destrov  Aim 
altogetlicr:  |l  and  also  in  Judah  tilings 
went  well. 

l;{  II  So  king  Kehoboam  strength- 
ened himself  in  Ji'nis;ilem,  and 
reigned:  fur  l' IbholiiKUU  litis  one 
and  forty  ye:irs  ulil  wlien  he  began 
to  reign",  and  be  leiL'ued  fi'vellteen 
vears  in  Jerusalem,  'I the  citv  which 
'the  l.oKii  h:ul  chiiien  out  of  nil  the 
tribes  of  Israel,  to  put  his  name  there. 


Abijah,  trusting  in  God, 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


overcotncth  Jeroboam. 


Before 
CHRIST 

971. 


And  his  mothcr'a  name  K-nsNaamah  I  and  the  priests,  whicli  minister  un- 
an  Animonitess.  i  .     ..      . 

11  And  lie  did  evil,  because  lie  ||  pre- 
pared not  his  lieart  to  seek  the  Lo  i:  D 

15  Now  tlie  acts  of  lielioboam,  tirsi 
and  last,  ore  they  not  written  in  the 
t  book   of  Shemniali    the    prophet. 


and  of  Iddo  the  seer  concem:..„ 
cenealogies?  'And  there  irerc  wars 
between  Rehoboam  and  Jeroboam 
continually. 

]i;  And  ilehoboam  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  was  buried  in  the  city 
of  David:  and  '  Abijali  his  sou  reign- 
ed in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

1  Abijah  succeeding  makelU  war  againat 
Jerobaam.  4  IJe  dccUireth  the  right  of 
ilia  cauae.  13  Trusting  in  God  he  over- 
Cometh  Jeroboam.  21  Tha  itrivea  and 
children  of  Abijah. 

NOW  ' in  tlic  eighteenth  year  of 
king  Jeroboam  began  Abijah  to 
reign  over  Judah. 

'2  He  reigned  three  years  in  Jerusa- 
lem. His  mother's  name  also  u-iis 
I'  .Michaiah  tlie  dauglitcr  of  Uriel  of 
Gibcah.  And  tliere  was  war  be- 
tween Abijali  and  Jeroboam. 

3  And  Aliijah  )  set  tlic  battle  in  ar- 
ray with  an  army  of  valiant  men  of 
war,  eien  four  hundred  thousand 
chosen  men:  Jeroboam  also  set  tlic 
battle  in  array  against  him  with  eight 
hundred  thousand  chosen  men,  6e- 
'iii;  mighty  men  of  valour. 


to  the  Lord,  arc  the  sons  of  Aaron, 
and  the  Levites  wait  upon  t/icir  bus- 
iness: 

11  I  And  they  burn  unto  the  Lord 
every  morning  and  every  evening 
burnt  sacrifices  and  sweet  incense: 
the  "'sliewbread  also  set  that  in  or- 
der upon  the  pure  table;  and  tlie 
candlestick  of  gold  with  the  lamps 
thereof,  "  to  burn  every  evening:  for 
we  keep  the  ch.irge  of  the  Lord  our 
God;  but  ye  have  forsaken  him. 

12  And,  behold,  God  himself  !.>!  with 
us  for  our  captain,  "and  his  priests 
with  sounding  trumpets  to  cry  .alarm 
against  you.  O  children  of  Israel, 
f  fight  ye  not  aiiainst  the  Lord  God 
of  your  liithcrs;  for  ye  shall  not  pros- 
per. 

l.'l  IT  Cut  Jeroboam  caused  an  am- 
bushment  to  come  about  behind 
them:  so  they  were  before  Judah, 
and  the  ombushment  ivas  behind 
them . 

14  And  when  Judah  looked  back, 
behold,  the  battle  n-as  before  and  be- 
hind: and  they  cried  unto  the  Lord, 
and  the  priests  sounded  with  the 
tnmipets. 

15  Then  the  men  of  Judah  pave  a 
shout:  and  as  the  men  of  Judah 
shouted,  it  came  to  pass,  that  God 
'I  smote  Jeroboam  and  all  Israel  be- 
fore Abijah  and  Judah. 

IG  And  the  children  of  Israel  fled 


4  11   And    Abyah    stood    up    upon    before  Judah  :    and   God  delivered 
mount    "^  Zemaraini,    ■wliich    ;.<    in     " 
mount  Ephraiin,and  said.  Hear  me, 
thou  Jeroboam,  and  all  Israel; 

5  Ought  ye  not  to  know  that  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  J  gave  the  king- 
dom over  Israel  to  David  for  ever, 
even  to  him  and  to  his  sons  'by  a 
covenant  of  salt? 

6  Yet  Jeroboam  the  son  of  Nebat, 
the  servant  of  Solomon  the  son  of 
David,  is  risen  up,  and  hath  f  rebel- 
led against  his  lord. 

"  And  there  are  gathered  unto  him 
?vain  men,  the  children  of  Belial, 
and  have  strengthened  themselves 
against  Rehoboani  the  sou  of  .Solo- 
mon, when  Rehoboam  was  voung 
and  tenderhearted,  and  could  not 
withstand  them. 

8  And  now  ye  think  to  withstand 
the  kingdom  of  the  Lord  in  the 
hand  of  the  sons  of  David;  and  ye  be 
a  great  multitude,  and  there  are 
with  you  golden  calves,  which  Jero- 
boam b  made  you  for  gods. 

9  i  Have  ye  not  cast  out  the  priest,'; 
of  the  Lord,  the  .sons  of  Aaron,  and 
the  Levites,  and  have  made  vou 
priests  after  the  m.->nner  of  the  "na- 
tions o{  other  lands?  kso  that  who- 
soever Cometh  fto  consecrate  him- 
self with  a  young  bullock  and  seven 
rams,  the  same  may  be  a  priest  of 
them  that  are  no  gods. 

ID  But  as  for  us,  the  Lord  (s  our 
God,  and  we  have  not  forsaken  him: 
26 


them  into  their  ho 

U  And  Abijah  and  his  people  slew 
them  with  a  great  slaughter:  so  there 
fell  down  slain  of  Israel  five  hundred 
thousand  chosen  men. 

IS  Thus  the  children  of  Israel 
were  brought  under  at  that  time, 
and  the  children  of  Judah  prevail- 
ed, "^  because  they  relied  upon  the 
Lord  God  of  their  fathers. 

ly  And  Abijah  pursued  after  Jero- 
boam, and  took  cities  from  him, 
Both-el  with  the  towns  thereof,  and 
Jeshanah  with  the  towns  thereof, 
and  "Ephraimwith  the  towns  thereof. 

■in  Neither  did  Jeroboam  recover 
strength  ai;ain  in  the  days  of  Abi- 
jah: and  the  Lord  'struck him, and 
I*  he  died. 

21  T\  But  Abijah  waxed  mighty. 
and  married  fourteen  wives,  and 
begat  twenty  and  two  sons,  and  six- 
teen daughters. 

22  And  the  rest  of  the  nets  of  Abi- 
jah, and  his  ways,  and  his  savings, 
are  written  in  the  ||  story  of  the 
prophet  *  Iddo. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 
1  Aaa  aueceeding  deatroyeth  idolatry. 
Havintj  peace,  Ite  atrengtheneth  hia  Aiii 
doyn  tcith  forta  and  armiea.    9  Catling 
on     God,   he    overthrOK-eth    Zerah, 
apoUclh  the  Ethiopians. 

CO  Abijah  slept  with  his  fathers, 
k~  and  they  buried  him  in  the  cilv    .iki 
of  David:  and  "  Asa  his  son  reignctl  I  *«• 
401 


Am  snu'Mh  the  EthirrpUinJi.        11.  CHRONICLES.  Tlis  solemn  covenant  with  God. 


1')  u. 
ch.  1.5,  17 
c  Ei.  3j.  13. 

dlKia.11.7. 


n  his  stpail.    In  liis  days  the  land 
wart  (niiut  ten  years. 
2  And  Asa  did  tlad  vJinh  icrrspnod 
and  liglit  iu  the  eyes  of  the  LoKU  his 
C.i.d: 

;!  For  he  took  away  the  altars  of  the 
strange  ;iods,  and  iithc  hish  places, 
and  '  brake  down  the  f  images,  <land 
cnt  down  the  groves: 
4  And  eoniiiiandod  Jndah  to  sock 
tlie  Loiti)  God  of  their  fathers,  and  to 
do  the  law  and  the  comiiiandinent. 
.')  Also  he  took  awa^  out  of  all  tlio 
cities  of  Jndah  the  high  places  and 
the  t  images:  and  the  kingdom  was 
(|niet  hefore  him. 

G  TT  And  he  built  fenced  cities  in 
.Jiulali:  for  the  land  had  rest,  and 
he  had  no  war  in  those  years;  be- 
cause the  Loiii)  had  given  him  rest. 
7  Tiierefore  he  said  unto  .Indah, 
Let  us  build  these  cities,  and  make 
ahimt  t/ieiit  walls  and  towers,  gates 
and  bars,  irtiile  the  land  is  yet  be- 
fore lis :  because  we  lia^'e  sought 
tlie  Loll  I)  our  God,  we  have  sought 
linn,  and  ho  hath  given  ua  rest  on 
every  side.  So  they  built  and  pros- 
pered. 

H  And  Asa  had  an  army  of  vim 
that  l)arc  targets  and  spears,  but  of 
.luchili  tliiee  hundred  thour.and;  anil 
out  iif  licniamin,  tliat  bare  sliields 
and  drew  bows,  two  liundred  and 
liHuscore  thousand:  all  these  n'trc 
iniglity  men  of  valour. 
9  ir  ''And  there  caine  out  against 
tlicm  Zcrah  the  Kthiopian  with  ii 
host  of  a  thousand  thousand,  and 
tluce  liundred  chariots;  and  came 
unto  f  Marcshah. 

10 'I'lien  Asa  went  out  apainst  him, 
and  tlu'V  sot  the  battle  in  array  in 
tlievalh'vofZcphathaliat  JIareshah. 

11  And' Asa  f  rrWd  unto  the  1-OKli 
his  <;. id,  anil  said,  l,oi;i>,  it  i.s-  li  noth- 
ing witli  tliee  to  lii-l|i,  wlietluTWith 
many,  or  witli  tliem  tliat  liave  no 
power:  help  ns,  ()  l.OKI)  our  God; 
(or  we  rest  on  thee,  and  i  in  thy 
name  we  go  against  tliis  muKitnile. 
O  I.oiili,  thou  I'll  our  <iod;  let  not 
II  man  prevail  ag.iinst  thee. 

12  So  tlie  1, OKI)  k  smote  the  F.thio- 
pians  before  Asa,  and  btforu  Jud:di; 
and  tlic  IHliiopians  fled. 

l.'i  And  Asa  and  the  people  that 
irrre  with  him  pursued  them  unto 
UJerar:  and  the  Kthiopians  were 
orerllirown,  that  tlicy  could  not 
recover  tliemsclves:  tor  llicy  were 
)  dcstrovftd  bclore  the  l.inin.  and 
before  liis  host ;  anil  they  carried 
awav  very  inncli  spoil. 

It  And"  they  smote  all  llic  cities 
round  about  (Jerur;  for  '"  llio  fear 
of  the  I.iiiincamc  upon  tlnui:  and 
tliey  spoiled  all  the  cities;  for  there 
was  exceeding  much  spoil  in  them. 

!.■,  Thiv  smote  also  the  tcnls  of 
caltle,  and  carried  uWtty  sheep  and 
c:inu'ls  in  abundance,  and  returned 
to  Jerusulcin. 


CUArXEK  XV. 

1  Atit  with  Juilah  and  muuy  of  Israel, 
7noved  Oy  the  ^trophcey  of  Azariah  tht 
eon  vf  t}ded,  make  a  Bolemn  covenant 
with  Uod.  10  We  putteth  down  Maachah 
hit  vwthcr  for  her  idolatry.  18  lit 
bringeth  dedicate  thingt  into  the  houtc 
of  God,  and  enjoyeth  a  long  jjcacc. 

AND  "the  Spirit  of  God  came  up- 
on Azariah  the  son  of  Oded: 

2  And  he  went  out  t  to  meet  Asa, 
and  s;iid  unto  him.  Hear  3-0  me, 
Asa,  and  all  Judidi  and  licniamin; 
iiThe  LoiiD  )a  with  you,  while  ye 
be  with  him;  and  "^if  ye  seek  him, 
he  will  he  found  of  you;  but  ii  if  ye 
forsake  him,  he  will  ibrsake  you. 

,'J  Now  ^  for  a  long  season  Israel 
hnth  been  without'  the  true  God, 
and  without  fa  teaching  jiriest,  and 
without  law. 

4  But  Ewhen  they  in  their  trouble 
did  turn  unto  the'j.oi:!)  God  cf  Is- 
rael, and  sought  him,  he  was  found 
of  them. 

5  And  l>in  those  times  there  jcaa 
no  peace  to  liim  that  went  out,  nor 
to  him  that  came  in,  butpreat  vexa- 
tions nerc  upon  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  countries. 

G  i  And  nation  was  f  destroved  of 
nation,  and  city  cf  city :  for  tSod  did 
vex  tlicm  with  all  adversity. 

7  lie  ve  strong  therefore,  and  let  not 
your  hands  be  weak:  for  your  work 
shall  be  rewarded. 

6  And  when  Asa  heard  these  words, 
and  the  prophecy  of  Oded  the  proph- 
et, lie  took  courage,  and  put  away 
the  )  abominable  idols  out  of  all  the 
land  of  Jndah  and  Benjamin,  and 
out  of  the  cities  k  which  he  Iiad  taken 
from  mount  Ephraim,  and  renewed 
the  altar  of  the  I^ord,  that  Kits  be- 
fore the  jiorch  of  the  I.onn. 

I)  And  lie  gathered  all  Jndah  and 
Benjamin,  and  I  the  strangers  with 
theiii  out  of  Kphraim  and  Manas- 
seh,  and  out  of  Simeon:  for  they 
fell  to  him  out  of  Jsrael  in  abund- 
ance, w  hen  they  saw  that  the  JLoKD 
liis  God  7(OS  with  him. 

II)  So  they  gathered  themselves  to- 
gether at  Jerusalem  in  the  third 
month,  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the 
reign  of  Asa. 

H  '"And  they  offered  unto  the  I-oud 
f  the  same  tiine,  of  "the  spoil  »/iiWi 
they  had  brought,  seven  hundred 
oxen  and  seven  thousand  sheep. 

12  And  tlu'V  "entered  into  a  cove- 
nant to  seek"  the  ],oiu>  God  of  their 
fathers  with  all  their  heart  and  with 
all  their  soul; 

1'!  I'Thnt  whosoever  would  not  seek 
the  l.uuii  (iod  of  Israel  'I should  be 
put  to  death,  whether  small  or  great, 
whether  man  or  woman. 

14  And  thiv  sware  unto  the  I.oRf) 
wilh  a  loud  voice,  and  with  shouting, 
and  wilh  trnni|iels,  and  «  il!i  curnets. 

1.-.  And  all  Judali  rejoii-cd  at  the 
oath  :    for  they  had  sworn  with  all 


Bidlding  of  Ramah  prevented.    II.  CHRONICLES. 


Jeho/iha2yhat's  good  reign. 


Bcforo 

CUUIST 

Ml. 


clKin.  16. 
ch.  l!l,  2. 
dis.  ol.  1. 


ich.  U,  D. 
ch.  12.  3. 
I  HeL.  .« 


their  licart,  nml  ''sought  liim  ivith 
llicirwliolu  desire;  niKllic  wiis  fotnul 
ot  tliem;  nnd  tlic  Loitu  gave  tlicm 
rest  round  about. 

H!  ir  And  also  conccnnttfj  *  ftfaac]ifth 
<lio  (I  mother  of  Asa  thc'kin^',  ho  re- 
moved lier  frnin  hciiiri  queen,  hecausc 
she  liad  mada  an  )  idol  in  a  grove: 
and  Asa    cut    down    lier    idol,  nnd 


]7  I5ut  'the  high  places  ■were  not 
taken  away  out  of  Israel:  neverthe- 
less the  heart  of  Asa  was  perfect  all 
his  days. 

IS  ir  And  he  brought  into  the  house 
ot  Cod  the  tilings  tliat  liis  father  hsd 
dedicated,  and  that  lie  himself  had 
dedicated,  silver^  and  gold,  and  ves- 
sels. 

ID  And  there  was  no  viorc  war  unto 
the  five  and  thirtieth  year  of  the 
reign  of  Asa. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

1  Aiat  htj  the  aid  of  the  Syriane,  divcrieth 
JSuiitha  Jrom  luiUiiig  of  llamali.  7 
liciug  reproved  thsrcof  by  JJanani^  he 
jwtlellt  liim  in  prieoil.  U  Among  his 
other  ftcta  in  hie  dieeaee  he  eecf:eth  vot 
to  God,  but  to  the  phyticiant.  13  Ilia 
death  and  burial. 

TN  the  six  and  thirtieth  year  of  the 
reign  of  Asa,  **  Baasha  king  of 
Israel  came  up  agaiiL-^t  Judali,  and 
built  lianinh,  bto  the  intent  that  he 
might  let  none  go  out  or  come  in  to 
Asa  king  of  .Judali. 

2  Then  Asa  brought  out  silver  and 
gold  out  of  the  treasures  of  the  house 
of  the  ].oi;n  and  of  the  king's  liousc, 
and  sent  to  Uen-liadad  king  of  Syria, 
that  dwelt  at  t  Damascus,  s.aying, 

3  There  i^  a  league  between  me  and 
thee,  as  there  wax  between  my  fatlier 
and  thy  father:  behold,  I  have  sent 
thee  silver  and  gold;  ^o,  break  thy 
league  with  15aasha  king  of  Israel, 
that  he  may  depart  from  inc. 

4  And  Ben-Iiadad  hearkened  unto 
king  Asa,  and  sent  the  captains  of 
f  his  armies  against  the  cities  of  I.s- 
rael;  and  they  smote  Ijon,  and  ])nn, 
and  Abel-iiiaini_,  and  all  the  etore 
cities  of  Naphtali. 

5  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  Baasha 
heard  if,  that  he  lilt  off  building  of 
Kaniali,  and  let  hi.s  work  cease. 

G  'i'hon  Asa  the  king  took  alljudah; 
and  they  carried  awfiy  tlic  stones 
of  l{aniah,  nnd  the  timber  thereof, 
wherewith  Baa.slia  was  building;  and 
he  built  therewith  Geba  and  Jliz- 
pah. 

7  U  And  at  that  time  'Ilannni  the 
seer  came  to  Asa  king  of  Jiidah,  and 
said  unto  him,  J  Because  thou  hast 
relied  on  the  king  of  Syria,  nnd  not 
relied  on  the  Loud  tliv  God.  there- 
fore is  the  host  of  the  ^ing  of  Syria 
escaped  out  of  thine  hand. 

8  AVere  not  *^tlie  Ethiopians  and 
f  the  Eubini  1  a  huge  host,  with  very 
many  chariots  and  horsemen?  yet, 


hecanse  thou  didst  rely  on  the  I.OKD, 
he  delivered  them  into  thine  liand. 
U  i^  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lokd  run  to 
and  iio  tliroughout  the  whole  earth, 
II  to  shew  himself  strong  in  the  be- 
half of  Iheiii  whose  heart  )s  perfect 
toward  him.  Herein  I'thoii  hast 
done  foolishly :  thereforcfrom  licnec- 
fortli  i  tliou  slialt  have  wars. 
lU  Then  Asa  was  wroth  ■nith  the 
secr.and  kput  him  in  aprison  house; 
for  /le  tens  in  a  rage  with  him  because 
of  this  Ihiiirj.  And  Asa  f  oppressed 
some  of  the  iieoplc  the  same  time, 
n  TTlAnd,  hchohl,  the  acts  of  Asa, 
tirst  and  last,  lo,  they  arc  written  in 
the  book  of  the  kings  of  Judali  and 
Israel. 

VI  And  Asa  in  the  thirty  nnd  ninth 
year  of  his  reign  was  diseased  in  his 
ieet,  until  his  disease  teas  exceeding 
t/rrat :  yet  in  his  disease  lie  "'  sought 
not  to  the  Eokii,  but  to  the  idiysi- 
eiaiis. 

Vi  TT  "  And  Asa  slept  with  Ins  fa- 
thers, nnd  died  in  the  one  and  for- 
tieth year  of  his  reign. 
14  And  they  buried  him  in  his  own 
sepulchres,  which  he  had  t  made 
for  himself  in  the  city  of  Dnvid,  and 
laid  him  in  the  bed  which  was  tilled 
^'with  sweet  odours  and  divers  kinds 
nf  spiers  prepared  by  the  npotheca- 
lics'  art:  nnd  they  made  I' a  very 
great  burning  for  him. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 
1  Jehoehajihat,  eucctieding  Aea,  reiffncth 
tvcll,  and  j^roeptrcth.  7  i/tr  eendcth  Le- 
vitce  nith  the  princes  to  teach  Judah.  10 
Hie  enemies  being  terrified  by  O'od,  tome 
of  them  bring  him  presents  and  tribute. 
1*2  His  greatness,  captains,  and  orvi,iee. 

AND  •■' Jclioshaphat  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead,  and  etreugthcncd 
himsclfagainst  Israel. 

2  And  he  placed  forces  in  all  the 
fenced  cities  of  Judah,  and  set  gar- 
risons in  the  hind  of  Judah,  nnd  in 
the  cities  of  Ephraim,  b which  Asa 
his  father  had  taken. 

.'!  Ami  tlie  I.oliD  was  with  Jcliosha- 
phat, because  he  walked  in  th»  first 
ways  II  of  his  father  David,  and  sought 
not  unto  Baahm; 

4  But  sought  to  the  Lnun  Cod  of  his 
father,  and  walked  in  his  command- 
ments, and  not  after  "^  the  doings  of 
Israel. 

.l  Therefore  the  I.onn  stablished 
the  kingilom  in  his  hand;  and  nil 
Judah  it  (brought  to  Jehoshaphat 
presents;  ''and  he  h.id  richcij  and 
jionour  in  abund.iiice. 

(1  And  his  heart  II  was  lifted  up  in 
the  wavs  of  the  I-okd  :  moreover 
the  tooii  away  the  high  places  and 
groves  out  of  judah. 

7  IT  Also  in  the  third  year  of  his 
reign  he  sent  to  his  princes,  eren  to 
Ben-hnil,  and  lo  Obadiah,  and  to 
Zeehariah,  and  to  Nethaiieel,  nnd  to 
INtichaiidi,  Sto  teach  in  the  cities  of 
Judah. 

403 


Jehoshaphat's  greatness. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


.lehoshaphat  and  Ahab 


Brfuro 

ciinisT 

012. 


oh.  17.  6. 
12  Kin.  S.  19. 
el  Kin.  H.S. 


8  And  Willi  tliciii  /((■  xciit  l.cvite.'., 
t'rrii  Shoniaiali,  and  Ncthaniuli,  and 
Zcliadinh,  and  Asahcl.and  Shemira- 
niotli,  and  Jehonathan,  and  Adoni- 
i:ih,  and  Tobijah,  and  Tob-adonijah, 
Lcvitos  ;  and  with  thtm  Elishania 
and  .Tchoram,  priests. 

9  hAnd  they  tnu5;ht  in  Judah,  and 
find  tlie  book  oftlie  law  of  the  Jaikd 
with  them,  and  went  ahoiit  tlirough- 
nnt  all  tlic  cities  of  Judah,  and 
taught  the  penijle. 

10  IT  And  'the  fear  of  the  I.onn 
ffell  upon  all  the  kinj;doni3  of  the 
lands  that  irere  round  about  Judah, 
so  that  they  made  no  war  against 
Jehoshaphat. 

H  Also  sonic  of  the  Philistines 
k  brought  Jehoshaphat  jircsents,  and 
tribute  silver ;  and  the  Arabians 
brought  him  flocks,  seven  thousand 
and  seven  hundred  rums,  and  seven 
thousand  and  60ven  hundred  he 
goats. 

12  V  And  Jehoshaphat  waxed  great 
exceedingly;  and  he  built  in  Judah 
((  castles,  and  cities  (*f  store. 

1'3  And  ho  h.id  much  business  in 
the  cities  of  Judah:  and  the  men  of 
war,  mighty  men  of  valour,  were  iu 
Jeru.salem. 

H  And  those  arc  the  numbers  of 
them  according  to  the  house  of  their 
fathcr.s:  Of  Judah,  the  captains  of 
thousands  ;  Adnah  the  chief,  and 
with  him  miirhtv  men  of  valour 
three  liundnd  thousand. 

15  And  tnext  to  him  irn.i  Jehoha- 
nan  the  c;ipt;iin,  ami  with  him  two 
Inmdred  and  tuurscorc  thousand. 

lij  And  next  him  icns  Amasiah  the 
son  of  Zichri,  I  who  v,-illingly  offered 
himself  unto  the  ]/OUI)  ;  and  with 
him  two  hundred  thousand  mighty 
men  of  valoiu'. 

]"  And  of  Renjamin ;  Eliada  a 
mightv  man  of  valour,  and  with  him 
r.'-nied  men  with  l>ow  and  shield  two 
llnndl■l■<lt!lon^and. 

IS  And  next  him  vri.i  Jehozabad, 
and  with  him  a  hundred  and  four- 
score thousand  ready  prepared  for 
the  war. 

10  These  wailed  on  the  king,  be- 
sides '"those  whom  the  king  put  in 
the  fenced  cities  thruughout  nil  Ju- 
dah. 

cnAPTEn  XVIII. 

1  Jclitshnpliat,  joiiicJ  in  ciffinit;/  ici'M 
Allah,  ii  pertuadtd  to  po  with  Itjm 
agalnnt  Ilamuth-nUiait.  4  Ahiib,  rcd<ic,;l 
bjl  fnl««  j>roj>lict8,  itcrordintj  to  tho  tt'wrj 
o/  .Vic.ii.i/i,  ta  «l.iin  llieri. 

NOW  Jehoshaphat  "had  riches 
and  honour  in  abundance,  and 
bj.iinedatlinity  with  Ahab. 
il '  Auil  I  lifter  rcitaia  years  he  ■went 
down  to  .\lkab  to  Samaria.  And 
Ahab  killed  sheep  and  oxen  for  him 
in  abundance,  and  tl>r  the  people 
that  //<•  l((i'l  with  him,  and  per.suiid- 
ed  him  to  go  up  with  him  to  liaiuutU- 
gilead. 

401 


.'5  And  Ahab  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Jehoshaphat  king  of  Judah,  Wilt 
thou  go  with  me  to  Hamoth-gilead  ? 
And  lie  auswered  liini,  I  am  as  thou 
art,  and  my  people  as  thy  people; 
and  tee  will  be  witn  thee  in  the  war. 

i  11  And  Jehoshaphat  said  unto  the 
king  of  Israel,  il  Inquire,  I  pray  thee, 
at  the  word  of  the  Loitn  to  day. 

5  Therefore  the  king  of  Israel  gath- 
ered together  of  prophets  four  hund- 
red men,  and  said  unto  them.  Shall 
we  go  to  Ranioth-gilcad  to  battle,  or 
shall  I  forbear?  And  they  said.  Go 
up;  for  God  will  deliver  il  into  tJie 
king's  hand. 

G  But  Jehoshaphat  said,  7s  there  not 
lierc  a  prophet  of  the  Lokd  f  besides, 
that  we  might  inquire  of  him? 

I  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Jehosliaphat,  Tlicre  is  yet  cue  man, 
by  whom  we  may  inquire  of  the 
Loud:  but  I  hate  him;  for  he  never 
prophesied  good  unto  me,  but  al- 
ways evil:  the  same  i.<  Micaiah  the 
eon  of  Imla.  And  Jehoshaphat  said. 
Let  not  the  king  say  so. 

8  And  the  king  of  Israel  called  for 
one  of  his  IJofficcrs,  and  said,  \  Fetch 
quickly  Mieai.ah  the  son  of  Inila. 

9  .^lul  the  king  of  Israel  and  Jehosh- 
aphat king  of  Judah  sat  either  of 
them  on  his  throne,  clothed  in  th>'ir 
robes,  and  they  sat  in  a  ||  void  place 
at  the  entering  in  of  the  gate  of  Sa- 
maria; and  all  the  prophets  prophe- 
sied before  them. 

10  And  Zedekiah  the  son  of  Chcna- 
anali  had  made  him  horns  of  iron, 
and  said.  Thus  .saith  the  L"i:i),  With 
these  thou  slialt  push  Syria  until 
f  they  be  consumed. 

II  And  all  the  prophets  prophesied 
so,  saving,  (to  up  t-i  Uainnth-gilead, 
and  prosper:  for  tlie  l.oi;i.  shall  de- 
liver it  into  the  hand  of  the  king. 

I'J  Antl  the  messenger  that  went  to 
call  IMicaiah  spake  to  him,  saving. 
Heboid,  the  words  of  the  proi'ihcts 
(leclarc  good  to  the  ling  fwith  one 
nssent;  let  thy  word  therefore.  I  prav 
thee,  he  like  one  of  theirs,  and  speak 
thou  good. 

V>  And  IMicaiah  said.  As  the  Loitii 
liveth,  'even  what  my  God  saith, 
that  will  I  speak. 

M  And  when  ho  was  come  to  the 
king,  the  king  said  unto  him,  Mi- 
caiah,  sh.all  we  go  to  Uamoth-gilcad 
to  battle,  or  shall  I  forbear  ?  And  he 
said,  <;o^■e  up.  and  jirosper,  and  they 
shall  be  delivered  into  vonr  hand. 

1.')  And  the  king  said"  to  him.  How 
manv  times  shall  I  adinre  tlu-e  that 
thou  say  nothing  but  the  truth  to  me 
in  the  name  oftlie  Loiro? 

l(i  Then  ho  Baid,  I  <lid  see  all  Is- 
rael scattered  upon  the  mountains, 
as  sheep  that  have  no  sheplurd  : 
and  tho  Loki.  said.  These  have  no 
master:  let  them  return  thrnforc 
every  man  to  his  house  in  peace. 

17  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  to 


go  against  Ramoth-giUad. 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


Jehnaliaphat  reproved. 


Bofora 
CHRIST 

607. 


gJol.  12.18. 
1«.  111.  11. 
>U.  U.  9. 


Ji.irk  11.  rj. 


I  o.. /.■<.» 
t  He!..  » 


Jehoshaphat,  Did  1  net  tell  tluc  that 
lie  would  not  prophesy  good  uuto 
mc,  II  but  evil? 

lS.\;;ain  he  said.  Therefore  hear  the 
word  of  the  I.OUD;  I  saw  the  I..OI!!) 
Kitting  upon  his  throne,  and  all  the 
lio.st  of  heaven  stimdint;  on  his  right 
liiuidnndoHhisleft. 

I'J  And  the  J.oiiD  said,  Who  shall 
entice  Ahab  kin';  of  Israel,  that  he 
iiKiy  go  up  and  fall  at  Kaiiioth-sil- 
ead.'  And  oue  spake  saying  alter 
tills  manner,  and  another  saying 
after  that  manner. 

:^0  Then  there  came  out  a  fspirit, 
and  stood  before  tlie  l.oiiii,  and 
said,  I  will  entice  him.  And  the 
Loud  said  unto  him,  Wherewith? 

21  And  he  said,  1  will  go  out,  and 
be  a  lyinp  spirit  in  the  mouth  of  all 
his  prophets.  And  tlie  Lord  said. 
Thou  slialt  entice  him,  and  thou  shalt 
also  prevail:  go  out,  and  do  even  so. 

2;i  Now  therefore,  behold,  ethehoitn 
hath  put  a  lying  spirit  in  the  mouth 
of  these  thy  prophets,  and  the  LOKD 
hath  snoken  evil  against  thee. 

M  Then  Zcdekiah  the  son  of 
Cheiiaaiiah  came  near,  and  1' smote 
-Micaiah  upon  tlic  cheek,  and  said, 
AVhicli  way  went  the  Spirit  of  the 
l.oiii)  from  me  to  speak  unto  thee? 

24  And  Micaiah  Buid,  Behold,  tlioii 
shalt  see  on  that  day  when  thou  shalt 
go  II  into  fan  inner  chamber  to  hide 
thyself. 

2.5  Then  the  king  of  Israel  said.  Take 
ye  Micaiah,  and  carry  liini  bade  to 
"Anion  the  governor  of  the  city,  and 
to  Joash  the  king's  son ; 

2G  And  say,  Tluis  saith  the  king, 
iPut  i\\\&  fellow  in  the  prison,  and 
feed  him  with  bread  of  affliction  and 
witli  water  of  aftliction,  until  1  re- 
turn in  peace. 

2"  And  Micaiah  said.  If  thou  cer- 
tainly return  in  iieaee,  titen  hath 
not  tiic  Lord  spoken  by  me.  And 
he  said.  Hearken,  all  ye  people. 

28  So  the  king  of  Israel  and  Jchosh- 
apliat  the  king  of  Judali  went  up  to 
Kamoth-gilcad. 

211  And  the  king  of  Israel  said  unto 
Jehoshaphat,  I  will  disguise  myself, 
and  will  go  to  the  battle;  but  put 
thou  on  thy  robe.i.  So  tlie  king  of 
Israel  disguised  himself;  and  they 
went  to  the  battle. 

r.O  Now  the  king  of  Syria  had  com- 
mandcil  the  captains  of  the  chariots 
tliat  n-ere  with  liini,  saying.  Fight  ye 
not  with  small  or  great,  save  only 
with  the  king  of  Israel. 

ol  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
captains  of  the  chariots  saw  Jehosha- 

iiliat.  that  tliey  said,  It  iy  the  king  of 
srael.  Therefore  they  compassed 
about  him  to  tight:  but  Jehoshaphat 
cried  out,  and  the  I.OKU  helped  him; 
and  God  moved  them  to  depart  from 
him. 

.'ij  lor  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
tlie  captains  of  the  chariots  perceived 


that  it  was  not  the  king  of  Israel, 
tliey  turned  back  again  t  from  pur- 
suing him. 

Si  And  a  certain  man  drew  a  bow 
1  at  a  venture,  and  smote  the  king 
of  Israel  t  between  the  joints  of  the 
harness  :  therefore  he  said  to  his 
chariot  man.  Turn  thine  hand,  that 
thou  mayest  carry  me  out  of  the 
host;  for  I  tiiu  f  wounded. 

'H  And  the  battle  increased  that 
day  :  howbeit  the  king  of  Israel 
6tayed  himself  up  in  his  chariot 
against  the  Syrians  until  the  c^■en: 
and  about  the  time  of  the  sun  going 
down  he  died. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
1  Jehoshaphat,  reproved  by  Jehu,  visiteth 
hiB  kiuydom.    &  Uia  iriMlrueliona  to  the 
judges,  8  to  the  prieete  and  Levitee. 

AND  Jehoshaphat  the  king  of  Ju- 
dah  returned  to  his   house  in 
peace  to  Jerusalem. 

2  And  Jehu  the  son  of  Ilannni 
"the  seer  went  out  to  meet  him, 
and  said  to  kinj?  Jehoshaphat, 
Shouldcst  thou  help  the  ungodly, 
and  blove  them  tliat  hate  the  Loud? 
therefore  is  ''wrath  upon  thee  from 
before  the  Loud. 

3  Nevertheless,  there  are  "I  good 
things  found  in  thee,  in  that  thou 
hast  taken  away  the  gro^■es  out  of 
the  land,  and  hast  'prepared  thine 
heart  to  seek  God. 

4  And  Jehoshaphat.  dwelt  at  Je- 
rusalem: and  the  went  out  again 
through  the  people  from  Beer-sheha 
to  mount  Kphraiin,  t.nd  brought 
them  back  uuto  the  Loud  God  of 
their  fathers. 

5  IT  And  ho  set  judges  in  the  land 
througliout  all  the  fenced  cities  of 
Judah,  city  by  city, 

G  Aud  said  to  the  judges,  Take 
heed  what  ye  do:  for  lye  judge  not 
for  man,  but  for  the  Lonn,  6  who  is 
with  vou  tin  the  judgment. 

7  Wlicicfore  now  let  the  fear  of 
tlie  Loud  be  upon  you;  take  heed 
ond  do  It:  for  \' there  is  no  iniquity 
with  the  Loud  our  God,  nor  i respect 
of  persons,  nor  taking  of  gifts. 

8  IT  Moreover  iu  Jerusalem  did  Je- 
hoshaphat It  set  of  the  Levites,  and 
of  the  priests,  and  of  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  Israel,  for  the  judgment 
of  the  Lokd,  and  for  controversies, 
when  thev  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

9  And  ho  charged  them,  saying, 
Thus  shall  ye  do  I  in  the  fear  of  the 
Lord,  faithfully,  aud  with  a  perfect 
heart. 

10  "'And  what  cause  soever  shall 
come  to  you  of  j'our  brethren  that 
dwell  in  "their  cities,  between  blood 
and  blood,  between  law  and  com- 
mandment, statutes  and  judgments, 
ye  shall  even  warn  thenr  that  they 
"trespass  not  against  the  Loitn,  an"d 
so  "wrath  come  upon  ''you,  and  up- 
on your  brethren  :  this  do,  and  ye 
shall  not  trespass.  .qj 


Jchoshaphat's  prayer  in  distress.  II.  CHRONICLES. 


The  i)rophec)j  of  Jahaziel. 


U»tl.  1!. 

U. 

llUOD.    1- 

K..  (i.  7 

7. 

1 11 1.1,.  Ih 

«. 

1  r..  4i  2 

kli.  41.  H. 

11  Kin.  8 

37. 
cl,.«.  2» 

83. 
29, 

11  And,  behold,  Amariah  the  chief 
priest  If  over  vou  ►'in  all  muttcre  of 
thcLoicii;  mid  Zeimdiuli  tlio  sun  of 
Isliniiiel,  the  ruler  .if  the  house  of 
.Iiidiih,  f..r  .ill  tlie  liiii-'s  matters:  al- 
so the  Lc-vites  slnil/  hf  uffieers  before 
vou.  t  Denl  conrageouslv,  and  tlic 
LOKD  Eliall  be  'I  with  tlie  i;ood. 

CHAPTER  XX. 
1  JehoBhapltat  in  hie  fear  proelainieth  a 
fast.  5  IHh  prayer.  14  T/te  prophecy  of 
Jahaziel.  211  Jehoahaphat  exhorteth  the 
people,  an<l  eetteth  Binyera  to  praise  the 
Lord.  2-2  The  great  overthrow  of  the  en- 
einiee.  26  2'Ab  people,  havini;  bleesed 
God  at  Beraehah,  return  in  triumph. 
31  JehoehaphaVe  reign.  35  Ilia  convoy 
of  ahipt,  which  he  made  with  Ahuziah, 
according  to  the  prophecy  vf  MHiezcr, 
unhappily  pcriehed. 

IT  came  tn  pass  after  this  also,  Utat 
tlie  ehil<hen  of  Mouh,  and  the 
children  of  Amnion,  and  with  tlicin 
other  besides  the  Ammanitcs,  cauic 
ajijiiinst  Jehoshaphat  to  battle. 

2  Then  there  came  some  that  told 
Jehoshaphat,  saving.  There  comctli 
a  great  multitude  against  thee  from 
bcjond  the  sea  on  this  side  Syria  ; 
and,  behold,  they  be  "in  llazazon- 
tumar,  wliich  i.i  ^  En-gedi. 

;i  And  Jehoshaphat  feared,  and  set 
f  himself  to  ■'seek  the  I-oitn,  and 
il  proclaimed  a  fast  throughout  all 
Jiidah. 

4  And  Judah  gathered  themselves 
together,  to  ask  hcli>  of  tlic  IjOud: 
even  out  of  alt  the  cities  of  Judoh 
they  came  to  seek  the  Loi:i). 

5  IT  And  Jehoshaphat  stood  in  the 
congregation  of  Judah  and  Jerusa- 
lem, in  the  house  of  the  l.ouu,  be- 
fore the  new  court, 

G  And  80id,  O  I.oitn  (!od  of  our 
fathers,  art  not  thou  "  (Jod  in  heav- 
en? and  f  rulest  not  thnu  over  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  heathen?  and  "in 
thine  hand  is  there  uut  power  and 
might,  so  that  none  is  able  to  with- 
stand thee? 

7  Art  not  thou  hour  fjod,  t  irhn 
i  didst  drive  out  the  inhabitants  of 
this  land  bef(U-e  thy  people  Israel, 
and  gttvcst  it  to  the  seed  of  Abraham 
kthv  friend  forever? 

n  And  tliey  dwelt  therein,  and  liave 
built  tln^e  a  sanctuary  therein  for  thy 
name,  saying, 

!>  1  If,  ximen  evil  cometh  upon  us,  ns 
the  sword,  juil^ioent,  or  pestilence, 
orfamiue,  we  stand  before  this  house, 
and  ill  thy  presciiee,  (for  thy  '"  name 
IS  in  this  liousc)  and  cry  unto  thee 
in  our  aHlietion,  then  thou  wilt  hear 
and  help. 

10  And  now,  b;hold.  tl 


children 
1  .Moab  and  mount 
u  "  wouhlcst  not  let 


possession,  "which  thou  hast  given  us 
to  inherit. 

lii  O  our  God,  wilt  tliou  not  ijudgc 
tlicni?  for  we  liave  no  might  against 
tliis  great  company  that  Cometh 
against  us;  neither' know  we  what 
to  do:  but  'our  eyes  are  upon 
thee. 

I'J  And  nil  Judah  stood  before  the 
Loni),  with  their  little  ones,  their 
wives,  and  their  children. 

11  U  Then  upon  Jahaziel  the  son  of 
Zeehariah,  the  son  of  Benaiah,  tlie 
son  of  Jeicl,  the  son  of  Mattaniah,  a 
Levite  of  the  sons  of  Asaph,  *came 
the  Spirit  of  the  I-oiiU  in  the  midst 
of  the  congregation; 

1 J  And  lie  said.  Hearken  ye,  all  Ju- 
dah, and  ye  inhabitants  of  Jerusa- 
lem, and  thou  king  Jehoshaplnit, 
Thus  saitli  the  Loni)  unto  you,  '  Bo 
not  afraid  nor  dismayed  by  reason 
of  this  great  multitude;  for  the  bat- 
tle iA-  not  yours,  but  God's. 

l(j  To  niorrow  go  ye  down  against 
them:  behold,  they  conic  up  by  the 
tclitt'of  Ziz:  and  ye  shall  find  them 
at  the  end  of  the  I|  brook,  before  the 
wilderness  of  Jeruel. 

17  "  Ye  shall  not  need  to  fight  in 
this  Uillle  :  set  vourselvcs,  stand  ye 
stitl,  and  see  the  salvation  of  the 
1,0 KD  with  you,  O  Judah  and  Jeru- 
salem: fear  iiot,  nor  be  dismayed;  to 
morrow  go  out  against  them  :  "for 
the  IjOKU  i/-i7/  (jc  with  you. 

18  And  Jehoshaphat  J  bowed  his 
head  with  his  face  to  the  ground: 
and  all  Judah  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem  fell  before  the  LoKU, 
worshipping  the  l,oi:i). 

11)  And  the  I.evites,  of  the  children 
of  the  Kohathites,  and  of  the  chil- 
dren of  the  Korhites,  stood  up  to 
praise  the  l.ouii  (;od  of  Israel  with 
a  loud  voice  on  high. 

•M  IT  Ami  they  rose  early  in  the 
morning,  and  went  forth  into  the 
wilderness  of  Tekoa  :  and  as  they 
went  forth,  Jehoshaphat  stood  anil 
said.  Hear  nie,  O  Judah,  and  ye  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem;  "Believe  in 
the  Loud  your  God,  so  shall  ye  be 
established;  believe  liia  prophets,  so 
sh:ill  ye  prosper. 

•Jl  Aiid  wluu  he  had  consulted  with 
the  people,  he  apixiinted  singers  unto 
the  l.ouii.  "and  )  that  should  praise 
the  beauty  of  liolinest,  as  they  went 
out  before  the  army,  and  to  say, 
ii  I'raise  the  l.oitu  ;  '^^for  his  inci-cy 
eiultirtth  for  ever. 

K  IT  tAnd  when  they  began  <  to 

sing  and  to  pniise,  J  the  Jaikd  set 

anibushments   against   the  children 

of  Amnion,  .Mo;ib,  ami  mount  Seir, 

which   were  come    against    Judah; 

and  II  tlicv  were  smitten. 

I :    :i'l  For  the  children  of  Amnion  and 

1  ;  Moab  stood  np  against  the  iiihabit- 

;    aids  of  mount  Seir,   ntterlv  t.>  slav 

I   when   theV 


of  Amm 
Seir,  whom  tl 
Israel  invade,  wlu-n  the\'  c; 
the  land  of  Kgvpt.  but"tl 
from  them,  and  deslrnved 
11  Behold,  /  .f.fv,  /„.»•  th  . 
us,  fto  come  to  east  ns  out  of  thy  I  had  made  an  cud  of  the  iuliabitautu 
408 


Jehoshaphat's  rdffn. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Jchoram's  tvicked  reiffii. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 

8%. 


I  neb.  i,md. 

I  Nil..  12. 13, 


1  Seech.  17.  e. 
Ich.  12.11.& 


was  unwill- 
1  Kin.  2-2.19. 


of  Seir,  every  ouc  helped  i  to  destroy 
another. 

24  And  when  Judah  came  toward 
the  watclitower  in  the  wilderness, 
they  looked  unto  the  multitude,  and, 
behold,  they  ivtre  dead  bodies  luUen 
to  the  earth,  and  t  none  escaped. 

'25  And  when  Jehoshaphat  and  his 
people  came  to  take  away  the  spoil 
of  them,  they  found  among  them  in 
abundance  both  riclies  with  the  dead 
bodies,  and  precious  jewels,  which 
they  stripped  off  for  themselves, 
more  than  they  could  carry  away  : 
and  they  were  three  days  in  gather- 
ing of  tlie  spoil,  it  was  so  much. 

'Mi  V  And  on  the  fourth  day  they 
assembled  themselves  in  the  valley 
of  II  Berachah;  for  there  they  blessed 
the  Lord:  therefore  the  name  of  the 
same  place  was  called,  Tlic  valley  of 
Berachah,  unto  this  day. 

27  Then  they  returned,  every  man 
of  Judidi  and  Jerusalem,  and  Je- 
hoshaphat in  the  t  forefront  of  them, 
to  go  ap:ain  to  Jerusalem  with  joy; 
tor  the  Lord  had  "made  them  to  re- 
joice over  their  enemies. 

'JS  And  they  came  to  Jcrusiilem 
with  psalteries  and  harps  and  trum- 
pets unto  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

21t  And  fthc  fear  of  God  was  on 
all  the  kingdoms  of  those  countries, 
when  they  had  heard  that  the  LoitD 
fought  against  the  enemies  of  Is- 
rael. 

30  So  the  realm  of  Jehoshaphat  was 
quiet:  for  liis  SGod  gave  liim  rest 
round  about. 

31  IT  h  .\nd  Jehoshaphat  reigned 
over  Judah:  he  was  thirty  and  five 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  twenty  and  five 
years  in  Jerusalem.  And  his  moth- 
er's name  teas  Azubah  the  daughter 
ofShilhi. 

S'l  And  he  walked  in  the  w-iy  of 
Asa  his  father,  and  departed  not 
from  it,  doing  thaf  v:hich  was  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

3.1  llowbeit  ithe  high  places  were 
not  taken  away :  for  us  yet  the  peo- 
ple had  not  k  i)rep.ared  their  liearts 
unto  the  God  of  their  fathers. 

3i  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Je- 
hoshaphat, first  and  last,  behold, 
they  are  written  in  the  i  book  of 
Jehu  the  son  of  Ilanani,  I  who  Its 
mentioned  in  the  book  of  the  kings 
of  Israel. 

3.5  11  And  after  this  "did  Jehosh- 
aphat king  of  Juduh  join  himself 
with  Ahaziah  king  of  Israel,  who  did 
very  wickedly: 

3G  II  And  he  joined  himself  with  him 
to  make  ships  ti^  go  to  Tarshish :  and 
they  made  the  ships  in  Ezion-gaber. 

37  Then  Eliezer  the  son  of  Dodavnh 
of  Mareshah  prophesied  against  Je- 
hoshaphat, B.iying,  Because  thou  hast 
ioineu  thyself  with  Ahaziah,  the 
Lord  hath  broken  thy  works. 
"And  the  ships  were  broken,  that 


they  were  not  able  to  go  "to  Tar- 
shish. 

CHAPTER  XXL 

1  Jchoram,  euccccdiii[/  Jehoshaphat,  slay- 
eth  hia  brethren.  5  Ilia  wicked  reign. 
8  Kdom  and  Libnah  revolt.  12  The 
propheey  of  Elijuh  afjainat  him  in  writ- 
ing, llj  Philixtinea  and  Arabiana  (»;>- 
press  him.  18  JJis  incurable  disease, 
infamous  death,  and  burial. 

"VTOW  "Jehoshaphat  slept  with  his 
i\  fathers,  and  was  buried  with  his 
fathers  in  the  city  of  David.  And 
Jehoram  his  son  ||  reigned  in  his 
stead. 

2  And  he  had  brethren  the  sons  of 
Jehoshaphat,  Azariah,  and  Jehiel, 
and  Zechariah,  and  Azariah,  and 
Michael,  and  Shephntiah  :  all  these 
were  the  sons  of  Jehoshaphat  king 
of  Israel. 

3  And  their  father  gave  them  great 
gifts  of  silver,  and  of  gold,  and  of 
precious  things,  with  fenced  cities  in 
Jud:di:  but  the  kingdom  gave  he  to 
i|  Jehoram;  because  he  «•«»■  the  first- 
born. 

4  Now  when  Jehoram  was  risen  up 
to  the  kingdom  of  his  father,  he 
strengthened  himself,  and  slew  all 
his  brelhren  with  the  sword,  and 
<lirr)s  also  of  the  princes  of  Israel. 

.1  TT  bjehoram  ica.f  thirty  and  two 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  eight  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

(>  And  he  walked  in  the  way  of 
the  kings  of  Israel,  like  as  did"  the 
house  of  Aliab  :  for  he  had  the 
daughter  of  '  Ahab  to  wife:  and  he 
wrought  that  which  icas  evil  in  the 
eyes  of  the  Lord. 

7  llowbeit  the  Lord  would  not  de- 
stroy' the  hoiise  of  David,  because  of 
the  covenant  that  he  had  made  witli 
David,  and  as  he  promised  to  give  a 
t  light  to  him  and  to  his  d  sons  for 
ever. 

.S  IT  "■  In  Ins  days  the  Edomites  re- 
volted from  under  the  f  dominion  of 
Judah,  and  made  themselves  a  king. 

'.I  Then  Jehoram  went  forth  wiih 
his  princes,  and  all  his  chariots  with 
him:  and  he  rose  up  by  night,  and 
smote  the  Edomites  which  compass- 
ed him  in,  and  the  captains  of  the 
chariots. 

10  So  the  Edomites  revolted  from 
under  the  hand  of  Judah  unto  this 
dav.  The  same  time  also  did  Lib- 
naVi  revolt  from  under  his  hand  : 
because  he  had  forsaken  the  Lord 
God  of  his  fathers. 

11  Moreover  he  made  high  places 
in  the  mountains  of  Judah,  and 
caused  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem 
to  f  commit  fornication,  and  compel- 
led Judah  thereto. 

12  T  And  there  came  a  ||  writing  to 
him  from  Elijah  the  propliet,  saving. 
Thus  faith  tlie  Lord  God  of  liavid 
thy  father,  Iiecau.>*e  thou  hast  not 
walked  in  the  ways  of  Jehoshaphat 

407 


Jehoram's  loathsome  death. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Athaliah's  xisurpalion. 


Before 
CHRIS  T 


1.  F.I.  34.  15. 

Lieut.  3L  18. 
ilKiD.  16.31 

-33. 

2  Kin.  9.  22. 
k»or. -1. 
t  Ileb.  ayrftif 


8..  ch.21.17. 
•  •r.O. 
bell. -Jl.  17, 


thy  (ktlicr,  nor  in  the  ways  of  Asa 
kinsofjiichih, 

1;)  Hut  hast  walked  in  the  way  of 
the  kinjis  of  I.sracI,  and  liast  8  made 
Jiidah  and  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem to  lij^o  a  whoriii;;,  like  to  the 
I  whoredoms  of  the  house  of  Ahab, 
and  also  liast  k  slain  thy  brethren  of 
thy  father's  house,  which  were  better 
than  thyself: 

l-l  IJeliold,  with  ta  Krcat  plague  will 
tlie  ]..oi:u  smite  thy  peoiile,  and  thy 
children,  and  thy  wives,  and  all  thy 
goods : 

1.5  And  thou  shalt  have  great  sick- 
ness by  1  disease  of  thy  bowels,  until 
thy  bowels  fall  out  by  reason  of  the 
sickness  day  by  day. 

lU  IT  Moreover  tlio  l^oitn  '"stirred 
up  against  Jehoraiu  the  spirit  of  the 
Philistines,  and  of  the  Arabians,  that 
were  near  the  Kthiopians: 

17  And  they  came  up  into  Judah, 
and  brake  into  it,  and  f  carried  away 
all  the  substance  that  was  found  in 
the  king's  house,  and  "his  sous  also, 
and  Ilia  wives ;  so  that  there  was 
nevera  son  left  him,  save  {IJchoaUaz, 
the  vouiigestofhissoiis. 

IS  ir  ||.\iiil  after  all  this  the  LouD 
smote  lilm  "in  his  bowels  with  an 
incurable  disease. 

I'J  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  in  i>ro- 
eess  of  time,  alter  the  end  of  two 
years,  his  bowels  fell  out  by  reason 
of  his  sickness:  so  he  died  of  sore 
diseases.  And  his  people  made  no 
burning  for  him,  like  I'tlie  burning 
of  his  fathers. 

21)  Thirty  and  two  years  old  was  lie 
when  he  bi'gan  to  reign,  and  lie 
reigned  in  .K'rnsalein  eight  years, 
and  departed  1  without  being  desirecl. 
Ilowbeit  they  buried  him  in  the  city 
of  IJavid,  but  not  in  tlie  sepulchres 
of  the  kings. 

CIIAI'TEU  XXII. 
1  Akaziah  succeeding  rcigneth  wickedly. 
0  In  hia  confederacy  with  Joram  the  iton 
ef  Ahab,  he  is  elain  !■!/  Jehu.  10  Alha- 
liah,  dcHtroying  all  the  6ecd  royal,  nave 
Joash,  whom  Jehonhabcath  hia  aunt  hid, 
uaurpeth  the  kingdom. 

VND  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem 
made  "Ahaziah  his  youngest 
son  king  in  his  stead:  for  the  baud 
of  men  that  came  with  the  Anibiaiis 
to  the  camp  had  slain  all  the  '.eldest. 
So  Ahaziah  the  son  of  Jehoram  king 
of.Inilali  reigned. 

'J  '  I'ortv  and  two  years  old  i/'d.s- 
Ahaziah "wbfu  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  one  year  in  Jerusa- 
lem. His  mother's  name  also  Jras 
<l  Athaliah  the  daughter  of  Omri. 

;!  lie  also  walked  in  the  wavs  of  the 
hi>use  of  Ahah:  for  liis  mother  was 


■  todd 


■1  Wherefore  he  did  evil  in  the  sight 
of  the  I.oliD  like  the  house  of  Ahab: 
for  thev  were  his  emiusellors,  after 
the  death  of  liia  father,  to  his  de- 
struction. 

408 


5  11  He  walked  also  after  their  coun- 
sel, and  **went  with  Jchorain  the  son 
of  Ahab  king  of  Israel  to  war  against 
llazael  king  of  Syria  at  Ramoth- 
gileail:  and  the  Syrians  smote  Joram. 

0  'And  he  returned  to  bo  healed 
in  Jezrccl  because  of  the  wounds 
I  which  were  given  him  at  Kamah, 
when  he  foupht  with  llazael  king  of 
Syria.  Anil  ||  Azariah  the  son  of 
Jehoram  king  of  Judah  went  down 
to  see  Jehoram  the  son  of  Ahab  at 
Jezreel,  because  he  was  sick. 

7  And  the  t  destruction  of  Ahaziah 
6 was  of  Uod  by  coming  to  Jor.im: 
for  when  he  was  come,  he  li  went  out 
with  Jehoram  against  Jehu  the  eon 
of  Niuishi,  1  whinii  the  LoiM)  had  an- 
ointed to  cut  off  the  house  of  Ahab. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Jehu  was  kexecuting  judgment  up- 
on the  house  of  Ahab,  and  l  found 
the  ])rinces  of  Judah,  and  the  sons  of 
the  brethren  of  Ahaziah,  that  minis- 
tered to  Ahaziah,  he  slew  them. 

!t  "'And  he  sought  Ahaziah:  and 
they  caught  liim,  (for  he  was  hid  in 
.Samaria.)  and  brought  him  to  Jehu: 
and  when  the\'  liad  slain  him,  they 
buried  him:  lUcause,  said  they,  lie 
?s  the  son  of  Jehosliaphat,  who 
"sought  the  I.oKDwith  all  his  heart. 
So  the  house  of  Ahaziah  had  no 
power  to  keep  still  the  kingdom. 

lOTI  "But  when  Athaliah  the  mother 
of  Ahaziah  saw  that  her  son  was 
dead,  she  arose  and  destroyed  all  the 
seed  royal  of  the  house  of  Judah. 

U  But  I'Jehoshabeath,  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  king,  took  Joash  the  son  of 
.Vhaziah,  and  stole  him  from  among 
the  king's  sons  that  were  slain,  and 
nut  him  ai'a  his  nurse  in  abedehani- 
tier.  So  Jc.osliabeath,  the  daughter 
of  king  Jehoram,  the  wife  of  Jehoia- 
da  the  priest,  (for  she  was  the  sister 
of  Ahaziah,)  hid  him  from  Athaliah, 
so  that  she  slew  him  not. 

12  And  he  was  with  them  hid  in  the 
house  of  God  six  years:  and  Atha- 
liah reigned  over  the  land. 

CHAl'TKR  XXIII. 
1  Jehoiadtt,  having  aet  things  in  order, 

makclh  Joaah  king.    I'i  Athaliah  i<  alain. 

10  .lehuiada  rettoreth  the  worship  of  tied. 

VND  "in  the  seventh  year  Jehola- 
da  strengthened  himself,  and 
took  the  captains  of  hundreds,  Aza- 
riah the  son  of  Jeroham,  an  1  Ishmael 
the  son  of  Jehnhanan,  aim  .\,:ariah 
the  son  of  Obed,  and  :\I:iasi-iah  the 
son  of  Adaiah,  and  Kiishapliat  the 
son  of  Zichri,  into  covenant  with 
him. 

2  And  thev  went  about  in  Judah, 
and  gathered  the  Levites  out  of  all 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  the  chief  of 
the  fatliers  of  Israel,  and  they  cumc 
to  Jerusalem. 

:>  .\nd  all  the  congregati<m  made  a 
covenant  with  the  king  in  the  house 
of  (iod.  And  hcsaidiinloth.-m.  He- 
hold,  tho  king's  eon  shall  reign,  as 


Joash  -is  made  king. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Athaliah  is  slain. 


cl..G.l(!.i7. 
IS.  i  21.  7. 
«1  Clir.  3.  25. 


tneb. 
t  Hob.  Aot 


the  I^OUD  hath  I'saidof  the  sons  of 
David. 

4  Tliis  IS  the  thing  that  ye  sliall 
do;  A  third  part  of  you  '^enteriiipr 
on  the  sabbath,  of  tlie  priests  and 
of  the  Levitcs,  sUaU  be  porters  of 
the  t  doors; 

5  And  a  third  part  shall  he  at  tlic 
kind's  house  ;  and  .a  third  part  at 
the  Rate  of  tlic  foundation:  and  all 
tlie  people  sJiall  be  in  the  courts  of 
the  house  of  the  Loud. 

0  But  let  none  come  into  the 
house  of  the  Loud,  save  the  nriests, 
and  'I  they  that  minister  of  tlie  Le- 
vitcs; they  shall  go  in,  for  they  die 
holy:  hut  all  the  peoiile  shall  keep 
the  watch  ol  the  LuuD. 

7  And  the  Levitcs  shall  compass 
the  king  round  about,  every  man 
"witli  his  weapons  in  his  liand;  and 
Avhosoever  ei^e.  Cometh  into  the 
liousc,  he  shall  bo  put  to  death:  but 
be  yc  with  the  king  when  he  conieth 
in,  and  when  he  goeth  out. 

S  So  the  I^evites  and  all  Judah 
did  according  to  all  things  that  .le- 
hoiada  the  priest  liad  coninumdcd, 
and  took  every  man  his  men  that 
were  to  come  in  on  the  sabbath, 
with  thent  that  were  to  go  uiit  on 
the  sabbath:  for  Jchoiada  the  priest 
dismissed  not  "^the  courses. 

V)  Moreover  Jchoiada  the  priest  de- 
livered to  the  captains  of  hundreds 
spears,  and  bucklers,  and  shields, 
that  had  been  king  David's,  which 
tvere  in  the  house  of  God. 

10  And  lie  set  all  the  people,  every 
man  havinjj  his  weapon  in  his  hand, 
from  the  right  t  side  of  the  t  temple 
to  the  left  side  of  the  temple,  along 
by  tlve  altar  and  the  temple,  by  the 
kmg  round  about. 

11  Then  they  brought  out  the 
king's  son,  and  put  upon  him  the 
crown,  and  fgaie  him  the  testi- 
mony, and  made  him  king.  And 
Jchoiada  and  his  sons  anointed  him, 
and  said,  i  God  save  the  king. 

1211  Now  when  Athaliah  heard  the 
noise  of  the  jx-ople  running  and 
praising  the  king,  she  came  to  the 
people  into  the  house  of  tlie  Lonn: 

13  And  she  looked,  and,  behold, 
the  king  stood  at  his  pillar  at  the 
entering  in,  and  the  princes  and 
the  trumpets  by  the  king:  and  all 
the  people  of  the  land  rejoiced, 
and  sounded  with  trumpets,  al.^o  the 
singers  with  instruments  of  music, 
and  Psuch  as  taught  to  sing  praise. 
Then  Athaliah  rent  her  clothes,  and 
said,  t  Treason,  treason. 

14  Then  Jchoiada  the  priest 
brought  out  the  captains  of  hund- 
reds that  were  set  over  the  host, 
and  said  unto  them.  Have  her 
forth  of  the  ranges :  and  whoso 
followeth  her,  let  him  be  slain 
with  the  sword.  For  the  priest 
said.  Slay  her  not  in  the  house  of 
the  LoKU. 


15  So  they  laid  hands  on  her;  and 
when  she  was  come  to  the  entering 
liof  the  horse  gate  by  the  king's 
house,  they  slew  her  there. 

10  ir  And  Jchoiada  made  a  cove- 
nant between  him,  and  between  all 
the  people,  and  between  the  king, 
that  they  should  be  the  Loud's  peo- 
ple. 

17  Then  all  the  people  went  to  the 
house  of  Baal,  and  brake  it  down, 
and  brake  his  altars  and  his  images 
in  nieces,  and  ■  slew  Mattau  the  priest 
of  Baal  before  the  altars. 

18  Also  Jchoiada  appointed  the 
offices  of  the  liouse  of  tliel.,ORD  by 
the  hand  of  the  priests  tiic  Levitcs, 
whom  David  liad  k  distributed  in 
the  house  of  the  Loud,  to  oft'er  the 
burnt  oft'erings  of  the  l.,ouD,  as  i(  is 
written  in  the  Haw  of  SIoscs,  with 
rejoicing  and  with  singing,  as  it  icus 
orilaincd  t  by  David. 

HI  And  he  set  the  "'porters  at  the 
gates  of  the  house  of  the  Loud,  that 
none  nhich  iras  unclean  in  any  thing 
should  enter  in. 

'Jf>  "  And  ho  took  the  captains  of 
hundreds,  and  the  nobles,  and  the 
governors  of  the  people,  and  all 
the  people  of  the  land,  and  brought 
down  the  king  from  the  house  of 
the  Loud;  and  they  came  through 
the  high  gate  into  the  king's  house, 
and  set  the  king  upon  the  throue  of 
the  kingdom. 

L'l  And  all  the  people  of  the  land 
rejoiced  :  and  the  citv  W'as  quiet, 
after  that  they  had  slain  Athaliah 
with  the  sword. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
1  JoaBh  reiffueth  well  all  the  daj/B  of  Je- 
hoiada.  4  Ua  givctli  order  for  the  repair 
of  the  tnnple.  15  Jehoiada'a  death  and 
honourable  burial.  17  Joath,  falling  to 
idolatry,  elayeth  Zechariah  the  aon  of 
Jehoiada.  *Si  Joash  is  tpoited  by  the 
Syrians,  ayid  elain  by  Zabnd  and  Jehoz- 
abad.    27  Amaziahsuccecdeth  him. 

TOASH  'was  seven  years  old 
w  hen  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  forty  years  in  Jerusalem. 
His  mother's  name  also  teas  Zibiah 
of  Beer-sheba. 

2  And  Joash  1' did  that  irhich  vas 
right  in  the  sight  of  the  Loud  all  the 
days  of  Jchoiada  the  priest. 

3  And  Jehoiada  took  for  him  two 
wives;  and  he  begat  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. 

4  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  this, 
that  Joash  was  niiuded  f  to  repair 
the  house  of  the  LouD. 

5  And  he  gathered  together  the 
priests  and  the  Levitcs,  and  said 
to  thorn,  Go  out  unto  the  cities  of 
Judah,  and  '^patlier  of  all  Israel 
money  to  repair  the  house  of  your 
God  "from  year  to  year,  and  see 
that  ve  hasten  the  mutter.  Ilow- 
beit  the  I.cvites  hastened  i(  not 

G  »l  And  the  king  called  lor  Jehoia- 
da the   chief,  and   said  unto  him, 
409 


The  temple  repaired. 


II.  CHRONICLES.      Joash  is  slain  by  conspiracy. 


11,  iii. 

fNum.  1.00. 
Act.  7.  11. 
jch.  21.  17. 

b  2  Kin.  12.1. 


v:.  IJ, 
I  Or,  ,„.(,(,. 


Why  hast  thou  not  required  of  the 
Ijcvites)  to  brins  in  out  of  Juduh 
ami  out  of  Jeiu.sulem  the  collec- 
tion, acconiiui/  to  i/ie  coiniuitutt- 
mciit  of  "Moses  the  Bervaut  of  the 
LuKi),  and  of  the  congregation  of 
Israel,  for  the  ftabernaclc  of  wit- 
ness i' 

7  For  Sthe  sous  of  Athaliah,  that 
wicked  woman,  had  broken  up  the 
liouse  of  God!  and  also  all  the  li  <ledi- 
eated  things  of  the  house  of  the  Loud 
did  they  bestow  upon  Baalim. 

.S  And  at  the  kin;?'s  cominandnient 
ithey  made  a  chest,  and  set  it  with- 
out at  tlie  gate  of  the  liousc  of  the 

I.OUI). 

II  And  they  made  fa  proclama- 
tion through  Jndah  and  Jerusalem, 
to  hring  in  to  the  Loiu)  li  the  eoUee- 
tion  Ihiit  Mo.ses  the  servant  of  God 
/((/./  niHin  Israel  in  the  wilderness. 

10  And  all  tlie  princes  and  all  the 
people  rejciii'ed,  and  brout;ht  in,  and 
east  into  the  chest,  until  they  liad 
made  an  end. 

11  Now  it  came  to  pass,  that  at 
what  time  the  chest  was  brousht 
unto  the  king's  oltice  by  the  liand 
of  the  Levites,  and  l  when  tliey  saw 
that  llteie  was  much  money,  the 
king's  scribe  and  the  high  priest's 
oflieer  came  and  emptied  the  eho.st, 
and  took  it,  and  curri.il  it  to  his 
place  again.  Thus  they  did  day  hr 
day,  and  gathered  money  in  abund- 
ance. 

12  And  the  king  and  Jehoiada 
gave  it  to  sucli  a.s  did  the  work  of 
tho  service  of  the  house  of  the 
IjOIU),  and  hired  masons  and  car- 
penters to  repair  the  liouse  of  the 
Ijoitn,  and  also  such  as  wrought 
iron  and  brass  to  mend  tho  house  of 
the  Loi:i>. 

1.'!  .So  the  workmen  wrought,  and 
I  the  work  was  i)erfected  by  them, 
and  tlu'V  set  the  hou.sc  of  God  in  his 
stute,  allil  strengthened  it. 

11  And  whoii  thev  luid  finished 
il,  they  brought  the  rest  of  the 
money"  hetore  tho  king  and  Jehoia- 
da, ""'  whereof  were  mudo  vessels 
for  the  house  of  the  Loi'.n,  crcn 
Vessels  to  minister,  and  ||  to  ofl'er 
nilha!,  and  spoons,  and  vessels  of 
gohl  and  silver.  And  they  offered 
h\irnt  otl'erings  in  the  lu)uso  of  the 
I.op.ii  continually  all  the  days  of 
Jehoiada. 

l.j  IT  Hut  Jehoiada  waxed  old,  and 
was  full  of  days  when  he  died  ;  a 
hundred  and  thirty  years  old  U'ds  he 
when  he  died. 

l(i  And  they  buried  him  in  the  city 
of  David  among  the  kings,  hoeause 
he  had  done  g.u.d  in  Israel,  both  to- 
ward God,  and  toward  his  hin.se. 

17  Now  after  the  di'iith  of  Jehoia- 
da came  the  princes  (,f  Jiidah.  and 
made  ol)eisunee  hi  llie  king.  Then 
the  kinghearkeni'd  nnt.i  them. 

IS  Ana  they  left  the  house  of  the 
410 


lyOKD  God  of  their  fathers,  and 
served  "groves  and  idols:  and 
"wrath  came  upon  Jiidah  and  Je- 
rusalem fur  this  their  trespass. 

ID  Yet  he  I's.nt  prophets  to  them, 
to  bring  them  again  unto  the  Loun; 
and  they  testified  against  them:  but 
they  would  not  give  car. 

'S)  And  '1  the  Siiirit  of  God  t  came 
upon  Zechariah  the  son  of  Jehoiada 
the  priest,  which  stood  above  the 
people,  and  said  unto  them,  Thus 
saith  God,  ''Why  transgress  yo  the 
commandments  of  tho  l^ouu,  that 
ye  cannot  prosper?  *  because  ye  have 
tbrsaken  the  Lokd,  he  hath  also  for- 
saken you. 

21  And  they  conspired  against  him, 
and  'stoned  him  with  stones  at  the 
commandment  of  the  king  in  the 
court  of  the  house  of  the  l.ouD. 

22  Thus  Joash  the  king  remem- 
bered not  the  kindness  which  Je- 
hoiada his  father  had  done  to  him, 
but  slew  bis  son.  And  when  he 
died,  he  said.  The  LoKD  look  upon 
il,  and  require  il. 

•£i  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  fat  the 
end  of  the  year,  thtU  ''the  host  of 
Syria  came  up  against  him  :  and 
they  c.ime  to  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
and  destroyed  all  the  ininces  of 
the  people  from  among  the  people, 
and  sent  all  the  spoil  of  them  unto 
the  king  off  Dannisens. 

21  For  tlie  army  of  tho  Syrians 
"came  with  a  small  company  of 
men,  and  the  Loud  J  delivered  a 
very  great  host  into  their  hand,  be- 
cause thev  had  forsaken  the  ]>oltD 
God  of  th'eir  fathers.  So  they  "exe- 
cuted .indgment  against  Joash. 

2j  And  when  they  were  departed 
from  him,  (tor  they  left  him  in 
great  diseases,)  "his  own  servants 
conspired  against  him  for  the  blood 
of  the  lisons  of  Jehoiada  the  priest, 
and  slew  him  on  his  bi'd,  and  he 
died:  and  thev  buried  him  in  the 
city  of  David,  hut  they  buried  him 
not  in  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings. 

2li  And  these  are  they  that  con- 
spired against  him;  ||  Zabad  the  son 
of  Shlineath  an  Ammonitess,  and 
Jehozahad  the  sou  of  ||  Shimrith  a 
Moahitess. 

27  11  Now  roHcrr)iinrj  his  sons, 
and  the  greatness  of  '  the  burdens 
/iii</  upon  him,  and  the  t  repairing 
of  the  house  of  God,  behold,  they 
lire  written  in  tho  ||  story  of  the 
hook  of  the  kings.  <1  -And  Amaziuh 
his  sou  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

1  Amazitth  brginnetli  to  reirin  welt.  3  lie 
txceutiith  JHHtice  un  the  traitorg.  5  //.ir- 
ing  hiretl  an  army  of  ItraeUtce  agninst 
the  KiloinilcK,  <it  the  word  of  a  prophet 
he  loielh  the  hunilreU  tnleme,  nnU  ilia- 
mittelh  them.  11  lie  overf'irowtth  the 
Kiliimitef.  10,  \i  The  Itraelitee.  ilieeon- 
tented  with  their  Uiemigiiun,  epoil  as 
thai/ return  tiomt.  14  Amatiah,  proud  0/ 


Amazidhheginneth  to  reign  ivell.  II.  CHRONICLES. 


He  falleth  to  idolatry. 


hia  victory^  ecrvcth  tho  goda  of  £dom, 
and  Ucapiscth  the  admonitiona  of  the 
prophet,  17  He  provot:t;th  Joanh  to  hia 
overthrow,  iilliaroign.  il  lie  ia  elain 
fiy  conspiracy. 


AMAZIAII  "icns  twenty  and 
five  years  old  ir]itn  he  bej^iin 
to  reign,  and  lie  reijined  twenty  and 
nine  years  in  JcrURalem.  And  liis 
niotlier's  name  was  Jelioaddan  of  Je- 
rusalem. 

2  And  he  did  thai  which  ivas  riglit 
in  the  siftht  of  the  Lokd,  libut  not 
with  a  perfect  heart. 

3  IT  "^  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
kingdom  was  t  eetublished  to  him, 
that  he  slew  his  servants  tiiat  Jiad 
killed  the  kinjj  his  father. 

4  But  he  slew  not  their  cliildrcn, 
hnt  iliil  ns  it  is  written  in  the  law  in 
the  hook  of  Aloses,  where  the  Loud 
commanded,  saying.  ''  The  fathers 
shall  not  die  for  the  childieii,  neither 
shall  the  children  die  for  tlic  fathers, 
but  every  man  sliall  die  lor  liis  own 
sin. 

5  Tf  Moreover  Amaziah  fjiilhered 
Judah  toi^ether, and  made  them  cap- 
tains over  thousands,  and  captains 
over  hundreds,  according  to  the 
houses  of  their  fathers,  throughout 
all  Judah  and  Benjamin  :  and  he 
numbered  them  *frc>m  twenty  years 
old  and  above,  and  fcnind  them  three 
hundretl  thousand  elioicc  men.  al.Ie 
to  go  i'orth  to  war,  that  could  handle 
spear  and  shield. 

()  lie  hired  also  a  hundred  thousand 
mighty  men  of  valour  out  of  Israel 
for  a  hundred  talents  of  silver. 

7  But  there  came  a  man  of  God 
to  liim,  saying,  O  king,  let  not  the 
army  of  Israel  go  with  thee;  for  the 
Lord  if!  not  with  Israel,  to  wit,  with 
all  the  children  of  Ephraini. 

8  But  if  tliou  wilt  go,  do  it,  be 
strong  for  the  battle:  God  shall  tnake 
thee  fall  before  the  enemy;  for  God 
hath  fpowerto  help,  and  toeastdown. 

9  And  Amaziah  said  to  the  man  of 
God,  But  what  shall  we  do  for  the 
hundred  talents  which  I  have  given 
to  the  t  army  of  Israel?  And  the 
man  of  God  answered,  s  The  I>oud 
is  able  to  give  thee  much  more  than 
this. 

10  Then  Amaziah  separated  them, 
to  wit,  the  army  that  was  come  to 
him  out  of  Kpliraim,  to  go  t  home 
again  :  wherefore  their  anger  was 
greatly  kindled  against  Judah,  and 
they  returned  home  t  in  great  anger. 

11  IT  And  Amaziah  strengthened 
himself,  and  led  forth  his  people, 
and  went  to  li  the  valley  of  salt,  and 
smote  of  the  children  of  Seir  ten 
thousand. 

12  .\nd  other  ten  thousand  ie/t  alive 
did  the  children  of  Judah  carry  away 
captive,  and  brought  them  unto  the 
top  of  the  rock,  and  cast  them  down 
from  the  top  of  the  rock,  that  they 
all  were  broken  in  pieces. 


13  TI  But  Hho  soldiers  of  the  army 
which  Amaziah  sent  back,  that  they 
should  not  go  with  him  to  battle,  fell 
upon  the  cities  of  Judah,  from  Sa- 
maria even  unto  Beth-boron,  an<l 
smote  three  thousand  of  them,  and 
took  much  spoil. 

H  II  Now  it  came  to  pass,  after  that 
Amaziah  was  come  from  the  slaugh- 
ter of  the  Kdomitcs,  that  ihe  brought 
the  gods  of  the  children  of  Seir,  and 
set  them  up  to  ba  khis  gods,  and 
bowed  down  himself  before  them, 
aiul  burned  incense  unto  them. 

l.j  WliercHire  the  anger  of  the  Loud 
was  kindled  ngainst  Amaziah,  and  he 
sent  unto  liiiii  a  prophet,  which  said 
unto  him.  Why  hast  thou  sought  aft- 
er I  the  gods  of  the  people,  which 
'"  could  not  deliver  their  own  people 
out  of  thine  handi' 

ICI  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  talked 
with  him,  that  Ihu  kind  said  unto 
him.  Art  tliou  made  of  the  king's 
counsel?  forbear;  why  shouldcst thou 
be  smitten?  Then  the  prophet  for- 
bare,  and  said,  I  know  that  God  hath 
t  "  determined  to  destroy  thee,  bo- 
cause  thou  hast  done  this,  and  hast 
not  hearkened  unto  my  counsel. 

17  U  Then  "Amaziah  king  of  Ju- 
dah took  advice,  and  sent  to  Joash, 
the  sou  of  Jehoahaz,  the  son  of 
Jehu,  king  of  Israel,  saying.  Come, 
let  us  see  one  another  in  the  face. 

IS  And  Joash  king  of  Israel  sent 
to  Amoziah  king  of  Judah,  saying, 
The  \\  thistle  that  wu&  in  Lebanon 
sent  to  the  cedar  that  was  in  I^eba- 
non,  saying.  Give  thy  daughter  to 
my  son  to  wife  :  and  there  passed 
by  i  a  wild  beast  that  was  in  Leba- 
non, and  trode  down  the  thistle. 

I'J  Thou  saycst,  I^o,  thou  hast  smit- 
ten the  Edomites  ;  and  thine  heart 
lifteth  thee  up  to  boast:  abide  now  at 
home;  why  shouldcst  thou  meddle 
to  thine  hurt,  that  thou  shouldcst  fall 
eren  thou,  and  Judali  with  tiiee? 

20  But  Amaziah  woukl   not  hear; 
for  ''it  come  of  Gnil,  that  he  might 
deliver  them  into  the  hand  of  th 
enemies,  because  they  'i  sought  after 
the  gods  of  Edom. 

21  So  Joash  the  king  of  Israel  went 
up;  and  they  saw  one  another  in  the 
face,  both  he  and  Amaziah  king  of 
Judah,  at  Beth-shemesh,  which,  he- 
longeth  to  Judah. 

22  And  Judah  was  f  put  to  the  worse 
before  Israel,  and  they  fled  every  man 
to  his  tent. 

23  And  Joa.sh  the  king  of  Israel  took 
Amaziah  king  of  Judah,  the  son  of 
Joash,  the  son  of 'Jehoahaz,  at  Beth- 
shemesh,  and  brought  him  to  Jeru- 
salem, and  brake  down  the  wall  of 
Jerusalem  from  the  gate  of  Ephraim 
to  I  the  corner  gate,  four  hundred  cu- 
bits. 

24  And  /;''  took  all  the  gold  and  the 
silver,  and  all  the  vessels  that  were 
found  in    the   house   of    God  with 

411 


Uzziah  heffinncth  his  reign  tcell.  II.  CHRONICLES.     lie  invadeth  the  priest's  office. 


Deforo 
CHRIST 

820. 


IThutli.  Tlit 

v./.  lu  it  ii 
2Klii.  11  20. 


cQo 

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2   1 

P.  A  Ui,  1 

t  II 

11.  2J. 

i  Or.  in  the 

•  cl. 

■ii.  10. 

Noh.3.1:t.ltt. 
7.>ch.  11.  10. 


( )I)<.'d-cUoin,  and  the  treasures  C'f  the 
kinj;'s  house,  tlie  hostUKes  also,  au<l 
rcturiieil  to  Samaria. 

'2j  V  'And  Aniaziah  the  son  of 
Joasli  kiiij^  of  Judah  lived  after  the 
death  of  Joash  son  of  Jchoahaz  kinj? 
of  Israel  fifteen  years. 

20  Now  the  rest  of  the  nets  of 
Amaziah,  first  and  last,  heboid,  cire 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
kinf;s  of  Judah  and  Israel? 

2"  T\  Now  after  the  time  that  Ama- 
ziah did  turn  away  <  from  following 
tlie  Lour)  they  t  made  a  conspiraey 
a;;ainst  him  in  Jerusalem  ;  and  he 
lied  to  Lneliish:  hut  they  sent  to  La- 
chish  after  him,  and  slew  him  there. 

28  And  they  brou.^ht  liim  upon 
horses,  and  buried  him  with  his  fa- 
thers iu  the  city  of  ||  Judah. 

CHAPTER  XXA^I. 
1  Uexiah  8uccec(ltnff,aHd  reigning  well  in 
iha  daya  of  ^cchariah,  yrogpercth.  36 
}Vazinff  proud,  he  invadeth  tlie  priest's 
otHce,  and  is  smitten  with  leprosy.  22 
lie  dieth,  and  Jotham  sueccedeth  Ulm. 

TriKN  all  the  neople  of  Jndali  took 
"II  l^zziali,  who  vns  sixteen  years 
old,  and  made  him  kinjj  in  the  room 
of  liis  father  Amaziah. 

2  lie  built  Eloth,  and  restored  it  to 
Jndah,  after  that  the  king  slept  with 
his  fathers. 

3  Sixteen  years  old  xfas  I'zziah 
when  he  be^an  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  fifty  and  two  years  in  Jeru- 
salem. Hi.s  mother's  nsime  also  was 
JecoliahofjLru.'ialem. 

•1  And  he  did  tluit  which  teas  rijiht 
in  the  sight  of  the  iMRn,  oecording 
to  all  that  his  father  Amaziah  did. 

5  And  lihe  soupht  God  in  the  days 
of  Zeehariah,  who  'had  understand- 
ing 1  in  the  visions  of  God:  and  as 
long  ua  he  sought  the  Loud,  God 
made  him  to  prosper. 

0  And  he  went  forth  and  il  warred 
against  the  I'liilistines,  and  brake 
(\"*-\\  the  wall  of  Guth,  and  the  wall 
of  Jabneh,  and  tlie  wall  of  Ashdml, 
and  built  eities  ||  about  Ashdod,  and 
among  till'  l"hilist!ues. 

7  And  (;od  lul|»d  him  against  ''the 
I'liilistims,  and  against  the  Arabians 
that  dwelt  in  Gur-baal,  and  the  Me- 
luiniin. 

•S  And  the  Ammonites  fgavc  gifts 
to  I'zziah:  and  bis  name  |  sprciul 
abroad  ci-rn  to  the  entering  in  ol 
I'gvpt;  for  be  strengthened  /ii/h.w(/" 
cxeeediugly. 

'.)  JMoreover  Ilzzinh  built  towers  in 
JeruHalein  at  the  Cecruer  gate,  and 
at  the  vallev  gate,  and  at  the  turning 
o/'llif  iro//,'aiul  II  f.irtified  them. 

10  Also  he  built  towers  in  the  desert, 
and  lidig-.'d  manv  wells:  f.r  he  Imd 
iniieheMllh',  bntli'iii  the  low  ei.initry, 
and  in  the  jilaius;  husbandmen  ahn, 
and  vinedressers  in  the  mountains, 
and  in  ||  Curniel:  for  he  loved  f  hus- 
bandry. 

11  Moreover  Uzziah  had  a  host  of 

413 


fighting  men,  that  went  out  to  war  by 
bands,  aeeording  to  the  number  of 
their  account  by  the  hand  of  Jeiel 
the  scribe  and  Maaseiah  the  ruler, 
under  the  hand  of  llanauiah,  one  of 
the  king's  captains. 

12  The  whole  ii  umber  of  the  chief 
of  the  fathers  of  the  mighty  men  of 
valour  vera  two  thousand'  and  six 
hundred. 

Hi  And  under  their  hand  was  tan 
army,  three  hundred  thousand  and 
seven  thousand  and  five  hundred, 
that  made  war  with  mighty  power, 
to  help  the  king  against  the  enemy. 

H  And  I'zziah  prepared  for  them 
throughout  all  the  host  shields,  and 
spears,  and  helmets,  and  habergeons, 
and  bows,  and  f  slings  to  ca^t  stones. 

Ij  And  he  made  in  Jerusalem  en- 

gincs,  invented  by  cunning  men,  to 
e  on  the  towers  and  upon  the  bul- 
warks, to  shoot  arrows  and  great 
stones  withal.  And  his  name  tspread 
far  abroad:  for  he  was  marvellously 
helped,  till  he  was  strong. 

Hi  IT  But  twhen  he  was  strong,  his 
heart  was  i  lifted  up  to  his  destruc- 
tion: for  he  transgressed  against  the 
Lout)  his  God,  and  Wwent  into  the 
temple  of  tlie  Loud  to  burn  incense 
upon  the  altar  of  incense. 

17  And  lAzariah  the  jiriest  went  in 
after  him,  and  with  him  fourscore 
piicstsof  the  Lokd,  (/lat  it-ere  valiant 
men : 

bS  And  they  withstood  XTzziah  the 
king,  and  said  unto  him,  H  °^ui/i>ei'- 
Iniiieth  not  unto  thee,  t'zziaii,  to 
burn  incense  unto  the  Loi;n,  but  to 
the  "  priests  the  sons  of  Aaron,  that 
are  consecrated  to  burn  incense:  go 
out  of  the  sanctuary;  for  thou  hast 
trespassed ;  neither  .s^in??  it  be  for  thine 
honour  from  the  Loud  God. 

lU  Then  Uzziah  was  wroth,  and 
had  a  censer  in  his  hand  to  burn  in- 
cc  use:  and  while  he  was  wroth  with 
the  priests,  "the  leprosy  even  rose 
up  in  his  forehead  before  the  priests 
in  the  house  of  the  l-oi!D,  from  be- 
side the  incense  altar. 

20  -Vnd  Azariah  the  chief  priest,  and 
all  the  priests,  looked  ui>on  him,  and, 
behold,  he  I'li.i  leprous  in  his  fore- 
head, and  they  thrust  him  out  from 
thenee;  yea,  himself  ''hasted  also  to 
go  out,  because  the  Louu  had  smit- 
ten him. 

21  ''And  T'zziaii  the  king  was  a 
leper  unto  the  day  of  his  death,  and 
dwelt  in  a  '  1  several  house,  hcitifj  a 
leper;  for  be  was  cut  off  from  the 
house  of  the  Loud:  and  Jothain  his 
son  wax  over  the  king's  house,  judg- 
ing the  people  of  the  laud. 

•JJ  T  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  X'z- 
7i:ih,  first  and  last,  did  » Isainli  the 
prophet,  the  son  of  Amoz,  write. 

2.'!  I  So  Uzziah  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  Ihev  buri.d  him  with  his  lathers 
iu  the  ileld  of  the  burial  which  bc- 
lomjcU  to  tho  kings;  for  tlicy  said. 


reign. 


II.  CHRONICLES.       Ahaz  rdgneth  very  wickedly. 


He  is  a  leper:  niul  Jotham  his  eon 
reigned  in  liis  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 
I  Jothnm  reigning  well  prosycreth.    5  He 

eubdueth  the  Ammonitca.    1  Uia  reign. 

9  Ahui  surceeilelll  him. 

JOTHAM  •  n-as  twenty  and  five 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reis", 
and  lie  reigned  sixteen  years  in  Je- 
rusalem. His  mother's  "name  also 
Tcos  Jerushah,  the  daughter  of  Za- 
dok. 

2  And  he  did  tliat  wUich  was  right 
in  tlio  sight  of  the  honD,  according 
to  all  that  his  lather  Uzziah  did : 
howbeit  he  entered  not  intotlie  tem- 
ple ot'tlic  l>oi!D.  And  l>tlic  people 
did  vet  corruptly. 

3  I'le  built  the  high  gate  of  the 
liouse  of  the  I.OKD,  and  ou  the  wall 
of  llUphel  he  built  much. 

4  Moreover  he  built  cities  in  the 
mountains  of  Judah,  and  in  the  for- 
ests he  built  castles  and  towers. 

5  IT  He  fought  also  with  the  king 
of  the  Ammonites,  and  prevailed 
against  them.  And  the  children  of 
Amnion  gave  him  the  same  year  a 
hundred  talents  of  silver,  and  ten 
thousand  measures  of  wheat,  and 
ten  thousand  of  barley.  1  So  much 
did  the  children  of  Amnion  pay 
unto  him,  both  the  second  year,  and 
the  third. 

(i  So  Jotham  became  mighty,  be- 
cause he  II  prepared  his  ways  before 
the  Loud  his  God. 

7  TT  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Jo- 
tham, and  all  his  wars,  and  his  ways, 
1(1,  they  arc  written  in  the  book  of 
tlie  kings  of  Israel  and  Judah. 

8  Ho  was  five  and  twenty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  reigned 
sixteen  years  in  Jerusalem. 

!l  11^' And  Jotham  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  they  buried  him  in  the  city 
of  David:  and  Ahaz  his  son  reigued 
in  his  stead. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

1  Ahaz  reigning  very  wickedly  ii  greatly 
nfflieted  t>y  the  i^yriane.  0  Judah  being 
cuptivatcd  by  the  JeracUtca  ia  aent  home 
by  (he  counsel  of  OdeU  the  prophet.  10 
Ahaz  sending  for  aid  to  Aaayria  ia  not 
helped  thereby.  22  Jn  hie  distreaa  he 
groweth  more  idolatroua.  26  He  dying, 
Uezckiah  eucccedeth  him. 

AH.\Z  "was  twenty  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  sixteen  voars  in  jferusalem : 
but  he  did  iiotthat  wliicli  irns  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  Loud,  like  David 
his  father: 

2  For  he  walked  in  the  ways  of  the 
kings  of  Israel,  and  made  also  t  molt- 
en images  for  '  Baalim. 

3  Moreover  he  ||  burnt  incense  in 
lithe  valley  of  the  son  of  llinnom, 
and  burnt"' his  children  in  the  tire, 
after  the  abominations  of  the  hea- 
then whom  the  Lord  had  cast  out 
before  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  He  Bacrificcd  also  and  burnt  in- 


cense in  the  high  places,  and  on  the 
hills,  and  under  every  green  tree. 

5  Wherefore  fthe  Lord  his  God 
delivered  hira  into  the  hand  of  the 
king  of  Syria;  and  they  ^^  smote  him, 
and  carried  away  a  great  multitude 
of  them  captives,  and  brought  t/iem 
to  tDama.scus.  And  he  was  also 
delivered  into  the  liand  of  the  king 
of  Israel,  who  smote  him  with  u 
great  slaughter. 

6  U  For  li  Pekah  the  son  of  Remaliah 
slew  in  Judah  a  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  in  one  day,  u/iicli  were  all 
t  valiant  men;  because  they  had  for- 
saken the  Loud  God  of  their  fathers. 

7  And  Zicliri,  a  mighty  man  of 
Ephraim,  slew  Maaseiali  the  king's 
son,  and  Azrikam  the  governor  of 
the  house,  and  Elkanah  that  was 
t  next  to  the  king. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  carried 
away  captive  of  their  >  brethren  two 
hundred  thousand,  women,  sons, 
and  daughters,  and  took  also  away 
much  snoil  from  them,  and  brought 
the  spoil  to  Samaria. 

!)  But  a  prophet  of  the  Loud  was 
tlicre,  wliosc  name  leas  Oded:  and 
he  went  out  before  the  host  that 
came  to  Samaria,  and  said  unto 
them,  iJehold,  t  because  the  Lord 
God  of  your  fathers  was  wroth  with 
Judah,  he  hath  delivered  them  into 
your  hand,  and  ye  have  slain  them 
in  a  rage  tliat  Ircachctli  up  unto 
heaven. 

10  And  now  ye  purpose  to  keep 
under  the  cliildren  of  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  for  '"bondmen  and  bond- 
women unto  you:  but  are  llicre  not 
with  you,  even  with  you,  sins  against 
the  Loud  your  God? 

11  Now  hear  mo  therefore,  and  de- 
liver the  captives  again,  which  ye 
have  taken  captive  of  your  brethren: 
"  for  the  fierce  wrath  of  the  Lord  is 
upon  you. 

12  Then  certain  of  the  heads  of  the 
children  of  Ephraim,  Azariah  the 
son  of  Johanan,  Berechiah  the  son 
of  Meshillcnioth,  and  Jehizkiah  the 
son  of  Shallum,  and  Amnsa  the  son 
of  Iladlai,  stood  up  against  them  that 
came  from  the  war, 

13  And  said  unto  them.  Ye  shall 
not  bring  in  the  captives  hither:  for 
whereas  we  Iiavo  offended  against 
the  Lord  ahearli/.ye  intend  to  add 
more  to  our  sins  and  to  our  trespass: 
for  our  trespass  is  great,  and  there  is 
fierce  wrath  against  Israel. 

14  So  the  armed  men  left  the  cap- 
tives and  the  spoil  before  the  princes 
anil  all  the  congregation. 

1".  And  the  men  "which  were  ex- 
pres>-ed  Iiv  name  rose  up,  ami  took 
the  captives,  and  with  the  spoil 
clothed  all  that  were  naked  among 
them,  and  arrayed  them,  and  shod 
them,  and  ''gave  them  to  eat  and  to 
drink,  and  anointed  them,  and  car- 
ried all  the  feeble  of  them  upon  asses, 
413 


The  idolatry  of  Ahaz. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


Ilezekiah's  good  reign. 


noforo 
C  ILK  1ST 
about  741. 

n  Pent.  31.  3. 
Ja.li.  1.  16. 

about  741. 


740. 
•  aKini.vm. 
&  10. 7,  a.  a. 


and  brotis'it  them  to  Joricho,  itlie 
city  ot  piilm  trot's,  to  their  brethren: 
then  they  rotiirned  to  Samaria. 
Hi  H  'At  tliat  time  did  kiiiR  Ahaz 
send  nnto  the  kings  of  Assyria  to 
heip  him. 

17  For  again  the  EUomitcs  had 
come  and  smitten  Judah,  and  car- 
ried aw.iy  t  captives. 

18  'Tlie  rhilistincs  also  liad  in- 
vaded tlic  cities  ot"  tlie  low  conntry, 
and  of  tlie  sontli  of  Judah,  and  liad 
talteii  Betli-slicmesli,  and  Ajalon, 
and  Ocdcroth,  and  Shoclio  with  tlie 
villages  thereof,  and  Timnali  witli 
the  villages  thereof,  Gimzo  also  and 
the  villages  tliereof:  and  they  dwelt 
there. 

rj  For  the  lyORD  brought  Judah 
low  because  of  Ahaz  king  of  '  Israel; 
for  he  "made  Judah  naked,  and 
transgressed  sore  against  the  LoKD. 

a)  And  "  Tilgath-pilneser  king  of 
Assyria  came  unto  liim,  and  dis- 
tressed him,  but  strengthened  him 
not. 

•21  For  Ahaz  took  away  a  portion 
out  of  the  liouse  of  the  Lonn,  ancl 
out  of  the  liouse  of  the  king,  and  of 
the  princes,  and  gave  iVnuto  the  king 
of  Assyria:  but  he  helped  liim  not. 

L'2  TI  And  in  the  time  of  his  distress 
did  lie  trespass  yet  more  against  tlic 
J>(>l!i):  this  is  that  king  Ahaz. 

i;.'!  For  >  he  sacriliced  unto  the 
gods  of  t  Damascus,  which  smote 
liim  :  and  he  said,  Because  the 
goils  of  the  kings  of  Syria  help 
them,  lliriv/ora  will  I  sacrifice  to 
thcin,  that  "they  may  help  me. 
Hut  they  were  the  ruin  of  him,  and 
of  all  Israel. 

:!1  And  .'Vhaz  gathered  together  the 
vessels  of  the  house  (»f  (;o(l,  and  cut 
in  pieces  the  vessels  of  the  house  of 
(iod,  "and  shut  up  the  doors  of  the 
house  of  the  I.oiii),  and  he  made 
him  altars  in  every  corner  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

:.'.5  And  in  every  several  city  of 
Judah  ho  maile  high  places  ||  to 
burn  incense  unto  other  gods,  antl 
piovokeil  to  anger  tlic  Luiii)  God  of 
his  fathers. 

•Ji)  IT  b  Now  the  rest  of  liis  acts  and 
of  all  his  wavs,  first  and  last,  behold, 
they  arr  written  in  tlic  liook  of  the 
kings  of  Judah  and  Israel. 

;;7  And  Ahaz  slept  with  his  fathers, 
and  thev  liuried  him  in  the  eitv,  rrm 
in  JerusMlem:  hut  they  hn.nght  him 
not  into  the  sepulchres  of  the  kings 
of  Israel  :  and  llezckiah  his  son 
reigneil  in  his  stead. 

ClIAl'TEU  XXIX. 
1  Jlt'ickitth'H  [tooil  reiffn.    li  lis  rfntorcffi 

rtliniuti.    f>  lit  iiJthurt^-th  tlic  Levilrt.    12 
Tliti/  ennctifii  tliamtelvt.  iniU  clcnnie 

llic  /louau  of  (Iml.     HI  y/cjoAiaA  vfcrelli 

s>'lfnm  tn/rijlcca,  wfiertin   the  Lnvitca 

u'frc  more  forward  tlian  the  priests. 

HEZKICIAII     "began     to     reign 
tvhcn  lie  teas  Ave  and  twenty 
414 


years  old,  and  he  reigned  nine  and 
twenty  years  in  Jerusalem.  And 
his  mother's  name  irus  Abijah,  the 
daughter  b  of  Zechariah. 

2  And  he  did  that  vhicJi  uns  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  IjOKO,  according 
to  all  that  David  his  father  had  done. 

.*i  If  He  in  the  first  year  of  his  reign, 
in  the  first  month,  "  opened  the  doors 
of  the  houso  of  the  Lord,  and  re- 
paired thcni. 

4  And  he  brought  in  the  priests  and 
the  lJe^■ites,  and  gatherea  thorn  to- 
gether into  the  cast  street, 

5  And  said  unto  tliem,  Hear  mc, 
yo  Levites ;  •)  sanctity  now  your- 
selves, and  sanctify  the  house  of 
the  LoiiD  God  of  your  fathers,  and 
carry  forth  the  tilthincss  out  of  the 
liolv  place. 

ti  For  our  fathers  have  trespassed, 
and  done  that  irhirji  iras  evil  in  the 
eves  of  the  I,oi:ii  our  God,  and  Iiave 
forsaken  him,  and  have  •■  turned  away 
their  faces  from  the  liahitation  of  the 
l.oi!i>,  and  t  turned  Ihcir  backs. 

7  f  Also  they  have  shut  up  the  doors 
of  the  porch,  and  put  out  the  lamps, 
and  have  not  burned  incense  nor 
offered  burnt  ofl"erinc:s  in  the  holy 
}ilaci'  unto  the  God  of  Israel. 

8  ■Wherefore  the  ?  wrath  of  the 
l.,oitD  was  iipon  Judah  and  Jent- 
saleni,  and  ho  hath  delivered  them 
to  _f  trouble,  to  astonishment,  and  to 
b  hissing,  as  ye  see  with  your  eyes. 

!)  For,  lo,  iour  fathers  h.avefallen 
by  the  sword,  and  our  sous  and  our 
(laughters  and  our  wives  ace  in  cap- 
tivity for  this. 

10  Now  it  if  in  mine  heart  to  make 
k  a  covenant  with  the  l.outi  God  of 
Israel,  that  his  liercc  wrath  may  turn 
away  from  us. 

11  My  sons,  ||  be  not  now  negligent: 
for  the  l.oKD  hath  I  chosen  you  to 
stand  bef  ire  him,  to  serve  him,  and 
that  ve  should  minister  iiuto  him, 
and|fl>uru  incense. 

12  II  Then  the  I.evites  arose,  IMa- 
hath  the  son  of  .\masai,  and  Joel 
the  son  of  Azariah,  of  the  sons  of 
the  Kohathites  :  and  of  the  sons 
of  Merari  ;  Kish  the  son  of  Ahdi, 
and  Azariah  the  son  of  Jehalelcl  : 
and  of  the  Gershonilcs ;  Joah  the 
son  of  Zimmah,  and  Kdeu  the  son 
of Joah: 

l.T  And  of  the  sons  of  F.lizaphan  ; 
Shimri,  and  Jeiel:  and  of  the  sons  of 
Asaph;  Zechariah,  and  .M:ittHniah: 

M  And  (if  the  sons  of  Ileman  ; 
Jehiel.aiid  Shimei:  ami  of  the  sons 
of  Jedntliun;  Shemaiah,  and  I'zziel. 

1,1  And  tliey  gathered  their  breth- 
ren, and  '"sanctified  themselves, 
ami  came,  necording  to  the  com- 
mandment of  the  king,  |(  by  the 
words  of  the  Loni>,  "to  cleanse  the 
house  of  the  LoKli. 

hi  And  the  pricsta  went  into  the 
inner  part  of  the  house  of  the  I.oi{!>, 
to  cleanse  it,  and  brought  out  all  the  ' 


Uczehiah  offercth 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


solemn  sacrifices. 


unclcanncss  that  tlicy  founil  in  the 
temple  of  the  1-oiU)  into  the  eourt 
of  the  house  of  the  LouD.  And  the 
Levites  took  It,  to  carry  it  out  abroad 
into  the  brook  Kidron. 

V  Now  they  began  on  the  first  daji 
of  the  iirst  month  to  sanctify,  and 
on  the  eighth  day  of  the  month  came 
they  to  the  porcli  of  the  Loud:  so 
they  sanctified  the  house  of  tlie  Loud 
in  eight  days;  and  in  tlic  sixtcentli 
day  of  the  first  niontli  tliey  made  an 
end. 

18  Then  they  went  in  to  Ilezekiah 
the  king,  and  said,  Wc  have  cleansed 
all  the  house  of  the  Jaued,  and  the 
altar  of  burnt  offering,  witli  all  tlie 
vessels  tlierc-of,  and  the  shewhread 
table,  with  all  the  vessels  thereof. 

lit  Moreover  all  the  vessels,  "which 
king  Ahaz  in  his  reign  did  "east 
away  in  his  transgression,  have  we 
prepared  and  sanctified,  and,  be- 
hold, tliey  arc  before  the  altar  of  the 
Lord. 

aj  11  Then  Hezckiah  the  king  rose 
early,  and  gathered  tlie  rulers  of  the 
city,  and  went  up  to  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

L'l  And  they  brought  seven  bull- 
ocks, and  seven  rams,  and  seven 
lambs,  and  seven  he  goats,  for  n  I'  sin 
offering  for  the  kingdom,  and  for  the 
sanctuary,  and  for  Judah.  And  he 
e»)mnian(lcd  the  priests  the  sons  of 
Aaron  to  offer  tliem  on  the  altar  of 
the  Loitu. 

L'2  So  they  killed  the  bullocks,  and 
the  priests  received  the  l)Ioo<l,  and 
'I  sprinkled  )■«  on  the  altar:  likewise, 
when  they  had  killed  the  rams,  tliey 
sprinkled  the  blood  upon  the  altar: 
tnev  killed  also  the  lambs,  and  they 
sprinkled  the  blood  upon  the  altar. 

23  And  they  brought  f  forth  the  he 
goats  for  the  sin  offering  before  the 
king  and  the  congregation ;  and  they 
laid  their  ''hands  upon  them: 

24  And  the  priests  killed  them, 
and  they  made  reconciliation  with 
their  blood  upon  the  altar,  *to  make 
an  atonement  for  all  Israel:  for  the 
king  commanded  that  the  burnt  of- 
fering and  the  sin  offering  s/ionWie 
ma<le  for  all  Israel. 

25  'And  he  set  the  Levites  in  the 
house  of  the  Loud  with  cymbals, 
with  psalteries,  and  with  harps,  "ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  D.a- 
vid.  and  of  ^  Gad  the  king's  seer,  and 
Nalhaii  tlie  pn.pliet:  >  for  fn  vii/i  tlie 
conimandnieiit  iof  theLoiiu  I  by  his 
prophets. 

26  And  the  Levites  stood  with  the 
instruments  •  of  David,  and  the 
priests  with  "the  trumpets. 

27  And  Ilezekiah  commanded  to 
offer  the  burnt  offering  uiion  the  al- 
tar. And  twlien  the  burnt  offering 
began,  bthe  song  of  the  Iaikd  began 
aho  with  the  trumpets,  and  with  the 
+  instruments  ordained  by  David 
king  of  Israel. 


2M  And  all  the  congregation  wor- 
shipped, and  the  f  singers  sang,  and 
the  trumpeters  sounded:  and  all  this 
continued  until  the  burnt  offering 
was  finished. 

2'J  And  when  they  had  made  an  end 
of  offering,  ^  the  "king  and  all  that 
were  I  present  with  him  bowed  them- 
selves, and  worshipped. 

of)  jNloreover  Ilezekiah  the  king  and 
the  princes  commanded  the  Levites 
to  sing  praise  unto  the  LoHD  witii 
the  words  of  David,  and  of  Asaph 
the  seer.  And  they  sang  praises  with 
gladness,  and  they  bowed  their  heads 
and  worshipped. 

31  Then  Ilezekiah  answered  and 
said.  Now  ye  have  ||  consecrated 
yourselves  unto  the  LoiiD,  come 
near  and  bring  sacrifices  and  J  thank 
oflcrings  into  the  house  of  the  Lokd. 
And  the  congregation  brought  in 
sacrifices  and  thank  offerings;  anil 
as  many  as  were  of  a  free  heart, 
burnt  offerings. 

32  And  the  number  of  the  burnt 
offerings,  which  the  congregation 
brought,  was  threescore  and  ten  bull- 
ocks, a  hundred  rams,  and  two 
hundred  lambs:  all  these  itoe  for  a 
burnt  offering  to  the  LoitD. 

.'13  And  the  consecrated  things  icere 
six  hundred  oxen  and  three  thou- 
sand sheep. 

34  But  the  priests  were  too  few,  so 
that  they  could  not  flay  all  the  burnt 
offerings:  wherefore  "'their  brethren 
the  Levites  tdid  help  them,  till  the 
work  was  ended,  and  until  the  other 
priests  had  sanctified  themselves : 
f  for  the  Levites  x-r/'c  more  s  upright 
in  heart  to  sanctify  themselves  than 
tlie  priests. 

3o  And  also  the  burnt  offerings  were 
in  abundance,  with  lithe  fnt  of  the 
peace  offerings,  and  '  the  drink  (offer- 
ings for  crenj  burnt  off'ering.  So  the 
service  of  the  house  of  the  Lokd  was 
set  in  order. 

.'JG  And  Ilezekiah  rejoiced,  and  all 
the  people,  that  God  had  prepared 
the  people:  for  the  thing  was  dune 
suddenly. 

CIIAPTEK  XXX. 
\  Uczekiah  proclaimcth  a  solemn  petesover 
on  the  ttcond  month  for  Judah  anU  Is- 
rael.    13  Tlie  a&iiemU]/,  tiaving  deitroyeU 
the   altart  of  idolatry,  keep  zlie  feast 
fourteen  days.    27  T/ie  priests  and  Le- 
vites bless  the  people. 
AND  Ilezekiah  sent  to  all  Israel 
and  ,Tudah,  and  wrote    letters 
also  to  Ephraim  and  Manasseh,  that 
llu'V  should  come  to  the  house  of  the 
L<ii;i>  at  .It  iusniom,  to  keep  the  [lass- 
o\'er  unto  the  LoitD  God  of  Israel. 

2  For  the  king  had  taken  counsel, 
and  his  princes,  and  all  the  congre- 
gation in  Jerusalem,  to  keep  the  pass- 
over  ill  the  second  *  month. 

3  For  they  could  not  keep  it  liat 
that  time,  •^because  the  priests  had 
not  sanctified  themselves  sutlicient- 

415 


Dezekiah's  passover 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


is  kept  icith  gladness. 


IEi.31.0. 
m  li.  U.  7. 


priiil.  2.  13. 
leh.  29.  23. 


ly,  neither  liad  the  people  jjuttiered 
themselves  to^etlier  to  Jerusalem. 

4  And  the  tiling  \  pleased  the  kinp; 
and  nil  the  congregation. 

5  So  they  established  a  decree  to 
make  prnelamation  thrr)up;hout  nil 
Israel,  from  Keer-sheba  o\'eii  to  Dan, 
that  they  should  come  to  keep  the 
passover"  unto  the  I.,oi!n  God  of  Is- 
rael at  Jerusalem:  for  they  had  not 
done  H  of  a  long  time  in  suck  sort  as 
it  was  written. 

G  So  the  posts  went  with  the  letters 
i  from  the  kins  "id  his  princes 
throughout  all  Israel  and  Judah,  and 
according  to  the  commandment  of 
the  king,  saying,  Ye  children  of  Is- 
rael, ilturn  again  unto  tlie  l.,ol!i)  God 
of  Abraham,  I.saac,  and  Israel,  and 
lie  will  return  to  the  remnant  of  you, 
tliat  are  escaped  out  of  the  hand  of 
"•the  kings  of  Assyria. 

7  And  be  not  ye  I'like  your  fathers, 
and  like  your  brethren,  which  tres- 
pa.«sed  against  the  I.oiU)  God  of 
their  fathers,  vlio  therefore  i-'gavc 
them  up  to  desolation,  as  ye  see. 

8  Now  t  be  ye  not  listiflnecked,  as 
your  fathers  "urrc,  but  t  yield  your- 
selves unto  the  1..0RI),  and  enter  into 
his  sanctuary,  which  he  hath  sancti- 
fied for  ever:  and  serve  the  I>iti;i) 
your  God,  ithat  the  fierceness  of  his 
wrath  may  turn  away  from  you. 

9  for  it  ye  turn  again  nnto  the 
l/OIin,  your  brethren  and  your  chil- 
dren ^7/'r//  Jni'f  k  compassion  before 
tliein  that  lend  thein  captive,  so  that 
they  shall  eome  again  into  this  land: 
for  the  I,oiin  your  God  is  1  gracious 
and  merciful,  and  will  not  turn  away 
/lis  face  from  you,  if  ye  "'return  unto 
him. 

1(1  So  the  poBts  passed  from  city  to 
city,  llirough  the  country  of  j:|>lira- 
iin'  and  iVIanasseh,  c\'en  unto  Z<-bu- 
lun:  but  "thev  laughed  them  to 
scorn,  and  mocked  tliem. 

11  Nevertheless,  "divers  of  Ashcr 
and  Manasseli  and  of  Zchulun  bum- 
bled themselves,  and  came  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

12  Also  in  Judah  r  the  hand  of  God 
was  to  give  them  one  heart  to  <lo  the 
conimandMieutofthekinu'inid..fthe 
princes,  'i  hv  the  word  of  the  l.c.iMi. 

I.!  If  Aixl  there  assembled  at  .hrusa- 
lem  much  people  to  keep  the  feast 
of  unleavened  nroad  in  the  second 
month,  a  very  great  con:^regatiini. 

H  An<l  thev  aro.se  and  took  away 
the  'altars  tliat  ircie  in  Jerusalem, 
and  nil  the  altars  for  incense  took 
they  nwav,  and  cast  llicin  into  the 
brook  Kidron. 

Ij  Then  thev  killed  the  passover  on 
the  fbnrtoen'th  i/nu  of  tlie  seeoiul 
montli:   and  the  piir>ts  and  the  I.e- 


n.  29.  31. 

\ites  WIT.-   " 

ishamei 

.  :.llil  sanclilied 

lllrnisrives. 

in.lbr.., 

u'litinlheburnt 

olleiin-'silil 

•  the  h.. 

l-enllbe  I. OKI). 

.1..  M.ir 

H;  And  tht 

V    ht.ioil 

in    1  their  place 

.»J.nj. 

after  their  n 

anner,  ; 

ecording  to  the 

law  of  Moses  the  man  of  God:  the 
priests  sprinkled  the  blood,  vhic/i 
Ihcy  received  of  the  baud  of  the 
Levites. 

jr  For  there  vera  many  in  the  con- 
gregation that  were  not  sanctified; 
'  therefore  the  L.cvites  had  the  charge 
of  the  killing  of  the  passovcrs  for 
every  one  t)iat  wf<s  not  clean,  to 
sanctify  them  unto  the  l.onn. 

18  For  a  multitude  of  the  people, 
ei-en  "  many  of  Fphraim  and  Alanas- 
seh,  Issachar  and  Zebnlnn,  bad  not 
cleansed  themselves,  ^yet  did  they 
cat  the  passover  otherwise  than  it 
was  written.  But  liczekiah  jirayed 
for  them,  saying,  The  good  Lokd 
pardon  every  one 

1'.)  That  >  prepareth  his  hcirtto  seek 
God,  the  I.OIU)  God  of  his  fathers, 
though  lie  he  not  cleansed  according 
to  the  purification  of  the  sanctuary. 

2<)  And  the  l.onn  hearkened"to 
liczekiah,  and  healed  the  people. 

:;l  And  the  children  of  Israel  that 
were  1  present  at  Jerusalem  kept 
'the  feast  of  unleavened  bread  seven 
d.nys  with  great  gladness:  and  the 
Invites  and  the  jii-iests  praised  the 
L(iiii)  day  by  day,  sinfiiiiri  with  t  loud 
instruments  unto  the  LoiiO. 

22  And  Hezckiali  spake  t  comfort- 
nbly  unto  all  the  Levites  '  that  taught 
the  good  knowledge  of  the  l.oi:ii: 
and  they  did  cat  throughout  the 
feast  seven  days,  offering  jieace  offer- 
ings, aiul  b making  conUssiou  to  the 
I.oltl)  (iod  of  their  fathers. 

'2'i  And  the  whole  assembly  took 
counsel  to  keep  'other  seven  days: 
and  they  kept  oilier  seven  davs  with 
gladness. 

24  For  liczekiah  king  of  Judah  fil  did 
gi^■e  to  the  congregation  a  thousand 
bulbieks  nutl  seven  thousand  sheep: 
and  the  jinnces  gave  to  the  congre- 
gation n  thousanu  bullocks  and  ten 
thousand  sheep:  nnd  a  great  number 
of  priests  "'sanctified  themselves. 

2.i  And  all  the  congregation  of  Ju- 
dah, with  the  priests  nnd  the  Lev'tcs, 
and  all  the  congregation  fthat  cams 
out  of  Israel,  and  tlic  stmngers  that 
came  out  of  the  land  ot  Israel,  nnd 
that  dwelt  in  Judah,  rejoiced. 

2(>  So  there  was  great  ]i>\'  in  Jerusa- 
lem: for  since  the  tim'e  "of  Solomon 
the  son  of  David  king  of  Israel  there 
u-as  not  the  like  in  Jerusalem. 

'27  TI  Then  the  priests  the  Ix!vites 
arose  and  C blessed  the  people:  nnd 
their  voice  was  heard,  nnd  their 
jirnycr  came  v/i  to  f  bis  holy  dwcU- 
ingplace,  even  unto  heaven. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 

1  Tfie  ficople  l«  .f(>?-ir«irtZ  m  ile»tro]f\nij 
idolatry.  2  Jltsckuilt  onlerrlh  Ihc 
eonrtet  ff  the  prUnlt  nnrf  J.evilct.im,l 
yrovuleitt  for  tlirir  imrk  an:t  mniiilc- 
n,atfr.  b  Tlie  ;v..(>(c'»  forimrilnr««  in 
o/.ri>iff«  and  lillic:  11  //.jctiii*  <l;)- 
yoiiilcih  olKeera  to  ilitfHjte  of  tilt  tithcl. 
ill  Tilt  tiiKtritj/  o/  JJczcki,ih. 


Tithes  and  offerings  broyght  in.   II.  CIIROXICLES. 


The  sincerity  of  Ilezekiah. 


-VrOW  when  all  this  was  finished. 
i.^  all  Israel  that  were  t  present 
went  out  to  the  cities  of  Jud,nli,  and 
*  brake  the  f  iniajies  in  pieces,  nnd 
cut  down  the  proves,  and  threw 
down  the  hiffh  places  and  the  altars 
out  of  all  Judah  and  Benjamin,  in 
Ephraim  also  and  Manassch,  t  until 
they  had  utterly  destroyed  them  all. 
Then  all  the  children  of  Israel  re- 
turned, every  man  to  his  possession, 
into  their  own  cities. 

^  IT  And  Hezekiah  appointed  I'the 
courses  of  the  priests  and  the  I.evites 
after  their  courses,  every  man  ac- 
cording to  his  service,  the  priests  and 
Levites'^for  burnt  ctterinss  and  for 
peace  offerings,  to  minister,  and  to 
;;ive  thanks,  and  to  praise  in  the 
gates  of  the  tents  of  the  Loun. 

a  lie  appointed  also  the  king's  por- 
tion of  his  substance  for  the  burnt 
offerings,  to  irif,  for  the  morning 
and  evening  burnt  offerings,  and  the 
burnt  offerings  for  the  sabbaths,  and 
for  the  new  moons,  and  for  the  set 
feasts,  as  it  is  written  in  the  <i  law  of 
the  Lord. 

4  Moreover  he  commanded  the  peo- 
ple that  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  to  give 
the  ^  portion  of  the  priests  and  the 
Levites,  that  they  might  be  encour- 
aged in  f  the  law  of  the  l^oiin. 

5  TT  And  as  soon  as  the  command- 
ment tcame  abroad,  the  children  of 
Israel  brought  in  abundance  «the 
firstfruits  of  corn,  wine,  and  oil,  and 
II  honey,  and  of  all  the  increase  of  the 
field;  and  the  tithe  of  all  things 
brought  they  in  abundantly. 

6  And  concerning  the  children  of 
Israel  and  Judah,  that  dwelt  in  the 
cities  of  Judah,  they  also  brought  in 
the  tithe  of  oxen  and  sheep,  and  the 
It  tithe  of  holy  things  which  were 
consecrated  unto  the  Lord  their 
God,  and  laid  tliem  t  by  heaps. 

7  In  the  third  month  they  began  to 
lay  the  foundation  of  the  neaps,  and 
finished  tlteni  in  the  seventh  month. 

8  And  when  Ilezekiah  and  the 
princes  came  and  saw  the  heaps, 
they  blessed  the  LoKU,  and  his  peo- 
ple Israel. 

a  Then  Hezekiah  questioned  with 
the  priests  and  the  I-evites  concern- 
ing the  heaps. 

10  And  Aziiriah  the  chief  priest  of 
the  house  of  Zadok  answered  him, 
and  said,  >  Since  tite  people  began  to 
bring  the  offerings  into  the  house  of 
the  Lonn,  wc  have  had  enough  to 
eat,  and  have  Icfl  plenty  :  for  the 
I.iiKi)  hath  blessed  his  people;  and 
that  which  is  left  I.--  this  great  store. 

11  H  Then  Ilezekiah  enninianded 
to  prepare  Hchainbers  in  thr  house  of 
the  Lord;  and  thiv  prcpand  tliem, 

VI  And  brought  in  the  offerings  and 
the  tithes  and  the  dedicated  1liin<i!s 
faithfully  :  k  over  which  Cononiah 
the  Levite  iras  ruler,  and  Shimel  his 
brother  was  the  next. 
27 


13  And  Jehiel,  and  Azaziah,  and 
Kahath,  and  Asahel,  and  Jerimoth, 
and  Jozahad,  and  Elicl,  and  Isma- 
chiah,  and  Mahath,  and  Benaiah, 
vere  overseers  t  under  the  hand  of 
Cononiah  and  Shimei  his  brother,  at 
the  commandment  of  Hezekiah  the 
king,  and  Azariah  the  ruler  of  the 
house  of  God. 

14  And  Korc  the  son  of  Imn-ih  the 
Levite,  the  porter  toward  the  e.ist, 
was  over  the  freewill  offerings  of  God, 
to  distribute  the  oblations  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  most  holy  things. 

1.5  And  tnext  him  icoe  Eden,  and 
Miniamin,  and  Jeshua,  and  Shem- 
aiah,  Amariah,  and  Shecaniah,  in 
I  the  cities  of  the  priests,  in  Iheir  \\  set 
office,  to  give  to  their  brethren  by 
courses,  as  well  to  the  great  as  to  the 
small: 

Hi  Besides  their  genealogy  of  males, 
from  three  years  old  and  upward, 
even  unto  every  one  that  entereth 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord,  his  dai- 
ly portion  for  their  service  in  their 
charges  according  to  their  courses; 

17  Both  to  the  genealog;y  of  the 
priests  by  the  house  of  their  fathers, 
and  the  I>evites  '"from  twenty  years 
old  and  upward,  in  their  charges  by 
their  courses; 

15  And  to  the  genealogy  of  all  their 
little  ones,  their  wives,  and  their  sons, 
and  their  daughters,  through  all  the 
congregation:  for  in  their  ||  set  otfiec 
they  sanctified  themselves  iu  holi- 
ness: 

19  Also  of  the  eons  of  Aaron  the 
priests,  v:hieh  jccre  in  "the  fields  of 
the  suburbs  of  their  cities,  in  every 
several  city,  the  men  that  were  "ex- 
pressed by  name,  to  give  portions  to 
all  the  males  among  the  priests,  and 
to  all  that  were  reckoned  by  genealo- 
gies among  the  Levites. 

aj  IT  And  thus  did  Ilezekiah  throuih- 
out  all  Judah,  and  f  wrought  l/iiil 
irhicli  ?)•<■(.<  rr(iod  and  right  and  truth 
before  the  Lord  his  God. 

21  And  in  every  work  that  he  began 
in  the  service  of  the  house  of  God, 
and  in  the  law,  and  in  the  command- 
ments, to  seek  his  God,  he  did  it 
with  all  his  heart,  and  prospered. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

1  Sennae/ierib  invadinff  Judah,  ITczefdafi 
forttfieth  himaclf,  and  encotiragcth  hit 
people.  9  Against  the  blasphemies  of 
Sennacherib,  by  inessage  and  letters. 
Hezekiah  and  Isaiah  pray.  SI  An  angel 
destroyeth  the  host  of  the  Assyrians,  to 
the  glory  of  Ilezekiah.  24  Ilezekiah  pray, 
ing  in  his  ttck-ness.  God  giveth  him  a 
sign  of  recovery.  25  He  waxing  proud 
is  humbled  by  Uod.  27  His  wealth  and 
works.  31  His  error  in  the  ambassagc 
of  Babylon.  32  He  dying,  Manasseh  sue- 
ccedeth  him. 

\  FTEU  "these  things,  and  the 
J\^  establishment  thereof,  Senna- 
cherib king  of  Assyria  came,  and 
entered  into  Judah,"  and  encamped 
417 


Senn&ckerib  invadcth  Judah.      II.  CHRONICLES.  The  A.ssyrians  destroyed. 


.l!S,m..1.  9. 

1  Km.  ».  -Jl. 
lOr,  ™.or,/.. 

or.  i»Ki;.ui... 


•  Dciil.  31.8. 
f  ch.  20.  1.1. 
g2Kin.  G.  1(1. 
hJfr,  17.5. 


710. 
kSKiu.  13.17. 


12  Kin.  19.19. 
I  Or,  (H  IA< 


ag.xinst  the  Icnctil  cities,  and  tliought 
\  to  win  tliein  JLir  himself. 

2  And  wlien  llezeltiuh  s.iw  that 
Sennacherib  was  come,  and  tliat  the 
was  purposed  to  lifiht  asaiust  Jeru- 
salem, 

y  lie  took  counsel  with  his  princes 
and  his  mighty  men  to  stop  the  wa- 
ters of  the  fountains  which  were  with- 
out tlic  city:  and  they  did  help  him. 

4  So  there  was  {lathered  mucli  peo- 
ple to;;ether,  who  stopped  all  the 
fountains,  and  the  brook  that  f  ran 
throu^lh  the  midst  of  the  land,  say- 
inj^.  Why  should  the  kinj^s  of  As- 
syria come,  and  find  niudi  water? 

5  Also  ''he  strcnjitheiicd  himself, 
'  and  built  lip  all  tlic  wall  that  was 
broken,  and  raised  i^  up  to  the  towers, 
and  another  wall  without,  and  re- 
paired ilMillo  »i  the  city  of  David, 
and  made  \\  darts  and  shields  in 
abundance. 

(>  And  lie  set  captains  of  war  over 
the  people,  and  gathered  tliem  to- 
gether to  him  in  the  street  of  the 
),'ate  of  the  city,  and  fsi^'kc  com- 
fortably to  them,  saying, 

7  ^' He  strong  and  conrngeous,  f  be 
not  afraid  nor  dismaveil  for  the  king 
of  Assyria,  nor  for  all  the  multitude 
tliat  i.s"  with  him:  f<ir  ^  there  6c  more 
with  us  than  with  him. 

8  With  him  i.<  an  I'arm  of  flesh: 
but  iwith  us  ix  tlie  Loud  our  God 
to  help  us,  and  to  tight  our  battles. 
And  the  jieople  t  rested  themselves 
upon  the  words  of  llezekiah  king  of 
Judah. 

9  Tf  k  After  this  did  Sennacherib 
king  of  As.syria  send  his  servants 
to  Jerusalem,  (but  he  hiniselt'  htiU 
aiege  against  Lachish,  and  all  bis 
t power  with  him,)  unto  llezekiah 
king  of  Judnli,  and  unto  all  Judah 
thatJ'vn-  at  JiTUsaleni,  saving, 

10  I  Thus  saith  Seniiaehcrib  king  of 
Assvria,  Whereon  do  ve  trust,  tliat 
ye  abide  ||in  the  siege  in  J.Tu.s.iicm/ 

11  Doth  not  llczekiiih  persuade  you 
to  give  over  yourselves  to  die  by 
famine  and  by  thirst,  saving,  '"The 
LoKI)  our  (jod  shall  deliver  us  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria? 

12  "Hath  not  the  same  llezekiah 
taken  away  his  high  places  and  his 
altars,  aim  commanded  Judah  and 
Jerusalem,  saying.  Ye  shall  wor- 
ship before  one  altar,  and  burn  in- 
cense upon  it? 

1.'!  Know  ye  not  what  I  and  my 
fathers  have  done  unto  all  the  jieo- 
ple  of  otfirr  lands?  "were  the  gods 
of  the  nations  (.f  those  lanils  any 
ways  able  to  deliver  their  lands  out 
of  iniiie  hand? 

II  Who  i/vn  thire  among  all  tlie 
gods  of  those  nations  that  niv  f:i- 
thers  utterly  destroved,  that  could 
ilcllver  bis  jieople  out  of  mine  band, 
that  your  (iod  slionld  he  able  to 
deliver  you  out  of  mine  hand? 

Ij  Now  therefore  ''let  not  llezc- 
418 


kiah  deceive  jou,  nor  persuade  you 
on  this  inann"er,  neither  yet  believe 
him  :  for  no  god  of  any  nation  or 
kingdom  was  able  to  deliver  his 
peojile  out  of  mine  hand,  and  out  of 
the  hand  of  my  fathers:  how  much 
less  shall  your  God  deliver  you  out 
of  mine  hand? 

10  And  his  servants  spake  yet  more 
against  the  I..011I)  God,  and  against 
his  servant  llezekiah. 

ir  'I  lie  wrote  also  letters  to  rail 
on  the  l.,ORl>  God  of  Israel,  and  to 
speak  against  him,  saying,  "^As  the 
gods  of  the  nations  of  oilier  lands 
have  not  delivered  their  people  out 
of  mine  hand,  so  shall  not  the  God  of 
llezekiah  delivc^j  his  people  out  of 
mine  hand. 

IS  'Then  they  cried  with  a  loud 
voice,  in  the  Jews*  spt'ech.  unto  the 
peo])le  of  Jerusalem  ith:it  ir>  rr  on 
the  wall,  to  allVigbt  IIkiii.  and  to 
trouble  them;  that  they  might  take 
the  city. 

I'J  And  they  sp.ake  against  the  God 
of  Jerusalem,  as  against  the  gods  of 
the  people  of  the  earth,  v/iic/i  uerc 
"'  the  work  of  the  hands  of  man. 

•M  "And  for  this  caiiye  llezekiah 
the  king,  and  >  the  prophet  Isaiah 
the  son  of  Amoz,  prayed  and  cried 
to  heaven. 

21  TI  ^And  the  l.oiip  sent  an  an- 
gel, which  cut  (.ff  all  the  mighty 
men  of  valour,  and  the  leaders  and 
captains  in  the  camp  of  the  king 
of  Assyria.  So  he  returned  with 
shame  of  face  to  his  own  land. 
And  when  he  was  come  into  the 
house  of  his  god,  they  that  came 
forth  of  his  own  bowels  fslew  him 
there  with  the  sword. 

22  Thus  the  I.ori*  saved  lleze- 
kiah and  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem from  the  hand  of  Sennacherib 
the  kin^  of  Assyria,  and  from  the 
hand  ot  all  oilier,  and  guided  them 
on  every  side. 

2'!  Aim!  many  brought  gifts  unto  the 
Loud  to  Jerusalem,  and  f"i>resents 
to  llezekiah  king  of  Judah:  so  that 
lie  was  <'  magnitied  in  the  sight  of  all 
nations  from  theucefortb. 

24  11*^111  tho.se  days  llezekiah  was 
sick  to  the  death,  and  prayed  unto 
the  Loud:  and  he  spake  unto  him, 
and  he  ||  g;ive  him  n  sign. 

2.'>  But  llezekiah  'I  rendered  not 
again  according  to  the  benefit  tlniir 
unto  him;  for  "^bis  heart  was  lifted 
iij):  f  therefore  there  was  wrath  upon 
him,  and  upon  Judah  and  Jerusa- 
lem. 

2(i  R  Notwithstanding,  llezekiah 
humbled  himself  for  ftlie  pride  of 
bis  heart,  hiilli  he  and  Ihe  inhabit- 
ants of  Jerusalem,  so  that  the  wrath 
of  tlie  I.oitii  came  not  upon  them 
li  in  the  days  of  llezekiah. 

27  II  And  llezekiah  bad  exceed- 
ing much  riches  and  luuioiir  :  and 
he  made  liiiiiself  treasuries  for  sil- 


Manassch's  unckcd  reign. 


II.  CHRONICLES. 


nis  captivity  and  return. 


i  1  Cbr.  29. 12. 
kla.  22.  9. 11. 


IHa..  Iiii.i- 
al.  .■in.  4  37, 


ch,  6.  6.  k  7, 


hLer.  18.21 
Deul.lS-  II 
2  Kin.  23.  U 


vcr»  and  for  gold,  and  (br  precious 
stonp.s,  and  ior  spices,  and  lor 
shields,  and  for  all  manner  of 
^  pleasant  jewels; 

'JH  Storeliouses  also  for  Uic  in- 
crease of  corn,  anil  wine,  ond  oil  ; 
and  stalls  lor  all  manner  of  beasts, 
and  cotes  for  flocks. 

L'll  iMoreiiver  he  provided  liiin  cit- 
ies, and  possessions  vi'  flocks  and 
herds  in  abnndance:  for  i  God  had 
given  liim  substance  very  much. 

30  kThis  same  itezekiah  also 
stopped  the  upper  watercourse  of 
Gihon,  and  brought  it  straight  down 
to  the  west  side  of  the  city  of  Da- 
vid. And  llczckiah  prospered  in  all 
his  works. 

.'!!  TT  llowheit,  in  the  hiishie.^  of  the 
f  ambassadors  of  the  jirinccs  of  Baby- 
lon, who  I  sent  unto  him  to  in(iuirc 
of  the  wonder  that  was  dotn'  in  the 
land,  God  lert  him,  to  '"  try  him,  that 
he  might  know  all  tliat  icas  iu  his 
lieart. 

"i  TT  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of 
Ilezekiah,  and  his  1  goodness,  be- 
hold, they  are  written  in  "  the  vision 
tif  Isaiah  the  proi>het,  the  son  of 
Amoz,  OH(/  in  the  "book  of  the  kings 
of  Judah  and  Israel. 

;Vi  I' And  Ilezekiah  slept  with  his 
fathers,  and  they  buried  him  in  the 
llchiefcst  of  the  sepulchres  of  the 
sons  of  David  :  and  all  .Itidah  and 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  did  him 
1  honour  at  his  death.  And  Manas- 
seh  his  sou  reigned  in  his  stead. 

CHAPTEK  XXXIII. 

1  Manaesch^i  wicked  reign.  3  He  getteth  up 
iftolfitnj.  and  would  not  be  ndmoninhed. 
n  Ue  it  carried  into  Babylon.  12  Uimn 
his  prayer  to  God  he  ia  released,  and 
puttethdown idolatry.  iS  Hit  acts.  2i}JJe 
dying,  Anton  tucccedeth  him.  21  Amon 
reigning  wickedly  ia  slain  by  hia  serv- 
ants. S5  Tfte  inttrdcrere  bcittf/  slain,  Jo- 
Slab,  sneeeedeth  him. 

MANASSEII  'was  twelve  years 
old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  he  reigned  lilly  and  five  years 
in  Jerusalem: 

2  But  did  that  which  was  evil  in 
the  sight  of  the  I.oiin,  like  unto  the 
liabominationsof  the  heathen,  whom 
the  Lord  had  east  out  before  the 
children  of  Israel. 

.'?  IT  For  T  he  built  again  the  high 

ftlaces  which  Ilezekiah  his  father 
lad  '^broken  down,  and  he  reared 
up  altars  for  Baalim,  and  dniade 
groves,  and  worshipped  ^all  the  host 
of  heaven,  and  served  them. 

4  Also  he  built  altars  in  the  house 
of  the  Loni),  whereof  the  Louii  had 
said,  fin  Jerusalem  shall  my  name 
be  for  ever. 

5  And  he  built  altars  for  all  the  host 
of  heaven  Sin  the  two  courts  of  the 
liouse  of  the  Lord. 

0  'And  he  caused  his  children  to 
pass  tliruM-h  the  fire  in  the  valley  of 
the  son  of  llinnom :  ialso  he  observed 


times,  and  used  enchantments,  and 
used  witchcratl,  and  k  dealt  with  a 
familiar  spirit,  and  with  wizards:  be 
wroiiglit  mncii  evil  in  the  sight  of 
the  LoiJit,  to  provoke  him  to  anger. 

7  And  I  lie  set  a  carved  image,  the 
idol  which  he  had  made,  in  the 
house  of  God,  of  which  God  had 
said  to  David  and  to  Solomon  his 
son.  In  '"this  house,  and  in  Jerusa- 
lem, which  I  have  chosen  before  all 
the  tribes  of  Israel,  will  1  put  my 
name  for  ever: 

S  "  Neither  will  I  any  more  remove 
the  foot  of  Israel  from  out  of  the  land 
which  I  have  appointed  for  your  fa- 
thers: so  that  they  will  take  heed  t(.i 
do  all  that  I  have  commanded  them, 
according  to  the  whole  law  and  the 
statutes  and  the  oidiuauccs  by  the 
hand  of  Moses. 

1)  iSo  Manasseh  made  Judah  nnd  the 
inhabitants  of  JenisiiK-ni  to  err,  and 
to  do  worse  tliaii  the  heathen,  whom 
the  lyORD  had  destroyed  before  the 
children  of  Israel. 

10  And  the  I.okd  spake  to  Manas- 
seh, and  to  his  people :  but  they 
w*ould  not  hearken. 

11  IT  "Wlierifcn'  the  I.oitP  brought 
upon  lluin  the  captains  of  the  host 
tof  the  king  of  Ass.vria,  which  took 
Mannssth  among  tlie  thorns,  and 
I' bound  him  with  ||  fetters,  and  car- 
ried him  to  lialiylon. 

12  And  when  he  was  in  affliction, 
he  besought  the  l.oiiD  his  (iod,  and 
1  humbled  himself  greatly  before  the 
God  of  his  fathers, 

13  And  prayed  unto  him  :  and  he 
was  "^ entreated  of  him,  and  heard 
his  supplication,  and  brought  him 
again  to  Jeru-salcm  into  his  king- 
dom. Then  Manasseh  "knew  that 
the  lyORD  he  irm^  God. 

14  Now  after  this  he  built  a  wall 
without  the  city  of  David,  on  the 
west  side  of  •  Gihon,  in  the  vallev, 
even  to  the  entering  in  at  the  fish 
gate,  and  compassed  "  about  \\  ( )phel, 
and  raised  it  up  a  very  great  height, 
and  put  captains  of  war  in  all  the 
fenced  cities  of  Judah. 

15  And  he  took  away  '^  the  strange 
gods,  and  the  idol  out  of  the  house 
of  the  Lord,  and  all  the  altars  that 
he  had  built  in  the  mount  of  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  and  in  Jerusa- 
lem, ami  cast  tlirni  out  of  the  city. 

IG  And  he  repaired  the  altar  of  the 
Lord,  and  sacrificed  thcre<m  peace 
offerings  and  >  thank  oftcrings,  nnd 
com  manded  Judah  to  serve  the  Lor  d 
God  of  Israel. 

17  '  Nevertheless  the  people  did  sac- 
rifice still  in  the  high  places,  yet  un- 
to the  Lord  their  God  only. 

18  TI  Now  the  rest  of  the  acts  of  Ma- 
nasseh, and  his  prayer  unto  his  God, 
and  the  words  of"  the  eeers  that  spake 
to  him  in  the  name  of  the  LoHD  God 
of  Israel,  behold,  they  are  written  in 
the  book  of  the  kings  of  Israel. 

419 


Josiah's  pood  reign. 


ir.  CHRONICLES. 


lie  rcpaircth  the  temple. 


11)  lli(i  prayer  niso,  and  liov^  Voit 
was  cntrfati'd  of  him,  and  all  liis 
fins,  and  his  trespass,  anil  tlic  places 
whcrcm  he  built  hi^li  places,  and  set 
up  proves  and  jjraven  iinn^es,  before 
he  was  hninhlcd;  behold,  tlie^  ore 
written  among  the  sayings  of  ||thc 
seers. 
liO  IT  1'  So  Manasseh  slept  with  his  fa- 
thers, and  they  buried  iiim  in  his  own 
house:  and  Amon  his  son  reigned 
in  Ills  stead. 

'Jl  II  'Anion  v(is  two  and  twenty 
years  old  when  he  bcpan  to  reign, 
and  reigned  two  years  in  Jerusalem. 
'I'l  But  lie  did  ihat  vhich  loas  evil 
in  the  sight  of  the  ]/Oki),  as  did 
Manasseh  his  father:  for  Anion  eac- 
ritieed  unto  all  the  carved  images 
which  JIanasseh  his  father  had  made, 
and  served  them; 

i'l  And  humbled  not  himself  before 
the  I>>KI>,  (I  as  Manasseli  his  lather 
had  humbled  himself;  but  Amon 
t  trc.^passe<l  more  and  more. 
24  "^  And  his  servants  conspired 
against  him,  and  slew  him  in  liis 
own  house. 
L'.")  11  ISut  the  people  of  the  land  slew 
all  them  that  had  conspired  against 
king  Anion;  an(l  tlic  people  of  the 
land  made  Josiah  liis  son  king  in  his 
stead. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 
1  .Totiah'a  good  reign.  3  tic  detiroyeth 
idolatry.  8  lie  taketh  order  for  the 
repair  of  the  temple.  H  Ililkiah  having 
found  a  book  of  the  law,  Jotiah  ecndeth 
to  lliddah  to  inquire  of  the  Lord.  23 
iluhiah  projihesieth  the  deetruction  of 
Jerusalem,  but  respite  thereof  in  Jo»i- 
ah't  time.  29  Jotiah,  eauting  it  to  be 
read  in  a  solemn  aaecmblj/,  rtneweth  the 
eovenant  Kith  Ood. 

JOSIAH  'teas  eight  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  he 
reigned  in  Jerusalem  one  and  thirty 
years. 

2  And  lie  did  tlifif  xchirh  vn«  right 
in  the  sight  of  the  l.oitn,  niul  walk- 
ed in  the  ways  of  D.ivid  his  fatli 
and  deeliiu'il   millwy    to    the    right 
hand,  nor  to  the  left. 

.".  IF  lor  in  the  eighth  year  of  his 
reign,  while  he  was  vet  voiing,  lie 
began  to  i^seek  after  the  (Jod  of  Da- 
vid his  father:  and  in  the  twcU'lh 
vear  he  began  '  to  iiurge  Judah  and 
Jerusalem  J  from  the  high  jilaces, 
and  the  groves,  and  the  carved  im- 
ages, and  the  molten  images. 

4  "And  they  brake  down  the  altars 
of  Ihialim  in  his  presence;  and  the 
11  images,  that  nvre  on  liigli  n!)nvc 
tlicni,  he  cut  down;  and  the  groves, 
and  the  carved  images,  ond  the 
molten  images,  he  brake  in  pieces, 
and  iiKiile  (lust  o/'  (liioi,  fand  etrew- 
ed  it  upon  the  )  graves  of  them  that 
had  sn<Tilii-eil  unto  tliem. 

.'.  And  be  K  bin  nt  the  bones  of  the 
priests  upon  tlwir  alt:irs,  and  cleans- 
ed Judah  .111.1  .lenisidem. 

0  And  no  iliil  Ac  In  the  cities  of  Ma- 
420 


nasseh,  and  Kphraim,  and  Simeon, 
even  unto  Naplitali,  with  their  ||  mat- 
tocks round  about. 

7  And  when  he  had  broken  down 
the  altars  and  the  groves,  and  )iad 
li  beaten  the  graven  images  tinto 
powder,  and  cut  down  all  the  idols 
throughout  nil  the  land  of  Israel,  he 
returned  to  Jerusalem. 

8  TI  Now  i  in  the  eighteenth  year  of 
his  reign,  when  he  had  purged  the 
land,  und  the  house,  he  scut  Sha- 
plian  the  son  of  Azaliah,  and  Ma.a- 
seiah  the  governor  of  the  city,  and 
Joah  the  son  of  Joahaz  the  recorder, 
to  repair  the  Jiousc  of  the  Louu  his 
God. 

!)  And  when  they  came  to  Hilkiah 
the  liigh  priest,  they  delivered  ^  the 
money  that  was  brought  into  the 
house  of  God,  which  the  Lcvitis 
that  kept  the  doors  liad  gathered  of 
the  hand  of  Manasseh  and  Kphraim, 
and  of  all  the  remnant  ot  Israel,  anil 
of  all  Judah  and  liciiiamin  ;  and 
tliev  returned  to  Jerusalem. 

lOAnd  they  put  ^  in  the  hand  of  the 
workmen  tliat  had  the  oversight  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord,  and  they 
gave  it  to  the  workmen  that  wrought 
in  the  house  of  the  l.OKD,  to  repair 
and  amend  the  house: 

11  Even  to  the  artificers  and  Iniild- 
crs  gave  they  »V,  to  buy  hew  n  ftoiie, 
and  timber  for  couplings,  and  ||  to 
floor  the  Iiouses  which  the  kings  of 
Judah  had  destroyed. 

I'J  And  the  men  did  the  work  faith- 
fully :  and  the  overseers  of  them 
ict'i'r.  Jahath  and  Obadiah,  the  l^e- 
vites,  of  the  sons  of  ftlerari ;  and 
Zechariah  .and  MeshiiUam,  of  the 
sons  of  the  Kohathites,  to  set  it  for- 
ward; and  otiirr  of  the  l.evites,  oil 
that  could  skill  of  instruments  of 
music. 

1'!  Also  t/icv  vcrc  over  the  bearers 
of  burdens,  and  \rcvc  overseers  of  all 
that  wrought  the  work  in  anv  man- 
ner of  service:  1  anil  of  the  Levites 
ihriT  trcfc  scribes,  and  officers,  and 
porters. 

14  11  And  when  thev  brought  out 
the  nionev  that  was  brought  into  the 
house  of  t1ic  Lonn,  Ililkiah  the  priest 
'"found  a  book  of  the  law  of  the 
I.(ilU)  iiirrn  i  by  Moses. 

l."i  .\nil  Ililkiah  answered  and  said 
to  Shaphan  the  scribe,  I  have  found 
the  book  of  the  law  in  the  house  of 
the  I.oiiD.  And  Hilkiah  delivered 
the  book  to  Shaphan 


1(1  .\iid  Shaiilian  earned  the  book  to 
the  king,  ami  brought  the  king  word 
back  again,  saying.  All  that  was 
committed  f  to  thv  servants,  they  do 
if. 

1"  And  they  have  f  gathered  togeth- 
er the  nionev  that  was  found  in  the 
house  of  the"  ],onn,  and  have  deliv- 
er.Mlitintothe  hand  of  the  overseers, 
and  to  the  hind  ot  the  workmen. 

18  Then   Shaphan  the  scribe  told 


The  book  of  the  law  fmmd. 


II.  CHRONICLES.       Josiah  causeth  it  to  be  read. 


Before 

OUKIST 

C-.4. 


the  kiiip,  savins,  llilkiah  tlio  priest 
liatli  given  ino  a  bodk.  And  .Sha- 
plian  read  t  it  before  tlie  king. 

ly  And  it  came  to  pass,  wlicn  the 
king  had  iieard  the  words  ot'thc  law, 
that  lie  vent  his  clothes. 

•_*()  And  the  kin^  commanded  Ilil- 
kiali,  and  Ahikani  tlic  son  of  Sha- 
phan,  and  !|  Abdon  the  son  of  Mieah, 
and  Shaplian  the  seribe,  and  Asaiali 
a  servant  of  the  king's,  savin;;, 

1:1  Go,  imiuirc  of  the  J.oiiu  for  me, 
and  (or  tlu  in  that  arc  left  in  Israel 
and  in  Judah,  concerning  the  words 
of  the  book  that  is  found:  for  preat 
is  the  wrath  of  the  LoKD  that  is 
poured  out  upon  us,  becanso  our  fa- 
tliers  have  not  kept  the  word  of  tlie 
I>oi!i),  to  do  after  all  that  is  written 
in  this  book. 

22  And  Ililkiah,  and  Ihci/  that  the 
kin^  ''«i'  ajipoiiitcd,  went  to  lluldah 
the  i)rophetess,  the  wife  of  Shallum 
tiie  son  of  "Tikvath,  the  eon  of 
lllla.srah,  keeper  of  the  (wardrobe; 
(now  she  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  \\  in  tlie 
college;)  and  they  spake  to  her  to 
that  i^g'ect. 

2'i  T  And  she  answered  them.  Thus 
salth  the  Loud  God  of  Israel,  Tell  ye 
the  man  that  sent  you  to  mc, 

24  Thus  saith  the  Loliu,  Behold, 
I  will  brin^^  evil  upon  this  place,  and 
upon  the  inhabit;ints  tliereof,  ei\'n 
all  the  curses  that  are  written  in 
the  iKiok  which  they  have  read  be- 
fore the  king  of  Judali: 

2.'>  liccause  they  have  forsaken  mc, 
and  lia\'e  burned  incense  ir.ito  other 
gods,  that  they  might  provoke  me  to 
anger  with  all  the  works  of  their 
hands:  therefore  my  wrath  shall  be 
poured  out  upon  this  jjlacc,  and 
shall  not  be  quenched. 

211  And  as  (or  the  king  of  Judah, 
who  sent  you  to  imiuire  of  the 
l,i>i:t),  60  shall  ye  sav  unto  him. 
Thus  saith  the  Ijiii:ii  tjod  of  Israel 
ronccvning  the  words  which  thou 
hast  heard: 

2"  Because  thine  heart  wq^  tender, 
and  thou  didst  humble  thyself  be- 
fore God,  when  thou  heavdest  his 
words  against  this  place,  and  against 
the  inbabitputs  thereof,  and  hum- 
blcdst  thyself  beline  me,  and  didst 
rend  thy  clothes,  and  weep  before 
mc;  I  have  even  lieard  tUce  also, 
s-iith  the  I-or.D. 

25  Behold,  I  will  gather  thee  to  thy 
fathers,  and  thou  shalt  be  gatliered 
to  thy  grave  in  peace,  neither  shall 
thine  eyes  see  all  the  evil  that  I  will 
bring  upon  this  place,  and  upon  the 
inhabitants  of  the  same,  bo  they 
brought  the  king  word  again. 

201I"Then  the  king  sent  and  gath- 
ered together  all  the  elders  of  Judah 
and  Jerusalem. 

;^0  And  the  king  went  up  into  the 
house  of  the  l-nuu,  and  all  the  men 
of  Judah,  and  th.e  inhabitants  of 
Jerusalem,  and  the  priests,  and  the 


Levites,  and  all  the  people,  t  great 
and  small:  and  he  read  in  their  ears 
all  the  words  of  the  book  of  the  cove- 
nant that  was  Ibund  in  the  house  of 
the  l.or.u. 

;il  And  the  kingstood  in  This  place, 
and  made  a  cf»venant  belbre  the 
LoKi),  to  walk  after  the  I.oi:d,  and 
to  keep  his  commandments,  and  his 
testimonies,  and  his  statutes,  with  all 
his  heart,  and  with  all  his  soul,  to 
perform  the  words  of  the  covenant 
which  arc  written  in  this  book. 

32  And  lie  caused  all  that  were 
t present  in  Jerusalem  and  Benja- 
min to  stand  to  it.  And  the  inhab- 
itants of  Jerusalem  did  according  to 
tlie  covenant  of  God,  the  God  of 
their  fathers. 

o.'i  And  Josiah  took  away  all  the 
'I  abominations  out  of  all  the  coun- 
tries that  pertained  to  the  children 
of  Israel,  and  made  oil  that  were 
present  in  Israel  to  serve,  eren  to 
serve  the  IjOKD  their  God.  'Ami  aU 
his  davs  tliev  departed  not  tfrom 
following  tbehOKU,  the  God  of  their 
fathers. 

ClIAPTKK  XXXV. 
1  Joaiah  kecpeth  n  most  Bolemn  pa$»over. 
liO     Jle,     pruvokijiff    Pharaoh.necho,    ie 
Mlnin  at  Steyiddo.    £{»  Lamtntationt  for 

MOREOVER,  'Josiah  kept  a 
passover  unto  the  Loud  in 
Jerusalem:  and  they  killed  the  pass- 
over  on  the  i> fourtceuth  duij  of  the 
first  month. 

2  And  he  set  the  priests  in  their 
"charges,  and  J  encouraged  them  to 
the  service  of  the  house  of  the  LoRP, 

3  And  said  unto  the  Levitcs  ''that 
taught  all  Israel,  which  were  holy 
unto  the  Loud,  fl'ut  the  holy  ark 
Sin  the  house  which  Solomon  the 
son  of  David  king  of  Israel  did  build  : 
li /(  I'hnll  not />«_'  a  burden  iip(ni  yotir 
shoulders  :  serve  now  the  LoKD  your 
God,  and  his  people  Israel, 

4  And  prepare  yourselves  by  the 
i  houses  of  your  fathers,  after  your 
courses,  according  to  the  k  writing 
of  David  king  of  Israel,  and  acconl- 
ing  to  the  (writing  of  Solomon  his 
son: 

5  And  '"stand  in  the  holy  place 
according  to  the  divisions  of  <  the 
families  of  the  fathers  of  your  breth 
reu  t  the  people,  and  after  the  divi 
sion  of  the  families  of  the  l.cs'ites. 

G  So  kill  the  passover,  and  "  sanctify 
j-ourselvcs,  and  prepare  your  breth- 
ren, that  tlieif  may  do  according  to 
the  word  of  the  LOKD  by  the  liand 
of  Moses. 

7  And  Josiah  t°Rave  to  the  people, 
of  the  flock,  lambs  and  kids,  all  for 
the  passover  otferings,  for  nil  that 
were  present,  to  the  number  of 
thirty  thousand,  and  three  thousand 
bullocks:  these  were  of  the  king's 
substuuee. 

S  Aud  his  princes  t  gave  willingly 
421 


Josiah  keepcth  a  pansover. 


11.  CHRONICLES. 


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unto  the  jx'ople,  to  tho  priests,  and 
to  tlie  lA'vitos:  llilkiah  and  Zi'clia- 
rinli  and  Ji'hiel,  iuUts  of  tlu'  lioiisL' 
of  Cod.  gavr  unto  tin-  pric-sts  tor  tlio 
):issover  urti-rinKs  two  tlioiis:ind  and 
i.x  liundrid  siaall  ccitllc,  and  tlircu 
luindrod  oxen. 

1)  Conaniah  also,  and  Shemaiuh 
nd  Netliani'cl,  his  biothron,  and 
llasliatiiah  and  .Jeicl  and  Jozabad, 
f  of  tlie  1-evitos,  f  jiuve  nnto  the 
ites  tor  passover  otterin^s  tive 
thousand  small  cattle,  and  tive  hund- 
reil  oxen. 

10  So  the  service  was  prepared,  and 
the  priests  1' stood  in  their  i)laoe,  and 

lie  Levites  in  their  courses,  accord- 
n;;  to  the  kind's  coinuiandinent. 

11  And  tliey  killed  the  passovcr, 
and  the  priests  ^sprinkled  t<'ic  lilood 
from   tlieir  hands,  and  the   Lcvitoa 

flayed  them. 

12  And  they  removed  the  burnt 
oti'erings,  that  they  mi;;ht  Rive  ac- 
cordins  to  the  divisions  of  tlie  f.un- 
ilics  of  the  people,  to  oltVr  unto  the 
l>ui:i>,  as  it  is  written  ''in  tlu'  lio..k 
of  Moses.  And  so  ciid  they  with  the 
oxen. 

i:!  And  they  'roasted  the  passovcr 
with  fire  aceordins  to  the  ordinance: 
hut  tlic  other  holy  otl'erinijs  "  sod 
they  in  pots,  and  in  caldrons,  and  in 
paiis,  and  t  divided  them  Bpeedily 
anions  all  the  people. 

H  jVnd  afterwanl  thev  made  ready 


for  th. 


,d  for  tlu'  1)1 


,.  priests  tl 
uurclm^ie,/  in  offering  of  luirnt  oller- 
in^a  and  tlie  fat  until  night;  there- 
fore tlie  Levites  prepared  for  them- 
selves, and  for  the  priests  the  sons 
of  Aaron, 

15  And  the  sinRCrs  the  sons  of  .\sapli 
>cere  in  their  f  place,  aeeordin;.;  to 
the  "  eomniandnicnt  of  David,  and 
Asaph,  and  Ileman,  and  .Teduthtin 
the  kind's  seer ;  and  the  porters 
i  lenileil  at  every  gate;  they  might 
not  depart  from  their  service  ;  for 
their  hrethreu  the  liCvites  prepared 
for  them. 

li;  So  all  the  Benice  of  the  I.or.n 
wai  iirepared  tlie  same  dav,  to  keep 
the  passover,  and  to  oiler  hiirnt  oller- 
ings  upon  tlic  altar  of  the  l.oKi),  ac- 
eorilingto  thccomniandmciitof  kinj; 
.losiali. 

17  And  the  children  of  Israel  that 
were  1  present  kept  the  iiassover  at 
that  time,  and  the  feast  of  "unleav- 
ened bread  seven  days. 

IS  And  "theri^  was  no  passovcr  like 
to  that  kept  in  Israel  from  thedavs 
of  Siimuil  the  prophet;  neither  did 
all  the  kings  of  Israel  keep  such  a 
p;lssi.ver  as  .losi-ili  kept,  and  the 
priests,   ami    llie    Levites.  and  all.lu- 

diih  and  Israi'l  thit  were  i. resent,  and 
the  inlKihitantsof.Ieriisalem. 
Ill  In   tlie  cightcentli   year  of  the 
reign  of  Joaiah  was   tliis   passovcr 
kept. 


•J)  II  !•  Alter  all  this,  when  .losiah 
had  prepared  the  i  temple,  Neelio 
king  of  Kgvpt  came  up  to  tight 
against  Charehemish  by  Knphrates: 
and  .losi:ih  went  out  against  Iiim. 

:;1  lint  he  sent  ambassadors  to  him, 
saying.  What  have  1  to  do  with  thee, 
thou  king  of  Judah?  J  come  not 
against  thee  this  day,  but  against 
1  the  lioiise  wherewith  I  have  war  : 
for  God  commanded  me  to  make 
haste  :  forbear  tliee  from  meiUlhixj 
icilh  <io(l,  who  (,s-  with  me,  that  he 
destroy  thee  not. 

:.'J  Nevertheless  Josiah  would  not 
turn  his  face  from  him,  but  '^dis- 
guised himself,  that  he  might  light 
with  him,  and  hearkened  not  unto 
the  words  of  Neclio  from  the  mouth 
of  God,  and  came  to  tight  in  the 
valley  of  Mcgiddo. 

2.'1  And  the  archers  shot  at  king 
Josiah ;  and  the  king  said  to  his  serv- 
ants. Have  me  away;  for  I  am  sore 
f  wounded. 

L'4  i'  His  servants  therefore  took  him 
out  of  that  cliariot,  and  put  him  in 
the  second  chariot  that  he  had;  and 
thev  brought  him  to  .lenisalem,  and 
he  ilicd,  and  was  buried  |(  in  uite  or' 
the  sepulchres  of  liis  tUthers.  And 
'^uU  Judah  ami  Jerusalem  mourned 
for  Josiah. 

2,*i  ^  And  .Teremiah  flamented  for 
Josiah  :  and  *^all  the  singing  men 
and  the  singing  women  spake  of  Jo- 
siah in  their  lamentations  to  this  dav, 
luiTid  ln:nle  tliem  an  onlinanee  in  I"s- 
I,  heliuld,  thev  are  written 


I  thi-  la 


lt:itii 


t  of  the  nets  of  Josiah, 
and  his  1  goodness,  according  to  that 
vhii-h  veil.'!  written  in  the  law  of  the 
Loud, 

2"  .\ud  his  deeds,  first  and  Last,  be- 
holiL  tliey  ore  written  in  the  book  of 
tlie  kiiiga  of  Israel  and  Judah. 
CIIAPTEU  XXXVI. 

1  Jehoahti:  tueciili:!,,  la  i/t;)..»c'ii  ( J/  Pha- 
r.ioA,  find  currifit  i/tto  t'.yyjtt.  &  .yi-/i<>i,i- 
*(«i  rrigninr,  ill  it  carriid  bound  into 
Ititbylon.  9  ,/ehoiachin  tucceettint;  reij/n- 
eth  ill.  and  ia  frroiiy/it  into  Unttiflon.  11 
ZeJckiali  tuccecding  reif/meth  ill,  nnd 
deipitetli  the  proiihet*,  and  rettrlli-t'i 
againft  Xcbuctiadncssar.  MJcruaalcin. 
for  (/ic  »t>u  of  llic  prictta  and  proplt.  ia 
wholly  destroyed.  2'2  Tha  ]>roeltimativn 
of  ryrna. 

""pH  KN  » the  people  of  the  land  took 

1  Jehoahaz  the  son  of  Josiah,  and 
made  him  king  in  his  tathcr's  stead 
ill  Ji'rnsalem. 

2  Jehoaha/.  icn.i  twenty  and  three 
years  old  when  he  heg;»n  to  reign, 
iind  he  reigned  three  iiionths  in  Jeru- 
salem. 

.-!  And  the  king  of  Kgypt  <  put  him 
down  at  Jernsalem,  nni(  teondemned 
the  hind  in  a  hundred  talents  of 
silver  and  a  talent  ofgold. 

4  And  the  king  of  Kgvpt  made  Klia- 
kini  his  brother  kingover  Judah  and 
Jcruaalcin,  and  turned  his  name  to 


Zedekiah's  bad  reign. 


EZRA. 


Jerusalem  is  icholly  destroyed. 


Before 

CURIST 

CIO. 


(2  Kin.  21.  8. 
t  Hcb.  <i>  l/i> 

c2Kiii.!:i.U 

-17. 
LDnD.l.  1.  2. 


.Ichoiiikim.  And  Necho  took  Jcho.i- 
liaz  liis  brother,  and  carried  him  to 
Etrypt. 

5  If  '•  Jehoiakini  iraa  twenty  and  live 
years  old  when  l\c  l)ej:can  to  rei;;n, 
and  lie  reigrned  eleven  years  in  Jern- 
saleni:  and  he  did  tJatl  vlu'r/j  va.^ 
evil  in  the  siglitofthe  ].oiii>  his  God. 
(!  "^Against  him  eanie  np  Nebiichad- 
nezzar  king  of  Babylon,  and  bound 
him  in  ||  fetters,  to  Scarry  him  tu 
Babvlon. 

7  *^  Nebuchadnezzar  also  carried  of 
the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the  l>oi:n 
to  Babylon,  and  put  them  in  his 
temple  "at  Babylon. 

S  Now  the  re.'^t  of  the  acts  of  Jehoia- 
kim,  and  his  abominations  which  he 
did,  and  that  which  was  found  in 
him,  behold,  they  are  written  in  the 
hook  of  the  kings  of  Israel  and  Ju- 
dah:  and  ||  Jehoiachin  his  son  reigned 
in  his  stead. 

1)  IT  f  Jehoiachin  teas  eight  years  old 
when  he  began  to  reign,  and  lie 
reigned  three  months  and  ten  days 
in  Jerusalem:  and  he  did  lliat  which 
was  evil  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord. 

10  And  I  when  the  year  was  expired, 
Skiiig  Nebuchadnezzar  sent,  and 
brought  him  to  Babvlon,  hwith  the 
t  goodly  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
l.oiiU,  and  made  ||iZedckiah  his 
brother  king  over  Judali  and  Jeru- 
snleiii. 

link  Zedekiah  ira.--  one  and  twenty 
years  old  when  he  began  to  reign, 
and  reigned  eleven  year.s  in  Jerusa- 
leni. 

I'J  And  he  did  Hint  which  was  evil 
ill  the  sight  of  the  LoiiD  his  God, 
and  humbled  not  himself  before  Jer- 
emiah the  prophet  sjieakiiif/  from  the 
month  of  the  Loiiii. 

l.'i  And  Ihe  also  rebelled  against  king 
Nebuchadnezzar,  who  had  made  him 
swear  by  God:  hut  he  '"stiffened  his 
neck,  and  hardened  his  heart  from 
turning  unto  the  lMUl>  God  of  Is- 
rael. 

14  H  Moreover  all  the  chief  of  the 
priests,  and  the  iieojile,  transgressed 
verv  much  after  all  the  abominations 
of  the  heathen  ;  and  polluted  the 
house  of  the  l.oHi)  which  he  had 
hallowed  in  Jerusalem. 

15  "  And  the  I.oitu  God  of  their  fa- 


Bcforo 
CURIST 
about  b'^G. 


thers  sent  to  them  f  by  his  messen- 
gers, rising  up  ||  betimes,  and  send- 
ing; because  he  liad  compassion  on 
ills  people,  and  on  his  dwclUngplacc: 
](i  But  "they  mocked  the  messen- 
gers of  God,  and  1'  despised  his  words, 
and  ''  misused  his  prophets,  until  the 
'  wrath  of  the  IjORU  arose  against  his 
Iieople,  till  thfi-e  was  no  t remedy. 

17  '  TluMcliirc  he  brought  upon 
them  the  king  of  the  Chaldees,  who 
'slew  their  young  men  with  the 
sword  in  the  house  of  their  sanctu- 
ary, and  had  no  compassion  upon 
young  man  or  maiden,  old  man,  or 
him  that  stooped  for  age  :  he  gave 
them  all  into  his  hand. 

18  "  And  all  the  vessels  of  the  house 
of  God,  great  and  small,  and  the 
treasures  of  the  house  of  the  I.oud, 
and  the  treasures  of  the  king,  and  of 
his  princes!  all  these  he  brought  to 
Babvlon. 

ly  'And  thev  burnt  the  house  of 
God,  and  bialvc  down  the  wall  of 
Jerusalem,  and  burnt  all  the  palaces 
thereof  with  fire,  and  destroyed  all 
tlie  goodly  vessels  thereof. 

20  And  P  them  that  had  escaped 
from  the  sworil  carried  he  away  to 
Babylon  ;  "  where  they  were  serv- 
ants to  him  and  his  sona  until  the 
reign  of  the  kingdom  of  Persia: 

L'l  To  fulfil  the  word  of  the  I.ORD 
by  the  mouth  of  "i  Jeremiah,  until  the 
land  blitid  enjoyed  her  sabbaths:  J'or 
as  long  as  she  liiy  desolate  '-  she  kept 
sabbath,  to  fulfil  threescore  and  ten 
years. 

22  IT  •!  Now  in  the  first  year  of  Cyrus 
king  of  I'ersia,  that  the  word  of  the 
Loiio  Sjioki  II  by  the  mouth  of  "Jer- 
emiah might  be  accomplished,  the 
LoKl)  stirred  up  the  spirit  of  i  t'yrus 
king  of  Persia,  that  he  made  a  proc- 
lamation throughout  all  his  king- 
dom, and  put  it  also  in  writing,  say- 
ing. 

2a  K  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  Per- 
sia, All  the  kingfloms  of  the  earth 
hath  the  Loi;i>  God  of  heaven  given 
ine :  and  he  hath  charged  ine  to 
build  him  a  house  in  Jerusalem 
which  i.f  in  Jud;Ui.  Who  is  then 
among  you  of  all  his  jieople?  Thi 
lAiiii)  his  God  he  with  him,  and  let 
I  him  go  up. 


ttnvalhjaud 
.  J.r.  S.  12. 


t  P..  71.  20.  k 
7a.  2.  i. 
u2Ki>.22.U, 


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A'.h 

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SI.  10 

III. 

V   ffi 

34, 

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u'V 

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030. 

1,5. 

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I. 

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12. 

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41.  28. 

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r.  1. 

2.3. 

EZRA. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  The  proetamatiuH  of  Ci/rua  for  the  build- 
imj  of  the  temple.  5  The  people  jtrovule 
for  the  return.  7  Cyru*  rentureth  the 
vesnele  of  the  temple  to  Sheghlj<tz2itr. 

NOW  in  the  first  vear  of  Cvrus 
king  of  Persia,  that  the  wonl  of 
the  lyOKD  "by  the  mouth  of  Jere- 


miah might  be  fulfilled,  the  I,oitT> 
stirred  up  tlie  spirit  of  Cyrus  king  of 
Persia,  !•  that  he  t  madea  proclama- 
tion throughout  all  his  kingdom,  and 
put  1/  also  in  writing,  saying, 
2  Thus  saith  Cyrus  king  of  Persia, 
The  l.oiii)  Godof  heaven  linth  given 
me  all  tlic  kingdoms  of  the  earth  ; 
^  423 


C  U  II I  8  T 

about  0:16. 


Proclamation  of  Cyrus. 


The  number  of  the 


Beford 
CHRIST 

about  5^G. 


tA.  i.  IS.  « 

U.S. 

,2Kiu.2».n. 


\s.  1(1.  j>  -a. 
II. 

■jn.r.Se.BO. 
A'.'ar,aK. 


and  he  hath  "char;;cil  me  tii  build 
liim  a  house  at  Jerusalem,  which  i^i 
in  Judah. 

3  Who  m  there  among  you  of  all  his 
people  1  his  God  be  w'ith  him,  and 
let  liini  KG  up  to  Jerusalem,  which  i.< 
in  Juduli,  and  build  the  house  of  the 
l.oiMi  God  of  Israel,  (.Uie  U  the 
God,)  which  ).■>■  iu  Jerusalem. 

4  And  whosoever  remaineth  in  any 
place  where  he  sojourneth,  let  the 
men  of  his  place  1  help  him  with  sil- 
ver, and  with  Kold,  and  with  >;oods, 
and  with  beasts,  besides  the  freewill 
cll'erinjj;  for  the  house  of  God  that  is 
in  Jerusalem. 

■"i  H  Then  rose  up  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  of  Judah  and  Lieniamin,  an<l 
the  priests,  and  the  l>evitcs,  with  all 
//ic/H  whose  spirit  "  God  had  raised, 
to  f.'o  up  to  build  the  house  of  the 
1,111:11  which  IS  in  Jerus:ilem. 

(1  .Viid  all  tlu'v  tJKit  inrr  about  them 
II  strcn-tlu'iuMl  thrir  liands  with  ves- 
sels iif  silver,  with  pold,  withKOods, 
and  with  beasts,  and  with  iirecious 
things,  besides  all  thut  was  williugly 
offered. 

7  IT  f  Also  Cyrus  the  kinp;  broupht 
forth  the  vessels  of  the  house  of  the 
Loiu),  n  which  Nebuchadnezzar  hud 
hrouRht  forth  out  of  Jerusalem,  and 
liad  put  them  in  the  house  of  liis 
;;ods; 

5  ICven  those  did  Cyrus  king  of  Per- 
sia hriuR  forth  by  the  hand  of  IMith- 
rcd.ith  the  treasurer,  and  numbered 
theiu  unto  li  Sheshbazzar,  the  prince 
ofJuduh. 

it  And  this  IS  the  number  of  them: 
thirty  charters  of  j;"ld,  a  thousand 
ehar^'ers  of  silver,  niue  and  twenty 
knives, 

10  Thirty  basins  of  gold,  silver  ba- 
sins of  a  second  I'url  four  hundred 
and  ten,  and  other  vessels  a  thou- 
sand. 

11  All  the  vessels  of  gold  and  of 
silver  were  five  thousand  and  iowr 
hundred.  All  thi'^e  did  Sheshbazzar 
lirinj;  up  with  tlicin  of  \  the  captivity 
that  were  brotij;ht  up  from  Babylon 
unto  Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  J7i€l  numhtr  Hint  rcfurn.  vf  the  people, 
Muftlie  jiricalt,  iltc/tha  I.evilet.Mof 
(/ic'AVff.i.iiw.  03  0/ i'o(oi(.uir«  Kcrvinilt, 
02  of  tlic  prieitta  tvfiich  euittU  iiot  t'lcw 
Viei'r pedigree.  04  Tlie  iWioic;  nu.itbcruf 
them,  with  llieir  tubaKince.  03  Tlieir  uli- 
lationa. 

NOW  "these  are  the  ehildren  of 
the  province  that  went  up  out 
of  the  captivity,  of  tho.<e  which  had 
been  carried  away,  I'whoin  Xcliu- 
chadnezzar  the  kin^  of  IJabylciu  liad 
carried  away  unto  I5abyl<iii,  and 
came  again  unto  Jeriisnlem  and  Ju- 
dah, every  one  unto  hie  citv: 
2  Which  came  with  Zenibhahel : 
Jcshua,  NVhcmiah.  I(  Seraiah,  II  Hee- 
laiah,  Mordecai,  Hilshan,  i|  Mizj.ar, 
UijjVtti,  II  Hehum,  Baauah.  Tlio  nuni- 
421 


ber  of  the  men  of  the  people  of  Is- 
rael: 

.'i  The  children  of  Parosh,  two  thou- 
sand a  hundred  seventy  and  two. 

4  The  children  of  Shepliatiah,  three 
linndred  seventy  and  two. 

.5  The  children  of  Arah,  ''seven 
hundred  seventy  and  five. 

(>  The  children  of  d  Pahalh-moab,  of 
the  ehildren  of  Jeshua  iind  Joab,  two 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  twelve. 

7  The  ehildren  of  Elam,  a  thousand 
two  hundred  fifty  and  four. 

8  The  children  of  Zattu,  nine  hund- 
red forty  and  five. 

II  The  children  of  Zaccai,  seven 
hundred  and  threescore. 

10  The  children  of  ||liaui,  six  hund- 
red forty  and  two. 

11  The  children  of  Bebai,  six  hund- 
red twenty  and  three. 

12  The  children  of  Azgad,  a  thou- 
sand two  liiiixlred  twenty  and  two. 

1.'!  'i'lie  chilclrcn  of  Adonikam,  six 
hundred  sixty  and  six. 

14  ThcchildVen  of  Bigvai,  two  thou- 
sand fifty  and  six. 

].")  The  children  of  Adin,fourhund- 
red  fifty  and  four. 

IU  The  ehildren  of  Ater  of  llezeki- 
ah,  ninety  and  eight. 

17  The  children  of  Bezai,  three 
hundred  twenty  and  three. 

l.H  The  children  of  ||  Jomh,  a  hund- 
red and  twelve. 

I'J  The  children  of  Ilashum,  two 
hundred  twenty  antl  three. 

20  The  children  of  ||  Gibb-ir,  ninety 
and  five. 

21  The  children  of  Beth-lchem,  a 
hundred  twenty  and  three. 

22  Tho  men  of  Netophah,  fitly  and 
six. 

2'!  The  men  of  Anathoth,  a  hund- 
red twenty  and  eight. 

24  The  children  of  ||  Azmavetli,  for- 
ty and  two. 

L'.j  The  ehildren  of  Kiivjath-arim, 
Cliephirah.aiid  lieeroth, seven  hund- 
red and  flirty  and  thr.e. 

2(1  The  children  of  l<:imah  and  Ga- 
ba,  six  hundred  twenty  and  one. 

27  The  men  of  Miehmas,a  liundred 
twenty  and  two. 

25  Tlie  men  of  Bcth-el  and  Ai,  two 
hundre<l  twenty  and  three. 

2U  The  children  ot  Nebo,  fitly  and 
two. 

."II  The  ehildrf  n  of  Magbish,  a  hund- 
red fitly  and  six. 

31  The  children  of  the  other  '  Elam. 
a  thousand  two  liundred  fifty  and 
four. 

32  The  children  of  Ilarim,  three 
hnndreil  and  twenty. 

.T!  The  children  of  I.od,  l|  Undid, 
niid  Ono,  seveu  hundred  twenty  and 
five. 

.'!!  The  children  of  Jericho,  three 
hnudred  forty  and  live. 

,".,■>  The  children  of  Sennah,  three 
thousand  and  bix  hundred  and 
thirty. 


people  luho  rehirned 


from  Babylon. 


Clllll  ST 

nbout  r>30. 


a;  ir  The  priests  :  the  cliildrcn  of 
fjctlaiali,  ot'  the  house  of  Je^huii, 
nine  hundred  seventy  and  tliree. 

;ir  The  cliiklren  of  s"lninier,  a  thou- 
snnil  fitly  and  two. 

.'is  The  children  of  !•  I'ashur,  a  thou- 
sand two  liundrtd  forty  and  tevcn. 

Gtf  The  children  of  i  llarini,  ii  thou- 
sand and  seventeen. 

40  H  The  l/Cvites  :  the  children  of 
Jeshua  and  Kadmiel,  of  the  children 
of  !|  Hodaviah,  seventy  and  lour. 

41  U  The  sin^ieia  :  the  children  of 
Asaph,  a  hundred  twenty  and  ei^ht. 

4l'  U  The  children  of  the  porters: 
tlic  children  of  Shalluni,  the  chil- 
dren of  Ater,  the  children  of  Tal- 
mon,  the  children  of  Akkuh,  the 
children  of  Hatita,  the  children  of 
Sliobai,  ill  all  a  hundred  thirty  and 
nine. 

4,1  IT  t  The  Nethinim:  the  clilldren 
of  Zilia,  the  children  of  Ilasupha, 
the  children  of  Tabbaoth, 

44  The  eliildren  of  Keros,  the  chil- 
dren of  II  Siaha,  the  children  of  I'a- 
don, 

4.5  The  children  of  l>ebanah,  the 
children  of  lla'^abah,  the  children 
of  Akkub, 

4(1  The  children  of  lla^ah,  the  chil- 
dren of  II  Slmlmai,  the  children  of 
Uanan, 

47  The  children  of  Giddel,  the  chil- 
dren of  Gahar,  the  children  of  Ke- 
aiah, 

45  The  children  of  Hczin,  the  eliil- 
dren of  Nekoda,  the  children  of  Gaz- 
zani, 

4'.l  The  children  of  ITzza,  the  chil- 
dren of  Paseah,  the  children  of  Uesai, 

,'M  The  children  of  Asnah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Mehunim,  the  children  of 
II  Nenliiisim, 

.-.1  The  children  of  Bakbnk,  the 
children  of  llakupha,  the  children 
of  llarhur. 

.V2  The  children  of  ||  Bazlnth,  the 
children  of  Mehida,  the  children  of 
llarsha, 

S3  The  children  of  Barkos,  the 
children  of  Sisera,  the  children  of 
Thaniah, 

rA  The  children  of  Neziali,  the  chil- 
dren of  Uatipha. 

55  M  The  children  of  I  Solomon's 
servants:  the  children  of  Sotai,  the 
eliildren  of  Sophereth,  the  children 
of  II  Peruda, 

,'ii't  The  children  of  Jaalah,  the 
children  of  JJarkon,  the  childicn  of 
Giddel. 

.■>7  The  children  of  Shepliatiah,  the 
children  of  llattil,  the  children  of 
Pochereth  of  Zebaim,  the  children 
of  II  Ami. 

5S  All  the  "■  Nethinim,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  "  Solomon's  ser\'ants,  u:erc 
three  hnndretl  ninety  and  two. 

5'J  And  these  icri-f  thev  which  went 
up  from  Tel-mclah,  Tel-harsa,  t'he- 
rnb,  IIAddan,  nml  Ininier:  Init  they 
could  not  Bhcw  their  tivther's  house, 


and  their  ||  seed,  whether  they  ico-c 
of  Israel: 

VM  The  children  of  Delaiah,  the 
children  of  Tohiah,  the  children  of 
Nekoda,  si.v  hundred  tiftv  and  two. 

01  IT  And  of  the  child'rcn  of  the 
priests:  the  children  of  liabaiah,  the 
children  of  Koz,  the  children  of 
liarzitlai;  ■which  took  a  M'ife  of  the 
claus'itPi's  of  "Barzillai  the  Gilead- 
ite,  and  was  ealle<l  after  their  name: 

(jj  These  sou;;ht  their  register  among 
those  that  were  reckoned  by  j^ene- 
alogy,  but  they  were  not  found: 
I'  therefore  f  were  they,  as  polluted, 
put  from  the  priesthood. 

tVi  And  the  ||  Tirshatha  said  unto 
them,  that  they  ''should  not  cat  of 
the  most  holy  things,  till  there  stood 
up  a  priest  with  '  Uriiu  and  with 
Thummim. 

04  U  '  The  whole  congregation  to- 
gether teas  forty  an<l  two  thousand 
three  hundred  and  threescore, 

Cu)  Besides  their  servants  and  their 
muids,  of  whom  t/u-rc  were  seven 
thousand  three  hundred  thirty  and 
seven:  and  t/icre.  tccje  among  them 
two  hundred  singing  men  and  sing- 
ing women. 

00  Their  horses  were  seven  hund- 
red thirty  and  six:  their  mules,  two 
hundred  forty  and  live; 

07  Their  camels,  four  hundred  thir- 
ty and  five:  tfieir  asses,  six  thousand 
seven  hundred  and  twenty. 

05  U  'And  aume  of  the  chief  of  the 
fathers,  when  they  came  to  the  house 
of  the  liOiiD  which  is  at  Jerusalem, 
offered  freely  for  the  house  of  God 
to  set  it  up  in  his  place: 

Oil  They  gave  alter  their  ability  un- 
to the  "treasure  of  the  work  three- 
score and  one  thousand  ilrams  of 
gold,  and  five  tliousand  pounds  of 
silver,  and  one  hundred  priests'  gar- 
ments. 

ru  ^  So  the  priests,  and  the  l^cvites, 
and  some  of  the  people,  and  the  sing- 
ers, and  the  porters,  and  the  Neth- 
inim, dwelt  in  their  cities,  end  all 
Israel  in  their  cities. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1   T/u   altar  t»    «i'(  «;).     4  Offerings  fre- 
quented.    7  Wurkmen  preimred.    6  Tlie 
fvundations   uf  the  temple  are  laid  in 
ffreat  joy  and  niourninff. 
A  ND  when  the  seventh  month  was 
J\.  come,  and  the  children  of  Israel 
vcre  in  the  cities,  the  people  gath- 
ered themselves  together  as  one  man 
to  Jerusalem. 

'2  Then  stood  up  II  Jeshua  the  son 
of  Jozadak,  and  his  brethren  the 
priests,  and  |l  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
"Shealtiel,  and  his  brethren,  and 
builded  the  altar  of  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, to  offer  burnt  offerings  thereon, 
as  it  IS  li  written  in  the  law  of  Moses 
the  man  of  God. 
i^  And  they  set  the  altar  upon  his 
bases  ;  for  fear  was  upon  them  be- 
cause of  the  people  of  those  couu- 


Foundation  of  the  temple  laid. 


The  adversaries  endeavmtr 


icb.  n.  le. 

1.23   16. 


211  -i.  a,  i:i. 

t  Heb.  tht 


1.  IKin  1 
•ZChr.'l 
Acu  XI 


triofi:  niul  thoy  ort'creil  Ijurnt  otter- 
inj,'3  tlu'icoM  unto  tlie  l,i)ici),  vren 
•^  burnt  ortt-rinf^s  morning  and  even- 
ing. 

4  d  They  kept  also  the  feast  of  tuber- 
naeles,  ""as  \t  is  written,  and  fojlfrfil 
the  daily  burnt  otterin;;s  by  number, 
aceordin;?  to  the  custom,  1  as  the 
duty  of  every  day  recjuired; 

5  And  afterward  ajtcrol  the  c eon- 
tin  ual  burnt  oft'erin)?,  both  of  the  new 
moons,  and  of  all  the  set  feasts  of 
the  l.,oi!i>  that  were  consecrated, 
and  of  every  one  that  wiHingly  of- 
fered  a  freewill    otl'erinj;    unto    the 

LOKI). 

U  From  the  first  day  of  the  seventh 
month  be;;an  thev  to  offer  burnt 
offerings  unto  the  LoiU).  But  t  the 
foundation  of  the  temple  of  the 
LoKii  was  not  i/ct  laid. 

7  They  pave  money  also  unto  the 
masons,  and  to  the  ||  carpenters;  and 
1>  meat,  and  drink,  and  oil,  unto  them 
of  Zidon,  and  to  them  of  Tyre,  to 
brinj;  cedar  trees  from  l.,ebunon  to 
the  sea  of  i  Joppu,  kaeeordin;;  to  the 
grant  that  they  had  of  Cyrus  kinj; 
of  I'ersia. 

S  H  Now  in  the  second  year  of  their 
coming  unto  the  house  of  God  at 
Jerusalem,  in  tlie  second  month,  be- 
gan Zerubbahel  the  son  of  Shealtiel, 
aniljeshua  the  son  of  Jozailak,  and 
the  remnant  of  their  brethren  the 
priests  and  the  I-evitos.  and  all  thev 
that  were  come  out  of  the  eaptivitV 
nnto  Jerusalem;  land  a|ipointe(l  the 
l-evites,  frorn  twenty  years  old  and 
upward,  to  set  forward  the  work  of 
tiie  lionseof  the  I.ouii. 

II  Tlu'ii  stood  "Meshna  u-illt  his 
sons  and  his  brethren,  K:ulmiel  and 
his  sons,  the  sons  of  llJuilah.  t  to- 
{;ether,  to  set  forward  tlie  workmen 
Ml  tlie  lionse  of  God:  the  sons  of 
Ilenadad,  icitli  their  sons  and  their 
brethren  tlie  Levites. 

ID  And  wlien  the  builders  laid  the 
fonnilation  of  the  temple  of  the  l,()i;n, 
"tliey  set  the  priests  in  their  iii)parel 
with  trninpets.  and  tlie  l.i'vit.s  the 
sons  of  Asaph  with  evniliaU,  to  prai.^.' 
the  I,oi;li,  aflcT  the  "oidiualiee  of 
Daviil  king  of  Israel. 

II  I'And  they  sang  together  by 
cmirse  in  priiisiug  and  giving  thanks 
unto  the  l.niii);  'ibee.iuse  Ae  i.i  good, 
'for  his  mercy  eiitliin  Ih  for  ever  to- 
ward IsKid.  And  all  the  people 
shouted  with  a  gri'at  shout,  when 
thev  praised  the  l^oitp,  because  the 
foundation  of  the  bouse  of  the  I,oni) 
was  laid. 

IJ  "  liut  inanv  of  the  priests  and 
hevites  and  eh'iefof  the  filhers,  trim 
»v,-,Mn,>ieiitiuen,tliuth:id  se,-n  th.' 
lilst  house,  wll.ll  the  folllHl-Uion  of 
this  h. .use  WM^  hiid  before  their  eves, 
wept  with  a  lond  voice;  nnil  many 
sl.onled  aloud  forjov: 

I.i  .'^.l  that  the  people  could  not  dis- 
cern the  noise  of  tho  eliout  of  joy 
426 


from  the  noise  of  the  weeping  ot  the 
people:  for  the  people  shouted  with  a 
lOiid  shout,  ami  the  noise  was  heard 
afar  off. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Tlic  ailveriaries,  Uinti  not  afcrptcil  in 
the  builUiiuj  ot  the  temple  vilh  the  Jewi, 
enileavaurto'hinjerit.  7  'I'Ueir  letter  to 
Artascrzee.  17  The  decree  of  Artax- 
erxe:    ii  The  building  it  hindered. 

^y()^V  when  "the  adversaries  of 
»  Judah  and  Benjamin  heard  that 
t  the  children  of  the  captivity  builded 
the  temple  unto  the  l>oi:u  God  of 
Israel: 

'1  Then  they  came  to  Zerubbabel, 
and  to  the  chief  of  the  fathers,  and 
said  unto  them,  I,et  us  build  with 
you:  for  we  seek  your  Gi>d,  as  yc 
tlo;  and  we  do  saeritice  \into  hiin 
ii  since  the  days  of  Ksar-haddon  king 
of  Assnr,  which  brought  ns  nphither. 

.■!  But  Zerubbabel,  and  Jesluia,  and 
the  rest  of  the  chief  of  the  fathers  of 
Israel,  said  unto  them,  '  Ye  have 
nothing  to  do  with  us  to  build  a 
house  unto  our  God;  but  we  our- 
selves together  will  build  unto  the 
Loitn  God  of  Israel,  as  ■!  king  Cyrus 
the  king  of  Persia  hath  commanded 
us. 

4  Then  'the  people  of  the  land 
weakened  the  hands  of  the  people 
of  Judah,  and  troubled  them  in 
building, 

.'»  .Viid  hired  counsellors  against 
thoiii.  to  frustrate  their  purpose,  all 
the  (hiys  of  Cyrus  king  of  Persia, 
e\en  until  the  reign  of  l>arius  king 
of  Persia. 

I!  .\iid  in  the  reign  of  f  Abasuerns, 
in  the  beginning  of  his  ii'ign,  wrote 
tliey  nutii  him  an  aecnsation  agiunst 
the  inhabitants  of  Judah  and  Jeru- 
salem. 

T  11  And  in  the  davs  of  Artaxerxcs 
wrote  II  ISishlam,  Mi'thredath,  Tubeel, 
and  the  rest  of  their  f  companions, 
unto  ,\rt:i\er\es  king  of  Persia;  and 
the  writing  (if  the  letter  ic(i.<  written 
in  the  .'Syrian  tongue,  and  interpreted 
in  the  Svrian  tongue. 

s  Iti-hirm  the  chancellor  and  Shim- 
shai  the  ||  serilie  wrote  a  letter  against 
Jerusalem  to  Artaxerxes  the  king  in 
this  sort: 

II  Then  ifrole  Rchum  the  chancel- 
lor, and  Shimshai  the  scrilH',  and  the 
rest  of  their  teomp:inions;  fthc  I)i- 
naites,  the  Apharsuthehitcs,  the  Tar- 
pelites,  the  Aphar>.itcs,  the  Archc- 
vites,  the  Bahyloniaiis,  the  .i^usan- 
chites,  the  Uehavites,  and  the  Klam- 
ites, 

II)  '^  Anil  the  rest  of  the  nations 
whom  the  gre:it  Mild  noble  Asiuipper 
linmghl  over,  and  set  in  th.'  eilles  of 
S.umnin,  and  the  re-t  lh;l  „,;■  on 
this  side  the  river,  luiml  I  at  such  a 
time. 

II  IT  This  IS  the  copy  of  the  letter 
that  they  sent  unto  him.cnii  unto 
Artaxerxcs  the  kins:  Thy  bcrvonts 


to  hinder  the  work. 


EZRA. 


The  httilding  is  reneiced. 


tCb« 

,1.  j.-r. 

Ur. 

„;„.jtl, 

"/'tk 

ihl  mil 
tyalact 

trii.l.l.  ly 
t  Chnl.l.  lift- 


kl  Kin  4  ai. 

I**.  7-'.  W. 
ir.,„   15.  IS. 

J...)>.  1.  i. 


the  Dion  on  this  bide  the  river,  nntl 
at  such  a  time. 

la  He  it  known  unto  the  kins,  tliat 
tliu  .lewswhicli  eanie  np  tVoiii  tliee 
to  u.sareoonie  llnti."  Jerusali'm.  huiid- 
iii{{  tlic  rebellions  unil  tlie  bml  eity, 
and  have  ||  set  up  the  walls  (/«-)  to/; 
and  t  joined  tlie  t'ouudations. 

1.'!  Be  it  known  now  unto  the  king, 
that,  if  this  eitv  he  buildcd,  and  the 
walls  set  np  iirfnin.  thin  will  tlicy  not 
t  pay  itoU,  tribute,  and  enstoni,  and 
so  thou  shultcndaniaye  the  ||  revenue 
of  the  kings. 

14  Now  beeause  two  have  mainte- 
nanee  from  the  kinrfs  jialace,  and  it 
was  not  meet  ibr  us  to  see  the  kiiify's 
dishonour,  therefore  liave  we  sent 
and  certified  the  king; 

15  That  seareli  may  be  made  in  the 
book  of  the  records'of  thy  fathers:  so 
shalt  thou  find  in  the  book  of  the 
records,  and  know  that  this  city  is 
a  rebelTious  city,  and  hurtful  unto 
kings  and  provinces,  and  that  they 
have  t  moved  sedition  i  within  the 
same  of  old  time  :  for  wliieli  cause 
was  this  eitv  destroved. 

Hi  We  eertifv  the  king  that,  if  this 
eitv  be  bniUlrd  iniitin.  and  the  walls 
thereof  set  up,  by  this  liicans  tlKUl 
slialt  have  no  portion  on  this  side  the 
river. 

17  TT  Then  sent  the  king  nn  answer 
unto  Hehum  the  chancellor,  and  to 
Shinishai  the  scribe,  and  to  the  rest 
of  th<'ir  I  companions  thst  dwell  in 
Samaria,  and  viito  the  rest  beyond 
the  river,  Teace,  and  at  such  a 
time. 

IM  The  letter  which  ye  sent  unto  us 
hath  been  plainly  read  before  me. 

1I>  And  1 1  commanded,  and  search 
hath  been  made,  and  it  is  found  that 
this  eitv  of  old  time  hath  t  made  in- 
surrection against  kings,  and  tliat 
rebellion  and  sedition  have  been 
made  therein. 

ao  There  have  been  mighty  kings 
also  over  Jerusalem,  which  have 
k  ruled  over  all  countries  1  beyond  the 
river;  and  toll,  tribute,  and  custom, 
was  paid  unto  them. 

21  f  Give  ye  now  commandment  to 
cause  these  men  to  cease,  and  that 
this  city  be  not  linilded,  until  an- 
other commandment  shall  be  given 
from  me. 

■IS  Take  heed  now  that  ye  fail  not  to 
do  tills:  whv  should  damage  grow  to 
the  hurt  of  the  kings? 

L'".  U  Now  when  the  copy  of  king 
Arlaxerxes'  letter  inis  read  before 
Kehnin,  and  Sliiiiishai  the  scribe, 
and  their  eonipanious,  they  went  up 
in  haste  to  Jerusalem  unto  the  Jews, 
and  made  them  to  cease  t  by  force 
and  power. 

'24  Then  ceased  the  work  of  the 
house  of  God  which  Jx  at  Jerusa- 
lem. So  it  ceased  unto  the  second 
vear  of  the  reign  of  Uarius  king  of 
I'ersia. 


CIIAPTEK  V. 

1  Zcruhhabel  and  Jcthua,  incited  by  nag- 
gai  and  Xecliarialt,  net  fi,ntHird  ll,e 
buildinu  of  tlie  temple.  3  Tatinii  and 
SiLetluirboznai  could  not  liimler  tin- 
Jews.  0  Tlieir  letter  to  Uariut  ayaintt 
the  Jews. 

I^HEN  the  prophets,  "  Ilaggai  the 
prophet,  and  ii  Zechariah  the  son 
of  Iddo,  pioiihesied  unto  the  Jews 
that  irerc  in  Judah  and  Jerusalem 
in  the  name  of  the  God  of  Israel, 
even  unto  them. 

2  Then  rose  up  'Zerubhahel  the 
son  of  Shealtiel,  and  JeshiKi  the  son 
of  Jozadak,  and  began  to  build  the 
house  of  God  which  i.-  at  Jeiusalcni: 
and  with  them  iccrc  the  prophets  of 
God  helping  them. 

,'i  H  At  the  same  time  came  to  them 
»tTatnai,  governor  on  this  side  the 
river,  and  Shethar-boznai,  and  their 
companions,  andsaidtliusuntotliem, 
''  Who  hath  commanded  you  to  build 
this  house,  and  to  make  up  this  wall? 

4  fThen  said  we  unto  them  after 
this  manner.  What  arc  the  names  of 
the  men  f  that  make  this  building? 

r>  But  Pthe  eye  <if  their  God  was 
upon  the  elders  of  the  Jews,  that 
they  could  not  cause  them  to  cease, 
till  the  matter  came  to  Darius  :  and 
then  they  returned  h  answer  by  letter 
concernfng  this  mailer. 

U  It  The  copy  of  the  letter  that  Tat- 
nai,  governor  on  this  side  the  river, 
and  Shethar-boznai,  iand  his  com- 
panions the  Apharsachites,  which 
were  on  this  side  the  river,  sent  unto 
Darius  the  king: 

7  They  sent  a  letter  unto  him, 
t  wherein  was  written  thus;  Uuto 
Darius  the  king,  all  peace. 

K  Be  it  known  unto  the  king,  that 
we  went  into  the  province  ot  Jndca, 
to  the  house  of  the  great  God,  which 
is  builded  with  1  great  stones,  and 
timber  is  laid  in  the  walls,  and  this 
work  goetli  fast  on,  and  prospereth 
in  their  hands. 

1)  Then  asked  we  those  elders,  antl 
said  unto  them  thus,  kWlio  com- 
manded yon  to  build  this  house,  and 
to  make  iip  these  walls? 

HI  We  asked  their  names  also,  to 
certify  thee,  that  we  might  write 
the  names  of  the  men  that  icerc  the 
chief  of  them. 

11  And  thus  tlicy  returned  ns  an- 
swer, saving.  We  are  the  servants  of 
the  God  of  heaven  and  earth,  and 
build  the  house  that  was  builded 
these  many  years  ago,  w  liicli  a  great 
king  of  Israel  builded  land  set  up. 

12  But  "'atler  that  our  fathers  had 
provoked  the  God  of  heaven  unto 
wrath,  he  gave  them  into  the  hnnil  of 
"  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, the  Chaldean,  who  destroyed 
this  house,  and  carried  the  people 
awav  into  Babylon. 

1.'!  Yiiit  ill  the  first  year  of  "Cyrus 
the  king  of  Babylon,  the  same  king 
427 


Decree  of  Darius. 


The  temple  is  finished. 


Before 
CURIST 

53a. 


qnf>g.  1.11.1 

I  Or,  tltputj/. 


tClm1J.>tiii<J« 


Cyrus  mnde  a  decree  to  build  this 
liouscofGod. 

11  And  I' the  vessels  also  of  cold 
and  silver  of  the  house  of  God, 
which  Nehuehadnezzur  took  out  of 
the  temple  that  ^v^1s  in  .Icrusulcni, 
and  t)rou;;ht  theni  into  the  temple 
of  Babylon,  those  diil  Ivrus  the 
kins  take  out  of  the  ieiiiplc  of  Baby- 
lon, and  they  were  delivered  unto 
one,  *l  whose  unnie  */v(s  Sheshbazzar, 
whom  he  had  made  II  ;iO\'ernor; 

15  And  said  unto  him,  Take  these 
vessels,  ro,  carry  them  into  the  tem- 
ple that  /j!  in  Jerusalem,  and  let  the 
house  of  God  be  builded  in  his  place. 

l(i  Then  came  the  same  Shesh- 
bazzar, n/K/  ""laid  the  foundation  of 
the  house  of  God  which  i.<  in  Jeru- 
salem :  and  since  that  time  even 
until  now  hath  it  been  in  buildiug, 
and  '  in'l  it  is  not  finished. 

17  Now  therefore,  if  it  seem  ^ootl 
to  the  kin'j.  Met  there  be  search 
made  in  the  ki.is's  treasure  house, 
which  i.<  there  at  liabyl.>ii,  whether 
it  be  sii,  that  a  decree  was  made  of 
Cyrus  the  kiiiR  to  build  this  house 
ot  God  at  Jerusalem,  and  let  the 
kins  send  hii  pleasure  to  us  con- 
ceruinj^  this  matter. 

CHAPTEK  VI. 
1  Dariutt  fin^ling  the  decree  of  Cyrus, 
7naketh  il  "Clf  decree  fur  the  n<i:ut«c«- 
vicnt  of  the  building.  13  By  the  help 
of  the  enemies,  and  the  directions  of  the 
prophctf,  the  temple  is  finished,  lu  The 
feast  of  the  dedication  it  kept,  I'J  oilj 
'thcpassooer. 

THEN  Darius  the  kin;;  made  a 
decree,  "and  search  was  made  in 
the  liouse  of  the  t  rolls,  where  the 
treasures  were  t  la'<l  "P  i"  Baby- 
lon. 

2  And  there  was  found  at  ||  Ach- 
metha,  in  the  palace  that  i.<  in  the 
))rovincc  of  tlie  Meiles,  a  roll,  and 
therehi  ictiK  a  record  thus  written: 

;;  III  thctirst  vearof  Cvrus  the  kinjj, 
llie  sutiii'  Cvrus  the  kill;;  made  a  de- 
cree rdiic'hihi,/  the  luMiseofGod  at 
Jerusalem,  l,i-t  the  house  In-  builded, 
the  i)laie  where  tlu'V  c.lfered  saeri- 
lii  es.  and  let  the  foiiudatians  thereof 
be  stronirlvlaidi  the  lieiL-ht  thereof 
threescore  cubits,  uiiil  the  breadth 
tlierecif  threescore  cubits: 

•t  I'  Willi  three  rows  of  i^rcnt  stones, 
and  nrowof  new  timber:  and  let  the 
expenses  bo  given  out  of  the  kind's 
house: 

r>  And  also  let  ''the  golden  and 
silver  vessels  of  the  house  of  C..n\. 
which  XebueluKliiezzar  took  fotlli 
out  of  the  temple  whiih  /.-■  at  Jeru- 
salem, and  luou-ht  unto  Hiihylou.  he 
restored,  and  1  brou^-ht  aLram  unto 
the  temple  which  i<  at  Jerusalem. 
ereri/  one  to  his  place,  and  place 
llicni  in  the  house  of  God. 

li  d  Now  l/iere/ore,  Tatnai,  governor 
beyond  the  river,  Shcthar-bo/nai, 
aud  tyour  companions  the  Apbar- 


sachites,  which  are  beyond  the  river, 
be  ve  far  from  thence: 

7  Let  the  work  of  this  house  of  God 
alone;  let  the  governor  of  the  Jews 
aud  the  elders  ot  the  Jews  build  this 
house  of  God  in  his  place. 

.S  Moreover  |  1  make  a  decree  what 
ye  shall  do  to  the  elders  of  these  Jews 
lor  the  building  of  this  house  of  God: 
that  of  the  king's  goods,  ercii  of  the 
tribute  beyond  the  river,  forthwith 
expenses  be  given  unto  these  men, 
that  they  be  not  t  hindered. 

U  And  that  which  they  have  need 
of,  both  young  bullocks,  and  rams, 
and  lambs,  tor  the  burnt  otH'rings  of 
the  God  of  heaven,  wheat,  salt,  wine, 
and  oil,  according  to  the  appoint- 
ment of  the  priests  which  are  at  Je- 
rusalem, let  it  be  given  them  day  by 
day  without  fail: 

id  '  That  they  may  otTer  sacrifiees 
f  of  sweet  savours  unto  the  God  of 
heaven,  and  f  jiray  lor  the  life  of  the 
king,  and  of  his  sons. 

11  Also  I  have  made  a  decree,  that 
whosoever  shall  alter  this  word,  let 
timber  be  pulled  down  from  his 
house,  and  being  set  up,  f  let  him  be 
hanged  thereon;  Sand  let  his  house 
be  made  a  dunghill  for  this. 

12  Aud  the  God  that  hath  caused 
his  liiiame  to  dwell  tlierc  destroy 
all  kings  aud  people,  that  shall  put 
to  tlieir  hand  to  alter  tiitil  to  destroy 
this  house  of  God  which  i.*  at  Jerusa- 
lem. I  Darius  have  made  a  decree; 
let  it  be  done  with  speed. 

I'!  II  Then  Tatnai,  governor  on  this 
side  the  river,  Shethar-boznai,  aud 
their  companions,  according  to  that 
which  Darius  the  king  had  sent,  so 
thev  did  speedily. 

14"i  And  the  ciders  of  the  Jews  build- 
ed, aud  they  prospered  through  the 
prophesying  of  liaggai  the  prophet 
and  Zccuariah  the  son  of  Iddo.  And 
they  builded,  sind  finished  it,  ac- 
cording to  the  commandment  of  the 
God  of  Israel,  and  according  to  the 
t  commandment  of  ^  Cyrus,  and 
I  Darius,  and  "'  Artaxerxes  king  of 
Persia. 

15  And  this  liousc  was  finished  on 
the  third  day  of  the  month  Adar, 
which  was  in  the  sixth  year  of  the 
reign  of  D.irius  the  king. 

lilTT  Aud  the  children  of  Israel,  the 
priests,  and  the  Levites,  and  the  rest 
of  tthe  children  of  the  captivity, 
kept  "  the  dedication  of  this  house  of 
God  with  joy. 

17  Aud  "ottered  at  the  dedication  of 
tliis  house  of  God  a  hundred  bull- 
ocks, two  hundred  rams,  four  liund- 
d  for  a  sin  oll'ering  fbr 


i.U   Israel,  twelve  he  g..;its 


toth. 


.t'thelril« 


■ili 
i.f  Israel:' 


And  they  set  the  priests  in  their 
''divisions,  and  the  Levites  iu  their 
1  courses,  for  the  sen'ice  of  God, 
which  j's  at  Jerusalem;  I '03  it  is 
written  in  Utc  book  of  Moses. 


Ezra  gocth  vp  to  Jerusalem. 


EZRA. 


Artaxerxcs'  commission. 


.13.U.i 
ir  no.  21. 


8.20. 
457. 


about  45' 

t   ll.l.     VM 


i  Pi.  119.  4.'i. 
k  Ttr.  6.  ai. 
Dciit.  ,\1.  10 


111  And  the  children  of  the  captivity 
kept  the  piissovcr  "upon  the  four- 
teenth (lay  of  the  first  month. 

2(1  For  tlie  priests  and  the  Lcvites 
were  'purified  topetlier,  all  of  them 
were  pure,  and  "  killed  the  i)as.sovcr 
for  all  the  children  of  the  captivity, 
and  tor  their  brethren  tlic  priests, 
and  for  themselves. 

21  And  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
were  come  aj^ain  out  of  captivity, 
and  all  such  as  had  separated  them- 
selves unto  them  from  the  'tilthi- 
ness  of  the  heathen  of  the  land,  to 
seek  the  Loitu  God  of  Israel,  did 
eat, 

'2'1  And  kept  the  'feast  of  unleaven- 
ed bread  seven  days  with  .joy  :  tor 
the  LoKD  had  made  them  ^ovful, 
and  'turned  the  heart  "of  the  kin;; 
of  Assyria  unto  them,  to  streuRthen 
their  hands  in  the  work  of  the  house 
of  God,  the  God  of  Israel. 

CIIAPTEK  Vir. 

1  Ezra  gocth  up   to    Jerutalem.     11  The 

grncious  commiBfion   of   Artazcrxct  to 

Ezra.    27    Ezra    bUstcth   Ood   far    hit 

favour. 

NOW  nflcr  these  thinfrs,  in  the 
reipn  of  '  Artaxer.ves  king  of 
Persia,  Ezra  Wthe  son  of  Seraiah,  the 
son  of  Azariah,  the  son  of  Hilkiah, 
2  The  son  of  Shallum,  the  son  of 
Zadok,  the  son  of  Ahitub, 
;{  The  son  of  Amariah,  the  son  of 
Azariah,  the  son  of  Meraioth, 

4  The  son  of  Zerahiah,  the  son  of 
IFzzi.thcson  ofBukki, 

5  The  son  of  Abishu.i,  the  son  of 
I'hinehas,  the  son  of  Eleazar,  the  son 
of  Aaron  the  chief  priest: 

6  This  Ezra  went  up  from  Babylon; 
and  he  was  "-'a  ready  scribe  in  the  law 
of  Moses,  which  the  lyOIU)  (iud  of 
Israel  had  given  :  and  the  king 
pranted  him  all  his  request,  <i  accord- 
ing to  the  hand  of  the  Lokd  his  God 
upon  him. 

7  'And  there  went  up  mmc  of  the 
children  of  Israel,  and  of  the  pricst.'i, 
and  I  the  Levites,  and  the  sm^ers, 
and  the  porters,  and  ^  the  Nethinim, 
unto  Jerusalem,  in  the  seventh  year 
of  Artaxerxes  the  king. 

8  And  he  came  to  Jerusalem  in  the 
fiflh  month,  which  was  in  the  sev- 
enth year  of  the  king. 

U  For  upon  the  first  ilnii  of  the  first 
month  t  began  he  to  go  up  from 
Babylon,  and  on  the  first  ihiit  of  the 
fifth"  month  came  he  to  Jerusalem, 
h  according  to  the  good  hand  of  his 
God  uiK)n  him. 

10  For  Ezra  had  prepared  his  lieart 
to  iseek  the  law  of  the  I,oi!d,  and 
to  do  it.  and  to  k  teach  in  Israel  stat- 
utes and  jud;jments. 

11  U  Now  this  IS  the  copy  of  the  let- 
ter that  the  king  Artaxerxcs  gave  un- 
to Ezra  the  priest,  the  scribe,  eren 
a  scribe  of  the  words  of  the  com- 
manilments  of  the  LuKU,  and  of  his 
statutes  to  Israel. 


12  Artaxer.xes,  l  king  of  kings,  ||  un- 
to Ezra  the  priest,  a  scribe  of  the  law 
of  the  God  of  heaven,  perfect  2'cacc, 
"'and  at  such  n  time. 

].'!  I  make  a  decree,  that  all  they 
of  the  people  of  Israel,  and  of  his 
priests  and  Levitcs,  in  my  realm, 
which  are  minded  of  their  own  free- 
will to  go  up  to  Jerusalem,  go  with 
thee. 

14  Forasmuch  as  thou  art  sent  f  of 
the  king,  and  of  his  "seven  counsel- 
lors, to  intiuirc  concerning  Judah 
and  Jerusalem,  according;  to  the  law 
of  thy  God  which  is  in  thine  hand; 

I,'!  And  to  carry  the  silver  and  gold, 
which  the  king  and  his  counsellors 
have  freely  offered  unto  the  Gftd  of 
Israel,  "wliosc  habitation  is  in  Jeru- 
salem, 

II!  I' And  all  the  silver  and  gold 
that  thou  canst  find  in  all  the  prov- 
ince of  Babylon,  with  the  freewill 
offering  of  the  people,  and  of  the 
priests,  ''offering  willingly  for  the 
house  of  their  God  which  is  in  Je- 
rusalem : 

17  That  thou  may  est  buy  speed- 
ily with  this  money  bullocks,  rams, 
lambs,  with  their  '' meat  otiering.s  and 
their  drink  offerings,  and  '^otlerthem 
upon  the  altar  of  the  house  of  your 
God  which  is  in  Jerusalem. 

IN  And  whatsoever  shall  seem  good 
to  thee,  and  to  thv  brethren,  to  do 
with  the  rest  of  the  silver  and  the 
gold,  that  do  after  the  will  of  your 
God. 

Ill  The  vessels  also  that  are  given 
thee  for  the  service  of  the  house  of 
thy  God,  those  deliver  thou  before 
the  God  of  Jerusalem. 

20  And  whatsoever  more  shall  be 
needful  for  the  house  of  thy  God. 
which  thou  shalt  have  occasion  lo 
bestow,  bestow  it  out  of  the  king's 
treasure  house. 

21  And  I,  even  I  Artaxerxes  the 
king,  do  make  a  decree  to  all  the 
treasurers  which  are  beyond  the  riv- 
er, that  whatsoever  Ezra  the  priest, 
the  scribe  of  the  law  of  the  God  of 
heaven,  shall  require  of  you,  it  be 
done  speedily, 

22  llnto  a  hundred  talents  of  sil- 
ver, and  to  a  hundred  \  measures  of 
wheat,  and  to  a  hundred  baths  of 
wine,  and  to  a  hundred  baths  of  oil, 
and  salt  without  prescribing  hoiv 
much. 

2.)  t  Whatsoever  is  commanded  by 
the  God  of  heaven,  let  it  be  dili- 
gently done  for  the  house  of  the  God 
of  heaven:  for  why  should  there  be 
wrath  against  the  realm  of  the  king 
and  his  sons? 

24  Also  we  certify  you,  that,  touch- 
ing any  of  the  priests  and  I..evitcs, 
singers",  porters,  Nethinim,  or  minis- 
ters of  this  house  of  God,  it  shall  not 
be  lawful  to  impose  toll,  tribute,  or 
custom,  upon  them. 

25  iVnd  thou.  Ezra,  after  the  wis- 

429 


The  comjianinns  of  Ezra, 


EZRA. 


'who  returned  from  liahylon. 


Ilcfore 
C  II  lU  S  T 
aluut  467. 


I.r,  17.  7. 
1.'2,  7. 
It.  a.2.3. 


doiii  of  tliy  God,  tliat  is  in  thine 
liniid,  ^Bt't  ni!i;;ihtiati's  aiul  jtuljxt'», 
which  may  jud;;c  all  the  jieople 
that  are  beyond  the  river,  all  such 
as  know  the  laws  of  thy  God;  and 
"  teach  ye  them  that  know  them  not. 
i<l  And  whosoever  will  not  do  the 
law  of  thy  God,  and  tlie  law  of  the 
kins,  l<^t  jud<;ment  he  c.xecnted 
speedily  upon  Jiiin,  whether  it  be 
unto  death,  or  fto  banishment,  or 
to  contiscation  of  goods,  or  to  im- 
prisonment. 

27  V  '^Blessed  hcihc  lyOKli  God  of 
our  fathers,  >  which  hath  put  swA  a 
l/iiii{i  as  this  in  the  king's  heart,  to 
beautify  the  house  of  the  i/Oivi>  which 
IS  in  Jerusalem: 

'M  And  ''liath  extended  mercy  unto 
me  bel(>re  the  king,  and  his  counsel- 
lors, and  before  all  the  king's  miglity 
princes.  And  1  was  strenglhencd  as 
••(he  liandof  the  l.iiiii)  my  (iod  ir<,s 
upon  me,  and  I  gathered  together 
out  of  Israel  chief  men  to  go  up  with 
me. 

CUAPTKK  VIII. 
1  The  companions  of  £zra,  w!io  returned 
from.  Hiibylon.  Ij  }U  lemlcdi  to  IJ.lo 
for  viiniatcra  for  the  temple.  £1  J/e 
keepcth  a  faet.  24  He  commitlelh  the 
trennuret  to  the  cuelody  of  tin  prictle. 
■Jl  Feum  AlMva  theij  come  to  Jerumlem. 
■6i  The  trcature  ia  weir/lied  i«  Ike  tem- 
ple. Si  Tlie  commiaaion  i»  delivered. 
''[■'IIESE  are  now  the  chief  of  their 

1  fathers,  and  tins  is  the  genealogy 
of  them  that  went  up  with  me  from 
lialivlon,  in  the  reign  of  Artaxerxea 
the  king. 

2  Of  the  sons  of  Phinehas  ;  Gcr- 
sliom;  of  the  sons  of  Ithamar;  Dan- 
iel: of  the  sons  of  ]>avidi  "llattush. 

;;  Of  the  sons  of  Shechaniah,  of  the 
sons  of  bpharosh;  Zechariah  :  and 
with  liim  were  reckoned  liy  gene- 
alogy of  the  males  a  liundred  and 
imy. 

•t  Of  the  sons  of  Pahath-moabi  Kli- 
hoenai  the  son  of  Zerahiah,and  with 
him  two  hundred  males. 

5  Of  the  sons  of  .Sheehaniali ;  the 
son  of  .lahaziel,  and  with  him  three 
hundred  males. 

«  Of  the  sons  alsoof  Adin;  Ehed  the 
son  of  Jonathan,  and  with  him  fifty 
males. 

T  .\nd  of  the  sons  of  Elam:  Jcsh- 
aiah  the  son  of  Athaliah,  and  with 
hini  seventy  males. 

•s  .\Md  of  the  sons  of  Shepliatiah: 
Zehadiah  the  son  of  Michael,  and 
with  him  fourscore  males. 

1)  Of  the  sons  of  .loab  ;  Obadlah 
the  son  of  Jehiel,  and  ■with  him 
two  hunilrod  and  eighteen  males. 

1(1  Aiul  of  the  sons  of  Shclomith: 
the  son  of  J.isiphinh,  anil  with  him 
a  hundred  anil  threescore  males. 

11  And  of  the  sons  of  Itehui;  Zecha- 
riah the  son  of  Hebai,  and  witli  him 
twenty  and  eight  males. 

I'J  Aiid  of  the  sons  of  Azgadj  Joha- 
430 


nan  ||  the  son  of  llakkatan,  and  with 
him  a  hundred  and  ten  males. 

I'i  And  of  the  last  sons  of  Adoni- 
kam,  whose  names  are  these,  Kliph- 
clet,  Jeiel,  and  Shemaiah,  and  with 
them  threescore  males. 

It  Of  the  sons  alsoof  Bigvai:  T'thai, 
and  II  Zubbud,  and  with  them  seven- 
ty mules. 

15  II  And  I  gathered  them  together 
to  the  river  that  runneth  to  Ahava: 
and  there  |l  abode  we  in  tents  three 
days:  and  1  viewed  the  people,  and 
the  priests,  and  Ibund  there  none  of 
the  *  sons  of  l^evi. 

l(i  Then  sent  1  for  Eliezer,  for  Ariel, 
for  Shemaiah,  and  for  Elnathan,  and 
for  Jurib,  and  for  Elnathan,  and  for 
Nathan,  and  for  Zechariah.  and  lor 
MeshuUani,  chief  men;  also  for  Joia- 
rib,  and  for  Elnathan,  men  of  undcr- 
staiuling. 

17  And  I  Kent  them  with  command- 
ment unto  Iddo  the  chief  at  the  place 
Casiphia,  and  1 1  told  them  what  Ihev 
should  sav  unto  Iddo,  ami  to  his 
brethren  tlie  Nethinim,  at  the  pl.ace 
Casiphia,  that  they  should  bring  un- 
to us  ministers  for  the  house  of  our 
(Jod. 

IS  And  by  the  good  hand  of  our  God 
upon  us  tbev  il  brought  us  a  man  of 
understanding,  of  the  sons  of  Mahli, 
the  son  of  Levi,  the  son  of  Israel; 
and  .Slierebiah,  with  his  sons  and  his 
brethren,  eighteen; 

111  And  llushabiah,  and  with  him 
Jesliaiah  of  the  sons  of  IMerari,  his 
brethren  and  their  sons,  twcntv; 

iiO  'Also  of  the  Nethinim.  Avhom 
David  and  the  princes  had  appointed 
for  the  service  of  the  l.evites,  two 
hundred  and  twenty  Nethinim:  all 
()f  them  were  expressed  by  name. 

'21  H  Then  1  fproclaimedafast there, 
at  the  river  of  Ahavii,  that  we  might 
KaOlict  ourselves  before  our  God,  to 
feck  of  him  a  h  right  way  fnr  us,  and 
fV>r  our  little  ones,  and  for  all  our 
substance. 

22  For  i  I  was  ashamed  to  require  of 
the  king  a  hand  of  snldiers  and  horse- 
men to  help  us  ag;>inst  the  enemy  in 
the  wav:  because  we  hail  spoken  un- 
to thc'king,  saving',  l^  The  hand  of 
our  God  i.<  upon  all  them  for  I  good 
that  seek  him  ;  but  his  jiower  and 
his  wrath  is  '"against  all  them  that 
"  forsake  him. 

2"  .So  wc  fasted  and  besought  our 
God  for  this:  and  he  was  "entreated 
of  us. 

2t  H  Then  I  separated  twelve  of  the 
chief  of  the  priests,  Sherebiah,  llash- 
abiuh,  and  ten  of  their  brethren  with 
them, 

2'i  .Vnd  weighed  unto  them  ''the  sil- 
ver, and  the  gold,  and  the  vessels, 
rrrii  the  ottering  of  the  honse  of  our 
Gnd.  which  the  kin-,  luul  his  eoun- 
Is  anil  nil  Israel 


l/ir 


;.l.  had  oltc 


2(1  I  even  weighed  unto  their  hand 


Ezra's  jo^iniey  to  Jerusalem,. 


EZRA. 


His  prayer  and  confession. 


qLer.il.  0,7. 
Utul.  33,  8. 


oE.M  IP. 
Don  I.  7.  .1. 
^'el■.13.23. 


six  hundred  and  filly  talents  of  sil- 
ver, and  silver  vessels  a  luiiulred 
talents, o«(/olKold  a liuudicd  talents; 

27  Also  twenty  basins  of  noUl,  cif  a 
thousand  dr.ims;  and  two  vessels  of 
t  tine  copper,  f  precious  as  gold. 

28  And  I  said  unto  them,  Yc  arc 
'I  holy  unto  the  l.oKU:  the  vessels 
are  'holy  also  :  and  the  silver  and 
the  cold  arc  a  freewill  ottering  uuto 
the  I.OKD  God  of  your  fathers. 

2'J\Vat«h  yc,  anil  keep  tlicm,  until 
ye  weifih  tlicm  before  the  chief  of 
the  priests  and  the  l..evites.  and  chief 
of  the  fathers  of  Israel,  at  Jerusalem, 
in  the  chambers  of  the  house  of  the 
Lord. 

■■ill  So  took  the  priests  and  the  l,c- 
vites  the  weight  of  the  silver,  and  the 
p:ol(l,  and  the  vessels,  to  brinj;  llitnii 
to  Jerusalem  unto  the  house  of  our 
God. 

;;i  TT  Then  we  departed  from  the 
river  of  Ahava  on  the  twelfth  ddij 
of  the  lirst  month,  to  go  iinto  Jerusa- 
lem: and  "the  hand  of  our  God  was 
upon  us,  and  he  delivered  us  from 
the  hand  of  the  enemy,  and  of  Buch 
as  lay  in  wait  by  the  way. 

.12  And  wo  '  came  to  Jerusalem,  and 
abode  there  three  days. 

P-'i  n  Now  on  the  fourth  day  was  the 
silver  and  the  gold  and  the  vessels 
"  weighed  in  the  house  of  our  God 
by  the  hand  of  Merenioth  the  son  of 
I'riah  the  priest;  and  with  him  tra.« 
Elcazar  the  sou  of  Phinehas  ;  and 
with  them  vns  Jozabad  the  son  of 
Jeshua,  and  Noadiali  the  son  of  Biu- 
nni,  J.evites; 

u4  By  number  and  by  wei"ht  of 
every  one:  and  all  the  weight  was 
written  at  that  time. 

.■)5  Aho  the  children  of  those  that 
had  been  carried  away,  "whieh  were 
cnnie  out  of  the  captivit.v,  ''offered 
burnt  offerings  \into  the  God  f>f  Is- 
rael, twelve  liuUocks  for  all  Israel, 
ninety  and  six  rams,  seventy  and 
seven'  lambs,  twelve  he  goats  J'or  a 
sin  offering:  all  thin  was  a  burnt  of- 
fering unto  the  Loitl). 

."6  H  And  they  delivered  the  king's 
^'commissions  unto  the  king's  lieuten- 
ants, and  to  the  governors  on  this 
side  the  river:  and  they  furthered 
the  people,  and  the  house  of  God. 

CIIAPTEK  IX. 
1  Kzra  mourneth  for  the  a'finily  of  the 
people  with  elranffevB.     b  He   praycth 
unto  Ood  with  coJi.feseion  of  lint. 

"VtOW  when  these  things  were 
-L^  done,  the  princes  came  to  me, 
saying.  The  people  of  Israel,  and  the 
priests,  and  the  I..evites,  have  not 
"separated  themselves  from  the  peo- 
ple of  the  lands,  ^'doinif  according  to 
their  abominations,  crrn  of  the  Ca- 
naanites,  the  llittites,  the  Perizzites, 
the  Jebusites,  the  Ammonites,  the 
Moabites,  the  Kgyptians,  and  the 
Amorites. 
2   I'or  they  have  ''taken  of  their 


daughters  for  themselves,  and  fi)r 
their  sons:  so  that  the  <1  holy  seed 
have  "mingled  themselves  with  the 
people  of  t/iufc  lands  ;  yea,  the  hand 
of  tlie  princes  and  rulers  hath  been 
chiet  in  this  trespass. 

;!  And  when  1  heard  this  thing, 
fl  rent  my  garment  and  my  man- 
tle, and  ptucked  off  the  hair  of  my 
head  antl  of  my  beard,  and  satdowh 
Sastonied. 

■4  Then  were  assembled  unto  me 
every  one  that  li  trembled  at  the 
words  of  the  God  of  Israel,  because 
of  the  transgression  of  those  that  had 
been  carried  away;  and  1  eat  aston- 
ied  until  the  i  evening  sacrifice. 

5  IT  And  at  the  evening  sacrifice  I 
arose  up  from  my  I|  heaviness;  and 
having  rent  my  garment  and  my 
mantle,  I  fell  upon  my  knees,  anil 
k  sprCiTd  out  my  hands  unto  the  Loiiij 
my  God, 

G  And  said,  O  my  God,  I  am 
1  ashamed  and  blush  to  lift  up  my 
face  to  thee,  my  God:  for  '"our  in- 
iquities are  increased  over  o»r  liead, 
and  our  ||  trespass  is  "grown  up  unto 
the  heavens. 

7  Since  the  days  of  our  fathers  7iaic 
"we  Ircn  in  a  great  trespass  unto 
thisdaj';  and  for  our  iniquities  I*  have 
we,  our  kings,  and  our  priests,  been 
delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  kings 
of  the  lands,  to  the  sword,  to  captiv- 
ity, and  to  a  spoil,  and  to  ''  confusion 
of  face,  as  it  is  this  day. 

8  And  now  for  a  f  little  space  grace 
hath  been  s/icued  from  the  I>oi;i) 
our  God,  to  leave  us  a  remnant  to 
escape,  and  to  give  us  |(  a  nail  in  his 
holy  place,  that  bur  God  may  'light- 
en our  eyes,  and  give  us  a  little  re- 
viving in  our  bondage. 

y  "I'or  we  were  bondmen;  'yet 
our  God  hath  not  forsaken  uo  in 
our  bondage,  but  "hath  extended 
mercy  unto  us  in  the  sight  of  the 
kings  of  Persia,  to  give  us  a  reviving, 
to  set  up  the  house  of  our  God,  and 
t  to  repair  the  desolations  thereof, 
and  to  give  us  ''a  wall  in  Judah  and 
in  Jerusalem. 

10  And  now,  O  our  God,  what  shall 
we  say  after  this?  for  we  have  for- 
saken thy  commandments, 

11  ^Vhich  thou  hast  commanded 
t  by  thy  servants  the  prophets,  say- 
ing. The  land,  unto  which  ye  go 
to  possess  it,  is  an  unclean  land  with 
the  >  filthincss  of  the  people  of  the 
lands,  with  their  abominations,  which 
have  filled  it  f  from  one  end  to  an- 
otlicr  with  their  unclcanness. 

12  Now  therefore  "give  not  your 
danghters  unto  their  sons,  neither 
take  their  dimghters  unto  your  sons, 
"  nor  seek  their  peace  or  their  wealth 
for  e\'er:  that  ye  may  be  strong,  and 
eat  the  gond  of  the  land,  and  i>  leave 
it  for  an  inheritance  to  your  children 
for  ever. 

13  And  after  all  that  is  come  upon 

431 


Shcchaniah  oicouragcth  Ezra 


to  reform  the  stranoc  nmrria-ges. 


c  Pi.  103.  II 
t  lUb.  »ail 


Dan.O  11. 
hUom.  3,  If), 
i  1  Cor.  15  17. 
U  Pi.  130.  3. 


2Chr.31.31. 
Tleh.  to 


113  ibr  our  evil  dcctl.t.  and  for  our 
prc:it  trespass,  seeing  that  tliou  our 
God  '■|ha.'»t  punished  us  loss  than 
our  iniquities f/ewne, and  hastj;ivcn 
U9  snrh  deliverance  as  tliis; 

14  Slioiild  we ''  a^ain  hreak  thy  eom- 
niandnicntp,  and  '^jnin  in  nttinity 
with  the  people  of  these  abomina- 
tions? wonldest  not  thou  be  fanpry 
witli  ns  till  tliou  liadst  consumed  iw, 
so  that  1h':ri;  shoiiUl  be  no  remnant 
nor  escaping? 

15  O  1/Oiiii  God  of  Israel,  cthou  art 
rit;hteous;  lor  we  remain  vet  escap- 
ed, as  it  is  this  day:  behold,  we  arc 
l> before  thee  tin  our  trespa.sscs;  tor 
we  cannot  k  stand  before  thee  because 
of  this. 

CHAPTER  X. 
1  Shechaniah  cncourngctU  Kzra  to  reform 
the  Btrange  marriaf/cs.  6  K:rn  tnourn- 
ing  ttstcmhlcth  tfte  people.  *J  Tftc  people, 
at  the  exhortation  of  Ezra,  repent,  and 
promise  amendment.  15  Tlie  care  to 
perform  it.  18  SVio  names  of  litem  wAic* 
had  married  strange  loivee. 

NOAV  "when  Ezra  had  praved, 
and  when  he  ha<l  confessed, 
weepiu;!  and  castinj,'  himself  down 
'•before  tlie  house  of  (Jod,  there 
assembled  unto  him  out  of  Israel 
a  very  great  conjjre^ration  of  men 
and  women  and  cliildreu  :  for  the 
people  t  wept  very  sore, 
a  And  .Shechaniah  the  son  of  .Tehiel, 
0)10  of  tlie  sons  of  Elnui,  answered 
and  said  unto  Ezra,  We  liave  'tres- 
passed nsainst  our  Gud,  and  have 
taken  strange  wives  of  the  people 
of  the  land:  yet  now  there  is  hope  in 
Israel  concerning  this  thing. 

3  Now  therefore  let  ns  make  ''a 
covenant  with  our  God  t  to  put 
away  all  the  wives,  and  such  as  arc 
borii  of  them,  according  to  the 
counsel  of  my  lord,  and  of  those 
that  'tremble  at  fthe  command- 
ment of  our  God  ;  and  let  it  be 
done  according  ti>  the  law. 

4  Arise  ;  for  Ihin  matter  Monqdii 
unto  theo:  we  oiso  ?ci7/^'  with  tliec: 
^  be  of  good  courage,  and  do  it. 

,'■>  Then  arose  Ezra,  and  made  the 
chief  priests,  the  Eevites,  and  all  Is- 
rael, lito  swear  that  they  should  do 
according  to  this  word.  And  they 
sware. 

(')  TT  Then  Ezra  rose  tip  from  be- 
fore the  house  of  (Jod,  and  went 
into  the  chamber  of  .lohamin  the 
son  of  Eliashib:  and  iWicii  he  came 
thither,  he  i  did  cat  no  bread,  nor 
drink  water :  for  he  mourned  be- 
cause of  the  transgression  of  them 
that  had  been  carried  away. 

7  And  thev  made  proclamation 
throughout  .1udnh  and  .lerusalem 
unto  all  the  children  of  the  captiv- 
ity, that  they  shr>ulil  gather  them- 
selves together  unto  .lerusalem: 

8  And  that  whosoever  would  not 
come  within  three  d:iys,  according  to 
the  counsel  of  tUo  princes  and  the 

432 


elders,  all  liis  substance  should  be 
Morfeited.and  himselfseparatedlronT 
the  congregation  of  those  that  had 
been  carried  away. 
0  IT  Then  all  the  men  of  Judah 
and  Benjamin  gathered  themselves 
together  iinto  .lejusalem  within  three 
days.  It  irca  the  ninth  month,  on  the 
twentieth  ihtti  ot'  the  month;  and  k  all 
the  people  s;it  in  the  street  of  the 
house  of  God,  tremhUn,g  because 
of  Urn  matter,  and  lor  1  the  great 
r.iin. 

10  And  Ezra  the  priest  stood  np, 
and  said  unto  them,  Yc  have  trans- 
gressed, and  i  have  taken  strange 
wives,  to  increase  the  trespass  of 
Israel. 

1 1  Now  therefore  I  make  confes- 
sion unto  the  I^okd  God  of  your 
fathers,  and  do  his  pleasure :  and 
'"separate  yourselves  from  the  peo- 
ple of  the  land,  and  from  the  strange 
wives. 

12  Then  nil  the  congregation  an- 
swered and  said  with  a  loud  voice. 
As  thou  hast  said,  so  must  we  do. 

1."^  I5ut  the  people  arc  many,  and 
it  1.5  a  time  of  much  rain,  and  we 
are  not  able  to  stand  without,  nei- 
ther i.i  thii  a  work  of  one  dav  or 
two  :  for  II  we  are  many  that  nave 
transgressed  in  this  thing. 

14  Let  now  our  rulers  of  all  the 
congregation  stand,  and  let  nil  them 
which  have  taken  strange  wives  in 
our  cities  come  at  ajtpointed  times, 
and  with  them  the  elders  of  every 
ei.ty,  and  tlie  judges  thereof,  until 
"the  tieree  wrath  of  our  God  ||  for 
this  m-.itter  be  turned  from  us. 

hi  TI  Only  .Jonathan  the  son  of  .\sn- 
hcl  and  Jahaziali  the  son  of  Tikvah 
t  were  emploved  about  this  matlrr: 
.and  Meshulhim  and  Shabbethai  the 
Eevite  helped  them. 

IC  .\nd  the  children  of  the  raptivi- 
tv  did  so.  .\nil  Ezra  the  priest,  u-ilh 
certain  chief  of  the  fathers,  alter  the 
house  of  their  fathers,  and  all  of  them 
bv  tlirir  names,  were  separated,  and 
s:it  down  in  the  first  day  of  the  tenth 
month  to  examine  the  mutter. 

17  And  they  made  an  end  with 
all  the  men  that  had  taken  strange 
wives  by  the  first  day  of  the  first 
month. 

15  H  And  among  the  sons  of  the 
priests  there  were  found  that  had 
taken  strange  wives:  iianirli/,  of  the 
sons  of  .leshua  the  son  of  .lozadak, 
and  his  lirethren:  Maaseiah.and  Eli- 
ezer.  and  .larih,  and  (Jedaliah. 

r.l  .\nd  thev  "  gave  their  hands  that 
thev  would  putawiiv  their  wives:  and 
lirii'ifi  l'->iiltv,  thrii'nlli-riil  a  ram  of 
the  flock  for'their  trcspas.«. 

^t  And  ot  the  sons  of  Immer ; 
Ihmani,  ami  Zelindiah. 

'Jl  And  of  the  sons  of  llarim  : 
Maaseiidi.  and  Elijah,  ami  Shem- 
niah,  and  Jehiel.  and  Uzziah. 

22   And   of   the   sons  of  I'ashur ; 


The  twmes  of  those  who 


NEHEMIAH. 


had  married  strange  tcivcs. 


Before 
C  )l  U  1  S  T 
about  44ti. 


d  Dnn.  9.  i. 
©Ei.  20.6. 


Elioenai,  Maasciali,  Ishniacl,  Ne- 
tlwiuccl,  Jozabad,  aiul  Elasah. 

K  j\Uo  of  tlic  jA'vites  ;  Jozabad, 
and  .Shiiiiei,  and  Kclaiali,  (the  Bamo 
i.i  Kdita,;  Pcthahiah,  Judali,  and 
Kliezer. 

24  Of  the  Binders  also  ;  Eliasliih  : 
and  of  tlic  porters  ;  Slialluni,  and 
Tcleni,  and  l*ri. 

2,1  Moreover  of  Israel  :  rf  the  sons 
of  Paro^ll;  Kainiah,  and  Jeziah,  and 
Makhiah,  and  Mianiin,  and  Eleazar, 
and  Jlalcliijah,  and  Benaiah. 

26  And  of  the  sons  of  Elam  ; 
Alattaniah,  Zecliariali,  and  Jehiel, 
and  Abdi,  and  Jeremotli,  and  Eli- 
ah. 

2r  And  of  tlic  eons  of  Zattu  : 
Kliocnai,  Kliashili,  JNIattaniah,  and 
Jercmoth,  and  Zaliad,  and  Aziza. 

28  Of  the  bons  al^o  of  liebai ;  Je- 
liohaiian,  iluuaniah,  Zabbai,  attil 
Athlai. 

211  And  of  tlic  eons  of  Dani ; 
.Mesluillani,  jMallucli,  and  Adaioli, 
Jasluih,  and  yheal,  and  Itaniotli. 

31)  And  of  tlie  sons  of  I'ahath- 
moab;  Adna,  and  Chelal,  licnaiah, 


Maa.seiali,  Mattaniah,  Bezaletl,  and 

Jiinnui,  and  JNIanasseh. 
;il    And    (if    tlie    eons    of    Hari 

Eliezer,    Isiiijah,    Malehiah,    Shein- 

aiali,  Sliinicon, 
32  Benjamin,  Malluch,  and  Sheni 

ariah. 
o.'i  Of  tlic  eon-!  of  llashum  ;   Mat 

tcnai,  Jlattathah,  Zahad,  Eliplielet, 

Jeremai,  Mainu^seh,  and  Shiinci. 
34  Of  the  sons  of  iJani ;    Maadai, 

Anirani,  and  Ucl, 
3o  Benaiah,  liedtiah,  Chelluh, 
o(>  Vaniah,  Jlercmoth,  Elia&hib, 
o?'  Mattaniah,  Mattenai,  and  Jaasau, 
38  And  Bani,  and  Binnui,  Shiniei, 
3'J   And    Shelemiah,  and   Nathan, 

and  Adaiah, 

40  I'  Machnadebai,  Shasliai,  Sliami, 

41  Azareel,  and  Shelemiah,  Shcni- 
ariah, 

42  Shallum,  Amariah,o??rf  Joseph. 
4.'!    Of    the    sons    of  Neho ;    Jeiel, 

Mattithiah,    Zabad,   Zebiua,  Jadau, 
and  Joel,  Benaiah. 
44    All    these    had    taken    stranpc 
wives:  and  foiiic  of  thcin  had  wives 
by  whom  they  had  children. 


THE 

BOOK    OF    NEHEMIAH. 


CIIAPTEU  I. 

I  Kehcmiah,  unUeretamtimj  by  Ilanani  the 
misery  of  Jcrusttletn,  ruuurnct/t,  fitnteth, 
and  jirayeth.  5  IJia  ]tr<it/er. 
^"'HE  words  of  "Nehemiali  the  son 
-L  of  llaehaliah.  And  it  came  to 
pass  in  the  month  Chislen,  in  the 
twentieth  year,  as  I  was  in  Shushan 
tlic  palace, 

2  That  Ilanani,  one  of  my  lirethren, 
came,  he  and  cirtiiin  men  of  Judah; 
and  I  asked  them  coneerniiiff  the 
Jews  that  had  escaped,  ^vluch  were 
left  of  the  captivity,  and  coucerniuj; 
Jerusalem. 

3  And  tliey  said  unto  me.  The  rem- 
nant that  arc  leU  of  the  captivity 
there  in  the  province  are  in  preat 
affliction  and  reproach:  bthe  wall  of 
Jerusalem  also  '  i*  broken  down,  and 
the  gates  thereof  arc  burned  with 
lire. 

4  If  And  it  came  to  pass,  ■when  I 
heard  these  words,  that  I  .sat  down 
and  wept,  and  mourned  cirlain 
days,  and  fasted,  and  prayed  before 
the  God  of  heaven, 

5  And  said,  I  beseech  thee,  rtO 
LoiM)  God  of  heaven,  the  great  and 
terrible  God,  '' that  kecpelh covenant 
and  mcixy  for  them  that  love  him 
and  observe  his  commandments: 

(j  Let  thine  ear  now   be  attentive, 
and   fthinc   eyes   open,    that   thou 
28 


maycst  hear  the  prayer  of  thy  serv- 
ant, whieli  I  prav  before  thee  now, 
day  and  ni;;lit.  for  the  children  of  Is- 
rael thy  servants,  and  "^confess  the 
sins  of  the  children  of  Israel,  which 
Me  have  sinned  against  thee:  both  I 
and  my  father's  house  have  sinned. 

7  h  A\  e  have  dealt  very  corruptly 
against  thee,  and  Iiave  inot  kept  the 
commandments,  nor  the  statutes, 
nor  the  jndgments,  which  thou  com- 
mandedst  thy  servant  Moses. 

S  Kenicmber,  1  beseech  thee,  the 
word  that  thou  commandcdst  thy 
servant  .Moses,  saying,  t/rye  trans- 
gress, I  will  scatter  you  abroad 
among  the  nations: 

y  I  But  //'ye  turn  unto  me,  and  keep 
my  commandments,  and  do  them: 
'"  though  there  were  of  you  cast  out 
unto  the  uttermost  part  of  the  heav- 
en, yet  will  I  gather  them  from 
thence,  and  will  bring  them  unto 
the  place  that  I  have  chosen  to  set 
mv  iinnie  there. 

li)  "  Now  these  arc  thy  servants  and 
thy  people,  whom  thou  hast  ri deciii- 
cd  bv  thv  great  power,  and  by  thy 
strong  hand. 

11  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  "let  now 
thine  ear  be  attentive  to  the  prayer 
of  thy  servant,  and  to  the  pravcr  of 
thy  servants,  who  1*  desire  to  fear  thv 
name:  and  prosper,  Iiirav  thee,  thv 


Nehemiah  comcth  to  Jerusalem.      NEHEMIAH. 


Ue  inciteUi  the  Jeirs  to  btiUd. 


Ilcrorci 
C  )l  RIST 
ul  out  440. 


I  Kin.  I. .11 
Un.  2.  4.  tt 

10.  h  e. «, 


Bcrvant   this   day,    and    jjrant   hira 
ineruy  ill  the  sinht  of  tliis  man.    For 
1  was  the  kinj^'s  'i  cupbearer. 
CHAPTER  II. 

1  Artnrorxcs  umierttiiriding  the  mute  of 
Aeheiniah'e  saJneiia  fendeth  him  with 
Icttera  and  commiasiun  to  Jerusalem. 
9  Xehemiaht  to  the  grief  of  the  enemies, 
Cometh  to  JeruaaUm.  12  lie  vieweth 
aeerctly  the  rxiina  of  the  walla.  17  i/o 
ineiteth  the  Jctua  to  build  in,  Ueapite  of 
the  cnemica. 

\ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  month 
Nisan,  in  the  twentieth  year  of 
"  Artaxer.xea  the  kinK.  "'"'  wme  y-us 
before  him:  and  l»Itook  npthcwinc. 
and  save  tt  unto  the  kiuj;-  Now  I 
had  not  been  bcjbrctitne  sad  in  hia 
pi-esence. 

•J  Wherefore  the  kinj;  said  unto  me, 
Why  is  tliy  countenance  sad,  sceiuf; 
tliou  art  not  sick  ?  this  i.f  nothing 
(•he  but  ''  sorrow  of  heart.  Tlien  1 
was  very  sore  afraid, 

.1  And  said  unto  the  kinp;,  il  Let  the 
kin);  live  tor  ever:  why  siionld  not 
my  couuteiKincc  be  sad.  when  "^tlic 
city,  the  place  of  my  fathers'  sop- 
idclircB,  Jicth  waste,  and  the  gates 
thereof  arc  consumed  with  fire? 

4  Tlion  the  king  said  unto  me.  For 
what  dost  lliou  make  request?  So  I 
praved  to  the  God  of  heaven. 

.5  And  1  said  unto  the  kinf;.  If  it 
please  the  kinp;,  and  if  thy  servant 
have  found  favour  in  tliy  sight,  that 
tliou  wouldest  send  me  unto  Jiulah, 
unto  the  city  of  my  fathers'  sepul- 
chres, that  I  may  build  it. 

(i  And  the  king  said  unto  me,  (the 
hpieiMi  also  sitting  hvhirn,)  I'orliow 
long  shall  thy  j..urncV  he?  and  when 
wilt  thou  ri'turn?  So  it  jilcMsed  tlic 
king  to  send  mc;  and  I  set  him  fa 
time. 

7  Moreover  I  said  unto  the  king.  If 
it  please  tlu!  king,  let  lettc-rs  be  given 
me  to  the  governors  beyond  the  riv- 
er, that  they  may  convey  mc  over 
till  1  come  into  Juduh; 

8  And  a  letter  unto  Asaph  the  keep- 
er of  tlio  king's  forest,  that  he  may 
give  me  timber  to  make  beams  for 
the  gates  of  the  palace  which  «iipcr- 
iniwfl  iMo  the  house,  and  for  the 
wall  of  the  city,  and  for  the  house 
that  1  shall  enter  into.  .\nd  the  king 
granted  me,  liaeording  to  the  good 
hiind  of  niv  (Jod  upon  me. 

i»  i|  'I'heri"  I  came  to  the  governors 
lievon.l  the  river,  and  gave  thcin  the 
king's  letters.  Xow  the  king  had 
sent  captains  of  the  arinv  and  horse- 
men with  me. 

Id  When  Sanb.dlat  the  lloronite, 
and  'I'ohiah  the  servaut,  llie  Am- 
monite, heard  „ril,\t  grieved  tiiem 
e\eee(linglv  that  lliere  was  conn'  a 
man  to  seek  the  welfare  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel. 

11  So  1  icainc  to  .lerusalcm,  and 
was  there  three  days. 

12  U  And  1  arose  in  the  night,  1  uud 

434 


some  few  men  with  mc;  neither  told 
I  aiif/  man  what  my  God  had  put  in 
my  heart  to  do  at  Jerusalem :  nei- 
ther uas  there  aiiij  beast  with  me, 
save  the  beast  that  I  rode  upon. 
I'i  And  I  went  out  by  night  k  by  the 
gate  of  the  valley,  even  before  the 
dragon  well,  and  to  the  dung  port, 
and  viewed  the  walls  of  Jerusalem, 
wliich  were  '  broken  down,  and  the 
fjates  thereof  were  consumed  with 
hre. 

14  Then  I  went  on  to  the  *"  gate  of 
the  fountain,  and  to  tlie  king's  pool: 
hut  there  was  no  place  for  the  beast 
that  irnx  under  mc  to  pass. 

15  Tlien  went  X  up  in  the  night  by 
the  "brook,  and  viewed  the  wall,  and 
turned  back,  and  entered  by  the  gate 
of  the  valley,  and  so  returned. 

l(j  And  the  rulers  knew  not  whither 
I  went,  or  what  I  did;  neither  had  I 
as  yet  told  it  to  the  Jews,  nor  to  the 
Iiricsts,  nor  to  the  noldes,  nor  to  the 
nders,  nor  to  the  rest  that  did  the 
work. 

17  IT  Then  said  I  unto  them,  Yc  sec 
the  distress  that  we  are  in.  how  Je- 
rusalem l(elh  waste,  and  the  gates 
thereof  arc  burned  with  fire:  come, 
and  let  us  build  up  the  wall  of  Je- 
rusalem, that  we  be  no  more  °a  re- 
proach. 

18  Then  I  told  them  of  fthc  hand 
of  my  God  which  was  good  upon 
mc;  as  also  the  king's  words  that  he 
luid  spoken  unto  nn".  And  they  said, 
Let  us  rise  up  and  build.  So  they 
'1  strengthened  their  hands  for  this 
good  u-ork: 

I!)  But  when  Sanhallat  the  llor- 
onite, and  Tobiah  the  servant,  the 
Ammonite,  and  Geshem  the  Arabi- 
an, heard  i7,  they  'laughed  us  to 
scorn,  and  ilcspiscd  us,  and  said, 
What  i.-i  this  tiling  that  vc  do?  'will 
vc  rebel  against  the  king'? 
"ai  Then  answered  I  tlicm,  and  said 
unto  them.  The  God  of  heaven,  he 
will  prosper  us;  therefore  we  his 
servants  will  arise  and  build:  'but 
ye  have  no  portion,  nor  right,  nor 
iucmorial,  in  Jerusalem. 

CIIAI'TKK  III. 
The  namea  and  order  of  them  that  buitded 


the 


all. 


rpIIKN  "Eliashib  the  Iiigh  priest 
A  rose  lip  with  his  brethren  the 
priests,  liand  thev  biiihled  the  sheep 
gate;  Ihev  sanctified  it,  and  set  up 
the  doors  "of  it;  'even  unto  the  lower 
of  Meah  thev  sanctilied  it,  unto  the 


.f.ilhi 


1!  Anil  I  next  unto  him  builded  'the 
men  cf  .1.  lieh.i.  And  next  to  them 
huildeil  Zaeeortheson  oflmri. 

;i  r  Hut  the  lish  gate  did  the  sens  of 
Ilasscnaah  build,  who  ah'i  laid  the 
hi^ams  thereof,  and  P  set  up  the  doors 
thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and  the 
bars  thereof. 

4  And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Mcicmoth  the  sou  of  Urijah,  tlic  sou 


The  names  and  order  of 


NEHEMIAH. 


tlifm  that  huildfd  the  wall. 


hJ.ia,.  6.23. 
Ich,  12,39. 


t  IleH.  imtmit 
Li  ch.  12.  38. 


of  Koz.  And  nc.^t  unto  them  re- 
paired Meshullani  the  eon  of  Bcrc- 
ehinh,  the  son  of  Meshezalieel.  And 
next  unto  them  repaired  Ziidok  the 
tion  of  Buana. 

a  And  next  unto  them  the  Tckoites 
repaired  ;  but  tlieir  nobles  put  not 
their  necks  to  k  the  work  of  tlieir 
Lord. 

(i  Moreover  "the  old  gate  repaired 
Jchoiuda  the  son  of  Paseah,  and  Me- 
ehullam  the  son  of  Besodeiah;  they 
laid  the  lieanis  thereof,  and  set  up 
the  doors  thereof,  and  the  locks 
thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 

7  And  next  unto  tlicm  repaired 
Melntiah  the  Gibeonite,  and  Jadon 
the  Mcronothite,  tlic  men  of  Gibeon, 
and  of  Mizpah,  unto  the  k  throne  of 
the  governor  on  this  side  the  river. 

S  Next  unto  him  repaired  T'zziel  the 
son  of  Ilurhaiah,  of  the  goldsmiths. 
Next  unto  him  also  repaired  Hana- 
niah  the  son  of  o»c  <>?'  the  apothe- 
caries, and  they  ||  fortified  Jerusalem 
unto  the  '  broad  wall. 

"J  And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Kephaiah  the  son  of  llur,  the  ruler 
of  the  half  part  of  ilerusalcm. 

10  And  next  unto  them  repaired 
Jedaiali  the  son  of  Ilaruniaph,  even 
over  against  his  house.  And  next 
unto  him  repaired  llattush  the  son 
of  Hashahniah. 

11  Malehijahthe  son  of  llarim,  and 
Ilashub  the  son  of  Pahatli-moab,  re- 
paired the  t other  piece,  "and  the 
tower  of  the  furnaces. 

12  And  next  unto  him  repaired 
Shallum  the  son  of  Ilalohe,«h,  the 
ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Jerusalem, 
he  and  his  daughters. 

13  "  The  valley  gate  repaired  Ila- 
nun,  and  the  inhabitants  of  Zanoah; 
they  built  it,  and  set  up  the  doors 
thereof,  tlie  locks  thereof,  and  the 
bars  thereof,  and  a  thousand  cubits 
on  the  wall  unto  "the  dung  gate. 

14  But  the  dung  gate  repaired  Mal- 
ehiah  the  son  of  Kcehab,  the  ruler  of 
part  of  Beth-haccereni;  he  built  it, 
and  set  up  the  doors  thereof,  the 
locks  thereof,  and  the  bars  thereof. 

15  But  I' the  gate  of  the  fountain  re- 
paired Slmllun  the  son  of  Col-hozch, 
tile  ruler  of  part  of  Miznah;  he  built 
it,  and  covered  it,  and  set  up  the 
doors  thereof,  the  locks  thereof,  and 
the  bars  thereof,  and  the  wall  of  the 
pool  of  Siloah  by  the  king's  garden, 
and  unto  the  stairs  that  go  down 
from  the  city  of  David. 

IG  After  him  repaired  Nehemiah  the 
son  of  Azbuk,  the  ruler  of  the  half 
part  of  Beth-zur,  unto  thr  place  over 
against  the  sepulchres  of  David,  and 
to  the  '  pool  that  was  made,  and  un- 
to tlie  house  of  the  miglity. 

17  Atter  him  ripaired  the  I.eviles, 
Hehum  the  son  of  lf;ini.  Next  unto 
him  repaired  lla^halll!lll.  tlio  niler  of 
the  half  part  of  Keil:ih,  in  liis  part. 

18  After  liiin  repaired  tlieir  breth- 


ren, Bavai  the  son  of  llenadad,  the 
ruler  of  the  half  part  of  Keilah. 

1!)  And  next  to  him  repaired  Ezer 
the  son  of  Jeshiia,  the  ruler  of  Miz- 
pah,  another  piece  over  against  the 
going  up  to  the  armoury  at  the 
^turning  of  the  wall. 

^0  After  him  Barueh  the  son  of 
II  Zabbai  earnestly  repaired  the  other 
piece,  from  the  turning  of  the  trail 
unto  the  door  of  the  house  of  I^lia- 
shib  the  high  priest. 

21  After  him  repaired  Sleremoth 
the  son  of  Urijah  the  son  of  Koz 
another  piece,  from  the  door  of  the 
house  of  Eliashib  even  to  the  end 
of  the  house  of  Eliashib. 

22  And  after  liim  repaired  the 
priests,  the  men  of  the  plain. 

*2^  After  him  repaired  Benjamin 
and  Ilashub  over  against  their 
liouse.  After  him  repaired  Azariah 
the  son  of  Blaaseiah  the  son  of 
Ananifth  by  his  house. 

24  After  him  repaired  Binnui  the 
son  of  llenadad  another  piece,  from 
the  house  of  Azariah  unto  'the  turn- 
ing of  the  u'all,  cvca  unto  the  corner. 

2.5  Palal  the  son  of  llzai,  over 
against  the  turning  of  the  vail,  and 
the  tower  which  licth  out  from  the 
king's  high  house,  that  uas  by  the 
"court  of  the  prison.  After  him 
Pedaiah  the  son  of  Parosh. 

2G  Moreover  "  the  Nethinim  \\  dwelt 
in  J||Ophel,  unto  the  place  over 
against  'the  water  gate  toward  the 
cast,  and  the  tower  that  lieth  out. 

27  After  them  the  Tekoitcs  repaired 
another  piece,  over  against  the  great 
tower  that  licth  out,  even  unto  the 
wallof  Ophel. 

28  From  above  the  '  horse  gate  re- 
paired the  priests,  every  one  over 
against  his  house. 

29  After  them  repaired  Zadok  the 
eon  of  Immer  over  against  bis  house. 
After  him  repaired  also  Shemaiah 
the  son  of  Shechauiah,  the  keeper 
of  the  east  gate. 

iX>  After  him  repaired  Ilananiah  the 
son  of  Shelemiah,  and  Hanun  the 
sixth  son  of  Zalaph,  another  piece. 
After  liim  repaired  Mesludlam  the 
son  of  Bcrechiah  over  against  liis 
chamber. 

31  After  him  repaired  Malehiah  (he 
goldsmith's  son  unto  the  place  of  the 
Nethinim,  and  of  the  merchants, 
over  against  the  gale  Miphkad,  and 
to  the  II  going  up  of  the  corner. 

32  And  between  the  going  up  of  the 
corner  unto  the  sheep  gate  repaired 
the  goldsmiths  and  tlie  merchants. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  Vhilt  the  t'lrmies  troff,  yrhemiah  pray 
etli  an:l  co'ilitiuclh  tlie  wurk.  7  Vinlrr- 
staniHti.i  (/If  iiriilh  nnd  ti-eri-lt  vf  Hit 
enemii.  lie  .letlcth  a  ivnlcli.  l:i  IIo  ixrmctli 
titc   I'tl'nunrB,    I'J  and.  i/ivctll  vtilititry 


B' 


Nchcmiah  armeth  the  labourers,      NEHEMIAH. 


and  giveth  instructions. 


Jlefore 

CHRIST 

446. 


cPk  133.3.4. 

dP«.  73   12. 
Pro..  3.  34, 

eP.  69.27. 2n. 
k  1(W.  11, 15. 

Jtt.  13.  a). 


the  wall,  lie  "was  wroth,  mul  tot.ik 
great  indignation,  and  mocked  tlic 
Jews. 

a  And  lie  spake  before  his  brethren 
and  the  nniiy  of  Samaria,  and  said. 
What  do  these  feeble  Jews?  will 
they  t fortify  themselves?  will  they 
saerificc?  will  they  make  an  end  in 
a.  day?  will  they  revive  the  Rtone.s 
out  of  the  heaps  of  the  rubbish  wliich 
arc  burned  ? 

'^  Now  I)  TobiuU  the  Ammonite  vas 
by  him,  and  he  said,  Kven  tinit 
which  they  build,  if  a  fox  po  up,  lie 
shall  even  break  down  their  stone 
wall. 

4  'Hear,  O  our  God;  for  we  arc 
f  despised:  and  dturn  their  reproach 
upon  their  own  head,  and  pive  them 
for  a  prey  in  the  land  of  captivity : 

5  And  *^ cover  not  their  ini<iuity, 
and  let  not  their  sin  be  blotted  out 
from  before  thee  :  for  they  have 
jirovoked  tliee  to  anger  before  the 
builders. 

G  So  built  wc  the  wall;  and  all  the 
wall  was  joined  together  unto  the 
half  thereof:  for  the  people  had  a 
mind  to  work. 

7  TT  Hut  it  came  to  pii-ss,  that  f  when 
Snnballat,  and  Tobiah,  and  the  Ara- 
bians, and  the  Ammonites,  and  the 
Ashdodites,  heard  that  the  walls  of 
Jerusalem  t  were  made  up,  ami  that 
the  breaches  began  to  he  btopped, 
then  they  were  very  wroth, 

H  .Vnd  '^conspired  all  of  them  to- 
gether to  conn-  (iiid  to  ti-ht  :igainst 
Jcnisalem,  and  t  to  hindir  it. 

It  Nevertheless  H  we  made  our  pray- 
er unto  our  God,  and  set  a  watch 
iigtiinst  them  day  and  night,  because 
ofthcni. 

W  And  Judah  said.  The  strength 
ot  the  bearers  of  burdens  is  dccavcd, 
and  thire.  i.i  much  rnliliish;  so  that 
we  are  not  able  to  build  the  wall. 

II  And  our  adversaries  said, 'fhev 
shall  not  know,  neitlier  see,  till  we 
come  ill  the  midst  among  them,  and 
slay  them,  and  cause  the  work  to 
cease. 

II!  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when 
the  Jews  which  dwelt  by  them  eaiiie. 
they  said  unto  us  ten  time!,  ||  I'rom 
all  "plaees  whence  ye  shall  return 
unto  IIS  thrt/  irili  hr  vpnn  yvn. 

l.t  II  'riieiefore  set  I  t  in  the  lower 
iilacis  behind  the  wall,  ami  ou  the 
liigher  places,  1  even  .si  t  the  p.-ople 
atb-r  their  tiimilies  with  their  swords, 
their  spears,  and  their  hows. 

14  And  I  lookcil,  and  rose  up,  and 
said  unto  the  noliics,  ami  lo  the 
rulers,  and  to  thi'  rest  ot  llie  people, 
i  He  not  ve  atraiil  of  them:  ivmem- 
her  the  l,ord,  vlikli  i.i  k^-reat  and 
terrible,  and  1  fight  for  your  breth- 
ren, your  sons,  and  your  daughters, 
vour*wi^■es,  and  your  houses. 
"hi  .Vnd  it  cnnic  to  pass,  when  our 
ciii'iuies  beard  that  it  was  known 
unto  us,  '"and  God  liad  brought 
436 


their  counsel  to  nought,  that  we  re- 
turned all  of  us  to  the  wall,  every  one 
unto  his  wfirk. 

Hi  And  it  came  to  pass  from  that 
time  forth,  that  the  half  of  my  serv- 
ants wrought  in  the  work,  and  the 
other  half  of  them  held  both  the 
spears,  the  shields,  and  the  bows, 
and  the  habergeons;  and  the  rulers 
wcrtj  behind  ail  the  house  of  Judah. 

17  They  which  biiilded  on  the  wall, 
and  they  that  bare  burdens,  with 
those  that  laded,  rrrrtf  one  with  one 
of  his  hands  wrought  in  the  work,  and 
with  the  other  liamf  held  a  weapon. 

18  For  the  builders,  every  one  had 
his  sword  girded  t  by  his  side,  and  so 
builded.  And  he  that  sounded  the 
trumpet  irtjs  hv  me. 

I'J  U  And  I  sai"d  unto  the  nobles,  and 
to  the  rulers,  and  to  the  rest  of  the 
people.  The  work  i.<  great  and  large, 
and  we  are  separated  upon  the  wall, 
one  far  from  another. 

^0  In  what  place  lliere/orc  ye  hear 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet,  resort  ye 
thither  unto  us:  "our  God  shall  light 
for  us. 

2\  So  we  laboured  in  the  work:  and 
half  of  them  held  the  spears  from  the 
rising  of  the  morning  till  tlie  stars  ap- 
peared. 

■J2  l.ikewi.'ie  at  the  same  time  said  I 
unto  tile  pi'ople,  Let  every  one  with 
his  servant  k«lge  within  Jernsalem, 
that  in  the  night  thev  inav  be  a 
guard  to  ns,  and  lalxmr  on  the  day. 

•j:\  So  neither  I,  nor  my  brethren, 
nor  my  servants,  nor  the"men  of  the 
guard  "which  followed  me,  none  of 
us  jnit  off  our  clothes,  tlsariiii)  that 
every  one  put  them  otf  for  washing. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  Tlie  Jews  complain  of  their  debt,  mort- 
irnfic  oud  btiittliiffc.  6  Aehemiah  re- 
Imkvth  ilie  uturers,  and  eaufelh  ttiem  lo 
innAo  a  eovctiant  of  reslilulion.  14  J/c 
fvrhfarcth  his  men  allowance,  and  keep- 
'eth  hospitaUl;/. 

A  NO  there  was  a  great  "cry  of 
yV  the  people  and  of  their  wives 
against  their  li  brethren  the  Jews. 

L'  For  there  were  that  said.  We,  our 
sons,  and  our  daughters,  aie  many: 
therefore  we  take  up  enrn  for  them, 
that  we  may  eat,  and  live. 

;!  ,'^iimr  also  there  were  that  said. 
We  have  mortgaged  our  lands,  vine- 
yards, ami  houses,  that  we  might 
liiiv  corn,  because  of  the  dearth. 

4  'There  were  also  that  said.  We 
have  borrowed  money  for  the  king's 
tribute,  ami  that  itjutn  our  lands  and 

,■>  Vet  now  ''our  flesh  ix  as  the  flesh 
of  our  brethren,  our  children  as  their 
ihildren  :  and,  lo,  wo  J  bring  into 
btuidage  our  pons  and  our  ilanghters 
to  be  servants,  and  .some  of  our 
daughters  are  brought  into  IxMidage 
ahitvhj:  neilher  m  it  in  our  power 
III  nilriiii  thrill ;  for  oilier  mcu  have 
our  liuids  and  viueyiurds. 


The  practice  of  vmiry  reformed.      NEHEMIAH. 


Sanhallat's  evil  jiractices. 


Before 

CHRIST 

44j. 


I  K«.  li  15. 
t<.  2;!.  li 


0  H  And  I  was  very  angry  wlien  I  i 
heard  their  cry  anil  these  worils. 

7  Then  f  I  consulted  with  myself,  I 
and  I  rebuked  the  nnhlis,  and  the  | 
rulers,  and  said  unto  thorn,  '  Ve  ex-  ; 
act  usury,  every  one  of  his  brother. 
And  I  set  a  great  assembly  against 
them. 

S  And  I  said  unto  them,  Wc,  after 
our  ability,  have  f  redeemed  our 
brethren  the  Jews,  which  were  sold 
unto  the  heathen;  and  will  ye  even 
sell  vour  brethren?  or  shuirthcy  be 
sold  unto  us?  'J'hcn  held  they  their 
peace,  and  found  nothiir.;  /"  irtisirvr. 

a  Also  I  said,  ]t  IS  not  ^;ood  fh.-.t  ve 
do:  ought  ve  not  to  walk  Pin  tlie 
fear  of  our  God  1.  beeause  of  the  re- 
proach of  the  heathen  our  enemies? 

10  1  likewise,  (nut  my  brethren,  and 
my  servants,  might  exact  of  them 
money  and  corn:  I  pray  you,  let  us 
leave  oft" this  usury. 

11  Kestore,  I  pray  you,  to  them,  even 
this  day,  their  lands,  their  vineyards, 
their  olivcyards,  and  their  houses, 
also  the  hundredth  line/ of  the  money, 
and  of  the  corn,  the  wine,  and  the 
oil,  that  ye  exact  of  them. 

12  Then  said  they,  We  will  restore 
tlum,  and  will  require  nothing  of 
them;  so  will  we  do  as  thou  say  est. 
Then  1  called  the  priests,  land  "took 
an  oath  of  them,  that  they  should  do 
aeconling  to  this  promise. 

lu  Also  k  1  shook  my  lap,  and  said, 
So  God  shake  out  every  man  from 
his  house,  and  from  his  labour,  that 
performeth  not  this  promise,  even 
thus  be  he  shaken  out,  and  f  emptied. 
And  all  the  congregation  said,  Amen, 
and  praised  the  Lord.  lAnd  the 
people  did  according  to  this  promise. 

H  IT  Moreover  from  the  time  that 

1  was  appointed  to  be  their  governor 
in  the  land  of  Judah,  from  the  twen- 
tieth year  ""even  unto  the  two  and 
thirtieth  j'ear  of  Artaxerxes  the  king, 
t/iat  is,  twelve  years,  I  and  my  breth- 
ren have  not  "eaten  the  bread  of  the 
governor. 

15  But  the  former  governors  that 
had  been  before  me  were  charge- 
able unto  the  people,  and  had  taken 
of  them  bread  and  wine,  besides 
forty  shekels  of  silver ;  yea,  even 
their  servants  bare  rule  "over  the 
jjcople:  but  "so  did  not  I,  because 
of  the  1'  fear  of  God. 

hi  Yen,  also  I  continued  in  the 
work  of  this  wall,  neither  bought 
we  any  land:  and  all  my  servants 
icere  gathered  thither  unto  the  work. 

1"  Moreover  Mere  u-cre  tat  niv  ta- 
bic a  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  .Jews 
and  rulers,  besides  those  that  came 
unto  us  from  among  the  heathen 
that  are  about  us. 

18  Now  that  '  w  hieh  was  prepared 
Jhr  me  daily  was  one  ox  and  six 
choice  shee]) ;  also  fowls  were  pre- 
I^ared  for  me,  and  once  in  ten  days 
store  of  all  sorts  of  wine:  yet  for  all 


this  "required  not  I  the  bread  of  the 
governor,  because  the  bondage  was 
heavv  upon  this  peojile. 

I'.t  'Think  upon  nic,  my  God,  for 
good,  arronliiig  to  all  that  1  have 
done  for  this  people. 

CHAPTER  YI. 

1  SanbaUat  }ir„ctiselh  by  craft,  llj  ru- 
mours, by  hired  prupfteciea,  1u  terrifn 
Kchemiah.  15  The  work  is  fijiishcU  (u 
till  terror  of  the  cncmiea.  17  Secret  in 
tMigcnce  pnnselh  between  the  enemies 
and  the  nohlea  of  Judah. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass,  "when  San- 
baUat, and  Tobiah,  and  ||  Go- 
shem  the  Arabian,  and  the  res£_  of 
our  enemies,  heard  that  T  had  build- 
ed  the  wall,  and  th<U  there  was  no 
breach  left  therein;  (1> though  at  that 
time  I  had  not  set  up  the  doors  upon 
the  gates;) 

2  That  SanbaUat  and  Geshem  ^sent 
nnto  me,  saying.  Come,  let  us  meet 
together  in  some  one  of  the  villages 
in  the  plain  of  d  Ono.  But  they 
"=  thought  to  do  me  mischief. 

y  And  I  sent  messengers  unto  them, 
saying,  I  am  doing  a  great  work,  so 
that  1  cannot  come  down  :  why 
should  the  work  cease,  whilst  I  leave 
it,  and  come  down  to  you  ? 

4  Yet  they  sent  unto  me  four  times 
after  this  sort;  and  I  answered  them 
atler  the  same  manner. 

5  Then  sent  SanbaUat  his  servant 
unto  me  in  like  manner  the  fifth  time 
with  iin  open  letter  in  his  hand; 

0  Wherein  was  written.  It  is  report- 
ed among  the  heathen,  and  ||  Gash- 
mu  saith  it,  Uhat  thou  and  the  Jews 
think  to  rebel:  for  which  cause  thou 
buildest  the  wall,  that  thou  niayest 
lie  their  king,  according  to  these 
words. 

7  And  thou  hast  also  appointed 
prophets  to  preach  of  thee  at  Jerusa- 
lem, saying.  There  is  a  king  in  Ju- 
dah: and  now  shall  it  be  reported  to 
the  king  according  to  these  words. 
Come  now  therefore,  and  let  us  take 
counsel  together. 

S  Then  1  sent  unto  him,  sajing. 
There  are  no  such  things  done  as 
thou  sayest,  but  thou  feignest  them 
out  of  tfiine  own  heart. 

9  For  they  all  made  us  afraid,  say- 
ing. Their  hands  shall  be  weakened 
from  the  work,  that  it  be  not  done. 
S'ow  therefore,  O  God,  strengthen 
mv  hands. 

10  Afterward  I  came  unto  the 
house  of  Shcmaiah  the  son  of  Dela- 
iah  tlie  son  of  Mehetabeel,  who  teas 
shut  up;  and  he  said,  Let  us  meet 
together  in  the  house  of  God.  within 
the  temple,  and  Ut  us  shut  the  doors 
of  the  temple:  for  they  will  come  to 
slay  thee;  yea.  in  the  night  will  they 
come  to  slay  thee. 

11  And  I  said.  Should  such  a  man 
as  I  flee?  and  who  i.'.-  there,  that,  be- 
iinj  as  I  atn,  would  go  into  the  tem- 
ple to  save  his  life?    I  will  not  go  in. 

437 


The  loall  is  finished. 


NEHEMIAH. 


A  register  of  the 


Before 

CHRIST 

445. 


h  cb,  13,  29. 
i  E,.  13.  IT. 


V  ch.  2.  10,  k 
4. 1.  7.  4  CI. 

1  Pi  120.  2. 

t  B>l>.  mvl- 

."»"'  't'^'- 

b<*.2.  8 
bEi.IS.  21. 


12  And,  lo,  1  perceived  that  Ood 
had  not  sent  him;  but  that  *^ht(  pro- 
nounced this  propliecy  a;rainst  nie: 
tor  Tobiah  and  Sanballat  Imd  iiircd 
him. 

l.i  Therefore  u-as  he  hired,  that  I 
shoul.l  lie  afraid,  and  do  so,  and  sin, 
■.xnillmt  theynii^'lit  luive  i/m/^  r  lor 
an  evil  report,  tliat  they  mi^^ht  re- 
proach me. 

14  b  My  God,  think  thou  upon  To- 
biah and  Sanballat  aceordiii;;  to 
tliCse  their  works,  and  on  the  i  proph- 
etess Noadiah,  and  the  rest  of  the 
propheta,  that  would  have  put  ine  in 
k'ar. 

15  IT  So  the  wall  was  finished  in  the 
twenty  and  fifth  <i(iij  of  the  month 
Elul,  in  fifty  and  two  days. 

]<i  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  k  when 
all  our  enemies  heard  thereof,  and 
all  the  heathen  that  were  about  us 
saw  theae  t/iingn.  they  were  much 
cast  down  in  their  own  eyes  :   for 

1  they  perceived  that  this  work  was 
wrought  of  our  God. 

17  H  Moreover  in  those  days  the  no- 
bles ot  Judah  i  sent  many  letters  un- 
to Tobiah,  and  (Ac  letters  of  Tobiah 
came  unto  thcni. 

IS  For  there  were  many  in  Judah 
sworn  unto  him,  because  he  was  the 
son  in  law  of  Shechaniah  the  son  of 
Arab;  and  his  sou  Johanan  hadtuken 
the  daughter  of  MeshuUam  the  sou 
ot  Berechiah. 

Ill  Also  they  reported  his  good  deeds 
before  me,  and  uttered  my  ||  words 
to  him.  Ami  Tobiah  sent  letters  to 
put  me  in  fear. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

1  Nehcmiah  coinmittcth  the  charge  ef  Je* 
mtalem  to  Ilanuni  nn,l  lUmmiah.  b 
A  Kfi/iateroftltii  genealogy  of  tlietn  wfiirh 
eame  ci(  the  fir  tt  out  of  Uaiylon.  U  of  tin 
people.  a'J  of  the  prietia,  4J  of  l/ie  Le- 
vilet,  40  of  the  Ntthinim.  57  of  tlolomon-e 
tervantt,  C3  ami  of  the  prieeta  whii-h 
eoulJ  not  finit  their  peUiyree.  6G  The 
whole  number  of  them,  with  their  tub- 
ttanee.    TO  Their  oltlationa, 

NOW  it  came  to  pa.ss,  when  the 
wall  was  built,  and  I  had  "set 
up  the  tloors,  and  the  porters  and 
the  singers  and  the  Levites  were  ap- 
jioinled, 

2  'I'lint  I  fravc  my  brother  Ilannni, 
and  llananiah  the  ruler  I' of  the  pal- 
ace, charge  over  Jerusalem  :  for  he 
i/'««  a  faithful  man,  and  '  feared  God 
atM)ve  many. 

S  And  I  said  unto  them,  Let  not  the 
gates  of  Ji'rusalem  be  opened  until 
tlie  sun  be  hot;  and  while  thev  st:in(l 
bv,  let  them  shut  the  doors,  and  h.u- 
thrill :  and  appoint  watches  of  the  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem,  every  one  in 
his  wutch,  and  every  one  to  be  over 
against  his  house. 

■4  Now  the  city  nvi.s  f  largo  and  great: 
but  the  peopli!  irrrr  few  therein,  and 
the  houses  irrrr  not  huilded. 

i  V  And  my  God  put  into  mine 
43a 


heart  to  gather  together  the  nobles, 
and  the  rulers,  and  the  people,  that 
they  might  be  reckoned  by  genealo- 
gy. And  I  liiund  a  register  of  the 
geneali>gy  of  them  which  came  up 
at  the  first,  and  found  written  there- 
in, 

(i  'I  These  nre  the  children  of  the 
province,  that  went  up  out  of  the 
captivity,  of  those  that  had  been  car- 
ried away,  whom  Nebuchadnezzar 
the  king  of  Babylon  had  carried 
away,  and  came  again  to  Jerusalem 
and  to  Judah,  every  one  unto  his 
city: 

7  Who  came  with  Zerubbabel, 
Joshua,  Nehemiah,  ||  Azariah,  Rua- 
miuh,  Naliamani,  Mordecai,  liilshan, 
Mispcreth,  ISigvai,  Nehnm,  liaanah. 
The  number,  /  naij,  of  tlie  ineu  of 
the  people  of  Israel  wan  this; 

H  The  children  ot  Parosh,  two  thou- 
sand a  hundred  seventy  and  two. 

'J  The  children  of  Shcphatiah,  three 
hundred  seventy  and  two. 

10  The  children  of  Arab,  six  hund- 
red fifty  and  two. 

11  The  children  of  Pahath-moab,  of 
the  children  of  Jcshua  and  Joab,  two 
thousand  and  eight  hundred  ami 
eighteen. 

l:i  The  children  of  Elam,  a  thou- 
sand two  hundred  fifty  antl  four. 

1.!  The  children  of  Zattu,  eight 
hundred  forty  and  five. 

14  The  children  of  Zaceai,  seven 
hundred  and  threescore. 

15  The  children  of  ||  Binnui,  six 
hundred  forty  and  ei'dit. 

l(i  The  children  of  Bebai,  six  hund- 
red twenty  and  eight. 

17  The  children  of  Azgad,  two  thou- 
sand three  hundred  twenty  and  two. 

IS  The  children  of  Adonikam,  six 
hundred  threescore  ami  seven. 

I'J  'I'lie  children  of  Bigvai,  two  thou- 
sand threescore  and  seven. 

W  The  children  of  Adin,  six  hund- 
red fitly  and  five. 

21  The  children  of  Ater  of  IIczc- 
kiah,  ninety  and  eight. 

2'.'  Tlie  children  of  llashum,  three 
hundred  twenty  and  eight. 

Si  The  childVen  of  Bczai,  three 
hundred  twenty  and  four. 

•M  The  children  ot  ||  llariph,  a  hund- 
red and  twelve. 

1!.)  The  children  of  ||  Gibeon,  ninety 
and  five. 

•jr.  The  men  of  Beth-lehem  ami 
Netiiphuli,  a  huiulred  fourscore  and 
eiglit. 

L'7  The  men  of  Anathoth,  aliundred 


itv  and  eight. 


l^he  men  of  ||  Deth-azmavcth, 
fully  and  two. 

J'.l  The  men  of  |l  Kirjath-jearim, 
C'hephirah, and  Beeroth,  seven  hund- 
nd  forty  and  three. 

'M  The  men  of  Bamah  and  Gaba, 
six  hundred  twrntv  and  one. 

;il  The  men  of  Mi<hm.is,  a  hund- 
red ond  twenty  and  two. 


genealogy  of  them  which 


NEHEMIAH. 


came  first  from  Babylon. 


Iteforo 

c  11  n  1  s  T 

about  b'-iO, 


32  The  men  of  Hoth-cl  and  Ai,  a 

hundred  twenty  nnd  three. 
X',  The  men  of  tlie  other  Nebo,  fifty 

and  two. 
^4  Tlie  children  of  the  other  "^Elnm, 

a  thousand  two  hundred  fifty  and 

four. 
:;.-,  The    children   of   Ilarini.   tlircc 

hundred  and  twenty, 
.'if.  The  children  of  Jericho,  three 

hundred  forty  and  five. 
"7  The  children  of  l>od,  Hadid,  and 

Olio,  seven  hundred  twenty  and  one. 
aj  The  children   of  Senaah,  three 

thousand  nine  hundred  and  thirty. 
.■;;)  H  The  priests:    the  children  of 

rjedaiah,  of  the   house  of  Jeshua, 

nine  hundred  seventy  and  three. 
411  The  children  of  s  Imnier,  a  thou- 

suiiil  fifty  and  two. 
41  The  children  of  liPashur,  a  thou- 
sand two  hundred  forty  and  seven. 
4-'  The  children  of  ■  llarim,  a  thou- 
sand and  seventeen. 
4'!  IT  The  Lcvites:   the  children  of 
•Jeshua,  of  KadniicI,  (in, I  of  the  chil- 
dren of  II  Ilodevah,  seventy  and  four. 

44  11  The  siUKcrs:  the  ehildren  of 
Asaph,  a  hundred  forty  and  ci;;ht. 

45  U  The  porters:  the  children  of 
Slmllum,  the  children  of  Ater,  the 
children  of  Talnion,  the  children  of 
,\kkul),  the  children  of  llatita,  tlic 
cliililren  of  Shobai,  a  hundred  thirty 
and  eisht. 

4(1  IT  The  Ncthinim:  the  children  of 
Ziha,  the  children  of  llashupha,  the 
children  of  Tabbaoth, 

47  The  ehildren  of  Keros,  the  chil- 
dren of  l|  Sia,  the  children  of  I'adon, 

4.S  The  chililren  of  Lebana,  the 
children  of  Ilagaba,  the  children  of 
II  Shahnai, 

41)  The  children  of  Ilanan,  the  ehil- 
dren of  Giddel,  the  ehildren  of  tia- 
hnr, 

ill  The  children  of  Keaiah,  the  chil- 
dren of  Keziu,  the  cliildren  of  Ne- 
koda, 

51  Tlic  children  of  Gazzain,  the 
children  of  Uzza,  the  children  of 
Phaseah, 

,U  The  children  of  liesai,  the  chil- 
dren of  Meunini,  the  children  of 
NNephishesini. 

.1.!  The  ehildren  of  Bakhnk,  the 
children  of  Ilakupha,  the  children 
of  llarhur, 

.'i4  The  children  of  ||  Bazlith,  the 
children  of  Mehida,  the  children  of 

Ilarsha, 

.V)  The  children  of  Barkos,  the  chil- 
dren of  Sisera,  thcchildren  of  Tamali, 

.111  The  ehildren  of  Neziah,  the  ehil- 
dren of  llatipha. 

r>T  IT  The  children  of  Solomon's 
servants:  the  children  of  Sot;ii,  the 

children  of  Sophereth,  the  ehildren 

oflll'erida. 

,W  The  children  of  .lanla,  the  chil- 
dren of  Uarkon,  the  children  of  Oi<l- 

del, 
5'J  The  children  of  Shcphaliah,  the 


children  of  Ilattil,  the  children  of 
I'oehereth  of  Zebaini,  the  children 
of  II  Anion. 

m  All  the  Ncthinim,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Solomon's  servants,  Micre 
three  hundred  ninety  and  two. 
(Jl  k  And  these  were  they  which 
went  up  «/.'o  from  Tcl-melah,  Tel- 
haresha.  Cherub,  ||  Addon,  and  Im- 
mer:  but  they  could  not  shew  their 
father's  house,  nor  their  ||  seed, 
whether  they  were  of  Israel. 

(!ii  The  children  of  J)elaiah,  the 
children  of  Tohiiih,  the  children  of 
Nekoda,  six  hundreil  forty  and  two. 

Ij:j  IT  And  of  the  priests:  the  chil- 
dren of  Ilahaiah,  the  children  of 
Koz,  the  children  of  liarzillai,  which 
took  o:u'  of  the  daughters  of  Bar^il- 
lai  the  (iilendite  to  wife,  and  was 
called  after  their  name. 

04  These  souKht  their  rej;ister 
ainonr)  those  that  were  reckoned  by 
;renealosy,  but  it  was  not  found  : 
therefore  were  they,  as  polluted,  put 
from  the  priesthood. 

(m  And  II  the  Tirshatha  said  unto 
them,  thatthev  should  not  eat  of  the 
most  holy  thiii''S,  till  there  stood  vp 
a  priest  with  llrim  and  Thumniim. 

«!  IT  The  whole  con);re;;atiiin  to- 
gether icos  forty  and  two  thousand 
three  hundred  and  threescore, 

<i7  Besides  their  manservants  and 
their  maidservants,  of  whom  tlurc 
uvi-c  Bcven  thousand  three  hundred 
thirty  and  seven:  and  they  had  two 
hundred  forty  and  five  singing  men 
and  singing  women. 

(W  Their  horses,  seven  hundred 
thirty  and  six  :  their  mules,  two 
hundred  forty  and  five: 

(i',1  7'/(C(V  camels,  four  hundred  thirty 
and  five:  six  thousand  seven  luinu- 
leil  and  twenty  asses. 

70 II  And  t  some  of  the  chief  of  the 
fathers  gave  unto  the  work.  I  The 
Tirshatha  gave  to  the  treasure  a  thou- 
sand drams  of  gold,  fifty  basins,  five 
hundred  and  tliirtv  priests' garments. 

71  And  fonic  of  the  chief  of  the  fa- 
thers gave  to  the  treasure  of  the  work 
'"twenty  thousand  drams  of  gold, 
and  two  thousand  and  two  hundred 
jionnds  of  silver. 

72  And  t/i<it  which  the  rest  of  the 
people  gave  was  twenty  thousand 
drams  of  gold,  and  two  thousand 
pounds  of  silver,  and  threescore  and 
seven  priests'  garments. 

73  So  the  priests,  and  the  I.evites, 
and  the  porters,  and  the  singers,  and 
fomc  of  the  people,  and  the  Nethi- 
nini,and  all  Israel,  dwelt  in  their  cit- 
ies: "and  when  the  seventh  month 
came,  the  children  of  Israel  were  in 
their  cities. 

CHAPTER  VIIT. 
1  The  n-Uniout  manner  of  reading  ami 
hearin.j  the  law.  1)  Tliey  cumfurt  the 
;.d.y.(.-.  l:i  The  forwardnena  of  them  (u 
hear  an<l  he  instrueted.  Itj  They  keep 
thafeaat  of  tabernaclea. 


Bcfon 
CHRIST 
about  536. 


The  reading  of  the  law. 


NEHEMIAH. 


The  Levites  make  a  religious 


Before 
C  II  11 1  S  T 
about  44j. 


•  Eim  3.  1. 
l>cU.  3.  26. 
c  I£u»  7.  6. 

dD.ul  31.11. 
tllob.  Hal 


(Judg.  3.  20. 

J  1  Cor.  II.  16. 

1.  I.»m.  3.  41. 
1  Tim.  2.  8. 
i  Ki.  4.  31.  It 


kUv.  1(1.  11. 
l>«ut.  an.  10. 
2  Chr.  IT.  7. 
8.  !l. 
M.1.  a.  7. 


1  r.,n  2.  S3. 

cU.  7.  6i.  & 

lU.  1. 
I  Or.  lA. 

in2Clir.3S.3. 

nl..».  23.  21. 

Num.  2!l.  1. 
O  Do  at.  16.11. 

1.1. 


Gttb.  9.  19. 
it.T.  11.  10, 


AND  all  "the  people  Kathered 
themselves  to;;ether  u.s  one  man 
into  tlic  street  that  nuts  li  before  the 
water  gate;  and  they  spake  >into 
Kzra  the  '-scrihe  to  brinj;  the  book 
of  the  law  of  JVIoses,  whieh  the  Loud 
h.til  conimanded  to  Isroe!. 

2  Ami  Ezra  the  priest  bronj^ht  >'  the 
law  before  the  con;cre^iition  both  of 
men  and  women,  and  uU  |  tliuteonld 
hear  with  understanding',  '  ujion  tlie 
tirst  day  of  the  .■^eventh  month. 

.'!  And  he  read  therein  beibre  the 
street  that  van  before  the  Watergate 
I  from  the  morning  nntil  midday,  bc- 
l':)re  the  men  and  tlie  women,  ami 
those  that  could  nnderstand;  and  the 
ear.<  of  all  the  people  wo-u  attentive 
unto  the  hook  of  tlie  law. 

4  And  K/.ra  the  scrihe  stood  upon  a 
fpnlpit  of  wood,  which  thev  had 
made  for  the  purp(»se;  and  beside 
him  stood  Mattithiah,  and  Shema, 
and  Anaiah,  and  I'rijali,  and  Ilil- 
kiah,  and  Maaseiah,  on  his  right 
hand;  and  on  his  left  hand,  Pedaiah, 
and  Mishael,  and  Malchiah,  and 
llashiim,  and  llashbaduna,  Zechu- 
riah,  mill  Meshullam. 

.'i  And  Kzra  opened  the  book  in  the 
t  sight  of  all  the  people;  (liir  he  was 
above  all  the  people;)  and  when  he 
opened  it,  all  the  people  f  stood  up: 

(JAnd  Kzra  blessed  tlie  Lokd,  the 
great  God.  And  all  the  people  »-'  an- 
swered. Amen,  Amen,  with  li  lifting 
up  their  hands:  and  they  i  bowed 
their  heads,  and  worshipped  tlie 
JjUUD  with  their  faces  to  the  ground. 

7  Also  .leshua,  and  IJani,  and  Sher- 
cbiah,  Jamin,  Akknh,  Sliabb.thai, 
ll.iilijali,  Maaseiah,  Kclita,  Azariah, 
.lo/ai.ad,  Uanan,  IVIaiuh,  and  tin- 
Levitcs,  k  caused  the  \n-up\u  to  nn- 
derstand the  law  :  and  the  people 
stood  in  their  jilace. 

a  Ko  they  read  in  the  book  in  the 
I.1W  of  God  distinctly,  and  gave  the 
sense,  and  caused  iheni  to  undcr- 
.stanil  the  reading. 

im  I  And  Nehemiah,  wliich  is  ||  the 
Tirshatha,  and  Kzra  the  priest  the 
Kcribe,  "'and  the  I.evites  that  t;iuglit 
the  people,  saiil  nnto  all  the  piople, 
"This  day  i.i  holy  unto  tlu^  l.iiiiii 
your  God;  "mourn  not,  nor  weep, 
ror  all  tlie  people  wept,  when  they 
heard  the  words  of  the  law. 

10  Then  he  said  nnto  tliem,  Go  vour 
way.  eat  the  fat,  and  drink  the  sweet, 
I'aiid  send  portions  unto  them  for" 
whom  nothing  is  prejiared:  lor  //(i.< 
day  is  holy  nnto  our  ]-ord:  neither 
he  yc  sorry;  for  the  joy  of  the  1/OUu 
is  your  strength. 

11  So  the  Lcvites  stilled  all  the 
people,  saying.  Hold  your  peace, 
for  the  day  is  holy;  neither  be  yc 
grieved. 

I-  .Vnd  all  the  people  went  their 

way   to  eat,  and    to  drink,  and  to 

'isend  jiortions,  and  to  make  great 

mirth,    because    they    had    'under- 

440 


stood  the  words  that  were  declared 
unto  them. 

1.'!  TT  And  on  the  second  day  were 
gathered  together  the  chief  "of  the 
father.s  of  all  the  people,  the  priests, 
and  the  J>evites,  unto  Kzra  the 
scribe,  even  Ij  to  understand  the 
words  of  the  law. 

11  And  they  found  written  in  the 
law  which  the  Loi;I>  h:id  command- 
ed I  by  Moses,  that  the  children  of 
Israel  should  dwell  in  ^  booths  in  the 
feast  of  the  seventh  month: 

15  And  'that  thev  should  publish 
and  proclaim  in  all  their  cities,  and 
"  in  .lerusalem,  saying,  (Jo  torth  un- 
to the  mount,  and  *•  fetch  olive 
branches,  and  pine  branches,  and 
myrtle  branches,  and  jialm  branches, 
and  branches  at  thick  trees,  to  make 
booths,  as  it  is  written. 

lU  IT  So  the  peojile  went  forth,  and 
brought  them,  and  made  themselves 
booths,  every  one  upon  the  >'  roof 
of  his  house,  and  in  their  courts, 
and  in  the  courts  of  the  house  of 
God,  and  in  the  street  of  the  '  water 
gate,  "and  in  the  street  of  the  gate 
of  Kphraim. 

17  And  all  the  congregation  of  them 
that  were  come  again  out  of  the  cap- 
tivity made  booths,  and  sat  under 
the  booths:  for  since  the  days  of 
Jeshua  the  son  of  Nun  unto  that  day 
had  not  the  children  of  Israel  done 
so.  And  there  was  very  b  great  glad- 
ness. 

].S  Also  "  day  by  day,  from  the  first 
day  unto  the  last  dav,  he  read  in  the 
book  of  the  law  of  liod.  And  they 
kept  the  feast  sc\'cu  days:  and  on 
the  eighth  day  ii-as  i  a  solemn  assem- 
bly, J  according  unto  the  manner. 

ClIAPTKU  IX. 

1  A  tolcmn  fait,  aifU  rciioiitance  of  the 

pcojilc.    4  T/ic  LcvilCi  make  a  rclii/ioue 

.  cotxfcBsion  of  Ooil'a  j/ooUnesa,  and  Vicir 
wickeUncta. 
"\TOW  in  the  twenty  and  fourth 
IN  d.ay  of  »  this  month  the  children 
of  Israel  were  as.semhli'd  with  fast- 
ing, and  with  sackclothes,  band 
earth  upon  them. 

2  And  '■  the  seed  of  Israel  separated 
themselves  fi-om  all  |  strangei-s,  and 
stood  and  confessed  their  sins,  and 
the  iniciuilies  (i(  Iheir  fatlicrs. 

.1  And  tluv  sto.id  up  in  their  place, 
and  •!  read  in  the  bi«ik  of  the  law  of 
the  Koiu)  their  God  one  fourth  part 
of  the  day;  and  onofArr  fourth  part 
they  confessed,  and  worshipped  the 
liOiti)  their  (Jod. 

4  tl  Then  stood  up  upon  the  l|  stairs, 
of  the  Levites.  .Jeshua,  and  Hani. 
Kadniiel,  Sliehaniah,  Uviuni.  Sliere- 
biah,  Bani,  aiiU  I'henani,  and  cried 
with  a  loud  voice  uuto  the  Luitu 
their  God. 

:>  Then  the  Levites,  .Teshna,  anil 
Kadmiel,  Hani,  Ilashahniah,  Sliere- 
hiah.  llodijah,  Shehauiah.  .n,./  I'elh- 
ahiali,  saiti,  Stand  up  ami  bless  the 


confession  of  God's  goodness, 


NEHEMIAH. 


and  of  the  national  sins. 


Before 

CHRIST 

44J. 


nOtn.  13.0. 
»U«ii.l2.  7.  i 
15.  13.  &  17. 


3.  7. 

rEi.  14.  10. 
•  El.  7.  8.  0. 

10.  12.  &  n, 

t  Ei.  18.  11. 
<i  Ex.  9.  16 
I<.  63.  12.  U. 


Ei.20.8.  11. 
a  E<. 16.14. 15. 


l.fi'l  "P 
>Ai»<kan<l 

Kuiu.  11.  -M. 


2  Cl.r  30.  B. 
Jer.  19.  li. 
^  P..  78. 1 1.42, 


Lord  your  God  for  ever  and  ever: 
and  blessed  he  ^' thy  f;lorions  name, 
which  ia  exalted  above  all  blessing 
and  i^raise, 

ti  f'i'hou,  eroi  thou,  art  Loui) 
alone;  fthou  hast  made  heaven, 
hthe  heaven  of  heavens,  with  'all 
their  host,  the  earth,  and  all  l/iinr/.i 
that  arc  tlierein,  the  seas,  and  all 
that  i.<  therein,  and  thou  k  prcscrvest 
them  all;  and  the  host  of  heaven 
worshippcth  thee. 

7  Thou  art  the  Lord  the  God,  who 
didst  choose  lAbrani,  and  brouj^htest 
him  forth  out  of  Ur  of  the  (,'haUlccs, 
and  savest  him  the  name  of  "'Abra- 
ham; 

,S  And  fonndest  his  heart  "faithful 
licfiire  thee,  anil  madest  a  "covenant 
with  him  to  give  the  land  of  the 
Cunaanites,  tlie  Uittitcs,  the  Amo- 
rites,  and  the  Perizzites,  and  the 
Jebusites,  and  the  Girsashitcs,  to 
^;ive  it,  I  sai/,  to  his  seed,  and  1'  hast 
l>erformed  thy  words;  for  thou  art 
rij;hteous: 

1)  t  And  didst  see  the  affliction  of 
our  fathers  in  Egypt,  and  'licardcst 
their  crv  by  the  Ked  sea; 

10  Ami  "shcwedst  signs  and  won- 
ders upon  I'liaraoh,  and  on  all  his 
servants,  and  on  all  the  people  of  his 
land  :  ff)r  thou  knewest  that  they 
•dealt  proudly  against  them.  So 
didst  thou  "  get  thee  a  name,  as  it  is 
this  day. 

H  "And  thou  didst  divide  the  sea 
before  them,  so  that  they  went 
through  the  midst  of  the  sea  on  the 
dry  land;  and  their  persecutors  thou 
thrcwest  into  the  deeps,  >  as  a  stone 
into  the  mighty  waters. 

12  JNIoreover  thou  ''leddest  them  in 
the  day  by  a  cloudy  pillar;  and  in 
the  night  by  a  pillar  of  lire,  to  give 
them  light  in  the  way  wherein  they 
should  go. 

13  ^Thou  camest  down  also  upon 
mount  Sinai,  and  spakest  with  them 
from  heaven,  andgavtat  them  li right 
judgments,  and  ttrue  laws,  good 
statutes  and  commandments: 

14  And  madest  known  unto  them 
thy  *"  holy  sabbath,  and  commandedst 
them  precepts,  statutes,  and  laws,  by 
the  hand  of  .Moses  thy  servant: 

15  And  'Igavest  them  bread  from 
heaven  for  their  hunger,  and 
" bioughtest  forth  water  for  them 
out  of  the  rock  for  their  thirst,  and 
promised.st  them  that  they  should 
f  go  in  to  possess  the  land  f  which 
thou  liadst  sworn  to  give  them. 

1(>  e  But  they  and  our  fathers  dealt 
proudly,  and  *>  hardened  their  necks, 
and  hearkened  not  to  thy  command- 
ments, 

17  And  refused  to  obey,  i  neither 
were  mindful  of  thv  wonders  that 
thou  di.lst  among  tiieni  ;  hut  hard- 
cni'd  their  necks,  and  in  llieir  re- 
bellion appointed  ka  captain  to  re- 
turn to  their  bondage:  but  thou  art 


fa  God  ready  to  pardon,  ! gracious 
and  merciful,  .slow  to  anger,  and 
of  great  kindness,  and  forsookeet 
thein  not. 

IS  Yea,  '"when  they  had  made 
them  a  molten  calf,  and  said.  This 
I'.t  thy  God  that  brought  thee  up 
out  of  Lgypt,  and  had  wrought 
great  provocations; 

I'J  i  et  thou  in  thy  "manifold 
mercies  forsookest  them  not  in  the 
wilderness:  the  "pillar  of  the  cloud 
departed  not  trom  them  by  <lay,  to 
lead  them  in  the  way  ;  neither  the 
pillar  of  tire  by  niglit,  to  shew  them 
light,  and  the  way  wherein  they 
should  go. 

'J)  Thou  gavest  also  thy  I' good 
Spirit  to  instruct  them,  and  with- 
heldest  not  thy  'I  manna  from  their 
mouth,  and  gavest  them  'water  for 
tlieir  thirst. 

'21  Yea,  "forty  years  didst  thou 
sustain  them  in  the  wilderness, 
so  that  they  lacked  nothing  ;  their 
<  clothes  waxed  not  old,  and  their 
feet  swelled  not. 

•>i  Moreover  thou  gavest  them 
kingdom.?  and  nations,  and  didst 
divide  them  into  corners  :  so  they 
possessed  the  land  of  "Sihon,  and 
the  land  of  the  king  of  lleshbou, 
and  the  land  of  Og  king  of  Bashan. 

•>\;  "Their  children  also  multipli- 
cdst  thou  as  the  stars  of  he;iven, 
and  hroughtest  them  into  the  land, 
concerning  which  thou  hadst  prom- 
ised to  their  fathers,  that  they 
should  go  in  to  possess  it. 

'li  So  J  the  children  went  in  and 
possessed  the  land,  and  '^  thou  suh- 
duedst  before  them  the  inhabitants 
of  the  land,  the  Cnunanites,  and 
gavest  them  into  their  hands,  with 
their  kings,  and  the  peojile  of  the 
land,  that  they  might  do  with  them 
t  as  they  would. 

25  And  they  took  strong  cities,  and 
a  "fat  land,  and  possessed  li houses 
full  of  nil  goods,  II  wells  digged,  vine- 
vards,  and  oliveyards,  and  t  fruit  trees 
in  abundance:  so  they  did  eat,  and 
were  filled,  and  '^  became  fat,  and 
delighted  themselves  in  thy  great 
d  goodness. 

yi!  Nevertheless  thev  "  were  dis- 
obedient, and  rebelled  against  thee, 
and  feast  thy  law  behind  their 
backs,  and  slew  thy  s  prophets 
which  testilied  against  them  to  turn 
tluin  to  thee,  and  they  wrought 
great  provocations. 

27  li  Therefore  thou  deliveredst 
them  into  the  hand  of  their  ene- 
mies, who  vexed  them:  and  in  the 
time  of  their  trouble,  when  they 
cried  unto  thee,  thou  i  heardest 
them  from  heaven  ;  and  according 
to  thy  manifold  mercies  k  thou  gavest 
tlieni  saviours,  who  saved  them  out 
of  the  hand  of  their  enemies. 

•JS  Hut  after  they  had  rest,  tUhey 
did  evil  again  befbre  thee:  therefore 
441 


v/ 

1.  a  au 

lEx 

34.6. 
in.  14.11). 
611.  5,  15. 
1  2.  13. 

ml. 

«.  32.  4. 

1'. 

r  57. 
11«.  45. 

o  Ki 

pNura.U.n. 

q  Ex.  IB.  15. 
Juili.  5. 12. 
rEx.  17.6. 
>  D.ut.  2.  7. 


liJudg  2.14.11 
3.  H.  Ac. 
r>.  lUU.  41, 


The  Levite^  confession. 


NEHEMIAH. 


The  sealing  of  the  covenant. 


Before 
CHRIST 


Hum. 
p2  Kin. 17.13. 
2Cl.r  3«.  15. 
Jut.  7.  '.U.  & 


w  l>.  .'..  i.  1, 

■  Jcr.  4.  27.  j> 
0.  10.  13. 


<i  n«ut.  m.  in. 


r, 'i).  10. 

,  ai. 

>  10.  3. 


lertest  thou  them  in  the  hand  of  their 
enemies,  so  that  they  liiul  the  do- 
minion over  them  ;  3'et  wlien  they 
returned,  and  eried  unto  thee,  thou 
heardest  than  from  heaven ;  and 
"'  many  times  didst  thou  deliver  them 
neoordin^'  to  thv  niorcies; 

L".i  Ami  ti-.-tiliuclst  M-Mhist  them,  that 
thou  ini^hte;>t  briri^  them  aj^ain  unto 
thy  law:  yet  they  "  dealt  proudly,  and 
hearkened  not  unto  thy  eommand- 
ments,  but  sinned  aj^ainst  thy  jud;i- 
mcnts,  ("whieh  if  a  man  do,  he  shall 
live  in  them;)  and  t withdrew  the 
shoulder,  and  hardened  their  neek, 
an<l  would  not  hear. 

;iO  Yet  many  years  didst  thou  f  for- 
bear them,  and  testifiedst  i*  against 
them  by  thy  Spirit  flin  thy  proph- 
ets :  yet  would  they  not  give  ear  : 
''therefore  gavest  thou  them  into  the 
hand  of  the  people  of  the  lands. 

.'fl  Nevertheless  for  thy  great  mer- 
cies' sake '  thou  didst  not  utterly  con- 
sume them,  nor  forsake  them  ;  tV)r 
thou  art  'a  gracious  and  merciful 
Ood. 

3'2  Now  therefore,  our  God,  the 
great,  the  "mighty,  and  the  terrible 
Uod,  who  keepest  covenant  and 
mercy,  let  not  all  the  t  trouble 
seem  little  before  thee,  f  that  hatli 
come  upon  us,  on  our  kings,  on 
our  princes,  and  on  our  priests,  and 
on  our  prophets,  and  on  our  fa- 
thers, and  ou  all  thy  people,  "since 
the  time  of  the  kings  of  Assyria 
unto  this  day. 

.'!.'!  Howbcit  ^thou  art  just  in  all 
that  is  brought  upon  us  ;  for  thou 
bast  done  right,  but  ^  we  have  done 
wickedly: 

34  Neither  have  our  kings,  our 
princes,  our  priests,  nor  our  fathers, 
kept  thy  law,  nor  hearkened  unto 
thy  cotum:in(lments  and  thy  testi- 
monies, wherewith  thou  didst  test- 
ily against  them. 

.'W  Vor  thiy  have  "not  served  thee 
in  their  kiri'g(li>ui,  and  in  I'thv  great 
{,'oodness  tliat  lliou  gavest  tlu'm,  and 
in  the  large  and  ^"  fat  land  which  thou 
gavest  before  them,  neither  turned 
they  from  their  wicked  W(^rks. 

."I!  liehold,  ii  we  ore  servants  this 
day,  and  /or  the  lan<l  that  thou 
gavest  unto  our  liithers  to  cat  the 
fruit  thereof  and  the  good  thereof, 
behold,  we  (ire  servants  in  it: 

."7  And  'it  yieldeth  much  in- 
crease unto  the  kings  whom  thou 
hast  set  over  us  because  of  our 
sins:  also  (hey  have  f  dominion 
over  our  bodies,  and  over  our  cat- 
tle, at  their  pleasure,  and  wo  iire 
in  great  ilistress. 

.■VS  And  because  of  all  this  we 
i-'make  a  sure  ciimitiiit,  and  write 
It:  and  our  princi'S,  Ijcvites,  iiml 
jiriests,  f  hseal  iiiitit  i7. 

CIIAPTKR  X. 
1   The  namrfi  fif  lh,m  tlnU  tculcl  Iht  i-ovc- 
mint.    !fl>  T/te  itoint»  of  tlt4  covtnant. 
442 


NOW   t  those    that   sealed   tfcrc, 
"Nehemiah,    ||thc    Tirshatha, 
i>the  son  of  llachaliah,  and  Zidkijab, 
2  "  Scraiah,  Azariah,  Jeremiah, 
,"  Pashur,  Amariah,  Malehiiah, 
4  llattush,  Shcbaniah,  Malluch, 
.">  Uarim,  Meremoth,  Obadiali, 
(i  Daniel,  Ginuetbon,  JJaruch, 

7  McshuUam,  Abijah,  Mijamin, 

8  Maaziah,  Bilgai,  Shemaiah:  these 
H-eir  the  priests. 

U  And  the  Levitcs:  both  Jeshua  the 
son  of  Azaniah,  Binnui  of  the  sons 
of  Ilenailad,  Kadmiel: 

10  And  tluir  brctliren,  Shebaniah, 
Ilodijali,  Krhta,  IVlaiali,  llauan, 

11  I\lieha,  lirh(.i).  l^l^habiah, 
lL>Zaeeiir,  Shereliiali,  Sliebaniah, 
l;i  llodiinli,  Hani,  Heninu. 

14  The  chief  of  the  iH'ople;  dParosh, 
Pahath-moab,  Klani,  Zatthu,  Bani, 
].'■>  Bunni,  Azgad,  Bebai, 
1(1  Adouijah,  Bigvai,  Adin, 
]7  Ater,  liizki)ah,  Azzur, 
l.S  Hodijah,  iJashum,  Bezai, 
]'.)  Uariph,  Analboth,  Nebai, 
I'd  Magpiash,  Meshullam,  llezir, 

21  Meshezaheel,  Zadok,  Jaddua, 

22  Pelatiab,  Ilanan,  Anaiah, 

2.-i  lloshea,  llananiah,  llashub, 
24  Ilallohosb.  Pileha,  Shnhek, 
2.-.  r.ehum,  llashabnah,  .Maaseiah, 
2i;  And  Ahijah,  Ilanan,  Anau, 
27  Malluch,  Uarim,  Baanah. 
2.S  H  'And  the  rest  of  the  people,  the 
priests,  the  I.cvites,  the  porters,  the 
singers,  the  Nethiniin,  fand  all  they 
that  had  separated  themselves  from 
tlie  people  of  the  lands  unto  the  law 
of  God,  their  wives,  their  sons,  and 
their  daughters,   every  one    having 
knowledge,  and  having  understiind- 
ing: 

2'.l  They  clave  to  their  brethren, 
tlieir  nobles,  Sand  entered  into  a 
curse,  and  into  nn  oath,  I' to  walk  in 
(Jod'a  law,  -which  was  given  i  by 
.Moses  the  servant  of  God,  and  to  ob'- 
serve  and  do  all  the  commandments 
of  the  I.oKi)  our  Lord,  and  his  judg- 
ments and  his  statutes: 
;!(>  .Viid  Unit  we  wouM  not  give  iour 
dauL'litirsUMl..tlie|H-..pl.>i.ttlu-l;m(l, 
liort;iki-  lliiir(l;aiglitiis1,.rours..ns: 
;il  kAlul  U't'ie  people  ot  the  land 
bring  ware  or  any  victuals  ou  the 
sabbath  day  to  sell,  that  vvc  would 
not  buv  it  of  (hem  on  the  sabbath, 
or  on  the  holy  day:  and  thiit  we 
would  leave  the  l  seventh  year,  and 
the  '"exaction  oft  every  debt, 
.'ij  Also  we  made  ordinances  for  lis, 
to  charge  onrselves  yearly  with  the 
third  pnrt  of  a  shekel  fiT  the  service 
of  the  h.uiseofuur  God; 
•T)  for  "  the  shewhread.  and  for  the 
"continual  meat  olfering,  iind  for  the 
continual  burnt  olhriiig.  of  the  sab- 
baths, of  the  new  monns.  11m-  llie  set 
feasts,  and  for  the  holy  Il4ui;is.  and 
for  the  sin  ofVeriugs  to  make  an  atone- 
ment for  Israel,  and  ./■>/•  all  the  work 
of  thu  houbc  of  uur  Gud. 


The  ohligattoiis  of  the  covenant.      NEHEMIAH. 


Who  dwell  at  Jerusalem. 


la.  4U.  16. 
|I.«>.  6.  12. 

rEi.Z3. 19  li 
31.  % 
l..r.  19. 13. 
Kc.m.lS.  12. 
lyoiil.  -id.  :i. 

lEi.  13.2.12. 
13. 

L-f  !T  »fi-27. 
M  urn.  18.  ii. 


1 1.«T.  23.  17. 
Kuiu.  1.5.19. 
&  IS.  I'i.  &c. 
Dtut.ia.4.i 


vj;-/ 

9.  2<! 
31   U. 

11. 

2ll.r 
ch.  U 

13.6. 

31.13. 

U. 

»ch.  13.10.11. 

k  JuJj.  i.  9. 
•  1  Che.  9. 2.3. 


d  Eir.  2.  43. 
•  £>n  2.  U. 
f  I  Chr.  9.  3. 


31  And  wc  cnst  the  lots  amnni;  tlic 

Friests,  the  J-evitos,  and  the  pirple, 
for  the  wood  orterinj;,  to  brinj;  i7 
into  the  house  of  our  God,  alter  the 
houses  of  our  fathers,  at  times  ap- 
pointed year  by  year,  to  burn  upon 
tlie  altar  of  tlie  I..oiiU  our  Ciod,  ''as 
i(  i,«  written  in  the  law: 

35  And  'to  briii;;  the  firstfruits  of 
our  ground,  and  tlie  tirstfruits  of  all 
fruit  of  all  trees,  year  by  year,  unto 
the  house  of  the  I.ouo: 

30  Also  the  tirsthorn  of  our  sons, 
and  of  our  eattle,  as  U  (.s  written  "  in 
the  law,  and  tlie  tirstlinss  of  onr 
herds  and  of  our  floclis,  to  brini;  to 
the  house  of  our  God,  unto  the  priests 
tliat  minister  in  tlic  house  of  our 
God: 

37  'And  that  wc  should  brin;;  the 
firstfruits  of  our  dough,  and  our  of- 
ferings, and  the  fruit  of  all  manner 
of  trees,  ot  wine  and  of  oil,  unto  tlie 
priests,  to  the  chambers  of  the  house 
of  our  God;  and  "the  tithes  of  our 
ground  unto  the  lycvites,  that  tlic 
same  ]>cvitcs  might  have  the  tithes 
in  all  the  cities  of  our  tillage. 

38  And  the  priest  the  son  of  Aaron 
shall  be  with  the  l.evites,  "  when  the 
liCvites  take  tithes:  and  the  Levites 
shall  bring  up  the  tithe  of  the  tithes 
unto  the  house  of  our  God,  to  >  the 
chambers,  into  the  treasure  house. 

3',)  For  the  children  of  Israel  and  the 
children  of  Levi  '•'sliaH  bring  the  of- 
fering of  the  corn,  of  the  new  wine, 
and  the  oil,  unto  the  chambers,  where 
we  the  vessels  of  the  sanctuary,  and 
the  priests  that  minister,  and  the 
porters,  and  the  singers:  "and  we 
will  not  forsake  the  house  of  our  God. 

CHAPTER  XI. 
1   The  rulers,  vUuntury  men,  and  the  tenth 

man  chosen  ly  lul,  .Iwell  at  Jerusalem. 

3  A  catalogue  of  their  names.    20  2'he 

resiiiuc:  tluiell  in  other  cities. 

AND  the  rulers  of  the  people  dwelt 
at  Jerusalem  :  the  rest  of  the 
people  also  cast  lots,  to  bring  one  of 
ten  to  dwell  in  Jerusalem  "the  holy 
city,  and  nine  parts  to  dwell  in  o(/(t;' 
cities. 

'J  And  the  people  blessed  all  the 
men,  that  l>  willingly  otttTcd  them- 
selves to  dwell  at  Jerusalem. 

3  IT '  Now  these  are  the  chief  of  the 
province  that  dwelt  in  Jerusalem  : 
but  in  the  citiesof  Judah  dweltcycry 
one  in  his  possession  in  their  cities, 
lo  icit,  Israel,  the  priests,  and  the 
l>cvitcs,  and  il  the  Nethinim,  and 
•^tlic  children  of  Solomon's  servants. 

4  And  fat  Jerusalem  dwelt  cei'lain 
of  the  children  of  Judah,  and  of  the 
children  of  Benjamin.  Of  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah;  Athaiali  the  son  of 
Uzziah,  the  son  of  Zechariah,  the  son 
<if  Amariah,  the  son  of  Shcphatiah, 
the  son  of  Mahalalecl,  of  the  children 
of  t^  Perez ; 

,1  And  Maaseiah  the  son  of  Baruch, 
the  son  of  Col-hozch,  the  son  of  11a- 


zaiah,  the  eon  of  Adaiah,  the  son  of 
Joiarib,  the  son  of  Zechariah,  the 
son  of  Shiloni. 

<!  All  the  sons  of  Perez  that  dwelt  at 
Jerusalem  wfre  four  hundred  three- 
score and  eight  valiant  men. 

7  And  these  are  the  sons  of  Benja- 
min ;  Sallu  the  son  of  Meshullam, 
the  son  of  Joed,  the  son  of  Pedaiah, 
the  son  of  Kolai:ih,  the  son  of  Jlaa- 
sciah,  the  son  of  Ithiel,  the  son  of 
Jesaiah. 

8  And  after  him  Gabhai,  Sallai,  nine 
hundred  twenty  and  eight. 

!l  And  Joel  the  son  of  Zichri  tviia 
their  overseer:  and  Judah  the  son  of 
Senuah  iras  second  over  the  city. 

lu  I*  Of  the  priests:  Jedaiah  the  son 
of  Joiarib,  Jachin. 

U  Seraiah  the  son  of  Ililkiah,  the 
son  of  Meshullam,  the  son  of  Zadok, 
the  son  of  Mcraioth,  the  son  of  Ahi- 
tub,  teas  the  ruler  of  the  liouse  of 
God. 

12  And  their  brethren  that  did  the 
work  of  the  house  tcerc  eight  hund- 
red twenty  and  two:  and  Adaiah  the 
son  of  Jeroham,  the  son  of  Pclaliah, 
the  son  of  Amzi,  the  son  of  Zeehii- 
rinh,  the  son  of  Pashur,  the  son  of 
Malchiah, 

13  And  his  brethren,  chief  of  the 
fathers,  two  hundred  forty  and  two: 
and  Amashai  the  son  of  Azareel,  the 
son  of  Ahasai,  the  son  of  Weshille- 
moth,  the  son  of  Immer, 

14  And  their  brethren,  mighty  men 
of  valour,  a  hundred  twenty  and 
eight:  and  their  overseer  i/'as  Zabdi- 
cl,  II  the  son  of  o?(e  oy'the  great  men. 

l.">  Also  of  the  Levites  :  Shemaiah 
the  son  of  ilashuh,  the  son  of  Azri- 
kam,  the  son  cf  Ilashabiah,  the  son 
of  Bunni; 

IG  And  Shabhcthai  and  Jozabad,  of 
the  chief  of  the  Levites,  1  hail  the 
oversight  of  i  the  outward  business 
of  the  nousc  of  God. 

17  And  Mattaniah  the  son  of  Micha, 
the  son  of  Zabdi,  the  son  of  Asanh, 
ir«5  the  principal  to  begin  the  thanks- 
giving in  prayer :  and  Bakbukiah 
the  second  among  his  brethren,  and 
Abda  the  son  of  Shamniua,  the  son 
of  Galal,  the  son  of  Jeduthun. 

18  All  the  Levites  in  kthe  holy  city 
icerc  two  hundred  fourscore  and 
four. 

I'J  Jloreover  the  porters,  Akkub. 
Talmon,  and  their  brethren  that 
kept  t  the  gates,  were  u  huudred 
seventy  and  two. 

i;0  IT  And  the  residue  of  Israel,  of 
the  priests,  aiiit  the  Levites,  wire  in 
;ill  the  cities  of  Judah,  every  one  in 
his  inheritance. 

L'l  I  But  the  Nethinim  dwelt  in 
Il  Ophel  :  and  Zilia  and  Gispa  tcere 
over  the  Nethinim. 

22  The  overseer  also  of  the  Levites 
at  Jerusalem  i/«s  l^zzi  tlio  son  of 
Bani,  the  son  of  Ilashabiah,  the  son 
of  Mattaniah,  the  eon  of  Alicba.  Of 
443 


The  inhabitants  of  the  cities. 


NEHEMIAH.         The  succession  of  high  priests. 


.33.30, 
r.lS.17. 


about  d3G. 
KEtra2.  t.  2 
I>  See  cli.  10.2 


•  r.  11. 


Mrraiotk, 
v«r.  15. 
Or. 

b'M.nrtAoit, 
rer.  18. 
Luko  1.  C. 
Or. 

Altniamin. 
>«r.  17. 
Or. 
MoaJiak, 


God. 

i'i  For  *"  it  was  the  Icing's  comman<l- 
mcnt  concerning  tliein,  that  [I  a  cer- 
tain portion  should  be  for  the  sing- 
ers, due  for  every  day. 

L'4  And  rcthaliiali  tlie  son  of  Me- 
sliezabcel,  of  the  cliildren  of  "  Zerah 
tlie  son  of  Judah,  H'a;>  "  at  the  king's 
liand  in  all  matters  concerning  the 
peoijle. 

L'.'»  And  for  tlie  villages,  witli  their 
liclils,  i^omc  of  the  children  of  .ludali 
dwelt  at  1'  Ivirjuth-arba,  and  in  tlie 
villages  thereof,  and  at  IJihou,  and 
ill  tlie  villages  tliereof,  and  at  .lekab- 
zeel,  and  in  the  villages  tliereof, 

ij()  And  at  Jcsiiuii,  and  at  JSloladah, 
anil  at  Bcth-plielet, 

L'7  And  at  Ilazar-shual,  and  at  Beer- 
slieba,  and  in  the  villages  tliereof, 

as  And  at  Ziklag,  and  lu  Mekouah, 
and  ill  the  villages  thereof, 

'J'J  And  at  Kn-rimmon,  and  at  Za- 
reah,  and  at  Jarmuth, 

'•W  Zanoah,  AduUam,  and  in  their 
viUngea,  at  Lachish,  and  the  fields 
thereof,  at  Azekah,  and  in  the  vil- 
lages thereof.  And  they  dwelt  from 
I5eer-8hcba  unto  the  valley  of  lliii- 
nom. 

.■Jl  The  children  also  of  Benjamin 
II  from  Geba  ilireJt  ||  at  Michmusli, 
and  Aija,  and  Beth-el,  and  in  their 
viMages, 

.'!J  Ami  at  Annthoth,  Nob,  Ananiah, 

.■;■!  llazor,  Kuinah,  (Jittainl, 

.■It  llailid,  Zi-boiiii,  Neballat, 

"3  Lull,  and  Ouo,  Itho  valley  of 
craftsmen. 

•'At  And  of  the  I^evites  were  divi- 
£ioua  in  Judah,  ami  in  Benjamin. 

CHAPTER  XII. 
1  The  ]^ric8t8,  8  and  the  Levitca,  which 
came  up  with  ZcrtMabcl.  ID  The  iiic- 
ccHBion  of  high  jjrieetg.  23  Ccrtitin  chief 
Levilet.  27  The  solemnity  of  tht  dcdica- 
(ion  of  the  wallt.  44  The  oljicee  of  priesta 
and  Levitee  appointed  in  the  temple. 

NOW  these  arc  the  "priests  and 
tlie  Lcvites  that  went  up  with 
Zerubbabel  the  son  of  Shealtiel,  and 
Jeshua:  ii  Seraiah,  Jeremiah,  Kzra, 
•2  Ainariah,  |l  Mallueh,  Hattush. 

3  II  Sheehaniah,  ||  Rehum,  ||  Mere- 
moth, 

4  Iddo,  II  Ginnetho,  "^Abijah, 
S||_Miainiii,  ||  Maadiah,  Bijgal 


(iShemaiuh,  and  Joiarib.  Jed 
7  llSallu,  Amok,  Ililkinli,  Je(l:i 
These  unr  the  chief  of  the  pri 
and  of  their  brethren  in  the  day 


h, 

iah. 

io^ts 

.sof 

J  Jeslina. 

S  Moreover  the  Levitcs :  Jesliiin, 
ISinnni,  Kadmiel,  Slierebiah,  Judah. 
(iiid  Mat(ainah,''ir/,i.7.  iriis  over  !|  the 
thanksgivinir,  he  and  his  hretlum. 
:i  Also  liakliukiah  an. I  I'nni,  their 
bretliren,  xr/tovcr  against  them  in 
the  watches. 

d  KiTit  3.  2.  na:.  1.  1.  Zucli.  3.  1.    o  cU.  11.  17. 


.n/„ 


444 


10  IT  Anil  Jeshua  be^at  Joiakim, 
Joiakim  also  begat  I;.liashib,  and 
Eliashil)  begat  Joiad.a, 

11  And  Joiada  be>jat  Jonathan,  and 
Jonatlian  begat  Jaddua. 

12  And  in  tne  days  of  Joiakim  were 
priests,  the  chicf'of  the  fathers:  of 
SeraiahjMeraiah;  of  Jeremiah,  llan- 
aniah; 

1.3  Of  Ezra,  McshuUam;  of  Ama- 
riah,  Jehohanan; 

14  Of  Melicu,  Jonathan  ;  of  Sheb- 
aniah,  Joseph; 

15  Of  llariiii,  Adna;  of  Jleraioth, 
llelkui; 

lU  Of  Iddo,  Zechari.ah;  of  Ginne- 
tlion,  Meshullam; 

17  Of  Abijah,  Zichri;  of  jMiniamin, 
of  Moadiah,  I'illai; 

18  Of  Bilgah,  Shammua;  of  Shem- 
aiah,  Jehonathan: 

rj   And   of  Joiarib,   Matteuai  ;    of 
Jcdaiah,  Uzzi: 
aiOfSallai,  Kallai;  of  Amok.  Kbcr; 

21  Of  Uilkiah,  llashabiah;  of  Jcda- 
iah, Nethanecl. 

22  11  The  I..evites  in  the  days  of 
Eliashib,  Joiada,  and  Johanan,  and 
Jaddua,  icere  recorded  chief  of  the 
fathers:  also  the  priests,  to  the  reign 
of  Darius  the  Persian. 

23  The  sons  of  Levi,  the  chief  of  the 
fathers,  were  written  in  the  book  of 
the  f  Chronicles,  even  until  the  days 
of  Johanan  the  son  of  Ehashib. 

24  And  the  chief  of  the  Levitcs: 
llashabiah,  Shercbiah,  and  Jeshua 
the  son  of  Kadmiei,  with  their  breth- 
ren oyer  against  them,  to  praise  <ih(/ 
to  give  thanks,  s  according  to  the 
commandment  of  David  the  man  of 
God,  h  w.ard  over  against  ward. 

25  Mattaniah,  and  Bakbukiah,  Oba- 
diah,  Meshullam,  Talnion,  Akkub, 
were  porters  keeping  the  ward  at  the 
II  thresholds  of  the  gates. 

2(>  These  were  in  the  davs  of  Joi- 
akim the  son  of  Jeshua,  t1ic  son  of 
Jozadak,  and  in  the  days  of  Nchc- 
miali  i  the  governor,  and  of  Ezra  the 
priest,  k  the  scribe. 

27  U  And  at  i  the  dedication  of  the 
wall  of  Jerusalem  they  sought  the 
Levitcs  out  of  all  their  places,  to 
bring  them  to  Jerusalem,  to  keep 
the  dedieation  with  gladness. '"  both 
with  thanksgivinics,  and  with  sing- 
ing, -irilh  cymbals,  psiUteries,  uiid 
witli  harps. 

28  And  the  sons  of  the  singers  gath- 
ered themselves  together,  both  out  of 
the  plain  country  round  about  Jeru- 
saleni,  and  from  the  villages  of  Ne- 
tophathi; 

2'.l  -Vlso  from  the  house  of  Gilgal. 
and  out  of  tlie  lields  of  Geba  ami 
Azmaveth :  for  the  singei-s  had 
builded  them  villages  round  about 
Jerusalem. 

30  Anil  the  priests  and  the  Lcvites 
puriliiil  tlii-in^ilvcs,  and  imritied  the 
people,  ami  the  g^ites.  and  the  wall. 

31  Then  1  brought  up  the  princes  of 


The  dedication  of  the  wall. 


NEHEMTAH.      Israel  separated  from  strangers. 


Before 

CURI ST 

415. 


t  Heb./or 

•ixr' 


Judah  upon  the  wall,  and  appointed 
two  great  coiniiriinc.-<  of  thnii  that 
gave  thanks,  iv/trrcnf  '^oiie  went  on 
the  riRht  hand  npou  the  wall  "to- 
ward the  dung  gate: 

3J  And  after  them  went  llosliaiah, 
and  half  of  the  princes  of  Jndah, 

o:i  And  Azariah,  Kzra,  and  Jleshul- 
1am, 

o4  Judah,  and  Benjamin,  and  Sheni- 
niah,  and  Jeremiah, 

o3  And  certain  of  the  priests'  sons 
Pwitli  trumpets;  nnnwlii,  Zechariah 
the  son  of  Jonathan,  the  son  of 
Shem?.iah,  the  son  of  Mattaniah, 
the  son  of  Miehaiah,  the  sou  of  Zac- 
cur,  the  son  of  Asaph: 

oli  And  his  brethren,  Shcmainh, 
and  Azarael,  Milalai,  (;ilalai,M;mi, 
Nethaneel,  and  Judah,  llanaui,  with 
'I  the  musieal  instruments  of  J)uvid 
the  man  of  God,  and  Kzra  the  scribe 
before  them. 

Sr  '  And  at  the  fountain  gate,  which 
was  over  against  them,  they  went  up 
hy  'the  stairs  of  the  city  of  David,  at 
the  going  up  of  the  wall,  above  the 
house  of  David,  even  unto  ^the  wa- 
ter gate  eastward. 

tl8  "  And  the  other  company  of  Ihem 
that  gave  thanks  went  over  against 
them,  and  I  after  them,  and  the  half 
of  the  people  upon  the  wall,  from 
beyond  "the  tower  of  the  furnaces 
even  unto  *  the  broad  wall; 

.'J'.l  ^And  from  above  the  gate  of 
Ephraim,  and  above  "the  old  gate, 
and  above  lahe  fish  gale,  'and  the 
tower  of  llananecl,  and  the  tower  of 
Meali,  even  unto  J  the  sheep  gate: 
and  they  stood  still  in  '  the  prison 
gate. 

40  So  stood  the  two  companies  of 
them  that  gave  thanks  in  the  house 
of  God,  and  I,  and  the  half  of  the 
rulers  with  me: 

41  And  the  priests;  Eliakim,  Maa 
seiah,  Jliniamin,  Miehaiah,  Elioenai, 
Zeehariah,  und  llananiah,  with 
trumpets; 

42  And  Maa-seiah,  and  Shcmaiah, 
and  Eleazar,  and  Uzzi,  and  Jeho- 
hanan,  and  JMalcIiijah,  and  Elam, 
and  Ezer.  And  the  siiigers  \  sang 
loud,  with  Jezrahiah  their  overseer. 

4.3  Also  that  day  they  offered  great 
sacrifices,  and  rejoiced:  for  God  had 
made  them  rejoice  with  great  joy: 
the  wives  also  and  the  children  re- 
joiced: so  that  the  joy  of  Jerusalem 
was  heard  even  afar  otf. 

44  IT  f  And  at  that  time  were  some 
appointed  over  the  rhambeis  for  tlie 
treasures,  for  the  olVerin-s  lor  the 
firstfrnits,  and  lor  the  lith.s.  In  gath- 
er into  them  out  of  the  fields  of  the 
cities  the  portions  ||  of  the  law  for  the 
priests  and  Levites:  I  fiir  Juduh  re- 
joiced for  the  priests  and  for  the 
Levites  t  that  waited. 

45  And  both  the  singers  and  the 
porters  kept  the  ward  of  their  (lOd, 
and  the  ward   of  the   purilicatiou, 


B according  to  the  commandment  of 
David,  und  of  Solomon  his  son. 
4(>  For  in  the  days  of  David  I'and 
Asaph  of  old  there  ivcre  chief  of  the 
singers,  and  songs  of  praise  and 
thanksgiving  unto  God. 
4r  And  all  Israel  in  the  days  of 
Zerubbabel,  and  in  the  days  of  Ne- 
hemiah,  gave  the  portions  of  the 
singers  and  the  porters,  every  day 
his  portion:  iand  they  llsauetified 
holi/  things  unto  the  Eevites;  kand 
the  Levites  sanctified  iheni,  unto  the 
children  of  Aaron. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  Upon  tho  reading  of  ihn  law  separation 
is  marie  from  the  7nixcct  muUiluilc.  4 
Aeliemiah  at  Ida  rcltirn  cautcth  the 
chamhcrt  to  be  cleansed.  10  Jle  reform- 
elh  the  omccs  in,  the  house  of  God.  15 
The  violation  of  the  sabbath,  23  and  the 
marriages  with  strange  wives. 

ON  that  day  '^fthcy  read  in  the 
book  of  jfoses  in  the  t  audience 
of  the  people;  and  therein  was  found 
written,  lithatthc  Ammonite  and  the 
Moabite  should  not  come  into  the 
congregation  of  God  forever; 

2  Because  they  met  not  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  with  bread  and  with 
water,  but  '^  hired  Balaam  against 
them,  that  he  should  curse  them: 
•I  howbeit  our  God  turned  the  curse 
into  a  blessing. 

;!  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  the}- 
had  heard  the  law.  "■  that  they  sepa- 
rated fron\  Israel  all  the  mixed  mul- 
titude. 

4  H  And  before  this,  Eliashib  the 
priest,  t  having  the  oversight  of  the 
chamber  of  the  house  of  our  God, 
u-as  allied  unto  Tobiah: 

5  And  he  had  prepared  for  him  a 
great  chamber,  f  where  aforetime 
they  laid  the  meat  offerings,  the 
frankincense,  and  the  vessels,  and 
the  tithes  of  the  corn,  the  new  wine, 
and  the  oil,  t "  which  was  command- 
ed to  be  given  to  the  Levites,  and  the 
singers,  and  the  porters;  and  the 
ofteriuga  of  the  priests. 

()  But  in  all  this  time  was  not  I  at 
Jerusalem  :  h  for  in  the  two  and 
thirtieth  year  of  Artaxerxes  king  of 
Babylon  came  I  unto  the  king,  and 
}  after  certain  days  ||  obtained  1  leave 
of  the  king: 

7  And  I  came  to  Jerusalem,  and 
understood  of  the  evil  that  Eliashib 
did  for  Tobiah,  in  i  preparing  him  a 
chamber  iu  the  courts  of  the  house 
of  God. 

s  Anil  it  grieved  me  sore:  therefore 
1  ca-t  lorth  all  the  household  stuff 
,,f  Tohiah  out  of  the  chamber. 

'.I  Then  I  eonunanded,  and  they 
k  cleansed  the  chambers:  and  thither 
brought  I  again  the  vessels  of  the 
house  of  God,  with  the  meat  offering 
and  the  frankincense. 

ill  H  And  I  perceived  that  the  por- 
tions of  the  Levites  had  1  not  been 
given  them :  for  the  Levites  and  the 
445 


I,  1  Chr.  a.  1. 


Nehemiah  reformeth 


NEHEMIAH. 


certain  abuses. 


C  II  K  I  S  T 

abuut  4^4. 


ProT,  28.  i. 
1  ch.  1(1.  39. 
t  H«b. 


)<r 

ni  1^ 

U 

u. 

t  Hfi 

h 

9( 

l\t 

r  1 

an.;. 

rrh 

7 

2 

10 

Of. 

4.2. 

singers,  that  did  the  work,  were  fled 
every  one  to  "'  his  field. 

11  'rhen  "  contended  1  with  the  rul- 
ers, and  said,  "  Why  i3  the  house  of 
God  forsaken  ?  And  1  gathered  them 
to;,'ether,  andsetthcni  in  their  f  place. 

12  I'Then  brought  nil  Juduh  the 
tithe  of  the  corn  and  the  new  wine 
and  the  oil  unto  the  ||  treasuries. 

\'i  1  And  I  Tnadc  treasurers  over  the 
treasuries,  Shelemiah  the  priest,  and 
Zadok  the  scribe,  and  of  the  lA'vites, 
I'edaiah  :  and  tnext  to  them  wan 
Ilanan  the  son  of  Zaccur,  the  son  of 
Mattaniah  :  for  they  were  counted 
'faithful,  and  f  their  oftice  wa$  to 
distribute  unto  their  brethren. 

14  "  Keniember  mc,  O  my  God,  con- 
cerning this,  and  wipe  iiot  out  my 
f  good  deeds  that  I  have  done  for  the 
house  of  my  God,  and  for  the  ||  otticcs 
thereof. 

15  11  In  those  days  saw  1  in  Judah 
some  treading  wfnepresees  Wm  the 
sabbath,  end  bringing  in  sheaves, 
and  ladingasses;  as  also  wine, grapes, 
and  figs,  and  all  iiioHi/cr  o/ burdens, 
"  which  they  brought  into  Jerusalem 
on  the  sabbath  day;  and  1  testified 
af/(un^t  tficm  in  the  day  wherein  they 
sold  victuals. 

IG  There  dwelt  men  of  Tyre  also 
therein,  which  brought  fish,  and  all 
manner  of  ware,  and  sold  on  the 
sabbath  unto  the  children  of  Judah, 
and  in  Jerusalem. 

17  ^  Then  I  contended  with  the 
nobles  c»f  Judah,  and  said  unto  them, 
What  evil  thing  i.'i  this  that  ye  do, 
and  profane  the  sabbath  dayV 

18  >  Did  not  your  fathers  thus,  and 
did  not  our  God  bring  all  this  evil 
upon  us,  and  upon  this  city  y  yet  yc 
bring  more  wr.ith  upon  Israel  by 
profaning  the  sabbath. 

!'.>  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when 
the  gates  of  Jerusalem  'began  to  lie 
dark  before  the  sabbath,  I  command- 
ed that  the  gates  should  be  shut,  and 
charged  that  they  should  not  be 
opened  till  aftfr  the  sabbath:  "and 
fitiiir  of  111"  servants  set  I  nt  the  gates, 
t/iat  there  shoiiUl  no  burden  be 
brought  in  on  the  sabbath  day. 

'Jii  So  the  merchants  and  sellers  of 
all  kind  of  ware  lodged  without  Je- 
rusalem oucc  or  twice. 


21  Then  I  testified  against  them, 
and  said  unto  them,  Why  lodge  ye 
I  about  the  wall  ?  if  ye  do  so  again",  1 
will  lay  hands  on  you.  I'rom  that 
time  forth  came  they  no  more  on  the 
sabbath. 

22  And  1  commanded  the  Levites, 
that  htheyshouldclean.se  themselves, 
and  ffi(tt  they  should  come  find  keep 
the  gates,  to  sanctify  the  sabbath  day. 
•^  Jiemeniber  mc,  Omy  God, conce?-n- 
inp  this  also,  and  spare  mc  according 
to  the  II  greatness  of  thy  mercy. 

2.1  ^  In  those  days  also  saw  I  Jews 
l/iat  f'lhad  married  wives  of  Ash- 
dod,  of  Ammon,  atitl  of  Moab: 

24  And  their  children  spake  half  in 
the  speech  of  Ashdod,  and  f  could 
not  speak  in  the  Jews'  language,  " 
according  to  the  language  1  of  each 
people. 

25  And  I  'contended  with  them, 
and  II  cursed  them,  and  smote  cer- 
tain of  them,  and  plucked  oft'  their 
hair,  and  made  them  f  swear  by 
God,  .<!n//i«f7,  Ve  shall  not  give  you'r 
daughters  unto  their  sons,  nor 'take 
their  daughters  unto  your  sons,  or 
for  yourselves. 

2(i  «  Did  not  Solomon  king  of  Israel 
sin  by  these  things'/  yet  li  among 
many  nations  was  there  "no  king  like 
him,  iwho  was  beloved  of  his  God, 
and  God  made  him  king  over  a 
Israel:  li  nevertheless  even  him  did 
outlandish  women  cause  to  sin. 

27  Shall  we  then  hearken  unto  y 
to  do  all   this  great  evil,  to  1  trans- 
gress against  our  God  in  marrying 
strange  wives? 

2.S  And  o)ie  of  the  sons  ""of  Joiada, 
the  son  of  Klia.'.hih  the  high  priest, 
nas  son  in  law  to  .Sanballat  the 
lloronite:  therefore  I  chased  him 
from  me. 

2!l  "  Kememlier  them,  ()  mv  God, 
f  because  they  have  defiled  the 
prie.vthood,  and  "the  covenant  of 
the  priestlMxid,  and  of  the  hevites. 

.■;0  I'Tluis  cleansed  I  tlicni  from  nil 
strangers,  and  ''apiwiinted  the  wards 
of  the  priests  and  the  l/cvites,  every 
one  in  his  business; 

"A  And  for  'the  wood  offering,  nt 
times  uppointed,  and  for  the  first- 
fruits,  "Itemember  me,  O  my  God, 
for  good. 


Before 
CHRIST 

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I  ch.  7.  e. 
I  Or,  (ttnucAj 


THE 
BOOK    OF    ESTHER. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  Ahaiuerut  mnkcth  royal  fengtt.  10 
Vashti.  lent  for,  refiieclh  (o  eome.  13 
Alianuerni.  by  the  nuneel  of  Memuran, 
maketh  the  decree  of  men's  sovcreiijniy. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days 
of  ■* Ahasuerus,  (this in  Ahasucrus 
which  rci^'ned  iifrom  India  even 
unto  Kthiopia,  '^  over  a  liiindrcd  and 
seven  and  twenty  provinces,) 
'i  rimt  in  those  days,  when  the 
kinf;  Ahasuerus  it  sat  on  the  throne 
of  his  liinKdom,  whicli  was  in  '  Shu- 
shan  tlie  palace, 

3  In  the  third  year  of  liis  reijjn,  lie 
fmade  a  feast  unto  all  his  princes 
and  his  servants;  the  power  of  Persia 
and  Media,  the  nobles  and  princes 
of  the  provinces,  beinfi  before  him: 

4  When  he  shewed  the  riches  of  his 
jrlorious  kingdom  and  the  honour 
of  his  excellent  majesty  many  days, 
even  a  hundred  and  fourscore  days. 

5  And  when  these  days  were  ex- 
pired, the  kini;  made  a  feast  unto  all 
the  people  tiiat  were  f  present  in 
Shushan  the  palace,  botli  unto  ;;reat 
and  small,  seven  days,  in  the  court 
of  the  garden  of  the  king's  palace: 

0    Where    were    white,  green,  and 

II  blue  /i(i»7i«3s,  fastened  with  cords 
of  tine  linen  and  purple  to  silver 
rings  and  pillars  of  marble:  ethe 
beds  ircrc  of  gold  and  silver,  upon  a 
pavement  (|  of  red,  and  blue,  and 
white,  and  black  marble. 

7  And  they  gave  the)ii  drink  in  ves- 
sels of  gold,  (the  vessels  being  diverse 
one  from  another,)  and  ]  royal  wine 
in  abundance,  taceordinjj  to  the 
state  of  the  king. 

8  And  the  drinking  was  according 
to  the  law;  none  did  compel:  for  so 
the  king  had  appointed  to  all  the 
officers  of  his  house,  that  they  should 
do  according  to  every  man's  pleas- 
ure. 

'J  Also  Vashti  the  queen  made  n 
feast  for  the  women  in  the  royal 
house  which  belonged  to  king  Ahas- 
uerus. 

10  ^  On  the  seventh  day,  when  ^  the 
heart  of  tlie  king  was  merry  with 
wine,  he  commaiuled  iMehunian, 
Biztha,  illarbona,  liigtlia,  and  Aliag- 
thn,  Zcthar,  and  Care:is,  the  seven 
II  chamberlains  that  served  in  the 
presence  of  Ahasuerus  the  king, 

11  To  bring  Vashti  the  <iueen  be- 
fore the  king  with  the  crown  royal, 
to  shew  the  peoiilc  and  the  princes 
her  beauty :  for  she  ivus  j  iair  to  look 
on. 

12  13ut  the  queen  ■\''a8hti   refused 


to  come  at  the  kin^i's  commandment 
f  by  /lis  chamberlains:  theretbre  was 
the  king  very  wroth,  and  his  anger 
burned  in  him. 

l.'S  IT  Then  the  king  said  to  the 
kwise  men,  1  which  knew  the  times, 
(for  so  was  the  king'.s  manner  to- 
ward all  that  knew  law  and  judg- 
ment: 

14  And  the  next  unto  him  tras  Car- 
shcna,  Shethar,  Admotha,  Tarshish, 
Meres,  Marsena,  and  Memucan,  the 
'"seven  princes  of  I'ersia  and  Media, 
"  which  saw  the  king's  face,  and 
which  sat  the  first  in  the  kingdom,) 

15  fWhat  shall  we  do  unto  the 
queen  Vashti  according  to  law,  be- 
cause she  hath  not  performed  the 
commandment  of  the  king  Ahasue- 
rus by  the  chamberlains? 

1(!  And  Memucan  answered  before 
the  king  and  the  princes.  Vashti  the 
queen  liath  not  done  wrong  to  the 
king  only,  but  also  to  all  the  princes, 
and  to  all  the  people  that  ore  in  all 
the  provinces  of  the  king  Ahasuerus. 

ir  For  Mis  deed  of  the  queen  shall 
come  abroad  unto  all  women,  so  tlnit 
they  shall  "despise  their  husbands 
in  their  eves,  when  it  shall  be  re- 
ported. The  king  Ahasuerus  com- 
manded Va.shti  the  queen  to  be 
brought  in  before  him,  but  she  came 
not. 

IS  Lil'ewise  shall  the  ladies  of  Persia 
and  Media  say  this  day  unto  all  the 
king's  princes,  which  nave  heard  of 
the  deed  of  the  queen.  Thus  shall 
there  arise  too  much  contempt  and 
wrath. 

I'J  t  If  it  please  the  king,  let  there 
go  a  royal  commandment  t  from 
nim,  and'let  it  be  written  among  the 
laws  of  the  Persians  and  the  Aledes, 
t  that  it  be  not  altered.  That  Vashti 
come  no  nmre  before  king  Ahasu- 
erus; and  let  the  king  give  her  royal 
estate  t  unto  another  that  is  better 
than  she. 

I'D  And  when  the  king's  decree, 
which  he  shall  make,  shall  be  pub- 
lished throughout  all  his  empire,  (for 
it  is  great.)  all  the  wives  shall  I'give 
to  their  hu.'.b:uid3  honour,  both  to 
great  and  small. 

:il  And  the  saying  f  pleased  the  king 
and  the  princes;  and  the  king  did 
according  to  the  word  of  Memucan : 

■J\i  For  he  sent  letters  into  all  the 
king's  provinces,  ''into  every  prov- 
ince acc<iriling  to  the  writing  thereof, 
and  to  every  people  after  their  lan- 
guage, that  every  man  should  ''bear 
rule  in  his  own  house,  and  f  that  it 
447 


A  neio  queen  to  be  chosen.  ESTHER. 


Estlier  is  made  queen: 


Ucforo 
CHRIST 
about  519. 


l>2Kin.21.11. 
•jc;hr.3li.  10. 


should  b«  published  nccordin;;  to  the 

language  of  every  people. 
CIIAPTEU  II. 

1  Out  of  the  choice  of  viruina  n  queen  <a 
to  be  chosen.  5  Mortlecni  the  merging 
father  of  Esther.  8  Esther  is  jtrcfcrreU 
6f/  liegai  before  the  rest.  12  The  tiinn- 
ner  of  purification,  and  goinff  in  to  the 
king.  15  Esther  best  pletising  the  king 
is  made  queen.  21  Mordecai  discovering 
a  treason  is  recorded  in  the  chronicles. 

AFTER  these  things,  when  the 
wrath  of  king  Aliasuerus  was 
appeased,  he  remembered  Vashti, 
and  what  she  had  done,  and  "what 
was  deereed  against  her. 

2  Then  said  the  king's  servants  that 
ministered  unto  him,  I^et  there  be 
fair  young  virgins  sought  lor  the 
king: 

3  And  let  the  king  appoint  offieers 
in  all  the  provinces  of  his  kingdom, 
that  they  may  gather  together  all  the 
fair  young  virgins  unto  Shushnn  the 
palace,  to  the  house  of  the  women, 
funto  the  custody  of  ||  llegc  the 
king's  chamberlain,  keeper  of  the 
women:  and  let  their  things  for  puri- 
fication be  given  thrm  : 

4  And  let  the  maiden  which  pleas- 
eth  the  king  be  queen  instead  of 
Vashti.  And  the  thing  pleased  the 
king;  and  he  did  so. 

5  ^r  Sow  in  Shushar  the  palace 
there  was  n.  certain  Jew,  whose  name 
rriiK  Mordecai,  the  son  of  Jair,  the 
son  of  Shimei,  the  son  of  Kish,  a 
Uenjamite; 

(i  HWbo  had  been  carried  away 
from  Jerusalem  with  the  captivitv 
which  had  been  carried  away  witl> 
llJeeoniah  kijig  of  Judah,  whom 
Nebuehadnezzar  the  king  of  Uaby- 
Um  had  carried  away. 

7  And  he  i  brought  up  lladassah, 
that  />-,  Esther,  'his  uncle's  daugh- 
ter: for  she  had  neither  father  nor 
nuithi'r,  and  the  maid  iciis  f  fair  and 
beautiful  ;  whom  Mordecai,  when 
her  father  ami  mother  were  de:id, 
took  for  bis  own  daughter. 

.S  IT  Si.  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
king's  e.immamlrnentariil  1 


>  he 


1(1  when  ! 


inaidc 


were  .1  gathered  together  unto  Slui- 
shan  the  palace,  to  the  eustodv  of 
Hegai,that  Esther  was  brought  also 
unto  the  king's  house,  to  the  custody 
of  I  legal,  keeper  of  the  women. 
!l  And  the  maiden  pleased  him,  and 
slie  obtained  kindness  of  him;  and 
he  specdilv  gave  her  her  'things 
for  purifica'tion,  with  f  such  tilings  as 
I.ehMige.l  to  brr.  andsev>-n  niMidens, 
ir/iirh  ii;rr  meet  to  be  given  her,  (nit 
of  the  king's  bouse:  and  1  lie  prefer- 
red her  and  her  nniids  unto  the  best 
,;/„rvorihe  bouse  of  the  women. 

10  f  Esther  had  not  shewed  her  peo- 
iile  nor  her  kindred  :  f.ir  Mordi'<-ai 
liail  charged  her  that  she  should  not 
shew  it. 

11  And  Mordecai  walked  every  doy 

448 


before  the  court  of  the  ■women's 
house,  1  to  know  how  Esther  did, 
and  what  should  become  of  her. 

12  V  Now  when  every  maid's  turn 
was  come  to  go  in  to  king  Ahasuerns, 
after  that  she  had  been  twelve 
months,  according  to  the  manner  of 
the  women,  (for  so  were  the  days  of 
their  purifieations  accomplished,  (o 
wit,  SIX  months  with  oil  of  myrrh, 
anil  six  months  with  sweet  odours, 
and  with  oilier  things  for  the  jjurify- 
ingof  the  women,) 

I'i  Then  thus  came  event  maiden 
unto  the  king  ;  whatsoever  s_he  de- 
sired was  given  her  to  go  with  her 
out  of  the  house  of  the  women  unto 
the  king's  house. 

14  In  the  evening  she  went,  and  on 
the  morrow  she  returned  into  the 
second  house  of  the  women,  to  the 
custody  of  Shaashgaz,  the  king's 
chamberlain,  which  kept  the  concu- 
bines: she  came  in  unto  the  king  no 
more,  except  the  king  delighted  in 
her,  and  that  she  were  called  by 
name. 

}.'>  IT  Now  when  the  turn  of  Esther, 
Sthe  daughter  of  Abihail  the  uncle 
of  Mordecai,  who  had  taken  her  for 
his  daughter,  was  come  to  go  in  unto 
the  king,  she  required  nothing  but 
what  Ilegai  the  king's  chamberlain, 
the  keeper  of  the  women,  appointed. 
And  Esther  obtaineil  favour  in  the 
sight  of  all  them  that  looked  upon 
her. 

1<!  So  Esther  was  taken  unto  king 
Ahasuerns  into  bis  house  royal  in 
the  tenth  month,  which  is  the  month 
Tebeth,  in  the  seventh  year  of  his 
reign. 

ir  And  the  king  loved  Esther  nlK)ve 
all  the  women,  and  she  obtained 
grace  and  II  favour  f  in  his  sight  more 
than  all  the  virgins;  so  that  he  set 
the  royal  crown  upon  her  head,  and 
made  her  queen  instead  of  A'ashti, 

18  Then  the  king  h  made  a  great 
feast  unto  all  bis  princes  and  his 
servants,  creii  Esther's  feast:  and  he 
iiKide  a  t  release  to  the  provinces, 
and  gave  gifts,  according  to  the  state 
of  the  king. 

r.i  And  when  the  virgins  were  gath- 
ereil  together  the  second  time,  then 
Mordecai  sat  i  in  the  king's  gate. 

L1>  t  Esther  had  not  ;/'•(  shiwed  her 
kindred  nor  her  people,  as  Mordecai 
had  char'tcd  her:  for  Esth.r  did  the 
commandment  of  Mordecai.  like  ns 
when  she  was  brought  up  with  him. 

21  IT  In  those  days,  while  Mordecai 
sat  in  the  king's  gale,  two  of  the 
king's  chamberlains,  II  Higthan  and 
Tcresh,  of  those  which  kept  ftho 
ib.or,  wen'  wroth,  and  sought  to  lay 
haiiilon  the  king  Ahasuerns. 

2J    Ami    the    thing    was   known    fo 

Mordeeai,  I  who  tolil  il  unto  Esther 
the  queen;  anil  Esther  certified  the 
king  till  n  o/  in  Mordecai's  name. 

23  And  when  inquisition  was  made 


Hainan  scckcth  to  destroy  the  Jews.  ESTHER. 


The  decree  against  the  Jews. 


CHRIST 

about  514. 


510. 
ch.  9.  •a. 


tH.b. 

11  Jr- 

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A»™. 

tH.b. 

"'*^'- 

kOrn 

11.42 

Ich.  8 

2.8. 

Uth  lott.'  8  //« 
iation  a  decree  of  the 


of  the  matter,  it  was  found  out ; 
tlicrcfore  tliey  were  botli  liaiifjeil  on 
a  tree:  and  it  was  written  in  '"the 
book  of  the  chronicles  before  the 
king. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1  Haman,  advanced  by  the  king,  and  de- 

epitcd  by  Mordecai,  seeketh 

on  all  the  JeKi.    \ 

obtainethhycalun 

king  to  put  the  Jewa  to  d< 

AFTER  these  things  did  king 
Ahasuerus  promote  Haman  the 
son  of  Hammedatha  the  "Agagite, 
and  advanced  him.  and  set  liis  seat 
above  all  the  princes  that  were  witli 
him. 

2  And  all  tlie  king's  servants,  that 
were  bin  the  king's  gate,  bowed,  and 
reverenced  Haman:  forthe  king  had 
so  commanded  concernin;;  him.  Hut 
Mordecai  '^  bowed  nut,  uor  did  him 
reverence. 

3  Then  the  king's  servants,  which 
were  in  the  king's  gate,  said  unto 
Mordecai,  Why  transgresses!  thou 
the  <i  king's  commandment? 

4  Now  it  came  to  pass,  when  they 
spake  daily  unto  him,  and  he  heark- 
ened not  unto  them,  that  they  told 
Haman,  to  see  whether  Moruecai's 
matters  would  stand:  for  he  had  told 
them  that  he  was  a  Jew. 

5  And  when  Haman  saw  that  Mor- 
decai "^  bowed  not,  nor  did  him  rev- 
erence, then  was  Haman  ffuU  of 
wrath. 

0  And  he  thought  scorn  to  lay 
hands  on  Mordecai  alone;  for  they 
had  shewed  him  the  people  of  Mor- 
decai :  wherefore  Haman  ^ sought 
to  destroy  all  the  Jews  that  were 
throughout  the  whole  kingdom  of 
Ahasuerus,  even  the  people  of  Mor- 
decai. 

?  H  In  the  first  month,  that  u«,  the 
month  Nisan,  in  the  twelfth  year  of 
king  Ahasuerus,  lithey  cast  Pur,  that 
i',«,  tlie  lot,  before  Haman  from  day 
to  day,  and  from  month  to  montli,  to 
the  twelfth  month,  that  is,  the  mouth 
Adar. 

iS  f  And  Hainan  said  unto  king 
Ahasuerus,  There  is  a  certain  peo- 
ple scattered  abroad  and  dispersed 
among  the  people  in  all  the  prov- 
inces of  tliy  kingdom  ;  and  >  their 
laws  are  diverse  from  all  peojile  ; 
neither  keep  they  tlic  kings  laws: 
therefore  it  is  not  t  for  the  king's 
profit  to  suffer  them. 

9  If  it  please  the  king,  let  it  be  writ- 
ten t  that  they  may  be  destroved  : 
and  I  will  tpay  ten  thousand  talents 
of  silver  to  the  hands  of  those  that 
have  tlie  charge  of  the  business,  to 
bring  it  into  the  king's  treasuries. 

10  And  the  king  It  took  I  his  ring 
from  his  hand,  and  gave  it  unto  Ha- 
inan the  son  of  Hammedatlia  the 
Agagite,  the  Jews'  ||  cnem.v. 

H  And  the  king  said  unto  Haman, 
The  silver  i.'!  given  to  thee,  the  peo- 
2i> 


pie  also,  to  do  with  them  as  it  seem- 
eth  good  to  thee. 

12  ^  Then  were  the  king's  ||  scribes 
called  on  the  thirteenth  day  of  the 
first  month,  and  there  was  written 
according  to  ail  that  Haman  had 
commanded  unto  the  king's  lieuten- 
ants, and  to  the  governors  that  were 
over  every  province,  and  to  the  rul- 
ers of  every  people  of  every  province 
"according  to  the  writing  thereof, 
and  to  every  people  after  their  lan- 
guage: "in  the  name  of  king  Ahasu- 
erus was  it  written,  and  sealed  with 
the  king's  ring. 

l".  And  the  letters  were  I" sent  by 
posts  into  all  the  king's  provinces,  to 
destroy,  to  kill,  and  to  cause  to  per- 
ish, all  Jews,  both  young  and  old, 
little  children  and  women,  ''in  one 
day,  even  upon  the  thirteenth  daij 
of  the  twelfth  month,  which  is  the 
month  Adar,  and  'to  tak'e  the  siioil 
of  them  for  a  prey. 

H  ''  The  copy  of  the  writing  for  a 
commandment  to  be  given  in  every 
province  was  published  unto  all  peo- 
ple, that  they  should  be  ready  against 
that  day. 

15  The  posts  went  out,  being  hast- 
ened by  the  king's  commandment, 
and  the  decree  was  given  in  Shusbaii 
the  palace.  And  the  king  and  H,a- 
man  sat  down  to  drink;  but  ^  the 
city  Shushan  was  perplexed. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  The  ffreat  mourning  of  Mordecai  and 
the  Jewa.  4  Esther,  understanding  it, 
tendeth  to  Mordecai,  who  aheweth  the 
cattee,  and  adviseth  her  to  undertake  the 
suit.  Ill  She  excusing  herself  is  threat^ 
encd  by  Mordecai.  15  She  appointing  a 
fast  undertaketh  the  Suit. 

"XVT'HEN  Mordecai  perceived  all 
i\  that  was  done,  Mordecai  "rent 
his  clothes,  and  put  on  sackcloth 
bwitii  ashes,  and  went  out  into  the 
midst  of  the  city,  and  "^  cried  with  a 
loud  and  a  bitter  cry; 

2  And  came  even  before  the  king's 
gate;  for  none  iiiiqlit  enter  into  the 
king's  gate  clothed  with  sackcloth. 

3  And  in  every  province,  whitherso- 
ever the  kings  commandment  and 
his  decree  came,  there  was  great 
mourning  among  the  Jews,  and  fast- 
ing, and'weeping,  and  wailing;  and 
t  many  lay  in  sackclotli  and  ashes. 

4  H  So  Esther's  nuiids  and  her 
t  chamberlains  came  and  told  it  her. 
Then  was  the  queen  exceedingly 
grieved  :  an4  she  sent  raiment  to 
clothe  Mordecai,  and  to  take  away 
his  sackcloth  from  him:  but  lie  re- 
ceived If  not. 

5  Then  called  Esther  for  Ilatach, 
ove  of  the  king's  chamberlains, 
t  whom  he  had  appointed  to  attend 
upon  her,  and  gave  him  a  command- 
ment to  Mordecai,  to  know  what  it 
wit.<,  ami  why  it  wtvi. 

U  So  Hatach  went  forth  to  Mordecai 
44!) 


Mnrdi'cai's  charge  to  Esther. 


Esther  standeth  before  the  king. 


Btfore 
CHRIST 
&bout  510. 


h  ch.S.2.ii8.4. 


t  n.k. 
Joii's.  lU. 


)  H.b./oiii./l. 
lSeaeb.fi.  1. 


kXeeOeo.U. 
14. 
t  Hob.  jionfi. 


unto  the  street  of  the  city,  wliich  ivas 
before  the  king's  sate. 

7  And  Monlecui  told  him  of  nil  that 
\\3.A  happened  niito  him,  nnd  of 'Uhe 
snni  of  the  money  that  llamsn  had 
promised  to  tiay  to  the  kin>;',>>  treaa- 
iirie.s  tor  tlio  Jews,  to  destroy  them. 

H  Also  he  pave  him  "the  copy  of  the 
writing  of  the  decree  that  was  given 
at  Sliushan  to  destroy  them,  to  shew 
r/  unto  Esther,  ana  to  declare  it  unto 
her,  and  to  charge  her  that  she  should 
go  in  unto  the  king,  to  make  suppli- 
cation unto  him,  and  to  make  recjuest 
hefore  him  for  her  people. 

!•  And  Untaeh  came  and  told  Esther 
the  words  of  Mordccai. 

10  IT  Again  Esther  spake  tinto  Ila- 
tach,  and  gave  him  commandment 
unto  Mordecai: 

11  All  the  king's  servants,  and  the 
people  of  the  king's  provinces,  do 
know,  that  whosoever,  whether  man 
or  woman,  shall  come  unto  the  king 
into  r  the  inner  court,  who  is  not 
called,  ^  ftirrc  is  one  law  of  his  to  put 
tiiin  to  death,  except  such  hto  whom 
the  king  shall  hold  ont  the  golden 
sceptre,  that  he  may  live:  but  I  have 
not  been  called  to  come  in  unto  the 
king  these  thirty  days. 

IJ  And  they  told  to  Mordecai  Es- 
ther's words. 

I'i  Then  .Mordecai  commanded  to 
answer  Esther,  Think  not  with  thy- 
self that  thou  shalt  escape  in  the 
king's  house,  more  than  all  the  Jews. 
It  Kor  if  thou  altogether  boldest  thy 
peace  at  this  time,  (Am  shall  there 
f  enlargement  and  deliverance  arise 
to  the  Jews  from  another  place:  but 
thou  and  thy  father's  house  shall  be 
destroyed :  and  who  knoweth  whether 
thou  art  come  to  the  kingdom  for 
liiirfi  a  time  as  this? 
l.i  IT  Then  Esther  bade  them  return 
Mor<lecai  tttix  (i?j.*(rcr, 
II!  Oo,  gather  together  all  the  Jews 
that  arc  I  present  in  .'^hiislian,  and 
fust  ye  for  me,  and  neither  cat  nor 
drinlt  i  three  days,  night  or  dav:  I 
also  and  my  maidens  will  fa.st  like- 
wise: and  .so  will  I  go  in  unto  the 
king,  which  is  not  according  to  the 
law:  kand  if  I  perish,  1  licrish. 

17  So  Mordecai  I  went  ids  way,  and 
did  accrir<ling  to  all  that  Esther  had 
coinmandcd  him. 

CUAPTER  V. 
1  Eitthcr,  atlvtnturinff  on  the  Jting^s  fa- 
vmti-.  obt<iinrlli  llti  gnitt  u.f  tlu  galiUn 
ecfptre,  aivl  inviteth  the  kinff  nnd  JLi- 
man  to  a  banijuet.  0  She,  being  en- 
ciur.igoil  hy  the  king  inhtr  tuit.inviteth 
than  to  aiivllicr  b.mqtiet  the  next  day.  0 
Wimii.t.  pr,,ud  iif  hie  civanctment,  re- 
yinrlhat  the  eiintempt  af  Slurdrcni.  M 
lly  the  eouneel  of  Xerceh  he  buildetli  for 
hiin  a  puir  of  gidloive. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  "  on  the  third 
dav,   that    Esther    jint    on    /ifi- 
royal   iippni-rl,   and    stood    in    l>the 
iniier  court  of  the  king's  house,  over 
4S0 


against  the  king's  house :  and  th« 
king  sat  upon  his  royal  throne  in  the 
royal  house,  over  against  the  gate  of 
the  house. 

li  And  it  was  so,  when  the  king  gaw 
Esther  tlie  queen  standing  in  the 
court,  ttidt  'she  obtained  tiivour  in 
his  sight:  and  il  the  king  held  out  to 
Esther  the  golden  sceptre  that  w.'a.s 
in  his  hand.  So  Esther  drew  near, 
and  touched  the  top  of  the  sceptre. 

.1  Then  said  the  king  unto  her, 
AVbflt  wilt  thou,  queen  Esther?  and 
what  is  thy  request?  "■  it  shall  be  even 
given  thee  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

4  And  Esther  answered.  If  it  serin 
good  unto  the  king,  let  the  king 
and  llaman  come  this  day  unto  the 
banquet  that  I  have  prepared  for 
him. 

5  Then  the  king  said.  Cause  Haman 
to  make  haste,  that  he  may  do  as 
Esther  hath  said.  So  the  king  and 
ilaman  came  to  the  banquet  that 
Esther  had  prepared. 

filT  I  And  the  king  s?.id  unto  Esther 
at  the  banquet  of  wine,  =  What  i.--  thy 
petition?  and  it  shall  be  granted  thee: 
and  what  is  thy  request?  ex'cn  to  the 
half  of  the  kingdom  it  shall  be  per- 
formed. 

7  Then  answered  Esther,  and  said, 
My  petition  and  my  request  is ; 

.s'lf  I  have  found  favour  in  the  sight 
oftlio  king,  anil  if  it  plea.<e  the  king 
to  grant  my  petition,  and  i  topert'orm 
my  request,  let  the  king  and  Ilaman 
co'me  to  the  bancjuet  that  I  shall  pre- 
pare for  them,  and  I  will  do  to  mor- 
row as  the  king  hath  said. 

Q  H  Then  went  Haman  forth  that 
day  joyful  and  with  a  glad  heart: 
but  when  Il;imau  saw  Mordecai  in 
the  king's  gate,  I' that  he  stood  not 
up,  nor  moved  for  him,  he  was  full 
ot  indignation  against  Mordecai. 

II)  Nevertheless  Ilaman  i  refrained 
himself:  and  when  he  came  home, 
he  sent  and  t  called  for  his  friends, 
and  Zeresh  his  wife. 

11  .\nd  Hainan  told  them  of  the 
glnrv  of  his  riches,  and  t  tlic  mul- 
titude of  his  children,  and  all  l/ie 
t/iini/s  wherein  the  king  had  pro- 
moted hi\n,  and  how  he  had  I  ad- 
vanced him  above  the  princes  and 
servants  of  the  king. 

12  Hainan  said  moreover,  Yea, 
Esther  the  oueen  did  let  no  man 
come  in  witn  the  king  unto  the 
baminet  that  she  had  prepared  but 
myself;  and  to  morrow  am  I  in- 
vited unto  her  also  with  the  king. 

l.'i  Yet  all  this  availeth  mo  nothing, 
so  long  as  1  see  Mordecai  tlie  Jew 
sitting  at  the  king's  gate. 

14  H  Then  said  Zeresh  his  wife 
and  all  his  friends  unto  him,  Eet  a 
t" gallows  be  made  of  fifty  cubits 
high,  and  to  morrow  "speak  thou 
unto  the  king  that  .Mordecai  may  "oe 
hanged  llicreon  ■  then  go  thou  in 
merrily  witli  the  king  unto  the  ban- 


Mordccai  rcceiveth  great  honours.       ESTHER. 


The  qtieen  acciiseth  Hainan. 


Before 
CHRIST 
«bout  510. 


quet.  And  the  thitiR  pleased  lla- 
iium  i  ami  he  caused  "the  {jallows 
to  be  made. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Ahatuent.  maJing  in  the  clirnnicht  of 
t/ie  good  service  d\jne  by  Mordccai,  ink- 
eth  care  for  hit  reward.  4  Haman. 
coming  to  sue  that  Mordeeai  might  he 
hanged,  unawar.-a  givcth  cottnnct  that 
he  might  da  him  honour.  12  Complain- 
ing of  hia  misfortune,  hit  friends  tell 
him  of  hia  final  destiny. 

ON  that  nipht  t  could  not  the 
kins  sleep,  and  he  commanded 
to  bring  "the  book  of  records  of  the 
chronicles;  and  they  were  read  be- 
fore the  king. 

2  And  it  was  found  written,  that 
Mordeeai  had  told  of  \\  Uigthana 
and  Teresh,  two  of  the  king's  cham- 
berlains, the  keepers  of  the  |  door, 
wlio  sought  to  lay  hand  on  the  king 
Ahasuerus. 

;i  And  the  king  said.  What  honour 
anil  dignity  hath  been  done  to  Slor- 
dccai  (or  this?  Then  said  the  king's 
servants  that  ministered  unto  him, 
'J'hcre  is  nothing  done  for  him. 

4  IT  And  the  king  said,  "Who  is  in 
the  court  ?  Now  llaman  was  come 
into  hthc  outward  court  of  the 
king's  house,  "^  to  speak  unto  the 
king  to  hang  Mordeeai  on  the  gal- 
lows that  he  had  prepared  for  him. 

r>  And  the  king's  servants  said  unto 
him,  DchoUl,  Hainan  standeth  in  tlie 
court.  And  the  king  said.  Let  him 
come  in. 

li  So  Hainan  came  in.  And  the 
king  said  unto  him,  AVhat  sliall  be 
done  unto  tlie  man  1  wliom  the  king 
delightetli  to  Iionour  'i  Now  lla- 
man thought  in  his  heart.  To  whom 
would  the  king  delight  to  do  honour 
more  than  to  myself? 

r  And  Hamaii  answered  the  kin 
For  tlie  man  \  whom  the  king  de- 
lightetli to  honour, 

n  t  Let  the  royal  apparel  be 
brought  t  which  the  king  iixelh  to 
wear,  and  il  the  horse  that  the  king 
ridcth  upon,  and  the  crown  royal 
which  is  set  upon  his  head: 

II  And  let  this  apparel  and  horse 
he  delivered  to  the  hand  of  one  of 
the  king's  most  noble  princes,  that 
they  may  array  the  man  uitlial 
whom  the  king  delighteth  to  hon- 
our, and  f  bring  liim  on  horseback 
through  the  street  of  the  city,  "^and 
nroclaim  before  him.  Thus  shall  it 
be  done  to  the  man  whom  the  kin 
delichteth  to  lionour. 

10  Then  the  king  said  to  Ilaman, 
^lake  haste,  nuil  take  the  app; 
and  tlie  horse,  as  thou  hast  said, 
and  do  even  so  to  IMordeeai  the 
.lew,  that  sitteth  at  the  king's  gate: 
t  let  notliing  fail  of  all  that  thou  hast 
spoken. 

11  Then  took  Ilaman  the  apparel 
and  the  horse,  and  arrayed  IMonle- 
cai,  and  brought  him  on  horseback 


through  the  street  of  the  city,  and 
proclaimed  before  him.  Thus  shall 
it  be  done  unto  the  man  whom  the 
king  delighteth  to  honour. 

12  IT  And  Mordeeai  came  again  to 
the  king's  gate.  But  Ilaman  Miasted 
to  his  house  mouruing,  »and  having 
his  head  covered. 

l.'i  And  Hainan  told  Zeresh  liis 
wife  and  all  his  friends  every  thing 
that  had  befallen  him.  Then  said 
his  wise  men  and  Zeresh  his  wife 
unto  him,  Jf  Mordccai  be  of  the 
seed  of  the  Jews,  before  whom  thou 
hast  begun  to  fall,  thou  ghalt  not 
prevail  against  him,  but  shalt  surely 
fall  before  him. 

14  And  while  they  iccre  yet  talking 
with  him,  came  "the  king's  cham- 
berlains, and  hasted  to  bring  Hainan 
unto  bthe  banquet  that  Esther  had 
prepared. 

CHAPTER  VIL 

\  Esther,  entertaining  the  kino  and  Ila- 
man, maketh  suit  for  her  unn  Ufa  and 
her  people's.  6  ihe  aceuseth  Ilaman. 
7  The  king  in  his  anger,  understanding 
of  the  gnllows  tlhich  Ilaman  had  made 
fur  Mordecui,  causelh  him  to  be  hanged 
thereon. 

SO  the  king  and  Ilaman  came  t  to 
banquet  with  Esther  the  queen. 

2  And  the  king  said  again  unto 
Esther  on  the  second  day  "at  tlie 
banquet  of  wine.  What  i.i  thy  peti- 
tion, queen  Esther'/  and  it  shall  bo 
granted  thee:  and  what  i.i  thy  re- 
quest? and  it  shall  be  performed, 
eic7i  to  the  half  of  the  kingdom. 

o  Then  Esther  the  queen  answered 
and  said.  If  I  have  found  favour  ill 
thy  siglit,  <)  king,  and  if  it  please  the 
king,  let  my  life  be  given  me  at  my 
petition,  aiid  my  people  at  my  re- 
quest: 

4  For  we  arc  '■sold,  I  and  my  peo- 
ple, t  to  be  destroyed,  to  be  slain,  and 
to  perish.  But  if  we  had  been  sold 
for  bondmen  ami  bondwomen,  I  had 
held  mv  tongue,  although  the  ene- 
my could  not  countervail  the  king's 
damape. 

5  n  Then  the  king  Ahasuerus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  Esther  the 
queen.  Who  is  he,  and  where  is  he, 
t  that  durst  presume  in  his  heart  to 
do  so? 

G  And  Esther  said,  f  The  adver- 
sary and  enemy  is  this  wicked  Ha- 
inan. Then  Hainan  was  afraid  |1  bo- 
fore  the  king  and  the  cjiieen, 

7  If  And  the  king  arising  from  the 
banquet  of  wine  in  his  wrath  vent 
into  the  pahiee  garden  :  and  Ha- 
inan stood  up  to  make  request  for 
his  life  to  Esther  the  queen;  for  he 
saw  that  there  was  evil  determined 
against  him  bv  the  king. 

.S  Then  the  king  returned  ont  of 
the  palace  garden  into  the  phu-e 
of  the  banquet  of  wine  ;  and  Ila- 
man was  fallen  upoa  *"  the  bed 
wliereou    Esther   was.     Then   said 


AJiaxuerus  nmnteth  to  the 


ESTHER. 


Jeu's  to  defend  theinselvM. 


lierure 
CHRIST 
about  510. 


l>.4.  II.  & 


.ell.  in. 
S  ch.  3.  12. 


tlic  kiiii;.  Will  he  force  the  queen 
also  i  before  ine  in  the  lionsei*  As 
the  word  went  out  of  the  king's 
mouth,  they  ii  covered  llanian's  face. 
0  And  "^llarbonah,  one  of  the 
chamhcrlains,  eaid  before  the  kin);, 
Behold  also  ftho  tRallows  lifty  cu- 
bits hijih,  which  llaman  had  made 
for  Mordccai,  who  had  spoken  good 
for  the  king,  standeth  in  tlie  honae 
of  liaman.  Then  the  king  said, 
llang:  him  thereon. 
10  So  sthey  hanged  Ilaman  on 
the  Rallowg  that  he  liad  prepared 
for  Slordecai.  Then  was  the  king's 
wrath  pacified. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 
1  Mordccai  is  adxmnccd.  3  Esther  majfoth 
euit  to  reverse  JJaman'a  letters.  7  Aliae- 
tterua  granteth  to  the  Jews  to  defend 
theinaelvee.  lit  JtlordecaVa  honour,  and 
the  Jewa'  joy. 

ON  that  day  did  the  kinp;  Ahas- 
uenis  give  the  house  of  Ha- 
inan the  Jews'  enemy  unto  Esther 
the  fiuccn.  And  Alordecai  caino 
before  the  king ;  for  Esther  had 
told  "  what  he  kym  unto  her. 

2  And  the  king  took  off  bhis  ring, 
which  he  had  t.aken  from  Hainan, 
and  gave  it  unto  Mordecai.  And 
Esther  set  Alordecai  over  the  house 
of  Hainan. 

.1  IT  And  Esther  spake  yet  again  be- 
fore the  king,  and  fell" down  at  his 
fuct,  tand  besought  him  with  tears 
to  put  away  tlie  mischief  of  Haman 
the  Agapite.  and  his  device  that  he 
had  ileviscd  against  the  .lews. 

4  Then  '^tlie  king  licUl  out  the 
golden  sceptre  toward  Esther.  So 
Esther  arose,  and  stood  before  the 
king, 

■I  And  said.  If  it  please  the  king, 
and  if  I  have  found  fu\'our  in  his 
sight,  and  the  tiling  teem  right  he- 
fore  tlie  king,  and  I  l>c  pleasing  in 
his  eyes,  k-t  it  be  written  to  reverse 

I  tlic'letter.s  devised  liy  Haman  the 
son    of  llaminedatha    the    Agngite, 

II  which  he  wrote  to  destroy  the 
Jews  which  arc  in  all  the  king's 
l>rovinces: 

fl  Eor  how  can  I  1  endure  to  sec 
■l.tlie  evil  th.'it  shall  com.'  unto  my 
pcoiile;'  or  how  cnn  1  ciulure  to  see 
the  (Irstructi.ui  of  my  Kindred? 

7  ir  Tlu'u  tlic  king  Ahasuerus  Kaid 
unto  Esther  the  queen  mid  to  Mor- 
decai the  Jew,  Heboid,  'I  have 
given  E.-jtber  the  house  of  Haman, 
and  hiui  they  have  hanged  upon 
the  gallows  'because  he  laid  his 
hand  upon  tlie  Jews. 

8  Write  yc  also  for  the  Jews,  as 
it  liketh  you,  in  the  king's  name, 
and  seal  I'c  with  the  king's  ring:  for 
tlie  writing  which  is  written  in  the 
king's  name,  and  sealed  with  the 
king's  ring,  ^ maj'  no  man  reverse. 

'.)  K 'I'lien  were  the  king's  fcrilx's 
called  at  that  fimo  in  the  third 
mouth,  tbtit   i.t,  the   mouth    Sivan, 


on  the  three  and  twentieth  (laij 
thereof;  and  it  was  written  accord- 
ing to  all  that  Alordecai  command- 
ed unto  the  Jews,  and  to  the  lieu- 
tenants, and  the  deputies  and  rul- 
ers of  the  provinces  which  are 
lifrom  India  unto  Ethiopia,  a  hund- 
red twenty  and  seven  provinces,  un- 
to every  province  "according  to  the 
writing  thereof,  and  unto  every  peo- 
ple after  their  language,  and  to  tlie 
Jews  according  to  their  writing,  and 
according  to  their  language. 

10  k  And  he  wrote  in  the  king 
Ahasuerus'  name,  and  scaled  il 
with  tlio  king's  ring,  and  sent  let- 
ters by  posts  on  horseback,  (iii<l 
riders  on  mules,  camels,  and  young 
dromedaries; 

11  Wherein  the  king  granted  the 
Jews  which  vere  in  every  city  to 
gather  themselves  together,  and  to 
stand  for  their  life,  to  destroy,  to 
slay,  and  to  cause  to  perish,  all  the 
power  of  the  people  and  province 
that  would  assault  them,  both  little 
ones  and  women,  and  1  fo  taf:e  the 
spoil  of  them  for  a  prey, 

12  '"Upon  one  day  in  all  the  prov- 
inces of  king  Ahasuerus,  nninrln, 
upon  the  thirteenth  tliii/  of  the 
twelfth  month,  which  is  the  month 
Adar. 

I'i  "  The  copy  of  the  writing  for  a 
conimandment  to  be  given  in  evcrv 
province  1'o.s  )  published  unto  all 
people,  and  that  the  Jews  should 
be  ready  against  that  day  to  avenge 
themserves  on  their  enemies. 

14  .'<o  the  posts  that  rode  upon 
mules  anfi  camels  went  out,  being 
liastened  and  pressed  on  by  the 
king's  commandment.  And  the 
decree  was  given  at  Shushan  the 
palace. 

15  TI  And  Slordeeai  went  out  from 
the  presence  of  the  king  in  roval  ap- 
p,arel  of  ||  blue  and  whit*,  and  with  a 
great  crown  of  gold,  and  with  a  gar- 
ment of  tine  linen  and  purple:  and 
"the  city  of  Shushan  rejoiced  and 
was  glad. 

lij  The  Jews  had  flight,  and  glad- 
ness, and  joy,  and  honour, 
ir  And  in  every  province,  and  in 
every  city,  whithersoever  the  king's 
commandment  and  his  decree  came, 
the  Jews  had  jov  and  glailness,  n 
feast  'land  a  good  day.  And  many 
of  the  people  of  the  land  '  became 
Jews;  for  "the  fear  of  the  Jews  lell 
upon  them. 

CHAPTER  IX. 
1  The  Jeiiit  ((/lO  mUra,  for  fear  of  .Vor- 
decai.  holfing  them)  alay  their  enemiei. 
K'ith  the  ten  «o.u  of  Jlaman.  12  Ahaa- 
tteruM.at  the  request  of  Kather,  gra'tt- 
tth  anotlur  da]/  of  alaughter.  and  JIa- 
vian'a  aona  to  be  hanaed.  211  Tha  tivo 
dnya  of  Purim  are  made  featifal. 

XTOW  "in  the  twelfth  month,  that 
1>  i,«,  the  month  Ailar,  on  the  thir- 
teenth day  of  tho  same,  l>  when  the 


The  Jeivs  slay  their  cnfmiei. 


ESTHER.      The  daps  of  Pimm  made  festival. 


Before 
C  II  U  I  S  T 

about  bi)&. 


deb.  8.  11.  jc 


tHsb.  IkoM 


hch.S.  II. 
Job  18.  19.  k 
27.  II,  U.  13 


king's  commandment  and  his  decree 
drew  near  to  be  put  in  execution,  in 
the  day  tliat  tlie  enemies  of  tlie  .)ews 
hoped  to  have  power  over  tlum  ; 
(though  it  was  turned  to  tlic  contra- 
ry, that  tlie  Jews  ^  liad  rule  over  them 
that  hated  them, 

2  The  Jews  d  gathered  themselves 
together  in  their  cities  throu^-hout 
all  the  provinces  of  the  kin;;  Ahas- 
uerus,  to  lay  hand  on  f^ucli  as 
'sought  their  hurt:  and  no  man 
could  withstand  them;  for  fthc  fear 
of  them  fell  upon  all  people. 

3  And  all  the  rulcrsof  the  provinces, 
and  the  lieutenants,  and  thedeimties, 
and  tofhccrs  of  the  king,  Iielped  the 
Jews;  because  the  fear  of  Mordecui 
fell  upon  them. 

4  For  Mordccai  ten*  great  in  the 
king's  house,  and  liis  fame  went  out 
throughout  all  the  provinces:  fortius 
man  Mordecai  « waxed  greater  and 
greater. 

5  Thus  the  Jews  emote  all  their 
enemies  with  the  stroke  of  the  sword, 
and  slaughter,  and  de.-truction,  and 
(lid  t  what  they  would  unto  those 
that  hated  them. 

6  And  in  Shushan  the  palace  the 
Jews  slew  and  destroyed  five  liuud- 
rcd  men. 

7  And  Parshandatlia,  and  Dalphon, 
and  Aspatha, 

K  And  Poratha,  and  Adalia,  and 
Aridatha, 

y  And  Parmashta,  and  Arisai,  and 
Arid;ii,  and  A'ajezatha, 

]i)  li  The  ten  sous  of  llaman  the  son 
of  Hammedatha,  the  enemy  of  the 
Jews,  slew  thej-;  ibut  on  the  spoil 
laid  they  not  tlieir  baud. 

11  On  that  day  the  number  of  those 
that  were  slain  in  Shushan  the  palace 
[was  brought  liefbre  tlic  king. 

12  H  And  the  king  said  unto  Esther 
the  queen.  The  Jews  have  slain  and 
destroved  five  hundred  men  in  Shu- 
shan the  palace,  and  the  ten  sons  of 
llaman;  what  liave  they  done  in  the 
rest  of  the  king's  provinces?  now 
kwhat  is  thy  petition?  and  it  shall 
be  granted  thee:  or  what  is  thy  rc- 
ijuest  further?  and  it  shall  be  done. 

13  Then  said  Esther,  If  it  please  the 
king,  let  it  be  granted  to  the  Jews 
which  are  in  Shushan  to  do  to  mor- 
row also  I  according  unto  this  day's 
decree,  and  t  let  llamau's  ten  sons 
'"  be  hanged  upon  the  gallows. 

14  And  the  king  commanded  it  so 
to  be  done:  and  the  decree  was  given 
at  Shushan;  and  they  Jianged  Ha- 
inan's ten  sons. 

15  For  the  Jews  that  M:rrc  in  Shu- 
shan "  gathered  themselves  togetiier 
on  the  fourteenth  day  also  of  the 
month  Adar,  and  slew  three  hund- 
red men  at  Shushan ;  "  but  on  the 
prey  they  laid  not  their  hand. 

IG'But  the  other  Jews  that  trere  in 
the  king's  provinces  I' gathered  them- 
selves together,  and  stood  (or  their 


lives,  and  had  rest  from  their  ene- 
mies, and  slew  of  their  toes  seventy 
and  five  thousand,  '•  but  they  laid 
not  their  hands  on  the  prey, 

17  On  the  thirteenth  day  of  the 
month  Ailar;  and  on  the  Iburteenth 
day  1  of  the  same  rested  thev,  and 
made  it  a  day  of  feasting  and  glad- 
ness. 

IS  But  the  Jews  that  icere  at  Shu- 
shan assembled  togetlicr  'on  the 
thirteenth  day  there(»f,  and  on  the 
fourteenth  thereof;  and  on  the  lif- 
teenth  (/«// of  the  same  they  rested, 
and  made  it  a  day  of  feasting  and 
gladness. 

lit  Therefore  the  Jews  of  the  villages, 
that  dwelt  in  the  unwalled  towns, 
made  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  month 
Adar  ^  a  day  of  gladness  and  feast- 
ing, *  and  a  good  day,  and  of  "  send- 
ing portions  one  to  another. 

20  ir  And  Mordecai  wrote  those 
things,  and  sent  letters  unto  all  the 
Jews  that  icfre  in  all  the  pro\'inces 
of  the  king  Aliasuerus,  hotlt  nigh  and 
far, 

21  To  establish  this  among  them, 
that  they  should  keep  the  iburteenth 
day  of  the  month  Adar,  and  the  fif- 
teenth day  of  the  same,  yearly, 

22  As  tlie  days  wherein  the  Jews 
rested  from  their  enemies,  and  the 
month  which  was  '  turned  unto  them 
from  norrow  to  joy,  and  from  mourn- 
ing into  a  good  day :  that  they  should 
make  them  days  of  feasting  and  joy, 
and  of  >  sending  portions  one  to  an- 
other, and  gilts  to  the  poor. 

2.'!  And  the  Jews  undertook  to  do  as 
they  had  begun,  and  as  Mordecai 
had  written  unto  them; 

21  Because  llaman  the  son  of  Ilam- 
mcdatha,  the  Agagite,  the  enemy  of 
all  the  Jews,  *  had  devised  against 
the  Jews  to  destroy  them,  and  had 
cast  Pur,  that  iV,  the  lot,  to  j  consume 
them,  and  to  destroy'  them; 

25  But  t '  when  Esther  came  before 
the  king,  he  commanded  by  letters 
that  his  wicked  device,  whic'h  he  de- 
vised against  tlie  Jews,  should  ''re- 
turn ui'.bn  his  own  head,  and  that  he 
and  his  sons  should  be  hanged  on 
the  gallows. 

20  \\'herefore  they  called  these 
days  Purini  after  the  name  «f  !i  Pur. 
Therefore  for  all  the  words  of 'this 
letter,  and  of  that  which  they  had 
seen  concerning  this  matter,  and 
which  had  come  unto  tliem, 

27  The  Jews  ordained,  and  took 
upon  them,  and  upon  their  seed, 
and  upon  all  such  as  djoined  them- 
selves unto  them,  so  as  it  should  not 
t  fail,  that  they  would  keep  thesetwo 
days  according  to  their  writing,  and 
according  to  their  aj^pointcd  time 
every  vcar; 

2H  And  that  these  days  fJinulil  t^. 
reniemhcrc'd  and  kept'  throughout 
every  generation,  evsrv  family,  every 
province,  and  every  city;  and  that 
403 


Tha  two  (lays  of  Purim 


are  inade  fMtival. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 

about  Gf)d. 


C  II  Ills' 
uljuut  li-Jl 


» 

n.  22  20, 

llE 

.  11  11. 

17 

n    C   9.  i 

1. 

..»  e.  13. 

li.  0. 

lo 

,  cixtlU. 

C°h.2   1. 
ttl  Kln.22.10. 


these  days  of  Purim  should  not  f  fail 
fi'om  anion;;  the  Jews,  nor  tlic  me- 
morial of  them  (  perish  from  their 
seed. 

L",)  Then  Ksthcr  the  queen,  'the 
daughter  of  Abihail,  and  Mordeeai 
the  Jew,  wrote  with  fall  authority,  to 
confirm  this  i  second  letter  of  Purim. 

.'iO  And  lie  scut  the  letters  unto  all 
the  Jews,  to  ethe  huu<lred  twenty 
and  seven  provinces  of  the  kiii;;dom 
of  Ahasuerus,  with  words  of  peace 
and  truth, 

.'il  To  confirm  these  days  of  Purim 
in  their  times  npjioiiitfil,  according 
as  Mordecui  the  Jew  and  Esther  the 
queen  had  enjoined  them,  and  as 
they  had  decreed  I  for  themselves 
and  for  their  seed,  the  niuttcra  of 
hthc  fiistint^a  and  their  crv. 

oj  And  the  decree  of  tsther  con- 


firmed these  matters  of  Purira;  and 
it  was  written  in  the  hook. 
CUAPTKK  X. 

1  Ahaaucrua'   (rreatncts.     a   MordeeaVt 

AND  the  king  Ahasuerus  laid  a 
trihute  upon  tlie  land,  and  ujwn 
"the  isles  of  the  sea. 

'2  And  all  the  acts  of  his  power  and 
of  his  might,  and  the  declaration  of 
the  greatness  of  Mordeeai,  i' where- 
nnto  the  king  1  advanced  him.  are 
they  not  written  in  the  book  of  the 
chfouieles  of  the  kings  of  Media  and 
Persia? 

3  For  Mordeeai  the  Jew  va.i  'next 
unto  king  Ahasuerus,  and  great 
among  the  Jews,  an<l  accepted  ot 
the  niuUitiiih-of  his  brethren,  ii  seek- 
ing the  wi'itUh  of  his  jjeople,  and 
Bpcakiug  peace  to  all  hi3  seed. 


*TnE 
BOOK    OF    JOB. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  The  hDlinets,  rk-hct,  <inj  reUdiouB  care 
of  J.jl,  fur  hit  chddrin.  G  .V.<t<„i.  ay>- 
peftrirlf/  tiefore  Ood,  by  etjlumnintiijn 
olt.ihielh  Unve  ta  tcmjit  Jub.  13  I'nUcr- 
efiinUing  uf  the  /«««  of  his  jfotiHt  and 
eUUdren,  in  hit  mournini/  he  Ueteelli 
Ui,d. 

''piIEUE  -was  a  man  "in  the  land 

1  of  Vz,  whose  name  iras  l>Jrib; 
and  that  man  was  ■•■  |)erfect  and  up- 
right, and  one  that  J  feared  Gud,  and 
eschewed  evil. 

2  And  t^iere  were  horn  unto  him 
seven  sons  and  three  djiiv^htcrs. 

3  His  II  substance  also  ■w:;s  seven 
thotisaiKl  slieep,  and  tlirce  thousand 
camels,  and  live  hundred  yoke  of 
oxen,  and  five  hundred  slie  a-secs, 
and  II  very  great  ||  household  :  so 
that  tills  man  was  the  greatest  of  all 
thK  f  men  of  the  east. 

•I  .\nd  Ilia  sons  went  and  feasted  i"« 
tlii'ir  houses,  every  one  his  day;  and 
sent  and  called  for  their  three  sistera 
to  eat  and  to  drink  with  them. 

,■;  And  it  was  so,  when  the  dava  of 
th,  ir  feasting  were  gone  about'  that 
J(.h  sent  and  sanctified  them,  ami 
ro^e  up  earlv  in  the  morning,  'anil 
ollerrcl  burnt  olferings  <,rr„nliiuj  to 
the  number  of  them  all:  for  Job  said. 
It  may  be  that  my  sons  have  ainned, 
and  ieurs.'d  Giid  in  their  hearts. 
Thus  did  Job  t  contiuuoMv. 

(i  II  Now  1=  there  was  a  day  liwhen 
the  ROUS  of  (iixl  Ciinio  to  present 
themselves  before  the  l.oKD,  and 
f  Sahiii  Ciime  also  f  among  them. 

7  And  tlie  I.ouTi  siiid  unto  .Satan, 
■VVh.'uee  eomi'st  thou?  'J'hru  Sutau 
answered  the  ],ui!i>,  and  siiid,  From 
154 


'going  to  and  fro  in  the  earth,  and 
from  walking  up  ami  down  in  it. 

8  And  the  J,oi!i>  snid  unto  .Sjtan, 
I  k  Hast  thou  considered  my  servant 
Job,  that  t/tere  U  none  like  him  in 
the  earth,  'ii  perfect  and  an  upright 
man,  one  that  fcareth  God,  aud 
cseheweth  evil? 

y  Then  Satan  answered  the  IjORD, 
and  said,  Doth  Job  fear  God  tor 
nought? 

Ill  '"Hast  not  thou  made  a  hedge 
about  him,  and  about  his  house, 
and  about  all  that  be  hath  on  every 
side?  "thou  hast  blessed  the  work 
ot  his  hands,  and  his  |j  substance  is 
increased  in  the  land, 

11  "Hut  put  forth  thine  hand  now, 
and  touch  all  that  he  hatli,  f  and  he 
will  I' curse  thee  to  thy  (ace. 

1;2  And  thcJ.OKD  said  unto  Satan, 
Behold,  all  that  he  hath  w  in  thy 
f  power;  only  upon  himself  put  not 
forth  thine  hand.  So  Sntan  went 
forth  from  the  jiresenco  of  the  l.oui). 

l.iHAnd  there  was  n  day  Iwhen 
his  sons  and  his  daughters  u-rre  eat- 
ing and  drinking  wine  in  thcircldest 


bn.tlu 


H  And  there  came  n  messenger 
unto  Job,  and  said.  The  oxen  were 

Cloughing,  aud  the  asses  feeding 
eside  them: 

1.1  And  the  Sabeans  fell  vpnn  tfirm, 
and  took  them  away  ;  yea,  they  have 
slain  the  servants  with  the  edge  of 
the  sword;  and  1  ouly  am  escaped 
ulone  to  tell  thee. 

K;  While  he  wiis  vet  speaking,  there 
came  also  auolher,  and  said,  ||  The 
tire  of  (iod  is  f;i!lcn  from  heaven, 
and  hith  burned  up  the  bhcep,  aud 


Job's  affliction  and  patience. 


JOB. 


He  curseth  the  day  of  his  hirth. 


37.29. 


1 1 1-at.  s.  e. 

uP..  «  17. 
£.<..  JS.  1.1, 
1 1...!.  C.  7. 

I  Etc,  6  19. 
J^imo.  1.  17  I 

yM.ctSO  15.1 


Ei.h    .fi.  2(1. 
ill   2.  10.      ' 


1.1..'J7.  5.  0. 
f  II  .-1..  fn 


t.h. 

.11. 

Sch. 

9.  20. 

Ixh. 

1.  IS. 

HOI. 

o../y. 

tlie  servants,  find  cnnsuiiied  thcni; 
and  I  only  am  escaped  alunc  to  tell 
thee. 

17  While  he  was  vet  fpeakinff,  there 
came  also  another,  and  Buid,  The 
Chaldeans  made  out  three  bands, 
and  t  fell  upon  the  camels,  and  have 
carried  them  away,  yea,  and  slain 
the  servants  with  the  edj^e  of  the 
sword:  and  I  only  am  escaped  ulone 
to  tell  thee. 

18  While  ho  was  yet  speakinf;,  there 
came  also  another,  and  (.aid,  'Thy 
sons  and  thy  daughters  vcre  catin';; 
and  drinking  wine  in  their  eldest 
brother's  house: 

19  And,  behold,  there  came  a  j^reat 
wind  I  from  the  wilderness,  and 
smote  the  four  corners  of  tlic  house, 
and  it  fell  upon  the  younj;  men,  and 
they  are  dead;  and  I  only  am  escaped 
alone  to  tell  thee. 

'JU  Then  Job  arose,  "and  rent  his 
li  mantle,  and  shaved  his  head,  and 
'fell  down  upon  the  ground,  and 
worshipped, 

'21  And  said,  "  Nakf  d  came  I  out  of 
my  mother's  womb,  and  naked  shall 

I  return  thither:  the  LoKu  ^  pave, 
and  the  Loi;i>  hath  >  taken  away; 
'  blesHcd  be  the  name  of  the  I.okd. 

T2  "In  all  this  ,I<>h  sinned  nut,  nor 

II  charged  God  foolishly. 

CHAPTEU  II. 
1  Satan  appearing  apniii  hefitre  Gad  ob- 
it furthtr  leave   to  tempt  Ji.t>.     ' 


.itctli  hi: 
W.i 


■ife. 


(■.../».    0  J<jr, 


do  J.     n  ll.atlii-eefrieuda 


"9  A, 


onduta  toittt 


\GAIN  "there  wa.?  a  daj*  when 
the  sons  of  (iod  came  to  present 
themselves  before  the  l.OHl),  and 
Sutan  came  also  anion;^  them  to 
present  himself  before  the  ],(ii:n. 

■2  And  the  l.(ii:i)  said  unto  Satan, 
Vroiii  whence  eoniest  thciu?  And 
ij  Satan  answered  the  l-oi:i),  and 
sai<l,  From  j^oinjj  to  and  f:o  in  the 
earth,  and  from  walking  up  and  down 
in  it. 

.■!  And  the  l.or.D  said  iinto  Satan, 
llast  thou  considered  my  servant 
,l(ib,  that  Hicre  is  none  like  liim  in 
the  earth,  "^  a  perfect  and  nn  upright 
man,  one  that  feareth  God,  and 
eseheweth  evil?  and  still  he  ii  hold- 
etli  fast  his  intetrrity,  although  thou 
movedst  me  against  him,  f  "^to  de- 
stroy him  without  cause. 

4  And  Satan  answered  the  Loitri, 
and  said.  Skin  for  skin,  vea,  all  that 
a  man  hath  will  he  give  for  his  lili.-. 

5  fliut  nut  forth  thine  hand  now, 
and  touch  his  i^bonc  and  his  tiesh, 
and  he  will  curse  thee  to  thv  face. 

(i  1>  And  the  L(ii;i>  said  unto  Satan, 
Heboid,  be  is  in  tliiue  liand;  ||  but 
save  his  life. 

7  IT  So  went  Satan  forth  from  the 
presence  of  the  J.oi:i>,  and  smote  Job 
with  sore  boils  i  from  the  Eulcofhis 
foot  unto  bis  crown. 


8  And  he  took  him  a  potsherd  to 
scrape  himself  withal;  land  be  sat 
down  among  the  ashes. 

!l  H  Then  said  his  wife  unto  him, 
I  Dost  thou  still  '"retain  thine  in- 
tegrity:' curse  God,  and  die. 

10  But  he  said  unto  her.  Thou 
speakest  as  one  of  the  foolish  women 
speaketb.  What?  "shall  we  receive 
good  at  the  hand  of  God,  and  shall 
wc  not  receive  evil?  "In  all  this  did 
not  Job  I'  sin  with  his  lips. 

11  II  Now  when  Job's  three  1  friends 
heard  of  all  this  evil  that  was  come 
upon  him,  they  came  every  one  from 
hisown  place;  Kliidiaz  the  '  Teman- 
ite,  and  Uildad  the  '  Shuhite,  and 
Zopliar  the  Naamathite :  for  they  had 
made  an  appointment  together  to 
come  'to  mourn  with  him,  and  to 
comfort  him. 

12  And  when  they  lifted  up  their 
eyes  afar  off,  and  knew  him  not, 
they  lifted  up  their  voice,  and  wept; 
and  they  rent  every  c)ne  his  mantle, 
and  "  sprinkled  dust  upon  their  heads 
toward  hea^'en. 

1.';  So  they  sat  down  with  bim  upon 
the  ground  ''  seven  days  and  seven 
nights,  and  none  spake  a  word  unto 
him:  for  they  saw  that  /ai  grief  was 
very  great. 

CnAPTER  III. 

I  Jul  eunes  the  tiaij  and  etrvieet  of  his 
Urth.  \J  The  enKe  of  death.  2U //«  com- 
pUineth  ofl,fe.  beemise  of  hi,  anguiih. 

AFTICR  this  opened  Job  his 
mouth,  and  cursed  his  day. 

2  And  Job  1  spake,  and  said, 

.'I  "  Let  the  day  perish  wherein  I  was 
born,  and  the  night  i»  vlnrlt  it  was 
sai<l.  There  is  a  man  child  ccmeeived. 

4  Let  that  day  be  darkness;  let  not 
God  regard  it  from  above,  neither  let 
the  light  shine  upon  it. 

.1  Let  darkness  and  I'thc  shadow  of 
death  |i  stain  it:  let  a  cloud  dwell 
upon  it;  IMet  the  blackuess  of  the 
day  terrify  it. 

(i  As  for  that  ni.gbt,  let  darkness 
seize  upon  it;  [|  let  it  not  be  joined 
unto  the  (hys  of  the  year ;  let  it 
not  come  into  the  number  of  the 
niontlis. 

7  ].o,  let  that  night  be  solitary;  let 
no  jovfid  voice  come  therein. 

8  l-et  them  curse  it  that  curse  the 
dav,   *^  who    are    ready  to    raise    up 

II  tfieir  mourning. 

!l  Let  the  stars  of  the  twilight  there- 
of be  dark;  let  it  look  for  light,  but 
liate  none:  neither  let  it  sec  1  the 
dawning  of  the  day: 

10  Because  it  shut  not  up  the  doors 
of  my  mofAcr'.t  womb,  nor  hid  sorrow 
from  mine  eyes. 

1 1  'I  Why  died  I  not  from  the  womb? 
i(7if/did  i  nril  give  up  the  ghost  wheu 
Ic:mii'ontoftbe  belly? 

12  '  Whvdid  the  knees  prevent  me? 
or  why  the  breasts  that  I  should 
suck? 

la  I'or  now  should  I  have  lain  still 


Joh  complaineth  of  life. 


JOB. 


Eli2)haz  relateth  hin  vision. 


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2  Kio.  4.  27. 
IVov.  31.  6. 


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ch.  I.  1. 
rrov.D.  20. 
r,.  37.  25, 
fPi.7.  14, 

1I.H  loris! 


nnd  been  quiet,  I  should  have  slept: 
then  liml  1  been  at  rest, 
14  Witli  kin^s  and  coimsellnrsnf  the 
c:irtli,  which    f  built  desolate  places 


fur  till 


elves 


15  Or  with  princes  that  had  gold, 
who  tilled  their  houses  with  silver: 

lU  Or  "as  a  hidden  untimely  birth  I 
had  not  been;  as  infants  ultich  never 
saw  lii;lit. 

17  'there  the  ■wicked  cea.'e  from 
tiouliling;  and  there  the  t  weary  be 
at  rest. 

liS  J'/irre  the  prisoners  rest  to;rethcr; 
Uluy  heai-  not  the  voice  of  the  op- 


liO  '  Wherefore  is  liRht  given  to  him 
tliat  is  iu  misery,  and  life  unto  the 
k  hitter  ?)i  soul; 

L'l  Which  t'lonj  for  death,  but  it 
coiiiclli  not;  and  dig  for  it  more  than 
'"for  hid  treasures; 

22  Which  rejoice  exceedingly,  and 
are  glad,  when  they  can  tind  the 
grave  ? 

2'J  II  //?/  IS  hffht  f;iren  to  a  man 
whose  way  is  liid,  ''and  whom  God 
hath  hedged  in  ? 

24  For  my  sighing  comcth  |  before 
I  eat,  nnd  my  roarings  arc  poured 
out  lil<e  the  waters. 

2.5  For  1  the  thing  which  I  greatly 
feared  is  come  upon  me,  and  that 
which  I  was  afraid  of  is  come  unto 
me. 

2(1 1  was  not  in  safety,  neither  had  I 
rest,  neither  was  1  tiiiiet;  yet  troubla 
came. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  F.tiphaz  rcproveth  Ji,b  for  want  of  re- 

lii/iun.    T  III  tericUelh  Gvd't  judgmenli 

(a  i.i!  not  for  tKe  righteou4,  but  for  (As 

il.fcic.;.     KJIia  frnrful  virion,  to  hum- 

lU  the  excMencyofcreatur,ia  Ufora  Uod. 
''plIEN  Eliplia?!  the  Temanitc  un- 

.1    swered  and  «ai(l, 

2  If  we  as.sav  1  to  commune  witli 
thec,wilt  tlioubegrievedi'  but  t  who 
can  witlihold  himself  from  spc;iking? 

.'i  Ilchold,  thou  hast  instructed 
many,  and  thou  "hast  Btrenythened 
the  weak  liands. 

4  Thy  words  have  iipholden  him 
that  was  falling,  and  tl.ou  I' hast 
strengtiiened  1  the  feeble  knees. 

ii  Uut  now  it  is  come  upon  tliec,  and 
thou  faintest;  it  toucheth  thee,  and 
thou  art  troubled. 

(!  h  not  tliia  'thy  fear,  >lthy  con- 
fidciico,  thy  hope,  and  tlie  upright- 
ness of  tbyWaysi' 

7  Kc-mcinber,  I  pray  thee,  ''who 
cm-  jicrislicd,  being  innocent?  or 
where  were  the  righteoui:  cut  oft? 

.H  Kveu  as  I  have  seen,  ftliey  that 
plough  iiii(|uity,and8owwickcdne8S, 
reap  the  same." 

;i  l!y  the  blast  of  God  they  perish, 
anil  II  by  the  breatli  of  his  nostrils  ai-e 
they  consumed. 
45.i 


10  The  roaring  of  the  lion,  nnd 
the  voice  of  the  tierce  lion,  and  ^  the 
teeth  of  the  young  lions,  are  broken. 

11  liThe  old  lion  perisheth  for  lack 
of  prey,  and  the  stout  lion's  whelps 
are  scattered  abroad. 

12  Now  a  thing  was  t  secretly  brought 
to  me,  and  mine  car  received  a  little 
thereof. 

1.3  "111  thoughts  from  the  visions  of 
the  night,  when  deep  sleep  falleth  on 
men, 

14  Fear  f  came  upon  me,  and  1^  trem- 
bling, which  made  t  all  my  bones  to 
shake. 

1,5  Then  n  spirit  passed  bcfhro  my 
face;  the  hair  of  my  flesh  stood  up: 

J(j  It  stood  still,  biit  1  could  not  dis- 
cern tlie  form  thereof:  an  image  was 
before  mine  eyes,  !|  there  was  silence, 
and  I  heard  a  voice,  saying^ 

117  1  Shall  mortal  man  be  more  just 
than  God  ?  shall  a  man  be  more  pure 
than  his  JIaker? 

18  Behold,  he  ""put  no  trust  in  his 
ervants;  ||  and  his  angels  he  charged 

with  folly: 
I'J  "  How  much  less  in  them  that 

dwell    in    ''houses    of    clay,    whose 

fuundation  i.-^  in  the  dust,  u-lixvU  are 

crushed  before  the  motli? 
20    P  They     are    -f  destroyed    from 

morning  to  evening:  they  jierish  tor 

e\'er  without  any  regarding  it. 
21 1  Duth  not  their  excellency  tdiich 

IS  in  them  go  away?  '^they  die,  even 

without  wisdom. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  The  harvi  vf  tneontuleralicn.  3  ITiij 
end  of  </i«  uirkcJ  IS  mi«iT7/.  0  Coil  it 
to  he  regarded  <n  affliction.  17  The 
hap-py  end  of  O'od'e  rorreciiojt. 

C'fAEIy  now,  if  there  be  any  that 
v  will  answer  thee;  and  to  "which 
of  the  saints  wilt  thou  \l  turn  ? 
2  For  wrath  killotli  the  foolish  man, 
and  II  envy  slayeth  the  silly  one. 

0  "I  have  seen  the  foolish  taking 
root :  but  suddenly  I  cursed  his 
habitation. 

4  ii  His  cliildren  are  far  from  safety, 
and  they  are  crushed  in  the  pate, 
"  neither" I.*  there  any  to  deliver  them. 

r,  Wlii.sc  harvest  the  hungry  eateth 
up,  and  takctli  it  even  oof  of  tlie 
tliorns,  and  •'  the  robber  Bwalltiweth 
up  their  substance. 

()  Altbough  llulilietion  eomelh  not 
fortli  of  the  dust,  neither  doth  trouble 
spring  out  of  the  ground; 

/  Yet  man  is  'born  unto  ||  trouble, 
as  i  the  sparks  fly  upward. 

.S  I  would  seek  unto  God,  and  unto 
God  would  I  commit  mv  cause: 

;)  fWliieh  doeth  great'things  f  and 
niisearehable ;  marvellous  things 
t  without  number: 

ID  swho  giveth  rain  upon  the 
earth,  nnd  Bcndeth  waters  upon  the 
t  fields: 

1  1  li  To  set  up  on  high  those  that  be 
low;  that  tho.io  which  mourn  may 
bo  e-xalted  to  safety. 


Happy  end  of  God's  correction. 


JOB. 


Job  wisheth  for  death. 


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>  Proi.  27.  3 


12  '  lie  (lisappnintetli  the  ilevices  of 
tlie  crafty,  so  that  their  hands  |l  cau- 
uot  perform  t/tetr  enterprise. 

1^  1^  tie  taketli  the  wise  in  their  own 
craftiness:  and  the  counsel  of  tlie 
froward  is  carried  lieadlonj^. 

14  I  They  ||  meet  witli  darkness  in 
the  daytime,  and  pi'^pc  in  the  noon- 
day as  in  the  night. 

l.j  But  ""he  savtth  the  poor  from 
the  sword,  from  tlicir  mouth,  and 
from  the  hand  of  tlie  inightj'. 

llJ  "  So  the  poor  hath  Impe,  and  ini- 
quity stopjieth  her  mouth. 

17  "Behold,  happy  is  the  man 
whom  God  corroeteth  :  therefore 
despise  not  thou  the  chastcniug  of 
the  Almi'dity: 

is  ^' For  lie  makctli  sore,  and  bind- 
cth  up:  he  woundeth,  and  his  hands 
make  whole. 

19  1  lie  shall  deliver  thee  in  six 
troubles:  yea,  in  seveu  'there  shall 
no  evil  touch  thee. 

20*  In  famine  he  shall  redeem  thee 
from  death:  and  in  war  f  from  the 
power  of  the  sword. 

21  ^Tliou  Shalt  be  hid  ||from  the 
scour-jje  of  thetonjxuc:  neither  shalt 
thou  be  afraid  of  destruction  when  it 
Cometh. 

22  At  destruction  and  famine  thou 
slialt  lau^'h:  "neither  slmlt  thou  be 
afraid  of  tlie  beasts  of  the  earth. 

2;J  "  For  thou  shalt  be  iu  leaeue  with 
the  stones  of  the  lield:  and  the  beasts 
of  the  field  shall  be  at  peace  with  thee. 

24  And  thou  shalt  know  ||  that  thy 
tabernacle  «/in/(  he  in  peace  ;  and 
thou  shalt  visit  thy  habitation,  and 
shalt  not  ||  sin. 

25  Thou  shalt  know  also  tliat  >'  thy 
seed  shall  t.e  fl great,  and  thine  oti- 
sprinj^  ^  as  the  crass  of  the  earth. 

21)  "Thou  shalt  come  to  Oii/  grave 
in  a  full  age,  like  as  a  sliock  of  corn 
f  Cometh  in  lu  his  season. 

27  Lo  this,  wc  have  i> searched  it,  so 
it  ts ;  hear  it,  and  know  thou  it  f  for 
thy  good. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

I  Job  tliex'Cth  thcit  hit  eomplainlt  are  not 
caueeUst.  8  Jli  luislietli  for  rfcilA, 
icAcr.i,!  he  is  m^urcj  of  comfort.  H  He 
rc]irov€thhi3jrienUa  of  unkindnesa. 

i">XJT  Job  answered  and  said, 
>   2  Oh  th;;t  my  grief  were  thor- 
oughly  weighed,  and  my  calamity 
f  laid  in  the  balances  together! 

3  For  now  it  would  be  heavier 
'than  the  sand  of  the  sea:  therefore 

II  my  words  are  swallowed  up. 

4  IjFor  the  arrows  of  the  Almighty 
are  within  me,  the  poison  whereof 
drinketh  up  my  spirit:  'the  terrors 
of  God  do  set  themselves  iu  array 
against  me. 

5  Doth  the  wild  ass  bray  f  when  he 
hath  grass?  or  luweth  the  ox  over  his 
fodder:' 

(!  Can  that  which  is  unsavoury  bo 
eaten  without  salt?  or  is  there  atiy 
taste  in  the  white  of  an  egg? 


7  The  things  tliat  my  soul  refused 
to  touch  arc  as  my  sorrowful  meat. 

H  Oh  that  1  might  have  my  request; 
and  that  God  would  grant  me  \  the 
thing  that  I  long  tori 

!l  i;ven  il  that  it  would  please  God  to 
destroy  me;  that  he  would  let  loose 
his  hand,  and  cut  me  off  I 

10  Then  should  I  yet  have  comfort; 
yea,  1  Avould  harden  myself  in  sor- 
row: let  him  not  spare;  lor  ^'I  have 
not  concealed  the  words  of  f  the  Holy 
One. 

11  What  is  my  strength,  that  I 
should  hope?  and  what  is  mine  end, 
that  I  should  prolong  my  life? 

12  Is  my  strength  the  strength  of 
stones?  or  15  my  tlesh  I  of  brass? 

l.'i  7s  not  my  help  in  inc?  and  is 
wisdom  driven  quite  from  me? 

14  f  i;To  him  that  is  afHicted  pitv 
slioidd  be  shewed  from  his  friend; 
hut  he  forsaketh  the  fear  of  the  Al- 
mighty. 

15  II  My  brethren  have  dealt  deceit- 
fully as  a  brook,  and  i  as  the  stream 
of  brooks  they  mss  away; 

K;  Which  are  blackish  "by  reason  of 
the  ice,  ami  wherein  the  snow  is  hid: 

17  What  time  they  wax  warm, 
tthcy  vanish:  I  when  it  is  hot,  they 
are  t  consumed  out  of  their  place. 

18  The  paths  of  their  way  arc  turned 
oside;  they  go  to  nothing,  and  per- 
ish. 

VJ  The  troops  of  I  Tcma  looked,  the 
companies  of  ISheba  waited  for 
them. 

20  They  were  "confounded  be- 
cause they  had  Iioncd  :  they  came 
thither,  and  were  asiiamcd. 

21  I)  For  now  "  ye  are  f  nothing:  je 
sec  1111/  casting  down,  and  "  arc  afraid. 

22  Did  I  sa3'.  Bring  unto  me?  or. 
Give  a  reward  for  me  of  your  sub- 
stance? 

2.'!  Or,  Deliver  me  from  the  enemy's 
hand  ?  or.  Redeem  me  from  the  hand 
of  the  mi"hty  ? 

24  Teach  me,  and  I  will  hold  my 
tongue:  and  cause  me  to  understanil 
wherein  1  have  erred. 

25  How  forcible  arc  right  words!  but 
what  doth  j'our  arguing  reprove? 

2(J  Do  ye  imagine  to  repri>ve  words, 
and  the  speeches  of  one  that  is  dcs- 
peiiite.  which  are  as  wind? 

27  Vea,  tye  overwhelm  the  father- 
less, and  ye  ''dig  a  pit  for  your 
Iriend. 

28  Now  therefore  be  content,  look 
upon  me;  lor  it  is  r  evident  unto  you 
if  I  lie. 

29  '1  Kcturn.  I  pray  you,  let  it  not  be 
iniquity  ;  yea,  return  again,  my 
righteousne'ss  w  [[  in  it. 

yo  Is  there  iniiiuity  in  my  tongue? 
cannot  f  my  taste  clisccrn  perverse 
things? 

CH.VPTEK  VII. 
1  Job  ezciiteth  hit  desire  of  dcoth.     12  He 

comj,l,tinelh  oj  Itia  own  reatUaencea,  17 

anU  OoU'a  ivaichfulneaa. 


Job  excuseth  his  desire  cj  death. 


JOB.         Lildad  sheweth  God'n  jiixt  dealing. 


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7,S'  (/«?('(-■  iii)t  If  "an  nppointed  tirno 
to  innn  upon  cartli?  (oc  not  \m 
days  also  like  the  d:«y.s  of  a  hirclinK.' 

2  As  a  servant  |  earne.stly  desireth 
the  shadow,  and  as  a  hireling  look- 
eth  for  thtf  rcH'artt  oj  his  work; 

;{  So  am  1  made  to  pos.sess  i»  months 
of  vanity,  and  wearisome  nij;ht3  are 
appointed  to  me. 

•i  'When  I  lie  down,  I  say.  When 
shall  I  arise,  and  1  the  ni^ht  he  poiu'? 
and  1  am  full  of  tossin;;s  to  and  fro 
unto  the  dawning  of  the  day. 

.'i  My  flesh  is  Jclotlied  with  worms 
and  elods  of  dust;  my  skin  is  broken, 
and  become  loathsome. 

(J  ^  My  days  are  swifter  than  a  wear- 
er's shuttle,  and  are  spent  without 
hope. 

7  O  remember  that  f  my  life  u  wind: 
mine  eye  t  shall  no  more  ||  sec  good. 

M  K  The  eye  of  him  that  Juith  ucen 
me  shall  see  me  no  viovn :  thine  eyes 
arc  upon  me,  and  \\  I  am  not. 

ii  A:i  tlic  cloud  is  consumed  and 
vanisheth  away;  so  I'he  that  (;oeth 
down  to  the  grave  shall  come  up  uo 
iuore. 

10  Ho  shall  return  no  more  to  his 
house,  '  neither  shall  his  place  know 
him  any  more. 

1 1  Therefore  I  will  k  not  refrain  my 
mouth;  I  will  speak  in  the  anguish 
of  my  spirit;  1  will  I  complain  in  the 
bitterness  of  my  soul. 

iL'  Am  1  a  sea,  or  a  whale,  that  thou 
eettest  a  watch  o\'er  me? 

l:i  '"When  I  say,  My  bed  shall 
comfort  me,  my  couch  shall  ease  my 
complaint; 

11  Tlien  thou  scarest  me  with 
dreams,  and  terriflest  mc  throup;h 
visions: 

l.'i  .So  that  my  soul  chooseth  stranR- 
ling,  an<i  death  rather  i  than  mv  liti?. 

li;  "1  loathe  it:  I  would  not  live 
alvay:  "let  mc  alone;  for  I" my  days 
((re  vanity. 

17  1  What  is  man,  that  thou  fhould- 
cst  magnify  him  'I  and  that  thou 
shoulilcst  set  thine  heart  upon  him  ? 

IS  And  tlint  thou  sliouldest  visit 
him  every  morning,  iinti  try  him 
every  momentj' 

I'J  llow  long  wilt  thou  not  depart 
from  inc,  nor  let  me  alone  till  I 
swallow  down  my  spittle? 

20  I  have  sinned;  what  shall  I  do 
unto  thee,  'Othou  preserver  of  men  ? 
why  "  ha.-*t  thou  set  mc  as  a  mark 
against  thee,  so  that  1  am  a  burden 
to  myself  !■ 

•Jl  And  why  dost  thou  not  pardon 
my  transgression,  and  take  away 
mine  iniquity  i*  ft)r  now  sluill  1  sleep 
in  the  dust;  and  thou  shalt  seek  me 
in  the  morning,  but  1  shall  not  be. 

CHAl'TKR  VIII. 
I  Bildai  ahcwelh  0.j:ft  juttice  in  donling 

with  tncn  lueorilinu  <a  Iheir  tuurkt.    8 

lie  lUtctli^tU  antiquity  to  prov*  tit*  ctr- 

tain  ditriruction  of  ttit  hifpoerite.     2O//0 

api'lirtti  (Ifftjuat  iJi'ufini/  (o  Ji/I>. 
4.W 


'■pHKN  answered  Uildad  the  .Shu- 

X   bite,  and  said, 

2  llow  li.iig  wilt  thou  speak  these 
t/ih„,.^f  a. 1.1  /,./»■  ^./,./.-7/o// the  words 
of  thy  m.nitli  !,■■  tUr  a  strong  wind? 

.■i«l)oth  (lod  pervert  judgment?  or 
doth  the  Almighly  pervert  justice? 

4  If  I' thy  chihlrcn  have  sinned 
against  him,  and  be  have  cast  them 
awav  t  lor  tlieir  transgression ; 

5  "^  If  thou  wouldest  seek  unto  God 
betimes,  and  make  thy  supplication 
to  the  Almighty; 

(J  If  thou  trcit  puro  and  upright; 
surely  now  he  would  awake  lor  thee, 
and  inake  the  habitation  of  thy  right- 
eousness nrosiierous. 

7  Tbougli  thy  beginning  was  small, 
yet  thy  latter  cud  should  greatly  in- 
crease. 

H  .1  l'"or  inquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the 
former  r.^c,  and  prepare  thyself  to 
the  search  of  their  fathers: 

y  (Kor  "we  (iif  hut  uj'  yesterday, 
and  know  )  nothing,  because  our 
davs  lipipri  earth  arc  a  shadow:) 

l(i  ShuU  11. it  they  tea.'ll  tliee,  miil 
tell  thee,  and  utter  words  out  of  their 
heart  ? 

11  (Jan  the  rush  grow  up  without 
mire?  can  the  flag  grow  without  wa- 
ter? 

12  rWhilst  it  IS  yet  in  his  greenness, 
anil  not  cut  d.iwn,  it  withcreth  be- 
fore any  other  herb. 

iJ  So  (ii-c  the  paths  of  all  that  forget 
(Jod ;  and  the  s  hypocrite's  hope  shall 
perish : 

14  Whose  hope  shall  be  cut  oir,  and 
whose  trust  nhuU  be  j  a  spider's 
web. 

15  l>  He  shall  loan  upon  his  house, 
hut  it  shall  not  stanil:  he  shall  bold 
it  fast,  but  it  shall  not  endure. 

Hi  He  i.<  green  before  the  sun,  and 
his  branch  shooteth  Ibrtli  iu  his  gar- 
den. 

17  His  roots  are  wrapped  about  the 
heap,  ((«</  seeth  the  place  of  stones. 

IS  .  If  he  destroy  him  from  his  place, 
then  i7  shall  (lenv  him,  Ktiju\y,  1 
have  n.'t  seen  th.-u. 

];)  llehol.l,  tliis  i.i  the  joy  ofhis  way, 
and  kout  of  the  earth  shall  others 
grow. 

211  liehold,  God  will  not  cast  away 
a  Iierfect  man,  neither  will  he  |  help 
the  evil  doers: 

21  Till  he  fill  thy  mouth  with  laugh- 
ing, and  thv  li|is  with  I  rejoicing. 

22  Thev  that  hate  tlue  shall  be 
I  clothed  with  shame;  ami  the  dwei:- 
iiigplacc  of  the  wicWeil  I  shall  come 
to  nought. 

CIIAPTEU  IX. 

1  Jvh,  aeknowtcdffinu  OaJ't  juttict,  ulittf 

tth  tlitrt  it  no  conlcn.linn  i.l(A  h.m.     ■-'i 

Man't  innvceney  i»  nt/i  tv  6«  conUtmn4ii 

ij,  .ij«ic(iu.i«. 

I'^IIKN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  1  know  It  i.<  so  of  a  truth:  but 
liowshoulil  "man  be  just  II  with  God? 
3  If  he  will  contend  with  him,  he 


Joh  acknoioledgeth  God's  perfections.      JOB. 


Job  expostulateth  with  God. 


neforo     I 
C  11 11  I  S  T] 

about  1520, 


f..  71.  15. 

cli  23.S.9.i 

P.  «.?  a. 

lom.  S).  20. 

Htb.  irfo 

p  ck.  7.  6,  7. 


cannot  answer  liim  one  of  a  thou- 
sand. 

4  l)  Jle  i.i  wi.se  in  heart,  and  niiglity 
in  strengtli :  Vf  In)  liath  hardened  htiu- 
.«f//n.i;ainst  liini,  and  hath  prospeied? 

5'AVhich  reinovelh  the  inonntains, 
.Tiid  thrv  know  nut;  whieh  overturn- 
eth  them  in  lii.s  aiiL-er: 

(J  Whieli  ■^shaketh  the  earth  ont  of 
Iier  place,  and  »1  tiie  pillars  thereof 
tremhle; 

7  Whieli  connnaiidcth  the  sun,  and 
it  riscth  uot ;  and  bealeth  up  the 
stars; 

8  '■  Which  alone  spreadetli  out  the 
heavens,  and  treadetli  upon  the 
i  waves  of  the  sea; 

9  I  Which  maketh  t  Arciurus,  Orion, 
and  I'leiadcs,  and  the  cliunibcrs  of 
the  south; 

10  K  Whieh  doeth  great  things  paot 
finding  out;  yea,  and  wonders  with- 
out number. 

11  I1I..0,  he  goeth  by  me,  and  I  see 
hiifi  not:  ho  passcth  on  alio,  but  1 
lierceivc  him  not. 

1'^  '•  Behold,  ho  takcth  away,  fwho 
can  hinder  liim?  who  will  say  unto 
hiin.  What  doest  thou? 

l.'{  //  God  will  not  withdraw  his 
anger,  k  the  f  proud  helpers  do  stoop 
under  him. 

14  How  much  less  shall  I  answer 
him,  0111/  choose  out  my  words  to 
r<;is,m  with  him '/ 

].-,  1  Whom,  though  I  were  righteous, 
l/rl  wouUl  I  not  answer, /.»(  I  would 
makesunplieatiou  tomvuid-e. 

K;  If  1  hail  called,  and  lie  hail  an- 
swereil  me;  j/ct  would  I  not  believe 
that  he  had  hearkened  unto  my 
voice. 

17  For  he  breakcth  me  with  a 
tempest,  and  multiplieth  my  wounds 
"'without  cause. 

l.S  lie  will  nut  Buffer  mo  to  take  my 
breath,  butlilleth  me  with  bitterness. 

I'J  If  /  ii'dil^-  of  strength,  lo,  /,<;  is 
strong:  and  if  ofjudgnient,  who  shall 
set  me  a  time  tophnilt 

■J)  If  I  justify  myself,  mine  own 
miuitji  sliall  condemn  me:  ir'  Jsaii, 
I  om  perfect,  it  shall  also  prove  me 
perverse. 

•.il  Tliouijh  I  xrerc-  perfect,  rict  would 
I  not  know  my  soul:  i  would  despise 
my  life. 

22  This  M  one  thitirr,  therefore  I 
said  i7,  "  He  destroyeth  the  perfect 
and  the  wicked. 

2.'J  If  the  scourge  slav  siuldenlv,  he 
will  laugh  at  the  trinl  of  the  inn, H-ent. 

24  The  earth  is  given  into  the  hnml 
of  the  wicked:  "hecovereth  the  faces 
of  the  judges  thereof;  if  not,  where, 
anil  who  iV  he? 

25  Now  I'  my  days  are  swifter  than 
a  post:  they  flee  uway,  they  bcc  no 
good. 

•X  They  are  passed  awav  as  the 
f  I!  swift  "ships:  las  the  eagle  thai 
hastcth  lo  the  prey. 

27  'If  I  say,  l  will  forget  my  com- 


plaint, I  will  leave  off  my  heaviness, 
and  comfort  7in/.<cl/; 

28  "  1  am  afraid  of  all  my  sorrows, 
I  know  that  thou  '  wilt  not  hold  me 
innocent. 

21)  //  1  be  wicked,  why  then  labour 

I  in  vain/ 

;iO  "if  I  wash  myself  with  snow 
water,  and  make  my  hands  never  so 
clean ; 

.'!1  Vet  shalt  thou  plunge  me  in  the 
ditch,  and  mine  own  clothes  shall 

II  abhor  me. 

."2  For  ' /ic  is  not  a  man,  as  I  am, 
that  I  should  answer  him,  ami  we 
should  come  together  in  judgment. 

Xi  >  Neither  is  there  tuny  II  days- 
man betwixt  us,  l/iat  might  lay  his 
hand  upon  11s  both. 

'M  '  Let  him  take  his  rod  away  from 
me,  and  let  nut  his  fear  terrify  mc: 

:'i.'>  Then  would  I  speak,  and  not  fear 
him;  j  but  it  ii  not  so  with  me. 
CHAPTER  X. 

1  Job,  taJcing  Itbertj/  of  culnptnint,  expoB- 
tulattth  wilh  Ood.  about  his  oSliint'o"'- 
18  //»  complainetli  of  life,  anU  cra^ctU 
a  littlil  eatc  btforc  dentil. 

MY  "soul  is  II  weary  of  my  life;  I 
will  leave  my  complaint  upon 
myself;  1>I  will  spealc  in  the  bitter- 
ness of  my  soul. 

2  I  will  say  unto  God,  Do  not  con- 
demn me;  shew  mc  wherefore  thou 
eontendest  with  me. 
;;  h  It  good   unto  thee    that  thou 
shouldest  oppress,  that  thou  shonld- 


st  despise  1  th 


rkoftliinehi 


el  of  the 


d  shine  upon  th' 
wicked? 

4  Hast  thou  eyes  of  flesh?  or  'secst 
thou  as  man  seeth? 

5  Ave  thy  days  as  the  days  of  man? 
(or  thy  years  as  man's  days, 

11  That  thou  inquirest  after  mine  in- 
iquity, and  Bcarchest  after  my  sin? 

I  )  J  Thou  knowest  that  I  am  not 
wicked;  and  tht/re  is  none  that  can 
deliver  out  of  thint  hand. 

a  "^  Thine  hands  i  have  made  me 
and  fashioned  me  together  round 
alKiut;  yet  thou  dost  destroy  me. 

',1  HeniVmlier,  I  beseech  thee,  that 
fthou  h.ast  made  me  as  the  clay; 
and  wilt  thou  bring  mc  iuto  dust 
agaiu  ? 

II)  s  Hast  thou  not  poured  me  out  as 
milk,  and  curdled  me  like  cheese? 

II  Thou  liastclothedme  with  skin 
and  flesh,  and  hast  I  fenced  mu  with 
btjiies  and  sinews. 

12  Thou  hnst  granted  me  life  and 
favour,  and  thy  visitation  hath  pre- 
served mv  sjiirlt. 

I.!  And  these  MidrA' Iiast  thou  hid  in 
thine  heart:  I  know  that  this  is  with 
thee. 

14  If  I  sin,  then  l.thou  markest  me, 
and  thou  wilt  not  aoiuit  nie  from 
mine  inii|iiitv. 

I.'i  If  I  he  wicked,  iwoo  imto  me: 
k  and  i/'  I  be  righteous,  i/tt  will  I  not 
lift  up  my  head.  1  am  full  of  cou- 
459 


Zo]}har  sliarply  reproveth  Job. 


JOB. 


Job  ftcknowledrjcth 


ubout  IJilJ 
1 1"..  il.  13. 

in  Ii   3R.  11. 

1-iJ..  .1. 11). 

t  That  is, 
HutVl.  aL 
n=h   3.  IL 


W.  &  8.  9. 
F<.  3^.  5. 

P  r..  at.  13. 

qch  7  10,19, 
r  r..  83.  12. 
•  Tt  23.  4. 


bF.>TS9.  13, 
tKoc.  3.11. 
Kum.  11.33. 


L  0  12.  * 
II. 
».  3.  7. 


«!..  8.  15. 
•  N  10  11,11. 

&  3r  £i.  & 

91  11. 

t  TTeb.  mpfy. 
/P..  73.  il.  i 

.—■.3.  IS. 
Ruin.  I.'.i2. 
eoli.  .1.  8.  Ji 


1  r..  fs.  9,  & 

lu.  e. 

kl-j.  101.3. 
l.S^oa«n.4. 

.■;,  0. 

ch.  2J.  2(1. 
lJ.-l.u3.21. 


fusion  !  therefore  '  see  thou  mine 
attliction; 

I(j  For  it  increaseth.  "■  Thou  hiint- 
estnie  as  a  fierce  lion:  an<la^ain  thou 
shewcst  thyself  marvellous  upon  me. 

]"  Thou  rcnowest  ||  thy  wltnes.«cs 
against  nie,  and  increasest  thine  in- 
(lij;uation  upon  me;  changes  and  war 
are  a>^ain.«it  me. 

18  "WhcTcforo  then  hast  thou 
hrou^ht  me  fi)rth  out  (.)f  the  womb? 
Oh  that  1  had  piven  up  the  jJihost, 
and  no  eye  had  seen  me! 

la  I  .should    have   been  as  though 

1  had  not  been;  1  should  have  been 
carried  from  the  womb  to  the  {^rave, 

1^  "Arc  not  my  days  few?  **cease 
then,  and  1  let  me  alouc,  that  1  may 
take  comfort  a  little, 
\  21  Before  1  go  vmencc.  1  shall  not! 
urn,  'even  to  the  land  of  dark-j 
s  "and  the  shadow  of  death;  f 

A  land  of  darkness,  as  darknosaj 
//',•  will  of  the  shadow  of  deatli,| 
fwithout  any  order,  and  where  the! 
jlitjht  xi  as  darkness.  | 

CHAPTER  XI.  '■ 

I  Zophar  reproveth  Job  f^r  justifying 
Inmtilf.  f.  «o.i'«  wisdom  I'l  unieurch- 
able.     13  The  aaaureU  btetsing  of  repent. 

'■plIEN  answered  Zophar  the  Naa- 
X    mathite,  and  said, 

2  Should  nottlie  multitude  of  words 
be  answered?  and  should  fa  man 
full  of  talk  bo  justified? 

.'!  Should  thy  \\  lies  make  men  liold 
their  peace?  and  when  tliou  moekest, 
shaU  no  man  m.*ikc  tiiee  ashamed? 

4  For  '*thou  hast  said,  .My  doc- 
trine IS  pure,  aud  I  am  clean  in 
thine  eyes, 

5  But  oh  that  God  would  speak, 
and  open  his  lips  a-jaiuRt  thee; 

fi  And  that  ho  would  shew  thee 
the  secrets  of  wisdom,  that  ihei/ 
are  double  to  that  which  is!  Know 
therefore  that ''  God  exaetcth  of  thee 
le.ss  tlian  thine  iniquity  ile^emth. 

7  "^  Canst  thou  by  searchins  find 
out  God  ?  canst  thou  find  out  the 
Almighty  unto  perfection? 

S  It  is  )  as  high  as  heaven  ;  what 
canst  thou  do  ?  deeper  than  hell ; 
what  canst  thou  know? 

9  The  ineasure  thereof  i.«  longer  than 
the  earth,  and  broader  than  the  sea. 

10  J  If  he  I!  cut  otf,  aud  shut  up. 
or  gather  together,  then  fwho  can 
hinder  him? 

U  For  'he  knowcth  vain  men:  he 
seeth  wickedness  also  i  will  he  not 
then  consider  itf 

12  For  1 1  vain  man  would  he  wise, 
though  man  be  born  liLe  a  wild  ass's 
colt. 

1.'5  SIf  tlioii  li  prepare  thine  heart, 
and  i  stretch  out  thine  hands  toward 
hiin: 

II  If  iniquity  te  in  thine  hand,  put 
it  far  away,  and  kU-t  not  wicked- 
ness dwell  in  thy  tabernacl 


I  For  then  shalt  thou  lilt  up  thy  I  arc  his. 


face  without  spot ;  yea,  thou  shalt 
be  steadfa-st,  and  shaft  not  fear: 

10  Because  thou  shalt  ""Ibrget  t/i>i 
misery,  and  remember  it  as  waters 
that  i>ass  away: 

ir  Anil  thine  age  1  "  shall  be  clearer 
than  the  noonrlay;  thou  shalt  phinc 
torth,  thou  shalt  be  as  the  morning. 

18  And  thou  shalt  be  secure,  be- 
cause there  is  hope;  yea,  thou  shalt 
dig  afxiut  thee,  ajtd  "thou  shalt  take 
thy  rest  in  safety. 

I'J  Also  thou  shalt  lie  down,  and 
none  shall  make  thee  afraiil  ;  yea, 
many  shall  t  make  suit  unto  thee. 

20  i!ut  I'the  eves  of  the  wicked 
shall  fail,  and  t  they  shall  not  es- 
cape, and  '' their  hope  shall  be  cts 
II  the  giving  up  of  the  ghost. 

icli.  8.  U.  il3.  11.    I'ror.  11.7.     |  Or.  «  jXi^o/ircalA, 

CII.VPTER  XII. 

I  -Toh  ,naiiUi^ineth  himself  affainst  hit 
friends  that  reprove  him.  7  He  ac. 
knotvlcdgeth  the  general  doctrins  of 
Gvd^e  ornnipotency. 

AND  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  No  doubt  but  ye  are  the  peo- 
ple, and  wisdom  shall  die  with  you. 

3  But  "l  have  f  understanding  as 
well  as  you:  tl  am  not  inferior  to 
you:  yea,  t  who  knoweth  not  such 
things  as  these? 

4  l>  I  am  as  one  mocked  of  his  neigh- 
hour,  who  'calleth  upon  God,  and 
he  answereth  him:  the  justui)right 
inait  IS  laughed  to  scorn. 

5  'I  He  that  is  ready  to  slip  with  his 
feet  w  as  a  lamp  despised  la  the 
thouglit  of  him  that  is  at  ease. 

G  *'  The  tabernacles  of  robbers  pros- 
per, and  they  that  provoke  God  are 
secure;  into  whose  hand  God  bring- 
eth  ftlmndanthj. 

~i  But  ask  now  the  beasts,  and  they 
shall  teach  thee;  and  the  fowls  of  the 
air,  and  they  sliall  tell  tliee: 

8  Or  speak  to  the  earth,  and  it  shall 
teach  thee;  and  the  fishes  of  the  sea 
shall  declare  unto  tliee. 

U  Who  knowL'th  not  in  all  these  thnt 
the  hand  of  the  Loitu  hatli  wrought 
this? 

10  fin  whose  hand  ii<  the  ||  soul  of 
everv  living  thing,  and  the  breath  of 
tall  "mankind. 

I I  E  Doth  not  the  ear  try  words  ?  and 
the  f  mouth  taste  his  meat? 

12  I>  Witli  the  ancient  \s  wisdom; 
and  in  louL-th  of  days  understanding. 

]:!  II I  With  him  it  wisdom  and 
strength,  he  hath  counsel  and  under- 
standing. 

14  Behold,  k  he  breaketh  down,  and 
it  canuot  be  built  again  :  he  I  shuttcth 
tup  a  man,  aud  there  cau  be  no 
opening. 

""  Behold,  he  "  withholdeth  the 
waters,  and  they  dry  up:  also  he 
"sendeth  them  out,  and  they  over- 
turn the  earth. 

18  "AVith  him  7S  strength  and  wis- 
dom :  the  deceived  aud  the  deceiver 


I  Pi.  S7.  0.  & 

112  4. 

U.  is.  S,  10. 


fr„ 


i.ch  in.  in.i 

17 -J.!;  4  21. 

3.  ii  30.  1. 
cP.  ill    15. 
JPrnr   11.2. 
ooh.  21.7. 

1-.  27.  LS.?. 

&71.  II,  IJ, 

iSJ  7. 

J.r   12.  1. 


4liO 


God's  oinnipotcncy. 


JOB. 


The  shortnefss  and  (rouble  of  life. 


Bcforo 
C  II  K  I  S  T 

about liSO. 

l>2B«m.  1.5. 

;iilT.M.23 

I..  Ill  12.  & 

2:1.  lU 

1  Cor.  I.  19. 
qch.32.  .I. 

1:  3.  1.  2.  3. 
tnel..  c»<(.,i 


inT.  41. 
1.  2.  '.I. 


ITi 

11T7,  38. 
J.3.  i2C. 

t  n>i..  («i<<«M 

uTa 

107.  l.». 

111. 

ut.2S.29. 
5.  11. 

tUe 

•  icaxtler. 

jrr» 

W7.  27. 

<irroT.  17.  28. 


111'.,  23.  4 

ITov.  11.32. 
icl.  27.5. 


17  lie  Ic.nilclli  coun.scllora  nway 
spoiled,  and  1' maketh  the  judges 
fools. 

M  lie  looseth  the  bond  of  kings, 
and  girdeth  tlieir  loina  with  a  gir- 
dle. 

JO  lie  Icadcth  princes  away  spoiled, 
and  overthroweth  the  miglity. 

20  1  lie  removsth  away  f  the  speech 
of  the  trusty,  and  takcth  away  the 
understanding  of  the  a;;cd. 

21  ''lie  pourcth  contempt  upon 
princes,  and  ||  weakeneth  the  btrength 
of  the  mighty. 

22 'lie  discovercth  deep  things  out 
of  darkness,  and  bringeth  out  to  light 
the  shadow  of  death. 

23  'He  increascth  the  nations,  and 
destroyeth  them  :  he  enlargeth  the 
nations,  and  f  straitcneth  them  ai/ain. 

'M  lie  takcth  away  the  heart  of  the 
chief  of  the  people  of  the  earth,  and 
"causeth  them  to  wander  in  a  wil- 
derness irhcrc  there  is  no  way. 

Ho  "They  grope  in  the  dark  with- 
out light,  and  he  maketh  them  to 
t '  stagger  hkc  a  drunken  man. 

ClIArXER  XIII. 

1  Job  reproveth  Ma  JHcndn  of  pariialitif. 

14  He  proUaftth  hit  con/idcnce  tr>  Uod: 


20  . 


eth  to  knu 


and  tfod'a  jmrpoac  in  ajfflictintj  t.im. 

IO,  mine  eye  hath  seen  all  thi-:, 
J   mine   ear  hath   heard  and  un- 
derstood it. 

2  "What  ye  know,  ihe  name  do  1 
know  also:"  1  mil  not  inferior  unto 
you. 

3  l>  Surely  I  would  speak  to  the 
.^Imightv,  and  I  desire  to  reason 
witli  Goa. 

4  But  ye  are  forgers  of  lies,  '  yc  are 
all  physicians  of  no  value. 

5  Oh"  that  ye  would  altogether  hold 
your  peace!  and  "lit  should  be  your 
wisdom. 

fi  Hear  now  my  reasoning,  and 
hearken  to  the  pleadings  of  my  lips. 

7  •■  Will  ye  speak  wickedly  for  God? 
and  talk  (Icccitfullv  for  hiriiV 

8  Will  yc  accept  his  person?  will  yc 
contend" for  God? 

y  Is  it  good  that  he  should  search 
you  out?  or  as  one  man  mockcth 
another,  do  ye  fn  niock  him? 

Ill  He  will  surely  reprove  you,  if  ye 
do  secretly  accept  persons. 

11  Shall' not  his  excellency  make 
you  afraid?  and  his  dread  fall  upon 
you  ? 

12  Your  remembrances  are  like 
unto  ashes,  your  bodies  to  bodies  of 
clay. 

13"f  Hold  your  peace,  let  me  alone, 
that  I  may  speak,  and  let  come  on 
me  what  I'rill. 

H  Wherefore  fdo  I  take  my  fle.sh 
in  my  teeth,  and  Cput  my  life  iu 
mine  hand? 

I.-,  h  Though  he  slay  me,  yet  will  I 
trust  in  him:  ilnit  I  will  f  maintain 
mine  own  ways  before  him. 

Hi  Uc  also  shall  be  my  salvation: 


for  a  hypocrite  shall  not  come  before 
liim, 

17  Hear  diligently  my  speech,  and 
my  declaration  with  your  ears. 

hS  Behold  now,  1  liave  ordered  my 
cause;  1  know  that  1  shall  be  justi- 
fied. 

I'J  t  ■\Vho  IS  ho  that  will  plead  with 
me?  for  now,  if  1  liold  ray  tongue,  1 
shall  give  up  the  ghost. 

iiU  lOnly  do  not  two  thinas  unto 
me;  then  will  1  not  hide  myself  from 
thee. 

•A  ■"  Withdraw  thine  hand  far  from 
me:  and  let  not  thy  dread  make  me 
afraid. 

22  Then  call  thou,  and  I  will  an- 
swer: or  let  me  speak,  and  answer 
thou  me. 

23  How  many  are  mine  iniquities 
and  sins?  make  me  to  know  my 
transgression  and  my  sin. 

24  "  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face, 
and  "boldest  me  for  thine  ene- 
my? 

2.j  P  Wilt  thou  break  a  leaf  driven  to 
and  fro?  and  wilt  thou  pursue  the 
dry  stubble? 

2U  For  thou  writest  bitter  things 
against  me,  and  ''  makest  me  to  pos- 
sess the  iniquities  of  my  youth. 

27  'Thou  puttest  my  feet  also  in 
the  stocks,  and  t  lookest  narrowly 
unto  all  my  paths;  thou  settcst  a 
print  upon  the  f  heels  of  my  feet. 

28  And  he,  as  a  rotten  thing,  con- 
fumcth,  OS  a  garment  that  is  moth- 
eaten. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 
1  Job  entreateth  Cod  for  favour,  by  the 
rhortnesa  of  life ,  and  certainty  of  death. 
7  Ih„uoh  Ufa  once  loet  be  irrecoverable, 
yet  he  waiteth  for  hia  change.  16  Byain 
the  creature  ia  eulject  to  corruption. 

MAN  that  IS   born  of  a  woman 
(»  lof  few  days,  and  "full  of 
trouble. 

2  I'He  comcth  forth  like  a  flower, 
and  is  cut  down:  he  flceth  also  as  a 
shadow,  and  continueth  not. 

3  And  "^dost  thou  open  thine  eyes 
upon  such  a  one,  and  J  bringest  me 
into  judgment  with  thee? 

4  1  NVho  '■can  bring  a  clean  thing 
out  of  an  unclean?  not  one. 

5  f  Seeing  his  days  are  determined, 
tlie  number  of  his  months  are  with 
thee,  thou  hast  appointed  his  bounds 
that  he  cannot  pass; 

C  8  Turn  from  him,  that  he  may 
f  rest,  till  he  shall  accomplish,  bos  a 
hireling,  his  day. 

7  For  there  is  hope  of  a  tree,  if  it  be 
cut  down,  I  that  it  will  sprout  again, 
and  that  the  tender  branch  thereof 
will  not  cease. 

8  Though  the  root  thereof  wax  old 
in  the  earth,  and  the  stock  thereof 
die  in  the  ground; 

",l  Yet  through  the  scent  of  water  it 
will  bud,  and  bring  forth  boughs  like 
a  plant. 

10  But  man  dieth,  and  twasteth 
461 


EUphaz  reproveth  Job. 


JOB. 


The  disqttietude  of  nicked  men. 


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niul  where  iv  lie/ 

II  A^  the  waters  fail  from  the  rm, 
and  the  liood  tlecayeth  ond  Urieth 
ii|i; 

IS  So  man  licth  down,  and  risetli 
not:  ktill  the  licavona  l.c  no  more, 
they  Bliall  not  awake,  nor  be  raised 
out  of  their  sleep. 

\:i  Oh  tliattliouwouldestliide  mo  in 
the  grave,  tliat  tliou  wouldest  l<eep 
me  secret,  until  thy  wrath  be  past, 
that  thou  wouldest  appoint  luc  a  set 
time,  and  remember  me  ! 

14  If  a  man  die,  shall  he  live  agninf 
all  the  days  of  my  appointed  time 
1  will  1  wait,  "  till  mv  thim^e  eome. 

l.'i  "Thou  shalt  call,  and  1  will  an- 
swer thee:  thou  wilt  have  a  desire  to 
the  work  of  thine  iiands. 

I()  "For  now  thou  iiumberest  my 
steps:  dost  thou  not  watch  over  my 
sin? 

V  ^  My  transgression  is  sealed  up 
in  a  bag,  and  thou  sewest  up  mine 
iniquity. 

15  And  surely  the  mountain  falling 
tconieth  to  nought,  and  the  rock  is 
removed  out  of  his  place. 

r.l  Tlie  waters  wear  the  stone.^:  thou 
I  washest  away  the  things  which  grow 
out  of  the  dust  of  the  earth;  and  thou 
destroyest  the  hope  of  man. 

'.It  Tliou  prevailest  for  ever  against 
him,  and  be  passeth:  thou  changest 
his  countenance,  and  sciidest  him 
awav. 

Jl  His  sons  come  to  honour,  and 
'I  he  knoweth  it  not;  anil  they  are 
brought  low,  but  he  percciveth  it 
not  of  them. 

22  But  his  flesh  upon  him  shall 
ha\'c  paiu,  and  his  soul  within  hiiu 
shall  mourn. 

CHAPTER  XV. 
I  EH]tha2  reproveth  .fob  of  itiipiciy  in  junt. 
>/;/.ny  Idmaelf.     17  lie   provetJi    ly  tra- 
dition the  untiiiietTtcas  of  tvir.ked  men. 
I'^HEN  answered  Eliphaz  the  Te- 
manite,  and  said, 

2  Should  a  wi.^e  man  litter  tvain 
knowledge,  and  fill  his  belly  with 
tile  cast  wind?  i 

,1  Should  he  reason  with  iViprofit- 
ablc  talk?  or  with  speecho  .'where- 
with he  can  do  no  good? 

4  Yea,  \  thou  easiest  off  fear,  and 
ri'strninest  l|  prayer  before  God. 

.■)  For  thy  mouth  tuttereth  thine  in- 
iqnitv,  and  thou  choosest  the  tongue 
oftluM-rafty. 

6  "Thine  own  mouth  condcmneth 
tliee,  and  not  I:  J'ca,  thine  own  lips 
testify  against  thee. 

r  Art  tliou  the  first  man  thnt  was 
born?  l>or  wast  thou  made  before 
the  hills? 

H  '\l.ini  thou  heard  the  secret  of 
(iod?  and  dost  thou  restrain  wisdom 
10  thyself? 

1)  <1  What    knowest    thou,    that  we 
know  not?  trlnit  iindei'staudest  thou, 
which  i,<iiot  in  us? 
4ti2 


10  "With  ua  arc  both  the  gniy- 
Iieadcd  and  very  aged  men,  much 
elder  than  thy  father. 

11  Ari;  the  consolations  of  God  small 
with  thee?  is  there  any  secret  thing 
with  thee? 

12  Why  doth  thine  heart  carry  thee 
away?  and  what  do  thy  eyes  wink 
lit, 

i'l  That  thou  turncst  thy  spirit 
against  God,  and  Icttest  such  words 
p;o  out  of  thy  mouth  ? 

14  f  AVhat  vs  man,  that  he  should  be 
clean  ?  and  lie  u-lilrh  is  burn  of  a 
woman,  that  he  should  be  rigbteruis? 

15  S  Behold,  he  nutteth  no  trust  in 
his  saints;  yea,  the  heavens  are  not 
clean  in  his  sight. 

]()  h  How  much  more  abominable 
and  filthy  is  man,  i  which  drinketh 
iniquity  like  water? 

]7  I  will  shew  thee,  hear  me;  and 
that  which  1  have  seen  I  will  de- 
clare; 

IH  Which  wise  men  have  told  1;  from 
their  fathers,  and  have  not  hid  it : 

]'J  Ihito  whom  alone  the  earth  was 
given,  and  1  no  stranger  passed  among 
them. 

2(1  The  wicked  man  travaileth  with 
pain  all  his  d.ays,  "'and  the  number 
of  years  is  hidden  to  the  oppressor. 

21  t  A  dreadful  sound  w  in  his  cars: 
"  in  jirosperity  the  destroyer  shall 
come  upon  him. 

2J  lie  believeth  not  that  he  shall 
return  out  of  darkness,  and  he  is 
waited  for  of  the  sword. 

2"'J  He  "  wandercth  abroad  for  bread, 
so!/iii(f.  W^here  isitf  he  knoweth  that 
f  the  day  of  darkness  is  ready  at  his 
hand. 

24  Trouble  and  anguish  shall  make 
him  afraid;  they  shall  prevail  against 
him,  as  a  king  ready  to  the  battle, 

2.5  For  he  stretcheth  out  bis  hand 
against  God,  and  strcngtheneth him- 
self against  the  Almighty. 

26  lie  runneth  upon  him,  creii  on 
his  neck,  upon  the  thick  bosses  of 
his  bucklers: 

2"  'i  Because  he  covercth  his  face 
with  his  fatness,  and  maketh  collops 
of  fat  on  A  I.-- flanks. 

2.S  And  he  dwilleth  in  desolate 
citie.'i,  (itift  in  houses  which  no  man 
inhahitcth,  which  arc  ready  to  be- 
come heaps. 

29  lie  shall  not  he  rich,  neither  shall 
his  subst.incc  continue,  neither  shall 
he  prolong  the  perfection  thereof 
upon  the  earth. 

,10  He  shall  not  depart  outof  dark- 
ness :  the  flame  shall  dry  up  bis 
branches,  and  '  by  the  breath  of  his 
mouth  shall  he  go  awav. 

.■!I  1-et  not  bun  that  is  deceived 
'trust  in  vanity:  for  vanity  shall  be 
Ins  recompense. 

.".2  It  shall  be  ||  accomplished  'be- 
fore bis  time,  and  his  branch  shall 
not  I>e  green. 

3;!  He  shall  shake  off  his   unripe 


Job  describcth  his  unhappy  case. 


He  appealeth  from  men  to  God. 


:h,  10.  IC.l?. 
ch.  m.  21. 


jrrnpc  ns  the  vine,  nnd  shall  cast  olF 
his  flower  as  the  olive. 
'M  Fur  the  congregation  of  liypo- 
crite-s  fhoJt  br  desolate,  and  lire  shall 
onsnnie  the  tahernaclos  of  Itribery. 
"5  "  They  conceive  mischief,  and 
brins  forth  ||  vanity,  and  their  belly 
prepareth  deceit. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

1  Job  reproveth  liinfrirnda  o/  vnmerciful- 

noj.,).    7  JJt  theifflli  the  jiilifulnrsu  v,f  hit 

caite.     17  lie  muintainet'i  hia  itnjocency. 

I^IIKN  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  I  have  heard  many  such  Ihinps: 
!  "  nii.«erable  comforters  are  ye  all. 

3  Shall  fvain  worrla  have  an  end? 
or  what  cmboldencth  thee  that  thou 
answcrest? 

4  1  also  could  speak  as  ye  do;  if 
your  soul  were  in  my  soul's  ftoa<l, 
1  could  heap  up  words  n;;ainst  you, 
and  ''sliaUe  mine  head  at  you. 

5  Bvt  1  would  strengtlii-n  you  with 
my  mouth,  and  the  moving  of  my 
lips  should  assuage  Tfoitr  grirC 

a  Though  I  sneak,  my  grief  is  not 
assuaged  :  ana  lliovg'h  1  forbear, 
t  what  am  I  cased  ? 

"  liut  now  he  hnth  made  me  weary: 
thou  hast  made  desolate  all  my  com- 
pany. 

8  And  thou  hnst  filled  me  with 
wrinkles,  ic/iirh  is  a  witness  ttf/ninst 
mc :  and  my  leanness  rising  up  in 
me  hearcth  witness  to  my  face. 

9  "^  He  teareth  inc  in  his  wrath, 
who  hnteth  me:  he  gnasheth  jipnn 
me  with  his  teeth;  J  mine  enemy 
sharpnneth  Iiis  eyes  upon  me. 

10  They  liave  "^ gaped  upon  mc 
with  their  mouth;  they  fhuve 
smitten  mo  upon  the  cneek  re- 
proachfully;  tlu'V  have  ^gathered 
themselves  tOL'i  tlur  against  me. 

11  God  lifhatli  delivered  me  to  the 
ungodly,  and  turned  mc  over  into 
the  hands  of  the  wicked. 

12  I  was  »t  ease,  but  he  hath  broken 
mc  asunder:  he  hath  also  taken  mc 
by  my  neck,  and  shaken  me  to  pieces, 
and  iset  me  up  for  his  mark. 

13  His  archers  compass  mc  round 
about,  he  cleaveth  my  reins  asunder, 
and  doth  not  spare:  he  poureth  out 
my  gall  upon  the  grounil. 

14  He  breaketh  me  with  breach 
upon  breach;  he  runneth  upon  me 
like  a  giant. 

1,'i  I  have  sewed  sackcloth  upon  my 
skin,  and  l^dcliled  my  horn  in  the 
dust. 

IG  My  face  is  foul  with  weeping, 
and  on  my  eyelids  is  the  shadow  of 
death: 

17  Not  for  antf  in.iustice  in  mine 
hand.-*:  also  my  prayer  (,<  pure. 

15  O  earth,  cover  not  tl'.nu  my  blood, 
and  lUt  my  cry  have  no  iilace. 

I'J  Also  now,*behold,  '"my  v.'itncss 
is  in  heaven,  and  my  record  is  |  on 
high. 

ib  My  friends  t  scorn  me:  hut  mine 
eye  poureth  out  tears  unto  God. 


21  "  Oh  that  one  might  plead  for  a 
man  with  God,  as  a  man  pkadeth 
for  liis  II  neighbour! 

22  When  fa  few  years  are  come, 
then  i  shall  "go  the  way  tchetice  1 
shall  not  return. 

r.om.  y.  20.     I  Ur,  /rmii/.      1  Ucli.  ytnri  r/  ,.«m6er. 

CHAI'TKll  XVII. 

1  Job  appealctU  from  men  to  God.  6  The 
unmcrc./ul  rfoiidny  0/  men  tvilh  the  n/- 
jtictvd  may  aetoftith,  but  not  diecourage 
the  rir/hleottt.  11  UU  hope  is  not  in  life, 
but  in  death. 

MY  II  breath  is  corrupt,  my  days 
are    extinct,    "the    graves    are 
ready  for  me. 

2  Are  there  not  mockers  with  me? 
and  doth  not  mine  eye  f  continue  in 
their  I'  provocation  ? 

0  Lay  down  now,  put  me  in  a  surety 
with  thee;  who  is  he  that  '  will  strike 
hands  with  me? 

4  For  thou  hast  hid  their  heart  from 
imderstanding;  therefore  shalt  thou 
not  exalt  them. 

5  He  that  speaketh  flattery  to  his 
friends,  even  the  eyes  of  his  children 
shall  fail. 

(!  He  hath  made  me  also  <1  a  byword 
of  the  people;  and  ||  aforetime  1  was 
as  a  tabret. 

7  'Mine  eye  also  is  dim  by  reason 
of  sorrow,  nnd  all  ||  my  members  are 
as  a  shadow. 

S  Vpright  men  shall  be  astonied  at 
this,  and  the  innocent  shall  stir  up 
himself  against  tlie  hvpocrite. 

!l  The  righteous  also  shall  hold  on 
liis  way,  and  he  that  hath  fclean 
hands  t  shall  be  stronger  and 
stronger. 

10  But  as  for  you  all,  °  do  vc  return, 
and  come  now  :  fV'r  I  cannot  find  owe 
wise  viiui  among  you. 

11  h  Mv  days  are  past,  my  juirposes 
are  broken  "off,  eren  f  the  thoughts 
of  my  heart. 

12  They  change  the  night  info  day: 
the  light  is  t  short  because  of  dark- 
ness. 

13  If  I  wait,  the  grave  ts  mine  house: 
I  have  made  my  bed  in  the  darkness. 

14  I  li.ave  fsaid  to  corruption.  Thou 
art  my  father:  to  the  worm,  Ihou 
art  my  mother,  and  my  sister. 

15  And  where  is  now  my  hope?  as 
for  my  hope,  who  shall  see  it? 

1(!  Tney  shall  go  down  'to  the  bars 
of  the  pit,  when  our  Krest  together  is 
in  the  dust. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

1  Dildad  reproveth  Job  of  preaumption 
and  impatience.  5  The  c'alamitiea  of  the 
wicked. 

q^IIEN  answered  Bildad  the  Shu- 
X    bite,  and  said, 

2  How  long  vdl  it  be  ere  yc  make 
an  end  of  words?  mark,  niid  after- 
wards we  will  speak. 

3  Wherefore  are  we  counted  "as 
beasts,  a»d  reputed  vile  in  your  sight  ? 

4  liHc  teari'th  t  himself  in  his  anger: 
shall  the  earth  be  forsaken  for  thee? 

4fi3 


The  catarnitics  of  the  wicked. 


JOB. 


Job  sheweth  his  great  misery. 


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and  shall  the  rock  be  removed  out 
of  his  place ? 

5  Yea, '  the  light  of  the  wicked  shall 
be  put  out,  and  the  spark  of  his  tire 
shall  not  shine. 

6  The  light  shall  he  dark  in  his  tab- 
ernacle, "and  his  || caudle  shall  be 
put  out  with  him. 

7  The  steps  of  his  strength  shall 
be  straitened,  and  'his  own  counsel 
shall  cast  him  down. 

8  For  f  he  is  cast  into  a  net  by  his  own 
feet,  and  he  walkcth  upon  a  snare. 

9  The  gin  shall  take  him  by  the 
heel,  and  sthe  robber  shall  prevail 
against  him. 

10  The  snare  i:  flaid  for  him  in 
the  ground,  and  a  trap  for  him  in 
the  way. 

11  h  I'errors  shall  make  him  afraid 
on  every  side,  and  shall  \  drive  him 
to  his  feet. 

12  llis  strength  shall  bo  hunger- 
bitten,  and  i  destruction  fhtill  be 
readv  at  his  side. 

13  It  shall  devour  the  t  strength  of 
his  skin:  crcii  the  firstborn  of  death 
shall  devour  his  strength. 

14  kHis  confidence  shall  be  rooted 
out  of  his  tabernacle,  and  it  shall 
bring  him  to  the  king  of  terrors. 

15  It  shall  dwell  in  his  tabernacle, 
because  H  is  none  of  his;  brimstone 
shall  be  scattered  upon  his  habita- 
tion. 

10  I  Ilis  roots  shall  be  dried  up  be- 
neath, and  above  shall  his  branch  be 
cut  off. 

17  '"His  remembrance  shall  perish 
from  the  earth,  and  he  shall  have  no 
name  in  the  street. 

l.S  t  He  shall  be  driven  from  light 
into  darkness,  and  chased  out  of  the 
world. 

19  "  He  shall  neither  have  son  nor 
nephew  among  his  people,  nor  any 
remaining  in  his  dwellings. 

20  They  that  come  after  him  shall 
be  astoniod  at  °  his  day,  as  they  that 
II  went  before  f  wcra  iiftVighted. 

21  Surely  such  an-  the  dwellings  of 
the  wicked,  and  this  is  tin-  place  0/ 
him  that  l'  knoweth  not  God. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

1  Job,  complaining  of  lti»  friends^  eruflty, 

ahcwcth  there  is  misery  enough  in  him 

to  J\cd  their  cruelly.    21,  28  Uo  crnveth 

pity.     23  lie  bclieveth  the  reeurrection. 

'■[^IIEN  Job  answered  and  said, 

I  2  How  long  will  ye  vex  my  soul, 
and  break  me  in  jiieces  with  words? 

;!  These  "ten  times  have  ye  re- 
proached me:  ve  arc  not  a-oliamed 
that  ye  ||  make  yourselves  strange  to 
me. 

4  And  be  it  indeed  that  I  have  erred, 
mine  error  remaineth  with  myself. 

6  If  indeed  yo  will  h magnify  ;/(;»/■- 
sclres  against  me,  and  plead  agiiinst 
me  mv  reproaeli; 

(!  Kn"ow  now  tliat  God  hath  over- 
thrown me,  and  hath  compassed  me 
with  his  net. 


7  Behold,  I  cry  out  of  ||  wrong,  but 
I  am  not  heard  :  I  cry  oloud,  but 
there  is  no  judgment. 

8  '■  He  hath  fenced  up  my  way  that 
I  cannot  pass,  and  he  hath  set  dark- 
ness in  my  paths. 

y  J  He  hath  stripped  me  of  my  glory, 
and  taken  the  crov<n/roin  my  liead. 

10  He  hath  destroyed  me  on  every 
side,  and  I  am  gone:  and  mine  hope 
hath  he  removed  like  a  tree. 

11  He  hath  also  kindled  his  wrath 
against  me,  and  *^he  counteth  me 
unto  him  as  o;ie  q/"his  enemies. 

12  His  troops  come  together,  and 
f  raise  up  their  way  against  me,  and 
encamp  round  about  my  tabernacle. 

l.'i  sile  hath  put  my  brethren  far 
from  me,  and  mine  acquaintance 
are  verily  estranged  from  me. 

14  Mv  kinsfolk  have  failed,  and 
my  fainiliar  friends  have  forgotten 
me. 

15  They  that  dwell  in  mijie  house, 
and  my  maids,  count  me  for  a  stran- 
ger: 1  am  an  alien  in  their  sight. 

lU  1  called  my  servant,  and  he  gave 
me  no  answer;  I  entreated  iiim  witli 
my  mouth. 

if  !N[y  breath  is  strange  to  mv  wife, 
though  1  entreated  for  the  children's 
fiili-e  of  t  mine  own  body. 

18  Yea,  ||li  young  children  despised 
me;  I  arose,  and  they  spake  against 
me. 

19  i  All  t  my  inward  friends  abhor- 
red me:  and  they  whom  I  loved  are 
turned  against  me. 

20  k  My  bone  cleaveth  to  my  skin 
Hand  to  my  flesh,  and  I  am  escaped 
with  the  skin  of  my  teeth. 

21  Have  pity  upon  me,  have  pity 
upon  me,  O  ve  my  friends:  'for  the 
hand  of  God  hath  touched  me. 

22  Why  do  ye  '"persecute  me  ns 
God,  and  are  not  satisfied  with  my 
flesh? 

2.".  t  Oh  that  my  words  were  now 
written!  oh  that  they  were  printed 
in  a  book  1 

24  That  they  were  graven  with  an 
iron  pen  anil  lead  in  tho  rock  for 
evcrl 

25  For  I  know  that  my  Redeemer 
liveth,  and  tliat  he  shall  stand  at  the 
latter  ilai/  upon  the  earth: 

26  II  And  Ihtmnh  after  mv  skin 
M-oniis  destroy  this  IhhIj/,  yet  ''in  my 
flesh  shall  I  sec  God: 

27  Whom  I  sh.iU  see  for  myself,  and 
mine  cj-es  shall  behold,  and  not 
t another;  Wthouijh  my  reins  he  con- 
sumed \  within  me. 

28  liut  ye  should  sny,  "Why  per- 
secute we  him,  |l  seeing  the  root  of 
the  matter  is  found  in  me  ? 

2"J  Be  yc  afraid  of  tlie  sword:  for 
wrath  tirinqeth  the  punishments  of 
the  sword,  fthat  ye  may  know  </ie/c 
IS  a  judgment. 

CHAl'TER  XX. 

Zoph:ir  theu'tlh  the  el::le  and  portion  of 

the  wicked. 


The  certain  portion  of  the  wicked.  JOB.  Wicked  men  sometimes  proupcr. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  lo20. 


bli.  II.  I3.U. 

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tHcli. 


I  Or.  Md 
ihatl  br  I 


''pUEN  answiTcd  Zophar  the  Naa- 

1  mathite,  and  gaid. 

2  Therefore  do  my  thoughts  cause 
me  to  answer,  and  tor  tliis  H  make 
liaste. 

3  I  have  heard  the  check  of  my 
reproach,  and  the  spirit  of  my  nn- 
derstandiii,g  causetli  mc  to  answer. 

4  Knowest  thou  iinl  tlii.s  of  old,  since 
man  was  placed  upon  earth, 

5  "That  the  tnuniphin";  of  the 
wicked  is  t  short,  and  tlie  joy  of  tlie 
hypocrite  Init  for  a  moment? 

b  b  Though  liis  excellency  mount 
up  to  the  heavens,  and  liis  head 
reach  unto  the  ( clouds; 

7  i'et  he  shall  perish  for  ever  '  like 
his  own  dung :  they  which  have 
seen  him  sh«U  say.  Where  is  he? 

S  lie  shall  fly  away  it  as  a  dream, 
and  shall  not  be  found:  yea,  he  shall 
he  chased  away  us  a  vision  of  the 
nisht. 

9  "^  The  eye  also  irhich  Raw  him 
shall . ■-■<■£ /i!»i  no  more;  neither  shall 
Ins  place  anv  more  hehold  him. 

10  (I  His  chiVlren  shall  seek  to  please 
the  i)oor,  and  his  hands  f  shall  restore 
their  poods. 

11  His  bones  arc  full  of  tihe  sin  of 
his  youth,  li  which  shall  lie  down 
with  him  in  the  dust. 

12  Thouph  wickedness  be  swcft  in 
his  mouth,  t/ioicjii  ha  hide  it  under 
liis  toni^ue; 

IS  Tht'iujh  he  spare  it,  and  ffirsake 
it  not,  but  keep  it  still  f  within  his 
moutlii 

14  Yet  his  meat  in  his  bowels  is 
turned,  i(  is  the  gall  of  asps  within 
him. 

15  He  hath  swallowed  down  riches, 
and  he  shall  vomit  them  up  again: 
God  shall  cast  them  out  of  his 
belly. 

10  He  shall  suck  the  poison  of  asps: 
the  viper's  tongue  shall  slay  him. 

17  He  shall  not  see  >  the  rivers,  ||  the 
floods,  the  brooks  of  honey  and  but- 
ter. 

18  That  which  he  laboured  for  k  shall 
he  restore,  and  shall  not  swallow  it. 
down:  f  according  to  his  substance 
sliiill  the  restitution  he,  and  he  shall 
not  rejoice  therein. 

lit  Because  he  hath  t  oppressed  mirl 
hath  forsaken  the  poor;  liccaiise  he 
hath  violently  taken  away  a  house 
which  he  builded  not: 

20  1  Surely  he  shall  not  t  feel  quiet- 
ness in  his  belly,  he  shall  not  save 
of  that  which  he  desired. 

21  II  There  shall  none  of  his  meat  be 
left;  therefore  shall  no  man  look  for 
his  goods. 

22  In  the  fulness  of  his  sufficiency 
he  shall  be  in  straits:  every  hand  of 
the  II  wicked  shall  come  upon  him. 

2'!  W/ien  he  is  about  to  (ill  his  belly, 
(in,/  shall  cast  the  fury  of  his  wrath 
upon  him,  and  shall  rain  it  upon  him 
"'  while  he  is  eating. 

24  "He  shall  flee  from  the  iron 
30 


weapon,  an<l  the  bow  of  steel  shall 
strike  him  through. 
25  It  is  drawn,  and  Cometh  out  of 
the  body;  yea,  "the  glittering  sword 
Cometh  out  of  his  gall:  f  terrors  are 
upon  him. 

2G  All  darkness  shall  be  hid  in  his 
secret  places:  la  fire  not  blown  shall 
consume  him ;  it  shall  go  ill  with  him 
that  is  left  in  his  tabernacle. 
27  The  heaven  shall  reveal  his  in- 
iquity; and  the  earth  shall  rise  up 
against  him. 

'JS  The  increase  of  his  house  shall 
depart,  and  hi.i  goods  shall  flow  awuy 
in  the  day  of  his  wratli. 
29  ■■  This  IS  the  portion  of  n  wicked 
man  from  God,  and  the  heritage 
t  appointed  unto  him  by  God. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
1  Job  $hewtth  that  even  in  the  Judgment 
of  vtan  he  hath  reason  to  lie  grieved.  7 
i^ometitnee  the  wiefced  do  $o  prosper,  as 
they  despise  Qod.  16  Sometimea  their 
destruction  is  vianifest.  22  T/ie  happy 
amt  unhappy  arc  alike  in  death.  £7  The 
judgment  of  the  wicked  id  in  another 
world. 

BUT  Job  answered  and  said, 
2  Hear  diligently  my  speech, 
and  let  this  be  vour  consolations. 

Ct  Suffer  me  tliat  I  may  speak;  and 
after  that  I  have  spoken, "  mock  on. 

4  As  for  mc,  is  my  complaint  to 
man?  and  if  it  irerc  .''o,  why  should 
not  my  spirit  be  t  troubled? 

,5  t  Mark  me,  and  be  .astonished, 
I'and  lay  i/our  hand  upon  j/our 
mouth. 

(i  Even  when  I  remember  I  am 
afraiii,  and  trembling  taketh  hold  on 
my  flesh. 

7  "^  Wherefore  do  the  wicked  live, 
become  old,  yea,  ore  mighty  in 
power? 

8  Their  seed  is  established  in  their 
sight  with  them,  and  their  ott'spring 
before  their  eyes. 

y  Their  houses  t  are  safe  from  fear, 
■1  neither !,«  the  rod  of  God  upon  them. 

10  Their  bull  gendereth,  and  failcth 
not;  their  cow  calveth,  and  "^casteth 
not  her  calf. 

11  They  send  forth  their  little  ones 
like  a  flock,  and  their  childien  dance. 

12  They  take  the  timbrel  and  harp, 
and  rejoice  at  the  sound  of  the  organ. 

13  They  fspend  their  days  |[  in 
wealth,  and  in  a  moment  go  down 
to  the  grave. 

14  t'lheiefore  they  say  unto  God, 
Depart  from  us;  for  we  desire  not 
the  knowledge  of  thv  ways. 

15  li  What  i.<  the  Afmighty,  that  we 
should  serve  him?  and  "what  nrotit 
should  we  have,  if  we  jiray  unto  him  ? 

IG  Lo,  Iheir  good  n  not  in  their 
hand:  k  the  counsel  of  the  wicked  is 
far  from  me. 

17  IHow  oft  is  the  II  candle  of  the 
wicked  put  out!  and /loir  r;/(  cometh 
their  (lestriiction  upon  them  I     O'ttd 
"'distributeth  sorrows  in  Ins  anger. 
4«)0 


All  alike  -ill  death. 


Job  accuwd  of  divers  ging. 


13  "  They  arc  as  stubble  before  the 
wind,  and  as  chatt'  that  the  etorm 
f  carrieth  away. 

lU  God  layeth  tip  l|  his  iniquity  Tor 
liis  ihihlren:  he  lewardeth  liini,  and 
he  sIihII  know  it. 

•Jl  Ilia  eyes  shall  Rec  his  destruction, 
and  I'  he  shall  drink  of  the  wrath  of 
the  Almighty. 

21  For  what  pleasure  Imth  he  in  liis 
house  alter  liiin,  when  the  number 
of  his  mouths  is  eut  ort'in  t\\c  midsti* 

2-2  'I  Shall  am/  teaeh  God  knowl- 
edge? Bceins  lie  judgeth  those  that 
are  high. 

as  One  dieth  tin  his  full  strength, 
being  wholly  at  case  and  quiet. 

24  Ilia  II  breasts  are  full  of  milk,  and 
his  bones  are  moistened  with  mar- 
row. 

2.5  And  another  Uieth  in  the  bitter- 
ness of  his  soul,  and  never  eateth 
with  pleasure. 

2ti  They  shall  Tie  down  alike 
the  dust,  and  the  worms  shall  cover 
them. 

27  Behold,  I  fcnow  your  thoughts, 
and  the  devices  wliich  ye  wrongfully 
imagine  against  me. 

28  For  ye  say,  "  Where  t>  the  house 
of  the  prince?  and  where  are  tthe 
dwellingplaces  of  the  wicked? 

21)  Have  ye  not  asked  them  that  go 
by  the  way?  and  do  ye  not  know 
their  tokens, 

.'to  '  That  tlie  wicked  is  resen'ed  to 
the  day  of  destruction?  they  shall 
be  brought  forth  to  t  the  day  of 
wrath. 

31  Who  shall  declare  Ids  way  "to 
his  face?  and  who  shall  repay  him 
wJifit  lie  hath  done? 

'.M  Yet  shall  he  be  brought  to  the 
t  grave,  and  shall  J  remain  in  the 
tomb. 

;>.'!  The  clods  of  the  valley  shall 
be  sweet  unto  him,  and  ^  every  man 
shall  draw  after  him,  as  there  are 
innumei'ble  before  him. 

JM  How  then  comfort  ye  me  in  vain, 
seeing  in  your  answers  there  remain- 
eth  t  falsehood  ? 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
1  BUjthaz    shewet/i  that  man'a  goorlneKii 

profituth  not  God     5  He  accnectlt  Job  of 
divert  tint.    21  lit  exhortetli  him  to  re- 
pentance, with promitet  ofmercti. 
lEN  Eliphaz 
swcrcd  and  said, 

2  "  Can  a  man  be  profitable  unto 
God,  II  as  he  that  is  wise  may  be 
profitable  unto  himself? 

I!  li  It  any  pleasure  to  the  Almighty, 
that  thou  art  righteous?  or  h<  it  gain 
to  him,  that  thou  raakest  thy  ways 
perfect? 

4  Will  he  reprove  thee  for  fear 
of  thee?  will  he  enter  with  thee  into 
judj?ment? 
Tt  /.■••not  thy  wickedness  great?  and 
thine  inii|iiities  inlinitc? 
G  For  thou  hast  ''taken  a  pledge 
from  thv  brother  for  nought,  and 
"4«j« 


1  stripped  the  naked  of  their  cloth- 
ing. 

7  Thou  hast  not  given  water  to 
the  weary  to  drink,  and  thou  'hast 
withhold'en  bread  from  the  hungrv. 

S  Hut  a.tfor  t  the  mighty  man, "he 
had  the  earth;  and  the  t  honourable 
man  dwelt  in  it. 

IJ  Tliou  hast  sent  widows  away 
empty,  and  the  arms  of  J  the  father- 
less have  been  broken. 

10  Therefore  "^snares  are  round 
about  thee,  and  sudden  fear  troub- 
letb  thee; 

11  Or  darkness,  that  thou  canst 
not  see;  and  abundance  of  f waters 
cover  thee. 

12  7.1  not  God  in  the  height  of 
heaven?  and  lulmld  I  the  height  of 
the  stars,  h.m-  hi-li  ihev  are! 

l:i  And  th(.u  sayest, 'lieHow  doth 
God  know?  can  he  judge  through 
the  dark  cloud? 

14  li  Thick  clouds  are  a  covering  to 
hiui,  that  he  secth  not;  and  he  walk- 
eth  in  the  circuit  of  heaven. 

l.>  lliist  thou  marked  the  old  way 
which  wicked  men  have  trodden? 

lU  Which  I  were  cut  down  out  of 
time,  f  whose  Ibundatiou  was  over- 
flown with  a  flood: 

17  k  Which  said  unto  God.  Depart 
from  us :  and  1  what  can  the  Almighty 
do  II  for  them? 

15  Yet  he  tilled  their  houses  with 
g(K)d  things;  but  "'the  counsel  of 
the  wicked  is  far  from  me. 

I'.t  "  The  righteous  see  i7,  and  are 
glad:  and  the  innocent  laugh  them 
to  scorn. 

20  Whereas  our  I|  substance  is  not 
cut  down,  but  l{  the  remnant  of  them 
the  fire  consumcth. 

21  .\cquaint  now  thyself  ||  with  him, 
and  "  be  at  peace:  thereby  good  shall 
come  unto  thee. 

22  Keceive,  1  pray  thee,  the  law  from 
his  mouth,  and  ''lay  up  his  words  in 
thine  heart. 

2'i  ''If  thou  return  to  the  .Vlmightv, 
thou  shalt  bo  built  up,  thou  sha'lt 
put  away  iniquity  far  from  thy  tab- 
ernacles. 

24  Then  shalt  thou  'lay  up  gold 
l|  ;-s  dust,  and  the  gold  of  Ophir  as 
the  stones  of  the  brooks. 

2.1  Yea,  the  Almightv  shall  be  thy 
II  defence,  and  thou  shalthave  t  plenty 
of  silver. 

a't  For  then  shalt  thou  have  thy  '  de- 
light in  the  Almighty,  and  'shalt  lift 
up  thy  face  unto  God. 

27  "  Thou  shalt  make  thy  prayer 
unto  him,  and  he  shall  hear  tliee, 

iiid  thou  shalt  pav  thy  vows. 

28  Thou  shalt  also  iiecrce  a  thing, 
and  it  shall  be  est:tblished  unto 
thee:  and  the  light  shall  shine  upon 
thy  ways. 

2*.*  When  mrn  are  cast  down,  then 
thoush.Tltsiiv,  r/» /-MS lilting  lip; and 
'  ho  shall  save  f  the  humble  jierson. 

SO  lillc  shall  deliver  the  island  of  I 


CHRIST 

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1  r.i.  5.  5. 


Job  longeUi  to  a]rpear  before  God.  JOB.  A  xecret.  judgment  for  the  wicked. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  16211. 


Jivmc.  1. 12. 

■r.  41. 18. 

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4  27.  17. 
Pror.  n. 
*  -a.  10. 


the  innocent:  and  it  is  delivered  by 
tlie  XJureness  of  tliine  hands. 
CHAPTER  XXIII. 
I  rTiib  lonffetii  to  appear  lirfure  Ood,  6  in 
eonfidetwe   of  hiB  vtercy.    8    Goil,    who 
is    invieiHe,    obgervetk    ouf    wnye.     11 
Joy 8  innocency.     IJ  iroU'a  decreo  is  im- 
mutiMc. 
''r'lIEN  Job  answered  and  said, 

JL  ]t  Even  to  day  is  my  eontplaint 
hitter;  t  my  btrol^e  is  licavier  than 
iny  p:roanins. 

.'i""01i  that  I  knew  •where  I  mi^ht 
find  him!  that  I  might  conic  even 
to  his  seat! 

4 1  would  order  my  cause  before  him, 
and  till  my  moutli  witli  arjiunieuts. 

5  I  would  know  tlie  words  ic/iicit  he 
would  answer  me,  and  understand 
what  he  would  sny  unto  mo. 

(i  I' Will  he  plead  against  me  with 
Ai.<  great  power?  No;  but  he  would 
put  stiTiif/lh  in  me. 

7  There  the  righteous  might  dispute 
with  him;  so  should  I  he  delivered 
tor  ever  from  my  judge. 

H  'Heboid,  I  go'torward,  but  he  is 
not  l/ieri; ;  and  backward,  but  I  can- 
not perceive  him; 

y  On  the  left  hand,  where  he  doth 
work,  but  I  cannot  behold  /tim;  he 
hirtetli  himself  on  the  right  hand, 
that  [  cannot  see  liiin: 

111  But  he  J  knoweth  t  the  way  that 
1  take:  wftcn  *^  he  hatli  tried  me,  1 
shall  come  forth  as  gold. 

11  fJIy  foot  hath  lield  his  steps,  his 
way  have  1  kept,  and  not  declined. 

12  Neither  iiave  I  gone  back  from 
the  commandment  of  bis  lips:  t ''  I 
have  esteemed  the  words  of  his 
mouth  more  than  ||  my  necessary 
foorl. 

y.i  But  he  !.■!  in  one  mind,  and  h  who 
can  turn  him?  and  irfidt  'his  soul 
desireth,  even  that  he  doeth. 

14  For  he  i)crformcth  the  thing  that 
IS  k  appointed  for  me:  and  many 
such  Inuiijs  are  with  him. 

15  Therefore  am  I  troubled  at  his 
presence ;  when  1  consider,  1  am 
afraid  of  him. 

10  For  God  I  makcth  my  heart  soft, 
and  the  Almighty  troubleth  mc; 

17  Because  1  was  not  cut  off  before 
the  darkness,  neither  bath  he  covered 
the  darkness  from  my  face. 
CHAPTER  XXIV. 

I  Wickedness  goath  often  unpunished,  17 
There  is  a  secret  judgment  for  the 
wicked. 

"VXTllY,  seeing  "times  are  not 
W    bidden  from  the  Almifjbty,  do 

they  that  know  him  not  see  his  ilays? 
2  Some    remove    the    l>  landmarks; 

they  violently  take  away  flocks,  and 

II  feed  thereof. 

.1  They  drive  away  the  ass  of  the 
fatherless,  they  '^  take  the  widow's 
ox  for  a  pledge. 

4  They  turn  the  needy  out  of  the 
way :  ii  the  poor  of  the  earth  hide 
themselves  together. 


5  Behold,  c«  wild  asses  in  the  des- 
ert, go  they  forth  to  their  work; 
rising  betimes  for  a  prey:  the  wil- 
derness i/lelJelh  food  for  them  and 
for  their  children. 

G  They  reap  erenj  one  his  i  corn 
in  the  field:  and  t  they  gather  the 
vintage  of  the  wicked. 

7  They  "^  cause  the  naked  to  lodge 
without  clothing,  that  the//  liare  no 
covering  in  the  cold. 

H  They  arc  wet  with  the  showers  of 
the  mountains,  and  fembrace  the 
rock  for  want  of  a  shelter. 

y  They  pluck  the  fatherless  from  the 
breast,"aud  take  a  pledge  of  the  jmor. 

10  They  cause  him  to  go  naked 
■without  clothing,  and  they  take 
away  the  sheaf./>o»i  the  hungry; 

11  'WIneh  make  oil  within  their 
walls,  and  tread  their  winepresses, 
and  surter  thirst. 

12  Men  groan  from  out  of  the  city, 
and  the  soul  of  the  wounded  crieth 
out:  yet  God  layeth  not  folly  to 
them. 

l.'i  They  are  of  those  that  rebel 
against  the  light;  they  know  not  the 
ways  thereof,  nor  abide  in  the  paths 
thereof. 

14  "  'I'he  murderer  rising  with  the 
light  killcth  the  poor  and  needy,  and 
in  the  night  is  as  a  thief. 

15  I'  The  eye  akso  of  the  adulterer 
waiteth  tor  the  twihght,  >s.aying.  No 
eve  shall  sec  me:  and  fdisguiseth 
liis  face. 

1(!  In  the  dark  they  dig  through 
houses,  which  they  had  marked  for 
themselves  in  the  daytime:  lithey 
know  not  the  light. 

17  For  the  morning  w  to  them  even 
as  the  shadow  of  death:  if  one  know 
them,  theit  are  in  the  terrors  of  tlie 
shadow  of  death. 

IS  He  i.s  swift  as  the  waters;  their 
portion  is  cursed  in  the  earth:  be 
beholdeth  not  the  way  of  the  vine- 
yards. 

ly  Drought  and  heat  t  consume  the 
snow  waters:  .^o  fiatli  the  grave  those 
which  have  sinned. 

20  The  womb  shall  forgot  him;  the 
worm  shall  teed  sweetly  on  him;  I  ho 
shall  be  no  more  remembered;  and 
wickedness  shall  be  broken  as  a  tree. 

21  He  evil  entreatcth  the  barren  that 
beareth  not:  and  doeth  not  good  to 
the  widow. 

22  He  draweth  also  the  mighty  with 
his  power:  he  riseth  up,  ||  and  no 
mail  is  sure  of  life. 

2.'i  Thoiii/h  it  be  given  him  to  he  in 
safety,  whereon  he  restetb;  yet  "'his 
cyes'//re  upon  their  ways. 

24  They  are  exalted  for  a  little 
while,  but  tare  gone  and  brought 
low;  thev  are  t  taken  out  of  the  way 
as  all  other,  and  cut  off  us  tho  tof)s 
of  the  ears  of  coru. 

2.>  And  if  it  he  not  fo  now,  who  will 
make  me  a  liar,  and  make  my  speech 
nothing  worth? 

467 


Job  reproveth  Bihlad. 


JOB. 


T)te  hypocrite  is  without  hope. 


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CHAPTEK  XXV. 

Bildad  ehiwetU  that  ninn  cttnnot  be  jUBti- 
fieU  before  Hod. 

''nllEN  answered  Bildad  the  Shu- 

1.    hite,  ami  paid, 

'1  I)(jininion  and  fear  are  "with  him; 
he  malteth  peace  in  his  high  places. 

;>  Is  there  any  number  of  his  armies? 
and  upon  whom  doth  not  "his  liKht 
arise  ? 

4  ''  How  then  can  man  be  justified 
with  God?  or  how  can  he  be  clean 
that  i<  born  of  a  woman  ? 

!>  Behold  even  to  the  moon,  and  it 
shiiietli  not;  yea,  the  etars  arc  not 
pure  in  his  si^ht. 

II  How  much  less  man,  t?iat  f--  'a 
worm?  and  the  ton  of  man,  which  is 
a  worm  ? 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

I  Jobt  reproving  the  uncharitnblc  spirit  of 
liddivl,  5  arknowledgetlt  the  power  of 
(rod  to  he  infinite  and  uneearehabie, 

BUT. lob  answered  and  said, 
•2  How  hast  thou  helped /iim  that 
1.^  witliout  power?   hotr  savest  thou 
tlie  arm  thct  hnfh  no  strenjjth? 

.'1  J]n\v  iKist  thou  counselled  him 
tlinl  hath  no  wisdom?  and //'<«' hast 
thoTi  pltntiiUUy  declared  the  tiling 
as  it  is? 

■I  To  whom  hast  thou  uttered 
words?  and  whoso  spirit  came  from 
tliee? 

!i  Dead  Ihinr/s  are  formed  from  un- 
der the  waters,  ||  and  the  inliabitants 
thereof. 

(!  "  Hell  7>  iialicd  before  him,  and 
destruction  h  itli  no  eoverin.cc. 

7  l*  He  stretcheth  out  the  north  over 
the  empty  i)l:ice,  and  liaugeth  the 
earth  upon  iiotbin;^. 

H'^  He  binde'iii  up  the  waters  in  his 
thick  clouds;  and  the  cloud  is  not 
rent  under  them. 

9  Ho  holdetli  back  the  face  of  his 
throne,  and  spreadeth  his  cloud  upon 
it. 

II)  il  He  hath  compa.ssed  the  waters 
with  bounds,  t  until  the  d.iy  »nd 
nij^ht  e<)nie  to  nn  rii'l. 

II  Tlie  iiillars  (.f  heaven  tremble, 
and  are  a^hMiisIied  nt  his  reproof. 

li  'He  dividcth  the  sea  witli  his 
power,  and  by  his  understanding  he 
Bmiteth  tliroiiKli  t  the  iiroud. 

l-"?  f  By  his  Spirit  he  hath  parnishcd 
the  licavens;  his  hand  hatli  formed 
*!  the  crooked  serpent. 

14  Lo,  these  ore  parts  of  his  way.': 
but  how  little  a  portion  is  heard  of 
him?  but  the  thunder  of  his  power 
who  can  understand? 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

1  Job  protesteth  his  tinccnfy.    8  The  h]/po- 

crite  i»  without  hope.    11  The  llcttingt 

which  the  tvic/ced  ttave  are  turned  into 

MOREOVER  .Tob  t  continued  his 
parable,  and  said, 
2  .l<  God  livctli,  "  irho  hath  taken 
awav   my   iud.rment ;    and    the    Al- 
mi'dity,  "t'-/(o  hath  fvcxed  my  soul; 


a  All  the  while  my  breath  t.^  in  me. 
and  jl  the  epirit  ot  God  is  in  my  nos- 
trils; 

4  My  lips  shall  not  speak  wicked- 
ness, nor  my  ton;;ue  utter  deceit. 

0  God  forbid  tint  I  should  justify 
you:  till  1  die  I'l  will  not  remove 
mine  inte(;rity  from  me. 

i;  My  righteousness  I  ''hold  fast, 
and  will  not  let  it  po:  •!  my  heart 
shall  not  rcpro.ach  i«e  i  so  long  as  1 
live. 

7  Let  mine  enemy  be  as  the  wicked, 
and  he  that  riscth  up  against  me  a» 
the  unri);htcous. 

8  'For  what  ?»  the  hope  of  the  hypo- 
crite, thouRh  he  hath  ;;aincd,  w'hcn 
God  taketli  away  his  soul? 

!>  I  Will  God  hear  his  cry  when 
trouble  cometh  upon  him? 

HI  «Will  he  dclijiht  himself  in  the 
Almighty?  will  he  always  call  upon 
God? 

11  I  will  teach  vou  ||  bT  the  hand 
of  God:  that  which  is  with  the  Al- 
iiii;;hty  will  1  not  conceal. 

IJ  Behold,  all  yo  yourselves  have 
seen  il:  why  theu  aVe  ye  thus  alto- 
gether vain? 

I.'f  II  This  i.s  the  portion  of  a  wicked 
man  with  God,  and  the  heritage  of 
oppressors,  vhich  they  shall  receive 
of  the  Almighty. 

14  1 1f  his  children  be  multinUcd,  it 
is  for  the  sword:  and  his  ousprinj; 
sliall  not  be  satisfied  with  bread. 

15  Those  that  remain  of  him  shall 
be  buried  in  death:  and  k  his  widows 
shall  not  weep. 

II)  Though  be  heap  up  silver  as  the 
dust,  and  prepare  raiment  as  the 
clav: 

17  He  may  prepare  tt,  but  Itlie  just 
shall  put  it  on,  and  the  innocent 
shall  divide  the  silver. 

IS  He  luiikleth  his  house  as  a  moth, 
and  '"  a.4  a  booth  thai  the  keeper 
maketh. 

I'J  The  rich  man  shall  lie  down,  but 
he  shall  not  bo  gathered:  he  opencth 
his  eyes,  «ud  he  i.t  not. 

L'O  "Terrors  tnke  hold  on  him  as  wa- 
ters, a.  tempest  stcaleth  him  away  in 
the  night. 

2\  The  east  wind  carrieth  him  awa>', 
.and  he  deparletli  :  iinil  iis  a  storm 
hurli-lhhim  out  of  his  phu-e. 

21  For  f.-.W  |.1kiI1  e:ist  upon  him, 
and  not  spp.re:  I  he  would  lain  lieu 
out  of  his  hand. 

2'!  J/'';i  shall  cUp  their  hands  at 
him,  and  shall  hiss  him  out  of  his 
place. 

CH.VPTEU  XXVIII. 
1  There  it  a  knoutcJije  of  natural  thing!,. 
13  Uut  wisdom  ta  nn  excellent  gift  of 
Ood. 

SllRELY  there  is  ||  a  vein  for  the 
silver,  and  a  place  for  gold  ic/ieic 
thcv  fine  it. 

2  Iron  is  t.akcn  out  of  the  || earth, 
and  brass  is  molten  out  of  the 
stone. 


Wisdom  is  GocCs  gift. 


Job  beinoaneth  himself. 


Before 

CHRIST 

ut  l.VJO. 


I.  I'ror.  3.  13. 


1 1.  i.i.  k  a. 

11).  II.IU.  Il 
16.  IS. 


I  Pro».  15.  3. 
b  r<.  13S.  7. 


3  1  le  fictteth  an  end  to  darkness,  and 
aearchetli  out  all  perfeetion  :  the 
stones  ot  darkness,  and  the  sha<low 
of  death. 

4  The  flood  breaketh  out  from  the 
inhabitant;  ercw  thr  ?r«/rysfor;;otteu 
ot  the  foot:  tiiey  are  dried  up,  they 
are  ;^one  away  froui  men. 

5  A-i  tot'  the  earth,  out  of  it  eoinetli 
i>read;  and  under  it  is  turned  up  as 
it  were  Hre. 

6  The  stones  of  it  ore  the  plaee  of 
sapphires:  and  it  Imtli  ||  dust  of  gold. 

7  Tlieic  IS  a  path  wliich  no  fowl 
knowcth,  and  which  the  vulture's 
eye  liatli  not  seen : 

.S  The  lion's  whelps  have  not  trod- 
den it,  nor  tlic  tierec  liuu  passed  by 
it. 

!l  Ho  putteth  fortli  his  hand  upon 
tile  II  rock;  he  ovurturueth  the  uiouu- 
tains  liy  the  roots. 

lu  He  eutteth  out  rivers  anionjj^  the 
roeks;  and  his  eye  secth  every  pre- 
cious thins. 

U  He  bindeth  the  floods  (from 
overflowinfj ;  and  the  tltunj  that  is 
hid  brin^'eth  lie  forth  to  Ii<;lit. 

12  "  But  where  shall  wisdom  be 
found?  and  where  is  the  place  of 
understandin^y 

l.i  Man  knowcth  not  the  h  price 
thereof:  neither  is  it  found  in  the 
land  ot  the  liviuK. 

14  "^  The  depth  .saith,  It  is  not  in  me: 
and  tlie  sea  saith,  It  is  not  with  inc. 

1.5  tit  "cannot  be  potten  for  cold, 
neither  shall  silver  be  weighed  for 
the  price  thereof. 

K;  It  cannot  be  v.ilued  with  the  gold 
of  Ophir,  with  the  precious  onyx,  or 
the  sapphire. 

17  The  gold  and  the  crystal  cannot 
eiiual  it:  and  the  exchange  of  it .«/(«// 
jiiit  hf  fur  II  jewels  of  fine  gold. 

18  No  mention  shall  be  made  of 
II  coral,  or  of  pearls  :  for  the  price 
of  wisdom  is  above  rubies. 

1!)  The  topaz  of  Kthiopia  shall 
not  eifual  it,  neither  shall  it  be  valued 
with  pure  gold. 

:it)* Whence  then  Cometh  wisdom? 
and  where  is  the  place  of  understand- 

•Jl  Seeing  it  is  bid  from  the  eyes  of 
all  living,  and  kept  close  from  the 
fowls  of  the  Hair. 

22  f  J)estruetion  and  death  say,  Wc 
have  heard  the  fame  thereof  with 
our  cars. 

2.'J  God  Tiiulerstandcth  the  way 
there<if,  and   he   knowcth   the  plaee 


it;  he  prepared  it,  yea,  and  searched 
It  out. 

I'cS  And  unto  man  he  said.  Behold, 
k  the  tear  of  the  1-ord,  that  ts  wis- 
dom: and  to  depart  from  evil  15  un- 
derstanding. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 

Jol)  bamotmeth  Inmirif  of  hia  former  prot- 

MOREOVER  Job  I  continued  his 
parable,  and  said, 

2  Oh  that  I  were  ^as  fn  months  past, 
as  ill  the  days  ichcn  God  jjreserved 
me; 

3  I' When  his  ||  candle  shined  upon 
my  head,  oiul  tvlien  by  his  light  1 
walked  (/iroiii/h  darkness; 

4  As  I  was  in  the  days  of  my  youth, 
when  'the  secret  of  God  irus  upon 
my  tabernacle: 

5  When  the  Almighty  was  yet  with 
me,  <c/ic'ii  my  children  uerc  about 
me  ; 

(i  When  J  I  washed  my  steps  with 
butter,  and  *=  the  rock  poured  I  me 
out  rivers  of  oil; 

7  When  I  went  out  to  the  gate 
through  the  city,  vhen  I  prcpai-ed 
my  seat  in  the  street! 

■S  The  young  men  saw  me,  and  hid 
themselves:  and  the  aged  arose,  and 
stood  up. 

9  The  princes  refrained  talking,  and 
f  laid  l/ieir  hand  on  their  mouth. 

ID  )  The  nobles  held  their  pe.iee. 
and  their  >^  tongue  cleaved  to  the  roof 
of  their  mouth. 

11  When  the  car  heard  »ic,  then  it 
blessed  nic;  and  when  the  eye  saw 
»)e,  it  gave  witness  to  mc: 
.  12  Because  I'  I  delivered  the  poor 
'that  cried,  and  the  fatherless,  and 
\/ii>a  tlint  had  none  to  lielp  him. 

13  The  blessing  of  him  that  was 
ready  to  perish  came  upon  me:  and 

'  1  caused  the  widow's  heart  to  sing 
forjoy. 

14  "1  put  on  righteousness,  and  it 
clothed  me:  my  judgment  was  as  a 
robe  and  a  diad'ei'ii. 

15  I  was  >■  eyes  to  the  blind,  and  feet 
iras  I  to  the  lame. 

I  Hi  I  ic((S  a  father  to  the  poor:  and 
I  the  cause  which  1  knew  not  I  search- 
ed out 


24  For  he  looketh  to  the  ends  of  the 
earth,  and  s  sceth  under  the  whole 
heaven ; 

25  h  To  make  the  weight  for  the 
winds;  and  he  weigheth  the  waters 
bv  measure. 

•J'l  When  he  >  made  a  decree  for  the 
mill,  and  a  way  for  the  lightning  of 
the  thunder; 

27  Then  did  he  sec  it,  and  ||  declare 


"  i  the  jaws  of  the 
eked  the  spoil  out 


'  I  shall  die  in  my 
III/  days 


17  And  I  brake 
wicked,  and  f  pi 
of  his  teeth. 

l.S  Then  I  said, 
nest,  and  I  sluill  multiply 
as  the  sand. 

10  "My  root  iras  )  spread  out  Pby 
the  waters,  and  the  dew  lay  all  night 
upon  my  branch. 

21)  My  glory  was  I  fresh  in  me,  and 
1  my  bow  "was  t  renewed  in  my 
hand. 

21  I'nto  mc  men  gave  ear,  and  wait- 
ed, and  kept  silence  at  my  counsel. 

22  After  my  words  they  spake  not 
again;  and  niy  speech  dropped  upon 
them. 

469 


Job's  honour  turned  into  contempt.        JOB. 


Job  maketh  a  solemn 


LiiQ  3.  U. 


2!  And  they  waited  for  nic  as  for  the 
rain;  aud  tliey  opened  tlieir  mouth 
wide  ax  lor  '  tlie  latter  rain. 

•M  1/  1  lanshed  on  them,  they  be- 
lieved It  not:  and  the  light  of  iny 
conntenancc  they  east  not  down. 

2.)  1  cho.'iC  out  tlieir  way,  and  sat 
uliief,  and  dwelt  as  a  kin;;  in  the 
army,  as  one  that  comlbrteth  the 
mourners. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 

1  Jjb'a  hanvur  is  turned  into  «T(«m«  con- 
tempt.  i'j  Jlia  proiperity  into  ealitmity. 
BUT  now  tlici/  tliut  are  I  younser 
tlian  I  have  nie  In  dcrrsion, 
whose  lathers  1  would  have  disdain- 
ed to  have  set  with  the  dogs  ot  my 
floek. 

2  Yea,  whereto  minJil  the  strength 
of  their  hands  pro,tit  me,  in  whom 
old  a;;e  was  perit^hed? 

3  For  want  and  tamine  llirjf  were 
\\  solitary;  fleeing  into  the  wilderness 
f  in  toriner  time  desolate  and  waste: 

4  Who  eut  up  mallows  hv  the  hush- 
es, and. juniper  roots  tor  their  meat. 

5  They  were  driven  lorth  from 
anions  men,  (they  cried  after  them 
as  alter  a  thief,) 

(!  To  dwell  in  the  cliffs  of  the  val- 
leys, in  )  caves  of  the  earth,  and  m 
the  rocks. 

7  Amon'j  the  hushes  they  brayed; 
under  the  nettles  they  were  gathered 
together. 

H  Tlieii  were  children  of  fools,  yea, 
children  of  \  base  men  :  they  were 
viler  than  the  earth. 

it  ■'  And  now  am  1  their  song,  yea,  1 
am  their  byword. 

Ill  They  alihor  me,  they  flee  far 
from  me,  tand  spare  not  iito  spit  in 
my  face. 

11  iieeause  he  'hath  loosed  my 
cord,  and  alHietcd  me,  tliey  have 
also  let  loose  the  bridle  before  me, 

12  I'lion  »«//  right  Itaiiil  rise  the 
youth;  they  pusli  away  my  feet,  and 
'I  they  raise  up  against  me  the  ways 
of  their  destruction. 

lo  They  mar  my  path,  they  set 
forward  my  calamity,  they  iiavc  no 
helper. 

14  They  came  tt}>on  me  as  a  wide 
breaking  in  ot' waters'  in  the  destila- 
tinn  they  rolled  themselves  vpon  me. 

\h  Terrors  arc  turned  upon  me: 
they  jiursue  tiny  soul  aa  the  wind: 
and  my  welfare  passeth  away  as  a 
cloud. 

llj  ''And  now  my  soul  is  poured  out 
upon  me;  the  days  of  aHlietiun  have 
taken  hold  upon  me. 

ir  My  bones  are  pierced  in  me  in 
the  night  season  :  and  my  sinews 
take  no  rest. 

in  liy  the  great  force  of  my  d hea^- 
is  my  garment  changed:  it  biudeth 
me  about  ns  the  collar  of  mv  coat. 

HI  lie  hath  c;ist  me  into  "the  mire, 
and  I  am  become  like  dust  and 
ashes. 

•M  I  cry  unto  thee,  and  thou  dost 
470 


not  hear  me:  1  stand  up,  and  thou 
regarilest  me  not. 

1*1  Thou  art  1  become  cruel  to  ine: 
with  i  tliv  strong  hand  thou  opjxisest 
thyself  against  me. 

•JL' Thou  liflest  me  up  to  the  wind: 
thou  causest  me  to  ride  iqinn  it,  and 
dissolvest  my  ||  substance. 

23  I'or  1  kiiow  that  thou  wilt  bring 
me  to  death,  and  to  the  liousc  fap- 
pointed  for  all  living. 

24  llowbeit  he  will  not  stretch  out 
Ai.fhand  to  the  f  grave,  though  they 
cry  in  his  destruction. 

25  ^  Did  not  I  weep  |  for  )iim  that 
was  in  trouble  ?  was  not  my  soul 
grieved  for  the  poor? 

2(i  liWlieu  1  looked  for  good,  then 
evil  came  nnto  me:  and  when  J 
waited  lor  light,  there  came  dark- 
ness. 

27  ]\Iy  bowels  boiled,  and  rested 
not:  the  days  of  affliction  prevented 
me. 

2.S  1 1  went  mourning  without  the 
sun:  I  stood  up,  and  1  cried  in  the 
congregation. 

21)  1 1  am  a  brother  to  dragons,  and 
a  companion  to  H  owls. 

.30  I  Aly  skin  is  black  upon  me.  and 
"my  bones  are  burned  with  heat. 

31  Aly  harp  also  is  timierl  to  mourn- 
ing, and  my  organ  into  the  voice  of 
them  that  weep. 

CHAPTER  XXXr. 

Job  mahctli  a  ttUcmn  protcftntion  of  Ida 

integrity  iaeeverttl  dutirn. 

I   MADE    a   covenant  with    mine 
'eyes;  why  then  should  1  think 
upona  maidy 

2  I'or  what  ''portion  of  God  i.<  there 
fiom  ahovey  and  v:liat  inheritance 
of  the  .Mmightv  from  on  high? 
Ci  Is  not  destruction  to  the  wicked? 
and  a  strange  ininishincnt  to  the 
workers  ot  iiiHiuity? 

4  'Doth  not  he  see  my  ways,  and 
count  all  my  steps'? 

.5  If  I  have  walked  with  vanity,  or 
if  my  foot  hath  hasted  to  deceit; 

G  I  I..et  me  be  weighed  in  an  even 
balance,  that  God  may  know  mine 
integrity. 

7  If  my  step  hath  turne<l  out  of  the 
way,  and  tlminc  heart  walkeil  after 
miiie  eyes,  and  if  any  blot  hath 
cleaved  to  mine  hands; 

8  'Jhen  *'  let  me  sow,  and  let  another 
cat;  yea,  let  my  oflspiing  be  rooted 
out. 

'.I  If  mine  heart  have  been  deceived 
by  a  woman,  or  i7'I  have  laid  wait  at 
niy  neighhoui's  door; 

IIP  Then  let  my  wiie  grind  )into  fan- 
other,  and  let  others  bow  down  upon 
her. 

11  For  this  IS  a  heinous  crime;  yea, 
i^it  I*  an  iniquity  to  6c  j>»/imAc<^  hy 
the  judges. 

12  For  it  ts  a  fire  that  consnmeth  to 
destruction,  aud  would  rottt  out  all 
mine  inereiuse. 

13  If  1  did  desnisc  the  cause  of  my 


protestation  of  his  intcority. 


JOB. 


Elihti  is  angry  wilfi  Job. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  15:J0. 


i  cl>  3t.  lil. 

Pror.  11.31. 


t  ll.b.  /o.nJ 
pDeul  4.  19. 


I  ch.  13.  22. 


I^an^c^vunt  or  of  my  maidservant, 
k'hen  tliev  contended  witJi  me; 

14  What" then  .■^luiU  I  do  when  h  God 
riseth  up  '<  and  when  he  visiteth, 
what  shall  X  answer  him? 

15  I  Uid  not  he  that  made  me  in  tlie 
wonib  make  him?  and  Ij  did  not  one 
fashion  us  in  the  womb? 

lU  If  I  have  witliheld  the  poor  from 

Ucxr  desire,  or  have  caused  the  eyes 
of  the  widow  to  fail; 

17  Or  have  eaten  my  morsel  myself 
alone,  and  the  liatlierless  hath  not 
eaten  thereof; 

IS  (For  from  my  youth  he  was 
brought  up  with  me,  a/,  u-illi  a  father, 

nd  I  liave  puided  \\  her  from  my 
mother's  womb;) 

111  If  I  have  Been  any  perish  for 
want  of  clothins,  or  any  poor  without 
eoverins; 

•2\)  If  his  loins  have  not  k  blessed  me, 
and  I/'  lie  were  not  warmed  with  the 
fleece  of  my  sheep; 

21  If  1  have  lifted  up  my  hand 
la^amst  the  fatherless,  when  I  saw 
my  help  in  the  k"'"-': 

'I'l  T/ieii  let  mine  arm  fall  from  my 
shoulder  blade,  and  mine  arm  be 
broken  from  ||  the  bone. 

IJ.'J  For  '"destruction  from  God  icas 
a  terror  to  me,  and  by  reason  of  his 
highness  I  could  not  endure. 

1'4  "  If  I  have  made  gold  my  hope, 
or  have  said  to  the  fine  Rold,  T/iou 
art  my  confidence; 

25  "If  I  rejoiced  because  rny  wealth 
wan  ffreat,  and  because  mine  hand 
had  f  gotten  iniich; 

•2(i  flf  1  beheld  f  the  sun  when  it 
shined,  or  the  moon  walking  I  iii 
brifihtncss; 

yr  And  my  heart  hath  been  secretly 
enticed,  or  f  my  mouth  hath  kissed 
my  hand: 

28  This  also  irerp.  Ian  iniquity  to 
lie  iJiimsJiccl  hi  the  .)ud,;;e :  fiir  I 
should  have  denied  the  God  that  is 
above. 

i'.l  'If  I  rejoiced  at  the  destruction 
of  him  that  hated  me,  or  litled  up 
myself  when  evil  found  him; 

30  "(Neither  have  I  suti'eied  1  my 
mouth  to  sin  by  wishing  a  curse  to 
his  soul.) 

31  If  the  men  of  inv  tabernacle  said 
not.  Oh  that  we  had  of  liia  flesh!  we 
cannot  be  satisfied. 

32  'The  stranger  did  not  lodge  in 
the  street:  hut  1  opened  my  doors 
II  to  the  traveller. 

3;i  If  I  covered  mv  transgre-ssions 
II  "  as  Adam,  by  hiding  mine  iniq- 
uity in  my  bosom: 

.*<4  Did  I'feara  great  ^multitude,  or 
did  the  contempt  of  families  terrify 
me,  that  I  kept  silence,  ctud  went 
not  out  of  the  door? 

35  >  Oh  that  one  would  hear  me! 
II  behold,  my  desire  !<,  ^t/iat  the 
Almighty  would  answer  nu^,  and 
that  mine  adversary  had  written  a 
book. 


3U  Surely  I  would  take  it  uiion  my 
shoulder,  and  bind  it  as  a  crown  to 
mc. 

37  I  w^ould  declare  unto  him  the 
number  of  my  steps;  as  a  prince 
would  I  go  near  uuto  him. 
.'is  If  my  land  cry  against  me,  or 
that  the  furrows  likewise  thereof 
f  complain; 

S'.l  If  "I  have  eaten  fthe  fruits  there- 
of without  money,  or  i>havc  1  caused 
the  owners  thereof  to  lose  their  life: 
40  I,ct  'thistles  grow  instead  of 
wheat,  and  ||  cockle  instead  of  bar- 
ley.I  The  words  of  Job  arc  ended. 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 
1  Elihu  is  timjry  with  Job  and  lua  three 
fricnUa.  6  Utcaute  wisiloin  Cometh  not 
from  aye.  he  exeuaeth  the  tulducea  ofhia 
youth.  U  Ue  reproveth  them  Jor  not 
satisfying  of  Job.     IG  Ili$  zeal  to  apeak, 

SO  these  three  men  ceased  t  to  an- 
swer Job,  because  he  itcis  " right- 
eous in  his  own  eyes. 

2  Then  was  kindled  the  wrath  of 
Elihu  the  son  of  Barachcl  I'the  Uuz- 
itc,  of  the  kindred  of  Knm :  against 
Job  was  his  wrath  kindled,  because 
he  justified  )  himself  rather  than 
God. 

3  Also  against  his  three  friends  was 
his  wrath  kindled,  because  they  had 
found  no  answer,  and  yet  had  con- 
demned Job. 

4  Now  Elihu  had  I  waited  till  Job 
had  spoken,  because  they  were  f  eld- 
er than  he. 

5  When  Elihu  saw  that  there  was  no 
answer  in  the  mouth  of  ttiefc  three 
men,  then  his  wrath  was  kindled. 

U  And  Elihu  the  son  of  Barachcl 
the  Buzitc  answered  and  said,  I 
am  f  joung,  '^and  ye  are  very  old  ; 
wherefore  I  was  afraid,  and  t  durst 
not  shew  you  mine  opinion. 

7  I  said,"  Days  should  speak,  and 
multitude  of  years  should  teach  wis- 
dom. 

IS  But  there  isa  spirit  in  man:  and 
dthe  inspiration  of  the  Almighty 
giveth  them  understanding. 

y  Great  men  are  not  alirai/svlsc: 
neither  do  tlie  aged  understand  judg- 
ment. 

10  Therefore  I  said.  Hearken  to  me; 
I  also  will  shew  mine  opinion. 

11  Behold,  I  waited  for  your  words; 
I  gave  ear  to  your  t  reasons,  whilst 
ye  searched  out  t  what  to  say. 

12  Yea,  I  attended  unto  you,  and. 
behold,  there  was  none  of  you  that 
convinced  Job,  or  that  answered  his 
words : 

13  fLest  ye  should  say.  We  have 
found  out"  wisdom  :  God  thrusteth 
him  down,  not  man. 

14  Now  he  hath  not  |l  directed  his 
words  against  me:  neither  will  X  an- 
swer him  with  your  speeches. 

15  They  were  amazed.  Ihev  answer- 
ed no  more:  1  they  left  ofr  speak- 
ing. 

16  When  I  h»d  waited,  (for  Ihey 

471 


EKhu's  zeal  to  speak. 


JOB. 


God  calleth  man  to  repentance. 


C  nil  1ST 
about  162>r 


tHeli.  V'tfrJ*. 
tBali  ih> 
<,.i,..Io/>iiy 


I.  ch.n.  31.3.5. 


t  neb.  )'n 

ach.9.  17.4 

li  7.4  11,4. 

4  lU.  17.4  2]. 

I".  11.  4  27. 

t,  4  '2.1.  li.  4 

31.  1. 
ocl,.  13.21.4 

Hi.  a.419.  11. 
Ir\,.  13.  27.  4 

U.  IU.431.1. 


spake  not,  but  Btood  still,  and  an- 
s\VL'ied  no  niorc,^ 

17  /  said,  I  will  answer  also  my 
parti  1  also  will  shew  mine  opinion. 

m  For  1  am  full  ot  I  matter;  (the 
spirit  within  me  coiistrainetli  me. 

]:•  Boliolil,  my  li<-lly  is  as  wine 
n/iir/i  j  liatli  nil  vent;  it  is  reaily  to 
burst  liki'  new  b.iltb.s. 

■Jl)  1  will  spr'uK-,  1  that  I  maybe  re- 
freshed: X  will  open  iny  lips  and  an- 
swer. 

21  Let  me  not,  I  pray  you,  Baecept 
any  man's  person ;  neither  let  me 
Sivc  flatterin<r  titles  unto  man. 

'22  For  I  know  not  to  givo  flatterins 
titles;  1)1  so  tloinij  my  Maker  would 
soon  take  me  away. 

CIIAPTEU  XXXIII. 

1  Elihu  vfftreth  himself  matcad  of  Ood. 
Willi  ainccrily  aiut  meekiuai.  ia  reason 
U'ilh  Job.  S  He  excuaeth  Ood  from  giv 
ing  mitn  an  accotint  of  hii  ways,  by  his 
Oi-caliicss.  14  (Jod  cnllelh  man  (o  repent- 
aiice  by  viaioni,.  I'J  by  afflictions,  ii  and 
by  his  ministry.    31  i7o  incitclh  Job  to 

WIIEREFORK,  .lob,  1  pray  thee, 
hear  my  speeches,  and  heark- 
en to  all  my  words. 

li  Behold,  now  1  have  opened  my 
mouth,  my  tousue  liath  spoken  ( in 
my  mouth. 

.'i  Sly  words  shall  he  pfthe  upri(;ht- 
ness  of  my  heart:  and  my  lips  shall 
utter  knowled};e  clearly. 

4  "The  Spirit  of  Giid  hath  made 
me,  and  the  breath  of  the  Almi:^hty 
hath  given  me  lite. 

t>  If  thou  canst  answer  me,  set  iJi;/ 
tfords  in  order  betore  me,  stand 
up. 

U  1)  Behold,  I  am  i  accordin;  to  thy 
wish  in  God's  stead  :  I  also  am 
f  formed  out  of  the  clay. 

7  '  Behold,  my  terror  shall  not  make 
thee  afraid,  neither  shall  my  hand 
be  heavy  upon  thee. 

8  Surely  thou  hast  spoken  f  in  mine 
hearing,  and  1  have  heard  tlio  voice 
of  III;/  words,  sai/inr/, 

9  'li  am  clean  without  transgres- 
sion, I  am  innocent;  neither  is  there 
iniquity  in  me. 

10  Behold,  ho  findeth  occasions 
against  me,  "lie  couuteth  me  lor  his 
enemv; 

in  lie  pntteth  my  feet  in  the  stocks, 
he  markcth  all  my  paths. 

12  Behold,  in  this  thou  art  not  just: 
I  will  answer  thee,  that  God  is  j;'reat- 
er  than  man. 

l.'i  Why  dost  thou  "^strive  affainst 
him?  fiir  t  he  Kiveth  not  account  of 
any  of  his  matters. 

14  ''  For  G()d  spcaketh  once,  yea 
twice,  1/et  7}iau  perecivcth  it  n(»t. 

1!>  I  In  a  dream,  in  a  vision  of  the 
ni^dit,  when  deep  sleep  falletli  upon 
men,  in  sluniberin;:s  upon  the  bed: 

l(i  kThen  1  he  i.p.iieth  the  lurs  of 
men,  and  sealeth  their  iiistruetion. 

1/    That    he 
iTi 


from  Am  1  purpose,  and  hide  pride 
from  man. 
l.S  lie  kecpeth  back  his  soul  from 


l!l  lie  is  eha.stened  also  with  pain 
upon  his  bed,  and  the  multitude  of 
his  bones  with  stroii;;  ^*71h.' 

lid  I  So  that  his  life  abnorreth  bread, 
and  bis  soul  i  dainty  meat. 

HI  His  flesh  is  consumed  away,  that 
it  cannot  be  seen;  and  his  boues  that 
were  not  seen  stick  out. 

22  Yea,  his  soul  draweth  near  unto 
the  Kfive,  and  his  life  to  the  destroy- 
ers. 

2.'i  If  there  be  amessenserwith  him, 
an  interpreter,oiieamoni;a  thousand, 
to  shew  unto  man  his  uprightness; 

1'4  Thenheiscraciou3Untobim,and 
saitli.  Deliver  him  from  pitlng  down 
to  the  pit:  1  have  found  II  a  ransom. 

25  His  flesh  shall  be  fresher  1  than  a 
child's:  he  shall  return  to  the  days 
of  his  youth: 

2C>  He  shall  pray  unto  God,  and  lie 
will  be  favourable  unto  him  :  and  he 
shall  see  his  face  with  .joy:  for  he 
will  render  unto  man  hisiijjhtcous- 
ncss. 

27  II  lie  looketh  upon  men,  and  ir' 
anj/  "'sav,  1  have  sinned,  and  per- 
verted that  which  tvas  ri^^lit,  and  it 
"prolited  me  not: 

28  II  lie  will  "deliver  his  soul  from 
Koino;  into  the  pit,  and  his  liiij  shall 
sec  the  lislit. 

2'J  Lo,  all  these  things  worketh  God 
I  oftentimes  with  man, 

?i)  I'  To  brini^  back  bis  soul  from  the 
pit,  to  be  enlightened  with  the  light 
of  the  living. 

31  Mark  well,  O  Job,  hearken  unto 
me:  hold  thy  peace,  and  1  will  speak. 

32  If  thou  bast  any  tiling  to  say, 
answer  me  ;  speak,  for  I  desire  to 
justify  thee. 

3'.I  If  not,  'I  hearken  nnto  me:  hold 
thy  peace,  and  1  shall  teach  thee  wis- 
dom. 

CHAPTEK  XXXIV. 
1   Elihu  nccuseth  Job  for  eharginff  Ood 
with  injustice.     Ill  Goil  omnipotent  can- 
not be  unjust.    S\  .Van  must  huml.lehim- 
atlfunto  (Jod.     31  EUhii  ripruvelh  Job. 

FURTHERMORE  Elihuanswcred 
and  said, 

2  Hear  my  words,  O  ye  wise  virit; 
and  give  ear  unto  mc,  ye  that  have 
knowledge. 

3  "  For  the  ear  trieth  words,  as  the 
I  mouth  tastcth  meat. 

4  Let  us  choose  to  us  judgment: 
let  us  know  among  ourselves  what 
K  good. 

5  For  Job  bath  said,  bl  am  right- 
eous; and  *  God  hath  taken  away 
inyjudgment. 

li  if  Should  1  lie  against  my  right? 
+  my  wound  U  ineuruble  "without 
transgression. 

"VVIiat  man  ulike  Job, 'wAo  drink- 


i:iy    withdraw    man  I  eth  up  scorning  like  water? 


God  omnipotent  cannot  be  unjust.         JOB. 


Elihu  reproveth  Job. 


Before 
CUIUS  T 

obout IJ2U. 


I.  (1.  22,  23. 
ij.  J!  ii.' 


I.  Tt 

CI.  11. 

v.il,  12. 

■.i:.  10. 

IVH 

I.  m.  27. 

JU. 

«.  2.  6. 

!•( 

ir.  5,  10. 

1  1 

1. 1,  n. 

lU: 

.22.12. 

l.b 

8  3. 

t  11 

b,  oK  o/ 

■hr.  18  9. 

it'  li 

>r..^21. 1, 

3. 

■.  16. 17  & 


•  Kt.K  23. 

•  lICiii  12  23, 


8  AVhicli  goeth  in  oonijiany  witli 
the  workers  ot'iniquity,  und  walkclh 
with  wicked  men. 

t)  For  I  he  hath  enid.  It  protitctli  a 
man  nothin;^  th,it  he  eliould  tlelij^ht 
himself  with  God. 

10  Therefore  liearken  unto  nie,  ye 
i  men  of  understandinj;:  *^far  he  it 
from  God,  llmt  lie  .'^hoiikl  da  wicked- 
ness; and  Jroin  the  Ahni^hty,  (lutt 
he  should  commit  iniquity. 

11  tiFortlie  work  of  II  man  eliall  lie 
render  unto  him,  and  cause  every 
man  to  find  accordinj;  to  lnji  ways. 

\1  Yea,  surely  God  will  not  do 
wickedly,  neither  will  the  Almighty 
1  pervert  jud;;ment. 

I'i  Who  hath  given  him  a  cliaree 
over  the  earth  i*  or  who  hath  dispused 
f  the  whole  woridi* 

14  If  he  set  his  heart  I  upon  man, 
if  he  kjiather  unto  himself  his  spirit 
and  his  breath; 

15  I  All  flesh  shall  perish  together, 
and  man  shall  turn  aj;tiin  unto  dust. 

m  If  now  thou  ]ia:<t  understandinp:, 
hear  this:  hearken  to  the  voice  ofmy 
words. 

17  '"  Shall  even  he  that  hateth  ri(;ht 
l;;overni'  and  wilt  thou  condemn 
him  that  is  most  iiist? 

IS  "Is  it  .tit  to  say  to  a  king.  77ioii 
iirt  wicked?  and  to  princes,  I'e  are 
ungodly? 

ly  Uow  much  /e.«s  to  ?iim  that  "ac- 

epl 
nor 

poor?  for  f  they  all  are  the  work  of 
his  hands. 

20  In  a  moment  shall  they  die, 
and  tile  people  shall  be  troubled 
*lat  niidniglit,  and  piiss  away:  and 
I  the  mighty  shall  be  taken  away 
without  hand. 

21  '  For  his  eyes  are  upon  the  ways 
of  man,  and  ho  sccth  all  his  goings. 

22  *  There  i.s  no  darkness,  nor  shad- 
ow of  death,  where  the  workers  of 
iniquity  may  hide  themselves. 

2'J  For  he  will  not  lay  upon  man 
more  than  riyld ;  that  ho  should  f  en- 
ter into  judgment  witli  God. 

24  '  He  shall  break  in  pieces  mighty 
men  f  without  number,  aud  set  others 
in  their  stead. 

2.5  Therefore  he  knoweth  their 
works,  and  he  overturneth  them  in 
the  night,  so  that  they  are  f  destroyed. 

26  He  striketh  them  as  wicked  men 
tin  the  open  sight  of  others; 

27  Because  tliey  "  turned  back  t  from 
him,  and  '^  would  not  coutsider  any 
of  his  ways: 

25  So  tliat  they  ^  cause  the  cry  of 
tlie  poor  to  come  unto  him,  anil  he 
'hearcth  the  crj;  of  the  afflicted. 

29  "When  he  giveth  quietness,  who 
then  can  make  trouble?  and  when 
he  hideth  his  face,  who  then  can  be- 
hold him?  whether  it  he  ('oiii- against 
a  nation,  or  against  a  man  only : 

."iO  That  the  hypocrite  reign  liot, lest 
"the  people  be  ensnared. 


."1  Surely  it  is  meet  to  be  said  unto 
God,  ii  I  have  borne  cha.-itiscincnt,  I 
will  not  oflend  aiiif  more  : 

;U  7'liat  iclnch  1  see  not  teach  thou 
nie:  if  I  have  done  iniquity,  1  will 
do  no  more. 

a.)  t  Sliould  it  he  according  to  thy 
mind?  he  will  recompense  it,  wheth- 
er thou  refuse,  or  whether  thou 
choose;  and  not  I:  therefore  speak 
what  thou  knowcst. 

'tA  Let  men  1  of  understanding  tell 
me,  and  let  a  wise  man  hearken  un- 
to me. 

35  '^  Job  hath  spoken  without  knowl- 
edge, and  his  words  iiece  without 
wisdom. 

.'!G  II  My  desire  is  that  Job  may  he 
tried  unto  the  end,  because  of  his 
answers  for  wicked  men. 

."7  For  he  addeth  rebellion  unto  his 
sin,  he  clappeth  hi.^  hantJs  among  us, 
and  multiplieth  his  words  against 
God. 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 
1  Compariton  i»  not  to  be  made  with  God, 
becaung  our  good  er  evil  cuiinut  extfiid 
vnto  him.  8  Many  cry  in  Ihcir  aJjUr- 
lions,  but  are  not  heard  for  tiiatU  of 
faah. 

El.iIIlXr  spake  moreover,  and  said, 
2  Thinkest  thou  this  to  be  right, 
that  thou  saidst.  My  righteousness  is 
more  than  God's? 

3  For  "  thou  saidst,  What  advantage 
will  it  be  unto  thee  ?  and,  What 
profit  shall  I  have,  ||  (/'  i  6e  cleansed 
from  my  sin? 

4  fl  will  answer  thee,  and  >>thy 
companions  with  thee. 

5  '  Look  unto  the  heavens,  and  see; 
and  behold  the  clouds  ivhich  arc 
higher  than  thou. 

()  If  thou  slnnest,  what  doest  thou 
tl against  him?  or  i/  thy  transgres- 
sions be  multiplied,  what  doest  thou 
unto  him? 

7  '  If  thou  be  righteous,  what  givest 
thou  him?  or  what  receiveth  lie  of 
thine  hand? 

8  Thy  wickedness  maj/  hurt  a  man 
as  thou  art:  and  thy  righteousness 
maji  profit  the  son  of  man. 

■J  I  B^  reason  of  the  multitude  of  op- 
pressions they  make  the  opjiressed  to 
cry:  they  cry  out  by  reason  of  the 
arm  of  flic  mighty. 

10  But  none  saith,  S 'Where  is  God 
my  maker,  liwlio  giveth  songs  in  the 
night; 

11  Who  iteacheth  us  more  than  the 
beasts  of  the  earth,  and  maketh  us 
wiser  than  the  fowls  of  heaven  ? 

12  k  Tlierc  they  cr^',  hut  none  giveth 
answer,  because  of  the  pride  of  evil 
men. 

I'l  1  Surelv  God  will  not  hear  vanity, 
neither  wfll  the  Almighty  regard  it. 

14  ■"  Although  thou  sayest  thou  shiilt 
not  see  him,  yet  judgment  is  before 
him:  therefore  "trust  thou  in  him. 

l~i  But  now,  because  it  is  not  so, 
II he  liath  "visited  iu  his  anger;  yet 
473 


Godjsjmtin  all  his  ways. 


JOB. 


t  n«i.  Ill,, 

gRom.  2  4. 

hch    IS  32.4 
■a.  in 


til. 
I  Or. 


i.  23. 


II  lie  kuowetli  it  not  in  great  cxtremi- 

I'J  PThcrofore  doth  Job  open  his 
mouth  in  vn.n;  hi- inultiplieth  words 
without  knowledge. 

CHAPTER  XXXVr. 

1  Ehhu  theucth  liow  (Jod  it  jutt   in  hit 
mmt.     15  Uow  Jab;  ,;„,  hinder  Ood't 

nifleu""''    '*  '^'"^''  """""  "''"  '°  '"  "'"''■ 

E^'^y^L*""'^"  proceeded,  and  said, 
2  Sutler  ine  a  httle,  and  I  will 

olrGJd'rbi,!!;ff!''"""^^'''''^p«'*'' 

3  I  will  feteh  my  knowledfre  from 
alar,  and  will  ascribe  righteousness 
to  my  Maker. 

4  For  truly  my  words  shnU  not  fe 
false  .-he  that  is  iierlectin  kuowled"e 
IS  with  thee. 

5  Behold,  God  is  mighty,  and  de- 
spiseth  not  ntn/ :  ' /le  isini'^hty  in 
strength  am/  1  wisdom. 

«  He  nreserveth  not  the  life  of  the 
wicked:     but  giveth   right    to    the 

7  UHe  withdrawcth  not  his  eyes 
from  the  righteous:  but  '^  with  kiii''s 
are  thru  cm  the  throne;  yea,  he  doth 
establish  them  ibr  ever,  and  they  are 
exalted.  ' 

«  And  cl  if  they  be  bound  in  fetters 
""'/  be  liolden  in  cords  of  atHic- 
tion; 

'J  Then  he  sheweth  them  their  work 
and  their  transgressions  that  tliei 
liavc  exceeded. 

II)  '•lie  openeth  ahso  their  ear  to 
(liscipliue,  and  commandetli  that 
thiy  return  from  iiiiciuity. 

U  If  they  obey  and  serve  liim,  they 


„22   Behold.   God    exalteth    by   his 
I  ^7fVi,l  "■''°  tt-aehetli  like  hirn  ? 
L.^,-5      '"2   \''"'    "^"joined    him    his 

way.'  or     who  ran  say.  Thou  hast 

wrought  iniquity? 
24  Remember  that  thou  'ma-'nifv 

his  work,  which  men  behold. 

h.i,   M  ?  """imayseeit:  man  may 

behold  It  afar  off  •' 

a;  Behold.   God  ).,■  great,  and  we 
know  Aim   not,   '■neither  can   the 

number  of  his  years  be  searched  out. 

2i  hor  he  >  maketh  small  the  drops 
of  water:  they  pour  down  rain  ac- 
cording to  the  vapour  thereof; 

L'8  Which  the  clouds  do  drop  and 
distil  urion  man  abundantly. 

L'3  Also  can  an;/  understand  the 
spreadings  of  the  clouds,  or  the  noise 
of  his  tabernacle? 

30  Behold,  he  "spreadeth  his  li"ht 
upon  It,  and  covereth  1  the  bott" 
of  the  sea. 

31  For  I. by  them  judgeth  he  the 
people;  he  'giveth  meat  in  abund- 
ance. 

.'«  jlWith  clouds  he  covereth  the 
"Kht;  and  coniniaiideth  it  vol  to 
shine  by  the  cloud  that  Cometh  be- 
twixt. 

Xi  "=  The  noise  thereof  sheweth  con- 
cerning It,  the  cattle  also  couceruin"- 
T  the  vapour.  " 

CHAPTER  XXXVir. 

Jlilkt'  'i.'' /""■'.' I"""""  •'f'i' Great 

7n1h  n  »""^i'">  IS  untearchalile 

\  T  this  also  my  heart  trembleth, 
.^,  ,.       '"  """■•''I  out  of  liis  place. 
■i  I  Hear  attentivelv  the  noise  of  his 
•oice,  and  the  souiid  that  goeth  out 


Before 
CHRIST 
abouc  16*.jU. 


1  t„r,  2.  16. 
rcli.  34.  13. 
'  cl,.  3J.  10. 
I  r,.  K.  5. 

>:•».  1.-..  3. 

•  1  Cor  13  li 


3S,  23 

c  I"*.  13«.  25. 
Acu  H    17. 


.,1     n  r ^   i  1:-^ '      .       ^'    ^  ">iit,  uiev     voit 

Shall  fspend  their  days  in  prosperity,    of  his'niouth" 
and  their  years  in  neasurea  •ill      i-       .'.i    ■,. 


^ul   23  17 
r.  ajnmttd. 
iPi    IS.   11    tc 


perish  by  the  sword,  and  they  shall 
die  without  knowledge. 

13  But  the  hypocrites  in  heart  ^heap 
up  wrath  :  they  cry  not  when  be 
liiiKhlh  tili-m. 

14  I.  (  They  die  in  youtli,  and  their 
lifers' among  tlie  l|  unclean. 

]..  He  delivereth  the  ||  poor  in  his 
attlietion,  and  openeth  their  cars  in 


i.  &  lid 


o/rt. 


lb  Even  so  would  he  have  removed 
thee  out  of  the  strait  i  l;i^>  a  broad 
place,  where  there  U  no  straitne^s  ■ 
land  1 1  that  which  should  be  si't  oii 
thy  tiilih'  shniilil  lie  full  of  I  latuess 
ir  liiK  111. .11  h^ist  fullilled  the  jud"- 

jus;ie;:',;;k;h;;id':';;ki"''="''°""^ 

IS  Because  there  is  wrath,  heivare 
lest  he  take  thee  away  with  his 
stroke :  then  '"  a  great  ransom  cannot 
i  deliver  tlire. 

Ii»"Will  he  esteem  thv  riches?  „o. 
notgohl,  norall  the  forces  of  strength. 
^»  Desire  not  the  night,  when  peo- 
ple are  cut  otfiu  their  place. 
'  *■■"  "        >''  J,-}}^!"  I>,<'ed,  "  regard  not  iniquity: 
■.u.1,.11.    for  1'tlii.s  h.ist   thou   chosen  I'ather 
I  than  atlliction. 
474 


n  P.    t).  7 


■.  11.  1. 


lids  of  the  earth- 

4  After  it  "a  voice  roareth :  he 
tliuiidcreth  with  the  voice  of  his  ex- 
cellency; and  he  will  not  stay  the'm 
wlieii  his  voice  is  heard. 

.i  God  thundereth  marvellously  with 
hia  voice;  ligrcat  things  doctli  he 
which  we  cannot  comprehend. 

b  For  'he  saith  to  the  snow.  Be 
thou  on  the  earth;  I  likewise  to  the 
sm:ill  rain,  and  to  the  great  rain  of 
Ills  streiiL'th. 

7  He  scali-th  up  the  iiand  of  every 
niiin;  J  that  all  men  may  know  his 
work. 

8  Then  the  beasts  'go  into  dens 
and  remain  in  their  places 

•J  t  Out  of  the  south  cometh  the 
whir  Hind:  and  cold  out  ot  the 
t  north. 

ll»  '  By  the  breath  of  God  frost  is 
given:  and  the  breadth  of  the  waters 
IS  straitened. 

II  .Mso  by  watering  he  wiarieth  the 
thick  cloud:  he  seatteretb  |  his  bright 
ehmd: 

I-'  And  it  is  turned  round  about  by 
his  counsels:  that  thev  may  Bdo 
whatsoever   he   eommaiuhtir  them 


|P>  118  8. 


God's  iinsdom  is  unsearchable. 


JOB. 


lie  cmivinceth  Job  of  irfnorance. 


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CHRIST 
alout  15:^0. 


>10  «. 


•  Soil  19,16. 
1  iili.  19  11. 


e  P.   101  5. 

1-1  uT.  8.29 

2i  ;{0  4. 
t  Heb  xfthnn 


upon  the  face  of  tlic  world  in  tlie 
eiirtli. 

l;!  h  lie  eausctli  it  to  come,  whether 
for  I  correction,  or  i  for  his  land,  or 
kfor  incicy. 

14  Hearken  unto  thi.s,  O  Job:  stand 
still,  and  1  consider  the  wondrouK 
works  of  CJod. 

10  Dost  thou  know  when  God  dis- 
posed them,  and  caused  the  light  of 
his  cloud  to  sliinei' 

1(> '"  Dost  thou  know  the  balancings 
of  the  clouds,  the  wondrous  works 
of  "  him  which  is  perteet  in  knowl- 
ed;;ei' 

17  How  thy  garments  nre  warm, 
wlicn  he  quieteth  the  earth  by  the 
soiitli  winiit 

l.S  Hast  thou  with  him  "spread  out 
the  sky,  irhirh  is  strong,  and  as  a 
molten  lookin^glass? 

I'J  Teaeh  us  what  we  shall  say  unto 
him;  /'or  we  cannot  order  our'si/ecch 
by  reason  of  darkness. 

11)  Shall  it  be  told  him  that  I  speak? 
if  a  man  speak,  surely  he  shall  be 
swallowed  up. 

L'l  And  now  iiioi  sec  not  the  brijiht 
light  wliich  i>-  in  the  clouds:  hut  the 
wind  passetli,  and  clcanseth  them. 

2)i  t  Fair  weather  Cometh  out  of  the 
north:  with  God  I'.-i  terrible  majesty. 

2-"J  ToHc/ilitf/  the  Almijjhty,  l*  we 
cannot  find  him  out;  'Ute  (s  excel- 
lent in  power,  and  in  judgment,  and 
in  plenty  of  justice :  he  will  not 
afflict. 

24  Men  do  therefore  ^  fear  him:  he 
respeeteth  not  any  t/iat  are  "  wise  of 
heart. 

CHAPTEK  XXXVIII. 
1  Ood  chaUciigcth  Jab  to  aniwrr.    4  Ood. 
by  /lis  miylitij  workt.  cativii'Ccth  Job  of 
iyiiorunce,  '61  and  of  imbecility, 

rpllEX    the    J,i)i:n    answered  Job 

1  "out  of  the  whirlwind,  anil  siiiil, 

2  bWho  i.s  this  that  darkeneth 
counsel  by  *^  words  without  knowl- 
edjte '! 

3  <l  Gird  up  now  thy  loins  like  a 
man ;  for  I  will  demand  of  thee,  and 
\  answer  thou  me. 

4  ■■  Where  wa.st  thou  when  I  laid 
the  foundations  of  tlie  earth  i*  de- 
clare, t  if  thou  ha.«t  understanding. 

.5  Who  hath  laid  the  measures 
thereof,  if  thoii  knowest?  or  who 
hath  stretched  the  line  upon  it? 

ft  Whereupon  are  the  j  foundations 
thereof  i  fastened?  or  who  laid  the 
corner  stone  thereof: 

7  When  the  morning  stars  sang  to- 
gether, and  all  I  the  soud  of  God 
shouted  for  joy  ? 

H  «Or  who  shut  np  the  sea  with 
doors,  when  it  brake  forth,  as  {f  it 
had  issued  out  of  the  womb? 

ilWhen  I  made  the  clou. I  the  gar- 
ment thereof,  and  thick  darkness  a 
swaddling  l«ncl  lor  it, 

II)  And  11  !■  brake  u\>  for  it  my  de- 
creed /tlaci',  and  set  bars  anil  doors, 

11  And    said,   Hitherto  shalt  thou 


come,  but  no  further;  and  here  shall 
I  thy  proud  waves  '  be  stayed  ? 

12  Hast  thou  k  commanded  the 
morning  since  thy  days:  itnf/  caused 
the  dayspring  to  know  his  place: 

13  That  it  might  take  hold  of  the 
♦  ends  of  the  earth,  that  i  the  wicked 
might  bo  shaken  out  of  it? 

14  it  is  turned  as  clay  lo  the  seal; 
and  they  stand  as  a  garment. 

15  And  from  the  wicked  their  '"light 
is  withholden,  and  "the  high  arm 
shall  be  broken. 

1(!  Hast  thou  "entered  into  the 
springs  of  the  sea?  or  hast  thou 
walked  in  the  search  of  the  depth? 

17  Have  i' the  gates  of  death  been 
opened  unto  thee?  or  hast  thou  seen 
the  doors  of  the  shadow  of  death? 

l.S  Hast  thou  perceived  the  breadtli 
of  the  earth?  declare  if  thou  knowest 
it  all. 

li)  Where  !'.<!  the  way  wliere  light 
dwelleth  ?  and  as  for  darkness, 
where  is  the  jilacc  thereof, 

■1»  That  thou  shouldest  take  it  ||  to 
the  bound  thereof,  and  that  thou 
shouldest  know  the  paths  to  the 
house  thereof? 

21  Knowest  thou  i/,  because  thou 
wast  then  born?  or ^et'fi«se  the  num- 
ber of  thy  days  iJ!  great? 

'il  Hast  thou  entered  into  Ithe 
treasures  of  the  snow?  or  hast  thou 
seen  the  treasures  of  the  hail, 

'J.'l  ''Which  I  have  reserved  against 
the  time  of  trouble,  against  the  day 
of  battle  and  war? 

24  By  what  way  is  the  light  parted, 
irhirh  scattereth  the  east  wind  upon 
the  earth? 

25  Who  "  hath  divided  a  watercourse 
for  the  overflowing  of  waters,  or  a 
way  for  the  lightning  of  thunder; 

2I>  To  cause  it  to  rain  on  the  earth, 
where  no  man  is;  on  the  wilderness, 
wherein  there  is  no  man: 

27  '  To  satisfy  the  desolate  and  waste 
growitf :  and  to  cause  the  bud  of  the 
tender  herb  to  spring  torth? 

28  "  Hath  the  rain  a  father?  or  who 
hath  begotten  the  drops  t>f  dew? 

2tl  Out  of  whose  womb  came  the 
ice?  and  the  *  hoary  frost  of  heaven, 
who  hath  gendered  it? 

30  The  waters  are  hid  as  with  a 
stone,  and  the  face  of  the  deep  fis 
>  frozen. 

31  Canst  thou  hind  the  sweet  in- 
fluences of  11  I  Pleiades,  or  loose  the 
bands  of  f  Orion? 

32  Canst  thou  brinj;  forth  |l  Mazza- 
roth  in  his  season?  or  canst  thou 
t  guide  Areturus  with  his  sons? 

,3.!  Knowest  thou  "  the  ordinances  of 
heaven  ?  cnnst  thou  set  the  dominion 
thereof  in  the  e:irth? 

.34  Canst  thi>n  lilt  up  thy  voice  to 
the  clouds,  that  abundance  of  waters 
may  cover  thee? 

3.5  Canst  thou  send  lightnings,  that 
they  may  go,  and  say  unto  thee, 
I  Here  we  are  i 

475 


0/  the  wild  goafs  and  hindn. 


JOB. 


Job  hnmhleth  himse'f  to  God. 


Before 
CHRIST 

out  1521). 


'■'*')  liWho  hath  put  winciom  in  the 
inwuid  parts.'  or  who  hath  given 
understandinic  to  tlie  iieart? 

3"  Who  can  number  the  clouds  in 
wisdom  V  or  i  wl\o  eau  stay  tl»e  bot- 
tles of  lieuven, 

.'W  li  %\  hen  tlie  dust  i  growcth  into 
liardnoss,  and  tlie  cloda  cleave  lust 
together ? 

3'J  '■  Wilt  thou  hunt  the  prey  fir  the 
lion  ■''  or  till  1  the  appetite  of  the 
youns  lions, 

40  When  they  couch  in  thitr  dens, 
nti'l  abide  iu  the  covert  to  lie  in 
wait? 

41  d  Who  provideth  for  the  raven 
his  food:'  when  his  voun;;  ones  cry 
unto  God,  they  wander  ibr  lack  of 
meat. 

Cn.A.PTEK  XXXIX 

1   Of  the  wild  gr,att  an:l  hin,U.     ,'.  Of  the 

wild  aat.    9  TUt  nineurn.     13   The  pan- 

C'lcir,  ttork,  and  otlrt'li.    10  The  herae. 

2')  Tht  hnwlt.    il  The  cn,jle. 

KNOWEST  thou  the  time  when 
the  wild  goats  of  the  rock  bring 
forth  ?  or  canst  thou  mark  when 
"the  hinds  do  calve? 

2  Canst  thou  number  tlic  months 
Ihdt  they  fulfil?  or  knowest  thou  the 
time  when  they  bring  forth? 

y  They  bow  themselves,  they  bring 
forth  tlicir  young  cues,  they  cast  out 
their  sorrows. 

4  Their  young  ones  are  in  good 
liking,  they  grow  up  with  corn;  they 
go  forth,  and  return  not  nnto  them. 

5  Who  hath  sent  out  the  wild  ass 
free?  or  who  hath  loosed  the  bauds 
of  the  wild  ass? 

(»  *>  Whose  house  I  have  made  the 
wilderness,  and  the  1  barren  laud  his 
rlwellings. 

7  He  scorneth  the  multitude  of  the 
city,  neither  regardetli  lie  the  crying 
1  of  the  driver. 

8  The  range  of  the  mountains  rs  his 
p.isturc,  and  he  searchcth  after  every 
green  thing. 

9  Will  the  'unicorn  be  willing  to 
serve  thee,  or  abide  hv  thv  crib? 

Ill  Canst  thou  binil  tlie  unicorn 
with  his  band  in  the  furrow?  or  >vill 
he  harrow  the  valleys  after  thee? 

11  Wilt  thou  trust  liim,  because  his 
strength  w  great?  or  wilt  thou  leave 
thv  labour  to  him? 

11  Wilt  thou  believe  him,  that  he 
will  bring  home  thy  seed,  and  gather 
i(  iii'o  thy  barn? 

l".  Odirft  thou  the  goodlv  wings 
unto  the  peacocks?  or  11  wings  and 
feathers  unto  the  ostrich? 

14  Which  leaveth  her  eggs  in  the 
earth,  and  warmetli  them  in  the  dust, 

1.".  Anil  t;.rgeftet!l  that  the  foot  may 
crush  them,  or  that  the  wild  beast 
may  break  them. 

]i»  S!ic  is  'Hiardened  against  her 
voung  ones,  as  though  thrii  irrrr  not 
liers;  Jier  labour  U  in  vaia  without 
fear: 


of  wisdom,  neither  hath  he  *  im- 
parted to  her  understanding. 

18  What  time  she  lifteth  up  herself 
on  high,  she  scorneth  the  horse  and 
his  rider. 

l'.»  llast  thou  given  the  horse 
strength?  hast  thou  clothed  his  neck 
with  thunder? 

'JO  Canst  thou  make  him  afraid 
as  a  grasshopper?  the  glory  of  his 
nostrils  u  I  terrible. 

21  II  lie  paweth  in  the  valley,  and 
rejoieeth  iii  ttts  strength:  file  goeth 
on  to  meet  f  the  armed  men. 

22  lie  mocketh  at  fear,  and  is  not 
affrighted;  neither  turiieth  ho  back 
from  the  sword. 

2'i  The  quiver  rattlelh  against  him, 
the  glittering  spear  and  the  shield. 

24  He  swalloweth  the  ground  with 
fierceness  and  rage :  neither  believeth 
hethatifi.s  the  sound  of  tlie  trumpet. 

25  He  saith  among  the  trumpets. 
Ha,  ha!  and  he  smelleth  the  battle 
afar  off,  the  thunder  of  the  captains, 
and  the  slioutiu'j. 

21)  Doth  the  hawk  fly  hy  thy  wis- 
dom, ntiil  stretch  her  wiiigs  toward 
the  south? 

27  Doth  the  eagle  mount  up  f  at 
thy  command,  and  6  make  her  nest 
on  high  ? 

28  She  dwelleth  and  abideth  on  the 
rock,  upon  the  crag  of  the  rock,  and 
the  strong  place. 

•2'J  From    thence   she    seeketh  the 
prey,  (iiul  her  eyes  behold  afar  off. 
.SI)  Her  young  ones  also  suck  up 
blood:   and   h where  the  slain  are, 
there  ts  she. 

CII.\PTER  XL. 

1   Job  humlUth  huiisclf  to   (rod.    6   Ood 

ttirreth  hitn  up  to  eheto  hi»  righteoue- 

not.  rower,  and  wisdom.    15    Of   the 

bcltemoth. 

MOKEOVER  the  Lor.D  answered 
Job,  and  said, 
2  Shall  he  that  "eontendeth  with 
the  Almighty  instruct  /iij;i .'  lie  that 
reproveth  Ood,  let  him  answer  it. 
3V  Then  Job  answered  the  l.oun, 
and  said, 

4  b  Behold,  I  nm  vile:  what  shall  I 
answer  thee?  *■  1  will  lay  mine  hand 
upon  my  mouth. 

5  Once  have  I  spoken:  hut  I  will 
not  answer:  yea,  twice;  but  I  will 
proceed  no  further. 

i;  II  a  Then  answered  the  I.onn  unto 
Job  out  of  the  whirlwind,  and  said, 

7  ''  Gird  un  thy  loins  now  like  a 
man:  fl  will  demand  of  thee,  and 
diclare  thou  unto  me. 

8  t  Wilt  thou  nUo  di.sannul  my 
iudgmcnt?  wilt  thou  condemn  me, 
that  thou  mayest  be  righteous? 

1)  llast  thou  nn  arm  like  God?  or 
canst  thou  thunder  with  ka  voice 
like  him? 

10  i  Deck  thyself  now  miifi  majesty 
and  excellency;  and  array  thyself 
M'itli  glory  and  beauty. 

U    Cast   abroad   the   rage   of    thy 


Ood's  poioer  in  the  hehnnoth, 


JOB. 


and  in  the  leviathan. 


wrath;  and  behold  every  one  tUat 
1.1  proud,  and  abase  him. 

Ivi  l>ook  on  every  one  Hint  m  k  proud, 
aii'i  bring  ]uni  low;  and  tread  down 
the  wicked  in  their  place. 

1.1  Hide  them  in  the  dust  toRCthcr; 
attd  hind  their  faces  in  secret. 

14  Then  will  I  also  conlcss  unto 
thoe  that  thine  own  riRht  hand  can 
save  thee. 

l.l  ^  Behold  now  ||  behemoth,  which 
1  made  with  thee;  ho  cateth  grass  as 
an  ox. 

11)  JLo  now,  his  stronsth  i^  in  his 
loins,  and  liis  force  18  in  the  navel  of 
his  belly. 

17  li  lie  moveth  his  tail  like  a  cedar: 
the  sinews  of  his  stones  arc  wrapped 
top:cther. 

15  His  bones  nrc  na  strong:  pieces  of 
brass;  his  bones  m-e  like  bars  of  iron. 

19  lie  i»  the  chief  of  the  w.ays  of 
God:  he  that  made  him  can  inakc 
his  sword  to  approach  unto  htm. 

Itl  Surely  the  mountains  i  brin;j  bim 
forth  food,  where  all  the  beasts  of  the 
Held  pla^. 

21  lie  lieth  under  the  shady  trees,  in 
the  covert  of  the  reed,  and  fens. 

22  The  shady  trees  cover  him  in<h 
theirshadow ;  "the  willows  of  the  brook 
compa.^s  him  about. 

2^  lichold,  I  he  drinketh  up  a  river, 
and  hnsteth  not:  he  tnir.toth  that  he 
can  draw  up  Jordan  into  his  mouth. 

■-'4  II  He  takcth  it  with  bis  eyes:  his 
nose  picrceth  throujjh  snares. 
CHAPTEU  XLI. 

Of  Oo'l'a  pn-at  pou'er  in  the  Irviathnn. 

CANST  thou  draw  out  ||  ■'  leviathan 
with  a  hook?  or  his  ton^'uo  with 
a  cord  f  which  thou  lettest  down  ? 

2  Canst  thou  i'p\ita  hook  into  iiis 
nose?  or  bore  his  jaw  through  with  a 
thorn? 

3  Will  he  make  many  fupplir.ations 
unto  thee?  ivill  ho  speak  eott  iconic 
unto  thee? 

4  "Will  he  make  a  covenant  Tvith 
thee?  wilt  thou  take  him  for  a  serv- 
ant for  c^'cr? 

5  'Wilt  thou  play  with  liim  tis  irith 
a  bird  f  or  wilt  thou  biud  him  for  thy 
maidens? 

G  Shall  the  companinn<i  make  n 
banquet  of  him?  shall  they  part  him 
among  the  inereliants? 

7  Canst  thou  fill  his  skin  with  barbed 
irons?  or  his  head  with  fish  spears? 

S  Lay  thine  hand  upon  him,  remem- 
ber the  battle,  do  no  niorc. 

!(  r>ehold,  the  hope  of  him  is  in  Tain : 
shall  not  oiii'  be  cast  down  cvcu  at 
the  fight  of  him? 

11  None  If  so  fierce  that  dare  stir 
him  up:  who  then  is  able  to  stand 
beflire  mc? 

11  '  AVho  hath  prevented  me,  that  1 
shoxild  repay  hint  ^  <l  ti/inl^>>rfer  i-; 
under  the  whole  heaven  is  mine. 

12  I  will  not  concr;il  his  jiarts.  nor 
his  power,  norliin  coniely  proporti'-n. 

l.j  AVho  can  discover  the  face  of  liis 


garment?  or  who  can  come  to  him  | 
II  with  his  double  bridle? 

14  Who  can  open  the  doors  of  bis 
face  ?  his  teeth  are  terrible  round 
about. 

Ij  Hts  i  scales  arc  hi-f  pride,  shut  up 
together  as  with  a  close  seal. 

1(J  One  IS  so  near  to  another,  that  no 
air  can  come  between  them. 

17  They  are  joined  one  to  another, 
they  stick  together,  that  they  cannot 
be  sundered. 

l.S  By  his  neesings  a  light  doth 
shine,  and  his!  eyes  are  like  the  eye- 
lids of  the  morning. 

I'J  Out  of  his  month  go  burning 
lamps,  anil  sparks  of  fire  leap  out. 

20  Out  of  his  nostrils  goeth  smoke, 
as  O'lt  of  a  seething  pot  or  caldron. 

21  His  breath  kindleth  coals,  and  a 
flame  poeth  out  of  his  mouth. 

22  In  his  neck  remaineth  strength, 
and  t  sorrow  is  turned  into  joy  before 
him. 

2."i  t  The  fl.ikcs  ofhis  flesh  arc  joined 
together :  they  are  firm  in  them- 
selves; they  cannot  be  moved. 

24  His  heart  is  n.s  firm  as  a.  stone; 
yea,  as  hard  as  a  piece  of  the  nethe; 
milli'lonc. 

25  When  he  raiscth  up  himself,  the 
mighty  arc  afraid  :  by  reason  of 
breakings  they  purify  themselves. 

2(i  The  sword  of  him  that  layeth  at 
him  cannot  hold:  the  spear,  the  dart, 
nor  the  l|  habergeon. 

27  He  esteemeth  iron  as  straw,  and 
brass  as  rotten  wood. 

28  The  arrow  cannot  make  him  flee : 
sling  stones  arc  turned  with  him  in- 
to stubble. 

29  Darts  arc  counted  n.s  stubble :  he 
laugheth  at  the  shaking  of  a  spear. 

30  t  Sharp  stones  are  under  him:  he 
spreadcth  sharp  pointed  things  upon 
the  mire. 

.'il  He  m.akcth  the  deep  to  boil  like 
a  pot:  he  maketh  the  sea  like  a  pot 
of  ointment. 

.32  He  maketh  a  pnth  to  shine  after 

lim;  c 
hoarv. 

3'j  tipon  earth  there  is  not  his  like, 
II  who  is  made  without  fear. 

34  He  behol(lctl)  allhiph  ^/iiHfr.^;  heis 

a  king  over  all  the  children  of  pride. 

CHArTER  XLIT. 

1  Jofi  siihmHtclh  l.imtcif  unto  Ood.  7  Ood. 
jsrelerrwr;  JoL's  cuuite,  maketh  liie 
friivtiH  ttihmit  themtrlven,  and  arrejtt- 
clll  Aim.  II)  lie  VLKrjrtiJIcl/t  and  iUeeath 
Job.    10  Job's  age  0't(i  death. 

I^IIEN   Job  answered  tho  Lokd, 
ami  .said. 

2  I  know  that  thon  '  canst  do  crcry 
thtnq.  and  tliat  ||  no  thought  can  be 
withholdcn  from  thee. 

3  1.  Who  7«  he  that  hidelh  counsel 
without  knowledge?  therefore  have 
I  uttered  thiit  1  understood  not; 
'■  things  too  wonderful  for  me,  which 
1  knew  not. 

4  Hear,  I  beseech  thee,  and  I  will 

4T7 


Bfffore 
0  n  K  I  S  T     I 

about  lf>2<j. 


nntu 
him;  one  would  tliink  tho  deep  to  I 


God  acceptelh 


PSALMS. 


and  hlcsseth  Job. 


Dofore 
CHRIST 

alioul  l.'>2il. 


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fNiim.  n.  I. 
SHAtt  5.  ^. 


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IVI.9.  1.K7. 
•  Jer.  17.  8. 
E<.  47.  12. 


1.  IM  2. 

1.3.  IJ. 

S.7o>.  21.  li 

I..'  IT.  ii.  & 

a).  5. 
Hoi.  13.  3. 

h  r..  37.  H. 


speak:  ill  will  demand  of  thee,  and 
declare  thou  unto  me.  , 

lieard  of  tlicc  by  the  hear- 
but  now  mine  eye 

0  Wherefore  I  ''abhor  myself,  and! 
repi'iit  in  dust  and  ashes. 

1  IT  And  it  was  so,  that  after  the 
LorU)  h:ul  spoken  these  words  unto 
.loh,  the  I,(ii,'i>  said  to  Elipliaz  the 
'li-iuunitr,  .Aly  wrath  is  kindled 
a'»!iiust  thee,  and  u^'ainst  thy  two 
fiiciuls:  for  ye  have  not  spoken  of 
uio  Ihr  lliiiKi  thai  i.f  right,  as  my  serv- 
ant .Job  Initli. 

S  Therefore  take  unto  you  now 
f  seven  bullocks  and  seven  rains,  and 
~'^o  to  my  servant  Joh,  and  offer  up 
fi>r  yourselves  a  burnt  ofli'rin^;  and 
uiv  servant. Job  sliall  h  pray  for  vou: 
for  thini  will  I  accept:  lest  I  "deal 
with  you  nflcr  your  folly,  in  tliat  yc 
have  not  spoken  of  me  thr  Ihiiig 
trhich  i.s  ri;;ht,  like  my  servant  Job. 

it  So  Eliphaz  the  Teinauite  and  IJil- 
dad  the  Shnhite  and  Zopharthe  Naa- 
mathite  went,  and  did  according  as 
the  lyORi)  commanded  them:  the 
I,onD  also  accepted  t.Job. 

10  i  And  the  Lord  turned  the  cap- 
tivity of  Job,  when  lie  praved  for  his 
frieiids  :  also  the  I.oin>  ^  j^ave  Job 
k  twice  as  much  as  he  had  betore. 


11  Then  came  there  unto  him  'all 
his  brethren,  and  all  his  sisters,  and 
all  they  that  had  been  of  his  ac- 
quaintance before,  and  did  eat  bread 
with  him  in  his  house:  and  they  be- 
moaned hiiii,  and  comforted  him 
over  all  the  evil  that  the  LdltD  had 
brought  upon  him:  every  man  al.so 
nave  him  a  plicae  of  money,  and 
everv  one  :ni  earring  of  gold. 

12. So  the  I.or.ii  blessed  '"  the  latter 
end  of  Job  more  than  his  beginning: 
f<>r  he  had  "  finirteen  thousand  sheep, 
and  six  thousand  camels,  and  a  thou- 
sand yoke  of  oxen,  and  u  thousand 
slie  asses. 

I'J  "He  had  also  seven  sons  and 
three  daughters. 

14  And  he  called  the  name  of  the 
iirst,  Jemima;  and  the  name  of  the 
second,  Kezia:  and  the  name  of  the 
third,  Keren-liappueh. 

\~t  And  in  all  the  land  were  no 
women  found  f^o  fair  as  the  daugh- 
ters of  Job  :  and  their  father  gave 
them  inheritance  among  their  breth- 
ren. 

11!  After  this  l'  lived  Job  a  hundred 
and  tl^rty  ,vears,  and  saw  his  sons, 
and  bis  sous*  eons,  crc«  four  geuera- 
tious. 


^TIIE 

BOOK   OF    PSALMS. 


rSAI-lNI  I. 

I  The  Uappincsn  n/  tht  po.lh/.  4  The  tin- 
C  h.,pl>i"'"  "f  "'»  un./w'l./. 

T>LESSi:U  '  w  the  man  that  walk- 
1)   cth    not  in  the  counsel   of  the 

II  ungodly,  nor  standcth  in  the  way 
of  sinners,  i»nor  sitteth  in  the  seat  of 
the  scornful. 

•J  But '  his  delight  M  in  the  law  of 
the  Lord;  iland  in  his  law  doth  be 
meditate  day  and  night. 

*J  And  he  sliall  be  like  a  tree  *'i>lant- 
ed  by  the  rivers  of  water,  that  briug- 
cth  forth  his  fruit  in  his  season;  his 
leaf  also  shall  not  t  wither  and 
whatsoever  he  docth  shall  'prosper. 

4  The  ungodlv  are  not  so:  but  o/-/- 
=  like  the"  chatf  which  thu  wind 
driveth  away. 

.1  Theretiire  the  Tingodly  shall  not 
stand  in  the  indgment,  nor  sinners 
in  tlie  conL:regation  of  the  righteous. 

i;  l"(ir  lithe  l.DUii  kuoweth  the  way 
of  the  righteous:  but  tlic  way  of  the 
ungodly  shall  perishi     \r 
PSAl-M  IT.'\ 
1    nt  Hno'lom  vf  C.rim.    10  Kinfft  are 
exfiorted  to  accept 


WT'IIY  "do  the  heathen  |l  rage,  and 
\y   the  i>eople(  imagine  avail!  thing? 


A^ui.-^.'M.    |Or. 


2  The  kings  of  the  earth  set  them- 
selves, and  the  rulers  tike  counsel 
t.igclhcr,  against  tlie  l.iutn,  and 
against  his  i  Anointed,  .«,i/i»./, 

.'! '  Let  us  break  their  bauds  asund- 
er, and  cast  away  their  cords  from 
us. 

4  <l  lie  that  sitteth  in  the  lieavens 
'■shall  laugh:  the  Lord  shall  have 
them  in  derision. 

•j  Then  shall  he  speak  unto  them 
in  his  wrath,  and  I|  ve.x  them  in  his 
sore  displeasure. 

(!  Yet  have  I  f  set  my  King  t  f  upon 
my  holy  hill  of  Zion. 

7  1  will  declare  ||  the  decree:  the 
Lord  hath  s.aid  unto  me,  "  Thou  art 
my  Sou ;  this  day  have  I  begotten 
thee. 

H  li.Vsk  of  me,  and  I  sh.ill  give  IJiee 
the  heathen  ./'"'•  thine  inheritance, 
and  the  uttermost  parts  of  the  earth 
/or  thy  possession. 

I)  i  Thou  shidt  break  them  with  n 
rod  of  iron;  thou  shalt  dash  them  in 
pieces  like  a  potter's  vessel. 

10  He  wise  now  therefore,  O  yc 
kings:  be  instructed,  yc  judges  of 
thee.irth. 

11  k  .Servo  the  T/Onn  with  fear,  nnd 
rejoice  I  with  trembling. 


David  jrrayeth  to  God. 


PSALMS. 


God  favoiiretli  not  the  wicked. 


112  ■"  Kiss  the  Son,  lost  lie  be  aiisry, 
and  ve  perish  from  the  wiiv,  when 
"his'wrath  is  kindlcil  but  "a  little. 
°  Blessed  are  all  they  that  put  their' 
trust  in  him. 

.  lUM.     Is.  3(1.  18.     Jer.  IT,  7      Bora.  9.  S3.  4  ID.  11. 

PSALM  III. 

The  tfcuriltj  >if  God't  protection. 

A    Psiilm    of   Davi.l,    •  nben    lio    flcU    from 

Abaulom  bid  eon. 

LORD,  »l\nw  are  they  inereased 
thiit  trouble  mel  many  iiiv  they 
that  rise  up  against  me. 
2  Many  t/ieic  be  whieh  say  nf  my 
foul,  ^Tticrc  IS  no  help  fur  him  in 
God.     Selah. 

:j  Uut  thou,  O  Loud,  art  'a  shield 
11  for  me;  my  plory,  and  J  the  litter 
up  of  mine  head. 

4  I  cried  unto  the  Lord  with  my 
voice,  and  ^he  beard  me  out  of  his 
fholy  hill.     Selah. 

5  SI  laid  nic  <lown  and  slept;  Ij 
awaked;  for  the  Loni>  sustained^' 
me. 

G  III  will  not  be  afraid  of  ten  thou- 
&Mnds  of  pct'ple,  that  have  set  them- 
selves  against  me  round  about. 

7  Arise,  O  l^oitD;  save  me,  O  my 
God:  ifor  thou  hast  smitten  all  mine 
enemies  rijion  the  ebeek  bone;  thou 
hast  broken  the  teeth  of  the  un- 
godly. 

8  t.  S.nlvation  hejniiget/i  unto  the 
Loi:i):  thy  blessing  i.<  upon  thy 
people.    Selah.  * 

PSALM  IV. 

I  David  praycth  fitr  audience.  2  He.  re- 
jirareth  and  exhurtcth  hit  encmiet.  6 
M,in-t  hiippincet  in  in  Gud't  favour. 

To  tbe  H  cbief  Musici^in  on  NegjDotb,  A  Pd.'Um 
of  DaviJ. 

HEAR  me  when  I  call,  O  God  of 
my    righteousness;    thou    hast 
enlarRed  me  iclien  I vas  in  distress; 

II  have  mercy  upou  me,  and  hear  my 
prayer. 

2  O  ye  sons  of  men,  how  Ions  "'iW 
»/e  turn  my  glory  into  shame i*  li(nr 
lonri  will  vc  love  vanity,  wid  seek 
alVr  leii^in-?    Selah. 

3  I!ut  know  tluit  "the  Lonn  hath 
set  apart  him  that  is  godly  for  him- 
self: the  Loud  will  hear  when  I  call 
uuto  him. 

4  b  Stand  in  nwe,  and  sin  not: 
"■  commune  with  your  own  heart 
upon  your  bed,  and  be  still.  Se- 
lah. 

5  Offer  •<  the  sacrifices  of  righteous- 
ness, and  'put  your  trust  in  the 
Loud. 

6  There  he  many  that  say,  Who  will 
shew  us  aiiii  good?  iLnno,  lift 
thou  up  the  light  of  thy  couulenance 
upon  us. 

7  Thou  hast  put  f  gladness  in  my 
heart,  more  than  in  the  time  tliat 
their  corn  and  their  wine  increased. 

8  III  will  both  lay  me  down  in 
peace,  and  sleep;  ifor  thou,  I^ORD, 
only  makestme  dwell  in  safety. 


PS^VLJM  V. 

1  David  itraycth,  and  profcuneth  hia  study 
in  prayer.  4  God  favonrelh  not  the 
tvicXed.  7  David,  profreginff  hie  faith, 
jirayeth.  unto  God  to  t/uide  hint,  10  to 
deatniy  hie  enemice,  11  and  to  prceerve 
the  i/odly. 

To  tbe  cbicf  Musician  upon  Ncbilotb,  A  Fssilni 
of  DaviJ. 

ri  IVE  car  to  my  words,  O  Lord; 
T  consider  my  meditation. 
'1  Ilearken   unto  the  "  voice  of  my 
cry,  my   King,  and   my  God :   for 
ii  linto  thee  will  I  pray.  i 

!■>  '  Jly  voice  shalt  thou  hear  in  the' 
morning,  O  Loud;  in  the  morning 
will  I  direct  uitj  prayer  unto  thee.i 
land  will  look  up.  ' 

'  4  Kor  thou  nrl  not  a  God  that  hath 
pleasure  in  wickedness:  neither  shall 
evil  dwell  with  thee. 

n  .IThe  foolish  shall  not  stand  fin 
thy  sight:  thou  liatest  all  workers  of 
iniquity. 

ti  '  Thou  shalt  destroy  them  that 
speak  leasing:  f  the  l^ORD  will  abhor 
I  Uie  bloody  and  deceitful  man. 

7  But  as  for  me,  I  will  come  ivto 
thy  house  in  the  multitude  of  thy 
mercy:  and  in  thy  fear  will  I  wor- 
ship '^  toward  f  thy  holy  temple. 
J  8  I'  Lead  me,  O  Louii,  in  thy  right-i 
^ousuess  because  of  1  mine  enemies:' 
ji  make  thy  way  straight  before  myl 
fface. 

',(  For  there  is  no  ||  faithfulness 
I  in  their  mouth:  their  inward  part 
IS  (very  wickedness;  k  their  throat 
IS  an  open  sepulchre;  ithey  flatter 
with  their  tongue. 

10  |i  Destroy  thou  them,  O  God  ; 
"Met  them  fall  ||  by  their  own  coun- 
sels; cast  them  out  in  the  multitude 
of  their  tran,sgrcssions;  for  they  have 
rebelled  against  thee. 

11  But  let  all  those  that  put  their 
trust  in  thee  "rejoice:  let  them  ever 
sliout  for  joy,  because  f  thou  defend- 
est  them:  let  them  also  that  love  thy 

iname  be  loytul  in  thee. 
12  For  thou.  Loud,  "wilt  bless  the 
righteous;    with    favour    wilt    thou 
I  compass  him  as  viUi  a  shield.  • 

PSALM  VI. 

1  David't  complaint  in  hie  eieknets.    8  By 

faith  he  triumpheth  over  hit  encmice. 

To  tbe  chief  Musician  on   Nejinoth  "•  upon 

bbcminitb,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

O"  I>ORD,  rebuke  me  not  in  thine 
anger,  neither  chasten  me  in  thy 
hot  displeasure. 

2  !•  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  Lord; 
for  I  am  weak:  O  Lord,  '=heal  me; 
for  mv  bones  are  vexed. 

3  My  soul  is  also  sore  vexed:  but 
thou,"0  Lord,  dhow  long? 

4  Return,  O  Lord,  deliver  my  soul: 
oh  save  me  for  thy  mercies'  sake. 

.•j  ■■  For  in  death "f/iere  is  no  remem- 
brance of  thee:  in  the  grave  who 
shall  give  thee  thanks? 

(J  lauiweary  with  my  groaning;  l|all 
479 


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David  prayeth  againut  his  eiiemiea.   PSALMS. 


God's  great  love  to  nan. 


•  H»l,.  3. 1. 
•2  Sam.  16. 
about  1002. 


the  night  make  I  my  bed  to  swim;  I 
water  niy  couch  with  my  tears. 

"  I  Mine  eye  i.s  consumert  because 
of  Rricf :  it  waxeth  old  because  of  nil 
mine  enemies. 

H  ^  Depart  from  me,  all  ye  work- 
ers of  ini(|uity;  for  the  Loiin  liath 
h  heard  the  voice  of  my  weeping. 

fl  The  Loiii>  hath  heard  my  sup- 
plication; the  LoitD  will  receive  my 
praver. 

lOl-et  all  mine  enemies  be  ashamed 
and  !>ore  vexed:  let  them  return  and 
be  ashamed  suddenly. 

rsALM  vn. 

1  David  prayeth  against  the  malice  of  his 
enemies,  professing  his  innoeency.  10 
By  faith  he  seeth  his  defence,  and  the 
destruction  of  his  enemies. 

•Shigjaion  of  David,  wbich  ho  sang  unto  the 
LoKD,  •  C'jncernins  the  "  wordd  of  Cosh  the 
Benjamite. 

OLORD  my  God,  in  thee  do  I 
put  my  trust:  "save  me  from 
all  tlicm  that  persecute  me,  and  de- 
liver me: 

2  h  I^cst  he  tear  my  soul  like  a  lion, 
"^rending  ''  in  pieces,  while  Mere  is 
I  none  to  deliver. 

3  O  i.onn  my  God,  d  if  I  have  done 
tliis  ;    if  there  be  'iniquity  in  my 


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4  If  I  have  rewarded  evil  unto  him 
tliat  w.as  at  peace  witli  me;  (vea,  fi 
have  delivered  him  that  without 
cause  is  mine  enemy;) 

.'i  Let  the  enemy  persecute  mv  soul, 
and  take  U  :  yea,  let  him  treaif  down 
my  life  upon  the  earth,  and  lay  mine 
honour  in  the  dust.     Selah. 

0  Arise,  O  Loun,  in  thine  anger, 
Slift  up  thyself  because  of  the  rage 
of  mine  enemies:  and  h  awake  for 
me  to  the  Judgment  that  thou  hast 
commanded. 

7  So  shall  the  congregation  of  the 
people  compass  thee  about:  for  their 
sakes  therefore  return  thou  on  high. 

8  The  Lord  shall  judge  the  people: 
judge  me,  O  Lok'd,  i  according  to 
my  riphteousncss,  and  according  to 
mine  integrity  that  h  in  me. 

i»  Oh  let  thewickedness  of  the  wicked 
eomc  to  an  end;  but  cstiiblish  the 
,)ust:  kfor  the  righteous  God  trieth 
the  hearts  niid  reins. 

II)  I  Mv  defence  is  of  God,  which 
saveth  the  I  upright  in  lieart. 

1 1  II  God  .judgeth  the  rigliteous,  mid 
God  is  angry  with  the  icwkvci  e\'cry 
d.ty. 

12  If  he  turn  not,  he  will  "'  whet  his 
sword;  he  hath  bent  his  bow,  and 
made  it  ready. 

1 ".  lie  hath  also  prepared  for  him  the 
instruments  of  death;  "ho  ordaineth 
his  arrows  agfliiist  the  persecutors. 

14  "Jiehold,  he  trnvailcth  with  in- 
itliiitv,  and  hnth  conceived  mischief, 
and  brought  forth  falsehood. 

1j  nie  made  a  j>it,  and  digged  it. 
I' and  is  fallen  iuto  the  ditch  which 
;lde. 

4ao 


llj  'I  His  mischief  shall  return  upon 
his  own  head,  and  his  violent  dealing 
shall  come  down  upon  his  own  pate. 
IT  I  will  praise  the  Lord  according 
to  his  righteousness:  and  will  sing 
praise  to  the  name  ot  the  Lord  most 
high. 

PSALM  VIII. 
Ood'a  glory  ts  magnified  by  his  works,  and 

by  his  love  to  man. 

To  tho  chief  Musician  •  upon  Glttitl],  A  Psalm 

of  Darid. 

Ol^ORD  our  Lord,  how  "excel- 
lent is  thy  name  in  all  the  earth! 
who  bbast  Bet  thy  glory  above  the 
heavens. 

2  •"  Out  of  the  mouth  of  babes 
and  sucklings  hast  thou  f  ordained 
strength  because  of  thine  enemies, 
that  thou  mightest  still  d  the  enemy 


and  the  avenger. 

I  3  When  I  'consider  thy  heavens, 
'the  work  of  tliy  tingcrs,  the  moon 
and  tho  stars,  which  thou  hast  or- 
dained; 

4  fWhat  is  man,  that  thou  art 
imindful  of  him  ?  and  the  son  of 
|man,  that  thou  visitest  hiin? 

5  i'or  thou  hast  made  him  a  lit- 
tle lower  than  the  angels,  and  hast 
crowned  him  with  glory  and  hon- 


ti  SThou  madest  him  to  have  do- 
minion over  the  works  of  thy  hands; 
1'  thou  hast  put  all  thintjs  uniler  his 
feet: 

/■  t  All  Rhccp  and  oxen,  yea,  and  the 
bca.sts  of  the  field; 

S  The  fowl  of  the  air,  and  the  fish 
of  the  sea,  ami  whtilfoerci-  passeth 
through  the  jiaths  of  the  seas. 

t)  iO  Lord  our  Lord,  liow  excellent 
is  thy  name  in  all  the  eiirthl 

PSALM  IX. 
1  David  praitcth   Ood  for  executing  of 

judgment.  11  lleinciteth  others  tupraise 

him.     13  lie  prayeth  that  he  may  have 

cause  to  praise  him. 
To  tho  chief  Musician  upon  Muth-labbcn,  A 
Psalm  of  David. 

I  WILL  praise  thcc,  O  I-ORn,  with 
my  whole  heart;  I  will  shew  forth 
all  thy  marvellous  works. 
2  I  will  be  glad  and  "rejoice  in  thcc: 
I  will  sing  praise  to  thy  name,  O 
Mh.m  Mo.st  High. 

S  When  mine  enemies  are  turned 
back,  they  shall  fall  and  perish  at 
thy  jiresenee. 

4  lor  f  thou  hast  maintained  my 
right  and  my  cause;  thou  satcst  in 
the  throne. jiidginK  i  right. 

5  Thou  h'ast  rebuked  the  heathen, 
thou  hast  destroyed  the  wicked,  thou 
hast  ■■put  out  their  name  for  ever 
and  ever. 

(">  l>  O  thou  enemy,  destructions  arc 
come  to  a  perpetual  end:  and  thou 
hast  destro:  cd  cities;  their  memorial 
is  ]ierisbed  with  them. 

7  d  Hut  the  Lord  shall  endure  for 
ever:  he  hath  prepared  his  tlironc 
forjudgment. 


r,,l,uou.- 
Cut.  (1.  11, 


David  complaincth  to  God 


PSALMS. 


of  the  outrage  of  the  tacked. 


8  And  'lie  Bliall  juUkc  the  world  in 
rishtcousnefs,  he  shall  ministerjudg- 
nicnt  to  the  people  in  upri;;htnc.'ie. 

',)  1  The  1.0I{1>  nlso  will  he  j  a  refujie 
for  the  oppressed,  ii  refuse  in  times 
of  trouble. 

10  And  they  that  Eknow  thy  name 
will  put  tlieir  trust  in  tliee:  (or  thou, 
Loni),  hast  not  torsakeu  them  that 
seek  thee. 

11  Sins  praises  to  the  Lord,  which 
dwclieth  in  Zion  :  h  declare  amonj; 
the  people  his  doings- 

12  i  \Yhcn  he  niaktth  inquisition  for 
blood,  he  rcmcnibcreth  them  :  he  for- 
pettcth  not  the  cry  of  the  ||  humble. 

l.'J  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  J.wiil); 
consider  my  trouble  vhtch  t  sitftcr 
ot  them  that  hate  me,  thou  that  lift- 
est  me  up  from  the  (rates  ot  death: 

H  That  I  may  shew  forth  all  thy 
praise  in  the  pates  of  the  dau;jhter  of 
Zion :  1  will  I.  rejoice  in  thy  salvation. 

15  I  The  heathen  are  sunk  down  in 
the  pit  tlint  they  made:  in  the  net 
which  they  hid  is  their  own  foot  taken . 

Hi  The  'lyfiitn  is  "known  bij  the 
.indj^mcnt  vlnch  he  cxecuteth:  the 
wicked  is  siuired  in  the  work  of  his 
own  hands.     ||  "  Jlipsaion.     Selah. 

17  The  wicked  shall  he  turned  into 
sTi  .rj,  11. 4     hell,  ««<;  all  the  nations  "  that  <orj;et 

God. 

18  f  For  the  needy  shall  not  always 
be  forgotten :  1  the  expectation  of  the 
poor  shall  not  perish  for  ever. 

I'.i  .Arise,  O  l.,oi:n;  let  not  man  pre- 
vail: h't  the  heathen  bo  jud^^ed  in 
thv  sisht. 

ai  I'ut  them  in  fear,  O  I-oi!i>:  tlitil 
the  natimis  may  know  thinijclves  to 
be  but  men.     Selah. 

PSALJI  X. 

1  Danid  complaincth  to  God  of  the  outrage 
ef  the  icickfd.  I'J  lie  praycth  for  remedy. 
10  //,.•  lyrofcsacth  hit  confidence. 

"1'\7'I1Y  sfiindest  thou  afar  off,   O 
1»      ],0K0?   vini  hidest  thou  lh>j- 
.'o/rMn  times  of  trouble? 

2  tThc  wicked  in  hi.':  pride  doth 
persecute  ti\c  poor:  "let  theni  he 
taken  in  the  devices  that  they  have 
imasined. 

3  For  the  wicked  I'boastcth  of  his 
i  heart's  desire,  and  "^  |l  blesseth  the 
covetous,  v:IiO)ii  the  IjORI)  abhorreth. 

4  The  wicked,  through  the  pride 
of  his  countenance,  <l  will  not  seek 
after  (Ind:  ||  God  t's  not  in  all  his 
■^thouRhts. 

5  His  ways  are  always  Rrievoiis  ; 
f  thy  judgments  are  tiir  above  out  of 
his  si);ht:  an  for  iM.  his  enemies,  'lie 
puft'cth  at  them. 

6  li  lie  hath  said  in  his  heart,  I  shall 
not  be  moved:  ifor /js7ifi/niiever6'' 
in  adversity. 

7  t  Ilia  mouth  is  full  of  enrsin;:  and 
I  deceit  and  fraud:  Uinder  his  tongue 
IS  mischief"  and  II  vanity. 

i  sVa.  12  6  hr.  30  (!  r,cc  S  11  It  m  n  iK«i. 
Heh  tMlfo9«nn.o(ir>„a„i/;7>nr<-nfl(»,.  K  Rom.  J  IL  t  Bcb. 
lJol.20. 12.    iiir>.  U2     ) Or.  initui'y. 

31 


U  1 
Pro 

7.  IB.  4 
S.  IB. 
T.  5.  13. 

.P. 

94.4. 

tn. 

1..  tool',. 

cPr 

OT.  2S.  4. 
ra.  1.  32. 

.S  Uc  sittcth  in  the  lurkinj;  places  of 
the  vdla;;es:  "in  the  secret  places 
doth  he  murder  the  innocent:  "his 
eyes  t  are  privily  set  a);ainst  the  poor. 

II  I'llc  lieth  ill  wait  (secretly  as  a 
lion  in  his  den:  he  lieth  in  wait  to 
catch  the  poor:  lie  doth  catch  the 
poor,  when  he  draweth  liini  iuto  his 
net. 

lU  )  He  cronchcth,  and  humbleth 
himself,  that  the  poor  may  tiill  ||  by 
his  fttronj;  ones. 

11  He  hath  said  in  his  heart,  God 
hath  forgotten:  'Mie  hidcth  his  face 
he  will  never  see  i^. 

12  Arise,  O  LoRn;  O  God,  Mift  up 
thine  hand:  Ibrjiet  not  the  ||  humble. 

13  Wherefore  doth  the  wicked  con- 
tonin  God?  he  hath  said  in  his  heart, 
Thou  wilt  not  requlic  it. 

14  'I'hou  hast  seen  tt :  for  thou  be- 
lioldcst  mischief  and  spite,  to  requite 
It  with  thv  hand:  the  poor  f 'com- 
mitteth  himself  unto  thee;  'thou  art 
the  heliier  of  the  f:itherless. 

1.5"  Break  thou  the  arm  of  the  wick- 
ed and  the  evil  titati :  seek  out  his 
wickedness  fill  thou  find  none. 

1(J  '^  The  l.ORP  1.5  Kinp;  for  ever  !ind 
ever:  the  heathen  me  ix-rished  out 
of  his  land. 

17  l,ORl>,  thou  hast  heard  the  desire 
of  tlie  humble:  thou  wilt  ||  5  iirepare 
their  heart,  thou  wilt  cause  thine  ( 
to  hear: 

15  To  'judp;c  tha  fatherless  .and  the 
oppressed,  that  the  man  ot  the  earth 
may  no  more  |)  opjiress. 

PSALM  XL 

1  David     encuurageth     himnflf    in     Ood 
ayainst  his  enemies.    4   '£ltc  providence 
ami  justice  of  Uod. 
To  Ibc  chief  Musiciin,  A  Psalm  of  Darii 

"TN  the  Lord  put  I  mv  trust:  iihow 
Jl  say  ye  to  my  soul,  Flee  a.t  a  bird 

to  your  mountain  ? 

2  For,  lo,  "^the  wicked  bend  tlici, 
bow,  it  they  make  ready  their  arrow 
upon  the  strinir,  that  they  may 
t  privily  shoot  at  the  nprijiht  in  heart. 

3  "If  the  foundations  be  destroyed, 
what  can  the  riRbteous  do? 

4  f  The  liORD  IS  in  his  lioly  temple, 
the  Lord's  fthronc  is  in  heaven: 
li  his  eyes  behold,  his  eyelids  try,  the 
children  of  men. 

a  The  Lord  i  tricth  the  rishteons 
but  the  wicked  and  him  that  loveth 
violence  his  soul  hateth. 
(!  tUpon  the  wicked  he  shall  rain 
II  snares,  f. re  and  brimstone,  and  II  a 
horrible  tempest:  U/iis  sliall  be  the 
portion  of  their  cup. 
[  7  For  the  rij;'nteous  Lord  "loveth 
'riirhteonsness ;  "hia  countenance 
Idoth  behold  the  upricht. 

in?  lm,..il.     I  &•  Cen.  43.  34.     I  Rixn.  I    4    4  9   a.     P. 
m  Fa  45.  T.  4  llG- S.     njbbu;.  7.     Pa.  5J.  18.  4  21.  15.    I  Pal 

I'SALSI  XIL 

1  Pavid.  destitute  of  human  comfort,  cral>. 
cthlwlp  of  God.    Zlle  comforteth  him- 
self with  God's  judumenlson  the  uieked. 
and  confidence  in  OoU's  tried  vromieea. 
481 


David  craveth  he!p  of  God. 


PSALMS. 


77«  dfucribeth  a  citizen  of  Zion. 


b  r..  10. 7. 
cr«.  23.  3.  & 
6i.  4. 


fr..  IH.  7.  * 


,.  6.  11. 

'■3. 10. 


IITTELP,   I'ORD;^  f'r 


tie  oUiuf  Musician  l>  ^  upun  bbcuiinith,  A 
Pailoi  of  I>i 

tlie  ^"'iiy 
nianccasclli;  furthe  fiiillilcil fail 
from  nnioiif;  t'lc-  chilclrun  of  nun. 

a  l>'I'lu-y  spciik  vanitv  evcr.v  nnc 
with  his  nci-lilxinr:  '»•''/»  tiattoriiiii; 
li|w  riiid  with  I  a  double  liuuit  do 
th.'v  sficnk. 

.•i  I'he  I.oun  Plmll  cnt  off  all  flittir- 
ins  lip'', '('"'  the  ton>,'m;  that  speuk- 
tth  ■!)  proud  thinss: 

4  Wlio  have  said,  With  our  tnn^ne 
will  we  prevail;  our  lips  (ace  our 
own:  wlio  in  lord  over  us? 

.5  For  the  oppression  of  the  poor,  for 
the  si^hin^  of  tlie  iiecdv,  "now  will 
I  iirise,  saith  the  l.oiii>;    I  will  set   , 
him  in  safety  from  him  that  ||  1  putt-  |fl 
cth  at  hiiu. 

(i  The  words  of  the  I>onD  nrr  impure 
words:  (i<  silver  tried  in  a  furiiaee  of 
e.uth,  piirilied  seven  times. 

T  Thou  s!i:dt  keep  them,  O  Lord, 
thou  sloilt  (.reserve  t  them  from  this 
generation  for  ever. 

8  Tlie  wicked  walk  on  every  side, 
when  f  tlie  vilest  men  a.c  exalted. 


.0/1 


rS.\LM  XIII. 

mplnincth  of  llrliy  ■ 


../,, 


»(/.(,/ rfit.i 
3  "cbicfMu 


,  A  PsilTnotDa 


HOW  long  wilt  thou  forget  me,  O 
1^0  n  n  y  for  ever?  "Iiow  long 
wilt  thou  hide  thv  face  from  me? 

2  How  long  shall  1  tike  counsel  in 
mv  soul,  hnring  sorrow  in  my  heart 
dailv?  how  long  shall  mine  enemy 
he  exalted  over  me? 

.3  Consider  nml  hear  me,  O  Lonn 
mv  God:  !■  lighten  mine  eyes,  '^lest 
I  lileij)  the  .s/ee/j  or' death; 

4  'I  Lest  mine  enemy  Bay,  I  have 
prevailed  against  him  ;  ami  those 
th:it  trouble  me  rejoice  when  I  am 
iiiove.l. 

5  But  I  have  "  trusted  in  thy  mercy; 
my  heart  bhall  rejoice  ia  tliy  salvii- 
tion. 

G  I  will  sing  unto  the  l.,or!n,  hccnnse 
ho  hatli  'dealt  bountifully  with  me. 

PS.VLM  XIV. 
1  Dmid  dcteribeth   the    corruption    of  n 
natural  man.    4  lie  convincath  the  wick- 
Oil  l>y  the  liyh;  of  their  contcience.     7  lie 
gloritth  </l  the  tLtlvatioil  of  Uod. 
To  Iho  chief  Musician,  A  rsabn  of  Davi.1. 
''l^lIK'fool  hath  said  in  his  heart, 
1     7'//c/-c  1.5  no   God.      bTliey   arc 
corrupt,  they  have  done  abominable 
works,  lliere  is  none  that  doeth  good, 
li  "^The   liOiiD   looked   down   from 
heaven  upon  tlie  cliildren  of  men,  to 
sc'c  if  there  were  any  that  did  uuder- 
st:iiiil.  a»'/seek  God. 
;!  •!  Thev  are  all  gone  aside,  tliev  are 
all  together   become   flilthy:    thrrc 
is   iioiio    that  doeth    good,   Jio,   not 
one. 

4  Have  nil  the  workers  of  iniquity 
482 


no  knowledge?  who  ''cat  up  mv  peo- 
ple IIS  tliev  eat  bread,  and  'call  not 
upon  the  Loud. 

5  There  t  were  they  in  great  fear: 
for  God  is  iu  the  generation  of  the 
righteous. 

<j  Ye  have  shamed  the  counsel  of 
the  poor,  because  the  Lokd  is  his 
o  refuge. 

7  1 1>  Oil  that  the  salvation  of  Israel 
vorr  mine  out  of  Zion!  i  when  the 
],MH!>  bringeth  back  the  captivity  of 
his  p»*o)ilc,  .J:tcob  shall  rejoice,  and 
Israel  uhali  be  glud. 


PSALM  XV. 

David  deecriUtIi  11  ciiiicn  of  Zion. 
A  Psalm  of  DaTid. 

ORD,  "who  shall  1  abide  in  thy 
J  tabernacle?  who  shall  dwell  iu 
hthy  holy  hill? 

2  "^  He  that  walketh  uprightly,  and 
worketh  righteousness,  and  <l  spcak- 
cth  the  truth  in  his  heart. 

;i  " Ik  Ihiit  backhiteth  not  with  his 
tongue,  nor  d(jeth  evil  to  his  neigh- 
bour, I  nor  II  taketh  up  a  reproach 
against  his  neighbour. 

4  ''  In  whose  e.ves  a  vile  person  is 
contemned;  but  he  lionoureth  them 
that  fear  the  Lord.  7/c  Ihiit  1'  swear- 
cth  to  his  own  hurt,  and  changcth 
not. 

5  >  //e  that  putteth  not  out  his 
money  to  usury,  l-nor  taketh  re- 
ward against  tlie  innocent.  He  that 
doeth  these  things  I  shall  never  be 
moved.  I 

^  PSALM  XVL 
1  Pavid,  in  diatruiit  of  merits,  and  hatred 
ofiUolatri/,  fteeth  to  Uod  for  yreterva- 
(ion.  fi  //«  tlieieeth  the  ho/io  of  *i«  cnll- 
i'lir.  of  the  rmurrectionj  and  life  ever, 
tautiiiff. 

"  •  Michtam  of  I>ovi<l. 

PRFSEUVE  me,  O  God:  "for  in 
thee  do  I  put  mv  trust. 

2  O  mil  .mill,  thou  hast  said  unto  the 
Loiti),  Thou  ml  mv  Lord:  bmy 
goodness  v.rtcii'lrlh  not  to  thee; 

3  /;«<  to  the  saints  that  are  in  the 
earth,  and  to  the  excellent,  in  whom 
i.«  all  my  delight. 

4  Their  sorrows  shall  he  mnltiplied 
that  II  liasten  orte/- another  (/()(/.•  their 
drink  offerings  of  blood  will  I  not 
offer, '  nor  take  up  their  names  into 
my  lips. 

5  I  The  I.onn  is  the  portion  1  of 
mine  inheritance  and  'of  my  cup; 
thou  maintaincst  my  lot. 

(1  The  lines  are  fallen  unto  me  in 
pleasant  places;  yea,  1  have  a  good- 
ly heritage. 

V  I  will  bless  the  Lonn,  who  hath 
given  me  counsel  :  '  my  reins  also 
instruct  me  in  the  niglit  seasons. 

H  K  I  have  set  the  Lokd  always  be- 
fore me:  because  I' Ac  t.<  at  my  right 
hand,  i  I  shall  not  be  moved. 

;t  Therefore  mv  heart  is  glad,  land 
mv  (.dory  rejoiccth :  my  flesh  also 
ih'all  I  rest  iu'  hope. 


David  prayefA  for  help. 


PSALMS. 


Ill's  psahn,  of  thankfirfivinff. 


>  r..  IB. ;. 

b.I"^73.  in. 
r.  V,  ■!  K 
ns  111* ij;i.2. 


I  31  IS. 
■i.  27. 
I.  7.  i 


klS«rail01. 
IPi.  IOS.0.10. 
t  llcb.  n. 


10  I  For  tliou  wilt  not  leave  "'my 
soul  in  liell  ;  neither  wilt  thou  But- 
ter thiuc  Holy  One  to  eec  corrup- 
tion. 

11  Thou  wilt  Bhew  mc  the  "  path  of 
life:  "in  thy  prtsenee  i.t  fuliietia  of 
.joy J  I' at  thy  rijflit  hand  l/icie  arc 
pleasures  lur  evermore. 

PSALM  XVII. 

1  T>avi,l,  in  eonflJcnec  of  Ida  integriti/. 
eravcth  ilefcnce  of  Vod  again:tt  liiit  enc 
miea.  10  jie  shcwelh  thtir  pride,  erffi, 
and  ct^i/erii€»B.  l.i  Hi  prayetk  iigainat 
tUeiH  in  confidence  of  liis  hvpe, 
A  Prayer  of  David. 

HE.\R  I  the  right,  O  l.ORn,  attend 
unto  my  cry;  fjive  ear  unto  my 
prayer,  that  yoetk  f  not  out  of  leij^ned 
lips. 

2  Let  my  sentence  come  forth  from 
thy  presence;  let  thine  eyes  behold 
the  tliin;;s  that  are  equal. 

.1  Thou  luist  proved  mine  Iicart ; 
"thou  hast  visited  tiic  in  the  niirht: 
lithou  hast  tried  me,  ««</  slialt  find 
niithins :  I  am  purposed  tliul  my 
mouth  shall  not  transgress. 

4  Concerning  the  works  of  men, 
hy  the  word  of  thy  lips  I  l\a\o 
kept  me  from  the  piths  of  the  de- 
stroyer. 

.">  ''"llold  up  my  goings  in  thy  paths, 
lluit  my  footsteps  tslip  not. 

0  <f  I  have  called  upon  thee,  for 
thou  wilt  he.ir  me,  O  God:  incline 
thine  car  unto  mc,  aiul  hear  my 
speech. 

7  "^  Shew  thv  marvellous  loving- 
kindness,  O  "thou  llthnt  savest  hv 
thy  ri-ht  liand  them  which  put  their 
ti'ust  in  tint'  from  tliosc  tliat  rise  up 


WJII 


.<l  th' 


8  f  Keep  me  as  the  .ipplc  of  the  e.ve; 
5  hide  mo  under  the  shadow  of  thy 
wings, 

0  From  the  wicked  J  that  oppress 
m^.  from  \  m.v  deadly  enemies,  wlio 
compass  me  about. 

ID  li  Tliey  are  inclosed  in  their  own 
fat:  witli  their  mouth  they  i speak 
l)roudly. 

11  They  have  now  I.  compassed  us 
in  our  steps:  I  they  have  set  their 
eyes  bowing  down  to  the  earth; 

12  f  Like  as  a  lion  that  is  greedy  of 
his  prey,  and  as  it  were  ayounijlion 
t  Ini'king  in  secret  places. 

1"!  Arise,  O  Loud,  t  disappoint  him, 
cast  him  down  :  deliver  my  soul 
from  the  wicked,  '"  (j  tvhich  is  thy 
sword: 

14  I!  From  men  whic?i  arc  thy  hand, 
O  Lonn,  from  men  of  the  world, 
^^  which  hnre  their  portion  in  thi^ 
life,  and  whose  belly  tliou  fillest 
wifli  thy  hid  trcnstirc  :  ||  they  are  full 
of  children,  and  leave  the  rest  of 
their  suhstance  to  tliuir  babes. 

1.5  As  for  me,  "I  will  behold  thy 
f:icc  in  righteousness:  I*!  shall  be 
satisfied,  whcu  I  awuke,  with  thy 
likeness. 


PSALM  XA'III. 

Daviii  praieeth  Hod  for  liit  manifold  and 
marvelloua  Ueaiinut. 

To  llio  chief  Musician.  A  Ptnlm  of  DavW, 
*ttie  serTint  of  tl  0  LoKD,  wbo  spako  UDlu 
the  LoKL)  tlio  words  of  *  tbia  song  in  tic 
day  lltrtt  Uie  Loud  delivered  him  from  ll.e 


I  "WILL  love  thee,  O  Lor.D,  my 
strength. 

2  The  Lord  i.«  my  rock,  and  my 
fortress,  and  my  deliverer;  my  Go(I, 
f  my  strength,  bin  whom  I  will  trust: 
my  buckler,  and  the  horn  of  my  sal- 
vation, atifl  my  high  tower. 

S  I  will  call  upon  the  Lonn, '(r/io 
i.t  irorthj/  to  lie  praised:  so  shall  1  be 
saved  from  mine  enemies. 

4  d  The  sorrows  of  death  compassed 
me,  and  the  floods  of  |  ungodly  men 
made  mc  afraid. 

5  The  II  sorrows  of  hell  compassed 
me  alxnit:  the  Enarcs  of  deatli  pre- 
vente<l  mc. 

(J  In  my  distress  I  called  upon  the 
Lord,  and  cried  unto  my  (iod:  he 
heard  my  voice  out  of  his  trmiile, 
and  my  cry  came  before  him,  cioi 
into  his  ears. 

7  *■  Then  the  earth  shook  and  trem- 
bled; the  foundations  al.so  of  the  hills 
moved  and  were  shaken,  because  he 
was  wroth. 

S  There  went  up  a  fJnioke  font  of 
his  nostrils,  and  fire  out  of  his  mouth 
devoured:  coals  were  kindled  b.v  it. 

U  file  bowed  the  heavens  also,  ami 
came  down:  and  darkness  u'us  under 
Jiis  feet. 

10  i-'Aud  he  rode  upon  a  cherub, 
and  did  tly:  yea,  hlic  did  fly  upon 
the  wings  I'f  tne  wind. 

11  lie  made  darkness  his  secret 
place;  i  his  pavilion  round  about  him 
I'r'/c  dark  waters  and  thick  clouds 
of  the  skies. 

12  k  At  the  brightness  thnt  irn<!  be- 
fore him  Ills  thick  clouds  passed,  hail 
stonr.i  and  coals  of  fire. 

1.'!  The  I-OKD  also  thundered  in  the 
heavens,  and  the  Highest  pave  'his 
voice;  hail  .^foiics  and  coals  of  fire. 

14  '"Yea,  he  sent  out  hi.s  arrows, 
an<l  scattered  them:  and  he  shot  out 
lightnings,  and  discomfited  them. 

15  "  Then  the  channels  of  waters 
were  seen,  and  the  foundations  of 
the  world  were  discovered  at  thy 
rebuke,  O  Lor.n,  at  the  blast  of  the 
breath  of  t!iy  nostrils. 

HI "  lie  sent  from  above,  he  took  me, 
he  drew  nie  out  <>f  jj  man^'  waters. 

1"  lie  delivered  me  from  m.v  strong 
enemy,  and  from  them  which  hated 
me:  for  the}'  were  tof>  sfi-oni^  for  mc. 

IS  They  pr'cvcnted  mc  in  the  day  of 
my  calamuy :  but  the  Lord  was  my 
stay. 

Up  I'  lie  brought  mc  forth  also  into  n 
large  pbuM';  he  delivered  mc,  because 
he  delighted  in  me. 

20  iThc  Loud  rcw.^rdcd  me  ac- 
483 


David  praiscth  God. 


PSALMS.  God's  irorhs  proclaim  his  glory. 


.I.'.'.7. 1).  h 
12 
..    1  2S. 

1.  ir.. 
11  11. <i 


cordin^r  tomyrishtcousnrssi  nccDnl- 
iiiK  t^  t'>c  cleanness  of  my  handa  hath 
he  reconipenricd  me. 

•Jl  Fur  I  have  kept  the  wava  nf  the 
I.'ii:i>,  mid  have  not  wiclicdly  dc- 
liiirted  fVcini  my  God. 

■11  For  all  his  judgments  were  he- 
fore  mi',  and  1  did  not  put  away  his 
i-t;i(iiti-s  from  me. 

■l\  I  was  also  upright  f  hcforc  him, 
and  1  kept  myself  from  mine  lu- 
i<iuity. 

L't  'Therefore  hath  the  Lord  rec- 
ompensed me  according  to  ni}'  right- 
et>usness.  according  to  the  cleanness 
of  mv  hands  I  in  his  eyesight. 

•ri  "With  the  merciful  thou  wilt 
shew  thyself  merciful;  with  an  up- 
right man  thou  wilt  shew  thyself  uj)- 
riglit; 

•Ji:  With  the  pure  thou  wilt  shew 
thyself  pure;  and  "with  the  froward 
thou  wilt  ['  shew  thyself  froward. 

•J.~  Tor  thou  wilt  save  the  afflicted 
peoiile;  but  wilt  bring  down  "liigh 
looks. 

ffl  "  For  thou  wilt  light  my  !l  candle: 
the  LoKD  my  God  will  enlighten  my 
darkness. 

:,",)  For  by  thee  I  have  ||  run  through 
a  troop;  and  by  my  God  have  1  leaped 
over  a  wall. 

,10  As  for  God,  >'hi3  way  i.i  perfect: 
'  the  word  of  the  1/0|;d  is  |i  tried:  he 
ts  a  buckler  "  to  all  those  that  trust  in 
him. 

;tl  h  For  who  i-1  God  save  the  Lord? 
or  who  (.«  a  rock  save  our  Godl-* 

.•ii  //  IS  God  th:it  '■girdeth  me  with 
strength.aiulmaketlimy  way  perfect. 

.T!  illle  makcth  my  feet  like  hinds' 
feet,  and  'scttcth  me  upon  my  high 
places. 

!M  flic  teachoth  my  hands  to  \var, 
so  that  a  how  of  steel  ia  broken  by 
mine  arms. 

.")  Thou  hast  also  given  mo  the 
shield  of  thy  salvation:  and  thy  right 
hand  hnth'hnlden  me  up,  and  ||  thy 
gciitleiu'sa  liatli  made  me  gre;it. 

.'Hi  Thou  hast  enlarged  my  steps  un- 
der me,  1^  that  t  my  teet  diil  not  slip. 

;!"  1  have  pursued  mine  enemies, 
and  overtaken  them:  neither  did  I 
turn  again  till  they  were  consumed. 

.'W  I  have  wounded  them  that  they 
were  not  able  to  rise:  they  arc  fallen 
under  my  feet. 

,'!'J  For  thou  hast  girded  mc  with 
strength  unto  the  battle:  thou  hast 
f  subdued  under  me  those  thiit  rose 
up  against  me. 

41)  Thi>u  hast  also  given  me  the 
necks  of  mine  enemies;  that  1  might 
destrov  them  Unit  hate  me. 

41  They  cried,  lint  llfrc  iciis-  none 
to  save //i<'i/( ;  iinv«  unto  the  LoifP, 
but  he  iinswered  them  not. 

42  Then  did  I  heat  them  small  as 
the  dust  before  the  wind:  I  diil  "cast 
them  out  as  the  ilirt  in  the  streets. 

4.'1  t' Thou  hast  deli\'ered  mc  from 
the   litrivings   of   the   people ;    and 
484 


1  thou  hast  made  me  the  head  of  the 
heathen  :  "'  a  iieople  whom  I  have 
njt  known  .shall  serve  inc. 

44  )  As  soon  as  they  hear  of  mc, 
thc.v  shall  obey  m«:  fthe  strangers 
°  shall  i|  t  submit  themselves  unto  inc. 

4)  "The  strangers  shall  fade  aw:iy, 
and  be  afraid  out  of  their  close  places. 

40  The  Lord  liveth;  and  blessed 
/«  my  Kock;  and  let  the  God  of  my 
salvation  be  exalted. 

47  It  is  God  that  f  avcngcth  mc, 
I'  and  II  subdueth  the  people  under 
mc. 

4.S  He  delivereth  me  from  mine- 
enemies:  yea,  i  thou  liftest  mc  up 
above  those  that  rise  up  against  me: 
;  thou  hast  delivered  me  from  the 
f  violent  man. 

4'.l  ''Thcref.ire  will  I  llgive  thanks 
unto  thee,  O  Loi;ii,  among  the  liea- 
then,  and  sing  praises  unto  thy 
name. 

,'il)  ^  Great  deliverance  glveth  he  to 
his  king:  and  sheweth  mercy  to  his 
anointed,  to  David,  and  to  his  seed 
'for  evermore. 

I'.SALM  XIX. 

I  The  enatur^a  tliew  Ood't  glorii.  7  77ie 
iV'ir<l  /lie  pntce.  12  Ltavid  pniyelh  far 
grace. 

To  tbo  cliicf  Musician,  A  Psilm  of  PaTiJ. 

THE  ^heavens  declare  the  glory  of 
God;   and  the  firmament  shew- 
eth his  handywork. 

2  Day  unto  day  uttereth  speech, 
and  night  unto  night  sheweth  knowl- 
edge. 

3  There  is  no  speech  nor  language, 

II  t  where  their  voice  is  not  heard. 

4  I'll  Their  line  is  gone  out  through 
all  the  earth,  and  their  words  to  the 
end  of  the  world.  In  them  hath  he 
set  a  tabernacle  for  the  sun, 

5  Which  (.s-  as  a  bridegroom  coming 
out  of  his  chamber,  '^ and  rejoiceth 
as  a  strong  man  to  run  a  race. 

(1  Ilis  going  forth  is  from  the  end  of 
the  heaven,  and  his  circuit  unto  the 
ends  of  it:  and  there  is  nothing  hid 
from  the  heat  thereof. 

7  ilThe  II  law  of  the  Loud  is  perfect, 
II  converting  the  soul:  the  tcstimiiny 
of  the  I..oitD  is  sure,  nutking  wise 
the  simple. 

8  The  statutes  of  the  Lord  are 
right,  rejoicing  the  heart:  "'the  com- 
mandment of  the  Lord  is  pure,  fen- 
lightening  the  eyes. 

!l  The  fiar  of"thc  Lord  i.«  clean, 
endtiiing  for  ever:  the  judgments  of 
the  LoKii  cue  (true  und  righteou* 
altogether. 

10  ^lore  to  he  desired  ore  the;/  than 
gold,  f^  yea,  than  much  line  gold: 
KsweeteV  also  than  honey  and  I  the 
hoiii'vcomb. 

1 1  iSToreover  by  them  is  thy  servant 
warned:  and  iin  keeping" of  tliem 
Ihrrr  is  great  reward. 

1-  1.  Who  can  understand //is  errors? 
'leleanse  Ihou  inefrom  "'sccret7«"?^«. 
I  Ji!   "  Keep    back    thy    servant   also 


The  elnircli's  confidence  in  God.  PSALMS. 


David  complainelh  in  distress. 


>ri  119  iita/ 


•  ProT 

15.10 

rn.ii 

««t 

k.^h  iJau. 

>»» 

k^p. 

,1  Ki 

1  H.K 

!■•  ; 

.17. 

dPa  9   11. 
•  E.    r.    13 

I'.    frO    4, 
f  P..  2.  2. 


•u,  12.2. 

..  TJ.  17 
r.  IC.  11.  & 


k  Pj.  S6.  1, : 

1  Pa.  18.  S. 
ii.  Mi.  11. 


Ciom  prcsumptiioiia  .«('«,<,•  "let  tlicm 
not  have  doiiiiiiion  (ivcr  me:  tlieii 
shall  I  be  u|)iip;lit,  uiid  I  sliiill  ho  iii- 
noeeiittVoni  ||the;;re:it  tiuiiy';'"'^-'!"". 

U  i'I,et  the  Wdids  of  my  i.jouth, 
and  the  meditation  of  niylieart,  he 
aeeeptahlo  in  thy  si'ilit.  O  J,oi;i>, 
t  my  Btreujjth,  and  my  'i  icdeeincr. 

rS.VLM  XX. 
1   The  church  UcsstlU  tlic  king  in  hit  ex- 
ploil3.    ;  llci-  canjitleiice  i»  GoJ'n  sue- 
To  tl.f  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 
''I^'IIE  l.oiM)  hear  thee  in  the  day 

L  of  trouble;  "the  name  of  the 
God  of  Jacob  I  defend  tliee; 

'2  Send  j  thee  help  trom  hthc  sanc- 
tuary, and  I  Btrenj^thcn  thee  out  of 
Zion; 

3  llemembcr  all  thy  offerings,  and 
1  aecept  thy  burnt  taeritiee;  Selah. 

4  *^  Grant  thee  aeeordiiiK  to  thine 
own  heart,  and  fulfil  all  tliy  eounsel. 

.5  We  will  J  rejoiee  in  thy  salvation, 
and  ''in  the  name  of  our  God  we 
will  set  up  our  banners:  the  l,oiiu 
fulfil  all  thy  petitions. 

(i  Now  kiiow  I  that  the  l^oiiD  nav- 
eth  I  his  anointed;  he  will  hear  him 
t  from  his  holy  heaven  I  with  the 
savinp  strength  of  his  ri^ht  hand. 

7  "  Some  ti-ust  in  chariots,  and  some 
in  horses:  t' but  we  will  remember 
the  name  of  the  I.iii;i>  our  (iod. 

5  They  are  brou-ht  down  :ind  (all- 
en:  but  wc  are  risen,  and  stand  up- 
right. 

1)  Save,  Lord:  let  the  kin;j  hear  us 
when  we  call. 

PS.\LM  XXL 

I  A    lliantayivin^    for   VKturu.      1   Confi- 
dence of  further  racccta. 
To  the  chief  Musician.  .\  Psalm  ofDaiid. 

^''11E  kinp;  shall  joy  in  thy  strength, 
O  Li)i:i>;  and  "in  thy  salvation 
how  jireatlv  shall  he  rejoice! 

'^  '►Thou  hast  jriveu  him  his  heart's 
desire,  and  hast  not  withholden  the 
request  of  his  lips.     Selah. 

I'i  For  thou  preventcst  him  with  the 
blessin{;s  of  j^oodness  :  thou  *"  settest 
a  crown  of  pure  gold  on  his  head. 

4  •!  He  atked  life  of  thee,  ami  thou 
gjivest  It  him,  *" ereu  length  of  days 
fi)r  ever  and  ever. 

f)  His  glory  is  great  In  thy  salvation : 
honour  and  majesty  liast  thou  laid 
upon  him. 

(!  For  thou  hast  i  made  him  most 
blessed  tor  ever:  Uhou  hast  t  niade 
him  exceeding  glad  with  thy  coun- 
tenance. 

7  For  the  king  trusteth  in  the  Ldud, 
and  through  the  mercv  of  the  Most 
High  he  «  shall  not  be  nmved. 

.S  Thine  hand  shall  lifind  out  all 
thine  enemies:  thv  right  bond  shall 
find  out  those  that'luite  Ibec. 

y  1  Thou  shalt  make  them  us  a  fiery 
oven  in  the  time  of  thine  anger:  the 
Loun  shall  k  swallow  them  up  in 
his  wrath,  land  the  lire  shall  devour 
tliem.  I 


10  "'Their  fruit  shalt  thou  destroy 
from  the  earth,  and  their  seed  from 
among  the  children  of  men. 

11  For  they  intended  evil  against 
thee:  they  "imagined  a  mischievous 
device,  iv/iiv/i  they  arc  not  able  In 
IH-,l„rm. 

12  Therefore  ||shalt  thou  make  them 
turn  their  I  back,  w7ie«  thou  shalt 
make  ready  llnue  nrrovA  upon  thy 
strings  against  the  face  of  them. 

ri  He  thou  exalted,  Loito,  in  thine 
own  strength:  40  will  wc  sing  and 
praise  thy  power. 

I'SALM  XXIL 

1  David  compUtinetli  in  yreat  ditcourage- 

vient.     9  He  pruyetk  in  great  utietreaa. 

33  Uc  praiatlli  6'orf. 

To   the  chief  Musician  upon    ".\ijcleth  Sha- 

har.  -K  Psalm  of  UaviJ. 

iod,  wh 

't  III. 

I  from  helping  mc,  ami  fioiu  hfhe 
words  of  my  roaring? 

•J  O  my  God,  I  cry  in  the  da,vtime, 
but  thou  hearest  not ;  and  in  the 
night  scison,  and  )  am  not  silent. 

;(  Hut  thou  art  holy,  O  thuii  that 
inhabitest  the  ^  praises  of  Israel. 

4  Our  fathers  trusted  in  thee:  they 
trusted,  and  thou  didst  deliver 
them. 

.')  Thev  cried  unto  thee,  and  were 
delivered:  .1  they  trusted  in  thee,  and 
were  nut  confounded. 

(t  Uut  I  am  "^  a  worm,  and  110 
man;  fa  reproach  of  men,  and  dc- 
sjiised  of  the  people. 

/  'All  they  that  sec  me  lani;h  mc 
to  scorn  :  they  I  shoot  out  tlic  lip, 
I'  they  shake  the  head,  sai/iiiij- 

H  >  t  lie  trusted  on  the  Loun  Ifint 
he  would  deliver  him:  ^  let  him  de- 
liver him,  II  seeing  he  delighted  in 
him. 

'.(  I  But  thou  art  he  that  took  me 
out  of  the  womb:  thou  !|did.«t  make 
mc  ho|>c  vitcn  J  teas  upon  my  moth- 
er's breast.s. 

lU  I  was  cast  upon  thee  from  the 
womb:  "'  thou  art  my  God  from  my 
mother's  belly. 

11  lie  not  far  from  me;  for  trouble  1.1 
near;  tor  lliere  i,«  |  none  to  help. 

lli  "Many  bulls  have  compassed 
me:  strong  htilh  of  Bashan  have  be- 
set me  round. 

I'i  "They  t gaped  upon  mc  iril/i 
their  mouths,  «j(  a  ravening  and  u 
roaring  lion. 

14  I  am  poured  out  like  water, 
I* ami    all    mv    bones    are    ||out    of 

joint:  'hnv  heuit  is  like  wa.x:  it  is 
incited  in  the  mid.-t  of  mv  bowels. 

l.i  '.My  stnngth  i^  ih  led  up  like  a 
potsherd;  and  'my  ti^ngue  eleaveth 
to  mv  juws;  anil  thou  hast  brought 
me  into  the  dust  of  death. 

Iti  For  I  dogs  have  compassed  me: 
the  a.'.sembly  of  the  wicked  have  iii- 
clo.<eii  me:  "they  pierced  my  hands 
and  my  feet. 


■  U;>tl.  27.  :U.    Muk  13.  21.    I.uka 


>  19.  £1.  37.  li  '.ill.  25. 


David's  trust  in  GocCs  providence.      PSALMS.         Gods  sovereignty  over  the  loorld. 


1-1..1.2.  II). 
•  r..  87.  6. 


Ki  31.11.12. 


17  1  may  tell  all  my  hones:  *they 
look  timt  stare  upon  ine. 

IS  >  They  part  my  ;;armenta  amon;^ 
tlicin,  ancl  cast  lots  upon  my  vcBt- 
11  re. 

I'.l  Hut  "lie  not  thou  far  from  me, 
O  I.Dici):  O  my  streii-th,  liaste  thee 
to  help  inc. 

'_1I  Deliver  my  soul  from  tho  sword; 
"  t  mv  darlinj;  t  from  the  power  of  the 
lidos". 

21  "^  Save  me  from  the  lion's  mouth: 
"ttbr  thou  liast  licard  nic  from  the 
horns  of  the  unicorns. 

'2i  'I  \c\\\  decUirc  thy  name  unto 
'my  brethren  :  in  the  mid.st  of  the 
congregation  will  1  praise  thee. 

'£\  6Ye  that  fear  the  ]>or.P,  praise 
him;  all  ye  the  seed  ot  Jacoli,  glo- 
rify him  ;  and  fear  him,  all  ye  the 
seed  ot  Israel. 

24  For  he  liath  not  despised  nor  «h- 
horred  the  attiiction  of  tho  afflicted: 
neither  liath  he  liid  his  face  iroin 
liim;  but  1>  when  he  cried  unto  him, 
lie  heard. 

L'.j  i  .My  praise  shall  he  of  thee  in 
the  ;ireat  con^rrej^ation :  1 1  will  pay 
my  vows  before  tliem  that  fear 
him. 

•I{\  1  The  meek  shall  eat  and  he  satis- 
fied: they  shall  praise  the  l,(il:l>  that 
seek  him:  your  lieart  '"shall  live  fur 
ever. 

27  "All  the  ends  of  the  world  shall 
remember  and  turn  unto  the  J, 111:11: 
"and  all  the  kiiulred.s  cif  the  nations 
shall  worship  betbre  thee. 

2.S  I'l'ortlic  kinjidom  l.<  the  Lord's: 
and  he  is  the  j;overuor  anions  the 
nations. 

211  'lAU  tlic>i  that  he  fat  upon 
earth  shall  eat  and  worship:  ''all 
they  that  ;;o  down  to  the  dust  shall 
bow  before  him;  and  none  can  keep 
alive  his  own  soul. 

.'1(1  A  seed  shall  serve  him;  "it 
shall  be  accounted  to  the  J.,ord  for 
a  Keneratiiiii. 

.'11  *  They  bliall  come,  and  shall 
declare  his  righteousness  unto  a 
jieople  that  shall  bo  born,  that  he 
liuth  done  thin. 

PSALM  xxiir. 

David'*  anjidcnce  in  t^od'a  grace. 
f  A  Psalm  of  Pavi.l. 

T""!!!-;  I.OKu  ii  "my  shepherd;  l^I 

J    sliall  not  want. 

2  *■  He  maketli  me  to  lie  down  in 
ffii-eeii  pastures:  il  he  leadeth  me 
beside  the  I  still  waters. 

;i  He  rcstoieth  my  soul:  ''he  leadeth 
me  ill  the  paths  of  righteousness  for 
his  name's  sake. 

4  Yea,  thoufjh  I  walk  thnmsh  the 
valley  of  ftlie  shadow  of  dealh,  «1 
will  fear  no  evil:  I.  Cor  tlioii  <ir/  with 
me;  thy  rod  and  thy  staif  they  com- 
fort n;o. 

.')  i  Tlioii  prepares!  a  table  before 
mo    in   the    presence  of  mine   ene- 


.3.  Ml.  Dl.r!:,  «l  21.  17.    I'.ll.  19. 
1>.  iJ.  i.    1  l'<.  lul.  l.i. 

48B 


iri.s.o.  jb:T.  1.  ii  lis. 


mica:  thou  fkanointest  my  head 
with  oil;  my  cup  runneth  over. 
(!  Surely  goodness  and  nierev  shall 
follow  me  all  the  days  of  my  life:  and 
1  will  dwell  in  the  house  ot  tbcl^oitu 
I  for  eveiy' 

rSALM  XXIV. 

1  Ood't   lordtliip    in    life    iiurW.    3    Tlie 

ciliz,-.ia  of  hi,  t,,i,-il;tU  kir,!,dum.    7  An 

exhortation  to  receive  hint. 

A  Psalm  of  Davia. 

'I^'IIE  'earth  ix   the  I.otjd'.s,  and 

-1  the  fulness  thereof  :  the  world, 
and  they  that  dwell  therein. 

2  1'  For  he  hath  founded  it  upon 
the  seas,  and  established  it  upon  the 
flooils. 

.'!  MVho  shall  ascend  into  the  hill 
of  the  I-iiKD?  or  who  shall  stand 
ill  his  holy  place':* 

4  il  i  lie  that  hath  'clean  hands, 
and  fa  pure  heart;  who  hath  not 
lifted  up  his  soul  unto  vanity,  nor 
s  sworn  deceitfully. 

.5  He  shall  receive  the  blessing  from 
the  Loun,  and  righteousness  from 
the  (Jod  of  his  salvation. 

*j  This  1.^  the  generation  of  them  that 
seek  him,  that  tseek  thy  face,  ||  O 
J:icob.     Selah. 

7  'Lift  up  your  heads,  O  j-e  gates; 
and  be  ve  lifted  up,  ye  everlasting 
doors;  kand  the  King  of  glory  shall 
come  in. 

8  Who  i«  this  King  of  glory?  The 
Loiji)  strong  and  mighty,  the  Luiil> 
mighty  in  battle. 

U  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates: 
wen  lift  t/icui  np,  ye  everlasting 
doors:  and  the  King'of  glory  shall 
come  ill. 
Ill  Who  is  this  King  of  glorv?  The 
Lor.ii  of  hosts,  he  1*  the  Iving  of 
glory.     Selah. 

I'S.VLM  XXV. 
1  I)avi<l's    confidcnec    in    j.r.i 
rr.njell,   for  rcmi,Hion  of  „ 
for  help  in  affliction. 

.A  I'aalm  of  DaTiJ. 
ITTNTO  "thee,  O  Lori), 
I  V  '    up  inv  foul. 
2  O  my  "God,  I  1. trust  ir 
me  not  he  ashamed,  'let  not  mine 
enemies  triumph  over  me. 
.'i  Yea,  lit  none  that  wait  on  thee 
be  ashamed;   let  them   be  ashamed 
which  transgress  without  cause. 

4  ilShcw  me  thy  ways,  O  Loitu; 
teach  me  thy  paths. 

5  Lead  me  in  thv  truth,  and  teach 
me:  for  thou  art  the  timl  of  mv  sal- 
viition  ;  on  thee  do  I  wait  all  the  d:iv. 

C  Uemember,  O  Loiiii,  ''(thy  tender 
mercies  and  thv  hn-ingkindnesscs; 
fnr  they  hare  hccii  ever  of  old. 

7  Heniembcr  not  ffhe  sins  of  my 
voutli,  iiiir  mv  transgressions:  «ac- 
c.irdiiig  totliv"mercv  rcnu-mberthon 
me  fur  Ihv  goodness'  sake.  <)  l.oi:n. 

.s  (;ood"and  upright  is  the  Lonn: 
therefbro  will  he  tciu'h  sinners  in  the 
wav. 
I  y  'I'ho  meek  will  h«  guide  in  judg- 


7   ITe 


do  I  lift 
thee:  let 


David's  confidence  in  God. 


PSALMS. 


His  faith  in  God's  protection. 


1.  Pi.  1.  1. 


mcnt:  nnd  the  meek  will  lie  teach 
liis  way. 

10  All  the  paths  of  the  l/Oitn  arc 
merC3'  ami  truth  unto  such  as  keep 
liis  ocivenant  iiml  his  tesfiinoiik'S. 

11  I'Kur  tliy  iianic's  sake,  O  J.oIMi, 
pnnlmi  mine  iniqnilv:  'lor  it  isfrcat. 

IJ  What  111411  i.~  lie'tluit  tearetli  the 
l.cinri/  kliiiii  shall  he  teach  in  the 
wav  tIdithQ  shall  elioosc. 

].-i'  I  His  soul  t  shall  dwell  nt  ease; 
ami  '"his  seed  shall  inherit  the  earth. 

14  "  The  secret  of  the  l.nmi  ?s  with 
them  that  fear  him;  Hand  he  will 
shew  them  his  covenant. 

15  "Mine  eyes  o/r  ever  toward  the 
hoRi>;  tor  He  shall  t  pluck  my  Icct 
ont  of  the  net. 

hi  I'  Turn  thee  unto  me,  and  have 
mercv  npon  me;  tor  I  ciiit  desolate 
and  afHicted. 

17  The  trouhli-3  of  my  heart  are 
enlarged:  O  brinf;  thou  me  out  of 
inv  distresses. 

JS  tLook  upon  mine  affliction  and 
my  pain;  and  forgive  nil  iiiy  sins. 

1!)  Consider  mine  enemies!  for  they 
are  many;  and  they  hate  me  with 
i  cruel  hatred. 

2*1  O  keep  mv  soul,  and  deliver  me: 
'let  me  not  be  ashamed;  ior  I  put 
mv  trust  in  thee. 

21  I.ct  inte;;rity  nnd  uprishtncss 
preserve  me;  for  I  wait  on  thee. 

2-i  Mtedecm  Israel,  O  God,  out  of 
all  his  troubles. 

rS.M.M  XXA'I. 


t  n.b.  nn>  oj 
t  H.;k.  J!l(^ 


David  rcaortetU  i 


«fiJe: 


A  Ptalmot  PiviJ. 

TUDGE  "  me,  O  l.ORn;  for  I  have 
'■walked  in  mine  inte'.;rity:  "1 
have  trusted  also  in  the  Loitu;  tlicic- 
fore  I  shall  not  slide. 

2  JJixamine  me,  O  l.,oui),  and 
prove  me ;  try  my  reins  and  my 
heart. 

3  Tor  thy  lovingkindncss  im  before 
mine  eves:  nnd  "I  have  walked  iu 
thy  trn'th. 

4  f  I  have  Tiot  sat  with  vain  persons, 
neither  will  I  po  in  with  dissemblers. 

6  I  have  s  hated  the  eonfire^'ntion  of 
evil  doers!  band  will  not  sit  with  the 
wicked. 

U  1 1  will  wash  mine  hands  in  in- 
nocencv:  so  will  I  compass  thine 
altar,  (j  I.onn: 

7  That  I  may  publish  with  the  voice 
of  thanksfiivins,  and  tell  of  all  thy 
wondrous  works. 

8  Lord,  1 1  have  loved  the  habita- 
tion of  thv  house,  nnd  the  place 
t  where  thine  honour  dwelleth. 

y  II 1  Gather  not  my  soul  with  sin- 
ners, nor  my  life  with  t  bloody 
men : 

V\  In  who.ic  hands  is  mischief,  nnd 
their  ri^'bt  hand  is  I  full  of '"  bribes. 

11  Dut  as  for  me,  1  will  "walk  in 
mine  integrity:  redeem  me,  and  be 
merciful  nnlo  me. 

12  "My  foot  standctli  in  an  Pevcn 


Elace:  lin  the  congregntions  will  I 
less  the  J..01CU. 

PSALM  XXVII. 

1   T>nvi<}  sunt'iinith  liia  finth  by  the  power 


THE  Lord  is  "my  lijxht  nndl-my 
salvation:  whom  shall  I  fear? 
'  the  Lord  is  the  strength  of  my  life; 
of  whom  shall  I  be  afraid? 

2  When  the  wicked,  even  mine 
enemies  and  mv  foes,  t  c.ime  upon 
me  to  iieat  up  iny  tlesh,  they  stum- 
bled and  fell. 

.3  •■  Though  a  host  should  encamp 
against  me,  my  heart  shall  not  lear: 
though  war  sliould  rise  against  me, 
in  this  u'ilt  I  he  confident. 

4  'One  Mini?  have  1  desired  of  the 
l>ORii,  that  will  I  seek  alter;  that  I 
may  s dwell  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 
all  the  davs  of  mv  life,  to  behold 
II  h  the  beauty  of  the  Lord,  nnd  to 
inquire  in  his  temple. 

5  For  lin  the  time  of  trouble  he 
shall  hide  me  in  his  pavilion:  in  the 
secret  of  his  tabernacle  shall  he  hide 
me  ;  he  shall  » set  me  up  upon  a 
rock. 

<)  And  now  shall  1  mine  head  be 
lifted  up  above  mine  enemies  round 
about  me:  therefore  will  I  offer  in 
his  tabernacle  sacrifices  I  of  joy;  1 
will  sing,  yea,  1  will  sing  praises  un- 
to the  Lord. 

7  Hear,  O  Lord,  v/ien  I  cry  with 
my  voice:  have  mercy  also  upon 
me,  and  answer  mc. 

8  II  HV/fH  tidiii  satiht.  ""Seek  ye  my 
face;  my  heart  said  unto  thee.  Thy 
f;ice.  Lord,  will  I  seek. 

1)  "Hide  not  thy  face  ./'nr  from  me: 
put  not  thv  servant  away  in  anger: 
thou  hast  been  my  help;  leave  mc 
not,  neither  forsake  mc,  O  God  of 
mv  salvation. 

I  li)  "  When  my  father  and  my  moth- 
er forsake  mc,  then  the  Lord  f  will 
'take  ine  up. 

11  r  Teach  mc  thy  way,  O  Lord, 
and  lead  me  in  f  a  pl;»in  path,  be- 
cause of  1  mine  enemies. 

1:;  '1  Deliver  mc  not  over  unto  tlie 
will  of  mine  enemies:  for  ■■  false  wit- 
nesses are  risen  up  against  mc,  and 
such  as  "breathe  out  cruelty. 

1.3  /  /init  /amieil,  unless  1  had  be- 
lieved to  "see  the  goodness  of  the 
Lord  'in  the  land  of  the  living. 

14  "  Wait  on  the  Lord:  be  of  pood 
courage,  nnd  he  shall  strengthen 
thine"heart:  wait,  I  say,  on  the 
Lord. 

rS.M.M  XXVIII. 

1  David  jtntyeih  tnrutttlij  ariainBt  hit 
enemiet.  C  IU  lletetlU  God.  9  Ue 
prayeth  for  the  jtcoj^te. 

.1  I'talm  of  Bavi.l. 

NTO  thee  will  I  cry,  O  Lord 
rock;    "be    not    silent    f  to 
e:  blest,  i/' thou  be  silent  to  me, 
487 


u^ 


mr.  21.0.11 


Daoid  prayeth  ar/aimt  his  enemies.    PSALMS. 


David  eraveth  God's  help. 


i  I't  US.  2. 
.  r..  28.  9. 
f  P..  12   2   k 

U.  21.  J>C2. 


I  liccnmc  like  them  tlint  };o  down 
into  tlic  jiit. 

li  Hear  tlic  voice  of  my  supplica- 
tions, wlicii  1  I'lv  unto  Ihpr,  '  when 
[  lift  up  my  luinda  ||  >l  toward  tliy 
lioly  orai'lc. 

.'!  'Diaw  inc  not  away  with  tlic 
wicicfd,  and  witli  tlie  workers  of  in- 
iiiuity,  fwhicli  spealv  peace  to  tlieir 
nei;;riljoiu-.s,  l)ut  mischief  !.i  iu  their 
hearts. 

4  s  Give  them  accordinR  to  their 
deeds,  and  accordini;  to  tlio  wicked- 
ness of  their  endeavours:  give  them 
afler  the  work  of  their  hands;  render 
to  tliem  their  desert. 

5  Because  I'  they  regard  not  the 
works  of  the  liiiitr),  nor  the  opera- 
tion of  liis  liands,  lie  shall  destroy 
Ihoni,  and  not  huild  tlicm  up. 

li  lilessed  he  the  ]>oui),  because  lie 
hath  heard  the  voice  of  my  supplica- 
tions. 

7  The  lyOiiD  1.1  imy  strength  and 
my  sliield;  my  heart  k  trusted  in 
liiin,  and  I  am  helped:  therefore  my 
heart  t;rcally  ie)oieeth;  and  with  my 
son:;  will  I  praise  him. 

K  The  l.,ijuii  U  ii  their  strength,  and 
he  ^^  the  \  'savinj;  strength  of  his 
anointed. 

II  Save  thy  people,  and  bless  '"  thine 
inheritance:  II  feed  them  also,  "and 
lift  them  up  for  ever. 

PSALM  XXIX. 

1  David  exIiOflcth  prinfte  to  ffive  fflory 
to  IJoil.  a  1,1/  jviaoji  ofhia  powi:i;  U  unj 
jirotection  of  liia  peaplc. 

A'Paalm  01  Davi.l. 
"f^lVE    unto   the   J-oud,   O    tye 
\  f   ini>;hty,  fjivo  unto  the  Loud 
);Iory  and  strength. 
2  (Jive  unto  the  LoKD  I  the  glory 
due  unto    his   name ;    worship    the 
]..oi!i)  II  in  I' the  beauty  of  holiness. 
M  The  voice  of  the  Loisu  i.i  upon 
the  waters:  '^the  (rod  of  glory  thiin- 
dereth  :  the  Loiiu  is  upon  "||  iiiaiiy 
waters. 

4  The  voice  of  the  Loud  k  t  power- 
fnl;  the  voice  of  the  Lokd  U  ffuU 
of  majesty. 

5  The  voice  of  the  Lonii  broaketh 
the  cedars;  yea,  the  Loud  bieaketU 
I'the  cedars  of  I/eb:inon. 

(i  'lie  inaUcth  them  also  to  skip 
like  a  calf;  Leh:*non  and  i  Sirioii  like 
a  young  unicorn. 

r'i'iic  voice  of  the  Loud  1  divideth 
theHamosoftire. 

8  The  voice  of  the  Loin>  shaketh 
the  wilderness;  the  ].iiitD  shaketh 
the  wilderness  of^  Kodesh 

II  The  voice  of  the  Loud  inaketh 
lithe  hinds  ;|  to  calvp,  and  diseovereth 
the  forests:  and  in  his  temple  ||  doth 
every  one  speak  of /i/t  glory. 

10  The  Loud  isitteth  upon  the 
flood:  yea,  itlie  Loud  titteth  King 
for  ever. 

Jl   'The  Lord  will  give  strength 
unto  his  people;  the  Loud  will  bless 
his  people  with  peace, 
488 


rSALM  XXX. 

1  David  prniBeth  tfoU  fur  hit  deliverance. 
4  i/j  exiwrlrlli  olhe'ra  to  jiraiaa  him  l,y 
ezampte  u/  UoU'a  dcMnij  with  him. 

A  PsaJui  and  Song  '  at  the  ilcdioation  of  tLe 


of  La 


TWILL  extol  thee.  O  LouD:  for 
thou  hast  •*  lifted  me  up,  and  hast 
not  iiKidc  my  foes  to  '•  rejoice  over 
me. 

2  O  Lord  mv  God,  I  cried  unto 
thee,  and  thou  hast  'licnleil  me. 

3  O  Lord,  •Ithoii  hast  brought  up 
my  soul  from  the  grave:  thou  hast 
kept  me  alive,  that  1  should  not  'go 
down  to  the  pit. 

4  I' Sing  unto  the  Lord,  O  I'e  saints 
of  his,  and  give  thanks  (|  at  the  re- 
membrance of  his  holiness. 

5  For  s  (  his  anger  einhmlli  hut 
a  moment;  Mn  his  tiivour  i.?  life: 
weeping  may  endure  t  for  a  night, 
'  but  Ijoy  contetit  in  the  morning. 

fi  Ami  iiin  my  prosperity  1  said,  I 
shall  never  be  moved. 

7  Lokd.  by  thy  favour  thou  hast 
f  made  my  mountain  to  stand  strong: 
I  thou  didst  hide  thy  face,  unit  1  was 
troubled. 

H  I  cried  to  thee,  O  Lord;  and  unto 
tlie  Lord  I  made  supplication. 

ii  What  profit  is'  lliiie  in  my  blood, 
when  I  go  down  to  the  pit?  '".Shall 
the  dust  praise  theci'  shall  it  declare 
thy  truth? 

Ill  Hear,  O  Lord,  and  have  mer- 
cv  upon  me  :  Lord,  be  thou  my 
1,-cIpcr 

11  "Thou  hast  turned  for  me  my 
niouniing  into  dancing:  thou  hast 
put  off  1113'  sackcloth,  and  girded  me 
with  gladness; 

1 J  To  the  end  that  'I»i,v  glory  may 
sing  priise  to  thee,  and  not  be  silent. 

0  Lord  my  God,  1  will  give  thauks 
unto  thee  for  ever, 

rSALM  XXXL 

1  David  thewiag  his  eonfidenee  tn  God 
eraveth  hia  help.  7  Ila  rcjuiceth  i»  hia 
mrrry.  'J  j!e  prri/eth  in  hia  eutatnitj/. 
V)  Uj  praiacth  (JoU  fur  hie  goodncas. 

T«  tLo  chief  Musician,  A  Paalm  of  Divid. 

TN  "thee,  <)  Lord,  do  I  put  mv 
trust;  let  me  m-ver  be  ashamed: 
I' deliver  mo  in  thy  righteousness. 

2  '■  Bow  down  tliine  ear  to  me;  de- 
liver me  sjieedilv  :  be  thou  t  m.v 
strong  rock,  for  u  house  of  defence  to 
save  me. 

3  J  For  thou  art  my  rock  and  my 
fortress;  therefbre  ''"for  thy  name's 
sake  lead  me,  and  guide  me. 

4  Pull  me  out  of  the  net  that  they 
have  laid  privily  forme:  lor  thou  <i</ 
my  strength. 

5  I  Into  thine  hand  T  commit  mv 
spirit :  thou  hast  redeemed  me,  O 
J.ORD  God  of  truth. 

(!  I  have  hated  them  ^  that  regard 
Iving  vanities  :  but  I  trust  in  the 
r.oRD. 

7  1  will  be  glad  and  rejoice  in  thy 
mercy :  for  thou  hast  considered  my 


lie  prayeth  in  his  calamity. 


PSALMS.    Remission  of  sins  a  great  hlcsfnnci. 


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trouble:  tliou  hast  t known  my  soul 
in  tttlvorsitics; 

8  Ami  linst  not  i  sliut  nic  up  into  the 
hinul  ot  the  oiu'iny;  )^  thou  liast  set 
my  fci't  ill  a  laij^e  iooni. 

11  Have  nuiiy  upon  nie,  O  Loui), 
for  I  om  in  trouble:  inline  eye  i.s 
eonsunied  witli  gricf^  2/t-<i,  my  soul 
and  my  belly. 

h)  I'or  my  life  is  spent  with  grief, 
and  my  years  with  sighing :  my 
strength  t'aileth  because  of  mine 
initjuity,  and  "'my  bones  arc  con- 
sumed. 

11  "  1  was  a  rciiroach  among  all  mine 
enemies,  but  "  especially  among  my 
neighbours,  and  a  fear  to  mine  ae- 
Hutuntanee:  ''they  that  did  see  nie 
without  fled  from  me. 

lii  '1 1  am  forgotten  as  a  dead  man  out 
of  mind:  I  am  like  j  a  broken  vessel. 

It '  i'or  1  have  heard  the  slander  of 
many:  "fear  vas  on  every  side: 
while  they  ^took  eounsel  together 
against  me,  they  devised  to  take 
away  my  life. 

14  But  I  trusted  in  thee,  Ohonu: 
I  said,  Thou  art  my  God. 

15  Jly  times  oie  in  thy  hand:  de- 
liver nie  from  the  hand  of  mine  en- 
emies, and  from  them  that  persecute 
me. 

IG  "Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon 
thy  servant:  save  me  for  thy  mereies' 
sake. 

ir  "Let  me  not  be  ashamed,  O 
I.onii;  for  I  have  called  upon  thee: 
let  the  wicked  be  ashamed,  aiul  >  ||  let 
them  be  silent  in  the  grave. 

I.S  'Let  the  lying  lips  be  put  to 
silence;  which  "speak  t  grievous 
things  proudly  and  eouteniptuously 
against  the  righteous. 

I'J  1>  Oh  how  great  i.f  thy  goodness, 
which  thou  hast  laid  up  tor  them 
that  fear  tliee ;  vliJcli  thou  liast 
wrought  for  tlicm  that  trust  in  thee 
before  the  sons  of  men ! 

•J)  '■  Thou  shalt  bide  them  in  the 
secret  of  thy  ]>resence  from  the  pride 
of  man:  J  thou  shalt  keep  them  se- 
cretly in  a  paviliuii  from  the  strife  of 
tong'ues. 

•Jl  Blessed  le  the  Loud:  for  "^he 
hath  shewed  nie  his  marvellous 
kindness  '  in  a  l|  strong  city. 

22  For  "I  said  in  my  haste,  hi  am 
cut  off  from  before  thine  eyes:  never- 
theless thou  hcardest  the  voice  of  my 
supplications  when  I  cried  unto  thee. 

•Si  iO  love  the  Loud,  all  ye  his 
saints:  jur  the  Loiin  preserveth  the 
i'aithtiil,  and  pleutifully  rewardeth 
the  jiroud  doer. 

24  I-  lie  ofgood  courage,  and  be  shall 
sueijglheu  vour  heart,  all  ye  that 
hope  in  the  Loud. 

PSALM  XXXII. 

1  BUtscJnest  cousisltl/i  in  rcmiation  of 

.ilia,     a  Cu.i.(V.»icii  „f  nina  .jiveth  e<t,e 

to    Vic    conucieiice.     »    Uud'a    jiramines 

irintijop. 

'  A  rsalm  of  DaviJ,  MaecliU. 


1>LESSEIJi.s/ie  whose  "transgres- 
y  sion  is  forgiven,  u-ltose  sin  is  cov- 
ered. 

2  Blessed  /":  the  man  nnto  whom  the 
Loiin  I'inipntetli  not  iniquity,  and 
^  in  whose  spirit  there  i^  no  guile. 

;i  AVhen  1  kept  silence,  my  bones 
waxed  old  througli  my  roaring  all 
the  day  long. 

4  For  d.ay  and  night  thy  il  hand 
w:is  heavy  upon  me:  my  moisture  is 
turned  into  the  drought  of  summer. 
tSelah. 

i  I  acknowledged  my  sin  unto  thee, 
and  mine  iiiiciuity  have  I  not  hid. 
'  1  said,  1  will  c<iiiles3  my  transgres- 
sions unto  the  Louii;  and  thou  for- 
gavest  the  iniiiuity  of  my  sin.   Selah. 

U  'For  this  shall  every  one  that  is 
godly  fi  pray  unto  thee  t  in  a  time 
when  thou  mayest  be  found:  surely 
in  the  Hoods  of  great  waters  they 
shall  not  ci>mc  nigh  unto  him. 

7  ll  Thou  ml  my  hiding  phice;  thou 
sholt  preserve  me  from  trouble;  thou 
shalt  compass  me  about  with  'songs 
ofdehvuraliee.     Selah. 

K  1  will  iii.-triu't  thee  and  teach  thee 
in  the  w:iy  which  thou  shalt  go:  j  1 
will  guide  thee  with  mine  eye. 

U  1-  Be  yc  not  as  the  horse,  or  as  the 
mule,  ii'lach  have  hio  understand- 
ing: whose  mouth  must  be  held  in 
with  bit  and  bridle,  lest  they  come 
near  nnto  thee. 

tlO  "•  Many  sorrows  shall  he  to  the 
wicked:  but  "  he  that  trusteth  in  the 
Loud,    mercy    shall    compass    him 


ab( 


Be  glad  in  the  Loud,  and  re- 
joice, ve  righteous  :  and  shout  for 
joy,  all  ye  that  arc  upright  in  heart. 
I'SALMXXXIII. 

I  (!od  ia  to  U  tnuiaeU  S"r  /'in  ffooitnoM. 
0  (i,r  hit  j.oiiir,  1:!  ai,U  fur  Ais  iiruvi- 
dJiice.  £0  Ci,nJiJeucc  is  tu  be  pla::cU  in 
Uod. 

r>E.IOICE  "in   the   Lono,   O   yc 
ir  righteous: ybr  i> praise  is  comely 
for  the  upright. 

2  Praise  the  Lord  with  harp:  sing 
unto  him  v.ith  the  psaltery  ^  cmrf  an 
i[i..^triiriieiit  often  strings. 
.".  ll  Sing  unio  him  a  new  song;  play 
sUilfnIlv  with  a  l.iu.lnoise. 

4  For  the  word  of  the  ],oi;n  ?'.■;  right; 
and  all  his  works  <or  ,/.„„  in  truth. 

5  '•He  lovcth  rigl.te.mM.ess  and 
juilgment:    i  the  earth  is  tuU  of  the 

II  goodness  of  tlie  l.oKii. 

U  -  By  the  word  of  the  Lonn  were 
the  heavens  made;  and  ''all  the  host 
of  them  '  hv  the  breath  of  bis  mouth. 

7  k  lie  g;i'thcreth  the  waters  of  the 
sea  together  as  a  heap:  he  luyeth  up 
the  depth  in  storehou.ses. 

8  Let  all  the  earth  fear  the  Loun: 
let  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  world 
stand  in  awe  of  him. 

1)  For  I  he  sp:ike,  and  it  was  ilone; 
he  cmmanded,  and  it  stood  la.-t. 

ID  "'  The  l.oKi.  I  bringetb  the  eoun- 
sel of  the  heathen  to  nought :  he 
4») 


Exhortation  to  Jear  God. 


PSALMS. 


The  primUgen  of  the  rightemix. 


I'ror.  13.  3. 
rJobJI  51, 
JtiT   \ii.  li. 

•r<.  41.  c. 

t  r>  -20.  7.  l£ 
P<i».  21.31. 

oJoli  3B.  7. 

r.  SI   15. 

1  Pel.  3.  12. 
iPi.U7.  11. 
J  Jolj  5,  SO. 


makcth  the  devices  of  the  people  of 
none  clFeut. 

11  "Thccoun«l  of  the  Lord  stand- 
eth  for  ever,  the  thoufjhts  of  liia  lieart 
I  to  all  generations. 

12  "Hlessed    is   the    nation   whose 
God  ?V  the  LoKIJ ;    and  the  pet)pli 
V'hom  he  hath  ''  chosen  ft 
inheritan 


1 1  Come,  ye  children,  hearken  nnto 
me:  fl  will  teach  jou  the  fear  of  the 
Loiii). 

\1  1  What  man  i.i  he.  that  desircth 
life,  anil  lovetli  mainj  days,  tliaC  he 
may  die  good? 
I'i  Keep  thy  ton^ne  from  evil,  and 
his  own  j|thy  lips  from  'speaking  fiuile. 

~  Depart  from  evil,  and  do  good; 


I'i  t  The  Lord  looketh  from  heaven;  j  'seek  peace,  and  pu 

he  hcholdeth  all  the  sons  of  men.  1.5  "  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  ore  npon 

H  From  the  place  of  his  habitation  |  the  righteous,  and  his  ears  are  open 


he  lookoth  upon  all  the  inhabitants 
of  the  earth. 

1")  He  fashioneth  their  hearts  alike; 
■^he  eonsidereth  all  their  works. 

It;  ^  There  is  no  king  saved  by  the 
multitude  of  a  host:  a  mighty  *man 
is  not  delivered  by  much  strength. 

17  '  A  horse  K<i  a  viun  thing  for  safety : 
neither  shall  he  deliver  any  by  liis 
great  strength. 

18  "Behold,  the  eye  of  the  Lord 
is  'upon  them  that  fesr  him,  upon 
them  that  hope  in  his  mercy; 

1!)  To  deliver  their  soul  from  death, 
and  >  to  keep  them  alive  in  famine. 

a)  *  Our  soul  waiteth  for  the  LoKD; 
■he  !.«  our  help  and  our  shield. 

21  For  our  i>  heart  shall  rejoice  in 
him,  because  we  have  trusted  in  his 
holy  name. 

22  Let  thy  mercy,  O  LoRn,  be  npon 
us,  according  as  we  hope  iii  thee. 

PSAL.M  XXXIV. 

1  Daviil  praisL-tn  UuU,  anU  exhortelk 
others  thereto  by  hit  eiperiencc.  8  T/ipj/ 
are  blnaed  that  trust  in  God.  1 1  lie  ex- 
hurlelh  to  the  fear  of  God.  15  The  priv- 
iU'jes  of  the  riyhteoua, 

A  Pialm  of  Dlvid,  Klicn  lie  chmgc.t  Wa 
beltaviour  lieforo  "  .\biinekch  ;  nLo  drovti 
biin  awa;,  &ul1  l.c  dejiarted. 

T  "WILL  "bless  the    Lonn  at  nil 

1  times:  his  praise sAa// continually 
be  in  m.v  mouth. 

2  Mv  soul  shall  make  her  ^  boast  in 
the  f.oitn:  'the  humble  shall  hear 
(//(•ivo'-.  and  be  glad. 

;'  ()  il  magnilV  the  Lord  with  me, 
and  let  ns  exalt  hi.s  name  together. 

4  I  "'sought  the  Lord,  and  he 
heard  me,  and  delivered  me  from 
all  mv  fears. 

fi  II  The.v  bx>ked  nnto  him,  and  were 
lightened:  and  their  luces  were  not 
ashamed. 

(j  ''This  poor  man  cried,  and  the 
Lord  heard  him,  and  f  saved  him 
out  of  all  his  troubles. 

7  li  The  angel  of  the  Lord  'en- 
enmpeth  round  about  them  that  fear 
him.  and  (Ulivereth  them. 

.S  O  Uu^(.■  ;iiid  see  that  the  Lord 
i,i  g.xHl:  iblr..<.scd  li  the  man  that 
tru>teth  in  him. 

U  '"  O  fe.ir  the  Lord,  ve  his  saints: 
for  there  is  no  want  to  tliem  that  fear 
liim. 

II)  "The  vnung  lions  do  Inek,  and 
snlVer  hunger:  "hut  they  that  seek 
the  l.,uKu  ghall  not  waiit  auy  good 
thiu^. 

4P0 


unto  their  *  cry 
Hi  >  The  face  "of  the  Lord  i.*  against 

them  that  do  evil,  ''to  cut  ott'  the 

remembrance    of    tliem    from    tlie 

earth. 
17  The  rii/httou.' cry,  and  ^the  Lord 

heareth,  and  deliveretli  them  out  of 

all  their  troubles. 
I   IS  ii  The  Lord  is  nigh  "■  t  unto  them 

that  are  of  a  broken  heart;  and  sav- 
^eth  such  as  be  f  of  a  contrite  spirit. 
I  I'J  .1  Many  are  the  attlictions  of  the 
Irighteous:  '^  but  tlie  Loicu  deliveretli 
Ihim  out  of  them  all. 
21)  lie  keei)eth  all  his  bones:   fnot 

one  of  them  is  broken. 

21  Kf;vil  sliall  slay  the  wicked:  and 
thev  that  hate  the  righteous  ||  shall 
be  desolate. 

22  'I'hc  Lord  hredcemeth  tlie  soul 
of  his  servants:  and  none  of  them 
that  trust  in  him  shall  be  desolate. 

PSALM  XXXV. 

1  PaviU  praveth  for  hie  oun  safety,  and 

hit  enCMiei-  confusion.    11  He  comptai,:- 

eth  of  their  U'rongfut  dealiny.    2i  There- 

tiy  he  inciteth  God  against  them, 

.4  Pjo/mofDMid. 

PLE.\D  *m.v  eniLv,  O  Lord,  with 
them  that  strive  with  me:  !■  fight 
against  them  that  light  against  me. 
2'  Take  bold  of  shield  and  buckler, 
and  stand  up  for  mine  help, 
.'i  Draw  out  also  tlie  spear,  and  stop 
the  utiij  against  tlu'm  tliat  persi'cnte 
me:  say  unto  my  soul,  I  am  thy  sal- 
vation. 

4  '1  Let  them  be  confounded  and  put 
to  shame  that  seek  after  my  soul:  let 
tlu:n  be  'turned  back  anil  brought 
to  confusion  that  devise  mv  hurt. 

5  ("Let  them  be  ns  ehnlf  liefore  the 
wind:  and  let  the  angel  of  the  LouD 
chiise  thrm. 

0  Let  their  way  be  f  "dark  and  slip- 
pery: and  let  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
persecute  them. 

7  For  without  cause  liave  they  hhid 
for  me  their  net  i<i  a  jiit,  which  with- 
out cause  they  liave  <ligged  for  my 
Btiul. 

>>  Let  i  destruction  come  upon  him 
)  at  unawares;  nnil  V  let  his  net  that 
he  hath  hid  catch  himself:  into  that 
very  destruction  let  him  fall. 

!l  And  my  soul  shall  be  joyful  in 
the  Lord:  >iC  shall  rejoice" in  his 
salvation. 

10  '"All  my  bones  shall  sav.  Lord, 
"who  i<  like  unto  thee,  which  deliv- 
crcst  the  poor  from  him  that  is  too 


David  complaineth  of  his  enemies.      PSALMS. 


The  falsehood  of  the  xcicked. 


I,J»I.  1'.  12, 
I'.ov  li.lJ.  i 
10,  10. 

c  ri.  r9  4  di 

un  3.iua. 
IM. 

I-iia  3  51, 
Jxliu  IS,  a. 

a  Pt  ci,  u. 

e  p.  11.  1  i  i 
6i.  ;.  iTO.  3. 

/l:<   3  7. 
Aou-.  31, 


7U.  3.  &  110. 
8- 


strong  ti>r  iiiui,  yea,  the  jioor  and 
the  needy  from  liiiu  thiit  epoiletli 
liim? 

11  t "' False  ^vitnossos  did  rise  up; 
t  tliey  laid  to  my  ehaige  tUiinjs  that  1 
knew  not. 

12 '' They  rewarded  me  evil  lursood 
tu  tlic  f  spoiling  of  my  smil. 

1-j  But  as  for  me,  'iwheii  tliey  were 
sick,  my  clothing  was  sackclotli:  1 
II  humbled  my  soul  witli  fasting: 
'and  my  prayer  returned  into  mine 
own  ho.som. 

14  1  t  behaved  myself  fas  tlinugh 
he  liwl  U-cii  my  ti'u-nd  or  brotlier: 
I  bowed  down  heavily,  an  one  tliat 
inournctli./oc  //;<  motlicr. 

Ij  IJut  in  mine  \  adversity  they  re- 
joiced, and  gatliered  tlieniselves  to- 
getlier :  yea,  ''tlie  abjeeta  gathered 
themselves  together  against  ine,  and 
I  knew  il  not;  they  did  i  tear  me,  and 
ceased  not: 

IG  With  hypocritical  mockers  in 
feasts,  "  they  gnaslied  upon  nie  with 
tlieir  teetli. 

17  Lord,  how  long  wilt  thou  'look 
on?  rescue  my  soul  from  their  de- 
structions, t>my  darling  troni  the 
lions. 

18  •  I  will  give  tliee  thanks  in  tlic 
great  congregation:  I  will  praise  tbee 
among  1  mucli  people. 

111^  Let  net  them  tiiat  are  mine  en- 
emies f  wi-ongt'ullv  rejoice  over  me: 
)/,(//((<■  I.  let  tliemwink  with  the  eye 
'  tb.it  bate  me  without  a  cause. 

ai  Kur  tbev  s|.eak  not  peace:  but 
thev  devise  deceitful  matters  against 
t/iriii  Ihal  lire  ijuiet  ill  the  land. 

L'l  Yea,  they  J  oxiened  tlieir  mouth 
wide  against  me,  aii'l  said,  ^'Aba, 
aha,  our  eve  hath  .seen  il. 

•11  This  tliou  hast  fseen,  O  Loi;n: 
Skeep  not  silcuce:  O  Lord,  be  not 
li  far  from  me. 

'I^  i  Stir  up  thyscli,  and  awake  to 
my  judi;nient,  eren  unto  my  cause, 
my  God  and  my  Lord. 

'H  i^  Judge  me,  O  Loud  my  God, 
'according  to  thy  righteousness;  and 
"let  theiu  not  rejoice  over  me. 

2.">  "Let  them  not  say  in  tlieir  hearts, 
f  Ah,  so  would  we  have  it:  l.t  them 
not  say,  °  We  have  swallowed  him 
up. 

ai  P  Let  them  be  ashamed  and 
brought  to  confusion  together  that 
rejoice  at  mine  hurt :  let  them  be 
t  clothed  with  shame  and  dishonour 
that  "^  magnify  thcmselres  against 
me. 

27  "Let  them  shout  for  joy,  and 
be  glad,  that  favour  t  m y  righteous 
cause  :  yea,  let  them  '  say  contin- 
ually. Let  the  Ltuio  be  maguitied, 
"  which  hatli  pleasure  in  the  pros- 
perity of  his  servant. 

li.S  ^.\ud  my  tongue  sludl  speak  of 
thv  righteousness  mid  of  thy  praise 
alf  the  day  long. 

.13.    tPa.7a.4.    <>r<.l>9.4.     iPi.  CO.  IJ.liCl.  li. 


I'SALM  XXXVL 

1  The  gricvuitn  eelr.le  oj  llie  loicArc./.   5  The 
exceUeucjf  of  tt'iMi'u   mercy.       lo   David 
iiraycthJurSanuttr  to  (ioa'e  children. 
To  tho  cbicf  Miiaician,  A  Pealm  of  David  tlic 

scrvuutot'Il.oLoKU. 
'■plIE  transgression  of  the  wicked 
A  saith  within  my  heart, //(««  "Mfrce 
IS  no  tear  of  God  before  his  eves. 

For  I.  be  ilattereth  hiiuseff  in  his 
own  eyes,  I  until  his  iniquity  be 
found  to  he  hateful. 

The  words  of  his  mouth  ore  iniq- 
uity and  "^deceit:  .1  be  hath  left  otf 
'  e  wise,  tinif  to  do  good. 
lie  deviseth  ||  mischief  upon  his 
bed;  he  settcth  himself  fin  a  way 
Ihut  is  not  good  ;  he  abhorreth  not 
vil. 

5  SThy  mercy,  O  Lonn,  i.«  in  the 
heavens;  ami  thv  faithfulness  >i(«7i- 
elh  unto  the  clouds. 
U  Thy  righteousness  i.<  like  f  the 
jreat  mountains;  li  tliy  judgments 
ire  a  great  deep:  O  Loi;i>,  Uhou 
pjeservest  man  and  beast. 

k  How  t  excellent  i«  thy  loving- 
kindness,  O  God!  therefore  the  ehit- 
n  of  men  i  put  their  trust  under 
the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 
8  '"They  shall  "lie  1  abundantly  sat- 
isfied with  the  fatness  of  tliv  house: 
and  thou  sbalt  make  them  'drink  of 
"the  river  "of  thy  pleasures. 
!)  iTor  with  thee  is  the  fountain  of 
life:  lin  thy  light  shall  we  .see  light. 
lU  Of  continue  thy  lovingkindness 
•■unto  them  that  know  thee;  and 
thy  righteousness  to  the  '  upright  in 
heart. 

11  Let  not  the  foot  of  pride  come 
against  me,  and  kt  not  the  hand  of 
the  wicked  remove  mo. 

12  'J'here  are  the  workers  of  iniquity 
fallen  :  they  arc  cast  down,  'aud 
shall  uot  be  able  to  rise. 

rSAL.M  XXXYIL 
David  TicrBundeth  to  patience  and  eotjfl- 
dcnce  i>i  Uod,  hy  the  different  ettatu  vf 
the  i/odly  and  the  iviehed. 
.  A  P,alm  of  David. 

ITT'RET  »  not  thyself  because  of  evil 
X  doers,  neither  be  thou  envious 
against  the  workers  of  iniiiuity. 
2  For  they  shall  soon  be  cut  down 
>>  like  the  grass,  aud  wither  as  the 
green  herb. 

8  Trust  in  the  Lonn,  and  do  good: 
so  slialt  thou  dwell  in  the  land,  and 
f  veiilv  tbi.u  sbalt  be  fed. 
4  '  Delight  Ihvsell  also  in  the  L<-iRn: 
and  be  shall  give  thee  the  desires  of 


.5  I  '1  Commit  tliy  way  unto  the 
]>oi{i>;  trust  also  in  him;  and  he 
shall  bring  it  to  p:iss. 

0  '.Villi  be  shall  bring  forth  thv 
rigliteoiiniess  lis  (he  light,  and  tliy 
judgiiuiit  as  the  noomlay. 

7  If  llest  ill  tile  Loiiii,  Sand  wait 
patiently  for  him:  MVet  not  thyself 
I  because  of  him  mIio  prospereth  in 
4U1 


The  different  end 


PSALMS. 


of  good  and  bad  men. 


aJnliT.  10.  i 
2).  'J. 
» Uatt,  5.  5. 


liis  W!iv,  luciiiise  of  the  limn  who 
briiiKet'll  wicktMl  ilcvici.'rt  tn  piiss. 

8  C'liaso  fium  aiij;i-T,  iiiitl  ioraakc 
wrath:  'iVtt  not  thysrlf  in  any  wisu 
to  do  evil. 

1>  k  For  fvil  doers  shall  he  cut  off; 
hut  those  that  wait  iipon  the  LoitD, 
thev  shall  1  inherit  the  earth. 

lll'For  '"vet  a  little  while,  and  the 
wieUeil  .■'fiidl  not  hi- :  yea,  "thou 
shalt  <lili^'enllv  consider  his  place, 
and  \ts/ialluuil.e. 

11  "But  the  meek  shall  inherit  the 
earth;  an<l  shall  deli;;ht  themselves 
in  the  abundance  of  peace. 

12  The  wicked  ||  plotteth  ajjainst  the 
just,  i'and  gnaslieth  upon  liiiu  with 
liis  teeth. 

la  'I  The  T..ord  shall  laugh  at  him : 
tor  he  seeth  that  ''  his  day  is  coin- 


14  The  wicked  have  drawn  out  the 
Fword.  and  have  hent  their  how,  to 
cast  down  the  p..i>r  and  needy,  <ni(l 
to  slay  tsucli  as  be  ol'  upright  con- 
versation. 

].'<  "Their  sword  shall  enter  into 
their  oivu  heart,  and  their  bows  shall 
be  broken. 

l(i  '  A  little  that  a  rishteona  man 
hath  ).»  better  than  the  riches  of 
many  wicked. 

17  For  "the  arms  of  the  wicked 
shall  he  broken:  but  the  ]..oi!i>  up- 
holdeth  the  righteous. 

15  The  l.oitu  "  knowcth  the  days 
of  the  upright:  nud  their  inheritance 
shall  he  >  for  ever. 

I'.l  They  shall  not  be  ashamed  in  the 
evil  time:  and  ^  in  the  days  of  fam- 
ine thev  shall  be  satistied. 

lit  lint  the  wicked  shall  peri.sh,  and 
the  enemies  of  tlie  l,ni;D  sliiill  In;  as 
tthc  fat  of  lambs:  they  shall  con- 
sunie;  "into  einokc  shall  they  con- 
sume away. 

L'l  The  wicked  borroweth,  and  pav- 
et!i  not  again:  but  I' the  righteous 
sheweth  mercv,  and  giveth. 

•JJ  '  For  .■.»./,■  iM  he  blessed  of  him 
sh:dl  inherit  the  earth:  and  tlo  -j  lliat 
be  cursed  of  him  il  shall  be  cut  oft'. 

23  '  The  steps  of  a  f/ood  man  arc 
llordered  bv  the  I>ui!U:  and  he  de- 
lighteth  in  his  wav. 

24rThoughlie  fall,  he  shall  not  be 
utterlv  cast  down:  for  the  J.dkd  up- 
holde'di  /■nil  xrith  hi-s  hand. 
ac»r  4  0.        'J.i  I  have  been  young,  and  nntr  nm 
t.ioi.  1.5  21.  I  old;    yet  have  I  not  seen  the  riglit- 
''•■  ''  '^-  '^    eons  forsaken,  nor  his  seed  K  begging 
bread. 

3;  li  11'  h  1  ever  merciful,  and  lend- 
cth;  and  his  seed  /,~- blessed. 

•S!  'Depart  fVoiii  evil,  and  do  good; 
andihvill  for  evermore. 

I'S  For  the  I.okd  i>  loyeth .judgment, 


t  Proi.  V.  16 
&  111  S. 
1  Tiiu.  C.  6. 


I  P..  1.  6. 

)  l«.  i;il  21. 


>  P..  102.  3. 

i<r>.  ii'i.s.9. 

«ProT.  3.  33 


</,<  Jay. 

ir>  31.  II. 

!•    1.  111.  17. 
kPi    11.7. 
IP.  21.  10. 

I'luv   2   22. 

1«.  U  20 
m  Pi  or.  2.  21. 
uUiitt.  12.35. 


and  tiiisaketh  not  his  saints;  thev 
are  preserved  fiir  ever:  1  but  the  seed 
of  the  wicked  shall  be  ent  olf. 

•20  "'  The  righteous  shall  inherit  the 
land,  iind  dwell  therein  for  ever. 

SO  "  The  mouth  of  the  righteous 
493 


speaketh  wisdom,  and  his  tongue 
talketh  of  judgment. 

.'il  "The  law  of  his  Ood  is  in  his 
heart;  none  of  his  ||  steps  shall  slide. 

.'!•-'  The  wicked  I'  watcheth  the  right- 
eous, and  seeketh  to  shiy  him. 

.'M  The  l,oi;i>  'iwill  not  leave  him 
in  his  hand,  nor  'condemn  him 
when  he  is  judged. 

.'14  "Wait  on  the  I.onn,  and  keep 
his  wav,  and  he  shall  exalt  thee  to 
inherit  the  laiiil:  '  wlieii  llie  wicked 
are  cut  oft,  tlioii  shalt  see  U. 

:;:>  "  1  have  seen  the  wicked  in  great 
power,  and  spreading  himself  like  ||  a 
green  bay  tree. 

M  Yet  he  *  passed  away,  and,  lo,  he 
ic<(.s-  not:  yea,  I  sought  him,  but  he 
could  not  be  found. 

yj  Mark  the  perfect  man,  and  be- 
hold the  uprignt:  for  >  the  end  of 
l/ial  man  i.<  peace. 

.'W  '-^  lint  the  transgressors  shall  be 
destroved  together:  the  end  of  the 
wicked  shall  be  cut  off. 

;)'J  Hut  'the  salvation  of  the  right- 
eous ui  of  the  l.oiii)  :  /le  is  their 
strength  ''in  the  time  of  trouble. 

40  And  '  the  Liilcu  shall  help  them, 
and  deliver  them:  he  shall  deliver 
them  from  the  wicked,  and  save 
them,  <i  because  thev  trust  in  him. 

rSALM  XXXVIII. 
David  movetu  Uv<t  to  tnke  compaaiion  of 

hi,  pitif. dense. 
\  Pdalm  of  David,  '  to  bring  to  rcineinbranco 
kc  n 
thcr  chasten  me  in 
thy  hot  displeasure. 

2  For  I' thine  arrows  stick  fast  in  me, 
and  '  thy  hand  prcssetli  me  sore. 

.'i  T/ieie  is  no  sonndness  in  my  flesh 
because  of  thine  anger;  il  neither  is 
llwre  (III!/ )  rest  in  my  bones  because 
of  mv  sin. 

i4   I'or  ''mino    iniiiuities    are    gone 
fiver  mine  head:  as  a  heavy  burden 
.\hey  are  too  i  heavy  for  inc. 
V.T  Mv  \V('iiiuls  .stink  iniit  are  corrui)t 
because  of  mv  f..,,llshness. 

li  I  am  1  tiouhled  :  »:  I  .im  bowed 
down  greatly;  l'l  to  mourning  all 
the  day  long. 

"  For  my  loins  are  filled  with  n 
i  loathsome  i^iseirsT :  and  t/icre  is  tno 
soundness  in  my  flesh. 

8  I  am  feeble  and  soro  broken:  'I 
have  roared  by  reason  of  the  dis- 
ci uietness  of  my  heart. 

'.)  Lord,  all  my  desire  is  before  thee; 
and  my  groaning  is  not  hid  from 
thee. 
Ill  .Mv  heart  jianteth,  mv  strength 
failetli  me :  as  flir  "'  the  light  of  mine 
eves,  it  also  f  is  gone  from  me. 

il  "My  lovers  and  my  friends 
"stand  aloof  from  mv  i  sore;  and 
II  mv  kinsmen  I' stand  afar  off. 
12 'Thev  also  that  seek  alter  mv  life 
cn/ur  me:  and  they' that 
hurt  ■'speak  mischievons 
things,  iind  "imagine  deceits  uU  the 


.IV  sua 
ek  my 

i,.ings 

day  lo 


)  Dent.  ft.  c. 
Pi  40-  S.  & 
119.  SS. 


>  P«  10.  s. 
I  2  Pel   2   a. 

P.    lost.  31. 
,  vei  9. 

P.  ;7.  14. 

Pro».  20.  22. 
;P.   52.5.0. 

li  ill.  U. 


y  1>.  31  17.  & 
•  P>.  1.4.k 


a  1  Clir.  5.  20. 
li«n  3.  17. 
■a.  lLli.'ii. 


(M.tt.  11. 28. 

t  Heb.  >rif.l. 
sr«.15.  IL 
LJobSa  2ft. 

Pi  42,  e.  k 

4J  2. 
IJob  7  i 


n  Pi  C.  7.  k 

hi.  il. 

>  Hell   U  ul 


•■2S.1.1.  111.7. 
». 

<r..si.a. 


The  hreviUj  and  vanity  of  life. 


PSALMS. 


Obedience  better  than  sacrifice. 


l.'J  But '  I,  as  n  ilcafmati,  heard  not; 
"and  /  teas  as  a  dumb  man  tlinl 
opencth  not  his  mouth. 

14  Thus  I  was  as  a  man  that  hcarcth 
not,  and  in  whose  mouth  are  no 
reproofs. 

15  For  II  in  thee,  ()  l.onn,  'do  1 
hope:  thou  wilt  ||  hear,  (J  hord  my 
Cod. 

Ki  For  I  said,  Jkar  me,  '  lest  other- 
vine  they  should  rejoice  over  me: 
when  my  •  foot  slippeth,  they  "  mag- 
nify themselves  aL'ainst  me. 

17  For  I  am  ready  i  to  halt,  and  my 
sorrow  Ks-  continually  before  mc. 

IS  For  I  will  l> declare  mine  iniq- 
uity; 1  will  be  ""sorry  tor  my  sin. 

I'J  But  mine  enemies  t«rc  lively, 
and  they  are  stronj;:  and  they  th:it 
<l  hate  mc  wrongfully  arc  multi- 
plied. 

:.'()  They  also  'that  render  evil  for 

food  are  mine  adversaries;  f  because 
follow  the  thiiiij  that  ^-ood  i.s. 
L'l  Fors.ike  mc  not,  O  l.oliI>:  O  mj' 
Uod,  >^  be  not  far  from  me. 
TS  Make  haste  \  to  help  me,  O  Lord 
li  my  salvation. 

rSALINI  XXXIX. 

1  David't  eare  of  Ida  tUouyhtt.  4  The 
contidcriition  of  the  hremty  and  vanittj 
of  life,  7  the  reverence  of  (lod't  jml;/- 
ment8,  \0  and  prayer,  are  hie  bridles  of 
impatiene,/. 

To  the  cliief  Magician,  even  to  'Jcduthun, 
.\.  Psalm  of  David. 

I  SAID,  I  will  "take  heed  to  my 
ways,  that  I  sin  not  with  my 
tonpuc  :  1  will  keep  fiiniy  moutli 
with  a  hridlc,  'while  the  wicked  is 
before  me. 

2  '1 1  w:i3  dumb  with  silence,  I  held 
my  peace,  even  from  good;  and  my 
sorrow  was  1  stirred. 

;!  My  heart  was  hot  within  me; 
while  I  was  musing  "^thc  lire  burn- 
ed: then  spake  I  with  my  tongue, 

4  I.oitt),  iniakc  me  to  know  mine 
end,  and  the  measure  of  my  days, 
what  it  is;  that  1  may  know  Ijhow 
frail  I  am. 

5  Behold,  thou  liast  made  my  days 
as  n  handbreadth;  and  ^^minc  a^e 
I's  as  nothing'  before  thee:  li verily 
everv  man  tat  his  best  state  i,<  alto- 
gether vanity.     Selah. 

G  Surolj'  every  man  walketh  in  t'a 
vain  shew:  surely  they  are  disquiet- 
ed in  A'ain:  l.he  heai)eth  up  riches, 
and  knowcth  not  who  shall  gather 
them. 

7  And  now,  Lord,  what  wait  I  for? 
I  my  hope  is  in  thee. 

H  Deliver  me  from  all  my  transgres- 
sions: make  me  not  ™t!ie  reproach 
of  tlic  foolish. 

!)  "  I  was  dumb,  I  opened  not  my 
mouth;  because  "thou  didst  it. 

1(1  1' Remove  thy  stroke  away  from 
me:  I  am  cfmsumed  by  the  f  blow 
of  thine  h.tnd. 

II  When  thou  with  rebukes  dost 
correct    man     for    iniciuity,     thou 


makest  tl>is  beauty  "i  to  consume 
away  like  a  moth:  ''surely  every 
man  is  vanity.    Selah. 

12  Hear  my  prayer,  O  Lonp,  and 
give  ear  unto  my  cry;  hold  not  thy 
peace  at  my  tears:  'tor  I  am  a  stran- 
per  with  tliee,  ««(?  a  sojourner,  'as 
all  my  fathers  n-ere. 

l.'i  "  O  spare  me,  that  I  may  recover 
strength,  before  I  go  hence^  and  '^be 
no  more. 


PS.VLM  XL. 

1  The  benefit  of  confidence  in  God.     0  Ohe- 
dicneeit  the  brat  tacrificc.    U  The  eente 
of  David'a  eviU  injiunicth  hia  prayer. 
To  tlio  cliiof  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  DaviiJ. 

tT    "WAITED    patiently    for    the 

1  Lord;  and  he  inclined  unto  me, 
and  heard  my  cry. 

2  He  brought  mc  up  also  out  of  t  a 
horrible  pit,  out  of  I'the  miry  clay, 
and  "^set  my  feet  upon  a  rock,  and 
J  established  my  goings. 

3  'And  he  hath  put  a  new  song  in 
my  moutIi,ereu  praise  unto  our  God: 
fn'innv  shall  sec  t^  and  fear,  and 
shall  tiustin  the  Lonn. 

4  '^  ISli'ssed  ?athat  man  that  maketh 
tlie  Lfn:i>  his  trust,  and  I'rcspecteth 
not  the  proud,  nor  such  as  iturn 
aside  to  lies. 

5  k  Many,  O  Lonn  my  God,  are 
thy  wonderful  works  n'hi<-h  thou 
hast  done,  land  thy  thoughts  vhieh 
are  to  us-ward:  II  they  cannot  be 
reckoned  up  in  order  unto  thee:  (/" 
I  would  declare  and  speak  of  them, 
they  are  more  than  can  be  num- 
bered. 

(i  "'  Sacrifice  and  offering  thou  didst 
not  desire;  mine  ears  hast  thou 
i  opened  :  btunt  offering  and  sin 
ottering  hast  thou  not  required. 

7  Then  said  I,  Lo,  1  come:  in  the 
volume  of  the  book  it  is  "written 
of  me, 

S  "I  delight  to  do  tbv  will,  O  my 
God:  yea,  thy  law  is-  fP within  my 
heart. 

ini  have  preached  righteousness  in 
the  great  congregation  :  lo,  '  1  have 
not  refraiucd  liiy  lips,  O  LoitD, 
'thou  knowest. 

10  'I  have  not  hid  thy  righteous- 
ness within  my  heart ;  I  have  de- 
clared thy  faithfulness  and  thy  sal- 
vation :  1  have  not  concealed  thy 
lovingkindness  and  thy  truth  from 
the  great  congregation. 

U  ■Withhold  not  thou  thy  tender 
mercies  from  me,  OLonii:  "let  thy 
lovingkindness  and  thy  truth  con- 
tinually preserve  me. 

12  For  innumer:ible  evils  have  eoni- 

f)assed  mc  about:  "mine  iniciuilies 
lave  taken  hold  upon  me,  so  that  1 
am  not  able  to  look  up  ;  they  are 
more  than  the  hairs  of  mine  head: 
therefore  >  mv  heart  t  liiileth  mc. 
1:5  ^Bc  pleascd„0  Loi;i>.  to  deliver 


The  merciful  vmn's  ncompenKC.         PSALMS. 


David's  zeal  to  serve  God. 


.r. 

71. 

ai.  4.  ■X. 

n.  2,  3.  i 
U. 

ir. 

TO.  3. 

tr. 

71.  19. 

.r. 

70.4. 

er. 

M.  27, 

bPi.  27.  11 


e2^o™  ni2. 

Jolj  n  W 

r...M.  12,  13, 

20. 

Jtr  20   10. 
♦  Ilrb,  M« 

;>t«ce. 


mc  :  O  LuKD,  muko  liastc  to  help 
mc. 

14  "Let  thom  be  nslmmed  nnd  con- 
foiinck'd  ti>;;etlier  thiit  peek  nfter  my 
soul  to  (lc:^ti-oy  it;  let  them  be  driven 
baekwurd  luid  put  to  bUaine  that 
wish  mc  evil, 

15  I' Let  them  be  '  desolate  for  a  re- 
ward of  their  shame  that  say  unto 
me,  Aba,  aha. 

1(>  ''Let  all  those  that  seek  thee  rc- 
joiee  and  be  elad  in  thee:  let  mieh 
a-s  love  thy  salvation  ''say  continu- 
allv.  The  Loud  be  nia^'nilied. 
li*  fBut  I  am  poor  and  needy;  yrt 
sthe  Lord  tbinketh  upon  me:  thou 
nrt  my  help  and  my  deliverer;  niuke 
no  tarryiu;;,  O  my  tJod. 

rSAL^I  XLL 

1  Ood't  care  of  the  poor.    4  Pavid  com- 

2'taincth  of  hia   enemieti*  treachery,     lu 

Jle  flecth  to  Oudfor  tuceour. 

To  llio  chief  Musicim,  A  Psilm  orD,-inJ. 

BLESSED  "is  he  that  considereth 
lithe  poor:  the  Loui>  will  deliv- 
er bim  i  in  time  ot'trouble. 
2  The  Loiip  will  preserve  him,  and 
keep  him  alive ;  tiiiil  be  sliall  be 
blessed  upon  the  earth:  ''and  ||  thou 
wilt  not  deliver  him  unto  the  will 
of  bis  enemies. 

5  The  Loud  -will  strengthen  bim 
upon  the  bed  of  lansuishins:  thou 
wilt  t  make  all  his  bed  in  his  siek- 
iiess. 

4  I  said,  Lonn,  bo  merciful  unto 
me:  "^  heal  my  soul;  for  I  liave  sin- 
ned njxain^t  tliec. 

.">  Mine  enemies  speak  evil  of  inc. 
When  shall  he  die,  and  his  name 
perish? 

fi  And  if  he  come  to  sec  me,  he 
•fspeaketh  vanity:  his  heart  gather- 
eth  iniquity  to  itself;  ivhen  he  goeth 
abroad,  be  telleth  it. 

7  All  that  hate  mc  whisper  tn;ctber 
afiaiiist  me:  against  me  do  they  de- 
vise I  m.v  hurt. 

H  1  Au  evil  disease,  ,«"7?/  thri/,  clcav- 
cth  fust  unto  him:  and  noii'  that  he 
lietb  he  shall  rise  up  no  more. 

I)  *^  Yea,  f  mine  own  f;miili;ir  friend, 
in  whom  I  trusted,  fwbich  did  cnt  of 
my  bread,  hntU  f  lifted  up  /lis  heel 
against  me. 

II)  liut  thou,  O  IjOKD,  be  merciful 
unto  me,  and  raise  mc  up,  that  I 
ma.v  rc<initc  them. 

11  By  this  I  know  that  thou  favour- 
cst  mc,  because  mine  enemy  doth 
not  triumph  over  me. 

IJ  And  as  for  mc,  thon  upholdest 
me  in  mine  integiit}',  and  »settest 
ine  before  thy  face  for  ever. 

b!  I.  Blessed  he  the  LoKli  God  of 
Israel  from  everlasting,  and  to  ever- 
lusting.    Amen,  and  Amen. 

rSALM  XHI. 
1   naviJ'n  seal  to  Bcrvc  tJoU  in  the  temple. 

6  Jia  ettcourai/ct/i  hia  tuul  to  trubC  t/i 
UoJ. 

To  tbo  cbiof  Muflieinn,  IMasobll,  fur  the  sods 
of  Korab. 
494 


VS  the  hart  1  pantetb  after  the  wa- 
ter brooks,  80  pantetli  my  soul 
after  thee,  ()  God. 

2  "My  soul  tbirsteth  for  God,  for 
'"the  living  God:  when  shall  I  come 
and  appear  belbrc  God' 

3  "  My  tears  have  been  my  meat 
day  and  night,  while  '' they  continu- 
ally say  unto  me,  Where  ?.s  tli.v  God.' 

4  When  I  remember  these  t/iuini',  'I 
pour  out  my  soul  in  me:  for  1  bad 
gone  with  the  multitude,  il  went 
with  them  to  the  house  of  God,  with 
the  voice  of  jov  antl  praise,  with  a 
multitude  tli.n't  kept  bolvibiv. 

5  <  Why  art  thou  I  cast" down,  O  my 
soul?  and  iili;/  art  tlioii  disi|uieted 
in  me?  I' hope  thou  in  (ioil:  for  I 
shall  yet  II  praise  him  \\for  the  help 
of  his  countenance. 

fi  O  my  God,  my  soul  is  cast  down 
within  me:  tberelbrc  will  I  remem- 
ber thee  from  the  land  of  Jordan, 
and  of  the  llerinoiiites,  from  11  the 
hill  Mizar. 

7  'Deep  cnllcth  unto  ilcep  at  the 
noise  of  thy  water.'^ponts  :  l>  all  thy 
waves  and  thy  billows  arc  gone  over 
mc. 

S  Vef  the  Lonn  will  'command  his 
lovingkindness  in  the  davtime,  and 
'"in  the  night  his  song  shiilll^  with 
me,  nnd  my  prayer  unto  the  God  of 
my  lite. 

!)  I  will  say  unto  God  my  rock, 
"Why  hast  thou  forgotten  me?  "  why 
go  I  mourning  because  of  the  oppres- 
sion of  the  enemy? 

]('  .fs  with  a  II  sword  in  my  bones, 
mine  enemies  repr^»acb  me;  "while 
they  sav  daily  unto  mc,  AVIicic  is 
thy  God? 

11  P  Why  art  thou  cast  down,  O  m.v 
soul?  and  why  art  tbou  disquieted 
within  me?  hope  thou  in  God:  for 
1  tball  yet  praise  him,  irhu  i.<  the 
health  of  my  countenance,  and  luv 
God. 

rSALM  XLIIL 

I  Pnvitt,  prnyinri  to  he  restored  to  the  tern- 
jdc,  Jiromiscth  to  eerie  Ood  joyfully.  6 
Ui  encourageth  hit  toul  to  tru'a't  i.i  (7od. 
»  TUDGE  mc,  O  God,  and  I- plead 
f  I  my  cause  against  an  l[  ungodly 
nation :  O  deliver  me  f  from  the  de- 
ceitful and  un.inst  man. 
2  For  thou  cil  the  God  of  'my 
strength  :  why  dost  tbou  cast  mV 
off?  ''why  go"!  mourning  because 
of  the  opiircssion  of  the  enemy? 
,•5  'O  send  out  thy  light  nnd  thv 
truth:  let  them  lead  me;  let  them 
g  nie  unto  '  thy  holy  hill,  and  to 


thv  lu 


4  Then  will  I  go  unto  the  nltnr  of 
Giul,  unto  God  1  my  rxeeiMling  ioy : 
vea,  upon  tlv.'  harp  will  1  i>r:iise  thee, 
O  God  my  God. 

5 -Why  art  tbou  cast  down,  O  my 
soul?  and  why  art  tbou  disciuieted 
within  me?  hope  in  God:  for  I  shall 
.Vet  praise  him,  w/ift  in  the  bealtli  of 
iny  couutcnaucc,  and  my  God. 


The  church  praycth  for  s\iccot(r. 


PSALIIS.       The  majestij  of  Christ's  kingdom. 


•  Ei.  12.  26, 

2T. 

P..  79.  3. 
bE..  1.'.    17. 

Pi.  73.'65.'4 
eo.  8. 


r>  m  I. 

o  Is.  S3  3.  4. 
Jer.  15.  13. 


1 1.  31. 

3.5  7. 

13.4 

yr,.23 

i. 

t  Job  11 

ricti. 

13. 

31. 

»Jub31 

14. 

I'SALM  XLIV. 

1   Til)  church,  in  memory   uf  former  fa- 
vours,  7  eomptaineth  of  their  jircgcnt 
evils.     17  Professing  hir  intepriiy,    '.i6 
she  fervently  pruycth  for  eucct^ur. 
To  the  cbicf  MusicKin  fur  the  sods  of  Korab, 

Mascliil. 
'I'lT'E  Iiavo  heard  with  onrc!ir»,  O 

\  \  Gcul,  •'  our  fatlier.s  have  tolil  lis, 
icAoMvnrk  thou  didbt  in  tlieir  days, 
in  tlio  times  of  old. 

2  J/uw  "thou  didst  drive  out  the 
heathen  with  thy  liand,  ami  iilaiitedst 
tlicin;  /loiv  thou  didst  afflict  the  peo- 
ple, and  cast  thctn  out. 

o  For  '"  they  ^ot  not  the  land  in  pos- 
session hy  tlieir  own  sword,  neither 
did  tlieir  own  arm  save  them:  lint 
thy  ri;:ht  hand,  and  thine  nnii,aiid 
the  lijiht  of  thy  countcnanee,  d  he- 
cause  tliou  hadst  a  iiivour  unto  them. 

4  "Thou  art  mv  Kin-,  O  tiod: 
comniaiid  dclivenuiris  fur  .liH-oh. 

o  ThK.UL'h  tlire  i  will  we  pusli  lUiwn 
our  enemies:  tlnouLrh  thy  name  will 
we  tread  them  under  that  rise  up 
a;^ninst  us. 

ll  For  PI  will  not  trust  in  my  bow, 
neither  shall  my  sword  sa\'e  me. 

7  JUut  thou  hast  saved  us  from  our 
enemies,  and  hast  b  put  them  to 
shame  that  hated  us. 

8  1  In  God  we  boast  all  the  day  lonfr, 
and  praise  thy  name  for  ever.   Selali. 

"J  But  l»  thou  hast  cast  off",  and  put 
lis  to  shame  ;  and  gocst  not  forth 
with  our  armies. 

1(1  Thou  makest  us  to  I  turn  back 
from  the  enemy :  and  they  which 
liate  us  spoil  lor  themselves. 

11  "'Thou  hast  given  us  I  like  sheep 
iippohilcd  for  meat;  and  hast  "scat- 
tered us  anions  'be  heathen. 

12  "  Thou  sellest  thy  people  )  for 
nought,  and  dost  not  increase  tlii/ 
ucullh  by  their  jirice. 

l.T  I"  Thou  makest  us  a  reproach  to 
our  neijihbours,  a  scorn  and  a  deris- 
ion to  them  that  arc  rouud  about 
us. 

14  1  Thou  makest  us  a  byword 
amonp;  the  heathen,  'a  shaking  of 
the  bead  among  the  people. 

15  My  confusion  t.'S  continually  be- 
fore me,  and  the  shame  of  my  face 
hath  covered  me, 

11!  For  the  voice  of  him  that  re- 
proachcthand  blasphemcth; '  hy  rea- 
son of  the  enemy  and  avenger. 

17  'All  this  is  come  upon  us:  yet 
have  wc  not  forgotten  thee,  neither 
have  we  dealt  falsely  in  thy  cove- 
nant. 

18  Our  heart  is  not  turned  back, 
"  neither  have  our  ||  steps  declined 
from  thy  way; 

I'J  Though  thou  hast  sore  broken 
us  in  ^  the  place  of  dragons,  and  cov- 
ered u.s  >  with  the  shadow  of  death. 

20  If  we  have  forgotten  the  name  of 
our  God,  or  ^  stretched  out  our  hands 
to  a  strange  god ; 

21  "Shall  not  God  Bcarch  this  out? 


for  he  knowcth  the  secrets  of  the 
heart. 

22  ll  Yea,  for  thy  sake  are  wc  killed 
nil  the  d:iy  long;  wc  arc  counted  us 
sheep  for  the  Bhtiightcr. 

2^  "^  Awake,  why  steepest  thou,  O 
I-ord  <■  arise,  J  cast  its  not  oft'  for 
ever. 

24  ^  Wherefore  hidest  thou  thy  face, 
(ttid  forgettest  our  nfiliction  and  our 
oppression  ? 

2.5  For  *  our  soul  is  bowed  down  to 
the  dust:  our  belly  cleavctb  unto  the 
earth. 

21!  Arise  I  for  our  help,  and  redeem 
us  for  thy  mercies'  sake. 
rSALM  XLV. 

1    The  mnjesfy  and  grace  of  ChrisCs  king. 

tlom.     10  The  duly  of  the   church,  auU 

the  benefits  Iherenf. 
To  Ibo  cbief  Musician  'upon  Shosbannim,  fop 

tbe  sous  of  Korab,  n  Mancbil,  A  t^ougot'tuvcd. 

MY  heart  t  is  inditing  a  good  mat- 
ter: I  speak  of  the  thin-s  which 
I  have  made  touching  the  King:  my 
tongue  IS  the  pen  of  a  ready  writer. 

2  Thou  art  fairer  than  the  children 
of  men:  ''grace  is  poured  into  tliy 
lips:  therefore  God  hath  blessed  thee 
liir  ever. 

."!  Gird  thy  bsword  upon  //iv  thigh, 
"■  O  !»o.s«  Alighty,  with  thy  glory  and 
thy  majesty. 

4  "' .\nd  in  thy  majesty  t  ride  pros- 
perously, because  of  truth  and  meek- 
ness ct'itil  righteousness ;  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  teach  thee  terrible 
things. 

^  Thine  arrows  ore  sharp  in  the 
heart  of  the  King's  enemies;  whcre- 
hii  the  people  fall  under  thee. 

(!  *■  Thy  tlironc,  O  G<id,  i.s  for  ever 
and  ever:  the  sceptre  of  thy  king- 
dom IS  a  right  sceptre. 

7  f  Thou  lovcst  righteousness,  and 
hatest  wickedness:  therefore  |l  '^God, 
thy  God,  bhatb  anointed  thee  with 
the  oil  lof  gladness  above  thy  fel- 
lows. 

8  k  All  thy  garmen  ts. «mcW  of  myrrh, 
and  aloes,  (md  cassia,  out  of  the 
ivory  palaces,  whereby  they  have 
made  thee  glad. 

U  1  Kings'  daughters  icerc  among 
thy  honourable  women:  '"  upon  thy 
right  hand  did  stand  the  queen  in 
gold  of  Ophir. 

10  Hearken,  O  daughter,  and  con- 
sider, and  incline  thine  car;  "for- 
get also  thine  own  jjeople,  and  thy 
father's  bouse; 

11  So  shall  the  King  greatly  desire 
thy  beauty:  "for  he  is  thy  Lord; 
and  worship  thou  him. 

12  And  the  daughter  of  Tyre  shnll 
Ik  tfirrc  with  a  gift;  fven  I' tbe  rich 
among  the  people  shall  entreat  t  thy 
favour. 

I.i  'I  The  King's  daughter  is  nil 
glorious  within:  her  clothing  is  of 
wrought  gold. 

14  ■'She  shall  be  brought  unto  the 
King  in  raiment  of  uceiUework:  the 
495 


The  church's  confidence  in  God. 


PSALMS. 


The  privileges  of  the  church. 


•  rj.  iv. 

*6r 

» 1  Chr 

i-,2a 

IIJ   5 

7.8, 

b  I>OMt 

1,7. 
,  13. 

t  Il.b. 

he 

Hnv  11, a. 

Joel  2,  27. 
Zeph..1.  11, 


20 

.r.  13 

12. 

t  n 

h   n) 

..;* 

^: 

,/,,r 

kr4 

r«.  c 

111. 

2,  1. 

ni-: 

.31.9 

oil 

2.  U. 

17. 

virgins  her  companions  that  Ibllow 
her  shall  lie  brought  unto  thee. 

I.'j  With  gladness  and  rejoicing  shall 
they  lii^  brought:  they  sliaU  enter  in- 
tii  tho  Kind's  palace. 

1(1  Instead  of  thy  fathers  shall  be 
thy  children,  ^  whom  tliou  mayest 
make  princes  in  all  the  earth. 

17  '  I  will  make  thy  name  to  be  re- 
membered in  all  jienerations:  there- 
fore shall  the  people  praise  thee  for 
ever  and  ever. 

PSALM  XL VI. 
1   The  conft<lencii  which  thi  church  hath  in 

God.     &  An  exhortation  to  behold  it. 

To  tbo  cbicf  Musician  "  for  the  ions  of  Korah, 

•  A  Song  upon  *  Al.imoth. 

C^  OD  i?  our  '  refuse  and  strenjth, 
T  ba  very  present  help  in  trouble, 

2  Therefore  will  not  we  fear,  thouj^h 
the  earth  be  removed,  and  thou,;^h 
the  mountains  be  carried  into  t  the 
midst  oftlie  sea; 

.")  '  T/iiiii:j/i  the  waters  thereof  roar 
and  be  tnniblcd,  thoxnjh  the  mount- 
ains shako  with  the  swelling  thereof. 
.Selah. 

4  Tlicre  f?  tla  river,  the  streams 
whereof  shall  make  clad  "the  city 
of  God,  the  holy  jilnn;  of  the  taber- 
nacles of  the  Most  High. 

h  God  is  lin  the  midst  of  her;  she 
shall  not  be  moveil :  God  shall  help 
her,  1  nnd  that  right  early. 

(i  SThe  heathen  raged,  the  king- 
doms were  moved  :  he  uttered  his 
voice,  h  the  earth  melted. 

7  i  The  Loud  of  hosts  is  with  tis; 
the  God  of  Jacob  is  four  refuge. 
Selah. 

8  kCome,  behold  ihe  woiks  of  the 
Lord,  what  ilesolations  he  hath 
made  in  tlic  earth. 

!l  I  lie  maketli  wars  to  cease  unto 
the  end  of  the  earth:  '"he  brcakelh 
the  bow,  and  cutteth  the  spear  in 
sunder;  "ho  burnetii  the  chariot  in 
the  fire. 

10  Be  still,  nnd  know  that  I  am 
God:  °I  will  bo  exalted  among  the 
heathen,  I  will  bo  c.\.alted  in  the 
earth. 

11  1'  Tho  l.iOm)  of  hosts  is  with  us; 
the  God  of  Jacob  is  our  refuge.  Se- 
lah. 

rSALM  XLVn. 
Thenations  are  exhorted  cheerfully  to  en- 
tertain the  kingdom  of  Chrial. 
To  tho  cliief  Musioian.  A  Psalm  »  for  tho  sons 
of  Korab. 

O"  CLAP  your  hands,  nil  ye  peo- 
ple; shoiit  unto   God  with  the 
voire  of  triumph. 

2  For  the  Loni>  most  high  I's  ^  terri- 
ble; '^  lie  is  a  groat  King  over  all  the 
earth. 

3  'I  He  shall  subdue  the  people  un- 
der IIS,  and  the  nations  uuder  our 
feet. 

4  lie  shall  choose  our  '■iuheritaiiee 
for  us,  the  excellency  of  Jacob  whom 
he  loveil.     Selah. 

5  fGod  is  L'onc  ud  with  a  shout. 

496 


the  Lord  with  the  sound  of  a 
trumpet. 

I!  Sing  praises  to  God,  sinj;  praises: 
sinj  praises  unto  our  King,  sing 
praises. 

7  B  For  God  is-  the  King  of  all  the 
earth:  b  sing  ye  praises  ||  with  under- 
standing. 

H  i  God  reigneth  over  the  heathen: 
God  sitteth  upon  the  throne  of  his 
holiness. 

9  l|  The  princes  of  the  people  arc 
gathered  together,  keitii  the  people 
of  the  God  of  Abraham:  1  for  the 
shields  of  the  earth  belong  unto  God: 
he  is  greatly  exalted. 

PSALM  XLVIIL 

Tlie  ornamenta  and  priuilegea  of  the 
church. 

A  Sonj  and  Psalm  ''  for  tho  sons  of  Korah. 
r^  REAT  i,<i  the  Lonn.  nnd  greatly 
'  f  to  be  praised  "in  the  city  of  our 
God,  in  the  h  mountaiu  of  his  holi- 
ness. 

2  *■'  Beautiful  for  situation,  <'  the  joy 
of  the  whole  earth,  is  mount  Zioii, 
'  nn  the  sides  of  the  north,  I'thc  city 
of  the  great  King. 

;;  God  is  known  in  her  palaces  for  a 
refuge. 

4  Kor,  lo,  sthe  kings  were  assem- 
bled, they  passed  bv  together. 

.'j  Tliey  saw  it,  and  so  they  marvel- 
led ;  they  were  troubled,  and  hasted 
aw.ay. 

G  Fear  h  took  hold  upon  them  there, 
'^and  pain,  as  of  a  woman  in  travail. 

7  Thou  V,  breakest  the  ships  of  Tar- 
shish  I  with  an  east  wind. 

8  As  we  have  heard,  so  have  we 
seen  in  "'the  city  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  in  the  city  of  our  God:  God 
will  "  establish  it  for  ever.     Selah. 

It  We  have  thought  of  "thy  loving- 
kindness,  O  God,  in  tho  midst  of  thy 
temple. 

10  According  to  P  thy  name,  O  God, 
so  i^  thy  praise  unto  the  ends  of  the 
earth:  thy  right  hand  is  full  of  right- 
eousness. 

U  Let  mount  Zion  reioice,  let  the 
daughters  of  Judah  bo  glad,  because 
of  thv  judgment.s. 

12  Walk  about  Zion,  nnd  go  round 
about  her:  tell  the  towers  thereof 
1.1    1  IMark    ye   well    her  bulwarks, 
II  consider  her  palaces;  that  ye  may 
tell  i(  to  th(.'  generation  following. 
14  For  this  (Jod  is  our  God  for  ever 
and  ever:    he  will   1  bo  our  guide 
rfi'c/i  unto  death. 
!  PSALM  XLIX. 

1  An  earneet  persuaeion  to  build  the  faith 
of  regurreetion,  not  on  worldly   yotver, 
but  on   God.     10  Worldl;;  iironperily  I'j 
not  to  be  admired. 
To  Iho  chief  Musician,  A  Psalm  "  for  tho  eons 
uf  Korah. 

R.AU  this,  nil  i/e  people;  give  ear, 
all  fir  inbahitanls  oftlie  world: 
2   Hotli  "low  and  high,  rich   nnd 
Door,  together. 


\v 


Vanity  of  trusting  in  riches. 


PSALMS. 


God  deliijliteth  in  sincerity. 


rP>:nt.  Mil. 
luk.  U.  13. 
t  neb    Tho 


.  1.1.  IT. 
-,  ■.^.30. 


-  My  mouth  shall  speak  o(  wisdom  : 
and  tlic  meditation  of  my  heart  shall 
be  of  inulerstandin^. 

4  111  will  ineliiie  mine  ear  to  a  para- 
ble :  1  will  open  my  dark  Baying 
upon  the  harp. 

5  Whcretbre  pliniild  I  fear  in  the 
days  of  evil,  irlnii  Mho  iniquity  of 
my  heels  shall  eoiiipass  me  aboii't? 

6  They  that  ■'  trust  in  their  wealth, 
and  bou.st  themselves  iu  the  multi- 
tude of  their  riehcs; 

7  None  of  thcin  can  by  any  moans 
redeem  his  brother,  nor  •'give  to  God 
a  ransom  tor  him: 

!j  ( For  f  the  redemption  of  their  soul 
is  preeious,  and  it  eenseth  for  ever:) 

y  That  he  should  still  live  for  ever, 
anil  K  not  sec  corruption. 

I(>  I-'or  he  sceth  tliiU  ii  wise  men  die, 
likewise  the  fool  and  the  brutish  per- 
son perish,  laud  leave  their  wealth 
to  others. 

II  Their  inward  thought  is,  thnt 
their  houses  shall  rnnthitic  for  ever, 
attfJ  their  dvvelliiijrplnees  t  to  all  gen- 
erations; they  Iv  cull  their  lands  after 
their  own  names. 

I'.i  Nevertheless  I  man  hrivij  in  hon- 
our aliiileth  not:  he  is  like  the  beasts 
thtct  perish. 

1.'.  'i'his  their  way  i.s-  their  "'folly: 
3'et  their  posterity  |  approve  their 
sayinjis.     Selah. 

14  l>ike  sheep  they  are  laid  in  the 
grave;  death  sliall  lied  on  them; 
and  "the  iipri-lit  shall  have  domin- 
ion over  them  in  the  morning;  "and 
their  |l  beaulv  sIkiU  ■■..nsunie  ||  ill  the 
grave  from  tlieir  dwelling. 

15  Kilt  Ciod  I'lvill  redeem  my.soul 
tfroni  tlic  power  of  |1  the  grave:  for 
he  shall  receive  me.     Selah. 

I(J  lie  not  thou  afraid  when  one  is 
made  rich,  when  the  glory  of  his 
house  is  increased; 

17  "JFor  when  he  dieth  ho  shall 
carry  nothing  away:  his  glory  shall 
not  descend  after  huu. 

18  Though  (while  he  lived  'he 
blessed  his  soul,  (anil  7/(f7i  will  praise 
thee,  when  thou  doest  well  to  thy- 
self,) 

IU  t  lie  shall 'go  to  the  generation 
of  his  fathers;  they  shall  never  sec 
'light. 

20  "  Man  that  is  in  honour,  and  un- 
dcrstandeth  not,  ^is  like  the  beasts 
that  perish. 

PS.VI.M  I,. 

1   Tlie  mojest!/  of  <Jo,l  in  the  church.  5  Itii 

orJcr  10  gather  saints.    7  The  pleneurc 

of  (Jod  is  not  in  ceremonies,  H  but  in 

sincerity  of  ohcdioicc. 

A  Psalm  n  of  -Vsapli. 
rpITR  "  mightv  God,  vren  the  LoRIi, 

1  hatli  spoken,  and  called  the  earth 
from  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto  the 
g,Mngd..wii  thereof 

2  Out  of  /.ion,  hthe  perfection  of 
beaiitv,  '  (old  hath  shined. 

;!  Our   GchI   shall  eoijic.  and  shall 
not  keep  silence:  lia  tire  shall  devour 
32 


before  him,  and  it  shall  be  very  tem- 
pestuous round  about  him. 

4  "-'  lie  shall  call  to  tho  heavens  from 
above,  and  to  the  earth,  that  he  may 
judge  his  people. 

.'i  Gather  '  my  saints  together  unto 
me:  f^tluiso  that  ha^•o  made  a  covo- 
iKMit  with  itie  by  sacrifice. 

(i  .\nd  li  the  heavens  shall  declare 
his  righteousness:  lor  ■  God  iVs  judge 
himself     Selah. 

7  ^  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will 
speak;  *)  Israel,  and  I  will  testify 
against  thee:  II  am  God,  crcn  thy 
G.id. 

8  "'  I  will  not  reprove  thee  "  for  thy 
sacrifices  or  thy  burnt  offerings,  to 
hare  been  continually  belbre  mo. 

y  "  I  will  take  no  bullock  out  of  thy 
house,  7ior  he  goats  out  of  thy  folds: 

10  i"or  every  beast  of  the  forest  is 
mine,  and  the  cattle  upon  a  thousand 
hills. 

11  1  know  all  the  fowls  of  the  niount- 
aiiis:  and  the  wild  beasts  of  the  field 
are  I  mine. 

12  If  1  were  hungry,  I  would  not 
tell  thee:  I'  lor  the  world  i.tmine,  and 
the  fulness  thereof. 

i;!  Will  I  eat  the  flesh  of  bulls,  or 
drink  the  blood  of  goats? 

14  'lOHer  unto  God  thanksgiving; 
and  ^  pay  thy  vows  unto  the  Most 
High: 

1.5  And  'call  upon  me  in  the  day  of 
trouble:  I  will  deliver  thee,  and  thou 
.'^hiilt 'glorilV  me. 

n;  l!ut  iiiitn  the  wicked  God  saitli, 
Wh:it  iK.st  thou  to  do  to  declare  mv 
stalutes,  or  thiil  thou  shouldett  take 
iiiy  covenant  in  tliv  mouth? 

i?  "  Seeing  thou  luitest  instruction, 
and  ''castest  my  words  behind  thee. 

l.sWIien  thou  sawcst  a  thief,  then 
thou  >  ciinscntodst  with  him,  and 
thastbeen  'partakerw  ith  adulterers. 

ly  (Thou  givost  thy  mouth  to  evil, 
and  "thy  tongue  frahieth  deceit. 

20  Thou  sittcst  rrn(/  speakest  against 
thy  brother ;  thou  slaudcrcst  thine 
own  mother's  son. 

21  These  things  hast  thou  done, 
liand  I  kept  silence;  'thou  thought- 
ost  that  I  was  altogether  sm-h  a  unr 
as  thyself:  but  <1 1  will  reprove  thee, 
and  set  thctn  in  order  before  thine 
eyes. 

22  Now  consider  this,  ye  that '  forget 
Goil,  lest  I  tear  von  in  pieces,  and 
thrn  hr  none  to  deliver. 

2.;  f  Whoso  (itfcreth  iiraise  glorifieth 
no:  anil  "to  him  i  that  ordereth  A/.s- 
■nnversatioii  (triijht  will  I  shew  the 
salvation  of  God. 

PSALM  LL 
1  Daviil  praycth  for  remission  of  sins, 
whereof  ho  tnakcth  a  deep  confession. 
6  fie  prnt/cth  for  sitnrtification.  IG  iJoU 
deliyhteih  not  in  sicrifire,  hut  in  sincer- 
ity, ly  tie  jfrayeth  for  the  cburclt. 
To  tho  clnof  Musician.  X  Psalm  uf  Bavid, 
•  mlien  Nathan  the  iirophet  fame  unto  liiui, 
after  lie  bud  gono  ia  to  Bath'Shcba. 

4in 


A  prayer  for  rcmifun'on  of  sfns. 


PSALMS. 


Gen-eral  corruption  of  mankind. 


41  '2i. 

C-ol.  i.  14. 
bH.b  9.  11 

I  John  I  V.9. 

r.ov.  1.  0. 
e  r.  S2,  B.  St 

33.  18. 
daon.20.6.  4 


r..im.  5.  12. 
Kph.  2.  3. 
hJoli  11.4. 


1  Job  38.  36. 
kLtr.  11.  1. 

i;.  19. 

Nura   19  18. 


2  Kill.  13.23. 
rRoin.  8.  9. 
Bpli.  4.  3(1.     I 


>  Naii..l.5.27. 

3^ 

p>.  40.  e.  & 

M.  «. 
li.  1.  II. 


[LTAVK  mercy  ii]><m  in(»,  O  God, 
VXX  aecnrdins  to  tliy  luviiiL'kinil- 
kiess:  ncconling  untotlie  iiiiiltitiide 
jof  thy  tender  mercies  "blut  out  my 
^ransj^ressions. 

2  i»  Wash  iiie  thoroujjhly  from  mine ' 
iniquity,  and  eloansc  mefrorn  my  sin. 

3  For  '*  1  acl<nowlcd;^e  my  trans- 
gressions :  and  my  sin  is  ever  be- 
fore me. 

4  I'Apiainst  thee,  thee  only,  have 
1  sinned,  and  done  l/iix  evil  "  in  tliy 
sight:  I  that  thou  mi);htest  be  justi- 
fied when  tliou  spealvcst,  and  be  clear 
when  tliou  judj^est. 

5  sUehold,  I  was  shapon  in  iniq- 
uity; hand  in  sin  did  my  mother 
\  conceive  me. 

G  Behold,  thou  dcsircst  truth  >  in 
the  inward  parts:  and  in  tlie  hidden 
part  thou  shalt  make  me  to  know 
wisdom. 

7  k  Purge  me  with  hyssop,  and  1 
shall  be  clean :  wash  mo,  and  1  shall 
be  I  whiter  than  snow. 

8  Make  me  to  hear  joy  and  glad- 
ness ;  thfit  the  bones  whick  thou 
hast  hrok<'n  '"may  rejoice. 

D  "  Hide  t)iv  face  froin  my  sins,  and 
"  blot  out  all  mine  iniiiuitios. 
ID    ''Create  in   me    a  clean    heart. 

0  God  ;  and  renew  \\  a  right  spirit 
within  mo. 

11  Cast  me  not  away  ifrom  thy 
presence  ;  and  take  not  thy  '  Holy 
Spirit  from  me. 

12  Ilestoic  unto  me  the  joy  of  thy 
salvation  ;  and  uphold  me  with  tliy 
"free  Spirit. 

13  Then  will  I  teach  transgressors 
tliy  wa,\'s;  and  sinners  shall  be  con- 
verted unto  tliee. 

14  Deliver  me  from  f 'bloodguilt- 
inc.ss,  O  God,  thou  God  of  mv  sal- 
vation: and  "my  tongue  shall  sing 
aloud  of  thy  rigliteousncss. 

1.5  O  lyord,  onen  thou  my  lips  ;  and 
my  mouth  shall  shew  forth  thy  praise. 

lU  For  "thou  desirest  not  sacri- 
fice ;  II  else  would  I  give  it :  thou 
delightost  not  in  burnt  otfering. 

17  y  Tiio  sacrifices  of  God  are  a 
broken  spirit:  a  broken  and  a  con- 
trite heart,  O  God,  thou  wilt  not 
despise. 

18  Bo  good  in  thy  good  pleasure 
unto  Zion:  build  tliou  the  walls  of 
Jerusalem. 

19  Then  shalt  thou  be  plenscd  with 
^  the  sacrifices  of  riglitrnuMirss,  with 
burnt  oflcring  and  whole  liarnt  offer- 
ing: thou  shall  tl:  

upon  thine  altar 

rs 

1  David,  condemning  tlie  «;)t(f.fii(iic«»  of 
Jhic'j,  jirophenicth  liie  ilcBtruetion.  6 
r/io  rii/Meouii  thall  rfjoiec  at  il.  8  Da- 
vid, «/j'>n  fiiM  confiUcncsin  tfod^tmcrcij, 
givct/i  tfiiinka. 

To  the  chief  Musician,  Slasohil.   A   Psalm 
of  D.iviil.  'mlicn  Pocs  llio  Kdotnilc  citim 
and  •  told  Riul,  nn.l  »\h\  nnio  hiui,  DaTiil 
Id  como  to  thn  houss  of  Abiinolecb. 
4i)8 


altar.j 
PSALM  MI. 


WHY  boastest  thou  thyself  in 
mischief,  <» '  mighty  m,in  ?  the 
goodness  of  God  cndureth  continu- 
ally. 

2  h  Thy  tongue  deviseth  mischiefs: 
■■like  a  sharp  razor,  working  deceit- 
fully. 

.'<  Thou  lovcst  evil  more  than  good; 
anr!  d  lying  rather  than  to  speak 
righteousness.    Selah. 

4  Thou  lovest  all  devouring  words, 
!|  O  t/ioii  deceitful  tongue. 

5  God  shall  likewise  t  destroy  thee 
for  ever,  he  shall  take  thee  away,  and 
pluck  thee  out  of  (/;;/ dwellingplace, 
and  "  root  thee  out  oi'  the  land  of  the 
living.     Selah. 

(J  <  The  righteous  also  shall  see,  and 
fear,  i-'and  shall  laugh  at  him: 
7  Lo,  this  is  the  inan  that  made 
not  God  his  strength;  but  1' trusted 
in  the  abundance  of  his  riches,  and 
strengthened  himself  iu  his  ||  wick- 
edness. 

H  But  I  am  ilike  a  green  olive  tree 
in  the  house  cf  God:  I  trust  in  the 
mercy  of  God  for  ever  and  ever, 
y  I  will  praise  thee  tor  ever,  be- 
cause thou  hast  dtuie  if:  and  1  will 
wait  on  thy  name;  It  for  it  is  good 
before  thy  saints. 

PSALM  LIIL 
1  David  dcgcriieth   the  conniption  of   a 
natural     innn.     4     Jle     convinceth  '  the 
wicked  by   the   lif/ht  of  their  own   con- 
science.   0  He  fflorieth  in  the  salvation 
of  God. 
To  the  chief  Musician  upon  Mahalath.Maschil. 
A  I'sahn  of  D:ivid. 

THE  "fool  hath  said  in  his  heart. 
There  is  no  God.  Corrupt  arc 
they,  and  have  done  abominable 
iniquity:  hMerc  is  none  that  doeth 

good. 

2  (lod  "^  looked  down  from  heaven 
upon  fho  children  of  men.  fo  .«ee  if 
there  were  anil  that  did  understand, 
that  did  I*  seek  God. 

.*)  Every  one  of  them  is  gone  back: 
they  are  altogether  become  filthy  ; 
there  is  none  that  doeth  good,  no, 
not  one. 

4  Have  the  workers  of  iniquity 
•^no  knowledge!'  who  eat  up  my 
people  OS  they  cat  bread :  they 
have  not  called  "upon  Gnd. 

5  'There  t  were  they  in  great  fear, 
where  no  fear  was  :  for  (Jod  hath 
s  scattered  the  bones  of  him  that 
cncampetb  nrjainxt  tliee  :  thou  bast 
put  tliem  to  shame,  because  God 
hath  despised  them. 

(I  li  I  Oil  that  the  s.alvation  of  Is- 
rael trire  rome  out  of  Zion  1  "When 
God  hringctli  buck  the  captivity  of 
his  iieople,  .Tacob  shall  rejoice,  i(«(/ 
Israel  shall  be  glad. 

PSALM  LIV. 

1  David,  complaining  of  the  Ziphim, 
praijcth  for  salvation.  4  Vponhii,  con- 
fidence in  God's  help  he  promis€t^  sac- 
rifice. 

To  the  chief  Musician  on  Neginotb,  Maschil, 


David's  prayer  in  distress. 


PSALMS. 


lie  cnmp'aineth  of  his  enemies. 


ir..  52.  9. 
iP..  .^.lO.  4 


l>2.Si,ni.  ir,.7, 
e  rs.  116.  3. 


•  Fi.  41.9. 

fp<.  ra.  M.  4 


A  I'naJm  of  David,  •  ivlien  llio  Zipbim 
came  and  said  to  .Saul,  Doth  not  Uaviil 
bide  liiiudelf  witli  m'i 

SAVE  nic,  O  God,  by  thy  nnmc, 
^  and  judge  me  by  thjstrensth- 
2  Hear  inv  pniyer,  O  God;  give  ear 
to  the  words  of  my  mouth. 
;i  For  ^'strangers  are  risen  up  against 
me,  and  oppressors  seek  after  ?ny 
soul:  tliey  have  not  set  God  beibic 
tliem.    Selali. 

4  lieliold,  God  in  mine  helper:  *  the 
Lord  is  with  them  that  uphold  my 
soul. 

5  He  shall  reward  evil  unto  t  mine 
enemies:  cut  them  off  '  In  thy  truth. 

(j  I  will  freely  sacrifice  unto  thee:  I 
will  prai.se  thy  name,  O  Lolsii;  dfor 
it  IS  good. 

7  For  he  hath  delivered  mo  out  of 
all  trouble:  '-and  mine  eye  hath  seen 
his  desire  upon  mine  enemies. 

PSALM  LV. 

1  Davi'l  in  his  prayar  comptnineth  of  Jii» 
fearful  ease.  *J  J£>:  prayeth  against  his 
enemies,  of  whose  ivic/iednees  and  treach- 
ery he  eomplaineth.  IS  He  comforlelh 
himself  in  Hod's  ]freservation  of  him, 
and  confusion  of  hie  enemies. 

To  the  cljicf  Musician  on  Neginotb,  Mascbil, 
A  i'«i<;m  of  David. 

r"<IVE  ear  to  my  prayer,  O  God; 
T  and  hide  not  thyself  from  my 
supplication. 

2  Attend  unto  nic.  and  hear  me:  1 
'mourn  in  my  complaint,  and  make 
a  noise; 

3  Because  of  the  voice  of  the  ene- 
my, because  of  the  oppression  of  the 
wicked:  I'for  they  east  ini(iuity  upon 
me,  and  in  wnith  they  hate  me.  _ 

4  ^  My  heart  is  sore  pained  within 
me:  and  tlie  terrors  of  death  are  fall- 
en upt^n  me. 

.1  Fearfulness  and  trembling  arc 
eome  upon  me,  and  horror  hath 
i  overwhelmed  me. 

(i  And  I  said,  (.)li  that  I  had  wings 
like  a  dove!  I'nr  then  would  I  ily 
away,  and  be  at  rest. 

7  Lo,  then  would  1  wander  far  oft', 
and  remain  in  the  wilderness.  Sc- 
lah. 

8  I  would  hasten  my  escape  from 
the  windy  storm  and  tempest. 

9  Destroy,  O  Lord,  and  divide  their 
tongues:  *for  1  have  seen  d  violence 
ami  strife  in  the  eitv. 

Ill  l):iy  and  night  they  go  about  it 
upon  tile  walls  thereot':"iiiisehief  also 
and  sorrow  an-  in  Hip  midst  of  it. 

11  Wickedness  is  in  the  midst  tlioro- 
of:  deceit  and  guile  depart  not  trom 
her  streets. 

12  "For  it.  waK  not  an  enemy  thai 
reproached  me  ;  then  I  could  have 
home  it :  neither  n-tt^  it  he  that  haled 
mc  that  did  lm;igniiV  hiin.'»  //ii-iiinst 
me;  then  I  would  luivo  hid  myself 
frfim  him: 

l:)  But  it  was  thou,  f  a  man  mine 
equal,  I'  my  guide,  and  mine  ac- 
quaintance. 


14  f  AVe  took  sweet  counsel  together, 
nnt/  b  walked  unto  the  house  of  God 
in  company. 

l,j  Let  death  seize  upon  them,  and 
let  them  igo  down  quick  into  |l  hell: 
for  wickedness  is  in  their  dwellings, 
and.  among  them. 

l(i  As  tor  me,  I  will  call  upon  God; 
and  the  Loiiu  shall  save  me. 

17  li  Evening,  and  morning,  and  at 
noon,  will  1  pray,  and  cry  aloud: 
and  he  shall  hear  my  voice. 

1,S  lie  h;ith  delivered  my  soul  in 
peace  from  the  battle  that  irris  against 
me:  for  I  there  were  m;iny  with  me. 

Itl  God  shall  he.ir,  and  atflict  thcui, 
"'even  he  that  abidcth  of  old.  Sclah. 
II  Because  they  liave  no  changes, 
therefore  they  fear  not  God. 

2<>  He  hath  "put  Ibrtli  his  hands 
ag:iinst  such  as  "he  at  peace  with 
him:  flie  hath  broken  his  cove- 
nant. 

21  P  The  mirdt  of  liis  mouth  were 
smoother  than  butter,  but  war  van  in 
his  heart:  his  words  were  softer  than 
oil,  yet  n'rre  tliey  drawn  swords. 

22  'I  Cast  thy  ||  burden  upon  the 
Loito,  and  he  shall  sustain  thee:  ''he 
shall  never  Butter  the  righteous  to  be 
moved. 

2:!  But  thou,  O  God,  shalt  bring 
them  down  into  the  pit  of  destnic- 
tion  :  M  blood V  and  deceitful  men 
<  'shall  not  live  out  half  their  days; 
but  1  will  trust  in  thee. 

PSALM  LVL 
1  David,  prayiny  to  Go<t  in  confidence  of 

his  word,  comptainclll  of  his   enemies. 

9  /fa  professelh  his  confidence  in  (rod's 

word,  and  promiselh  to  praise  him. 
To  tlie  cbirf  Musician  upon  Jonath  elcm-re- 

clioliim,  11  Miclaam  of  David,  wben  tbo  •  Phi- 

listiuia  tooli  bim  in  Gath. 

r>  E  "  merciful  unto  mo,  O  God :  for 
)  man  would  swallow  me  up;  he 
fighting  daily  oppresscth  me. 
2f  Mine  enemies  would  daily  b  swal- 
low me  up  :  for  then  be  many  th:it 
tight  against  me,  O  thou  Most  Iligh. 

3  What  time  I  am  afraid,  1  will  trust 
in  thee. 

4  "^  In  God  I  will  praise  his  word,  in 
God  I  have  put  my  trust;  d  I  will 
not  fear  what  flesh  can  do  unto  me. 

!>  Every  day  they  wrest  my  words: 
all  their  thoughts  aie  against  me  for 
evil. 

«! "  The  v  gather  themselves  together, 
tliev  hide  tlicmselves,  they  mark  my 
stefis,  I  when  they  wait  for  my  soul. 

7  Shall  they  escape  by  ini(|uity  i*  in 
t/tine  anger  "cast  down"tlie  people,  O 
God. 

■S  Thou  tellest  my  wanderings:  put 
thou  my  tears  into  thy  bottle:  'arc 
theii  not  in  thy  book? 

',)  When  I  cry  nntn  thee,  then  shall 
mine  cuemi<*s  turn  back :  this  1 
know;  tbr  !•  God  i.'J  for  me. 

10  iln  (iod  will  I  praise  his  word: 
in  the  l.iilin  will  1  praise  /li.s  word. 

11  In  God  have  I  put  my  trust:  I 

499 


David  praiseth  God. 


PSALMS. 


He  praycth  God  to  sane  him. 


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will  not  bo  afraid  wliiit  inim  can  do 
unto  inc. 

12  Thy  vnwfl  are  npnii  mo,  O  God: 
I  will  render  pniises  unto  thcc. 

].'!  For  k  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul 
fiom  death:  will  not  tliou  ilelifer  my 
feet  from  fallinj,  that  I  may  walk 
before  God  in  Uhe  li^ht  of  the  living? 
PSALM  I-VII. 

1  Dtlfil  in  j,rHiier  liceinn  unto  God  com- 
lil.iine/h  of  Ilia  u'tini/cnjiig  eaie  7  lie 
cncourji/cili  himaclf  to  jiraitc  Ood. 

To  thi-  cliict  Musician.  n.Xl-tasohith,  Michtim 
of  llaviJ,  ■nl.cn  he  flol  from  Saul  ia  tLe 

f>  K  °  merciful  nnto  mc,  O  God,  be 
)  merciful  unto  mc:  for  my  *^oul 
trusteth  in  thee:  '» vea,  in  the  sIkuIow 
of  thy  winj^s  will  f  make  my  refu;;o, 
'^  until  lliQsc  calamities  he  overpast. 

2  I  will  cry  unto  God  most  lii^li; 
unto  God  J  that  performethii^/  tlumjs 
for  me. 

8  ''lie  shall  send  from  heaven,  and 
save  me  \\  f'rom  tho  reproach  of  him 
that  would  I  swallow  me  up.  Selah. 
God  s  shall  send  forth  his  mercy  and 
his  truth. 

4  My  soul  IS  anion'.;  lions:  and  I  lie 
rrcn  nnionrj  them  tliat  are  set  on  lire, 
crc/i  the  eons  of  men,  l»  whose  teeth 
are  spears  and  arrows,  and  'their 
tonj^iie  a  sharp  swonl. 

.5  t  lie  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above 
tlie  heavens  ;  lei  thy  glory  be  above 
all  tlie  earth. 

li  I  They  have  prepared  a  net  for  my 
steps;  niy  soul  is  bowed  down:  they 
have  di,:,';4:fd  a  pit  before  me,  into  the 
miilst  whereof  they  are  fallen  l/icm- 
srln-f.     Selah. 

7  "'  My  hi'art  is  ||  fixed,  O  God,  my 
heart  is  Ij.ved:  1  will  sin^  and  give 
praise. 

H  Awake  up,  "my  glory;  awake, 
psaltery  and  harp :  I  uij/scl/'  will 
awake  early. 

1)  "I  will  pVaisnthee,  ()  Lord.amon^ 
the  people  :  I  will  sing  unto  thee 
among  the  nations. 

IK  I' For  thy  mercy  m  great  nnto 
the  heavens,  and  thy  truth  nnto  the 
clouds. 

U  'I  lie  thou  exalted,  O  God,  above 
the  heavens:  let  thy  glory  ic  above 
all  the  earth. 

rSAT.M  LVIII. 
1   /).tfi.I  rrrrovttn   ivified  Judder.    3  df. 

grrifteth  the  nature  of  thr  wirked,  G  dtr- 

voteth    tlirm    to    (lod't    Judffiifnt!,     10 

tvlicrcat  tlie  rigtitcout  shatl  rejoice. 
To  the  chief  Musieiat).  :i  '.M.tsso'.iitli,  Miclitam 
of  PatiJ. 

DO  j'C  indeed  sjieak  righteousnesa, 
()  congregation  ?  ilo  ye  juilge 
uprightly,  O  ye  sons  of  men  ? 
2  Yea,  in  heart  j'e  work  wiekedncss; 
"yo  weigh  the  violence  of  your  hands 
in  the  earth. 

."{  liTlio  wicked  are  estranged  from 
the  womb:  they  go  astray  f  a.s  soon 
as  tliey  be  Imrii,  i-peaking  lies. 
4  *'  Tiieir  poison  m  f  liko  tho  iioison 
600 


of  a  serpent:  tlie//  are  like  <<  the  deaf 
|i  adder  tfiat  stoppeth  her  ear; 

5  Which  will  not  hearken  to  the 
voice  of  charmers,  ||  charming  never 
so  wisuly. 

(J  "Break  their  teeth,  O  God,  in 
their  mouth  :  break  out  the  great 
teeth  of  the  young  lions,  O  LoitD. 

7  I  I,et  theiu  melt  away  as  waters 
icliicli  run  continually:  uken  he 
bendoth  /iis  low  to  shoot  his  arrows, 
let  them  be  as  cut  in  pieces. 

8  As  a  snail  which  mcltcth,  let  every 
one  of  them  iiass  away :  ^  like  the 
untimely  l>irth  of  a  woman,  thai  they 
may  not  see  the  sun. 

9  Before  vour  pots  can  feel  the 
thorns,  he  sliall  talte  them  away  has 
with  a  whirlwind,  t  both  living,  and 
in  hh  wrath. 

10  i  The  righteous  shall  rejoice  when 
he  seeth  the  vengeance;  k  ho  shall 
w.tsh  his  feet  ill  tlic  blood  of  the 
wicked. 

11  I  So  that  a  man  shall  say.  Verily 
there  m  fa  reward  for  the  righteous: 
verily  he  is  a  God  that  '"  judgetU  in 
the  earth. 

PSALM  LIX. 

I  l>av\d  prciwth  to  U  delivered  from  hit 
enemict.  "O  ITj  eomplainclh  'of  their 
erucltji.  8  lie  IruMtelli  in  Hod.  U  Jle 
prayelh  affatnet  them.  10  Ue  pruiBeth 
God. 

To  the  cWcf  Musician,  « •.\l-ta>cliilli,  Michla^n 
of  baviJ ;  •  nrlicn  Saul  sent,  and  they 
natclicd  tlic  liou9c  to  kill  him. 

DF.LIVER  "me  from  mine  ene- 
mies, O  my  God:  f  defend  me 
from  them  that  rise  up  against  mc. 

2  Deliver  me  from  the  workers  of 
iiii([uity,  and  save  me  from  bltxidy 
men. 

i'l  For  lo,  they  lie  in  wait  for  my 
soul  :  ''  the  mighty  are  gathered 
against  mc  ;  '  not  v'oc  my  transijrcs- 
sion,  nor./oc  my  sin,  O  Loiti). 

4  The.y  run  and  prepare  themselves 
without  mv  fault:  J  awake  t  to  help 
me.  and  behold. 

,■;  Thou  therefore,  O  Lord  God  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  awake  to 
visit  all  the  heathen:  be  not  merci- 
ful to  any  wicked  transgressors.  Sc- 
hih. 

(i  'They  return  at  evening:  they 
make  a  noise  like  a  dog,  »nd  go 
round  alioiit  the  eitv. 

7  Behold,  thev  belch  out  with  their 
month:  (swords  are  in  their  lips: 
for '■■who,  .«,../ ""■'/.  ilolh  heur? 

5  But  Mhoii,()  Lorn,  sbnlt  laugh  at 
them :  thou  shult  have  all  the  heulhcn 
in  derisiim. 

li  lleratL^e  of  Win  strength  will  T  wait 
upon  thee:  '  for  God  i'»  )  mv  defence. 

ID  The  God  of  mv  inerev  sliall 
t  prevent  me:  (iod  shall  lit  lino  sec 
11)1/  il(^ire  uiiim  I  mine  enemies. 

II  "' .'^hiv  them  mil,  lest  mv  people 
forget:  scatter  them  by  thy  power: 
and  bring  tUoni  down,  U  Lord  our 
shield. 


David  prayeth  for  deliverance. 


Be  trust eth  in  God's  prumisejt. 


or..  7.9. 

pPi.  K).  la 


rJo>.  i.vra. 

f<.  lull.  10. 
t  Hell,  to  tal 


1  Cbr.  13.  3. 
12. 

ubout 1040. 


Jer.  -JJ.  i.} 

<  r.  w.  5. 
f  r..  103.  c. 


tn.b.,,;,,/ 

2S..„.  11.  1. 

&  1-2.  -Jti. 
q  T«r.  1. 

l-<  i4.  9.  J< 

It's.  11. 
rJo.li  7.  12. 
>  Pi.  1  is.  U.  Ji 

1  lli.  J. 
*  H..li. 

IN.imailS. 
1  l'l.r.  19.  U. 

uura.  3. 


12  "  /'or  the  fill  of  thtir  mouth  «/(./ 
the  words  of  their  lips  let  them  even 
be  taken  in  their  jiriile;  and  ior  cura- 
inj;  and  lyin;?  ivfnch  they  speak. 

1.J  "Consume  tlttni  in  wraths  con- 
sume them,  that  they  moi/  not  l»t  .* 
i!nd  >>let  them  know  Hint  God  rnlelli 
111  .Jacob  unto  the  ends  of  the  eaitii. 
Selah. 

14  And  T  at  evening  let  tlicm  return ; 
aiirl  let  them  make  a  noise  like  a  dog, 
and  go  round  about  the  city. 

l.O  Let  them  'wander  up  and  down 
i  for  meat,  Ij  and  grudge  if  tliey  be 
not  satisfied. 

K  But  I  will  sing  of  thy  power:  yea, 
1  will  sing  aloud  of  tliy  mercy  in  the 
niorniiig:  for  tliou  lia.^t  been'my  de- 
fence and  refuge  in  the  day  of  iiiy 
trouble. 

17  Unto  thee,  '  O  my  strength,  will 
1  sing:  'for  Uod  in  my  (lefeuce,  u/ii^ 
the  God  of  my  mercy. 

rSALM  LX. 

1  David,  complaifiinii  to  Hod  of  former 
jtidffinent,  4  now,  upon  better  hope,  Jirny. 
eth  for  deliverance,  li  Comfortimj  hun. 
eelfin  God'a  promigea,  lu  cravet/t  that 
help  whereon  he  trunteth. 

To  the  chief  Musician  'upon  Shushan-cduth, 
"  Michlam  of  David,  to  tcacli ;  •  wlipn  lio 
Btrovewith  Aram-naharaiai  ami  »itli  .\roui. 
ijhali,  when  J  Dab  returned,  and  Bniotc  of 
£dom  in  the  vallej  of  salt  twelve  thousand. 

OGOD.  "thou  hast  cast  us  off, 
tliou  hast  I  scattered  us,  tlioii 
hast  been  displeased;  O  turn  thyself 
to  us  again. 

2  Thou  hast  made  the  earth  to 
tremble;  thou  hast  broken  it:  I'hcal 
the  breaches  tiicreof:  for  it  shaketli. 

.1  '  Thou  hast  shewed  tliy  people 
hard  things:  d  thou  hast  made  us  to 
drink  the  wine  of  astonishment. 

4  '^Thou  hast  given  a  banner  to 
them  that  fear  tnee,  that  it  may  be 
displayed  because  of  the  truth.  Selah. 

51*  That  thy  beloved  may  be  deliv- 
ered: save  ivith  thy  right  hand,  and 
hear  me. 

(J  God  hath  ^spoken  in  his  holiness; 
I  will  rejoice,  I  will  lulivide  i  She- 
chcm,  atid  mete  out  ^  the  valley  of 
Siiccoth. 

7  Gilead  is  mine,  and  ^fanassch  is 
mine;  I  Ephraim  also  i.t  the  strength 
of  mine  head;  ""Judah  is  my  law- 
giver; 

8  "  Moab  is  my  washpot ;  "over 
Edom  will  I  cast  out  my  shoe  : 
I'Philistia,  {|  triumph  thou  "because 
of  me. 

I)  Who  will  bring  me  into  the  I  strong 
citv?  who  will  lead  me  into  Edoin? 

10  Ili7t  not  thou,  O  God,  vidrh 
1  hadst  cast  us  off?  and  th.ii,  O  God, 
wliifk  didst  ''iiut  go  out  with  our 
armies  y 

11  Give  us  help  from  trouble:  for 
•vain  1^  the  1  help  of  man. 

12  Through  God  '  we  shall  <lo  val- 
iantly: for  be  it  is  lltut  shall  "tread 

I  down  our  enemies. 


I'SAL.M  LXI. 

1  David  Jlcelh  to  Uod  upon  hit  former  ex- 
Jierienee.  4  Jle  voweth  perpetual  uerv- 
iee  unto  him,  Ijeeauae  of  hie  promuee. 

To  tho  chief  Musician  upon  Negioah,  A  J'aalm 
of  David. 

HEAK  my  cry,  O  God;  attend  un- 
to my  prayer. 
li  Trom  the  end  of  the  earth  will  I 
cry  unto  thee,  when  my  heart  is 
overwhelmed;  lead  me  to  the  rock 
lliiit  is  higher  than  I. 

3  For  thou  hast  been  a  shelter  for 
me,  and  '  a.  strong  tower  from  the 
enemy. 

4^1  will  abide  in  thy  tabernacle  for 
ever:  ■■  I  will  ||  trust  in  tho  covert  of 
thy  wings.    Sehih. 

5  I'or  thou,  U  God,  hast  heard  my 
vows:  thou  hast  given  me  the  her- 
itage of  those  that  fear  thy  name. 

0  d  \  Thou  wilt  prolong  the  king's 
life:  atiU  his  years  fas  many  gener- 
ations. 

7  lie  shall  abide  before  God  ii>r 
ever:  O  prepare  mercy  "^und  trutlx, 
which  niav  preserve  him. 

«  So  will  I  sing  praise  unto  thy 
name  fiir  ever,  that  1  may  daily  per- 
form my  vows. 

PSAI.JI  LXII. 

I  David  profettinff  hia  confidence  in  God 
diaeourayeth  hie  enemicB.  5  In  the  tame 
confidence  he  cncourageth  thr  godly,  i 
A'o  truet  ie  to  be  put  in  worldly  tUingt. 
11  Power  and  mercy  Ulon.j  to  Uod. 

To    the    chief    Musician,    to    •JeJulhim,   A 
Pialui  uf  David. 

II  '■pRl'LY  "my  soul  t  waiteth  upon 

1  God:  froui  him  cointth  my  sal- 
vation. 

2  h  He  only  15  my  rock  and  my  sal- 
vation; he' is  niy' I  defence;  *^  I  shall 
not  be  greatly  inovcd. 

,1  How  long  will  yc  imagine  mis- 
chief against  a  man  ?  ve  shall  be 
slain  all  of  you:  das  a  bowing  wall 
shall  ye  be,  and  as  a.  tottering  fence. 

4  They  only  consult  to  cast  him 
down  from  his  excellency :  they  de- 
light in  lies:  "'they  bless  with  their 
mouth,  but  they  curse  f  inwardly. 
Selah. 

.5  iMy  Boul,  wait  thou  only  upon 
God  ;  for  my  expectation  is  from 
him. 

C  He  only  it  my  rock  anvl  my  salva- 
tion: he  IS  my  defence;  I  shall  not  be 
moved. 

7  B  In  God  is  my  salvation  and  my 
glory:  the  rock  of  my  strength,  a«t/ 
my  retuge,  i.*;  in  God. 

.S  Trust  in  him  at  all  times;  ye  peo- 
ple, 1'  pour  out  yotir  heart  before  him: 
God  11  '  a  refuge  for  us.     Selah. 

y  V  Surely  men  of  low  tiegree  are 
vanity,  miit  men  of  high  digree  an-  a 
lie:  til  be  laid  in  the  balance,  they 
are  'I  altogether  liijhirr  than  vanity. 

II)  Trust  not  in  opiiression,  and  be- 
come not  vuin  in  ninber^':  'if  riches 
linerease,  set  not  your  heart  upon 
1  them. 

m 


kr.  315.11. 

!•  «l.  IS.  17, 

KoiH.3.  4, 
|Or,  oJtlv, 
IJoli3l.  2j. 

P..  »i  7. 

L.il.*  1^.  IS. 

1  Tuu.  0.  17. 


Davids  thirst  for  God. 


PSALMS. 


The  blessedness  of  Gods  chosen. 


•  a.  9.  9. 
rt.l>3l  11 
™-.  ZJ    1-2.  J. 


•1  Sim.  22.  5. 
l€  U.  14.  li. 
Id. 

M.  S.  k  lU. 
«. 

t  neb. 

t  ll.l..  t.'.'lA. 

i>u(  wal«r. 

b  S«»  1  8.m. 
4  21. 

1  ci.t  16.  n 

]'•.  -il.  4.  & 

c  p..  30.  S. 

a  P.  im.  33. 

&  Nf.  t. 

tTt  45  S  & 


h  t:>.  32.  i. 
lDeut.«.  n. 
la.  4'<.  'a.  & 

as.  18. 
Z<vl>.  1.  i. 


•  Pi.  11.  2.  k 
i7.  4. 
kP..  S«.7. 


dP>  10.  U.Ji 

M.  7. 
|()r.  wor. 


II  God  hath  spoken  "'once:  twice 
have  1  heurii  this;  that  "||  power  6c- 
loiigilh  unto  UoJ. 

J\i  Also  unto  thee,  O  iMrd,  belniiff- 
etk  "iiUTcy;  for  'Mhou  reiiderest  to 
every  man  according  to  his  work. 

»r.  3i,  lit.  K«.  7.  27.  .t  ;n  2't  Matt  IR  97.  n..m  2 
lAr-5. 10.  Ei.h.6. -.  ".'.il  3.  ■-'.5.  I  ivt  1  17.  Il<!i.<.AU 

rSALiI  I.XIII. 

1  DaviiVa  tliirH  Sor  Oml.  4  Ilia  manner 
ofbleanino  Uo<t.  9  Uia  confidence  of  lii> 
eneinied'  Uestruction,  and  his  own  tafct j/. 

AFdalmof  D.-irid.  'Then  he  itas  in  the  ttU- 
deruess  of  Judub. 

OGOD,  thou  art  my  God;  early 
will  1  seek  thee:  '*  my  soul  thirst- 
cth  for  tlicc,  my  flesh  lon^cth  for 
thee  in  a  dry  and  1  thirsty  laud, 
f  where  no  water  is; 

a  To  see  !•  tliy  power  and  thy  glory, 
so  Its  I  have  seen  thcc  in  the  sanctu- 
ary. 

.■(  "Because  thy  lovingkindncss  is 
better  than  life,  my  lips  shall  praise 
thee. 

4  Thus  will  I  hless  thee  i^  while  I 
live:  I  will  lift  up  my  hands  in  thy 
name. 

5  My  soul  shall  be  **  satisfied  as 
with  t  marrow  ami  fatness:  and  my 
mouth  shall  praise  (/ice  with  joyful 
lips: 

i;  When  f  I  remember  thee  upon  my 
hell,  uiiil  meditate  on  thee  in  the 
iiiijhl  watehe.s. 

7  Because  thou  hast  been  my  help, 
therefore  '=in  the  shadow  of  thy 
wings  will  I  rejoice. 

S  .My  soul  followcth  hard  after  thee: 
thy  right  hand  npholdeth  me. 

'.tUut  those  that  seek  my  soul,  to 
destroy  il,  shall  go  into  the  lower 
parts  of  the  e;irth. 

III  i  li  Tlu-v  shall  fall  bv  the  sword: 
thev  shiill  ill-  n  purtidu  ti.r  fii,\-es. 

ll'ISut  tlie  king  shall  n-jnicc  in  God; 
i every  one  that  sweaieth  by  him 
shall  glory:  but  the  mouth  of  them 
that  speak  lies  shall  be  stopped. 

PSALM  LXIV. 
1  David  pr,iye(h  for  Uellveranee,  com- 
plaining  of  hie  cneiniet.  7  JJe  jiromieelh 
himielf  to  tee  eueh  an  evident  deilruc- 
tion  of  hit  enemiit,  at  the  righteous  shall 
rejoice  at  it. 
To  the  eliicf  Musician,  A  Pflalm  of  David. 

HEAR  my  voice,  O  God.  in  my 
prayer:  preserve  my  life  from 
fear  of  the  enemy. 
2  Hide  me  from  the  secret  counsel 
of  the  wicked;  from  the  insurrection 
of  the  workers  of  ini<iuity: 
.■i  "Who  whet  their  tongue  like  a 
sword,  Il  uikI  bend  lliiirltuwi  to  shoot 
their  arrows,  I'rni  bitter  words: 

4  That  they  mav  shoot  in  secret  at 
the  perfect:  sudilenly  do  they  shoot 
at  him,  and  fear  not. 

5  "  They  encourage  themselves  in 
an  evil  ifmatter:  they  commune  tof 
laving  snares  privily;  d  they  say. 
Who  shall  see  thiin? 

ti  They  Bcareli  out  iniquities;  \\  they 
6U3 


accomplish  1  a  diligent  search:  both 
the  inwartl  l/iouijht  of  every  one  of 
them,  and  the  heart,  is  deep. 

I  ''But  God  shall  shoot  at  them 
triHi  an  arrow;  suddenly  1  shall  they 
be  wounded. 

S  So  thev  shall  make  ftheir  own 
tongue  to  tall  uj...!,  (lirinsflves:  Ball 
that  SIT  IIhim  shall  lice  away. 

il  h  And  all  nun  shall  fear,  and  shall 
i  declare  the  work  of  God  ;  for  they 
shall  wisely  consider  of  his  doing. 

10  t  The  righteous  shall  be  glad  in 
the  Lolil),  anil  shall  trust  in  hiin: 
and  all  the  upright  in  heart  shall 
glory. 

PSALM  LXV. 

1    75iit.(d  prattelh    (!od  for  hit  grace.     4 
of  UoJ'e  chosen  tj/r^uon 


TUell 
ofbcuefitt. 
To  tbo  cLief  M 


n,  A  Fdalm  and  Song  of 
David. 

PRATSE  t  waiteth  for  thcc,  O  God, 
ill  Zion  :  and  unto  thee  shall  the 
vow  l)e  performed. 

2  O  thou  tliat  hearest  prayer,  'unto 
thee  shall  all  flesh  come. 

.S  i>  t  Initiuities  itrevail  against  me: 
as  /or  our  transgressions,  thou  shalt 
*^  purge  them  away. 

4  d  Blessed  tx  Ilic  mnn  v/inm  thou 
*'choosest,  and  causest  to  approach 
viilo  lliir,  lliul  he  may  dwell  in  thv 
courts:  iw'e  shall  be  satisfied  witli 
the  gi>odness  of  thy  house,  eren  of 
thy  hilly  temple. 

b  Bit  tt-n-ible  things  in  righteousness 
wilt'thou  answer  us,  O  God  of  our 
salvation;  irlio  art  the  confidence  of 
''all  the  ends  of  the  earth,  and  of 
them  that  are  afar  oU'  upon  the 
sea: 

«  ■Which  by  his  strength  setteth  fast 
the  mountains;  liOtimj  girded  with 
power: 

7  i  Which  stilleth  the  noise  of  the 
sens,  the  noise  of  their  waves,  1- and 
the  tumult  of  the  people. 

8  They  also  that  dwell  in  the  utter- 
most parts  are  afraitl  at  th>'  tokens; 
thou  makest  the  outgoings  of  the 
morning  and  evening  |(  to  rejoice. 

I)  Thou  ivisitest  the  earth,  and 
II  ■"  waterest  it :  thou  greatly  enrich- 
est  it  "  with  the  river  of  (iod,  tcliirh 
is  full  of  water:  thou  i)ieparest  them 
corn,  when  thou  hast  so  provided 
for  it. 

10  Thou  waterest  the  ridges  thereof 
abundantly:  ||  thmi  settlest  the  fur- 
rows theritif:  t  thou  inakist  it  soft 
with  showers  :  thou  blessest  the 
springing  thereof. 

I  11  Thou  crownest  f  the  year  with 
thv  goodness;  and  thy  paths  drop 
Ifafness. 

1.'  Thev  drop  upon  the  pastures  of 
the  wililerness:  and  the  little  hills 
I  rejoice  on  every  sitle. 

1!  The  pastures  arc  clothed  with 
fliK-ks;  "the  valleys  also  arc  covered 
over  with  corn;  they  shout  for  joy, 
they  also  sing. 


David  exfiorteth  to  praise  God. 


PSALMS. 


A  prayer  for  God's  kingdom. 


PSALM  LXVL 

1  David  ezhorlerit  to  praise  God,  5  to  06- 
iervt  Ilia  great  u/nrke,  8  to  bleea  Kim  for 
lite  gracious  benefits.  12  He  vowelh  for 
liimaelf  religioua  service  to  Ood.  10  He 
declareth  God't  tpeciat  goodneaa  to  liim- 
aelf. 
To  the  chief  Musician,  A  Song  or  Fsnlm. 

""XTAKE  a  joyful  noise  unto  God, 
i>l  tall  ye  lands: 

2  Sins:  forth  the  honour  of  his  name: 
make  his  praise  glorious. 

3  Sa.v  unto  God,  How  I'terrihle  arl 
thou  in  thy  works!  'through  the 
greatness  of  thy  power  shall  thine 
enemies  |(  f  Bubmit  themselves  uul« 
thee. 

4  <l  All  the  earth  shall  worship  thee, 
and  'shall  sing  unto  thee;  they  shall 
sing  to  thy  name.     Selah. 

5  I  Come  and  see  the  works  of  Ood : 
///!  IS  terrible  in  his  doing  toward  the 
children  of  men. 

ti  sile  turned  the  sea  into  dry 
hind:  li  they  went  through  the 
flood  on  foot :  there  did  we  rejoice 
in  him. 

7  He  rulcth  by  his  power  for  ever; 
ihis  eyes  behold  the  nations:  let 
not  the  rebellious  exalt  themselves. 
Selnh. 

8  O  bless  our  God,  yc  people,  and 
make  the  voice  of  his  praise  to  be 
heard : 

y  Which  tlioldeth  our  soul  in  life, 
and  ksufl'eretli  not  our  feet  to  be 
nioved. 

JO  For  Ithou,  O  God,  hast  proved 
xis  :  "'  thou  hast  tried  us,  as  silver 
is  tried. 

11  "Thou  hroughtest  us  into  the 
net !  thou  Kiidst  athiction  upon  our 
loins. 

Vi  "Thou  hast  caused  men  to  ride 
over  our  head<  ;  I' we  went  through 
fire  and  through  water:  but  thou 
l)roughtest  us  out  into  a  t  wealthy 
place. 

13  'I  I  will  go  into  thv  house  with 
burnt  oflerings:  '^Iwill  pay  thee  my 
vows, 

14  Which  my  lips  have  t  uttered, 
and  my  mouth  hath  spoken,  when  1 
was  in  trouble. 

15  I  will  offer  unto  thee  burnt 
sacrifices  of  ffatlings,  with  the  in- 
cense of  rams:  I  will  otter  bullocks 
with  goats.     Sel:\h. 

IC  "  Come  mid  hear,  all  yc  that  fear 
God,  and  I  will  declare  wliat  he 
hath  done  for  my  soul. 

17  I  cried  unto  him  with  my 
mouth,  and  he  was  extolled  with 
mv  tongue. 

IS  'If  I  regard  iniquity  in  my 
heart,     the     Lord     will     not     hear 

19  Bid  verilv  God  "  hath  heard  me  .• 
he  hath  attended  to  the  \  oiee  of  my 
prayer. 

L'O'Blessed  he  God.  which  hath  not 
turned  away  my  prayer,  nor  his  mer- 
cy from  me". 


PSALM  LXVn. 

1  A  prayer  for  the  cntitrgcmcnt  of  God^a 
kinydom.  3  ^0  the  joy  of  the  people,  G 
and  the  increaae  of  God'a  Ueaainga. 

To  the  chief  Maaician  on  Neginotb,  A  Psalm 

/~i  OD  be  merciful  unto  ns,  and 
\_T  bless  us;  and  'cause  his  face 
to  shine  tnpon  us;    Selah. 

2  That  htliy  way  may  be  known 
upon  earth,"  "^thy  saving  health 
among  all  nations. 

3  ''  Let  the  people  praise  fhee,  O 
God;  let  all  the  people  praise  thee. 

4  O  let  the  nations  be  glad  and 
sing  for  ioy  :  for  ''thou  shall  judge 
the  people  righteously,  and  f  govern 
the  nations  upon  earth.     Selah. 

5  I..et  the  people  praise  thee,  O 
God;  let  all  the  people  praise  thee. 

<i  f  77(f«  shall  the  earth  yield  her 
iiierease  ;    and   God,  tren  our  own 
{;od,  shall  bless  us. 
7  (iod  shall  bless  us;  and  Sail  the 
ends  of  the  earth  shall  fear  him. 

PSALJI  LXVIII. 

1  A  prayer  at  the  removing  of  the  ark.     4 

An  exhortation  to  praise  'God   fur  hia 

mercica.  7  far  hia  care  of  the  church, 

ly  for  his  great  toorka. 

To  tho   chief   Musician.   A   Psalm  or  Song 

of  Da>id. 

rET  "God  arise,  let  his  enemies 
J  be  scattered  :  let  them  also  that 
hate  him  flee  t  before  him. 

2  I' As  smoke  is  driven  away,  so 
drive  them  awiiy  :  "^  ns  wax  nieltPth 
before  the  fire,  so  let  the  wicked 
perish  at  the  presence  of  God. 

3  Hut  •!  let  the  righteous  be  glad  ; 
let  them  rejoice  before  God :  yea,  let 
them  t  exceedingly  rejoice. 

4  ''Sing  unto  God,  sing  praises  to 
his  name  :  1  extol  him  that  rideth 
upon  the  heavens  ^by  his  name 
JAH,  and  rejoice  before  him. 

I  5  l.A  father  of  the  fatherless,  and  a 
I  judge  of  the  widows,  is  God  in  his 
holy  habitation. 

0  i  God  setteth  the  solitary  1  in 
families:  1^  he  bringeth  out  those 
whicli  are  bound  with  chains  :  but 
Ithc  rebellious  dwell  in  a  dry  hinil. 

7  O  God,  ""when  thou  w cutest 
forth  before  thy  people,  when  thou 
didst  march  through  the  wilderness; 
Selah : 

B  "  The  earth  shook,  the  heavens 
also  dropped  at  the  presence  of 
God  :  even  Sinai  itself  vas  riinreil 
at  the  presence  of  God,  the  God  of 
Israel. 

9  "Thou,  O  God,  didst  fsend  a 
plentiful  rain,  whereby  thou  didst 
i  confirm  thine  inheritance,  when  it 
wiis  weaiy. 

10  Thy  congregation  hath  dwelt 
therein:  Pthou,  O  God,  hast  pre- 
pared of  thy  goodness  for  the  poor. 

11  The  Lord  gave  the  word:  great 
i/vis  the  t  commny  of  those  that  pub 
lished  1/. 

1    12    'Kings    of   armies    td'd   A'''^ 


Exhortation  to  praise  God. 


PSALMS.    David  complaineth  of  his  affliction. 


tXum.21.  3. 
Jo.h.  l.P.  lu. 
Jb  i:.  I,  Jcc. 


m   1.  13. 
7S.  CO. 
It  32.  Si). 


U1.33.M. 

a.  1. 

vm.9.21. 


ll  Km.  10  10. 

■JOkrijJ  23. 
I'l.  72.  10.  jt 
70.  11. 
I..  GO.  16.  17. 

»/l4.,-,X" 
Jor.  41.32,33. 
r  !■•.  22.  12. 
i28ain.8.2,a. 


|0i 


Z^l.li.  3.  10. 
Act.  B.  27. 
I  )'•.  M.  20. 


apace :  and  slie  that  tarried  at 
lioine  divided  the  spoil. 

1.!  '  Though  ya  liave  lain  nmong 
the  pot.s,  'iiet  ahrtU  yc  be  as  the 
wiii^s  of  n  (iove  covered  with  silver, 
anil  her  feutherd  with  .yellow  pold. 

n  'When  tlic  Alnii-rhty  scattered 
k'm'^i  II in  it,  it  was  uUile  as  biiuw 
in  S.dnion. 

J.-j  The  hill  of  God  )..-  as  the  hill 
of  Bushan  ;  a  hi;;h  hill  «.•;  tlie  Uill 
of  liashan. 

l(i  "  Why  leap  ye,  ye  high  hills  ? 
"^tliU  IS  the  hill  u7iic/i  God  desireth 
to  dwell  in  ;  yea,  the  Imud  will 
dwell  in  it  tor  ever. 

17  i  The  chariots  of  God  are  twenty 
thousand,  \\cveii  thousands  of  aii- 
Kcls:  the  J>ord  i.i  among  them,  as  in 
Sinai,  in  the  holy  phicw 

18  '^  Thou  hust  ascended  on  hijih, 
'thou  hast  led  captivity  captive: 
iithou  hast  received  ^'ifts  1  for  ineii; 
yea,  for  '-the  rehcllious  also,  .ithat 
tlie  Loud  God  laight  dwell  aiiiuny 
Ihi-m. 

lit  lile.ssed  be  the  Lord,  who  daily 
loadelh  US  with  hfiicJilK,  creii  the 
God  of  our  salvation,     gclah. 

ai  //e  t/ial  in  our  God  is  the  God 
of  salvation;  and  'unto  God  the 
Lord  heloiifj  the  issues  from  death. 

21  Hut  f  God  shall  woimd  the  head 
of  his  enemies,  '^(iiid  the  hairy  scalp 
of  such  a  one  as  goeth  on  still  iu 
his  trespasses. 

22  The  Lord  said,  I  will  bring 
ll  again  from  B.Tshan,  I  will  brinj'  7111/ 
jiio)ile  again  i from  the  depths  ot  the 
sea: 

i'i  kThat  thy  foot  m,ay  be  ||  dipped 
in  the  blood  of  thine  enemies,  iand 
the  tongue  of  thy  dogs  in  the  same. 

24  They  have  seen  thy  goings,  O 
God;  ercii  the  goings  of  my  God, 
my  King,  in  the  sanctuary. 

25  "'The  singers  went  before,  the 
players  on  instruments. A)//oi(v(<  alt- 
er ;  among  thrni  trire  the  damsels 
playing  with  tiiobreli. 

2(J  lilcss  yc  God  in  tlie  congrega- 
tions, even  the  Lord,  ||  from  ''tlie 
fonutniu  of  Israel. 

■S!  There  is  "little  Benjamin  vilh 
their  ruler,  the  princes  of  Judah 
Wand  their  council,  the  princes  of 
Zehulun,  and  the  princes  of  Napli- 
tali. 

2tJ  Tliy  God  hath  ''commanded  thy 
strcnpth :  strengthen,  O  God,  that 
wliich  thou  hast  wrought  lor  us. 

2"J  Because  of  thy  temple  at  Jerusa- 
lem 1  shall  kiugs  bring  preseuts  unto 
thee. 

30  Ilcbuke  lithe  comiiany  of  spear- 
men, ''tlie  multitude  of'ihe  hulls, 
with  the  calves  of  the  people,  till  ev- 
ery one  "submit  himself  with  pieces 
of  silver:  ||  scatter  tliou  tho  people 
//(«/ delight  in  war. 

.'11  '  Princes  shall  come  out  of  Egypt; 
"  Kthiopia  shall  soon  ^*tieteliout  her 
hands  unto  God. 
60t 


3:i  Sing  unto  God,  yc  kingdoms  of 
the  earth;  O  sing  praises  uuto  the 
Lord;  Selah: 

33  To  him  >' that  rideth  upon  the 
heavens  of  heavens,  vhich  urre  of 
old;  lo,  "he  doth  tsend  out  his  voice, 
and  that  a  mighty  voice. 

'''l  "Ascribe  ;» e  strength  unto  God: 
his  excellency  i.«  over  Israel,  aud  his 
strength  i.<  in  the  )|  clouds. 

;!.">  <)  God,  bihau  art  terrible  out  of 
thy  holy  places:  the  God  of  Israel  i.s 
he  that  giveth  strength  and  power 
unto  /lis  people.    Blessed  be  God. 

rSALM  LXIX. 

1  David  romiiLunclh  of  hi>  affliction.  13 
Jle  praycth  for  deliverance.  22  Ue  de- 
vateth.  hia  encmiet  to  Ueatruction.  HO  He 
praiseth  God  with  thanksgiving. 

To  tlio  cLief  Muaician  *  upon  ShoaUoDlum,  A 
I'tiUin  of  Da<id. 

0  A\'E  me,  O  God;  for  'the  waters 
t^  are  come  in  unto  my  soul. 

2  I'l  sink  in  fdeep  mire,  where  there 
IS  no  standing:  I  am  come  into  |  deep 
waters,  where  the  Hoods  overflow 
me. 

3  '■  I  am  weary  of  my  crying  :  my 
throat  is  dried:  "Inline"  eyes  fail  while 

1  wait  for  my  God. 

4  They  that  "hate  me  without  a 
cause  are  more  than  the  hairs  of 
mine  head:  they  that  would  destroy 
me,  firiii/j  mine  enemies  wrongfully, 
are  mighty  :  then  I  restored  t/iii( 
which  I  took  not  away. 

5  O  God,  thou  kiiowcst  my  foolish- 
ness; and  my  f  sins  are  not  hid  from 
thee. 

0  J..et  not  them  that  wait  on  thee,  O 
Lord  Goi>  of  hosts,  be  ashamed  for 
my  sake:  let  not  those  that  seek  thee 
he  Cfuifouiided  for  my  sake,  O  God 
of  Israel. 

1  IJecaiise  for  tliy  sake  I  have  borne 
reproach  ;  shame  hath  covered  my 
face. 

8  fj  am  become  a  stranger  unto 
my  brethren,  ami  an  alien  unto  my 
motlier's  children. 

!)  «  For  the  zeal  of  thine  house  hath 
eaten  me  up;  liand  the  reproaches  of 
them  that  reproached  thee  are  fallen 
upi^n  me. 

10  I  When  I  wept,  and  rlin-itened  my 
soul  with  fasting,  that  was  to  my  rc- 


1 1  I  made  sackcloth  also  m.v  gar- 
ment; *.aiid  I  became  a  iiroverb  to 
them. 

12  They  that  sit  in  the  gate  speak 
against  me;  and  11  was  the  song  of 
thetdrunkard..!. 

13  But  a.s  for  mc,  my  prayer  is  unto 
thee,  0  LiMiIi,  '"//<  an  "aceciJtuble 
time:  O  God,  iu  the  multitude  of  thy 
meiey  hear  me,  ill  the  truth  of  thy 
salvation. 

14  Deliver  me  out  of  the  mire,  and 
let  me  not  sink:  "let  me  be  delivered 
tVmu  them  that  hate  mc,  aud  out  of 
"  the  deep  waters. 


He  prayeth  for  deliverance. 


David's  confidence  in  God. 


1  r.,  27.  9.  & 


1  P..  22.  B.  7. 
I*.  !a.  3. 
lleb.  12.2. 


Mark  l.t.  23. 
JuLul^  2U. 
■  Rom.  11.9, 


J.CU  1.  20. 
»  H«li.  Ihcir 

+  Heb.  /*( 


Kom.  ».  31. 
liEi.  32  32. 

Fhil.  4.3. 

r.ei.  3.  5.  it 

13.8. 
i  E..  13.  9. 

Liiko  10.  20. 

H.!lj.  U.  23. 
k  r«  23.  7. 
1  r..50. 13. 11. 


li.lt.  23.  & 
4J.  VS. 
H  li.  U.  12. 


15  I..et  not  the  wattTtiocxl  o>'erflow  1 
me,  iieitluT  kt  the  ilctp  swallow  me 
up,  iind  let  not  the  pit  I' tluit  lier 
nioutU  uiiun  mo. 

10  Hear  ine,  O  I,or.I>:  'I  fur  tliy  lov- 
infikindiiess /.■,"  good:  'turn  unto  nie 
iR-cordinp  to  tlie  imiUitudc  of  lliy 
leiuler  mercie.s. 

17  And  "liide  not  tliy  face  from  tliy 
servant;  for  I  aiu  in  trouble:  ]  liear 
me  speedily. 

18  Draw  nish  unto  my  soul,  and  re- 
deem it:  deliver  me  because  of  mine 
enemies. 

ID  Thou  hast  known  'my  reproach, 
and  my  shame,  and  my  dishonour: 
mine  adversaries  are  all  before 
thee. 

31  Keproach  Iiath  broken  my  heart; 
and  I  am  full  ot  heaviness:  and  "  I 
looked  J'or  fame  t  to  take  pity,  but 
fherr  H'o.-dione;  and  lor  ^coinlurters, 
but  1  tbund  none. 

21  They  Rave  me  also  gall  for  my 
meat;  >  and  in  my  thirst  they  gave 
me  vinegar  to  drink. 

'^"2  '  Let  their  table  become  a  cnarc 
before  them:  and  l/iat  vhich  s/iuulil 
/tare  been  lor  their  welfare,  let  it  be- 
come a  trap. 

'£i "  Let  their  eyes  be  darkened,  that 
they  sec  nut;  and  make  their  loius 
continually  to  shake. 

24  I)  Pour  out  thine  indignation  up- 
on them,  and  let  thy  wrathful  anger 
take  hold  of  them. 

•J5  "Let  f  their  habitation  be  deso- 
late; and  ilct  none  dwell  in  their 
tents. 

2(1  l'"or  «l  they  persecute  ^  fiim  whom 
tliou  hast  smitten;  ami  they  talk  to 
the  grief  of  )  those  whom  thou  hast 
wounded. 

27  fAdd  ((iniquity  unto  their  iniq 
uity:  t:and  let  them  not  come  into 
thy  righteousness. 

25  Let  them  li  be  blotted  out  of  the 
hook  of  the  living,  i  and  not  be  >viit 
ten  with  the  righteous. 

:;'.)  But  I  (iin  poor  and  sorrowful; 
let  thy  salvation,  O  Clod,  set  me  up 
on  hi^di. 

RO  i-1  will  praise  the  name  of  God 
with  a  song,  and  will  magnify  him 
with  thanksgiving. 

51  1  T/iis  also  shall  please  the  Lord 
better  than  an  ox  or  bullock  that 
hath  horns  and  hoofs. 

52  '°  The  (( humble  shall  sec  iJiif, 
and  be  glad :  and  "  your  heart  shall 
live  that  seek  God. 

^>."5  For  the  I,or.r>  lieareth  the  poor, 
and  despiseth  iu»t  '^his  prisoners. 

:'A  •*  Let  the  heaven  and  earth  praise 
him,  the  seas,  **and  every  tiling  that 
t  moN'eth  therein. 

53  'For  God  will  save  Zion,  and 
will  build  the  cities  of  Juilah:  that 
they  may  dwell  there,  and  have  it  in 
possession. 

.'iG  '  The  seed  also  of  his  servants 
shall  inherit  it:  and  they  that  love 
his  I'ame  shall  dwell  therein. 


rSALJI  LXX. 

Dat'iil  toHcitot/t  Oud  to  the  tpcetly  de- 
Klrucliun  of  t/ie  wicked,  und  pn:»crvu- 
(tou  vj'  t/ie  yodty. 

To  Ibo  cl.iif  Musicim,  A  Ptalm  of  David, 

-]\fAKE  hnsle,  'O  God,  to  deliver 
J'J.  me;  make  haste  ^  to  help  me, 
U  Lnljl). 

2  lij-et  them  bo  ashamed  and  con- 
founded tlKit  sock  after  my  soul:  lot 
them  bo  turm d  backward,  and  put 
to  confusion,  that  desire  my  hurt. 

3  '  Let  them  be  turned  back  liir  a 
reward  of  their  shame  that  say,  Aha, 
aha. 

4  Lot  all  those  that  seek  thoe  rejoice 
and  be  glad  in  thee:  and  lot  such  as 
love  thv  salvation  say  continually. 
Let  Goc"l  bo  magnitied. 

5  il  But  1  aiii  poor  and  needy; 
■"make  haste  unto  mo,  O  God:  thou 
art  my  help  and  my  deliverer;  O 
LoltD,  make  no  tarrying. 

rSALM  LXXL 

1  Darid,  in  covfidenec  of  fuith,  and  ei- 
jtcrit'iice  of  Hod'i  favour ,  yrayeth  both 
tor  liimael'f,  and  aj/i.in.t  tha  euemiet  oj 
hit  tout.  14  J/e  promitelh  conttancy. 
II  IJe  prayeth  fur  perteverance.  I'J  Ue 
praiaeth  OuU,  and  promiscth  to  do  it 
cLcerfully. 

IN  "thee,  O  Lort>,  do  I  put  my 
trust:  let  mc  never  be  put  to  con- 
fusion. 

2  ii  Deliver  mc  in  thy  righteousness, 
and  cause  me  to  escape:  '^incline 
thine  ear  unto  me,  and  save  me. 

;i  il  t  Be  thou  my  strong  habitation, 
whcreunto  1  may  continually  resort: 
thou  hast  piven  'commandment  to 
save  me;  lor  thou  art  my  rock  and 
my  fortress. 

4  1  Deliver  me,  O  mv  God,  out  of 
the  hand  of  the  wicked,  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  unrighteous  and  cruel 
man. 

."i  lor  thou  ait  Smy  hope,  O  Lord 
God:  t/io»  art  my  trust  from  uiy 
yoiUh. 

Ij  II  Bv  thee  have  I  been  hclden  up 
from  the  womb:  thou  art  he  that 
took  mc  out  of  my  mother's  bowels: 
my  praise  sliall  be  continually  of 
thee. 

7  il  am  as  a  wonder  unto  many; 
but  thou  art  my  strong  refuge. 

5  Let  ^  my  mouth  be  tilled  trith  thy 
praise  and  uilh  thy  honour  all  the 
day. 

y  I  Cast  mc  not  off  in  the  time  of 
old  age;  forsake  mc  not  when  my 
strength  faileth. 

10  I  or  mine  enemies  speak  against 
me;  and  they  that  i  lav  wait  for  my 
soul  "'  take  cniinsol  together, 

11  Saying,  (iod  hath  forsaken  him: 
persecute  and  take  him;  for  there  is 
none  to  deliver  him. 

12  "  (J  God,  be  not  far  from  me:  O 
my  God,  "  make  haste  for  my  help. 

l.'I  ^' Let  them  be  confounded  ami 
consumed   that   arc   adversaries   to 
505 


David  promiseth  acts  cf  praise. 


t  neb.  tkint 
1 1'..  t7. 10. 
uPm.SJ.  1(1  * 


.  r«.  0!  I.  J. 

3.  i  l.,J.  3. 


I  Or.  ./. 
•  I'..  157. 
title. 
1(115. 

>Ii.U.!.3.4 
li  3J.  I. 

IP.  M  111. 
1«.  -.i  17.  J. 
4J.  7. 

. I..  11.4. 
d  .cr   7.  17. 


my  Eoul;  1ft  thfii;  be  r<Ar.t(l  v-il>' 
reproach    on<l  dishonour  that   euek 

14  liut  i  will  hope  continiialU',  and 
..111  v.-t  iirai-i'  tlno  more  and  moie. 

15  MMy'm".,,th  Miall  .hew  lorth  thy 
ri-Iiteoiisnosi  and  thy  fUyation  nil 
th'e  (lay;  for 'I  know  nut  the  luim- 

'id^  will  RO  ii<  the  ftreiiKth  of  the 
l.nnlGoi.:  Iwill  make  lucntion  ot 
thv  ri-hteousncss,  efcii  of  thine  onlj  . 
li-  O  God,  thou  liast  tan-ht  me  trom 
my  vouth:  and  hitherto  have  1  de- 
e!are"d  thy  wondrous  works. 

18  "  Now  also  t  when  I  am  old  and 
.'ravheadod,  O  God,  forsake  me  not; 
rmtil  I  have  shewed  f  thy  strens  h 
unto  ilii.1  generation,  awl  thy  power 
to  every  one  Hint  is  to  come. 

19  '  Thv  riirhteonsness  also,  l>  l>oa, 
IS  very  "hisli.  who  hast  done  K^fa' 
things:  "O  God,  who  is  like  unto 

W  ''Tliou,  which  hnst  shewed  me 
crcat  and  sore  troubles,  5"  shalt  quick- 
I  tn  mo  attain,  and  thalt  bring  me  up 
a-ain  fioiu  the  depths  ot  the  earth. 
•^1  Thou  fhalt  increase  my  great- 
rp<«  niid  comfort  me  on  every  fule. 
■2'i  will  also  I)rai^e  thee  t^vith  the 
ns-iUerv,  CiT/i  thy  truth,  O  my  God: 
Snt-J  tfcc  will  I  .ii.^'.with  the  harp, 

0  thou  "Holy  Oncol  lsia(;l.        .  . 
V,   Mv    lips    thall    greatly    rc)<Mce 

when  1  BiuR  unto  thee;  and  -b my 
soul,  which  thou  ,l"»s',''^'f^^''',V'';';.,,,„ 
■n  "  JIv  touRUe  also  shaU  tal.c  ot  tnj 
ri-'htcousncss  all  the  day  Unit::  tor 
dfhi^'  are  confounded,  for  they  arc 
brought  unto  shame,  that  seek  my 

""''■°       PSALM  LXXII. 

the  goodncst  ami  otor,,  of  Int.  ut  (j/j)., 
and  1)1  truth,  of  Chritf,  kmndum.    M 

1  Uc  bUtteth  Hod. 
A  Ptalm  n  •  for  Solomon. 

/-^IVK  the  king  thv  jud;;mcnts,  O 
\  T  God,  and  thy  righteousnesa  unto 
the  king's  son.  ,        ... 

•>  "He  shall  judge  thy  people  wi  h 
righteousness,  and  thy  poor  with 
judgment.  .  ,     ,    ■„„ 

;!  bThc  mountains  shall  bring 
peace  to  the  people,  and  the  littl 
hills,  by  rigbteoiisuess. 

4  <^  He  shall  jud;;e  the  poor  of  the 
ncoplc,  he  shall  save  the  ehildnn  ol 
the  needy,  and  shall  break  in  pieces 


11  ,tiji  '.'-'i. 

Zecb.  I).  10. 


or. 


.',  1  luv'shal'l  fear  thee  das  long  as 
the  KUii'aiid  moon  endure,  through- 
out nil  gencrntions. 

C  >  He  shall  come  down  like  nun 
up(.n  the  mown  grass:  na  showers 
llial  water  the  earth.  . 

7  In  his  divs  shall  the  Tighteons 
flourish  ;  fanll  abundance  of  pcicc 
tso  long  as  the  moon  .■ndnr.^th. 

S    Bile   sh;ill  have    dominion    also 
from  sea  to  sea,  and  fr..in  the  river 
unto  the  ends  of  tlio  earth. 
606 


lev  IIUU  u«tii  11.  .."^  •••;-,-; 
ness  shall  bow  before  him;  -and  his 
enemies  shall  lick  the  dll^t.  . 

10  kThe  kings  of  Tuishish  and 
of  the  isles  shall  bring  presents: 
the  kinps  of  Sheba  and  Scba  shall 
otter  citts.  ,    „  r  II  A^-^n 

11  lYcn,  all  kings  sh.nll  fall  down 
before  him  :  all  nations  shall  serve 

''i"'For  he  "shall  deliver  the  needy 
when  he  crieth;  the  poor  also,  and 
him  that  hath  no  helper, 
i:?    He   shall    spare    the    poor    antl 
needy,  and  shall  save  the  souls  ot 

"ll  ife  sfiall  redeem  their  soul  from 
d'.coit  and  violence,:  n.;d  "precious 
shall  their  Wood  lie  in  his  sight. 
l.rAnd  he  shall  live,  ami  to  h.m 
t  shall  be  given  of  the  P'Kl^fS' .,'!;: 

i;;^Affiu:!b^,^i^<l^>y^i;^nic 

VThere'shallhe  a  handful  of  c^rn 

in  the  earth  IIP""  n'^H.'/.M-rf  fl  lU 
mountains  ;  the  fruit  jl'',^'^  ,/,'■''! 
sh'ikc  like  I.ebanon  :  "I'lul  thrti  ot 
the  t^ty  shall  flourish  like  grass  ot 

ir'^il'is  name    +  shall  endure    for 
ever:  1  his  name  shall  he  continued 
PS  Ion"  as  tl-.e  sun:  and  li""*  sh.i 
be  bu"scd  in  him:  'all  nations  shall 

''^'^^:A  the  ro,:x,  God 
the  God  of  Israel,  '  who  only  doeth 
wondrous  things.  , 

lU  And  "blessed  l:c  his  glorious 
name  lor  ever:  "and  let  the  whole 
earth  be  filled  icith  his  glory.     Amen. 

'"o'Thc'pr'aycrs  of  David  the  son  of 
Jesse  arc  eniled. 

rSALM  LXXIII. 

fori/  Oltr  If,  knoulcdQC  of  Ood  M  ]mr 
pn2.  in  dclroyina  of  th,  i«c*eJ,  and 
,uj(uiiiin!7  l>"  righteout. 

II  A  Ps»lin  ot  •  Asaph. 
lirTiKXTLY  God  U  pood  to  Israel, 
"  1    e\e>i  to  such  as  are  t  of  a  clean 

'Tfiut  ns  for  me  my  f-T' .^,';™i»',; 
uost  gone;  my  steps  had  well  nigh 

^"'-For  I  was  envious  at  .the  fool- 
ish, vluii  1  saw  the  prosperity  of  the 

'^i'vor'thor  are  no  ban.ls  in  their 
death:  but  their  strength  '^^t  ''■m. 

^^''u^uSi^prUlocoiiipasseththe.u 
„hout  as  a  chain;  violence  eovereth 

"r.'l'Thei?c""'s'tai,d  out  with  fat- 
ness: t  they"  have  more  than  heart 
could  wish. 


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t  ll«b.  /•!. 
l>  Juk  21.  U 
»  H»b.  •»  <*' 

t  Hel..  •ril*. 


The  prosperity  of  the  vicked. 


PSALMS. 


The  desolation  of  the  sancttianj. 


t2r>t.  2.  IS. 
JuJclU. 
hlUY.  U.  S. 


>P>.M.  2.  & 
U».  81. 
tncl.  roci. 
li  P..  IR.  «.  4 

cPi  119.  153. 
d  E<.  31. 1.7. 
Kum.  1--..39. 


8  *^  Thi-y  arc  (-'cirnipt,  imtl  i^jK-ak 
wickt'(ll\'  coHcrihiii'f  O])itrcst.iou  : 
tliov '•■spoak  li.1tilv. 

!)  'tluy  set  tlnir  I'lioiith  Img.iinst  the 
heavens^  jiiid  tiioir  tongue  walkc-tli 
tliroiiirli  tlic  cartli. 

10  ThcrcTorc  liis  people  return 
hitlicr:  Mind  -vinttis  of  a  full  ckjj 
arc  wrnnj;  out  to  them. 

n  And  they  say,  k  How  dotli  God 
know  ?  and  is  there  knowledge  iu 
the  jMost  High? 

1:;  litjhold.  tliese  arc  the  ungodly, 
who  1  prosper  in  the  world  ;  they 
increase  in  riches. 

I.'S  "'  A'erily  I  have  cleansed  my 
heart  in  vain,  and  "  wuftk«d  my 
hands  iu  innoeencv. 

14  Tor  all  the  ilay  long  have  I 
been  plagued,  and  f  eha&lened  cv^ry 

15  If  I  say,  I  will  Fpcak  thus ; 
behold,  I  gliould  otlend  aguinst  the 
generation  of  thv  children. 

hi  "•When  I  thimght  to  know  this, 
t  it  W1IA  too  I'ainfnl  lor  me; 

K  Until  II  went  into  the  sanc- 
tuary of  God  i  then  uuderttood  I 
''their  end. 

18  Surely  ■'thou  didst  sot  them  in 
slippery  places:  tluiu  eastedst  them 
down  into  destioiction. 

19  llow  are  they  brovriht  into  deso- 
lation, as  in  a  moment!  they  are  ut- 
terly consumed  with  terrors. 

1;0*^A3  a  dream  when  one  awak- 
clh;  so,  O  Lord,  'when  thou  awak- 
est,  tliou  shalt  despise  their  image. 

;;!  Tlius  my  heart  was  "grieved, 
and  I  V.  as  jiricked  in  my  rcinsi. 

'12  ^  So  foolish  ten.'!  I,  and  t  ig- 
norant :  I  was  as  a  beast  t  before 
thee. 

L'.'l  Nevertheless  I  am  continually 
with  tliec:  thou  hast  holdcu  me  by 
my  riglit  hand. 

'/i  il'hou  shalt  guide  me  with  thy 
counsel,  and  afterward  receive  uie  to 
glory. 

25  '^"Whom  have  I  in  heaven  litt 
thee  f  and  thci-e  i.«  none  upon  earth 
t/iat  I  desire  besides  thee. 

£G  *  My  flesh  and  my  heart  faileth: 
but  God  »s  the  f  strength  of  my  heart, 
and  i>my  portion  for  ever. 

1*7  For,  lo,  "they  that  arc  far  from 
thee  sliall  perish  :  thou  hast  de- 
stroyed all  them  that  J  go  a  whoring 
from  thee, 

28  But  It  is  good  for  mc  to  'draw 
near  to  God:  I  have  jint  my  trust  iu 
the  Lord  GuD,  that  1  may  fdcelare 
ail  thy  works. 

PS.\L5r  LXXIV. 

1  Tfie  prophet  cumplainftlt  of  the  dttota- 
tion  of  the  tanctunrij.  10  lie  m„i;-<h 
God  to  help  in  cuniUlertiti'in  of  hit 
power,  13  of  hit  repruuelitid  tnewiet,  of 
hit  children,  and  of  l.lt  covenuni. 
KMascliiUr  Asaph. 

OGOD,  whv  hast  thou  "cast  vs 
otf  for   ever  ?    uhy  doth    thiuo 

9.  23.  4CU.  1.  ID.  1:77.  7.     Jci.3l.  37.  *  33.  24. 


auger  '■  smoke  against  '  the  theep  of 
thy  pa.sture? 

2  Ilemeniber  thv  congregation, 
Avhirli  thou  hast  purchaseil  of  old; 
the  (I  *■  rod  of  thine  inheritance,  vhicli 
thou  hast  redeemed;  this  mount  Zion, 
wlierein  thou  lias t  dwelt. 

;;  Lift  up  Ih.v  '«et  »"i'o  f'P  P'"''- 
petual  desolations;  iri  n  all  (/mMlie 
enemy  hath  done  wickedly  iu  the 
sanctuary, 

4  f  Thine  enemies  roar  in  the  midst 
of  thy  congregations;  »they  set  up 
their  ensigns^or  signs. 

5  A  man  was  famous  according  as 
he  had  lilted  up  axes  ui>uu  the  thick 
trees. 

(J  But  new  they  break  down  hthc 
carved  work  thereof  at  oucc  with 
axes  and  hammers. 

7  "tThey  have  east  fire  into  thy 
sanctuary,  they  have  defiled  K.v 
cftiiting  dvrrn  tnc  dwelliiigplaet  of 
thy  name  to  the  ground. 

8  1  Thev  said  in  their  hearts.  Let  us 
t destroy  lliem  together:  they  have 
burned  up  all  the  synagogues  of  God 
iu  the  land. 

it  \Ve  see  not  our  signs:  ^  there  is 
no  more  any  prophet:  neillier  is 
t/ierc  among  "us  any  that  kuoweth 
how  long. 

10  O  God,  how  long  shall  the  ad- 
versary reproach?  shall  the  enemy 
blaspheme  thy  name  tor  ever? 

U  "Uhy  withdriiwest  thou  thy 
Iiand,  even  thy  right  hand?  pluck 
it  out  of  thy  bosom. 

12  For  "Gid  is  my  King  of  old, 
working  salvation  in  the  midst  of 
the  earth. 

l:;  I'  Thou  didst  f  divide  the  tea  hv 
tliy  strength :  1  thou  brakest  the  lieadh 
of  the  II  dragons  in  the  waters. 

14  Thou  brakest  the  heads  of  levia- 
than in  pieces,  antl  gayest  him  '  loix 
meat  "to  the  people  iuhabiting  the 
wilderness. 

15  'Thou  didst  cleave  the  fount- 
ain and  the  flood:  "thou  dricdst  up 
t  mighty  rivers. 

Hi  The  day  is  thine,  the  night  also 
1.1  thine  :  "  thou  bust  prepared  the 
light  and  the  sun. 

17  Thou  hast  >  set  nil  the  borders  of 
the  earth:  'thou  hast  j  made  sum- 
mer and  winter. 

18  "Remember  this.  Hint  the  enemy 
hath  reproached,  O  I.onn,  ami  that 
h  the  foolish  people  have  blasphemed 
thy  name. 

hi  O  deliver  not  the  soul  "^of  thy 
turtledove  unto  the  multitude  of  the 
uicLiil:  J  forget  not  the  eougrega- 
tion  <  f  thy  poor  for  ever. 

•J)  ■'  Iline  respect  unto  the  cove- 
nant :  for  the  dark  places  of  the 
earth  arc  full  of  tlie  liabitatious  uf 
cruelty. 

21  O  let  not  the  oppressed  return 
ashamed  :  let  the  poor  and  needy 
jiraise  thv  name. 

22  Arise,  O  God,  plead  thine  own 

607 


David  rebtiketh  the  proud. 


PSALMS. 


Tlis  combat  teith  diffidence. 


cause:  fremi-nibcr  I\i)W  thf  foolish 
niixii  roprii:tchi-tli  thct'  ihiih'. 
2:i  I'or-ut  luit  tlic  voifo'  of  thine 
onoiTiiis:  tin'  tiiiiiiilt  (pf  tlioso  thut 
rise  up  iigainst  tliee  )  increusctli  con- 
tinually- 

■   I'SALM  I.XXV. 

1  The  prop.'itt  praiaclh  (iail.    2  He  jirom- 

ivcth  to  judge  upHyhtly.    4  Jin  rehuk- 

eth  the  prouU  by  coneiilcrniion  of  GoiVs 

providence.     9  He  pruiteth    God,   and 

promiaethto  ezecute  justice. 

To  tlie  cLief  MusiciriD.  "  *  Al-tascbith,  A  P^alm 

or  SuDg  I'  of  Asaph. 

UNTO  thcc,  O  God,  do  we  give 
thanks,  viito  llice  do  we  ftivc 
thanks:  fur  l/icit  thy  name  is  near 
thy  wondrous  works  declare. 

2  II  When  1  slialt  receive  the  con- 
grcjiatiou  I  will  judfic  uprightlv. 

3  The  earth  and  all  the  inlialiitants 
thereof  are  dissolved:  I  bear  up  the 
pillars  of  it.    Sclah. 

■1  I  said  unto  the  fools.  Deal  not 
foolishly:  and  to  the  wicked,  "1,111 
not  up  the  horn: 

.'»  J.ift  not  up  your  liorn  on  Jugli: 
s|)c:ik  vut  with  a"  ttUfneck. 

(J  For  promotion  com/'th  neither 
from  the  east,  nor  from  the  west,  nor 
fromtlie  ts.iuth. 

7  But  li  God  i,i  the  judse:  n\c  put- 
teth  down  one,  and  setttth  up  an- 
other. 

6  For  din  the  hand  of  tlie  Loud 
there  is  a  c\ip,  and  the  wine  is  red; 
it  is  ^full  of  nii.\ture;  and  he  pour- 
etli  out  of  the  same:  fbut  the  dregs 
thereof,  all  the  wicked  of  the  earth 
shall  wring  them  out,  and  drink 
them. 

y  But  I  will  declare  for  ever;  I  will 
sing  praises  to  the  God  of  J;icob. 

lU  BAH  the  liorns  of  the  wicked 
also  will  I  cut  olf;  hut  lithe  horns  of 
the  righteous  shall  be  exalted. 

PSAI.M  I-XXVI. 

1  A  declarnlion  of  dod't  majeety  in  the 
church.  11  An  exhortation  to  »erve  him 
reverently. 

To  tho  obicf  Musician  on  Nci-inotli,  A  Fsalm 
or  :^ong  u  of  Aiiapli. 

IN  ".liulah  I's  ("tod  known:  his 
name  is-rcatin  Israel. 
2  111  Salem  also  is  his  tah.-rnacle, 
and  his  ilwellim;place  in  Zion. 
;(  !■  There  brake  In;  the  arrows  of 
the  how,  the  shield,  and  tho  sword, 
and  the  battle.    Selah. 

4  Thou  art  more  glorious  an<l  ex- 
cellent '■  than  the  mountains  of  prey. 

,')  ilTlic  stouthearted  are  spoiled, 
"  they  have  slept  their  sleep  :  and 
none  of  the  men  of  might  have 
found  tlieir  hands. 

(1  f  At  tiiy  rebuke,  O  Coil  of  .Tacoh, 
both  the  chariot  and  horse  arc  cant 
into  a  dead  slecn. 

7  Thou,  I  rill  thou,  art  to  be  feared: 
and  Kwlio  loay  stand  in  thy  Bight 
wlien  once  tlioii  art  angry  ? 

8  liThou  didst  cuuso  judgment  to 

fi08 


be  heard  from   lieaven  ;    i  the  earth 
feared,  and  w:is  still, 
1)  When  (Jod  t  arose  to  judgment, 
to  save  all   tho   meek  of  the   earth. 
Selah. 

10  t  Surclv  the  wrath  of  man  shall 
praise  ihc,':  the  remainder  of  wrath 
shall  thou  ristraiii. 

11  '"A'ow,  and  p,ay  unto  the  Lord 
3'our  Gfid:  "let  all  tliat  be  roinul 
about  him  bring  presents  f  unto  him 
that  ought  to  be  tcared. 

12  He  shall  cut  off  the  spirit  of 
princes:  "he  it  terrible  to  the  kings 
of  the  earth. 

PSALM  LXXVIL 
1   Tlie  ptalmitt  iheweth  what  fierce  com- 
lat  he  had  uith  di/Hdence.    10  The  vic- 
tory whictt  he  had  by  eoneiderativn  of 
ilod^a  great  and  gracious  workt. 
To  tbe  cliicf  Musician.  *ta  JcdutbuD,  A  Psalm 

■  of  Asiph. 
»  r  CRTED  unto  God  with  my  voice, 
1  ei-tn  unto  G*»d  with  my  voice; 
and  he  gave  ear  unto  me. 
2  iiln  tlic  day  of  my  trouble  I 
*^  sought  the  Lord:  t  niy  sore  ran  in 
ight,  and  ceased  not:  my  soul 


■d  to  Ii, 


llolt.d. 


1,  and  was 
troubled:  I  cumplainetl,  and  d  my 
spirit  was  nvcrwlulmed.     Selah. 

•1  Thou  hc'ldist  mine  eyes  waking: 
I  am  so  tniubU'd  that  I  cannot  speak. 

.5  "^  I  have  considered  the  days  of 
old,  the  years  of  ancient  times. 

(i  1  call  to  remembrance  f  my  song  in 
the  night:  SI  commune  with  mine 
own  heart:  and  my  spirit  made  dili- 
gent search. 

7  li  Will  the  Lord  cast  off  for  ev- 
er ?  and  will  lie  >  bo  favourable  no 
more? 

S  Is  his  mercy  clean  gone  for  ever? 
<loth  1>  //('.s- promise  fail  f  for  evermore ? 

:i  Hath  God  I  forgotten  to  be  gra- 
cious? hath  he  in  anger  shut  up  his 
tender  mercies?    Selah. 

10  And  1  said.  This  i>  '"  mv  intirmi- 
tv:  liiit  I  vill  rcmimlK-r  the"  Years  of 
tlie  ri''ht  hand  of  the  Most  High. 

11  "I  will  remember  the  works  of 
the  LouD:  surclv  I  will  remember 
tliv  wonders  of  ol'd. 

12  I  will  meditate  .»lso  of  all  thy 
work,  and  talk  of  tliv  doings. 

I.'.  "Thy  way,  <) 'God,  is  in  the 
sanetuarv:  I' who  is  so  great  a  God 
aso»)-  (il.d? 

14  Thou  art  the  God  that  doest 
wonders  :  thiui  hast  declared  thy 
strin-th  among  the  ncoplc. 

!.->  'I  Thou  lui.st  with  thine  arm  rc- 
deiriiecl  thy  iiconle,  the  sons  of  Jacob 
and  .liiscph.     Selah. 

Ii;  "^'nie  waters  saw  thee,  O  God, 
the  w.ilcrs  saw  thee ;  they  were 
afraid  :  the  depths  also  were  tioubled. 

1"  t'Hie  clouds  iioured  out  wafer: 
the  skies  siiit  out  a  sound  :  "thine 
arrows  also  went  abroad. 

IH  The  voice  of  thy  thunder  icdi  in 
the  heaven:  'the  lightnings  lighten- 


An  exhortation 


PSALMS. 


to  learn  God's  law. 


A.  3.  1.-.. 
i.  11.  2«. 
.  13.21.  i 


eD.»l  4.9.< 
C.  7.  ill.  la 
hPs.  102.  IS, 


JKin, 

17  11 

K..  a. 

1». 

LV.x.r.i 

1  A 

XI.:).  t 

lleuc. 

i.t  4  n 

.1:7. 

»  p..  IOC.  13. 
oZx.-.  is. 

i  a.  i  in.  i 


3.1.7. 

.13.21.i 
•21, 
105.39. 

m.  20.11. 
lift  )1, 
or.  10.  4. 

c(l  the  world:  "the  c-irth  trembled 
mid  shook. 

11)  "  Thy  way  m  in  the  sen,  nnil  thv 
path  in  the  great  waters,  1  and  tliy 
lootsteps  are  nut  known. 

•J)  ^Thnii  leddest  thv  people  like  a 
flock  by  the  hand  of  Moses  and 
Aaron. 


PSALM  LXXVIir. 

I  An  cx/tortntion  hotU  to  learn  and  to 
prcmli  the  lam  of  O'od.  9  The  ftortj  of 
OoiVa  wrath  nj/ahmt  the  incredulous 
and  digobcdienl.  07  The  Itraclilcn  he- 
inff  rejected^  God  ehuee  Judah,  Zion, 
and  David. 

'  "  Mascbil  of  .\9aph. 
"/^IVE  car,  O  my  people,  lo  my 

VT  law:  incline  your  cars  to  the 
words  of  my  mouth. 

;i  I'  I  will  open  inv  mouth  in  a  para- 
ble: I  will  utter  dark  savinj;s  of  old: 

.•i  MVhich  we  have"  heard  and 
known,  and  our  fathers  have  told  us. 

■4  'I  We  will  not  hide  tlirm  from  tlieir 
children,  "shcwinf;  to  the  ccneration 
to  come  the  praises  of  the  Lord,  nnd 
his  Btrcnjith,  and  his  wonderful 
works  that  he  hath  done. 

.")  For  f  he  established  a  testimonv  in 
.lacoh,  and  appointed  a  law  in  Israel, 
which  he  c<»ninianded  our  fithers, 
s  that  they  should  make  them  known 
to  their  children: 

0  li  That  the    ircneration    to    come 
mifiht  ianmv  thr}ii,cr(<i  the  children 
irhich  should  be  bf»Mi:    vin 
arise  and  declare  tlittti  tu  tl 
tlren: 

7  Th.at  they  misht  set  their  hope  in 
God,  and  not  forget  tlic  works  of 
God,  but  keep  his  commandments: 

H  And  i  might  not  be  as  their  fa- 
thers, ka  stubborn  and  rebellious 
generation;  a  generation  i  Uhttt  set 
not  their  heart  aright,  and  whose 
spirit  was  not  steadfast  with  God. 
1)  The  children  of  Ephraim,  hcinrf 
armed,  fTHr/  f  carrying  bows,  turned 
back  in  the  day  of  battle. 

10  ">  They  kept  not  the  covenant  of 
God,  and  refused  to  walk  in  bis  law; 

II  And  "forgat  his  works,  and  his 
wonders  that  he  had  sheweil  them. 

12  °  Marvellous  thin-s  did  he  in  the 
sight  of  their  fathers,  in  the  land  of 
Egypt,  P  !„  the  field  of  Zoan. 

1.} 'I  He  divided  the  sea,  and  caused 
them  to  pass  through;  and  '  he  made 
the  waters  to  stand  as  a  heap. 

14  » In  the  daytime  also  he  led  them 
with  a  cloud,  and  all  the  night  with 
a  light  of  fire. 

15  '  lie  clave  the  rocks  in  the  wil- 
derness, and  g.ave  llicm  drink  as  out 
o/tlie  great  depths. 

ItJ  lie  brought  "  streams  also  out  of 
the  rock,  and  caused  waters  to  run 
down  like  rivers. 

1"  And  they  finned  vetmore  against 
him  by  '  provoking"thc  Most  High 
in  the  wilderness. 

IS  And  5  they  tempted  God  in  their 
heart  by  asking  meat  for  their  lust. 


19  ^Yca,  they  spake  against  God; 

the.y  said.  Can  God  f  furnish  a  table 

in  the  wildernessi' 
'M    "Behold,    he    smote    the    rock, 

that  the  waters  gushed  out,  and  the 

streams    oveitlowed  ;    can    he    give 

bread  also?  can  he  provide  flesh  for 

his  people? 
•^1  Therefore  the  Lor.ii  heard  tlii.", 

and  liwas  wroth:  so  a  lire  was  kin- 
dled  against  Jacob,  and  anger  also 

came  up  against  Israel; 
•J2  liecausc  they  '  believed  not  in 

Gi>d,  and  trusted  not  in  his  salvation: 
■j:;  Thcugh  he  had  eomnmnded  the 

clouds  from  above,  dand  opened  the 

doors  of  heaven, 
'J4  *^And  had  rained  down  manna 

upon   them   to  eat,   and   had  given 

them  of  the  corn  of  heaven. 
•jr,  II  Man  did  eat  angehs'  food  :   he 

senttliem  meat  to  the  full. 
L'<i  file    caused   an    east  wind  tto 

blow    in    the    heaven  :    and    by  Ids 

power  he  brought  in  the  south  wind. 
'17  He  rained  flesh  also  upon  them 

as  dust,  and  t  feathered  fowls  like  as 

the  sand  of  the  sea: 
L'.S  And  be  let  it  fall  in  the  midst  of 

their  camp,  round  about  their  hab- 
itations. 
::!)  sSo  they  did  eat,  and  were  well 

tilled:   for  ho  gave  them  their  own 

di-sire; 

."O  They  were  not  estranged  from 
,,,..,  their  lust;  but  1' while  their  meat 
hil-    "VIS  yet  in  their  mouths, 

.'U  riie  wrath  of  God  came  upon 
them,  and  slew  the  fiittest  of  them, 
and  t  smote  down  the  ||  chosen  men 
Oi  Israel. 

S\!  For  all  this  i  they  sinned  still, 
and  k  believed  not  ibr  his  wondrous 
works. 

.1.'!  I  Therefore  their  da.vs  did  he  con- 
sume in  vanity,  and  their  years  in 
trouble. 

o4  '"  When  he  slew  them,  then  they 
sought  him:  and  the.y  returned  and 
inquired  early  after  God. 

.'U  And  they  remembered  that  "God 
lias  their  liock,  and  the  high  God 
"  their  Redeemer. 

3G  Nevertheless  they  did  P flatter 
him  with  their  month,  and  they  lied 
unto  him  with  their  tongues. 

:\7  For  ''their  heart  was  not  right 
with  him,  neither  were  they  stcad- 
fiist  in  his  covenant. 

■"S  'But  he,  l.fiiirj  fidl  of  compas- 
sion, forgave  t/ii  ir  iniquity,  and  de- 
stroyed thiiii  not:  yea,  many  a  time 
"  turned  be  his  anger  away,  '  and  did 
not  stir  lip  all  his  wrafli. 

.'HI  For  "  he  remembered  ^  that  they 
irrn-  hut  flesh;  >  a  wind  that  passetli 
away,  and  i-ometh  not  again. 

40  How  otl  did  they  II  "  provoke  him 
in  the  wilderness,  iind  grieve  him  in 
the  desert! 

41  Yea,  "the.y  turned  back  and 
tempted  God,  and  l> limited  the  Holy  i 
One  of  Israel.  I 

609 


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r.. 
Joi 
le 

Mi.  4. 11. 

Il«.  40. 
n  G.  31. 
.r.  10.3. 

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Cv„-f 

1  Rcb.  mu(« 
lOr.  s„.n, 

1  Kuii..  U.  & 

10,  i  17. 
1<  Tcr.  22. 
IXum  .11  23. 

:».  i  26.  64, 

rj. 

m  See  Hui.  5. 

13. 
n  Doot.  32.  4. 

IS,  31. 
•  Ex.  !.■!.  13, 

Be"  I  7.  8. 

!•  41.  14.  ft 

4i.G.  il,3.  •). 
p  Ct.  33.  31. 


.1..  4S.  a, 
tlKiD  2129. 
»  Tl.  103.  14. 

IB. 
I  O'n   P.  3. 

Jul.n  a  6. 
7  Jnl.  7.  7.  IB. 

J»ffie>4.  14. 
I  Or.  nM 

o,a....  *.«. 
■  ver.  17. 

r.  M. »,  10. 

I<.  7   13.  It 

KS   10. 

Fph.  4.  30. 


,s7or.v  of  God's  ttrath 


PSALM!?. 


against  the  dinobedient. 


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t  lUh.  tiUtd. 


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c. 

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20. 
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22. 

joTa.  77 

20. 

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o  K.  U 
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V.28. 

til 

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17. 

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41 

h.  1 

3. 

2. 
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VX 

1.23. 

tJu 

Js. 

.  11. 

J.ide,  2. 12. 

20. 

K«,  20.  2S. 
.Dcul.  12.2,4. 

1  i;;n.  11.  7. 

1:  12.  SI. 
>lSfMn.  4.  11. 

.lDr.7.  IJ.  U. 

k  23.  n,  0. 
l.J«a;.  1S.0O. 


4J  Tlu'y  rcnicinlMTfd  iint  his  linnd, 
nnr  tlie  (lay  when  ho  aelivcrcJ  tlitm 
II  from  the  enemy : 

4.)  How  '  lie  liail  f  wronprht  his  Rifnis 
in  K),-vpt,  iind  his  wonders  in  the 
fleUl  of  Zoan : 

44 '1  And  had  turned  their  rivers  into 
hlood  !  and  their  tloods,  that  they 
eould  not  drink. 

43  '^  lie  sent  divers  sorts  of  flies 
amons  them,  wliicli  devoured  them; 
and  >  fro<;s,  wliieli  destroyed  tlu-m. 

4(>  =  lie  i;ave  also  their  inereasc  unto 
tlie  caterpillar,  and  their  labour  unto 
the  loeust. 

47  li  lie  t  destroyed  their  vines  with 
hail,  and  tlicir  sycamore  trees  with 
II  frost. 

4.S  t '  He  frave  np  their  cattle  also  to 
the  hail,  and  their  flocks  to  ||  hot 
thunderbolts. 

4'.l  lie  cast  upon  them  the  fierceness 
of  his  anger,  wrath,  and  indignation, 
and  trouble,  by  sending  evil  angels 
among  ihcm. 

50  t  lie  made  a  way  to  his  anger;  he 
spared  not  their  soul  from  death,  but 
gave  II  their  life  over  to  the  pestilence: 

.'il  kAnd  smote  all  the  firstborn  in 

Esvpt;  the  eliief  of  thiir  strength  in 
Ith'o  t.ibernaelesofllam: 

;>1  IJut '"  made  his  own  people  to  go 
fortli  like  sheep,  and  guided  them  in 
the  wilderness  like  a  flock. 
.Vi  And  he  "led  them  on  safely,  so 
that  they  feared  not :  but  the  sea 
"t  overwhelmed  their  enemies. 
54    And    lie    hr(.ught    them   to  the 

border  of  his  ^  sanctuary,  cr,n  In  this 

mountain,   'Uriiich    liis    right    liaud 

had  puiehnsed. 
5.)  ■■  lie  east  out  the  heathen  also  he- 

f  iro  them,  and  'divided  them  an  iu- 

he-itaoce  bv  line, and  made  the  tribes 

of  Israel  tndwell  in  their  tents. 
."•i;  >  Yet  tliev  tempted  and  provoked 

the  most  high  God,  and  kcjit  not  liis 

testimonies: 

.".7  Hut  "  turned  back,  and  dealt  un- 
faithfully like  theirfathers:  they  were 

turned  aside  '^like  a  deceitful  bow. 
M  >  For  thev  provoked  him  to  anger 

with  their  'high  ploecs,  and  moved 

him   to  jealousy   with  their  graven 

images. 
:/,)  "When   God  heard  (/"«,  he  was 

wrotli.  and  greatly  abhorreii  Israel: 
Cid  "So  that    ho  forsook  the  tiber- 

naele  of  .s'liloh,  the  tent  u-hMi  lie 

l)lieed  among  men; 
I'd  l'.\nd  delivered  his  strength  into 

captivitv,  and  his  glory  into  the  cue- 

mv's  baud. 
(JJ  'lb-  gave  liis  people  over  also 

unto  the  sword;  and  was  wroth  with 

his  inheritance. 
(;■!  The  fire  consumed  their  young 

men;  and  •' their  maidens  were  not 

f  given  to  marriage. 
Ul  'Their  priests  fell  by  the  sword; 

and  f  their  widows  made  uoIament;i- 

tion. 

Go  Then  the  Lord  ^  awaked  as  one 
610 


out  of  sleep,  <iiiil  li  like  a  mighty  man 
that  shoutelh  by  reosiui  of  wine. 

W  And  I  he  smote  his  enemies  in 
the  hinder  jiarts:  he  put  tbeiu  to  a 
pcrpetiiai  reproach. 

1(7  ,Moreo\  er  he  refused  the  taber- 
nnele  of  .loseph,  and  chose  not  the 
tribe  of  Kphraim: 

(W  But  chose  the  tribe  of  Judah, 
the  mount  Zion  1-  which  he  loved. 

(i'J  And  he  I  built  his  sanctuary  like 
high  )iahicc!s,  like  the  earth  which 
he  bath  t  established  lor  ever. 

70 '"He  chose  David  also  his  serv- 
ant, and  took  him  from  the  sheep- 
folds  : 

71  t  From  following  "  the  ewes  great 
with  young  he  brought  him  "to  feed 
Jacob  his  people,  and  Israel  his  in- 
lieritance. 

7J  So  he  fed  them  according  to  the 

^integrity  of  his  heart;  anil  guided 

them  by  the  skilfulness  of  his  hands. 

PSAI-JI  LXXIX. 

1  Tlic  pinlmitt  eumplmnclh  0/  Ihc  rffso- 
ttition  of  Jcr\tattlein.  8  lU  prnyeth  f«r 
ilHivcrancCt  li  antt  prumUcth  thankful- 

A  P=alm  II  of  Asaph. 

OGOD,  tlic  heathen  arc  come 
into  •'thine  inheritance;  I'tliv 
liolv  temple  have  they  defiled; 
'  they  have  hud  Jerusalem  on  heaps. 

2  il  The  dead  bodies  of  thy  servants 
have  thev  given  to  lie  meat  unto  the 
fowls  of  the  heaven,  the  flesh  of  thy 
saints  uulothc  beasts  of  the  earth. 

.'.  Their  blood  have  they  shed  like 
water  round  about  Jerusalem;  'and 
till  !■<■  ?»vis  none  to  bury  t/wni. 

4  I  Wc  arc  become  a  reproach  to  onr 
neighbours,  a  scorn  and  derision  to 
them  that  are  nuind  about  ns. 

,">  e  How  long,  l.oHTi?  wilt  thoii  be 
angry  for  everi"  sludl  thy  I'jealousy 
burn  like  fire? 

G  iPour  out  thv  wrath  upon  the 
heathen  that  have  k  not  known  theo, 
and  upon  the  kingdoms  that  have 
I  not  called  upon  thy  name. 

7  For  thev  hiive  de\*oured  Jacob, 
and  loid  wilste  his  dwellii.gplace. 

»  "'  O  rememlier  not  against  ns  |l  for- 
mer ini(iuities:  let  liiy  tender  mer- 
cies speedilv  jirevent  ns;  for  wc  urc 
"lirou^Iitverv  low. 

II"  Help  ns  •)  (o'd  of  our  salvation, 
for  the  gl.iiy  if  tliy  name:  ami  de- 
liver ns,  and  juirge  away  our  sins, 
I'  for  thv  name's  sake. 

10  'INVhereforc  should  the  heathen 
snv,  'Where  h  their  (Jod':'  let  him  be 
known  among  the  beatbon  in  onr 
si-ht  hi/ iho  I  reveniringof  the  blood 
of  thy  servants  vliirli  l<  shed. 

11  r.ct'lhc  sighing  of  tlie  prisoner 
come  before  thee;  according  to  the 
greatness  of  I  thy  I'.ower  i  preserve 
thou  those  tliat  are  app..intrd  to  die; 

\>  And  render  unlo  our  neighbours 
'sevenfold  into  their  bosom  Mhcir 
repronrh,  w  lier'-willi  they  have  re- 
proached thee,  O  Lord. 


The  7niseries  of  the  cMirch. 


PSALM& 


Exhortation  to  praise  God. 


•p..  W.iC 
|0,./»r 


.5.21. 
.  C.  4 


hr. 

41    1:1 

iT-J 

i. 

irer. 

Xll. 

Jcr. 

r...  1 

j.'n. 

nr..  72.  9. 
oT..^).  40.41. 


l.T  So  "  wc  thy  people  niul  sheep  of 
thy  pasture  will  K'^e  thee  thanks  for 
ever:  "  we  will  shew  forth  thy  i>raUe 
t  to  all  geueiatious. 

rSALJI  LXXX. 

1  The  pgatmiet  in  hia  prayer  complaineth 
of  the  mitcriei  of  the  church.  6  UoJ'a 
former  favour,  are  turned  int,  }uJ.j- 
vicnta.     14  lie  praneth  for  deliverance. 

To  tho  cliiof  Muficinn  'upon  Shoshannim- 
Edutb,  A  Pa:ilm  11  01  .isaplj. 

/^IVE  ear,  O  Shepherd  of  I.'srae!, 
VT  thoTi  tliat  loudest  Joseph  "like  a 
flock:  bthoii  that  dwellest  6<;(«'ccn 
the  chenil)iin.  'shine  li)rtli. 

2  t'  Before  Kphniiin  and  Ccnjamin 
and  Manasseh  stir  iij)  tliy  streiij^th, 
and  t  come  and  save  us. 

.■!  'Turn  us  asain,  O  God,  fand 
cause  thy  face  to  shine:  and  we  shall 
be  saved. 

4  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  Iiow  lon^ 
fwilt  thou  be  nn^ry  agaiust  the 
praverof  thy  people? 

5  "KThou  feedcst  them  with  the 
bread  of  tears;  and  pivest  them  tears 
to  drink  in  preat  measure. 

C  h  Thou  makest  us  a  strife  unto 
our  neighbours:  and  our  enemies 
lauph  among  themselves. 

7  i  Turn  us  again,  O  God  of  hosts, 
and  cause  thy  face  to  shine:  and  wc 
sliall  he  saved. 

8  Thou  hast  bron.ght  k:v  vine  out 
of  Egypt:  Uhou  hast  cast  out  the 
heathen,  and  planted  it. 

9  Thou  '°  prejiaix-dst  mom  before  it, 
and  didst  cause  it  to  take  deep  root, 
and  it  filled  the  land. 

10  The  hilla  were  covered  with  the 
shadow  of  it,  and  the  boughs  thereof 
were  like  f  the  goodly  cedars. 

11  She  sent  out  her  boughs  unto  the 
sea,  and  her  branches  "unto  the 
river. 

12  Why  hast  thou  then  "broken 
down  licr  heilges,  so  that  all  tliev 
which  pass  by  the  way  do  i>luCK 
her? 

13  The  boar  out  of  the  wood  doth 
waste  it,  and  the  wild  beast  of  the 
field  doth  devour  it. 

14  Return,  we  beseech  thee,  O  God 
of  hosts:  I' look  down  from  lieaven, 
and  behold,  and  visit  this  vine; 

l.')  And  the  vineyard  which  thy 
right  hand  hath  planted,  and  the 
branch  that  thou  madest  strong  ''for 
thyself. 

16  /(  is  burned  with  fire,  it  j'i  cut 
down :  ■■  they  jterish  at  the  rebuke  of 
thy  eountenance. 

1*  ^  Let  thy  hand  be  upon  the  nian 
of  thy  right  hand,  upon  tl\e  son  of 
man  xvlioin  thou  madest  stronji  for 
thyself. 

15  So  will  not  wo  go  back  from 
thee:  quicken  us,  and  we  will  call 
upon  thy  name. 

I'.l '  Turn  us  again,  O  I,okf>  Goil  of 
hosts,  cause  thy  face  to  shine  ;  and 
wc  shall  be  saved. 


rSALM  LXXXL 

I  An  exhortation  to  a  nvtemn  praiaing  of 

God.     i   (Jod  challengelh   that  dulj/  ty 

reaaon  of  hiM  benejita.    8  Ood,  exhort' 

intf  to  ohedience,   eomplaineth  of  their 

diaohediencCt  which  proveth   their   oum 

hurt. 

To  tbo  chief  Maaicinn  '  upon  Gittitb,  A  Paaim 

<i  uf  .\8apl]. 

SING  aloud  unto  God  our  strength: 
.    make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  God 
of Jacob. 

2  Take  a  psalm,  and  bring  hither 
the  timbrel,  the  pleasant  harp  with 
the  psaltery. 

3  Blo\y  up  the  trumpet  in  the  new 
moon,  in  the  time  appointed,  on  our 
solemn  feast  day. 

4  For  "  this  teas  a  statute  for  Israel, 
and  a  law  of  the  God  (>f  Jacob. 

5  This  he  ordained  in  Joseph  ./'or 
a  testimony,  when  he  went  out 
li  through  the  land  of  Egypt :  1j  v/ierc 
I  heard  a  language  t/cat  I  under- 
stood not, 

ti'l  removed  his  shoulder  from  the 
burden:  his  hands  fwere  delivered 
from  ii  the  pots. 

7  'Thou  calledst  in  trouble,  and 
I  delivered  thee:  fl  jinswered  thee 
in  the  secret  place  of  thunder  :  I 
s  proved  thee  et  the  waters  of  ||  Meri- 
bah.     Sclah. 

8  h  Hear,  O  my  people,  and  I  will 
testify  unto  thie:  U  Israel,  if  thou 
w  ilt  licarkcn  unto  nie; 

0  i  There  shall  no  1^  strange  god  be 
in  thee:  neither  shalt  thou  worship 
any  strange  god. 

10  1 1  am  the  Loud  thy  God,  which 
brought  thee  out  cf  "the  land  of 
Egvpt:  '"open  thy  mouth  wide,  and 
I  w'ill  fill  it. 

H  liut  my  people  would  not  heark- 
en to  my  voice;  and  Israel  would 
"  none  ot  mc. 

12  "  So  I  gave  them  up  ||  unto  their 
own  hearts'  lust:  anil  they  walked 
in  tlieir  own  counsels. 

13  I' Oh  that  my  people  had  heark- 
ened unto  me,  a»(/ Israel  had  walked 
in  my  ways  1 

14  I  should  soon  have  subdued  their 
enemies,  and  turned  my  handagainst 
their  adversaries. 

15  '1  The  haters  of  the  LonI^  should 
have  II  t  submitted  themselves  unto 
him :  but  their  time  should  have  en- 
dured tor  ever. 

1(1  He  should  ''have  fed  them  also 
twith  tho  finest  of  tlie  wheat:  and 
with  hnnev  'out  of  the  rock  should  1 
h:ive  satisfied  thee. 

rSALM  I.XXXII. 
I     Trie    paalmirt,    having    exhorted    the 
jutlgea.  5  and  reproved  thcimeyligence, 
8  prayeth  God  to  judge. 

A  Psalm  "  of  Asaph. 

('^OT>  "standeth  in   the  congrega- 
T  tion  of  the  mighty;  he  judgeth 
among  t'the  gods. 

2  How  long  will  ye  judge  unjustiv, 
6U 


The  psalmist  comp!nineth  to  God.      PSALMS. 


Tlie  hlesscdncits  of  Go(Cs  service. 


t  nt 

•.Jud}, 

dJtr 

713. 

r.Inl 

rx  12. 

Vtx. 

-.21-  11 

fMic 

.1.  I. 

gP.. 

11.3.4 

tHc 

liRi 

2J.9,28. 

1. 

Joh 

n  10.  .11. 

lJ..b 

21.  .1J. 
■1.  li. 

JuJ, 

7.22. 

hJucli; 

4    1,1 

21.  It 

S.  21. 

12  Kin 

a.yj. 

ZepU. 

1    17. 

kJuJ; 

7.23. 

IJuJg. 

8.13. 

U,I>.1T 

13.  U. 

and  "^  accept  the  persons  of  tlic  M'ick- 
eiU    Schih. 

3  tlH-tiMul  the  poor  nml  fatherless: 
A  do  itistice  to  the  afflicted  and  needy. 

4  •^Deliver  the  poor  and  needy:  rid 
t/icni  ont  uf  the  hand  of  the  wicked. 

5  Tlicy  fknow  not,  neither  will 
thcv  niider.'itand!  they  walk  on  in 
darkness  :  K  all  the  foundations  of 
the  earth  are  t  out  of  course. 

(!  Ill  have  said,  Ve  are  gods;  and 
all  of  30U  are  children  of  the  Most 
Hiph. 

7  Uiit  iye  shall  die  like  men,  and 
fall  like  one  (»f  the  i>rinces. 

8  k  Arise,  O  God,  jud<;e  the  earth: 
Ifor  thou  shalt  inherit  all  nations. 

PSALM  LXXXIII. 
1  A  complaint  to  God  of  the  ertitmicit*  con- 
»pirticie8.    0    A    prayer    againut    them 
that  ojiprege  the  church. 

A  Son-  or  Psalm  "  of  .\saph. 

KEEP  "not  thou  silence,  O  God: 
hold  not  thy  peace,  and  be  not 
still.  O  God. 

'2  For,  111,  li thine  enctnica  make 
a  tiinuilt:  and  thev  that  'hate  thee 
have  lifted  up  the  head. 

3  They  have  taken  crafty  counsel 
against  thy  people,  and  "consulted 
tlajrainst  thy  hidden  ones. 

4  Tliey  have  said.  Come,  and  "^let 
us  cut  thetu  off  from  b(jiinj  a  nation; 
th;it  tlie  nnme  of  Israel  may  be  no 
more  in  remembrance. 

.5  l'"or  they  have  consulted  toji^etlicr 
with  one  t consent:  they  are  con- 
fed-rate  af^ainst  thee: 

(!  'The  tabernacles  of  Edom,  and 
the  Ishmaclites;  of  Moah,  ami  the 
Iluirarenes; 

7  Gel)al,  and  Ammon.and  Amaiek; 
the  Philistines  with  the  inhabitants 
of  Tyre; 

5  Assiir  also  is  joined  with  them: 
tthey  have  holpcn  the  children  of 
Lot.     Selah. 

',»  Do  unto  thein  ns  vntn  the  c  Mid- 
ianites;  as  tn  li  Sisera,  as  ii>  Jahin,  at 
the  brook  of  Ki,<on: 

II)  Whirl,  perished  at  En-dor:  ithey 


(Inn- tor  th. 


rtll. 


nobles  lik,'  kOreh, 
and  like  Zeeb:  yea.  all  their  princes 
as  I  Zibah,  and  as  Zalmnnna: 

IJ  Who  said.  I,et  us  take  to  ourselves 
tlin  houses  of  God  in  possession. 

1)  '"()  my  (;nd,  make  tliem  like 
a  wheel;  "as  the  stubble  before  tlie 


id. 
II  A: 

as  tlie 
on  fin 


I  the  fire  burnetii  a  wood,  and 
flaiue  "settetli  the  mountains 


I.'i  So  iiersecnte  them  r  with  thv 
tempest,  and  make  them  afraiil  witU 
thv  ftorm. 

Hi '1  Kill  theirfiiees  with  shame;  that 
thr'v  mav  seek  thv  iKimr,  <>  l.ni;i.. 

17"  I,et"tliein  be  confMiimb-,!  and 
trouble.l  ibr  ever;  vi-a,  let  them  be 
pntto^hame,  and  I'lerisb: 

IS  '  Tluit  uirii  mtiv  know  that  thou, 
whoso  "name  aloiic  is  JEHOVAH, 
51^ 


art  'the  Most  HikIi  over  all  the 
earth. 

PSAL5f  LXXXIV. 

1  The  prophet,  longing  for  the  communion 

of  the  gtinctuary,  4  gheweth  hoie  tUenKcU 

they  are  that  dwell  therein.    8  lie  pray 

eth  to  be  restored  unto  it. 

To  the  chief  Muaicion  *  upon  Oittith,  A  Psalm 

!l  for  the  sons  of  Kurah. 
ITTOW  "amiable  orr  thy  tabcma- 
Irl.  cles,  O  Loi;  oof  hosts! 

2  h  My  soul  lonu'eth,  vea,  even  faint- 
ethforthe  courts  of  the  Eonn:  my 
heart  and  mv  flesh  crieth  out  for  the 
liviuK  God.  ■ 

3  Yea,  the  sparrow  hath  found  a 
house,  and  the  swallow  a  nest  for 
herself,  where  she  may  lay  her 
young,  crci).  thine  altars,  (1  I>okd  of 
liosts,  my  King,  and  luy  God. 

4  '^  Blessed  arc  they  that  dwell  in 
thv  house:  they  will  be  still  praising 
thee.     Selah. 

5  Hlessed  is  the  man  whose  strength 
f'.s  in  thee;  in  whose  heart  arc  the 
ways  ofthrm. 

(!  Who  passing  throu.irh  the  valley 
||ilof  Haea  make  it  a  well;  the  rain 
also  t  filleth  the  pools. 

7  They  go  ||  •  from  strength  to 
strength,  crerti  one  of  them  in  Zion 
f  appeareth  before  God. 

»  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my 
praver:  give  car,  O  God  of  Jacob. 
Sel;"ih. 

!)  Heboid,  B  O  God  our  shield,  and 
look  upon  the  f  ice  of  thine  anointed. 

10  For  a  dav  in  thv  courts  i\-  better 
than  a  thons:iml.  1 1  had  rather  he  a 
doorkeeper  in  the  house  of  my  God, 
tlian  to  dwell  in  the  tents  of  wicked- 
ness. 

H  For  the  Loni)  God  is  lia  sun  and 
i shield:  the  1-ord  will  give  grace 
and  glory:  k  no  good  tlii}ia  will  lie 
I  withhold"  from  them  that  walk  up- 
Irightlv. 

l\i  o"L(>Ri)  of  hosts,  Iblessed  is  the 
man  that  trustelh  in  thee. 

rSALM  LXXXV. 

1  77io  ptalmift,  out  of  the  eipertenee  of 
former  viercica,  prayeth  for  the  contin- 
uance thereof.  8  Jfe  pro'mitelh  to  tcait 
thereon,  out  of  confidence  of  (lod'l  good- 


TORD,  thou  hast  been  ||  favour- 
J  able  nuto  thv  lau.l  :  thou  Inst 
"broinrht  buck  the  eaptivitv  of  Ja- 
cob.   " 

2  h  Thon  hast  forgiven  the  iniquity 
of  thy  people:  thou  hast  covered  all 
Iheirsin.     Selah. 

3  Thiui  h:ist  taken  away  all  thv 
wnitli  :  (I  thou  lia.st  tnrneil  (A-;.s<(/ 
from  the  fierceness  of  Iliine  an-er. 

4  '■  Turn  us.  ()  God  of. .or  salvation, 
and  cause  thine  anger  toward  us  to 

.-ill  Wilt  thou  he  nngry  with  us  for 
ever?  wilt  thou  draw  out  thiuc  anger 
to  all  generations  i? 


>  i:.'n  1.  1 1.  & 


David  imploreth  God's  aid. 


PSALMS. 


Seat  and  glory  of  the  church. 


fn.ii.  2. 1. 

gZecl..^  10. 

he  ret.  2. CO. 

21. 
i  Ii.  46.  U. 
k  Ztcli.  2.  .'i. 

Jolm  1.  U. 

1  P«.  72.  a 
I..  32.  17. 
Luke  2.  11. 

mli.  «.  S. 


Jumj.  1.  17. 
o  r*.  r7.  n. 

rr..ta.  u. 


cr..25.  1.  & 

ii;i.8. 

dTor.  11. 
r>.  130.7.  i 
115.9. 
Joel  2. 13. 


IT.i.  1.!.  11. 

"  I.  tac. 

gUout.  3.  24. 

hr,.2\aui 


kDent.  6.  4. 

4  :2.  oil 

U.  37.  10.  ji 

41.6. 

M«rk  12.  SO.l 

1  Cor.  8.  4. 

Eph,  4.  C. 
1  Ti.  J.V  4.  It 

•27.  11.M19, 

3,1  k  143.  B. 

m  r.,  .■:!;.  13. 

i  Ufi.  S. 
I  Or.  jrara. 
n  r..  54.  3. 


C  Wilt  tliou  not  'revive  us  ngnin: 
thnt  tliy  jifoplc  may  rejoice  in  thee? 

7  Shew  us  thy  mercy,  O  LoiiD,  and 
j^rant  us  thy  salvation. 

8  fl  will  hear  what  God  the  I^onn 
will  speak:  for^^he  will  speak  peace 
unto  his  people,  and  to  his  saints: 
but  let  them  not  h  turn  again  to  iiilly. 

y  Surely  i  his  salvation  is  nijih  thein 
that  fear  him ;  k  that  glory  may  dwell 
in  our  land. 

10  jNIcrcy  and  truth  arc  met  togeth- 
er; 1  righteousness  and  peace  liavc 
kissed  each  ot/icy. 

U  "'  Truth  shall  eprinpc  out  of  the 
earth;  and  righteousness  shall  look 
down  from  heaven. 

1^  "  Yea,  the  T,oi;d  shall  pivc  Hint 
v/iich  !.s  pood;  and  "our  land  Ehall 
yield  her  increase. 

13  1'  Righteousness  shall  go  before 
him;  and  shall  set  its  in  the  way  of 
his  steps. 

PSALM  LXXXVL 

1  Vcivid  BtrengtheneCIl  hU  prnycr  hy  ihe 
conscience  of  hit  rcliqion,  &  by  ihe  good- 
nca>  and  poKcr  of  God.  11  JIi  dftirclh 
the  continuance  of  former  grace.  14 
Comjdainina  of  the  proud,  he  cravcth 
some  token  of  Ood'e  fjoodnees. 
1  A  Prajcr  of  David. 

BOW  down  thine  car,  O  Lokd, 
hear  me  :  for  I  am  poor  and 
needy. 
)i  Preserve  my  soul;  for  I  am  \\  I10I3': 
O  thou  my  God,  save  thy  servant 
"that  trusteth  in  thee. 
.3i>Bc  merciful  unto  me,  O  Lord: 
for  I  cry  unto  thee  j|  daily. 

4  llcjoice  the  soul  of  thy  servant: 
■^for  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  do  I  lift  up 
my  soul. 

5  «i  For  thou.  Lord,  art  good,  and 
ready  to  forgive;  and  plenteous  in 
mercy  unto  all  them  that  call  upon 
thee. 

6  Give  car,  O  Lonr>,  unto  my 
prayer;  and  attend  to  the  voice  of 
my  supplications. 

7  °ln  the  day  cf  my  trouble  I  will 
call  upon  tbee:  for  thou  wilt  answer 
me. 

8  f  Among  the  gods  tlicrc  is  none 
like  uuto  thee,  O  Lord;  ^ neither  niv 
there  anif  u-orks  like  unto  tliv  works. 

9  h  All  nations  wlioin  thou  hast 
made  shall  conic  and  worsliip  before 
thee,  O  Lord;  and  shall  glorify  thy 
name. 

10  For  thou  art  great,  and  idoest 
wondrous  things  :  tthou  art  God 
alone. 

U  I  Teach  me  thy  way,  O  LoitD;  I 
will  walk  in  thy " truth  :  unite  ray 
heart  to  fear  thy  name. 

12  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord  mv 
God,  with  all  my  heart:  and  I  will 
glorify  thy  name  for  evermore. 

1.'!  For  great  is  thy  mercy  toward 
me:  and  thou  hast  ""delivered  my 
soul  from  the  lowest  ||  hell. 

14  O  God.  "the  proud  are  risen 
against  me,  and  the  nsscmblics  of 

33 


f  violent  men  h.ave  sou.ght  after  my 
soul;  and  have  not  set  thee  before 
them. 

In  ''But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  a  God 
full  of  compassion,  and  gracious, 
lonssiifTerin;;,  and  plenteous  in  mercy 
and  truth, 
p;  O  I'  turn  unto  nic,  and  have  mer- 
cy upon  me;  give  thy  strength  unto 
tliy  servant,  and  save  ''the  son  of 
thine  handmaid. 

17  Shew  me  a  token  for  good;  that 
they  which  liate  me  may  see  i7,  and 
he  nshanied:  because  tliou,  I,oi;d, 
hast  holpeu  nic,  and  comforted  me. 

PSALM  LXXXVIl. 
1  The  nature  and  glory  of  the  church.     4 
The  increaee,  honour,  and  comfort  of 
the  mcmbere  thereof. 

i  of  Eorah. 
.  the   holy 


A  Psalm  or  Song  «  for  tho 

HIS  foundation  is 
mountains. 
2  hThe  Loiii)  lovcth  the  pates  of 
Zion  more  than  all  the  dwellings  of 
Jacob. 

,1  '''  Glorious  things  fire  spoken  of 
thee,  O  city  of  Golf.     Selali. 

4  I  will  make  mention  of  d  Rahab 
and  nabvion  to  them  that  know  me: 
behold  Philistia,  and  Tyre,  with 
Ethioiiia;  this  inni)  was  born  there. 

5  And  of  Zion  it  shall  be  said.  This 
and  that  man  was  born  in  her:  and 
the  Highest  liiiusclf  shall  establish 
Iicr. 

0  '-'  The  Loud  shall  count,  when  he 
f  writetli  up  the  people,  that  this  man 
was  born  there.     Sclah. 

7  As  well  the  singers  a.s  the  players 
on  instruments  shall  be  there:  all' my 
springs  are  in  thee. 

PSALM  LXXXVni. 

A  prayer  containing  a  gricvouK  complaint. 

A  Song  or  Pjalm  "  for  tlm  fona  of  Korali.  to 
tho  ctiirf  Musician  upon  Malialath  LeanDutb, 
IIMascliil  of  ■  Hcmanthe  Ezrahitc. 

OLORD  »  God  of  my  salvation,  1 
have  I'  cried  day  and  night  before 
thee: 

2  Let  my  prayer  come  before  thee: 
incline  thine  ear  unto  my  cry ; 

8  For  my  soul  is  full  of  troubles: 
and  my  life  'drawcth  nigh  unto  the 
grave. 

4  <l  I  am  counted  with  them  that  go 
down  into  the  jiit:  'I  nra  as  a  man 
thnt  hath  no  strenglh: 

a  Free  among  the  dead,  like  the 
slain  that  lie  in  the  grave,  whom 
thou  rcniembercst  no  more :  and 
thcv  are  lent  off  II from  thy  hand. 

(j  Thou  hast  laid  me  in  the  lowest 
pit,  in  darkness,  in  the  deeps. 

7  Thy  wrath  lieth  hard  upon  me, 
and  ethou  hast  afflicted  Hie  with  all 
thy  waves.    Selah. 

8  li  Thou  hast  put  away  mine  nc- 
quaintiiucc  far  from  nie:  thou  hast 
made  me  an  abomination  unto 
them:  i  /  am  thut  up,  and  I  cannot 
coine  forth. 

9  k  Mine  eye  moumeth  by  reason 
of  affliction":  Lokd,  i  I  have  called 

613 


The  psalmist  praiscth  God. 


PSALMS. 


God's  promises  of  favour 


.ri,  fi.  s.  k 

3tl,  9.  tc  115. 
17.*  118.17. 

u.  w.  la. 


oJoblO.  21. 
rj.  113.  3. 
p  P..  .11.  12. 


119   UT. 
r..  43.  2. 
Joli  13.  21. 
P..  13.  I. 


iJol.  19.  13. 
Pi.  31.  11.  & 
38.11. 


daily  upon  tlico,  ""I  liave  stretched 
out  mv  nands  unto  thcc. 

10  "  AVilt  thou  shew  wonders  to  the 
(Icail?  sl\;ill  the  dead  arise  and  praise 
th.vi'     Si-hih. 

11  Shtdl  thy  lovingkindness  bo  de- 
clared in  the  grave?  or  thy  faithful- 
ness in  destruction? 

\i  "  Shall  thy  wonders  be  known  in 
the  dark?  P  and  thy  righteousness  in 
the  land  of  forgetfiilncss? 
1.!  But  unto  thoe  have  I  cried,  O 
Lord;  and  "Un   the  morning  shall 
mv  prayer  prevent  thee. 
14  I^oiiD,  'why  castest  thou  ofT  my 
soul?   why   'hidest   thou    thy   face 
from  me? 
13  I  am  afflicted  and  read.v  to  die 
from  i»y  youth  up:  while  '1  suffer 
thy  terrors  I  am  distracted. 

1(!  Thy  fierce  wrath  goeth  over  me; 
thy  terrors  have  cut  me  oft'. 
]f  They  came  round  about  me 
II  daily  like  water;  they  "compassed 
me  ahout  together. 
18  *IyOver  and  friend  hast  thou 
put  far  from  me,  nnU  mine  acquaint- 
ance into  darkness. 

rSALM  LXXXIX. 
1  Tkt  ptfilmigt  praitcllt  Had  fur  his  cove- 
nant, 6  for  hi,  wonderful  potver,   Vo  for 
the  care  of  hit  church,  Vi  for  hit  favour 
to  the  Icinfjdom  of  David.    38  Then  com- 
plaining of  contrary  events,  iGhc  expos- 
tulateth,  prayetk,  and  blcsneth  God. 
"JIascliil  of  *  Elban  the  Etrahile. 
"T  WILL  sing  of  the  mercies  of  the 
L  IiORI>  fur  ever:  with  my  mouth 
will  I  make  known  thy  faithfulness 
t  to  all  generations. 
2  For  I  have  said,  Mercy  shall  be 
built  up  forever:   I'thy  faithlUlness 
shall  thou  establish  in  the  very  heav- 
ens. 

Z'l  have  made  a  covenant  with  my 
chosen,  I  have  •!  sworn  unto  David 
my  servant, 

4  "^Thy  seed  will  I  establish  for 
ever,  and  build  up  thy  tlirone  fto  all 
generations.     Selah. 

5  And  Ktho  heavens  shall  praise  thy 
wonders,  O  Lour:  thy  faithfulness 
also  in  the  congregation  hof  the 
saints. 

G  For  iwho  in  the  heaven  can  be 
compared  unto  the  Lciiai  ?  who 
among  the  sons  of  the  mighty  can 
bo  likened  unto  the  Lord? 

7  I'  God  is  gieatl.v  to  be  feared  in 
the  a.«scmbly  of  the  saints,  and  to 
be  had  in  reverence  of  all  them  that 
arc  about  hiin. 

8  O  Lord  God  of  hosts,  who  is  a 
strong  Lord  I  like  unto  thee?  or  to 
thy  taitlifulncss  round  about  thee? 

1)  '"Thou  rule.st  the  raging  of  the 
sea:  when  the  waves  thereof  arise, 
thou  stillest  them. 

10  "Thou  hast  broken  !|  Rahab  in 
pieces,  as  one  that  is  slain:  thou  hast 
scattered  thine  enemies  t  "'th  thy 
strong  arm. 

I».  30.  l\h  31.  9.  0  Or,  K^'ipt.  )  lleb.  with  i\i  anm  o/tKy  itrtn^k. 

614 


liPi.  119.  K). 
t  1  Ki«.  8.  IS. 

U.  il.  I. 
il2S»n..7. 11. 

1  Chr.  17.  10. 


12. 
hTtr  7. 
1  Pi   40  IS   & 

71. 19.  &  m. 
a.  &  lu.  c. 

k  Pi.  78. 7. 11. 

ir.<.  IS  II. 

1  Sttra.  7.  2. 
P..  35   10.  It 
71.  19 
m  P..  M.  7   fc 

93  3.4.4107. 


11  °  The  heavens  are  thine,  the 
earth  also  is  thine:  as  for  tlie  world 
and  the  fulness  thereof,  thou  hast 
founded  them. 

12  PThe  north  and  the  south  thou 
hast  created  them  :  ''  Tabor  and 
•■  Ilermon  shall  rejoice  in  thy  name. 

i:iThou  hast  t  a  mighty  arm:  strong 
is  thy  hand,  and  high  is  thy  right 
band. 

I  14  "Justice  and  judgment  are  the 
'|l  habitation  of  thy  tlirone:  'mercy 
and  truth  shall  go'beforc  thy  face. 

15  Blessed  is  the  people  that  know 
the  "joyful  sound:  they  shall  walk, 
O  Lord,  in  the  ''hght  of  thy  counte- 
nance. 

10  In  thy  name  shall  they  rejoice 
all  the  day :  and  in  thy  righteousness 
shall  they  be  exalted. 

17  For  thou  art  the  glory  of  their 
strength:  ^and  in  thy  liuour  our 
horn  shall  be  exalted. 

IS  For  II  the  Lord  is  our  defence: 
and  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  is  our 
King. 

19  Then  thou  spakest  in  vision  to 
thy  Holy  One,  and  saidst,  I  have 
laid  help  upon  0(ie  that  is  niightv:  I 
have  exalted  one  ^chosen  outot  the 
people. 

1:0  "  I  have  found  David  my  serv- 
ant; with  my  holy  oil  have  1  anoint- 
ed him: 

:;1  iiWith  whom  my  hand  shall  he 
established  :  mine  "arm  also  shall 
strengthen  him. 

22  "^  Tlie  enemy  shall  not  exact  up- 
on him ;  nor  the  son  of  wickedness 
ainiet  him. 

a;!  dAnd  I  will  beat  down  his  foes 
before  his  fece,  and  plague  them  that 
hate  him. 

24  But  "my  faithfulness  and  my 
mercy  shall  lie  with  him  :  and  'in 
my  name  shall  his  horn  be  exalted. 

25  SI  will  set  his  hand  also  in  the 
sea,  and  his  right  hand  in  the  riv- 
ers. 

20  He  shall  cry  unto  me,  Thou  art 
hmy  Father,  mj'  Gud.and  "the  Kock 
of  my  salvation. 

27  Also  I  will  make  him  kjni/  first- 
born, 1  higher  than  the  kings  of  the 
earth. 

28  ■"  My  mercy  will  1  keep  for  him 
for  evermore,  and  "my  covenant 
shall  stand  fast  with  him. 

29  "  His  seed  also  will  I  make  to  en- 
dure for  ever,  ^and  his  throne  ''as 
the  days  of  heaven. 

;!0  "■  Itbis  children  "fors.ake  my  law, 
and  walk  not  in  mv  judgments; 

.'U  If  they  i  break  my  statuti's,  and 
keep  not  mv  commandments; 

:V1  Then  '  will  I  visit  their  trans!;res- 
sion  with  the  rod,  and  their  iniijuity 
with  stripes. 

;i;i  "Nevertheless  mv  lovingklnd- 
ness  twill  1  not  ntterlv  take  from 
liim,  nor  suffer  mv  faillifulness  t  to 
fail. 

S4  My  covenant  will  I  not  break, 


to  the  kingdom  of  David. 


PSALMS. 


The  frailty  of  human  life. 


tneb. 
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nor  alter  the  thing  thut  is  gone  out 
of  my  lips. 

35  fjncc  have  I  sworn  "  by  my  holi- 
ness tthat  1  will  not  lie  unto  liavid. 

.36  5  His  seed  shall  cntUire  tor  ever, 
and  his  throne  '■'as  the  sun  helore  nie. 

,17  It  shall  be  establislied  tin-  ever  ft.s 
the  moon,  and  an  a  iaitliful  witness 
in  heaven.     Selah. 

lis  But  thou  liast  "c.ist  off  and  ''ab- 
horred, thou  liast  been  wroth  with 
thine  anointed. 

K'J  Thou  hast  made  void  tlie  cove- 
nant of  thy  servant:  '  tlion  ha.-t  pro- 
faned his  crown  by  casting  it  to  the 
ground. 

40  fl  Thou  hast  broken  down  all  his 
hedges;  thou  hast  biuiiglit  his  strong 
holds  to  ruin. 

41  All  that  pass  by  the  way  spoil 
him:  he  is  '=a  reproaeh  to  his  neigh- 
bours. 

42  Thou  hast  set  up  the  right  hand 
of  his  adversaries;  thou  hast  made 
all  his  enemies  to  rejoiee. 

4.'J  Thou  hast  also  turned  the  edge 
of  his  sword,  and  hast  not  made  hiin 
to  stand  in  the  battle. 

44  Tliou  hast  made  his  f  clory  to 
cease,  and  feast  his  throne  down  to 
the  ground. 

4,>  The  days  of  his  youth  hast  thou 
shortened  :  thou  liast  covered  him 
with  shame.     Selah. 

4(1  K  How  lone.  l^ORD  ?  wilt  thou 
hide  thyself  for  ever?  h shall  thy 
wrath  burn  like  tire? 

47  iKemembcr  liow  short  my  time 
is:  wherelbre  hast  thou  made  all  men 
in  vain? 

45  k  What  man  is  he  that  liveth,  and 
shall  not  'see  death?  shall  he  deliver 
his  soul  from  the  hand  of  the  grave? 
Selah. 

4;)  T>ord,  where  are  thy  former  lov- 
ingkindnesses,  vhich  tliou  '"swarest 
unto  David  "in  thy  truth? 

,51)  Remember,  I>ord,  the  reproach 
of  thy  servants;  "how  I  do  bear  in 
my  bosom  the  TCpronch  of  all  the 
mighty  people; 

51  r  Wherewith  thine  enemies  liavc 
reproached,  O  I.oiin  ;  wherewitli 
they  have  reproached  the  footsteps 
of  tiiine  anointed. 

52  1  Blessed  be  the  Lord  for  ever- 
more.   Amen,  and  Ameu. 

PSAI-M  XC. 
1  Motts,  setting  forth  Isod'a  providence. 
3  complaineth  of  human  fragility,  7 
divine  chastiKemenle,  II)  anU  brevity  of 
life.  1-2  He  prayrth  far  the  knowledge 
and  sensible  experience  of  God's  good 
providence. 
n  A  Prajcr  *  of  Mosos  the  man  of  God. 

IORD,  '  thou  hast  been  our  dwell- 
J  ingplaee  f  in  all  generations. 

2  1>  Before  the  mountains  -n-ere 
brought  forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst 
torined  the  earth  and  the  world, 
even  from  everlasting  to  everlasting, 
thou  art  God. 

3  Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction; 


and  sayest,  ■"  Return,  ye  children  of 
men. 

4  'I  For  a  thousand  years  in  thy 
sight  arc  but  as  yesterd-jy  ||  wlien  it 
is  past,  and  a.i  a  watch  in  the  night. 

5  '1  hou  carriest  them  away  as  with 
a  flood;  "they  are  tw  a  sleep:  in  the 
morning  I  they  are  like  grass  which 
!l  growetn  up. 

0  i^In  the  morning  it  flourishcth, 
and  groweth  up;  in  the  evening  it  ia 
cut  down,  and  withereth. 

7  For  we  are  consumed  hj'  thine 
anger,  and  by  thy  wrath  arc  we 
troubled. 

,S  'i  Thou  hast  set  our  iniquities  be- 
f<:>re  thee,  our  '  secret  sins  in  the  light 
of  thy  countenance. 

9  For  all  our  days  arc  t  passed  away 
in  thy  wrath  :  we  spend  our  years 
II  as  a  tale  that  is  told. 

10  t  The  days  of  our  years  are  three- 
score years  and  ten ;  and  if  by  reason 
of  strength  they  be  fourscore  years, 
yet  t.<  their  strength  labour  an<l  sor- 
row; for  it  is  soon  cut  off,  and  we  fly 
awav. 

11  \Vho  knoweth  the  power  of  thine 
anger?  even  according  to  thy  fear, 
.-■o  (,s  thy  wrath. 

12  k  So  teach  its  to  number  our  days, 
that  we  may  f  apply  our  liearts  uiito 
wisdom. 

13  Kcturn,  O  Lord,  how  long?  and 
let  it  1  repent  thee  concerning  thy 
servants. 

14  O  satisfy  ns  early  with  thy  merc3'; 
■"  tliat  we  may  rejoiee  and  be  glad  all 
our  days. 

15  Make  ns  glad  according  to  the 
days  u'hereiii  thou  ha^t  afflicted  us, 
and  the  years  uhcrcin  we  have  seen 
evil. 

li;  Let  "thy  work  appear  unto  thy 
servants,  and  thy  glory  unto  their 
cliildren. 

17  "  And  let  the  beauty  of  the  Lord 
our  God  be  upon  ns:  and  ''estab- 
lish thou  tlie  work  of  our  hands  upon 
us;  yea,  tlie  work  of  our  hands  es- 
tablish thou  it. 

rSALM  XCL 

1  The  state  of  tlie  godly.  3  Their  safely. 
9  Their  habitation.  U  Their  scrvanlt. 
14  Their  friend:  with  the  effects  of  them 
all. 

HE  "that  dwellcth  in  the  secret 
place  of  tlie  Mo.<.t  High  shall 
t  abide  1>  under  the  shadow  of  the 
Almightv. 

2  ''  I  will  say  of  the  Lord,  J/e  is  my 
refuge  and  my  fortress:  my  God;  in 
him  will  I  trust. 

3  Surely  <l  he  shall  deliver  thee  from 
the  snare  of  the  Ibwier,  and  from  the 
noisome  pestilence. 

4  ■■  He  sliall  cover  thee  with  his 
feathers,  and  under  his  wings  shalt 
thou  trust :  his  truth  shall  be  thy 
sliiehl  and  buckler. 

5  fThou  shalt  not  be  afraid  for  the 
terror  by  night;  nor  for  the  arrow 
(/(a«  fliet'h  by  day; 

olo 


A  n  cxhm-tation  to  praise  God. 


PSALMS.       The  majesty  of  Christ's  Hngdom. 


olClir.  M.  5. 
Pi.  M.  2. 


f  Pi.  73,  »•.  1 


r.  12.  1.2. 
.l.J.  \i. 
h  r>.  »S.  2.  & 

HJ.  111. 

ir>  ml.  & 

f.j.  11). 

IcTi.  83.17,21. 
1 1-i.  23.  9. 
mP.  f.1.7,  * 

la.Vi  ilia. 


C  -Vol-  for  the  pestilence  that  wnlketh 
In  liarkncssi  nor  fiir  tlio  destruction 
Hint  wustc-tli  nt  noiin<lav. 

7  .\  thoMsaiifl  sliall  fall  at  thy  side, 
and  ton  tlmnsanil  at  tliy  rijht  hand; 
hut  it  sliall  not  conic  nigh  thee. 

S  Only  Swith  tliine  eyes  shall  thnti 
lichoUI  nnd  eeo  the  reward  of  the 
wicked. 

9  Because  thou  hast  made  the  LonT>, 
which  IS  hmy  refuge,  ei'en  the  Most 
Ilijh,  ithy  habitation! 

10  k  Tliere  shall  no  evil  befall  thee, 
neither  shall  any  plague  come  nigh 
thy  dwelling. 

11  IFor  he  shall  give  his  angels 
charge  over  thee,  to  keep  thee  in  all 
thy  ways. 

12  They  shall  bear  thee  wp  in  thfir 
hands,  ■"  lest  thou  dash  thy  foot 
against  a  stone. 

13  Thou  shalt  tread  upon  the  lion 
and  !|  adder:  the  young  lion  and  the 
dragon  shalt  thou  trample  under 
feet. 

14  Because  he  hath  set  his  love  upon 
me,  therefore  will  I  deliver  him:  I 
will  set  him  on  high,  because  he  hath 
"  known  iny  name. 

1,")  "lie  shall  call  upon  me,  nnd  I 
will  answer  him:  1'  I  vill  be  with  him 
in  trouble!  I  will  deliver  him,  and 
4  honour  him. 

hi  With  t  long  life  will  I  .satisfy  him, 
and  shew  liim  my  salvation. 

PSALM  XCII. 
I  The  propJict  exhortetli  to  yraise  God,  4 

for   hia    gr:nt    worAn,   0    for  l,it  }:flj- 

vienta  on  the  wickedy  10  and  for  hia  good- 

ncaa  to  the  l/olli/. 

A  Tsalia  cr  Son;  for  Iho  slbbalh  ila.T. 

/7'i<  a  "good  thing  to  give  thanks 
unto  the  Lor.D,  nnd  to  sing 
praises  unto  thv  name,  O  Most  High : 
2  To  bshew  forth  thy  lovingkind- 
ncss  in  the  morning,  and  thy  faith- 
fulness t  every  night, 
a  "^  Upon  ail  instrument  of  ten 
strings,  and  upon  tlie  psaltery ;  l|upou 
the  harp  with  ta  solemn  sound. 

4  For  thou,  I.ouD,  hast  made  mo 
glad  through  thy  work:  I  will  tri- 
umph in  the  works  of  thy  hands. 

5  <l  O  liORD,  how  great  are  thy 
works!  and  "■thy  thoughts  arc  very 
di-ep. 

0  f  A  brutish  man  knoweth  not;  nei- 
ther doth  a  fool  understand  this. 

7  Wlien  Ethe  wicked  spring  ns  the 
gr.ass,  nnd  when  nil  the  workers  of 
iniquity  do  flourish;  it  is  that  they 
shall  be  destroyed  for  ever: 

H  k  lint  thou,"I-OKi),  art  most  high 
for  evermore. 

9  For,  lo,  thine  enemies,  O  Loi!i>, 
for,  lo,  thine  enemies  eIkiU  pe:-i  !i; 
all  tlie  workers  of  iniquity  shall  ■  bo 
scattered. 

10  But  kmy  horn  shalt  thou  exalt 
like  tlir  hunt  o/'u  unicorn:  I  shall  bo 
hinniiitiMl  with  fresh  oil. 

11  '"  .Mine  lye  also  shall  sec  my  (/<'- 
iir<:  on  iiiini!  enemies,  and  mine  cars 

616 


shall  hear  m//  desire  of  the  wicked 
that  rise  up  against  me. 

IJ  "  The  righteous  shall  flourish  like 
the  palm  tree:  he  shall  grow  like  a 
cedar  in  Lebanon. 

I'J  Those  that  be  planted  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord  shall  flourish  "in 
the  courts  of  our  God. 

14  They  shall  still  bring  forth  fruit 
in  old  age  ;  they  shall  be  fat  aud 
t  flourishing; 

13  To  shew  that  the  Loni>  i>  up- 
right: P  he  w  my  rock,  and  'i  there  is 
no  unrighteousness  in  hira. 
PSALM  XCIIL 
Thg    majeety,     power,    and    hotineaa    of 
Cliriel'B  kingdom. 

THE  "Lonn  reigneth,  hho  is  cloth- 
ed with  majesty;  the  Lokd  is 
clothed  with  strength,  "  wheretritli 
he  hath  girded  himself :  il  the  world 
also  is  stablished,  that  it  cannot  be 
moved. 

2  •■  Thy  throne  t's  established  t  of 
old:  thou  <irt  from  everlasting. 

.3  The  floods  have  lifted  up,  O  LonD, 
the  floods  have  lifted  up  tlieir  Yoice; 
the  floods  lift  up  their  waves. 

4  fThe  LonD  on  high  is  mightier 
than  the  noise  of  many  waters,  yen, 
than  the  mighty  waves  of  the  sea. 

tt  Thy  testimonies  are  very  sure: 
holiness  beeomcth  thiuo  house,  O 
LoiiD,  t  for  ever. 

PSALM  XCIV. 

1  IVio  propllct,  eaUinr;  for  juaticc,  com- 
pluinctti  of  tyranny  and  impiety.  8  J.': 
teneticth  God*B  providence.  12  JUa  ahew. 
cth  tlie  bleaaedncts  of  ajllietion.  10  Uod 
ia  the  defender  of  the  ajfitctcd. 

OLORD  t  God, 'to  whom  venge- 
ance belongeth ;  O  God,  to  wh.im 
vengeance  belongeth,  f  shew  thyself. 

2  I'Lifl  up  thyself,  tliou  Uudie  of 
the  earth:  render  a  reward  to  the 
proud. 

3  Lord,  dhow  long  shall  the  wicked, 
how  long  shall  the  wicked  triumph? 

4  Jlow  IfiiiQ  shall  they  'utter  aud 
speak  hard  things?  o»(i  all  the  work- 
ers of  iniquity  lioast  themselves? 

.'>  They  break  in  pieces  thyjHople, 
O  Loi:n,  nnd  nfllict  thine  heritage. 

(>  Tliey  elny  the  widow  nnd  the 
stranger,  nndmnrder  the  fatherless. 

7  fVct  they  6:>y,  The  Lokd  shall 
not  see,  neitlier  shall  the  God  of  Ja- 
cob recard  iV. 

8  eiuderstand,  ve  brutish  nmon^ 
the  people:  nnd  t/'e  fools,  when  will 
ye  be  wise? 

r  9  ll  lie  that  planted  the  ear,  .shall  lie 
not  hear?  he  that  formed  the  eye, 
shall  ho  not  see? 

10  lie  that  chastiseth  the  heathen, 
shall  not  he  eorroct?  he  that  'teaeh- 
elh  man  knowledge,  shall  not  he 
l.notr  t 

1 1  k  The  Lokd  knowelh  the  thoughts 
of  mnn,  that  tlicy  (in-  vanity. 

12  1  Blessed  it  the  mnn  whom  thou 
ehnstenest^  O  Loitii,  nnd  tcachcst 
him  out  of  thy  laws 


The  blessedness  of  affliction. 


PSALMS. 


An  exhortation  to  praise  God. 


n  1  Sam.  1!. 
lwm.11.1.2. 


r  Matt.  87.  1. 
.  Et.  23  7. 
Pro».  17.  13. 
I  r>.  SO.  9.  & 

ta.  2.  G. 

uPi.  7.  IS. 
rruv.  2.  22. 
&I^22. 


dGaa.1.9.10. 
•  1  Cot.  0.  20. 
tTt.l%\Xk 


kc.  &  211.  U. 
D«ul.  C.  16. 
t  Heb.  con- 


1  Cor.  W.  9. 
ltNum.U.12. 
in«k.3.10.17. 


13  That  thou  maycst  j;ive  him  rest 
from  tlie  days  of  adversity,  until  the 
pit  be  digged  for  the  wicked, 

14  '"  For  the  I.oiiD  will  not  ca.i^t  off 
hia  people,  neither  will  lie  forsake 
his  inheritance. 

1,5  But  judgment  shall  return  unto 
righteousness:  and  all  the  up". i^ht 
in  heart  t  shall  follow  it. 

l(i  Who  will  rise  up  for  me  against 
the  evil  doers?  or  who  will  stand  up 
l()r  nieagainstthcworkersofiniquiti'? 

17  "  Unless  the  Lokd  IhuI  l.ecn  my 
help,  my  soul  had  \\  almost  dwelt  iu 
silence. 

15  When  I  said,  "  My  foot  slippeth; 
tli.v  mercy,  O  I^ord,  held  me  up. 

V.I  In  the  multitude  of  my  thoughts 
witliiu  me  thy  eouiforta  delight  luy 
soul. 

'20  Shall  rthe  throne  of  iniquitv 
have  fellowship  with  thee,  whicli 
•Iframeth  mischief  by  a  law? 

L'l  'They  gather  themselves  togeth- 
er against  the  soul  of  the  righteous, 
and  'condemn  the  innocent  olood. 

L"2  But  the  l^oiiD  is  'my  defence; 
and  my  God  is  the  roek  of  my  refuge. 

23  And  "he  shall  bring  upon  them 
their  own  initiuity,  and  shall  cut 
them  otf  in  their  "own  wickedness; 
;/cn,  the  Loul)  our  God  shall  cut 
them  oif. 

rSALM  XCV. 
1  An  czhortcUion  to  jiroijc  Ood,  3  for  hit 
greatness.  0  and  for  hit  goodness,  Sand 
not  to  tempt  him. 

OCO.ME,  let   us   Eing   unto   the 
Lokd:   "let  us  make  n  joyful 
noise  to  b  the  Rock  of  our  salvation. 

2  Let  us  t  come  before  his  presence 
with  thanksgiving,  and  make  a  joy- 
ful noise  unto  him  with  psalms. 

3  For  'the  LoitD  is  a  great  God, 
and  a  great  King  above  allgods. 

4  t  In  his  hand  are  the  deep  places 
of  the  carlh:  ||the  strength  of  the 
hills  in  his  also. 

5  t  il  Tlie  sea  is  liis,  and  he  made  it: 
and  his  hands  formed  the  dry  land. 

IG  O  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow 
down:  let 'us  kneel  before  the  LoKD 
our  maker. 

7  For  ho  is  our  God;  and  fwc  are 
the  people  of  his  pasture,  and  the 
sheep  of  his  hand.  6  To  day  if  ye 
will  near  his  voice, 

8  Harden  not  your  heart,  lias  in  the 
t  provocation,  ami  as  in  the  day  of 
temptation  in  the  wilderness: 

aWheniyour  fathers  tempted  me, 
proved  me,  and  ksaw  my  work. 
10  I  Forty  years  long  was  I  grieved 
with  tins  generation,  and  said.  It  is 
a  people  that  do  err  iu  their  heart, 
and  they  liave  not  known  my  ways: 
U  Unto  whom  ™I  swaro  in  my 
wrath  tthat  they  should  not  enter 
into  my  rest. 

PSALM  XCVI. 
1  .-in  exhortation  to  praiss  Clod,  \  for  hit 
greatness,  H  for  hia  kingdom,  \\  for  hit 
fftnoral  jitdgvuint.^ 


0°  SING  unto  the  Lorn  a  new 
song:  sing  unto  the  Loitu,  all 
the  earth. 

2  Sing  unto  the  LoRP,  bless  his 
name;  shew  forth  his  salvation  from 
day  to  day. 

3  Declare  hia  jjlory  among  the 
heathen,  his  wonders  among  all  jieo- 
ple. 

4  For  ttlie  Lord  is  great,  and 
•^  greatly  to  be  praised:  «llie  is  to  be 
feared  above  all  gods. 

5  For  '^uU  the  gods  of  the  nations 
are  idols:  'but  the  Loud  iiiade  the 
heavens. 

U  Honour  and  majesty  itre  before 
him;  strength  and  s  beauty  are  in 
his  sanctuary. 

7  !■  Give  unto  the  LoRP,  O  ye 
kindreds  of  the  people,  give  unto 
the  Lord  glory  and  strengtli. 

8  Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory 
\<h(c  imto  his  name:  bring  an  otter- 
ing, and  come  into  his  courts. 

U  O  worship  the  Lord  i  N  in  the 
beauty  of  horincss:  fear  before  him, 
all  the  earth. 

10  Say  among  the  heathen  that  k  the 
Lord  reigiieth:  th«  world  rho  shall 
be  established  tliat  it  6h:;U  not  be 
moved:  'ho  shall  judge  the  people 
righteously. 

11  '"Let  the  lieavens  rrjoice,  and 
let  the  earth  be  glad;  "kt  the  sea 
roar,  and  the  fulness  thereof. 

12  Let  the  field  be  joyful,  and  all 
that  is  therein  :  then  shall  all  the 
trees  of  the  wood  rejoice 

13  Before  the  I^ord  :  for  he  Com- 
eth, for  he  Cometh  to  judge  the 
earth:  "ho  shall  judge  the  world 
with  righteousness,  aud  the  people 
with  his  truth. 

PSALM  XCVII. 

1  The  majetty  of  Ood't  kingdom.    7   The 

church    rcjoiceth    at    God't   Judgments 

uji'-n  idolaters.     10  A71  exhortation   to 

godliness  and  gladncts. 

THE   "Lord    reigneth ;    let    the 
earth    rejoice ;    let   the    f  niulti- 
tudc  of  11  isles  be  glad  tiirrcof. 

2  '  Clouds  and  darkness  are  round 
about  him :  <1  righteousness  and  jud^j- 
iiient  arc  the  ||  habitation  of  his 
throne. 

3  "A  fire  fjoeth  before  him,  and 
burnetii  up  his  enemies  round  about. 

4  fllis  lightniuga  enlightened  the 
world:  the  eartli  B.aw,  and  trembled. 

5  KThe  hills  melted  like  wax  at 
the  presence  of  the  Lord,  at  the 
presence  of  the  Lord  of  the  whole 
earth. 

G  li  The  heavens  declare  his  right- 
eousness, and  all  the  people  see  liis 
glorv. 

7  i  (,'on founded  bo  all  they  that  serve 
graven  images,  that  boast  themselves 
of  idols:  k  worship  him,  all  i/«  gods. 

8  Zion  heard,  and  was  (:l:ul ;  and 
the  daughters  of  Judah  rejoiced  be- 
cause of  thy  jiidgments,  I)  Lord. 

9  For  thou,  Lord,  art  Uiigli  obcvc 

617 


God's  salvation  toward  Israel. 


rSALMS. 


An  exhortation  to  praise  God. 


n  r<.  31.  1 1.    I 

ii  37.  a:,  i,  ' 

101.  J. 

Amo.  .5  n. 

J.ott.  li  0.  , 

»ri.  sia. 


all  the  earth:  ""thou  art  exalted  far 
above  all  gods. 

10  Ye  that  love  the  Lord,  "  hate 
evil:  "he  preserveth  the  bouls  of 
his  saints;  ''lie  doUvcrfth  thcui  out 
of  the  hand  of  the  wiclitd. 

11  'iLijrht  is  sown  tor  the  risht- 
eous,  ami  gladness  for  the  upright  in 
heart. 

12  'Rejoice  in  the  I/ORD,  ye  right- 
eous; 'and  give  thank.s  II  at  the  re- 
nieiubraucc  uf  his  holiness. 


q  Job  M.  !S.  Tj.  1 12.  t.  Pruv,  1.  13.    t  Ti.  33.  I. 


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PSALM  XCVUL 

1  The  ptalmiet  cihortetit  llie  Jeua,  4  the 
OentiiiiSjl  anduU  tliecreaturaa  to praiie 
God. 

A  Psilm. 

O'SING  unto  the  Lord  a  new 
Bong  ;  f<ir  '>  he  hiitli  done  mar- 
vellous things:  "^  liis  right  hand,  and 
his  lioly  arm,  hath  gotten  him  the 
victory. 

2  il'rhe  Loud  hath  m.ide  known 
Ilia  salvation:  '^his  righteousness 
hath  he  ||  openly  shewed  in  the 
sight  of  the  heathen. 

3  lie  liatli  f  remembered  his  mer- 
cy and  his  trutli  toward  the  house 
of  Israel:  l^all  the  ends  of  tlic  earth 
have  seen  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

4  l>  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the 
Lonii,  all  the  earth  :  make  a  loud 
noise,  and  rejoice,  and  sing  praise. 

5  Sing  unto  the  Loi:i)  with  the 
harp;  witli  the  harp,  and  tlic  voice 
of  a  psalm. 

G  i  with  trumpets  and  sound  of 
cornet  make  n  joyful  noise  before 
tlic  Lor.D,  the  King. 

7  tLet  the  sea  roar,  and  tlio  ful- 
ness thereof;  the  world,  and  tliey 
that  dwell  therein. 

8  Let  the  flcwds  lelap  Uieir  hands: 
let  the  hills  be  joyful  together 

i)  Before  the  Loiio;  '"lor  lie  Com- 
eth to  judi'e  the  earth:  with  right- 
eousness shall  he  judge  the  world, 
and  the  people  witli  cnuity. 
PSALM  XCIX. 
1  T.'n  prophet,  setting  forth  the  kingdom 
of  O^d  t;i  Zion.  6  cihortalh  all.  (,j/  (/i« 
example  of  forefathers,  to  worehi-i  Ood 
at  hie  holy  hill. 

THE  "Lord  reigneth;  let  the  peo- 
l)lo  tremble:  !•  ho  si ttetli  ^r^u-eru 
the  cherubim;  let  the  earth  f  be 
moved. 

2  The  Lord  t,<  great  in  Zion;  and 
he  ii  ^  high  above  all  the  jieople. 

3  l.,et  them  praise  <Uhy  great  and 
terrible  name;  /or  it  is  holy. 

4  '^  The  king's  strength  also  loveth 
judgment;  thou  dost  establish  equity, 
thou  cxccutest  judgment  and  right- 
eousness in  Jacob. 

5  f  Exalt  ye  the  Lord  our  God,  and 
worship  at  Bhis  footstool ;  /or  ||  li  ho 
is  holy. 

C   i  Moses    and   Aaron    among   his 
priests,   and    S.imucl    among   them 
that  call  ujion  his  name;  they  kcall- 
618 


cd  upon  the  Lord,  and  he  answered 
them. 

7  I  He  spake  unto  them  in  the  cloudy 
pillar :  they  kept  his  testimonies, 
and  the  ordinance  that  he  gave 
them. 

H  Thou  answeredst  them,  O  Lord 
our  God  ;  '"  thou  wast  a  God  that 
Ibrgavest  them,  though  "  thou  took- 
est  vengeance  of  their  inventions. 

9  "Exalt  the  Lord  our  God,  and 
worship  at  his    holy  hill ;    for    the 
Loud  our  God  is  holy- 
PSALM  C. 

I  ^;i  exhortation  to  praite  God  cheerfully, 
i  for  hit  graatneat,  4  and  for  hit  p<,wer. 

'  .\  Psalm  of  "praise. 

MAKE  "a  joyful  noise  unto  the 
Lord,  t  all  ye  lands. 
'2,  Serve  the  Lord   with  gladness: 
come  before  his  presence  with  (jing- 
ing. 

3  Know  ve  that  the  Lord  he  !>« 
God:    l'i(  'is  he  tliat  hath  made  us, 

II  and  not  we  ourselves;  '"  ire  «rc  his 
people,  and  the  sheep  of  his  pas- 
ture. 

I  4  d  Enter  into  his  gates  with  thanks- 
giving,   and    into    h'-    ■"••••-••>    «'i'ii 


rts    with 


Ipraise:    be  thankful  unto  him,  and 
(bless  his  name. 
5  For  the  Lord  is  good;  °  his  mercy 
is  everlasting;  and  his  trutli  cndur- 
cih  j  to  all  generations. 

PSALM  CL 

David  makcth  a  row   and   profeation  of 

godiineea. 

A  Psalm  of  D»viJ. 

''T  WILL  sing  of  mercy  and  judg- 

X  nienc:  unto  tliee,  O  Lord,  will  I 

2  I  will  b  behave  myself  wisely  in  a 
perfect  way.  O  when  wilt  thou  come 
unto  mc?  I  will  '"walk  within  my 
house  with  a  pei-feet  heart. 

3  I  will  set  no  (  wicked  thing  before 
mine  eyes:  ■!  I  hate  the  work  ofthem 
"that  turn  aside;  {(shall  not  cleave 
to  inc. 

4  A  froward  heart  shall  depart  from 
me:  1  will  not  f  know  a  wicked  per' 
son. 

5  Whoso  privily  slandereth  his 
neighbour,  hiin  will  I  cut  otf:  Sliini 
that  hath  a  high  look  ond  a  proud 
heart  will  not  I  sutler. 

G  Mine  eves  shall  be  upon  the  fnith- 
ful  of  the  "land,  that  they  mny  dwell 
with  me:  he  that  walketh  !|  in  a  per- 
fect wav,  he  shall  serve  me. 

7  He  tliat  worketh  deceit  shall  not 
dwell  witliin  my  house:  ho  tliat 
telleth  lies  t  shall  not  tarrv  in  my 
sight. 

S  1  will  li  early  destrov  all  the  wick- 
ed of  the  land;  that  1  in:iy  cut  cff  all 
wicked  doers  ifrom  the  city  of  the 
Lord. 

~      PSALM  CII. 

1   Tlie    prophet   in  hit   pniiier   maketh   a 

pritvoul  eomplaint.     Vi  lie  lakclh  eom- 

fort  in  the  eternity  and  vierey  of  Ood. 

\i  The  mcrciee  of  Ood  art  to  be  recorded. 


The  prophet's  grievous  complaint.       PSALMS. 


An  exhortation  to  blesn  God. 


«  Pi.  71.  2.  * 
dr<.  11!).  83. 


1  Job  30.  30. 

Pi.  :i  Hi. 

Ljuii.  1.  13. 


gjol,  19.20. 
I  Or. /„')>.■ 

h  Job  30.  eo, 
111.  fl.  11. 

i.i.U.  2.  H. 
k  Pi.  77.  i. 
IPi.  38.  11. 
mAcUK.  11. 
B  AcU  23.  12. 
«  P..  12.  3,  i 

..P..  30.7. 


!■.   '.1.7. 

L^iu.  6.  10. 
t  Pi.  1U5.  13. 
u  I>.  M.  10. 

Zccb. 1.  U 
X  U.  40.  2. 
y  Pi.  79.  I. 
rl  Uio.S.  43. 


C..I  CO,  15. 
>.  1 1.  •!.  it 
.  1.1,  U. 


£3  He  Mustaineth  hia  U'caknees  by  the  urt- 
chungeabUiiaaH  &/  Ood. 
A  Prayer  ii  of  the  sfBlcted,  •  when  lie  15  over- 
ivbulmcd,  and  pouretU  out  bid  complaioC  Le- 
furu  the  LcUD. 

HEAR  my  prayer,  O  Lokd,  and 
lot  my  cry  ^conie  unto  tliec. 

2  lillide  not  thy  tace  from  me  ia  the 
day  when  I  am  in  trouble;  '■  inelinc 
thine  car  unto  nie:  in  the  day  when 

I  call  answer  me  speedily. 

3  d  For  my  days  are  consumed  I[  like 
smoke,  and  "my  bones  are  burned 
as  a  hearth. 

4  My  heart  is  smitten,  and  fwith- 
ered  like  grass;  60  tliut  I  for;;ct  to 
eat  my  bread. 

5  By  reason  of  tho  voice  of  my 
groaning  Emy  bones  cleave  to  my 

II  skin. 

Ghl  am  like  >a  pelican  of  the  wil- 
derness :  I  am  like  an  owl  of  tlic 
desert. 

7  I  k  watch,  and  am  r.s  a  sparrow 
I  alone  upon  the  liousetop. 

8  Mine  enemies  reproach  me  all 
the  day;  and  they  that  are  "'mad 
against  me  are  "sworn  against  me. 

y  For  I  ha\'e  eaten  ashes  like  bread, 
and  "mingled  my  drink  with  weep- 

10  Because  of  thine  indignation  and 
thy  wrath :  for  c  tliou  host  lifted  me 
up,  and  east  me  down. 

11  'I  My  days  atv  like  a  fhadow  that 
deelineth;  and  'I  am  withered  like 
grass. 

\i  But '  thou,  O  Lord,  ehnlt  endure 
for  ever;  and  Uliy  rcmeiiibranee  un- 
to all  generations. 

I'A  Thou  shall  arise,  and  "  have  mer- 
cy upon  Zion :  for  tiie  time  to  liivour 
her,  vea,  the  ^  set  time,  is  come. 

H  tor  thy  servants  take  pleasure 
in  yiier  btoues,  and  favour  the  dust 
thereof. 

15  So  the  heathen  shall  'fear  the 
name  of  the  Loiin,  and  all  the  kings 
of  the  earth  thv  glorv. 

]«  When  the  Lord  shall  build  up 
Zion,  "  he  shall  appear  in  his  glory. 

17  I'He  will  regard  the  prayer  of 
the  destitute,  and  not  despise  their 
prayrr. 

ISTIiis  shall  bo  ''written  for  the 
generation  to  come:  aiul  J  the  people 
which  shall  be  created  shall  praise 
the  l.oKi). 

19  For  ho  hath  'looked  down  from 
the  height  of  his  siinctuary  ;  from 
heaven  did  the  Lokd  behold  the 
earth; 

1^  fTo  hear  the  groaning  of  the 
prisoner;  to  loose  )  those  that  arc  ap- 
pointed to  death; 

21  To  6  declare  the  name  of  the 
Lord  in  Zion,  and  his  praise  in  Je- 
rusalem; 

22  "When  the  people  are  gathered 
together,  and  the  kingdoms,  to  serve 
the  LoiiD, 

23  He  t  weakened  my  strength  in 
the  way;  he  t shortened  my  days. 


24  il  said,  O  my  God,  take  me  not 
away  in  the  midst  of  my  days:  k  thy 
3'ears  are  throughout  all  genera- 
tions. 

2,5  1  Of  old  hnst  thou  laid  tho  foun- 
dation of  the  cartli:  and  the  heavens 
oj-e  tlic  work  of  thy  hands. 

2G  "'They  shall  perish,  but  "thou 
shalt  t  endure:  yea,  all  of  them  shall 
wax  old  like  a  garment;  as  a  vesture 
shalt  thou  change  them,  and  they 
Bhall  be  changed: 

27  But  "thou  art  the  same,  and  thy 
vears  shall  have  no  end. 

28  PThe  children  of  thy  senants 
shall  continue,  and  their  seed  shall 
bo  established  before  thee. 

PSALM  CIIL 
1  An  cihortatiov.  to  blent  lluilfor  liia  mer- 
cy, 15  and  fur  the  conelavey  thereof. 
A  Peahn  of  David. 

BLESS   "the   LoEI>,  O  my   sonl: 
and  all  that  is  within  mc,  llcss 
his  holy  name. 

2  Bless  the  Lor.D,  O  my  soul,  and 
forget  not  all  his  benefits: 

3  bWho  forgiveth  all  thine  iniqui- 
ties; who  '  healeth  all  thv  diseases; 

4  Who  d  redeemeth  thy  lile  from  de- 
struction; "who  crow  lift  h  thee  wltli 
lovingkindness  and  tender  mercies: 

5  Who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with 
good  things;  no  that  fthy  youth  is 
renewed  like  the  eagle's. 

C  5  The  LoRu  executeth  righteous- 
ness and  judj;inent  for  all  that  arc 
oppresseil. 

(  h  He  made  known  his  ways  xinto 
Moses,  his  acts  unto  the  cbit'dreu  of 
Israel. 

H  i  The  Loud  is  merciful  and  gra- 
cious, slow  to  anger,  ond  t  plenteous 
in  mercy. 

!)  klle  will  not  always  chide:  nei- 
ther will  he  keep  hii  auger  for  ever. 

10  1  He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after 
our  sins:  nor  rewarded  us  according 
to  our  initiuities. 

11  "'For  fas  the  heaven  is  high 
above  the  earth,. so  great  is  his  mercy 


west,  so  far  hath  ho  "removed  our 
transgressions  from  ns. 
1:;  "Like  as  a  father  pitleth  H.i  chil- 
dren, so  the  LoKU  pitietli  them  that 


remembereth  that 
15  As  , 


grass : 


■cidust. 
'his  davs  are  ns 
r  of  the  lield,  so  he 


as  a  ti 
ifiourisheth. 

1(1  For  the  wind  p.assoth  over  it,  and 
tit  is  gone;  and  'the  place  thereof 
shall  know  it  no  more. 

17  But  the  mercy  of  the  Lord  i> 
frimi  everlasting  to  everlasting  upon 
them  tliat  fear  him,  and  his  right- 
eousness"^'unto  children's  children; 

IH  '"  To  Hiich  as  keep  his  covtuant, 
and  to  thoSFtliat  remeniTJer  Jiis  coni- 
mandaiffiils  toUo  thefii. 

T7  Tho  Loi;u   hath"  prepared  his 


A  meditation  upon  GocTs  majcMi/,     PSALMS. 


power,  and  providence. 


yP«.  11.1. 
•  p.  47   2, 

Da...  4.  -a, 

34,  M. 
>  r..  143.  3. 
t  Ret.  niiVAry 

Sl-c  P4.7(*,iij. 


1'..  la.  17. 
d  lXui.7.9. 10. 
lloli.  1. 14. 


liPi.  ai.  1. 
c  D.n.  7.  9. 
a  la.  40.  2-2.  it 
4i.  12. 
e  An.oi  9.  6. 
fl..  10.  1. 
gP..  18.  lU. 
1.  Holi.  1.  7. 
ii!  Kin. '2.  11, 


kJobCti  7.  i 
3H.  4.  (i. 
P*  '21.2.  Ic 


o  Job  33.  10. 

11. 
pJol.2C.  10. 

P>.  33.  7. 

Jcr.  5.  22. 
qllin.  9.  11. 

ii. 
t  Ileb.  ir^o 


I  P..  117.  8. 
a  P..  (a,  9,  10, 
IJar  10,  13,li 

11.  22, 
uC.n.  l.M, 

30.  <i3.  IH.l 

9.3. 

P.,  147.  8. 


147.  9. 
5-Juar  9.  13. 
P.-  zT  1. 


Stlirone  in  the  heavens;  and  'his 
liiii^doin  ruletli  over  all. 

at)  "Bless  the  l^oiiD,  ye  his  angels, 
f  that  exeel  in  strength,  that  l»  do  his 
commandments,  hearkening  unto  the 
voice  of  his  word. 

'il  Bless  ye  the  Lonn,  all  yc  "his 
hosts;  <l)/e  ministers  of  his,  that  do 
his  pleasure. 

'S2  "Bless  the  Lokd,  all  his  works 
in  all  places  of  his  doniiuioii:  f  bless 
the  I>ouu,  O  my  soul.l 

V  115.  10.     f  vcr.  1.  -^ 

PSALM  CIV. 

1  A  ^ncditatiotl  upon  the  inighty  power,  T 
anil  ivvnderfui  proviUeitce  of  (Jud.  31 
God'i  ylory  is  eternal.  3:i  The  prophet 
vowuth  perpetually  to  praise  God. 

BLESS  "the  Loud,  O  my  soul. 
()  1-ORD  my  God,  thou  art  very 
great;  'ithou  art  clothed  with  hou- 
our  and  majesty: 

2  "^Who  coverest  thysfilf  v,\t\\  light 
aawith  a  garment:  J  who  stretchest 
out  the  heavens  like  a  curtain: 

.'!  "  Who  layeth  the  beams  of  his 
eiianibers  in  the  waters  :  fwho 
maketh  the  clouds  his  chariot:  ?who 
walketh  upon  tlie  wings  of  the  wind; 

4  li  Who  maketh  his  angels  spirits; 
>  his  ministers  a  flaming  lire: 

ri  fk  1(7(0  laid  the  foundations  of 
the  earth,  that  it  should  not  be  re- 
moved fur  ever. 

t)  I  Thou  covercdst  it  with  the  deep 
as  villi  a  garment:  the  waters  stood 
above  the  iiiountain!=. 

7  '"At  thy  rebuke  they  fled;  at  the 
voice  of  thy  thunder  they  hasted 
away. 

,S  II ""  They  go  up  by  the  mountains; 
they  go  down  by  "the  vallevs  unto 
*^tlie  place  whicli  thou  hast  fouuded 
for  them. 

9  I'  Thou  hast  set  a  bound  that  they 
may  not  pass  over;  '1  tliat  they  turn 
not  again  to  cover  the  earth. 

10  t  lie  seiuleth  the  springs  into  tlie 
valleys,  which  f  run  among  the  hills. 

U  'fhey  give  drink  to  every  beast 
of  the  Held:  the  wild  asses  f  quench 
their  tliirst. 

12  By  them  shall  the  fowls  of  the 
heaven  have  their  habitation,  lohich 
t  sing  among  the  branches. 

l.'i  MIe  watcreth  the  hills  from  his 
eliamhers  :  'the  earth  is  satisfied 
with  '  the  fruit  of  thy  works. 

It  "  He  causeth  the  grass  to  grow 
for  the  cattle,  and  herb  for  the  .serv- 
ice of  man:  that  he  may  bring  forth 
"food  out  of  the  earth; 

15  And  'wine  that  inakctll  glad  the 
heart  of  man,  and  toil  to  make  hi." 
face  to  shine,  and  bread  which 
strengthoneth  man's  heart. 

1<;  The  trees  of  the  LonD  are  full  of 
t"t]t;  the  cedars  of  Lebanon,  "which 
he  hath  phinted; 

1"  Where  the  birds  make  their 
nests:  an  for  the  bturk,  the  lir  trees 
am  her  h.'>nse. 

l.S  The  high  hills  art  u  refuge  for 
620 


the  wild  goats;  and  the  rocks  for 
^  the  conies. 

I'J  l>  lie  appointed  the  moon  for 
seasons:  the  Buu  "^knoweth  his  go- 
ing down. 

L'U  'I  Thuu  n;akcst  d.irkness.  and  it 
is  night:  wherein  fall  tlie  beasts  of 
the  forest  do  cieep.;b/-(/i. 

lil  *=  The  young  lions  loar  after  their 
prey,  and  seek  their  meat  from  God. 

22  The  sun  ariseth,  they  gather 
themselves  together,  and  fay  them 
down  in  their  dens. 

2.'!  Man  goeth  forth  unto  this  work 
and  to  his  lahuur  until  the  evening. 

24  i^O  Loi;ii.  how  manifold  arc  thy 
works!  in  wisdom  ha-^t  thou  made 
them  all :  the  earth  is  full  of  thy 
riches. 

25  .So  IS  this  ^reat  and  wide  sea, 
wherein  are  things  creeping  inmi- 
merulile,  both  small  and  great  beasts. 

2i;  Tliere  go  the  ships:  Ihi-rc  is  that 
I.  leviatlian,  wlioin  thou  hast  f  made 
to jilav  therein. 

27i'i'liese  wait  all  upon  thee;  that 
thou  mayest  give  */ie»i  their  meat 
in  due  season. 

2S  That  thou  givest  them  they  gath- 
er: thou  openest  thine  hand,  they 
arc  filled  with  good. 

29  Thou  hidest  thy  face,  they  arc 
troubled:  L  thou  takest  away  their 
breath,  they  die,  and  return  to  their 
dust. 

;iO  1  Thou  sendest  forth  thy  spirit, 
they  are  created:  and  thou  renewest 
the" face  of  the  earth. 

31  The  glory  of  the  Lord  t  shall 
endure  for  ever:  the  Loi;D  '"shall 
rejoice  in  his  works. 

32  He  looketh  on  the  earth,  and  it 
"trembleth:  "he  touchcth  the  hills, 
and  they  smoke. 

.i')  I'l  will  sing  unto  the  Lord  ns 
long  as  I  live:  I  will  sin^  ]>raise  to 
my  God  while  I  have  my  being. 

.'54  My  meditation  of  liim  shall  be 
sweet:  I  will  be  glad  in  the  Lord. 

.'!o  I-et  '1  the  sinners  be  consumed 
out  of  the  earth,  and  let  the  wicked 
be  no  niorc.     ''  Bless  thou  the  LuKD, 

0  my  soul.    Traise  ye  the  Lord. 

rSALJI  cv. 

1  An  exhortation  to  praise  Ooa,  and  to 
tcck  out  hie  vrorhe.  7  The  etory  of 
(rod's  providence  over  Atiraham,  1(»  over 
Joseph,  ^'i  over  Jaeob  in  i:ffi/pt,'M  over 
Moses  delivering  the  IsraelUes,  37  over 
the  Israelites  brought  out  of  hyupt,  fed 
in  the  wilderness,   and    planted  in  Ca- 

O'GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord; 
call  upon  his  name:  timake 
known  his  deeds  among  the  people. 

2  Sing  unto  him,  sing  psalms  unto 
him:  'talk  yo  of  all  his  wondrous 
works. 

.'I  Glorv  vc  in  hisholv  name:  let  the 
heart  o'f  'them  rejoice  that  seek  the 
Lord. 

4  Seek  the  Lord,  and  his  strength: 
■I  .seek  his  facij  evermore. 


Exhortation  to  praise  God. 


PSALMS. 


His  2>yovidcnce  over  Israel. 


k  Gen.  17.  2. 


11 

fcM. 
ko  1. 

b.  C. 

11. 
73. 
7. 

iG.n.  13. 

i  15.  la. 

IS. 

tn 

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5  "  Renumber  his  marvellous  works 
that  he  hath  done;  his  wonders,  aud 
the  judgments  of  his  mouth; 

G  O  yc  seed  of  Abraham  his  servant, 
ye  children  of  .Jacob  his  chosen. 

"  He  IS  the  Loini  our  God  :  fhis 
judcmonts  arc  \n  all  tlii'  i  iiitli. 

8  He  hath  s  reuuiubcricl  his  crve- 
nant  for  ever,  tlie  word  irhich  he 
commanded  to  ti  tliousand  genera- 
tions. 

9  I' Which  covenant  he  made  with 
Abraham,  and  his  oath  unto  Isaac; 

10  And  contirnied  the  Buinc  unto 
Jacob  for  a  law,  uiid  to  Israel /oc  au 
everlasting  co^'cnant: 

11  Saj-ing,  i  Unto  thee  will  I  give 
the  land  of  Canaan,  t  the  lot  of  your 
inheritance: 

12  t  When  they  were  tut  a  few  men 
in  number;  yea,  very  few,  land 
strangers  in  it. 

13  Wlicn  they  went  from  one  nation 
to  another,  from  one  kingdom  to  an- 
other people; 

14  ■"  He  suffered  no  man  to  do  them 
wrong:  yea,  "he  reproved  kings  ibr 
their  sakes; 

15  Saying,  Touch  not  mine  anoint- 
ed, and  do  my  prophets  no  harm, 

Iti  Moreover  "  ho  called  for  a  famine 
upon  the  land:  he  brake  the  whole 
1' staff  of  bread. 

17  4  He  sent  a  man  before  them, 
e\-en  Joseph,  u-tto  '  was  sold  for  a 
servant: 

18  'Whose  feet  they  hurt  with  fet- 
ters: f  he  was  laid  in  iron: 

19  Until  the  time  that  Iii.s  word 
came:  'the  word  of  the  Loi:d  tried 
liim. 

iO  "  The  king  sent  and  loosed  him; 
even  the  ruler  of  the  iicoplc,  aud  let 
him  go  free. 

lil  '^  lie  made  him  lord  of  his  house, 
and  ruler  of  all  his  t  substance: 

2i  To  bind  his  princes  at  his  pleas- 
ure; and  teach  liis  senators  wisdom. 

2.'i  ^  Israel  also  came  into  Egypt; 
and  Jacob  sojourned  ^in  the  land  of 
Ham. 

Ii4  And  "he  increased  his  people 
greatly  ;  and  made  them  stronger 
tlian  their  enemies. 

2.5  Ij  He  turned  their  heart  to  hate  his 
people,  to  deal  subtilely  with  his 
servants. 

26  ^  He  sent  Moses  his  servant;  and 
Aaron  J  whom  he  had  chosen. 

27  "  They  shewed  t  his  signs  among 
them,  fand  wonders  in  the  land  of 
Ham. 

28  sHe  sent  darkness,  and  made  it 
dark;  and  li  they  rebelled  not  against 
his  word. 

29  t  He  turned  their  waters  into 
blood,  and  slew  their  tish. 

;«J  k  Their  land  brought  forth  frogs 
in  abundance,  in  the  chambers  of 
their  kings. 

31  1  He  spake,  and  there  came  divers 
sorts  of  flics,  and  lice  in  all  their 
coasts. 


33  ""tHc  gave  them  hail  for  rain, 
and  flaming  lire  in  their  land. 

33  "He  smote  their  vines  also  and 
their  flg  trees;  aud  brake  the  trees  of 
their  coasts. 

34  "He  spake,  and  the  locusts  roine, 
and  caterpillars,  and  tliat  without 
number, 

35  And  did  eat  up  all  the  herbs  in 
their  land,  and  devoured  the  iruit  of 
their  grouiui. 

SOPIIesuK.te  also  all  the  firstborn 
in  their  laud,  Ithe  chief  of  all  their 
strength. 

37  ■■  He  brought  them  forth  also  with 
silver  and  gold:  and  tlure  was  not 
one  feeble in'iauii  among  their  tribes, 

38  "Egypt  was  glad  when  they  de- 
parted: "tor  the  fear  of  them  fell  upon 
them, 

39  '  He  spread  ii  cloud  for  a  cover- 
ing ;  and  tire  to  give  light  in  the 
night. 

40  "  The  jieuple  asked,  and  he 
brought  quails,  and  ^satisfied  them 
with  the  bread  of  heaven. 

41  >  lie  opened  the  rock,  and  the 
waters  gushed  out;  they  ran  in  the 
dry  places  like  a  river, 

42  For  he  remembered  "^his  holy 
promise,  and  Abraham  his  servant. 

4,3  And  he  brought  forth  his  people 
with  joy,  and  his  chosen  with  1  glad- 
ness: 

44  '■'  And  gave  them  the  lands  of  the 
heathen:  and  they  inherited  the  la- 
bour of  the  people; 
■io  ^  That  they  might  observe  his 
statutes,  and  keep  his  laws,  t  I'raiso 
yc  the  liUKU. 

PSALISI  CVI. 
1  r?i<!  ]isalmiKt  ciliortelh  to  prniae  Odd. 
4  He  praycth  for  partivn  of  sin,  ae  OoU 
did  icith  the  fatJiert.  7  Tl,e  itory  of 
the  people's  rebellion,  and  OoiVa  ntercy. 
47  Be  concludeth  with  prayer  and  praise. 

tpRAISEyctheLoiiD.  "Ohgive 
X  thanks  unto  the  Lord;  for  lie 
is  good  :  for  his  mercy  cmluieth  for 
ever. 

2  'Who  can  utter  the  mighty  acts 
of  the  LoiiD?  icAo  can  shew  iorth  all 
his  praise? 

3  Blessed  are  they  that  keen  judg- 
ment, and  he  that  Jdoeth  righteous- 
ness at  *■  all  times. 

4  fKcmeniber  mc,  O  I.onn,  with 
the  favour  t/iril  thou  Icaixfl  unto  thy 
people:  O  visit  mo  with  thy  salva- 
tion; 

5  That  I  may  sec  the  pood  of  thy 
chosen,  that  I  may  rejoice  in  the 
gladness  of  thy  nation,  that  1  may 
glory  with  thine  inheritance. 

(i  s'We  have  sinned  with  our  fa- 
thers, we  have  committed  iniquity, 
we  have  done  wickedly. 

7  Our  fathers  understood  not  thy 
wonders  in  Egypt;  they  remembered 
not  the  multitude  of  thy  mercies; 
Ibut  provoked  Aim  at  the  sea,  crew 
at  the  Red  sea, 

8  Nevertheless  he  saved  them  i  for 

fi^il 


Israel's  rebellions, 


PSALMS. 


and  God's  mercies. 


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27. 
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SJ.  17. 

Hoi.  a.  10. 

JUt.2.  11. 
X  Num.  25.  7. 


his  name's  sake,  kthat  he  inig:ht  make 
his  mijjlity  power  to  be  known. 

9  1  He  rebuked  tlie  Red  sea  also,  and 
it  was  dried  up:  so  "'lie  led  them 
throu^'h  the  depths,  as  through  the 
wilderness. 

10  .\nd  he  "saved  them  from  the 
hund  of  him  thit  hated  llioni.  and 
redeemed  them  from  the  hand  of  the 
enemy. 

11  "Xnd  the  waters  covered  their 
enemies :  there  was  not  one  of  them 
left. 

12  PThen  believed  they  his  words; 
they  sans  his  praise. 

I'i  It  They  soon  forgat  his  works; 
they  waite(l  not  for  his  counsel: 

14  ''But  t  lusted  exceedingly  in  the 
wilderness,  and  tempted  God  in  the 
desert. 

15 'And  he  gave  them  theirrequest; 
but  *sent  leanness  into  their  soul. 

1(>  "  They  envied  Moses  also  in  the 
camp,  and  Aaron  the  saint  of  the 
Lord. 

17  "  The  earth  opened  and  swal- 
lowed up  Dathan,  and  covered  the 
company  of  Abirani. 

18  > And  afire  wns  kindled  in  their 
company;  the  ilame  burned  up  the 
wicked. 

11) "  They  made  a  calf  in  Iloreb,  and 
worshipped  the  molten  image. 

20  Thus  "they  changed  their  glory 
into  the  similitude  of  an  ox  that  cat- 
eth  grass. 

il  They  liforgat  God  their  sav- 
iour, which  had  done  great  things 
in  Egvpt; 

22  Wondrous  works  in  ■■  the  land  of 
Ilam,  and  terrible  things  by  the  lied 
sea. 

2.'?  tl  Therefore  he  said  that  ho  would 
destroy  them,  had  not  Moses  his 
cliosen  'stood  before  him  in  the 
breach,  to  turn  away  liis  wrath,  lest 
he  should  destroy  tlum. 

24  Yea,  they  despised  'tthc  pleasant 
land,  they  ^believed  not  his  word: 

25  Ii  IJiit  murmured  in  tlieir  tents, 
ruid  hearkened  not  unto  the  voice  of 
thel-oitii. 

2(J  i  Therefore  he  tlifted  up  his  hand 
against  them,  to  overthrow  them  in 
the  wilderness: 

2"  t'To  overthrow  (heir  seed  also 
among  the  nations,  and  to  scatter 
them  in  the  lands. 

2H  "'  They  joined  themselves  also 
unto  Bnal-pcor,  and  ate  the  saeriflecs 
of  the  dead. 

20  Thus  they  provoked  Iiiin  to  an- 
ger with  tliefr  inventions:  and  the 
plague  brake  in  uiion  tluni. 

a)  "Then  Mtood  up  Miinehas,  and  ex- 
ecuted judgment:  and  so  the  plague 
was  staved. 

,S1  And  that  was  counted  unto  liim 
"for  righteousness  unto  all  genera- 
tions tor  evermore. 

;1J  **  They  angered  him  also  at  the 
waters  of  strife,  1  so  that  it  went  ill 
with  Mo.sos  for  their  sakes: 
52? 


33  ''Because  they  provoked  his  spir- 
it, 60  that  he  spate  unadvisedly  with 
his  lips. 

"A  '  They  did  not  destroy  the  na- 
tions, 'concerning  whom  the  Lord 
commanded  them: 

."5  "But  were  mingled  among  the 
lieathen,  and  learned  their  works. 

.'ill  And  "  they  served  their  idols  : 
y  which  were  a  snare  unto  them. 

■S"  Vea,  'they  sacrificed  their  sons 
and  their  daughters  unto  "  devils, 

XS  And  shed  innocent  blood,  even 
the  blood  of  their  sons  and  of  their 
daughters,  whom  they  sacrificed  un- 
to the  idols  of  Canaan :  and  l"  the  land 
was  polluted  with  blood. 

.3'J  Thus  were  they  'defiled  with 
their  own  works,  anil  i  went  a  whor- 
ing with  their  own  inventions. 

411  Therefore  "was  the  wrath  of  the 
Lord  kindled  against  his  people  in- 
somuch that  ho  abhorred  fins  own 
inheritance. 

41  And  fhe  gave  them  into  the 
hand  of  the  heathen  ;  and  tr.cy  that 
hated  them  ruled  over  them. 

42  Their  enemies  also  oppressed 
them,  and  they  were  brought  into 
subjection  under  their  hand. 

4!  Ii  JIany  times  did  he  deliver 
them;  but" they  provoked  liiiii  witb 
their  counsel,  and  were  ||  brought 
low  for  their  iniquity. 

44  Nevertheless  he  regarded  their 
affliction,  wlieu  i  he  hcaid  their  crv: 

45  tAnd  ho  remembered  for  them 
his  eo\'enunt,  and  Irepentiul  "'ac- 
cording to  the  multitude  of  his  mer- 
cies. 

40  "  lie  made  them  also  to  be  pitied 
of  all  those  that  carried  them  cap- 
tives. 

47  "  Save  ns,  O  Lord  our  God,  and 
gather  ns  from  among  the  heathen, 
to  give  thanks  unto  thy  holy  name, 
ana  to  triumph  in  thypraisc. 
4.S  P  Blessed  le  the  Lonii  God  of 
Israel  from  everlastin"  to  everlasting: 
and  let  nil  the  people  s.iy,  Ameu. 
t  Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CVIL 
1  The  pialmiat  cxhorletK  the  ycdtamr.r,  in 
praiai}ig  OuJ,  (u  observe  hit  muni  fold 
provitJence,  4  over  travelUrtt  10  over 
captivea.  17  over  tick  men.  £3  over  tea- 
men,  S3  anj  i>t  divert  varietiet  of  life. 

O"  GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord, 
for  l>Ai!  M  good:  for  his  mercy 
endttrcth  for  ever. 

2  Let  the  redeemed  of  the  Lord 
sav  so.  ''whom  he  hnth  redeemed 
from  the  hand  of  the  enemy; 

,"!  And  J  gathered  them  out  of  the 
hinds,  from  the  east,  ami  from  the 
west,  from  the  north,  and  f  from  the 
south. 

4  Ther  'wandered  in  fthc  wilder- 
ness in"  ft  solitary  way;  tliey  found 
no  citv  to  dwell  in. 

.')  Hungry  and  thirsty,  their  soul 
fainted  inihem. 

0  6  Then  they  cried  iinto  the  Lonn 


God'x  jyrovidence  over  men. 


in  divers  varieties  of  life. 


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21. 

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in  their  troublo,  find  he  delivered 
tliem  out  oftlieir  distresses. 

7  And  he  led  them  forth  by  the 
bright  way.  tliat  they  might  go  to 
acit.v  of  liahitiitioii. 

8  i  Oh  that  m<-n  would  praise  the 
Lf)Iin/o;'  his  Eoodness,  and  ./or  his 
wonderful  works  to  the  children  of 
men ! 

9  For  khe  satisfieth  the  longing 
soul,  and  filleth  tlie  hungry  eoul 
with  goodness. 

10  Such  as  I  sit  in  darkness  and  in 
the  shadow  of  death,  beiiuj  '"  bound 
in  afHiction  and  iron; 

11  Because  they  "rebelled  against 
the  words  of  Gud,  and  contemned 
"the  counsel  of  the  Most  Uigh: 

VI  Therefore  he  brought  down  their 
heart  with  labour;  they  fell  down, 
and  there  ivas  ^  none  to  help. 

13  iThen  thcv  cried  unto  the  Loud 
in  their  trouble,  and  he  saved  them 
out  of  their  distresses. 

14  'He  brought  them  out  of  dark- 
ness and  the  shadow  of  death,  uud 
brake  their  bands  in  sunder. 

15  "  Oh  that  vien  would  praise  the 
Loud  for  his  goodne.-s,  and  for  his 
wonderful  works  to  the  children  of 
men ! 

IC  For  he  hath  'broken  the  gates 
of  brass,  and  cut  the  bars  of  irou  in 
sunder. 

1"  Fools,  "  because  of  their  trans- 
gression, and  because  of  their  iniq- 
uities, are  afflicted. 

IS  ^  Their  soul  abhorreth  all  man- 
ner of  meat;  and  they  >  draw  near 
unto  the  gates  of  death. 

Ill  'Then  they  cry  unto  the  Lord 
in  their  troul>le,  and  lie  saveth  them 
out  of  their  distresses. 

:iO  ^Ile  sent  his  word,  and  !■  healed 
them,  and '  delivered  them  from  their 
destructions. 

21  'I  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the 
Lord  for  his  goodness,  and  for  his 
wonderful  works  to  the  children  of 
men! 

22  And  "let  them  sacrifice  the  sac- 
rifices of  thanksgiving,  and  f  declare 
his  works  with  t  rejoicing. 

2.J  They  that  go  down  to  the  sea 
in  ships,  that  do  business  in  great 
waters; 

24  These  see  the  works  of  the  Loud, 
and  his  wonders  in  the  deep. 

2.5  For  he  commandeth,  and  t  Prais- 
eth  the  stormy  wind,  which  lifteth 
up  the  waves  thereof. 

2G  They  mount  up  to  the  heaven, 
they  go  down  again  to  the  depths: 
li  their  soul  is  melted  because  of 
trouble. 

27  Thev  reel  to  and  fro,  and  stagger 
like  ft  drunken  mau,  and  ]&Te  at 
their  wit's  end. 

28  iThen  they  cry  unto  the  Lor.D 
in  their  trounle,  and  he  bringeth 
them  out  of  their  distresses. 

29  k  He  maketh  the  storm  a  calm,  so 
that  the  waves  thereof  are  still. 


;jO  Then  are  they  glad  because  they 
be  quiet;  so  he  bnngeth  them  uuto 
their  desired  haven. 

31  I  Oh  that  men  would  praise  the 
Lord. /be  his  goodness,  and  ./(/)•  his 
wonderful  works  to  the  children  of 
men! 

.'S2  Let  them  exalt  him  al.so  "in 
the  congreg.ition  of  the  people,  and 
praise  him  in  the  assembly  of  the 
elders. 

33  Ue  "  turncth  rivers  into  a  wilder- 
ness, and  the  watersprings  into  dry 
ground; 

;!4  A  "fruitful  land  into  1  barren- 
ness, for  the  wickedness  of  them  that 
dwell  therein. 

35  Pile  turneth  the  wilderness  into 
a  standing  water,  and  dry  ground 
into  watersprings. 

3G  And  there  he  maketh  the  hungry 
to  dwell,  that  they  may  prepare  a 
city  for  habitation; 

37  And  BOW  the  fields,  and  plant 
vineyards,  which  may  yield  fruits  of 
increase. 

38  1  He  blesseth  them  niso,  so  that 
they  'are  multiplied  greatly;  and 
sutfereth  not  their  cattle  to  decrease. 

,S9  Again,  they  are  'minished  and 
brought  low  through  oppression, 
affliction,  and  sorrow. 

40  '  He  poureth  contempt  upon 
princes,  and  causeth  them  to  wander 
in  the  II  wilderness,  where  there  ii  no 
way. 

41"  Yet  setteth  he  the  poor  on  high 
II  from  affliction,  and  "maketh  Aim 
families  like  a  flock. 

42  >  The  righteous  shall  sec  tV,  and 
rejoice:  and  all  'iniquity  shall  stop 
licr  mouth. 

43  "  Whoso  IS  wise,  and  will  observe 
these  f/iiHff.H,  even  they  shall  under- 
stand the  lovingkin'Jnesa  of  the 
Lord. 

rSALM  CA'IIL 

1  David  er^'-'ouriigeth  himttif  to  praiee 
Gi,d.  5  Ih  jiraytth  /or  UmVa  attiit- 
ance  according  to  hlB  Jjromifs.  11  Hit 
confidence  m  Ood't  help. 

A  Song  or  Psalra  of  David. 

O'GOD,  my  heart  is  fixed;  I  will 
sing  and  give  praise,  even  with 
my  Blor.v. 

2  1'  Awake,  psaltery  and  harp  :  I 
jnyi^elf'  will  awake  earlv. 

3  I  will  praise  thee,  O  Lord,  among 
the  people:  and  I  will  sing  praises 
unto  thee  among  the  nations. 

4  For  thy  nuri-y  is  great  above  the 
heavens:  and  thy  truth  rcachtth  un- 
to the  II  clouds. 

5  ■=  Be  thou  exalted,  O  God.  above 
the  heavens:  and  thy  glory  above  all 
the  earth; 

G  'I  That  thy  beloved  may  be  deliv- 
ered: save  uilh  thy  right  hand,  and 
answer  me. 

7  God  hath  spoken  in  his  holiness; 
I  will  rejoice,  I  will  divide  Shechera, 
and  mete  out  the  valley  of  ."^uccoth. 

8  Gilead  is  mine ;  Marinssch  is  mine; 

623 


David  devoteth  his  enemies. 


PSAI-MS.       A  predictimi  of  Christ's  kingdom. 


tHeh.  mo^ 
tHel).  kav 


erro».2S.O. 
f  Acti  1.  20. 
g  Or,  ehargt. 
K  E)i.  22.  2i 


Jir.  IS.  2J. 
UJ..1.1B.  17. 


Epliraim  also  if  the  strength  of  mine 
hfiid;  "Judah  is  my  lawgiver; 
',1  Miiab  w  my  washpoti  over  Edom 
will  1  east  out  my  shoe;  over  Philis- 
tiii  will  I  triumph. 

10  f  Who  will  briiipr  me  into  the 
stron;!  city?  who  will  lead  lue  into 
Edom? 

11  mit  not  thou,  O  God,  vho  \\aat 
cast  U3  off?  and  wilt  not  thou,  O 
Goil,  go  forth  with  our  liosts? 

1:.;  Give  U3  help  from  trouble:   for 
vain  h-^  the  help  of  man. 
1.'!  s  Through  God  we  shall  do  val- 
iantly:  for  he  it  is  that  shall  tread 
down  our  cuemies. 

PSALM  CIX. 
1  David,  comptnining  of  }iiB  ttitnderouB 
enemies,  under  the  pemon  of  Judas  de- 
voteth tit'.m.  lli  lie  ehcwelli  their  tin. 
21  Complaining  of  his  own  misery,  ho 
prai/et/t  for  help,  2'J  JJe  promieclh 
thankfulneta. 
To  tbe  cbiet  Musician,  A  Psalm  of  David. 

HOLD  "not  thy  peace,  O  God  of 
my  praise; 

2  For  the  mouth  of  the  wicked  and 
the  t  mouth  of  the  deceitful  fare 
opened  against  me:  they  have  spok- 
en against  me  with  a  lymg  tongue. 

3  They  comna.ssed  me  about  also 
with  words  of  hatred  ;  and  fought 
against  mo  b  without  a  cause. 

4  For  my  love  they  are  my  adversa- 
ries: but  I  give  mysej/'  vnto  prayer. 

!>  And  '^they  have  rewarded  me  evil 
for  good,  and  hatred  for  my  love. 

G  Set  thou  a  wicked  man  over  him : 
and  let  i  \\  Satan  stand  i.t  his  right 
hand. 

7  When  he  shall  be  judged,  let  him 
t  be  condemned:  and  '-'let  his  prayer 
become  sin. 

8  Let  his  days  be  few;  and  f  let  an- 
other take  liis  IJ  office. 

U  BLet  Ilia  children  bo  fatherless, 
and  his  wife  a  widow. 

Ill  I>ct  his  children  be  continually 
vagabonds,  and  beg:  let  them  seek 
llirir  bread  also  out  of  their  desolate 
places. 

11  iiljct  the  extortioner  catch  all 
that  he  hath;  and  let  the  strangers 
spoil  his  labour. 

VI  I.<et  there  be  none  to  extend  mcr- 


l.'i  i  Let  hia  posterity  be  cut  off;  and 
in  the  geueration  following  let  their 
k  name  be  blotted  out. 

H  1  Let  the  iniquity  of  his  fathers  be 
remembered  with  the  LoiiD;  and  let 
not  tlie  sin  of  liis  mother  *"  be  blotted 
out. 

].")  Let  them  be  before  the  Loud 
continually,  that  he  may  "  cut  off  the 
memory  of  them  from  the  earth. 

10  Heeause  that  he  remembered  not 
to  shew  mercy,  but  persecuted  the 
poor  and  needy  man,  that  lie  might 
even  slay  tiie  "  broken  in  heart. 

17  >■  As  he  loved  cursing,  so  lot  it 
come  unto  him:  as  ho  delighted  not 
Ki4 


in  blessing,  so  let  it  be  far  from 
him. 

18  As  he  clothed  himself  with  curs- 
ing like  as  with  his  garment,  so  let  it 
'icoine  t  into  his  bowels  like  water, 
and  like  oil  into  his  buiies. 

II)  Let  it  be  unto  him  as  tiie  garment 
wliicli  covereth  him,  and  for  a  girdle 
wherewitli  he  is  girded  continually. 

y)  Zc«  tills  be  the  reward  of  mine 
adversaries  from  the  Loud,  and  of 
them  that  speak  evil  against  my  soul. 

L'l  But  do  thou  for  me,  O  God  the 
Lord,  for  thy  name's  sake:  because 
thy  mercy  I'.f  good,  deliver  thou  me. 

'2'^  For  1  am  poor  and  needy,  and 
my  heart  is  wounded  within  nie. 

ai  I  am  gone  'like  the  shadow 
when  it  declincth  :  I  am  tossed  up 
and  down  as  the  locust. 

24  My  *  knees  are  weak  through 
fasting;  and  my  flesh  faileth  of  fat- 
ness. 

251  became  also  'a  reproach  unto 
them  :  when  they  looked  upon  luu 
"thev  shaked  their  heads. 

ai  ftelp  me,  O  Lokd  my  God:  O 
save  me  according  to  thy  mercy: 

27  ^  That  they  may  know  that  this 
is  thy  hand;  that  thou,  Lokd,  hast 
done  it. 

28  '  Let  them  curse,  but  bless  thou : 
when  they  arise,  let  them  be  asham- 
ed; but  let  ■'  thy  servant  reioice. 

2t)  "  Let  mine  adversaries  oe  clothed 
with  shame  ;  and  let  them  cover 
themselves  with  their  own  confusion, 
as  with  a  mantle. 

SO  I  will  greatly  praise  the  Lord 
with  my  mouth;  yea,  bl  will  praise 
him  among  the  multitude. 
31  For  'he  shall  stand  at  the  right 
hand  of  the  poor,  to  save  /iijutfrora 
those  that  condemn  his  soul. 

PSALM  ex. 

1   r/io   Hngdom,   4  the   prieethood,   5   the 

conqucet,  7  and  the  jiaseion  of  Christ. 

A  Psalm  of  DariJ. 

TIIE  'Loun  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  at  my  right  hand,  until 
I  make  tliiiie  eiien'iies  thy  footstool. 

2  The  Liii:i>  shall  seiul  the  rod  of 
thy  strength  <put  of  Zion:  rule  thou 
III  the  midst  of  thine  enemies. 

.'!  I'Tliy  people  shall  he  willing  in 
the  day  of  thy  power,  "^in  the  beau- 
tics  of  holiness  ||from  the  womb  of 
the  morning:  thou  hast  the  dew  of 
thy  vouth. 

4  I'he  Lord  hath  sworn,  and  J  will 
not  repent,  "^  Thou  art  a  priest  for 
ever  after  the  order  of  jlelcliizc- 
dck. 

,'i  The  Lord  fat  thy  ri"ht  hand  shall 
strike  tlirough  kings  Mn  the  day  of 
his  wnitli. 

U  He  shall  judge  among  the  heathen, 
he  shall  fillt/ic  plwii  »  ith  the  dead 
bodies;  li  he  shall  wound  tlie  heads 
over  l|  many  countries. 

7  i  lie  shall  drink  of  the  brook  in  the 
way:  k. therefore  shall  lie  lift  up  the 
head. 


The  security  of  the  godly. 


PSALMS.  An  exhortation  to  praise  God.'- 


ilai'rhijaA. 
«r..  M.  IS  4 

R)  .'»,  /t  in: 


KoT.  1.5.  3, 
eri.  lU.  5. 

ap>.  lu.  i,  9, 


ill.  41.  8. 


tnob. 

llatiiiujalk, 
•  P..  12S.  1. 

'i>r..  iin.  i«. 


<1  Matt.  0.  33. 


gEnh 


h  Pv  15.  5. 
i  Pror.  10.  7. 
kPror.  1.  S3. 
1  Pi.  57.  7. 
mP<  CI.  10. 
nPror.  1.33. 
oP..  .VI.  10.4 

US  7. 
p2  C«r.  9.  9. 
qDcut.  24.13. 


PSALI\I  CXI. 

1  The  pgatmiat  by  hia  example  inciteth 
others  to  praise  Ood  for  his  glorious,  o 
and  graci<jus  works,  lu  The  Jear  of  Ood 
brcedoth  true  tvisdom. 

)  pilAISE  ye  the  Lord.  "I  will 
.1     praise  the  I>t>KD  with  mi/  whole 

heart,  in  the  assembly  of  the  uprij^ht, 

and  in  the  con;;ri'Kation. 

2  ^  The  works  ot  the  I.,ord  are  great, 
"sought  nut  of  all  them  that  have 
pleasure  therein. 

3  Ills  work  U  tihonourablc  and  glori- 
ous: and  his  rigliteoutiuesu  endureth 
tor  ever. 

4  He  hnth  made  his  wonderful 
works  to  be  remembered:  *■  the  LoKD 
15  gracious  and  full  of  compas- 
sion. 

5  Ho  hath  given  t  fmeat  unto  them 
that  fear  him  :  he  will  ever  be  mind- 
ful of  his  eovenant. 

6  He  hath  shewed  his  people  the 
power  of  liis  works,  that  he  may  give 
them  the  heritage  of  the  heathen. 

7  The  works  of  his  hands  arc  *>' verity 
and  judgment;  hall  his  command- 
ments arc  sure. 

8  1  They  +  stand  fast  for  ever  and 
ever,  aiirl  are  kdoue  in  truth  and 
uprightness. 

i)  I  He  sent  redemption  unto  his  peo- 
ple; he  hath  commanded  his  cove- 
nant for  ever:  *"huly  and  reverend 
w  his  name. 

10  "  The  fear  of  the  Loitn  is-  the  be- 
ginning of  wisdom:  II  a  gcHid  under- 
standing have  nil  they  f  that  do  /lif 
conimaiuJnieHts :  Ills  praise  euduretli 
for  ever. 

PSALM  CXII. 
1  Godliness  hath  the  promises  of  this  life. 
4  and  of  ths  life  to  come.     V>' The  pros- 
perity of  the  godly  shall  be  an  eyesore  to 
the  wicked. 
t  "pR  AI.'^E  yc  the  Lord.    '  Blessed 
X.     f.j    the    man    that    feareth    tlie 
Lonn,M'((  liddightetli  greatly  in  his 
commandments. 

2  '  His  seed  shall  be  mighty  upon 
earth;  the  generation  of  the  upright 
shall  be  blessed. 

3  (I  Wealth  and  riches  shall  be  in  bis 
house  :  and  his  righteousness  en- 
dureth  for  ever. 

4  "Unto  the  upright  there  nriseth 
light  in  the  darkness;  he  i,'!  gracious, 
and  full  of  compassion,  and  right- 
eous. 

5  f  A  good  man  shewcth  favour,  and 
lendeth :  he  will  guide  his  affairs 
^  with  f  discretion. 

G  Surely  li  he  shall  not  be  moved  for 
ever;  'the  righteous  shall  be  in  ever- 
lasting remembrance. 

7  kHe  shall  not  be  afraid  of  evil 
tidings:  his  1  heart  is  fixed,  "'trust- 
ing in  the  Lord. 

8  His  heart  is  established,  "  he  shall 
not  be  afraid,  until  ho  "sec  his  ilcsirc 
upon  his  enemies. 

9  f  He  hatli  dispersed,  ho  hath  given 
to  the  poor;  "ihis  righteousuess  cn- 


dureth  for  ever;  'his  horn  shall  be 
exalted  with  honour. 

*  The  wicked  shall  see  it,  and  he 
grieved; 'he    shall    gnash   willi  his 
teeth,  and  "melt  away:  '■the  desire 
of  the  wicked  shall  perish. 
PSALM  CXHL 
1  An  exhortation   to   praise  God  for  his 

excellency,  ^  for  his  mercy. 
tTJRAISE  ye  the  Lord.    "Praise, 

X  O  ye  servants  of  the  Lord, 
praise  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

2  ii  Blessed  be  the  name  of  the  Lord 
from  this  time  forth  and  lor  ever- 
more. 

■i  "From  the  rising  of  the  sun  unto 
the  going  down  of  the  same  the 
Lord'.s  name  is  to  be  praised. 

4  The  Lord  is  lihigh  above  all  na- 
tions, and  "his  glory  above  the 
heavens. 

.i  fWho  ts  like  nnto  the  Lord  our 
God,  who  tdwcllcth  on  high, 

fi  s  Who  humbleth  hiui.ielfto  behold 
the  thinnn  that  are  in  heaven,  and  in 
the  earth ! 

7  h  He  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of  the 
dust,  and  liftcth  the  needy  out  of  the 
dunghill; 

8  That  he  may  iset/iimwith  princes, 
even  witli  the  "princes  of  his  people. 

9  k  He  maketh  the  barren  woman 
t  to  kee])  house,  and  to  he  a  joyful 
mother  of  children.  l*raise  yc  the 
Lord. 

PSALM  CXIV. 

An  exhortation,  by  the  example  of  the  d'jmb 

creatures,  to  fear  God  in  his  church. 

WrHEN  "  Israel  went  out  of  Egypt, 
VV  the  house  of  Jacob  bfrom  a  peo- 
ple of  strange  language; 

2  "Jiidah  was  his  sanctuary,  and 
Israel  his  dominion. 

3  il The  sea  saw  it,  and  fled ;  'Jor- 
dan was  driven  back. 

4  fThe  mountains  skipped  like 
rams,  and  the  little  hills  like  lambs. 

.5  sWhat  ailed  thee,  O  thou  sea, 
that  thou  fleddest?  thou  Jordan,  Wmt 
thuu  wast  driven  back? 

Ct  Ye  mountains,  that  yc  skipped 
like  rams;  and  ye  little  hills,  like 
lambs? 

7  Tremble,  thou  earth,  at  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord,  at  the  presence  of 
the  God  of  Jacob: 

8  I' Which  turned  the  rock  into  a 
standing  water,  the  flint  iuto  a  fount- 
ain of  waters. 

PSALJI  CXT. 

I  Because  Ood  is  trulj/  glorious,  4  and 
idols  are  vanitu,  'J  l.e  cxhorteth  to 
confidence  in  O'vd.  13  God  it  to  be 
Uetsedfor  his  blestings. 

Vf^OT  "  unto  us,  O  Lord,  not  unto 
IN  us,  but  unto  thy  name  give 
glorv,  for  thy  nierey,'  and  for  tliy 
truth's  sake. 

2  Wherefore  should  the  heathen 
say,  I' Where  is  now  their  God? 

o'^But  our  God  is  in  the  heavens: 
he  hath  done  whatsoever  he  hath 
pleased.  ^^ 


The  vanity  of  idols. 


PSALMS. 


Exhortation  to  praine  God. 


Jnni>h  2.  8. 
H»b.2l8.19. 
fSeoTi.  118. 
'i,  J,  i  k  135. 


1  Pi.  6. 5. 488. 
111.  11.  12. 
U.  38.  1  j. 

mP..  11X2. 


i  145.  17. 

•  J.r  (!.  10. 

M.lt.  U   29. 
ri'i.  13.  0.  & 
119.  17. 
'  I  Pi.  66.  13. 
I 
h  Pi.  27.  13. 


4  J  Their  idols  ore  Bilvcr  and  gold, 
tlic  work  of  men's  hands. 

fi  They  have  inoutha,  but  they 
speak  not:  eyes  have  they,  but  they 
.<iec  not; 

{>  They  have  cars,  ■b\it  they  hear 
not:  noses  Jiavc  they,  but  they  smell 
not: 

7  They  have  hands,  but  thej*  handle 
not:  feet  have  tliev,  but  the^'  walk 
not:  neither  speiilc  they  through 
tiieir  throat. 

8  "  They  that  make  them  are  like 
unto  them :  fo  is  every  one  that 
tru.'tcth  in  them. 

!)  ro  Israel,  trust  thou  in  thcI.ORD: 
She  is  their  help  and  their  shield. 

10  O  house  01  Aaron,  tru.st  in  the 
I>oHD:  he  is  their  help  and  their 
shield. 

11  Ye  that  fear  the  T^onn,  trust  in 
the  I..ORi>:  he  ij  their  help  and  their 
fihicld. 

12  The  Loud  hath  been  mindful 
of  us:  he  will  bless  «.«,-  lie  will  bless 
the  house  of  Israel;  he  will  bless  the 
house  of  Aaron. 

l.i  b  He  will  bless  them  that  fear  the 
l^ORP,  tolh  small  f  and  );reat. 

14  The  IjOkd  shall  iuerea.«e  you 
more  and  more,  you  and  your  chil- 
dren. 

l.'i  Ye  arc  "blessed  of  the  LoKD 
k  which  made  hea\en  and  earth. 

IG  The  heaven,  even  the  hea\'ens, 
nre  the  LoHD'.s:  but  the  earth  hath 
he  given  to  the  children  of  men. 

1"  I  The  dead  praise  not  the  Lord, 
neither  any  that  go  dowii  into 
silence. 

15  '"  But  wc  will  bless  the  Lord 
from  this  time  forth  and  for  ever- 
more.   Praise  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXVI. 

1   The   ptalmist    profcfcth  hit   love    and 
duty  to  Ooil  for  his  deliveruiice.     12  i/e 
-  etiiJicih  to  ba  thankful. 
IT  "LOVE  the  Loun,  beoausc  he 

1  hath  heard  my  voice  ami  my  suj)- 
jilirations. 

2  liecause  he  hath  inclined  his  ear 
unto  me,  therefore  will  I  call  upon 
tihii  t  as  loii;^  as  1  live. 

'A  l>The  sorrows  of  death  compassed 
me,  and  the  pains  of  hell  f  );at  holil 
upon  me:  I  found  trouble  and  sor- 
row. 

4  Then  called  I  upon  the  name  of 
the  I.oi;n;  O  Lord,  1  beseech  thee, 
deliver  my  soul. 

!> '  Gracious  i.s  the  Lord,  nud  J  right- 
eous: yea,  (Uir  God  U  merciful. 

G  The"  Lord  prcserveth  the  simple: 
I  was  brought  low,  and  he  helped 
me. 

7  Keturn  unto  thy  'rest,  O  mv  soul: 
for  f  the  Lord  hath  dealt  bountilul- 
ly  with  thee. 

H  ('l'<ir  thou  hast  delivered  my  soul 
from  death,  mine  eves  from  tears, 
omi  m\-  feitfroiri  falling. 

'.I  I  will  walk  before  the  Lord  k  in 
the  laud  of  the  living. 
636 


iPi,  un.  I2S. 

ii  113.  IJ. 
I  P..  60.  10. 


10  i  I  believed,  therefore  have  1 
spoken:  I  was  grcatl.v  afflicted: 

11  k  I  said  in  my  haste,  I  All  men 
avt^  liars. 

\i  What  shall  I  render  unto  the 
Lord  for  all  liis  benefits  toward 
me  J* 

V'j  I  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation, 
and  call  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

14  '"1  will  p;iy  my  vows  unto  the 
I.<ORD  now  in  the  ]>resence  of  all  his 
people. 

.  15  "  Precious  in  the  sight  of  the 
Lord  i^  the  death  of  his  saints. 

10  O  Lord,  truly  "I  (on  thy  serv- 
ant; I  am  thy  servant,  (iml  I' the  son 
of  thine  handmaid:  thou  hast  loosed 
my  bonds. 

17  I  will  ofter  to  thee  1  the  sacrifice 
of  thanksgiving,  and  will  call  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord. 

18  'I  will  pay  my  vows  unto  the 
Lord  now  in  the  presence  ot  all  his 
people,  J 

111  In  the  "courts   of  the  Lord's; 
house,  in  the  midst  of  thee,  O  Jeru 
salcm.    Praise  ye  the  LoRDJ  ■ 

PSALM  CXVII.  * 

An    exhortation    to    j.raite   Ood   for  hit 
nurry  and  truth. 

O'PRAISK    the    I-or.n,   all   ye 
nations:  praise  hiui,  all  ye  pe*o- 
ple. 

2  For  his  merciful  kindness  is  great 
toward  us:  and  I'the  truth  of  the 
JjOrd  rniliirclli  for  ever.  Praise  ye 
the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXVIII. 
1  An  exhortation  to  ).riii««  (!od  for  hit 
mercy.  5  TIte  paalmiet  it/  hit  experienee 
ehtu-eth  hiitp  good  it  it  to  trutt  in  God. 
13  Under  the  type  of  the  ptalmitl  the 
coming  of  Chriet  in  hit  kingdom  it  ex- 


0»GIVE  thanks  nnto  the  Lord; 
for  Ae  f.-Jgood:  because  his  mercy 
emitirclh  for  c^'cr. 
2  liLct  Israel  now  say,  that  his 
mercy  eut/vrt  th  for  ever." 
.'!  Let  the  house  of  Aaron  now  say, 
that  his  mercy  emliurth  for  ever. 

4  Let  them  how  thatfear  the  Lord 
say,   that   liia    mercy   eiidurelh   for 

5  •"  I  called  upon  the  Lord  f  in  dis- 
tress: the  Lor.D  answered  me,  and 
•I  Kct  iiie  in  a  large  i)lnce. 

(>  ■'  The  I,ORD  M  ton  my  side;  I  will 
not  fear :  what  can  man  do  unto 
me? 

7  f  The  Lord  taketli  mv  part  with 
them  that  help  me:  thercfVire  shall 
^  I  see  my  desire  upon  them  that 
hate  me. 

S  I'  /( is  better  to  trust  in  the  Lord 
than  to  put  confidence  in  man. 

[t'/t  i.<  better  to  tru»t  in  the  Lord 
than  to  put  e*»utideuee  in  princes. 

10  All  nalious  compassed  me  about: 
but  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  will  I 
t  destroy  them.  tH,i..  t.i 

11  They    k  compa.s.sed    me    about;     !»"••/. 
yea,  they  compassed  me  about:  but    tp.. 68.17. 


.1  p..  IS.  19. 

.Pi.  rr.  i.k 
»:  i.  11.  & 

1 W.  3. 
li  51.  13. 
R«li.  13  0. 
I  n«k.  /or 

tPi.  51  4. 


Christ's  kingdom  typified. 


PSALMS. 


Sundry  prayers  and  jiruiscs. 


t.21.42, 
J  12.  10. 
0  iW.  17. 


in  tlic  Tiaiiie  of  the  Lord  I  will  de- 
stroy thcni. 

12  'rhey  compassed  mc  nboiit  I  like 
bees;  they  arc  ciucnchcd  '"  as  the  fire 
of  thorns  :  for  in  the  name  of  the 
I,(i!:n  I  will  t  destroy  them. 

l.'l  Tliou  liast  thrust  sore  atnic  that  I 
might  fall:  but  the  Lord  helped  -.u'. 

14  "  The  LOKI)  ig  my  strenj^th  and 
song,  and  is  become  my  salvation. 

15  The  voice  of  rejoicing  and  salva- 
tion IS  in  the  tabernacles  of  the  right- 
eous :  the  right  hand  of  the  LuuD 
doeth  valiantly. 

It)  "  The  right  hand  of  the  Lord  is 
exalted:  the  right  hand  of  the  Lord 
docth  valiantly. 

17  PI  shall  not  die,  but  live,  and 
1  declare  the  works  of  the  LoKU. 

18  The  Lord  hath  ''chastened  me 
sore:  but  he  hath  not  given  me  over 
unto  death. 

19  "  Open  to  me  the  gates  of  right- 
eousness: I  will  go  into  them,  and  I 
will  praise  the  Lord: 

20  'This  {jate  of  the  Lord,  "into 
which  the  righteous  shall  enter. 

21  I  will  ijraise  thee:  for  thou  hast 
"heard  me,  and  >  art  become  my 
salvation. 

22  ■''  The  stone  which  the  builders  re- 
fused is  become  the  head  stone  of  the 

23 1  This  is  the  Lord's  doing;  it  is 
marvellous  in  our  eyes. 

24  This  I.*  the  day  icAic/i  the  Lord 
hath  made;  we  will  rejoice  and  be 
glad  in  it. 

2.5  Save  now,  I  beseech  thee,  O 
Lord  :  O  Lord,  I  beseech  thee, 
send  now  prosperity. 

2(i  "  Blessed  te  he  that  Cometh  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord:  we  have  blessed 
you  out  of  the  house  of  the  Lord. 

27  God  IS  the  Lord,  which  hath 
shewed  us  ''light:  bind  the  sacrifice 
with  cords,  even  unto  the  horns  of 
the  altar. 

28  Thou  art  my  Cod,  and  I  will 
praise  thee:  "thou  art  my  God,  I  will 
c.xalt  thee. 

2*,)  'I  O  give  thanks  nnto  the  Lord; 
fiyr  he  is  good:  for  liis  mercy  CHc/ur- 
cth  for  ever. 

rsALxr  cxix. 

Tfiia   jisalm  cvntaineth    eundry   prtti/erBt 

praiB€B,  and  profeBtiona  of  obedience. 

Ai.Krn. 

BLESSED  are  the  |l  imdefilcd  in 
the  wfl,v,  *  who  walk  in  the  law 
of  the  Lord. 

2  Blessed  are  they  that  keep  his 
testimonies,  aud  that  seek  him  with 
the  whole  heart. 

3  h  Thev  also  do  no  iniquity:  they 
walk  in  his  wajs. 

4Thou  hast  commanded  tis  to  keep 
th.v  precepts  diligently. 

5  O  that  my  ways  were  directed  to 
keep  thy  statutes! 

6  "^  Then  shall  I  not  be  ashamed, 
when  I  have  respect  unto  all  thy 
commandments. 


7  JI  will  praise  thee  with  upright- 
ness of  heartj  when  I  thall  have 
learned  t  thy  righteous  .judgments. 

8  1  will  keep  thy  statutes:  O  forsake 
me  nut  utterly. 

BETH. 

10  AVberewithal  shall  a  young  mani 
cleanse  his  way  ?  bv  taking  heed 
thrirlo  Qccor<ling  to  thv  word. 
10  With  my  whole  "heait  have  I 
'sought  thee":  O  lirt  me  not  f wander 
f,-..m  thy  comm.iiidments. 

Ill  "Thy  word  have  1  hid  in  mine/ 
heart,  that  1  might  not  sin  against 
thee. 

12  Blessed  art  thou,  O  Lord  : 
Ii  teach  mc  thy  statutes. 

13  With  my  lips  have  I  i  declared  all 
the  judgments  of  thy  mouth. 

14  I  have  rejoiced  in  the  way  of  thy 
testimonies,  as  nivch  o.f  in  all  riches. 

15  I  will  k  meditate  in  thy  precepts, 
and  have  respect  unto  thy  ways. 

W  I  will  I  delight  myself  in  thy  stat- 
utes: I  will  not  forget  thy  word. 

GIMEU 

17  ""Deal  bountifully  with  thy  serv- 
ant, that  I  may  live,  and  keep  thy 
word. 

18  1  Open  thou  mine  eyes,  that  I 
may  behold  wondrous  things  out  otV 
thy  law.  1 

ly  "  I  am  a  stranger  in  the  earth  : 
hide  not  thy  commandments  from 
me. 

20  "  My  soul  breaketh  for  the  long- 
ing that  it  hath  unto  thy  judgments 
at  all  times. 

21  Thou  hast  rebuked  the  proud 
that  are  cursed,  which  do  P  err  trom 
thy  commandments. 

22  1  Remove  from  me  reproach  and 
contempt;  for  I  have  kept  thy  testi- 
monies. 

23  Princes  also  did  sit  and  speak 
against  me  :  Itit  thy  Ecrvant  did 
•"meditate  in  thy  statutes. 

24  "  Thy  testimonies  also  are  my  de- 
light, and  t  my  counsellors. 

1)AI,KTK. 

25  '  My  son!  cleaveth  unto  the  dust: 
"quicken  thou  mc  according  to  thy 
word. 

26  I  have  declared  my  ways,  and 
thou  heardcst  me  :  "  teach  mo  thy 
statutes. 

27  Make  me  to  understand  the  way 
of  thy  precepts:  so  >  shall  I  talk  of 
thy  wondrous  works. 

28  "My  soul  f  meltelh  for  heaviness: 
strengthen  thou  me  according  unto 
thv  word. 

•A)  Remove  from  me  the  way  cf  ly- 
ing: and  grant  me  thy  law  graciously. 

SO  I  have  chosen  the  way  of  truth: 
thv  indgments  have  I  laid  trt'orc  mc. 

."i  'I  have  .Muck  untci  thv  testimo- 
nies: O  Lord,  put  me  mt  to  shame. 

32  I  will  run  the  way  of  thy  com- 
mandments, when  thou  sUalt  "en- 
large my  heart. 

HE. 

S3  h  Teach  mc,  O  Lord,  the  way  of 
S27 


■  P..  107.  9B. 
t  H.l.. 


It.  W,  5. 
i  C»r.  e.  II. 


Hundry  prayers,  praises, 


PSALMS. 


and  profcsswns  of  obedience. 


llcl..  13.  5. 
;Ii.  33.  13. 
1  Ilek.  Matt 


kiSam.7.25. 

I  Ttr.  23. 

m  Tcr.  2.'!.  37. 

W.  IflT.  na, 

l»i,  159. 
i>  r,.  IIK.  4. 


r  i-er.  71.  81, 

117. 
■  Rom.  13.  i. 


thy  statutes;  and  I  shall  kecj)  it  "vn- 
lo  the  end. 

34  ii  Give  me  iindcrstandins,  and  1 
shall  keep  thy  law;  yea,  I  shall  ob- 
serve it  with  nif/  whole  heart. 

.S5  Make  iiic  to  go  in  the  path  of  thy 
commandments  i  for  therein  do  1 
'delis I  I 

.31)  Incline  my  heart  unto  thy  testi- 
monies, and  not  to  i  covctousness. 

37  sfTiini  away  mine  eyes  from 
khcholding  vanity;  and  i quicken 
thou  me  in  thy  way. 

38  establish  thy  word  unto  thy 
servant,  who  is  devoted  to  thy  fear. 

■lO  Turn  away  my  reproach  which 


I  fear:  for  thy  judgments 
40  Behold,  1  have  1  longed  after  thy 


■  good, 
ffer  th: 
*  quicken  me  in  thy  right- 


41  "  Let  thy  mercies  come  also  unto 
me,  O  Loun,  ercn  thy  salvation,  ac- 
cording to  thy  word. 

42  II  So  shall  I  have  wherewith  to 
an.swcr  him  that  reproachetl:  me:  for 
I  trust  in  thy  word. 

4!  And  tivke  not  the  word  of  truth 
utterlv  out  of  my  mouth;  for  I  have 
Imped  in  thy  judgments. 

44  So  shall  I  keep  thy  law  con- 
tinually for  ever  and  ever. 

4.5  And  I  will  walk  fat  liberty:  for 
I  seek  thy  precepts. 

4li  "I  will  speak  of  thy  testimonies 
also  before  kings,  and  will  not  be 
ashamed. 

4'  And  I  will  ^delight  myself  in  thv 
commandments,  which  I  have  loved. 

45  My  hands  al.-^o  will  1  lilt  up  unto 
tliy  euniMiundnients,  which  I  have 
loved;  and  I  will  1  meditate  in  thy 
statutes. 

ZAIS. 

49  Remember  the  word  unto  thy 
servant,  upon  which  thou  hast  caused 
me  to  ^  hope. 

60  This  i.<  my  'comfort  in  my  afflic- 
tion:  for  thy  word  hath  quickened 
me. 

Hi  The  proiid  have  had  mc  greatly 
'in  derision:  yet  have  I  not  "de- 
clined from  thy  law. 

.'i-  I  remembered  thy  judgment.'?  of 
old,  ()  Loisu;  and  have  comforted 
my.^elf. 

!i\  >■  Horror  hath  taken  hold  upon 
me  because  of  the  wicked  that  for- 
6:ike  thy  l:iw. 

.14  Thv  statutes  have  been  my  songs 
in  the  hou.se  of  my  iiilgriuinge. 

■I."*  >  I  have  remembered  thy  name, 
()  I.oiM),  in  tile  night,  and  iiave  kept 
tliy  law. 

i(i  'J'his  I  liad,  because  I  kept  thy 
precepts. 

CHETII. 

."i"  "  Thou  art  my  portion,  O  I.oRD: 
I  have  said  that  I  would  keep  thy 
words. 

■W  I  entreated  thy  t  favour  wilh  viij 
whole  heart:    bo  merciful  unto  me 
*  according  to  thv  word. 
5!^ 


59  I  b  thought  on  my  ways,  and 
turned  my  feet  unto  thy  testinionies. 

UO  I  made  liaste,  and  delayed  not  to 
keep  thy  commandments. 

01  The  II  bands  of  the  wicked  have 
robbed  mc:  but  I  have  not  forgotten 
thy  law. 

OJ  '^At  midnight  I  Avill  rise  to  give 
thanks  unto  thee  because  of  thy 
righteous  judgments. 

(>!  I  am  a  companion  of  all  Ihem  that 
fear  thee,  and  of  them  that  keep  thy 
precepts. 

01  <iThc  earth,  O  I.oim,  is  full  of 
thy  mercy:  'teach  me  thy  statutes. 

TETH. 

G,5  Thou  hast  dealt  well  with  thy 
servant,  O  Loi;D,  according  unto  thy 
word. 

GO  Teach  me  good  judgment  and 
knowledge:  for  I  have  believed  thy 
commandments. 

cr  fUefore  I  was  afflicted  I  went 
astray:  but  now  have  I  kept  thy 
word. 

ftS  Thou  art  Bgood,  and  docst  good: 
li  teach  me  thy  statutes. 

69  The  proud  have  i  forged  a  lie 
against  me:  but  I  will  keep  thy  pre- 
cepts with  my  whole  heart. 

7U  k  Their  heart  is  ns  fat  as  grease: 
bMt  1 1  delight  in  thy  law. 

71  '"It  i>"good  for  me  that  I  have 
been  atllictcd;  that  I  might  learn  thy 
statutes. 

72  °  The  law  of  thy  mouth  is  better 
unto  me  than  thom>auds  of  gold  and 
silver. 

JOD. 

7.'?  "  Thy  liands  hare  made  me  and 
fashioned  me:  I'give  me  understand- 
ing, that  I  may  learn  thy  command- 
ments. 

74  'I  They  that  fear  thee  will  be  glad 
when  they  see  me;  because  ^I  Jiave 
hoped  in  thy  word. 

75  I  know,  O  Lonn,  that  thy  judg- 
ments are  fright,  anA'tliat  thou  in 
faithfulness  hast  attticted  me. 

70  I-et,  I  pray  thee,  thy  merciful 
kindness  be  f  for  my  comfort,  accord- 
ing to  thy  word  unto  thy  servant. 

77  'lA't  thy  tender  mercies  come 
unto  me,  that  I  may  live:  for  "thy 
law  i>  my  delight. 

7S  Let  the  pnmd  ^  bo  ashamed;  'for 
they  dealt  perversely  with  me  with- 
out a  cause:  but  I  will  'meditate  in 
thy  preee]it8. 

79  Let  those  that  fear  thee  turn  unto 
me,  and  these  that  have  known  thy 
testinmuies. 

W)  Let  my  heart  be  sound  in  thy 
statutes;  that  I  be  not  ashamed. 

CAl-ll. 

81  "My  soul  f^iinteth  for  thy  salva- 
tion; tiut  hi  hope  in  thy  word. 

.SJ  "  Mine  eyes  fail  for'thy  word,  say- 
ing, "When  wilt  thou  eonif<irt  me? 

.s.",  Fttr  »'  I  am  become  like  a  bottle 
in  the  smoke;  yet  do  1  not  forget  thy 
statutes. 

S4  '  How  many  arc  the  days  of  thy 


Sundry  prayers,  praises, 


PSALMS. 


a7id  professions  of  obedience. 


2S.  19. 
k  vot.  ». 


M.lt 

ir«t 

21. 31. 
1.55. 

tntb 

^°°,^ 

t"!'lS9 

1. 

tH.-!,. 

33.  25. 

o  Tir.ii.  n.  18. 
pr..  i.i 

qDout.  4.6.8. 
t  I!fh,  .'  i« 
<i.r  mlK  me. 

r2  Tim.  3.  15. 

■  Jolt  32.7,6.9. 


servant?  fwhcn  wilt  thou  execute 
judgment  on  them  that  persecule 
me  ? 

85  E  The  proud  have  digged  pits  for 
me,  which  are  not  after  thy  law. 

80  All  thy  comniandmenta  ore 
t  faithful:  h  they  persecute  me 
i  wrongfully;  help  thou  nie. 

87  They  had  almost  consumed  me 
upon  earth;  but  I  forsook  'lot  thy 
precepts. 

RS  k  Quicken  me  after  thy  loving- 
kindness;  so  shall  I  keep  the  testi- 
mony of  thy  mouth. 

I.A."«EI>. 

80  1  For  ever,  O  Lord,  thy  word  is 
settled  in  heaven. 

'M  Thy  faithfulness  is  tunto  all 
generations  :  thou  hast  established 
the  earth,  and  it  t  abideth. 

91  They  continue  this  day  accord- 
ing to  '"thine  ordinances:  ibr  all  are 
thy  servants. 

92  Unless  °  thy  law  Jiad  been  my 
delights,  I  should  then  have  perisheti 
in  mine  affliction. 

9;3  I  will  never  forget  thy  precepts: 
for  witli  them  thou  hast  quickened 
me. 

94  I  am  thine,  save  me;  for  I  have 
sought  thy  precepts. 

OS  The  wicked  have  waited  for  me 
to  destroy  me:  but  I  will  consider 
thy  testimonies. 

JK)  "  I  have  seen  an  end  of  all  per- 
fection :  but  thy  commandment  is 
exceeding  broad. 

MEM. 

or  O  how  love  I  thy  law!  Tit  is  my 
meditation  all  the  day. 

U.S  Tjiou  through  "thy  command- 
ments hast  made  me '*l  wiser  than 
mine  enemies:  for  fthey  are  ever 
with  me. 

99  I  have  more  understanding  than 
all  my  teachers:  ''ibr  thy  testimonies 
are  my  meditation. 

100  'I  understand  more  than  the 
ancients,  because  I  keep  thy  pre- 
cepts. 

101  I  have  'refrained  my  feet  from 
every  evil  way,  that  I  might  keep 
thy  word. 

102  I  have  not  departed  from  thy 
judgments:  for  thou  hast  tiught  me. 

10.3  "  How  sweet  arc  thy  words  un- 
to my  t  taste !  yea,  sit'ce^er  than  honey 
to  my  mouth. 

104 "  Through  thy  precepts  I  get 
understanding:  therefore  ^I  hate 
every  false  way, 

NUS. 

105  J  Thy  word  is  a  (|  lamp  unto  my 
feet,  and  a  light  unto  my  path. 

lOG  'I  have  sworn,  and  I  will  per- 
form it,  that  I  will  keep  thy  right- 
eous judgments. 

107  I  am  afflicted  very  much : 
"(luicken  me,  O  Lokd,  according 
unto  thy  word. 

108  Accept,  I  beseech  thee,  l'  the  free- 
will offerings  of  my  mouth,  O  LoiiD, 
and  '  teach  me  thy  judgments. 

34 


109  "1  My  soul  IS  continually  in  my 
hand:  yet  do  I  not  forget  thy  law, 

110  ^  The  wicked  have  laid  a  snare 
for  me:  yet  I  f erred  not  from  thy 
precepts. 

111  s  Thy  testimonies  have  I  taken 
as  a  heritage  ibr  ever :  for  I  they 
are  the  rejoicing  of  my  heart. 

112  I  have  inclined  niinc  heart  tto 
perform  tliy  statutes  always,  'even 
unto  the  cuii. 

SAMECH. 

11.3  I  hate  laiii  thoughts:  bui  thy 
law  do  I  love. 

114  k  Thou  art  my  hiding  place  and 
mv  shield:  1 1  hope  in  thy  word. 

'"  1  "'  l)<'part  frtim  nie,ye  evil  doers; 
for  I  will  keep  the  commandments 
of  my  God. 

Ill)  Uphold  mc  according  unto  thy 
word,  that  I  may  live:  and  let  me 
not  "  be  ashamed  of  my  hope. 

117  Hold  thou  me  up,  and  I  shall  be 
safe:  and  I  will  have  respect  unto 
thy  statutes  continually. 

li.S  Thou  hast  trodilcn  down  all 
them  that  "err  from  thy  statutes:  for 
their  deceit  is  falsehood. 

119  Thou  tputtest  awny  nil  the 
wicked  of  the  earth  I"  Itkr  dross : 
therefore  I  love  thy  testimonies. 

120  iMy  flesh  tremblcth  f or  lear  of 
thee;  and  I  am  afraid  of  thy  judg- 
ments. 

121  I  have  done  judgment  and  jus- 
tice: leave  nie  not  to  mine  oppress- 
ors. 

122  Be  'surety  for  thy  scnant  for 
good :  let  not  the  proud" oppress  me. 

"  3  ^  Mine  eyes  fail  for  thy  salva- 
tion, and  tor  the  word  of  tliy  right- 
eousness. 

124  Deal  with  thy  servant  accord- 
ing unto  thy  mercy,  and  'teach  mc 
thy  statutes." 

125  "  I  am  thy  servant ;  give  me 
understanding,  that  I  may  know 
thy  testimonies. 

iL'fi  Jt  !.<  time  for  thee.  Lojin,  to 
work:  for  they  have  made  loid  thy 
law. 

127  ^Therefore  I  love  (hy  com- 
mandments above  gold;  yea,  above 
tine  gold. 

12S  Therefore  I  esteem  all  thy 
precepts  cimrmtittfj  all  Ihivgs  to  be 
right;  ami  1  >  hate  every  false  way. 

PB. 

129  Thy  testimonies  arc  wonderful: 
therefore  doth  my  soul  keep  them. 

]:iO  The  entrance  of  thy  words  piv- 
eth  li;zht;  ^it  giveth  understunding 
unto  the  simple. 

Ml  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  pant- 
cil:  for  1  "longed  fur  thy  command- 
ments. 

1.32  liLook  thou  upon  me,  and  be 
merciful  unto  me,  *  tas  thou  usest 
to  do  unto  those  that  love  thy  name. 

l.'yi  il  Order  my  steps  in  thy  word: 
and  'let  not  aiiy  iniquity  have  do- 
minion over  me, 

529 


Sundry  prayers,  praises, 


PSALMS. 


and  professions  of  obedience. 


HI  Pi.  (19.  9. 
JuUn'^,  17. 


r.  30.  i. 
li.  fr.n/. 


■  Luke  21.  33. 


dJobS.  t. 
I  Or,  Many. 


134  f  Deliver  me  from  the  oppression 
of  man  :  bo  will  I  keep  thy  precepts. 

ISo  s  Make  thy  face  to  shine  upon 
thy  servant  i  and  I'  teach  me  thy 
statutes. 

130  i  Kivcrs  of  waters  run  down  mine 
eyes,  because  they  keep  not  thy 
law. 

TZADDI. 

13"  k  RiRhtcons  art  thou,  O  Lord, 
and  upright  ara  thy  judgments. 

138  I  Tliy  testimonies  that  thou  hast 
ccmmanded  are  1  righteous  and  very 
t  faithful. 

139  '°My  zeal  hath  t  consumed  me, 
because  mine  enemies  have  forgot- 
ten thy  words. 

140  "Thy  word  is  very  fpurc: 
therefore  tny  servant  loveth  it. 

141  I  am  small  and  despised:  yd  do 
not  I  forget  thy  precepts. 

142  Thy  righteou.sness  is  an  ever- 
lasting righteousness,  and  thy  law  is 
"  the  truth. 

143  Trouble  and  anguish  have 
f  taken  hold  on  me:  prt  thy  com- 
mandments are  Pmy  delights. 

144  The  righteousness  of  tliy  testi- 
monies is  everlasting:  'igive  me  un- 
derstanding, and  I  shall  live. 

KOPH. 

145  I  cried  with  my  whole  heart; 
hear  me,  O  Lord:  I  will  keep  thy 
statutes. 

14G  I  cried  unto  thee ;  save  me, 
II  and  I  shall  keep  thy  testimonies. 

147  ''I  prevented  the  dawnini;  of  the 
morning,  and  cried:  '1  hopeain  thy 
word. 

US  'Mine  eyes  prevent  the  night 
watches,  that  I  might  meditate  in 
thy  word. 

14!)  Hear  my  voice  according  un- 
to thy  lovingkindness :  O  Lokd, 
"quickeu  me  according  to  thy  judg- 
ment. 

150  They  draw  nigh  that  follow 
after  mischief:  they  are  far  from  tliy 

I."il  Thou  art  ^near,  O  Loud;  ''and 
all  thy  commandments  are  truth. 

\52  Concerning  thy   testimonies,  I 
have  known  of  old  that  thou  hast 
founded  them  '•  for  ever. 
Ran. 

],5.3  'Consider  mine  affliction,  and 
deliver  me:  for  I  do  not  forget  thy 

1,54  Ii Plead  my  cause,  and  deliver 
me:  ''quicken  me  according  to  tliy 
word. 

155  '1  Salvation  is  far  from  the  wick- 
ed: for  they  seek  not  thy  statutes. 

I.tC  II  Great  are  thy  tender  inercici, 
OLouD:  '(luickcumc  according  to 
thyjudgmcnts. 

Isr  Many  are  my  persecutors  and 
mine  enemies;  j/nt  do  I  not  rdecUiie 
from  thy  testimonies. 

hW  I  beheld  the  transgressors,  and 
Swas  grieved;  because  they  kept  not 
thy  word. 

159  Consider  how  I  love  thy  pre- 
330 


cepts:  b  quicken  me,  O  Lord,  ac- 
cording to  thy  lovingkindness. 

IIJO  t  Thy  word  is  true  from  the  be- 
ginning: and  every  one  of  thy  right- 
eous judgments  endureth  for  ever. 
scHitr. 

Ifll  i  Princes  have  persecuted  me 
without  a  cause :  but  my  heart 
standeth  in  awe  of  thy  word. 

102  I  rejoice  at  thy  word,  as  one 
that  findeth  groat  spoil. 

103  I  hate  and  abhor  lying:  hut  thy 
law  do  I  love. 

lt>4  Seven  times  a  day  do  I  praise 
thee,  because  of  thy  righteous  judg- 
ments. 

I  1IJ5  k  Great  peace  have  they  which 
love  thy  law:  and  t  nothing  shall 
otl'end  them. 

lOfJ  I  Lord,  I  have  hoped  for  thy 
salvation,  and  dune  thy  command- 
ments. 

107  My  soul  hath  kept  thy  testi- 
monies ;  and  I  love  them  exceed- 
ingly. 

lOS  I  have  kept  thy  precepts  and 
thy  testimonies:  ""for  all  my  ways 
are  before  thee. 

TAU. 

109  Let  my  cry  come  near  before 
thee,  O  Lord:  "give  me  under- 
standing according  to  thy  word. 

170  Let  my  supplication  come  be- 
fore thee:  deliver  me  according  to 
thy  word. 

171  "My  lips  shall  utter  praise, 
when  thou  hast  taught  me  thy  stat- 
utes. 

172  My  tongue  shall  speak  of  thy 
word :  for  all  thy  commaudmeutB 
arc  righteousness. 

173  Let  thine  hand  help  mc;  for  PI 
have  chosen  thy  precejit.'?. 

174  II  have  longed  for  thy  salva- 
tion, O  Lord;  and  'thy  law  is  my 
delight. 

175  Let  my  soul  live,  and  it  shall 
praise  thee;  and  let  thy  judgments 
help  me. 

170  "I  have  gone  astray  like  a  lost 
sheep:  seek  thy  servant;  for  I  do 
not  forget  thy  commandments. 

PSALM  CXX. 

I  David  jirayetti  agftintt  Doeg,  3  reprovcth 

Itia  tongue,  5  romptnincth  of  hiit  necea- 

ttiry  converantion  with  the  wicked. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

IN  "my  distress  I  cried  unto  the 
Lord,  and  he  heard  me. 

2  Deliver  my  soul,  ()  I-ord,  from 
lying  lips,  and  from  a  deceitful 
tongue. 

S  II  What  shall  be  given  unto  thee? 
or  what  shall  he  tdone  unto  thee, 
thou  false  tongue? 

4  II  Sharp  arrows  of  the  mighty, 
with  coals  of  juniper. 

,5  Woe  is  me,  that  I  sojourn  in 
ijMesech,  "that  I  dwell  in  the  tents 
of  Kedar! 

/(i  Mv  .soul  hath  long  dwelt  with  him 
(hut  hatetli  peace. 

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PSALMS. 


God's  dcJiverancc  of  the  church. 


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7   I   a)ii    llytir  iioucc:    but  wheu  I 
speak,  they  are  (or  war. 

PSALM  CXXI. 

(f/cff/  y/  (/(c  yodly,  icfto   put 


the: 


e  hills,  from  whence  comcth 
my  help. 

•2  »  My  help  rnmrth  frnm  the  Lord, 
which  ninilc  hca\o!i  nml  earth. 

3  lille  will  not  sutler  tliv  loot  to  lie 
moved:  'he  that  keepctli  thoe  will 
nut  slumber. 

4  Behold,  he  that  kcepcth  Israel 
shall  neither  plumber  nor  sleep. 

5  The  Iaiuu  ?.?  thy  keeper :  the 
LoiiD  is  tlthy  shade  '■upon  thy  right 
hand. 

(i  f  The  sun  Ehall  not  smite  thee  by 
day,  nor  the  moon  by  nisht. 

7  The  LoKi)  shall  preserve  thee 
froni  all  evil :  ho  shall  B  preserve  thy 
soul. 

8  The  Lord  shall  li  preserve  thy 
poin^  out  and  thy  eominjj;  in  from 
this  time  forth,  and  even  for  ever- 
more.) 

-^     rSALM  CXXIL 
1  J}<ivid  professeth  his  juy  for  the  ehttreht 
G  and  prayeth  for  the  peace  thereof, 
A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

TWAS  glad  when  thev  said  unto 
me,  "I-et  us  go  into  the  house  of 
the  I.oiiD. 

2  Our  feet  shall  stand  within  thy 
gates,  O  Jerusalem. 
.S  Jerusalem  is  builded  as  a  city  that 
is  I'compaet  together: 

4  "^  Whither  tlie  tribc)  go  up,  the 
tribes  of  tlie  Loi:ii,  unto  ii  the  testi- 
mony of  Israel,  to  give  thanks  unto 
tlie  name  of  the  Lonn. 

5  "^For  there  tare  set  thrones  of 
.judgment,  the  thrones  of  the  house 
of  l)avid. 

G  f  Prav  for  the  pence  of  .Terusalem: 
thev  shall  prosper  that  love  thee. 

7  I'eace  be  within  thy  walls,  and 
prosperity  within  tliy  palaces. 

8  For  my  brethren  and  eomimnions' 
saUes,  I  will  now  say.  Peace  be  with- 
in thee. 

9  Becau.sc  of  the  house  of  the  Lokd 
our  God  I  will  s  seek  thv  good. 

PSALM  CXXIII. 
1  The  godly  profess  their   confident;  in 
Ov<i,  3  and  pray  to  bo  delivered  J roni 
content  jit. 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

UNTO  thee  "lift  I  up  mine  eves, 
O   thou  bthat  dwellest  in 'tile 
heavens. 

2  Bcliold,  !\s  the  cyc.i  of  servants 
look  unto  the  hand  of  their  musters, 
inid  as  the  eyes  of  a  maiden  unto  the 
hand  of  her  mistress;  so  our  eyes 
I'-nii  upon  the  Lord  our  God,  until 
that  he  have  mercy  upon  us. 

3  Have  mcrey  upon  us,  O  Lord, 
have  mercy  u|X)n  us;  for  we  arc  ex- 
ceedingly filled  with  contempt. 

4  Our  60ul  is  exceedingly  filled  with 


the  seorningof  those  that  are  at  ease, 
and  with  the  contempt  of  the  proud. 

PSALM  CXXIV. 

The  chureh  Ueeaeth  God  for  a  miraculous 

deliverance. 

A  SoDg  of  degrees  of  David. 

Il-^  it  had  not  been  the  IjORD  who 
wa.s  on  our  side,  "  now  may  Israel 
say ; 

2  If  it  had  not  been  the  Lord  who 
was  on  our  side,  when  men  rose  up 
against  us: 

u  Then  they  had  I'  swallowed  ns  up 
quick,  when  their  wratli  was  kindled 
against  us; 

4  Tlien  the  waters  had  overwhelmed 
ns,  the  Btream  liad  gone  over  our 
soul: 

5  Then  the  proud  waters  had  gone 
over  our  soul. 

U  Blessed  le  the  I.OTtn,  who  hath 
not  given  us  as  a,  prey  to  their 
teeth. 

7  Our  soul  is  escaped  'as  a  bird  out 
of  the  snare  ot  the  fowlers:  the  snare 
is  broken,  and  we  are  escaped. 
S  dOur  help  is  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord,  "  who  made  heaven  and  earth. 

PSALM  CXXV. 
1  The  safety  of  such  as  trust  in  God.    4  A 
prayer  for  the  godly,  and  against   the 
tvieked. 

A  Song  of  degreea. 

TnEY  that  trust  in  the  Lord  rhaU 
be  as  mount  Zion,  irtiich  cannot 
be  removed,  hut  nbideth  for  ever. 

2  As  the  mountains  are  round  about 
Jerusalem,  so  the  Lord  ?.s'  round 
about  his  people  from  henceforth 
even  for  ever. 

3  For  "  the  rod  of  t  the  wicked  shall 
not  rest  upon  the  lot  of  the  righteous; 
lest  the  righteous  put  forth  their 
hands  unto  iniquity. 

4  Do  good,  O  LoRi),  unto  (7io.se  that 
be  goon,  and  to  l/iem  that  are  upright 
in  their  hearts. 

5  As  for  such  ns  turn  aside  unto 
their  ti  crooked  ways,  the  I.()RD  shall 
lead  them  forth  with  the  workers  of 
iiu(iuity:  Ivt  ''peace  shall  he  uxjon 
Israel. 

PSALM  CXXVI. 

1  The   church,  celcltrating  her   incrtdihle 

return  out  of  captivity,  4  prayeth  for, 

and  prophcsicth  the  gonl  success  thereof, 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

"\TtTnEN  the  I-ord  f  turned  ngnin 

V  V    the  captivity  of  Zion,  "  wc  were 

like  them  that  dream. 

2  Then  iiwas  our  mouth  filled  with 
laughter,  and  our  tongue  with  sing- 
ing: then  said  they  among  the  hea- 
then. The  Lord  "f  hath  done  great 
things  for  them. 

3  The  Lord  hath  done  great  things 
for  us;  whereof  v,c  are  glad. 

4  Turn  again  our  captivity,  O  Lord, 
ns  the  streams  in  the  south. 

I  5  '  They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap 
lin  lljoy. 

I  <i  lie  thatgoeth  forth  and  weepeth, 
bearing   I  precious  seed,  shall  doubt- 
631 


The  virtue  of  God's  Wessing. 


PSALMS. 


DancCs  zealous  care  of  the  ark. 


«P<.  121.3.  4,/ 

S. 
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less  come  iifjain  "with  rejoieiu^,  brinS" 
ing  liis  shciivcs  witU  him. 

rSALM  CXXVII. 

1   Tht  virtue  of  Ood't  bletting.    3  Good 

cidhlren  arc  hit  gift. 

A  Song  of  degrees  "  for  Solomon. 

EXCKPT  t)ic  Lord  build  the 
Jiousc,  they  labour  in  vain  f  that 
build  it:  except  "tlie  Lord  keep  the 
cit^,  tlic  watchmaa  waketli  iul  in 
vain. 

2  It  ?.^  vain  for  you  to  rise  up  early, 
to  sit  up  late,  to  '» eat  the  bread  of 
sorrows:  /or  so  ho  giveth  his  beloved 
sleep. 

S  Lo,  *■  children  are  a  herit.n{;c  of  the 
Loud:  and  dthe  fruit  of  the  woiub 
IS  his  reward. 

4  As  ari-ows  n?*c  in  the  hand  of  a 
Tnij^lity  man;  so  are  cliildrcii  of  tlic 
youth. 

5  Happy  7S  the  man  that  f  hnth  his 
quiver  full  of  tliem  :  'they  shall  not 
he  nshnmed,  but  they  ||  shall  speak 
with  the  enemies  in  the  pate. 

PSALM  CXXVIII. 

27w  sundry  llaaings  which  fuUow  them 
that  fear  God. 
.\  Song  of  dc^e03. 

T>LESSED  "  13  every  one  that  feor- 
>  eth  the  Lord;  that  walketh  in 
his  w.iys. 

2  I'  l-'ur  thou  shalt  eat  the  labour  of 
thine  hands  :  happy  uliiitt  thou  he, 
and  it  fhtill  he,  well  with  thee. 

.'J  'i'hy  wife  s/iall  fee  *^  as  a  fruitful 
vine  by  the  sides  of  thine  house:  thy 
ehildren  tllike  olive  plants  round 
about  thv  table. 

4  Behold,  that  thus  shall  the  man 
be  blessed  th  it  feareth  the  I.,ori>. 

.5 ''The  LoiC)  shall  bless  thee  ont  of 
Zioii:  and  thou  shalt  see  the  good  of 
Jerusalem  all  the  days  of  thy  life. 

('.  Yea,  thoii  .-.halt  fsce  thy  children's 
children,  and  s  peace  upon  Isr-iel. 
rS.VLM  CXXIX. 

I  A'>  exhrtrt.rlifi,  to  praito  (/od  for  taring 
I, raft  ill  tlieir  great  ajfliclion,.  b  Ttu 
hatcrf  of  the  church  are  carted. 

ASon;ofdc;rocs. 

II  "[Y/FANY  a  time  have  they  nflliclcd 
i*  I.  mc  from  "my  youth,  bmay  Is- 
rael now  say: 

2  Many  a  time  have  thev  afflicted 
me  from  my  youth :  vet  they  have 
not  prevailed  Mj;ainst  liie. 

.".  The  ploiiu'liiTs  plou:;hed  upon  my 
b:irk:  thev  made  Inn-  their  furrows. 

4  The  I,cii!i>  />■  ritrliteous:  he  hath 
cut  asunder  the  cords  of  the  wicked, 

.^  Let  them  all  he  confounded  and 
turned  back  that  hate  Zion. 

II  Let  them  be  as  '  tile  grass  ii/m/i  the 
hiMisetops,  which  withcrcth  aforo  it 
groweth  up: 

7  Wherewith  the  mower  fllleth  not 
his  liand ;  nor  he  that  biudcth  sheaves 
his  bosom. 

H  Neither  do  thev  which  pro  hv  sav, 
•IThe  blessing  (.f  the  J...RiW)e"iipon 
you :  we  bless  you  in  the  namo  of 
the  J>()i;i). 

532 


PS.VLM  CXXX. 

1   The    ptalmlet    profctteth    hit    hope    in 
prayer,  6  and  his  patienre  in  hope.     7 
Ue  ezliorteth  Urael  to  hope  in  OoU. 
A  i-ong  of  degrees. 

OUT  "of  the  depths  have  I  cried 
unto  thee,  O  Lord. 

2  Lord,  hear  my  voice  :  let  thine 
ears  be  attentive  to  the  voice  of  my 
supplications. 

3  i>  If  thou,  Lord,  shouldest  mark 
iniquities,  O  Lord,  who  shall  stand? 

(  4   But   there   is  'forgiveness   with 
I  thee,  that  <!  thou  mayest  be  feared. 

5  'I  wait  for  the  Lord,  my  FOul 
.doth  wait,  and  fin  his  word  do  I 
Ihope. 
G  RMy  soul  vnitelh  fiir  the  Lord 
more  than  they  that  watch  for  the 
morning  :  jj  /  fay,  more  than  they 
that  watch  for  the  morning. 

7  h  Let  Israel  hope  in  tiie  Lord  :  for 
i  with  the  Lord  there  i.<  mercy,  and 
with  him  is  plenteous  redemption. 

8  And  k  he  shall  redeem  Israel  from 
all  his  iuiquities. 

PSALM  CXXXI, 

IDavid,  profetaing  hit  humUili/,3  exhort- 
eth  Itrael  to  hope  in  Ood. 
A  Song  of  degrees  of  David. 

LORD,  my  heart  is  not  haughty, 
nor  mine  eyes  lofty:  "  neither  do 
I  t  exercise  myself  in  great  matters, 
or  in  things  too  t  high  for  me. 
2  Surcl.v  I  have  behaved  and  quiet- 
ed f  myself;')  as  a  child  that  is  weaned 
of  his  "mother:  my  soul  is  even  as  a 
weaned  child. 

o  "Let   Israel   hope  in  the  Lord 
tfrom  henceforth  and  for  ever. 
PSALM  CXXXII. 

I  David  in  hit  prayer  commendcth  unto 
aud  the  religiout  care  he  had  for  the 
ark.  8  Hit  prayer  at  the  removing  of 
the  ark,  11  uiith  a  repetition  of  (iod't 

A  Song  of  degrees. 

TORD,  remember  David,  and  all 
J  his  afflictions: 

2  llow  he  swarc  nnto  the  I^ord, 
"ojir/  vowed  unto  '>tlic  mighty  God 
of Jacob; 

.'i  Surely  I  will  not  come  into  the 
tabernacle  of  my  house,  nor  go  up 
into  my  bed; 

4  I  will  'not  give  sleep  to  mine 
e,ves,  or  slumber  to  mine  e,velids, 

.')  I'litil  I  il  find  out  a  place  for  the 
I/ORD,  fa  habit;ition  for  the  mighty 
(ioit  of  Jacob. 

G  Lo,  we  heard  of  it  'at  F.phratah: 
fwe  found  it  f^'m   the  fields  of  the 

woorl. 

"  Wc  will  go  into  his  talicrnaclcs: 

II  wc  will  worship  at  his  footstool. 

8  i Arise,  O  Lord,  into  thy  rest; 
thou,  and  W  the  ark  of  thy  strength. 

0  Let  thy  priests  i  be  clothed  with 
righteousness  ;  Biiil  let  thy  saints 
shout  for.joy. 

10  For  thy  servant  T>n\-id's  sake  turn 
not  awav  the  face  of  thine  anointed. 

11  "'Tlic  l<oi;i>  hath  sworn  in  truth 


The  eomniunion  of  gaints. 


PSALMS.  Exhortation  to  praise  God. 


n2S.ra.7. 12 

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134.  1. 
bl,«k«2.  37. 


It  10.  is. 
;  Pi  9S.  3.  & 


unto  David;  he  will  not  tuni  from 
it;  "  Of  the  fruit  of  t  thy  body  will  I 
set  upon  thy  throne. 

12  If  thy  children  will  keep  my 
covenant  and  my  testimony  that  I 
shall  teach  them,  their  children  shall 
also  sit  upon  thy  throne  for  ever- 
more. 

13  "For  the  Loim  hath  chosen 
Zion;  he  hath  desired  it  for  his  hab- 
itation. 

14  I*  This  is  my  rest  for  ever:  here 
Pill  I  dwell;  for  I  have  desired  it. 


13  'II  will  Jl  abundantly   bless  her 
provision  :    1  will 
with  bread. 


satisfy  her   poor 


](i  ""  1  will  also  clothe  her  priests 
with  salvation:  'and  her  saints  shall 
shout  aloud  for  joy. 

ir  '  There  will  1  make  the  horn  of 
David  to  bud:  "I  have  ordained  a 
II  lamp  for  mine  anointed. 

18  His  enemies  will  I  ''clothe  with 
shame:  but  upon  himself  shidl  his 
crown  flourish. 

PSALM  cxxxin. 

The  benefit  of  tiLe  communion  of  taint: 
-  A  SoDg  of  degrees  of  David. 

.  TJEHOLD,    how    good    and   how 

0  pleasant  it  is  for  ''brethren  to 
dwell  1  together  in  unity! 

2  It  is  like  ''the  precious  ointment 
upon  the  head,  that  ran  down  upon 
the  beard,  ei'en  Aaron's  beard:  that 
went  down  to  the  skirts  of  his  gar- 
ments; 

.3  As  the  dew  of  ^  Ilermon,  and  as 
the  dew  that  descended  upon  the 
mountains  of  Zion:  for  d  there  the 
LuKD  commanded  the  blessing,  eicn 
life  for  evermore.) 

PSALM  CXXXIV. 

An  czfiortittion  to  btesa  God. 

A  yong  of  degrees. 

BKIIOLD,  bless  ye  the  Lonn, 
"all  ye  servants  of  the  LouT>, 
h  which  by  night  stand  iu  the  house 
of  the  Loitu. 

2  ''Lift  up  vour  hands  |i)V»  the 
sanctuary,  antt  bless  the  Lord. 

3  dThe  LoKD  that  made  heaven 
and  earth  ''  bless  thee  out  of  Ziou. 

PS^VLM  CXXXV. 

1  An  exhortation  to  prai»e  Ood  for  hit 
mercy,  5  for  hit  lower,  8  fi>r  hit  judg- 
mentt.  15  The  v'aniti,  of  iJate,  la  An 
exhortation  to  hlcst  Qod. 

PRAISE  yc  the  Lord.    Praise  ire 
the  nanie  of  the  Lonn;  "praise 
Aim,  O  ye  servants  of  the  LoKD. 

2  liYe  that  stand  in  the  house  of 
the  Lord,  in  'the  courts  of  the 
house  of  our  God, 

3  Praise  the  Lord;  for  dtho  Lord 
18  good:  sing  praises  unto  his  name; 
"for  it  is  pleasant. 

4  For  fthe  Lord  hath  chosen  Ja- 
cob unto  himself,  and  Israel  for  his 
peculiar  treasure. 

5  For  I  know  that  Kthe  Lord  is 
great,  and  that  our  Lord  is  above 
all  gods. 

(i  "AVhatsoever  the  Lord  pleased, 


th:it  did  he  in  heaven,  and  in  earth, 
in  the  seas,  and  all  deep  places. 

7  '  He  causeth  the  vapours  to  as- 
cend from  the  ends  of  the  earth ; 
Lhemaketh  lightnings  for  the  rain; 
he  bringeth  tiie  wind  out  of  his 
'treasuries. 

S  ""AVho  smote  the  firstborn  of 
Lgypt,  i  both  of  man  and  beast. 

y  "  ir/(0  sent  tokens  and  wonders 
into  the  midst  of  thee,  O  Egypt,  "  up- 
on Pharaoh,  and  upon  all  his  serv- 
ants. 

10  i*  AVTio  smote  great  nations,  and 
slew  mighty  kings; 

11  Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites,  and 
Og  king  of  Bashan,  and  lall  the 
kingdoms  of  Canaan: 

12  ""  And  gave  their  land  for  a  herit- 
age, a  heritage  unto  Ismel  his  peo- 
ple. 

13  '  Thy  name,  O  Lord,  endurelh 
forever;  and  thy  memorial,  OLoitu, 
f  throughout  alt  generations. 

14  'For  the  Lord  will  .judge  his 
people,  and  he  will  repent  himself 
concerning  his  servants. 

15  "  The  idols  of  the  heathen  are 
silver  and  gold,  the  work  of  men's 
hands. 

1<)  They  have  mouths,  but  they 
speak  not;  e}'es  have  they,  but  they 
see  not; 

ir  They  have  c.nrs,  but  they  hear 
not;  neither  is  there  any  breath  iu 
their  months. 

IS  They  that  make  them  are  like 
unto  them  :  so  is  every  one  that 
trusteth  in  them. 

la  "Bless  tlie  Lord,  O  house  of 
Israel:  bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of 
Aaron : 

20  Bless  the  Lord,  O  house  of 
Levi:  ye  that  fear  the  Lord,  bless 
the  Lord. 

21  Blessed  be  the  Lord  Jont  of 
Zion,  which  dwelUth  at  Jerusalem. 
Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALiM  CXXXVL 

An  exhortation  to  give  thankt  to  God  for 

particular  mcrcica. 

O'GIVE  thanks  unto  the  Lord; 
for  he  is  good:  bfbr  his  mercy 
cndureth  for  ever. 

2  O  give  thanks  unto 'the  Ood  of 
gods:  for  his  mercy  endurvth  for  ever. 

3  O  give  thanks  to  the  Lord  of 
lords  :  for  his  mercy  cndureth  for 
ever. 

4  To  him  d  who  alone  doeth  great 
wonders:  for  his  mercy  en(/iicefA  for 
ever. 

5  "^  To  him  that  by  wisdom  made 
the  heavens :  for  his  mercy  cndureth 
for  ever. 

G  fTo  him  that  stretched  out  the 
earth  above  the  wattrs  :  for  his 
mercy  cndureth  for  ever. 

7  i^To  him  that  made  great  lights: 
for  his  mercy  cndureth  for  ever: 

8  li  The  sun  t  to  rule  by  day :  for  his 
mercy  endnreth  for  ever: 

9  The  moon  and  stars  to  rule  by 

533 


The  Jews'  constancy  in  captivity.       PSALMS. 


David's  confidence  in  God. 


a  Ei.  11.  21. 
ri.  73.  13. 


nK..  11.  27, 
Pi    IJo.  9. 

tlleb- 
,Ut,d  ojr. 

Q  Ei.  13.  18.  & 


rNara.  21.21. 

•  Nam. 21.  33. 

t.f<.,h.  12.  1. 
»■«.  VM.  12. 


iii^ht :  for  liia  mercy  cndxirejh  for 
ever. 

10  '  To  liini  that  smote  Ksypt  in 
their  firsthorn:  for  liis  mercy  eiidur- 
elh  for  ever: 

11  k  Anrl  brought  out  Israel  from 
nmoiis  them;  lor  his  mercy  eudureth 
for  ever; 

JJt  1  With  a  strong  hand,  and  with  a 
strctclied  out  arm;  fur  his  murey  cn- 
dureth  for  ever. 

l.i '"  To  him  which  divided  the  Red 
sea  into  parts;  tor  his  mercy  ciidur- 
eth  for  ever: 

14  And  made  Israel  to  pass  through 
tlie  midst  of  it;  for  his  mercy  eudur- 
eth for  ever: 

15  "But  1  overthrew  Pharaoh  and 
his  host  in  the  Red  sea:  for  liis  mer- 
cy endftreth  tor  ever. 

ili  "To  him  whiclx  led  his  people 
throujrh  tlie  wilderness:  for  his  mer- 
cy endiireth  for  ever. 

17  ''To  him  which  smote  great  kings: 
for  his  mercy  eiidurclh  for  ever; 

IS  '1  And  slew  famous  kings;  for  liis 
mercv  endureth  for  ever: 

19  ■'Sihon  king  of  the  Amorites;  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever; 

■JO  »  And  Og  the  kingof  Bashan:  for 
his  mercy  endureth  for  ever: 

^Jl  ^  And  gave  their  land  for  a  herit- 
age: lor  liis  mercy  endureth  for  ever: 

'22  Eren  a  heritage  unto  Israel  liis 
servant:  for  his  mercy  endureth  lor 
ever. 

2.3  Who  "  remembered  us  in  our  low 
estate :  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever; 

24  And  hath  redeemed  us  from  our 
enemies;  for  his  mercy  c«</«/'e/A  for 
ever. 

25  ''Who  giveth  food  to  all  flesh; 
for  his  mercy  endureth  for  ever. 

20  O  give  thanks  unto  the  God  of 
heaven:  for  his  mercy  endureth  for 
ever. 

PSALM  CXXXVII. 

1   The  conatmirij  of  tlie  Jews  in  ciipllvil!/. 

7  Tim  ]>roj>hct  curtctll  Jidom  and  liabel. 

r>  Y  tlie  rivers  of  Babylon,  tliere  we 
y  sat  down,  yea,  we  wept,  when 
we  romeTn(>ere(I  Zion. 

2  We  hanged  our  harps  upon  tlie 
willows  in  the  midst  thereof 

3  For  there  tliey  that  carried  us 
away  captive  re(iuired  of  us  fa  song  ; 
and  they  that  t  ■*  wasted  us  required 
of  us  ninth,  fai/ing.  Sing  us  one  of 
the  songs  of  Zion. 

4  How  shall  we  sing  the  LOBU's 
song  in  a  \  strange  land  '! 

5  If  I  forget  thee,  O  .lerusalem,  let 
iny  right  hand  forget  Air  cunuimi. 

ti  If  1  do  not  remember  thee,  let  my 
l»  tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  my 
moufli  ;  if  1  prefer  not  Jerusalciia 
above  tmy  chief  joy 

7  Remember,  O  I.OBD,  'the  chil- 
dren of  Edom  in  the  day  of  Ji-rusa- 
lem  :  who  said,  1  Rase  i/,  raso  it,  eren 
to  tlie  foundation  tlureol. 

a  O  daughter  of  Habjiou,  i  who  art 
5^^ 


to  be  t  destroyed:  happy  .«A«/^  he  he, 
t "  that  rewardeth  thee  as  thou  hast 
served  us. 

y  Happy  shall  lie  he,  that  taketh  and 
f  dasheth  thy  little  ones  against  flhe 
stones. 

.  Jer.  so.  1.5.  23.  Kcv.  It.  6.    fid.  13.  18.     t  Hcl>.  Ih 

P.SALM  CXXXVUI. 

1  David  praitcth  Gad  fur  the  truth  of  hit 

word.     4  lie  jjropheaieth  that  the  kings 

of  the  earth  ahatl  praise  Ood.    1  Ue  pro. 

fealeth  liie  confidence  in  God. 

A  Ptatm  of  David. 

I  WILL  praise  thee  with  my  whole 
heart:  •*  before  the  gods  will  I  sing 
praise  unto  thee. 

2  i>  I  will  worship  '^  toward  thy  holy 
temple,  and  praise  thy  name  for  thy 
lovingkindness  and  for  thv  truth  ; 
for  thou  hast  i  magnilied  t'hy  word 
above  all  thy  name. 

o  In  the  day  when  I  cried  thou  an- 
sweredst  me,  am/  strengthenedst  me 
with  strength  in  my  soul. 

4  "^  All  the  kings  of  the  earth  shall 
praise  thee,  O  Lord,  when  they  hear 
the  words  of  thy  mouth. 

5  Yea,  they  shall  sing  in  the  ways 
of  the  Lord:  for  great  is  the  glory  of 
the  Lord. 

I  (>  f  Though  the  Lord  le  high,  vet 
Phath  he  respect  unto  the  lowly;  but 
the  iiioud  he  kiinweth  afar  off. 

7  k  Thougli  I  walk  in  the  midst  of 
trouble,  thou  wilt  revive  me:  thou 
slialt  stretch  forth  thine  hand  against 
the  wrath  of  mine  enemies,  and  thy 
right  hand  shall  save  me. 

8  i  The  Lord  will  perfect  rtn*  ichiek 
eoncerneth  me:  thy  mercy,  O  Lord, 
endureth  for  ever:  kforsa"kc  not  the 
works  of  thine  own  hands. 

PSALM  CXXXIX. 
1  David   praitelh  God  for   hie   allsecinff 

providence.  17  nru(  for  hia  iitfiriile  iiifr- 

cict.     I'J  Jle  (I.Hc/h  the  wicked.    TS  He 

pr.uirlhfor  si.icti-ify. 

To  the  cUiof  Musician.  .\  Paalra  of  David. 
^/  \  I-ORD,  "thou  hast  searched  me, 
V  r  and  known  me. 

2  I'Thou  knowest  my  downsitting 
and  mine  uprising  ;  tliou  ^  under- 
standest  my  thought  afar  off. 

.'J  J  Thou  |i  eniiiiKissest  my  path  and 
mv  Iviiig  down,  and  art  aciiuainted 
tnth  all  my  ways. 

4  For  there  i<  nut  a  word  in  my 
tongue,  hut.  1<1.  O  Loud,  "'thou 
knowest  it  nltopether. 

5  Thou  hast  Iiim  t  me  behind  and 
before,  and  laid  thine  hand  upon  me. 

i;  1  6'uc/i  knowledge  is  too  wonderful 
tor  me  ;  it  is  liigh,  I  cannot  o»(«iii 
unto  it. 

7  e  Whither  (.hall  I  go  from  thy 
.'Spirit  ?  or  whither  shall  1  flee  from 
thy  presence  ? 

K  li  If  I  ascend  '.ip  into  heaven,  thou 
tirt  there  :  i  it  I  make  mv  bed  in  hell, 
beholil,  thou  art  there 

'.>  Ill  take  the  wings  of  the  morning, 
iind  dwell  iu  the  Uttermost  poita  of 
the  seu  i 


GoiFg  allseeinff  providence. 


PSALMS. 


David's  prayer  for  himself. 


II  en.  0. 4 
1.  i.  21. 


f  Pi  is.  7.  i 

C7.  C.  i[  119. 
110.  Jt  Ul.9. 
J.r.  18. 2i 


10  Even  there  shall  thy  hand  lead 
me,  and  thy  right  hand  shall  hold 
nic. 

U  Ifl  say.  Surely  the  darkncs.9  shall 
cover  me;  even  the  night  eliall  he 
light  about  me. 

12  Yea,  k  the  darkness  fhidctli  not 
from  thee;  but  the  night  shineth  as 
the  day :  f  the  darkness  and  the  light 
are  both  alike  to  thee. 

Vi  For  thou  hast  possessed  my  reins: 
thou  hast  covered  me  in  my  mother's 
womb. 

U  I  will  praise  thee;  for  I  am  fear- 
fully ami  wonderfully  made:  mar- 
vellous ore  thy  works;  and  that  my 
soul  knoweth  "f  right  well. 

15  I  Jly  II  substance  was  not  hid  from 
thee,  when  I  was  made  in  secret,  ami 
curiously  wrought  in  the  lowest  parts 
of  the  earth. 

IG  Thine  eyes  did  see  my  sub- 
stance, yet  being  unperfect;  and  in 
thy  book  f  all  inn  vti'inticrs  were  writ- 
ten, II  whirlL  in  continuance  were 
fashioned,  when  as  yet  there  was 
none  iif  them. 

ir  '"  How  precious  also  nre  thy 
thoughts  unto  me,  O  God  I  how 
great  is  the  smn  of  them  I 

18  ^'I  should  count  them,  they  are 
more  in  number  thou  the  sand: 
when  I  awake,  I  am  still  with  thee. 

19  Surely  thou  wilt  "slay  the  wick- 
ed, O  God:  "depart  froni  me  there- 
fore, ye  bloody  men. 

LH)  lor  they  ''speak  against  thee 
wickedly,  and  thine  enemies  take 
thii  name  in  vain. 

L'l  iDo  not  1  liato  them,  O  I-onn, 
that  hate  thee?  and  am  not  I  grieved 
with  those  that  rise  up  against  thee? 

:i:i  I  hate  them  with  perfect  hatred: 
I  count  thorn  mine  enemies. 

23  'Search  me,  O  God,  and  know 
my  heart:  try  me,  and  know  my 
thoughts: 

24  And  sec  if  there  be  any  t  wicked 
way  in  me,  and  '  lead  me  in  the  way 
cvcrlastiugJ 

PSALM  CXL. 
1  David  i^rat^eth  to  le  (ietiiercd  from  Saul 
a»it  Doeg.     B  lU  prayeth  a'jainnt  tfigm. 
1-J  lie  comfurlith  Mm,df  ly  ajnfidcncc 
in  Ood. 
To  tl.c  cliicf  Musician,  A  Pialm  of  David. 

DELIVER  me,  O  Lord,  from  the 
evil  man:   "preserve  me  from 
the  t  violent  man; 

2  Which  imagine  mischiefs  in  their 
heart;  hcontinually  are  they  gather- 
ed together^bc  war. 

3  They  have  sharpened  their 
tongues  like  a  serpent ;  ^  adders' 
poison  is  under  their  lips.     Selah. 

4  <i  Keep  me,  O  Loud,  from  the 
hands  of  the  wicked;  ^preserve  me 
from  the  violent  man;  who  have 
purposed  to  overthrow  my  goings. 

SfThe  proud  have  hida  snare  for 
me,  and  cords;  they  liave  spread  a 
net  by  the  way  side;  they  have  set 
I  gins  for  me.    Selah. 


G  I  said  unto  the  LOKD,  Thou  art 
my  God:  hear  the  voice  of  my  sup- 
plications, O  Lord. 

7  O  Goi)  the  Lord,  the  strength  of 
my  salvation,  thou  hast  covered  my 
head  in  the  day  of  battle. 

H  Grant  not,  0  Loitn,  the  desires  of 
the  wicked:  further  not  his  wicked 
device;  ||  s^cs^thcy  exalt  themselves. 
Selah. 

"J  As  for  the  head  of  those  that  com- 
pass me  about,  li  let  the  mischief  of 
their  own  lips  cover  them. 

10  iLet  burning  coals  fall  upon 
them:  let  them  be  cast  into  the  tire; 
into  deep  pits,  that  they  rise  not  up 
again. 

11  Let  not  f  II  an  evil  speaker  be  es- 
tablished in  the  earth :  evil  shall  hunt 
the  violent  man  to  overthrow  hin\. 

12  I  know  that  the  LoKD  will 
k  maintain  the  cause  of  tlie  atHicjed, 
and  the  right  of  the  poor. 

13  Surely  the  righteous  shall  give 
thanks  unto  tliy  name:  the  upright 
shall  dwell  in  thy  presence. 

PSALM  CXLI. 

1  David  pruycth  that  fiiK  »uit  may  ba  af- 

ccplatile,  :i  Ma  couacienre  tincerc,  7  a»,/ 

hialifc>afe.from,imrca. 

A  Psalm  ot  DaviJ. 

LORD,  I  cry  unto  thee:  "moke 
haste  unto  me;  give  ear  unto 
my  voice,  when  I  cry  unto  thee. 
•J  Let  bmy  prayer  be  fset  forth 
before  thee  *' as  incense;  and  ri  the 
lining  up  of  my  hands  as  *'  the  even- 
ing sacrifice. 

3  Set  a  watch,  O  Lonn,  before  my 
mouth;  keep  the  door  of  my  lips. 

4  liu'line  not  iiiv  heart  to  dj/i/evil 
thing,  to  practise  wicked  works  with 
men  thutwurk  initiuity:  fandlctme 
not  eat  of  their  dainties. 

5  6||Let  the  righteous  smite  me; 
it  shall  be.  a  kindness:  and  let  him 
reprove  me;  it  shall  ie  nn  excellent 
oil,  u7iiWi  shall  not  break  my  head: 
for  yet  my  prayer  also  shall  to  in 
their  calamities. 

G  When  their  judges  ore  over- 
thrown in  stony  places,  they  shall 
hear  my  words;  for  the^'  are  sweet. 

7  Our  bones  are  scattered  li  at  the 
grave's  mouth,  as  when  one  cutteth 
and  cleaveth  wood  uixin  the  earth. 

S  But  inline  eyes  «re  unto  thee,  O 
Goi)  the  Lord:  in  Iheo  is  my  trust; 
t  leave  not  mv  soul  destitute. 

0  Keep  me  from  k  the  snares  which 
thev  have  laid  for  me,  and  the  gins 
of  tlic  workers  of  inittiiitv. 

10  ILct  the  wicked  full  into  their 
own  nets,  whilst  that  I  withal  t es- 
cape. 

PSALM  CXLIL 
David  thewcth  (/...(  in  Ha  IrviMc  alt  /lia 

conifurt  Jvite  in  prayer  unto  God. 

*  u  MascLil  of  Davitl ;  A  Prajer  *  itLcq  Lo  voa 

ill  the  cave. 

T  CRIED  unto  the  Lonn  with  my 
voice;    with  my  voice  unto  th*e 
LoRP  did  I  mitke  mv  supplication. 
"o36 


David  eomplaineth  of  his  griefs.         PSALMS. 


He  prayeth  for  deliverance. 


It.  2lf.  1». 
IPi.  113.  1. 
rTt.  HO.  5.    , 
J  P».  V).  20.   / 
■  Or.  loot       I 

„,,  a,  r,.jht' 

cPi  31.  11.  & 

m  8.  IS. 

+  H*b.  ytr. 


57. 

Liun.  3.  21. 
hr4.  27.  13. 
j  r..  110.  0. 
k  Vt.  31.  2. 
I  Pi.  U.  V.  & 

119. 17. 


P..  SS.  1. 
i  B»«  P..  1(1.  5. 
k  P..  5.  8. 
1 1'a.  23.  1. 


I  poured  out  my  compl.iint  be- 
fore hiin;  I  shewed  before  him  my 
trouble. 

3  b  When  my  spirit  was  overwhelm- 
ed  within  iiic,   then  thou    kncwest 

path.  '^In  the  way  wherein  I 
walked  have  they  privily  laid  a  snare 
for  me. 

4  il  II I  looked  on  my  right  hand,  and 
beheld,  but  "  Ihere  %cas  no  man  that 
would  know  me  :  refuge  t  failed  me ; 
t  no  man  cared  for  my  soul. 

5  I  cried  unto  thee,  0  Lord:  I  said, 
f  Thou  art  my  refuge  and  Smy  por- 
tion bin  the  land  of  the  living. 

(J  Attend  unto  my  cry;  ibr  I  am 
i brought  very  low:  deliver  me  from 
my  persecutors;  for  they  are  strong- 
er than  I. 

7  Bring  my  soul  out  of  prison,  that 
I  may  praise  thy  name:  kthe  riglit- 
eous  shall  compass  me  about;  Ifor 
thou  shalt  deal  bountifully  with  ine. 

PSALM  CXLIIL 

1  David  prayeth  for  favour  in  judymcnt. 
'A  He  eomplaineth  of  hia  griefs.  6  He 
ttrengtheneth  hie  faith  by  meditation 
and  prayer.  7  He  prayeth  for  grace,  9 
for  deliueranee,  W  for  eanetiftcation,  12 
for  destruction  of  hia  enemies. 
A  Psalm  of  David. 

HEAR  my  prayer,  O  Lokd,  give 
ear  to  my  supplications:  "in  thy 
faithfulness  answer  me,  and  in  thy 
righteousness. 

2  And  1) enter  not  into  judgment 
with  thy  servant:  for  "^  in  thy  sight 
shall  no  man  living  be  justified. 

3  For  the  enemy  hath  persecuted 
my  soul;  he  hatli  smitten  my  life 
down  to  the  ground;  he  hath  made 
me  to  dwell  in  darkness,  as  those  that 
liave  been  long  dead. 

4  <l  Therefore  is  ray  spirit  over- 
whelmed within  me;  my  heart  with-i 
in  me  is  desolate. 

5  "^I  remember  the  days  of  old;  I 
meditate  on  all  thy  works;  I  muse  on 
the  work  of  thy  hands. 

(!  fl  stretch  forth  my  hands  unto 
thee:  K  my  soul  thirstcth  alter  thee, 
as  a  thirsty  land.     Selah. 

7  Hear  mo  speedily,  OLord;  my 
spirit  failcth :  hide  not  thy  face  from 
me,  li  11  lest  I  be  like  unto  them  that 
go  down  into  the  pit. 

8  Cause  me  to  hear  thy  lovingkind- 
ness  iin  the  morning;  fur  in  thee  do 
I  trust:  t  cause  me  to  know  the  way 
wherein  I  should  walk;  for  II  lift  up 
my  soul  unto  thee. 

y  Deliver  me,  O  Lop.d,  ftom  mine 
enemies:  I  t  Ice  unto  thee  to  hide 
me. 

10  ""Teach  mo  to  do  thy  will;  for 
thou  art  my  God:  "t'.iv  Spirit  lo 
good;  lead  mo  into  "  the  laud  of  up- 
rightness. 

11  I' Quicken  me,  O  Lord,  for  thy 
name's  sake:  for  thy  righteousness' 
sake  bring  my  soul  out  of  trouble. 

IJ  And  of  thy  mercy  1  cut  off  mine 
enemies,  and  destroy  all  them  that 
63o 


afflict  my  soul:  for  "■!  am  thy  serv- 
ant. 

PSALM  CXLIV. 

1  David  blcsseth  God  for  his  mere]/  both  to 
him  and  lo  men.  5  He  prayeth  that  Ood 
loould  powerfully  deliver  him  from  his 
cjiemiee.  0  He  promiseth  to  praise  God. 
11  He  prayeth  for  the  happy  state  of  the 
kingdom. 

A  Psalm  of  David. 

BLESSED  be  the  Lord  fmy 
strength,  "which  teacheth  my 
hands  t '"  war,  ami  my  lingers  to 
Hght: 

2  ii||  My  goodness,  and  my  fortress; 
my  hij^n  tower,  and  my  deliverer; 
my  shield,  and  he  in  whom  I  trust; 
who  subdueth  my  people  under  me. 

3  'Lord,  what  is  man,  that  thou 
takest  knowledge  of  him!  or  the  son 
of  man,  that  thou  makest  account  of 
him! 

4  il  Man  is  like  to  vanity:  'his  days 
are  as  a  shadow  that  passcth  away. 

5  fBow  thy  heavens,  O  Lord,  and 
come  down:  e touch  tho  mountains, 
and  they  shall  smoke. 

G  11  Cast  forth  lightning,  and  scatter 
them :  shoot  out  thine  arrows,  and 
destroy  them. 

7  i  Send  thine  thand  from  above; 
krid  me,  and  deliver  me  out  of  great 
waters,  from  the  hand  of  1  strange 
children; 

8  Whose  mouth  ■"  spciiketh  vanity, 
and  their  right  hand  is  a  right  hand 
of  falsehood. 

U  I  will  "  sing  a  new  song  unto  thee, 

0  God:  upon  a  psaltery  tiiiil  an  in- 
strument of  ten  strings  will  I  sing 
praises  unto  thee. 

10  "It  is  he  that  giveth  ||  salvation 
unto  kings:  who  delivercth  David 
his  servant  from  the  hurtful  sword. 

11  I' Rid  me,  and  deliver  me  from 
the  hand  of  strange  children,  whose 
mouth  si)eaketh  vanity,  and  their 
right  hand  ii  a  right  liaud  of  false- 
hood : 

12  That  our  sons  viai/  ftc  las  plants 
grown  up  in  tlu-ir  youth;  thiit  our 
daughters  imti/  be  a's  corner  stones, 
t  polished  niter  the  similitude  of  a 
palace: 

l.'i  Tliat  our  garners  mmj  be  ftiU,  af- 
fording tall  manner  of  store;  that 
our  sheep  may  brin^  forth  thousands 
and  ten  thou.^ands  m  our  streets: 

14  Y'/ia<  our  oxen  iimi/lio  <  strong  to 
labour;  that  there  be  no  breaking  in, 
nor  going  out;  that  there  be  no  com- 
plaining in  our  streets. 

1.')  'Happy  IS  that  people,  that  is  in 
such  a  case:  j/rii,  happy  is  that  peo- 
ple, whose  God  is  tiie  Lord. 
PSALM  CXLV. 

1  David  praiseth  God  for  his  fame.  Sfor 
his  goodness.  U  for  his  kin.jdom.  H  for 
his  providence,  U  for  his  saving  mercy. 

David's  kP«a/>n  of  praiso. 

rWILL  extol  thee,  my   God,  O 
King;  and  I  will  bless  thy  name 
fur  ever  and  ever. 


David  extolleth  God's  goodness. 


PSALMS. 


God  only  is  to  be  trusted. 


b  Pi.  <«!.  4.  & 
U7.  J. 
t  Hcb.  anj  o/ 


Koiii.  11.  33. 
dIvSS.  19. 
t  Heb.tAin^f, 


1  ri.  130.  25. 
mPi.  IM.21. 

Il  111.  9. 


2  Every  clay  will  I  bless  thee;  niiil  I 
will  praise  thy  name  fur  ever  and 
ever. 

.'!  i>  Great  i-  the  LORi>,  and  greatly 
to  be  praised;  f  and  "^  his  greatness  is 
unsearchable. 

4  d  One  generation  shall  prais?  thy 
works  to  another,  and  shall  declare 
thy  mighty  acts. 

5  I  will  speak  of  the  slorions  honour 
of  thy  majesty,  and  of  thy  wondrous 
t  works. 

G  And  me7i  shall  speak  of  the  mifrht 
of  thy  terrible  acts:  and  I  will  fde- 
clare  thy  greatness. 

7  They  shall  abundantly  utter  the 
memory  of  thy  great  goodness,  and 
shall  sing  of  thy  righteousness. 

8  "The  LoKD  is  graciour  and  full 
of  compassion ;  slow  to  anger,  and 
t  of  great  mercy. 

9  fThe  LoKU  is  good  to  all:  and 
his  tender  mercies  ure  over  all  his 
works. 

10  s  All  thy  works  shall  praise  thee, 
O  LoKD;  and  thy  saints  shall  bless 
thee. 

U  They  shall  speak  of  the  glory  of 
thy  kingdom,  and  talk  of  thy  power; 

li  To  make  known  to  the  sons  of 
men  his  mighty  acts,  and  the  glori- 
ous maiesty  of  his  kingdom. 

1'?  h  Thy  Icin^dom  is  t  an  everlasting 
kingdom,  and  thy  dominion  ciuiur- 
ctli  throu<rhout  all  generations. 

14  The  LuiiD  upholdeth  all  that 
fall,  and  i  raisetU  up  all  tliuse  that  be 
bowed  down. 

15  k  The  eyes  of  all  ||  wait  upon  thee; 
and  1  thou  givcst  them  their  meat  in 
due  season. 

IG  Thou  openest  thine  hand,  ™and 
satisfiest  the  desire  of  every  living 
thing, 

IT  The  Lord  is  righteous  in  all  his 
ways,  and  ||  holy  in  all  his  works. 

18  "  The  LOKO  is  nigh  unto  all  them 
that  call  upon  him,  to  all  that  call 
upon  him  "in  truth. 

11)  lie  will  fulfil  the  desire  of  them 
that  fear  him:  he  also  will  hear  their 
erv,  and  will  save  them. 


will  he  destroy. 

•Jl  My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise 
of  the  l.ouD:  and  let  nil  flesh  blesa 
his  holy  name  for  ever  and  ever. 

PSALM  CXLVI. 
1   The  pgatiniHt  vuwet/i  perpetual  prainea 

to  Gud.    3  Ha  exhorteth  not  to  trust  in 

man.      5    Oo:l,  for   hia   power,  Juttiee. 

•merer/,  and  kingdom,  is  only  worthy  to 

be  trusted. 
f  "PRAISE  yc  the  Loud.    "Praise 

X    the  Loud,  O  my  soul. 

2  1) 'While  I  live  will  I  praise  the 
Lord:  I  will  sing  praises  unto  my 
God  while  I  have  any  being. 

3  '  Put  not  your  trust  in  princes,  nor 
in  the  son  oV  man,  in  whom  there  is 
no  (I  help. 

4  J  Llis  breath  yoeth  forth^he  rctum- 


etli  to  his  earth  ;  in  that  very  day 
*■  his  thoughts  perish. 

5  I  Happy  is-  he  that  hath  the  God  of 
Jacob  lor  his  help,  whose  hope  is  in 
the  Lord  his  God: 

G  s  Which  made  heaven,  and  earth, 
the  sea,  and  all  that  therein  is :  which 
kecpctli  truth  for  ever: 

7  I"  Which  executeth  judgment  for 
the  oppressed:  >  which  giveth  food  to 
the  hungry.  k  The  Lord  looseth 
the  prisoners: 

8  1  The  Lord  openeth  the  ejien  o/thc 
blind:  ™  the  Lord  raiseth  them  that 
are  bowed  down:  the  LuRU  loveth 
the  righteous: 

U  "'Ihe  Lord  prcserveth  the  stran- 
gers; he  relieveth  the  fatherless  and 
widow:  "  but  the  way  of  the  wicked 
he  turneth  upside  down. 
10  I'  The  Lord  shall  reign  for  ever, 
eren  thy  God,  O  Zion,  unto  alt  gen- 
erations.   Praise  ye  the  Lord. 

PSALM  CXLVII. 
1  The  prophet  ezhorteth  to  praxae  God  for 
hia  cure  of  the  church,  4  (it«  jjoK'cr,  0 
and  hie  mercy  :  7  to  praiee  him  for  hie 
providence :  12  to  praiae  him  for  hie 
Iteeeinffa  upon  the  kingdom,  15  for  hie 
power  over  the  ineteora,  VJ  aiid  for  hit 
ordinances  in  the  church. 

PR.USE  ye  the  Lord:  for  "it  is 
good  to  sing  praises  unto  our 
God:  b  for  it  is  pleasant;  and  *  praise 
is  comely. 

2  The  Lord  doth  J  build  up,Terusa- 
lem:  "^  he  gnthereth  together  the  out- 
casts of  Israel. 

Sfllehealeth  the  broken  in  heart, 
and  bindeth  up  their  +  wounds. 

4  K  He  telleth  the  numlier  of  the 
stars  ;  he  calleth  them  all  by  their 
names. 

5  li  Great  is  our  Lord,  and  of  igrcat 
power:   f  k  his  understanding  is  iu- 


liin 


ite. 

G  'The  Lord  lifteth  np  the  meek: 
he  castcth  the  wicked  down  to  the 
ground. 

7  Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  thanks- 
giving ;  sing  praise  upon  the  harp 
unto  our  God: 

8  '"  Who  covcreth  the  heaven  with 
clouds,  who  preparcth  rain  for  the 
earth,  who  m.aketh  grass  to  grow 
upon  the  mountains. 

y  "  lie  giveth  to  the  beast  his  food, 
anil  "  to  the  voung  ravens  which  cry. 
10  P  He  delighteth  not  in  the  strength 
of  the  horse:  he  takctli  not  pleasure 
in  the  legs  of  a  man. 
I  11  The  Lord  taketh  pleasure  in 
them  that  fear  him,  in  tliose  that 
(hope  in  his  mercy. 

12  Praise  the  Lord,  O  Jerusalem; 
praise  thy  God,  O  Zion. 

13  For  he  hath  strengtheneil  the 
bars  of  thy  gates;  he  hath  blessed 
thy  children  within  thee. 

14  t ''  He  maketh  peace  in  th  v  bor- 
ders, an'/ ■■  (illcth  thee  with  the  f  finest 
of  the  wheat. 

15 '  He  sendeth  forth  his  command- 
537 


Exhortations  to  praise  God. 


PROVERBS. 


Exhortations  to  praise  God. 


1.1  Kill.  (1.27. 


•r<  as.  .17.  & 

11').  Wl.!ll, 
J.T.31. 3.5.30. 

II,  o.  w. 

f  I'.   147.  15 
— 1». 
Ii  I..  44.  •a.  k 


ment  vpnn  earth:  his  word  runneth 
very  swiUl.v. 

10  'He  (;iveth  snow  like  wool:  he 
seatteretli  t!ie  hoar  f'ro.st  like  ashes. 

17  He  casteth  fiirtli  his  ice  like  mor- 
sels: who  can  stand  before  his  cold? 

IS  "  He  seniietli  out  his  word,  and 
nieltetli  them:  he  causeth  his  wind 
to  blow,  and  the  waters  flow. 

HI  "  He  sheweth  t  his  word  unto  Ja- 
cob, J  his  statutes  and  his  judgments 
unto  Israel. 

•JO  '^  Ho  liatli  not  dealt  so  with  any 
nation  :  and  as  for  his  judgments, 
they  have  not  known  them.  Praise 
ye  the  LoiiD. 

rS.VLM  CXI.VIII. 

1   The  paalmisi  exiiorteth  the  ceUatial,  7 

the  t^rrealriaUU  and  the  ratiunal  creat- 

tl)R.VISE  ye  the  Lonn.     Praise 
1     ye  the  l.,ORri  from  tlie  heavens: 
praise  him  in  tlie  heights. 

2  "Praise  ye  him.  all  his  angels: 
praise  ye  him,  all  his  hosts. 

3  Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon: 
praise  him,  all  ye  stars  of  light. 

4  Praise  him,  tyc  heavens  of  heav- 
ens, and  "^  ye  waters  that  he  above  (he 
heavens. 

5  Let  tliem  praise  the  name  of  the 
I^OIili :  for  <f  he  commanded,  antk 
they  were  created. 

()  '  He  hath  also  stablished  them 
for  ever  and  ever:  he  hath  made  a 
decree  which  shall  not  pass. 

7  Praise  the  I..OKI)  from  the  earth, 
fye  dragons,  and  all  deeps: 

8  Fire,  and  hail;  snow,  and  vapour; 
stormy  wind  K  I'ulfllling  his  word: 

9  li  Riountains,  and  all  hills;  fruitful 
trees,  and  all  cedars: 

HI  Ueasts,  and  all  cattle;  creeping 
things,  and  t  flyins  fowl: 

11  Kings  of  the  enrfli,  and  all  people; 
princes,  and  all  juilsus  of  the  earth: 

!■_'  liiith  vomig  men,  and  maidens; 
old  nu'n,  and  ehil<lr«l: 

1'!  Let  them  praise  the  name  of  the 
Loun;  for  ihis  name  alone  isfex- 
cellent;  k  his  glory  is  above  the  earth 
and  heaven. 

14  1  He  also  cxalteth  the  horn  of  his 
people,  "'  the  praise  of  all  his  saints 


even  of  the  children  of  Lsrael,  °a 
people  near  unto  him.  Praise  ye  the 
LuiiD. 

PSALM  CXLIX. 
1  The  prophet  exhorleth  to  pruxne  God  for 

hit  luvc  to  the  church,    i>  an,l  for  that 

power  tchich  he  hath  sivcn  to  the  church 
fpEAISE   ye    the  Lord.     "Sing 

XT  unto  the  LoKi)  a  new  song,  (tiiil 
his  praise  in  the  congregation  of 
saints. 

2  I..et  Israel  rejoice  in  bhini  that 
made  him:  let  the  children  of  Zioii 
be  jovful  in  their  '  King. 

.'i  J  Let  them  praise  his  name  j|  in 
the  dance  :  let  them  sing  praises 
unto  him  with  the  timbrel  and  harp. 

4  For  ^  the  Loitl)  taketh  pleasure 
in  his  people:  fhc  will  beautify  the 
meek  with  salvation. 

5  Let  the  saints  be  joyful  in  glory: 
let  tlieiii  Ssing  aloud  upon  their  beds. 

G  Let  the  high  praises  of  God  be 
fin  their  mouth,  and  lia  twoedged 
sword  in  their  hand: 

7  To  execute  vengeance  upon  the 
heathen,  o«(/ punishments  upon  the 
people; 

S  To  bind  their  kings  with  chains, 
and  their  nobles  with  fetters  of  iron: 

tl  1  To  execute  upon  tlieni  the  judg- 
ment written:  I.  this  honour  have  all 
his  saiuts.    Praise  vc  the  LoKD. 
PSALM  CL. 

I  An  exhortation  to  praise  Ood,  3  nii(/l  ci)i 

kind  of  inatrumcntt. 
tTJRAISE   ye    the   Lord.    Praise 

L  God  in  liis  sanctuary  :  praise 
him  in  the  firmament  of  his  power. 

2  "Praise  him  for  his  mighty  acts: 
praise  him  according  to  his  excellent 
I.  greatness. 

.')  Praise  him  with  the  sound  of  the 

II  trumpet:  'praise  him  with  the 
psaltery  and  harp. 

4  Praise  him  'I  with  the  timbrel  and 
[I  dance:  praise  him  with  'stringed 
instruments  and  organs. 

5  Praise  him  upon  the  loud  f  cym- 
bals :  praise  him  upon  the  high 
sounding  cvnibals. 

!(i  Let  every  thing  that  hath 
praise    the    LoKU.      Praise 
Loiu). 


h  breatli/ 
ye    thd 


THE 

PROVERBS. 


CnAPTEK  I. 

1  The  ute  of  the  proverb:  7  An  exhorta- 
tion to  fear  Ood,  and  believe  hie  word. 
10  To  avoid  the  enticinga  of  linnere.  ■-■(1 
lfi«./<im  eotiiplainrlh  of  her  ronteinpl. 
21  .S'he  threatcneth  her  eontcmnera. 

TIIF  "  Proverbs  of  Sol.imon  the  son 
of  David,  king  of  Israel: 
2  To  know  wisdom  and  instruction; 
638 


to  perceive  the  words  of  understand- 
ing; 

;t  To  li receive  the  instruction  of 
wisdom,  justice,  and  judgment,  and 
lenuity: 

4  To  give  pubtilty  to  tlie  ""simple. 
In  the  vonng  man"  knowledge  and 
I!  discretion. 

5  'I  A  wise  iHciii  will  hear,  and  will 


Wisdom  complainefh  of  scorners.     PROVERBS. 


Wisdom  jiromigcr^  godliness. 


Before 
CURIST 
about  luOO. 


lcli.4  l.&G. 


n  P.,  I.  1. 

cU.4,  U. 
bT..  UO.  101. 

'li!.m'.il!'l5. 


nltc 


tHol. 

G.  10. 

\iA,.  rr.i- 


.  IS.  27. 


'.  Itlli 


llcli.  8.  1.  io 

&  !i.  :t. 

Jubii  7.  37. 


•  u 

M 

11.  k 

Zg 

'ij' 

13. 
.11. 

tr 

in 

.11. 

1,1 

k. 

.30. 

ur 

.2, 

4. 

ncrease  learniiiff;  and  a  man  of  un- 
derstanding  shull  attain  unto  wise 
counsels: 

To  understand  a  proverb,  and 
I!  the  interpretation;  tlic  words  oftlie 
wise,  and  tlieir  ^'durk  ^:lvinps. 
"  1  rThc  fear  of  tlie  J.oRti  ).i  (I  tlie 
^innin;;  nf  knowlcdi^e;  lait  fools 
despise  wisdom  and  instructictn. 

8  fSM.v  son,  hear  the  instruction  of  . 
thy  father,  and  forsake  not  the  law 
of  thy  mother: 

9  For  hthey  shaU  be  tan  ornament 
of  grace  unto  thy  head,  and  chains 
about  thy  neck. 

II)  TI  My  son,  if  sinners  entice  thcc, 
i  consent  thou  not. 

11  If  they  say.  Come  with  us,  let 
us  k  lay  wait  for  blood,  let  us  lurk 
privily  for  the  innocent  without 
cause: 

12  Let  us  swallow  them  up  alive 
as  tlic  prave;  and  whole,  las  those 
that  eo  down  into  tlie  pit: 

13  We  shall  finil  all  i)reeiou8  sub- 
stance, wc  shall  till  our  houses  with 
spoil: 

H  Cast  in  thy  lot  among  us;  let  us 
all  have  one  purse: 

15  My  son,  '"  walk  not  thou  in  the 
way  with  them;  "refrain  thy  foot 
from  their  path: 

10  "  For  their  feet  run  to  evil,  and 
make  haste  to  shed  blood. 

1/  Surely  in  vain  the  net  is  spread 
t  in  the  sight  of  any  bird. 

18  And  they  lay  wait  for  their  mm 
blood;  they  lurk"  privily  for  thoir  oivn 
lives. 

19  I'  So  are  the  ways  of  every  one 
that  is  greedy  of  gain;  icJiirh  taketh 
away  the  life  of  the  owners  thereof. 

20  fl  f  Wisdom  crieth  without;  she 
uttereth  her  voice  in  the  streets: 

21  She  crieth  in  the  chief  phiee  of 
concourse,  in  the  openings  of  the 
gates:    in  the  city  she  uttereth  her 


22  lUi 


'"'.'/, 


ye  simple  ones,  will 
ye  love  .<iiiii|dicity  ?  and  the  seorners 
deliiiht  in  tlu'ir  scorning,  and  tools 
hate  knowledge? 

2'i  Turn  you  at  my  reproof:  behold, 
■"I  will  jjour  out  my  spirit  unto  .>'ou, 
I  will  make  known  my  words  imto 
you. 

24  U  *  Because  I  have  called,  and  ye 
refused  ;  I  have  streteiied  out  my 
hand,  and  no  man  reg:inled; 

25  But  ye  'have  sot  at  nought  all 
my  counsel,  and  would  none  of  my 
reproof: 

2()  "  I  also  will  laugh  at  j'ourcalami- 
ty;  I  will  mock  when  your  fear 
Cometh; 

27  When  ^yourfear  eometh  as  des- 
olation, and  your  destruetiim  Com- 
eth as  a  whirlwind;  when  distress 
and  anguish  Cometh  upon  voii. 

2.S  >  Then  shall  they  call  "upon  me, 
but  I  will  not  answer:  they  shall 
seek  mecarly,  but  they  shall  not  find 
me: 


29  For  that  they  "  hated  knowledge, 
and  did  not  "choose  the  lear  of  the 
Loieu: 

'M  b  They  would  none  of  my  coun- 
sel: they  despised  all  my  reproof. 

;il  Therefore  'shall  they  eat  of  the 
fruit  of  their  own  way,  and  be  tilled 
with  their  own  devices. 

32  For  the  !|  turning  away  of  till 
simple  sh:dl  slav  them,  and  the  prosl 
p.-rity  of  tools  shall  destroy  them.      1 

:i'i  lint  'I  wlioso  hearkeneth  unto  mo* 
shall  dwell  safely,  and  "^  shall  be  quiet 
from  fear  of  evil. 

CHAPTER  11. 

1  Wisdom  pramiseth  godlinest  tv  her  chil- 
dren. Wand  tafety  fr^m  evil  eompaiip, 
2U  and  directiuti  in  good  u>ai/». 

MY  son,  if  thou  wilt  receive  my 
words,    and    *hide   my    com- 
mandments with  thee; 

2  So  that  thou  ineline  thine  oar 
unto  wisdom,  and  apply  thine  heart 
to  understanding; 

3  Yea,  if  thou  cricst  after  knowledge, 
and  1  liftest  up  thy  voice  for  under- 
standing; 

4  i^  If  thou  seekest  her  a.s  f-ilver,  and 
searchest  for  her  asjor  hid  tn-asures; 

5  Then  shalt  thoii  understand  tlic 
fear  of  the  L.OHD,  and  find  the  knowl- 
edge of  God. 

G  'For  the  Loitn  givefh  wisdom: 
out  of  his  mouth  eometh  knowledge 
and  understanding. 

7  He  layctli  up  sound  wisdom  for 
the  righteous:  il  lie  is  a  buckler  to 
them  that  walk  uprightly. 

8  lie  keepeth  the  jiaths  of  judgment, 
and  "^  prcserveth  the  way  of  his  saints. 

9  Then  shalt  thou  understand  right- 
eousness, and  judgment,  aud  equity; 
j/ea,  every  good  path. 

10  Tl  Wiien  wisdom  cntereth  into 
thine  heart,  and  knowledge  is  pleas- 
ant unto  thy  soul; 

11  Discretion  shall  preserve  thee, 
f  understiinding  shall  keep  thee: 

12  To  deliver  thee  from  the  way 
of  the  evil  man,  from  the  man  that 
speaketh  froward  things; 

13  Who  leave  the  paths  of  upright- 
ness, to  Kwalk  in  the  ways  of  dark- 
ness; 

14  Who  k  rejoice  to  do  evil,  and 
i  delight  in  tlie  frowardness  of  the 
wicked; 

15  k  Whose  ways  are  crooked,  and 
tliri/  froward  in  their  paths: 

l(i  To  deliver  thee  from  1  the  strange 
woman,  '"enu  from  the  stranger 
whirli  flattcreth  with  her  words: 

17  "  Which  forsaketh  the  guide  of 
her  youth,  and  forgetteth  the  cove- 
nant of  her  God. 

IS  For  "her  house  inclineth  unto 
death,  and  her  paths  unl"  the  dead. 

19  None  that  go  unto  her  ntiirn 
again,  neither  take  they  hold  of  the 
paths  of  life. 

20  That  thou  mayest  walk  in  the 
way  of  pood  tiien,  and  keep  the  paths 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  1000. 


P..  Kl.  11. 

:Joli4.  8. 
oh.  14.  U.  <I 

22.  8. 


of  the  righteous. 


639 


Uh.  5.20. 
mch.  S  S   k 
t,.  il.  4  7.  S. 


An  exhortation  to  obedience. 


PROVERBS. 


2Vi«  benefits  of  wisdom. 


ftDe< 


..  B.  I. 


10,  20. 
t  Heh.  yfari 

v/l.J.. 
tiPa.  119.  lOi. 
eE».  13.  i). 

l>out.  6.  S. 

ch.  C.  '.2L.  & 


Bi-foro  I  21  I' Fnr  the  upright  (ihall  dwell  in 
CIIUIST  tlie  liuul,  and  the  iierfuct  shall  re- 
aboutKXK).     ,„.,;„  ii,  it. 

If2  '1  lint  the  wicked  .shall  be  cut  off 

pPt.  .,7  29.       c,.,.,,!^  jijg  earth,  and  the  transsressora 
V.?S7  28  i  I  sliall  be  II  rooted  out  of  it. 
mils,  ioi, piucitj <tp. 

CHAPTER  in. 

I  An  exhortation  to  obedience,  I>  to  faith 
7  (o  mortifieation,  0  to  devotion,  11  to 
patienee.  \'i  The  happy  gain  of  wiidotn. 
ly  The  power,  21  anil  the  benefits  of  wis. 
dom.  27  An  exhortation  to  charitable. 
nc»»,  SO  peaeeableneaa,  31  and  contented- 
nets.    3i  The  curaeU  state  of  thl  wicked. 

MY  son,  forget  not  my  law;  "but 
let  thine  lieaxt  keep  my  com- 
mandnient.'!: 

2  For  length  of  days,  and  t  long  life, 
and  l»  peace,  shall  they  add  to  tliee. 
.1  Let  not  mercy  and  truth  forsake 
thee:  "bind  them  about  thy  neck; 
J  write  theiii  upon  the  table  of  tliine 
heart: 

4  "  So  shalt  thou  find  favour  and 

II  good  understauding  in  the  sight  of 
God  and  man. 

5  IF  f  Trust  in  the  Lord  with  all 
thine  heart;  Sand  lean  not  unto 
tliiue  own  un<lerstanding. 

(i  liln  all  thy  ways  acknowledge 
him,  and  he  shall  i  direct  thy  paths. 

7  H  k  He  not  wise  in  thine  own  eyes: 
I  fear  the  Lord,  and  depart  from  evil. 

8  It  shall  be  t  health  to  thy  navel, 
and  t  "'  marrow  to  tl>y  bones. 

"J  "  Honour  the  Loud  with  thy  sub- 
stance, and  with  the  lirstlVuits  of  all 
thine  increase: 

10  "  So  sliall  thy  barns  be  filled  with 
plenty,  and  thy  presses  shall  burst 
out  witli  new  wine. 

11  11  f  My  son,  despise  not  the  chas- 
tening of  the  Loud;  neither  be  weary 
of  Ilia  correction: 

12  For  whom  the  Lord  loveth  he 
correcteth;  *' even  as  a  father  the  son 
ill  whom  he  delighteth. 

l.'i  11  '  llappv  /.<  the  man  that  findeth 
wisdom.  Mild  t'lie  man  that  gettcth 
uiulcTstaii.ling: 

H  ■■  For  the  merchandise  of  it  is  bet- 
ter than  the  merchandise  of  silver, 
and  the  gain  thereof  than  fine  gold. 

l.j  She  (.>>■  more  precious  than  rubies: 
and  'all  the  things  thou  canst  desire 
are  not  to  be  compared  unto  her. 

10  "  Length  of  days  is  in  her  ri"ht 
hand;  ami  in  her  left  hand  riches 
and  lionour. 

17  '^  Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasant- 
ness, and  all'lier  paths  are  pence. 

l.S  .She  i.s-  >  a  tree  of  life  to  them  that 
lay  hold  upon  her  :  and  happy  is 
ert'n/onr  that  retuineth  her. 

10  'The  Loi:i)  Ly  wisilom  hath 
founded  the  earth;  "hv  iinilerstand- 
ing  hath  he  ||  established  the  heav- 
ens. 

'M  "By  his  knowledge  the  depths 
arc  broKcn  up,  nud  lithe  clouda  drop 
down  the  dew. 

'>;«r«J.    sGan.  1    0.    1.  Daut.  31.  2S.  JoU  30.  23. 


hlc 

lir 

23.9. 

IJc 

10 

23. 

kHo 

m. 

3,16 

Hi. 

0. 

tii 

I>. 

U  2.1   19.  it 
M.  ^^^ 
Ilcut.  20.  2. 
Ao. 
M«l.3in.,Vc. 


■  J.il>»i.  13, 

IV  19,  10 
ch,  2    1.  «.S 
II.  19.  It  1(1. 


21  H  My  son,  let  not  them  depart 
from  thine  eyes:  keep  souud  wisdom 
and  discretion ; 

22  So  shall  they  be  life  unto  thy 
soul,  and  ''grace  to  thy  neck. 

•£i  A  Then  shalt  thou  walk  in  thy 
way  safely,  and  thy  foot  shall  not 
stumble. 

24  '  When  thou  licst  down,  thou 
shalt  not  be  afrairl:  yea,  thou  shalt 
lie  down,  and  thy  sleep  shall  be 
sweet. 

25  fBc  not  afraid  of  sudden  fear, 
neither  of  the  desolation  of  the  wick- 
ed, when  it  eoineth. 

20  For  the  Lui:u  shall  be  thy  con- 
fidence, and  shall  keep  thy  foot  from 
being  taken. 

I  27  ir  <*  Withhold  not  good  from 
fthein  to  wlioin  it  is  due,  when  it 
lis  in  the  power  of  thine  hand  to  do 
Ut. 
28  h  Say  not  unto  tliy  neighbour. 
Go,  and  come  again,  and  to  morrow 
I  will  give;  when  thou  hast  it  by 
thee. 

2'J  II  Devise  not  evil  against  thy 
neighbour,  seeing  he  dwelleth  se- 
curely by  thee. 

uO  II "  Strive  not  with  a  man  without 
cause,  if  he  have  done  thee  no  harm. 
;il  IT  k  Envy  thou  not  t  the  oppressor, 
and  choose  none  of  his  ways. 
;i2  For  the  froward  is  abomination 
to  the  Lord:  Ibut  his  secret  is  with 
the  righteous. 

;>!  IT  "'  The  curse  of  the  Lord  i.<  in 
the  house  of  the  wicked:  but  "he 
blesseth  the  habitation  of  the  just. 
34  "  Surely  he  scorneth  the  scorners: 
but  he  giveth  "race  unto  the  lowlv. 
.'!j  The  wise  shall  inherit  glory:  but 
shame  f  shall  be  the  promotion  of 
Ibuls. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  Solomon,  to  persuade  obedience,  3  shew- 
cth  what  instruction  he  had  of  his  par- 
ents, 6  to  study  wisdom,  14  and  to  shun 
the  path  of  the  wicked.  20  I/e  exhorteth 
to  faith,  2»  niKi  sanctification. 

HE.\R,  "ve  children,  the  instruc- 
tion of  a  lUllur,  and  attend  to 
know  understanding. 

2  For  I  give  you  good  doctrine,  for- 
sake ye  not  my  law. 

;i  For  I  was  "mv  father's  son,  !>  ten- 
der and  o»\y  bclunil  in  the  sight  of 
my  mother. 

4  ■=  He  taught  me  also,  and  said  nnto 
me.  Let  thine  heart  retain  my  words: 
J  keep  my  cominaiidments,  and  live. 

.'■>  '■  Get  wisdom,  get  understanding: 
forget  it  not ;  neither  decline  from 
the  words  of  my  mouth. 

0  Forsake  her  not,  and  she  shall 
preserve  thee:  Uovo  her,  and  she 
shall  keen  thee. 

7  fWisdom  i.<  the  principal  thing: 
Ihrrrlhrr  gc^t  wisdom:  and  with  all 
,lhv  getting  get  inoleistan.ling. 

H  h  Exalt  her.  and  slii>  shall  iiromotc 
tliec:  she  shall  bring  thee  to  honour, 
wlieii  thou  dost  embrace  her. 


!S'oXoinon  exhorteth  to 


PROVERBS. 


the  study  of  msdom.- 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  1000. 


22. 

kch.  3.  2. 
iri,  18.  36. 
mPi.  al.  11. 
12. 


Job  13.  5,  (). 
1>.  £9.  0.  10. 
Joe.  lO.  I'i. 
John  12.  as. 


htk,  2 
C.  U. 


.  16.  & 


0  Slie  Bhnll  k'ivc  to  tliine  )icail  i  an 
ornament  of  tjracc  :  fl  a  crown  of 
glory  slinll  the  deliver  to  thee. 

10  llear,  O  my  Fon,  and  receive  my 
sayinss;  kand  the  years  of  thy  lilo 
shall  DC  many. 

Ill  have  tauRht  thee  in  the  \r:iy  of 
wisdom;  I  have  led  thee  in  right 
paths. 

1:;  When  thou  goest,  1  thy  steps  shall 
not  be  straitened;  '"and  when  thou 
runnest,  thou  shalt  not  stumhlc. 

13  Take  taat  hold  of  instruction;  let 
Jicrnot  go:  keep  her;  for  she  is  thy 
life. 

14  IT  "  Enter  not  into  the  path  cf  the 
■wicked,  and  go  not  in  the  way  of  evil 

15  Avoid  it,  pass  not  by  it,  turn 
from  it,  and  pass  away. 

11!  "  For  they  sleep  not,  except  they 
have  done  mischief;  and  their  sleep 
is  taken  away,  unless  they  cause 
some  to  fall. 

17  For  they  cat  the  bread  of  wick- 
edness, and  drink  the  wine  of  vio- 
lence. 

IS  f  But  the  path  of  the  just  I  is  as 
the  shining  light,  that  shineth  more 
and  more  unto  the  perfect  day. 

19  "■  The  way  of  the  wicked  is  a.s 
darkness:  they  know  not  at  what 
they  stumble. 

20  IT  Mv  son,  attend  to  my  words; 
incline  tninc  car  unto  my  sayings. 

'21  'Let  them  not  depart  froni  tliine 
eves;  'keep  them  in  the  midst  of 
thine  heart. 

22  For  they  arc  life  unto  those  that 
find  them,  and  "  1  health  to  all  their 
flesh. 

2.3  IT  Keep  thy  heart  t  with  all  dili- 
gence; for  out  of  it  ace  the  issues  of 
Rfe. 

24  Put  nway  from  thuc  f  a  froward 
mouth,  and  perverse  lips  put  far 
from  thee. 

25  Let  thine  e^-cs  look  right  on, 
and  let  thine  eyelids  look  straight 
before  thee. 

'26  Ponder  the  path  of  thy  feet,  and 
II  lot  all  thy  ways  be  cst.ililishcd. 
27  ^  Turn  not  to  tiic  right  hand  nor 
to  the  left:   >' remove  thy  foot  from 
evil. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  Sotomon  czfiorlcth  to  the  tturly  of  t<it»- 
dom.  3  JJc  thcwetii  the  viiachicf  of 
u'horedom  and  riot.  15  He  exhorteih 
to  contetitcdneet, liberality. and  ehaH\ttj. 
22  The  vjicketl  am  overtaken  with  their 

'Y T  Y  son,  attend  unto  my  wisdom, 
i'l  and  bow  thine  car  to  my  un- 
derstanding: 

That  thou  maycst  regard  dis- 
cretion, and  that  thy  hps  Jiiay  "keep 
knowledge. 

3  TT  li  For  the  lips  of  a  strange  wom- 
an drop  as  a  honeycomb,  and  her 
1  mnuth  is  '  smoother  than  oil: 

4  But  her  end  is  d  hitter  as  worm- 
wood, '"sharp  as  a  twocdged  sword. 


5  flier  feet  go  down  to  death;  licr 
steps  take  hold  on  hell. 

(i  Lest  thou  shouldcst  ponder  the 
path  of  life,  her  ways  are  moveable, 
tlial  thou  canst  not  know  l/ieiii. 

7  Hear  me  now  therefore,  O  ye 
children,  and  depart  not  from  the 
words  of  my  mouth. 

8  Remove  thy  way  far  from  her, 
and  come  not  nightlie  door  of  lier 
house: 

0  I>ost  thou  give  thine  honour  un- 
to otliers,  and  thy  years  unto  the 
cruel : 

10  Lost    strangers    be    filled    with 

1  thv  wealth;  and  thy  labours  be  in 
the  nonse  of  a  stranger; 

11  And  thou  inonrn  at  the  Inst, 
when  thy  flesh  and  thy  body  are 
consumed, 

12  And  say.  How  have  I  Abated 
instruction,  and  my  lieart  ^  despised 
reproof; 

13  And  have  not  obeyed  the  voice 
of  my  teachers,  nor  inclined  mine  cur 
to  them  that  instructed  mel 

14  I  was  almost  in  all  evil  in  the 
midst  of  the  congregation  and  as- 
sembly. 

15  H  Drink  waters  out  of  thine  own 
cistern,  and  running  waters  out  of 
thine  own  well. 

l(i  Let  thy  fountains  be  dispersed 
abroad,  and  rivers  of  waters  in  tlie 
streets. 

17  Let  them  be  only  thine  own,  and 
not  strangers'  with  thee. 

l.S  Let  thy  fountain  be  blessed:  and 
rejoice  with  "the  wife  of  tliy  youth. 

19  ^Let  Jit'v  be  as  the  loving  hind 
and  pleasant  roe ;  let  her  breasts 
t  satisfy  thee  nt  all  times;  and  1  be 
thou  ravished  always  with  her  love. 

20  And  why  wilt  thou,  my  son,  be 
ravished  with  1  a  strange  woman,  and 
embrace  the  bosom  of  a  stranger? 

21  ""For  the  ways  of  man  a^e  be- 
fore the  eyes  of  the  Loud,  and  he 
pondercthall  his  goings. 

22  IT  "  His  own  iniquities  shall  take 
the  wicked  himself,  and  he  slinll  be 
holden  with  the  cords  of  his  tsins. 

23  "He  shall  die  without  instruc- 
tion ;  and  in  the  greatness  of  his 
tolly  he  shall  go  astray. 

CHAPTER  VL 
I  Affainsf  surclishiji.    G  idtenceg,  12  nnd 
mischicvousncea.     10  Seven  thirtffg  hate- 
ful to  Hod.    20  The  bleei'iiiga  of  obedi- 
ence.   £j  The  mischiefe  of  whoredom. 
MY  son,  "if  thou  be  surety  for  thy 
friend,  {/"thou  hast  stricken  thy 
hand  with  a  stranger, 

2  Thou  art  snared  with  the  words 
of  thy  mouth,  thou  art  taken  witli 
the  words  of  thy  mouth. 

3  Do  this  now,  my  son,  nnd  deliver 
thy.self,  when  thou  art  come  into  tlie 
ban;  i>f  thy  friend;  go,  humble  thy- 
self. Hand  iiiakc  sure  thy  friend. 

4  I'  Give  not  sleep  to  thine  eyes,  nor 
slumber  to  thine  eyelids. 

5  Deliver  thyself  as  a  roe  from  the 

041 


The  blessings  of  obedience. 


PROVERBS.       Solomon  persuadefh  to  trisdom. 


b  IS,  13. 
.  3.>.  19. 
.  10.  10. 


hand  of  the  hunter,  and  as  a  bird 
IVdiii  the  hand  of  the  fowler. 

(J  11 ''  lio  to  tlie  ant,  thou  sluggard; 
consich-r  licr  ways,  and  he  -wise; 

7  Which  liaviuy  no  guide,  overseer, 
or  rnlcr, 

.S  I'l-ovidcth  licr  meat  in  tlie  sum- 
■,  and  fjatlieretli  )ier  food  in.  ilie 


vest. 


i)  J  How  long  wilt  thou  sleep,  O 
slufTsard?  wlien  wilt  tliou  arise  out 
of  tliv  sleep? 

10  Vet  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slum- 
hcr,  a  little  folding  of  the  hands  to 
sleep: 

11  "So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as 
one  that  travcUeth,  and  thy  want  as 
an  armed  man. 

12  ^  A  nanshty  person,  a  wieked 
man,  wiilketh  with  a  froward  mouth. 

1.!  1  lie  winkcth  with  his  eyes,  he 
spcnkcth  with  iiis  feet,  he  tcachcth 
with  his  fingers; 

H  Frowaruness  win  his  heart,  She 
deviseth  mischief  continually;   the 

I  Roweth  discord. 

1.5  Therefore  shall  his  calamity 
ennio  suddenly;  suddenly  shall  he 
i  i)C  hroUcn  *^  without  remedy. 

II)  TT  These  six  things  doth  the  Lord 
hate;  yea,  seven  are  an  abomination 
tnntohim: 

17  '(A  proud  look,  ""a  lying 
tongue,  and  "  hands  that  shed  inno- 
cent blood, 

18  °  A  heart  that  deviseth  wicked 
im.aginations,  Pfoet  that  be  swift  iu 
running  to  mischief, 

1!)  ''A  false  witness  tliat  cpeaketh 
lies,  and  he  ■'that  soweth  discord 
among  brethren. 

'JO  it'  '  My  son,  keep  thy  father's 
commandment,  and  lorsake  not  the 
law  of  thy  m..thcr: 

'1\  t  Biii'd  tlu'm  continually  upon 
thine  heart,  and  tic  them  about  thy 
neck. 

22  "When  thou  gocst,  it  shall  lead 
thee;  when  thou  slcepcst,  "it  shall 
keep  thee;  and  vhrn  thou  awakes*, 
it  shall  talk  with  thee. 

2.3  JFor    the    ennimandmcnt    is   a 

II  lamp;  and  the  law  j.s  light;  and  re- 
proofs of  instruction  are  the  way  of 
life: 

24  '  To  keep  thee  from  the  evil 
woman,  from  the  flattery  ||  of  the 
tongue  of  a  strange  woman. 

2.">  "liUst  not  after  her  beauty  in 
thine  heart;  neither  let  her  take  thee 
with  her  eyelids. 

21)  For  l>liy  means  of  a  wliorish 
woman  n  v'lan  ts  hroiii/ht  to  apiece 
of  bread:  "^  and  i  the  adulteress  will 
'1  hunt  for  the  precious  life. 

27  Can  n  man  take  fire  in  his  bosom, 
and  his  clothes  not  be  burned? 

2H  Can  one  go  upon  hot  coals,  and 
his  feet  not  be  burned? 

2'.l  So  he  thatgoeth  in  to  bis  neigh- 
hour's  wife;  whosoever  touchcth  her 
sh:dl  not  he  innocent. 

:»>  M,  n  ih)  not  dc.-ipisc  a  thief,  if  he 
5iU 


steal  to  satisfy  his  soul  when  he  is 
hungry; 

.31  Cut  if  he  be  found,  'he  shall  re- 
store sevenfold;  be  shall  give  all  the 
substance  of  his  house. 
i!2  hut  whoso  cornmitteth  adultery 
with  a  woman  rlackcth  t  understand- 
ing: he  that  docth  it  dcstroyeth  his 
own  soul. 

Xi  A  wound  and  dishonour  shall  he 
get;  and  his  reproach  sliall  not  be 
wiped  away. 

.34  For  jealousy  w  the  rage  of  a  man: 
therefore  he  will  not  spare  in  the  day 
of  vengeance. 

.".1 1  He  will  not  regard  any  ransom ; 
neither  will  be  rest  content,  though 
thou  givcbt  many  gifts. 

CHAPTER  YII. 
1  Solomon  jicreuadeth  to  a  einceJ^e  and  k-ind 
familiarity  with  wiadom.  Q  In  an  exam- 
ple of  Ilia  own  experience,  he  gheiveth  10 
the  cunninff  of  a  whore,  22  and  the  des- 
perate eimpHcitt/  of  a  young  wanton.  24 
Jfc  dchortcthfrum  euch  wickedness. 

MY  son,  keep  my  words,  and  "lay 
up    my    commandments    with 
thee. 

I  2  1)  Keep  my  commandments,  and 
live;  'and  niy  law  as  the  apple  of 
ithino  eye. 

,3  ii  Bind  them  upon  thy  fingers, 
write  them  upon  the  table  of  thiue 
heart. 

4  Say  unto  wisdom.  Thou  Trf  my 
sister  ;  and  call  understanding  thij 
kinswoman: 

t:> "  That  they  may  keep  thee  from 
the  strange  woman,  from  the  stranger 
which  flattereth  with  her  words. 

(i  TT  For  at  the  window  of  my  house 
I  looked  through  my  casement, 

7  And  beheld  among  the  simple 
ones,  I  discerned  among  t  tlie  youths, 
a  young  man  fvoid  of  understand- 
ing, 

■S  Passing  through  the  street  near 
her  corner;  and  he  went  the  way  to 
her  house, 

II  K  In  the  twilight,  f  in  the  evening, 
in  the  tilack  and  dark  night: 

10  And,  behold,  there  met  him  a 
woman  with  the  attire  of  a  harlot, 
and  subtile  of  heart. 

11  (h  She  i.«  loud  and  stubborn;  i  her 
feet  abide  not  in  her  house: 

12  Now  i.«  flir  without,  now  in  the 
streets,  and  licth  in  wait  at  every 
corner.) 

1.3  So  she  caught  him,  and  kissed 
him,  and  i  with  an  impudent  face 
said  unto  him, 

14  1/  hare  peace  offerings  with  mc; 
this  day  have  I  paid  my  vows. 

15  Therefore  came  I  forth  to  meet 
thee,  diligently  to  seek  thy  face,  and 
I  have  found  thee. 

11)  I  have  decked  my  bed  with  cov- 
erings of  tapestry,  with  carved  uorks, 
with  kfine  linen  of  Egypt. 

17  I  have  perfumed  my  bed  with 
mvrrh,  aloes,  and  cinnamon. 

IS  Come,  h  t  us  t«ke  our  fill  of  love 


The  excellency,  power, 


PROVEUBS. 


and  eternity  of  rrisdojn.: 


p..  19.  10.  It 

119.  in. 

ch.  3.  li.  1.5. 


until  the  morninp;:  let  us  solace  our- 
selves with  loves. 

19  For  the  goodnian  i.i  not  at  home, 
ho  is  gone  a  lonj^  journey : 

20  He  hath  taken  a  bag  of  money 
fwith  him,  and  will  come  home  at 
lithe  day  appointed. 

21  With  1  her  much  fair  speech  she 
caused  him  to  yield,  '"with  the  flat- 
tering of  her  lips  she  forced  him. 

22  lie  gocth  after  her  f  straightway, 
as  an  o,x  gocth  to  the  slaughter,  oi-  as 
a  tool  to  the  correction  of  the  stocks; 

2.3  Till  a  dart  strike  through  his 
liver;  °  as  a  bird  hasteth  to  the  snare, 
and  knowcth  not  that  it  is  for  his  life. 

24  1\  Hearken  unto  mc  now  there- 
fore, O  yc  children,  and  attend  to 
llie  words  of  my  mouth. 

25  Let  not  tbiuc  heart  decline  to  her 
waj-s,  go  not  astray  in  her  paths. 

20  For  she  hath  cast  down   many 
wounded:   yea,  "many  strong  vicn 
have  been  slain  by  her. 
2r  fHer  house  is  the  way  to  hell, 
going  down  to  the  chambers  of  death. 

CHAPTER  Vni. 
1  The  fame,  0  and  evidence  of  wisdom. 
10  T'lte  exeellcfici/,  12  the  nature.  15  the 
power,  18  the  richea,  22  and  the  eternity 
of  wisdom.  32  Wiedom  t>  to  be  desired 
for  the  bleatedneea  it  Iringeth. 

DOTH  not  ''wisdom  cry?  and  un- 
derstanding put  forth  her  voice? 

2  Slie  standcth  in  the  top  of  liigh 
places,  by  the  way  in  the  places  of 
the  paths." 

3  She  crieth  at  the  gates,  nt  tlie  en- 
try of  the  city,  at  the  coming  in  at 
the  doors; 

4  Unto  you,  O  men,  I  call;  and  my 
voice  IS  to  the  sons  of  man. 

5  O  ye  simple,  understand  wisdom: 
and,  ye  fools,  be  yc  of  an  under- 
standing heart. 

(J  Hear;  for  I  will  epc.ak  of  I'cx- 
ceUcnt  things;  and  the  opening  of 
my  lips  shall  be  right  things. 

7  For  my  mouth  shall  speak  truth; 
and  wickedness  is  f  an  aDominatiou 
to  mv  lips. 

8  All  the  words  of  my  mouth  ore  in 
righteousness;  there  i.?  nothing  t  fro- 
ward  or  perverse  in  th.em. 

9  They  are  all  plain  to  him  that  un- 
derstandeth,  and  right  to  them  that 
tind  know  ledge. 

10  Receive  my  instruction,  and  not 
silver;  and  knowledge  rather  than 
choice  gold. 

H  '^  For  wisdom  is  better  than  ru- 
bies: and  all  the  things  that  may  be 
desired  are  not  to  be  compared  to  it. 

12  1  wisdom  dwell  with  \\  prudence, 
and  find  out  knowledge  ot  witty  in- 
ventions. 

U  <1  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate 
evil:  "pride,  and  arrogancy,  and  the 
evil  way,  and  fthe  froward  mouth, 
do  I  hate. 

14  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound  wis- 
dom: 1  am  understanding;  ^I  have 
strencth. 


1.5  h  By  me  kings  reign,  and  princes 
decree  justice. 

lU  By  me  princes  rule,  and  nobles, 
ereu  all  the  judges  of  the  earth. 

1"  il  love  them  that  love  me;  and 
k  those  that  suck  me  early  shall  find 
me. 

18  IRiches  and  honour  ore  with  me: 
yea,  durable  riches  and  righteous- 
ness. 

19  '"Sly  fruit  is  better  than  gold, 
yea,  than  fine  gold;  and  my  revenue 
than  choice  silver. 

20  I  \\  lead  in  the  way  of  righteous- 
ness, in  the  midst  of  the  paths  of 
judgment: 

21  That  I  may  cause  those  that  love 
me  to  inherit  substance;  and  I  will 
till  their  treasures. 

22  "  The  Loud  possessed  me  in  the 
beginning  of  his  way,  before  his 
works  of  old. 

2.'J  "  I  was  set  np  from  everlasting, 
from  the  beginning,  or  ever  the  earth 
was. 

24  AVhen  there  were  no  depths,  I 
was  brought  forth;  when  ttiere  irei-e 
no  fountains  nhoiinding  with  water. 

25  I'  Before  the  mountains  were 
settled,  before  the  hills  was  I  brought 
forth : 

26  While  as  yet  he  had  not  made 
the  earth,  nor"  the  II  fields,  nor  ||  the 
highest  part  of  the  dust  of  the  world. 

2r  When  he  prepared  the  heavens, 
1  iras  there:  when  he  set  ||a  compass 
upon  the  face  of  the  depth: 

28  Whcu  he  established  the  clouds 
above  :  when  he  strengthened  the 
fountains  of  the  deep: 

29  '1  When  he  gave  to  the  sea  his 
decree,  that  the  waters  should  not 
pass  his  commandment:  when  'he 
appointed  the  foundations  of  the 
earth: 

30  '  Then  I  was  by  him,  as  one 
brought  up  icilh  hint:  'and  I  was 
daily  liia  delight,  rejoicing  always 
before  him; 

31  Rejoicing  in  the  habitable  part 
of  his  earth;  and  "  my  delights  were 
with  the  sons  of  men. 

32  Now  therefore  hearken  unto  mc, 

0  yc  children :  for  "  blessed  are  they 
that  keep  my  ways. 

3.3  Hear  instruction,  and  be  wise, 
and  refuse  it  not. 

34  J  Blessed  is  the  man  that  heareth 
mc,  watching  daily  at  my  gates, 
waiting  at  the  posts  of  my  doors. 

.35  For  whoso  findcth  me  findcth 
life,  and  shall  f  'obtain  favour  of  the 

LOKD. 

30  But  he  that  sinncth  against  mc 
"wrougeth  his  own  soul:  all  they 
that  hate  me  love  death. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  The  diteifline.  4  and  doelrine  of  fOt»- 
dom.  la  T/te  euetvm,  Ij  and  error  of 
foUv. 

Vl^ISDOM     hath     'bnilded     her 
»  »     house,  she  hatli  hewu  out  her 
seven  pillars: 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBS. 


tlieir  contrary  vices. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  lUUO. 


17. 'il,  2.5.  * 
1:1.  13.  Ii  ■a. 
3.  li. 

cU.  II.  .1. 
I.uk<  12.  19. 


ci,  11.  ^.  ji  I 

oh.  111.  A 


•'  1)  She  hath  killed  fher  bcaste;  'she 
hatli  mingled  her  wine;  she  hath  also 
furnished  her  table. 

3  She  hath  tlscntlbrth  her  maidens: 
'she  crieth  fupou  the  liigliest  places 
of  the  city, 

4  s  Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn  in 
hither;  as  for  him  that  wanteth  un- 
derstanding, she  saith  to  hiin, 

o  h  Come,  eat  of  my  bread,  and  drink 
of  the  wine  which  1  have  mingled. 

6  Forsake  the  foolish,  and  live;  and 
go  in  the  way  of  understanding. 

7  He  that  reprovcth  ascornergctteth 
to  himself  shame:  and  he  that  rebuk- 
oth  a  wicked  man  gcttcth  himself  a 
blot. 

8  i  Reprove  not  a  scorner,  lest  lie 
hate  tliee:  k  rebuke  a  wise  man,  and 
he  will  love  thee. 

9  Give  ini'tniction  to  n  wise  man, 
and  he  will  be  yet  wiser:  teach  a 
just  man,  land  he  will  increase  in 
learning. 

Ill '"  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  the  be- 
ginning of  wisdom:  and  the  knowl- 
edge ot  the  Holy  is  understanding. 

11  "  For  by  me  thy  days  shall  be 
multiplied,  and  the  years  of  thy  life 
shall  be  increased. 

12  "If  thou  be  wise,  thou  shalt  be 
wise  for  thyself:  but  (/"thou  scornest, 
thou  alone  slialt  bear  it. 

1-j  U  ''  A  foolish  woman  is  clamor- 
ous :  she  is  siraiJle,  and  knoweth 
nothing. 

H  For  she  sittcth  at  the  door  of  her 
house,  on  a  seat  'lin  the  high  places 
of  the  city, 

15  To  call  passengers  who  go  right 
on  their  ways: 

K;  ''Whoso  is  simple,  let  him  turn  in 
hither:  and  n.i /or  him  that  wanteth 
understanding,  she  saith  to  him, 

1"  'Stolen  waters  arc  sweet,  and 
bread  t  eaten  in  secret  is  pleasant. 

18  Hut  he  knoweth  not  that  'the 
dead  arc  there;  «Hr/ ?/m«  her  guests 
are  in  the  depths  of  hell. 

CHAPTER  X. 
From  tM>  chapter  to  the  fiva  and  twcntuth 

tucF,  and  their  contrary  vicea. 

THIE  Proverbs  of  Solomon.  "A 
wise  son  maketh  a  glad  father: 
but  a  foolish  son  is  the  lieaviness  of 
his  mother. 

2  bTreafiures  of  wickedness  profit 
nothing:  ^  but  righteousness  delivcr- 
cth  from  death. 

3  i  The  Lord  will  not  suffer  the 
soul  of  the  righteous  to  famish:  but 
he  cnsteth  away  ||  the  substance  of 
the  wicked. 

4  "  He  becometh  poor  that  dcnlcth 
with  a  slack  hand:  but  fthehandof 
the  diligent  maketh  rich. 

5  lie  tliat  gutliereth  in  summer  is  a 
wise  son:  hut  he  that  sleepeth  in  har- 
vest in  ^  a  son  tiint  caiisetli  shame. 

G  Blessings  arc  upon  the  head  <]f  the 
,iu.st:    but    liviolcnee    covereth    the 
mouth  of  the  wicked. 
&i4 


7  1  The  memory  of  the  just  is  bless- 
ed: but  ti'ie  name  of  the  wicked  shall 
rot. 

H  The  wise  in  heart  will  receive 
comiiiandments :  kbut  ta  prating 
fool  II  sliall  foil. 

I  y  1  lie  tliat  walketh  uprightly  walk- 
|eth  surely  :  but  he  that  pervcrteth 
his  wavs  shall  be  known. 

10  "lie  that  winketh  with  the  eye 
causeth  sorrow:  "but  a  prating  fool 
II  shall  fall. 

11  "^  The  mouth  of  a  righteous  man 
is  a  well  of  life:  but  P  violence  cov- 
ereth the  mouth  of  the  wicked. 

12  Hatred  stirreth  up  strifes  :  but 
t  love  covereth  all  sins. 

13  In  the  lips  of  him  that  hath  un- 
derstanding wisdom  is  found:  but 
'a  rod  ?s  for  the  back  of  him  that  is 
void  of  t  understanding. 

14  Wise  meti  lay  up  knowledge:  but 
"  the  mouth  of  the  fooUsh  is  near  de- 
struction. 

15  •  The  rich  man's  wealth  is  his 
strong  city;  the  destruction  of  tlie 
poor  IS  their  poverty. 

1(3  The  labour  of  the  righteous  tciid- 
cth  to  lii'e:  the  fruit  of  the  wicked  to 
sin. 

17  He  ?s  in  the  way  of  life  that  koep- 
eth  instruction  :  but  he  that  refuseth 
reproof  II  erreth. 

IS  He  that  hideth  hatred  with  lying 
lips,  and  "he  that  uttcreth  a  slander, 
IS  a  fool. 

19  '^  In  the  multitude  of  words  there 
wanteth  not  sin  :  but  >'  he  that  re- 
fraineth  his  lips  is  wise. 

20  The  tongue  of  the  just  is  as  choice 
silver:  tlie  heartof  the  wicked  is  little 
worth. 

21  The  lips  of  the  righteous  feed 
many  :  but  fools  die  for  want  t  of 
wisdom. 

I  22  "The  blessing  of  the  LoRP,  it 
Imaketh  rich,  and  he  addeth  no  sor- 
(row  with  it. 

23  'It  is  as  sport  to  a  fool  to  do  mis- 
chief: but  a  num  of  understanding 
hath  wisdom. 

24  b  The  fear  of  the  wicked,  it  shall 
come  upon  him :  but  '"  the  desire  of 
the  righteous  shall  be  granted. 

25  As  the  whirlwind  passelh,  <lso  is 
the  wicked  no  more :  but  *  the  right- 
eous IS  an  everlasting  foundation. 

2G  As  vinegar  to  the  teeth,  and  as 
smoke  to  the  eyes,  so  is  the  sluggard 
to  them  that  seiid  him. 

27  f  The  fear  of  the  Lorp  )  prolong- 
eth  davs:  but  f  the  years  of  tlie  wick- 
ed shall  be  shortened. 

28  The  hope  of  the  righteous  shall 
te  gladness:  but  the  li  expectation  of 
the  wicked  shall  perish. 

29  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  strength 
to  the  upright:  '  but  destruction  stiatl 
be  to  the  workers  of  inifiuity. 

,30  ^^  The  righteous  shall  never  bo 
removed:  but  the  wicked  shall  not 
inhabit  tlic  earth. 

SI  1  The  mouth  of  the  just  bringcth 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBS. 


thdr  contrary  rices. 


fortli  wisdom :  hut  tliu  Ixoward  tongue 
shall  he  cut  out. 

32  The  lips  of  the  rishteous  know 
what  is  Ufcciitable  :  but  tlic  mouth 
oCtheyiickcili-jieatcth  I  tVowardness. 

CUAPTER  XL 

A'tFALSK  balance  is  abomina- 
tion to  the  LoKu:   but  fa  just 
weifrht  is  ]iis  delight. 

2  MlVieH  pride  comcth,  then  Cometh 
shame  :  but  with  tl\e  lowly  t«  wis- 
dom. 

3  '  The  integrity  of  the  upright  shall 
guide  them:  but  the  perverseness  of 
transgressors  shall  destroy  them. 

•J  <1  Riches  profit  not  in  the  day  of 
wrath  :  but  "■  righteousness  deliver- 
eth  from  death. 

5  The  righteousness  of  the  perfect 
shall  t  direct  his  way:  but  the  wick- 
ed shall  fall  by  his  own  wickedness. 

G  The  righteousness  of  the  upright 
shall  deliver  them:  but  (transgress- 
ors shall  be  taken  in  their  own 
naughtiness. 

7  5  When  a  wicked  man  dicth,  his 
expectation  shall  perish  :  and  the 
hope  of  unjust  men  perishcth. 

8  I'  The  righteous  is  delivered  out  of 
trouble,  and  the  wicked  comcth  in 
his  stead. 

0  A  "hypocrite  with  ^i?  mouth  de- 
stroycth  his  neighbour:  but  through 
knowledge  shall  the  just  be  deliver- 
ed. 

10  kWhcn  it  goeth  well  with  the 
righteous,  the  city  rejoii'cth  :  and 
when  the  wicked  perish,  there  is 
sliouting. 

11 1  By  the  blessing  of  the  upright 
the  city  is  exalted  :  but  it  is  over- 
thrown hy  the  mouth  of  the  wicked. 

12  He  that  is  tvoid  of  wisdom  de- 
spiseth  his  neighbour:  but  tt  man  of 
understanding  holdeth  his  peace. 

13  t  "'  A  talebearer  revealeth  secrets: 
but  he  that  is  of  a  faithful  spirit  con- 
cealcth  tlie  matter. 

14  °  Where  no  counsel  i.'.-,  the  people 
fall:  but  in  the  multitude  of  coun- 
sellors thrre  ix  safety. 

1.5  "  He  that  is  surety  for  a  stranger 
t shall  smart  ftir  it:  and  he  that 
hatelh  t  suretiship  is  sure. 

IC  ''A  gracious  woman  retaineth 
honour :  and  Btrong  moi  retain 
riches. 

17  1  The  merciful  man  doeth  good 
to  his  own  soul:  but  he  that  is  cruel 
troubleth  his  own  flesh. 

15  The  wicked  worketh  a  deceitful 
work:  but  ■'to  him  that  soweth  right- 
eousness shall  be  a  sure  reward. 

I'J  As  righteousness  tcmlcth  to  life; 
fo  he  that  pursueth  evil  ijursuclh  it 
to  lii.s  own  death. 

20  They  that  are  of  a  froward  heart 
aie  abomination  to  the  I.okh:  but 
Fiich  as  are  upright  in  their  way  are 
his  delight. 

21  '  Tho-i.ih  hand.;omi;i  hand,  the 
wicked  shall  not  be  unpunished:  but 

35 


n  leT.  19. 18. 

ch.  SO.  Ul. 
I  1  Kin.  12.1, 


•  the  seed  of  the  righteous  shall  be 
delivered. 

22  As  a  jewel  of  gold  in  a  swine's 
snout,  ,«o  IS  a  fair  woman  which  \is 
without  discretion. 

23  The  desire  of  the  righteous  is 
only  good:  but  the  expectation  of  the 
wicked  "  is  wrath. 

24  There  is  that  '' scattereth,  and 
yet  inereaseth  ;  and  there  is  that 
withholdetli  more  than  is  meet,  but 
it  teii'lcth  to  poverty. 

25  !  f  The  liberal  soul  shall  be  made 
fat:  ^and  he  that  watercth  shall  be 
watered  also  himself. 

20  -"He  that  withholdeth  corn,  the 
people  shall  curse  him:  hut  li  bless- 
ing shall  be  upon  the  head  of  him 
that  selleth  it. 

27  He  that  diligently  eceketh  good 
procurcth  favour:  '  but  he  that  seek- 
eth  mischief,  it  shall  come  unto  him. 

ati  <iHe  that  trusteth  in  his  riehts 
shall  fall:  but  'the  righteous  shall 
flourish  aa  a  branch. 

20  He  that  troubleth  his  own  house 
f shall  inherit  the  wind:  and  the  fool 
shall  he  servant  to  the  wise  of  heart. 

GO  The  fruit  of  the  righteous  is  a 
tree  of  life;  and  Ehc  that  fwinneth 
Bouls  IS  wise. 

31  I  Behold,  the  righteous  shall 
be  recompensed  in  the  earth:  much 
more  the  wicked  and  the  sinner. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

"XTrnOSO  Invelh  instruction  lov- 
\>  oth  knowledge  :  but  he  that 
hateth  reproof  (s  brutish. 

2  ^  A  good  mrai  obtaincth  favour  of 
the  1jOi:ii:  but  a  man  of  wicked  de- 
vices will  he  cnndenin. 

3  A  man  shall  not  be  established  by 
wickedness  :  but  the  l>  root  of  the 
righteous  shall  not  he  moved. 

4  ■=  A  virtuous  woman  is  a  crown  to 
her  husband:  but  she  that  maketh 
ashamed  is  J  as  rottenness  in  his 
bones. 

5  The  thoughts  of  the  righteous  nrr 
right:  but  the  counsels  of  the  wicked 
are  deceit. 

G  "■  The  words  of  the  wicked  are  to 
lie  in  wait  for  blood:  fbut  the  mouth 
of  the  upright  shall  deliver  them. 

7  SThe  wicked  arc  overthrown, 
and  fire  not:  hut  the  house  of  the 
righteous  shall  .stand. 

S  A  man  shall  he  commended  ac- 
cording to  his  wisdom:  )'  but  he  that 
is  t  of  a  perverse  heart  shall  be  de- 
spised. 

9  i  //('  that  is  despised,  and  hnth  a 
servant,  is  better  than  he  that  hon- 
oureth  himself,  and  lackcth  bread. 

10  k  A  righteous  man  regardeth  the 
life  of  his  beast:  but  the  Mender 
mercies  of  the  wicked  are  cruel. 

11  I  He  that  tilleth  b.is  land  shall  be 
satisfied  with  bread:  but  be  that  fol- 
loweth  vain  jicrsoHS  "'  is  void  of  uu- 
dersbinding. 

12  The  wicked  desircth  II  the  net  of 


Moral  virtxbes,  and 


PROVERBS. 


their  contrary  viecx. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  llXlO. 


n  ch.  18.  7. 
3  2rcl.  2.  9. 
r.eh.  13.  2.  i 


tob.  11.  S. 
u  Ph.  f.7.  4.  * 
i'J.l.UC-L3. 


ftlSsni,2.2^, 
b  ch.  12.  U. 


,21.2.1. 
.mil  J.  2 

1. 10.  4. 


evil  iiicii:  but  tlip  root  of  the  right- 
eous vii'liU'tli,/)'((V. 

I'j  f  ^'  Tlio  wielded  i.s  pnnred  by  the 
transLcression  of  fiis  lips:  "but  the 
jiist  Bliall  come  out  of  trouble. 

It  I' A  man  shall  be  satisfied  with 
Rood  l)y  the  fruit  of /lis  mouth:  land 
the  recompense  of  a  man's  hands 
shall  be  rendered  unto  him. 

1.^  '  The  way  of  a  fool  is  right  in  hLs 
own  eyes:  but  ho  that  liearkcneth 
unto  counsel  is  wise. 

](!  "A  fool's  wnith  is  tpre.«:enllv 
known :  but  a  prudent  man  toveretli 
sliamc. 

17  '7/c //inJspeaketh  truth  shcwcth 
forth  righteousness:  but  a  false  wit- 
ness deceit. 

IS  "There  is  that  speaketh  like  the 
piercings  of  ii  sword:  but  the  tongue 
of  the  wise  is  health. 

19  The  lip  of  truth  shall  bo  estab- 
lished forever:  "but  a  lying  tongue 
is  but  for  a  moment. 

20  Deceit  is  in  the  heart  of  them 
that  imagine  evil:  but  to  the  couu- 
sellor.'^  of  peace  iV  joy. 

Ul  Tliere  shall  nfi  evil  happen  to  the 
.just:  but  the  wicked  shall  be  filled 
with  mischief. 

'J2  >.lyying  lips  are  abomination  to 
the  1/OUD:  but  they  that  deal  truly 
(ti-e  his  delight. 

23  '  A  prudent  man  concealeth 
knowledge :  but  the  heart  of  fools 
proclnimeth  foolishness. 

24  »  The  hand  of  the  diligent  ."^hall 
bear  rule:  but  the  ||  slothful  shall  be 
under  tribute. 

2.'>  I'  Heaviness  in  the  heart  of  man 
maketji  it  stoop:  but  'a  good  word 
maketh  it  glad. 

•Jtj  Tlic  righteous  is  more  I(  excellent 
than  his  neighl)oiir:  but  tlie  way  of 
t!ie  wicked  sechu-etli  tlKin. 

27  The  slothful  ;»ou  roasteth  not 
thatwiiich  lie  took  In  hunting:  but 
the  substance  of  a  diligent  man  is 
precious. 

25  In  tho  way  of  righteousness  I'l* 
life;  and  in  thepathway  thciro/ there 
is  no  death. 

CHAPTER  xnr. 

A  "WISE  son  hcarelh  his  father's 
instruelion  :  "but  a  seorner 
hearcth  not  rebuke. 

2  I'.V  man  sIisiU  eat  pood  by  the  fruit 
of  his  mouth  :  but  tlie  .<ioul  of  the 
transgressors  sfitiU  tat  violence. 

.S  '  He  that  keepeth  his  inoutli  keep- 
eth  bis  life:  hut  lie  tluit  opcnetb  wide 
his  lips  shall  havedestrmtion. 

4  'I'l'he  soul  c.f  (In-  slugganl  desir- 
eth,  and  l„ilh  notliiog:  hut  tho  boul 
ofthe  diligent  shall  he  innde  fat. 

•^  A  righteous  itntti  hateth  l.ving: 
but  a  wicked  tuan  is  loathsome,  and 
Cometh  to  shame. 

0  '■  Kightcousness  keepeth  him  that 
is  iipriglit  in  the  wav:  hut  wicked- 
ness overthroweth  t  the  siinuT. 

7  I  There  is  that  maketli  himself 
54B 


Irich,  yet  hath  nothing:  tlirre  is  that 
inaketh  himself  poor,  yet  luith  great 
riches. 

8  The  ransom  of  a  man's  life  are 
his  riches:  but  the  poor  hearcth  not 
rebuke. 

9  The  light  of  tho  righteous  re- 
joiceth:  ^  but  the  \\  lamp  of  tlie  wick- 
ed shall  be  jiut  out. 

I  10  Only  by  pride  cometh  conten- 
Ition:  but  with  the  well  advised  is 
wisdom. 

I  11  hWealth  fjntlcn  bj'  vanity  shall 
Ibe  diminished:  but  ho  that  gather- 
eth  t  by  labour  shall  increase. 

12  Hope  deferred  maketh  the  heart 
sick:  but  Ufhrn  the  desire  Cometh, 
)'  h  n  tree  of  life. 

1-3  Whoso  k  despiscth  the  word  shall 
be  destroyed:  but  he  that  feareth  the 
commandment  ||  shall  be  rewarded. 

14  1  Tho  law  of  the  wise  is  a  fount- 
ain of  liti',  to  depart  from  ■"  the  snares 
of  death. 

1.5  Good  nndcrstanding  giveth  fa- 
vour: but  tho  way  of  transgressors  is 
hard. 

IB  "Every  prudent  vimi  dealeth 
with  knowledge:  but  a  fool  f  layeth 
open  /k.s;  folly. 

17  A  wicked  messenger  falleth  into 
mischief:  but  "(a  faithful  ambassa- 
dor j.«  health. 

l.S  Toverty  and  shame  shaJl  be  to 
him  that  rcfiisith  instruction  :  but 
I' ho  that  regardeth  reproof  shall  he 
honom-ed. 

19  'I  The  desire  accomplished  is 
sweet  to  the  soul:  but  it  is  abomina- 
tion to  fools  to  depart  from  evil. 

20  Ho  that  walkcth  with  wise  mm 
shall  be  wise:  but  a  companion  of 
fools  1  shall  he  destroyed. 

21  'Evil  pursucth  sinners:  but  to 
the  righteous  good  shnll  he  repaid. 

22  A  goo.l  ,.,„„  lenveth  an  inherit- 
ance to  his  chililren's  children:  and 
'the  wealth  of  tho  sinner  is  laid  up 
fortheiust. 

2.'!  ■  .^fuch  food  IS  III.  the  tillage  of 
the  p<ior:  hut  there  is  that  is  destroy- 
ed for  want  of  iudgnient. 

24  "  He  that  sp;ireth  his  rod  hateth 
his  son  :  but  be  that  loveth  liiin 
chasteneth  him  betimes. 

2j  "  The  righteous  ealeth  to  the  sat- 
isfying of  his  soul:  but  the  belly  of 
the  wicked  shall  want. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

EVERY  "wise  woman  libuildeth 
her  house:  but  the  f..olish  pluck- 
eth  it  down  with  her  hands. 

2  He  that  walkith  in  his  upright- 
ness feareth  the  l.oiiii:  'hut  h<- t/iiit 
is  perverse  in  hia  vays  despiscth 
him. 

i'!  In  the  mouth  ofthe  foolish  is  a 
roil  of  pride:  ■!  hut  the  lips  of  the 
wise  shall  preserve  lluni. 

4  Where  no  o\en  oic,  the  crib  is 
clean:  but  much  increase  is  by  the 
blrength  ofthe  o.t. 


Moral  virtucK,  and 


PROVERBS. 


their  contrary  vi(x^ 


a  'A  faitliful  witness  will  not  lie: 
but  a  false  witness  will  utter  lies. 

(i  A  fcorner  sceketh  wisdom,  and 
Jiixlet/i  it  not :  but  f  knowledge  w 
easy  unto  him  that  understandcth. 

7  Go  from  the  presence  of  a  foolish 
man,  when  thou  perceivest  not  in 
him  the  lips  of  knowledj^e. 

8  The  wisdom  of  the  prudent  i>  to 
understand  his  way:  but  the  folly 
of  fools  is  deceit. 

9  s  Fools  make  a  mock  ntsin:  but 
amouR  the  rijihtcous  llierc  is  favour. 

10  The  heart  knoweth  this  own 
bitterness;  and  a  stran};er  doth  not 
intermeddle  with  his  joy. 

U  hThe  house  of  the  wicked  shall 
be  overthrown  :  hut  the  tabernacle 
of  the  upright  shall  flourish. 

12  i  There  is  a  way  which  scemeth 
right  unto  a  n)an !  bu  t  k  the  end  there- 
of arc  the  ways  of  death. 

1-3  Even  in  laiif^htcr  the  heart  is  sor- 
rowful; and  'the  end  of  that  mirth 
is  heaviness. 

11  The  backslider  in  heart  shall  he 
'"filled  with  his  own  ways:  and  a 
Rood  man  shall  be  satisfied  fvom  )iim- 
fclf. 

1.5  The  simple  believcth  every  word : 
but  the  prudent  man  lookcth"  well  to 
his  poin^. 

1(>  "A  wise  wan  feareth,  and  dcpart- 
eth  from  evil :  but  the  fool  ragcth, 
and  is  contidcnt. 

17  He  that  /.s  soon  angry  dcaleth 
foolishly;  and  a  man  of  wicked  de- 
vices is  hated. 

18  The  simple  inherit  folly:  but  the 
prudent  are  crowned  with  kuowl- 
cdge. 

I'J  The  evil  bow  before  the  pood; 
and  the  wicked  nt  the  gates  of  the 
righteous. 

20  "  The  poor  is  hated  even  of  his 
own  neighbour:  but  t  the  rich  hath 
many  friends. 

21  lie  that  dcspiseth  his  neighbour 
sinncth :  I'  but  he  that  hath  mercy  on 
the  poor,  happy  is  he. 

22  Do  they  not  err  that  dcTisc  evil? 
but  mercy  and  truth  shall  be  to  them 
that  devise  good. 

23  In  all  labour  there  is  profit:  but 
the  talk  of  the  lips  temlcth  ouly  to 
penury. 

.24  The  crown  of  the  wise  is  their 
riches:  Vitt  the  foolishness  of  fools  u' 
folly. 

25  '1 A  true  witness  dcliveroth  souls: 
but  a  deceitful  iciliirss  siiciikctli  lies. 

2fi  In  the  fear  of  llic  I.oimi  /.s-  stnjng 
confidence  ;  and  his  children  thaii 
have  a  place  of  refuge. 

27  •"  The  fear  of  the  I..onD  is  a  fount- 
ain of  life,  to  depart  from  the  snares 
of  death. 

2S  In  the  multitude  of  people  IS  the 
king's  honour:  but  iu  the  want  of 
jieoploj's  the  destruction  ofthe  prince. 

2'.t  "Jle  that  is  slow  to  wrath  is  of 
great  understanding:  hut  he  that  is 
f  hasty  of  spirit  exaltctli  folly. 


SO  A  sound  heart  is  the  life  of  the 
flesh :  but  '  envy  "  the  rottenness  of 
the  bones, 

01  *  lie  that  oppresscth  the  poor  re- 
proachcth  >  his  Maker:  but  ho  that 
nonoureth  him  hath  mercy  on  the 
poor. 

32  The  wicked  is  driven  away  in  his 
wickedness:  but ''^  the  righteous  hath 
hope  in  his  death. 

.'i'J  Wisdom  resteth  in  the  heart  of 
him  that  hath  understanding:  but 
'^that  which  is  in  the  midst  of  fools  is 
made  known. 

34  Kighteonsness  cxalteth  a  nation: 
but  sin  is  a  reproach  f  to  any  peo- 
ple. 

3.5  li  The  king's  favour  is  toward  a 
wise  servant:  hut  bis  wrath  is  aj^ainsC 
him  that  causeth  shame. 

CIIArTEK  XV. 
1  A    "  ^O'^^  answer    turneth  awnj 
US.  wrath:  but  I' grievous  words  stir 
(up  anger. 

2  The  tongue  of  the  wise  nseth 
knowledge  aright:  'hut  tlie  mouth 
of  fools  f  poTircth  out  foolishness. 

t3  <l  The  eyes  of  the  I.onn  fire  in 
very  place,  beholding  the  evil  and 
.he  good. 

4  t  A  wholesome  tongue  is  a  tree  of 
life  :  but  pcrverscness  therein  is  a 
breach  in  the  spirit. 

5  "A  fool  dcspiseth  his  father's  in- 
struction: f  hut  he  that  regardcth  re- 
proof is  prudent. 

G  In  the  house  of  the  righteons  i.» 
much  treasure:  but  in  the  revenues 
of  the  wicked  is  trouble. 

7  The  lips  of  tlic  wise  disperse 
knowledge:  but  the  heart  of  the 
foolish  rioeth  not  so. 

8  s  The  sacrifice  <tf  the  wicked  ;'.'  an 
abomination  to  the  ].oi;ii:  but  the 
prayer  of  the  upright  <;;  his  delight. 

'.(  "The  way  of  the  wicked  is  an 
abomination  unto  the  hoi:i>;  but 
ho  loveth  hira  tliat  lifoUowelh  after 
righteousness. 

10  II  Correction  is  "grievous  unto  him 
that  forsakcth  the  wav :  and  1-  ho  that 
hateth  rcproc.f sbnlldic. 

11  'Hell  and  destruction  arc  liefore 
the  I.oi!i>  :  how  much  more  then 
'"  the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men? 

12  "  A  scorncr  loveth  not  one  that 
rcproveth  him:  neither  will  he  go 
unto  the  wise. 

13  "A  merry  heart  maVcth  a  cheer- 
ful countcn:rncc:  but  1' by  sorrow  of 
the  heart  the  spirit  is  broken. 

14  The  heart  of  him  that  hath  un- 
derstanding sceketh  knowledge:  but 
the  mouth  of  fools  fecdcth  on  i'oolibh- 
ness. 

1.5  All  (he  davs  of  the  afflicted  arc 
but  I"-  Ileitis  of  11  merry  heart 


h'llh  : 


d  U-.iA. 


fietler  is  little  with  the  fear  of 
Ithe  I.oiM),  than  great  treasure  and 
Itrouble  therewith. 
1  17  'Better  is  a  dinner  of  herbs  where 
647 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBS. 


thdr  contrary  vicex. 


Bcforo  J 
C  H  B  I  S  1) 
about  10(». 


t  cli.  26.  21.  It 
29. 22. 
u  ch.  22.  5. 


2>).  18. 
bcH.  25.  11. 


Col.  3.  1,  2. 

a  cli.  12.  7.  i 

11.  U. 
cr«.n3.ii.6.4 

i;ii.  n. 

fcl..C.  in.  IS. 
gP..  J7.  30. 
t  Htk.  norj* 

l.rli,  11.13. 

j'oV.'l?.'  11. 
1  I  Tel.  3.  1». 
kr..  in.  1.  & 

34.  Ir:. 
lI'i.lU.18,19. 


och.l3.  12.    I 

«T«r.  0. 
<l..  l:i.  21.  & 

Jc'r.'lb.  23. 
I  Or. 

IiMivU.lO  19, 

•  eh. 21.  2. 
Jl.S«m.lS.7. 
t  ll.b.  r.M. 


h.t..  0.  17.  & 
».  1.1. 
l<li.  11.21.  til 


love  i.",  than  n  Btalled  o.x  and  hatred 
therewith. 

18  "A  wrathful  man  stirrcth  up  strife: 
but  he  that  i'a  slow  to  anger  appeasctU 
btrife. 

I'J  "  The  w.ajf  of  the  slothful  man  is 
as  a  hedge  of  tliorus:  but  the  way  of 
the  ris'iteous  t ««  made  plain. 

•jo  "A  wise  son  makcth  a  glad  fa- 
ther: but  a  foolish  man  dcspiscth  his 
mother. 

21  J  Folly  13  joy  to  him  that  is  f  des- 
titute of  wisdom:  ^but  a  man  of  un- 
derstanding walketh  upriglitly. 

22  "Without  counsel  purposes  arc 
disappointed :  but  in  the  multitude 
of  counsellors  they  arc  established. 

2.3  A  man  hath  "joy  by  the  answer 
of  his  mouth:  and  l>a  word  spoken 
(indue  sea.son,  how  good  U  it ! 

24  '  The  w,iy  of  life  is  above  to  the 
wise,  that  he  may  depart  from  hell 
beneath. 

25  i  The  I.,ORD  will  destroy  the 
house  of  the  proud  :  but  "^  he  will 
cstal)lish  tlie  border  of  the  widow. 

2(!  f  The  thoughts  of  the  wicked  arc 
an  abomination  to  the  liOitn:  Shut 
the  words  of  the  jiurc  are  f  pleasant 
words. 

2"  h  He  tliat  is  greedy  of  gain  tronb- 
Icth  his  own  house ;  but  ho  tliat 
h:itetli  gifts  shall  live. 

2S  Tlie  heart  of  the  righteous 
istudieth  to  answer:  but  the  mouth 
of  the  wicked  ponreth  out  evil  things. 

29  kThc  L()i;u  is  far  from  the 
wicked:  but  I  lie  heareth  the  prayer 
of  the  righteous. 

CO  Tlic  light  of  the  eyes  rejoicoth  the 
heart:  fl?(t7agood  report  inaketh  the 
bones  fut. 

SI  "'  'J"hc  car  thnt  heareth  the  re- 
proof of  life  abidetli  among  the  wise. 

02  lie  tliat  refusoth  ||  instruction 
dcspi.?eth  liis  own  sonl:  but  he  that 
II  lieareth  reproof  t  gettcth  under- 
standing. 

Si  "  Tlie  fear  of  the  l>onr>  is  the  in- 
struction of  wisdom  ;  aaid  "  before 
honour  ts  humility. 

CIIArTEU  XVI. 

THE  "II  preparations  of  the  heart 
in  man,  band  the  answer  of  tlie 
tongue,  IS  from  the  I.orn. 
2  'All  the  ways  of  a  man  are  clean 
in  Jiis  own  eves;  but  tl tlie  1.,okd 
wcigiu'th  the  spirits. 
.'!  t"(.'cinimit  thy  works  unto  the 
]>oi:n,  and  thy  thoughts  shall  be  es- 
tablished. 

4  'The  I>ORi)  hath  made  all  tJiinps 
for  himsell':  fyea,  even  the  wicked 
for  the  day  of  evil. 

5  1'  Kvcry  one  t/ifrt  f>  ]>roud  in  lieart 
IS  an  abomination  to  the  l.oun: 
i  tham/li  hand  inhi  in  liaud,  lie  shull 
not  he  I  nnpuuishcd. 

(i  k  lly  mercy  nntl  truth  inic|nity  is 
purged:  andlhv  the  fear  of  the  Lokd 
imn  depart  froiii  evil. 

sli.AiMmntxnt.  kl>au.4.2;.  Luk«11.41.  Icli.ll.  is. 

648 


7  When  a  man's  ways  please  the 
Lonij,  be  maketh  even  Ins  enemies 
to  he  at  peace  with  }iim. 

8  '"  Better  is  a  little  with  righteous- 
ness, than  great  revenues  without 
right. 

U  "  A  man's  heart  deviseth  his  way  : 
"but  the  1-OHD  directcth  his  steps. 

ID  t  A  divine  sentence  is  in  tlic  lips 
of  the  king;  his  mouth  trausgresscth 
not  in  judgment. 

11  ■'  A  just  weight  and  balance  are 
the  Loud's:  f  all  the  weights  of  the 
bag  are  his  work. 

12  Jt  is  an  abomination  to  kings  to 
commit  vickedness:  for  'i  the  throne 
is  established  by  righteousness. 

1.3  'Kighteous  lips  are  the  delight  of 
kings;  and  they  love  liini  that  speak- 
cth  right. 

14  *  The  wrath  of  a  king  is  as  mes- 
sonpers  of  death  :  but  a  wise  man 
willpacify  it. 

lo  In  the  light  of  the  king's  coun- 
tenance i^■  life;  iuiil  '  his  f:ivour  is  "  as 
a  cloud  of  the  latter  rain. 

Hi  "  How  mneh  better  is  it  to  get 
wisdom  than  gold!  and  to  get  under- 
standing rather  to  be  chosen  than 
silverl 

17  The  highway  of  the  upright  is  to 
depart  from  evil:  he  that  keepeth  his 
way  preserveth  his  soul. 

18  >  Pride  goelh  before  destruc- 
tion, and  a  haughty  spirit  before  n 
fall. 

i:)  Better  it  is  lo  he  of  an  humble 
si)irit  with  the  lowly,  than  to  divide 
the  spoil  with  the  proud. 

20  II  lie  that  handleth  a  matter  wise- 
ly shall  find  good:  and  wh<iso  'trust- 
cth  in  the  LoitD,  happy  is  he. 

21  The  wise  in  heart  shall  be  called 
prudent ;  and  the  sweetness  of  the 
lips  inereaseth  learning. 

22  "  t^nderstanding  is  a  wcllspring 
'of  life  unto  him  that  hnth  it;  but  the 
instriu'tioii  o(  tools  ,s  loUv. 

2'J  I' The  heart  of  the  wiic  )  teacheth 
his  mouth,  ond  adileth  learning  to 
his  lips. 

I  24  Pleasant  words  are  «.?  a  honey- 
[comb,  sweet  to  the  soul,  and  health 
to  tlic  bones. 

'ja  "^  There  is  a  way  that  seemeth 
right  unto  a  man;  hut  (ho  end  there- 
of «/e  the  wavs  of  death. 

2G  JfHc  thiit  labourcth.  laboureth 
for  himself;  for  his  mouth  f  craveth 
it  of  him. 

27  t  An  ungodly  man  diggcth  tip 
evil;  and  iu  his  lijis  Ihtre  is  as  ft 
burning  tire. 

2.S  '  A  froward  man  -f  sowetli  strife: 
nnd  fa  whisperer  separateth  chief 
friends. 

2'.l  .\  violent  man  '^cnticcth  his 
neighbour,  and  li':ideth  him  into  the 
■wjiv  that  it  not  gooil. 

;:()■  He  sbutletb  his  eyes  to  devise 
froward  things:  moving  his  lipa  ho 
bringethevillop-.iss. 

SI  li  Tho  lioary  head  is  a  crown  of 


Moral  virtties,  and 


PROVERBS. 


their  contrary  vices. 


ck.  IG.  23. 
Or,  A  re- 


glory,  )/■  it  l)e  Ibuud  ia  tl>e  way  of 
rip:hteoustiosfl. 

.'y  i  He  t/irit  in  slow  to  nngpr  in  belter 
than  the  mighty;  ami  he  tliat  ruletli 

lis  spirit  than  he  tliat  taketh  a  eitv. 

S)  The  lot  is  oust  into  the  Iai>:  Ijnt 
the  whole  disposing'  tlicreof  is  of  the 
Loud. 

CHAPTER  XVII. 

BETTEK  w  -a  dry  morsel,  and 
quietness  therewith,  tliau  a  house 
full  of  II  sacrifices  wit/i  strife. 

2  A  wise  servant  shall  have  rule 
over  Iia  son  that  causetli  shame,  and 
shall  have  part  of  the  inheritance 
anions  the  brethren. 

',i  ^  Tlie  tilling  put  is  for  silver,  and 
the  furnace  for  gold:  but  tlic  J.,ouu 
trieth  tlie  hearts. 

4  A  wicked  doer  Rivelh  heed  to  false 
lips ;  and  a  liar  giveth  car  to  a 
nauj^htv  tongue. 

5  **  Wnoso  inocketh  the  poor  re- 
proacheth  his  Maker:  and  'he  tliat 
18  glad  at  calamities  shall  not  be  t  un- 
punished. 

G  1  Children's  children  are  the  crown 
of  old  men;  and  tlie  glory  of  chil- 
dren ore  their  fathers. 

7  t  E.xcellent  speech  becometh  not 
a  fool:  much  less  do  fb'iug  lijis  a 
prince. 

8  s  A  gift  is  as  t  a  precious  stone  in 
the  eyes  of  him  that  hath  it:  whither- 
soever it  turneth,  it  prospereth. 

0  l»  He  that  coveretli  a  transgression 
II  seekcth  love;  but  i  he  tlut  repeateth 
a  matter  separateth  icii/'fiiends. 

10  II  A  reproof  enteretli  more  into  a 
wise  man  than  ahundredstripesinto 
a  fool. 

11  Au  evil  man  seekcth  only  rebel 
lion  :  tliereforc  a  cruel  messengei 
shall  be  sent  against  him. 

12  Let  k  a  be:tr  robbed  of  her  whelps 
meet  a  man,  rather  than  a  foul  ill  hi: 
folly. 

13  Whoso  1  rcwardeth  evil  for  good, 
evil  shall  not  depart  from  his  house. 

U  The  beginning  of  strife  is  o; 
when  one  Icttetli  out  water:  there 
fore  ™  leave  oft"  contention,  before  it 
be  meddled  with. 

15  °  He  that  justifieth  the  wicked, 
a;id  he  tliat  condemnctli  the  just, 
even  they  both  are  abomiuatioii  to 
the  Lor.n. 

Iti  Wherefore  is  tlierc  a  price  in  the 
hand  of  a  fool  to  get  wisdom,  "seeing 
he  hath  no  heart  lo  it  ? 

17  I'A  friend  loveth  at  all  times,  and 
a  brother  is  born  for  adversity. 

IH  'lA  man  void  of  f  understanding 
striketh  hands,  and  becometh  surety 
in  the  presence  of  his  friend. 

19  He  loveth  transgression  that 
loveth  strife:  and  'he  that  exalteth 
his  gate  seekcth  destruction. 

21)  tile  that  h.atli  a  froward  heart 
findeth  no  good:  and  he  that  liatli 
] '  a  perverse  tongue  falletli  into  mis- 
chief. 
i  21 '  He  that  begettcth  a  fool  doeth  it 


to  his  sorrow:  and  the  father  of  a 
fool  hath  no  joy. 

22  "A  merry  heart  docth  good  ||  lilcr 
a  medicine:  "but  a  broken  spirit 
drieth  the  bones. 

2.'1  A  wicked  man  taketh  a  gift  out 
of  tlie  bosom  >  to  pervert  the  ways 
of  judgment. 

24  ^  AVisdom  I's  before  him  that  hath 
understanding;  but  the  eyes  of  a 
fool  are  in  the  ends  of  the  earth. 

25  ''A  fbolisli  son  is  a  grief  to  his 
fatlier,  and  bitterness  to  her  that 
bare  him. 

20  Also  1)  to  punish  the  just  ts  not 
good,  nor  to  strike  princes  for  equity. 

27  "^  He  that  hath  knowledge  spareth 
his  words:  (««/  anian  of  understand- 
ing is  of  II  an  excellent  spirit. 

2S  J  Even  a  fool,  when  he  holdeth 
hia  peace,  ia  counted  wise:  ami  he 
that  shutteth  his  lips  i«  esteemed  a 
man  of  understanding. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
II  'X'HROirGH  desire  a  man,  having 
X    separated  himself,  seekcth  aiul 
intcrmeddleth  with  all  wisdom. 

2  A  fool  hath  no  delight  in  under- 
standing, but  that  his  heart  may  dis- 
cover itself. 

o  When  the  wicked  cometh,  tJten 
Cometh  also  contempt,  and  with  ig- 
nominy reproach. 

4  ^  The  words  of  a  man's  mouth 
are  as  deep  waters,  t  and  the  well- 
spring  of  wisdom  as  a  flowing  brook. 

5  ']t  is  not  good  to  accept  the  per- 
son of  the  wicked,  to  overtlirow  the 
righteous  in  judgment. 

G  A  fool's  lips  cuter  into  contention, 
and  his  month  eallt-th  for  strokes. 

7  JA  fool's  mouth  i.->-  his  destruc- 
tion, and  his  lips  are  the  snare  of  his 
soul. 

8  "  The  words  of  a  II  talebearer  are 
II  as  wounds,  and  they  go  down  into 
the  t  innermost  parts  of  the  belly. 

y  He  also  tli.Tt  is  slothful  in  his  work 
is  f  brother  to  him  that  is  a  great 
waster. 

10  SThc  name  of  the  Lonn  is  a 
strong  tower:  the  righteous  runneth 
into  it,  and  tis  safe. 

11  1* 'riie  rich  man's  wealth  is  his 
strong  city,  and  as  a  high  wall  in  his 
own  conceit. 

12  i  Before  destruction  the  heart  of 
man  is  haughty ;  and  before  honour 
is  humilitv. 

1.".  He  that  f  answereth  a  matter 
k  befrre  he  heareth  i(,  it  is  folly  and 
shame  unto  him. 

14  Tlie  spirit  of  a  man  will  sustain 
his  infirmity;  but  a  wounded  spirit 
who  can  bear? 

15  The  heart  of  the  prudent  getteth 
knowledi'e;  and  the  ear  of  the  wise 
seekcth  knowledge. 

Hi  lA  man'.<  gift  inaketh  room  for 
him,  and  bringeth  him  before  great 
men. 

17  He  that  is  first  in  hia  own  cause 
B49 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBS. 


their  contrary  vices. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  loou. 


r  Jome.  2.  3. 

<1  cL.  17.  17. 


bp. 

37.7. 

cell 

11.20. 

r.  9. 

23   1. 
ul.  lU.  18. 

d. 

n.  13.  J, 

IH 

)..  A<U 

«cl. 

2U.  20. 

'rJ'. 

17.  S.  & 
l(i.  !l  21 

U1I.30.M. 

Uoc.  lU.  G,  7. 
in  oil.  11.29. 

J»iiie<  1.  19. 
lOr.jtrvijHiM. 
nch.  1(1  32. 
ockin  It.l.t, 

<i20.2.<i2i). 

IS. 

i>no>.  U.S. 

qch.  10.  1.  t, 

i».  m.  ii  17. 

21.25. 
>cli  21.9,  19. 

&  27.  1.'.. 
.2  Cor.  1!.  U. 
tch.  la  22. 
uck.  e.9. 
ich.  10.  4.  & 

2(1.  13.  &  23. 

21. 


scemcth  just;  but  his  neighbour 
oometh  ami  searchftli  him. 

\H  'J'lie  lot  eausctli  coiitontions  to 
cease,  and  iJurteth  bt'tweeu  the 
iiii;,'hty. 

lit  A  brother  ofiunded  ts  hanjer  In 
Ije  won  than  11  strong-  city :  and  tfteir 
contentions  arc  Uke  tlie  bars  of  a 
castle. 

•JO  '"A  man's  belly  shall  be  satisfied 
witli  the  fruit  of  his  mouth  ;  and 
Mi  til  the  increase  of  Jiis  lips  shall  he 
be  filled. 

•Jl  "  Death  and  life  are  in  the  power 
of  the  tongue:  and  they  that  love  it 
shall  eat  the  fruit  thereof. 

22  "W/ioso  findeth  a  wife  findcth  a 
Kood  thimj,  and  obtaincth  favour  of 
thel.oici). 

•£\  The  poor  useth  entreaties;  but 
the  rich  answereth  I'roujjhly. 

24  A  man  that  hath  iriends  must 
shew  himself  friendly:  'I  and  tliere 
is  a  friend  that  sticketh  closer  than  a 
brother. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

r>ETTEK /(»  the  poor  that  walk- 
y  eth  in  his  integrity,  than  he  that 
is  perverse  in  his  lips,  and  is  a  fool. 
2  Also,  t?iat  the  soul  be  without 
knowlcdse,  it  is  not  good;  and  he 
that  hasteth  with  hi.i  feet  sinneth. 
.'i  The  foolishness  of  man  pcrverteth 
his  way:  band  his  heart  fretteth 
against  the  Loud. 

4  'Wealth  maketh  many  fViends; 
but  the  poor  is  separated  from  his 
nei{;hbour. 

5  "JA  false  witness  shall  not  be  f  un- 
punished; and  Ac  that  speaketh  lies 
shall  not  escape. 

(!  ■■  Many  will  entreat  the  favour 
of  the  i)rincc:  and  1  every  man  iw  a 
friend  to  t  him  that  givelh  gifts. 

7  tAII  the  brethren  of  tliu  poor  do 
liate  him:  how  much  more  do  his 
friends  go  hfar  from  himy  he  pur- 
sueth  them  vnth  words,  ijel  they  are 
wanting  to  him, 

H  lie  that  getteth  t  wisdom  loveth 
his  own  soul:  he  that  keci)cth  un- 
derstanding I  shall  find  good. 

1)  liA  false  witness  shall  not  he  un- 
punished; and /it!  that  speaketh  lies 
shall  perish. 

10  Delight  is  not  seemly  for  a  fool ; 
much  less  I  for  a  servant  to  have  rule 
over  princes. 

U  '"The  II  discretion  of  a  man  dc- 
ferreth  his  anger;  "  and  it  ia'  his  glory 
to  pass  over  a  transgression. 
_  12  "  The  king's  wrath  i^  as  the  roar- 
ing of  a  lion;  but  his  favour  t:>  ''as 
dew  upon  the  grass. 

IS  1 A  foolish  son  is  the  calamity  of 
his  father:  'and  the  contentionsof  a 
wife  are  a  continual  <li(.pping. 

14  "House  and  riiliia  iirr  the  in- 
heritance of  fiitheis:  and  '  a  prudent 
wife  IS  from  the  I.oun. 

1j  "  Slothfuliiess  casteth  into  a  deep 
sleep;  and  an  idle  soul  shall  "sutler 
hunger. 

660 


10  >  He  that  kecpeth  the  command- 
ment kecpeth  his  own  soul;  Init  he 
that  dis|>is(tb  his  ways  shall  die. 

17  '■■  He  tliat  huth  pity  upon  the 
poor  lendith  unto  the  Loiit)  ;  and 
II  that  which  he  hath  given  will  lie 
pay  him  again. 

IH  °  Chasten  thy  son  while  there  is 
hope,  and  let  not  thy  soul  spare  ||  for 
his  crying. 

rj  Ainan  of  great  wrath  shall  suffer 
punishment:  for  if  thou  deUver  him, 
yet  thou  must  t  do  it  ag:un. 

20  Hear  counsel,  and  receive  in- 
struction, tliat  thou  mayest  be  wise 
bin  thy  latter  end. 

21  "^  There  are  many  devices  in  n 
man's  heart;  nevertheless  the  coun- 
sel of  the  l.oitp,  that  shall  stand. 

22  The  desire  of  a  man  is  his  kind- 
ness: uud  a  poor  man  is  better  than 
a  liar. 

2;i  J  The  fear  of  the  Lord  tendeth  to 
life:  and  he  that  hath  it  shall  abide 
satisfied;  he  shall  not  be  visited  with 
evil. 

24  "^  A  slothful  ntan  hideth  his  hand 
in  his  bosom,  and  will  not  so  much 
as  bring  it  to  his  mouth  again. 

25  f  Smite  a  scorner,  and  the  simple 
t  ^  will  beware  :  and  !» reprove  one 
that  hath  understanding,  and  he  will 
understand  knowledge. 

'M  He  that  wastetli  A  is  father,  and 
chascth  away  his  mother,  is  ia  son 
that  causeth  shame,  and  bringclh  re- 
proach. 

27  Cease,  my  son,  to  hear  the  in- 
struction that  cma<eth  to  err  from  the 
words  of  knowledge. 

2.S  t  An  ungodly  witness  scometli 
judgment:  and  kthe  mouth  of  the 
wicked  devonrcth  iniquity. 
I  2J>  Judgments  are  prepared  for 
scorners,  laud  stripes  for  the  back 
'of  fools. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

WINE  "is  a  mocker,  strong  drink 
is  raging  :    and   whosoever  is 
deceived  thereby  is  not  wise. 

2  l>  The  fear  of  a  king  is  as  the  roar- 
ing of  a  lion:  vhoao  provoketh  him 
to  anger  ''sinneth  against  his  own 
soul. 

I  3  d  /<  js  an  honour  for  a  man  to 
Icoase  from  strife:  but  every  fool  will 
be  meddling. 

4  '  The  slupgard  will  not  plough 
by  reason  ot  the  I'cold;  t therefore 
shall  he  beg  in  harvest,  and  have 
nothing. 

!>  '  Counsel  in  the  heart  of  man  is 
,'i'/t  deep  water;  but  a  man  of  un- 
derstanding will  draw  it  out. 

(i  b  iMost  men  will  proihiim  every 
one  his  own  || goodness:  butiatiuth- 
ful  man  who  cun  tindy 

7  k  The  just  iimii  \>  alkcth  in  his  in- 
tegrity :  'his  children  are  blessed 
alter  iiiin. 

H  '"  A  king  that  sittcth  in  the  throne 
of  juilgnient  scattereth  away  all  evil 
w  itli  Jiis  eyes. 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBvS. 


their  contrary  vices. 


„  O.-M. 
11.4. 
U.S. 

.  J.  a). 


i  p..  37.  23. 
cli.  l«.  9 
Oct.  10.23. 


9  "  Who  can  say,  1  liave  made  my 
heart  clean,  1  aiu  pure  from  my 
sin/ 

10  °  t  Divers  weights,  a)id  1  divers 
measures,  both  of  tliem  nrc  alike 
abomination  to  the  Loud. 

11  Kven  a  child  is  ''known  by  Ins 
doings,  whether  liis  work  be  puie, 
and  wlietlier ///«'  ri;;lit. 

l:i  ''The  hearin;^  ear,  and  tlic  see- 
in;!;  eye,  the  LOKD  hatli  made  even 
both  of  them. 

l.i  '  I>o\e  not  sleep,  lest  thou  come 
to  i)nveriy  :  open  thine  eves,  and 
thou  slKilt  be  satisfied  with  bread. 

14  It  is  luiii-lif,  it  is  nau^'ht,  saith 
the  bin'i-i-:  but  \\  lien  he  is  youc  his 
way,  then  he  boustetll. 

l.>"  'I'lieie  is  golil,  and  ft  multitude 
of  rubies:  but  ''the  lips  of  knowledge 
an'-  a  precious  jt-wel. 

1(1  '  Take  his  j,'annent  that  is  surety 
ybr  a  stran^rer:  and  take  u  pledge  of 
him  for  a  strange  woman. 

17  "  -t  Bread  ot  deceit  is  sweet  to  a 
man;  but  afterwards  Ids  mouth  shall 
be  tilled  with  gravel. 

18  ^  Kivnj  purpose  is  established 
by  counsel:  >  and  with  good  advice 
make  war. 

lU  'He  that  goeth  about  as  a  tale- 
bearer revealeth  secrets  :  therefore 
meddle  not  with  him  "  that  |,l  tlatter- 
eth  with  his  lips. 

ai  I'  Whoso  curseth  his  father  or  his 
mother,  "  his  W  lamp  shall  bo  put  out 
in  obscure  darkness. 

•Jl  I'An  inheritance  may  be  gotten 
hastily  at  the  beginning;  'but  the 
end  thereof  shall  not  be  blessed. 

U'2  f  Say  not  thou,  I  will  rceompense 
evil;  hut  s  wait  on  the  Loitu,  and  he 
shall  save  thee. 

'£i  li  Divers  weights  are  an  abomina- 
tion unto  the  I.oiii>;  and  \  a.  false 
balance  is  not  good. 

•2i  1  Man's  goings  are  of  the  LoKn; 
how  can  a  man  then  understand  his 
own  way? 

25  /(  !S  a  snare  to  the  man  vho 
devoureth  tlial  vfiii-h  is  holy,  and 
k  after  vows  to  make  iiuiuiry. 

ad  I A  wise  king  scattereth  the  wick- 
ed, and  bringeth  the  wheel  over 
them. 

27  '"  The  spirit  of  man  is  the  ||  can- 
dle of  the  ],oi:i>,  seaiehing  all  the 
inward  parts  of  the  belly. 

28  "Merev  and  truth  preserve  the 
king:  and  his  throne  is  upholden  by 
mercy. 

211  l^he  glory  of  young  men  !s  their 
strength  :  and  "  the  beauty  of  old 
men  i.<  the  gray  liead. 

80  The  blueness  of  a  wound  t  cleans- 
eth  away  evil:  so  do  stripes  the  in- 
ward parts  of  the  belly. 

CII.\PTER  XXI. 

THE  king's  heart  is  in  the  hand  of 
the  Lord,  as  the  rivers  of  water: 
he  turneth  it  whithersoever  he  will. 
2  "  Every  way  of  a  man  is  right  in 


his  own  eyes:  libut  the  Loud  pon- 
dereth  the  hearts. 

y  '^  To  do  justice  and  judgment  is 
'more  acceptable  to  the  Loiii"  than 
sacrifice. 

4  '1 1 A  high  lookj  and  a  proud  heart, 
atid  11  the  ploughing  of  the  wicked,  is 
sin. 

3  >■  The  thoughts  of  the  diligent  tend 
only  to  plenteousiu'ss;  but  of  every 
one  that  is  hasty  only  to  want. 

(i  f  The  getting  of  treasures  by  a  ly- 
ing tongue  IS  a  vanity  tossed  to  and 
fro  of  them  that  seek  death. 

7  The  robbery  of  the  wicked  shall 
tdestrov  them;  because  they  refuse 
to  do  judgment. 

8  The  way  of  man  i.^  fro  ward  and 
strange  :  but  as  /or  the  pure,  his 
work  IS  right. 

»  "  /( IS  better  to  dwell  in  a  corner  of 
tlic  lionsetoii,  than  with  1  a  brawling 
woman  in  f  a  wide  house. 

II)  li  The  soul  of  the  wicked  desircth 
evil:  his  neighbour  1  tiudeth  no  lii- 
vour  in  his  eyes. 

11  "When  the  scorner  is  punished, 
the  simple  is  made  wise:  and  when 
the  wise  is  instructed,  he  receiveth 
knowledge. 

12  The  righteous  man  wisely  con- 
sidereth  the  house  of  the  wicked  : 
but  <!od  overthroweth  the  wicked  tor 
tlieir  wickedness. 

13  k  Whoso  stoppeth  his  cars  nt  the 
cry  of  the  poor,  he  also  shall  cry 
himself,  but  shall  not  be  heard. 

14  1  A  gift  in  secret  pacitieth  anger: 
and  0,  reward  ill  the  bosom,  strong 
wrath. 

15  ]l  is  joy  to  the  just  to  do  judg- 
ment: '"but  destruction  shall  be  io 
the  workers  of  iniquity*. 

l(i  The  man  that  wandereth  out  of 
the  way  of  nnderstanding  shall  re- 
main in  theeonL'iegati<iii  <if  tlu'  dead. 

17  He  that  loveth  ||  plea.Min-  sh<dll. 
a  poor  man:  he  that  loveth  wine  and 
oil  shall  not  be  rich. 

l,s  "  The  wicked  sliall  he  a  ransom 
for  the  righteous,  and  the  transgress- 
or for  the  upright. 

1!)  "  It  is  better  to  dwell  +  in  the  wil- 
derness, than  with  a  contentious  and 
an  angry  woman. 

2(1  V  There  is  treasure  to  be  desired 
and  oil  in  the  dwiUing  of  the  wise; 
but  a  foolish  nuiM  spendelh  it  up. 

21  'I  He  that  followeth  after  right- 
eousness and  nuTcy  findeth  lite, 
righteousness,  and  lioiioiir. 

22  'A  wise  man  seaUth  the  city  of 
the  mighty,  and  casteth  down  the 
strength  of  the  confidence  thereof. 

•jri"  Whoso  keepeth  his  mouth  and 
his  tongue,  keeiieth  his  soul  from 
troubles. 

24  Proud  and  haughty  scorner  is  his 
name,  who  dcaleth  f  in  proml  wrath. 

25  '  The  desire  of  the  slothful  kill- 
eth  him;  for  his  hands  refuse  tola- 
hour. 

2U  He  covetetli  greedily  all  the  day 
561 


l.uko  ir.  If,. 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBS. 


their  contrary  vices. 


Before 
CHK13T 

about  luOU. 


uPi.37.28.  4 

112.  9. 
iPi.  50.  9. 

ch.  15.  8. 

i.,n't3. 

Ai.wi  it  22. 


l  ch.  29.  13. 
ICor.  12.  SI. 

•  Job  31.  15.  ' 
eh.  U.  81. 

i  ch.  It.  IG.  k 
•27. 12. 

•  Pi.  112.  3. 
Matt.  b.  33.  I 

I  Or.  Tkt  rr-  I 
..■onU/Au- 
miU,,.  t<. 

fch.  15.  19. 

glJohn5.1i 

h  Eph.  (1.  4. 


i  Jamca  2.  6. 
t  Hch.  10  |A< 

1>  Job  i.  8. 
Hoi.  10.  13. 


1  2  Cor.  9.  0. 
t  n.b.  tooJ 

o/cyc. 
><>  Goo.  21.  9. 

10. 

I'l.  101.  5. 

n  r..  101.  e. 

cli.  10.  13. 


o  cb.  20.  13. 
pch.  2.  IK.  J, 

5.3   4  7.5. 


long:  but  the  "righteous  giveth  and 
spareth  not. 

•/I  ^  Tlie  sacrifice  of  the  wicltefl  is 
abomination :  liow  uiucli  more,  when 
he  brintjetli  it  (witli  a  wicked  niindi' 

is  t*A  false  witness  sliall  perish: 
but  the  man  that  liearetli  speaketli 
cnn^tuntly. 

2*J  A  wicked  man  hardcneth  liis 
face:  but  as. /or  the  upright,  lie  |I  di- 
recteth  liis  way. 

30  "  Tliere  js  no  wisdom  nor  un- 
derstanding nor  counsel  against  tlie 
Loud. 

.51  "The  liorsc  is  prepared  against 
the  day  of  battle:  but  h||  safety  is  of 
the  l>uiu». 

P»,  20.  7.  4  33.  17.  I«.  31.  1.    b  r«.  3.  8.    1  Or.  vielar). 

CIIAPTEK  XXII. 

A"  GOOD  name  is  rather  to  be 
chosen  tlian  great  riclies,  and 
II  loving  favour  ratlier  than  silver  and 
fe'old. 

a^The  rich  and  poor  meet  togeth- 
er: '  the  Loi;d  is  tlie  maker  of  them 
all. 

.1  ii  A  prudent  inan  foreseeth  the  evil, 
and  hideth  himself:  hut  the  simple 
pass  on,  and  are  punished. 

4  "  II  By  humility  and  the  fear  of  the 
lyOEU  are  riches,  and  honour,  and 
life. 

5  fThorns  and  snares  are  in  the 
way  of  the  froward :  she  that  doth 
keep  his  soul  shall  be  far  from  tlieni. 

(j  h  jj  Train  up  a  child  f  in  the  way 
he  should  go:  and  when  he  is  old, 
he  will  not  depart  from  it. 

7  '  The  rich  ruleth  over  the  poor, 
and  the  borrower  is  servant  fto  the 
lender, 

S  k  lie  that  soweth  iniquity  shall 
reap  vanity:  ||  and  the  rod  of  his  au- 
ger shall  fail. 

II  1 1  He  that  hath  a  bountiful  eye 
shall  be  blessed;  for  he  giveth  of  liis 
bread  to  the  poor. 

10  '"  Cast  out  the  scorner,  and  con- 
tention shall  go  out;  yea,  strife  and 
reproach  .^^hall  cease. 

11  °  He  that  lovcth  pureness  of 
heart,  ||./b)'  the  grace  of  his  lips  the 
king  sliaU  tie  his  friend. 

\"i  The  eyes  of  the  Lord  preserve 
knowledge ;  and  he  overtliroweth 
lithe  words  of  the  transgressor. 

13  "  The  slothful  miin  saith,  There  is 
a  lion  without,  I  shall  be  slain  in  the 
streets. 

14  I' The  mouth  of  strange  women 
is  a  deep  pit:  'i  he  that  is  abhon'cd  of 
the  I.iiuii  sliall  fall  therein. 

l.'i  rooli.shiiess  IS  bound  in  the  heart 
of  a  child;  hid  ''the  rod  of  correction 
shiill  ilrivc  it  far  from  him. 

Hi  He  that  oporcsscth  the  poor  to 
increase  his  riclns,  ami  he  that  giv- 
eth to  the  rich,  shall  surely  tome  to 
want. 

17  Jiow  dosvn  thine  car,  ami  hear 
the  words  of  the  wise,  and  ajjply 
tliiue  heart  unto  my  kuowledge. 


18  For  it  is  a  pleasant  thing  if  thou 
keep  them  i  within  thee;  they  shall 
withal  be  fitted  in  thy  lips. 

ly  That  thy  trust  may  be  in  the 
IjORD,  I  have  made  kuown  to  thee 
this  day,  |l  even  to  thee. 

L'd  Have  not  I  written  to  thee  'ex- 
cellent things  in  counsels  and  knowl- 
edge. 

'A  '  That  I  might  make  thee  know 
the  certainty  of  the  words  of  truth; 
"  that  thou  mightest  answer  the 
words  of  truth  ||  to  them  that  send 
unto  thee? 

•I'l  "  Kob  not  the  poor,  because  he  is 
poor:  >"  neither  oppress  the  aittictcd 
in  the  gate: 

23  "For  the  I.oim  will  plead  their 
cause,  and  Bjioil  the  soul  of  those 
that  spoiled  them. 

24  Make  no  friendship  with  an 
angrj'  man ;  and  with  a  I'urious  man 
thou  shalt  not  go; 

2.5  Lest  thou  learn  his  ways,  and  get 
a  snare  to  thy  soul. 

26  "  Be  not  thou  one  of  them  that 
strike  hands,  or  of  them  that  are 
sureties  for  debts. 

27  If  thou  hast  nothing  to  pay,  why 
should  he  I'take  away  thy  Ded  from 
under  thee? 

28  '  Kemove  not  the  ancient  ||  land- 
mark, which  thy  fathers  h.ave  set. 

211  Seest  thou  a  man  diligent  in  his 
husiiiess  ?  he  shall  stand  before 
kings ;  he  shall  not  stand  before 
t  mean  men. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

WHEN  thou  sittcst  to  cat  with  a 
ruler,  consider  diligently  what 
is  before  thee: 

2  And  put  a  knife  to  thy  throat,  if 
thou  be  a  man  given  to  appetite. 

.■>  Be  not  desirous  of  his   daiuties; 
for  they  arc  deceitful  meat. 
\4  "Labour  not  to  be  rich:  t cease 
from  thine  own  wisdom. 

.'i  tWilt  thou  set  thine  eyes  upon 
that  which  is  not?  for  riches  certain- 
ly make  themselves  wings;  they  tly 
away  as  an  eagle  toward  heaven. 

(j  ''  Eat  thou  not  the.  bread  of  him 
that  hath  it  an  evil  eye,  neither  desire 
thou  his  dainty  meats: 

For  as  he  tbinketh  in  his  heart, 
so  I'.s"  he:  Eat  and  drink,  "soith  he  to 
thee;  but  his  heart  is  not  with  thee. 

8  The  morsel  irhiih  thou  hast  eaten 

halt  thou  vomit  up,  and  lose  thy 

weet  words. 

U  r Speak  not  in  the  ears  of  a  fool: 
for  he  will  despise  the  wisdom  of  thy 

rords. 

10  t:  Kemove  not  the  old  || landmark; 
and  enter  not  into  the  lields  of  the 
fatherless: 

11  li  For  their  Redeemer  is  mighty; 
he  shall  iilea.l  their  cause  with  thee. 

12  Apply  thine  heart  unto  iiistrne- 
tion,  ami  thine  ears  to  the  words  of 
knowledge. 

13  ■  Withhold  not  correcUon  from 


Moral  virtues,  and 


PROVERBS. 


tneir  contrary  vices. 


rar.  37.  1.  k 

cK.  3.  31.  Ic 

SI.  I. 
iich.28.  li. 
o  P«.  37.  37. 

eh.  21.  11. 

J-uke  16.  25. 


Eph.  i.  18.  I 
t  Il.b.  o/       ' 

reb.  19.  15. 
ich.  1.  S.  & 

30.  17.  I 

Eph.  6.  1,  2.' 
tcl..  1.  5.  7. 

HUtt.  13.  U 
ueh.  10.  1.  & 

15.  20. 


the  child:  for  if  thou  beatest  him 
witli  the  rod,  he  shall  not  die. 

14  Thou  shalt  beat  him  with  the  rod, 
and  k  shalt  deliver  his  soul  from  hell. 

15  My  son,  Hf  thine  heart  be  wise, 
my  heart  shall  rejoice,  ||  even  mine. 

l(j  Yea,  my  reins  shall  rejoice,  when 
th.y  lips  speak  ripht  thinj^s. 

17  '"Let  not  thine  heart  envy  sin- 
ners; but  "be  thou  in  the  fear  of  the 
Lor.D  all  the  day  lon^. 

IS  "For  surely  there  is  an  ||cnd; 
and  thine  expectation  shall  not  be 
cut  off. 

lil  Hear  thou,  my  son,  and  be  wise, 
and  l';iuide  thine  heart  in  the  way. 

20  1  lie  not  amon.^  winebibbers; 
among  riotous  eaters" t  of  flesh: 

21  For  the  drunkard  and  theplutton 
shall  come  to  poverty:  and  ^drowsi- 
ness shall  clothe  a  man  with  ra;rs. 

22  'Hearken  unto  thy  father  that 
begat  thee,  and  despise  not  thy  moth- 
er when  she  is  old. 

23  'Uuythe  truth,  and  sell  it  not; 
aho  wisdom,  and  instruction,  and 
undei-standing. 

24  "  The  father  of  the  rifthtcous  shall 
srreatly  rejoice:  and  he  that  begetteth 
a  wise  c/iiW  shall  have  joy  of  him. 

25  Thy  father  and  thy  mother  shall 
be  Klad,  and  she  that  bare  thee  shall 
rejoice. 

211  .My  son,  give  me  thine  heart,  and 
let  thine  eyes  observe  my  ways. 

27  *■  Ft»r  a  whore  is  a  deep  ditch; 
and  a  strange  woman  is  a  narrow  pit. 

28  >  She  also  lieth  in  wait  ||  as  fnr  a 
prey,  and  increaseth  the  transgress- 
ors among  men. 

29^  Who  hath  woe?  who  hath  sor- 
row? who  hath  contentions?  who 
hath  babbling?  who  hath  wounds 
without  cause?  who  "hath  redness 
of  eyes? 

30  i>  They  that  tarry  long  at  the 
wine;  they  that  go  to  seek  'mixed 
wine. 

31  Look  not  thou  upon  the  wine 
when  it  is  red,  when  it  piveth  his 
colour  in  the  cup,  tcheii  it  moveth 
itself  aright. 

.•!2  At  the  last  it  biteth  like  a  ser- 
pent, and  stingeth  like  II  an  adder. 

.33  Thine  eves  shall  behold  strange 
women,  anil  thine  heart  sliall  utter 
perverse  things. 

34  Yea,  thou  shalt  be  ns  he  that 
lieth  down  tin  the  midst  of  the  sea, 
or  as  he  that  lieth  upon  the  top  of  a 
mast. 

.'ij  ilThcy  have  stricken  me,  slialt 
tlion  fcni,  and  I  wns  not  sick;  they 
have  beaten  me,  aii'l  t"  I  telt  it  not: 
fwhen  shall  I  awake?  I  will  seek  it 
yet  agaiu. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

I'ious  against  evil 

desire  to  be  with 

them 

2  "  For  their  heart  studicth  dc.'itruc 
tlon,  and  their  lips  talk  of  mischief. 


I~>E  not  thou  "e 
~y  men,  l>ueithe 


3  Through  wisdom  is  a  house  build- 
ed ;  and  by  understanding  it  is  eetab- 
lished: 

4  And  by  knowledge  shall  the  cham- 
bers be  tilled  with  all  precious  and 
pleasant  riches. 

5  tl  A  wise  man  f  J.«  strong  ;  yea, 
a  man  of  knowledge  f  increaseth 
strength. 

0  'lor  by  wise  counsel  thou  shalt 
make  thy  war:  and  in  multitude  of 
counsellors  t/ifrr  /s  safety. 

7  fWisdom  i.i  too  high  for  a  fool: 
he  openeth  not  his  mouth  in  the 
gate. 

»  He  that  Edcviseth  to  do  evil  shall 
be  called  a  misehievou.s  person. 

y  The  thought  of  foolishness  is  sin: 
and  the  scoruer  is  an  abomination  to 
men. 

10  7/' thou  faint  in  the  day  of  advers- 
ity, thy  strength  is  t  small. 

11  lilV  thou  tbrbear  to  deliver  t/ie»j 
tfnit  are  drawn  unto  death,  and  those 
that  are  ready  to  be  slain : 

12  If  thou  sayest,  Behold,  we  knew 
it  not;  doth  not  i  he  that  ]iondereth 
the  heart  consider  it?  and  he  that 
keepeth  thy  soul,  doth  not  he  know 
it*  and  shall  tiot  he  render  to  evenj 
man  k according  to  his  works? 

13  My  son,  I  cat  thou  honey,  because 
it  is  good ;  and  the  honeycomb, 
ichich  is  sweet  t  to  thy  taste: 

14  "■  So  shall  the  knowledge  of  wis- 
dom he  unto  thy  soul:  when  thou 
hast  found  il,  "then  there  shall  be  a 
reward,  and  thy  expcctiitiou  shall  not 
he  cut  otf. 

15  "Lay  not  wait,  O  wicked  man, 
against  the  dwelling  of  the  righteous; 
spoil  not  his  resting  place; 

IG  Tor  a  just  man  falleth  seven 
times,  and  riseth  up  again:  4  but  the 
wicked  shall  fall  into  mischief. 

17  'Rejoice  not  when  thine  enemy 
falleth,  and  let  not  thine  heart  be 
glad  when  he  stunibleth: 

IS  Le.st  the  LOHLi  see  it,  and  t  it 
displease  him,  and  he  turn  away  his 
wrath  from  him. 

Ill  "11  Fret  not  thyself  because  of 
evil  n>cn,  neither  be  thou  envious  at 
the  wicked; 

20  For  '  there  shall  be  no  reward  to 
the  evil  nioii ;  "the  ||  caudle  of  the 
wicked  shall  be  put  out. 

21  My  son,  "fear  thou  the  LonD 
and  the  king:  ami  meddle  not  with 
t  them  that  are  given  to  change: 

22  For  their  calamity  shall  rise  sud- 
denly; and  who  knoweth  the  ruin 
of  them  both? 

23  These  thinr/s  also  Mong  to  the 
wise.  >  /( IS  not  good  to  have  respect 
of  persons  in  judgment. 

24 'He  that  saith  unto  the  wicked. 
Thou  art  righteous;  liim  shall  the 
jicoplc  curse,  nations  shall  abhor 
him: 

25  But  to  them  that  rebuke  7ii«i  shall 
he  delight,  and  t  a  good  blessing  shall 
come  uiiou  them. 

eo3 


Maxims  and  observations 


PROVERBS. 


of  Solomon 


t  HoL.  I» 

HI 

,i.jU  ..o 

■Jj. 

>  1  Kin.  S 

IS. 

.17 

bEpli.!. 

•2.5. 

cell.  211.' 

•i. 

•  oh.  20.  a. 

f  cu.  m.  12.  j> 

2».  II. 


2(i  ICvL'ri/  man  shall  kiss  Aw  lips 
j  thiit  pivoth  a  ri^ht  answer. 

:.'?  "Prepare  tliv  work  witliniit,  and 
make  it  lit  I'cr  thy.stlf  in  tlie  licUlj 
and  afterwards  build  thine  hiui.se. 

2«  lilJe  not  a  witness  a{;ainst  thy 
nei^htji>nr  witliont  eause;  and  de- 
ceive vot  witli  tliv  lips. 

L'!!  ■  S:iy  iH.t,  I  willdi.  so  to  him  ns 
he  liatli  done  to  me:  1  will  render  to 
the  man  aecordin};  to  his  work. 

.'K)  I  went  by  the  field  of  the  sloth- 
fnl,  and  by  the  vineyard  of  the  man 
void  of  understanding; 

.*tl  And,  lo,  •' it  was  all  jjrown  over 
with  thorns,  and  nettles  had  covered 
the  face  thereof,  and  the  stoue  wall 
tlier<'of  was  broken  down. 

.')L'  Then  I  saw,  anil  +  considered  it 
well:  I  looked  ujjon  it,  and  received 
instruction. 

.'Ci  '■  }V(  a  little  sleep,  a  little  slum- 
ber, a  little  toldiuf;  of  the  hands  tt) 
sleep: 

Ri  So  shall  thy  poverty  come  as  one 
that  travelleth;  and  thy  want  as  fan 
armed  man. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 
1  Obaerxtationa  about  kintja,  8  and  about 

avoidintj  cauaca  of  quarrelB,  and  aundry 

eauaea  thereof. 
"''pHESE  ave  also  proverbs  of  Solo- 

A  mon,  which  the  men  of  Ileze- 
kiah  king  of  Judali  copied  out. 

'i^It  is  the  glory  of  God  to  conceal 
a  thing:  but  the  honour  of  kings  is 
'  to  search  out  a  matter. 

3  The  heaven  for  height,  and  the 
earth  for  depth,  and  the  heart  of 
kings  t  IS  unsearchable. 

4  a  Take  away  tlie  dross  from  the 
silver,  and  there  shall  come  forth  a 
vessel  for  the  finer. 

5  '  Take  away  the  wicked  from  be- 
fore the  king,  and  fhis  throne  shall 
be  established  in  righteousness. 

(>  t  Put  not  forth  thyself  in  the  pres- 
ence of  the  king,  and  stand  not  in 
the  place  of  great  wien  ; 

7  S  For  better  it  is  that  it  be  said 
unto  thee.  Come  up  hither;  than  that 
tlnui  shouldest  be  put  lower  in  the 
presence  of  the  prince  whom  thine 
eves  have  seen. 

k  li  (Jo  not  forth  hastily  to  strive,  lest 
IIkiii  K-noir  net  what  to  do  in  the  end 
thereof,  when  thy  neighbour  hath 
jnit  thee  to  shame. 

!l  i  Debute  thy  cause  with  thy  ncigli- 
b(uir  liiinsili':  and  || discover  not  a 
s.HTet  to  iinotiu-r: 

10  Kest  he  that  heareth  i7  put  thee 
to  slmme,  and  thine  infamy  turn 
not  away. 

11  k  A  word  t  fitly  siiokcn  is  like 
apples  of  gold  in  pictures  of  silver. 

\'l  .■(.'-•  an  earring  of  gold,  and  an 
ornanient  of  tine  gold,  so  is  a  wise 
reprover  upon  an  obedient  ear. 

I.'l  I  As  the  cold  of  snow  in  the  time 
of  harvest,  so  is  a  faithful  messenger 
to  Ihein  that  send  him  :  for  ho  rc- 
frcshetli  the  soul  uf  his  masters,  I 

&51 


14  "Whoso  boasteth  himself  fof  a 
false  gilt  is  like  "clouds  and  wind 
without  rain. 

1.5  "  By  long  forbearing  is  a  prince 
persuaded,  and  a  soft  tongue  break- 
etli  the  bone. 

](>  I'  1  Last  thou  found  honey  ?  eat  so 
much  as  is  sutticient  for  thee,  lest 
thou  be  filled  tlierewith,  and  vomit 
it. 

17  II  Withdraw  thy  fofit  from  thy 
neighbour's  house;  lest  he  be  f  weary 
of  thee,  and  so  hate  thee. 

l.S  'lA  man  that  be.ireth  false  wit- 
ness against  his  neighbour  is  a  maul, 
and  a  sword,  and  a  sharp  arrow. 

Ill  Confidence  in  an  unfaithful  man 
in  time  of  trouble  is  lih',  a  broken 
tooth,  and  a  toot  fiut  of  joint. 

ai  As  he  that  taketh  away  a  gar- 
ment in  cold  weather,  and  as  vinegar 
upon  nitre,  so  is  he  that  ''siugcth 
songs  to  a  heavy  heart. 

21 "  If  thine  enemy  be  hungry,  give 
him  bread  to  eat;  and  if  he  be  thirsty, 
give  him  water  to  drink: 

22  For  thou  shalt  heap  coals  of  fire 
upon  his  head,  'and  the  Luicu  shall 
reward  thee. 

2;i  "  II  The  north  wind  driveth  away 
rain:  so  doth  an  angry  countenance 
"  a  backbiting  tongue. 

24  >  It  is  better  to  dwell  in  the  corner 
of  the  housetop,  than  "vvith  a  brawl- 
ing woman  and  in  a  wide  house. 

25  As  cold  waters  to  a  thirsty  soul, 
so  is  good  news  from  a  far  country. 

2<J  A  righteous  man  falling  down 
before  the  wicked  is  tw:  a  troubled 
fountain,  and  a  corrupt  spring. 

27  '  ]l  is  not  good  to  eat  much 
honey :  so  for  men  "  to  search  their 
own  glory  is  not  glory. 
1  2S  1>  lie 'that  hath  no  rule  over  his 
own  spirit  is  like  a  city  that  is  broken 
[down,  and  without  walls. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

1  Obaervaliuna  abuut  J\„ila.  13  about  alug- 
ffarita,  17  and  about  coyttuntioua  buay- 
bodica. 

AS  snow  in  summer,  "and  as  min 
in  harvest,  so  honour  is  not 
seemly  for  a  fool. 

2  As  "the  bird  by  wandering,  as  the 
swallow  by  flying,  so  i^thu  curse 
causeless  shall  not  come. 

.'I  '  A  whip  for  the  horse,  a  bridle  for 
the  ass,  and  a  rod  for  the  fiiol's  back. 

4  Answer  not  a  fV>ol  according  to  his 
follv,  lest  thou  also  be  like  niito  liiin. 

,1  •'!  Answer  a  fi>ol  according  to  his 
folly,  lest  ho  be  wi.se  in  I  his  own  con- 
ceit. 

(i  lie  that  sciideth  a  message  by  the 
hand  of  a  fool  cutteth  oil'  the  feet, 
«H(/drinketh  II  damage. 

7  The  legs  of  the  lame  i  arc  not 
equal:  so  is  a  parable  in  the  mouth 
of  fools. 

H  II  As  he  that  bindeth  a  stone  in  a 
sling,  so  IS  he  that  giveth  honour  toa 
fool". 

9  Aa  a  thorn  goetli  up  into  the  luiud 


collected  by  the 


PROVERBS. 


men  of  Hezckiah. 


ch.  29  20. 
I.uko  IS.  11. 


»I,ute  12.  19, 
Jnuioi'l.  13,1 


Of  a  (Iniiikard,  bo  is  a  parable  in  the 
nioutliot'iiiol.s. 
I"  II  Tin-  Kreat  Votl  (hat  formed  all 
tUinrjs  hoth  rewarilcth  the  tool,  and 
lewardoth  transgressors. 

11  "^  As  a  do;?  rctiirneth  to  his  vomit, 
f.«o  a  fool  +  returncth  to  liis  (oily. 

12  S.Scest  thou  a  man  wi,sc  in  hi 


13  li  The  slothful  man  saith,  Tlierc  is 
a  lion  in  the  way;  a  lion  is  in  the 
streets. 

14  As  the  door  turneth  upon  his 
hinges,  so  doth  tlie  slothful  upon  his 
bed. 

15  ■  The  slothful  hideth  his  hand  in 
/as  bosom;  ||it  Kricveth  him  to  bring 
it  again  to  Ins  mouth. 

Hi  The  sluggard  is  wiser  in  his  own 
conceit  than  seven  men  that  can  ren- 
der a  reason. 

17  lie  that  pa.sseth  bv,  and  ||  med- 
dleth  with  ninth  Ixloiii/'iii:/  not  to  him, 
!S  like  one  that  tuketh  ii  dog  by  the 
ears. 

18  As  a  mad  man  who  casteth  t  fire- 
brands, arrows,  and  death, 

19  So  is  the  man  that  decciveth  his 
neighbour,  and  saith,  kAni  not  I  in 
sport  ? 

a)  t  Where  no  wood  is,  there  the 
fire  gocth  out:  so  1  whore  there  is  no 
II  talebearer,  the  strife  t  ceascth. 

21  '"yls  coals  are  to  burning  coals, 
and  wood  to  fire;  so  is  a  contentious 
man  to  kindle  strife. 

'£!  "  The  words  of  a  talebearer  are 
as  wounds,  and  they  go  down  into 
the  1  innermost  parts"  of  the  bellv. 

23  Burning  lips  and  a  wickeil  Keart 
are  lilce  a  potsherd  covered  with  sil- 
ver dross. 

24  He  thathateth  f|  dissenibleth  with 
his  lips,  and  layeth  up  deceit  within 
him; 

25  "When  he  tspcikcth  fair,  be- 
lieve him  not:  for  there  are  seven 
abominations  in  his  heart. 

26  W^hose  |l  hatred  is  covered  b.v  de- 
ceit, his  wickedness  shall  be  shewed 
before  the  whole  congregation. 

27  H  Whoso  diggeth  a  pit  shall  fall 
therein:  and  he  that  rolleth  astoue, 
it  wilt  return  upon  him. 

2H  A  lying  tongue  hateth  those  that 
are  afflicted  by  it;  and  a  flattering 
mouth  worketh  ruin. 


CHAPTER  XXVII. 

ationa  of  tcljtuvc,  0  of  true  lovt. 
old  offcncce,   2a  and   of 


1  Obecrvationa 
n  of  care  to 
the  Itottee/iold 

BOAST  "not  thyself  of  f  to  mor- 
row; for  thou  knowcsf  not  what 
a  dav  may  bring  forth. 

2  lijjct  another  man  praise  thee,  and 
not  thine  own  mouth ;  a  stranger, 
and  not  thine  own  lips. 

3  A  stone  is  t  heavy,  and  the  sand 
weighty  ;  but  a  fool's  wrath  is  heav- 
ier than  them  both. 

4  t  Wrath  is  cruel,  and   anger  is 


outrageous;  but  "who  is  able  to 
stand  before  ||envy? 

5  ■!  ( )pen  rebuke  !s  better  than  secret 
love. 

•i  ""  Faithful  are  the  wounds  of  a 
friend;  but  the  kisses  of  an  enemy 
are  II  deceitful. 

7  The  full, soul  f  loathcth  a  honey- 
comb; but  rto  the  hungry  soul  every 
bitter  thing  is  sweet. 

S  As  a  bird  that  wandcreth  from  her 
nest,  so  IS  a  man  that  wandcreth 
fr(nn  his  place. 

!)  Ointment  and  perfume  rejoice 
the  heart:  so  doth  the  sweetness  of 
a  man's  friend  t  by  hearty  counsel. 

1(1  Thine  own  friend,  and  thy  fa- 
ther's friend,  forsake  not ;  neither 
go  into  thy  brother's  house  in  the 
d.ay  of  thy  calamity :, /or  e better  is 
a  neighbour  titat  is  near  than  a  broth- 
er far  off. 

11  li  My  son,  be  wise,  and  make  my 
heart  glad,  i  that  1  may  answer  him 
that  reproacheth  me. 

12  k  A  prudent  (Hnii  foreseeth  the  evil, 
and  hideth  himself;  but  the  simple 
pass  on,  and  are  punished. 

l.'{  1  Take  his  garment  that  is  surety 
for  a  stranger,  and  take  a  pledge  of 
him  for  a  strange  woman. 

14  He  that  blesseth  his  friend  with  a 
loud  voice,  rising  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, it  shall  be  counted  a  curse  to 
him. 

15  ■"  A  continual  dropping  in  a  very 
rainy  day  and  a  contentious  woman 
are  alike. 

It;  Whosoever  hideth  her  hideth 
the  wind,  and  the  ointment  of  his 
right  hand,  which  bewrayeth  itself. 

17  Iron  sharpeneth  iron;  so  a  man 
sharpeneth  the  countenance  of  his 
friend. 

18  "  Whoso  kccpcth  the  fig  tree  shall 
eat  the  fruit  thereof:  so  he  that  wait- 
eth  on  his  master  shall  be  honoured. 

10  As  in  water  face  ansiri'relh  to 
face,  so  the  heart  of  man  to  man. 

'2fl  "  Hell  and  destruction  are  t  never 
full;  so  I' the  eyes  of  man  arc  never 
satisfied. 

21  '*  As  the  fining  pot  for  silver,  and 
the  furnace  for  gold;  so  is  a  man  to 
his  praise. 

22  '  Though  thou  shouldost  bray  a 
fool  in  a  mortar  among  wheat  with 
a  pestle,  yet  will  not  his  foolishness 
depart  from  him. 

ISf  Be  thou  diligent  to  know  the 
state  of  thy  flocks,  and  )  look  well 
to  thy  herds: 

24  !■  or  t  riches  arc  not  for  over:  and 
doth  the  crown  endure  1  to  every 
generation? 

23  'The  hay  nppeareth,  and  the 
tender  grass  shcweth  itself,  and  herbs 
of  tlic  mountains  are  gathered. 

2fl  The  lambs  ore  for  thy  clothing, 
and  the  goats  are  the  price  of  the 
field. 

27  And  thou  shall  hare  goats'  milk 
enough  for  thy  food,  for  the  food  of 
6S6 


Maxims  and  observations 


PROVERBS. 


of  Solomon 


Bo  fore 
C  Hit  I  S  T 
about  7U«). 

t  Hob,  U/t. 

a  I..r.  W.  17. 


b  Malt.  18.'23. 
t  lleb.  WlA- 

OUl/aoJ. 

c  Pa   10.  3.  Si 

4D.  IS. 

Rom.  1,  32. 
dlKin.iaiS. 

'21. 

Slatt.  3.  7.  it 

II.  4. 

E|>b  .?.  11. 
a  P..  92.  0. 
f  Jolin7.  17. 

1  Cor  •.!.  15. 

IJobu  3.  20, 

a?. 

Bch.  19.  1.       I 


lJob2T.lfl.l7. 
ch.  U.  2-2. 
Kcc.  2.  'is. 


IcZoch.  7.  U. 
1  Ps.  r>j;.  l.S.  & 

101).  7. 

ch.  U.  8. 
nicb.  2li.  27. 
nMatl.  C.  33, 
tllnb.  inAu 

.y». 
o.cr,  23. 

ch.  11.  10.1, 

2a  2. 

Ecc.  10.  6. 
[  Or.  foii^^f 

/«r.  I 

pPi  32.  3,  S, 

1  John  1.  8. 

»,  10. 
<1  Pa.  IB,  a. 

ch,  23.  17. 
r  Ron..  2.  S.  Ic 

II.  20. 
•  I  IVt.  S.  S, 
IKi.l.  11,  Id, 

Mutt,  2.  IS. 
u  Can.  9,  «, 
Ki.  21.  14, 


thy  hou.'iehold,  ami  for  tlie  t  maiute- 
naucu  for  tliy  inakleiLS. 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

Oeneral  obnervufions  of  impiety  and  re- 

li<jioMi  iiUenrity. 

THE  "wicked  flee  when  no  man 
pursiietli:  but  the  righteous  are 
bold  as  a  lion. 

2  For  the  trans<;ression  of  a  land 
many  arc  the  princes  thereof:  but 
II  by  a  man  of  understandin;;  and 
knowledge  the  state  thereof  shall  be 
prolonj,'ed. 

3  li  A  poor  man  that  oppresseth  the 
poor  ('.>■  liAv.  a  sweeping  rain  t  which 
Icaveth  no  food. 

4  '  They  that  forsake  the  law  praise 
the  wicked:  J  but  such  as  keep  the 
law  contend  with  thcin. 

5''Kvil  men  understand  not  judg- 
ment: but  f  they  that  seek  the  Lokd 
uiider.stand  all  tilings. 

0  s  Better  «  the  poor  that  walketh  in 
his  uprightness,  than  he  thiil  is  per- 
verse in  his  ways,  though  he  te  rich. 

7  li  Whoso  keepeth  the  law  is  a  wise 
son:  but  he  that  l|  is  a  companion  of 
riotous  uicn  shameth  his  father. 

8  "He  that  by  usury  and  f  unjust 
gain  inereascth  his  substance,  he 
shall  gather  it  for  him  that  will  pity 
the  poor. 

t)  k  He  that  turneth  away  his  ear 
from  hearing  the  law,  leveu  his 
prayer  sludl  be  abomination. 

10  '"  Whoso  canseth  the  righteous 
toco  astray  in  an  evil  way,  he  shall 
fall  himself  into  his  own  pit:  "but 
the  upright  shall  liave  good  thiiujs 
in  possession. 

11  The  rich  man  is  wise  f  in  his  own 
conceit;  but  the  poor  that  h;ith  un- 
derstanding searcheth  hiiu  out. 

12  "  AVheii  righteous  men  do  rejoice, 
there  is  preat  glory:  but  when  the 
wicked  rise,  a  man  is  ||  hidden. 

13  I"  He  that  coverith  his  sins  shall 
not  prospir:  but  whoso  confesseth 
and  forsaketh  llieni  shall  have  mercy. 

14  Huppv  IS  the  man  'Uhat  fearcth 
always:  ■'hut  he  that  Imrdeneth  his 
heart  shall  fall  into  mischief. 

15  "  As  a  roariu^c  lion,  au<l  :i  ranging 
bear!  <so  is  a  wicked  ruler  over  the 
poor  people. 

Hi  'I  he  prince  tli.at  wanteth  nnder- 
standiiifc  w  also  it  great  oppressor: 
but  he  that  hatcth  covetousucss  shall 
prolong  /lis  days. 

17  "A  man  that  doetli  violence  to 
the  blood  of  atii/  person  shall  (lee  to 
the  pit:  let  no  man  stav  him. 

l.S  *  Whoso  walketh  ufirightly  shall 
be  saved:  but  >  Ac  thdt  is  perverse  in 
his  wavs  shall  fall  at  once. 

l'.»  ■'  Itc  that  tilleth  his  lind  shall 
have  plenty  of  bread:  but  he  that 
lollowi'lli  after  vain  jiersuns  shall 
have  poverty  enough. 

Lll  A  faitliful  man  shall  abound 
witli  blessings:  "buthe  that  maketh 
ha.ste  to  be  rich  shall  not  be  ||  inno- 
cent. 

666 


21  I'  To  have  respect  of  persons  is 
not  good:  for,  "^for  a  piece  of  bread 
that  man  will  transgress. 

22  II  il  He  Hiat  hasteth  to  be  rich  hnlh 
an  evil  eye,  and  considereth  not  that 
poverty  shall  come  upon  him. 

2'i  '  He  that  rebuketli  a  man,  after- 
wards shall  find  more  favour  than 
he  that  flattereth  with  the  tongue. 

24  Whoso  robbeth  his  father  or  his 
motlicr,  and  saith.  It  is  no  transgres- 
sion; the  same  fis  the  companion  of 
t  a  destroyer. 

25  "He  that  is  of  a  proud  heart  stir- 
reth  up  strife:  li  but  he  that  putteth 
his  trust  in  the  Lokd  shall  be  made 
fat. 

2G  lie  that  trusteth  in  his  own  heart 
is  a  tool:  but  whoso  walketh  wisely, 
he  shall  be  delivered. 
I  27  i  He  that  giveth  unto  the  poor 
[shall  not  hick:  but  he  tluat  hideth  his 
e^'es  shall  have  many  a  curse. 
28  t  Wlien  the  wicked  rise,  imen 
hide  theuiselves:  but  when  they  per- 
ish, the  righteous  increase. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 
1  Observationi  of  putitic  government,  15 
and  of  private.      22    Of  anger,  pride, 
thievery,  cowardice,  and  corrit]>tion. 

t'lIE,  that  being  often  reproved 

1  L  hardeneth  his  neck,  shall 
suddenly  be  destroyed,  and  that 
without  remedy. 

2  bWhcn  the  righteous  are  ||in 
authority,  the  people  rejoice:  but 
when  tlie  wicked  beareth  rule,  •=  the 
people  mourn. 

.'i  ii  Whoso  loveth  wisdom  rejoiceth 
his  father:  "^but  he  th.it  keepeth 
company  with  harlots  spendcth  his 
substance. 

4  The  king  by  judgment  establisheth 
the  land:  but  tlie  that  reeeiveth 
gi!b(  overthroweth  it. 

,';  A  man  th.it  flattereth  his  neigh- 
bour spreadeth  a  net  for  his  feet. 

0  In  the  transgression  of  an  evil 
man  there  I'.i  a  snare:  but  the  right- 
eous (hith  sing  and  rejoice. 

7  'The  righteous  considereth  the 
cause  of  the  poor:  but  the  wicked 
regardeth  not  to  know  it. 

5  «  Scornful  men  ||  bring  a  city  into 
a  snare:  but  wise  men  l-turu  away 
wratli. 

II  //'a  wise  man  contendeth  with  a 
foolish  man,  i  whether  he  rage  or 
laugh,  there  is  no  rest. 

W\  ^  The  hloodthirstv  hate  the  up- 
right: but  tile  just  seek  his  soul. 

11  A  I  tool  ntteroth  all  his  mind: 
but  a  wise  mun  keepeth  it  in  till 
arterwards. 

12  If  a  ruler  hearken  to  lies,  all  his 
servants  lire  wicked. 

1.!  The  poor  and  ||the  deceitful  man 

I'et  together:  "  the  I,(.Ki>  lighten- 

eth  liolh  their  eves. 

14  "The  king  that  I' faithfully  iudg- 
eth  the  poor,  his  throne  shall  be  cs- 
tablislied  fur  ever. 

15  '1  The  rod  and  reproof  Kive  wis- 


collected  hy  the 


PROVERRS. 


men  of  Ilc^eJciah. 


Before 
CHRIST 
abtiut  TOO. 

rcb.  10   I.  * 

i:.2i.is. 

•  l-t  S7. 36.  * 

is.  l.l,  4  SI. 

».  ii  ^i.  U. 
Ich.  1:1.  21.1 

I'l.  IS.  ,k  .'J. 

15.  *  Zi.  U. 


•  ch.  15.  IS.  it 

86.  Jl. 
a  Job  2i.  £1. 

<l>.  1S.J3.<I 

18.  12. 

I>.f«.  1 


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t  II.  II. 
11 

12  'a. 


dSerri.20.9. 

t  n,i..  (I. 


•  ri.  12.  s. » 

IS  »>.  Ji  IS, 
R.  k  119.  no. 


fiv,,..  4    i 
.V  1-'.  ?i 
Rot.  St  IS. 


(loni:    but   'n  chiUl   lift  (d  /i 
brin-i-tli  his  mutluT  to  shnmo. 

lit  When  tlio  w  iikiil  are  luulliiilicd, 
traiisjri'ssioii  incrviiseth:  'but  the 
ri'.jhtoous  shall  sue  their  full. 

ir  '  Correct  thy  son,  and  he  shall 
i;i\  e  thee  rest:  yea,  he  shall  Rive  dc- 
lijlht  unto  thy  soul. 

l.s  "  Where  llicir  is  no  vision,  the 
people  fi  perish:  but  "he  tlittt  keci>- 
eth  tlie  law,  happv  is  he. 

I'J  A  servant  will  not  be  corrected 
by  words:  lor  though  lie  understand 
he  will  not  answer. 

•J>  Seest  Hum  a  man  that  is  hasty 
II  in  his  words?  >  Ihfiv  is  more  hope 
ofafiKil  than  ol'hiin. 

•21  He  that  delicately  brinfrcth  up 
his  servant  from  a  child  shall  have 
him  become  Ai's  son  at  the  lonjith. 

2J  'An  an^ry  man  stirreth  un  strife, 
aiitl  u  furious  innu  abouudeth  iu 
tninss;ression. 

:;•■>  "A  man's  pride  shall  brins  him 
low:  but  honour  shall  uphold  the 
liumhlo  in  spirit. 

■2i  Whoso  IS  partner  with  a  thief 
hateth  his  own  soul:  I'ho  lieaixHh 
cuisiu:;,  and  bewniveth  it  not. 

i5  •^The  fear  of  man  hiinseth  a 
snare:  but  whoso  puttoth  his  trust  iu 
thcLoiti)  I  shall  bo  s.ite. 

I'li  il  JIany  seek  t  the  ruler's  favour: 
but  ervn/'  man's  judgment  comcth 
from  the  l.oiu). 

27  An  unjust  man  is  nn  abomina- 
tion to  the  just:  ami  lie  that  is  up- 
ri^lit  in  the  way  is  abomination  to 
tlie  wicked. 


CHAPTER  XXX. 

1  Afur'i  eoitfoticn  o/  hia  ,Uitk.  7  Thi 
ttco  jiointB  of  his  yrnj^cr.  Ill  The  wrnn* 
tst  itrt  noi  to  bt  tcrongtd,  U  four 
wic^eJ  ffentraftotiM.  15  Four  things  in- 
«(iti(iMe.  17  Vartnts  an  not  to  6tf  de- 
tpised.  "ii  Four  things  hard  tobf.  *fioirit. 
21  Four  things  intvUrahU.  24  Four 
things  CJKtt'ting  teiis.  '2'J  Four  things 
statl'ly.    'ii  lIVtifA  14  to  be  provcntoti. 

THE  words  of  Ajur  the  son  of 
Jakeh,  ercn  "the  prophecy:  the 
man  sp.ake  unto  Ithiel,  even  unto 
Ithiel  and  Teal, 

2  ii  Surely  I  am  more  brutish  than 
any  man,  and  hiive  not  the  under- 
standing of  a  man. 
;>  I   neither   le.arned  wisdom,  nor 
t  have  the  knowledge  of  the  holy. 

4  "^Who  hath  a.seended  up  into 
heaven,  or  doseended/  iwho  hath 
gathered  the  wind  in  his  fists?  who 
liath  bound  the  waters  in  n  garment? 
who  hath  established  all  the  cuds  of 
the  earth  ?  what  is  his  name,  and 
what  IS  his  son's  name,  if  thou  canst 
tell? 

5  "^Everv  word  of  fiod  i'*  tpurc:  fhc 
IS  a  shielil  unto  them  that  put  their 
trust  in  him. 

C,  R.»dd  thou  not  unto  bis  wonls, 
lest  he  reprove  thee,  and  thou  be 
found  a  liar. 

4   Two  things  have  I  required  of 


0  thee ;  f  deny  nic  them  not  before  I 
die: 

S  Kemovc  far  from  mc  vanity  and 
lies  :  give  mc  ncitlier  pineity  nor 
riches;  l>  feed  me  with  food  t  con- 
venient for  me: 

11  I  Lest  1  be  full,  and  I  deny  thee. 
and  say,  Who  is  the  LoHU?  or  lest  1 
bo  poor,  nnil  steal,  and  take  the 
name  of  my  God  in  I'liin. 

1(1  t  Accuse  not  a  servant  unto  his 
master,  lest  he  curse  thee,  and  thou 
be  found  guilty. 

11  There  is  a  generation  that  cursetli 
their  tiither,  and  doth  not  bless  their 
mother. 

IJ  There  is  a  penerntion  k  that  are 
pure  in  their  own  eyes,  and  yet  is 
not  washed  from  their  tilthiness. 

l.'i  There  is  a  gonoratioii,  C>  how 
I  lofty  are  their  eyes!  and  tlieir  eye- 
lids are  lifted  up. 

14  '"  There  is  a  pcnemtion.  whose 
tooth  <iiT  (IS  swords,  and  their  jaw 
teeth  (IS  knives,  "to  devour  the  piwr 
from  olV  the  earth,  and  the  needy 
from  anwii'i  men. 

15  The  horseleech  hath  two  daugh- 
ters, er!/iii;i.  Give,  give.  There  are 
throe  ihiiiiis  that  are  never  satis- 
fied, i/C(i,  four  things  say  not,  t-"  '•"" 
onouL'h: 

lii  "  The  grave ;  and  the  barren 
womb!  the  earth  that  is  not  filled 
with  water:  nnd  the  tiro  //i<i*  saith 
not,  //  IS  enough. 

ir  I'Tho  eye  that  niockcth  at  Ais 
father,  and"  despiselh  to  obc.V  his 
mother,  the  ravens  of  |i  the  valley 
shall  pick  it  out,  and  the  young 
ea-los  shall  eat  it. 

IS  There  be  throe  things  uliieh  are 
too  woiulortul  forme,  yea,  four  which 
I  know  not: 

11)  The  w:iy  of  an  eagle  in  the  air: 
the  way  of  a  serpent  upiMi  a  i-ock: 
the  w:iy  of  a  ship  in  tlie  f  midst  of 
tlie  Bca";  and  the  way  of  a  man  with 
a  maiil. 

20  Such  IS  the  way  of  an  adulterous 
woman;  she  eateth,  and  wipeth  her 
mouth,  and  saith,  1  have  done  no 
wickedness. 

21  For  three  things  the  earth  is  dis- 
(luietod,  and  for  four  which  it  cannot 
bear: 

22  "'  For  a  servant  when  he  reignetli : 
and  a  tool  when  lie  is  filled  with 
meat; 

2 •'!  For  nil  odious  iroman  when  she 
is  married;  and  a  liandniaid  that  is 
heir  to  her  mistress. 

•'4  There  be  four  things  uhtch  are 
liUle  upon  the  earth,  but  tlioy  are 
]  exceeiiing  wise: 

a'l  "^The  ants  a>v  a  people  not 
I  strong,  yet  they  prepare  llioir  meat 
in  the  summer; 

lV)  '  The  conies  ore  hut  a  feeble  folk, 
vet  make  tliey  tlieir  houses  in  the 
"rocks: 

27  The  locusts  have  no  king,  yet  go 
tlicy  forth  all  of  them  t  by  bands; 
557 


LemxieVs  lesson  of  chastity. 


ECCLESIASTES.        Praise  of  a  virfnom  woman. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  7(K). 


s.  4.  11. 

t  Hell,  attfr. 
tHol..  o/nK 


BTi  101.13. 
t  Heb.  liltrr 


h  Soo  Job  25. 

15.  111. 
11  Sum.  n.  4. 

Calli.  4.  lli. 


2.S  The  spider  taketh  hold  with  her 
Iiandi^,  and  i.s  in  kinf^s'  imlacos. 

y*.*  There  he  tlirec  1hiii<i^  which  po 
well,  vea,  Ibiirare  eoiiiciv  in  k"'"^': 

;;()  A  lion,  vliirli  IS  stn.n-cst  aninnfr 
hearts,  and  turnoth  luit  away  fnr  any  ; 

01  A  II  (greyhound;  a,  he  iuat  also; 
and  a  kiii^,  agaiuet  whom  there  is 
no  risin;,:  up. 

-'t2  If  thou  hast  done  foolishly  in 
lif^in^  up  thyself,  or  if  thou  hast 
thou^'ht  evil,  ^lay  thine  hand  upon 
thy  mouth. 

.'IJ  Surely  the  churning  of  milk 
hrin-eth  forth  butter,  anil  the  wnn;;- 
in-  of  the  nose  hrin-eth  forlli  hloo.l: 
so  the  foreing  of  wrath  hiingeth  forth 
strife. 

CIIAl'TER  XXXI. 
1  LemxicVa  Icseon  of  chastity  and  temper. 

anee.    0  The  ajfllcted  are  to  he  comforted 

and  defended.     10  The  j^raiec  and  jirop- 

ertieB  of  a  good  wife. 

THE  words  of  kins  Lemuel,  "the 
propheey  that  his  mother  taught 
him. 

2  What,  my  .'son?  and  what,  lithe 
son  of  my  womb?  and  what,  the  son 
of  my  vows? 

3  "^  Give  not  thy  strcncth  unto 
women,  nor  thy  ways  <!  to  that  whieli 
dcstroyeth  kings. 

4  "It  is  not  tor  kings,  O  Lemuel,  it 
1.9  not  for  kings  to  drink  wine;  nor 
for  princes  strong  drink: 

5  fLest  they  drink,  and  forget  the 
law,  and  t  pervert  tlio  judgment  f  of 
any  of  the  afflicted. 

G  SGive  strong  drink  unto  him  that 
is  ready  to  perish,  and  wine  imto 
those  that  he  f  of  heavy  hearts. 

7  Let  him  drink,  and  Ibrgct  his 
poverty,  and  remember  liis  misery 
no  more. 

8  liOpen  thy  mouth  for  the  dumb 
>  in  the  cause  of  all  t  such  as  arc  ap- 
pointed to  destruction. 

1)  Open  thy  mouth,  ijudge  right- 
eously, and  1  plead  the  cause  of  the 
poor  and  nee(iy. 

ion  '"  Wh()ean  find  a  virtuous  wom- 
an ?  for  her  price  is  far  uhove  ru- 


12  She  will  do  him  good  and  not 
evil  all  the  days  of  her  life. 

I.'i  .She  seeketh  wool,  and  f\nx,  and 
workcth  willingly  w  ith  her  hanils. 

II  She  is  like  the  nurcliants'  ships; 
she  bringeth  her  food  froi.i  afar. 

15  "  She  riseth  also  while  it  is  yet 
night,  and  "giveth  meat  to  her  house- 
hold, and  a  portion  to  her  maidens. 

llj  She  considereth  a  field,  and 
thuyeth  it:  with  the  fruit  of  her 
hands  she  planteth  a  vineyard. 

IT  She  girdeth  her  loins  with 
strength,  and  strengtheneth  her 
arms. 

IS  f  She  perceiveth  that  her  mer- 
chandise IS  good:  her  candle  goeth 
not  out  by  night. 

II)  She  layetli  her  hands  to  the  spin- 
dle, and  her  hands  hold  the  distaff. 
I  2(1  t ''  She  stretcheth  out  her  hand 
to  the  poor;  yea,  she  leacheth  tbrth 
her  hands  to  the  needy. 

21  She  is  not  afraid  of  the  snow  for 
her  household :  tor  all  her  household 
(f/e  clothed  with  ||  scarlet. 

22  She  makcth  herself  coverings 
of  tapestry;  her  clothing  is  silk  and 
purple. 

2.*i  '1  Her  liusband  is  known  in  the 
gates,  when  he  sittetli  among  the 
ciders  of  the  land. 

24  She  maketh  fine  linen,  and  scll- 
ctli  it;  and  delivereth  girdles  unto 
the  merehttut. 

2">  Strength  and  honour  arc  her 
clothing ;  and  slic  shall  rejoice  in 
time  to  come. 

2G  She  opencth  her  mouth  with 
'   iu  her  tongue   is  the 


t2G  She  openc 
visdom ;  and  ii 
iiw  of  kindness. 
27    She    looketl 


hi 

II  The  heart  of  her 
safely  trust  in  her,  s( 
have  no  need  of  spoil. 


th  well  to  the  ways 
of  her  hou.sehold,  and  catetli  not  the 
bread  of  idleness. 

28  Her  children  arise  up,  end  cull 
her  blessed;  her  liuslmnd  ii/.-o,  and 
he  praiseth  her. 

21)  Many  daughters  ||  have  done 
virtuously,  hut  thou  exeellcst  them 
all. 

!0  Favour  is  deeiitful,  and  hoauty 
IS  vain:  hut  a  woniau  Ihut  ieareth  the 
L()K1>,  she  shall  hr  |.r.-iisr.l. 

;il  Give  her  of  the  f  nit  of  her  hands; 
shall  I  ami  let  her  own  works  praise  her  in 
1  the  gates. 


ECCLESIASTES; 

OR,  THE  PREAC^IlEll. 


CHAPTER  L 


1    The   Prenrher  • 

uret  are  retlleat  i.i  lUeir  c.KrH,.,  '.I 
(/1I7/  hrinu  forth  jiothinj  veu:  and  all 
eld  thini/H  are  fori/ollen,  I'J  and  Iteraurr. 
ha  hath  found  it  to  in  the  etudiea  of 
miedom. 

058 


Ml   of  David,   king 
lein. 

2    i>  Vanity    of  vanities, 
rri'aeher,  vanity  of  vauitii 


iiith    the 
s;  ^  all  i^ 


«  ■!  What  profit  hath  a  man  of  idl 

111.4.     c\i.  12,  ».    oIU«..  (I.  20.    .1  cb.  2. 'ii.  A  :i.  9 


Vanity  of  all  hutnan  courses.      ECCL.ESIASTES. 


The  vanity  of  pleasure. 


Before 
CHKIST 
about  U77. 


eh.  3,  111. 


peh.  2.  3.  12. 
k  7.  2.1.  25. 
1  Tbeu.S.21. 


liis  labour  wluch  he  taketh  under 
the  sun? 

4  One  generation  passcth  nway,  and 
another  generation  conieth:  "  but  tlie 
earth  abulctli  lor  ever. 

5fThc  Bun  also  arisoth,  and  tlie  sun 
j^octli  down,  and  i  hastetli  to  his 
place  where  he  arose. 

(i  'STlie  wind  fiocth  toward  the 
south,  and  turncth  about  unto  tlie 
north;  it  whirlcth  about  continually, 
and  the  wind  returneth  again  accord- 
ins  to  his  circuits. 

7  hAU  the  rivers  run  into  the  sea; 
.yet  tlie  sea  is  not  full:  unto  the  place 
from  whence  the  rivers  come,  thither 
they  t  return  again. 

8  All  things  arc  full  of  labour;  man 
cannot  utter  it :  i  the  eye  is  not  satis- 
fied with  seeing,  nor  the  car  filled 
with  hearing. 

!)  kThe  thing  that  hath  been,  it  is 
?/,«<  which  shall  be:  and  that  which 
is  done  !.s  that  which  shall  be  done: 
and  there  is  uo  new  (/imy  under  the 
sun. 

10  Is  there  an;/  thing  whereof  it 
may  be  said.  See,  this  is  new?  it 
hath  been  already  of  old  time,  which 
was  before  us. 

11  'J'licrc  is  no  remembrance  of 
foimer  (/ii'/if/s;  neither  shall  there 
l)c  (fit;/  remembrance  of  tftiii'ts  that 
are  to  come  with  those  that  shall 
come  after. 

IJ  If  1 1  the  Preacher  was  king  over 
Israel  in  Jerusalem. 

l.j  And  I  gave  my  heart  to  seek 
and  search  out  by  wisdom  concern- 
ing all  thinijs  that  are  done  under 
heaven:  ""  tliis  sore  travail  hath  Cod 
given  to  the  sons  of  man  ||  to  be  ex- 
ercised therewith. 

14  I  have  seen  all  the  works  that  arc 
done  under  the  sun;  and,  behold,  all 
is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

15  "  That  which  is  crooked  cannot 
be  made  straight:  and  )  that  which 
is  wanting  cannot  be  numbered. 

IG  I  comnmned  with  mine  own 
heart,  saying,  Lo,  I  am  come  to 
great  estate,  and  have  gotten  "more 
wisdom  than  all  the;/  that  have  been 
before  me  in  Jerusalem:  yea,  my 
heart  t  had  great  experience  of  wis- 
dom and  knowledge. 

17  P  And  I  gave  my  heart  to  know 
wisdoni,  and  to  know  nnulness  and 
folly:  I  perceived  that  this  also  is 
vexation  of  spirit. 

l.s  For  lin  much  wisdom  is  much 
grief:  and  he  that  inereaseth  knowl- 
edge inereaseth  sorrow. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  The  vanitiiofhumancouracsinthiUforlra 
of  pleasure.  12  Tlwuglt  the  tciee  be 
better  (/mn  the  fool,  pet  both  liufC  one 
event.  18  The  vanity  of  human  labour, 
in  leavin,/  it  lliey  know  not  to  whom.  1'4 
Nothing  better  than  joy  in  our  labour; 
but  that  18  God's  gift. 

"f  S.\ID  in  mine  heart,  Go  to  now, 
±  I  will  prove  tliee  with  mirth  ; 


therefore  enjoy  pleasure :  and,  be- 
hold, 'i  this  also  1.1  vanity. 

'.i  ^  1  said  of  hiughter,  It  is  mad:  and 
of  mirth.  What  doeth  it? 

;■>  il  I  sought  in  mine  heart  f  to  give 
myself  unto  wine,  yet  aeiiuaint- 
ing  mine  he;irt  with  wisdom  ;  ami 
to  lav  lu.Id  on  fullv,  till  1  miijlit  see 
what"  ir,,:^  tliut  gond  for  the  sons 
of  men,  which  they  should  do  un- 
der the  heaven  f  all  the  days  of  their 
life. 

4  1  made  mc  great  works;  I  builded 
me  houses;  1  planted  me  vineyards: 

5  I  made  me  gardens  and  orchards, 
and  I  planted  trees  in  them  of  all 
kind  o/"fruits: 

G  I  made  me  pools  of  water,  to  wa- 
ter therewith  the  wood  that  bringeth 
forth  trees: 

7  I  got  iHC  servants  and  maidens, 
and  had  i  servants  born  in  my  house: 
also  I  had  great  possessions  of  great 
and  small  cattle  above  all  that  were 
in  Jerusalem  before  me: 

8  "  I  gathered  me  also  silver  and 
gold,  and  the  peculiar  treasure  of 
kings  and  of  the  provinces:  I  gat  me 
men  singers  and  women  singers,  and 
the  delights  of  the  sons  of  men,  n.« 
t  musical  instruments,  and  that  of  all 
sorts. 

I)  So  fl  was  great,  and  increased 
more  than  all  that  were  before  me 
in  Jerusalem  :  also  my  wisdom  re- 
mained with  mc. 

II)  And  whatsoever  mine  eves  de- 
sired I  kept  not  from  them,  I  with- 
held not  my  heart  from  any  .jov  ; 
for  my  heart  rejoiced  in  all  my  la- 
bour: and  sthis  was  my  portion  of 
all  my  labour. 

U  Then  I  looked  on  all  the  works 
that  mv  hands  had  wrooght,  and  on 
tlic  labour  tliat  I  had  lalmured  to  do: 
and,  behold,  all  was  iManity  and 
vexation  of  spirit,  and  there  was  no 
profit  under  the  sun. 

12  !!  And  I  turneil  myself  to  behold 
wisdom,  land  madness,  and  folly: 
for  what  can  the  man  do  that  Com- 
eth after  the  king?  ||  crcii  that  which 
hath  been  already  done. 

i:!  Then  I  saw  t  that  wisdom  excel- 
leth  folly,  as  far  as  light  cxcelleth 
darkness. 

14  k  The  wise  man's  eves  are  in  his 
head;  but  the  fool  walketh  in  dark- 
ness :  and  I  mvself  perceived  also 
that  1  one  event  happeneth  to  them 

""-  ,        .     .     •. 

l.'i  Then  said  I  in  my  heart.  As  it 
happeneth  to  the  f.jol,  so  it  I  happen- 
eth even  to  me;  and  why  was  1  then 
more  wise?  Then  1  s:ud  in  my  heart, 
t'lat  this  also  i'.<  vanity. 

10  For  there  is  no  remembrance  of 
the  wise  more  than  of  the  tool  f'or 
ever;  seeing  that  which  now  i.<  in  the 
days  to  come  shall  all  be  forgotten. 
Arid  how  dieth  the  wise  man?  as  the 
fool. 

17  Therefore  I  hated  life;  because 
669 


The  vanity  of  human  labour.       ECCLESIASTES. 


God  the  judge  of  all. 


BcfoTO 
CUKIST 

lil)out97J. 


11.  .<!  S.  18. 
i  S.  15. 

|0,,  j,;;,,/.i 


tlie  work  that  is  wrou^lit  under  the 
sun  IS  1,'rkvous  unto  iiic:  for  all  is 
vanity  ami  vexation  of  spirit. 
IS  ir  Yen,  I  hated  all  my  labour 
which  1  had  Haken  under  thcKun: 
because  '"  I  should  leave  it  unto  the 
mail  that  bIuiU  be  after  me. 
I'J  And  who  knowcth  whether  he 
shall  be  a  wise  man  or  a  fool  ?  yet 
shall  he  have  rule  over  all  my  labour 
wherein  I  liave  laboured,  and  where- 
in I  have  shewed  myself  wise  under 
the  sun.  This  kj  also  vanity, 
a)  Therefore  I  went  about  to  cause 
my  heart  to  despair  of  all  the  labour 
which  I  took  under  the  sun. 
21  For  there  is  a  man  whose  labour 
is  in  wisdom,  and  in  knowlodsc,  and 
in  equity;  yet  to  a  man  thathalli  not 
laboureil  tliereiu  shall  ho  t  leave  it 
for  his  portion.  This  also  is  vanity 
and  a  threat  evil. 

•J.1  "  For  wliat  hath  man  of  all  his  la- 
bour, and  of  the  vexation  of  his  heart, 
wliercin  he  hath  laboured  under  the 
sun? 

•a  For  all  his  days  are  "sorrows, 
and  his  travail  grief;  yea,  his  heart 
takcth  not  rest  in  the  night.  This  is 
also  van  it  J'. 

Ii4  ir  1'  Tlicrr  is  nothing  better  for  a 
man,  than  that  he  sh..uld  cnt  and 
drink,  and  that  he  II  should  make  us 
soul  enjoy  good  in  his  lali.iur.  1  his 
also  I  saw,  that  it  tffw  from  tlio  hand 
oftiod.  ,       , 

2J  For  who  can  cat,  or  who  else  can 
hasten  hereunto,  more  than  1? 
•X  For  (lo'l  givcth  to  a  man  that  is 
good  tin  his  sight,  wisdom,  and 
knowledge,  and  joy:  but  to  the  sin- 
ner he  givcth  travail,  to  gather  and 
to  heap  up,  that  'Ihe  may  give  to  htm 
that  is  good  before  tioA.  This  also 
is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 
CUAPTKU  III. 

1  ny  the  ncccatary  change  of  timet,  virnity 
ia  aMi'l  to  human  travail.  11  There 
it  ai\  exeetleney  in  God'a  works.  10  ISut 
at  for  m.iii,  (Jod  than,ju<liia  hit  v.'orkt 
ihc're,  and  here  ha  shall  be  like  a  beatt. 

'■KO  every  fhin(j  there  is  a  season, 
1   and  a  "time  to  every   purpose 

under  the  heaven: 
■2  A  time  f  to  lie  born,  and  I'n  time 

to  die;  a  time  to  plant,  and  n  time  to 

pluck  vp  tli'it  vhii-h  is  planteil; 
.-i  .\  time  to  kill,  mid  a  time  to  heal; 

a  time  to  break  down,  and  a  time  to 

build  up; 
•t   A  time  to  weep,  and  a  time  to 

laugh;  a  time  to  mourn,  and  a  time 

to  dance; 
.■i  A  time  to  cast  awav  stones,  and  n 

time  to  gather  stones  together;  atime 

(o  emiM-iie,  and  ''a  time  f  to  refrain 


0  A  time  to  II  get,  and  atime  to  lose: 
a  lime  to  keep,  and  a  time  to  cast 
awav; 

7  A  time  to  rend,  and  a  tune  to  sew; 
■la  time  to  keep  silence,  and  atime 
to  speak  j 

660 


8  A  time  to  love,  and  a  time  to  '  hate ; 
a  time  of  war,  and  atime  of  peace. 

9  f  What  profit  hath  he  that  worketh 
in  that  wherein  he  laboureth  ? 

10  s  I  have  seen  the  travail,  which 
God  hath  ^iven  to  the  sons  of  men 
to  be  exercised  in  it. 

11  lie  hath  made  every  thing  beau- 
tiful in  his  time:  also  he  hath  set  the 
world  in  their  heart,  so  that  h  no  man 
can  find  out  the  work  that  God  niak- 
cth  from  the  beginning  to  the  end. 

12  >  I  know  that  there  is  no  pood  m 
them,  but  for  a  man  to  rejoice,  and 
to  do  good  in  his  life. 

l;l  And  also  k  that  every  man  should 
cat  and  drink,  and  enjoy  the  good  of 
all  his  labour,  it  is  the  girt  of  God. 

14  I  know  that,  whatsoever  God 
doeth,  it  shall  be  forever:  I  nothing 
can  be  put  to  it,  nor  any  thing  taken 
from  it:  and  God  doeth  iV,  that  men 
should  fear  before  him. 

l.i  '"  That  which  hath  been  is  now; 
and  that  which  is  to  be  hath  already 
been ;  and  God  requireth  f  that  which 
is  past. 

lU  If  And  moreover  "I  saw  under 
the  sun  the  place  of  judgment,  (/in( 
wickedness  if<is  there;  and  the  place 
of  righteousness,  that  iniquity  u-as 
there.  ,    ,    ,    „ 

17  I  said  in  mine  heart,  "  God  shall 
judge  tlie  riu'Iiteous  and  the  wicked: 
for  there  is'l'a  time  there  for  every 
purpose  and  for  every  work. 

15  I  said  in  mine  heart  concerning 
the  estate  of  the  sous  of  men,  ||  tliat 
God  might  manifest  them,  and  that 
they  might  see  that  they  themselves 
are  beasts. 

ly  'iFor  that  which  bcfalleth  the 
sons  of  men  bcfalleth  beasts;  even 
one  tiling  befidleth  them:  as  the  one 
dicth,  so  dieth  the  other;  yea,  they 
have  all  one  breath;  so  tliat  a  man 
hath  no  preeminence  above  a  beast: 
for  all  is  vanity. 

20  All  go  unto  one  place:  "^ all  are  of 
the  dust,  and  all  turn  to  dust  again. 

21  MVho  knowetli  tlie  spirit  j  of 
man  that  tgoelli  nrnvard,  and  the 
spirit  of  the  beast  that  goeth  down- 
ward to  the  earth? 

22  '  Wherefore  1  perceive  that  there 
is  nothing  better,  than  that  a  man 
should  rejoice  in  his  own  works;  for 
"  that  IS  his  portion :  "  for  who  shall 
brinp  him  to  see  wliat  shall  be  after 
him?  ,   , 

CIIAPTKU  IV. 

1   Vanity  it  inereatcil  unto  men  hy  oppret- 

«ion,  4  Jj/  cnl'J/.  6  ky  idlenctt,  7  by  eovet- 

outneas,  0  by  tolitarinett,  13  by  tvitful- 

SO  I  returned,  and  considered  all 
,  the  "oppressions  that  are  done 
under  the  sun:  and  beliold  the  tears 
of  s«r/i  as  v.r<- oppr..-sed,  and  they 
had  no  comlbrter;  and  on  the  )  side 
of  their  oppr<ssors  th'rr  vns  power; 
butthey  hadnoeomfi.rter. 
2  ii  Wherefore  1   praised  the  dead 


Biforo 
CHRIST 
about  ll77. 


3  Horn.  2.  8. 
•i'lVr.  3.  10. 


»,c„.,/.nj,. 
1  Tcr.  U. 
cU.  2  21.  tb 
S.  13.1(11.8. 
Lt  ch.  2.  10. 
11)1.6.12.  & 
t.  7.  &  10.14. 


Vanity  through  oppression. 


ECCLESIASTES. 


The  vaniti/  of  riches. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  077. 


t  Ucl..  alt  I 
t  Hcb.  (All 


■.  0.  10. 
■J3. 
:  15.  IS. 


«ProT.27.2l). 
lJohii2.  16. 
:  Ti.  33.  6. 


t  Hgb.  ivko 


li.  1. 11!.  icj 

bIS«m.l5.22) 


d  Fro..  10. 19. 
•  Num.  30,  ?. 
Ueut.  2.1.21, 


which  arc  already  dead,  more  than 
the  living  which  are  yet  alive. 
:i  '•  Yea,  better  K>!  lie  than  both  they, 
which  hath  not  vet  been,  who  hath 
not  seen  the  evil  work  that  is  done 
under  the  sun. 

4  H  A;;ain,  I  considered  all  travail, 
and  t  every  riglit  work,  that  1  for  this 
a  man  is  envied  of  his  neishboiir. 
This  is  also  vanity  and  vexation  of 
spirit. 

5  <lThe  fool  foldeth  his  hands  to- 
jjether,  and  cateth  his  own  tlesh. 

0  '^Better  I'.f  a  handful  u-if/i  tiiiiet- 
ness,  than  both  the  hands  tuU  uilh 
travail  and  vexation  of  spirit. 

7  Tf  Then  1  returned,  and  I  saw 
vanity  under  the  sun. 

8  There  is  one  alone,  and  Hicre  is 
not  a  second;  yea,  he  hath  neither 
child  nor  brother:  jet  is  tJiera  no 
end  of  all  his  labour:  neither  is  his 
feye  satisfied  with  riches:  ^neither 
saith  he.  For  whom  do  I  labour,  and 
bereave  my  soul  of  good?  This  is 
also  vanity,  yea,  it  is  a  sore  travail. 

II  TT  Two  (ire  better  than  one;  be- 
cause they  have  a  good  reward  for 
their  labour. 

10  For  if  they  fall,  the  one  will  lift 
up  his  fellow:  but  woe  to  him  Hint  i.< 
alone  when  he  fulleth;  for  he  hath 
not  another  to  help  him  up. 

11  Again,  if  two  lie  together,  then 
they  have  heat:  but  how  can  one  be 
warm  olone  .f 

l:i  And  if  one  prevail  against  him, 
two  shall  withstand  hiin ;  and  a 
threefold  cord  is  not  quickly  broken. 

!.'{  U  Better  is  a  poor  and  a  wise 
child,  than  an  old  and  foolish  king, 
f  who  will  no  more  be  admonished. 

U  For  out  of  prison  he  comcth  to 
reign;  whereas  also  he  that  is  born 
in  his  kingdom  becometh  poor. 

1,1 1  considered  all  the  living  which 
walk  under  the  sun,  with  the  second 
child  that  shall  stnnd  up  in  his  stead. 

IG  There  is  no  end  of  all  the  people, 
eren  of  all  that  have  been  before 
them:  they  also  that  come  uf^er  shall 
not  rejoice  in  him.  Surely  this  also 
is  vanity  and  vexation  of  spirit. 
CIIAPTEU  T. 

13  J„li  in  richct  is  the  r/'i/t  <//  GuJ. 

KEEP  "thy  foot  when  thou  goest 
to  the  house  of  God,  and  be 
more  ready  to  hear,  I'than  to  give 
the  sacrifice  of  fools:  for  they  con- 
sider not  that  thev  do  evil. 

2  lie  not  rash  with  thy  mouth,  and 
let  not  thine  heart  be  liasty  to  utter 
a)ii/  II  thing  before  God:  fiT  God  is 
in  he:iven,  and  thou  upon  earth: 
therefore  let  thy  words  '  lie  few. 

3  For  a  dream"  cometh  thro\igh  the 
multitude  of  business;  and  'i  a  fool's 
voice  IS  liwwn  by  multitude  of 
words. 

4  "  When  thou  vowest  a  vow  unto 
God,  defer  not  to  pay  it;  for  he  hath 

36 


no  pleasure  in  fools:  fpay  that  which 
thou  hast  vowed. 

5  6  Better  is  it  that  thou  shouldest 
not  vow,  than  that  thfiu  shouldest 
vow  and  not  pay. 

(j  Sutler  not  thy  nifnith  to  cause  thy 
flesh  to  sin;  li  neither  say  thou  before 
the  angel,  that  it  iro.s- an  error:  where- 
fore should  God  be  angry  at  thy 
voice,  and  destroy  the  work  of  thine 
hands? 

7  For  in  the  multitude  of  drearns 
and  many  words  there  are  also  t/ifers 
vanities:'but  i  fear  thou  God. 

8  TF  If  thou  liseest  the  oppression  of 
the  poor,  and  violent  perverting  of 
judgment  and  justice  in  a  province, 
marvel  not  fat  the  matter;  for  I  Ac 
that  1^  higher  than  the  highest  re- 
gardeth  ;  and  there  te  higher  than 
they. 

*J  ll  Moreover  the  profit  of  the  earth 
is  for  all:  the  king  himself'  ia  served 
by  the  field. 

10  He  that  loveth  silver  shall  not 
be  satisfied  with  sih'cr;  nor  he  that 
loveth  ahimdance  with  increase  : 
this  is  also  vanity. 

11  When  goods  increase,  they  are 
increased  tnat  eat  them:  and  "what 
good  IS  tlierc  to  the  owners  thereof, 
saving  the  beholding  uf  them  with 
their  eyes? 

VI  The  sleep  of  a  labouring  man  is 
sweet,  whether  he  eat  little  or  much: 
but  the  abundance  of  the  rich  will 
not  suffer  him  io  sleep. 

li  "'There  is  a  sore  evil  which  I 
have  seen  under  the  sun,  jinmeff/, 
riches  ke])t  for  the  owners  thereof 
to  their  hurt. 

14  But  those  riches  perish  by  evil 
travail:  and  he  begetteth  a  .soii,  and 
there  is  nothing  in  his  hand. 

1,5  "As  he  came  fiprth  of  his  moth- 
er's womb,  nake<l  sbnil  he  ri-turn  to 
go  as  he  came,  and  sh:iU  take  noth- 
ing of  his  labour,  which  he  may  carry 
away  in  his  hand. 

IG  And  this  also  i.s- a  sore  evil,  that 
in  all  points  as  he  came,  so  shall  he 
go:  and  "what  profit  hath  he  ''that 
hath  laboured  for  the  wiiul? 

17  All  his  davs  also  1  he  cateth  in 
darkness,  and  he  hath  much  sorrow 
and  wrath  with  his  siekm  ss. 

18  IT  Behold  that  vWieh  I  have  seen: 
■■1  it  is  good  and  comely  /or  one  to 
eat  and  to  drink,  and  to  enjoy  the 
good  of  all  his  labour  that  he  tiiketh 
under  the  sun  fall  the  days  of  his 
life,  which  God  giveth  him :  'for  it  is 
his  portion. 

I'J  '  Every  man  also  to  whom  God 
hath  given  riches  and  wealth,  and 
hath  given  him  power  to  eat  thereof, 
and  to  take  his  portion,  and  to  re- 
joice in  Ids  labour;  this  as  the  gift  of 
God. 

20  II  For  he  shall  not  much  remem- 
ber the  days  of  his  life;  because  God 
answereth  liiin  in  the  joy  of  liis 
Iieart 

661 


OS  children  and  old  age~ 


ECCLESIASTES. 


Remedies  agaimt  vanity. 


Before 
CUBIST 
sbouti*?;. 


p..  17.  U.  * 

73.7. 
c  Lulu  12.20. 


d2Kia.  0.  35. 

I..  11   19.  W. 

J.r.  22.  1». 
cJol>3.  If). 


CHAPTER  VI. 

1  The  vanity  of  rUhet  witliout  -ute.  3  Of 
children,  C  and  old  age  wttnout  ri'-iir.t. 
0  nc  vaniUj  of  eight  and  wandering 
desirct.     11  Theconclustonofvanitice. 

"T'HERE  is  an  evil  which  I  hnve 
1    seen   under  the  Bun,  and  it  is 

common  amonj;  men:    ,  ,    ,.      . 

2  A  man  to  whom  God  hath  Riven 
riches  wealth,  and  honour,  I' fio  tliat 
he  wantcth  nothinp  for  his  fOul  of 
all  that  lie  dcsireth, ''  yet  God  eiveth 
him  not  power  to  eat  thereof,  but  a 
stranger  enteth  it:  this  U  vanity,  and 
it  i.s  an  evil  disease.  ,     ,     ,  ■, 

3  H  If  a  man  beget  a  hundred  clnl- 
dien,  and  live  many  years,  so  that 
the  davs  of  his  vears  be  manv,  and 


o  -  /(  is  better  to  hear  the  rebuke  of 
the  wise,  than  for  a  man  to  liear  the 
gone  of  tools.  _  .. 

G  .1  For  as  the  1  crackhng  of  thorns 
under  a  pot,  so  is  the  laughter  ot  the 
fool:  this  also  !S  vanity. 

7  H  Surely  oppression  maketh  a  wise 
man  mad;  '  and  a  giil  destroy cth  the 

'b^ijetter  is  the  end  of  a  thine  than 
the  beginning  thereof:  a,>d>  the  pa- 
tient in  Bpirit^s  better  than  the  proud 

"oTlJe'not  hasty  in  thy  spirit  to 
be  angry :  for  anger  resteth  in  the 
bosom  of  fools.  , 

10  Say  not  thou.  What  is  the  ca«.«e 
that  the  former  days  were  better  than 


ihe  days  of  his  vears  be  manv,  and      la    tne   -"-^do^t-not    inquire 
his  soul  be  not  fi  led  with  good   and    th^ese^.^  ^"^^eerning  this.    . ..  ^_ 


mS  soul  UC  ll'Ji.   »iwv«   ......  .^^-- ■ 

dalso  that  he  have  no  burial;  1  say. 
that  'an  untimely  birth  is  better 
than  he.  .       .  .  , 

4  For  he  cometh  in  with  vanity,  ana 
departcth  in  darkness,  and  his  name 
shall  be  covered  with  darkness. 

5  Moreover  he  hath  not  seen  the 
sun, nor  known  anvthwg:  this  hath 
more  rest  than  the  other. 

G  H  Yea,  though  he  live  a  thousand 
vears  twice  toUI.  yet  hath  he  seen  no 
good:  do  not  all  go  to  one  place.' 


0/  l/i«  loul. 


t  wiseiv  concerning  this. 

11  IT  Wisdom  is  \\  good  with  an  in 
heritancc  :  and  b;/  it  there  is  proht 
h  to  them  that  see  the  siin. 

!•>  For  wisdom  JS  a  t  defence,  and 
money  is  a  defence:  but  the  excel- 
lency of  knowledge  i.s  that  wisdom 
giveth  life  to  them  that  have  it. 

1.1  Consider  the  work  of  God:  for 
i  who  can  make(7/«^  straight,  which 
he  hath  made  crooked?       .^  ,     .   „ 

14  k  In  the  day  of  prosperity  he  joy- 


T;All'thel.ho.^of  man-/.  f^V  his    fj;'- b"' >"  «>«,^>ha«;1^:rilW>'^one 

mouth,  and  yet  the  1  appetite  is  not    "^'"^„V°°  ("he  other,  to  the  end  that 

""    ■  man  should  find  nothing  after  him. 

1 5  All  thinrjs  have  I  seen  in  the  days 

of  my  vanity:    Uhere  is  a  just  man 

that  perishcth  in  his  righteousness, 

and  there  is  a  wicked  v.nn  that  pro- 

lon-eth  his  lite  in  his  wickedness. 

IG  "'  Be  not  righteous  over  much, 

"neither  make  th.vself  over    wise: 

why  shouldestthou  t  destroy  thyself .' 

17   Be  not  over  much  «"''5<^<*- ""T 

ther  be  thou  foolish:  "  why  shouldest 


H  For  what  hath  the  wise  more  than 
the  fool?  what  hath  the  poor,  that 
knoweth  to  walk  before  the  living.' 

!l  V  Better  is  the  sight  of  the  eyes 
tthan  the  wandering  of  the  desire: 
this  is  also  vanity  and  vexation  ot 

*lo"Thftt  which  hath  been  is  named 
already,  and  it  is  known  that  it  tj 
man  •  c  neither  may  he  contend 
with  iiim  that  is  mightier  than! 


r;^?^^^rrngs  ^fi^^;^^-^i^, 


that  increase  vanity,  what  iVman  the 

''i'^For  who  knoweth  what  is  good 
for  man  in  thi^  life,  f  all  the  days  of 
his  vain  life  which  he  spei.rioth  as  h  a 
sliadow?  for  'who  eau  tell  a  man 
what  bhall  be  after  hini  under  the 

'"'"'         CHAPTER  VII. 

Remedlee    agninet  vanity  are.  a   pood 

name,  2  mortification.  7  patience.  11  icu- 

Jom.    23   The  difficulty  of  getting  «■.«- 

1      dom. 

.p,„r.  15.301      k    "GOOD   name    is   better   than 

»2i'-       1    A   precious  ointment;  and  the  day 

«  of  dentil  than  the  day  of  ones  birth. 

•2V  It  is  l)et(.-r  to  go  to  the  hoii-c  ot 

mourning,  than  to  go  to  tlie  h..i ise 

,f  feasOng:  for  that  .s  the  end  <.t  uU 


■th 


IS  It  is  good  that  thou  shouldest 
take  hold  of  this;  yea  also  trom  this 
withdraw  not  thine  hand  :  for  he 
that  feareth  God  shall  come  forth  of 

il'r  Wisdom  strengtheneth  the  wise 
more  than  ten  mighty  men  which  are 

"•V'lFor  t/icrff  is  not  a  just  man  upon 
earth,  that  doeth  good,  and  - ■ 

X'Mso   Hake   ""•"''^'l   """',,  "11 

words  that  are    spoken;    lest  thou 

hoar  thy  servant  curse  thee: 

t"  For  oftentiuus  also  thine  own 

heart   knoweth    that    thou    thyself 

likewise  hast  cursed  others. 

•ii  TI  All  this  have  I  moved  hv  wis- 

.inm-  'I  said,  I  w    1  be  wise;  but  it 

nlc^r^d^tli^'Iivn^gw^Ylay  ;Mohis,,..sfi.^2-mm^  „„,  „,. 

better  than  laughter:  I  ceeding  d<^P.  who.cai,  hnd  .t^o.,t?^_ 

and  to  search,  and  to  seek  out"-- 


heart. 

.",  II  Sorrow  •.■<  •..-....•   •■■—■  "     , 

kfor  hv  the  sadness  of  the  eountc 

nance  the  heart  is  made  iK-tter  I  nnu  vos-.w.,.^ 

,;^-^r^-l^^U'?^e;e::r.'^?  [«;«■«-    wickedness  .of  t...y. 
fools  IS  in  the  house  of  mirth. 
562 


1  to  know  the    wiCKeuuess    ..i    .«. 
I  even  of  foolishnees  aii(/  madncsB: 


Kings  are  to  be  respected. 


ECCLESIASTES. 


All  things  come  alike  to  all. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  977. 


tHeb.  Iht 
„r,„3lk. 

b  Deut.  28  50. 

e  I  Cbr  2fl.21. 
E..  17.18 
Kom.  IX  S. 

d  ch.  II).  <. 

cJobSt.  19. 


(jFrOT.Sl.m, 
9.  12.  ilo. 


i  Job  14.  5. 


k  Pi.  10. ;.  & 

ia.  21. 

I>  2S.  10. 


20  'And  I  find  more  bitter  than 
death  tlic  woman,  whose  heart  is 
snares  and  nets,  and  her  hands  an 
bands  :  f  whoso  pleasetli  God  s^haU 
escape  from  her;  but  the  sinner  shall 
be  taken  by  her. 

•J7  Beliold,  this  have  I  found,  snith 
^' the  Preaeher,  iJoo^H^tH^one  by  one, 
to  find  out  the  aecount; 

28  Which  yet  my  soul  seeketli,  but 
1  find  not:  ^  one  man  amonR  a  thou- 
sand have  I  found  ;  but  a  woman 
amonji  all  those  have  I  not  found. 

2!)  Lo,  this  only  have  1  found,  "that 
God  hath  made  man  uprip:ht;  but 
bthey  have  60U(;lit  out  many  iuvcn- 
tions. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  KingB  are  preotly  to  be  rffpectcd.  C  The 
divine  pruvifUnce  ia  to  be  obeerved.  l'_* 
It  is  better  tvitli  the  godljj  in  advereity, 
than  tvith  the  wicked  in  prosperity.  Iti 
The  work  of  God  is  unsearchable. 

WHO  IS  as  the  wise  man?  and 
who  knowcth  the  interpreta- 
tion of  a  thing  ?  "  a  man's  wisdom 
maketh  his  face  to  shine,  and  t  bthe 
boldness  of  his  face  shall  beehanjed. 
2  I  counsel  Ihce  to  keep  the  king's 
commandment,  ^  and  that  in  regard 
of  the  oath  of  God. 

5  il  Be  not  hasty  to  go  out  of  his 
sight:  stand  not  in  an  evil  thing;  for 
he  doeth  whatsoever  plenseth  him. 

4  'Where  the  word  of  a  king  i.«,  there 
IS  power:  and  '  who  may  say  unto 
him.  What  docst  thou? 

SWhosokeepeth  the  commandment 
f  shall  feci  no  evil  thing:  and  a  wise 
man's  heart  discerneth  both  time  and 
judgment. 

6  iTBecause  'to  every  purpose  there 
is  time  and  judgment,  therefore  the 
misery  of  man  is  great  \ipon  him. 

7  8  For  he  knoweth  not  that  which 
shall  he :  for  who  can  tell  him  ||  when 
it  shall  be? 

8  li  There  is  no  man  that  hath  power 
iovcr  the  spirit  to  retain  the  spirit: 
neither  hath  he  power  in  the  day  of 
death:  and  there  is  no  (I  discharge  in 
that  war  ;  neither  shall  wickedness 
deliver  those  that  are  given  to  it. 

9  All  this  have  I  seen,  and  applied 
my  heart  unto  every  work  that  is 
done  under  the  sun :  there  is  a  time 
wherein  one  man  ruleth  over  anoth- 
er to  his  own  hurt. 

10  And  so  1  saw  the  wicked  buried, 
who  had  come  and  gone  from  the 
place  of  th.c  holy,  and  they  were  for- 
gotten in  the  city  where  tliey  had  to 
done:  this  is  also  vanity. 

11  k  Because  sentence  against  an 
evil  work  is  not  executed  speedily, 
therefore  the  heart  of  the  sonsof  men 
is  fullv  set  in  them  to  do  evil. 

12  it"  1  Though  a  sinner  do  evil  a 
hundred  times,  and  his  ilaiis  be  pro- 
longed, yet  snrciv  I  know  that  ""it 
shall  be  well  with  theni  that  fear 
God,  which  fear  before  him: 

I    13  But  it  shall  not  be  well  with  the 


wicked,  neither  shall  he  prolong  his 
days,  uliich  are  as  a  shadow  ;  be- 
cause he  feureth  not  before  God. 

14  There  is  a  vanity  which  is  done 
upon  the  earth;  that  there  be  just 
wieii,  unto  whom  it  "happeneth  ac- 
cording to  the  work  of  the  wicked; 
again,  there  be  wicked  »i(«,  to  whom 
it  happeneth  according  to  the  work 
of  the  righteous:  1  said  that  this  also 
is  vanity. 

lo''Thcn  I  commended  mirth,  be- 
cause n  man  hath  no  better  thing  un- 
der the  sun,  than  to  cat,  and  todrink, 
and  to  be  merry:  for  that  shall  abide 
with  him  of  his  labour  the  days  of 
his  life,  which  God  giveth  him  un- 
der the  sun. 

10  H  When  I  applied  mine  heart  to 
know  wisdom,  and  to  see  the  bu*:-i- 
ress  that  is  done  npon  the  earth: 
(for  also  there  is  that  neither  day  nor 
night  sceth  sleep  with  his  eves:) 

17  Then  I  beheld  all  the  work  of 
God,  that  Pa  man  cannot  find  out 
the  work  that  is  done  under  the  sun  : 
because  though  a  man  labour  to  seek 
it  out,  yet  he  shall  not  find  it ;  yen 
further;  though  a  wise  inaa  think  to 
know  il,  lyet  shall  he  not  be  able  to 
find  i(. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  Like  things  happen  to  good  and  had,  A 
There  is  a  nccrsttty  of  death  unto  men. 
7  Comfort  is  iilt  their  portion  in  this  life. 
n  God's  provl-lence  rulelh  overall.  13 
Wisdom  is  better  than  strength. 

FOR  all  this  fl  considered  in  my 
heart  even  to  declare  all  this, 
"that  the  righteous,  and  the  wise, 
and  their  works,  are  in  the  hand  of 
God;  no  man  knoweth  either  love  or 
hatred  bv  all  that  is  belbre  them. 

2  b  All  thill f/s  come  alike  to  all:  there 
is  one  event  to  the  righteous,  and  to 
the  wicked;  to  the  good  and  to  the 
clean,  and  to  the  unclean;  to  him 
that  sneriflceth,  and  to  him  that  sac- 
rifieeth  not:  as  is  the  good,  so  is  the 
sinner;  and  he  th;it  bwcareth,  as  he 
that  feareth  an  o.ntli. 

3  This  is  an  evil  nniong  all  things 
that  are  done  under  the  sun,  that 
there  is  one  event  unto  all:  yea,  also 
the  heart  of  the  sonsof  men  isluUof 
evil,  and  madness  is  in  their  heart 
while  they  live,  and  after  that  thcijijo 
to  the  dead. 

4  TT  For  to  him  that  is  joined  to  all 
the  living  there  is  hope:  for  a  living 
dog  is  better  than  a  dead  lion. 

.5  For  the  living  know  that  they 
shall  die:  but  "^  the  dead  know  not 
anv  thing,  neither  have  they  any 
mcire  a  reward;  for  J  the  memory  of 
them  is  forgotten. 

0  .Also  their  love,  and  their  hatred, 
and  their  envv,  is  now  perished ; 
neither  have  they  any  more  ii  por- 
tion forever  in  any  thing  that  is  done 
under  the  sun. 

7  U  Go  thy  way,  'eat  thy  bread  with 
joy,  and  drink  thy  wine  with  n  merry 

0*>J 


Wisdo7n  is  letter  than  strength.      ECCLESIASTES. 


Of  wisdom  and  follij. 


Before 
C  U  K  1  S  T 

about  077. 


frh.2.  in,  21 
i  LI.  13.22.  i 
5.  18. 


irr.iv.  71.  22. 
21  3 

1.7.  19. 


4  U.  2. 
1.  ch.  B.  3. 


heart ;  for  God  now  acccpteth  thy 
works. 

8  Let  thy  garincnts  be  always  white; 
unci  let  tliy  head  lack  no  ointment. 

!>  1  Live  Joyfully  with  the  wife  whom 
thou  lovest  all  the  days  of  the  life  of 
thy  vanity,  which  he  hath  given  thee 
uriiler  the  sun,  all  the  days  of  thy 
vanity:  ffor  that  is  thy  portion  in 
lliis  life,  and  in  thy  labour  which 
thou  takest  under  the  sun. 

10  Whatsoever  thy  hand  findeth  to 
do,  do  il  with  thy  niisht:  for  there  h 
no  work,  nor  device,  nor  knowle(lu:e 
nor  wisdom,  in  tlie  grave,  whitlier 
thou  goest. 

11  If  I  returned,  Sand  saw  nndcrthe 
sun,  that  the  race  t.--  not  to  the  Bwifl, 
nor  the  battle  to  the  strong,  neither 
yet  bread  to  the  wise,  nor  yet  riches 
to  men  of  nndcrstandini»,  nor  yet  fa- 
vour to  men  of  skill;  but  time  and 
chance  liappeneth  to  them  all. 

12  For  linun  also  knoweth  not  his 
time:  ns  the  tislies  that  are  taken  in 
an  evil  net,  and  as  the  birds  that  arc 
caught  in  the  snare;  so  arc  the  sons 
of  men  i  snared  in  an  evil  time,  when 
it  f.<lleth  suddenly  upon  them. 

I'J  IT  This  wisdom  have  I  seen  also 
under  the  sun,  and  it  seemed  great 
unto  me: 

14  k  There  was  a  little  city,  and 
few  men  within  it;  and  there  came 
a  great  king  against  it,  and  besieged 
it,  and  built  great  bulwarks  .against 
it. 

I.;  Now  there  was  found  in  it  a  poor 
wise  man,  and  he  by  his  wisdom 
di'livereil  the  city;  yet  no  man  re- 
i[ifmt)i'rod  thnt  same  poor  man. 

Hi  IThen  said  I,  Wisdom  i.<  better 
tlian  strength:  nevertheless  '"the 
poor  n^an's  wisdom  /.•«  despised,  and 
his  words  are  not  heard. 

17  The  words  of  wise  vicn  are  heard 
in  fi'iiet  more  than  the  cry  of  him 
that  I'lileth  among  fools. 

I.S  "  Wisdom  H  better  than  Aveapons 
of  war:  but  "one  sinner  destroyeth 
much  good. 

CII.VPTER  X. 

1    Ol.TBdfi.i.M   of  ,vit<li,:ii   ft,.,;    Ml'/:   10 
ofri't.    li  tlKl'hfulnrs!).  19  nnU  v,'„„ri/. 
20.l/n'«  tlioui/lila  of  klntjt  ought  to  he 
rtvcrcni. 
tl^E.-VD  flies  cause  the  ointment 
1  f  of  the  apothecary  to  soid  forth 
a  stinking  savour:   so   (ff>/,'i  ii  little 
folly  him  that  is  in  reputation  for 
wisdom  (xtid  honour. 
•2  A  wise  man's  heart  is  at  his  right 
hand;  but  a  fool's  heart  at  his  left. 
;!  Yea  also,  when  be  that  is  a  fool 
walketh   by  the  wav,  f  his  wisdom 
fiilrth  liiiii,  "and  he  saith  to  every 
one  l/i(il  he  I'l!  n  fool. 
4  If  the  spirit  of  the  ruler  rise  up 
against  thee,  i.  leave  not  thy  \ilace; 
(iir'' vielding  paeifieth  great  offences. 
r,  There  is  an  evil  tc/iir/i  I  liay.r  seen 
under  the  sun,  as  an  error  i<7((VA  pro- 
cecdeth  f  from  the  ruler: 
664 


0  "1  Folly  is  set  t  in  great  dignity,  and 
the  rich  sit  in  low  place. 

7  I  have  seen  servants  ®  upon  horses, 
and  princes  walking  as  servants  up- 
on the  earth. 

8  I  lie  that  diggeth  a  pit  shall  fall 
into  it;  and  whoso  breaketh  a  hedge, 
a  serpent  shall  bite  him. 

9  Whoso  removcth  stones  shall  be 
hurt  therewith:  and  he  that  cleaveth 
wood  shall  be  endangered  therebv. 

10  If  the  iron  be  blunt,  and  he"  do 
not  whet  the  edge,  then  must  ho 
put  to  more  strength:  but  wisdom  is 
profitable  to  direct. 

11  Surely  the  serpent  will  bite 
^without  enchantment;  and  fa  bab- 
bler is  no  better. 

12  11  The  words  of  a  wise  man's 
mouth  arc  t  gracious;  but  i  the  lips 
of  a  fool  will  swallow  up  himself. 

n  The  beginning  of  the  words  of 
his  mouth  )s  foolishness :  and  the 
end  of  t  his  talk  is  mischievous  mad- 
ness. 

14  kA  fool  also  fis  full  of  words:  a 
man  cannot  tell  what  shall  be;  and 
I  what  shall  be  after  him,  who  can 
tell  him? 

1.5  The  labour  of  the  foolish  weari- 
eth  every  one  of  them,  because  he 
knoweth'not  how  to  go  to  the  eitv. 

](!  IT'"  Woe  to  thee,  ()  land,  when 
thy  king  is  a  child,  and  thy  princes 
eat  in  the  morning! 

17  Blessed  art  thou,  O  land,  when 
thv  king  i>  the  son  of  nobles,  and 
"thy  princes  eat  in  due  season,  for 
strength,  and  nnt  fir  drunkenness! 

18  TT  liv  much  slolhfiilne.-^H  the  hnikl- 
ing  decayeth;  and  through  idleness 
of  the  hands  the  house  dropjieth 
through. 

10  Tl  A  feast  is  made  for  laughter, 
and  "wine  1  inaketh  incrry:  but 
money  answereth  all  t/iin;fs. 

20  HI'  Curse  not  the  king,  no  not  in 
thy  II  thought;  and  eui-se  not  the 
rich  in  thy  bedchamber:  fi^r  a  bird 
of  the  air  shall  carry  the  voice,  and 
that  which  hath  wings  shall  tell  the 
matter. 

CHAPTER  XT. 
1  T>ircrtinns  for  charity.    7  Denlh  in  tffe, 

0  nii.i  the  day  of  jmljmrnt  in  the  dayt 

of  youth,  are  tohe  thought  on. 

CAST    thy    bread     "tupon    the 
waters:  "lifor  thou  shalt  lind  it 
after  many  da.vs. 

2  '^Givc  a  portion  I'to  seven,  and 
also  to  eight;  "^  for  thou  knowe.-t  not 
what  evil  shidl  bo  upon  the  earth. 

3  If  the  clouds  be  full  of  rain,  they 
cmptv  themfelrrs  upon  the  earth: 
and  if  the  tree  fall  toward  the  south, 
or  toward  the  north,  in  the  place 
where  the  tree  falleth,  there  it  shall 
be. 

4  He  that  observeth  the  wind  shall 
not  sow;  and  he  that  legardeth  the 
clouds  shall  not  reap. 

.')  As  fthou  knowest  not  what  I'.s  the 
way  of  the  spirit,  ^iior  liow  the  bones 


The  Creator  to  be  remembered.   SOLOMON'S  SONG.     The  Preacher's  care  to  edify. 


CUBIST 


kch.  12.  U.  I 


Lofore 
C  HUIST 

writ(«ti 
about  1014. 


l>c>i.  4.  10. 
t  H«l.. 
14,  l^«,. 


do  grow  in  the  womb  of  her  that  is 
with  child:  even  to  thou  knowost 
not  the  works  of  God  who  iimketli 
all. 

G  In  the  morninK  pow  thy  seed,  nnd 
ill  the  evcnin;?  withhold  not  thine 
luind:  for  tliou  knowest  not  whether 
)  shall  prosper,  either  this  or  thut.  or 
whether  they  both  shall  be  alike 
;;ood. 

7  If  Truly  the  light  is  sweet,  and  a 
pleasant  thing  it  is  for  the  eyes  bto 
behold  the  sun : 

8  But  if  a  man  live  many  years,  anrf 
rejoice  in  them  all;  yet'let  him  re- 
member the  days  of  darkness;  for 
they  shall  bo  many.  All  that  cometh 
w  vanity. 

9  II  Rejoice,  O  young  man,  in  thy 
youth;  and  let  tjiy  heart  cheer  thee 
In  the  days  of  thy  youth,  i  and  walk 
in  the  ways  of  thine  heart,  and  in 
the  sight  of  thine  eyes:  but  know 
thou,  that  for  all  these  things  ^  God 
will  bring  thee  into  judgment. 

10  Therefore  remove  ||  sorrow  from 
thy  heart,  and  I  nut  away  evil  from 
thy  flesh :  "'  for  cnildhood  and  youth 
are  vanity. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  The  Creator  ia  to  be  remembered  in  due 

lime.     8  ne  PreacKer't  care  to  td,fy. 

\i  The  fear  of  Ood  ta  the  chief  aHtidute 

of  vanity. 

r>EMEMBER  'now  thy  Creator 
t  in  the  days  of  thy  youth,  while 
the  evil  daj's  come  not,  nor  the  years 
draw  nigh,  iiwhen  thou  shall  say,  I 
have  no  pleasure  in  them; 

2  AVhile  the  sun,  or  the  light,  or  the 
moon,  or  the  stars,  be  not  darkened, 
nor  the  clouds  return  alter  the  rain: 

3  In  the  day  when  the  keepers  of 
the  house  s^inll  tremble,  and  the 
strong  men  shall  bow  themselves, 
and  lithe  grinders  cease  because 
they  are  few,  and  those  tliat  look  out 
of  tlie  windows  be  darkened. 


4  And  the  doors  shall  bo  shut  in  the 
streets,  when  the  sound  of  the  grind- 
ing is  low,  and  lie  shall  rise  up  at 
the  voice  of  the  bird,  and  oil  "^thc 
daughters  of  music  shall  be  brought 
low; 

5  Also  when  they  shall  be  afraid  of 
that  vhich  is  high,  and  fears  fholl  U' 
in  the  way,  and  tlic  almond  trre 
shall  flourish,  and  the  grasshopper 
shall  be  a  burden,  and  desire  shall 
fail:  because  man  poeth  to  *'  his  If.ng 
h.ome,  and  *thc  mourners  go  about 
the  streets: 

C  Or  ever  the  silver  cord  be  loosed, 
or  the  golden  bowl  be  broken,  or 
the  pitcher  be  broken  at  tlie  fount- 
ain, or  the  wheel  broken  at  the  cis- 
tern. 

7  (Then  shall  the  dust  return  to  the 
earth  as  it  was:  Band  the  spirit  shall 
return  unto  God  ''  who  gave  it. 

8  ITiAanity  of  vanities,  saith  the 
I'reacher;  all  i;:  vanitj'. 

U  And  II  moreover,  because  the 
Preacher  was  wise,  he  still  taught 
the  i)eople  knowledge;  yea,  he  gave 
^ood  heed,  and  sought  out,  and  tset 
in  order  many  iiroverbs. 

10  The  Preacher  sought  to  find  out 
t acceptable  wiinU:  and  that  vhirli 
v-ns  written  tens  upright,  even  words 
of  truth. 

U  The  words  of  the  wise  are  as 
goads,  and  as  nails  fastened  ky  the 
masters  of  assemblies,  icliich  are 
given  from  one  shepherd. 

12  And  further,  by  these,  my  son, 
be  admonished  :  of  making  'many 
books  there  is  no  end;  and  Iniucn 
H  study  IS  a  weariness  of  the  flesh. 

13 11 II  Let  MS  hear  the  conclusion  of 
the  whole  matter:  "'Fear  God,  and 
keep  his  commandments:  tor  this  ts 
the  whole  (/iiti/  of  man. 

14  For  "  Gild  shall  bring  every  work 
into  judgment,  with  every  secret 
thing,  whether  it  be  good,  or  wlietlicr 
it  he  evil. 


THE 

SONG    OF    SOLOMON. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Tho  church's  love  unto  Chritt.  5  She 
confeBseth  her  deformity,  1  and  praycth 
to  be  directed  to  hit  floeli.  8  Vliritt  di- 
recteth  her  to  the  ahepherdg*  tcftte:  U  and 
shewing  hia  love  to  her,  U  giveth  her 
gracioua  promiaea.    1-  The  church  and 

THE  "  Song  of  songs,  which  is  Sol- 
omon's. 

2  Let  him  kiss  me  with  the  kisses  of 
his  mouth:  I'for  t  thy  love  is  better 
than  wine. 

3  Because  of  the  savour  of  thy  good 


ointments  thy  name  is  as  ointment 
poured  tbrtli,  theretbre  do  tlie  virgins 
love  thee. 

4  '  Draw  me,  <!  we  will  run  after 
thee:  the  King  "hath  brought  me  in- 
to his  chambers:  we  will  be  glad  and 
rejoice  in  thee,  we  will  remember 
thy  love  more  than  wine:  ||thc  up- 
right love  thee. 

5  I  am  black,  but  comely,  O  ye 
daughters  of  Jerusalem,  as  the  tenis 
of  Kcdar,  as  the  curtains  of  Solomon. 

6  Look  not  upon  me,  because  I  <ii» 
black,  because  the  sun  hatU  looked 

5« 


CHRIS 
atout  977. 


cH,».  II.  «. 
Jol.n  (;.«.* 
12.32. 

dPhil 

.11 

The  mutual  love  of 


SOLOMON'S  SONG. 


Christ  and  his  church. 


ncfore 
C  HRIST 

about  1U14. 


Bfh.  2  2, 10, 

IJ.  ki    1.7. 

i.l  2  *(>.  4. 

Joha  15.  U, 

15. 
h2Ckr.  1. 16, 

17. 
1  E,.  16.11.12, 

111. 


i.  12. 


•  R«v.22.  1,2 
t  Hflb.  ;ki/(U« 
t  Heb.  A.iui> 

bet.,  8.  3. 

t  n«b.  /  aJ- 

otb.a.i.  4  8. 


upon  me :  my  mother's  children 
were  angry  with  me;  they  made  me 
the  keeper  of  the  vhieyards;  but  mine 
own  vineyard  have  I  not  Itept. 

7  Tell  me,  O  thou  whom  my  bouI 
lovetli,  wliere  thou  feedest,  wliere 
thou  maltcst  Ihy  flock  to  rest  at  noon : 
for  why  sliould  I  be  l|  as  one  that 
turnetli  aside  by  tlie  floclis  of  thy 
companions':' 

S  H  If  tliou  know  not,  f  O  thou  fair- 
est among  women,  go  thy  way  fortli 
by  the  footsteps  of  the  flock,  and  feed 
tliy  kids  beside  tlie  shcph--rds'  tents. 

y  I  have  compared  thee,  SO  my 
love,  lito  a  company  of  horses  in 
Pharaoli's  chariots. 

10  i  Tli.v  cheeks  are  comely  with 
rows  ot' jewels,  tliy  neck  with  chains 

Ot'f/Ol'l. 

11  We  will  make  thee  borders  of 
gold  with  studs  of  silver, 

12  IT  While  tlie  King  sittflh  at  his 
table,  my  spikenard  sendeth  forth 
the  smell  thereof. 

I'i  A  bundle  of  myrrh  is  my  well 
beloved  unto  me  :  he  shall  lie  all 
night  betwixt  my  breasts. 

11  .M.v  beloved  is  unto  me  as  a  clus- 
ter of  il  campliire  in  the  vineyards  of 
En-gedi. 

1,5  It  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  |l  my  love; 
behold,  thou  u:l  fair ;  thou  Itast 
doves'  e.yes. 

16  Behold,  thou  art  fair,  my  belov- 
ed, yea,  pleasant ;  also  our  bed  is 
grecii. 

17  The  beams  of  our  house  arc 
cedar,  and  our  J|  rafters  of  fir. 

CHAPTER  11. 
1  T/ie  mutiinl  iove  of  Chritt  and  Ma 
church.  8  The  hope.  Ill  and  citUiiig  uftha 
church.  14  Chriat'a  ctire  of  t.'ic  o/iurr'i, 
ll)  The  profeaaion,  of  the' church,  her 
faith  ,md  hope. 

I  AM  the  rose  of  Sharon,  and  the 
lily  of  the  valleys. 
2  As  the  lily  among  thorns,  so  is  my 
love  among  the  daughters. 
;!  .\s  the  apple  tree  among  the  trees 
of  the  wood,  so  is  my  beloved  among 
the  sons.  1 1  sat  down  under  his 
shadow  with  great  delight,  "and  his 
fruit  was  sweet  to  my  f  taste. 

4  lie  brought  mo  to  the  f  banquet- 
ing house,  and  his  banner  over  me 
wns  love. 

.5  Sta.v  me  with  flagons,  t  comfort 
me  with  apples;  for  I  am  sick  of 
love. 

G  li  His  left  hand  is  under  mv  head, 
and  his  right  hand  doth  embrace 
me. 

7  t '  I  charge  yon,  O  ye  daughters  of 
.Terusaloin,  bv  the  roes,  and  bv  the 
hinds  of  the  (ield,  that  yo  stir  not  up, 
nor  awake  int/  love,  tilThc  please. 

5  IT  The  voice  of  my  beloved!  be- 
hold, he  Cometh  leaping  upon  the 
mountains,  skipping  upon  the  hills. 

II  'I  My  beloved  is  like  a  roe  or  a 
young  hart:  behold,  he  standeth  be- 
hind our  wall,  he  looketh  forth  at 

Otit) 


the  windows,  t  shewing  himself 
through  the  lattice. 

10  My  beloved  spake,  and  said  unto 
me,  ''Kise  up,  my  love,  my  fair  one, 
and  come  away. 

11  For,  lo,  the  winter  is  past,  the 
rain  is  over  and  gone; 

\1  The  flowers  appear  on  the  earth; 
the  time  of  the  singing  of  Itirds  is 
come,  and  the  voice  of  the  turtle  is 
heard  in  our  land; 

Vi  The  tig  tree  putteth  forth  her 
green  figs,  and  the  vines  iciV/i  the 
tender  grape  give  a  gnod  smell. 
f  Arise,  my  love,  my  fair  one,  and 
come  away. 

14  IT  O  my  dove,  that  art  in  the  clefts 
of  the  rock,  in  the  secret  ;'/aces  of  the 
stairs,  let  me  see  thy  countenance, 
siet  me  hear  thy  voice:  for  sweet  iV 
thv  voice,  and  thy  countenance  is 
comely. 

15  Take  us  lithe  foxes,  the  little 
foxes,  that  spoil  the  vines:  for  our 
vines  Itare  tender  grapes. 

)6  IT  i  My  beloved  is  mine,  and  I  am 
his:  he  feedeth  among  the  lilies. 
17  k  Until  the  day  break,  and  the 
shadows  flee  away,  turn,  luy  be- 
loved, and  be  thou  Hike  .1  roe  or  a 
vonng  hart  upon  the  mountains  ,'|  of 
Sether. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1  The  church's  fight  and  victory  in  tempt- 
ation. 8  The  church  uicrieth  in  Christ. 
BY  ^night  on  my  bed  I  sought  him 
whom  my  soul  loveth:  I  sought 
him,  but  I  found  him  not. 
'J  I  will  rise  now,  and  go  about  the 
city  in  the  streets,  and  in  the  broad 
ways  I  will  seek  him  whom  my  soul 
loveth:  1  sought  him,  but  I  tbund 
him  not. 

3  b  The  watchmen  that  go  about  the 
city  found  me:  to  whom  J  said.  Saw 
ye  him  whom  my  soul  loveth  ? 

4  It  tvas  but  a"  little  that  I  passed 
from  them,  but  I  found  liini  whom 
my  soul  loveth:  I  held  him,  and 
would  not  let  him  go,  until  I  had 
brought  him  into  my  mother's  house, 
and  into  the  chamber  of  her  that 
conceived  me. 

.5  '  1  charge  yon,  O  ye  daughters  of 
Jerusalem,  by  the  roes,  and  by  the 
hinds  of  the  field,  that  ye  stir  not  up, 
nor  awake  nu/  love,  till  he  jilease. 

0  U  .1  Who  iv  this  that  oometh  out  of 
the  wihienu'ss  like  pillars  of  smoke, 
perfumed  with  myrrh  and  frank- 
incense, with  all  powders  of  the 
merchant? 

7  Heh(*l  his  bed,  which  is  Solo- 
mon's ;  threescore  valiant  men  are 
about  it,  of  the  valiant  of  Israel. 

8  They  all  hold  swords,  Voir/ expert 
in  war:  everv  man  hath  his  sword 
upon  his  thigh  because  of  fear  in  the 
night. 

!l  King  Solomon  made  himself  ||  a 
ehari<it  of  the  wood  of  Lebanon. 

10  He  made  the  pillars  thereof  of 
silver,  the  bottom  thereof  o/' gold,  the 


The  graces  of  the  cinirch. 


SOLOMON'S  SONG. 


GocCs  love  tn  the  church. 


CHRIST 

ubout  1U14. 


I  Or.  lalttn 
Jrart."' 


cb.'l.  14. 


covering  of  it  of  purple,  the  midst 
thereof  being  paved  witli  love,  for  the 
daughters  of  Jerusalem. 
11  Go  forth,  O  ye  dnu<;htcrsof  Zion, 
and  behold  king  Solomon  with  the 
crown  wherewith  his  mothercrowned 
him  in  the  day  of  his  espousals,  and 
in  the  day  of  the  gladness  of  his 
heart. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Christ  letlelh  forth  the  gracst  of  tht 
church.  SJlc  Iheweth  his  lovt  to  her. 
IG  The  church  prayeth  to  tc  made  fit  for 
hi,  rrescuce. 

BEHOLD,  "thou  art  fair,  my  love; 
behold,  thou  ay/  fair;  thou  hast 
doves*  eyes  within  thy  locks:  thy 
hair  is  as  a  1)  flock  of  goats,  (j  that  ap- 
pear from  mount  Gilead. 

2  '  Thy  teeth  are  like  a  flock  of 
s>iec)i  that  are  even  shorn,  which 
came  up  from  the  washing;  whereof 
every  one  bear  twins,  and  none  is 
barren  au>ong  them. 

.'1  Thy  lips  are  like  a  thread  of 
scarlet,  and  thy  epeech  is  comely: 
J  thy  temples  are  like  a  piece  of  a 
pomegranate  within  thy  locks. 

4  "^Tliy  neck  is  like  the  tower  of 
David  "builded  ffor  an  armoury, 
whereon  there  bang  a  thousand 
bucklers,  all  shield.'*  of  mightv  men. 

5  BThy  two  breasts  are  like  two 
young  roes  that  are  twins,  which 
feed  among  the  lilies. 

e  hl'ntil  the  day  t  break,  and  the 
shadows  flee  away,  I  will  get  me  to 
the  mouutain  of  myrrh,  and  to  the 
hill  of  frankincense. 

7  i  Thou  art  all  fair,  my  love;  there 
it  no  sptit  in  thee. 

S  IT  Come  with  me  from  Lebanon, 
))i;/  spouse,  with  me  from  Lebanon : 
look  from  the  top  of  Amana,  from 
the  top  of  Shenir  k  and  Hermon, 
from  the  lions'  dens,  from  the  mount- 
ains of  the  leopards. 

9  Thou  liast  ||  ravished  my  heart, 
my  sister,  mv  spouse ;  thou  hast 
ravished  my  lieart  with  one  of  thine 
eyes,  with  one  chain  of  thy  neck. 

iO  How  fair  is  thy  love,"  my  sister, 
»jy  spouse!  I  how  much  better  i.s  thy 
love  than  wine!  and  the  smell  of 
thine  ointments  than  all  spices! 

11  Thy  lips,  O  riii/  spouse,  drop  o.i 
the  honeycomb:  "'honey  and  milk 
are  under  thy  tongue;  and  the  smell 
of  thy  garments  is  "  like  the  smell  of 
Lebanon. 

12  A  garden  t  inclosed  is  my  sister, 
my  spouse;  a  spring  shut  up,  a  fount- 
ain sealed. 

13  Thy  plants  are  nn  orchard  of 
pomegranates,  with  pleasant  fruits; 
llcamphire,  with  spikenard, 

H  Spikenard  and  s.itfron;  calamus 
and  cinnamon,  with  all  trees  of 
frankincense;  myrrh  and  aloes,  with 
all  the  chief  spices: 

1.5  A  fountain  of  gardens,  a  well  of 
"living  waters,  and  Btreams  from 
Lebanon. 


10  1  Awake,  O  north  wind  ;  and 
come,  thou  south;  blow  upon  my 
garden,  that  the  spices  thereof  may 
flow  out.  1"  Let  my  beloved  come 
into  his  garden,  and  cat  his  pleasant 
fruits. 

CHAPTER  V, 
1  Chriit  au'nketh  the  church  with  hit  catl- 
ing.    2   The  church  having  a  tutle  of 
Chriifa   love   is  sick  of  love.    U  A  de- 
tcription  of  Christ  ly  his  graces. 

I^AM  come  Into  my  garden,  my 
sister, )»?/ spouse:  I  have  gathered 
my  myrrh  with  my  spice;  t'l  have 
eaten  my  honeycombwith  my  honey; 
I  have  drunk  my  wine  with  my 
milk:  eat,  O  'friends;  drink,  ||yea, 
drink  abundantly,  O  beloved. 
2  TT  I  sleep,  but  my  heart  waketh; 
it  is  the  voice  of  m5'  beloved  J  that 
knocketh,  .«o.viHi7,  Open  to  me,  my 
sister,  my  love,  my  ilove,  mv  unde- 
filed :  for  niy  head  is  filled  wi"th  dew, 
ami  my  locks  with  the  drops  of  the 
night. 

.'!  I  have  put  off  my  coat;  how  shall 
I  put  it  on  y  I  have  washed  my  feet; 
how  shall  I  defile  them? 

4  My  beloved  put  in  his  hand  by 
the  hole  of  the  tlonr,  and  my  bowels 
were  moved  |!  for  him. 

5  I  rose  up  to  open  to  my  beloved; 
and  my  hands  dropped  with  myrrh, 
and  my  fingers  u-ilh  t  sweet  smelling 
myrrh,  upon  the  handles  of  the  lock. 

CI  opened  to  mv  beloved;  but  my 
beloved  had  withdrawn  himself,  and 
was  gone:  my  soul  failed  when  he 
spake:  "I  sought  him,  but  I  could 
not  find  him;  I  called  him,  but  he 
gave  me  no  answer.  , 

7  fTlie  watchmen  that  went  about 
the  citv  found  me,  they  smote  me, 
they  wounded  mc;  the  keepers  of  the 
walls  took  away  my  vail  from  me. 

8  I  charge  you,  O  daughters  of  Je- 
rusalem, if  ye  find  my  beloved,  1  that 
ve  tell  him,  that  I  am  sick  of  love. 
"'J  TF  What  is  thy  beloved  more  than 
another  beloved,  ^  O  thou  fairest 
among  women  ?  what  is  thy  beloved 
more  than  another  beloved,  tliat  thou 
dost  so  charge  us? 

10  Mv  beloved  is  white  and  ruddy, 
tthe  chiefest  among  ten  thousand. 

11  His  head  ?>  as  tlie  most  fine  gold; 
his  locks  are  ||  bushy,  and  black  an  a 
raven : 

12  li  His  eves  are  as  the  ei/es  of  doves 
bv  the  rivers  of  waters,  washed  with 
niilk,  anil  I  fitlv  set: 

13  His  cheeks  are  as  a  bed  of  spice», 
OS  II  sweet  flowers:  bis  lips /iXs  lilies, 
dropping  sweet  smelling  myrrh: 

14  His  hands  me  as  gold  rings  set 
with  the  bervl:  bis  belly  is  as  bright 
ivorv  overlaid  with  sapphires: 

15  His  legs  are  as  pillars  of  marble, 
set  upon  sockets  of  fine  gold:  his 
countenance  is  as  Lebanon,  excel- 
lent as  the  cedars: 

16  t  His  mouth  is  most  eweet : 
yea,  he  is  altogether  lovely.     This 

6S7 


The  church's  faith  in  Christ.      SOLOMON'S  SONG. 


The  graces  of  the  church. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  luH. 


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U«i 

L  -il.  2. 

I.I  my  beloved,  and  this  js  my  frieud, 

0  daushters  of  Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Till  church  professeth  her  faith  in 
Christ.  4  Christ  ehemeththc  gr,icc»  of 
the  ehureh,  lU  and  hit  love  towartU  her. 

WHITHER  is  thy  beloved  gone, 
''  O  thou  fairest  among  women  ? 
wliithcr  is  thy  beloved  turned  aside? 
tliut  we  may  seek  him  with  thee. 

2  My  beloved  is  gone  down  into  his 
garden,  to  the  beds  of  spices,  to  feed 
in  the  gardens,  and  to  gather  lilies. 

3  dl  am  my  beloved'.s,  and  my  he- 
loved  ii  mine:  he  feedeth  among  the 
lilies. 

4  ir  Thou  ait  beautiful,  O  my  love, 
as  Tirzah,  comely  as  Jerusalem, 
^'terrible  as  an  antvj  with  banners. 

,'i  Turn  away  thine  eyes  from  me, 
fiir  11  they  have  overcome  me:  thy 
hair  is  J  as  a  flock  of  goats  that  ap- 
pear from  Gilead: 

i; ''  Tliy  teeth  are  as  a  flock  of  sheep 
'.vhieh  go  upfromthe  washing,  where- 
of every  one  beareth  twins,  and  there 
U  not  one  barren  among  them. 

7  f  As  a  piece  of  a  pomegranate  are 
thy  temples  within  thy  locks. 

8  Tliere  arc  threescore  queens,  and 
fourscore  concubines,  and  virgins 
without  number. 

0  JNIy  dove,  my  undefiled  is  hut  one; 
she  U  the  only  one  of  her  mother,  she 
?.« the  elioice  one  of  her  that  bare  her. 
The  daughters  saw  her,  and  blessed 
her;  yea,  the  queens  and  the  concu- 
bines, and  they  praised  her. 

10  If  Who  u  she  that  looketh  forth 
as  the  morning,  fair  as  the  moon, 
clear  as  tlie  sun,  e<i/iJ  terrible  as  an 
arm!/  with  banners? 

Ill  went  down  into  the  garden  of 
nuts  to  see  the  fruits  of  the  valley, 
aiiil  h  to  see  whether  the  vine  flour- 
islied,  and  the  pomegranates  budded. 

12  I  Or  ever  I  was  aware,  my  soul 
II  m.ide  me  ZjX«  the  chariots  of  Ammi- 
nadib. 

l.'i  Return,  return,  O  Shulamito  ; 
return,  return,  that  we  may  look  up- 
on thee.  What  will  ye  see  in  the 
Shulamite?  As  it  were  the  company 
II  of  two  armies. 

CHAPTER  A-ir. 
1  A  further  Ufucriplton  vf  the  churrh't 

gracet.  10  The  church  prafcs^cth  her 
faith  and  desire. 

HOW  beautiful  are  thy  feet  with 
shoes,  *'0  prince's  daughter  1 
the  joints  of  thy  thighs  are  like 
jiwcls,  the  work  of  the  hands  of  a 
einiiiing  workman. 
'1  Tliy  navel  w  lik-e  a  round  goblet. 


■h  wanteth  not  I  liquor:  thy  lielly 
" with 


H-lli 

i.i  lik-c  a  heap  of  wheat  set  about  \ 
lilies. 

.'i  ii  riiy  two   breasts  are  like  two 
young  roes  that  are  twins. 

•1  '  Thy  ni'ck  w  as  n  tower  of  ivory; 
thine  eyes  like  thefishpools  in  Hish- 
bon,  by  tlie  gale  of  ISath-rabbJm :  tliy 
fitiS 


nose  IS  as  the  tower  of  Lebanon 
which  looketh  toward  Damascus. 

5  Thine  head  upon  thee  is  like  11  Car- 
mel,  and  the  hair  of  thine  head  like 
purple;  the  King  is  J  held  in  the  gal- 
leries. 

(j  How  fair  and  how  pleasant  art 
thou.  Glove,  for  delightsl 

7  Tills  thy  6t:iture  is  like  to  a  palm 
tree,  and  thy  breasts  to  clusters  of 
grape!. 

8  I  said,  I  will  go  up  to  the  palm 
tree,  I  will  take  hold  of  the  boughs 
thereof:  now  also  thy  breasts  shall 
he  as  clusters  of  the  vine,  and  the 
smell  of  thy  nose  like  apples; 

9  And  the  roof  of  thy  mouth  like  the 
best  wine  for  my  beloved,  that  goetli 
dou-n  f  sweetly,  causing  the  lips  |]  of 
those  that  are  asleep  to  speak. 

10  TT  <1 1  am  my  beloved's,  and  ^his 
desire  i'5  toward  me. 

1 !  Come,  my  beloved,  let  us  go  forth 
into  the  lield;  let  us  lodge  in  the  vil- 
lages. 

12  Let  lis  get  up  early  to  the  vine- 
yards; let  us  fsee  if  the  vine  flourish, 
ichether  the  tender  grape  t  appear, 
and  the  pomegranates  bud  forth : 
there  w  ill  1  give  thee  my  loves. 

1.3  The  Smaudrakcs  give  a  smell, 
and  at  our  gates  li  (ice  all  manner  of 
pleasant  fruits,  new  and  old,  which  I 
have  laid  up  for  thee,  O  my  beloved. 

CHAPTER  Vni. 
1  Tlie  love  of  the  church  to  Christ.    0  Tlie 

vehcmcncy  of  love.  8  The  calling  of  the 
Gentiles.  14  The  church  prayeth  for 
Christ's  coming. 

OTH.VT  thou  icrrt  ns  my  brother, 
that  sucked  the  breasts  of  my 
mother  !  uhen  I  should  tind  tlie'e 
without,  I  Would  kiss  thee;  yea,  fl 
should  iii.t  lie  ili'spi-sed. 
•il  Would  lead  tlwe,  and  bring  thee 
into  my  mother's  house,  u-/io  would 
instruct  me:  I  would  cause  tliee  to 
drink  of  "spiced  wine  of  the  juice  of 
my  pomcgnmate. 

3  l>Jlis  left  hand  should  lie  under 
my  head,  and  his  right  liand  should 
embrace  me. 

4  "  I  charge  you,  O  daughters  of  Je- 
rusalem, tthat  ye  stir  not  up,  nor 
awake  m^j  lo^■^^  until  ho  please. 

5  il  Who  is  this  that  eoinetli  up  from 
the  wildermss.  leaning  upon  her  be- 
loved? 1  raised  thee  up  under  the 
apple  tree:  there  thv  mother  brought 
tliee  fiirth  ;  there  she  biouglit  thee 
fortli  that  bare  thee. 

G  TT  'Set  me  as  a  seal  upon  thine 
heart,  as  a  seal  upon  thine  arm:  for 
lovo  il  strong  as  deatli ;  jealousy  is 
t  cruel  as  the  grave:  the  coals  there- 
of arc  coals  of  fire,  «7iit'A/ui</i  a  most 
vehement  tlame. 

7  Many  waters  cannot  quench  love, 
neither  can  the  floods  drown  it:  fifa 
man  would  give  all  the  substance  of 
his  house  fur  love,  it  would  utterly 
be  contemned. 

S  If  K  Wc  have  a  little  sister,  and  she  I 


Isaiah  complaineth 


ISAIAH. 


of  Judah's  rebellion. 


hath  no  breasts  :  what  shall  we  do 
i'or  our  sister  in  the  day  when  she 
shall  be  spoken  fori* 

9  If  she  be  a  wall,  we  will  buiid 
upon  her  a  palace  of  silver;  and  if 
she  te  a  door,  we  will  inclose  her 
with  hoards  of  cedar. 

10  I  ajii  a  wall,  and  my  breasts  like 
towers:  tlien  was  I  In  his  eyes  as  one 
that  fliund  1  favour. 

H  Suluuion  had  a  vineyard  nt  I5nal- 
hainon  ;  !» ho  let  out  the  vineyard 
unto  keepers;  every  one  for  the  iVuit 


thereof  was  to  bring  a  thousand 
;<i>cf»  of  silver. 

12  My  vineyard,  which  is  mine,  i> 
before  me  :  thou,  O  Solomon,  innsl 
hare  a  thousand,  and  those  tliat  keep 
the  fruit  tiiereof  two  hundred. 

1'!  Thou  that  dwcllcst  in  the  pnr- 
dens,  the  companions  hearken  to  thy 
voice:  >  cause  lue  to  hear  it. 

U  IT  ktM'iko  haste,  my  beloved, 
and  'be  thou  like  to  a  loe  or  to  a 
youns  hart  upon  the  mountains  of 
spices. 


THE  BOOK  OF  THE  PEOPHET 

ISAIAH. 


CHAPTER  1. 

laaiah  compluiiielli  of  Judah  for  ft 
betti^n.  5  lie  lamentetli  her  judgt, 
10  He  uplraiJeth  their  whoU  tervie 
lie  exhortcth  to  repentance,  with  pri 


the 


nd    th: 
nieked 


21    II, 

lc:«»,  he  denouneclh  Clod'a 
25  lie  i)romincfh  prace, 
'.teneth   dettruetion   to  the 


udgment, 
28  and  th 
wicked. 

THE  "rision  of  Isaiah  the  son  of 
Amoz,  which  he  saw  concerning 
Judah  and  Jerusalem  in  the  days  of 
Uzziah,  Jotham.  Ahaz,  and  llezeki- 
ah,  kinss  of  Judah. 

2  iillear,  O  heavens,  and  give  ear. 
Dearth:  forthcLoiU)  hath  spoken; 
•^  I  have  nourished  and  broujiht  up 
children,  and  they  have  rebelled 
afxainst  me. 

3  J  The  ox  knoweth  his  owner,  and 
the  ass  his  master's  crib:  but  Israel 
'doth  not  know,  my  people  idoth 
not  consider. 

4  Ah  sinful  nation,  a  people  f  laden 
with  iniquity,  Sa  seed  of  evil  doers, 
children  that  are  corrupters  ;  they 
have  forsaken  the  Lord,  they  have 
provoked  the  Holy  One  of  Israel  un- 
to anger,  they  are  t  gone  away  back- 
ward. 

5  11  1'  Why  should  ye  be  stricken 
any  more? "ye  will  t  revolt  more  end 
more  :  the  whole  head  is  sick,  and 
the  whole  heart  faint. 

G  From  the  sole  of  the  foot  even  un- 
to the  head  flicre  i'>  no  soundness  in 
it:  but  wounds,  and  bruises,  and  pu- 
trifying  sores:  ithey  have  not  been 
clo.scd,  neither  bound  up,  ueither 
mollilied  with  !|  ointment. 

7  t  Your  country  is  desolate,  your 
cities  are  burned  with  fire  :  your 
land,  strangers  devour  it  in  your 
presence,  and  it  is  desolate,  fas  over- 
thrown bv  strangers. 

8  And  the  daughter  of  Zion  is  left 
1  as  a  cottage  in  a  vineyard,  as  a  lodge 
in  a  garden  of  cucumbers,  "'  as  a  be- 
sieged city. 

y  "  Except  the  I^ord  of  hosts  had 


left  unto  us  a  very  small  remnant, 
we  should  have  been  as  "  Sodom, 
auil  we  should  have  been  like  unto 

jomorrah. 

HI  IT  Hear  the  word  of  the  LoRi>,  ve 
rulers  I*  of  Sodom;  give  ear  unto  the 
law  of  our  God,  ye  people  of  Gomor- 
rah. 

11  To  what  purpose  is  the  multi- 
tude of  your  *' sacrifices  unto  tne? 
saith  the  LoED:  1  am  full  of  the 
burnt  oft'erings  of  rams,  and  the  fat 
of  fed  beasts;  and  I  deliglit  not  in 
the  blood  of  bullocks,  or  of  lambs,  or 
of  f  he  goats. 

12  When  ye  come  f 'to  appear  be- 
fore me,  who  hath  required  this  at 
your  hand,  to  tread  my  courts? 

1.3  Bring  no  more  "vain  oblations; 
incense  is  an  abomination  unto  me; 
tlie  new  moons  and  sabbaths,  Uhc 
calling  of  assemblies,  I  cannot  away 
with ;  it  is  |i  iniquity,  even  tlie  solemn 
meeting. 

14  Your  "new  moons  and  your 
''appointed  feasts  my  soul  hatcth: 
they  arc  a  trouble  unto  me;  >  1  am 
weary  to  bear  them. 

15  And  "  when  ye  spread  forth  your 
hands,  I  will  hide  mine  eyes  from 
vou:  "yea,  when  ve  f  make  many 
pravers,  I  will  not  hear:  your  hands 
are'fuUof  bi  blood. 

](i  Ti' Wash  ve,  make  you  clean; 
put  away  the"  evil  of  your  doings 
[from  before  mine  eyes:  J  cease  to  do 
'evil:  ,     .     , 

I  17  I.earn  to  do  well;  'seek  judg- 
Iment.  ||  relieve  the  oppressed,  juuge 
the  fatherless,  plead  for  the  widow. 
IS  Come  now,  and  Oet  us  reason 
together,  saith  the  Loud  :  though 
vour  sins  he  as  scarlet,  sthey  shall 
l)e  as  white  as  snow;  though  they 
be  red  like  crimson,  they  shall  be  as 
wool. 

ly  If  ve  be  willing  and  obedient,  ye 
shall  eat  the  good  of  the  land: 
2U  But  if  ye  refuse  and   rebel,  ye 
shall  be  devoured  with  the  sword: 
569 


Isaiah  prophesieth  the 


ISAIAH. 


coming  of  Christ's  kingdom. 


Before 
C  H  U 1  S  T 
about  700. 

KNum.a  19. 

Til   1.  2 
iJ«t.2. 20.21. 
kJerfi.2fl.30. 

E..2i.  18. 1'J. 
I  Hoi.  9.  1.^. 
m  Prov  29.21. 


qj< 

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<i 

M. 

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,  33.7 

•  Zee 

U.S.  3 

t  Ji.l.  31.  3 
!■■.  1.  li.  *  .1 
C.  ft  7J.  -i'  It 


tP..08.  li,  10, 


r«r.  31.e.  ii 

11.  (t. 

sell,  S.  21, 


hfor  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  hath 
spoken  it. 

L'l  irillow  is  the  faithful  city  he- 
come  a  luirlotl  it  ■n'as  full  of  jud^;- 
menti  riRliteousness  lodged  m  iti 
but  now  murderers. 

2J  k  Tliy  silver  is  become  dross,  thy 
wine  mixed  witli  water; 

23  1  Thy  princes  are  icbcUiou?,  and 
'"companions  of  thieves:  "  every  one 
lovcth  gifts,  and  followeth  after  re- 
wards: they  ".iudge  not  the  father- 
less, neither  doth  the  cause  of  the 
widow  come  unto  them. 

24  Therefore  saith  the  Lord,  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  Mighty  One  of 
Israel,  Ah,  I*  I  will  ease  me  of  mine 
adversaries,  and  avenge  me  of  mine 
enemies. 

25  IT  And  I  will  tnm  my  hand  upon 
thee,  and  f'l  purely  purge  away  thy 
dross,  and  take  away  all  thy  tin: 

2()  And  1  will  restore  thy  judges  ''as 
at  the  first,  and  thy  counsellors  as  at 
the  beginning:  afterward  'thoushalt 
be  ealled,  The  city  of  righteousness, 
the  faithful  city. 

27  Zion  shall  be  redeemed  with 
.judgment,  and  ||her  converts  with 
righteousness. 

28  IT  And  the  'f  destruction  of  the 
transgressors  and  of  the  sinners  .<:/i<r/( 
he  together,  and  they  that  forsake  the 
liORD  shall  be  consumed. 

29  For  they  shall  be  ashamed  of 
"the  oaks  which  ye  have  desired, 
"  and  ye  shall  be  confounded  for  the 
gardens  that  ye  have  chosen. 

oU  For  ye  shall  be  as  an  ouk  whose 
leaf  fadeth,  and  as  a  garden  that 
hath  no  water. 

.31  >  And  the  strong  shall  bo  'as  tow, 
II  and  tlic  maker  of  it  as  a  spark,  and 
they  shall  both  burn  together,  and 
uone  shall  quench  thmn. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Taaiah  propfieaieth  the  coming  of  Christ's 

kingdom,     t)  Wickedness  is  the  caueeof 

Ood's    forsaking.      10  Jle    eihorteth  to 

fear,  beemse  of  the  powerful  effects  of 


Ood'i 


iujcaty. 


'■PHE  word  that  Lfaiah  the  son  of 

1  Amoz  saw  concerning  Judah 
and  .lerusalem. 

2  And  "'it  shall  come  to  pass  l»in 
the  last  davs,  "  that  the  mount;iin  of 
the  LoHii's  house  shall  be  ||  estab- 
lished in  the  top  of  the  mountains, 
and  sliall  he  exalted  nlxpve  the  hills; 
J  and  all  nations  sliall  flow  unto  it. 

3  And  many  people  shall  go  and 
say,  *  Come  ye,  and  let  us  go  up  to 
the  mountain  of  the  Lonn,  to  the 
house  of  the  God  of  Jacob;  and  he 
will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  wo 
will  walk  in  his  paths:  "i  for  out  of 
Zion  shall  go  forth  the  law,  and  the 
word  of  tlie  I.oun  from  Jerusalem. 

4  And  he  shall  judge  among  the 
nations,  and  shall  rebuke  many  peo- 
ple :  and  ctluy  shall  beat "  their 
swords  into  ploughshares,  and  their 
spears  into  ||  pruninghooks:   nalioa 

570 


shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  na- 
tion, h  neither  shall  they  learn  war 
any  more. 

5  O  house  of  Jacob,  come  ye,  and 
let  us  Mvalk  in  the  light  of  the  I.or.n. 

(J  ir  Therefore  thou  hast  forsaken 
tliy  people  the  house  of  Jacob,  he- 
cause  they  be  replenished  ||  kfrom  the 
east,  and  loi'c  soothsaj'crs  like  the 
Philistines, '"  and  they  !l  please  them- 
selves in  the  cliildren  of  strangers. 

7  "Their  land  also  is  full  of  silver 
and  gold,  neither  i.'  (Aei-e  any  end 
f)f  their  treasures:  their  land  is  also 
full  of  horses,  neither  is  there  any 
end  of  their  chariots: 

8  "Their  land  also  is  full  of  idols; 
they  worship  the  work  of  their  own 
hands,  that  which  their  own  fingers 
have  made: 

y  And  the  mean  man  boweth  down, 
and  the  great  man  humbleth  him- 
self: therefore  forgive  them  not. 

10  IT  I' Enter  into  the  rock,  and  hide 
thee  in  the  dust,  for  fear  of  the  Lord, 
and  for  the  glorv  of  his  majesty. 

11  The  'I  lofty  looks  of  man  shall  be 
humbled,  and  the  haughtiness  of 
men  shall  be  bowed  down;  and  the 
Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  'in  tliat 
day. 

12  For  the  day  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
shall  he  upon  every  one  that  is  proud 
and  lofty,  and  upon  every  one  that  i> 
lifted  up!  and  lie  ehallbe  brought 
low: 

13  And  upon  all  'the  cedars  of 
Lebanon,  that  are  high  and  lifted 
up,  and  upon  all  the  oaks  of  Bashan, 

14  And  <npou  all  the  high  mount- 
ains, and  upon  all  the  hills  that  are 
lifted  up, 

15  And  upon  every  hi"h  tower,  and 
upon  every  fenced  wall, 

16  "And  upon  all  flie  ships  of  Tar- 
shish,  and  upon  all  f  pleasant  pic- 
tures. 

17  'And  the  loftiness  of  man  shall 
be  bowed  down,  and  the  haughti- 
ness of  men  shall  be  made  low ;  and 
the  Lord  alone  shall  be  exalted  >  in 
that  day. 

18  And  lithe  idols  he  shall  utterly 
abolish. 

19  And  they  shall  go  into  the  'holes 
of  the  rocks,  and  into  the  caves  of 
fthe  earth,  "for  fear  of  the  Lord, 
and  for  the  glory  of  his  majesty, 
wlien  he  ariseth  i>to  shake  terribly 
the  earth. 

20  '  In  that  day  a  man  shall  cast 
t  his  idols  of  silver,  and  his  idols  of 
gold,  II  which  they  made  eavh  one 
for  himself  to  worship,  to  the  moles 
nnd  to  the  bats; 

21  '1  To  go  info  the  clefVi  of  the 
rocks,  nnd  into  the  tons  of  the  rag- 
ged rocks,  "^for  fearof  the  Lord,  and 
for  the  glory  of  his  maiesty,  when  he 
ariseth  to  shake  te'ribly  tlie  earth. 

22  'Cease  ye  from '  man,  whose 
c  breath  IS  inliis  nostrils:  fbr  where- 
in is  lie  to  be  accounted  of '! 


Calamities  coming  upon  Judah. 


ISAIAH. 


The  punishirmnt  of  the  Komeiu. 


5to.  13.  13. 

i  H.  2J.  2i. 

I  la.  i. 


CHAPTER  III. 

1  Tho  great  confusion  which  eomrth  hy 
tin.  *i  The  impudency  of  the  people.  I'J 
The  oppreseion  and  covetoueneae  of  the 
rulers.  )li  The  judgmentt  which  shall 
be  for  the  pride  of  the  women. 

FOR,  behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lono 
of  hosts,  ''(loth  take  away  from 
Jerusalem  and  from  Judah  ')  the  stay 
and  the  staff,  the  whole  stay  of 
bread,  and  the  whole  stay  of  water, 

2  °  The  mijjhty  man,  and  the  m^n 
of  war,  the  ,iud.;;e,  and  the  prophet, 
and  the  prudent,  and  the  aneient, 

a  The  captain  of  fifty,  and  t  the 
honourable  man,  and  "the  counsel- 
lor, and  the  cunninj^  artificer,  and 
the  II  eloquent  orator. 

4  And  I  will  give  il  children  to  he 
their  princes,  and  babes  shall  rule 
over  them. 

."i  And  the  people  shall  be  oppress- 
ed, every  one  by  another,  and  every 
one  by  his  neifjlvbour;  the  child 
shall  behave  himself  proudly  against 
the  aneient,  and  the  base  against  the 
honourable. 

G  AVhen  a  man  shall  take  hold  of 
his  brother  of  the  house  of  his  fatlier, 
fai/iiifr.  Thou  hast  clothing,  be  thou 
our  ruler,  and  kt  this  ruin  be  under 
thy  hand: 

7"In  that  day  shall  he  tswear,  say- 
ing, I  will  not  be  a  1  healer;  for  in 
iny  house  ?>•  neither  bread  nor  cloth- 
ing; make  me  not  a  ruler  of  the  peo- 
ple. 

8  For  "Jerusalem  is  ruined,  and 
Judah  is  fallen:  because  their  tongue 
and  their  doings  are  against  the 
LoitD,  to  provoke  the  eyes  of  his 
glory. 

U  H  The  shew  of  their  cotmtenanee 
doth  witness  against  them;  and  they 
declare  their  sin  as  f  Sodom,  they 
hide  it  nut.  "Woe  unto  their  soul! 
for  they  have  rewarded  evil  unto 
themselves. 

10  Say  ye  to  the  righteous,  ^that  it 
shall  be  well  irith  liini :  hfor  they 
shall  eat  the  fruit  of  their  doings. 

11  Woe  unto  the  wicked!  'it  shnll 
be  ill  i('!(/i  Iiiiii :  for  the  reward  of  his 
hands  shall  be  t  given  him. 

12  ^  As  for  my  people,  k  children 
are  their  oppressors,  and  women  rule 
over  them.  O  my  people,  1 1|  they 
which  lead  thee  cause  thee  to  err, 
and  t  destroy  tiie  way  of  thy  paths. 

l.'J  Tlie  I-oiii)  standeth  up  "'to 
plead,  and  standeth  to  judge  the 
peojile. 

14  The  Loud  will  enter  into  judg- 
ment with  the  ancients  of  his  people, 
and  the  princes  thereof:  for  ye  have 
(1  eaten  up  "the  vine.vard;  the  spoil 
of  the  poor  is  in  your  houses. 

15  What  mean  "ye  that  ye  "beat  my 
people  to  pieces,  and  grind  the  faces 
of  the  poor?  saith  tlie  Lord  Gou  of 
hosts. 

16  H  Moreover  the  LORi>  eaith.  Be- 
cause   the    daughters    of    Zion    are 


haughty,  and  walk  with  stretched 
forth  necks  and  I  wanton  eyes,  walk- 
ing and  li  mincing  as  they  go,  and 
making  a  tinkling  with  their  feet: 

17  Theretbre  the  Lord  will  smite 
with  1' a  scab  the  crown  of  the  head 
of  the  daughters  of  Zion,  and  tlic 
Lord  will  t'' discover  their  secret 
parts. 

18  In  tliat  dav  the  Lord  will  take 
away  the  liravcry  of  their  tinkling 
ornaments  ti'.ont  th'  irfcct^  and  their 
(|  cauls,  and  their  ''round  tires  like 
tlie  moon, 

11)  The  II  chains,  and  the  bracelets, 
and  the  \\  inutHers, 

ai)  The  bonnets,  and  the  ornaments 
of  the  legs,  and  the  headbands,  and 
the  t  tablets,  and  tlie  earrings, 

21  The  rings,  and  nose  jewels, 

22  The  changeable  suits  of  apparel, 
and  the  mantles,  and  the  wiinplcs, 
and  the  crisping  pins, 

2{  The  glasses,  and  the  fine  linen, 
and  the  lioods,  and  the  ^'ails. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
instead  of  sweet  smell  tlierc  shall 
be  stink;  and  instead  of  a  girdle  a 
rent ;  and  instead  of  well  set  hair 
*  baldness  ;  and  instead  of  a  stoma- 
cher a  girding  of  s:iekcloth ;  and 
burning  instead  of  beauty. 

%'t  Thy  men  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 
and  thy  t  mighty  in  the  "war. 

2(i  'And  her  gates  shall  lament  and 
mourn;    and    she  tieiiir/   i|  f  desolate 
•^  shall  Kit  upon  the  ground. 
CHAPTER  IV. 
In  the  extremity  of  evils.  Christ's  im^doni 
shall  lie  a  sanctuary. 

AND  "in  that  day  seven  women 
shall  take  hold  of  one  man,  say- 
ing. We  will  beat  our  own  bread, 
and  wear  our  own  apparel ;  only 
t  let  us  be  called  by  thy  niinic,  ||  to 
take  away  "^  our  reproach. 

2  In  that  day  shall  J  the  branch 
of  the  Lord  be  f  beautiful  and  glo- 
rious, and  the  fruit  of  the  earth 
shall  be  excellent  and  comely  for 
them  that  are  escaped  of  Israel. 

3  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
he  that  is  left  in  Zion,  and  he  that 
remaineth  in  Jerusalem,  "^ shall  be 
called  holy,  eren  every  one  that  is 
f  written  ||  among  the  living  in  Je- 
rusalem : 

4  When  ^thc  Lord  fhall  have 
washed  away  the  filth  of  the  daugh- 
ters of  Zion,  and  shall  have  purged 
the  blood  of  Jerusalem  from  the 
midst  thereof  by  the  spirit  of  hidg- 
ment,  and  by  the  spirit  of  burn- 
ing. 

."i  And  the  Lord  will  create  upon 
every  dwellingplace  of  mount  Zion, 
and  upon  her  assemblies,  li  a  cloud 
and  smoke  by  dav,  and  '  the  shining 
of  a  flaming  "lire  bv  night:  for  Hup- 
on  all  the  glory  .<h<ill  be  t  a  defence. 

0  And  there  shall  be  a  tabernacle 
for  a  shadow  in  the  daytime  from 
the  heat,  and  k  for  a  place  of  rcf- 
571 


God's  Judgments  upon  aovetousiiesg,   ISAIAH. 


impiety,  and  injustice. 


Mali.  21  S3, 
Marie  1  2.  1. 
Liika  Za.  9. 


CHAPTER  V. 

1   Under  the  parable  of  a  vineyard  God 

cxcutcth    l.ia   severe 'judgment.     8   Hit 

judymenta  upon  covetouaneas,  11  ti]iiin 

laaeiviouaneea,  13  upon  impiety,  20  and 

«j)on  injustiec.    20  The  eiecutiotiera  of 

God'e  judfjmenta. 

^.rrOW  will  I  sing  to  my  well  be- 

^1    loved    a    sonj;    of  my   beloved 

toucliing    "his    vi'neyaril.     5Iy   well 

beloved  hath  a  vineyard  iu  t  a  very 

fruitful  hill: 

2  And  he  ||  fenced  it,  and  cathered 
out  the  stones  thereof,  and  planted  it 
with  the  choicest  vine,  and  built  a 
tower  in  the  midst  of  it,  and  also 
t  made  a  winepress  therein:  I'and  be 
looked  that  it  should  bring  furtli 
grapes,  and  it  brought  forth  wild 
grapes. 

.'i  And  now,  0  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  men  of  Judah,  "^ judge, 

I  pray  you,  betwixt  me  and  my 
viuevard. 

4  VVhat  could  have  been  done 
more  to  my  vineyard,  that  I  have 
not  done  iu  iti*  wherefore,  when  I 
looked  that  it  should  bring  forth 
;,-rapc3,  brought  it  forth  wild  grapes? 

n  And  now  go  to;  I  will  tell  you 
wliat  I  will  do  to  my  vineyard:  J  [ 
will  tike  away  the  licdge  llu-reof, 
and  itshiillbe  eaten  up;  iiml  break 
down  the  wall  thereof,  and  it  thall 
be  t trodden  down: 

G  And  I  will  lay  it  waste:  it  shall 
not  be  pruned,  nor  digged;  but  there 
sh;iU  come  up  briers  and  thorns:  I 
will  also  command  the  clouds  that 
they  rain  no  rain  upon  it. 

7  For  the  vineyard  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts  )•.;  (he  ho;iso  of  Israel,  and 
the  men  of  Judah  -ibis  jilcasaiit 
plant:  and  he  looked  for  judgment, 
but  bchuld  t  Oiipression  ;  for  riglit- 
eousm^s,  but  b'.hold  a  cry. 

8  TI  Woe  unto  tlieni  that  loin  'house 
to  house,  that  lay  field  to  field,  till 
there  be  no  place,  that  t  they  may 
be  ))laccd  alone  in  the  midst  of  the 
e.artlil 

!l  f||In  mine  cars  said  the  LoiiD 
of  hosts,  t  Of  a  truth  many  houses 
shall  be  desolate,  even  great  and 
fair,  without  inh.abitant. 

10  Yea,  ten  acres  of  vineyard  shall 
vield  one  Ehatb,  and  the  "seed  of  a 
lionuT  shall  yield  an  cphah. 

U  IT  liAV'oe  unto  them  that  rise 
up  early  in  the  morning,  tliut  they 
may  follow  strong  dilnU;  that  con- 
llnue  until  night,  till  wine  || inflame 
them  I 

II  And  itho  harp  and  the  viol,  the 
tabret  and  pipe,  and  wine,  are  in 
their  feasts:  but  kthey  regard  not 
the  work  of  the  Lonn,  neither  con- 
sider  the  operation  of  his  bands. 

I'l  Tf  '  Therefore  my  people  are  gone 
into  captivity,  '"because  they  nave 
no  knowledge:  and  (their  honour- 
572 


able  men  me  famished,  and  their 
multitude  dried  up  with  thirst. 

14  Therefore  hell  hath  enlarged  her- 
self, and  opened  her  mouth  without 
measure:  and  their  glory,  and  their 
multitude,  and  their  poinp,  and  he 
that  rejoieetb,  shall  descend  into  it. 

15  And  "tlie  mean  man  shall  be 
brought  down,  and  the  mighty  man 
shall  he  humbled,  and  the  eyes  of 
the  lofty  shall  be  humbled: 

16  But  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall 
be  exalted  in  judjsment,  and  ||  f  God 
that  is  holy  shall  be  sanctified  in 
righteousness. 

17  Then  shall  the  lambs  feed  after 
their  manner,  and  the  waste  places 
of  "the  fat  ones  shall  strangers  cat. 

bS  Woe  unto  them  that  draw  iniq- 
uity with  cords  of  vanity,  and  sin  as 
it  were  with  a  cart  rope: 

11)  1*  That  say.  Let  hnn  make  speed, 
and  hasten  bis  work,  that  we  may 
see  it :  and  let  the  counsel  of  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  draw  nigh  and 
come,  that  we  may  know  it.^ 

•20  ir  Woe  unto  them  t  that  call  evil 
good,  and  good  evil:  that  i)ut  dark- 
ness for  light,  and  light  for  darkness: 
that  put  bitter  for  sweet,  and  sweet 
forbijterl 

21  Woe  unto  thciJi  that  are  1  wise  in 
their  own  eyes,  and  prudent  \  in  their 
own  siu'ht! 

22  ''  Woe  unto  them  that  arc  mighty 
to  drink  wine,  and  men  of  strength 
to  miniile  strong  drink: 

2.'!  Which  ''justify  the  wicked  for 
reward,  ami  take  awav  the  righteous- 
ness of  tlie  righteous  from  hiln! 

24  Therefore  'as  t 'he  tire  dcvour- 
eth  the  stubble,  and  the  flame  con- 
sumeth  the  ch.aif,  .so  "  their  root  shall 
be  as  rottenness,  and  their  blossom 
shall  go  up  as  dust :  because  they 
Inive  cast  aw.iy  the  law  of  the  Loi:d 
of  hosts,  and  despised  the  word  of  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel. 

25  ^  Therefore  is  the  anger  of  the 
LoKD  kindled  against  liis  people, 
and  be  hath  stretched  forth  his  band 
against  them, and  batli  sTuittcn  them: 
and  >  the  bills  did  tremble,  and  their 
c;ircasse3  ivere  ||  torn  iu  the  midst  of 
the  streets.  =  For  all  this  his  anger 
is  not  turned  away,  but  his  hand  is 
stretched  out  still. 

2<;ir  "And  he  will  lift  up  an  ensign 
to  the  nations  from  f.ir,  and  will  I'biss 
unto  them  from  "■  tlic  end  of  (he 
earth:  nnd,  behold,  J  they  shall  come 
with  speed  swiftly: 

27  None  shall  be  weary  nor  stumble 
among  them  ;  none  shall  slumber 
nor  sleep:  neither  'shall  the  girdle 
of  their  loins  be  loosed,  northcTatch- 
et  of  (lu'ir  shoes  be  broken: 

28  f  Whoso  arrows  are  slnup,  and  all 
their  bows  bent,  tlieir  horses'  hoolis 
shall  be  rount.il  like  Hint,  !ind  their 
wheels  like  a  wliirlwind: 

2'J  Their  roaring  shiiU  he.  like  a  lion, 
Uicy  shall  roar  like  young  lions;  yea, 


CHRIST 
ftlout  70U. 


iJoklS.  10. 
llui,  9.  10. 
Amoa  2.  a. 


r.,  -1.  8. 

1I>L  1.  11. 
JJotlS.  7. 


Isaiah's  vision  of  God's  glory. 


Ahaz  is  com/orU-d  bv  Isaiah. 


they  shall  roar,  aud  lay  hold  of  the 
prey,  and  fliall  carry  it  away  eat'e, 
and  none  ehall  deliver  it. 
30  And  in  that  day  they  shall  roar 
against  them  like  the  roaring  of  the 
sea:  and  if  one  ^  look  unto  the  land, 
beliold  darkness a»(/  ||  sorrow;  ||and 
the  light  is  darkened  in  the  heavens 
thereof. 

lAaft  it  dark  in  the  detlrvetioni  ttyertof. 

CHAPTER  \J. 

I  Isaiah,  in  a  vi><ion  vf  the  Lord  in  hit 
glory.  5  being  terrified,  in  confirmed  for 
hie  Vie«aage.  0  He  eheiveth  the  obstinacy 
of  the  people  unto  their  deaolation.  13  A 
remnant  ehall  be  saved. 

IN  the  year  that "  king  llzziah  died 
I  hsaw  also  the  Lord  sitting  ujwn 
a  throne,  high  and  lifted  up,  and 

II  his  train  filled  the  temple. 

2  Above  it  stood  the  seraphim:  each 
one  had  six  wings;  witli  twain  he 
covered  his  face,  and  •■  with  twain  he 
covered  his  feet,  and  with  twain  he 
did  fly. 

3  And  tone  cried  unto  another,  and 
said,  ■!  Holy,  holy,  holy,  is  the  I.oiti) 
of  hosts:  t  "^  the  whole  earth  is  full  of 
his  glory. 

4  And  tiic  posts  of  the  t  door  moved 
at  the  voice  of  him  Hint  cried,  and 
I  tlie  house  was  filled  with  smoke. 

5  II  s  Then  said  I,  Woe  is  mc!  for  I 
am  f  undone;  because  I  am  a  man 
of  unclean  lips,  and  I  dwell  in  the 
midst  of  a  people  of  unclean  lips:  for 
mine  eyes  have  seen  the  Iviug,  the 
I.OKI)  tif  hosts. 

()  Then  tlcw  one  of  the  seraphim 
\into  me,  f  having  a  live  cu:;l  in  his 
hand,  triiich  he  had  taken  with  the 
tongs  from  ofl'  I'  the  altar: 

7  Aud  he  f  'laid  it  upon  mv  mouth, 
aud  said,  Lo,  this  hath  touched  thy 
lips  i  aud  thine  iniquity  is  taken 
away,  nud  thy  sin  purged. 

8  Also  I  heard  the  voice  of  the  I.ord, 
saving,  ^Vhonl  shall  I  send,  and  who 
will  go  for  kns?  Then  said  I,  t  llerc 
am  1 ;  send  me. 

"J  TI  And  he  said,  Go,  and  tell  this 
people,  lUear  ye  ||ti::dccd,  but  un- 
derstand not;  and  see  ye  t indeed, 
but  perceive  not. 

10  Make  ""the  heart  of  this  people 
fat,  and  make  their  ears  heavy,  suul 
sluit  their  c.vcs;  "lest  (hey  see  with 
their  eyes,  and  hear  w  ith  their  cars, 
and  understand  w  ith  their  heart,  and 
convert,  and  be  healed. 

U  Then  said  I,  I.oid,  how  long? 
Aud  he  answered,  "I'util  the  cities 
be  wasted  without  inhabitant,  and 
the  houses  without  man,  and  the 
hind  be  1  utterly  desolate, 

12  •'And  the  Loi:i)  have  removed 
men  far  away,  and  th(  r(^  Ic  a  great 
forsaking  in  the  midst  of  the  land. 

ISTTliut  yet  in  it  shall  te  a  tenth. 
Hand  it  shaU  return,  and  shall 
be  eaten:  as  a  toil  tree,  and  as  an 
oak,  whose  Hsubstanci!  is  in  tliem, 
when  they  cast  tinir  leaves:  so  'Itho 


loiT. 


holy  seed  eliall  be  the  eubstnnce 
thereof. 

CIIArXEK  VII. 

1  Ahai.  being  troubled  uitk  fear  of  Rezin 
and  I'ckuh,  is  comforted  ty  Itaiah.     10 
Ahaz.  haling  liberty  to  citoose  a  sign, 
and  refusing  it.  hath  for  a  sign.  Christ 
promised.      1"   i/t«  judgment  is  proph- 
esied to  come  by  Assyria. 
AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of 
"Ahaz  the  son  of  Jotham,  the 
son  of  XJzziah,  king  of  Judah,  tlitit 
Kezin  the  king  of  Syria,  and  I'ekah 
the  son  of  Hemaliah,  king  of  Israel, 
went  up  toward  Jerusalem  to  war 
against    it,    but    could   not   prevail 
against  it. 

2  And  it  was  told  the  house  of  Da- 
vid, saying^  Syria  1  is  confederate 
with  Ephrann.  And  his  heart  was 
moved,  and  the  heart  of  his  people, 
OS  the  trees  of  the  wood  are  moved 
with  the  wind. 

3  Then  said  the  Lord  unto  Isaiah, 
Go  forth  now  to  meet  Ahaz,  thou, 
i*and  It  Shear-jashub  thy  son,  at  the 
end  of  the  '  conduit  of  the  upper  pool, 
in  the  II  highway  of  the  fuller's  field; 

4  And  say  unto  him.  Take  hied, 
and  bo  quiet;  fear  not,  t  neither  be 
fainthearted  for  the  two  tails  of  these 
smoking  firebrands,  ibr  the  fierce 
anger  of  Rezin  with  Syria,  aud  of  the 
son  of  Kenialiah. 

.5  Because  Syria,  Ephraini,  and  the 
son  of  Remaliah,  have  taken  evil 
counsel  against  thee,  saying, 

i;  Let  us  go  up  agaiu.st  Judah,  and 
i|  vox  it,  and  let  us  make  a  breiuli 
therein  (iir  us,  and  set  a  king  in  the 
midst  of  it,  t  ecu  the  son  of  'labeal: 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon,  >llt 
shall  not  stand,  neither  shall  it  come 
to  pass. 

8  Tor  the  head  of  Syria  V.«  Da- 
mascus, and  the  head  of  Damns- 
ens  is  Rezin ;  and  within  three- 
score and  five  years  shall  Ephraim 
be  broken,  f  that  it  he  not  a  jieoplc. 

y  And  the  head  of  Ephraim  is  Sa- 
maria, and  the  head  of  Samaria  is 
liemaliah's  son.  Ml  If  ye  will  not 
believe,  surely  ye  shall  not  be  estab- 
lished. 

10  H  t  Moreover  the  Lonu  spake 
.igain  unto  Ahaz,  saving, 

11  BAfk  thee  a  sign  of  the  Lonn 
thy  God;  jl  ask  it  either  in  the 
depth,  or  in  the  height  above. 

12  liut  Aliaz  paid,  I  will  not  osk, 
neither  will  1  tempt  the  Lord. 

13  And  he  said.  Hear  ye  now,  O 
house  of  David;  Js  it  a  small  thing 
for  you  to  weary  men,  but  will  yo 
wearv  niy  God  also? 

14  Therefore    the    Lord    himself    ,. ,. 

shall  give  you  a  sign;  li  Behold,  a  '  j  or.  fii««.  o 
virgin  shall  conceive,  and  bear  'a  |  virfio. .»•(( 
son,  and  |i  shall  call  his  name  kim-  ",'„' j"',*;, 
manuel.  iiiuiiss: 

V>  Bi:ttcr  and  honev  shall  he  cat,  -Si. k-M.r,.t. 
that  he  may  know  to  refuse  the  is»u..«.SL 
evil,  and  choose  the  good.  |  k  cii.  8. 8. 

oT3 


Judgment  by  Assyria. 


ISAIAH. 


God's  purposes  irresistible. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  74J. 


qth.  2  13. 
Jcr.  16,  IS. 
lOr,  „n.- 

r2Kin  1K7.». 

21.  '  ■"  '"  ■ 
S»£i.  i.  1. 


IG  1  For  before  the  child  shall  know 
to  refuse  the  evil,  and  choose  the 
Kood,  the  land  that  thou  ahhorrest 
shall  be  forsaken  of  ""both  her 
kin^s. 

17  H  "  The  LoitD  shall  brinf;  upon 
thee,  and  upon  thy  people,  and  upon 
thy  father's  housed  days  tliat  have  not 
come,  from  the  day  that  "Ephraini 
departed  fromjudih;  eceii  the  king 
of  Assyria. 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  the  l.OKD  1' shall  hiss 
for  the  fly  that  is  in  the  uttermost 
part  of  the  rivers  of  Kgypt,  and 
for  the  bee  that  is  in  the"  land  of 
Assyria. 

19  "And  they  shall  come,  and  shall 
rest  all  of  them  in  the  desolate 
valleys,  and  in  Ithe  holes  of  the 
rocks,  and  upon  all  thorns,  and  upon 
all  II  bushes. 

20  In  the  same  day  shall  the  Lord 
shave  with  a.  'razor  that  is  hired, 
nainrhi,  by  them  beyond  the  river, 
by  the  kinjt  of  Assyria,  the  head, 
and  the  hair  of  the  feet :  and  it 
shall  also  consume  the  beard. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  a  man  shall  nourish  a 
young  "cow  and  two  sheep; 

22  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  for 
the  abundance  of  milk  that  they 
shall  give,  he  shall  eat  butter  :  for 
butter  and  honey  shall  every  one 
eat  that  is  left  tin  "the  land. 

2'!  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  tliat  every  place  shall  be, 
where  there  were  a  thousand  vines 
at  a  thousand  silverlings.  '"^it  sliall 
crcii  be  for  briers  and  thorns. 

24  With  arrows  and  with  bows 
shall  vii'ii  come  thither ;  because 
all  the  laud  shall  become  briers  and 
thorns. 

25  And  on  all  hills  that  shall  be 
digccd  with  the  mattock,  there 
shall  not  come  thither  the  fear  of 
briers  and  thorns  :  but  it  shall  be 
for  the  sending  forth  of  oxen,  and 
for  the  treading  of  lesser  cattle. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  Tl  M,ther-ii'ialtU-hash-f)ctz.  he  projihe. 
Bicth  that  Si/Tia  and  Itrael  thall  U  tub- 
fined  by  AHf{/ria.  5  Judah  lihewine  for 
their  infidelity.  0  God'a  judgmenit  ahull 
be  unr.aialiblc.  II  Comfort  thall  be  to 
them  that  fear  God.  19  Great  ajjtic- 
tioiit  loidolalert. 

MOREOVER     the     Lonn     said 
unto    me,   Take    thee   a    great 
roll,  and  ^  write  iri   it  with  a  man's 

Ecu  concerning  f  ;Maher-siialal-l"»ash- 
aa. 

2  And  I  took  unto  me  faithful  wit- 
nesses to  record,  '•  Uriah  the  priest, 
and  Zechariah  the  son  of  Jebcre- 
chiah. 

.'!  And  I  i  went  unto  the  prophet- 
ess ;  nnd  she  conceived,  and  bare 
a  son.  Then  said  tlie  l.ouD  to 
mc.  Call  his  name  Maher-shaial- 
hash-baz. 

574 


4  "^  For  before  the  child  shall  have 
knowledge  to  cry.  My  father,  and 
my  mother,  ll-Uhe  riches  of  Da- 
mascus and  the  spoil  of  Samaria 
shall  be  taken  away  before  the  king 
of  Assyria. 

5  TI  The  Lord  spake  also  unto  me 
again,  saying, 

b  Forasmuch  as  this  people  re- 
fuseth  the  waters  of  '  Shiloah  that 
go  softly,  and  rejoice  f  iu  Kezin  and 
Kemaliah's  son: 

7  Now  therefore,  behold,  the  I^rd 
bringeth  up  upon  them  the  waters 
of  the  river,  strong  and  many,  even 
*^the  king  of  Assyria,  and  all  his 
glory  :  and  be  shall  come  up  over 
all  his  channels,  and  go  over  all  bis 
banks: 

8  And  he  shall  pass  through  Ju- 
duh;  he  shall  overflow  and  go  over, 
l>  he  shall  reach  ci-cu  to  the  neck; 
and  t  the  stretching  out  of  his  wings 
shall  fill  the  breadth  of  thy  land, 
O  '  Immannel. 

;i  11  k  Associate  yourselves,  O  ye 
people,  II  and  ye  sliall  be  broken  "in 
pieces  :  and  give  ear,  all  ye  of  far 
countries  :  gird  yourselves",  and  ye 
shall  be  broken  in  pieces ;  gi"rd 
yourselves,  and  ye  shall  be  broken 
in  pieces. 

10  1  Take  counsel  together,  and 
it  shall  come  to  nought:  speak  the 
■word,  "'and  it  shall  not  stand:  "for 
God  is  with  us. 

U  TT  For  the  Eonn  spake  thus  to 
me  fwith  a  strong  hand,  and  in- 
structed ine  that  I  should  not  walk 
in  the  way  of  this  peojile,  saying, 

12  Say  ye  not,  A  confederacy,  to  all 
them  to  whom  "this  people  sliall  say, 
A  confederacy ;  P  neither  fear  ye  their 
f"ear,  nor  be  afraid. 

1.1  'I  Sanctify  the  Loud  of  hosts  him- 
self: and  ^  let  him  be  your  fear,  nnd 
Irt  him  he  your  dread. 

14  An<l  'lie  shall  be  for  a  sanctuary: 
but  for  '  a  stone  of  stumbling  and  for 
a  rock  of  otfence  to  both  the  houses 
of  Israel,  for  a  gin  and  for  a  snare  to 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

l.'i  And  nianv  among  them  shall 
"stumble,  and  fall,  and  be  broken, 
and  be  snared,  and  be  taken. 

11!  Bind  ui>  the  testimony,  seal  the 
law  among  mv  disciples. 

17  .\ud  I  will  wait  upon  the  Lord, 
that  ^  hidelli  his  fnce  from  the  bouse 
of  Jacob,  and  I  >  will  look  for  him. 

18  'DehoM,  I  and  the  children 
whom  tlie  Lord  hath  given  mc  "arc 
for  siL'ns  nnd  for  wonders  in  Israel 
from  the  Lord  of  hosts,  which  dwcll- 
eth  in  mount  Zion. 

1'.)  M  And  when  tliev  shall  say  unto 
you,  liSeck  unto  tliem  that  have 
familiar  spirits,  nnd  unto  wizards 
"that  peep  and  that  mutter:  should 
not  u  people  seek  unto  their  God  ? 
for  the  living  H  to  the  denil? 

20  'To  the  law  iiiid  to  the  testimo- 
ny:  if  they  speak  not  according  to 


Ueforg 
CHRl ST 
ubaut  742 


Go(Ts  judgments  upon  Israel 


ISAIAH. 


for  pride  and  hypocrisy. 


IChr. 

5.26. 

about 

771. 

about 

740. 

Or. 

1  M.lt.  4.  16. 

Or.., 

A>ii>. 

.Jud,. 

5.30, 

1  L'ur,   1.5.  25. 
mJuJ:  13  18. 
nTil.  2.  13. 
.  Eph.  2.  II. 

1  uko  1.32, 

q2Kiii  11,31. 
ch.  o7.  32. 

a'oout  738. 


this  word,  t(  is  because  'there  is  fno 
lifrlit  in  them. 

•M  And  they  shall  pass  through  't, 
hardly  bestead  and  hungry:  and  it 
sliall  come  to  pass,  that  when  they 
shall  be  hungry,  they  shall  fret  them- 
selves, and  s  curse' their  king  and 
their  God,  and  look  upward. 

22  And  litliey  shall  look  unto  the 
earth;  and  behold  trouble  and  dark- 
ness, i  dimness  of  anguish;  and  ihey 
shall  be  driven  to  darkness. 

CII.VPTER  IX. 

1  What  joy  sfLaU  be  in  the  midtt  of  nfflie- 
tiont,  by  the  kingdom  and  birth  of 
Chritt.  8  The  judgments  upon  Israel 
for  their  pride,  13  for  t/ieir  hypocrisy^ 
Id  and  for  their  itnpenitcney. 

NEVERTHELESS  Mhc  dimness 
shall  not  be  such  as  teas  in  her 
vexation,  when  at  the  i'  first  he  light- 
ly afflicted  the  land  of  Zebulun,  and 
tnc  land  of  Naphtali,  and  '  afterward 
did  more  grievously  afflict  her  bti  tlie 
war  of  the  sea,  beyond  Jordan,  in 
Galilee  ||  of  the  nations. 

2  'I  The  people  that  walked  in  dark- 
ness have  seen  a  great  liirht:  they 
that  dwell  in  the  land  f.f  tlie  shadow 
of  death,  upon  them  hath  the  light 
shined. 

3  Thou  hast  multiplied  the  notion, 
and  II  not  increased  thejoy :  they  joy 
before  thee  according  to' the  joy  in 
harvest,  and  as  men  rejoice  •'when 
tliey  divide  the  spoil. 

4  V  For  thou  hast  broken  the  yoke 
of  liis  burden,  and  '  the  statf  of  his 
shoulder,  the  rod  of  his  oppressor,  as 
in  the  day  of?  Midian. 

5  II  For  every  battle  of  the  warrior 
IS  with  confused  noise,  and  garments 
rolled  in  blood;  h  II  hut  r/ii>  shall  be 
with  burning  and  '.  fuel  nf  fire. 

(i  i  For  unto  us  a  child  is  born,  unto 
us  a  I.SOU  is  gi^■en:  and  Ulie  govern- 
ment shall  lie  upon  his  shoulder: 
and  his  name  shall  be  cm  lied  '"  Won- 
derful, Counsellor,  "  The  mighty 
God,  The  everlasting  Father,  "  The 
Prince  of  Peace. 

"  Of  the  increase  of  his  government 
and  peace  V  there  shall  be  no  end, 
upon  the  throne  of  David,  and  upon 
his  kingdom,  to  order  it,  and  to  estab- 
lish it  with  judgment  and  with  jus- 
tice from  henceforth  even  for  ever. 
The  Izeal  of  the  LoKD  of  hosts  will 
perform  this. 

8  IT  The  Lord  sent  a  word  into  Ja- 
cob, and  it  hath  lighted  upcm  Israel. 

y  And  all  the  people  shall  know, 
eren  Ephraim  and  the  inhabitant  of 
Samaria,  that  say  in  the  pride  and 
stoutness  of  heart, 

10  The  bricks  are  fallen  down,  but 
we  will  build  with  hewn  stones:  the 
sycamores  are  cut  down,  but  we  will 
chance  them  into  cedars. 

U  Therefore  the  Lonn  shall  set  np 
the  adversaries  of  Rezin  against  him, 
and  +  join  bis  enemies  together; 

12  Tlie  Syrians  before,  and  the  Phi- 


listines behind;  and  they  shall  de- 
vour Israelf  with  open  mouth.  Tor 
all  this  his  anger  is  not  turned  away, 
but  his  hand  i.s-  stretched  out  still. 
I'i  IT  For  "the  people  turneth  not 
unto  him  that  sniiteth  them,  neither 
do  they  seek  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

14  Therefore  the  Lord  will  cut  off 
from  Israel  head  and  tail,  branch  and 
rush,  'in  one  day. 

15  The  ancient  and  honourable,  he 
is  the  head;  and  the  prophet  that 
teacheth  lies,  he  )>  the  tail. 

1(1  For  "  II  the  leaders  of  this  people 
cause  them  to  err;  and  |(  thetf  that 
are  led  of  them  are  i  dcstroved. 

17  Therefore  the  Lord  *  shall  have 
no  joy  in  their  young  men,  neither 
shall  have  mercy  on  their  fatherless 
and  widows:  >  for  every  one  is  ti 
hypocrite  and  an  evil  doer,  and  every 
mouth  speaketh  |i  folly.  '  For  all  thfs 
his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his 
hand  i.s  stretched  out  still. 

bS  M  For  wickedness  '^burneth  as 
the  fire:  it  shall  devour  the  briers 
and  thorns,  and  shall  kindle  in  the 
thickets  of  the  forest,  and  they  shall 
mount  up  like  the  lifling  iip  of 
smoke. 

I'J  Through  the  wrath  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts  is  bthe  land  darkened,  and 
the  people  shall  be  as  the  tfnel  of  the 
fire:  *^no  man  shall  spare  his  brother. 

iO  And  he  shall  f  snatch  on  the 
right  hand,  and  be  hungry;  and  he 
shall  cat  on  the  left  hand,  'i  and  they 
shall  not  be  satisfied;  "^they  shall  eat 
every  man  the  flesh  of  his  own  arm: 

21  Alanasseh,  Ephraim;  and  Ephra- 
im,  IManasseh  :    and  they   together 
shall  be  against  Judah.    I  for  all  this 
his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his 
hand  is  stretched  out  still. 
CHAPTER  X. 
1   The  icof  of  tyranlt.    i  Ai^syria.  the  rod 
of   hi/poeritet,  for   hit   pride    elialt   be 
broken.     2U  A  remnant  of  Jurael  ihalt 
be  saved.      24  l/rarl  is  comfort  :d   Knih 
promise  of  deliverance  from  Aosyria, 

■\\7"0E  unto  them  that  "decree  un- 

>V  righteous  decrees,  and  |l  that 
write  prievousness  which  they  have 
prescribed; 

2  To  turn  aside  the  needy  from 
judgment,  and  to  take  away  the 
right  from  the  poor  of  my  people, 
that  widows  may  be  their  prey,  and 
that  they  may  rob  the  fatherless! 

3  And  I'What  will  ye  do  in  "^the 
d.ay  of  visitation,  and  in  the  desola- 
tion trhii-h  shall  come  frnin  far?  to 
whom  will  ye  flee  for  help  ?  and 
where  will  ye'  leave  your  glory  ? 

4  Without  ine  tlicy  shall  bow  down 
under  the  prisoners,  and  they  shall 
fall  under  the  slain.  •!  For  all  this 
his  anger  is  not  turned  away,  but  his 
hand  i.s  stretched  out  still. 

5  H  II  O  f  .\ssvrian,  '  the  rod  of  mine 
anger,  l|  an<l  tbe  staff  in  their  hand  is 
mine  indignation. 

CI  will  send  him  against  'a  hvpo- 
575 


The  Assyrian's  fall  /ore-shewn. 


ISAIAH.    A  remnant  of  Israel  shall  be  saved. 


Dcfore 
CHRIST 

about  713. 


12  Kin  IB -2 
:t:t.  ttc  ti  I 
10.  &e 


■\2Kia  19.31. 
oJ«r.  50.  IS. 
t  Ileli. 


.(,a,  l.fl  i 
I  Or.  Ih.t 


■2  c'Ur.  28.  M. 
ych.  7.  3. 


critical  nation,  and  ngainst  the  peo- 
ple of  my  wratli  will  X  Bgivc  him  a 
charj^e,  to  take  the  spoil,  and  to  take 
the  prey,  and  1  to  tread  tliem  down 
like  the  mire  of  the  etreets. 

7  h  Ilowbeit  lie  meaneth  not  so,  nei- 
ther doth  his  heart  think  so;  but  it  is 
in  his  heart  to  destroy  and  cut  off 
nations  not  a  few. 

8  i  For  he  saith,  Are  not  my  princes 
altogether  kings? 

9  Is  not  k  Calno  I  as  Carchemish?  is 
not  Ilaniath  as  Arpad  ?  is  not  Sa- 
maria ■"  as  Dania.scus? 

10  As  my  hand  hath  found  the  king- 
doms of  the  idois,  and  whose  graven 
images  did  excel  them  of  Jerusalem 
and  of  Samaria; 

11  Shall  I  not,  as  I  have  done  unto 
Samaria  and  her  idols,  so  do  to  Jeru- 
salem and  her  idols? 

12  Wherefore  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
that,  when  the  Lord  hath  performed 
his  whole  work  "  upon  mount  Zion 
and  on  Jerusalem,  "I  will  t punish 
the  fruit  f  of  the  stout  heart  of  tlie 
kins;  of  Assyria,  and  the  glory  of  liis 
high  looks. 

I:i  f  For  he  saith.  By  the  strength 
of  my  hand  1  have  done  i7,  and  by 
my  wisdom;  for  I  am  prudent:  and 
I  nave  removed  the  bounds  of  tlie 
people,  and  have  robbed  their  treas- 
ures, and  I  have  put  down  the  in- 
habitants II  like  a  valiant  man  : 

14  And  '1  my  hand  hatli  found  as  a 
nest  the  riches  of  the  people:  and  as 
one  gatherctli  eggs  thai  arc  left,  have 
I  gathered  all  the  earth;  and  tliere 
was  none  that  moved  the  wing,  or 
opened  the  mouth,  or  peeped. 

1.5  Shall  'the  axe  boast  itself  against 
him  that  hcweth  therewith?  or  shall 
the  saw  magnify  itself  against  him 
tliat  sliaketh  it?  ||  as  if  the  rod  should 
sliake  itself  against  them  that  lift  it 
up,  or  as  if  the  staff  should  lift  up 
(I  itself,  as  if  it  iverc  no  wood. 

Hi  Therefore  shall  the  Lord,  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  send  among  his  "lat 
ones  leanness;  and  under  his  glory 
he  shall  kindle  a  burning  like  the 
burning  of  a  fire. 

ir  And  the  light  of  Israel  shall  be 
for  n  fire,  and  his  Holy  One  tor  a 
flauie:  '  and  it  shall  burn  and  devour 
liis  thorns  and  Ills  briers  in  one 
day; 

l.s  ,\nd  shall  consume  tlic  glory  of 
hi.s  forest,  and  of  "his  fruitful  field, 
t  both  soul  and  body :  and  they  shall 
be  as  wlien  astandardbearcr  faintetli. 

lU  Ami  the  rest  of  the  trees  of  his 
forest  shall  be  f  few,  tliat  a  child 
may  write  them. 

'Jt)*TI  And  it  sliall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  Ifiat  the  remnant  of  Israel, 
ami  such  as  are  escaped  of  tlic  liouse 
of  Jacob,  ^.sliiill  no  more  again  stay 
upon  him  tluit  smote  them;  butshatl 
stav  upon  tlie  LuKD,  the  Uoly  One 
of  I.-<ruel,  in  truth. 

^'1  >  The  remnant  shall  return,  even 
576 


the  remnant  of  Jacob,  unto  the 
mighty  God. 

'JJ'-ioT  though  thy  people  Israel  be 
as  the  sand  of  the  sea,  "ye<  a  remnant 
)  of  them  shall  return  :  l»the  con- 
sumption decreed  shall  overflow 
II  witn  righteousness. 

as  "^  For  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  shall 
make  a  consumption,  even  determ- 
ined, in  the  midst  of  all  the  land. 

24  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Gun  of  hosts,  O  my  people  that 
dwellest  in  Zion,  il  be  not  afraid  of 
the  As.syrian  :  he  shall  smite  thee 
with  a  rod,  ||  and  shall  lift  up  his 
stall'  against  thee,  after  the  manner 
of  Egypt, 

25  f  I  or  yet  a  very  little  while,  6  and 
the  indignation  shall  cease,  and  mine 
anger  in  their  destruction. 

2G  And  the  Lokd  of  hosts  shall  stir 
up  li  a  scourge  for  him  according  to 
tlie  slaughter  of  ■  Midian  at  the  rock 
ofOreb:  and  ^  as  his  rod  iia.'i  upon 
the  sea,  so  shall  he  lift  it  up  after  the 
manner  of  Egypt. 

2"  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  lliat  this  burden  t  shall  be 
taken  away  from  otf  thy  shoulder, 
and  his  yoke  from  off  thy  neck,  and 
the  yoke  shall  be  destroyed  because 
of"'  the  anointing. 

28  He  is  come  to  Aiath,  he  is  passed 
to  Migron;  at  Michniash  he  hath  laid 
up  hi.s  carriages : 

20  They  are  gone  over  "  the  passage: 
they  have  taken  up  their  lodging  at 
Gefia;  Ramah  is  afraid;  "Gibeahof 
Saul  is  fled. 

;iO  t  Lift  lip  thy  voice,  O  daughter 
fof  Gallini:  cause  it  to  be  heard  un- 
to 'I  Laish,  '  O  poor  Anathoth. 

yi  "  Madmenah  is  removed;  the  in- 
habitants of  Gebim  gather  themselves 
to  flee. 

i*2  As  yet  shall  he  remain  'at  Nob 
that  da>':  he  shall  "shake  his  hand 
ai/aiiist  the  mount  of  >^the  daughter 
of  Zii>n,  tlie  hill  of  Jerusalem. 

;V1  Behold,  the  Lord,  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  shall  Ion  the  boujrii  with  terror: 
and  y  the  higli  ones  of  stature  sliall 
he  hewn  down,  and  the  haughty 
sliall  be  hunililod. 

■M  .\iicl  ho  sIkiII  cut  down  the  thick- 
ets of  the  f..r<  ^t  with  iron,  and  Leb- 
anon shall  fall  II  by  a  mighty  one. 

CHAPTER  XL 

1   Thl  peaetiMe  kinuUom  of  the  Branch 

cut  o/  llie  root  of  Jmtc.     10  Tlie  viclo- 

rloita  ri-atvriition  of  IiiraeU  tinil  vocation 

of  the  Ucntilti. 

\ND  "there  shall  come  forth  «  rod 
out  of  the  stem  of  i^Jesse,  and  'n 
liiaiK-h  shall  grow  out  of  his  roots: 

2  I . Villi  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  shall 
rest  upon  him,  the  spirit  of  wis- 
iloni  and  understanding,  the  spirit 
of  counsel  and  might,  the  spirit  of 
knowledge  and  of  the  fear  of  the 
Lord; 

.'!  .\n(l  shall  make  him  of  t quick 
understanding    in    the    fear   of    the 


The  calling  of  the  Gentiles. 


Babylon  threatened. 


r.ev.  1.  W.k 
2  1C.iM.l'>. 


t  neb.  l/.e 


ucli.tO,  11. 
iZccli.  10.  U. 
J-  r.ev.  15.  12. 


Lord:  and  he  shall  not  judse  after 
the  sijjht  of  his  eyes,  neither  reprove 
after  the  hearings  of  his  ears: 

4  But ''with  righteousness  shall  he 
judpc  the  poor,  and  ||  reprove  with 
equity  for  tlie  meek  of  tlie  earth  : 
and  he  shall  fsinitc  the  earth  with 
tlic  rod  of  his  mouth,  and  with  tlic 
breath  of  his  lips  shall  ho  slay  the 
wicked. 

5  And  B  righteousness  shall  bo  the 
girdle  of  liia  loins,  and  faithfulness 
the  girdle  of  his  reins. 

G  t  The  wolf  also  shall  dwell  with 
the  lamb,  and  the  leopard  shall  lie 
down  with  the  kid;  and  the  calf  and 
the  young  lion  and  the  fatling  to- 
crether ;  and  a  little  child  shall  lead 
tlicm. 

7  And  the  cow  and  the  bear  shall 
Iced;  their  young  ones  shall  lie  down 
together:  and  the  lion  shall  cat  straw 
like  the  ox. 

8  And  the  sucking  child  shall  piny 
on  the  hole  of  the  asp,  and  the 
weaned  child  shall  put  his  hand  on 
tlie  (I  cockatrice'  den. 

"JiThey  shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy 
in  nil  niv  holy  mountain:  for  kthe 
earth  shall  be  full  of  the  knowledge 
of  the  L,OKI),  as  the  waters  cover  the 
sea. 

lUTT  I  And  in  that  day  "there  shall 
be  a  root  of  ,1esse,  which  shall  stand 
for  an  cn.sign  of  the  people  ;  to  it 
.shall  the  "Gentiles  seek:  and  "his 
rest  shtdl  be  t  glorious. 

U  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  I' in 
that  day,  that  the  l^ord  shall  set  his 
hand  again  the  second  time  to  recov- 
er the  remnant  of  his  people,  which 
shall  be  left, "'  from  Assyria,  and  from 
Egypt,  and  from  P;itliros,  and  from 
Cash,  and  from  Elam,  and  from 
Shinar,  and  from  llainath,  and  from 
the  islands  of  the  sea. 

12  And  he  shall  set  up  an  ensign 
for  the  nations,  and  slniU  assemble 
the  outcasts  of  Israel,  and  gather  to- 
gether "^  the  dispersed  of  Judah  from 
the  four  t  corners  of  the  earth. 

13  '  The  envy  also  of  Ephraim  shall 
depart,  and  the  adversaries  of  Juduh 
shall  be  cut  off:  Ephraim  shall  not 
envy  Judah,  and  Judah  shall  not 
vexEphraim. 

14  But  they  shall  flv  upon  the  shoul- 
ders of  the  Philistines  toward  the 
west;  thev  shall  spoil  1  them  of  the 
east  togetiiev:  'tthey  shall  lay  their 
hand  upon  EdomandJIoab;  fandthe 
children  of  Am  mon  "  shall  obey  them. 

15  And  the  LoiiD  ^ shall  utterly  de- 
stroy the  tongue  of  the  Egyptian  sea ; 
and  with  his  mighty  wind  shall  he 
shake  his  hand  over  the  river,  and 
shall  smite  it  in  the  seven  streams, 
^and  make  men  go  over  f  dryshod. 

10  And  ^  there  shall  be  a  highway 
for  the  remnant  of  his  people,  which 
shall  be  left,  from  Assyria:  "like  as 
it  was  to  Israel  in  tlie  day  that  he 
came  up  out  of  the  laud  of  Egypt. 
37 


CDAPTER  XII. 

-1  Joijfut  Ihankegivin^  of  tlie  f,tUI>ful  for 

the  vtercitt  of  Ga<l. 

VND  °in  that  day  thou  shalt  say, 
O  I.oni),  I  will  praise  thee: 
though  thou  wast  angry  with  me, 
thine  anger  is  turned  away,  and 
tliou  conilortedst  me. 

2  Behold,  God  is  my  salvation;  I 
will  trust,  and  not  be  afraid:  for  the 
Loi!D  b  JEHOVAH  15  my  'strength 
and  7ti;i  song;  he  also  is  become  iny 
salvation. 

3  Therefore  with  joy  shall  ye  draw 
J  water  out  of  the  wells  of  salvation. 

4  And  in  that  day  shnll  ye  say, 
'Praise  the  LoRH, '(|  call  upon  his 
name,  fdeclare  his  doings  among 
the  people,  make  mention  that  his 
Siinme  is  exalted. 

.5  li  Sing  unto  the  Eonn:  for  he  hath 
done  excellent  things:  this  i.<  known 
in  all  the  earth. 

(i  i  Cry  out  and  shout,  thou  t  inhab- 
itant of  Zion  :  for  great  is  I.  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

I  Oo'l  ■mustei-i-lh  the  armict  vf  hit  icraih. 

0  Ifi  ihrratcnelh  to  destroy  Iluhylon  lij 

Vie  Medtt.  10  Tlic  desolation  of  Uahylon. 

THE  "bnrdcn  of  Babylon,  which 
Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz  did  see. 

2  liLift  ye  up  a  banner  'upon  the 
high  mountain,  exalt  the  voice  unto 
them,  ilth.cike  tlie  hand,  that  they 
mav  go  into  the  gates  of  tlie  nohhs. 

3  1  have  commanded  my  sanetilied 
ones,  I  have  also  called  "'my  mighty 
ones  for  mine  anger,  ei'e/i  them  that 
f  rejoice  in  my  highness. 

4  The  noise  of  a  multitude  in  the 
mountains,  1  like  asof  agreatpcople; 
a  tumultuous  noise  of  the  kingdoms 
of  nations  gathered  together  :  the 
I.ORD  of  hosts  mustereth  the  host  of 
the  battle. 

r>  Tluy  come  from  n  far  countn', 
from  tlie  end  of  heaven,  eren  the 
Lor.n,  and  the  weapons  of  his  indig- 
nati(m.  to  destroy  the  whole  land. 

G  H  Howl  ye;  «for  the  day  of  the 
Lot! I)  IS  at  hand:  liit  shall  come  r  - 
destruction  from  the  Almighty. 

7  Tlierelbre  shall  all  hands  II  be 
faint,  and  every  man's  heart  shall 
melt: 

8  And  thev  shall  be  afraiii:  i  pangs 
and  sorrows  shall  take  hold  of  them; 
they  shall  be  in  pain  as  a  woman  that 
travaileth:  they  shall  (be  ninazed 
t  one  at  another;  their  faces  shall  he 
as  I  flames. 

9  Behold,  k  the  dav  of  the  Lord 
Cometh,  cruel  both  with  wroth  and 
tierce  anger,  to  lav  the  land  desolate: 
and  he  shall  destroy  I  the  sinners 
thereof  out  of  it. 

in  For  the  stars  of  heaven  and  the 
constellations  thereof  shall  not  give 
their  light:  the  sun  shall  be  '"dark- 
ened in  his  going  forth,  and  the  moon 
shall  not  e^u.-e  her  li^ht  to  shine 

n  And  I  wiU  punisliihe  world  for 

sn 


Babylon's  utter  desolation. 


ISAIAH. 


The  restoration  of  Israel. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  712. 


pPi.  110.  ». 


•  P..  137.  9. 
K«h.  3.  10. 
Z<cli.  14.  1. 


lob.  11.4.2 
t  Reb.  m  It, 


TLpT.  IH.  2. 
t  Hsb.  7.„m. 


•  Pi.  102.  13. 
bZxh.  1.  17. 

k-i.  12. 
t  cb.  CO.  «.  5. 


(Ai?!r  evil,  and  the  wicked  for  their 
iniquity;  "and  I  will  cause  the  ar- 
rosuncy  of  tlic  proud  to  cease,  and 
will  lay  low  the  haughtiness  of  the 
terrible. 

12  I  will  make  a  man  more  precious 
than  tine  jiold;  even  a  man  than  tlie 
golilcn  wedse  of  0()hir. 

1.'5  "  Therefore  I  will  »hake  the  heav- 
ens, and  the  earth  shall  remi>ve  out 
of  lier  place,  in  the  wrath  of  the 
Lor.D  of  hosts,  and  in  i"  the  day  of 
his  fierce  anger. 

14  And  it  shall  be  as  the  chased  roe, 
and  as  a  sheep  that  no  man  taketh 
up:  Ithey  shall  every  man  turn  to 
his  own  people,  and  flee  every  one 
into  his  own  land. 

1.5  Every  one  that  is  found  shall  be 
thrii.st  through;  and  every  one  that 
is  .joined  unto  them  shall  fall  by  the 
sword. 

lU  Their  children  also  shall  be 
■■dashed  to  pieces  before  their  eyes; 
their  houses  shall  be  spoiled,  and 
their  wives  ravished. 

17  *  Behohl,  I  will  stir  up  the  Medes 
against  them,  which  shall  not  regard 
silver;  and  a.t  for  gold,  they  shall 
not  delifiht  in  it. 

18  Their  bows  also  shall  dash  the 
young  men  to  pieces;  and  they  shall 
have  no  pity  on  the  fruit  of  the 
womb;  their  eye  shall  not  spare  chil- 
dren. 

11)  IT  'And  Babylon,  the  glory  of 
kingdoms,  the  heautv  of  the  Chal- 
decs'  excellency,  shall  be  )  as  when 
God  overthrew  "  Sodom  and  Gomor- 
rah. 

W  ^  It  shall  never  be  inhabited,  nei- 
ther shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from  gener- 
ation to  generation:  neither  shall  the 
Arabian  pitch  tent  there ;  neither 
shall  the  shepherds  make  their  told 
there. 

21  >  But  t  wild  beasts  of  the  desert 
shall  lie  there;  and  their  houses  shall 
be  full  of  I  dolehil  creatures;  and 
|l  t  owls  shall  dwell  there,  and  satyrs 
shall  dance  there. 

22  And  f  the  wild  beasts  of  the  isl- 
ands shall  cry  in  tliuir  ||  desolate 
hifuscs,  and  dragons  in  their  p\vd^- 
ant  palaces:  ^and  her  time  id  near 
to  come,  and  her  days  shall  not  be 
prolonged. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  Ood't  merciful  rctloration  of  Israel.    4 

Tkeir  triumphant  intullatiun  over  /In- 

hel.    24  O'oil'a  purpoee  aijainat  .iaHi^ria. 

59  Ptiletlina  is  tlirentencJ. 

Ipon  the  lyOKD  "will  have  mercy 
on  Jacob,  and  bwill  yet  choose 
Israel,  and  set   them   in   tluir  own 
land  :    '  and   the  strangers  shall   be 
joined   with    them,  and  they   shall 
cleave  to  the  honse  of  Jacob. 
2  And  the  people  shall  take  them, 
'land  bring  them  lo  their  |ilace:  ami 
the  house  of  Israel  shall  possess  them  , 
in  the  land  of  the  LuKii  tor  .servants  | 
and  handmaids:  and  they  shall  take 
579 


them  captives,  f  whose  captives  they 
were;  ''and  they  shall  rule  over  their 
oppressors. 

y  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  the 
day  that  the  Lord  shall  give  thee 
rest  from  thy  sorrow,  and  from  thy 
fear,  and  from  the  hard  bondage 
wherein  thou  wast  made  to  serve, 

4  II  That  thou  I  shalt  take  up  this 
!l  proverb  against  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, and  say.  How  hath  the  oppressor 
ceased!  the  ||S golden  city  ceased! 

5  The  I-ORD  hath  broken  I'the  staff 
of  the  wicked,  and  the  sceptre  of  the 
rulers. 

(1  He  who  smote  the  people  in  wrath 
with  f  a  continual  stroke,  ho  that 
ruled  the  nations  in  anger,  is  perse- 
cuted, and  none  hindereth. 

7  The  whole  earth  is  at  rest,  and  is 
quiet:  they  break  forth  into  singing. 

8  i  Yea,  the  fir  trees  rejoice  at  thee, 
and  the  cedars  of  I-ebanon,  .'ai/ini/. 
Since  thou  art  laid  down,  no  feller  is 
come  up  against  us. 

9  k  II  Hell  from  beneath  is  moved  for 
thee  to  meet  tfiee  at  thy  coming:  it 
stirreth  up  the  dead  for  thee,  eren  all 
the  t  II  chief  ones  of  the  earth;  it  hath 
raised  up  from  their  thrones  all  the 
kings  of  the  nations. 

10  All  they  shall  speak  and  say  nnto 
thee.  Art  thou  also  become  weak  as 
we?  art  thou  become  like  unto  us? 

11  Thy  pomp  is  brought  down  to 
the  grave,  and  the  noise  of  thy  viols: 
the  worm  is  spread  under  thee,  and 
the  worms  cover  thee. 

12  !  How  art  thou  fallen  from  heav- 
en, II  O  Lucifer,  son  of  the  morning! 
how  art  thou  cut  down  to  the  ground, 
which  didst  weaken  the  nations! 

I'i  For  thou  hast  said  in  thine  heart. 
"■I  will  ascend  into  heaven,  "I  will 
exalt  my  throne  above  the  stars  of 
God:  I  will  sit  also  upon  the  mount 
of  tlie  congregation,  "in  the  sides  of 
the  north: 

14  I  will  ascend  above  the  heights 
of  the  clouds;  I'l  will  be  like  the 
Most  High. 

15  Yet  thou  1  shall  he  brouiht  down 
to  hell,  to  the  sides  of  the  pit. 

lU  They  that  see  thc-c  shall  narrowly 
look  upon  thee,  and  c(>nsi(k-r  thee, 
sai/ing,  Js  this  the  man  that  maile 
the  earth  to  tremble,  that  did  shake 
kingdoms; 

17  That  made  the  world  as  a  wilder- 
ness, and  destroyed  the  cities  there- 
of; that  II  opened  not  the  house  of 
his  prisoners? 

18  All  tlic  kings  of  the  nations,  eren 
all  of  them,  lie  in  glory,  every  one  in 
his  own  house. 

Ill  Hut  thou  art  cost  out  of  thy  grave 
like  an  abomiualile  branch,  and  as 
the  raiment  of  those  that  are  slain, 
thrust  through  with  a  sword,  that  go 
down  to  the  stones  of  the  pit ;  as  a 
carcass  trodden  under  feet. 

20  Thou  shalt  not  be  joined  with 
thcni  in  burial,  because  thou  hast 


God's  purpose  against  Assyria. 


The  lamentable  state  of  Moab. 


Lffore 
CHRIST 
about  712. 


Jol.  1.  12.  i 
2.1. 13. 

p«.  .\1. 1 1. 


Dan.  4  31.3.5. 


I  Or.  Ii«  iliall 


•  P..  R7.  1..1, 
i  IW.  16. 
f  2«|.)i.  3.  12. 


Jer.  17,  5.  & 

4S  1.37.  .■a. 

Ei.  7.  13. 
•  Jer.  15.  3S. 


destroyed  thy  land,  am!  flain  tliv 
people:  'the  seed  of  evil  doers  shall 
never  he  renowned. 

21  Prepare  slaughter  for  his  chil- 
dren "(or  the  iniquity  of  their  fa- 
thers; that  they  do  not  rise,  nor  pos- 
sess the  land,  nor  fill  the  face  of  the 
world  with  cities. 

22  For  I  will  rise  up  against  them, 
saith  the  Lonn  of  hosts,  and  cut  off 
from  Babylon  •  the  name,  and  "  rem- 
nant, "and  son,  and  nephew,  saith 
the  lyORD. 

2"  >  I  will  also  make  it  .a  possession 
for  the  hittern,  and  pools  of  water: 
and  I  will  sweep  it  with  the  be.«om  of 
destruction,  saith  the  Loi:n  of  hosts. 

24  IT  The  Loud  of  hosts  hath  sworn, 
s.iyiiifr,  Surely  as  I  have  thousht,  so 
shall  it  conic  to  pass;  and  ks  I  have 
purposed,  .«o  shall  it  stand: 

25  That  1  will  break  the  Assyrian  in 
my  land,  and  upon  my  mountains 
tread  him  underfoot:  then  shall  'his 
yoke  depart  from  otf  them,  and  Ins 
burden  depart  from  off  their  shoul- 
ders. 

•2(j  This  IS  the  purpose  that  is  pur- 
posed upon  the  whole  earth :  and  this 
is  the  hand  that  is  stretched  out  upon 
all  the  nations. 

27  For  the  lyOni.  of  hosts  bath 
"purposed,  and  "who  shall  disannul 
!(.''  and  his  hand  is  stretched  out,  and 
who  shall  turn  it  back? 

28  In  the  year  that  1)  king  Ahaz  died 
was  this  burden. 

2'J  H  Rejoice  not  thou,  whole  Pales- 
tina,  *■  because  the  rod  of  him  that 
smote  thee  is  broken:  for  out  of  the 
serpent's  root  shall  come  forth  a 
II  cockatrice,  J  and  his  fruit  shall  lie  a 
lierv  flvinj;  serpent. 

30  And  the  firstborn  of  the  poor  shall 
feed,  and  the  needy  shall  We  down  in 
safety:  and  I  will  kill  tliy  rout  with 
famine,  and  he  shall  slay  thy  rem- 
nant. 

31  Howl,  O  pate;  cry,  O  city;  thou, 
whole  Palcstina,  art  dissolved  :  for 
there  shall  come  from  the  nortlia 
smoke,  and  ||  none  fliall  he  alone  in 
his  II  appointed  times. 

32  What  shall  one  then  answer  the 
mcsscnsers  of  the  nation  ?  That 
'theLor.D  liMth  founded  Zion,  and 
fthe  poor  of  his  people  shall  ||  trust 
in  it. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

The  lamenlLibU'  «Mfe  ,:f  Monb. 

THE  -'burden  of  Jlonb.  Because 
in  the  ni.^ht  I'Arof  Jloab  is  laid 
waste,  and  |i  brought  to  silence;  be- 
cause ill  the  niRlitKirof  Moab  is  laid 
waste,  and  brought  to  silence: 

2  '  Ho  is  gone  up  to  Bajith,  and  to 
Dibon,  the  high  places,  to  weep: 
Moab  shall  howl  over  Nebo,  and  over 
Mcdeba:  <i  on  all  tlieir  heads  s/iall  be 
baldness,  and  every  beard  cut  oif. 

3  In  their  streets  thev  shall  gird 
themselves  with  sackcloth:  'on  the 
tops  of  their  houses,  and    in  their 


streets,  every  one  shall  howl,  ^  weep- 
ing abundantly. 

4  And  Heshbon  shall  cry,  fand 
Elealeh  ;  their  voice  shall  be  heard 
errn  unto  Jahaz;  therefore  the  arme<l 
soldiers  of  Moab  shall  cry  out;  his 
life  shall  be  grievous  unto  him. 

■■i  S  Jly  heart  shall  cry  out  for  Moab; 
[I  his  fugitives  shall  Jlce  unto  Zoar,  a 
n heifer  of  three  years  old  :  for  ibv 
the  mounting  up  of  Luhith  with 
weeping  shaU  they  go  it  up:  for  in 
the  way  of  Horonaim  they  shall  raise 
up  a  cry  off  destruction. 

G  For  the  waters  k  of  Nimrim  shall 
be  f  desolate:  for  the  hay  is  withered 
away,  the  grass  failcth,  there  is  no 
green  thing. 

7  Therefore  the  abundance  they 
have  gotten,  and  that  which  they 
liiivc  laid  up,  shall  they  carry  away 
to  the  II  brook  of  the  willows. 

5  For  the  cry  is  gone  round  about 
the  borders  of  Moab;  the  howlin:; 
thereof  unto  Eglaim,  and  the  howl- 
ing thereof  unto  Beer-elim. 

0  For  the  waters  of  Dimon  shall  be 
full  of  blood:  for  I  will  bring  (  more 
upon  Dimon,  I  lions  upon  him  that 
escapeth  of  Moab,  and  upon  the  rem- 
nant of  the  laud. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

1  ^foab  is  exhorted  to  yield  obedience  to 

Chritt'aldiiyaom.     (>  Moab  it  threatened 

for  Itur  jiridc.    9  The  prophet  bewaiteth 

'her.     12  The  judgment  of  Moub. 
"QEND  ye  the  lamb  to  the  ruler  of 

ir^  the  land  !•  from  ||  I  Sela  to  the 
wilderncs.s,  unto  the  mount  of  the 
daughter  of  Zion. 

2  For  it  shall  be,  that,  as  a  wander- 
ing bird  II  cast  out  of  the  nest,  .<o  the 
daughters  of  Moab  shall  be  at  the 
fords  of  "^Arnon. 

;!  I  Take  counsel,  execute  .judgment; 
make  thv  shadow  as  the  night  in  the 
midst  of"  the  noonday;  hide  the  out- 
casts; bewray  not  hiin  that  wander- 
eth. 

4  Let  mine  outcasts  dwell  with  thee, 
Moab  ;  be  thou  a  covert  to  them 
from  the  face  of  the  spoiler:  for  the 
f  extortioner  is  at  an  end,  the  spoiler 
ceaselh,  t  the  oppressors  arc  consum- 
ed out  of  the  land. 

!i  And  in  mercy  il  shall  the  throne 
be  II  established:  imd  be  shall  sit  uji- 
on  it  in  truth  in  the  tabernncle  of 
David,  '■.judging,  and  seeking  judg- 
ment, and  basting  righteousness. 

(i  IT  We  have  heard  of  the  i  pride  of 
Moab:  /le  is  vcrv  proud:  even  of  his 
haughtiness,  and  his  pride,  and  his 
wrath:  "but  his  lies  shall  not  Ic  so. 

7  Therefore  shall  Moab  lihowl  for 
Moab,  every  one  shall  howl:  for  the 
foundations  i  of  Kir-barcseth  shall  ye 
|i  mourn;  surciv  theii  arc  stricken. 

8  For  kthe  fields  of  Heshbon  lan- 
guish, and  1  the  vine  of  Sihmah :  the 
fords  of  the  heathen  have  broken 
down  the  principal  plants  thereof, 
thev  arc  come  eicH  unto  Jazcr,  they 

309 


Syria  and  Israel  threatened. 


ISAIAH. 


T/ia  woe  of  IsracVs  enrmicfi. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 
about  726. 


peh.  1.5,  5.  ii 

f.M'.. 
Jer.  13.  36. 


a  .1..  :o.  10. 

r.Sl.KI. 


wandcrotl  through  the  wiidcrncsg  : 
Iier  bra  nchcs  are  \\  stretched  out,  they 
arc  R<ine  over  the  pca. 

!)  H  Therefore  ""I  will  hcwail  with 
the  weeping  of  Jazer  the  vine  of 
Sibmah:  I  will  water  thee  with  my 
tears,  "O  Ileshbon,  anrl  Klealeh:  fcjr 
II  the  shouting  for  thy  Piiinmer  fruits 
and  for  thy  harvest  is  fallen. 

10  And  "gladness  is  taken  away, 
and  joy  out  of  the  plentiful  field; 
and  in  the  vineyards  there  shall  be 
no  singing,  neither  shall  there  be 
shouting:  the  trc.idcrs  shall  tread 
out  no  wine  in  their  presses;  I  l\ave 
made  their  vintage  shouting  to  cense. 

U  Wherefore  ■'my  bowels  shall 
soimd  like  a,  harp  for  Moab,  and 
mine  inward  parts  for  Kir-liaresh. 

li  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  p;iss,  when 
it  i.s  seen  that  Moab  is  weary  on  ithe 
high  pluee,  that  he  shall  come  to  his 
sanctuary  to  pray;  but  he  shall  not 
prevail. 

!.■?  This  is  the  word  that  the  Loud 
hath  spoken  concerning  Moab  since 
that  time. 

14  But  now  the  Lokd  hath  spoken, 
saj'ing.  Within  three  years,  'as  the 
vears  of  a  hireling,  and  tlie  glory  of 
Jfoab  Bhall  be  contemned,  with  all 
tliat  gre;it  midtitude;  and  the  rem- 
nant sttall  he  very  small  and  \\  feeble. 

CnAPTER  XVII. 

1  Syria  ftnU  Israel  are  threatened.    ^A 

remnant  ehaU  forsnlie  idolitlry.     0  T.ie 

reat  shall  be  phiauct  for  their  impiety. 

12  TUewoa  vf  Israel' a  enemies. 

THE  "burden  of  Damascus.  Be- 
hold, D.unascus  is  t:»Uen  away 
from  licing  a  city,  and  it  shall  be  "a 
ruiimns  heap. 

2  The  cities  of  Aroer  arc  forsaken: 
they  shall  be  for  flocks,  which  sh:;ll 
lie  down,  and  i^none  shall  make  them 
afraid. 

.3  ^  The  fortress  also  shall  cease  from 
Ephraim,  and  tlic  kingdom  from  Da- 
mascus, and  the  remnant  of  Syria: 
they  shall  be  as  the  glory  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel,  saith  the  LiOiiD  of 
hosts. 

i  And  in  that  day  it  shall  come  to 
pass,  thai  the  glorv  of  J:icob  shall  be 
made  thin,  and  "the  fatness  of  his 
flesh  shall  wax  lean. 

5  "And  it  shall  be  as  when  the 
harvcstman  gathercth  the  corn,  and 
reapetli  tlio  ears  witli  his  arm ;  audit 
shall  he  as  he  that  gatheceth  ears  iu 
tlic  valley  of  Ilcphaini. 

0  IT  fYet  gleaning  (jrnpes  pl\,aU  he 
left  in  it,  as  the  shaking  of  nn  olive 
tree,  two  or  three  berries  in  the  top 
of  the  uppermost  bough,  four  or 
five  in  the  outmost  fruitful  branches 
thereof,  saith  the  Lokd  God  of  Is- 
rael. 

7  At  that  day  shall  n  man  f  look  to 
Ilia  Maker,  niid  his  eyes  shall  liave 
respci-t  to  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

8  And  lie  shall  not  look  to  the  al- 
tars, tlie  work  of  his  hands,  neither 


shall  respect  that  which  his  fingei's 
have  made,  either  the  groves,  or  tlie 
II  images. 

yH  In  that  day  shall  his  strong  cities 
be  as  a  forsaken  bough,  and  an  np- 
permost  branch,  wliich  they  left  be- 
cause of  the  children  of  Israel:  and 
there  shall  be  desolation. 

10  Because  thou  hast  forgotten  Tithe 
God  of  thy  salvation,  and  hast  not 
been  mindful  of  the  Rock  of  thy 
strength,  therefore  shall  thou  plant 
pleasant  plants,  and  shall  set  it  witli 
strange  slips: 

U  In  the  day  shalt  thou  make  thy 
plant  to  grow,  and  in  the  morning 
shalt  thou  make  thy  seed  to  flourish: 
Init  the  li-An'esft  slmll  be  II  a  heap  in 
the  day  of  grief  and  of  desperate  sor- 
row. 

12  TT  Woo  to  the  II  mnltitudc  of  many 
people,  which  make  .a  noise  i  like  the 
noise  of  the  seas;  and  to  the  rushing 
of  nations,  that  make  a  rushing  like 
the  rushing  of  ||  mighty  watersi 

I'l  The  nations  shall  rush  like  the 
rusliing  of  many  waters  :  but  Go't 
shall  kreliuke  them,  and  they  shall 
flee  far  off,  and  I  shall  be  chased  as 
the  chaff  of  the  mountains  before 
the  wind,  and  like  II  a  rolling  thing 
before  the  whirlwind. 

14  And  behold  at  eveningtidc  troub- 
le; and  before  the  morning  he  is  not. 
This  i.t  the  portion  of  them  that  spoil 
us,  and  the  lot  of  them  tliat  rob  us. 

CIIArTER  XVIII. 

1  Ood  in  eare  of  Uls  j>copto  ii'iU  destroy 

the  Kthiopiana.      7    An   access    thereby 

shall  tjrow  unto  the  church. 

'tTT'OE    °to  the   land    shadowing 

VV  with  wings,  which  is  beyond 
the  rivers  of  Ethiopia: 

2  That  sendeth  ambassadors  by  the 
sea,  even  in  vessels  of  bulrushes  up- 
on tlie  waters,  saijing.  Go,  ye  swift 
messengers,  to  'la  nation  |l  scattered 
and  peeled,  to  a  people  terrible  from 
their  beginning  hitherto;  Ufa  nation 
meted  out  and  trodden  down,  II  whose 
land  the  rivers  have  spoiled ! 

3  All  ye  inhabitants  of  the  world, 
and  dwellers  on  the  earth,  see  J'c, 
■■when  ho  lifteth  np  an  ensign  on 
the  mountains;  and  when  ho  blow- 
cth  a  trumpet,  hear  ye. 

4  For  so  the  Loiii)  said  nnto  me, 
I  will  take  my  rest,  and  I  will  II  con- 
sider in  my  d»'ellin'.rpla('e  like  a 
clear  heal  ||"npon  herli.^^,  timJ  like  a 
cloud  of  dew  in  the  heat  of  harvest. 

5  I'or  nforc  the  liarvest,  when  the 
bud  is  perfect,  and  the  sour  grape 
is  ripening  in  the  flower,  he  shall 
both  cut  oirthe  sprigs  with  pruning- 
hooks,  and  take  away  «)i(/  cut  down 
the  branches. 

6  Tliey  shall  be  left  together  unto 
the  fowls  iif  the  mountains,  and  to 
the  beasts  of  the  eailh  :  and  the 
fowls  rliiill  summer  upon  them,  and 
all  the  beasts  of  the  earth  shall  win- 
ter upon  them. 


The  confusion  of  Egypt. 


The  calling  of  Egypt. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  714. 

d  R.0  Tt,  (;s. 
31.  *  7-2.  10. 
«h.  IS.  1. 
itpli.  3.  10. 


lSjun.14.ltJ, 
2Ch».20.  2). 


i:*.  2y.  19. 

gj.r.  51.  36 
Jii.  30.  12. 


7  TT  In  that  time  il  shall  the  present 
be  brought  unto  the  Loud  of  hosts 
of  a  people  |)Bcattered  and  pec'ed, 
and  fi'cm  a  people  terrible  from  their 
beginning  hitherto;  a  nation  metid 
out  and  trodden  under  foot,  whose 
land  the  rivers  have  spoiled,  to  the 

{ilaee  of  the  name  of  the  LoKD  of 
losts,  the  mount  Zion. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
1  The  confution  of  Erjypt.     II   The  fonl- 
UUrxesB  oflUcir  jirincet.    18  Tlie  callii,^ 
of  Ecjypt  to  the  church.    23   The  cove- 
nant of  £ni/ptt  Aetyriut  and  Inracl. 

THE  "burden  of  Egypt.  Eehold, 
the  LoijD  I'ridcth  upon  a  swift 
cloud,  and  shall  come  into  E"ypt: 
and  "-the  idols  of  Egypt  shall  be 
moved  at  his  presence,  and  the  heart 
of  Egvpt  shall  melt  in  the  midst  of  it. 

2  Ami  I  will  t''sct  the  Egyptians 
against  the  Egyptians :  and  they 
shall  fight  every  one  against  h!s 
brother,  and  every  one  against  his 
neighbour ;  city  against  city,  and 
kingdom  against  kingdom. 

3  And  the  spirit  of  Egypt  t  shall  fail 
in  the  midst  thereof;  and  I  will  t  de- 
stroy the  counsel  thereof:  and  thoy 
shall  'seek  to  the  idols,  and  to  the 
charmers,  and  to  them  that  have 
familiar  spirits,  and  to  the  wizards. 

4  And  the  Egvptians  will  I  |l  give 
over  Hnto  the  Iiand  of  acruel  lord; 
and  a  fierce  king  shall  rule  over  them, 
saith  the  Lord,  the  Eoiti)  of  hosts. 

5  "And  the  waters  shall  fail  from 
the  sea,  and  the  river  shall  be  wasted 
and  dried  up. 

C  And  they  shall  turn  the  rivers 
f:ir  away;  and  the  brooks  ^of  de- 
fence shall  be  emptied  and  dried  up: 
the  reeds  and  flags  shall  wither. 

7  The  paper  reeds  by  the  brooks, 
by  the  mouth  of  the  brooks,  and 
e\'ery  thing  sown  by  the  brooks, 
shall  wither,  be  driven  away,  f  and 
be  no  more. 

8  The  fishers  also  shall  mourn, 
and  all  thoy  that  cast  angle  into  the 
brooks  6ha"ll  lament,  and  they  that 
spread  nets  upon  the  waters  shall 
languish. 

9  Sloreover  they  that  work  in  ifine 
flax,  and  they  that  weave  ||  networks, 
shall  be  confounded. 

10  And  they  shall  be  broken  in 
the  f  purposes  thereof,  all  that  make 
sluices  oij</  ponds  t  for  fish. 

U  M  Surely  the  princes  of  k  Zoan 
are  fools,  the  counsel  of  the  wise 
counsellors  of  Pharaoh  is  become 
brutish:  liow  say  j'e  unto  Pharaoh, 
I  am  the  son  of  the  wise,  the  sou  of 
ancient  kings? 

]J  I  Where  are  they?  where  are  thy 
wise  menf  and  let  them  toll  tbee 
now,  and  let  them  know  what  the 
LoKD  of  hosts  hath  purposed  upon 
Esynt. 

l.j  The  princes  of  Zoan  are  become 
fools,  '"the  princes  of  Noph  are  de- 
ceived ;  they  have  also  seduced  Egypt, 


eren  ||  t  lie;/  that  are  the  stay  of  the 
tribes  thereof. 

14  The  Lord  hath  mingled  t"a 
perverse  spirit  in  the  midst  thereof : 
and  they  have  caused  Egypt  to  err 
in  every  work  thereof,  as  li  drunken 
jHOH  stnggereth  in  his  vomit. 

15  Neither  shall  there  be  ant/  work 
for  Egypt,  which  "the  liead  or  tail, 
branch  or  rush,  may  do. 

](!  In  that  day  shall  Ejrypt  T  be  like 
unto  women:  and  it  sliall  be  afraid 
and  fear  because  of  the  shaking 
of  the  hand  of  the  Loi:d  of  hosts, 
'1  which  he  shaketh  over  it. 

1"  And  the  land  of  Jiidah  shall 
be  a  terror  unto  Egypt,  every  one 
that  makoth  mention  thereof  shall 
be  afraid  in  himself,  because  of  the 
counsel  of  the  LoKD  of  hosts,  which 
he  liath  determined  against  it. 

l.S  TT  In  that  day  shall  five  cities  in 
the  land  of  Egypt  'speak  tthe  lan- 

fuoge  of  Canaa'n,  and  swear  to  the 
.ORD  of  hosts;  one  shall  be  called, 
The  city  |l  of  destruction. 

19  In  that  day  'shall  there  be  on 
altar  to  the  Lord  in  the  midst  of  the 
land  of  I'gypt,  and  a  pillar  at  the 
border  thoriof  to  the  Lord. 

20  And  'it  shall  bo  for  a  sign  nnd 
for  «  witness  unto  the  Lord  of  hosts 
in  the  land  of  Egypt:  for  thoy  shall 
cry  unto  the  I.oku  because  of  the 
oppressors,  nnd  he  sludl  send  them 
a  saviour,  nnd  a  great  one,  nnd  he 
shall  deliver  them. 

•Jl  And  the  Lord  shall  be  known  to 


sacrifice  and  oblation ;  via,  they  shall 
vow  a  vow  unto  the  Lord,  nnd  per- 
form it. 

^i  And  the  Lord  shall  smite  Egypt: 
he  shall  smite  and  heal  if:  and  thiy 
shall  return  evm  to  the  Lord,  and 
he  shall  be  entreated  of  them,  and 
shall  heal  them. 

al  Tf  In  that  day  ^  shall  there  be  n 
highway  out  of  Egypt  to  Assyria, 
and  the  Assyrian  shall  come  into 
Egvpt.and  the  Egyptian  into  Assyria, 
and  the  Egyptians  shall  serve  witli 
the  Assvrians. 

24  In  that  day  shall  Israel  be  the 
third  with  Egypt  and  with  Assyria, 
eren  n.  blessing  in  the  midst  of  the 
land: 

25  Whom  the  Lord  of  hosts  shall 
bless,  saving.  Blessed  le  Egvpt  my 
people,  and  Assyria  >  the  work  of  my 
bauds,  and  Israel  mine  inheritance. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

A  typo  prefiimrinij  the  ehatueful  captivity 
of  Egypt  im,l  hll^iopia. 

TN  the  year  that  "  Tnrtan  came 
unto  Ashdod,  (when  Sargon  the 
king  of  As.syria  sent  him.)  nnd 
fought  against  Ashdod,  nnd  took  it: 
2  At  the  same  time  spake  the  Lord 
f  by  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz,  saying. 
Go  nnd  loo.so  l>tho  sackcloth  from 
off  thy  loins,  nnd  put  of!"  thy  shoe 


The  fall  of  Babylon. 


The  invasion  of  Jewry. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  714. 


tHeh 

l\. 

e-ipf'v 

iH'f 

I'JUpt 

.2S«ni.ll).«. 

«h.  ;i 

Jer.i: 

■ii.T,. 

M,c, 

.  11. 

t  H«b. 

nakU- 

fJKin 

IS  21 

It. 

"'tA. 

mJ 

•  r.  S1.33 

from  thy  foot.  And  he  did  so,  '  walk- 
iii{^  naked  and  b.aretbot. 
.•J  And  the  IjOKD  said,  Like  as  my 
servant  l.saiah  hath  walked  naked 
and  barefoot  three  years  •ifor  a.  ah^n 
and  wonder  upon  iijjypt  and  upon 
Ethiopia; 

A  So  shall  the  kinR  of  Assyria  lead 
away  t  tlie  Egyptians  prisoners,  and 
the  Ethiopians  captives,  yoiin;;  and 
old,  naked  and  barefoot,  "even  with 
their  buttocks  uncovered,  to  the 
t  shame  of  Egypt. 

5  fAnd  they  shall  be  afraid  and 
ashamed  of  Ethiopia  their  e.xpecta- 
tion,  and  of  Egypt  their  glory. 
C  And  the  inhabitant  of  tliis  ||isle 
shall  say  in  that  day,  Behold,  such  is 
our  expectation,  whither  we  flee  for 
help  to  be  delivered  from  the  king  of 
Assyria:  and  how  shall  we  escape? 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
1  The  prophel,  biwailing  the  captivity  of 
hit  people,  tettlt  in  a  vision  tUe  full  of 
Babylon  by  ttie  Merles  and  Persians.  11 
Edam,  scorning  t!te  propltet,  is  moved  to 
repentance.  U  The  set  time  of  Arabia's 
calamity. 

THE  burden  of  the  desert  of  the 
sea.  As  "  whirlwinds  in  the  soiitli 
pass  thnnigh;  so  it  coineth  from  the 
desert,  from  a  terrible  Und. 

2  A  t  grievous  vision  is  declared 
unto  me;  hThe  treacherous  dealer 
dealeth  treacherously,  and  the  spoil- 
er spoileth.  "Go  up,  O  Elam:  be- 
siege, O  Media:  all  the  sighing  there- 
of have  I  made  to  cease. 

.3  Therefore  <1  are  my  loins  filled 
with  pain:  "pangs  have  taken  hold 
upon  me,  as  the  pangs  of  a  woman 
that  travaileth  :  I  was  bowed  down 
at  the  hearing  of  it;  I  was  dismayed 
at  the  seeing  or'il. 

4  t\  My  heart  panted,  fearfulness 
affrighted  me:  (the  night  of  my 
pleasure  hath  he  t  turned  into  fear 
unto  me. 

5  "Prepare  the  table,  watch  in  the 
wtttchtower,  eat,  drink  :  arise,  ye 
princes,  and  anoint  the  shield. 

0  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto 
me.  Go,  set  a  watchman,  let  him 
declare  what  lie  seeth. 

7  li  And  he  saw  a  chariot  with  a 
couple  of  horsemen,  a  chariot  of 
asses,  aufl  a  chariot  of  camels;  and 
he  hearkened  diligently  witli  much 
heed: 

8  And  II  ho  cried,  A  lion:  My  lord. 
I  stand  continually  upon  the  iwatcli- 
tower  in  tlie  (fiytime,  and  I  am  bet 
in  my  ward  II  whole  nights: 

U  And,  behold,  here  eometh  a  char- 
iot of  men,  iritlt  a  couple  of  horse- 
men. Anil  he  answered  and  said, 
k  Babylon  is  fallen,  is  fallen;  and  lall 
the  graven  images  of  her  gods  he 
hath  broken  unto  the  ground. 

II)  '"O  riiv  thresliing.  and  the  t  corn 
ofmv  floor:  tliMt  whli-h  I  have  heard 
of  the   l.niii.   ..f  lio-^ts.  the  God  of 
Israel,  Imvi'  I  declared  unto  you. 
KB 


11  Tr°  The  burden  of  Dumah.  He 
c.alleth  to  me  out  of  Seir,  Watchman, 
what  of  the  night?  Watchman,  what 
of  the  night? 

12  The  watchman  said.  The  morn- 
ing Cometh,  and  also  the  night;  if  ye 
will  inquire,  inquire  ye:  return, 
come. 

13  U  "  The  burden  upon  Arabia.  In 
the  forest  ia  Arabia  shall  ye  lodge, 

0  ye  travelling  companies  I'of  Ded- 
anim. 

H  The  inhabitants  of  the  land  of 
Tema  II  brought  water  to  him  that 
was  thirsty,  they  prevented  with 
their  bread  him  that  fled. 

15  For  they  fled  Ij  t  from  the  swords, 
from  the  drawn  sword,  and  from  the 
bent  bow,  and  from  the  grievousnesa 
of  war. 

115  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  said  unto 
me.  Within  a  vear,  ^  according  to 
the  years  of  a  fiireling,  and  all  the 
glory  of  •■  Kednr  shall  fail: 

17  And  the  residue  of  the  number 
of  f  archers,  the  mighty  men  of  the 
children  of  Kedar,  shall  be  dimin- 
ished: for  the  Lord  God  of  Israel 
hath  spoken  it. 

CHAPTER  XXIL 

1  The  prophet  lamentcth  the  invasion  of 
Jewry  by  the  Persians,  b  lie  rcprovcth 
their  human  U'isdon\  and  worldly  joy. 
lo  He  projihesicth  Shebna^s  lieprivatiorx, 
20  and  Etiafeitn,  prefiguring  the  king- 
dom of  Christ,  his  substitution. 

THE  burden  of  the  valley  of  vision. 
What  aileth  thee  now,  that  thou 
art  wholly  gone  up  to  the  housetops? 

2  Thou  that  art  full  of  stirs,  a 
tumultuous  city,  "a  joyous  city:  thy 
slain  iiirn  are  not  slain  with  the 
sword,  nor  dead  in  battle. 

.'!  AH  thy  ruler:  arc  fled  together, 
they  are  bound  t  by  the  archers:  all 
tluit  are  found  in  tlice  ore  bound  to- 
gether, which  have  fled  from  far. 

4  Therefore  said  I,  Look  away  from 
me;  l>tl  will  weep  bitterly,  labour 
not  to  comfort  me,  because  of  the 
spoiling  of  the  daughter  of  my  peo- 
ple. 

.5  "^  For  it  i.«  a  day  of  trouble,  and 
of  treading  down,  and  of  perplexity 
■I  by  the  Lord  God  of  hosts  in  the 
valley  of  vision,  breaking  down  the 
walls,  and  of  crying  to  the  mount- 
ains. 

(j  "  And  Elam  bare  the  quiver  with 
chariots  of  men  unit  horsemen,  and 
f  Kir  f  uncovered  the  shield. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
t  thy  choicest  valleys  shall  be  full  of 
eliariofs,  and  the  horsemen  shall  set 
themselves  in  array  ||at  the  gate. 

H  V  And  he  discovered  the  covering 
of  .luilah,  and  thou  diiist  look  in  that 
diiv  to  the  armour  s  of  the  house  of 
the  forest. 

'.I  li  Ye  have  seen  also  the  breaches 
of  the  city  of  David,  that  they  are 
many:  and  yo  gathered  together  the 
waters  of  the  lower  pool.  j 


Shebiia's  downfall  prophesied. 


ISAIAH.        The  miserable  overthrow  of  Tyre. 


U»tt.  •! 


10  And  ye  have  numbered  the 
houses  of  Jerusalem,  and  the  houses 
Iiave  3'e  broken  down  to  fortify  the 
wal\. 

11  iYe  made  also  a  ditch  between 
the  two  walls  for  the  water  of  the  old 
pool:  but  ye  have  not  looked  imto 
kthe  maker  thereof,  neither  had  re- 
spect unto  him  that  fashioned  it  long 
a^o. 

12  And  in  that  day  did  the  Ijord 
God  of  hosts  'call  to  weeping,  and 
to  mourning,  and  '"to  baldness,  and 
to  girding  with  sackcloth: 

13  And  behold  joy  and  gladness, 
slaying  oxen,  and  killing  sheep,  eat- 
ing flesh,  anil  drinking  vine:  "let 
U3  eat  and  drink;  for  to  morrow  we 
shall  die. 

It  "And  it  was  revealed  in  mine 
ears  by  the  I.oitn  of  hosts.  Surely 
tliis  iniquity  ''shall  not  be  purged 
from  you  till  ye  die,  saith  the  Lord 
God  of  hosts. 

1.5  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
hosts.  Go,  get  thee  unto  this  treas- 
urer, eicii  unto  'I  Shebna,  'which  is 
over  the  hoii.<e,  nnti  .scf//, 

]«  What  liast  tlioH  here,  and  whom 
hiist  thnii  here,  tliat  tliou  hast  hewed 
tliee  out  a  sepulchre  here,  ||  as  he 
•that  liewcth  him  out  asepulclire  on 
high,  anil  that  gravcth  a  habitation 
for  liimself  in  a  rock? 

17  Behold.  (I  the  Lonn  will  carry 
thee  away  with  fa  mighty  captivity, 
'and  will  surely  cover  thee. 

18  lie  will  surely  violently  turn  and 
toss  thee  like  a  ball  into  a  t  large 
country:  there  shall  thou  die,  and 
there  tlie  chariots  of  thy  glory  sliall 
he  the  shame  of  tliy  lord's  house. 

19  .\ud  I  will  drive  thee  from  thy 
stitiun,  and  from  thy  state  shall  ho 
pull  thoe  down. 

W  y,  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  I  will  call  my  servant 
"Eliakiin  the  son  of  Ililkiah: 

21  And  I  will  clothe  liim  with  thy 
robe,  and  strengthen  him  with  thy 
girdle,  and  I  will  commit  thy  gov- 
ernment into  his  liand:  and  he  sludl 
be  a  father  to  the  iiiliahitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  to  the   house  of  Ju- 

22  And  the  key  of  the  house  of  Da- 
vid will  I  lay  upon  his  shoulder;  so 
he  shall  "open,  and  none  shall  shut: 
and  he  shall  shut,  and  none  shall 
open. 

23  And  I  will  fasten  him  as  >'a  nail 
in  a  sure  place;  anil  he  shall  be  for  a 
glorious  throne  to  his  father's  house. 

24  And  thev  shall  bang  upon  him 
all  the  glorv  "of  his  fatlier's  house,  the 
OiTspring  and  the  issue,  all  vessels 
of  email  quantity,  from  the  vessels 
of  cups,  even  to  all  the  ||  vessels  of 
flagons. 

25  In  that  dny,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  shall  the  nail  that  is  fastened 
in  the  sure  place  lie  removed,  and  be 
cut  down,  and  fill;  and  the  burden 


that  uas  upon  it  shall  be  cut  off:  for 
the  Lord  hath  spoken  it. 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 
I   Thi  mitcr^Me  overthrow  of    Tyre.     17 

Tlielr  unliapioi  return. 

THE  "burden  of  'I'yre.  Howl,  re 
ships  of  Tarshish;  for  it  is  laid 
waste,  so  that  there  is  no  house,  no 
entering  in  :  lifrom  the  land  of  Chit- 
tim  it  is  revealed  to  them. 

2  Be  t  still,  ye  inhabitants  of  the 
isle;  thou  whom  the  nierehanls  of 
Zidon,  that  pass  over  the  sea,  have 
replenished. 

;!  And  by  great  waters  the  seed  of 
Sihor,  the  harvest  of  the  river,  is  her 
revenue;  and  ^she  is  a  mart  of  na- 
tions. 

4  Be  thou  n.shamed,  O  Zidon:  for 
the  sea  hath  spoken,  ccfH  the  strength 
of  the  .sea,  saying,  I  travail  not,  nor 
bring  forth  children,  neither  do  I 
nourish  up  young  men,  lior  bring 
up  virgins. 

5  d  As  at  the  report  concerning 
Egypt,  so  shall  they  be  sorely  pained 
at  the  report  of  Tyre. 

U  Pass  ye  over  to  Tarshish;  howl, 
ye  inhabitants  of  the  isle, 
"7  Is  this  vuur  '^joyous  cifif,  whose 
antiquity  ^s  of  ancient  days  ?  her 
own  feet  shall  carry  her  f  at'ar  off  to 
sojourn. 

»  Who  hath  taken  this  counsel 
against  Tyre,  fthe  crowning  rilti, 
whose  merchants  arc  princes,  who«c 
traffickers  are  the  honourable  of  the 
earth? 

9  The  Lord  of  hosts  both  purposed 
it,  1  to  stain  the  pride  of  all  glory, 
anil  to  bring  into  contempt  all  the 
honourable  of  the  earth. 

10  Pass  through  thv  land  as  a  river, 
O  daughter  of  Tarshish:  there  is  no 
more  t  strength. 

11  He  stretched  out  his  hand  over 
the  se.a,  he  shook  tlie  kingdoms:  the 
Lord  liath  given  a  comnmiulment 
!!  against  ttlic  merchant  cilti,  to  de- 
stroy the  |l  strong  holds  thereof 

12  And  he  said,  eihou  shalt  no 
more  rejoice,  ()  thou  oppressed  vir- 
gin, daughter  of  Zidon:  arise,  li  pass 
over  to  Chittimi  there  also  shall  thou 
have  no  rest. 

13  Behold  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans; this  people  was  not.  tilt  llie 
\ssvrian  founded  it  for  ithem  that 
dwe'U  in  the  wilderness:  they  set  up 
the  towers  thereof,  they  raiscil  np  the 
palaces  thereof;  ami  he  brought  it  to 

14  t  Howl,  ye  ships  of  Tarshish:  for 
your  strength  is  laid  waste. 

1.1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  Tyre  shall  be  forgotten 
seventy  yeors,  according  lo  the  days 
of  one  king:  after  the  end  of  seventy 
years  t shall  Tyre  sing  as  a  harlot, 
"id  Take  a  harp,  go  about  the  city, 
thou  harlot  that  hast  been  forgotten ; 
make  sweet  iiielodv,  sing  many  songs, 
that  thou  mayest  he  remembered. 


God's  judgments  upon  the  land.         ISAIAH. 


nis  kingdom  shall  he  set  up. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  715. 


1"  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  after 
the  end  of  seventy  years,  that  the 
Lord  will  visit  Tyre,  and  she  shall 
turn  to  her  hire,  and  'shall  commit 
fornication  with  all  the  kinRdonis 
of  tlie  world  upon  the  face  of  the 
earth. 

18  And  her  merchandise  and  her 
hire  '"  shall  be  holiness  to  the  Lord  : 
it  shall  not  be  treasured  nor  laid  up; 
for  her  merchandise  shall  be  for  them 
that  dwell  before  the  I-oitn,  to  eat 
sufficiently,  and  for  t  durable'  cloth- 
ing. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 
1  The  dolifal  judgments  of  God  upon  t!,s 
land.  13  A  remnant  thaUjovfuUypraitc 
him.     10  Hod  in  his  judgments  chall  ad- 
vance his  kingdom. 
BEHOLD,  the  Lord  maketh  the 
earth     empty,    and    maketh    it 
waste,  and  i  turneth  it  upside  down, 
and   scattercth  abroad  the  inhabit- 
ants tlicreof. 

2  And  it  shall  be,  as  with  the  peo- 
ple, so  with  the  |l "  priest ;  as  with 
the  servant,  so  with  his  master;  as 
with  the  maid,  so  with  her  mistress; 
lias  with  the  buyer,  so  with  the  sell- 
er; as  with  the  lender,  so  with  the 
borrower;  as  with  the  taker  of  usury, 
so  with  the  giver  of  usury  to  him. 
.'!  The  land  shall  be  utterlv  emptied, 
and  utterly  spoiled:  for  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  this  word. 

4  Tlie  earth  mourncth  nnil  fadcth 
away,  the  world  languishcth  and 
fiideth  away,  fthe  hiuighty  people 
of  the  earth  do  languish. 

5  "  The  earth  also  is  defiled  under 
the  inhabitants  thereof;  because  they 
have  transgressed  the  laws,  changed 
tiie  ordinance,  broken  the  everlast- 
ing covenant. 

()  Therefore  hath  d  the  cur.se  de- 
voured the  earth,  and  thoy  that 
dwell  therein  are  desolate  :  there- 
fore the  inhabitants  of  the  earth  are 
burned,  and  few  men  left. 

7  "^^  The  new  wine  mourncth,  the 
vine  languisheth,  all  the  merry- 
hearted  do  sigh. 

H  The  mirth  fof  tabrets  ceaseth, 
tlie  noise  of  them  that  rejoice  end- 
eth,  the  joy  of  the  harp  ceaseth. 

!l  They  sliall  not  drink  wine  with  a 
song;  strong  drink  shall  be  bitter  to 
them  that  drink  it. 

10  The  city  of  confusion  is  broken 
down :  every  house  is  shut  up,  that 
no  man  may  come  in. 

11  I'licri'  /,s  a  crying  for  wine  in  the 
streets;  all. joy  isdarkencd,  the  mirth 
of  tlie  land  isgone. 

12  In  the  city  is  left  desolation,  and 
the  pate  is  smitten  with  destruction. 

K  IT  AVhen  thus  it  shall  be  in  the 
midst  of  the  bind  among  the  people, 
^  there  aholl  be  as  the  shaking  of  an 
olive  tree,  anit  as  tlie  gleaning  grapes 
when  the  vintiiirc  i-i  done. 

14  Thev  shuli  lilt  \\\i  their  voice, 
they  shall  sing  for  tlio  majesty  of  the 
584 


Lord,  they  shall  cry  aloud  from  the 
sea. 

13  Wherefore  glorify  yc  the  Lord 
in  the  II  fires,  eiv')»  I' the  nairie  of  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel  in  the  isles  of 
the  sea. 

IG  !f  From  the  t  uttermost  part  of 
the  earth  have  we  heard  songs,  even 
glory  to  the  righteous.  But  I  said, 
f  My  leanness,  my  leanness,  woe 
unto  mc !  'the  treacherous  dealers 
have  dealt  treacherously;  yea,  the 
treacherous  dealers  have  dealt  very 
treacherously. 

17  kFear,  and  the  pit,  and  the 
snare,  we  upon  thee,  O  inhabitant 
of  the  earth. 

18  And  it  shnll  come  to  pass,  that 
he  who  fleeth  from  the  noise  of  the 
fear  shall  full  into  the  pit;  and  he 
that  Cometh  up  out  of  tlie  midst  of 
the  pit  shall  he  taken  in  the  snare: 
for  ithe  windows  from  on  high  are 
open,  and  '"the  foundations  of  the 
earth  do  shake. 

19  "  The  earth  is  utterly  broken 
down,  the  earth  is  clean  dissolved, 
the  earth  is  moved  exceedingly. 

20  The  earth  shall  "reel  to  and 
fro  like  a  drunkard,  and  shall  be 
removed  like  a  cottage ;  and  the 
transgression  thereof  shall  be  heavy 
upon  it;  and  it  shall  fall,  and  not  rise 
again. 

21  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  that  the  Lord  shall  +  punish 
the  host  of  the  high  ones  that  are 
on  high,  I'and  tlie  kings  of  the  earth 
upon  the  eartli. 

22  And  they  shall  be  gathered  to- 
gether, t  an  prisoners  are  gathered 
in  the  II  pit,  and  shall  be  shut  up 
in  the  prison,  and  after  many  days 
shall  they  bo  ||  visited. 

2.'!  Tlien  the  'i  niiion  shall  be  con- 
foun<leiI,  and  tlie  sun  ashamed, 
when  tlie  Lord  of  hosts  shall  'reign 
in  "mount  Zion,  and  in  .lerusalem, 
and  II  before  his  ancients  gloriously. 

CIIAPTEU  XXV. 

1  The  prophet  prniseth  Cad,  for  his  judif 
mcnti,.  6  for  hit  saving  benefits,  <J  and 
for  his  vietorious  salvation. 

/'i  LORD,  thou  art  my  Ood  ;  "I 
^  '  will  exalt  thee,  I  will  praise 
thy  name;  ijfor  thou  hast  done 
wonderful  thinf/n;  '^  thf/  counsels  of 
old  are  faithfulness  aii,/  truth. 

2  I'or  thou  bust  ninde  ''of  a  city 
a  heap;  of  a  defenced  city  a  ruin": 
a  p;ilace  of  stniiigers  to  be  no  city: 
it  shall  never  be  built. 

.1  Therefore  shall  the  strong  peo- 
ple '  glorifv  thee,  the  city  of  the 
terrible  nations  shall  fear  tliee. 

4  V'or  thou  hast  been  a  tfrength 
to  the  poor,  a  strength  to  the 
needy  in  his  distress,  fa  refuge 
from  the  storm,  a  shadow  from  the 
lieat,  when  the  blast  of  tlie  ter- 
rible ones  IS  as  a  storm  agai)isl  tlic 
wall. 


A  song  inciting  to 


ISAIAH. 


confidence  in  God. 


2.  2,  3. 

h  Tro 

T.  9.  2. 

Mai 

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run 

7.  U. 

Dout.3i  i. 
e  di.  -a.  12,  t 
32.  13. 


5  Thou  shalt  bring  down  the  noise 
of  stranf^crs,  as  tlie  licat  in  a  dry 
place;  even  the  heat  with  tl>c  sha'f- 
ow  ftf  a  cloud  ;  the  branch  of  the 
terrible  ones  shall  bo  brought  low.  ' 

G  7  And  in  Bthis  mountain  shall 
bthe  LoKD  of  Iiosts  make  unto  lall 
people  a  least  of  fat  things,  a  feast 
of  wines  on  the  lees,  of  fat  things 
full  of  marrow,  of  wines  on  the  lees 
well  refined. 

7  And  he  will  ^  destroy  in  this 
mountain  the  fiice  of  the  covering 
i  cast  over  all  people,  and  ^  tlie  vail 
that  is  spread  over  all  nations. 

8  He  will  I  swallow  up  death  in 
victory ;  and  the  l>ord  God  will 
'"  wipe  away  tears  from  off  all 
faces;  and  tlie  rebuke  of  his  people 
shall  lie  take  away  from  oft'  all  tlic 
earth:  for  the  Lord  hath  .spoken  it. 

9  IF  And  it  sliall  be  said  in  that 
day,  Lo,  tliis  in  our  God;  "  we  have 
waited  for  him,  and  he  will  save 
us:  tliis  !S  the  Lord;  we  have 
waited  for  him,  "we  will  be  glad 
and  rejoice  in  his  salvation. 

lU  For  in  this  mountain  shall  the 
hand  of  the  liOKD  rest,  and  Jloab 
shall  be  [(trodden  down  under  him, 
even  as  straw  is  ||  troddeu  down  tor 
the  dunghill. 

11  And  he  shall  spread  forth  his 
hands  in  the  midst  of  them,  as  he 
that  swimmeth  spreadeth  forth  his 
/lands  to  swim  :  and  ho  sliall  bring 
down  their  pride  together  with  tlie 
spoils  of  their  hands. 

IJ  And  tlie  ''fortress  of  the  high 
fort  of  tliy  walls  shall  he  bring 
down,  lay  low,  anft  bring  to  the 
ground,  even  to  the  dust. 

CHAPTER  XXVL 
I  A  song  inciting  to  confidence  in  God,  5 

for  his  judgments,  VZ  an.l  for  Ms  fa- 
vour to  his  people.  20  An  exhortation 
to  wait  on  God. 

TN  "that  day  shall  this  song  be 
sung  in  the  land  of  Jiidah;  We 
have  a  strong  city;  li salvation  will 
Goil  appoint  for  walls  and  bulwarks. 

2  "^  Open  ye  the  gates,  that  the 
righteous  nation  which  keepeth  the 
t  truth  may  enter  in. 

3  Thou  wilt  keep  liim  in  f  perfect 
peace,  whose  ||  mind  is  stayed  on  thee; 
because  be  trusteth  in  thee. 

4  Trust  ve  in  the  Loud  for  ever: 
■ifor  in  the  Loud  JEHOVAH  is 
t  everlasting  strength. 

5  IT  For  he  bringeth  down  them 
that  dwell  on  high;  Mbe  lofty  city, 
he  layeth  it  low  ;  he  layeth  it  low, 
eicn  to  the  ground  ;  he  bringeth  it 
ereii  to  the  dust. 

0  The  foot  shall  tread  it  down, 
eien  the  feet  of  the  poor,  <tnd  the 
steps  of  the  needv. 

7  The  way  of  the  .just  is  upright- 
ness: f  thou,  most  upright,  dost  weigh 
the  path  of  the  just. 

8  Yea,  Sin  the  way  of  thy  .iudg- 
meuts,    O   Loud,   have  we  waited 


for  thee;  the  desire  of  OHr  soul  is 
to  thy  name,  and  to  the  remem- 
brance of  thee. 

i»  liWith  my  soul  have  I  desired 
thee  in  the  night;  yea,  with  my 
spirit  within  me  will  I  seek  thee 
early:  for  when  thy  judgments  a>-e 
in  the  earth,  the  inhabitants  of  the 
world  will  learn  righteousness. 

10  i  Let  favour  be  shewed  to  the 
wicked,  yet  will  he  not  learn  right- 
eousness :  in  Ithe  land  of  upright- 
ness will  he  deal  unjustly,  and  will 
not  behold  the  majesty  of  tlie  Loud. 

11  Loud,  when  thy  hand  is  lifted 
up,  Uhey  will  not  see:  but  they 
shall  see,  and  be  ashamed  for  their 
envy  ||  at  the  people;  yea,  the  tire  of 
thine  enemies  shall  devour  them. 

12  H  Loud,  thou  wilt  ordain  peace- 
for  us:  for  thou  also  hast  wrought  all 
our  works  |(  in  us. 

13  O  Loud  our  God,  '"other  lords 
besides  thee  have  had  dominion  over 
us;  but  by  thee  only  will  we  make 
mention  of  thy  name. 

14  They  are  dead,  they  shall  not 
live  ;  they  are  deceased,  they  shall 
not  rise:  therefore  hast  thou  visited 
and  destroyed  them,  and  made  all 
tlu'ir  memory  to  perish. 

15  Thou  hast  increased  the  na- 
tion, O  Loud,  thou  bast  increa.'-ed 
tlie  nation;  thou  art  glorified:  thou 
liadst  removed  it  far  unto  all  the 
ends  of  tlie  earth. 

Hi  Loud,  "in  trouble  have  they 
visited  thee ;  they  poured  out  a 
t  prayer  ivhen  thy  chastening  uas 
upon  them. 

17  Like  as  ^a  woman  with  child, 
that  draweth  near  the  time  of  her 
delivery,  is  in  pain,  and  crieth  out 
in  her  pangs  ;  so  have  we  been  in 
thy  sight,  O  Louu. 

iS  We  have  been  with  child,  we 
have  been  in  p.ain,  we  have  ns  it 
were  brought  forth  wind  ;  we  have 
not  wrought  any  deliverance  in  the 
earth;  neither  have  ''the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  world  fallen. 

11)  'iThy  dead  )iiin  shall  live,  tn- 
fietlier  with  my  dead  body  shall 
they  arise.  ■'Awake  and  sing,  ye 
that  dwell  in  dust :  for  thy  dew  is 
O.S  the  dew  of  herbs,  and  the  earth 
shall  cast  out  the  dead. 

20  TI  Come,  my  people,  -'enter 
thou  into  thy  chambeis  and  shut 
thy  doors  about  thee  :  hide  thyself 
as  it  were  'for  a  little  nupment, 
until  the  indignation  he  oveipiist. 

21  For,  behold,  tlie  Loun  "eometh 
out  of  his  place  to  luinish  tin-  inhab- 
itants of  the  earth  lor  their  ini<iuity: 
the  earth  also  shall  disclose  her 
t  blood,  and  shall  no  more  cover  her 
sluiu. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

1  The  care  of  God  over  his  vineyarci.  7 
Uis  ehasttsevtents  differ  from  judg- 
ments. 12  TliS  alturclt  of  Jews  and  Gen- 
tiles, jg. 


Uod's  care  of  his  vineyard. 


ISAIAH. 


Ephraim  threatetied. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  712. 


•  r.  71  13.11. 
l.ch.Sl.U. 
El  i:).  i.  L 


1  P..  78.  38. 


poh.S   11. 
r.  \i.  h.' 


IN  that  day  the  Lord  with  his  sore 
and  creat  and  strong  sword  shall 
punish  leviathan  the  ||  piercing  ser- 
pent, "even  leviathan  that  crooked 
serpent;  and  he  shall  slay  bthe  drag- 
on that  (.5  in  the  sea. 

2  In  that  day  ■■  sing  ye  unto  her,  A  A 
vineyard  of  red  wine. 

3  ■'I  the  LoiiD  do  keep  it;  I  will 
water  it  every  moment:  lest  ((hi/ hurt 
it,  I  will  keep  it  night  and  day. 

4  Fury  is  not  in  me:  who  would  set 
fthe  briers  anit  thorns  against  me  in 
battle?    I  would  ||  go  through  them, 

I  would  burn  them  together. 

5  Or  let  liim  take  hold  Sof  my 
strength,  ?/(f(^  he  may  limake  peace 
with  me;  and  he  shall  make  peace 
with  me. 

ti  He  shall  cause  them  that  come  of 
Jacob  i  to  take  root:  Lsracl  shall  blos- 
som and  bud,  and  fill  the  face  of  the 
world  with  fruit. 

7  II  Hath  he  smitten  him,  tas  he 
smote  those  that  smote  liim?  or  is 
he  slain  according  to  the  slaughter 
of  them  that  are  slain  by  him? 

8  k  In  measure,  ||  when  it  ehooteth 
forth,  thou  wilt  debate  with  it:  (|  I  he 
stayeth  his  rough  wind  in  the  day  of 
the  east  wind. 

U  By  this  therefore  shall  the  ini(iuity 
of  Jacob  be  purged;  and  this  is  all 
the  fruit  to  take  away  hi-ssin:  when 
he  maketh  all  the  stones  of  the  altar 
as  chalkstojics  that  are  beaten  in 
sunder,  the  groves  and  |i  images  shall 
not  st:ind  up, 

10  Yet  tlie  defenced  city  shall  he  des- 
ohite,  ((/('/  the  habitation  Ibrsaken, 
and  left  like  a  wilderness:  "'there 
shall  the  calf  feed,  and  there  shall  he 
lie  down,  and  consume  the  branches 
tlicreof. 

I I  When  the  boughs  thereof  arc  with- 
ered, they  shall  be  broken  off:  the 
women  come,  and  set  them  on  fire; 
for  "  it  (.-J  a  people  of  no  understand- 
ing: therefore  he  that  made  them 
will  not  have  mercy  on  them,  and 
"he  that  formed  them  will  shew 
them  no  fijvourl 

12  If  And  it  sAall  come  to  pass  in 
tlnit  day,  that  the  l-(>i;i>  shall  beat 
otf  from  the  chatinel  of  tlie  river  nnto 
the  stream  of  K?(ypt,  and  ye  shall  he 
gathered  one  bV  one,  O  yc  childreu 
of  Israel. 

I'i  ''  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  '^thnt  the  great  trumpet 
shall  be"  blown,  and  they  shall  corue 
whirh  were  ready  to  perish  in  the 
land  of  Assvria,  and  the  outcasts  in 
the  land  of  lOgypt,  and  shall  worship 
the  l,()iiu  in  tlie  holy  mount  nt  Jeru- 
salem. 

ciiArTER  xx^^TI. 

1  The  ]iro;>lict  threnlemlh  J^phmim  for 
their  ihUc  >m:lilrui,krnnci«.  ti  Thcrft- 
vlue  ehM  be  aitlianec.t  in  the  lrin,rlom 
of  Clirial.  7  //«  r^lniketk  llteir  ern^r. 
0  Their  untowur<lne>a  to  ti-iii-n,  U  and 
their  lecurit II.  li  Chriet  the  eure  fottn- \ 
560" 


dation  ie  promised.  18  Their  tecurity 
Bhall  be  tried.  2J  They  are  incited  to 
the  coneideration  of  (rou'e  discreet  prov- 
idence. 

'VyrOE  to  "the  crown  of  pride,  fo 
tV  the  drnnkardj  of  Ephraim, 
whose  biriorious  beauty  ?>  a  fading 
flower,  which  are  on  the  head  of  the 
fat  valleys  of  them  that  are  t  over- 
come with  wine! 

2  Heboid,  the  Lord  hath  a  mighty 
and  strong  one,  ^  which  as  a  tempest 
of  hail  and  a  destroying  storm,  as  a 
flood  of  mighty  waters  overflowing, 
shall  cast  down  to  the  earth  with  the 
hand. 

3  il  The  crown  of  pride,  the  drunk- 
ards of  Ephraim,  shall  be  trodden 
t  under  feet: 

4  And  ^the  glorious  beauty,  which 
iS  on  the  head  of  the  fat  valley,  shall 
be  a  fading  flower,  and  as  the  hasty 
fruit  before  the  summer;  which 
when  he  that  looketh  ujmn  it  seeth, 
while  it  is  yet  iii  his  hand  he  f  eateth 
it  np. 

5  11  In  that  day  shall  the  Lont)  of 
hosts  be  for  a  crown  of  glory,  and  for 
a  di.adcm  of  beauty,  unto  the  residue 
of  his  people, 

G  And  for  a  sfiirit  of  judgment  to 
him  that  sitteth  in  judgment,  and  for 
strength  to  them  that  turn  the  battle 
to  the  gate. 

7  IT  6ut  they  also  fhave  erred 
through  wine,  and  through  6tron_ 
drink  are  out  of  the  way;  "the  priest 
and  the  prophet  have  erred  through 
strong  drink,  they  are  swallowed  up 
of  wine,  they  are  out  of  the  w;iy 
through  strong  drink  ;  they  err  in 
vision,  thev  stumble  in  Indgment. 

8  For  hH"  tables  are  full  of  vomit 
and  iilthiness,  so  that  there  is  no 
place  clean. 

1)  H  liWhom  shall  he  teach  knowl- 
edge? and  whom  shall  lie  make  to 
understand  ]  doctrine?  them  that  are 
weaned  from  the  milk,  and  drawn 
from  the  breasts. 

10  For  precept  ||  must  he  upon  pre- 
cept, nrecept  upon  precept ;  line 
upon  line,  line  upon  line;  here  a 
little,  and  there  a  little: 

11  For  with  fi  stammering  lips  and 
another  tongue  ||  will  he  speak  to  this 
people. 

I  i  To  whom  he  said.  This  is  the  rest 
wherewith  ye  may  cause  the  weary 
to  rest;  and  this  is  the  refreshing: 
yet  they  would  not  hear. 

'  1.1  But  the  word  of  the  Lonn  was 
unto  them  precept  upon  precept, 
preeept  upon  precept;  line  upon  line, 
line  upon  line;  here  a  little,  and 
there  a  little;  thatthey  mightgo,  and 
fill  backward,  and  lie  broken,  and 
snared,  and  taken. 

II  IT  Wherefore  hear  the  word  of  the 
J.iiIiP,  \c  scornful  men,  thiit  rule 
this  people  which  is  in  Jerusa- 
lem. 

1j  Because  yc  have  said.  We  have 


Christ  is  promised. 


ISAIAH. 


The  siege  of  Jerusalem  foretold. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  725. 


..  M,  21, 
lis.  ii. 
1.21.42. 


made  a  covenant  with  death,  and 
with  hell  are  we  at  agreement;  when 
the  overflowing  scourjic  shall  pass 
through,  it  shall  not  come  unto  us: 
kfor  we  have  made  lies  our  refuge, 
and  under  falsehood  have  we  hid 
ourselves: 

IK  H  Therefore  thus  saith  tlie  Lord 
God,  Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion  fur  a 
foundation  la  stone,  a  tried  stone,  a 
preeious  corner  stoic,  a  sure  foun- 
dation :  he  that  believeth  shall  not 
make  haste. 

17  Judgment  also  will  1  lay  to  the 
line,  and  rijrhteousness  to  the  plum- 
met: and  the  hail  shall  sweep  away 
'"the  refuge  of  lies,  and  the  waters 
shall  overflow  the  hiding  place. 

18  IT  And  your  covenant  with  de.ath 
shall  be  disannulled,  and  your  agree- 
ment with  hell  shall  not  stand;  when 
the  overflowing  scourf^e  shall  pass 
through,  then  ye  shall  be  t  trodden 
down  by  it. 

19  From  the  time  that  it  gocth  forth 
it  shall  take  vou:  for  morning  by 
morning  shalf  it  pass  over,  by  day 
and  by  night:  and  it  shall  be  a  vexa- 
tion only  II  to  understand  the  re- 
port. 

20  For  the  bed  is  shorter  than  that 
a  man  can  stretch  himself  o«  it:  and 
tlie  covering  narrower  than  that  he 
can  wrap  himself  !/i  i(. 

21  For  the  I*okd  shall  rise  lip  as  in 
mount  "Perazim,  he  shall  be  wroth 
as  I'ji  the  valley  of  "Giheon,  that  he 
may  do  his  work,  ''his  strange  work; 
and  bring  to  pass  his  act,  his  strange 
act. 

22  Now  therefore  be  ye  not  mock- 
ers, lest  your  bands  beinade  strong: 
for  I  have  heard  from  the  Lord  Gon 
of  hosts  'la  consumption,  even  de- 
termined upon  the  whole  earth. 

'2S  IT  Give  ye  ear,  and  hear  my  voice; 
hearken,  and  hear  my  speech. 

•2i  Doth  the  ploughnian  plough  all 
day  to  sow?  doth  he  open  and  break 
the  clods  of  his  ground? 

25  When  he  hath  made  plain  the 
face  thereof,  doth  he  not  cast  abroad 
the  fitches,  and  scatter  the  cummin, 
and  cast  in  lithe  principal  wheat 
and  the  appointed  b.arley  and  the 
II  rye  in  their  f  place? 

20  II  For  his  God  doth  instruct 
him  to  discretion,  aiul  doth  teach 
him. 

27  For  the  fitches  are  not  threshed 
with  r.  threshing  instrument,  neither 
is  a  cart  wheel  turned  about  upon 
the  cummin;  but  the  fitches  arc  beat- 
en out  with  a  statr,  and  the  cummin 
with  a  rod. 

2S  Bread  cnm  is  bruised  ;  because 
he  will  not  ever  be  threshing  it,  nor 
break  it  with  the  wheel  of  his  cart, 
nor  bruise  it  K'j'//j  his  horsemen. 

29  This  also  cometh  forth  from  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  'uhirh  is  wonderful 
in  counsel,  wtd  excellent  in  work- 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 

I  Ood*B  heavy  judgiutnt  ujion  Jerufnlem. 
7  Tlic  unaattaUetietB  of  her  enemies.  •> 
The  tenseteKencaa,  lli  and  deeji  liypoe. 
risy  vf  the  Jewn.  18  A  promiee  of  titneti- 
Jicittiun  to  the  yodty. 

II'WT'OE  "to  Ariel,  to  Ariel,  ||  the 
IT    city  bic/zcrc  David  dwelt!  add 
ye  year  to  year;  let  them  1  kill  sacri- 
fices. 

2  Yet  I  will  distress  Ariel,  and  there 
shall  he  lieaviness  and  sorrow:  and 
it  shall  be  unto  me  os  Ariel. 

3  And  I  will  camp  against  thee  round 
about,  and  will  lay  siege  against  thee 
with  a  mount,  and  I  will  raise  forts 
against  thee. 

4  And  thou  shall  be  brought  down, 
and  shall  speak  out  of  the  ground, 
and  thy  speech  shall  be  low  out  of 
the  dust,  and  thy  voice  shall  be,  as 
of  one  that  hath  a  familiar  spirit, 
'^out  of  the  ground,  and  thy  speech 
shall  t  whisi)er  out  of  the  dust. 

5  Moreover  the  multitude  of  thy 
(I  strangers  shall  he  like  small  dust, 
and  the  multitude  of  the  terrible 
ones  sfioll  be  "^ns  chaff  that  i>nsseth 
away:  vea,  it  shall  be  fat  an  instant 
suddenly. 

G  p  Thou  shall  be  visited  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts  with  thunder,  and 
with  eartluiuake,  and  great  noise, 
with  storm  and  tempest,  and  the 
flame  of  devouring  fire. 

7  IT  li.Vnd  the  multitude  of  all  the 
nations  that  fight  against  Ariel,  even 
all  that  fight  against  her  and  her 
munition,  and  that  distress  her,  shall 
be  i  as  a  dream  of  n  night  vision. 

8  k  It  shall  even  be  as  when  a  hun- 
grj'  man  dreamcth,  and,  behold,  he 
eateth;  but  he  awaketh,  and  his  soul 
is  empty:  or  as  when  a  thirsty  man 
dreameth,  and,  behold,  he  drinketh: 
but  he  awaketh,  and,  behold,  he  >.< 
faint,  and  his  soul  bath  appetite:  so 
.shall  the  multitude  of  all  the  nations 
be,  that  fight  against  mount  Zion. 

9  IT  Stay  yourselves,  and  wonder; 

II  cry  ye  o"ul,  and  cry  :  I  they  are 
dru.-.ken,  "'but  not  with  wine;  they 
stagger,  but  not  with  strong  drink. 

10  For  "the  Lonii  hath  poured  out 
upon  yon  the  spiritof  deep  sleep,  anil 
hath  "closed  your  eyes:  the  pro|)hets 
and  j-our  t  rulers,  i'  the  seers  hath  he 
covered. 

11  And  the  vision  of  all  is  become 
unto  vou  OS  the  words  of  a  |i  book 
1  that  "is  scaled,  which  tnin  deliver 
to  one  that  is  learned,  saying.  Head 
this,  I  pray  thee:  '^and  he  saith,  I 
cannot:  for  it  i«  sealed: 

12  And  the  book  is  delivered  fo  him 
that  is  not  learned,  saying,  Head  this, 
I  pray  thee:  and  he  saith,  1  am  not 
learned. 

1.5  TT  Wherefore  the  Lord  said,  •  For- 
asmuch as  this  people  draw  near  me 
with  their  nioutli.  and  with  their  lips 
do  honour  me,  but  have  removed 
their  heart  far  from  me,  ond  their 
M7 


The  Jews'  hypocrisy  threatened. 


ISAIAH. 


Confidence  in  Egypt  reproved. 


CHRIST 

about  712. 

lOuI.2.  Ei. 
u  H»b.  1  5. 
t  neb.  /  «.i« 


h  Amoi  5.  10, 

12. 

i  Proy.  28.  21. 


about  713. 
ich   2).  \%. 

2a  19. 
b.  31.  1. 

27.21. 


1)1). 


IK^ 


fear  toward  me  is  taught  by  'the 
precept  of  men: 

14  "  Theretore,  behold,  1 1  will  pro- 
ceed to  do  a  marvellous  work  among 
tliis  people,  even  a  marvellous  work 
and  a  wonder:  '•'for  the  wisdom  of 
their  wise  men  shall  perish,  and  the 
understanding  of  their  prudent  men 
shall  he  hid. 

l.j  >  Woe  unto  them  that  seek 
deep  to  hide  tlieir  counsel  from  the 
LoitD,  and  their  works  are  in  the 
dark,  and  ^they  say.  Who  seetii 
us?  and  who  knoweth  us? 

IG  Surely  your  turning  of  things 
upside  down  shall  be  esteemed  as 
the  potter's  clay  :  for  shall  the 
"  work  say  of  him  that  m.ide  it.  He 
made  me  not  ?  or  shall  the  thing 
framed  say  of  him  tliat  framed  it, 
He  had  no  understanding? 

17  la  it  not  yet  a  very  little  while, 
and  li  Lebanon  shall  be  turned  into 
a  fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful  field 
sliall  be  esteemed  as  a  forest? 

l.S  H  And  '^in  that  day  shall  the 
deaf  hear  the  words  of  the  book, 
and  the  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  see 
out  of  obscurity,  and  out  of  dark- 
ness. 

ID  il  Tlie  meek  also  t. shall  in- 
crease tltt'ir  joy  in  the  Ijord,  and 
•^the  poor  among  men  shall  rejoice 
in  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

'in  For  the  terrible  one  is  brought 
to  nouglit,  and  '  tiie  seorner  is  con- 
sumed, and  nil  that  S  watch  for  iui(x- 
uity  are  cut  off: 

21  That  make  a  man  an  offender 
for  a  word,  and  liluy  a  snare  for 
him  that  reproveth  in'  the  gate,  and 
turn  aside  the  just  ifor  a  thing  of 
nought. 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Loitn, 
•i  who  redeeme<l  Abraham,  concern- 
ing the  house  of  Jacob,  Jacob  sliall 
not  now  be  ashamed,  neither  shall 
his  f:iee  now  wax  pale. 

2'1  Hut  when  he  seeth  his  chil- 
dren, I  the  work  of  mine  hands,  in 
the  midst  of  him,  they  shall  sanctify 
my  name,  and  sanctify  the  Holy 
One  of  Jacob,  and  shall  fear  the 
God  of  Israel. 

24  Tliey  also  "tlvit  erred  in  spirit 
+  shall  come  to  understanding,  and 
they  that  murmured  shall  learu  doc- 
trine. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 
1  The  propbfit  thrcnictirlh  tlic  people  for 
their  confilcTiee  in  Jigvpt.  8  (lift  con- 
tempt of  (Jod'e  word.  \i  ilod'e  viereiet 
tonuirda  hie  cUarrh.  27  (lod'a  wrath, 
and  the  people's  joy,  in  the  destruction 
of  .4„y,-m. 

WOE  to  the  rebellious  children, 
saith  tlie  J.oRD,  "that  take 
counsel,  but  not  of  me  ;  and  that 
cover  with  a  covering,  but  not  of 
my  Spirit,  ''that  tlicy  may  add  sin 
to  sin: 

2  "^  That  walk  to  go  down  into 
Egypt,  and  il  have  not  asked  at  my 
588 


mouth ;  to  strengthen  themselves 
in  the  strength  ot  Pharaoh,  and  to 
trust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt! 

3  '  Therefore  shall  the  strength 
of  Pharaoh  be  your  shame,  and  the 
trust  in  the  shadow  of  Egypt  your 
confusion. 

4  For  his  princes  were  at  fZoan, 
and  his  ambassadors  came  to  Ilanes. 

5  fThcy  were  all  asliamed  of  a 
people  that  could  not  profit  them, 
nor  be  a  help  nor  profit,  but  a 
shame,  and  also  a  reproach. 

0  11  The  burden  of  the  beasts  of 
the  south:  Into  the  land  of  trouble 
and  anguish,  from  whence  come 
the  3-oung  and  old  lion,  i  the  viper 
and  fiery  flying  serpent,  they  will 
carry  their  riches  upon  the  shoul- 
ders of  young  asses,  and  their  trea.s- 
ures  upon  the  bunches  of  camels, 
to  a  jieoplc  tfictt  sliall  not  profit  them. 

7  k  For  the  Egyptians  shall  help 
in  vain,  and  to  no  i)urpose:  there- 
fore have  I  cried  ||  concerning  this, 
I  Their  strength  is  to  sit  still. 

8  If  Now  go,  °'  write  it  before 
them  in  a  table,  and  note  it  in  a 
book,  tiiat  it  may  be  for  f  the  time 
to  come  for  ever  and  ever: 

9  That  "this  is  a  rebellious  peo- 
ple, lying  children,  children  tliat  will 
not  liear  the  law  of  the  LoilD: 

10  ^  Which  say  to  the  seers.  See 
not;  and  to  the  prophets.  Prophesy 
not  unto  us  right  things,  l* speak 
unto  us  smooth  things,  prophesy 
deceits: 

11  Get  you  out  of  the  way,  turn 
aside  out  of  the  path,  cause  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel  to  cease  from 
before  ns. 

12  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Holy 
One  of  Israel,  Because  3-e  despise 
tliis  word,  and  trust  in  (I  oppression 
and  iierverseness.and  st:iy  thereon: 

1.'?  Therefore  this  iniquity  shall  be 
to  you  las  a  breach  ready  to  fall, 
swelling  out  in  a  high  wall,  whose 
breaking  '  Cometh  suddenly  at  an 
instant. 

14  And  "he  shall  break  it  as  the 
breaking  of  t  the  potters'  vessel  that 
is  broken  in  pieces ;  he  sli.all  not 
spare  :  so  that  there  shall  not  be 
found  in  the  bursting  of  it  a  sherd 
to  take  fire  from  the  hearth,  or  to 
take  water  icilliol  out  of  the  pit. 

I.j  For  thus  saith  the  Eord  Got), 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel:  'In  return- 
ing and  rest  shall  ye  be  saved;  in 
quietness  and  in  confidence  shall  be 
your  strength:  "and  ye  would  not. 

Hi  But  ye  said.  No  ;  for  wc  will 
flee  upon  horses  ;  therefore  shall 
ve  flee :  and.  We  will  ride  upon 
the  swift ;  therefore  shall  they  that 
pursue  you  be  swift. 

17  "  One  thous.ind  shall  flee  at  the 
rebuke  of  one  :  at  the  rebuke  of 
five  shall  ye  flee :  till  ye  be  left 
as  II  a  beacon  upon  the  top  of  a 
mountain,  and  as  an  ensign  on  a  hill. 


God's  mercies  toimrds  Ins  church.       ISAIAH. 


The  folly  of  tnisting  in  Egypt. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  713. 


31.8. 

rro..  16.  20. 
Jtr.  17.  7, 
iGh.6i.  9. 


•  1  Kin  22  27. 
P..  IL'7.  2. 
I  Or.  opintt- 


nti 

tht 

J'h 

Heb 

,all«: 

noi 

U.S. 

M»( 

.  6.  S3. 

[Or,  lauovry. 
tHeh. 
fix  •>»«!. 

gch  2  U.  15. 
&44.  3. 

t  Heb.  dyirf 


g  Or.  att<{  fA« 

tHeb. 

ioh   11.4. 
2  Th.u.  2.  8 
k  cb.  8.  8. 

li:h.37,  Sa 


m  Pi.  <2.  4. 

ach.  2.  3. 
t  H.b.  Soot. 


18  IT  And  therefore  will  the  Lord 
wait,  that  he  niiiy  be  pracioua  unto 
you,  and  therefore  wilt  he  be  ex- 
alted, that  he  may  have  niercj-  upon 
you  :  for  the  LoKu  is  a  God  of 
.judgment :  >  blessed  are  all  tliey 
that  wait  for  him. 

1!)  For  the  people  '(.hall  dwell  in 
Zion  at  Jerusalem :  thou  shalt  weep 
no  more:  he  will  be  very  pracious 
unto  thee  at  the  voice  of  thy  cry; 
when  he  shall  hear  it,  he  will  answer 
thee. 

L'O  And  ihotigh  the  Lord  give  you 
*thc  bread  of  adversitv,  and  the  wa- 
ter of  II  afHictioii,  yet  shall  not  I' thy 
teachers  be  removed  into  a  corner 
any  more,  but  thine  eyes  shall  see 
thy  teachers: 

21  And  thine  e.ars  sh.'dl  hear  a  word 
behind  thee,  sayiiif:,  Tliis  is  the  way, 
walk  ye  in  it,  when  ye  '  tuni  to  the 
right  Iiand,  and  wheii  ye  turn  to  the 
left. 

22  il  Yc  shall  defile  also  the  covering 
of  f  thy  graven  images  of  silver,  and 
the  ornament  of  thv  molten  images 
of  gold:  thou  shalt  t  cast  them  away 
as  a  menstruous  cloth;  '^thou  shult 
say  unto  it.  Get  thee  hence. 

2.'!  tThen  shall  he  give  the  rain  of 
thy  seed,  that  thou  shall  sow  the 
ground  withal;  and  bread  of  the  in- 
crease of  the  earth,  and  it  shall  l)e  fat 
and  plenteous:  in  that  day  shall  thy 
cattle  feed  in  large  pastures. 

24  The  oxen  likewise  and  the  young 
asses  that  ear  the  ground  shall  eat 
II  t  clean  provender,  which  hath  been 
winnowed  with  the  shovel  and  with 
the  fan. 

25  And  there  shall  be  ?upon  every 
high  mountain,  and  upon  every 
I  high  hill,  rivers  nnil  streams  of  wa- 
ters in  the  day  of  the  great  slaughter, 
when  the  towers  fall. 

2G  Moreover  li  the  tight  of  the  moon 
shall  be  as  the  ligtitof  the  sun,  and 
the  light  of  the  sun  shall  be  seven- 
fold, as  the  light  of  seven  d.ays,  in 
the  day  that  the  Loud  bindeth  up 
the  breach  of  Ids  people,  and  healeth 
the  stroke  of  their  wound. 

27  TI  Behold,  the  name  of  the  Lord 
Cometh  from  far,  burning  vith  his 
anger,  ||and  tlie  burden  tlicnof  is 
t  heavy:  liia  lips  are  full  of  indigna- 
tion, and  liis  tongue  as  a  devouring 
fire: 

28  And  ibis  breath,  as  an  overflow- 
ing stream,  k  slialt  reacli  to  the  midst 
of  the  neck,  to  sift  the  nations  with 
tlie  sieve  of  vanity:  and  tliere  shrill 
be  la  bridle  in  the  jaws  of  tlic  people, 
causing  them  to  err. 

29  Ye  shall  have  a  song,  as  in  the 
night  '"wlicn  a  holy  solemnif.v  is 
kept;  and  gladness  of  heart,  ns  when 
one  goeth  witli  a  pipe  to  come  into 
"the  mountain  of  the  Lor.D,  to  the 
t  IMighty  One  of  Israel. 

."0  "  Arid  the  LoiiD  shall  cause  1  his 
glorious  voice  to  be  heard,  and  shall 


shew  tlie  lighting  down  of  his  arm, 
witli  the  indignation  of  his  anger, 
and  tcilh  the  flame  of  a  devouring 
fire,  vith  scattering,  and  tempest, 
Pand  hailstones. 

."1  For  'I  through  the  Toico  of  the 
Lord  shall  the  Assyrian  be  beateu 
down,  ^tchich  smote'with  a  rod. 
o2  And  iiii  every  place  where  the 
grounded  staft*  shall  pass,  whicli  the 
Lord  shall  flay  upon  him,  il  shall 
be  with  tabrets  and  harps:  and  in 
battles  of  'shaking  will  he  fight 
;|  with  it. 

!  ,".1 '  For  Tophet  is  ordained  f  of  old; 
ivea,  for  the  king  it  is  prepared;  he 
math   made  it  deep  and  large  :   the 
pile  thereof  is  fiie  and  much  wood; 
|he  breath  of  the  Lord,  like  a  stream 
pf  brimstone,  duth  kindle  it. 
CIIAPTEK  XXXL 
1  Z7i«  prophet  tlieioelli  tlie  cursed  folly  in 
truBtirtg   to    Eyupt.   and   forsaking    of 
O'ccl.    0  He  exh'orteth  to  conversion.    6 
Ha  thewcth  the  fall  of  Aasrjria. 

WOE  to  them  "that  go  down  to 
Egypt  for  help;  and  ^stay  on 
horses,  and  trust  in  chariots,  because 
theft  arc  many  ;  and  in  horsemen, 
because  they  are  very  strong ;  but 
they  look  not  unto  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel,  "^  neither  seek  the  Lord! 

2  Yet  he  also  is  wise,  and  will  bring 
evil,  and  i  will  not  +  call  back  his 
words  :  but  will  arise  against  the 
house  of  the  CN'il  doers,  and  against 
the  help  of  them  that  work  iniquity. 

3  Now  the  Egyptians  are  'men, 
and  not  God;  and  their  horses  flesh, 
and  not  spirit.  When  the  Lord 
shall  stretch  out  his  hand,  both  he 
that  helpeth  shall  fall,  and  he  that  is 
holpen  shall  fall  down,  and  they  all 
shall  fail  together. 

4  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  spoken 
unto  me,  f Like  as  the  lion  and  the 
young  lion  roaring  on  his  prey,  when 
a  multitude  of  shepherds  is  called 
forth  against  him,  he  will  not  be 
afraid  of  their  voice,  nor  abase  him- 
self for  the  |i  noise  of  them :  ^  so  shall 
the  Lord  of  hosts  come  down  to 
fight  for  mount  Zion,  and  for  the  hill 
thereof. 

3  l>As  birds  flving,  so  will  the  Lord 
of  hosts  deten'd  J'erus.alrni;  i  defend- 
ing also  be  will  deliver  it .-  and  pass- 
ing over  he  will  preserve  it. 

G  U  Turn  ye  unto  him  from  whom 
the  children  of  Israel  have  1>  deeply 
revolted. 

7  For  in  that  day  every  man  shall 
least  away  his  idols  of  silver,  and 
this  idols  of  gold,  which  your  own 
hands  have  made  unto  yotij'or  "'a 
sin. 

8  IT  Then  shall  the  Assyrian  "  fall 
with  the  sword,  not  of  a  mighty  man; 
and  the  sword,  not  of  a  mean  man, 
.shall  devour  him:  but  he  shall  flee 
jifrom  the  sword,  and  his  young  men 
shall  be  |l  I  discomfited. 

9  And  "t  he  shall  pass  over  to  ||  his 


The  blessings  of  Christ's  kingdom.      ISAIAH.  The  enemies  of  Zion  threatened, 

CHRIST 
about  "13. 


ich.  1.6.  h  '! 


B«roT«      I  strong  hold  for  fear,  and  his  princes 

CHRIST  I  shall  be  afraid  of  the  ensisn,  saith 

about  1 13.   I  the  Lord,  whose  fire  ts  in  Zion,  and 

his  furnace  in  Jerusalem. 


CHAPTER  XXXir. 

1  77i«  hleasingt  of  Chri*t'a  kingdom.  9 
Desolation  i»  for^rghewn.  Ij  Jitetoration 
u  proTHiMed  to  eucceed. 

T>EnOLD,  'a  Kins  shall  reijrn  in 
)  righteousness,  and  princes  shall 
rule  in  jud^iment. 

2  .\nd  a  man  shall  be  as  a  hiding 
place  from  the  wind,  and  ^a  covert 
from  the  tempest;  as  rivers  of  water 
in  a  dry  place,  as  the  shadow  of  a 
t  Rreat  rock  in  a  weary  land. 

•*!  And  'the  eyes  of" them  that  sec 
shall  not  be  dim,  and  the  cars  of 
them  that  hear  shall  hearken. 

4  The  heart  also  of  the  f  rash  shall 
understand  knowledjie,  and  the 
tongue  of  the  stammerers  shall  be 
ready  to  speak  f[  plainly. 

5  The  vile  person  shall  be  no  more 
called  liberal,  nor  the  churl  said  lo 
bf  bountiful. 

6  For  the  vile  person  will  speak  vil- 
lanj',  and  his  lieart  will  work  iniq- 
uity, to  practise  hypocrisv,  and  to 
utter  error  against  the  "T.ord,  to 
make  empty  the  soul  of  the  hunj^T! 
and  he  will  cause  the  drink  of  the 
thirsty  to  fail. 

7  The  instruments  also  of  the  churl 
ftrp  evil:  he  deviseth  wicked  devices 
to  destroy  the  p<ior  with  lyinj;  words, 
even  \\  when  the  needy  speaketh 
risht. 

8  But  the  liberal  deviseth  liberal 
things  i  and  by  liberal  thin;;s  shall  he 
li  stand. 

9  TT  Rise  up,  ye  women  J  that  arc  at 
case :  hear  fiiy  voice,  ye  careless 
diushters;  fjive  ear  unto  my  speech. 

10  t  Many  days  and  years  shall  ve 
be  troubled,  ye  careless  women:  for 
the  vintage  shall  fail,  the  gathering 
shall  not  come. 

11  Tremble,  ye  women  that  are  at 
case;  be  troubled,  vo  careless  on 


I  Or.  tut 


•  eh.  31.  13. 

Bo4  »  S. 

«/••*.  #e. 
f  ch.  21  2. 
■  cli.2T.  10. 
I  Or.  dif. 

k  P>  104.  30. 

JmI2.  ffi. 
i  ch.  S.  17.  k 

U.2. 


kJusaS.ia. 


strip  yon,  and  mate  j'ou  bare,  and 
pird  aftrl-rjnfh  upon  i/oitr  loins. 

12  They  shall  lament  for  the  teats, 
for  t  the  pleasant  fields,  for  the  fruit- 
ful vine. 

13  '  Upon  the  land  of  mv  people 
shall  come  up  thorns  ami  briers; 
ll.vca,  upon  all  the  houses  of  joy  m 
'the .joyous  citv: 

14  ^  Because  the  palaces  shall  be  for- 
saken; the  multitudeof  the  city  shall 
he  left;  the  li  forts  and  towers  shall  be 
for  dens  for  ever,  a  joy  of  wild  asses, 
a  pasture  of  flocks; 

1.)  I'ntil  l>  the  Spirit  be  poured  upon 
us  from  on  high,  and  <  the  wilderni-ss 
he  a  fruitful  field,  and  the  fruitful 
field  he  counted  for  a  forest. 

11)  Then  judgment  shall  dwell  in 
the  wihlerness,  and  righteousness 
remain  in  the  fruitful  field. 

17  k  And  the  work  of  righteousness 
.590 


shall  be  peace;  and  the  effect  of  right- 
eousness, quietness  and  assurance 
for  ever. 

18  And  my  people  shall  dwell  in  a 
peaceable  habitation,  and  in  sure 
dwellings,  and  in  quiet  resting 
places: 

19  1  When  it  shall  hail,  coming  down 
"on  the  forest;  !,  and  the  city  shall 
be  low  in  a  low  place. 

20  Blessed  are  ye  that  sow  beside  all 
waters,  that  send  forth  thither  the 
feet  of  "  the  o.x  and  the  ass. 

CHAPTER  XXXin. 

1  Cod'tjudi/oicnH  Ofrainst  tlu  ttemiet  of 
the  church.  13  The  pricilegee  of  the 
godly. 

W^OE  to  thee  'that  spoilest,  and 

»V  thou  traft  not  spoiled;  and 
dealest  treacherously,  and  they  dealt 
not  treacherously  with  thee!  hwhen 
thou  shall  cease  to  spoil,  thou  shalt 
be  spoiled  ;  and  when  thou  shalt 
make  an  end  to  deal  treacherously, 
they  shall  deal  treacherously  with 
thee. 

2  O  LoRP,  be  gracious  unto  us; 
'^  we  have  waited  for  thee  :  be  thou 
their  arm  every  morning,  our  salva- 
tion also  in  the  time  of  trouble. 

.3  At  the  noise  of  the  tumult  the  peo- 
ple fled;  at  the  lifting  up  of  thyself 
the  nations  were  scattered. 

4  And  your  spoil  shall  be  gathered 
liktt  the  gathering  of  the  caterpillar: 
as  the  running  to  and  fro  of  locusts 
shall  he  run  upon  them. 

.5  <1  The  I.ORD  is  exalted;  for  he 
dwelleth  on  high  :  he  hath  filled 
Zion  with  judgment  and  righteous- 
ness. 

G  And  wisdom  and  knowledge  shall 
be  the  sUbility  of  thy  times,  anil 
strength  of  t  salvation:  the  fear  of  the 
Lord  m  his  treasure. 

7  Behold,  their  ((valiant  ones  shall 
cry  without:  'the  ambassadors  of 
peace  shall  weep  bitterly. 

8  f  The  highways  lie  waste,  the  way- 
faring man  ceaseth:  *  he  hath  broken 
the  covenant,  he  hath  despised  the 
cities,  he  regardeth  no  man. 

9  h  Tlie  earth  moumeth  anil  lan- 
guisheth:   Lebanon  is  ashamed  and 

hewn  down:  Sharon  is  like  a  wil- 
derness :  and  Bashan  aud  Carmel 
shake  off  their  r'niils. 

10  iNow  will  1  rise,  saith  the  I,ORr>: 
now  will  I  be  exalted;  now  will  I  lift 
up  mvself. 

1 1  k  Ve  shall  conceive  chaflT,  yc  shall 
bring  forth  stubble:  your  breath,  as 
fire,  shall  devour  you. 

12  And  the  people  shall  be  n*-  the 
burnings  of  Iimc:  las  thorns  cut  up 
shall  thev  be  burned  in  the  fire. 

l.S  TT  Hear,  "yc  that  are  far  off, 
what  1  have  do"ne;  and,  ye  that  are 
near,  acknowledge  mv  might. 

14  The  sinners  in  Zion  are  afraid; 
fearfuluess  hath  surprised  the  hypo- 
crites. Who  among  us  shall  dwell 
with  the  devouring  lire?  who  among 


1  eh  30.  30. 
niZ«<h.  ll.L 
I  Or.  amit  tk4 


The  privileges  of  the  godly. 


ISAIAH. 


God  avcngcth  his  church. 


>  Jor.  X.  ID. 


Joel  a.  31.  i 
3.  l.V 

M.lt  1\.  29. 
2  P.l.  3.  10. 
•  RcT.  6.  H. 


fch. 


.  12. 


US  shall  dwell  with  cverlastiiis  burn- 

l.i  He  that  "  walkcth  +  riRhtcousIy, 
and  spcaketli  1  upriRhtly  ;  he  that 
despiscth  the  gain  of  II  oppressions, 
that  shakcth  his  hands  from  holding 
of  bribes,  that  stoppeth  his  cars  from 
hearing  of  f  blood,  and  "shutteth  his 
eyes  from  seeing  evil; 

IG  He  shall  dwell  on  thigh;  his 
place  of  defence  shall  be  the  muni- 
tions of  rocks:  bread  sliall  be  given 
him;  iiis  waters  ^luill  be  sure. 

17  Tliine  eyes  shall  see  the  King 
in  his  beauty:  they  shall  behold  f  tlic 
land  that  is  very  far  off. 

IH  Thine  heart  sliall  meditate  terror. 
P  Where  is  the  scrilie?  wlicre  is  the 
t  receiver?  ■where  I'i  he  that  counted 
the  towers? 

I'J  '1  Thou  shalt  not  sec  a  fierce  peo- 
ple, 'a  people  of  a  ileepcr  speech  th.an 
thou  canst  perceive;  of  a  \\  stammer- 
ing tongue,  that  Ihou  ccinst  not  un- 
derstand. 

'M  "Look  upon  Zion,the  city  of  our 
solemnities:  thine  eyes  shall  .^^ce  "Je- 
rusalem a  quiet  habitation,  a  taber- 
nacle that  snail  not  be  taken  down; 
"not  one  of  "the  st.akcs  thereof  shall 
ever  be  removed,  neither  shall  any 
of  the  cords  thereof  be  broken. 

21  But  there  the  glorious  Lord  will 
be  unto  us  a  place  t  of  broad  rivers 
and  streams  ;  wherein  shall  go  no 
galley  with  oars,  neither  shall  gallant 
ship  pass  thereby. 

22  For  the  J-okd  is  our  .judge,  the 
Lord  ts  our  >  t  lawgiver,  ^'tlie  Lord 
i.s  our  King;  he  will  save  us. 

2.'1  II  Thy  tackling,"!  are  loosed;  they 
could  not  well  strengthen  tlieir  mast; 
they  could  not  spread  the  sail:  then 
is  the  prey  of  a  great  spoil  divided; 
the  lame  take  the  prey. 

24  And  tlie  inhabitant  shall  not  say, 
I  am  sick:  "the  people  tlint  dwell 
therein  shall  be  forgiven  iheir  iniq- 
uity. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

1  Theju<lgmtnt3tv/ierewitli  Uud  rev-ngcth 

his  church.     IL  'I'fia  dcaatation  <j/  her  en- 

etnice.   l(i  The  certainty  of  the  prophecy. 

'/^OME  near,  ye  nations,  to  hear; 

X.^'  and  hearken,  ye  people:  blot 
the  earth  hear,  and  i  all  that  is  there- 
in ;  the  world,  and  all  things  that 
come  forth  of  it. 

2  For  the  indignation  of  the  Lord 
is  upon  all  nations,  and  Am  fury  up- 
on all  their  armies:  lie  hath  utterly 
destroyed  them,  he  hath  delivered 
them  to  the  slaughter. 

3  Their  slain  also  shall  be  cast  out, 
and  "^ their  stink  shall  come  up  out 
of  their  carcasses,  and  the  mountains 
shall  be  melted  with  their  blood. 

4  And  i  all  the  host  of  heaven  shall 
be  dissolved,  and  the  heavens  shall 
be  *^  rolled  together  as  a  scroll:  fand 
all  their  host  shall  fall  down,  as  the 
leaf  falleth  off  from  the  vine,  and  as 
a  SfalUng/fj  from  the  fig  tree. 


6  For  k  my  sword  shall  be  bathed  in 
heaven:  behold,  it  i shall  come  down 
upon  Idumea,  and  upon  the  people 
of  my  curse,  to  judgment. 

(J  The  sword  of  the  Lord  is  filled 
with  blood,  it  is  made  fat  with  fat- 
ness, ami  with  the  blood  of  lambs 
and  goats,  with  the  fat  of  the  kidneys 
of  rams:  for  ^  the  Lord  hath  a  sacri- 
fice in  Bozrah.  and  a  great  slaughter 
in  the  land  of  Idumea. 

7  And  the  ||  unicorns  shall  come 
down  with  them,  and  the  bullocks 
with  the  bulls;  and  their  land  shall 
be  II  soaked  with  blood,  and  their 
dust  made  fat  with  fatness. 

8  For  it  is  the  day  of  the  Lord's 
I  vengeance,  and  the  year  of  recom- 
penses for  the  controversy  of  Zion. 

*J  '"And  the  streams  thereof  shall 
be  turned  into  pitch,  and  the  dust 
thereof  into  brimstone,  and  the  land 
thereof  shall  become  burning  pitcii. 

10  It  shall  not  be  quenched  night 
nor  day;  "the  smoke  thereof  shall 
go  up  tor  ever:  *^from  generation  to 
generation  it  shall  lie  waste;  none 
shall  pass  through  it  for  ever  and 
ever. 

11  UPBut  the  |l  cormorant  and  the 
bittern  shall  possess  it;  the  owl  also 
and  the  raven  shall  dwell  in  it:  and 
'1  he  shall  stretch  out  upon  it  the  line 
of  confusion,  and  the  stones  of  enip- 

12  They  shall  call  the  nobles  there- 
of to  the  kingdom,  but  none  shall  be 
there,  and  nil  her  iirinces  shall  be 
nothing. 

l.'J  And  ''thorns  shall  come  up  in 
her  palaces,  nettles  and  brambles  in 
the  fiirtresses  thereof:  and  ''it  shall 
be  a  habitation  of  dragons,  ami  a 
court  for  II  fowls. 

14  t  The  wild  beasts  of  the  desert 
shall  also  meet  with  f  the  wild  beasts 
of  the  island,  and  the  satyr  shall  cry 
to  his  fellow;  the  ||  screech  owl  also 
shall  rest  there,  and  find  for  herself 
a  place  of  rest. 

15  There  shall  the  great  owl  make 
her  nest,  and  lay,  and  hutch,  and 
gather  under  her  shadow :  there  shall 
the  vultures  also  be  gathered,  every 
one  ■with  her  mate. 

li;  II  Seek  ye  out  of '  the  book  of  the 
Loud,  and  read :   no  one  of  these 
shall  fail,  none  shall  want  her  mate: 
for  my  mouth  it  hath  commanded, 
and  his  spirit  it  hath  gathered  them. 
17  And  he  hath  cast  the  lot  for  them, 
and  his  hand  hath  divided  it  unto 
them  by  Hne;   they  shall  possess  it 
for  ever,  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion shall  thev  dwell  therein. 
CHAPTER  XXXV. 
1  The  joyful  flourishing  of  ChrieVt  king. 
dom.    S  The  weak  arc  eueouraged  l.y  the 
virtues  and  privileges  of  the  gospel. 

THE  "wilderness  and  the  solitary 
place  shall  be  glad  for  them;  and 
the  desert  shall  rejoice,  and  blossom 
as  the  rose. 


The  blessings  of  the  gnspd. 


ISAIAH. 


Rahshakeh's  hlasphemous  speech. 


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about  71  J. 

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IVi. 
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2  h  It  6h,iU  blossom  abundantly,  and 
rejoice  even  with  joy  and  Ringing: 
the  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  given 
unto  it,  the  excellency  of  Carniel 
and  Sharon;  they  shall  see  the  glory 
of  the  Lord,  and  the  excellency  of 
our  God. 

3  IT  '■  Strengthen  ye  the  weak  hands, 
and  confirm  the  feeble  knees. 

4  Say  to  them  (/i<i(  are  of  a  f  fearful 
heart.  Be  strong,  fear  not :  behold, 
your  God  will  come  u-ilh  vengeance, 
even  God  willi  a  recompense;  he  will 
come  and  save  you. 

5  Then  the  <l  eyes  of  the  blind  shall 
be  opened,  and  '  tlie  cars  of  the  deaf 
shall  be  unstopped. 

G  Then  shall  the  i  lame  i»m»  leap  as 
a  hart,  and  the  K  tongue  of  the  dumb 
sing:  for  in  the  wilderness  shall 
b  waters  break  out,  and  streams  in 
the  desert. 

7  And  tlic  parched  ground  shall  bo- 
come  a  pool,  and  the  thirsty  land 
sfirings  of  water:  in  'the  habitation 
of  dragons,  where  each  lay,  shall  be 
II  grass  with  reeds  and  rushes. 

8  And  a  highway  shall  bo  there, 
and  a  way,  and  it  shall  be  called 
The  w.ay  of  holiness;  kthe  unclean 
shall  not  pass  over  it;  l(  hut  it  shall 
be  for  those :  the  wayfaring  men, 
though  fools,  shall  not  err  therein. 

'J  I  No  lion  shall  be  there,  nor  an;/ 
ravenous  beast  shall  go  up  thereon, 
it  shall  not  be  found  there;  but  the 
redeemed  shall  walk  there: 

HI  And  tlic  '"ransomed  ofthc  Lor.i) 
shall  return,  and  come  to  Zion  with 
songs  and  everlasting  joy  upon  tlieir 
heads :  they  shall  obtain  joy  and 
gladness,  and  "sorrow  and  sighing 
shall  flee  away. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

1  Scnnacherili  invrt.Uth  JuUah.  4  ItahsUa- 
kch.  Bcitt  by  Scnniiclirrib,  hj  hlrtnphcmoU9 
persunnions  eolicilctlt  the  people  to  re. 
volt.    2i  His  ivorda  arc  told  to  Uizckiah. 

NOW  "it  came  to  pnss  in  the  four- 
teentii  year  of  king  Itezekiah, 
that  Seiinaehorib  king  of  Assyria 
came  up  against  all  the  defeiiccd 
cities  of  Jiidah,  and  took  them. 

2  And  the  king  of  Assyria  sent 
Ilabshakeh  fi-om  Jjuchish  to  Jeru- 
salem unto  king  llezekiah  with  a 
great  arniv.  And  lie  stood  by  the 
conduit  of  the  upper  pool  in  the 
highway  of  the  fuller's  field. 

.S  Then  came  forth  unto  him  Elia- 
kim,  Hilkiah's  son,  which  was  over 
the  house,  and  Shebna  the  ((  scribe, 
and  Joah,  Asaph's  son,  the  recorder. 

4  IT  iiAnd  Kabshakeh  said  unto 
tliem.  Say  ve  now  to  Ilezekinh, 
Thus  saitli  t)ie  great  king,  the  king 
of  Assyria,  What  confidence  is  this 
wherein  thou  tnistest? 

5  I  say,  sai/est  thou,  (but  thcfi  are 
but  t  vain  words)  ||  /  ?inrc  counsel 
and  strength  for  war:  now  on  whom 
dost  thou  trust,  that  thou  rebellest 
against  me  ? 


(J  Lo,  thou  trustest  in  the  ""staff  of 
this  broken  reed,  cm  JOgypt;  where- 
on if  a  man  lean,  it  will  go  into  his 
hand,  and  pierce  it:  so  i^  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt  to  all  that  trust  in 
him. 

7  But  if  thou  say  to  me.  We  trust 
in  the  Loud  our  God:  i.s  it  not  he, 
whose  high  places  and  whoso  altars 
Ue/.ekiah  hath  taken  away,  and  said 
to  Judah  and  to  Jerusalem,  Yo  shall 
worship  before  this  altar? 

a  Now  therefore  give  |l  pledges,  I 
pray  thee,  to  my  master  the  king  of 
Assyria,  and  I  will  give  thee  two 
thousand  horses,  if  thou  be  able  on 
thy  part  to  set  riders  upon  them. 

'.)  llow  then  wilt  thou  turn  away 
the  face  of  one  captain  of  the  least 
of  my  master's  servants,  and  put  thy 
trust  on  Egypt  for  chariots  and  for 
horsemen'? 

10  And  am  I  now  come  up  without 
the  Loud  against  this  land  to  de- 
stroy it?  the  LouiJ  said  unto  me. 
Go  up  against  this  laud,  and  de- 
stroy it. 

11  frThen  said  Eliakim  and  Shebna 
and  Joah   unto   Kabshakeh,  Speak, 

I  pray  thee,  unto  thy  servants  in  the 
Syriiin  language;  for  we  understand 
((;  and  speak  not  to  us  in  the  Jews' 
language,  in  the  ears  of  the  people 
that  are  on  the  wall. 

V>  V  But  Kabshakeh  said.  Hath  my 
master  sent  me  to  thy  master  and  to 
thee  to  speak  these  worils?  hat/t  he. 
not  sent  nie  to  the  men  that  sit  upon 
the  Avail,  that  they  may  eat  their 
own  dung,  and  drink  their  own  piss 
with  you? 

I't  Then  Kabshakeh  stood,  and 
cried  with  a  louil  voice  in  the  Jews' 
language,  and  s.aid.  Hear  ye  the 
words  of  the  great  king,  the  king  of 
Assyria. 

14  Thus  saith  the  king.  Let  not 
Hezekiiih  deceive  you:  for  he  shall 
not  be  able  to  deliver  you. 

15  Neither  let  llezekiah  make  you 
trust  in  the  Loun,  saying.  The 
i.oitn  will  surely  deliver  us:  this 
city  slnll  not  be  delivered  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria. 

IG  Hearken  not  to  llezekiah :  for 
thus    saith     the    king    of    Assyria, 

II  t  Make  an  agreement  with  me  hi/  n 
present,  and  come  out  to  nie:  Jand 
cat  ye  every  one  of  his  vine,  and 
every  one  of  his  fig  tree,  and  drink 
ye  every  one  the  waters  of  his  own 
cistern; 

17  Until  I  come  and  take  you  away 
to  a  land  like  your  own  laiul,  a  land 
of  corn  and  wine,  a  land  of  bread 
and  vineyards. 

IS  Beware  lest  llezekiah  persuade 
you,  saying.  The  Lokd  will  deliver 
us.  Hath  any  of  the  gods  of  the 
nations  delivered  his  land  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  king  of  Assyria? 

j;)  Where  are  the  gods  of  Hamath 
and  Arphad?  where  are  the  gods 


Ilezekiah  sendeth  to  Isaiah. 


ISAIAH. 


Hezckiah's  prayer. 


of  Sepharvaim  ?  and  have  they  de- 
livered Samaria  out  of  my  liaiid? 

20  Wlio  are  tlieij  amoiif;  all  the  pods 
of  these  lands,  that  have  delivered 
their  land  out  of  my  hand,  that  the 
LoiiD  should  deliver  Jerusalem  out 
of  my  hand? 

21  i!ut  they  held  their  peace,  and 
answered  liun  net  a  word:  for  the 
king's  commandment  was,  Baying, 
Answer  him  not. 

22  IT  Tlien  came  Eliokim,  the  fon  of 
Ililkiah,  that  u-na  over  the  house- 
hold, and  Shebna  the  scribe,  and 
Joah,  the  son  of  Asaph,  the  recorder, 
to  llczekial\  with  their  clotlics  rent, 
and  told  him  the  words  of  Kab- 
sliakeh. 

CHAPTER  XXXVII. 

1  llczcfciah  viourriinff  tendcth  to  Isaiah 
to  jtray  for  them.  G  Isaiah  comfortcth 
them,  y  Hcnnachcrib,  goingto  citcountcr 
Tirhakah,  tcnJeth  a  biasjihcmoun  Utter 
to  Ilezekiah.  H  UezeHah'a  prayer.  '21 
Isaiah'a  prophecy  of  the  pride  and  de- 
Btruction  of  Sennacherib,  and  the  gond 
of  ZIon.  SG  An  angel  slayeth  the  An- 
9yricing.    37  Sennaclierib  ia  olain  at  iVt«- 

AND  "it came  to  pass,  when  king 
Ilezekiah  heard  it.  tliat  he  rent 
his  clothes,  and  covered  himself  witli 
sackcloth,  and  went  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord. 

2  And  he  sent  Eliakim,  who  irns 
over  tlie  household,  and  Shebna  the 
scribe,  and  the  elders  of  the  priests, 
covered  with  sackcloth,  unto  Isaiah 
the  proplict  the  son  of  Amoz. 

3  And  they  said  unto  him,  Thus 
saith  fiezeklah.  This  day  is  a  day  of 
trouble,  and  of  rebuke,  and  of  ||  blas- 
phemy: for  the  children  arc  come  to 
the  birth,  and  there  is  not  strength  to 
bring  forth. 

4  It  may  be  the  I/Onn  thy  God  will 
hear  the  words  of  Rabsbalceli,  whom 
the  king  of  Assyria  his  master  hath 
sent  to  reproach  the  living  God,  and 
will  reprove  the  words  which  the 
I>ouii  thy  God  hath  lienrd:  where- 
fore lift  up  tliu  prayer  for  the  rem- 
nant that  is  t  left. 

5  So  the  servants  of  king  Ilezekiah 
came  to  Isaiah. 

(>  TT  And  Isaiah  said  unto  them. 
Thus  shall  ye  say  unto  your  master, 
Tlius  saith  the  Ijoun,  Be  not  afraid 
of  the  words  that  thou  hast  heard, 
wherewith  the  servants  of  the  king 
of  Assyria  have  blasphemed  me. 

7  ISehold,  I  will  ||  send  a  blast  upon 
him,  and  he  shall  hear  a  rumour, 
and  return  to  his  own  Innd;  and  I 
will  cause  him  to  fall  by  the  swoid  in 
his  own  land. 

8  IT  So  IJahshakeh  retui-ned,  and 
found  the  king  of  Assyria  warring 
against  I.ibn.ah :  for  he  had  heard 
that  he  was  departed  from  I.aebish. 

n    And    he    heard    say  concerning 
Tirhakah    king  of  Ethiopia,   He  is 
come  forth  to  make  war  witl\  thee. 
38 


And  when  lie  heard  if.  lie  sent  mes- 
sengers to  Ilezekiah,  s.aying, 
lU  Thus  shall  ye  speak  to  Ilezekiah 
king  of  Judah,  saying,  l,et  not  thv 
God,  in  whom  thou  trustest,  deecivV 
thee,  saying,  Jerusalem  shall  not  lie 
given  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Assvria. 

1 1  l5ehold,  thou  hast  heard  what  the 
kings  of  Assyria  have  done  to  all 
lands  by  destroying  them  utterly; 
and  shall  thou  be  delivered? 

12  Have  the  pods  of  the  nations  de- 
livered them  which  my  lathers  have 
destroyed,  as  Gozan,  and  Haran, 
and  Ilezepli,  and  the  children  of 
Eden  wliieh  u-ere  in  Telnssar? 

13  Where  is  the  king  of  lillamath, 
and  the  kingof  Arplia<l,  and  the  king 
of  the  city  of  Sepharvaim,  Ileua,  and 
Ivali? 

14  TT  And  Ilezekiah  received  the 
letter  from  the  hand  of  the  niess-n- 
gers,  and  read  it:  and  Ilezekiah  went 
up  unto  the  house  of  the  I.,okd,  and 
spread  it  before  the  Lord. 

15  And  Ilezekiah  prayed  unto  the 
I.ORii,  saying, 

IG  O  l.onn  of  hosts,  God  of  Israel, 
that  dwellcat  between  the  elierubim, 
thou  art  the  Goil,  even  thou  alone, 
of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  earth  : 
thou  hast  made  heaven  and  earth. 

17  'Incline  thine  ear,  O  Lord,  and 
hear;  open  thine  eyes,  O  I^ORD,  and 
see;  and  hear  all  the  words  of  Sen- 
nacherib, which  hath  sent  to  re- 
proach the  living  God. 

18  Of  a  truth,  Lord,  the  kings  of 
Assyria  have  laid  waste  all  the  t  na- 
tions, and  their  countries, 

19  And  have  feast  their  pods  into 
the  fire:  for  they  were  no  gods,  but 
the  work  of  men's  hands,  wood  and 
stone:  therefore  they  have  destroyed 
them. 

20  Now  therefore,  O  Lord  our  God, 
save  us  from  his  hand,  that  all  the 
kingdoms  of  the  earth  may  know 
that  thou  art  the  Lord,  even  thou 
only. 

21  IT  Then  Isaiah  the  son  of  Amoz 
sent  unto  Ilezekiah,  saying.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel,  Where- 
as thou  hast  prayed  to  me  against 
Sennacherib  kingdf  Assvria: 

22  Tliis  is  the  word  which  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  concerning  him  ;  The 
virgin,  the  daughter  of  Zion,  hath 
despised  thee,  aiit!  laughed  thee  to 
scorn  ;  the  daughter  of  Jerusalem 
liatli  shaken  her  head  at  thee. 

2';  Whom  hast  thou  reproached  and 
blasphemed?  and  against  whom  h,as» 
thou  exalted  tli/i  voice,  and  lilted  up 
thine  eves  on  high?  cich  against  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel. 

24  t  By  <l'y  servants  hast  thou  re- 
proached tlic  Lord,  and  hast  said. 
By  the  multitude  of  my  cliariols  ain 
I  ioiiie  up  to  the  height  of  the  mount- 
ains, to  the  sides  of  Lebanon;  ami  I 
will  cut  down  tthe  tall  cedars  thcrc- 
S93 


The  Assyrian  army  destroyed. 


ISAIAH. 


Ilezekiah's  life  is  lengthened. 


JM. 
lOt.ftnefi 

I  Or,  Ilrut 

imrd  how  r 


t  H.b.  H. 


e2  Kin  19.31. 


of»  aud  the  choice  iir  trees  thereof: 
and  I  will  enter  into  the  liei^htof  his 
border,  and  ||  the  forest  of  iiis  Car- 
Miel. 

ilS  I  have  digsed,  and  drunk  water; 
and  with  the  solo  of  my  feet  have  I 
dried  up  all  the  rivers  of  the  II  be- 
sieged phice.i. 

26  II  llast  thou  not  Iicard  lonsa^o, 
Iioiv  I  liave  done  it:  tturt  of  ancient 
times,  tliat  1  liave  formed  it  Y  no\v^ 
have  I  brou;;ht  it  to  jiass,  that  thou 
shouldest  be  to  lay  waste  defeneed 
cities  into  ruinous  jieaps. 

IT  Tliercfcirc  their  inhabitants  tccre 
1  of  small  power,  thoy  were  dismayeil 
and  eoufotuKieil  :  they  were  as  the 
ffrass  of  the  lield,  and  as  the  trrcen 
herb,  as  the  grass  on  the  housetojis, 
and  as  corn  blasted  before  it  be 
j;rown  \ip. 

28  But  I  know  thy  ||  abode,  and  thy 
froinj^  out,  and  tliy  coming  in,  and 
thy  rage  against  me. 

29  Hecause  thy  rage  against  me,  and 
thy  tumult,  is  come  up  into  mine 
ears,  theref()re  ''will  I  put  my  hook 
in  tliy  nose,  and  my  bridle  in  th.y 
lips,  and  1  will  turn  thee  back  by  the 
way  by  which  thou  earnest. 

."0  And  this  s/iall  be  a  sign  unto  thee. 
Ye  shall  eat  this  year  sueh  as  grow- 
eth  of  itself;  and  the  second  je.ir 
that  which  springeth  of  the  same  : 
and  in  the  third  year  bow  ye,  and 
rea|),  and  plant  vineyards,  and  cat 
the  fruit  thereof. 

,'!l  And  t  the  retnnant  th.at  is  escaped 
of  the  house  of  .Tndah  shall  ag:iin 
take  root  downward,  and  bear  fruit 
upward: 

,'jj  For  out  of  Jerusalem  shall  go 
forth  a  remnant,  and  t  tln'y  that  es- 
cape out  of  mount  Zion :  the  ■■  zeal  of 
the  Ia)H1)  of  hosts  shall  do  this. 

S,3  Therefore  thus  saitli  the  lyORD 
concerning  the  king  of  Assyria,  lie 
shall  not  come  into  this  cit.v,  nor 
shoot  an  arrow  there,  nor  come  be- 
fore it  with  t  shields,  nor  cast  a  bank 
against  it, 

o4  By  the  way  that  ho  came,  by  the 
same  shall  he  return,  and  shall  not 
eouie  into  this  citv,  saith  the  l^ouD, 

3.>  For  I  will  fiiefend  this  city  to 
save  it  for  mine  own  sake,  and.  for 
my  servant  David's  sake. 

,'!<>  Then  the  "^  angel  of  the  I.orp 
went  fortli,  and  smote  in  the  camp 
of  the  Assyrians  a  hundred  and  four- 
score and  live  thousand:  and  when 
lliev  arose  early  in  the  morning,  be- 
hold, they  icri-f  all  dead  corpses. 

^7  IT  So  Seumieheril)  king  of  As- 
syria departiil,  and  went  and  re- 
turned, and  dwelt  at  Nineveh, 

;i-S  And  it  c.ime  to  i)ais,  as  he  was 
worshipiiing  in  the  house  of  Nisroch 
his  god,  that  Adrainmelech  and  Sha- 
re/or his  sons  smote  him  Willi  the 
sword ;  and  they  escaped  into  the 
land  off  Arineni:i:  and  Ksar-haddon 
his  son  reigned  in  his  stead. 
594 


CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

1  Ilezckiah,  having  rcceiveil  a  mc8Jiaffe  of 
death,  by  prayer  hath  hia  life  lengthen- 
ed,  8  The  eun  goeth  ten  degrees  haek' 
ward,  for  a  gign  of  that  promise.  0  Jlia 
eong  of  thankegiving. 

IN  °  those  days  was  Ilezckiah  eick 
unto  death.  And  Isaiah  the 
prophet  the  son  of  Amoz  came  unto 
him,  and  said  unto  him.  Thus  saith 
the  I.oKO,  ii  i  Set  thine  house  in  or- 
der: f  .r  thnu  Shalt  die,  and  not  live, 

2  Then  Ilezckiah  turned  his  face 
toward  the  wall,  and  prayed  unto  the 

LOKD, 

3  And  said,  ^Kenieniber  now,  O 
LoKD,  I  beseech  thee,  how  I  have 
walked  before  thee  in  truth  and  with 
a  perfect  heart,  and  have  doue  that 
which  is  good  in  thy  sight.  And 
Ilezckiah  wept  f  sore. 

4  U  Tlien  came  the  word  of  the 
Lord  to  Isaiah,  saying, 

5  Go,  and  say  to  Ilezckiah,  Thus 
saith  the  I,oud,  the  God  of  David 
thy  father,  I  have  heard  thy  prayer, 

I  have  seen  thy  tears:  behoUl,  I  will 
add  unto  thy  davs  fifteen  vears, 

(!  And  I  will  deliver  thee  and  this 
city  out  of  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Assyria:  and  '1 1  will  defend  thiscity, 

7  And  this  shall  be  'a  sign  unto 
thee  from  tho  LoRii,  that  tbc  Loun 
will  do  this  thing  that  he  hath 
spoken ; 

H  Behold,  I  will  brinj;  again  the 
shadow  of  the  degrees,  w^lieh  is  gone 
down  in  the  fsun  dial  of  Ahaz,  ten 
degrees  backward.  So  the  sun  re- 
turned ten  degrees,  by  which  de- 
grees it  was  gone  down. 

!)  IT  The  writing  of  Ilezckiah  king 
of  Jud,ih,  when  he  had  been  siek, 
and  was  recovered  of  his  sickness: 

](>  I  said  in  the  cutting  oft"  of  my 
days,  I  shall  go  to  the  gates  of  the 
grave:  I  am  deprived  of^thc  residue 
of  my  years. 

11  I  said,  I  shall  not  see  the  Lorp, 
even  the  Lord,  fin  the  land  of  the 
living:  I  shall  behold  man  no  more 
with  the  inhabitants  of  the  world, 

12  SMine  age  is  departed,  and  is 
removed  from  me  as  a  sheplierd's 
tent :  I  have  cut  off"  like  a  weaver 
iny  life  :  he  will  cut  me  otf  l|  with 
pining  sickness  :  from  day  even  to 
night  wilt  thou  make  an  end  of  me, 

l.'l  I  rcckoneil  till  morning,  that.nsa 
lion,  so  will  he  breiik  all  my  bones: 
from  day  cnn  to  night  wilt  thou 
make  an  end  of  me, 

14  I..ike  ft  crane  or  a  swallow,  so 
did  I  chatter  :  h  I  did  mourn  as  a 
dove  :  mine  eyes  fail  icith  Itutkinfj 
npwarfl:    O  I.okd,  I  am  tuipressed; 

II  undertake  forme. 

1.5  What  shall  I  say?  he  hath  both 
spoken  unto  inc,  and  himself  hath 
done  it :  I  shall  gosolllyall  my  years 
■  in  the  bitterness  of  mv  soul. 

l(i  O  I.,ord,  by  these  ihiiiqs  men  live, 
and  in  all  thcsn  Ihitiys  is  tbc  life  of 


Tlic  Babylonish  captivity  foretold.       ISAIAH. 


The  promulgation  of  the  gospel. 


k  P..  e.  a.  * 

31'.  3.  d  b^. 
11,4  U.I.  17. 
Kc«.  9.  10. 
lDe.it.  4.0.  4 

r..'73.3,4. 


1.2  Cki.  32,31. 


my  spirit:  80  wilt  thou  recover  me, 
and  make  me  to  live. 

17  Behold,  |l  for  jieace  1  had  great 
bitterness-,  hut  1  thou  hast  in  love  to 
my  Boul  ilclii-crcil  it  from  the  pit  of 
corruption  :  for  thou  h.ist  cast  all  my 
sins  hehiiul  thy  hack. 

l.S  For  k  the  grave  cannot  praise 
thee,  death  cannot  celebrate  thee  : 
they  that  go  down  into  the  pit  can- 
not hope  f(pr  thy  truth. 

VJ  The  livin;;,  the  livinfr,  he  shall 
praise  thee,  as  1  do  this  day  :  I  the 
father  to  the  children  shall  make 
known  thy  truth. 

20  The  Loitu  ifas  rrmhi  to  save  me: 
therefore  we  will  sin^  my  songs  to 
the  stringed  instruments  all  the  days 
of  our  life  in  the  house  of  the  1.0  It!). 

lil  For  "Isaiah  had  siid,  lAt  them 
take  a  lump  of  tigs,  and  lay  it  for  a, 
plaster  upon  the  hoil,  and  he  shall 
recover. 

ITJ  "  llezckiah  also  had  said,  "What 
IS  the  sign  that  I  shall  go  uj)  to  the 
house  of  the  Lor.D? 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 
1  Merodcich-ti(tla<lan,scnUing  to  vinit  IIcz. 
ekiafi  because  of  the  wonder,  hath  notice 
of  hit  treasures,  i  Isaiah,  -understand- 
inr/  thereof,  foretcUeth  the  Jlabylonian 
captivity. 

A  T  "that  time  Merodaeh-baladan, 
XV  the  son  of  Ualadan,  kingof  Bah- 
ylon,  sent  letters  and  a  present  to 
Ilezekiah:  for  he  had  heard  that  he 
had  heen  sick,  and  was  recovered. 


II  precious  things,  the  silver,  and  the 
gold,  and  the  spices,  and  the  precious 
ointment,  and  all  the  house  of  his 
fl  t  armour,  and  all  that  was  found  in 
his  treasures:  there  was  nothing  in 
his  house,  nor  in  all  his  dominion, 
that  Ilezekiah  shewed  them  not. 

3  U  Then  came  I.saiah  the  prophet 
unto  king  Ilezekiah,  and  said  unto 
him,  What  said  these  men  ?  and 
friMU  whence  came  they  unto  thee? 
-Vnd  Ilezekiah  said.  They  arc  come 
from  a  far  country  unto  me,  even 
from  Babylon. 

4  Then  said  he.  What  have  thcv 
;een  in  thine  house?  And  Ilezekiah 
answered.  All  that  is  in  mine  house 
have  they  seen  :  there  is  nothing 
among  my  treasures  that  I  have  not 
shewed  them. 

,5  Then  said  Isaiah  to  Ilezekiah, 
Hear  the  word  of  the  LoIiD  of 
hosts: 

G  Behold,  the  davs  come,  'that  all 
that  IS  in  thine  hou"se,  and  t/,i<t  which 
thv  fathers  ha\e  laid  up  in  sture  un- 
til" this  day,  shall  he  carried  to  Baby- 
lon :  nothing  shall  be  left,  saitli  the 
Loitn. 

7  And  of  thy  sons  that  shall  issue 
from  thee,  which  thou  shalt  beget, 
shall  they  take  away:  and  ||  they 
shall  he  eunuchs  in  the  palace  of 
the  king  of  Babylon. 


8  Then  said  Ilezekiah  to  Isaiah, 
J  Good  IS  the  word  of  the  Lonn 
which  thou  hast  spoken.  He  said 
moreover.  For  there  shall  be  peace 
and  truth  in  my  days. 

CHAPTER  XL. 

I  The  promulgation  of  the  gospel.  3  The 
preaching  of  John  ISaptist.  9  T/te  preach- 
ing of  the  apostles,  12  The  prophet  l>i/ 
the  omnipotencji  of  God,  1.S  and  his  in- 
camparaUencst,  20  comfortcth  thapeople. 

f/^OMFORT  vc,  comfort  yc  my 
V^  people,  s.aitfi  your  (iod. 

2  Speak  yc  t  conifortably  to  Jerusa- 
lem, and  cry  until  lier,  that  her  IJwar- 
fiire  is  accdinplished,  that  her  iniq- 
uity is  pardoned:  -'for  she  hath  re- 
ceived of  the  Lord's  hand  double 
for  all  her  sins. 

.3  H  l>  The  voice  of  him  that  criith  in 
the  wilderness,  ^  Prepare  ye  the  way 
of  the  I.oKi),  J  make  straight  in  the 
desert  a  highway  for  our  God. 

4  Every  valley  "shall  be  exalted,  and 
every  mountain  and  hill  shall  be 
m,ade  low:  ^and  the  crooked  shall 
be  made  ||  straight,  and  the  rough 
places  II  plain; 

5  And  the  glorv  of  the  Loi;i>  shall 
be  revealed,  and  nil  flesh  shall  see  it 
together:  for  the  moutli  of  the  Lord 
hath  spoken  it. 

G  The  voice  said.  Cry.  .\nd  he  said, 
What  shall  I  cry  ?  f.Ul  fle.sli  is  grass, 
and  nil  the  poodliness  thereof  is  as 
the  flower  of  the  field: 

7  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower 
fadeth  ;  necansc  ?the  spirit  of  the 
Loi:d  bloweth  upon  it:  surely  the 
people  IS  grass. 

y  The  grass  withereth,  the  flower 
fadeth:  but  lithe  word  of  our  God 
shall  stand  for  ever. 

'.>  IT  II  O  Zion,  that  bringest  good 
tidings,  get  thee  up  into  the  high 
mountain ;  II U  Jerusalem,  that  bring- 
est go.iil  tidings,  lift  up  thv  voice 
with  strength  :  litl  if  up,  be  not 
afraid:  say  \into  the  cities  of  Judah, 
Behold  your  God! 

10  Behold,  the  Lord  God  will  come 

II  with  strong  hitml,  and  ihis  arm 
shall  rule  for  him:  behold,  this  re- 
ward IS  with  him,  and  !|  his  work  be- 
fore him. 

11  He  shall  Ifeed  his  flock  like  n 
shepherd:  he  sh.all  gather  the  lambs 
with  his  arm,  and  carry  thrin  in  his 
bosom,  and  shall  gently  lead  those 
II  that  are  with  young. 

12  II  "'  Who  hatli  measured  the  wa- 
ters in  the  hollow  of  his  hand,  and 
meted  out  heaven  with  the  span, 
and  comprrHiended  the  dust  of  the 
earth  in  fa  measure,  and  weighed 
the  mountains  in  scales,  and  the 
hills  in  a  balance? 

l.i  "AVho  hath  directed  the  Spirit  of 
the  I. OKI),  or  Ixitig  f  his  counsellor 
hath  taught  him? 

It  With  whom  took  he  connsil,  and 
wtio  f  instructed  him,  ami  taught 
him  In  the  path  of  judgment,  and 
595 


God  is  incomparable. 


ISAIAIT. 


God's  church  exhorted 


Bcforo 
C  II  It  I  S  T 
aliout  712. 


r.  ID.  12. 
ol.  12.  ?1. 
.  107.  ill. 


tau^lit  liim  kno\vic(l;;p,  and  slicwed 
to  Iiiin  the  way  off  iiiulorstarnlin;;? 

I.j  ISehcild,  the  nations  are  as  a  drop 
of  a  l)iirkct,  and  ore  counted  as  tlie 
small  dust  of  the  h.ihincc:  liehohl, 
he  takctli  up  the  islea  as  a  very  little 
thing. 

IS  And  I..ebanon  is  not  sulficient  to 
burn,  nor  the  beasts  tiicrcof  sulli- 
cient  for  a  burnt  ofj'crin^. 

17  All  nati'>ns  before  bim  ore  as 
"nothin;;:  and  I'they  arc  counted  to 
bini  less  than  nothinj;,  and  vanity. 

IS  IT  To  whom  then  will  ye  'i  liken 
God?  or  what  likeness  will  yc  com- 
pare unto  him? 

I'J  •"  The  workman  mclteth  a  ^j^ravcn 
imago,  and  the  goldsmith  spreadetli 
it  over  with  gold,  and  castetli  silver 
chains. 

liil  lie  that  tit  BO  impoverished  that 
he  hath  no  oblation  chooseth  a  tree 
Hint  will  not  rot;  he  seekelh  unto 
him  a  cunning  workman  "to  prepare 
a  graven  image,  that  shall  not  be 
moved. 

21  '  Have  vc  not  known  ?  have  yc 
not  heard?  ludh  it  not  been  tohl  you 
from  the  beginning  ?  have  yc  not 
understood  from  the  foundations  of 
the  earth? 

1!2  II  Jt  is  he  that  sitteth  Uf  on  the 
circle  of  the  earth,  and  the  inhabit- 
ants thereoffov  as  grasshoppers;  that 
"stretcheth  out  the  heavens  as  a  cur- 
tain, and  siireadeth  them  out  as  a 
tent  to  dwell  in: 

■Jt  That  bringeth  the  ^princes  to 
nothing;  he  maketh  the  judges  of 
the  earth  as  vanity. 

24  Yea,  they  shall  not  be  planted; 
yea,  they  shall  not  be  sown  ;  yea, 
their  stock  shall  not  take  root  in  the 
earth:  and  he  shall  also  blow  upon 
them,  and  they  shall  wither,  and  the 
whirlwind  shall  take  them  away  as 
stubble. 

25  *  To  whom  then  will  yc  liken  me, 
or  shall  I  be  equal?  saith  tlie  Holy 
One. 

2fi  Lift  up  vour  eves  on  high,  and 
behold  who  lialh  enalnl  thi-r  thiixix, 
that  bringeth  out  th.ir  host  hv  num- 
ber: Micealleth  tliem  nil  hv  names 
by  the  greatness  of  his  mi.ght,  for  that 
hr  is  strong  in  power;  not  one  fail- 
cth. 

27  Why  saycst  thou,  O  Jacob,  and 
speakcst,  O  Israel,  My  w:iy  is  hid 
from  the  Ldki),  and  my  judgment  is 
passed  over  from  mv  Ood? 

28  IT  Hast  thou  not  known?  bast 
thou  not  heard,  tliril  the  everlasting 
God,  the  LoiMi,  the  Creator  of  the 
ends  of  the  earth,  fainteth  not,  nei- 
ther is  wearv  ?  "  /lirrc  is  no  searching 
ofhisuudeiVtandiug. 

2'.»  lie  giveth  pcwer  to  the  faint; 
juid  to  lliiin  that  han:  no  might  he 
inereaseth  strength. 

;;(•  lOven  the  youths  sludl  faint  and 
be  wearv,  :iud  the  young  men  shall 
utterly  fall: 

.5<W 


)  31  l!ut  they  tluit  wait  upon  the 
.Lf.iUD  !>  shall  f  renew  their  strength; 
Ithev  shall  mount  up  with  wings  as 
eagles  ;  they  shall  run,  and  not  be 
weary;  and  they  shall  walk,  and  not 
faint.  I 

■'      CHAPTER  XLI. 

I  Qod  cxpoatulatcthtvithhis people,  about 
Ma  mereift  to  tlie  church,  10  about  hit 
prvmiecs,  21  and  about  the  vanity  of 
iJoU. 

"TT'EEP  silence  before  me,  O  isl- 
Iv  auds;  and  let  the  pcojilc  renew 
their  strength:  let  them  come  near; 
then  let  them  speak:  let  us  como 
near  together  to  judgment. 

2  Who  raised  up  1 1 lie  righteous  7h on 
1)  from  the  east,  called  him  to  his  foot, 
'^ga\'e  the  nations  before  him,  and 
niade/i!/«  rule  over  kings?  he  gave 
them  as  the  dust  to  his  sword,  and  as 
driven  stubble  to  liis  bow. 

3  He  pursued  them,  and  passed 
t safely;  cren  by  the  way  that  he  had 
not  gone  Avith  his  feet. 

4  'I  \\'ho  hath  wrought  and  done  it, 
calling  the  generations  from  the  be- 
ginning? I  the  l.oijn,  the  "^first,  and 
with  the  last;  I  nm  he. 

5  "i'lic  isles  saw  iV,  and  feared:  the 
ends  of  the  earth  were  afraid,  drew 
near,  and  came. 

C  fTliey  helped  every  one  his  neigh- 
bour ;  and  ereri/  one  said  to  his 
brother,  f  Be  of  good  courage. 

7  5  So  the  carpenter  encouraged  the 

II  goldsmith,  and  he  that  smoothcth 
with  the  hammer  |lhim  that  smote 
tlie  anvil,  \\  saying.  It  is  ready  for  the 
soldering  :  and  he  fastened  it  with 
naili,  li  that  it  should  not  be  moved. 

8  But  thou,  I.-iracl,  art  my  servant, 
J.ieob  whom  I  have  >  chosen,  the 
seed  of  Abraham  my  ^  friend. 

U  Thou  whom  I  have  taken  from  the 
ends  of  the  earth,  and  called  thee 
from  the  chief  men  thereof,  and  said 
unto  thee.  Thou  art  my  servant;  I 
have  chosen  thee,  and  riot  cast  thee 
away. 

10  H  1  Fear  thou  not;  "  for  I  rjiH  with 
thee:  be  notdismaved;  for  I  hih  thv 
tiod:  I  will  strengtlieu  thee;  vea,  "I 
will  help  thee  ;  yea,  I  will  nVhold 
thee  Willi  the  riglit  liand  of  my  right- 
eousness. 

U  Behold,  nil  tlicy  that  were  in- 
censed against  thee  shall  be  "  asham- 
ed and  confounded:  they  shall  be  as 
nothing;  ond  i  they  that  strive  with 
thee  shall  perish. 

12'l"hou  shalt  seek  them,  and  sbalt 
not  find  tlu'iu,.  It /H  tlu-m  that  eon- 
tended  Willi  i\w.  Ithev  that  war 
against  thee  shall  be  as  nothing,  and 
as  a  thing  of  nought. 

1.1  For  1  the  l.oitn  thy  God  will 
hold  thv  right  hand,  saying  unto 
thee.  "  Fear  not;  I  will  help  thee. 

14  Fear  not.  thou  worm  Jacob,  and 
vellinenof  Isriiel:  I  will  help  thee, 
saith  the  l.ditn,  and  thy  Kedecmcr, 
the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 


to  trust  in  Mm. 


ISAIAH. 


Christ's  misgion  to  the  Gentiles. 


llcforo 
CillllST 
about  713. 


ich.M.  (1.  7. 
ir..  107.35. 


11 

7.  S.  4 15 

J.. 

.u  13.  19 

J« 

r.  10.  5. 

.A,,.,  ./a 
L  Eiri>  L  3. 


l.T  DchoM,  1'  I  will  make  tliec  a  new 
sharp  thrc.^hinjj  instrument  havinj^ 
t  Ici-th  :  thou  slmlt  thresh  tlie  nionnt- 
aiiis,  nnl  lx':it  Ihvm  pinall,  nnd  shalt 
make  the  hiU.s  as  eliati'. 

](i  Til. in  Klialt  'Man  them,  and  the 
wind  shall  carry  them  away,  and  tlic 
whirlwind  shall  scatter  thcni  :  and 
thou  shalt  re^joicc  in  the  I^oiiii,  itntl 
■^  shalt  glory  in  the  Iluly  One  of  Is- 

17  When  the  poor  and  needy  seek 
water,  nnd  tticrc  is  none,  ami  their 
tongue  f.iilctU  for  thirst.  I  tiie  I.okii 
will  hear  them,  I  the  God  of  Israel 
will  not  lorsakc  thcni. 

IS  I  will  open  ■"  rivers  in  hi^h  places, 
and  fountains  in  the  midst  of  the 
valleys:  I  will  make  the  'wilderness 
a  pool  of  water,  and  the  dry  land 
Bprin;,'s  of  water. 

i'J  I  will  iilant  in  the  wilderness  the 
cedar,  the  sliittah  tree,  and  the  mvr- 
tle,  and  the  oil  tree:  I  will  set  in  the 
desert  the  fir  tree,  nnd  the  pine,  and 
the  box  tree  together: 

'2ii  "  That  they  may  see,  and  know, 
and  consider,  and  understand  to- 
!:^cther,  that  t!ie  hand  of  the  I.oitn 
hath  done  this,  and  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel  hith  created  it. 

L'l  fVroduce  your  cause,  saith  the 
I.OUD;  hrin;<  forth  your  stron;;  rea- 
sons, saith  the  King  of  Jacob. 

22  '^I.ict  them  brina;  thci>i  forth,  and 
shew  us  what  shall  happen:  let  them 
show  the  former  things,  what  they 
.V,  that  we  may  f  consider  them,  and 
know  the  latter  end  of  them;  or  de- 
clare ns  things  for  to  come. 

a'i  >'  Shew  the  things  that  are  to 
come  hereafter,  that  we  may  know 
tlmt  ye  arc  gods:  yea,  'do  good,  or 
do  evil,  that  we  may  be  dismayed, 
and  hchcild  U  together. 

21  IlehoKl,  "ye  are  l|of  nothing.and 
;;our  svurU  i^  r>f  nought:  an  abomina- 
tion IS  he  thiit  chooseth  .you. 

25  I  have  raised  up  one  from  the 
north,  and  he  shall  come:  from  the 
rising  of  the  sun  l>  shall  he  call  upon 
my  name:  '  and  he  shall  come  upon 
princes  as  niioii  mortar,  and  as  the 
potter  treadeth  clay. 

2(!  J  Who  hath  declared  from  the 
beginning,  that  we  may  know?  and 
heforetime,  that  we  may  say.  He  is 
righteous?  yea,  there  ts  none  that 
sheweth,  yea,  there  is  none  that 
declareth,  yea,  there  is  none  that 
heareth  your  words. 

27  -^The  first  I  shall  say  to  Zion, 
Behold,  behold  them  :  nnd  I  will 
give  to  .Tenisalem  one  that  bringeth 
good  tidings. 

2.S  s  For  I  beheld,  nnd  there  ivas  no 
man:  even  among  them,  nnd  there 
iras  no  counsellor,  that,  when  I  ask- 
ed of  them,  could  t  answer  a  word. 

2'J  h  Heboid,  they  are  all  vanity; 
their    works    are     nothing:     their 

molten  images  are  wind  and  con- 
fusion. 


CHAPTEH  XLII. 

1  The  offic'c  of  Christ,  graced  with  mcck- 
neiiS  <iit>l  conat'incy.  5  0'o<r8  ])rornine 
tenia  him.  lU  An  exhortation  to  prainc 
(Joii  for  tiia  poajtet.  17  Jle  reprovetti 
the  people  of  iticreduUty. 

I^ElUn.Tt  »iny  sen'ant,  whom  I 
)  uphold;  mine  elect,  i;i  irlmni  my 
soul  V*delighteth ;  ^Ihave  put  my 
Spirit  upon  him  :  he  shall  bring 
forth  judgment  to  the  Gentiles. 

2  ile  shall  not  ery,  nor  lift  up,  nor 
cause  his  voice  to"  be  heard  in  tlie 
street. 

3  A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break, 
nnd  the  !|  smoking  flax  shall  he  not 
t(iueiich:  he  shall  bring  forth  judg- 
ment unto  truth. 

4  Ile  shall  not  fail  nor  be  t  discour- 
aged, till  he  have  set  judgment  in 
the  earth:  tland  the  isles  shall  wait 
for  his  law. 

5  IT  Thus  saith  God  the  Lord,  'he 
that  created  the  heavens,  nnd  stretch- 
ed them  out;  fhe  that  spread  f.irth 
the  earth,  and  that  which  Cometh 
out  of  it;  She  that  giveth  breath  un- 
to tiio  people  upon  it,  nnd  spirit  to 
them  that  walk  therein : 

(J  h  I  the  I-OKD  have  called  thee  in 
righteousness,  and  will  hold  thine 
hand,  and  will  keep  thee,  'and  give 
thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  people,  for 
ka  lightof  the  Gentiles; 

7 1  To  open  the  blind  eyes,  to '"  bring 
out  the  prisoners  frorii  the  prison, 
anil  them  that  sit  in  "darkness  out 
of  the  prison  house. 

H\ani  the  I^oiti):  that  »smy  name: 
and  my  "glory  will  I  not  give  to  an- 
other, neither  my  ijraisc  to  graven 
images. 

y  Uohold,  the  former  things  are 
come  to  ])ass,  and  new  thing;*  do  I 
declare:  before  they  spring  forth  1 
tell  you  of  them. 

ID  I'  Sin-'  unto  the  Lord  a  new 
song,  an<l  his  praise  from  the  end 
of  tlic  earth,  'lye  that  go  down  to  the 
sea,  and  tall  that  is  therein;  the 
isles,  and  the  inhabitants  thereof. 

11  Let  the  wilderness  and  the  cities 
thereof  lift  u|)  ^Afir  roiw,  the  villages 
that  Kedar  doth  inhabit:  let  the  in- 
habitants of  the  rock  sing,  let  them 
shout  from  the  top  of  the  mountains. 

12  Let  them  give  glory  unto  the 
Lord,  and  declare  his  praise  in  the 
islands. 

].!  The  Loi:n  shall  go  forth  as  a 
mighty  man,  he  shall  slir  up  jealousy 
like  a  "man  of  war:  ho  shall  cry,  ^v^■a, 
roar ;  he  shall  ||  prevail  against  his 
enemies. 

14  I  have  long  time  holden  my 
peace;  I  have  been  still,  and  refrain- 
ed myself:  wow  will  I  cry  like  a 
travailing  woman  ;  I  will  destroy 
and  f  devour  ut  once. 

l."!  I  will  make  waste  mountains  nnd 
hills,   and    drv   up    all  their  herbs; 
anil  1  will  make  the  rivers  islands, 
and  I  will  dry  up  the  pools. 
597 


Israel  reproved  for  unbeluf. 


ISAIAH. 


Tlic  fall  of  Babylon  foretold. 


Before 
CIIUIST 
about  711!. 


tn.l,./,,. 


about  712. 
•  v-r.  7. 


10  And  1  will  bririK  the  blind  by  a 
way  t/mt  tiny  knew  ni>t;  I  will  lend 
thtm  in  pntna  that  tliey  have  not 
kniiwn:  I  will  make  darkness  lijc'it 
before  them,  and  crooked  thin>;9 
tstraisbt.  'J'hese  things  will  I  do 
luito  thoni,  and  not  tbrwake  them. 

]T  U  Tlu'v  sliuU  be  turned  back, 
tliey  slnUl"  be  greatly  ashamed,  that 
trust  in  ;j:raven  images,  that  say  to 
the  molten  images,  Ye  arc  our 
gods. 

IS  Hear,  ye  deaf;  and  look,  ye  blind, 
that  ye  may  see. 

I'.l  '  Who  i-i  blind,  but  my  seri'ant? 
or  deaf,  as  my  messenger  that  1  sent? 
who  (i  blind  as  he  that  i$  perfect,  and 
blind  as  the  l^oKi/.s  servant? 

'JSi  Seeing  many  things,  "  but  thou 
observest  not;  opening  the  cars,  but 
he  hoareth  not. 

21  The  liOnn  is  well  pleased  for  his 
righteousness*  sake;  he  will  magniiy 
the  law,  and  make  ||  it  honourable. 

L'2  liut  this  is  a  people  robbed  and 
spoiled;  {|  thoii  arc  all  of  them  snared 
In  holes,  and  tliey  arc  hid  in  jirison 
bouses :  they  are  for  a  prey,  and 
none  delivereth;  for  fa  spoil,  and 
none  saith.  Restore. 

'Si  Who  among  yoTi  will  give  car 
to  this?  h7/o  will  nearken  and  hear 
t  fur  the  time  to  come? 

•J4  Who  gave  Jacob  for  a  spoil,  and 
Israel  to  the  robbers?  did  not  the 
LoKD,  he  against  whom  we  have 
sinned?  for  they  would  not  walk  in 
his  ways,  neither  were  they  obedient 
unto  his  law. 

25  Therefore  he  hath  poured  npon 
Jiim  the  furv  of  bis  anger,  and  the 
strengtli  of  battle:  "and  it  hath  set 
him  oil  lire  round  about,  >  yet  he 
knew  not;  and  it  burned  him,  yet 
he  laid  it  not  to  heart. 

CH.VPTEU  XLIII. 

1  T/ia  Lord  cjmfurtclh  th;  church  with  hit 
promises.  8  lie  ttppetilcth  to  the  people 
fur  u'itfiesB  of  hia  omnipotciiey.  14  JIc 
furelellcth  them  theileatruclion  of  Jlitbii- 
(uii,  IS  anU  hia  wonderful  deliverauee  of 
hia  people.  '2i  llo  repraveth  the  people 
as  inexcusable. 

IllTT  now  thus  saith  the  I.ORP 
>  "thntcreatod  thee,  O.Taeob,  I'and 
be  that  formed  thee,  O  I«ra<l,  Fear 
not:  Mor  I  have  redeemed  thee,  .11 
have  called  Ihee  by  thy  name;  thou 
itrt  mine. 

2  '  When  thnn  passest  through  the 
waters,  fl  will  ha  with  thee:  and 
through  the  rivers,  thi'V  shall  not 
overflow  thee:  when  thou  Kwalkest 
through  tlie  tire,  thou  sbalt  not  be 
burned:  neither  shall  the  flamo  kiu- 
dle  npon  thee. 

.'i  For  I  am  the  Lonn  thv  CfOd,  the 
Holy  One  of  Israel,  thy  Saviour:  li  I 
gave  Fgvpt  t'ltr  thy  ransom,  Ethiopia 
and  Seb'a  for  thee. 

4  Since  thou  wast  precious  in  my 
sight,  thou  bast  been  honourable, 
and  I  have  loved  thee:  therefore  will 


I  give  men  for  thee,  and  people  for 
thyjiife. 

5  "Fear  not;  for  I  nm  with  thee :  I 
will  bring  thy  seed  from  the  cast, 
and  gather  thee  from  the  west: 

U  I  will  say  to  the  north,  Give  np; 
and  to  the"  south.  Keep  not  back: 
bring  my  sons  from  far,  and  my 
d'.nghters  from  the  ends  of  the 
earth ; 

7  lu-cn  every  one  that  is  t  called  by 
my  name:  for  II  have  created  hiiii 
for  my  glory,  '"I  have  formed  him; 
vea,  I  have  made  him. 
■,S  IT  "Bring  forth  the  blind  people 
tliat  have  eyes,  and  the  deaf  that 
have  ears. 

!)  Let  all  the  nations  be  g.tthered  to- 
gether, and  let  the  people  be  assem- 
bled: "who  among  them  can  declare 
this,  and  shew  us  former  things?  let 
them  bring  forth  their  witnesses,  that 
they  mav  be  justified:  or  let  them 
hear,  and  say,  Jt  is  truth. 

10  1' Ye  arc  my  witnesses,  saith  the 
Lf)i:D,  land  my  servant  whom  I 
ha\'e  chosen;  that  ye  may  know  and 
believe  me,  and  understand  that  1 
am  he:  ''before  me  there  was  ||no 
God  formed,  neitlicr  shall  there  be 
after  mc. 

I  11  I,  ercn  I,  'am  the  I<onD;  and  bc- 
Iside  me  there  is  no  ssu'iour. 

12  I  Inive  declared,  and  have  saved, 
and  I  have  shewed,  when  there,  vns 
no  *  strange  god  among  yon :  "  there- 
fore ye  are  my  witnesses,  saith  the 
Loud,  that  I  a'm  God. 

13  "  Yea,  before  the  day  was  X  am 
lie;  ami  there  is  none  that  can  de- 
liver out  of  my  hand:  I  will  work, 
and  who  shall  t^let  it? 

14  IT  Thus  saith  the  I/Or.n,  your 
IJcdecmer,  the  Holv  One  of  Isniel: 
For  your  sake  1  have  p.nt  to  I!:iby- 
lon,  and  have  brouL'ht  down  idl  their 
t  nobles,  and  the  Chaldeans,  whose 
cry  ?.s-  in  the  ships. 

15  I  am  the  I.okd,  your  Holy  One, 
the  Cre:itor  of  Israel,  your  King. 

V>  Thus  saith  the  l.oKii,  which 
^maketh  a  wav  in  the  sea,  and  a 
"path  in  tlie  mfghtv  waters; 

U  Which  l.hringetli  forth  the  chariot 
and  horse,  the  army  nntl  the  power: 
tliev  shall  lie  down  together,  they 
shall  not  rise:  they  arc  extinct,  they 
are  nuenched  as  tow. 

IS  If  '  Kemember  ye  not  the  former 
things,  neither  consider  the  things 
of  old. 

19  Dehold.  I  will  do  n  <lncw  thing: 
now  it  sludl  spring  forth  ;  shall  ye 
not  know  it?  ■'I  will  even  make  a 
way  in  the  wilderness,  (iiiii  rivers  in 
the  desert. 

2(1  The  beast  of  the  field  shall 
honour    me,    the   dragt^ns    and    the 

II  fowls:  beeanse  fl  give  waters  in 
the  wilderness,  iind  rivers  in  the 
desert,  to  give  drink  to  my  people, 
mv  chosen. 

21  BThla  people  have  I  formed  for 


GocPs  promises  to  his  church. 


ISAIAH. 


The  folly  of  idol  makcru 


W  rli 

1.  U. 

LU 

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cb. 

11.  22. 

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n.  K 

.3C.  22, 

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1.  IS. 

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31.  3J. 

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47.  (1. 

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n.2.2.6,- 

Or 

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-0.4. 

21.  i). 

1.  U.  11. 

JSuck.  U.  IJ. 

41.  U.  & 
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r,  rfl.  10  t 


r.«r.  1.  8.  IT, 


myself;  they  BhiiU  bIicw  ibitli  my 
praise. 

22  ir  But  thou  hast  not  caUcil  upon 
me,  O  .lucob;  but  tlioii  Diust  been 
weary  of  me,  (>  Israel. 

23  i  Thou  ha.st  not  brought  mo  the 
)  small  cattle  of  thy  burnt  otlerinj^s; 
neither  bust  thou  honoureil  iiic  with 
thy  sacrifices.  I  have  not  caused 
thee  to  serve  with  an  oflerinK,  nor 
wearied  thee  with  incense. 

24  Tliou  hast  bought  nic  no  sweet 
cane  with  iiioncv,  niither  hast  thou 
tlillcd  1110  Willi  'the  fat  of  thy  sacri- 
fices: but  thou  hast  mademeto.^crve 
with  thy  sills,  thou  hast  t.  wearied  me 
with  tliine  ini>|uities. 

25  I,  ci-cn  I,  (till  he  that  1  blotteth  out 
thv  transgressions  '"  tor  mine  own 
sake,  "and  will  not  remember  thy 
sins. 

2t)  Put  mc  in  remembrance:  lot  us 
ple.ad  together :  declare  thou,  that 
thou  mayest  be  .justified. 

27  Thy  first  father  hath  sinned, 
and  thy  )  teachers  have  transgressed 
against  me. 

28  Therefore  °I  have  profaned  the 
II  princes  of  the  sanctuary,  1'  and  have 
given  Jacob  to  the  curse,  and  Israel 
to  reproaches. 

CIt.\PTEIl  XLIV. 
1  Goil  eomfortrlli  Ihe  church  with  7ii» 
jiromitet.  7  The  v.inili/  uf  idols,  0  iind 
fMij  of  idol  inakcra.  i\  lie  exhorUih  to 
praiae  Ood  fur  hie  redemption  and  om- 
nipotcnc!/. 

'\^ET    now   hear,    "  O  Jacob   my 

1  servant ;  and  Israel,  whom  1 
have  chosen: 

2  Thus  saith  the  Loitn  that  made 
thee,  band  iorined  thee  from  tlie 
womb,  vhii'Ji  will  help  thee;  Fear 
not,  ()  Jacob,  my  servant;  and  thou, 
'^Jeshiirun,  whom  I  have  chosen. 

3  For  1  will  ''  pour  water  upon 
him  that  is  thirsty,  and  fioods  upon 
the  dry  ground  :  I  will  pour  my 
Spirit  upon  thy  peed,  and  my  bless- 
ing upon  thine  offspring: 

4  And  they  shall  spring  up  as 
among  the  grass,  as  willows  by  the 
watercourses. 

5  One  shall  sav,  I  am  the  Lord's; 
and  another  shall  call  liinisrl/  by  the 
name  of  Jacob  ;  and  another  shall 
suhseribe  willi  his  hand  unto  the 
L(ii;ii,  and  surname  himsef/' hy  tlic 
name  of  Israel. 

(5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  the  King 
of  Israel,  'and  his  Redeemer  the 
LORii  of  hosts;  rl  am  the  first. 
and  I  am  the  last;  and  besides  me 
there  is  no  God. 

7  And  Swho.  as  I,  shall  call,  and 
shall  declare  it,  and  set  it  iu  order 
for  me,  since  I  npiioiiitccl  the  an- 
cient people  ?  and  the  tilings  that 
are  coming,  and  shall  come,  let 
them  shew  unto  them. 

.S  Fear  ve  not,  neither  be  afraid  : 
I'  have  not  I  told  thee  from  that 
time,    and   have    declared   ilf    "ye 


are  even  my  witnesses.  Is  there 
a  God  besides  nie  ?  yea,  1^ t/icic  is 
no  t  God;  1  know  not  aii>/. 

[)  V  ITliey  that  make  a  graven 
imago  flic  all  of  them  vanity  ;  and 
their  (delectable  things  shall  not 
profit;  and  they  arc  their  own  wit- 
nesses ;  '"they  see  not,  nor  know; 
that  they  may  be  ashamed. 

10  AVho  hath  formed  a  pod,  or 
molten  a  graven  image  " //laf  is 
profitable  for  nothing? 

U  ISela.ld,  all  his  fellows  shall 
be  "ashamed;  and  the  workmen, 
they  are  of  men  :  let  them  all  be 
gathered  together,  let  them  ttcind 
up  ;  yet  they  shall  fear,  and  they 
shall  be  ashamed  together. 

12  I'  The  smith  ||  witli  the  tongs 
bi>th  worketh  in  tlie  coals,  and 
fasliioneth  it  with  hammers,  and 
worketh  it  with  the  strength  of  his 
arms  :  yea,  he  is  hungry,  and  his 
strength  iaileth :  lie  driuketh  no 
water,  and  is  faint. 

I;J  The  carpenter  stretchcth  out 
liis  rule ;  he  marketh  it  out  witli 
a  line ;  ho  fitteth  it  with  planes, 
and  lie  marketh  it  out  with  the  com- 
pass, and  maketh  it  after  the  figure 
of  a  man,  according  to  the  beauty 
of  a  man  ;  that  it  may  remain  in 
the  house. 

14  lie  hcweth  him  down  cedars, 
and  taketh  the  cypress  ami  the  oak, 
which  he  ||strengtheuetli  for  him- 
self among  the  trees  of  the  forest: 
he  planteth  an  ash,  and  the  rain 
d<tth  nourish  it. 

1.5  Then  shall  it  be  for  a  man  to 
burn:  for  he  will  take  thereof,  and 
warm  himself;  vea,  he  kimlleth  il, 
and  baketh  bread;  yea,  hr  mnkelli  a 
j;od,  and  worsbippetli  // .•  he  maketh 
it  a  graven  image,  and  falleth  down 
thereto. 

It;  lie  burneth  p.art  thereof  in  the 
fire  ;  with  part  thereof  he  eateth 
llesh;  he  roasteth  roast,  and  is  sat- 
isfied :  yea,  he  warmeth  /iIhimI''. 
ami  saitli.  Aha,  I  um  warm,  I  have 
seen  the  fire: 

It  And  the  residue  thereof  he 
maketh  a  god,  ercii  liis  graven 
image:  he  falleth  down  nuto  it, 
and  worshippeth  it,  and  piayeth 
unto  it,  and  saith.  Deliver  me  ;  for 
tliou  art  my  god. 

l.S  'I  They  have  not  known  nor 
understood  :  for  'ho  hath  tshut 
their  eyes,  that  they  cannot  see ; 
ami  their  hearts,  that  they  cannot 
understiind. 

19  And  none  f  "considcreth  in  his 
heart,  neither  is  there  knowledge 
nor  understanding  to  pay,  I  have 
burned  part  of  it  in  the  fire  ;  yea, 
also  I  have  baked  bread  upon  the 
coals  thereof;  I  have  roasted  flesh, 
and  eaten  il :  and  shall  I  make 
the  residue  thereof  an  abomination? 
shall  I  fall  down  to  1  the  stock  of  a 
tree?  ,„ 


Exhortation  to  praise  God. 


God  asserteth  Ms  omnipotency. 


Ik'fora 
CHRIST 
about  712. 


cli.  il.  11).  li 
■fi.  1.1. 
Jor.  51.  48. 
Ko».  13.20. 


U.  4il.l3. 
■1  =h.  17.  a. 
eJor.  SO.  36. 
II  Uor.  1.  20. 


tli.  41 

». 

i..'j:l 

l'J.17 
1.  St 

•h.  41 

1. 

1T1» 

^4.5, 

a)  Ho  feoiU'tli  on  nshes :  'a  <lc- 
eoivcd  heart  hath  turned  him  n.^ide, 
that  he  cannot  deliver  hia  soul, 
nor  say,  /a'  there  not  a  lie  in  my 
rif;ht  liand? 

L'l  IT  Kemembor  these,  O  Jacob 
anil  Israel;  for  "thou  nrt  my  serv- 
ant: I  have  formed  thee;  thou  crt 
my  servant :  O  Israel,  thou  shalt 
not  be  forRotten  of  me. 

•JJ  ^1  have  blotted  out,  as  a  thick 
cloud,  thy  transgressions,  and,  as  a 
cloud,  thy  sins  :  return  unto  nic  ; 
for  J I  have  redeemed  thee. 

2'5  '■'  Sinj;,  O  ye  heavens ;  for  the 
T..oi:d  hath  done  i(.-  shout,  ye 
lower  parts  of  the  earth :  l)reak 
forth  into  sinjjins,  ye  mountains,  O 
forest,  and  every  tree  therein  :  for 
the  Lord  hath  redeemed  Jacob, 
and  fflorilied  himself  in  Israel. 

L'l  Thus  saith  the  Loitn,  "thy  Re- 
deemer, and  1'  he  that  formed  thee 
from  the  -womb,  I  am.  the  I^oud  that 
maketh  all  t/iings;  "that  stretcheth 
forth  the  heavens  alone;  that.spread- 
eth  abroad  the  earth  by  myself; 

US  That  J  frustrateth  llie  tokens 
"of  the  liars,  and  maketh  diviners 
mad  ;  that  turneth  wise  turn  back- 
ward, f  and  maketh  their  knowledge 
foolish: 

2G  i^That  confirmeth  the  word  of 
his  servant,  and  performeth  the 
counsel  of  his  mossenjjers ;  that 
s.iith  to  Jerusalem,  Thou  shalt  bo 
inhabited  ;  and  to  the  cities  of 
Jiidah,  Ye  shall  bo  built,  and  I 
will  raise  up  the  til<-'Cfy<l  places 
thereof: 

27  h  That  saith  to  the  deep,  Bo 
dry,  and  I  will  dry  up  thy  rivers: 

2,S  That  saith  of  Cyrus,  Jle  i.<  my 
shepherd,  and  shall  perform  all  my 
pleasure:  even  saying  to  Jerusalem, 
i  Thou  shalt  1)0  built ;  and  to  the 
temple,  Thy  foundation  shall  be  laid. 

CHAPTER  X1.V. 
1  Ootl  ealUth  Ci/rua  for  hit  churcVa  sate. 

&  Jiij  hiB  omn:potenc>/  he  chaUen<icth  ctie- 

dUncc.    21)  U,l  eoii-Jlncelh  the  iUoU   vf 

vixnity  h)j  hia  aavinol  I'fwcr. 
''plIUS  saith  the  IjOkd  to  his  .anoint- 

1  cd,  to  Cyrus,  whose  "rifjht  liand 
I  llhavo  holden,  'Mo  subdue  nations 
before  him;  and  I  will  loose  the  loins 
of  kini;3,  to  open  before  him  the  two- 
leaved  gates;  and  the  gates  shall  not 
be  shut; 

2  I  will  po  before  thee, '  and  make 
the  crooked  places  straight:  'II  will 
tireak  in  pieces  the  gates  (»f  brass, 
and  cut  in  .■sunder  the  liars  of  iron: 

I!  And  I  will  give  thee  the  treasures 
of  darkness,  ami  hidden  riches  of  se- 
cret places,  'that  tluiu  mavest  know 
tliat  I,  the  1, OKI),  which  I'call  lliec  by 
thy  name,  am  the  Uod  of  Israel. 

'ri'\»r'^  Jacob  my  servant's  sake,  and 
Israel  mine  elect,  I  have  even  called 
thee  by  thy  name:  I  have  surnamcd 
thee,  though  thou  hast  linot  known 
luc. 

600 


5  TT I  '«m  the  IjOed,  and  ^therc  is 
none  else,  llicrc  is  no  God  besides 
me :  H  girded  thee,  though  thou  hast 
not  known  me; 

(j  "■  That  they  may  know  from  the 
rising  of  the  sun,  aiid  from  the  west, 
that  there  is  none  besides  me.  1  am 
the  LOKD,  and  there  js  none  else. 

7  I  form  the  light,  and  create  dark- 
ness: I  make  peace,  and  "create  evil: 
1  the  Lord  do  all  these  things. 

8  "Drop  down,  ye  heavens,  from 
above,  and  let  the  skies  pour  down 
righteousness  :  let  the  earth  open, 
and  let  them  bring  forth  salvation, 
and  let  righteousness  spring  up  to- 
gether; I  the  liOKD  have  created  it. 

U  Woe  unto  him  that  striveth  with 
■'  his  Maker!  Let  the  potsherd  sirire 
with  the  potsherds  of  the  earth. 
'1  Shall  the  clay  say  to  him  that  fash- 
ioneth  it.  What  makest  thou?  or  thy 
work,  He  hath  no  hands? 

10  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  unto  7ns 
father.  What  begettest  thou  ?  or  to 
the  woman.  What  liast  thou  brought 
forth? 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  IIolv 
One  of  Israel,  and  his  Slaker,  Ask 
me  of  things  to  come  concerning, 
""my  sons,  and  concerning  ^the  "work 
of  my  hands  command  ye  me. 

12  'I  have  made  the  eai-th,  and 
"created  man  upon  it:  I,  even  my 
liands,  iiave  stretched  out  the  heav- 
ens, and  ^  all  their  host  have  I  com- 
manded. 

13^1  have  raised  him  up  in  right- 
eousness, and  I  will  ||  direct  all  his 
ways:  he  shall  "build  my  city,  and 
he  "shall  let  go  my  captives,  -'not  for 
price  nor  reward,  saith  the  Lokd  of 
liosta. 

11  Thus  saith  the  Lonn,  I^The  la- 
bour of  Egypt,  and  merchandise  of 
Ethiopia  arid  of  the  Sabcans,  men  of 
stature,  shall  como  over  unto  thee, 
and  thcv  shall  be  thine:  they  shall 
come  after  thee;  'in  chains  thev 
shall  come  over,  end  they  shall  fall 
down  unto  thee,  they  shall  make  sup- 
plication unto  thee,  sai/intr,  <t  Surely 
God  is  in  thee;  and  'there  is  none 
else,  there  is  no  God. 

15  Vcrilv  thou  art  n.  God  f that  hid- 
est  thyself,  O  God  of  Israel,  the  Sav- 
iour. 

lU  They  shall  be  ashamed,  and  also 
confounded,  all  of  them:  they  shall 
go  to  confusion  together  that  are 
1  makers  of  idols. 

17  li  But  Israel  shall  be  saved  in  the 
Lord  with  an  everlasting  salvation: 
yc  shall  not  be  ashamed  nor  con- 
founded world  without  end. 

l.S  For  thus  saith  the  I. mm  ithat 
created  the  heavens;  Gi>d  himself 
that  formed  the  enrtli  and  m:ide  if; 
he  hath  estahlislied  it.  he  Treated  it 
n<*t  in  vain,  he  formed  it  to  be  in- 
habited: 1 1  ((111  the  liOKii,  and  f/icre 
IS  none  else. 

19  I  have  not  spoken  in  l  secret,  in 


Idols  not  comparable  to  God. 


ISAIAH. 


God's  judfrm-ent  upon  Babylon. 


a  dark  place  of  the  eiirth :  I  said  not 
unto  the  seed  of  Jacoh,  Seek  yc  ine 
in  vain;  '"I  tlie  JjOlui  speak  rij;ht- 
ooiisness,  1  declare  tilings  that  are 
ri(;ht. 

'MV.  Assemble  yourselves  and  come; 
draw  ne:ir  toj^ether,  ye  tlutt  arc  es- 
caped of  the  nations:  "they  have  no 
knowled^je  that  set  up  the  wood  of 
their  sraven  iniase.  and  pray  unto  a 
Rod  tiicit  cannot  save. 

21  Tell  ye,  and  bring  Hicm  near; 
yea,  let  them  take  counsel  together: 
"  who  hath  declared  this  from  an- 
cient time?  who  hath  told  it  trom 
that  time?  Itaic  not  I  the  LoKii? 
I'and  there  is  no  God  else  beside 
me;  a  just  God  and  a  Saviour;  there 
is  none  beside  me. 

22  'I  Look  unto  me,  and  bo  yc  saved, 
all  the  ends  of  the  earth:  ior  I  am 
God,  and  there  is  none  else. 

23  'I  have  sworn  by  myself,  the 
word  is  gone  out  of  my  mouth  iu 
righteousness,  and  shall  not  jeturn. 
That  unto  me  every  '■knee  shall  bow, 
*cvcry  tongue  shall  swear. 

24  !|  Surely  shall  one  say,  In  the 
Lord  liavc  I  "  i  i^gb.tcousncSS  iinTl 
sfrcngth:  ei~en  to  liim  sTiilll  vicn 
fShic;  and  "all  that  are  incensed 
against  him  shall  be  ashamed. 

L'.")  >  In  the  LoitD  shall  all  the  seed 
ofIsr.aelbcjustified,uud  =  shall  glory. 

CHAPTER  XLVL 

1  The  idolt  of  L,ibtjlun  cout.l  tiot  save  them- 
aclvea  iJ  Oad  eavelhhia  people  to  titc  erid. 
5  IJola  are  not  eompunMe  to  God  for 
power,  1*2  or  present  satvaiion. 

BEL  "boweth  down,  Ncbo  stoop- 
eth;  their  idols  were  upon  the 
beasts,  and  upon  the  cattle  :  your 
carriages  u-ere  heavy  laden  ;  1>  then 
arc  a  burden  to  the  weary  leas/. 

2  They  stoop,  they  bow  down  to- 
gether; thev  could  not  deliver  the 
burden,  "^  but  f  themselves  are  gone 
into  er.ptivitv. 

,•)  IT  Hearken  unto  mc,  0  house  of 
.I;icob,  and  all  the  remnant  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  ■!  which  are  borne 
ill  me  from  the  belly,  which  are  car- 
ried from  the  womb: 

4  And  ere7i  to  your  old  age  "I  am 
he;  and  ercii  to  lionr  hairs  fwiUI 
carry  ?/"» ."  I  have  made,  and  I  will 
bear;  'e^•en  1  will  carry,  and  will  de- 
liver pfiii. 

5  ^  K  To  whom  will  ye  liken  mc, 
and  make  me  equal,  and  comiiare 
me,  that  we  may  be  like? 

0  ii  They  lavish  gold  out  of  the  bag, 
and  weigh  silver  in  the  l):dance,  luiU 
Iiirc  ft  goldsmith;  and  he  niaketh  it 
a  god:  they  fall  down,  yea,  they  wor- 
ship. 

7  i  They  bear  liim  upon  the  shoul- 
der, tliey  carry  him,  and  set  him  in 
Ilia  phice,  and'he  standeth;  from  Ins 
place  shall  lie  ni>t  remove:  yea,  ko»<! 
shall  cry  unto  him,  ,vet  can  he  not 
answer,  nor  save  him  out  of  his 
trouble. 


8  Kcmember  this,  and  shew  your- 
selves men :  '  bring  it  again  to  mind, 
(.)  ye  transgressors. 

9  '"  Keinember  the  former  things 
of  old:  lor  I  am  God,  and  "there  is 
none  else  ;  J  am  God,  and  there  is 
none  like  me, 

II)  "  Declaring  the  end  from  the  he- 
ginning,  and  from  ancient  times //if 
things  that  are  noti/ff  done,  saying, 
I'  iMy  counsel  shall  stand,  and  I  will 
do  all  my  pleasure: 

11  Calling  a  ravenous  bird  ifrom 
the  cast,  tthe  man  ^that  executeth 
iny  counsel  from  a  far  country :  yea, 
"I have  spoken  i(,  I  will  also  bring  it 
to  pass;  1  have  jiurposcd  it,  I  will 
also  do  it. 

12  "S  Ilenrken  nnto  nie,  ye  '  stout- 
hearted, "that  are  far  from  right- 
eousness: 

13  "  I  bring  near  my  righteousness; 
it  shall  not  be  far  off,  and  my  s;ilva- 
tion  )  shall  not  tarry:  and  I  will  place 
'■salvation  in  Zion  for  Israel  my 
glory. 

CHAPTER  XIA'II. 

1  aod'sjiidament  upon  llnbi/lon  and  Chal- 

dea.  a  for  tUeirnnnereifulnesa,  7  pride. 

10  ttnd  ovcrboLdncaa,  11  ahall  bcunreaiat- 

iUi. 

C'^OME  "down,  and  1)  sit  in  the  dust, 
y  O  virgin  daughter  of  Babylon, 
sit  on  the  ground :  there  is  no  Ihrone, 
()  daughter  of  the  Chnlileans  :  for 
thou  shalt  no  more  be  called  tender 
and  delicate. 

2  "  Take  the  millstones,  and  grind 
meal:  uncover  thv  locks,  make  bare 
the  leg,  uncover  tlie  thigh,  pass  over 
the  rivers. 

3  <i  Thy  nakedness  shall  be  uncov- 
ered, yea,  thy  shame  shall  be  seen: 
""  I  will  take  vengeance,  and  1  will 
not  meet  thee  as  a  man. 

4  As  for  four  Redeemer,  the  LoRIi 
of  hosts  IS  his  name,  the  Holy  One  of 
Israel. 

;")  Sit  thou  Esilent,  and  get  thee  into 
darkness,  O  daughter  of  the  Chal- 
deans: hfor  thou  sh;ilt  no  more  be 
called.  The  lady  of  kingdoms. 

0  Tfil  was  wroth  with  my  people, 
k  I  have  polluted  mine  inheritance, 
and  given  them  into  thine  hand  : 
thou  didst  shew  them  no  mercy  ; 
I  upon  the  ancient  hast  thou  very 
heavily  laid  thy  yoke.       ,    „  ^     _ 

7  IT  And  thou  saidst,  I  shall  be  ""a 
lady  forever:  so  that  thou  didst  not 
"lay  these  thinqs  to  thv  heart,  "nei- 
ther didst  remember  tlio  latter  end 
ofit. 

8  Therefore  hear  now  this,  thnri  that 
art  given  to  pleasures,  thr.t  dwellest 
carclesslv,  Ihatsaycst  in  thine  heart, 
1' I  am.  isiiil  none  else  besides  me: 
'II  shall  not  sit  as  ft  widow,  neither 
shall  I  know  the  loss  of  chil- 
dren: 

y  Hut  ''these  two  thiiif/s  shall  come 
to  thee  "in  a  moment  in  one  day,  the 
loss   of  children,  and  widowhood  : 
UOl 


The  intent  of  proplieey. 


ISAIAH. 


Exhortation  to  obedience. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  712. 


tNoh.  3.  4. 
u  Pi.  «i  7. 
icU.M.  15. 


tHiili. 
ilTlieu.9.  3. 


til.  1.5.  IB. 

:'.oi>u.i.  5. 

iJfr.4.2.  i 


t  n«b.  hard. 

>  as.  !>. 

al.  31.  27. 


they  shall  come  upon  tlieo  in  thei 
peifoction  'for  the  niuUitiule  iif  tliy 
aorceries,  ami  Ihr  the  {jront  nbuiiu- 
ance  of  thine  cnchantinents. 

10  TT  For  thou  "  hast  trusted  in  tliy 
wicki'(lncs.s:  'thou  ha,st  said.  None 
scotli  me.  Thy  wisdom  and  thy 
knowledge,  it  hatli  ||  perverted  thee; 
>and  tliou  liast  suid  m  thine  heart,  1 
«/>*,  and  none  else  besides  me. 

11  TI  Therefore  shall  evil  come  upon 
thee  ;  tliou  shalt  not  know  t  from 
whence  it  riseth:  and  mischief  shall 
fall  u|)on  thee;  thou  shalt  not  be  able 
to  t  put  it  off:  and  ''  desolation  shall 
conic  upon  tliee  suddenly,  wliich 
thou  shalt  not  know. 

12  Stand  now  with  thine  enchant- 
ments, and  with  the  multitude  of  thy 
sorceries,  wherein  thou  hast  labour- 
ed from  tliy  youth;  if  so  be  thou  shalt 
be  able  to  profit,  if  so  be  thou  mayest 
prevail. 

13  "Thou  art  wearied  in  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  counsels.  I^ct  now  bthc 
t  astrologers,  the  stargazcrs,  t  the 
monthly  prognosticators,  stiind  up, 
and  save  thee  from  these  things  that 
shall  come  upon  tlice. 

14  Behold,  tlicv  sliiill  be  '  .as  stubble; 
the  tire  shall  luini  them;  they  shall 
not  deliver  i  themselves  from  the 
power  of  the  fl-ime:  there  sJiatt  not 
}>a  a  coal  to  v^arm  at,  nor  lire  to  sit 
before  it. 

15  Thus  shall  they  be  unto  thee  with 
whom  thou  hast  laboured,  ercn  '1  tliy 
merchants,  from  thy  youtli  :  they 
shall  wander  every  one  to  liis  quar- 
ter; none  shall  save  thee. 

CIIAPTEll  XLVIII. 
1  God,  to  convince  the  people  of  their  fore- 
known  obutinacif,  rcvc^Uetl  his  jirophe- 
eica.  0  He  enveth  them  for  hia  own  eake. 
12  lie  exhorteth  them  to  obedience,  be- 
cause of  hia  power  and  providence.  IG 
Jle  lamentcth  their  baclivtardneaa.  £0  lie 
jtowerfuUy  delivcrcth  his  out  of  Bab- 
ylon. 

HEAR  yc  this,  O  house  of  Jacob, 
wliich  are  called  by  the  name  of 
Israel,  and  '^arc  come  forth  out  of  the 
waters  of  Jndah,  liwhii-h  bwear  by 
the  name  of  the  I.ohd,  aiul  maUe 
mention  of  the  God  of  Israel,  'but 
not  in  truth,  nor  in  rii;liteousiiess. 

2  For  tliey  call  themselves  .1  of  the 
holy  city,  and '' stiiv  themselves  upon 
the  God  of  Israel:  'riie  1..0UU  of  hosts 
1.1  his  name. 

3  f  1  have  declared  the  former  things 
from  the  beginning;  and  they  went 
ii)rth  out  of  my  mouth,  and  I  shewed 
them;  I  did  Ihciii  suddenly,  t:and 
thev  came  to  pass. 

4  "Becnuse  I  knew  that  thou  art 
f  obstinate,  and  li  thy  neck  is  an  iron 
sinew,  and  thy  brow  brass; 

5  il  have  even  from  the  beginning 
declared  it  to  thee:  before  it  came 
to  pass  I  sheweil  it  thee:  lest  thou 
Rhouldest  say.  Mine  idol  hath  done 
them;  and  iiiy  graven  image,  and 

(>U2 


my  molten  image,  hath  commanded 
them. 

0  Thou  liast  heard,  see  all  this;  and 
will  not  ye  dechire  it .'  I  have  shewed 
thee  new  things  from  this  time,  even 
hidden  things,  and  thou  didst  not 
know  them. 

7  They  arc  created  now,  and  not 
from  the  beginning;  even  I)efore  the 
d:iy  when  thou  heardest  them  not; 
lest  tliou  shouldest  say,  Behold,  1 
knew  them. 

«  Yea,  thou  heardest  not;  yea,  thou 
knewest  not  ;  je.a,  from  that  time 
that  thine  ear  was  not  opened:  fori 
knew  that  thou  wouldest  deal  very 
treacherously,  and  wast  called  l-a 
transgressor  from  the  womb. 

U  U  I  For  my  name's  sake  '"will  I 
defer  mine  anger,  and  for  my  praise 
will  I  refrain  for  thee,  tliat  I  cut  thee 
not  off. 

10  Behold, "  I  have  refined  thee,  but 
not  II  with  silver;  I  have  chosen  thee 
in  the  furnace  of  affliction. 

11  "For  mine  own  sake,  ex'en  for 
mine  own  sake,  will  I  do  it:  for 
I'how  should  vniname  bo  polluted? 
and  '1 1  will  not  give  my  glory  unto 
another. 

12  H  Hearken  unto  me,  O  Jacob  and 
Israel,  my  called;  ""I  a>a  he;  I  am 
the  "first,  I  also  am  the  last. 

13  'IMiiio  hanil  also  hath  laid  the 
foundation  of  the  earth,  and  ||my 
right  hand  hath  spanned  the  heav- 
ens: witen  "I  call  unto  them,  they 
stand  up  together. 

14  ^  All  j'c,  assemble  yourselves, 
and  hear;  which  among'them  hath 
declared  these  thiiinst  >1'hc  I.oiin 
hath  loved  him:  ''ho  will  do  his 
pleasure  on  Babvlon,  and  his  arm 
shall  he  on  the  Chaldeans. 

15  I,  even  I,  have  spoken;  yea,  "I 
have  called  liim  :  1  have  brought 
him,  and  he  shall  make  his  way 
prosperous. 

lliU  Come  yo  near  unto  me,  hear  ye 
this;  bl  have  not  spoken  in  secret 
from  the  beginning;  from  the  time 
that  it  was,  there  am  I:  and  now 
'■  tlie  Lord  Goi),  and  his  Spirit,  hath 
sent  me. 

1"  Thus  saith  lUhe  I-or.P,  thy  Re- 
deemer, the  I  lolv  One  .  .f  Israel ;  1  am 
the  l,()i:i>  thv  i-'.od  whieh  leacheth 
thee  to  jirolit,  'whieh  leadeth  thee 
by  the  way  that  tliou  shouldest 
go. 

IS  f  O  that  thou  hadst  hearkened  to 
my  ecmimandments!  Kthcn  had  thy 
peace  been  as  a  river,  and  thy  right- 

ousness  as  the  waves  of  tlie  .sea: 

]'.)  li  Thy  seed  also  luul  been  as  the 
sand,  and  the  offspring  of  thy  bowels 
like  the  gravel  thereof;  his  name 
should  not  have  been  cut  off  nor  de- 
stroved  from  before  me. 

20  ir  i  Go  ye  forth  of  Babylon,  flee 
ye  from  the  Chaldeans,  with  a  voice 
of  singing  declare  ye,  tell  this,  utter 
it  even,  to  the  cud  of  the  earth;  say 


Christ  sent  to  the  Gentiles. 


ISAIAH.       God's  constant  love  to  his  church. 


Bcforo 
C  11  U  I  S  T 

about  71*2. 


niEi.  i;.G. 

Niim.liU.  11. 

P..  103.  41. 
nch.i;.  21. 


M»tt.  1.  SO, 

21. 

I.uLe  1.  IS. 

31. 

Juirn  10.30. 

CI.  1.15. 
ccK.  11.4.  &l 

£1.  li:. 

Ho<.  (i.  5. 

Hcl..  4.  I'i. 

ItdV.  I.  1(1. 
doll.  il.  IB. 
•  P«.  4J.  5. 
fell.  42.  I. 

Zitoh.  3.  e. 
gch.  41.  23. 

JolmU.31.li 

li.  ». 


I  Or.  nal 

litaci  „u 


leh..l2.C.  I, 

(iO.  3. 

I.uli«  2.  32. 

AoliU.4;.i 

20.  13. 
inch.  S3  3. 

Mill.  '.'(.■.  (IT. 


nl«- 


ye,  The  l.oiin  hath  k  reileeiiK-d  his 
Kerv.iiit  Jac(:)h. 

L'l  And  they  Ithirsted  not  vhcn  he 
led  them  throuj^h  tlie  deserts  :  he 
'"caused  the  waters  tii  tltfw  out  <it' 
the  rock  for  them:  lie  clave  the  rock 
also,  and  the  waters  fjnslied  out. 

:22  "  There  is  no  neacc,  Baith  the 
LoitD,  unto  tlie  wicked. 

CIIAPTKU  XLIX. 

I  Christ,  being  sent  to  the  Jews,  complain, 
eth  of  them,  b  lis  is  sent  to  the  Uentiles 
with  gracious  jiroxnises,  13  Go'Vs  love 
is  perpetual  to  his  church.  IS  The  nm. 
pie  restoration  cf  the  church.  24  2'hc 
powerful  deliverance  out  of  captivity. 

TISTEN,  "O  isles,  unto  me;  and 
J  hearken,  ye  people,  from  far  ; 
iiThe  IjOKD  natli  called  me  from 
the  womb;  from  the  bowels  of  my 
mother  hath  ho  made  mention  of  my 
name. 

2  And  he  hath  made  '^my  mouth 
like  a  sharp  sword;  din  the"  shadow 
of  his  hand  liath  he  hid  me,  and 
made  me  "^a  polished  shaft;  in  his 
quiver  hath  he  hid  me; 

o  And  said  unto  ine,  f  Thou  art  my 
servant,  O  Israel,  Siu  whom  I  will  be 
glorified. 

4  1'  Then  I  said,  I  have  laboured  in 
vain,  I  have  spent  my  strcn^tli  for 
uouj^ht,  and  in  vain:  ijet  surely  my 
jiul;;nient  is  with    the    I.oito,   and 

II  my  work  with  my  (Jod. 

5  Tf  And  now,  saith  the  Loud  i  that 
formed  iiic  from  the  womb  In  In:  his 
servant,  to  brin^  Jacob  .i;.':iin  to  liim, 
l|  Thou"h  Israel  1- be  lu^t  f;athered, 
yet  shall  I  be  glorious  in  the  eyes  of 
the  Lord,  and  my  God  shall  be  my 
strength. 

G  And  he  said,  ||  It  is  a  Iij,'ht  thing 
that  thou  shouldest  he  my  servant  to 
raise  up  the  tribes  of  Jacob,  and  to 
restore  the  ||  preserved  of  Israel:  I 
will  also  give  thee  for  a  l  liglit  to  the 
Gentiles,  that  thou  mayest  be  my 
salvation  unto  the  end  of  the  earth. 

7  Thus  saith  the  l.oKI),  the  Uc- 
dccmer  of  Israel,  ami  his  Holy  One, 
"'  11  to  him  whom  man  despiseth,  to 
him  whom  the  nation  abhorrcth,  to 
a  servant  of  rulers,  "Kings  shall  sec 
and  arise,  princes  also  shall  worship, 
because  of  the  I-okd  that  is  faithful, 
and  the  Holy  One  of  Israel,  and  he 
shall  choose  ihee. 

8  Thus  saith  the  Lonn,  "In  an  ac- 
ceptable time  have  I  heard  thee,  and 
in  a  day  of  salvation  have  I  helped 
thee:  and  I  will  preserve  thee,  Hand 
give  thee  for  a  covenant  of  the  peo- 
ple, to  II  establish  the  earth,  to  cause 
to  inherit  the  desolate  heritages; 

"J  That  thou  mayest  say  ito  the  pris- 
oners. Go  forth;  to  them  that  arc  in 
darkness.  Shew  yourselves.  The^y 
shall  feed  in  the  ways,  and  their 
pastures  shall  ftc  in  all  high  places. 

10  They  shall  not  niunger  nor 
thirst;  'neither  sh.all  the  bent  nor 
Bun  Biiiite  tliem :   for  ho  that  liatli 


mercy  on  them  'shall  lead  them, 
even  "by  the  springs  of  water  shall 
he  guide  them. 

11  "And  1  will  make  all  my  mount- 
ains a  way,  and  my  highways  shall 
he  exalted. 

12  Heboid,  "^  these  shall  come  from 
far  :  and,  lo,  these  from  the  north 
and  from  the  west;  and  these  from 
the  Ismd  of  Sinim. 

l;i  U  ^  Sing,  O  heavens;  and  he  joy- 
ful, O  earth  ;  and  break  forth  mto 
singing.  O  mountains:  for  the  I.(jni) 
h:ith  comforted  his  people,  and  will 
have  mercv  upon  his  .atHieted. 

U  -  I3ut  Zioii  said.  The  I.diii)  hath 
forsaken  me,  and  my  Lord  hath  foir- 
gotteu  me. 

15  "'Can  a  woman  forget  her  suck- 
ing child,  1  that  she  should  not  have 
compassion  on  the  son  of  her  womb? 
yea,  they  may  forget,  liyet  will  I  uot 
forget  thee. 

lU  Heboid,  " I  have  graven  thee  up- 
on the  palms  oTiiii/  liands;  thy  walls 
arc  continually  before  me. 

IT  Thy  children  shall  make  haste; 
'I  thy  destroyers  and  they  that  made 
thee  waste  shall  go  forth  of  thee. 

18  IT  '^Lift  up  thine  eyes  round 
about,  and  behold:  oil  these  gather 
themselves  together,  and  come  to 
thee.  ^I.<i  I  live,  saith  the  Loico,  thou 
shalt  surely  clothe  thee  with  them 
all,  las  with  an  ornament,  and  bind 
them  on  thee,  as  ft  bride  doelh. 

]'J  For  thy  waste  and  thy  desolate 
places,  nnd  the  land  of  thy  destruc- 
tion. 15  shall  even  now  be  too  narrow 
by  reason  of  the  inhabitants,  and 
they  that  swallowed  thee  up  shall  be 
far  away. 

'JO  li  The  children  which  thou  sh.ilt 
have,  "after  thou  ha.-^t  lost  the  other, 
shall  say  again  in  thine  ears.  The 
place  i.^'"too  strait  forme:  give  place 
to  me  that  I  may  dwell. 

L'l  Then  shalt  thou  say  in  thine 
heart.  Who  hath  begotten  me  these, 
seeing  I  have  lost  my  childreii,  and 
am  desolate,  a  captive,  and  removini: 
to  and  fro?  and  who  hath  brought 
up  these?  Behold,  I  was  left  ulonc; 
these,  where  had  thev  lieen  i 

221- Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon,  Be- 
hold, I  will  lift  up  mine  hand  to  the 
Gentiles,  and  set  up  my  standard  to 
the  people:  and  they  shall  bring  thy 
sons  in  thrir  I  arms,  and  thy  daugh- 
ters shall  be  carried  upon  Meir  shoul- 
ders. 

2.!  lAnd  kings  shall  be  thy  f  nursing 
fathers,  and  their  t  (jueens  thy  nurs- 
ing mothers  :  they  shall  bow  down 
to  thee  with  their  face  toward  the 
earth,  and  '"lick  up  the  dust  of  thy 
feet;  and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  <i«i 
the  L(J1!D:  for  "they  shall  not  be 
ashamed  that  wait  for  me. 

24  IT  "  Shall  the  prey  be  taken  from 
the  mighty,  or  fthe  lawful  captive 
delivered  ? 

25  But  thus  saith  the  Lonu,  Even 

603 


Christ's  patient  SMffering. 


God  will  comfort  his  church. 


BiToro 
Cllltl  S  T 
about  ~iVl. 


l>ch. !).  'JO, 

qnor.    U.  20. 


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tl.  11.23. 

or.,  40.(1.7.8. 

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Jul...  is. 22. 
rl......3  30. 


t  Rom.  S.  32. 

3,1.  3i. 
t  nel..  11,4 


y  P..  23.  i. 

•  !>IMir,',!n,20,' 


the  t  captives  of  the  mi^'lity  Khali  be 
tdkeji  jiway,  and  the  i>rey  of  tlic  ter- 
rihle  Hlirtll  he  delivered  :  for  1  will 
C()ntend  with  him  that  contciideth 
with  thcc,  and  1  will  save  thy  chil- 
dren. 

^U  And  I  will  Pfeeil  them  that  op- 
press thee  with  theirowii  llesh;  and 
they  shall  he  drunken  with  theirown 
'I  blood,  as  with  ,i  sweet  wine:  and  all 
flesh  'shall  know  that  1  the  L,oKi) 
(iin  thy  Saviour  and  thy  licdeemer, 
the  Mighty  Uuu  of  Jacob. 

CUAPTEU  L. 

1  Christ  ehewellt  that  the  dereliction  of 
the  Jews  in  not  to  be  iiiipiiteU  to  him,  hy 
hia  tibUity  to  save,  5  by  his  obedience  in 
thut  work,  7  and  by  Ida  confidcnco  in 
that  aeaistitnce.  lu  An  exhortcttion  to 
trust  in  Hod,  and  not  in  ouraetvea, 

THUS  saith  the  I>okd,  Where  is 
"the  bill  of  your  mother's  di- 
vorcement, whom  I  have  put  away? 
or  which  of  my  b  creditors  is  it  to 
whom  I  have  sold  you?  Behold,  for 
your  iniiiuities  "^  have  ye  sold  your- 
selves, and  for  your  trausgrcssious  is 
your  mother  put  away. 

2  Wherefore,  when  I  came,  was 
there  no  man '!  il  when  I  called,  was 
there  none  to  answer?  ■■  Is  my  hand 
shortened  at  all,  that  it  cannot  re- 
deem? or  have  1  no  power  to  deliver? 
behold,  fat  my  rebuke  1  Pdry  up  the 
sea,  I  make  the  b rivers  a  wilderness: 
1  their  fish  stinketli,  because  there  is 
no  water,  and  dieth  for  tliirst. 

.*!  k  I  clothe  the  heavens  with  black- 
ness, land  I  make  sackcloth  their 
coverinj^. 

4  '"The  Lord  God  hath  piven  me 
the  tonsue  of  the  learned,  that  I 
should  know  how  to  speak  a  word 
in  season  io  him  that  1,5  "weary:  he 
wakeneth  morning  by  mornin;;,  he 
wakeneth  mine  ear  to  hear  as  the 
learned. 

5  If  The  Lord  Oon  "hath  opened 
mine  ear,  and  I  was  not  ''rebellious, 
neither  turned  aw:iy  back. 

0  'I  I  gave  my  back  to  the  smiters, 
and  ■'mv  cheeks  to  them  thut  plucked 
off  the  liair:  1  hid  not  my  face  from 
shame  and  spitting'. 

7  11  For  the  Lord  Gon  will  help  mo: 
therefore  .shall  I  not  be  confounded: 
therefore  have  "I  set  my  face  like  a 
(lint,  and  I  know  that  1  shall  not  be 
ashamed. 

.S  '//.-  is  near  that  justifieth  me;  who 
will  contend  with  me?  let  lis  stand 
together:  who  is  tmiiie  adversary? 
let  him  come  near  to  me, 

9  Behold,  the  Lord  Goi,  will  help 
me;  who  is  he  thai  sliall  condemn 
me?  "  Io,  they  all  shall  wax  old  as  a 

1  (rarment;  ''the  moth  shall  cat  them 
up, 

10  TT  Who  H  anion?  vou  that  feareth 
the  Loitii,  that  oheyeth  the  voice  of 
his  servant,  that  ^  w:ilketh  in  dark- 

I  ucss,  and  hath  no  light?   "let  him 
604 


Itrnst  in  the  name  of  the  Loin),  and 
JBtay  upon  his  (iod, 

11  Heboid,  all  ye  that  kindle  n  (ire, 
that  compass  i/oursctres  about  with 
sparks:  w;dk  in  tlie  li;;lit  of  your  tire, 
and  in  the  sparks  that  ye  have  kin- 
dled, '  This  shall  ye  have  of  mine 
hand;  ye  sluiU  lie  down  bin  sor- 
row. 

CUAPTEU  LI. 
1  An    exhortation,  after    the   pattern    of 
Abraltain,  to  trust  in  Ciiriat,  3  by  reason 
of  hia   comfortable  promises,  4  of  his 
righteous  salvation,  1  an,i  man's  mortal- 
ily.     U  Christ  by  hia  sanctified  arm  dc- 
fendeth  his  from  the  fear  of  man.    17  Jle 
keuiailcth  the  ajflictiona  ofJcruaalem,2l 
andpromiseth  deliverance. 
°  JTEARKEN  to  me,  bye  that  fol- 
-I  1  low  after  riKliteousness,  ye  that 
seek  the  Loud:  look  unto  the  rock 
whf^iice  ye  are  hewn,  and  to  the  hole 
of  the  pit  whence  ye  are  digged. 
2  "  hoiik  unto  Abraham  your  father, 
and  unto  Sarah  </(«<  bare  you:  .Ifor 
I  called  him  alone,  aud  "  blessed  him, 
and  increased  him. 
y  rortlie  I,oi;u  f  shall  comfort  Zion: 
he  will  comfort  all  her  waste  places; 
and  he  will  make  her  wilderness  like 
Eden,  and  her  desert  eiike  the  gar- 
den of  the  1-oUD;  joyand  gladness 
shall  be  found  therein,  thanksgiving, 
and  the  voice  of  melody. 
4  IT  Hearken  unto  me,  my  people; 
and  give  car  unto  me,  O  niy  nation: 
lifor  a  law  shall  proceed  from   me, 
and  I  will  make  my  judgment  to  rest 
i  for  a  light  of  the  people. 
^i  It  My  righteousness  is  near ;   my 
salvation  is  gone   forth,   land  mine 
arms  shall  judge  the  people  ;    '"the 
isles  shall  wait  upon   me,  and  "on 
mine  arm  shall  they  trust. 
1;  "  Lift  up  your  eyes  to  the  heavens, 
aud  look  upon  the  earth  beneath:  for 
I'tlie  heavens  shall  vanish  away  like 
smoke,  1  and  the  earth  shall  wax  ohl 
like  ft  garment,  and  they  that  dwell 
therein  shall  die  in  like  manner:  but 
my  salvation  shall  be  for  ever,  and 
mv  righteousness  shall  not  be  abol- 
ished, 

7  T  ■■  Hearken  unto  me,  ye  that 
know  righteousness,  the  jieo'ple  "  in 
whose  heart  is  my  law:  -fear  ye  not 
the  reproach  of  men,  neither  be  ye 
afraid  of  their  revilings. 
■S  Kor  "  the  moth  shall  cat  them  up 
liken  garment,  and  the  worm  .>;hall 
eat  them  like  wool:  but  my  right- 
eousness shall  be  for  ever,  and  my 
salvation  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion. 

U  TT  ^Aw:ike,  awake,  >'put  on 
strength.  O  arm  of  the  Loun;  awake, 
'as  in  the  ancient  davs,  in  the  gen- 
erations of  old.  "Art  thou  not  it  that 
hath  cut  bliahab,  ami  wounded  the 
'■ilragon? 

10  .Irt  thou  not  it  which  hath 
J  dried  the  sea,  the  waters  of  the 
great   deep ;    that  hath  made    tliu 


el..  110.  9. 

Rum,  1.  lU. 

•  cb.  40.  2(1. 

j.Pi  102.2(1. 

AlAtt.  21.35. 

2P«t.;l.lu.i2. 

.1  oh.  iO.  9, 


7  r>  i".  1. 

K«».  11, 17. 
•  Pi    41  1. 

».T„l,50,  1>. 
1.  IV  R7.  4.  It 

K).  10, 
cP.  71. 13.1L 

cl.,'J7.  1. 

E».  2,1.  3, 
.1K>.  II  21, 

Ob,  43,  1(1. 


The  vanity  of  fearing  man. 


ISAIAH. 


Christ's  free  redemption. 


depths  of  the  sea  a  vay  for  the  ran- 
somed to  pass  over? 

11  Therefore  'the  redeemed  of  the 
Lord  slinll  return,  and  comic  witli 
singinj^  unto  Zion;  and  cverlastin;; 
joy  i^hnll  fie  upon  their  liead;  they 
sliall  obtain  gladness  and  joy;  on<l 
sorrow  aud  mourning  Biiall  liee 
away . 

12  1,  crrn  I,  am  lie  f  tliat  coniforteth 
you:  'whooif  tliou,  thatthi>ii  should- 
cst  be  afraid  i^of  a  man  lliat  lilialldie, 
and  of  tlic  son  of  man  tcliicli  sliall  be 
made  h  as  jjrass;  • 

13  And  forRettest  the  I.onn  thy 
Maker,  i  that  hath  stretched  forth 
the  heavens,  and  laid  tlic  founda- 
tions of  the  earth  ;  and  hast  feared 
continually  every  day  because  of  the 
fury  of  the  oppressor,  ns  if  he  !|  were 
ready  to  destroy?  kand  where  is  the 
fury  of  the  oppressor? 

14  The  captive  exile  hastcneth  that 
he  may  be  loosed,  land  that  he 
should  not  die  in  the  jiit,  nor  that 
his  bread  should  fail. 

1.5  But  I  nm  the  IjOIId  thy  God, 
that  ""divided  the  sea,  whose  waves 
roared :  The  LoKD  of  liosts  ts  hia 
nanjc. 

1(»  And  "I  have  put  my  words  in 
thy  mouth,  and  "I  liave  covered  thee 
in  the  shadow  of  mine  hand,  I' that  I 
may  plant  t!ie  heavens,  and  lay  the 
foundations  of  the  earth,  and  say 
unto  Zion,  Thou  art  my  people. 

ir  TT  '1  Awake,  awake,  stand  up,  O 
Jerusalem,  which  '  liast  drunk  at  the 
Iiandof  the  I, or.n  the  cup  of  his  fury; 
'*thou  hast  drunken  the  drejrs  of  tfie 
cup  of  trembling,  anU  wrung  titeiii 
out. 

M  Tlicre  is  none  to  guide  her  among 
all  the  sons  uliom  she  hath  brought 
forth;  neither  ?>:  Ihrrr  ani/  that  taketh 
her  by  the  hand  of  all  the  sons  Ihat 
slie  hatli  brought  up. 

I'J  <  These  two  tliiiiris  \  are  come  nn- 
tothee;  who  shall  be  sorry  for  thee? 
desolation,  and  t  destruction,  and  the 
famine,  and  tlie  sword:  "by  wliom 
shall  I  comfort  thee? 

20  "  Thy  sons  have  fainted,  they  lie 
at  the  head  of  all  the  streets,  as  a 
wild  bull  in  a  net:  they  arc  full  of 
the  fury  of  the  Lord,  the  rebuke  of 
thy  God. 

L'l  IT  Therefore  hear  now  this,  tliou 
afHicted,  and  drunken,  >  but  not  with 
wine: 

22  Thus  saith  thv  Lord  the  Lord, 
and  thy  God  'that  jilcadeth  the 
cause  of  his  people.  Behold,  I  have 
taken  out  of  thine  liainl  the  cup  of 
trembling,  even  the  dregs  of  the  cup 
of  my  iiiry;  thou  shalt  no  more 
drink  it  again: 

2.1  But"!  will  i)nt  it  into  the  hand 
of  thein  that  atliict  thee;  li which 
have  said  to  thy  soul.  Bow  down, 
that  wc  may  go  over:  and  thou  hast 
laid  thy  body  as  tlie  grouml,  and  as 
the  street,  to'thcni  that  went  over. 


CIIAPTEH  I.ir. 

1  Chriit  pcTtmailctli  the  church  to  beliere 
hit  fref  Te<lemi}tion,  7  (o  rc-cife  the 
minislert  tUcrctif,  9  to  joy  t'll  the  ]mu-tr 
thcrtof,  11  nnd  to  free  thcmtctvci*  from 
honitage.  13  ChrisCt  kingdom  ehntl  ic 
exalleU. 

VWAKE,  "awake,  put  on  thy 
strength,  O  Zion:  put  on  thy 
beautiful  garments,  O  Jerusalem, 
lithe  holy  city:  for  '  lieiiceforth  there 
sliall  no  more  come  into  thee  the 
uncircumcised  tiand  the  unclean. 

2  '■Shake  thyself  from  the  dust; 
arise,  a}itl  sit  down,  O  Jerusalem: 
1  loi>sc  thyself  from  the  bands  of  thy 
neck,  O  captive  daughter  of  Zion. 

.•S  For  thus  saith  the  J.OKii,  « Ve 
Jiavc  sold  yourseUcs  tiir  nought; 
and  ye  shall  be  redeemed  without 
money. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Con, 
My  people  went  down  nibretimc 
into  1>  Egypt  to  sojourn  there;  and 
the  Assyrian  oppressed  them  with- 
out cause. 

Now  therefore,  what  have  I  here. 


saith  the  Loitii,  that  my  people  i 
taken  away  for  nought?  tlicy  thai 
rule  over  them  make  them  to  liowl 


saith  the  Lord;  and  my  name  con- 
tinually every  day  is  i  blasphemed. 
G  Therefore  my'people  shall  know 
my  name:  therefore  tlicij  shall  kiioic 
in  that  day  that  I  am  he  that  doth 
speak:  behold,  it  is  I. 

7  Ut  How  beautiful  upon  the  mount- 
ains are  the  feet  of  him  that  bringetli 
good  tidings,  that  pnblisheth  jieace; 
that  bringetli  good  tidings  of^good. 
tliat  pnhlisheth  salvation;  tliat  saith 
unto  Zion,  1  Thy  God  reigneth! 

8  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the 
voice;  with  the  voice  together  shall 
they  sing:  for  they  shall  see  eve  to 
eye,  when  the  Lonu  shall  bring 
again  Zion. 

•J  H  Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  togeth- 
er, 3"e  waste  places  of  Jerusalem: 
■"for  the  LoRii  hath  comforted  his 

fieople,  "he  huth  redeemed  Jerusa- 
eni. 

10  "The  Lord  hath  made  hare  his 
holy  arm  in  tlic  eyes  of  all  the  na- 
tions; and  I' all  the  ends  of  the  earth 
shall  see  the  salvation  of  our  God. 

11  HI  Depart  ye,  depart  ye,  go  yc 
out  from  thence,  touch  no  unclean 
thing:  go  ye  out  of  the  midst  of  her; 
'be  yc  clean,  that  bear  the  vessels 
of  the  Lord. 

12  For  *ye  shall  not  go  out  with 
haste,  nor  go  by  flight:  Mor  the 
Lord  will  go  helbre  you;  "and  the 
God  of  Israel  Kill  t'.'.  your  rearward. 

1.5  f  Behold,  'my  servant  shall 
II  deal  prudently,  >lic  shall  be  ex- 
alted and  extolled,  and  be  very 
high. 

]4  As  many  were  nstonied  at  thee; 
his  '^  visage  was  j^o  nuirred  more  than 
any  man,  aud  his  form  more  than 
the  sons  of  men : 


Christ's  sufferings  foretold. 


ISAIAH. 


The  church  is  comforted. 


Deforo 
C  U  li  I  S  T 

aliuut  712, 


cch.  U.  1. 
J  ch.  52.  1 1. 
Huk  9.  11. 


].;  '  So  shall  ho  Biirinklc  many 
nations;  lithe  kinss  Rliall  (iluit  their 
moutha  at  him:  for  (fint  'whieh  Ir.ul 
not  been  told  them  shall  they  see; 
and  Hint  wliich  they  Juid  not  "heard 
shall  they  consider. 

:  cli.  .M.  5.    Rom.  15.  21.  U  IC.  2j.  26.    £[.!■.  3.  5.  0. 

ClIAPTEU  i>iir. 

1  The  prophff,  complainini/  of  incrcdu- 
lit!/,  ezctucth  the  ncandal  of  the  crots, 
4  liy  the  benefit  of  his  paeeion,  lO  and 
thr  iictud  turccsa  thereof. 
f\\rnO  "hath  believed  our  fltrc- 
»  V  port  ?  and  to  whom  i3  I'  the 
arm  of  the  Lord  revealed? 

2  For  ''  ho  shall  grow  up  before  him 
as  a  tender  plant,  and  as  .1  root  out 
of  a  drypround:  <' he  hath  no  form 
nor  comeliness;  and  when  wo  shall 
seo  him,  there,  is  no  beauty  that  wo 
should  desire  him. 

3  ■'He  is  despised  and  rejected  of 
men;  n  man  of  sorrow."--,  and  fac- 
fiuaintcd  with  grief:  and  Iff  we  hid  as 
it  were  our  faces  from  Iiim;  he  was 
despised,  and  S  we  esteemed  him  not. 

4  IT  Surely  b  he  hath  borne  ou 
griefs,  and  carried  our  sorrows:  yet 
wo  did  esteem  him  stricken,  smitten 
of  God,  and  afflicted. 

5  But  he  was  II  i  wounded  for  our 
transjfrcssions,  ?ie  vrrs  bruised  fo 
our  iniquities:  the  chastisement  ol 
our  peace  was  upon  him;  and  with 
his  k  t  stripes  we  arc  healed. 

6  lAU  we  like  sheep  have  pone 
.xstr.ay;  wo  have  turned  every  one  to 
his  own  way;  and  the  Lord  thath 
Laid  on  him  the  iniquity  of  us  all. 

7  He  was  oppressed,  and  he  wag 
afflicted,  yet  '"ho  opened  not  his 
mouth:  "lie  is  brousht  asaliimh  to 
the  siaushterj  and  as  a  sheei*  before 
her  shearers  is  dumb,  so  he  openeth 
not  his  mouth. 

8  II  He  was  taken  from  prison  and 
from  judgment:  and  who  shall  de- 
clare Ills  generation  y  for  "lie  was  cut 
off  out  of  the  land  of  the  living:  for 
the  transgression  of  my  people  f  was 
he  stricken. 

!)  I*  And  he  made  his  crave  with  the 
wicked,  and  with    the    rich    in   his 

I  death;  because  he  had  done  no 
violence,  neither  tvas  amj  1  deceit  in 
his  month. 

10  IT  Yet  it  Pleased  the  Lord  to 
bruise  him;  he  hath  put  liim  to 
grief:  II  when  thou  shalt  make  his 
.soul  ''an  offering  fbr  sin,  he  sliall  see 
his  seed,  'he  shall  prolong  his  days, 
and  'the  pleasure  of  thoLoKD  shall 
prosper  in  his  hand. 

II  Ho  shall  see  of  the  travail  of  his 
Old,    niirl   shall    bo    satisfied :    "  iiy 

his  knowlod','e  sh.ill  "  my  rightcoiTs 
vant '  jiistify  many;  "for  he  shiiU 
bear  their  iiiiiiuities. 
\>  I.  Thrreflin.  will  I  divide  him  n 
portiun  with  the  great, '  and  ho  shall 

lEph.  I..!.  I).  2Th<M.l.tl.  u.I.ihnlT.  3.  2rd.  l.n,  iIJnlin2. 1. 
)'cb.42.  I.&4K.  3.  mlluin  S.  is.  I'J.  i>  <cr.  4,  5.  ljr«.2.  8.  I'Ull.  2. 
8.     cCol.2.  15. 

606 


It  Matt.  R.  17. 


m.  4,  2.1. 

■or.  15.  3. 

•et.  3.  19. 
k  1  Pet.  2.  24. 
t  Hel.  truii.. 
I  Pi.  119.  178. 
1  Pol.  2.  25. 
t  Heb,  lirttk 


aJt  ll,r 


&  ::.  IJ.  u. 

Mi,rk  U.Cl. 
4  1i.  5. 
1  Pet.  2.  23. 
n  Act!  8.  32. 


jdivido  the  spoil  with  the  ftron.g; 
Ibecanse  he  hath  poured  out  his  soul 
junto  death:  nii<l  he  was  <l  numbered 
Jwith  the  trans;^ressors;  and  he  hare 
[the  sin  of  many,  and  *^  made  inter- 
tccssion  for  the  transgressors.  I 

CHAPTER  LI V. 
1  I7id    prophet,   for   the  eomfort  of   the 
Oenliles,  prophcsicth  the  amplitude  of 
their  church,  4  their  enfrty,  li  their  err- 
taindeliveranee  oritof  iijAlrtion.  U  their 
fair  edijieationf  la  and  their  sure  pres- 
ervation. 
"QIXG.  O  barren,  thon  i/iat  didst 
O  not  hear;  break  fortli  into  siiig- 
ini,  and  erv  aloud,  thou  l/mi  didst 
not  tr.o.vail  with  child:  for  I'more  are 
the  children  of  the  desolate  than  the 
children  of  the  married  wife,  saitli 
the  Lord. 

2  ''Enlarge  the  place  of  thy  tent,  and 
let  them  stretch  forth  the  enrtains  of 
thine  habitations:  spare  not,  lengthen 
thy  corils,  and  strengthen  thv  stakes; 
.1'For  thou  shalt  break  forth  on  the 
fright  hand  and  on  the  left;  <l  and  thy 
seed  shall  inherit  the  (rcntiles,  and 
make  the  desolate  cities  to  be  in- 
I  habited. 
4  Fear  not;  fiir  thou  shalt  not  be 
ashamed:  neither  ho  thou  confouml- 
ed;  for  thou  shalt  not  be  put  to 
shame :  for  thou  shalt  forget  the 
shame  of  thy  youth,  and  shalt  not 
remember  the  reproach  of  thy  widow- 
hr>od  any  more. 

.'> ''  For  "thy  Maker  t.s  thine  husband; 
The  fLoRD  of  hostsMhisnamc;  and 
thy  Redeemer  the  Holy  One  of  Is- 
rael :  f'  The  Ood  of  the  whole  earth 
shall  he  he  called. 

(!  For  the  I-oitn  h  hath  called  thee 
as  a  woman  forsaken  and  grievetl  in 
spirit,  and  a  wife  of  youth,  when 
thou  w.ast  refused,  saith  thy  (iod. 
7  t  For  a  small  moment  have  I  for- 
saken thee;  but  with  great  mercies 
will  I  gather  thee. 

H  In  a  little  wrath  I  hid  my  face 
from  thco  for  a  moment;  k  but  with 
everlasting  kindness  will  I  liave 
mercy  on  thee,  saith  the  Lord  thy 
Uedeemer, 

',)  For  this  1.5  as  the  waters  of  1  Nonh 
nnto  me:  for  as  I  ha\'e  sworn  that 
the  waters  of  No.ih  should  no  more 
go  over  the  earth:  so  have  I  swfirn 
that  I  would  not  be  wroth  with  thee, 
nor  rebuke  thee. 
HI  For  '"  the  mountains  shall  depart, 
and  the  hills  be  removed;  "but  my 
kindness  shall  not  depart  from  thee, 
ither  shall  the  covenant  of  my 
peace  be  removed,  saith  the  Lord 
that  hath  mercv  on  thee. 
lino  thou  "aflliited,  tosseil  with 
tempest,  ami  not  eomf'ort.Ml,  behold, 
I  will  lay  thy  st.uies  with  "fair 
,  and  lay  thy  foundations  with 
sapphires. 

And  I  will  make  thy  windows  of 
agates,  and  thy  gates  of  carbuneles, 
and  all  thy  borders  of  pleasant  stones.  I 


f  Luko  1.  :ii 


■  Exhortation  to  faith. 


TSAIAH.  Exhortation  to  holiness  of  life. 


13  And  nil  thy  cliililrcn  shall  hc\ 
■"tausht  of  the  I>oi:u;  nnd  'iKrcan 
shall  he  the  peace  of  thy  cluUlrcn. 

H  In  rifihteousncss  Blmlt  tliou  be 
established:  thou  shall  be  far  from 
oppression;  for  thou  shalt  not  fear: 
and  from  terror;  for  it  shall  not  come 
near  thee. 

15  Behold,  they  ph all  surelv  patlier 
tot;ether,  Imt  not  bv  me:  wliosoever 
shall  Rather  together  a;;ainst  tUcc 
shall  fall  for  thy  sake. 

16  BchoM,  I  have  created  the  smith 
that  bloweth  the  coals  h\  the  tire, 
and  that  brin;;eth  forth  an  instru- 
ment for  his  "Work ;  and  I  have  created 
the  waster  to  destroy. 

17  1[  No  Aveanon  that  is  formed 
aijainst  thee  shall  prosper;  nnd  every 
ton;;ue  that  shall  rise  af^ainst  thee 
in  ^judj^ment  thou  shalt  condemn. 
This  ?s  the  heritage  of  the  servants 
of  the  I^oRD,  'nnd  tlicir  rishteous- 
ness  is  of  me,  saith  the  JjOiii). 

CHAPTER  LV. 
1  Tlie  prophet,  with  llic  promiaca  of  Chritt, 
cnllclh  to  faith,  0  <ind  to  repentance.     8 
r    The  happy  eueeeSB  of  them  that  believe. 

HO,  "every  one  that  thirsteth, 
come  ye  to  the  "waters,  and  he 
that  hatli  no  money;  I)  come  ye,  bny, 
and  cat:  yea,  come,  buy  wine  nnd 
milk  without  money  and  without 
price. 

2  Wherefore  do  ye  f  spend  money 
for  that  which  is  not  bread  ?  anil  your 
labour  for  that  vhich  satisfieth  not? 
he.arken  dillRently  unto  me,  nnd  eat 
yc  that  which  is  pood,  and  let  your 
soul  delight  itself  in  fatness. 

3  Incline  your  ear,  and  "  come  nnto 
me:  hear,  nnd  your  soul  shall  live; 
d  nnd  I  will  mate  an  everlasting  cov- 
enant with  you,  even  the  "  sure  mer- 
cies of  David. 

4  Behold,  I  have  Riven  liim  for  fa 
witness  to  the  people,  ^  a  leader  and 
commander  to  the  people. 

fi  liBehohl,  thou  shalt  call  n  nation 
?/ia«  thou  knowcst  not,  iand  nations 
that  knew  not  thee  shall  run  unto 
thee,  because  of  the  I>o  I!  n  thy  tJod, 
and  for  the  Holy  One  of  Israel;  kfor 
he  hath  gloritiecl  thee. 

6  T[  1  Seek  ye  the  Lorp  while  he 
may  be  found,  call  ye  upon  him 
whdc  he  is  near: 

7  "'  Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way, 
and  tthc  unri;;hteoiis  man  "his 
thoughts:  and  let  him  return  nnto 
the  LoRi>,  "and  he  will  have  mercy 
\ipon  him:  and  to  our  God,  for  the 
will  abundantly  pardon. 

5  TT  I'  For  my  thoughts  arc  not  your 
thoughts,  nc'ither  are  your  ways  my 
ways,  saith  the  J.oi:n. 

9  Tor  as  the  heavens  arc  higher 
than  the  earth,  so  are  my  ways  higher 
than  your  ways,  and  my  thoughts 
than  your  thoughts. 
p2s;un  7.ia.  I  ]|)  F„r  ^ as  the  rain  cometli  down, 
,r..  iffli.  11.  an<l  the  snow  from  heaven,  and  re- 
rCeut.  32.2.  |  turnetU  not  thither,  but  watcreth  the 


earth,  and  maketh  it  brin^  forth  nnd 
bud,  that  it  may  pive  seed  to  the 
sower,  and  bread  to  the  cater: 

11  '  So  shall  my  word  be  that  pocth 
forth  out  of  my  mouth:  it  shall  not 
return  unto  me  void,  but  it  shall  ne- 
coniplish  that  which  I  please,  and  it 
shall  prosper  i?(  the  tUitig  whereto  1 
sent  it. 

12  '  For  ye  shall  po  out  with  joy, 
and  be  le"d  forth  with  peace  :  the 
mountains  and  the  hills  shall  "break 
forth  before  you  into  sin^inp,  nnd 
*all  the  trees  of  the  Held  shall  clap 
their  hands. 

l.T  >  Instead  of  'the  thorn  shallj 
come  up  the  fir  tree,  and  instcatl  of 
the  brier  shall  come  up  the  myrtle 
Itree:  and  it  shall  be  to  the  Loitn 
"for  a  name,  for  an  everlasting  sign 
that  shall  not  be  cut  otl'.  I 

CHAPTER  LVI. 
1  The  prophet  cxhorteth  to  eanetification. 
3  Jfe  promiaeth  it  ahall  be  tjencral  with- 
out reapeet  of  pcramia.    9  ile  inveipheth 
aifainat  blind  watchmen. 

Tlltrs  saith  the  I.ourt,  Keep  ye 
II judgment,  nnd  do  justice:  "for 
my  salvation  is  near  to  come,  and 
my  riglitcousness  to  be  revealed. 

2  Blessed  is  the  man  that  docth 
this,  and  the  son  of  man  that  layeth 
hold  on  it;  lithat  keepeth  the  sab- 
bath from  polluting  it,  and  keepeth 
his  hand  from  doing  nny  evil. 

.■J  n  Neilher  let  'the  son  of  the 
stranger,  that  hath  joined  himself  to 
the  Lord,  speak,  saying.  The  ],oi!n 
hath  utterly  separated  me  from  his 
people:  neither  let  the  eunuch  say. 
Behold,  I  am  a  dry  tree. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  Eonn  unto  the 
eunuchs  that  keep  my  sabbaths,  nnd 
choose  the  thi7)i/s  that  please  mc,  nnd 
take  hold  of  my  covenant; 

.l  Even  unto  them  will  I  give  in 
dniino  house  nnd  within  my  walls  a 
place  "and  a  name  better  tlian  of 
sons  nnd  of  daughters:  I  will  give 
them  an  everlasting  name,  that  shall 
not  bo  cut  off. 

0  Also  the  sons  of  the  stranger,  that 
join  themselves  to  the  I/Okd,  to  serve 
him,  and  to  love  the  name  of  the 
]>oi:n,  to  be  his  servants,  every  one 
that  keepeth  the  sabbath  from  pollut- 
ing it,  nnd  taketh  hold  of  my  cove- 
nant; 

7  Even  them  will  I  f bring  to  my 
holy  mountain,  nnd  make  them  joy- 
ful in  my  house  of  prayer:  "^  their 
Imrnt  ottcrings  and  their  saeritiees 
shall  he.  accepted  upon  mine  altar: 
for  limine  house  shall  be  called  a 
iioMse  of  prayer  i  for  all  people. 

5  The  Eord  Cmi  k  which  gnthereth 
tlie  (.ute;.^ts  of  Israel  saith,  I  Yet  will 
I  L-nther  nlhi  rs  to  him,)  besides  those 
tliat  ;ire  :.'alhereil  unto  him. 

',1  IT  "'  All  ye  beasts  c^f  the  field,  come 
to  devour,  ilea,  all  yc  beasts  iu  the 
forest. 

10  His  watchmen  arc  "blind:  they 


The  idolatry  of  the  Jews. 


Mercy  promised  to  the  penitent. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  712. 


about  033. 
t  Holi.  mm 

nPj.  12.  1. 
Mio.  7.  2. 
l.lKin.14  13. 


I  Or.  go  1 

f:r.-2. 


ch.  1.  2». 
o2Kiii.  10.4 
k  17.  10. 


.  18.21. 
in.  16.  3. 


i  El,  lli  2R.2I!. 
*  J3.  2~20. 
D  Or,  llinn 


ore  all  i;;noraiit,  "tlicy  nrc  nil  cUimb 
(logs,  they  cannot  bark;  ||  sleeping', 
lying  down,  loving  to  slumber. 

11  Yea,  llif!/  arc  1 1' greedy  dogs 
which  j'lcaii  never  Juivc  cnougii, 
and  they  are  sheplierds  that  cannot 
understand:  they  nil  look  to  their 
own  way,  every  cue  for  hia  gain, 
from  his  tiuartcr. 

Vi  Come  yc,  sail  thf  i,  I  -will  fetch 
wine,  and  wc  will  fill  ourselves  with 
strong  drink;  ""and  to  morrow  shall 
be  as  tills  day,  and  much  more 
abundant. 

'.  23.  30.  cli.  il.  13.  Lnko  12.  11.  1  Cor.  15. 32. 

CHAPTER  J>VII. 

I  The  lloBtcd  death  of  the  righteous.  S 
Ood  rejirovctlt  the  Jews  foi*  their  wtior. 
ish  idvtntry.  13  lie  tfivcth  evangelical 
promisee  to  the  penitent, 

T'^IIE  ripliteous  pcrishcth,  and  no 
J.  man  luycth  it  to  heart :  and 
f'Mncreiful  men  arc  taken  away, 
''none  considering  that  the  riglitcous 
is  taken  away  )(  from  the  evil  to  roitic. 

2  He  shall  ll  enter  into  peace:  they 
shall  rest  in  *^  their  I)eds,  each  one 
walking  ||  in  his  uprightness. 

3  11  But  draw  near  liither,  ilyc  sons 
of  the  sorceress,  the  seed  of  the  adul- 
terer and  the  whore. 

4  Against  whom  do  yc  sport  your- 
selves ?  against  whom  make  ye  a  wide 
mouth,  ami  draw  out  the  tongue? 
arc  ye  not  children  of  transgression, 
a  seed  of  falsehood, 

5  Inflaming  yourselves  ||  with  idols 
''under  every  green  tree,  f slaying 
the  children  in  the  valleya  under  the 
clefts  of  the  rocks? 

G  Among  the  smooth  stones  of  the 
stream  in  thy  portion  ;  they,  tliey 
arc  thy  lot:  even  to  them  hnst  thou 
poured  a  drink  offering,  thou  hast 
offered  a  meat  offering.  Should  I 
receive  comfort  in  these? 

7  6 Upon  a  loftv  nnd  hiph  mountain 
hnsttlKiu  Brt  litliy  lieil:  even  tliithcr 
wentest  llioii  np  in  oiler  sacrifice. 

8  Behind   llu-   doors   also  and    the 

f)Osts  hast  thou  set  up  thv  remem- 
irance  :  for  thou  hast  discovered 
thijsrlf'  to  anotlicr  than  me,  and  art 
gone  \\\)  ;  thou  hast  cnlargeil  thy 
bed,  and  [j  made  thee  a  corcnant 
with  them;  i  thou  lovedst  their  bed 

II  where  thou  sawest  it. 

9  And  II  kthou  wcntest  to  the  king 
with  ointment,  and  didst  increase 
thy  perfumes,  and  didst  send  thy 
messengers  far  off,  nnd  didst  debase 
thtfsclt'crcn  nnto  hell. 

li)  Thou  art  wearied  in  the  great- 
ness of  thy  wav;  I  i/rt  saidst  thnu 
not,  There  is  no  hope:  thou  hast 
found  the  |[  life  of  thine  hand;  there- 
fore thou  wiist  not  grieved. 

II  And  '"of  whom  hast  thou  been 
nfraid  or  feared,  (hat  fhmi  hast  Ih'd, 
;ind  hast  not  remembereil  me,  nor 
laid  iVto  thy  heart?  "  have  not  I  held 
mr  peace  even  of  old,  and  thou  fcar- 
est  me  not? 

608 


12  I  "will  declare  thy  righteousness, 
and  thy  works;  for  tlicy  shall  not 
profit  thee. 

1.3  11  When  thou  criest,  let  thy  com- 
panies deliver  thee ;  but  the  wind 
shall  carry  them  all  away  ;  vanitv 
shall  take  them:  but  he  that  pufteth 
his  trust  in  mc  shall  possess  the  land, 
and  shall  inherit  my  holy  mountain; 

14  And  shall  say,  "Cast  yc  up,  cast 
ye  up,  pre|iarc  the  way,  take  up  the 
stumblingblock  out  of  the  way  ofmy 
people. 

i  15  For  thus  saith  the  high  nnd  lofty 
One  that  inhabiteth  eternity,  ''whose 
namcw  Holy;  11  dwell  in  the  high 
and  holy  ;;/occ',  ''with  him  also  that 
is  of  a  contrite  and  humble  spirit,  "to 

''revive  the  spirit  of  the  humble,  and 

I  to  revive  the  heart  of  the  contrite 
ones. 

I() '  For  I  will  not  contend  for  ever, 
neither  will  I  be  nlw:iys  wroth:  for 
the  spirit  should  fail  before  me,  and 
the  souls  "  which  1  have  made. 

17  For  the  ini(iuity  of  "his  covct- 
ousness  was  1  wroth,  and  smote  him: 
5  I  hid  mc,  and  was  wroth,  "and  he 
went  on  ( frowardly  in  the  way  of 
his  heart. 

15  I  have  seen  his  ways,  and  "will 
heal  him:  1  will  lead  him  also,  and 
restore  comforts  uuto  him  and  to 
bhis  mourners. 

lit  I  create  "^thc  fruit  of  tho  lips  ; 
Peace,  peace  ^  to  him  that  i>  far  off, 
and  to  him  that  js  near,  saith  the 
IjORD;  and  I  will  heal  him. 

20  "  But  the  wicked  are  like  the 
troubled  sea,  when  it  cannot  rest, 
whose  waters  cast  up  mire  and  dirt. 
I  21  f  I'hcre  is  no  peace,  saitli  iny  God, 
ito  the  wicked. 

CHAPTER  I.Aail. 

1  Ttte  projiliet,  being  sent  to  reprove  hy- 
pocrtstf,  3  cxpresseth  a  cottnterfeit  fast 
and  a  true.  8  Jle  declareth  ivltot  prom. 
iscs  are  ttuc  unto  godliness,  13  and  to 
the  keeping  of  the  eabbuth. 

(IKY  f  aloud,  spare  not,  lift  up  thy 
'  voice  like  a  trumpet,  and  shew 
my  people  their  transgression,  nnd 
the  house  of  Jacob  their  sins. 

2  Yet  they  seek  mc  daily,  and  de- 
light to  know  my  ways,  as  a  nation 
that  did  righteousness,  and  forsook 
not  the  ordinance  of  their  God:  they 
ask  of  me  the  ordinances  of  iustice; 
thev  take  delight  in  npproacning  to 
God. 

.'!  If  "Wherefore  have  wc  fasted,  sa;/ 
the'/,  and  thou  scest  not?  trhrrc/ore 
have  we  l.afllicted  our  soul,  nnd  thou 
takest  no  knowledge?  Behold,  in 
the  day  of  your  fast  ye  find  pleas- 
ure, an'd  e.\:iet  all  your"  ||  I  labours. 

4  "Behold,  yc  fast  for  strit'o  and 
debate,  nnd  to  smite  with  the  fist  of 
wickedness:  ||  ye  shall  not  fast  as  «<• 
(In  this  (lav,  to  make  your  voice  to  be 
heard  on  liigh. 

.^>  I.s  it  ilsueh  a  fast  that  I  have 
chosen?  ■•'  ||  a  day  for  a  man  to  attliet 


Promises  of  godliness. 


ISAIAH. 


The  sins  of  the  Jews. 


CHRIST 

about  G93. 


lOr.  o^.tle./. 
k  Job  31.  19. 
10«n.  S).  U. 

Sell.  5. .'». 
niJubU.  17. 
n  Et   14   19. 


t  ticb  (»..oi 
l.ch.Cl.  4. 


4  :3. 2J. 

Ich,  1.20.4 
40,  5. 
Hie.  4. 1. 


Ills  soul?  I'i-  it  to  bow  down  liis  head 
as  a  bulrusli,  and  fto  spread  sack- 
cloth and  ashes  H/if/cr  Aim?  wilt  thou 
call  this  a  fast,  and  an  acceptable  day 
to  the  LoKii? 

G  Is  not  this  the  ftst  that  I  have 
chosen?  to  loose  the  bands  of  wick- 
edness, Eto  undo  I  the  heavy  bur- 
dens, and  lito  let  the  t  oppressed  go 
free,  and  that  ye  break  every  yoke? 

7  Is  it  not  i  to  deal  thy  bread  to  the 
hungry,  and  that  thou  bring  the  poor 
that  arc  ||ca.st  out  to  thy  house? 
kwhen  thou  secst  the  naked,  that 
thou  cover  him;  and  that  thou  hide 
not  thyself  from  Uhinc  own  flesh? 

8  IT  "'Then  shall  thy  light  break 
forth  as  the  morning,  and  thine 
health  shall  spring  forth  speedily  : 
and  tliy  righteousness  shall  go  before 
thee;  '"the  glory  of  the  IvUicu  1  shall 
be  thy  rearward. 

!)  Then  shall  thou  call,  and  the 
l>oiii)  shall  answer;  thou  shalt  cry, 
and  he  shall  say.  Here  I  am.  If  tluiu 
take  away  from  the  midst  of  thee  the 
j-oke,  the  nutting  forth  of  the  linger, 
and  "speaking  vanity; 

lU  And  il  thou  draw  out  thy  soul  to 
the  hungry,  and  sati>fy  the  afllieted 
soul;  then  sliall  thy  light  rise  in  ob- 
scurity, and  thy  darkness  be  as  the 
noonday: 

11  And  the  LoiiD  shall  guide  thee 
continually,  and  satisiy  tliy  soul  in 
t drought, "and  make  hit  tliy  hones: 
and  thou  shalt  be  like  a  watered 
garden,  and  like  a  spring  of  wster, 
whose  waters  I  fail  nut. 

1-'  And  thcij  that  shall  be  of  thee 
P shall  build  the  old  waste  places: 
thou  shalt  raise  up  the  foundations 
of  many  generations;  and  thou  shalt 
be  called.  The  repairer  of  the  breach, 
Tlie  restorer  of  paths  to  dwell  in. 

13  Tl  If 'I  thou  turn  away  thy  foot 
from  the  sabbath,  frotn  doing  thy 
pleasure  on  my  holy  day;  and  call 
the  sabbath  a  delight,  the  holy  of  the 
Loud,  honourable;  and  shalt  hon- 
our him,  not  doing  thine  own  ways, 
nor  finding  thine  own  i)leasurc,  nor 
speaking  tliine  oicn  words: 

14  ■'Then  shalt  tliou  delight  thyself 
in  tlicLorn;  and  I  will  causethee 
to  '^ridc  upon  the  high  places  of  the 
eartJi,  and  i'vtjd  tliee  with  the  heritage 
of  J;>cob  thy  father:  'for  the  mouth 
of  the  LoKD  hath  spoken  if. 

CHAPTER  LIX. 

1  Tha  ilavmalilc  nature  ofein.     3  The  tint 
of  the  Jcu-a.     S  Cal,nn<t</ it  for  tin.    IS 
Salvation  it  ivlij  of  Uod.    'M  The  cove- 
nant of  the  Redeemer. 
BEHOLD,  the  Lonn's  hand  is  not 
''shortened,  tliat  it  cannot  sa^'c; 
neither  his  ear  heavy,  that  it  cannot 
liear: 

2  But  your  iniqiiitics  have  separated 
between  you  and  your  God,  and 
your  sins  (jhavc  liid  Jtis  face  from 
yon,  that  he  will  not  hear. 

3  For  I»  your  hands  arc  dcfilefV  with 

39 


blood,  and  your  fingers  with  iniq- 
uity ;  yoxir  lips  have  spoken  lies, 
your  tongue  hath  muttered  x>crverse- 
ness. 

4  None  calleth  for  justice,  nor  any 
plcadcth  for  truth :  they  trust  in 
vanity,  and  speak  lies;  "^  they  con- 
ceive mischief,  and  bring  forth  in- 
iquity. 

5  T  hey  Iiatch  ||  cockatrice'  eggs, 
and  weave  the  spider's  web:  he  that 
eatcth  of  their  eggs  dioth,  and  ||  that 
which  is  crushed  brcaketh  out  into  a 
viper. 

(!  <1  Their  webs  shall  not  become 
garments,  neither  shall  they  cover 
themselves  with  their  works:  their 
works  are  works  of  iniquity,  and  the 
net  of  violence  is  in  their  hands. 

7  "Their  feet  run  to  evil,  and  they 
make  haste  to  shed  innocent  blood: 
their  thoughts  are  thoughts  of  iniq- 
uity; wasting  and  (destruction  arc 
ill  their  paths. 

8  The  way  of  peace  they  know  not; 
and  Ihere  is  no  ||  judgment  in  their 
goings:  fthcy  have  made  them 
crooked  paths :  whosoever  goeth 
therein  shall  not  know  peace. 

y  U  Therefore  is  judgment  f;ir  from 
us,  neither  doth  justice  overtake  us: 
Swc  wait  for  light,  hut  behold  ob- 
scurity; for  brightness,  hut  wc  walk 
in  darkness. 

II)  Il  \Ve  grope  for  the  wall  like  the 
blind,  aiul  wc  grope  as  if  ve  liait  no 
C3"es:  we  stumhie  at  noonday  as  in 
the  night;  u'e  are  in  desolate  places 
as  dead  i/icw. 

11  AVe  roar  all  like  bears,  and 
i  mourn  sore  like  doves:  we  look  for 
judgiuent,  but  tlicve  is  none;  for  sal- 
vation, hut  it  is  fiir  off  from  ua. 

12  For  our  transgressions  are  multi- 
plied before  thee,  and  our  sins  testily 
against  us :  for  our  transgressions 
arc  with  us;  and  as  for  our  iniq- 
uities, we  know  them; 

I;i  In  transgressing  and  lying  against 
the  Lord,  and  departing  away  Irom 
our  God,  speaking  oppression  and 
revolt,  conceivingand  uttering  l^from 
the  heart  words  of  fiilsehood. 

14  And  judgment  is  turned  away 
bTiekwaid,  .ind  justice  standeth  nliir 
olf :  for  truth  is  fallen  in  the  street, 
and  eciuitv  cannot  enter. 

15  Yea,  truth  faileth;  and  he  t/iat 
departeth  from  evil  |1  maketh  him- 
self a  prey:  and  the  LoKi)  saw  it, 
and  fit  displeased  him  that  t/tcre 
vns  no  judgment. 

IG  11 1  And  he  saw  that  Ihere  was  no 
man,  and  '"  wondered  that  1/iere  vas 
no  intercessor:  "therefore  Ids  arm 
brought  salvation  unto  him:  and  his 
righteousness,  it  sustained  him. 

17  "For  he  put  on  righteousness  as 
a  breastplate,  and  a  helmet  of  salva- 
tion upon  his  head;  and  he  put  on 
the  garments  of  vcngcnnec/or  cloth- 
ing, and  was  clad  with  zeal  as  a 
cloak.  m,,3 


The  glorious  aco:ie  of  the 


ISALiH. 


GentiUs  to  the  church. 


Befan 
CHRIST 
miMat  6tl«. 


L^ 


ii--r^-kaU 


11. 


I  Of.  t 

■  Ca  2   4. 

ich.  «l  «. 
Muu  X  II 
kCo.23.  13. 


an.Tl  lOi 
«k.  e. «.  * 

2ack.   U  U 

pjT     1    17. 

1  cl>   U.  S. 


IS  f  According  to  their  t  deeds,  ac-  i 
cordiuslj-  he  will  repaj,  fury  to  his 
adversanes,  recompeDse  to  hie  ene- 
mies:  to  the  inlands  he  will  repay  ' 
recompense.  | 

yj  I  So  shah  ther  fear  the  name  of  | 
the  L<5KD  firom  the  west,  and  hia 
glory  from  the  risin»  of  the  son. 
When  the  enemy  shall  come  in 
■^Uke  a  flciod,  the  t?pirit  of  the  Lord 
sh.-Ul  il  lit^  up  a  standard  against . 
him.  I 

il  "T  And  '  the  Redeemer  shall  come 
to  Zioii,  and  unto  them  that  turn 
from  traosgreseion  in  Jacob,  saith  i 
the  Lord.  | 

21  *A3  for  me,  this  I5  my  covenant 
with  them,  saith  the  iJoKi) ;  My  , 
Spirit  that  i-<  upon  thee,  and  my 
words  wiiich  I  have  put  in  thv 
mouth,  shall  not  depart  out  of  thV 
mouth,  nor  out  of  the  mouth  of  thy  , 
seed,  nor  out  of  tlic  mouth  of  thy 
seed's  seed,  saith  the  Lobd,  from  ' 
henceforth  and  for  ever.  I 

CHAPTER  LX.  | 

1  The  i7^3rjr  of  t/u  ehur^.x  in  t\4  abiAj%dant 
octets  of  th€  Gentxle4,  15  an-i  the  ffreat 
Ut»3inff9  after  a  thort  ajiiciion. 

4  RISE,  »  II  shine:  for  thy  lisht 
.tS.  is  come,  and  ■>  the  glory  of  the 
Lord  is  risen  upon  thee. 

2  For,  behold,  the  darkness  shall ' 
cover  the  earth,  an  1  ;ni5s  darkness  [ 
the  people:  but  the  Lord  shall  arise 
upon  thee,  and  hia  glory  shall  be  1 
seen  upon  thee.  "  j 

G  And  the  '  Geutiles  shall  come  to  ' 
thy  light,  and  kings  to  the  bright- 
ness of  thy  rising. 

i  "iLift  up  thine  eyes  round  about,  | 
and  see:  all  they  gather  themselves  ; 
together,  ^  they 'come  to  thee:  thy  ! 
sons  shall  conie  from  far,  and  thy  : 
daughters  shall  be  nursed  at  tAy  1 
side.  I 

5  Then  thou  shalt  see,  and  flow  to- 1 
gether,  and  thiue  heart  shall  fear,  and 
be  enlarged;  because  fthe  '.:  abund- 
ance of  the  sea  shall  be  converted 
unto  thee,  the  ;  forces  of  the  Gentiles  1 
shall  come  unto  thee.  | 

6  The  multitude  of  camels  shall  cov- 
er thee,  the  dromedaries  of  Midian 
and  SEphah;  all  they  from  >>  Shetn 
shall  come:  they  shall  bring  'goldj 
and  incense:  arid  thev  shall  shew  ' 
forth  the  praises  of  the  Lord. 

7  All  the  flocks  of  t  Kedar  shall  be 
gathered  together  unto  thee,  the  rams 
of  Xebaioth  shall  minister  unto  thee: 
they  shall  come  up  with  acceptance 
on  mine  altar,  and  1 1  will  glonfy  the 
house  of  my  glory. 

S  Who  nif  these  t/tat  fly  99  a  cloud, 
and  as  the  doves  to  their" windows? 

9  "  Surely  the  isles  shall  wait  for 
rac,  and  tlie  ships  of  Tar$hish  first, 
°to  bring  thy  sons  from  far,  "their 
silver  and  their  gold  with  them, 
funto  the  na.me  of  the  Lord  thv 
Uod,  and  to  the  Iloly  Unc  of  Israel, 
'•  because  he  hath  ;;lorilicd  UiCC. 
610 


10  And  '  the  sons  of  strangers  shall 
build  up  thy  walls,  'and  their  kings 
shall  minister  unto  the«:  for  'in  my 
wrath  1  smote  thee,  *  but  in  my 
fiivour  have  I  had  mercy  on  thee. 

11  Therefore  thy  gates  'shall  be 
open  continually:  they  shall  not  be 
shut  day  nor  night:  that  men  may 
bring  unto  thee  the  ,  forees  of  the 
Gentiles,  and  that  their  kings  may 
be  brought. 

Iw  •  For  the  nation  and  kingdom 
tliat  will  not  serve  thee  shall  perish: 
yea,  tAose  nations  shall  be  utterly 
wasted. 

15  '  The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall 
come  unto  thee,  the  fir  tree,  the  pine 
tree,  and  the  box  together,  to  beautify 
the  place  of  my  sanctuary:  and  I 
will  make  *  the  place  of  my  feet  glori- 
ous. 

14  The  sons  also  of  them  that  af- 
flicted thee  shall  come  bending  unto 
thee:  and  all  they  that  despised  thee 
shall  k  bow  themselves  down  at  the 
soles  of  thv  fcet;  and  thev  shall  call 
thee.  The' city  of  the  Lord.  'The 
Zion  of  the  Holy  One  of  Israel. 

13  Whereas  thou  hast  been  forsaken 
and  hated,  so  that  no  man  went 
through  thee,  I  will  make  thee  an 
eternal  excellency,  a  joy  of  many 
generations. 

Iti  Thou  shalt  al&o  snck  the  milk 
of  the  Gentiles,  J  and  shalt  suck 
the  breast  of  king>:  and  thou  ehalt 
know  that  '1  the  Lord  am  thy 
Saviour  and  tliv  Redeemer,  the 
Mighty  One  of  Jacob. 

ir  For  brass  1  will  bring  gold,  and 
for  iron  I  will  bring  silver,  and  for 
wood  brafs,  and  for  stones  iron:  I 
will  also  make  thy  otficers  peace, 
and  thine  exactors  righteousness. 

15  Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard 
in  thy  land,  wxsting  nor  destruction 
within  thy  borders:  but  thou  shalt 
call  f  thy  walls  Salvation,  and  thy 
gates  Praise. 

\'i  The  5  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy 
light  by  day:  neither  for  brightness 
shall  the  moon  give  light  unto  thee: 
but  the  Lord  snail  be  unto  thee  an 
everlasting  hght,  and  k  thy  God  thy 
glory. 

M  '  Thy  sun  "shall  no  more  go 
down;  neither  shall  thy  moon  «iu«- 
draw  itself:  for  the  Lord  shall  be 
thine  everlasting  light,  and  the  days 
of  thv  mourning  shall  be  ended. 

21  iThy  people  al^o  fJtall  he  all 
righteous':  I  thev  shall  inherit  the 
land  for  ever,  *the  branch  of  my 
planting,  "the  work  of  ray  hands, 
that  I  may  be  glorified. 

22  ".V  little  one  shall  become  a  thou- 
sand, and  asmall  one  a  stron":  nation: 
I  the  Lord  will  hasten  it  in  uis  time. 

CHAPTER  LXL 

I  The  a'^e  tf  CitrUt.    \Tu  f.rwnrimn*^ 

''tnd  iUenx:/!  0/  tlu  /■ii:kf^L 

THE    "Spirit   of  the    Lord    Goo 
is  upon  me^  because  the  Loud 


J.»i>l.  12.* 


The  office  of  Christ. 


ISAIAH. 


The  office  of  ministers. 


CHRIST 

•bout  C93. 


■  P.  72.  3.  h 
S5.  U. 

•  ch.  ro.  18.  & 


khnth  anoinU'd  me  to  preach  good 
tidings  unto  the  meek;  lie  hath  sent 
me  'to  bind  up  the  brokenhearted, 
to  proclaim  il  liberty  to  the  captives, 
and  the  opcnin);  of  the  prison  to 
tlicm  that  arc  bound; 

2  '  To  proclaim  the  acceptable  vcar 
of  the  honii,  and  f  the  dav  ot  vciiue- 
ancc  ofourGod;  S  to  comfort  all  that 
mourn; 

3  To  appoint  unto  them  that  mourn 
in  Zion,  h  to  give  unto  them  beauty 
for  ashes,  the  oil  of  joy  for  mourniiij;, 
the  garment  of  praise  for  the  spirit 
of  heaviness  ;  that  they  might  l)c 
called  Trees  of  rishteousncss,  i  Tlie 
planting  ofthcL.OKD,li  that  he  might 
be  gloritied. 

4  H  And  they  shall  l  build  the  old 
wastes,  they  shall  raise  up  the  for- 
mer desolations,  and  they  shall  repair 
the  waste  cities,  the  desolations  of 
many  generations. 

5  And  '"strangers  shall  stand  and 
feed  your  flocks,  and  the  sons  of  the 
alien  shall  be  your  ploughmen  and 
your  vinedressers. 

t;  "  But  ye  shall  be  named  the 
Priests  of  the  Lokd:  men  shall  call 
you  the  Ministers  of  our  God:  "yc 
.shall  cat  the  riches  of  the  Gentiles, 
and  in  their  glory  shall  ye  boast 
yourselves. 

7  U  yPoT  your  shame  ;ie  shall  have 
double;  and  roc  confusion  they  shall 
rejoice  in  their  jwrtion :  therefore 
in  their  land  they  shall  possess  the 
double:  everlasting  jo3'  shall  be  unto 
them. 

iS  For  II  the  Lord  love  judgment, 
■■I  hate  robbery  for  burnt  offering; 
and  I  will  direct  their  work  in  truth, 
'  and  Twill  make  an  everlasting  cov- 
enant with  them. 

a  And  their  seed  shall  be  known 
among  the  Gentiles,  and  their  off- 
spring among  the  people  :  all  that 
sec  them  shall  acknowledge  them, 
'  that  they  are  the  seed  which  the 
Lord  hath  blessed. 

10  "I  will  greatly  rejoice  in  the 
Lord,  my  soul  shall  be  joyful  in  my 
God;  for  "he  hath  clothed  me  with 
the  garments  of  s.ilvation,  he  hath 
covered  me  with  the  robe  of  right- 
eousness, >  as  a  bridegroom  tdcck- 
eth  hini^cl/  with  ornaments,  and  as 
a  bride  adorncth  hersci/'  with  her 
jewels. 

11  For  as  the  earth  bringcth  forth 
her  bud,  and  as  the  garden  causcth 
the  things  that  are  sown  in  it  to 
spring  forth;  so  the  Lord  GoD  will 
cause  '  righteousness  and  "praise  to 
spring  forth  before  all  the  nations. 

CHAPTER  LXTI. 
1  The  fervent  Jesire  of  the  prophet  to  con- 
firm the  church  in  Ool't  i>romieet.  6 
The  ofice  of  the  miniatert  (unto  which 
they  are  incited)  in  preaching  the  (joa. 
pel,  10  and  preparing  the  jfcapU  thereto. 

Foil  Zion's  sake  will  1  not  hold 
my  peace,  and  for  Jerusalem's 


sake  I  will  not  rest,  until  the  right- 
eousness thereof  go  forth  as  bright- 
ness, and  the  salvation  thereof  aa  a 
lamp  that  burneth. 
•1  '  And  the  Gentiles  shall  see  thy 
righteousness,  and  nil  kin*;s  thy 
glory:  band  thou  shalt  be  called  by 
a  new  name,  which  the  mouth  of  the 
Lonu  shall  name. 

3  Thou  shalt  also  be  *"a  crown  of 
glory  in  the  hand  of  the  Lord,  and 
a  rnval  diadem  in  the  hand  of  thy 
God. 

4  d  Thou  shalt  no  more  be  termed 
*  Fopiaken  ;  neitlier  shall  thy  land 
anymore  be  termed  f  Desolate:  but 
thou  shalt  be  called  \\  llepbzi-bah, 
and  thy  land  ||  Ueulah:  for  the  Lord 
delighteth  in  thee,  and  thy  laud  shall 
be  married. 

5  !I  For  as  a  young  man  marricth  a 
virgin,  so  shall  thy  sons  marry  thee: 
and  \as  the  bridegroom  rejoiceth 
over  the  bride,  so  s  shall  thy  God  re- 
joice over  thee. 

G  h  I  have  set  watchmen  upon  thy 
walls,  O  Jerusalem,  ichwh  shall  never 
hold  their  peace  day  nor  night:  |iyc 
that  make  mention  of  the  Lord, 
keep  not  silence, 

I  And  give  him  no  f  rest,  till  he  es- 
tablish, and  till  he  make  Jerusalem 
■  a  praise  in  the  earth. 

8  The  Lord  hath  sworn  by  his  right 
hand,  and  by  the  arm  of  his  strength, 
t  Surely  I  will  no  more  k  give  thy 
corn  lo  be  meat  for  thine  enemies ; 
and  the  sons  of  the  stranger  shall  not 
drink  thy  wine,  for  the  which  thou 
hast  laboured: 

1>  But  they  that  have  gathered  it 
shall  cat  it,  and  praise  the  1..0RD  ; 
and  they  that  have  brought  it  togeth- 
er shall  drink  it  i  in  the  courts  of  my 
holiness. 

10  IT  Go  through,  go  through  the 
gates  ;  '"  prepare  ye  the  way  of  the 
people;  cast  up, 'cast  up  the  high- 
way; gather  out  the  stones;  °lifl  up 
a  standard  for  the  people. 

U  Behold,  the  Lord  hath  proclaim- 
ed unto  the  end  of  the  world,  "Sav 
yc  to  the  daughter  of  Zion,  Behold, 
thy  salvation  Cometh  ;  belioUl,  his 
P  reward  u  with  him,  .and  his  (|  work 
before  him. 

l->  And  they  shall  call  them,  The 
holy  people.  The  redeemed  of  the 
Lord  :  and  thou  shalt  be  called. 
Sought  out,  A  city  ''not  forsaken. 

CHAPTER  LXIIL 
1  Chriet  ahewcth  teho  he  tJ,  2  what  hit 
victory  over  hix  encmiea,  7  and  what  hit 
mercy  toward  hit  church.  10  In  hitjutt 
wrath  he  remembereth  hit  free  mercy. 
I'j  The  church  in  their  prayer,  17  and 
complaint,  profctl  their  faith. 

'\\rilO  is  this  that  comcth  from 
i\  Edom,  with  dyed  garments 
from  Bozrah  ?  this  that  if  *  glorious 
in  his  apparel,  travelling  in  the  great- 
ness of  his  strength  ?  I  that  speak  in 
righteou.sness,  mightv  to  save. 


Christ's  power  to  save. 


ISAIAH. 


The  church  prayeth  to  God. 


Deforo 
CHRIST 

about  6'J3. 


nPj.TS.  40. 
Aoti7.61. 
Ki>h.'1.30, 
o  Ei.  23,  21. 
II  .11. 
Jl,  U. 

li.  a. 


pE 


II,  ict:. 


■.2.6. 


Pi.  77, 
qNun.,11,17, 

•zr,, 

Nch.<).  20, 
Klin,  4,  «, 

rE<.  M.e, 
■  r.,,  11.21, 
Jo.h  3.  IK. 

I  r.,  ino,  9. 


2  Wliercforc  "o)'<  (/ioh  red  in  thine 
apparel,  and  tliy  garments  lilcc  liim 
that  treadeth  in  the  winefat? 

.'i  I  liave  li  trodden  the  winepress 
alone:  and  of  the  people  tlicre  was 
none  with  nie:  for  1  will  treail  them 
in  mine  anpcr,  and  trample  them  in 
my  fnr.v:  and  their  blood  shall  be 
sprinkled  upon  m.y  garments,  and  I 
will  stain  all  my  raiment. 

4  For  the  ^"  day  of  vengeance  is  in 
mine  heart,  and  the  year  of  my  re- 
deemed is  come. 

5  ''And  I  looked,  nnrl  ^  tit  err  7rnf! 
none  to  help;  and  I  wondered  that 
there  iva^  jmiiQ  to  nphold:  therefore 
mine  own  farm  bronght  salvation 
unto  me  ;  and  my  fury,  it  upheld 
me. 

C  And  I  will  tread  down  the  peo- 
ple in  mine  anger,  and  i^makc  them 
drunk  in  my  fury,  and  I  will  bring 
down  their  strength  to  the  earth. 

7  H  1  will  mention  the  lovingkind- 
nesscs  of  the  Loitn,  and  the  praises  of 
the  l>i)i{i>,  according  to  all  that  the 
LoiiD  hath  bestowed  on  ns,  and  the 

freat  goodness  toward  the  house  of 
srael,  which  he  hath  bestowed  on 
them  according  to  his  mercies,  and 
according  to  the  multitude  of  his 
lovingkindnesses. 

8  For  he  said.  Surely  they  are  my 
people,  children  that  will  not  lie:  so 
he  was  their  Saviour. 

0  li  In  all  thoir  affliction  he  was  af- 
flicted, i  and  tlie  Angel  ofhis  presence 
saved  tlicm :  I- in  his  liivc  anil  in  his 
pity  he  redeemed  them;  ami  1  he 
bare  them,  and  carried  them  all  the 
days  of  old. 

10  T  But  they  "■  rebelled,  and  "  vex- 
ed his  Holy  Spirit:  "therefore  he 
was  turned  to  be  their  enemy,  and 
he  fought  against  them. 

11  Then  he  remembered  the  days  of 
old,  JMoses,  (nift  his  people,  f^tti/inrr. 
Where  w  he  that  I' brought  them  up 
out  of  the  sea  with  the  llshopheid  of 
his  flock  y  '1  where  ?>  he  that  put  his 
Holy  Spirit  within  him? 

12  That  led  them  by  the  right  hand 
of  Moses  'with  his  glorious  arm, 
"dividing  the  water  before  them,  to 
make  himself  an  everlasting  name? 

l.'i  '  That  led  tlieni  through  the  deep, 
as  a  horse  in  the  wilderness,  that 
they  should  not  stumble? 

U  As  a  beast  goeth  down  into  the 
valley,  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  caused 
him  to  rest;  so  didst  thi)U  lead  thy 
people,  "  to  make  thyself  a  glorious 
mnne. 

1.')  II  ^  IjooIc  down  from  heaven,  and 
behold  i  from  tlie  habitation  of  thy 
holiness  and  of  thy  glorv:  where  i,; 
thy  zeal  and  thy  strength,  lithe 
sounding  "of  thy  bowels  and  of  thy 
mercies  toward  me  ?  arc  they  re- 
strained? 

10  "Doubtless  thou  art  our  Father, 
though  Abraham  I' be  ignorant  of 
us,  and  Israel  ackuowlcdgo  ns  not: 
G12 


thou,  ()  l^oKii,  art  our  Father,  ||onr 
liedeemer;  thy  name  is  from  ever- 
lasting. 

17  ir  O  Lonn,  why  hast  thou  "^  made 
us  to  err  from  thy  ways,  and  il  hard- 
ened our  heart  from  thy  fear?  "^Ke- 
turn  for  thy  servants'  sake,  the  tribes 
of  thine  inheritance. 

18  I  The  people  of  thy  holiness  have 
possessed  it  but  a  litdc  while:  f^our 
adversaries  have  trodden  down  thy 
sanctuary. 

V.)  We  are  tjiiue  :  thou  never  barest 
rule  over  them;  ||  they  were  not  call- 
ed by  thy  name. 

S  P..  74.  7.     I  Or.  Hj  no™  ,.»,  not  eatlrJ  Bji.t.  IA.ii., 

CHAPTER  l.XIV. 

1  The  church  praj/cth  for  the  itlustration 
of  God's  power.  5  CclrJiraUiuj  God't 
mercy,  it  miiketh  corfeKsiotl  of  theirnat- 
U  It  complaineth  of 


Before 
CHRIST 
clout  61>8. 


the 


nlcth 


f\n  that  thou  wouldest  "rend  the 
v/  heavens,  that  thou  wouldest 
come  down,  that  l>the  mountains 
might  flow  down  at  thy  presence, 

2  As  ivhen  t  the  ineltnig  fire  burn- 
eth,  the  fire  causeth  the  waters  to 
boil,  to  make  thy  name  known  to 
thine  adversaries,  that  the  nations 
may  tremble  at  thv  presence! 

3  When  "^  thou  didst  terrible  things 
irhich  we  looked  not  for,  thou  earnest 
down,  the  mountains  flowed  down  at 
thy  presence. 

4  lor  since  the  beginning  of  the 
world  tljHCrt  have  not  heard,  nor 
perceived  by  the  car,  neither  hath 
the  eye  ([seen,  O  God,  besides  thee, 
what  he  hath  prepareil  lor  him  that 
waitcth  for  him. 

5  Thou  meetest  him  that  rejoiceth 
■^and  worketh  righteousness,  fthoac 
that  remember  thee  in  thy  ways  : 
behold,  thou  art  wroth  ;"  for  'we 
have  sinned  :  Kin  those  is  continu- 
ance, and  we  shall  be  saved. 

But  we  are  all  as  an  iinclcnn 
tiling,  and  all  hour  righteousnesses 
are  as  filthy   rags  ;  and  we  all  do 

fade  as  a  leaf;  and  our  iniquities, 
like  the  wind,  have  taken  us  away. 

And  k  there  is  none  that  calleth 
upon  thy  name,  that  stirrcth  up 
himself  to  take  hold  of  thee  :  for 
thou  hast  hid  thy  face  from  us, 
and  hast  i  consumed  us,  j  because 
of  our  iniquities. 

8  I  But  now,  O  Lortn,  thou  art 
our  Father;  we  are  the  clay,  '"and 
tJmu  our  potter ;  and  we  all  are 
"  the  work  of  thy  hand. 

{1  TT  Be  not  *' wroth  very  sore,  O 
lyOKO,  neither  remember  iniciuitv 
fin-  ever :  behold,  see,  we  beseecli 
thee,  I'  we  are  all  thy  people. 

10  Thy  holy  cities  arc  a  'wilder- 
ness, Zi'on  is  a  wilderness,  f  Jerusa- 
lem a  desolation. 

n  "^Our  holy  and  our  be«utifnl 
house,  where  our  fathers  praised 
thee,  is  burned  up  with  Are:  and  all 
"our  pleasant  things  are  laid  w;iste. 


t  Acti  10.  35. 


I.  79.  li. 
..  79.  1. 


TUe  calling  of  the  Gentiles. 


ISAIAH. 


0/  the  new  Jcnisalem. 


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CHRIST 

about  GOti. 


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n  Ki.  13-  (!. 
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rch.  33.9  & 
«.In.h.7.21.28. 


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2.T  41. 

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Ol.  «. 

J.- 

7   13. 

12  'Wilt  thou  refrain  thvsplf  for 
thcso  tliinrig,  O  l.i.Kii  ?  "wilt  thou 
hold  thy  pt-ace,  and  afflict  us  very 
sore? 

CHAPTER  LXV. 
1  TIte  calling  of  the  Ucntilcs.  2  The  Jeivs. 
for  lluif  incredulity,  iUoltitri/,  and  tnj- 
jioeriey,  arerejected.  8  A  remnant  ,<hiiil 
be  saved.  11  Judgments  on  the  incited, 
and  klesaingt  on  the  godly.  17  T/ic 
llcsaed  state  of  tho  new  Jerusalem. 

I  "AM  EOUffht  Of  them  i/iat  nskcd 
not./6;-  iiic ;  1  niu  found  of  llinn 
that  60u.2:lit  nie  not :  I  said,  lieliold 
me,  bthiild  me,  unto  a  nation  thai 
bwas  not  called  by  my  name. 

2  ^1  have  spread  out  my  liands 
all  the  day  unto  n  rebellious  people, 
which  walketh  in  a  way  tliat  vas 
not  good,  after  their  own  thou^'hts; 

3  A  people  dthat  provoketh  me  to 
anger  continually  to  my  face  ;  'that 
sacrifieeth  in  gardens,  and  burnetii 
incense  (  upon  altars  of  brick; 

4  f  "Which  remain  among  the  graves, 
and  lodge  in  the  monuments;  s  which 
eat  swine's  flesh,  and  ||  broth  of 
abominable  t/iinys  in  in  their  vessels; 

5  li  Which  say.  Stand  by  thyself, 
come  not  near  to  me ;  for  I  am 
holier  than  thou.  These  tnv  a  smoke 
in  my  II  nose,  afire  that  burnetii  all 
tlie  day. 

a  Behold,  at  in  written  before  me: 
kl  will  not  keep  Bilenee,  Ibnt  will 
recompense,  even  recompense  into 
their  bosom, 

7  Your  iniquities,  and  '^the  iniqui- 
ties of  yourt'athers  together,  saith  the 
LoHD,  ■*  which  have  burned  incense 
upon  the  mountains,  "and  blas- 
phemed me  upon  the  hills:  theretore 
will  I  measure  their  former  work  iu- 
to  their  bosom. 

8  If  Thus  saith  the  1-onD,  As  the 
new  wine  is  found  in  tlie  cluster, 
and  one  saith.  Destroy  it  not :  for 
I'a  blessing  is  in  it:  so  will  I  do  for 
my  servants'  sake,  that  1  may  not 
destroy  them  all. 

y  And  I  will  bring  forth  n  seed  out 
of  Jacob,  and  out  of  Judah  an  in- 
heritor of  mv  mountains:  and  mine 
1  elect  shall  "inherit  it,  and  my  serv- 
ants shall  dwell  there. 

10  And  •■  Sharon  shall  be  a  fold  of 
flocks,  and  "the  valley  of  Aclior  a 
place  for  the  herds  to  lie  down  in,  for 
my  people  that  have  sought  me. 

11  IT  But  ye  are  they  that  forsake 
the  Lord,  that  forget  'my  holy 
mountain,  that  prepare  "  a  table  for 
that  II  troop,  and  that  furnish  the 
drink  offering  unto  that  ||  number. 

12  Therefore  will  I  number  you 
to  the  sword,  and  ye  shall  all  bow 
down  to  the  slaughter:  'because 
when  I  called,  ye  did  not  answer : 
when  I  spake,  ye  did  not  hear  ;  but 
did  evil  before  mine  eyes,  and  did 
choope  that  wherein  I  di'lighted  not. 

1.!  Therefore  thus  suilh  the  Lord 
God,  Behold,  my  servanta  shall  eat, 


but  vc  shall  be  hungry:  behold,  my 
servants  shall  drink,  but  ye  shall  be 
thirsty :  behold,  my  senaiitsshall  re- 
joice, but  ye  shall  be  ashamed: 

H  liehold,  my  servants  shall  sing 
for  joy  of  heart,  but  ye  shall  cry  tiir 
borrow  of  heart,  and  >  shall  bowl  for 
1  vexation  of  spirit. 

1,5  And  ye  shall  leave  your  name 
'for  a  curse  unto  "my  chosen:  liir 
the  1-ord  God  shall  slay  thee,  and 
Ijcall  his  servants  by  another  name: 

Hi  '  That  he  who  blesseth  himself  in 
the  cartli  shall  bless  himself  in  the 
(Jod  of  truth;  and  J  he  that  sweareth 
in  the  earth  shall  swear  by  tlie  God 
of  truth;  because  the  (ormer  troubles 
are  forgotten,  and  because  they  are 
liid  from  mine  eyes. 

17  IT  lor,  behold,  1  create  ''new 
heavens  and  a  new  earth:  and  the 
former  shall  not  be  remembered,  nor 
1  come  into  mind. 

IS  But  be  ye  glad  and  rejoice  for 
ever  in  that  which  I  create:  for,  be- 
hold, I  create  Jerusalem  a  rejoicing, 
and  her  people  a  joy. 

lit  And  II  will  rejoice  in  Jerusa- 
lem, and  joy  in  my  people:  and  the 
K  voice  of  weeping  shall  be  no  more 
heard  in  her,  nor  the  voice  of  crying. 

20  There  shall  be  no  more  thence 
an  infant  of  davs,  nor  an  old  man 
that  hath  not  filled  his  days:  for  the 
child  shall  die  a  hundred  years  old; 
libut  the  sinner  beinr/  a  hundred 
years  old  shall  be  accursed. 

21  And  ithey  shall  build  houses,  and 
inhabit  t/ieni ;  and  they  shall  plant 
vinevards,  and  eat  the  fruit  of  them. 

22  ''riiey  shall  not  build,  and  anoth- 
er inhabit;  they  sh.ill  not  plant,  and 
anotlier  eat :  for  k  as  the  days  of  a 
tree  arc  the  davs  of  my  people,  and 
Inline  elect  )  shall  long  enjoy  the 
work  of  their  liands. 

2.'?  They  shall  not  labour  in  vain, 
""  nor  bring  forth  for  trouble  ;  for 
"  thev  are  the  seed  of  tho  blessed  of 
the  LoKD,  and  their  offspring  with 
them. 

24  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
"before  they  call,  I  will  answer;  and 
while  they  are  yet  speaking,  1  will 
hear. 

•25  The  Vwolf  and  the  lamb  shall 
feed  together,  and  the  lion  shall  eat 
straw  like  the  bullock:  laud  dnst 
shall  lie  the  serpent's  meat.  They 
shall  not  hurt  nor  destroy  in  all  my 
holy  mountain,  saith  the  Loud. 

CIIAPTEK  LX^^. 
1  The  glorious  Ood  will  he  served  in  Aim- 
ble  sineerily.  i  He  comforlcth  the  humble 
Udth  the  marvellous  generation.  ID  <in</ 
v'ith  the  gracious  benefits  of  the  church. 
15  Ood't  severe  judgments  against  the 
wicked.  19  Tlie  Gentiles  shall  have  a 
holy  church,  24  and  see  tho  damnation 
of  the  tficked. 

TnUS  saith  the  I.onn,  "The  heav- 
en is  my  throne,  and  the  earth 
in  my  footstool:  where  is  the  house 
013 


ov.   1.  21, 
:.  7.  13. 


"r  and   of  a  cuntiile    sp  ri      „„  J  h    "'^  ^'''J"  ^'■''l'  be  known  toward 

1   ren,bk;tl,  at  my  word       '^      '  ""'^  w'arfiT""'"'  "'"^  ''"  i"<liKnation  to- 

,    ;i  "^  He  tlmt  killeth  an  ox  U  o,  ,Y  he  K    P  r    •'"k"u"^;''-. 

slew  a  man;    he  that  saoHii^Ui,  ''?'■•   behold,    the   Lokd    will 

jl  iH-nh  ayn.e  f  cul  offa "K'eck  like  a^'wir  f"-'  ^'"'.  ^•'"'  '"i"  eh«rN,t 

he  that  offereth  an  oblation^  n.  7,7,e  i.,.rwi,h'V  '"""'• ,'°.  .'■'^"''"  '"''  ■>■'- 

I  Vea,  try'C^-'  L'sT  Uei"'ot\-  L;;i,?h^.  V^  «-  T"  »'•''  "'-^  -ord 

I  r^'' Win  bi\\ftEi^atilp^ttrnMa'^^^^^^^^^^^  -r-^'"^^  "><--'-■ 

l>ear:   but  they  dij  ev'    betLe  mrne    an  l°ih'  """'  '""^,  "^^  abonii'nat  on:  , 
f(*I^;?,"l.'='>ose  M«.  in  which  TZ    f^l^'ethe?.  S^hl'C^?  ^""^'""'^'^  ' 


liRlited  not. 

I,''  ^.''e"""  the  word  of  the  Lord 

h-Jn*;!,*'""  '.'"■?'"'"«  «'  his  word;  ySu; 

i^I  et  ?hi  f  J^  "'■^u  "",'"'-■''  ''"I'e,  said, 
liV  11  ''"  ^°'"'  b*^  KloHHed:  but  k  he 
Bhullbe''a'Z,rod^''"'- j">''  ""'^  ""-^ 
v^,liI°'i^'?':"'"^^'■™m  the  city 


W  For  I  inoio  their  works  and  their 
thoughts:  it  shall  come,  that  I  w?[| 

fhJ'^'^V  ',  "''"""'*  ""^l  tonKuesI  a^  d 
they  shall  come,  and  see  my  glory 
I'J  'And  I  will  set  a  sign  amoni 
them,  and  I  will  send  tl.oSe  that  es 
F,?P«,9t  them  unto  the  nations, 7o 
larshish,  Pul,  and  I.ud,  that  draw 
bow,  to  Tubal  and  Javan,  to  the 


voice  from  the  temple,  a  voice  olHi.e  isles  afTr'/ffT/'H''  '""^  •'''^•'"'-  '»  '"e 

LoKu  that  rendereth  recompense   o  fam^    n^i  i  '  "V"  ''*''"  ""'  '»='"•<>  >">■ 

Ills  enemies.  ^     ^  '"  ["'"^  neither  have  seen  my  glory 

i.??.':'"'?,'-«,_^he  travailed,  she  brought  anuL'  'if.f  rL''.^':',  .'^^'^''"•'^  "'y  S'o'T    '"^  I.  u. 


i'OiiD     out    of    all    nations     npoi 


u  HT/L"''^'^  of  a  man  child. 
^^^X.'lV"'^  '"'•■f'l.  .sueh  a  thin 


I  I  Or,  cooMm., 


|Or,  fcrixfA/. 


who  haThseen  si^h  thi^sv  ^h^l  l'  t'""     «'>,'  .  of    all  'nati^^n'"  i„  ,?,^ 

earth  be  made  to  brin^forth  in  one  ,  "'s'"1h"'^  '"  <=h»nots  and  in  Hit" 

day  ?  o,-  shall  a  natio",  be  born  at  IwiiV  hil,"''?"    ""'b'^-   ""<'    "'on 

once?  for  as  soon  as  Zion  travm"ed  J^rLtm    •„-?h"'/  H'^y  niountain 

and;hul'JX'\L!XrsIfth''JhTG;d"''hll^"t''^"""^"/'^''  *^'^<'  <"•"-">  f" 
1"  R<-fi?P,  ye  with  JerusZn,  alid  lS  af '  "'"'  ^"^  ^""^■»'  -"i"'  th, 
be  glaJ  With  her,  all  ye  that  love  her-      o^  For  „.  y  ,^ 

rejoice  for  joy  with 'her,  all  ye  that    th;:  f,»L   '    m*""   T^'T  heavens  and 
mourn  for  her:  .  "'i  .)  e  mat    the  new  earth,  winch  I  will  make 

H  Thatyemaysuck,andl)esati3Jr.';'Kr>''^^''','"ii'''''"''''  "'<'•  »"'"'  'he 

fted  with  the  breasts  of  her  c>;ns^,l,r    n„m?'  "  ^"'"  ^''"''  ^'^'^''l  "nil  >our  ,         

tions;  that  ve  may  milk  o,  t    in.Tl'T    T  'Z'  ''?'V?'"- 

clelighted  with  the  ||  abundauee   of    )"f,„m    nni'  '^J^!  "'"'''?  pass,  MnJ-z..,..,!.,,. 


(lelighted  with  the  llabuiui'iiVe,.  ,\r  f  iV  """    "•  "'■"'i  .    _ 

Iier  glory.  /laoundaucc   of  Mfroin    one    new  nu-on   to'anJtlier 


614 


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CHRIST 

about  G'29. 


iUch.gai> 
.  F-.  4.  10. 
C.  1.'.  30. 


m  E<.  3.  12. 

Kcut.  Sl(i8 

joiu  t  a. 

th.  Lj.  20. 
AcU  -Jfi,  17. 


pIKiQ.l£>.17. 
qcl..  18  7. 
2  Cwr,  10.1,J. 


rE. 

ll.tl.-k 

v.; 

M? 

tch 

1.0.1:6.1. 

tn 

II..  ,I4JI 

THE  BOOK  OF  THE  PROPHET 

JEREMIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  The  time.  3  ami  the  calling  of  Jeremiah. 
11  Hie  propliCtieal  vitiotu  of  an  almond 
rod  afid  a  teething  jtot.  15  Hit  henvy 
meteage  agaiiiet  Judah.  17  Gud  encour- 
ajeth  him  with  hit  jjrvinite  of  attittattce. 

'■pUE  words  of  Jeremiah  the  son 
1    of   Uilkiah,  of  the  priests  that 

were  'in   Auuthoth  in  tiic  laud  of 

Buiijaniin: 
•2  To  whom  the  word  of  the  l.oiin 

came  in  the  days  of  Jo.siah  the  6on 

of   Anion   kinj;  of  Judali,   bin    tlic 

thirteenth  year  of  liis  reign. 

3  It  came  "also  in  the  days  of  Jehoia- 
kini  the  son  of  Josialikin^of  Judaii, 
'unto  the  end  of  the  eleventh  year 
of  Zedckiah  the  son  of  Josiah  kin^' 
of  Judah,  (lunto  the  cariyin;;  away 
of  Jerusalem  captive  'iu  the  fifth 
month. 

4  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 


belly  *J  I  knew  thee;  and  liefore 
thou  earnest  forth  out  of  tlie  wonih 
I  b sanctified  thee,  and  I  (ordained 
thee  a  prophet  unto  the  natiiins. 
(j  Then  said  I,  '  Ah,  Lord  Goi>  ! 
behold,  I  Cttunot  speak:  for  I  am  a 
child. 

7  If  But  the  Loud  said  unto  me. 
Say  not,  I  ant  a  child  :  for  tlmu 
Shalt  KO  to  all  that  I  shall  send  thee, 
and  k.  whatsoever  I  command  thee 
thou  shalt  speak. 

8  I  Be  not  afraid  of  their  faces:  for 
■"  I  am  with  thee  to  deliver  thee, 
saith  the  Loitn. 

<J  Then  the  Lord  put  forth  his  hand, 
and  "touched  my  mouth.  And  the 
LoRi>  said  unto  me,  Bcliold,  1  have 
"put  mv  words  in  thy  mouth. 

11)  I'  See,  I  have  this  day  set  thee 
over  the  nations  and  over  the  king- 
doms, to  'I  root  out,  and  to  pull  down, 
and  to  destroy,  and  to  throw  down,  to 
build,  and  to  plant. 

11  n  Bloreover  the  word  of  the 
Loud  came  unto  me,  savins,  Jcre- 
niiali,  what  secst  thou?  Audi  said, 
I  see  a  rod  of  an  almond  tree. 

I^  Then  said  the  I,oED  unto  nic. 
Thou  hast  well  seen  :  for  1  will 
hasten  my  word  to  perform  it. 

y.i  And  the  word  of  the  Loni)  came 
unto  ine  the  second  time,  saying. 
What  seest  thou?  And  I  said,  I  see 
'a  seething  pot;  and  the  face  thereof 
IS  f  toward  the  north. 

14  Then  the  Loi!D  said  unto  mo. 
Out  of  the  'north  an  evil  i  shall 
break  forth  upon  all  the  iuhabitauta 
of  the  laud. 


lo  For,  lo,  I  will  'call  all  the  fam- 
ilies of  the  kingdoms  of  the  north, 
saith  the  Loud;  and  they  shall  come, 
and  they  shall  "set  every  one  his 
throne  at  the  entering  of  the  gates  of 
Jerusalem,  and  against  all  the  walls 
thereof  round  about,  and  against  cU 
the  cities  of  Judah. 

IG  And  1  will  utter  my  judgments 
against  them  touching  uU  their  wick- 
edness, *  who  have  forsaken  me,  and 
have  burned  incense  uutoothergods, 
and  worshipped  the  works  of  their 
own  hands. 

17  I  Thou  therefore  ygird  up  thy 
loins,  and  arise,  and  speak  unto  them 
all  that  1  command  thee:  'be  not 
dismayed  at  their  faces,  kst  1 1|  cou- 
found'thee  before  them. 

IS  For,  behold,  1  have  made  thee 
this  day  "a  dcfeuced  city,  and  an 
iron  pillar,  .ind  brazen  walls  against 
the  wliole  land,  against  the  kings  of 
Judah,  against  tlie  princes  thereof, 
against  the  priests  thereof,  and 
against  the  people  of  the  land. 

V.I  And  they  shall  tight  against  thee: 
but  thev  shall  not  prevail  against 
thee;  bfor  I  aui  with  thee,  saith  the 
LuiiD,  to  deliver  thee. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  Ood.  having  iltcued  hit  former  kind- 
nctt.  ezpostulateth  with  the  Jewt  thiir 
cuutelett  revolt.  9  beyond  any  ejamjjlc. 
U  They  are  the  eanaea  of  their  own 
ealumitiet.  SO  The  tins  of  Judah.  21 
Uer  eonjidencc  it  rejected. 

MOREOVER   the    word   of   tlic 
LoRI>  came  to  me,  saying, 

2  Go  and  cry  in  the  ears  of  Jerusa- 
lem, saying, 'Thus  saith  the  Loiiii;  I 
rememocr  ||  thee,  the  kindness  of  thy 
"youth,  the  love  of  thine  espousals, 
bwlien  thou  wcntest  after  me  in  the 
wilderness,  in  a  land  (hat  uas  not 
sown. 

3  '  Israel  tcan  holiness  unto  the 
Lord,  and  d  the  firstfruits  of  his  in- 
crea.se:  "'all  that  devour  him  shall 
oft'end;  evil  shall  come  upon  them, 
saith  the  Lord. 

4  Hear  ye  the  word  of  the  LoRn,  O 
house  of  Jacob,  and  all  the  families 
of  tlic  bouse  of  Israel: 

5  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  fWhat 
iniquity  liavc  your  fathers  found  in 
me,  that  thev  are  gone  far  from  me, 
«and  have  walked  after  vanity,  and 
are  become  vain  ? 

()  Neither  said  they.  Where  i-i  the 
Lord  that  b  brought  us  up  outofthe 
land  of  Egypt,  that  led  us  through 
■  the  wilderness,  through  a  land  of 
deserts  and  of  pits,  through  a  land  of 


God  expostulateth  with  the  Jews,     JEREMIAH.        and  reprovcth  them  of  idolatry. 


Before 
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III.  1.2. 

ch.  0.  \1. 
■)  1'..  in.  9. 

cli.  17.  U.  k 


drou^lit,  and  oftlie  bliadow  of  death, 
tlirou^h  a  )and  tliat  no  man  pa^ssed 
throuKli,  and  where  no  man  dwelt? 

7  And  1  brought  you  into  !|  t  a  plen- 
tiful country,  to  cat  the  fruit  thereof 
and  the  goodness  thereof;  but  when 
ye  entered,  ye  l  defiled  my  land,  and 
made  mine  lieritase  an  abomination. 

8  The  prie.std  said  not,  Wliere  id  the 
LoKD  ?  and  they  thaf  liandle  the 
'"law  knew  me  not:  the  pistora  also 
transftressed  apainst  me,  "  and  the 
propheta  prophesied  by  Baal,  and 
walked  after  tilings  that  "do  not 
profit. 

9  IT  Wherefore  P I  will  yet  plead 
with  you,  Baith  the  IjOkd,  and  'I  with 
your  children's  children  will  1  plead. 

10  For  pass  ||  over  the  islea  of  Chit- 
tim,  and  sec;  and  send  unto  Kedar, 
and  consider  diligently,  and  see  if 
there  be  such  a  thing. 

11  'Hath  a  nation  chanfred  their 
sods,  which  nre  "yet  no  god.s?  'but 
my  people  have  cUanp;cd  their  glory 
for  ^that  which  doth  not  profit. 

12  ^Be  astonislied,  O  ye  heavens,  at 
this,  and  be  horribly  "afraid,  be  ye 
very  desolate,  saith  the  Loud. 

1'5  For  my  people  have  committed 
two  evils  ;  they  liave  forsaken  me 
the  I' fountain  of  living  waters,  and 
licwed  them  out  cisterns,  broken 
cisterns,  that  can  hold  no  water. 

14  Tf  /■.•  Isi'ael  "a  servant!'  is  he  a 
homeborn  stave  ?  why  is  he  t  spoil- 
ed ? 

15  "The  young  lions  roared  upon 
him,  and  \  yelled,  and  they  made  his 
land  waste  :  liis  cities  arc  burned 
without  inhabitant. 

IG  Also  the  children  of  Nopli  and 
••  Taliapanes  \\  liave  broken  the  crown 
of  thy  head. 

1?  '^  Il.ast  thou  not  procured  this 
unto  thyself,  in  that  thou  hast  for- 
saken the  l^oRD  thy  God,  when  dlie 
led  thee  by  the  way? 

IS  And  now  what  hast  thou  to  do 
.''in  the  way  of  Egypt,  to  drink  tlio 
waters  of  iSihor?  or  what  hast  thou 
to  do  in  the  way  of  Assyria,  to  driuk 
the  w.atcrs  of  the  river? 

I'd  Thine  own  s  wickedness  shall 
correct  thee,  and  thy  baekslidings 
shall  reprove  thee  :  Know  therefore 
and  Bee  that  it  is  an  evil  thing  and 
bitter,  that  thou  hast  forsaken  the 
LoRu  thy  God,  and  that  my  foar  i.f 
not  in  thee,  saith  the  Lord'GoDof 
hosts. 

liOir  For  of  old  time  I  liave  broken 
thy  yoke,  and  burst  thy  band.s;  and 
lithou  saidst,  IwiU  nut  II  transgress; 
when  '  upon  every  higli  Iiill  and  un- 
der every  green  tree  thou  wauderest, 
1-  playin^r  the  harlot. 

i;l  Vet  I  had  I  planted  thee  a  noble 
vine,  wholly  aright  seed:  how  then 
art  thou  turned  into  ">  the  degencr- 
ntc  jilaiit  ot  a  strange  vine  unto  jne? 

L'J  Forlhiiugli  thou  "  wash  thee  with 
nitre,  and  take  thee  much  soap,  yet 
G16 


"  thine  ini(iuity  is  marked  before  me, 
saith  the  Lord  GOD. 

L'-i  I'  How  canst  thou  say,  I  am  not 
polluted,  1  have  not  gone  after  Baal- 
im ?  See  thy  way  'lin  the  vallcv, 
know  what  thou  hast  done  :  )|  th'oii 
art  a.  swift  dromedary  traversing  her 
ways  i 

21 '  II  A  wild  ass  t  used  to  the  wilder- 
ness, that  snutfeth  up  the  wind  at 
ther  pleasure;  in  her  occasion  who 
can  II  turn  her  away?  all  they  that 
seek  her  will  not  weary  themselves; 
in  her  month  they  shall  find  her. 

25  Withhold  thy  foot  from  being 
unshod,  and  thy  throat  from  thirst: 
but '  thou  saidst,  ||  There  is  no  hope; 
no;  fori  have  loved  •  strangers,  and 
after  them  will  I  go. 

20  As  the  thief  is  ashamed  when 
he  is  found,  so  is  the  house  of  Israel 
ashamed ;  they,  their  kings,  their 
princes,  and  their  priests,  and  their 
jirophets, 

27  Saying  to  a  stock,  Thou  art  my 
father;  and  to  a  stone.  Thou  has"t 
II  brou";ht  me  forth  :  for  they  have 
turned  f  their  back  unto  me,  and  not 
their  face:  but  in  the  time  of  their 
"  trouble  they  will  say.  Arise,  and 
save  us. 

28  But  ^  where  are  thy  pods  that 
thou  hast  made  thee?  let  them  arise, 
if  they  >'  can  save  thee  in  the  time  of 
thy  )  trouble:  for  '  acrording  to  the 
number  of  thy  cities  arc  thy  gods,  O 
Judah. 

29  'Wherefore  will  ye  plead  with 
me?  ye  all  have  transgressed  against 
me,  saith  the  Loud. 

yi)  In  vain  have  I  b  smitten  your 
children;  they  received  no  correc- 
tion: your  own  sword  hath  '=de- 
vouretf  your  prophets,  like  a  de- 
stroying lion. 

ol  U  O  generation,  see  ye  the  word 
of  tlie  Loud,  dllave  Ib'-en  a  wil- 
derness unto  Israel?  a  land  of  dark- 
ness ?  wherefore  say  my  people, 
fWe  are  lords;  fwe  will  come  no 
more  unto  thee? 

S2  Can  a  maid  forget  her  ornaments, 
or  a  bride  her  attire?  yet  my  jieople 
Shave  forgotten  me  days  without 
number. 

O.J  Why  trimmest  thou  thy  way  to 
seek  love?  therefore  hast  thou  also 
tauglit  the  wicked  ones  thy  ways. 

'■H  Also  in  thy  skirts  is  found  I'thc 
blood  of  the  souls  of  the  ))oor  inno- 
cents: 1  have  not  found  it  by  f  secret 
Bcaich,  but  upon  all  these. 

3.)  i  Yet  thou  saycst.  Because  1  am 
innocent,  surely  his  anger  shall  turn 
from  me.  Behold,  k  I  will  plead 
with  thee,  1  because  thou  sayest,  1 
have  not  sinned. 

;:i;  "■  Why  gaddest  thou  about  so 
much  to  change  thy  wav  ?  "thou 
also  shalt  be  a.-.hame"d  of  ICgypt,  "as 
thou  wa.st  ashamed  of  Assvri'a. 

.■(7  Yea,  thou  shalt  go  forth  from 
him,  and  ''thine  hands  upou  thine  I 


Judah's  vile  ivhorcdom. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  people  con/ens  their  sins.' 


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head:  for  the  Loud  liath  rejected 
thy  confidences,  uud  tliou  bIiuU  not 
prosper  iu  thcni. 

CIIAPTEll  111. 

1  QotVa  great  inercy  in  Jiidah^B  vite 
ipftoriJum.  0  J,„l<i/t  ia  tcorie  than  Is- 
rael, rj  The  jiruinieea  of  lite  i,'">l'cl 
to  the  penitent.  '.»  Israel  rejiruveU,  and 
called  hi,  t;ml,  makctli.  a.  eoienni  ci/ii/en- 
lian  of  their  «\na. 

I  npIIEY  say,  If  a  man  put  away 

X-  his  wile,  and  she  go  from  him, 
and  become  another  man's,  "shall 
he  return  unto  her  again?  shall  not 
that  liland  be  preatly  polluted?  hut 
thou  hast  '■played  the  harlot  with 
many  lovers;  <iyct  return  again  to 
me,  saith  the  LoKD. 

2  Lift  up  tliine  eyes  unto  'the  hi;;h 
places,  and  see  where  thuu  liast  not 
been  lain  with,  fin  the  ways  hast 
thou  sat  for  them,  as  the  Arabian  in 
the  wilderness;  Sand  thou  hast  pol- 
luted the  land  with  thy  whoredoms 
and  with  thy  wickedness. 

3  Therefore  the  li  showers  have  been 
withholden,  and  there  hath  hucn 
no  latter  rain  ;  and  thou  hadst  a 
i  whore's  forehead,  thou  refusedst  to 
be  ashamed. 

4  Wilt  thou  not  from  this  time  cry 
unto  me,  IMy  father,  thou  art  kthc 
guide  of  imy  3-outh? 

5  "■  Will  lie  reserve  liis  auger  for 
ever?  will  he  keep  it  to  the  end? 
Behold,  thou  hast  spoken  and  done 
evil  things  as  thou  couldest. 

(J  TT  The  i.onu  said  also  unto  me  in 
the  days  of  Josiah  the  king.  Hast 
thou  seen  tluit  which  "backsliding 
Israel  hath  done?  she  is  "gone  up 
upon  every  liigh  mountain  and  un- 
der every  green  tree,  and  there  hath 
played  the  harlot. 

7  1'  And  I  said  after  she  had  done 
all  these  thinijs.  Turn  thou  unto  me. 
But  she  returned  not.  And  lier 
treacherous  '1  sister  Judah  saw  it. 

8  And  I  saw,  when  'for  all  the 
causes  whereby  backsliding  Israel 
committed  adultery  I  had  "put  her 
away,  and  given  her  a  bill  of  divorce; 
'yet  her  treacherous  sister  Judah 
feared  not,  but  went  and  played  the 
harlot  also. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  through  the 

II  lightness  of  her  whoredom,  that  she 
"defiled  the  land,  and  committed 
adultery  with  ^stones  and  with 
stocks. 

10  And  yet  for  nil  this  her  treach- 
erous sister  Judah  hath  not  turned 
unto  me  ^  with  her  whole  lieart,  but 
tfeigncdly.  saith  the  I.drd. 

11  And  the  I.OKI)  said  unto  me, 
'The  backsliding  Israel  hath  justi- 
fied herself  more  than  treacherous 
Judah. 

12  IT  Go  and  proclaim  these  words 
toward  'the  north,  and  sav,  Keturn, 
thou  backsliding  Israel,  saith  the 
LOKD;  and  1  will  not  cause  mine 
anger  to  fall  upon  you:   lor  I  am 


t"  merciful,  eaith  the  Loitn,  ami  I 
will  not  keep  avprr  for  ever. 

13  '  Only  acknowledge  thine  in- 
iquity, that  thou  liast  transgressed 
against  the  LoiiD  thy  God,  and  hast 
J  scattered  thy  ways  to  the  "^'Birangers 
f  under  every  green  tree,  and  ye  have 
not  obeyed  my  voice,  saith  the  l.oKU. 

H  Turn,  O  backsliding  children, 
saith  the  Lonu;  ^for  I  am  married 
unto  you:  and  I  will  take  ^ou  li  one 
of  a  city,  and  two  of  a  family,  and  1 
will  bring  you  to  Zion: 

15  And  I  will  give  you  i pastors 
according  to  mine  heart,  which  shall 
kfced  you  with  knowledge  and  un- 
derstanding. 

lij  And  it  shall  come  to  )iass,  when 
ye  be  multiplied  and  increased  in 
"the  land,  in  those  days,  saith  the 
I^ORn,  they  shall  say  no  more.  The 
ark  of  the  covenant  of  the  l,oi;i>: 
■  neither  shall  it  tconie  to  mind;  nei- 
ther shall  they  remember  it;  neither 
shall  they  visit  !(,•  neither  shall  |i //lut 
be  done  any  more. 

1"  At  that  time  they  shall  call  Jeru- 
salem the  throne  of  the  I.uKii;  and 
all  the  nations  shall  be  gathered  unto 
it,  "■  to  the  name  of  the  l>oi:u,  to  Je- 
rusalem: neither  shall  they  "walk 
any  more  after  the  ||  imagination  of 
their  evil  lieart. 

13  In  those  days  •  the  house  of 
Judah  shall  walk  ||  with  tlie  liousc 
of  Israel,  and  they  shall  come  to- 
gether out  of  the  land  of  ''the  north 
to  ithe  land  that  I  have  |i  given  for 
an  inheritance  unto  vour  fathers. 

1!)  But  I  said.  How  'shall  I  put  thee 
ninong  tlie  children,  and  give  thee 
'a  tpTeasant  laud,  fa  goodly  licrit- 
age  of  the  hosts  of  nations?  and  I 
said,  Tliou  shalt  call  me,  '  My  father; 
and  bhalt  not  turn  away  (  from  mc. 

20  T  Surely  «.<  a  wite  treacherously 
departeth  from  her  t  husband,  so 
■have  ye  dealt  treacherously  with 
me,  Ohouse  of  Isr-iel.  saith  the  Loitn. 

21  A  voice  was  heard  uiion  "the 
high  pl.accs,  weeping  and  supplica- 
tions of  the  children  of  Israel :  for 
they  have  perverted  their  way,  and 
thev  have  forgotten  the  Loud  their 
GoQ. 

22  "Return,  Tc  backsliding  chil- 
dren, and  >  I  will  heal  your  back- 
slidings.  Behold,  we  come  unto 
thee;  t6rthou«;<  the  I.or.D  our  God. 

23  ^  Trulv  in  vain  is  .•iah-ation  hoped 
/or  from  the  hills,  and  from  the  mul- 
titude of  mountains:  "truly  in  the 
Loud  our  God  is  the  salvation  of 
Israel. 

24  I'For  shame  hath  devoured  the 
labour  of  our  fathers  from  our  youth; 
their  flocks  and  their  herds,  their 
sons  and  their  daughters. 

25  We  lie  down  in  our  shame,  and 
our  confusion  covereth  us;  '^  for  we 
have  sinned  against  the  LoiiD  our 
God,  we  and  our  fathers,  from  our 
youth  cveu  unto  this  day,  and  iiliave 


Jiidah  threatened  mth  iimr. 


JEREMIAH. 


Judah's  miseries  lamented. 


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nfit  obeyed  the  voice  of  the  I.,ouD 
our  God. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

I  Or„l  calleth  Inrael  by  his  rromiec.  3  ITe 
cxhortetU  Jitdah  to  repentance  by  fear- 
ful judgments.  19  A  grievous  lament- 
ation for  tlie  miseries  of  Judalt. 

IF  thou  wilt  return,  O  Israel,  saith 
the  IjORD,  ''return  unto  nie;  and 
it'  tliou  wilt  put  away  thiuc  abomin- 
ations out  of  my  eight,  then  slialt 
thou  not  remove. 

2  iiAnd  thou  shalt  swear.  The  Lord 
liveth,  '^in  truth,  in  judgment,  and 
in  righteousness;  dand  the  nations 
shall  bless  tlienisolves  in  him,  and  in 
him  shall  they  "^  glory. 

.'3  IT  For  thus  saitli  the  Loud  to  the 
menof  Judah  and  Jerusalem,  f  Breuh 
up  your  fallow  ground,  and  Ebuw 
not  among  thorns. 

4  1'  Circumcise  yourselves  to  tlic 
l.OKD,  and  take  away  the  foreskins 
of  your  heart,  yc  men  of  Judah  ami 
inhabitants  of  Jerusalem;  lest  my 
fury  come  forth  like  tire,  and  burn 
that  none  can  quench  it,  because  of 
the  evil  of  your  doings. 

5  Declare  ye  in  Judah,  and  publish 
in  Jerusalem;  and  say.  Blow  je  the 
trumpet  in  the  land:  cry,  gather  to- 
gether, and  say,  i  Assemble  your- 
selves, and  let  us  go  iuto  the  dcfeuccd 
cities. 

tj  Set  up  the  standard  toward  Zion : 

II  retire,  stay  not;  for  I  will  bring  evil 
from  the  i-  north,  and  a  great  t  ilc- 
struetion. 

7  I  The  lion  is  come  up  from  his 
thicket,  and  "'the  destroyer  of  the 
(jcntiles  is  on  his  way;  he  is  gone 
forth  from  his  place  "to  make  thy 
land  desolate;  and  thy  cities  shall  be 
laid  waste,  without  an  inhabitant. 

a  For  this  "gird  you  with  sackcloth, 
lament  and  howl:  for  the  fierce  anger 
of  the  Loud  is  not  turned  back  from 
us. 

'J  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that 
(lav,  saith  tlie  Lonn,  tliitt  the  heart 
r.fthc  kinu' shall  perish,  and  the  heart 
of  the  princes;  and  the  priests  shall 
be  astonished,  and  the  prophets  shall 
wonder. 

10  Then  said  T,  Ah,  liOrd  God  ! 
I' purely  thou  hast  greatly  deceived 
this  people  and  Jerusalem,  Isuying, 
Ye  shall  have  peace;  whereas  the 
sword  reaclu'th  unto  the  soul. 

11  At  that  tinie  sliall  it  be  said  to 
this  ijeoplc  and  to  Jerusalem,  ""A  drv 
wind  of  the  high  plaices  in  the  wil- 
derness toward  the  daughter  of  my 
people,  not  to  fan,  inn*  to  cleanse, 

12  Krrn  ||  a  full  wind  from  those 
places  shall  come  unto  me:  now  also 
»  will  1 1  give  sentence  against  them. 

l-'l  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  as 
clouds,  and  *his  chariots  sfiaU  he  as 
a  whirlwind:  "his  horses  arc  swifter 
than  eagles.  Woe  unto  lis  I  for  we 
are  spoiled. 

1 1  O  Jerusalem,  ''  wash  thine  heart 
6ia 


from  wickedness,  that  thou  mayest 
be  saved.  How  long  shall  thy  vain 
thoughts  lodge  within  thee? 

15  1  or  a  voice  declarcth  >  from  Dan, 
and  publisheth  attlictiou  from  mount 
Ephraim. 

lij  Jlake  ye  mention  to  the  nations; 
behold,  publish  ng.iinst  Jerusalem, 
t/itit  watchers  come  'from  a  far 
country,  and  give  out  their  voice 
against  the  cities  of  J  udah. 

Ir^'As  keepers  of  a  field,  are  they 
against  her  round  about;  because 
she  hath  been  rebellious  against  me, 
saith  the  I^okd. 

IS  hThy  way  and  thy  doings  have 
procured  these  tilings  unto  thee;  this 
!>■  thy  wickedness,  because  it  is  bit- 
ter, because  it  reachetli  unto  thine 
heart. 

li)  IT  My  "^bowels,  my  bowels!  1  nm 
pained  at  f  my  very  heart;  my  heart 
inaketh  a  noise  in  me;  I  cannot  hold 
my  peace,  because  thou  hast  heard, 

0  my  soul,  the  sound  of  the  trumpet, 
the  alarm  of  war. 

'20  ci  Destruction  upon  destruction  is 
cried;  for  the  whole  land  is  siioilid: 
suddenly  are  'my  tents  spoiled,  and 
my  curtains  in  a  moment. 

21  How  long  shall  I  see  the  stand- 
ard, and  hear  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet? 

22  i  or  my  people  is  foolish,  they 
have  not  known  luc;  they  are  sot- 
tish children,  and  they  have  none 
understanding:  1  they  arc  wise  to  do 
evil,  but  to  do  good  they  have  no 
knowledge. 

2;i  Bl  beheld  the  earth,  and,  lo,  iV 
was  h without  tiirm,  and  void;  and 
the  heavens,  and  tliey  tiait  no  light. 

24  il  beheld  the  mountains,  anil, 
lo,  thev  trembled,  and  all  the  hills 
moved'lightly. 

2.5  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  Itiere  teas  no 
man,  and  t  all  the  birds  of  the  heav- 
ens were  Hed. 

■M  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  the  fruitful 
place  was  a  wilderness,  and  all  the 
cities  thereof  were  broken  down  at 
the  presence  of  the  Loud,  aiit/  by  his 
tierce  anger. 

27  For  thus  hath  the  Loud  said. 
The  whole   land  shall   be  desolate; 

1  yet  will  I  not  make  a  full  end. 

2.S  For  this  "'  shall  the  earth  mourn, 
and  "the  heavens  above  bo  black: 
because  I  have  spoken  if,  I  liavc 
purposed  il,  ond  "will  not  repent, 
neither  will  I  turn  back  from  it. 

2'.>  The  wliole  city  shall  tlec  for  the 
noise  of  the  horseinen  and  bowmen : 
they  shall  go  into  thickets,  and 
diinb  up  upon  tlie  rocks:  every  city 
s/iall  he  forsaken,  and  not  a  man 
dwell  therein. 

;«)  And  vlirii  thou  art  spoiled,  what 
wilt  thou  do?  Though  thou  clothest 
thvself  with  crimson,  tliongh  thou 
deckest  thee  with  ornaments  of  gold, 
^though  tliou  rentestthy  1  face  with 
painting,  in  vain   shalt  thou  make 


God's  judgments  ttpon  the  people     JEREMIAH. 


for  their  various  sins. 


Before 
<!  H  11 1  S  T 


ci..  2.  30. 
i  eh.  7.  28. 
Zipli.  3.  2. 


thyself  fair;  "<  (A;/ lovcra  will  despise 
thee,  thoy  will  seek  thy  life. 

01  For  I  have  heard  a  voice  ns  of  n 
woniiin  in  travail,  and  tlie  anguish 
as  of  her  that  briiiKetli  forth  her  tirst 
child,  the  voice  of  the  dauKhtcr  of 
Zion,  lliat  bewailcth  lierself,  t/iiil 
'tpreadcth  her  hands,  sai/inu,  'Woe 
IS  nie  now!  for  my  soul  is  wearied 
because  of  murderers. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  The  iuilgmenli  of  VqJ,  upon  ihe  Jews, 
for  their  pencrscncot,  T  fur  iheir  aitul- 
tcrii,  HI  for  their  iiiipiely,  19  fur  their 
contempt  of  (loU.  £5  ii.iii  for  their  great 
corruption  in  iho  civiC  Btate,  ao  and  ec- 

1)UN  ye  to  and  fro  through  the 
V  streets  of  Jerusalem,  and  see 
now,  and  know,  and  seek  iu  the 
broad  places  thereof,  "if  ye  can  find 
a  man,  ''if  there  be  itiiij  that  exe- 
eutcth  judgment,  that  seektth  the 
truth;  '-and  I  will  pardon  it. 

2  And  il  though  they  say,  '  The 
l.,oitD  liveth ;  surely  they  f  swear 
(■ilsely. 

3  O  I.OBD,  are  not  l^thinc  eyes 
upon  the  truth;'  thou  hast  li stricken 
them,  but  they  liave  not  prieved; 
thou  hast  consumed  them,  f/iit  >they 
have  refused  to  receive  correetio!i: 
Ihey  ha^■e  made  their  fact-s  liarder 
than  a  rock;  they  have  refused  to 
return. 

4  Therefore  I  said.  Surely  these  are 
poor ;  tliey  are  foolish :  for  k  they 
know  not  the  way  of  the  IjORD,  nor 
lhejudt;ment  of  their  God. 

5  I  will  get  me  unto  the  great  men, 
and  will  speak  unto  tliem;  for  Ithey 
have  known  the  way  of  the  l.oi;i>, 
o//f/ the  judgment  of  their  (lod:  but 
tliese  have  altogether  '"  broken  the 
yoke,  and  burst  the  bonds. 

U  AVherefore  "a  lion  out  of  the  for- 
est shall  slay  them,  "and  a  wolf  of 
the  U  evenings  shall  spoil  them,  I' a 
leopard  shall  watch  over  thiir  cities: 
every  one  that  pocth  out  thence  shall 
be  torn  iu  pieces :  because  their 
transgressions  are  many,  and  their 
backslidings  t  arc  increased. 

7  TT  How  shall  I  pardon  thee  for 
this?  thy  children  have  forsaken  me, 
and  1  sworn  by  iliein  that  'are  no 
gods:  'when  1  had  fed  them  to  the 
full,  they  then  committed  adultery, 
and  assembled  themselves  by  troops 
in  the  harlots'  houses. 

8  '  They  were  as  fed  horses  in  the 
morning:  every  one  **  neighed  alter 
his  neighbour's  wife. 

0  '^  Shall  I  not  visit  for  these  tliinfis? 
saith  thoLoitD:  >  and  shall  not  my 
soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as 
this? 


10  IT  ^  Go  TC  up  upon  her  walla,  and 
destroy;  "but  make  not  a  full  end: 
take  away  her  battlements;  for  they 
arc  not  the  Lord's. 

U  For  l»the  house  of  Israel  and 
the  house  of  Judah  have  dealt  very 


treacherously  against  me,  saith  the 

L,OI!I). 

1^  '^  They  have  belied  the  l/Oim, 

and  said,  d  It  is  not  he;  neither  shall 
evil  eomc  upon  us;  "neither  shall 
we  see  sword  nor  famine : 
I'J  And  the  prophets  shall  become 
wind,  and  the  word  is  not  in  them: 
thus  shall  it  be  done  unto  them. 

14  Wherelbrc  thus  saith  the  LoKD 
God  of  hosts.  Because  ye  speak  this 
word,  f  behold,  I  will  make  my  words 
in  tliy  month  lire,  and  this  people 
wood,  and  it  shall  devour  them. 

15  Lo,  I  will  bring  a  •=  nation  upon 
you  I"  from  far,  O  liouso  of  Israel, 
saith  the  LoiiU:  it  is  a  mighty  na- 
tion, it  is  an  ancient  nation,  a  nation 
whose  language  thou  knowest  not, 
neither  understandestwhat  they  say. 

10  Their  quiver  is  as  an  open  sepul- 
chre, they  arc  all  mighty  men. 

17  And  they  shall  eat  up  thine 
i harvest  and  thy  bread,  viiidi  thy 
sons  and  thy  daughters  should  cat: 
they  shall  cat  up  thy  flocks  and  thine 
herds:  they  shall  eat  up  thy  vines 
and  thy  fig  trees:  they  shall  impov- 
erish thy  teneed  cities,  whereiu  thou 
trnstedst,  with  the  sword. 

IS  Nevertlieless  in  those  day.s,  saith 
the  I.oiiD,  I  kwill  not  make  a  tull 
end  with  you. 

I'J  TT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
ye  shall  say,  I  Wherefore  doeth  the 
Loud  our  God  all  these  tilings  imto 
us?  then  slialt  thou  answer  them. 
Like  as  ye  Jiave  '"l(>rsaken  me,  antl 
served  strange  gods  in  your  land,  so 
"shall  jc  serve  striingera  in  n  land 
tliat  is  not  yours. 

lill  Declare'this  in  the  house  of  .Jacob, 
and  publish  it  in  Jud:di,  saving, 

^1  Hear  now  this,  O  "foolish  peo- 
ple, and  without  (understanding; 
which  have  eyes,  and  see  not;  which 
have  cars,  and  hear  not: 

;i2  I' Fear  ye  not  me?  saith  the  Lord: 
will  ye  not  tremble  nt  mv  presence, 
which  have  placed  the  sand  ./i-r  the 
■i  bound  of  the  sea  by  a  perpetual 
decree,  that  it  cannot  pass  it :  and 
though  the  waves  thereof  toss  them- 
selves, yet  c;in  they  not  prevail ; 
though  they  roar,  yet  can  they  not 
pass  over  it? 

•Z:i  But  this  people  hath  a  revolting 
and  a  rchellions  heart;  they  arc  re- 
volted and  g(jne. 

24  Neither  s:iy  they  in  their  lieart. 
Let  us  now  fear  the  Lord  our  God, 
"■tliat  givcth  rain,  both  the  'former 
and  the  latter,  in  his  season:  'hcre- 
serveth  unto  us  the  appointed  weeks 
of  the  harvest. 

25  TI  "  Your  iniquities  have  turned 
a%vay  tln'so  l/iiiiijs,  and  your  sins 
Iiavc  withholdcu  good  iliinijs  from 

you. 

21)  For  among  my  people  arc  found 
wicked  mm:  llthcy  '•lay  wait,  as  he 
that  setleth  snares;    they  set  a  trap. 


they  catch  mcu. 


619 


Jeremiah  lamenteth 


JEREMIAH. 


GocVs  judgments. 


Before 
C  H  lU  S  T 
about  612. 

yOeut.Si.lS 
>  I..  I.  23. 

Etch.  7.  10. 


ccl..  23.  U. 

Ho.  6.  ic). 
<<cli.  U.  II.  & 

2:t.  2i.2a. 

El.  13.  6, 
B  Or.  talt  into 

thtirhandt. 
•  Uic.  1.  11. 


'-'Kingi25.1. 

1. 

:h.  4.  17. 


fl.,  57.  20. 

£  P..  SS.  9,  10. 

ill.  20.  fl. 
E..  7.  11.23. 

I.  Ki.  23.  H. 
11.,.  i)   11 


l«h.  7.  28. 

Acl.7.  «1. 

SnEx.G.  12. 
k  ch.  20.  8. 


'X!  As  a  II  cage  is  full  of  birds,  so  are 
their  houses  full  of  deceit;  tliereforc 
thev  are  become  great,  and  waxen 
rich. 

'in  Tliey  are  waxen  ^fut,  they  Bhine: 
yea,  they  overpass  the  deeds  of  the 
wicked:  they  .ludgc  not  'the  cause, 
the  cause  of  the  fatherless,  "yet  they 
prosper;  and  the  right  of  the  needy 
do  they  not  judge. 

'£)  I'Snall  I  not  visit  for  these  <A!n(/s? 
saitli  the  I>okd:  shall  not  my  soul 
be  avenged  on  such  a  nation  as  this? 

''*)  TT  II  A  wonderful  and  "^horrible 
thing  is  committed  in  the  land; 

">\  The  prophets  prophesy  ci  falsel.v, 
and  the  priests  ||  tiear  rule  by  their 
means;  and  my  people  "^love  tn  have 
it  so:  and  what  will  ye  do  in  the  end 
thereof  ? 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1   The  enemiet  tent  agaitiat  Judah  4  en- 
courage themselves.     0  God  setteththem 
on  work  because  of  their  sins.     9   The 

prophet  lamenteth  the  judgments  of  God 
because  of  their  sins.  IS  Ue  proctaimeth 
Ood's  wrath.    26  He  ealleth  the  people  to 

mourn  for  the  judgment  on  their  sins. 

OYE  children  of  Benjamin,  gather 
yourselves  to  flee  out  of  the  midst 
of  .Terusalem,  and  blow  the  trumpet 
in  Tekoa,  and  set  up  a  sign  of  tire  in 
'^Beth-haceerem:  l>forevil  ajipeareth 
out  of  the  north,  and  great  destruc- 
tion. 

2  I  have  likened  the  daughter  of  Zi- 
on  to  a  II  comely  and  delicate  wnman. 

3  The  shepherds  with  their  flocks 
shall  come  unto  her;  *^they  shall 
pitch  t/teir  tents  against  her  round 
about;  they  shall  feed  every  one  in 
his  place. 

4  <i Prepare  ye  war  against  her; 
arise,  and  let  us  go  up  '^at  noon. 
Woe  nnto  us  1  for  the  day  goeth 
away,  for  the  shadows  of  the  even- 
ing are  stretched  out. 

.0  Arise,  and  let  us  go  by  night,  and 
let  ns  destroy  her  palaces. 

C  IT  For  thus  hath  the  Lord  of  hosts 
said.  Hew  ye  down  trees,  and  ||  cast 
a  mount  against  Jerusalem  :  this  is 
the  city  to  De  visited;  she  t5  wholly 
ojipression  in  the  midst  of  her. 

7  f  As  a  fountain  casteth  out  her  wa- 
ters, so  she  castcth  out  her  wicked- 
ness: ^violence  and  spoil  is  hoard  in 
her ;  before  me  continually  is  grief 
and  wounds. 

8  Be  thou  instructed,  O  Jerusalem, 
lest  limy  soul  t depart  from  thee;  lest 
I  makethee  desolate,  a  land  not  in- 
habited. 

II  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
They  shall  thoroughly  glean  the  rem- 
nant of  Israel  as  a  vine:  turn  b:iek 
thine  hand  as  a  grapegathercr  into 
the  baskets. 

10  To  whom  shall  I  speak,  and  give 
w:irning,  that  they  may  hear?  Be- 
hold, their  i  ear  is  uncircumclsed, 
and  they  cannot  hearken:  behold, 
k  the  word  of  the  Loed  is  unto  them  I 
t>2a 


a  reproach;  they  have  no  delight  in 
it. 

U  Therefore  I  am  full  of  the  fury 
of  the  X>oi!i)  ;  1 1  am  weary  witli 
holding  in;  1  will  pour  it  out '"  upon 
the  children  abroad,  and  upon  the 
assembly  of  young  men  together:  for 
even  the  husband  with  the  wife  shall 
be  taken,  tlie  aged  with  him  that  is 
full  of  days. 

IJ  And  "  their  houses  shall  be  turned 
unto  others,  icilh  their  fields  and 
wives  together:  for  I  will  stretch  out 
my  hand  upon  the  inhabitants  of  the 
land,  saith  the  Lord. 

Vi  For  from  the  least  of  them  even 
unto  the  greatest  of  them  every  one 
if  given  to  "covetousncss;  and  from 
the  prophet  even  unto  the  priest  ev- 
ery one  dealeth  falsely. 

14  They  have  I'liealed  also  the  fhurt 
of  the  daughter  of  my  people  slightly, 
1  saying.  Peace,  peace;  when  there 
is  no  peace. 

1,1  Were  they  ''asliamcd  when  they 
had  committed  abomination  ?  nay, 
they  were  not  at  all  ashamed,  nei- 
ther could  they  blush;  therefore  they 
shall  fall  among  them  that  fall:  lit 
the  time  that  I  visit  them  they  shall 
be  cast  down,  saith  the  Lord. 

](!  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Stand  ye 
in  the  ways,  and  see,  and  ask  for  the 
"old  paths,  where  is  the  good  wa.v, 
and  walk  therein,  and  ye  shall  find 
*rest  for  your  souls.  But  they  said, 
"We  will  not  walk  therein. 

17  Also  I  set  "watchmen  over  you, 
sai/ing.  Hearken  to  the  sound  of  the 
trumpet.  But  they  said,  We  will  not 
hearken. 

15  U  Therefore  hear,  ye  nations,  and 
know,  O  congregation,  what  is  among 
them. 

lit  "  Hear,  O  earth :  behold,  I  will 
bring  evil  upon  this  people,  evc7i 
y  the  fruit  of  their  thoughts,  because 
they  have  not  hearkened  unto  my 
words,  nor  to  my  law,  but  rejected 
it. 

20  '  To  what  purpose  comcth  there  to 
me  incense  *from  Sheba,  and  the 
sweet  cane  from  a  far  country?  liyour 
burnt  offerings  are  not  acceptable, 
nor  votir  sacrifiees  sweet  unto  me. 

21  'j'herefore  thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Behold,  I  will  lay  frtumblinghloeks 
before  this  people,  antl  the  fathers 
and  the  sons  tosrether  shall  fall  upon 
them;  the  neignbour  and  his  friend 
shall  perish. 

22  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Behold,  a 
people  comcth  from  the ''  north  coun- 
try, and  a  great  nation  shall  be  raised 
from  the  sides  of  the  earth. 

2.'}  They  shall  lay  hold  on  bow  and 
spear;  they  are  cruel,  and  have  no 
mercy;  their  voice  »lroareth  like  the 
sea;  and  they  ride  upon  horses,  set 
in  array  as  men  for  war  against  thee, 
O  daughter  of  Zion. 

24  We  have  heard  the  fame  thereof: 
our   handa  wax    feeble  i    "^  anguish 


The  Jnvs  called  to  repentance.         JEREMIAH.     Thry  arc  threatened  fnr  idolatry. 


Beforo 
GHRl ST 
about  G12. 


fth  t.  8. 

I<-h.  2i.  M. 
Uic.  1.  lu. 
l«Zo«h.l2. 10. 


about  coo. 
•  cb.  26.  2. 


15.  4  8.  la.  It 

ch   13.  10. 
f  r>eut.  i.  id. 
sell.  3.  18. 
h»cr.  4. 
itli..'..  31.i 

11.  13.  U, 
k!Rin.l\21. 

H.X-4   1.2. 

Z.ph,  1.  5. 
IE  J.  20.3. 

Ter  6. 
ra  Ki.  23.  30. 


hatli  taken  hold  of  us,  and  paiu,  aa 
of*  a  woman  in  travail. 
•Jo  Go  not  iortli  into  the  field,  nor 
walk  by  the  way;  for  the  sword  of 
the  enemy  and  fear  is  on  every 
side. 

26  U  O  daughter  of  my  people,  fpird 
llice  with  sackcloth,  Band  wa'.iow 
thyself  in  ashes:  h  make  thee  nioiirn- 
inji,  (IS  Jbr  an  only  son,  most  bitter 
lamentation  :  for  "the  spoiler  shall 
suddenly  come  upon  us. 
lT  I  liavc  set  tliee  for  a  tower  and 
ia  fortress  anion);  mv  people,  that 
thou  mayest  know  and  try  their  way. 
28  k  They  are  all  prievous  rcvoltcre, 
I  walking  with  slanders:  l/ief/  are 
°' brass  and  iron;  they  are  all  cor- 
rupters. 

'£)  The  bellows  arc  burned,  the  lead 
is  consumed  of  the  lire:  the  founder 
nieltuth  in  vain:  for  the  wicked  are 
not  plucked  away, 
ol)  "  II  Reprobate  silver  shall  men 
call  them,  because  the  LoKl)  hath 
rejected  them. 

CHAPTER  VII. 
1  Jeremiah  ia  sent  to  cittl  for  true  repent- 
oJice,  to  prevent  the  Jews'  captivity.  8 
He  rejeeteth  their  vain  con/l,lence,  12 
by  the  example  of  S?,itoh.  17  lie  threat- 
eneth  them  for  their  idolatry.  '21  He 
rejeeteth  the  aaerifieca  of  the  Uieohedient. 
2'J  He  eihorlelh  to  mourn  for  their 
abominations  in  Tophet,  '6'1  and  the  j udg- 
ments  for  the  same. 

1''IIE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah 
from  the  Loun,  sayinp;, 

2  ^  Stand  in  the  pate  of  the  I.,0I5n'.s 
house,  and  proclaim  there  this  word, 
and  sav.  Hear  the  word  of  the  I-oisi), 
all  j/e  ci;"Judah,  that  enter  in  at  these 
gates  to  worship  the  l.oitn. 

Z  Thus  saith  tlie  l.oHn  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  b  Amend  your  ways 
and  your  doinjTs,  and  I  will  cause 
you  fo  dwell  in  this  place. 

4  "  Trust  ve  not  in  lying  words,  say- 
ing. The  temple  of  the  Loud,  The 
temple  of  the  Lord,  The  temple  of 
the  Lord,  are  these. 

5  For  if  ve  thoroughly  amend  your 
ways  and  your  doings;  if  ve  tlior- 
oughly  d  execute  judgment  between 
a  man  and  his  neighbour; 

C  If  ye  oppress  not  the  stranger,  the 
fiitherlcss,  and  the  widow,  and  shed 
not  innocent  blood  in  this  place, 
■^neither  walk  after  other  gods  to 
vour  hurt; 

"r  f  Then  will  Icause  vou  to  dwell  in 
this  place,  in  Etho  land  that  I  gave  to 
your  fathers,  for  ever  and  ever. 

8  TT  Behold,  hyc  trust  in  'lying 
words,  that  cannot  profit. 

0  K  Will  ye  steal,  murder,  and  com- 
mit adultery,  and  swear  falsely,  and 
burn  incense  unto  Baal,  and  1  walk 
after  other  gods  w  hom  ye  know  not; 

10  '•'  And  come  and  stand  before  ine 
in  this  house,  t"  which  is  called  by 
m.v  name,  and  say,  AVe  arc  delivered 
to'do  all  these  abominations? 


11  Is  "this  house,  which  is  called  by 
my  name,  become  a  I'den  of  robbers 
in  youreyeB;'  Behold,  even  1  have 
seen  !(,  saith  the  L<)K1>. 

12  But  go  ye  now  unto  'I my  place 
which  lias  in  Shiloh,  '  where  I  set 
my  name  at  the  tirst,  and  see  'what 
I  did  to  it  for  the  wickedness  of  my 
people  Israel. 

l.j  And  now,  because  ye  have  done 
all  tliese  works,  saith  the  LoKn,  and 
I  spake  unto  vou,  ^  rising  up  early 
and  speaking,  nut  ye  heard  not;  and 
I  "called  you,  butve  answered  not; 

U  Therefore  will  I  do  unto  this 
house,  which  is  called  by  my  name, 
wherein  ye  trust,  and  unto  the  place 
which  I  gave  to  you  and  to  your  fa- 
thers, as  I  have  done  to  "^  Shiloh. 

l.i  And  Iwill  east  you  out  of  my 
sight,  >  as  1  have  cast  out  all  your 
brethren,  'even  the  whole  seed  of 
Kphraim. 

10  Therefore  "pray  not  thou  for  this 
people,  neither  lilt  up  cry  nor  prayer 
tor  them,  neither  ninkeintercession 
to  me:  bforl  will  not  hear  thee. 

ir  TT  Seest  thnu  not  what  they  do  in 
the  cities  of  Judah  and  in  the  streets 
of  Jerusalem? 

is  '  The  children  gather  wood,  and 
the  fathers  kindle  the  fire,  and  the 
women  knead  ^/inV  dough,  to  make 
cakes  to  the  ||  queen  of  heaven,  and 
to  dpour  out  drink  offerings  unto 
other  gods,  that  they  may  provoke 
nie  to  anger. 

19  'Do  they  provoke  me  to  anger? 
saith  the  I,oi!i):  do  lliry  j\nt  jirnrnlce 
themselves  to  the  confusion  of  their 
own  faces? 

20  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Behold,  mine  anger  and  my 
fury  shall  be  poured  out  upon  this 
place,  upon  man,  and  upon  heast. 
and  upon  the  trees  of  the  field,  and 
upon  the  fruit  of  the  ground;  and 
it  shall  burn,  and  thall  not  be 
quenched. 

21  H  Thus  saith  the  Lonn  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel;  f  Put  your  burnt 
offerings  unto  your  sacrifices,  and 
eat  flesh. 

22  eFor  I  spake  not  unto  your  fa- 
thers, nor  commanded  tlicm  in  the 
day  that  I  brought  them  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  t  concerning  burnt 
offerings  or  Bacrificcs: 

2.i  But  this  thing  commanded  I 
them,  saying,  bOliey  niv  voice,  and 
i  I  will  be  your  God,  and  ye  shall  be 
my  people:  and  walk  ye  in  all  the 
ways  that  I  have  commanded  you, 
that  it  may  lie  w  ell  unto  you. 

24  k  But  they  hearkened  not,  nor 
inclined  their  ear,  but  1  walked  in 
the  counsels  and  in  the  |l  imagination 
of  their  evil  heart,  and  f '"  went  back- 
ward, and  not  forward. 

25  Since  the  day  that  your  fathers 
came  forth  out  ot  the  land  of  Egypt 
unto  this  dav,  I  have  even  "sent  un- 
to you  all  iiiy  servants  the  prophets, 

(521 


The  abominations  in  Tophct. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  calamities  of  the  Jews. 


Before 
C  H  U 1  8  T 
about  CUO. 


1  ch.  0. 3. 

<  Joh  1  20. 
I..  1.5  -i 


r  2  Kin.  21.4. 
7. 
2Clic.  33. 1, 

c'u.'il.  11.  U 


.2  Kin.  23  10. 

cl..  I:),  i.  <i 

32.  35. 
»r«.  106.  38. 
b  .Sc«  Dcut, 

17.3. 

t  n«b.  «™ 

htuH. 
c  ch.  19.  S. 
il2Kii..CT.10. 

eh.  l!l.  11. 

£•.  C.  6. 
eDaat.  29.26. 


Il.tr.  Sn.  7,3. 
1>  1.  7.  *  3. 


"daily  rising  up  early  and  sending 
them : 

2lj  1'  Yet  tlicy  hearkened  not  nnto 
me, nor  inclined  their  ear,  but  1  hard- 
ened their  neck:  ""they  did  worse 
than  their  fathers. 

27  Therefore  *  thoii  phalt  speak  all 
these  word.s  nnto  them  ;  but  thev 
will  not  hearken  to  thee;  thou  shaft 
also  call  unto  them;  but  they  will 
not  answer  thee. 

28  But  thou  shall  say  nnto  them. 
This  /<  a  nation  that  obeyelh  not  the 
voice  of  the  J.oiti)  their  God,  'nor 
reccivcth  ||  correction:  "  truth  is  per- 
ished, and  is  cut  off  from  their 
mouth. 

Kl  H  "  Cut  off  thine  hair,  O  Jeitt^a- 
frm,  and  cast  it  aw.ay,  and  take  up  a 
lamentation  on  hii;k  places;  for  the 
Liiui)  liath  rejectecl  and  forsaken  the 
};eiicrati(m  of  his  wrath. 

.'iU  For  the  children  of  Judah  have 
done  evil  in  my  si^ht,  saith  the 
lyOUD:  >they  have  set  their  abomin- 
ations in  the  house  which  is  called 
by  iny  name,  to  pollute  it. 

.')1  And  they  have  built  the^liisli 
places  of  Tophet,  which  is  in  the 
valley  of  the  son  of  llinnom,  to 
"burn  their  sons  and  their  diuish- 
ters  in  the  fire;  I' which  I  command- 
ed the)U  uot,  neither  fcaiiie  it  into 
my  heart. 

3i  TT  Therefore,  behold,  'the  davs 
come,  saith  the  I.onn,  that  it  shrdl 
no  more  be  called  Tophet,  nor  The 
valley  of  the  son  of  Hinnom,  hcit  The 
valley  of  slau^jhter:  Jfor  thev  shall 
bury  iu  Tophet,  till  theie  bo  no 
place. 

;i.'5  And  the  "carcasses  of  this  people 
shall  be  meat  for  the  fowls  of  the 
heaven,  and  for  the  beasts  of  the 
earth ;  and  none  shall  fray  them 
away. 

Si  Then  will  I  cause  to  f  cense  from 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  from  tlie 
streets  of  Jerusalem,  tlic  voice  of 
mirtli,  and  the  voice  of  gladness,  the 
voice  of  the  bridegroom,  and  the 
voice  of  the  bride :  for  s  the  laud  shall 
be  desolate. 

ciiArxER  vni. 

1  The  eaUmilij  <,f  the  Jru:i,  both  dead  and 
alive.  4  //«  upliruiilelh  their  foolish  aii,l 
uliameU'ts  impeuitcnei/.  13  Jle  ehcweth 
their  ifrievout  judgment.  18  and  bewail- 
eth  their  deupcratc  eetate. 

\T  that  time,  siith  tlie  Lonn,  they 
shall  brinK  out  the  bones  of  the 
kintjs  of  Judah,  and  the  bones  of  his 
princes,  and  the  hones  of  the  priests, 
and  tlie  bones  of  the  prophets,  and 
the  bones  of  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem, out  of  their  graves: 
•2  And  they  shall  spread  them  before 
the  sun,  and  the  moon,  and  nil  the 
host  of  heaven,  whom  they  have  lov- 
eil.  and  whom  thev  have  served,  and 
after  whom  they  have  walked,  and 
whom  they  have  eou'.:ht,  aiul  •■*  whom 
they  have  worshipped  :  they  shall 
022 


not  be  pather^d,  l»nor  be  buried; 
they  shall  be  for  "^dung  upon  the 
face  of  the  earth. 

:i  And  'I  death  shall  be  chosen  rather 
than  life  by  all  the  residue  of  them 
that  remain  of  this  evil  family,  which 
remain  in  all  the  places  whither  1 
have  driven  them,  saith  the  LoiiD  of 
heists. 

4  11  Moreover  thou  shall  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  J.iiRii;  Shall 
they  fall,  and  notarise?  shall  he  turn 
away,  anrl  not  return  ? 

5  Why  then  is  this  people  of  Jerusa- 
lem ''sliddcn  back  bv  a  perpetual 
backsliding?  fthey  hold  fast  deceit, 
8  they  refuse  to  return. 

6  li  I  liearkened  and  heard,  hut  they 
Rjiakc  not  aright:  no  man  repented 
him  of  his  wickedness,  saj-ing.  What 
have  I  done?  every  one  turned  to 
his  course,  as  the  horse  rusheth  into 
the  battle. 

7  Yea,  i  the  stork  in  the  heaven 
knoweth  her  appointed  times  ;  and 
fctbe  turtle  and  the  crane  and  the 
swallow  observe  the  time  of  their 
eomin";  but  Imy  people  know  not 
the  judgment  of  the  Loud. 

8  llow  do  )-c  say.  We  arc  wise, 
■"and  the  law  of  the  I-okd  is  with 
us?  Lo,  certainly  jl  in  vain  made  he 
it ;  the  pen  of  the  scribes  is  in  vain. 

9  "  II  The  wise  men  are  ashamed, 
they  are  dismayed  and  taken  :  lo, 
they  have  rejected  the  word  of  the 
LoKT) ;  and  f^^'i'^t  wisdom  is  in 
them? 

10  Therefore  "will  I  give  their  wives 
unto  others,  njirf  their  lieldstothem 
that  shall  inherit  t/iem:  for  every  one 
from  the  least  even  unto  the  greatest 
is  given  to  l*covelousness,  from  tlic 
prophet  even  unto  the  priest  every 
one  dealeth  falsclj'. 

11  For  they  have  ihenled  the  hurt 
of  thodauiliterof  my  people  slightiy, 
saying,  ■■  Peace,  peace  i  when  </ic)-c 
IS  "no  peace. 

lU  \V  ere  they  '  ashamed  when  they 
had  committed  abomination?  nay, 
they  were  not  at  all  ashamed,  neither 
coiild  they  blush ;  therefore  shall 
they  fall  among  them  that  fall:  in  the 
time  of  their  visitation  thej'  shall  be 
cast  down,  saith  the  l^oKii. 

l.'i  TT  II I  will  surely  consume  them, 
saith  the  Lord:  there  fhrilt  he  no 
gr.iiics  Ion  the  vine,  nor  figs  on  the 
^fig  tree,  and  the  leaf  shall  fade; 
and  the  thinris  that  1  have  given 
them  shall  pass  away  from  them. 

11  Why  do  we  sit'stiU?  ''osfcmblo 
vourselves,  and  let  us  enter  into  the 
(lefenced  cities,  and  let  us  be  silent 
there:  for  the  I>oi:d  our  God  hath 
put  us  to  silence,  and  given  us 
'water  of  ||  gall  to  drink,  because  wc 
have  sinned  against  the  T.orp, 

l.i  We  'looked  for  peace,  but  no 
good  rnmr  :  nm^f  for  a  time  of  health, 
and  behold  trouble  I 

l(j  The  snorting  of  his  horses  was 


'  The  jjrojjhet  bfwailcth  the  sins         JEREJflAH. 


and  miserifs  of  the  people. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  600. 


ch.  41;.  11.  h 
61.8. 
t  Ileb.  gana 


heard  from  "Dan:  the  whole  land 
trembled  at  the  sound  of  the  ncij;h- 
in;?  of  his  bstron^'  one.s;  for  thev  are 
cerne,  and  have  devoured  the  land, 
and  fall  that  i.s  in  it:  the  city,  and 
those  that  dwell  therein. 

17  Fofj  behold,  I  will  Bcnd  serpcnt.x, 
eoekatricca,  ainontf  vou,  which  irill 
not  be  '■  charmed,  anil  they  sliall  bite 
yon,  .saith  the  Lokd. 

18  V  When  I  would  comfort  myself 
against  sorrow,  my  heart  is  faint  t  in 
n>e. 

i:t  Behold  the  voice  of  the  cry  of  the 
dan;;li(er  of  iiiv  peojile  (  because  of 
tliem  that  dwill  in  'I  a  far  country : 
/.i  not  the  Loni)  in  Zion?  is  not  her 
liiii^:  in  hcri'  'Wliy  have  they  '^pro- 
voked me  to  amxirwitli  theirpraveu 
iniap's,  (iwl  witii  strange  vanities? 

•3)  The  harvest  is  |iast,  the  summer 
is  ended,  and  we  are  not  saved. 

L'l  fl'or  the  hurt  of  the  daughter  of 
my  people  am  I  hurt;  lam  t'blaek; 
astoiiislimciit  hath  taken  hold  on  me. 

22  Is  there  no  h  balm  in  Gilead?  is 
there  no  phvsieian  there?  why  then 
is  not  the  health  of  the  daughter  of 
my  people  f  recovered? 

ClIAPTEll  IX. 

1  Jcrtmitrh  Inmenteth  the  Jews  for  their 
manifold  «tn«,  9  anU  for  thtir  judg- 
ment. 12  Diaohe<lience  it  tlie  eniitc  of 
their  titter  ealnmilr/.  17  //s  exhortetli 
to  mourn  for  their  destruction,  23  and 
to  trust  not  in  themeelve^,  but  in  God. 
i5  Ue  threateneth  loth  Jews  and  Oen- 
tiles. 

t/^H  ^that  my  head  were  waters, 
Vy  and  mine  eve.s  a  ft^untain  of 

tears,    that  I   miKut  weep  day   and 

night  for  the  slain  of  the  daughter 

of  mv  people  I 

2  oh  that  1  had  in  the  wilderness  ft 
lodging  place  of  wayfaring  men :  that 
I  might  leave  my  people,  and  go 
from  theral  for  l>they  oc  all  adul- 
terers, an  assembly  of  treacherous 
men. 

3  And  '^they  bend  their  tongues  like 
their  bow /or  lies:  but  tliey  are  not 
valiant  for  the  truth  upon  the  earth; 
for  tlicy  proceed  fiom  evil  to  evil, 
and  they  dknow  not  mc,  eoith  the 

LOHD. 

4  "^Takc  ye  heed  every  one  of  his 
llncighbour,  and  trust  ye  not  in  any 
brother:  for  every  brother  will  ut- 
terly supplant,  and  every  neighbour 
will  f  walk  with  slanders. 

a  And  they  will  ||  deceive  every  one 
his  neighbour,  and  will  not  speak 
the  truth:  they  have  taught  their 
tongue  to  speak  lies,  and  weary 
themselves  to  commit  iniquity. 

C  Thine  habitation  w  in  the  midst 
of  deceit;  through  deceit  they  refuse 
to  know  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lor.D  of 
hosts.  Behold,  ei  will  melt  them, 
and  try  them;  hfor  how  shall  I  do 
for  the  daughter  of  my  people? 

8  Their  tongue  is  as  an  arrow  shot 


out;  it  speaketh  ideceit:  otte.  speak- 
cth  k  peaceably  to  his  neighbour 
with  his  mouth,  but  fin  heart  he 
laveth  II  hi.s  wait. 

!)  TI  I  Shall  I  not  visit  them  for  these 
thinust  saith  the  J.ouu:  shall  not 
my  soul  be  avenged  on  such  a  na- 
tion as  this? 

10  For  the  mountains  will  I  take  up 
a  weeping  and  wailing,  and  "'for  the 
II  habitations  of  the  wilderness  n  lam- 
entation, because  they  are  ||  burned 
up,  so  that  none  can  pass  through 
them;  neither  can  nun  hear  the  voice 
of  the  cattle:  \  "  both  the  fowl  of  the 
heavens  and  the  beast  arc  fled;  lliey 
are  gone. 

11  And  I  will  make  Jerusalem 
"heaps,  and  Pa  den  of  dragons;  and 
I  will  make  the  cities  of  Jndah  f  des- 
olate, without  an  inhabitant. 

12  TT  'iWho  IS  the  wise  man,  that 
may  understand  this?  and  vho  is  he 
to  whom  the  mouth  of  the  I.oitD 
hath  spoken,  that  he  may  declare  't, 
for  what  the  land  perisrieth  and  is 
burned  up  like  a  wilderness,  that 
none  passeih  through? 

13  And  the  ],or.D  saith.  Because 
they  have  forsaken  my  law  which  I 
set  before  them,  and  have  not  obey- 
ed my  voice,  neither  walked  therein; 

14  But  have  '  walked  after  the  ||  im- 
agination of  their  own  heart,  and 
after  Baalim,  'which  their  fathers 
taught  them : 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  LoiiD 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  liohold, 
I  will  'feed  them,  even  this  people, 
"with  wormwood,  and  give  them 
water  of  gall  to  drink. 

l(i  I  will  '  scatter  them  also  among 
tlic  heathen,  whom  neither  they  nor 
their  fathers  have  known:  5  and  I 
will  send  a  sword  after  them,  till  I 
have  consumed  them. 

17  TF  Thus  saith  the  I.OIin  of  hosts. 
Consider  ye,  and  call  for  *  the  mourn- 
ing women,  tb:it  they  may  come; 
and  send  for  cunning  icomcn,  that 
they  may  come: 

IS  And  let  them  make  haste,  nnd 
take  up  a  wailing  fur  us,  that  "our 
eyes  may  run  down  with  tears,  and 
our  evellds  gush  out  with  waters. 

10  r*or  a  voice  of  wailing  is  heard 
out  of  Zion,  How  are  we  spoiled! 
we  are  greatly  confounded,  because 
we  have  forsaken  the  land,  bccuuec 
I'  our  dwellings  have  cast  vs  out. 

20  Yet  hear  the  word  of  the  I.OUD, 
O  ve  women,  and  let  your  car  re- 
ceive the  word  of  his  mouth,  and 
teach  your  daughters  wailing,  and 
cverv  one  her  neighbour  lamentation. 

21  I'or  death  Is  come  ui)  into  our 
windows,  and  is  entered  into  our 
palaces,  to  cut  oft' "^  the  cliildren  from 
without,  and  the  );oung  men  from 
the  streets. 

22  Speak,  Thus  saith  the  Lord, 
Even  the  carcosses  of  men  shall  fall 
Joa  dung  upon  the  open  field,  and  ] 

623 


The  great  disparity 


JEREMIAH. 


between  God  and  idols. 


Beforo 
C  UK  I  ST 
about  GUO. 


I.  ^i.  23.  & 

.  32. 

.»r.  Sn.  41. 


jr..  in. 


!>■'■ 

11. 
.10 

T.    1 

.    i 

H..1..  2  IS, 
z,ci.  in  i 
Horn.  1.  ;l, 


as  the  handful  after  the  liarvcstman, 
and  none  shall  (jather  tlicjii. 
2.!  11  Thus  Baith  the  Lord,  'Let 
not  tlie  wise  man  L'lory  in  hia  wis- 
dom, neither  let  the  mighty  man 
glory  ill  his  might,  let  not  the  rich 
man  glory  in  liis  riches: 

24  Hut  1  let  him  that  glorieth  glory 
in  this,  that  he  understandeth  and 
knowcth  me,  that  I  am  the  ],oi;i) 
which  exercise  lovingkindness,. iudg- 
ni  en  t,  and  righteousness,  in  the  earth: 
sfor  in  these  tliinys  I  delight,  saith 
the  Loi!D. 

25  Tl  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  LOKt),  that  hi  will  tpunish  all 
them  u'liich  are  circumcised  with  the 
uncircunicised; 

'2U  ICgypt,  and  Judahj  and  Edom, 
and  the  children  of  Ammnn,  and 
Moah,  and  all  tliat.  are  f  in  the  iut- 
mostcorners, that  dwell  in  the  wilder- 
ne.'^s:  for  all  tlirsr  niitinns  are  nncir- 
eumcised,  and  all  the  luiiisc  of  Israel 
are  kuucircumcised  in  the  heart. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  The  unrqu<il  con.jtariaoit  of  God  and 
iiliils.  17  The  prophet  exhortelh  to  Jlee 
from  the  ealamity  to  cume.  19  lie  la- 
menlrth  the  spoil  of  the  tsbcrnnele  by 
foolish  paetora.  23  ffe  maketh  an  hum- 
He  eupplication. 
HEAR  ye  the  word  which  the 
Liinn  speaketh  unto  you,  O 
hoiipc  of  Israel: 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lor.D,  *  Learn  not 
tl'.e  way  of  the  heathen,  and  be  not 
dismayed  at  the  signs  of  heaven;  for 
the  heathen  are  dismayed  at  them. 
,■>  For  the  tcustomsof  the  people 
are  vain:  for  i'onc  cutteth  a  tree  out 
of  the  forest,  the  work  of  the  hands 
of  the  workman,  with  the  nxe. 

4  Thev  deck  it  with  silver  and  with 
gold;  they  ^'fasten  it  with  nails  and 
with  hammers,  that  it  move  not. 

5  Thev  are  upright  as  the  palm 
tree,  'I  hut  speak  not:  they  must 
neeils  be  ^ borne,  because  they  can- 
not go.  Be  not  afraid  of  them :  for 
ftliey  cannot  do  evil,  neither  also  i> 
it  in  them  to  do  good. 

G  Forasmuch  as  (/itve  ts  none  Slikc 
unto  thee,  O  Lord;  thou  art  great, 
and  tliv  name  /s  great  in  might. 

7  liWho  would  not  fcnr  thee,  O 
King  of  nations?  for  |)  to  tlioc  doth  it 
appertain:  forasmuch  as  i  among  all 
the  wise  virii  of  the  nations,  and  in 
all  their  kingdoms,  tlwre  is  none  like 
unto  tlice. 

8  But  tlicy  are  f  altogether  k  hrutiKh 
and  liuilisli:  the  stock  is  a  doctrine 
of  vanities. 

9  Silver  spread  into  plates  is  brought 
from  Tarshish,  and  I  gold  from 
llphaz,  the  work  of  the  workman, 
and  of  the  hands  of  the  founder: 
hhic  and  purple  i^  their  clothing: 
they  are  all  '"the  work  of  cunning 
iiteti. 

1(1  But  the  I.DKn  /.t  the  )  true  God, 
hew  "the  living  God,niidau  |  "evcr- 
1)24 


lasting  King:  at  his  wrath  the  earth 
shall  tremble,  and  the  nations  shall 
not  bo  able  to  abide  liis  indignation. 

11  t  Thus  shall  yc  say  unto  them, 
I"  The  gods  that  have  not  made  the 
heavens  and  the  earth,  even  'i  they 
shall  perish  from  the  earth,  and  from 
under  these  heavens. 

12  He  ''hath  made  the  earth  by 
his  power,  he  hath  'established  the 
world  by  his  wisdom,  and  'hath 
stretched  out  the  heavens  by  his  dis- 
cretion. 

13  "When  he  uttercth  his  voice, 
there  is  a  \\  multitude  of  waters  in 
the  heavens,  and  ^lie  eauseth  the 
vapours  to  ascend  from  the  ends  of 
the  earth ;  he  maketh  lightnings 
II  with  rain,  and  bringeth  forth  the 
wind  out  of  his  treasures. 

14  >  Every  man  ||  is  'brutish  in  his 
knowledge:  "every  founder  is  con- 
founded by  the  graven  image:  bfor 
his  molten  image  is  falsehood,  and 
there  is  no  breath  in  them. 

1.5  They  are  vanity,  ni}(l  the  work 
of  errors:  in  the  time  of  their  visita- 
tion "■  they  shall  perish. 

1(3  d  The  portion  of  Jacob  is  not  like 
them :  for  he  is  the  former  of  all 
thiiirjs;  and  'Israel  !.s- the  rod  of  his 
inheritance:  fThe  Lord  of  hosts  is 
his  name. 

17  IT  8  Gather  up  thy  wares  out  of 
the  land,  O  f  inhabitant  of  the  fort- 
ress. 

15  For  thus  poith  the  Lord,  Be- 
hold, I  will  listing  out  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  land  at  this  once,  and 
will  distress  them,  'that  they  may 
11  nd  it  so. 

ID  IT  tWoc  is  me  for  my  hurt  I 
my  wound  is  grievous:  but  I  said, 
I  Truly  this  is  a  grief,  and  ""I  must 
bear  it. 

2(1  "My  tabernacle  is  spoiled,  and 
all  my  cords  are  broken:  my  eliil- 
dren  are  gone  forth  of  me,  and  thev 
are  not:  there  is  none  to  stretch  forth 
my  tent  any  more,  and  to  set  up  my 
curtains. 

21  For  the  pastors  are  become  brut- 
ish, and  have  not  sought  the  Lord: 
therefore  thev  shall  not  prosper,  and 
all  their  flock's  shall  be  scattered. 

22  Behold,  the  noise  of  the  bruit  is 
come,  and  a  great  commotion  out  of 
the  "north  country,  to  make  t)ie  cit- 
ies of  Judah  desolate,  and  a  l'  den  of 
dragons. 

2.'i  H  O  Lord,  I  know  that  the  1  way 
of  man  !■!  not  in  himself:  it  is  not  in 
man  that  walketh  to  direct  his  stops. 

24  O  Lord,  'correct  mc,  but  with 
judgment ;  not  in  thine  anger,  lest 
thou  1  bring  me  to  nothing. 

2.';  Tour  out  thy  fury  upon  the 
heatlien  'thatknow  thee  not.andup- 
on  the  families  that  call  not  on  thy 
mime:  for  they  have  eaten  up  J:icob, 
and  "devoureil  him,  ami  consumed 
him,  and  have  made  his  habitation 
desolate. 


God's  covenant  proclaimed. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  em. 


JEREMIAH.      A  conspiracy  against  Jeremiah. 


CHAPTER  XI 

1  Jertmiah  proclaimcth  GvW 
8  rebufict/i  the  Jewa'  disobeying  tltereoj, 
11  j'rvpheeieth  eviU  tn  come  ujjon  them, 
18  and  upon  the  vien  of  Analhoth,  for 
cotitjiiring  to  kill  Jeremiah. 

THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah 
from  the  Loitn,  spying, 

2  Hoar  ye  the  words  of  this  cove- 
nant, and  speak  unto  the  men  of  Ju- 
dah,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem; 

3  And  say  thou  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  of  Israel;  "Curs- 
ed he  the  man  that  obeyetli  not  the 
words  of  this  covenant, 

4  Which  I  commanded  your  fathers 
in  the  day  that  I  brouRht  thcni  lorth 
out  of  the  land  of  Egvpt,  bfroni  the 
iron  furnace,  saying, '  Obey  my  voice, 
and  do  them,  according  to  all  which 

I  command  vou:  so  shall  ve  be  my 
people,  and  1  will  he  your  God: 

5  That  1  may  perform  the  donth 
which  I  have  sworn  unto  vour  fa- 
thers, to  give  them  a  land  "flowing 
with  milk  and  honev,  as  it  is  this 
day.  Then  answerccl  I,  and  said, 
f  So  be  it,  O  LoiiD. 

(i  Tlien  the  Loisn  said  unto  mc, 
rroelaim  all  these  words  in  the  cities 
of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets  of  Jeru- 
salem, saying.  Hear  ye  the  words  of 
this  covenant,  ^and  do  them. 

7  For  1  earnestly  protested  unto 
your  fathers  in  the  dav  Hint  I  brou'-ht 
them  up  out  of  the 'land  of  Egypt, 
crcie  unto  this  day,  f  rising  carlv  and 
protesting,  saying.  Obey  mv  voice. 

8  E  Yet  they  obeyed  not,  nor  in- 
clined their  ear,  but  h  walked  every 
one  in  the  ||  imagination  of  their  evil 
heart:  therefore  I  will  bring  upon 
them  all  the  words  of  this  covenant, 
which  I  commanded  them  to  do;  but 
they  did  tliem  not. 

9  And  the  Loiti)  said  unto  mo,  iA 
conspiracy  is  (bund  among  the  men 
of  Judah,  and  among  the  inh.ibitants 
of  Jerusalem. 

10  They  are  turned  back  to  kthe 
iniquities  of  their  forefathers,  which 
refused  to  hear  my  words;  and  they 
went  after  other  gods  to  serve  them: 
the  house  of  Israel  and  the  house  of 
Judah  have  broken  mv  covenant 
which  I  made  with  their  "fathers. 

II  H  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Eonn, 
lichold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  them, 
which  thcv  shall  not  be  able  tto  es- 
cape ;  and  1  though  they  shall  cry 
unto  me,  I  will  not  hearken  uuto 
them. 

12  Then  shall  the  cities  of  Judah 
and  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem  go,  and 
'"cry  unto  the  gods  unto  whom  tlioy 
offer  incense:  but  they  shall  not  save 
them  at  all  in  the "  time  of  their 
t  trouble.  I 

13  For  accordinfi  to  the  number  of  | 
thy  "cities  were  thy  gods,  O  Judah 


altars  to  ^/m<  t  shameful  thing,  ercH 
altars  to  burn  incense  uuto  Baal. 

14  Therefore  "pray  not  thou  for  this 
people,  neither  lift  up  u  cry  or  prayer 
tor  them:  tor  I  will  not  hear  thou  in 
the  time  that  they  cry  unto  mc  for 
their  t  troulile. 

15  I'fWhat  hath  my  beloved  to 
do  in  nunc  house,  fcdiiy  she  hath 

I  wrought  lewdness  with  many,  and 
■^the  lioly  flesh  is  passed  from  tiice/ 

II  when  thou  doest  evil,  then  thou 
°  rojoiccst. 

li;  The  Eonn  called  thy  name, 'A 
green  olive  tree,  fair,  ami  of  goodly 
fruit:  with  the  noise  of  a  great  tu- 
mult he  hath  kindled  tire  upon  it, 
and  the  branches  of  it  are  broken. 

li  For  the  Eoud  of  hosts,  "that 
planted  thee,  hath  pronounced  evil 
against  thee,  for  the  evil  of  the  house 
of  Israel  and  of  the  house  of  Judah, 
which  they  have  done  ngainst  thiin- 
selvos  to  provoke  me  to  anger  in  of- 
fering incense  unto  lioal. 

IS  1[  And  the  E(]i;ii  balh  given  me 
knowledge  or  it.  and  I  know  xt:  then 
thou  shewcdst  mo  their  doings. 

lU  But  I  iro.s-  like  a  lamb  or  an  ox 
that  is  brought  to  the  slaughter:  and 

1  knew  not  that  "they  had  devised 
devices  against  mo,  .•^at/tiio,  Eot  us 
destroy  1  the  tree  with  the  fruit  there- 
of, >  and  lot  us  cut  him  off  from  '^  the 
land  of  the  living,  that  his  name 
may  be  no  more  remoniberod. 

20  But,  O  Eoun  of  hosts,  that  judg- 
est  righteously,  that  "  triest  the  reins 
and  the  heart,  let  me  see  thy  venge- 
ance on  them:  for  unto  thee  have  I 
revealed  my  cause. 

21  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Eoun 
of  the  men  of  Anathoth,  btliat  seek 
thy  life,  saying,  '  Prophesy  not  in 
the  name  of  the  Loi;D,  that  thou  die 
not  by  our  hand: 

22  Therefore  thus  saith  tlie  LoisD 
of  hosts.  Behold,  1  will  t punish 
them:  the  young  men  shall  die  by 
the  sword:  their  sons  and  tlieir 
daughters  shall  die  by  famine: 

23  And  there  shall  "be  no  remnant 
of  them:  for  I  will  bring  evil  upon 
the  men  of  Anathoth,  CicH  li  the  year 
of  their  visitation. 

CHAPTER  Xn. 

1  Jerctninh.  comjttaitiinff  of  thn  wic/fed'g 
prosperity,  btj  faith  geet'i  their  ruin.  5 
Ood  adntiinishelh  him  of  hia  brrthren't 
treacher]/  again&t  him,  7  and  tamenteth 
hit  heritage.  14  Jle  promiteth  to  the 
penitent  return  fromeantivity. 

r>IGHTEOrS »nir  thou,  O Lord. 
\j  w  hou  I  plead  w  ith  thee:  yet  |(  let 
mo  talk  w  ith  thee  of  thy  judgmenti: 
'i  AVIierefore  doth  the  way  of  (he 
wicked  prosper?  where/ore  are  all 
they  happy  that  deal  very  treacher- 
ous! vl' 

2  I'hou  hast  planted  thorn,  yea, 
they  have  taken  rixit :   t  tl 


Before 
CH  KIST 
alout  1308. 


•.  0.  10. 

:.  32.  10. 
7.  IG.  4 


t'..,l  ■•.  my 

i]F.il(i.22>c. 
rHns  2.12,13. 
Tii.  1   15. 
|0r.  ,<'A>nf«y 


.  2.  11. 


wi.y     tiiius  were  iny  gods,  i^i  juaaii;    iiiey  nave  taKeii  rixit :   t  tliev  grow, 
and  occorrfiH7  ro  the  number  of  the    yea,  they  bring  forth  fruit":  '^thou 


K.r.  2.  23. 
bch.  12.5.8. 
cli  ?0.  in 


dch.  23.  12.t 
id.  21.  &  tfk 


l>Ji>bL2.e.* 


streets  of  Jerusalem  have  ye  set  up 
40 


n>b  1  «. 

M»l.  3.  15. 
t  Hcb.  (A«y 


God  lamcnteth  his  heritage. 


JEREMIAH. 


Jitdah's  destruction  typified. 


Ucforo 
C  II  II I  S  T 

about  608. 


d  Pi    17.  3.  k 

13!(.  1. 
oeli,  11.20, 
t  Hob,  U..1* 

lA.i, 
f  JimoS.  6. 
jeh,  i£1,  10, 

Una,  \.  3. 
I.  r..  107.  34. 
1  ch   4.  15.  Ik 


).h    3,  15 
:i.r  12,1.5. 

cU  19.  m.  & 


SO.  41, 
loh  3  4, 
19,  il. 


I'll  3  1.3. 
q  Ii.  63.  18. 
t  Hull,  por- 


l  I..T.  2B.  in. 
I>eul.  ax.  38. 
Mic.  6,  15. 
H.g.  1.  0. 


«(•«  near  in  their  mouth,  and  far 
from  their  reins. 

.•J  liiit  tliou,  O  Lord,  Jknowest 
me;  thou  hast  seen  nie»  and  "^  tried 
mine  iieart  t  toward  thee:  pull  tiiem 
out  like  sheep  for  the  fiiatii^hter, 
and  prepare  them  for  fthe  day  of 
slaiis'iter. 

4  How  long  shall  sthe  land  mourn, 
and  the  herbs  of  every  field  wither, 
li  for  the  wickedness  of  them  that 
dwell  therein?  i  the  beasts  are  con- 
sumed, and  the  birds;  because  they 
said,  lie  shall  not  see  our  last  end. 

5  U  If  thou  hast  run  with  the  foot- 
men, and  they  have  wearied  thee, 
then  how  canst  thou  contend  with 
horses?  and  (/'  in  the  land  of  peace, 
wherein  thou  trustcdst,  tlivif  irearietl 
thee,  then  how  wilt  thou  do  in  ^  the 
swelling  of  Jordan  ? 

<i  For  even  I  thy  brethren,  and  the 
house  of  tliy  father,  even  they  have 
dealt  treacherously  with  thee;  yea, 
\\  they  have  called  a  multitude  after 
thee :  •"  believe  them  not,  though  they 
sjieak  tfair  words  unto  thee, 

7  TT  I  have  forsaken  mine  house,  I 
have  left  mine  heritage;  I  have  given 
tthe  dearly  beloved  of  my  soul  into 
the  hand  of  her  enemies. 

8  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  as  a  lion 
in  the  forest ;  it  ||  f  crieth  out  against 
me:  therefore  have  I  hated  it. 

'.I  Mine  heritage  is  unto  me  a.<!  a 
II  speckled  bird,  the  birds  round 
about  are  against  her ;  come  ye, 
assemble  all  tlie  beasts  of  the  field, 
II  "come  to  devour. 

10  Many  '■'pastors  have  destroyed 
•'my  vineyard,  tliey  have  *t  trodden 
my"  portion  under  foot,  they  have 
made  my  i  pleasant  portion  a  deso- 
late wilderness. 

1 1  Tliey  have  made  it  desolate,  «nrf 
heing  desolate  'it  mourneth  unto 
me;  the  whole  land  is  mailc  desolate, 
because  "no  iiiun  layeth  it  to  heart. 

12  The  spoilers  are  come  upon  all 
high  places  thri>u;i;h  the  wilderness: 
for  the  svvonl  of  the  LoitD  sliall  de- 
vour from  the  one  end  of  the  land 
even  to  the  itther  end  of  the  land: 
no  flesh  sliall  have  peace. 

1'!  '  They  have  sown  wheat,  but 
shall  reap  thorns :  they  have  put 
themselves  to  pain,  l)iit  shall  not 
profit:  and  ||  they  shall  be  a.shamed 
of  your  revenues  because  of  the 
fierce  anger  of  the  Lokd. 

14  IT  Thus  saith  the  I,ORp  against 
all  mine  evil  neighbours,  that  "  touch 
the  inheritniiee  which  I  have  CMiisi'd 
my  people  Isr.ael  to  inherit;  liihold, 
I  will  "pluck  them  out  of  their  hind, 
and  pluck  out  the  house  of  .Tuduh 
from  among  them. 

l.">  >And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
after  that  I  have  plucked  them  out 
I  will  return,  and  have  compassion 
on  them,  ^and  will  bring  them 
again,  every  man  to  his  heritage, 
and  every  man  to  his  land. 
t>26 


IfJ  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they 
will  diligt.'iitly  learn  tlie  ways  of  my 
people,  "to  swear  by  my  name.  The 
I.OKU  liveth;  as  they  taught  mv  peo- 
ple to  swear  by  B.aal;  then  shaft  they 
be  li  built  in  tlie  midst  of  my  people. 
17  Hut  if  they  will  not  "^obey,  I 
will  utterly  pluck  up  and  destroy 
that  nation,  saith  the  Lord. 
CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  Iti  the  typa  of  a  linen  girdle,  hidden  at 
£up/trace8,    'GoU    prefiguretli     tite    de- 
ttrticliun  of  hit  people.     12   Under  the 
paraUe  of  tlic  boltlet  Jilted  with  wine  he 
furctelteth  llteir  drunkenncBS  in  misery, 
lb  Jfe  ezhorteth  to  prevent  their  future 
judffmcnte.    22  He  eheweth  their  abom- 
inatione  are  the  caute  thereof. 
'■piIlTS  saith  the  Lord  unto  me, 
A    Go  and  get  thee  a  linen  girdle, 
and  put  it  upon  thy  loins,  and  put 
it  not  in  water. 

2  So  I  got  a  girdle  according  to 
the  word  of  the  LoKD,  and  put  it 
on  my  loins. 

;!  Aiid  the  word  of  the  LoRn  came 
unto  me  the  second  time,  saying, 

4  Take  the  girdle  that  tliou  hast 
got,  which  is  upon  thy  loins,  and 
arise,  go  to  Euphrates,  and  hide  it 
there  in  a  hole  of  the  rock. 

5  So  I  went,  and  hid  it  by  Euphra- 
tes, as  the  LoRO  commanded  me. 

0  And  it  came  to  pass  after  many 
day.s,  that  the  Lord  said  unto  me. 
Arise,  go  to  Euphrates,  and  take 
the  girdle  from  thence,  which  I 
commanded  thee  to  hide  there. 

7  Then  1  went  to  Euphrates,  and 
digged,  and  took  the  girdle  from  the 
place  where  I  had  hid  it :  and,  be- 
hold, the  girdle  was  iriarred,  it  was 
profitable  for  nothinjjf. 

«  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

!l  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  After  this 
manner  "will  I  mar  the  pride  of  ,Ju- 
dah,  and  the  great  pride  of  Jerusa- 
lem. 

10  This  evil  people,  which  refuse 
to  hear  my  words,  which  ''walk  in 
the  il  imagination  of  their  heart, 
and  walk  after  other  gods,  to  serve 
them,  and  to  worship  them,  shall 
even  he  as  this  girdle,  which  is 
good  for  nothing. 

11  For  as  the  girdle  cleaveth  to  the 
loins  of  a  man,  so  have  I  caused  to 
cleave  unto  me  the  whole  house  of 
Israel  and  the  whole  house  of  Judah, 
saith  the  Lord;  that  'they  might  be 
unto  me  for  a  people,  and  "for  a 
name,  and  for  a  praise,  and  for  a 
glorv:  hut  thev  would  not  hear. 

12  'T  Therefore  thou  shalt  speak  un- 
to them  this  word;  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  of  Israel,  Every  bottle 
shall  be  tilled  with  wine:  and  they 
hluill  siw  unto  thee,  Do  we  not  cer- 
taiiilv  kiu.w  Ihiit  every  bottle  shall 
be  filled  with  wine? 

1.!  Then  Klialt  tliou  sav  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Loud,  fiehold,  I  will 


God  cxhortcth  to  repentance. 


JEREMIAH. 


A  grievous  dearth. 


rt. 

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17  Jl 

k 

•/■ 

27,  A 

61. 

2 

9. 

til 

b 

a  titan 

pch.,'i.  19.  & 
qU.  3.  17.4 

vcr  in' 

1!..  16.37,38. 
3i>. 
N.lt..1.  5. 


ill  nil  the  iiiliabitants  of  this  land, 
cvcii  the  kiiii;s  that  sit  iipoii  David's 
throne,  and  the  priests,  audthei)ri)|>h- 
ets,  and  all  the  inhabitants  oftJcrusa- 
lem,  "with  drunkenness. 

14  And  fl  will  dash  them  tone 
against  another,  even  the  fathers  and 
the  sons  together,  saith  tlie  LOKO:  1 
will  not  pity,  nor  spare,  nor  have 
mercy,  t  but  destroy  them. 

15  II  Hear  vc,  and  give  ear;  be  not 
proud:  for  tlie  Loud  hath  spoken. 

10  8  Give  glory  to  the  Louu  your 
God,  before  he  cause  h  darkness,  and 
before  your  feet  stumble  upon  the 
dark  mountains,  and,  while  ye  ilook 
for  light,  he  turn  it  into  k  the  shadow 
of  death,  and  make  it  gross  darkness. 

17  But  if  ye  will  not  hear  it,  my 
soul  shall  weep  in  secret  places  tor 
t/our  pride  ;  and  1  mine  eye  shall 
weep  sore,  and  run  down  with  tears, 
because  the  LoiiU's  (lock  is  carried 
away  captive. 

18  Say  unto  ""the  king  and  to  the 
queen.  Humble  yourselves,  sit  down : 
for  your  ||  principalities  shall  como 
down,  even  the  crown  of  your  glory. 

19  The  cities  of  tlie  south  shall  be 
shut  up,  and  none  shall  open  them: 
Judah  shall  be  carried  away  captive 
all  of  it,  it  shall  be  wholly  carried 
away  captive. 

20  Lift  up  your  eves,  and  behold 
them  "that  come  iVom  the  north: 
where  is  the  flock  that  was  given 
thee,  thy  beautiful  flock? 

21  What  wilt  thou  say  when  he 
shall  t  punish  thee  ?  for  thou  hast 
taught  them  to  be  captains,  and  as 
chief  over  thee:  shall  not  "sorrows 
take  thee,  as  a  woman  in  travail  i? 

22  ^I  And  if  thou  say  in  thine  heart, 
1"  Wherefore  come  the.sc  things  upon 
me?  For  the  greatness  of  thine  in- 
iquity are  1  thy  skirts  discovered,  and 
thy  liecls  II  made  bare. 

23  Can  the  Ethiopian  change  his 
skin,  or  the  leopard  his  spots?  then 
may  yc  also  do  good,  that  are  t  ^*^~ 
customed  to  do  evil. 

2-1  Therefore  will  X  scatter  them  ■■  as 
the  stubble  that  passcth  away  by  the 
wind  of  the  wilderness. 

25  »  This  is  thy  lot,  the  portion  of 
thy  measures  from  me,  saith  the 
Lord;  because  thou  hast  forgotten 
mc,  and  trusted  in  *  falsehood. 

26  Therefore  "  will  I  discover  thy 
skirts  upon  thy  face,  that  thy  shame 
may  appear. 

2r  I  have  seen  thine  adulteries,  and 
thy  '^ncigliings,  the  lewdness  of  thy 
whoredom,  iiml  thine  abominations 
Jon  the  lulls  in  the  lields.  AVoe  nnto 
thee,  O  Jerusalem  !  wilt  thou  not  be 
made  clean?  f  when  shall  it  once  be  I 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  The  grievau,  famine  T  cauteth  Jtrt. 
liiiii/l  ta  pray.  lU  Tlie  Lord  ivill  not  he 
entreated  for  Ikepeojile.  13  Lijingjiroph- 
eta  are  no  excuse  for  them.  It  Jcre' 
miah  te  moveU  to  covtplain  for  them. 


rpHE  word  of  tlie  I-ohd  that 
A  came  to  Jeremiah  concerning 
t  the  dearth. 

2  Judah  moumeth,  and  "the  gates 
thereof  languish;  they  arc  it  black 
unto  the  ground;  and  "^the  cry  of 
Jerusalem  is  g«»ne  up. 
;i  And  their  nobles  have  sent  their 
little  ones  to  the  waters:  they  came 
to  the  pits,  ami  found  no  water;  they 
returned  with  their  ves.scls  empty; 
they  were  J  ashamed  and  contbund- 
ed,  '  and  covered  their  heads. 

4  Because  the  ground  is  chapped, 
for  there  was  no  rain  in  the  earth, 
the  ploughmen  were  ashamed,  they 
covered  their  heads. 

5  Yea,  tlie  hind  also  calved  in  the 
field,  and  forsook  it,  because  there 
was  no  grass. 

fi  And  I  the  wild  asses  did  stand  in 
the  high  places,  they  snuffed  up  the 
wind  like  dragons;  their  eyes  did 
fail,  because  there  ivas  no  grass. 

7  If  ()  Loiin,  though  our  iniquiticsi 
testify  against  us,  do  thou  it  Kfor  thy 
namii'a  sake:  for  our  baekslidings 
are  many;  we  have  sinned  against 
thee. 

S  li  O  the  hope  of  Israel,  the  Sav- 
iour thereof  in  time  of  trouble,  why 
shouldest  thou  be  as  a  stranger  in  the 
land,  and  as  a  wayfaring  man  titat 
turneth  aside  to  tarry  for  a  night? 

!)  Why  shouldest  thou  be  ns  a  man 
astonished,  as  a  mighty  man  Mliat 
cannot  save?  yet  thou,  O  Loiiti, 
k  art  in  the  midst  of  us,  and  t  wc  arc 
called  bv  thv  name;  leave  us  not. 

10  TT  Thus  saith  the  Loiti)  unto  this 
people,  IThus  have  they  loved  to 
wander,  they  have  not  refrained 
their  feet,  therefore  the  I.onn  doth 
not  accept  them;  '"he  will  now  re- 
member their  iniquity,  and  visit 
their  sins. 

11  Then  said  the  Lonp  nnto  me, 
"  I'ray  not  for  this  people  lor  their 
good. 

12  "  When  they  fast,  I  w  ill  not  hear 
their  crv  ;  and  ^wh.-n  they  oiler 
burnt  offering  and  an  oblation,  I  will 
not  accept  them:  but  'I  I  will  con- 
sume them  bv  the  sword,  and  by  the 
famine,  and  by  the  pestilence. 

i;i  1  'Then  said  I,  Ah,  Lord  Con! 
behold,  the  prophets  s;iy  nnto  them. 
Ye  shall  not  see  the  sword,  neither 
shall  ve  have  famine;  but  I  will  give 
vou  t'assured  pouee  in  this  place. 
"14  Then  the  Loi.n  said  unto  me, 
"The  prophets  prophesy  lies  in  my 
name  :  '  I  sent  them  not,  neither 
have  I  commanded  them,  neither 
spake  unto  them  :  they  prophesy 
unto  vou  a  false  vision  and  divina- 
tion, and  a  thing  of  nought,  and  the 
deceit  of  their  heart. 

15  Therefore  thus  saith  the  I.oiM) 
concerning  the  jirophets  that  proph- 
esv  in  mv  name,  and  I  sent  them 
not,  "vet 'they  say,  Sword  and  fam- 
ine shall  not  be  in  this  land;  By 
tB7 


The  utter  rejection 


JEREMIAH. 


of  the  Jews. 


Before 
CHRIST 

nbuut  Oul. 


U.  30.  23. 
ch.  f,.  Si.  1> 
10.  13, 


sword  and  famine  shall  those  proph- 
ets be  consumed. 

l(i  And  the  people  to  wliom  they 
proplie.'sy  shall  be  cast  out  in  the 
streets  of  Jerusalem,  because  of  the 
famine  and  the  sword;  "and  they 
shall  have  none  to  bury  them,  them, 
their  wives,  nor  their  sons,  nor  their 
daughters:  for  I  will  pour  their  wiclt- 
edjiess  upon  them. 

17  tr  Tliereforc  thou  shalt  say  this 
word  unto  tliem  ;  J  J^ct  mine  eyes 
run  down  with  tears  nijjlit  and  day, 
and  let  them  not  cease:  'for  the  vir- 
Rin  daughter  of  my  people  is  Ijrokcn 
'"•*'■   "  great   breach,  with   a   very 


with 


grievous  bio 

IS  If  I  so  forth  into  "the  field,  then 
helioM  the  slain  with  the  sword  I  and 
ifl  enter  into  the  citv,  then  liehnid 
tlicm  tliat  are  sick  wit1i  faminci  yea, 
botli  tlic  propliet  and  the  priest  (|  go 
about  into  a  land  that  they  kaiow 
not. 

11) ''  Hast  thou  utterly  rejected  Ju- 
dah  i  hath  thy  soul  loatl'icd  Zifin  ? 
why  hast  thou  smitten  us,  and 
'■  t/ierr  is  no  liealing  for  us  ?  i  we 
looked  for  peace,  and  tfietv  is  no 
Rood;  and  for  the  time  of  Iiealing, 
and  behold  trouble! 

20  We  acknowledge,  O  Lonp,  our 
wickedness,  ami  tlic  iniquity  of  our 
fathers:  for  "we  liavc  sinned  against 
thee. 

21  Do  not  abhor  ?(.«,  for  thy  name's 
sake;  do  not  disgrace  the  thrnne  of 
thy  glory:  f  remember,  break  not  thy 
covenant  with  us. 

22  s  Are  there  aivi  among  li  the  van- 
ities of  tlie  Gentiles  that  can  cause 
rain?  or  can  the  heavens  give  slmw- 
ers?  i^Ii-t  not  thou  he,  OXohd  our 
God  ?  theretbre  we  will  wait  njion 
tlicc  :  for  thou  hast  made  all  these 
things. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1   The  utter  rejection  and  ,nanifohtjur?o- 

menta  of  Hie  Jeiue.     10  Jeremiah,  com- 

pliiining  of  their  epite,  receivctli  a  j>rom- 

i»e  fur  himtelf,    12  ami  a  threatening 

for  them.     15  J/e  prayeth,  I'J  and  rccciii- 

eth  a  gracious  promise. 

''pHEN  said  the  Lonn  unto   me, 

A    "  Tliough  1)  Moses  and  'Samuel 

stood  before  me,  i/ct  my  mind  midd 

not  be  toward  this  people:  cast //irm 

out  of  my  sight,  and  let  them    go 

forth. 

2  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  they 
say  unto  thee,  ■\Vliitlier  sliall  we  go 
forth  ?  tlicn  thou  slialt  tell  tliem. 
Thus  saitli  thel.onn;  •' Such  as  «;'c' 
for  doatli.  to  deatli;  and  sueli  as  nir 
for  tlie  sword,  to  tlie  sword  ;  anil  such 
as  arc  for  the  famine,  to  the  famine; 
and  such  as  ure  for  the  captivity,  to 
the  captivity. 

.1  Audi  will  1^  appoint  over  them  four 
1  kinds,  saith  the  ]>oi!i):  tho  sword 
to  Slav,  and  the  dogs  to  tear,  and  f|he 
fowls"of  the  li(;iven,  and  the  beasts  of 
the  earth,  to  devour  and  destroy. 


4  Anil  1 1  will  cause  them  to  be  Pre- 
movcd  into  all  kingdoms  of  the  earth, 
because  of  bManassch  the  son  of 
Ilezekiah  king  of  Judah,  for  that 
which  he  did  in  Jerusalem. 

5  For  i  who  sliall  have  pity  upon 
thee,  O  Jerusalem  ?  or  who  shall  he- 
moan  thee?  or  who  shall  go  aside  f  to 
ask  how  thou  doest? 

(j  !>  Thou  hast  forsaken  me,  saith  the 
Lord,  thou  art  Igone  backward: 
therefore  will  I  stretch  out  my  hand 
against  thee,  and  destroy  thee;  "'I 
am  weary  with  repenting. 

7  And  I  will  fan  them  with  a  fan  in 
the  gates  of  the  land;  I  will  bereave 
Ihcm  of  |l  children,  I  will  destroy  my 
people,  .fiHce  "they  return  notfroiii 
their  ways. 

8  Their  widows  are  increased  to  me 
above  the  sand  (>{'  the  seas:  I  have 
brought  upon  them  l|  against  the 
mother  of  the  young  men  a  sjioiler 
at  noonilay  l"hiive  caused  liini  to 
fall  upon  "it  suddenly,  and  terrors 
upon  the  city. 

t)  '*  She  that  hath  borne  seven  lan- 
guisheth :  she  hath  given  up  the 
ghost;  Pher  sun  is  gone  down  while 
it  was  yet  day :  she  hath  been  asham- 
ed and  confounded:  and  the  residue 
of  them  will  I  deliver  to  the  sword 
before  their  enemies,  saith  the  I>oi:r>. 

10  IT  1  Woe  is  me,  my  mother,  that 
thou  hast  borne  me  a  man  of  strife 
and  a  man  of  contention  to  the  whole 
earth!  I  have  neither  lent  on  usury, 
nor  men  have  lent  to  me  on  usurj*; 
t/et  every  one  of  them  doth  curse 
me. 

11  The  I>or.r>  said.  Verily  it  shall  he 
well  with  thy  remnant ;  verily  ||  1 
will  cause  ^the  enemy  to  entreat  thee 
well  in  the  time  of  "evil  and  in  tlic 
time  of  affliction. 

12  Shall  iron  break  the  northern 
iron  and  the  steel? 

l.T  Thy  substance  and  thy  treasures 
will  I  give  to  the  "spoil  without  price, 
and  that  for  a.\l  thy  sins,  even  in  all 
thy  borders. 

11  And  I  will  make  thrcto  pass  with 
thine  enemies  'into  a  land  vhich 
thou  knowest  not:  for  a  "  (ire  is  kin- 
dled in  mine  anger,  wliich  shall  burn 
upon  you. 

15  U  O  LoKD,  ^thou  knowest:  re- 
member me,  and  visit  me,  and  're- 
venge me  of  my  persecutors;  take 
me  not  away  in  thy  longsuffering: 
know  that  'for  thy  sake  1  have  suf- 
fered rebidce. 

1(1  Thy  words  -were  found,  and  1  did 
"cat  them;  and  l>thy  word  was  unto 
me  the  joy  and  re'joicing  of  mine 
heart:  for  f  I  am  called  by  thy  name, 
O  I, OKI)  God  of  hosts. 

17  ''  I  sat  not  in  the  assembly  of  the 


filled  mo  with  indignation. 
18  Why  is  m.v  ^  pain  perpetual,  and 
my  wound  incurable,  which  refuscth 


Utter  ruin  of  the  Jews. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  return  from  captivity. 


Befciro 
C  II  11 1  8  T 
about  GOl. 


jZcch.  3.  7. 

h».r.  1. 

i  El  C2.  26.  i 


i.a..';3is.i9. 


ci..  7  :.3.  J4 

sK^.  21. 17,22. 


fell 

23. 13. 

gl- 

cl. 

r.  10.  29, 
ul.  It.  i. 
il.i.ll 

LI 

.  22.  11. 

to  be  healed?  wilt  thou  he  nltovrether 
unto  me  "as  a  liar,  and  (as  waters 
thalifM? 

]'J  H  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Loiin, 
If  thou  return,  theu  will  I  hrins 
thee  again,  nnrl  tl>ou  ehalt  listanj 
before  me:  and  if  thou  Make  forth 
the  precious  from  the  vile,  tliouKhalt 
be  aa  my  mouth  :  let  them  return 
unto  thee;  but  return  not  thou  unto 
them. 

20  And  I  will  make  thee  unto  thi.s 
people  a  fenced  brazen  kwall:  and 
they  shall  light  against  thee,  but 
I  they  shall  not  prevail  against  thee: 
for  I  am  with  thee  to  save  thee  and 
to  deliver  thee,  saith  the  ].,oi!n. 

21  And  I  will  deliver  thee  out  of  the 
hand  of  the  wicked,  and  I  will  re- 
deem thee  out  of  the  hand  of  the  ter- 
rible. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
1  The  prophet,  nntler  Vic  typct  of  ahatain- 
itig  from  mirringe,  from  houtca  of 
mourningan^  Jeaating,  forcahctcethlho 
titter  ruin  of  tha  Jrwi.  'lU  Ucauie  they 
were  uiorae  than  their  fathers.  It  Their 
return  from  captivity  ehutl  be  stranger 
than  their  deliverance  out  of  Jigiipt.  10 
Ood  will  doully  recompense  their  idol- 
atry. 

THE  word  of  the  Lokd  came  also 
unto  me,  saying, 

2  Thi.u  sluilt  not  take  thee  a  wife, 
neither  shall  thou  have  sons  nor 
daughters  iu  this  place. 

3  For  thus  saith  the  l.onn  concern- 
ing the  sons  and  concerning  the 
daughters  that  arc  born  in  this  place, 
and  concerning  their  mothers  that 
bare  them,  and  concerning  their  fa- 
thers that  begat  them  in  tliis  land; 

i  They  shall  die  of "  grievous  deaths; 
they  shall  not  be  li lamented;  neither 
sha'U  they  be  buried :  but  they  shall 
be  "^as  dung  xipon  the  face  cf  the 
earth:  and  they  shall  he  cenisninod 
by  the  sword,  and  hv  fniiine;  and 
their  <l  carcasses  shall  be  meat  for  tlie 
fowls  of  heaven,  and  fur  tlie  lieasts  of 
the  earth. 

5  For  thus  saith  the  Loud,  'Enter 
not  into  the  house  of  ||  mourning, 
neither  go  to  lament  nor  bemoan 
them:  for  I  have  taken  awav  my 
peace  from  this  people,  saith  the 
LoKDjCrcKloviugkinduess  aud  mer- 
cies. 

a  Both  the  great  and  the  small  shall 
die  in  this  land:  tliey  shnll  not  be 
buried,  f  neither  shall '/hoi  lament  for 
them,  nor  i^cut  themselves,  nor 
b  make  themselves  bald  for  them : 

7  Neither  shall  men  II  tear  llien)selre.< 
for  them  in  mourning,  to  comfort 
them  for  the  dead;  neither  shall  ihch 
live  them  the  eup  of  consolation  to 
Idrink  for  their  father  or  for  their 
mother- 

8  Thou  shalt  not  also  go  into  the 
house  of  fearting,  to  sit  with  them  to 
eat  and  to  drink. 

'J  For  thus  saitli  the  Lonn  of  hosts, 


the  God  of  Israel;  Ueliold,  kl  will 
cause  to  cease  out  of  this  place  in 
your  eyes,  and  in  your  days,  the 
voice  of  mirtli,  and  the  voice  of  glad- 
ness, the  voice  of  the  ])ridegroom, 
and  the  voice  of  the  bride. 
IDir  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  when 
thou  shalt  shew  this  people  all  these 
words,  and  they  shaU  say  unto  thee, 
I  Wherefore  hath  the  l.oiti)  pro- 
nounced all  this  great  evil  against 
us?  or  what  7.^  our  iniquity?  or  what 
IS  our  sin  that  we  h.ave  committed 
against  the  Lord  our  God? 

11  Then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them, 
^  Jjccausc  3'our  fathers  have  forsaken 
me,  saith  the  I.oiiij,  and  have  walk- 
ed after  other  gods,  and  have  served 
them,  and  have  worshippeil  them, 
and  have  forsaken  me,  and  have  uot 
kept  my  law; 

12  And  ye  have  done  "worse  than 
your  fathers;  for,  behold,  "ye  walk 
every  one  alter  the  [j  imagination  of 
his  evil  heart,  that  they  may  not 
hearken  unto  me: 

1,",  1'  Therefore  will  I  cast  you  out  of 
this  land  'Unto  a  land  tliat  ye  know 
not,  iicif/ierya  nor  your  fathers;  and 
there  shall  ye  serve  other  gods  day 
and  night;  where  1  will  not  shew  you 
favour. 

H  H  Therefore,  behold,  the  'days 
come,  saith  the  I.okd,  that  it  shall 
no  more  be  said.  The  J.ortD  livoth, 
that  brought  up  the  children  of  Is- 
rael out  of  the  hind  of  Egypt; 
]5Bnt,Thel.oi;ijlive!h.  that  brought 
uj)  the  children  of  Israel  from  the 
land  of  tlie  north,  and  tVom  all  the 
lands  wliitlur  he  hail  driven  them: 
and  'I  will  bring  them  ngiiin  into 
their  laud  that  1  gave  unto  their  fa- 
thers. 

Iti  U  lichold,  I  will  send  for  many 
•fishers,  saith  the  Loi:i),  and  they 
shall  fish  them ;  and  alter  will  I  send 
for  mauv  hunters,  and  they  shall 
hunt  them  from  every  mountain, 
and  from  every  hill,  aud  out  of  the 
holes  of  the  rocks. 

17  For  mine  "  eyes  are  upon  all  their 
ways:  tliey  are  not  hidfioiii  my  fiice, 
neither  is  their  iniquity  hid  from 
mine  eves. 

IH  Anil  fii-st  I  will  recompense  their 
iniquity  and  their  sin  "double;  be- 
cause Vthey  have  defiled  my  laud, 
thev  have  filled  mine  inheritance 
witli  the  carcasses  of  their  detestable 
and  abominable  things. 

19  O  LoKi>,  'my  strength,  and  my 
fortress,  and  °niy  refuge  in  the  day 
of  affliction,  the  Gentiles  shall  come 
unto  thee  from  the  cuds  of  the  earth, 
and  sh.all  sav.  Surely  our  fathers 
have  inherited  lies,  vanity,  and  Ihiiiijs 
b  wherein  there  is  no  profit. 

20  Shall  a  man  make  gods  unto 
himself,  and  "^tliey  ore  no  gods? 

21  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  this  once 
cause  tluni  to  know,  I  will  cause 
them  to  know  mine  hand  and  my 

6-23 


p  Dent.  4.  2(1. 

a7.  'A  I,  m. 


cl..  i;.  18. 

y  Ki,  a. ;.  a. 


Trust  ill  God  is  blessed. 


JEREMIAH. 


i  ii.  i. ' 
I  liS«iIi.3l.3. 


"P..  2.  12,  4 
il.  8.  k  lil. 
1.  &  lid.  5, 


111.  11.20.4 
ICI.  U. 
r.oi.,.  8.  27. 
it»v.  2.  VJ. 

r  rt  f!2  12 


■1 1'.  M.  23 
r  I.uko  12.  20. 
•  ch.  11.8. 


■iuiy  name  is  li'The  JLoito 
I  CHAPTER  XVII. 

1  Tho  captiidly  of  JuUah  for  her  tin.  I 
Trust  iit  man  is  cursed,  7  tn  (Joi  i, 
I  tlemcd.  0  The  deceitful  heart  canno, 
decc,ve  God  12  The  ,alvation  of  God. 
lo  The  prophet  complainelh  of  the  mock- 
era  of  kit  prophecy.  13  lie  i,  sent  to  re- 
«ew  the  covenajit  in  hallowina  the  aab- 

T^'^^a'*'"  "^  Judali  is  written  with 

+'7^-'',  V'"  K*'  '™"'  "'"'  w''h  "ic 
T point  ot  a  diamond:  :'(  is  lieraven 
upon  the  table  of  their  heart,  and 
"!'"'' ,".\"^  JiO'-iis  of  your  altars; 
-'  >V  hilst  their  children  remember 
tncir  altars  and  their  '  groves  bv  the 
Sreen  treea  upon  the  high  hills. 
oO  iiiy  mountain  in  the  ticld,  .11 
will  Kive  thy  substance  «;»<  all  thv 
treasures  to  the  si.cil,  au,l  thv  hiul, 
places  for  tin,  throughout  all  tiiv 
borders.  •' 

4  And  thon,  even  f  thyself,  shalt 
discontinue  from  thine  lierita-c  tliat 
I  gave  thee;  and  I  will  cau-e  thee  to 
servo  thnie  enemies  in  Mho  land! 
wliieli  tliou  kuowest  not:  for  fve 
have  kindled  a  fire  in  mine  an"er 
ivliicli  shall  burn  for  ever.  ° 

oil  Thus  .saith  the  Loud;  B  Cursed 
te  the  man  that  t.usteth  in  man,  and 
niaketh  l.  flesh  liis  arm,  and  whose 
heart  departeth  from  the  Lui:d 
(i  For  he  shall  be  i  like  the  heith  in 
the  desert,  and  k  shall  not  see  when 
good  Cometh;  but  shall  inhabit  the 
parched  places  in  the  wilderness,  Mn 
a  salt  land  and  nut  inhabiti'd 
. 7  '"Blessed  is  the  man  tliat  trusteth 
in  the  Loud,  and  whose  liopo  the 

I-ORD  IS. 

H  For  he  shall  be  "aa  a  tree  planted 
by  the  waters,  and  ihut  spreadeth  out 
lier  roots  by  the  river,  and  shall  -  ' 
see  when  heat  cometh,  but  her 
wiall  be  sreens  and  shall  not  bee..,^.- 
tiil  in  the  .vear  of  II  drought,  neither 
shall  reasc  from  yieldins  fruit. 

y  ir  The  heart!;,-  deceitful  above  all 
tliinqs,  and  desperately  wicked:  wlio 
can  know  it? 

10  1  the  LoitD  "search  the  heart,  I 
try  the  reins,  Pcven   to  give  even 
man  accordins  to  liis  ways,  and  ac 
coiding  to  the  fruit  of  his  doings. 

",  ■  '"?  Partridge  ||sitteth  o„  cm^ 
and  hatcheth  t/uin  not;  t;o  ho  that 
!;<'»'•■'>  riclies,  and  not  hv  ri'ht 
I  shall  leave  tliem  in  the  liiid-t  if 
lis  days,  and  at  his  end  shall  bo  'a 

12  T  A  glorious  high  throne  from 
the  beginning  «  the  place  of  our 
sanctuary. 

i:(  O  Loijn,  »the  hope  of  Israel,  'nil 
that  forsake  tlwe  shall  be  ashamed, 
;""'„""7  """  depart  from  me  shall 
be  written  in  the  earth,  because 
they   have   (oisaken   the  Loiti),  the 

lountam  of  bving  waters. 
1 J  Ileal  ine,  U  Loui.,  and  I  shall  be 
o30 


The  sahbnth  to  be  hallowed. 


healed ;  save  mc,  and  I  shall  be  saved : 

lor  J  thou  iirl  my  praise. 
U  IT   Behold,    they    say  unto    me, 
Where  w  the  word  of  the  Loud?  let 

It  come  now. 

]<i  As  for  me,  » I  have  not  hastene<l  i 
troin  being  a  pastor  f  to  follow  thee: 
neither  have  I  desired  the  woful  dar; 
thou  knowest:  that  which  came  out 
oi.mv  hps  was  ri(//it  belbre  thee. 

li  Be  acta  terror  unto  me:  l>thou 
art  my  hope  in  the  day  of  evil. 

IS  '^Lct  them  be  confounded  that 
persecute  mc,  but  diet  not  me  be 
conloundcd:  let  them  be  dismavod 
but  let  not  me  he  uisniaved:  brinir 
upon  Ihem  the  day  of  evil,"a„d  t  '=de- 
*,n"^  ?,'.','■'"  "■'"'  'I'luble  destruction. 

UTT  ihus  said  the  Loi:d  unto  me; 
Oo  and  stand  in  the  gate  of  the  eliil- 
divn  of  the  people,  whereby  the 
kings  of  Jndah  come  in,  and  by  ti;e 
whieli  they  go  out,  and  in  all  the 
gates  of  Jerusalem; 

20  And  say  unto  them,  f  Hear  ye  the 
word  c.t  the  LoiiD,  ye  kings  of /ndali, 
and  aUJudah,  and  all  the  inhabit- 
ant.i  ot  Jerusalem,  that  enter  in  bv 
these  gates: 

21  Thus  saith  the  Loud;  ETake 
heed  to  yourselves,  and  bear  no  bur- 
den on  the  sabbath  day,  nor  bring  it 
in  by  the  gates  of  Jerusalem; 

22  Neither  cany  forth  a  burden  out 
ot  your  liouses  on  the  sabbath  day 
neither  do  ye  anv  work,  but  hallow 
ye  the  sabbath  day,  as  I  lieommanded 
your  fathers. 

^i*  'But  they  obeyed  not,  neither  in- 
'='.'".ea  their  car,  but  made  their  neck 
-lift,  that  they  might  not  hear,  nor 
.eceive  instruction. 
2-tAnd  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  ye 
diligently  hearken  unto  me,  saith  the 
J.oicD,  to  bring  in  no  burden  through 
the  gates  of  this  city  on  the  s.abbath 
day,  but  liallow  the  sabbath  dav,  to 
do  no  work  therein; 
2.3  k  Then  shall  there  enter  into  the 
^ates  of  this  city  kings  and  princes 
sitting  upon  the  throne  of  David 
ruling  in  chariots  and  on  horses,  thev 
and  their  ;irinces,  the  men  of  Jud-ali' 
and  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem- 
anil  tins  city  shall  remain  for  ever. 
2b  And   they  shall  come  from  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  from  I  the  places 
about  Jerusalem,  and  from  the  land 
of  Benjamin,  and  from '"the  plain    ' 
and  from  the  mountains,  and  from' 
.  the    south,    bringing    burnt    olfer- 
mgs,  and  sacriflccs,  and  meat  <itlcr- 
ngs,  and  incense,  and  brin^'ing  "sac- 
rihces  of  praise,  unto  the'house  of 
the  Liuu". 

2r  But  ifye  will  not  hearken  unto 
me  to  hallow  the  sabbath  dav,  auil 
not  to  bear  a  burden,  even  cn'terin" 
in  at  the  gates  of  Jirusalem  on  tli2 
sabbath  day;  then  I' will  J  kindle  a 
fire  in  the  gates  thereof,  1  and  it  shall 
devoiir  the  palaces  of  Jerusalem,  and 
It  shall  not  be  quenched. 


The  type  of  a  potter. 


JEREMIAH. 


Jeremiah  prayeth  to  Ood. 


Before 
C  H  11 1  ST 
about  CU5. 


•  Ii.  IS  9. 
r^>m.  !^.  20, 


ecu.  1.10 
dEjlS.  21.  i 


,.  2.  10. 
„t.  5.  1. 
,5.30. 
.  myjitlii 

Z../Lth- 
,n/^tl.. 


IL'  11.  k  so. 
13. 
ol  KiQ.  9.  8. 
l.im.  2.  15. 
Mic.  0.  10. 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 

1  Under  iUe  t^jpe  of  a  potter  it  ahewcd 
Ood*s  absolute  power  iti  <iiBpo»in<j  of 
nations.  11  JuilymentB  ttireatencil  to 
Jurlah  for  her  itraiuje  revolt.  18  Jcre- 
miali  prayeth  against  his  conspirators, 

TUE  word  which   came  to  Jerc- 
iiiiah  Irom  the  Loud,  Baying, 

2  Arise,  and  go  down  to  tlue  pot- 
ter's house,  and  there  I  will  cause 
thee  to  hear  my  words. 

3  Then  I  went  down  to  the  potter's 
house,  and,  behold,  he  wrouj^ht  a 
work  on  the  ||  wheels. 

4  And  the  vessel  ||  that  he  made  of 
clay  was  marred  in  tlie  hand  of  the 
potter:  so  he  tniade  it  asaiii  another 
vessel,  as  seemed  good  to  the  potter 
to  make  if. 

5  Then  the  word  of  the  Lokd  came 
to  me,  sayings 

6  O  house  of  Israel,  "cannot  I  do 
with  you  as  this  potteri*  saith  the 
LOKii".  Bcliold,  I'as  the  clay  is  iu 
the  jiotter's  hand,  so  are  ye  iu  mine 
hand,  O  house  of  Israel. 

7  At  what  instant  I  shall  speak  con- 
cerning a  nation,  and  concerning  a 
kin,i;dom,to  ^' pluck  up,  and  to  pull 
down,  and  to  destroy  it; 

8  illf  that  nation,  against  whom  I 
have  pronounced,  turn  from  their 
evil,  "^I  will  repent  of  the  evil  that  I 
thought  to  do  unto  them. 

9  Aiid  tit  vliat  instant  1  shall  speak 
concerning  a  nation,  and  concerning 
a  kingdom,  to  build  and  to  plant  it: 

IU  If  it  do  evil  in  niv  siglit,  that  it 
obey  not  my  voice,  then  I  will  re- 
pent of  the  good,  wherewith  I  said  I 
would  benetit  them. 

11  II  Now  therefore  go  to,  speak  to 
the  men  of  Judah,  and  to  the  inhab- 
itants of  Jerusalem,  saying.  Thus 
saith  the  Lokd;  Behold,  I  frame  evil 
against  you,  and  devise  a  device 
against  you:  f  return  ye  now  every 
one  from  his  evil  way,  and  make 
your  ways  and  your  doings  good. 

\1  And  they  said,  6  There  is  no 
hope  :  but  we  will  walk  after  our 
own  devices,  and  we  will  every  one 
do  the  imagination  of  his  evil  heart. 

IS  Therefore  thus  saith  the  I^oui); 
liAsk  ye  now  among  the  heathen, 
who  liath  heard  such  things :  the 
virgin  of  Israel  hath  done  ■  a.  very 
horrible  thing. 

14  Will  a  man  leave  ||  the  snow  of 
Lebanon  uJiich  conicl/i  from  tlie  rock 
of  the  field;'  or  shull  the  col.l  flow- 
ing waters  tluit  come  from  another 
place  be  forsaken  ? 

15  Because  my  people  hath  forgot- 
ten kme,  thev  have  burned  incense 
to  Ivanitv,  and  thev  have  caused 
them  to  s'tumble  iu  their  ways./'/om 
the  ""ancient  paths,  to  walk  iu  paths, 
in  a  way  not  cast  up: 

Pj  To'make  their  land  "desolate, 
ami  a  perpetual  "hissing;  every  one 
that  passeth  thereby  shall  bo  aston- 
ished, and  wag  his  head. 


1"  P I  will  scatter  them  'I  us  with  an 
cast  wind  before  the  enemv;  "^  I  will 
shew  them  the  buck,  and  not  the 
face,  in  the  duv  of  their  calamity. 

IH  IT  Then  said  they,  '  Come,  and 
let  us  devise  devices  against  Jere- 
miah; 'for  the  law  shall  not  perish 
from  the  jiriest,  nor  counsel  from  the 
wise,  nor  the  word  trom  the  prophet. 
Come,  and  let  us  smite  liim  ||  witli 
the  tongue,  and  let  us  uot  give  heed 
to  any  of  his  words. 

IU  Give  heed  to  me,  O  LoRn,  and 
hearken  to  the  voice  of  them  that 
contend  with  me. 

•M  "  Shall  evil  be  recompensed  for 
good?  for  'they  have  digged  a  pit 
for  my  soul.  Kemeraber  that  I  stood 
before  thee  to  speak  good  tor  them, 
aitii  to  turn  away  thy  wrath  from 
them. 

21  Therefore  Sdeliverup  their  chil- 
dren to  the  famine,  and  t  pour  out 
their  Woo</  by  the  iOree  of  the  sword; 
and  let  their  wives  be  bereaved  of 
their  children,  and  le  widows;  and 
let  their  men  be  put  to  death;  Ut 
their  young  men  Le  slain  by  the 
sword  in  battle, 

22  Let  a  cry  be  heard  from  their 
houses,  when  thou  shalt  bring  a  troop 
suddenly  upon  them :  for  "  they  have 
digged  a  pit  to  take  me,  aud  hid 
snares  for  mv  feet. 

2'!  Yet,  Lor.n,  thou  knowcst  all 
their  counsel  against  me  1  to  slayni^; 
"forgive  not  their  iniquity,  neither 
blot  out  their  sin  from  thy  sight,  but 
let  them  be  overthrown  before  thee; 
deal  thux  with  them  iu  the  time  of 
thine  anger, 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

Cndcr  the  type  of  treakivy  a  poller's  ves- 
sel is  forenhencd  the  desolation  of  the 
Jews  f^r  their  sins. 
'1'>IIUS  saith  the  LoRT),  Go  ond  get 

X  a  potter's  earthen  bt>ttle,  ond  tukr 
of  the  ancients  of  the  people,  and  of 
the  ancients  of  the  priests; 

2  And  go  forth  unto  "  the  valley  of 
tlie  son  of  Hinnom,  which  is  by  the 
entry  of  t  the  east  gate,  an<I  proclnim 
there  the  words  that  1  shall  tell  tliec: 

.",  I'And  sav.  Hear  ve  the  word  of 
the  Loiin,  (')  kings  ofJudnh,  ond  in- 
habitants of  Jerusalem;  Thus  saith 
the  LoiU)  of  hosts,  the  God  ot  Israel; 
Behold,  I  will  bring  evil  upon  this 
place,  the  which  whosoever  heareth, 
his  ears  shall  '  tingle. 

4  Because  they  <i  have  forsaken  me, 
and  have  estranged  this  plpce,  ond 
have  burned  incense  in  it  unto  other 
gods,  whom  neither  they  nor  their 
fathers  have  known,  nor  the  kings 
of  Judah,  and  have  filled  this  place 
with  'the  blood  of  innocents: 

5  fThcy  have  built  also  the  high 
places  of  Baal,  to  burn  their  tons 
with  tire  tor  burnt  offerings  unto 
Banl,  s  which  I  commanded  not,  nor 
spake  it,  neither  came  it  into  my 
mind:  ^^ 


^"'"^     lclM^^:^it.;^713;;rr,-7-— ^ ^_^^'^'^>- «  fear/ul  doom.  , 


JEREMIAH. 


hjo-h.  1.,  „      valley   of  thp  6„„   ../Vi:' """^     V''      ■!  And 


tJo.!,.  Ji.  8. 


earth.  ^ ,-u  .,..„„  utn 

late,  and  a  hissing;  evei-v  one  th?f    „       "*•'","  "*  fia'>.vlon.  and   he  shall 
'"^^«""  "'■-"• •-"  ■    ^     "'■      "MSnd^i,  I'rV.   "?,"•"■'-■  i-'o   Babylon," 


-..,..,„  iMuii  Buns  and 

thcr  djushters.  and  tlic-v  ^Hii'V'f  I  ,'V•Vl'^'^ '"'■'■'^■''^''  "'"'  =>"  *1'<-  Measures  I 

every  one  the  flesh  of  his  fr ie,   I V  ,         i''V  '-'".!''»  <^f  Ji.dah  will  I  Kive   n"o 

I'l'e.Me^'u  and  ^traitness    w   er  .Ji  '^^,  ''"i-'fl  ?f    "air  enen.ios"   wl  "ch 

t'lr  enemies,  and   theV  t  nt  m    I  ni       '.'?'"'  "^''"'-  ""d  take  theni  and 

,y',f  l.ves,  shall  straiten  the   ,        ''"''  T7  ''I',"  '"  Babylon.  '  "'"' 

"      " 'Shalt  thou  break' the  bot-  dteUi'n'tC-e^H"'^'  V"'  »>'  "^at 

I  with  thee"  •^'^''"  °^  "'''  "">"  t"^'  CO  cant   -i^t^  .*''„'"■  '.'e!'.^.'^-  ,^''.-"  KO  into 


--    «v,.»   ^,    jsim-i  :    ueliold     T    ^^■■,\i  I  i  •  i  ""<«.  »u  &ii;ui  prevail  ni'-iinuf 

' ;;- ^^iir'afi'^j'^if-ii  TV ""  -"-•  "  ^'""  '""^  °"^  "'^"^ 

■^>;ononneeaasainstit,t.c.;u,eu  |?Jv'    ml?,"' i""?,I'0'="  »  with  «,e  as  , 
ClIAPTEUXX.  srealya'h,'m'"Tf=    .'!""•'*'   '•''^'"    ^'^ 

I  p:en';,'ir?,VT,  •,  7. oC.c  of  ,h'r\  <''--*- 1  on  th^nl'-iiS'-ilM- V'>'  vcn.eance 


nbout  005. 
'leiir,  21.11. 


{,'overn<.rin  the  house  of  1 1,-  I  ,     ,       "'>""■">:  foi 
jjca^  that  Jeremiah  ,.^^^l^i     -^  -- „ 

I  that  wcZ-e  in  tl  e  M.     .,'7„'.'',?  ."/'"^^x    "f  fvil  doera. 


for  unto  thee  have  I  openca     «'■  "• 


'""  'S']''"  '""''  '^'^''^  ^''  ^^'"J^- 


1  to  the  I.oitn,  praise  ye 
»or  Mhe  hath  delivered 
the  poor  irom  the  hand 


MTr^Curs<;d6<;tliodaywhcreiaI 


Jeremiah  forctclleth  a  hard  siege.    JEREMIAH. 


The  Icing's  house  exhorted. 


,.  33.  1. 
Kln.M.18. 
.  :J.  25.  Sl 


was  born:  let  not  the  tUiy  wherein 
my  mother  bare  me  be  blessed. 

15  Cursed  he  the  niun  wlio  brought 
tidinsa  to  my  father,  sayin;;,  A  man 
child  is  born  unto  thee;  making  him 
very  glad. 

II)  And  let  that  man  be  as  the  cities 
wliich  the  Lord  ■"  overthrew,  and  re- 
pented not:  and  let  him  'hear  the 
cry  in  the  morning,  and  the  shout- 
ing at  noontide; 

17  "  Because  he  slew  mc  not  from 
the  womb;  or  that  my  m()ther  migiit 
have  l)een  my  grave,  and  her  womb 
to  lie  always  great  trith  inc. 

18  *\Vheretbrc  came  I  l()rth  out  of 
the  womb  to  >  see  labour  and  sorrow, 
tliat  my  days  should  be  cousumcd 
with  shame? 

CHAPTER  XXr. 

I  ZcdcHah  sundeih  to  Jeremitihtii  inquire 
the  event  of  AelmchaJfezzar'a  K<ir.  a 
Jeremiah  forefeUetIt  a  hard  eicoe  nnU 
miaerable  captivity.  8  lie  eounecUclh 
the  people  to  fall  to  the  Chaldeans,  11 
and  upiraideth  the  hinij'e  house. 

i^piIE  word  which  came  unto  Jcre- 
L  miah  from  the  Loni>,  wlien  king 
Zedekiah  sent  unto  him  "I'nsliur 
tlie  son  of  Jlclchiah,  and  l>  Zepha- 
niah  the  sou  of  Blaasciah  the  priest, 
saying, 
2  'Inquire,  I  pray  thee,  of  the  LoKD 
for  us;  lor  Ncbucliadrczzar  king  of 
liubvlon  maketh  war  against  us;  if 
so  be  tliat  the  Loitn  will  deal  with 
us  according  to  all  his  wondrous 
works,  that  he  may  go  up  from  us. 
.'i  IT  Tlicn  said  Jeremiah  unto  them. 
Thus  shall  ye  say  to  Zedekiah : 

4  Thus  saith  the  iMr.u  God  of  Is- 
rael; Behold,  I  will  turn  back  the 
weapons  of  war  that  are  in  your 
hands,  wherewith  ye  fight  against 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  again.^t  the 
Chaldeans,  which  besiege  you  with- 
out the  walls,  and  Al  will  assemble 
them  into  the  midst  of  this  city. 

5  And  I  myself  will  fight  against 
you  with  au  "outstretched  hand  and 
with  a  strong  arm,  even  in  anger, 
and  in  fury,  and  in  great  wrath. 

G  And  1  will  smite  the  inhabitants 
of  this  city,  both  man  and  beast:  they 
shall  die  of  a  great  pestilence. 

7  And  afterward,  saith  the  Lord, 

II  will  deliver  Zedekiah  king  of 
Judah,  and  his  servants,  and  the 
people,  and  such  as  are  left  in  this 
city  from  the  pestilence,  from  the 
sword,  and  from  the  famine,  into 
the  hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon,  and  into  the  hand  of  their 
enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of  those 
that  seek  their  life:  and  he  shall 
smite  them  with  the  edge  of  the 
sword;  "^he  shall  not  spare  them, 
neither  have  pitv,  nor  have  mercv. 

8  IT  And  unto  this  people  thou  shalt 
say.  Thus  saith  the  Luitu;  Behold, 
h  I  set  before  you  the  way  of  life,  aud 
the  way  of  death. 

9  He  that  "  abidcth  in  this  city  shall 


die  by  the  sword,  and  by  the  famine, 
and  by  the  pestilence:  but  he  that 
goeth  out,  and  falletli  to  the  Chal- 
deans that  besiege  you,  he  shall  live, 
and  t  his  life  sliall  be  unto  him  for  a 
prey. 

Ill  For  1  have  I  set  my  face  against 
this  city  for  evil,  and  not  for  good, 
saith  the  Loki>:  ""it  shall  be  given 
into  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon, 
and  he  shall  "  bnin  it  with  fire. 

n  H  And  touching  the  house  of  the 
king  of  Judah,  .wi/,  Ilear  ye  the  word 
of  the  Imud; 

Ili  O  house  of  David,  thus  saith  the 
hoiti);  "(  Execute  judgment  H  in  the 
morning,  and  deliver  liiin  tluit  is 
spoiled  out  of  the  hand  of  the  op- 
pressor, lest  my  fury  go  out  like  lire, 
and  burn  that  none  can  iiuench  i(, 
because  of  the  evil  of  your  doings. 

l.\  Behold,  'I  I  wu  uL'ainst  thee,  O 
\  inhabitant  of  the  valley,  uitd  rock 
of  the  plain,  saith  the  I.okd;  which 
say,  'Who  shall  come  down  against 
ns"?  or  who  shall  cuter  into  our  hab- 
itations? 

14  But  I  will  \  punish  you  accord- 
ing to  the  ^fruit  of  your  doings,  saith 
tlie  Loud:  and  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in 
the  forest  thereof,  and  '  it  shall  devour 
all  tilings  round  about  it. 

CIIAl'TER  XXIL 
1  JJe  cxhorteth  to  rtpcntartce,  with  prom- 
isee and  threats.     10  The  iudiimont  of 
Shallum,   13  of  Jehoiakim,    3)  and  of 
Coniah. 
'"piIUS  saith  the  Lord;  Go  down 

A  to  the  house  of  the  king  of  Ju- 
dah, and  speak  there  this  word, 

2  And  sav,  "  Hear  the  word  of  the 
l,ORD,  O  king  of  Judah.  that  sittest 
upon  the  throne  of  IJavid,  thou,  and 
thy  servants,  and  tliy  people  that 
enter  in  by  these  gates: 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  1) Execute 
ye  judgment  ond  righteousness,  and 
ilel'iver  the  spoiled  out  of  the  hand 
of  the  oppressor:  and  ■■  do  no  wrong, 
do  no  violence  to  the  stranger,  the 
fatherless,  nor  the  widow,  neither 
shed  innocent  blood  in  this  place. 

4  For  if  ve  do  this  thing  indeed, 
J  then  shall  there  enter  in  by  the 
gates  of  this  house  kings  sitting 
t  upon  the  throne  of  David,  riding  in 
chariots  and  on  horses,  he,  aud  liia 
sen'ants,  and  his  people. 

5  But  if  yo  will  not  hear  these 
words,  '  1  swear  h.v  myself,  saith  the 
Lord,  that  this  house  shall  becomea 
desolation. 

U  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  unto  the 
king's  house  of  Judah  :  Thou  ait 
Gilead  unto  me,  (tml  the  head  of 
Lebanon :  yet  surely  I  will  make  thee 
a  wilderness,  and  cities  which  are  not 
inhabited. 

7  And  I  will  prepare  destroyers 
against  thee,  every  one  with  his 
weapons:  and  they  shall  cut  down 
fthy  choice  cedars,  t'and  cast  them 
into  the  fire.  „„ 

C33 


about  cm/     "''^  City,  and   they  shall   say  every 


i.^J^5^*I^Hi___qf^/e^omW«^  and  of  ConiaJ,. 


lKiu.9.8.3. 
i  =  Kin.  21  IT. 
2Cl.r.31.2o. 


I,".^h  J;'"'t   "■^ifc'I'bourT'llWherefb.-^ 
Kreatcity?      '"  """'  ""'"""« 

thnt'!""  ''T  ^'l""  ans^™"-,  i  Because 
they  have  tursakeu  the  covenant  of 
the  Lonr,  the.r  God,  and  worshipped 
°''_'^K'>ds,  and  served  them.  '* 
10  IT  Weep  ye  not  for  k  the  dead,  nei- 
ther bemoan  him;  bvt  ween  sore  for 
h.m  Ithat  Koeth  «w:,y:  for J.e  slmTl 


cou"nto"''  """'"'  ""    '""  hi  "native 

I  ini  ^ Vm"  "?!">  "^"^  r-"""  «<"«-i- 

out  of  th. ..,.._,, 

tliither  any  more 

,i',l    JhTii    ^.  '?T  •'^'1  him  captive, 

'V  'w  '"''  ""'  ■''"'1  ""  '"ore 
1,;.  1.^     '"'■  ""'°  '"'"  "'at  buildeth 

13  1  ousc   by  unri^diteousness,  and 

B  nei.  iT  ^^'  ''™"«=  "  """t  "S'^'l" 
his  iiei^'hbour's  service  without 
wages,  and  giveth  hini  not  for  his 

14  That  saith,  I  will  build  me  a 
wide  house  and  f  large  chambers 
and  cutteth  him  out  ||  windows,  and 
IwthverniUi^n!*"'-''^'''-'''''^!'"!"'^^^ 
close^l"'/'i„cW,"- '■'''»",•  because  thou 

;'<;^'^«^i?^ii".!;l.,'„",f"=^' "'"'''-"'■'•' 

and  needy  ;    then   it  was  well  icith 

aiaiZii,  '**  ^"°^^  '"'^•'  ^*'"' 

,il'.^^K,H"<."^?yo^»"|l  "'inc  heart 


gracious  shalt  thou  be  when  nan-s  ,      B»far.  ^ 


woman  iii  travail'l 

r^''*  '-'"u  I'J"''  ^'''"'  "'c  Loiu),  'though 
Comah  the  sou  of  Jehoiakim  kin"of 

ri  'l  t'h      'r"""  Z'^"  '''»-'-"^''  upon   mv 

tSnce,       •  ^■''  ''""''^  ^  P'"'--''  "'^^ 

li^m'l  ot"5l^  "'il'  P''«,tli<-e  into  the 

into  the  "i'*""  ^?*'^  "'y  li'-^.  »"'! 
info  the  hand  ot  th,-m  whose  face 
thou  fearest,  even  into  the  hand  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babv"on 
"•^•Va  ^'i'"  ^.r*!  °'"'<=  (-'haldeVn"' 
n,:„.i,  !,^  1"',"  ""^^^  'hee  out,  and  thy 
mother  tlia    bare  thee,  into  another 

■tee-'n^'f 'l/-'^f'"'^'-'^  I  and".h^erh'airye''Iie"'"-<=  ""'  '"^™' 
Place,  Ue  shall  not  return  |    .7  But  to  the  l^ridwhercunto  they 

i^.^n'^^„?^^^;;'^,^^S 

c4|^|!ip^,>:':-^;;Ce'i^ 

wnrri  i/,t'"l'   ''"""''  ""•">•  '"^"  '^e 

word  of  the  IvORD. 
30  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Write  re 
this  man  .childless,  a  man  Mo«  shall 
"fS''i™?''V"^?  days:  for  no  mr.n 
ot  his  seed  shall  nro,sper,  ksittin" 
upon  the  throne  oflJavid,  and  rulin" 
auy  juorein  Judah.  uiuuu„ 

CHAPTER  XXIII. 

1  //«    prapluiicth    „   ,-is,-orn(.„,i   „/    <;,„ 


cS.,  2 

lIiQS4 

IChr 

3.  le. 

dC.Dl 

B.C. 

WhF.     "  ""f°  "^<'  pastors  that  mo 

y    destroy  and  scatter  the  sheep  ,   ,„  „ 

of  my  pasture!  saith  the  Loiip'  V'"."""'' 

rndnfT*^""?  ""'s  eaith  the  Lord  ^^-3 
fi'od  S^i'^f  1-*"}?'  V"--  past""  'I'^t 


1  S«.  1  Cbr.  3. 

II!.  IT. 

M.lt.  I.  IJ. 
k  :!..  Ul.  20. 


«™  not  but-forti^y  covet  nress":?,"?  4°d'  mv'rf"'  I-"*'".?'  t'.e  pastors7l  at 

for  to  shed  innocent  blood,  and    or  mv  Zu-'^ "^  *-"  ,V<=  ''"^''^  scattered 

oppression,  and  tor  II  violence  to  do//  -11     '^'*'  '""'    <lnven  thcni   awav 

]«  Therefore  thus"  sai  h   UieifoR  >"  I  wi  1 1"^","'"  '"'^'■'^  »''<'"'=  ''  b''''o  ' 

concerning   Jehoiakim    the    s<m    of  L  n,      "'M''!?"  ^;"" '''«  e^'i' o'you; 

Josiah  king  of  Judah  ;    t  Thev  sh^ll  ?a"1  c-t' "'■,','"=  ^-'"="- 

!'■>  .^Ile   Bllall   be   buried   with   the    'Mnl'i  ,'■"'" 


HS-0'"ltl>e  gates  of  Jerusakm. 
-"/,.,■  °  up  to  Lebanon,  and  crv  • 
and  lift  np  thy  voice  in  Bishan,  ami 

lo^e^redesti^'ved"'''  ''"'■  '"'  "'>' 
L'l  I  spake  unto  thee  in  Ihy  f  pros- 
perity ;  ,,„  thou  saidst,  I  Will' ™ot 
ficar.  JThis  /„M  feo,  l,v  ,  an  'r 
froni  thy  youth,  that  tliou  obey"  dst 
not  my  voice.  "<.yi.us[ 

2-J  The  wind  shall  cat  up  all  J'thv 
pastors  and  "thy  lovers  s  ,al  iro  in-^ 
o  cant.vity:  surely  th..n  si  alt  thou 

u'y'^^bk^dtT,''''"'''''''"'^'"^ '■"""'" 

nmk'^st't'hv"!;;'?'  ''''J'«I>'"'on,  that 
niakest  thy  nest  in  the  cedars,  liow 
uJJ 


shall  be  fruitlhrand 
4  And  I  Mill  .set  np  i 
II  fe 


■.1  tl, 


rds  over 
they"slmU't^ar  no  nioVe,'!'™' be  dr^ 
BauiuL't'.R" '''•■•'' ''"■^'^'^ '"'^''-S. 

ine  j.(iKi),  that  I  will  raise  unto  l)i- 
vid  a  ri;,hteou.H  Branch,  and  a  K  '. 
bliail  reign  and  iirosper,  land  shnO 
execute  judgment  and  justice  in  the 

ti  Gin  his  days  Judah  shall  l>e  saved   I  '-''^ 

thL^r};is'\^;:;^i;;ii:ii.^f,ii-;;nifc'f^fj 

(     Therefore,     behold,    Vfhe    davs 
come,   sailh    the    1  ;„:i,,    that   Vh^" 
say,  I  he  Loiiu  liveth. 


i-lLls. 


Joi...  I.  a. 

&3£. 


shall  HO  niori 


!j  ! 


God's  fearful  judgments 


JEREMIAH. 


against  false  prophets. 


"■.r 

4.2,3 

lUr, 

3.  10.  i 

|0r. 

■.;<.!  AJf 

qol,. 

C.  13.i 

1-U. 

■o.  S 

.  11.  & 

'I-™. 

.  i.  19. 

tch. 

..23. 

J.  I.,  'iJ.  23. 
..er.20. 
u  Ki.  13.  22. 

'  ij.  1.  eCiX 


tl..  8.  n.  Si 


Ki.  iJ.  10. 

ie.h.  10.  2. 
|0r.  .11.4- 

cli.  IJ.  lb. 
fMit,  3.  11. 
j.r..l,15.  8. 


■which  brought  up  the  children  of 
Israel  out  of  the  luiul  of  Ef;vpt; 
S  liiit,  The  l.OKi)  livtth,  which 
brought  up  and  wjiidi  kd  the  seed 
of  the  liou.se  of  Isnalout  of  the  north 
country,  land  from  all  countiius 
whither  I  had  driven  them  ;  aud 
they  shall  dwell  in  their  own  land. 

9  l"r  Miue  heart  within  mc  is  broken 
because  of  the  prophets;  "'all  my 
bones  shake:  I  am  like  a  drunken 
man,  and  like  a  man  whom  wine 
hath  overcome,  because  of  the  I.OHI), 
and  because  of  the  words  of  his  holi- 
ness. 

10  For  "the  land  is  full  of  adulter- 
ers; lor  ''because  of  1|  swearing  the 
land  mourneth ;  1*  the  pleasant  places 
of  the  wilderness  arc  dried  np,  and 
their  l|  course  is  evil,  and  their  force 
u  not  right. 

11  For  '1  both  prophet  and  priest  arc 
profane;  jca,  'iu  my  house  have  1 
tound   their   wickedness,  saith   the 

1,0  It  D. 

12  'Wherefore  their  way  shall  be 
unto  them  as  slippery  uat/s  in  the 
darkness:  they  Eiiall  "bo  driven  on, 
and  fall  therein:  for  I  'will  brin.g 
evil  upon  them,  erc7i  the  year  of 
their  visitation,  eaith  the  l.oi:u. 

l.'J  And  1  have  seen  ||t  fully  in  the 
prophets  of  Samaria;  "tliey  proph- 
esied in  Uaal,  and  "caused  my  peo- 
ple Israel  to  err. 
in  have  pecn  also  in  the  prophets 
ofjerusalemllaliorriblething:  Mhey 
commit  adultery,  and  '■'walk  in  lies: 
thev  °strcngtln"u  also  the  hands  of 
evil  doers,  that  none  doth  return 
from  his  wickedness:  they  arc  all  of 
them  unto  me  as  i>  Sodom,  and  the 
inliabitants  thereof  as  Gomorrah. 

Therefore  thus  saith  tlie  LonD 
of  hosts  concern  in  rj  the  prophets;  lic- 
liold,  1  will  feed  them  with  '  worm- 
wood, and  make  them  drink  the 
water  of  gall:  for  from  the  prophets 
of  Jerusalem  is  ||  profanencss  gone 
forth  into  all  the  land. 
10  Thus  saith  the  l.oisD  of  hosts. 
Hearken  not  unto  the  words  of  the 
prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you; 
they  make  you  vaiu:  dthcy  speak  a 
vision  of  their  own  heart,  (s}ul  not 
cut  of  the  mouth  of  the  LoiiD. 
ir  They  say  still  unto  them  that 
despise  me.  The  Loi;n  hath  said, 
''Ye  shall  have  peace;  and  they  e.iy 
unto  every  one  that  walkcth  after 
the  II  imajjination  of  liis  own  heart, 
f  No  evil  sliall  come  tipon  you. 
IS  For  Swho  hath  stood  in  the 
II  counsel  of  the  Loiii),  aud  hath  per- 
ceived and  heard  his  word?  who 
hath  marked  his  word,  and  heard  itt 
I'J  Behold,  a  t  whirlwind  of  the 
Loitu  is  gone  forth  in  fury,  even 
a  grievous  whirlwind:  it  shall  fall 
grievously  upon  the  liead  of  tlie 
wicked. 

•10  The  i  anger  of  the  I.,oliD  6h.ill 
not  return,  until  he  have  executed. 


and  till  he  have  performed  the 
thouglits  of  his  lieart:  tin  the  latter 
du^  s  ye  shall  consider  it  pertectly. 
:il  1 1  have  not  sent  these  pmphets, 
yet  they  ran:  I  have  nut  tijoken  to 
them,  yet  they  prophesied. 
L'-J  But  if  they  had  ■"  stood  in  mv 
counsel,  and  liad  cuused  my  peopfe 
to  hear  my  words,  then  tluy  should 
have  "turned  them  from  their  evil 
way,  and  from  the  evil  of  their  do- 
ings. 

I'o  Am  I  a  God  at  hand,  saith  the 
l.(>i;ri,  aud  m.t  a  God  alar  oti? 
■J4  Can  anv  "hide  himself  in  secret 
])l:iees  that  1  shall  iu)t  see  him?  saith 
tlie  Loi;u.  I' Do  not  1  till  heaven 
and  earth?  saith  the  Loud. 
2.5  I  have  heard  what  the  prophets 
said,  that  pr(»|)hesy  lies  in  my  name, 
saying,  1  have  dreamed,  I  have 
dreamed. 

L'ti  How  long  shall  tin's  be  in  the 
heart  of  the  prophets  that  prophesy 
lies?  yea,  tin'/  ore  prophets  of  the 
deceit  of  their  own  licait; 
L'7  Which  tl-.ink  to  cause  my  people 
to  forget  my  name  by  their  dreamt-, 
which  they  tell  every  man  to  his 
neighbour,  las  their  fathers  have 
forgotten  my  name  for  Baal. 
28  The  prophet  f  that  hath  a  dream, 
let  him  tell  a  dream  ;  and  he  that 
hath  my  word,  let  him  speak  my 
word  faithfully.  What  is  the  chalf 
to  the  wheat?  saith  the  Lord. 
2!)  Js  not  my  word  like  as  a  fire? 
snith  the  Loun;  and  like  a  hammer 
l/iat  breakcth  the  rock  in  pieces? 
M  Therefore,  behold,  '"I  am  against 
the  prophets,  saith  the  Loi:D,  th:;t 
steal  my  words  every  one  from  his 
neighbour. 

ul  Behold,  I  am  against  the  proph- 
ets, saith  the  I.oku,  ||that  use  tlieir 
tongues,  and  say,  lie  saith. 
;y Toehold,  I  am  against  them  that 
prophesy  false  dreams,  saith  the 
Loud,  and  do  tell  them,  and  cause 
my  people  to  err  by  their  lies,  and 
by  'their  lightness;  yet  I  sent  them 
not,  nor  commanded  them:  there- 
fore they  shall  not  profit  tliis  people 
at  all,  saith  the  Lop.D. 
33  If  And  when  this  people,  or  the 
prophet,  or  a  priest,  shall  n^k  thee, 
saying,  AVhat  is  'the  burden  of  ll;e 
LoiiU  ?  thou  shnlt  then  say  unto 
them.  What  burden?  "I  will  eveu 
forsake  you,  sailh  the  Lot:d. 
S4  And  as  fur  the  prophet,  and  the 
priest,  and  the  iM'i.ple,  tliat  shall  say. 
The  burden  of  the  Loud,  I  will  even 
t  punish  that  man  and  his  house. 
;;.5  Thus  shall  ye  6:iy  every  one  to 
his  neighbour,  lind  every  one  to  his 
brother.  What  hath  the  Lor.D  an- 
swered? and,  What  hath  the  Loud 
spoken? 

a;  And  the  burden  of  the  Loud 
shall  ye  mention  no  more;  for  every 
man's  word  shall  be  his  burden:  lor 
ye  have  perverted  the  words  of  the 
^  635 


The  type  of  good  andhad  figs.         JEREMIAH. 


Before 
CHRIST 

b'M. 


The  seventy  years'  captivity. 


about  G93. 


■W  But  since  ve  sav,  The  Inirdpn  fv,  !,,•"  "-'il  send  the  sword,  llic 
of  the  i^ORDTtherelore  tlU'saith  &  tlir/f  '^e  Pestilence,  among 
MieLoKD;  Because  ye  say  this  wo  •       off    hV'"   "a^  }"i  <^o»»uined  fron. 

The  I'urdenofUheL^ORoymlVlmvl'    uudTo  t  -""  ""'^  ""^°^ 

„'J    '","'"  yo"-  say.inK.  Ye  shall  i.ot  their  fathers. 

=a^.  The  burden  of  the  Lord;  CHAPTER  XXA' 

Will  forsake  you,  and  (lie  city  that  1       «""'*  ve-rJ  captivity.  13  „„j  „f,/^ 
Rare  you  and  your  fathers,  ujitl  ciist  I     '/"  ■.l'".'''"'"'""'""  "-''  ■«a4j''^".  li'tv.. 
J/<'«  out  of  mv  presence: 
W  And  I  will  brins  'an  everlastin- 
reproach  upon  you,  and  a  perpetual 
shame,  whicli  shall  not  bo  forsutteu 

'  i^^Sf  SS£t/a^l  =^:A"S/^flsrah  .in 
(to  „«rs  i>,  fa;,<,i,i(j,,  s  anU  the  dcm- 
Itition  of  Zedtkiuli  and  the  rest. 

7^^P>  ^^°'"?  shewed  me,  and,  be- 
1  hold,  two  baskets  of  fio-s  t^-en  set 
tt '^'^ '.^.?i':,"]Pi':  °': '",«. LORp,.after 


.;  lialyl 

'  the  type  of  a  cup  of  m 

.--«''■"»  ihe  destruction  of  an  1 

ol  Ihc  holding  of  the  shepherds. 


he  foi 


h"  Kin„^i  th.  Vxf  i.  ''"■JP'"  °'  '"«  J-ORD,  afte 
liic'  -'■  ,"^'" Nebuchadrezzar  I.  king  of  IJaby- 
!!••■'.' ;».  10.  I  '".n,  hiw  earned  away  captive  "  Jeeo- 
niah  the  son  of  Jehoiakim  kin<'  of 
ir,l\  ,\'  ""'^  ""=  princes  of  JuSali, 
w  ith  the  carpenters  and  smiths,  from 
Jernsaloni,  and  liad  brought  them  to 
liaoylon. 

'■i  One  basket  /larl  very  p-ood  fin-a 
even  like  the  figs  t/,nt  m-eiirst  rim- 
and  tlie  other  basket  /ia,l  verv 
nauglity  figs,  whicli  could  not  be 
eaten,  f  they  were  so  bad. 
■i  Jhcn  said  the  Loro  unto  me, 
What  secst   thou,  Jeremiah  ?    And 


1  ,      concerning    all    the    people 
Undah.   ■.,„   ,i,e  fb„rth   year  of  Jo- 1 
hoiakim  the  son  of  Josfah  kin"  of 
Jiidah     that  H-a.9    the  first  vea?  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  HuCvlon; 
-  llie  which  Jeremiah  tlie  prophet 
spake  unto  all  the  people  of  Jn.lah 
and  to  all  the  inhabitaits  of  Jeriis" 
iem,  saving, 

••!  i.Fr'om  the  thirteenth  rear  of 
Josiah  the  son  of  Amon  king  <,f  Ju 
dah,  even  unto  this  day,  that  is  the 
three  and  twenHeth  year,  the  word 
of  the  Lord  hath  come  unto  me 
and  I  liayo  spoken  unto  vou,  risinn 
earlv  and  speaking  ;  ■■  but  ye  havS 
not  hearkened.  J     "ait 

von'^lu  l^"  ^'"R"  liath  Bcnt  unto 
.you  all  his  sonants  t!ie  prophets 
l^nsing  early  and  sending  t/iem- 
but  ye  have  not  hearkened,  nor  in- 
ehned  your  car  to  hear.  .  -   .  .. 


tX)u. 
ch.  5G.  1. 


'ood'f'a,^^,^  ^,^^iSl«?i  ^i;s|^;7r"  'T"v'"^  '^''^'  «■'"! 

■cannot  be  eaten,  theV  ar/so  c vi'l  dw  '  .  "•"=  ^7''  .^"^  i'°"'  '!'""»'»    "■•'! 

4  TT  Again  the  word  of  the  Lonn  W?      •"  ""^  '"'"^  "'"'    t'le  I.orp 
came  unto  me,  saying,  ft M  '  ^T"   ""'°  J'""   """l  «»  your 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of  fTZi'"  '^^^  »"''  ever : 

Israel:  pl^c  these  good  fig  ,  so  will  Ler^th.^n  ""'''?"  "'her  gods  to 
acknowledge  f  them  that^a^  earri'ii    ^l^^^^,  T,'.^  ^tTf^^^^'^I^H 


away  captive  of  J*,dah   wl  oi„  1  have    t"he  ^?orks''nf'"'  ""','''  5"S"  ^>i"' 
I  «e„".'  out  of.this  place  'into  the  la.ul  |  wiH  do  you  no  l^urt  "^^  '    ""''  ^ 


7  Yet  ye  have  not  hearkened  unto 


^i.3J.  it'. 

33. 
Itch.  29.  13. 
loll.  23.17. 
k  Boo  eh,  43. 

tir.b.  r„r 


n>iiut.ai.25. 
27. 
1  Kins.  9.  7. 


hey 
the 


saith  the  I.,ord 
;  have  not  heard 


nnr"i'  l"^,  ^  Will  plant  tfiem,  and 
not  pluck  t/irm  up. 
7  And  I  will  give  them  fa  heart  to 
know  me  that  I  nm  the  Loin.,  and 

h„7i,' ■'"'l^^'i  '"y  I"™!''*"-  ""J  I  "ill 
be  their  God  :  for  they  shall  return 
unto  me  i.  with  their  whole  heart. 
S  TT  And  as  the  evil  ifigs,  which 
s-lrJi;;'  ^«..^'"^'V.-,  *h'-7  ''■•e  ^o  cvU, 
will   I    gi 


«  ir  Therefore  tfui 
of  hosts;  Because y 
iny  words, 

y  Behold,  I  will  send  and  take  Call 
the  families  of  the   north,  saith  th. 

<•"!',";    ,     Nebuchadrezzar  the  kino 
of  Uabylon,  I.  my  servant,  and  will 
bring  them   a-ainst   this  land,  and  I   d.  w  • 
n.gainst  the  inhabitants  thereol    and    Uh.  is.  k 


d;ie'':;ft:.!:::i!:;;;;"^i:;r;:^,!l:;-,ri;;i  ";u^;y^-  "•■"  'jt-"-'  d,.s„h,tions: 

■  '  gladness,    the   voice    of    the    bride- 


seh.  1.  15. 

C.  Si 
ii'll  23. 


■..\/r. 


the  land  of  L^  , ,.. 
I    'J  And  I  will 'deliver  thorn  f  to  I  be 


groom 


and  the  voice  of  the  bride,  I  ""i  n. 


and  the  destruction 


JEREMIAH. 


of  Bahylon,  foretold: 


BpfDTO 

CHRIST 

about  COO. 


I>ftn .  i).  2. 
nbout  CiljS. 

2  Kin.  2*.  1. 


nil.  IX  19.  & 
11.  '^h  A  3L 
I.  Ic  &  47. 


&  ^1.  25.  2ti. 


ach.  49.7,i 
och.  43.  I. 
fell. -19.  1. 


li  ch.  49.  23. 
icIi.M.  8 


E>.  30.  S. 
ich.  40.34. 

ill.  51.  9. 

ch.  CI.  41. 


Uhe  sound  of  tlic  millstones,  and  the 
li^ht  of  the  candle. 

U  And  this  whole  Innd  phall  be  n 
desolation,  and  an  n,<tonishnicnt ; 
and  these  nation,s  shall  perve  the 
king  of  Uttbylon  seventy  years. 

1^  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
'"when  •seventy  years  arc  ncenin- 
plished,  that  1  will  t  punish  the  kins 
of  15abylon,  and  that  nation,  sailh 
the  Lord,  for  their  iniquity,  and  the 
land  of  the  Chaldeans,  ''and  will 
make  it  perpetual  desolations. 

1.3  And  I  will  brins  upon  that  land 
all  my  words  which  I  have  pro- 
nounced against  it,  ci-cn  all  that  is 
written  in  this  book,  which  •Jere- 
miah hath  prophesied  against  all  the 
nations. 

14  "For  many  nations  Pand  great 
kings  shall  i  serve  themselves  of 
them  also:  "^andl  will  recompense 
them  according  to  their  deeds,  and 
according  to  the  works  of  their  own 
hands. 

15  H  For  thus  saith  the  Lonn  God 
of  Israel  unto  me;  Take  the  "wine- 
cup  of  this  fury  at  my  hand,  and 
cause  all  the  nations,  to  whom  I  send 
thee,  to  drink  it. 

ir.  And  'they  shall  drink,  and  he 
moved,  and  be  mad,  because  of  the 
sword  that  I  will  send  among  them. 

17  Then  took  I  the  cup  at  the 
Lord's  hand,  and  made  all  the  na- 
tions to  drink,  unto  whom  the  Loud 
had  sent  me; 

IS  7b  ivit,  Jerusalem,  and  the  cities 
of  Judah,  and  the  kings  thereof,  and 
the  princes  thereof,  to  make  them  "  a 
desolation,  an  astonishment,  a  hiss- 
ing, and  "a  curse;  as  it  is  this  day; 

I'J  y  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  and  his 
ser^'ants,  and  his  princes,  and  all  his 
people ; 

20  And  all  'the  mingled  people,  and 
all  the  kings  of  "the  land  of  I  z,  band 
all  the  kings  of  the  land  of  the  Thi- 
listines,  ar.d  Ashkelon,  and  Azzah, 
and  Ekron,  and  "the  remnant  of 
Ashdod, 

21  dEdom,  and  "Moab,  and  the 
children  of  i  Ammon, 

22  And  all  the  kings  of  STynis,  and 
all  the  kings  of  Zidon,  and  the  kings 
of  the  II  isles  which  are  beyond  the 
h  sea, 

2.'}  i  Dcdan,  and  Tenia,  and  Buz, 
and  all )  tliat  are  in  the  utmost  cor- 
ners, 

24  And  kali  the  kings  of  Arabia,  and 
all  the  kings  of  the  I  mingled  people 
that  dwell  in  the  desert, 

25  And  all  the  kincrs  of  Zimri,  and 
all  the  kings  of  '"Llani,  aud  all  the 
kings  of  the  Modes, 

2ti  "  And  all  the  kings  of  the  north, 
far  and  near,  one  with  another,  and 
all  the  kingdoms  of  the  world,  which 
arc  upon  the  face  of  the  earth:  "and 
the  king  of  Sheshach  shall  drink  after 
them. 

27  Therefore  thou  shalt  say  unto 


them.  Thus  saith  the  Lonn  of  hosts, 
the  Ood  of  Israel;  ''Drink  ye,  and 
'I  be  drunken,  and  spew,  and  fall, 
and  rise  no  more,  because  of  the 
swcird  which  1  will  send  among  you. 

2S  And  it  shall  be,  if  they  refuse  to 
take  the  cup  at  thine  hand  to  drink, 
then  shalt  thou  say  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  LoKD  of  hosts;  Ye  shall 
certainly  drink. 

211  For,  lo,  ■■  1  begin  fo  bring  evil  on 
the  city  t^  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  and  should  ye  be  utterly  un- 
punished? Ye  shall  not  be  unpun- 
ished: for  '1  will  call  for  a  sword 
upon  all  the  inhabitants  of  the  earth, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

;30  Therefore  prophesy  thou  against 
them  all  these  words,  and  say  unto 
them.  The  Lord  shall  "roar  from 
on  high,  and  utter  his  voice  from 
'^  his  holy  habitation;  he  shall  might- 
ily roar  upon  >  his  habitation  ;  he 
shall  give  '  a  shout,  as  they  that  trejid 
the-  (jrajics,  against  all  the  inhabitants 
of  tlie  earth. 

31  A  noise  shall  come  even  to  the 
ends  of  the  earth;  for  the  LoiiD  hath 
'a  controvcrsv  with  the  nations:  li  he 
will  plead  with  all  Hesh;  he  will  gii'e 
them  that  arc  wicked  to  the  sword, 
saith  the  Lord. 

,12  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
Behold,  evil  shall  go  forth  from  na- 
tion to  nation,  and  ''a  great  whirl- 
wind shall  be  raised  up  from  the 
coasts  of  the  earth. 

S^  ii  And  the  slain  of  the  Lord  shall 
be  at  that  day  from  oiie  end  of  the 
earth  even  unto  the  other  end  of  the 
earth:  they  shall  not  be  "lamented, 
fncither  gathered,  nor  buried;  they 
shall  he  dung  upon  the  ground. 

;VHr  s  IIowl,  ye  shepherds,  and  cry; 
and  wallow  yourselves  in  the  a^het;, 
ye  principal  "of  the  flock  :  for  f  the 
"days  of  your  slaughter  and  of  your 
dispersions  are  aecomi>lished:  and  ye 
shall  fall  like  fa  pleasant  vessel. 

35  And  1  the  shepherds  shall  have 
no  way  to  flee,  nor  the  principal  of 
the  flock  to  escape. 

."(J  A  voice  of  the  cry  of  the  shep- 
herds, and  a  howling  of  the  principal 
of  the  flock,  fhnU  le  heard:  for  tlic 
Lord  hath  spoiled  their  pasture. 

37  And  the  peaceable  habitations 
are  cut  down  because  of  the  fierce 
anger  of  the  Lord. 

.IS  Ho  hath  forsaken  hhis  covert,  ns 
the  lion:  for  their  land  is  1  desolate 
because  cf  the  fierctness  of  the  op- 
pressor, and  because  of  his  fierce  an- 
ger. 

CHAPTER  XXVL 
1  Jeremiah  hy  promisei  and  ihrei.terxingt 
cxhortcthto  rej>entnjice.  8  i/f  is  "'^''*^' 
fore  apprehended,  I'J  and  arraigned.  1- 
Bia  apology.  16  Be  ia  quit  in  judgment, 
by  the  example  of  Mieuh,  -.in  aud  of  I  r\- 
]ah,1\  and  hy  the  eare  of  Ahikam. 

IN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of 
Jehoiakini  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
6n 


Jeremiah  is  apprehended, 


JEREMIAH. 


arraigned,  and  acquitted. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  003. 


.  26.  U. 
It.  29.  15. 


t  llcb.  Tkt 


lie  this  word  from  tlic 


of  Judiih  c 
Luiiii,  Bayiii'', 

2  'J'hus  saitli  the  I..onD;  Stand  in 
^thf  cimrt  of  tlic  I.<<)[;i»'s  Iioiisf,  jiiid 
spuak  unto  all  tin-  cities  of  Jiidali. 
wirn-hooine  to  worslii])  in  tlic  ]-ui;i)',s 
hous,-,  ball  the  words  that  1  com- 
mand tlice  to  si)(;alt  unto  tlicni ; 
•"diminitfli  not  a  word: 

.'i  <i]f  so  be  they  will  liearkcn,  and 
turn  ever^'  nnin  from  Ids  evil  way, 
that  I  may  *■  repent  nie  of  the  evil, 
whieli  1  purpose  to  do  unto  them 
because  of  the  evil  of  their  doings. 

•1  And  thou  shall  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Loun  ;  flf  ye  will 
not  hearken  to  me,  to  walk  in  my 
law,  which  I  have  set  before  you, 

5  To  hearken  to  ti\e  words  of  my 
servants  the  prophets,  Swhoni  I  sent 
unto  you,  both  rising  up  early,  and 
sending  them,  but  ye  nave  not  lieark- 
cn ed; 

(i  Then  will  I  make  this  house  like 
hShiloh,  and  will  make  this  city  la 
curse  to  all  the  nations  of  the  earth. 

7  So  the  i)ricsts  and  the  nrophcts 
and  all  the  i)eople  heard  .feremiah 
speaking  these  words  in  the  house  of 
the  ]>OKD. 

8  T  Now  it  came  to  jiass,  when  Jer- 
emiah had  made  an  end  of  si>cakin,'j 
all  that  the  J>oui>  had  commandod 
turn  to  speak  unto  all  the  people,  that 
the  priests  and  the  prophets  and  all 
the  people  took  him,  saying,  Thou 
shalt  surely  die. 

U  Why  hast  thou  prophesied  in  the 
name  of  the  I.oiin,  saying.  This 
house  shall  bo  like  Shiloli,  artd  this 
city  shall  be  desolate  without  an  in- 
haljitant?  And  all  the  peoi>lc  were 
gathered  against  Jeremiah  in  the 
liouse  of  the  l/OUD. 

10  TT  When  the  princes  of  Judah 
heard  these  things,  then  they  came 
up  from  the  king's  hnuso  unto  the 
house  of  the  J^oi:i>,  and  sat  down 
II  in  the  entry  of  the  new  gate  of  the 
Loitn's  house. 

U  Then  spake  the  priests  and  the 
prophets  unto  the  ijrinces  and  to  all 
the  people,  saying,  t  This  man  is 
worthy  to  die;  tfor  he  hath  prophe- 
sied against  this  city,  as  ye  have 
heard  with  your  cars. 

1211  Then  si)ake  Jeremiah  Tinto  all 
the  princes  and  to  all  tlio  jieople, 
saying.  The  I.ouD  sent  nie  t^)  proi)!i- 
esy  against  this  house  and  against 
this  city  all  tlie  words  that  ye  have 
heard. 

l.'J  Therefore  now  lamend  your  ways 
and  your  diiings,  and  obey  the  voice 
oftlu'l,oi;i)V(Mir(;.iil;»lidtheI,oi!l) 
will  '"ii'pent  him  of  the  evil  that  he 
Iritli  prr.noinH-edagaiii-tv.)ii. 

H  As  for  1110,  b.'hold,  "  I  nai  in  your 
hand :  do  with  met  as  Becmeth  good 
and  meet  untti  vou. 

i:.  liiit  know  ve  for  certain,  that  if 
ve  put  me  to  ilealh,  ye  hhall  siip'ly 
bring  innocent  blood  upon  your- 
63S 


selves,  and  upon  this  city,  and  upon 
the  inhabitants  thereof;  for  of  a  truth 
the  hOKD  hath  sent  me  unto  you  to 
speak  all  these  words  in  your  ears. 

10  II  'J'hen  said  the  princes  and  all 
the  people  unto  thf  priests  and  to 
the  pro|ihets;  This  man  l.'J  not  worthy 
to  die:  tor  he  hath  spoken  to  us  in 
the  name  of  the  Loiio  our  God. 

17  "Then  rose  up  certain  of  the  cid- 
ers of  the  land,  and  spake  to  all  the 
assembly  of  the  people,  saying, 

IS  I'Micah  the  Jlorasthite  prophe- 
sied in  the  days  of  llezekiah  king 
of  Judah,  and  spake  to  all  the  peo- 
ple of  Judah,  saying.  Thus  saith 
the  LoED  of  hosts:  'i  Zion  shall  be 
plouglicd  like  a  field,  .tnd  Jerusalem 
shall  liecome  heaps,  and  the  mount- 
ain of  the  house  as  the  high  places  of 
a  forest. 

li)  Did  llezekiah  king  of  Judah  and 
all  Judah  put  him  at  all  to  death? 
■■did  he  not  fear  the  Lonn,  and  be- 
sought i  the  Lor.i),  and  the  J-ord 
'"repented  him  of  the  evil  which 
he  had  pronounced  ag.ainst  them? 
'  Thus  might  we  procure  great  evil 
against  our  souls. 

•M  And  there  was  also  a  man  that 
prophesied  in  the  name  of  the  I.OUD, 
Urijah  the  son  of  Slieniaiah  of  Kir- 
.jatli-.jcarim,  who  prophesied  against 
this  city  and  against  this  land  ac- 
cording to  all  the  words  of  Jeremiah: 

'21  And  when  Jehoiakim  the  king, 
with  all  his  mighty  men,  and  all  the 
princes,  heard  his  words,  the  king 
sought  to  put  him  to  death  :  hut 
when  llrijah  heai-d  it,  he  was  afraid, 
and  fled,  and  went  into  Egypt; 

22  And  Jehoiakim  the  king  sent 
men  into  Kgvpt,  mDnehj,  Elnathan 
the  son  of  Achbor,  and  certain  men 
with  him  into  Kgyiit. 

23  And  they  fetched  forth  T^rijah 
out  of  Egypt,  and  brought  him  n'nio 
Jehoiakim  the  king;  who  slew  him 
with  the  sword,  and  cast  his  dead 
body  into  the  graves  of  the  t  common 
people. 

24  Nevertheless,  "the  hand  of  Ahi- 
kam  the  son  of  Shaphan  was  with 
Jeremiah,  that  they  should  not  give 
him  into  the  hand  of  the  people  to 
put  him  to  death. 

CnArTER  XXVII. 

1  Under  the  type  of  homtt  and  yohea  he 
pnphci'Kth  Ilia  tuhiliiinn  of  tin  neigli- 
hour  kiniia  unto  Xeliur-li„dnc!z,ir.  8  He 
cxlwrtctli  them  to  vield,  and  not  to  be- 
Uevs  the  f.rinfl  ]>ropliet».  VI  The  hko  he 
doethto  Zcdekiiih.  VJJleforclellelh.  the 
rcmnnnt  of  the  rcssfis  «'r,i/l  be  carried  to 
Bal.xjhin,  and  there  conlinue  until  the 
day  of  visitation. 

rN  the  beginning  of  the  reign  of 
.Ieh..iakiiu  thcH.n  of  Jusiah^king 
of  Judah  came  this  w,,ril  iintojcre- 
niiali  from  the  l,ol;o.  saving, 
2  Thus  II  saith  the  l,oi;i,  to  me  I 
Make  thee  bonds  ami  yokes,  band 
put  them  upon  thy  neck, 


lie  i}ro2)hesieth  the  subjection 


JEREMIAH. 


0/  the  ncighhoxtring  lings. 


698. 
m  cK  28.  1.  i 
38.17. 


t\  And  Ecntl  thcni  to  the  kinj;  of] 
Edom,  and  to  the  kins  ot'Moab,  nnd  1 
to  the  Kin^  ot'thc  Ammonites,  und  to 
the  king  of  Tyrus,  nnd  to  the  king 
of  Zidon,  bj'  the  hand  of  the  nicssen- 
p:ers  which  come  to  .Jerusalcni  unto 
Zedckiah  kinsofJn<lah;  1 

4  And  coninuind  them  H  to  say  nnto  j 
their  masters,  Tims  suitli  tlic  J.okd 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Thus 
shall  ye  say  unto  your  masters; 

5' Iliave  made  the  earth,  the  man  1 
and  the  beast  that  die  upon  the  ' 
ground,  by  my  great  power  and  by 
my  outstretclied  arm,  and  "Ihave 
given  it  unto  whom  it  seemed  meet 
unto  me.  j 

G  '  And  now  have  I  given  all  these 
lands  into  the   hand  of  Nebuchad-  ' 
nezzar   the  king  of    liabylon,   Imy  ] 
servant;  and  ^the  beasts  of  the  field 
have  I  given  him  also  to  serve  him. 

7  li  And  all  nations  shall  serve  him, 
and  his  son,  and  his  son's  son,  '  until 
the  very  time  of  his  land  come:  laud 
then  many  nations  and  great  kings 
shall  serve  themselves  of  liim. 

8  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  the 
nation  and  kingdom  which  will  not 
serve  the  same  Nebuchadnezzar  the 
king  of  Babvlon,  and  that  will  not 
put  their  necV  under  the  yoke  of  tlio 
king  of  Babylon,  that  nation  will  I 
punish,  saith  the  I.oiti),  with  the 
Bword,  and  with  tiie  famine,  nnd 
Willi  tiio  pestilence,  until  1  have  con- 
suini-d  tliem  by  his  hand. 

!)  'I'liirefore  hearken  not  ye  to  your 
prnplu'ts,  nor  to  your  diviners,  nor 
to  your  i  dreamers  nor  to  your  en- 
chanters, nor  to  your  sorcerers,  which 
speak  unto  you,  saying.  Ye  shall  not 
serve  the  kiiig  of  Babylon: 

10  iFor  they  prophesy  a  lie  unto 
vou,  to  icmove  you  tiir  from  ycnir 
land;  nnd  that  I  should  drive  you 
out,  and  ye  should  perish. 

11  But  the  nations  that  bring  their 
neck  uuder  the  yoke  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  serve  him,  those  w  ill  I 
let  remain  still  in  their  own  land, 
saith  the  LoKi>;  and  they  shall  till  it, 
and  dwell  therein. 

la  U  I  spake  also  to  ■"  Zedekiah  king 
of  Judah  according  to  all  these  word.s, 
saying.  Bring  your  necks  under  the 
yoke  of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and 
serve  him  and  his  people,  nnd  live. 

13  °\Vhy  will  ye  die,  thou  and  thy 
people,  bv  the  sword,  by  the  ianiine, 
and  by  tlie  pestilence,  as  the  Loiii) 
hath  spoken  against  tlie  nation  that 
will  not  serve  the  king  of  Babylon? 

H  Therefore  hearken  not  unto  the 
words  of  the  prophets  that  speak  un- 
to you,  saying.  Ye  shall  not  serve  the 
king  of  Babylon :  for  they  prophesy 
"a  lie  unto  you. 

15  l"or  I  have  not  sent  them,  saith 
the  Lord,  yet  tliev  prophesy  fa  lie 
in  my  name;  that  1  might  drive  you 
out,  and  that  ye  might  perish,  ye,  and 
1  the  prophets  that  prophesy  unto  you. 


Irt  Also  I  spake  to  the  priests  and  to 
all  this  people,  .saying,  Thus  saith  the 
l.OKD;  lUarken  not  to  the  words  of 
your  prophets  that  prophesy  unto 
you,  saying,  lieliold,  I' the  vo-ssols  of 
the  Loiti/s  house  shall  now  shortly 
be  brought  again  from  Babylon:  for 
they  prophesy  a  lie  unto  you. 
17  Hearken  not  unto  them ;  serve  the 
king  of  Babylon,  and  live:  wherefore 
should  this  citv  be  laid  waste? 
IS  But  if  they  he  prophets,  and  if 
the  word  of  the  Lord  be  with  them, 
let  them  now  make  intercession  to 
the  ],oi:d  of  hosts,  that  the  vessels 
which  are  left  in  the  hon.se  of  the 
Lord,  and  in  the  house  of  the  king 
of  Jud.ah,  and  at  Jerusalem,  go  not 
to  Babvlon. 

I'J  IT  I'or  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts  1  concerning  the  pillars,  and 
concerning  the  sea,  and  concerning 
the  bases,  nnd  concerning  the  resi- 
due of  the  vessels  that  remain  in  this 
city, 

iiO  Which  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon  took  not,  when  he  carried 
away  'captive  Jeconiah  the  son  of 
Jehoiakim  king  of  Jjidah  from  Jeru- 
salem to  Babylon,  and  all  the  nobles 
of  Judah  und  Jerusalem; 
21  \'ea,  thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  the  tiod  of  Israel,  concerning 
the  vessels  that  remain  in  the  house 
of  the  Lonn,  and  i»  the  house  of  the 
king  of  Judah  and  of  Jerusalem; 

'22  They  shall  be  "carried  to  Baby- 
Ion,  and  there  shall  tliev  be  until  the 
day  that    I    'visit    them,  siiith    the 
Lord;  then  "will  1  bring  them  up, 
and  restore  them  to  this  place. 
CnABTER  XXVIII. 
1  Ilananiah  jirophetieth  fiihely  the  return 
of  tlie  vetlelt,  tintt  of  Jtcunuth.    b  Jere- 
miah, wiehing  it  to  be  true,  ehewcth  that 
the  event  will  declare  who  arc  true  proph- 
ets.    10  Uananiah    Ircaketh  Jeremiiih't 
yoke.     12   Jeremiah   Iclteth    of  an  iron 
yoke,     15   anU    forctcUeth    JJanamah'a 
death. 

AND  "it  came  to  pass  the  same 
year,  in  the  beginning  of  the 
reign  of  Zedekiah  kins  of  .Tndah,  in 
tlie  fourth  vcar,(oi(nn  the  fifth  month, 
that  Uananiah  the  son  of  Azur  the 
prophet,  which  irjis of  Gibeon, spake 
unto  mc  in  the  linnse  of  the  Lord, 
in  the  presence  of  the  priests  and  of 
all  the  pe<5plc,  saying, 

2  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  saying,  I  have 
broken  bthe  yoke  of  the  king  of 
Babvlon. 

,•!  '^'Within  f  two  full  years  will  I 
bring  again  into  this  place  all  the 
vessels  of  the  Lord's  house,  that 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babylon 
took  away  from  this  jjlace,  and  car- 
ried theni  to  Babvlon : 

4  And  I  will  bring  again  to  this 
place  Jeconiah  the  sou  i.f  Jehoiakim 
king  of  Judah,  with  all  the  t  captives 
of  Judah,  that  went  into  Babylon, 
G39 


Uananiah's  death  foretold. 


JEREMIAH. 


Jeremiah's  letter 


CHRIST 

about  &*Jti. 


saith  tlic  Lord:  fnr  I  will  break  the 
yoke  of  the  king  of  Baln'lon. 

5  IT  Tlien  the  proplict  Jereniiali  eaid 
unto  the  prophet  llananiah  in  the 
presence  of  the  priests,  and  in  the 
presence  of  all  the  people  that  stood 
in  the  house  of  the  Loud, 

G  Kveu  the  prophet  Jeremiah  said, 
ilAmen:  the  Loud  do  so:  the  Loud 
perform  thy  words  whicli  thou  hast 
prophesied,  to  hrinp;  again  the  vessels 
of  the  LouD'a  house,  and  all  tliat  is 
carried  away  captive,  trom  Babylon 
into  this  place. 

7  Nevertheless,  hear  thou  now  this 
word  that  I  speak  in  thine  ears,  and 
in  the  cars  of  all  the  people; 

8  The  prophets  tliat  have  been  be- 
fore nic  and  before  thee  of  old  proph- 
esied both  against  many  countries, 
and  against  great  kingdoms,  of  war, 
and  of  evil,  and  of  pestilence. 

y  "  The  prophet  which  prophesicth 
of  peace,  when  the  word  of  the  proph- 
et shall  come  to  pass,  then  shall  the 
prophet  be  known,  that  the  Loud 
hath  truly  sent  him. 

10  IT  Tlicn  llananiah  the  prophet 
took  the  fyokc  from  off  the  prophet 
Jeremiah's  neck,  and  brake  it. 

11  And  llananiah  snake  in  the  pres- 
ence of  all  the  people,  saying,  Tluis 
saith  the  Loun;  Even  so  willl  break 
the  yoke  of  Nebuchadnezzar  king  of 
Babylon  s  from  the  neck  of  all  na- 
tions within  the  sjiace  of  two  full 
years.  And  the  prophet  Jeremiah 
went  his  way. 

12  TT  Then"  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  Jeremiah  tlin  piop/ict, 
after  that  llananiah  the  prophet  had 
broken  the  yoke  from  off  the  neck  of 
tlic  prophet  Jeremiah,  saying, 

I'i  Go  and  tell  llananiah,  saying, 
Thus  saith  the  Loun;  Thou" hast 
broken  the  yokes  of  wood;  but  thou 
Shalt  make  lor  them  yokes  of  iron. 

H  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
tlic  God  of  Israel;  ^1  have  put  a  yoke 
of  iron  upon  the  neck  of  all  these  na- 
tions, that  they  may  serve  Nebuchad- 
nezzar king  "of  Babylon;  and  they 
shall  serve  him:  and  '1  have  given 
him  the  beasts  of  the  field  also. 

15  ^  Then  said  the  prophet  Jere- 
miah unto  llananiah  the  prophet. 
Hear  now,  llananiah;  The  Lord 
hath  not  sent  thee;  but  k  thou  niakest 
this  people  to  trust  in  a  lie. 

lij  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord: 
Behold,  I  will  cast  thee  from  off  the 
faceof  theeartli:  this  vearthou  shalt 
die.  hec;iu^e  thou  lia^t  taught  M  re- 
bellion against  the  Lord. 

I'  So  Ilananiali  the  prophet  died 
the  same  year  in  the  seventh  month. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 
1  Jeremiah  tcmlclh  n  teller  to  the  captives 

in  Ilabylon,  to  he  <iuiet  there,  8  and  not 

to  lietieve  the  tireniitB  «f  their  projihetH, 
10  and  that  they  ghatl  return  with  fjraee 

after  tevenly  yean.     15  Uo  forelellelh 

t/te  iteetrttetiun  of  the  rest  for  their  die- 
610 


obedience.  20  He  ehcwcth  the  fearful  end 
of  Ahab  and  Zedekiah,  tivo  lyiny  proiih- 
ete.  £4  Shemaiah  writeth  a  letter  against 
Jeremiah.  HO  Jeremiah  readeth  hie  doom. 

NOW  these  nre  the  words  of  the 
letter  that  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
sent  from  Jerusalem  unto  trie  residue 
of  the  elders  which  were  carried  away 
captives,  and  to  the  priests,  and  to 
the  prophets,  and  to  all  the  people 
whom  Nebuchadnezzar  had  carried 
away  captive  from  Jerusalem  to  Bab- 
ylon; 

2  (After  that  "Jeconiah  the  kin,,, 
and  the  queen,  and  the  (I  eunuchs, 
the  princes  of  Judah  and  Jerusalem, 
and  the  carpenters,  and  the  smiths, 
were  departed  from  Jerusalem;) 

3  By  the  hand  of  Elasah  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  and  Gemariah  the  son  of 
llilkiah,  (whom  Zcdekiah  king  of 
Judah  sent  unto  Babylon  to  Nebu- 
chadnezzar king  of  Babylon)  saying, 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  unto  all  that  arc  car- 
ried away  captives,  whom  I  have 
caused  to  be  carried  away  from  Je- 
rusalem unto  Babylon; 

,5  b  Build  ye  houses,  and  dwell  in 
them ;  and  plant  gardens,  and  eat  the 
fruit  of  them: 

(I  Take  ye  wives,  and  beget  sons  and 
daughters;  and  take  wives  for  your 
sons,  and  give  your  daughters  to 
husbands,  that  tliey  may  bear  sons 
and  daughters;  that  ye  "may  be  in- 
creased there,  and  not  diminished. 

7  And  seek  the  peace  of  the  city 
whither  I  have  caused  you  to  be  car- 
ried away  captives,  *^and  pray  unto 
the  Loud  for  it:  for  in  the  peace 
thereof  shall  ye  have  peace. 

8  II  For  thus  saith  the  Loud  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ;  Let  not 
your  prophets  and  vour  diviners, 
that  be  in  the  midst  of  you,  'i  deceive 
you,  neither  hearken  to  your  dreams 
which  ye  cause  to  be  dreamed. 

0  "^Jfor  they  prophesy  t  falsely  unto 
you  in  my  name:  1  have  not  sent 
them,  saith  the  Lord. 

10  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord.  That 
after  f  seventy  years  be  accomplished 
at  Babylon  I  will  visit  you,  and  per- 
form my  good  word  toward  you,  in 
causing  von  to  return  t'l  this  place. 

11  For  I  know  the  thoughts  that  I 
think  toward  you,  saith  the  Lord, 
thoughts  of  pe.ice,  and  not  of  evil,  to 
give  vou  an  t  expected  end. 

12 1'hen  shall  ve  (■  call  upon  nic,  and 
ye  shall  go  aiut  pray  unto  me,  and  I 
will  hearken  unto  you. 

lu  And  bye  shall  "seek  mv,  and  find 
me,  when  ye  shall  search  for  mc 
iwith  all  your  heart. 

14  And  k  I  will  be  found  of  you, 
saith  the  Loud:  and  1  will  turn 
away  your  captivity,  and  '■  I  will 
gather  vou  from  all  the  nations,  and 
from  nil  the  places  whither  I  have 
driven  you,  saith  the  L<iRI>;  and  I 
will  bring  you  again  into  the  place 


to  the  captive  Jcics. 


JEREMIAH. 


Shemaiah's  doom. 


y  I).ut  28.  25. 

cl,.  i.i.  ti 
■-'1  9.  i  31. 
17. 
tn.l,/ora 


r  Sn  Gen.  43. 
i..  M.  15. 

8  Dmi.  3.  6. 

tck.2).  li 


o5Kiog.25 
ch.  21.  1. 

ith.ai.  I. 

J- 2  K,a  9.11. 

AcU  2'^  2*. 
tch  20.  2. 


whence  I  caused  you  to  be  carried 
away  captive. 

15  TT  Because  ye  have  said.  The 
Loud  hath  raieeil  us  up  prophets  in 
Babvlon ; 

]<;  know  that  thus  saitl\  the  Lokd 
of  the  kins  that  sittetli  upon  the 
throne  of  David,  and  of  all  the  peo- 
ple that  dwcUcth  in  this  city,  and 
of  your  brethren  that  are  not  gone 
forth  with  you  into  captivity: 

1<  Thus  saith  the  Loiii)  "of  hosts: 
Behold,  I  will  send  upon  them  tlie 
'"sword,  the  famine,  and  the  pesti- 
lence, and  will  make  them  hkc  "vile 
figs,  that  canuot  be  eaten,  they  are 
so  evil. 

18  And  I  will  jiersecutc  them  with 
the  sword,  with  the  famine,  and  with 
the  pestilence,  and  "will  deliver 
them  to  be  removed  to  all  the  king- 
doms of  the  earth,  tto  be  Pa  cur^o, 
and  an  astonishment,  and  a  hissing, 
and  a  reproach,  among  all  the  na- 
tions whither  I  have  driven  them: 

19  Because  they  have  not  hearken- 
ed to  my  words,  saith  the  l.oiu), 
which  11  sent  unto  them  bv  mv 
servants  the  prophets,  rising  up' early 
and  Bending  l/ic}n  ;  but  ye  would  not 
hear,  saith  the  I.onD. 

L'O  TT  Hear  ye  therefore  the  word 
of  the  Loud,  all  ye  of  the  captivitv, 
whom  I  have  sent  from  Jerusalem 
to  Babylon: 

21  Thus  saith  the  Loud  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel,  of  Ahab  the  son 
of  Kobiah,  and  of  Zedekiah  the  son 
of  Maaseiah,  which  projihesv  a  lie 
unto  you  in  my  name:  Beliold,  1 
will  deliver  them  into  the  hand  of 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon; 
and  he  shall  slay  them  before  "your 
eyes; 

1*2  'And  of  them  shall  be  ttiken  up  a 
curse  by  all  the  captivity  of  Jud.ih 
which  for  in  Babylon,  saying.  The 
Lou  I)  make  thee  like  Zedekiah  and 
like  Ahab,  *  whom  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon roasted  in  the  fire; 

23  Because  'they  have  committed 
villanv  in  Israel,  and  have  commit- 
ted adultery  with  their  neighbours' 
wives,  and  have  s]K)ken  lying  words 
in  mv  name,  which  I  have  not  com- 
manded them:  even  I  know,  and  um 
a  witness,  saith  the  Lord. 

24  IT  T/tits  shalt  thou  also  speak  to 
Shemaiah  the  |(  Nehelamite,  saying, 

2.5  Thus  speakcth  the  Loi;d  of 
hosts,  the  God  of  Israel,  saying.  Be- 
cause thou  hast  sent  letters  in  thy 
name  unto  all  the  people  that  nn-  at 
Jerusalem,  "and  to  Ziiihanuih  the 
son  of  Maaseiah  the  priest,  and  to  all 
the  priests,  saying, 

2G  The  Loud  hiith  made  thee  priest 
in  the  stead  of  Jchoiada  the  priest, 
that  ye  should  be  ^officers  in  the 
house  of  the  IjOkd.  for  every  man 
(lull  IS  s  mad,  and  makith  himself  a 

f)rophet,  that    thou    shouldest  "put 
lim  in  i)rison,  and  in  the  stocks. 
41 


2T  Now  therefore  why  hast  tliou 
not  reproved  Jeremiah  "of  Anathoth, 
which  maketh  himself  a  prophet  to 
you  ? 

28  For  therefore  lie  sent  unto  us  in 
Babylon,  saying.  This  ca/'livili/  is 
long:  "build  ye  houses,  and  dwell 
in  tlicm :  and  jilant  gardens,  and  eat 
the  fruit  of  them. 

•J>  And  Zephaniah  the  priest  read 
this  letter  in  the  ears  of  Jeremiah  the 
prophet. 

;iO  U  Then  came  the  word  of  the 
Loud  unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

31  Send  to  all  them  of  the  captivity, 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  Loud  con- 
cerning Shemaiah  the  Nehelumile; 
Because  that  Shemaiah  hath  proph- 
esied unto  you,  band  I  sent  him  not, 
and  he  caused  you  to  tru.'it  in  a  lie: 

.'!2  Therefore  thus  saith  the  l,i>un: 
Behold,  I  will  punish  Shemaiah  the 
Nehelamite,  and  his  seed:  he  shall 
not  have  a  man  to  dwell  among  this 
people:  neither  shall  he  behold  the 
good  that  I  will  do  for  my  people, 
saith  the  Loud:  "^because  he  hath 
taught  t  rebellion  against  the  Loud. 

CUAPTER  XXX. 
1  Goil  ehetreth  Jeremiah  the  return  of  the 
Jews.  4  After  their  trfulU  they 'ehuli 
have  deliieranee.  VI  He  eomfurteth 
JaeiS.  16  Their  return  ehall  U  gra- 
cious. 20  Wrath  shall  fall  on  the  uicked. 
THE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah 
from  the  Loud,  saving, 

2  Thus  speakcth  the  "Loud  God  of 
Israel,  saying.  Write  thee  all  the 
words  that  1  have  spoken  unto  thee 
in  a  book. 

.3  For,  lo,  the  days  come,  saith  the 
Loud,  that  "  I  will  bring  again  the 
captivity  of  my  people  Israel  and 
Judah,  saith  the  LouD:  I'and  1  will 
cause  them  to  return  to  the  land  that 
I  gave  to  their  fatliers,  and  they  shall 
possess  it. 

4  H  And  these  arc  the  words  that 
the  Loud  spake  concerning  Israel 
and  concerning  Judah. 

r>  For  thus  saith  the  Loud  ;  Vfe 
have  heard  a  voice  of  trembling,  [J  of 
fear,  and  not  of  peace. 

t)  Ask  ye  now,  and  sec  whether  \  a 
man  doth  travail  with  child?  where- 
fore do  I  see  every  man  with  liis 
hands  on  his  loins, ''as  a  woman  in 
travail,  and  all  faces  ore  turned  into 
paleness? 

7  (lAlas!  for  that  day  is  great,  'so 
that  none  i.<i  like  it:  It  i.<  even  the 
time  of  Jacob's  trouble;  but  he  shall 
be  saved  out  of  it. 

8  For  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
dav,  saith  the  Loud  of  hosts,  Ihat  1 
will  break  his  yoke  from  ofl'  thy 
neck,  and  will  burst  thy  bonds,  and 
strangers  shall  no  more  serve  thcm- 
Eelves  of  him: 

!l  But  thev  shall  ser\'c  the  LouD 
their  God,  and  r  David  their  king, 
whom  I  will  1^  raise  up  unto  them. 

10  TT  Therefore  lifc:ir  thou  not,  O 
641 


Jacob  is  comforted. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  restoration  of  Israel. 


Beforo 
CHRIST 

about  G06, 


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4. 

n. 

mr 

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1. 

4(i. 

10 

28. 

ai 

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Ii2( 

15. 

18 

10. 

och.  8.  22. 
p  Lam.  1.2. 
q  Job  13  24.  & 
ll>.y.&19.U 
T  Job  30.  21. 
■  cb.  5.  6. 


ch.  31,  4.  12. 
13. i;U. 10,11, 
bZeoh,  10.  8. 


E.   11   23   t, 

ve.m  *37,27. 

( <'h  23. 1U.20. 
i  2.5.  32. 


my  sci-vant  Jacob,  eaitli  the  Lord; 
lu'ithfr  be  dismajcii,  U  Israel:  lor, 
lo,  1  will  save  thee  from  afar,  and 
thy  seed  i  tVoiu  the  land  of  their  cap- 
tivity; and  Jacob  shall  return,  and 
shall  be  in  rest,  and  be  quiet,  and 
none  shall  make  him  af'rai(f. 

11  For  I  am  with  thee,  saith  the 
Loud,  to  save  thee:  k  thnLif;h  I  make 
a  full  end  of  all  nations  wliitlier  I 
have  scattered  thee,  lyet  will  I  not 
make  a  full  end  of  thee;  but  I  will 
correct  theo  ""in  measure,  ami  will 
not  leave  thee  altogetlier  unpunished. 

VI  For  thus  saith  the  LoKD,  "  Thy 
bruise  is  incurable,  and  thy  wound 
IS  grievous. 

l.'i  There  is  none  to  plead  thy  cause, 
1  that  thou  mayest  be  bound  up: 
"thou  hast  no  healing  medicines. 

14  ''AH  thy  lovers  have  forgotten 
thee;  they  seek  thee  not;  for  I  have 
wounded  thee  with  the  wound  ''  of 
an  enemy,  with  the  chastisement  'of 
a  cruel  one,  for  the  multitude  of 
thine  iniquity;  ^hceaiise  thy  sins 
were  increasetl. 

l."i  Why  'criest  tiiou  for  thine  afflic- 
tit-m?  thy  sorrow  is  incurable  for  the 
multitude  of  thine  iniquity:  berftu.<e 
thy  sins  were  increased,  1  liavc  done 
these  things  unto  thee. 

16  Therefore  all  they  that  devour 
thee  "shall  be  devoured  ;  and  all 
thine  adversaiies,  every  one  of  them, 
shall  go  into  captivity;  and  they  that 
spoil  thee  shall  be  a  spoil,  and  all 
that  prey  upon  thee  will  I  give  for  a 
prey. 

17  ^For  I  will  restore  health  unto 
thee,  and  I  will  heal  thee  of  thy 
wounds,  saith  the  I-onii;  because 
they  called  thee  an  Outcast,  s(t)fi}iff^ 
This  IS  Zion,  whom  no  man  seekcth 
after. 

18  H  Thus  saith  the  LoiiD;  Behold, 
'I  will  bring  again  the  captivity  of 
Jacob's  tents,  and  'have  mercy  on 
hisdwcllingplaces;  and  the  city  shall 
be  buildcd  upon  her  own  [[heap,  and 
the  ])alaee  shall  remain  after  the  man- 
ner thereof. 

i:t  And  "out  of  them  shall  proreed 
thanksgiving  and  tlic  vc.ice  of  them 
that  make  merry:  li:in.l  1  will  iinilti- 
ply  them,  and  tliey  shall  not  be  few; 
I  will  also  glorify  them,  and  they 
shall  not  be  small. 

3>  Their  children  also  shall  be  ''as 


afo 


id     their    congregation 


t;ihlish,'d  bef 
I  will  piinisli  all  that  oppress  them. 
21    And    their    nnhlc's    shall    be  of 
themselves,.!  anil  th,'iigovrniorsh;iIl 
Istolthrm;  and 


him  todrai 


he  shall  aiiproaeh  unto  me:  for  who 
is  this  that  engaged  his  heart  to  ap- 
proach unto  mei'  saith  the  Lokd. 

L'L'  And  ye  shall  be  f  my  people,  and 
I  will  be  your  (!od. 

L'.'i  Heboid,  the  ^whirlwind  of  tlie 
]>OEU  goeth  forth  with  fury,  a  |  cou- 
tiii 


ttnuing  whirlwind :  it  shall  ||  fall  with 
pain  upon  the  head  of  the  wicked. 
'2i  The  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord 
shall  not  return,  until  he  have  done 
it,  and  until  he  have  pertbrmed  the 
intents  of  his  heart:  hin  the  latter 
days  yc  shall  consider  it. 

CHAPTER  XXXL 
1  r/.c  reetoration  of  Ttrael.  10  The  pub- 
Hcafion  thereof.  13  Hachel  viourning 
is  comforted.  18  Ephraim  repenting  ts 
broug/it  home  again.  22  Chrinl  ie  prom, 
ined.  27  Uit  cure  over  the  church.  31 
/As  new  covenunt.  Hi  The  ttaOilitp,  'M 
anit  amplitude  of  the  church. 

AT  "the  same  time,  saith  the 
LoKU,  bwill  I  be  the  God  of  all 
the  families  of  Israel,  and  they  shall 
be  my  people. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  The  people 
which  were  left  of  the  sword  found 
grace  in  the  wilderness;  cccre  Israel, 
when  '■  I  went  to  cause  him  to  rest. 

">  The  Lord  hath  appeared  f  of  old 
unto  me,  saying.  Yea,  d  I  have  loved 
thee  with  ""an  everlasting  love:  there- 
fore (I  with  lovingkindness  have  1 
fdrawn  thee. 

4  Again  SJ  will  build  thee,  and  thou 
shalt  be  built,  U  virgin  of  Israel : 
thou  shalt  again  be  adorned  with  thy 
ti  II  tabrets,  and  shalt  go  forth  in  the 
dances  of  them  that  make  merry. 

5  i  Thou  shalt  yet  plant  vines  upon 
the  mountains  of  Samaria:  the  plant- 
ers shall  pl.ant,  and  shall  f  eat  Ihcm  as 
common  things. 

(i  For  there  shall  be  a  day,  that  the 
watchmen  upon  the  mount  Ephraim 
shall  cry,  k  Arise  ve,  and  let  iis  go  up 
to  Zion  unto  the  "Lord  our  God. 

7  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  i  Sing 
with  gladness  for  Jacob,  and  shout 
among  the  chief  of  the  nations:  pub- 
lish ye,  praise  yc,  and  say,  O  Lord, 
save  thy  people,  the  remnant  of  Is- 
rael. 

8  Behold,  I  will  bring  them  ""from 
the  north  eountrv,  and  "  gather  them 
from  the  coasts  o'ftheearth.oHi/  with 
them  the  blind  and  the  lame,  the 
woman  with  child  and  her  that  trav- 
aileth  with  child  together:  a  great 
company  shall  return  thither. 

0  "  riiey  shall  come  with  Aveeping, 
and  with  ||  supplications  will  I  lead 
them:  I  will  eansu  tluiu  to  walk  I'by 
the  rivers  of  waters  in  a  straight  wav, 
wherein  lliey  sh;dl  iir.t  stumble:  for 
I  am  a  father  to  Israel,  and  Ephraim 
IS  my  tfirstborn. 

10  ir  Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord,  O 
ve  nations,  and  declare  it  \n  the  isles 
Iil'ar  oil',  anil  s:iv,  Ih-  that  leiittered 
l-r:iel  'will  g;ither  him.  and  keep 
him,  as  a  shepherd  dolh  his  (lock. 

11  For  'the  Lokd  hath  redeemed 
Jacob,  and  ransttmed  him  M'rom  tlie 
hand  of  Aim  that  was  stronger  than 
he. 

12  Therefore  they  shall  come  and 
sing  in  "the  height  of  Zion,  and 
shall  flow  together  to  "  the  goodness 


Rachel  is  comjorted. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  stability  of  the  church. 


Be  rare 
CHRIST 
abiiul  OUO. 


of  tlie  l-oiii),  for  whcnt,  nnd  for 
wine,  and  tor  oil,  anil  for  the  younj; 
of  tlie  flock  mill  of  the  herd;  and 
their  soul  f>hall  he  as  u  ^  watered  j;ar- 
den;  ^and  they  shall  not  sorrow  any 
more  at  all. 
1.'}  Then  sliall  the  virgin  rejoice  in 
the  dance,  hoth  young  men  and  old 
titgether:  fori  will  turn  their  mourn- 
ing into  joy.  and  will  comfort  them, 
and  make"  them  rejoice  from  their 
sorrow. 

14  And  I  will  satiate  the  soul  of  the 
priests  with  fatness,  and  my  people 
shall  be  satisfied  with  my  goodness, 
saith  the  Loiii). 

15  U  Thus  saith  the  l-oim;  "A  voice 
was  heard  in  i)  Himuih,  liinientntinn, 
and  hitter  weeping;  Hai-liel  weeping 
for  her  children  refused  to  be  com- 
forted for  her  children,  because  ''  they 
were  not. 

16  Thus  saith  the  I/ORD  ;  Refrain 
thy  voice  from  weeping,  and  thine 
eyes  from  tears:  for  thy  work  shall 
lie  rewarded,  saith  the  LoiU);  and 
■ithey  shall  come  again  from  the 
land  of  the  enemy. 

17  And  there  is  hope  in  thine  end, 
saitli  the  1-oitn,  that  thy  children 
sh-'.ll  come  again  to  tlieirown  border. 

LS  IT  I  have  surely  heard  Epiiraim 
bemoaning  himself  Unix:  Tlicii  hast 
chastised  me,  and  I  was  rhaslisnl,  as 
a  bullock  unaceiistomi'il  la  thr  yukr : 
'turn  thou  me,  and  I  shall  be  turned; 
for  thon  art  tlie  I.ukd  mv  God. 
I'j  Surely  fatter  that  I  was  turned, 
I  repented;  and  after  that  I  was  in- 
structed, I  smote  upon  riui  thigh:  I 
was  ashamed,  jea, even  coniiiundcd, 
because  I  did  bear  the  reproach  of 
my  youth. 

a)  Is  Ephraim  my  dear  son?  is  he 
a  pleasant  child V  for  since  I  spake 
against  him,  1  do  earnestly  remem- 
ber him  still:  ^therefore  my  bowels 
tare  troubled  for  him;  lilwill  sure- 
ly have  mercy  upon  him,  saith  the 
I.oun. 

21  Set  thee  up  wavmarks,  make 
thee  high  heaps:  isettliine  heart  to- 
ward tlie  highway,  i  r.  ;i  the  way 
iL-hwh  thou  wentest :  turn  again,  () 
virgin  of  Israel,  turn  again  to  these 
thy  cities. 

L'2  IT  How  long  wilt  thou  k  go  about, 
O  thou  I  backsliding  daughter?  for 
the  Loiii)  hath  created  a  new  thing 
in  the  earth,  A  woman  shall  compass 
a  man. 

•£i  Thus  saith  the  I.ord  of  hosts, 
the  Oiul  of  Israel;  As  vet  they  sliall 
use  this  speech  in  the  laml  of  .Tiidah 
and  in  the  cities  thereof,  when  I  shall 
bring  again  their  captivitv  ;  '"The 
I, OKI)  bless  tlue,  0  habitation  of  jus- 
tice, ((«(^  "  mountain  of  holiness. 
L'4  And  tUeie  shall  dwell  in  Jud.ih 
itself,  and  "in  all  the  cities  thereof 
together,  hnsbandmcn,  and  they  that 
go  forth  witli  flocks. 
1:5  For  I  have  etUiatcd  the  weary 


soul,  and  I  have  replenished  every        Before 
sorrowful  soul.  CHRIST 

2('>  l^pon  this  I  awaked,  and  beheld;  oliouicue. 
and  my  sleep  was  sweet  unto  me. 
•n  IT  Behold,  the  days  come,  saith 
the  l.ORi),  that  l'  I  will  sow  the  house 
of  Israel  and  the  house  of  Judah  with 
the  seed  of  man,  and  with  the  seed 
of  beast. 

2.S  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
like  as  I  have  ''watched  over  them, 
'to  pluck  up,  and  to  break  down, 
and  to  throw  down,  and  to  destroy, 
and  to  afflict;  so  will  I  watch  over 
them,  'to  build,  and  to  plant,  saith 
the  l.OKi). 

i'J  'In  those  days  they  shall  say  no 
more.  The  fathers  have  eaten  a  sour 
grape,  and  the  children's  teeth  are 
set  on  edge. 

;iO  "  But  every  one  shall  die  tor  his 
own  iniiiuity :  every  nnin  that  eateth 
the  sour  grape,  his  teetli  shall  be  set 
on  edge. 

11  11  Behold,  the  "davs  come,  saith 
the  I..i)i:i>,  that  I  wilt  make  a.  new 
covenant  with  the  house  of  Israel, 
and  with  the  house  of  Judah: 

.')J  Not  according  to  the  covenant 
that  I  made  with  their  fathers,  in 
the  day  thut  >  I  took  them  by  the 
hand  to  bring  them  out  of  the  land 
of  Egyiit:  which  my  covenant  they 
brake",  [' iilthoiigh  l' was  a  husband 
unto  them,  saith  the  Lofin: 

.T)  '  But  this  rlialt  he  the  covenant 
that  I  will  make  with  the  house  of 
Israel ;  After  those  days,  saith  the 
I.OKI),  "I  will  put  my"law  in  their 
inward  parts,  and  write  it  in  their 
hearts:  li and  will  be  their  God,  and 
they  shall  be  my  people. 

34  And  they  shall  teach  no  more 
every  man  his  neighbour,  and  ever) 
man  his  brother,  saving.  Know  the 
Lord:  for  •they  shall  all  know  me 
from  the  least  of  them  \iiito  the  great 
est  of  them,  saith  the  ].iii;i);  for '' I 
will  forgive  their  iniiiuity.  and  I  will 
remember  their  sin  no  more. 

?,-,  ir  Thus  saith  file  I,oT.-i>.  ■" which 
giveth  the  snu  for  a  light  by  day, 
iihJ  the  ordinances  of  the  iiionii  and 
of  the  stars  for  a  light  by  night,  which 
divideth  ffhe  sea  when  the  waves 
thereof  roar;  B  The  Lord  of  hosts  is 
ills  name: 

."i;  li  If  those  ordinances  depart  from 
before  me,  saith  the  l.oRi),  iliai  the 
seeil  of  Israel  also  shall  cease  from 
being  a  nation  before  me  for  ever. 

37  Thus  saith  the  l.oi:n:  ilf  heav- 
en above  can  be  measured,  nnd  the 
fonnilationsiif  the  eartli  searched  out 
beneath,  1  will  also  cast  off  all  the 
seed  r.r  Isr'i.l  for  all  that  they  have 
done,  saith  the  l,oi;i). 

."«S  IT  Behold,  the  davs  come,  suith 
the  1,01;  i>,  that  the  city  shall  be  built  | 
to    the  l.oiii)   l>from    the    tower  of  j 

llananeel  unto  the  gate  of  the  cor-  ] 

line  shall  I 


:cii  11. 10. 

..  la  s. 
:cb.  '^.  1. 


Jeremiah  in  j>rison 


JEREMIAH. 


huyeth  HanainecVs  fletd. 


Before 
C  II  III  ST 

about  GUO. 


yet  pr>  forth  over  a;rainst  it  upon  the 
hill  Gtircl),  and  siiall  compass  about 
to  Goulli. 

40  Anil  the  whole  valley  of  the  dead 
bodies,  and  ot  the  ashes,  und  all  the 
fields  unto  the  brook  of  Kidron, 
unto  tile  corner  of  the  horse  fiate 
ward  the  east,  '* f/in/lhe  holy  unto 
the  l>iiltl>!  it  shall  nut  be  pfucked 
up,  nor  thrown  down  any  more  for 
ever. 

CHAPTER  XXXir. 
1  Jeremiah,  being  imprisoned  by  Zedekiah 
for  hia  propltcey,  0  biiycth  JIanamcel'e 
field.  13  Uarucli  must  preierve  the  evi- 
dences, aa  tokens  of  the  people's  return. 
16  Jeremiah  in  hie  prayer  complaineth 
to  Uod.  215  Godconftrmeth  titeenptivity 
for  their  eins,  36  and  promieeth  a  gra- 
cious return. 

T^IIE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah 
from  the  Louii  ''in  the  tenth 
year  of  Zedekiah  kins  o'  Judah, 
\vhich  ?'•((<  the  eighteenth  year  of 
Nebuchadrezzar. 

2  For  then  the  kins  of  Bahj'lon's 
army  besieged  Jerusalem :  and  Jere- 
miah the  iirophet  was  shut  up  tin 
the  court  of  the  prison,  which  loas 
in  the  king  of  Judah's  house. 

.3  For  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  had 
shut  him  up,  saying,  Wlicrefore  dost 
thou  prophesy,  and  say.  Thus  saith 
the  I-oRi),  "^liehohl,  iViU  give  tliis 
city  into  the  lianil  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  he  shall  take  it; 

4  And  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah 
<l  shall  not  escape  out  of  the  hand  of 
the  Chaldeans,  but  shall  surely  be 
delivered  into  the  hand  of  the  king 
of  Babylon,  and  shall  speak  with 
him  nioutli  to  month,  and  his  eyes 
shall  behold  his  eves; 

.■i  And  he  shall  lead  Zedekiah  to 
Babylon,  and  there  shall  he  be ''until 
I  visit  him,  saith  the  I.OKIi:  (though 
ye  fight  with  the  Chaldeans,  ye  shall 
not  prosper? 

(!  H  And  Jeremiah  said.  The  word 
of  the  JjOUD  came  unto  me,  say- 

r"l!ohold,  Ilanamerl  the  son  of 
Shalhim  tliine  uncle  sl\all  come  unto 
thcf,  saving.  Buy  thee  my  field  that 
i.s-in  Aiiathoth:  for  the  Bright  of  re- 
demption !■.■  tl 


So  ll.iiiaio. 
came  to  me  in 
according  b.  tl 
and  said  unto 
pnvv  thee,  lliat 
M  in  the  conn 


ele': 


itofth. 


Hii 


son 
prison 

I.OKI), 

V  niv  fielil,  1 
:ltlH.th.whiih 


the 


f  licnjaniin:  for 
the  rigbt  of  inherituiico  /.-■  thine,  and 
the  redemption  in  thine;  buy  it  for 
tbyselC.  Then  I  knew  that  this  iras 
tlie  word  of  the  I/Oim. 

y  And  I  bought  the  field  of  Ha- 
nameel  my  unele"s  son,  th;it  ints'  in 
Anathoth,  and  li  wi^i-bi-d  bini  the 
money,  creu  j!se\x'nteen  shekels  of 
silver. 

ID  And  I  I  subscribed  the  evidence, 
and  sealed  il.  and  took  witnesses, 
t>44 


and  weighed  him  the  money 
balances. 

11  So  I  took  the  evidence  of  the 
purchase,  lotli  tliat  which  was  sealed 
iirrordiiig  to  the  law  and  custom, 
and  that  which  was  open : 

12  And  I  gave  the  evidence  of  the 
purchase  unto  i  Baruch  the  son  of 
Neriah,  the  son  of  IMaaseiah,  in  tho 
sight  of  Uanamcel  mine  uncle's  «i7», 
and  in  the  presence  of  the  k  witnesses 
that  subscribed  the  book  of  the  pur- 
chase, before  all  the  Jews  that  sat  in 
the  court  of  the  prison. 

13  TT  And  I  charged  Banich  before 
them,  saying, 

14  Thus  saith  the  I.oud  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel;  Take  these  evi- 
dences, tills  evidence  of  the  pur- 
chase, both  which  is  sealed,  and  this 
evidence  which  is  open;  and  put 
tliem  in  an  earthen  vessel,  that  they 
may  continue  many  days. 

l.^'For  thus  saith  the  l^OKii  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel;  Houses  and  fields 
and  vineyards  l  shall  be  possessed 
again  in  this  land. 

Hi  Tl  Now  when  1  had  delivered  the 
evidence  of  the  purchase  unto  Ba- 
ruch the  son  of  Neriali,  I  prayed  un- 
to the  LoHD,  saving, 

17  Ah  Lord  (Jiid!  behold,  "thou 
hast  made  the  heaven  and  the  earth 
by  thv  great  power  and  stretched  out 
arm,  fiH(/  "there  is  nothing  ||  too 
haril  for  thee: 

l.S  Thou  shcwest  "lovingkindness 
unto  thousands,  and  reeompcnsest 
the  iniquity  of  the  fathers  into  the 
bosom  of  their  children  after  them: 
The  Great,  I'  The  Mighty  God,  '"The 
Lord  of  hosts,  ?s  his  name; 

II)  ■■  Great  in  counsel,  and  mighty 
in  fwork:  for  thine  'eyes  arc  open 
upon  all  the  ways  of  the  sons  of 
men,  *  to  give  every  one  according  to 
his  ways,  and  according  to  the  fruit 
of  his  'doings: 

•20  Which  hast  set  signs  and  wonders 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  even  unto  this 
day,  and  in  Israel,  and  among  oilier 
men ;  and  hast  made  thee  "  a  name, 
as  at  this  day; 

21  And  "hast brought  forth thvpeo- 
ple  Israel  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt 
with  signs,  and  with  wonders,  and 
with  a  strong  band,  and  with  a 
stretched  out  arm,  und  with  great 
terror; 

22  And  hast  given  them  this  land, 
wliich  th.ui  ilidst  swear  to  llu-ir  fa- 
tlii'rs  to  give  tbeni,  >a  land  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey; 

2.'!  And  tliev  eaiue  in,  and  possessed 
it;  but  ''th.V  obeyed  not  tliy  voice, 
neither  walkid  in  tliy  law ;  they  have 
done  nothing  of  all  that  tluni  eom- 
iiiandedstthem  to  do:  therefore  thou 
hast  caused  uU  this  evil  to  come  upon 
them. 

24  Behold  tho  II  mounts,  they  nrc 
come  unto  the  city  to  take  iti  and 
tho  city  "is  given  into  the  hand  of 


GocCs  threats  agaitist  Judah. 


JEREMIAH. 


A  return  jiromised. 


Before 
CHUI S  T 
about  000. 


13. 
lich,  19.  L3. 


M.  A  7  22- 
Ki.  20.  28. 


!».  1«  21. 
;in.  I1.3J. 
.  7.  31. 


t  Deut,  30.  3. 
;h.2;",n  Ji29. 
II  t  31.  lU. 
t».  37.  21. 


tlic  Chaldcaiia  that  fi^'ht  ajiainst  it, 
bicause  of  I'tlic  sword,  and  of  tlio 
famine,  and  of  the  iwstiluncp:  and 
wliat  thou  hast  sjiokcn  is  come  to 
pass;  and,  bcliold,  then  pee.st  tt. 
-^  And  tliou  Iiast  said  unto  mc, 
()  Lord  Gol>,  Riiy  thee  the  field  for 
money,  and  take  witnesses  ;  |;  for 
t,- 

th 

L'(i  H  Tlicn  came  the  word  of  tl.e 
l.filin  unto  Jeremiali,  eayinj;, 

•27  Uehold,  1  lun  the  "l,oi!i>,  the 
d  tlod  of  ail  flesh;  *^i9  tlierc  any 
tliin;;  too  hard  for  me? 

ai  Tliercforc  thus  saith  the  LoHD; 
Behold,  II  will  {;ive  this  city  into  the 
hand  of  the  Chaldeans,  anil  into  the 
hand  of  Nebuchadrezzar  kin^  of 
Babylon,  and  he  shall  take  it: 

at  And  the  Chaldeans,  that  fight 
against  this  city,  shall  come  and 
"set  fire  on  this  city,  and  burn  it 
with  the  houses,  h  upon  whose  roofs 
they  have  olfered  incense  unto  Baal, 
and  poured  out  drink  otteriiiKS  unto 
other  gods,  to  provoke  mc  to  anger. 

31)  For  the  children  of  Israel  and  the  | 
children  of  Judah  i  have  only  done 
evil  before  me  from  their  youth:  for 
the  children  of  Israel  have  only  pro- 
voked me  to  anger  with  the  wort  of 
their  hands,  saith  the  1..0KD. 

31  For  this  city  hath  been  to  mc  as 
ta  provocation  of  mine  anger  and  of 
my  fury  from  the  day  that  they  built 
it  "even  unto  this  day,  kthat  I  should 
remove  it  from  before  m^'  face; 

32  Because  of  all  the  evil  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  and  of  the  children  of 
Judah,  which  they  have  done  to  pro- 
voke nie  to  anger,  '  they,  their  kings, 
their  princes,  their  priests,  and  their 
prophets,  and  the  men  of  Judah,  aud 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

3;5  And  they  have  turned  unto  me 
the) '"back,  and  not  the  face:  though 
I  taught  them,  "  rising  up  early  and 
teaching  them,  jet  they  have  not 
liearkened  to  receive  instruction. 

34  But  they  "  set  their  abominations 
in  the  house,  which  is  called  by  my 
name,  to  defile  it. 

3.1  And  they  built  the  high  places  of 
Baal,  which  are  in  the  valley  of  the 
son  of  Ilinnom,  to  P  cause  their  sons 
and  their  daughters  to  pass  through 
the  , tire  unto  1  Molech  ;  "^  which  I 
commanded  them  not,  neither  came 
it  into  my  mind,  that  they  should  do 
this  aboiniuatioQ,  to  cause  Judah  to 

.%  TT  And  now  therefore  thus  saith 
the  Louu,  the  God  of  Israel,  con- 
cerning this  city,  whereof  ye  say,  "It 
shall  be  deliveied  into  the  hand  of 
the  king  of  Babylon  by  the  sword, 
and  by  the  famine,  and  by  the  pesti- 
lence; 

3r  Behold,  I  will  '  gather  them  out 
ofallcountries,  whither  I  have  driven 
them  in  mine  anger,  and  in  mv  fury, 
and  in  great  wrath;  and  I  will  bring 


them  again  unto  this  place,  and  I 
will  cause  them  "to  dwell  safely: 

3.S  And  they  shall  be  "  my  people, 
and  I  will  be  their  God: 

."'.I  And  I  will  J  give  them  one  heart, 
and  one  way,  that  thev  may  fear  mc 
tfor  ever,  for  the  gi  od  of  them,  and 
of  llieir  children  alter  them: 

40  And  '  1  will  make  an  everlasting 
covenant  witli  thcni,  that  I  will  not 
turn  away  f  from  them,  to  do  them 
good;  but  "I  will  put  iiiv  fear  in 
their  hearts,  that  they  shall  not  de- 
part from  me. 

41  Yea,  b  I  will  rejoice  over  them  to 
do  them  good,  and  ^  I  will  plant  them 
in  this  land  t  assuredly  with  my  whole 
heart  and  with  my  wliole  soul. 

4:.'  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  dLike 
as  I  have  brought  all  this  great  evil 
upon  this  people,  so  will  I  bring  up- 
on them  all  the  good  that  1  have 
promised  them. 

4'1  And  '  fields  shall  be  bought  in 
this  land,  f  whereof  ye  say,  //  jsdeso- 
late  without  man  or  beast;  it  is  given 
into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans. 

44  Men  shall  buy  fields  for  money, 
and  subscribe  evidences,  and  seal 
thenu  and  take  witnesses  in  Bthe 
land  of  Benjamin,  and  in  the  places 
about  Jerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of 
Judah,  and  in  the  cities  ofthe  mount- 
ains, and  in  the  cities  of  the  valley, 
and  in  the  cities  of  the  south:  for  bl 
will  cause  their  captivity  to  return, 
saith  the  Loud. 

CHAPTER  XXXIII. 

1  Cod  promiaeth  to  the  capdvitj/  a  ffra- 
ciuua  return,  9  a  3<.yf<iC  elatr.  12  <•  «c(- 
tteti  goi<ernment,  1&  C/irinl  the  liram-h 
of  righteouaneet,  17  a  continuance  of 
kingdom  and  jiriesthood,  £0  and  a  eta- 
bility  of  a  bteaaed  aecd, 

MOREOVER  the  -word  of  the 
I.oiiii  come  unto  Jeremiah  the 
second  time,  while  he  was  yet  "shut 
up  in  the  court  of  the  prison,  saying, 

ti  Thus  saitli  the  l.oiiii  the  bmaker 
thereof;  the  l,oi;i)  that  formed  it,  to 
establish  it;  (| '  The  Loiai  is  his 
name; 

;;  <i  Call  unto  me,  r.nd  I  will  answer 
thee,  andshew  thee  great  and  ['mighty 
things,  which  thou  knowest  not. 

4  For  thus  saith  the  LoHii,  the  God 
of  Israel,  concerning  the  houses  of 
this  city,  and  concerning  the  houses 
of  the  kings  of  Judah,  which  ore 
thrown  down  by  'the  mounts,  and 
bv  the  sword; 

,5  fThev  come  to  fight  with  the 
Chaldeans,  but  it  i.<  to  fill  thcin  with 
the  dead  bodies  of  men,  whom  I  have 
slain  in  mine  anger  and  in  my  fury, 
and  for  all  whose  wickedness  I  have 
liid  mv  face  from  this  citv. 

0  Beliold,  KI  will  bring  it  health 
and  cure,  and  I  will  cure  them,  and 
will  reveal  unto  them  the  abundance 
of  peace  and  truth. 

7  And  h  I  w  ill  cause  the  captivity  of 
Judah  and  the  cajitivity  of  Israel  to 
645 


Christ  the  Branch  promised. 


JEREMIAH. 


Jeremiah  j)rophesietli  the 


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ch.  21.  (!.  & 

3ll2At31.4. 

23.  i  42.  10. 
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Hal>.3.I3.1t. 


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oh.  I.).  U. 
n  Ii.  CO.  5. 


q  I  Chr.  Ifi.  8. 
31. 

■J  Chr.  5.  13. 
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K.ra3.  U. 


d  Il...n.  15.  1. 
i  1.',    Hi. 
1  I'.  I.  2  .?.». 


return,  und  will  build  them,  ias  at 
the  first. 

H  And  I  will  k  cleanse  them  from  all 
their  iniquity,  whereby  they  have 
sinned  against  me:  and  I  will  I  par- 
don all  their  iniquitie.s,  whereby  they 
have  sinned,  and  whereby  they  liave 
transgressed  against  me. 

'J  IT '"And  it  shall  be  to  me  a  name 
of  jov,  a  praise  and  an  honour  before 
all  tne  nations  of  the  earth,  which 
shall  hoar  all  the  good  that  I  do 
unto  them:  and  they  shall  "fear  and 
tremble  for  all  the  goodness  and  tor 
all  the  prosperity  that  I  procure  unto 


it. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  Again 
there  shall  be  heard  in  this  place, 
"  which  ye  say  sliall  he  desolate  with- 
out man  and  without  beast,  even  in 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets 
of  Jerusalem,  that  are  desolate,  with- 
out man,  and  without  inhabitant, 
and  without  beast, 

11  The  I' voice  of  joy,  and  the  voice 
of  gladness,  the  voice  of  tlie  bride- 
groom, and  the  voice  of  the  bride, 
the  voice  of  them  that  shall  say, 
'I Praise  the  Lor.D  of  hosts:  for  the 
IjORD  is  good;  for  bra  mercy  cndur- 
flli  for  ever:  loicl  of  them  tlxat  shall 
bring  "^the  sacrifice  of  praise  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord.  For  "I  will 
cause  to  return  the  captivity  of  the 
land,  as  at  the  first,  saith  tiie  Lord. 

\>  Thus  saith  the  Loud  of  hosts: 
•Again  in  this  place,  wliich  is  deso- 
late without  man  and  without  beast, 
and  in  all  the  cities  thereof,  shall  be 
a  habitation  of  shepherds  causing 
llicir  flocks  to  lie  down. 

11  "In  the  cities  of  the  mountains, 
in  the  cities  of  the  vale,  and  in  the 
cities  of  the  south,  and  in  the  land 
of  Benjamin,  and  in  the  places  about 
Jerusalem,  and  in  the  cities  of  Judah, 
shall  the  flocks  "pass  again  under 
the  hands  of  him  that  telleth  them, 
saith  the  Lord. 

14  >  Behold,  the  davs  come,  saith 
the  LoRH,  that  '^Iwill  perform  that 
gO(^d  thing  which  I  have  pnjmisetl 
unto  the  house  of  Israel  and  to  the 
house  of  Judah. 

l.^i  TI  In  those  days,  and  nt  th.at  time, 
will  I  cause  the  *  Branch  of  rigiit- 
eousness  to  grow  up  unto  David: 
and  he  shall  execute  judgment  and 
righteousness  in  the  land. 

l(j  iiln  those  days  shall  Judah  be 
saved,  and  ,Ierusalem  shall  dwell 
safely:  and  this  j.f  the  jmo/c  where- 
with she  shall  be  called,  f  The  Lord 
onr  Righteousness. 

17  IT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord;  t  Da- 
vid shall  never  "^want  a  man  to  sit 
npiin  the  throne  of  the  liouse  of  Is- 
rael ; 

15  Neither  shall  the  priests  the  I/C- 
vites  want  a  man  before  me  to  il  offer 
burnt  ofl'erings,  and  to  kindle  meat 
oflerings,  and  to  do  BacriBco  con- 
tinually.        ^^ 


VJ  TT  And  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  Jtrreniiali,  suyinj^, 

'J)  Thus  saith  the  l.oup;  "^  If  yc  can 
break  my  covenant  itt'  the  day,  and 
iny  covenant  of  the  ni^ht,  and  that 
there  should  not  be  day  and  night 
in  their  season; 

'Jl  Then  may  also  fmy  covenant  be 
broken  with  David  my  servant,  that 
lie  sliould  not  have  a  son  to  reij^u 
\ipon  his  throne;  and  with  the  In- 
vites the  priests,  my  ministers. 

22  As  sthe  host  of  heaven  cannot  be 
numbered,  neither  the  sand  of  the 
sea  measured;  so  will  I  multiply  the 
seed  of  David  my  een'ant,  and  the 
Levites  that  minister  unto  mc. 

"2:1  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Loud 
came  to  Jeremiah,  sayinfr, 

24  Considerest  thou  not  what  this 
people  have  spoken,  sayinfr,  ^  The 
two  families  which  the  Lord  hath 
chosen,  he  hath  even  cast  them  off? 
t)iu9  they  have  despised  my  people, 
that  they  should  be  uo  more  a  nation 
before  them. 

25  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  If  i  my 
covenant  be  not  with  day  and  nijrht, 
aiift  if  1  have  not  I' appointed  the 
ordinances  of  heaven  and  earth; 

2(1  1  Then  will  I  cast  away  the  seed 
of  Jacob,  and  David  my  servant,  so 
that  I  will  not  take  am/  of  his  seed  to 
he  rulers  over  the  seed  of  Abraham, 
Isaac,  and  Jacob:  ior  ""I  will  caui-e 
their  captivity  to  return,  and  have 
mercy  on  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 

1  Jfremiah  prophcHieth  the  captivity  of 
Zcdckiah  and  the  city.  8  The  princea 
and  the  people  havinff  diBmieged  their 
bondservante,  contrary  to  the  eovenatit 
of  Qod,  reaeeitme  them.  12  Jere)Hiah, 
for  their  disobedience,  ffiveth  them  and 
Zcdekiah  into  the  hand*  of  their  enemiee. 

THE  word  which  came  unto  Jere- 
miah from  the  I-ord,  "when 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Babvlon, 
and  all  his  armv,  and  I'all  the  king- 
doms of  the  earth  f  of  his  dominion, 
and  all  the  people,  fc.iight  against 
Jerusiilem,  and  against  all  the  cities 
thereof,  saving, 

•J  Thus  saitli  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
Israel:  Co  anil  speak  to  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah,  and  tell  him.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  "^I  will  give 
this  city  into  the  band  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  and  J  he  shall  burn  it  with 
fire: 

.1  And  'thou  shalt  not  escape  out  of 
his  hand,  but  shalt  surely  be  taken, 
and  delivered  into  his  liand :  and 
thine  eves  shall  lii'hc^ld  tlie  eyes  of 
the  king  of  Bahyl..n.  aii.l  f  he  shall 
speak  with  thci'  ni^nth  to  mouth, 
i  and  thou  shalt  go  to  Halivlon. 

4  Yet  hear  the  word  of  theLnitn, 
(>  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  :  Thus 
saith  the  I/Ord  of  thee.  Thou  shalt 
not  die  by  the  sword: 

5  Jlut  thou  shalt  die  in  peace:  and 
with  fthe  burnings  of  thy  fathers. 


Bifaro 
CHRIST 

about  bW. 


destruction  of  Jerusalem, 


JEREMIAH. 


and  captivity  of  Zedekiah. 


.11.2.  i 
lu. 
„l.  15.  12. 


the  former  kings  which  were  hoibre 
thee,  s  so  Bhall  they  burn  mloui-n  )i)r 
tliec;  and  li  they  will  lament  thee, 
sailing.  All  lord  I  for  1  have  pro- 
nounced the  word,  saith  the  Loiiu. 

6  Then  Jeremiah  the  priipliet  spake 
all  these  words  unto  Zedekiah  king 
ot'Judah  in  Jerusalem, 

T  When  the  king  of  Babylon's  nrmy 
foughtapainst  Jerusalem,  and  against 
all  the  cities  of  Judah  that  were  left, 
against  I^achish,  and  against  Azekah: 
for  i  these  dcfcnced  cities  remained 
of  the  cities  of  Judah. 

8  If  J'/iis  is  the  word  that  came  unto 
Jeremiah  from  the  I.ukd,  after  that 
the  king  Zedekiah  had  made  a  cove- 
nant with  all  the  people  w  hich  wen- 
at  Jerusalem,  to  proclaim  k  liberty 
unto  them: 

U  iThat  every  man  should  let  his 
manservant,  and  every  man  his 
maidservant,  being  a  llebrew  or  a 
Hebrewess,  go  free  ;  '"  that  none 
should  serve  himself  of  them,  to  wit, 
of  a  Jew  his  lirother. 

10  Now  when  all  the  princes,  and 
all  the  people,  which  liiid  entered 
into  the  covenant,  heard  that  every 
one  should  let  his  manservant,  and 
every  one  his  maidservant,  go  free, 
that  none  should  serve  themselves 
of  them  any  more;  then  they  obeyed, 
and  let  thein  go. 

11  But  "afterwards  they  turned, 
and  caused  the  servants  and  the 
handmaids,  whom  they  had  let  go 
free,  to  return,  and  brought  them 
into  subjection  for  servants  and  for 
handmaids. 

12  H  Therefore  the  word  of  the  Lord 
eame  to  Jeremiah  from  the  Lokd, 

13  tFius  saith  the  I.oni),  the  God  of 
Israel;  1  nnule  a  covenant  with  your 
fathers  In  the  day  that  I  brought 
them  forth  out  of  the  land  ot  Egypt, 
out  of  the  house  of  bondmen,  saying, 

14  At  the  end  of  "seven  years  let  ye 
go  every  man  his  brother  a  Hebrew, 
which  II  hath  been  sold  unto  thee; 
and  when  he  hath  served  thee  si.\ 
years,  thou  shalt  let  him  go  free  from 
thee  :  but  your  fathers  hearkened 
not  unto  me,  neither  inclined  their 
car. 

15  And  yo  were  t  now  turned,  and 
had  done  right  in  my  sight,  in  pro- 
claiming liberty  everv  man  to  his 
neighbour  ;  and  ye  had  1'  made  a 
covenant  before  nio  'Un  tho  house 
t  which  is  called  by  my  name: 

16  But  ye  turned  and  '  polluted  ni^ 
name,  and  caused  every  man  Ins 
servant,  and  every  man  his  hand- 
maid, whom  he  had  set  at  liberty  nt 
their  pleasure,  to  return,  and  brought 
them  into  subjection,  to  be  unto  you 
for  servants  and  for  handmaids. 

17  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord; 
Ye  have  not  hearkened  unto  me,  in 

Eroclaiming  liberty,  every  one  to  his 
rotlicr,  and  every  man  to  his  ncig'.i- 


bour:  •behold,  I  proclaim  a  liberty 
for  you,  saith  the  I.ORD,  'to  the 
sword,  to  the  pestilence,  and  to  the 
famine;  and  1  will  make  ymi  t  to  be 
"  removed  Into  all  :lic  kingdoms  of 
the  earth. 

IS  And  I  will  give  the  men  that 
have  transgrt>seil  my  covenant, 
which  have  not  performed  the  words 
of  the  covenant  which  they  had 
made  before  me,  when  "^  they  cut  tho 
calf  in  twain,  and  passed  between 
the  parts  thereof, 

I'.t  The  princes  of  Judah,  and  tho 
princes  of  Jerusalem,  the  eunuchs, 
and  the  priests,  and  all  the  people 
of  the  land,  which  pas.sed  between 
the  parts  of  theealf; 

20  1  will  even  give  them  into  tho 
hand  of  their  enemies,  and  into  tlie 
liand  of  them  that  seek  their  life: 
and  their  >  dead  bodies  shall  be  for 
meat  unto  tlie  fowls  of  the  heaven, 
and  to  the  liciKsts  of  the  earth. 

L'l  And  Zedekiah  king  of  Judah  and 
his  princes  will  1  give  into  the  hand 
of  their  enemies,  and  into  the  hand  of 
them  that  seek  their  life,  and  into 
the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon's 
army,  ■'  which  are  gone  up  from  you, 

2■^  •'  Behold,  I  will  command,  saith 
the  Lord,  and  cause  them  to  return 
to  this  citv  ;  and  they  shall  light 
against  it,  I'and  take  it,  and  burn  it 
with  tire:  and  "  1  will  make  the  cities 
of  Judah  a  desolation  without  uii  in- 
habitant. 

CHArTEB  XXXV. 

J  By  the  obcdienre   of  llie  lUcUtMtcn,  12 

Jeremiah   cundemtielh    the    dituhejience 

of  Ike  Jewt.    Itt  Uu,i  Uetaeth  tlit  JU-chab- 

ilcej;.r  their  oUUicnee. 

TMIE  word  which  came  unto  Jere- 
1  miali  from  the  I.oK  i),  in  the  days 
of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah  king 
of  Judah,  saying, 
•2  Go  unto  the  house  of  the  'Be- 
chabites,  and  speak  unto  them,  and 
bring  them  into  the  house  of  the 
J.UHD,  into  one  of  I' the  ehapibers, 
ami  give  them  wine  to  drink, 

3  Then  I  took  Jaaznniah  the  eon  of 
Jeremiah,  the  son  of  llabaziniah,  and 
his  brethren,  and  all  his  sons,  and  llio 
whole  house  of  the  Beehabites: 

4  And  I  brought  them  into  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  into  the  chnm- 
ber  of  the  sons  of  llannn,  the  son 
of  Igdaliah,  a  man  of  God.  whuh 
was  by  the  chamber  of  the  princes, 
which  was  above  the  chamber  ot 
Maaseiah  the  son  of  Shalluin,  'the 
keeper  of  the  t  door: 

5  And  1  set  before  the  eons  of  the 
house  of  the  Bechabites  pots  full  of 
wine,  and  cups ;  and  1  said  unto  thein, 
I)rink  ye  wine. 

tJ  But  they  said,  Wc  will  drink  no 
wine:  for  d  Jonadab  the  son  of  Bcehab 
our  fathercommanded  us,  saying,  »  e 
shall  drink  no  wine,  millier  ye,  nor 
your  sons  f<>r  ever: 

7  Neither  shall  ye  build  house,  nor 
ti47 


The  Jews'  disobedience. 


JEREMIAH. 


Banich  readeth  a  roll 


Bifure 
cum  BT 

about  007. 


kch  18.  11.  li 


SOW  BcctI,  nor  i)lant  vineyard,  nor 
have  atnj :  but  all  your  days  ye  shall 
dwoll  in  tents;  ^'thut  ye  may  live 
many  days  iu  the  laud  where  yc  be 
stran'^ors. 

s  'riius  have  we  obeyed  the  voice 
of  Jonadab  the  son  of  Reehab  our 
fudier  in  all  that  he  hath  charged 
us,  to  drink  no  wine  all  our  days, 
we,  our  wives,  our  sous,  nor  our 
daughters; 

1)  Nor  to  build  houses  for  us  to 
dwell  in;  neither  have  we  vineyard, 
nor  field,  nor  seed: 

10  But  we  have  dwelt  in  tents,  and 
have  obeyed,  and  done  according  to 
all  that  "Jonadab  our  father  com- 
manded us. 

U  Hut  it  came  to  pass,  when  Nebu- 
rlnnlrezzar  king  of  Uabylon  came 
up  into  the  land,  that  we  said.  Come, 
and  let  us  go  to  Jerusalem  for  lear 
of  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans,  and 
for  fear  of  the  army  of  the  Syrians: 
so  we  dwell  at  Jerusalem. 

12  H  Then  came  the  word  of  the 
I..onD  unto  Jeremiah,  saying, 

1'!  Thus  saith  the  1..0UD  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel ;  Go  and  tell  the 
men  of  Judah  and  the  inhabitants 
of  Jerusalem,  Will  ye  not  i  receive 
instruction  to  hearken  to  my  words? 
.saith  the  I.oiii). 

14  The  words  of  Jonadab  the  son 
of  Reehab,  that  he  commanded  his 
sons  not  to  drink  wine,  are  per- 
formed; for  unto  this  day  they  drink 
none,  but  obey  their  father's  com- 
mandment: *■' notwithstanding  I  have 
spoken  unto  you,  h  rising  early  and 
speaking;  but  ye  hearkened  not  un- 
to me. 

1,5  il  have  sent  also  unto  you  all 
my  servants  the  prophets,  rising  up 
early  aud  sending  them,  saying, 
1*  Return  ye  now  every  man  from 
his  evil  way,  and  amend  vour  do- 
ings, and  go  not  after  other  gotls 
to  serve  them,  and  ye  shall  dwell  in 
the  land  which  I  have  given  to  you 
and  to  your  fathers  :  but  ye  have 
not  inclined  your  car,  nor  heark- 
ened unto  me. 

](i  Because  the  sons  of  Jonadab  the 
son  of  Reehab  have  performed  the 
commandment  of  their  father,  which 
he  commanded  them;  but  this  pco- 
])le  liath  not  hearkened  unto  me: 

17  Theretbrc  thus  saith  the  Lonn 
(;od  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel ; 
Behold,  1  will  bring  upon  Judah 
and  ui)on  nil  the  inhabitants  of  Je- 
nisaleni  all  the  evil  that  1  have  pro- 
nounced against  them:  i  because  I 
have  spoken  \into  them,  but  they 
have  not  heard  ;  and  I  have  called 
unto  them,  but  they  have  not  uu- 
swcred. 

15  H  And  Jeremioh  said  nnto  the 
house  of  the  Rechabites,  Thus  saith 
the  l.oim  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael ;  Because  ye  have  obeyed  the 
commandment  of  Jonadab  your  fa- 

648 


thcr,  and  kept  all  his  precepts,  and 
done  according  iinto  all  that  he 
hath  Cf)nimanded  you; 
]'.(  Therefore  thus  saith  the  IjOrd 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel  ;  t  Jon- 
adab the  son  of  Reehab  shall  not 
want  a  man  to  ■"  stand  before  me 
for  ever. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 
1  Jeremiah  cattseth  Sarucfi  to  write  hig 
jirophecpj  band  publicly  to  read  it.  11 
The  princes,  having  intelligence  thereof 
by  Michaiah.  Mend  Jahudi  to  fetch  the 
rM.  and  read  it.  19  They  will  Harueh 
to  hide  himtelf  and  Jeremiah.  20  The 
king  Jehoiakim,  being  certified  thereof, 
heareth  part  of  it,  and  burncth  the  roll. 
Ii7  Jeremiah  denounceth  hia  judgment. 
'ii'2  liaruch  writeth  a  new  copy. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth 
vear  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of 
Josiali  king  of  Judah,  that  this  word 
came  nnto  Jeremiah  from  the  LoKi>, 
saying, 

2  Take  thee  a  "roll  of  a  book,  and 
'•write  therein  all  the  words  that  I 
have  spoken  nnto  thee  against  Is- 
rael, and  against  Judah,  and  against 
■^  all  the  nations,  from  the  day  I  spake 
unto  thee,  from  the  days  of  il  Josiah, 
even  unto  this  day. 

3  "  It  may  be  that  the  house  of 
Judah  will  hear  all  the  evil  which  I 
purpose  to  do  unto  them;  that  they 
may  f  return  every  man  from  his 
evil  way  ;  that  I  may  forgive  their 
iniquity  and  their  sin. 

4  Then  Jeremiah  ^  called  Baruch 
the  son  of  Neriah  :  and  li  Baruch 
wrote  iiom  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah 
all  the  words  of  the  l.ouD,  which 
he  had  spoken  unto  him,  upon  a 
roll  of  a  ln>ok. 

5  And  Jeremiah  commanded  Ba- 
ruch, 6.iying,  I  am  shut  up;  I  can- 
not go  in'to  tlie  house  of  the  L<n:i>: 

(J  Therefore  go  thou,  and  read  in 
the  roll,  which  thou  hast  written 
from  my  mouth,  the  words  of  the 
lyOisD  in  the  cars  of  the  people  in 
the  Lord's  house  upon  i  the  fasting 
day:  and  also  thou  shalt  read  them 
in  "the  ears  of  all  Judah  that  come 
out  of  their  cities. 

7  kit  may  be  j  they  will  present 
their  supplication  before  tlic  I.ork, 
and  will  return  every  one  from  his 
i'\\l  way:  for  great  js  the  anger  and 
the  fury  that  the  I.onn  hath  pro- 
nounced against  this  people. 

8  And  Baruch  the  son  of  Ncrioh 
did  according  to  all  that  Jeremiah 
the  prophet  commanded  him,  read- 
ing 111  the  book  the  words  of  the 
I.oiti)  in  the  l.oitn'.s  house. 

y  And  it  came  to  )iass  in  the  fifth 
year  of  Jehoiakim  the  son  of  Josiah 


Idng  of  Judah,  i 


/>i<if  till 


(1^ 
ed  a  til 


HI)  to  all  the  people 
and  to  111!  the  people  tluit  can 
the  cities  of  Judah  unto  Jem; 
10  Then  read  Baruch  iu  tl 


Titll    1 

Hinth. 

f   iHt 

.re  the 

.ler\i 

salem. 

of  threatening  jyropheeies. 


JEREMIAH. 


Jehoiakim's  jtidgmcnt. 


the  words  of  Jercniiuli  in  the  liouse 
of  tlie  l.OKii,  ill  the  chamher  ot 
Geniariali  the  son  of  Sliuplian  tlie 
scribe,  in  tlie  liij^lier  court,  ut  tlie 
i|  I  entry  of  the  new  /jatc  of  tlic 
Loud's  house,  in  the  oars  of  all  the 
people. 

11  IT  "When  Michaiah  the  Fon  of 
Gemariali,  tlie  ton  of  t>!iiij»hun,  had 
heard  out  of  the  book  uU  the  words 
of  the  Loud, 

12  Then  he  went  down  into  the 
king's  house,  into  the  scribe's  clioni- 
bcr:  and,  lo,  all  the  princes  snt  there, 
even  Klishainu  the  scribe,  and  JJela- 
iah  the  son  of  Sheiiiaiah,  and  Elna- 
than  the  son  of  Aclibor,  and  (Jcnia- 
riah  the  son  of  Shaphan,  and  Zide- 
kiah  the  sou  of  liananiah,  and  all 
the  princes. 

1.3  Then  Michaiali  declared  unto 
them  all  the  words  that  lie  had 
lieard,  when  Baruch  read  the  book 
in  the  ears  of  the  people. 

U  Therefore  all  the  princes  sent 
Johudi  the  son  olNethaniali,  the  son 
of  Sheleniiah,  the  son  of  Cushi,  unto 
liaruch,  sayinfj.  Take  in  thine  hand 
the  roll  wherein  thou  hast  read  in 
the  ears  of  the  people,  and  eoine.  So 
Baruch  the  son  of  Niriah  took  the 
roll  in  his  liand,  and  came  unto 
them. 

15  And  they  said  unto  him.  Sit 
down  now,  and  read  it  in  our  cars. 
So  lianieh  road  it  in  their  cars. 

IG  Now  it  came  to  pa.sa,  when  they 
had  heard  all  the  words,  they  were 
afraid  both  one  and  other,  and  said 
unto  Baruch,  We  will  surely  tell  the 
king  of  uU  these  words. 

17  And  they  asked  Baruch,  saying. 
Tell  us  now.  How  didst  thou  write 
all  these  words  at  his  mouth? 

18  Then  Baruch  answered  them, 
lie  pronounced  all  these  words  unto 
me  with  his  mouth,  and  1  wrote 
them  with  ink  in  the  book. 

19  Then  said  the  princes  unto  Ba- 
ruch, Go,  hide  thee,  thou  and  Jere- 
miiih;  and  lot  no  man  know  where 
ye  he. 

20  TI  And  they  went  in  to  the  king 
into  the  court,  but  they  laid  up  the 
roll  in  the  chamber  of  Klishama  the 
scribe,  and  told  all  the  words  in  the 
ears  of  the  king. 

21  So  the  king  sent  Jchudi  to  fetch 
the  roll;  and  he  took  it  out  of  Elish- 
nma  the  scribe's  chamber.  And  Je- 
hudi  read  it  in  the  ears  of  the  king, 
and  in  the  ears  of  all  the  princes 
whioh  st.ind  beside  the  king. 

22  Now  llio  king  sat  in  "'  the  winter 
house  in  tlie  ninth  month:  and  ihere 
was  a  ,rirc  on  the  hearth  burning  be- 
fore him. 

2.i  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when 
Jehudi  had  read  three  or  four  leaves, 
he  eut  it  with  the  penknife,  and  cast 
It  into  the  fire  thatwoson  the  hearth, 
until  all  the  roll  was  consumed  in 
the  fire  that  was  on  the  hearth. 


24  Yet  they  were  not  afraid,  nor 
"rent  their  garments,  neitlur  the 
king,  nor  any  of  liia  servants  that 
heard  all  these  words. 

25  Nevertheless  JOInathan  and  Dela- 
iah  and  Gemariali  had  made  intor- 
cession  to  the  king  that  he  would 
not  burn  the  roll;  but  he  would  not 
hear  them. 

2(1  But  the  king  commanded  Je- 
rahmcol  the  st-n  II  of  llammeleeh, 
and  Seraiah  the  stui  of  Azriel,  and 
Sheleniiah  the  son  of  Ahdeol,  to  take 
Barnch  the  scribe  and  Jeremiah  the 
projihot:  but  the  J.oud  hi<l  them. 
27  T  Then  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  to  Jeremiah,  alter  that  the  king 
had  burned  the  roll,  and  the  words 
which  Barnch  wrote  ut  the  Miouth 
of  Jeremiah,  saying, 
2X  Take  thee  again  another  roll,  and 
write  in  it  all  the  former  words  that 
were  in  the  first  roll,  which  Jehoia- 
kim  the  king  of  Judah  hath  burned. 
21)  And  thou  shalt  say  to  Jehoiakim 
king  of  Judah,  Thus  saiththe  Lord; 
Thou  hast  burned  this  roll,  saying, 
Why  hast  thou  written  therein,  say- 
ing. The  king  of  Babylon  shall  cer- 
tainly come  and  destroy  this  land, 
and  shall  cause  to  cease  from  thence 
man  and  beast? 

;!0  Therefore  thus  eaith  the  Lord 
of  Jehoiakim  king  of  Judah;  "He 
shall  have  none  to  sit  upon  the 
throne  of  David:  and  his  dead  body 
shall  be  Pcast  out  in  the  day  to  the 
boat,  and  in  the  night  to  the  frost. 
;!1  And  I  will  1  punish  him  and  his 
seed  and  his  servants  for  their  iniqui- 
ty; and  I  will  bring  upon  them,  and 
lipon  the  inhabitants  of  JorusaUni, 
and  upon  the  men  of  Judah,  all  the 
evil  tliat  I  have  pronounced  against 
thtm;  but  they  hearkened  not. 
.'(2  U  Then  took  Jeremiah  another 
roll,  and  gave  it  to  Baruch  the  scribe, 
the  son  of  Neriah:  who  wrote  there- 
in from  the  mouth  of  Jeremiah  all 
the  words  of  the  book  which  Jehoia- 
kim king  of  Judah  had  burned  in 
the  fire:  and  there  were  added  he- 
sides  unto  tliem  many  1  like  wordi 

CHArTEK  XXXVII. 
1  The  Egyftiani  liuvbig  raittd  the  liege 
of  the  Chalileiine,  l.ing  Zedckiuh  tendelh 
la  Jeremiuh  to  J'ray  Jur  the  Jieiiple.  0 
Jeremiah  propheaicth  the  <.Vi,i(./.nn»' 
certain  return  titiit  virtvri/.  11  Jlr  i> 
taken  for  a  fugitive.  hc«lr,>.  av,l  yut  in 
]triton.  K  He  aesurcth  Zedekxah  i-J  tkc 
eaplifitp.  IS  Knireating  for  hie  lit'erli/, 
he  obtaiiieth  eome  favour. 

AND  king  '  Zedekiah  the  eon  of 
Josiah  reigned  instead  of  Coniah 
the  son  of  Jehoiakim,  whom  Neb- 
uchadrezzar king  of  Babylon  made 
king  in  the  land  of  Judah. 
2  li  But  neither  he,  nor  hi.s  servants, 
uor  the  people  of  the  land,  did  heark- 
en unto  the  words  of  the  Lord, 
which  he  spake  f  by  the  proplut  Jer- 
emiah. ^ 


Before 
C  II  It  1  S  T 

about  Ct-O. 


Jeremiah  is  imjyrisonecl. 


JEREMIAH. 


and  cast  into  the  dungeon. 


.38,0. 
I  Or,  ctlli. 

089. 


3  And  Zedekiali  the  kins  ecnt  Je- 
hiical  the  son  of  Slick'iiiiuh  and 
"  Zephaniah  the  son  of  Maa-suiah  tlie 
priest  to  the  prophet  Jeremiah,  say- 
inK,  Pray  now  unto  the  Loiti)  our 
Gotl  for  lis. 

4  Now  Jeremiah  came  in  and  went 
out  anions  tlie  people:  for  they  had 
not  put  him  into  prison. 

5  Then  <l  Pharaoli's  army  was  come 
forth  out  of  Egypt:  'and  when  the 
Clialdeans  that  besieged  Jerusalem 
lieard  tidings  of  them,  they  departed 
from  Jerusalem. 

<!  IT  Then  came  the  word  of  the 
Lord  unto  tlie  prophet  Jeremiah, 
saying, 

7  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
Israel;  Thus  shall  ye  say  to  the  king 
of  Judah,  rthat  sent  you  unto  me  to 
inquire  of  me  ;  Beliold,  Pharaoh's 
army,  which  is  come  forth  to  help 
you,  shall  return  to  Kgypt  into  their 
own  land. 

H  KAnd  the  Chaldeans  shall  come 
again,  and  tight  against  this  city,  and 
take  it,  and  burn  it  with  fire. 

it  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  Deceive 
not  1  yourselves,  saying.  The  Chal- 
deans sliall  surely  depart  from  us: 
for  they  shall  not  depart. 

10  iiior  though  ye  had  smitten  the 
whole  army  of  the  Chaldeans  that 
light  against  you,  and  there  remained 
but  i  wounded  men  among  them,  yet 
should  they  rise  up  every  man  in 
his  tent,  and  burn  this  city  with 
tire. 

11  IT  i  And  it  came  to  pass,  that 
when  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans  was 
I  broken  up  from  Jerusalem  for  fear 
of  Pharaoh's  army, 

Vi  Then  Jeremiah  went  forth  out  of 
Jerusalem  to  go  into  the  land  of  Uen- 
jainin,  Ilto  separate  himself  thence  in 
the  midst  of  the  people. 

1'!  And  when  he  was  in  the  gate  of 
lienjamin,  a  captain  of  the  ward  was 
there,  whose  name  wus  Irijah,  the 
sou  of  Sheleniiah,  the  son  of  Ilana- 
niah ;  and  he  took  Jeremiah  the 
propliet.saying.  Thou  tallest  away  to 
the  Chaldeans. 

14  'then  said  Jeremiah,  It  ts  I  false; 
I  fall  not  away  to  the  Chaldeans. 
lint  he  hearkened  not  to  him:  so 
Irijah  took  Jeremiah,  and  brought 
him  to  the  iiriiices. 

].•;  Wherefore  the  princes  were  wroth 
with  Jeremiah,  anil  smote  him,  l-and 
put  liiin  in  prison  in  the  house  of 
Jonathan  tlie  scribe ;  ibr  they  had 
made  tliat  the  jirison. 

Ill  ir  AVheu  .Jeremiah  was  entered 
into  1  the  diiiigeoii,  anil  into  tlie 
|i  cabins,  and  Jeremiah  had  remained 
there  many  davs; 

]"  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  sent, 
and  took  him  out ;  and  the  king 
asked  him  secretly  in  his  house,  and 
said,  Is  there  aiiij  word  tiom  the 
l.oisiii'  And  Jeremiah  said.  There 
is:    for,  said  he,  thou  slialt  be  dc- 


livered  into  the  hand  of  the  king  of 
Uabylon. 

18  Moreover  Jeremiah  said  unto 
king  Zedekiah,  What  have  I  offend- 
ed against  thee,  or  against  thy  serv- 
ants, or  against  this  people,  that  yc 
have  ])ut  me  in  prison  ? 

1!)  Where  are  now  your  prophets 
which  prophesied  unto  you,  saying. 
The  king  of  Babylon  shall  not  come 
against  you,  nor  against  this  land? 

:iO  Thereltjre  hear  now,  I  pray  thee, 

0  my  lord  the  king:  1  let  my  suppli- 
cation, I  pray  thee,  be  accepted  be- 
fore thee;  that  thou  cause  me  not  to 
return  to  the  house  of  Jonathan  the 
scribe,  lest  1  die  there. 

21  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  com- 
manded that  they  should  commit 
Jeremiah  '"into  the  court  of  the 
prison,  and  that  they  should  give 
him  daily  a  piece  of  bread  out  of  the 
bakers'  street,  "  until  all  the  bread  in 
the  city  were  spent.  Thus  Jeremiah 
remained  in  the  court  of  the  prison. 
CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

1  Jeremiah,  hy  a  fal»e  tuggcdtion,  ia  put 
into  the  dungeon  of  Malchiah.  1  Ebed- 
viclcch,  by  euit,  getteth  him  Borne  en- 
iargetnent.  14  Upon  Kecret  conference 
he  counaelleth  the  king  hy  vielding  to  gave 
hia  life.  'H  By  the  king's  instructions 
he  concealeth  the  conference  from  the 

'•j-iHEN  Shephatiah  the  son  of  Mat- 

1  tan,  and  Gedaliah  the  eon  of 
Pashur,  and  ■■  Jueal  the  son  of  .Shele- 
niiah, and  I) Pashur  the  son  of  Mal- 
chiali,  ^  heard  the  words  that  Jere- 
miah had  Bixiken  unto  all  the  people, 
saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  ■!  He  that 
remaineth  in  this  eity  shall  die  by 
the  sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
pestilence:  but  he  that  goetli  lorlh  to 
the  Chaldeans  shall  live;  fiir  he  shall 
have  his  life  for  a  prey,  and  shall 
live. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord,  ■■  This  city 
shall  surely  be  given  into  the  hand 
of  the  king  of  Babylon's  army,  which 
shall  take  it. 

4  Therefore  the  princes  said  unto 
the  king,  We  beseech  thee,  flet  this 
man  be  nut  to  death  :  for  thus  he 
weakeneth  the  hands  of  the  men  of 
war  that  remain  in  this  city,  and  the 
hands  of  all  the  people,  iii  siieaking 
sueh  words  unto  them:  for  this  man 
Bcekcth  not  the  t  welfare  of  this  peo- 
ple, but  the  hurt. 

5  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  B.iid,  Be- 
hold, ho  13  in  your  hand:  for  the 
king  is  not  he  t/uil  can  do  aiii/  thing 
against  you. 

(T  1!  Then  took  thev  Jeremiah,  and 
east  him  into  the  ilungeon  of  Mal- 
chiah the  son  ||  of  llamnielech,  that 
u-iis  in  the  court  of  tlie  prison:  and 
they  let  down  Jeremiah  with  cords. 
Anil  in  the  dungeon  tlicre  teas  no 
water,  but  mire  :  so  Jeremiah  sunk 
in  the  mire. 


Ilis  advice  to  Zedekiah. 


JEREMIAH. 


Jerusalem  is  taken. 


7  H  h  Now  when  Ebcd-mclech  the 
Ethiopian,  one  ot'the  eunuchs  whicli 
was  in  the  kin;;'s  house,  lieard  that 
they  had  put  Jereiuiali  in  the  dun- 
geon ;  the  kinj;  then  sitting  in  the 
gate  of  Benjamin; 

8  Ebed-mcleeh  went  forth  out  of 
the  king's  house,  and  spake  to  tlie 
king,  saying, 

y  My  lord  tlie  king,  these  men  liare 
done" evil  in  all  that  they  have  done 
to  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  whom  they 
have  cast  into  the  dungeon ;  and  1  he 
is  like  to  die  tor  hunger  in  the  place 
where  he  is:  for  tlteie  is  no  more 
bread  in  the  city. 

10  Then  the  king  commanded  Ebed- 
meleeh  the  Ethiopian,  saying.  Take 
from  hence  thirty  men  1  with  tliee, 
and  take  lip  Jeremiah  the  prophet 
out  of  the  dungeon,  before  he  die. 

11  So  Ebed-nK-keh  took  the  men 
with  him,  ond  went  into  the  house 
of  the  king  under  the  treasury,  anil 
took  thence  old  cast  clouts  and  old 
rotten  rags,  and  let  them  down  by 
cords  into  the  dungeon  to  Jeremiah. 

12  And  Ebed-meleeh  the  iUhiopian 
said  unto  Jeremiah,  Put  now  tlicsc 
old  cast  clouts  and  rotten  rags  under 
thine  armholes  under  the  cords. 
And  Jeremiah  did  so. 

13  i  So  they  drew  up  Jeremiah  with 
cords,  and  took  him  up  out  of  tiie 
dungeon  :  and  Jeremiah  remained 
tin  tile  court  c»f  the  prison. 

14  ir  Then  Zedekiah  the  king  sent, 
and  took  Jeremiah  the  jirophet  nntn 
liim  into  the  ||  third  entry  that  is  iii 
the  house  of  the  Lokd:  and  the  king 
said  unto  Jeremiah,  I  will  ask  thee  u 
thing;  hide  nothing  from  me. 

l.'i  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  Zede- 
kiah, If  I  declare  it  unto  thee,  wilt 
thou  not  surely  put  me  to  death  ? 
and  if  I  give  thee  counsel,  wilt  thou 
not  hearken  unto  mei* 

IG  So  Zedekiah  the  king  sware  se- 
cretly unto  Jeremiah,  saying,  Ai  the 
EouD  liveth, !  that  made  us  this  soul, 
I  will  not  put  thee  to  death,  neither 
will  I  give  thee  intotlie  hand  of  these 
men  that  seek  thy  life. 

]"  Then  said  Jeremiah  unto  Zede- 
kiah, Thus  saith  the  Eoiii),  the  Uod 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  If  tliou 
wilt  assuredly '" go  forth  "unto  the 
king  of  Babylon's  princes,  then  thy 
sonlshall  live,  and  this  city  shall  not 
be  burned  with  tire;  and  thou  shult 
live,  and  thine  house: 

18  But  if  thou  wilt  not  go  forth  to 
the  king  of  Babylon's  princes,  tlicn 
shall  this  city  be  given  into  the  hiiiid 
of  the  Chaldeans,  and  they  shall 
burn  it  with  fire,  and  "  thou  shalt  not 
escape  out  of  their  hand. 

ID  And  Zedekiah  the  king  said  unto 
Jeremiah,  I  am  afraid  ot  tlie  Jews 
that  are  fallen  to  the  t'haldeans,  lest 
they  deliver  nic  into  their  hand,  and 
they  P  mock  me. 

20  But  Jeremiah  said,  They  shall 


not  deliver  tliec  Obey,  I  beseech 
thee,  the  voice  of  the  LoitD,  which  I 
speak  unto  thee;  so  it  shall  be  well 
unto  thee,  and  tliv  soul  shall  live. 
21  But  if  tlupu  refuse  to  go  forth, 
this  IS  the  word  that  the  EoitD  hath 


(1  III 


22  And,  behold,  all  the  women  that 
are  left  in  the  king  of  Judah's  house 
sludlbu  brought  forth  to  the  king  of 
Babylon's  princes,  and  those  utwien 
shall  say,  1  Thy  friends  have  set  thee 
on,  and' have  prevailed  against  thee; 
thy  tiet  are  sunk  in  the  mire,  uiiU 
they  are  turned  away  back. 

2.'.  .So  they  shall  bring  out  all  thv 
wives  and  "itliy  children  to  the  Chal- 
deans: and  'thou  shalt  not  escape 
out  of  their  hand,  but  shalt  be  taken 
by  the  hand  of  the  king  of  Babylon: 
and  1  thou  shalt  cause  this  city  to  be 
burned  with  tire. 

24  H  Then  said  Zedekiah  unto  Jcre- 
miali,  Let  no  man  know  of  these 
words,  and  thou  shalt  not  die. 

25  But  if  the  princes  hear  that  I 
have  talked  with  thee,  and  they 
come  unto  thee,  and  say  unto  thee, 
Declare  unto  us  now  what  thou  hast 
said  unto  the  king,  hide  it  not  from 
us,  and  we  will  not  put  thee  to  death; 
also  what  the  king  said  unto  thee: 

2(J  Then  thou  shalt  say  unto  them, 
"I  presented  my  supplication  belbrc 
the  king,  that  lie  would  not  cause 
me  to  return  'to  Jonathan's  house, 
to  die  there. 

27  Then  came  all  the  princes  unto 
Jerenuah,  and  asked  him:  and  he 
told  them  according  to  all  these 
words  that  the  king  had  commaiul- 
cd.  So  t  they  left  off  speaking  with 
him:  for  the  matter  was  not  per- 
ceived. 

28  So  "Jeremiah  abode  in  the  court 
of  the  prison  until  the  day  that  Jeru- 
salem was  taken:  and  he  was  tliei-e 
when  Jerusalem  was  taken. 

CHAPTER  XXXIX. 
1  Jerutatcm  is  Inkcn.  4  Zcilekiah  ta  maile 
Uinil,  and  sent  to  Baiylon.  8  The  city 
ruinated,  9  the  peojile  captivated.  H 
A'ebuchndrezzar'a  charge  for  the  good 
ueage  of  Jeremiah.  15  God's  promise  to 
Eled-melcch. 

IN  the  "ninth  year  of  Zedekiah 
king  of  Judah,  in  the  tenth  month, 
came  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Baby- 
Inn  and  nil  his  army  against  Jerusa- 
lem.iiiid  Ihev  besieged  it. 

2  .!«'/  in  the  eleventh  year  of  Zede- 
ki.Tli.  ill  the  fourth  month,  the  ninth 
iliiij  ot  the  month,  the  city  was  brok- 
en up. 

;;  i..\nd  all  the  princes  of  the  king 
of  Ihilivlon  came  in.  and  sat  in  the 
middle"  gate,  rren  Nergal-sharezer, 
Samgar-ncbo,  Sarsechim,  Kab-saris, 
Nergal-sharezer,  Kab-mag,  with  all 
the  residue  of  the  princes  of  the  kinE 
of  Babvlon. 

4  It  'And  it  came  to  pa's,  that  when 
Zedekiah  the  king  of  Judah  saw 
ti51 


Jeremiah  is  kindly  used. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  dispersed  Jews 


mtn:  aii.lii 
».r.  1(1.  11. 


t  Hoi..  %  tkt 
ia».io/. 
t  neli.  Hi 


them,  and  all  the  men  of  war,  then 
they  fled,  and  went  forth  out  of  tlie 
eity  by  nii;ht,  by  the  way  of  the 
kiiis'a  Rardeii,  by  the  gate  betwixt 
the  two  walls:  and  lie  went  out  the 
way  of  tlie  plain. 

,")  iJut  tlie  Chaldeans'  army  pursued 
after  thein,  and  ''overtook  Zcdekiah 
in  the  plains  of  Jericho:  and  when 
they  had  taken  him,  they  brought 
hiui  up  to  Nebuchadnezzar  kins  of 
Babylon  to  ■'Kiblah  in  the  land  of 
Hamath,  where  he  t  gave  judgment 
upon  him. 

(J  Then  the  king  of  Babylon  slew 
the  sons  of  Zedekiah  in  Kiblah  bc- 
Ibre  his  eyes:  also  the  king;  of  Baby- 
lon slew  all  the  nobles  of  Jiidah. 

7  Moreover  f  he  put  out  Zedekiah's 
eyes,  and  bound  him  t  with  chains, 
to  carry  him  to  Babylon. 

8  IT  s  And  the  Chaldeans  burned  the 
king's  house,  and  the  houses  of  the 
people,  with  tire,  and  brake  down 
the  walls  of  Jerusalem. 

i)  h  Then  Ncbuzar-adan  the  ||  f  cap- 
tain of  the  guard  carried  away  c.p- 
tive  into  Babylon  the  remnant  of  the 
people  that  remained  in  the  city,  and 
those  that  fell  away,  that  fell  to  him, 
with  the  rest  of  the  people  that  re- 
mained. 

10  But  Nebuzor-adan  the  captain  of 
the  guard  left  of  the  poor  of  the  peo- 
ple, which  had  nothing,  in  the  land 
of  Judah,  and  gave  them  vineyards 
and  fields  t  at  the  same  time. 

11  TT  Now  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of 
Babylon  gave  charge  concerning  Jer- 
emiah f  to  Ncbuzar-adan  the  captain 
of  the  guard,  saying, 

12  Tiike  him,  and!  look  well  to  him, 
and  do  him  no  harm;  but  do  unto 
him  even  as  he  shall  say  unto  thee. 

13  So  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of 
the  guard  sent,  and  Nebushasban, 
Rab-saris,  and  Nergal-sharezcr,  Rab- 
inag,  and  all  the  kin;;  of  Babylon's 
princes; 

J4  Even  they  sent,  iand  took  Jere- 
miah out  of  the  court  of  the  prison, 
and  committed  him  k  unto  Gedaliah 
the  son  of  '  Ahikam  the  son  of  Sha- 
phau,  that  he  should  carry  him 
home:  so  he  dweltamong  the  jieople. 

15  IT  Now  the  word  of  the  hoito 
came  unto  Jeremiah,  while  he  was 
shut  up  in  the  court  of  the  prison, 
saying, 

liiGoand  speak  to  ■"  Ehed-melech 
the  Ethiopian,  saying.  Thus  saith 
the  I>0K1)  of  hosts, "the  God  of  Israel; 
Behold,  "I  will  bring  my  words 
upon  this  city  for  evil,  and  not  for 
good;  and  they  shall  he  accomplish- 
ed in  that  dav  before  thee. 

17  But  I  will  deliver  thee  in  that 
day,  saith  the  I.orp;  and  thou  shalt 
not  be  given  into  the  hand  of  the 
men  of  whom  thou  art  afraid. 

1.S  For  I  will  surely  deliver  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  not  fall  bv  the  sword,  but 
"  thy  life  shall  be  for  a  prey  unto 
tiSi 


thee  ;    I"  because  thou  hast  put  thy 
trust  in  ine,  saith  the  I.oieD. 
CHAPTER  XL. 

I  Jeremiah,  being  set  free  hy  Nehuzar- 
ml.in,  iivelh  to  Getlrilinli.  7  Ttie  din- 
pcrged  Jcu'8  repair  unto  him.  13  Jo- 
h(tn«7i  revealing  lehinaeVa  contpiracy 
ia  not  believed. 

'■pHE  word  which  came  to  Jeremiah 
A  from  the  Lonn,  'after  that  Neb- 
uzar-adan the  captain  of  the  guard 
had  let  him  go  from  Ramali,  wlien 
he  h-id  taken  him  being  bound  in 

II  chains  among  all  that  were  carried 
away  captive  of  Jerus.ilem  and  Ju- 
dah, which  were  carried  away  cap- 
tive unto  Babylon. 

2  And  the  captain  of  the  guard  took 
Jeremiah,  and  '"said  unto  him.  The 
Loiiu  thy  God  hath  prouounced  this 
evil  upon  this  place. 

3  Now  the  Loud  hath  brought  it, 
and  done  according  as  he  hath  said: 
''  because  ye  have  sinned  against  the 
LoiID,  and  have  not  obeyed  his 
voice,  therefore  this  thing  "is  come 
upon  you. 

4  And  now,  behold,  I  loose  thee 
this  day  from  the  clv.iins  which  ||ice)V! 
upon  thine  hand.  <1  If  it  seem  good 
unto  thee  to  come  with  me  into  Bab- 
ylon, come;  and  fl  will  look  well 
unto  thee  :  but  if  it  seem  ill  <into 
thee  to  come  with  me  into  Babylon, 
forbear:  behold,  ■" all  the  land  ?s  be- 
fore thee:  whither  it  seeincth  ^ood 
and  convenient  for  thee  to  go,  thither 

5  Now  while  he  was  not  yet  gone 
back,  he  said.  Go  back  also  to  Ged- 
aliah the  son  of  Ahikam  the  son  of 
Shapluiu,  fwhoni  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon hath  made  governor  over  the 
cities  of  Judah,  and  dwell  with  him 
among  the  people:  or  go  wheresoever 
it  seemeth  convenient  unto  thee  to 
go.  So  the  captain  of  the  guard  gave 
him  victuals  and  a  reward,  and  let 
him  go. 

(i  I!  Then  went  Jeremiah  unto  Ged- 
aliah the  son  of  Ahikam  to  b  Mizpah; 
and  dwelt  with  him  among  the  peo- 
ple that  were  left  in  the  land. 

7  U  i  Now  when  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces  which  were  in  the  fields, 
even  they  and  their  men,  heard  that 
the  king  of  Babylon  had  made  Ged- 
aliah the  son  of  Ahikam  governor  in 
the  land,  and  had  committed  unto 
him  men,  and  women,  and  children, 
and  of  k  tile  poor  of  the  land,  of  them 
that  were  not  carried  away  captive  to 
Babylon ; 

8  'f  hen  they  came  to  Gedaliah  to 
Mizpah,  I  even  Ishniael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  and  Johanau  and  Jona- 
than the  .sons  of  Kaienh.  and  Seraiah 
the  son  of  Tanhnnnth,  and  the  sons 
of  Ephal  the  Netophathite,  and  Jez- 
nniah  the  son  of  a  Maachathitc,  they 
and  their  men. 

!)  And  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam 
the  son  of  Shaphan  Bwarc  unto  them 


vsort  to  Gedaliah. 


JEREMIAH.      Johanan  goeih  aijainst  Ishmael. 


and  to  their  men,  sayins,  Fear  not 
to  serve  the  CImldeans:  dwell  in  the 
land,  and  serve  the  kinj;  of  Babylon, 
and  it  shall  be  well  with  you. 
10  As  for  ine,  behold,  I  will  dwell  at 
Mizpah,  tto  serve  the  Chaldeans, 
whieh  will  come  unto  us  :  but  je, 
Rather  ye  wine,  and  summer  fruits, 
and  oil,'and  put  them  in  your  vessels, 
and  dwell  in  your  cities  that  yc  have 
taken. 

U  Likewise  when  all  the  Jews  that 
?ffre  in  Moah,  and  amons^  the  Am- 
monites, and  in  Edopi,  and  that  wtre 
in  all  the  countries,  heard  that  the 
kins  of  Babylon  had  left  a  remnant 
of  Judah,  aiul  that  he  had  set  over 
them  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam 
the  son  of  Shanhan ; 
12  Even  all  the  Jews  returned  out 
of  all  places  whither  they  were  driv- 
en, and  came  to  the  land  of  Judah, 
to  Gedaliah,  unto  Mizpah,  and  gath- 
ered wine  and  summer  fruita  very 
much. 

l.'l  IT  Moreover  Johanan  the  son 
of  Kareah,  and  all  the  captains  of 
the  forces  that  urre  in  the  fields, 
came  to  Gedaliah  to  Mizpah, 
14  And  said  unto  him.  Dost  thou 
certainly  know  that  '"  Baalis  the 
kins  of  t'>c  Ammonites  hath  sent 
Ishmael  the  son  of  Nethaniah  1  to 
slay  thee  V  But  Gedaliah  the  eon 
of  Ahikam  believed  them  not. 
l.i  Tlien  Johanan  the  son  of  Ka- 
reah spake  to  Gedaliah  in  Mizpah 
secretly,  savins,  I-et  me  so,  1  pniy 
thee,  and  I  will  slay  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah,  and  no  man  shall 
know  it:  wherefore  should  he  slay 
thee,  that  all  the  Jews  which  are 
Sathered  unto  thee  should  be  scat- 
tered, and  the  remuaut  iu  Judah 
perish? 

W  But  Gedaliah  the  f>on  of  Ahi- 
kam said  unto  Johanan  the  son  of 
Kareah,  Thou  shalt  not  do  this 
thins :  for  thou  speakest  falsely  of 
Ishmael. 

CHAPTER  XLI. 
\  Ishmael,  treacherously  killing  Ocdaliah 
and  others,  jturpoeeth  with  the  residue 
to  flee  unto  the  Amynonitcs.  11  Johanan 
recovereth  the  captives,  and  mindeth  to 
flee  into  Egypt. 

NOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  sev- 
enth month,  "  M(i(  Ishmael  the 
son  of  Nethaniah  the  son  of  Elisha- 
ma,  of  the  seed  royal,  and  the  jirin- 
ces  of  the  kins,  even  ten  men  with 
him,  came  unto  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam  to  Mizpah;  and  there  they 
did  eat  bread  together  in  Mizpah. 

i  Then  arose  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  and  the  ten  men  that 
were  with  him,  and  l>  smote  Geda- 
liah the  son  of  Ahikam  the  son  of 
Shaphan  with  the  sword,  and  slew 
him,  whom  the  kins  "f  Babylon  had 
made  governor  over  the  land. 

.■?  Ishmael  also  slew  all  the  Jews 
that  were  with  him,  eie?i  with  Ged- 


aliah, at  Mizpah,  and  the  Chalde- 
ans that  were  found  there,  and  the 
men  of  war. 

A  And  it  came  to  pass  the  second 
day  after  lie  had  slain  Gedaliah, 
and  no  man  knew  |7, 

5  That  there  came  certain  from  She- 
cheni,  from  Shiloh,  and  from  Sama- 
ria, cr<?ii  fourscore  men,  '  having 
their  beards  shaven,  and  theirclothes 
rent,  and  having  cut  themselves,  with 
ofl'eringa  and  incense  in  their  hand, 
to  bring  them  to  tithe  house  of  the 
LoKD. 

(i  And  Ishmael  the  son  of  Netha- 
niah went  forth  from  Mizpah  to 
meet  them,  t  weeping  all  along  as 
he  went:  and  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
met  them,  he  said  unto  them.  Come 
to  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahikam. 

7  And  it  was  .«o,  when  they  came 
into  the  midst  of  the  city,  that  Ish- 
mael the  son  of  Nethaniah  slew 
them,  awl  cast  Ihem  into  the  midst 
of  the  pit,  he,  and  the  men  that 
Xfcrn  with  him. 

.S  But  ten  men  were  found  among 
them  that  said  unto  I.shmael,  Slay 
us  not :  for  we  have  treasures  in 
the  field,  of  wheat,  and  of  barley, 
and  of  oil,  and  of  honey.  So  ne 
forbare,  and  slew  them  not  among 
their  brethren. 

y  Now  the  i)it  wherein  Ishmael  had 
cast  all  the  dead  bodies  of  the  men, 
whom  he  had  slain  ||  f  because  of 
Gedaliah,  uaa  it  ■which  Asa  the 
king  bad  made  for  ftar  of  Baasha 
king  of  Israel:  ami  IshniKel  the  son 
of  Nethaniah  filled  it  with  tlitm  that 
iccre  slain. 

10  Then  Ishmael  carried  awav  cap- 
tive all  the  residue  of  the  people  that 
«T;e  in  Mizpah,  fei<7i  the  king's 
daushters,  and  all  the  people  that  re- 
mained in  Mizpah,  f  whom  Nebu- 
zar-adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  had 
committed  to  Gedaliah  the  son  of 
Ahikam  :  and  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah  carried  them  away  cap- 
tive, and  departed  to  go  over  to  tthe 
Ammonites. 

11  IT  But  when  Johanan  the  son  of 
Kareah,  and  all  ithe  captains  of  the 
forces  that  ircrc  with  him,  beard  of 
all  the  evil  that  Is-hmatl  the  son  of 
Nethaniah  luid  done, 

12  Then  tliey  tcok  all  the  men,  and 
went  to  fight  w  ith  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Nethaniah,  and  found  him  by  kthe 
great  waters  that  arc  in  Gibeon. 

13  Now  it  came  to  pass,  ///n/  when 
all  the  people  which  nere  with  Ish- 
mael saw  Johanan  the  son  of  Kare- 
ah. and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces 
that  iccj-e  with  him,  then  they  were 

'^h'so  all  the  people  that  Ishmael 
had  carried  away  captive  froni  Miz- 
pah cast  about  and  returned,  and 
went  unto  Johanan  the  son  of  Ka- 


The  captains  promise  obedience.      JEREMIAH.  Jeremiah  in  vain  dissuading. 


Ilcforo 
CHRIST 

bii. 


niah  cscaiied  from  Jolianan  with 
piglit  men,  and  wsnt  to  tlie  Ammon- 
ites. 

1(!  Then  took  Johanan  the  son  of 
Kircah,  and  nil  tlic  cajitains  of  the 
forces  that  ^rrrc  with  him,  nil  the 
remnant  of  the  people  whom  he  had 
recovered  from  Ishmael  the  son  of 
Ncthaniah,  from  .Mizpah,  after  thtif 


inU'iljl 


lie  had  slain  Geilaliah  the  son  of 
Aliikam,  cfcn  inin;hty  men  of  war, 
and  the  women,  and  tlic  children, 
and  the  cnnuchs,  whom  he  had 
brousht  apcain  from  Gibeon: 

1"  And  the/  departed,  and  dwelt 
in  the  habitation  of  IChinihani, 
which  is  by  Beth-lehem,  to  go  to 
enter  into  E?.vpt, 

LS  Because  'of  the  Chaldeans  :  for 
tliey  were  afraid  of  tliem,  L-'Canse 
Ishm.iel  the  son  of  Nethani.ih  had 
slain  Gednliah  the  son  of  Ahikam, 
'"whom  the  kin^  of  Babylon  made 
governor  in  the  land. 

CHAPTER  XLn. 

1  Juhanan  desirclh  Jcrcvtialt  to  inquire  of 
Ood,  promising  obedience  to  /lis  will.  7 
Jeremiah  aeeurcth  him  of  tafety  in  Ju- 
dcii,  la  and  destruction  in  Jigi/pt.  13 
He  reproveth  their  hypocrisy,  in  requir- 
ing of  the  Lord  that  which  they  meant 

'"piIEN   all    the    captains    of   the 

1  forces,  "and  Johanan  the  son 
of  Karcah,  and  Jezaniah  the  son  of 
lloshaiah,  and  nil  the  people  from 
tlie  least  even  unto  the  greatest, 
came  near, 

2  And  said  unto  Jeremiah  the  proph- 
et, II  lyCt,  we  beseech  thee,  our  sup- 
plication be  accepted  before  thee, 
and  lipray  for  us  unto  the  I.,(ii!d  thy 
God,  even  for  all  this  remnant;  (liir 
we  arc  left  but  '=a  few  of  many,  as 
thine  eyes  do  behold  lis:) 

3  Thatthe  Loi;i)  thy  God  may  shew 
us  i the  way  wherein  we  may  walk, 
and  the  tliin;;  that  we  may  do. 

4  Tlicu  Jeremiah  the  prophet  said 
unto  them,  I  have  heard  i/ou;  be- 
hold, 1  will  pray  unto  the  I^onpj'our 
God  necordinj;  to  your  words;  nnd 
it  shall  c<ime  to  pass,  that  "^whatso- 
ever thiiij:  the  ],oi!i)  shall  answer 
you,  I  will  deehu-e  it  niito  you;  I 
will  fkeep  notliiii"  hack  f miiViui 

5  Then  they  siiid  to  J.-reiiiiah,"  >■■  The 
T>c)iii)  be  a  true  and  faithful  witness 
between  us,  if  we  do  not  even  ac- 
eordin-  to  all  things  for  tlie  which  the 
I.oin)  t!iy  God  shall  send  tliee  to  us. 

C  Whether  it  he  good,  or  whether  il 
he  evil,  we  will  obey  tlio  voice  of  the 
Lor.I)  our  God,  to  whom  we  send 
thee;  lithnt  it  may  be  well  with  us, 
when  wo  obey  the  voice  ol  the  LoitD 
our  God. 

7  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  after  ten 
day.s,  th:it  the  word  of  the  I.ORU 
cam>-  uulo  Jireniiali. 

H  Then  called  he  Johanan  the  son 
ot  Kareah,  and  all  llie  captains  of  the 
forces  which  nvre  with  liim,  and  all 
t>j4 


the  people  from  the  least  even  to  the 
greatest, 

U  And  said  tinto  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord,  the  God  of  Israel,  unto 
whom  ye  sent  me  to  present  your 
supplication  before  him; 

W  if  ye  will  still  abide  in  this  land, 
then  iwill  I  build  you,  and  not  pull 
i/oii  down  ;  and  I  will  jilant  you,  and 
not  pluck  ijou  up:  for  1 1  repent  me  of 
the  evil  that  I  have  done  unto  you. 

11  Benot  afraid  of  the  king  of  Baby- 
lon, of  whom  ye  are  afraid;  be  not 
afraid  of  him,  saith  the  l.oitn:  Ifor  I 
am.  with  you  to  save  you,  nnd  to  de- 
liver you  from  his  hand. 

VI  And  "'I  will  shew  mercies  Tinto 
you,  that  he  may  have  mercy  upon 
you,  and  cause  you  to  return  to  your 
own  land. 

I'i  IT  But  if  "ye  say,  Wc  will  not 
dwell  in  this  land,  neither  obey  the 
voice  of  the  Loitn  your  God, 

14  Saying,  No;  but  we  will  go  into 
the  land  of  Egypt,  where  we  shall 
sec  no  war,  nor  hear  the  sound  of 
the  trumpet,  nor  have  hunger  of 
bread;  and  there  will  wc  dwell: 

15  And  now  therefore  hear  the  word 
of  the  Loud,  ye  remnant  of  Jndah; 
Thus  saith  the  Lokd  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel;  If  ye  "wholly  set 
1'  your  faces  to  enter  fnto  Egypt,  and 
go  to  sojourn  there; 

l(>  Then  it  shall  come  to  pass, 
thttt  the  sword,  'i which  ye  feared, 
sliall  overtake  you  there  in  the  land 
of  Egypt;  and  the  famine,  whereof 
ye  were  afraid,  \  shall  tbllow  close 
after  you  therein  Egypt;  nnd  there 
ye  shall  die. 

17  t  So  shall  it  be  with  nil  the  men 
that  set  their  faces  to  go  into  Egypt 
to  sojourn  there;  thev  shall  die  ■'"by  I 
the  sword,  by  the  fauiine,  nnd  bv  the 
pestilenee  :  and  "none  of  them  shall 
remain  or  escape  from  the  evil  that  I 
will  bring  upon  them. 

IS  For  thus  saith  the  I.ort)  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel  ;  As  mine  anger 
and  my  fury  hath  been  '  poured  forth 
upon  the  inhabitants  of  Jcrn.salcm; 
so  shall  my  fury  be  iioincd  forth  up- 
on you,  when  ye  shall  enter  into 
Egypt:  and  "ye  shall  be  nn  execra- 
tion, and  an  nstonishnieiit,  nnd  a 
curse,  and  a  reproach;  and  ye  shall 
see  this  place  no  more. 

1'.)^  The  EouD  hath  snid  conccrn- 
iiigyou,  Oycrcmnantof  Jiid:ih;  ^Go 
ye  not  into  Egypt:  know  certainly 
that  I  Iiave  f  admonished  you  this 
day. 

:;<>  For  II  ye  dissembled  in  your 
hearts,  when  ye  sent  me  unto  the 
Eoiji)  your  God,  saying,  >  l>r:iy  for 
us  niito  the  I.()i:i>'our  God;  nnd 
necording  unto  nil  that  the  I.onri 
our  God  shall  say,  so  declare  unto 
us,  and  wo  will  do  it. 
'21  And  vow  I  have  this  day  de- 
clared it  to  yon;  but  ve  have  not 
obeyed  the  voice  of  tho"Loi!D  your 


as.  4  Kl.  7. 
kDc.it  32.36. 


pLuko9.  SI. 
1  E..  11.  8. 


the  people  go  into  Egypt. 


JEREMIAH.       Jmlah's  desolation  for  idolatry. 


Gild,  nor  any  tiling  for  the  wliich  he 
hiith  soiit  me  uuto  you. 
'11  Now  therefore  know  certainly 
tliut  '^yc  shall  die  by  the  sword,  hy 
the  f:iiiiinc,  and  by  the  ptstileiice, 
in  the  pluce  whither  ye  desire  JI  to  ^o 
and  to  sojourn. 

CHAPTER  XLIII. 

1  Johanan,  discrclitinfj  •fcrcmiah^a  pj-opfi- 
ccy,  carrivth  Jeremiah  and  othcre  into 
I^SVpf'  ^  Jcremiak  prvphceii-th  f>j/  a 
type  the  conquest  of  £'jypt  hy  the  ISuby- 

Bpcakinf;  unto  all  the  jicoplp  all  the 
words  of  the  Lord  their  God,  for 
which  the  Loiti)  their  God  had  sent 
him  to  them,  crrn  nil  these  words, 

2  "Then  spake  Azariah  the  son 
of  Iloshaiah,  and  Johanan  the  son 
of  Kareah,  and  all  the  proud  men, 
sayins  unto  Jeremiah,  Ihou  speak- 
cst  falsely:  the  Loud  our  God  hath 
not  sent  thee  to  say.  Go  not  into 
Egypt  to  sojourn  there: 

'A  But  Barucli  the  son  of  Neriah  set- 
teth  thee  on  ajjainst  ns,  ibr  to  deliver 
us  into  the  hand  of  the  Chaldeans, 
that  they  might  put  us  to  death,  and 
carry  us  away  captives  into  15ahy!on. 

4  So  Johanan  the  son  of  KaVeali, 
and  all  the  captains  of  the  forces,  and 
Mil  tlio  people,  otieycd  not  the  voice 
of  the  LoKD,  to  dwell  in  the  land  of 
Judnh. 

5  But  Johanan  the  son  of  Kare.ih, 
anfl  all  the  captains  of  the  forces, 
took  I'all  the  remnant  of  Jiidah,  that 
were  returned  from  all  nations, 
whither  thov  had  been  driven,  to 
ilwellin  thclandof  Judah; 

i)  Krcn  men,  and  wonien,  and  chil- 
dren, "^and  the  kinj;'s  daii^xhtcrs, 
iland  every  person  that  Nebuzar- 
adan  the  captain  of  the  guard  had 
left  with  Gedaliah  the  son  of  Ahi- 
kain  the  son  of  Shaplian,  and  Jere- 
miah the  prophet,  and  Baruch  the 
sou  ofNeriah. 

7  So  they  came  into  the  land  of 
Egypt:  for  they  obeyed  7>ot  the  voice 
of  the  Lord:  thus  came  they  cicu  to 
•-'  Tahpanhes. 

8  II  Then  came  the  word  of  (he 
Lord  unto  Jeremiah  in  Tahpanhes, 
saying, 

H  Take  great  stones  in  thine  hand, 
and  hide  them  in  the  clay  in  the 
brickkiln,  which  1.5  at  the  entry  of 
Pharaoh's  house  in  Tahpanhes,  in 
the  si^'ht  of  the  men  of  Judah; 

10  And  sav  unto  them.  Thus  saith 
tlip  l.oitD  o'fhosts,the  God  of  Israel; 
licliold,  I  will  send  and  take  Nebu- 
chadrezzar the  king  of  Babylon, 
f  my  servant,  and  will  set  his  tlirone 
upon  these  stones  that  I  liave  hid; 
and  he  shall  spread  his  royal  p:ivilion 
over  them. 

11  ^And  when  he  eomcth,  he  shall 
smite  the  land  of  Egypt,  07ir/  flfHrir 
!■  such  na  are  for  death  to  death ;  and 


such  as  are  lor  captivity  to  captivitv; 
and  such  as  are  lor  the  sword  to  tfie 
sword. 

VI  And  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the 
houses  of  I  the  gods  of  Egypt;  and 
he  shall  burn  them,  and  carry  them 
away  captives:  and  he  sbalf  array 
himself  with  the  land  of  Egypt,  as 
a  shepherd  pntteth  on  his  garment; 
and  he  shall  go  ibrth  from  thence  in 
peace. 

1.5  He  shall  break  also  the  t  images 
of  |l  Beth-shemcsh,  that  is  in  the  land 
of  Egyiit;  and  the  houses  of  the  gods 
of  the  Egyptians  shall  he  burn  with 
fire. 

CHAPTER  XLIV. 

1  Jeremiah  czprette<li  the   ilegolalion  of 
idolatry.     H  He  prvptt- 


■til    th. 


il'Ao 


idolatry  in  Egypt.  IS  The  obntinacy  of 
the  Jews.  2i>  Jeremiah  threatenelh  tliem 
for  the  same,  2U  and  for  a  sign  prophe- 
aieih  the  destruction  of  £ffyj)t. 

I'^IIE  word  that  came  to  Jeremiah 
concerning  all  the  Jews  which 
dwell  in  the  land  of  Egvpt,  which 
dwell  at  "MiL'dol.  and  at"  li  Tahpan- 
hes, and  at '  Noph.  and  in  the  coun- 
try of  Pathros,  saving, 
•>  Thus  saith  thc"Loi!D  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel;  Ye  have  seen  all  the 
evil  that  I  have  brought  upon  Jeru- 
salem,  and    upon    all   the 


Judah;   and,  behold,  this  day  the 
a)-p<ia  desi  '  '"  '  '      ' 

eth  therein 


?  <!  a  desolation,  and  no  man  dwell 


J  Because  of  their  wickedness  which 
they  have  committed  to  provoke  me 
to  anger,  in  that  they  went  'to  burn 
incense,  anft  to  fscVve  other  gfids, 
whom  they  knew  not,  luitlicr  they, 
yc,  nor  \'onr  fathers. 
"■1  Howfceit  KI  sent  unto  you  all  mv 
servants  the  prophets,  rising  early 
and  sending  llinn,  saying,  Oh,  do 
not  this  abominable  "thing  that  1 
bate. 

.5  But  they  Iiearkened  not,  nor  in- 
clined thei"r  ear  to  turn  from  their 
wickedness,  to  burn  no  incense  unto 
other  gods. 

0  Wherefore  I'my  furj-  and  mine 
anger  was  poured  forth,  and  was 
kindled  in  the  cities  of  Judah  and  in 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem;  and  they 
arc  wasted  antt  desolate,  as  at  tins 
d.ay. 

7  Therefore  now  thus  saith  the 
LoRn,  the  God  of  hosts,  the  God  of 
Israel;  '\Vheref(>re  Cfunmit  yc  thin 
great  evil  i  against  your  souls",  to  cut 
olf  from  yon  man  a*nd  woman,  child 
and  suckling,  f  out  of  Judah,  to  leave 
yon  none  to  remain; 

S  In  that  ye  ^  provoke  mc  nnfo 
wrath  with  the  works  of  yciur  hands, 
bnrninir  incense  nnto  ntlier  gods  in 
the  land  of  EL'Vpt.  whither  ye  be 
gone  to  dwell,  that  yc  miglit  cut 
yourselves  off,  and  that  ye  might  he 
la  curse  and  a  reproach  among  nil 
the  nations  of  the  earth? 


The  obstinacy  of  the  Jews. 


JEREMIAH. 


Severe  judgments  threatened. 


1  Lor.  17    10. 
A:  20  6.  R. 
ch    21.   ID 
A..1U.  9.  4. 


I  Num. 3(1. 12. 

l>i!.it.23.a). 

Jiidg.  U.3f!. 

Ke«  ver.  25. 
I  Or,  /rams 

uch.  7.  13. 


9  Have  yc  forgotten  the  t  wicked- 
ness of  your  fathers,  and  the  wicked- 
ness of  the  kinsis  of  Jiidah,  and  the 
wickedness  of  their  wives,  and  your 
own  wickedness,  and  the  wickedness 
of  your  wivc.^,  whieli  they  have  com- 
mitted in  the  land  of  Judah.and  in 
the  streets  of  Jerusalem'/ 

10  They  are  not  f  hum  hied  creft  unto 
this  day,  neither  have  they  '"feared, 
nor  walked  in  my  law,  nor  in  my 
statutes,  that  I  set  before  you  and 
before  your  fathers. 

11  IT  Therefore  thus  saith  the  I^onn 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Behold, 
"I  will  set  my  face  a>fainst  you  for 
evil,  anil  to  cut  off  all  Judah. 

12  And  I  will  take  the  remnant  of 
Judah,  that  have  set  their  faces  to  po 
into  the  land  of  Ei;ypt  to  sojourn 
there,  and  "  they  shall  all  be  consum- 
ed, and  fall  in  the  land  of  E^yp'; 
they  shall  even  be  consumed  by  the 
sword  ami  by  the  famine:  they  shall 
die,  from  the  least  even  unto  the 
greatest,  by  the  sword  and  by  the 
famine:  and  t' they  shall  be  an  exe- 
cration, anil  an  astonishment,  and  a 
curse,  and  a  reproach. 

I.T  'I  For  I  will  punish  them  that 
dwell  in  the  land  of  E^ypt,  as  I  have 
punished  Jerusalem,  by  the  sword,  by 
the  famine,  and  by  the  pestilence: 

14  So  that  none  of  the  remnant  of 
Judah,  which  arc  gone  into  tlic  land 
of  Egypt  to  sojourn  there,  shall  es- 
cape or  remain,  that  they  should  re- 
turn into  the  land  of  Judah,  to  tlie 
which  they  I  have  a  desire  to  return 
to  dwell  there:  for  'none  shall  re- 
turn but  such  as  shall  escape. 

15  IT  Then  all  the  men  which  knew 
that  their  wives  had  burned  incense 
unto  other  gods,  and  all  the  women 
that  stood  bv,  a  ^rcat  multitude,  even 
all  the  peop'le  that  dwelt  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  in  Pathros,  answered  Jere- 
miah, saying, 

ICi  As  fur  the  word  that  thou  hast 
spoken  nnto  ns  in  the  nanie  of  the 
Loud,  'wo  will  not  hearken  unto 
thee. 

1"  But  we  ■will  certainly  do  'what- 
soever thing  goeth  forth  out  of  our 
own  mouth,  to  burn  incense  unto 
the  II  "queen  of  heaven,  and  to  j)our 
out  drink  offerings  unto  her,  as  we 
have  d<)ne,  we,  and  our  f  itliers,  our 
kings,  and  <;iur  princes,  in  the  cities 
of  Judah,  and  in  tlie  streets  of  Je- 
rusalem: for  (/((■))  had  we  plenty  of 
t  victuals,  and  were  well,  and  saw  no 
evil. 

IS  But  since  wc  left  ofT  to  burn  in- 
cense to  the  (lucen  of  heaven,  and  to 
pour  out  drink  oll'erings  unto  her, 
we  have  wiuiticl  all  l/i!iiiif.  and  have 
been  consumed  by  the  sword  and  by 
tlic  famine. 

^  And  when  we  burned  incense 
to  the  (ineen  of  heaven,  and  poured 
out  drink  otfcrings  nnto  her,  did  we 
make  her  cakes  to  worship  her,  unJ 
656 


pour  out  drink  otfcrings  unto  her, 
without  our  II  meni' 
HO  TT  Then  Jeremiah  said  unto  all 
the  people,  to  the  men,  and  to  the 
women,  and  to  all  the  people  which 
had  given  him  that  answer,  saying, 

21  The  incense  that  ye  burned  in 
the  cities  of  Judah,  and  in  the  streets 
of  Jerusalem,  ye  and  your  fathers, 
your  kings  and  your  princes,  and  the 
people  of  the  laud,  did  not  the  Lord 
remember  them,  and  came  it  ho(  iuto 
his  mind? 

22  So  that  the  Lord  could  no  longer 
bear,  because  of  the  evil  of  your  do- 
ings, and  because  of  the  abomina- 
tions which  ye  have  committed ; 
therefore  is  your  land  ^  a  desolation, 
and  an  astonishment,  and  a  curse, 
without  an  inhabitsnt,  "as  at  this 
day. 

2't  Because  ye  have  burned  incense, 
and  because  yc  have  sinned  against 
the  Lord,  and  have  not  obeyed  the 
voice  of  the  I..ORD,  nor  walked  in  his 
law,  nor  in  his  statutes,  nor  in  his 
testimonies;  "therefore  this  evil  is 
happened  unto  you,  as  at  this  d,ay. 

24  Blorcover  Jeremiah  said  unto  all 
the  people,  and  to  all  the  women. 
Hear  the  word  of  the  Loud,  all  Ju- 
dah ''that  are  in  the  land  of  Egypt: 

25  Thus  saith  the  Loud  of  hosts,  the 
God  of  Israel,  saying;  "  Ye  and  your 
wives  have  both  spoken  with  your 
mouths,  and  fulfilled  with  yourhand, 
saying.  AVe  will  surely  perforin  our 
vows  that  we  have  vowed,  to  burn 
incense  to  the  queen  of  heaven,  and 
to  pour  out  drink  offerings  unto  her: 
ye  will  surely  accomplish  your  vows, 
and  snrcly  perform  your  vows. 

2(!  Therefore  hear  ye  the  word  of  the 
Loud,  all  Judah  that  dwell  in  the 
land  of  Egypt;  Behold, d  I  h.ive  sworn 
by  my  great  name,  saith  the  I-ord, 
that  ■'my  name  shall  no  more  be 
named  in  the  mouth  of  any  man  of 
Judah  in  all  the  land  of  Egypt,  say- 
ing. The  Lord  G<n>  liveth. 

27  f  Behold,  I  will  watch  over  them 
for  evil,  and  not  fur  good:  and  all  the 
men  of  Judah  that  are  in  the  land  of 
Egypt  6  shall  be  consumed  by  the 
sword  and  by  the  famine,  until  there 
be  an  end  of  them. 

28  Yet  h  a  small  number  that  escape 
the  sword  shall  return  out  of  the  laud 
ofEgypt  into  the  Inn. 1 . if  Judah;  and 
all  the  remnant  of  Juihih,  that  arc 
gone  into  the  land  of  K;;ypt  to  so- 
journ there,  shall  know  whose  '  words 
shall  stand,  i  mine,  or  theirs. 

2'J  TT  And  this  .^Indl  he  a  sign  unto 
v<ni,8:iith  the  Loiiii,  that  I  will  pun- 
ish yon  in  this  place,  that  ye  in.ay 
know  that  my  words  shall  V surely 
stand  against  vou  for  evil: 

JiO  Tims  s;iit1i  the  Lonii;  Behold, 
U  will  uive  riiarach-hophra  king  of 

i^rru' 


lintotl: 
his  life;  as  I  gav 


lof  tl 


that  seek 
Zedckiah  king 


I  th.  4K.  25.2fi. 
r.1.  2;l  3.  Ac. 
It  31.  21.  4e. 

uch.  39.  5. 


Jeremiah  prophesicth  the 


JEREMIAH. 


defeat  of  Pharaoh's  army. 


cl..51.'U. 
h.  2.  I.  & 


of  Judahinto  the  hand  of  Nebuchad- 
rezzar kins  of  JJahylnn,  liis  enemy, 
and  that  sought  his  life. 

CHAPTER  XLV. 

1  Uarurh  bcimi  diimayed,  4  Jeremicth  in- 
eiructeth  and  cuinforteth  Inm. 

TIIE  "word  that  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  spake  unto  Banicli  the 
son  of  Ncriah,  when  he  had  written 
tliese  words  in  a  book  at  the  mouth 
of  Jeremiah,  in  the  fourth  year  of 
Jehoiakini  the  son  of  Josiah  kin;;  of 
Juclali,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lor.p,  the  God  of 
Isnii'l,  unto  thee,  O  Darnch; 

.'!  Tliou  didst  say,  Woe  is  nic  now! 
for  the  Loud  hath  added  grief  to  my 
sorrow;  I  fainted  in  my  sighing,  and 
I  iind  no  rest. 

4  TI  Tluis  shalt  thou  say  nnto  liim. 
The  l,oi;ii  saith  thus:  liehold,  1>(/Ht< 
wliirh  I  have  built  will  I  break  down, 
and  tliat  whii'h  1  have  planted  1  will 
pluek  up,  even  this  whole  land. 

5  And  seekest  thou  great  things  for 
thyself?  seek  Mrm  not:  for,  behold. 
■^  I  will  bring  evil  upon  all  flesh,  saith 
the  Ivoni):  but  thy  life  will  I  give 
unto  thee  J  for  a  prey  in  all  place* 
whither  thou  goest. 

CHAPTER  XLVI. 
1  Jeremiah  ])rf>jjhcBtcth  the  overthrow  of 
Pharaoh's  army  at  Euphrates,  li  and 
the  conquest  of  Egypt  by  Xehuchadrez- 
zar.  27  Jle  comforteth  Jacob  in  their 
chastisement. 

THE  word  of  the  lyonn  which 
came  to  Jerenii.ah  the  prophet 
against  "the  Gentiles; 
•2  Against  Egypt,  b  against  the  army 
of  Pharaoh-neeho  kin"  of  Egypt, 
which  was  by  the  river  Euphrates  in 
C.nrcheniish,  which  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon  smote  in  the  fourth 
rear  of  Jehoiakini  the  son  of  Josiah 
kingof  Judah. 

3  "^  Order  ye  the  buckler  and  shield, 
and  draw  near  to  buttle. 

4  Harness  the  horses;  and  get  up, 
ye  horsemen,  and  stand  forth  with 
//oHr  helmets;  furbish  the  spears,  am/ 
put  on  the  brig:andines. 

5  AVl\erefore  h.ive  I  seen  them  dis- 
mavcd  and  turned  away  back?  and 
their  mighty  ones  arc  t  beaten  down, 
and  arc  i  tied  apace,  and  look  not 
back:  for  J  fear  was  round  about, 
saith  the  Lor.n. 

G  I-et  not  the  swift  flee  away,  nor 
the  mighty  man  escape;  they  shall 
■■stumble,  and  tall  toward  the  north 
bv  the  river  Euphrates. 

7  Who  !s  this  (liat  Cometh  np  fas  a 
flood,  whose  waters  arc  moved  as  the 
rivers? 

8  Egypt  riseth  up  like  n  flood,  and 
/(i.<  waters  are  moved  like  the  rivers; 
and  he  saith,  I  will  go  up,  and  will 
cover  tlie  earth  ;  I  will  destroy  the 
city  and  the  inb.ibitant3  thereof. 

9  Come  up,  vc  horses;  and  rage,  ye 
chariots  ;  and  let  tlie  mighty  men 
come    forth ;    j  the    Ethiopians    and 

4'2 


I  the  Libyans,  that  handle  the  shield; 
and  the  "J>ydians,  sthat  handle  and 
bend  the  bow. 

10  For  this  is  I'the  da.v  of  the  Lord 
Gou  of  hosts,  a  day  of  vengeance, 
tliat  he  may  avenge  him  of  his  ad- 
versaries: and  ithc  sword  shall  de- 
vour, and  it  shall  be  satiate  and  made 
drunk  with  their  blood:  for  the  Lord 
Gon  of  hosts  k  hath  a  sacrifice  in  the 
north  country  by  the  riverEuphrates. 

11  iGo  up  into  Gilead,  and  take 
balm,  '"  O  virgin,  the  daughter  of 
Eg.vpt;  in  vain  shalt  thou  use  many 
medicines;  fur  ("thou  shalt  not  be 
cured. 

12  The  nations  have  heard  of  thy 
shame,  and  thy  cry  hath  filled  the 
land :  for  the  mighty  man  hath 
stumbled  against  the  mighty,  and 
they  are  fallen  both  together. 

IS'lT  The  word  that  the  Loitn  spake 
to  Jeremiah  the  prophet,  how  Nebu- 
chadrezzar king  of  Babylon  should 
come  and  "  smite  the  land  of  Egypt. 

14  Declare  yc  in  Egypt,  and  pub- 
lish in  Migdol,  and  publish  in  Noph 
and  in  Tahpnnbes:  say  ye,  1' Stand 
fast,  and  prepare  thee;  for  'I  tlie  sword 
shall  devour  round  about  thee. 

15  Why  arc  thy  valiant  men  swept 
away?  they  stood  not,  because  the 
L()i;i>  did  drive  them. 

10  He  tma<le  many  to  fall,  yea, 
'one  fell  upmi  another:  and  they 
said.  Arise,  and  let  us  go  again  to  our 
own  people,  and  to  the  land  of  our 
nativity,  from  the  op])ressing  sword. 

17  Tfiey  did  cry  there,  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt  is  hut  a  noise;  ha  hath 
passed  thetimc  appointed. 

IS  As  I  live,  saith  the  King,  'whose 
name  is  The  LouD  of  hosts.  Surely 
as  Tabor  ii  among  the  mountains, 
and  as  Carniel  by  the  sea,  so  shall  he 
come. 

li)  O  'thou  daughter  dwcllin"  in 
Egypt,  t furnish  thyself  "to  go  into 
captivity:  tor  Noph  shall  be  waste 
and  desolate  without  an  inhabitant. 

20  Egypt  !.s  liHe  a  very  fair  *  heifer, 
hut  destruction  cometli ;  it  comctli 
>  out  of  the  north. 

21  Also  her  hired  men  are  in  the 
midst  of  her  like  ffiitted  bullocks; 
for  they  also  are  turned  b.ack,  and 
are  fled  awav  together:  they  did  not 
stand,  because  'the  day  of  their  ca- 
lamity was  como  upon  them,  and  the 
time  of  their  visitation. 

22  '  The  voice  thereof  shall  go  like  a 
serpent;  for  they  shall  march  with 
an  army,  and  co"me  against  her  with 
axes,  as  hewers  of  wood. 

23  They  shall  I"  cut  down  her  forest, 
saith  the  Loitn,  though  it  cannot  be 
searched ;  because  they  are  more  than 
"=  the  grasshoppers,  and  arc  innumer- 
able. 

24  The  daughter  of  Egypt  shall  be 
confounded:  she  shall  be  dehvend 
into  the  hand  of  d  the  people  of  the 
north. 

697 


DeMruction  of  the  Pliilistines. 


JEREMIAH, 


Tha  judgment  of  Moah 


Nah  3.  S 
fch  a.  12.13. 

!;•  M  13. 
B-l>    11.30. 


about  COO. 
o  ,-h.  2-1.  23. 
Y,,..  I,.  1.5. 11. 
Zeph.2.  4,  5. 


tnclt.  ^ssoA. 

ci«.  a  7. 

cU.  40.  7,  8. 
dth.  1.  11.  i 

■i(j.  20. 
tTTcbrtffn;- 

«„.  ,».«,!/. 

.  eh.  8.  IS. 


rch.  25.  22. 
!  E..  2.i.  in. 

Amoil.8,  Ji 

9.  7. 
t  Ilob. 


on.  10.  U. 
mo.  1.  7. 
10.  1.  IS. 


25  The  LOKD  of  host=(.  Ihn  God  of 
I.srael,  .saitli:  liehold,  I  will  luiiiish 
the  II  t  imiltituilu  of  'No,  iiiul  Plia- 
raoh,  and  E^ypt,  fwitli  their  gods, 
and  tlieii-  kinj;s;  even  Pliaraoh,  and 
all  tliem  that  trust  in  liini: 

ai  i^And  I  wiU  dehvci-  tlieiii  into  the 
hand  of  those  that  seek  tlieir  live.s, 
and  into  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrez- 
zar kinp:  of  Babylon,  and  into  the 
liand  of  his  servants:  and  h  afterward 
it  shall  be  inhabiteil,  as  in  the  days 
of  old,  saith  the  Lord. 

27  H  i  But  fear  not  thou,  O  my  eerv- 
ant  Jacob,  and  be  not  dismayed,  O 
Israel;  for,  beliold,  I  will  save  thee 
from  afar  off,  and  thy  seed  from  tlie 
land  of  their  captivitj';  and  Jacob 
shall  return,  and  be  in  rest  and  at 
ease,  and  none  shall  make  liiin  afraid. 

28  Fear  thou  not,  O  Jacob  my  serv- 
ant, saith  tlie  Loud:  for  I  am  with 
thee;  for  I  will  make  n  full  end  of  all 
tlie  nations  whither  I  have  driven 
thee:  but  I  will  not  make  k  a  full  end 
of  thee,  but  correct  thee  in  measure; 
yet  will  I II  not  leave  thee  wholly  un- 
punished. 

CHAPTER  XLVII. 
Tlie  destruction  of  the  Philiatinei. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came 
to  Jeremiah  the  prophet  ''.ajjainst 
the  Philistines,  I'  before  that  Pharaoh 
smote  t  Gaza. 

2  Thus  saith  the  Loud  ;  Behold, 
■^waters  rise  up  <lout  of  the  north, 
and  shall  be  an  overfiowin;?  flood, 
and  shall  overflow  the  land,  and  f  all 
that  is  therein;  the  city,  and  them 
that  dwell  therein  :  then  the  men 
shall  cry,  and  all  the  inhabitants  of 
the  land  shall  howl. 

3  At  the  "  noise  of  the  stamping  of 
the  hoofs  of  his  strons  /loov.s-,  at  the 
rushin,:;  of  his  chariot;',  and  at  the 
ruinhliu;;  of  his  wheels,  the  fathers 
shall  not  look  back  to  tAfjc  children 
for  feebleness  of  hands; 

4  Because  of  the  day  that  comcth  to 
spoil  all  the  Philistines,  oud  to  cut 
off  from  f  Tyrus  and  Zidon  every 
helper  that  remaineth :  for  the  I>ord 
will  spoil  the  Philistines,  5  the  rem- 
nant of  t  the  country  of  I'  Caphtor. 

5  iBaldness  is  come  upon  Gaza; 
t  Ashkelon  is  cut  off  iritli  the  rem- 
nant of  their  valley:  how  long  wilt 
thou  lent  thyself? 

(J  O  thou  '"  sword  of  the  Lord,  how 
long  will  it  be  ere  thou  he  (|iiirt  ? 
t  put  up  thyself  into  thy  scabbard, 


rest. 


id  be  still. 


7  1  How  can  it  be  quiet,  seeing  the 
IjOri)  hath  "  Riven  it  a  char;;e  ns'^mst 
Ashkelon,  and  against  the  sea  shore? 
there  liath  he  "appointed  it. 

CHAPTER  XLVIII. 
1  Theju,l:tmcnt  of  Moah,  7  for  their  pride. 
\\  f„r  their  trcurilii,  U  for  their  enriud 
coHfidenee.  2;i  and  for  their  contempt  of 
tlii'l  an  I  Ilia  iteoplc.  47  2*he  rcetoration 
ofMoa'j.      


A  GAINST  "Moab  thus  saith  the 
x\.  Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael;  Woe  unto  '>NeboI  for  it  is 
spoiled:  *^Kiriathaim  is  conftiunded 
and  taken:  !l  Misgab  is  confounded 
and  dismayed. 

2  J  There  nhatt  be  ■no  more  praise  of 
Moah:  in  "^Heshbon  they  have  de- 
vised evil  against  it;  come,  and  let 
us  cut  it  on  from  bciyirj  a  nation. 
Also  thou  Shalt  ||  be  cut  down,  O 
Madmen ;  the  sword  shall  )  inirsue 
thee. 

'!  f  A  voice  of  crying  shall  he  from 
Iloronaim,  spoiling  and  great  de- 
struction. 

4  Moab  is  destroyed;  her  little  ones 
have  caused  a  cry  to  be  heard. 

SB  For  in  the  going  up  of  Luhith 
tcontinual  weeping  shall  go  up;  for 
in  the  going  down  of  Iloronaim  the 
enemies  have  heard  a  cry  of  de- 
struction. 

(i  ii  Flee,  save  your  lives,  and  be  like 
II  the  1  heath  in  the  wilderness. 

7  If  For  because  thou  hast  trusted  in 
thy  works  and  in  thy  treasures,  thou 
shalt  also  bo  taken:  and  k  Chemosh 
shall  go  forth  into  captivity  with  his 
1  priests  and  his  princes  together. 

8  And  '"  the  spoiler  shall  come  upon 
every  city,  and  no  city  shall  escape: 
the  vallev  also  shall  perish,  and  the 
plain  shall  be  destroyed,  as  the  Lord 
hath  spoken. 

y  "  Give  wings  iinto  Moab,  that  it 
may  flee  and  get  away:  for  the  cities 
thereof  shall  be  desolate,  without  any 
to  dwell  therein. 

10  "Cursed  he  he  that  docth  the 
work  of  the  Lord  II  deceitfully,  and 
cursed  he  he  that  kecpeth  back  his 
sword  from  blood. 

11  TI  Sloab  hath  been  at  ease  from 
his  youth,  and  he  I'hath  settled  on 
his  lees,  and  hath  not  been  emptied 
from  vessel  to  vessel,  neither  hath  he 
gone  into  captivity  :  therefore  his 
taste  t  remained  in  him,  and  his 
scent  is  not  changed. 

12  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come, 
saith  the  Ixjrd,  that  I  will  send  un- 
to him  wanderers,  that  shall  cause 
him  to  wander,  and  shall  empty  his 
vessels,  and  break  their  bottles. 

1.1  And  Moab  shall  he  ashamed  of 
1  Chemosh,  as  the  house  of  Israel 
■■  was  ashamed  of  '  Beth-el  tlieir  con- 
fidence. 

14  H  How  sny  ye,  >We  are  mighty 
and  strong  men  for  the  war? 

1,5  "  Moab  is  spoiled,  and  gone  up 
ovt  of  her  cities,  and  f  his  chosen 
young  men  are  "gone  down  to  the 
slaughter,  saith  >  the  King,  whose 
name  i.t  The  Lord  of  hosts. 

Ill  The  calamity  of  Moub  t.«  near  to 
come,  and  his  aJHietion  lKist<th  l^ist. 

17  All  ye  that  are  about  him,  h.mo.iu 
him;  and  all  ve  that  know  liis  louiie, 
sav,  "How  is  the  strong  stafi  broken, 
am/the  heaiitifol  rod  r 

18  "  Thou  daughter  that  dost  inhabit 


for  contempt  of  God. 


JEREMIAH. 


The  restoration  of  Moab. 


;Ii.  U.S.  i 
I'i.  7.  11. 
1  U.  IG.  8.  9, 


■'  Dibon,  come  down  from  thy  K'ory, 
and  sit  in  thirst;  for  "^  tlie  spoiler  <it 
Moab  sliall  come  iipon  tliee,  ««</ lie 
sluill  destroy  thy  stioiij;  holds. 

ID  O  t  inhabitant  of  J  Avoer,  '"stand 
by  the  way,  and  csjiy;  ask  him  that 
flecth,  and  her  that  cscapeth,  and 
sa.y,  What  is  done  ? 

tfl)  Moab  is  confounded;  for  it  is 
broken  down:  i  liowl  and  cry;  tell 
ye  it  in  "Anion,  tliat  Mo.tIi  is  spoiled, 

21  And.iudi;nicnt  isCDiiic  upon  litlie 
plain  country  ;  upon  Holon,  and 
upon  Jaliaznh,  and  upon  JMcphaatli, 

tii  And  upon  Uibon,  and  upon 
Nebo,  and  upon  Betli-diblathaim, 

as  And  upon  Kiriathaim,  and  upon 
Beth-gamul,  and  upon  licth-mcou, 

'J4  And  ujion  i  Keri(ftli,  and  upon 
Bozrah,  and  upon  all  tlie  cities  of  tlic 
land  of  Moab,  tar  or  near. 

2o  k  Tlie  horn  of  Moab  is  cut  off, 
and  his  I  arm  is  broken,  saitli  the 

LOKI). 

a;  IT  ""Jlake  ye  him  dnmken;  for 
lie  maj;nilied  *A?'/j'.^v7a"  a;;ainst  tlie 
Loitn:  Moab  als.i  sli.ill  wallow  in  liis 
vomit,  and  he  also  shall  bo  in  deris- 
ion. 

27  For  "  wag  not  Israel  a  derision 
unto  thee?  "was  lie  found  aniom; 
thieves?  for  since  thou  .spakest  of 
him,  thou  ||  skippcdst  fnr.ioy. 

•Hi  O  ye  that  dwell  in  Afoah,  leave 
tlie  cities,  and  ''dwell  in  tlic  rock, 
and  be  like  'Ulie  dove  Itiat  maketh 
lier  nest  in  the  sides  of  the  hole's 
mouth. 

ti'J  We  have  heard  the  ■■  pride  of 
Moab,  (he  is  exeeedin;;  proud,)  his 
loftiness,  and  liis  arro^^ancy,  and  his 
pride,  and  the  haughtiness  of  his 
heart. 

301  know  hiswrath.snith  IhcLonri; 
but !(  s/mHnot  le  so;  "Hhis  lies  sliuU 
not  so  eil'ect  it. 

.".l  Therefore  'will  I  howl  for  Moab, 
and  I  will  cry  out  lor  all  Moab;  mine 
/ii'dit  shall  mourn  for  the  men  of 
Kir-heres. 

"2  "  O  vine  of  Sibmah,  I  will  weep 
for  thee  with  the  weepinjir  of  Jazcr; 
thy  plants  arc  gone  over  the  sea,  tliej' 
reach  even  to  the  sea  of  Jazer:  the 
spoiler  is  fallen  upon  thy  summer 
fruits  and  upon  thy  vintage. 

.1,1  And  ''|ov  and  gladness  is  taken 
from  the  plentiful  field,  and  from  the 
land  of  Moab;  and  1  have  caused 
wine  to  fail  from  the  winepresses: 
none  shall  tread  with  shouting;  t/ieir 
shouting  shall  he  no  shouting. 

34  >  From  the  crv  of  Ileshnon  even 
unto  Elealeh,  an,'t  eren  unto  Jahaz, 
have  they  uttered  their  voice,  ''from 
7.o&Yeren  unto  Honmnim,  o^  a  heifer 
of  three  years  old  :  for  the  waters  also 
of  Nimrfm  shall  he  t<lesohite. 

.1.')  ^Moreover  I  will  cause  to  cease  in 

Moab.  saith    the   L(ii:n.  "him   that 

ofl'ercth  in  the  high  phices,  luid  him 

that  burnetii  incense  to  bis  gods. 
I    3lj    Therefore    bniine    heart    shall 


sound  for  Moab  like  pipes,  and  mine 
heart  shall  sound  like  pipes  for  the 
men  of  Kir-heres:  because ''  the  riches 
timt  he  hath  gotten  are  perished. 

37  Tor  ii  every  head  i^iiall  tc  bald, 
and  every  beard  fclipped:  upon  all 
the  hands  sluill  he  cuttings,  and 
'upon  the  loins  sackcloth. 

38  There  shall  he  lamentation  gen- 
erally upon  all  the  housctoiis  of 
Moab,  and  in  the  streets  tiiercof:  for 
I  have  broken  JMoab  like  fa  vessel 
wherein   vs   no  pleasure,   saith   the 

IjOltD. 

SU  They  shall  howl,  sfnjwri,  ITow  is 
it  broken  down  !  how  hath  IMoab 
lurncd  the  t  back  with  shame  1  so 
shall  Moab  lie  a  derision  and  a  dis- 
maying to  all  them  about  him. 

40  I'or  thus  saith  the  Loiiii;  Be- 
liold,  f^he  shall  fly  as  an  eagle,  and 
shall  li  spread  his  wings  over  Moab. 

41  i  II  Kerioth  is  taken,  and  the  strong 
holds  arc  surprised,  and  k  the  mighty 
men's  hearts  in  Moab  at  that  day 
shall  be  as  the  heart  of  a  woman  in 
her  pangs. 

42  And  Moab  shall  be  destroyed 
I  from  beintf  a  people,  because  he 
hath  magnified  /amse(f  against  the 

LOKD. 

4"> '"  Fear,  and  the  pit,  and  the  snare, 
fhiill  be  upon  thoe,  O  inhabitant  of 
Monb,  saith  the  l.oun. 

41  He  that  fleetli  from  the  fear  shall 
fall  into  the  pit:  and  lie  that  getteth 
up  out  of  the  pit  shall  be  taken  in 
the  snare:  fiir  "1  will  bring  upon  it, 
ercn  upon  Moab,  the  year  of  their 
visitation,  saith  the  l.oitn. 

45  They  that  fled  stood  under  the 
sli.Tdow'of  llcshbon  because  of  the 
force:  but  "a  fire  shall  come  forth 
out  of  Ileshbon,  and  a  flnme  from 
the  midst  of  Sihon,  and  1' shall  de- 
vour the  corner  of  Moali,  mul  the 
crown  of  the  liead  of  the  f  tumult- 
uous ones. 

4<!  'iWoe  be  unto  ttiee,  O  Moab  I  the 
people  of  Chemosh  perisheth  :  for 
thy  fon.s  are  taken  {captives,  and 
thy  daughters  captives. 

47  U  Vet  will  1  bring  again  the  cap- 
tivity of  Moab  'in  the  latter  days, 
saith  the  Lokd.  Thus  far  is  the 
judgment  of  Sloab. 

CriAPTr-R  XL7X. 
1  TtiD   iuiliimnit    of   the    Ammonite:     0 
Their  restoration.    7  The  ludgment  of 
Edom,  Vi  of  Itameiiens.  i%  of  Ke<lar,'i» 
of  lldzor,  34  and  of  Jiium.    3»  Tha  res- 
toration vf  Elam. 
II /~iONCERNlNG    "the    Ammon- 
V,'  ites,  thus  saith  the  ],oiii>;  Ilnth 
I.srael  no  sons?  hath  henoheir?  why 
then  doth  II  their  king  inherit  I' Gad, 
and  his  people  dwell  in  his  cities? 

2  Therefore,  bebolil,  the  days  come, 
saith  the  I. OKI),  that  I  will  cause  an 
alarm  of  war  to  be  beard  in  '  Kabbah 
of  the  Ammonites;  and  it  shall  he  a 
desolate  heap,  and  her  daughters 
shall  be  burned  with  fire:  then  shall 
li.'ifl 


The  judgment  of  Edom, 


JEREMIAH. 


of  Damascus,  and  of  i  Moab 


Bcforo 
CHRIST 
about  OKI. 


1  l<iue>u  J. 
33. 

»c!)    41,7. 
Amo.  1.  15, 

.  II.  4 


7.  iil. 


.  21.  13. 


hSoTcr-.TS.i 


A...O 

ii.  a. 

k  1.11m 

1.8. 

ISc.I 

..19.11 

li"r, 

i).  23. 

oObAd.  5. 

Israel  be  heir  xintn  them  that  were 
his  hoiv.s,  saith  the  I><inr>. 

3  Howl,  O  Ileshboii,  for  Ai  is 
spoiled:  cry,  yc  (laufjhterfl  of  Kab- 
bah, <l  gii  d  you  with  saekcloth ;  hi- 
nieiit,  and  run  to  and  fro  by  the 
hedjies;  for  ||  their  kinj;  shall  go  into 
capti\'ity,  and  his  **x)rieBts  and  his 
princes  together. 

4  Wherefore  gloriest  thou  in  the 
valle.vs,  II  thy  ftowin.t;  valley,  O 
f  backsliding  daughter?  that  trusted 
in  her  treasures,  ^sai/ing,  "Who  shall 
come  unto  lue? 

5  Behold,  I  will  bring  a  fear  upon 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  Gon  of  hosts, 
from  nil  those  that  be  about  thee; 
and  ye  shall  be  driven  out  every  man 
right  forth;  and  none  shall  gather  up 
him  that  wandereth. 

(i  And  h  afterward  1  will  bring  again 
the  captivity  of  the  children  of  Am- 
nion, saith  the  I.i<ntn. 

7  IT  i  Concerning  E<lom,  thus  saith 
the  I-OIii)  of  hosts;  >.  7.s  wisdom  no 
more  in  Teinan?  'is  counsel  perish- 
ed from  the  prudent?  is  their  wis- 
dom vanished? 

S  '"  Flee  ye,  ||  turn  back,  dwell  deep, 
O  inhabitants  of  "  IJedan  ;  for  1  will 
liring  the  calamity  of  Ksau  upon 
him,  the  time  that  I  will  visit  him. 

y  If  "grapegatherers  come  to  thee, 
would  they  not  leave  some  gleaning 
grapes?  if  thieves  by  night,  they  will 
destroy  f  till  they  have  enough. 

10  I' But  I  have  made  Esau  bare,  I 
have  uncovered  his  secret  places, 
and  he  shall  not  be  able  to  hide 
himself:  his  »eed  is  spoiled,  and  his 
brethren,  and  his  neighbours,  and 
ihe  is  not. 

11  Leave  thy  fatherless  children,  I 
will  preserve  them  alive;  and  let  thy 
widows  trust  in  me. 

12  For  thus  saith  theLoKii;  Behold, 
■■tliev  whose  judgment  iraf:  not  to 
drink  of  the  cup  liave  assnrcdlv 
drunken;  and  n)7  thou  he  that  slinll 
altogether  go  unpunished?  thoushalt 
not  go  nu]innished,  but  tliou  shalt 
BUrelv  drink  o/it. 

].■?  iVr  'I  have  sworn  by  myself, 
saith  the  Loiin,  that  'Bozrab "shall 
become  a  desolation,  a  reproach,  a 
waste,  and  a  curse;  and  all  the  cities 
thereof  shall  be  perpetual  wastes. 

14  1  have  heard  a  '•rnmonr  from  the 
Lord,  and  an  ambassador  is  sent 
unto  the  heathen,  sn.?//////,  (iathcrye 
together,  and  come  against  her,  and 
rise  up  to  the  battle. 

15  For,  lo,  I  will  make  thee  small 
among  the  heathen,  and  despised 
among  men. 

](>  Tliv  terriblcness  bath  deceived 
thee,  and  the  pride  of  thine  heart, 
()  thou  that  dwellest  in  the  clefts 
of  the  rock,  that  boldest  the  height 
of  the  hill:  "though  thou  shonl(li-st 
make  thv  >  nest  as  high  as  the  eagle. 
^ I  will  hiing  Hue  down  from  thence, 
saith  the  Lnrn. 
tiW 


ir  Also  Edom  shall  be  a  desolation : 
'every  one  that  gocth  by  it  shall  be 
astonished,  and  shall  hiss  at  all  the 
plagues  thereof. 

18  tiAs  in  the  overthrow  of  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah  and  the  neighbour 
cities  thereof,  saith  the  LoKU,  no 
man  shall  abide  there,  neither  shall 
a  son  of  man  dwell  in  it. 

19  '■  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  a 
lion  from  ilthe  swelling  of  Jordan 
against  the  habitation  of  the  strong: 
hut  1  will  suddenly  make  him  run 
awny  from  her:  and  who  is  a  chosen 
}iian,  that  1  may  appoint  over  her? 
for  'who  is  like  me?  and  who  will 
II  appoint  me  the  time?  and  fwho  is 
that  shepherd  that  will  stand  before 
inc? 

'JO  B  Therefore  hear  the  counsel  of 
the  LoKD,  that  he  hath  taken  against 
Edom;  and  his  piu'poses,  that  he 
hath  puqioscd  against  the  inhabit- 
:ints  of  Tenuiii:  Surely  the  least  of 
the  flock  shall  draw  them  out;  surely 
he  shall  make  their  habitations  deso- 
late with  them. 

21  ii  The  earth  is  moved  at  the  noise 
of  their  fall;  at  the  cry  the  noise 
thereof  was  heard  in  the  f  Red  sea. 

L'2  Behold,  i  he  shall  come  u])  and 
fly  as  the  eagle,  and  spread  his  wings 
over  Bozrali:  and  at  that  day  shall 
the  heart  of  the  mighty  men  of  Edom 
be  as  the  heart  of  a  woman  in  her 
pangs. 

23  11  k  Concerning  Damascus.  Ila- 
math  is  confounded,  and  Arpad;  for 
they  have  heard  evil  tidings:  tlicy 
are  1  fainthearted;  I  there  is  sorrow 
II  on  the  sea;  it  cannot  he  quiet. 

2i  Damascus  is  waxed  feeble,  and 
tnrneth  herself  to  flee,  and  fear  hath 
seized  on  her:  "'anguish  and  sor- 
rows have  taken  her,  as  a  woman  in 
travail. 

25  How  13  "the  city  of  praise  not 
left,  tlie  city  of  my  joyi 

2G  °  Therefore  her  young  men  shall 
fall  in  her  streets,  and  all  the  men  of 
war  shall  be  cut  otf  in  that  day,  saith 
the  Loi;i>  of  hosts. 

27  And  1  will  kindle  a  Pfire  in  the 
wall  of  Damascus,  and  it  shall  con- 
sume the  palaces  of  Ben-hadad. 

2.S  H  '1  Concerning  Kedar,  and  con- 
cerning the  kingdoms  of  Hazor, 
which  Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Bab- 
ylon shall  smite,  thus  saith  the  Loini; 
Arise  ye,  go  up  to  Kcdar,  and  spoil 
'the  nicu  of  the  east. 

20  Their  "tents  and  their  flocks 
shall  they  take  away:  they  shall  take 
to  themselves  their'curtanis,  and  all 
their  vessels,  and  their  camels;  and 
they  shall  cry  unto  them,  *Fear  is 
on  every  side. 

.•!0  Tl  "  Flee,  1  get  von  far  off,  dwell 
deep,  O  ye  inhufiitauts  of  Ilazor, 
saith  the  LoRii;  for  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon  hath  taken  counsel 
against  j'ou.  and  hath  conceived  a 
purpose  against  you. 


iZ'L^jtidginient  of  Babylon, 


JEREMIAH. 


a7id  redcmjjtion  of  Israel. 


\\U\,.Uflu,i. 

\,  I..  41.  t. 
cli.  ^1. '14. 
c.S™cU43.12. 


31  Arise,  f;ot  you  up  unto  "tliu 
II  wealthy  nation,  tliat  dwclleth  with- 
out care,  saitli  the  I^oui),  wliich 
have  neither  j^ates  nor  bars,  w/ticfi 
i  dwell  alone. 

S'2  And  their  camels  shall  he  a  booty, 
and  the  multitude  of  their  cattle  a 
spoil:  and  I  will  ''scatter  iuto  all 
winds  "  tlieni  that  arc  f  in  the  utmost 
corncns;  and  I  will  briuf?  their  ca- 
lamity from  all  sides  thereof,  saith 
the  Loud. 

."•J  And  llazor  bshall  he  a  dwelli-if; 
for  dragons,  and  a  des<^lation  for 
ever :  ^'  there  shall  no  man  abide 
there,  nor  any  son  of  man  dwell 
in  it. 

34  U  The  word  of  the  I.OUD  that 
came  to  Jeremiah  the  prophet  aj^ainst 
'lEIam  in  the  besinnin;;  of  the  rei^n 
of  Zedekiali  king  of  Juilah,  saying, 

35  Thus  saith  the  l>oitu  of  hosts; 
Behold,  I  will  break  'the  bow  of 
Elam,  the  chief  of  their  might. 

30  And  upon  Elam  will  1  orins  the 
four  winds  from  the  four  quarters 
of  Iieaven,  and  fwill  scatter  them 
toward  all  those  winds;  and  there 
shall  be  no  nation  whither  the  out- 
casts of  Elam  shall  not  come. 

37  For  I  will  cause  Elam  to  be  dis- 
mayed before  their  enemies,  and  he- 
fore  them  that  seek  their  Hie:  and  I 
will  bring  evil  upon  them,  ci'cn  my 
fierce  anger,  saith  the  I,oi!F>;  Band  I 
will  send  the  sword  after  them,  till  I 
have  cons\imed  them: 

.'W  And  I  will  liset  my  throne  in 
Elam,  and  will  destroy  from  thence 
the  king  and  the  princes,  saith  the 

LOKI). 

3'.t  IT  Hut  it  shall  come  to  pass  iin 
the  latter  days,  llail  I  will  bring 
again  the  captivity  of  Elam,  saith 
the  Louu. 

CIIAPTEn  E. 

1,  0,  2I,3">  The  Judgment  of  Brthi/ton.     4, 

17,  33  riie  redemption  of  Israel. 

THE  word  that  the  EoiiD  spake 
"against  Babylon  and  against 
the  laud  of  the  Chaldeans  f  by  Jer- 
emiah the  prophet. 

2  Declare  ye  among  the  nations, 
and  publish,  and  tsct  up  a  standard; 
publish,  and  conceal  not:  say,  Bab- 
ylon is  taken,  hBcl  is  confounded, 
Merodaeh  is  broken  in  pieces;  'her 
idols  are  confounded,  her  images  are 
broken  in  pieces. 

3  il  For  out  of  the  north  there  Com- 
eth up  "a  nation  against  her,  which 
shall  make  her  laud  desolate,  and 
none  shall  dwell  therein:  they  shall 
remove,  they  shall  depart,  both  man 
and  beast. 

4  Tl  In  those  days,  and  in  that  time, 
saith  the  Eoini,  the  children  of  Is- 
rael shall  come,  fthey  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah  togetlier,  f  going  and 
weening:  they  shall  go,  Uand  seek 
the  EoiiD  their  God. 

5  They  shall  ask  the  way  to  Zion 
with  their  faces  thitherward,  su>/in<j. 


Come,  and  let  us  join  ourselves  to 
the  Loi!i>  in  ia  perpetual  covenant 
l/iKl  shall  not  he  forgotten. 

i;  .Mv  people  hath  been  >■  lost  sheep: 
their  shepherds  have  caused  them  to 
go  astray,  they  have  turned  them 
awiiy  OH  I  the  mountains:  they  have 
gone  from  mountain  to  hill,  they 
have  forgotten  their  f  resting  place. 

7  All  tliat  tuuud  them  liave  '"de- 
voured them:  and  "their  adversaries 
said,  "We  orteiid  not.  because  they 
have  sinned  against  the  l.oiiii,  I' the 
habitation  e.f  jostiee,  even  the  1,oi;d, 
itlic  hope  (il  their  tiitliers. 

S  f]{eii)<>ve  (.ot  ol'the  midst  of  Bab- 
ylon, and  go  lorth  out  of  the  land 
of  the  Chaldeans,  and  be  us  the  he 
goats  before  the  flocks. 

y  H  "For,  lo,  I  will  raise  and  cause 
to  come  up  against  Babylon  an  aii- 
sembly  of  great  nations  from  the 
north  country:  and  they  shall  'set 
themselves  in  array  against  her:  from 
thenee  she  shall  lie  taken :  their  ar- 
rows shall  he  as  of  a  mighty  ||  expert 
man;  "  none  shall  return  in  vain. 

Id  And  Chaldea  shall  be  a  spoil: 
^all  that  spoil  her  shall  be  satistied, 
saith  the  Louu. 

U  ^  Because  ye  were  glad,  because 
ye  rejoiced,  O  ye  destroyers  of  mine 
heritage,  because  ye  are  grown  i  tilt 
'as  the  heifer  at  grass,  and  ||  bellow 
as  bulls; 

12  Your  mother  shall  be  sore  con- 
founded; shethiit  bare  you  shall  be 
ashamed;  behold,  the  hfiHleroK.st  of 
the  nations  fliiill  /,.-  a  wilderness,  a 
dry  land,  and  a  desert. 

13  Because  of  the  wrath  of  the  Louu 
it  shall  not  he  inhabited,  "but  it  shall 
be  wholly  desolate:  1' every  one  that 
goeth  by  Babylon  shall  be  astonish- 
ed, and  hiss  at  all  her  plagues. 

14  '  Put  yourselves  in  array  against 
Babylon  rouud  about:  all  ye  il  that 
bend  the  bow,  shoot  at  her,  spare  no 
arrows:  for  she  hath  sinned  against 
the  Lord. 

1.1  Shout  against  her  round  alxmt: 
she  hath  'given  her  hand:  her  foun- 
dations are  tUllen,  flier  walls  are 
thrown  down:  for  Kit  is  the  venge- 
ance of  the  Loi!D  :  take  vengeance 
upon  her ;  ^  as  she  hath  done,  do 
unto  her. 

llj  Cutotf  the  sower  from  Balfi-lon, 
and  him  that  haiidleth  the  ||  sickle 
in  the  time  of  harvest:  for  fear  of  the 
oppressing  swoid  i  they  shall  turn 
every  one  to  his  peoiile,  and  they 
shall  flee  every  one  to  his  own 
land. 

17  V  Israel  I'.i  ka  scattered  sheep; 
I  the  lions  have  driven  liini  awav  : 
first  ""the  king  of  As.-<yria  hath  de- 
voured him;  and  last  this  "Nebu- 
chadrezzar king  of  Babylon  hath 
broken  his  bones. 

IH  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel;  Behold, 
I  will  punish  the  king  of  Babylon 
tiiil 


The  judgment  of  Babylon, 


JEREMIAH. 


and  redemption  of  Israel. 


2  Kiu.  18.  in. 

2  0hr,3«.  23. 

la.  10.  n.&'U. 

•m.  Ic  13. 11. 

ch.  31.  22. 
t  cli.  51.  51. 
uli.  \i.e. 

oU.  .'.1.  20. 
iol...')j.  8.  31. 

i)ilii. 5.30.31. 


t  Hob.  fmm 


fch.  if).  2C.  i 


t  Hob.  priJt. 
kcb.  21.  11. 


and  liis  land,  as  1  have  punished  the 
king  ofAss.vria. 

Ill  "And  I  will  bring  Israel  again  to 
his  habitation,  and  he  shall  feed  on 
Carniel  and  Bashan,  and  his  soul 
sliall  be  satisfied  upon  mount  Kphra- 
im  and  Gilead. 

ai  In  those  days,  and  in  that  time, 
saitli  the  Loud,  I'thc  iniquity  of  Is- 
rael shall  be  sought  for,  and  t/iei-t; 
shdH  he  none;  and  the  sins  of  Judah, 
and  they  shall  not  '^c  (inind:  for  I 
will  pardon  them  *'  whom  1  reserve. 

2111  Go  up  against  the  land  ||of  Mer- 
athaim,  even  against  it,  and  against 
the  inhabitants  of  '|l  Pekod  :  waste 
and  utterly  destroy  after  them,  saith 
the  Ldki),  and  do  "according  to  all 
that  I  have  commanded  thee. 

'22  '  A  sound  of  battle  is  in  the  land, 
and  of  great  destruction. 

23  How  is  "the  hammer  of  the 
whole  earth  cut  asunder  and  bro- 
ken !  how  is  Babylon  become  a  des- 
olation among  the  nations! 

24  I  have  laid  a  snare  for  thee,  and 
thou  art  also  taken,  O  Babylon,  ^  and 
thou  wast  not  aware:  thou  art  tbund, 
and  also  caught,  because  thou  hast 
striven  against  the  I..OKD. 

25  The  LoRi>  hath  opened  his  arm- 
oury, and  hath  brought  forth  >  the 
weapons  of  his  indignation:  (or  this 
is  the  work  of  the  Lord  GoD  of  hosts 
in  tlu'  huidofthe  t'haldeans. 

L'l;  Coiiu- against  her  ffnim  the  ut- 
most hcirdiT,  open  her  storehouses: 
II  cast  her  up  as  heaps,  and  destroy 
her  utterly  :  let  notliing  of  her  be 
left. 

27  Slay  all  her  ^  bullocks;  let  them 
go  down  to  the  slaughter:  woe  unto 
them!  for  their  day  is  come,  the  time 
of  "their  visitation. 

2H  The  voice  of  them  that  flee  and 
escape  out  of  the  land  of  Babylon, 
hto  declare  in  Zion  the  vengeance  of 
the  LoitD  our  God,  the  vengeance  of 
his  temple. 

'JD  Call  tngefher  the  nrchers  against 
Babvlcn:  'all  ve  that  lieiul  the  bow, 
cjinp  ug:iiTi.-.t  it  n>iind  about;  let 
none  thereof  escape  ;  ■!  recompense 
her  according  to  her  work;  accord- 
ing to  all  that  she  hath  done,  do  un- 
to her:    'for  she  hath    been   proud 

gainst  the  Loul),  against  the  lloly 


Oneol  Is 


riieret'ore  shall  her  young  men 
fall  ill  tin  streets,  and  all "lier  men  of 
war  .shall  be  cut  olVin  that  day,  saith 
the  Lord. 

31  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  Othnii 
t  most  proud,  saith  the  Lord  Gun  of 
hosts:  for  « thy  day  is  come,  the 
time  llitit  I  will  visit  thee. 

32  And  t  the  most  proud  shall  stum- 
ble and  f-ill,  and  none  shall  raise  him 
up:  and  I'  1  will  kindle  a  tiro  in  his 
eitii's,  and  it  shall  devour  all  round 
about  him. 

;!.■!  K  Tims  saith  the  Loi:n  of  hosts; 
The  children  of  Israel  and  the  chil- 


drcn  of  Judah  uvre  oppressed  to- 
gether: and  all  that  took  them  cap- 
tives held  them  fast;  they  refused  to 
let  them  go. 

•il  iThcirRedcemcrt'i strong;  tThe 
LoitD  of  hosts  it  his  name:  he  shall 
thoroughly  plead  their  cause,  that  he 
may  give  rest  to  the  land,  and  dis- 
quiet the  inhabitants  of  Babylon. 

3.5  TI  A  sword  (.<  upon  the  Chaldeans, 
saith  the  Lop.d,  and  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Babylon,  and  1  upon  her 
princes,  and  upon  '"  her  wise  men. 

3(j  A  sword  i.s  "  upon  the  ||  f  lisirs; 
and  they  shall  dote:  a  sword  (s  upon 
her  mighty  men;  and  they  shall  be 
dismayed. 

37  A  sword  ?'.« upon  their  horses,  and 
upon  their  chariots,  and  upon  all 
'^the  mingled  people  that  are  in  the 
midst  of  her;  and  i'  they  shall  become 
as  women :  a  sword  is  upon  her  treas- 
ures; and  thcv  shall  be  robbed. 

3S  'I  A  drought  i»  upon  her  waters; 
and  they  shall  be  dried  up:  fljritis' 
the  land  of  "^graven  images,  and  they 
arc  mad  upon  t/icir  idols. 

.■!',» "  Theretore  the  wild  beasts  of  the 
desert  with  the  wild  beasts  of  the  isl- 
ands shall  dwell  there,  and  the  owls 
shall  dwell  therein:  'and  it  shall  be 
no  more  inhabited  for  ever;  neither 
shall  it  be  dwelt  in  from  generation 
to  generation. 

•10  "  As  God  overthrew  Sodom  and 
Gomorrah  and  the  neighbour  ritic.i 
thereof,  saith  the  I,(ii:i>;  so  shall  no 
man  abide  there,  neither  shall  any 
son  of  man  dwell  therein. 

41  "  Behold,  a  people  shall  come 
from  the  north,  and  a  great  nation, 
and  many  kings  shall  be  raised  up 
from  the  co-ists  of  tlu>  earth. 

42  >  They  shall  hold  the  bow  and 
the  lance:  '  they  <o<'  eriiel,  and  will 
not  shew  mercy:  "their  voice  shall 
roar  like  the  sea,  and  thev  shall  ride 
upon  horses,  ere;7/ o^f' put  in  array, 
like  a  man  to  the  battle,  against  thee, 
O  daughter  t.fH.ibvlon. 

4.1  Th*  king  of  lialjyhm  hath  heard 
tlie  repoit  of  them,  and  his  hands 
waxed  teeble:  t  anguish  took  hold  c>f 
him,  and  pangs  as  of  a  woman  in 
travail. 

44  '■  Behold,  he  shall  come  up  like  a 
lion  from  the  swelling  of  Jordan  un- 
to the  habitation  of  the  strong:  but  I 
will  make  them  suddenlv  run  away 
from  her:  and  who  iV  a  cliosen  titan, 
that  I  may  ajiiioint  over  her?  for 
who  /,s  like  nu-y  and  who  will  Hap- 
point  iiie  the  time?  and  il  who  is 
that  shepherd  that  will  stand  before 
me? 

4.5  Therefore  hear  ve  '  the  counsel 
of  the  LoKi>,  that  "be  hath  taken 
against  Babvlon;  and  his  purposes, 
that  he  hatii  purposed  against  the 
laml  of  the  Chaldeans  :  Surelv  the 
least  of  the  flock  shall  draw  "them 
out:  surely  he  shall  make  their  hab- 
itation desolate  with  them. 


God's  gevere  judymcnt  agahut         JEREMIAH. 


Babylon  in  revenge  of  Israel. 


llcv.  11.  U.  & 

is. -A 

eh.  -18.  2n. 


40  f  At  tlic  noif^e  of  the  takin^T  *^'f 
Bttbyiou  tlic  earth  is  nioved,  and.  the 
cry  is  heanl  amoii^  the  uattous. 

CHAPTER  I-I. 

1   The  severe   jwlumcnt   o.f   Ood   against 

Babytun  in  revenge  of  Israel.     &«  Jere. 

tniah  delit'creth  t/te  buokof  this  prophecy 

to  Seraiah,  to  he  cast  into  Euphrates,  in 

token  of  the  perpetual  sinking  of  liab- 

ylon. 

'■[''HUS  saith  the  Lord;  Behold,  I 

J-    will  raise   up  aj^ainst  ISahylon, 

and  against  thciu  that  dwell  in  the 

t  midst  of  tliein  tliat  rise  up  against 

nic,  ''a  destroying  wind; 

"Z   And    will     send    unto    riabylon 

li  fanners,  tiiatshall  fan  her,  and  shall 

empty  lier  land:  'for  in  the  day  of 

trouble    they  shall   be   nfjainst   htfr 

round  about. 

3  A{;ainst  liim  that  bcndcth  ''  let  the 
archer  bend  his  bow,  and  a;iainst 
him  that  iifteth  himself  up  in  bis 
brisandine  :  and  spare  ye  nut  her 
voun^  men;  "^destroy  ye  utterly  all 
her  host. 

4  Thus  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the 
land  of  the  Chaldeans,  f  and  tlicii  that 


•th; 


St  til 


jli  in  li. 


iikfii, 


5  For  Krael  hitlh  not/..,)/  f 
nor  .Judahof  Ills  ti.Hl.  of  the  l,oi:i, 
of  hosts;  thou-h  their  luiid  was  fillcil 
with  sin  against  the  Holy  One  of  Is- 
rael. 

C  K  Flee  outof  the  midst  of  Babylon, 
and  deliver  every  man  his  soul:  be 
not  cut  off  in  her  inicpiity;  tor  lithis 
ii  the  time  of  the  J.iiMi'.s  veujjeance; 
ihe  will  render  unto  her  a  recom- 
pense. 

r  k  Babylon  hath  Ixen  a  golden  cup 
in  the  L'oui>'.s  hand,  that  made  all 
the  earth  drunken :  I  the  nations  have 
drunken  of  her  winej  therefore  the 
nations  ""arc  mad. 

8  Babylon  is  siuldenly  "  fallen  and 
destroyed  :  "  howl  for  her  ;  ''  take 
balm  for  her  pain,  if  so  be  she  may 
be  healed. 

U  We  would  have  healed  Babylon, 
but  she  is  not  healed:  forsake  her, 
and  "J let  us  go  every  one  into  his 
own  country :  ^for  her  judgment 
reacheth  unto  heaven,  and  is  lifted 
up  even  to  the  skies. 

10  The  LOKI)  hath  'brought  fi)rth 
our  righteousness:  come,  and  let  us 
^declare  in  Zion  the  work  of  the 
LoKD  our  God. 

U  "  Make  t  briglitthe  ;u-rows;  gather 
the  shields:  "the  I.oun  hath  raised 
up  the  spirit  of  the  kin);s  of  the 
Medes:  >  for  his  device  is  against 
Babylon,  to  destroy  it;  because  it  is 
'the  vengeance  of  the  Loud,  the 
vengeance  of  bis  tcni|)!e. 

12  "Set  up  the  standard  upon  the 
walls  of  Babylon,  make  the  watch 
strong,  set  up  the  watchmen,  pre- 
pare the  t  ambushes:  for  the  lAtnn 
hath  both  devised  and  done  tluit 
which  he  spake  against  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Babylon. 


13  ii  O  thou  that  dwellest  upon  many 
waters,  abundant  in  treasures,  thine 
end  is  come,  and  the  measure  of  thy 
covetousness. 

14  '  The  I.oRD  of  hosts  hath  sworn 
t  by  himself,  sai/iiirj.  Surely  I  will  till 
thee  with  men,  J  as  with  caterpillars; 
and  they  shall  t'ift  "up  ^  shout 
against  thee. 

I.")  I  He  hath  made  the  earth  by  his 
power,  be  hath  established  the  world 
by  his  wisdom,  and  e  hath  sti(t<lud 
oiit  the  heaven  by  his  understand- 
ing. 

lli  liWhen  he  uttereth  his  voice, 
Ihi'iv  IS  a  II  multitude  of  waters  in 
the  heavens;  and  ihe  causeth  the 
vapours  to  ascend  fiom  the  ends  of 
the  earth :  he  maketh  lightnings  with 
rain,  and  bringetb  forth  the  wind 
out  <)f  his  treasures. 

17  k  Every  man  ||is  brutish  by  hii 
knowledge;  every  founder  is  con- 
fciunded  by  the  graven  image:  I  lor 
his  molten  image  is  falsehood,  and 
Ihrrr  is  iw  breath  in  them. 

15  '"  Thev  are  vanity,  the  work 
of  errors:  in  the  time  of  their  visita- 
tion they  shall  jjcrish. 

Ill  "  The  jiortion  of  Jacob  is  not 
like  them;  for  he  is  the  former  of  all 
things:  and  Jsrael  is  the  rod  of  bis 
inheritance:  The  Loitu  of  hosts  is  his 
name. 

'JO  "Thou  art  my  battle  axe  and 
weapons  of  war;  for  |l  with  thee  will 
I  break  in  nieces  the  nations,  and 
with  thee  will  I  destrov  kingdoms; 

:;l  And  with  thee  will  1  break  in 
pieces  Ihe  horse  and  his  rider;  and 
with  th.i-  will  I  break  in  pieces  the 
eluiri.ptand  his  rider; 

L'2  With  thee  also  will  I  break  in 
pieces  man  and  woman;  an<l  with 
thee  will  I  break  in  pieces  I'old  and 
young;  and  with  tliee  will  I  break  in 
pieces  the  young  man  and  the  maid: 

■Si  I  will  "also  break  in  pit  ees  with 
thee  the  shepher<l  arid  his  flock;  and 
with  thee  will  I  hienk  in  pieces  the 
husbandman  and  bis  ^ttkeof  oxen; 
and  with  thee  will  1  break  in  pieces 
captains  and  rulers. 

•J4  'I  And  I  will  render  unto  Bahvlon 
and  to  all  the  inluibitaiits  of  Clialdea 
all  their  evil  that  llie\  h:ive  done  in 
Zion  in  vour  si^lif,  s:;ilh  the  I.nici). 

•_',".  lie  hold,  I  III,,  «-^:i]„>t  11k  e.  'O 
destr.pving  mountain.  s:Litli  the  l.nltl>. 
whieh'destrovest  ;dl  tin'  earth:  and  I 
will  stretch  oiit  ujim-  hand  nii.iii  thee, 
and  roll  thee  down  fiom  the  rocks, 
''and  will  make  thee  a  burnt  mount- 
ain. 

'2G  And  they  shall  not  take  of  thee  n 
stone  for  acorner,  nor  a  stone  for 
tijundations  ;  '  but  thon  shalt  be 
t  desolate  for  ever,  saith  the  Lord. 

27  "  Set  ye  up  a  standard  in  the  land, 
blow  the  "trumpet  among  the  nations, 
"prepare  the  nations  against  her, 
call  together  against  her  J  the  king- 
doms of  Ararat,  Minni,  and  Asn- 
6ti3 


tllcl..4jAi. 
foi.1. 
dNoh.y.  15. 


r*  1<U  2. 
l.cU.  10.  13. 


God's  severe  judgment  agaimt         JEREMIAH. 


Babylon  in  revenge  of  Israel. 


Before 
CHRIST 

695. 


Amus  1.  3. 
Mic.  4.  13. 

1 1>.  41.  m. 


1.6.  U. 

1  a  13. 

'.  11.  15. 


chenaz;  appoint  a  captain  against 
lier;  cause  tlie  liorses  to  come  up  aa 
tiic  nm;;li  caterpillars, 
as  Prepare  a'^'ainst  her  tlie  nations 
witli  ^tlie  kings  of  tlie  Jledes,  the 
captains  thereof,  and  all  the  rulers 
thereof,  and  all  the  land  of  liis  do- 
minium. 

:.'0  And  the  land  shall  tremble 
and  sorrow:  for  every  purpo.se  of 
the  lyOni)  shall  he  performed  against 
Babylon, 'to  make  the  land  of  Baby- 
lon a  desolation  without  an  inhabit- 
ant. 

;)!)  The  mightv  men  of  Babylon  have 
forborne  to  fiijht,  they  hiveVemained 
in  (/»■!>  holds:  their'niisht  hath  fail- 
ed; I'they  became  as  women:  they 
have  burned  her  dwellingplaees ; 
'^  her  bars  are  broken. 
.".1  J  One  post  shall  run  to  meet  an- 
other, and  one  messenji^er  to  meet  an- 
other, to  shew  the  kinj;  of  Babylon 
that  his  city  is  taken  at  one  end, 
■'J2  And  that  *^  the  passa;^es  are  stop- 
ped, and  the  reeds  tliey  have  burned 
with  lire,  and  the  men  of  war  are 
atlri^hted. 

;!"  For  thus  saith  the  IjOrd  of  hosts, 
the  God  of  Israel;  The  daughter  of 
Babylon  is  Mike  a  threshingfloor, 
8 II  it  is  time  to  thresh  her:  yet  a  little 
while,  li  and  the  time  of  her  harvest 
shall  come. 

34  Nebuchadrezzar  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon hath  i  devoured  nie,  he  hath 
crushed  me,  he  hath  made  me  an 
empty  vessel,  he  hath  swallowed  me 
up  like  a  dragon,  he  hath  filled  liis 
belly  with  my  delicates,  he  hatU  cast 
me  out. 

B.>  t  The  violence  done  to  mo  and  to 
my  llfleshfce  upon  Babylon,  shall  the 
t inhabitant  of  Zion  say;  and  my 
blood  upon  the  inhabitants  of  Chal- 
dea,  shall  Jerusalem  say. 
.'iii  Therefore  thus  saith  the  IjOrd: 
Behold,  k  I  will  plead  thy  cause,  and 
take  vcn^ance  for  thee;  laud  1  will 
dry  up  her  sea,  and  make  her  springs 
dry. 

37  '"  And  Babylon  shall  become 
heap.<,  a  dwellirigplace  for  dragons, 
"an  astonishment,  and  a  hissing, 
without  an  inhabitant, 
."is  Thev  shall  roar  together  like 
lions  :  tliey  shall  ||  yell  as  lions' 
whelps. 

.'Rt  In  their  heat  I  will  make  their 
feasts,  and  "I  will  make  them  drunk- 
en, tiiat  thoy  may  rejoice,  and  sleep 
a  |)cr[)etual  sleep,"  and  not  wake,  saith 
the  l-(.ici>. 

4(1  I  will  bring  them  down  like 
lambs  to  the  slaughter,  like  rams 
with  he  goats. 

41  How  la  I'Shesharh  taken!  and 
how  is  'I  the  praise  ot  the  whole  earth 
surprised!  how  is  Babylon  l«>eome 
an  astonishment  atnong  tiie  nations! 
4i  '  The  sea  is  come  up  upon  Baby- 
lon: she  is  covered  with  the  multi- 
tude of  the  waves  thereof. 
664 


4'> '  Her  cities  are  a  desolation,  a  dry 
land,  and  a  wilderness,  a  land  where- 
in no  mandwelleth,  neither  doth  riH^/ 
son  of  man  pass  thereby. 

44  'And  I  will  punish  Bel  in  Baby- 
lon, and  I  will  bring  forth  out  of  liis 
mouth  that  which  he  hath  swallowed 
up:  and  the  nations  shall  not  flow 
together  any  more  unto  him;  yea, 
"  the  wall  of  Babylon  shall  fall. 

4.5  "  My  people,  go  ye  out  of  the 
midst  of  her,  and  deliver  ye  every 
man  his  soul  from  the  fierce  anger 
of  the  lyOiiD. 

4(j  And  II  lest  your  heart  faint,  and 
ye  fear  y  for  the  rumour  that  shall  be 
heard  in  the  land;  a  rumour  shall 
both  come  one  3'ear,  and  after  that 
in  another  year  s/ictU  come  a  rumour, 
and  violence  in  the  laud,  ruler 
against  ruler. 

47  Therefore,  behold,  the  days  come, 
thnf  I  will  f  do  judgment  upon  the 
graven  im-^ges  of  Babylon:  and  her 
whole  land  shall  be  confounded,  and 
all  her  slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst 
of  her. 

48  Then  "  the  heaven  and  the  earth, 
and  all  that  /.f  therein,  shall  sing 
Babylon:  ijfi>rthe  spoilers  shall  ec 
unto  her  from  the  north,  saith  the 
Lord. 

41)  II  As  Babylon  hath  caused  the 
slain  of  Israel  to  fall,  so  at  Balivlon 
shall  fill  the  slain  of  all  II  the  earth. 

50  '-'  Ye  that  have  escaped  the  sword, 
go  away,  stand  not  still:  remember 
the  IjoiiD  afar  off,  and  let  Jerusalem 
come  into  your  mind. 

51  tl  "We  are  confounded,  because 
wc  have  heard  reproach :  shame  hath 
covered  our  faces;  for  strangers  are 
come  into  the  sanctuaries  of  the 
Lord's  house. 

5J  Wherefore,  behold,  the  days  come, 
saith  the  Loisd,  "that  I  will  ilojudg- 
ment  nix>n  her  graven  images:  and 
through  all  her  laud  the  wounded 
shall  groan. 

Si  t  Though  Babylon  should  mount 
up  to  heaven,  and  though  she  should 
fi>rtify  the  height  of  her  .vtreiigth. 
jfef  from  me  shall  spoilers  come  unto 
her,  saith  the  Lord. 

54  s  .V  sound  of  a  cry  comet Ji  from 
Babvlon,  and  great  destruction  from 
the  fand  of  the  Chaldeans: 

55  Because  the  Lord  hath  spoiled 
Babylon,  and  destroyed  out  of  her 
the  great  voice;  when  her  waves  do 
roar  like  great  waters,  a  noise  of  their 
voice  is  littered : 

.'ilJ  Because  the  spoiler  is  come  upon 
her,  ei'cn  upon  Babylon,  and  her 
mighty  men  are  taken,  every  one  of 
their  bows  is  broken :  h  for  tlie  Lord 
God  of  reeomiwnses  shall  surely  re- 
quite. 

57  i  And  I  will  make  drunk  her 
l)rinccs,  and  her  wise  men,  her  cai>- 
tains,  and  her  rulers,  and  her  mighty 
men:  and  thev  shall  sleep  a  perpt^t- 
ual  sleep,  and  not  wake,  saith  ^  the 


Jerusalem  besieged. 


JEREMIAH. 


taken,  and  spnUed. 


Kins,  whose  name  w  The  J^ord  of 
hosts. 

m  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts; 
II  IThe  hroad  walls  of  Ualiylon  shall 
be  utterly  ||  broken,  ami  I\er  hish 
gates  shall  be  burned  with  tire;  and 
"'the  people  shall  labour  in  vain, 
and  the  folk  in  the  tire,  and  they 
shall  be  weary. 

C)'J  IT  The  word  which  Jeremiah  the 
prophet  commanded  Seraiah  the  son 
of  Neriah,  the  sou  of  JFaaseiah,  when 
he  went  ||  with  Zedokiah  the  kins  "*' 
Judah  into  Babylon  in  the  fourth 
year  of  his  reign.  And  t/t is  Seraiah 
was  a  II  quiet  prince. 
GO  So  Jeremiah  wrote  in  a  book  all 
tlic  evil  that  should  come  upon  Bab- 
ylon, even  all  these  words  that  are 
written  against  Babylon. 
Gl  And  Jeremiah  said  to  Seraiah, 
When  thou  comest  to  Babylon,  and 
shalt  see,  and  shalt  read  all  these 
words ; 

G2  Then  shalt  thou  say,  O  Lord, 
thou  hast  spoken  against  this  place, 
to  cut  it  otf,  that  "  none  shall  remain 
in  it,  neither  man  nor  beast,  but  that 
it  shall  be  t  desolate  for  ever. 
G,"  And  it  shall  be,  when  thou  hast 
made  an  end  of  reading  tliis  book, 
"that  thou  shalt  bind  a  stone  to  it, 
and  cast  it  into  the  midst  of  Euphra- 
tes: 

(M  And  thou  shalt  say.  Thus  shall 

Babylon  sink,  and  shall  not  rise  from 

the  evil  that  I  will  bring  upon  her: 

I' and  they  shall  be  weary.     Thus  far 

are  the  words  of  Jeremiah. 

CHAPTER  LII. 

1  Zedekiatt  rebelleth.    4  J<iruaatem  it  be- 

tieyed    and  Ittken.      8  ZcdckialCn  ions 

killed,  and  hia  own  eyes   put  out.     12 

yebuzar'adan  burneth  anil  spoiteth  the 

oiru.    24  Hi:  carricllt  awai/  the  captives. 

31  Evil-merodach  advanceth  Jehoiachin. 

ZEDEKIAU  icas  'one  and  twenty 
years  old  when  he  f  began  to 
reign,  and  he  reigned  eleven  years  in 
Jerusalem.  And  his  mothers  name 
was  Hamutal  the  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah of  Libnah. 

2  And  he  did  that  tchich  jras  evil  in 
the  eyes  of  the  Lord,  according  to 
all  that  Jehoiakim  had  done. 

3  For  through  the  anger  of  the  I/Ord 
it  came  to  pass  in  Jerusalem  and  Ju- 
dah, till  he  had  cast  them  out  from 
his  presence,  that  Zedekiah  rebelled 
against  the  king  of  Babylon. 

4  IT  And  it  came  to  pa-ss  in  the 
'>ninth  year  of  his  reign,  in  the 
tenth  month,  in  the  tenth  flai/  of 
the  month,  that  Nebuchadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon  came,  he  and  all 
his  army,  against  Jerusalem,  and 
pitched  against  it,  and  built  forts 
against  it  round  about. 

a  So  the  city  was  besieged  unto  the 
eleventh  year  of  king  Zedeki;ih. 

G  And  in  the  fourth  month,  in  the 
ninth  tlai/  of  the  month,  the  famine 
was  sore  iu  the  city,  so  that  there 


was  no  bread  for  the  people  of  the 
land. 

7  Then  the  city  was  broken  up,  and 
uU  the  men  of  war  fled,  and  went 
forth  out  of  the  city  by  night  by  the 
wav  of  the  gate  between  the  two 
walls,  which  )(tt.«  by  the  king's  gar- 
dei\  ;  (now  the  Chaldeans  were  by 
tile  city  round  about:)  and  they  went 
by  till!  way  of  the  plain. 

SH  But  the  army  of  the  Chaldeans 
pursued  after  the  king,  and  overtook 
Zedekiah  in  the  plains  of  Jericho; 
and  all  his  army  was  scattered  from 
him. 

'.)  *^  Then  they  took  the  king,  and 
carried  him  up  untvi  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon to  Kiblah  iu  the  land  of  lla- 
inath;  where  he  gave  judgment  upon 
him. 

10  il  And  the  king  of  Babylon  slew 
the  sons  of  Zedekiah  belbrc  his  eyes: 
he  slew  also  all  the  i)rinces  of  Judah 
in  lliblah. 

11  Then  he  tput  out  the  eyes  of 
Zedekiah;  and  the  king  of  Babylon 
bound  him  in  |(  chains,  and  carried 
him  to  Babylon,  and  put  him  in 
f  prison  till  the  day  of  his  death. 

12  IT  "^  Now  in  the  fifth  month,  in  the 
tenth  ilai/  of  the  month,  f  which  was 
the  nineteenth  year  of  Nebuchadrez- 
zar king  of  Babylon,  f^came  Nebu- 
zar-adan,  ||f  captain  of  the  guard, 
which  t  served  the  king  of  Babylon, 
into  Jerusalem, 

].'{  And  burned  the  house  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  king's  house;  and  all 
the  Itouses  of  Jerusalem,  and  all  the 
houses  of  the  great  vicn,  burned  he 
with  fire: 

14  And  all  the  army  of  the  Chal- 
deans, that  7(ei-e  with  the  captain  of 
the  guiird,  brake  down  all  the  walls 
of  Jerusalem  round  about. 

15  11  Then  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain 
of  the  guard  carried  away  captive 
certain  of  the  poor  of  the  people,  and 
the  residue  of  the  people  that  remain- 
ed in  the  citv,  and  those  that  fell 
away,  that  fell  to  the  king  of  Bab- 
ylon, and  the  rest  of  the  multi 
tude. 

10  But  Nebuzar-adan  the  captain  of 
the  guard  left  certain  of  the  poor  of 
the  land  for  vinedressers  and  for 
husbandmen. 

17  i  Also  the  k  pillars  of  brass  that 
ii:erc  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  and 
the  bases,  and  the  brazen  sea  tliot 
tens  in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  the 
Chaldeans  brake,  and  carried  all  the 
brass  of  them  to  Babylon. 

IS    iThc    caldrons    also,    and    the 
II  shovels,  and  the  snuffers,  and  th 
II  bowls,  and  the  spoons,  and  all  the 
ves.'^els  of  brass  wherewith  they  nun- 
istered,  took  they  away. 

10  And  the  basins,  and  the  II  fire- 
pans, and  the  bowls,  and  the  cal- 
drons, and  the  candlesticks,  and  the 
spoons,  and  tlie  eups  ;  that  which 
icon  of  gold  1/1  gold,  and  that  which 

~  mo 


The  people  carried 


LAMENTATIONS. 


captive  to  Babylon. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  TlSH. 


w<ts  of  pilver  in  silver,  took  tlie  cap- 
tain of  the  guard  away. 
aO  The  two  pillars,  one  sea,  and 
twelve  brazen  bulls  that  xorrt;  under 
the  bases,  which  king  Solomon  had 
made  in  the  house  of  the  Lokd  : 
'"  t  the  brass  of  all  these  vessels  "was 
without  weight. 

21  And  coiicerninn  the  "  pillars,  the 
height  of  one  pillar  ivns  eighteen 
cubits;  and  a  t  fillet  of  twelve  cubits 
did  compass  it ;  and  the  thickness 
tliereof^f'fw  four  fingers;  it  was  hol- 
low. 

22  And  a  chapiter  of  brass  wrts  upon 
it;  and  the  height  of  one  chapiter 
ivas  five  cubits,  with  network  and 
pomejjranates  upon  the  chapiters 
round  about,  all  «/'  brass.  The  sec- 
ond i>illar  also  and  the  pomegranatea 
ipfre  like  unto  these. 

23  And  there  were  ninety  and  six 
pomegranates  on  a  eidc  ;  ami  "all 
the  pomegranates  upon  the  network 
uvre  a  hundred  round  about. 

24  U  And  l"  the  cujitain  of  the  guard 
took  Seraiah  the  chief  priest,  'land 
Zephaniah  the  second  priest,  and  the 
three  keepers  of  the  t  door: 

23  He  took  also  out  of  the  city  a 
eunuch,  which  had  the  charge  of'the 
men  of  war;  and  seven  nun  of  them 
that  t  were  near  the  king's  person, 
which  were  found  in  the  city;  and 
the  !|  principal  scribcof  the  host,  who 
mustered  the  pcopleof  the  land;  and 
threescore  men  of  the  people  of  the 
land,  that  were  found  in  the  midst  of 
the  city. 

2G  So  Nebnzar-adan  the  captain  of 
the  guard  took  them,  and  brought 
them  to  tho  king  of  Babvlon  to  Itib- 
lah. 


27  And  the  king  of  Babylon  smote 
them,  and  put  them  to  death  iu  Kib- 
lali  in  the  land  of  llamath.  Thus 
Judah  was  carried  away  captive  out 
of  his  own  land. 

28  ■■  This  is  the  people  whom  Nebu- 
chadrezzar carried  away  captive:  in 
the  "seventh  year  'three  thousand 
Jews  and  three  and  twenty: 

2'J  "Jn  the  eighteenth  year  of  Nebu- 
chadrezzar he  carried  away  captive 
from  Jerusalem  eight  hundred  lliirty 
and  two  f  persons: 

30  In  the  three  and  twentieth  year 
of  Nebuchadrezzar,  Nei>uzar-adan 
the  eaptiiin  of  the  guard  carried  away 
captive  of  the  Jews  seven  hundred 
forty  and  five  persons:  all  the  per- 
sons irere  four  thousand  and  six 
hundred. 

31  U  "And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
seven  and  thirtieth  year  of  the  cap- 
tivity of  Jehoiachin'king  of  Judah, 
in  tlie  twelfth  month,  in  the  tive  and 
twentieth  (tai/  of  the  month,  (/(((( 
Evil-merodach  king  of  Babylon,  in 
the  Jir:^t  year  of  his  reign,  >  lifted  up 
the  head  of  Jehoiachiii  king  of  Ju- 
dah, and  brought  him  forth  out  of 
l»rison, 

32  And  spake  f  kindly  nnto  him, 
and  set  his  throne  above  the  throne 
of  the  kings  that  «'e/e  with  him  in 
Babylon, 

3;5  And  changed  his  prison  gar- 
ments: "and  he  did  continu:illy  e;;t 
bread  before  him  all  the  days  of  his 
life. 

34  And/or  his  diet,  there  was  acon- 
tinnul  diet  given  him  of  the  king  of 
Babylon,  t  every  day  a  portion  until 
the  day  of  his  death,  all  the  days  of 
his  life. 


THE 

LAMENTATIONS  OF  JEEEMIAII. 


CHAPTEU  I. 

Tlie  miscraliU   ettatc  of  JcrunaJn: 
r,<,«o,.  of  lur  Km.     13  *'/., 


18 


'•y 

phonctli 
U   (loU'a 


yu(/(/tHt';i?  to  be  ritjfttcoug. 

HOW  doth  the  city  sit  solitary, 
that  WHS  full  of  people!  "  Aoic'is 
she  become  as  a  widow!  she  that 
was  great  among  the  nations,  and 
li  princess  among  the  provinces,  how 
is  she  become  tribut;iryl 

2  She  '  weepeth  sore  in  the  '1  night, 
and  her  tears  are  on  her  cheeks; 
"^among  all  her  lovers  fslie  hath 
none  to  comfort  licr:  all  her  friends 
have  dealt  treacherously  with  lier, 
they  are  become  her  enemies. 

^  ^  Judah  is  gone  into  captivity  be- 
cause of  affliction,  and  1  because 
of  great  servitude:  lislie  dwelleth 
666 


among  the  Iieathcn,  she  flndeth  no 
rest:  all  her  persecutors  overtook  her 
between  the  straits. 

4  The  ways  of  Zion  do  mourn, 
because  none  come  to  tlie  fulemn 
feasts:  all  her  gates  are  desolnfe:  her 
priests  sigh,  her  virgins  arc  alHicted, 
and  she  im  in  bitterness. 

5  Her  adversaries  '  are  the  chief,  her 
enemies  prosper;  for  the  Eoim)  bath 
atllicted  her  kfor  the  multitude  of 
her  transgressions  :  her  1  children 
arc  gone  into  captivity  before  the 
enemv. 

(i  And  fr.im  the  daughter  of  Zion 
all  her  liemitv  is  ileparteil:  her  prin- 
ces are  become  like  harts  that  find 
no  pasture,  and  tlicv  are  gone  with- 
out strength  before  the  purmier. 

7    Jerusalem    remembered    in    the 


Jerusalem  confesseth  Go(Vs 


LAMENTATIONS. 


judgments  to  he  rif/htemts. 


0.  2.  10. 
>e..t.:i2,29. 

1.  «.  7. 
er.2, 17.21. 


,  Jer  3S.  D.  & 
cil.2!i2.<i4.4. 


«JiT.  n.  17. 

Ii  II.  17. 

ch.  2.  18. 
b  vor.  2.  !). 
t  nrb.  ii-.nj 

C  Jer.  .1.31. 


days  of  her  affliction  and  of  her  mis- 
eries all  her  ||  pleasant  thin;;8  that 
she  had  in  the  days  of  old,  when 
her  people  fell  into  the  hand  of  the 
eneniy,  and  none  did  help  her:  the 
adversaries  saw  Iier,  and  did  mock 
at  her  sabbaths. 

8  '"Jerusalem  hath  prievonsly  sin- 
ned; therefore  she  i  is  removed:  all 
that  hononred  her  despise  her,  he- 
cause  "they  have  seen  her  naked- 
ness: yea,  she  sigheth,  and  turneth 
backward. 

9  Her  filthiness  k-j  in  her  skirts; 
she  ^remenibereth  not  lier  last  end; 
therefore  she  came  down  wonderful- 
ly: l*  she  had  no  comforter.  O  ]A>iiii, 
behold  my  attlietion:  lor  the  enemy 
hath  magnified  himaeJ/. 

10  The  adversary  hath  spread  out 
his  hand  upon  "iall  her  ||  pleasant 
things:  for  she  li;th  seen  l/iat  'the 
heathen  entered  into  her  sanctuary, 
whom  thou  didst  command  ttutt 
*  they  should  not  enter  into  thy  con- 
gregation. 

H  All  her  people  sigh,  'they  seek 
bread;  they  have  given  their  pleasant 
things  for  meat  ||  to  relieve  the  soul: 
see,  O  IjORD,  and  consider;  lor  I  am 
become  vile. 

12  TT  II /»•  it  nothing  to  you,  all  ye 
that  tpass  by?  behold,  and  see  "if 
there  be  any  sorrow  like  unto  my 
sorrow,  which  is  done  unto  me, 
wherewith  the  Lord  hath  afflicted 
ine  \n  the  day  of  his  fierce  anger. 

1."  From  above  hath  he  sentfire  into 
my  bones,  and  it  prevaileth  agaiu.'^t 
them:  he  h':'th  >■  spread  a.  net  for  my 
feet,  he  hath  turned  me  back:  he 
hath  made  me  desolate  and  faint  uU 
the  dav, 

14  J 'rhe  yoke  of  my  transgres- 
sions is  bound  by  liis  hand  :  they 
are  wreathed,  iinrl  come  up  upon  my 
neck:  he  hatli  made  my  strength  to 
fall,  the  Lord  hath  delivered  me  into 
tlipir  hands,  from  whom  I  am  not 
able  to  rise  up. 

15  The  Lord  hath  trodden  under 
foot  all  my  mighty  inrn  in  the  midst 
of  me:  he  hath  called  an  assenihly 
against  me  to  crush  niv  young  men: 
"the  Lord  hath  trodden  ||  the  vir- 
gin, the  daughter  of  Judah,  <ts  in  a 
winepress. 

IG  For  these  iJtinfjs  Tweep;  '^mine 
eye,  mine  eye  runneth  down  with 
water,  because  l»thc  comforter  that 
should  t  relieve  my  soul  is  far  from 
me  :  my  children  are  desolate,  be- 
cause the  enemy  prevailed. 

17  '  Zion  spreadeth  forth  her  hands, 
a7id  iithere  is  none  to  comfort  her: 
the  LoiiD  hath  commanded  concern- 
ing Jacob,  that  his  adversaries.«/io«/(? 
be  round  about  him  :  Jerusalem  is  as 
a  menstruous  woman  among  them. 

1«  IT  The  LOKD  is  ■'righteous:  for 
I  hove  f rebelled  against  his  t com- 
mandment :  hear,  I  pray  you,  all 
people,  ond  behold  my  sorrow:  my 


virgins  and  my  young  men  are  gone 
into  captivity. 

1!)  1  called  for  my  lovers,  but  f  they 
deceived  me:  my  priests  ami  mine 
elders  gave  up  the  ghost  in  the  city, 
li  while  they  sought  their  meat  to  re- 
lieve their  souls. 

at  Behold,  O  LoHD  ;  for  I  am  in 
distress:  my  i  bowels  are  troubled; 
mine  heart  is  turned  within  me:  fori 
have  grievously  rebelled  :  1-  abroad 
the  sword  bereaveth,  at  home  thtrc 
in  as  death. 

21  They  have  heard  that  I  sigh  ; 
I  tfterc  is  none  to  comfort  me  :  all 
mine  enemies  have  heard  of  my 
trouble  ;  they  arc  glad  that  thou 
liast  done  il:  thou  wilt  bring  '"the 
d.iy  that  thou  liast  ||  called,  and 
they  shall  be  like  unto  me. 

22  "  Let  all  their  wickedness  come 
before  thee ;  and  do  unto  them,  as 
thou  hast  done  unto  me  for  all  my 
transgressions :  for  my  sighs  arc 
many,  and  "  my  hcait  is  faint. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  Jeremiah  litmentetii   the  vtitery  of  Jc- 
ruaidem.    20  Jle  eumplairielh  tUereuf  (i. 
GuJ. 

HOW  hath  the  Lord  covered  the 
daughter  cf  Zion  with  a  cloud 
in  his  anger,  '^uinl  east  down  from 
heinin  uiilo  the  earth  lithe  beauty 
of  Israel,  and  remembered  not  "^his 
lootsto..l  in  the  diiy  of  hisangerl 

2  The  I.nid  hatli  swallowed  up  nil 
tlie  hal.ituti.iiis  of  Jiieoh.  .land  hath 
net  pitied:  lie  liatli  thic.wn  down  in 
his  wrath  the  stiimg  Imhls  of  the 
daughterof  Jndah;  he  bi'.th  |  brought 
litem  down  to  the  ground:  •'he  hath 
polluted  the  kingdom  and  the  princes 
thereof. 

.'i  lie  hath  cut  off  in  Ids  fierce  an- 
ger all  the  horn  of  Israel:  I  he  hath 
drawn  back  his  right  hand  from 
lief.iii-  the  enemv,  .^  and  be  burned 
agsinst  Jaech  liVe  a  tlnming  fire, 
ir/,ir/,  dev,.mah  round  ahout. 

4  I'lle  hath  bent  his  how  like  an 
enemy  :  he  stood  with  his  right 
hand  as  an  adversary,  and  slew 
fiall  t/iot  uere  pleasant  to  the  eye 
in  the  tabernacle  of  the  daughter  of 
Zion  :  he  ijoured  out  his  fury  like 
fire. 

5  k  The  Lord  Wiis  as  an  enemy  : 
he  hath  swallowed  up  Israel.  Ihe 
luith  swahowed  op  nil  her  p:lhices: 
he  hath  de..tn.ved  his  strong  hohls, 
and  hath  inereasdl  ill  tlie  daughter 
of  Judah  mourning  and  lamenta- 
tion. 

(i  And  he  hath  violently  ""taken 
away  his  ||  tabernacle,  "as  if  it  viic 
or'  a  garden  ;  lie  hath  destroyed  his 
places  of  the  assembly:  "the  Loini 
hath  caused  the  solemn  feasts  and 
sabbaths  to  be  forgotten  in  Zion, 
and  hath  despised  in  the  indigna- 
tion of  his  anger  the  king  and  the 
priest. 

7  The  I.,ord  hath  cast  off  his  al- 
6b7 


Jeremiah  lamenteth  the 


LAMENTATIONS. 


misery  of  Jerusalem. 


liefnro 
C  II  HI  ST 

ubout  088. 


:li.  l.;l.  Is  4. 

!0. 

2Clir.  15.3. 


I  Jail  2.  13. 

Ii  3.  21!. 

cli.  3.  28. 
y  Job  2.  12. 
.1.   15  3. 

K<.  7.  18.  Ic 

27.31. 
«  r..  0.  7. 

ch.  i, '»,  &c. 
Ij  cli.  1.  20. 
c.Tul,  le.  13. 

P..  22.  U. 
dvor  W. 


i  E..  25. 0. 
US  Kin. 11.21. 
P.. -11.  14. 
I  r>.  48.  2.  & 


s  Pi.  iO.  i. 
0P4.  33.  21. 
p  L«r.  21.  11. 


t.ar,  he  hath  abhorred  liis  sanctuary, 
he  liath  t^iven  up  inti^i  the  hand  of 
the  enemy  the  walls  of  her  palaces; 
I' they  have  made  a  noise  in  the 
house  of  the  Lord,  as  in  the  day  of 
a  solemn  feast. 

8  The  Loud  hath  purposed  to  de- 
stroy the  wall  of  the  daughter  of 
Zion:  ''he  hath  stretched  out  a  line, 
he  hath  not  withdrawn  his  han(l 
from  tdestroyint;:  therefore  he  made 
the  rampart  ana  the  wall  to  lament; 
they  languished  together. 

!)  ller  gates  arc  sunk  into  the 
ground ;  he  hath  destroyed  and 
■^broken  her  bars:  ''her  king  and 
her  princes  are  amon.T  the  Gentiles: 
*the  law  U  no  more;  her  "prophets 
also  find  no  vision  from  the  Loud. 

10  The  elders  of  the  daughter  of 
Zion  "sit  upon  the  ground,  and 
keep  silence  :  they  have  '  cast  up 
dust  upon  their  lieads  ;  thev  have 
"girded  themselves  with  sackcloth: 
the  virgins  of  Jerusalem  hang  down 
their  heads  to  the  ground. 

11  ^Minc  eyes  do  fail  with  tears, 
l>my  bowels  are  troubled, '  my  liver 
is  poured  upon  the  earth,  ibr  the 
destruction  of  the  daughter  of  inv 
people;  because  <1  the  children  and 
the  sucklings  j'  swoon  in  the  streets 
of  the  city. 

12  The/  say  to  their  mothers, 
Where  !S  corn  and  wine  ?  when 
they  swooned  as  the  wounded  in 
the  streets  of  the  city,  when  their 
soul  was  poured  out  into  their  moth- 
ers' bosom. 

IS  What  thing  shall  I  take  to  wit- 
ness for  thee?  '■what  thing  shall 
I  liken  to  thee,  O  daughter  of  .Je- 
rusalem ?  what  shall  I  equal  to 
thee,  that  I  may  comfort  tliee,  O 
virgin  daughter  of  Ziou  ?  for  thy 
breach  U  great  like  the  sea :  who 
can  heal  theei* 

14  Thy  f  prophets  have  seen  vain 
and  foolish  things  for  thee:  and 
they  have  not  s  discovered  thine 
iniquity,  to  turn  away  thy  captivity; 
but  have  seen  for  thee  false  burdens 
and  causes  of  banishment. 

1,5  li  All  that  pass  t  by  iciap  ihair 
hands  at  thee;  they  hiss  knnd  wag 
their  head  at  the  daughter  of  Jeru- 
salem, sniiiiirj,  Js  this  the  city  that 
itK'n  call  i  The  perfection  of  beauty. 
The  joy  of  the  whole  earth? 

IG  "'  All  thiuc  enemies  have  opened 
their  nn)uth  against  thee:  they  hiss 
and  gnash  the  teeth:  they  say,  "We 
have  swallowed  lier  up:  certainly 
this  13  the  day  that  we  looked  for; 
we  have  found,  "  we  have  seen  it. 

ir  The  Loud  hnth  done  that  which 
he  had  I' devised;  he  hath  fulfilled 
his  word  tint  he  had  commanded  in 
the  days  of  old:  ''he  hath  thrown 
down,  "and  hath  not  pitii'd:  and  he 
hath  caused  tliiiie  enemy  to  'rejoiee 
over  thee,  he  hath  set  up  the  horn  of 
thine  adversaries. 


18  Their  heart  cried  unto  the  Lord, 

0  "wall  of  the  daughter  of  Zion, 
'  let  tears  run  down  like  a  river  day 
and  night:  give  thyself  no  rest;  let 
not  the  apple  of  thine  eye  cease. 

19  Arise,  "cry  out  in  "the  night:  in 
the  beginning  of  the  watches  "pour 
out  thine  lieart  like  water  before  the 
face  of  the  Lord:  lilt  up  thv  hands 
toward  him  llir  tlie  lile  of  thy  young 
children,  5  that  faint  lor  huDg"er  "in 
the  top  of  every  street. 

liOir  ISehold,  O  Lord,  and  consider 
to  whom  thou  hast  done  this.  "  Shall 
the  women  cat  their  fruit,  «n'/  chil- 
dren ||of  n  span  long?  ii shall  the 
priest  and  the  prophet  be  slain  in  the 
sanctuary  of  the  Lord? 

L'l  '  The  young  and  the  old  lie  on 
the  ground  in  the  streets:  my  vir- 
gins and  my  young  men  are  "fallen 
by  the  sword;  thou  hast  slain  t/iem 
in  the  day  of  thine  anger;  "l  thou  hast 
killed,  aiid  not  pitied. 

L'2  Thou  hast  called  as  in  a  solemn 
day  "  my  terrors  round  about,  so  that 
inthe  day  of  the  Lord's  anger  none 
escaped  nor  remained:  fthose  that  I 
have  swaddled  and  brought  up  hath 
mine  enemy  consumed. 

CHAPTER  IIL 

1  The  faithful  bewail  their  calamitlct. 
22  By  the  'mereiea  of  God  they  nourish 
their  hope.  37  They  aeknoivledge  Ood^x 
justiee.  05  They  pray  for  deliverance, 
04  and  vengeance  on  their  enemiea. 

Ivl.Vthe  man  that  hath  seen  ofHic- 
tion  by  the  rod  of  his  wrath. 

2  He  hath  led  me,  and  brought  mc 
into  (larkness,  but  not  into  light. 

.'I  Surely  against  mc  is  he  turned: 
he  turneth  his  hand  against  vie  all 
the  day. 

4  °  >fy  flesh  and  my  skin  hath  he 
made  old  ;  he  hatli  !■  broken  my 
bones. 

.5  He  hath  builded  against  nie,  and 
compassed  vif  with  gall  ami  travail. 

6  'lie  hath  sit  me  in  dark  places, 
a!it/l,-i//linll,,'(]r-M\  of  old. 

7  .1  He  hath  hedged  me  about,  that  I 
eannt>t  get  out:  he  hath  made  my 
chain  heavy. 

8  Also  'when  I  cry  and  shout,  he 
shutteth  out  my  prayer. 

1)  He  hath  inclosed  my  ways  with 
hewn  stone;  he  hath  made  my  paths 
crooked. 

10  file  wan  unto  me  as  a  bear  lying 
in  wait,  and  nsalion  in  secret  places. 

11  He  hath  turned  aside  my  ways, 
and  s pulled  me  in  pieces:  lie  hath 
made  me  desolate. 

12  He  hath  bent  his  bow,  and  Iset 
me  as  a  mark  t'm-  the  arrow. 

];5  He  halh  caoMcl  i  the  t  arrows  of 
his  nniver  to  inter  into  my  reins. 

H  I  was  a  t  derision  to  all  mv  peo- 
ple; <nid  1  Ihi'ir  song  all  the  dav. 

!.•,  "'  He  hath  fillecl  mo  with  t  bitter- 
ness, he  hath  iniule  me  drunken  with 
wormwood. 

IG  Ho  liath  also  broken  my  teeth 


The  faithful  acknoioledge 


LAMENTATIONS. 


the  justice  of  God. 


witli  gravel  stones,  he  hath  ||  covered 
me  witii  afihea. 

17  And  thou  hast  removed  my  boiiI 
far  oil' from  peace:  I iorgat  t  prosper- 
"ty. 

18  "  And  1  said.  My  strength  and  my 
hope  is  perislied  from  the  Loud: 

")  I!  Ilemembcring  mine  atHiction 
„-.d  mv  niisory,  ^'  the  wormwood  and 
the  gall. 

20  Sly  soul  hath  Ihcm  still  in  remem- 
brance, and  is  t  humbled  in  me. 

21  This  1 1  recall  to  my  mind,  there- 
fore have  I  htipe. 

22  Tf  "lit  is  o/' the  Lord's  mercies 
that  we  are  not  consumed,  because 
his  compassions  fail  not. 

23  They  arc  new  ■■  every  morning: 
great  is  thy  faithfulness. 

24  The  Loud  is'  my  'portion,  saith 
my  soul ;  therefore  will  I  hope  in 
him. 

25  The  Lord  i.s  good  unto  them 
that  'wait  for  him,  to  the  soul  tliat 
seelcetli  him. 

20  It  IS  good  that  a  man  should  both 
hope  "  and  quietly  wait  for  the  sah'a- 
tion  of  the  Loud. 

27  "  It  is  good  for  a  man  that  he  bear 
the  yoke  in  his  >  outh, 

28  y  He  sitteth"  alone  and  keepoth 
silence,  because  he  hath  borne  it  up- 
on him. 

29  '  He  putteth  his  mouth  in  the 
dust;  if  60  be  there  may  he  hope. 

30  "  He  giveth  his  check  to  him  that 
sniiteth  him:  ho  is  tilled  full  with 
reproach. 

."I  ii  For  the  Lord  will  not  cast  off 
forever: 

.'i2  But  though  he  cause  grief,  yet 
will  he  have  compassion  according 
to  the  multitude  of  his  mercies. 

:«  For  Mic  doth  not  afflict  t  will- 
ingly, nor  grieve  the  children  of 
men. 

34  To  crush  under  his  feet  all  the 
prisoners  of  the  earth, 

.35  To  turn  aside  the  right  of  a  man 
before  the  face  of  ||  the  ISIost  High, 

.%  To  subvert  a  man  in  his  cause, 
<l  tire  Lord  jl  approveth  not. 

37  TT  Who  is  he  'that  saith,  and  it 
Cometh  to  pass,  ichcii  tlie  Lord  coni- 
mandeth  it  not? 

.38  Out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Most 
High  proeeedeth  not  f  evil  and  good? 

39  s  Wherefore  doth  a  living  man 
II complain,  ha  man  for  the  punish- 
ment of  his  sins? 

40  Let  us  search  and  try  our  ways, 
and  turn  again  to  the  Liii'.D. 

41  iLct  us  lift  up  our  heart  with  our 
hands  unto  God  in  the  heavens. 

42  k  We  have  transgressed  and  have 
rebelled:  thou  hast  not  pardoned, 

43  Thou  hast  covered  with  anger, 
and  persecuted  us:  1  thou  hast  slain, 
thou  hast  not  pitied. 

44  Thou  hast  covered  thyself  with  a 
cloud,  "  that  our  prayer  should  not 
pass  through. 

45  Thou  h.ast  made  us  (is  the  "  ofT- 


scouring  and  refuse  in  the  midst  of 
tlie  people. 

4(i  "All  our  enemies  have  opened 
their  mouths  against  us. 

47  1' Fear  and  a  snare  is  come  upon 
us,  1  desolation  and  destruction. 

4y  ''Mine  eye  runneth  down  with 
rivers  of  water  for  the  destruction  of 
the  daughter  of  my  people. 

49  *Mine  eye  tncklcth  down,  and 
ceaseth  not,  without  any  intermis- 

M  Till  the  Lord  <Iook  down,  and 
behold  from  heaven. 

,'d  Mine  eye  afl'ecteth  l  mine  lieart, 
II  because  of  all  the  daughters  of  my 
city. 

.52  Mine  enemies  chased  me  sore, 
like  a  bird,  "  without  cause. 

5.'5  They  have  cut  otl'  my  life  "in 
the  dungeon,  and  >  cast  a  stone  upon 
me. 

fA  ^  Waters  flowed  over  mine  head; 
th,ii"l  said.  1  am  etit  (.ff. 

55  TT  bl  called  upon  thy  name,  O 
Lord,  out  of  tlie  low  dungeon. 

CM  *=  Thou  hast  heard  my  voice: 
hide  not  thine  car  at  my  breathing, 
at  my  cry. 

[  ."i7  Thou  il  drewest  near  in  the  day 
that  I  called  upon  thee:  thou  saidst. 
Fear  not. 

ffcS  O  Lord,  thou  hast  ''pleaded  the 
causes  of  my  soul;  'thou  hast  re- 
deemed my  life. 

59  O  JiOuD,  thou  hast  seen  my 
wrong:  f^jiulge  thou  my  cause. 

GO  'Tliou  host  seen  all  their  venge- 
ance and  all  their  li  imaginations 
against  me. 

Ijl  Thou  hast  heard  their  reproach, 

0  Lord,  and  all  their  imaginations 
against  me; 

02  The  lips  of  those  that  ro.se  up 
against  me,  and  their  device  against 
me  all  the  day. 

&3  Behold  their  i  sitting  down,  and 
their  rising  up;  1- 1  am  tlieir  music. 

04  IT  IKcnder  unto  thciii  a  recom- 
pense, O  Lord,  according  to  the 
work  of  their  hands. 

C5  Give  them  ||  sorrow  of  heart,  thy 
curse  unto  them. 

00  Persecute  and  destroy  them  in 
anger  '"  from  under  the  "  heavens  of 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Zion  bemtilelh  tin-  pitiful  eelatc.  13  Slit 
confetsrth  Iter  «i>u.  'ii  EJam  it  threat- 
ened.   22  Zion  »'«  comforted. 

HO  W  is  tlie  gold  become  dim  I  how 
is  the  most  fine  gold  changed! 
the  stones  of  the  sanctuary  are  jiour- 
cd  out  "in  the  top  of  every  street. 

2  The  precious  sons  of  Zion,  com- 
parable to  fine  gold,  how  are  they 
esteemed  has  earthen  pitchers,  the 
work  of  the  hands  of  the  potter! 

3  Even  the  j|  sea  monsters  draw  out 
the  breast,  they  give  suck  to  their 
voung  ones :  the  daughter  of  my 
"people  i's  brroiiir  cruel,  "^like  Uic 
ostriches  in  the  wilderness. 

«d9 


lion's  pitiful  estate. 


LAMENTATIONS.       A  intiful  eomplaint  of  Z ion. 


Bcforo 
CHRIST 
about  638. 


Joel  ■!.  li. 
Nail  3,  10. 
i  Pi.  102.  5. 


kch.  2.  20. 
1  Ii.  41.  l.S. 
in  De-It  2S  57. 
2  Kin.  0,  -Hi. 

a  Jor.  7.  20. 


pj»r  5.31  4 

CIS.  ill. U. 

k  23.  M.21. 

Ki  22  -Jfi.  28. 

Zeph.  3.  4. 
q  Matt.  23.31, 

jjer.  2.  34. 


4  il  The  tons"e  of  tlie  Bucking  child 
ck;avctli  to  the  roof  of  his  mouth  for 
thirst:  '"the  younfj  chil<lren  ask 
bread,  and  no  man  breakcth  it  unto 
them. 

5  The3'  that  did  feed  delicately  are 
desolate  in  the  streets :  they  that 
were  brought  up  in  scarlet  'embrace 
dnnchills. 

0  lor  the  ||  punishment  nf  the  in- 
iquity of  the  daughter  c  f  my  people 
is  greater  than  tlie  punishment  of 
the  sin  of  Sodom,  that  was  5-' over- 
thrown as  ill  a  moment,  and  no 
liands  stayed  on  her. 

7  Her  Nazarites  were  purer  than 
snow,  they  were  whiter  than  milk, 
tliey  were  more  riiildy  in  body  than 
rubies,  their  polishing  w(ts  of  saj)- 
phire: 

8  Their  visage  is  t'l  blacker  than  a 
coal;  they  arc  not  known  in  the 
streets:  i their  skin  cleaveth  to  their 
hones;  it  is  withered,  it  is  become 
like  a  stick. 

9  Then  tliat  he  slain  with  the  sword 
are  better  than  tlicti  tliat  be  slain 
with  hunger:  for  these  1  pine  away, 
stricken  through  for  wunt  of  the 
fruits  of  the  lierd. 

10  k  The  hands  of  the  '  pitiful  wom- 
en have  sodden  tlieir  own  eliildrcu: 
they  were  their  "■  meat  iu  the  destruc- 
tion of  the  daughter  of  my  jieople. 

11  The  Lord  hath  accomplished 
his  fury;  "ho  hath  poured  out  his 
fierce  anger,  and  "hath  kindled  a 
fire  in  Zion,  and  it  hath  devoured 
the  foundations  thereof. 

12  The  kings  of  the  earth,  and  all 
the  inhaliitants  of  the  world,  w<uild 
not  have  believed  that  the  adversary 
and  the  enemy  should  have  entered 
into  the  gates  of  Jerusalem. 

1'!  U  f  For  the  sins  of  her  prophets, 
and  the  iniquities  of  her  jiriests, 
'I  that  have  shed  the  blood  of  the 
just  in  the  midst  of  her, 

14  They  have  wandered  ns  blind 
men  in  the  streets,  'they  have  pol- 
luted themselves  with  blood,  Ij'so 
that  men  could  not  toucli  their  g.ar- 
ments. 

15  They  cried  unto  them.  Depart 
ye;  ||  i7  is  'unclean;  depart,  depart, 
touch  not:  when  they  fled  away  and 
wandered,  thev  said  among  the  hea- 
then. They  shall  no  more  sojourn 
tiiiro. 

11)  The  Hanger  of  the  I,nnn  hath  di- 
vided them;  he  will  no  niore  regard 
them:  "they  respected  not  the  per- 
sons of  the  priests,  they  f;ivoured  not 
the  elders. 

17  As  for  us,  ^our  eyes  as  yet  failed 
for  our  v.ain  help:  iu  our  watching 
we  have  watched  for  a  n.ation  tliat 
couM  not  save  ik. 

IH  >  They  hunt  our  steps,  that  we 
cannot  go  in  our  Ktrcets:  our  end  is 
near,  our  d.iys  arc  fulfilled;  for  'our 
end  is  come. 

lit  Our  persecutors  are  "  swifter  than 
070 


the  eagles  of  the  heaven :  they  pur- 
sued ns  upon  the  mountains,  they 
laid  wait  for  us  in  the  wilderness. 

20  The  ''breath  of  our  nostrils,  the 
anointed  of  the  1^(.>kd,  'was  taken 
in  their  pits,  of  whom  we  said.  Under 
his  shadow  wc  shall  live  among  the 
heathen. 

21  ir  il  Rejoice  and  be  glad,  O  daugh- 
ter of  Kdon),  that  dwellest  in  the 
land  of  Uz;  ''the  cup  also  shall  pass 
through  unto  thee  :  thou  shalt  be 
drunken,  and  shall  make  thyself 
naked. 

22  ^  f  II  The  punishment  of  thine 
iniquity  is  accomplished,  O  daugh- 
ter of  Zion;  he  will  no  more  carrv 
thee  away  into  captivity:  *^he  will 
visit  thine  iniquity,  O  (laugliter  of 
Edoni;  he  will  \\  discover  thy  sins. 

CHAPTER  V. 

A   pitiful  complaint  of  Zion  in  prayer 
unto  God. 

"pEMEMBER,  O  Lord,  what  is 
111  come  upon  us:  consider,  and 
behold  I'oiir  reproach. 

2  'Our  inheritance  is  turned  to 
strangers,  our  houses  to  aliens. 

o  We  are  ori)hans  and  fatherless, 
our  mothers  are  as  widows. 

4  Wc  have  drunken  our  water  for 
money;  our  wood  t  is  sold  unto  us. 

5  »!  t  Our  necks  are  under  persecu- 
tion :  we  labour,  and  have  no  rest. 

G  *=AVe  have  given  the  hand  tto  the 
Egyptians,  and  to  the  Assyrians,  to 
be  satisfied  witli  bread. 

7  sOur  fathers  have  sinned,  and 
\<arc  not;  and  we  have  borne  their 
iniquities. 

fS  I  Servants  have  ruled  over  us  : 
tlierc  i.t  none  that  doth  deliver  its 
out  of  their  hand. 

0  We  gat  our  bread  with  the  peril 
of  our  lives,  because  of  the  sword  of 
the  wilderness. 

10  Our  ^  skin  was  black  like  an 
oven,  because  of  the  ||  terrible  fam- 
ine. 

11  1  Thev  ravished  the  women  in 
Zion,  ami  the  maids  in  the  cities  of 
Judah. 

12  Princes  are  hanged  up  by  their 
hand:  '"flic  faces  of  ciders  were  not 
honoured. 

];i  They  took  the  young  men  "  to 
grind,  and  the  children  fell  under 
the  wood. 

14  The  elders  have  ceased  from 
the  pate,  the  young  men  from  their 
music. 

3.J  The  joy  of  our  heart  is  ceased; 
our  dance  is  turned  into  mourning. 

l(j  "f  The  crown  is  iiillen  ./iom  our 
head  :  woe  unto  us,  tlnit  wc  have 
sinned! 

17  For  this ''our  heart  is  faint;  ifor 
these  things  our  eves  are  dim. 

18  Because  of  the  mountain  of  Zi- 
on, which  is  desolate,  the  foxes  walk 
upon  it. 

i;i  Thou,  O  Lord,  'remainest  for 


Ezekiel's  vihion 


EZEKIEL. 


ever;  'tliy  throne  from  j^fiieration  to 
gineration. 

•10  '  Wherefore  dost  thou  forget  us 
for  ever,  ami  forsake  us  fso  lonir 
time?  * 


of  four  cherubim. 


21    "  Turn    thou    us   unto    thee,   O 
I.ORI),  ami  we  shnll  lie  turned  ;  re- 
new our  days  as  of  old. 
Mi  II  But  thou  hast  utterly  rejected 
I  us;  thou  art  very  wroth  against  us. 


THE  BOOK  OF  THE  PROPHET 

EZEKIEL. 


CHAPTKR  I. 

I  Tlie  time  of  EscHrVs  prophce;/  at  CTe^ 
bar.  4  //i»  vMnn  of  four  clicruhim,  K 
of  the  four  wheels,  20  and  of  tlu  glory  of 

VrOW  it  came  to  pass  in  the  thirti- 
i>  eth  year,  in  l!ic  fourth  monlli.  in 
the  fifth  <l<,ii(,f  tlie  month,  as  1  vdo 
among  tlie  t  captives  -'by  tlie  river 
of  Cliebar,  tluil  bthe  heavens  were 
opened,  and  I  saw  'visions  of  God. 
2  In  the  fifth  </a.i/  of  the  month, 
which  u-ns  the  tiflh  year  of  ■!  king 
Jehoiachin's  captivity, 
,S  The  word  of  the  IjOUD  came  ex- 
pressly unto  tEzekiel  the  priest,  the 
son  of  Hiizi,  in  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans by  the  river  Cheliar;  and  "the 
hand  of  the  Lord  was  there  upon 
him. 

4  TT  And  I  looked,  and,  behold,  fa 
whirlwind  came  Koutof  the  north,  a 
great  cloud,  and  a  fire  t  infolding  it- 
self, and  a  brightness  uas  about  it, 
and  out  of  tlie  midst  thereof  as  the 
colour  of  amber,  out  of  the  midst  of 
the  tire. 

5  li  Also  out  of  the  midst  thereof 
came  the  likeness  of  four  living  creat- 
ures. And  ithis  was  their  appear- 
ance; they  had  kthe  likeness  of  a 
man. 

(>  And  every  one  had  four  faces,  and 
every  one  had  four  wings. 

7  And  their  feet  vcre  f  straight  feet; 
and  the  sole  of  their  feet  tran  like  the 
soleof  acairsfiiot:  and  they  sparkled 
1  like  the  colour  of  biirnishi?d  brass. 

8  "'And  thcii  /mil  the  hands  of  a 
man  under  their  wings  on  their  four 
sides;  and  they  four  had  their  faces 
and  their  wings. 

9  "  Their  wings  vrere  .ioincd  one  to 
another;  "they  turned  not  when 
they  went ;  they  went  every  one 
straightforward. 

10  As  for  I' the  likeness  of  their  faces, 
they  four  ''had  the  face  of  a  man, 
■^and  the  face  of  a  lion,  on  the  right 
side:  "and  they  four  had  the  face  of 
an  ox  on  the  "left  side  ;  '  they  lour 
also  had  the  face  of  an  eagle. 

II  Thus  were  their  faces:  and  their 
wings  K'crc  ||  stretched  upward;  two 
icings  of  every  one  were  joined  one 
to  another,  and  "two  covered  their 
bodies. 

IL'   And    ^they    went    every    one 


straightforward:  J' whither  the  spirit 
was  to  go,  they  went:  ami '  thev  turn- 
ed not  when  thev  went. 

l.i  As  for  the  likeness  of  the  living 
creatures,  their  appearance  traji  like 
burning  coals  of  tire,  'am/  like  the 
appearance  of  lamps:  it  went  up  and 
down  among  the  living  creatures; 
and  the  tire  was  bright,  and  out  of 
the  fire  went  forth  lightning. 

14  And  the  living  creatures  I' ran 
and  returned  'as  the  appearance  of  a 
flash  of  lightning. 

1.1  ir  Now  as  I  beheld  the  living 
creatures,  behold  ilonc  wheel  upon 
the  earth  by  the  living  creatures, 
with  his  four  faces. 

10  "^The  appearance  of  the  wheels 
and  their  work  wti.s-  flike  unto  the 
colour  of  a  beryl:  and  thev  finir  had 
one  likeness:  and  their  a"ppeaiance 
and  their  work  vas  ns  it  were  a 
wheel  in  the  middle  of  a  wheel. 

17  When  they  went,  thev  went  upon 
their  four  sides:  «<iHrf  they  turned 
not  when  they  went. 

18  As  for  their  rings,  thev  were  so 
high  that  they  were  dreadful;  and 
their  ||  rings  v-ere  lifuU  of  eyes  round 
about  them  four. 

1!)  And  i  when  the  living  creatures 
went,  the  wheels  went  by  them:  and 
when  the  living  creatures  were  lifted 
up  from  the  earth,  the  wheels  were 
lifted  lip. 

•M  k  Whithersoever  the  spirit  was  to 
go,  they  went,  thither  !r«sMei>  spirit  1 
to  go;  and  the  wheels  were  lifted  up 
over  against  them:  I  for  the  spirit  |l  of  I 
the  living  creature  iraain  the  wheels.  I 

21  "'When  those  went,  t/irfc  went; 
and  when  those  stood,  t/ie.ie  stooil ; 
and  when  those  were  lifted  up  from 
the  earth,  the  wheels  were  lifted  up 
over  against  them:  for  the  spirit  I  of  j 
the  living  creature  ?rn.« in  the  wheels. 

22  "  And  the  likeness  of  the  firma- 
ment upon  the  heads  of  the  living  j 
creature  cas  as  the  colour  of  the  ter- 
rible crystal,  stretched  forth  over 
their  heads  above. 

23  And  under  the  firmament  vere 
their  wings  straight,  the  one  toward 
the  other  :  every  one  had  two,  which 
covered  on  this  side,  and  every  one 
had  two,  which  covered  on  that  fide, 
their  bodies. 

24  "And  when  the.y  went,  I  heard 

'J71 


iOr.nr.id 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  5115. 


]  ch.  10.  17. 
lOi-.n/l,/,. 
m  Ter  19.  CO, 


|Or.o/(,y.. 
»  ch.  10. 1. 


EzehieVs  commission. 


God  owourageth  him. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  51>3. 


D>n.  10.  6. 
R«».  1.  1.5, 
ciJ.>h:i7.  4,.1. 

68.  3;l.     ' 

rch.  10.  1. 

I  Ci.  21.  10. 


I  eh.  3.  23.  & 

8.4. 
ych.  3.  23. 

D.o.  B.  17. 

Act.  H.  .1. 

B.T.  1. 17, 


•  Dan.  10,  11. 
l  ch.  3.  2  J. 


Mio  7.4. 
li-l.  .1.9. 
1  IVI.  ;i.  II, 


IJ.r.  1,7.  17 
1  IIcU. 


the  noise  of  their  winss,  'Mike  the 
noise  of  great  waters,  as  itho  voice 
of  tlic  Almighty,  the  voice  of  speech, 
as  the  noise  of  a  host :  when  they 
stood,  they  let  down  tlicir  wings. 

'1!>  And  there  was  a  voice  from  tlic 
firiniunent  tliat  ivas  over  their  heads, 
wlu'u  tliey  stood,  and  had  let  down 
tlicir  wings. 

L'lj  If  ■■  And  above  the  firmament  that 
ivas  over  their  heads  «'a.5tlie  likeness 
of  a  throne,  '  as  the  appearance  of  a 
sappliire  stone:  and  npon  the  like- 
ness of  the  throne  H'a-5  the  likeness  as 
the  appearance  of  a  man  above  upon 
it. 

'17  '  And  I  saw  as  the  colour  of 
amber,  as  the  appearance  of  fire 
round  about  within  it,  from  the  ap- 
pearance of  his  loins  even  upward, 
and  from  the  appearance  of  his  loins 
even  downward,  I  saw  as  it  were  the 
appearance  of  fire,  and  it  had  bright- 
ness round  about. 

'lii  "  As  the  appearance  of  tlie  bow 
that  is  in  the  cloud  in  the  dny  of  rain, 
so  ?('«s  the  appearance  of  the  briglit- 
ness  round  about.      ''This  witx  tlie 
appearance  of  the  likeness   of  the 
glory  of  the  Lord.    And  when  I  saw 
it,  y  I  fell  upon  my  face,  and  I  heard 
a  voice  of  one  that  spake. 
CHAPTER  II. 
1  EzckicVs    commisai'tn.     6  Hin  instruc- 
tion.   0  The  roll  of  his  kettiiy  propltect/. 
AND  he  said  unto  me.  Son  (»f  man, 
"stand  upon  thy  feet,  and  I  will 
spoak  unto  thee. 

:i  And  I'  the  spirit  entered  into  me 
when  he  spake  unto  mc,  and  set  inc 
upon  my  feet,  tliat  I  heard  him  that 
sjjake  unto  me. 

S  And  he  said  unto  mc.  Son  of  man, 
I  send  thee  to  the  children  of  Israel, 
to  a  rebellious  t  nation  that  hath  re- 
liclled  against  me:  "they  and  their 
fatlurs  have  transgressed  against  mc, 
rn'ii  unto  tins  very  day. 

4  'I  I'lir  i/iri/iu-e  t  impudent  children 
and  stitniearted.  I  do  send  thee  un- 
to them;  and  thou  shalt  say  unto 
them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God. 

,'>  "^  And  they,  whether  they  will 
hoar,  or  whether  they  will  forbear, 
(for  they  are  a  rebellious  house,)  yet 
fshall  know  that  there  hath  been  a 
prophet  among  them. 

<>  II  And  thon,  son  of  man,  '^bc  not 
afraid  of  them,  neither  be  afraid  of 
their  words,  though  ||  li  briers  ami 
thorns  te  with  thee,  and  thou  do.st 
dwell  among  scorpions:  i  be  not 
afraid  of  their  words,  nor  be  dis- 
mayed at  their  looks,  k though  they 
hr  a  relu'llious  house. 

7  l.-Vnd  thou  Khalt  speak  mv  words 
unto  tlu'in,  '"  wliitber  they  w"ill  hear, 
or  whetluT  they  wilHbrbear:  for  they 
(iiv  f  most  rebellious. 

8  But  tluju,  sou  of  man,  hear  what 
I  say  unto  thee;  He  not  thou  rebel- 
lious like  that  reliellioiis  house:  open 
thy  mouth,  and  "  cat  that  1  give  thee. 

bT2 


0  H  And  when  I  looked,  behold,  "a 
hand  was  sent  unto  me;  and,  lo,  ''a 
roll  of  a  book  was  therein; 

10  And  ho  spread  it  beibre  me;  and 
it  was  written  within  and  without: 
and  there  icns  written  therein  lameut- 
atious,  and  mourning,  and  woe. 

CHAPTER  III. 

I  Ezufciet  eateth  the  roll.  4  God  vacourag- 
eth  him.  13  Ood  eheu'cth  him  the  rule  of 
prophecy.  22  God  ahuttcth  and  openeth 
the  propheVa  mouth. 

MOREOVER  he  said  unto  me. 
Son  of  man,  eat  that  thou  find- 
cst;  "eat  this  roll,  and  go  speak  unto 
the  house  of  Israel, 

2  So  I  opened  my  mouth,  and  he 
caused  me  to  eat  that  roll. 

;!  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of  man, 
cause  thy  bell^  to  eat,  and  fill  thy 
bowels  with  this  roll  that  I  give  thee. 
Then  did  I ''  eat  it :  and  it  was  in  my 
mouth  '^as  honey  for  sweetness. 

4  ^  And  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  go,  get  thee  unto  the  house  of 
Israel,  and  speak  with  my  words 
unto  them. 

5  For  thou  art  not  sent  to  a  people 
t  of  a  strange  speech  and  of  a  hard 
language,  but  to  the  house  of  Is- 
rael; 

G  Not  to  many  people  t  of  a  strange 
speech  and  of  a  hard  language,  whose 
words    thou   canst  not    understand. 

II  Surely,  il  had  I  sent  thee  to  them, 
they  would  have  hearkened  unto 
thee. 

7  But  the  house  of  Israel  will  not 
hearken  unto  thee;  ^'for  they  will 
not  hearken  unto  me:  ffor  all  the 
house  of  Israel  are  t impudent  and 
hardhearted. 

8  Heboid,  I  have  made  thy  face 
strong  against  their  faces,  and  thy 
forehead  strong  against  their  fore- 
heads. 

'J  BAs  an  adamant  h.arder  than  flint 
have  I  made  thy  forchea<l  :  hfear 
them  not,  neither  be  dismayed  at 
their  looks,  though  they  be  a"  rebel- 
lious house. 

10  Moreover  he  said  unto  me.  Son 
of  m  11,  all  my  words  that  I  shall 
speak  unto  thee  receive  in  thine 
heart,  and  hear  with  thine  cars. 

11  And  go,  get  thee  to  them  of  the 
captivity,  unto  the  children  of  thy 
people. 'and  speak  unto  them,  antl 
tell  them,  i  Thus  saieh  the  Lord  Cod; 
wlu'tluT  thev  will  hear,  or  whether 
they  will  forl>ear. 

12  Then  *■  the  spirit  took  mc  up,  and 
I  heard  behind  me  a  voice  of  a  great 
rushing,  sai/hirj,  Ulessed  br  tlic  glory 
of  the  LoKii  from  his  place. 

r.Jliiiinl  also  tlie  noise  ofthe  wings 
of  the  living  creatures  that  1  touched 
one  another,  and  the  noise  of  the 
wheels  over  against  them,  and  a 
noise  of  a  great  rushing. 

14  .Sf»  I  the  spirit  lifted  me  iin,  and 
took  me  awi'v,  and  1  went  |  in  liitter- 


The  duty  of  watchmen. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  type  of  a  siege. 


cli.  1.3.  id 
1.  1  37.  I. 
n  .lob  2.  n. 
Pi.  137.  1. 


ness,  in  the  thcat  of  mj'  spirit;  but 
'"tlic  haud  of  the  LoRU  was  strong 
upon  me. 

15  T  Then  I  came  to  them  of  the 
captivity  at  Tcl-abib,  that  dwelt  by 
tlic  liver  of  Chcbar,  and  "  I  satwlierc 
they  sat,  and  remained  there  oston- 
islicd  amonj^  them  seven  days. 

Ifi  And  it  came  to  pass  at"  the  end 
of  seven  dajs,  tliat  tiie  word  of  tlic 
LoKD  came  unto  me,  saying, 

17  "Son  of  man,  I  have  made  thee 
Pa  watchman  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael: therefore  hear  the  word  at  my 
mouth,  and  give  them  warning  froiu 
me. 

18  When  I  6ay  unto  the  wicked. 
Thou  shalt  surely  die ;  and  thou 
givest  him  not  warning,  nor  speakcst 
to  warn  the  wicked  from  his  wicked 
way,  to  save  his  life;  the  same  wicked 
vtaii  'Ishall  die  in  his  iniquity;  but 
his  blood  will  1  require  at  thine 
hand. 

IK  Yet  if  thou  warn  the  wicked,  and 
he  turn  not  from  his  wickedness,  nor 
from  his  wicked  way,  he  shall  die  in 
his  iniquity;  'but  thou  hast  deliver- 
ed thy  soul. 

20  Again,  When  a  'righteous  man 
doth  turn  from  his  f  righteousness, 
and  commit  iniquity,  and  I  lay  a 
stumblingblock  before  him,  he  sliall 
die:  because  thou  hast  not  given  him 
warning,  he  shall  die  in  his  sin,  and 
his  righteousness  which  he  hath 
done  shall  not  be  remembered;  but 
his  blood  will  I  require  at  thine 
hand. 

21  Nevertheless,  if  thou  warn  the 
righteous  man,  that  the  righteous  sin 
not,  and  he  doth  not  sin,  he  shall 
surely  live,  because  he  is  warned; 
also  thou  hast  delivered  thy  soul. 

22  IT  'And  the  hand  of  the  LoKD 
was  there  upon  me;  and  he  said  unto 
me.  Arise,  go  forth  "  into  the  {ilain, 
and  I  will  there  talk  with  thee. 

23  Then  I  arose,  and  went  forth  into 
the  plain:  and,  behold,  ^tlie  glorv  of 
the  Lord  stood  there,  as  the  glory 
which  1  >saw  by  the  river  of  Chebar: 
^  and  I  fell  oil  my  face. 

24  Then  "the  spirit  entered  into  nic, 
and  set  me  upon  my  feet,  and  spake 
with  me,  and  said  unto  me,  Go,  shut 
thyself  within  thine  house. 

2.5  But  thou,  O  son  of  man,  behold, 
bthey  shall  put  bands  upon  thee,  and 
shall  bind  thee  with  them,  and  thou 
shalt  not  go  out  among  them : 

26  And  '  I  will  make  thy  tongue 
cleave  to  the  roof  of  thy  mouth,  that 
thou  shalt  be  dumb,  and  shalt  not  be 
to  them  t  a  reprover:  il  for  they  arc  a 
rebellious  bouse. 

27  'But  when  I  speak  with  thoc,  I 
will  open  thy  montli,  ami  thi>u  .'^iKilt 
say  unto  them,  f  Thus  6;iith  the  l.onl 
God;  lie  that  hcareth,  let  him  hear; 

and  he  that  forbeareth,  let  him  for-  I  behold,  my  soul  hath  nut  been  pol 
bear:  s for  they  are  a.  rebellious  luted:  for  from  my  youth  up  even 
house.  I  til!  now  have  I  not  eaten  of  'that 

43  673 


CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Under  the  typa  of  a  eicge  is  ahctpctl  the 
time  from  the  defection  of  Jeroboam  to 
the  captivity.  0  i»y  the  provision  of  the 
sici/e,  is  shewed  the  hardness  of  the  fani- 


tile,  and  hiy  it  before  tliee,  and 
portray  upon  it  the  city,  erc«  Jerusa- 
lem : 

2  And  lay  siege  ngainst  it,  and  build 
a  fort  against  it,  and  cast  n  mount 
against  it;  set  the  camp  also  against 
it,  and  set  ||  battering  rams  against  it 
round  about. 

3  Aloreover  take  thou  unto  thee  ||  an 
iron  pan,  and  set  \tj'ur  a  wall  of  iron 
between  thee  and  the  city:  and  set 
thy  face  against  it,  and  it  shall  be  be- 
sieged, and  thou  shalt  lay  siege 
against  it.  "  This  shall  te  a  sign  to 
the  house  of  Israel. 

4  lAa  thou  also  upon  thy  left  side, 
and  lay  the  iniquity  of  the  house  of 
I.srael  upon  it:  accordintj  to  the  nuni- 
ber  of  the  days  that  thou  shalt  I'.e 
upon  it  thou  shalt  bear  their  iniquity. 

a  For  I  have  laid  upon  thee  the 
years  of  their  iniquity,  according  to 
the  number  of  the  daj's,  three  hund- 
red and  ninety  days:  >j so  shalt  thou 
bear  the  iniquity  of  the  liousc  of  Is- 
rael. 

(J  And  when  thou  hast  accomplished 
them,  lie  again  on  thy  right  side,  and 
thou  shalt  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
house  of  Judah  forty  days:  I  have 
appointed  thee  t  each  day  for  a  year. 

7  Therefore  thou  shalt  set  thy  face 
toward  the  siege  of  Jerusalem,  and 
thine  arm  shall  l>r  uncovered,  and 
thou  shalt  prophesv  against  it. 

8  '  And,  behold,  I  will  laj-  bands 
upon  thee,  and  thou  sl'.alt  not  turn 
thee  t  from  one  side  to  another,  till 
thou  Iiastendcd  thedaysof  thy  siege. 

y  IT  Take  thou  also  unto  thee  wheat, 
and  barley,  and  beans,  and  lentiles, 
and  millet,  and  II  fitches,  and  nut 
them  in  one  vessel,  and  make  tiice 
bread  thereof,  accortlivu  to  the  num- 
ber of  the  days  that  thou  shalt  lie 
upon  thy  side;  three  hundred  ami 
ninety  d'avs  shalt  them  cat  thereof 

10  And  thy  meat  which  thou  shall 
eat  shall  h<:  by  weight,  twenty  shekels 
a  day :  from  "time  to  time  sualtihou 
eat  it. 

11  Thou  shalt  drink  also  water  by 
measure,  the  sixth  part  of  a  bin: 
from  time  to  time  shalt  thou  drink. 

12  And  thou  shalt  eat  it  a.s  barley 
cakes,  and  thou  shalt  bake  it  with 
dung  that  cometh  out  of  man,  in 
their  sight. 

I'i  And  the  Lonn  said.  Even  thus 
A  shall  the  children  of  Israel  eat  their 
(litiK'd  broail  among  the  Gentiles, 
whither  I  will  drive  tbcin. 

14  '!"heii    said   I,   "Ah  Lord  G 


The  type  of  the  pro2}het's  hair. 


EZEKIEL.     GocCs  judgments  upon  Jerusalem. 


neforo 

CURIST 

6a5. 


li  L«».  2'!.  21, 
1'..  10.5.  16. 
Is.  3.  1. 
ch.  .0.  15.  i 
U.  13. 


which  rticth  of  itself,  or  is  torn  in 
pieces;  neither  came  tliere  '^abom- 
inable flesh  into  my  mouth. 

1.5  Then  he  said  unto  me,  IjO,  I  have 
Riven  thee  cow's  dung  ibr  man's 
<lun};,  and  thou  shalt  prepare  thy 
bread  therewith. 

Hi  Jloreover  he  said  unto  nie,  Son 
of  man,  behold,  I  will  break  the  ii  statf 
of  bread  in  Jerusalem:  and  thoy  shall 
ieat  bread  by  weight,  and  with  care; 
and  they  shall  k  drink  water  by  meas- 
ure, and  with  astonishment: 

]?  That  they  may  want  bread  and 
water,  and  be  astoniod  one  with 
anotlicr,  and  l  consume  away  for  their 
iniquity. 

CHAPTER  V. 

I  TTndcr  the  typa  of  hair,  bia  shelved  the 
jud'jmcnt  of  Jerusalem  for  their  rebel- 
lion, 12  6y  famine,  eu'ordf  and  disper- 

VND  thou,  son  of  man,  take  thcc  a 
sharp  knife,  take  thcc  a  barber's 
razor,  "and  cause  it  to  pass  upon 
thine  head  and  upon  thy  beard  : 
then  take  thee  balances  to  weigh, 
and  divide  the  liair. 

•2  l>  Thou  shalt  burn  with  fire  a  third 
part  in  the  midst  of  "^  the  city,  when 
il  the  days  of  the  siege  are  fulfilled: 
and  thou  shalt  take  a  third  part,  ami 
smite  about  it  with  a  knife;  and  a 
third  p.art  thou  .shalt  scatter  in  the 
wind;  and  I  will  draw  out  a  sword 
after  them. 

.'!  "  Thou  shalt  also  take  thereof  a 
few  in  number,  and  bind  them  in 
thy  f  skirts. 

4  Then  take  of  them  again,  .and 
feast  them  into  the  midst  of  the  fire, 
and  burn  them  in  the  fire:  ,/br  there- 
of rihall  a  fire  coino  forth  into  all  the 
house  of  Israel. 

5  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  This 
IS  Jerusalem:  I  have  set  it  in  the 
midst  of  the  nations  and  countries 
that  arc.  round  about  her. 

(1  And  she  hath  changed  luy  .I'udg- 
meiits  into  wickedness  more  t1ian  the 
nations,  and  my  statutes  more  than 
the  countries  tnat  arc  round  about 
her:  for  they  h.ave  refused  my  judg- 
ments and  my  statutes,  they  liave 
not  walked  in  them. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Goii.;  Hceause  ye  multiplied  more 
than  the  nations  that  oce  round 
about  you,  iind  have  7iot  walked 
in  my  statutes,  neither  have  kept 
my  judgments,  ^neither  have  di>ne 
according  to  tlic  jiidgnients  of  the 
nations  tlmt  an-  round  about  von; 

S  Therefore  thus  saitll  the  Lord 
(joi);  lichold,  I,  even  I,  nm  against 
thee,  anil  will  execute  judgments  in 
the  midst  of  thee  in  tlic  sight  of  the 
nations. 

II  !■  And  I  will  do  in  thee  that  which 
I  have  not  done,  and  whereunto  I 
will  not  do  anv  mure  the  like,  be- 
cause of  all  thin'e  abominations. 

10  Tliereforu  the  fathers  ■shall  eat 


the  sons  in  the  midst  of  thee,  and  the 
sons  shall  cat  their  fathers;  and  1 
will  execute  judgments  in  thee,  and 
the  whole  remnant  of  thee  will  I 
k  scatter  into  all  the  winds. 

11  Wherefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  Surely,  because  thou 
hast  'defiled  my  sanctuary  with  all 
thy  ■"  detestable  things,  an"d  with  all 
thine  abominations,  therefore  will  I 
also  diminish  theo ;  "  neither  shall 
mine  eye  spare,  neither  will  I  have 
anv  pity. 

\i  :i  "  A  third  part  of  thcc  shall  die 
with  the  pestilence,  and  with  famine 
shall  they  be  consumed  in  the  midst 
of  thee:  and  a  third  part  shah  fall  by 
the  sword  round  about  thee;  and  I' I 
will  scatter  a  third  part  into  all  the 
winds,  and  II  will  draw  out  a  sword 
after  them. 

I'J  Thus  shall  mine  anger  'be  ac- 
complished, and  I  will  -^  cause  my 
fury  to  rest  upon  them,  ^and  I  will 
be  comforted:  "and  they  shall  know 
thatlthe  Loud  have  spoken  /(iuiny 
zeal,  when  I  have  accomplished  my 
fury  in  them. 

14  Moreover  ^\  will  make  thee 
waste,  and  a  reproach  among  the 
nations  that  are  round  about  thee, 
in  the  sight  of  all  that  pass  by. 

15  So  it  shall  be  a  5  reproach  and  a 
taunt,  an  instruction  and  an  aston- 
ishment unto  the  nations  that  arc 
round  about  thee,  when  I  shall  exe- 
cute judgments  in  thee  in  anger  and 
in  fury  and  in  *  furious  rebukes.  I 
the  Lord  have  spoken  it. 

10  When  I  shall  "send  unon  them 
the  evil  arrows  of  famine,  wViich  shall 
be  for  their  destruction,  and  which  I 
will  send  to  destroy  you:  and  I  will 
increase  the  famine  upon  you,  and 
will  break  your  l>staff  of  bread: 

\J  So  will  I  send  upon  yon  famine 
and  "evil  beasts,  and  tliey  shall  be- 
reave thee;  and  <l  pestilence  and 
blood  shall  iiass  through  tlic;  and  I 
will  bring  thi^  sw(»rd  upon  thee.  I 
the  Loud  have  spoken  it. 

Cn.VPTER  \\. 
\  The  judgmint  of  Israel  for  their  idola- 

tni.     i  A  remnant  shall  be  tleised.     11 

The  faithful  are  exhorted  to  lament  their 

calamities. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  "set  thy  face  toward 
the  1'  mountains  of  Israel,  and  proph- 
esy against  them, 

3  And  sav.  Ye  mountains  of  Israel, 
hear  the  word  of  the  Lnrd  (ion; 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  (;..o  to  the 
mountains  and  to  tln'  hills,  to  the 
rivers  and  to  the  valleys;  lichold,  I, 
crrti  T,  will  bring  a  sword  upon 
yon,  and  '^I  will  destroy  your  high 
places. 

4  And  j'our  altars  shall  be  desolate, 
and  voiir  ||  images  shall  be  broken: 
and  '1 1  will  cast  down  your  slain  men 
before  your  idols. 


A  remnant  shall  be  saved. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  final  desolation  of  Israel. 


Before 
CHRIST 

hilt. 


oJ.r.S.  20. 
r  Ho..  4.  13. 


r*  And  I  v.-\\\  tlay  the  dead  carcasses 
of  the  children  of  l.srail  before  their 
idols;  and  I  will  scatter  jour  bones 
round  about  j  our  altars. 

G  In  all  your  dwellingplaccs  the 
cities  shall  be  laid  waste,  and  the 
high  places  shall  be  desolate;  that 
your  altars  may  be  laid  waste  and 
made  dest-late,  and  your  idols  l>"-ay 
be  broken  and  cease,  and  your 
imaKes  may  be  cut  down,  and  your 
works  niav  be  abolished. 

7  And  the  slain  shall  fall  in  the  midst 
of  you,  and  '^ye  shall  know  that  1  am 
the  Loud. 

8  IT  I  Yet  will  I  leave  a  remnant,  that 
yc  may  have  so}nc  that  shall  escape 
the  sword  anions  the  nations,  when 
ye  shall  be  scattered  through  the 
countries. 

9  And  they  that  escape  of  you  shall 
remember  me  amont;  the  nations 
whither  they  shall  be  cairieil  cap- 
tives, because  SI  am  broken  with 
their  whorish  heart,  which  hath  de- 
parted from  me,  and  li  with  their  eyes, 
which  go  a  whoring'  after  their  idols: 
and  ithey  shall  li>athe  themselves  for 
the  evils  which  thi'V  have  committed 
in  all  their  abomiii.'itions. 

10  And  they  shall  know  that  I  <im 
the  Loini,  mul  llmt  1  have  not  said 
in  vain  that  1  would  do  this  evil  unto 
them. 

11  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon: 
Smite  twith  thine  hand,  and  stamp 
with  thy  foot,  and  saj',  Alas  for  all 
the  evil  abominations  of  the  house 
of  Israel!  1  for  they  shall  fall  by  the 
sword,  by  the  famine,  and  by  the 
liestilence. 

IJ  lie  that  is  far  off  shall  die  of  the 
pestilence;  and  he  that  is  near  shall 
fall  by  the  sword;  and  he  that  re- 
maineth  and  is  besieged  shall  die  by 
the  famine:  "■  thus  will  I  accomplish 
my  fury  upon  them. 

13  Then  "  shall  ye  know  that  I  om, 
the  IjORD,  when  their  slain  men  shall 
be  among  their  idols  round  about 
their  altars,  "upon  every  high  hill, 
I^  in  all  the  tops  of  the  mountains, 
and  1  under  every  green  tree,  and 
under  every  thick  oak,  the  place 
where  they  did  offer  sweet  savour  to 
all  their  idols. 

H  So  will  I  ■■  stretch  out  my  hand 
upon  them,  and  make  the  land  des- 
olate, yea,  (imore  desolate  than  the 
wilderness  toward  *  Diblath,  in  all 
their  habitations:  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lui:d. 
CHAPTER  YII. 
1  Tha  final  desolation  of  Israel.    18  The 

mournful  repentnncK  of  t/iem  thateaeajie. 

21)    The    enemiet    defile    the    tanetuary 

beeiiuse  of  the  leraelitea'  abominations. 
Under  the  type  of  a  chain  is  shewed 


the: 


aptivili/. 


MOREOVER    the    word    of  the 
Lord  came  unto  me,  saying, 
2  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  thus  saith 
the  Lord  God  unto  the  land  of  Is- 


rael; "An  end,  the  end  is  come  upon 
the  four  corners  of  the  land. 
:i  Now  is  the  end  cuiiic  upon  thee, 
and  I  will  send  mine  anger  upon 
thee,  and  t)  will  judge  thee  according 
to  thy  ways,  and  w  ill  f  loeompense 
upon  thee  all  thine  abominations. 

4  And  ' mine  eve  shall  iK.t  spare 
thee,  neither  will"  1  have  pity:  but  1 
will  recompense  thy  ways  upon  thee, 
and  thine  abominations  shall  be  in 
the  midst  of  thee :  J  and  ye  shall 
know  that  1  am  the  LoKD. 

5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  GOD;  An 
evil,  an  only  evil,  behold,  is  come. 

tj  An  end  is  come,  the  end  is  come: 
it  twatcheth  for  thee;  behold,  it  is 
come. 

7  *■  The  morning  is  come  unto  thee, 
O  thou  that  dwellest  in  the  land: 
fthe  time  is  come,  the  day  of  trouble 
/s  near,  and  not  the  j|  sounding  again 
of  the  mountains. 

.S  Now  will  I  shortly  6 pour  out  n;v 
fury  upon  thee,  and  accomplish 
mine  anger  U])on  thee:  liaiid  1  will 
judge  thee  according  to  thy  ways, 
and  will  recompense  thee  for  "all 
thine  abominations. 

0  And  i  mine  eye  Fhall  not  spare, 
neither  will  I  have  pity:  1  will  rec- 
onipcnso  fthec  aceorfling  to  thy 
ways  and  thine  abominations  llial 
are  in  the  midst  of  thee;  1^  and  yc 
shall  know  that  I  ((»t  the  LuiiD  tliat 
smiteth. 

10  Ikhold  the  day,  behold,  it  is 
come:  I  the  morning  is  gone  forth; 
the  y(h\  hath  blossomed,  pride  hath 
budded. 

1  1 '"  Aiolencc  is  risen  up  into  a  rod 
of  wickedness;  none  of  them  .«/(f(// 
remain,  nor  of  their  I)  multitude,  nt)r 
of  any  of  ||  theirs :  "neilhcr  shall 
there  fic  wailing  for  them. 

12  "  The  time  is  come,  the  day  draw- 
eth  near:  let  not  the  buyer  rejoice, 
nor  the  seller  mourn:  for  wrath  is 
upon  all  the  multitude  thereotl 

13  For  the  selliT  shall  n(.t  return  to 
that  which  is  solil,  taltbcuigh  they 
were  yet  alive :  tor  the  vision  is  touch- 
ing the  whole  multitude  thereof, 
vhieh  shall  not  return;  ni'ither  shall 
any  strengthen  liiniself  ||in  |  the  in- 
iquity of  his  life. 

14  They  have  hlown  the  trumpet, 
even  to  make  all  ready;  but  none 
goeth  to  the  battle;  for"mv  wrath  is 
upon  all  the  miiltitucle  thereof. 

1.5  I'The  sword  /.«■  without,  and  the 
pestilence  ami  the  himine  within: 
he  that  is  in  the  held  shall  die  with 
the  sword;  and  he  that  is  in  the  city, 
famine  and  pestilence  shall  devour 
jiim. 

1(1  IT  rSut  T  thev  that  escape  of  them 
shall  escape,  ."incl  shall  be  on  the 
mountains  like  doves  of  the  valleys, 
all  of  them  mourning,  every  one  for 
his  iniipiity. 

1"  All  'hands  shall  be  feeble,  and 
all  kncca  shall  f  be  weak  ««  water.  j 
075 


The  captivity  forcskewn. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  various 


ch.  II.  3.  1. 

Si  II.  i:. 

Jtr.  7. 30, 


•  ch.  II.  1.  <i 


l.S  They  sliall  also  "gird  thcmi^clfr.'^ 
with  sackcloth,  and  'Jiornn'  shall 
cover  thciii;  and  shame  s/iart  he  upon 
all  faces,  and  baldness  upon  all  their 
heads, 

11)  They  shall  cast  their  silver  in 
the  streets,  and  their  Rold  shall  be 
t  removed  :  their  "  silver  and  their 
jroM  shall  not  be  able  to  deliver  them 
in  the  day  of  the  wrath  of  the  Louu: 
they  shall  not  satisfy  their  souls, 
neither  fill  their  bowels:  ||  because  it 
is  "the  stumblinsblock  of  their  in- 
iquity. 

'20  if  As  for  the  beauty  of  his  orna- 
ment, he  set  it  in  majesty:  S'  but  they 
made  the  imai^es  of  their  abomina- 
tions anil  of  their  detestable  things 
therein:  therefore  have  I  ||  set  it  far 
from  them. 

21  And  I  will  give  it  into  the  hands 
of  the  strangers  for  a  prey,  and  to  the 
wicked  of  the  earth  for  a  spoil;  and 
they  shall  pollute  it. 

'22  My  face  will  I  turn  also  from 
them,  and  they  shall  pollute  mv 
secret  phirr:  for  the  ['robbers  shall 
enter  into  it,  and  dehle  it. 

2.T  IT  Make  a  chain:  for  ^the  land  is 
full  of  bloody  crimes,  and  the  city  is 
full  of  violence. 

24  Wherefore  I  will  bring  the  worst 


the  pomp  of  the  strong  to  cease;  and 
II  their  holy  places  shall  be  defiled. 

25  t  Destruction  Cometh;  and  they 
shall  seek  peace,  and  there  shall  be 
none. 

26  "  Mischief  shall  come  upon  mis- 
chief, and  rumour  shall  be  upon 
rumour;  I'  then  shall  they  seek  a  vis- 
ion of  the  prophet;  but  the  law  shall 
perish  from  the  priest,  and  counsel 
from  the  ancients. 

27  The  king  shall  mourn,  and  the 
prince  shall  be  clothed  with  desola- 
tion, and  the  hands  of  the  people  of 
the  land  shall  be  trouble, 1:  I  will  do 
unto  theiu  after  their  way,  and  f  ac- 
cording to  their  deserts  will  I  judge 
them;  '^and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Lord. 

CIIAPTEK  VIII. 

I  Ezckiel,  in  a  vision  of  Gotl  at  Jerusalem, 
0  ia  tlicweil  the  image  of  jcnlouty,  7  the 
chnmhera  of  imagery,  1:1  the  mournerg 
for  TiimmHl,  15  the  wor.ih<tii:cre  to- 
uianlt  the  Bun.  13  Ood'twrath  for  their 
iaohitry. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  sixth 
year,  in  the  sixth  month,  in  the 
fifth  fM.i/  of  the  mouth,  na  I  sat  in 
mine  house,  and  **the  elders  of  ,Tu- 
dah  sat  before  me,  that  >itlie  hand  of 
the  Lord  (Jni»  fell  thereupon  me. 

2  '^Then  I  beheld,  and  lo  a  likeness 
a^  the  appearance  of  fire:  from  the 
appearance  of  his  loins  even  down- 
ward, fire;  anil  from  his  loins  even 
upward,  as  the  iip|)c;irance  of  briglit- 
ness,  if  as  the  colcnir  ol'innber. 

3  And  he  "-'put  forth  tlie  form  of  a 

t;76 


hand,  and  took  me  by  a  lock  of  mine 
head;  and  fthe  spirit  lifted  me  up 
between  the  earth  and  the  heaven, 
and  K  brought  me  in  the  visions  of 
God  to  Jerusalem,  to  the  door  of  the 
inner  gate  that  looketh  toward  the 
north;  h  where  tous  the  seat  of  the 
image  of  jealous}',  which  iprovoketh 
to  jealousy. 

4  And,  behold,  the  glory  of  the  God 
of  Israel  7/Yr.s  there,  according  to  the 
vision  that  I  ksaw  in  the  plain. 

5  IT  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  lift  up  thine  eyes  now  the  way 
toward  the  north.  So  1  lifted  up 
mine  eves  the  way  toward  the  north, 
and  behold  northward  at  the  gate  of 
the  altar  this  image  of  jealousj'  in 
the  entry. 

G  He  said  furthermore  unto  me.  Son 
of  man,  seest  thou  what  they  do? 
even  the  great  abominations  that  the 
house  of  Israel  committeth  here,  that 
I  should  go  far  off  from  my  sanctua- 
rv  ?  but  turn  thee  yet  again,  and 
tKou  shidt  see  greater  abominations. 

7  IT  And  he  brought  me  to  the  door 
of  the  court;  and  when  I  looked,  be- 
hold a  hole  in  the  wall. 

8  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  dig  now  in  the  wall:  and  when 
I  had  digged  in  the  wall,  Ijehold  a 
door. 

II  And  he  said  unto  me.  Go  in,  and 
behold  the  wicked  abominations  that 
they  do  here. 

10  So  I  went  in  and  saw;  and  be- 
hold every  form  of  creeping  things, 
and  abominable  beasts,  and  all  the 
idols  of  the  house  of  Israel,  portrayed 
upon  the  wall  round  about. 

11  And  there  stood  before  them 
seventy  men  of  the  ancients  of  the 
house  of  Israel,  and  in  the  midst  of 
them  stood  Jaazaniali  the  son  of 
Shaphan,  witli  every  man  his  censer 
in  his  hand;  and  a  thick  cloud  of  in- 
cense went  up. 

12  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  hast  thou  seen  wh:it  the  an- 
cients of  the  house  of  Isniel  do  in  the 
dark,  every  man  in  the  chambers  of 
his  imagery?  for  they  s.ay,  IThe 
Lord  seeth  us  not;  the  Lord  hath 
forsaken  the  earth. 

1.3  TT  Ho  said  also  unto  me,  Turn 
thee  yet  again,  and  thou  shalt  sec 
greater  abominations  that  thev  do. 

14  Then  he  brought  me  to  the  door 
of  the  gate  of  tlie  I^oun's  house 
which  Kvr.s-  toward  the  north;  and, 
behold,  there  sat  women  weeping  for 
Tammuz. 

1.5  IT  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Ila.st 
thou  seen  f/iiV,  <)  son  of  man?  turn 
thee  yet  again,  ami  thou  shalt  sec 
greater  abominations  than  tliese. 

1«  And  he  brought  luc  into  the  in- 
ner court  of  the  I. okd's  house,  and, 
behold,  at  the  do,.rof  the  temple  of 
thel.oi!!.,  '"between  the  porch  and 
the  altar,  "  irrrr  about  1i\e  and  twen- 
ty men,  "with  their  backs  toward  the 


practised  in  Jerusalem. 


Vision  of  the  coals  of  fire. 


prieul.  4.  19. 
2Kinsj23. 
.'..  II. 
Job  31.  21!. 


tijttle,-  the 
<l  cli.  9.  9. 


.  IB.  1. 


t  4 

i  13.  16. 

17. 

i2J 

4. 

IP 

ns 

ra. 

l:i' 

Je 

.13, 

.r.  1 

17. 
2.21 

temple  of  the  Lord,  and  their  faces 
toward  the  cast;  and  they  worshipped 
I*  tlie  sun  toward  the  east. 

17  IT  Tlien  he  said  iiiilo  me,  Ilast 
thou  seen  //<?*>•,  ()  son  of  man':'  ||  Is  it 
n  lijiht  thing  to  tlie  house  of  Jiidali 
that  they  coinniit  tlie  uboiuinations 
which  tliey  comiuit  here?  for  tliey 
have  1  tilled  the  land  with  violence, 
and  have  returned  to  provoke  me  to 
anger:  and,  lo,  they  put  the  branch 
to  their  nose. 

IS  ''Tlieretbre  will  I  also  deal  in 
fury:  mine  "eye  shall  not  spare,  nei- 
ther will  I  have  pity:  and  though 
they  'cry  in  mine  ears  with  a  loud 
voice,  yet  will  I  not  hear  them. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  A  vision,  lukerehy  ia  shelved   the  prea. 

crvation  of  tome,  5  and  the  Ucatruetion 

of  the  rest.    8  UoU  cuiinuf  be  entreated 

for  them. 

HE  cried  also  in  mine  ears  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying.  Cause  them 
that  have  charge  over  the  city  to 
draw  near,  even  every  man  with  his 
destroying  weapon  in  his  hand. 

2  Anil,  behold,  six  men  came  from 
the  way  of  the  higher  gate,  t  which 
lieth  toward  the  north,  and  ever^ 
man  f  a  slaughter  weapon  in  his 
hand;  ^and  one  man  among  them 
!(•«.■(  clothed  with  linen,  with  a  writ- 
er's inkhorn  thy  his  side:  and  they 
went  in,  and  stood  beside  the  brazen 
altar. 

3  And  h  the  glory  of  the  God  of  Is- 
rael was  gone  up  from  the  cherub, 
whereupon  he  Wiis,  to  the  threshold 
of  the  house.  And  he  called  to  the 
man  clothed  with  linen,  which  had 
the  writer's  inkhorn  by  his  side: 

4  And  the  Loi:i)  said  unto  him.  Go 
throufth  the  midstof  the  city,  through 
the  midst  of  Jerusalem,  and  tset  ''a 
mark  upon  the  foreheads  of  the  men 
I'that  sigh  and  that  cry  for  all  the 
abominations  that  be  done  in  the 
midst  thereof. 

.5  TT  And  to  the  others  he  said  in 
tmine  hearing.  Go  ye  after  him 
through  the  city,  and  smite:  '^Ict 
not  your  eye  spare,  neither  have  ye 
pity : 

C  I  Slay  t  utterly  old  and  young, 
both  maids,  andlittle  children,  and 
women:  but  Bcome  not  near  any 
man  upon  whom  *.<  the  mark;  and 
h  begin  at  my  sanctuary,  i  Then  they 
began  at  the  ancient  nicn  which  were 
before  the  house. 

7  And  he  said  unto  them,  Dcfllo  the 
house,  and  till  the  courts  with  the 
slain:  go  ye  forth.  And  they  went 
forth,  and  slew  in  the  city. 

8  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  while  they 
were  slaying  them,  and  I  was  left, 
that  X  k  fell  upon  mv  face,  and  cried, 
and  said,  1  Ah  Lonl  God!  wilt  thou 
destroy  all  the  residue  of  Israel  in 
thy  pouring  out  of  thy  fury  upon 
Jerusalem  ? 

0  Then  said  he  unto  me.  The  iniq- 


uity of  the  house  of  Israel  and  Judah 
is  exceeding  great,  and  '"the  land  ia 
tfull  of  blood,  and  the  city  full  of 
(I  perverscness :  tor  they  say,  "The 
LoKD  hath  forsaken  the  earth,  aud  ; 
"the  Lord  seeth  not. 
10  And  as  for  me  also,  mine  Pcye] 
shall  not  spare,  neither  will  1  have 
pity,  hut  1 1  will  recompense  their 
way  upon  their  head. 
U  And,  behold,  the  man  clothed 
with  linen,  which  htul  the  inkhorn 
by  his  side,  f  rejiorted  the  mutter, 
saying,  I  have  done  as  thou  hast 
commanded  me. 

CHAPTER  X. 
1  Tlie  vition  of  the  coals  of  fire,  to  be  acat- 

tered  over  the  citj/.    8  The  vition  of  the 

cherubim. 

I'lHEN  I  looked,  and,  behold,  in 
the  '^  firmament  that  was  above 
the  head  of  the  cherubim  there  ap- 
peared over  them  as  it  were  a  sap- 
phire stone,  as  the  appearance  of  the 
likeness  of  a  throne. 

2  hAiul  he  spake  unto  the  man 
clothed  with  linen,  and  said,  Go  in 
between  the  wheels,  even  under  the 
cherub,  and  fill  i  ttiine  hand  with 
"^  coals  of  fire  from  between  the  cher- 
ubim, and  <l  scatter  lliem  over  the 
city.     And  he  went  in  in  my  sight. 

n"Now  the  cherubim  stood  on  the 
right  side  of  the  house,  when  the 
man  went  in  ;  and  the  cloud  filled 
the  inner  court. 

4  '  Then  the  glorv  of  the  Lord 
t  went  up  fr<im  the  cherub,  and  stood 
over  the  thresliold  (if  the  house:  and 
'the  house  was  filled  with  the  cloud, 
and  tlie  court  was  full  of  the  bright- 
ness of  the  Lord's  B'f'y- 

5  And  the  ^  sound  of  the  cherubim's 
wings  was  heard  eicn  to  the  outer 
court,  as  li  the  voice  of  the  Almighty 
God  when  he  speakcth. 

C  And  it  came  to  pass.  Iliat  when 
he  had  commanded  the  man  clothed 
with  linen,  saying.  Take  fire  from 
between  the  wheels,  from  between 
the  cherubim;  then  he  went  in,  and 
stood  beside  the  wheels. 

7  And  line  chernb  f  stretched  forth 
his  hand  from  between  the  eheruliim 
unto  the  fire  that  iias  between  the 
cherubim,  and  took  thereof,  and  put 
it  into  the  hands  of  him  that  uas 
clothed  with  linen;  who  took  it,  and 
went  out. 

8  Tf  iAnd  there  appeared  in  the  cher- 
ubim the  form  of  a  man's  hand  un- 
der their  wings. 

D  t  And  wh<n  I  looked,  behold  the 
four  wheels  bv  IIh'  eherubim.  one 
wheel  bv  one'cluruh,  anil  anotlier 
wheel  by  am.tlur  eluriib  :  and  the 
appearance  of  the  wheels  xrai  as  the 
colour  of  a  '  beryl  stone. 

10  And  "1  ./"/•  their  appearances, 
they  four  had  one  likenes.<,  as  if  a 
wheel  had  been  In  the  midst  of  a 
wheel. 

11  "''When  they  went,  they  went 

677 


Uttfore 
C  H  K  I  S  T 

atout  5^. 


o  Pi.  10.  1 1. 
1».  2d.  15. 
I>ih.  5.  U.  ^ 


The  vision  of  the  chenibim. 


EZEKIEIi.  The  mdden  death  of  Pelatlah. 


c  m:  I  s  T 

D04. 


[eb.  fah. 
Ii.  1.  13. 


pcb.  1.5. 
q  tl..  1.  19. 


roll.  1.  1120, 
'^1. 

lOr.  >/(,/,. 


I  cii.  1.  la 

ver.  15. 
!  ch.  1.  1. 


upon  tlicir  four  sides  ;  tlioy  turned 
not  as  they  went,  hut  to  the  place 
whitherthelicad  looked  they  followed 
It;  they  turned  not  us  they  went. 
li  And  their  whole  fbody,  and  tlieir 
b:iek?,  and  their  hands,  and  their 
WHIM'S,  and  "the  wheels,  were  full 
ofeyes  roiuid  iiliout,  eccii  the  wheels 
that  thev  four  had. 

13  As  for  the  wheel.5,  ||  it  was  cried 
unto  them  in  my  hearing,  O  wheel. 

14  "And  every  one  had  four  f.ices: 
the  first  face  was  the  face  of  a  cher- 
ub, and  the  second  face  viix  the  face 
f>f  a  in-in,  and  the  third  the  face  of  a 
lion,  and  the  fourth  the  face  of  an 
eagle. 

15  And  the  cherubim  were  lifted 
up.  This  IS  Ptha  living  creature  that 
I  saw  by  the  river  of  Chebar. 

10 'I  And  when  the  cherubim  "went, 
the  wheels  went  by  them;  and  when 
the  cherubim  lifted  up  their  win^.s 
to  mount  lip  from  the  earth,  tlie 
same  wheels  also  turned  nut  from 
beside  them. 

17  'Wlien  they  stood,  Iheae  stood; 
and  when  they  were  lifted  up,  thcfv 
lifted  up  themselves  aUo :  ior  the 
spirit  I!  of  the  livinj;  creature  was  in 
t!iem. 
IS  Then  'the  glory  of  the  Lord 
<  departed  from  off  the  tUresliold  of 
the  house,  and  stood  over  the  cher- 
ubim. 

1!)  And  "the  cheruliim  lifted  up 
their  wings,  and  mounted  up  from 
the  earth  in  mv  si.'ht:  when  they 
went  out,  the  wheels  also  vrre  be- 
side them,  and  rvvn/  (m>-  stood  at  the 
door  of  the  east  jiate  of  tlio  1,<ii:d's 
house;  and  tlic  kIo'T  of  the  God  of 
Israel  was  over  them  above. 
20  "  This  ).<  the  living  crciiture  that 
I  saw  under  the  God  of  Israel  )  by 
the  river  of  Chebar ;  and  I  knew 
that  they  ivcre  the  cherubim. 
•Jl  "Everyone  had  four  foces  apiece, 
and  everyone  four  wings;  "and  t!ie 
likeness  of  tlie  hands  of  a  man  ^ras 
under  their  wings. 
'J2  And  I'tlie  likeness  of  their  faces 
was  the  same  faces  which  I  saw  by 
the  river  of  Chebar,  their  appearances 
and  themselves:  "^  they  went  every 
one  straight  forward. 

ClIArTEIl  XI. 
1  The  prctvmjiliitn  of  III,-  iirincet.  4  Tkctr 
tin  and  juUiimtiit.  M  l^zf'.icl  coinplaitt- 
inff,  GoU  B/ifiCi'lfi  Ithu  his  purpo»ti  in 
taving  a  remnunt,  '2\  and  Jmniahinj  tfn; 
leicttc/.  '."i  The  iiturtj  of  <ioU  Icarelh  (/ht 
eitii.  24  L'zekiel  iB  rcturncU  to  the  cap- 
tivity. 

MOREOVKR  "the  spirit  lifted 
me  up,  and  brought  mn  unto 
'■the  east  gate  of  the  Eor.n's  house, 
whieli  lookitli  eastward  :  and  be- 
holrl  "at  the  door  of  the  gate  five 
and  twenty  men  ;  among  whom  1 
siw.Iaa/.aniah  the  son  of  .\zur,  and 
I'elaliiih  the  son  of  IJeuaiah,  princes 
of  the  people. 
B7a 


2  Then  said  he  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  these  arc  the  men  tliat  devise 
mischief,  and  give  wicked  counsel 
in  this  city: 

o  Which  say,  \\It  is  not  ''near;  let 
us  build  houses:  "this  cilij  is  the 
caldron,  and  we  he  the  flesh. 

4  IT  Therefore  prophesy  against 
them,  prophesv,  O  son  of  man. 

.';  And  f  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  fell 
upon  me,  and  said  unto  me.  Speak; 
Thus  saith  tlie  LoiU);  Thus  have  ye 
said,  O  house  of  Israel:  li')r  I  know 
the  tilings  that  come  into  your  mind, 
crcrif  one  of  them. 

(J  ^  Ye  h.avc  multiplied  your  slain 
in  this  city,  and  ye  have  tilled  the 
streets  thereof  with  the  slain. 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  bYour  slain  whom  ve  have 
laid  in  the  midst  of  it,  tliev  are 
the  flesh,  and  this  cilii  is  the  cal- 
dron :  ■  but  I  will  bring  you  forth 
out  of  the  midst  of  it. 

.S  Ye  have  feared  the  sword  ;  and 
I  will  bring  a  sword  upon  you,  saith 
the  I>ord  Gon. 

'.)  And  I  will  bring  you  out  of  tlie 
midst  thereof,  and  deliver  you  : 
the  h;inds  of  strangers,   and    k  will 
execute  judgments  among  von. 

10  lY'e  shall  fall  by  the  sword;  I 
will  judge  you  in  ''the  border  of 
Isniel ;  "and  ye  slmll  know  that  I 
«.'<(  the  Lord. 

11  "This  ritij  shall  not  be  your 
caldron,  neither  shall  ve  be  the 
flesh  in  the  midst  tlicrcof;  hut  I 
will  judge  you  in  the  border  of  Is- 
rael : 

12  And  Pye  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  L<)!:;D:'||forye  have  not  walked 
in  my  statutes,  neither  executed  my 
jud_;inents,  hut  ''have  done  after 
tlie  maimers  of  the  lie:ithen  that  arc 
round  about  yon. 

13  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I 
prophesied,  that  ''  IVlatiiih  the  son  of 
Uenaiah  died.  Then  Moll  I  down 
upon  my  face,  and  cried  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  said.  Ah  Lord  God!  wilt 
thou  make  a  full  end  of  the  remnant 
of  Israel  ? 

14  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

].">  S(m  of  man,  thy  l>rcthren,  crcii 
thy  brethren,  the  liicn  of  thy  kin- 
dred, and  all  the  house  of  Israel 
wholly,  are  they  unto  whom  the  in- 
habit:ints  of  Jerusalem  have  said. 
Get  you  far  from  the  Loi:i>  :  unto 
US  ia"flii»  land  given  in  po^Moiou. 

K;  Therefore  siv.  Thus  s:olh  the 
Lord  (ioi)  :  Although  1  have  cast 
them  f.iroff  among  tlu'  h.'MtlKn.and 
although  I  have  scattered  them 
ami'Ug  the  countries,  'yet  will  1  be 
to  thiiu  as  a  little  sane'luary  in  the 
countries  where  they  shall  come. 

17  Therefore  say.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God  ;  "  I  will  even  gather 
y(ni  fr<mi  the  people,  and  assemble 
you  out  of  the  countries  where  j-e 


GocFs  glory  leaveth  the  city. 


Zedeklah's  captivity  typified. 


CT.  32.  3<). 
,.31. -J!.  27. 
reZepli.3.9. 


cU.  13.  31. 
»::«ch  7.  12. 
1.  Ti.  105. 4.5. 


fell.  8.  4.  4 
0.  3.  i-  10.  4. 
1  *.  i:  43.  4. 

eicoZoch.  14. 


have  been  scattcreil,  aud  I  will  give 
you  the  land  of  Isiiul. 

l.S  And  tliev  shall  come  thither,  and 
"  tliiy  shall  fake  away  all  the  detest- 
able Ihin^^s  tluTcof  and  all  the  aboin- 
iiiations  tlieicof  from  thenee. 

rj  And  >  I  will  give  them  one 
heart,  and  I  will  put  'a  new  spirit 
within  you;  and  I  will  take  "thi' 
stony  heart  out  of  their  flesh,  and 
will  Rive  them  a  heart  of  flesh: 

L'll  iiTliat  thry  may  walk  in  my 
statutes,  and  keep  mine  ordinanees, 
and  do  them:  'and  they  shall  be  my 
people,  and  I  will  be  their  God. 

'2\  But  as  for  them  whose  heart 
walketh  after  the  heart  of  their 
detestable  thintrs  and  their  abom- 
inations, ill  will  reeompensc  their 
way  upon  their  own  heads,  saith  the 
Lord  Gou. 

•li  TT  Then  did  the  cherubim  ''lift 
up  their  wings,  aud  the  wheels  be- 
side them;  and  the  glory  of  the  God 
of  Israel  tras  over  them  above. 

23  And  1  the  glory  of  the  Lord  went 
up  from  the  midst  of  tlie  city,  and 
stood  e  upon  tlie  mountain  Ii  which 
i's  on  the  east  side  of  the  city. 

24  Tl  Afterwards  "the  spirit  took 
me  up,  and  bnmgbt  me  in  a  vision 
by  the  Spirit  of  God  into  Chaldea, 
to  them  of  the  captivit.v.  So  tlie 
vision  that  I  h:id  seen  went  up  from 
me. 

2.5  Then  I  spake  unto  them  of  the 
captivity  all  the  things  that  the  Loud 
had  shewed  me. 

CIIAPTEK  XIL 

1  Tim  Ivpe  of  KirkieVa  removing.  S  It 
eheweJ  the  caplirili/  of  ZcJeldah.  17 
Dztkul'j  trcmUinu  ahewetU  tlie  Jctvs' 
deaoUtlion.  21  T/,c  Jews'  j.r.«u.«;j;u- 
ous  proverb  ie  reproved.  26  The  epeedi- 
ticss  of  the  viaiou. 

'■pllE  word  of  the  Lokd  also  came 
X    unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  thou  dwcUest  in  the 
mid.st  of  "a  rebellious  house,  which 
l'iia\'e  eyes  to  sec,  and  sec  not;  they 
I.avc  ear's  to  hear,  and  hear  not:  '  for 
thcv  arc  a  rebellious  house. 

3  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  pre- 
pare thee  I!  stuff  for  removing,  and 
remove  by  day  in  their  sight;  and 
thou  shall  remove  fiom  thy  place  to 
another  place  in  their  sight:  it  may 
be  tlicv  will  consider,  though  they  ba 
a  rebellious  house. 

4  Then  shalt  thou  bring  forth  th.v 
stuff  by  day  in  their  siglit,  as  stuff 
for  removiiis:  and  thou  shalt  go 
forth  at  eveif  in  their  sight,  f  as  they 
that  go  forth  into  eaptivity. 

5  fDig  thou  through  the  wall  in 
their  sight,  and  enrrv  out  thereby. 

G  In  their  sight  shalt  thou  bear 
]■(  upon  till/  shoulders,  and  carry  it 
forth  in  the  twilight:  thou  shalt 
cover  thy  face,  that  thou  see  not  the 
ground  :  lifor  I  have  set  thee  for  a 
sign  unto  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  And  I  did  bo  as  I  was  command- 


ed: I  brought  forth  my  stulf  by  day, 
as  BtufVlbr  captivity,  aud  in  the  even 
I  t  digged  throug"h  the  wall  with 
mine  iiand;  I  brought  it  forth  in  the 
twilight,  and  I  bare  it  upon  jnij 
shoulder  in  their  sight. 

K  U  And  in  the  morning  came  the 
word  of  the  Loitu  unto  n'le,  sti\  ing, 

•I  Son  of  niau.lKithnottheho'nseof 
Israel,  "the  rehellious  bouse,  said  un- 
to thee,  I  \Vh;it  dofst  thou? 

10  S;iv  thou  uutn  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Cod;  This  «  burden  cun- 
crrnclli  the  prince  in  Jerusalem,  and 
all  the  house  of  Israel  that  are  among 
tlicm. 

11  Sar,  1 1  am  your  sign:  like  ns  I 
have  tlone,  so  pliall  it  be  done  unto 
them:  t' they  shall  remove  and  go 
into  captivitv. 

12  And  >  the  prince  that  is  among 
them  shall  bear  npcpu  his  shouhler  in 
the  twilight,  and  shall  go  forlli:  they 
shall  dig  tlirough  the  wall  to  earrv 
out  thereby:  he  shall  cover  his  face, 
that  he  see  not  the  ground  with  his 
e.ves. 

i.'i  My  1  net  also  will  I  spread  upon 
him,  and  he  shall  be  taken  in  my 
snare:  and  '"I  will  bring  him  to 
Babylon  to  the  land  of  the  Chal- 
deans; yet  shall  ho  not  sec  it,  though 
he  shall  die  there. 

14  And  "  I  will  scatter  toward  every 
wind  all  that  ore  about  him  to  helt> 
him,  and  nil  his  bands;  and  "I  will 
draw  out  the  sword  after  them. 

15  I'  And  they  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Loi:i>,  when  I  shall  scatter  them 
among  the  nations,  and  disperse 
them  in  tlio  countries. 

lU  '1  But  I  will  leave  1  a  few  men  of 
them  from  the  sword,  from  the  fam- 
ine, and  from  the  pestilences  ;  tliat 
they  may  declare  all  their  abnmina- 
tions  among  the  heathen  wldihiT 
tliey  come  ;  and  they  sluall  know 
that  I  am  the  Loud. 

1"  TT  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Loud 
came  to  me,  saying, 

IS  Son  of  man,  "^eat  thy  bread  with 
quaking,  and  drink  thy  water  with 
trembling  and  with  carefulness; 

19  And  say  unto  the  people  of  the 
land.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Jcrusniem,  ami 
of  the  land  of  Israel  ;  They  shall 
eat  their  bread  with  carefuhuss, 
and  drink  their  water  with  astoni.sh- 
ment,  that  her  land  may  *be  desolate 
from  f  all  that  i-s  therein,  '  because  of 
the  violence  of  all  them  that  dwell 
tlierein. 

20  Aud  the  cities  that  are  inhabited 
shall  be  laid  waste,  and  the  land  shall 
be  desolate;  and  ye  shall  know  that 
I  am  the  Loi:D. 

21  ir  And  the  word  of  the  Loiin 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

22  .Son  of  man,  what  fa  that  pmvcrb 
that  ye  have  i:i  the  land  of  Israel, 
saying,  "  The  days  are  prolonged, 
and  every  vision  failcth? 

(<^9 


A  reproof  of  lying  prophets. 


False  prophetesses  reproved. 


I  Jool  2.  1, 
Z.ph.  1.  n. 
y  ch.  13.  »3. 
1  L»m.  2.  11. 


bJer.  11.14. 
it  -JJ.  10.  aj. 
t  Il.b.  vo/i 


hch.  11.10.12. 


23  Tell  them  therefore,  Tlius  saith 
the  Lord  Gou;  I  will  make  this  prov- 
erb to  cease,  and  they  shall  no  more 
use  it  ns  a  proverb  in  Israel;  but  say 
unto  them,  "The  days  are  at  hand, 
and  the  ettect  of  every  vision. 

2i  For  5"  there  shall  be  no  more  any 
'vain  vision  nor flatterins divination 
within  the  house  of  Israel. 

23  For  I  am  the  Lord  :  I  will  speak, 
and  "the  word  that  I  shall  speak 
shall  come  to  pass;  it  shall  be  no  more 
prolonged:  for  in  your  davs,  O  re- 
bellious house,  will  I  say  the  word, 
and  will  perform  it,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

2G  IT  Again  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  to  me,  saying, 

27  i>  Son  of  man,  behold,  then  of  the 
house  of  Israel  say.  The  vision  that 
he  sceth  ?s  ^  for  many  days  to  come. 
and  he  prophesieth  ot  the  times  that 
arc  far  off. 

28  il  Therefore  say  unto  them,  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  (5od  ;  There  shall 
none  of  my  words  be  prolonged  any 
more,  but  the  word  whieli  I  liave 
spoken  shall  be  done,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

CHAPTER  XnL 

1   The  reproof  of  ii/inif  jirojjhcts,  10  and 

tlit'ir  untempercd  mortar.    17  Of  proj/h- 

elosaea  anU  their  pillowa. 

A  ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 

I  \-  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  ajrainst  the 
prophets  of  Israel  that  propliesy ,  and 
say  thou  unto  "  1  them  that  prophesy 
out  of  their  own  b  hearts,  Hear  ye  the 
word  of  the  Lor.D; 

.'i  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  Woe 
unto  the  foolish  prophets,  that  f  fol- 
low their  own  spirit,  ||  and  have  seen 
nothing! 

•t  O  Israel,  thy  prophets  are  "^like 
the  foxes  in  the  deserts. 

5  Ye  ilhave  not  gone  up  into  the 

II  gaps,  neither  tmade  up  the  hedge 
for  the  liouse  of  Israel  to  stand  in 
the  battle  in  the  day  of  the  Loud. 

(i "  They  have  seen  vanity  and  lying 
divination,  saying.  The  Lord  .saith: 
and  the  Lord  h.ath  not  sent  them: 
and  they  have  made  ol/icrs  to  hope 
tluit  they  would  confirm  the  word. 

7  Have  ye  not  seen  a  vain  vision, 
and  luave'ye  not  spoken  a  lying  div- 
ination, whereas  ye  say.  The  Lord 
saith  it:  albeit  I  have  not  spoken  ? 

H  Therefore  thus  saith  tlic  Lord 
God;  Because  ye  have  spoken  ^'an- 
ity,  and  seen  lies,  therefore,  behold, 

I  <iin  aj^ainst  you,  saith  the  I-urd 
God. 

1)  And  mine  hand  shall  bo  upon  the 
prophets  that  see  vanitv,  an<l  that 
divine  lies:  they  i-hall  not  be  in  the 

II  assembly  of  iiiv  people,  f  neither 
shall  tiu'V  be  written  in  the  writiuL- 
of  the  hoii.scof  Israel,  «  neither  shuil 
they  enter  into  the  l:nul  of  Israel; 
liaiid  ye  shall  know  that  1  <i.)i  the 
Lord  God. 

680 


10  H  Because,  even  because  they 
have  seduced  my  people,  saying, 
'Peace;  and  t/icrc  wtts  no  peace; 
and  one  built  up  ||  a  wall,  and,  lo, 
others  k  daubed  it  with  untempered 
morlnr  : 

H  Say  nnto  them  which  daub  it 
with  untempered  mortar,  that  it  ehall 
fall:  1  there  shall  be  an  overflowing 
shower:  and  ye,  O  great  hailstones, 
shall  fall;  and  a  stormy  wind  shall 
rend  it. 

12  Lo,  when  the  wall  is  fallen,  shall 
it  not  be  said  nnto  you,  Where  is  the 
daubing  wherewith  ye  have  daubed 
itf 

13  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
GuD  ;  I  will  even  rend  it  with  a 
stormy  wind  in  my  fury;  and  there 
shall  be  an  overflowing  shower  in 
mine  anger,  and  great  hailstones  in 
mi/  fury  to  consume  it. 

14  So  will  1  break  down  the  wall 
that  ye  hiive  daubed  with  untemper- 
ed mortar,  and  bring  it  down  to  the 
ground,  so  that  the  foundation  there- 
of shall  be  discovered,  and  it  shall 
fall,  and  ye  shall  he  consumed  in  the 
midst  thereof :  °' and  ye  shall  know 
that  I  am  the  Lord. 

15  Thus  will  I  accomplish  my  wrath 
upon  the  wall,  and  upon  them  that 
have  daubed  it  with  untempered 
mortar,  and  will  say  nnto  you,  The 
wall  i's  no  more,  neither  they  that 
daubed  it; 

l(i  To  u-it,  the  prophets  of  Israel 
which  projihesy  concerning  Jerusa- 
lem, and  which  "  see  visions  of  peace 
for  her,  and  l/ure  is  no  peace,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 

IT  T!  I/ikewise,  thou  son  of  man, 
".set  thy  face  against  the  daughters 
of  thy  people,  l' which  i>rophesy  out 
of  their  own  heart;  and  prophesy 
thou  against  them, 

IS  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Woe  to  the  iromen  that  sew 
pillows  to  all  II  armiioles,  and  make 
kerchiefs  upon  the  head  of  every 
stature  to  hunt  souls!  Will  ye  'ihunt 
the  souls  of  my  people,  and  will  ye 
s;ivc  the  souls  alive  tliat  come  unto 
you? 

ly  And  will  yc  pollute  me  among 
my  people  '  for  handfiils  of  barley 
aiid  for  iiieces  of  bread,  to  slay  the 
souls  thatshouhl  not  die,  and  to  save 
the  souls  alive  that  should  not  live, 
bv  your  lying  to  my  people  that  hear 


I/OII 


■lies? 


2()  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  Hehold.  I  ri,i,  a-ainst  vour 
pillows,  wherewith  ve  there  hunt  the 
souls  II  to  make  t/i<//i  tly,  and  I  will 
tear  them  from  vour  arms,  aiul  will 
h't  the  smils  !ro,'cr(  H  the  souls  that 
VI- hunt  (oiiKike  t/iciii  flv. 
"21  Vour  kerchiefs  nlso  will  I  tear, 
and  deliver  luv  people  out  of  vour 
hand,  and  they  sIimH  he  no  more  in 
your  hand  to  he  hunted;  "and  ye 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  I.,okd. 


An  exhortation  to  repentance 


EZEKIEI^ 


for  fear  of  God's  judgments. 


about  594. 
•  rli.  8.  1.& 
20.1.  i  33.31. 


r.Jl.  U. 

.  li.  7. 
i.ni.2fi.lO. 
■ut  2-S.  37. 


22  Bccawsc  ■with  lies  ye  liavc  made 
tlie  lioai't  (if  tlic  rijilitcoiis  satU  ■whom 
1  have  not  niude  sad;  and  '  strcnRth- 
cnod  tlic  liands  cpf  the  -wicked,  that 
lio  sluinhl  not  return  from  his  wicked 
way,  l|  f  liy  liroinisin;;  him  life; 

L'.'i  Tlient'ore  "ye  sliall  sec  no  more 
vanity,  nor  divine  divinations:  fori 
will  (leliver  niy  people  out  of  your 
hand :  "  and  yc  shall  know  that  X  atJi 
the  IjOki). 

er.  0.   ch.  U.  B.  i  1.':.  7. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  God  answcretk  idolntera  according  to 
their  own  heart.  G  2'hcy  arc  exhorted  to 
repent,  for  fear  of  judgments,  ty  vicuna 
of  seduced  prophets.  Vi  Ovd'a  irrcvocu' 
lie  .enunre  vf  famme,  15  of  noisome 
licatta,  17  of  the  nword,  19  and  of  petti- 
lence.  22  A  remnant  shall  be  reserved 
for  example  of  others, 

THEN  "came  certain  of  the  elders 
of  Israel  unto  me,  and  sat  before 
me. 

2  And  fho  -word  of  the  LoiiD  came 
unto  nio,  s;iyin^, 

.'i  ^'m  of  ilian,  these  men  have  set 
np  their  idols  in  their  heait,  and  jiut 
'■  the  stum  hrmfibloek  of  their  iniquity 
before  their  face:  'should  1  be  in- 
quired of  at  all  by  them  ? 

4  Therefi)rc  speak  unto  them,  and 
say  unto  them.  Thus  s:iith  the  Lord 
God;  Every  man  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael that  settcth  up  his  idols  in  his 
heart,  ami  putteth  the  stumblinj:;- 
bloek  of  his  iniquity  before  his  face, 
and  conu'th  to  the  prophet:  I  the 
LoKD  will  answer  him  thitcometh, 
accordini'  to  the  multitude  of  his 
idols: 

5  That  I  may  take  the  house  of  Is- 
rael in  their  own  heart,  because  thev 
are  all  estranged  from  me  throuj^K 
their  idols. 

(i  TI  Therefore  say  unto  the  house  of 
Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  (ion; 
Repent,  and  turn  ||  yowseh-es  from 
jour  idols ;  and  turn  away  your 
faces  friim  all  your  abominations. 

7  For  every  one  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, or  of  the  stranger  that  sojourn- 
cth  in  Israel,  which  separateth  him- 
self from  me,  and  setteth  up  his  idols 
in  his  heart,  and  pntteth  the  stum- 
blinf;block  of  his  iniquity  betbre  his 
face,  and  Cometh  to  a  jirophet  to  in- 
quire of  him  concerninf^  me:  1  the 
LoKD  will  answer  him  by  mj'self; 

8  And  ill  will  set  my  face  against 
tliat  man,  and  will  make  him  a  *^sipn 
and  a  luoverb,  and  I  will  cut  him  otf 
from  the  midst  of  my  iieople;  fand 
yc  shall  know  that  I  oiii  the  I^oiin. 
'!)  And  if  the  )un])het  be  deceived 
when  he  hath  spoken  a  thinfr,  I  the 
LoitD  «have  d.c.ivcil  that  |irophet, 
and  1  will  stretch  out  my  hand  upon 
him,  ami  will  de^tmy  him  from  the 
niid.-;tofmv  pcoiile  Jsrncl. 

II)  And  tli'iv  sIkiU  hear  the  pnnish- 
nu'Ut  of  their  inicpiitv:  the  punish- 
ment of  the  jirophet  shall  be  even  as 


the  punishment  of  him  that  seekcth 
unto  him; 

11  That  the  house  of  Israel  may  hpo 
no  more  astray  from  me,  neither  be 
polluted  any  more  with  all  their 
transfjressions;  ■  but  that  they  nuiy 
be  my  people,  and  I  may  be  tlierr 
(iod,  snith  the  Lord  God. 

12  ir  The  word  of  the  Loud  came 


i:i 
neth 


i.f  ninn, 
St  ni 


netli  at;ainst  nie  by  trespassmg griev- 
ously, then  will  I  stretch  out  mine 
hand  upon  it,  and  will  break  the 
k  staff  of  the  bread  thereof,  and  will 
send  famine  U|)on  it,  and  will  cut  oil' 
nwiu  and  beast  from  it: 

U  I  Though  these  three  men,  Noah, 
Daniel,  and  Job,  were  in  it,  they 
should  deliver  hut  their  own  souls 
'"by  their  righteousness,  saith  the 
Lord  God. 

15  U  If  I  cause  "  noisome  beasts  to 
pass  through  the  land,  and  thev 
II  spoil  it,  so  that  it  be  desolate,  tluit 
no  man  mav  pass  through  because 
of  ihe  beasts": 

K;  "  TliiiuqJi  these  three  men  vcrc 
tin  it,  iix  I  live,  saith  the  I.oid  GuD, 
thev  shall  deliver  neither  sous  nor 
daughters;  tliey  only  shall  be  de- 
livered, but  the  laud  shall  be  deso- 
late. 

17  IT  Or  if  PI  bring  a  sword  upon 
that  land, and  say.  Sword. gollirough 
the  laud;  so  that  1 ''  cut  oft*  man  and 
bea.st  from  it: 

18  "^  Though  these  three  men  vcre 
in  it,  «s  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
they  shall  deliver  neither  sfpus  nor 
daughters,  but  they  only  shall  be  de- 
livered themselves. 

ly  H  Gr  ■(/'  I  send  "a  pestilence  into 
that  land,  and  'pour  lait  my  fury 
npcm  it  in  blood,  to  cut  off  from  it 
man  and  lu'a.--t: 

a)  "  Though  Noah,  Daniel,  and  .Tob, 
were  in  it,  us  I  live,  saith  the  Lord 
God,  they  shall  deliver  neither  son 
nor  daughter:  they  shall  liit  deliver 
their  own  souls  by  their  righteous- 
ness. 

21  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
II  How  much  more  when  "  1  send  my 
tipur  scpre  inilgmcnts  upon  .Ternsalem, 
the  s\v..id.;ind  the  famine,  and  the 
noisoipie  hrast.  ami  the  pistilcnce,  to 
cut.  ninim  it  man  and  heast? 

22111  Yet, behold, thereinshallbcleft 
aremnantthat  shall  he  l.ionglit  forth, 
lolh  sons  aiul  daughters  :  belioUl. 
they  shall  come  forth  unto  you,  and 
'ye  shall  sec  their  way  ami  their  ilo- 
iiigs:  and  ye  shall  be  eomtorticl  con- 
cerning tlic  evil  that  I  have  bnnight 
upon  Jerusalem,  riai  coucerning  all 
that  I  have  brought  upon  it. 

•J.!  .\iid  thev  shall  comfort  vou, 
when  ve  si<'  their  wavs  ami  their  do- 
ings: ami  ve  shall  ktiow  that  1  have 
not  doin-'"  without  cause  nil  that 
I  have  done  in  it,  saith  the  Lord 
Gou. 

G81 


The  rejection  of  Jerusalem. 


ICZEKIEL. 


God's  love  towards  her. 


Bcfure 
CUIIIST 
about  5D4. 


I. oil.  21  30. 
1  lIo«.  2.  3. 


1  By  the 

any  wi 


CHAPTKIl  XV. 

unfilncsa  of  the  vine 
'k  0  u  b/ieufcU  the  n 


\ND  the  word  of  the  Lokd  came 
unto  1110,  sayiiifr, 

2  Sou  of  man,  What  i.s  tlic  vine 
tree  more  tlian  any  tree,  or  thfiii  a 
branch  which  is  among  ilie  trees  of 
tlie  forest  i" 

3  Sliall  wood  be  taken  thereof  to  do 
any  work?  or  will  vicn  take  a  i>in  of 
it  to  hanft  an^  vessel  thereon  ? 

4  lieliold,  "it  is  cast  into  tlic  fire  for 
fuel;  tlie  tiredevouretii  botli  the  ends 
of  it,  and  the  midst  of  it  is  burned. 
t  Is  it  meet  fi>r  any  work? 

5  Behiihl,  wlien  it  was  whole,  it  was 
t  meet  tor  no  work:  how  much  less 
s!iall  it  be  meet  yet  tor  «».'/  work, 
wlien  the  fire  hath  devoured  it,  and 
it  is  burned? 

(J  f  Therefore  thus  saitli  the  Lord 
God;  As  the  vine  tree  anions  the 
trees  of  the  forest,  which  I  have  pv- 
en  to  the  fire  for  fuel,  so  will  I  give 
the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem. 

7  And  I' I  will  set  my  face  against 
them  1  ''they  shall  go  out  from  one 
fire,  and  another  fire  shall  devour 
them  ;  <l  and  ye  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Loiin,  when  I  set  my  face 
against  them. 

8  And  I  will  make  the  land  deso- 
late, because  they  have  \  committed 
a  tresxiass,  saitli  the  Lord  God. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

1  Vndcr  the  simililu.U  of  a  wretched  in- 
/.in!  is  shetn-d  the  natural  state  of  Jerv.. 
tuUnn,  G  Go<i*a  extraordinary  love  to- 
varda  her.  15  Her  monatrouB  whore- 
dom. 'A'o  Her  grievous  judgment,  i^  Her 
sin,  matching  tier  mother,  and  exceeding 
her  aialera.  iiodom  and  Samaria,  call- 
eth  for  judomenta.  00  Mercy  ia  prom- 
ised' her  in  the  end. 

AGAIN  the  word   of  the  Lokd 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  iSon  of  man,  "cause  Jerusalem  to 
know  her  abominations, 

3  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  unto  Jerusalem;  Thy  t  birth 
i>and  thy  nativity  is  of  the  land  of 
Canaan ;  '  thy  father  icos  an  Amo- 
rite,  and  thy  mother  a  Hittite. 

4  And  as'/iir  tliy  nativity,  Jin  the 
day  thou  wa^t  bnrii  thy  navel  was 
not  cut,  neither  wast  thou  washed  in 
water  ||  to  supple  l/ue  .■  thou  wast  not 
salted  at  nil,  nor  swaddled  at  all. 

,')  Xone  I've  pitii-il  thee,  to  do  anj^of 
these  unto  tlue,  til  have  compassion 
upon  thee;  hut  thou  wast  cast  out  in 
the  open  Held,  to  tlie  loathing  of  thy 
lierson,  in  the  day  that  thou  wast 
born. 

(j  IT  And  when  I  passed  by  thee,  and 
saw  thee  l[  polluted  in  thine  own 
blond,  1  said  unto  thee  vlirn  thou 
va.-:t  in  thy  blood.  Live;  yea.  I  said 
unto  thee  wlien  thou  tcust  ill  thy 
lilnod.  Live. 

7  ••'  I  have  1  caused  thee  to  multiply 
6'r2 


as  the  bud  of  the  field,  and  thou  hast 
increased  and  waxen  great,  and  thou 
art  come  to  f excellent  ornaments: 
till/  breasts  nrc  fashioned,  and  thine 
hair  is  grown,  whereas  thou  wast 
naked  and  bare. 

8  Now  when  I  piissed  liy  thee,  and 
looked  upon  thee,  behold,  thy  time 
teas  the  time  of  love;  fand  I  spread 
my  skirt  over  thee,  and  covered  tliy 
nakedness:  yea,  I  sware  unto  thee, 
and  enterecf  into  a  covenant  with 
thee,  saith  the  Lord  God,  and  6  thou 
becaniest  mine. 

1)  Then  w,".shed  I  thee  with  water; 
yea.  I  thoroughly  waslied  away  thy 
t  blood  from  thee,  and  I  anointed 
thee  with  oil. 

10 1  clothed  thee  also  with  broidered 
work,  and  shod  thee  with  badgers' 
skin,  and  I  girded  thee  about  with 
fine  liueu,  and  I  covered  thee  with 
silk. 

II  I  decked  thee  also  with  orna- 
ments, and  I  hnut  bracelets  upon 
thy  hands,  i  and  a  chain  ou  thy 
neck. 

IJ  And  I  put  a  jewel  on  thy  t  fore- 
head, and  earrings  in  thine  ears,  iind 
a  beautiful  eiown  uii.ni  thine  head. 

13  Thus  wast  th<.u  decked  with  gold 
and  silver;  and  thy  raiment  ircis  of 
tine  linen,  and  silk,  and  liioidercd 
work;  k  thou  didst  eat  fine  tlour,  and 
hone.v,  and  oil;  and  thou  Wlt^t  ex- 
ceeding 1  beautiful,  and  thou  didst 
prosjier  into  a  kingdom. 

14  And  '"  thy  renown  went  forth 
among  the  heathen  for  thy  beauty: 
tor  it  was  jicrfect  through  my  come- 
liness, which  1  had  put  upon  thee, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  IT  "  But  thou  didst  trust  in  thine 
own  beauty,  "and  playedst  the  har- 
lot because"  of  thy  n  iiciwii,  and  pour- 
edst  out  thy  tiirniiatimis  on  every 
one  that  passed  bv;  his  it  was. 

K>  P  And  of  thy  garments  thou  didst 
t;ike,  and  deckedst  thy  high  places 
with  divers  coloui-s,  and  playedst  the 
harlot  thereupon :  tlie  like  things 
shall  not  come,  neither  shall  it  be  so. 

17  Thou  hast  also  taken  thy  fair 
jewels  of  my  gold  and  of  my  silver, 
which  I  had  gii'en  thee,  and  luadest 
to  tin  self  iiiKiu'cs  f  of  men,  and  didst 
eoniniit  whoiednm  with  tliem, 

IS  And  tnokest  thy  hroi<lered  gar- 
ments, and  coveiedst  them  :  and 
thou  hast  set  mine  oil  and  mine  in- 
cense before  them. 

1!)  'l]\Iy  meat  ali^o  which  I  gave 
thee,  fine  flour,  and  oil,  and  hoiuv, 
n-hcreirith  I  fed  thee,  thou  hast  even 
set  it  before  tlieni  liir  f  :i  swi-et  sa- 
vour: and  thus  it  was,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

•J)  '■Jloreovcr  thou  hast  taken  thy 
sons  and  thy  dnugliters,  whom  thou 
hist  borne  unto  me.  and  these  hnst 
thiui  sacrificed  unto  them  t  to  bo  de- 
voured. Js  this  of  thy  whoredoms  a 
Email  matter, 


•Jerusalem's  monstrous  ichoredoms.   EZEKIEL. 


Ilcr  f/rievous  judguient. 


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o».  9.  U. 


cl«.  51).  6. 
Hoi.  8.  9. 


21  That  tliouhiist  slain  my  cliiUlrcn, 
and  delivered  them  to  cause  them  to 
pass  through  thcjire  for  tliem  ? 

L'2  And  ill  all  thini'  ahoniinations 
and  thy  wliorejoins  thou  hast  not  re- 
nienihered  the  days  of  thy  'youth, 
I  when  thou  wast  "naked  and  bare, 
mill  wast  polluted  in  thy  blood. 

2-»  Anil  it  came  to  pass  after  nil 
tliv  wi«.kedness,  (woo,  woe  unto  thee ! 
saith  the  Lord  Gni,,) 

24  TluU  "thou  hast  also  built  unto 
thee  an  ||  eminent  phiee,  and  "h-.st 
made  tlice  a  hiyh  place  in  every 
street. 

23  Thou  hast  built  thy  !ii};li  place 
y.it  every  head  of  the  way,  and  bast 
made  tliy  beauty  to  be  abhorred,  and 
hast  opened  thy  feet  to  every  one 
that  passed  by,  and  multiplied  thy 
whoredoms. 

2<j  Thou  hast  also  committed  for- 
nication with  'the  Egyiitiaiis  thy 
neighbours,  preat  of  flesh;  and  hast 
increased  thy  whoredoms,  to  provoke 
me  to  anger. 

27  Behold,  therefore  I  have  stretched 
out  my  hand  over  thee,  ami  have 
diminished  thine  ordinar.y  /oo*/,  and 
delivered  thee  unto  the  will  of  them 
that  hate  thee,  "  the  |]  daughters  of 
the  Philistines,  which  are  ashamed 
of  thy  lewd  way. 

28  i"  Tliou  hast  played  the  whore 
also  with  the  Assyrians,  because 
thou  wast  uusatinble;  yea,  thou  hast 
played  the  harlot  with  them,  and  yet 
couldest  not  be  satisfied. 

29  Thou  hast  moreover  multiplied 
thy  fornication  in  the  land  of  Canaan 
"unto  Chaldea;  and  yet  thou  wast 
not  satisfied  herewith. 

30  }Iow  weak  is  thine  heart,  saith 
the  Lord  Gon,  seeing  thou  doest  all 
tliese  tliiiifin,  the  work  of  an  imijcri- 
ous  whorish  woman ; 

;!1  II  In  that  'I  thou  buildest  thine 
eminent  place  in  the  head  of  every 
way,  and  makest  thine  high  place  in 
every  street;  and  hast  not  been  as  a 
harlot,  in  that  thou  pcornest  hire; 

:)2  Jliil  as  a  wife  that  eommitteth 
ailultory,  ?(7/(Wi  taketh  strangers  in 
stead  other  husband! 

."..".  They  give  gifts  to  all  whores:  but 
'thou  givest  th.y  gifts  to  all  thy  lov- 
ers, and  thirest  them,  that  they  nuiy 
come  unto  thee  on  every  side  for  thy 
whoredom. 

34  And  the  contrary  is  in  thee  from 
other  women  in  th.y  whoredo 
whereas  none  foUoweth  thee  to  ec 
mit  whoredoms:  ami  in  that  thou 
givest  a  reward,  and  no  reward  is 
given  unto  thee,  therefore  thou  art 
contrary. 

Si  IT  Wherefore,  O  harlot,  hear  the 
word  of  the  Loiti): 

.'lli  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon : 
Because  thy  filthiness  was  poured 
out,  and  thy  nakedness  dlscoyereil 
through  thy  whoredoms  with  thy 
lovers,  and  with  all  the  Idols  of  thy 


abominations,  and  by  f  the  blood  of 
thy  children,  which  "tbou  didst  give 
uiito  them; 

:'.7  Hiliold,  therefore  EI  will  gather 
all  tliv  lovers,  with  whom  thou  Inist 
t;.ken'  pleasure,  and  all  tliiin  that 
tlion  li;i,-.t  loved,  with  all  l/i.m  that 
t!i..o  iKist  hatid;  1  will  even  gather 
tli.iii  round  about  again.-t  thee,  and 
will  discover  thy  nakedness  unto 
them,  that  they  liiay  see  all  thy  na- 
kedness. 

ot!  And  I  will  .judge  thee,  fas 
h  women  that  break  wedlock  and 
ished  blood  are  judged;  and  I  will 
give  thee  blood  in  fury  and  jealousy. 
•'ill  And  I  will  also  give  thee  into 
their  hand,  and  they  shall  throw- 
down  I.  thine  eminent  place,  and 
shall  break  down  thy  liigh  places: 
I  they  shall  strip  thee  also  of  thy 
clothes,  and  shall  t;ikc  f  th.v  fair 
jewels,  and  leave  theo  naked  and 
bare. 

40  '"  They  shall  r.lso  bring  up  a  com- 
pany against  thee,  "and  they  shall 
stone  thee  with  stones,  and  thrust 
thee  through  Avith  their  swords. 

41  And  they  shall  "burn  thine 
houses  with  fire,  and  ''execute  judg- 
ments upon  thee  in  the  sight  of  many 
women  :  and  I  will  cause  thee  to 
1  cease  from  playing  the  harlot,  and 
thou  also  shall  give  no  hire  any  more. 

42  So  'will  I  make  my  fury  "toward 
thee  to  rest,  and  my  jeahmsy  shall 
de]>art  froui  thee,  and  I  will  be  ciuict, 
and  will  be  no  more  angry. 

4.'5  Because  'thou  h.asf  not  remem- 
bered the  days  of  thy  youth,  but  hast 
fretted  me  in  all  thilv't/iiiar- ;  behold, 
therefore  '  1  also  will  reeompeirsv  tiiv 
way  upon  lliim-  lu:icl.  saith  tlu>  Lord 
Gi)"i):  and  thou  shall  not  commit  this 
lewdness  above  all  thine  abomina- 
tions. 

44  f  Behold,  every  one  that  useth 
proverbs  shall  use  ifih  iiroverbagains t 
thee,  saving.  As  is  the  mother,  so  is 
her  ilau"ghter. 

4.">  'J'hou  art  thy  mother's  daughter, 
that  lontheth  her  husband  and  her 
ehildreii;  and  thou  art  the  sisler  of 
thv  sisters,  which  loathed  their  hus- 
b:i"nds  and  their  children  :  "your 
mother  uiis  a  llittite,  andjy.our  father 
an  Amorite.  ■» 

4C,  And  thine  older  sister  is  Samaria, 
she  and  her  daughters  that  dwell  at 
thy  left  hand:  and  "(thy  younger 
sis'ter,  that  dwelleth  at  thy  right 
hand,  i.»  .'Jo.lom  and  her  daughters. 

4"  Yet  hast  thou  not  walked  alter 
their  ways,  nor  done  after  their 
abominations:  but,  ||ns  it  lliat  iceic 
a  very  little  tliinii,  >  thou  wast  cor- 
rupted more  than  they  in  all  thy 
ways. 

iH  ,4.«  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  GoD, 
'  Sodom  thv  sister  hath  not  done,  she 
nor  her  daughters,  as  thou  hast  done, 
thou  and  tby  daughters. 

4'J  Behold.,  this  was  the  Iniquity  of 
tStH 


Mercy  promised  to  Jerusalem. 


EZEKIEL. 


GoiTs  jvdgment  upon  her 


\  Heb  /o. 
tHoli. 


I..  7.  1.411. 
23. 
IHeb,  Arav,. 


1  Pi.  IOC.  «. 
>  J.r.  52,10.  i 


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i:«l  -1  Sfi.ic 
rJ.r.al.  31. 

•  iiu.  2.io.:o. 

I  ver.  Cl. 

u  lUia.  3.  19. 


thy  sister  Sodom,  pride,  "fulness  of 
bread,  and  abundance  of  idleness 
wns  in  lier  and  in  iier  dauglitcrs, 
neither  (lid  she  strengthen  the  hand 
of  tlie  poor  and  needy. 
.lO  And  they  were  haughty,  and 
!■  committed  abomination  before  me; 
tliereforu  ''  1  took  them  away  as  1  saw 

£700'/. 

51  Neither  hath  Samaria  committed 
half  of  thy  sins;  but  thou  hast  multi- 
plied thine  abominations  more  than 
they,  and  J  hast  justified  tliy  sisters 
in  all  thine  abominations  which  thou 
hast  done. 

6>  Thou  also,  which  hast  jud_!;ed  thy 
sisters,  bear  thine  own  shiimc  for  thy 
sins  that  thou  hast  committed  more 
abominable  than  they:  they  are  more 
righteous  than  thou:  yea,  be  thou 
confounded  also,  and  bear  thy  shame, 
in  that  thou  hast  .justified  thy  sisters. 

5.'!  '■  When  I  shall  brin;;  again  their 
captivity,  fthe  captivity  of  Sodom 
and  her  dauj^hters,  and  the  captivity 
of  Samaria  and  her  dauiihters,  then 
icUl  Ibriiiij  acjiiin  the  captivity  of  thy 
captives  in  the  midst  of  them: 

,54  That  thou  mayest  bear  thine  own 
sliame,  and  mayest  be  confounded 
in  all  that  thou  hast  done,  in  that 
thou  art  *  a  comfort  unto  them. 

.M  When  thy  sisters,  Sodom  and 
her  daughters,  shall  return  to  their 
former  estate,  and  Samaria  and  her 
daughters  shall  return  to  their  former 
estate,  then  thou  and  thy  daughters 
shall  return  to  jour  former  estate. 

5(j  For  thy  sfster  Sodom  was  not 
t  inentionetl  by  thy  mouth  in  the 
day  of  thy  t  pride, 

S!  Before  thy  wickedness  was  dis- 
covered, as  at  the  time  of  iliti  li  re- 
proach of  the  daughters  of  t  Syria, 
and  all  that  are  round  about  her, 
i  the  daughters  of  the  I'hilistines, 
which  \\  despise  thee  round  about. 

58  k  Thou  hast  t  borne  thy  lewdness 
and   thine  abominations,  saith   the 

JyOIil). 

.■)!l  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Goi>;  I 
will  even  deal  with  thee  as  thou  hast 
done,  which  hast  I  despised  ""the 
oath  in  breaking  the  covenant. 

(iO IT  Nevertheless,  I  will  "remember 
my  covenant  with  thee  in  the  davs 
of'tliy  youth,  and  I  will  establish 
unto  thee  "an  everlasting  covenant. 

(il  Then  P  thou  shalt  remember  thy 
ways,  and  be  ashamed,  when  thoii 
shiilt  receive  thy  sisters,  thine  elder 
and  thy  younger:  and  I  will  give 
them  unto  thee  for  1  daughters,  "^but 
not  by  thy  covenant. 

(IJ  'And  I  will  establish  mv  cove- 
nant with  thee;  and  thou  shaltknow 
that  I  am  the  LonD: 

(ii  That  thou  mayest  'remember, 
andbeconftauuded,  "and  never  open 
thy  mouth  any  more  because  of  thy 
shame,  when  I  am  pacified  toWiird 
thee  for  all  that  thou  Iiast  done,  saith 
the  Lord  God. 
684 


CHAPTER  XVII. 

I  Under  the  puntUe  of  two  caijlca  a 
vine,  11  is  shewci-t  God'a  juagmcnt  upon 
Jerueatem  for  revolting  from  Uakylon 
to  Egypt,  22  God  promiecth  to  jdant 
the  cellar  of  the  gospel. 

A.ND  the  word  of  the  Loeh  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  put  forth  a  riddle, 
and  speak  a  parable  unto  the  house 
of  Israel; 

■i  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  "A  great  eagle  with  great 
wings,  long  winged,  full  of  feathers, 
which  had  tdiver.s  colours,  came 
unto  Lebanon,  and  i>took  the  high- 
est branch  of  the  cedar: 

4  lie  cropped  off  the  top  of  his 
ycung  twigs,  and  carried  it  into  a 
land  of  traflick;  he  set  it  in  a  city  of 
merchants. 

5  He  took  also  of  the  seed  of  the 
land,  and  t  planted  it  in  'a  fruitful 
field  ;  he  placed  it  by  great  waters, 
uinl  set  it  il  «.<  a  willow  tree. 

0  And  it  grew,  and  became  a 
spreading  vine  ''of  low  stature,  whose 
branches  turned  toward  him,  and 
the  roots  thereof  were  under  him: 
so  it  became  a  vine,  and  brought 
forth  branches,  and  shot  forth  sprigs. 

7  There  was  also  another  great  eagle 
with  great  wings  and  many  feathers: 
and,  behold,  rthis  vine  did  bend  her 
roots  toward  him,  and  shot  forth  her 
branches  toward  him,  that  he  might 
water  it  by  the  furrows  of  her  plant- 
ation. 

8  It  was  planted  in  a  good  t  soil  by 
great  waters,  that  it  might  bringforth 
branches,  and  that  it  might  bearfruit, 
that  it  might  be  a  goodiv  vine. 

9  Say  thou.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God:" Shall  it  prosper?  ' shall  he  not 
pull  up  the  roots  thereof,  and  cut  off 
tlie  fruit  thereof,  that  it  wither?  it 
shall  wither  in  all  the  leaves  of  her 
spring,  even  without  great  power  or 
many  people  to  pluck  it  up  by  the 
roots  thereof. 

10  Yea,  behold,  heing  planted,  shall 
it  prosper?  hshall  it  not  utterly  with- 
er, when  the  east  wind  toucheth  it? 
it  shall  wither  in  the  furrows  where 
it  grew. 

II  If  Morcovcrthe  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

l:i  Say  now  to  itlie  rebellions  house, 
Know've  not  what  these  tliiiwf  mean  * 
tell  tficm.  liehold.  Mhe  king  of 
Biibvlon  is  come  to  ,Iorusalem,  and 
hntli  taken  the  king  thereof,  and  the 
princes  thereof,  and  led  them  with 
him  to  Babvlon; 

l.'i  I  And  liath  taken  of  the  king's 
seed,  and  made  a  covenant  with  him, 
'"and  hath  t taken  an  o:ith  of  him: 
he  hath  also  taken  the  mighty  of  the 
land: 

14  That  the  kingdom  might  be 
"base,  that  it  might  not  lift  itself 
up.  Unit  that  by  keeping  of  his  cov- 
enant it  might  stand. 


for  revolting  from  Babylon. 


EZEKIEL. 


God's  just  dealings  tm'th  men. 


15  But  "lie  rcbt'lkd  ngninst  him  in 
sending  )iis  ninbaesadurs  into  Kgypt. 
I'tliat  tiiey  niiglit  give  him  horses 
and  mucli  people,  'i  Shall  he  pros- 
per? shall  he  eseapc  that  dooth  snch 
t/ii)i!7i'?  or  sliall  he  break  the  cove- 
nant, and  be  delivered? 

16  -Is  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Got), 
surciv  *'in  the  place  where  the  king 
ilwclKth  that  made  him  king,  whose 
oath  he  despised,  and  whose  cove- 
nant he  brake,  ci-nt  with  him  in  the 
midst  of  Babylon  he  shall  die. 

17  'Neither  shall  Pharaoh  with  liix 
mighty  army  and  great  company 
make  for  him  in  the  war,  'by  cast- 
ing up  mounts,  and  building  forts, 
to  cut  off  many  persons: 

18  Seeing  he  despised  the  oatli  by 
breaking  the  covenant,  when,  lo,  he 
had  "given  his  hand,  and  hath  done 
all  these  tliinijs,  he  shall  not  escape. 

19  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  As  1  live,  surely  mine  oath 
that  he  hath  despised,  and  my  cov- 
enant that  he  hath  broken,  even  it 
will  I  recompense  upon  his  owu 
head . 

20  And  I  will  '^spread  my  net  upon 
him,  and  lie  shall  be  taken  in  my 
snare,  and  I  will  bring  him  to  Habj- 
lon,  and  >  will  plead  with  liim  there 
for  his  trespass  that  he  hath  tres- 
passed against  me. 

21  And  ^all  his  fugitives  with  all 
his  bands  shall  fall  by  the  sword, 
and  they  that  remain  shall  be  scat- 
tered toward  all  winds:  and  ye  shall 
know  that  I  the  Lord  have  spoken 
it. 

•23  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will 
also  take  of  the  highest  »  branch  of 
the  high  cedar,  and  will  set  it;  I  will 
crop  oiF  from  the  top  of  his  young 
twigs  ha  tender  one,  and  will '  plant 
it  upon  a  high  mountain  and  emi- 
nent: 

2.'5  il  In  the  mountain  of  the  height 
of  Israel  will  I  plant  it:  and  it  shall 
bring  forth  boughs,  and  bear  fruit, 
and  be  a  goodly  cedar:  and  "'under 
it  shall  dwell  all  fowl  of  every  wing; 
in  the  shadow  of  the  branches  there- 
of shall  thev  dwell. 

24  And  all  the  trees  of  the  field  shall 
know  that  I  the  Lord  rhave  hioiight 
down  the  high  tree,  have  exalted  the 
low  tree,  have  dried  up  the  green 
tree,  and  have  made  the  dry  tree  to 
flourish:  *^I  the  Lord  have  spoken 
and  have  done  it. 

CHAPTER  xvin. 

1  God  reprovcth  the  unjuet  parabto  of  tour 
grapes.  6  He  elten-cth  how  he  deateth 
with  ajuit  father;  10  with  n  wicHol  son 
ofajuDt  father:  14  with  a  juit  ton  of  a 
wicked  father:  lDu't(/i  a  ti'iched  man  re- 
penting: Uwith  n  ;u»(  man  revolting. 
25  Ue  defendeth  hit  justice,  31  and  ex- 
hortcth  to  repentance. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  unto 
me  again,  saving, 
2  What  mean  ye,  that  yc  use  this 


proverb  concerning  the  land  of  Is- 
rael, saying.  The  "fathers  have  eat- 
en sour  grapes,  and  the  children's 
teeth  are  set  on  edge? 

.'1  As  1  live,  saiih  the  Lord  God,  yc 
shall  not  have  occasion  any  more  to 
use  this  proverb  in  Israel. 

4  Behold,  all  souls  are  mine;  as  the 
soul  of  the  father,  so  also  the  soul  of 
the  son  is  mine:  hthc  soul  that  sin- 
neth,  it  shall  die. 

6  H  But  if  a  man  he  just,  and  do 
t  that  which  is  lawful  and  right, 

()  'Aticl  hath  not  eaten  upon  the 
mountains,  neither  hath  lifted  up  his 
eyes  to  the  idols  of  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, neither  hath  <<  defiled  his  neigh- 
bour's wife,  neither  hath  come  near 
to  "^  a  nienstruous  woman, 

7  And  hath  not  fopprcsscd  any, 
hut  hath  restored  to  the  debtor  his 
8  pledge,  liath  spoiled  none  by  vib- 
lenee,  hath  li  given  his  bread  to  the 
liungry,  and  hath  covered  the  naked 
with  a  garment; 

H  He  t/ial  hath  not  given  forth  upon 
iusur}',  neither  hath  taken  any  in- 
crease. Hint  hath  withdrawn  his  hand 
from  iniiiuity,  k  hath  executed  true 
judgment  between  man  and  man, 

!l  Hath  walked  in  mj-  statutes,  and 
hath  kept  niv  judgments,  to  deal 
truly  ;  he  is  'just,  he  shall  surely 
Uive,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  U  If  he  beget  a  son  that  is  a  ||  rob- 
ber, ■"  a  shedder  of  blood,  and  ||  l/iat 
docth  the  like  to  ani/  one  of  these 
thinqs, 

11  And  that  docth  not  any  of  those 
il:ilirs,  but  even  hath  eaten  upon  the 
mountains,  and  defiled  his  neigh- 
bour's wife, 

12  Hath  oppressed  the  poor  and 
needy,  hath  spoiled  by  violence, 
liath  not  restored  the  pledge,  and 
hath  lifted  up  his  eyes  to  the  idols, 
hath  "committed  abomination, 

l.i  Hath  given  forth  upon  usury, 
and  hath  taken  incrca.se  :  shall  he 
then  live?  he  shall  not  live:  he  hath 
done  all  these  abominations:  he  shall 
surely  die;  "his  t  blood  shall  be  up- 
on him. 

14  IT  Now.lo,  it'  he  beget  a  son,  that 
seeth  all  his  father's  sins  which  he 
hath  done,  and  considcreth,  and 
doeth  not  such  like, 

l.T  1'  That  hath  not  eaten  upon  the 
mountains,  neither  hath  lifted  up 
his  eves  to  the  idols  of  the  house  of 
Israel,  hath  not  defiled  his  neigh- 
bour's wife, 

IC  Neither  hath  oppressed  any, 
fhath  not  withholdcn  the  pledge, 
neither  hath  spoiled  by  violence, 
hut  hath  given  his  bread  to  the  hun- 
gry, and  hath  covered  the  naked 
with  a  garment,  „  ,  .     , 

17  TJiat  hath  taken  off  his  hand 
from  the  poor,  lh<it  hath  not  received 
usury  nor  increase,  hath  executed 
my  ludgments,  hath  walked  in  my 
statutes;  he  shall  not  die  for  the  in- 
6S6 


God  drfendcth  his  justice. 


EZEKIEL. 


A  lamentation  for  Jerusalem. 


Ilcfore 
CIIRiaT 

S04. 


2K 

t.  2i  16. 
og<II6. 

J1.2.9.M. 
3.  10,  II. 
m.  2.9. 

icjuity  of  his  father,  he  shall  surely 
live. 

18  ^.1  for  his  father,  because  he 
cruelly  oppressed,  spoiled  his  hroth- 
er  by  violence,  and  did  that  which 
is  not  pood  amonp  his  people,  lo, 
even  ''he  shall  die  in  his  iniquity. 

19  IT  Yet  say  ye,  Why?  'doth  not 
the  son  bear  the  iniquity  of  the  fa- 
ther? When  the  son  hath  done  that 
wliich  is  lawful  and  right,  and  hath 
kept  all  my  statutes,  and  hath  done 
tlicni,  he  shall  surely  live. 

20  "The  soul  that  sinncth.  it  shall 
die.  '  The  son  shall  not  bear  the 
iniquity  of  the  father,  neither  shall 
the  father  bear  the  iniquity  of  the 
.son:  "  the  righteousness  of  the  right- 
eous shall  be  upon  him,  "and  the 
wickedness  of  the  wicked  shall  be 
upon  him. 

21  But  >  if  the  wicked  will  turn 
from  all  his  sins  that  he  hath  com- 
mitted, and  keep  all  m  v  statutes,  and 
do  that  which  is  lawful  and  right,  he 
shall  surely  live,  he  shall  not  die. 

22  ■'  All  Ills  transgressious  that  he 
hath  committed,  they  shall  not  be 
mentioned  unto  him:  in  his  right- 
eousness that  he  hath  done  he  shall 
live. 

23  °  Have  I  any  pleasure  at  all  that 
the  wicked  should  die  ?  saith  the 
Lord  God:  ami  not  that  he  should 
return  from  his  ways,  and  live? 

24  IT  But  h  when  the  ris^htcous  turn- 
eth  away  from  his  righteousness, 
and  committeth  iniquity,  anrl  doeth 
according  to  all  the  abominations 
that  the  wicked  man  doeth,  shall  he 
live?  "^  All  his  righteousness  that  he 
hath  done  shall  not  be  mentioned: 
in  his  trespass  that  he  hath  trespassed, 
and  in  his  sin  that  he  hath  sinned, 
in  them  shall  he  die. 

2.5  H  Yet  ye  say,  tl  The  way  of  the 
Lord  is  not  emial.  Hear  how,  O 
house  of  Israel ;  Is  not  my  way  equal  ? 
are  not  j'our  ways  unequal? 

2G  "  AVhen  a  righteous  man  turneth 
away  from  his  righteousness,  and 
comniittcth  iniquity,  and  dicth  in 
them;  for  his  iniquity  that  he  hath 
done  shall  ho  die. 

27  Again,  fwhen  the  wicked  man 
turneth  away  from  his  wickedness 
tliat  be  hath  committed,  and  doeth 
that  which  is  lawful  and  right,  he 
shall  save  his  soul  nlive. 

28  Because  he  fconsidereth,  and 
turneth  awav  fnmi  all  his  transgres- 
sions that  he  bath  committed,  he  shall 
surety  live,  he  shall  not  die. 

2!1  li'Yct  saith  the  house  of  Israel, 
The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not  ccinal. 
(>  house  of  Israil,  are  not  my  ways 
equal?  arc  not  vour  wavs  uueciual? 

3J  >  Therefore  I  will  .judge  you,  <> 
house  of  Israel,  every  one  according 
to  his  wavs,  saith  the  Lord  (ion. 
1.  Repent,  anil  turn  ||  uoiirnelvi's  from 
all  vour  transgressions;  so  iniquity 
shall  not  be  your  ruin. 
t>86 


transgressions,  whereby  yc  have 
transgressed;  and  make  you  a  ""new 
heart  and  a  new  spirit:  for  why  will 
ye  die,  O  house  of  Israel? 
".'J2  For  "I  have  no  pleasure  in  the 
death  of  him  that  ciieth,  saith  the 
Lord  God:  wherefore  turn  |Jj/owr- 
sctvcSf  and  live  ye. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

1  A  lamentation  for  tho  princes  of  Israel, 

under  the  parable  of  liona^  whclpa  taken 

in  a  pit,  10  and  for  Jerusalem,  under 

the  parable  of  a  teastcd  vine. 

MOREOVER,  =take    thou    up  a 
lamentation  for  the  princes  of 
Israel, 

2  And  say.  What  is  thy  mother?  A 
lioness:  she  lay  down  among  lions, 
she  nourished  her  whelps  among 
voiing  lions. 

'3  And  she  brought  up  one  of  her 
whelps:  ''it  became  a  young  lion, 
and  it  learned  to  catch  the  prey;  it 
devoured  men. 

4  The  nations  also  heard  of  him; 
he  was  taken  in  their  pit,  and  thej- 
brought  him  with  chains  unto  the 
land  of '^  Egypt. 

5  Now  when  she  saw  that  she  had 
waited,  ami  her  hope  was  lost,  then 
she  took  il  another  of  her  whelps,  and 
made  him  a  young  lion. 

G  '^And  he  went  up  and  down 
among  the  lions,  flic  became  a  young 
lion,  and  learned  to  catch  the  prey, 
and  devoured  men. 

7  And  he  knew  |1  their  desolate 
palaces,  and  he  laid  waste  their  cit- 
ies; and  the  land  was  desoUite,  and 
the  fulness  thereof,  by  the  noise  of 
his  roaring. 

8  s  Then  the  nations  set  against  him 
on  every  side  from  the  provinces, 
and  spread  their  net  over  him:  bhe 
was  taken  in  their  pit. 

!)  i  And  they  put  him  in  ward  ||  in 
chains,  and  hroiight  him  to  the  king 
of  Babylon:  thev  brought  biin  into 
holds,  that  his  voice  should  no  more 
be  beard  upon  kthe  luountains  of 
Israel. 

10  M  Thv  mother  is  1  like  a  vine  1)  in 
thy  bloo"d,  planted  by  the  waters: 
she  was  "'  fruitful  and  full  of  branches 
by  reason  of  many  waters. 

il  And  she  had'strong  rods  for  the 
sceptres  of  them  that  bare  rule,  and 
her  "  stature  was  exalted  among  the 
thick  branches,  and  she  appeared  in 
her  height  with  the  multitude  of  her 
branches. 

12  But  she  was  plucked  up  in  fury, 
she  was  east  down  to  the  ground, 
and  the  "east  wind  dried  up  her 
fruit:  her  strong  rods  were  broken 
and  withered ;  the  fire  consumed 
them. 

1.!  And  now  she  is  jilantcd  in  the 
wililerness,  in  a  dry  and  thirsty 
ground. 

U  I'  And  fire  is  gone  out  of  a  rod  of 
her  branches,  which  hath  devoured 


The  history  of 


EZEKIEL. 


Israel's  rebelliong. 


her  fruit,  so  that  elic  hath  no  strniiK 
rod  (o  te  a  sceptre  to  rule,  'i  Tliis  h 
a  laiiicntatioii,  and  shall  be  for  a 
lamentation. 

CHAPTER  XX. 
1  God  rcfuicth  la  be  conmlleU  by  the  elders 
of  Israel.  5  IJe  theweth  the  story  of 
their  rebellions  in  Egyjit,  10  in  the.  wil- 
dcrtieet,  27  and  in  the  land.  33  He 
]}roviiseth  to  gather  them  by  the  gospel. 
45  Under  t'te  nume  of  a  forest  he  sheweth 
the  destruction  of  Jerusalem. 

AND  it  came  to  pa.'ss  in  the  seventh 
year,  in  the  fifth  virml/i,  the 
tcnthV/rrvof  the  niontli, ///«(  "eertain 
of  the  ciders  of  Israel  cuMie  to  inquire 
of  the  l.oitD,  and  sat  before  nie. 
2  Then  came  the  word  of  the  Lord 
unto  me,  saying, 

5  Son  of  man,  speak  nnto  the  elders 
of  Israel,  and  say  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  tlic  Lord  GoD;  Are  ye  come  to 
inquire  of  me?  As  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  bl  will  not  be  inquired 
of  by  you. 

4  Wilt  thon  ||  "^judgc  them,  son  of 
man,  wilt  thou  .ludffe  thanf  «1  cause 
them  to  know  the  abominations  of 
their  fathers: 

511  And  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  God;  In  the  day  when  "I 
chose  Israel,  and  ||  lifted  up  mine 
hand  unto  the  seed  of  the  house  of 
Jacob,  and  made  myself  fknown 
unto  them  in  the  land  of  Efrypt, 
when  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  unto 
them,  saying,  Bl  am  the  LoKD  your 
God; 

6  In  the  day  that  I  lifted  up  mine 
hand  unto  "them,  hto  lirina;  them 
forth  of  the  land  of  Egypt  into  a  land 
that  1  had  espied  for  them,  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey,  i  which  is  the 
glory  of  all  Kinds: 

7  iMien  said  I  unto  them,  k  Cast  ye 
away  every  man  '  the  abominations 
of  his  eyes,  and  defile  not  yourselves 
with  '"the  idols  of  Egypt:  1  am  the 
Lord  your  God. 

8  But'they  rebelled  against  me,  and 
would  not  hearken  unto  me:  they 
did  not  every  man  cast  away  the 
abominations  of  their  eyes,  neither 
did  they  forsake  the  idols  of  Egypt: 
then  I  said,  I  will  "  ))our  out  my  fury 
upon  them,  to  accomplish  my  anger 
against  them  iu  the  midst  of  tlic  laud 
of  Egypt. 

9  °  But  I  wrought  for  my  name  s 
sake,  that  it  should  not  be  polluted 
before  the  heathen,  among  whom 
fhey  were,  in  whose  sight  I  made 
mvself  known  unto  them,  in  bring- 
ing them  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt. 

10  TT  Wherefore  I  n  caused  them  to 
go  forth  oiit  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
and  brought  them  into  the  wilder- 
ness. 

U  '1  And  I  gave  them  my  statutes, 
and  t  shewed  them  my  .judgments, 
■■which  if  a  man  do,  he  sliall  even 
live  iu  them. 


I'J  Moreover  also  I  gave  them  my 
"sabbaths,  to  be  a  sign  between  me 
and  them,  that  they  might  know  that 
I  am  tlic  Lonn  that  sanctify  them. 

1'!  But  the  liousc  of  Israel  'rebelled 
against  me  in  the  wilderness:  they 
walked  not  in  my  statutes,  and  they 
"  despised  my  judgments,  which  if  a 
man  do,  he  shall  even  live  in  them; 
and  ray  sabbaths  they  greatly  "  pol- 
luted: then  I  said,  I  would  pour  out 
my  fury  upon  them  in  the  J  wilder- 
ness^ to  consume  them. 

14  'But  I  wrought  for  my  name's 
sake,  that  it  should  not  be  polluted 
before  the  heathen,  in  whose  sight  1 
broucht  them  out. 

15  Yet  also  "I  lifted  up  my  hand 
unto  them  in  the  wilderness,  that  I 
would  not  bring  them  into  the  land 
which  I  had  given  them,  flowing 
with  milk  and  honey,  b which  is  the 
glory  of  all  lands; 

IG  '^  Because  they  despised  my  judg- 
ments, and  walked  not  in  my  stat- 
utes, but  polluted  my  sabbaths:  for 
cl  their  heart  went  after  their  idols. 
17  ^  Nevertheless  mine  eye  spared 
them  from  destroying  them,  neither 
did  I  make  an  end  of  them  in  the 
wilderness, 
in  liut  I  said  unto  their  children  in 
the  wilderness.  Walk  ye  not  in  the 
statutes  of  your  fathers,  neither  ob- 
serve their  judgments,  nor  'defile 
yourselves  with  their  idols: 

I'ini  am  the  Loud  your  God;  fwalk 
in  my  statutes,  and  keep  my  judg- 

Iment's,  and  do  them; 

I  •£>  SAnd  hallow  my  sabbaths;  and 
they  shall  be  a  sign  between  me  and 
you,  that  ye  may  know  that  I  am 

llhe  Lord  your  God. 

21  Notwithstanding,  lithe  children 
rebelled  against  me  :  they  walked 
not  iu  my  statutes,  neither  kept  my 
judgments  to  do  them,  >  which  (/'a 
man  do,  he  shall  even  live  in  them; 
they  polluted  my  sabbaths :  then  I 
said,  kl  would  pour  out  my  fury 
upon  them,  to  accomjilish  my  anger 
against  them  in  the  w  ilderness. 

22  1  Nevertheless  I  withdrew  mine 
hand,  and  "'  wrought  for  my  name's 
sake,  that  it  should  not  be  polluted 
in  the  sight  of  the  heathen,  in  whose 
sight  I  brought  them  forth. 

2'i  I  lifted  up  mine  hand  nnto  them 
also  in  the  wilderness,  that  "  I  would 
scatter  them  among  the  heathen,  and 
disperse  them  through  the  countries; 

24  "Because  thcv  had  not  executed 
mv  judgments,  but  had  despised  my 
statutes,  and  had  polluted  my  sab- 
baths, and  1'  their  eyes  were  after 
their  fathers'  idols. 

25  Wherifore  ''I  gave  them  also 
stiitutes  llial  inrc  not  good,  and 
judgments  whereby  they  should  not 
'live;  ,    . 

20  And  I  polluted   them   in  their 
own  gifts,  in  that  they  caused  to  pass 
■■through  thcjirc  all  that  openetb  the 
687 


The  rebellions  of  Israel. 


EZEKIEL. 


Threats  mixed  with  promises. 


c  Jor.  2.  9.  .15. 

cli.  n.  20. 
dSsnNara. 

11  21.22,23, 


gjar.  41.  11. 
hch.  0.  ~.  h 
1.1.  7.  &  23. 


womb,  that  I  mis'it  make  thcin  des- 
olate, to  tlic  end  tliat  tlicy  "might 
know  that  I  am  the  LoUD. 

27  IT  Therefore,  Bon  of  man,  speak 
unto  the  house  of  Israel,  and  Bay 
unto  thcni,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Gon;  Yet  in  this  your  fathers  have 
'hlasphenicd  me,  in  that  they  have 
t  committed  a  trespass  against  me. 

28  /""/•  when  I  had  brouplit  them 
into  the  land,. /'o/- the  which  I  lifted 
up  mine  hand  to  give  it  to  them, 
then  "they  saw  every  high  hill,  and 
all  the  thick  trees,  and  they  offered 
there  their  sacrifices,  and  there  they 
presented  the  provocation  of  their 
offering;  there  also  they  made  their 
"sweet  savour,  and  poured  out  there 
their  drink  offerings. 

21)  Then  ||  I  said  unto  them.  What 
is  the  high  place  whcrcuuto  ye  go? 
And  the  name  thereof  is  called  Ba- 
mah  unto  this  day. 

30  Wherefore  say  unto  the  house 
of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Goi): 
Are  ve  polluted  after  the  manner  of 
your' fathers?  and  commit  ye  whore- 
dom af^ter  their  abominations? 

31  For  when  ye  offer  J  your  gifts, 
when  ve  make  your  sons  to  pass 
throngh  the  fire,  ye  pollute  your- 
selves with  all  your  idols,  even  unto 
this  day:  and  ^ shall  I  be  inauired 
of  by  you,  O  house  of  Israel?  As  I 
live,  sixith  the  Lord  God,  I  will  not 
be  inquired  of  by  you. 

32  And  that  "which  Cometh  into 
your  mind  shall  not  be  at  all,  that  ye 
say,  Wc  will  be  as  the  heathen,  as 
the  families  of  the  countries,  to  serve 
wood  and  stone. 

33  TT  As  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  Goo. 
surely  with  a  mighty  hand,  and 
ii  with  a  stretched  out  arm,  and  with 
fury  poured  out,  will  I  rule  over  you : 

Si  And  I  will  bring  you  out  from 
the  people,  and  will  gather  you  out 
of  tlie  countries  wherein  ye  are  scat- 
tered, with  a  mighty  hand,  and  with 
a  stretched  out  arm,  and  with  fury 
poured  out. 

;«  And  I  will  bring  you  into  the 
wilderness  of  the  people,  and  there 
■^  will  I  plead  with  von  face  to  face. 

.Sti  ciLike  as  I  pleaded  with  your 
fathers  in  the  wilderness  of  the  land 
of  Egypt,  so  will  I  plead  with  you, 
saith  the  Lord  GoD, 

;ir  And  I  will  cause  you  to  ^pass 
under  the  rod,  and  I  will  bring  you 
into  II  the  bond  of  the  covenant: 

,"«  And  fl  will  purge  out  from 
among  yon  the  rebels,  and  them  that 
transgress  rgainst  me:    I  will  bring 


name  no  more  with  your  gifts,  and 
witliyour  idols. 

4(1  For  I  in  mine  holy  mountain,  in 
the  mountain  of  the  height  of  Israel, 
saith  the  Lord  GoD,  there  shall  all 
the  house  of  Israel,  all  of  them  in 
tlic  land,  serve  me:  there  '"will  I 
accept  them,  and  there  will  I  require 
your  offerings,  and  the  ||firstfrnits 
of  your  oblations,  with  all  your  holy 
things. 

41  I  will  accept  you  with  your 
t "  sweet  savour,  when  I  bring  you 
out  from  the  people,  and  gather  you 
out  of  the  countries  wherein  ye  have 
been  scattered;  and  I  will  bo  sancti- 
fied in  you  before  the  heathen. 

42  "And  ye  shall  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord,  I'when  I  shall  bring  you  into 
the  land  of  Israel,  into  the  country 
for  the  which  I  lifted  up  mine  hand 
to  give  it  to  your  fathers. 

43  And  1  there  shall  ye  remember 
your  waj's,  and  all  your  doings, 
wherein  ye  have  been  defiled ;  and 
■■ye  shall  loathe  yourselves  in  your 
own  sight  for  all  your  evils  that  ye 
have  committed. 

4-1 "  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord,  when  I  have  wrought  with 
you  'for  my  name's  sake,  not  accord- 
ing to  your  wicked  ways,  nor  accord- 
ing to  your  corrupt  doings,  O  ye 
house  of  Israel,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

4,5  ir  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

46  "  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward 
the  south,  and  drop  t/iii  iconl  toward 
the  south,  and  prophesy  against  tlie 
forest  of  the  south  field; 

47  And  say  to  the  forest  of  the  south. 
Hear  the  word  of  the  Lord  ;  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God;  Behold,  ''I  wiU 
kindle  a  fire  in  thee,  and  it  shall  de- 
vour 5  every  green  tree  in  thee,  and 
every  dry  tree  :  the  flaming  flame 
shall  not  be  quenched,  and  all  faces 
''  from  the  south  to  the  north  shall  be 
burned  therein. 

4S  And  all  flesh  sluall  see  that  I  the 
Lord  have  kindled  it:  it  shall  not  be 
quenched. 

4',)  Then  said  I,  Ah  Lord  Gon!  they 
say  of  me.  Doth  he  not  speak  para- 
bles? 

CHAPTER  XXL 
1  Ezekicl  projihcBieth  arfainst  Jcrutalem 
Willi  a  elan  cftigliing.  S  Tlic  ahnrp  an,/ 
briiiht  eword,  18  ar/ainst  Jerusalem,  2.i 
a.7<iin<ie  the  kingdom,  23  anil  against  the 
Ammonites. 

\ND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  me,  saying, 
2  "  Son  of  man,  set  thy  face  toward 


them  forth  out  of  the  country  where  |  Jerusalem,  and  I'drnp  lliii^  "j^'.;{,„"J 

they  sojourn,  and  Bthcy  shall   not  '    "      '    ' ~  "  '"" 

enter  iiito  the  land  of  Israel:  hand 
ve  shall  know  that  I  am  the  Lord. 
■,3'.»  As  for  you,  O  house  of  Israel, 
thus  saith  t1ie  Lord  (JoD;  'Go  yo. 
serve  ye  every  one  his  idols,  and 
hereafter  also,  \{  ye  will  not  hearken 
unto  me:  k  but  pollute  yc  my  holy 


wanl  the  holv  plaees,  and  prophesy 
against  the  hind  of  Israel, 
,•',  And  ^;lv  to  tlie  land  of  Israel, 
Thus  .sailh"  the  Lmtn;  Kehold,  1  am 
against  tliee.  and  will  draw  forth  my 
sword  (Hit  of  his  sheath,  and  will  cut 
off" from  thee  'the  righteous  and  the 
wicked. 


A  aiconl  draimi  against  Israel,         EZEKIEL. 


a7ul  against  the  Ammonites. 


la  hand. 
ol  Kin, -JO  30. 


•i  Sccin;^  then  that  I  will  cut  <iU' from 
thee  the  righteous  nnd  the  ^vk•kcll, 
therefore  shall  my  aword  i^ofortli  out 
of  his  sheath  against  nil  ilesli  'l  from 
the  Bouth  to  the  north: 

5  That  all  flesh  may  know  that  I  the 
Loup  have  drawn  Ibrth  my  sword 
out  of  his  sheath:  it  "^  shall  not  return 
any  more. 

(i  f  SisK  therefore,  thou  con  of  man, 
with  the  breaking  of  llii/  loins;  and 
with  bitterness  sigh  before  their  eyes. 

7  And  it  shall  be,  when  they  say 
unto  thee,  'Wherefore  sigliest  thou  ? 
that  thou  shalt  answer.  For  the  ti- 
dings, because  it  comcth:  and  every 
heart  shall  melt,  and  Sail  hanils  shall 
be  feeble,  and  every  spirit  shall  faint, 
and  all  knees  t shall  be  weak  an 
water:  behold,  it  Cometh,  and  shall 
be  brought  to  pass,  saith  tlie  Lord 
God. 

8  IT  Again  the  -word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

9  Son  of  man,  pro|)hesy,  nnd  say. 
Thus  saith  the  Loitn;  Say,  hA 
sword,  a  sword  is  sharpened,  and 
also  furbished : 

10  It  is  sharpened  to  make  n  sore 
slaughter;  it  is  furbished  that  it  may 
glitter:  should  wc  then  make  mirth? 
II  it  eontemneth  the  rod  of  my  son, 
an  every  tree. 

11  And  he  hath  given  it  to  be  fur- 
bished, that  it  mav  be  handled:  this 
sword  is  sharpened,  and  it  is  furbish- 
ed, to  give  it  into  the  hand  of  >  the 
slayer. 

12  Cry  nnd  howl,  son  of  man;  for 
it  shall  be  upon  my  people,  it  shall 
be  upon  all  the  princes  of  Israel : 
II  terrors  by  reason  of  the  sword  shall 
be  upon  my  people:  k smite  there- 
fore upon  till/  thigli. 

1.'!  II  Because  it  is  I  a  trial,  nnd  what 
\fthe  sword  contemn  even  the  rod? 
""  it  shall  be  no  more,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

14  Thou  therefore,  son  of  man, 
prophesy,  nnd  "smite  t/tinfj  f  hands 
together,  nnd  let  the  sword  be 
doubled  the  third  time,  the  sword  of 
the  slain:  it  «  the  sword  of  the  great 
men  that  are  slain,  which  cntereth 
into  their  "privy  chambers. 

15  I  have  set  the  !|  point  of  the  sword 
ngainst  nil  their  gates,  that  tlnir 
heart  may  faint,  nnd  their  ruins  he 
multiplied:  ah!  fit  is  made  bright, 
it  is  II  wrapped  up  for  the  slaughter. 

IG  1  Go  thee  one  wny  or  other,  either 
on  the  right  hand,  for  on  the  left, 
whithersoever  thy  face  ii  set. 

17  I  will  also  •"  smite  mine  hands  to- 
gether, and  *  I  will  cause  my  fury  to 
rest:  I  the  Lord  have  said  it. 

IS  IT  The  word  of  the  Loud  came 
unto  me  again,  s.aying, 

l;i  Also,  tJiou  son  of  man,  appoint 
thee  two  wajs,  that  the  sword  of  tlic 
king  of  Biiljyion  may  cmne:  both 
twain  shall  come  forth  out  of  one 
land:  and  choose  thou  a  place,  choose 

44 


it  nt  the  head  of  the  way  to  the 
city. 

1^0  Appoint  a  way,  that  the  sword 
may  come  to  'll:il>liath  of  the  Am- 
niniiites,  nnd  to  Judah  in  Jerusalem 
the  defcnccd. 

'Jl  For  the  king  of  Babj'lon  stood  at 
the  I  iMrting  of  the  way,  nt  the  head 
of  the  two  ways,  to  use  divinntion: 
he  made  liis  |l  arrows  bright,  ho  con- 
sulted with  ti'"''ges,  he  looked  in 
the  liver. 

2"J  At  his  right  hnnd  wns  the  divina- 
tion for  Jerusalem,  to  appoint  |!  t  cap- 
tains, fo  0|Hn  the  mouth  in  the 
slaughter,  to  "lift  up  the  voice  wilh 
shouting,  "  to  appoint  ballcrinrj  rams 
against  the  gates,  to  cast  a  mount, 
and  to  build  a  fort. 

2?  And  it  shall  bo  imto  them  as  n 
false  divination  in  their  sight,  |l  to 
them  that  >  have  sworn  oaths:  but  he 
will  call  to  remembrnnce  the  ini(i- 
uity,  that  they  may  be  taken. 

24  Therefore  thiis  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  Because  ye  have  made  your 
iniquity  to  be  remembered,  in  that 
your  transgressions  are  discovered, 
so  that  in  all  your  doings  your  sins 
do  appear;  because,  /  sai/,  that  )c 
arc  conic  to  remembrance,  ye  shall 
be  taken  with  the  hand. 

'.'.5  IT  And  thou,  'profane  wicked 
prince  of  Israel,  "  whose  day  is  come, 
when  iniquity  shall  have  an  end, 

ai  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gop;  Re- 
move the  diadem,  nnd  take  oflFthc 
crown:  this  shall  not  be  the  same: 
^  exnlt  him  that  is  low,  nnd  abase  him 
that  is  high. 

27  1 1  will  overturn,  overturn,  over- 
turn it:  'nnd  it  shnll  be  no  more, 
until  he  come  whose  right  it  is;  and 
I  will  give  it  him. 

28  TI  And  thou,  son  of  man,  proph- 
esy nnd  say,  'i'hus  saith  the  Ixird 
CiOD  d  concerning  the  Ammonites, 
and  concerning  their  reproach;  even 
say  thou,  *-'The  sword,  the  sword  (s 
drawn  :  for  the  slaughter  it  is  fur- 
bished, to  consume  because  of  the 
glittering: 

2'J  AVhile  they  feec  vanity  unto 
thee,  while  they  divine  a  he  unto 
tliee,  to  bring  tnee  upon  the  necks 
of  them  that  arc  slain,  of  the  wicked, 
fJ  whose  day  is  come,  ■when  their  in- 
iquity shall  hare  an  end. 

.SO  II  li  Shall  I  cause  it  to  return  into 
his  sheath?  i  I  will  judge  thee  in  the 
place  where  thou  wast  created,  k.  in 
the  land  of  thy  nativity. 

.'U  And  I  will  I  pour  out  mine  indig- 
nation uix>n  thee:  I  will  "'blow 
against  tliee  in  the  fire  of  my  wrath, 
and  deliver  thee  into  the  hand  of 
|l  brutish  men,  and  skilful  to  de- 
stniv. 

.'K  Thou  shalt  be  for  fuel  to  the  fire; 
thy  blood  shall  be  in  the  midst  of  the 
huid  :  "  thou  shalt  be  no  more  re- 
mrinbcred :  for  I  the  LoKU  have 
spoken  it. 


A  catalogue  of  Jet-usalem's  sins.       EZEKIEL. 


The  cornqjtion  of  all  orders. 


c  Kt  21.  I. 
lA-y.  W.  IB. 
ch.  IS.  i;,  U 


til.  'Jl.  M. 
ich. '21.  17. 
I  SCO  eh.  21.7 
yell.  17.21. 


CHAPTER  XXII. 

I  A  catalogue  of  nine  in  Jerusalem.  13 
(Jod  tvill  burn  them  as  droae  in  Ida  fur. 
nace.  'Si  T/ic  general  corruptian  vf 
prophcte,  pricete,  princes,  and  people. 

MOREOVER    the    word   of    the 
LoKi)  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Nnw,  thou  son  of  man,  ''  wilt  tliou 
II.jucIkc,  wilt  thou  judge  I'the  t  bloody 
city?  yea,  thou  Bhalt  f  shew  lier  all 
her  abominations. 

.'!  Then  say  thou.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  Goi);  The  city  shcddeth  blood 
in  the  midst  of  it,  that  her  time  may 
come,  and  niaketh  idols  against  her- 
self to  detile  herself. 

4  Thou  art  become  guilty  in  thy 
blood  that  thou  hast  '  shed ;  and 
hast  defiled  thyself  in  thine  idols 
which  thou  hast  ma<lc  ;  and  thou 
hast  caused  thy  days  to  draw  near, 
and  art  come  evi^n  unto  tliy  years: 
<' therefore  have  1  made  thee  a  re- 
proach unto  tlie  heathen,  and  a 
mocking  to  all  countries. 

3  lyiose  that  he  near,  and  t7tn<ic  that 
be  far  from  thee,  shall  mock  thee, 
if /(I'cA  n)-(  t  infamous  aHf/ much  vexed. 

G  Behold,  "-'the  princes  of  Israel, 
every  one  were  in  thee  to  their 
t  power  to  shed  blood. 

7  In  thee  have  they  i  set  li.ght  b.v 
father  and  mother:  in  the  midst  of 
thee  have  they  6  dealt  by  ||  oppres- 
sion with  the  stran>^er:  in  thee  have 
they  vexed  the  fatherless  and  the 
widow. 

8  Thou  hast  1' despised  mine  holy 
thin.;;s,  and  hast  >  profaned  my  sab- 
baths. 

U  In  thee  are  ]  k  men  that  carry  talcs 
to  shed  blood:  land  in  thee  thev  cat 
upon  the  mountains:  in  the  midst  of 
thee  they  commit  lewdness. 

10  In  thee  have  they  "'  disco\*ered 
thcirfathers'nakedness:  in  thee  have 
they  humbled  her  that  was  °  set  apart 
for  pollution. 

II  And  II  one  hath  committed  abom- 
ination "with  his  neighbour's  wife; 
and  II  another  IMiath  ||  lewdly  defiled 
his  daughter  in  law:  and  another  in 
thee  hath  humbled  his  ''sister,  hi.^ 
father's  daughter. 

12  In  thee  *■  have  they  taken  gifts  to 
shed  blood;  'thou  hast  taken  usury 
and  increase,  and  thou  bust  grenlily 
gained  of  thy  neighbours  by  extor- 
tion, and  'hast  forgotten  nie,  saith 
the  Lord  GoD. 

13  TI  Behold,  therefore  I  have  "  smit- 
ten mine  hand  at  thy  dishonest  gain 
which  thou  hast  made,  ami  at  tli.v 
blood  which  hath  been  in  the  midst 
pfthec.  } 

It  '^  Can  thine  heart  endure,  or  can  i 
khine  IkiihU  be  strong,  in  the  ilavs 
^hat  I  hh:ill  deal  with  thee?  M  the 
S.iiiin  have  spciken  it.  and  will  do  it.' 

15  And  '  I  will  scatter  thee  among 
the  heathen,  and  disperse  thee  in  tlie 
countries,  and  "will   consume  thy 


16  And  thou  ||shalt  take  thine  in- 
heritance in  thyself  in  the  sight  of 
the  heathen,  and  l>  thou  shalt  know 
that  I  am  the  LoKD. 

n  And  the  word  of  the  LoitD  came 
unto  me,  s.ijing, 

IS  Son  of  man,  "■  the  house  of  Israel 
is  to  me  become  dross:  all  they  oic 
brass,  and  tin,  and  iron,  and  lead,  in 
the  midst  of  the  furnace;  they  are 
cren  the  t  dross  of  silver. 

11)  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Because  ye  are  all  become 
dross,  behold,  therefore  I  will  gather 
you  into  the  midst  of  Jerusalem. 

20  t  ..Is  they  gather  silver,  and  brass, 
and  iron,  and  lesid,  and  tin,  into  the 
midst  of  the  furnace,  to  blow  the  fire 
upon  it,  to  melt  it ;  so  will  I  gather 
yon  in  mine  anger  and  in  my  fury, 
and  I  wiU  leave  you  there,  and  melt 
you. 

21  Yea,  I  will  gather  you,  and 
''blow  upon  you  in  the  fire  of  my 
wnith,  and  ye  shall  be  melted  in  the 
midst  thereof. 

22  As  silver  is  melted  in  the  midst 
of  the  furnace,  so  shall  ye  bo  melted 
in  the  midst  thereof;  and  yc  shall 
know  that  I  the  Lokd  have  '-■i>ourcd 
out  my  fury  upon  you. 

23  TIAud  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

24  Son  of  man,  say  unto  her. 
Thou  art  the  land  that  is  not 
cleansed,"  nor  rained  upon  in  the 
day  of  indignation. 

25  f  There  is  a  conspiracy  of  her 
prophets  in  the  midst  thereof,  like 
a  roaring  lion  ravening  the  prey  : 
they  Shave  devoured  souls;  li  they 
have  taken  the  treasure  and  pre- 
cious things  ;  they  have  made  her 
many  widows  in  the  midst  thereof. 

2(i  i  Ilcr  priests  have  t  violated 
my  law,  and  have  k  profaned  mine 
holy  things:  they  have  put  no  Ulif- 
ference  between  the  holy  and  pro- 
fane, neither  have  they  sliewed  dif- 
fercnee  between  the  unclean  and 
the  clean,  and  h.ivc  hid  their  eyes 
from  my  sabbaths,  and  I  am  pro- 
faned among  them. 

27  Her  '"princes  in  the  midst  there- 
of arc  like  wolves  ravening  the  l>rev, 
to  shed  blood,  and  to  destroy  souls, 
to  get  dishonest  gain. 

2.S  .\nd  "  her  jnophcts  have  daubed 
them  with  uutempered  mortar,  "see- 
ing \'unit.\',  and  divining  lies  unto 
them,  saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
(.r()I>,  when  the  LoliD  hath  not  spok- 
en. 

2',)  ''The  people  of  the  land  have 
used  [I  oi)pression,  and  exercised  rob- 
her.v,  and  have  vexed  tlie  poor  and 
nec'dv  :  vca,  thev  liiive  ''oiipressed 
the  stran-ger  |  wrongfully. 

.'!0  'And  I  sought  for  a'man  among 
them,  that  should  "make  up  the 
hedge,  and  'stand  in  the  gap  before 
me  for  the  land,  that  I  should  not 
destroy  it:  but  1  found  none. 


Ba«u,23.1J. 
li.Mie.  3.  11. 
Zeph.  3. 3  4. 


1  L.r.  HI.  10. 


11  Jer  C.2R,e7, 
'th.  !«.  15. 


sr.  5  1. 

1.  IX  !,. 
..  1  «.  23. 


The.  whoredoms  of 


EZEKIEL. 


Aholah  and  Aholibah. 


2Chr.23.I6 

— n. 

ch. 16.28. 
m  rec.  6.  23. 


31  Therefore  have  I  "  poured  out 
mine  in<lij;uiition  upon  them;  I  have 
consuiueu  them  with  the  tire  of  my 
wrath:  "'their  own  wny  have  1  ree- 
ompenseil  upon  their  heads,  saith 
the  Lord  Gou. 

CHAPTER  XXIir. 

I  The  ivhorcdijma  vf  Aholah  and  Aholi- 
bah. 22  .iholibah  i«  to  be  plagued  by 
her  lovers.  BO  The  prophet  reproveth 
the  adulteries  of  them  both,  45  and  shew 
eth  their  judt/inertte. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  came  again 
unto  me,  sayinc, 

2  Son  of  man,  there  were  'two 
women ,  the  daugliters  of  one  mother : 

;?  Ami  ijtliey  committed  whore- 
doms in  Egypt ;  they  committed 
whoredoms  in  ''  their  youtli  :  there 
were  tlicir  breasts  pressed,  and 
there  tliey  bruised  the  teats  of  tlicir 
virginity. 

4  And  tlie  names  of  them  uvrc 
Aholah  the  elder,  and  Aholibah 
her  sister:  and  ttthc.v  were  mine, 
and  they  bare  sons  and  daughters. 
Thus  wre  their  names;  Samaria  i* 

II  Aholah,  and  Jerusalem  ||  Aholibah. 

5  And  Aholah  played  the  harlot 
when  she  was  mine;  and  she  doted 
on  her  lovers,  on  'the  Assyrians 
her  neighbours, 

G  JI7(!c/i  icerc  clothed  with  blue, 
captains  and  rulers,  all  of  them  de- 
sirable young  men,  horsemen  riding 
upon  horses. 

7  Thus  she  t  committed  her  whore- 
doms with  them,  with  all  them  Hint 
were  fthc  chosen  men  of  Assyria, 
and  with  all  on  whom  she  doted  : 
wiih  all  their  idols  she  defiled  her- 
self. 

S  Neither  left  she  her  whoredoms 
hnnnilit  ffroin  Kgvpt  :  for  in  her 
youth  thev  liiv  with  her,  and  they 
bruised  tlio  hrcasls  (if  her  virginity, 
and  poured  their  whoredom  upon 
her. 

9  Wherefore  I  have  delivered  her 
into  the  hand  of  her  lovers,  into 
the  hand  of  the  ^Assyrians,  upon 
whom  she  doted. 

10  These  h  discovered  her  naked- 
ness :  they  took  her  sons  and  her 
daughters,  and  slew  her  with  the 
sword :  and  she  became  t  famous 
among  women  ;  for  they  had  exe- 
cuted judgment  upon  her. 

11  And  iwhcn  lier  sister  Aholi- 
bah saw  tfiif,  k  f  she  was  more  cor- 
rupt in  her  inordinate  love  than  she, 
and  in  her  whorednuis  t  more  than 
her  sister  in  lirr  whoredoms. 

IJ  She  doted  niion  the  lAssyrmns 
her  neighhonra,  '"captains  and  rul- 
ers clothed  most  gorgeously,  horse- 
men riding  upon  liorses,  all  of  them 
desirnble  young  men. 

i:;  Then  I  saw  that  she  was  de- 
filed, tliat  they  tuok  both  onew'ay, 

14  And  tliat  she  increased  her 
whoredoms:  for  when  she  saw  men 
portrayed   upon  the  wall,  the   iin- 


oges  of  the  Chaldeans  portrayed 
with  vermilion, 

Ij  Girded  with  girdles  upon  their 
loins,  exceediue  in  dyed  attire  nptin 
their  heads,  all  of  them  princes  to 
look  to,  atlcr  the  manner  of  the 
Babylonians  of  Chaldca,  the  hnd 
of  their  nativity: 

Hi  "And  t  as  soon  as  she  saw  them 
with  her  eye.s,  she  doted  upon  tliem, 
and  sent  messengers  uuto  them  into 
Chaldea. 

17  And  the  )  Babylonians  came  to 
her  into  the  bed  of  love,  and  they 
defiled  her  with  their  wluiredom,  and 
she  was  polluted  witli  them,  and 
"  her  mind  was  t  alienated  from  them. 

18  So  she  discovei-ed  her  whore- 
doms, and  discovered  her  naked- 
ness: then  Tmy  mind  was  alienated 
from  her,  like  as  my  mind  was 
alienated  from  her  sister. 

l'.l  Yet  she  multiplied  her  whore- 
doms, in  calling  to  rememhrance 
the  days  of  her  youth,  'l  wherein 
she  had  played  the  harlot  in  the 
land  of  Egypt. 

'JO  For  she  doted  upon  their  para- 
mours, 'whose  flesh  is  as  the  flesh 
of  asses,  and  whose  issue  is  like  the 
issue  of  horses. 

21  Thus  thou  calledst  to  remem- 
brance the  lewdness  of  thy  youth, 
in  bruising  thy  teats  by  the  Egyp- 
tians for  the  paps  of  thy  youth. 

22  ir  Therefore,  O  Aholibah,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  Goi.;  -  Behold,  I  will 
raise  U|i  tliv  lovers  against  lliee,  from 
whom  tliv'mind  is  alienated,  and  I 
will  bring  them  against  thee  on  every 
side; 

23  The  Babylonians,  nnd  all  the 
Chaldeans,  '  iV-kod,  and  Shoa,  and 
Ki>a,  anit  all  the  Assyrians  with 
them:  "allot  them  desirable  young 
men,  eai)taiiis  and  rulers,  great  lords 
and  renowned,  all  of  them  riding 
upon  luirses. 

24  And  they  shall  come  against  thee 
with  chariots,  wagons,  and  wheels, 
and  with  an  assembly  of  people, 
u-lilrh  rhnU  set  against  thee  buckler 
and  sliield  and  helmet  round  aliout: 
and  1  will  ^et  judgment  before  thein, 
and  they  shall  .judge  thee  according 
to  their  uidgmcnta. 

25  And'l  will  set  mv  jealousy  against 
thee,  and  they  shall  deal  furiously 
witli  thee:  tbev  shall  take  ?way  thy 
nose  and  thine  ears  :  and  thy  rem- 
nant shall  full  bv  the  sword  :  they 
sh;ill  take  thv  sons  and  thv  daugh- 
ters ;  and  thy  residue  shall  be  de- 
voured liv  the  fire. 

•M  "  They  shall  also  strip  thee  out 
of  thy  clothes,  and  take  away  thy 
t  fair  jewels. 

27  Thus  J  will  I  make  thy  lewdness 
to  cease  from  thee,  and 'thy  whore- 
dom hrowilil  from  the  land  of  Egypt: 
so  that  thou  shalt  not  lift  up  thine 
eyes  unto  them,  nor  remember  Egypt 
any  more. 

691 


tn«h.  iM'/rN- 


The  judgm,ents  of 


EZEKIEL. 


Aholah  and  Ahnfibah. 


Before 

C  II  lU  S  T 

iM. 


n  ch.  ll!.2<>,21. 
y^.  43.  Jt  20. 


tHrb. 
q  Ii  OT.  a. 


A. 

.'.7. 1. 

on  2.  8.  i 

II. 

..r.  7.  17, 
1«.  1«.  I'J. 

til 

•lU 

1.-  n/(». 

L'.S  For  thus  eaith  the  Lord  God  ; 
ntliiiM,  1  will  deliver  tliec  into  the 
hand  of  tliciii  "whom  tlioii  Jmtest, 
into  tlic  hand  o/' (Acm  l> I'roni  whom 
thv  mind  is  alienated: 

■/>  And  they  shall  deal  with  thee 
hatefully,  and  shall  take  away  all 
thy  labour,  and  'shall  leave  thee  na- 
ked and  bare:  and  the  nakedness  of 
thy  whorcilnms  shall  be  discovered, 
both  thy  lewdness  and  thy  whore- 
doms. 

."()  I  will  do  these  thinr/a  unto  thee, 
because  thou  hast  iljTono  a  whorinR 
after  the  heathen,  atiil  because  thou 
ffrt  )inlluted  with  their  itlols. 

.^1  Thou  hast  walked  in  the  way  of 
thy  sister  ;  therefore  will  I  give  her 
"cup  into  thine  hand. 

S2  Thus  saith  tlie  Lord  Gon;  Thou 
shalt  drink  of  thy  sister's  cup  deep 
and  large:  fthou  shalt  be  laughed  to 
scorn  and  had  in  derision ;  it  con- 
taineth  much. 

S.■^  Thou  shalt  be  filled  with  drunk- 
enness and  sorrow,  with  the  cup  of 
astonishment  and  desolation,  with 
the  cup  of  thy  sister  Samaria. 

34  Thou  shalt  f^even  drink  it  and 
suck  it  out,  and  thou  shalt  break  the 
sherds  thereof,  and  pluck  off  thine 
own  breasts :  for  I  have  spoken  it, 
saith  the  Lord  Gon. 

.■5.5  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Goi>;  Because  thou  l<  hast  forgotten 
me,  and  icast  me  behind  thy  hack, 
therefore  bear  thou  also  thy  lewd- 
ness and  thy  whoredoms. 

8!  II  The  Loiit)  said  moreover  unto 
mc!  Son  of  man,  wilt  thou  k  lljudge 
Aholah  and  Aholibah?  yea,  'declare 
unto  them  their  abominations; 

37  That  they  have  committed  adul- 
tery, and  "'  blood  is  in  their  hands, 
and  with  their  idols  have  they  com- 
mitted adultery,  and  liave  also  caus- 
ed tlieir  sons,  "  whom  they  bare  un- 
to me,  to  pa.ss  for  them  through  Me 
./ICC,  to  devour  llirin. 

;iS  Moreover  this  thcv  have  done 
unto  me:  they  have  defiled  my  sanc- 
tuary in  the  same  day,  and  "have 
pn)faned  my  sabbaths. 

30  For  when  they  had  slain  their 
children  to  their  idols,  then  they 
came  the  same  d:iy  into  my  sanc- 
tuary to  profane  it;  and.  In,  I'thus 
have  they  done  in  the  midst  of  uiiiie 
house. 

4f)  And  furthermore,  that  ye  have 
sent  for  men  t  to  come  from  far, 
'•unto  whom  a  messenger  tni.t  .sent: 
and,  lo,  they  came:  for  whom  thou 
didst  'wash  thyself,  "paintedst  thv 
eyes,  and  deck'edst  thyself  with  or- 
naments, 

41  And  safest  upon  at  stately  'bed, 
and  a  tabic  prepared  before  it, 
"whcreuixiu  thou  liast  set  mine  in- 
cense and  mine  oil. 

42  And  a  v. .lee  <.f  a  multitude  be- 
ing at  eas<!  ii;,s  with  her:  and  with 
the  men  f  of  the  common  sort  wiu-c 

t>a2 


brought  jl  Sabcans  from  the  wililer- 
ness,  which  ]>ut  bracelets  upon  their 
hands,  and  beautiful  crowns  upon 
their  heads. 

4.i  Then  said  I  unto  firr  thnt  wn« 
old  in  adulteries.  Will  they  now 
cnmniit  t  whoredoms  with  her,  and 
she  ^rith  thvniT 

44  Vet  they  went  in  unto  her,  a-s 
they  go  in  unto  a  woman  that  pl.a.v- 
cth  the  harlot:  so  went  they  in  unto 
Aholah  and  unto  Aholibah,  the  lewd 
women. 

45  TT  And  the  righteous  men,  they 
shall  "judge  them  after  the  manner 
of  adulteresses,  and  after  the  manner 
of  women  that  shed  blood;  because 
they  arc  adulteresses,  and  >'  blood  is 
in  their  hands. 

4i>  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon;  "^I 
will  bring  up  a  company  upon  them, 
and  will  give  them  fto  be  removed 
and  spoiled. 

47  "And  the  company  shall  stone 
them  with  stones,  and  ||  dispatch 
them  with  their  swords;  I'they  shall 
slay  their  sons  and  their  daughters, 
and  burn  up  their  houses  with  fire. 

4.S  Thus  '=will  I  cause  lewdness  to 
cease  out  of  the  land,  d  that  all  wom- 
en may  he  taught  not  to  do  after 
your  lewdness. 

4!t  And  they  shall  recompense  your 
lewdness  upon  you,  and  vc  "shall 
■^bcar  the  sins  of  your  idols:  fand 
ye  shall  know  that  1  am  the  Lord 
God. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

1  Under  the  par-able  of  a  boiling  pot,  G  t» 
ehctved  the  irrevocable  ttestruetion  of  Je- 
ruealem.  15  Sy  tht  aign  of  Ezekie'l  not 
mourning  for  the  death  of  hie  vifc.  10  t« 
thewed  tite  calamity  of  the  Jeure  to  be  be- 
yord  all  eorroiv. 
\  GAIN  in  the  ninth  year,  in  the 

J\  tenth  month,  in  the  tenth  dan 

of  the  month,  the  word  of  the  Lokd 

came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  write  thee  the  name 
of  the  day,  fnii  of  this  same  day: 
the  king  of  liahylou  set  himself 
against  Jerusalem  "'this  same  day. 

3  hAnd  utter  a  parable  unto  the 
rebellious  house,  and  say  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon;  ''  Set  on  a 
pot,  ^et  it  on,  and  also  pour  water  in- 
to it: 

4  Gather  the  pieces  thereof  into  it, 
frrn  everv  good  piece,  the  thigh,  and 
the  shoulder;  fill  it  with  the  choice 
hones. 

.">  Take  the  choice  of  the  flock,  and 
Ii  burn  also  the  bones  under  it,  (mil 
make  it  boil  well,  and  let  them  seethe 
the  bones  of  it  therein. 

(!  IT  Wherefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
(Jon;  Woe  to  nthe  blooily  city,  to 
the  pot  whose  scum  is  therein,  and 
whose  scum  is  not  gone  out  of  itl 
bring  it  out  piiee  by  piece;  let  no 

'lot  fall  U|M.M  if. 

7  For  lur  blood  is  in  the  midst  of 
her;  she  sctit  upon  the  tojiof  urock; 


Jerusalem's  destrucHon  farcfih<nim.    EZEKIEL.    God's  vengeance  on  the  Aminomteg. 


.in,  15.2). 
..  i.  11. 


'  AodM 
2-.'. 
.  13.  U. 


f  she  poured  it  not  upon  the  ground, 
to  cover  it  with  dust; 
fi  That  it  niisht  enusc  fnrv  to  come 
up  to  take  ven^eanco;  s  I  have  set 
lier  blood  upon  the  top  of  a  roek, 
tliat  it  should  not  he  covered. 
1)  Therefore  tluis  saitli  the  Lord 
God;  li  Woe  to  tlie  bh.ody  city!  1 
will  even  make  the  pile  lor  lire  ^leat. 

l(t  Heap  on  wood,  kindle  the  lire, 
consume  the  flesli,  and  spice  it  well, 
and  let  the  bones  be  burned. 

11  Tlien  set  it  empty  upon  the  cotil- 
thereof,  that  the  brass  of  it  may  be 
liot,  and  may  burn,  and  thut  ithe 
filthiness  of  it  may  be  molten  in  it, 
(/ia«  the  scum  of  it  may  be  consumed. 

VI  She  hath  wearied  liersr(l'  with 
lies,  and  her  great  scum  went  luit 
forth  out  of  her:  her  scum  shall  be  in 
the  tire. 

13  In  thy  filthiness  is  lewdness:  be- 
cause I  have  purged  thee,  and  thou 
wast  not  purged,  thou  shalt  not  be 
purged  from  thy  tilthincss  any  more, 
k  till  I  have  caused  my  fury  to  rest 
upon  thee. 

U  II  the  LoHD  have  spoken  i(;  it 
shall  come  to  pass,  and  I  will  do  it; 
I  will  not  go  back,  "'neither  will  I 
spare,  neither  will  I  repent;  accord- 
ing to  thy  ways,  and  according  to 
th;^  doings,  shall  they  judge  tnec, 
saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  IT  Also  the  word  of  the  Lokd 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

K;  Son  of  man,  bVhold,  I  take  awav 
from  thee  the  desire  of  thine  eyes 
with  a  stroke:  yet  neither  shalt  tliou 
mourn  nor  weep,  neither  shall  thy 
tears  trun  down. 

17  f  Forbear  to  cry,  "  make  no 
mourning  for  the  dead,  "bind  the 
tire  of  thine  head  upon  thee,  and 
I'  put  on  thv  shoes  upon  thy  feet,  and 
1  cover  not  l>ii/  f  lips,  and  cat  not  the 
bread  of  men. 

18  So  I  spake  unto  the  people  in  the 
morning:  and  at  even  my  wife  died; 
and  1  did  in  the  morning  as  1  was 
commanded. 

I'.IIT  And  the  people  said  unto  me, 
■■Wilt  thou  not  tell  us  what  these 
tliinrrs  arc  to  us,  that  thou  doest  sn  t 

20  Then  I  answered  them,  The  word 
of  the  Loud  came  unto  me,  saying, 

21  Speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel, 
Thus  saith  the  lx)rd  GoT>;  Behold, 
"  I  will  profane  my  sanctuary,  the  ex- 
cellency of  your  strength,  'the  desire 
of  your  eyes,  and  f  that  which  your 
soiil  piticth  ;  "and  your  sons  and 
your  daughters  whom  ye  have  Icit 
shall  fall  by  the  sword. 

22  And  ye  shall  do  as  I  have  done: 
"  yc  shall  not  cover  ijuur  lips,  nor  cat 
tHe  bread  of  men. 

2.'i  And  your  tires  shall  lie  upon 
your  heads,  and  vour  shoes  uiwn 
your  feet:  >  ve  shafl  not  mourn  nor 
weep;  but  ^ye  shall  pine  away  for 
your  iniiiuities,  and  muuru  one  to- 
ward auotlicr. 


24  Thus  "  Ezekiel  is  nnto  you  a 
sign:  according  to  all  that  he  hath 
done  shall  ye  do:  l>nnd  when  this 
I'oineth,  '  yc  shall  know  that  1  am  the 
Lord  (;<)D. 

2.'i  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  fhall  it 
not  lii'  ill  the  day  whin  I  take  from 
Ihcm  iltlieir  strength,  tliejov  of  their 
glorv,  the  desire  of  their  eVes,  and 
t  that  whereuponthev set  tlu'ir  minds, 
their  sons  and  their  Slaughters, 
Ji;  Tlidt  "hK  that  cseapeth  in  that 
(lay  shall  come  unto  thee,  to  cause 
tlirr  to  hear  it  with  Ihiiic  ears? 
•Si  f  In  that  day  shall  thy  mouth  be 
opeued  to  him  which  is  escaped,  and 
thou  shalt  speak,  and  be  no  more 
dumb:  and  t^ thou  shalt  beasign  un- 
to them;  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Loud. 

CHAPTEK  XXV. 
1    GotVg    vcnyeanee,   for    their  intolcney 

aguinat  the  Jftvs,  ttpint  the  Ammonitee  ; 

Supon  Moab  anil  AVJr;  12  upon  £dom, 

15  and  upon  the  Philietinea. 
'■pUE    word   of   the    I-ord    came 
\    again  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  "set  thy  face  ''against 
the.\nimonites,  and  prophesy  against 
them; 

.'!  And  say  nnto  the  Ammonites, 
Hear  the  word  of  the  l^ord  GoD; 
Thus  saith  the  I..ord  God;  "^  Be- 
cause thou  saidst.  Aha,  against  my 
sanctuary,  when  it  was  profaned  ; 
and  against  the  land  of  Israel, 
wlien  it  was  desolate;  and  against 
the  house  of  Judah,  when  they  went 
into  captivity; 

4  Behold,  therefore  I  will  deliver 
thee  to  the  t  men  of  the  cast  for  a 
possession,  and  they  shall  set  their 
palaces  in  thee,  and  make  their 
dwellings  in  thee:  they  shall  eat  thy 
fruit,  and  they  shall  drink  thy  milk. 

5  And  I  will  make  <i  Kabbah  "  a 
stable  for  camels,  and  the  Ammon- 
ites a  couching  place  for  flocks:  'and 
ye  shall  know  tliat  I  am  the  Lord. 

(i  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon  ; 
Because  thou  Shast  clapped  thine 
t  hands,  and  stamped  with  the  tfcct, 
and  I'  rejoiced  in  t  heart  with  all  thy 
desjiite  against  the  land  of  Israel; 

7  Behold,  thercfiirc  I  will  i  stretch 
out  mine  hand  upon  thee, and  will  de- 
liver thee  for  ||  a  spoil  to  the  heathen ; 
and  1  will  cut  thee  off  from  the 
people,  and  I  will  cause  thee  to  per- 
ish out  of  the  countries:  I  will  de- 
stroy thee;  and  thou  shalt  know  that 
I  am  the  Lord. 

.Sir  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon;  Be- 
cause that  k -Moab  and  iSeirdosov, 
Behold,  the  house  of  Judah  is  like 
nnto  all  the  heathen; 

'.)  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  open  the 
t  side  of  Moab  from  the  cities,  from 
his  cities  hAiV/i  «»■(■  on  his  frontiers, 
the  glorv  of  the  country,  Beth-jeshi- 
moth,  liaal-nieon,  and  Kiriathaim, 

10  '"T'nto  the  men  of  the  east  ||  with 
1  the  Aniiuonites,  and  will  give  tliem 
693 


Ti/rug  is  threatened. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  mourning  at 


Before 

C  li  U I  S  T 

6s)0. 


Oba.1.  ;0,Jto. 

000. 
t  nti..  !.v  .■•- 


aZoph 

ic. 
tlS.n 
uJcr. 

2.4. 

.30.1 
47.4. 

tn.i. 

13. 

yP..  0 

10. 

in  possession,  tliat  tlic  Amnionitcs 
"mny  not  be  remembered  among  the 
nations. 

]l  And  I  ■will  cxccntc  judgments 
upon  Moab  ;  and  they  shall  know 
that  I  (i/ii  the  Lord. 

12 IT  Thus saith  the  Lord  God;  "Be- 
cause that  Edom  hath  dealt  ajainst 
the  house  of  Judah  t  by  taking 
vengeance,  and  hath  greatly  oft'end- 
cd.and  revenged  himself  upon  them: 

i;5  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  ;  I  will  also  stretch  out  mine 
hand  upon  Kdom,  and  will  cut  otf 
man  and  beast  from  it ;  and  1  will 
make  it  desolate  from  Teman;  and 
!|thcy  of  Dedan  Bhall  fall  by  the 
sword. 

14  And  PI  will  lay  my  vengeance 
upon  Kdom  by  the  liaud  of  my  peo- 
ple Israel:  anQ  they  shall  do  in  Edom 
according  to  mine  anger  and  accord- 
ing to  my  fury;  and  they  shall  know 
my  vengeance,  saith  the  I..ord  Got"). 

15  17  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  'i  Re- 
cause  ''the  Philistines  have  dealt  by 
revenge,  and  have  taken  vengeance 
with  a  despiteful  heart,  to  destroy  it 
II  for  the  old  hatred; 

W>  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Heboid,  "I  will  stretch  out 
mine  hand  upon  the  Philistines,  and 
I  will  cut  otf  the  'Cherethim,  "and 
destroy  theremnant  of  the  ||  sea  coast. 

ir  And  I  will  ''execute  great  t  venge- 
ance upon  them  with  furious  re- 
bukes; i' and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  I,okd,  wlien  I  shall  lay  my 
vengeance  upon  them. 

CnAPTER  XXVL 
1   Tyrus,  forinBuliing  ngtiintt  Jerusalem, 
■     -  The  power  of  Xctiuchad- 


H  he. 


li  r/.e 


and  uttonitltment  of  the  ten  at  her  full. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  elev- 
enth year,  in  the  tirst  tliii/  of  the 
month,  thiit  the  word  of  the  Loud 
came  imto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  "  because  that  Tyrus 
hath  said  against  Jerusalem,  l>  Aha, 
she  is  broken  that  ivas  the  gates  of 
the  people;  she  is  turned  unto  me;  I 
shall  bo  replenished,  now  she  is  laid 
waste: 

3  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  O 
Tyrus,  and  will  cause  many  nations 
to  eonie  up  against  thee,  as  the  sea 
causeth  his  waves  to  come  nn. 

•4  .\nd  they  shall  destroy  tlic  walls 
of  Tvrus,  and  break  down  her  tow- 
ers: 1  will  also  scrape  her  dust  from 
her,  and  ''  make  her  like  the  top  of  a 
rock. 

5  It  shall  be  a  place  for  the  spread- 
ing of  nets  il  in  the  midst  of  the  sea: 
for  I  have  spoken  |7,  saith  the  I^ord 
God:  and  it  shall  become  a  spoil  to 
the  nations. 

C  And  her  daughters  which  ore  in 
the  field  shall  be  slain  by  the  swonl; 
"  and  they  shall  kuow  tliat  I  am  the 
Loud. 

(191 


7  II  Eor  thus  saith  the  Lord  Gou; 
Behold,  I  will  bring  upon  Tyrus 
Nebuchadrezzar  king  of  Babylon,  fa 
king  of  kings,  from  the  north,  with 
liorses,  and  with  chariots,  and  with 
horsemen,  and  companies,  and  much 
people. 

Kile  shall  slay  with  the  sword  thv 
daughters  in  the  field:  and  he  shall 
^  make  a  fort  against  thee,  and  I|  east 
a  mount  against  thee,  and  lift  up  the 
buckler  against  thee. 

a  And  he  shall  set  engines  of  war 
against  thy  walls,  and  with  his  axes 
he  shall  break  down  thy  towers. 

10  By  reason  of  the  abundance  of 
his  horses  their  dust  shall  cover  thee: 
thy  walla  sliall  shake  at  the  noise  of 
the  horsemen,  and  of  the  wheeU,  and 
of  the  chariots,  when  he  shall  enter 
into  thy  gates,  tas  men  enter  into  a 
city  wherein  is  made  a  breach. 

11  With  the  hoofs  of  his  horses  shall 
he  tread  down  all  thy  streets:  he  shall 
slay  thy  people  by  the  sword,  and 
thy  strong  garrisons  shall  go  down  to 
the  ground. 

12  And  they  shall  make  a  spoil  of 
thy  riches,  and  make  a  prey  of  thv 
merchandise  :  and  they  shall  break 
down  thy  w:dls,  and  destroy  t  thy 
pleasant  houses:  and  they  shall  lay 
thy  stones  and  thy  timber  and  thy 
dust  in  the  midst  of  the  water. 

1.)  ii  And  I  will  cause  the  noise  of 
i  thy  songs  to  cease;  and  the  sound  of 
thy  harps  shall  be  no  more  heard. 

14  And  kl  will  make  thee  like  the 
top  of  a  rock:  thou  shalt  be  a  place 
to  spread  nets  upon;  thou  shalt  be 
built  no  more:  for  1  the  Lord  have 
spoken  iV,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

15  H  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God  to 
Tyrus;  .Shall  not  the  isles  I  shake  at 
the  sound  of  thy  foil,  when  the 
wounded  cry,  when  the  slaughter  is 
made  in  the"midst  of  thee? 

ii;  Tlii'n  all  the  '"  princes  of  the  sea 
shall  "come  down  fiom  theirthrones, 
and  lay  away  their  robes,  and  put 
ofl'  their  brouk-rcd  garments:  they 
shall  clothe  themselves  with  f  trem- 
bling; "they  shall  sit  upon  the 
ground,  and'' shall  tremble  atei'cry 
moment,  and  ^  be  astonished  at  thee. 

17  And  they  shall  take  upa  "'lament- 
ation  fir  thee,  and  sav  to  thee.  How 
art  thou  destroved,  l/iat  u-a.-^t  inhab- 
ited I  ofsi-afning  men,  the  renowned 
eitv,  which  wuNt  "strong  in  the  sea, 
she  an.l  her  inlial.itants,  which  cause 
their  trrror  lo  U-  on  all  that  haunt  it! 

IS  Nuw  shall  'the  isles  trcnihle  i:i 
the  day  of  thy  fall;  vea,  the  isU-s  that 
are  in  the  sea  shall  be  troubled  at 
thy  departure. 

VJ  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
AVhen  I  shall  make  thee  a  desolate 
eitv,  like  the  cities  that  are  not  in- 
habited; when  I  shall  bring  up  the 
deep  upon  thee,  and  great  waters 
shall  cover  thee; 

'JO  When  I  shall  bring  thee  down  i 


The  riches  and 


EZEKIEL. 


large  commerce  0/  Tyrus. 


«th.  19.  1.  S: 
•il\.  17.  S  '.'8. 
IJ.  i  3i  2. 

l.tb.  23.  2. 


t  Hcb. 


bJer  16.  9. 

ci.  30.  a,  & 


IG.n 

10, 

2, 

"."'r 

..s 

13 

»o„„ 

10 

S. 

oCca 

10. 

7. 

"with  them  tliat  descend  into  tlie 
pit,  witli  the  people  of  old  time,  and 
bhall  set  thee  in  tlic  low  parts  of  the 
eaith,  in  places  desolate  of  old,  with 
them  that  go  down  to  the  pit,  that 
thou  be  not  inhabited;  and  1  shall 
sctfjlo'T  "i"  the  land  of  the  livin;;; 
ill  >  I  will  make  thee  t  a  terror,  and 
thou  shalt  he  no  more  :  '■  thoii^'h  tliou 
1)0  Eou^'ht  for,  yet  shnlt  tlimi  iirver 
be  found  again,' saith  the  Lord  Uou. 

CIIArTER  XXYII. 

1  The  rich  eupiily  of  T:irua.     20  The  gnat 

and  unrecovciLiU'c  full  thermf. 

THE    word    of   the   Loi!0    came 
again  unto  mc,  saying, 

2  Now,  tliou  son  of  inan,  "take  up 
a  lamentation  for  Tyrus; 

3  And  say  unto  Tyrus,  bO  thou  that 
art  situate  at  the  "entry  of  the  sea, 
ivhich  art  ^-  a  merchant  of  the  people 
for  many  isles.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  O  Tvrus,  tliou  hast  said,  '11 
am  t  of  perfect  beauty. 

4  Thy  borders  (ire  in  the  )  midst  of 
the  seas,  thy  builders  have  perliicted 
thy  beauty. 

5  They  have  tmado  all  thy  aliip 
boards  of  fir  trees  of  "Senir:  they 
have  taken  cedars  from  Lebanon  to 
make  masts  for  thee. 

G  Of  the  oaks  of  Bashan  have  they 
made  thine  oars;  ||  tthe  company  of 
the  Ashuritcs  have  made  thy  farnches 
o/' ivory,  brought  out  of  f  the  isles  of 
Chittim. 

7  Fine  linen  with  broidered  work 
from  Egypt  was  that  which  thou 
spreadest  forth  to  be  thy  sail:  I!  blue 
and  purple  from  the  isles  of  Elishah 
was  that  which  covered  thee. 

8  Tlie  inhabitants  of  Zidon  and 
Arvad  were  thy  mariners:  thy  wise 
me»,  O  Tyrus,  tliat  were  in  thee, 
were  thy  pilots. 

9  The  ancients  of  eCebal  and  the 
wise  vieii  thereof  were  in  thee  thy 
lltcalkers:  all  the  ships  of  the  sea 
witli  their  mariners  were  in  thee  to 
occupy  thy  merchandise. 

10  Tliey  of  Persia  and  of  Lud  and 
of  I'l'luit  were  in  thine  army,  thy 
men  of  war:  they  hanged  the  sliield 
and  helmet  in  thee;  they  set  forth 
thy  comeliness. 

U  The  men  of  Arvad  with  thine 
army  u-ere  upon  thy  walls  roun<l 
aboiit,  and  the  Gaminadim  were  in 
thy  towers :  they  hanged  tlieir  shields 
n[i(in  tliv  walls  round  about;  they 
have  ma'ilc  i  thv  beauty  perfect 

I'J  k  Tarshish"!cu.s-  thy  merchant  by 
reason  of  the  multitude  of  all  /.iml 
or' riches;  with  silver,  iron,  tin,  and 
le.ad,  they  traded  in  thv  lairs. 

l.i  Ijavan,  Tubal,  and  Meshech, 
thev  icoj-c  thy  merchants:  they  trad- 
ed '"tlie  persons  of  men  and  vessels 
of  brass  in  tliy  ||  market. 

14  They  of  the  house  of  "  Togarmah 
traded  in  thy  fairs  with  horses  and 
horsemen  and  mules. 

15  The  men  of  "  Dcdan  were  thy 


merchants;  many  isles  irere  the  mer- 
chandise of  thine  hand:  they  brought 
thee./o/- a  present,  horus  of  ivory  and 
ebony. 

Hi  Svria  was  thv  merch.int  by  rea- 
son of  the  multitude  of  1  the  wares 
oftliy  making:  they  occupied  in  thy 
fairs"  witli  emeralds,  purple,  and 
iiroidcriil  work,  and  fine  linen,  and 
cral,  and  i  «g:ite. 

17  .ludali,  and  the  land  of  Israel, 
thev  n'cre  thy  merchants:  they  trad- 
ed in  thy  market  I' wheat  of  'i  Min- 
nith,  and  Panuag,  and  honey,  and 
oil,  and  ''llbalm. 

IS  Damascus  ivas  thy  merchant  in 
the  multitude  of  the  wares  of  thv 
making,  for  the  multitude  of  all 
riches;  in  the  wine  of  llelbon,  and 
wliite  wool. 

VJ  Dan  also  nnd  Javan  ||  going  to 
and  fro  occupied  in  tliy  fairs:  bright 
iron,  cassia,  ami  calamus,  were  in 
tliy  market. 

•M  '  Dedan  vas  thy  merchant  in 
t  iirceious  clothes  for  chariots. 

til  Arabia,  and  all  the  princes  of 
'Kedar,  f  they  occupied  with  thee 
in  lambs,  and  rams,  and  goats:  in 
these  irere  tlien  thy  merchants. 

22  The  merchants  of  "  Sheba  and 
Raamah,  they  rrere  thy  merchants: 
thev  occupied  in  thy  fairs  with  chief 
of  till  spices,  and  with  all  precious 
stones,  and  gold. 

2.'i  "  llarnn,  and  Canneh,  and  Eden, 
the  merchants  of  >  Sheba,  Assliur, 
u;i(/  ("liilmad,  were  thy  mercliants. 

:.'4  Tliese  u-ere  thy  merchants  in 
II  all  sorts  of  tliinnf,  in  blue  •(  clothes, 
and  broidered  work,  and  in  chests 
of  rich  apparel,  bound  with  cords, 
and  made  of  cedar,  among  thy  mer- 
chandise. 

2.1 'The  ships  of  Tarsliish  did  sing 
of  tliee  in  thy  market:  and  thou  wast 
replenished,  and  made  very  glorious 
"in  the  midst  of  the  seas. 

21!  IT  Thy  rowers  have  brought  thee 
into  great  waters:  l>thc  east  wind 
hath  broken  thee  in  the  t  midst  of  the 
seas. 

27  Thy  <■  riches,  and  thy  fairs,  thy 
merchandise,  thv  mariners,  and  thy 
pilots,  thv  calkcrs,  and  the  occupiers 
of  thy  merchandise,  and  all  tliy  men 
of  war,  that  are  in  thee.  ||  and  in  all 
thy  company  which  is  in  the  midst 
of  thee,  shall  fall  into  the  )  mid.-t  of 
the  seas  in  the  day  of  thy  ruin. 

28  The  II  suburbs  •>  shall  shake  at  the 
sound  of  the  cry  of  thy  pilots. 

211  .Vnd  '^all  that  handle  tlie  oar,  the 
iiKiriiiers,  «!«'/  all  the  pilots  of  the  sea, 
shall  COMIC  down  from  their  ships, 
tluv  shall  stanil  upon  the  land; 

.■!l)"Aiiil  shall  caii.-~c  their  voice  to  be 
heard  against  thee,  and  shall  cry  bit- 
tcrlv.  and  sludl  feast  up  dii  =  t  upon 
thefr  heads,  thev  s  shall  wallow  them- 
selves in  the  ashes: 

31  And  thev  shall  1'  make  themselves 
utterly  bald" for  thee,  and  jiird  them 
695 


God^s  judgments  upmi 


..  20.  17. 

r.  2. 

*'.  13.  18. 


■.  13.  19, 


ch.  20.  19. 


ch.  26.15,18. 


..  27.  3.  1. 


+  H«b.  Bn  tk« 


mV  ':;r,""'«  ^y,'."'  I'ittemess  of  l.eart  and 

'is  And  in  tlioir  wailinf;  tlipv  shall 

1  take  up  a  lanuntatii.ii  Hir  tliie,  and 
lament  over  thee,  stu/hig,  k  What  vity 
IS  like  Tyrus,  like  the  destroyed  iu 
the  midst  of  the  sea? 

3.i  iWhcn  thy  wares  went  forth  out 
ot  tlie  seas,  thou  tiiU'dst  unuiy  iko- 
ple;  thou  didst  enrieh  the  kiuL'.s  of 
the  earth  witli  the  niultitiide  of  thy 
riches  and  of  thy  nierehandise. 

•"4  In  the  time  u-huii  "'thou  shalt  be 
hrokcn  by  tlie  seas  in  tlie  deptlis  of 
the  waters,  "thy  merchandi.se  and 
all  thy  company  iu  the  midst  of  thee 
shall  fall. 

35  "AH  the  inhabitants  of  the  isles 
shall  be  astonished  at  thee,  and  their 
kinjjs  shall  be  sore  afraid,  they  shall 
be  troubled  in  their  countenance, 
t  iici..  .i,oi(  •"■';  The  merchants  among  the  people 
Pshall  hiss  at  thee;  Hthou  shalt  be  t  a 
terror,  aud  t  never  shalt  he  any  more. 

cnAPTER  xxnii. 

1  God'ajmlgment  upon  the  prince  of  TyruB 
for  Ina  saerilegioua  pride.  11  A'lnment- 
"!""'„,?-^.'"'  <"■""'  *'"'"!'  <^orruplcJ  l,y 
sin.  20  Theindgment  of  Zidm.  »i  The 
restoration  of  laraci. 

''piIE  word  of  the  Lord  came  a''ain 

JL   unto  me,  sayin;;, 

2  Son  of  man,  say  unto  the  prince  of 
Tyrus,  Thus  saith  the  ]^ord  GoD- 
Uecause  thine  heart  is  lifted  up,  and 
■■thou  hast  said,  I  am  a  };od  I  sit  in 
the  seat  of  God,  I'in  the  f  midst  of 
the  seas  J  -^yet  thou  art  a  man,  and 
not  God,  though  thou  set  thine  heart 
as  the  heart  of  God: 

3  Behold,  dthou  art  wiser  than 
Daniel;  there  is  no  secret  that  they 
can  hide  from  thee: 

4  With  thy  wisdom  and  with  thine 
understanding  thou  hast  gotten  thee 
riches,  and  hast  gotten  gold  and  sil- 
ver into  thy  treasures: 
.u  K^Z  ,  -X  Sreat  wisdom  and  by 
thy  traffick  hast  thou  increased  thy 
riches,  and  thine  heart  is  lifted  up 
because  of  thy  riches: 

C  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
GOD  ;  ISeeause  thou  hast  set  thine 
heart  as  the  heart  of  God; 

7  Behold,  therefore  I  will  brin" 
strangers  upon  thee,  fthe  terribl-  o? 

ii  the  nations  :    and  thev   shall  draw 

their  sworda  against  the  heautv  of 
thy  wisdom,  and  they  shall  detile  thv 
brightness. 

8  They  shall  bring  thee  down  to  the 
pit,  and  thou  shalt  die  the  deaths  of 
t/ieni  that  are  slain  in  the  midst  of 
the  seas. 

p  Wilt  thou  yet  Rsay  before  him 
that  slayeth  thee,  1  am  God  ?  but 
thou  .i/ialt  be  a  man,  and  no  God,  iu 

'he  linnd  of  him  that  (|  slayeth  thee. 

IU    Ihou   shalt    die    the    deaths   of 
,^i„>3*  I  ''the  nncircunieised  by  the  hand  of 
■■■-^■■a.  '  strangers;  (iir  1  have  spoken  it,  saith 
I  the  Lord  God. 
6.t)6 


EZEKIEL. 


t!ie  prince  of  Tyrus. 


n  TT  Moicoverthc  word  of  the  Loi:d 
came  unto  nie,  saying, 
]-'  Son  of  man,  i  take  up  a  lamenta- 
tion upon  the  king  of  Tyrus,  and  say 
unto  him,  'Ihus  saith  the  Lord  (;oD; 
k  Ihou  sealest  up  the  sum,  full  of 
wisdf>m,  and  perfect  in  beauty. 
I'!  Thou  hast  been  in  I  Eden  the 
garden  of  Gnd;  every  precious  stone 
)r,rs-  thy  covering,  the  |)sardius,  to- 
paz, and  the  diamond,  the  llbervl, 
the  onyx,  and  the  iasper,  the  sap- 
phire, the  II  emerald,  and  the  car- 
buncle, and  gold:  the  workmanship 
ot  "'thy  tabrefs  and  of  thy  jiipes  was 
prepared  in  thee  iu  the  day  that  thou 
wast  created. 

14  Thou  art  the  anointed  "cherub 
that  covereth;  and  I  have  set  thee 
so:  thou  wastupon  "the  holvmount- 
ainof  God:  thou  hast  walked  up  and 
down  in  the  midst  of  the  stones  of 
fire. 

]j  Thou  wast  perfect  in  thy  ways 
from  the  day  that  thou  wast  created, 
till  iniquity  was  found  in  thee. 
IC  By  the  multitude  of  thy  mer- 
chandise they  have  filled  the  midst 
ot  thee  with  violence,  and  thou  hast 
sinned:  therefore  I  will  cast  thee  as 
profane  out  of  the  mountain  of  God- 
and  I  will  destroy  thee,  P  O  covering 
cherub,  from  the  midst  of  the  stones 
of  fire. 

n  'I  Thine  heart  was  lifted  up  be- 
cause of  thy  beauty,  thou  hast  cor- 
rupted thy  wisdom  by  reason  of  thy 
brightness  :  I  will  cast  thee  to  the 
ground,  I  will  lay  thee  before  kin"s, 
that  they  may  behold  thee. 

18  Thon  hast  defiled  thy  sanctuaries 
by  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquities, 
by  the  iniquity  of  thy  traffick;  there- 
fore will  I  bring  forth  a  fire  from  the 
midst  of  thee,  it  shall  devour  thee, 
and  I  will  bring  thee  to  ashes  upon 
the  earth  in  the  sight  of  all  Uiem  that 
behold  thee. 

19  All  they  that  know  thee  among 
the  people  shall  be  iistonishcd  at  thet" 
'thou  shalt  be  f  a  tenor,  aud  never 
Shalt  thou  be  any  more. 

a)  TT  Again  the  word  of  the  Loed 

came  unto  me,  saving, 
[    21  Son  of  man,  'set  thy  face  'against 

Zidon,  and  prophesy  against  it, 
22  And  say.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 

GOP;  "  Behold,  I  am  against  thee,  O 

Zidon;  and  I  will  be  glorified  in  the 

imdst  of  thee:  and  "  they  shall  know 
that  1  am  the  Lord,  when  I  shall 

liave  executed  iiirtgmcnts  in  her,  aud    "  "^  "■  '"• 
shall  be  i  sauctilierl  in  her.  y ch. 20,  ji. 4 

•2,1  ''For  1  will  send  into  her  pesti- 
lence, and  blood  iiitoherstreets;  and 
the  wounded  shall  be  judged  in  the 
midstof  her  by  the  sword  U|ion  her 
on  every  side;  and  they  shaU  know 
that  lam  the  Lokd. 

24  TI  And  there  shall  bo  no  more  "a 
pricking  brier  unto  the  house  of  Is- 
rael nor  ««,v  grieving  ti,oru  of  all 
that  are  round  about  them,  that  de- 


;r.  15,  2i  Jt 
..  32.  SO, 


The  desolation  and 


EZEKIEL. 


restoration  of  Krrj/pt. 


.di.28.21. 

kli 

W.  1. 

^  21.  U.  i 

40. 

eJc 

r.  41.  30. 

-i:' 

.  10. 
-TLiil. 

.S« 

32.2. 
cl..  23. 2. 

tHt 

.tatioj 

^t[ 

8.2.  & 
i2i.i). 

hJ.r 

7.33.i 

IJer.  37.5.: 

a. 

ch.  17.  17. 


spiseil  tliem  ;  niul  tlicy  6haU  know 
that  I  am  the  I.iini  (Jiin. 
25  Thus  Raith  tlic  Lord  Gop:  "When 
I  Bhnll  have  iif;athercd  the  limuc  of 
Isr.icl  from  tlie  iicople  amon^  whom 
they  are  scattered,  and  fihall  he*' sanc- 
tified in  them  in  the  sight  of  the  hea- 
then, then  sliall  they  dwell  in  their 
land  that  I  liuvc  given  to  my  servant 
Jacoh. 

2C  And  they  shall  d dwell  [[safely 
therein,  and  shall  "^  build  houses,  and 
fplant  vineyards  ;  yea,  tlicy  shall 
dwell  with  confidence,  when  I  have 
executed  .jiicl^meuts  upon  all  those 
t!iat  11  des'[)ise  tlu'ni  round  about 
them;  and  they  shall  kuow  that  I 
am  the  Loiiu  their  God. 

CHAPTER  XXIX. 
1  Tha  judgmmt  of  Pharauh  fur  hia  t reach- 
ertjto  laraet.  B  Tilt  Uesulalion  of  i:gtilit. 
n  The  restoration  thereof  after  (orly 
years,  17  l^gypt  the  reward  of  Ak6u- 
chudrezzar.     'zl  Israel  shall  Le  restored. 

IN  the  tenth  year,  in  the  tenth 
vwiilli,  in  the  twelfth  dni/  of  tlie 
month,  the  word  of  the  Lol!U  came 
unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  "  set  thy  face  against 
Phai-aoh  king  of  Kgypt,  and  proph- 
esy against  liim,  uiid  Ij  against  all 
Egypt: 

a  speak,  and  say.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God;  '-Celiold,  I  am  against 
thee,  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt,  the 
great  tl  dragon  that  lieth  in  the  midst 
of  liis  rivers,  ■■  which  hath  said.  My 
river  is  mine  own,  and  I  have  luadc 
il  for  myself. 

4  But  f  I  will  put  hooks  in  thy  jaws, 
and  I  will  cause  tiic  fish  of  thy  riv- 
ers to  stick  unto  thy  scales,  and  I 
will  bring  thee  up  out  of  the  midst 
of  thy  rivers,  and  all  the  fish  of  thy 
rivers  shall  stick  unto  thy  scales. 

5  And  I  will  leave  thee  thrown  into 
the  wilderness,  thee  and  all  the  fish 
of  thy  rivers:  thou  shalt  fall  upon 
thetopen  fields;  I' thou  shalt  not  be 
brought  together,  nor  gathered:  li  I 
have  given  thee  tor  meat  to  the  beasts 
of  the  field  and  to  the  fowls  of  the 
heaven. 

6  And  all  the  inhabitants  of  Egypt 
shall  know  that  I  am  tlie  Lor u,  lie- 
cause  they  have  been  a  >  stalf  of  reed 
to  the  house  of  Israel. 

7  k  When  they  took  hold  of  thee  by 
thy  hand,  thou  didst  break,  and  rend 
all  their  shoulder:  and  when  they 
leaned  upon  thee,  thou  brakest,  and 
madest  all  their  loins  to  be  at  a  stand. 

8  li  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Behold,  I  will  bring  la  sword 
upon  thee,  and  cut  oil'  inau  and 
beast  out  of  thee. 

•J  And  the  land  of  Egypt  shall  be 
desolate  and  waste;  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Lor.D:  because 
he  hath  said.  The  river  is  mine,  and 
I  have  made  it. 

10  Behold,  therefore  I  am  against 
thee,  and  against  thy  rivers,  ""  and  1 


any  mi 
will  di 


will  make  the  land  cf  Egypt  f  utterly 
waste  tiiiil  desohite,  |i  "fr;>ni  the  tow'- 
ir  of  )  Svene  even  unto  the  border 
ofEthi..pin. 

]  1  "Xii  liKiof  man  sliall  pass  through 
it,  nor  foot  of  beast  shall  p:i.-^s  tlirough 
it,  neither  shall  it  be  inhabited  forty 
years. 

"IJ  I'And  I  will  make  the  land  of 
Egyi)t  desolate  in  the  midst  of  the 
countries  tfiat  are  desolate,  and  her 
cities  among  the  cities  tliat  are  laid 
waste  shall  be  desolate  forty  years: 
and  I  will  scatter  the  Egyptians 
among  the  nations,  and  will  disperse 
tliem  tliniugh  the  countries. 

l.'i  V  Yet  thus  saith  tlie  Lord  God: 
At  the  lend  of  fi>rty  years  will  1 
gather  the  Egyptians  from  the  peo- 
ple whither  they  were  scattered: 

14  And  I  will  bring  again  the  cap- 
tivity of  Egypt,  and  will  cjlus^c  them 
to  return  iiilii  the  land  of  I'alhros, 
into  the  land  of  their  ||  liabitation; 
and  they  Bliall  be  there  u  t'hase 
kingdom. 

13  It  shall  be  the  basest  of  the  king- 
neither  shall  it  exalt  itself 
more  above  the  nations:  fi^r  I 
h  them,  that  they  shall 
no  more  rule  over  the  nations. 

IG  And  it  shall  be  no  more  'the 
confidence  of  the  house  of  Israel, 
which  briiigeth  l/ieir  iniquity  to  re- 
membrance, when  they  shall  look 
after  them :  but  they  shall  kuow  that 
I  am  the  Lord  Gou. 

17  TT  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
seven  and  twentieth  year,  in  the  first 
month,  in  the  first  (la'ji  of  the  month, 
the  word  of  the  Lobd  came  unto 
me,  saying, 

l.S  Son  of  man,  ^Nebucliadrezzar 
king  of  Babylon  caused  his  army  to 
serve  a  great  service  against  Tyrns: 
every  head  u\is  made  bald,  and 
every  shoulder  wa^  peeled:  vet  had 
he  no  wages,  nor  his  army,  for  Tyrns, 
for  the  service  that  he  had  served 
against  it: 

ID  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
Cud;  Behold,  I  will  give  tlie  land 
of  Egyjit  nuto  Nebuchadrezzar  king 
of  Babylon  ;  and  he  shall  take  her 
multitude,  and  jtake  her  spoil,  and 
take  her  prey  ;  and  it  shall  be  the 
wages  for  his  army. 

•Ji  I  have  given  him  the  land  of 
Egypt  |l,/br  his  labour  wherewith 
he". served  against  it,  because  they 
wroiightfor  me,  saith  the  Lord  (ion. 

21  TTIn  that  day  "will  I  cause  the 
horn  of  the  house  of  Israel  to  bud 
forth,  and  I  will  give  thee  >  the  ojien- 
ing  of  the  mouth  in  the  midst  of 
them;  and  they  shall  kuow  that  I 
am  the  LonD. 

CHAPTER  XXX. 
1  The  desolation  of  £iit/pt  and  her  helpers. 
Sil  The  arm  of  Uahyt'on  sh<dlle  strength- 
ened to  break  the  arm  of  Egypt. 

'T'll  E  word  of  the  LoKU  came  again 


X    unto  me,  saying, 


697 


The  desolation  of  Egypt, 


EZEKIEL. 


and  her  helpers.  1 


•  u.  vi.  e. 

kri..  7.7.  12. 
.I..-12  I. 

I  Or./,or. 


1  Ii.  19.  3.  G. 
t  Itcli 

ml..  IX  4. 


Zjcii.  13.  2. 
oZtch.  10.  11. 
rl".  15.  10. 
qcU.  20. 11. 

73. 12.43. 
I  Or.  7ani'f. 
■  Kah.  3.  8.  9, 


2  Son  of  man,  prophpsy  and  sav, 
Thus  saith  the  Lonl  GoD  ;  "Howl 
ye,  Woe  worth  the  day  I 

3  For  iJtlie  day  is  near,  even  the  dav 
of  the  Loun  /s  near,  acloiidy  day;  it 
shall  he  the  time  of  the  heathen. 

4  And  the  sword  shall  come  upon 
E^ypt,  and  great  ||  pain  sliall  ho  in 
Ethiopi.a,  when  tlie  slain  shall  liill  in 
Esypt,  and  they  '  shall  take  away 
her  innltitnde,  and  lUicr  foundations 
shall  he  broken  down. 

5  Ethiopia,  and  t  Libya,  and  Lydia, 
and  '^all  the  minj^led  people,  and 
Chub,  and  the  t  men  of  the  land  that 
is  in  league,  shall  fall  with  them  by 
the  sword. 

G  Thus  saith  the  Loud;  They  also 
that  uphold  Egypt  shall  fallj  and  the 
pride  of  her  power  shall  come  down: 
\\  ffrom  the  tower  of  Syene  shall  they 
fall  in  it  by  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

7  s  And  they  shall  he  desolate  in  the 
midst  of  the  countries  tliiit  are  deso- 
late, and  her  cities  shall  be  in  tlie 
midst  of  the  cities  thai  arc  wasted. 

8  And  they  sliall  know  that  I  am 
the  I.,oi;d,  when  I  have  set  a  lire  in 
Ef;ypt,  and  when  all  her  helpers  shall 
bo  t  destroyed. 

n  In  that  day  li  shall  messen^rcrs  go 
fortli  from  me  in  ships  to  make  the 
careless  Ethiopians  afnaid,  and  great 
pain  shall  come  upon  thcin,  as  in  the 
dav  of  Egv|)t:  for,  lo,  it  cometh. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  ilwill 
also  make  the  multitude  of  Egypt  to 
cease_  by  the  hand  of  Nebuchadrez- 
zar king  of  Babylon. 

11  He  and  his  people  with  him, 
kthe  terrible  of  the  nations,  shall  be 
brought  to  destroy  the  land  :  and 
they  shall  draw  their  swords  against 
EL'vpt,  and  till  the  land  with  the 
slain. 

12  And  II  will  make  the  rivers  tdrv, 
and  '"sell  the  land  into  llio  liand  of 
the  wicked:  and  Iv>-illinako  the  kuid 
waste,  and  tall  that  is  tluroin,  bv  the 
hand  of  strangers:  1  the  LunD  liave 
spoken  il. 

1:5  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will 
also  "destroy  the  idols,  and  1  will 
cause  their  images  to  cease  out  of 
Noph;  "and  there  shall  he  no  more  a 
prince  of  the  land  of  Egypt:  I'and  I 
will  put  a  fear  in  the  land  of  Egvpt. 

14  And  I  will  make  'i  Path ros"  des- 
olate, and  will  set  fire  in  '^llZoan, 
"and  will  execute  judgments  in  No. 

1.1  And  I  will  pour  mv  fury  upon 
II  Sin,  the  strength  of  Egvpt:  and  '1 
will  cutoft'the  multituile'of  No. 

I«  And  I  will  "set  tire  in  Egvpt:  Sin 
shall  luivc  great  pain,  and  No  shall 
be  rent  asunder,  and  Noph  shall  have 
distresses  daily. 

17  The  young  men  of  ||  Aven  and  of 
IPi-beseih  shall  fall  by  the  sword  : 
and  these  riVi>.<  shall  go  into  captivity. 

15  "At  Tehaphnehes  also  the  d:iy 
shall   be  II  darkened,  wlieii  I   shall  I 


break  there  the  yokes  of  Egypt:  and 
the  pomp  of  her  strength  sliall  cease 
in  her:  as  for  her,  a  cloud  shallcovcr 
her,  and  her  daughters  shall  go  into 
captivity. 
l!l  Thus  will  I  execute  indgments 
in  Egyiit:  and  they  shall  know  that 

1  am  the  I.,oi:d. 

:;i)  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  in  the 
eleventh  year,  in  the  firtt  month,  in 
the  seventh  dai/  of  the  month,  that 
the  word  of  the  LoitD  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

21  Son  of  man,  I  have  >'  broken  the 
arm  of  Pharaoh  king  of  Egypt;  and, 
lo,  '^it  sludl  not  be  bound  "up  to  be 
healed,  to  put  a  roller  to  hind  it,  to 
make  it  strong  to  hold  the  sword. 

2J  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
GoD;  Heboid,  I  nin  against  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt,  and  will  "break  his 
arms,  the  strong,  and  that  ■N^-hich  was 
broken;  and  I  will  cause  the  sword 
to  (all  out  of  his  hand. 

2n  b  And  I  will  Fcattcrtho  Egyptians 
among  the  nations,  and  will  disperse 
tliem  tin-ough  the  countries. 

24  An<l  I  will  strengthen  the  arms 
of  the  king  of  Babylon,  and  put  my 
sword  in  liis  hand:"  but  I  will  break 
Pharaoh's  arms,  and  he  shall  groan 
before  him  with  the  groanings  of  a 
deadly  wounded  man. 

25  Hut  I  will  strengthen  the  arms  of 
the  king  of  Babylon,  and  the  arms  of 
Plinraoli  shall  fall  down;  and  '^the3' 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Loi;n, 
when  I  sliall  put  my  sword  into  the 
hand  of  the  king  of'Babylon,  and  he 
shall  stretch  it  out  uponthe  laud  of 
Egypt. 

2ij  <lAnd  I  will  scatter  the  Egyp- 
tians among  the  nations,  and  disperse 
them  among  the  countries;  and  they 
shall  know  that  I  am  the  Loud. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 
1  .4  retnlion  unto  Pharaoh,  3  of  the  glorv 

of  Aaayria.  10  ami  the  fall  thereof  for 

pritle.  Id  The  like  ilestruction  of  Egypt. 

,i  ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  eleventh 
XV  .year,  in  the  third  month,  in  the 
lirst  tlati  of  the  month,  that  the  word 
of  the  IvOUD  came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  niito  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt,  and  to  his  mnltitude; 
"Whom  art  thou  like  in  thy  great- 
ness? 

3  IT  I) Behold,  the  Assyrian  i(«s  a  ce- 
dar in  I^ebanon  +  with  fair  branches, 
and  with  11  shadowing  shroud,  and 
of  a  high  stature;  and  his  toj)  was 
among  the  thick  houghs. 

4  'The  waters  llmade  him  great, 
the  deep  ||set  him  up  on  high  with 
her  rivers  running  round  about  his 
plants,  anil  sent  out  her  II  little  rivers 
unto  all  the  trees  of  the  field. 

,'»  Therelbre  il  his  height  was  exalted 
above  all  the  trees  of  the  field,  and 
his  boughs  were  multiplied,  ami  his 
branches  became  long  because  of  the 
multitude  of  waters,  ||  when  he  shot 
forth. 


Glory  and  fall  of  Assyria.' 


EZEKIEL. 


Egypt's  fall  lamented. 


t  TTcI.,  <'ri  ,/o- 


G  All  the  'fowls  of  heaven  made 
their  nests  in  liia  boiishs,  nml  under 
Ills  branelies  did  all  tlic  beasts  of  the 
field  brin-  forth  their  yoiin-,  and 
under  liis  shadow  dwelt  all  great  na- 
tions. 

7  Thus  was  he  fair  in  his  prcatncss, 
in  the  len-th  cfhis  branches:  for  his 
root  was  bv  proat  waters. 

8  The  cedars  in  tlic  fRarden  of  God 
could  not  hide  him:  the  lir  trees  were 
not  like  his  bon;j:lis,  and  tl\e  cliesnut 
trees  were  not  like  his  branches;  not 
any  tree  in  the  jrarden  of  God  was 
like  unto  him  in  his  beauty. 

I*  I  have  made  him  fair  by  the  mul- 
titude of  his  brandies;  so  that  all  the 
trees  of  Eden,  tliat  u-ere  in  the  garden 
of  God,  envied  Iiim. 

10  U  Therefore  thus  .saith  tlic  Lord 
God  ;  Because  thou  hast  lifted  up 
thj-self  in  heij;ht,  and  he  hath  shut 
up  his  top  among  tiie  thick  boughs, 
and  Bliis  heart  is  lifted  np  in  his 
height; 

11  1  have  therefore  delivered  him 
into  the  hand  of  the  mighty  one  of 
tlio  heathen;  flic  shall  surely  <le:il 
with  him:  I  have  driven  him  out  lor 
his  wickedness. 

12  And  strangers,  lithe  terrible  of 
the  nations,  have  cut  him  oil",  and 
have  left  him:  'upon  the  mountains 
and  in  all  the  valleys  his  branches 
are  fallen,  and  his  boughs  are  broken 
by  all  the  rivers  of  the  land;  and  all 
the  people  of  the  earth  are  gone  down 
from  his  shadow,  and  have  left  him. 

13  k  Upon  his  ruin  shall  all  the 
fowls  of  the  heaven  remain,  and  all 
the  beasts  of  the  field  shall  be  upon 
his  branches: 

14  To  the  end  that  none  of  all  the 
trees  by  the  waters  exalt  themselves 
for  their  height,  neither  shoot  np 
their  top  among  the  thick  boughs, 
neither  their  trees  \\  stand  up  in  their 
licight,  all  that  drink  water :  for 
Ithey  arc  all  delivered  nnto  death, 
'"to'the  nether  parts  of  the  earth,  in 
the  midst  of  the  children  of  men, 
with  them  tliat  go  down  to  the  pit. 

15  Thussaith  the  Lord  God;  In  the 
day  wlien  lie  went  clown  to  the  gra\e 
I  caused  a  mourning;  I  covered  the 
deep  for  him,  and  I  restrained  the 
Hoods  thereof,  and  the  groat  waters 
were  stayed:  and  I  caused  liCbanon 
tto  mourn  for  him,  and  all  the  trees 
of  tlio  field  fainted  for  him. 

10  I  made  the  nations  to  "shake  at 
the  sound  of  his  fiill,  when  1  "cast 
him  down  to  hell  with  them  that  de- 
scend into  the  pit:  and  I' all  the  trees 
of  Kden,  the  choice  and  best  of  Leb- 
anon, all  that  drink  water,  'i  shall  lie 
comforted  in  the  nether  parts  of  the 
earth. 

17  Thev  also  went  down  into  hell 
with  him,  nnto  thmi  Unit  >,<'  slain 
with  the  sword;  and  tlmi  llial  vci-e 
his  arm,  MdCdwclt  under  his  shadow 
in  the  midst  of  the  heathen. 


IS  IT '  To  whom  art  thou  thus  like  in 
glory  and  in  greatness  among  the 
trees  of  Eden  ?  yet  slialt  tiiou  he 
brought  down  with  the  trees  of  Kden 
unto  the  nether  parts  of  the  earth: 
'thou  shalt  lie  in  the  midst  of  the 
nncirciuiicised  with  thoiti  1h<tt  he 
slain  by  the  sword.  This  i>  Pharaoh 
and  all"  his  multitude,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

CHAPTER  XXXIL 

I  A  lamentation  for  the  fearful  fall  of 
£g!ipt.  n  The  sword  of  Udbylo'n  tha'tl 
deetroy  it.  17  Jt  ehall  be  Iroitfflit  tlown 
to    hell,   among  all  the    uncirettmcieeU 

AND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  twelfth 
vear,  in  tlie  twelfth  month,  in 
the  firjt  (lay  of  the  month,  fhal  the 
word  of  tlic  LoKD  came  unto  me, 
saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  "take  up  a  Lamenta- 
tion for  Pharaoii  king  of  Egypt,  and 
say  unto  him,  l»Thou  art  like  a  young 
lion  otthe  nations,  *"  and  thou  art  as  a 

II  whale  in  the  seas:  and  tliou  eainest 
forth  with  thy  rivers,  and  tnuililecUt 
the  waters  with  thy  feet,  ami  Jfoul- 
edst  their  rivers. 

3  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  I  will 
therefore  ^'sin-ead  out  my  net  over 
tliee  with  a  company  of  many  peo- 
jde;  and  they  shall  bring  thee  up  in 
my  net. 

4  Then  fwill  I  leave  thee  upon  the 
land,  I  will  cast  thee  forth  upon  the 
open  field,  and  *^wiU  cause  all  the 
fow  Is  of  the  heaven  to  remain  upon 
thee,  and  I  will  fill  the  beasts  of  the 
w  hole  earth  with  thee. 

5  And  I  will  lay  thy  flesh  Impon 
the  mountains,  and  till  the  valleys 
with  thy  height. 

0  1  will  also  water  with  thy  blood 
lithe  land  wherein  thou  swfmmest, 
even  to  the  mountains ;  and  the 
rivers  shall  be  full  of  thee. 

7  And  wlien  I  shall  ||  put  thee  out, 
i  I  will  cover  the  heaven,  and  make 
the  stars  thereof  dark;  I  will  cover 
tlie  sun  with  a  cloud,  and  the  moou 
shall  not  give  her  light. 

8  All  the  t  bright  lights  of  heaven 
will  I  make  1  dark  over  thee,  and  set 
darkness  ujion  thy  land,  saith  the 
I-ord  (!oD. 

t)  I  will  alsofvexthe  hearts  of  many 
people,  when  I  shall  bring  thy  de- 
struction among  the  nations,  into  the 
countries  which  thou  hast  not  known. 

10  Vea,  I  will  make  many  people 
k  amazed  at  thee,  and  their  kings 
shall  be  horribly  afraid  for  thee, 
when  I  shall  brandish  my  sword  be- 
fore them;  and  l  they  shall  tremble 
nt  ci-i'rii  moment,  every  man  for  his 
own  life,  in  the  day  of  thv  tiill. 

11  n  '"  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God; 
The  sword  of  the  king  of  Babylon 
shall  come  upon  thee. 

lli  Bv  the  swords  of  the  mighty  will 
I  cause  thv   multitude  to  fall,  "thei 
terrible  of  the  nations,  all  of  them:  J 
(>99 


A  lamentation  for  the 


EZEKIEL. 


ch.  29.  li), 
pch.  29.  11. 


q  Ki.7.i.l  11 


la.Sam.  1.17. 
aUl.r.ii.lSi. 
ch.  2fi.  17. 


J  Or,  /4« 
.u.orJiWaiJ. 

«I.  l.Sl.ill. 
U.  10. 
»»r.  27. 

r  •='.  19.  25. 
ivor.21.26.29. 


nnd  "they  ehall  spnil  the  pomp  of 
J^.vpt,  anil  nil  the  multituae  thereof 
shall  he  (loKtroycd. 
l;!  I  will  destroy  also  nil  the  heasls 
thereof  troiii  beside  the  Rrcat  waters: 
•"neither  shall  the  foot  of  man  trouble 
them   any   more,  nor  the   lioofs  of 
beasts  trouble  them. 
U  Then  will  I  make  their  waters 
deep,  and  cause  their  rivera  to  run 
like  oil,  saith  the  Lord  Gou. 
15  When  I  shall  make  the  land  of 
tgypt  desolate,  and  the  country  shall 
be  t  destitute  of  that  whereof  "it  was 
full   w' hen  I  shall  smite  all  them  that 
dwell  therein,  'I  then  shall  they  know 
that  I  am  the  Loud. 
]p  This  IS  the  ■■  lamentation  where- 
with   they    shall    lament    her:    the 
daughters   of  the  nations  shall  la- 
ment her:  they  shall  lament  for  her 
ei-oH  for  Egyiit,  and  for  all  her  multi- 
tude, saith  the  Lord  God. 

.^'^  J.J'  ^'■^™P  '°  I"'*''  also  in  the 
twelfth  year,  in  the  fifteenth  claii  of 
the  month,  that  the  word  of  the 
LoitD  came  unto  me,  saying. 
If*  ''O"  of  man,  wail  for  the  multi- 
tude of  Egypt,  and  "cast  them  down, 
even  her,  and  the  daughters  of  the 
famous  nations,  unto  the  nether  parts 

of  the  earth,  with  them  that  go  down 
into  the  pit. 

I'J  '  Whom  dost  thoii  pass  in  beauty  ' 
go  down,  and  be  thou  laid  with  the 
uneircumcised. 

20  They  shall  fall  in  the  mid.'it  of 
them  that  are  slain  by  the  sword: 
Hshe  IS  delivered  to  the  sword:  draw 
her  and  all  her  multitudes. 
L'l  ^  The  strong  among  the  mighty 
hall  speak  to  him  out  of  the  midst 
of  hell  with  them  that  help  him  : 
they  are  »  gone  down,  they  lie  uneir- 
cumcised, slain  by  the  sword. 
-'2  ■■  Asshur  is- there  and  all  her  com- 
pany: his  graves  arc  about  him:  all 
"' 'liem  slain,  fallen  by  the  sword: 
^i  •<  Whose  graves  are  set  in  the  sides 
of  the  pit,  and  her  company  is  round 
about  her  grave;  all  of  them  slain, 
fallen  by  the  sword,  which  Lcaused 

[terror  in  tho  lon*^!  r.r*v.,.  i:.,: 


fearftil  fall  of  Eaypt. 


all  her  multitude  :  her  grnvc 
round  about  him:  all  of  them  « un- 
eircumcised, slain  by  the  sword, 
though  they  caused  their  terror  in 
the  land  of  the  living. 
•2'  li  And  they  shalfnot  lie  with  the 
mighty  that  are  fallen  of  the  uncir- 
ciiiiieisiM  ,  which  arc  gone  down  to 
lieu  t  with  their  weapons  of  war:  and 
they  have  laid  their  swords  under 
their  heads  but  their  iniquities  shall 
be  upon  their  bones,  though  thiii 
u-ere  the  terror  of  the  mighty  in  the 
land  of  the  living. 

2:^  Yea,  thou  shalt  be  broken  in  the 
must  of  the  uneircumcised,  and 
sh.-ilt  he  with  them  that  are  slain 
with  the  sword. 

2JI  There  )>■  iEdom,  her  kings,  and 
all  her  pnncca,  which  witR  their 
might  are  tlaid  bv  them  that  n-orc 
slam  by  the  sword:  they  shall  lie 
with  the  uneircumcised,  and  with 
them  that  go  down  to  the  pit. 

..'' '^"'iP'""  '"^  "'«  princes  of  the 
north,  all  of  them,  and  all  the  1  Zi- 
donians,  which  are  gone  down  with 
the  slain;  with  their  terror  they  arc 
ashamed  of  their  might;  nnd  thev  lie 
uneircumcised  with  them  that  be  slain 
^'.L  .u*"'°"''  ""'1  *'<■'"■  *heir  shame 
^o. 'J,?"'''"  "'"'  PO  <l"^^n  to  the  pit. 
.d  Pharaoh  shall  see  them,  ancl  shall 
be  "'  comforted  overall  his  multitude 
eren  Pharaoh  and  all  his  army  slain 
by  the  sword,  saith  the  Lord  God. 
.1  ,  "'',  ^'^Y"  <^aused  my  terror  in 
the  land  of  the  living:  and  he  shall 
be  laid  in  the  midst  of  the  uneircum- 
cised with  them  that  are  slain  with 
the  sword,  eicH  Pharaoh  and  all  his 
multitude,  saith  tlic  Lord  God. 


gTtr.  19.20, 

hv,r.  21. 
!<.  11. 18.  19. 


II  terror  in  the  land  of  the  I 

24  There  is  ■•■  Elam  and  all  her  mul- 
titude roundabout  her  grave;  all  of 
them  slain,  fallen  by  the  sword, 
which  are  Jgone  down  uneircum- 
cised into  the  nether  parts  of  the 
earth,  "^  which  caused  their  terror  in 
the  land  of  the  living:  yet  have  they 
Dome  their  shame  with  them  that  irb 
down  to  the  pit. 

25  They  have  set  her  a  bed  in  the 
midst  of  the  slain  with  all  her  mul- 
titude: her  graves  are  round  about 
nim:  all  of  them  nncirciiincised, 
shun  by  the  sword  :  tliou-h  theii^ 
terror  was  caused  in  the  hind  of  the 
living,  yet  have  they  borne  their 
shame  with  them  that  go  down  to 
the  pit:  he  is  put  in  the  midst  of  Mew 
t/iul  In'  slain. 

-''  '^''"^po"  ''"^'eshecK,  Tubal,  and 


CHAPTER  XXXIIL 

1  According  to  the  duty  of  a  tvatchman  in 
lyarniiig  tlic  people,  7  KzMel  i,  admon- 
tihcd  of  hi,  July.  10  Ood  thcKclh  the 
juDtxce  of  hit  ways  toimrda  the  penitent, 
and  towards  rcvoUcra.  17  He  muintain- 
eth  l.,Bj  uelice.  21  Upon  the  „ew,  of  the 
taking, ,f  Jerutalem  ho  prophetieth  the 
Ucsulutwn  0}  llie  land.  SO  (Jod'a  judg. 
meat  upon  tlie  mockcra  of  the  proplieia. 

AG  Am  the  word   of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  speak  to  "the  chil- 
dren of  thy  peonle.  and  say  unto 
them,  btWhen  1  bring  the  sword 
upon  a  land,  if  the  iieoiile  of  the  land 
take  n  man  of  their  coasts,  and 
hini  for  their  '  watchman : 

3  If  when  he  secth  the  sword  come 
upon  the  land,  he  blow  the  trumpet, 
and  warn  the  people; 

4  Then  t  whosoever  heareth  the 
sound  of  the  trumpet,  nnd  taketh  not 
warning:  if  the  sword  come,  nnd 
take  him  away,  ■!  his  blood  shall  be 
upon  his  own  head. 

5  He  heard  the  sound  of  the  trump- 
et, and  took  not  wiiniiii"-;  his  blood 
shall  be  upon  him.  Ihit  he  that 
taketh  warning  shiill  deliver  his  soul. 

0  Uut  If  the  watchman  sec  the  sword 


i28Mn.Ia.Sl. 

23. 

2  Km.  9. 17. 


The  duty  of  a  ivatchmmi. 


EZEKIEL.  The  exptity  of  God's  dealings. 


conic,  and  hlow  not  the  trumpet, 
and  tlic  people  be  not  warned;  if  the 

rd  eonie,  mid  Uike  unit  person 
from  amon;^'  tht'in. ''  he  is  taken  awnv 

lis  ini.iuilv;  Init  liis  lilond  will"! 
require  at  tlic  watehmaii's  luind. 

7  IT  rSo  thou.  ()  son  of  man,  1  have 
set  tliee  a  watclinian  unto  the  lionse 
of  Israel;  therefore  thou  shalt  licar 
the  word  at  my  mouth,  and  warn 
them  from  me. 

8  When  I  say  unto  the  wicked,  O 
wicked  man,  "thou  shalt  surely  dif; 
if  thou  dost  not  speak  to  warn  the 
wicked  from  his  way,  that  wicked 
mtin  shall  die  in  his  iniquity;  but  his 
blood  will  I  require  at  thine  hand. 

!►  Nevertheless,  if  thou  warn  the 
wicked  of  his  way  to  turn  from  it;  if 
he  do  not  turn  from  his  way,  he  shall 
die  in  his  iniquity;  but  thou  hast 
delivered  thy  soul. 

10  Therefore,  ()  thou  son  of  man, 
speak  unto  the  house  of  Israel;  Thus 
je  speak,  sayinji.  If  our  transarcss- 
lons  and  our  sins  he  upon  us,  and  we 
Spine  away  in  them,  khow  should 
we  then  live? 

11  Say  unto  them.  As  I  live,  saith 
the  Lord  God,  >I  have  no  pleasure 
in  the  death  of  the  wicked;  but  that 
the  wicked  turn  from  his  way  and 
live:  turn  ye,  turn  ye  from  your  evil 
wavs;  for  k  why  will  yc  die,  O  house 
of  Israel  ? 

12  Therefore,  thou  son  of  man,  say 
unto  the  children  of  thy  people.  The 
I  righteousness  of  the  n^jiiteous  shall 
not  deliver  him  in  the  day  of  his 
transgression:  as  for  the  wickedness 
of  the  wicked,  ""he  shall  not  fall 
thereby  in  the  day  that  he  turneth 
from  his  wickedness ;  neither  shall 
the  rishteous  be  able  to  live  for  his 
ririliteousness  in  the  day  that  he  sin- 
ncth. 

Vi  When  I  shall  say  to  the  right- 
eous, thrit  he  shall  surely  live;  "  if  he 
trust  to  his  own  rishteousness,  and 
commit  iniquity,  all  his  rif,'hteou9- 
nesses  shall  not  be  remeinbered;  but 
for  his  iniquitv  that  he  hath  com- 
mitted, he  shall  die  for  it. 

14  Au'ain,  "when  I  say  unto  the 
wicked.  Thou  shalt  surely  die;  if 
he  turn  from  his  sin,  and  do  (that 
which  is  lawful  and  ri-lit; 

1.5  //'the  wicked  I' restore  the  pledge, 
Igivc  again  that  he  had  robbed, 
walk  in  'the  statutes  of  life,  without 
comniittinfr  iniquity;  he  shall  surely 
live,  he  shall  not  die. 

K;  '*None  of  his  sins  that  he  bath 
committed  shall  be  mentioned  unto 
him  :  he  hath  done  that  which  is 
lawful  and  ri^ht ;  lie  shall  surely 
live. 

17  IT  <  Yet  the  children  of  thy  people 
say.  The  way  of  the  Lord  is  not 
equal:  but  as"  for  them,  their  way  is 
iu)t  etpml. 

IH  "  When  the  righteous  turneth 
from  his  righteousness,  and  commit- 


teth  iniquity,  he  shall  even  die  there- 
by. 

Ill  Hut  if  the  wicked  turn  from  liis 
wickedness,  and  do  that  which  is 
lawful  and  right,  he  shall  live  there- 
by. 

'JO  H  Yet  ye  say,  ^Thc  way  of  the 
Lord  is  not  etjual.  O  ye  house  of 
Israel,  I  will  judge  you  every  one 
after  his  ways. 

'21  V  And  ^t  came  to  pass  in  the 
twelfth  year  Jof  our  captivity,  in  the 
tenth  vwtith,  in  the  fifth  ilnij  of  the 
month,  'that  one  that  had  escaped 
out  of  jeru.salem  came  unto  me,  say- 
ing, '*  The  city  is  smitten. 

'I'l  Now  hthe  hand  of  the  Loun  was 
upon  me  in  the  evening,  afore  he 
that  was  escaped  came :  and  had 
opened  my  mouth,  until  he  came  to 
nie  in  the  morning;  '  and  my  mouth 
was  opened,  and  I  was  no  more 
dumb. 

2.'i  Then  the  word  of  the  I.,ORD 
came  unto  me,  saying, 

24  Son  of  man,  <i  they  that  inhabit 
those  ''wastes  of  the  land  of  Israel 
speak,  saying,  f  Abraham  was  one, 
and  he  inherited  the  land:  t^butwc 
are  many;  the  land  is  given  us  fo: 
inheritance. 

•25  Wherefore  say  unto  them.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  (ion;  I' Ye  eat  with 
the  blood,  and  ilitl  up  your  eves  to- 
ward your  idols,  and  V  shed  ^lood: 
and  shall  ye  possess  the  land':' 

ai  Yc  stand  n[)on  your  sword,  ye 
work  abomination,  and  ye  Idehle 
every  one  his  neighbour's  wife;  and 
shall  ye  possess  the  land'/ 

27  Say  thou  thus  unto  thorn.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God;  As  I  live,  sure- 
ly '"  thev  that  are  in  the  wastes  shall 
fall  by  the  sword,  and  him  that  I'.'i  in 
the  open  field  "will  I  give  to  the 
beasts  f  to  be  devoured,  and  they 
thatic  in  the  forts  and  "in  the  caves 
shall  die  of  the  pestilence. 

25  ''  For  I  will  lay  the  land  f  most 
desolate,  and  the  ipomp  of  her 
strength  shall  cease;  and  'the 
mountains  of  Israel  shall  be  deso- 
late, that  none  shall  pass  through. 

2!)  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  am 
the  Lonn.  when  I  have  laid  the  land 
most  desolate,  because  of  all  their 
abominations  which  they  have  com- 
mitted. 

VAi  H  Also,  thou  son  of  man,  the  chil- 
dren of  thv  fieople  still  are  talking 
II  against  thee  bv  the  walls  and  in  the 
doors  of  the  ho"uses,  and  "  speak  one 
to  another,  evcrv  one  to  his  brother, 
saving.  Come,  I  prav  you,  and  hear 
what  is  the  word  that  comcth  forth 
from  the  Loiai. 

.11  And  'they  come  unto  thee  fas 
the  people  Cometh,  and  ||  thev  "sit 
before  thee  as  my  people,  and  they 
bear  thv  words,  hut  thev  will  not  do 
them:  ''for  with  their  month  f  they 
shew  much  love,  tnit  >  their  heart 
gocth  after  their  covetousness. 
701 


A  reproof  of  the  shepherds. 


EZEKIEL. 


God's  providence'i)ver  Ms  flock. 


Before 
C  11  K I  S  T 

687. 


heh.33,21,28. 
in.  22  17. 
Mubt.  9.  :]6. 


32  And,  lo,  thou  art  unto  them  ns 
t  a  very  lovely  song  of  one  tliat  hath 
a  pleasant  voice,  and  can  play  well 
on  an  instrument:  lor  they  hear  tliy 
words,  but  they  do  them  not. 

"3  ^  And  when  this  cometli  to  pass, 
(lo,  it  will  come,)  then  "shall  they 
know  that  a  prophet  hath  been 
among  them. 

CHAPTER  XXXIV. 
I  A  reproof  of   tite  gheplierUa.     7  God 

judgment  against  them.     11  Hia  prov 

dence  for  hit  flock.    2U  The  kingdom  of 

Chritt. 

AND  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
mito  me,  saying, 

2  Son  of  man,  prophesy  against  the 
*  shepherds  of  Israel,  prophesy,  and 
say  unto  them.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
Gou  unto  the  shepherds;  ii  Woe  fee  to 
the  shepherds  of  Israel  that  do  feed 
themselves  !  should  not  the  shep- 
herds feed  the  flocks? 

3  '^  Ye  eat  the  fat,  and  ye  clothe  you 
with  the  wool,  'lye  kill  them  that'are 
fed:  but  ye  feed  not  the  flock. 

4  ■■  The  diseased  have  ye  not 
strengthened,  neither  have  ye  healed 
that  which  wns  sick,  neither  have  ye 
bound  up  that  ivhich  icas  broken, 
neither  have  ve  brought  again  that 
which  was  driven  away,  neither 
have  ye  fsoupht  that  which  was  lost: 
but  with  K  force  and  with  cruelty 
have  ye  ruled  them. 

5  h  And  they  were  i  scattered,  H  be- 
cause tliere  is  no  shepherd:  kand 
they  became  meat  to  all  the  beasts  of 
the  field,  when  they  were  scattered. 

(!  My  slieep  wandered  through  all 
the  mountains,  and  upon  every  high 
hill :  yea,  my  flock  was  scattered 
upon  all  the  face  of  the  earth,  and 
none  did  search  or  seek  after  them. 

7  IT  Therefore,  ye  shepherds,  hear 
the  word  of  the  LoKn; 

8  vis  I  live,  saith  the  Lord  God, 
surely  because  my  flock  became  a 
prey,  and  my  flock  1  became  meat 
to  every  beast  of  the  field,  because 
there  was  no  shepherd,  neither  did 
my  shepherds  search  for  my  flock, 
"'  but  the  shepherds  fed  themselves, 
and  fed  not  my  flock; 

9  Therefore, "O  ye  shepherds,  hear 
the  word  of  the  LoHD; 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gop;  Bc- 
liold,  I  am  against  the  shepherds ; 
and  "  I  will  require  mv  flfick  ut  tlieir 
hand,  and  ennse  theii'i  to  ee:i-ie  fnini 
fc<>(Iilig  the  fl.M'k:  nei(h<M-  .Oiall  the 
slioplierdsTi'i'd  thi'nisilvcsaiiv  jiiiire; 
tor  I  will  deliver  my  lloek  linm  their 
mouth,  that  they  may  nut  be  meat 
for  them. 

II TT  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon; 
Behold,  1,  enn  I.  will  both  search 
my  sheep,  and  seek  them  nut. 

lii  t  As  a  shepherd  si'eketh  out  his 
flock  in  the  (hiy  that  he  is  among  hia 
sheep  that  are  scattered  ;  so  will  I 
seek  out  my  sheep,  ami  will  deliver 
tliem  out  of  oil  places  where  they 
702 


have  been  scattered  in  fthc  cloudy 
and  dark  day. 

l:i  And  'II  will  bring  them  out  from 
the  jieople,  and  gather  them  from  the 
countries,  and  will  bring  them  to 
their  own  land,  and  feed  them  upon 
the  mountains  of  Israel  by  the  rivers, 
and  in  all  the  inhabited  places  of  the 
country. 

14  '  I  will  feed  them  in  a  good  pas- 
ture, and  upon  tlie  high  mountains  of 
Israel  shall  their  fold  be:  "there  siiall 
they  lie  in  a  good  fold,  and  in  a  fat 
pasture  shall  they  feed  upon  the 
mountains  of  Israel. 

15  I  will  feed  my  flock,  and  I  will 
cause  them  to  he  down,  saith  the 
l.nrd  Gon. 

10  'I  will  seek  that  which  was  lost, 
and  bring  again  that  which  was 
driven  away,  and  will  bind  \ip  that 
which  was  broken,  and  will  strength- 
en that  which  was  sick:  but  I  will 
destroy  "the  fat  and  the  strong;  I 
will  feed  them  "  with  judgment. 
17  And  «s. /or  you,  O  mv  flock,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  God  :  J  Behold,  I 
judge  between  1  cattle  and  cattle,  be- 
tween the  rams  and  the  t  he  goats. 
IS  SeemeUi  it  a  small  thing  unto  you 
to  have  eaten  up  the  good  jiasture, 
but  ye  must  tread  down  with  your 
feet  the  residue  of  your  pastures  ? 
and  to  have  drunk  of  the  deep  wa- 
ters, but  ye  must  foul  the  residue 
with  your  feet  ? 

)U  And  O.I  Jor  my  flock,  they  eat 
that  which  ye  have  trodden  with 
your  feet;  and  they  drink  that  which 
ye  have  fouled  with  vour  feet. 
;;0  Tl  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God  unto  them;  ^Behold,  I,  ereii  I, 
will  judge  between  the  fat  cattle  aud 
between  the  lean  cattle. 
1^1  Because  ye  have  thrust  with  side 
and  with  .shoulder,  and  pushed  all 
the  diseased  with  your  horns,  till  ye 
have  scattered  them  abroad; 
22  Therefore  will  I  save  my  flock, 
and  they  shall  no  more  be 'a  prey; 
and  'I  will  judge  between  cattle  aiid 
cattle. 

2'i  And  I  will  set  up  one  '>  Shepherd 
over  them,  and  he  shall  feed  tlum, 
">i  my  servant  David  ;  he  shall 
feed  them,  and  he  shall  be  their 
shepherd. 

24  And  '1 1  the  Loi;d  will  he  their 
Go(l,an<l  my  servant  l);i\id"a  prince 
among  them;  I  the  Loiiu  have  spok- 
en it. 

'2,'<  And  fl  will  make  with  them  a 
covenant  of  peace,  and  t^will  cause 
the  evil  beasts  to  cease  out  of  the 
land:  and  they  h shall  dwell  safely 
in  the  wilderness,  and  sleep  in  the 
woods. 

2(1  And  I  will  make  them  and  the 
places  round  about  imy  hill  Wa  blcss- 
mg;  and  I  will  I  cause  the  shower  to 
come  down  in  his  season;  there  shall 
be  "'showers  of  blessing. 
27  And  "the  tree  of  the  field  shall 


The  Judgment  of  mount  Seir. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  land  of  Israel  comforted. 


r  Jer,30.  lO.t 


fch.iS.  12. 
l>l.«a.  10. 
[  Or.  I,„lrtj 


t  Utb.  Aanrf.. 
gP..  137.  7. 

ch.ai.  25.29. 

D.n.  0  2J. 

Ul».l.  11. 
h  Ti.  ICO.  17. 
t  HA.  f/«o/a- 

ofnAon', 


lJfr.l9.n.l8. 

Tcr.  4. 

cl.  U.'..  13. 
Mol.  1.  3.  4. 


yield  her  fruit,  and  tlic  earth  shall 
yield  her  increase,  and  they  shnll  be 
safe  in  their  land,  nud  shall  know 
that  I  aiit  the  I.,oki),  when  I  have 
"broken  the  bands  of  their  3't)ke,  and 
delivered  them  out  of  the"  hand  of 
those  that  l*  served  themselves  of 
them. 
-8  And  they  shall  no  more  ^  be  a 

Ercy  to  the  heatlien,  neither  shall  the 
east  of  the  land  devour  them;  but 
'they  shall  dwell  sali'ly,  and  none 
shall  make  thcui  afraid, 

'z'J  And  1  will  raise  np  for  them  a 
'plant ![  of  renown,  and  tliey  shall  be 
no  more  t  consumed  with  hunjjer  in 
the  land,  'neither  bear  the  shame  of 
the  heathen  any  more. 

.",0  Thus  shall  they  know  that  "I 
the  I, OKI)  their  God  am  with  them, 
and  tliaf  they.  ci(»  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, arc  my  people,  saith  the  Lord 
God. 

31  And  ye  my  "flock,  the  flock  of 
my  pasture,  ore  men,  tnid  I  am  your 
God,  saith  the  Lord  GoD. 

CHAPTER  XXXV. 

I7l«  judgment  of  mount  A'cir  for  their  ha- 
tred of  Israel. 

MOKEOVER    the    word   of   the 
I>OKi)  came  unto  me,  sayinj?, 

2  Son  of  man,  "set  tliy  face  aj;ainst 
h mount  Seir,  and  "prophesy  against 
it, 

3  And  say  unto  it,  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  God;  Behold,  O  mount  Seir,  I 
((Hi  against  thee,  and  '1 1  will  stretch 
out  mine  hand  a^iainst  thee,  and  I 
will  make  thee  tnio^t  desolate. 

4  "^I  will  lay  tliy  cities  w:iste,  and 
thou  shalt  bedcsulate,  and  thou  shall 
know  that  I  am  tlic  Lukd. 

5  fRecausc  thou  hast  had  a  II  perpet- 
ual hatred,  and  hast  f  shed  the  hfnod 
()/■  the  children  of  Israel  by  the  f  force 
of  the  sword  in  the  time  of  their  ca- 
lamity, Sin  the  time  t/iut  their  iniq- 
uity iiail  an  end: 

(>  Therefore,  n.s-  I  live,  saith  the 
IjOrd  God,  I  will  prepare  thee  unto 
blood,  and  blood  shall  jiursue  thee: 
h  since  thou  hast  not  hated  blood, 
even  blood  shall  pursue  thee. 

7  Thus  will  I  make  mount  Seir 
f  most  desolate,  and  cut  olf  from  it 
ihim  that  passeth  out  and  him  that 
returneth. 

8  kAnd  I  will  fill  his  mountains 
"with  his  slain  men  :  in  thy  hills,  ami 
in  tliy  valleys,  and  in  all  thy  rivers, 
shall  they  fall  that  arc  slain  with  the 
sword. 

9  1 1  will  make  thee  perpetual  deso- 
lations, and  thy  cities  shall  not  re- 
turn: '"and  ye  "shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Lord. 

10  Because  thou  hast  said.  These 
two  nations  and  these  two  countries 
shall  he  mine,  and  we  will  "possess 
it;  II  whereas  "the  Lokd  was  there: 

11  Therefore,  ns  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  God,  I  will  even  do  I'accord- 
ing  to  thine  anger,  and  according  to 


thine  envy,  which  thou  hast  used 
out  of  tbj'  hatred  a;:ainst  them;  and 
I  will  make  myself  known  amon;; 
them,  when  I  have  iuil;;((l  tliee. 

1-2  'I  And  tlion  ^h■.\h  know  Ibat  I  art, 
the  Loi:i).  and  that  I  have  lieard  all 
thy  blasplicmies  which  tliou  hnst 
spoken  aj;ainst  the  in(nint;Miis  of  Is- 
rael, saving,  Tlu y  are  hiid  desolate, 
thev  are  given  us  f  to  consume. 

i:;"Thu.s  ''with  your  moutli  ye  have 
♦  boasted  against  me,  and  liuve  mul- 
tiplied your  words  against  mc ;  I 
have  heard  timn. 

14  Thus  saith  the  Lord  GoD;  'AVhcn 
the  whole  earth  rejoiccth,  1  will  make 
thee  desolate. 

15  '  As  thou  didst  rejoice  at  the  in- 
heritance of  the  house  of  Israel,  he- 
cause  it  was  desolate,  so  will  I  do 
unto  thee:   "thou  shalt  be  desolate, 

0  mount  Seir,  and  all  Idumca,  rven 
all  of  it:  and  they  shall  know  that  I 
am  the  Loud. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

1  The  land  of  Israel  it  com  fortcd.  both  by 
detlruction  of  the  heathen,  who  npileful- 
(y  used  it,  8  and  by  the  bleninge  of  Ood 
promieed  tinto  it.  iG  Israel  woe  rrjcet'd 
for  their  ein,  21  and  shall  be  restored 
tviihout  their  desert.  20  The  blessinjs 
of  Christ;  kin,jdom. 

ALSO,  thou  son  of  man,  prophesy 
unto  the  "mountains  of  Israel, 
and  say.  Ye  mountains  of  Israel, 
hear  the  word  of  the  Loud: 
•2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon  ;  Be- 
cause '>the  enemy  hath  said  against 
you.  Aha,  'even  the  ancient  high 
places  rf  arc  ours  in  possession : 

3  Therefore  piophe.«y  and  say.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  GoD;  \  Becau5e  they 
liave  made  jitni  desolate,  and  swal- 
lowed you  upon  every  side,  that  yc 
niiglit  be  a  possession  unto  the  resi- 
due of  the  heathen,  "^and  ||ye  are 
taken  up  in  the  lips  of  t:ilkers,  and 
are  an  infamy  of  the  people: 

4  Therefore,  ye  mountains  of  Is- 
rael, hear  the  word  of  the  Lord 
Gon  ;  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God 
to  the  mountains  and  to  the  hills, 
to  the  II  rivers  and  to  the  valleys, 
to  the  desolate  wastes  and  to  the 
cities  that  are  tbrsaken,  which  'he- 
came  a  prey  and  f  derision  to  the 
residue  of 'the  heathen  that  are 
round  about; 

r.  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  Ii  Surely  in  ihe  fire  of  my 
jealousy  have" I  .spoken  against  the 
residue  of  the  heathen,  and  against 
all  Idumea,  i  which  have  appointed 
my  land  into  their  possession  with 
tlu'  joy  of  all  llieir  heart,  with  de- 
spiteful minds,  to  east  it  out  for  a 
prcv. 

(1  Prophesy  therefore  concerning 
the  land  of'  Israel,  and  say  unto 
the  mountains  and  to  the  hills,  to 
the  rivers  and  to  the  valleys.  Thus 
saith  the  Lord  God;  Behold,  I  have 
spoken  in  my  jealousy  and  in  my 


Israel  was  rejected  for  sin. 


EZEKIEL.     The  blessings  of  Christ's  kinffdom. 


eh,  31.  20. 

rer    15. 
Ich.  %  S. 


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fur}',  because  ye  have  k  borne  the 
shame  of  tlic  hu.ithcn: 

7  Therefore  thus  saith  the  I>ord 
Goi>;  I  have  Uifted  up  mine  hand, 
Siirelv  tlic  heathen  that  are  about 
you,  they  shall  bear  their  shame. 

iS  TT  lint  ye,  O  mountains  of  Is- 
rael, ye  shall  shoot  forth  your 
brandies,  and  vield  your  fruit  to 
my  people  of  Israel ;  for  they  are 
at  hand  to  come, 

y  For,  behold,  I  am  tor  you,  and  I 
will  turn  unto  you,  and  yc  shall  be 
tilled  and  sown: 

II)  And  I  will  multiply  men  upon 
you,  all  the  house  of  Israel,  eien  all 
of  it:  and  the  cities  shall  be  inhabit- 
ed, and  '"  the  wastes  shall  bcbuilded: 

11  And  "  I  will  multiply  upon  you 
man  and  beast ;  and  they  sh.Tll  in- 
crease and  bring  fruit :  and  I  will 
settle  von  after  your  old  estates, 
and  will  do  better  icjilo  j/oti  than  at 
vour  bej^innin^s :  "and  yc  shall 
know  that  I  am  the  Loud. 

12  Yea,  I  will  cause  men  to  walk 
upon  you,  even  my  people  Israel : 
I'and  "they  shall  possess  thee,  and 
thou  shalt  be  their  inheritance,  and 
thou  shalt  no  more  henceforth  'ibe- 
reave  tlioin  o/'  /»<?«. 

].!  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon  ;  Re- 
cause  they  say  unto  you,  "■  Thou  hni'l 
devourest  up  men,  and  hast  bereaved 
thy  nations; 

14  Therefore  thou  shalt  devour  men 
no  more,  neither  |i  bereave  thy  na- 
tions any  more,  saith  the  Lord  Gon. 

15  'Neither  will  I  cause  men  to 
hear  in  thee  the  shame  of  the  hea- 
then any  more,  neither  shalt  thou 
bear  the  reproach  of  the  people 
any  more,  neither  shalt  thou  cause 
thy  nations  to  fall  any  more,  saith 

he  Lord  Gon. 

li;  U  Moreover  the  word  of  the  LoiiP 

amc  unto  me,  saying, 

17  Son  of  man,  when  the  house 
of  Israel  dwelt  in   their  own  land, 

they  defiled  it  by  their  own  way 
and  "by  their  doings:  their  way  was 
before  me  as  "  the  uncleanncss  of  a 
removed  woman. 

l.S  Wherefore  I  poured  my  fury 
upon  them  "for  the  blooil  that 
they  had  shed  >ipon  the  hind,  and 
for  their  idols  uhciewith  they  had 
polluted  it: 

lit  And  I  y  scattered  them  anions 
the  heathen,  and  they  were  dis- 
persed throush  the  countries:  'ac- 
cording to  their  w.iy  and  aceord- 
inj;  to  their  doinps  I  judged  them. 

ill  And  when  they  entered  unto 
the  heathen,  whither  they  went, 
they  "profaned  mv  holv  name, 
when  tliev  said  to  them.  These  are 
the  people  of  the  Li>i:i>,  and  are 
Roiie  forth  out  of  his  land, 

L'l  IT  Hut  I  hud  pitv  I'tiir  mine  holy 
name,    which    the  "house    of   Israel 
hail   profiiiied  anions    the  heathen, 
whither  tliey  went, 
7C4 


Therefore  say  unto  the  house 
of  Israel,  Thus  saith  the  I-ord  Goi>; 
I  do  not  this  for  your  sakes,  O 
house  of  Israel,  '"but  for  mine  holy 
name's  sake,  which  yc  have  pro- 
faned among  the  heathen,  whither 
ye  went, 
L''5  And  I  will  sanctify  my  great 
name,  which  was  profaned  among 
the  heathen,  which  ye  have  pro- 
faned in  the  midst  of  them  ;  and 
the  heathen  shall  know  that  I  am 
the  Loun,  saith  the  Lord  Gon, 
when  I  shall  be  <l  sanctified  in  you 
before  ||  their  eyes. 

'H  For  '  I  will  take  you  from  among 
the  heathen,  and  gather  you  out  of 
all  countries,  and  will  bring  you  into 
your  own  land. 

25  IT  fThcn  will  I  sprinkle  clean 
water  upon  you,  and  ye  shall  be 
clean:  s from  "all  vour  filthiness,  and 
from  all  your  idols,  will  I  cleanse 
you. 

2G  A  hnew  heart  also  will  I  give 
you,  and  a  new  spirit  will  I  init 
within  you  :  and  I  will  take  aw.iy 
the  stony  heart  out  of  your  flesh, 
and  I  will  give  you  a  licart  of 
flesh. 

27  And  I  will  put  my  i  Spirit  within 
you,  and  cause  you  to  walk  in  my 
statutes,  and  ye  shall  keep  my  judg- 
ments, and  do  them. 

2H  kAnd  ye  shall  dwell  in  the  land 
that  1  gave  to  your  fathers:  l;md  ye 
shall  be  my  people,  and  I  will  oe 
your  God. 

"2",i  I  will  also  ""save  yon  from  all 
your  unclcannesses :  and  °  I  will 
call  for  the  corn,  and  will  increase 
it,  and  "lay  no  famine  upon  vou, 

••ill  I'And  I  will  multiply  tlie  fruit 
of  the  tree,  and  the  increase  of  the 
field,  that  ye  shall  receive  no  more 
refiroach  of  famine  among  the  lica- 
then, 

.il  Then  1  shall  ye  remember  your 
own  evil  ways,  and  your  doings  that 
vere  not  good,  and  ''shall  loathe 
yourselves  in  your  own  sight  for 
"vour  iniquities  and  for  your  abom- 
inations. 

SI  'Not  for  your  sakes  do  I  ihif, 
saith  the  Lord  Gon,  be  it  known 
unto  you :  be  ashamed  and  con- 
founded for  your  own  ways,  O 
liouse  of  Israel. 

;Vi  Thus  saith  the  Lord  Gon;  In  the 
day  that  I  shall  have  cle:insed  you 
from  all  your  iniciuitiis  I  will  iilso 
cause  yon  "to  dwell  in  the  cities,  '  and 
the  wastes  shall  be  builded, 

,'U  And  the  desolate  land  shall  be 
tilled,  whereas  it  lav  desolate  in  the 
sight  of  all  that  passed  by, 

X)  And  thev  shall  siiy.  This  land 
that  was  desolate  is  become  like  the 
garden  of"  Kclen;  and  the  waste  and 
ilesohite  and  ruined  cities  an:  lieeome 

lenecd.dm/ are  inhabited, 

:ili  Then  the  heathen  that  arc  left 
round  about  you  shall  know  that  1 


The  reswTectinn  of  dry  hones. 


EZEKIEL. 


Promises  of  ChrigVs  kingdom. 


!il.out  ri87. 

leli.  1    3. 
.  fh.  3.  U.  k 


the  Lnnn  Iniild  tlic  ruined  })lacef, 
anil  plant  tluit  that  was  tlcfolntc:  '  I 
the  l.oiiD  have  spoken  ('(,  and  1  will 
do  it. 

37  Thus  Biiith  the  Lord  God;  >I 
will  yvt J'or  this  be  inciuired  of  by  the 
Iiouse  of  Israel,  to  do  it  for  them;  I 
will  ■'  increase  them  with  men  like  a 
flock. 

3.S  As  the  fholy  flock,  as  the  flock 
of  Jerusalem  in  lierFOlemn  leasts;  so 
shall  the  waste  cities  be  filled  with 
tlocks  of  men;  and  they  shall  know 
that  1  am  the  LoisD. 

CHAPTER  XXXVn. 

1  By  tht  resurrection  of  dry  bonct,  11  tilt 
dead  hope  of  lerael  i«  revived.  Ij  Uy 
the  uniting  of  two  etieke.  IS  ia  ehcwnt 
the  incorporation  of  larael  into  Judah. 
20  The  promitetof  Chritt'e  kingdom. 

THE  "hand  of  the  Lokd  was  upon 
nic,  and  carried  nic  out  liin  the 
Spirit  of  the  l<tiRi»,  and  set  me  down 
in  the  midst  of  the  valley  which  teas 
full  of  bones, 

2  And  caused  mo  to  pass  by  them 
round  about:  and,  behold,  lliciv 
tccic  very  many  in  the  open  ||  valley; 
and.  In,  ilieif  ir<:yc  very  dry. 

3  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of  man, 
can  these  bones  live?  And  I  answer- 
o<l,  <)  Lord  Goo,  'thou  know-est. 

4  A^ain  he  said  unto  nie.  Prophesy 
upon  these  hones,  and  say  unto  them, 
()  \  c  dry  bones,  hear  the  word  of  the 
Lrini). 

5  Thus  saitli  the  Lord  Goi)  unto 
these  bones;  Behold,  I  will  d cause 
breath  to  enter  into  you,  and  ye 
shall  live: 

(i  And  I  will  liiy  sinews  upon  you, 
and  will  bring  up  flesh  upon  yoji, 
and  cover  you  with  skin,  and  put 
breath  in  vou,  and  ye  shall  live  ; 
"  and  yc  shall  know  that  1  am  the 

LOKI). 

7  So  I  prophesied  as  I  was  com- 
manded: and  as  1  prophesied,  there 
was  a  noise,  and  behold  a  shaking, 
and  the  bones  came  together,  bone  to 
Ills  bone. 

8  And  when  I  behold,  lo,  the  sinews 
and  the  flesh  came  up  upon  them, 
and  the  skin  covered  them  above  : 
but  t/-('re  iras  no  breath  in  them. 

9  Then  said  he  unto  me.  Prophesy 
unto  the  ||  wind,  prophesy,  son  of 
man,  and  say  to  the  wind.  Thus  saith 
the  Ixjrd  Gon;  f  Come  from  the  four 
winds,  O  breath,  and  breathe  upon 
these  alain,  that  they  may  live. 

10  So  I  prophesied  as  he"  command- 
ed me,  Kand  the  breath  came  into 
them,  and  they  lived,  and  stood  up 
upon  their  feet,  an  exceeding  great 
ann  v. 

11  l"l  Then  he  said  unto  me.  Son  of 
man,  these  bones  are  the  whole  house 
of  Israel :  behold,  they  say,  hOnr 
bones  are  dried,  and  our  hoiie  is  lost; 
we  arc  cut  otf  for  our  parts. 

12  Therefore  prophesy  and 


Behold,  iO  my  people,  I  will  open 
your  graves,  and  cause  you  to  come 
up  out  of  your  graves,  and  k  bring 
you  into  the  land  of  Israel. 
I.'i  .\nd  ye  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
Loi!i>,  when  1  have  opened  your 
graves,  O  my  people,  and  brought 
you  up  out  of  your  graves, 

14  And  1  shall  put  my  Spirit  in  you, 
and  ye  shall  live,  and  I  shall  place 
you  m  your  own  land:  then  shall  ye 
know  that  I  the  I.oistj  have  spoken 
If,  and  performed  il,  saith  the  Loud. 

15  IF  The  word  of  the  I^okk  came 
again  unto  me,  saying, 

l(i  Moreover,  thou  son  of  man,  "'take 
thee  one  stick,  and  write  upon  it. 
For  Judah,  and  for  "the  chihlrcn  of 
Israel  his  com  pan  ions:  then  take  an- 
other stick,  and  write  upon  it.  For 
Joseph,  the  stick  of  Ephraim,  arn\ 
/or  all  the  house  of  Israel  hia  com- 
panions: 

I<  And  "join  them  one  to  another 
into  one  stick;  and  they  shall  become 
one  in  thine  hand. 

IS  TT  And  when  the  children  of  thy 
people  shall  speak  unto  th.ee,  saying, 
("Wilt  thou  not  shew  us  whatthou 
mcanrst  by  these? 

I'Ji.Say  unto  thfm.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  G»I>;  Behold,  I  will  take  ''  (he 
stick  of  Joseiih,  wliieh  is  in  the  hand 
of  Ephraim,  and  the  tribes  of  Israel 
his  fellows,  and  will  put  th.'in  with 
him,  even  with  the  stick  of  Judah, 
and  make  them  one  stick,  and  they 
shall  be  one  in  mine  hand. 

iO  11  And  the  sticks  v  hereon  thou 
writest  shall  be  in  thine  hand  "  before 
their  eyes. 

21  And  say  unto  them.  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Gon:  Behold,  <I  will  take 
the  children  of  Israel  from  among  the 
heathen,  wliitlicr  they  be  gone,  and 
will  gather  them  on  every  side,  and 
bring  thcni  into  their  own  land: 

22  And  "  1  will  nnikc  them  one  na- 
tion in  the  land  upon  the  mountains 
of  Israel ;  and  '■one  king  shall  he 
king  to  them  all:  and  they  shall  be 
no  more  two  nations,  neither  shall 
they  be  divided  into  two  kingdoms 
any  more  at  all: 

2.'5  i  Neither  shall  they  defile  them- 
selves any  more  with  tneir  idols,  nor 
with  their  detestable  things,  nor  with 
any  of  their  transgressions:  but  '  I 
will  save  them  out  of  all  their  dwell- 
ingplaces.  wherein  they  have  sinned, 
and  will  cleanse  them  :  so  shall  they 
be  my  people,  and  I  will  be  their 
God. 

24  And  »  David  mv  servant  shall  he 
king  over  thi'm;  and  I' they  all  shall 
have  one  shepherd:  '^they  shall  also 
walk  in  my  judsinents,  and  observe 
mv  statute's,' ;ind  do  them. 

25  ilAnd  tluy  shall  dwell  in  the 
Land  that  I  have  given  unto  Jacob 
my  servant,  wherein  your  fathers 
have  dwelt;    and  they  shall  dwell 


to  them.  Thus  saith  the  LordGou;  I  therein,  even  they,  and  their  cUil- 
45  706 


The  army  and  malice  of  Gog. 


EZEKIEL. 


God's  Jiidcrment  against  hl^- 


ISeforo 
CHRIST 


.Ter.  32.  40. 
ch.31  25, 
1  ch.:W  10,  37. 


kl.er.  20.  11, 

1.'. 

C1..43.7. 

Jolm  1    1>. 
Ich,  11   20.  t 


11.11.^ 
mch.3n.  23. 
a  cb.  20.  U. 


.  27.  10.  & 
lir!.,„.  10.2. 


dren,  and  llicir  cliildicii'n  cliililrcii 
'lor  cvir:  iind  fiiiy  sciviint  David 
ahttllh'  thfir  princo'for  ever. 
•S>  Miirtovor  1  will  make  a,  i^rovc- 
naiit  of  peace  witli  tliem;  it  shall  lie 
an  everlasting  covenant  with  then: 
and  I  will  i>lace  tlicni,  and  ImiiiUi- 
ply  them,  and  will  set  my  i  sanctuary 
m  the  midst  of  them  for  evermore. 

27  k  My  tubernaele  also  shall  he  with 
them:  yea,  I  will  be  I  their  God,  and 
they  shall  be  my  people. 

28  "'And  the  heathen  shall  know 
that  I  the  I..OKD  do  "  sanctify  Israel, 
when  my  sanctuary  shall  be  iu  the 
midst  of  them  for  evermore. 

CHAPTER  XXXVIII. 

1   The  nrtnij.    8   ami  malii-e   of  (log.     14 
iiotCti  judgment  ugniiittt  him, 

AND  the  H  ord  of  the  LoKD  came 
nnto  mc,  sayinjj, 

2  "  Son  of  man.  '•  set  thv  face  a^jainst 
■■Co^',  the  land  of  MagoK,  ||  the  chief 
prince  of  ii  Meshech  and  Tubal,  and 
prophesy  a:;ainst  him, 

.'i  Anil  say,  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
(Joi);  Behold,  I  am.  a;?ainst  thee,  O 
Goj;,  the  chief  prince  of  Mcshcch 
and  Tubal: 

4  And  '  I  will  turn  thee  back,  and 
put  hook.s  into  thy  .laws,  and  I  will 


brin^'  thee  f< 
horses  and  ho, 
clothed  with  all 
n  Kreat  ciiipni 
shields  all  Mitli 


.5  1'! 


i;iiii 


ntsoffinnniir.crfii 
triih  bucklers  and 
11  handlinjr  swords: 
:i,  and  ||  J,iliya  with 
11  with   shield  and 


them;   all  of  tl 
helmet: 

G  f^  Gomer,  and  nil  his  bands  ;  the 
hou.se  of  liTo^arniah  of  the  north 
quarters,  and  all  his  bands  :  «)!(/ 
many  people  with  thee. 

7  ifte  thou  prepared,  nnd  prepare 
for  thyself,  thou,  and  all  thy  com- 
pany that  are  assemlilcd  luilo  thee, 
and  be  thou  a  puard  unto  thini. 

8  TT  k After  many  <l:ns  HIh.u  shalt 
be  visited:  in  the  latter  years  thou 
shalt  come  into  the  hiiid  llidt  is 
broiisht  back  from  the  sword,  '"nnd 
is  gathered  out  of  many  people, 
a.i^ainst  "the  mountains  of  Israel, 
which  have  been  always  waste:  hut 
it  is  brought  iiirtli  out  of  the  nations, 
and  they  shall  "dwell  safely  nil  of 
them. 

!)  Thou  shalt  ascend  nnd  come  Pliko 
a  storm,  thou  shalt  be  'Mike  a  cloud 
to  cover  the  land,  thou,  and  all  thy 
bands,  and  in:iny  i>eople  with  thee. 

10  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ('.on;  It 
shall  also  come  to  i)ass,  t/iat  at  the 
same  time  shall  things  come  into  thy 
mind,  nnd  thou  slialt  ||  think  an  evil 
thoiiKht: 

11  And  thou  shnlt  sny,  I  will  ro  up 
to  the  lan<l  of  nnwalled  villnKCs;  I 
will  ''{JO  to  them  that  nre  at  rest, 
nhatdwell  ||  safely,  nil  of  them  dwell- 
inc:  without  walls,  nnd  liavin;;  nei- 
ther bars  nor  L'atcsw 

706 


3J  f  To  take  a  spoil,  nnd  to  take  a 
prey;  to  turn  thine  band  upon  'the 
desolate  jdaces  l/inl  (irr  now  inhab- 
ited, "nnd  upon  the  perrple  tlmt  nrp 
pathered  out  of  tlie  nations,  which 
have  gotten  cattle  nnd  Rfiods,  that 
dwell  in  the  f  midst  of  the  land. 

n  ^  Sheba,  and  I  Dcdan,  and  the 
merchants  ^of  Tnrshish,  with  nil 
''the  young  lions  thereof,  shall  say 
unto  thee.  Art  thou  come  to  take  a 
spoil?  hast  thou  pathered  thy  com- 
jiany  to  take  a  prey  'f  to  carry  away 
silver  and  gold,  to  take  away  cattle 
and  floods,  to  take  a  preat  spoil? 

J-t  IT  Therefore,  son  of  man,  proph- 
c.'iy  and  sa.v  unto  Go;r,  Thus  saith 
the  Lord  Got);  bin  that  day  when 
my  people  of  Israel  "^  dwclleth  safely, 
shalt  thou  not  know  it  f 

15  dAnd  thou  shalt  come  from  thy 
place  out  of  the  north  i)arts,  thou, 
''and  many  people  with  thee,  all  of 
them  ridin;^  upon  horses,  a  great 
compan.v,  and  a  mighty  army: 

IG  I  And  thou  shalt  come  up  ngainst 
my  people  of  Israel,  as  a  cloud  to 
cover  the  land;  *it  sindl  be  in  the 
latter  days,  and  1  will  bring  thee 
against  my  land,  Iithat  the  heathen 
may  know  mc,  when  I  shall  be 
sanctified  in  thee,  O  Gog,  before 
their  eyes. 

17  Tliiis  saith  the  Lord  Gon;  yfW 
thou  lie  of  whom  I  liave  spoken  in 
old  time  f  In-  luv  servants  the  proph- 
ets of  lsr:i;i,  which  prophesied  in 
those  d;iys  1,111111/  years,  thatl  would 
brinicthee  agninst  them? 

18  And  it  shall  come  to  iiass  n(  the 
same  time  when  Gog  shall  come 
against  the  land  of  lsnu-1,  snilh  the 
Lord  Goi>,  l/{at  my  fury  sluill  come 
up  in  my  face. 

1 'J  i'or  "in  my  jealousy  knn<?  in  the 
tire  of  my  wrath  have  I  spoken, 
1  Surelv  ill  Ihat  dav  there  shall  be  a 
gie::t  sliaking  in  the  land  of  Israel; 

2(1  So  that  '"the  fishes  of  the  sea, 
and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven,  and  the 
beasts  of  the  field,  nnd  all  creeping 
tilings  that  creep  upon  the  earth,  nnd 
all  the  men  that  are  npim  tlie  face 
of  the  earth,  shall  shake  nt  my  pres- 
ence, "and  the  mountains  shall  be 
thrown  down,  and  the  I|  steep  places 
shall  fall,  and  every  wall  shall  fall  to 
the  ground. 

21  And  I  will  "call  for  Pa  sword 
against  him  throughout  nil  my 
mountains,  saith  the  Lord  God": 
'I  every  man's  sword  shall  be  ng.ainst 
his  brother. 

22  And  I  will  ''plead  against  him 
with  *  pestilence  nnd  with  hlood;  nnd 
'  I  will  rain  upim  him,  and  upon  his 
hands,  and  upon  the  many  people 
that  at'o  with  him.  an  overflowing 
rnin,  nnd  "grent  hailstones,  fire,  nnd 
brimstone. 

2.'i  Thus  will  I  magnify  mvself,  nnd 
"snnctify  myself;  'nnd  t  will  be 
known  in  the  eyes  of  many  nations, 


'Pfi,d's  Judgment  upon  Gog. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  gathering  of  Israel. 


.  Ueforo 
,    URI ST 

'  about  5ti7. 


CHAPTER  XXXIX. 

'  judgment  ujion  Hog.    8  TsracVl 
'■ll<ig 


1  Ood 

H  Uo<y9  buriaL 
17    rite  feutt   of  (l,c  fuivU.     Xi  It 
having  iecn  plitguvd  J'or  their  Kin t,  ehatl 
be  gathered  ttyuin  with  eternal  favour. 

I-'IIEREFORE,  "thou  son  of  mnn, 
proplifsv  ajjiiinst  Gos,  and  sav. 
Thus  t^iiith  the  Lord  Gou:  Behr>r<l, 

I  run  ii;;uinst  thcc,  O  Gor,  the  chief 
prince  of  Meshecli  and  Tubal: 

■2  And  I  will  turn  thee  back,  and 

II  leave  but  the  sixth  part  of  thcc, 
'•and  v/ill  cause  thee  to  come  up 
from  t  the  north  parts,  and  will  brinf; 
thee  upon  the  niountuin»  of  Israel: 

3  Ana  I  will  smite  thy  bow  out  of 
thy  left  hand,  and  will  cause  thine 
arrows  to  fall  out  of  thy  risht  hand. 

4  '■  Thou  shall  fall  upon  the  mount- 
ainsoflsracl,ll)ou,aiidall  thv  bands, 
and  the  people  that  is  with  thee:  JI 
will  ;;ivethee  unto  the  ravenous  birds 
of  every  tsort,  ami  to  the  beasts  of 
the  field,  t  to  he  devoured. 

5  Thou  shalt  tall  upon  f  the  open 
field:  for  I  have  spoken  i7,  saitli  the 
Lord  God. 

G  *■  And  I  will  send  a  fire  on  Maj;oj;, 
and  amonj;  them  that  dwell  ||  care- 
lessly in  fthe  isles:  and  they  shall 
know  that  I  nm  the  LoitD. 

7  sSo  will  I  make  my  holy  name 
known  in  the  midst  of  my  people  Is- 
rael; and  I  will  not  Ul  them  li pollute 
mv  holy  name  anv  more:  >and  tlie 
heathen  shall  know  that  I  am  the 
I.OHI),  the  Holy  One  in  Israel. 

S  IT  k  Behold,  it  is  come,  and  it  is 
dime,  saith  the  Lord  Gon:  this  ts 
the  day  I  whereof  I  have  spoken. 

II  .Vnd  thev  that  dwell  in  the  cities 
of  Israel  shall  jo  forth,  and  shall  set 
on  lire  and  burn  the  weapons,  both 
the  shields  and  the  bucklers,  the 
bows  and  the  arrows,  and  the  ||  hand- 
staves,  and  the  spears,  and  they  shall 
II  burn  them  with  fire  seven  years: 

lU  So  that  they  shall  take  no  wood 
out  of  the  field,  neither  cut  down  unit 
outofthe  forests;  for  they  shall  burn 
the  weapons  with  fire:  '"and  they 
shall  spoil  those  that  sjioiled  them, 
and  rob  those  that  robbed  them,  saitU 
the  Lord  Gou. 

11  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  titat  I  will  give  unto  Gor 
a  place  there  of  praves  in  Israel, 
the  valley  of  the  passcneers  on  the 
east  of  the  sea ;  and  it  shall  stop 
the  l|  »ose.«  of  the  passengers  :  and 
there  shall  thev  bury  (iog  and  all  hia 
multitude:  anil  they  shall  call  it,  The 
valley  of  II  n:iinon-V'os. 

\'l  And  seven  months  shall  the 
house  of  Israel  be  burying  of  them, 
"  that  thev  may  cleanse  the  land. 

l.'i  Yea,  "all  the  peO|.le  of  th 

hall  bury  them;  and  it  shall 


14  And  they  shall  sever  out  \  men 
of  continual  employment,  passin;; 
through  the  land,  to  bury  with  the 
passen;;cr8  those  that  Ti-main  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth,  1"  to  cleanse  it: 
after  the  end  of  Bcvcn  months  shall 
they  search. 

!•>  And  the  passengers  that  pass 
through  the  land,  when  niii/ sccth  a 
man's  bone,  then  shall  he  (  set  up  a 
sign  bv  it,  till  the  buriers  have  buried 
it  in  the  v:ilkv  ofllamon-gog. 

li;  And  also  the  name  of  the  city 
■:h(iUhr  II  llam(.nnh.  Thus  shall  they 
'I  cleanse  the  land. 

17  U  And,  thou  son  of  man,  thus 
saith  the  Lord  God;  'Speak  t  "I'to 
every  feathered  fowl,  and  to  every 
beast  of  the  field,  *  Assemble  your- 
selves, and  come;  gather  yourselves 
on  every  side  to  my  ||  sacrifice  that  I 
do  sacrifice  for  jou,  ercJi  u  great  sac- 
rifice ^  upon  the  mountains  of  Isntel, 
that  ye  may  eat  flesh,  and  drink 
blood. 

18  "  Yc  shall  eat  the  llc.-h  of  the 
mighty,  and  drink  the  blood  of  the 
princes  of  the  earth,  of  rams,  of 
lambs,  and  of  f  goats,  of  bullocks, 
all  of  them  "fallings  of  Bi.sluin. 

19  And  ye  shall  eat  fill  till  ye  bo  full, 
and  drink  blood  till  ye  be  drunken, 
of  my  sacrifice  which  I  have  sacrl- 
ficedfor  you. 

2<)  y  Thus  yc  shall  be  filled  at  my 
table  with  horses  and  chariots,  '^  with 
mighty  men,  and  with  all  men  of 
war,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

21 ''  And  I  will  set  my  glory  among 
the  heathen,  and  alf  the  "heathen 
shall  see  my  judgment  that  I  have 
executed,  aiid  I'Uiy  hand  that  1  have 
laid  upon  them. 

•21  'So  the  house  of  Israel  shall 
know  that  I  (i«i  the  I.okd  their  God 
from  that  day  and  forward. 

L'.-JTI  ilAnd  "the  heathen  shall  know- 
that  the  house  of  Israel  went  into 
captivity  for  their  iniquity;  because 
they  trespassed  against  me,  therefore 
'■  hid  I  my  face  from  them,  and  'gave 
them  Into  the  hand  of  their  enemies; 
so  fell  they  all  by  the  sword. 

24  *^  According  "to  their  uncleanness 
and  according  to  their  transgres- 
sions have  I  done  unto  them,  and  hid 
my  face  from  them. 

2.5  Therefore  thus  snith  the  I.onl 
God;  li  Now  will  I  bring  again  the 
captivity  of  .laeob,  and  have  mercy 
upon  the  i  whole  house  of  Israel,  and 
will  be  iealous  for  my  holy  name; 

2li  k  Af'ter  that  they  have  liorne  their 
shame,  and  all  their  trespasses  » lierc- 
bv  they  have  trespassed  against  me, 
w'hen  they  1  dwelt  safely  in  their 
land,  and  "none  made  them  afraid. 

27   '"  When    1  have   brought    them 

again  from  the  people,  and  gathered 

land  I  Ihemoiit  of  their  enemies' lands,  and 

"am  sanctified  in  them  in  the  eight 


CHRIST 

tbout  ttHI. 


them  a  re"nown  the  day  that  "  I  shall    of  many  nat 
be  glorified,  saith  the  Lord  God.         I   28  "  Then  shall  they  know  that  I  o;(i 

Tin 


EzekieVs  vision  of 


(he  inodel  of  a  citjf. 


Before 
CUKIST 

about  yb7. 


Ji.n,  1:1.  0. 

fU.T  a.i.i 

bcli.41.  3. 


Ich.  41.  10. 
tcU.42.20. 


tlic  lyOitii  their  (Jod,  t  which  caused 
them  to  lie  led  into  captivity  amoiiR 
the  hcatlien :  but  I  have  jiathered 
them  unto  their  own  land,  and  have 
left  none  of  them  any  more  there. 
•j;,)  P  Neither  will  I  hiile  my  face  any 
more  from  them :  for  I  have  'i  poured 
out  my  Spirit  upon  the  house  of  Is- 
rael, saith  the  Lord  G<jd. 

CHAPTER  XL. 
1  The  time,  mauner,  and  end  of  the  vUinr,. 
0  The  deecriplion  of  thee:iH  gate,  'M  of 
the  north  gate,  2*  of  the  eonth  gate,  'Ai 
of  the  enet  gate,  aS  and  of  the  north 
gate.  31  SIglil  tn'dcs.  U  ThechamUrt. 
43  The  porch  of  the  houte. 

tN  the  five  and  twentieth  year  of 
our  captivity,  in  the  besinnins 
of  the  year,  iu  the  tenth  tlnn  of  the 
month,  in  the  fourteenth  year  after 
that  "the  city  was  smitten,  in  the 
selfsame  day  ''the  hand  of  the  LoitD 
was  upon  me,  and  brought  me 
thither. 

2  '■  In  the  A-isions  of  God  brought  he 
me  into  the  land  of  Israel,  ■!  and  set 
mc  upon  a  very  hif;h  mountain,  l|  by 
whicli  u-<is  as  the  frame  of  a  city  on 
the  south. 

;)  And  he  brought  mc  thither,  and, 
behold,  tlirrc  tntA  a  man,  whose  ap- 
pearance iriis  '■  like  the  appearance  of 
brass,  f  with  alineof  Hax  in  liishand, 
"and  ameasuriuj;rccd;  audhc  stood 
in  the  catc. 

4  And  the  man  paid  unto  me,  h  Son 
of  man,  behold  witli  thine  eyes,  and 
hear  with  thine  ears,  ancl  set  thine 
heart  upon  all  that  I  shall  shew  tliee; 
for  to  the  intent  that  I  mi^ht  shew 
Ihcm  unto  thee  tvt  thou  l)nnn;lit 
hither:  i  declare  all  that  thou  seest  to 
the  house  of  Israel. 

5  And  heholil  >■  a  wall  on  the  out- 
side of  the  house  round  about,  and  in 
the  man's  hand  a  meisurincr  reed  of 
six  cubits  lonij  by  the  cuhit  and  a 
handhreadth  :  so  ho  measured  the 
breadth  of  the  buildin;?,  one  reed; 
and  the  height,  one  reed. 

(i  IT  Then  came  he  unto  the  sate 
(  which  lookolh  toward  the  cast,  and 
went  up  the  stairs  thi-re..f,  and  meas- 
ured tlie  thri'shold  of  the  L-ate,  vl,ii-h 
jr((.?  one  rec<l  broad;  and  tlie  other 
threshold  of  the  gate,  which  teas  ouc 
reed  broad. 

7  And  ci'cr.v  little  chamber  vns  one 
reed  lon;^.  and  fuie  rc<*d  broad;  and 
liotwceu  the  little  chambers  rcriv.  five 
cubits;  and  the  threshold  of  tlic  pate 
by  the  porch  of  the  gate  within  tvtis 
one  reed. 

8  He  measured  also  the  porch  of  the 
Rate  within,  one  reed. 

'.I  Then  measured  he  the  porch  of 
lhe);:'te,  ci-ht  cubits;  and  the  post.H 
thereuf,  two  euliits;  and  the  porch  of 
the  piUwr,,,- inward. 

ID  And  the  little  chnmbors  of  the 
ffatc  eastward  vcnf  three  on  this  side, 
and  three  on  that  side  i  thi  y  three 
were  of  one  mcusuroi  and  the  posts 
708 


had  one  measure  on  this  side  and  on 
that  side. 

11  And  he  measured  the  breadth 
of  the  entry  of  the  jrate.  ten  cubits; 
anil  the  Icujjth  of  the  gate,  thirteen 
cubits. 

12  The  t  space  also  before  the  little 
chambers  jc((s  one  cuhit  o/?  thhsiile, 
and  the  space  Vdn  one  cubit  on  that 
side  :  and  the  little  chambers  irrrc 
six  cubits  on  this  side,  and  six  cubits 
on  that  side. 

l.j  He  measured  then  the  pate  from 
the  roof  of  owe  little  chamber  to  the 
roof  of  another:  the  breadth  vn^  tivc 
and  twenty  cubits,  door  against  door. 

14  lie  made  also  posts  of  threescore 
cubits,  even  unto  the  post  of  the 
court  round  about  the  pate. 

1.5  And  from  the  face  of  the  pate  of 
the  entrance  unto  the  face  of  the 
porch  of  the  inner  gate  icerc  fifty 
cubits. 

16  And  there  were  If  narrow  win- 
dows to  the  little  chambers,  and  to 
tlieir  posts  within  the  p;ite  round 
abnut,  and  likewise  to  the  ||  arches: 
and  winilnws  vrrc  rounel  abfmt  ||  in- 
ward :  and  upon  each  post  locrc  palm 
trees. 

17  Then  broupht  he  me  into  ""the 
outward  couit,  and,  lo,  there  u-erc 
"chambers,  and  a  pavement  made 
for  the  court  round  about:  °thirtj' 
chambers  ircre  upon  the  pavement. 

18  And  the  pavement  by  the  side  of 
the  pates  over  apainst  the  lenpth  of 
the  pates  wits  the  lower  pavement. 

19  Then  he  measured  the  breadth 
from  the  forefront  of  the  lower  pate 
unto  the  forefront  of  the  inner  court 
II  without, a  himdred  cubits  eastward 
and  nortliward. 

a)  IT  And  the  pate  of  the  outward 
court  1  that  looked  towaril  the  norlli. 
he  measured  the  length  thcreoti  and 
the  breadth  thereof. 

21  And  the  little  chambers  thereof 
were  three  on  this  side  and  throe  on 
that  side;  and  the  posts  tliereof  and 
the  II  arches  thereof  wore  after  tlie 
measure  of  the  first  puto:  the  lenpth 
thereof  ini-!  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
bnailth  five  and  twontv  cubits. 

22  .\nd  their  windows,  ami  flieir 
arches,  and  their  palm  trees,  irere 
after  the  iiiea-ine  of  the  pate  that 
lonketh  t"w;uil  the  east;  and  they 
went  u]t  unt'i  it  bv  seven  steps;  and 
the  arches  thereot' iren-  h.^fore  tluin. 

23  And  the  p\ta  of  the  inner  c.iurt 
waj<  over  apainst  the  patt^  toward  the 
north,  and  towanl  the  cast;  and  ho 
measured  from  gate  to  gate  a  hund- 
red cubits. 

24  TT  After  that  he  broupht  mc  to- 
ward the  .south,  anil  bi-hold  a  pate 
toward  the  s.nitli:  anil  he  measured 
the  pcists  iluTe,.r.anil  ihearehesthcre- 
of,  iice.irdinp  to  these  measun's. 

2.'i  And  there  were  windows  in  it  and 
in  the  arches  thereof  rouml  about, 
like  those  windows:  the  length  was 


TJie  description  of  tlie  gates. 


EZEKIEL. 


The  chamber s  for  the  singer*. 


fifty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  live  and 
twenty  cubits. 

•X  And  llii;ic  were  Bcvcn  steps  to  ro 
up  to  it,  and  the  arches  thereof  were 
before  them:  and  it  had  nulni  trees, 
one  on  this  side,  and  another  on  tliat 
side,  upon  tlic  posts  thereof. 

27  And  there  iciis  a  gate  in  the  in- 
ner court  toward  the  south:  and  he 
measured  from  gate  to  Kate  toward 
tlie  south  a  hundred  cubits. 

*2H  And  lie  brought  me  to  the  inner 
court  l>y  tlie  south  pate:  and  he 
measured  the  south  yate  accordin;; 
to  these  measures; 

'£>  And  the  little  chambers  thereof, 
and  the  posts  thereof,  and  the  arches 
thereof,  according  to  these  measures: 
and  there  were  windows  in  it  and  in 
the  arches  thereof  round  about:  it 
teas  fifty  cubits  lon^,  and  five  and 
twenty  cubits  broad. 

'M  And  the  arches  round  about 
were  ''five  and  twenty  cubits  long, 
and  five  cubits  t  broad. 

31  And  the  arches  thereof  were  to- 
ward the  outer  court;  and  palm  trees 
were  upon  the  posts  thereof:  and  the 
gnins  up  to  it /latl  eight  steps. 

;y  11  And  he  brought  me  into  the 
inner  court  toward  tlie  east:  and  he 
measured  the  gate  according  to  tlicse 
measures. 

.a  And  the  little  chambers  thereof, 
and  the  posts  thereof,  and  the  arches 
thereof,  i/'<r«  according  to  these  meas- 
ures: and  there  2cere  windows  there- 
in and  in  the  arches  thereof  round 
about:  it  uos  fifty  cubits  long,  and 
five  and  twenty  cubits  broad. 

.j4  And  the  arches  thereof  icere  to- 
ward the  outward  court;  and  p.ilm 
trees  irere  ujion  the  posts  thereof,  on 
this  side,  and  on  that  side:  and  thu 
going  up  to  it  had  eight  steps. 

:',■')  U  And  he  brought  me  to  the 
north  gate,  and  measured  it  accord- 
ing to  these  measures; 

iUJ  The  little  chambers  thereof,  the 
posts  tliereitf,  and  the  arches  thereof, 
:nid  the  windows  to  it  round  alioo.t: 
the  length  icds  fifty  cubits,  and  the 
hreadtli  five  and  twenty  cubits. 

.".7  And  the  posts  thereof  i/vre  to- 
ward the  outer  court;  and  palm  trees 
ir<re  upon  the  posts  thereof,  on  this 
side,  unci  iiu  that  side:  and  the  going 
up  to  it  hill  eight  steps. 

.".S  And  the  chambers  and  the  en- 
tries thereof  trere  by  the  posts  c  f  the 
gates,  where  they  washed  the  burnt 
offering. 

39  IF  And  in  the  porch  of  the  gate 
were  two  tables  on  this  side,  and  two 
t.iblcs  on  that  side,  to  shiy  thereon 
the  burnt  ofi'ering  and  '1  the  siu  otl'er- 
ingand  ""the  trespass  otlering. 

40  And  at  the  side  without,  ||  as  one 
goeth  up  to  the  entry  of  the  north 
gate,  iccre  two  tables;  and  on  tlie 
other  side,  which  «o.«  at  the  porch 
of  the  gate,  irere  two  t:ibles. 

41  Four  tables  licce  ou  this  side,  and 


four  tables  on  that  side,  by  the  side 
of  the  gate:  eigiit  tables,  whereupon 
they  slew  thiUr  «(c/(ffce*'. 

42  And  the  tour  tables  were  of  hewn 
stone  for  the  burnt  otti^ring,  of  a 
cubit  and  a  half  long,  and  u  cubit 
and  a  half  broad,  and  one  cubit 
high:  whereupon  also  they  laid  the 
instruments  wherewith  they  slew  the 
burnt  otlering  and  the  sacrifice. 

43  And  within  were  ||  hooks,  a  hand 
broad,  fastened  round  about :  and 
upon  the  tables  was  the  Uesh  of  the 
ottering. 

4411  And  without  the  inner  gate  Kvre 
the  chambers  of  "  the  singers  in  the 
inner  court,  w  hieh  was  at  the  side  of 
the  north  giite;  and  their  prosjiect 
was  toward  the  south  :  one  at  the 
side  of  the  east  gate  haviiiij  the  pros- 
pect toward  the  north. 

4.5  And  he  said  unto  me,  This  cham- 
ber, whose  prospect  ig  toward  the 
south,  IS  for  the  priests,  •  the  keepers 
of  the  II  charge  of  the  house. 

40  And  the  chaniber  whose  pros- 
pect IS  toward  the  north  i.<  tor  the 
priests,  "  the  keepers  of  the  charge  of 
the  altar:  these  are  the  sons  of  ^  Za- 
dok  among  the  sons  tif  l,evi,  which 
come  near  to  the  Loi:d  to  minister 
unto  hiin. 

47  So  he  measured  thecourt.  a  liund- 
red  cubits  long,  and  a  hundred  cubits 
broaxi,  foiirs(iiiare;  aud  the  altar  that 
was  before  the  Iiouse. 

48  IT  And  lie  brought  me  to  the 
porch  of  the  Iiouse,  and  measured 
each  post  of  the  porch,  five  cubits 
on  this  side,  aud  five  cubits  on  that 
side:  and  the  breadthof  the  pate  i/voi 
three  cubits  on  this  side,  and  three 
cubits  on  that  side. 

4'J  >  The  length  of  the  porch  wax 
twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth 
eleven  cubits  ;  and  tie  Iroiii/ht  uie 
by  the  steps  whereby  they  went  up 
to  it:  and  there  were  'pillars  by  the 
posts,  one  on  this  side,  and  another 
on  tliatside. 

CHAPTER  XT.I. 

The  mcaaureB.  purlt.  chamtcri,  and  orna- 
menta  of  llm  dm ;./<■. 

A  FTEUWAUI)  he  brought  me  to 
J\  the  temple,  and  measured  the 
I>osts,  six  cubits  broad  on  the  one 
side,  ami  six  cubits  broad  ou  the 
other  side,  which  was  the  breadth  of 
the  tabernacle. 

■2  And  the  breadth  nf  the  |l  door  was 
ten  cubits;  and  the  sides  of  the  door 
were  five  cubits  ou  the  one  side,  and 
five  cubits  on  the  oilier  side:  and 
lie  measured  the  lenirth  thereof,  forty 
cubits,  and  the  breadth,  twenty 
cubits. 

3  Then  went  he  Inward,  and  meas- 
ured the  post  of  the  door,  two  cubits; 
and  the  door,  six  cubits;  and  the 
breadth  of  the  door,  seven  cubits. 

4  So  "he  measiirid  the  length  there- 
of, twenty  cubits:  and  the  breadth, 
twenty  cubits,  belbre  the  temple:  aud 

709 


The  measures,  parts,  chambers,  EZEKIEL. 


and  ornaments  of  the  temple. 


b  1  Kinsi  6. 


lie  said  unto  iiic,  This  is  the  most 
lioly  jtlace. 

5  Afier  he  measured  the  wall  of  the 
house,  six  cubits;  and  the  breadth 
of  erertf  eide  chamber,  lour  cubits, 
round  about  the  house  on  every  side. 

(>  I)  And  the  side  chambers  irrre 
three,  t  one  over  another,  and  ||  tliirty 
in  order;  and  they  entered  into  the 
wall  which  teas  of  the  house  for  the 
side  chambers  round  about,  that  they 
raisht  thavc  hold,  but  they  had  not 
hold  in  the  wall  of  the  house. 

7  And  t  "^  t/icre  ivas  an  enlar^inpr, 
and  a  winding  about  still  upward 
to  the  side  chambers:  for  the  wind- 
ing about  of  the  house  went  still 
upward  round  about  the  house  : 
therefore  the  breadth  of  the  liouse 
was  stilt  upward,  and  so  increased 
from  the  lowest  chamber  to  the  hife'h- 
est  by  the  midst. 

8  I  saw  also  the  height  of  the  house 
round  about:  the  foundations  of  the 
side  chambers  were  Ju  full  reed  of 
six  great  cubits. 

y  The  thickness  of  the  wall,  which 
was  for  the  side  chamber  without, 
was  five  cubits:  and  that  v/hicli  was 
left  u'fts  the  place  of  the  side  cham- 
bers that  tvere  within. 

10  And  between  the  chambers  was 
the  wideness  of  twenty  cubits  round 
about  the  house  on  every  side. 

11  And  the  doors  of  the  side  cham- 
biTS  were  toward  the  place  that  was 
left,  one  door  toward  the  north,  and 
another  door  toward  the  south:  nrid 
the  breadth  of  the  place  that  was  left 
w(ui  five  cubits  round  about. 

12  Now  the  building  that  was  before 
the  separate  place  at  the  end  toward 
the  west  was  seventy  cubits  broad; 
and  the  wall  of  the  building  was  live 
cubits  thick  round  about,  and  the 
length  thereof  ninety  cubits. 

]■'»  So  he  measured  theliouse,ahund- 
rod  cubits  long;  and  the  separate 
place,  and  the  building,  with  the 
walls  thereof,  a  hundred  cubits  long; 

14  Also  the  breadth  of  the  face  of 
the  house,  and  of  the  separate  place 
toward  the  east,  a  hundred  cubits. 

1.1  And  he  measured  the  lengtli  of 
the  building  over  against  tlie  sepa- 
rate place  which  was  behind  it,  anil 
the  II  galleries  thereof  on  tlie  one  side 
and  on  the  other  side,  a  hundred 
cubits,  with  the  inner  temple,  and 
the  porches  of  the  court; 

l(i  The  door  posts,  and  "the  narrow 
windows,  and  the  galleries  round 
about  on  their  three  stories,  over 
against  the  door,  +  ceiled  with  wood 
roundabout,  II  and  from  the  ground 
up  to  the  windows,  and  the  windows 
were  covered ; 

\T  To  that  above  the  door,  even  Tin- 
to  the  inner  house,  and  without,  and 
by  all  tlic  wall  round  about  within 
and  without,  hv  t  measure. 

IH  And  it  ir,n  made  I  with  cheru- 
bim and  palm  trees,  so  that  a  palm 
710 


tree  teas  between  a  cherub  and  a 
cherub;  and  ercri/  cherub  had  two 
faces ; 

III  B  So  that  the  face  of  a  man  was 
toward  the  palm  tree  on  the  one  side, 
and  the  face  of  a  young  Hon  toward 
the  palm  tree  on  the  tither  side:  it 
teas  made  through  all  the  house 
round  about. 

'Jfl  From  the  ground  unto  above  the 
door  were  cherubim  and  palm  trees 
made,  and  on  the  wall  of  the  temple. 

21  The  t  posts  of  the  temple  were 
squared,  aiifl  the  face  of  the  sanctu- 
ary; the  appearance  of  the  one  as  the 
appearance  of' the  other. 

22  1"  The  altar  of  wood  was  three 
cubits  high,  and  the  length  thereof 
two  cubits;  and  the  corners  thereof, 
and  the  length  thereof,  und  the  walls 
thereof,  ivere  of  wood:  and  he  said 
unto  me.  This  is  ithe  table  that  in 
k  before  the  I.ORD. 

2.'5 1  And  the  temple  and  the  sanctu- 
ary had  two  doors. 

24  And  the  doors  had  two  leaves 
a/iiece,  two  turning  leaves ;  two 
Irares  for  the  one  door,  and  two 
leaves  for  the  other  door. 

25  And  there  icere  made  on  them, 
on  the  doors  of  the  temple,  cheru- 
bim and  palm  trees,  like  as  were 
made  upon  the  walls;  and  there 
were  thick  planks  upon  the  face  of 
the  porch  without. 

2()  And  there  were  ""narrow  win- 
dows and  palm  trees  on  the  one  side 
and  on  the  other  side,  on  the  sides 
of  the  porch,  and  vjioii  the  side 
chambera  of  the  house,  and  thick 
planks. 

CHAPTER  rCLir. 

1    Tlie  thamUra   for  tht  pritttt.     13    The 

Mte   thereof.      ID    Tne   ViCiaurcB   of  the 

'■piIICN  he  brought  me  forth  into 

1  the  outer  court,  the  way  toward 
the  north:  and  he  brought  me  into 
■*t!ie  chamber  tliat  »'rt5  over  against 
the  separate  place,  and  which  ?/-a.s be- 
fore the  building  toward  the  north. 

2  liefoie  the  length  of  a  hundred 
cubits  was  the  north  door,  and  the 
breadtli  Hv(.<lilly  cubits. 

,*{  Over  against  the  twenty  cnlits 
which  icerc  for  the  inner  court,  aiicl 
over  against  the  pavement  whicli 
was  for  the  outer  court,  wtis  bgaUery 
against  gallery  in  three  stories. 

i  And  before  the  chambers  iras  a 
walk  of  ten  cubits  breadth  inward,  a 
way  of  one  cubit;  and  their  doors  to- 
ward the  north. 

,")  Now  the  upper  chambers  were 
shorter:  for  the  galleries  ||  were  high- 
er than  these,  \i  than  the  lower,  and 
than  the  middlemost  of  the  build- 
ing. 

(1  For  they  were  in  three  .':/ories,  but 
had  not  pillars  as  the  pillars  of  the 
court;.'  :  therefore  the  liiiililiiiii  was 
straitened  more  than  the  lowest  and 
the  middlemost  from  the  ground. 


The  chambers  for  the  2)riests. 


The  return  of  God's  glory. 


7  And  tlie  wiill  that  was  witliout 
over  a;;uiiii-t  tlie  flmnilji'iK,  toward 
the  outer  court  on  the  toropiirt  of 
the  chambers,  the  lengtli  thereof  itus 
fifty  cubits. 

S  For  the  Icrgth  of  the  chnnihcrs 
that  icerc  in  the  outer  court  hvi.s-  fifty 
cubits  :  and,  lo,  before  the  temple 
ircfc  a  hundred  cubits. 

y  And  II  from  under  these  chambers 
uas  II  the  entry  on^tlic  cast  side,  ||  as 
one  ;;oetli  into  theui  from  the  outer 
court. 

10  The  chambers  uvre  in  the  thick- 
ness of  tlie  wall  of  the  court  toward 
the  east,  over  n>i;ainst  the  separate 
jilace,  and  over  against  the  build- 
ing. 

11  And  'the  way  before  them  icos 
like  the  appearance  of  tlie  chambers 
which  ucre  toward  the  north,  as 
long  as  they,  and  as  broad  as  they : 
and  all  their  goings  out  iceie  both 
according  to  tlieir  fashions,  and  ac- 
cording to  their  doors. 

12  And  according  to  the  doors  of 
the  chambers  that  tceiv.  toward  the 
south  tens  a  door  in  the  head  of  the 
way,  cica  the  way  directly  before 
the' wall  toward  the  cast,  as  one  eu- 
tereth  into  them. 

i:i  ir  Then  said  he  nnto  mo.  The 
north  chambers  and  the  south  cham- 
bers, which  ate  before  the  separate 
))lace,  they  be  holy  chambers,  where 
the  priests  that  approach  unto  the 
LoK  D  J  shall  cat  the  most  holy  things : 
there  shall  they  lay  the  most  holy 
things,  and  ''the  meat  oflering,  and 
the  sin  oftcring,  and  the  tresp;iss  of- 
fering: for  the  place  in  holy. 

14  I  When  the  priests  enter  therein, 
then  shall  they  not  go  out  of  the 
hiilv  phice  into  the  outer  court,  but 
there  they  shall  lay  their  garments 
wlierein  they  minister;  ior  they  are 
li.ilv  ;  and  shall  put  on  other  gar- 
ineiits,  and  shall  approach  to  t/wnc 
lhi,„is  which  arc  for  the  people. 

1.1  Now  when  he  had  made  an  end 
of  measuring  the  inner  house,  he 
brought  me  lorth  toward  the  gate 
whose  prosp.-ct  if  toward  the  eatt, 
and  measured  it  round  about. 

Iti  He  measured  the  east  1  side  with 
the  measuring  reed,  five  hundred 
reeds,  with  the  measuring  reed  round 
about. 

17  He  measured  the  north  side,  five 
hundred  reeds,  with  the  measuriug 
reed  round  about. 

18  lie  measured  the  south  side,  five 
hundred  reeds,  with  the  measuring 
reed. 

I'J  IT  He  tunicd  about  to  the  west 
side,  <i»'/  measured  five  hundred 
reeds,  with  the  measuring  reed. 

L'd  He  measured  it  by  the  four  sides: 
Bit  had  a  wall  round  about,  I' five 
hundred  reals  long,  and  five  hund- 
red broad,  to  make  a  separation  be- 
tween the  sanctuary  niid  the  profane 
place. 


CHAPTER  XLIII. 

I  Tlie  returniitu  of  the  ylory  cf  Goil  into 
tlie  temple.  7  The  ntn  uf  Israel  liindcred 
(JuU'e  prenence.  lU  2V*4j  jtrophet  exhort- 
etit  titem  to  repentance,  and  obj/ervution 
of  the  Inw  of  the  hauee.  U  The  metuuree, 
Id  and  the  orJinaneee  of  the  altar. 

AFTEKWAIID  he  brought  me  to 
the  gate,  crcti  the  gate  'that 
lookcth  toward  the  east: 
•2  I.  And,  behold,  the  glory  of  the 
God  of  Israel  came  from  the  w  av  of 
the  east:  and  *■' his  yoiee  icas  like  a 
noiseof  many  waters:  Jaud  the  earth 
sliiiicd  with  his  glory. 

3  And  it  lean  '^according  to  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  vision  which  1  saw, 
erea  according  to  the  vision  that  1 
saw  II  when  I  came  '  to  destroy  the 
city:  and  the  visions  were  like  the 
vision  that  I  saw  s  by  the  river  Che- 
bar;  and  I  fell  upon  my  face. 

4  liAnd  the  glory  of  the  Lord  came 
into  the  house  by  the  way  of  the 
gate  whose  prospect  in  toward  the 
east. 

5  >  So  the  spirit  took  me  up,  and 
brought  me  into  the  inner  court; 
and,  behold,  I-  the  glory  of  the  Loud 
filled  the  house. 

U  And  I  heard  liliii  speaking  unto 
ine  out  of  the  house;  and 'the  man 
.stooil  by  me. 

7  ir  And  he  said  unto  me,  Son  of 
man,  '"the  place  of  my  throne,  and 
"  the  place  of  the  soles  of  m^  feet, 
"where  I  will  dwell  in  the  midst  of 
the  children  of  Israel  for  ever,  and 
my  holy  name,  shall  the  house  of 
Israel  ''no  more  defile,  iieilher  they, 
nor  their  kings,  by  their  w  boredom, 
nor  by  ''  the  carcasses  of  their  kings 
in  their  high  places. 

8  ''In  their  setting  of  their  thresh- 
old by  my  thresholds,  and  their  post 
by  my  posts,  ||  and  the  wall  between 
me  and  them,  they  have  even  de- 
filed my  holy  name  hy  their  abom- 
inations that  they  have  committed: 
»  lurefore  I  have  consumed  them  in 
mine  anger. 

it  Now  let  them  put  away  their 
whoredoni,  and  ^the  carcasses  of 
tluir  kings,  jar  from  me,  'and  I  will 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  them  forever. 

lU  II  Thou  sou  of  man,  "  shew  the 
house  to  the  house  of  Israel,  that 
tiiey  may  be  ashamed  of  their  ini<i- 
uities  :  and  let  them  measuio  the 
II  pattern. 

11  And  if  thev  be  iishnmed  of  all 
that  they  have  "done,  shew  them  the 
fbrm  of  the  house,  and  the  fashion 
thereof,  and  the  goings  out  thereof, 
and  the  comings  in  thereof,  and  all 
the  forms  thereof,  and  all  the  ordi- 
nances thereof,  and  all  the  forms 
thereof,  and  all  the  laws  thereof:  and 
write  il  in  their  sight,  that  they  may 
keep  the  whole  fi.rm  thereof,  and 
all  the  ordinances  thereof,  and  do 

12  Thia  is  the  law  of  the  house; 

711 


■  uiar. 


KZEKIEL. 


Iiiw  I    IT  l|Aii(l  wla.,1  tliesc  .lays  ore  cr- 

ymir  liiiriit  otiir-      *;<.£i  ji 
ml  v„„r  II, H-ace 
■l>t  jou. 


'-.MMCst  1U.I.V.     Jiiiio'lu'/tiiis'w'il 

ur  the  hc>iiNt\ 
I    I'l  II  Ami  tlicsc 

'p.Mjl,,!,  tiK- alt:l 

CIIAl'TKU  XUV. 


sacuUt  ami  ahaiulbroadth.  ... 
iK'f  ...tt.Mu  .y,„//fc„.-ul.it.a„l,| 
l>r.-a(l(,Hr,,l.it,an.ltlK.|.,.r,l,M-   1,., 

t;^'''«'"'^'o<i»|.-r,o,,„,iai,,:,t 


iJuli 


lusher  place  of  the  altar. 

to  the  Kri-ater  si'ttK.  ,«/»,//  /,,.  f.mr  I'u- 
!■'  N)  f  the  altar  sl,„H  U  Cuur  o'uhits- 


1  r/,c.™(^,„„,„„„„ 


(/..,  ,., 


ly  to  tho  prince. 

.»(  »  oHice.     1 J  J7|„  ,„,„     ;■  ii„,  ■,. 
■epIeU  thereto.     17  Or</in,m„»>r 


an. 


^MIEN  1,0  broiijrl.t  n,c    bark   th, 
»    way  i.l  tlie  pato  of  the  oiitwan 
sanctuary    "which    lookcth    tuwar. 
•cast:  nml  it  icusluit. 
.Iheii   Baiil  the  Loun  unto  mc 


l;l  Ami  the  altar  V/io7i  he  twelve  c».  I  TUu'ZJ'tK}^]''  ^;"""   ""*"  '"<": 

'-.  .o„..  twelve  hroaa.  s.uare'h?  Z     Itp:!:^^^',  Jl?,  ^;-^  ^^:^^ 

'"  I'y  '';  ^  l>M-auso  the  l.oiu.  the  (lod 


fiiiir  sqiiarj's  tli( 
17  Ami  the  settle 


i  thL..    . 
.-■/('i«^,:  half 


■haU  hr  fmirteen 


ithc 


imil  the  li,.nlc 


d'  ,-.'m  Vi ',^  fntercd  in  by  it,  thcre- 
joie  It  shall  be  shut. 

;..,,';•/'■"■  -I'f  P""'-"'"'  "i"  prince,  h 
'-II  sit  m  It  to  'eat  bread  (,etore  th 


hott.mi  thereof  .s/,o«  /„■  ■,  cliif  ,i.^,  .    I  5      "  ^'' '"  "  •'''  ''  «'^t  hread  before  'the 
......     am.;hi..tai..lia,l'lo;;,^a;{ni^^i:r^p:^!k^ 

l.S  UAnd  he  ..aid  unto  ,nc.  Snn  .r    -?;".',*,''>: 'h<^  wnv  of  the  sl.me. 


>'•'•  the  or.liiiai.ecs  .'  ftl  c  ,    !  ;  i  ,  ,ho  ,      iVi"",''  ""',''  '"■•''"•^-  "^--^  houscrnnd 
lay   when    thev   slu  11    nke    it  '  .ii'"'' "''''•  "^  •''-hold,  the  jrlorv  .  f 

'  '"" '"""  '^^li^te^f^i^e^j:^  fi^;?[;5!ijn!'&r^ir;/;s\i'E;^ 

iiio  Slid    holil  with  thine  eyes,  and  hear  with 

•■  '  thino  ears  all  that  I  sav  unto  th  e 

eoneernins  all  the  ordinances  of  the 

I  ouse  ot  the  I.oin.,  and  nil  the  laws 

hnir  <on.cn.  ot  ,1...      «    .y,,,,  „,„„  ^,,^,j  ^       ^^  ^^^         _ 

bilious,  froi  to  the  house  of  Israel 
lhu3  saith  the  Lord  Goi, ,  o  ye 
house  of  Israel,  i  let  it  suffice  you  of 
all  your  nhominations,  ' 

„..,  .f.'.'.*.'.'."'.  r.  '"^^•«  hrought  into  my 


or  f-M\ok   which  npi.roach  unto 
o  1  iinister  unto  nie,  .saith  the  herd 
fi'i  nV  "^"""S  bullock  for  a  eiu  of- 


"fit.  and  oi.- the  four  con.cn.  of  tl 
nd   upon   the  border  round 

ni'ip'e'it"'"'        '"  "'""  <^''^='»se  and 

-'1  Tlu.ii  Shalt  take  the  bullock  also 
the    MU    otleri,,..     „,,,!     h,.    ,lsj,.,ii 


tl 
„„,,.,■ Ih  the  bullock. 

Sj.ltupon  them,  and  thev  shalotlW 
•he  I'.oTn-.""'  "  """"  ""'^''■'"°  ""'» 

'vJ-.f^':"  ''"-^l  '^1'""  ♦''""  prepare 
I  ,.v-  1,   fi   t  >■'"•''•""•  n  "h.  otferSn-: 

iM  Ml.  II  also  prepare  a  yiuin^  bnll- 
"  I-.  ."Id  a  ram  out  of  the  (lock,  with- 


llt  hlc 


because  of  all  your  nhominations 
h  And  ve  have  not  I'  kept  the  char^ 
of  mine  holy  things:  but  ye  ha^^^ 
keepers  of  my  ||  charge  ia  my  sanc- 
tuary (or  yourselves, 
y  TT  Thus  saith  the  T.ord  God-  iNo 
stranser,    unci.-eumciscd    in    heart, 
nor   uncircuii.cised   in    flesh,   shal 
enter    into    my    sanctimrv,    of  nnv 
of'"l"n.cl  "  '"""''°  "'•-'  children 

astniy,  which  wet  as  ~  v  a™  v  n-o  , 
mo  utlcr  their  idols;  they  "ha  1  even 
bear  their  iniquity.         ^    "an  e^cn 


''^l''".V9  sliall  they  purge  the 


JOr.  iron;,  or. 


/.aaoKs  sons  wxeptea. 


ivZii^ivii:.!!. 


urainances  jor  me  pnesix. 


;  i:  HB.  21!. 
•K..m.  l«.  3. 
■i  Kill.  -n.  a. 


li  cli.  40.  K.  k 


,.I.OT.  10.   10. 


11  Yet  they  Bhall  be  miniiiters  in  my 
Siinetunry,  ' litiiiiKj  charge  nt  the 
L'ates  of  the  liouso,  ami  ministering 
to  the  house:  'they  Khali  sluy  the 
l)urnt  otteriii;;  ami  the  sacritiee  tor 
the  people,  and  "they  shall  stand 
before  them  to  minister  unto  them. 
VJ  ISeenuse  thev  minisleri'd  unto 
lliem  lictliietheirlilol.siind"  |  caused 
the  house  of  Israel  to  f.ill  into  inii)- 
uity;  therefore  have  1  "lifted  up 
mine  hand  n^'ainst  them,  saitli  the 
Lord  Gov,  and  they  bhall  bear  their 
initiuity. 

l.i  >And  they  shall  not  come  near 
unto  me,  to  (to  the  oHicc  <if  a  priest 
unto  me,  nor  to  come  near  to  a:iy 
of  my  holy  thin';s,  in  the  most  lioly 
phicc:  but  they  shall  'bear  their 
shame,  and  their  ahominationa  wliich 
thev  have  committed. 
]4"But  I  will  nnike  them  "keepers 
of  the  charge  of  the  liouse,  for  all  the 
service  thereof,  and  lor  all  that  shall 
he  done  therein. 

1,5  IT  l>But  the  priests  the  T-cvitcs, 
■^the  sons  of  Zadok,  that  kept  the 
clnirge  of  mv  sanctuary  dvhen  the 
children  of  Israel  went  astray  from 
me,  they  shall  come  near  to  me  to 
minister  unto  me,  and  they  'shall 
stand  before  me  to  ofier  imto  me 
fthe  fat  and  the  blood,  saith  the 
I.ord  God: 

IG  'i'hey  shall  enter  into  my  sanctu- 
arv,  and  they  shall  come  near  to 
Hiiiy  table,  to  minister  unto  me,  and 
thev  shall  keep  )nv  charge. 
17 "IT  And  it  sliall  come  to  pass,  that 
when  they  enter  in  at  the  gates  of 
the  inncrcourt,lithey  shall  be  clothed 
with  linen  garments;  and  no  wool 
shall  come  upon  them,  wliile  they 
minister  in  the  gates  of  the  inner 
court,  and  within. 
IS  iThcy  shall  have  linen  bonnets 
upon  their  heads,  and  shall  have 
linen  breeches  upon  their  loins;  they 
shall  not  gird  lliemseln-s  ||  t  with  any 
tiling  that  causeth  sweat, 
r.)  And  when  they  go  forth  into  the 
outer  court,  even  into  the  outer  court 
to  the  people,  kthey  shall  put  off 
their  garments  wherein  they  minis- 
tered, and  lay  them  In  the  holy 
chambers,  and  tliey  shall  put  on 
other  garments;  and  they  shall  Inot 
sanctify  the  people  with  their  gar- 
ments. 

LI)  "'  Neither  shall  they  shave  their 
heads,  nor  sutler  their  locks  to  grow 
long;  tlioy  shall  only  poll  their  heads. 
L'l "'Neither  shall  any  priest  drink 
wine,  when  they  enter  into  the  iuncr 
court. 

L'l!  Neither  shall  they  take  for  their 
wives  a  "widow,  nor  lier  that  i.s  t|mt 
awav:  hut  thev  bIuiU  take  maidens 
of  the  seed  of  the  house  of  Israel,  or 
a  widow  i  that  had  a  priest  before. 
L'.'!  And  I' they  sh.ill  tcaeh  my  peo- 
ple t>ie  tlijfcnnre  between  the  holy 
and  profaue,  and  cause  tlicm  to  dis- 


cern between  the  unclean  and  the 
clean. 

■H  And  'I  in  controversy  they  shall 
stand  in  judgment;  iin'it  they  shall 
judge  it  aefording  to  my  judgments: 
and  they  shall  keep  my  laws  and 
my  statutes  in  all  mine  assemhties; 
'and  thev  shall  hallow  mv  sabbaths. 

L'.j  And  ihcy  shall  come  at  no  "dead 
person  to  defile  themselves:  but  for 
father,  or  for  mother,  or  for  son,  or 
for  diiughter,  for  brother,  or  for  sister 
that  hath  had  no  husband,  they  may 
defile  themselves. 

•M  And  'alter  he  is  cleansed,  they 
shall  reckon  unto  liim  seven  days. 

■/!  And  in  the  day  that  lie  poeth 
into  the  sanctuaryj  "unto  the  inner 
court,  to  minister  m  the  sanctuary, 
*  he  sliall  offer  hia  tin  oftering,  saith 
the  Lord  tioii. 

L'«  And  it  shall  be  unto  them  for  nn 
inheritance;  I  >n»i  their  inheritance: 
and  ye  shall  give  them  no  possession 
.11  Israel;  1  oi/i  their  possession.  | 

•J9  "They  shall  eat  the  meat  offer- 
ing, and  the  sin  offering,  and  the 
trespass  offering;  and  "every  |!  dedi- 
cated thing  in  Israel  shall  be  theirs. 

.-to  And  the  ||i.first  of  all  the  first- 
fruits  of  all  Hiiiir/.i,  and  every  obla- 
tion of  all,  of  every  fort  of  your  ob- 
lations, shall  be  the  priest's:  ye •' shall 
also  give  unto  the  priest  the  first  of 
your  dough,  H  that  lie  may  cause  the 
blessing  to  rest  in  thine  liouse. 

."I  The  priests  shall  not  eat  of  any 

thing  that  is  '  dead  of  itself,  or  torn, 

whether  it  be  fowl  or  beast. 

CHAPTER  XLV. 

1  The  portion  of  l,in<t  for  tht  tanctuary. 

6  for  the  city,  1  and  for  the  prince.     9 

Ordinaneee  for  the  prince. 

MOREOVER,  i  when  ye  shall 
"divide  by  lot  the  land  for  in- 
heritance, ve  shall  !■  offer  an  oblation 
unto  the  I,oi:d,  fa  holy  portion  of 
the  land:  the  length  ."hull  I.e  the 
length  of  five  ami  twenty  thousand 
reeds,  and  the  breadth  sAoH  l,e  ten 
thousand.  This  flmll  be  holy  in  all 
the  borders  thereof  round  obout. 
•i  Of  this  there  shall  be  lor  the  sanc- 
tuary 'five  hundred  m  /™;///(,  with 
five  hundred  in  l.nailt/i,  square 
roundabout;  and  fifty  cubits  round 
about  for  the  |l  suburbs  thereof. 

3  And  of  this  measure  shalt  thou 
measure  the  length  of  five  and 
twenty  thousand,  and  the  breadth 
often  thousand:  <l  and  in  it  shall  be 
the  sanctuary  tiiid  the  most  holy 
place. 

4  'The  holy  portion  of  the  land 
shall  be  for  the  priests  the  ministers 
of  the  eanctuarv,  which  shall  come 
near  to  minister  unto  the  Loun:  and 
it  shall  be  a  place  for  their  houses, 
and  a  holv  place  for  the  sanctuary. 

5  fAnirthe  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand of  length,  and  the  ten  tlmu- 
sand  of  breadth,  shall  also  the  I,e- 
vites,  the   miuTstera   of  the   house, 

•'13 


The  divisions  of  the  land. 


EZEKIEL. 


Ordinances  for  the  prince 


Before 

CHRIST 

S74. 


17. 
hell.  43.  l;. 


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19. 
11. 

33, 
1. 

V^m.-i.~ii. 


have  for  themselves,  lor  a  pcssession 
for  B  twenty  chHiiihors. 
G  U  I'  And  }e  shall  appoint  the  pos- 
session of  the  city  live  tliousund 
broud,  and  five  and  twenty  tliousnnd 
Ion;;,  over  a;jruinst  the  oblation  ot'tlie 
lioly  portion:  it  shall  be  lor  the 
whole  house  ol' Israel. 

7  IT  'And  a  portion  shall  he  for  the 
prince  on  tlie  one  side  and  on  t!ie 
other  side  of  the  oblutiou  of  the  holy 
portion,  and  of  the  possession  of  tlie 
city,  before  the  oblation  of  the  holy 
portion,  and  before  the  )>ossession  of 
the  city,  from  the  west  side  west- 
ward, and  from  the  cast  side  east- 
ward: and  the  length  shall  be  over 
a$;ainst  one  of  the  portions,  from  the 
west  border  unto  the  east  border. 

8  In  the  land  shall  be  his  possession 
in  Israel:  and  kiny  princes  shall  no 
more  oppress  my  people;  and  the 
rest  o/the  land  shall  they  give  to  the 
house  of  Israel  accordlnj;  to  their 
tribes. 

9  TT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God;  l  Let 
it  snilice  you,  O  princes  of  Israel: 
"'  remove  violence  and  spoil,  and  ex- 
ecute judgment  and  justice,  take 
away  your  1  exactions  lioni  iny  peo- 
ple, saith  the  Lord  God. 

10  Ye  shall  have  just "  balances,  and 
ajust  epbah,  and  a  just  bath. 

11  The  ephah  and  the  bath  shall  be 
of  one  measure,  that  the  bath  may 
contain  tlie  tenth  part  of  a  homer, 
and  the  ephah  the  tenth  part  of  a 
homer:  the  measure  thereof  shall  be 
after  the  homer. 

12  And  the  "shekel  shall  lie  twenty 
gerahs :  twenty  shekels,  five  and 
twenty  shekels,"  fifteen  shekels,  sliall 
be  your  maneh. 

].■$  This  «  tlie  oblation  that  ye  shall 
offer;  the  sixth  part  of  an  ephah  of  a 
homer  of  wlieat,  and  ye  shall  give  the 
sixth  part  of  an  ephah  of  a  homer  of 
harlov: 

11  Coneerning  the  ordinance  of  oil, 
the  hatii  of  oil,  ye  shall  o/lrr  the 
teiitli  jiart  of  a  bath  out  of  the  cor, 
which  w  a  homer  of  ten  baths;  for 
ten  baths  are  a  homer: 

15  And  one  ||  lamb  out  of  the  flock, 
out  of  two  hundred,  out  of  the  fat 
pastures  of  Israel;  for  a  meatoffering, 
and  for  a  burnt  offering,  anil  for 
I)  peace  offerings,  I'fo  make  recon- 
ciliation for  them,  saith  the  Lord 
Gon. 

li;  All  the  people  of  the  land  t  shall 
give  this  oblation  II  for  the  prince  in 
Israel. 

17  And  it  shall  he  the  prince's  part 
to  (lire  burnt  otlerings,  and  meat 
offerings,  and  drink  offerings,  in  the 
feasts,  and  in  the  new  innnns,  and  in 
the  sabbaths,  in  all  solemiiilies  of  the 
house  of  Israel:  he  shall  ))reiiare  the 
sin  offering,  and  the  meat  offering,  i 
and  the  burnt  offering,  and  the 
II  peace  offeringa,  to  make  reconcilia- 
tion for  the  hoiKiC  of  I.srael.  I 
714 


I    1.S  Thus  saith  the  Lord  GoD;  In  the 
j  first  tiioidh,  in   the   first  ilai/  of  the 
I  month,  thou  shalt  take  a  younfj  bull- 
ock without  blemish,  and  itMcansc 
the  sanctuary: 
;    lit  '  And  the  priest  shall  take  of  the 
blood  of  the  sm  offering,  and  put  it 
[  upon  the  posts  of  the  house,  and  up- 
on the  four  corners  of  the  settle  of  the 
altar,  and  upon  the  posts  of  the  gate 
of  the  inner  court. 
'M  And  so  thou  shalt  do  the  seventh 
ilai/  of  the  month  "fi)r  every  one  that 
crreth,  and  for  hint  that  is  simple;  so 
!  shall  vc  reconcile  the  lumse. 
\    21  'In  the  first  month,  in  the  four- 
teenth day  of  the  month,  ye  shall 
have  the  passover,  a  feust  of  seven 
days ;    unleavened   bread    shall   be 
eaten. 

22  And  upon  that  day  shall  the 
prince  prepare  for  himself  and  for 
all  the  people  of  the  laud  "  a  bullock 
for  a  sin  offering. 
2'!  And  "  seven  days  of  the  feast  he 
shall  prepare  a  burnt  offering  to  the 
LOKD,  seven  bullocks  and  seven 
rams  without  blemish  daily  the  seven 
days;  >  and  a  kid  of  the  goats  daily 
for  a  sin  offering;. 
24  ^And  he  snail  prepare  a  meat 
offering  of  an  ephah  for  a  bullock, 
and  an  ephah  for  a  rum,  and  a  bin  of 
oil  for  an  ephah. 

2.5  In  the  seventh  month,  in  the 
fifteenth  day  of  the  month,  shall  he 
do  the  like  in  the  "feast  of  the  seven 
days,  according  to  the  sin  offering, 
according  to  the  burnt  offering,  and 
according  to  the  meat  offering,  and 
according  to  the  oil. 

CHAPTER  XLVL 

1  Orditiancea  forl/ia  iiri-uainluaivorahip, 

9  and  fur  the  peoitlc.     10  Aii.  i.rUtr  t\,r 

the  jirincc'a  i,iUcrila„ce.     Ij  Tin  cuiirla 

fur  liuiliuii  aiul  l.il^ing. 

'■piIi:S  saith   the  Lord  Gon;    The 

i    gate  of  the  inner  court  th.it  look- 

cth  toward  the  east  shall  be  sluit  (lie 

six  working  days;  but  .m  the  salihath 

it  shall  be  opened,  and  in  the  day  of 

the  new  moon  it  shall  be  opened. 

2  'And  the  prince  shall  enter  by  the 
way  of  the  porch  of  thai  gate  with- 
out, and  shall  stand  by  the  post  of 
the  pate,  and  the  priests  shall  prepare 
his  burnt  offering  and  his  peace 
offerings,  and  he  shall  worship  at 
the  threshold  of  the  gate:  then  he 
shall  go  fi>rth;  but  tlie  gate  shall  not 
be  shut  until  the  evening. 

3  Likewise  the  people  of  the  land 
shall  worship  at  t!ie  door  of  this  gate 
before  the  Loun  iu  the  sabbaths  and 
in  the  new  moons. 

4  And  tlie  burnt  offering  that  l>tho 
prince  slmll  offer  unto  tlie  Loud  in 
the  sabbath  day  shall  he  six  lambs 
without  blemish,  and  a  ram  without 
blemish. 

5  "And  the  meat  offering  shall  be 
an  ejihah  for  a  ram,  and  the  meat 
offering  i'ot  thu  lambs   fas   he  sluall 


and  jieople  in  their  loorship. 


EZEKIEL. 


Vision  of  the  hoiy  iratem. 


be  ublc  to  give,  and  a  liiii  of  oil  to 
an  ophali. 

0  And  in  the  day  of  the  new  moon 
it  shall  t,e  a  young  bnhock  without 
blemish,  and  six  Ininbs,  and  a  ram; 
they  shall  be  without  blemish. 

7  And  he  shall  prepare  a  meat  offer- 
injj,  an  ephah  tor  a  bullock,  and  an 
ephal\  for  a  ntm,  and  for  the  laml>s 
aecorilin^  as  his  hand  shall  attain 
unto,  and  a  hin  of  oil  to  an  ephah. 

8  dAnd  when  the  prince  shidl  enter, 
he  shall  fro  in  by  the  way  of  the 
porch  of  l/iat  gale,  and  he  ehall  go 
forth  bv  the  wav  thereof 

9  II  Kut  when  the  people  of  the  land 
"shall  conic  before  the  Loud  in  the 
solemn  feasts,  be  that  entereth  in  liy 
the  way  of  the  north  frate  to  worship 
shall  go  out  by  the  way  of  the  south 
gate  ;  and  he  that  entrreth  by  the 
way  of  the  south  gate  shall  go  forth 
by  the  way  of  the  north  gate:  he 
shall  not  return  by  the  way  of  the 
gate  whereby  he  came  ill,  but  shall 
go  forth  over  against  it. 

10  And  tlie  prince  in  the  midst  of 
them,  when  they  go  in,  shall  go  in; 
and  when  they  go  forth,  shall  go 
fcirtli. 

11  And  in  the  feasts  and  in  the 
solemnities  'the  mc:it  offering  shall 
be  an  ephah  to  a  bullock,  and  an 
ephah  to  a  ram,  and  to  the  lambs  as 
he  is  able  to  give,  and  a  liin  of  oil  to 
an  ephah. 

12  Now  when  the  prince  shall  pre- 
pare a  voluntary  burnt  offering  or 
peace  offerings  voluntarily  nnto  the 
J.OUD,  i^one  shall  then  ope»  him  the 
gate  that  looketh  toward  the  east,  and 
he  shall  prepare  his  burnt  ofliring 
and  his  peace  offerings,  ns  he  did  <in 
the  sabbath  day  ;  then  he  shall  go 
forth;  and  after  his  going  forth  one 
shall  shut  the  gate. 

13  t  Thou  Shalt  daily  prepare  a 
burnt  offering  unto  the  I.oiii)  tif  a 
lamb  f  of  the  lirst  ycarwithout  blem- 
ish :  thou  shalt  "prepare  it  t  every 
morning. 

M  And  thou  shall  prepare  a  meat 
offering  for  it  every  morning,  the 
sixth  part  of  an  ephah,  and  the  third 
part  of  .a  hin  of  oil,  to  temper  with 
the  fine  flour;  a  meat  offering  con- 
tinually by  a  perpetual  ordinance 
unto  tlie  L'oRU. 

15  Thus  shall  thej'  prepare  the  lamb, 
and  the  meat  offering,  and  tlie  oil, 
every  morning^or  a  continual  burnt 
offering. 

IGTlThus  Baith  the  Lord  Con;  If 
the  prince  give  a  gilt  nnto  niiv  of  his 
sons,  the  inheritnnee  thereof  sluill  lie 
his  sons';  it  .s7io/;  te  their  possession 
bv  inheritance. 

ir  But  if  he  give  a  gift  of  his  inher- 
itance to  one  of  his  servants,  then  it 
shall  be  his  to  ithc  vear  of  liberty; 
after,  it  shall  return  to  the  prince  : 
hut  his  inheritance  shall  be  his  sons' 
for  them. 


IS  Moreover  k  the  prince  shall  not 
take  of  the  people's  inheritance  by 
oppression,  to  thrust  them  out  of 
their  jiossession  :  t.ut  he  shall  give 
Ilia  sons  inheritance  out  of  his  own 
possession  ;  that  my  people  be  not 
scattered  every  man  Irom  his  pos- 
session 

ID  TI  After  he  brought  me  through 
the  entry,  which  vcis  at  the  side  of 
the  gate,  into  the  holy  chambers  of 
the  priests,  which  looked  tfiwar<!  the 
north:  and,  behold,  there  «■«.>< a  jilace 
on  the  two  sides  westward. 

a)  Then  said  he  unto  me.  This  is  the 
place  where  the  priests  shall  I  boil  the 
trespass  offering  and  the  sin  offering, 
where  they  shall  '"bake  the  meat 
offering;  tliat  they  bear  llirtii  not  out 
into  the  outer  court,  "  to  sanctity  the 
people. 

21  Then  he  brought  me  forth  into 
the  outer  court,  and  caused  mc  to 
pass  by  the  four  corneis  of  the  court; 
and,  behold,  1  in  every  coiner  of  the 
court  llicif  iccis  a  court. 

'22  111  the  four  cornels  of  the  court 
t/icre  irere  courts  Iljeiined  of  forty 
riibils  long  and  thirty  broad  :  these 
four  1  corners  uerc  of  one  meas- 
ure. 

'2.'{  And  thci-e  was  a  row  of  hviMinri 
round  about  in  them,  round  about 
them  four,  and  it  iras  made  with 
boiling  places  under  the  row.s  round 
about. 

24  Then  said  he  unto  nie.  These  are 
the  places  of  them  that  boil,  where 
tlie  ministers  of  the  house  shall  "boil 
the  sacrifice  of  the  people. 

CHAPTER  XI-VIL 

1  The  fluioil  of  the  holt,  unlert.  6  Tlif 
virtue  of  Ihlm.  13  The  borjera  of  the 
land.    2-J  The  iKvieion  of  it  ly  lot. 

VFTKRWAKD  he  brought  me 
again  unto  the  doorof  the  house; 
and,  behold,  ■'  waters  issued  outfrnm 
under  the  thresliold  of  the  house 
eastward  :  for  the  fiuefront  of  the 
house  sliiiiil  lonaul  the  eiist.  and  the 
waters  came  down  from  under,  fmm 
the  right  side  of  the  liouse,  at  the 
soutli  side  of  the  altar. 

2  Then  brought  he  me  out  of  the 
way  of  the  gate  northward,  and  led 
me' about  the  way  without  unio  tlie 
outer  gate  by  the  way  that  lookiih 
eastward  ;  and,  behold,  there  ran 
out  waters  on  the  right  side. 

.1  And  M  hen  I'  the  man  that  had  the 
line  in  his  hand  went  forth  eastward, 
he  measured  n  thousand  cubits,  and 
lie  brought  me  through  the  waters; 
the  t  waters  n-ere  to  the  ankles. 

4  Again  he  measured  a  thousand, 
and  brought  me  through  the  waters; 
the  waters  vcre  to  the  knees.  Again 
he  measured  n  thousand, and  brought 
me  through;  the  waters  ucrc  to  the 
loins. 

a  Afterward  he  measured  n  thou- 
sand; and  it  u-as  a  river  that  I  cnuld 
not  pass  over :  for  the  waters  were 
715 


Virtue  of  the  holy  waters. 


EZEKIEL. 


t  rieb.  lip, 

crer.  12. 
11.T.  -U,  'i. 


17,  i  I   «. 
J^:.l>.  3.  16, 


risen,  f  waters  to  Bwim  in,  a  river 
tli:it  could  not  be  piiswd  over. 

0  M  And  lie  said  unto  nie.  Son  of 
man,  )iast  tliou  seen  l/iis!'  Tlieii  lie 
liroufflit  me,  and  caused  me  to  re- 
turn to  the  brink  of  tlie  river. 

7  Now  wlicn  1  liad  returned,  be- 
liold,  at  tlie  t  banlc  of  tlic  river  were 
very  many  '  trcea  on  tlie  one  biUc 
3n(Ion  the  other. 

S  Then  said  he  unto  mc.  These  wa- 
ters issue  out  toward  the  cast  coun- 
try, and  Ko  down  into  the  |i  desert, 
and  KO  into  the  sea:  jr/,i,-/i  Uimj 
brou^'ht  forth  into  the  sea,  the  wa- 
ters shall  be  healed. 
1)  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  cv 


The  ixirtioiis  of  the  tribes. 


the  border  unto  the  cast  eea.    And 

this  i.t  the  cast  side. 
I'J  And  the  south  side  southward, 
loni    lamar  urn  to  •■  the  waters  ot 

II  strife  m  Kailosh.  the  ||  river  to  the 

S;i'?L";;'K„iV.'.'^  "^  "  "'he  south 


t  nnb.  ihall 
f  Jol,  8.  18. 

r,  I.  3. 

Jor.  n.  8. 
I  Or. 

t  Or.  for 
ii-ul.aaud 

e  Hor.  23.  2. 

!•  f,on.  IS.  5. 


k  eh.  18.  O. 
Icli. -13.  1. 
m  Num  3I.F 
nNura.  .-I.! 


thersoever  the  t  rivers  shall  come, 
shall  live:  and  there  shall  be  a  very 
^'reat  multitude  of  (ish,  because  these 
waters  shall  come  thither:   for  they 
shall    be  healed;    and    every   thins 
shall    live   whither    the    river    Com- 
eth. 
10  And  it  shall  conic  to  pass,  that 
the  fishers  shall  stand  upon  it  from 
Kti  sedi  even  unto  Kn-e;jlaim;  they 
siull  be  ap/oce  to  spread  forth  nets; 
their  hsh  shall  be  according  to  their 
kinds,  aa  the  fish  dof  the  jrreat  Bea, 
e.xeecdins  many. 
U  But  the  miry  places  thereof  and 
he  niarshes  thereof  ||  shall   not  be 
healed;  they  shall  be  {jiven  to  salt. 
IL'  And  Miy  the  river  upon  the  bank 
thcrciif,  on  this  side  and  on  that  side 
I  shall  -row  all  trees  for  meat,  fwliosc 
cat  shall  n„t  fade,  neither  shall  the 
Iriiit  thcreot  be  consumed  :  it  shall  I 
bring  torth  |l  new  fruit  accordin<'  to 
his  months,  because  their  waters  thcv 
issued  out  of  the  sanctuary:  and  the 
rmt  thereof  shall  be  for  meat,  and 
the  leaf  thereof  II  for  »medicine. 
';>.  IT  Thus  saith  the   Lord   God; 
1  Ills  shall  be  the  border,  whereby  ye 
shall  inherit  the  land  accordiiiL'  to 
the  twelve  tribes  of  Israel:  I.  Joseph 
Khali  hare  tiro  portions. 
14  .\nd  ye  shall  inherit  it,  one  ns  well 
as  amitlior:  rone,  nii„fj  the  which  1 
II I  lilted  lip  mine  h:nu\  to  give  it  un- 
to .your  fat  he  is:  and  this  land  Bhall 
l-l:ill  unto  von  lor  inheritance. 
1..  And  this  shall  be  the  border  of 
t.ie  l.ind  toward  the  north  siile,  from 
the  great  sea,  Hho  way  of  Iletliloii, 
!isnicngoto"'Zcdad: 
Ij.."ll;imath,  '■Jii-rothah,    Sihraim 
winch  is  between  the  bolder  of  iJi- 
nniscns  and  the  bonier  of  llnmalh; 
l|llazar-hatticon,   which    is    by    the 
const  of  llauran.  ' 

ir  And  the  border  from  the  sea  shall 
be  I'llazar-cnan,  the  border  of  J)a- 
Tniisciis,  and  the  north  nortliwnnl, 
/"I'lic  o  •'"r"''''  "''^^'"""">-  And  Mis 
IS  And  llic  cast  side  ye  shall  mens- 
uro  )  Iroin  llaiiriin.  ind  from  l)a- 
inasciis,  and  from  (iih.;i,|,  and  from 
the  land  ot  Israel  by  Jordan,  fioiii 
71ti 


side  southward 
•M  The  west  side  also  shall  be  the 

great  sea  from  the  border,  till  a  man 

come  oyer  against  lianiath.     This  is 

the  west  side. 
21  So  shall  ye  divide  this  land  unto 

you  according  to  the  tribes  of  Israel. 
J  ■1\";'  '•  f'';'l'  i'""'*^  'u  pass,  that 
,ve  shall  divide  it  by  lot  for  un  inlicr- 
,  itancc  unto  you,  'and  to  the  stran- 
gers that  sojourn  among  you,  which 
shall  beget  children  among  you  ■ 
;  and  they  shall  be  unto  you  as  horn 
in  the  country  among  the  children 
of  Israel  ;  they  shall  have  inherit- 
ance with  you  among  the  tribes  of 
Israel. 

2.'!  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  in 
what  tribe  the  stranger  sojournelh 
there  shall  ye  give  /,i»i  his  inherit- 
ance, saith  tlie  Lord  God. 

ClIAPTEK  XLVIII. 
1.  23  The  ,,..rlio,„  ./  Uc  t„-clvc  lril.es.  8 

cflhetanctuHry,  \o  of  Ihe  Clly  nu.l  tut.. 

ttrlig,  il  and  of  the  prince.    'M  The  di- 

menmotit  and  gates  of  tlic  city. 

"VTOW  these  are  the  names  of  the 
I  1^  tribes.  'From  the  north  end  to 
the  coast  of  the  way  of  Jlethlon,  as 
one  goeth  to  llamath,  Hazar-enan, 
the  border  of  Damascus  northward, 
to  the  coast  of  llamath;  for  these  are 
his  sides  cast  and  west:  ta  portiuii 
for  Dan. 

2  And  by  the  border  of  Dan,  from 
the  east  side  unto  the  west  tide,  a 
portion  for  Asher. 

3  And  by  the  border  of  Asher,  from 
the  east  side  even  unto  the  west  side 
a  poiVinji /or  Naphtali. 

4  And  by  the  border  of  N'apht:-.li, 
fiom  the  cast  side  unto  the  west  side 
a  jiortion  Jor  JIanasseh. 

5  And  by  the  border  of  Manassch, 
from  t!io  cast  side  unto  the  west  side 
annrtioiifor  Kjihraim.  ' 

fi  And  by  the  border  of  rphrnim, 
from  the  east  side  even  unto  the  west 
Bide,  aportion  for  Reuben. 

7  And  by  the  border  of  Kcnbcn, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the  west  tide. 
a;!o/-/ion7o/-Jiidah. 

8  TT  And  by  the  border  of  Jiuhih, 
froin  the  c:>st  Bide  onto  the  west  side, 
shall  be  1.  Ilie  oin-ring  which  ve  shall 
offer  ot  (ive  iind  twenty  thousand 
reeds  j»  brcadlli,  and  in  len-tli  as 
one  of  the  o//ici- parts,  from  the  east 
ude  unto  the  west  side:  and  the 
sanctuary  slndl  be  in  the  midst  of  it. 

•J  The  oblation  that  ve  shall  oiler 
nnto  the  I.oiii.  shall  U-  of  five  and 
twenty  thousand  in  length,  and  of 
ten  thousiind  in  brcaiUh 

10  And  for  tli.ni  .  r,  „  for  the  pricst.s 
shall  be  this  holv  obhilion;  t„wani 
the  north  live  and  twenty  thousand 


■  Rom.  10  li 

oui.iii.' 


(Did  of  the  city  and  s«6«r6.?.  EZEKIEL. 


The  gates  of  the  city. 


ill  leni/t/i,  nnil  toward  tlic  west  ten 
thousHiid  ill  bieudtli,  and  toward  tlie 
cast  ten  thousand  in  breadth,  and 
toward  tlie  south  live  uiid  twenty 
thousand  ill  lenjtth:  and  tlie  siinctiia- 
ry  of  tlie  Loitii  shall  be  in  the  midst 
thereof. 

U'^|(/(  sJiall.  I.e  for  the  priests  that 
are  sanctified  of  the  sons  of  Zadolt; 
which  have  kejit  mv  II  char;;e,  which 
went  not  astray  when  the  children 
of  Israel  went  astray,  <l  as  the  Lcvites 
went  astray. 

1:;  And  (//is  oblation  of  the  land  that 
is  ottered  shall  be  unto  them  a  thing 
most  holy  by  the  border  of  the  Lc- 
vites. 

l.'i  And  over  against  the  border  of 
the  prie.'^ts,  the  I.cvites  fliall  lime 
five  and  twenty  thousand  in  length, 
and  ten  thousand  in  breadth:  all  the 
length  .«/(«//  tie  five  and  twenty  thou- 
sand, and  the  breadth  ten  thousand. 

14  'And  they  shall  not  sell  of  it, 
neither  exchange,  nor  alienate  the 
firstfruits  of  the  land :  for  it  is  holy 
unto  the  I.,oi!D. 

15  IT  fAnd  the  five  thousand,  that 
are  left  in  the  breadth  over  against 
the  five  and  twenty  thousand,  shall 
be  Sa  profane  ji/aec  for  the  cit^',  for 
dwelling,  and  for  suburbs:  and  the 
city  shall  be  in  the  midst  thereof. 

l(i  And  these  sfiall  be  the  measures 
thereof;  the  north  side  four  thousand 
niid  live  hundred,  and  the  soutli  si<le 
four  thousand  and  five  hundred,  and 
oil  the  east  side  four  thousand  and 
five  hundred,  and  the  west  side  four 
thousand  and  five  hundred. 

17  And  the  suburbs  of  the  city  shall 
be  toward  the  north  two  hundred 
and  fifty,  and  toward  the  south  two 
hundreii  and  fiftv,  and  toward  the 
east  two  hundred  and  fifty,  and  to- 
w  ard  the  west  two  hundred  and  fifty. 

18  And  the  residue  in  length  over 
against  the  oblation  of  the  holy  7  or- 
liuii  f:t{all  be  ten  thousand  eastward, 
and  ten  thousand  westward:  and  it 
shall  be  over  against  the  oblation  of 
the  holy  jmrtiuii :  and  the  increase 
thereof  shall  be  for  food  unto  tlieiii 
that  serve  the  city. 

I!)  liAnd  they  that  serve  the  city 
shall  serve  it  out  of  nil  the  tribea  of 
Israel. 

;;0  All  the  oblation  .«/-oH  le  five  and 
twenty  thousand  bv  five  and  twenty 
thousand  :  ye  slia'll  ofl'er  the  holy 
oblation  fours<iuare,  with  the  posses- 
sion ()f  the  city. 

I'l  TI  "And  the  residue  stiall  lie  for 
the  prince,  on  the  one  side  and  on 
the  other  of  the  holy  oblation,  and  of 


the  possession  of  the  city,  over  against 
the  five  and  twenty  thousand  of  the 
oblation  toward  the  east  border,  and 
westward  over  against  the  five  and 
twenty  thousand  toward  the  west 
border,  over  against  the  portions  tor 
the  prince:  and  it  shall  be  the  holy 
oblation:  kand  the  sanctuary  of  the 
house  fliall  le  in  the  midst  thereof. 

2'i  Moreover,  from  the  possession  of 
the  Levitcs,  and  from  the  possession 
of  the  city,  I.eiiiii  in  the  midst  o,f  lliiil 
which  is  the  prince's,  between  the 
border  of  Judah  and  the  btirdcr  of 
lienjamin,  shall  be  for  the  prince. 

23  As  for  the  rest  of  the  tribes,  from 
the  cast  side  unto  tlie  west  side,  lien- 
jamin fliaU  Iniic  i  a  portion. 

1:4  And  by  the  border  of  Benjamin, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the  w  est  side, 
Simeon  pliult  Inire  aiiortioii. 

Uo  And  by  the  bolder  of  Simeon, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the  west  side, 
Issachar  a  7. or(/on. 

iU  And  by  the  border  of  Issachar, 
from  the  east  side  unto  the  west  side, 
Zebnlun  njiortion. 

VI  And  by  the  border  of  Zchulun, 
from  the  cost  side  unto  the  vest  side, 
Ga<l  a  jiortioii. 

1:8  And  by  the  border  of  Gad,  at  the 
south  side  southward,  the  bor<lcr 
shall  be  even  frnm  Taniar  unto  I  the 
waters  of  f  strife  in  Kadesh,  and  to 
the  ri\'er  toward  the  great  sea. 

:;U  •"  'i  his  IS  the  land  which  ye  shall 
divide  by  lot  unto  the  tribes  of  Israel 
for  inheiitiince,  and  those  are  their 
jiortions,  saitli  the  Lord  God. 

SO  II  And  these  ore  the  goings  cut 
of  the  city  011  the  north  side.  Jour 
thousand  and  five  hundred  meus- 
u  res. 

til  "  And  the  gates  of  the  city  diatl 
Ic  after  the  names  of  the  tribes  cf 
Israel:  three  gates  northward;  one 
gate  of  Kenbcn,  one  gate  of  Judah, 
one  gate  of  l>evi. 

o2  And  at  the  cast  side  four  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred:  and  three 
gates;  and  one  gate  of  Joseph,  one 
gate  of  lienjamin,  one  gate  of  Don. 

o-'J  And  at  the  stiutli  side  four  thou- 
sand and  five  hundred  measures: 
and  three  giites;  one  gate  of  Simeon, 
one  gate  of  Issachar,  one  gate  of  Zeb- 
uliin. 

."i4  At  the  west  side  four  thousand 
and  five  hundred,  with  their  three 
gates;  one  pate  of  Gad,  one  gate  of 
Asher,  one  gate  of  Naphtali. 

.'J.5  Jt  iros  round  about  eighteen 
tlumsand  vieaitiires :  "and  the  name 
of  the  city  from  tliat  day  i/iall  te, 
t  P  The  hoav  is  there. 


Brforo 
C  11 II I  8  T 

674. 


THE 


BOOK  OF  DANIEL. 


Before 
C  II  RI  ST 
about  6()7. 


1.  .ler.  27.  19, 
-n.   10.10. 


d'iCht.  30.  7. 


drtnh. 
KCon.  11.  4r 
1  Kill,  10.1 
T=r.  U. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  Jehoiakim^a  captivily.  3  Aahpenaz  tafc- 
eth  Daniel,  JLtrmninh,  Mis/inei,  and 
Azfxria/t.  8  They  refusimj  the  king's 
jtnrtion  do  prosper  with  pulse  and  wa- 
ter. 17  Their  cxeetleney  in  wisdom, 
IN  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of 
Jeliniiikiin  kiiif;  of  Jiidah  "came 
Nebuchadnezzar  king  of  Bahjion 
unto  Jeruaaleni,  and  hesie"e(I  it. 

2  And  the  l^ord  p;iivc  Jehoiakim 
kins  "'  Jiidali  into  lii.s  hanil,  with 
iipart  of  the  vessels  of  the  house  of 
God  :  whicli  he  carried  ^  into  tlie 
land  of  Shinar  to  the  house  of  liis 
sod;  il  and  he  brought  tlie  vessels  in- 
to the  tre-lsiire  iiouse  of  his  ^od. 

3  IT  And  the  king  spake  unto  Ash- 
penaz  the  master  of  his  eunuelis, 
that  he  should  bring  *crr/om  of  the 
eliililnn  of  Israel,  and  of  the  king's 
scM'il.  mid  of  the  princes; 

4  Children  'in  whom  wna  no  h'.em- 
ish,  hut  well  favoured,  and  skilful 
in  all  wisdom,  anil  cunning  in  knowl- 

re,    and    nnilerstanrling     seionee, 

and  such  as  liml  ability  in  them  to 

ind  in  the  king's  palace,  and  i"  whom 

ev  might  ti-ach  tlie   learning  and 

the'tiiiigue  of  the  Chaldeans. 

5  And  the  king  appointed  them  a 
daily  provision  of  tiic  king's  meat, 
and  of  tthe  wine  which  he  drank: 
so  nourishing  them  three  j'cars,  that 
at  the  end  thereof  they  might  s  stand 
before  the  king. 

(i  Now  among  these  were  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Jndah,  ])aniel,  Ilanuniah, 
.Mishnel,  and  .\zariah: 

7  I'  Unto  whom  the  prince  of  the  eu- 
nuchs ga\'c  names:  i  for  he  gave  unto 
Daniel  llir  name  of  Helteshazzar ; 
and  to  Ilananiah,  of  Shadraeh:  and 
to  Mishael,  of  Mcshach;  and  to  Aza- 
riah,  of  Abed-nego. 

8  IT  Hut  Daniel  purposed  in  his 
heart  that  he  would  nut  ditilp  him- 
self kwith  the  portion  of  the  king's 
meat,  nor  with  the  wine  Mhieli  he 
ilrank:  therefore  ]\c  requested  of  the 
prince  of  the  eunuchs  that  he  might 
notdi'file  liimsclf. 

i)  N  nv  Kind  had  brought  Daniel 
into  favour  and  tender  love  with  the 
prince  of  the  eunuchs. 

10  And  tlie  prince  of  the  eunuchs 
said  unto  Daniel,  1  fear  my  lord  the 

g,  who  hath  appointed  vour  meat 
and  your  drink:  tor  why  "should  he 
sec  ycnir  faces  t  worse  liking  than  the 
children  which  arc  of  your  (|sort? 
then  shall  ye  make  Hie  eiidaiiger  my 
head  to  the  king. 

11  Then   said  Daniel  to  ||  Melznr. 

718 


whom  the  prince  of  the  eunuchs  had 
set  over  Daniel,  Ilananiah,  Mishael, 
and  Azariah, 

\i  Prove  thy  servants,  I  beseech 
thee,  ten  days;  and  let  them  give  us 
t  pulse  (  to  eat,  and  water  to  drink. 

I'J  Then  let  our  countenances  be 
looked  upon  before  tlicc,  and  the 
countenance  of  the  children  that  eat 
of  the  iiortion  of  the  king's  meat: 
and  as  thou  scest,  deal  with  thy  serv- 
ants. 

H  So  he  consented  to  them  in  this 
matter,  and  proved  them  ten  davs. 

1.5  And  at  the  end  of  ten  ilays  their 
countenances  appeared  fairer  and 
fatter  in  flesh  than  all  the  children 
which  did  eat  the  portion  of  the 
king's  meat. 

1»>  Thus  Melzartook  away  the  j>or- 
tion  of  their  meat,  and  tlie  wine  that 
they  should  drink;  and  gave  them 
pulse. 

17  IT  A.s  for  these  four  children, 
■"God  pave  them  "knowledge  and 
skill  in  all  learning  and  wisdom:  and 
II  Daniel  had  "understanding  in  all 
visions  and  dreams. 

IS  Now  at  the  end  of  the  davs  that 
the  king  had  said  he  should  bring 
them  in,  then  the  prince  of  the  eu- 
nuchs brought  them  in  before  Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

19  And  the  king  communed  with 
them  ;  and  among  them  nil  w.as 
found  none  like  Daniel,  Ilananiah, 
Mishael,  and  Azariah  :  therefore 
1' stood  thev  before  the  king. 

LI)  1  And  in  all  matters  ot'f  wisdom 
anil  nnderstaiiilini,  that  the  king  in- 
cjuired  of  them,  he  found  them  ten 
times  better  than  all  the  magicians 
anil  astrologers  that  were  in  all  his 
realm. 

'21  'And  Daniel  continued  crcn  un- 
to the  lirst  year  of  king  Cyrus. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Ncbueliadnezzitr,  fortietting  his  dream, 
rcquireth  it  of  the  Chaldeans,  hi/  prom- 
ises and  threatenings.  lU  3'hey  ac- 
knowledging  their  inability  are  judged 
to  die.  14  Daniel  obtaining  some  res- 
pite ftndeth  the  dream.  IS)  lie  blesseth 
God.  24  Hi  staying  the  derrce  is  brought 
to  the  king.  "31  The  dream.  30  The 
interpretation.  40  Daniel's  adiianee. 
went. 

VND  in  the  second  year  of  the 
reign  of  Nebuchadnezzar,  Nebu- 
chadnezzardrcameil  dreams,  "where- 
with his  spirit  was  troubled,  and  I'liis 
sleep  brake  finm  bim. 
2  'Then  the  king  ci^mmandcd  to 
call  the  uiaL'ieiaus.  and  llio  nstrolo- 


Xebuchacbiezzar's  dream 


L»AN1EL. 


is  re.vcaled  io  Daniel. 


cers,  and  the  sorcerers,  and  the  Chal- 
deans, Jbr  to  shew  tlie  king;  liis 
dreams.  So  they  came  and  stood 
before  the  kinp. 

3  And  the  king  said  iinto  them,  I 
have  dreamed  a  dream,  and  my  spirit 
was  troubled  to  know  the  dream. 

4  Then  spake  the  t:haldeans  to  the 
king  in  S\vriac,  il  O  king,  live  for 
ever:  tell  thy  servants  the  dream, 
and  we  will  shew  the  interpreta- 
tion. 

.l  The  king  answered  and  said  to 
the  Chaldeans,  The  thing  is  gone 
from  me:  if  yc  will  not  make  known 
unto  mc  the  dream,  with  the  inter- 
pretation thereof,  yc  sluiU  be  "^tcut 
in  jiieees,  and  your  houses  shall  be 
made  u  dunghill. 

G  I  Hut  if  ye  shew  the  dream,  and 
the  interpretation  thereof,  ye  shall 
receive  of  mcgitts  and  || rewards  and 
great  honour:  therefore  shew  mc  the 
dream,  and  the  interpretation  there- 
of. 

7  They  answered  again  and  said, 
I,et  the  king  tell  his  servants  the 
dream,  and  we  will  shew  the  inter- 
pretation of  it. 

8  The  king  answered  and  said,  1 
know  of  certainty  that  yc  would 
tgain  the  time,  because  yc  see  the 
thing  is  gone  from  mc. 

",t  But  if  ye  will  not  make  known 
unto  me  the  dream,  '^  there  i.i  liut  one 
decree  for  you:  for  yc  have  prepared 
lying  and  corrupt  words  to  speak 
before  me,  till  the  time  be  changed: 
therefore  tell  mc  the  dream,  and  I 
shall  know  that  ye  can  shew  me  the 
iiiter|iri'tiition  thereof. 

Ill  T!  The  Chaldeans  answered  be- 
fore the  king,  and  said,  Tlicrc  is  not 
a  man  upon  the  caitli  that  cm  i.hew 
the  king's  matter:  therefore  tltrre  i.i 
no  king,  lord,  nor  ruler,  tlint  asked 
such  things  at  any  magician,  or  as- 
trologer, or  Chaldean. 

11  And  it  is  a  rare  thing  that  the 
king  requireth,  and  there  is  none 
other  that  can  shew  it  before  the 
king,  h  except  the  gods,  whose  dwell- 
ing is  not  with  flesh. 

12  For  this  cause  the  king  was 
angrv  and  very  furious,  and  com- 
manded to  destroy  all  the  wise  men 
of  Babylon. 

13  And  the  decree  went  forth  that 
the  wise  j»e»  sluuild  lie  slain;  and 
they  sought  Daniel  and  his  fellows 
to  be  slain. 

H  II  Then  Daniel  f  answered  with 
counsel  and  wisdom  to  Arioch  the 
II  t  captain  of  the  king's  guard,  which 
was  gone  forth  to  slay  the  wise  men 
of  Babylon: 

\3  lie  answered  and  said  to  Arioch 
the  king's  captain,  AVhy  is  the  deei-ee 
so  hastv  from  the  king?  Then  Ari- 
och miidc  the  thing  known  to  Dan- 
iel. 

10  Then  Daniel  went  in,  and  de- 
sired of  the  king  that  lie  would  give 


him  time,  and  that  he  would  shew 
the  king  the  interpretation. 
17  Then  Daniel  went  to  his  house, 
and  made  the  thing  known  to  llaii- 
aniah,    Mishael,    and    Azariah,    his 
companions: 
IS  1  That  they  would  desire  mercies 
f  of  the  tiod  "of  heaven   eom-erning 
this  secret;  i,  that  Daniel  and  his  (eP 
lows  should  not  perish  with  the  rest 
of  the  wise  men  of  Babylon. 
lU  H  Then  was  the  secret  revealed 
unto    Daniel    ^in    a    night   vision. 
Then   Daniel   blessed   the    God   of 
heaven. 
liO  Daniel  answered  and  said,  I  Bless- 
ed be  the  name  of  God  for  ever  and 
ever:   ""for  wisdom  and  might  arc 
his: 

•^l  And  he  changcth  "  the  times  and 
the  seasons:  "he  reinoveth  kings, 
and  setteth  up  kings:  I' he  giveth 
wisdom  unto  the  wise,  and  knowl- 
edge to  them  that  know  understand- 
ing: 

K  '1  lie  revcaleth  the  deep  and  se- 
cret things:  'he  knoweth  what  is  in 
the  darkness,  and  'the  light  dwell- 
eth  with  him. 

:;•'!  I  thank  thee,  and  praise  thee, 
O  thou  God  of  my  fatlicis,  who  hast 
given  mc  wisdoiii  and  might,  and 
hast  made  known  unto  me  now 
what  we  'desired  of  thee:  for  thou 
hast  voiv  made  known  unto  «s  the 
king's  matter. 
;i4  IT  Therefore  Daniel  went  in  unto 
Arioch,  whom  the  king  had  ordained 
to  destroy  the  wise  win  of  Babylon: 
he  went  and  said  thus  unto  him; 
Destroy  not  the  wise  mm  of  Baby- 
lon: bring  me  in  before  the  king, 
and  I  will  shew  unto  the  kinj;  the 
interpretation. 

•J.">  Then  Arioch  brought  in  Daniel 
before  the  king  in  haste,  and  said 
thus  unto  him,  f  1  have  found  a  man 
of  the  f  captives  of  Jiiilah.  that  will 
make  known  unto  the  king  the  in- 
terpretati()n. 

•M  The  king  answered  and  said  to 
Daniel,  whose  name  iras  Belteshaz- 
zar.  Art  thou  i-.bic  to  make  known 
unto  me  the  dream  which  1  have 
seen,  and  the  interpretation  thereof? 
27  Daniel  answered  in  the  presence 
of  the  king,  and  said.  The  secret 
which  the  king  hath  demanded  can- 
not the  wise  men,  the  astrologers,  the 
magicians,  the  soothsayers,  shew  un- 
to the  king: 

■>H  "  But  there  is  a  God  in  heaven 
that  revcaleth  secrets,  and  I  luaketh 
known  to  the  king  Niliucliadiie/.zar 
"what  shall  be  in  the  latter  davs. 
Thv  dream,  and  the  visions  ot  thy 
hca"d  upon  thy  bed,  are  these; 
2!)  As  for  thee,  ()  king,  thy  thoughts 
tcamc  into  t/m  niiiid  upon  thy  bed, 
what  should  come  to  pass  hereafter: 
>  and  he  that  revcaleth  secrets  maketh 
known  to  thee  what  shall  coiiio  to 
pass.  ^^ 


The  dream  interpreted. 


DANIEL. 


Daniel's  advancoyumt. 


Bcforo 
C  U  K  1 S  T 

ouu. 


Ucch.  4.  6. 

Hal..  9 

21. 

d  Pa.  1.  4 
Boa.  13 

3. 

e  P..  37. 

10, 

hKimT   12. 


II..*  K.  10. 
li;.ral  2. 
krli.4  21.22. 


.TO  ^  But  ns  for  mc,  this  secret  is  not 
revealed  to  me  for  an;/  wisdom  that  1 
have  more  than  any  livins,  ||  but  for 
tkcir  Bakes  that  shall  make  known 
the  interpretation  to  the  kins,  "and 
that  thou  mightestknow  the  thoughts 
of  th.y  heart. 

31  fr  Thou,  O  kinf,,  fsawest,  and 
behold  a  great  iiiiagc.  This  great 
image,  whose  brightness  Iran  ex- 
cellent, stood  before  tliec  ;  and  the 
form  thereof  was  terrible. 

32  bThis  image's  head  wax  of  fine 
gold,  his  breast  and  his  arms  of  silver, 
his  belly  and  his  (I  thighs  of  brass, 

33  His  legs  of  iron,  his  feet  part  of 
iron  and  part  of  clay. 

34  Thou  sawest  till  that  a  stone 
was  cut  out  11  '■  withfuit  hands,  which 
smote  the  image  upon  his  feet  that 
were  of  iron  and  clay,  and  brake 
them  to  pieces. 

'ii  Then  was  the  iron,  the  clay, 
the  brass,  the  silver,  and  the  gold, 
broken  to  pieces  together,  and  be- 
came dlikc  the  chaft'  of  the  sum- 
mer threshingfloors  ;  and  the  wind 
carried  them  away,  that  'no  place 
was  found  lor  theni:  and  the  stone 
that  smote  the  image  i"  became  a 
great  mountain,  ?and  filled  the 
whole  earth. 

.'WJ  TT  This  1.*?  the  dream  ;  and  we 
will  tell  the  interpretation  thereof 
before  the  king. 

."7  Ii  Thou,  O  king,  art  a  king 
of  kings:  i  for  the  Ood  of  lieaven 
hnth  given  thee  a  kingdom,  power, 
and  strength,  and  glory. 

."S  kAnd  wheresoever  the  children 
of  men  dwell,  the  beasts  of  the 
field  and  the  fowls  of  the  heaven 
hath  he  given  into  thine  hand,  and 
hath  made  thee  ruler  over  them  uU. 
1  Thnu  art  this  head  of  gold. 

.7.1  And  after  thee  shall  arise  ""an- 
other kingdom  "  inferior  to  thee,  and 
anotlier  third  kingdom  of  brass, 
which  shall  bear  rule  over  all  the 
earth. 

40  And  "the  fourth  kingdom  shall 
be  strong  as  iron:  forasmuch  as  iron 
hreaketh  in  pieces  and  siibdiieth  all 
thi»(js:  and  as  iron  that  hreaketh  all 
these,  shall  it  break  in  pieces  and 
bruise. 

41  And  whereas  thou  Rawest  I*  the 
feet  ami  toes,  part  of  potters'  clay, 
and  part  of  iron,  the  kingdom  shall 
be  divided;  hut  there  shall  bo  in  it 
of  the  strength  of  the  iron,  for- 
asmuch as  thou  sawest  the  irou 
mixed  with  miry  clay. 

4:;  And  an  the  toes  of  the  feet  were 
part  of  iron,  and  part  of  clay,  no  the 
kingdoni  shall  be  partly  strong,  and 
partly  II  broken. 

4.'1  And  whereas  thou  sawest  iron 
mixed  with  inirv  cl^iv,  thov  shall 
mingle  themsclvt's  with  the  seed  of 
men  :  but  they  hliall  not  ele.ave 
tone  to  iinotlu-r.  e\'eii  us  irou  is 
not  mixed  with  clay. 
730 


44  And  in  t  the  days  of  these  kings 
1  shall  the  God  of  heaven  set  up  a 
kingdom,  'which  shall  never  be  de- 
stroyed: and  the  t  kingdom  shall  not 
be  left  to  other  people,  'hut  it  shall 
break  in  pieces  and  consume  all 
these  kingdoms,  and  it  shall  stand 
for  ever. 

4.1  'Forasmuch  as  thou  sawest  that 
the  stone  was  cut  out  of  the  mount- 
ain II  without  hands,  and  that  it  brake 
in  pieces  the  iron,  the  brass,  the  clay, 
the  silver,  and  the  gold  ;  the  great 
God  hath  made  known  to  the  king 
what  shall  come  to  pass  thereafter: 
and  the  dream  is  certain,  and  the  in- 
terpretation thereof  sure. 

46  IT  "  Then  the  king  Nebuchad- 
nezzar fell  upon  his  face,  and  wor- 
shipped Daniel,  and  commanded  that 
they  should  offer  an  oblation  ^and 
sweet  odours  unto  him. 

47  The  king  answered  unto  Dan- 
iel, and  said.  Of  a  truth  it  (.«,  that 
your  God  is  a  God  of  gods,  and  n 
Lord  of  kings,  >  and  a  revealer  of 
secrets,  seeing  thou  couldest  reveal 
this  secret. 

4.S  Then  the  king  made  Daniel  a 
great  man,  ^and  gave  him  many 
great  gifts,  and  made  him  rule'r 
over  the  whole  province  of  Baby- 
lon, and  "chief  of  the  governors 
over  all  the  wise  men  of  Bahvlnn. 

49  Then  Daniel  requested  of  the 
king,  liand  he  set  Shadrach,  Me- 
shach,  and  Abed-nego,  over  the 
affairs  of  the  province  of  Babyhni : 
but  Daniel  'sat  in  the  gate  of  the 
king. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1  Ncbu€haflnc2Zar  rictlicafeth  a  pclden 
image  in  Dura.  8  Shadrach,  ihsttacli, 
and  Abed-negu  are  aceuecd  fur  not  tvor- 
shipping  the  image,  la  Tliey.  being 
ihrcatencit,  make  a  good  confeteion. 
10  Ood  delivcrelh  them  out  of  the  fur- 
nace.  20  Nehneltadncizar  seeing  the 
miraete  llcateth  Hod. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR  the  king 
made  an  image  of  gold,  whose 
height  was  threescore  cubits,  and 
the  breadth  thereof  six  cubits  :  he 
set  it  up  in  the  plain  of  Dura,  in  the 
province  of  liahylon. 

'1  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
sent  to  gather  ttigether  the  princes, 
the  governors,  and  the  c:iptains,  the 

judges,  the  treasurers,  the  counsel- 
lors, the  sheriffs,  and  all  the  rulers 
of  the  provinces,  to  come  to  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  image  which  Nebu- 
chadnezzar the  king  had  set  up. 

3  Then  the  princes,  the  governors, 

-•'  -—•-■-    •'■     =■■■> "■-  treas- 


and  captains, "the  judges,  tin 
urers,  the  couusellurs,  the  sheriffs, 
and  all  the  rulers  of  the  provinces, 
weregatherid  together  iintu  the  dedi- 
cation of  the  image  that  Nebuchad- 
nezzar tlie  king  hail  setuii;  and  thev 
stooil  before  the  image  that  Nebu- 
chiHlnezz;ir  had  set  up. 
4  Then  a  herald  cried  f  aloud.  To 


SImdrach,  Mcshach,  and  Ahcd-ncgo    DANIEL. 


cast  into  the  fiery  fumaa>. 


»  C'h«ia.  Jai'c 


[Or,  ofru~ 

e".  21.  a. 


J'ou  i  it  is  commanded,  ^  O  pooplt, 
nations,  and  lanKUa;;es, 

5  'J'/iat  at  wlmt  time  yo  hear  the 
pound  of  the  corni-t,  tintc,  harp, 
fackl)iit,  psaltery,  l!  t  dulcimer,  and 
all  kinds  of  niusic,  ye  fall  down 
and  worship  the  pf>!d('n  imape  that 
Nibuchaduezzar  the  kins  hath  set 
up: 

G  And  whoso  falleth  not  down  and 
worshippeth  shall  the  same  hour  b  be 
cast  into  the  midst  of  a  burning  fiery 
furnace. 

7  Therefore  nt  that  time,  when  all 
the  jieople  heard  the  sound  of  the 
cornet,  flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psnlte.y, 
and  nil  kinds  of  nmsic,  all  the  people, 
the  nations,  and  the  lanpuases.  fell 
down  Olid  worshipped  the  golden 
imase  that  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
had  set  up. 

s  IT  Wherefore  at  that  time  certain 
Chaldeans  ^  came  near,  and  accused 
the  .lews. 

II  They  spake  and  said  to  the  kinf; 
Nebuchadnezzar,  i  O  king,  live  for 
ever. 

10  Thou,  O  king,  host  midc  a  de- 
cree, that  every  man  that  shall  hear 
the  sound  of  the  cornet,  flute,  harp, 
sackbut,  psiiltery,  and  dulcimer,  and 
.all  kinds  of  music,  .shall  fall  down 
and  worship  the  golden  image: 

11  And  whoso  falleth  not  down  and 
wtirshippeth,  thaf  he  should  be  cast 
into  the  midst  of  a  burning  fiery  fur- 
nace. 

12  'There  are  certain  Jews  whom 
thou  hast  set  over  the  affairs  of  the 
province  of  Babylon,  Shadrach,  Mc- 
shach, and  Abed-nego;  these  nun, 
O  king,  thavc  not  regarded  thee: 
they  serve  not  thy  gods,  nor  worship 
the  golden  ini.age  which  thou  liast 
set  up. 

l."  IT  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  in  7(is 
rage  and  iury  conimande<l  to  bring 
Sbadnich,  Jlcshach,  and  Abed-nego. 
Then  they  brought  these  men  before 
tlie  king. 

11  Nebuchadnezzar  spake  and  said 
unto  them,  /.«  it  II  true,  ()  Shadrach, 
Mcshach,  and  Abed-nego?  do  not  ye 
serNc  my  gods,  nor  worship  the  gold- 
en image  which  1  have  set  up? 

1,5  Now  if  ye  be  ready  that  at  what 
time  ye  hear  the  sound  of  the  cornet, 
flute,  harp,  sackbut,  psaltery,  and 
dulcimer,  and  all  kinds  of  music,  ye 
fall  down  and  worship  the  image 
which  I  have  made;  '  I'vll :  but  if  ye 
worship  not,  ye  shall  be  east  the  same 
hour  into  the  midst  of  a  burning  fiery 
furnace;  Sand  who  ;.<  that  (Jod  that 
shall  deliver  you  out  of  mv  hands? 

10  Shadrach,  Mcshach,  and  .Abed- 
nego,  answered  and  said  to  the  king, 
O  Nebuchadnezzar,  h  we  orr  not 
careful  to  answer  tliee  in  this  matter. 

17  If  it  be  .sn,  our  God  whom  we 
seri-e  is  able  to  deliver  us  from  the 
burning  fiery  furnace,  and  he  will 
deliver  «■«  out  of  thine  hand,  O  king. 

46 


IS  But  if  not,  be  it  known  unto  thee, 
O  king,  that  we  will  not  serve  thy 
gods,  nor  worship  the  golden  image 
which  thou  ha>t  set  up. 

in  IT  Then  was  Nebuchadnezzar 
t  full  of  fury,  and  the  form  of  his 
visage  was  changed  against  Sha- 
drach, Mcshach,  and  Abed-nego  : 
therefore  he  snake,  and  conunandcd 
that  they  should  heat  the  furnace  one 
seven  times  more  than  it  was  wout  to 
be  heated. 

2<J  And  he  commanded  the  tmost 
mightv  men  that  ircre  in  his  army  to 
bind  Shadrach,  Mcshach,  and  Abed- 
nego,  and  to  cast  llieiii.  into  the  burn- 
ing fiery  furnace. 

21  Then  lliese  men  were  bound  in 
their  ||  coats,  their  hosen,  and  their 
II  hats,  and  their  nHirr  garnuiits,  and 
were  cast  into  the  midst  of  the  burn- 
ing fiery  furnace. 

'22  Therefore  because  the  king's 
t  commandment  was  \irgent,  and  the 
furnace  exceeding  hot,  the  |l  flame  of 
the  fire  slew  those  men  that  took  up 
Shadrach,  .Meshach,  and  Abed-U(  go. 

L'.",  And  these  tlnee  men,  Shadrach, 
Meshach,  and  Abed-nego,  fell  down 
bound  into  the  midst  of  the  burning 
fiery  furnace. 

'J4  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  the  king 
was  astonied.  and  rose  up  in  haste, 
and  spake,  and  said  unto  his  II  coun- 
sellors. Did  not  we  cast  three  men 
hound  into  the  midst  of  the  fire  ? 
They  answered  and  said  unto  the 
king.  True,  O  king. 

ijlle  answered  and  said,  I,o,  I  sec 
four  men  loose,  i  walking  in  the  midst 
of  the  fire,  and  1  they  have  no  hurt; 
and  the  form  of  the  fourUi  is  like 
kthe  Son  of  God. 

3)  TT  Then  Nebuchadnezzar  came 
near  to  the  i  nioiith  of  the  burning 
fiery  furnace,  antt  spake,  and  said, 
Sliadrach,  Meshach,  and  Abed-nego, 
ve  servants  of  the  most  high  God, 
come  forth,  and  come  liitlur.  Then 
Shadrach,  Jleshaeh,  and  Abed-nego, 
came  fortli  of  the  midst  of  the  fire. 

L'7  And  the  princes,  governors,  and 
captains,  and  the  king's  counsellors, 
being  gathered  together,  saw  these 
men,  I  upon  whose  bodies  the  fire 
had  no  power,  nor  was  a  hair  of  their 
head  singed,  neither  were  their  coats 
changed,  nor  the  smell  of  fire  had 
passed  on  them. 

•JS  Till  II  Nebuchadnezzar  fjiake, and 
said.  Blessed  /.  the  God  of  Shadrach, 

Meshach,  and  .\bed-nego,  who  hath 
sent  his  amrcl.  :uid  delivered  his  serv- 
ants thiit  '"  trust.  (1  in  him.  and  have 
clianged  the  kii.L-'s  word,  and  vield- 
ed  their  bodies.  Unit  tiny  niiglit  not 
serve  nor  worshij)  any  god,  except 
their  own  God. 

L'!l  "  Therefiire  \  I  nuike  u  decree. 
That  every  people,  nation,  and  lan- 
guage, which  speak  t  any  thing  amiss 
against  the  Go<l   of  Shadrach,  Mc- 


Nebuchadnezzar's  dream. 


DANIEL. 


Daniel  intcrpreteth  it. 


[Id.,  n.  '27. 
tCI,i.M.m.,.;o 
to  i,mi.ir. 


h  ch.  3.  afi. 
cch.  6.  27. 


o  cli.  2.  28,  20. 
f  ch.  2.  1. 


i  I«.  El.  II. 
ver,  IS. 
ch.  2.  ll.&S 


t  Chuld.  / 
lEi.  31.3.ie, 


■  I.  I'.i.  17,2:1,  4 
k-o  I.nm.  1. 
n  !•■.  1(0.  211. 


m  pk'ccs,  and  their  iKiiises  Bhall  be 
inadc'  a  dini^'hill;  i'l)t'cauKe  tlierc  in 
no  otlior  God  that  can  deliver  after 


.'ill  'I'lieii  the  kinj;  fprnmnted  Sha- 
dracli,  Mcsliach,  and  Ahed-uego,  in 
the  i^rovinee  of  Babylon. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

II  Nebuchadnezzar  canfcMclU  God't  king- 
dom, 4  maketft  relation  of  hia  dreams, 
which  the  inafficianH  could  not  interpret. 
8  Daniel  hcareth  the  dream.  19  i/c  i»- 
terprcteth  it.    2S  The  story  of  the  event. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR  the  kins, 
"unto  all  people,  nations,  an(l 
lanfftiases,  that  dwell  in  all  the  earth; 
Teuee  be  multiplied  unto  you. 

2  tl  thought  it  good  to  shew  the 
signs  and  wonders  hthat  the  high 
God  hath  wrought  toward  me. 

3  "  How  great  am  his  signs  I  and 
Iiow  mighty  are  his  wonders  1  his 
kingdom  ia  dan  e^'crlasting  king- 
doin,  and  liis  dominion  is  from  gen- 
eration to  generation. 

4  11  I  Nebuchadnezzar  was  at  rest 
in  mine  house,  and  flourishing  in 
my  iialace: 

5  I  saw  a  dream  which  made  me 
afraid,  "and  tlie  thoughts  upon  my 
bed  and  the  visions  of  my  head 
f  troubled  me. 

(J  Therefore  made  I  a  decree  to 
bring  in  all  the  wise  men  of  Baby- 
lon before  me,  that  they  might  make 
known  unto  me  the  interpretation 
of  the  dream. 

7  SThcn  came  in  the  magicians,  the 
astrologers,  the  Chaldeans,  and  the 
soothsayers :  an<l  I  told  the  dream 
before  them;  but  they  did  not  make 
known  unto  me  the  interpretation 
thereof. 

8  IF  But  at  the  l.ast  Daniel  came  in 
before  mc,  l"  whose  name  xvas  Belte- 
shazzar,  according  to  the  name  of 
my  god,  iand  in  whom  U  the  spirit 
of  the  holy  gods:  and  before  hiui  I 
told  the  dream,  saying, 

'J  O  Belteshazzar,  k  ma.ster  of  the 
mafiicians,  because  1  know  that  the 
spirit  of  the  holy  gods  i.<  in  thee,  and 
no  secret  troubleth  thoc,  tell  mo  the 
visions  of  my  dream  that  I  have 
seen,  and  the  interpretation  tbpre<ir. 

II)  Thus  were  the  vi.sions  of  mine 
head  in  my  bed;  1 1  saw,  anil  behold 
1  a  tree  in  the  midst  of  tlie  earth,  and 
the  height  thereof  im.";  groat. 

H  'J''he  tree  grew,  and  was  strong, 
and  the  height  thereof  reached  unto 
heaven,  and  the  sight  thereof  to  the 
end  of  all  the  earth: 

Vi  The  loaves  tlicreof  were  fair,  and 
the  frnit  thereof  much,  and  in  it  xrnx 
moat  for  all:  ■"  the  beasts  of  the  Hold 
had  shadow  under  it,  and  the  fi.wls 
of  the  heaven  dwelt  in  the  boughs 
thereof,  and  all  flesh  was  fed  of  it. 

l.'i  I  saw  in  the  vihions  of  my  head 
upon  my  bed,  and,  behold,  "ii  watch- 
er and  "a  holy  one  came  down  from 
licaven; 

722 


14  He  cried  I  aloud,  and  said  thus, 
I"  Hew  down  the  tree,  and  cut  oft'  his 
branches,  shake  off  his  leaves,  and 
scatter  liis  fruit:  'Hot  the  beasts  get 
;iway  from  under  it,  and  the  fowls 
from  his  branches: 

15  Nevertheless,  leave  the  stump  of 
his  roots  in  the  earth,  even  witli  a 
band  of  iron  and  brass,  in  the  tender 
grass  of  the  field:  and  let  it  be  wet 
with  the  dew  of  heaven,  and  let  his 
portion  he  with  the  beasts  in  tlie 
grass  of  the  earth: 

l(i  Eet  his  heart  be  changed  from 
man's,  and  let  a  beast's  heart  be  giv- 
en unto  him;  and  let  seven  'times 
pass  over  him. 
17  This  matter  in  by  the  decree  of 
the  watchers,  and  the  demand  by 
the  word  of  the  holy  ones:  to  the  in- 
tent "that  the  living  may  know  '  that 
the  Most  High  ruleth  "in  the  king- 
dom of  men,  and  giveth  it  to  wliom- 
soever  he  will,  andsetteth  up  over  it 
the  basest  of  men. 

IS  This  dream  I  king  Nebuchad- 
nezzar have  seen.  Now  (hou,  O  Bel- 
teshazzar,  declare  the  interpretation 
thereof,  "forasmuch  as  all  the  wise 
men  of  my  kingdom  are  not  able  to 
make  known  unto  me  the  interpret- 
ation :  but  thou  art  able;  '^for  the 
spirit  of  the  holy  gods  is  in  thee. 
19  IT  Then  Daniel,  >  whose  name 
was  Belteshazzar,  was  astonicd  for 
one  hour,  and  his  thoughts  troubled 
him.  The  king  spake,  and  said, 
Belteshazzar,  let  not  the  dream,  or 
the  interpretation  thereof,  trouble 
thee.  Belteshazzar  answered  and 
said.  My  lord,  ''the  dream  be  to 
them  that  hate  thcc,  and  the  inter- 
pretation thereof  to  thine  enemies. 
20 ''  The  tree  that  thou  sawest,  which 
grew,  and  was  strong,  whose  height 
reached  unto  the  heaven,  and  the 
sight  thereof  to  all  the  earth; 
21  Whose  leaves  were  fair,  and  the 
fruit  thereof  much,  and  in  it  was 
meat  for  all;  under  which  the  beasts 
of  the  fiehl  dwelt,  and  upon  wiiose 
branches  the  fowls  of  the  heaven 
had  tlieir  habitation: 
Tl  l)Jt  is  thou,  ()  king,  that  art 
grown  and  become  strong  :  for  thy 
greatness  is  grown,  and  roaeheth  un- 
to heaven,  "■  and  thy  dominion  to  the 
end  of  the  earth. 

2'i  iAnd  whciens  the  king  saw  a 
watcher  and  a  holy  one  coming 
down  from  heaven,  and  sayinj;.  Hew 
the  tree  down,  and  destroy  it;  yet 
leave  the  stump  of  tlie  roots  thereof 
in  the  earth,  even  with  a  baml  of 
iron  and  brass,  in  tlie  toudor  gniss 
of  the  field;  and  let  it  bo  wet  with 
the  dew  of  heaven,  -^and  I.I  his  por- 
K'asts  of  the  field. 


on  til 


L'4  This  /.■:  th.^  inturprotati(Ui,  O  kin 
and   this  is  the  decree  of  the  Most 
High,  which  is  come  upon  my  lord 
the  king:  I 


The  dream  fulfilled. 


DANIEL. 


Cclshazzar's  iuqnous  /cast. 


cli.  5  Wl.  *c. 
;  Ps.  Vr..  20. 

>r..  ra.  in. 

Tcr.  17,  3J. 


Ilcv.  4.  10. 

1  Pv  in.  ifi. 

•  li   -.  11.  i7. 


2.">  That  they  shall  f  drive  thcc  from 
men,  and  tliy  dwelling  sliall  bo  with 
the  bensts  of  the  fieifl,  and  tlioy  shall 
make  thee  *^t<>  eat  cras.^  a.s  oxen,  and 
they  shall  wet  thee  with  the  dew  of 
heaven,  and  seven  times  shall  pass 
over  thee,  litill  thou  know  that  the 
Most  HiKh  rulcth  in  the  kingdom  of 
men,  and  igivcth  it  to  whomsoever 
he  will. 

L*fi  And  Tvhereas  they  commanded 
to  leave  the  stump  of  the  tree  rotits; 
thy  kin;;dom  shall  be  sure  nnto  thee, 
after  that  thou  shalt  have  known 
that  the  k  heaven.s  do  rule. 

27  Wherefore,  O  kin^',  let  my  coun- 
sel   be    oeeeptablc    nnto    thee,    and 

I  break  oft"  thy  sins  by  righteousness, 
anil  thine  luiiiuitics  by  shewin-; 
mercy  to  the   poor;   '"if  it  may  he 

II  "  a  len^jthenins  of  thy  tranquillity. 
:i.S  U   All  this  came  upon  the  king 

Nebuchadnezzar. 

Zl  At  the  end  of  twelve  months  he 
walked  l|  in  the  palace  of  the  king- 
dom of  fiabylon. 

yi)  The  king  "  sp.ake,  and  said.  Is 
not  this  great  Babylon,  tliat  1  b.ave 
built  for  the  house  of  the  kingdom 
by  the  might  of  my  power,  and  for 
the  lionour  of  my  majesty? 

."1  1*  While  the  word  teas  in  the 
king's  mouth,  there  fell  ''a  voice 
from  heaven,  faifiii;/,  ()  kin.g  Ncb- 
nehadnezzar,  to  thee  it  is  spoken; 
The  kingdom  is  departed  from  thee. 

0-'  And  ■'they  shall  drive  thee  from 
men,  and  tliv  dwelling  shaU  be  witli 
the  beasts  of  the  field  :  they  shall 
make  thee  to  eat  grass  as  oxen,  and 
seven  times  shall  pass  over  thee,  un- 
til tlioii  know  that  the  Most  High 
nileth  in  the  kingdom  of  men,  and 
givcHi  it  to  whomsoever  he  will. 

;!.'!  The  same  hour  was  the  thing  ful- 
filled upon  Nebuchadnezzar:  and  he 
was  driven  from  men,  and  did  eat 
grass  a.*3  oxen,  and  his  body  was  wet 
with  the  dew  of  heaven,  till  his  hairs 
were  grown  like  eagles'  feathers, 
and  his  nails  like  birds'  claics. 

:!4  .\nd  'at  the  end  of  the  days  I 
Nebiiehadnczzar  lilted  up  mine  eyes 
unto  heaven,  and  mine  understand- 
ing returned  nnt.i  me,  and  I  blesseil 
the  Most  High,  and  I  praised  and 
honoured  him  'that  liveth  for  ever, 
whi>se  dominion  7S  "an  everlasting 
dominion,  and  his  kingiloin  !;>■  from 
generation  to  generation : 

;'i.5  And  "all  the  inhabitants  of  the 
earth  err.  reputed  as  nothing:  and 
S  he  doeth  according  to  his  will  in  the 
army  of  heaven,  and  ttitiunf/  the  in- 
habitants of  the  earth:  and  'none 
can  stay  his  hand,  or  say  unto  liim, 
•'What  doest  thou? 

•»>  At  the  same  time  my  reason  rc- 
tiirncd  unto  me;  liand  for  the  glory 
of  my  kingdom,  mine  honour  and 
brightness  returned  unto  me;  and 
my  counsellors  and  my  lords  sought 
unto  mej  and  I  was  established  in 


my  kingdom,  and  excellent  majesty 
was  *^  added  unto  me. 
."7  Now  1  Nebuchadnezzar  praise 
and  extol  and  honour  the  King  of 
heaven,  il  all  w  hose  works  arc  truth, 
and  his  ways  judgment:  *and  those 
that  walk  iii  pride  he  is  able  to  abase. 
C II AFTER  V. 

1  Bctehntznr'a  impious  ftfitt.     .%  A  harut- 


(/>• 


na<,lc 


trouUetk  the  kiiin.  WAtth. 
tion  of  the  queen  Daniel  ia  brvught.  17 
He,  reproving  the  kiug  of  pride  and 
idoXntry,  "3  rendeth  and  interpretcth  the 
writing.  SO  The  monurehy  it  Iriiiiilateii 
to  the  Modes. 

BELSH.VZZAR  the  king  "made 
a  gre.at  feast  to  a  thousand  of 
his  lords,  and  drank  wine  before  the 
thousand. 

2  Bclshazzar,  while  he  tasted  the 
wine,  commanfled  to  bring  the  golden 
and  silver  vessels  i.  which  bis  ||  lather 
Nebuchadnezzar  had  I  taken  out  of 
the  temple  which  iro.^  in  .Terusidem; 
that  the  king  and  his  princes,  his 
wives  and  liis  concubines,  might 
drink  therein. 

3  Then  they  brought  the  golden 
vessels  that  were  taken  out  of  the 
temple  of  the  house  of  (ii'd  which 
irn.^  at  Jerusalem:  and  the  king  and 
his  princes,  his  wives  and  his  con- 
cubines, drank  in  them. 

4  They  drank  wine,  "^and  praised 
the  goas  of  gold,  and  of  silver,  of 
brass,  of  irr>n,  of  wood,  and  of  stone. 

5  TTilIn  the  same  hour  came  forth 
lingers  of  a  man's  hand,  anil  wrote 
over  against  the  candlestick  upon 
the  phister  of  the  wall  of  the  king's 
palace:  and  the  king  taw  the  part  of 
the  hand  that  wrote. 

0  Then  the  king's  t  countenance 
twas  changed,  and  his  thouuhls 
trouDled  him,  so  that  the  ||t  joints 
of  his  loins  were  loosed,  and  his 
*■  knees  smote  om^  against  anolher. 

7  fThe  king  cried  t  aloud  to  bring 
in  Sthc  astrologers,  the  Chaldeans, 
and  the  soothsayers.  Ami  the  king 
spake,  and  said  to  the  wise  vim  of 
Babvloii,  Whosoever  shall  read  this 
writing,  and  shew  me  the  interpret- 
ation thereof,  shall  be  clothed  with 
l|  scarlet,  and  hare  a  chain  of  gold 
about  his  neck,  l^and  shall  be  the 
third  rulel  mi  the  kingiloin. 

8  Then  came  in  all  the  king's  wise 
men:  ibut  thev  could  not  nad  the 
writing,  nor  make  known  to  the  Wing 
the  inteipretati<m  thereof. 

9  Then  was  king  Kelshazzar  greatly 
k  troubled,  ami  his  I  cininteiiflnce 
was  changed  in  liiin,  and  liis  lords 
were  astonied. 

10  H  A'me  the  queen,  bv  reason  of 
the  words  of  the  king  and  his  lords. 
came  into  the  hamiiiet  Iioom-:  mrl 
the  queen  spake  and  .<aid,  K)  king, 
live  for  ever;  let  ni't  thy  thoughts 
trouble  thee,  nor  let  thy  countenance 
be  changed : 


Daniel  is  hrought  in, 


DANIEL. 


loho  intcrprcteth  the 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  0J3. 


■:«.  1».  11. 

(  l»M.  m-wit 

ycU.4.3Aic. 
I  Or,  *.  no,/. 


11  ""There  is  a  ni^n  in  thy  kin^- 
dnm,  in  whom  is  the  Bjiirit  of  the 
holy  gods;  anil  in  the  iUxya  of  thy 
II  father  lijjht  and  undi'rstmdin:;  nnd 
wisdom,  like  tlie  wiMluin  of  the 
cods,  wns  found  in  him;  •\vliom  tlie 
king  Nebuohadnczzar  thy  ||  father, 
the  king,  /  say,  thy  iiittier,  made 
"  master  of  the  magicians,  astrolo- 
gers, Chaldeans,  an«  soothsayers; 

12  "  I'orasmncli  as  an  excellent 
spirit,  and  knowledge,  and  under- 
standing, 11  interpreting  of  dreams, 
and  shewing  of  hard  sentences,  and 
II  dissolving  of  f  douhts,  were  found 
in  the  same  Daniel,  Pwhom  the 
king  named  Beltcshazzar:  now  let 
Daniel  bo  called,  and  he  will  shew 
the  interpretation. 

1;;  Then  was  Daniel  brought  in  be- 
fore the  king.  Ami  the  king  spake 
and  said  nnto  Daniel,  Art  thou  that 
Daniel,  which  art  of  the  children  of 
the  captivity  of  Judah,  whom  the 
king  my  ||  father  brouglit  out  of 
Jewry? 

14  1  have  even  heard  of  thee,  that 
*lthc  spirit  of  the  gods  is  in  thee, 
and  that  light  and  understanding 
and  excellent  wisdom  is  found  in 
thee. 

15  And  now  ""the  wise  mrn,  the  as- 
trologers, have  been  brought  in  be- 
fore me,  that  they  should  read  this 
writing,  and  make  known  unto  me 
the  interpretation  thereof:  but  they 
could  not  shew  the  interpretation  of 
the  thin": 

16  And  I  have  heard  of  thee,  that 
thou  canst  t  niake  interpretations, 
and  dissolve  doubts:  "now  if  thou 
canst  read  the  writing,  and  make 
known  to  me  the  interpretation  there- 
of, thou  slialt  be  clothed  with  scarlet, 
and  hair  a  chain  of  gold  about  thy 
neck,  and  shall  be  the  third  ruler  in 
the  kingdom. 

IT  II  riicn  Daniel  answered  and 
said  before  the  king,  Let  thy  gifts  be 
to  thyself,  and  give  thy  |l  rewards  to 
anotlier;  vet  I  will  reail  the  writing 
unto  the  king,  and  make  known  to 
him  the  interpretation. 

18  O  thou  king.  <  the  most  high  God 
gave  Nebuchadnezzar  thy  father  a 
kingdom,  and  majesty,  and  glory, 
and  honour: 

1!)  And  for  the  majesty  that  he  gave 
him,  "all  people,  nations,  and  l;in- 
gu.ages,  trembled  and  feared  before 
him:  whom  he  would  lie  slew;  and 
whom  he  would  he  kept  alive;  and 
whom  he  would  he  set  up ;  and 
whom  he  would  lie  put  down. 

20  "  But  when  his  heart  was  lifted 
up,  and  his  mind  hardened  (I  in  pride, 
he  was  f  dejiosed  from  his  kingly 
throne,  and  they  took  his  glory  from 
him: 

21  And  he  was  y driven  from  the 
sons  of  men  ;  and  |l  liis  lieart  was 
made  like  the  beasts,  and  his  dwell- 
ing Has  M'ith  the  wild  asses:   they 

724 


fed  liim  with  grass  like  oxen,  and 
his  body  was  wet  with  the  dew  of 
heaven;  'till  heknewth-t  the  most 
high  God  ruled  in  the  Kingdom  of 
men,  and  that  he  appointeth  over  it 
whomsoever  he  will. 

22  And  thou  his  son,  O  Bclshaz- 
zar,  "hast  not  humbled  thine  heart, 
though  thou  kncwest  all  this; 

2;3  bliut  hast  lifted  up  thyself  against 
the  liord  of  heaven ;  and  they  have 
brought  the  vessels  of  his  house  be- 
fore thee,  and  thou  and  thy  lords, 
thy  wives  and  thy  concubines,  have 
drunk  wine  in  them;  and  thou  hast 
praised  the_  gods  of  silver,  and  gold, 
of  brass,  iron,  wood,  and  stone, 
''  which  see  not,  nor  hear,  nor  know: 
and  the  God  in  wliose  hand  thy 
breath  is,  <l  and  whose  arc  all  thy 
ways,  hast  thou  not  glorified: 

24  Then  was  the  part  of  the  hand 
sent  from  him;  and  this  writing  was 
written. 

25  IT  And  this  m  the  writing  that  was 
written,  JIEXE,  MEXE,  TEKEL, 
UPJIARSIN. 

2lj  This  is  tlie  interpretation  of  the 
thing:  MENE;  God  hath  numbered 
thy  kingdom,  and  finished  it. 

2/'  TEKEL;  "Thou  art  weighed  in 
the  balances,  and  art  found  wanting. 

28  PERES;  Thy  kingdom  is  divid- 
ed, and  given  to  the  fJIedes  and 
S  Persians. 

20  Then  commanded  Belshazzar, 
and  they  clothed  Daniel  with  scar- 
let, and  put  a  chain  of  gold  about  his 
neck,  and  made  a  proclamation  con- 
cerning him,  lifhat  he  should  be  the 
third  ruler  in  the  kingdom. 

30  IT  iln  that  night  was  Belshazzar 
the  king  of  the  Chaldeans  slain. 

31  k  And  Darius  the  Median  took 
the  kingdom,  \  being  ||  about  three- 
score and  two  years  old. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1  Dctnicl  ia  made  chief  of  the  preeidente. 
4  T/iey  conspiring  againtt  him  obtain  an 
idotatroue  decree.  10  Bunicl,  accused  of 
the  breach  thereof,  is  east  into  the  tioni' 
den.  18  Daniel  ia  aavcd.  24  Ilia  adver- 
aarica  devoured,  25  and  God  magnified 
hii  a  decree. 

IT  pleased  Darius  to  set  "over  the 
kingdom  a  hundred  and  twenty 
princes,  which  should  be  over  the 
whole  kingdom ; 

2  And  over  these  three  presidents: 
of  whom  Daniel  iras  first:  that  the 
princes  might  give  accounts  unto 
them,  and  the  king  should  have  no 
damage. 

3  Then  this  Daniel  was  preferred 
aliovc  the  presidents  and  princes, 
''because  nil  excellent  spirit  iras  in 
him  ;    and  the   king  thought  to  set 


■  the 


l-h(.le 


4  TI  ''  Then  the  prrsiiUiits  and  prin- 
ces sought  to  find  occasion  against 
Daniel  concerning  the  kingdom;  but 
they  could  find  none  occasion  nor 
fault;  forasmuch  as  he  tvtxs  faithful, 


Daniel  cast  into  the  lions'  den, 


hut  miracitlovslij  saved. 


neither  wns  there  any  error  or  fault 
ibuiul  in  him. 

5  Then  said  these  men,  Wc  shall 
not  find  any  oerasion  apiinst  this 
Daniel,  except  we  find  it  a;_'ainst 
liiiii  Cdiuernins  tlie  law  of  his  tiod. 

ti  Tlien  these  presidents  and  princes 
II  assembled  together  to  the,  king,  and 
said  thus  unto  him,  d  Iving  Darius, 
live  for  ever. 

7  All  the  presidents  of  the  kinsdom, 
tlic  povernurs,  antl  tlie  i)riiifes,  tlie 
connsollors,  and  tlie  captains,  have 
consulted  to<,'etlier  to  establish  a  roy- 
al statute,  and  to  make  a  lirni  ||  de- 
cree, that  wliosoevcr  siiall  ask  a  peti- 
tion of  any  God  or  man  for  thirty 
days,  save  of  tliee,  O  kins,  '"^  shall 
be  cast  into  the  den  of  lions. 

8  Now,  O  kin^^  establish  the  de- 
cree, and  si;;n  the  writing,  that  it 
be  not  changed,  according  to  the 
'law  of  the  Medes  and  Persians, 
which  T  altereth  not. 

0  Wherefore  kin;;  Darius  signed  the 
writin{£  and  the  decree. 

10  If  Now  when  ]>aniel  knew  that 
the  writins^  was  sipned,  he  went  into 
liis  house  _;  and,  hia  windows  beinj^ 
open  in  his  chamber  ftoward  Jeru- 
salem, he  kneeled  upon  his  knees 
S  three  times  n  day,  and  prayed,  and 
{rave  thanks  before  his  God,  as  he 
did  aforetime. 

11  Then  these  men  assembled,  and 
found  Daniel  pravin,;^  and  making 
supplication  before  his  God. 

IJ  !■■  Tlientbev  came  near,  and  spake 
hctlire  the  kintceoncernint;  tlie  kinL''s 
decree;  Hast  thou  not  bi;;ned  a  de- 
cree, that  every  man  that  shall  ask 
a  priition  of  any  God  or  man  within 
thirty  days,  save  of  thee,  ()  king, 
shall  be  cast  into  the  den  of  lions? 
The  king  answered  and  said.  The 
thin"  is  true,  i  according  to  the  law 
of  the  Jledcs  and  Persians,  which 
altereth  not. 

13  Then  answered  thev  and  said  be- 
fore the  kin".  That  Daniel,  k  which 
is  of  the  children  of  the  captivity  of 
Judah,  Iregardeth  not  thee,  O  king, 
;  nor  the  decree  that  thou  hast  signed, 
but  maketli  his  petition  three  times 
a  day. 

U  'Then  the  king,  when  he  heard 
the?c  words,  "'was  sore  disjiicnsed 
with  himself,  and  set  his  heart  on 
Daniel  to  deliver  him  :  and  he  la- 
boured till  the  going  down  of  the 
son  to  deliver  him. 

1j  Then  these  men  assembled  un- 
to the  king,  and  said  unto  the  king. 
Know,  O  king,  that  "  the  law  of  the 
Medes  and  Persians  i.--.  That  no  de- 
cree nor  statute  which  the  king  es- 
tablisheth  nuiv  he  changed. 

l(i  Then  the  king  commanded,  and 
they  brought  Daniel,  and  east  liim 
into  the  den  of  lions,  ^'ou^  the  king 
spake  and  said  unto  Daniel,  Thy 
God  whom  thou  ser\est  contmually, 
he  will  deliver  thee. 


]"  "And  a  stone  was  brought,  and 
laid  upon  the  mouth  of  tlic  den  ; 
I'and  the  king  sealed  it  with  his 
own  signet,  and  with  the  signet  of 
his  lords;  that  the  pnrpcse  might 
not  be  ehangc.l  concerning  Daniel. 
JS  II  Then  the  king  went  to  his 
palace,  and  jiassed  ilie  night  fast- 
ing :  neither  were  l|  instruments  of 
music  brought  hetcue  liini  :  'land 
liis  sleep  went  fiom  him. 
19  Then  the  king  arose  very  early 
in  the  morning,  and  went  in  liastc 
unto  the  den  of  lions. 
i;0  And  when  he  came  to  the  den, 
he  cried  with  a.  h'.incntable  voice  un- 
to Daniel:  aiitl  the  king  spake  and 
said  to  Daniel,  O  Daniel,  servant  of 
the  living  God,  'is  thy  Gi  d,  whom 
thou  servest  continuaflv,  able  to  de- 
liver thee  from  theliunsi' 
21  Then  said  Daniel  unto  the  king, 
H)  king,  live  for  ever. 
2J  '.My  God  hath  sent  his  angol. 
and  hath  "shut  the  lions'  moutlis, 
that  they  have  not  hurt  me:  foras- 
much as  before  him  innoeency  was 
found  in  me;  and  also  before  thee, 
O  king,  have  I  done  no  hurt, 
lis  Then  was  the  king  exceeding 
glad  for  him,  and  commanded  that 
they  should  take  Daniel  up  out  of 
the  den.  So  Daniel  was  taken  up 
out  of  the  den,  and  no  manner  of 
hurt  was  found  upon  him,  "because 
he  believed  in  liis  God. 
^4  IT  And  the  king  cotnnianded, 
>  and  they  brought  those  men  which 
had  accused  Daniel,  and  they  cast 
l/wm  into  the  den  of  lions,  them, 
'  theirchildren,  and  their  wives;  and 
the  lions  had  the  mastery  of  tliein, 
and  brake  all  their  bones  in  jiicces 
or  ever  they  came  at  the  bottom  of 
the  den. 

lio  11  "  Then  king  Darius  wrote  un- 
to all  people,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages, that  dwell  in  all  the  earth; 
Peace  be  multiplied  unto  yon. 
•.a  111  make  ft  decree,  1'hat  in 
every  dominion  of  my  kingdou) 
men  '^tremble  and  fear  heline  the 
God  of  Daniel  :  J  for  he  i»-  the  liv- 
ing God,  and  steadfast  forever,  and 
his  kingdom  Unit  which  shall  not 
be  "^destrovcd,  and  his  dominion 
sliaU  he  rve'n  unto  the  end. 
•j7  lie  delivcreth  and  reseueth,  f  and 
he  workcth  signs  and  wonders  in 
heaven  and  in  earth,  who  hath  deliv- 
ered Daniel  from  the  f  power  of  the 
lions. 

L'S  So  this  Daniel  prospered  in  the 
reign  of  Darius,  KmiJ  in  the  reign 
of  b  Cvrus  the  Persian. 

CIIAPTEK  VII. 
1  Daniera  virion  <,f  four  6.o»f».    9   Of 
God'i  kiitgdom.    15  3V*c  interpretation 
thereof. 

TX   tho   first   rear   of   Hclshazzar 
king  of  liabylon,  "Daniel   (had 
a  dream   and  !•  visions  of  liis  head 
upon  his  bed :   then  ho  wrote  the 
'  726 


Daniel's  vision  of  God's  kingdom.      DANIEL. 


I'he  interpretation  thereof. 


CHRIST 

about  053. 


Usli.  12.  22. 
Re».  S.  11. 
■  Rev.  20.  «, 


dream,  and  told  the  suin  of  the 
Ij  matters. 

2  Daniel  spake  and  sfiid,  I  saw  in 
my  vision  by  ni;;lit,  and,  behrild,  the 
fiiiir  winds  of  the  lieaveii  Btiove  uj)- 
on  the  Croat  sea. 

.'{  And  four  great  beasts  "^031)10  up 
from  the  sea,  diverse  one  from  an- 
otlier. 

■4  The  first  n-as  dlike  a  linn,  and 
had  eagle's  winss:  I  h.-Iiold  till  the 
winpcs  thereof  were  pliieked,  ||  and 
it  was  lilted  up  from  the  earth,  and 
made  stand  upon  the  fL'et  as  a  man, 
and  a  man's  heart  was  given  to  it. 

5  "^And  behold  anotlier  beast,  a 
second,  like  to  a  hear,  and  ||it 
raised  up  itself  on  one  side,  and  it 
had  three  ribs  in  tlie  mouth  of  it  be- 
tween the  teeth  of  it:  and  they  said 
thus  unto  it,  Arise,  devour  mueh 
flesh. 

0  After  this  I  beheld,  and  lo  an- 
other, like  a  leopard,  wliich  had  up- 
on the  baek  of  it  four  winj;s  of  a 
fowl;  the  beast  had  also  ffour  Jieads; 
and  dominion  was  ^iven  to  it. 

7  After  this  I  saw  in  the  niijht  vi- 
sions, and  behold  ^a  fourth  beast, 
dreadful  and  terrible,  and  strong 
exceedingly;  and  it  had  great  iron 
teeth:  it  devoured  and  brake  in 
pieces,  and  stamped  the  res-idue 
with  the  feet  of  it:  and  it  vus  di- 
verse from  all  the  beasts  that  were 
before  it;  iMind  it  bad  ten  horns. 

K  I  considered  the  horns,  and,  bo- 
hold,  i there  came  up  ainon^  them 
another  little  horn,  before  whonr 
there  were  three  of  the  first  horns 
plucked  up  by  the  roots:  and,  be- 
iudd,  in  this  born  vera  eyes  like  the 
eves  ^  of  man,  I  and  a  mouth  sneak- 
iiiu'S-'reat  thinf;9. 

'J  II  "'  I  beheld  till  the  thrones  were 
east  down,  and  "  the  Aneient  of  days 
did  sit,  "wliiise  parment)/-a,5  white  as 
snow,  and  the  liair  of  his  he:id  like 
the  iiuro  wool:  liis  throne  viis  like 
the  fiery  tlame,  ^* and  his  wheels  as 
burning  fire. 

10 1 A  fiery  stream  issued  and  came 
forth  from  before  him:  ''thousand 
thousands  ministered  unto  him.  and 
ten  thousand  times  ten  thonsantl 
stood  before  him:  'the  judjjment 
was  set,  and  the  books  were  opened. 

11  I  beheld  tlien,  beeause  of  the 
voice  of  the  great  words  which  the 
horn  spake:  *I  beheld  even  till  the 
beast  was  slain,  and  his  body  de- 
stroyed, and  given  to  the  burning 
flanic. 

12  As  concerning  the  rest  of  the 
beasts,  they  had  their  dominion 
taken  awav:  yet  1  their  lives  were 
prolonged  Tur  a  season  and  time. 

I'!  I  saw  in  the  nisht  visions,  and, 
behnld.  "i,i,e  like  the  Sun  of  man 
came  with  tlie  elmids  of  heaven,  and 
eanie  to  "^  the  Ancient  of  days,  and 
they  brought  him  near  before  him. 

It" 'And"  there  was  given  him  do- 


minion,  and  glory,  and  a  kingdom, 
that  all  'people,  nations,  and  lan- 
guages, should  serve  him:  his  do- 
minion is  ''an  everlasting  dominion, 
which  sIkiU  not  pass  awav,  and  his 
kingdom  lliat  which  shall  not  be  de- 
stroyed. 

15  If  I  Daniel  bwas  grieved  in  my 
spirit  in  the  midst  of  intj  \  body, 
and  the  visions  of  my  head  troubled 
me. 

IG  I  came  near  unto  one  of  them 
that  stood  bv,  and  .asked  him  the 
truth  of  all  tliis.  So  he  told  me,  and 
made  me  know  the  iuterpretation  of 
the  things. 

17  "  These  great  beasts,  which  are 
four,  are  four  kings,  wliich  shall  arise 
out  of  the  earth. 

18  15ut  <<the  saints  of  the  f  Most 
High  shall  take  the  kingdom,  and 
possess  the  kingdom  for  ever,  even 
tor  ever  and  ever. 

19  Then  I  would  know  the  truth 
of  '  the  fourth  beast,  which  was  di- 
verse t  from  all  the  others,  exceed- 
ing dreadful,  whose  teeth  were  of 
iron,  and  his  nails  of  brass;  which 
devoured,  brake  in  pieces,  and 
stamped  the  residue  with  his  feet; 

*Ji  And  of  the  ten  horns  that  were 
in  his  head,  and  o/' the  other  which 
came  up,  and  before  whom  three  fell: 
even  of  that  horn  that  had  eyes,  and 
a  mouth  that  spake  very  great  things, 
whose  look  was  more  stout  than  his 
fellows. 

21  1  beheld,  fand  the  same  horn 
made  war  with  the  saints,  and  pre- 
vailed against  them; 

22  s  Until  the  Ancient  of  days  came, 
hand  judgment  was  given"  to  the 
saints  of  the  Mo«t  High:  and  the 
time  came  that  the  saints  possessed 
the  kingdom. 

23  Thus  he  said,  The  fourth  beast 
shall  be  ithe  i'ourth  kingdom  upon 
earth,  which  shall  be  diverse  from 
all  kingdoms,  and  shall  devour  the 
whole  earth,  and  shall  tread  it  down, 
and  break  it  in  pieces. 

24  kAnd  the  ten  horns  out  of  this 
kingdom  are  ten  kings  that  shall 
arise  :  and  another  shall  rise  alter 
them;  and  he  phall  be  diverse  from 
the  first,  and  he  shall  subdue  three 
kings. 

25  I  And  he  shall  speak  great  words 
against  the  Most  High',  and  shall 
■"wear  out  the  saints  of  the  Most 
High,  and  "think  to  change  times 
and  laws:  and  "they  shall  be  given 
into  his  hand  1' until  a  time  and 
times  and  the  dividing  of  time. 

2(i  1 1hit  the  juilgment  shall  sit,  and 
they  shall  take  away  his  dominion, 
to  cor.sume  and  to  destroy  it  unto 
the  end. 

27  And  the  'kingdom  and  domin- 
ii)n,  and  the  greatm-ss  of  the  king- 
dom under  the  whole  heaven,  shall 
bo  given  to  the  people  of  the  saints  of] 
the  Most  High,  "whose  kingdom  i.i| 


■  cl,   S.  44. 
Luto  1.33.  • 
JnS«li.  M. 

n».  a.  li. 


Daniel's  vision  of 


DANIEL. 


the  ram  and  he  goat. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  &55. 


cl..l<.27.i  10. 

»,  Hi. 

I  I.uko  2.  19. 


,11. 10.11, 
.  11.  23. 


nJi»l>.  S.  U. 
och.  U,31.<i 
li  U. 


ri  Ki.  S).  XI. 
Nun..  2»,  3. 
E>.  iO.  LI. 


an  everlasting  kingdom , '  and  all  ||  do- 
minions shall  serve  and  ohey  liini. 
2H  Hitherto  /,<  the  einl  ot  the  matter. 
As  for  me  Daniel,  "my  eo^itations 
mueii  tiiHihlcd  me,  and  my  euunte- 
nance  elKiii;;cil  in  me:  but  1  "kept 
tUo  matter  in  my  heart. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  SanieVa  vision  of  the  ram.  and  lie  ffoai. 

13    The    two    thousand    three    hundred 

days  of  sacrifice.    15  Oahritleomfortcth 

Daniel,  and  interprcteth  the  vision. 

TN  the  third  year  of  the  reign  of 
king  BeLshazzar  a  vision  appeared 
nnto  me,  cn/n  viiId  me  Daniel,  after 
that  whieh  appeared  unto  me  "at  the 
first. 

2  And  I  saw  in  a  vision;  and  it 
eame  to  p.iss,  when  I  saw,  tliat  1  «vi.^ 
at  bSliushan  in  the  iiahiec,  whieh 
is  in  the  province  of  Klam;  and  I 
saw  in  a  vision,  and  1  was  by  the 
river  of  Ulai. 

3  Then  I  lifted  up  mine  cyca,  and 
saw,  and,  behold,  there  stood  before 
the  rivera  ram  which  had  two  liorns : 
and  the  two  horns  icere  higli;  but 
one  was  higher  than  t  the  other,  and 
the  higher  eame  up  last. 

4  I  saw  the  ram  piuihing  westward, 
and  northward,  and  soutliward;  so 
that  no  beasts  miglit  stand  before 
him,  neither  ici/s  tlirrc  aiiji  that 
could  deliver  out  of  his  hand;  ''but 
he  did  according  to  his  will,  and  be- 
came great. 

5  And  as  I  was  considering,  behold, 
a  he  goat  came  from  the  west  on  the 
fhce  of  the  whole  earth,  and  ||  touched 
not  the  ground:  and  the  goat  had 
t  ila  notable  horn  between  his  eyes. 

fi  And  he  came  to  the  ram  that  had 
two  horns,  whieh  I  had  seen  stand- 
ing before  the  river,  and  ran  unto 
him  in  the  fury  of  his  power. 

7  And  I  saw  him  come  close  unto 
the  ram,  and  he  was  moved  with 
choler  ii';ainst  him,  and  smote  the 
ram,  and  brake  his  two  horns:  and 
there  was  no  power  in  the  ram  to 
stand  before  hiin,  but  he  cast  him 
down  to  the  ground,  and  stamjied 
upon  him:  and  there  was  none  that 
could  deliver  the  ram  out  of  his 
hand. 

8  Therefore  the  he  goat  waxed  very 
great:  and  when  he  was  slniiig,  the 
great  horn  was  broken;  and  for  it 
c.iine  up  "'four  notable  ones  toward 
the  four  winds  of  heaven. 

y  f  And  out  of  one  of  them  came 
forth  a  little  horn,  whieh  waxed  ex- 
eeedinggreat,  ^  toward  the  south,  and 
toward  the  east,  and  toward  the 
Ii  pleasant  Janif. 

10  iAnd  it  waxed  great,  even  ||  to 
kthe  host  of  he;iveii;  an<l  lit  cast 
down  some  of  the  host  and  of  tlie 
stars  to  the  ground,  and  stamped 
upon  them. 

11  Yea,  "'he  magnified  himscll  even 
llto  "the  prince  of  the   host,  "and 

by  him   I'thc    daily  sacrifice  was 


taken  away,  and  the  place  of  his  sanc- 
tuary was  cast  down. 

11  And  'I  II  a  host  was  given  him 
against  the  daily  sttrri lire  hy  reason 
of  traiiRgresHion,  and  it  east  down 
'  the  truth  to  the  ground ;  and  it 
"in'aetised,  and  prfispered. 

i;{  IT  Then  1  heard  'one  saint  speak- 
ing, and  another  saint  said  unto 
II  f  that  certain  saint  whieh  sjiake, 
IIow  long  iihall  he  the  vision  voiiceni- 
ing  the  daily  sacrifice,  and  the  trans- 
gression 11  of  desolation,  to  give  both 
the  sanctuary  and  the  host  to  be 
trodden  underfoot? 

H  And  he  suid  unto  me,  I.'nto  two 
tli<iiis;uHl  and  three  hundred  td:iys; 
then  shall  the  sanctuary  be  t  cleansed. 

15  T  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  I, 
even  1  Daniel,  had  seen  the  vision, 
and  "sought  for  the  meaning,  then, 
behold,  there  stood  before  me  "  as 
the  appearance  of  a  man. 

Hi  And  I  heard  a  man's  voice  >'  be- 
tween tlie  laiiLs  of  lHai,  which 
called,  and  said, ''  Gabriel,  niake  this 
man  to  understand  the  vision. 

17  So  he  eame  near  where  I  stood: 
and  when  be  eame,  I  was  afraid,  and 
"fell  upon  my  face:  but  he  said  unto 
mo,  tlnderstand,  O  son  of  man:  for 
at  the  time  of  the  end  shall  be  thj 
vision. 

18  bNow  as  he  was  speaking  witli 
me,  I  was  in  a  deep  sleep  on  my  face 
toward  the  ground:  "^  but  he  touched 
me,  and  t  set  me  upright. 

lU  And  he  said,  liehold,  I  will  make 
thee  knowwlint  shall  be  in  the  last 
end  of  the  indignation;  'I  for  at  the 
time  apjiointed  the  end  shall  U:. 

•JO  "The  mm  which  thou  sjiwest 
having  tiro  horns  arc  the  kings  of 
.Media  and  Persia. 

21  fAnd  the  rough  goat  is  the  king 
of  Greeia:  and  the  great  horn  that 
is  between  his  cyea  c  ,;,•  the  lirst 
king. 

L'i;"Now  that  being  broken,  where- 
as four  stood  up  fcpr  it,  fOur  king- 
diims  shall  stand  up  out  of  the  n:i- 
tion,  but  not  in  his  power. 

S!  And  in  the  latter  time  of  their 
kingdom,  when  the  tniusgi-essor.i 
tare  come  to  the  full,  a  king  i  of 
fierce  countenance,  and  understand- 
ing dark  sentences,  1.  shall  st:iii.l  up. 

L'l  And  his  power  shall  be  mi.L;hly. 
Unit  not  bv  his  own  power:  and 
he  shall  destroy  wonderfully,  "'and 
shall  prosper,  and  practise,  "and 
shall    destiny  the    mighty  and    the 

■j:>  And  "through  his  policy  niso  he 
shall  cause  eiall  I.)  pnisprr  in  his 
hand;  I'and  he  sIkiU  niMgnilV  hun- 
.S-, //in  his  heart,  and  hy  II  peace  shall 
destroy  many:  ''he  shall  also  stand 
up  against  the  Prince  of  princes; 
hut  he  shall  be  ■■  broken  without 
hand. 

•2C,  "And  the  vision  of  the  cveninp 
and  the  moruing whiih  was  told  m 
727 


Daniel's  confession 


DANIEL. 


and  prayer. 


IJcfore 
Cll  HIST 
about  jj3. 


cll.  HI.  U.  i 
li.  -l,  9. 
Jle».  iJ.  10, 
iK-'ti.  7.  -J^.  i 
111.  H,  10. 

yb.<iv.r.'l«. 


Ii20ir,3(1.21. 
Jer.  a.  11. 
U.  ^29.  lU. 


He. 

m.e. 

I.  7.  9. 

.  1.  s.  & 

•  IK 

n.  a  47. 

i'l 

1.  B.  7. 

i'J 

1  .I.Ji.V. 

f2  0l 

r.  36. 15. 

r. 

ii.n. 

13U. 

17. 
i,  7. 

i; 

1.1.  s.o. 

r.  H.  5.  10. 

«».  im.  11. 

kl 

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IS 
.Vc 

i'k 

.  la. 

true:  'wherefore  shut  thou  up  the 
vision ;  for  it  shall  lie  for  many  days. 
lT  "And  I  Daniel  fainted,  and  was 
siek  certain  days;  afterward  I  rose 
up,  ''and  did  tlie  kind's  business; 
and  I  was  astonislied  at  the  vision, 
i  hut  none  understood  it. 
CHAPTER  IX. 

I  Daniel,  considf.ring  the  time  of  the  cap- 
tivity, a  vialietti  confefssion  of  sine,  10 
nnd  iirayeth  for  the  reetoraiion  of  Jeru- 
ealem.  -JO  Uubriel  informetU  him  of  the 
seventy  weeks. 

IN  tlie  first  year  '  of  Darius  the  son 
of  Ahasucrus,  of  the  seed  of  the 
Medcs,  II  whicli  was  made  liing  over 
tlie  reahn  of  the  Chaldeans; 
'jt  In  the  first  year  of  his  reign,  I 
Daniel  understood  hy  books  the  num- 
ber of  the  years,  whereof  the  word 
of  the  LoKD  came  to  b  Jeremiah  the 
prophet,  tiiat  he  would  aecoinplish 
seventy  years  iu  the  desolations  of 
Jerusalem. 

3  H  "And  I  set  my  face  unto  the 
Lord  God,  to  seek  by  prayer  and 
supplications,  with  fasting,  and  sack- 
elotli,  and  ashes: 

4  And  I  prayed  unto  the  Lord  my 
God,  and  made  my  confession,  and 
said,  O  illjOid,  the  great  and  dread- 
ful God,  keeping  the  covenant  and 
mercy  to  them  that  love  him,  and  to 
them  that  keep  his  commandments; 

5  "^  We  have  sinned,  and  have  com- 
mitted iniquity,  and  have  done  wick- 
edly, and  have  rebelled,  even  by  de- 
parting from  thy  precepts  and  "from 
thy  judgments: 

G  I'  Neither  have  we  hearkened  unto 
thy  servants  the  prophets,  which 
spake  ill  thy  name  to  our  kings,  our 
princes,  anil  our  fathers,  and  to  all 
the  people  of  the  land. 

7  (J  Jjord,  S righteousness  \\helong- 
eth  unto  thee,  but  unto  us  confusion 
of  faces,  a.s  at  this  dav;  to  the  men  of 
Judah,  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Je- 
rusalem, and  unto  all  Israel,  tliat  are 
near,  and  that  are  far  off,  through  all 
the  countries  whither  thou  hast  driv- 
en them,  because  of  their  trespass 
that  they  have  trespassed  against 
thee. 

•S  O  Lord,  to  us  hclonrjcth  b  confusion 
of  face,  to  our  kings,  to  our  princes, 
and  to  our  fathers,  because  we  have 
sinned  against  thee. 

II  i  To  the  Lord  our  GoAhrlonr!  mer- 
cies and  forgivenesses,  thougli  we 
have  rebelled  against  him ; 

ll>  k  Neither  have  we  obeyed  the 
voice  of  the  Lokd  our  God,  to  walk 
in  liis  laws,  whicli  he  set  before  us  by 
his  servants  the  prophets, 

11  Yea,  lall  Israel  have  transgressed 
tliy  law,  even  hy  departing,  that  they 
might  not  obey  tliy  voice;  therefore 
the  curse  is  poured  upon  u.s,  and  the 
oath  that  1.5  written  in  the  "' law  of 
Moses  the  servant  of  G<id,  because 
we  have  sinned  against  him. 

12  Aud    he   hath    "  toutirmod   his  I 

723 


words,  which  he  spake  against  us, 
and  against  our  judges  that  judged 
us,  by  bringing  upon  us  a  great  evil: 
"for  under  the  whole  heaven  hath 
not  been  done  as  hath  been  done 
upon  Jerusalem. 

V.'j  I' As  i(  i.<  written  in  the  law  of 
Mose.s,  all  this  evil  is  come  upon  us: 
'lyet  t  made  we  nut  our  prayer  Ijcfore 
the  Liii:d  our  God,  that  we  might 
turn  from  our  iniquities,  and  under- 
stand thy  truth. 

1-4  Therefore  hath  the  Lord  ■■  watch- 
ed upon  the  evil,  and  brought  it  upon 
us:  for  'the  Lord  our  God  is  right- 
eous in  all  his  works  whichhe  doeth: 
'  for  we  obeyed  not  his  voice. 

13  And  now,  O  Lord  our  God,  "that 
hast  brought  thy  people  forth  out  of 
tlie  land  of  Egypt  witli  a  mighty 
hand,  and  hast  t  gotten  thee  ''re"- 
nown,  as  at  this  day;  >  we  have  sin- 
ned, we  have  done  wickedly. 

IG  U  O  Lord,  'according  to  all  thy 
righteousness,  I  beseech  thee,  let 
tliine  anger  and  thy  fury  be  turned 
away  iiom  thy  city  "Jerusalem,  "  thy 
holy  mountain:  because  for  oursins, 
b  and  fur  the  iniquities  of  ourfathers, 
'Jerusalem  and  thy  people  ilace/zC- 
come  a  reproach  to  all  that  are  about 
us. 

1"  Now  therefore,  O  our  God,  hear 
the  prayer  of  thy  servant,  and  his 
siipplieations,  ®and  cause  thy  taee  to 
shine  upon  thy  sanctuary  I'that  is 
desolate,  6  for  the  Lord's  sake. 

1<S  k  o  my  God,  incline  thine  ear, 
and  hear;  open  thine  eyes,  "and  be- 
hold our  desolations,  aud  the  city 
kf  which  is  called  by  thy  name:  tor 
we  do  not  f  present  our  supplications 
before  thee  for  our  righteousnesses, 
but  for  thv  great  mercies. 

WO  Lord,  hear;  O  Lord,  forgive;  O 
Lord,  hearken  and  do;  defer  not,  1  for 
thine  own  sake,  O  my  God:  for  thy 
city  and  thy  people  are  called  by  thy 
name. 

20  If  "■  And  while  I  was  speaking, 
and  praying,  and  confessing  my  sin 
aud  the  sin  of  my  people  Israel,"  and 
presenting  my  "supplication  before 
the  Lord  my  God  for  the  holy 
mountain  of  my  God ; 

21  Yea,  while  I  u^as  speaking  in 
prayer,  even  the  man  "  Gabriel, 
wlioni  I  had  seen  iu  the  vision  at 
the  beginning,  being  caused  to  fly 
tswiftlv,  "touched  me  P about  tiie 
time  ot^tlie  evening  oblation. 

22  And  he  informed  inc,  and  talked 
with  me,  and  said,  O  Daniel,  lam 
now  come  forth  tto  ti^e  tlieo  skill 
and  understanding. 

2'j  At  the  beginning  of  thy  supplica- 
tions the  tcommanmn cut  came  forth, 
and  II  am  come  to  shew  tine:  *'fur 
thou  ar<  f  greatly  beloved:  therefore 
"  understand  the   matter,  and   con- 

ider  the  vision. 

24  •Seventy  weeks  are  determined 

Tbof  bc(iu  (lom  Uii>  SOIU  of  ArUxunsa.  Sg»  Num. 


The  seventy  weeks  foretold. 


DANIEL. 


Daniel  is  comforted. 


Before 
C  U  It  1  S  T 
about  &^d. 


Julio  1.41. 
Hel..  U.  U. 
y  rer,  23. 
M.lt.  21.  15 


(.IR. 


upon  thy  pcnplc  and  iipon  thy  holy 
city,  II  to  finish  the  trnnsjirossion,  anil 
I)  to  make  an  end  ot  bin.s,  ^and  to 
make  reconciliation  i'vv  iniquity, 
"and  to  hrinj^  iu  cverla.'-tinj;  lij^ii't- 
fousni'ss,  aiul  to  seal  up  the  vision 
and  t  jirophecv,  ^  and  to  anoint  the 
JMostlloly. 

LV>  >  Know  therefore  and  understand, 
that  'iiom  the  poins  forth  of  the 
cominundment  )|  to  restore  and  to 
build  .lernsaleni,  unto  "the  Messiah 
lithe  I'rince,  ^Intll  be  seven  weeks, 
and  threescore  and  two  weeks:  the 
street  t  shall  be  built  njrain,  and  the 
II  wall,  "  even  tin  troublous  times. 

2ij  And  after  threescore  and  two 
weeks  «*  shall  Messiah  be  cut  ctif, 
■^11  but  not  tor  himself:  ||and  'the 
[leople  of  the  prince  that  shall  come 
°  shall  destroy  the  city  liand  the 
sanctuary;  'and  the  end  thereof 
shall  be  k  with  a  flood,  and  unto  the 
end  of  the  war  ||  desolations  are  de- 
termined. 

27  And  he  shall  confirm  ||  Uhc  cove- 
nant with  '"  many  for  one  week:  and 
in  the  midst  of  the  veek  lie  shall 
cause  the  sacrifice  and  tlio  oblation 
to  cease,  |l  and  for  the  overspreading 
of  "abominations  he  shall  make  it 
desolate,  "even  until  the  consumma- 
tion, and  that  determined  shall  be 
poured  ||  upon  the  desolate. 

15.  (Hsli.  (..  .Imilo/limc.  dli  Sn  8.  Mi 


lira 


.  21. 


,  (.«. 


...,„!■,.  ver.  25  )/,... ,r.j,.o,J,.  fM«lt  22.  7, 
21.2.    iSIall.  21   «.  11     k  i..  8.  7.  S.  ch    U, 


■ofl,  ell.  11.  17. 
J.,  f  Mult  22.  7. 


42.  i:.  iii.  3.  Jer.  31.  31 
2rt,  Rom.  5.  1.^^.  W.  Hc-b. 


I  Or.  a.   III. 
1.53.  11.  Mfttt,  2f:. 

15.  Murk  13.  14.  bul 


10.9. 


21.211. 
U.  \«'i>.  23.  k  28.  22.  ch.  11.  36.  Luke 21.  Si.  Itum.  11. '.«. 
ujjon  ihe  dtwtlaitir, 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  Daniel  hmhta  hurnUcU  hivitelf  icclh  a 
vision.  10  Being  trouUeU  wUU  fear  he 
is  comforted  by  the  angel. 

TN  the  third  year  of  Cyrus  king  of 
Persia  a  thing  was  revealed  unto 
Daniel,  "whose  name  was  called 
Belteshazzar  i  liand  the  thin^  was 
true,  '■  hut  the  time  appointed  vas 
tlong:  and  «1  he  nnderstt)od  the 
thing,  and  had  understanding  of  the 
vision. 

2  In  those  days  I  Daniel  was  mourn- 
ing three  t  full  weeks. 

3  I  ate  no  I  pleasant  bread,  neither 
came  flesh  nor  wine  in  my  mouth, 
"neither  did  I  anoint  myself  at  all, 
till  three  whole  weeks  were  fulfilled. 

4  And  in  the  four  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  first  month,  as  I  was  by 
the  side  of  the  great  river,  which  is 
flliddekel: 

5  Then  e  I  lifted  up  mine  eyes,  and 
looked,  and  li  behold  f  a  certain  man 
clothed  in  linen,  whose  loins  icerc 
■  girded  with  tfine  gcjld  of  I'phaz: 

G  His  body  also  mvw  Hike  the  beryl, 
and  his  face  "'as  the  appearance  ot 
lightning.  "  and  his  eyes  as  lamps  of 
fire,  and  his  arms  "and  his  feet  like 


ii;.»,i  13.14. 

15.  ,k  15.  li. 
kJcr.  10.9. 
1  El.  1.  Hi. 
m  Ei.  1.  14. 
»H.v.!.14.i 

19. 12. 
o  F.!.  1.  7. 


in  colour  to  polished  bra.ss,  I' and  the 
\oiee  of  his  words  like  the  voice  of  a 
multitude. 

7  And  1  Daniel  1  alone  saw  the 
vision:  for  the  men  that  were  with 
me  saw  not  the  vision;  but  a  great 
ijuaking  tell  upon  them,  so  that  they 
fled  to  hide  themselves. 

H  Tlierefore  I  was  left  alone,  and 
saw  this  gre:it  vision,  'aud  there 
remained  no  strength  in  me :  f(»r 
my  II  ''comeliness  was  turned  in  me 
into  corruption,  and  I  retained  no 
strength. 

S)  Yet  heard  I  the  voice  of  his  words: 
'and  when  1  heard  the  voice  of  his 
words,  then  was  I  in  a.  deep  sleep  on 
my  fiicc,  and  my  face  toward  the 
grfumd. 

10 II  "  And,  behold,  a  hand  touched 
me,  which  +  set  me  upon  my  knees 
and  w;-oH  the  iialms  of  my  hands. 

11  And  he  said  unto  me,  O  Daniel, 
'^  T  a  man  greatly  beloved,  under- 
stand the  wordsthat  I  speak  unto 
thee,  and  t stand  upright:  for  unto 
thee  am  I  now  sent.  And  when  he 
liad  spoken  this  word  unto  ine,  I 
stood  trembling. 

12  Then  said  he  unto  me,  J  Fear 
not,  Daniel:  for  from  the  first  day 
that  thou  didst  set  thine  heart  to  un- 
derstand, and  to  chasten  thyself  be- 
fore thy  God,  '■  thy  words  were  heard, 
and  I  am  come  lor  thv  words. 

Kl  "  But  the  prince  of  the  kingdom 
of  Persia  withstood  me  one  and 
twenty  davs  :  but,  lo,  b. Michael, 
[I  one  of  the  chief  princes,  came  to 
help  me;  and  1  remained  there  with 
the  kings  of  Persia. 

14  Now  I  am  come  to  make  thee 
understand  what  shall  befall  thy 
people  ''iu  the  latter  days:  J  for  yet 
the  vision  is  tiir  viaiii/  days. 

15  And  when  he  had  spoken  such 
words  unto  me, "  I  set  my  face  toward 
the  ground,  and  1  became  dumb. 

10  And,  behold,  lone  like  the  simili- 
tude of  the  sons  of  men  K  touched  my 
lips:  then  I  opened  my  month,  and 
spake,  and  said  unto  him  that  ftood 
before  me,  O  my  lord,  bv  the  vision 
limy  sorrows  are  turned  upon  me, 
and  I  have  retained  no  strength. 

17  For  how  can  l|  the  servant  of  this 
my  lord  talk  with  this  my  lurd?  fi.r 
as  for  me,  straightway  there  remained 
no  strength  in  me,  neither  is  there 
breath  left  in  me. 

18  Then  there  came  again  and 
touched  me  cnie  like  the  appearance 
of  a  man,  and  he  strengthened  me, 

19  iAnd  said,  O  man  greatly  be- 
loved, k  fear  not:  jieace  ie  unto  thee; 
be  strong,  vea,  be  strong.  .\nd  when 
he  had  spoken  unto  me,  I  was 
strengthened,  and  said.  Let  mv  lord 
speak  ;  for  thou  hast  Etrengtlicned 
me. 

20  Then  said  he,  Knowest  thou 
wherefore  1  come  unto  tlue?  and 
now  will  I  return  to  light  i  with  the 

728 


Leagues  and  conflicts 


DANIEL. 


between  the  kings  of  the 


Reforo 
CHRIST 
about  034. 


■1.  yrr.  13. 
Kir.  IJ,  7. 


eh.7.0.i8J. 
d  ch.  R   4. 


prince  of  Persia:  and  wlien  I  am 
Kone  forth,  lo,  the  prince  of  Grccia 
shall  come. 

L'l  lint  1  will  Khpw  thee  that  which 
is  nntcl  ill  the  Scripture  of  tnitli: 
and  lli.r,'  ix  n,.nc  that  t  liiddcth  with 
mc  ill  these  things,  '"but  iSlichael 
your  prince. 

CnAPTEK  XI. 

I  The  overthroiv  of  Persia  li/  Ihc  Idnir  of 
Greciti.  o  Leagues  and  confiicta  lietween 
the  kings  of  the  south  an,l  of  the  north. 
30  The  invasion  and  tyranny  of  the  Ho- 

ALSO  I  '  in  the  first  year  of  '■  Da- 
rius tl\e  Mede,  even  I,  stood  to 
confirm  and  to  strenj^thcn  liini. 

2  And  now  will  1  shew  thee  the 
truth.  Hehold,  there  shall  stand  up 
yet  three  kin^s  in  Persia;  and  tlie 
fourth  shall  be  fir  richer  than  IIipi/ 
all:  and  by  his  strength  throush  liis 
riches  he  shall  stir  up  all  against  the 
realm  of  Greeia. 

3  And  '^a  mighty  l<inj:  shall  stand 
up,  that  shall  rule  with  great  domin- 
ion, and  ddo  according  to  his  will. 

4  And  when  he  shall  stand  up,  *'liis 
kingdom  shall  be  broken,  and  shall 
be  divided  toward  the  four  winds  of 
heaven  ;  and  not  to  his  posterity, 
'nor  accord!  ni;  to  his  dominion  which 
he  ruled:  for  his  kingdom  shall  be 
plucked  up,  even  for  others  besides 
those. 

5  IT  And  the  king  of  the  south  shall 
be  strong,  and  ottc  of  his  princes  ; 
and  he  shall  be  strong  above  him, 
and  have  dominion;  his  domiaiou 
s!iaU  tie  a  great  dominion. 

G  And  in  the  end  of  years  they 
t  shall  join  themselves  together;  for 
the  king'sdaughterof  the  south  shall 
come  to  the  king  of  the  north  to 
make  tan  agreement:  but  she  shall 
not  retain  the  power  of  the  arm;  nei- 
ther shall  he  stand,  nor  his  arm:  but 
she  shall  be  given  up,  and  they  that 
brought  her,  and  ||  he  that  bcgiit  her, 
and  he  that  strensthened  her  in  l/iese 
times. 

7  But  out  of  a  branch  of  her  roots 
shall  one  stand  up  l|  in  his  estate, 
which  shall  Cfinie  with  an  armv.  ami 
shall  enter  into  tlic  fortress  of  the 
kinj?  of  the  north,  and  ehall  deal 
against  them,  and  shall  prevail: 

H  And  shall  al.so  carry  captives  into 
Kgypt  their  gods,  M-ith  their  priTices. 
anfl  with  f  their  precious  vessels  of 
silver  and  of  gold;  and  he  shall  con- 
tinue more  years  than  the  king  of  the 
north. 

'.1  So  the  king  of  the  south  shall 
come  into  hist  kingdom,  and  shall  re- 
turn into  his  own  bud. 

10  l!ut  his  sons  ||  shall  be  stirred  up, 
and  shall  assemlile  a  multitude  of 
great  forces:  and  our  shall  certain- 
ly come,  f-'and  overilow,  and  p.oss 
through:  II  then  shall  he  return,  and 
be  stirred  up,  hcren  to  his  fortress. 

II  And  the  king  of  the  Bouth  shall 

730 


be  moved  with  choler,  and  Bhall 
eome  forth  and  fight  with  him,  even 
with  the  king  of  the  north:  and  he 
shall  set  forth  a  great  multitude;  but 
the  multitude  shall  be  given  iuto  his 
hand. 

12  And  when  lie  hath  taken  away 
the  multitude,  his  heart  shall  he  lifted 
up;  and  he  shall  cast  down  7nanti 
ten  thousands:  but  he  shall  not  be 
strengthened  h/  it. 

l.'i  For  the  king  of  the  north  shall 
return,  and  shall  set  forth  a  nnilti- 
tude  greater  than  the  former,  and 
shall  certainly  come  i  after  certain 
}'ears  with  a  great  army  and  with 
much  riches. 

14  And  in  those  times  there  shall 
many  stand  up  against  the  king  of 
the  south :  also  f  the  robbers  of  thy 
people  shall  exalt  themselves  to  estab- 
lish the  vision ;  but  they  shall  fall. 

15  So  the  king  of  the  north  shall 
come,  and  cast  up  a  mount,  and 
take  t  the  most  fenced  cities;  and  the 
arms  of  the  south  shall  not  with- 
stand, neither  this  chosen  people, 
neither  .'shall  there  be  any  strcnt'th  to 
withstand. 

1(J  Hut  he  that  comcth  against  him 
i  shall  do  according  to  his  own  will, 
and  knone  shall  stand  before  him: 
and  he  sh;ill  stand  in  the  \\  t  glorious 
land,  which  by  his  hand  shall  be 
consumed. 

17  He  shall  also  1  set  his  face  to  enter 
with  the  strength  of  his  whole  king- 
dom, and  II  ujjright  ones  with  him; 
thus  shall  he  do:  and  he  shall  give 
him  the  daughter  of  women,  t  cor- 
rupting her:  but  she  shall  not  stjind 
on  hiA  sitle,  ""  neither  be  for  him. 

18  After  this  shall  he  turn  his  face 
unto  the  isles,  and  shall  t:ikc  many: 
but  a  prince  t  for  his  own  behalf  shall 
cause  fthe  reproach  ottered  by  him 
to  cease;  without  his  own  reproach 
he  shall  cause  it  to  turn  upon  him. 

19  Then  he  shall  turn  his  face  to- 
ward the  fort  of  his  own  land;  hut 
he  shall  stumble  and  full,  "and  not 
be  fiinnd. 

20  Then  shall  stand  up  l|in  his 
estate  ta  raiser  of  taxes  in  the  glory 
of  the  kingdom;  but  within  few  days 
he  shall  be  destroyed,  neither  in 
t  linger,  nor  in  battle. 

21  And  II  in  his  estate  "shall  6t.and 
up  a  vile  person,  to  whom  they  shall 
not  give  the  honourof  the  kingdom: 
but  he  shall  come  in  peacealily,  and 
obtain  the  kingdom  by  flatteries. 

22  ''And  with  the  arms  of  a  flood 
shall  they  be  overflown  from  before 
him,  and  shall  he  broken;  'I yea,  also 
the  iirince  of  the  covenant. 

2:!  .\nd  after  the  league  made  with 
him  Mie  slmll  work  deeeitfiilly :  for 
he  shall  come  up.  and  sliall  become 
strong  Willi  a  small  people. 

24  He  shaH  enter  |l  peaceably  even 
upon  the  fattest  places  of  the  prov- 
ince; and  he  shall  do  that  which  his 


south  and  the  north. 


DANIEL 


An  iwpioiis  tyyanny  set  up. 


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9.27. 

tUtlurs  liavc  not  dtnio,  nor  IiLs  lathrrs' 
fatliers;  lie  shall  scatter  uniont;  tht'iii 
tile  prey,  and  spoil,  and  riclii's:  ,//(«, 
and  he  phall  |  lbri'(':Lst  hi.s  devices 
a^nin^st  the  strong  huldu,  even  f'ui*  a 
time. 

L'.5  And  he  slu-iU  stir  lip  Km  power 
and  his  couru'.;e  against  tlie  kin;;  of 
thesonth  with'asreat  army:  and  tin- 
kin^  of  the  soutli  shall  he  stirred  up 
to  hattle  with  a  very  fjrcat  and  mighty 
army;  but  he  shall  not  stand:  li)r 
they  Bhall  forecast  devices  ugaiiist 
him. 

L'C  Yea,  Ihev  that  feed  of  the  portion 
of  his  moat"  shall  d.-stn.y  him,  ai-d 
his  ;iniiv  shall  dverlluw:  and  many 
shall  fall  down  slain. 
•JT  And  both  these  kings'  t  hearts 
sliall  be  to  do  mischief,  and  they  shall 
speak  lies  at  one  table;  but  it  shall 
not  prosper:  for  'yet  the  end  shall  be 
at  the  time  appointed. 
'ja  Then  shall  he  return  into  his 
land  with  great  riches;  and  °liis 
heart  sliall  he  ajjjainst  the  holy  co\'o- 
nant;  and  he  shall  do  exphils,  and 
return  to  hia  own  land. 
L"J  At  the  time  appointed  he  shall 
return,  and  come  toward  the  south: 
"hut  it  shall  not  be  us  the  former, 
Jor  ns  the  latter. 

,",U  IT  ^  For  the  ships  of  Chittim  shall 
come  against  him:  therefore  he  shall 
be  prieved,  and  return,  and  have  in- 
dign-ition  "a'.;ainst  the  holy  cove- 
nant: so  shall  he  do;  he  shall  even 
return,  and  have  intelliL'eneu  with 
them  that  forsake  the  holy  cove- 
nant. 

,';i  And  arms  shall  stand  on  his  part, 
I.  anil  thev  shall  i«.llute  the  sanetu;i- 
rv  of  stren-th,  and  shall  take  awav 
the  daily  .<acnii'-i\  and  they  shall 
place  the  abomination  that  !|  maketh 
desolate. 

;y  And  ench  as  do  wickedly  .against 
the  covenant  shall  he  ||  corrupt  by 
natteriis:  but  the  iieople  that  do 
kuow  their  God  shall  be  strong,  and 
do  c.i-i>loits. 

;K  '  And  they  tlial  understand 
among  the  people  shall  instruct 
inanv:  dvet  thev  shall  fall  by  the 
swor.l,  and  bv  flame,  by  captivity, 
and  hv  spoil,  niaiii/  days, 
,"1  Xuw  when  thev  shall  fall,  they 
sliall  be  holpenwitlia  little  help:  hut 
many  shall  cleave  to  them  with  flat- 
teries. 

3j  And  some  of  them  of  understand 
ing  shall  f.ill,  >^  to  try  ||  them,  and  to 
purge,  and  to  make  tliein  white,  i  creii 
to  the  time  of  the  end:  Ebecauso  it  is 
yet  for  a  tiuie  appointed, 
nu  And  the  king  li  shall  do  accord- 
ing to  his  will;  and  he  shall  i exalt 
hiuiself,  and  magnify  himself  above 
every  god,  and  shall  speak  marvol- 
lous'things  k against  the  (Jod  of  j,'od8, 
and  shall  prosper  Hill  the  indigna- 
tion bo  accomplished:  for  that  that 
is  determined  shall  be  done. 


R7  Neither  shall  he  regard  the  God 
of  his  fathers,  '"nor  the  desire  of 
wonien,  "nor  regard  any  god:  f»tr 
he  shall  magnify  himself  above 
all. 

;w  II  Rut  1  in  his  estate  slioU  he  hon- 
our the  God  of  ||  f  forces:  and  a  god 
whom  his  fathers  knew  not  shall  he 
honour  witli  gold,  ami  silver,  and 
witli  precious  stones, and  t  p't^isaHt 
things. 

:',[)  Thus  shall  he  do  in  the  tmost 
strong  holds  with  a  strange  god, 
whom  lie  shall  acknowledge  ii».7in- 
creasu  with  glory:  and  he  shall  cause 
them  to  rule  over  many,  and  shall 
divide  the  land  for  1  gain. 

40"  And  at  the  time  of  the  end  shall 
the  king  of  the  south  i>usli  at  liiui: 
and  the  king  of  the  north  shall  come 
against  him  1'  like  a  whirlwind,  w  ith 
chariots,  land  with  horsemen,  and 
with  many  ships;  and  he  shall  enter 
into  the  countries,  'and  shall  over- 
flow and  pass  over. 

■fl  lie  shall  enter  olso  into  the 
II  t  glorious  land,  and  nianv  countries 
shall  be  overthrown:  but  these  shall 
escape  out  of  liis  hand,  "civ  n  Kdoni, 
and  Moab,  and  the  chief  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Amnion. 

4l'  lie  shall  1  stretch  forth  hia  hand 
iilso  upon  the  countries  :  and  the 
land  of  Kgvpt  shall  not  escape. 

•li  But  he'shall  have  power  over  the 
treasures  of  gold  and  of  silver,  and 
overall  the  precious  things  of  Kgypt: 
and  the  IJhyans  and  the  Ethiopians 
s/irill  be  '  at  liis  steps. 

44  ISut  tidings  out  of  the  oast  and 
out  of  the  north  shall  trouble  him: 
therefore  lie  shall  go  forth  with  great 
fury  to  destroy,  and  utterly  to  make 
awav  iiKiMV. 

4J  And  he  shall  plant  the  tabernacles 
of  his  palace  bitweeii  the  seas  in 
"the  II  f  glorious  holy  monntaiu;  "yet 
he  shalfcome  to  his  cud,  and  none 
shall  help  him. 

CHAPTER  Xn. 

1  Wtchaet  ihall  dcUvtr  Israel  from  thiir 
trouUee.  5  Daniel  U  informed  of  the 
timen. 

VND  at  that  time  shall  "  Michael 
stand  up.  the  great  prince  which 
Etandeth  for  the  children  of  thy  peo- 
ple: hand  there  shall  be  a  time  of 
trouble,  such  us  never  was  since  there 
was  a  nation  ireii  to  that  same  time: 
and  at  that  time  thy  people  'shall  be 
(hlivered,  evirv  one  that  shall  be 
found  J  written'in  the  book, 

2  Anil  nianv  of  them  that  sleep  in 
the  dust  of  the  earth  shall  awake, 
'some  to  everla.sting  life,  and  foine 
to  sliaino  I  and  everlasting  con- 
tempt, , 

:!  And  Efhev  that  bo  II  wise  sliaU 
h  shine  OS  thebrightnessof  the  flrnm- 
inent;  iund  they  that  turn  many  to 
righteousness,  k  lu  the  stars  lor  ever 
and  ever. 

731 


Daniel  is  informed 


of  the  times. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  034. 


lOr 

A<,™ 

<!«!> 

8.13. 

rD, 

ut.  32. 41. 

■  Cli 

i.-SL 

11. 

7.25.  & 
V.  12,  11. 

11  Or 

I'art. 

k.21.24. 
V.  10.  7. 

c2Kiii.U.ll. 
t  Uch.  ■..HI. 
d2  r.iaei  15. 


g2  lUnj.  19. 

3.;. 

l>Z»li.  .1.6.11 


4  IBut  tliou,  O  Daniel,  '"shut  up 
the  words,  and  seal  the  book,  even 
to  "the  time  of  the  end:  many  shall 
run  to  and  fro,  and  knowledge  shall 
be  increased. 

Sir  Then  1  Daniel  looked,  and,  he- 
hold,  there  stood  other  two,  the  one 
on  tliis  side  of  the  t  l}ank  of  the  river, 
nnd  theotheron  that  side  of  the  bank 
**of  the  river. 

G  And  one  said  to  P  the  man  clothed 
in  linen,  which  teas  ]|  upon  t'le  wa- 
ters of  the  river,  1  How  lung  .s/iaH  it 
be  to  the  end  of  tliese  wonders?     - 

7  And  1  heard  the  man  clothed  in 
linen,  which  tvos  upon  the  waters  of 
the  river,  when  he  'held  up  his  rij;ht 
hand  and  his  left  hand  unto  heaven, 
and  Bware  by  him  *that  liveth  for 
ever,  *  that  it  shall  be  for  a  time,  times, 
and  II  a  half;  "and  when  he  shall 
have  accomplished  to  scatter  tlie 
power  of  ^  the  holy  people,  all  these 
thi/iijs  shall  be  finished. 


8  And  I  heard,  but  I  understood 
not:  then  said  I,  O  my  Lord,  what 
Khali  be  tlie  end  of  these  thint/.i  i 

11  And  he  said.  Go  tliy  way,  Daniel: 
liir  the  words  u;-e  closed  up  and  sealed 
>  till  the  time  of  the  end. 

11)  "Many  shall  be  purified,  and 
made  white,  and  tried;  "but  the 
wicked  shall  do  wickedly:  nnd  none 
of  the  wicked  shall  understand;  but 
**  the  wise  shall  understand. 

II  And  from  the  time  ^  that  the 
daily  sacrijlee  shall  be  taken  away, 
and  ^  the  abomination  that  ||  maketh 
desolate  set  up,  there  shall  be  a 
thuusaud  two  hundred  aud  ninety 
days. 

li  Blessed  is  he  that  waiteth,  nnd 
Cometh  to  the  thousand  three  hund- 
red and  five  and  thirty  days. 

].')  But  dpo  thou  thy  way  till  the 
end  be:  H'^for  thou  snalt  rest,  fand 
Btand  in  thy  lot  at  the  end  of  the 


HOSEA. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  ITo8ca,  to  ahctv  Oocl'a  judr/ment  for  s;jtr- 
ituul  iilioredom,  taketh  Oomcr,  4  and 
hath  hy  her  JhztcqI,  0  Lo-Tuhamah,  S 
and  Lo-ammi.  10  The  rettoratwn  cf 
Judah  and  Israel. 

THE  word  of  the  Lord  that  came 
unto  llosca,  the  son  of  Becri,  iu 
the  days  of  Uzziah,  Jotham,  Alia/., 
and  Hezekiah,  kings  of  Judah,  and 
in  the  d-iys  of  Jeroboam  the  sun  of 
Juash,  kin^  of  Israel. 

2  The  beginning  of  the  word  of  the 
Lord  by  llosea.  And  the  Loi:d 
said  to  llosea,  "  do,  take  unto  thee  a 
wife  of  whoredoms  and  children  of 
wlioredoms:  fur  Ijfhe  land  hath  com- 
mitted great  whoredom,  departing 
from  the  Lord. 

3  So  ho  went  and  took  Gomer  the 
danglitcr  of  Diblaim  ;  wliieh  cou- 
ceiveil,  and  bare  him  a  son. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him, 
Call  his  name  Jezreel;  for  yet  a  little 
uhile,  "-'and  I  will  t avenge  the  blood 
of  Jezrce!  upon  the  house  of  Jehu, 
<lnnd  will  cause  to  cease  the  king- 
dom of  the  house  of  Israel. 

fl  ^And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that 
day,  tliat  I  will  bre,ik  the  bow  of  Is- 
rael in  the  valley  of  Jezreel. 

0  IT  And  slie  conceived  ag.ain,  and 
bare  a  daughter.  And  tlod  said  un- 
to him.  Call  hcrname  l|  Lo-ruhumah : 
ffor  t  I  will  no  more  have  mercv 
upon  the  house  of  Israel;  \\  but  I  will 
utterly  take  them  away. 

7  B  But  I  will  have  mercy  upon  the 
house  of  Judah,  and  will  save  them 
by  tlie  LoKi)  their  God,  and  liwill 
not  save  them  by  bow,  nor  by  sword, 
732 


to  pass,  that  ||  in  tlie  plac 
was  Slid  unto  them,  I  Ve  < 


nor  by  battle,  by  horses,  nor  by 
horsemen. 

8  IT  Now  when  sfte  had  weaned  Lo- 
ruhnraah,  she  conceived,  and  bare 
a  son. 

9  Then  said  God,  Call  his  name 
IILo-amnii:  for  ye  are  not  my  peo- 
Ijle,  and  I  will  not  he  your  (iod. 

10  U  Yet  itho  number  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  shall  be  as  the  sand  of 
the  sea,  wliich  cannot  be  measured 
nor  numbered;  l.and  it  shall  come 

lace  where  it 
not  my 
people,  there  it  fchall  be  said  unto 
them.  Ye  are  '"  the  suns  of  the  living 
God. 

11  "Then  shall  the  children  of  Ju- 
dah and  the  children  of  Israel  be 
gathered  together,  and  appoint  them- 
selves one  head,  and  they  shall  come 
up  out  of  the  land:  for  ^reat  shall  be 
the  day  of  Jezreel. 

CHAPTER IL 
1    Tha  idolatry   of  the  people.     6   God'a 
judgvxenta  againitt  them.     H  Hia  proni- 
iaca  of  rceoneilialion  with  them. 

SAY  ye  unto  your  brethren,  ||  Am- 
mi;  and  to  "your  sisters,  ||  Kuha- 
mah. 

2  Plead  with  your  mother,  plead; 
for  "she  is  not  my  wife,  neither  tint 
I  her  husband:  let  her  therefore  put 
away  her  b  whoredoms  out  of  her 
sight,  and  her  ndulterica  from  be- 
tween her  breasts; 

.3  Lest  'I  strip  her  naked,  and  set 
her  as  in  the  day  that  she  was  <l  born, 
and  make  her  "^ns  a  wilderness,  nncl 
set  her  like  a  dry  land,  aud  slay  her 
with  I  thirst 


Idolatry  severely  threatened. 


HOSEA. 


The  desolation  of  Israel. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  7tj5. 


Ei.  16. 13, 16. 

iJcr.  41.  17. 


Lut«  IX  IS. 

nEi.  in.  8. 
1 1..  1.3. 
jE.lC.  17,18. 


1.16.37.  & 
cT,.'/.Hj. 


4  And  I  will  not  have  incroy  uium 
her  children;  for  they  6c  the  Bcliil- 
dren  of  whoredoms. 

5  k  For  their  mother  liatli  ployed 
the  harlot:  ,'ihe  that  eoneeived  tliein 
hath  done  shamefully;  for  bIic  said, 

I  will  go  after  my  lovers,  i  that  j;ivc 
me  my  bread  and  my  water,  my 
wool  and  my  flax,  mine  oil  nnd  my 
t  drink. 

G  TT  Tliercforc,  behold,  v  I  will  hedpe 
lip  thy  way  with  thorns,  and  t  make 
a  wafl,  that  she  shall  not  find  her 
paths. 

r  And  she  shall  follow  after  her 
lovers,  but  she  shall  not  overtal:e 
them;  and  she  shall  seek  them,  but 
shall  not  find  tlietn:  then  shall  she 
sav,  'I  will  RO  and  return  to  my 
'"iirst  husband;  for  then  xuas  it  bet- 
ter with  nie  than  now. 

8  For  she  did  not  "know  that  "1 
gave  her  corn,  and  fwine,  and  oil, 
and  multiplied  her  silver  and  gold, 

II  which  they  prepared  for  Baal. 

9  Therefore  will  I  return,  and  I'takc 
away  my  corn  in  the  time  thereof, 
and  my  wine  in  the  season  thereof, 
and  will  ||  recover  my  wool  and  my 
flax  given  to  cover  her  nakedness. 

11)  And  now  'iwill  I  discover  her 
t  lewdness  in  the  si^'lit  of  her  Invcr.s, 
and  none  shall  deliver  her  out  of 
mine  hand. 

H  'I  will  also  cause  all  her  mirth 
to  ee.ase,  her  'feast  days,  her  new 
moons,  and  her  sabbaths,  nnd  all  her 
solemn  feasts. 

12  And  I  will  t  destroy  her  vines 
and  her  lis  trees,  'whereof  she  hath 
said.  These  are  my  rewards  that  inv 
lovers  have  given  me:  and  "I  will 
make  them  a  forest,  and  the  beasts 
of  the  field  shall  eat  them. 

13  And  1  will  visit  upon  her  the  days 
of  Baalim,  wherein  she  burned  in- 
cense to  them,  and  she  '  decked  her- 
self with  her  earrings  and  her  jewels, 
and  she  went  after  her  lovers,  and 
forirat  mc,  saith  the  liOitD. 

14  IT  Therefore,  behold,  I  will  nllure 
her,  and  '  brint;  her  into  the  wilder- 
ness, and  speak  ||  f  comfortably  unto 
lier. 

15  And  I  will  give  licr  her  vine- 
yards from  thence,  and  ^thc  valley 
of  Achor  foradoorof  hope:  and  she 
shall  sing  there,  as  in  "the  days  of 
her  youth,  and  bas  in  the  day  when 
she  came  np  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt. 

16  And  it  shall  be  at  that  day,  saith 
the  Lord,  that  thou  shiilt  call  me 
lllshi;  and  shalt  call  mc  no  more 
II  Baali. 

17  For  "■  I  will  take  away  the  names 
of  Baalim  out  of  her  mouth,  and  they 
shall  no  more  be  rcnienibered  by 
their  name. 

IS  And  in  that  day  will  I  make  a 
d  covenant  for  them  with  the  beasts 
of  the  tield,  and  with  the  fowls  of 
heaven,  and  u-ilh  the  creeping  things 
of  the  ground :  and  "^  I  will  break  the 


bow  and  the  sword  and  the  battle  out 
of  the  earth,  and  will  make  them  to 
I  lie  down  sai'elv. 

I'J  And  I  will  bctrnth  thee  nnto  me 
for  ever;  yea,  1  will  betroth  thee  nn- 
to me  in  righteousness,  and  in  judg- 
ment, and  iu  lovingkiuduess,  and  in 
mercies. 

20  1  will  even  betroth  thee  unto 
mc  in  faithfulness  :  and  Cthou  Bhalt 
know  the  Loitn. 

'1\  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
dav.  111  will  liear,  saith  the  I.onn,  I 
will  hoar  the  heavens,  and  they  shall 
hear  the  earth; 

■I'l  And  the  earth  shall  hear  the  corn, 
and  the  wine,  and  the  oil;  iaud  they 
shall  hear  Je/reel. 

a  And  I- 1  will  sow  her  unto  me  in 
the  earth  ;  land  1  will  have  mercy 
upon  her  that  had  not  obtained  mer- 
cv;  nnd  I  '"will  say  to  them  xrhich 
i/'eiT  not  my  people.  Thou  art  my 
people;  and  they  shall  say,  Thowart 
my  God. 

CHAPTKR  in. 
1  By  the  cxpiction  of  an  adullermii,  4  i« 
eliriicil  the  dctolatioti  vf  Uracl   before 
their  reUoration. 

I'lJlEN  said  the  I^onn  nnto  me, 
•'  (io  vet,  love  a  woman  beloved 
of /(D- 1' friend,  vet  an  adulteress,  Re- 
cording to  thc'h.vc  of  the  l.oKn  to- 
ward the  children  of  Israel,  who  look 
to  other  gods,  and  \o\a  flagons  t  of 
wine. 

2  So  I  bought  her  to  mo  for  fifteen 
pieces  of  silver,  anA  for  aliomerof 
bnrlev,  and  n1  half  homer  of  biirlcy: 

.3  Aiid  1  said  unto  her.  Thou  slinlt 
'abide  for  me  many  days;  thoushnlt 
not  plav  the  harlot,  aiid  thou  thnlt 
not  be  ior  another  luun  :  60  u-ill  I 
also  ic  for  thee. 

4  For  the  children  of  Israel  fhnll 
abide  many  days  d  without  a  king, 
nnd  without  a  prince,  nnd  without  a 
sacrifice,  and  without  tan  image, 
and  without  an  ''  cphod,  and  xcithuut 
f  teraphim: 

5  Afterward  shall  the  childi-en  of 
Israel  return,  and  f  seek  the  l.onn 
their  God,  nnd  1"  David  their  king  ; 
and  shall  fear  the  I,oki>  and  hia 
goodness  in  the  i  latter  days. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  GotVa  judgments  apninst  the  sinK  of  the 
people,  6  nnd  of  the  pricet*,  12  avil 
ai7ai'H(  their  idilatry.  15  Jtuiah  >•  ex- 
horlcil  to  take  warning  ly  laraeVt  ea- 
lamitt/. 

I  J  EAU  the  word  of  the  Loitn,  ye 
1  children  of  Israel:  torthel.oiiD 
hath  a  "controversy  with  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  land,  because  there  i.<  no 
truth,  nor  mercv,  nor  b  knowledge  of 
Gi>d  in  the  land. 

'2  By  swearing,  and  lying,  nnd  kul- 
ing,  and  stenling,  nnd  committing 
adulterv,  they  break  out,  and  f  blood 
touchet'h  blood. 

.1  Therefore  '  slinll  the  land  mourn, 
nnd  d  every  one  tliatdwelleth  therein 
733 


C  H  K I  8  T 
about  7  bo. 


God's  jiidflinriifs  afirn'nst 


IIOSEA. 


t!io  mils  nf  the  prnpU. 


5.  k  1.5.  8 

1  neb.  cut 

tt,  5.  U. 

rlleb.  eu( 

I'bil.  3.  13. 
t  H.b.  li/l  1.) 


k  IJ.  24.  2. 
Jcr.  5.  31. 
tncb.  ii<il 


I'i.  II. 
Am.li  J.  4 
is.  5. 
1 1  Kin  i:. 


y  Mull.  15.  U. 
tHnli.K.io'K. 
•  MU.  3.  II.  Ji 


shall  hiiisnish,  with  the  bcastfl  of  the 
fioM,  oiul  with  the  fowls  of  heaven; 
yea,  the  fishes  of  the  Bea  also  sliall  be 
taken  away. 

4  Yet  let  no  man  Btrive,  nor  reprove 
another:  for  thy  people  arc  as  they 
"that  strive  with  the  priest. 

5  Therefore  shalt  tliuii  fall  fin  the 
(lay,  and  the  prophet  also  shall  fall 
with  thee  in  the  night,  and  I  wiU 
f  destroy  thy  mother. 

6  IT  K  My  people  are  f  destroyed  for 
laek  of  knowledge:  beeanse  thou  hast 
rejected  knowledge,  I  will  also  reject 
thee,  that  thou  shaU  be  no  priest  to 
me:  seeing  thou  hast  forgotten  the 
law  of  thy  God,  I  will  also  forget  thy 
children. 

7  h  As  they  were  increased,  so  they 
sinned  against  me:  i  ^/lerc/brc  will  I 
chan^jc  tlietr  plory  into  shame. 

8  They  cat  up  the  sin  of  my  people, 
and  they  f  ECt  their  heart  ou  their  in- 
iiinity. 

y  And  there  shall  be.  Hike  people, 
like  priest:  and  I  will  )  punish  them 
for  their  ways,  and  t  reward  them 
their  doinjjs. 

10  For  Ithey  shall  eat,  and  not  have 
enoui^h:  they  shall  commit  whore- 
dom, and  shall  not  increase:  because 
they  have  left  otf  to  take  heed  to  the 
Lohn. 

11  Whoredom  and  wine  and  new 
wine  "'  take  away  the  heart. 

12M  iVIy  people  usk  counsel  at  their 
"stocks,  and  their  staff  declarcth  un- 
to them:  for  °  the  spirit  of  whoredoms 
hath  caused  t/icni  to  err,  and  they 
have  jrone  a  whoring  from  under 
their  God. 

V!  P  They  sacrifice  upon  the  tops 
of  the  mountains,  and  burn  incense 
upon  the  hills,  under  oaks  and  pop- 
lars and  elms,  because  the  shadow 
thereof  is  ^ood  :  'I  therefore  your 
daughters  shall  commit  whoredom, 
and  your  spouses  shall  commit  adul- 
tery. 

It  II I  will  not  punish  your  daugh- 
ters when  they  commit  whoredom, 
nor  Tour  spouses  ^\'hen  thny  commit 
niluiterv:  for  tliemselves  are  separa- 
ted with  whores,  and  they  saeriHre 
with  harlots ;  therefore  t!ie  people 
Hint  ''doth  not  understand  shall 
II  fall. 

1.')  TT  Though  thon,  Israel,  play  the 
harlot,  yet  let  not  Jiidah  offend; 
*and  come  not  ye  nnto  Gilgal,  nei- 
ther go  yc  up  to  '  lieth-aveu,  "nor 
swear.  The  ]-oi:i>  liveth. 

K;  For  Israel  '^  slideth  back  as  a 
liaeksliding  lieifer  :  now  the  J^oKD 
will  feed  them  as  a  lamb  in  a  large 
place. 

17  Kphraim  iV<  joined  to  idols:  'let 
him  alone. 

l.S  Their  drink  tis  sour:  they  have 
committed  whoredom  eontinually  : 
'^'  her  t  rulers  with  shame  do  love, 
Give  yc. 

I'J  "The  wind  hath  bound  her  up 
734 


in  her  wings,  and  kthey  shall  be 
asliamcd  because  of  their  sacriticcs. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  God^s  judgments  against  the  priests,  the 

people,  and  the  princes  of  Israel,  for 

tfieirmftnifutd  sins,  \o  until  tiny  repent. 

HE.\K  ye  this,  O  priests ;  and 
hearken,  yc  house  of  Israel; 
and  give  ye  c*ar,  O  house  of  the 
king  ;  for  judgment  f5  toward  you, 
because  *ye  have  been  a  snare  on 
Mizpah,  aiid  a  net  spread  upon  Ta- 
bor. 

2  And  the  rcvoltcrs  are  l"  profound 
to  make  slaughter,  l|  though  I  have 
been  ta  rcbuker  of  them  nil. 

3  '^I  know  Kphraim,  and  Israel  is 
not  hid  from  mc:  for  now,  O  Kphra- 
im, ilthou  committest  whoredom, 
and  Israel  is  defiled. 

4  t  li  They  will  not  frame  their  do- 
ings to  turn  unto  their  God:  for^^the 
spirit  of  whoredoms  is  in  the  midst 
of  them,  and  they  have  not  known 
the  Lord. 

.')  And  f  the  pride  of  Israel  doth  test- 
ify to  his  foce:  therefore  shall  Israel 
and  Kphraim  fall  in  their  iuitiuity; 
Jiidah  also  shall  fall  with  them. 

G  cThey  shall  go  witli  their  flocks 
and  with  their  herds  to  seek  the 
LoKD;  but  they  shall  not  find  Aim,- 
he  hath  withdrawn  himself  from 
them. 

7  They  have  k  dealt  treacherou.^Iy 
against'thc  I^OKD;  for  they  have  be- 
gotten strange  children  :  now  shall 
ia  month  devour  them  with  their 
portions. 

5  k  Blow  ye  the  cornet  in  Gibeah, 
and  the  trumpet  in  Ramah  :  'cry 
aloud  at  " Beth-aven,  "after  thee, 
O  Benjamin. 

y  Ephraim  sh.iU  be  desolate  in  the 
day  of  rebuke :  amon^  the  tribes 
of  Israel  have  I  made  known  that 
which  shall  surely  be. 

10  The  princes  of  Judah  were  like 
them  that  "remove  the  bound:  therc- 
Jbre  I  will  pour  out  my  wrath  upon 
them  like  water. 

11  Ephraim  is  ^oppressed  and  bro- 
ken in  judgment,  because  he  will- 
ingly walked  after  ''the  command- 
ment. 

12  Therefore  wiU  Jbc  unto  Ephra- 
im as  a  moth,  and  to  the  house  of 
Judnh  ""as  (I  rottenness. 

1.'!  When  Epliraini  saw  his  sickness, 
and  .Tiidah  eair  his  "wound,  then 
went  Ephraim  '  to  the  Assyrian,  "  and 
sent  (f  to  king  .lareb  :  yet  could  he 
not  heal  you,  nor  cure' you  of  your 
wouiul, 

14  For  ''T  iriU  f>c  unto  Ephniim  as 
a  hon,  and  as  a  young  lion  to  the 
hou.^e  of  Judah:  >'I,  cith  I,  will  tear 
and  go  away;  I  will  t-tkc  away,  and 
none  shall  rescue  liim. 

1.")  IT  I  will  go  and  return  to  my 
place,  ftill  "thev  aeknowledgc  thefr 
offence,  and  sccK  my  face:  ''in  their 
afHictiou  they  will  seek  mc  early. 


An  exhortation  to  rejmitatice. 


IIOSEA. 


Bfforo 
C  II  It  I  S  T 

about  7S0. 


A  reproof  of  manifold  sinit. 


ch.  i.  14. 
bJcr  30.  17. 
cl  Cor.  1.5.4. 


Joha  17.  3. 

I  Or. 

/<>«  .I'/ctm, 
J.jb31.  JJ. 

r  ch.  8.  I. 

qeh.  .5.  7. 

rch.  12.  II. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

1  An  exhortation  to  repentance.  4  A  rent' 
plaint  of  their  untowardnets  and  inin- 
nity. 

C10ME,  and  let  113  return  unto  the 
/  l.oitn:  for  "lie  hiitli  torn,  and 
lihc  will  Ileal  u.s  ;  he  hath  Biiiitten, 
and  he  will  bind  us  up. 
•i'  After  two  days  will  he  revive  ns: 
in  the  third  day  he  will  rai.»c  U3  up, 
and  we  shall  live  in  his  sight. 

3  '1  Then  shall  we  know,  if  we  fol- 
low on  to  know  the  Lord:  his  going 
forth  is  prepared  "as  the  mornin;;; 
and  fhe  shall  come  unto  us  fas  the 
rain,  113  the  latter  and  former  rain 
unto  th"  earth. 

4  IT  hO  Epliraim,  what  shall  I  do 
unto  thee?  ()  Judah,  what  shall  I  do 
unto  thee  ?  for  your  |:  goodness  i.t  i  as 
a  morning  cloud,  and  as  the  early 
dew  it  gocth  away. 

,5  Therefore  have  I  hewed  them  k  hy 
the  prophets;  I  have  slain  them  hy 
Ithe  words  of  my  mouth:  Hand  thy 
judgments  arc  as  the  light  thai  go- 
eth  forth. 

C  For  I  desired  "■  merer,  and  "  not 
saerifice  ;    and    the   "  knowledge    of 
God  more  than  burnt  oflerings. 
But  they  i;  like  men  I'havc  trans 


I    5  In  the  day  ofourking 

I  have  niado  him  silk  (I  with  bo'ttles  < 


icpnn 


gressed  the  covenant:   there  n  have     hc.iven;    I 


winci  lie  stretehcd  out  his  hand  with 
scorners. 

(i  i'or  they  have  ||  made  ready  their 
heart  like  an  oven,  while  they  lie  in 
wait:  their  baker  slcepeth  all  the 
night:  in  tlio  morning  it  hurneth  as 
a^flaining  (ire. 

7  Thev  arc  all  liot  as  an  oven,  and 
have  devoured  their  judges;  'all 
their  kings  hare  f:illcn  :  'ihrre.  is 
none  among  them  that  calleth  unto 
me. 

8  Ephraim,  he  I  hath  mixed  himself 
among  the  people;  Ephraim  is  a  cake 
not  turned. 

9  1  Strangers  have  devoured  his 
strength,  and  he  know.th  it  not: 
yea,  gray  hairs  are  there  and  there 
uponliim,  yet  he  knoweth  not. 

lU  And  the  "" pride  of  I.vnul  lestifi- 
cth  to  his  face:  and  "  they  do  not  re- 
turn to  the  I.onu  their  God,  nor  seek 
him  for  all  this. 

II  IT  "Ephraim  nlso  is  like  a  silly 
dove  without  heart:  Plliey  call  to 
Egypt,  they  go  to  Assyria. 

Vi.  When  they  shall  go,  11  will 
spread  my  net  upon  them:  I  will 
bring  them  down  as  the  (owls  of  the 


they  dealt  treacherously  against  me 

8  'Gilead   w  a  citv  of  them    that 
work  iniquity, 
blood. 

9  And  as  troops  of  robbers 


chastise   them,   'as 


nd  Is  II  polluted  with 
.it  for 


their  congregation  hath  heard 
l.j  Woe  unto  tJicm !  for  they  have 
fled  from  me:  t  destruetioH  unto 
them  !  because  they  have  trans- 
gressed against  me:  though  "I  have 


a  man,  fo  "the  cnmpanv  of  priests    redeemed  them,  yet  they  have  spoken 
murder  in  the  way  t  by  consent:  for    l'<^s  against  m- 


they  commit  ||  lew'dne: 

10  I  have  seen  'a  horrible  thing  in 
the  house  of  Israel :  there  is  '^the 
whoredom  of  Ephraim,  Israel  is  de- 
filed. 

11  Also,  O  Judah,  '^he  hath  set  a 
harvest  for  thee,  S'whcn  I  returned 
the  captivity  of  my  people. 

Or   m-r™;,_»       «J,r.  A.  30.     a  ch.  4. 12,  13.  17.     i  Jc  51.  33.  Joel 
3.  a.  Kov.  11.  15.    J-  I'l.  120.  1. 


CHAPTER  TH. 

1  A  reproof  of  mcintfold  fi'ig. 
wrath  againtt  them'for  their  I 


11  God't 

imcriey. 


'WJU'E^  I  would  have  henled  Isra- 
>  t  el,  then  the  iniquitv  r,f  Ephr:i- 
im  was  discovered,  and  the  i  wicked- 
ness of  Samaria  :  for  'they  commit 
falsehood;  and  the  thief  clmielh  in, 
and  the  troop  of  robbers  (  spoileth 
without. 

2  And  they  f  consider  not  in  their 
hearts  that  I  !•  remember  all  their 
W'ickcdness:  now  *^  their  own  doings 
h.ave  beset  them  about ;  they  are 
•1  before  my  face. 

.'t  They  make  the  king  glad  with 
their  wickedness,  and  the  princes 
'■  with  their  lies. 

4  fThey  arc  all  adulterers,  as  an 
oven  heated  by  the  hakir,  ||  irhii 
ceascth  ||  from  raising  after  he  hath 
kneaded  the  dough,  until  it  be 
leavened. 


And  thcv  have  not  cried  unto 
me  with  their  heart,  when  they 
howled  upon  their  beds:  they  assem- 
ble themselves  for  corn  and  wine, 
and  they  rebel  against  me. 

1 J  Though  I  \[  have  bound  and 
strengthened  their  arms,  yet  do  they 
imagine  mischief  against  me. 

16  "Thev  return,  Inl  not  to  the 
Most  High:  'thev  arc  like  a  de- 
ceitful bow:  their  "princes  shall  fall 
by  the  sword  for  the  5  rage  of  their 
tongue:  this  fhiiU  be  their  derision 
'  in  the  land  of  Egvpt. 

CHAPTER  Till. 

1,  U  Destruction  it  llirentened  for  their 
impietp,  &  and  idvtatry. 

Ct/:r  "the  trumpet  to  (thy  mouth. 

O  J/e  shall  rnnie  l»ns  an  eagle 
against  the  house  of  the  I.oitn,  be- 
ciitise  '"they  have  transgressed  my 
covenant,  and  trespassed  against  my 
law. 

ii  Israel  shall  crv  unto  me.   My 


CHRIST 
aloul  71*0. 


Foiriiici 
at)out  773. 

Ceh.  P.  4. 

l.2KiB  i.vin. 

11,25.30. 

1 U.  C4.  7. 

k  P..  106.33. 

mch   5.  5. 
nUa  13. 

»th.  11.  U. 
pSeeSKiny* 

IS  i»m;.4. 
cl.  »  m  »U. 


rl-T.  16.14, 
Ac. 

llcft.  281  IS. 
*c. 
i  Kio.  17.13, 


God. 


•  know  th< 


'!  Israel  hath  east  otXthe  Ihin/i  that  is 
good:  the  enemy  shall  pursue  him. 

4  fThey  have  set  up  kings,  but  not 
by  me:  they  have  made  princes,  and 
I  knew  it  not:  Kof  their  silver  and 
their  gold  have  they  made  them 
idols,  that  they  may  be  cut  off. 

.I  U  Thy  calf,  f)  Samaria,  hath  cast 
thee  ofi ;  mine  anger  is  kindled 
735 


a  r«.  78.  JL 

ch.  i.  U. 
•  TH.  I.  IS. 

f2ia>.  U.U. 


Israel's  distress  and  captiviti/ 


HOSEA. 


kch.  7.9. 
12  Kin.  17.6. 
mJer.  22.  2S. 

4  -18.  SS. 

about  771. 
n  2  IU«.15.19. 
o  Jer.  2.  21. 
pla.  30.  R. 

E..  16.3:1,31. 
t  n«b.  lo»M. 
q  Ki.  1«.  37. 

eh.  10.  10. 


.1  Jcr.  7.  21. 
Zeoh.  7.  e. 
I  Or.  In  Iht 


n.^ainst  them:  hhow  long  will  it  be 
ere  tlicy  attain  to  innocency  ? 
(i  For  from  Israel  u-as  it  also:  the 
worlviiian  marlc  it;  therefore  it  i.<  not 
God:  but  tlie  calf  of  Samaria  sliall  be 
broken  in  pieces. 

7  For  i  they  liave  sown  the  wind, 
and  they  sliall  reap  the  ■wliirlwind: 
it  hath  no  f|  stalk ;  the  bud  shall 
yield  no  meal:  if  60  be  it  yield,  kthe 
strangers  shall  swallow  it  up. 

8  1  Israel  is  swallowed  up:  now  shall 
they  be  anion;;  the  Gentiles  "'as  a 
vessel  wherein  is  no  pleasure. 

9  For  "  they  are  gone  up  to  Assyria, 
"a  wild  ass  alone  by  himself:  Ephra- 
im  r  hath  hired  t  lovers. 

10  Yea,  thoush  they  have  hired 
among  the  nations,  now  iwill  I 
Rather  them,  and  thcv  sh.iU  ||  sorrow 
II  a  little  for  the  burden  of  ■■  the  kin;; 
of  princes. 

U  Because  Ephraim  hath  made 
'many  altars  to  sin,  altars  shall  be 
unto  him  to  sin. 

12  I  have  written  to  him  '  the  great 
things  of  my  law,  hut  they  were 
counted  as  a  stranje  thing. 

I'i  "  II  They  sacrilicc  flesh  for  the 
sacrifices  of  mine  offerings,  and  eat 
it;  '^but  the  Lor.D  acccptctli  them 
not;  Jiiow  will  he  remember  their 
iniquity,  and  visit  their  sins:  'they 
shall  return  to  E^j-pt. 

H  "For  Israel  liath  forgotten  this 
Maker,  and  =  buildeth  temples;  and 
Judah  hath  multiplied  fenced  cities: 
but  <1 1  will  send  afire  upon  his  cities, 
and  it  fhall  devour  the  palaces  there- 
of. 


for  their  sins  and  idolatry. 


12.  31.     d  Jer.  17.  27.  Amo.  2. 


Deal.  32.  IS.     t  Is.  29.  23.  Epk.  2.  10.    c  I  Kio 


^ch.4.  12.  i 
6.  i.  7. 
l.Jer.  41    17. 


-.2.7.4  10. 
.  ».  13.  4 


■  .I.T. 

IvKctl 

13. 
20.1 

1   I,.,-. 

T.  U 

tach. 

2.  U. 

The  dietr 


CHAPTER  IX. 

>8  cinU  caplii'iti/  of  lar 
■      ■         „rf  idulalry. 


elfo, 


r)E.IOICE  not,  O  Israel,  for  joy, 
V  as  olhcr  people:  for  thou  'tiast 
cone  a  whoring  from  thy  God,  thou 
hast  loved  a  l> reward  H'upou  every 
cornfloor. 

i  'The  floor  and  the  || winepress 
shall  not  Iced  them,  and  the  new 
wine  shall  fail  in  her. 

3  They  shall  not  dwell  in  I'the 
Lord's  land;  ''but  Ephraim  shall 
return  to  Egypt,  and  fthey  shall  eat 
unclean  thiiigf  Kin  Assyria. 

4  h  They  shall  not  offer  wine  ofTrr- 
iiigs  to  the  Lord,  i  neither  shall  they 
be  pleasing  untoliim:  k  their  sacrih- 
ces  shall  be  unto  them  as  the  bread 
of  mourners;  all  that  eat  thereof  shall 
be  polluted:  for  their  bread  I  for  their 
soul  shall  not  come  into  the  house  of 
the  Lord. 

fl  What  will  ye  do  in  ""the  solemn 
day,  and  in  the  day  of  the  feust  of  the 
Lord:' 

()  For,  1o,  fhey  are  gone  because  of 
Idcstruetiou  :  "Egypt  shall  gather 
them  up,  Memphis  shall  liurv  them: 
II  t  the  pleasant  jj/(irv.s  fbr  theiir  silver, 

■  tftati  tit  dctiff,!.  lU  nailf,  /c.     t  Hcli.  t^t  Jtiire. 

TiS 


"nettles  shall  possess  them:  thorns 
sliallbe  ill  their  tabernacles. 

7  The  days  of  visitation  arc  come, 
the  days  of  recompense  arc  come; 
Israel  shall  know  it:  the  prophet  w 
a  tool,  ''the  t spiritual  man  !»•  mad, 
for  the  multitude  of  thine  iniquity, 
and  the  great  hatred. 

8  The  'I  watchman  of  Ephraim  was 
with  my  God:  hut  the  prophet  is  a 
snare  ot  a  fowler  in  all  his  ways,  and 
hatted  ||  in  the  hou.so  of  his  God. 

9  '  Tliey  have  deeply  corrupted 
tlipmschcs,  ns  in  the  d:iy3  of  Gibeah: 
'  therefore  he  will  remember  their  in- 
iquity, he  will  visit  their  sins. 

10  I  found  Israel  like  grapes  in  the 
wilderness;  I  saw  your  fathers  ns 
"  the  first  ripe  in  the  fig  tree  "  r.t  her 
first  time:  but  thcv  went  to  J'lJaal- 
peor,  and  '  separate"d  themselves  "  un- 
to that  shame;  I'and  Mn>  abomina- 
tions were  according  as  thev  loved. 

U  As  for  Ephraim,  their  glory  shall 
fly  away  like  a  bird,  from  the  birth, 
and  from  the  womb,  and  from  the 
conception. 

12  'Tlioiigh  they  bring  up  their 
children,  yet  <Iwill  I  bereave  them, 
that  there  shall  not  be  a  man  Icil: 
yea,  ''woo  also  to  them  when  I  f de- 
part from  them  I 

13  Ephraim,  Sas  I  saw  Tyrus,  is 
planted  in  a  pleasant  place:  h  but 
Ephraim  shall  bring  forth  his  chil- 
dren to  the  murderer. 

14  Give  them,  O  Lord:  what  wilt 
thou  give?  give  them  ia  f  miscarry- 
ing womb  and  dry  breasts. 

15  All  their  wickedness  kis  in  Gil- 
gal:  for  there  I  hated  them:  Ifor  the 
wickedness  of  their  doings  I  will 
drive  them  out  of  mine  house,  I  will 
love  them  no  more:  '"all  their  princes 
arc  revolters. 

IG  Ephraim  is  emitten,  their  root 
is  dried  up,  they  shall  bear  no  fruit: 
yea,  "though  they  bring  forth,  vet 
will  I  sliiy  even  f  the  beloved  fruit 
of  their  womb. 

17  Jly  God  will  cast  them  nwav,  be- 
cause they  did  not  hearken  unto'him: 
and  they  shall  be  "  wanderers  among 
the  nations. 

CHAPTER  X. 

Israel  t'j  reproved  and  llirecitencdfor  their 

impiety  and  iduiatry. 

ISRAEL  is  "Han  emptv  vine,  he 
biiiigcth  forth  fruit  unto  himself: 
according  to  the  multitude  of  his 
fruit  bhe  hath  increased  the  altars: 
according  to  the  goodness  of  his  land 
'  they  have  made  poodlv  t  images. 

2  II  Their  heart  is  ii  dividcil  ;  now 
shall  they  be  found  faulty :  he  shall 
t  break  down  their  ultars,  he  shall 
spoil  their  imiigrs. 

ji  ^For  now  they  shall  sav.  We 
have  no  king,  because  W('  feared  not 
theI,oRD;  what  then  should  a  king 


Dcforo 
CHRIST 
about  7C0. 


cU.  10.  9. 
iJudg.  19.2 
I  eK  8.  13. 
oil.  21.  4. 


I'J.  lUC.  23. 
eh.  4.  U. 
..rer.  11.  1.1. 
SeoJudj.  B. 


ell.  13.  10. 
i  Luke  23.  29. 
t  n«h.  that 

teh.l.  IJ.  » 
12.  11. 
leh.  1.  0. 
m  I,.  1.  23. 


about  740. 

kN«l..  2.2. 


do  to  US? 

dl  Kin.  IS.  21.  M»l 


eh.  3.  «.  1 11.  S.  Uic 


Israel's  impiety,  idolatry. 


HOSEA. 


and  ingratitude. 


Before 
CHRIST 

about  740. 


2-i. 

ch.9.  u. 
k  ch.  5.  13. 
Uh.  U.  6. 
ni  -..r.  3.  15. 
+  Heb.  fSe 
/«-•'/'*« 

Bch.  4.  15. 
oD.al.  9.  21. 

1  Kin.  12.30. 
pelx.  0,  6. 
oil.  2.19. 
Yat«  2.1. 30. 

RtT.  6. 16.  i 

9.6. 

rch.  0.9. 
tSoe  JndsCO. 
tl>out.23.  C3. 
uJer.  IB.  IB. 


.  13.  IS. 
Jin.13  31. 


about  740. 

Kch.  8.  l.'i. 
b  M«tt.  2.  15. 


cK.  2.  13.  Ji 
U.  2. 
eli««t.l.31i 
3i  M.  II.  12. 
Li.  16.  3. 


4  They  have  spoken  words,  swear- 
ing falsely  in  making  a  covenant; 
thus  judgment  springeth  up  fa« 
hemlock  in  the  furrows  of  the  held. 

5  The  inhabitants  of  Samaria  shall 
fear  because  of  "the  calves  ofhBeth- 
aven  :  for  the  people  thereof  shall 
mourn  over  it,  and  |1  the  priests  there- 
of tliat  rejoiced  on  it,  i  for  the  glory 
thereof,  because  it  is  departed  from 
it. 

6  It  shall  be  also  carried  unto  As- 
syria for  a  present  to  kking  Jarcb: 
Kphraim  shall  receive  shame,  and 
Israel  shall  be  ashamed  fof  liisown 
counsel. 

7  '°  Ait  for  Samaria,  her  king  is  cut 
off  as  the  foam  upon  f  the  water. 

S  "  The  high  places  also  of  Aven, 
°the  sin  of  Israel,  shall  be  destroyed: 
P  the  th®rn  and  the  thistle  shall  come 
up  on  their  altars;  land  they  shall 
say  to  the  mountains.  Cover  us;  and 
tothe  hills.  Fall  on  us. 

9  '■  O  Israel,  thou  hast  sinned  from 
the  days  of  Gibeah:  there  they  stood: 
'  the  battle  in  Gibeah  against  the  chil- 
dren of  inicjuity  did  not  overtake 
them. 

10  1  It  is  in  my  desire  that  I  should 
chastise  them;  and  "the  people  shall 
be  gathered  against  them,  ||  when 
they  shall  bind  themselves  in  their 
two  furrows. 

U  And  Ephraim  is  as  ^  a  heifer  (!iat 
is  taught,  and  lovcth  to  tread  out  the 
corn;  but  I  passed  over  upon  f  her 
fair  neck:  I  will  make  Ephraim  to 
ride;  Judah  shall  plough,  and  Jacob 
shall  break  his  clods. 

12  ^  Sow  to  yourselves  in  righteous- 
ness, reap  in  mercy;  ^  break  up  your 
fallow  ground :  for  it  is  time  to  seek 
the  Lord,  till  he  come  and  raiu 
righteousness  upon  you. 

IS*  Ye  have  ijiouglied  wickedness, 
ye  have  reaped  iniquity  ;  j-e  have 
eaten  the  fruit  of  lies:  because  thou 
didst  trust  in  thy  way,  in  the  multi- 
tude of  thy  mighty  nicn. 

14  !>  Therefore  shall  a  tumult  arise 
among  tliy  people,  and  all  thy  for- 
tresses shall  be  spoiled,  as  Shalman 
spoiled  '^  Beth-arbcl  in  the  day  of 
battle:  dthe  mother  was  dashed  in 
pieces  npon  Iicr  children. 

15  So  sliall  I5eth-cl  do  unto  you  be- 
cause of  tyour  great  wickedness:  in 
a  morning  ''shall  the  king  of  Israel 
utterly  be  cut  olf. 

CHAPTER  XI. 
1  Tht  insrralitude  of  Israel  unto  God  fur 

h<9  benefits,     ii  Ui8  judgment.     8  Ood't 

mercy  toward  them. 
"I\riIEX  'Israel  teas  a  child,  then 

IT  I  loved  him,  and  b called  my 
'^  son  out  of  Egypt. 

2  -Is  they  called  them,  so  they  went 
from  them  :  d  they  sacrificed  unto 
Uaalim^  and  burued  incense  to 
graven  images. 

3  *■  I  taught  Ephraim   also  to    go, 

4r 


taking  them  by  their  arms;  but  they 
knew  not  that  f  I  healed  them. 

4  I  drew  them  with  cords  of  a 
man,  with  bands  of  love:  and  ^I 
was  to  them  ns  they  that  1  take  off 
the  yoke  on  tlieir  jaws,  and  hi  laid 
meat  unto  them. 

5  TT  ille  shall  not  return  into  the 
land  of  Egypt,  but  the  Assyrian 
shall  he  his  king,  k  because  they  re- 
fused to  return. 

C  And  the  sword  sliall  abide  on 
his  cities,  and  shall  consume  his 
branches,  and  devour  them,  I  be- 
cause of  their  own  counsels. 

7  And  my  people  are  bent  to 
"backsliding  from  me:  "though 
they  called  them  to  the  Most  lligli, 
t  none  at  all  would  exalt  liini. 

8  °  llow  shall  I  give  theit  up,  Ephra- 
im? how  shall  I  deliver  thee,  Israel? 
how  shall  1  moke  thee  asl'.Vdmah? 
how  shall  I  set  thee  as  Zcboim  ? 
Inline  heart  is  turned  within  me, 
my  repentings  are  kindled  together. 

9  I  will  not  execute  the  fierceness 
of  mine  anger,  I  will  not  return  to 
destroy  Epnraim  :  ■'for  I  am  God, 
and  not  man;  the  Holy  One  in  the 
midst  of  thee:  and  I  will  not  enter 
into  the  eitv. 

10  Thev  snail  w.alk  after  the  Lord: 
'he  shall  roar  like  a  lion:  when  he 
sh.iU  roar,  then  the  children  shall 
tremble  'from  the  west. 

11  They  shall  tremble  as  a  bird 
out  of  Lgvpt,  "and  as  a  dove  out 
of  the  land  of  Assyria:  "and  I  will 
place  them  in  their  houses,  saith  the 

LOKD. 

12  >' Ephraim  compnsseth  me  about 
with  lies,  and  the  house  of  Israel 
with  deceit :  but  Judah  vet  rulelh 
with  God,  and  is  faithful'll  with  the 
saints. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  A  reproof  of  £phraim,  Judah,  etnd  Ja- 

coi.     3  Uy  f;rmcr  favourt  he  ezhorlelh 

to  repentance.     7  i^phraim'a  aina  prv 

voke  (rod. 

ITTHRAIM  'fecdeth  on  wind,  and 
J  foUoweth  after  the  ca^t  wind  : 
he  daily  increascth  lies  and  desola- 
tion ;  band  they  do  make  a  cove- 
nant with  the  Assyrians,  and  'oil 
is  carried  into  Egvpt. 

2  il  The  Ennn  hath  :dso  a  contro- 
versy with  Judah,  and  will  f  punish 
Jacob  according  to  his  ways  ;  ac- 
cording to  his  doings  will  he  recom- 
pense him. 

3  IT  lie  took  his  brother  'by  the 
heel  in  the  womb,  and  by  hisstrengtli 
lie  i  f  had  power  with  God: 

4  Yea,  he  had  power  over  the  an- 
gel, and  prevailed :  he  wept,  and 
made  supplication  unto  him  :  he 
f(mnd  him  in  fBctli-el,  and  there 
lie  spake  with  us: 

5  Even  the  Eoitn  God  of  hosts; 
the  EoRD  i.<  his  h  memorial. 

6  i  Therefore  turn  thou  to  thy 
God  :    keep    mercy  and    judgment, 

r.f7 


Ephraim's  sins  and  idolatry. 


HOSEA. 


A  promise  of  God's  mercy. 


Before      land   k wait   on   thy    God    continu- 
ally. 

7  IT  He  U  li  a  merchont,  I  the  bal- 
ances of  deceit  are  in  liis  hand:  he 
lovcth  to  II  oppress. 
H  And  Ephraim   said,  ""  Yet  I  am 
l)ecome  rich,  I  have  found  me  out 
substance:  |1  in  all  my  labours  Hiey 
IOr,  d,c,!n.     shall  find  none  iniquity  in  me  f  that 
11.5.    trere  sin. 
■  3-n-        n  And  "I  Ihat  am  the  Lord  thv 
|Or,  o/f™,/       God  from  the  land  of  E«vpt  "will 
vet  make    thee   to    dwell   in   taber- 
nacles, as  in  the  days  of  the  solemn 
feast. 

10    ri   have    also    epoken    by   the 
prophets,    and    I    have    multiplied 
iBeh.whM.    visions,  and  used  similitudes,  t  by 
13.  ■!.        the  ministry  of  the  prophets. 
23.42.      11    lis  there  iniquity  in    Gilead  ? 
surelv  they  arc  vanity  :  they  sacri- 
fice hullocks  in  ''Gilpal;  yea, 'their 
altars  are  as  heaps  in  the  furrows 
of  the  fields. 

12  And  Jacob  'fled  into  the  coun- 
try of  Svria,  and  Israel  "served  for 
a  wife,  and  for  a  wife  ho  kept  ulirrp. 

13  "And  bv  a  prophet  the  Loi;r> 
brought  Israel  out  of  Egypt,  and  by 
a  prophet  was  he  preserved. 

14  5  Ephraim  provoked  him  to  an- 
ger f  most  bitterly:  therefore  shall  he 
leave  liis  f  blood  "upon  him,  ^and  his 
"reproach  ehall  his  Lord  return  un- 
to him. 


rch.  4.  15.  It 

0.  1.'.. 

Amo.i.i.li 

5.5. 
■  ch.  a  11.  k 

10.  1. 
t  Oen.  2S.  5. 

D«ul.  211.  6. 
11  Oen.  20.  2tl, 

28. 


abont  72J. 

>2Kiii.  17. 

11.  IS. 

.h.  11.  a. 

add  la  i.n. 

l.ch.2.  8.  i 

I  El.  12.  .W,  51  &  n.  3.  r«.  77.  20.  I>.  R).  11.  Mlc.  fl. 
17.  II— l.S.  t  Hell.  ,»if/i  6ii(*r,iM»M.  i  lUh.lloodt: 
121.  7.».     sUan.ll.lS.     ivUeut.  23.  37. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

1  Ephraim's  glory,  hy  reaion  of  idolatry, 
vanithcth.  5  liocVs  anger  fur  their  un- 
kiniiiteen.  0  A  promise  of  (Jod'a  mercy. 
15  A  Judgment  for  rebellion. 

ATJ'IIEN'  Ephraim  spake  trembling, 
Vt  he  exalted  himself  in  Israel ; 
but  'when  he  offended  in  Baal,  he 
died. 

2  And  now  f  they  sin  more  and 
more,  and  l>have  made  them  molt- 
en images  of  their  silver,  and  idols 
according  to  their  own  nnderstnnil- 
ing,  all  of  it  the  work  of  the  crafts- 
men :  they  say  of  tlicin,  Eet  ||  the 
men  that  sacrifice  ^  kiss  the  calves. 

3  Therefore  they  shall  be  •!  as  the 
morning  cloud,  and  as  the  early  dew 
that  jiasseth  away,  "as  the  chaff 
that  13  driven  with  the  whirlwind 
out  of  the  floor,  and  as  the  smoke 
out  of  the  chimney. 

4  Yet  fl  am  the  Loud  thy  God 
from  the  land  of  Egypt,  and  thou 
shall  know  no  God  but  me :  lor 
s  there  is  no  saviour  beside  me. 

,5  TT  111  did  know  thee  in  the  wil- 
derness, "ill  the  land  of  f great 
drought. 

G  kAecording  to  their  pasture,  bo 
were  they  filled  ;  they  were  filled, 
and  their  heart  was  exalted  ;  there- 
fore 1  have  thcv  forgotten  nie. 

7  Therefore  >"  I  will  be  unto  them 
738 


tn.b. 


vjhti. 


VDen 
11.  dcUJ.  15. 
lch.8.  K. 

<b.  5.  ii. 


as  a  lion:  as  "  a  leopard  by  the  way        Iicfor* 
will  I  observe  fAem;  CUUIST 

8  I  will  meet  them  "as  n  bear  il^ou'^SJ. 
Ihat  1.1  bereaved  of  her  lohel/iSy  and 
will  rend  the  caul  of  their  heart, 
and  there  will  I  devour  them  like 
a  lion  :  f  the  wild  beast  shall  tear 
them.  j„.<»/>»« 

1)  11  O  Israel,  Pthou  hast  destroyed     ^''''■ 
thyself ;  '<  but  in  me  t  is  thine  help. 

li)  1(1  will  be  thy  king:  ''where  if 
any  other  that  may  save  thee  in  all    ,,„.  4. 
thy  cities  ?  and  thy  judges  of  whom     tii.h.  ■ 
"thou  saidst.  Give  nie  a  king  and     *»'i'. 
princes?  I.?""-" 

11  '  I  g.ave  thee  akingin  mine  anger, 
and  took  him  away  in  my  wrath. 

12  "The  iniquity  of  Ephraim  is 
bound  up;  his  sin  is  hid. 

K  "  The  sorrows  of  a  travailing 
woman  shall  come  upon  him:  he  is 
J'an  unwise  son;  for  he  should  not 
^  stay  f  long  in  the  place  o/the  break- 
ing forth  of  children. 

\\  "I  will  ransom  them  from  (the 
power  of  the  grave  ;  I  will  redeem 
thcin  from  death:  bO  death,  I  will 
he  thy  plagues;  O  grave,  I  will  he 
thy  destruction  :  ^  repentance  shall 
1)0  hid  from  mine  eves. 

].■)  U  Though  il  he  "be  fruitful  among 
his  brethren,  'an  east  wind  shall 
come,  the  wind  of  the  Lokd  shall 
come  up  from  the  wilderness,  and 
his  spring  shall  become  dry,  and  his 
fountain  shall  he  dried  up:  he  shall 
spoil  the  treasure  of  all  f  pleasant 
vessels. 

IG  II  Samaria  shall  become  desolate; 
ffor  she  hath  rebelled  against  her 
God:  Bthey  shall  fall  by  the  sword: 
their  infants  .shall  be  dashed  in  pieces, 
and  their  women  with  child  shall  be 
ripped  up. 

10.  12.    ch.  4,  W.     t  neb.  !■<•«/.  c/rff»™.    Nab.  2.  9.      I  Fninil. 
»bo"t72l,    2Kin.l7.(i.     f'.i  Kin,  IS.  12.     e  2  Kin.  6.  12.  &  15.  16. 

11.  li.  16,   tb.  11),  14,  15,  Amo«  1.  1.1.  N«h,  3.  10, 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  An  cxhortatiotito  repentance,  i  A  prom- 

ite  of  God's  blessing. 

OISRAEI,,"  return  unto  the  Lord 
_  thy  God;  b  for  tliou  hast  fallen 
by  thine  iniquity. 

2  Take  with  you  words,  and  turn  to 
the  I,.ORD :  say  unto  him.  Take  away 
all  iniquity,  and  |i  receive  vs  gr.i- 
ciously :  so  "will  we  render  the  ^  calves 
of  our  lips. 

!i  'lAsshur  shall  not  save  us;  "we 
will  not  ride  upon  horses:  fneither 
will  we  say  any  more  to  the  work  of 
our  hands,  }e  are  our  gods:  Eforin 
thee  the  fatherless  findeth  mercy. 

4  IT  I  will  heal  h  their  backsliding,  I 
will  love  them  i freely:  for  mine  an- 
ger ts  turned  awav  from  him. 

5  I  will  be  as  Ulie  dew  unto  Israel: 
he  shall  ||  grow  as  the  lily,  and  t  cast 
forth  his  roots  as  Lebanon. 

(J  His  branches  f  shall  spread,  and 
1  his  heautv  shall  be  as  the  olive  tree,     lOr.Ko.. 
and  '"  his  smell  as  Lebanon. 

t  Bsb.  lAall  !r>.     1  r<.  .'i2,  8,  &  12S.  3,    n>  Gen 


:  Kin,  17,  4, 

Dent  32, 38. 
th.  10,  3. 


IV  22.  23.  U 

I'.l, 

ell,  10,  3, 
n  Detil  .?2  34. 

Job  11,  17, 
1 1.,  13.  8, 


blOir,  15,61. 

55. 
eJer,  15,  S, 

lUim,  1 1,  29. 
d.SeeCen.  41, 

52  &  48,  19, 
e  Jer  4,  11. 
10.  k 


el.,  5,  13,  & 
12,  1. 

1  Pent,  17, 1(1. 
P«.  33,  17. 
I.  y\  2.  10. 
i  31.  1. 


Joel  dedareth  God's  Judgmentif.  JOEL. 


lie  prescribeth  a  fagt. 


"  "  Tlii-y  that  dwell  under  his  6hnd- 
ow  shall  return  ;  they  shall  revive 
rr.s  the  corn,  and  I|  (jrnw  as  the  vine; 
the  II  scent  thereof  shall  he  as  the 
wine  of  Lebanon. 

8  Ephraim  i^hiitl  snii,  "What  have  I 
to  do  any  more  with  idols?  I' I  have 
heard  Ami,  and  observed  him:  lam 


like  a  green  fir  tree.  iFrora  me  is 
thy  frnit  found. 

!) '  Who  in  wise,  nnd  he  shall  under- 
stand these  thiiiga  f  prudent,  nnd  he 
shall  know  them  ?  for  ^  the  ways  of 
the  Lniiii  are  right,  andtlie  justnhall 
walk  in  them:  but  the  transgressors 
shall  fall  therein. 


JOEL. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  Joet,  deflaring  sundry  judgmente  of 
Goil,  ezhorlelh  to  olserve  l/icm,  8  and  to 
mourn.      14  JIc  preacribcth  a  fatt  for 

THE  word  of  the  Loun  that  came 
to  Joel  the  son  of  IVlhucl. 

2  Hear  this,  vc  old  men,  nnd  give 
car,  all  ye  inliabitants  of  the  land. 
"Until  this  been  in  your  days,  or 
even  in  the  days  of  your  fathers? 

?.  h  Tell  ye  your  children  of  it,  and 
;<■<  your  children  (' /(  their  children, 
and  their  children  another  genera- 
tion. 

4  'iThat  which  the  palmcrworm 
hath  left  hnth  the  locust  eaten;  and 
that  which  the  locust  hath  left  hnth 
the  cankcrwnrm  eaten  :  and  that 
which  thccankcrworm  hath  left  hath 
the  caterpillar  eaten. 

o  Awake,  yc  drunkards,  and  weep; 
and  howl,  all  ye  drinkers  of  wine, 
because  of  the  new  wine;  dfor  it  is 
cut  oft  from  your  mouth. 

G  For  'a  nation  is  conic  tip  upon 
my  land,  strong,  and  without  iiiim- 
be"r,  f  whose  teeth  arc  the  teeth  of  a 
lion,  and  he  hath  the  check  teeth  of 
a  great  lion. 

7  He  hath  ^laid  my  vine  waste,  and 
t  barked  my  fig  tree:  he  hath  made 
it  clean  bare,  and  cast  it  away;  the 
branches  thereof  are  made  white. 

8  Tl  li  Lament  like  a  virgin  girded 
with  sackcloth  for  i  the  husband  of 
her  youth. 

9  If  he  meat  offering  and  the  drink 
offering  is  cut  off  from  the  house  of 
the  Loud;  the  priests,  the  Lokd's 
ministers,  mourn. 

10  The  field  ia  wasted,  Uhc  land 
mourneth  ;  for  the  corn  is  wasted  : 
"the  new  wine  ia  || dried  up,  the  oil 
languisheth. 

U  °  Be  ye  ashamed,  O  ye  husband- 
men ;  howl,  O  ye  vinedressers,  for 
the  wheat  and  for  the  barley;  because 
the  harvest  of  the  field  is  perished. 

12 "The  vine  is  dried  up,  and  the 
fig  tree  languisheth;  the  pomegranate 
tree,  the  palm  tree  also,  and  the  ap- 
ple tree,  even  all  the  trees  of  the  field, 
are  withered:  because  fjoy  is  wither- 
ed away  from  the  sons  of  men. 

l.?  iG'ird  vourselves,  unil  lament, 
ye  priests:  howl,  ye  ministers  of  the 


altar:  come,  lie  all  night  in  sackcloth, 
ye  ministers  of  my  God:  for  'the 
meat  oftering  and  tne  drink  oflering 
is  withholdcn  from  the  house  of  your 
God. 

14  U  'Sanctify  ye  a  fast,  call  'a 
II  solemn  asseinbly,  gather  the  elders 
anrf  "all  the  inhabitants  of  the  land 
ih(o  the  house  of  the  Lord  your  God, 
and  cry  unto  the  Jxn:ri, 

15  "'Alas  for  the  dny !  for  'the  day 
of  the  LoKI)  is  at  haiid.  and  as  a  de- 
struction from  the  Almighty  shall  it 
come. 

1(>  Is  not  the  meat  cut  ofT  before  mir 
eyes,  j/ea,  'joy  and  gladness  from  the 
house  of  our  God? 

)"  The  f  seed  is  rotten  under  their 
clods,  the  garners  are  laid  desolate, 
the  barns  are  broken  down;  for  the 
corn  is  withered. 

IS  How  do  "  the  beasts  groan  !  the 
herds  of  cattle  are  perplexed,  because 
they  have  no  pasture;  yea,  the  flocks 
of  sneep  are  made  desolate. 

10  O  LoKii,  h  to  thee  will  I  cr}':  for 
'  the  fire  hath  devoured  the  |[  pastures 
i>f  the  wilderness,  nnd  the  flame  hath 
burned  all  the  trees  of  the  field. 

'ZO  The  beasts  of  the  field  J  cry  also 
unto  thee:  for  '■'the  rivers  of  waters 
are  dried  up,  and  the  fire  hnth  de- 
voured the  pastures  of  the  wilderness. 

CHAPTER  II. 
1  TTc  thewetli  urtio  Zhn  the  tcrrilUnitt  of 
O'od'g  judgment.  12  Ut  txfiortflh  to 
repentance,  Ij  jiretcriteth  a  fa»tt  18 
promiteth  <I  llcrting  thereon.  1\  lie  eom- 
fortel/t  Zion  u-ith  preeent^  ^S  and  future 


(.(t. 


nge. 


»T>LOW  ye  the  !|  trumpet  in  Zion, 
J>  and  l"fouiid  an  alarm  in  my 
holy  mountain;  let  all  the  inhnbit- 
nnts  of  the  hind  tremble  :  fur  •  the 
day  of  the  LoliU  cometli,  for  i(  in 
nigh  at  hand; 

li  •'  A  day  of  darkness  and  of  gloomi- 
ness, n  day  of  clouds  and  of  thick 
darkness,  as  the  morning  spread 
upon  the  mountains;  'a  great  people 
and  a  strong;  'there  hnth  not  been 
ever  the  like,  neither  shall  he  nnv 
more  after  it.  ertu  to  the  years  I  of 
many  genernlions. 
.".  'A  fire  devoureth  before  them  ; 
and  behind  them  a  flame  burnetii: 
73» 


Joel  cxhorteth  to  repentance. 


JOEL. 


He  comfortcth  Zion. 


Before 
0  URIST 

Kbout  ma. 


.  8  21. 
i.'/  If). 


.  18.  8. 
.  30.  7. 
oj  .5.  18. 


IlnS  2.  19. 
fch,1.9,  n. 
f  K.itn.  10.3. 


••  JJ.  10.  * 
t  10..Mt.^.2. 
U«.  7.  II). 


the  land  ts  os  h  the  garden  of  Eden 
before  them,  i  and  behind  them  a  des- 
olate wilderness  j  yea,  and  nothing 

hall  escape  them. 

4  k  The  appearance  of  them  is  as  tlie 
appearance  of  horses;  and  as  horse- 
men, ao  shall  they  run. 

Like  the  noise  of  chariots  on  the 
ti>ps  of  mountains  shall  they  leap, 
like  the  noise  of  a  flame  of  lire  that 
devoureth  the  stubble,  '"as  a  strong 
people  set  in  battle  array. 

(!  liefore  their  face  the  people  shall 
be  much  pained  :  "  all  faces  shall 
gather  f  blackness. 

7  Tl\ey  shall  run  like  mighty  men; 
they  shall  climb  the  wall  like  men  of 
■;  and  they  shall  march  every  one 
im  his  w.iys,  and  they  shall  not  break 
tlu'ir  ranks: 

H  Neither  sh.all  one  thrust  another: 
they  shall  walk  every  one  in  his 
path:   and  when  theyfall  upon  the 

I  sword,  they  shall  not  be  wounded. 

!)  They  shall  run  to  and  fro  in  the 
city;  they  shall  run  upon  the  wall, 
they  shallclimb  up  upon  the  houses; 
they  shall  "enter  in  at  the  windows 
f  like  a  thief. 

10  '1  Tlie  earth  shall  quake  before 
them  ;  the  heavens  shall  tremble  : 
•"the  sun  and  the  moon  sliall  be 
dark,  and  tlie  stars  shall  withdraw 
their  shining: 

U  "And  tlio  Lord  shall  nftcr  his 
voice  before  '  his  army:  for  his  camp 
is  very  great:  "for  he  is  strong  that 
executeth  his  word:  for  the  ^ day  of 
the  Lord  is  great  and  very  terrible; 
and  5"  who  can  abide  it? 

12  IT  Therefore  also  now,  saith  the 
Lord,  *tnrn  ye  eren  to  me  with  all 
your  heart,  and  with  fasting,  and 
with  weeping,  and  with  mourning: 

13  And  ''rend  your  heart,  and  not 
byour  garments,  and  turn  unto  the 
Lord  your  God:  for  he  iVs  '"gracious 
and  merciful,  slow  to  anger,  and  of 
great  kindness,  and  rcpenteth  him  of 
the  evil. 

14  rt  AVho  knowcth  if  he  will  return 
and  repent,  and  leave  ^  ii  Messing  be- 
hind him:  eren  fa  meat  offering  and 
a  drink  offering  unto  the  Lord  your 
God? 

15  IT  «  Blow  the  trnmpct  in  Zion, 
li  sanctify  a  fast,  call  a  solemn  as- 
sembly: 

Ifi  (Jathcr  the  people,  i  sanctify  the 
congregation,  k  assemble  the  elders, 
1  gather  the  cliildren,  and  those  tliat 
suck  the  breasts:  '"lettlie  bridegroom 
go  forth  of  his  chamber,  and  the 
bride  out  of  her  closet. 

17  I>et  the  priests,  the  ministers  of 
the  Lord,  weep  "between  the  porch 
and  tlie  altar,  and  let  them  say, 
".Spare  thy  people,  O  Lorn,  and 
give  not  tliine  heritage  to  reproach, 
that  the  heathen  should  ||rnle  over 
them;  I* wherefore  should  they  say 
among  the  people,  "Where  is  their 
God? 

740 


KV  Then  will  IheLoRD  ibe  jealous 
for  his  land,  ""and  pity  his  people. 

lit  Yea,  the  Lord  will  answer  and 
say  unto  his  people.  Behold,  1  will 
send  yon  "corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
and  ve  shall  be  satisfied  therewith: 
and  1  will  no  more  make  you  a  re- 
proach among  the  heatlun : 

•20  But  '1  will  remove  l:ir  olT  from 
you  "the  northern  aniu/,  and  will 
drive  him  into  a  land  barren  and 
desolate,  with  his  face  "  toward  the 
cast  Hca,  and  his  hinder  part  >  toward 
the  utmost  sea,  and  his  stink  shall 
come  up,  and  his  ill  savour  shall 
come  up,  because  the  hath  done 
great  things. 

•Jl  TT  Fear  not,  Oland;  be  glad  and 
rejoice;  for  the  Lord  will  do  great 
llunp. 

'J'Jt  lie  not  afraid,  'ye  beasts  of  the 
field:  for  "  the  pastures  of  the  wilder- 
ness do  spring,  for  the  tree  beareth 
lier  fruit,  the  hg  tree  and  the  vine  do 
yield  their  strength. 

2.'J  Be  glad  then,  ye  children  of 
Zion,  and  ^rejoice  in  the  I^ord 
your  God  :  for  he  hath  given  yc.iu 
II  the  former  rain  1  moderately,  and 
he  *^  will  cause  to  come  down  fV)r  yon 
lithe  rain,  the  former  rain,  and  the 
latter  rain  in  the  Urst  vioiifh. 

L'4  And  the  floors  shall  be  full  of 
wheat,  and  the  fats  shall  overflow 
with  wine  and  oil. 

L',")  And  I  will  restore  to  Tou  the 
years  'that  the  locust  hath  eaten, 
the  cankcrworm,  and  the  caterpill.ar, 
and  the  palmerworm,  fmy  great 
armv  which  I  scut  among  you. 

L'fi  And  ye  shall  s  eat  in  plenty,  and 
he  satisfied,  and  prai.se  the  name  of 
the  Lord  your  God,  that  hath  dealt 
wondroiisly  with  you:  and  my  peo- 
ple shall  never  be  ashamed. 

■JH  li  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  am 
iin  the  niiiist  of  Israel,  and  that  kl 
am  the  Lord  your  God,  and  none 
else:  and  my  people  shall  never  be 
ash:imed. 

as  If  1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  aft- 
erward, that  1  '"will  pour  out  my 
Spirit  u]ion  all  flesh;  "andyoursons 
and  "your  daughters  shall  prophesy, 
your  "iilil  men  shall  dream  dreams, 
your  young  men  shall  see  visions: 

L".)  Anil  iilr-ii  n|iiiu  1'  the  servants  and 
upon  the  luinilriiaids  in  those  d.ays 
will  I  pour  out  mv  Spirit. 

."in  And  'I  I  will  shew  wonders  in  the 
heavens  and  in  the  earth,  blood,  and 
fire,  and  pillars  of  smoke. 

.11  '"The  sun  shall  bo  turned  into 
darkness,  and  the  moon  into  blood, 
'  before  the  great  and  the  terrible  day 
of  the  I,ORD  come. 

32  And  it  shall  come  to  psiss,  that 
*  whosoever  shall  call  on  the  name  of 
the  Lord  shall  be  delivered:  for  "in 
mount  Zion  and  in  .Terusalcm  shall 
be  deliverance,  as  the  I,nRD  hath 
said,  and  in  "the  remnant  whom  the 
Lord  shall  call. 


OocCa  judgments  againxt 


AMOS. 


the  enemies  of  his  people. 


CHAPTER  III. 

1  God*g  S^dgitmnts  ngaintt  Vie  tnemiea  of 
hie  pcayile.  U  (lad  will  be  known  in  hit 
judyiiLcnt.     Id  Hit    btcgaing    upon    the 

TT'OR,  behold,  "in  those  days,  nnd 
£  in  that  time,  when  I  shall  bring 
again  the  captivity  of  Judah  aud  Je- 
rusalem, 

2  i"  1  will  also  gather  all  nations,  and 
will  bring  them  down  into  'the 
valley  of  Jehoshaphat,  and  dwiU 
plead  with  them  there  for  niv  people 
and  for  n\y  heritage  Israef,  whom 
they  have  tcattered  among  the  no- 
tions, and  parted  my  land. 

3  And  they  have  "^  cast  lots  for  iny 
people;  and  have  given  a  boy  for  a 
harlot,  and  sold  a  girl  for  wine,  that 
they  might  drink. 

4  Yea,  and  what  have  ye  to  do  with 
me,  f  O  Tvre,  and  Zidon,  and  all  the 
coasts  of  "Palestine?  i^will  ye  render 
me  a  recompense?  and  if  ye  recom- 
pense me,  swiftly  and  epeVdily  will 
1  return  your  recompense  upon  your 
own  head; 

5  Because  ye  have  taken  my  silver 
and  my  gold,  and  have  carried  into 
your  temples  my  goodly  t  pleasant 
things: 

G  The  children  also  of  Judah  and 
the  children  of  Jerusalem  have  ye 
sold  unto  t  the  (Jrecians,  that  ye 
might  remove  them  far  from  their 
border. 

7  Behold,  h  T  will  raise  them  out  of 
the  place  whither  ye  have  sold  them, 
and  will  return  your  recompense 
upon  your  own  head: 

8  And  I  will  sell  your  sons  and  your 
daughters  into  the  hand  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Judah,  and  they  shall  sell 
them  to  the  '•  Sabeans,  to  a  people 
kfar  otl':  for  the  LoKD  hath  spoken 
it. 

9  IT  1  Proclaim  ye  this  among  the 
Crentiles;  f  Prepare  war,  wake  up  the 
mighty  men,  let  all  the  men  of  war 
draw  near;  let  them  come  up: 

10  ""Beat  your  ploughshares  into 
swords,  and  your  ||  pruninghooks  in- 
to spears:  "let  the  weak  say,  I  am 
strong. 


11  °  Assemble  yourselves,  and  come, 
all  ye  heathen,  and  gather  vourselvea 
Uigether  round  about:  thither  j| cause 
**thy  mighty  ones  to  come  down,  () 
I^OBD. 

12  Let  the  heathen  be  wakened, 
land  come  up  to  the  valley  of  Je- 
hoshaphat  :  for  there  will  I  sit  to 
^jud^^e  all  the  heathen  round  about. 

13  *  rut  3"e  in  the  sickle,  for  '  the 
harvest  is  ripe:  come,  get  you  down; 
for  the  "  press  la  full,  the  fots  over- 
flow; for  their  wickedness  i.s-  great. 

U  Multitudes,  multitudes  in  "  the 
valley  of  ||  decision :  for  >  the  day  of 
the  l.iOKD  is  near  in  the  valley  oi'  de- 
cision. 

1.5  The  '  Bun  and  the  moon  shall  be 
darkened,  and  the  stars  shall  with- 
draw their  shining. 

16  The  l.ORT)  also  shall  "  roar  out  of 
Zion,  and  utter  his  voice  from  Jeru- 
salem :  and  l>  the  heavens  and  the 
earth  shall  shake:  "but  the  Lord 
will  he  the  I  hope  of  his  people,  and 
the  strength  of  the  children  of  Israel. 

17  So  J  shall  ve  know  that  I  am  the 
Lord  your  (jod  dwelling  in  Zion, 
'mv  holv  mountain:  then  shall  Je- 
rusalem be  t  holy,  and  tliere  shall  no 
'strangers  pass  through  her  any 
more. 

IS  TT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  dav,  that  the  mountains  shall 
^drop  down  new  wine,  and  the  hills 
shall  flow  with  milk,  li  aud  all  the 
rivers  of  Judah  shall  f  flow  with  wa- 
ters, and  ia  limntain  shall  come  forth 
of  the  lionse  of  the  Lord,  and  shall 
water  k  the  valley  of  Shittim. 

r.l  I  Egypt  shall'be  a  desolation,  and 
"'Edom  shall  be  a  desolate  wilder- 
ness, for  the  violence  against  the 
c  hildren  of  Judah,  because  they  have 
shed  innocent  blood  in  their  land. 

20  But  Judah  shall  ||  dwell  "for 
ever,  and  Jerusalem  from  generation 
to  generation. 

'Jl  For  I  will  "cleanse  their  blood 
t?int  Ihave  not  cleansed:  I' ||  for  the 
Lord  dwellcth  in  Zion. 


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Amo«  9.  15.     o  iM.  4.  4. 


13.    Amoal.ll.    Obna.  10.     |  Or.  oiiJ 


AMOS. 


CHAPTER  L 
1  Amoa    Bhewcth    Ood^a   judgn 


S!,r 


tha  Phii 


Wi 


U  upon  i:doi 

THE  words  of  Amos,  'who  was 
among  the  herdmen  of  !>  Tekoa, 
which  he  paw  concerning  Israel 'in 
the  days  of  Hzziah  king  of  Judah, 
and  in  the  d«vs  of  <t  Jeroboam  the 
son  of  Joiish  king  of  Israel,  two  years 
before  the  "  carthiiuake. 


2  And  he  said.  The  Lord  will  f  roar 
from  Zion,  ami  utter  his  voice  from 
Jerusalem ;  and  the  hahituliona  of 
the  shepherds  shall  mourn,  ami  the 
top  of  SCarmcl  shall  wither. 

o  Thus  saith  the  Lor.ii;  For  three 
transgressions  of  li  Damascus,  Hand 
for  four,  I  will  not  ||turn  away  the 
punishincnt  thereof;   'because  they 

Z«h  II,  1.  I  Or.  yra.  /<»  /o«r.  |  Or,  <»~.«  il.  O. 
jujJioT.;!.  C,  io.    i'^Kin.  lU.^.  Jl  IJ.  7. 

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kl*.  8.  4.  k 
17.  1. 
J.  r   49.  73. 


God^s  judgments  tipon  Syria. 


AMOS. 


God'g  wrath  iipon  Judah. 


1  Or.  Bilk- 

111  Fuiailed, 
2  K.».  lli.  9. 

o2Cl.r.2S.lS 

j'.r.  17,  i,  5. 
K.  ai,  15. 
Zepli.  2.  4. 

<;""•/•""• 

•.iCl,r.2l.l6. 

Jool  3.  0. 

,  Jet.  47   1. 

r&ph.S  4. 

E<  2i;,  i  27. 
Joul  3.  1.  5. 


Mai.  1.  i 
b2(!l.r.'Ja.  17. 
t  Heb.  eoi-- 


fUo«.  13.(1. 
sJor.  4J.  1. 

hiitut.3.  a. 


have  threshed  Gilead  witli  tlircshiiig 
instruments  of'lron: 

4  kUut  I  will  scud  a  fire  into  the 
house  of  Ilazael,  which  shall  devour 
tlie  palaces  ofBen-hadad. 

fi  I  will  break  also  the  I  bar  of  Da- 
mascus, and  cut  off  the  inhabitant 
from  II  the  plain  of  Aven,  and  him 
that  holdeth  the  sceptre  from  ||  the 
house  of  Eden:  and  '"the  people  of 
Svria  shall  go  into  captivity  "  unto 
l^ir,  saitti  the  Lokd. 

(i  IT  Thus  saith  the  LoKD;  For  three 
transgressions  of  "Gaza,  and  for  four, 
I  wilTnot  turn  away  the  pitnishment 
thereof;  because  they  ||  carried  away 
captive  the  whole  captivity,  I'  to  de- 
liver tlicm  up  to  Edom: 

7  ''  But  I  will  send  a  fire  on  the 
wall  of  Gaza,  wliich  shall  devour  the 
palaces  thereof: 

8  And  I  will  cut  off  the  inhabitant 
■■from  Ashdod,  and  him  that  holdeth 
the  sceptre  -from  Ashkelon,  and  1 
will '  turn  mine  hand  against  Ekron : 
and  'the  remnant  of  the  Philistines 
shall  perish,  saith  the  Lord  G(in. 

U  U  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  For  three 
transgressions  of  "Tyrus,  and  for 
four,  I  will  not  turn  away  the  punish- 
ment thereof;  ^  because  ihey  deliver- 
ed up  the  whole  captivity  to  Kdom, 
and  remembered  not  t  the  brotherly 
covenant: 

10  y  But  I  will  send  a  fire  on  the 
wall  of  Tyrus,  which  shall  devour 
the  palaces  thereof. 

11  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lono  ;  For 
three  transgressions  of  '^  Edom,  and 
for  four,  I  will  not  turn  away  thf 
punishment  thereof;  because  he  did 
pursue  "his  brother  bwith  the  sword, 
and  tilid  cast  off  all  pit}',  "and  his 
anger  did  tear  perpetually,  and  he 
kept  his  wrath  for  ever: 

12  But  J  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  Te- 
man,  which  shall  devour  the  palaces 
of  Bozrali. 

I.'?  TT  Thus  saith  the  Lord  ;  For 
three  transgressions  of 'the  children 
of  Amnion,  and  for  four,  I  will  nut 
turn  away  the  pnnUfiment  tlierenC; 
because  they  have  ||i  ripped  up  the 
women  with  child,  of  (iihud,  t-'that 
they  might  enlarge  their  border: 

14  But  I  will  kindle  a  fire  in  the 
wall  of  h  Kabbah,  and  it  shall  devour 
the  palaces  thereof,  '  with  shouting 
in  the  day  of  battle,  with  a  tempest 
in  the  day  of  the  whirlwind: 

15  .'Vnd  k  their  king  shall  go  into 
captivity,  he  and  hia  princes  togeth- 
er, suitli  the  Lord. 

iSiuu.  12.  2S.  Jer.  49.  2.  £s.  2S.  £.     Ich.  2.  2.     kJor. 

CIIAI'TER  n. 

1  Qod'gwrnth  tujainat  Moah,  4  \i-ponJudah. 

(i  aud  upon  laracl.    0  (lud  complainelh 

of  their  unthanfcfutnett. 

'"flUTS  saith  the  I-ord;  For  three 

I    transs;ivs»ions  of"  Miinb,  and  for 

four,  1  will  not  turn  awav  the  piinish- 

.  mcnt  thereof;   because  ho  t>  burned 

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the  bones  of  the  king  of  Edom  into 
lime: 

2  But  I  will  send  a  fire  npon  Moab, 
and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of 
"Kirioth:  and  Moab  shall  die  with 
tumult,  <lwith  shouting,  and  with 
the  sound  of  the  trumpet: 

.'i  And  1  will  cut  ott'the  judge  from 
the  midst  thereof,  and  will  slay  all 
the  princes  thereof  with  him,  saith 
the  Lord. 

4  TT  Thus  saith  the  I^ORD;  For  three 
transgressions  of  Judah,  and  for  four, 
I  willnot  turn  away  the  pvnishinent 
thereof;  t  because  they  have  despised 
the  law  of  the  Lord,  and  have  not 
kept  his  commandments,  and  stheir 
lies  caused  them  to  err,  I' after  the 
which  their  fathers  have  walked: 

5  i  But  I  will  send  a  fire  upon  Ju- 
dah, and  it  shall  devour  the  palaces 
of  Jerusalem. 

C  IT  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  For  three 
transgressions  of  Israel,  and  for  four, 
I  will  not  turn  away  the  punishment 
thereof;  because  k  they  sold  the  right- 
eous for  silver,  and  "the  poor  for  a 
pair  of  shoes; 

7  That  pant  .after  the  dust  of  the 
e.arth  on  the  head  of  the  jMior,  and 
I  turn  aside  the  way  of  the  meek: 
"'and  a  man  and  his  father  will  go 
in  unto  the  same  ||  maid,  "  to  profane 
my  holy  name: 

S  And  they  lay  themselves  down 
upon  clothes  "laid  to  pledge  I' by 
every  altar,  and  they  drink  the  wine 
of  !|  the  condemned  in  the  liouse  of 
their  god. 

U  II  Yet  destroyed  I  the  lAmoritc 
before  them,  'w'hose  height  was  like 
the  height  of  the  cedars,  and  he  was 
strong  as  the  oaks;  yet  I  "destroyed 
his  fruit  from  above,  and  his  roots 
from  beneath. 

10  Also  '  I  brought  yon  up  from  the 
land  of  Eg3'pt,  and  "led  you  forty 
years  through  the  wilderness,  to  pos- 
sess the  land  of  the  Amorite. 

H  And  I  r.aised  up  of  your  sons  for 
prophets,  and  of  your  young  men 
for  ''Nazarites.  Is  it  not  even  thus, 
(>  vo  children  of  Israel?  saith  the 
Lord. 

12  But  ye  gave  the  Nazarites  wine 
to  drink;  andeommanded  the  proph- 
ets, >■  saying.  Prophesy  not. 

l.'i  *  Behold,  III  am  pressed  under 
you,  as  a  cart  is  pressed  that  is  full 
of  sheaves. 

1  (  "  Therefore  the  flight  shall  per- 
ish from  the  swifl,  and  the  strong 
shall  not  strengthen  his  force,  b nei- 
ther shall  the  mighty  deliver  t  him- 
self: 

15  Neither  shall  he  stand  that  hand- 
leth  the  bow;  and  he  that  ?>•  swil^of 
foot  Eh:ill  not  deliver  hiinsclj':  °  nei- 
ther shiiU  he  that  rideth  the  horse 
deliver  himself. 

lli  And  he  that  is  1  courageous 
amonff  the  mighty  shall  tl>>e  away 
naked  in  that  day/sailh  the  Lord. 


Ilig  Judffmetit  against  Israel. 


Israel  reproved  for  oppression. 


CHAPTER  III. 

1  The  necetKitji  of  (ioirajud,jmenl  <i.wtn«! 
Israel.  1)  Tlie  ]mUicutiin  uf  it,  mitit  the 
cau,e.  thereof. 

HEAR  this  word  that  the  I.okd 
hatli  spoken  against  yoii,  O 
children  of  Israel,  nj^aiiist  the  whole 
family  which  I  brought  up  from  the 
land  nf  Egypt,  sayinf;, 

2  "You  only  have  I  known  of  all 
the  families  of  the  earth:  li therefore 
I  will  t  puuiah  you  for  all  your  iniq- 
uities. 

3  Can  two  walk  together,  except 
thev  be  agreed  ? 

4  Will  a  lion  roarin  the  forest,  when 
he  hath  no  prey?  will  a  young  lion 
tcrv  out  of  his  den,  if  he  have  taken 
nothitig? 

5  Can  a  bird  fall  in  a  snare  upon  the 
earth,  where  no  gin  is  ibr  him  ?  shall 
one  take  up  a  snare  from  the  earth, 
and  have  taken  notliing  at  all? 

ti  Shall  a  trumpet  be  blown  in  the 
city,  and  the  people  Unotbe  afraid? 
"^shall  there  be  evil  in  a  city,  ||  and 
the  LOED  hath  not  done  it* 

7  Surely  the  Lord  Ciiii)  will  do  noth- 
ing, but"*  he  revealeth  his  secret  un- 
to liis  servants  the  prophet.^. 

8  'The  lion  hath  roared,  who  will 
not  fear?  the  Lord  God  hath  spoken, 
f  who  can  but  prophesy? 

0  IT  Publish  in  tiie  palaces  nt  Ash- 
dod,  and  in  the  palaces  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  and  say,  Asscjiible  your- 
selves upon  the  mountains  nf  Sa- 
maria, and  behold  the  great  tumults 
in  tha  midst  thereof,  and  the  Hop- 
pressed  iiv  tbe  midst  thereof. 

10  Tor  they  eknow  not  to  do  right, 
saith  the  Lonn,  who  store  up  vio- 
lence and  II  robbery  in  their  pal- 
aces. 

11  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord 
God;  I'Au  adversary  l/ic-i-i-  .■'Imll  !«• 
even  round  about  the  laud;  and  he 
shall  bring  down  thy  strength  frum 
thee,  and  thy  palaces  shall  beipoiUd. 

IJ  Thus  saith  the  Lono;  As  tlie 
shepherd  t  taketh  out  of  the  mouth 
of  the  lion  two  legs,  or  a  piece  of 
an  car ;  so  shall  the  children  of 
Israel  be  taken  out  that  dwell  in 
Samaria  in  the  corner  of  a  bed,  and 
II  in  Damascus  in  a  couch. 

l.'i  Hear  ye,  and  testify  in  the  house 
of  Jacob,  saith  the  Lord  Gou,  the 
God  of  hosts, 

U  That,  in  the  day  that  I  shall  ||  visit 
the  transgressions  of  Israel  iipim  him, 

1  will  also  visit  the  altars  of  liith-el: 
and  the  horns  of  the  altar  shall  be  cut 
off,  and  fall  to  the  ground. 

15  And  I  will  smite  ithe  winter 
house  with  k  the  summer  house;  and 
1  the  houses  of  ivory  shall  perish,  and 
the  great  hotises  shall  have  an  end, 
saith  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  lie  rcprovetli  Isrtict  for  oppreltian,    4 

for  idolatry,  6  and  fur  their  incorrtgi- 

oleness. 


HEAR   this   word,  ye 
Ras 


kine  of  i 
ban,  that  «)t  in  the  mount- 
ain of  Samaria,  which  oppress  the 
poor,  which  crush  the  needy,  which 
say  to  their  masters.  Bring,  and  let 
us  drink. 

2  li  The  Lord  Goc  hath  sworn  bv 
his  holiness,  that,  lo,  the  days  shall 
come  upon  you,  that  he  will  take 
you  away  "with  hooks,  and  your 
posterity  with  fishhooks. 

'J  Ana  <lye  shall  go  out  at  the 
breaclies,  every  cow  at  that  triiich  is 
before  her;  and  H.ve  shall  cast  tlit'iii 
into  tlie  palace,  saith  the  Loui.. 

4  TT  "^Come  to  Beth-el,  and  trans- 
gress ;  at  f  Gilgal  multiply  trans- 
gression;  and  s  bring  your  sacrifices 
everv  uiiirning,  ''and  your  tithes 
alter  t  three  vears: 

,')  1  And  t  (.Her  a  sacrifice  of  thanks- 
giving with  haven,  and  pri>claim 
tiiiil  publish  t  the  free  offerings:  'for 
I  tills  liketh  vou,  O  ye  children  of 
Israel,  suith  the  Lord  God. 

(I  11  And  I  also  have  given  you 
cleanness  of  teeth  in  all  your  cities, 
and  want  of  bread  in  all  your  places: 
'"yet  have  ye  not  returned  unto  me, 
saith  the  LoisD. 

T  And  also  I  have  withholden  the 
rain  fmni  vi'U,  when  there  tccre  vet 
three  ini.nths  to  the  harvest:  and  1 
e;iu.sed  it  to  rain  upon  one  city,  and 
caused  it  not  to  rain  upon  another 
eitv:  <uie  ijieec  was  rained  upon,  and 
the  piece  whereuiwn  it  rained  not 
withered. 

X  So  two  or  three  cities  wandered 
unto  one  city,  to  drink  Wiiter;  but 
they  were  not  satisfied:  "yet  hsive 
ye  not  returned  unto  me,  saitli  the 
Loi!D. 

U  "  I  have  smitten  you  with  blastmg 
and  mildew:  ||  when  your  gardens 
;ind  vnur  vinevards  and  your  fiji 
trees  and  your  olive  trees  increased 
I' the  paliiierworm  devoured  them: 
yet  have  ve  not  returned  unto  me, 
"saith  the  Loi:». 

10  I  have  sent  among  you  the  pesti- 
lence II 'latter  the  manner  of  Egypt: 
vour  young  men  have  I  slain  with 
the  sword,  tand  have  taken  away 
your  horses;  and  I  have  made  the 
stink  of  vour  camps  to  come  up  unto 
your  nostrils:  ■'yet  have  yc  not  re- 
turned unto  me,  saith  the  I^ORD. 

11  I  have  overthrown  some  of  you, 
as  (iod  overthrew  'Sodom  and  Go- 
morrah, 'and  ve  were  as  a  firebrand 
plucked  out  o"f  the  burning:  "yet 
have  ye  not  returned  unto  me,  saith 
theLciKD.  .    , 

12  Therefore  thus  will  I  do  unto 
thee,  O  Israel:  and  because  I  will 
do  this  unto  thee,  "prepare  to  meet 
thv  God,  O  Israel. 

li  For,  lo,  he  that  formeth  the 
mountains,  and  crcateth  the  ||wind, 
Jand  deelareth  unto  man  what  i.< 
his  thought,  ^  that  maketh  the  mom- 
in"  darkness,  •and  treadcth  upon 
743 


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dEi.  12.5.  12. 


•  Ei.  20.  a9. 

riio<  1.  ii.  t 

li.  11. 


A  lamentation  for  Israel. 


AMOS.     Israel's  hypocritical  service  rejected. 


1.  U.  47.  4. 
Jor.  10.  IS. 
ch.2.8. 1 9.6. 


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Zspli.  1.  \X 
Hag.  1.6. 
tneb. 


tMio.  3.  U. 

ur*.  ni.  14.^ 


the  high  places  of  the  earth,  bThe 
Ijonij,  The  God  of  hosts,  is  liis 
name. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  A  lamcntatiun  for  Israel.  4  An  exhort' 
tttion  to  repentance.  21  God  rejecteth 
ihcir  hypocritical  service. 

HEAU  ve  this  word  which  I "  take 
up  against  you,  ert:/i  a  lamenta- 
tion, O  house  of  Israel. 

2  The  virgin  of  Israel  is  fallen;  she 
shall  no  more  rise:  she  is  forsaken 
upon  her  land;  there  is  none  to  raise 
her  up. 

."!  For  thus  saith  the  Lord  God  ;  The 
city  that  went  out  bij  a  thousand 
shall  leave  a  hundred,  and  that  which 
went  forth  ?/v  a  hundred  shall  leave 
ten,  to  the  house  of  Israel. 

4  il  For  thus  saith  the  IjORD  unto 
the  house  of  Isr.ael,  b  Seek  ye  me, 
''and  ye  shall  live: 

5  But  seek  not  J  Beth-el,  nor  enter 
into  Gilgal,  and  pass  not  to  *■  Beer- 
sheba:  for  Gilgal  shall  surely  go  into 
captivity,  and  fI3eth-el  shall  como  to 
nought. 

u'  s  Seek  the  Lord,  and  ye  shall 
live;  lest  he  break  out  like  tire  in  the 
house  of  Joseph,  aud  devour  it,  and 
there  he  none  to  quench  it  in  Beth-el. 

7  Ye  who  I"  turn  judgment  to  worm- 
wood, and  leave  off  righteousness  iu 
the  earth, 

S  Seek  him  that  maketh  the  '  seven 
stars  and  Orion,  and  turneth  the 
shadow  of  death  into  the  morning, 
tand  maketh  the  day  dark  with 
night:  that  lealleth  for  the  waters  of 
the  sea,  aud  poureth  them  out  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth:  '"  The  Lord  is 
his  name: 

9  That  strengthcneth  the  f  spoiled 
against  the  strong,  so  that  the  spoiled 
shall  come  against  the  fortress. 

10  "  They  hate  him  that  rebuketh  in 
the  gate,  and  they  "abhor  him  that 
speaketh  uprightly. 

11  Forasmuch  therefore  as  your 
treading  is  upon  the  poor,  anil  3'e 
take  from  hiin  burden.s  of  wheat : 
f  ye  have  built  houses  of  hewn  stone, 
but  ye  shall  not  dwell  in  them;  ve 
have  planted  f  pleasant  vineyards, 
but  ve  shall  not  drink  wine  of  tliem. 

VJ  For  1  know  your  manifold  trans- 
gressions and  your  mighty  sins : 
ithey  afflict  the  just,  they  take  ||a 
bribe,  and  they  ''turn  aside  the  poor 
in  the  gate. r>'om  their  right. 

13  Therefore  'the  prudent  shall 
keep  silence  in  that  time;  for  it  w  an 
evil  time. 

14  Seek  good,  and  not  evil,  that  ye 
may  live:  and  so  the  I>(>i!n,  the  God 
of  hosts,  shall  bo  with  you,  'as  ye 
hive  spoken. 

15  "  Hate  the  evil,  and  love  the  good, 
and, establish  judgment  in  the  gate: 
'it  mav  be  tliat  the  J.okd  God  of 
hosts  will  be  gracious  unto  the  rem- 
nant of  Joseph, 

10  Therefore  the  Lord,  the  God  of 
744 


hosts,  the  Lord,  saith  thus;  Wailing 
fhull  tje  in  all  streets;  and  they  shall 
say  in  all  the  highways,  Alas!  alas! 
aiid  they  shall  call  the  husbandman 
to  mourning,  and  >  sucli  as  are  skil- 
ful of  lamentation  to  wailing. 

17  And  in  all  vineyards  shall  be 
wailing:  for  ■'I  will  pass  through 
thee,  saith  the  Lord. 

IS  *Woe  unto  you  that  desire  the 
day  of  the  Lord!  to  wliat  end  is  it 
for  you?  bthe  day  of  tlie  Lord  is 
darkness,  and  not  light. 

19  '  As  if  a  man  did  tiec  from  a  lion, 
and  a  bear  met  him ;  or  went  into  the 
house,  and  leaned  his  hand  on  the 
wall,  and  a  serpent  bit  him. 

'M  Shall  not  the  dav  of  the  Lord  be 
darkness,  and  not  light?  even  very 
dark,  and  no  brightness  in  it? 

21  IT  til  hate,  1  despise  your  feast 
days,  nnd  '  I  will  not  ||  smell  in  your 
solemn  assemblies. 

22  f  Though  ye  offer  me  burnt  offer- 
ings and  your  meat  offerings,  I  will 
not  accept  them;  neither  will  I  re- 
gard the  11  peace  offerings  of  your  fut 
beasts. 

2'J  Take  thou  away  from  me  the 
noise  of  thy  songs  ;  for  I  will  not 
hear  the  melody  of  thy  viols. 

24  Siiut  let  judgment  frun  down 
as  waters,  and  righteousness  as  a 
mightv  stream. 

25  f»  Have  ye  offered  unto  me  sacri- 
fices and  offerings  in  the  wilderness 
forty  years,  O  house  of  Israel? 

2<i  But  .ye  have  borne  ||  the  taber- 
nacle "of  your  Moloch  and  Chiun 
your  images,  the  star  of  your  god, 
which  ye  made  to  yourselves. 

27  Therefore  will  I  cause  you  to  go 
into  captivity  It  beyond  IJamascus, 
saith  the  Lord,  1  whose  name  is  The 
God  of  hosts. 

CHAPTER  VL 

1   The  wantonntia  of  Itratl.    1  ihall  he 

plagued  with  deBolation^    12  and  th*ir 

ineorrigiUeneta. 

TYrOE  'to  them  that  i|  are  at  ease 

It  in  Zion,  and  tru.st  in  the  mount- 
ain of  Samaria,  which  are  named 
li  II  chief  of  the  nations,  to  whom  the 
house  of  Israel  came! 

2  "Pass  ye  unto  d  Calneh,  nnd  see; 
and  from  thence  go  ye  to  "^  Hamath 
the  great:  then  go  down  to  f  Gath  of 
the  Philistines:  ^be  theij  better  than 
these  kingdoms  ?  or  their  border 
greater  than  your  border? 

.■}  Ye  that  i  jiut  far  away  the  >  evil 
day,  k  and  cause  '  the  ||  seat  of  vio- 
lence to  come  near; 

4  That  lie  upon  beds  of  ivory, 
and  II  stretch  themselves  upon  their 
couches,  and  eat  the  lambs  out  of 
the  Hock,  and  the  calves  out  of  the 
midst  of  the  stall; 

r, '"  That  ||  chant  to  the  sound  of  the 
viol,  atiil  invent  to  tliemselves  in- 
strun^ents  of  music,  "like  David; 

li  That  drink  ||  wino  in  bowls,  and 
anoint   themselves   with   the    chief 


Her  wantonness  shall  be  plagued.        AMOS. 


Amaziah  complaineth  of  Amos. 


ointments:  "but  they  are  not  grieved 
ibr  the  t  affliction  of  Josopli. 

7  IT  Therefore  now  shall  tliey  go 
captive  with  the  first  tliat  po  cap- 
tive, and  the  banquet  of  them  that 
stretched  tlieniselvea  shall  be  re- 
moved. 

8  PThe  I>ord  God  hath  sworn  by 
himself,  saith  tlie  ]-<)Hi>  tlic  Cod  of 
hosts,  I  ablior  ''the  cxcc'llency  of 
Jacob,  and  hate  liis  palaces:  there- 
fore will  I  deliver  up  the  city  with 
all  t  that  is  therein. 

9  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  if  there 
remain  ten  mcu  iu  one  house,  that 
they  shall  die. 

10  And  a  man's  uncle  shall  take 
him  up,  and  he  that  burnetii  him,  to 
bring  out  the  bones  out  of  the  house, 
and  shall  s:iy  unto  him  that  />  by  the 
sides  of  the"  house,  Is  there  yet  am/ 
with  thee  ?  and  he  shall  say.  No. 
Then  shall  he  say,  'Hold  thy  tongue: 
"for  II  we  may  not  make  mention  of 
the  name  of  the  Lohd. 

11  For,  behold,  'the  Lord  com- 
mandeth,  "and  he  will  smite  the 
great  house  with  ||  breaches,  and  tlie 
little  house  with  clefts. 

12  TT  Shall  horses  run  upon  the  rock  ? 
will  one  plough  there  with  oxen?  f()r 
^'ye  have  turned  judgment  into  ^all, 
and  the  fruit  of  righteousness  into 
hemlock: 

l.'j  Yc  which  rejoice  in  a  thing  of 
nought,  which  say,  ll:vvc  we  not 
taken  to  us  Iiorus  by  our  own 
strength? 

14  But,  behold,  J I  will  raise  up 
against  you  a  nation,  O  house  of 
Israel,  saith  the  I^okd  the  God  of 
hosts;  and  they  shall  afflict  you  from 
the  ''  entering  in  of  llamath  unto  the 
|{  river  of  the  wilderness. 

CHATTER  VII. 

I  The  judgments  of  the  gransliopptrs,  4 
and  of  the  fire,  are  diverted  by  the  -pray' 
er  of  Amos.  7  Jly  the  wall  of  a  plumb- 
line  ia  signified  the  rejection  of  Israel. 
10  Amaziah  complaineth  of  Amos.  14 
Amos  sheweth  his  calling,  16  and  Ama- 
liah's  judgment. 

THUS  hath  the  Lord  Gon  shewed 
unto  me;  and,  behold,  he  formed 

II  grasshoppers  in  the  beginning  of 
the  sliooting  up  of  the  latter  growth; 
and,  lo,  it  h'(Jj>  the  latter  growth  after 
the  king's  mowings. 

2  And  it  came  to  pass,  tJiat  when 
they  had  made  an  end  of  eating  the 
grass  of  the  land,  then  I  said,  ()  I.ord 
God,  forgive,  I  beseech  thee:  °||by 
whom  shall  Jacob  arise  ?  for  he  li 
small. 

3  b  The  Lord  repented  for  this:  It 
shall  not  be,  saitli  the  I,ORr>. 

411  Thus  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed 
unto  me:  and,  behold,  the  Lord  Gou 
called  to  contend  by  fire,  and  it  de- 
voured the  great  deep,  and  did  eat 
up  a  part. 
1   6  Then  said  I,  O  Lord  God,  cease, 


I  beseech  thee:  ''by  whom  shall  Ja- 
cob arise?  for  he  is  small. 

U  The  Lord  repented  for  this:  This 
also  shall  not  be,  saith  the  Lord  God. 

7  U  Thus  he  shewed  me:  and,  be- 
hold, the  Lord  stood  upon  a  wall 
tnade  by  a  plumbline,  with  a  plumb- 
line  in  his  hand. 

H  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me, 
Amos,  what  seest  thou?  And  1  said, 
A  i)lumbline.  Then  said  the  Lord, 
liehold,  '1 1  will  set  a  plumbline  in 
the  midst  of  my  people  Israel :  "■  I 
will  nut  again  pass  uy  them  any 
more: 

9  f  And  the  high  places  of  Isaac  shall 
be  desolate,  and  the  sanctuaries  of 
Israel  shall  be  laid  waste;  and  61 
will  rise  against  the  house  of  Jero- 
boam with  the  sword. 

10  TI  Then  Amaziah  tthe  priest  of 
Beth-cl  sent  to  '  Jeroboam  kinj^  of 
Israel,  sayinj^,  Amos  hath  conspired 
agjiinst  thee  in  the  midst  of  the  house 
of  Israel:  the  land  is  not  able  to  bear 
all  his  words. 

11  For  thus  Amos  saith,  Jeroboam 
shall  die  by  the  sword,  and  Israel 
shall  surely"  be  led  away  captive  out 
of  their  own  land. 

12  Also  Amaziah  said  unto  Amos, 
O  thou  seer,  go,  flee  thee  away  into 
the  land  of  Judah,  and  there  cat 
bread,  ntul  prophesy  there: 

l;i  But  ^  prophesy  not  a^ain  any 
more  at  Beth-el :  1  for  it  is  the 
king's  II  chapel,  and  it  is  the  t  king's 
court. 

14  IT  Then  answered  Amos,  and 
said  to  Amaziah,  I  uas  no  prophet, 
neither  xcai  I  "^  a  prophet's  son  ; 
"but  1  vas  a  herdman,  and  a  gath- 
erer of  II  sycamore  fruit: 

I'l  And  "the  I^ord  took  me  tas  1 
followed  the  flock,  and  the  Lord 
said  unto  nie.  Go,  prophesy  unto  my 
people  Israel. 

10  U  Now  therefore  hear  thou  the 
word  of  the  Lord  :  Thou  saycst. 
Prophesy  not  against  Israel,  and 
"drop  not  thy  word  against  the 
house  of  Isaac. 

17  ('Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord; 
IThy  wife  shall  be  a  harlot  in  the 
citv,  and  thv  sons  and  thv  daughters 
shall  fall  bv  the  sword,  and  thy  land 
shall  he  di"vidcd  by  line  :  and  thou 
Shalt  die  in  a  polluted  land:  and  Is- 
rael shall  surely  go  into  captivity 
forth  of  his  land. 

CHAPTER  VnL 

\  By  a  basket  of  summer  fruit  is  theued 
the  propinquity  of  Israel's  end.  4  Op- 
pression is  reproved.  H  A  famine  of 
the  word  threatened. 

TnUS  hath  the  Lord  God  shewed 
unto  me  :  and  behold  a  basket 
of  summer  fruit. 
2  And  he  said  Amos,  what  sccst 
thou?  And  I  said,  A  basket  of  sum- 
mer fruit.  Then  said  the  Lord  un- 
to ine,  "  The  end  is  come  upon  my 
746 


Oppression  is  reproved. 


Certainty  of  Israel's  desolation 


787. 

tell.  7.  P. 
cch.  a.  23. 

dch.  C,  9.  10. 
t  n=li.  U 

e  !•■   1 1  i. 
I'ror.  -U.  14. 
I  Or.  m,~ll. 
f  N*h.  13.  15, 


I).  II.  ill.  k 


E«.  7.  13.  i 
£7.  31. 
pJer.  B.  20. 


people  of  Israel ;  b  I  -will  jiot  again 
pass  by  them  any  more. 
.3  And  ''the  songs  of  the  temple 
t shall  be  howlings  in  that  day, 
saitii  the  I>ord  God  :  tliere  shall  Ix; 
many  dead  bodies  in  every  plaee  ; 
i  they  shall  cast  them  forth  t  with 
silence. 

4  TI  Hear  this,  O  ye  that  '  swallow 
nn  the  needy,  even" to  make  the  poor 
of  the  land  to  fail, 

5  Saying,  When  will  the  ||  new  moon 
be  gone,  that  we  may  sell  corn?  and 
f  the  sabbath,  that  we  may  f  ."ct  forth 
wheat,  P  making  the  ephah  small,  and 
the  shekel  great,  and  f  falsifying  the 
balances  by  deceit? 

6  That  we  may  bnv  the  poor  for 
li  silver,  and  the  needy  for  n  pair  of 
shoes  i  !/ea,  and  sell  the  reiusc  of 
the  wheat? 

7  The  I.ORD  hath  sworn  by  ithe 
excellency  of  Jacob,  Surely  LI  will 
never  forget  anv  of  their  works. 

S  I  Shall  not  the  land  tremble  for 
this,  and  every  one  nionrn  that 
dwelleth  thorei.'i?  and  it  shall  rise 
np  wholly  as  a  flood  ;  and  it  shall 
he  cast  out  and  drowned,  '"as  by 
the  flood  of  Egypt. 

y  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  saith  the  Lord  God,  "that 
I  will  cause  the  snn  to  go  down  at 
Ufwn,  and  I  will  darken  the  earth  in 
t!ie  clear  day: 

10  And  I  will  turn  your  feasts  in- 
to mourning,  and  all  Vfuir  songs  in- 
to lamentation;  "and  I  will  bring  np 
sackcloth  upon  all  loin.-;,  and  bahl- 
ncss  upon  every  head;  ''and  1  will 
make  it  as  the  mourning  of  an  only 
son,  and  the  end  thereof  as  a  bitter 
day. 

H  IT  Behold,  the  davs  come,  saith 
the  Lord  (Jdd,  tliat'I  will  tend  a 
famine  in  the  lanil,  not  a  famine  of 
bread,  nor  a  thirst  for  water,  but  'I  ttf 
lioaring  the  wonls  of  the  l.oKii: 

12  And  they  shall  wander  from  sea 
to  sea,  and  from  the  north  e\on  to 
the  ea.st,  they  shall  run  to  and  fro  to 
seek  the  word  of  thel^OED,  and  shall 
not  find  it. 

I;i  In  th.at  day  shall  the  fair  virgins 
and  young  men  faint  for  thirst. 

14  They  that  'swetir  by  Mhi'  sin  of 
Samaria,  and  sav,  Thv  god,  O  Dan, 
liveth;  and,  The  I  manner  i<.f  lieer- 
fihebaliveth;  even  they  shall  fall,  and 
never  rise  up  again. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  Tlie  eertaiiilii  of  the  dcaolation.     11  The 
resturini;  vf  the  titbernacle  of  David. 

1S-VW  the  Lord  standing  upon 
the  altar :  and  he  saiil.  Smite 
the  II  lintel  of  the  door,  that  the 
posts  may  shake:  and  ||"cnt  them 
in  the  head,  all  of  them;  and  1  will 
slay  the  last  of  them  with  the  sword : 
l>hc  that  (le.-th  of  them  shall  not 
flee  awav,  anil  he  that  eseapelh  of 
them  shall  not  he  delivered. 


2  "  Though  they  di^  into  hell, 
thence  shall  mine  hand  take  them; 
''though  they  climb  up  to  heaven, 
thence  will  1  bring  them  down  : 

3  And  though  they  hide  them- 
selves in  the  top  of  Cannel.  I  will 
search  and  take  them  out  thence  ; 
and  though  they  be  hid  from  my 
sight  in  the  bottom  of  the  sea, 
thence  will  I  command  the  serpent, 
and  he  shall  bite  them: 

4  And  though  they  go  into  cap- 
tivity before  their  enemies,  *=  thence 
will  X  command  the  sword,  anil  it 
shall  play  them  t  and  fl  will  set 
mine  eyes  upon  them  for  evil,  and 
not  for  "good. 

5  And  the  Lord  Gon  of  hosts  is 
he  that  toueheth  the  land,  and  it 
shall  Smelt,  band  all  that  dwell 
therein  shall  mourn  :  and  it  shall 
rise  up  wholly  like  a  flood  ;  and 
shall  be  drowned,  as  ii/  the  flood  of 
Egypt. 

G  Jt  in  he  that  buildeth  his  |lti  sto- 
ries in  the  heaven,  and  hath  iVmnd- 
ed  his  Ijtioui)  in  the  earth;  he  that 
kcalleth  fiir  the  waters  of  the  sea, 
and  poureth  them  out  upon  the  face 
of  the  earth:  1  The  Loud  is  his 
name. 

7  Are  ye  not  as  children  of  the 
Ethiopians  unto  mc,  O  children  of 
Israel?  saitli  the  I.iii;i..  Have  not 
I  brought  up  Israel  out  of  the  land 
of  Egypt?  and  the  "'Philistines 
from  "  <  'aphtor,  and  the  Syrians 
Ironi  "Kir? 

S  r.ehiild,  Pthe  eyes  of  the  Lord 
God  arc  upon  the  sinfid  kingdom, 
and  I  Iwili  destroy  it  from  off  the 
face  of  the  earth;  Baying  that  1  will 
not  utterly  di'stroy  the  house  of  Ja- 
cob, saith  "the  Loiid. 

il  For,  lo,  1  will  command,  and  I 
will  ,' sift  the  house  of  Israil  among 
all  nations,  like  as  cttrti  is  sifted  in 
a  sie^'e,  yet  shall  not  tlie  least  t  grain 
fill  upon  the  earth. 

1(1  All  the  sinners  of  my  people 
shall  die  by  the  sword,  ■"  which  say. 
The  evil  shall  not  overtake  nor  pre- 
vent us. 

11  TT  *  In  that  day  will  I  raise  np  the 
tabernacle  of  Diivid  that  is  fallen, 
and  f  close  up  the  breaches  thereof; 
and  I  will  raise  np  his  ruins,  and 
I  will  build  it  as  in  the  days  of 
old: 

'That  thev  may  possess  the 
remnant  of  "  Edom,  and  of  all  the 
heathen,  t  which  are  called  by  my 
name,  saith  the  Lord  that  doeth 
this. 

1.!  Behold,  ^the  days  come,  saith 
the  lj()i:i),  that  the  idoughman  shall 
overtake  the  reaper,  and  the  treader 
of  grapes  him  that  fsoweth  seed; 
y  and  the  imuintains  shall  drop 
|l  sweet  wine,  and  all  the  hills  shall 
melt. 

M  '  .\nd  I  will  bring  ngiiin  the 
captivity  of  my  jieople  of  Israel,  and 


The  destruction  of  Edom. 


OBADIAH. 


The  salvation  of  Jacob. 


Before 
cum  ST 
about  &il. 


U.  21.  11.  i 
J4.  5. 

E«.  25. 12.13. 
11. 

)nei:i.  13. 
Hal.  1.3. 
Jor.  49.  14. 


"they  Bhall  build  the  waste  cities, 
nnd  inhabit  than;  and  tliey  shall 
plant  vineyards,  and  drink  the  wine 
thereof;  they  Bhall  also  moke  gar- 
dens, and  eat  the  fruit  cf  them. 


1.5  And  1  will  plant  them  upon 
their  land,  and  l>they  shall  no  more 
be  pulled  up  out  of  their  land  which 
1  have  given  them,  saith  the  LOKD 
thy  God. 


OBADIAH. 


1  Tim  denlruellon  of  Edom.  3  for  their 
pride.  lOo.ici  f„rtluir  wrong  unio  Ja- 
cob.    17    r/ic!  aulvitlion  ami  victory  of 

THE  vision  of  Obadiah.  Thus 
saitli  the  Lord  God  "concern- 
ing  Edom;  bWe  have  heard  a  ru- 
mour from  the  I>oki),  and  an  am- 
bassador is  sent  among  the  lieatben. 
Arise  ye,  and  let  us  rise  up  against 
her  in  battle. 

2  Behold,  I  have  made  thee  Binall 
among  the  heathen:  thou  art  greatly 
despised. 

,1  IT  The  pride  of  thine  heart  hath 
deceived  thee,  thou  that  dwellest 
in  the  clells  'of  the  rock,  whose 
habitation  is  high;  il  that  saith  in 
his  heart.  Who  shall  bring  mo  down 
to  the  ground? 

4  "  Though  thou  exalt  tliyneJf  as  the 
eagle,  and  though  thou  i  set  thy  nest 
among  the  stars,  thence  will  I  bring 
thee  down,  saith  the  1,<>R1>. 

5  If  e  thieves  came  to  thee,  if  rob- 
bers by  night,  (how  art  thou  cut  otj!) 
would  thev  not  have  stolen  till  they 
had  enough?  if  the  grapegatherers 
came  to  thee,  li  would  they  not  leave 
||,<io;»c  grapes? 

(i  How  are  llie  tldnn-i  of  Eeau  search- 
ed out!  Iinw  arc  his  bidden  things 
sought  lip! 

7  All  the  men  of  thy  confederacy 
have  brought  thee  even  to  the  bor- 
der: titlie  men  that  were  at  peace 
with  tliee  have  deceived  thee,  tiiiil 
prevailed  against  thee;  i  t/icii  Hint 
eat  thy  bread  have  laid  a  wound 
nnderthi'c:  ^  there  is  none  under- 
standing II  in  him. 

«  1  Shall  I  not  in  that  day,  saith  the 
IjOiin,  even  destroy  the  wise  men 
out  of  F.dom,  and  understanding  out 
of  the  iiunint  c^f  Esau? 

9  And  thy  '"mighty  men.  O  "  Te- 
man,  shall  be  dismayed,  to  the  end 
that  every  one  of  the  mount  of  Esau 
mav  be  cut  off  bv  slaughter. 

10" Tf  For  Ifiii  "violence  against  thy 
brother  Jacob  shame  shall  cover 
thee,  and  ''  thou  shall  be  cut  otf  for 
ever. 

11  In  the  doT  that  thou  etoodest  on 
the  other  side,  in  the  day  that  the 
strangers  ||eanied  away  captive  his 
forces,  and  foreigners  entered  Into 
his  gates,  and  'least  lots  upon  .Teru- 
snlcm,  even  thou  wast  as  one  of 
them. 


12  But  II  thou  shouldest  not  have 
'  loidied  on  '  the  day  of  thy  brother 
in  the  day  that  he  became  a  stranger; 
neither  shouhlest  thou  have  '  rejoiced 
over  the  children  of  Judah  in  the 
day  of  their  destruction  :  neither 
shouldest  thou  have  i  spoken  proud- 
ly in  the  day  of  distress. 

1.'5  Thou  shouldest  not  have  entered 
into  the  gate  of  my  people  in  the  day 
of  their  calainitv;  yea,  thou  sbttuld- 
est  not  have  looked  on  their  atnietion 
in  the  day  of  their  calamity,  nor 
have  laid  hnmls  on  their  I!  substance 
in  the  day  of  their  calamity; 

It  Neither  shouldest  thou  have 
stood  in  the  crossway,  to  cut  off 
those  of  his  tlK;t  did  escape  ;  nei- 
ther shouldest  thou  have  II  delivered 
up  thi^se  of  his  that  did  remain  in 
lhed;iv  of  distress. 

1,-,  "  tor  the  day  of  the  Eor.n  i,i 
near  upon  all  the  heathen:  'as  thou 
hast  done,  it  shall  be  done  unto  thee: 
thy  reward  shall  return  uiioii  thine 
own  head. 

10  >  For  as  ye  liave  drunk  upon  mj' 
liol.v  inoiiutain,  so  shall  all  tlie  hea- 
then drink  continually;  yea,  they 
shall  drink,  nnd  they  shall  1|  swallow 
down,  nnd  they  shall  be  us  though 
they  had  not  been. 

17  IT '  Hut  upon  mount  Zion  •shall 
be  II  deliverance,  nnd  ||  there  shall  be 
holiness  ;  and  the  house  of  Jacob 
shall  possess  their  possessions. 

IS  And  the  house  of  Jacob  l-shall 
be  a  tire,  nnd  the  house  ot  Joseph 
a  flame,  and  the  house  of  Ewiu 
for  stubble,  nnd  they  shall  kindle 
in  them,  and  de\(.»nr  them  :  nnd 
there  shall  not  be  on;/ remaining  of 
the  house  of  Esau;  for  the  Lord 
linth  spoken  it. 

I'J  And  then  of  the  south  ••  shall 
possess  the  mount  of  Esau;  J  and 
then  nf  the  plain,  the  I'liilistines : 
nnd  thev  shall  possess  the  fields  of 

Ephraini.  and  the  fields  of  Sanuiria: 
and  \i>^n\am\\\  shnll  iMfscss  Gilead. 

•M  And  the  captivity  of  this  host  of 
the  children  of  Israel  fhall  imfsr/s 
that  of  the  Canaanites,  nen  "^nnto 
Zarcphath  ;  and  the  captivity  ot 
.Ternsnlem,  ||  which  is  in    Sephnrnd, 

fsbnll  possess  the  cities  of  the  south. 

21  And  =  saviours  shall  come  up  on 

mount  Zion  to  jndse  the  mount  of 

Esau;   nnd  the  li kingdom  shall  be 

the  Lord's.  _,_ 

747 


Before 
C  U  K  1  S  T 

about  8Gy. 


t.  12. 39. 
,10.  11. 


.  10.  33. 
1.  26. 
..  7.  11. 


JONAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Jtnah,  sent  to  Xincveh,  fteelh  to  Tnr- 
e/iiBh.  4  IJo  it  bewrayed  by  a  tempest, 
11  thrown  into  the  sea,  17  and  swallowed 
byafitk. 

NOW  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  "11  Jonah  the  son  of  Ainit- 
tai,  saying, 

2  Arise,  go  to  Nineveh,  that  b great 
city,  and  cry  against  it;  for  "^tlieir 
wickedness  is  come  up  before  me. 

.'^  But  Jonaii  U  rose  up  to  flee  unto 
Tarshish  from  tlie  presence  of  the 
Lord,  and  went  down  to  "Joppn; 
and  lie  found  a  ship  going  to  Tar- 
shish: BO  he  paid  tlic  fare  thereof, 
and  went  down  into  it,  to  go  witli 
them  unto  Tarshish  ffrom  tlic  pres- 
ence of  the  I^OUD. 

4TI  But  s  the  Lord  f  sent  out  a  great 
wind  into  the  sea,  and  there  was  a 
miglity  tempest  in  tlie  sea,  so  that 
the  ship  was  t  like  to  be  broken. 

5  Then  the  mariners  were  afraid, 
and  cried  every  man  unto  his  god, 
and  hcast  fortli  the  wares  that  i/'^)e 
in  the  ship  into  the  sea,  to  lighten  it 
of  tliem.  But  Jonah  was  gone  down 
■  into  the  sides  of  the  ship;  and  he 
lay,  and  was  fast  asleep. 

G  So  the  shipma-ster  came  to  him, 
and  said  unto  Iiim,  Wliat  meanest 
tliou,  O  sleeper?  arise,  licall  upon 
thy  God,  Uf  so  be  that  God  will 
think  upon  us,  tliat  we  perish  not. 

7  And  they  said  every  one  to  his 
fellow.  Come,  and  let  us  '"cast  lots, 
that  we  may  know  for  whose  cause 
this  evil  IS  upon  us.  So  they  cast 
lots,  and  the  lot  fell  upon  Jonah. 

8  Then  said  they  unto  him,  "  Tell 
us,  we  jiray  tiiee,  for  wliose  cause 
this  evil  is  upon  us;  "What  is  thine 
occupation  ?  and  whence  comest 
thou?  what  is  thv  country?  and  of 
what  people  art  tlioii? 

9  And  ho  said  unto  them,  I  am  a 
Hebrew;  and  I  fear  ||  tlie  Loi:i>,  the 
God  of  heaven,  "which  hath  made 
the  sea  and  the  dry  Itinft. 

II)  Then  were  the'incn  t  exceedingly 
afraid,  and  said  unto  him.  Why  bust 
thou  done  this?  For  the  men  knew 
that  he  fled  from  the  presence  of 
the  LoKD,  because  ho  had  told 
them. 

U  TT  Then  said  they  unto  him.  What 
shall  we  do  unto  thee,  that  the  sea 
t  may  he  calm  unto  us?  f^>r  the  sea 
(I  t  wrought,  and  was  tempestuous. 

12  And  he  said  unto  them,  1' Take 
mcup,  and  cast  mc  forth  into  the  sea; 
soshall  the  sea  be  c:i!m  unto  you:  for 
I  know  that  for  my  sake  this  great 
tempest  ?.^'  upon  >'ou. 

l.'j  NeviTtlu'lesi  tlio  men  trowed 
hard  to  bring  it  to  the  laud;  ''but 
718 


they  could  not:  for  the  sea  wrought, 
and  was  tempestuous  against  them. 

14  Wherefore  they  cried  unto  the 
l.,ORn,  and  saiil.  We  beseech  thee,  O 
Lord,  we  beseech  thee,  let  us  not 
perish  for  this  man's  life,  and  'lay 
not  upon  us  innocent  blood  :  for 
thou,  O  Lord,  "hast  done  as  it 
pleased  thee. 

15  So  they  took  up  Jonah,  and  cast 
him  forth  into  the  sea:  'and  the 
sea  f  ceased  from  her  raging. 

Hi  Then  the  men  "feared  the  Lord 
exceedingly,  and  t  offered  a  sacrifice 
unto  the  I^ord,  and  made  vows. 

17  IT  Now  the  Lord  had  prepared 
a  great  fish  to  swallow  up  Jonah. 
And  "Jonah  was  in  the  fbelly  of  the 
fish  three  days  and  three  nights. 

cilAPTER  IL 

1  The  prayer  of  Junah.     10  lie  is  delivered 

'from  the  fish. 

THEN    Jonah    prayed    unto    the 
Lord  his   God  out  of  the  fish's 
belly, 

2  And  said,  I  "  cried  ||  by  reason 
of  mine  alHiction  unto  the  I^okd, 
I' and  he  heard  mc;  out  of  the  belly 
of  II  hell  cried  J,  and  thou  heardest 
my  voice. 

3  *■  For  thou  hadst  cast  me  into  the 
deep,  in  the  fmidst  tif  the  seas:  anil 
the  Hoods  compassed  me  about;  d  all 
thy  billows  aud  thy  waves  passed 
over  me. 

4  "^  Then  I  said,  I  am  cast  out  of  thy 
sight;  vet  I  will  look  again  f toward 
thy  holy  temple. 

5  The  (i  waters  compassed  me  alx>ut, 
ei'en  to  the  soul;  the  depth  closed 
me  round  about,  the  weeds  were 
wrapped  about  my  head. 

6  1  went  down  to  the  t  bottoms  of 
the  mountains;  the  earth  with  her 
bars  was  about  me  for  ever:  yet  hast 
thou  brought  up  my  life  '>  from  ||  cor- 
ruption, O  IjORD  niy  Gotl. 

7  When  my  soul  fainted  within  me 
I  remembered  the  Lord:  >  and  my 
l^myer  came  in  unto  thee,  into  thine 
holy  temple. 

.s  They  that  observe  k  lying  vanities 
forsake  their  own  mercy. 

U  ButI  will  I  sacrifice  unto  thee  with 
tlie  voice  of  thanksgiving:  I  will  i>ay 
tlitit  that  I  liave  vowed.  ">  Salvation 
IS  of  the  I,ORD. 

10  IT  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  the 
fish,  and  it  vomited  out  Jonah  upon 
the  dry  laml. 

CHAPTER  IIL 
1  Jonah,  sent  again,  jtreueheth  to  the  A7n- 

evitea.     6    Upon    their    repentance,    10 
tjod  repcniclh. 

VND  the  word  of  tho  Lord  came 
unto  Jonoli  tho   second   time, 


'Jonah  jrreacheth  to  the  Ninevitcs.       MICAH. 


Tie  repincth  at  God's  mere!/. 


Arieo,  go  unto  Nineveh,  that  great  i  not  this  my  eayine,  when  I  was  yet 
city,  and  preaih  unto  it  the  preach-  in  my  country?  rherelore  I  "fled 
inj?  that  I  bid  tlieo.  before  unto   Tarehish:    for  I   knew 

.",  So  Jonah  arose,  and  went  unto  ]  liiat  tliou  art  a  I' gracious  God,  and 
Nineveh,  according  to  the  word  of  I  merciful,  elow  to  anger,  and  of  great 


the  Loud.  Now  Nineveh  was  an 
t  exceeding  great  city  of  three  days' 
jfMirney. 

4  And" Jonah  began  to  enter  into  the 
city  a  day's  journey,  and  "he  cried, 
and  said.  Yet  forty  days,  and  Nine- 
veh shall  be  overthrown. 

5  H  So  the  people  of  Nineveh  ''be- 
lieved God,  and  proclaimed  a  fast, 
and  put  on  sackcloth,  from  the  great- 
est of  them  even  to  the  least  of  them. 

()  For  word  came  unto  the  king 
of  Nineveh,  and  he  arose  from  his 
throne,  and  he  laid  his  robe  fro?n 
him,  and  covered  /lim  with  sack- 
cloth, '  and  sat  in  ashes. 

7  dAnd  ho  caused  it  to  be  pro- 
claimed and  )  pnhlishcd  through 
Nineveh  by  the  decree  of  the  king 
and  his  f  nobles,  saying.  Let  neither 
man  nor  beast,  herd  nor  flock,  taste 
any  thing:  let  them  not  feed,  nor 
drmk  water: 

S  But  let  man  and  beast  be  covered 
with  sackcloth,  and  cry  mightily 
unto  God:  yea,  'let  them"  turn  every 
one  from  his  evil  way,  and  from  f  the 
violence  that  is  in  their  hands. 

y  sWho  can  tell  if  God  will  tnm 
and  repent,  and  turn  away  from  his 
iierce  anger,  that  we  perish  not? 

10  IT  hAnd  GckI  saw  their  works, 
that  they  turned  from  their  evil  way; 
and  God  repented  of  the  evil,  that 
he  had  said  that  he  would  do  unto 
tliem;  and  he  did  it  not. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Jonah,  repining  nt   Gori'a  mercy,    4  is 
reproved  by  the.  tijpa  of  n  gourd. 

r>VT  it  displeased  Jonah  cxcced- 
->  ingly,  and  he  was  very  angry. 
2  And  "he  prayed  unto  the  I-okd, 
and  said,  I  pray  thee,  O  Lord,  was 


kindness,  and  repeutest  thee  of  the 
evil. 

3  '  Therefore  now,  O  Lord,  take,  I 
beseech  thee,  !iiy  life  from  inc;  (or 
'I  it  IS  better  for  nie  to  die  tliau  to 
live. 

4  17  Then  said  the  Lord,  ||  Doest 
thou  well  to  be  angry? 

5  .So  Jonah  went  out  of  the  city,  and 
sat  on  the  east  side  of  the  city,  and 
there  made  him  a  booth,  and  sat  un- 
der it  in  the  shadow,  till  he  might 
see  what  would  become  of  the  city. 

(j  And  the  Lord  God  prepared  a 
111  gourd,  and  made  tt  to  come  up 
over  Jonah,  that  it  might  be  a  shadow 
over  his  head,  to  deliver  him  from 
his  grief.  So  Jonah  t  was  exceeding 
glad  of  the  gourd. 

7  fjut  God  prepared  a  worm  when 
the  morning  rose  the  next  day,  and 
it  smote  the  gourd  that  it  withered. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  the 
sun  did  arise,  that  God  prepared  a 
[I  vehement  east  wind;  and  the  sun 
beat  upon  the  head  of  Jonali,  that 
he  fainted,  and  wished  in  himself  to 
die,  and  said,  '  7(  is  better  for  rac  to 
die  than  to  live. 

;»  And  God  said  to  Jonah,  ||  Doest 
thou  well  to  be  angrv  for  the  gourd? 
And  he  said,  |l  I  do  well  to  be  angry, 
cvrji  unto  death. 

10  Then  said  the  Lord,  Thou  host 
(I  had  pity  on  the  gourd,  for  the 
which  thiin  hast  not  laboured,  nei- 
ther madest  it  grow;  which  (  came  up 
in  a  night,  anil  perished  in  a  night: 

11  And  should  not  I  spare  Nineveh, 
fthat  great  city,  wherein  arc  more 
tlian  .sixseorc  thousand  persons  8 that 
cannot  discern  between  their  right 
hand  and  their  left  hand; and  ulsu 
much  h cattle? 


MICAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Mieah  eheweth  the  wmth  e.f  Ocd  aaninut 
Jacob  for  idolatry.  lU //o  cxhorteth  to 
mvurning. 

1"<I1E  word  of  the  Lord  that  camo 
to"Micah  the  Morasthite  in  the 
davs  of  Jotham,  Ahaz,  and  Ileze- 
kiah,  kings  of  Jud.ih,  1j  which  he 
saw  concernins  Samaria  and  Jeru- 
salem. 

'2  t  Hear,  all  yo  people;  >=  hearken, 
O  earth,  and  tall  that  therein  is:  and 
let  the  Lord  GoD  <lbc  witness  against 
vou,  the  Lord  from  "hia  holy  teni- 
i>le. 

3  For,  behold,  fthc  Lord  coracth 


forth  out  of  his  e  place,  and  will  come 
down,  and  tread  upon  the  thigh 
places  of  the  eartli. 

4  And  '  the  mountains  shall  be 
molten  under  him,  and  the  valleys 
shall  be  cleft,  as  wax  before  the  tire, 
and  as  the  waters  that  are  poured 
down  t  a  steep  place. 

R  For  the  transgression  of  Jacob  if 
all  thi.s,  and  for  the  sins  nf  the  house 
of  Israel.  AVhat  is  the  tn>ns;n"c«8ion 
of  Jacob?    IS  it  not   Samaria"    --' 


and 


what  are  the  high  places  of  Judah? 
arc  then  not  Jerusalem? 
G  Therefore    I    will   make    Samaria 
V  aa  a  lieap  of  the  field,  and  as  plant- 
749 


Against  oppro.snon. 


MIC  AH. 


A  promise  of  restoration 


CHRIST 

about  7011. 


lEi.  13.  u. 
loi.  2.5.12. 


t  neb. 


i2Kin.l3.U, 
IT. 


biClir.  11.  7. 

e,I..l)  1.21. 
Ii.  li.i.  &  22. 


.  8.  3. 


fAmoi.V  13. 

r.pii.  .*;.  in. 

BH»b.2.  6, 
hlSoio-l.  17. 
\  lleh.  i.'.r.H  a 
ri>7i-tir.>ri..n 


ings  of  a  vineyard:  and  I  will  pour 
down  the  stones  thereof  into  the  val- 
ley, and  I  will  1  discover  the  founda- 
tions thereof. 

7  And  all  the  graven  ima^^es  thereof 
shall  be  beaten  to  piece;*,  and  all  tlie 
'"  hires  thereof  shall  be  burned  with 
the  fire,  and  all  the  idols  thereof  will 

I  lay  desolate:  for  she  gathered  !7  of 
tliehire  of  a  harlot,  and  they  shall 
return  to  the  hire  of  a  harlot. 

S  Therefore  "  I  will  wail  and  howl, 
"  I  will  go  stripped  and  n.aked :  P  I  will 
make  a  wailing  like  tlie  dragons,  and 
mourning  as  the  fowls. 

!l  Tor  il  her  wound  U  incurable;  for 
lit  is  eome  unto  Judah;  ho  is  come 
unto  the  gate  of  my  people,  even  to 
Jerusalem. 

10  IT  ■■  Declare  ye  il  not  at  Gath, 
weep  ve  not  at  all:  in  the  house  of 

II  Aphfah^roll  thyself  in  the  dust. 

11  Pass  ye  away,  ||  thou  t  inhabitant 
of  Saphif,  having  thy  '  shame  naked: 
the  inhabitant  of  ||  Zaanan  came  not 
forth  in  the  mourning  of  ||  Beth-ezcl; 
he  shall  receive  of  you  his  standing. 

12  For  the  inhabitant  of  Maroth 
II  waited  carefully  for  good:  but  "evil 
came  down  from  the  Loud  unto  the 
gate  of  .Jerusalem. 

1.3  O  thou  inhabitant  of '^  Lachish, 
bind  the  chariot  to  the  swift  beast; 
she  is  the  beginning  of  the  sin  to  the 
daughter  of  Zion:  for  the  transgres- 
sions of  Israel  were  found  in  thee. 

14  Therefore  shall  thcni  J  give  pres- 
ents |l  to  .Moresheth-gath :  the  houses 
of  II'- Achzib  shall  be  a  lie  to  the  kings 
of  Israel. 

15  Yet  will  I  bring  an  heir  unto 
thee,  O  inhabitant  of  "  IMarcshah  ; 
II  he  shall  come  unto  b  AduUaiu  the 
glorv  of  Israel. 

10  Make  thee  "^  bald,  and  poll  thee 
for  thy  il  delicate  children  ;  enlarge 
thy  baldness  as  the  eagle;  ii>r  tlicy 
arc  gone  into  captivity  from  thee. 

12.  Jei.  7.  23.  I,  IS.  G.  k  47.  J.  S>  ii,  37.    d  Lam.  4.  S. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Aftain»t  opprongion.     4  A  lamentation. 

7   .1  rcpruvf  of   iujimlica  an,l  i.lolatry. 

12  A  promite  of  rotorinj  Jacob. 
"\\rOK  to  them  "that  devise  iniq- 

1  V  tiitv,  and  li  work  evil  upon  their 
beds!  when  the  morning  is  light, 
they  pnictise  it,  because  'it  is  ill  the 
Iiowcr  of  their  hand. 

2  And  they  covet  <1  fields,  and  take 
thcui  by  violence;  and  bouses,  and 
taks  iheni  awtiy  :  so  they  ||  oppress 
a  man  and  his  house,  even  a  man 
and  his  herita.gc. 

.■)  Therefore  tlius  eaith  the  Lor.D  ; 
Hehold,  ngiiinst  'this  family  do  I  de- 
vise an  evil,  from  which  ye  sluill  not 
remove  y<uir  necks;  neither  sinill  yc 
go  haugfililv:  f  for  this  time  i'<  evil. 

4  IF  In  tluit  day  shall  one  ^takc  up  a 
n.arable  ngniiist  yon,  and  li  lament 
Twith  a  doleful  lamentation,  (UirJsav 
\Vc  be  utterly  spoiled:  i  he  hath 
70O 


changed  the  portion  of  my  people: 
how  hath  he  removed  it  from  mel 
V  turning  away  he  hath  divided  our 
fields. 

.•i  Therefore  thou  sbalt  have  none 
that  shall  k  cast  a  cord  by  lot  in  the 
congregation  of  the  I..ORD. 

fi  (I  1 1 1'rophesv  ye  not,  ,saj/  they  to 
them  that  prophesy :  they  shall  not 
prophesy  to  them,  that  they  shall  not 
take  shame. 

7  IT  O  thou  that  art  named  The 
house  of  Jacob,  is  the  Spirit  of  the 
Lord  ||  straitened?  are  these  his  do- 
ings? do  not  my  words  do  good  to 
him  that  walketh  t  uprightly? 

8  Even  tof  late  my  people  is  risen 
up  as  an  enemy:  ye  pull  ott*  the  robe 
t  with  the  garment  from  them  that 
pass  by  securely  as  men  averse  from 
war. 

9  The  II  women  of  my  people  liave 
ve  cast  out  from  tneir  jileasant 
nouses;  from  their  children  have  ye 
taken  away  my  glory  for  ever. 

10  Arise  ye,  and  depart;  for  this  is 
not  iiniir  ""rest:  because  it  is  "pol- 
luted, it  shall  destroy  you,  even  with 
a  sore  destruction. 

11  If  a  man  11  "walking  in  the  spirit 
and  falsehood  do  lie,  snyinij,  I  will 
propiics.v  unto  thee  of  wine  nud  of 
strong  (Irink;  he  shall  even  be  the 
proi>liet  of  this  people. 

12  IT  1*1  will  surely  assemble,  O  Ja- 
cob, all  of  thee;  1  will  surely  gather 
the  remnant  of  Israel ;  1  will  put 
them  together  '1  as  the  sheep  of  I$oz- 
rah,  as  the  flock  in  the  midst  of  their 
fold  :  'they  shall  make  great  noise 
li.v  reasf)n  of  the  vinltitiide  o/'men. 

i.)  The  breaker  is  come  up  before 
them  :  they  have  broken  up,  and 
have  passed  through  the  gate,  and 
are  gone  out  by  it;  and  'their  king 
shall  pass  before  them,  '  and  the 
LOKD  on  the  head  of  them. 
CHAPTER  III. 
1   The  cruclh,  of  the  princes,     b  Tlie  fell  te- 

liood  of  the   proplictt.      8  The  tccurily 

of  them  loth. 

VND  I  said.  Hear,  I  pray  you,  O 
heads  of  Jacob,  and  ye  princes 
of  the  house  of  Israel;  'Is  it  not  for 
vou  to  knowindguieiit? 
"2  Who  liate  tlie  g"oil,  and  love  the 
evil;  who  pluck  ott'  their  skin  from 
off  them,  and  their  flesh  iirom  off 
their  bones; 

3  Who  also  I.  eat  the  flesh  of  mv 
people,  nud  flay  their  skin  from  off 
theiu;  and  they  break  their  bones, 
and  chop  them  in  pieces,  as  for  the 
pot,  and  'as  flesh  within  the  cal- 
dron. 

4  Then  <i  shall  they  crv  iinto  the 
Lorn,  but  he  will  nut  licar  them: 
he  will  even  hide  his  f.ice  from  them 
at  that  time,  as  they  have  behaved 
themselves  ill  in  their  doings. 

5  11  Thus  saith  the  Lokp  "^  concern- 
ing the  prophets  tliat  make  my  peo- 
ple err,  that  'bite  with  their  "teeth 


■JhrisVs  kingdom  foretold. 


MICAH. 


and  the  plate  of  his  nativity. 


.1..  2.  12. 
ph.  3.  3. 

..  l'.  23. 

..  'S.  12. 
i.j  4.  18. 


11.2,17. 
.  •l\i.  18. 


and  cry.  Peace;  and  ^hc  that  put- 
tcth  not  into  their  moutlis,  they  even 
prepare  war  against  him: 

C>  h  Therefore  night  slinll  he  unto 
yon,  t  that  ye  shall  not  have  a  vision  j 
and  it  fhall  be  dark  unto  you, )  that 
ye  shall  not  divine;  i  and  the  snu 
shall  go  down  over  the  prophets,  and 
the  day  shall  bo  dark  over  them. 

7  Then  shall  the  seers  he  ashamed, 
and  the  diviners  confounded:  yea, 
they  shall  all  cover  their  t  lips  ;  « ibr 
th<^re  is  no  answer  of  (iod. 

,S  IT  But  truly  I  am  full  of  power  by 
the  Spirit  of  the  Loi:i>,  and  of  judg- 
ment, and  of  might,  I  to  declare  unto 
Jacob  Ilia  transgression,  and  to  Israel 
his  sin. 

'J  Hear  this,  T  pray  you,  yc  heads 
of  tlic  house  of  Jacob,  and  princes 
of  the  house  of  Israel,  that  abhor 
judgment,  and  pervert  all  cquitv. 

10  '"Tliey  build  up  Zinn  "with 
"f  blood,  and  Jerusalem  with  iniq- 
uity. 

11  "  The  heads  thereof  judge  for  re- 
ward, and  >'  the  priests  thereof  teach 
for  hire,  and  the  prophets  thereof 
divine  for  money:  ijct  will  they 
lean  upon  the  l/oi!i>,"t  and  say,  A' 
not  the  Lord  among  us?  none  evil 
can  come  upon  us. 

12  Therefore  shall  Zion  for  your 
sake  be  ■'ploughed  os  a  field,  "and 
Jerusalem  shall  become  heaps,  an<l 
Uhe  mountain  of  the  house  as  the 
high  places  of  the  forest. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1   The  glory,  3  peace,  8  kingdovty  11  and 
victory  of  the  church. 

r>tIT  "in  the  last  days  it  shall 
)  come  to  pass,  that  the  mountain 
of  the  house  of  the  I-OKn  shall  be 
established  in  the  top  of  the  mount- 
ains, and  it  shall  be  exalted  above 
the  hills;  and  people  shall  flow  unto 
it. 

2  And  many  nations  shall  come, 
and  say.  Come,  and  let  us  go  up  to 
the  mountain  of  the  Lonn,  and  to 
the  house  of  the  Cod  of  Jacob;  and 
he  will  teach  us  of  his  ways,  and  we 
will  walk  in  his  paths:  for  the  law 
shall  go  forth  of  Zion,  and  the  word 
of  the  Loud  from  Jerusalem. 

3  IT  And  he  shall  judge  among  many 
people,  and  rebuke  strong  nations 
afar  off;  and  they  shall  beat  their 
swords  into  l>  ploughshares,  and  their 
spears  into  I|  pruninghooks:  nation 
shall  not  lift  up  a  sword  a^'ainst  na- 
tion, ■^neither  shall  they  learn  war 
anv  more. 

4"ilBut  they  shall  sit  cvcrv  man 
under  his  vine  and  under  his  lig  tree; 
and  none  shall  make  them  afraid: 
for  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  of  hosts 
hatli  spoken  it. 

.')  For  ■"all  people  will  walk  every 
one  in  the  name  of  his  god,  and  f  wc 
will  walk  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
our  God  for  ever  and  ever. 


G  In  that  day,  eaith  the  Lord,  t  will 
I  assemble  her  that  haltelh,  hand  I 
will  gather  her  that  is  driven  out, 
and  her  that  I  have  atflicled; 

7  And  1  will  make  her  that  halted 
ia  remnant,  and  her  that  was  cast 
far  otf  a  strong  nation :  and  the 
Lord  k  shall  reign  over  them  in 
mount  Zion  from  henceforth,  even 
for  ever. 

H  TI  And  thou,  O  tower  of  ((the  flock, 
the  strong  hold  of  the  daughter  of 
Zion,  unto  thee  shall  it  come,  even 
the  first  dominion  ;  the  kingdom 
shall  conic  to  the  daughter  of  Jeru- 
salem. 

It  Now  why  dost  thou  crv  out  aloud? 
l?s  there  no  king  in  t)iee?  is  thy 
counsellor  p<'ri.shed  ?  for  "•  pangs 
have    taken    thee    as    a    woman    in 


10  He  in  pain,  and  labour  to  hrinj 
forth,  ()  daughter  of  Zion,  like  a 
woman  in  travail:  for  now  shall  thou 
go  ftirth  out  of  the  city,  an<l  thou 
shall  dwell  in  the  field,  and  thou 
slialt  go  eren  to  Babylon ;  there  shall 
thou  be  delivered:  "there  the  Lord 
shall  redeem  thee  from  the  hand  of 
thine  cnrmies. 

11  IT  "Now  also  many  nations  arc 
g-athered  against  thee.'that  say.  Let 
her  be  defiled,  and  kt  our  eye  "look 
upon  Zion. 

12  But  they  know  not  P  the  thoughts 
of  the  Li>Rl),  neither  understand 
they  his  counsel:  for  he  shall  gather 
them  las  the  sheaves  into  the  floor. 

I'i  'Arise  and  thresh,  O  daughter  of 
Zion;  for  I  will  make  thine  horn 
iron,  and  I  will  make  thy  hoofs 
brass:  and  thou  shall  *lieat  in  pieces 
many  people:  'and  I  will  consecrate 
their  gain  unto  the  Lord,  and  their 
substance  unto  "the  Lord  of  the 
whole  earth. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  Tlie  t^irth  of  (Virist.     4  tlit  kingdom. 

8  Ilia  conquest. 
XTOW  gather  thyself  in  troops,  O 
1^  daughter  of  troops:  he  hath  laid 
siege  against  us:  they  shall  "smite 
the  judge  of  Israel  with  a  rod  upon 
the  cheek. 

2  But  thou,  1.  Beth-lehem  Ephratah, 
though  thou  be  little  ■'among  the 
Jthousnnd.t  of  Judali,  uel  out  of  thee 
shall  he  come  forth  unto  mc  thnt  is 
to  be  'ruKr  in  Israel:  fwhose  goings 
forth  hare  been  from  of  old,  from 
f  everlasting. 

.•?  Therefore  will  ho  give  thom  up, 
until  the  time  that  Sshe  whicii  trav- 
ailcth  hath  brouebt  forth:  thru  Mhc 
remnant  of  his  brethren  shall  return 
unto  the  children  of  Israel. 

4  IT  .\nd  he  shall  stand  and  II  i  feed 
in  the  strength  of  the  Lord,  in  the 
majestv  of  the  name  of  the  Lord  his 
God:  and  they  shall  abide:  for  now 
I  shall  he  be  great  unto  the  ends  of 
the  earth.  _, 

751 


Christ's  kingdom  and  conquest.  MICAH.        God's  controversy  ivilh  his  people. 


Beforo 
CU  RIST 

;io. 


Zech.  !l.  lO. 
I,uko  2.  li. 
Kpli.  2.  II. 


dJ«r.2.5,31. 
•  Et.12  51.  a 
14  30.i2H2. 


6  And  this  man  1  shall  be  tliu  peace, 
when  the  Assyrian  shall  come  into 
our  land:  and  when  he  shall  tread 
in  our  palaces,  then  shall  we  raise 
against  him  seven  shepherds,  and 
eight  t  principal  men. 

G  And  they  shall  t  waste  the  land 
of  Assyria  with  the  sword,  and  the 
land  of '"  Nimrod  ||  in  the  entrances 
thereof:  thus  shall  he  "deliver  ?« 
from  the  Assyrian,  when  he  conieth 
into  our  land,  and  when  he  treadeth 
within  our  borders. 

7  And  "the  remnant  of  Jacob  shall 
be  in  the  midst  of  many  people  ''as  a 
dew  from  the  Lord,  as  the  showers 
upon  the  grass,  that  tarrieth  not  for 
man,  nor  waiteth  for  the  sons  of  men. 

8  TT  And  the  remnant  of  Jacob  sliall 
be  among  the  Gentiles  in  the  midst 
of  many  people,  as  a  lion  among  the 
beasts  of  the  forest,  as  a  young  lion 
among  the  flocks  of  |)  sheep:  who,  if 
he  go  through,  both  treadeth  down, 
and  teareth  in  pieces,  and  none  can 
deliver. 

9  Thine  hand  shall  be  lifted  up 
upon  thine  adversaries,  and  all  thine 
enemies  shall  be  cut  off. 

W  1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  saith  the  Lord,  that  I  will 
cut  olf  thy  horses  out  of  the  midst  of 
thee,  and  I  will  destroy  thj'  chariots: 

11  And  I  will  cut  off' the  cities  of  thy 
land,  and  throw  down  all  thy  strong 
holds: 

12  And  I  will  cut  off  witchcrafts  out 
of  thine  hand;  and  thou  shalt  have 
no  more  ^soothsayers: 

l.*5  *  Thy  graven  images  also  will  I 
cut  off,  and  thy  (|  standing  images  out 
of  the  midst  of  thee:  and  thou  shalt 
'no  more  worship  the  work  of  t.^iue 
hands. 

U  And  I  will  pluck  up  thy  groves 
out  of  the  midst  of  thee:  so  will  I 
destroy  thy  (( cities. 

1,5  And  I  will  "  execute  vengeance  in 
anger  and  fury  upon  the  heatlieu, 
such  as  they  have  not  heard. 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1  GofVe  controversy  for  iLnkindnese.  d  for 
ii/norance,  10  for  injuBtiec,  ll3  and  for 
idohitry. 

HEAR  ye  now  what  the  Lord 
saith;  Arise,  contenil  tlinu  ||  l>c- 
fbre  the  mountains,  and  let  the  hills 
he.ar  thy  voice. 

2  Tlear  yc,  O  mountains,  hthe 
LoRP's  controvers}',  and  ye  strong 
foundations  of  the  earth:  for  ^' the 
Lord  hath  a  controversy  with  his 
people,  and  he  will  plead  with  Israel. 

3  6  my  people,  d  what  have  I  done 
unto  thee  ?  and  wherein  have  I 
wearied  thee?  testify  against  me. 

•4  "  For  I  brought  tliee  up  out  of  the 
land  of  Egypt,  and  redeemed  thee 
out  of  the  Iiousc  of  servants;  and  T 
sent  before  thee  ^Moscs,  Aaron,  and 
Miriam. 

fi  ()  my  people,  remember  now  wlint 
rUalak  king  of  Moab  consulted,  and 


what  Balaam  the  son  of  Beor  an- 
swered him  from  *  Shittiui  unto  Gil- 
gal;  that  ye  may  know  hthe  right- 
eousness of  the  Lord. 

0  TT  Wherewith  shall  I  come  before 
the  Lord,  and  bow  myself  before  the 
high  God?  shall  I  coine  before  him 
with  burnt  otferings,  with  calves  fof 
a  year  old? 

7  iWill  the  Lord  be  pleased  with 
thousands  of  rains,  or  with  ten  thou- 
sands of  k rivers  of  oil?  l shall  I  give 
my  firstborn  J'or  my  transgression, 
the  fruit  of  my  f  body  for  the  sin  of 
my  soul? 

f,  He  hath  "shewed  thee,  Oman, 
what  is  good  ;  and  what  doth  the 
I..OKD  require  of  thee,  but  "to  do 
justly,  and  to  love  mercy,  and  to 
t  walk  humbly  with  thy  God? 

!)  The  Lord's  voice  crieth  unto  the 
city,  and  |(  the  man  of  wisdom  h\\i\\\ 
Bee  thy  name:  hear  ye  the  rod,  and 
who  hatli  appointed  it. 

10  11  11  Arc  there  yet  the  treasures 
of  wickedness  in  the  house  of  the 
wicked,  and  the  t  scant  measure 
°  that  is  abominable  ? 

11  II  Shall  I  count  them  pure  with 
I"  the  wicked  balances,  and  with  the 
bag  of  deceitful  weights? 

12  For  the  rich  men  thereof  are  full 
of  violence,  aud  the  inhabitants  there- 
of have  spoken  lies,  and  i  their  tongue 
IS  deceitful  in  their  mouth. 

I'J  Therefore  akso  will  I  'make  thee 
sick  in  smiting  thee,  in  making  thee 
desolate  because  of  thy  sins. 

14  "  Thou  shalt  eat,  but  not  be  satis- 
fied; and  thy  easting  down  ."/kiH  he 
in  the  midst  of  thee;  and  thou  shalt 
take  hold,  but  shalt  not  deliver;  and 
that  which  thou  deliverest  will  I  give 
up  to  the  sword. 

15  Thou  shalt  'sow,  but  thou  shalt 
not  reap;  thou  shalt  tread  the  olives, 
but  thou  shalt  not  anoint  thee  with 
oil;  and  sweet  wine,  but  shalt  not 
drink  wine. 

10  TT  For  II  the  statutes  of  "  Omri  are 
^kept,  and  all  the  works  of  tlie  house 
of  5  Ahab,  and  yc  walk  in  their  coun- 
sels ;  that  1  should  make  thee  'a 
II  desolation,  and  the  inhabitants 
thereof  a  hissing:  therefore  ye  shall 
bear  the  "reproach  of  my  people.  2^.  2ii." 

X  Ho..  S.  II.  T  1  Kin.  IK. :!".  *■<•.  ,V  21.  Z.';.  IS.  2  Kin.  21  3.  .  ! 
.1.  ».  Jer.  19.  8.  lOi,  o.loi,,i/,m.iil.  •  1..  2i.  8.  Jer.  .'.l.  JI. 
6.1. 

CHArTER  TU. 

1  Tim  church,  complaining  of  her  email 
number.  3  and  the  gcytcral  corruption, 
bpuitcth  her  confidence  not  in  man.  but 
in  God.  8  She  triumpheth  over  her  ene- 
mies. 14  God  comforlcth  her  6i/  jtrom- 
l»f«.  IGiv  confusion  of  the  enemict,  18 
and  ly  his  mercies. 

"\T70E  is  mel  for  I  nm  ns  fwlien 
VV  they  have  gatliered  the  sum- 
mer fruits,  as  "the  grape  gleanings 
of  the  vintage:  ihtrc  i.<  no  cluster  to 
cat :    b  my  soul  desired  the  first  ripe 


The  church's  confidence  in  God. 


NAHUM. 


God^s  mercies  to  his  people. 


2  The  "^11  good  man  is  perished  out 
of  the  earth;  and  there  is  none  up- 
right among  men  :  tliey  all  Uc  in 
wait  for  blood  i  J  they  nuut  every 
man  his  brotl\cr  with  ii  net. 

3  H  That  they  may  do  evil  with 
both  hands  earncstiy,  'the  prince 
asketh,  fand  the  judge  Ofketh  for  a 
reward;  and  the  great  man,  he  utter- 
eth  t  his  mischievous  dciirc:  so  they 
wrap  it  up. 

4  The  best  of  them  ^is  as  a  brier: 
the  most  upright  U  sfiarper  than  a 
thorn  hed";e:  the  day  of  thy  watch- 
men and  tli^v  visitation  Cometh;  now 
shall  be  their  perplexity. 

5  Tf  h  Trust  yc  not  in  a  friend,  pi:t 
ye  not  confidence  in  a  guide:  keep 
the  doors  of  thy  mouth  from  her  that 
lieth  in  thy  bosom. 

0  For  i  the  son  dishonoureth  the  fa- 
ther, the  daughter  riseth  up  against 
her  mother,  the  daughter  in  law 
against  her  mother  in  law;  a  man's 
enemies  are  the  men  of  his  own 
house. 

7  Therefore  kl  will  look  unto  the 
Lord;  1  will  wait  for  the  God  of  my 
salvation:  my  God  will  hear  me. 

8  TI  I  Kejoice  not  against  me,  O  mine 
enemy:  '"when  I  fall,  I  shall  arise; 
when  I  sit  in  darkness,  "  the  LoiiD 
shall  be  a  light  imto  me. 

9  "1  will  bear  the  indignation  nf 
the  Loud,  because  I  have  sinned 
against  him,  until  lie  plead  my  cause, 
and  execute  judgment  for  me:  1' he 
will  bring  me  forth  to  the  light,  and 
I  shall  behold  his  righteousness. 

10  11  Then  she  (hat  I's  mine  enemy 
shall  see  it,  and  'i  shame  shall  cover 
her  which  said  unto  me,  'AVhere  is 
the  Loud  thy  God?  "mine  eyes 
shall  behold  her :  now  t  shall  she  be 
trodden  down  'as  the  mire  of  the 
streets. 


]  1  In  the  day  that  thy  "  walla  are  to 
be  built,  in  that  day  shall  the  decree 
be  far  removed. 

12  Jn  that  day  aL'o  '  he  shall  come 
even  to  thee  from  Assyria,  ||  and 
J'roni  the  fortified  cities,  and  ironi 
the  fortress  even  to  the  river,  and 
from  sea  to  sea,  and/roni  mountain 
to  mountain. 

13  II  Notwithstanding,  the  land  shall 
be  desolate  because  of  them  that 
dwell  therein,  ^  for  the  fruit  of  their 
doings. 

U  It  Ii  Feed  thv  people  with  thv  rod, 
the  flock  of  tliiiie  heritage,  which 
dwell  solitarily  in  ^  the  wood,  in  the 
midst  of  Carnul :  let  them  feed  i» 
Bashan  and  Gilead,  as  in  the  d.ays 
of  old. 

1.5  "Accordin"  to  the  days  of  thv 
coming  out  of  the  land  of  ligypt  will 
I  shew  unto  him  marvellous  thiiirjs. 

IG  H  The  nations  lishall  see  and 
be  confounded  at  all  their  might : 
'they  shall  l;>y  Iheir  hand  upon  their 
mouth,  their  cars  shall  be  deaf. 

17  They  shall  lick  the  ildust  like  a 
serpent,  *'thcy  shall  move  out  of 
-their  holes  like  ||  worms  of  the  earth: 
f  they  shall  he  afraid  of  the  Loud 
our  God,  and  shall  fear  because  of 
thee. 

I.s  sWlio  )s  a  God  like  unto  thee, 
th;tt  li  pardoncth  initjnity,  and  pasa- 
eth  by  the  trauiigression  of  ithc  rem- 
nant of  his  heritage?  !■  he  retaineth 
not  his  anger  for  ever,  because  he 
deli^htcth  i«  mercy. 

rj  lie  will  turn  again,  he  will  have 
compassion  upon  \is;  he  will  subdue 
our  iniquities;  and  thou  wilt  cast  all 
their  sins  into  the  depths  of  the  sea. 

Lll  I  Tliou  wilt  perform  the  truth  to 
Jacob,  and  the  mercy  to  Abraham, 
'"which  thou  hast  sworn  unto  our 
fathers  from  the  days  of  old. 


NAHUM. 


CnAPTER  J. 

Tlie  mn jetty  of  Ood  m  gooJnett  to  hit 
people,   anil   severity   o:7ut;i«e    hia   cue' 

I-iHE  burden  "of  Nineveh.     The 
book  of  the  vision  of  Nalium  the 
Elkoshitc. 

2  II  God  I's  i>  icalous,  and  "^  the  Lord 
revengeth;  tihc  Lokd  revengeth,and 
fis  furious;  the  LoitD  will  take 
vengeance  on  his  adversaries,  and 
he  rescrveth  vrath  for  his  enemies. 

3  The  Lord  is  i'  slow  to  anger,  and 
'great  in  power,  and  will  not  at  all 
acquit  the  vieked :  ffhc  I,o1!D  hnth 
his  way  in  the  whirlwind  and  in  the 
storm,  and  the  clouds  are  the  dust 
of  his  feet. 

Job  9.  i.    «P«-  18.  7.  ic  4  07.  !.  Uob.  3.  S.  11.  12. 

4S 


4  KIIc  rebuketh  the  sea,  and  mak- 
cth  it  dry,  and  drieth  up  all  the  riv- 
ers: h  Bashan  languishcth,  and  Car- 
mel,  and  the  flower  of  Lebanon  lan- 
guishcth. 

5  iThc  mountains  quake  at  liini, 
and  kthe  hills  melt,  and  'the  earth 
is  burned  at  his  presence,  yea,  tlie 
world,  and  all  that  dwell  therein. 

G  Who  can  stand  before  his  indig- 
nation ?  and  "'who  can  f  abide  in 
tlie  fierceness  of  his  anger?  "his  fury 
is  poured  out  like  fire,  and  the  rocks 
are  thrown  down  bv  him. 

7  "The  Lonn  i»  good,  n  l| strong 
hold  in  the  day  of  trouble;  and  I' he 
knoweth  themtliat  tru.-t  iu  him.  j„  33  n. 

8  IBut  with  an  overrunning  flood  I    1.^.1.3.21. 

10r.ilr.nol».    »r..  I.e.  2Tii...  2.  10.    ,  U.n.  "J.  26.  »  1 1. 10. 2Ha 

753 


The  fearful  armies  of 


NAHUM. 


God  against  Kineveh. 


.It)..  3.  II. 
xM.tI.  i.  1. 
y1  King,  19. 


l.oiiM  they 
fix./.  a„'U(j 


Ii«n 

11.10. 

bJor 
3I>.  e 

2.7(1.  i 

cIKi 

a  W.  37. 

Ill,  15. 

1  II  el 

/'■^•I. 

lie  will  make  an  xitfor  end  of  the 
place  thereof,  nnd  darkncea  shall 
pur.'ine  his  enemies. 

9  ■■  Wli;it  do  ye  iiiinf;ino  ngainst  the 
Loud?  ''he  will  iii:ike  an  utter  end: 
affliction  eliall  not  rise  up  the  second 
time. 

in  For -while  r/ir.!/ (jc  filden  toj;ethcr 
^  as  tlii>riis,  "and  wiiili'  they  are 
drtinlien  ft-i  drnnkardn,  ^they  shall 
be  devoured  as  stubble  fully  dry. 

II  There  is  onr  come  out  of  thee, 
'tliat  iiiia;;ineth  evil  against  the 
LoKn,  ta  wirki'd  coiin.'si  llor. 

l:JThu.')  Baith  the  l.oini;  l|  Thoiip^h 
tlic;j  he  f|iiii't,  and  liUewisa  inaii.v, 
yet  thus  ''Bliall  they  ho  tcut  down, 
when  lie  shall  "pass  throuRh. 
Though  I  have  afflicted  thee,  1  will 
afflict  thee  no  more. 

I'i  For  now  will  I  I' break  Ilia  yoke 
from  oft'  thee,  and  will  burst  thy 
bonds  in  sunder. 

1*1  And  the  I^ounhath  piven  a  com- 
mandment concerninj.;  thee,  tlint^\ct 
more  of  thy  name  be  sown:  out  of 
the  house  of  thy  pods  will  I  cut  off 
the  fcraveu  iinaKC  and  the  molten 
imape:  'I  will  make  thy  grave;  for 
thou  art  vile. 

1.5  Heludd  <'  upon  the  mountains 
the  feet  of  him  that  brin-.;eth  ^'.,„d 
tidin^'s,  that  pMhlislieth  penre  !  (.) 
.Iiidah.t  keep  thy  solemn  f(•u^ts,  |,er- 
form  thy  vows:  for  IMIie  wicked 
shall  IK)  more  pass  throush  thee;  Uic 
is  utterly  cut  off. 


The  fearful  , 


CHAPTER  II. 

•iXnrioMS  an 
at  Nineveh. 


I  of  God 


L.Icr.  .',1.  11. 

W. 

cli.  3.  II. 
cli.  10   13. 


.1  r,.  m  12. 
ll»i  111.  1. 


I  Or.yr.., 

1  n-ii.  lA,, 


HK  "that  da.sheth  In  pieces  is 
come  up  before  thy  face:  ''keep 
the  munition,  watch  the  way,  make 
thij  loins  strong,  fortify  thij  power 
mightily. 

2  '■  For  the  Lord  hath  turned  aw.ay 
lithe  exeellency  of  .Taeob,  as  the  ex- 
cellency of  Israel:  for  d  the  emptiers 
have  einjitied  them  out,  and  marred 
their  vine  branches. 
.3  The  shield  of  bis  mighty  men  is 
made  ''red,  tlie  valiant  men  ore  ||in 
seal-let  :  llie  chariots  sJiaU.  he  with 
II  flaming  torches  in  the  day  of  his 
pi-epii ration,  and  the  fir  trees  shall  be 
terriblv  shaken. 

4  Tb'e  chariots  shall  rage  in  the 
streets,  they  shall  instle  <ine  against 
another  in  the  broad  ways:  f  they 
shall  seem  like  torches,  ihey  shall 
run  like  the  lightnings. 
.')  He  shall  recount  his  || worthies: 
they  shall  stumble  in  their  walk; 
they  shall  make  haste  to  the  wall 
thereof,  and  the  f  defence  shall  be 
l>re  pared. 

G  The  gates  of  the  rivers  shall  be 
opened,  and  the  palace  shall  be  I|  dis- 
solved. 

7  And  II  nu7,7.ab  shall  bo  II  led  awav 
captive,  she  shall  be  brought  up,  and 
her  maiiN  sh-.iU  lead  her  as  with  the 
754 


roice  of  f  doves,  tabering  upon  their 

breasts. 

H  But  Nineveh  in  ||  of  old  like  a  pool 
of  water:   yet  they  shall  flee  away. 

Stand,  stand,  fhiiH  they  cry;  but 
none  shall  ||  look  back. 

!l  Take  vc  the  spoil  of  silver,  take 
the  spoil  of  gold:  |i  lor  there  m  none 
end  of  the  store  07i(/ glory  out  of  all 
the  f  pleasant  furniture. 

10  She  is  emptv,  anil  void,  and 
waste:  and  the  ''neart  melteth,  nnd 
I' the  knees  smite  tngetber,  iand 
much  pain  is  in  all  loins,  and  k  the 
faces  of  them  all  gather  blaeknciis. 

n  AVhcre  is  the  dwelling  of  I  the 
lions,  and  the  feerling  place  of  the 
vming  lions,  where  tlie  lion,  eren  the 
"old  lion,  walk. -d,  ,ni,l  the  lion's  whelp, 
and  none  made  tfiein  afraid? 

12  The  lion  did  tear  in  pieces 
enough  for  his  whelfis.  and  strangied 
for  his  lionesses,  and  filled  his  holes 
with  pre.v,  and  his  dens  with  ravin. 

I'i  '"  Behold,  I  aia  against  thee, 
sailh  the  I,oi;r>  of  hosts,  and  I  will 
burn  her  chariots  in  the  smoke,  and 
the  sword  shall  devour  tb.v  young 
lions:  and  I  will  cut  off  thy  prey 
from  the  earth,  and  the  voice  of 
"  thy  messengers  shall  no  more  he 
heard. 

CHAPTER  III. 
The  miseraltle  rum  of  Kinrvrh. 

WOE  to  the  t"  bloody  city  I  it  is 
all  full  of  lies  and  robbery;  the 
pre.v  departeth  not; 

2  The  noise  of  a  whip,  nnd  Hfhe 
noise  of  the  rattling  of  the  wheels, 
and  of  the  prancing  horses,  and  of 
the  lumping  eliariots. 

;i  The  horseman  lifteth  up  hoth 
f  the  bright  sword  nnd  the  glittering 
spear:  and  there  is  a  multitude  of 
slain,  and  a  great  number  <if  car 
casses;  and  there  I'.^nonc  end  (ti'thei 
corpses ;  they  stumble  upon  their 
corpses: 

4  IJecausc  of  the  multitude  of  the 
vhoredoins  of  the  -well  favoured  har- 
lot, 'the  mistress  of  witchcrafts,  that 

elleth  niitions  through  her  win 
doms,    and    families    through    her 
witchcrafts. 

.5  il  Behold,  I  mil  ag.ainst  thee,  saith 
the  lyOKii  of  hosts;  and  "^  I  will  dis- 
cover tb.v  skirts  upon  thy  face,  fand 
I  will  shew  the  nations  thy  naked- 
ness, nnd  the  kingdoms  thv  shame. 

«  And  I  will  cast  ribomiliable  filth 
upon  thee,  and  t-'make  tiieevile,  and 
will  set  thee  as  luv  gazingstoek. 

7  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
all  they  tliat  look  upon  thee  i  shall 
flee  from  thee,  nnd  say,  Nineveh  is 
laid  waste:  k  who  will  beinf>an  her? 
wlience  shall  I  seek  eoinforters  for 
thee? 

5  I  .Vrt  thou  better  thiin  ||  I  populous 


C  Hill  ST 
abuul 71J 


l.Iobl   10,11. 


that 


thni    hail    fill 


ituale 


th( 


E..,  V:  37. 

Mic,  1.  a. 
/not..  2.  in. 


mJ«r.  in.  75. 
El.  30.  li— 


The  miserable  ruin 


HABAKKUK. 


of  Xhicveh  foretold. 


.m.B.li). 

""if; 

r.  V,.  17. 

I.  W. 

cv.  0.  13. 

■uJ.j,n„„  of 


'.I    Ethidpia    andii  Kgypt 


her 


ftrPiiKlli,  and  it  ivas  infinite;  I'ut 
and  J/Ubini  were  ( thy  helpers. 

10  Yet  wns  she  carried  away,  she 
went  into  eciptivity:  n  her  younj;  chil- 
dren also  were  diished  in  pieces  "at 
the  tcip  "f  all  the  streets:  and  they 
I'eiist  Ints  fur  hor  hdnonrahle  men, 
and  all  licr  great  nieu  were  buuiid  iu 

11  Tlioii  also  i*liaU  be  1  drunken: 
thou  slialt  be  hid,  tlinu  also  .siialt 
seek  stren^rtb  beeausc  of  the  cneniv. 

IL'  All  tin-  strong'  holds  shall  be  like 
Mis  trees  with  tlie  first  ripe  fit;s:  if 
tbev  be  shaken,  tbev  shall  even  fall 


ntotio 


nth  of  til. 


eater 


]:;  lieliiiM, -tin-  people  in  the  midst 
of  thee  or,'  won'icn  ;  the  f;ates  of  thy 
hind  shall  be  sit  wide  open  nnio 
thine  enemies:  the  lire  shall  devour 
thv  'bars. 

14  Draw  thee  waters  for  the  siecc, 
"fortify  thy  stron:;  liolds:  go  into 
elay,  anil  trend  the  mortar,  make 
strong  the  brickkiln. 

Ij  'llierc  shall  the  fire  devour  thee; 


the  sword  shall  cut  thee  clT,  it  shall 
eat  thee  up  like  "the  cankerw<trni: 
nuike  thyself  many  as  the  canker- 
worm,  make  thyself  many  as  the 
locusts. 

1(>  Thou  hast  multiplied  thy  mer- 
chants above  the  star."  of  heaven: 
the  cankerworiu  i|  spuileth,  and  flectli 
away . 

1"  >  Thy  crowned  are  as  the  locusts, 
and  thy  captains  as  the  great  grass- 
hoppers, whieli  camp  in  the  hedges 
in  the  cold  d:iv,  l^ut  when  the  sun 
ariseth  they  ll'ec  away,  and  their 
place  is  liot  known  where  they 
arc. 

IS 'Thv  shepherds  slumber,  O  "king 
of  AssvVin:  thv  II  nobles  shall  dwell 
in  thr  'ihi.st:  thy  people  is  k  scattered 
upon  the  mountains,  and  no  man 
gatheretli  tlirin. 

I'J  Thar,  is  no  1  healing  of  thv 
bruise;  ''thy  wound  is  grievous:  rtall 
that  hear  the  bruit  of  thee  shall  clap 
the  hands  over  thee:  lor  upon  whom 
Iiath  not  thy  wiekeducsB  passed  con- 
tinually ? 


HABAKKUK. 


CIIAPTEU  I. 

1  Unio  Babakkuf:,  cornr'ainiita  of  the  in- 
>i)ui(j(  of  tlie  icoirf,  0  id  thewcd  the  fear- 
ful venyeance  by  the  ChalUeans.  12  Ho 
eomjilninelh  that  vcnpeancc  eliould  be 
executed  by  them  who  are  f,ir  norae. 

H'^IIE  burden  which  Uabakkuk  the 

X    prophet  did  see. 

2  O  I,oKD,  how  long  shall  I  cry, 
'and  tloiu  wilt  not  hear!  cicn  cry 
out  unto  thee  o/ violence,  and  thou 
wilt  not  save! 

3  Why  dost  thou  shew  mc  iniquity, 
and  cause  mc  to  behold  grievance? 
for  spoiling  and  violence  are  before 
me:  and  there  are  that  raise  up  strife 
and  ciuitention. 

4  Therefore  the  law  is  flacked,  and 
indgment  doth  never  go  forth:  for 
the  h  wicked  doth  compass  about  the 
righteous  ;  therefore  ||  wron^  judg- 
ment proeeedeth. 

5  U  '■  Behold  ye  among  the  heathen, 
and  regard,  and  wonder  niarvellous- 
Iv:  for  I  will  work  n  work  iu  your 
days,  vhirli,  ye  will  not  believe, 
though  it  be  told  mm. 

Ij  For,  lo,  il  II  I  raise  np  the  Chal- 
deans, that  bitter  and  hasty  na- 
tion, which  shall  march  through  the 
t  breadth  of  the  land,  to  possess  the 
dwoUingplaecs  thai  arc  not  theirs. 

7  They  are  terrible  and  dreadful: 
II  their  ludgment  and  their  dignity 
shall  proceed  of  themselves. 

•S  Their  horses  also  arc  swifter  than 
the  leopards,  and  arc  more  t  fierce 
than  the"' evenini'i^olvcs:  and  their 


horsemen  shall  spread  themselves, 
and  their  hor.semen  shall  come  from 
far;  fthey  shall  lly  as  the  coglc  that 
hasteth  to  eat. 

9  They  shall  come  all  for  violence: 
II  ttlieir  faces  shall  sup  up  as  tlie  east 
wind,  and  they  shall  gather  the  cap- 
tivity as  the  Blind. 

10  And  they  shall  scoff  at  the  kings, 
and  the  princes  shall  be  a  scorn  unto 
them:  thev  shall  deride  every  strong 
hold:  for  they  shall  heap  dust,  and 
take  it. 

U  Then  shall  his  mind  change,  and 
he  shall  puss  over,  and  offend,  ^im- 
piitiiin  this  his  power  unto  his  god. 

V2  u'ltArt  thou  not  from  everlasting, 
O  EoKD  my  God,  mine  Holy  One? 
■\Ve  shall  not  die.  O  I.onn,  i  thou 
bast  ordained  them  for  .iudgmeiit: 
and,  O  Imighlv  Cod,  thou  hast 
t  established  them  for  corrertion. 

Lit  Than  art  of  purer  eyes  than  to 
behold  evil,  and  canst  not  look  on 
II  iniquity:  Iwhereforo  lookcst  thou 
upon  them  that  deal  treacherously, 
and  boldest  thv  tongue  when  the 
wicked  devoureth  the  man  that  is 
more  righteous  than  he? 

U  And  makest  men  as  the  fishes  of 
the  sea,  as  the  II  creeping  things,  that 
hare  no  ruler  over  them? 

1.".  They  "'take  up  all  of  them  with 
the  angle,  tluy  catch  them  iu  their 
net,  and  gather  them  in  their  ||  drag: 
therefore  they  rejoice  and  are  glad. 

IG  Therefore  "they  sacrillcc  unto 
their  net,  and  burn  incense  imto 
Too 


Till  jiist  shall  lice  by  faith. 


IIABAKKUK.     T!ic  Judgment  of  the  Chaldeans. 


Boforo 
C  II  111  ST 

about  C2lj. 


tnr.i,./™t. 
1.  Pj.  (a.  9. 


dDaii.  10.  i;. 
&  11.  27.  3.5. 
eHeb.  10.37. 

f  John3.  3C. 
llom-  1.  17. 
O.l.  3.  U. 


1>  Hlc.  2.  4. 
'  I  Or.  //«,  A». 


mJcr.  40.  10. 
UliaJ.  4. 


their  dra^;  because  by  them  their 
portion  is  fat,  and  tlieir  meat  (|  [^  plen- 
teous. 

ir  Shall  they  therefore  empty  their 
net,  niid  not  Kparo  continually  to 
slay  the  nations? 

cnAPTEn  II. 

1  Unto  mbaUrulc,  wnit'ng  for  an  animer. 
it  ghcwc'l  tliitt  ha  muat  wait  ti/  fiiilli.  5 
The  judgment  upun  the  Chnl<le,in  fnr 
unsatia'Aenen',  V  for  cofctoueneiif,  l: 
for  rruellii.  15  for  Urunkcnneta,  IS  ami 
for  idoUitnj. 

IWILTj  "stand  npon  my  watch, 
and  pet  me  npou  the' t  tower, 
band  will  watch  to  see  whit  he  will 
say  II  unto  me,  and  what  I  shall  an- 
swer II  1  when  I  am  reproved. 

2  And  the  Lord  answered  me,  and 
said,  '^  Write  the  vision,  and  make  it 
plain  upon  tables,  that  ho  may  run 
that  readeth  it. 

3  For  <l  the  vision  i'.<  yet  for  an  ap- 
pointed time,  butattlie  end  it  shall 
speak,  and  not  lie:  though  it  tarrv, 
wait  for  it;  because  it  will  'surely 
come,  it  will  not  tarry. 

4  Behold,  his  soul  which  is  lifted  up 
is  not  upright  in  him:  but  the  Ijust 
shall  live  by  his  faith. 

5  If  II  Yea  also,  because  ho  trans- 
^rcsscth  by  wine,  ho  is  a  j)roud  man, 
neither  keepethathomc,  who  enlars- 
eth  his  desire  <^as  hell,  and  i.s  as 
death,  and  cannot  be  satisfied,  but 
(;:ithereth  unto  him  all  nations,  and 
heapeth  unto  him  nil  people: 

0  Sliall  not  all  these  I' take  up  a 
par;ible  a.i^ainst  him,  and  atauntin,:^ 
proverb  a-un^t  him,  and  s;iv,  (I  Woe 
to  hiiu  that  increaseth  Hint  vhirh  i.i 
not  his!  how  lonsi'  and  to  him  that 
ladeth  himself  with  thick  cla,v  I 

7  Shall  they  not  rise  up  suddenly 
that  sliall  bito  thee,  and  awake  that 
shall  vex  thee,  and  thou  shall  be  for 
booties  unto  them  ? 

8  i  Because  thou  hast  spoiled  many 
nations,  nil  the  remnant  of  the  peo- 
ple shall  spoil  thee;  k  because  of 
men's  f  blood,  and  for  the  violence 
of  the  land,  of  the  city,  and  of  all  that 
dwell  therein. 

!)  TT  Woo  to  him  that  I  [|  covcteth 
an  evil  covctousncss  to  his  house, 
that  lie  may  "'set  bis  nc^t  on  hiph, 
that  he  may  be  delivered  from  thu 
t  power  of  evil  I 

10  Thou  hast  consulted  shame  to 
thy  house  by  cutting'  olV  many  peo- 
ple, and  hast  sinned  o7o/'i>V  tliy  soul. 

11  For  the  stone  shall  erv  out  of  the 
w.all,  and  the  ||  beam  out  of  the  tim- 
ber shall  II  answer  it. 

li  II  Woe  to  him  that  huildeth  n 
town  with  "  t  blood,  and  cstablisheth 
acitv  by  iniquitv! 

I.t  Behold,  IS  it  not  of  the  T.onn  of 
hosts  "that  the  people  shall  labour 
in  the  very  fire,  and  the  peojile  shall 
we:iry  themselves  II  for  verv  vanity 't 

U  For  tlie  earth  shall  be  filled  ||  with 
7u6 


tho  f  knowledt;o  of  the  plory  of  the 
Loud,  as  the  waters  cover  tlie  sea. 

Ij  If  Woo  unto  him  that  pveth 
his  nei^'hbour  drink,  that  jiutte.st 
thy  'I  bottle  to  him,  and  makest  him 
drunken  also,  that  thou  mayest 
""look  on  their  nakedness! 

ir,  Thou  art  filled  ||  with  shame  for 
clorv:  'drink  thou  also,  an<l  let  thy 
foreskin  he  uncovered:  the  cup  of 
tho  Lord'.s  ritrbt  hand  shall  he  turn- 
ed unto  tliee,  an'l  shameful  spewing 
slmll  he  on  thy  irlory. 

ir  For  the"  violence  of  Lebanon 
shall  cover  thee,  and  tlie  sptiil  of 
beasts,  which  made  tliem  afraid,  <  be- 
cause <if  men's  bbiod,  and  for  the 
violence  of  the  land,  of  tho  city,  and 
of  all  that  dwell  therein. 

IS  TT  "  What  profiteth  the  graven 
ima;jc  that  the  maker  thereof  hath 
jrraven  it;  the  molten  inuijre,  and  a 
"^teacher  of  lies,  that  f  the  maker  of 
his  work  trustelh  therein,  to  make 
>  dumb  idols? 

19  Woe  unto  him  that  saith  to  the 
wood.  Awake;  to  the  dumb  stone. 
Arise,  it  shall  teach!  Beliold,  it  i.s 
laid  over  with  ?old  and  silver,  ^and 
Ihrra  is  no  breath  at  all  in  tho  midst 
of  it. 

•M  But  "the  Lord  i<  in  his  holy 
temple:  fl'let  all  the  earth  keep  si- 
lence before  him. 

CHAPTER  IIL 

1   Jlahakkuk  t/i  hit    yrayer  tremlleth   at 

Go.ft  mujetlj/.    17  The  confidence  of  hie 

faith. 

A  PRAYER  of  Ilahakkuk  the 
j\  prophet  "  II  upon  Shigionoth. 

2  ()  Loi;d,  I  have  heard  t  thy  speech, 
an'l  was  afraid:  ()  Lord,  II  i>  re- 
vive thy  work  in  the  midst  of  the 
years,  in  the  midst  of  the  years  make 
known;  in  wrath  remember  mercy. 

."?  God  came  from  |l  Teman,  "^and  the 
Holy  One  from  mount  Paran.  Selah. 
His  ^lory  covered  the  heavens,  and 
the  earth  was  full  of  his  praise. 

4  An<l  his  brightness  was  as  the 
liifht;  he  had  ||  horns  cominq  out  of 
his  hand:  and  there  VMS  the  hiding 
of  his  power. 

5  <I  Before  him  went  the  pestilence, 
and  II  ■'burning  cu.als  went  forth  at 
his  feet. 

G  He  stood,  and  measured  the  earth: 
he  belield,  and  drove  asunder  the 
nations;  fand  the  i^  everlasting 
mountains  were  scattered,  the  per- 
petual hills  did  bow:  his  ways  are 
everlasting. 

7  I  saw  the  tents  of  |i  Cushnn  ||  in 
affliction:  and  tho  curtains  of  the 
land  of  Midian  did  tremble. 

8  Was  the  Lord  displeased  against 
the  rivers?  i/ym  thine  anger  against 
the  rivers?  7rn.>ithy  wrath  agairist  the 
.«ea,  lithat  thou  didst  ride  upon  thine 
horses  and  \\  thy  chariots  of  salva- 
tion ? 

!)  Th.Y  bow  w.aa  made  quite  naked, 
accordimj  to  tho  oaths  of  the  tribes, 


The  projihH  xhe^ceth 


ZEPHANIAH. 


the  confidence  of  hw  faith. 


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riv/1  (/i,«  word.  Seluli.  ||  i  Thou 
dill^t  oleavc  the  earth  with  rivers. 
lU  k  The  iiiouiitiiins  6:iw  thie,  imd 
they  trembled:  the  overflowinf;  of 
the  wiiter  passed  by:  the  deep  utter- 
ed his  voice,  and  1  lifted  up  Jus  hands 
on  hij^h. 

11  '"  The  sun  and  moon  stood  still 
in  their  habitation:  ||  at  the  lijiht  of 
thine  "  arrows  they  went,  and  ut  the 
shining  of  thy  ghttering  spenr. 

12  Thou  didst  march  through  the 
land  in  indignation,  "  thou  didst 
thresh  the  heathen  in  anger, 

13  Thou  wentest  forth  for  the  salva- 
tion of  thy  people,  even  for  salvation 
with  thine  anointed;  I'thou  wonnd- 
edst  the  head  out  of  the  house  <if  the 
wicked,  ]  by  discovering  the  iuuudu- 
tion  unto  the  neck.     Selah. 

14  Thou  diilst  strike  through  with 
his  staves  the  head  of  his  villages: 
they  fcame  out  as  a  whirlwind  to 
scatter  me:  their  rejoicing  waa  08  to 
devour  the  poor  secretly. 


1,5  1  Thou  didst  walk  through  the 
sea  with  thine  horses,  tliroinjh  the 
II  heap  of  great  waters. 
lU  When  1  heard,  'my  lielly  trem- 
bled; my  lips  qui\'ered  at  the  voice: 
rottenness  entered  into  my  hones, 
and  1  trembled  in  myself,  that  1 
might  rest  in  the  day  of  trouble: 
when  he  cometh  up  unto  the  people, 
he  will  II  invade  them  with  his  troops. 
;  17  II  Although  the  tig  tree  shall  not 
'  blossom,  neither  ."/loW  fruit  lie  in  the 
vines:  the  labour  of  the  olive  shall 
tfail,  anil  the  fields  shall  yield  no 
meat  :  the  flock  shall  be  cut  oil' 
from  the  told,  and  Ihcie  slialt  be  no 
heril  in  the  stalls: 

,  l«  "  Yet  I  will  'rejoice  in  the  I,OEi>, 
II  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation, 
1!)  TheLoKD  God  I--'  "my  strength, 
and  he  will  make  my  feet  like  "  hinds' 
/eft,  and  he  will  make  me  to  >walk 
upon  mine  high  places.  To  the 
chief  singer  on  my  t  stringed  iu- 
struiuents. 


ZEPHANIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

Ood*i  seven  judgment  ii;;ai««(  Judah  for 

THE  word  of  the  Lorn  which 
came  unto  Zcphaniah  the  son  of 
Cushi,  the  son  of  Geilaliah,  tlie  son 
of  Amariah,  the  son  of  llizkiah,  in 
the  days  of  Josiidi  the  sou  of  Anion, 
king  of  Judah. 

2  tl  will  utterly  consume  all  tilings 
from  offtthe  land,  saith  the  l.i.iii.. 

3  "  I  will  consume  mau  and  beast;  I 
will  consume  the  fowls  of  the  heaven, 
and  the  fishes  of  the  se.-i,  and  !•  the 
llstumblingbloeks  with  the  wicked; 
and  I  will  cut  off  man  from  oil  the 
land,  saith  the  LoKU. 

4  I  will  also  stretch  out  mine  hand 
upon  Judah,  and  upon  all  the  inhab- 
itants of  Jerusalem;  and  "^  1  will  cut 
olT  the  remnant  of  ISaal  from  this 
place,  and  the  name  of  J  the  C'hein- 
arim  with  the  priests; 

5  And  them  ■'that  worship  the  host 
of  heaven  upon  the  housetops;  i  and 
them  that  worship  and  s  that  swear 
II  by  the  Lord,  and  that  swear  li  by 
Malcham: 

<;  And  ithem  that  are  turned  back 
from  the  LoKD;  ond  (Ao.w  that  t  have 
not  sought  the  Lord,  nor  inquired 
for  him, 

7  1  Hold  thv  peace  at  the  presence  of 
the  Lord  Gon:  "'for  the  day  of  the 
Lord  is  at  hand:  for  "the  Loiin 
hath  prepared  a  sacrifice,  ho  hath 
t  bid  his  guests. 

S  And  it  shall  come  to  jiasg  In  the 
dav  of  the  Lord's  sacrifice,  that  1 
will  tpuuisU  "the  princes,  nnd  the 


king's  children,  and  all  such  as  are 
clothed  with  strange  apparel. 

it  In  the  same  day  also  will  I  punish 
all  those  that  leap  on  the  threshold, 
which  fill  their  masters'  houses  with 
violence  and  deceit. 

1(1  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  saith  the  Lord,  that  llieie  ulinll 
l>e  the  iKiise  of  a  cry  from  ''  the  fish 
gate,  and  a  howling'from  the  second, 
and  a  great  crashing  from  the  hills. 

II  illowl,  ye  inhabitants  of  Mak- 
tcsh,  lor  all  the  merchant  people  are 
cut  down;  all  they  that  bear  silver 
are  cut  off. 

1:;  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  at  that 
time,  that  I  will  search  Jerusalem 
with  candles,  and  puni.^h  the  men 
that  are  t '  settled  on  their  lees:  *  that 
say  in  their  heart.  The  Lord  will 
not  d(t  good,  neither  will  he  do  evil. 

13  Therefore,  their  goods  shall  be- 
come a  bootv.  and  tlieir  houses  a 
desolation  :  "they  shall  also  build 
houses,  hut  'not  inhabit  them:  and 
they  shall  plant  vineyards,  but  "  not 
driiik  the  wine  thereof. 

14  "The  great  day  of  the  Loup  v> 
near,  it  ix  near,  and  hasteth  greatly, 
even  the  voice  of  the  day  ol  the  Lord: 
the  mighty  man  shall  cry  there  bit- 
terly. 

I."i  >  That  day  is  a  day  of  wrath,  a 
day  of  trouble  and  distress,  a  day  of 
wasteness  and  desolation,  n  day  of 
darkness  nnd  gloominess,  u  dsiy  of 
clouds  and  thick  darkness, 

III  .V  day  of '  the  trunipet  and  alarm 
against  the  fenced  cities,  and  against 
the  hiah  towem.         __ 


An  exhortation  to  repcntanw.        ZEPHANIAH. 


Jerusalem  uliarply  reproved. 


llefore 
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17  And  I  will  bring  distress  upon 
men,  that  they  shall  "  walk  like  blind 
men,  because  they  have  sinned 
ajiainst  the  Lord:  and  li  their  blixid 
shall  be  poured  out  as  dust,  and  their 
flesh  "  as  the  dunji. 

].S  <•  Neither  their  silver  nor  their 
gold  shall  be  able  to  deliver  thciii  in 
the  day  of  the  Loim's  wrath;  but 
the  whole  land  shall  be  ''devoured 
by  the  tire  of  liis  jealousy:  f()r  fhe 
shall  make  even  a  speedy  riddance 
of  all  them  that  dwell  in  the  laud. 

CHAPTER  II. 

I  An  exhortation  to  repentance.  4  Tlie 
jxulijment  of  the  Philiatinet,  »  of  iloab 
and  .iminon,  lU  of  Ethiopia  and  A»»yria. 

"/FATHER  yourselves  tog^ether, 
VT  vea,  gather  together,  O  nation 

II  not  desired ; 

2  Before  the  decree  bring  forth,  fte- 
fore  the  day  pass  I' as  the  chaff,  be- 
fore "the  fierce  anger  of  the  ]>()i!r) 
come  upon  you,  before  the  day  of 
the  Lord's  anger  come  iipcm  you. 

.'i  "l  Seek  ye  the  Lord,  'all  ye  meek 
of  the  earth,  which  have  wrought  his 
judgment;  seek  righteousness,  seek 
meekness:  fit  may  be  yc  shall  be  hid 
in  the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger. 

4  TT  For  ^Gaza  shall  be  forsaken, 
and  Ashkelon  a  desolation :  they 
shall  drive  out  Ashdod  h  at  the 
noonday,  and  Ekron  shall  be  rooted 
up. 

5  Woe  unto  the  inhabitants  of  "the 
sea  coast,  the  nation  of  the  Chereth- 
ites!  the  word  ol  the  Lord  is  against 
vou  !  O  k  Canaan,  the  land  of  the 
Philistines,  I  will  even  destroy  thee, 
that  there  shall  bo  no  inhabitant. 

G  And  the  sea  coast  shall  be  dwell- 
ings and  cottages  for  shepherds, 
1  and  folds  for  flocks. 

7  And  the  coast  shall  be  for  ■"  the 
remnant  of  the  house  of  Judah;  they 
shall  feed  thereupon:  in  the  houses 
of  Aslikclon  shall  they  lie  down  in 
the  evening:  ||  for  the  J-ord  their 
God  shall  "visit  them,  and  "turn 
away  their  captivity. 

8  IT  I"  I  have  heard  the  reproach  of 
Moab,  and  ithe  revilings  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Amnion,  whereby  they  have 
reproached  my  people,  and  'magni- 
fied themselves  against  their  border. 

y  Therefore,  as  I  live,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  the  God  of  Israel, 
Surely  "Moab  shall  be  as  Sodom,  and 
'  the  children  of  Animon  as  Gomor- 
rah, "eren  the  breeding  of  nettles, 
and  saltpits,  and  a  perpetual  desola- 
tion: "the  resirlueof  my  people  shall 
spoil  them,  and  the  rcinnaut  of  my 
people  shall  possess  them. 

10  This  shall  they  have  J  for  their 
pride,  because  they  have  reproached 
and  magnified  tlinnselrci  against  the 
people  of  the  IjOrd  of  liosts. 

11  The  Lord  vill  he  terrible  unto 
them:  for  be  will  t  famish  nil  the 
gods  of  the  earth;   ''and  men  shall 

758 


worship  him,  every  one  from  his 
place,  eien  all  "the  isles  of  the 
heathen. 

1-'  HI*  Yc  Ethiopians  also,  yc  shall 
lie  slain  by  *^  my  sword. 

1'!  And  he  will  stretch  out  his  hand 
against  the  north,  and  »i  destroy  As- 
syria ;  and  will  make  Nineveh  a 
desolation,  atid  dry  like  a  wilder- 
ness. 

14  .\nd  "flocks  shall  lie  down  in  the 
midst  of  her,  all  fthe  beasts  of  the 
nations:  both  the  ||  « cormorant  and 
the  bittern  shall  lodge  in  the  ||  upper 
lintels  (ff  it;  their  voice  shall  sing  in 
the  windows;  desolation  nhall  i.e  in 
the  thresholds:  \\  for  be  shall  uncover 
the  h  cedar  work. 

15  This  IS  the  rejoicing  city  'that 
dwelt  carelessly,  t  that  said  in  her 
heart,  1  am,  and  there  is  none  besides 
me:  how  is  she  become  a  desolation, 
a  place  for  beasts  to  lie  down  in! 
every  one  that  passeth  by  her  'shall 
hiss,  and  ""  wag  his  hand. 

CII.^PTER  in. 

\  A  eharp  reproof  of  Jerusalem  for  divers 
tint.  8  .In  cziiortalion  to  wait  fur  die 
rrstoralion  of  larael^M  and  to  rejoiee 
for  their  valvaiion  by  God. 

WOE  to  II  t  her  that  is  filthy  and 
polluted,  to  the  oppressing  city! 

2  She  "obeyed  not  the  voice;  she 
li  received  not  ||  correction;  she  trust- 
ed not  in  the  Lord;  she  drew  not 
near  to  her  God. 

3  '  Her  princes  within  her  are  roar- 
ing lions;  her  judges  are  <I evening 
wolves;  they  gnaw  not  the  bones  till 
the  morrow. 

4  Her  'prophets  are.  light  a«(/ 
treacherous  persons:  hcrpricsts  have 
IxilUited  the  sanctuary,  they  have 
done  (violence  to  the  law. 

.5  e  The  just  Lord  b  is  in  the  midst 
thereof;  he  wiU  not  do  iniquity: 
f  every  morning  doth  he  bring  his 
judgment  to  light,  he  faileth  not; 
but  t  the  unjust  knowcth  no  shame. 

0  I  have  cut  off  the  nations:  their 
II  towers  are  desolate;  I  made  their 
streets  waste,  that  none  passeth  by: 
their  cities  are  destroyed,  so  that 
tliere  is  no  man,  that  there  is  none 
inhabitant. 

7  k  I  said,  Surelv  thou  wilt  fear  me, 
thou  wilt  receive  instruction;  so  their 
dwelling  should  not  be  cut  oft",  how- 
soever I  punished  them:  but  thev 
rose  early,  and  1  corrupted  all  thefr 
iloings. 

H  tf  Therefore  "wait  ve  iipon  me, 
saith  the  Lord,  until  the  day  that  I 
rise  up  to  the  prey:  for  my  "determ- 
ination is  to  "  gather  the  nations,  that 
I  nniy  assemble  the  kingdoms,  to 
lK)ur  "upon  them  mine  indignation, 
even  all  mv  fierce  anger:  for  all  the 
earth  "sha^l  bo  devoured  with  the 
fire  of  my  jealousy. 

1)  For  then  will  I  turn  to  the  people 
Pa  pure  t language,  that  they  may 


The  people  incited 


IIAGGAI. 


to  build  the  temple. 


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nil  call  upon  tlic  name  of  the  I-oni), 
to  serve  him  with  one  feonsent. 
10 'I  From  beyoiiil  the  rivers  of  Ethi- 
opia my  suppliunts,  ci-cn  the  daugh- 
ter of  my  di^iKsrsed,  shall  bring  mine 
offering. 

11  In  that  day  shall  thou  not  be 
ashamed  fur  all  thy  doings,  wherein 
thou  ha;>t  tran.'igre.ssed  against  me: 
for  thei!  1  will  take  away  out  of  the 
midst  of  thee  them  that" ''rejoice  in 
thy  pride,  and  thou  shalt  no  more 
be  hauglity  t  because  of  my  holy 
mountain. 

12  1  will  also  leave  in  the  midst  of 
thee  "an  atHicted  and  poor  people, 
and  they  shall  trust  iu  the  name  of 
the  I.oun. 

l.'l  'The  remnant  of  Israel  "shall 
not  do  iniiiuity,  '^nor  speak  lies: 
neither  shall  a 'deceitful  tongue  be 
found  in  their  mouth  :  for  >  they 
shall  feed  and  lie  down,  and  none 
shall  make  thcni  afraid. 

14  IT  'Sing,  (>  daughter  of  Zion; 
shout,  ()  Israel;  be  glad  fintl  rejoice 
with  iiU  the  heart,  U  daughter  of  Je- 
riisaleni. 

l.'.  The  LoKii  hath  taken  away  thy 
judgments,  he  liutli  cast  out  thine 


enemy:  *the  King  of  Israel,  crcH  the 
lyOiii),  hiji  in  the  midst  of  thee:  thou 
shalt  not  see  evil  any  more. 

It)  In  that  day  ^it  shall  he  said  to 
Jerusalem,  Fear  thou  not:  ami  to 
Zion,  JI>et  not  thine  hands  be 
II  slack. 

11  The  I>ORi>  thy  God  "^  in  the  midst 
of  thee  ix  mighty:  he  will  save,  'he 
will  rejoice  over  thee  with  joy;  the 
will  rest  in  his  love,  he  will  joy  over 
thee  with  singing. 

18  I  will  gather  thtin  that  ^are  sor- 
rowful for  the  srdenin  assembly,  who 
are  of  thee,  to  whoui  f  the  reproach 
of  it  wan  n  burden. 

19  Behold,  at  that  time  I  will  undo 
all  that  afflict  thee:  and  I  will  save 
her  that  lihalteth,  and  gather  her 
that  was  driven  out;  and  II  will 
get  them  praise  and  fame  in  every 
land  t  where  they  have  been  put  to 
shame. 

•10  At  that  time  iwill  I  bring  you 
again,  oven  in  the  time  that  I  gather 
you:  for  I  will  make  you  ;i  name 
and  a  praise  among  all  people  of  the 
earth,  when  I  tuin  back  your  cap- 
tivity before  your  eyes,  saith  the 
LojiD. 


HAGGAI. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  nagtjai  rcj»-ovf1h  thf.  people  for  nerj- 
Icciiiui  the  huililinn  of  tlie  house.  7  Jfj 
ineilAh  Hum  In  lite  iiuilding.  12  lie 
proniU,-th  Wod'a  aeeietanee  to  iliem  U- 
ingforward. 

IN  "the  second  year  of  Darius  the 
king,  in  the  sixth  month,  iu  the 
first  day  of  the  month,  ciune  the 
word  of  the  Lomi  tby  Ilaggai  the 
prophet  unto  l'  Zerubbabel  the  son 
of  Shealtiel,  ||  governor  of  Judali, 
and  to 'Joshua  the  son  of 'IJoscdech, 
the  high  priest,  saving, 

2  Thus  speakeththe  I.oitn  of  hosts, 
saying.  This  people  say.  The  time  is 
not  come,  the  time  that  the  LoiJU's 
house  should  be  built. 

3  Then  came  the  word  of  the  EoKD 
"by  Ilaggai  the  prophet,  saving, 

4  Us  it  time  for  you,  O  ye.  to  dwell 
in  your  ceiled  houses,  and  this  house 
lie  waste  ? 

fi  Now  therefore  thus  saith  the  Eouu 
of  hosts;  t  *  Consider  your  ways. 

6  Ye  have  hsowu  much,  and  bring 
in  little;  ve  eat,  but  ye  have  not 
enough:  yc  drink,  but  ye  are  not 
filled  with  drink;  yc  clothe  you,  but 
there  is  none  warm:  and  <  he  that 
earneth  wages,  earnoth  wages  to  put 
it  into  a  bag  t  with  boles. 

7  If  Thus  saith  the  Eoni>  of  hosts; 
Consider  your  ways. 

8  Go  up  to  the  mountain,  and  bring 


wood,  and  build  the  Iionse;  and  I 
will  t:ike  pleasure  in  it,  and  I  will  be 
glorified,  saith  the  Loi:n. 

'J  tYe  looked  for  much,  and,  lo,  i( 
came  to  little:  and  when  ye  bnmght 
it  home,  1 1  did  ||  blow  upon  it.  Why 't 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts.  Heenusc  of 
mine  house  that  is  waste,  and  ye  run 
everv  man  unto  his  own  house. 

ID  Therefore  "'  the  heaven  over  you 
is  stayed  from  dew,  and  the  cart)i  is 
staye<l./i'o/u  her  fruit. 

U  And  I  "called  forndroucht  ujion 
the  land,  and  upon  the  mn\mtains, 
and  upon  the  corn,  and  n|iiiu  (he 
new  wine,  and  upon  the  oil,  :iii(l  n|i- 
on  tliat  which  the  gnmnd  bringeth 
fVirth,  and  upon  men,  and  u|Kin 
cattle,  and  "upon  all  the  lalmur  of 
the  hands. 

12  IT  I' Then  Zerubbabel  the  son  of 
Shealtiel,  and  Joshua  the  si.n  of 
Josed.'i-h,  the  high  pi-iist,  with  all  the 
r  the    peo,,l, 


iiflli,-  1,01:0  till 


rtJoil. 


pri.ph.t,  a; 
it  him. 
•the  1 


words  of  Ibig 
I.OHl.  their  (J. id 
the  iH-ople  <lid  fe 
1.1  Then  fp:ike  lliiggai  the  I.oKH's 
messenger  in  the  l.oiiu's  message 
unto  the  people,  saying,  1 1  atn  with 
YOU,  saith  the  I.t)iir». 
*14  And  'the  I.onn  stirred  up  the 
spirit  of  Zerubbabel  the  ton  of 
Shealtiel,  'governor  of  Judah,  and 
739 


The  glory  of 


HAG GAL 


the  second  temple. 


Before 
CU  11 1  S  T 
about  520. 


^  k  E>ra  3.  \2. 
-b  Zich.  4.  10. 


k  Pi.  W.  a  9. 

J.uk«2.  11. 
KtU.  'J.  11. 


the  spirit  of  Joshua  the  son  of  Jose- 
dech,  the  hi;;h  priest,  and  the  spirit 
of  all  the  remnant  of  the  people; 
'and  thev  came  and  did  work  in  the 
house  of  tlio  IjUUU  of  hosts,  their 
God, 

\d  In  the  four  and  twentieth  day  of 
the  sixtli  month,  in  tiie  ucuund  year 
of  Darius  tlie  liing. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  He  encouragcth  the  people  to  the  work, 
by  promise  of  greater  glory  to  the  eecoiui 
temple  than  -unis  in  the  firet.  10  In  the 
type  of  holy  things  and  unclean  he  eheur- 
cth  their  eiiia  hindered  the  work.  20 
Gud'g  premier  to  Zerubbahel. 

IN  the  seventh  month,  in  the  one 
and  twentietli  (/t^y/ of  tlie  inontli, 
came  the  word  of  tlie  Lokd  f  hy  tlic 
prophet  Ilaj?2:ai,  snying, 

2  S[)eak  now  to  Zerubbabel  the  son 
of  Shealticl,  governor  of  Jud:ih,  and 
to  Joshua  the  son  of  Josedoch,  the 
liish  priest,  and  to  the  residue  of  the 
people,  Buying, 

3  "  Who  is  left  among  you  that  saw 
this  house  in  her  first  glory?  and 
how  do  ye  see  it  now?  \<ii  it  not  in 
your  eyes  in  comparison  of  it  as 
nothing? 

4  Yet  now  "^  be  strong,  O  Zerub- 
babel, saith  the  I.ouo  ;  and  be 
strong,  O  Joshua,  son  of  Josedech, 
the  high  priest:  and  be  strong,  all 
ye  people  ofthe  land,  saith  the  Loiin, 
and  work:  for  1  a/n  with  you,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts: 

5  A  Accorcliitr/  to  the  word  that  I 
covenanted  with  you  when  ye  came 
out  of  Egypt,  so  '  my  Spirit  reniaiu- 
eth  among  you :  fear  ye  not. 

ti  For  thus  saith  the  Loui)  of  hosts; 
f  Yet  once,  it  is  a  little  while,  and  ^  I 
will  shake  the  heavens,  and  the 
earth,  and  the  sea,  and  the  dry 
lanil; 

7  And  1  will  shako  all  nations,  'land 
the  Desire  of  all  nations  shall  come: 
and  I  will  fill  this  house  with  glory, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

8  The  silver  is  mine,  and  the  gold 
is  mine,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

9  i  The  glory  of  this  latter  house 
shall  bo  greater  than  of  the  former, 
saith  the  Lord  of  hosts:  ami  in  this 
place  will  I  give  •*  jieace,  saith  tlie 
Lord  of  hosts. 

10  TI  In  the  four  and  twentieth  r/nii 
of  the  ninth  month,  in  the  second 
year  of  Darius,  came  the  word  ofthe 
Lord  by  Ilaggai  the  prophet,  say- 
inSt 

11  Thus  saith  tho  Loitu  of  hosts; 


1  Ask  now  the  priests  concerning  the 
law,  saying, 

\J,  If  one  bear  holy  flesh  in  the  skirt 
of  his  garment,  and  with  his  skirt  do 
touch  bread,  or  pottage,  or  wine,  or 
oil,  or  any  meat,  shall  it  be  holy? 
And  the  priests  answered  and  said. 
No. 

l;j  Then  said  Ilaggai,  If  one  thai 
is  "'unclean  by  a  dead  body  touch 
any  of  these,  shall  it  be  unclean  ? 
And  the  priests  answered  aud  said. 
It  shall  be  unclean. 

14  Then  answered  Ilaggai,  and 
said,  "  So  is  this  people,  and  so  is  this 
nation  before  me,  saith  the  Lord: 
and  so  is-  every  work  of  their  hands: 
ami  that  which  they  offer  there  is 
unclean. 

15  And  now,  I  pray  you,  "consider 
from  this  day  and  upward,  fiimi  be- 
fore a  stone  was  laid  upon  a  stone  in 
the  temple  ofthe  Lord: 

1(>  Since  those  days  were,  Pwhen 
one  came  to  a  heap  of  twenty  mriu>- 
mes,  there  were  hut  ten:  when  une 
came  to  the  pressfat  for  to  draw  out 
fifty  vessels  out  of  the  press,  there 
were  hut  twenty. 

17  1 1  smote  you  with  blasting  and 
with  mildew  and  with  hail  'in  all 
the  labours  of  your  hands;  *yet  ye 
turned  not  to  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

IS  Consider  now  from  this  day  and 
upward,  from  the  four  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  ninth  month,  even  from 
•the  day  that  the  foundation  ofthe 
Lord's  tcuiple  was  laid,  consider  it. 

I'J  "Is  the  seed  yet  in  the  barn? 
yea,  as  yet  the  vine,  and  the  fig  tree, 
and  the  pomegranate,  and  the  olive 
tree,  hath  not  brought  forth:  from 
this  day  will  I  bless  you. 

1*0  IT  And  again  the  word  of  tho 
Loud  came  unto  Ilaggai  in  the  four 
and  twentieth  day  ofthe  luontli,  say- 
ing, 

21  Speak  to  Zerubbabel,  ^governor 
of  Judah,  saying,  '  I  will  snake  the 
heavens  and  the  earth; 

22  And  ^  I  will  overthrow  the  throne 
of  kingdoms,  and  1  will  destroy  the 
strength  ofthe  kingdoms  ofthe  hea- 
then; and  •' I  will  overthrow  the  ch.ar- 
iots,  and  tliose  that  ride  in  them; 
and  the  horses  and  their  riders  shall 
come  down,  every  one  by  the  sword 
of  his  brother. 

2.'!  In  that  day,  saith  the  LoKn  of 
ho.st9,  will  I  take  thee.  O  Zernbbabel, 
mv  servant,  the  son  of  J^heaitiel, 
saith  the  I-ord,  hand  will  make 
thee  as  a  signet:  fbr  '  I  have  chosen 
thee,  saith  tho  Loui)  of  hosts. 


CHRIST 

about  O'JO. 


c  Jer.  25.  5.  It 

35.  15. 
Mic.  7    I!). 


ZECHARIAH. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  ZechariaK  exhorteih  to  rej.cntancc.  7 
Tht  virion  «/  the  horstt.  I'J  At  tha 
prayer  of  tlio  angel  comfortable  prom- 
!««•  or.  made  to  Jerutalem.  18  The 
vieion   of  the  foo.r  home,  and  the  four 

TN  the  eighth  month,  °  in  the  Becond 
year  of  Darius,  came  the  word  of 
the  I.oijn  I'unto  Zccharinh,  the  son 
of  Bcrechiah,  the  son  of  Iddo  tl>c 
prophet,  saying, 

2  The  Lo"ru  hath  hocn  fsorc  dis- 
pleased with  your  fathers. 

3  Therefore  say  thou  unto  them. 
Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  Turn 
'ye  unto  me,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
and  I  will  turn  unto  you,  saith  the 
Lord  of  liosts. 

4  Be  ye  not  as  your  fathers.  Junto 
whom  the  former  prophets  have 
cried,  sayine.  Thus  saith  the  Lord 
of  hosts;  •'Turn  ye  now  from  your 
evil  ways,  nnd.;'/o«(  your  evil  doings: 
but  they  did  not  hear,  nor  hearken 
unto  me,  saith  the  Lord. 

3  Your  fathers,  where  are  they? 
and  the  prophets,  do  they  Jive  for 
ever? 

C  But  f  my  words  and  my  statutes, 
which  I  commanded  my  servants 
the  prophets,  did  they  not  ||  take  hold 
of  your  fathers?  and  they  returned 
and  said,  ^Like  as  the  Lord  ofhosts 
thought  to  do  unto  us,  according  to 
our  ways,  and  according  to  our  do- 
ings, so  hath  he  dealt  with  us. 

7  TI  I'pon  the  four  and  twentieth 
day  of  the  eleventh  month,  which 
is  the  month  Sebat,  in  the  second 
year  of  Darius,  came  the  word  of 
the  Lord  unto  Zechariah,  the  son 
of  Berechiah,  the  son  of  Iddo  the 
prophet,  saying, 

8  I  saw  by  night,  and  behold  h  a 
man  riding  upon  a  red  horse,  and 
he  stood  among  the  myrtle  trees  that 
were  in  the  bottom;  and  behind  him 
were  there  ■  red  horses,  |!  speckled, 
and  white, 

9  Then  said  I,  O  mv  lord,  what  are 
these?  And  the  angel  tli.Tt  talked 
with  me  said  unto  me,  I  will  shew 
thee  what  these  be. 

10  And  the  man  that  stood  among 
the  myrtle  trees  answered  and  said, 
k  These  are  theii  whom  the  Lord 
hath  sent  to  walk  to  and  fro  througli 
the  earth. 

II  '  And  they  answered  the  angel 
of  the  I.,oRD  that  stood  among  the 
myrtle  trees,  and  said.  We  have 
walked  to  and  fro  through  the  earth, 
and,  behold,  all  the  earth  bitteth  still, 
and  is  at  rest. 

12  IT  Then  the  angel  of  the  Lord 


answered  and  said,  "O  Lokd  of 
hosts,  how  long  wilt  thou  not  have 
mercy  on  Jerusalem  and  on  the 
cities  of  Judah,  against  which  thou 
hast  had  indignation  "these  three- 
score and  ten  years? 

I.'i  And  the  Lord  answered  the 
angel  that  talked  with  me  i<i(/i 
"good  words  ami  eomfi.rtable  words. 

14  So  the  angel  that  communed 
with  me  said  unto  me,  Cry  thou 
saying.  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts;  I  am  1' jealous  for  Jerusalem 
and  for  Zion  with  a  great  jealousy. 

15  And  1  am  very  sore  displeased 
with  the  heathen  titut  are  at  case: 
for  1 1  was  but  a  little  displeased,  and 
they  helped  forward  the  affliction. 

10  Therefore  thus  saith  the  Lord; 
"■1  am  returned  to  Jerusalem  with 
mercies:  my  house  shall  be  built  in 
it,  saith  the  Lord  ofhosts,  and  'a 
line  shall  be  stretched  forth  upon  Je- 
rusalem. 

1"  Cry  yet,  saying.  Thus  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts  ;  My  cities  through 
t  prosperity  shall  yet  be  spread 
abroad;  'and  the  Lokd  shall  vet 
comfort  Zion,  and  "  shall  vet  choose 
Jerusalem. 

IS  IT  Then  lifted  I  up  mine  eves, 
and  saw,  and  behold  four  horns." 

I'.IAnd  I  said  unto  the  angel  that 
talked  with  me.  What  te  these?  And 
he  answered  me,  "  U'hcse  are.  the 
horns  which  have  scattered  Judali, 
Israel,  and  Jerusalem. 

20  And  the  Lord  shewed  me  four 
carpenters. 

21  Then  said  I,  What  come  these 
to  do?  And  he  spake,  saving.  These 
arc  the  horns  which  have  scattered 
Judah,  so  that  no  man  did  lift  up  his 
head  :  but  these  are  come  to  fray 
them,  to  cast  out  tlie  horns  of  the 
Gentiles,  which  >  liflid  up  their  horn 

the  land  of  Judah  to  scatter  it. 
CHAPTER IL 
1  Ood.  in  the  care  of  Jeruaalem,  tmdeth 


Befora 
CHRIST 

about  i>\0. 


•.  19.  I.  k 

..  fi. 

1   2.  10. 1, 


Zio 


10  The 


0    The 


•nplu 


of  iiod'tt  pre*' 

I  LIFTED  tip  mine  eyes  again,  and 
looked,  and  behold  '"  a  man  with  a 
measuring  line  in  his  hand. 
2  Then  said  I,  Whither  goest  thou? 
And  he  said  unto  me,  b  To  measure 
Jerusalem,  to  see  what  i.«  the  breadth 
thereof,  and  what  is  the  length  tliere- 

."!  And,  behold,  the  angel  that  talk- 
ed with  me  went  forth,  anil  another 
angel  went  out  to  meet  him, 

4  And  said  unto  him.  Run,  speak  to 
this  young  niiin,  saying,  "Jerusalem 
Bhall  be  inhabited  as  towns  without 
761 


The  redemption  of  Zion. 


ZECHAUIAII. 


Christ  the  Branch  promised. 


i  It  -M.  I, 

«  U   Ii3  19. 

Ki-r.  21.  a. 
fli.  43.20.  k 

ii.  11. 

Jer.  1.  14.  k 

U)  U.kii.U, 


LIi.  ll.li.li 

1».  lir. 
Ich.4.  f). 
m  Ii  13.  C.  Si 

il   I. 

Zoi.h.  3.  11. 
n  I.er.  2!.  12. 

K<.  37.  27. 

ch.  ».  3. 

Juhu  1.  U. 


ch.  8.  25,  23. 
I.ch.  3   1(1. 
q£i.  U.  49. 


Z«pli.  1.  7. 


walls  for  the  multitude  of  men  and 
cattle  therein: 

5  Kor  I,  saith  the  I,ORi>,  will  be  un- 
to her  ila  wall  of  tire  round  about, 
"and  will  be  the  glory  in  the  midst 
of  her. 

G  ir  IIo,  ho,  come  forUi,  and  flee 
ffrom  the  land  of  tlic  north,  eaith 
the  l.OKii:  for  I  have  "spread  you 
abroad  a3  the  four  winds  of  the 
heaven,  saitli  the  L,okd. 

7  1>  Deliver  thyself,  O  Zion,  that 
dwellest  with  the  daughter  of  Bab- 
ylon. 

8  For  thus  saith  the  Lonn  of  hosts; 
Atler  the  glory  hath  he  sent  nic  unto 
the  nations  which  spoiled  .von:  for 
he  that  '  toucheth  you,  toucheth  the 
apple  of  his  eye. 

y  For,  behold,  I  will  k  shake  mine 
hand  upon  them,  and  they  shall  be 
a  spoil  to  their  servants:  and  lye 
shall  know  that  the  Imhd  of  hosts 
hath  sent  me. 

lU  IT  '"  Sins  and  rejoice,  O  daughter 
of  Zion:  for,  lo,  I  come,  and  1  "  will 
dwell  in  the  midst  of  thee,  saith  the 
Lord. 

11  "And  many  nations  shall  be  join- 
ed to  the  L(iKi)  •■in  tliat  d-.iy,  and 
shall  be  'liny  people:  and  I  will 
dwell  in  the  midst  ofthec,  and  'thou 
shall  know  that  the  Loud  of  hosts 
hath  sent  me  unto  thee. 

12  And  the  LoiiD  shall  'inherit  Ju- 
dali  his  portion  in  the  holy  land,  and 
'shall  choose  Jerusalem  again. 

l.-J  "  Be  silent,  O  all  flesh,  before  the 
Louii:  for  he  is  raised  up  ^out  of 
t  his  holy  habitation. 

CHAPTER  TU. 
1   Underihe  tyi>e  of  Joahua,  the  restora- 
tion oflhi  clturch,  8  C/iristthe  Jlrunch 

\Ni>  he  shewed  me  "Joshua the 
high  priest  standin.g  before  the 
angel  of  the  Loiiu,  and  bn  Satan 
standing  at  his  right  hand  j  to  resist 
him. 

2  .A.nd  the  Lonn  said  unto  Satan, 
"The  LoKD  rebuke  thre,  (I  Satan; 
even  the  LoicD  that  .1  hutli  chosen 
Jernsalem  relmUe  thee:  'k;  not  this  a 
bran<l  plucked  out  of  the  tire? 

.'i  Now  Josliua  was  clothed  with 
f  filthy  garments,  and  stood  before 
the  angel. 

4  And  he  answered  and  spake  unto 
those  that  stood  before  hiin,  saying. 
Take  awav  the  filthy  garments  from 
him.  And  unto  him  he  said,  Be- 
hold, I  have  caused  thine  ini(iuit.v  to 
pass  from  thee,  Band  I  will  clothe 
thee  with  change  of  raiment. 

5  .\nd  I  said.  Let  them  set  a  fair 
li  mitre  upon  his  head.  So  tliev  set  :i 
fair  mitre  upon  his  head,  and  dotluMl 
him  with  garments.  And  the  angel 
of  the  Loiii>  stood  bv. 

Ii  And  the  nm;el  of  tl^c  Loud  pro- 
tested unto  Joshua,  saving, 

7  Thus  saith  the  Ldkd  of  hosts:  If 
thou  wilt  walk  in  my  ways,  and  if 
7H2 


thou  wilt  i  keep  my  ||  charge,  then 
thou  shalt  also  kjudgc  my  house, 
and  shalt  also  keep  my  courts,  and  I 
will  give  thee  t  places  to  walk  among 
these  that  1  stand  by. 

8  Hear  now,  O  Joshua  the  high 
priest,  thou,  and  thj'  fellows  that  sit 
before  thee:  for  tliey  arc  "'finen 
wondered  at:  for,  behold,  I  will  bring 
forth  "  my  servant  the  "  BRANCH. 

U  For  behold  the  stone  that  I  have 
laid  before  Joshua;  I'upon  one  stone 
sfidlt  be  "J seven  eyes:  behold,  1  will 
engnivc  the  graving  thereof,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts,  and  '1  will  re- 
move the  iniquity  of  that  land  in  one 
day. 

10  "In  that  day,  saith  the  Lord  of 
hosts,  shall  ye"e.i!l  every  man  his 
neighbour  'under  the  vine  and  un- 
der the  tig  tree. 

11.  £...11.  2J.  21.  oIi4.  2.  &11.  I  Jtp.  23.  S.  13 
l.ukol.78.  pp..  lis.  22.  Ii- 28.  16.  q  cU.  4.  10.  R 
31.  :U.  k  Mt.  V.U.  Mic.  7. 18,  U.  ch.  13.  1.  ftcb.  2.  U. 
Ii.  X.  111.  Mic.  4.  4. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

I  By  the  golden  candlttlick  it  foreslicwed 
tlic  ijooii  tucceta  of  Xerubbabel'e  founUn- 
tiun.  11  1)1/  the  (wu  olive  trees  the  two 
anointed  one: 

AND  "the  angel  that  talked  with 
me  came  again,  fml  waked  me. 
Ii  as  a  man  that  is  wakened  out  of  his 
sleep, 

'2  And  said  unto  me.  What  sccst 
thoul'  And  1  said,  X  have  looked, 
and  behold  'a  candlestick  all  of 
gold,  twith  a  bowl  upon  the  top  of 
it, ''and his  seven  lamps  thereon, and 

II  seven  pipes  to  the  seven  lamps, 
which  ore  upon  the  top  thereof: 

3  ""And  two  olive  trees  by  it,  one 
upon  the  right  .■</'/>■  of  tlie  tiowl,  and 
the  other  npi.u  the  U-nsi.fe  thereof. 

4  So  I  answered  and  spako  to  the 
angel  that  talked  with  me,  saying. 
What  are  these,  my  lord? 

5  Then  the  angel  that  talked  with 
nic  answered  and  said  unto  me, 
Knowest  thou  not  what  these  be? 
AihI  I  said.  No,  my  lord. 

(i  Then  he  answered  and  spakcunto 
me,  saving.  This  in  the  w<ird  of  the 
1,1)1!!)  iinto  Z.Tiihbnhel,  saving,  'Not 
bv  II  miglit,  nor  bv  p..wer,  l.ut  by  my 
Spirit,  saith  tlie  Lorn  of  hosts. 

7  Who  nil  thou,  S()  great  mount- 
ain? before  Zerubbabel  tAoii  sluilt 
fxritme  a  plain:  and  he  shall  bring 
forth  lithe  he:idstonc  tlierrnf  >  villi 
shoutings,  cj-i/iH(/,  Grace,  grace  unto 
it. 

8  Moreover  the  word  of  the  Lord 
came  unto  me,  s;iying, 

'.I  'I  he  hands  of  Zerubbabel  khave 
liiil  the  foiiiidMtion  of  this  bouse; 
his  hands  I  shall  also  finish  it;  and 
'"thou  shalt  know  that  the  "Lord 
of  hosts  hath  sent  me  unto  you. 

10  For  who  hath  despised  the  day 
of  "small  thinL's?  ||for  they  shall 
rejoice,  and  shall  see  the  t  plummet 
In    the   hand    of   Zenihl);il>rl    vilh 


itch.2.9. 
Ii  Dma.  8.  18. 


=  Ei.  a.  Jt. 
r^T.  1.  12. 

t  H.I.  >,ia 


kEin>3.  10. 
li:u>G.  U. 
mcl..2  0.  lU 

i  C.  13. 
n  U  4S.  in. 

ch.  2-  8. 
oil.;   2.  3. 


The  vision  of  a  flying  roll. 


ZEOHAP.IAH. 


Vision  of  the  fonvr  chariots. 


o/.,.(. 

■  cl..  3.  7. 
Liiko  1.  19. 


those  seven;  I' they  arc  the  eyes  of 
the  L<ii!i>,  which  run  to  and  do 
thiougli  the  whole  enrth. 

11  II  Then  iinswered  I,  nnd  paid 
unto  liiin.  What  are  these  '1  two  olive 
trees  upon  the  lijiht  siVfc  of  the 
ean<nestiek  and  upon  the  lelt  siV/t 
thereof? 

12  And  I  answered  affain,  and  said 
unto  him,  What  Ic  t/icse  two  ol'.e 
branches,  wliicli  Ithrouch  the  two 
golden  pipes  ||  empty  f  the  golden 
oilont  of  Ihcmseivesy 

13  And  he  answered  mc  and  said, 
Knowcst  thou  not  what  these  be  f 
And  I  said.  No,  my  lord. 

14  Tlien  said  he,  'These  arr  the 
two  (anointed  ones,  "tliat  stand  by 
'  the  Lord  of  the  whole  earth. 

CIIAPTEIl  V. 
1  Bij  the  flyina  roll  is  iiUewed  the  curte  of 
thievts   and  eweurcra.     5  L;,  «   woman 
pressed  in  an  ephuh,   the  Jlnal  damna- 
tion of  Babylon. 

TniKN  I  turned,  and  lifted  up 
mine  eyes,  and  looked,  and  be- 
hold a  tlvinj;  "  roll. 

2  And  lie  said  unto  me.  What  secst 
tliou?  And  I  answered,  1  sec  a 
(lyinjC  roll;  the  length  thereof  is 
twenty  cubits,  and  the  breadth  there- 
of ten  cubits. 

.'J  Then  said  he  nnto  itic.  This  is 
the  lieurse  that  ^oeth  forth  over  the 
fiice  of  tlie  whole  earth :  for  |l  every 
one  that  stealeth  sliall  be  cut  off  as 
on  this  side  aecordinR  to  it ;  and 
every  one  that  sweureth  shall  be  cut 
off  as  on  that  side  according  to  it. 

4  I  will  bring  it  forth,  sailh  the 
Loiii)  of  hosts,  and  it  shall  enter 
into  the  house  of  the  thief,  and  into 
the  house  of  ^  him  that  sweareth 
falsely  bv  niv  nnme:  and  it  shall  re- 
main ill  the  midst  of  bis  house,  and 
'I  shall  eoiismne  it  with  the  timber 
thereof  and  the  .stones  thereof. 

5  !I  Then  the  aiit;el  that  talked  with 
me  Went  forth,  and  said  unto  nie, 
I..ift  up  now  thine  eves,  and  see  what 
IS  tills  thiitgoeth  forth. 

«  And  I  said.  What  is  it?  And  he 
said.  This  is  an  epliah  that  goetli 
forth,  lie  said  moreover.  This  ix 
their  resemblance  through  all  the 
earth. 

7  And,  behold,  there  was  lifted  up  a 
II  talent  of  lead:  and  this  is  a  woman 
thatsitteth  in  the  ioi.l.-.t(.niie  epliah. 

8  And  he  saiil.  This  is  wickedness. 
And  he  cast  it  into  tlie  midst  of  the 
ephah  ;  and  he  eiist  the  weight  of 
lead  upon  the  mouth  thereof. 

U  Then  lifted  I  np  mine  eves,  nnd 
looked,  and,  behold,  there  eiime  out 
two  women,  and  the  wind  tras  in 
their  wing.s;  for  they  had  winirs  like 
the  win^s  of  a  stork;  and  they  lifted 
np  the  ephah  between  the  earth  and 
the  heaven. 

10  Then  said  I  to  the  nnacl  that 
talked  with  me,  Whither  do  these 
bear  the  ephah? 


11  And  he  said  nnto  me.  To  "^  build 
it  a  house  in  'the  land  of  Sliinar: 
nnd  it  shall  be  established,  and  set 
there  upon  her  own  base. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

on  of  the   four  char 
fn»   of   Joihaa  art 
and     Hugdo\ 


ehariott.  9  By 
art  thewed  tli 
of     Chritt     th. 


AND  I  turned,  and  lifted  up  mine 
eyes,  and  looked,  and,  behold, 
there  came  four  chariots  out  from 
between  two  mountains ;  and  the 
mountains  tvere  mountains  of  brass. 

2  In  the  first  chariot  vcrc  "red 
horses  ;  nnd  in  the  second  chariot 
''black  horses; 

;tAnd  in  the  third  chariot  'white 
horses  ;  and  in  the  fourth  chariot 
grizzled  nnd  |l  bay  horses. 

4  Then  I  answered  iland  fnid  unto 
the  angel  that  talked  with  me,  What 
are  these,  my  lord? 

,5  And  the  angrl  answered  and  said 
unto  me,  "Thescfoe  thefour  llspirits 
of  the  heavens,  which  go  forth  from 
fstanding  before  the  Lord  of  all  the 
earth. 

(J  The  black  horses  which  are  there- 
in go  forth  into  eihe  north  country; 
nnd  the  white  go  fiirth  after  them; 
and  the  grizzled  go  forth  toward  the 
south  country. 

7  And  the  bay  went  forth,  and 
sought  to  go  that  tliev  might  I.  walk 
to  and  fio  through  the  enrtli :  niul  he 
said.  Get  yi.u  hence,  walk  to  and  fro 
through  the  earth.  So  tliev  walked 
to  nnd  fro  through  the  earth'. 

8  Then  cried  he  upun  me,  and  spake 
nnto  me,  saving,  liehi.hl,  these  that 
go  toward  the  north  cmintry  have 
quieted  my  'spirit  in  the  north  coun- 
try. 

y  TT  And  the  word  of  the  Loiiu  came 
unto  me,  saving, 

10  Take  of  t/iem  of  the  captivity, 
ercn  of  Ileldai,  of  'I'obijah,  nnd  of 
Jedaiah,  which  are  come  from  Bab- 
ylon, and  come  tlioii  the  Kiime  day, 
and  go  into  the  house  of  Josiah  the 
son  of  Zephnninh; 

11  Then  take  silver  nnd  pf)ld,  nnd 
nijike  It  crowns,  and  set  tiniu  upon 
the  head  of  Joshua  the  son  of  Josc- 
dech.  the  high  priest; 

Vi  And  siienk  unto  him,  snying. 
Thus  speaketh  the  I.OItli  of  fiosts, 
saving,  liehold  1  the  mail  whose 
name  is  The  '"BItANril;  nnd  he 
shall  II  grow  up  out  of  his  place, 
"nnd  he  shall  bnild  the  temple  of 
the  I.oitii: 

l.'l  Kven  he  slinll  build  the  temple  of 
the  Lord;  nnd  he  '■shall  b.ar  the 
glorv,  and  thnll  sit  and  rule  upon  , 
his  throne;  nnil  I' he  sluill  he  a  priest 
upon  his  throne:  nnd  the  ronnsel  t>f 
jieaee  shall  be  between  them  liolh. 

It  And  the  crowns  shall  be  to  Ile- 
Icm,  nnd  to  Tobijoh,  and  to.Iedninb. 
and  to  lien  the  siui  of  /ephnniah, 
763 


Ilypocrisy  in  fasts  o-eproved. 


ZECHARIAII. 


The  restoration  of  Jerusalem. 


Before 
CHRIST 

510. 

qK,.  1-2.  11. 
M»rk  U.  9. 
»  Ii.  67.  19.  Ic 


513. 


in.  11.  i33 

M. 

M.,1.  2  7. 


Aa»J  f>/,  4-e. 
jjer.  17.  20. 
111..  11.(1.7. 

J-r.  7.  23. 

M.c  (i.  8. 

cl.   8   IR, 

il.ai.  2J.  23. 
t  neb,  J„J„ 

ilU  ;-2  21.?2. 

Iio..(  '.'l.  17. 

1..  1    17 

J.r   .'..23. 
V.  r..  SC:  I. 

."M.c.  2.  I. 


1.29. 


oHcl..  0.  29. 

30. 
t  H*l>.  fty  (A« 

*a..J.,/. 
I,!rhr.3B  1». 

l>iui.  0.  11, 
qPro..  1.24 


1  for  a  meniorinl  in  the  temple  of  the 

1.5  And  'thoy  that  are  far  oft"  shall 
come  and  build  in  the  temple  of  the 
Lord,  and  *,ve  shall  know  that  the 
Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  mc  unto 
you.  And  this  shall  come  to  pasn,  if 
ye  will  dili^-ently  obey  the  voice  of 
the  LoED  your  God. 

CHAPTER  Til. 

1  The  captives  inquire  of  fatlinff.  4  Zeeh- 
ariah  reprovetU  their  J\tttinf.  8  Sin  the 
eauae  of  their  eaplivili/. 

\ND  it  came  to  pass  in  the  fourth 
year  of  king  Darius,  tliat  the 
word  of  the  Lord  came  unto  Zecha- 
riah  in  the  fourth  dai/  of  the  ninth 
month,  even  in  Chisleu; 

2  When  they  had  sent  unto  the 
house  of  God  Sherezer  and  Regem- 
melech,  and  their  men,  f  to  pray  be- 
fore the  ]..oRD, 

3  And  to  *  speak  unto  the  priests 
which  irere  in  the  house  of  the  Lord 
of  hosts,  and  to  the  prophets,  savinj;. 
Should  I  weep  in  b  the  fifth  month, 
separating  myself,  as  I  have  done 
these  so  many  years? 

4  TI  Then  came  the  word  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts  unto  me,  saying, 

,5  Speak  unto  all  the  people  of  the 
land,  and  to  the  priests,  saying, 
When  ye  ''fasted  and  mourned  in 
the  tifth  <l  and  seventh  month,  '  even 
those  seventy  years,  did  ye  at  all 
fast  f  unto  me,  even  to  me? 

C  And  when  ye  did  eat,  and  when 
ye  did  drink,  ||did  not  ye  eat  ./or 
i/oursclre.'',  and  drink. ;br  i/oursclvesf 

7  II  .SViohW  t/e  not  hear  the  words 
which  the  Lord  hath  cried  1  by  the 
former  prophets, when  Jerusalem  was 
inhabited  and  in  prosperit.v,  and  the 
cities  thereof  round  about  her,  when 
men  inhabited  ^the  Bouth  and  the 
plain? 

8  TT  And  the  word  of  the  Lord  came 
unto  Zechaiiah,  saying, 

9  Thus  speaketh  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
saying,  tt  Execute  true  judgment, 
and  shew  mercy  and  compassions 
every  man  to  his  brother: 

10  And  i oppress  not  the  widow,  nor 
the  fatherless,  the  stranger,  nor  the 
poor;  kand  let  none  of  you  imagine 
evil  against  his  brother  in  yourjieart. 

11  Hut  they  refused  to  hearken,  and 
1  f  pulled  liway  the  shoulder,  and 
t '"  stopped  their  ears,  that  they 
should  not  hear. 

IL'  Yea,  they  made  their  "  hearts  (M 
an  adamant  stone,  "lest  they  should 
hear  the  law,  and  the  words  which 
the  Lord  of  hosts  hath  sent  in  his 
Spirit  t  by  the  former  prophets  : 
f  therefore  came  a  great  wrath  from 
the  LoRDofho.sts. 

1.1  Therefore  it  is  come  tn  pass,  that 
as  he  cried,  ond  they  would  not  heari 
so  1  they  cried,  and  I  would  not  licar, 
saitb  the  Lord  of  hosts; 

U  But  'I  scattered  them  with  a 
764 


whirlwind  among  all  the  nations 
"whom  the.v  knew  not.  Thus  Mhc 
land  was  desolate  after  them,  that 
no  man  passed  through  nor  returned: 
for  they  laid  "  the  (  pleasant  land 
desolate. 

CHAPTER  VIIL 

1  The  ret<ur.Uion  of  Jerusalem.  9  Dlcy 
are  encouraged  to  the  building  by  God's 
favour  to  them.  16  Good  works  are  re- 
quired of  them.  18  Joy  and  enlarge' 
tnent  are  promised. 

AGATX  the  word  of  the  Lord  of 
hosts  came  to  vie,  saying, 

2  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts; 
°  I  was  jealous  for  Zion  with  great 
jealousy,  and  I  was  jealous  for  her 
with  great  fury. 

."i  Thus  saith  the  Lord;  i>I  am  re- 
turned unto  Zion,  and  "^  will  dwell 
in  the  midst  of  Jerusalem:  and  Je- 
rusalem J  shall  be  called  A  city  of 
truth;  and  "^the  mountain  of  the 
Lord  of  hosts,  f  The  holy  mountain. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts; 
f  There  shall  yet  old  men  and  old 
women  dwell  in  the  streets  of  Jeru- 
salem, and  every  man  with  his  staff 
in  his  hand  t  for  very  age. 

5  And  the  streets  of  the  city  shall 
be  full  of  boys  and  girls  playing  in 
the  streets  thereof. 

C  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  If 
it  be  II  marvellous  in  the  eves  of  the 
remnant  of  this  people  in  these  days, 
li  should  it  also  be  marvellous  in  mine 
eves?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

?  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts;  Be- 
hold, i  I  will  save  my  people  from  the 
cast  country,  and  "from  f  the  west 
countrv: 

8  And  I  will  bring  them,  and  they 
shall  dwell  in  the  midst  of  Jerusa- 
lem: kand  they  shall  be  in.v  people, 
and  I  will  be  "their  God,  Un  truth 
and  in  righteousness. 

U  11  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts; 
"■  Let  your  hands  be  strong,  ye  that 
hear  in  these  days  these  words  by  the 
mouth  of  "the  prophets,  which  were 
in  "the  day  that  the  foundation  of 
the  house  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  was 
laid,  that  the  temple  might  bo  built. 

10  For  before  these  days  ||  there  was 
no  Phire  for  man,  nor  any  hire  for 
lieast:  ''neither  vas  there  o?'.v  pence 
to  him  that  went  out  or  came  in  be- 
cause of  the  afllicfion:  for  I  set  all 
men  every  one  against  his  neighbour. 

11  But  iiow  Ivill  not  be  unto  the 
residue  of  this  people  as  in  the  for- 
mer days,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  Tor  the  seed  shall  be  1  prosper- 
ous: the  vine  shall  give  her  fruit, 
and  "the  ground  shall  give  her  in- 
crease, and  Mhe  heavens  shall  give 
their  dew  ;  and  I  will  cause  the 
remnant  of  this  people  to  possess  all 
these  thinr;.^. 

I'i  And  It  shall  come  to  pass,  that  as 
ve  were  "  a  curse  among  the  heathen, 
l)  houso  of  Judali,  anil  house  of  Is- 
raeli 80  will  1  eavo  you,  and  ^yo 


Joy  and  enlargement  promised.     ZECHARIAII. 


Ckrift's  coming  foretold. 


•  Jcr.  .11.  88. 

•  ICkr.  ai.l6. 
eh.  1.6. 


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sliall  be  a  i»lessinp;:  fear  not,  bid  >  let 
vour  liandb  be  btrong. 

14  For  thus  Bailli  tbc  l,ORDof  liosts; 
'  As  I  thought  to  punish  j  cm,  when 
your  fathers  provoked  nic  to  wrath, 
saith  the  I^OICD  of  hosts,  ''and  X  re- 
pented not: 

15  So  a^aiu  liavc  I  thought  in  tliese 
days  to  do  well  unto  Jorusaleni  and 
to  the  house  of  Judah  :  fear  yc 
not. 

16  IT  These  arc  the  things  that  re 
shall  do:  Ij  Speak  \g  every  man  the 
truth  to  his  neighbour;  1  execute  the 
judgment  of  truth  and  peace  in  your 
gates: 

17  '  And  let  none  of  you  imagine 
evil  in  your  hearts  against  his  neigh- 
bour; and  tl  love  no  lalse  oath:  for 
all  these  are  things  that  1  hate,  saith 
the  Lord. 

18  TT  And  the  word  of  the  LORD  of 
hosts  came  unto  me,  saying, 

19  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts: 
'  The  fast  of  the  fourth  jimnt/i,  (and 
the  fast  of  the  fifth,  6  and  the  fast  of 
the  seventh,  Iwind  the  fast  of  the 
tenth,  shall  be  to  the  house  of  Judah 
ijoy  and  gladness,  and  clieerful 
II  feasts  ;  k  therefore  love  the  truth 
and  peace. 

-J(>  Thus  saith  the  Lord  cf  hosts:  Tt 
shall  yQtcornc  /o  ;■(?.■.>•,  that  there  f^hall 
come  people,  and  the  iuhabitanbj  of 
many  cities: 

21  And  the  inhabitants  of  one  eiVy 
shall  go  to  another,  saying,  I  Let  us 
go  II )  speedily  i  to  pray  before  the 
Lord,  and  to  seek  the  LoRU  of  hosts: 
I  will  go  also. 

'22  Yea,  "'many  people  and  strong 
nations  shall  come  to  seek  the  Lord 
of  hosts  in  Jerusalem,  and  to  pray 
before  the  Lord. 

al  Thus  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts; 
In  those  days  it  shall  come  to  ptts.t^ 
that  ten  men  shall  "take  hold  out 
of  all  languages  of  the  nations,  even 
shall  take  hold  of  the  skirt  of  him 
that  is  a  Jew,  saying,  'We  will  go 
Avith  yon:  for  we  have  heard  "that 
God  IS  with  you. 

CIIAPTEU  IX. 

1  Ood  defmdclh  hi>  clitirch.  9  Zion  i>  fl- 
horted  to  rejoice  fvr  the  rvming  of 
Christ,  and  hit  pearenbtc  kingdom.  12 
God't  promito  0/  victory  and  defence. 

THE  "burden  of  the  ivord  of 
the  Lord  in  the  land  of  Ila- 
drach,  and  l"  Damascus  shall  lie  the 
rest  thereof:  when  ''the  c.ves  of  man, 
as  of  all  the  tribes  of  Israel,  shall  be 
toward  the  Lord. 

2  And  J  llaniath  also  shall  border 
thereby:  •^Tyrus,and  fZidon,  though 
it  be  very  ^  wise. 

3  And  "Tvrus  did  build  herself  o 
strong  hold,  and  I. heaped  up  tilver 
as  the  dust,  and  line  gold  as  the  mire 
of  the  streets. 

4  Behold,  ithc  Lord  will  cast  her 
out,  and  he  will  smite  >•  her  ixjwcr  in 


the  sea ;  and  the  ehall  be  devoured 
with  fire. 

5  I  Ashkelon  shall  sec  it,  and  fear: 
(taza  also  shall  see  it^  and  be  very 
sorrowful,  and  Kkrnii  ;  liir  her  ex- 
pectation shall  be  ashamed;  and  the 
king  shall  perish  from  Gaza,  and 
Ashkelon  sliall  not  be  inhabited. 

(i  And  a  bastard  shall  dwell  ""in 
Ashdod,  and  I  will  cut  oft'  the  pride 
of  the  Philistines. 

r  And  1  will  take  away  his  1  blood 
out  of  his  mouth,  and  liiit  abitmina- 
tions  from  between  his  teeth:  but  he 
that  remaineth,  even  he.  shall  be  for 
our  God,  and  he  shall  he  as  a  gov- 
ernor in  Judah,  and  Lkronasajeb- 
UBite. 

8  And  "I  will  encamp  about  mine 
house  because  <»f  the  army,  because 
of  him  that  passeth  by,  niul  because 
of  him  that  retiirnetli:  niitl  "no  op- 
pressor shall  jinss  through  them  any 
more  :  for  now  1'  have  I  seen  with 
mine  eves. 

0  ir  Iftejoiee  greatlv,  O  daughter  rf 
Zion;  slioiit,  O  daughter  of  Jerusa- 
lem: behold, 'thy  King  conicth  unto 
thee:  lie  i.s  ju.vt,  and  ',  having  salva- 
tion; lowly,  an(l  riding  upon  an  ass, 
and  upon  "a  colt  the  (bal  of  an  ass. 

10  And  I  'will  cut  off  the  chariot 
fiom  £phraim,  anil  the  horse  froni 
JerusaUin,  and  the  battle  bow  shall 
be  cut  off;  and  he  shall  speak  '  peace 
unto  the  heathen:  and  his  dominion 
sliall  lie  "from  sea  citm  to  sea,  and 
from  the  river  even  to  the  ends  of 
the  earth. 

11  As  for  thee  also,  ||  bv  Ihe  blood  of 
thy  covenant  I  have  fVnt  forth  thy 
*  prisoners  out  of  the  pit  wherein  is 
no  water. 

\2  IT  Turn  you  to  the  strong  hold, 
yj'e  prisoners  of  ho[»e:  even  to  day 
do  I  declare  that  '1  will  render 
double  unto  thee; 

i;i  AVhen  I  have  bent  Judah  for  me, 
filled  the  bow  with  Ephraim,  and 
raised  np  thy  sons,  O  /ion,  against 
thy  sons,  O  Greece,  and  made  tlice 
as  the  sword  of  a  mighty  man. 

14  And  the  Lord  shall  be  seen  over 
them,  and  "his  arrow  shall  go  forth 
as  the  lightning:  and  the  Lord  Gon 
shall  blow  the  truiiipet,  and  shall  go 
bwilh  whirlwinds  of  the  south. 

15  The  Lord  of  hi'sts  shall  defend 
them  :  and  they  shall  devour,  and 
II  subdue  with  sling  stones:  and  they 
shall  drink,  ami  make  n  noise  «% 
through  wine:  and  tliey  l|  shall  be 
filled  like  bowls,  ami  as '  the  corners 
of  the  altar. 

IG  And  the  Lord  their  God  shall 
save  them  in  that  day  os  the  flock  of 
his  people:  fot  i  thru  shall  be  as  the 
stones  of  a  crown,  'lilted  up  as  an 
ensign  upon  his  hind. 

17  For  I  how  great  is  liis  c""<lnee.", 
and  how  great  w  his  beautyl  Scorn 
shall  make  the  young  men  ||  cheer- 
ful, and  new  wine  the  maids. 


God  is  to  be  sought  unto. 


ZECHARIAH. 


Christ's  care  for  his  flock. 


Hoforo 
CHRIST 

obout  487. 


.  10.  U. 
r.  10,  ». 
1.  2.  18. 


1.S.1..1.  11. .14. 

II.  l:l.  1.1. 

1 1».  '2i  23. 


Ki.  37. 
D  Hoi.  1 

7. 

P~h.  1.1. 

9. 

iP..  101 

13 

■  I. 

£i 

40. 

10. 
37. 

IH 

1.2.21. 

uD 

sut 

30.1 

CHAPTER  X. 

I  Ood  ie  to  he  sought  unto,  and  not  idotn. 
5  As  lie  visited  his  flock  for  tin,  eo  he 
win  save  and  restore  them. 

ASK  yo  "of  the  Lonn  l>rain  "in 
tlio"  tiiiir  of  the  latter  rain  ;  .to 
tliel^ouii  shiill  make  II bright  clouds, 
and  ji'wc  thciu  showers  of  rain,  to 
every  one  grass  in  tlie  field. 
'2  For  the  <l  t  idols  have  spoken  van- 
ity, and  the  diviners  have  seen  a  lie, 
and  have  told  false  dreams  ;  Ihcy 
'comfort  in  vain:  therefore  they 
went    their    way    as    a    flock,    they 

II  were  troiihled,  f  because  there  was 
no  shepherd. 

.".  jMiiie  anger  was  kindled  against 
the  shepherds,  Sand  1 1  punished  the 
goats:  for  the  l>iiRn  of  hosts  I'hath 
visited  his  flock  the  house  of  Jiidah, 
and  ihath  made  them  as  his  goodly 
horse  in  the  battle. 

4  Out  of  him  came  forth  k  the  cor- 
ner, out  of  him  I  the  nail,  out  of  him 
the  battle  bow,  out  of  him  every  op- 
pressor together. 

.5  T[  And  they  shall  be  as  mighty 
»?c»,  which  '"tread  down  Ihfir  t'nr- 
mirx  in  the  mire  of  the  streets  in 
the  battle:  and  they  shall  flght,  be- 
cause the  Louii  1.1  with  tl-.cin,  and 
II  the  riders  on  liorses  shall  be  con- 
founded. 

6  And  I  will  strengthen  the  house 
of  .Iiidah,  and  1  will  save  the  house 
of  .losepli,  and  "  I  will  bring  them 
again  to  place  them;  for  I  *•  have 
mercy  upon  them:  and  they  shall  be 
as  though  I  had  not  cast  them  off: 
for  I  am  the  I.,onD  their  God,  and 
I' will  hear  them. 

7  And  l/ici/  q/Ephraim  shall  he  like 
a  mighty  mnn,  anil  their  'Iheart  shall 
rejnice  .-is  thnnigh  wine  :  yea,  their 
cliildrcn  shall  see  it,  and  be  glad; 
their  heart  shall  rejoice  in  the  Loitn. 

8  I  will  'hiss  for  them,  and  gather 
them;  for  I  have  redeemed  them: 
'and  they  shall  increase  as  they  have 
increased. 

9  And  'I  will  sow  them  among  the 
people:  and  they  shall  "rememhrr 
me  in  far  countries:  and  they  shall 
live  with  their  children,  and  turn 
again. 

II)  ^  r  will  bring  them  again  also 
out  of  the  land  of  F.gvpt,  and  gather 
tliem  ontof  Assvria:  nnilT  will  liriii- 
them  into  the  land  of  (Jilead  ami 
Lebanon  ;  and  ^  phwc  shall  not  he 
found  for  them. 

11  'And  he  shall  pass  through  the 
sea  with  .afllictioii,  and  shall  smite 
the  waves  in  the  sea,  and  all  tlie 
deeps  of  the  river  shall  drv  up:  and 
"the  pride  of  Assyria  shall  he  brou-ht 
down,  and  ''the  sceptre  of  Egypt 
shall  depart  away. 

12  Ami  I  will  strengthen  them  in 
the  ]-ORn  ;  and  ''tliey  shall  walk 
up  and  down  in  his  name,  saith  the 


CRAPTER  XI. 

\.  The  destruction  of  Jerusalem.  3  The 
elect  being  eared  for,  the  rest  are  reject- 
ed. 10  The  ktaves  of  Beauty  and  Bands 
broken  by  the  rejection  of  Clirist.  16  The 
tyjic  and  curse  of  a  foolish  shepherd. 

OPEN   "thy    doors,   O    Lebanon, 
that   the  fire   may  devour  thy 
cedars. 

2  Howl,  fir  tree ;  for  the  cedar  is 
fiiUen  ;  because  the  !|  mighty  arc 
spoiled :  howl,  O  ye  oaks  of  Bii- 
slian  ;  lifor  lithe  forest  of  the  vint- 
age is  come  down. 

3  IT  'J'liere  U  a  voice  of  the  howl- 
ing of  the  shepherds  ;  for  their  glo- 
ry is  spoiled:  a  voice  of  the  roaring 
of  young  lions  ;  for  the  pride  of 
Jordan  is  sjioiled. 

4  Thus  saith  the  Lord  my  God; 
"  Feed  the  flock  of  the  slaughter; 

5  Whose  possessors  slay  them, 
and  'I  hold  theinseUes  not  guilty: 
and  they  that  sell  them  'say.  Blessed 
he  the  Lord:  for  I  am  rich:  and 
their  own  shepherds  pity  them  not. 

(!  For  I  will  no  more  pity  the  in- 
habitants of  the  land,  saith  the 
Loud  :  but,  lo,  I  will  j  deliver  the 
men  everv  one  into  hi.i  neighbour's 
hand, and  into  the  hand  of  his  king: 
and  thev  shall  smite  the  land,  and 
out  of  tlieir  hand  I  will  not  deliver 
tficm. 

7  And  I  will  ffeed  the  flock  of 
slaughter,  ||rir)i  yon,  SO  poor  of 
the  flock.  And  I  took  nnto  me  two 
staves ;  the  one  I  called  Beauty, 
and  the  other  I  called  l|  Bands;  and 
X  fed  the  flock. 

8  Three  shepherds  also  I  cut  oflf  1>  in 
one  month  :  and  m.v  i^oul  i  loathed 
them,  and  their  soiil  also  abhorred 
me. 

y  Then  said  I,  I  will  not  feed 
yon:  Uhat  tliat  dieth,  let  it  die; 
and  that  that  is  to  he  cut  oft;  let  it 
be  cut  off:  and  let  the  rest  eat  every 
one  the  flesh  tof  another. 

10  U  And  I  took  my  staff,  even 
Beautv,  and  cut  it  asunder,  that 
I  miglit  break  my  covenant  which 
I  had  made  with  lill  the  jieople. 

n  And  it  was  broken  in  that  day: 
and  II  so  k  the  poor  of  the  flock  that 
waited  npon  me  knew  that  it  was 
the  word  of  the  Lord. 

12  And  I  said  unto  them,  t  If  ye 
think  good,  give  vie  my  price;  and 
if  not,  forbear.  So  they  1  weighed 
for  my  price  thirty  pieces  of  sil- 
ver. 

1^  And  the  I,onn  said  unto  me. 
Cast  it  unto  the  "'potter:  a  goodly 
price  that  1  was  prized  at  of  them. 
And  I  took  the  thirty  jiiere.i  of  sil- 
ver, anil  cast  them  to  the  potter  in 
the  house  of  the  Lord. 

U  Then  I  cut  asunder  mine  oth- 
er staft",  even  II  Bands,  that  I  mi'rht 
break  the  brotherhood  between  Ju- 
dah  anil  Israel. 

J.i    IT    And    the    Lord    said    unto 


The  restoring  of  Judah. 


ZECHARIAH.         The  repentance  of  Jerusalem. 


CHRIST 

about  4S7, 


me,  °  Take  unto  thcc  yet  the  in- 
strumeuts  of  a  foolish  bhepheid. 

It!  For,  lo,  I  will  raise  np  ii  shep- 
herd in  tlie  land,  which  bhuU  not 
visit  those  that  be  ||eut  off,  neither 
shall  seek  the  vouns  one,  nor  heal 
tliiit  that  is  broken,  nor  IHeeil  that 
tliut  standcth  still:  but  he  shall  eiit 
the  flesh  of  the  fat,  and  tear  tlieir 
cliMvs  in  pieces. 

17  "Woe  to  the  idol  shepherd  that 
leaveth  the  floek!  tlic  swonl  shall  hf 
upon  bis  arm,  and  upon  bis  ripbt 
eye:  bis  arm  shall  be  elean  dried  up, 
and  bis  right  eye  shall  be  utterly 
darkened. 

CHAPTER  Xn. 

1  Jerusalem  a  cup  vf  tvemUing  to  horeetf, 
Sandu  bun^emome  etoiie  lo  her  mlver- 
eiirien.  G  The  viftorioua  restoring  of 
Jwlu/i.  9  TUe  repcntiinec  of  Jeium- 
Icm. 

rfllE  burden  of  the  word  of  the 

1  LoRDfor  Israel,  saith  the  l.Diin, 
"whieh  stretehetb  forth  the  heav- 
ens, and  layeth  the  foundation  of 
the  earth,  and  I'formeth  the  sijirit 
of  man  within  him. 

2  Heboid,  I  will  make  Jerusalem 
"^a  enp  of  ||tremhlins  unto  all  the 
peoiilc  lound  about,  |l  when  tluy 
shall  he  in  the  t-'wiC  both  against 
Jildah  our/ o-!iinst  .Irrusnlcm. 

;;  ir  >IAiid  in  tluit  ihiy  will  I  make 
.lerusalelil  'a  bmiliiisuiiie  stone  for 
all  pi'ople  :  all  that  hoKh'U  them- 
selves with  it  shall  be  cut  in  pieees, 
though  all  the  people  of  the  earth 
be  gathered  together  against  it. 

4  In  that  day,  saith  the  I.oun,  fl 
will  smite  every  horse  with  astonish- 
ment, and  his  rider  with  madness  : 
and  I  will  open  mine  eves  upon  the 
house  of  .ludah,  and  will  smite  every 
horse  of  the  people  wilh  bliodiiess. 

,■>  And  the  governors  of  .ludah  shnll 
sny  in  their  heart,  ||  The  inbahitanls 
of  .Terusalem  slioll  he  mv  strength  in 
the  I,..ni>  of  hosts  their'G. 111. 

G  Tl  In  that  dav  will  1  make  the 
governors  of  Jndidi  t^like  a  hearib 
of  lire  among  the  wood,  and  like  a 
toreh  of  fire  in  a  sheaf;  and  they 
shall  devour  all  the  people  round 
about,  on  the  right  hand  and  on  the 
left:  and  Jerusalem  shall  he  inhabit- 
ed again  in  her  own  place,  even  in 
.Terusalem. 

7  The  I.oijn  also  shall  save  the 
tents  of  Jnd:ih  tirst.  th:it  the  glorv 
of  the  hoosc  <.f  David  ihmI  the  gh.ry 
of  the  inhnhitants  of  Jerusalem  do 
not  magnify  theiiisclres  against  Ju- 
dah. 

8  In  that  day  shall  the  I.onn  de- 
fend the  inha'bit;ints  of  .Terusalem  ; 
and  lihc  that  is  ||f  feeble  among 
them  at  that  dav  shall  be  as  David; 
and  the  house  of  David  flinll  he  as 
God,  as  the  angel  of  the  LoiU)  be- 
fore them. 

9  IT  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  I  will  seek  to  ■  destroy 


10  kAnd  I  will  pour  upon  the 
house  of  Duvid,  and  upon  the  in- 
habitants of  Jeinsalem,  the  spirit 
of  graee  and  of  snpplications  :  and 


they    shall    Hook    npc 


ni( 


will 


they  have  jiierced,  and  they  shall 
mourn  for  him,  '"as  one  nio'nrneth 
for  /ii'i  only  .«o«,  and  shall  be  in  bit- 
terness for  him,  a.^  one  that  is  in  bit- 
terness for  ///.I  lirstborn. 

11  In  that  day  shall  there  be  a  great 
"mourning  in  Jerusalem,  "as  the 
motirning  of  Iladadriuimon  in  the 
valhv  of  Megiddon. 

12  f'And  the  land  shall  mourn, 
t every  family  aiiart;  the  family  of 
the  house  of  David  apart,  and  iheir 
wives  apart;  the  lamily  of  the  house 
of  'I  Nathan  apart,  and  their  wives 
apart; 

I'i  The  familv  of  the  house  of  Levi 
apart,  and  tlieir  wives  apart;  the 
family  ||  of  Shimei  apart,  and  their 
wives  apart; 

14  All  the  families  that  remain, 
every  family  apart,  and  their  wives 
apart. 

CHAPTER  Xlir. 

1  The  fmnlnin  of  purgation  for  Jervra- 

lent,  i  from  iilolntrv,  i""l  /.■(««  yi-o/i/i- 

eci.      7    Tilt  Jeulli  of  Vliriit,  and   (Ao 

trud  if  a  third  ],art. 

IN  "that  day  there  shall  be  bn 
fountain  opened  to  the  bouse  of 
David  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem f.T  sin  and  for  I  nneleanness. 

2  H  And  it  shall  emne  to  pass  in  that 
dav,  saith  the  l,oi:i>  of  busts,  (/,<.(  I 
will'' cut  OH'  the  names  of  the  idols 
out  of  the  land,  ami  they  shall  no 
more  be  reniemhered  :  and  also  1 
will  cause  i'  the  jirojihets  atul  the  un- 
clean spirit  to  pass  out  of  the  land. 

.".  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  Ihnt 
when  any  shall  vet  prnphesy,  then 
his  father  and  his  mother  that  begat 
him  shall  sav  unto  him.  Thou  shalt 
not  live;  for  thou  speakist  lies  in  the 
name  of  the  l.oi;i>:  and  bis  father 
and  his  mother  that  he^-at  him  "shall 
thrust  him  through  when  he  proph- 
esielh. 

4  And  it  shall  come  lo  pass  in  that 
day,  Ihnt  ftbe  iirophets  shall  be 
asliamed  every  one  of  bis  vision, 
when  he  hath"  prophesied ;  neither 
shall  tbey  wear  tfa  rough  garment 
I  to  deceive: 

r^  li  But  be  .shall  say,  I  am  no  proph- 
et, I  am  a  busbamlman  ;  fiir  nnui 
taught  nic  to  keep  cattle  from  my 
vouth. 

'(>  And  one  shall  dav  unto  him.  What 
are  these  wounds  in  thine  bands? 
Then  he  shall  answer,  Thnfe  with 
which  1  was  wounded  in  the  liousc 
of  my  friends. 

7  V  Awake,  ()  sword,  against  >my 
Shepherd,  and  against  the  man 
Vthnt  is  mv  fellow,  saith  the  Loltn 
of  hosts;  Itniite  the  Shepherd,  and 
7i>7 


The  coming  of  Christ. 


ZECHARIAII.      riagua  of  Jerusalem's  enemies. 


Before 
CHRIST 

nbout  48T. 


nlUm.  U.  5. 
o  I.,  18.  13. 
p  1  Pet  ,1.  n.  7. 


bJo»13.  2. 
c  la.  13,  10, 


vntUu  o/  f  A* 
4-raraUd. 

nbonl 7S7. 

tAmo.  1.  1, 
g  Jl.ilt.  lfi.27. 


1  Rcr 

21.!.. 

1.  nl» 

1,21.  an. 

1  ii  r 

1.  21.  4 

W    1 

Uor 

21.2). 

•,'.';;' 

3.11. 

IL  1'.' 
.  1.  5.  0. 

the  sheep  shall  be  scattered:  and  I 
will  turn  mine  hand  upon  '"the  little 
ones. 

8  And  it  shnll  come  to  pass,  that 
in  all  the  land,  saitli  the  I^*.iRr>,  two 
parts  therein  shall  he  cut  o^ nnd  die; 
"  but  the  third  shall  be  left  therein. 

9  And  I  will  brin?  the  third  part 
"throush  the  ttre,  and  will  t'relinc 
them  us  silver  is  refined,  and  will  try 
them  as  gold  is  tried;  'i  the.v  shall 
call  on  my  name,  and  I  will  hear 
them:  'I  will  say.  It  !.s  my  people: 
and  they  shall  ea'y,  The  Lor.D  is  lay 
God. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

I  The  deatraycra  of  .h'ruaalcm  destroyed. 
4  The  coming  of  Clirift,  an-l  Ihc  grace) 
of  hit  kingdom.  \i  Thr.  plaque  ofjcru- 
aalem'a  enemies.  V>  The  remnant  shall 
turn  to  thi  Lord,  20  and  t/teir  spoils 
shall  be  holy. 

r>EnOLD,  "the  day  of  the  Lord 
)  Cometh,  and  thy  spoil  shaU  be 
divided  in  the  midst  of  thee. 

2  For  ''I  will  gather  all  nations 
ns.ainst  Jerusalem  to  battle;  and  the 
city  sliall  be  taken,  and  "-'the  houses 
rifled,  and  the  women  ravished;  and 
half  of  the  city  shall  go  forth  into 
captivity,  and  the  residue  of  the  peo- 
ple shall  not  be  cut  off  from  the  city. 

3  Then  shall  the  Lord  go  forth,  and 
fight  against  those  nations,  as  when 
he  fought  in  the  day  of  battle. 

4  IT  And  his  feet  shall  stand  in  that 
d.ay  d  upon  the  mount  of  Olives, 
wliich  {*•  before  Jerusalem  on  the 
cast,  and  the  mount  of  Olives  shall 
cleave  in  the  midst  thereof  toward 
the  east  and  toward  the  west,  ''  find 
there  shall  be  a  very  great  valley ; 
and  half  of  the  mountain  shall  re- 
move toward  the  north,  and  half  of 
it  toward  the  south. 

5  And  ye  shall  flee  to  the  valley  of 
lithe  mountains;  l|  for  the  valley  of 
the  mountains  shall  reach  unto  Azal; 
yea,  ye  shall  flee,  like  as  ye  fled  from 
before  the  fearthtjuake  in  the  days 
of  Uzziah  king  of  Judah:  Sand  the 
Lord  mj'  God  shall  come,  and  ball 
the  saints  with  thee. 

(i  And  it  f,\\:\\\  come  to  pass  in  that 
day,  II  that  the  light  shall  not  be 
]  clear,  nnr  f  dark: 

7  nut  II  it  shall  be  i  one  day  I  which 
shall  be  known  tothi'  Lord,  not d.iy, 
nor  night:  but  it  sh:dl  cume  to  p.iss, 
that  at  I  evening  time  it  sliall  be 
light. 

8  And  it  shall  be  in  that  day,  that 
living  '"  waters  shall  go  out  from 
Jerusalem;  half  of  them  toward  the 

II  former  sea,  and  half  of  them  toward 
the  hinder  sea:  in  Bummer  and  in 
winter  shall  it  be. 

y  And  the  Lord  shall  be  "King 
over  all  the  earth:  in  that  day  shall 
there  be  "one  Lord,  and  hia  name 
one. 

10  All   the  land  shall  be   |)  turned 


''as  a  plain  from  Geba  to  Kimmon 
south  of  Jerusalem:  and  it  shall  be 
lifted  lip,  and  i||  inhabited  in  her 
place,  from  Henjamin's  gate  unto 
the  place  of  the  first  gate,  unto  the 
corner  gate,  'and./>-o;?i  the  tower 
of  Ilananeel  unto  the  king's  wine- 
presses. 

11  And  men  shall  dwell  in  if,  and 
there  shall  be  ""no  more  uttfr  dc- 
struefion;  '  but  Jerusalem  ||  shall  be 
safely  inhabited. 

I'J  V  And  this  shall  be  the  plague 
wherewith  the  Lord  will  smite  all 
the  people  that  have  fought  against 
Jerusalem  ;  Their  flesh  shall  con- 
sume away  while  they  stand  upon 
their  feet,  and  tlieir  eves  shall  con- 
sume away  in  their  holes,  and  their 
tongue  shall  consume  away  iu  their 
moutii. 

13  And  it  shall  come  to  pass  in 
that  day,  that  "  a  great  tumult  from 
the  Lord  shall  be  among  them ; 
and  they  shall  lay  hold  every  one 
on  the  hand  of  his  neighbour,  and 
^  his  hand  shall  rise  up  against  the 
h:ind  of  his  neighbour. 

U  And  II  Judah  also  shall  fight  ||  at 
Jerusalem;  >  and  the  wealth  of  all 
the  heathen  round  about  shall  be 
gathered  together,  gold,  and  silver, 
and  apparel,  in  great  abundance. 

1.5  And  'so  shall  be  the  plague  of 
the  horse,  of  the  mule,  of  the  camel, 
and  of  the  ass,  and  of  all  the  beasts 
that  shall  be  in  these  tents,  as  this 
plague. 

lij  V  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
every  one  that  is  left  of  all  the  na- 
tions which  came  agiunst  Jerusalem, 
shall  even  "go  up  from  year  to  year 
to  worship  the  King,  the  I.,ori)  of 
hosts,  and  to  keep  ^  the  feast  of  taber- 
nacles. 

17  <^  And  it  shall  be,  that  whoso  will 
not  come  n;>  of  a//  tlic  families  of  the 
earth  unto  Jerus;;Ui)i  to  worship  the 
King,  the  Loud  of  hosts,  even  upon 
them  shall  be  no  rain. 

l.S  And  if  the  family  of  Egypt  go 
not  up,  and  come  not,  filthat  liaic 
no  rain;  there  shall  be  the  plague, 
wherewith  the  Lord  will  smite  the 
heathen  that  come  not  up  to  keep 
the  feast  of  tabernacles. 

l!l  This  shall  be  tlic  ||  puni.shmenf 
of  Egypt,  and  the  punishment  of  all 
nations  tliat  come  not  up  to  keep  the 
feast  of  tabernaeles. 

•.'U  TI  In  tliat  dav  shall  there  be  upon 
the  II  bells  of  "the  horses,  ■■  HOLI- 
NESS UNTO  THE  lAtRD  ;  and 
the  pots  in  the  Lord's  house  shall 
be  like  the  bowls  before  the  nltar. 

U'l  Yea,  cverv  pot  in  Jerusalem  and 
in  Jndah  shall  be  holiness  unto  the 
Lord  of  hosts:  and  all  they  that 
saerifiee  shall  eome  and  t:ike  of  them, 
and  seethe  tlierein;  ;cnd  in  that  dav 
there  shall  he  no  more  the  I  Ciinaanite 
iu  »  the  house  of  the  J/ORD  of  hosts. 


MALACHI. 


Bcforo 
C  II  U  I  S  : 

about  ylt". 


gel..  2,  11.17. 
Ic  3.  7.  8,  13. 
J  Or.  Bnnj 

1.  Il.at-  15,21, 
iEl.  Jl    2>. 

vtr.  l:. 


rP 

113,3. 

V/ 

CO.  3,  3, 
hn  4,  21. 

1  Tim.  2.  8. 
.r.«T.8.3. 
i  I..  66. 19,20. 

CHAPTER  I. 

1  Malachi  eomplaineth  of  Israel's  unkind- 
nesa.  G  Oftfteirirreliffioua7ie$8,  12  and 
pro/anene,,. 

THE  burden  of  the  word  of  the 
LoitD  to  Isrufl  f  by  Malachi. 

2  "  I  have  loved  you,  saith  the  Loud. 
Yet  ye  say.  Wherein  hast  thou  loved 
us?  \l'(ts  not  Esau  Jacob's  brotheri' 
saith  the  Lokd:  yet  bl  loved  Jacob, 

3  And  I  hated  Esau,  aud  'laid  his 
mountains  and  his  heritage  waste  for 
the  dragons  of  the  wilderness. 

4  Whereas  Edom  saith.  We  are  im- 
poverished, but  we  M'ill  return  and 
build  the  desolate  places;  thus  saith 
the  Loud  of  hosts.  They  shall  build, 
but  I  will  throw  down;  and  they 
shall  call  them.  The  border  of  wicked- 
ness, and,  The  people  against  whom 
the  Lokd  hath  indisnatioii  for  ever. 

5  And  your  eyes  shall  see,  and  ye 
shall  SUV,  '1  The  Lokd  will  he  magui- 
tied  II 1  from  the  border  of  Israel. 

G  IT  A  son  '^honoureth  /tis  father, 
and  a  servant  his  master:  f  if  then 
Ibe  a  father,  where  is  mine  honour? 
and  if  I  fie  a  master,  where  is  my 
tear?  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts  unto 
you,  O  priests,  that  despise  my 
name.  E  And  ye  say.  Wherein  have 
we  despised  thy  name? 

7  II  Ye  offer  li  polluted  bread  upon 
mine  altar;  and  ye  say.  Wherein 
have  we  polluted  thee?  In  that  ye 
say,  iThe  table  of  the  Loicu  is  con- 
temptible. 

«  And  ^  if  ye  offer  the  blind  t  for 
sacrifice,  15  it  not  evil?  and  if  ye 
offer  the  lame  and  sick,  is  it  not 
evil?  offer  it  now  unto  thv  Rovernor; 
will  he  be  pleased  with  tliee,  or  1  ac- 
cept thy  person?  saith  the  Lokd  of 
hosts. 

9  And  now,  I  pray  you,  beseech 
t  God  that  he  will  be  gracious  unto 
us :  "'  this  hatli  been  t  by  your  means ; 
will  he  regard  your  persons?  saitli 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

10  Who  is  there  even  among  you 
that  would  shut  the  doors./or  nouqhtf 
"  neither  do  ye  kindle  Jire  on  mine 
altar  for  nought.  I  have  no  pleasure 
in  vou,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
"  neither  will  I  accept  au  offeriu;;  at 
your  hand. 

U  For,  ''from  the  rising  of  the  sun 
even  unto  the  going  down  of  the 
same,  my  name!t?iaffbe  great*!  among 
the  Gentiles  ;  ''and  in  every  place 
'incense  shall  he  offered  unto  my 
name,  and  a  pure  offering:  'for  my 
nanie  shoU  be  great  among  the  hea- 
then, aaith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

12  IT  But  ye  have  profaned  it,  in  that 
ye  say,  "  The  table  of  the  Loeb  is 

49 


polluted;  and  the  frnit  thereof,  ereii 
his  meat,  >.<  contemptible. 

l.f  Ye  said  also,  Behold,  what  a 
weariness  i.s-  it :  (|  and  ve  have  snuffed 
at  It,  saith  the  Lomi  of  hosts;  and  ve 
brought  t/i,tl  irhi,l(  was  torn,  and  tlie 
lame,  and  the  sick:  thus  ye  brought 
an  offering:  »  should  I  accept  this  of 
your  hand?  saith  the  Lord. 

H  But  cursed  he  >  the  deceiver, 
II  which  hath  in  his  flock  a  male, 
anil  voweth,  and  saerificeth  unto  the 
Lord  a  corrupt  thing  :  for  ''  1  am  a 
great  King,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
and  my  name  is  dreadful  umoug  the 
heathen. 

CHAPTER  II. 

I  ffe  sharply  reproveth  the  prieata  for 
neglecting  their  covenant.  11  and  the 
peupte  fur  idolatry,  H  for  adultery,  17 
and  for  infidelity. 

\  ND  now,  O  ye  priests,  this  com- 
j\.  mandment  is  for  you. 

2  "If  ye  will  not  hear,  and  if  ye 
will  not  lay  it  to  heart,  to  give  glorv 
unto  my  name,  saith  the  Lokd  of 
hosts,  I  will  even  send  a  curse  upon 
you,  and  I  will  cnrse  your  blessings: 
yea,  I  have  cursed  them  already,  be- 
cause ye  do  not  lay  it  to  heart. 

.'i  Beholil,  I  will  ifcorrupt  your  seed, 
and  t  spread  dung  upon  yourfiices, 
ei-eit  the  dung  of  your  solemn  feasts; 
and  II  one  shall  l>  take  you  away  with 
it. 

4  And  ye  shall  know  that  I  have 
sent  this  commandment  unto  you, 
that  mv  covenant  might  be  with 
Levi,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

5  "  My  covenant  was  with  him  of 
life  and  peace;  and  I  gave  them  to 
him  J./br  the  fear  wheiewith  he  fear- 
ed me,  aud  was  afraid  before  my 
name. 

G  ^  The  law  of  truth  was  in  his 
mouth,  and  iniquity  was  not  found 
in  his  lips  :  he  walked  with  me  in 
peace  and  equity,  and  did  'turn 
many  away  from  iniquity. 
I  7  s  t"or  the  priest's  lips  should  keep 
knowledge,  and  they  should  seek  the 
law  at  his  mouth :  l»"for  he  i.s  the  mes- 
senger of  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

S  But  ye  are  departed  out  of  the 
way:     ve    ihnve    caused    many    to 

II  stninhle  at  the  law;  k  ye  have  cor- 
rupted the  covenant  of  Levi,  saith 
the  Lord  of  hosts. 

!i  Therefore  I  have  1  also  made  you 
contemptible  and  base  before  all  the 
people,  according  as  ye  have  not 
kept  my  ways,  but  ||  f  have  been  par- 
tial in  the  law. 

10  '"Have  we  not  all  one  father? 
"  hath  not  one  God  created  us?  why 
do  we  deal  treacherously  every  man 


Christ's  forerunner  and  coming.      MALACHI. 


Israel's  sacrilege  reproved. 


Before 
CHRIST 
about  397. 


ri  TrOT.  5. 18. 
r  PiOT.  2.  17. 


sMatt.  19.1,5. 
I  Or, 


1  I..  J3.  2», 
AiQc  2.  13. 
ch.  3.  13, 11. 


Luk.  1.  7 
4  7.  27. 

I>  I>.  41).  3. 

c  Ii.  63.  9. 


ZocU.  13.  a 
1 1  P.l,  2.  S. 


af^ainst  his  brother,  by  profaning  the 
covenant  of  our  fathers  i' 


Israel  and  in  Jerusalem;  for  Judali 
hath  profaned  tlie  lioliness  of  tlie 
LoitD  which  he  ||  loved,  "and  hatli 
married  the  daughter  of  a  strange 
god. 

12  The  LoKD  will  cut  off  the  man 
that  doeth  this,  |l  the  master  and  the 
scholar,  out  of  the  tabernacles  of  Ja- 
cob, I"  and  him  that  otfereth  an  offer- 
ing unto  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  And  this  have  ye  done  again, 
covering  the  altar  of  the  Lord  with 
tears,  with  weeping,  and  with  crying 
out,  insomuch  tliat  he  regardeth  not 
the  otfering  any  more,  or  receiveth 
it  with  good  will  at  your  hand. 

14  H  Yet  ye  say,  "Wherefore  ?  Be- 
cause the  Lord  hath  been  witness 
between  thee  and  'i  the  wife  of  tliy 
youth,  against  whom  thou  hast  dealt 
treacherously:  ■'yet  is  she  thy  com- 
panion, and  the  wife  of  thy  cove- 
nant. 

13  And ''did  not  he  make  one?  Yet 
had  he  the  ||  residue  of  the  Spirit. 
And  wherefore  one?  That  he  might 
seek  t '  a  godly  seed.  Tlierefore  take 
heed  to  your  spirit,  and  let  none  deal 
[I  treacherously  against  the  wife  of 
his  youth. 

1(J  For  "  the  Lord,  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, saith  II  that  he  hateth  t  putting 
away:  for  one  covereth  violence  with 
his  garment,  saith  the  Lo  r  d  of  hosts : 
therefore  take  heed  to  your  spirit, 
tlint  ye  deal  not  treacherously. 

17  IT  "  Yo  have  wearied  the  Lord 
kVliere- 
lien  ye 

say.  Every  one  that  doeth  evil  is  good 
in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  and  he  de- 
lighteth  in  them  ;  or.  Where  u  the 
God  of  judgment? 

CHAPTER  III. 

1  Of  the  mesaengert  taajcety,  and  grace  of 
Christ.  7  Of  the  rebeltian,  8  eacrile/ie, 
13  and  infidelity  of  the  people,  lli  The 
promiee  of  bleeeing  to  them  that  fear 
Ood. 

I>EIIOLD,  'I  will  send  my  mcs- 
i  scnger,  and  he  shall  h  prepare  the 
way  before  me:  and  tlie  Lord,  whom 
ye  seek,  shall  suddenly  come  to  his 
temple,  "  even  the  messenger  of  the 
covenant,  whom  ye  delight  in:  be- 
hold, il  he  shall  come,  saith  the  Loud 
of  hosts. 

2  But  who  may  abide  *thc  day  of 
his  coming?  and  fwho  sliall  stand 
when  he  anpeareth?  for  Khe  is  like 
a  refiner's  tire,  and  like  fullers'  soap: 

.'1  And  li  )ie  sliall  sit  rt,«  a  refiner  and 
purifier  of  silver:  and  he  shall  iiurify 
the  sons  of  Levi,  and  purge  them  aa 
gold  and  silver,  that  they  may  i  offer 
unto  file  Loud  an  oti'ering  iu  right- 
eousness. 


and  Jerusalem  be  pleasant  unto  the 
Lord,  as  in  the  days  of  old,  and  as 
ill  II  former  years. 

5  And  I  will  come  near  to  you  to 
judgment;  and  1  will  be  a  swift  wit- 
ness against  the  sorcerers,  and  against 
the  adulterers,  land  against  false 
swearers,  and  against  those  that  Ij  op- 
l)ress  the  hireling  in  his  wages,  the 
widow,  and  the  fatherless,  and  that 
turn  aside  the  stranger  J'rom  his 
riijht,  and  fear  not  me,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

6  For  I  am  the  LOKD,  "I  change 
not;  "  therefore  yc  sons  of  Jacob  are 
not  consumed. 

7  IT  Even  from  the  days  of  "your 
fathers  yc  are  gone  away  from  mine 
ordinances,  and  have  not  kept  them. 
I'  Return  unto  me,  and  I  will  return 
unto  you,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 
'I  But  yc  said,  Wherein  shall  we  re- 
turn? 

8  IT  Will  a  man  rob  God?  Yet  ye 
have  robbed  me.  But  ye  say.  Where- 
in have  we  robbed  thee?  'In  tithes 
and  offerings. 

9  Ye  arc  cursed  with  a  curse:  for 
ye  have  robbed  me,  even  this  whole 
nation. 

10  » Bring  ye  all  the  tithes  into  '  the 
storehouse,  that  tliere  may  be  meat 
in  mine  house,  and  prove  me  now 
herewith,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
if  I  will  not  open  you  the  "  windows 
of  heaven,  and  f^pour  you  out  a 
blessing,  that  there  shall  not  be  room 
enough  to  receive  it. 

11  And  I  will  rebuke  >  the  derourcr 
for  j'our  sakes,  and  he  shall  not  t  de 
stroy  the  fruits  of  your  ground;  nei- 
ther shall  your  vine  cast  her  fruit  be- 
fore the  time  in  the  field,  saith  the 
Lord  of  hosts. 

12  And  all  nations  shall  call  you 
blessed:  for  ye  shall  be  ^a  delight- 
some land,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts. 

13  TT '  Your  words  have  been  stout 
against  me,  saith  the  Lord.  Y'ct  y 
say.  What  have  we  spoken  so  much 
against  thee? 

14  1'  Ye  have  said.  It  is  vain  to  serve 
God:  and  what  profit  is  it  that  we 
have  kept  this  ordinance,  and  that 
we  have  walked  t  mournfully  before 
the  Lord  of  hosts? 

1.5  And  now  'we  call  the  proud 
happy;  yea,  they  that  work  wicked- 
ness tare  set  up;  yea,  thei/  ihtit 
J  tempt  God  arc  even  delivered. 

Itj  H  Then  they  "th-it  feared  the 
Lord  fspake  often  one  to  another: 
and  the  Lord  hearkened,  and  heard 
it,  and  ^a  book  of  remembrance  was 
written  before  him  for  them  that 
feared  the  Loun,  and  that  thought 
upon  his  name. 

17  And  lifhey  shall  ho  mine,  saith 
the  Lord  of  Hosts,  in  that  dny  when 
I  make  up  my  ||  i  jewels:  and  k  I  will 
spare  them,  as  a  man  sparcth  his  own 
son  that  serveth  liiin. 

18  I  Then  shall  yo  return,  and  dis- 


Elijah's  ccmiing 


MAI.ACHI. 


and  office. 


cern  lirtwuen  the  riji;hteou8  and  the 
CHRIST  wicked,  bL-twecn  him  thut  serveth 
about  3'j7.      Qyj  auj  l,i,„  tiiaj  uerveth  liiiii  uot. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

I  Orid'tjiiilymctit  un  the  vuked,  2  and  M» 
bltBuiiiy  ull  lite  iiouU.  4  Ue  txllortcth  to 
the  tludj/  of  the  law.  0  and  telleth  of 
£lijah'a  coming  and  oj)ice, 

FOR,  hell  >ld,  "the  day  romoth, 
tluitf.h;ill  hum  as  an  nvcii;  and 
all  1' the  proud,  \'ea,  and  all  that  do 
c-kedly,  shall  lie  •  Btuhbli-:  and  the 
y  that  comrth  shall  burn  them 
up*,  saith  the  Lord  of  hosts,  that  it 
shall  'I  leave  them  neither  root  nor 
branch, 

TT  lint  unto  you  that  Tear  my 
name  shall  the  fSnn  of  risjhtcous- 
iiess  arise  with  bculiug  iii  liia  wiu{;s; 


coboa. 

dAmoa 


and  ye  shall  ro  forth,  and  ^rovi  up 
aa  calves  of  the  stall. 

3  "And  ye  shall  tread  down  the 
wicked;  for  they  shall  he  Uhhes  un- 
der the  Boles  of  "your  liit  in  the  day 
that  I  shall  do  tliin,  saith  the  Loitu 
uf  hosts. 

4  IT  Remember  ye  the  hlaw  of  Mo- 
ses my  servant,  which  I  commanded 
unto  him  iin  lloreb  lor  all  Israel, 
iiilh  I.  the  statutes  and  judsimcnts. 

.'i  ir  liehnld.  1  will  send  you  i  Klijah 
the  prophet  '"  before  the  cominj;  of 
the  great  and  dreadful  day  of  the 
Loni>: 

(J  And  he  shall  turn  the  lu-art  of 
the  fathers  to  the  children,  and  the 
heart  of  the  children  to  their  fathers, 
lest  I  come  auU  "  Biuite  the  curtU  with 
"u  curse. 


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hVt.  l;V2.  11. 

I..,  11.  1. 

Jer.  il.  S 

ch.  22,  -12. 

Jolm  7.  -12. 

Acli  2,  30.  i 

l:l.  2;). 

Bom.  1.3. 
cdcn.  12.3.4 


a.  '21.  2G. 
n.  20.  35. 
».  39.  27. 

h  Kuth  4.  13, 

ICbr.  2.5.  9, 


r.  3.  13. 


nScolClit.3. 

li.  10. 
o2  Kia.21.U, 

ri,  lb".  Si  25. 

II 

2Chr.3«.  10, 

211. 

Jcr.27.20.  i 

31t.  H,  &  52. 

11,  15, 2S,  29, 

i>»n.  1.3. 
plL'hr.3.  17, 


THE  GOSPEL  ACCORDING  TO 

ST.  MATTHEW. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  The  genealogy  of  Chriet  from  Abraham 
to  Joseph.  IS  lie  w<ta  conceived  by  the 
Boly  Oltoet,  and  born  of  the  Viryin  Mary 
ivhen  Blie  was  cepouecd  to  Joseph.  ]0 
The  angel  eatisfteth  the  miaUeeminy 
thoxighte  of  Joeephf  and  interprctcth  the 
namee  of  Chriat. 

TUE  book  of  the  "generation  of 
Jesus  Christ,  lithe  son  of  Uuvid, 
•"the  son  of  Abraliam. 

2  A  Abraliam  begat  Isaac  ;  and 
'Isaac  begat  Jacob;  and  fjacob  be- 
gat Judas  and  his  bretlircn ; 

3  And  s  Judas  begat  I'hares  and 
Zaraof  Tliamar;  and  hPliares  l)egat 
Esrom ;  and  Esroin  begat  Aram  j  ' 

4  And  Aram  begat  Aminadab;  and 
Aminadab  begat  Naassoii;  and  Na- 
asson  begat  Salmon; 

5  And  Salmon  begat  Booz  of  Ra- 
chab;  and  Booz  begat  Obcd  of  Ruth; 
and  Obed  begat  Jesse; 

G  And  >  Jesse  bepat  David  the  king; 
and  k  David  the  king  begat  Solomon 
of  her  that  had  been  the  irij'c  of  Urias; 

T  And  1  Solomon  begat  Roboam  ; 
and  Roboam  begat  Abia;  and  Abia 
begat  Asa; 

8  And  Asa  begat  Josaphat  ;  and 
Josaphat  begat  Jurain  ;  and  Joram 
begat  Ozias; 

il  And  Ozias  begat  Joatlinm  ;  and 
Joatliam  begat  Achaz  ;  and  Acliaz 
begat  Ezekia.s; 

10  And  '"  Ezekias  begat  Manasses; 
and  ]Mana.sses  begat  Anion  ;  and 
Anion  begat  Josias; 

11  And  II  "Josias  begat  Jeehonins 
and  his  brethren,  about  the  time  they 
were  "carried  away  to  Babylon  : 

12  And  after  thev  were  brought  to 
Babylon,  I' Jechonias  begat  Siilutliiel; 
and  Salathiel  begat  'i  Zorobabel: 

i;5  And  Zorobabel  begat  Abiud ; 
and  Abiud  begat  Eliakim;  and  Elia- 
kim  begat  Azor; 

14  And  Azor  begat  Sadoc  ;  and 
Sadoc  begat  Acliiui  ;  and  Achim 
begat  Eliud; 

15  And  Eliud  begat  Eleaznr;  and 
Eleazar  begat  Matthan ;  and  Mat- 
than  begat  Jacob ; 

II)  And  Jacob  begat  Joseph  the 
husband  of  Marv,  of  whom  was  born 
JesMs  who  is  called  Christ. 

17  So  all  the  gemrations  firnn  Abra- 
ham to  David  an  I'liiirterii  genera- 
tions; and  from  David  until  the  car- 


rying away  into  Babylon  are  four- 
teen generations;  antl  from  the  car- 
ryin;.'  away  into  Babylon  unto  Christ 
arc  tourteen  generations. 

IS  IT  Now  the  '  birth  of  Jesus  Christ 
was  on  this  wise :  When  as  his 
mother  Mary  was  espoused  to  Jo- 
seph, hefnrc  they  came  togi'ther,  she 
was  found  with  child  "of  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

1'.*  Then  Joseph  her  husband,  being 
a  just  iiiaiij  and  not  willing  >  to  make 
her  a  public  example,  was  minded  to 
put  her  awav  privilv. 

ai  But  while  he  tliought  on  these 
things,  heliDlil,  the  angel  ..fllie  I,.inl 
anieMied  onto  him  in'  a  dream,  ,-mv- 
ing,  ,ln.,.rph,  tlic.u  .^nn  of  David,  f,."ur 
nut  to  take  unto  thee  .Alury  thy  wife: 
"  for  tluit  whieh  is  f  concelvedin  her 
is  of  the  Holv  Gho.st. 

21  "And  .slic  shall  bring  forth  a 
son,  and  thou  shall  call  his  name 
IJjESrS:  for  >  he  shall  save  his 
people  from  their  sins. 

22  Now  all  this  wns  done,  that  it 
might  be  fulfilled  which  was  spoken 
of  the  Lord  by  the  i)ropliet,  say- 
ifiS, 

ai  'Behold,  a  virgin  shall  be  with 
child,  ami  sin.ll  bring  furth  a  son, 
and  II  they  shall  enll  his  name  Em- 
manuel, whieh  being  interpreted  is. 
Gild  with  us. 

24  Then  Joseph  being  raised  from 
sleep  did  as  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
had  bidden  him,  and  took  unto  him 
his  wife: 

2.5  And  knew  her  not  fill  she  had 
brought  forth  "her  tirstborn  sou: 
and  lie  called  his  name  JESUS. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  The  wite  men  out ../  the  rent  are  directed 
to  Chriet  by  aetiir.  11  Theyworthiphim, 
and  offer  their  i^rettnta.  14  Joeeph  fleeth 
into  Kyypt,  it'if'i  Jeaum  and  ftia  mother. 
Hi  IteroU  atityclh  the  children  :  20  himaetf 
dieth.  2:1  Chriat  ia  brought  back  again 
into  a.ilitee  to  t/nzareth. 

NOW  when  "Jesiia  wtt-s  bom  in 
Bethh'hem  of  Judea  in  the  days 
of  Hero<l  the  king,  behnld,  there 
came  wise  men  tfrom  the  east  to 
Jerusalem, 

2  Saving,  '  WJierc  is  he  that  is  born 
King"of  the  Jews?  for  we  have  seen 
il  his  star  in  the  east,  and  ore  come  to 
worship  liim. 

3  When  Herod  the  king  hod  heard 


llenxCK  cnu'lty. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


(■/«»'  III  I  nils,  lie  wiiB  troubled,  and  all 
JcriiauU-iii  with  Iiim. 

1  And  when  lio  had  trnthcrod  nil 
"tlio  chief  priests  and  I'Ke.rilx'H  iiC  tlie 
Iiecple  tdKeHiiT,  «lie  denmiided  of 
them  where  t'liriKt  Bhoiild  lie  horn. 

.0  Ami  tliey  siiid  iintii  liiiii.  In  iietli- 
h'liein  of  .Jiideii:  for  thub  it  is  written 
hy  tlie  prophet, 

(!l;Ai„'ltho„  liefhlehe,„,,»||„.Innd 
ol  .'uda,  iirt  iiMl  IIk'  Iri.sL  ioii.mL'  the 
priTiecM  olMiHlu;  fnrontof  thee  shall 
eoine  II  <;.,vernor,  i  thiit  elmll  ||  rule 
my  pe.iple  Lsriiul. 

^  '"leii  Herod,  when  he  had  ririvilv 
ealled  the  wise  iiu'n,  iiiniiired  (if 
tlieiii  dili-ently  whut  time  the  star 
iippcNiivd. 

And  III!  sent  them  to  liethlehem, 
1  HUid,  (Jo  and  Kea:eh  dili-entlv 
the  yoiiiif,'  ehihl;  md  wlun  vc 
have  (oiiiid  ////„,  |i;-in:;  -,,,(.  ,v,,'nl 
ai,'aiii,  that  I  may  come  and  worship 
him  iilso. 

It  When  they  Inid  heard  the  Idnp, 
the.r    departed;    and,    lo.    the    st  ir 

"■'—''    " xaw   in   the    east,   went 

till  it  eiime  and  stood 

.  1<)  When^lu'.y-H'a'w'tlie  "ta'r,'the>  rc- 
.joleeil  with  exeeedin;;  L'reilt  joy. 

IlirAnd  wlin,  th.'vwereeoiiieinto 
the  'louse,  llievsMw'the  v.nin-  eliild 
with  .Mary  his  m..ther,,iM,l|i.|l,l,,wn, 
am  wnrshipp,.,!  him  :  and  when  they 
had  opened    their    Ireiisnres,   k  they 

(pivHrnt,.,!  unto  him  ^iils;  -old,  anil 
Inuikineense,  andmvrrh. 

IL'  And  hein-  wariKd  of  God  1  in  a 
dreain  that  they  should  not  return 
U)  Herod,  they  departed  into  tlieir 
own  eonntry  another  way. 

fl  And  when  they  were  departi'd 
hehold,  Ih..  aiiKvl  '..f  |1„.  l,.,,d  ap 
peareth  to  .Insepli  i„  a  .iream,  sav- 
in;;  Arise,  and  lake  the  y,,iii|o.  ,.|ii'ld 
am  us  mother,  and  llee  into  Kfivpt, 
"nd  Im.  Ill,,,,  th,.,,.  until  I  hri„(-"ilK.,; 
I:   '"■■  llerud  will  seek  the  youn;; 


John  prcackcth. 


Id  lodest|-,,y  I,: 


II  Whe 
<'hil,l  an 
d.Tarle.l 


he 


a-ose,  he  took  thoyounK 
nmther  by  )ii(,'lit,  and 

i:,  And  was  it/Te'nnm  tlio  diaith 
of  llerod:  that  it  mi-ht  he  lulliUe,l 
whieh   was   sp.iken  of  (lie    l,n,,l    h\ 

ii;n-.i'5':'aMn'i:rs,;;,  ■''••''' '''''■^^'■' 

hnr-nien  ll,.,;„i,  w'hen  l.e  saw  that 
he  was  ii„„.k,,l  of  (I„.  wise  men,  was 
exeeeilin-wr,,!!,,  ami  sent  forth,  ami 
slew  all  the  eliililivn  that  Were  in 
Hetlilehem.  and  in  all  the  eoasts 
the.v,ii;iV,,m  t«o  yars  old  and  nn- 
d.r,  aeeonlii,.;  to  i|„.  ti„u,  ,vliieh  he 
had  dihuently  inquired  of  the  \vi8u 
men. 

17  Then  \vas  fiilllll,.,!  (hat  whieh 
was  spoken  hy  "Jeremy  the  prophet, 

IM  In  hnmawas  there  ii  voice  heard, 
lninentati,in,  and  weepini;,  and  creat 
mourmn^-,  lUchel  ■weepiiij,'  for  her 


children,   and   would   not   be   com- 

tiirti'd,  heeaiis,'  they  are  not. 

IIMI   iilltwh,.,,   lle.od  was  ,l,.ad,  l,e- 

lold,  an  anv,.,.|  of  the  3.ord  appeaVeth 
in  a  dream  to  .losepli  n,  Kj;ypt, 

L'IISayin;;,Aris,.,„iid  take  ill,,  yoiiii.- 

ehild  and    his    ther,  and   ro    i    m 

the  land  of  Israel:  tiir  they  an.  d.-ail 
wlii,.|,  son^-ht  the  yminK  eliild's  life. 

-'1  .And  he  arose,  and  took  the youiiK' 
child  and  his  mother,  and  came  into 
the  land  of  Isra(.|. 

21'  liiit  wh,..,  h,.  heard  (hat  Arche- 
hins.dld  lei^;,,  in  ,Iml,.a  in  the  ro.aii 
ol  his|ath,.r  lI,.ro.l,lie  was  afraid  to 
KO  thither:  imtwithstandint',  hcin.' 
w«rm.,lor(!,„lii,adn-am,lietiirne,l 
aside  "into  the  (larts  of  (Jalilee: 

-o  ^"'.!  J,"' '■"""'"'"'''"■'"'" 'I  i-'ity 
ealled  I'Nazan.th:  that  it  mi.'ht  he 
fiilHIlcd  1  which  was  sjioken  by  the 
prophets,  He  shall  be  called  a  Nuzu- 
rene. 

CIIAPTKK  Iir. 

1  J.nin  prcncMli :  hi,  of/he :  lift,  md  bap- 

timn.    7  JJa  rcprclienilelh  the  I'hariatea 

l;l  ami  hiptizalli  Chrmt  in  Jitnlan. 

J  N  those  davfi  came  ".Tohn  the  IJap- 

I  tist,  iircaehin;,' liin  the  wilderness 
of  J II, lea, 

■J  Ami  savin;,',  Kejient  ve:  fiir'-thc 
kii|.;,loni  oflieavenisiithand. 

•'!  'or  this  is  he  that  was  spoken  of 
hvlhe  prophet  Esaias,  savin-,  ,1  The 
viace  ot  one  cryin-  in  the  wihh.r- 
iiess  "Prepare  ye  tlu.  way  of  (he 
J-ord,  nnike  his  paths  strni-fit. 

4  And  I  the  same  John  uhad  his  rni- 
meiit  of  |.aiiiel's  hair,  and  a  leathern 

-'"''V' '  '-'^  '•''">"■•  ""'I  his  meat 

wasM,,eiistsand  i  wilil  honey. 

r,  kTInn  went  out  t,.  him'. Jerusa- 
lem, and  all  .lii(|,.a,  and  all  the  rc- 
I  roumlahont  Jordan, 

(1  lAml  were  hapti/.eil  of  him  in  Jor- 
(1.111,  coiif(.ssiii-(h,.irsins. 

7  IT  lint  wli,.|i  he  saw  many  of  the 
rh.iils,.es  ami  ,Sad,lm.,.,.s  eoine  to  his 
baptism,  he  sani  iint,,  them, '"  ( )  gen- 
eration of  vi[iers,  who  hath  warned 
yon    to    flee    from    "the    \yrath   to 

MJtrinff  forth  therefore  fruits  |)mcct 

'.I  Ami  think  not  to  R.iv  within  vour- 
se  ves,  "W,.  have  AhVaham  t,".  n„r 
tatliei  :  (or  1  say  unto  yon,  that  (iod 
IS  iilile  of  these  stones  to  raise  up 
children  unto  ..\hmham. 

lit  And  now  also  the  axe  is  laid  un- 
to the  root  of  the  trees:  I'thereforo 
every  tree  which  brin-eth  not  li.rth 
^'ooii  (i-mt  IS  hewn  down,  and  east 
into  (h,.  tire. 

II  'Uiml,.,.dhap(l/e  yon  with  water 
unlorepeiilane,.:  Imt  1„.  that  c,an,.(h 
iilh.r  me  is  mi-hti,.r  than  I,  whose 
shoes  1  am  not  worthy  lo  h,.ar:  nie 
shall  bapli/.e  vmi  with  the  Holy 
(.host,  and  irilli  tire: 

IJ  ■■•  Whose  fan  m  in  his  hand,  and 
he  will  thoroughly  punre  his  floor, 
and  Kuther  lua  wheat  into  the  par- 


lir. 


7. 10. 
.»i;i 

aU 
.1  Mr,rk  1 


jUI.T.O. 

John  U.  II. 
iMrtik  1.  S. 


i.  4.  J.  .1 
l«i  :i!4 


Christ  is  temjited. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


He  herfinneth  to  preach. 


A 

D.2(i. 

1,  Mr 

1.  4.  1. 

cl,. 

K).  Ill) 

A. 

D.  27. 

:'i  a. 
:u.  11,12. 


ner;  but  he  will  'burn  up  the  chuft' 
witli  uiKiucncliiibh'  lire. 

l;i  II  "  Thi'ii  Cometh  Jenus  >  fi-oiii 
(iiililee  t.]  ,r..nUm  unto  .(iihn,  to  be 
bii|iti/.i'il  i.t  him. 

II  lint  Ji.lin  li.rlm.lr  him,  m\\uK,  I 
h.ne  n.icl  tn  be  b.ipli/.eil  ofthee,  iiiiU 
(■c>inr>l  Ih.. II  tunic' 

!."»  Ami  .(rsiis  iinswcrinj;  8ni(l  unto 
him,  Siillci-  il  In  hi-  s-  now:  fi.i-  tliiis 
it  l>eeiiiiu'tli  lis  to  fiillil  all  riL'hteuus- 
ness.     Til. 11  he  Kiillei-ca  him. 

II!  ^  And  .lesiis,  when  he  was  bap- 
tized, went  up  t.trai;;lit\v'ay  out  of 
the  water:  iiml,  lo,  the  lii'uvens  were 
<ipenc.l  unto  liiiii,  mill  he  saw  'the 
.Spirit  of(io(l  (leseeii(liii«like  tt  dove, 
ami  li^'btiiiK  upon  him: 

ir  "And   lo  a  voieu  from   heaven, 
sayiii;,',   I'Tliis   ia   my   beloved    Son, 
in' whom  I  uiii  well  pleused. 
CUAI'TKH  IV. 

1  Chrilt  fnttclli,  clii.i  U  lemi,l,;l.  11  77.C 
angrlt'minulci-unto  Mm.  Villi  ilivtll- 
c(k  in  CujH^rii.ium,  V  Itriiiiinclhlulirnicli, 
iicllrll,  I'rlrr.anU  ylii.//-iw,  1:1  ./.imi^a, 
aiul  Mm,  -a  unJ.  Iiculelh  all  tha  diM,i«cil. 
'■plIEN  was  ".lesus  led  up  of'lillie 

J.  Spirit  into  the  wilderness  to  be 
templed  ofthe  devil. 

■2  And  when  be  bad  Histed  forty 
ibns  mid  foilv  nights,  he  was  after- 
wanl  a  hiui-eied. 

.'I  And  wlun  the  tempter  came  to 
him,  be  wiid.  If  tlioii  be  the  Son  of 
(ioil,  eomiiiMid  that  these  stimeH  be 
made  bread. 

•1  lint  be  answered  mid  said.  It  is 
written, '  Man  shall  not  live  hv  bread 
alone,  but  hv  every  word  that  p,o- 
eeedetbolltoftbe  I'llolltb  oftiod. 

.->  'I'lien  the  devil  taketh  him  np 
ililito  the  liolv  eitv,  and  setleth  lliin 
on  apinmieleofthe  temple, 

(i  And  sailli  unto  liiiii.  If  tlioii  he 
the  Son  of  (iod,  east  tlivself  down: 
for  it  is  written,  'lie  shall  jjive  bis 
an;;(ds  ehivr>,'c  eoneeriiiii','  thee:  ami 
in  t/i<ir  bunds  they  shall  hear  thee 
np,  lest  at  any  time  thou  da.sli  thy 
foot  ai;iiinst  a  stone. 

7  .lesiiH  said  unto  him.  It  is  written 
a;.;:iiii,  i  Thou  shalt  not  tempt  the 
Lord  Ihv  Uod. 

.s  A;.'ain,  the  devil  taketh  biin  up 
into  an  exeeeiliii;;  hi^'h  monnlaili. 
ami  sbewetb  biiii  all  the  kin:;diims 
ofllie  world,  and  llie  ;;lorv  of  them: 

'J  And  siiitb  unto  him;  All  these 
Ihiii-s  «ill  1  -ive  tbee,  if  thou  wilt 
tall  down  and  worsliip  me. 

III  Then  saitli  .lesus  iinio  him,  Get 
thee  belief,  Siitiiii:  liir  it  is  written, 
KThoii  sliiilt  w.Msbip  the  Lord  thy 
(oMl,mid  liiin  onlv  slnill  tbon  sirve. 

II  Then  the  devil  leavetb  him. and, 
heboid,  iiaiiKels  came  uiid  minister- 
ed mitohim. 

la  H  iNow  when  .lesiis  had  heard 
that  .lobn  was  ||  east  into  prison,  he 
departed  into  Oiilil.c: 

l.t  And  leavini;  Nii/.irelh,  he  e:ime 
and  dwelt  iu  C;iperii:iuni,  which  is 


upon  the  sell  eiuist,  in  the  borders  of 
/abnloMundNephthalim: 

14  That  it  ini),'ht  he  fulfilled  which 
was  spoken  by  JCsaias  the  prophet, 
siiyin.', 

\:>  tl'bc  land  of  Zabnion,  and  th<- 
land  of  N. 11111111111111,  hii  the  wav  of 
the   sea,   beyond  ,/ordaii,  (ialiiee   of 


llie  (i 


llile 


pie  which  sat  in  ilark- 
nesH  saw  L-leat  linht;  and  to  tbrm 
which  .Hilt  in  the  i.'Kion  and  shadow 
ofd.'iith  li-btisspiiiii-nji. 

17  T\  '"I'loni  Unit  lime  , lesus  liepill 
lo  preach,  and  to  s.iv,  "  Ucpciil:  for 
the  kiii(;dom  of  heaven  is  at  Iniml. 

IS  H  "And  .lesns,  walking  hv  the 
sea  of  (ialibv,  saw  two  hreiliicn, 
I    IVIer,  and    Audi 


bis   Imilhi 


II  lo   ihi 


scm:  for  they  wen 

HI  And  he  siiilb  nnio  lliem,  Tolhiw 
me,  and  'H  will  make  you  lishers  of 

■Jl  'Aiid  they  stniinhtwoy  left  MtiV 
nets,  mid  liillowcil  him. 

21  "And  );"inK  on  from  thence,  he 
saw  otiier  two  brethren,  .Linics  l/ir 
.-oMof /ebedce,an(l.lolin  his  brother, 
in  a  ship  wilh  /ehedee  their  liitber, 
inendint'  their  nets;  and  be  ciilltd 
them. 

•^i  And  tbev  immediately  left  the 
ship  and  their  father,  an.l  ti.llowcd 
him. 

•Si  ir  And  Jesiis  went  iiliont  nil  (ial- 
ilee,  iteacbini;  in  their  syiiiij;o);ncs, 
iilid  pil'ilcbiliK  "the  p.spel  of  the 
kinL'iloni.  Miiiil  hciihli^'  nil  manner 
of  sickness  mid  all  manner  of  disease 
ainoiif;  the  people. 

■J>  And  his  hiiiie  went  throncliont 
all  Sviia:  and  tlii'V  hrouj;ht  unto 
k  people  ibal  were  taken 


illi    ili 


d  to 


an.l  llios..  which 
.levils,  anil  lliose  which  were  lilml- 
tic,  and  Ibos.'  that  bad  the  palsy; 
an.l  he  b.'al.'d  lli.'m. 
■S,  i  And  there  l.illowcd  hiin  pn'nt 
mnllilndes  of  people  from  (;ulilep, 
un.l  Jmiii  Deeap.ilis,  and  J'i(mi  Ji'rn- 
suleni,  and./ioiH  Ju(lea,uiidy)«m  be- 
yond Jordan. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  Cliriit  tcointiclh  Ilia  dtrmon  In  Ihr 
m„unt:  a  ilftliirina  ulio  are  Itrticl.  I» 
Kht  lire  the  nail  oj  IIk  tarlh,  H  (/.«  liuM 
„f  the  i,«.i.(,  the  cily  uii  a  hill,  1.1  (*. 
carlilh-:  17  llial  lie  riimr  fo  /u/;ll  Ihe  law. 
•1\  iVIiiit  it  if  (0  Mil,  -7  'o  cvmmit  atlul- 
ten/,  :i:^  to  nHwar :  'dH  etliijrtelh  lo  evffer 
vriinii,  H4  (u  hue  even  iiur  eftemie;  <8 
ani  to  lal.our  after  jierfeetne,: 

/i  Nn  .seeing  the  mnllilndes,  *hc 
',  V  wiiit  np  into  a  inoiinliiin;  niid 
when  be  was  set,  bin  disciples  came 
unto  him: 

•J  .\iid  he  opened  his  mouth,  mid 
laiicbt  thciii,  siiyini;, 

.",  iilMcsseil  air  the  poor  in  »pirit: 
liir  thuim  is  tlic  kiiiKduin  of  licnv- 
en. 


Christ's  sermon 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


on  the  mount. 


HI. 

rl   1 

7,1 

l(> 

<.  (1. 

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Ju 

la. 

lIP. 

15. 

2.i 

ii„ 

b.  12 

14. 

i  I  f 

or    1 

111. 

1 J 

im; 

2.  J. 

lc2 
■21 
11 

cl.3 

17. 
.  12. 
11. 

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ke6 

22. 
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r  M»rk  4.  21. 
J-uko  8.  10. 
&  11.  33. 


I  Or,  /o  H„ 

t  l:^.  2'i.  1 1. 
Uoul.  5.  17, 


4 'Blessed  ara  they  tlint  mourn: 
for  they  ^hall  ho  (■nintorted. 

!i  <l  lilessed  ,(,,•  tlie  meek:  lor  "they 
shall  inlierit  tlie  earth. 

(i  JJlesseil  (til'  they  which  do  hun- 
ger niid  thM!*t  after  righteousness: 
itiirtlu'y  shall  be  tilled. 

7  Bles.sed  urc  the  merciful:  Sfor 
they  shall  ulitain  mercy. 

K  "  Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart: 
for  i  they  shall  sec  God. 

\)  Blessed  «re  the  peacemakers:  for 
they  shall  be  called  the  children  of 
God. 

10  k  Blessed  arc  they  which  arc  per- 
secuted for  rij^hteousness'  sake:  tor 
theirs  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

11  I  Blessed  arc  j'c,  when  iii^n  shall 
revile  you,  and  persecute  yoii,  and 
shuU  say  all  manner  of  "'  evil  against 
you  t  falsely,  fi>r  my  sake. 

12  "  Kejoiee,  and  he  exceeding  glad: 
for  great  is  your  reward  in  heaven : 
ti)r  "so  persecute<l  they  the  projjhets 
which  were  helbre  you. 

13  TI  Ye  are  the  salt  of  the  earth  : 
Phut  if  the  salt  have  lost  his  sav(mr, 
wherewith  shall  it  be  salted?  it  is 
thenceforth  good  l<)r  nothing,  but  to 
be  cast  out,  and  to  be  trodden  under 
foot  of  men. 

14  'i  Ye  arc  the  light  of  the  world. 
A  city  that  is  set  on  a  lull  eannot  be 
hid. 

15  Neither  do  men  ''li^ht  a  candle, 
and  put  it  under  |J  a  bushel,  but  on  a, 
candlestick;  and  it  giveth  light  unto 
all  that  are  in  the  lujuse. 

llj  Let  your  light  so  shine  before 
men,  "that  they  may  see  your  good 
works,  and  'glorify  your  Father 
which  is  in  heaven. 

17  IT  "  Think  not  that  T  am  come  to 
destroy  the  law,  or  the  |>rophit>  :  I 
am  not  come  to  ilc  strov,  but  to  (ullil. 

IH  lM>r  verily  1  say  unto  you,  "  Till 
heaven  and  eartli  pass,  one. )ot  or  one 
tittle  shall  in  no  wise  pass  from  the 
law,  till  all  he  fullilled. 

1!)  "  Whosoever  therefore  sluall  break 
one  of  these  least  comniauilnunls, 
and  shall  teach  men  so,  he  sliall  he 
called  the  least  in  the  kin-.l..iH  of 
heaven:  hut  whosoever  shall  do  and 
teach  thr„i,  till-  same  shall  he  called 
great  in  the  kingdom  ofheaveii. 

Lll  For  I  sMV  unto  \(m.  That  exi-ept 
your  righteousness  shall  exceed  >  the. 
n'(/fifi'inisiii  .s-.s-  ot'  the  scribes  and  Phar- 
isees, ye  shall  in  no  case  enter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

21  H  Ve  have  heard  that  it  was  said 
II  by  them  of  old  titue,  ^  Thou  shall 
not  kill  :  and  whosoever  shall  kill 
shall  be  in  danger  of  the  imlgmeiit: 

•iJ  But  I  say  unto  >  on,  That  '  who- 
.soever  is  angry  with  his  brother 
without  a  cause  shall  be  in  d.mger 
of  the  jndgruent:  and  who.Koever 
shall  sav  to  his  brotlMr,||h|;,Ma,  shall 
belli  danger  of  theeoinieil:  but  who- 
soever shall  sav.  Thou  lool,  sliall  be 
iu  danger  of  hell  lire. 


2.'J  Therefore  '■  if  thou  bring  thy  gift 
to  the  altar,  and  there  remembcrest 
that  thy  brother  Iiath  aught  against 
thee; 

24  ii  Leave  there  thy  gift  before  the 
altiir,  and  go  thy  w.ay;  first  be  recon- 
cileil  to  thy  brother,  and  then  come 
and  otler  thy  gift. 

25  "  Agree  with  thine  adversary 
quickly,  i  while  thou  art  in  the  way 
with  him  ;  lest  nt  any  time  the  a<l- 
versarv  deliver  thee  to  the  .judge,  and 
thejudge  deliver  thee  to  the  otticer, 
and'  thou  be  cast  into  prison. 

2(i  \'erily  1  say  unto  thee,  Thou 
shalt  by  no  means  come  out  thence, 
till  thou  hast  paid  the  uttermost 
farthing;. 

27  IT  \c  have  heard  that  it  was  said 
by  them  of  old  time,  e  Thou  shalt 
not  commit  ttdulter,i>': 

28  But  I  say  unto  you.  That  whoso- 
ever li  looketh  on  a  woman  to  lust 
after  her  hath  committed  adultery 
with  her  already  in  his  heart. 

2;i  1  An<l  if  thy  right  eye  ||  offend 
thee,  k  pluck  it  out,  and  cast  it  from 
thee:  for  it  is  profitable  lor  thee  that 
one  <-'f  thy  members  should  perish, 
and  not  ll'int  tliv  whole  body  should 
be  cast  into  hell. 

;!()  And  if  thy  right  hand  offend 
thee,  cut  it  off,  and  cast  it  from  thee: 
for  it  is  profitable  for  tliee  that  one  of 
thy  members  shoidd  perish,  and  not 
lliat  thy  whole  body  should  be  cast 
into  hell. 

31  It  hath  been  said,  lAVhosoever 
shall  put  away  his  wife,  let  Idin  give 
her  a  writing  of  divorcement: 

.32  But  1  say  unto  you.  That  "■  who- 
soever shall  put  awaj'  his  wife,  sav- 
ing for  the  cause  of  fornic:ition, 
eaiiseth  her  to  commit  adultery:  and 
wliosiievcr  shall  marry  her  that  is 
divorced  committeth  adultery. 

;>S  IT  Again,  \'e  have  heard  that  "it 
hath  been  said  by  them  of  old  time, 
"  Thou  shalt  not  forsNVear  thyself, 
but  I' shalt  peribrm   unto  the  Lord 


aths 


:'A  But  I  say  unto  you,  '1  Swear  not 
at  all  ;  neither  by  he:iven  ;  for  it  is 
^  (iod's  throne: 

">.'i  Nor  by  the  earth  :  for  it  is  liia 
footstool:  neither  by  Jerusalem;  for 
it  is  "the  city  of  the  "great  King. 

30  Neither  shalt  thou  swear  by  thy 
head,  because  thou  canst  not  niakc 
one  hair  white  or  black. 

.■|7  *  But  let  your  communication  be. 
Yea,  yea;  Nay,  nay:  for  whatsoever 
is  more  tluiu  these  eonu'th  of  evil. 

;«  V  Ye  have  heard  that  itlnith  been 
said,  "  An  eye  li)r  an  eye,  and  a  tooth 
fiiratooth: 

.K)  But  I  sav  nnto  you,  '^  That  ye 
resist  not  evil:  >  but  who.soever 
shall  smite  thee  on  thy  right  cheek, 
turn  tohiio  the  other  I'dso. 

4(1  And  if  any  man  will  sue  thee 
;it  the  law,  and"  take  aw:iy  thy  coat, 
let  him  h:iyc  lli;/  cloak  also. 


Christ's  sermon 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


on  the  mount. 


I  cii.  27.  aa 

Morli  15.  'Jl. 
a  ricut.  15.  ». 


lUm 

12.  11. 

I.iiVr 

2.1  31 

1  Tor 

4.12. 

in 

ll'cl 

2.23. 

liCcn.  IT.  1. 


1  IM.  1.  15. 
16. 
IKi.li.  5.  1. 


/i  Horn,  li  H. 


41  And  whosoever  'sliuU  compi-l 
tlifc  to  go  a  mile,  go  witli  liiin  twiiiii. 

iJ  Give  to  him  that  nsketh  tliee, 
and  "from  him  that  would  borrow  of 
thee  turn  not  thou  awav. 

4-I  IT  Ye  have  lieard  that  it  hath  heeu 
saiil,  I.TIiou  Shalt  hive  thv  ueigh- 
biiur,  '  and  hate  lliiiie  eiieiiiv. 

•H  Hot  I  say  not.,  von,  .1  j;,ve  vour 
enemies,  hless  tlieni  tliat  eursc  you, 
do  good  to  them  that  liate  von,  and 
pray  'for  them  which  dcs'pitefully 
use  vou,  and  jiersccute  you; 

4.)  riiat  ye  may  he  the  ehildren  of 
your  Father  whieh  is  in  heaven :  for 
fhc  maketh  his  sun  to  rise  on  the 
evil  and  on  tlie  good,  and  sendeth 
rain  on  the  ju^t  and  oii  tlie  unjust. 

4ii  fi  For  if  ye  l.ixe  tlu-m  whieh  hive 
yiMi,  wjiat  reward  have  ve?  do  not 
even  tlie  iiuhlienns  the  saine? 

47  And  if  ye  salute  your  brethren 
only,  what  do  ye  more  than  others  f 
do  iKit  wen  the  i>nblicans  so? 

4.'^  I'Be  ye  therefore  perfeet,  even 
ias  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven 
is  perfect. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Christ  continueth  Inn  tcrmon  in  the 
mount,  Kpeakiiiif  of  alms,  b  prayer,  14 
forgiving  our  brethren,  16  fasting,  19 
ifhcrc  our  treasure  is  to  be  laid  up,  Hi 
of  serving  Ood,  and  fnanirnon :  !;.>  ex- 
horlelh  not  to  be  careful,  for  voridly 
things  :  'id  but  to  seek  tSoU's  kingdom. 

T^AKE  heed  that  ye  do  not  your 


alms  hefii 


them:  (.Ihi 


alii 


,  to  be  I 
e  ve  have  no  : 
r  whieh  is  in  h. 
vhen  tlii.u  do 


■  the 


not 


U  After  this  manner  therefiire  pray 
ye:  rOur  Fatlur  which  art  iu  lieuv- 
en.  Hallowed  he  thy  name. 

Ill  Thy  kingd.im  e'nme.  f-  Thy  will 
be  done  \n  e:irth.  I.  as  il  is  in  heaven. 

H  Give  us  lliis  day  <inr  ■  dally  bread. 

12  And  k  forgive  us  our  debts,  us  we 
forgixe  (nir  debtors. 

l.'i  I  And  lead  us  not  into  tempta- 
ti<m,  but  "'<leliver  us  from  evil: 
°  Fur  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the 
power,  and  the  glory,  for  ever. 
Amen. 

14  "  For  if  yc  forgive  men  tlieir 
trcspa.sses,  your  heavenly  Father  will 
also  forgive  yon: 

lo  But  I'  if  ye  fiirgivc  not  men  their 
tres^la.sses,  neitlier  will  your  Father 
fiirgive  vour  tresj)asses. 

lij  ir  Slcinciver  M  when  yc  fast,  be 
not,  as  the  hviioerites,  of  a  sad  coun- 
tenance :  for  they  disfigure  their 
faces,  that  the^  may  u|>pear  unto 
men  to  fast.  ^  erily  I  say  unto  you, 
They  have  their  reward. 

ir  But  thou,  when  thou  fastest, 
'anoint  tliinc  head,  and  wash  thv 
fa.'e; 

18  That  thou  appear  not  unto  men 
to  fast,  but  unto  tliv  Fatlur  wliieh 
is  in  secret:  iniil  tliv  Father  whieh 
seeth  iu  secnt  sliall  reward  thee 
openly. 

r.)  Tl  'Lay  not  up  for  yourselves 
treasures  upon  earth,  where  moth 
and  rust  doth  corrupt,  and  where 
thieves  break  tlirnugh  and  steal: 

111  '  Hut  lay  up  (Or  yourselves  treas- 
ures in  heaven,  where  neither  moth 
rust  doth  corrupt,   and   where 


■  hvpnerites  do  in  th 
-  -,.,  ^--  .---1  in  the  streets,  that 
they  may  have  ghay  of  men.  Verily 
I  say  uuto  you,  They  have  their  re- 
ward. 

3  But  when  thou  doest  alms,  let 
nut  thv  left  hand  know*  what  thy 
ri^'lit  iKHuldoeth: 

4  That  thine  idms  may  be  in  secret: 
and  tliy  Father  whieh  seeth  in  secret 
himself  tishall  reward  thee  o| 


1  a  trumpet  be- ]  thieves  do  not  break    through 


steal: 

'I\  For  where  vour  treasure  is,  there 
will  v-mr  heart  he  al.^.. 

22  "The  ligl,t  of  the  body  is  the 
eye:  if  tlienl'me  thine  eve  be  single, 
thy  whole  hodv  shall  be  "full  ..f  light. 

2.1  But  if  thine  evi-  be  evil,  thv  whole 
hoilv  shall  be  toll  of  darkness.  If 
therefore  the  liglit  that  is  in  thee  be 
darkness,  how  gnat  is  that  dark- 
ness! 


.")  TT  And  when  tlnni  jiravest,  tlion  i  24  IT  "No  man  can  serve  two  mas- 
sh:ilt  not  be  as  the  hyiH.erihs  (ov.l^ers:  for  either  he  will  hate  the  one, 
for  they  love  to  pray  standing  in  thi'  and  love  the  other  ;  or  else  be  will 
synagogues  and  in  the  corners  of  the  I  hold  to  the  one,  ami  desiiise  the 
streets,  that  they  may  be  seen  of  |  other.  >  Yc  cannot  eervc  God  and 
men.    A'erily  I  say  unto  you,  They  i  mammon. 


have  their  reward. 
(J  But  thou,  when  thou  pravcst, 
'enter  into  thv  closet,  ami  when 
thou  hast  shut  iliv  dour,  prav  to  thv 
Fatlier  whieh  is  iu  secret;  and  thv 
FathiM-  whieh  seeth  in  secret  shall 


■  Hoti 


cl  «i. 


ippel 


av,  ilusc  not  vain 
S  as  tlie  h"i'atheu  <lo :  "-'fbr 
v  think  that  tlic^v  shall  be  heard 
'their  niuelisiK-aking. 
Bo  not  ye  therefore  like  unto 
vour    Father    kiioweth 


'2^1  Therefore  I  sav  nnto  vou,  *  Take 
no  thou-ht  for  \our  life,  what  ve 
shall  eat,  or  what  ve  slndl  drinV: 
nor.xet  for  your  hoily.  what  ye  shall 
imt  on.  Is  not  flu-  lite  more  than 
meat,  and  tli''  boilv  than  laJment':' 

2(;'Behol.l  the  li;«ls  of  the  air:  for 
they  sow  not,  neither  <hi  thiy  reap, 
imrgatlier  into  barns;  vet  your  heav- 
enly Fatlur  l.e(h  th  them.  Are  ve 
not  nunh  better  than  tliev? 

27  AVhieh  <jf  you  by  bikfiig  thought 
c:iii  add  one  cubit  unto  liis  statu 


wliat  things  ye  have  need  of,  before     2S  And  why  take  ye  tluMight  for 
yc  a-sk  liiiii.  flraiinent?   Consider  u\e  lilies  of  tlie 


Christ's  sanrwn 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


on  the  inmint. 


liSoc  1  Kin. 

r.  .-17.  'a. 
iM»rk  1".  :io, 

I..il<.  12.  .11. 


field,  lunv  tlicy  ^row;  they  toil  not, 
iipitlicr  ilo  they  spin: 

Lll  Ami  .vet  I  say  unto  you,  Tliat 
even  Solomon  in  all  his  glory  was 
not  jirr;ivi<l  like  one  of  these. 

m  Wherefore,  if  (iorl  m,  clothe  the 
grass  of  the  field,  which  to  day  is, 
and  to  morrow  is  cast  into  the  o\Tn, 
!<haH  Jir  not  much  more  rjothc  3'ou, 

0  ye  of  little  faith  V 

.'if  Therefore  take  no  tliouRht,  say- 
ing. What  shall  we  cut.'  or.  What 
shall  we  drink?  or.  Wherewithal 
shall  we  be  clothed  ? 

"2  (For  after  all  these  things  do  the 
Gentiles  seek  :)  for  your  heavenly 
Father  knoweth  that  ye  have  neecl 
of  all  these  things. 

.'Vl  lint  iiseck  ^ve  first  the  kingdom 
of  G^)d,  and  his  righteousness;  ami 
all  tliese  things  shall  he  added  unto 
you. 

.'i4  Take  therefore  no  thought  for 
the  morrow  ;  for  the  nu)rrow  shall 
take  thought  for  the  things  of  itself. 
Sufficient  unto  the  day  is  the  evil 
thereof. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

1  Christ  ending  his  sermon  in  the  mount, 
reproveth  rash  judgment,  6  forbiddeth 
to  cast  holy  things  to  dogs,  7  exhorteth 
to  prayer,  13  to  enter  in  at  the  strait 
gate,  15  to  beware  of  false  prophets,  21 
not  to  be  hearers,  but  doers  of  the  word: 
24  like  houses  builded  on  a  rock,  20  and 
not  on  the  sand. 

H  TUDGE    "not,    that    yc    be    not 
I  fj  judged. 

a  For  with  what  judgment  ye 
judge,  ye  shall  be  .]udgcd :  I'aiid 
with  what  measure  ye  mete,  it  shall 
be  me-.isurcd  to  vou  again. 
3  'And  wliy  lieholdest  thou  the 
mote  that  is  in  thy  brother's  eye, 
I'icst  not  tile  beam  that  is 


J  ProT.  !>.  7,n. 
iV  i;i.  1,5. 


but  coTisi 
in  thine  c 
4()rho\ 
er.  Let  n 
thine  eye 
thine  owi 


wilt  thou  say  to  thy  broth- 
;  pull  out  the  mote  out  of 
and,  behold,  a  beam  will 


Thou  hypocrite,  first  cast  out  the 
beam  out  of  thine  own  eye;  and  then 
shall  thou  see  clearly  to  cast  out  the 
mote  out  of  thv  brother's  eye.  , 

(i  H  'I  Give  not  th:it  which  is  holv 
unto  the  dogs,  iicilhcr  east  ye  your 
pearls  before  swiii".  lest  they  tram- 
ple them  under  their  teet,  and  turn 
again  and  rend  vou. 

f  IT  '-.Vsk,  auU  it  shall  be  given 
you;  seek,  and  yc  shall  find;  knock, 
and  it  shall  be  opened  unto  vou: 

8  For  1  every  one  that  aslteth  re- 
ceiveth  ;  and"  he  that  seeketh  lind- 
eth  ;  and  to  him  that  knoeketh  it 
shall  Ik-  ojicned. 

11  i:Or  whit  man  is  there  of  vou; 
whom  it'  his  son  ask  bread,  will  he 
give  him  a  stone'? 

in  Or  if  he  ask  ii  fish,  will  he  giv,' 
him  a  serpent? 

11  If  ye  then,  h  being  evil,  know  how 
to  srivc  cood  gifts  unto  your  children, 


how  much  more  shall  yfuir  Father 
which  is  in  beiiven  give  good  things 
to  them  that  ask  him? 
I  12  Thereliire  all  things  i  whatso- 
Jever  ye  would  that  men  should  do 
|to  you,  do  ve  even  so  to  them:  for 
Ik  this  is  the  law  and  the  prophets. 

l.'i  H  I  Enter  ye  in  at  the  strait  gate: 
for  wide  ik  the  gate,  and  hroad  i.s 
the  way,  that  leadeth  to  destruction, 
and  niany  there  be  which  go  in 
thereat: 

14  II  Because  strait  is  the  gate,  and 
narrow  ja'  the  way,  which  leadeth 
unto  lite,  and  few  there  be  that  find 
it. 

1.5  TT  '"  Beware  of  false  prophets, 
"  which  come  to  yon  in  sheep's 
clothing,  but  inwardly  they  are 
"ravening  wolves. 

Ifi  ''  Ye  shall  know  them  by  their 
fruits.  4  Do  men  gather  grajtes  of 
thorns,  or  figs  of  thistles? 

ir  Even  so  ''every  good  tree  bring- 
cth  forth  good  fniit ;  hut  a  corrupt 
tree  bringetli  forth  evil  fruit. 

l.S  A  good  tree  cannot  bring  forth 
evil  fruit,  neither  ran  a  corrupt  tree 
bring  forth  u'ood  fruit. 

i:i  "  Every  tree  that  bringeth  not 
forth  goixl  fruit  is  hewn  down,  and 
cast  into  the  fire. 

ai  Wherefore  by  their  fruits  yc 
shall  kiKiw  them. 
I  21  IT  Not  e\ery  one  that  saith  unto 
Imc,  '  Lord,  Lord,  shall  enter  into  the 
kingdom  of  heaven;  but  he  that  do- 
|cth  the  will  of  my  Father  which  is 
I  ill  heaven. 

22  Many  will  say  to  me  in  that 
day.  Lord,  Lord,  have  we  "not 
pro|iliesicd  in  thy  name?  and  in 
thy  name  have  cast  out  devils?  and 
in  thy  name  done  many  wonderful 
works? 

2.'i  And  "then  will  I  jirofess  unto 
them,  I  never  knew  yrnt  :  >  depart 
from  me,  \c  that  work  ini<iiiity. 

21  ir  Tlierelore  -whosoever  hear- 
cth  these  sayings  of  mine,  and  do- 
eth  them,  1  will  liken  him  unto 
a  wise  man,  which  built  his  house 
upon  a  rock: 

2.''.  And  the  rain  descended,  and  the 
floods  c:niir.  and  the  winds  blew,  and 
beat  upon  that  hou^e;  and  it  fell  not: 
for  it  was  founded  u\nm  a  r.K'k. 

21!  Anil  cvcrv  one  (hat  hcareth 
these  savings  "of  mine,  and  doeth 
tliem  n.'t,  shall  he  likened  unto  a 
iiiolish  man,  which  built  his  house 
upon  the  sand: 

27  And  the  rain  di'seended,  and  the 
floods  e.uiip,  and  the  winds  blew,  and 
beat  upcMi  that  house;  and  it  fell: and 
great  was  the  fall  of  it. 

2.S  And  it  c'lme  to  pass,  when  .Tc- 
sus  had  ended  these  sayings,  "the 
people  were  ustmiished  at  his  doc- 
trine: I 

2;)  I'For  he  tiught  them 
having  autlioiity,  and  not 
scribes.  I 


the 


The  centurion's  servant  healed.     ST.  MATTHEW. 


The  tempest  stilled. 


iM.rkl,  10, 
Luke  i  12. 


e  Luke  i:^.  IH. 

21. 
fP«.  1U7.  20. 


'Jl.  £1.  &  23. 
i.uko  13.  2». 


CHAPTER  vin. 

2  Christ  clcanseth  the  leper,  6  hcaleih  the 

cenlunon-8  servant,  H  J'eter'a  mother 

in  law,  16  and  many  other  dieease'l:  18 

aheweth  how   he   ie  to  he   followeil:   ia 

atitteth  the  tempest  on  the  sea,  SB  driveth 

the  fiel'ils  out  of  two  men  possesse<t,  HI 

and  sufferetl:  them  to  go  into  the  twine. 
yi^HEN  he  wan  ooiiie  down  iVotn 

T»  the  mountain,  Hieat  multitudes 
fulliiweil  him. 

:;  •'And,  heliold,  there  came  a 
leper  and  wttrshipped  liiin,  sayine;. 
Lord,  if  thou  wilt,  thou  canst  iiiakc 
me  clean. 

.'i  And  .Jesus  put  forth  /iis  hand,  and 
touched  him,  sayini:,  I  "will:  he  thou 
clean.  And  imniediately  his  leprosy 
was  cleansed. 

4  And  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  tj  See 
thou  tell  no  man;  hut  po  thy  wa^v, 
shew  tliyself  to  the  priest,  and  otter 
the  ^ift  that  ^'  Mnses  commanded, 
for  a  testimonv  unto  them. 

.5  IT  'I  And  when  .Jesus  was  entered 
into  Capernaum,  there  came  unto 
him  a  centurion,  heseechinj;  him, 

(;  And  saving,  J.ord,  my  servnnt 
lieth  at  honie  siekof  theimlsy,  griev- 
ouslv  tormented. 

7  .Vnd  .Jesus  saith  unto  him,  I  will 
conn- and  heal  him. 

N  The  centurion  answered  and  said, 
l^ord,  *■!  am  not  worthy  that  thou 
shouldest  come  under  my  roof;  hut 
f  speak  the  word  only,  and  my  serv- 
ant shall  be  healed. 

9  For  I  am  a  man  under  authority, 
having  soldiers  under  me:  and  1  say 
to  this  man,  (Jo,  and  he  goeth;  and 
to  ani>ther.  Come,  and  he  comoth; 
and  to  my  servant.  Do  this,  and  he 
doeth  it. 

in  When  Jesus  heard  it,  he  mar- 
velled, and  said  to  them  that  tiil- 
lowed,  'V'erily  I  say  unto  jou,  I  have 
not  found  so  great  iUith,  no,  not  in 
Israel. 

11  And  I  say  unto  you.  That  s  many 
shall  come  from  the  east  and  west, 
and  sliall  sit  down  with  Abraliain, 
and  Isaac,  and  Jacob,  in  the  king- 
dom of  heaven: 

1:;  But  li  the  children  of  the  king- 
dom i  shall  he  cast  out  into  outer 
darkness :  there  shall  be  weeping 
and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

l.'J  And  Jesus  said  unto  the  centu- 
rion. Go  thy  way;  and  as  thou  hast 
believed,  so  be  it  done  unto  thee. 
And  his  servant  was  healed  in  the 
selfsame  hour. 

14  TT  k  And  when  Jesus  was  come 
into  Peter's  house,  he  saw  1  his  wife's 
mother  laid,  and  sick  of  u  ii'ver. 

Ij  And  he  touched  her  hand,  and 
the  ti'ver  left  her:  and  she  arose,  and 
ministered  unto  them. 

K;  U  "'When  the  even  was  come, 
they  hrouglit  unto  him  many  that 
were  possessed  with  divils:  and  he 
east  out  the  siiirits  witli  /ii.-t  word, 
and  healed  all  that  were  sicU: 


17  That  it  might  he  fulfilled  which 
was  spoken  by  Ksaias  the  jirophet, 
sa,\ing,  "  Himself  took  our  intirmi- 
ties,  and  bare  (nir  sicknesses. 

IS  n  Now  when  Jesus  .saw  great 
multitudes  about  him,  he  gave  com- 
mandment to  deijart  unto  the  other 
shle. 

11>  "And  a  certain  scribe  came,  and 
said  unto  him.  Master,  I  will  follow 
thee  whithersoever  thou  g.le^t. 

aiAnd  Jesus  saith  unl..  him.  The 
foxes  have  hobs,  and  the  birds  (.f 
the  air  //mic  iiests;  but  tlie  Son  of 
nnin  hath  not  where  to  lav  /»<  head. 

iil  I'And  another  of  bis  di>eiples 
said  unto  him.  Lord,  ''  suffer  me  hrst 
to  go  and  bury  my  father. 

IfJ  Put  Jesus  sail!  unto  him.  Follow 
me  ;  and  let  the  dead  bury  their 
dead. 

'S'>  IT  And  when  he  was  entered  into 
a  ship,  bis  disei|iles  followed  him. 

:.'4  'And,  behold,  there  arose  a  great 
tempest  in  the  sea,  insomuch  that 
the  ship  was  covered  with  the  waves: 
but  he  was  asleep. 

25  And  his  disciples  came  to  liitn, 
and  awoke  him,  saying.  Lord,  save 
us:  we  perish. 

'Hi  And  he  saith  unto  them.  Why 
are  ye  fearful,  O  ye  of  little  fjuth'/ 
Then  *'he  arose,  and  ndiuked  the 
winds  and  tlie  sea;  and  there  was  a 
great  calm. 

•27  But  the  men  mancUed,  saying. 
What  manner  of  num  is  this,  that 
even  the  winds  and  the  sea  obey 
him! 

28  IT  'And  when  lie  wa.s  come  to 
the  other  side  into  the  country  of 
the  Gergesenes,  there  met  him  two 
possessed  with  devils,  coming  out 
of  the  tombs,  exieeding  tierce,  so 
that  no  man  ujight  puss  by  that 
way. 

ill  And,  behold,  thev  cried  out,  say- 
ing. What  have  we  to  do  with  thee, 
Jesus,  thou  Sou  (if  Cod?  art  thou 
come  hither  to  torment  us  belore  the 
time? 

;jO  And  there  was  a  good  way  off 
from  them  u  herd  of  many  swine 
feeding. 

,'!!  So  the  devils  besought  him,  say- 
ing. If  thou  c:.^t  us  out,  sutler  us  to 
go  away  into  the  herd  of  swine. 

32  And  he  said  unto  them,  (io.  And 
when  thev  were  come  mil.  they  went 
into  the  herd  of  ^wilu■:  and,  bebi.l.l, 
the  whole  herd  of  swine  ran  violently 
down  a  stee|)  plaei'  into  the  sea,  and 
lierished  in  the  waters. 

.•;i  .Vud  thev  that  kept  them  fled, 
and  went  their  ways  into  the  city, 
and  told  every  thing,  and  what  was 
befallen  to  the  jiossissed  ot  the 
devils. 

a4  And,  behold,  the  whole  city 
came  out  to  meet  Jesus:  and  when 
thev  saw  him,  "they  besought  /"in 
that  he  would  depart  out  of  their 
coasts.  - 


Oiie  »ick  of  the  palsy  cured. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


Jainis'  daughter  raised. 


Luke  5.  la. 
o  ch.  8.  10. 


I  Mnrk  2.  IB, 
I.uko  5.  33, 


CHAPTER  IX. 

2  Christ  curing  one  sick  of  the  patsy,  9 
cidUth  Mattlicm  from  the  receipt  of  cut- 
torn,  10  eateth  with  piihlicans  and  sia- 
ncrs,  14  defendeth  km  diitciitlee  fur  not 
fasting,  iu  cureth  the  UuoUy  issue,  la 
raiaeth  from  death  Jairus*  daughter,  *27 
giveth  sight  to  two  blind  men,  li'2  hetdeth 
a  dumb  man  possessed  of  a  devU,  30  and 
hath  compassion  of  the  wuUitudc. 

AND  lie  entered  into  a  ship,  and 
passed  over, "  and  came  into  his 
own  city. 

2  liAiid,  behold,  they  brought  to 
hini  a  man  sick  of  the  palsy,  lying 
on  a  bed:  "^and  Jesus  seeing  their 
fiiitli  said  unto  the  sick  of  thepalsv! 
Son,  be  of  good  cheer;  thy  sins  be 
tbrgiven  thee. 

3  And,  behold,  certain  of  the  scribes 
said  within  themselves,  This  mim 
blasphemeth. 

4  And  Jesus  ilknowin");  their 
thoughts  said,  Whcix'fbrc  think  ye 
evil  in  your  hearts !■ 

.1  P'or  whether  is  easier,  to  say,  T/iij 
sins  be  i<)rgiven  thee ;  or  to  say. 
Arise,  and  walk? 

li  But  that  ye  may  know  that  the 
Son  of  man  hath  power  on  earth  to 
forgive  sins,  (then  saith  he  to  the  sick 
of  the  palsy,)  Arise,  take  up  thy 
bed,  and  go  unto  thine  house. 

7  And  he  arose,  and  departed  to  his 
house. 

a  But  when  the  multitudes  saw  if, 
they  marvelled,  and  gloritied  God, 
which  liad  given  such  power  unto 
men. 

'.I  TI  "And  as  Jesus  passed  fbrth  from 
thence,  he  saw  a  man,  named  Mat- 
thew, sitting  at  the  reeeiiit  of  custom : 
and  he  saith  unto  hbii,  Follow  me. 
And  he  anise,  and  followed  him. 

10  IT  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Jesus 
sat  at  meat  in  the  house,  behold, 
many  publicans  and  sinners  came 
and  sat  down  with  him  and  his  dis- 
ciples. 

11  And  when  the  Pharisees  saw  if, 
they  said  unto  his  disciples.  Why 
eateth  your  master  with  i^ publicans 
and  h  sinners? 

12  But  when  Jesus  heard  tliat,  he 
said  unto  them.  They  that  he  whole 
need  not  a  physician,  but  they  that 
are  sick. 

lii  But  go  ye  and  learn  what  tluit 
meaneth,  i  I  will  have  nu'rcy,  and 
not  sacrilice:  for  I  am  m)t  come  to 
call  the  righteous,  ^  but  sinners  to 
rei)entance. 

li  IT  Then  came  to  him  the  disciples 
of  John,  saying,  i  Why  do  we  and 
the  Pharisees  lUst  oil,  but  thy  dis- 
ciples fast  not? 

1.5  Ami  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Can 
'"the  cliiUlren  of  the  brideehamber 
inourn,  as  long  as  the  bridcgroitm 
is  with  them?  but  the  days  will 
come,  when  the  bridegroom  shall 
be  taken  from  them,  aiid^'  then  shall  | 
tlicy  fast. 

10 


If)  No  man  putteth  a  piece  of  ||  new 
cloth  unto  an  old  garment:  for  that 
which  is  init  in  to  till  it  up  taketh 
from  the  garment,  and  the  rent  is 

17  Xi'itlier  do  men  put  new  wine 
into  old  hottl.s  :  else  the  bottles 
bii'uk,  anil  tin*  wine  runneth  out, 
and  tlie  lii.ttles  iierisli:  but  they  put 
new  wine  into  new  bottles,  and  both 
are  incserved. 

IS  11  "While  he  spake  these  things 
unto  them,  behold,  there  came  a  cer- 
tain ruler,  and  worshijiped  him,  say- 
ing. My  daughter  is  even  now  dead: 
but  come  and  lay  thy  liaiid  upon 
her,  and  she  shall  live. 

lit  And  ,Iisus  arose,  and  followed 
him,  and  .««  i/iil  his  disciples. 

211  IT  I'  And,  behold,  a  woman,  which 
was  diseased  with  an  issue  fif  blood 
twelve  vears,  came  behiml /ifw,  and 
touched  the  hem  of  his  garment: 

21  For  she  said  within  herself.  If  I 
may  but  touch  his  garment,  I  shall 
be  whole. 

22  But  Jesus  turned  him  about,  and 
when  he  aai^  her,  he  said.  Daughter, 
be  of  good  comfort;  'i  thy  fuilh  bath 
made  thee  whole.  And  the  woman 
was  made  whole  from  that  hour. 

2-1 '■And  wlii-n  .lesus  caiiie  into  the 
ruler's  house,  un.l  saw  "  the  minstrels 
and  the  people  making  a  noise, 

24  lie  said  unto  them,  '  Give  place: 
for  the  maid  is  not  dead,  but  sleep- 
eth.  And  they  laughed  him  to 
scorn. 

2J  But  when  the  people  were  put 
forth,  he  went  in,  and  took  her  by 
the  hand,  and  the  maid  arose. 

2(i  And  II  the  fame  hereof  went 
abroad  into  all  that  land. 

27  H  And  when  Jesus  departed 
thence,  two  blind  men  followed  him, 
crying,  and  saying,  "  T/iuii  Son  of 
Diivid,  have  mercy  on  us, 

25  And  when  he  was  come  into  the 
house,  the  blind  men  came  to  him: 
and  Jesus  saith  unto  theiii.  Believe 
ye  that  I  am  able  to  do  this?  They 
said  unto  him.  Yea,  Lord. 

2y  Then  touched  he  their  eyes,  say- 
ing. According  to  your  faith  be  it 
unto  you. 

M  And  their  eves  were  opened:  and 
Jesus  struitly  cliarped  them,  saying, 
^  Sei'  Ihiif  no  man  know  it. 

.'il  >  But  tliey,  when  they  were  de- 
I>arted,  spread  abroad  his 'fame  in  all 
that  country. 

.'i2  TI  ''As  they  went  out,  beholij, 
they  brought  to  him  a  dumb  man 
jiossessed  with  a  devil. 

.'ti  And  when  the  devil  was  cast  out, 
the  dumb  spake:  and  the  multitudes 
iiiarvelled,  saying.  It  was  never  so 
seen  in  Israel. 

.'(4  But  the  Pharisees  said,  *  He  cast- 
eth  out  devils  through  the  prince  of 
the  devils. 

:Vi  II  And  Jesus  wont  about  oil  the 
cities  and  villages,  "  teaching  in  their  | 


Christ  sendeth  out 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


his  twelve  apostles. 


,  and  pieacliiiijj  the  l-os- 


•  Mark  3 

13. 

U  4  rj 

7 

i;< 

4  a.  1. 

1  Or.  o.. 

cLukoe.  15. 
AcU  1.  13. 
JJohD  13.21). 


fSce2Kiiigs 

17.  n. 

Julin  4.  9,20. 
gch.  1.1.  21. 

A.:U  13.  4S. 
h  I«.  .'i3  C. 

.M  (!.  17. 


Ei,  31. .1 


I  Pel 


2.  25. 
.»  9.  2. 
3.  2.  4 


I  Tim  i.  lb. 
1>  Luke  10.  8. 
<1  Luke  10.  5. 
I  P.  35.  13. 

•  »ark5.  11. 

Luke  9.  f,.  A 

10.  lU,  U. 
tNcli.5.  13. 

Act.  13.  51. 

4  IK.  d. 
uch.U.22.2X 


pel  of'   the    kill. 

every    sickness    aiul    every    disease 
nmoiij?  the  ju'ople. 
:'ti  IT  J  Hut  when  ho  saw  tlie  multi- 
tudes, he  was  moved  witli  eomi>as- 
siuu  on  tluin,  iK'eanse  tliey  ||  tainted, 
and  were  seritteied  abroad,  ^as  slieep 
liavinu'  lin  sli.  i.henl. 
.17  Tlu'u  saitli  lie  unto  his  diseiples, 
r'riie  harvest  truly  is  plenteous,  but 
the  labourers  are  lew; 
.".S  i^  Pray  ye  therefore  tlie  Lord  of 
the  harvest,  that  he  will  send  turth 
labourers  into  his  harvest. 
CHAPTER  X. 
1  Christ  sendcth  out  /it«  tu't:lve  apontleBt 
enabling  them  with  power  to  do  miracteSt 
5  givcth    them    their    charge,    tcacheth 
tltcm,  16  comforteth  them  against  perse- 
cutions :  40  and  promiseth  a  bttseinff  to 
those  that  receive  them. 

VNI)  ''when  he  had  called  unto 
liiiii  his  twelve  disciples,  he  pave 
them  i>ower  Uttijtiitist  uneleun  spirits, 
to  cast  them  out,  and  to  heal  all 
manner  of  sickness  uiid  all  manner 
of  disease. 

2  Now  the  names  of  the  twelve 
apostles  are  these;  The  first,  Simon, 
li  who  is  called  Peter,  and  Andrew 
his  brother;  James  the  non  of  Zebe- 
dee,  and  John  his  brother; 

S  Philip,  and  Bartholomew;  Thom- 
as, and  Matthew  the  publican ;  James 
the  .-OH  of  Alpheus,  and  Lcbbcus, 
whose  surnanie  was  Thuddeus: 

4  '  Simon  tlie  Caiuumite,  and  Judas 
aiseariot,  who  also  betiaved  him. 

5  These  twelve  Jesus  .sent  forth,  and 
commanded  them,  sayinj;,  "^  Go  not 
into  the  way  of  the  Gentiles,  and 
into  iini/  city  of  ithe  Samaritans 
enter  ye  not: 

G  s  But  go  rather  to  the  li  lost  sheep 
of  the  house  of  Israel. 

'  >  And  as  ye  go,  preach,  saying, 
k  The  kingdom  tif  heaven  is  at  hand. 

8  Heal  the  siek.  cleanse  the  lepers, 
raise  the  dead,  east  out  devils:  1  free- 
ly je  have  rceei\  ed,  freely  give. 

II  '"II  Provide  neither  gold,  nor  sil- 
ver, nor  "  brass  in  your  jiurses; 

Id  Nor  scrip  for  tioiir  lourney,  nei- 
ther two  coats,  neither  shoes,  nor  yet 
t  staves :  "  for  the  workman  is  worthy 
of  his  meat. 

11  I"  And  into  whatsoever  city  or 
town  ye  shall  enter,  Imiuire  who  in 
it  is  worthy;  and  there  abide  till  yc 
go  thence. 

V.i  And  when  ye  come  into  a  house, 
salute  it. 


l.-i> 


(Vnd  if  the  house  be  worthy,  let 
;(ime  upon  it:  'hut  if  it 


vour  peace  come  upon 

be  not  worthy,  let  your  peace  return 

to  you. 

14  'And  whosoever  shall  not  receive 
you,  nor  hear  your  words,  when  ye 
"depart  out  of  that  house  or  city, 
'  shake  off  the  du.st  of  your  feet. 

l.i  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  "  It  shall 
be  more  tolerable  for   the  land  of 


Sodom  and  Gomorrali  in  the  day  of 
iudgment,  than  tor  that  eitv. 
'  10  ir  "  Behold,  1  send  yoii  tiirth  as 
sheep  in  the  midst  of  wolves :  >  he 
ve  therefore  wise  as  6eri>ents,  and 
''II  harmless  as  doves. 

17  But  beware  of  men:  for  "they 
will  deliver  you  up  to  the  councils, 
and  I' they  w1U  scourge  you  in  their 
synagogues; 

IH  And  'ye  shall  he  brought  before 
jjovernors  and  kings  for  my  sake, 
for  a  testimony  against  them  and 
the  Gentiles. 

lit  ii  But  when  they  deliver  you  up, 
take  no  thought  how  or  vvhat  ye 
shall  speak:  fiir  *it  shall  he  given 
you  in  that  same  hour  what  ye  shall 
speak. 

M  I  For  it  is  not  ye  that  speak,  but 
the  Spirit  of  your  Father  which 
speaketh  in  von. 

L'l  SAiid  the  brother  shall  deliver 
up  the  brother  to  ileath,  and  the  fa- 
ther the  child:  and  the  children  slmll 
rise  up  against  thn'r  parents,  and 
cause  them  to  be  put  to  tleatli. 

■J-1  And  hye  shall  be  hated  of  all 
iiit'n  for  my  name's  sake:  ihut  he 
that  endureth  to  the  end  shall  be 
.saved. 

L'.'!  But  1.  when  thev  i)ersccute  you 
in  this  citv,  Hce  \e  fnto  anotlier:  for 
vcrih  I  siiv  unt.;  vou,  Ve  shall  not 
l|buve  goiie  over  the  cities  of  Lsruel, 
'till  the  Son  of  man  be  ei>iiie. 

'Ji  '"The  disciple  is  not  above  hii 
master,  nor  the  servant  above  his 
lord. 

•25  It  is  enough  for  the  disciple  that 
he  be  as  his  master,  and  the  servant 
as  his  lord.  If  "tluy  have  called 
the  master  of  the  house  t  lieelzebub, 
how  much  more  .<hitU  thctj  cult  them 

of  his  household? 

•n;  Fear  Hum  not  therefore:  "for 
there  is  iK.thiiig  covered,  that  shall 
not  be  revealed;  and  hid,  tliat  shall 
not  be  known. 

L'7  What  1  tell  you  in  darkness,  that 
speak  ye  in  light:  and  what  ye  hear 
in  theear,  that  preach  ye  upon  the 
housetojis. 

•Ji  I' And  fear  not  them  which  kill 
the  body,  but  are  not  able  to  kill  the 
soul  :  but  rather  fear  hiiii  which  is 
able  to  destroy  both  soul  and  body 
in  hell. 

•JH  Arc  not  two  sparrows  sold  fhr 
a  II farthing?  and  one  of  them  shall 
not  fall  on  the  ground  without  your 
Father. 

ao  'I  But  the  verv  hairs  of  your  liead 
are  all  numbered. 

.U  Fear  ye  not  therefore,  ye  are  of 
more  value  than  nuiny  sparrows. 

32  '  Whosoever  then'fore  shall  con- 
fess me  before  men,  "him  will  I  con- 
fess also  bcfbre  my  Father  which  is 
in  heaven. 

.'it  '  But  whosoever  shall  deny  me 
before  men.  him  will  T  also  deny  be- 
fore my  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 


7hrist's  testimmiy 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


concerning  John. 


I>  ch.  16.  i:i. 
Luko  17.  :)3. 
Juhu  12  m. 


42.  7. 

Ju>in2  23.  & 

3.  '2.  li  S    »l. 

4  10,  il.  3S. 

k  U.  11. 
ePi.  22.  20. 

U   lU.  1. 

I.'ilic  4.  IS. 

Joino.  2.  6. 
fli.  8.  11.  1.1. 

ell.  13   .17.  t 

21.  lU.  Jb  2rj. 


;U  "  Think  not  that  I  am  come  to 
send  peace  on  earth:  1  came  not  to 
sciul  peace,  but  a  sword. 

35  For  I  am  come  to  set  a  man  at 
variance  '^  against  his  fatlier,  and 
tile  dau^litcr  against  her  motlier, 
and  the  duujjliter  in  law  against  lier 
mrttlier  in  law. 

-■JG  And  J  a  man's  foes  shall  be  they 
ofhisuivn  household. 

y"  •'  lie  that  loveth  father  or  mother 
more  than  me  is  not  worthy  of  me: 
and  ho  that  loveth  .son  or  tlanghter 
more  than  me  is  not  w^)rthy  of  me. 

.'{8  -'And  he  that  taketh  not  his 
cross,  and  foUoweth  after  me,  is  not 
worthy  of  me. 

.•i9  bile  that  findeth  his  life  shall 
lose  it:  and  he  that  loseth  his  life  for 
my  sake  shall  find  it. 

4()  IT  *^  He  that  receiveth  you  receiv- 
eth  me  ;  ami  he  tliat  rei-eiveth  me 
reeeiveth  liim  that  sent  me. 

41  iille  that  reeeiveth  a  prophet  In 
the  name  ot  a  prophet  shall  receive 
a  prophet's  reward;  and  he  that  re- 
eeiveth a  righteous  man  in  the  name 
of  a  righteous  man  shall  receive  a 
righteous  man's  reward. 

ili  "  And  whosoever  shall  give  to 
drink  unto  one  of  these  little  ones  a 
cup  of  ci>ld  water  only  in  the  name 
of  a  disciple,  verily  I  say  unto  you, 
he  shall  in  no  wise  lose  his  reward. 

CHAPTEK  XI. 

3  John  aendeth  hia  diaciplei  to  CHrUt.  7 
ChriaVa  testimony  concerning  John,  18 
Tim  opinion  oj  the  people,  both  concern- 
ing John  and  Chriat.  '.ill  Chriat  upbraid' 
eth  the  unthankfulneaa  and  unrepentance 
of  Chorazin,  Bethaaida,  and  Capernaum : 
25  and  praiaing  hie  Father*a  wisdom  in 
rei'ealing  the  goapel  to  the  aimpte,  23  he 
calleth  to  him  all  such  aa  feci  the  burden 
of  their  aina. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus 
had  made  an  end  of  command- 
ing his  twelve  disciples,  he  departed 
tlience  to  teach  and  to  preach  in 
their  cities. 

2  "Now  when  John  had  heard  l)in 
the  iirison  the  works  of  Christ,  he 
sent  two  of  his  disciples, 

.1  And  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  *^he 
that  should  come,  or  do  we  look  for 
another? 

4  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
them.  Go  and  shew  John  again  those 
things  which  ye  do  hear  and  see; 

5  J  The  blind  receive  their  sight, 
and  the  lame  walk,  the  lepers  are 
cleansed,  and  the  ileaf  hear,  the  dead 
are  raised  up,  and  "the  poor  have 
the  gospel  preaehi'd  to  them. 

<i  And  blessed  is  lie,  whosoever  shall 
not  t'bc  otfended  in  me. 

7  t  K  And  as  they  departed,  ,Tesus 
began  to  sav  unto  the  multitudes 
concerning  John,  What  went  ye  out 
into  the  wilderness  to  see?  hAreed 
shaken  with  llie  wind? 

H  But  what  went  ye  out  for  to  see? 
A  man  clothed  in  soft  raiment?  bo- 
12 


liold,  they  that  wear  soil  clotkiny  are 
in  kings' nouses. 

!•  But  what  went  ye  out  for  to  sec? 
A  prophet  ?  yea,  X  say  unto  you, 
i  and  more  than  a  prophet. 

10  I'or  this  is  lie,  of  whom  it  is  writ- 
ten, t  HihoUl,  I  send  my  mes.scnger 
before  thy  face,  which  shall  prepare 
thy  wu_\-  before  thee. 

\\  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  Among 
them  that  are  born  of  women  there 
Iiath  not  risen  a  greater  than  Jolin 
the  Baptist:  notwithstaniling,  he  tliat 
is  least  in  the  kingdom  of  heaven  is 
greater  than  he. 

12  I  And  from  the  days  of  John  the 
Baptist  until  now  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  \\  sutl'eretli  violence,  and  the 
violent  take  it  hv  force. 

i;{  '"For  all  the  prophets  and  the 
law  prophesied  until  John. 

14  And  if  ye  will  receive  it,  this  is 
"  Klias,  which  was  tor  to  come. 

\!>  "  lie  that  hath  cars  to  hear,  let 
him  hear. 

lU  IT  H  But  whercunto  shall  I  liken 
this  generation?  It  is  like  unto  chil- 
dren sitting  in  the  markets,  and  call- 
ing: unto  their  fellows, 

1(  And  saying.  We  have  piped  unto 
von,  and  ye  have  not  danced;  we 
nave  mourned  unto  you,  and  ye 
have  not  lamented. 

15  For  John  came  neither  eatinj; 
nor  drinking,  and  they  say.  He  hath 
a  devil. 

I'J  The  Son  of  man  came  eating 
and  drinking,  and  they  say.  Behold 
n  man  gluttonous,  and  a  winebihber, 
la  friend  of  publicans  and  sinners. 
"■  But  wisdom  is  justified  of  her  chil- 
dren. 

2((  IT '  Then  began  he  to  upbraid  the 
cities  wherein  most  of  his  mighty 
works  were  done,  because  they  re- 
pented not: 

21  Woe  unto  thee,  Chorazin!  woe 
unto  thee.  Hetlisai<la  !  tlir  if  the 
mighty  works,  which  were  done  in 
yon,  hiid  been  done  in  Tyre  and  Si- 
dou,  they  would  have  repented  long 
ago  '  in  sackcloth  and  ashes. 

22  But  I  sav  unto  vnu,  "  It  shall  be 
more  tolerable  lor  "Tyre  and  SIdon 
at  the  day  of  judgment,  tlian  for 
you. 

2-t  And  thou,  Capernaum,  '^ which 
art  exalted  unto  heaven,  shalt  be 
brought  ilown  to  hell  :  iiir  if  the 
luightv  works,  which  have  been 
done  in  thee,  had  been  done  in  So.l- 
om.  it  would  have  remained  until 
this  day. 

24  Biit  I  say  iinio  von,  >  Tliat  it 
shall  lie  more  tolerable  for  the  land 
of  Sodom  in  the  day  of  judgment, 
than  for  thee. 

2.'>  H  ''At  that  time  Jesus  answered 
and  said.  I  thank  Ih.e.  O  Father. 
Lord  of  heaven  and  .arlh,  because 
"thou  hast  hid  these  thioL's  fn.m  the 
wise  and  prudent,  '»and  hast  revealed 
them  unto  liubes. 


Christ  rei)rovcth  the  Pharisees.      ST.  MATTHEW.       He  healeth  the  withered  hand 


'3'>  Kven  so,  Fnthcrj  for  so  it  ecciucd 

gdcid  ill  thy  sijjht. 
L'"  'AH  tlniiKs  aro  tlelivcrf;!  iintn  nic 
of  mv  FiitlHM-:  mid  no  mnn  know  c  tli 
tlic  Son,  l)iit  till'  FatliiT;  .iiieitluT 
kiiuwuth  liny  man  thf  Fiitlii-r,  :-:ivo 
(hi'  Sun,  and  /ir  to  wlioinsocver  the 
1.5.  .S<ni  will  reveal /k'ih. 

li  :ih  II  Coine  unto  me,  nil  i/e  that  la- 
jjbour  and  aic  heavy  laden,  and  I  will 
c.i.ihn  n.  15.(  jgivc  you  rest. 
iivV''2*2i.       '^•'  T"'"^  '"y  yolce  upon  you,  'and 


li  1  Jolrn  5.  3. 


a  Ex.  21.  32. 
licV.  S.  SI.  L 


Mai.  3.  1. 
B  H....  6.  <!. 


1 1.iila  13.  11 
k  U.  3. 
J„l.u  9.  IC. 


kS««  Ex.  23, 
4.  5. 
l>.ul.  22.  4. 


Ic.irn   of  mc  ;    for  I 
flowly  in  heart:  Band  ye 
rest  unto  your  souls. 
3<)  li  For  my  yoke  is  cosy,  and  my! 
burden  is  light.  ' 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  Christ  rcprovcth  the  blindnesa  of  the 
Pharitcca  concerning  the  breach  of  the 
eahbath,  3  by  Scripturea,  9  by  rcaton,  13 
and  by  a  miracle.  22  He  hcatcth  the  man 
jiosacssed  that  xvae  blind  and  dumb.  31 
Blasphemy  against  the  Holy  Ghost  shall 
never  be  forgiven.  '36  Account  shall  be 
made  of  idle  words.  38  He  rebukcth  the 
unfaithful,  who  seek  after  a  sign :  49  and 
eheweth  who  is  his  brother^  sister,  and 
mother. 

AT  that  time  'Jesus  wont  on  the 
sabbath  day  througli  the  corn ; 
and  his  disciples  were  a  hungered, 
and  began  to  pluck  the  cars  ol  corn, 
and  to  eiit. 

2  But  when  the  Phari.seea  saw  it, 
tlioy  said  unto  him,  Behold,  thy  dis- 
ciples do  that  which  is  not  lawful  to 
do  upon  the  sabbath  day. 

3  But  )ic  said  unto  them.  Have  ve 
not  read  b  what  David  <lid,  when  lie 
was  a  hungered,  and  tliey  that  were 
with  him ; 

4  How  he  entered  into  the  house  of 
God,  and  did  eat  'the  shewbread, 
which  was  not  lawful  fi^r  him  to  eat, 
neither  for  tlicm  wliich  were  witli 
him,  il  but  only  (iir  the  priest.<? 

5  Or  have  >'e  not  read  in  the  ""law, 
how  that  on  the  sabbath  ilays  the 
liricsts  ill  tlie  temple  profane  the 
sabbath,  and  are  blameless':' 

(!  But  I  say  unto  yon.  That  in  this 
place  is  'one  greater  tlian  the  temple. 

7  But  if  ve  bad  known  wluit  tlii.^ 
nieaneth,  Si  will  have  mercy,  and 
not  sacrifice,  ve  wmild  not  have  con- 
demned the  guiltliss. 

S  For  the  Scpii  of  man  is  Lord  even 
of  the  sabbath  day. 

9  ti  And  when  he  -was  departed 
thence,  he  went  into  their  syna- 
gogue : 

10  IT  And,  behold,  thcie  was  a  man 
which  had  iiix  hand  withered.  And 
thev  asked  him,  saving.  >  Is  it  lawful 
to  Ileal  on  tlie  .saiibath  days  ?  that 
they  might  accuse  him. 

11  And  he  said  unto  them.  What 
man  shall  there  be  among  you,  that 
shall  have  one  sheeo,  and  k  if  it  fall 
into  a  pit  on  the  sabbath  dav.  will  he 
not  lay  hold  on  it.  and  lift  il  out? 

1:;  How  much  then  is  a  man  better 


than  a  sheen?  'Wherefore  it  is  lawful 
to  do  well  on  the  sabhatli  davs. 

i:)  Then  s:iith  lie  to  the  man".  Stretch 
forth  thine  hand.  And  he  stretched 
il  forth;  and  it  Wii.s  restored  whole, 
like  ns  the  other. 

It  T;  Then  I  the  Pharisees  went  out, 
and  llluld  a  eiMiiicil  against  him, 
how  they  might  dc>tiov  him. 

1.5  But  when  Jesn.s  knew  it,  ™  he 
withdrew  himself  from  thence:  "and 
great  multitiules  followed  him,  and 
ne  healed  them  all: 

l(i  And  "charged  them  that  they 
should  not  make  him  known: 

17  That  it  might  be  fultilled  whirh 
was  spoken  by  Esaias  the  prophet, 
saying, 

ih  PBehold  my  sen-ant,  whom  I 
have  chosen ;  my  beloved, ''  in  whom 
my  soul  is  well'  pleased:  I  will  put 
my-  Spirit  upon  him,  and  he  shall 
shew  iudgment  to  the  Gentiles. 

I'.l  lie  shall  not  strive,  nor  crii' ; 
neither  shall  any  man  hear  his  voice 
in  the  streets. 

(ilO   A    bruised    reed    shall   he    not 
[break,  and  sniokin 
quench,  till  he 
junto  victory. 

21  And  in  his  name  shall  the  Gen 
tiles  trust. 

L'-J  TT  ■■ 'I'lion  was  brought  unto  bin 
1.  blind,  am 


ecd  shall  he  not 
iig  flax  shall  he  iiotl 
nd  forth  judgmentl 


duml. 


id  he  healed  hi 


that  the  blind  and  dumb  both  spake 
and  saw. 

Zi  And  oil  the  jieoplc  were  amazed, 
and  said.  Is  not  this  the  Son  of  Da- 
vid':' 

24 'But  when  the  Pharisees  heard 
il,  they  said,  Tliis  ttlloir  doth  not 
cast  out  devils,  but  by  f  Beelzebub 
the  inineeofthe  devils. 

■-'.■;  .\iid  J.Mis  >kiMW  their  thoughts, 
and  said  unto  them,  Everv  kingdom 
divided  against  it.-cif  is  brought  to 
desolation;  anil  everv  citv  or  bouse 
divided  against  itself  shall  notstaii.l: 

21!  And  if  Satan  east  out  Satan,  he 
is  divided  agaiu.-t  himself;  howtball 
then  his  kingdom  standi' 

27  And  if  I  by  Beelzebub  cast  out 
devils,  by  whom  do  yinir  children 
cast  l/iri)i  out  ?  theicfore  they  shall 
be  your  iiulges. 

28"  But  if  I  cast  out  devils  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  then  "  the  kingdom  of 
Gotl  is  come  unto  you. 

2;i  *  Or  else,  bow  e"an  one  enter  into 
a  strong  nian's  house,  and  spoil  his 
goods,  except  he  first  bind  the  strong 
man  ?  and  tlicn  he  will  spoil  liis 
house. 

30  He  that  is  not  -with  me  is  against 
iiie:  and  he  that  gathcreth  not  with 
me  scattereth  abroad. 

31  U  Wherelore  I  say  unto  yon,  'All, 
manner  of  sin  and  blasphemy  shall 
be  forgiven  unto  men  :  '  but  the 
blasphemy  nnniiist  the  TTolii  Ghost 
shall  not  be  forgiven  unto  men. 

32  .\nd  whosoever  *  f  peokcth  a  word 


.!>.  n.32. 

<:i.  11. 
>  11.11. 


1  PAn.  2.  44. 
Ic7   II. 
I,.iko  I.  XI. 


I.tikr  12.  10. 
Ilcl..  r..  4. 
lick  m.ai, 

1  it.l,i>  i.  I& 
>  Acl>7.  .11. 

>ch.  II.  lak 

13  A.V 
Joho  7.  13, 


The  Pharisees  seek  a  sign. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


Parable  of  tlu;  soicer. 


.1  ch.  n.  7.  & 
oLukoe.  45. 


f.l,,  irr.  1. 

w.iriiB.  n. 
i.ukoU.  m. 
'lit. 

John  2.  13. 


i.lC!..'il.S2. 

I. II.  2.  27. 

IJonnhS.  «. 

™  1  King!  10. 


agiiinst  the  Sonof  iiiiii,  bit  slmll  1)l' 
fi)rjj;ivcn  liiin:  but  \vIn)s<n'\'or  siti-ak- 
eth'iij,'ainst  the  Ilaly  (Jiiust,  it  sIk.U 
not  he  torjii\'cn  liiiii,  iieitluT  in  tliiy 
wiirld,  neitlior  in  tlic  vmbl  to  tunic. 

.■>i  Either  make  the  tree  pood^  nnd 
''  liis  fruit  s'Jod;  or  else  make  tlie  tree 
corrupt,  and  lii.s  fruit  corrupt :  for 
the  tree  is  linown  by  his  fruit. 

.*!4  O  <';:;eneration  of  vipers,  liow  can 
ye,  beinj^  evil,  speak  ^aod  thin;:s  ? 
*'i'or  out  of  the  abundance  of  tlic 
Iieart  the  mouth  speaketh. 

3.5  A  jiowX  man  out  of  the  good 
ti-ea.xure  of  the  heart  brinscth  forth 
fjood  tliinss:  and  an  evil  man  out  of 
the  evil  treasure  bringcth  forth  evil 
thin-s. 

."li  But  I  say  unto  you.  That  ever}' 
idle  word  that  men  shall  sjieak,  they 
shall  f»ivo  account  thereof  m  tlie  day 
of  judgment. 

.'li'  For  by  thy  word.s  thou  shalt  be 
Justilied,  and  by  thy  Avord-s  thou 
slialt  be  coiideniuod. 

.".S  TT  iTIien  cert;iin  of  the  scribes 
and  of  the  Pharisees  answered,  .say- 
ing, Slaster,  we  would  sec  a  sign 
from  thee. 

.31)  But  he  answered  and  said  unto 
thoni.  An  evil  and  K  adulterous  gen- 
eration seeketh  after  a  sign ;  and  there 
shall  no  sign  be  given  to  it,  but  the 
sign  of  the  prophet  Jonas: 

4b  h  For  as  Jonas  was  three  days 
and  three  nights  in  the  whale's  belly; 
so  shall  the  Son  of  man  be  three 
days  and  three  nights  in  the  heart  of 
the  earth. 

41  '  The  men  of  Nineveh  shall  rise 
in  judgment  with  this  generation, 
and!  li  shall  condemn  it :  1  because 
they  repented  at  the  preachiiij^  of 
Jonas;  and,  behold,  a  greater  tlian 
Jonas  7s  here. 

42  "'  The  queen  of  the  south  shall 
rise  up  in  the  juilgiiu'iit  with  this 
generation,  and  shall  coiidrrnn  it: 
for  she  came  from  the  uttermost 
parts  of  the  earth  to  hear  the  wisilom 
of  Solomon;  ami,  beliold,  a  greater 
than  Solomon  /Ou-re. 

4'J  "  When  the  unclean  spirit  is  gone 
out  of  a  man,  "he  walketh  through 
dry  places,  seeking  rest,  and  lindeth 


4t  'fhen  he  saith,  I  will  retii 


iileth 


and  when  he  is  come.  1 
empiv,  swept,  and  garnished. 

4.'i  Then  goeth  lie,  and  taketh  with 
himself  sivcn  otlier  sjiirits  more 
wicked  than  himselt;  and  (hcv  enl.-r 
in  and  dwell  there:  I'and  the  last 
utiite  of  that  man  is  worse  than  the 
first.  Even  so  shall  it  be  also  unto 
thi.s  wicked  generation. 

4U  Tf  ■While  he  vet  talked  to  the  peo- 
ple, 'llH-hoId,  his  mother  and  'his 
lirctbren  stood  without,  desiring  to 
si)eak  with  him. 

47  Then    one   said    unto    him.  Be- 
hold, thy  mother  nnd  thv  brethren 
14 


stand  without  desiring  to  speak  with 
thee. 

4.S  But  he  answered  and  said  unto 
him  that  told  him.  Who  is  my  moth- 
er? and  who  are  mv  brethren  ? 

4!)  And  he  stretched  forth  his  hand 
toward  hi.s  disciples,  and  s:nd.  Be- 
hold my  mother  and  my  liretliren  ! 

ill)  For  'whosoever  shall  do  the  will 
of  my  F.athcr  which  is  in  heaven,  the 
same  is  my  brother,  and  sister,  and 
mother. 

CHAPTER  Xm. 

3  The  pnrnblc  of  {he  sower  and  the  need; 
13  the  exposition  of  it.  24  Tlie  pnrable  of 
the  tares,  31  of  the  mustard  seed,  33  of 
the  leaven,  44  <-/  the  hidden  treasure,  45 
of  the  pearl,  47  of  the  drawnet  east  into 
the  sea :  53  and  how  Christ  is  contemned 
ofhisowneountnjmcn. 

'■pIIE  .same  day  went  Jesus  out  of  the 

X    house,  "  and  sat  by  the  sea  side. 

2  1>  And  great  multitudes  were  gath- 
ered to:;rther  Unto  him.  so  that  'he 
went  into  a  ship,  and  sat  ;  and  the 
whole  multitude  st 1  on  tlie  shore. 

.'!  And  he  spake  many  things  unto 
them  in  parables,  saying,  .1  Behold,  a 
sower  went  forth  to  sow; 

4  And  when  he  sowed,  some  sccrls 
fell  by  the  way  side,  and  the  fowls 
came  and  devoured  them  up: 

r)  Some  fell  upon  stony  niaccs,  where 
they  had  not  much  cartn :  and  forth- 
witli  they  sprung  up,  because  tliey 
had  no  deepness  of  earth: 

C  And  when  the  sun  was  up,  they 
were  scorched;  and  because  they  hail 
no  root,  tliey  withered  away. 

7  And  some  fell  among  thorns;  .and 
the  thorns  sprung  up,  and  choked 
them : 

8  But  other  fell  into  good  ground, 
and  brought  forth  fruit,  some  "-'a 
liundredfold,  some  sixtvfold,  some 
thirtyfold. 

'J  fWho  hath  ears  to  hear,  let  liim 
hear. 

1(1  And  the  disciples  came,  and  said 
unto  him.  Why  spcakcst  thou  unto 
them  in  parables'/ 

11  lie  answered  and  said  unto  them. 
Because  ^it  is  given  imto  y(m  to 
know  the  mysteries  of  the  kingdom 
of  heaven,  but  to  them  it  is  not  given. 

I'J  I.  For  whosoever  hath,  to  him 
shall  be  given,  and  he  shall  have 
more  abundance  :  but  whosoever 
hath  not,  from  him  shall  be  taken 
awav  even  that  he  hath. 

l.'I  'rheretiire  spejik  I  to  them  in  par- 
:ibles:  beeaus,'  tln-v  seeing  see  not; 
near  not,  neither 


>  thev  understand.  , 

1    And    in    them    is    fulfilled    fhd 
lopheey  of  Es;iias,  which  saith,  i  B A 
■      "  ■  I  shall  n.;a 

e  shall  see^ 


ve  shall  h. 
understa'nd:  am 
and  shall  not  pe> 

l."!  For  this  i>iople"s  heart  is  waxed 
gross,  nnd  tin  ir  earn  K  are  dull  of 
he;iring,  nnd  their  eyes  they  have 
closed;  lest  at  any  tin'io  they  should 


Parable  of  the  tnrcx, 


ST.  ArATTHEW. 


and  (if  the.  hidden  treaxure. 


with 


t'VI- 


with 
stand 

;  eon- 


aiiil  Iica 
ami  slioiild  uiiik' 
withMr/Vlicurt,  iiinl  sl.miM  li 
vortid,  and  I  sli.ml.l  h.ai  tlu-m. 

Ki  But  llil,-<sfd  .,;-c  your  lyis,  for 
tlicy  sue  :  mid  your  oars,  I'or  thiy 
hear. 

17  For  verily  I  say  tmtn  you, '"  That 
many  prophets  and  ri^nteous  men 
lia\c  desired  to  see  //lo.-v  lliiiii/^  wliieh 
ye  see,  and  liave  not  seen  tlu'in;  nnd 
to  liear  //»•.<(■  tliiitij:^  whieh  yc  licar, 
and  liave  not  heard  tticiti. 

IS  'il  "  Hear  ye  therefore  the  parable 
ofthe  sower." 

V.I  Wlien  any  one  heareth  tlie  ^vord 
"oltlie  kin'_'d"oni,  and  nnderstandeth 
it  not,  then  eonietll  tile  wieked  one, 
anil  eateheth  awav  that  wliieh  was 
sown  ill  liis  lieart."  Tliis  is  lie  which 
reeeivecl  see.l  hv  the  wav  side. 

■_1)  lint  he  that  reeeived  the  seed 
into  stony  jilaees,  the  .same  is  he  that 
rd,  and  anon  ''  witli 


toy  ree 


efh  it; 


t  hath  he  not  root  in  himself, 
hut  (Inreth  for  a  wliilc :  for  when 
trihulatiou  or  persecution  ariseth  he- 
eause  of  the  word,  by  and  by  ihe  is 
oflended. 

L'J  '  He  also  that  roceivcd  seed 
"ainoiij;  the  thorns  is  he  that  heareth 
the  word;  and  the  ciro  of  this  world, 
and  the  deceitfulness  of  riches,  clioke 
the  word,  and  he  becomcth  unfruit- 
ful. 

2.'i  But  he  that  received  seed  into 
the  good  ground  is  he  that  heareth 
the  word,  and  understandeth  it; 
which  also  heareth  fruit,  and  briiig- 
eth  forth,  some  a  hundredfold,  sonic 
sixtv,  some  thirty. 

■^i  i:  .Viiother  parable  put  he  forth 
unto  them,  savin-'.  The  kinu'dnm  of 
heaven  is  likened  unto  a  man  which 
s.iwed  ;;oo(l  seed  in  his  tield: 

•J.'>  liut  while  men  slept,  his  enemy 
came  and  sowed  tares  anions  the 
wheat,  and  wiMit  his  way. 

■J\  But  when  the  hlade  was  sprnn<; 
11)1,  and  bron^'ht  forth  fruit,  then  ap- 
peared the  tares  also. 

•_'"  So  the  8cr>'ants  of  the  house- 
holder came  and  said  unto  him,  Sir, 
didst  not  thou  sow  good  seed  in  thy 
tiidd  ?  from  whence  then  hath  it 
tare 


•2X  He  ! 
hath  d.M 
onto  hill 
and  gatl 

L'.l  But  I 
irather 


p  tl 


iiuto  them.  An  enemy 
lis.  Tlie  servants  .said 
ilt  thou  then  that  wc  go 
em  npy 

aid.  Xay;  lest  while  yc 
tares,"  yc  root  up  also 


th  tl 

.«)  Let  both  grow  together  until  the 
harvest:  and  in  the  time  of  harvest  I 
will  sav  to  the  reapers,  (iather  ye  to- 
gether first  thi>  tares,  and  bind  them 
111  huudlis  to  burn  tliein:  but '  gath- 
er the  wheat  iiitomv  barn. 
'.I  IT -Vnother  parable  put  he  forth^. 


■ofh 


dom  ^ 
n  is  like  to  a  grain  of  mustard' 


seed,  which  a  mail  took,  and  cowed 
in  his  field: 

■■;■>  Which  indeed  is  the  least  of  all 
seeds:  but  when  it  isgroHu.  it  is  nie 
greatest  among  herbs,  and  heeonic  th 
El  tree,  so  that  the  birds  of  the  air 
pome  and  lodge  in  the  branches 
Ehereof. 

1  .'VI  ir  '^  Another  parable  spake  he 
unto  thein;  The  kingdom  of  heaven 
is  like  unto  leaven,  which  »  w  onuiii 
took,  and  hid  in  three  )  measures  of 
meal,  till  tlie  whole  was  leavened. 

.'!4  !  All  these  things  spoke  Jesus 
unto  the  imiltitiide  iii  parables;  ami 
without  a  parable  spake  ho  not  unto 
them  : 

:•,;  That  it  might  be  fulfilled  which 
was  spoken  hv  the  prophet,  sin  iiig, 
»I  will  open  mv  month  in  parables; 
» I  will  utter  things  which  have  been 
kept  secret  from  the  foundation  of 
the  world. 

.'ilj  Then  .Tesns  sent  the  multitude 
awav,  and  went  into  the  lioiise:  .and 
his  disciples  came  unto  him.  saying, 
Declare  unto  us  the  parable  of  the 
tares  ofthe  field. 

yj  He  answered  and  said  unto  them, 
lie  that  sowetli  the  good  seed  is  the 
Sou  of  man; 

;>;  liTlie  field  is  the  world:  the  good 
seed  are  the  children  of  the  king- 
dom; but  the  tares  are  •'the  children 


if  tin 


eked  ( 


i'.l  Till'  eiieniv  that  sowed  them  is 
the  devil;  ''the  harvest  is  the  end  of 
the  world;  and  the  reapers  are  the 
angels. 

411  As  therefore  the  tares  are  gather- 
ed and  burned  in  the  fire;  so  shall  it 
1)C  in  the  end  if  this  world. 

41  The  Son  of  man  shall  send  forth 
his  angels,  --and  they  shall  gather 
out  of  his  kinu-dom  all  |  things  that 
offend,  and  them  which  do  ini.|iiity; 

41'  fAnd  shall  cast  them  into  a  fur- 
nace of  fire:  s  there  shall  bewailing 
and  quashing  of  teeth. 

4.!  Il  Then  shall  the  righteous  shine 
forth  as  the  sun  in  the  kingdom  of 
their  Father.  i  Who  hath  ears  to 
hear,  let  him  hear. 

4411  Again,  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
is  like  hiito  treasure  hid  in  a  field; 
the  which  when  a  man  hath  found, 
hehideth.  ami  fi.r  joy  thereof  goeth 
and  ksellelh  all  that  he  hatli,  and 
Ibiiveth  that  tield. 

4.jii  .\gaiii,  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
is  like  unto  a  IiuTchantman,  seeking 
.goodiv  pearls: 

I  4ii  Who,  when  he  had  found  "one 
pearl  of  great  price,  went  ancUoldall 
that  he  had,  and  bon-lit  it. 

47  tr  .\gaiii,  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
is  like  linto  a  net,  that  was  east  into 
the  sen,  and  "gathen-d  of  everv  kind: 

4.S  Wliich,  when  it  wn.s  full,  Ihev 
drew  to  shore,  and  .sat  down,  and 
gathered  the  good  into  vessels,  but 
cast  the  bad  away. 

4'J  So  shall  it  be  at  the  end  of  tlie 


15 


Herod's  opininii  of  Christ. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


Chri.it  fecdeth  five  thousand. 


A.  I).  K. 

nMHrk  ti.  14. 
l.ukea.  7. 


world:  the  angels  sh;i!l  I'omc  Icirtli, 
and  "fiovcr  the  Avickod  frum  ainoiij; 
thfjiist, 

,W  I'  And  shall  cast  them  into  the 
furnace  of  tire:  there  sshall  bo  wail- 
ini;  and  ^'nashin'.,'  of  teeth. 

.'il  .lesiis  saith  unto  tlicni.  Have  vc 
understoi.d  all  these  things?  They 
say  luito  liini.  Yea.  Lord. 

."ij  Then  .s:iid  he  unto  thcin,  There- 
fore every  scribe  which  n  instrncted 
nnto  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  is  like 
onto  a  man  that  I'.v  a  honseliolder, 
whieh  brinseth  fiirth  ont  of  his  trea.-i- 
nre  ''  fhiit'/s  new  and  old. 

,"i:i  IT  And  it  came  to  jiass,  that  when 
.lesns  had  finished  the.se  parables,  he 
departed  thence. 

.'it  'And  when  he  was  come  into  liis 
own  country,  ho  tang'.it  them  in 
their  synagogue,  insomuch  that  they 
were  astonished,  and  said.  Whence 
hath  this  man  this  wisdom,  and 
l/i'.<i>  mighty  works? 

.Vi'Is  iiot  this  the  carpenter's  son? 
is  not  his  uuither  called  JTary?  and 
'his  brethren,  ", lames,  and  Joses, 
and  Simon,  and  Judas? 

.'■)()  .Vnd  his  sisters,  are  they  not  all 
with  US?  Whence  then  hath  this 
/»<0(.  all  these  tilings? 

.')7  And  they  "  were  ofTended  in  him. 
But  Jesus  said  unto  them,  5  A 
jirophot  is  not  without  honour,  save 
in  Ills  own  country,  and  in  liis  own 
liousc. 

5S  And  ^he  did  not  many  mighty 
works  there  because  of  their  unbe- 
lief. 

-^  CHAPTER  XIV. 
1  IT.-rod't  KpUiion  vf  CUriat.  3  Wherefore 
John  Itaptitt  waa  helicajfd.  13  Ji:»ut 
depitrteihinto  a  desert  place:  IS  where 
he  fecdeth  five  thousand  men  with  five 
loaves  and  two  fishes:  22  he  ivatketh  on 
the  sea  to  his  disciples  :  34  and  landinff 
at  Oenncsarel,  henlelh  the  sick  by  the 
touch  of  the  hem  of  his  garment. 

A  T  that  time  "Herod  tlie  tetrarcli 
J\  heard  of  tlic  fame  of  Jesus, 

2  And  said  unto  liis  servants,  This 
is  John  the  Baptist;  he  is  risen  from 
the  dead  ;  and  therefore  mighty 
works  II  do  shew  forth  themselves  in 
him. 

."i  V  liFor  Hei-od  had  laid  hold  on 
John,  and  bound  him,  and  put  him 
in  prison  for  Ilerodias'  sake,  his 
hrotlier  Phili|)'s  wife. 

4  I"or  John  said  unto  him,  "^It  is  not 
lawful  for  thee  to  luive  her. 

r>  And  when  he  would  have  put 
him  to  death,  he  feared  the  multi- 
tude, il  because  they  counted  liim  as 
a  prophet. 

(i  IJut  when  Herod's  birthday  was 
kept,  the  daughter  of  Heroilias 
danced  f  before  tlicm,  and  iileused 
H.rod. 

r  Whereupon  he  promised  witli  an 
oath  to  give  Iier  whatsoever  slie 
w<jnld  ask. 

8  And  she,  being  l)efore  instrncted 
Hi 


of  her  mother,  said.  Give  mo  here 
John  Baptist's  head  in  a  charger. 
1)  And  the  king  was  sorry:  never- 
theless for  the  oath's  sake,  and  them 
whieh  sat  with  him  at  meat,  ho  cum- 
maiuled  it  to  he  given  hrr. 

10  And  he  scut,  and  beheaded  John 
in  the  jirison. 

11  And  his  head  was  brought  in  a 
charger,  and  j^iven  to  the  damsel; 
and  she  brought  it  to  her  mother. 

1 J  And  his  disciples  came,  and  took 
up  the  hodv,  and  buried  it,  and  went 
and  told  Jcs!is. 

]'!  TI>^When  .Tesus  heard  of  it,  he 
departed  thence  by  ship  into  a  desert 
place  apart  :  and  when  the  pecnile 
had  heard  lhrrror\  they  ibllowed  him 
on  f:.  tout  of  the  cities. 

14  And  Jesus  went  forth,  and  saw- 
agre;it  multitude,  and  fwas  moved 
with  conipissiiin  toward  them,  and 
he  healed  their  sick. 

t.')  T\  ''And  when  it  was  evening, 
his  disciples  came  to  him,  saying. 
This  is  a  desert  place,  and  the  time 
is  iio\\'  jiast ;  send  the  multitude 
awav,  that  they  may  go  into  the  vil- 
lages, and  buy"  themselves  victuals. 

Hi  But  Jesus  said  unto  them.  They 
ni'eil  not  depart;  give  ve  them  to  cat. 

17  And  they  say  unto  him.  We  have 
here  but  live  loaves,  and  two  fishes. 

18  He  said,  Bring  them  hither  to 
me. 

I'J  And  ho  commanded  the  multi- 
tude to  sit  down  on  the  grass,  and 
tot>k  tlie  five  U>avcs,  and  the  two 
iishes,  and  looking  up  to  heaven, 
h  he  blessed,  and  brake,  and  gave 
the  loaves  to  his  disciples,  and  the 
disciples  to  the  multitude. 

•20  And  they  did  all  c-t,  and  were 
filled:  and  thej-  took  up  of  the  frag- 
ments that  remained  twelve  baskets 
full. 

21  And  they  that  had  eaten  were 
about  live  thousand  men,  beside 
women  and  children. 

22  TI  Anil  btniightway  Jesus  con- 
strained bis  disciples  to  get  into  a 
ship,  and  to  go  before  him  nnto  the 
other  side,  while  lie  sent  the  multi- 
tudes away. 

2-"t '  And  when  be  had  sent  the  mul- 
titudes away,  he  went  up  into  a 
mountain  apart  to  pray:  kaud  when 
tire  evening  was  come,  he  was  there 
alone. 

24  But  the  ship  was  now  in  the 
midst  of  the  sea,  tossed  with  waves: 
for  the  wind  was  contrary. 

2.5  And  in  tlie  foiuth  watch  of  the 
night  Jesus  went  unto  them,  walking 
on  the  sea. 

L'lj  .Vnd  when  the  disciples  saw  him 
1  walking  on  the  sea,  they  were 
troubled,  saving.  It  is  n  spirit;  and 
they  cried  oiit  for  fear. 

27  But  straightway  Jesus  spake  un- 
to them,  saying.  Be  of  good  cheer;  it 
is  I;  be  not  nfVaid. 

28  And   Peter  answered  him  and 


Christ  reproveth  the 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


scribes  and  Pharisees. 


Marlt  1.  I. 
]..iko  4.  41. 
J.,lial    -W.i 
(I.CJ.  4  U. 

aVi,  a.  37. 
lU,m.  1.4. 
nlI»rliG.  a. 


said.  Lord,  if  it  be  tliini,  bid  me 
come  unto  tliee  on  tiic  wiitor. 

"^  And  iic  said,  Come.  And  vlien 
Peter  was  eonie  down  f)ntol*llic  bliip, 
he   wallied  on   the  water,   to  go  to 

r'csus. 

30    But   when    he   saw   the   wind 

jhoisterous,    he     was    afraid;    and 

jcginninf;  to  sink,  lie  cried,  baying, 

[..ord,  SLi\e  me. 

•Jl  And  ill) mediately  .Jc-ns  stretch- 
ed forth  /i/.-.  liaiul,  and  euu;;lit  lii'ii, 
and  said  unto  liiiii,  ()  tlioii  ut'  little 
faith,  wherelore  ^:ul^t  thou  doulif;' 

i'J.  And  when  they  were  come  into 
tlie  ship,  the  wind  ceased. 

y3  Then  they  that  were  in  tlie  ship 
c.nme  and  worsliipped  him,  saviu-;. 
Of  a  truth  '"  thou  art  the  Son  of  (iod. 

34  TT  "And  when  they  were  pine 
over,  they  came  into  the  land  of 
Gennesaret. 

And  when  the  men  of  that  place 
had  knowledge  of  him,  tliev  sent  out 
into  all  that  country  round  aliont, 
and  brought  uuto  him  all  that  were 
diseased; 

3(j  And  besought  him  that  they 
might  only  touch  the  hem  of  his 
Karmeut:  and  "as  many  i;a  touched 
were  made  iieric'Ctly  whole. 

CIIAPTEU  XV. 

3  Christ  rcjtruvellt  thr  ecriOet  ntij  P'inri- 
aces  for  transyressinii  OutVH  ct'inmnnil' 
mcnia  through  their  oirn  traditio;,  :  11 
teiichcth  hoxv  that  which  gocth  into  the 
mouth  doth  not  defile  a  man.  'Jl  Uc  /ii-.ii- 
cth  the  daughter  uf  the  ujvmnn  of  Cu- 
ninin,  3'J  aiij  other  great  multituden  :  a-J 
and  with  neveii.  loafe,  and  a  few  little 
fislicg  fcedelh  four  thousand  imoi,  bemde 
woineit  and  children. 

THEN  "came  to  Jesus  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  which  were  of  Jerusa- 
lem, !.ayin^, 

•J  ii  Whv  do  thy  disciples  trnnspress 
'the  tradition  of  the  eiders?  for  they 
wash  not  their  liands  wlieu  they  eat 
bread. 

3  Hut  he  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  Whv  do  ye  also  tran.sjiress  the 
eommandmentof  God  by  your  tra- 
diUou  f 

4  For  God  commanded,  sayinjj, 
d  Honour  thy  father  niul  mother: 
and,  "lie  tfiat  eursetli  fatlier  or 
mother,  kt  him  die  the  death. 

5  But  ye  sny.  Whosoever  shall  soy 
to  hii  lather  or  /a'.i  mother,  i  It  is  a 
^ift,  by  w  hatsocver  thou  mightest  be 
profited  bv  me; 

G  And  honour  not  his  father  or 
his  mother,  /«;  sliall  In  .iriv.  'i'lius 
have  ye  made  the  coiMinandmeiit 
of  God  of  none  etl'ect  by  your  tra- 
dition. ,,    ,. ,  ^    . 

7  i'e  e hypocrites,  well  did  Esaius 
prophesy  of  you,  savin;;, 

8  liThis  people  drawctli  nitfh  unto 
me  with  their  moulh,  and  honouretli 
me  with  tliLir  lips;  but  their  heart  is 
far  from  me. 

y  But  in  vain  they  do  worship  mc, 


I  teaching  ./<</•  doctrines  tlie  com- I 
mandments  of  nun. 

10  H  k  .Anil  he  called  the  innllitude,    ' 
and  said  unto  them.  Hear,  and  un- 
derstand: 

11  INot  that  Avhieh  poeth  into  the    ' 
mouth  drtilethaman;  but  that  which    > 
coiuetli  out  of  the  inouth,  this  defil- 
cth  a  man. 

ij  Then  came  his  disei|>Ies,  and 
said  unto  him,  Knowest  thou  that  , 
Ihe  Pliarisees  were  ofreiided,  alter 
Ihev  heard  this  saving? 

1.;'   But    he    answeied    and    said,  ' 
'"Everv  jilant,  which  mv  heav.-nlv    • 
Father'  hath   not  planteil,  shall   b'c] 
rooted  up.  I 

14  Let  them  alone:  "they  be  Idindi  ■ 
leaders  of  the   blind.      And   if   tlief 
blind  bad  the  blind,  both  shall  full 
into  tlie  diteh. 

].'i  " 'I'lieii  answere<l  Peter  and  said 
unto  him.  Declare  unto  us  this  para- 
ble. 

lii  And  Jesus  said,  I'  Are  ye  also  yet 
without  understanding? 

17  Do  not  ve  vet  understand,  that 
1  whatsoever  entereth  in  at  the  mouth 
goeth  into  the  bellv,  and  is  cast  out 
into  the  draught? 

15  But  Mliiise  tilings  which  proceed 
out  of  the  niontli  come  forth  tiom  the 
heart;  and  they  ilelile  the  man. 

I'J  *  For  out  of  the  heart  proceed 
evil  tbonghts,  mnrdei.s,  adulteries, 
fornieations,  thefts,  false  witness, 
blasphemies: 

■M  These  arc  the  tituigf  which  defile 
a  man:  but  to  e;-.t  with  unwtisheii 
liands  defileth  not  a  ni.Tii. 

•1\  H  '  Then  Jesus  went  Ihenee,  and 
departed  iuto  the  coasts  of  Tyre  and 
Sidon. 

l".J  And,  behold,  a  woman  cf  Canaan 
came  out  of  the  same  coasts,  mid 
cried  unto  him,  saying.  Have  mercy 
on  me,  O  Lord,  llioii  Sou  of  Daviif; 
mv  daughter  is  grievously  vexed  with 
a  (levil. 

•£\  But  he  answered  her  not  a  word. 
And  his  disciples  came  and  besought 
him,  saying,  .Send  her  away;  for  she 
erieth  iiYter  us. 

24  But  he  answered  and  said,  "I 
am  not  sent  but  unto  the  Utetsliceji 
of  the  house  of  Israel. 

lis  Then  came  she  and  worshipped 
him,  saying.  1 1,  help  me.  . 

a;  l!iit  he  aii^wtred  uiul  said.  It  IS 
not  meet  to  take  (he  ehiidren's  bread, 
and  to  east  it  to  ^  dogs. 

•J.7  And  she  Kiid,  Truth,  Lord:  yet 
the  dogs  eat  I'f  the  crumbs  wliieh 
fall  fVom  their  masters'  table. 

'.;.S  Then  Jesus  ausv.end  and  wild 
unto  her,  O  woman,  great  is  thy 
fiiitli:  be  it  uuto  thee  even  as  thou 
wilt.  And  lur  daughter  was  iiiadu 
whole  from  lliat  very  hour. 

1:^.1  >  AiuKh^iK  il.parteil  li  om  thenee, 
and  c;inie  nigh  '  uulo  Ihe  sea  of  (Gal- 
ilee; and  went  np  iuto  a  inouutuiii, 
uud  sat  down  there. 

n 


io\  i  is- 
•ti- 

T.l  1    IL 


Christ  feedeth  foxir  thousand.        ST.  MATTHEW.      The  people's  opinion  of  Christ. 


.Ich.  U.  19. 
•  I  Siii.i.  9.  13. 
Lukd  2.i.  L'J. 


.■50  "And  srottt  nuiltitiiilcs  cfiinc  un- 
to hiin.  Imvin^'  witli  tlieni  llms,-  l/itit 
were  liirne,  blinil,  dunili,  iiiuiinoil, 
and  in:(nv  others,  ami  c;ist  tliciu 
down  at  Jesus'  feut;  and  he  healed 
them: 

yi  Insomuch  that  the  multitude 
wondered,  when  they  saw  the  dumh 
to  speak,  the  luahueil  to  he  whole, 
the  lame  to  walk,  and  the  Wind  to 
see:    and  they  glorilied  the  God  of 


;ij  II  I'  Then  Jesus  ealled  his  disci- 
ples inilo  Jtiiii.  and  said,  I  have  coni- 
|)assion  on  the  multitude,  beeause 
they  continue  with  me  now  throe 
days,  and  have  nothing  to  oat:  and 
I  will  not  send  them  away  fasting, 
lest  they  faint  in  the  way. 

;!•'!  ^'  And  his  disciples  say  unto  him. 
Whence  should  we  have  so  much 
bread  in  the  wilderness,  as  to  till  so 
great  a  inultitudei' 

y4  And  .lesua  s;iith  unto  them,  Ilnw 
many  loaves  have  ye?  And  they 
said.  Seven,  and  .i  few  little  lishes. 

^5  .\nd  he  commanded  the  multi- 
tude to  sit  down  on  the  ground. 

.'Ki  And  'I  he  took  the  seven  loaves 
and  the  lishes,  and  "gave  tlianks, 
and  brake  litem,  and  ';ave  to  his  dis- 
ciples, and  the  disciples  to  the  mul- 
titude. 

.'ir  And  they  did  all  eat,  nnd  were 
lilled:  and  they  took  ni)of  the  broken 
meiit  that  was  left  seven  b:i.skets  full. 

.W  .\nd  they  that  did  eat  were  four 
thousand  men,  beside  women  and 
children. 

.'ill  I  And  he  sent  aw;iy  the  multi- 
tude, and  took  ship,  and  came  into 
the  coasts  of  Alagdala. 

CIIAPTEK  XVI. 

1  The  Pkariseca  require  <l  sijrii.  0  Jetua 
warnilh  Ida  Uisciplea  of  the  le<wcn  of 
the  PharUeea  and  S,i,lUuceeii.  13  Tlie 
peoplc^B  opinion  of  Christ.  Viand  Pe- 
ter's confeeaion  of  him.  •Jl  Jeaua  fore- 
eheivetU  hia  dentk,  *J.l  rcfirovinij  Peter 
for  Uiaaundin^  lilm  from  it  :  ii  and 
admoniahelh  thoae  that  will  follow  him, 
to  bear  the  eroaa. 

''fllE  =>Ph.arisces  also  with  the  S:id- 
1.    duoees  came,  and  tempti 


ircd  him  that  In 
,  sign  1 


would  shew  them 


a  He  answered  and  said  y'^-"_'-m, 
AVhen  it  is  evening,  ye  saf*-'.  "'s  1  i« 
fair  weather:  for  the  sky  i\  . 

.'i  And  in  the  morning,"//  i\  1(1  b.i  foul 
weather  to  cUiy  :  for  the  sky  is  red 
and  lowering.  O  i/e  hypocrites,  ye 
can  discern  the  face  of  the  sky ;  hut 
can  yc  not  iti^'cru  the  signs  of  the 
times:' 

4  I'A  wickeil  and  ndnUerntis  genera- 
tion sceketh  alter  a  sign;  and  there 
shall  no  sign  he  given  nnt,>  it,  hut 
tlu'sigii  cif  tlie  imipliet.rnuas.  And 
he  lett  llu'm,  and  deiiarted. 

."i  And  'when  his  disciples  were 
come  to  tiie  other  side,  they  Inul  for- 
gotten to  take  bread. 


<!  5  Then  .lesus  fiai<l  unto  them, 
.1  Take  heed  and  beware  of  the  leav- 
en of  the  I'harisees  und  of  the  Sad- 
dueees. 

7  And  they  reasoned  among  them- 
selves, saying.  It  ts  because  we  liave 
taken  no  bread. 

<S  U'liieli  when  Jesus  perceived,  he 
said  unto  them,  O  ye  of  little  faith, 
why  reason  ye  aintmg  yourselves, 
l)ecause  ve  have  brought  no  bread? 

y  ''  Do  ye  not  yet  nnd.'rstand,  nei- 
ther remcndjcr  the  li\e  loaves  of  the 
live  thousand,  and  how  many  bask- 
ets ye  took  up? 

10  T  Neither  the  seven  loaves  of  the 
four  thousand,  and  how  many  bask- 
ets yc  took  \ip? 

11  "llow  is  it  that  yc  do  not  under- 
stand that  1  snake  it  not  to  you  con- 
cerning bread,  that  yc  should  be- 
ware of  the  leaven  vf  the  Pharisees 
and  otthe  Sad.lueees;' 

IJ  'I'lien  understood  thev  how  that 
he  bade  tlirm  not  bc^ware  of  the  leav- 
en of  bread,  but  of  the  doctrine  of 
the  Pharisees  and  of  the  Saddueecs. 

i;;  H  When  Jesus  came  into  the 
coasts  of  Cesarea  Philippi,  he  asked 
his  disciples,  s.aying,  B  Whom  do 
men  say  that  I,  the  Son  of  man, 
am  y 

14  And  they  said,  h  Some  aai/  thtit 
thou  (trt  John  the  Baptist ;  some, 
Klias  ;  and  others,  Jerenuas,  or  one 
of  the  prophets. 

l.j  Ue  saith  unto  them.  But  whom 
say  3e  that  I  am? 

lijAud  Snnon  Peter  answered  and 
sjjd,  1  Thou  art  the  Christ,  the  Son 
of  the  living  Cod. 

1"  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  him.  Blessed  art  thou,  Simon 
Bar-jona:  1.  lor  flesli  and  blood  hath 
not  revealed  It  iialo  thee,  but  lulv 
Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

15  .\nd  I  sav  also  unto  thee.  That 
"'thou  art  iVter,  and  "  niion  this 
rock  I  will  build  my  church  :  and 
"  the  gates  of  hell  shall  not  prevail 
against  it. 

lit  I'And  I  will  give  nnto  thee  the 
keys  ol  the  kingdom  of  heaven:  and 
whatsoever  thiui  shalt  biiul  on  earth 
shall  he  bound  in  heaven  ;  and 
whatscK'Vc  r  thou  slialt  loose  on  earth 


he  lo 


'din  h< 


his 


•Jl  T  F 
Mo 


om  th 
-hew  1 
must ;: 


me  forth  began  Je 
his  disciples,  hov 
ito  Jerusalem,  am 


that  1 

snll'er  manv  tilings  of  the  elders  ami 
chief  priests  ami  scribes,  and  he  kill- 
ed, and  be  raised  a-ain  the  third  .lav. 

L'.'  Thiai  lVt<a-|ook  him,  ami  hegiin 
to  rebuke  him,  saying,  t  Ue  it'far 
from  thee,  J.ord  :  tills  shall  not  be 
unto  thee. 

L'.i  Hut  ho  turned,  nnd  said  unto 
I'eter,  Get  thee  behind  me,  "  Sat;m  : 
'thou  art  au  oll'enco  unto  me:  for 


The  tramfiguration  of  Chrixt.      ST.  MATTIIKW. 


Uc  healeth  the  lunatic. 


thou  savourcst  nut  tlic  tliins;'*  tliat  be 
olCiiiil,  liiit  tlinsr  tlKit  I,.' ut  in.n. 

2tn"Tl.c-n  sai.l.l.siisiiiit,.  Iiisdis- 
cipK-s.   If  liny  wnn   will   c 
iiic,  k-t  liim  deny  li'iiiiselt 
up  Ilia  cross,  and  I'ollow  me. 

'>3  For  *w!icisoever  will  save  his 
life  sliiiU  lose  it :  luid  wliosoever  will 
lose  his  life  for  my  siiUe  sliiill  rnid  it 


id  t;iU 


_    lisciplcs  understood 

that  he  spake  unto  liiem  ol"  John  the 
Baptist. 

mi  '■  And  w  hill  they  were  eome  to 
the  mnltitiide,  there  eame  to  him  a 
cirliun  man,  kneeling  down  to  him, 

1.")  Lord,' have  merey  ou  my  son; 
(or  he   is  Innutic,  and  sore  vexed: 


lose  his  hte  tor  my  siiiie  snail  mm  11.      lur  i. ;   is   ,i.,,.i,.,^,  ...  ,»  cv,.^    .^~.« 
I  liU  For  what  is  a  man  inotited,  it  he  I  flir  olttiiiKs  he  ialleth  into  the  hre 
th-ill  -lin  llic  whole  world,  and  lose    and  oil  iiUo  the  water, 
ris    w     SOI  iVorSwliat  shall  a  man      hi  .\i.d  I   l,r..n;.-ht  him  to  thy  dis 
live  i".  e;eham;e  for  his  soul.'  eipUs,  ami  tluy  eoiiUl  no   em.;  lim. 

W  For  'the  S..n  of  man  shall  eome      K  Then  .h-sns  answered  and  said 


lorv  of  his  Father -'with  hi 
an-elsT'-'and  then  he  shall  reward 
every  man  aeeorUinj;  to  his  works 
2S  Verily  I  sav  unto  you,  '  There 
be  some  stamlin:'  h.av,  whieh  shall 
not  taste  ot  death,  till  they  see  the 
Son  of  man  eomin;;  in  his  kinguoin. 


10.      I  Tot.  1.  17.      Hov.  2.  a.  i  22.  12. 


cMarl 


A.  D.  'i-i. 

icb    11    II. 
L,MMik!l    li. 


„rl(  I.  II. 
Ike  3.  22. 
..  42.  1. 
ci.l.  IS.l.'i. 


cii.\PTER  xvn. 

1  TIte  tranifi.juratwn  of  Christ.  U  He 
hcaUtk  the  lunatic,  22 /u/-./i((c('i /its  omii 
pdsaion,  -i  and  puijcth  tr<i>Htc. 

AND  "after  six  days  .lesus  taketh 
Peter,  James,  and  John  jus 
brother,  and  liriii-eth  them  up  into 
a  hi-li  mountain  apart, 
"  \im1  was  traii.-ti'4iired  before  them: 
anil  his  faee  did  shine  as  the  sun,  and 
liis  raiment  was  white  as  the  liL'ht. 
:;  And,  behold,  there  appeared  unto 
them  Moses  and  Elias  talkinj;  with 
him.  ,       .  , 

4  Then  answered  Peter,  and  Raid 
unto  Ji'sus,  Lord,  it  is  ^'ood  lur  us  to 
be  here  ■  if  thou  wilt,  let  US  make 
here  three  tabernaeles;  one  tor  thee, 
and  one  tor  .Moses,  and  one  lor  Eha.s. 

.5  I.  While  he  vet  spake,  behold,  a 
bri^'ht  elond  overshadowed  tliein  : 
and  behold  a  voiee  out  ot  the  o  oiiil, 
which  said,  'This  is  my  beloved 
Sou,  Jin  whom  1  am  well  pleased; 
'liear  vehini.  ... 

(J  lAnd  »  hen  the  disciples  heard  tl, 
they  tell  ou  their  face,  and  were  sore 
afraid.  ,    _         ,     . 

7  .\nd  Jesus  came  and  ^touched 
them,  and  said,  Arise,  and  be  not 

.s  '.Viid  when  they  had  lifted  up 
tlieir  eyes,  they  saw  no  iiiuii,  save 
Jesus  only.  ,  .         ,, 

II  \:id  as  they  came  down  from  the 
mountain,  hjesus  charged  them, 
saving.  Tell  the  vision  to  no  man, 
until  the  Son  of  man  be  risen  again 
from  the  dead.  ,     ,    ,  . 

III  And  his  disciples  asked  him, 
saying,  i  Why  then  say  the  scribes 
that  Elias  uiiist  first  come? 

11  And  Jesus  answered  mid  said 
unto  them,  Elias  truly  shall  lir»t 
eome,  and  k  restore  all  things. 

Li  1  lint  I  sav  unto  yon,  1  hat  Elias 
is  eome  already,  and  tlov  knew  lum 
not,  iiut  '"have  done  unto  him  wliat- 
scK-ver  th.'V  listed.  Likewise  »  shall 
also  the  Sou  of  man  suffer  of  them. 


Otaithl -.  -  . 

Iiow  long  sliall  1  be  with  yo 
long  shall  1  sutfer  youl'  bri 
hither  to  me. 

l.S  And  Jesus  rebuked  the  devil ; 
andhedeiKiitedoiitolliim:  and  the 
child  was  eiiiedln.ln  that  v,ry  hour. 

P.)  Then  came  the  dlseiples  to  Jesus 

apart,  and  said.  Why  could  not  we 
cast  him  out? 

20  And  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Be- 
cause of  vour  unbelief:  lor  verily  1 
say  unto  Vou,  'i  If  ve  have  laitli  as  a 
grain  of  inustard  seeil,  ye  shall  say 
unto  this  mountain,  Ueinove  lieiiee 
to  vonder  place;  and  it  shall  removi  : 
anil  nothing  shall  be  impossible  unto 

21  ilowbeit  this  kind  goeth  not  out 
butbv' prayer  and  lasting. 

■>■>  if  f  And  while  they  abode  in 
Galilee,  Jesus  said  unto  them,  'i  he 
Son  of  man  shall  be  betrayed  into 
the  hands  of  men : 

2.'{  And  they  shall  kill  him,  and  the 
third  diiy  he  shall  be  raised  again. 
And  thev  were  exceeding  sorry. 

24  IT  And  'when  they  were  come 
to  t'apiauanin,  they  that  received 
i|  tribute  tiniiini  came  to  I'eler,  and 
said,  i)oth  not  your  master  pay 
tribute:' 

2.")  lie  saith.  Yes.  And  when  he 
was  eome  into  the  house,  Jesus  pre- 
vented him,  sayiiii;.  What  thinkest 
thou,  Siniouy  ot  whom  ilo  the  Uinu 
of  the  earth  take  eiislom  or  tribute 
oltheirown  children,  orotstrauu'er- 

•■li  Peter  saith  unlo  Inin.  <JI  stran- 
gers.   Jesus  saith  unto  lum,  Then  are 

T  Notwitlist:inding,  lest  we  shoulil 
olfiud  them,  go  tbim  to  tlie  sea,  and 
cast  a  hook,  and  take  uii  thetisb  that 
first  cometli  up;  aiidwiien  Ihon  bast 
opened  his  mouth,  thou  shall  find 
"a  piece  ol  money:  that  take,  and 
(Vive  unto  them  for  me  and  thee. 

CHAPTER  XVIH. 

1  ChriAt  warnclh  hit  •litelfJet  111  tt  Imm- 
ble  unJ  liarmlran :  ^  to  uioiJ  iiffCHCct. 
and  not  to  dctlnta  Iht  liltio  onet:  lu 
traeheth  how  we  are  to  dial  with  our 
brethren,  u'hen  then  offend  ut :  •-}<•'"' 
how  oft  to  furuii'e  them :  £1  which  he 
ectteth  forth  hy  a  )Htral,tc  of  the  kiua. 
that  took  acouni  uf  hit  eermnte,  32  and 
puniahed  him,  who  thcwed  iiu  merry  to 
1      hitfeUoa. 


rrh    IR.  21.  Jt 

Muk's  31. 
Jk  ».  :'JI.  31.  & 
III   'Xi 

Luke  a  a. 
II  1  IS  31. 


.C>llr.l  l> 
<l,con|ii„fd. 


Chritit  teachath  humility. 


ST.  MATl'HEW. 


The  unmerciful  servant. 


—  _      . .:.,,...    1,1111^  ^^jiii^    till;  U1&- 

.  —  ciples  unto  Jesus,  Bttvins,  Who 
IS  tlie  Kf'-'Ktcbt  iu  the  kliigaoiu  of 
Jieaven  ? 

2  And  Jesus  called  a  little  rliild 
unto  hini,  und  set  liim  in  tiio  midst 
of  them, 

.".And  iiaid.  Verily  I  sny  unto  you, 
ll'Lxeept  ye  be  euiiverted,  mid  lie 
eonie  as  little  ciiildren,  vo  sluill 
intotliekiii'^'doni  ofl 


--    -      -    receive 

jsuen  little  child  in  my  nunio  rcceiv-( 
'eth  me.  I 

.  G  ''But  whoso  shall  offend  one  of 
[tliese  little  oiu-s  whieh  believe  in  nic, 
:it  were  better  for  him  that  a  mili- 
istone  were  hanged  aliout  liis  neck 

and   //(((/   lie  were  drowned  in   th^ 

depth  ..ftliesea. 

7  ir  Woe  unto  the  world  because  d- 
otienees!  tiir  lit  must  needs  be  that 
otfenees  come;  but  »  woe  to  that  man 
by  wlioin  the  offence  comethl 

«  li  Wherefore  if  thy  hand  or  thv 
foot  offend  thee,  cut  them  off,  anil 
east  tlicin  from  tlice:  it  is  lietter  for 
tliee  to  enter  into  life  halt  or  maim- 
ed, rather  than  havinj;  two  hands 
or  two  feet  to  be  cast  into  everlust- 
in;;  tire. 

il  And  if  thine  eve  offend  thee, 
jiluek  it  out,  and  east  il  from  thee: 
It  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  into  life 
with  one  eye,   rather   than    having 


him  be  unto  thee  as  a  ilieatlieu  man 
and  a  publican. 

l.S  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  '  What- 
soever ye  shall  bimi  on  earth  sliall 
be  bound  in  heaven;  and  whatso- 
ever ye  shall  loose  on  earth  shall  be 
loosed  in  lieaven. 

I'J  '■A%:un  I  say  unto  yon,  That  if 
two  of  you  shall  a;^rec  on  earth  as 
toueliin^'  any  tiling  tliat  they  thall 
ask,  'it  shall  be  done  for  them  of  my 
.rather  which  is  in  heaven 


I  c-  ivi       —     ■  ;^  •  "'  '"  ,^'','  ^"'     r  "•"'*•    '!•  snail  Lie  uone  lor  inem  oi  mi 

4     Whosoever  theretoro  shall  hum-,    Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

blc  himselt  as  this  little  child,  the«  h:0  For  where  two  or  three  .are  trath 

same  is  greatest  in  the  kingdom  ofl Ured  together  in  my  name,  there  an 

rT'V    ,     ,  ,    „  .  'i  in  the  midst  of  them. 

.;',„;,  I»ili??-  **'"""   receive  one      21  11  Then  came  Peter  to  liim,  am 


..lilt    ijiiv.    '•.'i^,    liiLiier     iiiuii     Ji 

two  eyes  to  be  cast  into  hell  fire. 

10  Take  heed  that  ye  despise  not 
one  of  these  little  ones;  tor  I  say 
unto  you,  That  in  heaven  "their  an- 
gels do  always  k  behold  the  fiiee  of 
my  Father  which  is  in  heaven. 

II I  For  the  Sou  of  man  is  come  to 
save  that  which  was  lost. 

12 '"How  tliiiik  ye?  if  a  man  have 
a  hundred  sheep,  and  one  of  tlii'in 
he  gone  astray,  diitli  he  not  leave  the 
ninety  and  nine,  and  goeth  intu  the 
mouiitaius,  and  seeketli  that  which 
is  gone  astray? 

13  And  if  so"  be  that  he  find  it,  verily 
I  say  unto  you,  lie  rejoiceth  more  of 
that  sheeii,  than  of  the  ninety  and 
nine  which  went  not  astrav. 

14  Even  so  it  is  not  the  will  of  vour 
Fatlier  which  is  in  heaven,  that  one 
of  these  little  onesshouM  perish. 

H  Moreover  "if  thy  brother  shall 
trespass  against  tliee,  tro  and  tell  him 
Ids  lault  between  tliee  and  him 
alone:  if  ho  shall  hear  thee,  "thou 
hast  gained  thv  brother. 

bi  Uiit  if  he  will  not  hear  Mec,  Uien 
take  with  thee  one  or  two  more,  that 
in  I'the  month  of  two  or  three  wit- 
nesses every  word  may  be  estab- 
lished. 

ir  And  if  he  shall  neglect  to  hear 
them,  tell  //  unto  the  church:  hut  if 
he  neglect  to  hear  the  church,  let 
20 


;  am 

-.-       - v^.   ...  .......  and 

p.id.  Lord,  how  oft  shall  mv  brother 
sin  against  me,  and  I  forgive  Jiiiu? 
"till  seven  times? 

'21  Jesu3  saith  unto  liim,  I  sav  not 
unto  thee.  Until  seven  times:  '''but, 
I'litil  seventy  times  seven. 

2.'!  TT  Therefore  is  the  kingdom  of 
heaven  likened  unto  a  certain  king, 
which  would  take  account  of  his 
servants. 

1'4  And  when  he  had  begun  to 
reckon,  one  was  brought  unto  liim, 
which  owed  him  ten  thousand 
II  talents. 

I'j  But  forasmuch  as  he  had  not  to 
pay,  his  lord  commanded  him  >to 
be  sold,  and  his  wife,  and  children, 
and  all  that  he  had,  and  payment  to 
be  made. 

2(>  The  servant  therefore  fell  down, 
and  II  worshipped  liim,  saving.  Lord, 
have  patience  with  me,  and  I  will 
pay  thee  all. 

27  Then  the  lord  of  that  servant  was 
moved  with  compassion,  and  loosed 
him,  and  forgave  liim  the  debt. 
L'ti  Hut  the  same  servant  went  out, 
and  tiuind  one  of  his  fellow  .servants 
which  owed  him  a  hundied  lliience: 
and  he  laid  hands  on  him,  and  took 
liim  by  the  throat,  saying.  Pay  mc 
that  thou  owcst. 

L';i  .Villi  his  fellow  servant  fell  do^TO 
at  his  feet,  and  besought  him,  say- 
ing, Have  patience  with  me,  aud"l 
will  pay  thee  all. 

30  And  he  would  not:  but  went  and 
cast  him  into  prison,  till  he  sliould 
p.iy  the  debt. 

31  So  when  his  fellow  servants  saw 
what  was  done,  tliev  were  very  sorrv 
and  come  and  told  unto  their  lord 
all  that  was  done. 

»1  Then  his  lord,  after  that  he  had 
called  him,  said  unto  liirn,  O  thou 
wicked  servant,  I  forgave  thee  all 
that    debt,   because    thou    desircdst 

me: 
33  .Shouldcst  not  thou  also  have  had 

compassion  on   thy  fellow  servant, 

even  as  I  had  nitv  on  thee? 
■34  .\nd    his  lord   was   wroth,  and 

delivered    him    to    the    tormentors, 

till  he  should  pay  all  that  was  due 

unto  him. 
;M  '  So  likewise  shall  mv  heavenly 

Father  do  also  unto  you,"if  ye  froiii  1 


J-hii  20.  23. 
1  Cur.  i.  i. 
.  ch.  5.  21. 


I-iilie  17.  4. 

ct..  (1.  II. 
Mark  11,25. 
-ul.  3.  U. 


a/,""/",'" 


ck.  20.  2. 


■  Pm'.  Jl  IX 
lM«tk  ll.-.«. 


Of  tlivorcp.  and  inarriaric. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


lloiB  to  attain  eternal  life. 


A.  U 

.J2. 

A.I) 

.33. 

aMArl 

10.1. 

Juhu 

lU.  40. 

beU.  1 

2.  15. 

*.'.   L 

J.  15. 

■ICiii 

10."; 

l!|.l,. 

V  21. 

cl  l'<. 

.  G.  IC. 

i  7.  a 

flle..l 

21.  1. 

31. 

Scl.-S 

S2 

111.  l.-t. 

lL-„r 

7.  lU. 

11. 

„P„v 

.21.19. 
7.2.7. 

1,1  <■„ 

r.7.32. 

:ji  i 

J. .'..  li. 

iM«rk  in.  irt. 

"" 

mch. 

8.3. 

Vuur  Jicarts  torsive  iiiit  every  oiiu  ]iis 
uiother  their  tiehpasbes. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 

tick:  3  cmmerclh  the 


/./.c 


<■(/<  ](•;<.■ 


(A  (i(»c  chihir.  ,:     ^<^■  ,■...■.     .  (. 
c/A  tht  yitunf/  vian  huiv  i"     '     .     -  / 

(?/f,  20  iiiiii  /ii>w(o  tc  ;  .  ..  -    '   ;       . 

his  discijilca  livw  hard  *f  .  /■  i  '  . /. 
man  to  enter  into  the  l.tn,,<,i.in  .■/  (,(.,/, 
i7  and  ]irtjudseth  reward  (o.  (;,i;»"c  (/.u( 
forsake  an,j  thu„j  tojoltow  him. 

AXD  it  ennie  to  pass,  "  tltat  wJieii 
.leM.s  liad  tinislied  tlicsc  Biiy- 
in-.'!,  he  ikpartea  iiom  Galik-c,  ami 
came  into  tlic  eoasta  t-t*  Judea  he- 
%„iid,Ioiaan; 

'  -1  I' And  trreat  imiltitiidcs  followed 
him;  and  lie  healed  tlieiu  there. 

;!  IT  Tlie  I'liaiisees  alho  eaiiie  iiuto 
him,  tempting  liim,  and  sayint;  unto 
him,  I.s  it  lawful  for  a  man  to  jmt 
away  his  wife  for  every  cause? 

4  And  he  answered  and  said  unto 
t)uin,  Have  ve  nut  read,  '  tliat  he 
whieli  made  Ihrm  at  tlic  hefjiniiint' 
made  tliem  male  and  female, 

r>  And  said,  '1  For  tliis  eaiise  sliall  a 
man  leave  father  and  luotlier,  and 
sliall  cleave  to  Ids  wife:  and  "^  they 
twain  shall  be  one  tieL.h? 

(i  'Wheiefore  they  are  no  more 
twain,  but  one  flesh.  What  there- 
fore God  hath  joined  together,  let 
not  man  put  asunder. 

7  They  sav  unto  him,  f  AVhv  did  Mo- 
Ito);'         "     


d  to  put  In 


8  lie  saith  unto  tluni,  jMoses  he- 
cau;-e  of  tile  Iiardness  of  your  hearts 
suilered  you  to  put  away  your 
wives ;  hut  from  the  beginning  it 
was  not  so. 

1)  K.\nd  I  sov  unto  vou,  'Whosoever 
shall  put  away  his  wife,  except  it  U 
(or  fornication,  and  shall  marry  an- 
other, coininitteth  adultery  :  and 
whoso  marrictli  lier  which  is  put 
awav  doth  commit  adulter}'. 

lO'TTllis  disciples  soy  unto  him, 
lilf  the  case  of  the  man  be  so  with 
/,;.s-  wife,  it  is  not  Koo<l  to  marry. 

11  But  he  said  unto  them,  LVll  men 
cannot  receive  this  saying,  save  tUey 
to  wiiom  it  is  given. 

]J  For  tlicrc  arc  somi.  eunuchs, 
whicli  were  so  born  from  ///ei/- moth- 
er's womb  :  and  there  are  some 
eunuchs,  which  were  made  cumichs 
of  men:  and  !■  there  be  eunuchs, 
whicli  have  made  themselves  eu- 
nuchs for  the  kingdom  of  heaven's 
sake.  He  that  is  able  to  receive  it, 
let  him  receive  it. 

i;!  11  I  I'hen  were  there  brought  unto 
liim  little  children,  that  he  should 
nut  7i/s  hands  on  them,  and  pray: 
and  the  disciples  lelinkid  Ibcni. 

14  But  Jesus  said.  Sntn-r  little  chil- 
dren, and  forbid  them  not.  to  eomo 
unto  me;  tiir  '"of  such  \i  the  king- 
dom of  heaven. 


].iAnd  lie  laid  Am  liunda  en  thcni, 
and  ilepartcd  thence. 

hi  II  "And,  behold,  one  cnmc  and 
said  unto  him,  "(iood  Ala^t(  r,  what 
good  thing  shall  I  do,  that  1  mav 
have  denial  life? 

17  And  he  said  unto  him,  AYhvcall- 
ett  thou  me  good?  there  wnoncgood 
but  (lie,  tl.iil  i.s,  God:  but  if  thou 
wilt  enter  into  life,  keep  llie  cuiii- 
niaiidmeiits. 

1«  He  saith  unto  him,  ■\Vliich?  Je- 
sus said,  V  Tluiu  shalt  do  no  murder, 
Tliou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 
Thou  shalt  not  steal.  Thou  slialt  not 
bear  false  witness, 

111  'I  Honour  thv  father  and  tint 
mother:  and,  "■  Tliou  shalt  love  thy 
neighhour  as  thyself 

•J)  The  voung  man  saith  unto  him. 
All  thesi'  things  have  I  kept  from 
my  youth  up:  v  hut  lack  I  yet? 

•A  Jesus  said  unto  him,  lltbou  wilt 
he  peril ct,  ''go  miil  sell  that  thou 
hast,  and  give  to  the  poor,  and  thou 
.■■halt  have  treasure  in  heaven:  and 
come  and  follow  me. 

-J  But  when  the  }  oung  man  heard 
that  saving,  he  went  aw;y  torrow- 
fnl:  for" he  had  gnat  possessions. 

yJTI  Then  saiilJisi.s  unto  bis  dis- 
ciples, Aerilv  I  siiv  unto  nou,  '1  bat 
'u  rich  man"  shall' hardly'inter  into 
the  kingdom  of  heaven. 

24  And  again  I  say  unto  vou.  It 
is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go  through 
the  eye  of  a  needle,  than  for  a  rich 
man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
God. 

:.'5  When  his  disciples  lieard  it,  they 
diugly   ama:(eil,  saying. 


Whotbi 


:(i  But  Jesus  la  belli /Aew,  and  .said 
unto  them,  With  mm  this  is  im- 
possible; but  "with  God  all  things 
are  iiossible. 

1:7  TI  ^  Then  answered  Peter  and 
said  unto  him.  Behold,  >  we  have 
l<..saken  all.  and  lolloweil  thee;  what 
shall  we  have  tlierell.le? 

:.,S  .Vnd  Jesus  said  unto  them,  A'erl- 
ly  I  say  unto  you.  That  ye  which 
liave  followed  ine,  ill  the  regenera- 
tion when  the  Son  of  man  sliall  sit 
in  the  throne  rf  his  glory,  'ye  also 
it  upon  twelve  thiones,  judg- 


ing the  twelve  trib. 
:.':i  ■'  And 


of  Is 


el. 


line  that  bath  for- 
ithren,  or  sisters, 
or  father,  or  mother,  or  wile,  or  chil- 
dren, or  lands,  lor  iiiv  name's  sake, 
sliall  reeeiveu  bnndiedfold, andshall 
inherit  everlasting  life. 
.'Ill  ii  But  many  tliut  arc  first  shall  be 
last:  and  the  lost  fliallU  lirst. 

CIIAPTKR  XX. 

1  Christ,  III  the  similitude  of  the  lobcurerl 
in  the  vincj/nrd,  sheweiti  that  t!ud  it 
tleltor  unto  no  man  :  17  forelctlrlli  hit 
passion:  'M  l.y  ansu'eriny  the  mother  of 
Zetiedee's  children  teacheth  hit  diseijdet 
tu  he  Uwly :  iM  unU  f/ivelh  two  ttinti  men 
their. ivht.  jj 


'■  parable  of  the  labourers.        ST.  MATTHEW 


ei..o.  a 
c  cii.  i^).  :)o. 

icii.'ii.  11. 


Joba  U.  1: 
.  IIJ,  21. 


.■i  And  lie  went  o;,t  about  the  third  k'ium'',  ,',t''w'h.,';';?"'"t'' "'i'^  ^''''^'  ^'^ 
liour,  and  saw  otiiera  standi],-  idle  t,  I  ■!  W  .V  r^*"  "''''■  ^'^^  "l^'e 
"■tlie  niarketpla.'e,  "        ^    ,i';,,   '"^  "^''      "'«  .^''-P    that  I  sliall 


11  tlie  niarketpla 

4  And  .said  unto  then,;  Go  vc  also 
into  tlie    vineyard,  and  vliatsocver 

went  their  way.  "^ 

^n;}"'-'".,''V  "■'"'  f'"'  "''""'  "!<•  sixth 
and  nmtli  hour,  and  did  likewiKe 

••And  about  the  eh'^enth  lu.ur  ho 
.went  out,  and  found  others  stnnd- 
'I'S  Idle,  and  saith  unto  tliem.  Why 
stand  ye  here  all  the  day  idlev  ^ 

I  Ihey  say  unto  him,  Beciuw  no 
man  hath  hired  us.  lie  SHn'Jo 
tlieni,  CrO  ye  also  into  thevineyanl- 
•^',[,"J^,^*1>i»|socvcr  ia  right,  ?/ia«  shall 

«  So  when  even  was  come,  the  lord 
'  /''«  '("ll^y^'i  saith  unto  his  stew- 
■    il.  Call  the  labourei-s,  and  -ive  them 

nn'to  the'tirst'''"'""'""  *"'''""  "'"  ^"'' 

''".;/  about  the  eleventh  hour,  thev 
re.vLved  every  ni!m  a  penny. 

10  Unt  when  the  first  camo,  tliey 
oi.Pl)  .sed  that  they  shouM  have  rc- 
•iMve.  more;  and  they  likewise  re- 
■eLved  every  man  a  i)ennv. 

11  And  whe,.  they  had  Veoeivod  ,V, 
t!u^mnn,.,,,.d^a..u.st   the    good' 


nnk  „t,  „„a  t,^  be   baptized  w 
will,".  V,'"""    *''^"  I  •■""   ''^'l"i>=' ' 
able  '^  ''''^^  ""'"^  '''"'•  ^'"'  "'"^ 

.r'L,''^'?'?  '"'.f'^i*'!  iiiifo  them,  "Ye 
sha  1  drink  indeed  of  my  cup  ami 
he  b:,ptized  win,  the  baptis, ,  |,at  I 
amb,,pt,zedwi,h:buttisito„,,y 
ii^'ht  haml  ami  on  mv  letl,  is  mft 
,,i,,eMo".,v..  but  ,7  ,;/,„«  fc'e,,,vV„ 
■cause  no  |  my  Father;  '''"'"  "  "  ^"'^""^  "^ 

.1^*,,'''^'"'  ■"'•'''"  "i"  *<?"  'icai-'l  'V, 
a  h,s  'tl'';  J""',"'  .r'"'  in<lisnatioi 
against  the  two  b,-cth,-en 

M  But  Jesus  called  the'm  fmto  >,im, 
ot-  th;'"^r'^r,'"'^*''*'H"«l>«P"-iiees 
ot    the   Gentiles  exercise    dominion 

txeicise  aiithuiitv  upon  I  hem 

vo.^'l",;'^t^"'-'"--""""n^ 
.Mm:  but  '■wl,u.s,,ever  will  be  jrroat 
anum-  you,  kt  him  be  your  nnnis- 

-'i'  'And  whosoever  will  bo  chief 
"V'",",-:  >■">'.  ■<;;  'liiii  ho  your  servant: 
niit  to  be  nun, stored   u,ito,  ^  but  to 

.ho"iV."V'';  "'^'y  .''i'P;i-t.''<l  from  Jeri 


pM«r![  10.41. 


./',/  Mne"if".  '''''^'="-'''"i' II  have  wrought  I  cho,''aKrea't  mii'ltitnde  (;,li.,V;;H'  V" 

,h'i;:"e„!;;:r'\,»i:f  ^t wS -i;:;^^  sii;i:!,fet/'"'''^''- '■  r- '-''-^ -- 

;.;;n.e  the   burden   and  l-a^/'^^e  ^^^f  ^J^./';^  ^ V^!^,->u;n  Jhejj 

-        -        ""■  „•'-  -^"'1  ■V''^'"'  '•'""'1  still,  and  called 

them,  and  said.  What  will  ye  that  " 
shall  do  unto  you?  •'     """■•' 

•ii  They  say  unto  him,  Lord,  that 
our  eves  inay  be  opened. 

ltr,„  Lr,"^  },  .,^-"!"Pa>'sion  on 
l/iem,  ami  touched  their  eyes  •  ami 
immediately     their    eyes/ received 


&  It).  iX 
•  cl..  18.  4. 


as  unto  tl.. ,. 

\  hat  I   w,ll   with  mine   own?    bl.s 
thine  eye  evil,  because  I  nm  -ood» 
1(.  "  S,>  the  last  shall   be  first,  and 
the  first    ast:   dfbr  many  be  called, 
out  tew  chosen.  * 

s'ifen/tonk'tl!'T^  f"'"S  "''  toJ">J-|  "..u.eiv     tneir     eves     r, 

in  the  wav  .1,  sTi  r;/,  rir'^'-^  ""■•"•'  ''=''"•  "■"'  '^"'^'  <-"""«-ea'idi,.! 

w  I'll.. I,  '.I ,  '"  'hem, 

•,mlt  s  •  r''-"  "Pt"  Jerusalem: 
nnio  Die  eliief  pra.sfs  ;iml  unto  the 
to'deaU,;""'  ""■•^'  '''""  ™"J''">"  I'im 

ni.ntliV.H  ■"'"'"  (''"'■<■'■  '''■"  to  the 
ueiitiles    to  moek,   and   to   scour'e 

dav  ho  s',';^,.':::;;;,,  ■•■'■'"- '"^'i 

M  UhThen  OMme't.>  him  the  moth 
cr  of  iZehedee^s  children  wUhher 


29 


CHAPTER  XXI. 

1  ri,rht  ri.Uth  into  J.j-uauUm 
<i«.H,  V2  ,lrii'etli  tin-  btun-ia  ,1,1,1  » 
u,f  Ike  tcuijil,-.  \-,  cnratth  11,^-  f./lrr,-  ".'l  I 
piitMIl  tn  sit,;i,-c  Ihc  prii^lH  „,i,l  ,!,,,.,., 
2»  itiiil  rchukill,  lUeiii  I,,,  II,,-  „i,„illl,„l. 
oftl,c  tim  gung,  Xi  „,„l  ilic  !,usl„,,„l,j,cn 

'"''»  "'•■'<■ ''  "»  "vro  „■«(  u„t„  them. 

4  ND  "when  they  drew  ni^h  unto 
.  \  Jornsah-m,  and  wore  como  to 
Hothpha-..,  unto  i.the  mount  of  Ol- 
ives, then  sent  Jesus  two  disciiilcs, 


Christ's  entry  into  Jerusalem.       ST.  MATTHEW. 


l:l-i' 


1  .Siiyii)^'  niito  tliom,  G 


rSra  Lot.  23. 
Jul.u   12.  13. 


sinill  tiiul  ail 


t/,e„i 


itoUievil- 
l  sti!;i^-ht- 

iii.d  IjHii^' 


coUwitli  ln-r:  !■ 
l/i,m  unto  1 
y  And  it'  any  jiicxii  sav  ansl't  unto 
you,  ye  shiill  say.  Tlie  l.onl  Iiath 
need  of  tlu'Ui  ;  and  btrui^litway  he 
will  si-iul  tluin. 

4  All  this  was  done,  that  it  might  bo 
fullilU'd  wliicli  WU.S  siiokeu  liy  the 
l.ioph.^t,  savin-, 

.-.  'Tell   \.-   the  daughter  of  Sinn, 
lUhold.tliy  Kingeonieth  unto  lliee, 
meek,  and  titling  upuil  an  usd,  and  a 
e<.lttheloalotau  a.ss. 
(;<lAnd  the  diseijiUs  went,  and  did 
as  Jesus  eonimaiuled  them, 
7  And  hrought  the  uss,  and  the  colt, 
and  "  put  on  them  their  clothes,  and 
thev  set  him  thereon. 
H  And  a  very  great  multitude  spread 
their  ganueuts  in  tlie  wav  :    fothers 
cut  down   Inanehes  from'  the  trees, 
and  stre\ve(W//r/»  in  tlie  wav. 

U  And  the  multitmles  that  went  he- 
fore,  and  that  li.llowed,  cried,  sav- 
ing, Blh.sauLia  t..  the  Son  ofDavhl: 
Milesseil  /,■>  he  that  Cometh  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord;  Uosanna  in  the 
highest. 

W  lAud  when  he  was  come  into 
Jerusalem,  all  the  city  Mas  moved, 
saving,  Who  is  this? 

11  Anil  tile  multitude  said.  This  i.s 
Jesus  I-  the  i)rupliet  of  Nazareth  uf 
Galilee. 

1:.'  'I  i.\nd  Jesus  went  into  the  tem- 
ple of  (iod,  ami  east  out  all  them 
that  sold  ami  liought  in  the  tem- 
ple, and  overthrew  tli.'  tables  of  the 
'"monev  changers,  and  tlie  seats  of 
them  Unit  .sold  doves. 

Hi  And  said  unto  them.  It  is  writ- 
ten, "ily  liouse  shall  he  calleil  the 
house  of"  prayer;  "  hut  ye  have  made 
it  a  den  of  thieves. 

14  And  the  blind  and  the  lame 
came  to  liim  in  the  temple;  and  lie 
healed  them. 

1.",  .\nd  when  the  chief  priests  and 
serihrs  saw  the  wonderful  things 
(hat  lie  did,  and  the  children  crying 
in  the  temple,  and  saying,  lIo.sunna 
to  the  Soil  of  Uavid;  they  were  boru 
displea      ■ 


they  mnrvelled,  sa\'ing.  How  soon  is 
the'lig  tree  withered  awav! 
;!l  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
tliem,  Verilv  1  sav  unto  v<m,  "If 
ve  have  faith,  ami  "doubt  not,  yc 
"shall  not  onlv  do  this  irlu,h  if  ilime 
to  the  tig  tree,  >  but  also  ityc  shall 
say  unto  this  mountain,  lie  thou 
reinoveil,  and  be  thou  cast  into  the 
sea;  it  shall  he  done.  J 

.-.'•J  And  'all  things,  what.soever  yoj 
khall  ask  ill  praver,  believing,  yc| 
thall  receive. 

)  •£'<  IT  ■'And  when  he  was  come  ill-" 
to  the  temjiK-,  the  chief  i.riesis  and 
the  elders  of  the  pc.ple  came  niito 
Iiim  as  he  was  teaihini.',  and  i.sa'd, 
liy  what  authority  doest  th.m  Ihese 
tirings/  and  who  gave  thee  this  au- 
thority ? 

24  And  Jesiia  answered  and  said 
unto  them,  I  also  will  ask  you  <nic 
thing,  which  if  ye  tell  me,  1  in  like 
wise  will  tell  you  by  what  authoritv 
I  do  these  thiiij,'s. 

15    The   baptism  of  John,   whence 
was    it?    from  heavm.   or  of    men? 
.Vlid  tluv  reasonv.l  «ith  themselves, 
saving,  (f  »e  shall  sav,  I'n.m  heav 
cii;  he  will  sav  unto  lis,  Wliv  did  ve 
not  then  believe  him? 
•la  But  if  we  shall  sav,   Of  men  ; 
we  fear  the    iieople  ;    "^for  all  hold 
John  as  a  prophet. 
■il  And  thev  answered  Jesus,  and 
6.Vld,  We  cannot  tell.     Ami  he  said 
unto  them.   Neither  tell    I   vou    by 
what  authoritv  1  do  these  things. 
ZS  11  Hilt  what  think  yc?     A  ciluiii 
man  had  t«o  sons;  and  lie  came  to 
the  lii-st,  and  said.  Son,  go  work  to 
dav  in  mv  viiiev.inl. 
■^\  Ileanswered  and  said,  Iwill  not; 
butalleiward  he  repented,  ami  went, 
at  And  be  came  to  the  second,  and 
said  likewise.    Ami  he  answered  and 
said,  1  r/o,  sir;  and  went  not. 
;!I  Whether  ot  them  twain  diil  the 
will  of  /./s  father?    They  say   unto 
him.    The    tirst.    Jesus    saitli    unto 
them,    'I  Verily    1    tay    unto    you. 
That  the  piiblicuns  and  the  harlots 
go  into  the  kingdom  uf  Liod  before 
you. 


Of  the  two  song. 

A.  D.  33. 


1 J 

i..i;i.lJ. 
11. 

.M. 

'.ai.  i.'' 

'L' 

'J.  IL 
.  I.  7.  Ji 

rMjirkll.  I'J. 
.Mark  11.13. 


m    For  "■John  came  unto  you  in 

the  wav   of  righteousness,  and    ye 

ill'And's.'i'id  unto  him.  Ili-.irest  thou     believed    liinl    liol  ;    Unit   tlie    l.nb- 

what    these    sav?      And    JesUs    saitli     lieans  and   llie  harlots  bebived  him: 

1  to  them   Yei;  have  ve  never  lead,    and  ye,  w  hen  >,■  had  seen  il.  lepenl- 

I'lhit  of  the   mouth  ;.f   babes  and    cd  not  alterwaul,  that  \  e  might  be- 

"l7'l'''Aml''ile  I'elt' then.'!' ml.f  went  I  'si'Vuear  another  parable:  Tl.cro 
ontofthecilv  into  'liiLtliauy;  and  was  a  certain  lioiiseholder  -wliicli 
he  lod"ed  theie.  lilanted  a  vineyard,  and   liedgcil  it 

IS  'Now  ill  the  morning,  as  ho  re-  round  about,  and  digged  a  wiiic- 
tiirned  into  the  citv.  he  hungered.      J  )>ress  in  it.  and  limit  a  tower,  and  let 

I'l "  \iid  when  he  saw  (  a  fig  tree  in; '  it  out  to  hiisbandincn,  and  u  w  cut  ui- 
th'e  wav    he   came  to  it,  and  foiiml    to  a  far  country : 

nothin-  tbereon  but  leavi  s  onlv,  i  IH  And  when  the  time  of  the  fruit 
and  s;iTd  unto  it,"  Let  no  fruit  grow-  drew  iie,ir,be  sent  his  servants  to  the 
on  thee  heiicetorward  tor  ever.  And  j  hiisbandnieii,  ■  that  they  imglit  rc- 
Ipri.scntlvthe  tigtree  witbered  uwiiy.i  ceive  IlielVuitsol  It.  .     ,    ,. 

:»  'And  whcu  the  disciplca  naw  il.  I   3S  lAnd  the  hiuliandim'n  took  hi8 


riuk>3.  t'i. 
ij. 


lC.al.8.  II, 

li. 
I.'.'n,r°l.!l. 

k  .m  III. 
N.ii  e  IK. 
<i.  s.  i-i.  k 
ya  »i.  57. 

A.u  7.  SL 

l'n..-'2.is. 

li.k  ILK 


Parable  of  the  vineyard. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


Of  paying  tribute  to  Cesar. 


ncii.  sn.  00. 

IVIarl^U.  46, 


U  U.  ID. 
■  o'Jil  17. 
•  4.  II. 


■  cli.  8.  12. 

1 1>  R  14.  15. 
Z«uli  1-2  3 
l.ukr20.  18. 


6er\ants,  nml  beat  one,  mid  killed 
another,  anil  stoned  another. 

.'Ill  A^'iiin,  lie  sent  other  servants 
more  than  tlie  first:  and  they  did 
unto  thiiii  likewise. 

■■i?  lint  last  of  all  ho  sent  nnto  them 
his  son,  saying'.  They  will  reverenec 
my  son. 

.'W  IJiit  wlien  the  hushandmcn  saw 
tlie  .son,  they  said  ainon;;  them- 
selves, I  This  is  the  heir;  '"come,  let 
US  kill  him,  and  let  lis  seize  on  his 
inheiitanee. 

.'i'J  "And  they  caught  him,  and  cast 
liiiii  out  of  tne  vineyard,  and  slew 
hi  in. 

W  When  the  lord  thcrefiire  of  the 
viiievard  eoiiieth,  what  will  he  do 
nnto  those  hnslnuidnien ? 

41  "They  say  niit.i  him,  1' He  will 
miserahlv  destroy  tliose  wieked  men, 
'land  will  let  out  A(s  vineyard  nnto 
other  hnshandmen,  whieh'shall  ren- 
der him  the  fruits  in  their  seasons. 

4J  Jesus  suith  nnto  tlieni,  '' i>id  ye 
never  read  in  the  Seriptures,  Tlie 
stone  which  the  huilders  rejected, 
the  same  is  heeome  the  head  of  the 
Lord's  doinj!,  and 


It  IS  111 


rlln 


l:l  TiK-refl.iv  sav  I  nnto  von,  'The 
kiii-dom  of  (iod'shall  he  taken  from 
\'ttii,  and  ^iven  to  a  nation  hrinj^ing 
forth  tlie  fruits  thereof. 
H  And  whosoever  '  shall  fall  on  this 
stone  shall  he  broken:  but  on  whom- 
soever it  shall  iiill,  "  it  will  grind  him 
to  powder. 

4.5  And  when  the  chief  priests  and 
Pharisees  had  heard  his  parables, 
thi'V  perceived  that  he  spake  of 
theiu. 

4li  But  when  they  sou;i;ht  to  lay 
hands  on  him,  thev  feared  tlie  mul- 
titude, because  *they  took  him  for 
a  prophet. 

CIIAPTEK  XXII. 
1  Tlie  parable  of  the  murriage  of  the 
kiiiD'a  ».-ii.  0  The  vocation  of  the  Gen- 
tilet.  12  The  jmniehMent  of  him  that 
wanted  the  wedding  garment.  15  Trib- 
ute ought  to  be  paid  to  Ueaar.  2a  Christ 
confulelh  the  Saddueeea  for  the  reaur- 
ree'lion:  34  antwertth  the  Uiwyer,  which 
I'a  the  Jiret  and  great  commandment: 
41  an.t  jtoeeth  the  i'hariseee  about  the 
Messiaa. 

AND  Jesus  answered  "and  spake 
unto  them    aj^ain   by  iiarahies, 
an<l  said, 

'J  The  kin;;dom  of  heaven  is  like 
unto  a  certain  kinj;,  which  made 
a  marriaiie  fiir  his  son, 
.".  And  sent  forth  his  servants  to  call 
them  that  were  biddiii  to  the  wed- 
diii!;:  aii<l  they  would  not  come. 

4  A-aiii,  he  sent  forth  other  serv- 
ants, .savin-,  'I'lll  tliem  which  are 
bidden, 'liehoia,  I  have  prepared  my 
dinner:  I' my  oxen  and  »».'/  fatlin^'s 
iirr  kille.l,  a'lid  all  thing's  are  ready: 
come  nnto  tiie  marria^'c. 

5  liut  they   made   lik'ht  of  it,  and 

24 


went  their  ways,  one  to  his  farm, 
another  to  his  liierchandise: 

li  And  the  remnant  took  his  serv- 
ants, and  entreated  lliiiii  spitefully, 
and  slew  t/inn. 

7  But  when  the  king  heard  llirrfol', 
he  was  wroth  :  and  he  sent  furtli  '■  his 
armies,  and  di'strnvcd  these  murder- 
ers, and  liiiriied  up  tlieir  city. 

.S  Then  saith  he  to  liis  servants. 
The  wedding  is  ready,  but  they 
which  were  bidden  were  not  <' wor- 
thy. 

'.I  Go  ve  therefore  into  the  high- 
ways, and  as  many  as  ye  .shall  tiiid, 
bid  to  tlie  marriage. 

1(1  So  these  servants  went  out  into 
the  liigliw;iys,  and  '  gathered  together 
all  a.s  many  as  they  found,  both  had 
and  good:  and  the"  wedding  was  fur- 
nished with  guests. 

11  IT  And  when  the  king  came  in 
to  see  the  guests,  he  saw  there  a 
man  f  which  had  not  on  a  wedding 
garment: 

12  And  he  saith  nnto  him.  Friend, 
how  earnest  thou  in  hither  not  hav- 
ing a  wedding  garment?  And  he 
was  speechless. 

I'J  Then  said  the  king  to  the  serv- 
ants, Bind  him  hand  and  foot,  and 
take  him  away,  and  cast  him  ehito 
outer  darkness;  there  shall  be  weep- 
ing and  gnashing  of  teeth. 
8 14  li  For  many  are  called,  but  few 
Jfov;  chosen.  , 

■;  13  If  i  Then  went  the  Pharisees,  and 
took  counsel  how  they  might  en- 
tangle him  in  his  talk. 

](i  And  they  sent  mit  nnto  liim  their 
disciples  witli  the  Heinilians,  sav- 
ing. Master,  we  know  tliat  tluni  a"rt 
true,  and  teachest  the  way  of  Cod  in 
truth,  neither  earest  thou  fiir  any 
man  :  for  thou  regardest  not  the  per- 
son of  men. 

17  Tell  us  therefore,  "What  thinkest 
thou  ?  Is  it  lawful  to  giva  tribute  un- 
to Cesar,  or  not'^ 

IS  But  Jesns  perceived  their  wick- 
edness, and  said,  Why  tempt  ye  me, 
i/fi  hypocrites'/ 

19  Shew  me  the  tribute  money. 
And  they  brought  nnto  him  a 
II  penny. 

20  And  he  saith  nnto  them,  "Whose 
is  this  imago  and  ||  superscription  y 

21  They  say  nnto  him,  Cesar's. 
Then  saith  ho  unto  them,  k  Kender 
therefore  unto  Cesar  the  things 
which  are  Cesar's ;  and  nnto  God 
the  things  that  are  God's. 

22  When  thev  had  heard  thrse 
vort!^,  they  marvelled,  and  left  him, 
and  went  their  way. 

2'J  TT  I  The  same  "dav  came  to  him 
the  Sadducees,  "' wliich  say  tliat 
there  is  no  resurrection,  and  asked 
him, 

21  Saying,  Blaster,  "  Moses  said.  If 
a  man"  die,  having  no  children,  liis 
brother  shall  marry  his  wile,  and 
raise  up  seed  unto  liis  brother.  I 


f2Co 
E,.l, 

'4 

°.;'' 

IS. 

3 
i. 

i  10. 

1  M.rk  12.  11. 

.uko  2U.  ST. 
AcU2J.  8. 


The  Sadducc€s  confuted. 


(ST.  JIATTIIKW. 


Tlie  people  adinmiixhed. 


.  \t.  19. 
H.   ill 

1  \:.n. 


I'.j  Ninv  lliorc  were  willi  iis  si'vcii 
l.ii'tlin'ii  :  «inl  tlic  first,  wluMi  he 
l\:i(l  iiuirried  a  wile,  deicnMil,  iiiul, 
liiiviii;;  no  issue,  leit  his  wile  unto 
liis  liicther: 

nJ  Lil<ewise  the  secniul  also,  and 
tlie  third,  unto  the  1  sevenlli. 

'21  And  last  of  all  the  woman  died 
also. 

1:8  Therefore  in  the  resurrection, 
whose  wife  sliall  she  be  of  tlic  seven? 
for  they  all  had  her. 

:.:)  ,Ksna  answered  and  said  unto 
tluni,  Ye  do  err,  "not  knowing  the 
Serijitures,  nor  the  jiower  of  (jod. 

.SO  For  in  tlic  resurrection  they  nei- 
ther marry,  nor  arc  },'iven  in  mar- 
riage, hut  I'are  aa  the  angels  of  God 
in  heaven. 

;;i  But  as  touching  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead,  have  ye  not  read  that 
which  was  spoken  unto  you  by  tiod, 
sayinj;, 

I'M  "I  I  am  the  God  of  Abraham,  and| 
khc  God  of  Isaac,  and  tlie  God  of| 
Jaeob  ?  God  is  not  the  God  of  theJ 
dead,  butofthelivinK.  I 

.";!  And  when  the  multitude  heard 
Ihh,  'they  were  astonished  at  Ids 
doctrine. 

.'U  If  -But  when  tlic  Pharisees  had 
heard  that  he  had  put  the  Suddueees 
to  silence,  they  were  gathered  to- 
gether. 

'Ao  Then  one  of  them,  ultich  n-as 
'a  lawyer,  asked  liiiii  a  (jueslion, 
temjiting  him,  and  saying, 

.'!0  Master,  which  (.-■  the  great  com- 
mandment in  tlic  law?  , 
t  .-ff  Jesus  said  unto  him,  "Thou 
Uhalt  love  the  Lord  thv  God  with! 
ViU  thy  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
and  w"ith  all  thy  mind. 
)  ".S  This  is  the  first  and  great  com- 


idm 


.i'.l  .Vnd  the  second  is  like  unto  it, 
■^  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbour  as- 
thvself. 

ii)  >  On  these  two  commandments 
hang  all  the  law  and  the  prophets. 

41  If  MVhile  the  I'harisces  were 
gathered  tOL'clher,  .Tesus  asked  them, 

42  Saying,^Vhat  think  yc  of  Christ? 
whose  s(.ri  is  hi'  ?  They  say  unto 
him,  r/,.f<>„  of  David. 

4.".  lie  saith  unto  them.  How  then 
doth  David  in  spirit  call  him  Lord, 
saying, 

44  "  The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord, 
Sit  thou  on  my  riglit  hand,  till  I 
make  thine  enemies  thy  footstool? 

4.5  If  David  then  call  him  Lord,  how 
is  he  his  son  ? 

4G  1)  And  no  man  was  able  to  answer 
him  a  word,  ''  neither  (liirst  any  iiinn 
from  that  day  fortJi  ask  liiiii  any 
more  questions, 

CHAPTER  xxni. 

1  Christ  admonislieth  the  people  to  follow 
the  iiood  doctrine,  not  the  evil  cTontplen, 
of  the  teribre  and  Phariteet.  6  Hit  dii- 
e'iptf«  mu«t  bewnrc  of  their  ambition. 
13  He   denouncetti   eight  teo<»   againtt 


I'^lIKN  spake  Jesus  to  the  multi- 
tude, ami  to  liis  disciples, 
•J  Saving,  "The  scribes  and  the 
Pharisees  sit  in  AIosi's'  seat: 
.■5  All  therefore  whatsoever  thev  bid 
von  observe,  t/inl  oliscrve  and  do; 
but  do  not  ve  after  their  works:  for 
bthev  say.  and  do  not. 

4  •^i'or  they  bind  heavy  burdens 
and  grievous  to  bo  borne,  and  lay 
l/icm  on  mcn'j  shoulders  ;  but  thev 
thrvisrtrrs  will  nr-t  mo\'c  tlicin  witli 
one  of  their  fingers. 

5  But  'tall  their  works  thev  do  for 
to  be  seen  of  men:  "they  makcbroud 
their  phylacteries,  and  enlui-ge  the 
borders  of  their  garments, 

()  fAud  love  the  uppermost  rooms 
at  feasts,  and  the  chief  hcuts  in  the 
svnagogues, 

/■  And  greetings  in  the  markets,  and 
to  he  called  of  men,  liahhi,  llibbi. 

SSButbe  not  ye  called  Halilii:  for 
one  is  your  Master,  croi  Christ!  and 
all  ye  are  brethren. 

i)  And  call  no  iiinii  your  father  upon 
the  earth:  li  for  oneis  your  Futher, 
which  is  in  heaven. 

10  Neither  be  yc  called  masters:  for 
one  is  your  JIaster,  ei'eii  Christ. 

11  Biit  ilic  that  is  greatest  Bmoni» 
you  shall  be  your  servant. 

"  12  k  And  whosoever  shall  exalt  him- 
self shall  be  abased;  andhethatsbuU 
humble  himself  shall  be  exalted. 

l.'i  V.  But  1  woe  unto  ^'ou,  Bcribcs 
and  Pharisees,  hypocrftes  I  for  yc 
shut  up  the  kingdom  of  heaven 
against  men  :  (or  yc  neither  go  in 
iimii-srii-cs,  neither  sufter  yc  tlicm 
that  arc  entering  to  po  in. 

14  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Phnr- 
isecs,  hypocrites  I  "'for  yc  devour 
widows'"  hotises,  and  for  a  pretence 
make  long  prayer:  therefore  yc  shall 
receive  the  greater  damnation. 

V,  Woe  unto  V..U,  scnbesand  Pha.-- 
isees,  bvpoerites!  for  ye  cciinpass  s.a 
and  hind  to  make  one  pioselyte;  ami 
when  he  is  made,  ye  make  him  two- 
fold more  the  child  of  hell  than  your- 
selves. 

11!  Woe  tinto  vou,  "we  blind  guides, 
which  sav,  "Whosoever  shall  swear 
bv  the  temple,  it  is  nothing ;  but 
w-hosoever  shall  swear  by  the  gold  of 
the  temple,  he  is  a  delitorl 

ir  le  liHils  ami  blind:  (i.r  whether 
is  greater,  Ibe  gold,  I' or  the  temple 
thatsnnetifietb  the  gobi? 

15  ,\nd.  Whosoever  shall  swenr  by 
the  altar,  it  is  nothing:  but  whoso- 
ever sweareth  hv  the  gilt  that  is  upon 
it,  he  is  II  giiiltv. 

10  r.  fools  and  bliml:  f"r  whether 
I.S  greater,  Ibe  gill,  or  'i  the  altur  that 
sanetifieth  thi'  gittl- 

•Jl  Whoso  Ibercfore  shall  swear  bv 
the  altar,  sweareth  by  it,  and  by  all 
things  tliereon. 


2S 


The  destruction  of  Jerusalem,      ST.  JIATTIIEW. 


and  of  the  tcmjile,  foretold. 


.11.4. 
11  7.  49. 


21  And  wlinso  uliall  Bwcar  bv  the 
ti'inple,  swoari'th  by  it,  and  b.y  '')iiiu 
that  dweUctb  therein. 

22  And  he  that  shall  s'.vcar  l)y 
heaven,  .sweareth  bv  'tlic  throne  of 
God,  and  by  him  that  sittetli  there- 
on. 

L'.'i  Woe  unto  yon,  scribes  and  Phar- 
isees, liypocrites  I  'for  ye  pay  tithe 
of  mint  and  t  anise  and  cnmniin, 
and  "  l>ave  omitted  the  weifflifier 
)»((^/p/-sof  tlic  hiw,  .jud''Tnent,  mercy, 
and  faith  :  these  onsht  ye  to  liave 
done,  and  not  to  leave  the  other  un- 
done. 

*2i  I'c  blind  (guides,  which  strain  at 
a  i:nat,  and  swallow  a  camel. 
_  2'i  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Phar- 
isees, h\"|)'»critesl  ^  for  ye  make  clean 
tile  (Mitsiile  of  the  cup  and  of  the 
IilattiT,  but  within  they  arc  full  of 
extortion  and  excess. 

L**>  T/inii  blind  Pharisee,  cleanse  first 
that  ir/iic/i  (s  within  the  cup  and 
platter,  tliat  the  outside  of  them  may 
be  clean  also. 

27  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pliar- 
isees,  byjiocrites  !  >  lor  yc  are  like 
unto  whited  sepulchres,  which  in- 
deed appear  beautiful  outward,  but 
are  within  full  of  dead  men's  bones, 
and  of  all  uneleanness. 

•JH  Even  so  yc  also  outwardly  appear 
ri^jhteons  unto  men,  but  within  ye 
are  full  of  hypocrisy  and  iniquity. 

2It  '^  Woe  unto  you,  scribes  and 
Pharisees,  hypocrites  !  because  ye 
build  the  tombs  of  the  prophets,  and 
;:arnish  the  sepulclires  of  the  right- 
eous, 

!iO  And  say.  If  we  had  been  in  the 
days  of  our  fathers,  we  would  not 
have  been  partakers  with  them  in 
the  blood  ,,f  the  prophets. 

'M  WluTetiire  \i-  be  witnesses  unto 
voiirselvcs,  tliut  "ve  are  the  ehildreii 
liltlielii  wliich  killed  the  prophets. 

.".:;  ii  Kill  yc  up  then  the  measure  of 
your  fatliers. 

.'Vi  }■(■  serpents,  i/e  "generation  of 
vi|)ers,  how  can  yc  escape  the  dam- 
nation of  hell? 

;U  TT  il  Wherefore,  behold,  I  send 
unto  you  prophets,  and  wise  men, 
and  scribes:  and  ^ t!Ontc  of  them  ye 
shall  kill  and  crucify;  and  ffiiiiii'of 
them  shall  ye  seourgc  in  your  svna- 
;;o'.^iU's,  and  persecute  t/tcin  from 
city  to  city  : 

.i.)  sThat  upon  yon  may  come  all 
the  ri;;hteons  blofid  shed  upf)n  the 
earth,  Il  from  the  lilood  of  ri;;hteon8 
Abel  unto  ithe  blooil  of  Zacbarias 
MUi  of  IJaraehias,  w  hoiii  vc  slew  bc- 
tweiMi  the  temple  and  the  altar. 

.Ki  \erily  I  say  unto  you.  All  these 
things  shall  come  upon  thi»  genera- 
tion. 

."17  k  <)  .Terusalem,  .Terusalem,  t/tnit 
that  kille^t  the  piopbets,  land  sti 
them  wliirli  are  sent  unto  tb.e, 
often  would  "'I  have  -atherei 
children  together,  even  as  tt 
2b- 


tathereth  her  chickens  "under  Iter 

Iviiijjs,  and  yc  would  iioti 

'.IS  Behold,  your  liouse  is  left  unto 

yon  desolate. 
u'J  For  I  say  unto  you.  Ye  shiiU  not 

sec  me  henceforth,  till  ye  sliall  say, 

"Blessed  is  he   that  eoiucth  in  the 

name  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

1  C/iriMt  forffclleth  the  drsirttHion  of  the 
temple:  o  tv/iat  ami  how  great  culnmitivB 
thall  be  before  it:  i9  the  tignt  of  hit 
coining  to  judgment.  yO  And  because 
that  day  and  hour  <a  unknown,  42  we 
ought  to  watch  like  good  ecrvantrt,  ex- 
pccting  every  moment  our  matter's  com- 
ing. 

AND  "Jesus  went  out,  and  de- 
parted (loui  the  temple:  and  his 
disciples  came  to  hiiii  for  to  shewhim 
tlie  buildings  of  the  temple. 

2  And  Jcsiis  said  unto  them.  See  yc 
not  all  these  thines?  verilv  I  sav  un- 
to you,  Il  There  shall  not  be  left  here 
one  stone  upon  another,  that  thall 
not  be  thrown  down. 

;!  ^  And  as  he  sat  upon  the  mount 
of  Olives,  ''the  discii>Ies  came  unto 
him  privately, savins, <l  Tell  us,  when 
shall  these  tilings  be?  and  what  s/inll 
he  the  sicn  of  thv  coming,  and  of  the 
end  fif  the  workt? 

4  And  .Jesus  answered  and  said  un- 
to them, ''Take  heed  that  no  man  de- 
ceive you. 

5  For  fmany  shall  come  in  my 
name,  saying,  I  am  Christ;  Pand 
shall  deceive  man  v. 

(j  And  ye  shall  hear  of  wars  and 
rumours  of  wars  :  see  that  ye  be 
not  troubled :  for  all  t/irse  t/iinr/s 
must  come  to  pass,  but  the  end  is 
not  yet. 

7  For  li  nation  shall  rise  against 
nation,  and  kingdom  against  king- 
dom :  and  there  shall  be  famines, 
and  pestilences,  and  earthfiuakes, 
in  divers  places. 

H  All  these  arc  the  beginning  of 
sorrows. 

!l  I  Then  shall  thev  deliver  vou  up 
to  be  alHieted,  and  sliall  kill  ynii :  and 
ye  .shall  be  hated  of  all  nations  ibr 
my  name's  sake. 

10  And  then  shall  many  kite  of- 
fended, and  shall  betray  o'nc  anoth- 
er, and  shall  hate  one  another. 

11  And  Imanv  false  prophets  shall 
rise,  and  '"  shall  deceive  many. 

12  And  because  ini<iuity  shall 
abound,  the  love  of  many  sliall  wax 
cold. 

1'!  "  But  he  that  shall  endure  unto 
the  end.  the  same  sludl  be  s:iveil. 

14  And  this  "gospel  of  the  king- 
dom I' shall  be  preached  in  all  the 
world  for  ;i  wiliirss  unto  all  nations; 
and  tlu'li  shall  the  end  eoiiie. 

1.-.  '1  When  VI'  lluTetore  shall  see  the 

abiiiiiinati.uiofdesolatioii.  spoken  of 

1  bv  ■■  Daniel  the  prophet,  stand  iu  the 

i  holy  place,  (' wlioso  readeth,  let  him 

I  underbtaiid,) 


Tho.  signs  of  Christ's 


ST.  MATOHEAV. 


coining  to  Jinlgincnt 


)■  M^rk  13.21, 
L.ilii-  IT.  Z). 

.Deul.    13.  1. 


1 1.    13.  in. 
Ei.  3-2.  7. 
Joel  ■>.  10,31. 
A  3  1.5- 

Mark  13.21. 
I.i.ku21.  2i, 
Aol.  2.  20. 


31  :15,3<J. 
k  13.  31, 


1(!    Till 


■t    tlii'in    wlikh    \>c    in 
o  tin-  iniiuiitirnis: 
wlik'h  is  "11  tlio  Iioii.ic- 
ilciwn  to  tako  any  thing 


Jua<-a  fl 

IT  Let  1 
tcip  not  c( 
out  of  hi; 

]s  Ncithir  lit  Iiim  which  is  in  the 
field  return  back  to  take  his  cUithcs. 

lU  And  '  W(»c  imto  them  tliat  arc 
with  child,  and  to  them  that  give 
Buck  in  tliose  days  I 

•A>  But  pray  ye  that  your  fli;.'ht 
be  not  in  the  winter,  neither  on  ti.e 
sabbatli  day: 

21  For  "then  shall  he  great  tribu- 
lation, such  as  was  not  since  the  be- 
ginning; (if  the  world  to  this  time,  no, 
imr  ever  ."^hall  be. 

22  And  except  those  days  sliould  be 
shortened,  there  sliniil<l  no  flesh  be 
saved:  "  Init  tor  the  eleet's  sake  those 
days  shall  be  shortened. 

2:»  ^  Then  if  any  man  sliall  say  nnto 
vou,  Lo,  here  is  Christ,  or  there;  be- 
lieve il  not. 

24  For  ^  there  shall  arise  false 
Christs,  and  false  prophets,  .Tiid  shall 
shew  great  signs  and  wonders;  inso- 
nuich  that,  "if  it  were  possible,  they 
shiiU  deceive  the  very  elect. 

2.1  liehold,  I  have  toldyou  before. 

2(i  Wherelorc  if  they  shall  say  nnto 
you.  Behold,  he  is  in  the  desert;  go 
not  forth:  behold,  he  if'm  the  secret 
chambers;  believe  it  not. 

27  I'For  as  the  lightning  cnmeth  out 
of  the  east,  and  sliineth  even  nnto 
the  west;  so  shall  also  the  coining  of 
tile  Son  of  man  be. 

25  '  For  wheresoever  the  carcass  is, 
there  will  the  eagles  be  gathered  to- 
gether. 

2".)  IT  <l  Immediately  after  the  tribu- 
lation of  those  davs  '  i-linll  the  sun 
be  darkened,  and  the  moon  i-lnill  not 
give  her  light,  and  the  stars  shall  tall 
fi-oin  heaven,  and  the  powers  of  the 
heavens  shall  be  shaken: 

.'iOfAnd  then  shall  appear  the  cign 
of  the  Son  of  man  in  heaven:  i^and 
then  shall  all  the  tribes  ot  the  earth 


hand  tl; 
omiug  i 

rhc^'sii 


shall  : 


■  tin 


gels  of  hc:iven,  I'but  my  I'ather 
only. 

.'ir  But  ns  the  days  of  Noe  vfrc, 
so  shall  also  the  coining  of  the  Son 
of  man  be. 

SH  '1  For  ns  in  the  days  that  were 
before  the  f1o<»l  they  Mere  eating 
and  {Irinking,  marrying  and  giving 
in  inarriiige,  until  the  day  that  Noe 
entered  into  llie  ark, 

",'J  And  knew  not  until  the  floml 
cnine,  and  took  tin  in  all  away  ;  so 
shall  also  the  coming  of  the  Son  of 
man  he. 

•Ill  '  Then  shall  two  be  in  the  field: 
the  one  shall  be  taken,  and  the  oth- 
er left. 

41  Two  irnnirn  s/inll  he  grinding 
at  the  mill:  the  one  shall  be  taken, 
an<l  the  other  left. 

42  n  "Watch  therefore;  for  ye  know 
notwhat  luuir  viuir  l.oril  doth  conic. 

4-!  •  But  know  this,  that  if  the  good- 
man  of  the  house  had  known  in 
what  watch  the  thief  wcuild  eoine, 
he  would  have  watched,  and  would 
not  have  sufl'cred  his  house  to  be 
Inoken  up. 

44  "  Therefore  be  yc  also  ready:  for 
in  such  an  hour  ns  yc  think  not  the 
Son  of  man  coineth. 

43  '^  AVho  then  is  a  faithful  and  wise 
servant,  wliom  his  lord  hath  made 
ruler  over  his  household,  to  give 
them  meat  in  due  season  1' 

4(i  >  Blessed  ii<  that  senant,  whom 
his  lord  when  he  comcth  shall  find 
so  doing. 

47  ^■e^ilv  1  say  unto  you.  That  'he 
shall  make  him  ruler  over  all  his 
gmids. 

45  But  ami  if  that  evil  servant  shall 
say  in  his  heart.  My  lord  delayeth 
his  eomiug; 

41)  And  shall  begin  to  smite /iis  fel- 
low servants,  and  to  cat  and  drink 
with  the  drunken: 

M  The  lord  of  that  servant  shall 
come  in  a  day  when  he  lookith  not 
for  /nni,  ami' in  an  hour  that  lie  is 


n'thiM'loiidsofheav- 
d  great  glory. 
U  si'iid  bis  angels 
und  of  a  truiniiet, 
together  his 
Is,  troiii  one 


.".I 

11  with  a  grciit  > 
and   they   shall 
elect  from  the  four  wim 
end  of  heaven  to  the  otl 

.^2  Now  learn  ka  jiarable  of  the  fig 
tree;  When  his  branch  is  yet  tender, 
and  putteth  forth  leaves,  yc  know 
that  summer  i.<  nigh : 

.'W  So  likewise  ye,  when  yc  shall  sec 
all  these  things,  know  Uliat  ||  it  is 
near,  cicn  at  the  doors. 

.•14  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  "This 
generation  shall  not  pas.s,  till  all 
these  things  l)c  fultilled. 

;«  "Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass 
away,  but  my  words  shall  not  pass 
away.  ,  ,   , 

.30  IT  "  But  of  that  day  ond  hour 
knowcth  no  man,  no,  not  the  an- 


,M  And  shall  II  cut  him  asunder,  and 
appoint  lihii  his  portion  with  the 
hypocrites:  "there  shall  be  weeping 
and  gnashing  of  teeth. 

CIIAl'TEU  XXV. 
1   Tlie  jinrnWc  of  Ifie  Itn  virgint,  14  nnrf 
of  Ihe  ttiUntt.    31  AlfO  the  dcaeription 
ofll<ela,t}u,li/mc«l. 

1"'I1EN  shall  the  kingdom  of  heav- 
en be  Ilk.  111(1  unto  ten  virgins, 
which  t.H'k  lluir  hiiiips,  and  went 
forth  to  meet  '  the  briilegriK.m. 

•'  I.  And  five  of  them  were  wi.sc,  and 
five  mrr  f.«ilish. 

.•'.  They  that  I'vrr  foolish  took  their 
lamps,  "anil  look  no  oil  with  lliem: 

4  But  the  wise  tiKik  oil  in  their  ves- 
sels with  their  lamps. 

.1  While  the  bridegroom  tamed, 
^  they  all  sliimtii'i-eil  and  slept. 

0  And  ut  midnight  •'  there  wa»  a 


The  parable  nf  the  talents. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


The  last  judoiri'Cnt  descrihc4. 


cli.  18.  il. 
m  Rom.  12.(5. 
1  (.  ur.  li  7, 


oTTim,2.I2 
Hell.  12.  2. 


cry  made,  Behold,  the  bridegroom 
cometli ;  f;o  ye  out  to  meet  him. 

7  Then  all  tlioso  virgins  arose,  and 
'trimmed  tlicirhnnps. 

8  And  the  foolish  said  unto  the 
wise,  Give  us  of  your  oil;  for  our 
himp.s  arc  ||  pine  out. 

II  lint  the  wi.se  answered,  saying, 
yot  fo;  k'.st  there  be  not  cnonijh  for 
US  and  you:  but  go  yc  ratlicr  to 
them  that  sell,  and  buy  for  your- 
selves. 

10  And  -nhilc  they  went  to  buy, 
the  bridegroom  came;  and  they  that 
were  ready  went  in  with  him  to  tlic 
marriafje:  and  '"the  door  was  shut. 

11  Afterward  came  also  the  other 
virgins,  saying,  SLord,  Lord,  open 
to  us. 

12  But  he  answered  and  said,  A'eri- 
ly  I  sav  unto  von,  lil  know  you  not. 

13  i  Watch  therefore;  for  ye  Icnow 
neither  the  day  nor  the  hour  where- 
in the  Son  of  man  comcth. 

14  TT  k  For  the  kwg'lom  of  hrnrrn 
is  las  a  man  travelling  into  a  fur 
country,  who  called  his  own  serv- 
ants, and  delivered  unto  them  his 
goods. 

13  And  unto  one  he  gave  five  ||  tal- 
ents, to  another  two,  and  to  another 
one;  '"  to  every  man  according  to  his 
several  ability;  and  straightway  toolc 
his  journey. 

Hi  Then  he  that  had  received  the 
five  talents  went  and  traded  with 
the  same,  and  made  them  other  five 
talents. 

17  And  likewise  he  that  hail  rc- 
crirril  two,  lie  also  gained  other  two. 

l.s  I!ut  he  that  had  received  one 
went  and  digged  in  the  earth,  and 
hid  his  lord's  money. 

19  After  a  long  time  the  lord  of 
those  ser\'ants  conieth,  and  reckon- 
cth  with  them. 

20  And  so  he  that  had  received  five 
talents  came  .and  brought  other  five 
talents,  saying,  Lord,  thou  deliver- 
cdst  unto  me  five  talents:  behold,  I 
have  gained  beside  them  five  talents 
more. 

21  Ills  lord  said  unto  him.  Well 
done,  thou  giwd  and  faithful  serv- 
ant: thou  ha>t  been  faithful  over  a 
few  things,  "  I  will  make  thee  ruler 
over  many  things:  enter  thou  into 
°  the  joy  of  thy  lord. 

22  lie  also  that  had  received  two 
talents  came  and  said.  Lord,  thou 
delivercdst  unto  me  two  talents:  bc- 
liold,  I  have  gained  two  other  talents 
l)esiile  them. 

■J:^  His  lord  said  unto  him,  WVell 
done,  good  and  faithful  servant; 
thou  hast  been  faithful  over  a  few 
things,  I  will  make  thee  ruler  over 
iimny  things:  enter  thou  into  the 
joy  of  thy  lord. 

24  Then  he  which  had  received 
the  one  talent  eanio  and  said,  Lord, 
I  knew  thee  that  thou  art  a  hanl 
man,  reaping  where  thou  hast  not 


sown,  and  gathering  where  thou 
hast  not  strewed: 

2.1  And  I  was  afraid,  and  went  and 
hid  tliv  talent  in  the  earth:  lo,  there 
thou  Imst  thill  i.<  thine. 

2(1  His  lord  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  '/'hull  wicked  and  slothful  serv- 
ant, thoii  kncwest  that  1  reap  where 
I  sowed  not,  and  gather  where  I 
have  not  strewed: 

2"  Thou  oughtest  therefore  to  have 
put  my  money  to  the  exchangers, 
and  then  at  my  coming  I  should 
have  received  nunc  own  with  usury. 

2S  Take  therefore  the  talent  from 
him,  and  give  it  unto  him  which 
hath  ten  tafents. 

29  1  For  unto  cverv  one  that  hath 
shall  be  given,  and  he  shall  have 
abundance:  but  from  him  that  hath 
not  shall  be  taken  away  c\en  that 
which  he  hath. 

yo  And  cast  ye  the  unprofitable 
servant  "^into  outer  darkness:  there 
shall  be  weeping  and  gnashing  of 
teeth.  .J 

^■ll  U  5  When  the  Son  of  man  shall! 
come  in  his  glory,  and  all  the  holy' 
angels  with  him,  then  shall  he  sit 
upon  the  throne  of  his  glory:  i 

;!J  And  <  before  him  shall  be  gath- 
ered all  nations:  and  "  he  shall  sepa- 
rate them  one  from  another,  as  a 
shepherd  divideth  his  sheep  from  the 
goats: 

Jlj  And  be  shall  set  the  sheep  on 
his  right  hand,  but  the  goats  on  the 
left. 

.S4  Then  shall  the  King  say  unto 
them  on  his  right  hand,  Come,  ye 
blessed  of  in}'  Father,  ^inherit  the 
kingdom  >  prepared  for  you  from 
the  foundation  of  the  world: 

So  ^  For  I  was  a  hungered,  and  ye 
gave  me  meat:  1  was  thirsty,  and  yc 
gave  me  drink:  "I  was  a  stranger, 
and  yc  took  me  in: 

3(!  l> Naked,  and  ye  clothed  me:  I 
was  sick,  and  yc  visited  me:  "^Iwas 
in  prison,  and  ye  came  unto  me. 

.37  Then  shall' the  righteous  answer 
him,  saving,  L<nd,  when  saw  wc 
thee  a  hungered,  and  fed  thecf  or 
thirstv,  and  gave  thcc  drink? 

.IS  When  saw  we  thee  a  stranger, 
and  took  thee  in?  or  naked,  and 
clothed  thee  ? 

;10  Or  when  saw  we  thee  sick,  or  in 
prison,  and  came  unto  thee? 

40  And  the  King  shall  answer  and 
sav  unto  them,  verily  I  say  unto 
you,  iilnasmueli  as  ye  Inivc  done  it 
"unto  <nic  of  the  least  of  these  my 
brethren,  ve  have  done  it  unto  me. 

41  Then  shall  he  s:>v  al.^o  unto  them 
on  the  left  hand,  ''  Di-part  finm  mc, 
ye  eur.-;eil,  finto  everla-tiiig  tire,  pre^ 
pared  for  "the  devil  anil  his  angels: 

4.'  For  I  Wiis  a  hnngend,  anil  yc 
g;ive  me  no  meat:  I  was  thirsty,  and 
}'e  gave  inc  no  drink: 

4;t  1  was  a  stranger,  and  yc  took  mc 
not  in:   naked,  and  ye  clothed  mc 


Ke«.  20.  12. 
u  El  20.  3a  4 
M.  17.  211. 
ob.  13.  «. 


X  Rom.  8.  17, 
IPcl  1.1.9. 
&3  a 


Heb.  11.  16. 
•  li.  58.  7. 

E..  18.  7. 

J>u,c>  1.  27. 
«Hel..  13.  2. 

3  John  5. 
1.jAnicii2. 13, 

18, 
c  2  Tim.  1,16. 


<Pro».11.31. 
k  la.  17. 
cli,  IK,  42, 


L-jke  13,  27. 
fell  13.40.12. 
B2rol   2,  i. 


A  conspiracy  against  Christ.        ST.  MATTHEW. 


Christ  catrtk  the  i)asmver. 


lUnrkll.  1. 

Luko'i;.  1. 

JqIiu  li.  1. 


not:  eick,  nnd  in  prison,  and  ye  vis- 
ited me  not. 

44  Then  shall  they  niso  answer  liim, 
snyinj;,  I^ord,  when  saw  we  tliee  u 
hunjjered,  or  athirst,  or  a  stranger, 
or  naked,  or  eick,  or  in  prison,  and 
did  not  minister  unto  thee? 

45  Tlien  shall  he  answer  them,  say- 
ing. Verily  I  say  unto  yon,  h  Inas- 
much as  yo  did  it  not  to  one  of  the 
least  of  these,  ye  did  it  not  to  me. 

4<i  And  itlicse  shall  ro  away  inio 


V>  And  from  tliat  time  he  Eought 
opportiuiity  to  betray  liini. 

ir  II  iNowthe  first  </n.v  of  the. /rasf 
of  unleavened  bread  the  disciples 
came  to  Jesus,  sayin;;  unto  liim. 
Where  wilt  tliou  tliat  wc  prepare  for 
tliec  to  eat  the  pa.'-sover? 

18  And  he  said.  Go  into  the  city  to 

such  a  man,  and  say  unto  liim,  Tlu* 

Ma.';ter  saitli,  Sly  time  is  at  liand;  I 

,  will  keep  tlic  passover  at  thy  liouse 


.io""ii 5!"2)!     leverlastinj    punishment:    but    tlic      l'.>  Anil 
i!om.2.7.ic. ;  'rightcous  into  life  ctcrnal.l  f  ''■"i  """f 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 
1  The  ritlc;-3  c«>i8ni«  ai/ainst  Otrini.    6 
The  ifuman  anumtetli  hin  head.     U  Ju- 
das tellrth  him.     17  Cliritt  caletit    tlic 
paUBQVer:   2G  inafitutcth  hia  hoty  sup- 
per: 3G  prayeth  in  thu  Qttrtlcn:  47  nnd 
being  betrayed  with  a  kins,  67  is  carried 
to  Cdiiaphue,  C9  and  denied  of  Peter, 
ND  it  came  to  pass,  when  Jesus 
ha<.l  finished  all  these  sayings, 
he  said  unto  his  disciples, 

2  "  Ye  know  that  after  two  days  is 
the  feo,it  of  the  passover,  and  tlic 
Son  of  mun  is  betrayed  to  bo  cruci- 
fied. 

3  iiThen  assembled  together  the 
chief  priests,  and  the  scribes,  and 
the  elders  of  the  people,  unto  the 
palace  of  the  high  priest,  who  was 
called  Caiaphas, 

4  And  consulted   that  they  might 


with  my  disciples. 

disciples  did  as 


•Tcs 


had  appointed  them;  and  they  inude 
ready  the  passover. 


A^ 


liM 

vill.10 

..?? 

;i 

ich 

uU.. 
W.  4 

M 

1;7- 

rh  n 

12 

di. 

■-.-.  i 

take  Jesus  by  subtilty,  and  kill  lum. 

5  But  they  said.  Not  on  the  (ea.st 
(/a.v,  lest  tiiere  be  au  uproar  among 
the  people. 

6  ^  '^  Now  when  Jesus  was  in  <<  Retli- 
any,  in  the  house  of  Simon  the  leper, 

7  There  came  unto  him  a  woman 
having  an  alabaster  box  of  very  pre- 
cious ointment,  and  poured  it  on  his 
head,  as  he  sat  at  meat. 

8  •'But  when  his  disciples  saw  it, 
they  had  indignation,  saying.  To 
what  puriwse  is  this  waste? 

9  For  this  ointment  might  have 
been  sold  for  much,  and  given  to  the 
poor. 

Id  When  Jesus  understood  if,  he 
said  unto  them.  Why  trouble  ye  the 
woman  ?  for  she  hath  wrought  a  good 
work  upon  me. 

Jl  fFor  ye  have  the  poor  always 
with  you;  but  Sme  ye  have  not  al- 
waj's. 

1-J  For  in  that  she  hath  poured  this 
ointment  on  my  body,  she  did  it  for 
inv  burial. 

Vi  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  Where- 
soever this  gospel  shall  be  preached 
in  the  whole  world,  lli'-n-  shall  also 
this,  that  this  woman  hnth  done,  be 
told  for  a  memorial  of  her. 

14  U  t  Then  one  of  the  twelve,  called 
i  Judas  Iscariot,  went  unto  the  chief 
iiriests, 

15  And  said  imlo  thrm,  k  What  will 
ye  give  me,  and  I  will  deliver  him 
unto  vou?  And  they  ooven.inted 
with  lum  f"r  thirty  pieces  of  silver. 

51 


iO  "'Now  when  the  even  was  come, 
he  sat  down  with  the  twelve. 

:;i  And  as  they  did  eat,  ho  Mid, 
A'erilv  I  say  imto  you,  that  one  of 
3'ou  shall  betray  me. 

L'2  And  they  "were  exceodinj;  for- 
rowful,  and  began  every  one  of  them 
to  say  unto  him.  Lord,  is  it  I? 

ii?  And  ho  answered  and  said,  "  lie 
that  dippeth  liis  hand  with  mo  in 
.  the  dish,  the  same  shall  betray 
^me. 

24  The  Son  of  man  gocth  "as  it  is 
written  of  him:  but  ''woe  unto  that 
man  by  whom  the  Son  of  man  is  be- 
trayed! it  had  been  go<Hl  for  that 
man  if  be  had  not  been  born. 

25  Then  Judas,  which  betrayed 
him,  answered  and  said,  blaster,  is 
it  I?  He  said  unto  him.  Thou  hast 
said. 

'.li  Ifl-Vud  ns  thcv  were  eating, 
■■Jesus  took  bn'ad,  a'ud  ||  blessed  iV, 
and  brake  !/,  nnd  gave  it  to  tlie  ilis- 
ciplos,  and  said.  Take,  eat;  'this  is 
mv  IxKly. 

•Si  And  he  took  the  cup,  and  gave 
thanks,  and  gave  it  to  them,  saying, 
■  Drink  ve  all  of  it; 

28  For  "  this  is  my  blood  "  of  the 
new  testament,  wbieh  is  shed  ^for 
manv  for  the  remission  of  sins. 

Sy  But  "I  sav  unto  von,  T  will  not 
drink  hencefoVtb  of  this  fruit  of  the 
vine,  ■' until  that  day  when  I  drink 
it  new  with  you  in  my  Father's 
kingdom. 

;>l  iiAnd  when  they  had  sung  a 
Uliynin,  they  went  out  into  the 
moniit  of  Olives. 

ol  Then  sailh  Jcsua  nnto  them. 
"^AU  ye  shall  <lbe  offended  because 
of  mo  this  night:  for  it  is  written. 
«  I  will  smite  the  .Shepherd,  and  the 
sheep  of  the  flock  sliall  be  scattered 
abroad.  .     ,,     .„ 

,12  But  after  I  am  risen  again,  f  I  will 
"o  iK-fore  vou  into  Galilee. 
'^IVi  Peter  "answered  and  said  unto 
him.  Though  all  men  shall  be  offend- 
ed because  of  thee,  yet  will  I  never 
be  oftinded.  ,  .       ,,,.,., 

CA  Jesiis  said  unto  him,  »  \enlv  I 
say  unto  thee.  That  this  night,  be- 
fore the  cock  crow,  thou  sluilt  deny 
ine  thrice.  .       „,         ,    , 

;H  Peter  said  unto  him,  Thoiieh  I 
should  die  with  thee,  yet  will  1  not 


Christ's  aoony  in  the  garden.        ST.  MATTHEW.       Jesus  is  carried  to  Caiaphas. 


b  M>rk  U.  32 


1  ch.  4.  2L 
k  John  12. 27. 


o  John  5.  30. 

k  I!.  ;w. 

I'liil.  2.  8. 


I>M 


13.33. 

],uke  22.  40, 

41!. 

Eph.  6.  13. 


l,.ike  22.  47. 
John  1».  3. 
AcU  1.  US. 


t  John  18.  10. 


deny  thee.  Likewise  also  said  nil 
the  diseinlcs. 

3G  U  h  I'hen  Cometh  Jesus  with 
them  unto  a  phice  called  Geth- 
semane,and  Baith  unto  the  disciples, 
Sit  ve  here,  while  I  go  and  pray 
yonder. 

;!7  And  ho  took  with  liim  Peter  and 
ithe  two  sons  of  Zebedee,  and  began 
to  be  sorrowful  and  very  heavy. 

3S  Then  saith  he  unto  theui,  kSIy 
soul  is  exceeding  sorrowful,  even 
unto  death:  tarry  ye  here,  and  watch 
with  me. 

."39  And  he  went  a  little  further,  and 
fell  on  his  face,  and  I  prayed,  say- 
ing, "'  O  my  Father,  if  it  be  possible, 
"let  tliis  cup  pass  from  mc:  never- 
theless, "not  as  I  will,  but  as  thou 
K-ill. 

40  And  he  comcth  unto  the  disci- 
ples, and  findftli  them  asleep,  and 
saitli  unto  IVtur,  What,  could  ye  not 
watch  with  me  one  lionri' 

41  I'  Watch  and  pr.ay,  that  yc  enter 
not  into  temptation:  the  spirit  in- 
deed is  willing,  but  tlie  flesli  is 
weak. 

42  He  went  away  again  the  second 
time,  and  prayed,  saying,  O  my 
I'atlier,  if  this  cup  may  not  pass 
away  from  me,  except  I  drink  it, 
thy  "will  be  done. 

4.<  And  lie  came  and  found  them 
asleep  again:  for  their  eyes  were 
heavy. 

44  And  he  left  them,  and  went  away 
again,  and  prayed  the  third  time, 
sa^'tng  the  same  words. 

45  Then  comcth  he  to  his  disciples, 
and  saith  unto  them.  Sleep  on  now, 
and  take  your  rest:  behold,  the  hour 
is  at  hand,  and  the  Son  of  man  is 
bctra.ved  into  tlie  hands  of  sinners. 

4()  kise,  let  lis  be  going:  behold,  he 
is  at  liaiid  that  doth  betray  me. 

4"  IT  And  ''while  he  yet  spake,  lo, 
Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  came,  and 
with  liim  a  great  multitude  with 
swords  and  staves,  from  the  cliicf 
priests  and  elders  of  the  people. 

48  Now  he  that  betrayed  liim  gave 
them  a  sign,  saying,  Whomsoever 
I  shall  ki.s3,  that  same  is  he;  hold 
him  fast. 

4'.l  And  forthwith  lie  came  to  Jesus, 
and  said,  llail.  Master;  'and  kissed 
him. 

.it)  And  Jesus  said  nnto  him, 
'Friend,  wherefore  art  thou  come? 
Then  came  thov,  and  laid  hands  on 
Jesus,  and  took  liim. 

.Il  And,  beliold,  'one  of  them  which 
were  with  Jesus  stretched  out  iiis 
hand,  and  drew  his  sword,  and 
struck  a  servant  of  tlic  high  iiriest, 
and  smote  off  his  ear. 

52  Then  said  Jesus  unto  him.  Put 
lip  again  thv  sword  into  his  ])l:ice: 
"for  nil  th.'V  tliMt  take  tlio  sword 
sliall  l)eri>li  witli  thi- .swonl. 

.«  Thiiikest  thou  tliiit  I  cannot  now 
pray   to   my  Father,  and   hu    sliall 


presently  give  nie  "  more  than  twelve 
legions  of  angels? 

54  But  how  then  shall  the  Scrip- 
tures be  fuimied,  >  that  thus  it  must 
be? 

.5.5  In  that  same  hour  said  Jesus  to 
the  multitudes.  Arc  ye  come  out  as 
against  a  thief  with  swords  .ind  staves 
for  to  take  me?  I  sat  daily  with  you 
teaching  in  the  temple,  and  yc  laid 
no  hold  on  mc. 

.50  But  all  this  was  done,  that  the 
'Scriptures  of  the  prophets  might 
he  fultilled.  Then  "idl  the  disciples 
forsook  him,  and  fled. 

57TrbAnd  they  that  had  laid  hold 
on  Jesus  led  /nut  away  to  Caiaphas 
the  high  priest,  where  the  scribes 
and  the  elders  were  assembled. 

58  But  Peter  followed  him  afar  off 
nnto  the  high  priest's  palace,  and 
went  in,  and  sat  with  the  servauts, 
to  see  the  end. 

51)  Now  the  chief  priests,  and  elders, 
and  all  the  council,  sought  false 
witness  against  Jesus,  to  put  him  to 
death ; 

()0  But  found  none:  yea,  though 
^  many  false  Avitnesscs  came,  f/et 
found  they  none.  At  the  last  came 
'I  two  false  witnesses, 

01  And  said.  This  ./W/ow  said,  "I 
am  able  to  destroy  the  temple  of 
God,  and  to  buihl  it  in  three  days. 

02  'And  the  high  priest  arose,  and 
said  unto  him,  Answcrest  thou  noth- 
ing? what  M  it  whicli  these  witness 
against  thee? 

Ki  But  B  Jesus  held  his  peace.  And 
the  high  priest  answered  and  said 
unto  him,  h  I  ailjurc  thee  by  the  liv- 
ing God,  that  thou  tell  us  whether 
thou  be  the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God. 

04  Jesus  saith  unto  him.  Thou  hast 
said  :  nevertlieless  I  say  nnto  you, 
i  Hereafter  shall  ye  see  the  Son  of 
man  l^  sitting  on  t!ie  riijlit  hand  of 
power,  and  coming  in  the  clouds  of 
heaven. 

05  ITlien  the  high  priest  rent  his 
clothes,  saying,  lie  hath  spoken  blas- 
pliemy;  what  further  need  li:ivc  wc 
of  witnesses  ?  behold,  now  je  have 
heard  his  blasphemy. 

W;  What  tliink  ye ?  They  an.swercd 
and  said,  '"  lie  is  guilty  of  de.xtli. 

1)7  "  Then  did  tlicy  suit  in  his  face, 
and  huflVted  him;  anil  "(ithcrs smote 
him  witli  |l  tlie  palms  of  their  jiaiids, 

(IS  Savini,',  ''  rmijliesy  unto  us,  thou 
Christ",  Wlio  is  he  that  smote  thee? 

(W  IT  'I  Now  Peter  s:it  without  in  the 
palace  :  and  a  damsel  came  unto 
iiim,  snyin".  Thou  also  wast  with 
Jesus  ofGalilcc. 

70  But  he  denied  before  them  nil, 
saying,  I  know  not  what  thou  say- 
est. 

71  And  when  he  was  gone  out  into 
the  jioreli,  another  tititid  saw  him, 
and  said  nnto  them  lliat  were  there, 
Tills  fillow  was  ul.^o  with  Jesus  ot 
Nazaretli. 


Judas  hanqclh  himseff. 


ST.  MATTHEW. 


PUatc  rclcaicUi  Barabbtu. 


Luko  ii.  61. 
Jubn  13.  ^S. 


It  r« 

^ 

o 

n.  t. 

j» 

:; 

IS.  2S 

;. 

.  U. 

ccU 

3) 

11.13 

f  7.cl,.  U.  12. 

1  Or.W,»m 
fA-y  ^.»A( 


BMr.rlc  13.2. 

•,..k..'j.i.  a. 

Julia  18.  33. 

I.  j.>i.Ti  n.  n;. 


72  And  nKiiiii  fie  denied  with  an  I 
o;ith,  I  do  nut  know  the  iiiun. 

7.-!  And  afh-T  a  while  caino  unto  him 
they  tliat  stn.id  l,y,  nnd  s-.id  to  I'etor, 
Surely  tlioii  nl^o  art  din-  ot'  tlicni;  Cur 
thy  'speecli  bcwniyeth  tliee. 

74  Tlien  '^  began  lie  to  curse  nnd  to 
swear,  saifiiir/,  1  know  not  the  man. 
And  inimedintcly  the  cock  crew. 

7j  And  Peter  rcinenil)ercd  the  word 
of  Jc.sus,  wliicli  said  unto  hiiu,  tl5'> 
i'ore  the  cock  crow,  thou  Bhalt  deny 
nie  thrice.  And  he  went  out,  and 
wept  bitterly. 

CHAPTER  XXVir. 

1  Chriit  it  •lelifere.l  bound  to  PUatc.    3 
Judas  hangcth  himself.     10  J'ilale,  ad- 
vionielied   of  hit    tuifc,  24  ivashctlt  hit 
handt :    26   nnd    tooteth    Darabbat.     -9 
t'/iri»(  it  eroumed  tvith  thornt,  34  eriici- 
fird.W  reviled,  Mdielh.  oii.i  it  buried: 
OG  /(t«  scjtutchre  it  tcnlrdf  and  tvatehed. 
AAf  HEN  the  niorninf;  was  come, 
1 V    "all  the  chief  priests  nnd  elders 
of  the   people   to-sk  eonnsel  against 
Jesus  to  put  him  to  death: 
■J  And  wlieii  thev  hail  hound  him, 
they  led  him   awa'y,  mid  >> delivered 
him  to  Pontius  Pilate  the  governor. 
.•5  M  'Then  Judas,   which   bad   he- 
tr.nyed  him,  when  he  saw   that  he 
wiis  condemned,   repented  liimself, 
nnd  lirounht  nf;ain  the  thirty  jiieees 
of  silver  to  the  chief  priests  and  eld- 
ers, 

4  Sayinir,  I  have  sinned  in  that  I 
have  "l)etraved  the  innoi'cut  blood. 
And  thev  said.  What  is  that  to  us  ? 
see  thonVo  t/ml. 

.'i  .\nd  he  east  down  the  pieces  of 
silver  in  the  temple, 'I  and  departed, 
nnd  went  and  hnnced  himself. 

i\  And  the  chief  priests  took  the  sil- 
ver iiieees,  and  said.  It  is  not  lawful 
fiir  to  put  them  into  the  treasury, 
iiecnuse  it  is  the  price  of  blood. 

7  .\ud  thev  took  counsel,  nnd 
bought  with  them  tlic  potter's  field, 
to  biirv  stran^'ers  in. 

5  Wherefore  that  field  was  cnllcd, 
■■  The  field  of  blood,  unto  this  dny. 

n  Then  was  fiiltilled  that  which  was 
spoken  hv  Jereniv  the  prophet,  sny- 
in^,  lAuit  they  took  the  thirty  pieces 
of  silver,  the  price  of  him  tnat  was 
valued,  ||  whom  they  of  tlie  children 
of  J.sniel  did  value; 

in  And  £;nve  them  for  the  potter's 
fieW,  as  the  Lord  appointed  me. 

11  And  Jesus  stood  before  the  ror- 
en>or:  Sand  the  soveruor  asked  him, 
sayins.  Art  thou  the  Kiu^'  of  the 
Jews?  And  Jesus  said  unto  him, 
1>  Thou  savest. 

12  And  when  he  was  accused  of  the 
eliief  priests  and  elders,  '  he  answer- 
ed nothin','. 

v.  Then  said  Pilate  unto  him, 
k  nearest  thou  not  how  many  thiu;,'s 
thev  witness  niuiust  thee/ 

U'And  he  answered  him  to  never  a 
word  ;  insomuch  that  the  governor 
marvelled  greatly. 


15  INow  at  that  feast  the  governor 
was  wont  to  release  unto  the  people 
a  prisoner,  wliom  thev  wt»uld. 

IC.  And  they  had  "then  a  notable 
prisoner,  called  Uanibbas. 

17  Therefore  when  they  were  gath- 
ered together,  I'ilntc  said  unto  them, 
Wliom  will  ye  that  I  rtlense  unto 
you  ?  Barabuas,  or  Jesus  which  is 
called  Christ? 

IS  Eor  he  knew  that  for  envy  they 
hud  delivered  him. 

1!)  V  When  he  was  set  down  on  the 

iudgment  seat,  his  wife  sent  unto 
fiim,  sa\iii'.:,  Ihn'c  tluju  nothing  to 
do  with"  that  just  man  :  for  I  have 
dVred  many  things  this  day  ill  a 


111  hi 


nfhim. 


20  '"  Hut  the  chief  priests  and  elders 
persuaded  the  multitude  that  they 
shoidd  ask  Uarabbas,  and  destroy 
Jesus. 

21  The  governor  nnswereil  nnd  said 
unto  them.  Whether  of  the  twain 
will  vc  thnt  I  release  unto  J'ou  ? 
Thcvsnid,  liarabbas. 

22  Pilate  saith  nuto  them.  What 
shall  1  do  then  with  Jesus  which  i-: 
called  Christ?  Thefi  nil  say  unto 
him,  I.ct  him  be  enicitied. 

2-i  And  the  governor  .said,  Wliv, 
what  evil  hath  he  done?  Dut  they 
cried  out  the  more,  saying.  Let  him 
be  cruciticd. 

24  IT  When  Pilnte  saw  that  he  could 
prevail  nothing,  but  that  rather  a  tu- 
mult was  made,  he  "  tiMik  water,  nnd 
washed  Ai's  hands  before  the  multi- 
tude, saving,  I  am  innocent  of  the 
blood  of'this  just  person:  sec  yvtoil. 

25  Then  answered  all  the  people, 
and  said.  "His  blood  be  on  us,  and 
on  our  children. 

2G  U  Then  released  he  Pamhbns 
unto  them:  and  when  I' he  had 
scourged  Jesus,  he  delivered  him  to 
be  emeitied. 

27  't  Then  the  soldiers  of  the  gov- 
ernor took  Jesus  into  the  ||  common 
hall,  and  pathered  unto  him  the 
whole  ban(ro/'.fo/(/iV/>-. 

28  And  they  stripped  him,  and  'put 
on  him  ascaih  t  rolic. 

2011  '  .\nd  when  thev  had  platted  a 
crown  of  thorns,  they  put  il  upon  his 
head,  nnd  a  reed  in  his  right  hand: 
nnd  thev  bowed  the  knee  beliire  him, 
and  mocked  him,  sayhig.  Hail,  King 
of  the  Jews! 

•TO  And  'they  spit  upon  him,  nnd 
took  the  reed,  nnd  smote  him  on  tlic 

.11  And  afler  that  they  had  mocked 
him,  thev  tiKik  the  mbe  oil  trom  him, 
and  put"  his  own  niimeut  on  him, 
"and  led  him  nwny  to  crucify  Aim. 

.".2  "  And  as  they  came  out,  >  they 
found  a  man  of  "Cyn-ne,  Simon  by 
name:  him  they  compelled  to  bear 
his  emss. 

.•Ci '  Arul  -when  thev  were  come  un- 
to a  place  called  Colgotha,  tliat  is  to 
say,  a  jilaee  of  a  skull. 


laiaik  l.V  0. 

i.uv>  n.  17. 

Jubn  Is.  W. 


in  Huk  1J.il 
Likt  23.  K 
J>.lin  IS  40. 
A<u3.11. 


Christ's  cnic/fixion, 


ST.  MATTHEV/. 


death,  and  htmaL 


cr..2a.  13. 


n...CT.  12. 

M»rk  1.'..  27. 

S:l 

JuhD  19  IS. 

gr..  22.7.  & 

II!)  '..'5. 
Blurlt  l.l.  2r). 
LuIio2J.3j. 
licS   2<i.  (!I. 

ieh.  20.  ro. 


J..iku  2J.  -11. 


pr. 

m,  !i. 
r\  1  •.  :ir 

1... 

JoL 

u  JJ.  a 

Vu 

rlt  i^r 

.'!4  TT  "They  R.ive  him  vinr^ar  to 
drink  miiipcloil  with  k^H:  nnJ  when 
lie  li:id  tasted  t/icrco/,  he  would  not 
drink. 

3.5  1'  And  they  cnicified  Iiini,  nnd 
parted  liis  Karment.s,  ca.stinj^  lots  : 
that  it  might  bo  fulfilled  which  wa.i 
spoken  by  the  prophet, "  They  parted 
my  j^arments  amoii;^  them,  unci  upon 
my  vesture  did  they  cast  lots. 

.■!(>  'I  And  sitting  down  they  watched 
him  there; 

.'!7  And  "^set  up  over  his  head 
his  aecusatiou  written,  THIS  IS 
.IKSUS  THE  KING  OF  THE 
JEWS. 

oH  fThcn  were  there  two  thieves 
crucified  with  him;  one  on  the  right 
hand,  and  another  on  the  left. 

»'.)  IT  And  e  they  that  passed  by  re- 
viled liim,  wajifrins  their  hcails, 

40  And  sayin;;,  h  Thou  tliat  di-slroy- 
cst  the  temple,  and  hnildest  it  \n 
three  days,  save  thyself,  i  If  tliou  he 
the  Son  "of  God,  come  down  from  the 
cross. 

41  l.,ikcwise  also  the  chief  priests 
mockins  liim,  with  the  6cribe3  and 
elders,  sahl, 

42  He  saved  others;  himself  he  can- 
not save.  If  he  he  the  Kins  of  1-'- 
rael,  let  him  now  come  down  from 
the  cross,  and  we  will  hplieve  him. 

4^!  t  He  trusted  in  God:  let  him  de- 
4iver  him  now,  if  he  will  have  him: 
for  ho  said,  1  am  the  Sou  of  (Jod. 

41  1  The  thieves  also,  which  were 
crncitied  with  him,  cast  the  same  in 
liis  teeth. 

45  "'  Now  from  the  si.xth  hour  there 
w;i3  darkness  over  all  the  land  unto 
the  ninth  hour. 

41!  And  about  the  ninth  hour  "  Jesus 
cried  with  a  loud  -voice,  sayinj^,  Eli, 
Eli,  lama  sabnchthnni  i*  that  is  to  say, 
"  Jly  God,  my  God,  why  liust  thou 
foryaken  me? 

47  Some  of  them  that  stood  there, 
when  tliey  heard  f/iat,  said.  This 
iiirm  calleth  for  Elias. 

4S  And  straightway  one  of  them 
ran,  and  took  a  sponge,  ''and  lilled 
U  with  vinegar,  nncl  put  it  on  a  reed, 
and  gave  him  to  drink. 

4'.J  Tlic  rest  said.  Let  he,  let  us  sec 
whether  Eliiis  will  come  to  save  him. 

,'ii)  IT  1  Jesus,  when  he  liad  cried 
again  with  a  loud  voice,  yielded  up 
i:ie  ghost. 

.^d  And,  behold,  'the  vail  of  the 
teni|)le  was  rent  in  twain  froiu  the 
top  to  the  bottom;  and  the  earth  did 
quake,  and  the  rocks  rent; 

H'l  And  the  graves  were  opened  ; 
and  many  bodies  of  the  saints  which 
slept  arose, 

/I'i  And  came  out  of  the  gr.aves 
after  his  resurrection,  and  went  into 
l!ic  holy  city,  and  appeared  unto 
many. 

fit  'Now  when  the  centurion,  and 
they  that  were  with  him,  w.it'-hing 
Jesus,  saw  the  earthiiuakc,  and  tliose 
32 


things  that  were  done,  they  feared 
greatly,  saving,  Truly  this  was  the 
Son  of  God. 

.0.5  And  many  women  were  there 
beholding  afar  off,  '  which  followed 
Jesus  from  Galilee,  ministering  unto 
him : 

X  "  Among  which  was  Mary  Mag- 
dalene, and  Jlary  the  mother  of 
James  and  Joses,  and  the  mother 
of  Zebedee's  children. 

.57  "  Wlicn  the  even  was  come, 
there  came  a  rich  man  cif  Ariina- 
thea,  named  Joseph,  who  also  him- 
self was  Jesus'  disciple: 

.5S  He  went  to  Pilate,  and  begged 
the  bod.v  of  Jesus.  Then  I'il.ate  com- 
manded the  body  to  be  delivered. 

.5;)  And  when  Joseph  had  taken  the 
hodv,  he  wrapped  it  in  a  clean  linen 
cloth, 

•in  And  y  laid  it  in  his  own  new- 
tomb,  which  he  had  hewn  out  in 
the  rock:  and  he  rolled  a  great 
stone  to  the  door  of  the  sepulchre, 
anil  departed. 

(11  And  there  was  Mary  Mngd.a- 
lenc,  and  the  other  Mary,  sitting 
over  against  the  sepulchre. 

(!2  T  Now  the  next  day,  that  fol- 
lowed the  day  of  the  preparation, 
the  chief  priests  and  Pharisees  came 
together  unto  Pilate, 

(»i  Saying,  Sir,  we  remember  that 
that  deceiver  said,  while  he  was  yet 
alive,  "Atler  tliree  days  1  will  rise 
a.gain. 

ii^  Command  therefore  that  the  sep- 
ulchre he  made  sure  until  the  third 
day,  lest  his  disciples  come  by  night, 
and  steal  liim  away,  and  say  unto 
tlie  people.  He  is  risen  from  the 
dead :  so  the  last  error  shall  be  worse 
than  the  first. 

Oo  Pilate  said  unto  them.  Ye  have  a 
watch:  go  your  wa}',  make  it  as  sure 
as  ye  can. 

tX  So  they  went,  and  made  the  sep- 
ulchre sure,  "sealing  the  stone,  and 
setting  a  watch. 

CIIAPTEK  XXYIII. 

1  CViri.iCs  rcsurrcrlion  is  declared  ^v  an 
aitircUi)  the  icoinen.  9  Jle  tiiinactf  ap- 
jienrcthnnlGthcm.  H  Tlia  high  prtetf 
t/it'C  the  fottliera  monc}/  to  my  that  he 
was  Hulen  out  of  hm  tepidehre.  IG 
Cltriiit  njipenrclh  to  hia  tliaripU-a,  10  nnd 
ectt'tcth  them  to  baptize  and  tcaeh  alt  na- 

IN  the  "end  of  the  sabbath,  as  it 
began  to  dawni  toward  tlie  first 
(In;/  of  the  week,  came  IVIary  Mag- 
dalene band  the  other  Mary  to  sec 
the  sepulchre. 

2  And,  behold,  there  ||  was  a  great 
earthquake:  for  ''the  nngcl  of  the 
Lord  descended  from  heaven,  and 
came  and  rolled  h:ick  the  stone  from 
t!ic  donr,  and  snt  ujion  it. 

."  .lllis  cnuntenaMce  was  like  light- 
nin;;,  and  liis  nu;nent  white  as  snow: 

4  .■Vnd  for  fi-nr  of  liini  the  keepers 
did  sh:\ke,  and  became  as  dead  men. 


Christ  appcareth  to  the  U'omcn,        ST.  MARK. 


and  to  the  eleven  dixciptes. 


ir 

i;  15. 

j'.lo 

3  -i). 

.3.5. 

fM.l 

.3.4. 

I.  M» 

U.  22. 
t.3.  11. 

U.  25. 

5  AikI  tlie  an^i'l  answcicil  and  eiiiil 
unto  tlic  woiiuii,  Fciir  not  \o:  lor  I 
know  that  ye  seek  Jesus,  wfiich  was 
crii.iH.-d. 

(1  He  is  not  hero:  for  he  is  risen,  "^n."! 
lu'  said.  Come,  Bee  the  plaec  wlicre 
tiic  Lord  lay. 

7  And  go  quickly,  nnd  tell  his  dis- 
ciples that  he  is  risen  troin  the  dead; 
and,  beliold,  'lie  noctli  belore  vou 
into  (Jalilee;  tliere  shall  ycsecliini: 
lo,  I  liave  told  you. 

S  ^Vnd  tliey  departed  quickly  from 
the  sopulelire  witli  fear  and  preat 
jov;  and  did  run  to  brin;r  his  discL- 
Ides  word. 

'J  IT  And  as  tlicy  -went  to  tell  his 
disciples,  beliold,  ^  Jesus  mot  tiiem, 
saying.  All  hail.  And  they  eanic 
and  hold  liiin  by  the  feet,  and  \sor- 
sliippcd  hini. 

10  Then  siud  Jesus  unto  them.  Be 
not  afraid:  jjo  tell  I' my  brethren 
tliat  they  go  into  Galilee,  nnd  there 
shall  tliey  sec  me. 

11  IT  Now  when  they  were  goinp:, 
behold,  some  of  the  watch  came  into 
the  city,  and  shewed  unto  the  chief 
priests  all  the  things  that  were  done. 

12  And  wheu  they  were  assembled 


with  the  elders,  nnd  had  taken  coun- 
sel, they  gave  large  money  unto  the 
soldiers, 

l:j  .Saying,  Say  ye.  His  disciples 
eanio  by  night,  and  stole  hnii  <ttc'ii'/ 
while  we  slept. 

H  And  if  this  come  to  the  gov- 
ernor's ears,  we  will  persuaile  nini, 
and  secure  you. 

l.>  So  they  took  the  money,  nnd  did 
«3  they  were  tuuglit:  rnd  this  saying 
Is  coiiimonly  reported  among  the 
Jews  until  this  day. 

](j  ^  Then  the  eleven  disciples  went 
away  into  (Jalilee,  into  a  nionnlain 
iwhere.lesns  liad  appointed  them. 

ir  And  wlien  thev  saw  him,  they 
worshipped  liim:  but  some  doubted. 

IS  ,\nd  Ji'sus  came  and  spake  iinto 
them,  saving,  k  All  power  is  giveii 
unto  me  in  heaven  nnd  in  earth. 

r.l'H  UJ.jyr  thereCore,  and  '"I)  teach 
all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the 
name  of  the  l;iiher,  and  of  the  Son, 
amlofllie  Holy  (ihost: 

::0  "  Teaching  them  to  observe  nil 
things  whatsoever  I  have  coinmaiid- 
edyou:  nnd,  lo,  I  am  with  jou  nl- 
way,  even  unto  the  cud  of  the  worhl. 
Amen. 


THE    GOSPEL   ACCORDING    TO 

ST.  MARK. 


cnArxER  I. 

1  Thuofflcaof  John  the  Jlnptill.  0  JcHue 
id  baftttzcdt  12  tt-mplfit,  H  he  prcachethr 
l(i  calMh  I'clcr,  Anilrew.  James  anU 
John:  23  healelll  one  thut  had  a  dtvil. 
29  Peler'a  mother  in  law,  32  manj,  <lt»- 
cased  peraoua,  Hand  cleanscth  the  leper. 

''PIIE  beginning  of  tlio  gospel  of 

1  Jesus  Christ,  •'  the  .<on  ot  God; 

2  As  it  is  written  in  the  prophets, 
!•  Behold,  I  send  my  messenger  be- 
fore thy  face,  which  shall  prepare 
thy  way  bclbic  thee. 

3  '  The  voice  of  one  crying  in  the 
wilderness.  Prepare  ye  the  way  of 
the  Lord,  make  nis  paths  straight. 

4  d  John  did  baptize  in  the  wilder- 
ness, and  preach  the  ba|itism  of  re- 
pentance II  for  the  remission  (.f  sins. 

,'i  'And  tlicre  went  out  unto  him  all 
the  Und  ot  Juiloa.  and  Ihev  of  J,tu- 
salem,  and  were  all  hapti/ed  ot  hiin 
in  the  river  of  Jordan,  confessing  their 

G  And  John  was  fclothed  with 
camel's  hair,  and  with  a  "irdlo  of  a 
skin  about  his  loins;  and  he  did  cut 
Blocusts  and  wild  honey; 

7  And  preached,  saying,  h  There 
Cometh  one  mightier  than  I  uller 
ino.  the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I  nm 
not  worthy  to  stoop  down  nud  un- 
loose. 


.S  i  I  indeed  have  baptized  yon 
with  water :  but  be  shall  baptize 
you  I  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

!)  lAnd  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  that  Jesus  came  fri>m  Na/nrelli 
of  (ialilee,  and  was  baptized  of  John 
in  Jordan. 

10  '"  And  plrnighlwnv  coming  np 
out  of  the  water,  he  saw  the  heavens 
II  opened,  and  the  Spirit  like  a  dove 
descending  upon  him: 

11  And  there  c-.mc  a  voice  from 
heaven,  ^(iijimj,  "  Thou  art  my  be- 
loved Son,  ill  whom  I  am  well 
pleased. 

12  "And  immediatclv  the  Spirit 
drivcth  him  into  the  wilderness. 

l.'l  And  be  wius  there  in  the  wilder- 
ness forty  davs  tempted  of  Satuii: 
and  was  wilirtho  wild  blasts;  I' nnd 
the  angels  ministered  unto  hiin. 

H  MNow  nfter  that  John  was  nut 
in  prisi>n,  Jesus  came  into  Galilee, 
'  preaching  tlie  gospel  of  tlio  king- 
dom of  God. 

l.'l  And  saving,  "The  time  is  ful- 
filhd,  nnd ''the  kingdom  of  (iod  is 
at  hand:  repent  ye,  and  believe  the 
gospel. 

Hi  "  Now  n»  he  walked  b.v  the  rcn 
of  Galilee,  ho  p-iw  Simon  nnd  An- 
drew liis  bmthcr  casting  n  net  into 
the  tea:  foe  tliey  weru  fislicm. 


Christ  healeth 


ST.  MARK. 


many  diseased  persons. 


A. 

I> 

3(1. 

ad 

ne- 

iM 

H 

19.27. 

yM 

u 

4.21. 

L  Luka  1.  33. 


17  And  Jesus  said  unto  tlieni^  Come 
ye  atler  me,  and  I  will  make  you  to 
become  fishers  of  men. 

18  And  straightway  "they  forsook 
their  nets,  and  followed  hiiii. 

H*  y  And  when  he  had  gone  a  little 
further  thence,  he  saw  ,Jamcs  the  son 
of  Zebedee,  and  John  his  brother, 
who  also  were  in  the  ship  mending 
their  nets. 

'Jt)  And  straightway  he  called  them: 
and  they  left  their  father  Zebedee  in 
tlie  ship  with  the  hired  servants,  and 
went  after  him. 

21  ''And  they  went  into  Capernaum; 
and  straightway  on  the  sabbath  day 
he  entered  into  the  synagogue,  and 
taught. 

22  "And  thev  were  astonished  at 
his  doctrine:  for  he  taught  them  as 
one  that  hud  authority,  and  not  as 
the  scribes. 

23  IjAnd  there  was  In  their  syna- 
go;rue  a  man  with  an  unclean  spirit; 
and  he  cricfl  out, 

24  Saying,  Let  us  alone;  '  what  have 
we  to  do  with  thee,  thou  Jesus  of 
Nazareth?  art  thou  come  to  destroy 
us?  I  know  thee  who  thou  art,  the 
Holy  One  of  God. 

2.5  And  Jesus  d  rebuked  him,  say- 
ing. Hold  thy  peace,  and  come  out 
of  liim. 

2i;  And  when  the  unclean  spirit 
"  liiid  torn  him,  and  cried  with  a  loud 
voice,  lie  e:ime  out  of  him. 

27  And  they  were  all  amazed,  inso- 
much that  they  questioned  among 
themselves,  saying,  AVhat  thing  is 
this?  what  new  doctrine  k>!  this?  for 
with  authority  commandeth  he  even 
the  unclean  spirits,  and  they  do  obey 
him. 

25  And  immediately  his  fkme  spread 
abroad  throughout  all  the  region 
round  about  Galilee. 

2;t  'And  forthwith,  when  they  were 
come  out  of  the  synagogue,  they 
entered  into  the  house  of  Si- 
mon and  Andrew,  with  James  and 
John. 

30  But  Simon's  wife's  mother  lay 
sick  of  a  fever;  and  anon  they  tell 
him  of  her. 

.Ml  And  ho  came  .and  took  her  by 
the  hand,  and  lifted  her  up;  anil 
immediately  the  fever  left  her,  and 
she  ministered  unto  tiiem. 

82  K  And  at  even,  when  the  sun  did 
set,  they  brought  unto  him  all  Unit 
were  diseased,  and  tlicm  that  were 
possessed  with  devils. 

.■«>  .Vnil  all  the  city  was  gathered  to- 
gether at  the  door. 

■il  And  he  healed  many  that  were 
sick  of  divers  diseases,  and  cast  out 
manv  devils;  and  h Buffered  not  the 
devils  II  to  speak,  because  they  knew 
him. 

35  And  'in  the  morning,  rising  up 
a  great  while  before  day,  ho  went 
out,  and  departed  Into  a  solitary 
place,  and  there  prayed. 


.'!()  And  Simon  and  they  that  were 
with  him  followed  .ifter  liim. 

37  And  when  they  had  found  him, 
they  said  unto  him,  All  men  seek  for 
thee. 

3.S  And  he  said  unto  them,  k  Let  us 
go  into  the  next  towns,  that  I  may 

5)reaeh  there  also :  for  1  therefore  came 
:  forth. 

3y  '"And  he  preached  in  their  syna- 
gogues throughout  all  Galilee,  aud 
east  out  devils. 

4I>  "  And  there  came  a  leper  to  him, 
beseeching  him,  and  kneeling  down 
to  him,  and  saying  unto  him.  If  thou 
wilt,  thou  canst  make  me  clean. 

41  And  Jesus,  moved  with  compas- 
sion, put  forth  his  hand,  and  touched 
him,  and  saith  unto  him,  I  will;  be 
thou  clean. 

42  And  as  soon  as  he  had  spoken, 
immediately  the  leprosy  departed 
from  him,  and  he  was  cleansed. 

4.'!  And  he  strnitlv  charged  him, 
and  forthwith  sent  liim  awiiy; 

44  And  saith  unto  hini,  See  thou 
say  nutliing  to  any  man  :  but  go  thy 
way,  shew  thyself'  to  the  priest,  and 
offer  for  thy  cleansing  those  things 
*^  which  Moses  commanded,  for  a 
testimony  unto  them. 

45  f  Hut  he  went  out,  and  began  to 
publish  it  much,  and  to  blaze  abroad 
the  matter,  insomuch  that  Jesus 
could  no  more  openly  enter  into 
the  city,  but  was  without  in  desert 
places:  ''and  they  came  to  him  from 
every  quarter. 

CHAPTER  n. 

1  Christ  healeth  one  aick  of  the  paUy^  14 
calleth  Matthew  from  the  receipt  of  cut- 
torn,  15  eateth  n-ith  jiuhticann  and  gin- 
ficre,  18  excuseth  hie  diaciplee  for  not 
fasting,  1'i  and  for  plucking  the  eara  of 
corn  on  the  eabbath  day. 

VND  again  "he  entered  into  Ca- 
pernaum after  some  days;  and 
it  was  noised  that  he  was  in  the 
house. 

2  And  straightway  many  were  gath- 
ered together,  insomucfi  that  there 
wa.s  no  room  to  receive  tftcni,  no,  not 
so  much  as  about  the  door:  and  lie 
preached  the  word  unto  them. 

3  And  they  come  unto  him,  bring- 
ing one  sielc  of  the  palsy,  which  was 
borne  of  four. 

4  And  when  they  conld  not  come 
nigh  unto  him  for  the  I'ress,  they 
unco\-ered  the  roof  where  he  was: 
and  wlu'ii  the\'  had  broken  it  up, 
they  let  down  "the  bed  wherein  the 
sick  of  the  palsy  lay. 

5  When  Jesus  saw  their  faith,  he 
said  unto  the  sick  of  the  palsy.  Son, 
thy  sins  be  forgiven  thee. 

(i  But  tlieie  wire  cert;iin  of  the 
scribes  sitting  there,  and  reasoning 
in  their  hearts, 

7  AVhy  doth  this  iiiait  thus  speak 
blasphemies?  b  who  can  forgive  sins 
but  God  only? 

a  And  iminediatcly,  'when  Jesus 


Matthew  the  publican  called. 


The  withered  hand  healed. 


peroeivi'tl  in  his  epirit  that  tiiey  bo 
reasoned  witliin  tlienisolves,  he  paid 
unto  them,  Wliy  reason  yc  these 
things  in  your  iienrts/ 
'J  ii  Wlietl.iT  is  it  e:isier  to  say  to  the 
sicic  ot'  the  palsy,  Thu  sins 'he  for- 
p:i\'en  tln-e;  or  to  say,  Arise,  and 
talce  up  thy  hed,  and  walic? 

10  But  tliat  ye  may  know  that  the 
Son  of  man  fiatli  power  on  eartli  to 
forgive  sins,  (ho  saitli  to  the  sick  of 
the  palsy,) 

11  I  say  unto  thee.  Arise,  and  take 
up  thv  bed,  and  go  thy  way  into 
thine  liouse. 

12  And  immediately  he  arose,  took 
up  the  bed,  and  went  forth  before 
them  all;  insomueh  that  they  were 
all  amazed,  and  fclorirted  Goil,  sav- 
ing. We  never  saw  it  on  this  fashion. 

l5  •=  And  he  went  forth  again  by  the 
sea  side;  and  all  the  multitude  re- 
sorted unto  him,  and  he  taught 
them. 

14  I  And  as  he  passed  by,  he  saw 
Levi  the  son  of  Alplieus  sitting  ||  at 
the  receipt  of  custom,  and  said  unto 
him.  Follow  me.  And  he  arose  and 
followed  him. 

15  SAiid  it  came  to  pass,  that,  as 
Jesus  sat  at  meat  in  his  liouse,  many 
publicans  and  sinners  sat  also  to- 
gether with  Jesus  and  his  disciples; 
for  there  were  immv,  and  tliev  fol- 
lowed him. 

lO  And  when  the  scribes  and  Thar- 
isecs  saw  him  eat  with  publicans  and 
sinners,  thev  saiil  unto  his  disciples, 
How  is  it  tliat  he  eateth  and  drink- 
eth  with  pnlilieans  and  sitiners? 

ir  When  Jesus  h.'ard  it,  he  saith 
unto  them,  ii 'I'hev  that  are  whole 
have  no  need  of  the  physician,  hut 
they  that  are  sii'k :  I  came  not  to  call 
the' righteous,  but  sinners  to  repent- 
ance. 

IS  1  .\nd  the  disciples  of  John  and 
of  the  I'Imrisees  used  to  fast:  and 
thev  come  and  sav  nnbi  him.  Why 
do  the  disciples  of  John  and  of  thi' 
Pharisees  fiust,  but  thy  disciples  fast 
not  ■/ 

I'J  And  Jesus  said  unto  thorn,  (^an 
the  children  of  the  hrideehambcr 
fast,  while  the  hridegroom  is  with 
them  y  as  long  as  they  have  the 
bridegroom  with  them,  they  cannot 
fast. 

•Jil  lint  the  days  will  come,  when 
the  briclegiooiii  shall  be  taken  away 
luid  then  shall  they  last 


tho 


,U^ 


21  No  man  also  seweth  a  piece  of 
II  new  elotl\  on  an  old  garment;  else 
the  ni'w  piece  that  filled  it  up  taketh 
away  from  the  old,  and  the  rent  is 

L'J  And  no  man  pntteth  new  wine 
into  old  h.ittles;  else  the  new  wine 
doth  burst  the  bottles,  and  the  wine 
is  snillril,  and  the  bottles  will  he 
maried:  but  new  wine  must  be  put 
into  new  bottles. 


'£^  k  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  he 
went  through  the  corn  fields  on  the 
sabbath  day;  and  his  disciples  lie- 
gau,  as  they  went,  1  to  pluck  the  ears 
of  corn. 

24  And  the  Pharisees  said  imto 
him,  Ik'hold,  why  do  they  on  the 
sabbath  day  that  which  is  not  law- 
ful? 

25  And  he  said  unto  them.  Have  ye 
nevf.T  read  "'  what  David  (lid,  when 
he  had  need,  and  was  a  hungered, 
he,  and  they  that  were  with  him? 

mi  How  he  went  into  the  bouse  of 
God  in  the  davs  of  Abiathar  the 
high  priest,  aiuf  did  eat  the  shew- 
bread,  '■which  is  not  lawful  to  eat 
hut  f()r  the  priests,  and  pive  tilso  to 
them  which  were  with  linu? 

27  And  he  said  unto  them.  The 
sabbath  was  made  for  man,  and  not 
man  for  the  sabbath: 

28  Therefore  "the  .Son  of  mau  is 
l>ord  also  of  the  sabbath. 

CHAPTER  III. 
1  Christ  hccUcin  llu-  withered  hand.  Wand 
mnny  other  infirmitira  :  W  rebul<eth  the 
uncleajt  gjnrits:  13  chooseth  his  txvetve 
apostles:  'I'l  convinceth  the  blasphemy  of 
eastiiii/  out  devils  by  Jieelzebitb:  al  and 
sheweth  who  are  his  brother,  sister,  and 
mother. 

\N1)  "he  entered  again  into  the 
synagogue;  anil  there  w:is  a 
man  "there  which  liad  a  withered 
hand. 

2  And  they  watched  him,  whether 
he  woidd  Ileal  him  on  the  sabbath 
day;  that  thev  might  accuse  him. 

.1  And  he  saltli  unto  the  man  which 
had  till-  withered  hand,  f  Stand  forth. 

4  Ami  ha  saith  unto  flo'iji,  Is  it 
lawful  to  flo   good   on    the   s.,bti:itl 


il?    to 


life 


Ilea 


But    they    laid    thei 


And  when  he  had  looked  round 
about  on  them  with  anger,  being 
grieved  for  the  ||  hardness  of  their 
hearts,  he  saith  unto  the  man. 
Stretch  forth  thine  hand.  And  he 
stretched  il  out:  and  his  hand  w;is 
restored  whole  as  the  other. 

(i  i'And  the  Pharisees  went  forth, 
and  straightway  took  counsel  with 
•■the  Ilcfodians  against  him,  how 
thev  might  destroy  him. 

7  But  Jesus  withdrew  himself  with 
his  disciples  to  the  sea:  and  a  great 
multitude  from  Oalilee  followed  liim, 
Hand  from  Judea, 

H  Anil  from  Jerusalem,  and  from 
Iduniea,  and  frniii  beyond  Jonlan  ; 
and  tliev  about  Tvre  and  Sidon,  a 
great  multituije,  when  they  had 
heanl  what  great  things  he  did, 
came  nnhi  him. 

It  And  he  spake  to  his  disciples, 
that  a  small  ship  should  wait  on 
him  because  of  the  multitude,  lest 
thev  should  throng  him. 

10' For  he  had  he;ded  many;  inso- 
much that  they  |]  pressed  ujon  him 
30 


The  twelve  apostles  chosen. 


The  parable  of  the  sower. 


.ch.  1.23.21. 
J,uko  4.  41. 

fMult 
eb.  1 

U.33 
1. 

\"r'i' 

12. 15. 
M.  31. 

8.  iK  22.  it 
JO.  20. 
u  sun.  12.25. 


for  to  touch  him,  as  many  as  had 
plagues. 

U  "And  unclean  ppirita,  when 
they  saw  liim,  fell  down  liefure  iiini, 
and  cried,  saying,  fXhou  art  the 
Son  of  God. 

\2  And  She  straitly  charged  them 
that  they  should  not  make  hira 
known. 

lo  li  And  he  Rocth  up  into  a  mount- 
ain, and  calleth  unto  him  whom  he 
would:  and  they  came  unto  him. 

14  And  he  ordained  twelve,  that 
they  should  be  with  him,  and  that 
he  might  send  them  forth  to  preach, 

15  And  to  have  jiower  to  heal  sick- 
nesses, and  to  cast  out  devils: 

Hi  And  Simon  i  he  surnamed  Peter; 

17  And  James  the  sun  of  Zebedce, 
and  John  the  brother  of  James;  and 
he  surnamed  them  lioanergcs,  which 
is,  The  sons  of  thunder: 

18  And  Andrew,  and  Pliilip,  and 
Bartholomew,  and  Matthew,  and 
Thomas,  and  James  tlie  son  of 
Alpheus,  and  Thaddeus,  and  Si- 
mon the  Canaanite, 

19  And  Judas  Iseariot,  which  also 
betraj'ed  him:  and  they  went  ||  into 
a  liuuse. 

lill  And  the  multitude  cometh  to- 
gether again,  kso  that  tliey  could 
not  BO  much  as  eat  bread. 

21  And  when  his  ||  friends  heard 
0/'  it,  they  went  out  to  lay  hold  on 
him  :  l  for  they  said,  lie  is  beside 
himself, 

22  IT  And  the  scribes  which  came 
down  from  Jerusalem  said,  '"lie 
liath  Beelzebub,  ami  by  the  jirinee 
of  the  devils  castetb  he  out  devils. 

2."  "  And  lie  called  thenj  nnto  him, 
and  said  unto  them  in  parables. 
How  can  Satan  cost  out  Satan? 

2-1  And  if  a  kingdom  be  divided 
against  itself,  that  kingdom  cannot 
stand. 

25  And  if  a  house  be  divided 
against  itself,  that  houso  cannot 
stand. 

'Si  And  if  Satan  rise  up  against 
himself,  and  be  divided,  he  cannot 
stand,  but  liath  an  end. 

27  "No  man  can  enter  into  a  strong 
man's  house,  and  spoil  his  goods, 
except  ho  will  first  bind  the  strong 
man  ;  and  then  he  will  siioil  his 
house. 

28  >'  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  All  sins 
shall  be  forgiven  unto  the  sons  of 
men,  and  blasphemies  wherewith 
soever  they  shall  blasjiheme: 

29  But  he  that  shall  blaspheme 
against  the  Holy  Ghost  hath  never 
forgi>'eness,  but  is  in  danger  of  eter- 
nal damnation : 

30  Beeimse  they  said,  IIo  hath  on 
unclean  spirit. 

31  H'  1  There  came  tlien  his  breth- 
ren and  liis  mother,  and,  standing 
without,  sent  untt>  !iim,  calling  him. 

3J  And    the    multitude    s:.t '  alioiit 
him,  and  they  said  unto  him,  Be- 
36 


hold,  thy  mother  and  thy  brethren 
without  seek  for  thee. 

;i!  And  he  answered  them,  saying. 
Who  is  my  mother,  or  my  brethren  i? 

.34  And  he  looked  round  about  on 
them  which  sat  about  him,  and  said, 
Beliold  my  mother  and  my  breth- 
ren! 

For  whosoever  shall  do  the  will 
of  God,  the  same  is  my  brother,  and 
my  sister,  and  mother. 

CHAPTEU  IV. 

1  The  parable  of  ih:  sower,  14  and  the 
meaning  Ihcreuf.  21  We  mutt  commu- 
nicate the  lii/ht  of  our  knowledge  to 
others.  2i5  The  parable  of  the  seed  grow- 
ing secretly,  3J  and  of  the  mustard  seed. 
y5  Christ  stillcth  the  tempest  on  the  sea. 

VND  °he  began  again  to  teach  by 
the  sea  side :  and  there  was  gath- 
ered unto  him  a  great  multitude,  so 
that  he  entered  into  a  ship,  and  sat 
in  the  sea;  and  the  whole  multitude 
was  by  the  sea  on  the  land. 

2  And  he  taught  them  many  things 
bv  paral)lcs,  I*  and  said  unto  them  in 
his  doctrine, 

3  Hearken;  Behold,  there  went  out 
a  sower  to  sow : 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  sowed, 
some  fell  by  the  way  side,  and  the 
fowls  of  the  air  came  and  devoured 
it  up. 

5  And  some  fell  on  stony  ground, 
where  it  had  not  mueh  earth;  and 
immediately  it  sprang  up,  because 
it  had  no  depth  of  earth: 

(>  But  when  the  sun  was  up,  it  was 
scorched ;  and  because  it  had  no 
root,  it  withered  away. 

7  And  some  fell  among  thorns,  and 
the  thorns  grew  up,  and  choked  it, 
and  it  yielded  no  fruit. 

8  And  other  fell  on  good  ground, 
■^and  did  yield  fruit  that  sprang  up 
and  increased,  and  brought  forth, 
some  thirty,  and  some  si.\ty,  and 
some  a  hundred. 

9  And  he  said  unto  them.  He  that 
hath  ears  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 

10  ilAud  when  he  was  alone,  they 
that  were  about  him  with  the  twelve 
asked  of  him  the  parable. 

11  And  he  said  unto  them,  T^nto 
you  it  is  given  to  know  the  mystery 
of  the  kingdom  of  God:  but  unto 
"=them  tliat  are  without,  all  thase 
things  are  done  in  parables: 

12  f  That  seeing  they  niay  sec,  and 
not  perceive;  and  hearing  thev  may 
hear,  and  not  understand;  lest  at 
any  time  they  should  be  converted, 
and  tliiiir  sins  should  bo  forgiven 
tliem. 

13  And  ho  said  unto  them.  Know 
3'e  not  this  parable?  and  how  then 
will  ye  know  all  parables? 

14  if  *^  The  sower  soweth  the  word. 
1.5  And  these  are  thev  bv  the  wav 

side,  where  tlie  word  is  sown;  but 
w  hen  tlu  y  have  heanl,  S;itan  cometli 
immediately,  and  taketh  away  the 
word  that  w'as  sown  in  their  heiu-ts. 


The  exposition  of  the  parable. 


ST.  MARK. 


Christ  stilleth  a  tempest. 


M«t 

t.io.sc. 

a  IJ.  2. 
.11.15, 

K'p  And  these  arc  they  likewise 
wliieh  are  sown  on  stony  ground; 
wlio,  wlieii  tliey  liave  neard  tlie 
word,  immcdiutely  receive  it  with 
gladness; 

17  And  have  no  root  in  themselves, 
and  so  endure  but  for  a  time:  aiter- 
ward,  when  affliction  or  iierseeution 
ariseth  for  the  word's  sake,  immc- 
diutely thcv  are  ofl'cndcd. 

18  And  tlii'se  are  they  which  arc 
sown  among  thorns;  such  as  hear 
the  word, 

I'J  And  the  nares  of  this  world,  hand 
the  deeeitfulness  of  riches,  and  the 
lusts  of  other  things  entering  in, 
choke  the  word,  and  it  bccometli 
unfruitful. 

a)  And  these  are  tliey  which  arc 
sown  on  good  ground;  such  as  hear 
the  word,  and  receive  i(,  and  bring 
forth   fruit,    some    thirt^fold,    some 
sixty,  and  some  a  Iiumlred. 
21  IfiAnd  he  said  unto    them.   Is 
a  candle  brought  to  lie  put  under  a 
II  bushel,  or  under  a  bedi'  and  not  to 
be  set  on  a  candlestick  i* 
'ii  k  For  there  is  nothing  hid,  which 
shall  not  be  manifested;  neither  was 
any  thing  kept   secret,  but  that  it 
should  come  abroad. 
'JS  1  If  any  man  have  cars  to  hear, 
let  him  liear. 

■j.i  And  he  said  unto  them.  Take 
heed  what  ye  licar.  "•  With  what 
meiisure  ye  mete,  it  shall  be  meas- 
ured to  you;  and  unto  you  that  hear 
sliuU  more  be  given. 
!.'.■>  "  For  lie  tliat  hath,  to  liim  shall 
be  given:  and  he  that  hath  not, from 
liiiu  shall  be  taken  even  that  which 
he  hath. 

'Xi  H  And  he  said,  "  So  is  the  king- 
dom of  God,  as  if  a  man  should  cast 
seed  into  the  ground; 
•S  And  should  sleep,  and  rise  nipht 
and  day,  and  the  seed  should  spring 
and  grow  up,  he  kmiweth  nut  Imw. 
:iSForthe  earth  bringetli  luith  fruit 
of  lierself;  first  tlie  liliule,  then  tlie 
ear,  after  that  the  full  corn  in  the 
ear. 

a)  But  when  the  fruit  is  ||  brought 
forth,  immediately  flic  putteth  in 
the  sickle,  because  the  harvest  is 
come. 

;iO  IT  And  ho  said.  1  Whcreunto 
shall  we  liken  the  kingdom  of  (iod? 
or  with  what  comparison  shall  we 
eomiiare  it? 

:il  It  is  like  a  grain  of  mustard  seed, 
w  hieh,  when  it  is  sown  in  the  earth, 
is  less  than  all  the  seeds  that  bo  iu 
the  earth: 

3Z  Hut  when  it  is  sown,  it  groweth 
up,  and  heeometh  greater  than  all 
herbs,  and  shooteth  out  great 
branches;  so  that  the  fowls  of  the 
air  may  lodge  under  the  shadow 
of  it. 

;i.'!  ''And  with  many  such  parables 
spake  lie  the  word  unto  tlicui,  as 
they  were  able  to  hear  it. 


spake  hi 


.'11  But  without  a  ii 
not  unto  tbeiu:  and 
alone,  he  expounded  nil  things  to  liis 
disciples. 

.'15  "And  the  same  day,  wlicn  the 
even  was  come,  Jic  saith  unto  them, 
I.et  us  pass  over  unto  the  other  side, 
a;  And  when  they  had  sent  nway 
the  multitude,  they  took  him  even 
as  he  was  in  the  ship.  And  there 
were  also  with  him  other  little  ships. 
.'!"  And  there  arose  a  great  storm  of 
wind,  and  the  waves  beat  luto  the 
ship,  so  tliat  it  was  now  full. 
'.'a  And  he  w  as  in  the  hinder  part  of 
tlie  ship,  asleep  on  a  pillow:  und 
tliev  awake  him,  mid  say  unto  hiin. 
Master,  carest  thou  nut  that  we 
Iierishi' 

3'J  And  he  arose,  and  rebuked  the 
wind,  and  said  unto  the  sea,  I'eaee, 
be  still.  And  the  wind  ceased,  and 
there  was  a  great  calm. 

40  And  he  said  unto  them,  ^Vlly 
are  yc  so  fearful?  how  is  it  that  ye 
have  no  ttiith? 

41  And  they  feared  exceedingly, 
and  said  one  to  auoUier,  What  iiiun- 
ner  of  man  is  this,  tliat  evcu  the 
wind  and  the  sea  obey  him? 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  Christ  thUveririff  the  poBSftsed  of  the 
leiiion  of  ilivila,  13  Ihetj  enter  into  the 
twine,  a  J/e  healcth  the  wunuin  o/  the 
Uvi,<lij<ai)ue,::!>  and  raiaelhfrum  Ueuth 
Jairua'  duuyhtir. 

VNI)  "tliev  came  over  nnto  the 
other  side  of  the  sea,  into  the 
countrv  of  the  Gudarenes. 

L'  And  when  he  was  come  out  of  the 
ship,  ininiediately  there  met  him  out 
of  the  tombs  a  man  with  un  unclean 
spirit, 

.'i  Who  had  his  dwellinjr  among  the 
tombs;  and  no  man  could  bind  him, 
no,  not  with  chains: 

4  liecause  that  he  had  been  often 
Ii.iund  with  fetters  and  chains,  and 
the  chains  had  been  plucked  asun- 
(lir  by  hiui,  and  tlie  htleis  broken 
in  pieces:  neither  could  any  uutu 
tame  him. 

!>  And  always,  night  and  day,  he 
was  in  the  mountains,  and  in  the 
tombs,  crying,  and  cutting  himself 
with  stones. 

0  But  when  he  saw  Jesus  afar  off, 
he  ran  and  worshipped  him, 

7  Anil  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  and 
said.  What  have  I  to  do  with  thee, 
.Jesus,  thou  .Son  of  the  most  high 
God?  I  adjure  thee  by  God,  Uiat 
thou  torment  me  not. 

.S  (For  he  said  unto  him,  Come  out 
of  the  man,  Ihnti  unclean  spirit.) 

y  .Vnd  he  asked  him.  What  is  thy 
name?  And  he  answered,  saying. 
My  name  is  Legion :  for  we  ore 
miinv. 

11)  And  he  besought  him  much  thof 
he  «  ould  not  send  them  ttway  out  of 
the  country. 

U  Now  tliero  was  there  nigh  unto 


Christ  healeth  the  bloody  issue,         ST.  MARK. 


and  raiseth  Jainis'  darighter. 


t«  Its.  'M. 
c  l.uko  8.  39. 


the  mountains  a  great  herd  of  swine 

feedin;;. 
la  And  an  the  devils  besought  liim, 
sayinj;,  Siiid  us  into  tlie  swine,  tliat 
we  may  enter  into  them. 

13  And  tijithwith  Jesus  pave  them 
leave.  And  the  unelcan  spirits  went 
out,  and  entereii  into  the  swine;  and 
the  herd  ran  vi(dently  down  a  steep 
plaee  into  the  sea,  (they  were  ahout 
two  thousand,)  and  were  choked  in 
the  sea. 

14  And  thej;  that  fed  the  swine  fled, 
and  told  tC  in  the  eity,  anil  in  the 
country.  And  they  went  out  to  see 
what  it  was  that  was  done. 

15  And  they  eonie  to  Jesus,  and  see 
him  that  was  jiossessed  with  the  dev- 
il, and  had  the  legion,  sittin":,  and 
clothed,  and  in  his  riglit  niiud;  and 
they  were  afraid. 

10  And  they  that  paw  it  told  them 
how  it  befell  to  him  that  was  possess- 
ed with  tl>c  devil,  and  (ifco  concern- 
ing the  swine. 

1"  And  1)  tliey  bepan  to  pray  him  to 
depart  out  of  their  coasts. 

18  And  when  he  was  come  into  the 
ship,  •■'  he  that  had  been  possessed 
with  the  devil  i;raycd  him  that  he 
nii;;ht  he  with  him. 

ID  llowbeit  Jesus  snITered  him  not, 
hut  saitli  unto  him,  (io  home  to  thy 
IViends,  and  tell  them  how  sreat 
tliin);s  the  Lord  hath  done  for  thee, 
and  lialli  had  compassion  on  thee. 

a)  And  he  di'parted,  and  lie-an  to 
publish  in  Deeapulisliowsreatthinss 
.lesus  liad  done  lor  him;  and  all  iiuit 
did  marvel. 

lil  'I  And  when  Jesus  was  passed 
over  apain  by  ship  unto  the  other 
side,  much  people  feathered  nnto 
him;  and  he  was  nit;h  unto  the  sea. 

22 '•And,  behold,  tliere  ei.meth  one 
of  the  rulers  of  tlie  synavcofiiie.  Jairiis 
hv  name;  and  when  he  saw  him,  he 
fell  at  his  teet, 

2!  And  besoufjht  him  greatly,  say- 
ing. My  little  daughter  lielirat  the 
point  of  death  :  /  imii/  l/iii-,  eonle 
and  lav  thv  hands  on  her,  that  she 
mav  he  healed;  ami  she  shalllive. 

24" And  ./e.<«s  went  with  him;  and 
much  iieople  followed  him,  and 
thronged  him. 

2.')  And  a  eerhiin  woman,  fwhieh 
had  an  issue  ot  blood  twelve  years, 

211  And  had  sulfered  many  things 
of  many  physii-iaus,  and  had  spent 
all  that  she  had,  and  was  nothing 
bettered,  hut  rather  grew  worse, 

27  When  she  had  heard  of  Jesns, 
came  in  the  press  behind,  and  touch- 
eil  hisganm^nt. 

2H  F.n-  slw  said.  If  I  may  touch  but 
hiselolhes,  I  shMll  he  whole. 

211  And  str;ie,-htwav  the  tbuntaiu  of 
her  hlood  was  dried  up:  anil  she  felt 
in  /ici-  body  that  she  was  healed  of 
that  plague. 

'■''»  .\nd  Jesns,  immedhitely  knowing 
in  himself  that  ^  virtue  hail  gone  out 
3« 


of  him,  turned  him  about  in  the 
press,  and  said,  "Who  touched  my 
clothes? 

■M  And  his  disciples  said  nnto  him. 
Thou  scest  the  multitude  thron;ring 
thee,  and  sayest  thou,  Who  touclicd 
me  ? 

32  And  he  looked  round  about  to 
see  her  that  had  done  this  thing. 

.'I'J  Hut  the  woman  fearing  and 
trembling,  knowing  wliat  was  done 
in  her,  came  and  till  down  betuic 
him,  and  told  him  all  the  truth. 

.'14  And  he  said  unto  her.  Daughter, 
hthy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole;  go 
in  peace,  and  be  whole  of  thy  plague. 

o5  i  While  he  yet  spake,  there  came 
from  the  ruler  of  the  synagogue's 
/lOuse  certain  which  said,  'I'hy  daugh- 
ter is  dead;  why  troublest  thou  the 
Master  any  further'? 

3(J  As  soon  as  Jesus  heard  the  word 
that  was  spoken,  he  saith  unto  the 
rulerot  the  synagogue,  lie  not  afraid, 
only  believe. 

*!7  And  he  suffered  no  man  to  follow 
him,  save  Peter,  anil  James,  and  John 
the  brother  of  James. 

3.S  And  he  Cometh  to  the  lionse  of 
the  ruler  of  the  s^'nagogue,  and  seeth 
the  tumult,  and  them  that  wept  and 
wailed  greatly. 

3U  And  when  he  was  come  in,  he 
saith  unto  them,  "VVhy  make  ye  this 
ailo,  and  weep'?  the  damsel" is  not 
dead,  hut  k  sleepeth. 

4tl.\nd  thev  lati'.'hed  him  to  scorn. 
1  lint  wh.'U  he  had  put  them  all  out, 
he  tiiketh  the  tatlier  and  the  mother 
of  the  damsel,  and  them  that  were 
with  him,  and  entereth  in  where  the 
damsel  was  lying. 

41  And  he  took  the  damsel  hy  the 
hand,  and  said  unto  her,  iVditha 
eunii  ;  which  is,  being  interpreted, 
Uamsol,  (1  say  unto  thee.)  arise. 

42  And  straightway  the  damsel 
arose,  and  walVed  ;  "for  she  was  of 
the  age  of  twelve  years.  And  they 
were  astonished  with  a  great  aston- 


ishii 


cut. 


43  Ami  "Mie  charged  them  straitly 
that  no  man  sbould  know  it ;  and 
eoinmanded  that  something  should 
be  given  her  to  eat. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Christ  ia  contemned  ofhig  countn/mcn. 
7  Uc  ijivtth  till-  iHvlvL-  ;«.ir,  I-  ui.rr  uiii-(i;.oi 
K/iirita.  H  IHi'.ra  ,.;...uuMs  of  ClirUt. 
27  John  Jl.iiiliKt  ia  Uhr.Kleil.  ii>  nml  tiur- 
ieil.  'M  The  iip„gllfg  return  from  preach- 
inq.  -M  The  miriule  of  lire  lonven  and 
two  JUheH.  4S  ( V.,-iaf  n.idrlh  on  tha  tea: 
bi  ami  heaUlh  all  thai  Inarh  him. 

\Nn  "he  went  out  from  thence, 
and  came  into  his  own  country; 
and  his  disciples  follow  him. 
2  .Vnd  when  tlie  sabbath  day  was 
ooin(»,  he  began  to  teach  in  the  syna- 
gogue :  and  many  In-aiing  //(;/(  were 
astonished,  sin'im:.  ''  From  whence 
hath  this  wan  these  things  ?  and 
what  wisdom  is  this  which  is  given 


Christ  sendeth  out  the  tioelve. 


ST.  MARK. 


John  Die  Baptist 


\into  liini,  that  even  such  niit^lily 
works  are  »rouj;lit  by  liis  Imiuls/ 

3  ]3  not  this  the  carpeiiti-r,  tlie  son 
of  Mary,  •  the  l)rotJKT  of  Juim-s,  ami 
Joscs,  and  of  Jiida,  ami  Siriu.ni'  ancl 
are  not  his  sisters  lierc  with  us?  Ami 
tliey  d  were  ottended  at  him. 

4  lint  Jesus  said  unto  them,  *A 
proiilut  is  not  without  honour,  hut 
in  his  own  country",  and  anion^  his 
own  kin,  and  in  his  own  house. 

5  lAnd  lie  could  there  do  no  miglity 
work,  save  that  he  laid  his  hantls 
upon  a  few  sick  folk,  and  healed 
t/tei)i. 

(i  And  She  mar\elled  because  of 
their  unbelief.  h.Vnd  he  went  round 
about  the  villages,  teaching;:. 

I  V  i  And  he  called  uiilu  liim  the 
twelve,  and  began  to  send  them 
tijrth  by  two  and  two ;  oud  gave 
them  power  over  unclean  spirits; 

8  And  commanded  tiiem  that  they 
should  take  nothing  lor  tin  ir  jour- 
ney, sa\e  a  stalf  ttnly;  no  scrip,  no 
bread,  no  ||  money  iu'//(<-i/-  nurse: 

U  But  kit  sliodwith  sandals;  and 
not  put  on  two  coats. 

10  lAnd  he  said  unto  them.  In  what 
place  soever  ye  enter  into  a  house, 
there  abide  tdl  ye  depart  from  that 
place. 

II  ""And  whosoever  shall  not  re- 
ceive you,  nor  hear  you,  when  ye 
depart  thence,  "shake  oti*  the  dust 
uiuler  your  (eet  tor  a  testimony 
against  them.  Verily  I  say  unto 
you.  It  slioll  be  more  tolerable  tor 
Sodom  tand  Gomorrah  in  the  day 
of  judgment,  than  lor  that  city. 

r_'.\ml  tlicv  went  nut.  and  preached 
thatm.n  sh'..uld  repent. 

I:i  And  tliev  east  out  many  devils, 
"and  anointVd  with  oil  many  that 
were  sick,  ami  lu'aled //»')/(. 

14  I'And  king  llcnjd  heard  o^"7iim; 
(for  his  name  wa.s  spreail  abroad  :) 
and  he  said.  That  John  the  Uaptist 
was  risen  from  tiie  dead,  and  there- 
line  mighty  works  do  shew  Ibrth 
tliemselvcs'in  him. 

15  'I  Others  said.  That  it  is  Elias. 
And  others  said,  That  it  is  a  proph- 
et, or  as  one  of  the  prophets. 

Hi  nSut  when  Herod  hearil  thrrenf, 
he  said.  It  is  Ji.lm.  whom  I  beheiul- 
ed:  ho  is  risen  frnrn  tlie  dead. 

17  For  Ileiod  himself  had  sent  forth 
and  laid  hold  ui.on  John,  ami  bound 
him  in  prison  fir  llerodias'  sake, 
his  brother  Philip's  wile  ;  for  he  had 
married  her. 

IS  For  John  had  said  unto  Herod, 
»lt  is  not  lawful  for  thee  to  have  thy 
hrotlier's  will". 

1!)  Thereliire  llerodias  had  ||  a  (luar- 
rel  again>t  him,  and  wiuild  liuve 
killed  him;  but  she  cold  not: 

LI)  For  Herod  '  fean-d  Jolin,  know- 
ing that  he  was  a  just  nuin  and  tt 
holv,  and  l|  observed'  liim;  and  when 
he  lieard  hini,  he  <lid  numy  things, 
and  heard  him  gladly. 


21  "  And  when  a  convenient  day 

was  come,  that  Herod  ''on  his  birlh- 
dav  made  a  supper  tcj  his  lords,  high 

eaiitailis,  ami  (  hi.t  (  ,^^/^  s  of  (iaiilee; 

L'L  AihI  \il.en  the  ihoiglitiT  of  llle 
said  llen.duis  came  in,  and  dauee.l, 
and  pleaseil  Heroil  and  them  th;»t 
rat  with  liim,  the  king  said  unto  the 
damsel.  Ask  of  me  whatsoever  thou 
wilt,  and  I  will  give  it  thee. 

a!  And  heswarc  unto  her,  > 'What- 
soever thou  shall  ask  of  nie,  I  will 
give  it  thee,  unto  the  half  of  my 
kingdom. 

24  And  she  went  forth,  and  fiaiil 
unto  her  moth.T,  What  shall  I  ask'/ 
And  she  said.  The  head  of  John  the 
iiaptist. 

23  And  she  came  in  straightwov 
with  haste  unto  the  king,  and  ask<Ml, 
saying,  1  will  that  thou  give  me  by 
and  by  in  a  charger  the  head  of  Johii 
the  Baptist. 

2(-»  ^  And  the  king  was  exceeding 
sorry;  i/ct  for  his  oath's  sake,  and  litr 
their  sakes  which  sat  with  him,  he 
would  not  reject  her. 

27  And  immediately  the  king  sent 
[l  an  executioner,  and  eomuuindetl 
llis  head  lo  be  brouglit:  and  he  went 
ami  belieaded  liim  in  the  prison. 

•J.S  And  liniuglit  his  head  in  a  charg- 
er, and  gave  it  to  the  damsel  ;  and 
the  damsel  gave  it  to  her  mother. 

•Jl)  And  when  his  disciples  heard  r,/ 
tl,  thev  came  and  took  up  his  corpse, 
and  laiil  it  in  a  tomh. 

yO'Aud  tlie  apo>tles  gathered  them- 
selves toL'ethcr  niito  .lesus,  and  told 
him  all  thiniis,  both  what  they  had 
done,  and  what  they  had  tauglit. 

;il  I'And  he  said  unto  them.  Come 
yc  yourselves  apart  into  n  desert 
place,  and  rest  a  while:  (or  'there 
were  many  coming  ond  going,  and 
they  liad  no  leisure  so  much  as  to 
eat. 

;t2  iiAnd  they  departed  into  a  desert 
l>lace  by  ship'privately. 

."W  And  the  peojile  saw  them  depart- 
ing, and  many  knew  him.  and  ran 
afoot  thither  but  of  all  cities,  and 
outwent  them,  and  came  together 
unto  him. 

.'!4  "^  -And  Jesus,  when  he  came  out, 
saw  much  people,  anil  was  moved 
with  eompassKin  toward  them,  bo- 
eausc  they  were  as  sheep  not  having 
a  sliepliei'd:  and  The  began  to  teach 


Ihi 


tile  (lav  was  now  far 
spent,  his  dixiples  ca'ine  unto  him. 
and  saiil.  This  is  a  desert  place,  and 
now  the  time  i.<  far  passeil: 

;itl  Senil  them  awiiy,  tliat  they  may 
go  into  the  country  round  about,  anil 
into  the  villages,  o'nd  buy  themselves 
liread:  (iir  they  have  nothing  to  eat. 

.':7  lie  answered  and  said  unto  then). 
Give  ve  them  to  eat.  And  thev  say 
unto  him,  li  .shall  we  go  and  buy  tw'o 
hunilred  |||>cnuy  worth  of  bread,  and 
give  them  to  eat?  ~. 


Christ  fecdeth  five  thousand. 


ST.  MARK. 


He  rcprovetJi,  the  Pharisees. 


och.  R  17.  1». 
rich  3.  5.  i 
1«.  14. 


S8  lie  Baitli  unto  them,  How  many 
loiivos  have  ye!  go  and  see.  Anu 
when  they  knew,  they  say,  i  Five, 
and  two  tifiiies. 

.■i9  And  lie  commanded  them  to 
make  all  sit  down  by  companies 
u])on  the  crcen  grass. 

40  And  they  sat  down  in  ranks,  by 
hundreds,  and  by  fifties. 

41  And  when  he  had  taken  the  five 
loaves  and  the  two  fishes,  he  looked 
up  to  heaven,  kand  blessed,  and 
brake  the  loaves,  and  gave  tlicm  to 
his  disciples  to  set  before  them;  and 
the  two  fishes  divided  he  among 
them  all. 

42  And  they  did  all  eat,  and  were 
filled. 

43  And  they  tofik  up  twelve  baskets 
full  of  the  fragments,  and  of  the 
fishes. 

44  And  they  that  did  eat  of  the 
loaves  were  about  five  thousand 
men. 

4.5  I  And  straightway  he  constrained 
his  disciples  to  get  into  the  ship,  and 
tt)  gii  to  the  other  side  before  ||  unto 
Bethsaida,  while  he  sent  away  the 
people. 

4U  And  when  he  had  sent  them 
away,  he  departed  Into  a  mountain 
to  pray. 

47  "'  And  when  oven  was  come,  the 
sliii)  was  in  the  midst  of  the  sea,  and 
he  alone  on  the  land. 

48  And  he  saw  them  toiling  in  row- 
ing; for  the  wind  was  contrary  unto 
them:  and  about  the  fourth  watch 
of  the  night  he  eometh  unto  tlieni, 
walking  upon  the  sea,  and  "  would 
have  passed  by  tliem. 

4y  But  when  they  saw  him  walking 
upon  the  sea,  they  supposed  it  had 
been  a  spirit,  and  cried  out: 

."iO  For  tliev  all  saw  biiii,  and  were 
troubled.  And  inimediately  he  talk- 
ed with  them,  and  saith  unto  them. 
Be  of  good  cheer:  it  is  1;  be  not 
afraid. 

Til  And  he  went  up  unto  them  into 
the  ship;  and  the  wind  eeasetl:  and 
they  were  sore  amazed  in  themselves 
beyoml  measure,  and  woiulered. 

.W  For  "  tliev  considered  not  the 
miracli!  of  the  loaves;  for  their  I'licart 
was  hardened. 

,"j.3  'I  And  when  they  had  passed 
over,  they  came  into"  the  land  of 
Oennesaret,  and  drew  to  the  shore. 

54  And  when  they  were  come  out 
of  the  ship,  straightway  they  knew 
him, 

.V)  And  ran  through  that  whole 
region  round  about,  and  began  to 
carry  about  in  beds  those  that  were 
sick,  where  flu-y  heard  he  was. 

,'Hi  And  wliitliersoi'\-er  he  entered, 
into  vilhiires.  or  cities,  or  C4uintrv, 
thev  laid  tl-.e  sick  ill  the  streets,  aiid 
besou-bt  him  that '  thev  might  touch 
if  it  were  liut  the  border  of  bis  pir- 
iiuut:  and  as  many  as  touched  ||him 
were  made  whole. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

I  Tl:e  Pharifcrn  find  favH  at  the  ,U,cipU» 
for  eittirtff  with  unwanhcnhande.  a  Tfiey 
break  the  commandment  of  Qod  by  the 
traditions  of  inen.  14  Meat  defilcth  not 
the  man.  24  He  healeth  the  Syruplieme. 
t(in  ivoman^B  daughter  of  an  unclean 
epirit,  yl  and  one  that  wae  dcafy  and 
etavunercd  in  hie  apccch. 

TUEN  "came  together  unto  him 
the  Pharisees,  and  certain  of  the 
scribes,  which  came  from  Jerusalem. 
2  And  when  they  saw  some  of  his 
disciples  eat  bread  with  l|  defiled,  that 
is  to  say,  with  unwashen  hands,  they 
found  fault. 

■3  For  the  Pharisees,  and  nil  the 
Jews,  except  thev  wash  llieir  hands 

II  oft,  eat  not,  holding  the  tradition 
of  the  ciders. 

4  And  when  theft  come  from  the 
market,  except  thev  wash,  they  eat 
not.  And  many  other  things  there 
be,  which  they  have  r(?ceived  to  hold, 
<is  the  washing  of  cups,  and  ||pots, 
brazen  vessels,  and  of  II  tables. 

5  h  Then  the  Pharisees  and  scribes 
asked  him,  Why  walk  not  thy  dis- 
ciples according  to  the  traditfon  of 
the  elders,  but  eat  bread  with  un- 
washen hands? 

(i  He  answered  and  said  unto  them. 
Well  hath  Esaias  prophesied  of  vou 
hypocrites,  as  it  is  written,  '  This 
people  honoureth  me  with  their  lips, 
but  their  heart  is  far  from  me. 

7  Ilowbeit  in  vain  do  they  worship 
me,  teaching  for  doctrines  the  com- 
mandments of  men. 

8  For  laving  aside  the  command- 
ment of  God,  ye  hold  the  tradition 
of  men,  as  the  washing  of  pots  and 
cups :  and  many  other  such  like 
things  ye  do. 

11  And  he  said  unto  them.  Full  well 
ye  II  reject  the  commandment  of  (iod, 
that  ye  may  keep  your  own  tnidition. 

10  For  Moses  saiil,  tt  Honour  thv  fa- 
ther and  thy  mother;  and,  'Wlioso 
curseth  father  or  mother,  let  him  die 
the  death: 

1 1  But  ye  say.  If  a  man  shall  say  to 
his  father  or  mother.  It  ?'s  i  Corlian, 
that  is  to  say,  a  gift,  by  whatsoever 
tlioii  inightesf  be  profited  by  me;  he 
AJiall  tie  free. 

12  And  ye  suffer  him  no  more  to  do 
aught  for  his  father  or  his  mother; 

l.'i  Making  the  word  of  Ood  of  none 
effi?ct  through  your  tradition,  which 
ve  ha\'e  deli\-ered  :  and  many  such 
like  things  do  ve. 

14  IT  B  And  w1ien  he  had  called  all 
the  people  viilo  hhii,  ho  said  unto 
them.  Hearken  unto  me  every  one 
or  vim.  and  iiiiderstan<l: 

l.j  'fluTc  is  iiotliiiig  from  without  n 
man.  tliat  entering  into  him  can  de- 
tile  bini :  but  tlio  things  which  come 
out  of  him,  those  are  they  that  defile 
the  man. 

1()  li  If  any  man  have  cars  to  liear, 
let  him  hear. 


The  Canaanitc's  daur/htcr  healed.     ST.  MARK. 


Christ  feedeth  four  thmuand. 


Matt.  15.  15. 


k  r^n.  6. 5.  & 

M.ii.  15.  la. 


1 II. -11. 

u  11.33. 


17  i  And  when  he  was  entered  into 
the  liouse  from  the  people,  his  dis- 
ciples asltcd  him  coueeruiug  the  par- 
al)Ie. 

18  And  he  saitii  unto  them,  Are 
vc  so  witliout  uiulcrstnndini;  also? 
"Do  ye  not  perceive,  that  whatsoever 
thing  from  without  entereth  into  the 
man,  it  cannot  defile  him; 

I'J  Because  it  entereth  not  into  his 
heart,  but  into  the  belly,  and  pocth 
out  into  the  draught,  purging  ull 
meats? 

21)  And  he  said.  That  which  eomcth 
out  of  the  man,  that  dcfilcth  the 
man. 

21  Tor  from  within,  out  of  the 
heart  of  men,  proceed  evil  thoughts, 
adulteries,  fornications,  murders, 

'2:1  Thetis,  t  covctousness,  wicked- 
ness, deceit,  lasci^■iousness,  nn  evil 
eye,  hlasphcniy.  jiride,  foolishness: 

's',  All  t]u's<'  ci  il  tilings  eumo  from 
within,  and  delile  the  man. 

24  IT  I  And  from  thence  he  arose, 
and  went  into  the  borders  of  Tyre 
and  Sidnn,  and  entered  into  a  house, 
and  would  have  no  man  know  it: 
but  he  could  not  be  hid. 

25  For  a  certain  woman,  whose 
young  daughter  had  nn  unclean 
spirit,  heard  of  him,  and  came  and 
fell  at  his  feet: 

21J  The  wonian  was  a  (1  Greek,  ft 
Syroplicnician  by  nation;  and  she 
besought  him  tliat  he  would  east 
forth  the  devil  out  of  her  dau-hter. 

27  But  Jesus  said  unto  her.  I>it  the 
children  tirst  be  filled:  for  it  is  not 
meet  to  take  the  children's  bread, 
and  to  cast  tt  unto  the  d(»gs. 

2S  And  she  answered  and  said  unto 
him.  Yes,  Lord:  yet  the  do-rs  un- 
der the  tabic  cat  of  the  children's 
crumbs. 

29  And  he  said  unto  her.  For  this 
saying  go  thy  way  ;  tlie  devil  is 
gone  out  of  thy  daughter. 

30  And  when  she  was  come  to  her 
house,  she  found  the  ilcvil  gone  out, 
and  her  daughter  laid  upon  the  bed. 

:'l  II  "And  again,  departing  from 
the  coasts  of  Tyre  and  Sidon,  he 
came  unto  the  sea  of  (ialilee, 
through  the  midst  of  the  coasts  of 
Deenpolis. 

.'.2  And  "they  bring  unto  him  one 
that  was  deaf,  and  hail  an  impedi- 
ment in  his  speci'h;  and  they  be- 
seech him  to  put  his  hand  upon  him. 

.33  And  he  took  him  aside  from 
the  multitude,  and  put  his  fingers 
into  his  ears,  and  "he  spit,  and 
touched  his  tongue: 

M  And  P  looking  un  to  heaven, 
Ihe  sighed,  and  saith  unto  him, 
Ephphatha,  that  is.  Be  opened. 

;«  'And  straightway  his  cars  were 
opened,  and  the  string  of  his  tongue 
was  loosed,  and  lie  spake  plain. 

.T)  And  'he  charged  tliem  that 
thev  should  tell  no  man  :  but  the 
moic    lie    charged    Ihcm,  so    much 


the  more  a  great  deal  they  pub- 
lished i7,- 

37  And  were  bevond  measure  as- 
tonished, saving,  "lie  hath  (h.ne  all 
things  well":  he  maketh  bi'th  tin- 
deal  to  hear,  and  the  dumb  to 
speak. 

CIIAPTEU  viir. 

1  Chriftt  fcedeth  the  jteopla  mimeujouittj/: 
10  rcfuteth  to  jux:  n  tisn  to  the  Fhari- 
eeca  :  H  ntlmoniehetii  hit  dieciplea  to  be- 
varc  of  the  haven  of  the  Pharitcet.  and 
of  the'  leavrn  of  jlcrvd:  22  aivtth  a 
blind  man  hie  eight :  27  acknoivtedgeth 
that  he  18  I'le  Christ,  trho  ehoutd  euffer 
and  riec  apain  :  34  and  cxhvrtvth  to  pa- 
tienee  in  persecution  for  the  profession 
of  the  gospel. 

IN  those  days  "the  multitude  being 
very  great,  and  having  nothing  to 
eat,  Jesns  called  his  disciples  loito 
hxm.  and  saith  unto  them, 

2  I  have  compassion  on  the  multi- 
tiule,  because  they  have  now  been 
with  me  three  days,  and  liavc  noth- 
ing to  eat: 

3  And  if  I  send  them  away  fasting 
to  their  own  houses,  they  will  faint 
by  the  waj';  for  divers  of  thciu  came 
from  far. 

4  And  his  disciples  answered  him. 
From  whence  can  a  man  satisfy 
the.sc  vien  with  bread  here  in   the 


ildc 


f.SS? 


5  h  .And  he  n.=ked  them.  ITow  manv 
loaves  have  ye  ?  And  they  said, 
^'even. 

(»  And  he  eommnnded  the  people  to 
sit  down  on  the  ground;  and  he  took 
the  seven  loaves,  and  gave  thanks, 
and  brake,  and  gave  to  liis  disciples 
to  set  before  them  ;  and  they  did  set 
lliem  belore  the  people. 

7  And  they  had  a  few  small  fi.sbes: 
and  "^  he  blessed,  and  commanded  to 
set  them  also  before  them. 

8  So  they  did  cat.  and  were  filled: 
and  they  took  up  of  the  broken  meal 
that  was  left  seven  baskets. 

!l  And  they  that  had  eaten  were 
about  four  thousand:  and  he  sent 
them  awav. 

ID  W  Anil  <l  straightwav  he  entered 
into  a  ship  with  his  disciples,  and 
came  into  the  parts  of  Dalmanutha. 

11  'And  the  Pharisees  came  lorth, 
and  began  to  question  with  him, 
seeking  of  him  a  sign  from  heaven, 
tempting  him. 

12  And  he  sighed  deopiv  in  his 
spirit,  and  .laith.  Why  doth  this^en- 
enition  seek  after  a  sign?  venly  I 
snv  unto  you.  There  shall  no  sign  be 
given  unto  this  genenition. 

13  And  he  h-fl  thom.  and  entering 
into  the  ship  again  departed  to  tlic 
other  side. 

14  IT  f  Now  the  tli.ifiplr's  had  forgot- 
ten to  take  bread,  neither  had  they 
in  the  ship  with  them  more  than  one 
loaf. 

l.'>KAnd  he  charged  them,  saving. 
Take  liced,  beware  of  the  leaven  of 
41 


Christ  givclh  a  blind  inan  sight.       ST.  MARK.  The  tran/tftgiiration  of  Christ. 


,l.l».20. 

c  a.  17. 


tlio  Pliarisccs,  and  of  the  leaven  of 
llcrnd. 

]U  And.  they  reasoned  nmonj?  them- 
selves, s;i,vi'nff,  Jt  is  h  because  we 
linve  no  bread. 

17  And  when  Jesus  knew  it,  he 
saith  unto  them,  Whv  reason  yc, 
because  ye  liavc  no  Dread?  ipcr- 
ecivcycnotyct,  neither  understand? 
have  yc^our  heart  yet  hardened? 

18  Ifavinj^  eyes,  see  yc  not  ?  and 
liaving  ears,  hear  ye  not?  and  do  ye 
not  rcuicinber? 

I'J  kWhen  I  brake  the  five  loaves 
ainonjr  five  thousand,  liow  many 
baskets  full  of  fraf,'uicnts  took  yc 
up?    They  say  unto  liiui.  Twelve. 

20  And  I  when  the  seven  anions  four 
thousand,  how  many  baskets  full  of 
frajiuicnta  took  ye  up  ?  And  they 
said,  Seven. 

2\  And  he  said  unto  them,  How  is 
it  that '"  yc  do  not  understand? 

22  TT  And  lie  couicth  to  licthsaida; 
and  they  brin<^  a  blind  man  unto 
hiui,  and  besought  him  to  touch 
him. 

2.'i  And  he  took  the  blind  man  by 
the  hand,  and  led  liiui  out  of  the 
town  ;  and  when  "  he  had  spit  on 
bis  eves,  and  ^>ut  his  liands  upon 
him,  he  asked  him  if  he  saw  au^ht. 

24  And  he  looked  up,  and  said,  I  see 
men  as  trees,  walking. 

2.">  After  that  he  jnit  his  hands  opain 
upon  his  eyes,  and  made  him  look 
up;  and  he  was  restored,  and  saw 
every  man  clearly. 

2(1  And  he  sent  him  away  to  his 
house,  saying,  Neither  po  into  the 
town,  "nor  tell  it  to  an.v  m  the  town. 

27  TT  P  And  Jesus  went  out,  and  his 
disciples,  into  the  towns  of  Cesarea 
Philippi:  and  by  the  way  he  asked 
his  disciples,  saying  unto  them, 
Whom  do  men  say  that  I  am  ? 

2t)  And  they  answered,  ijohn  the 
Baptist :  but  some  utiir,  Elias  ;  and 
others.  One  of  the  prophets. 

2',t  And  he  saith  unto  them.  But 
whom  say  ye  that  I  am  ?  And  Pe- 
ter answercth  and  saith  unto  him, 
■■  Thou  art  the  Christ. 

.tC)  "  And  he  charged  them  that  they 
should  tell  no  man  of  him. 

.'U  And  '  he  bcfjan  to  teach  them, 
that  the  Son  ot  man  mu.st  suffer 
many  things,  and  be  rejected  of  the 
elders,  and  ot"  the  chiet  priests,  and 
scribes,  and  bo  killed,  and  after 
three  days  rise  again. 

.'{2  And  he  spake  that  sayin;' openly. 
And  Peter  took  him,  and  began  to  I 
rebuke  him. 

.'>i  Unt  when  he  had  turned  about 
and  looked  on  his  disciples,  he  re- 
buked Petir,  saying,  Get  thee  be- 
hind me,  Satan:  for  thou  savourest 
not  the  things  that  be  of  God,  but  j 
the  things  that  be  of  men. 

"4  V  And  when  he  had  called  the 
people   viiln   him   with  his  disciples 
also,   he   snid   unto  them,  "  Whoso- I 
42 


ever  will  come  after  me,  let  him 
deny  himself,  and  take  up  his  cross, 
and  follow  mc. 

"j  For  '^whosoever  will  save  his 
life  shall  lose  it;  but  whosoever  shall 
lose  his  life  for  my  sake  and  the  gos- 
pel's, the  same  shall  save  it. 

3G  For  what  shall  it  profit  a  man,  if 
he  shall  gain  tlie  whole  world,  and 
lose  his  own  soul? 

37  Or  what  shall  a  man  give  in  ex- 
change for  his  soul? 

38  J  Whosoever  therefore  ^  shall  be 
ashamed  of  me  and  of  my  words,  in 
this  adulterous  and  sinful  genera- 
tion, of  him  also  shall  the  Son  of  man 
be  ashamed,  when  he  comcth  in  the 
glory  of  his  Father  with  the  holy 
angels. 

CIL-VPTER  IX. 

2  JcsuB  ia  tranefigurcil.  fl  Ue  instructctli 

his    disciptca     conccrninff    the    coming 

of  Elim :  H  castclli  forth  a  dumb  and 

dcnf  tjiirit:  SO  forctellitli  liit  ileattt  and 

rcsttrrcction  :  '^exhvrtetli  his  di»ciplc» 

to  liumility  ;  3S  bidding  them  not  to  pro- 

tdhit  such  as  be  not  against  them,  nor  to 

give  offence  to  aiuj  of  the  faithful. 

\  ND  he  .-said  unto  them,  "Verilvl 

1\.  sav   unto   veil,    Tiiat  there  "be 

some  of  them  tluit  stand  here,  wh 

shall  not  tiuste  of  death,  till  they  have 

seen    '» the  kingdom  of   God  come 

with  power. 

2  TT  'And  after  six  days  Jesus  taketh 
wilhliini  Peter,  and  Ja'mes,  and  John, 
and  leadeth  them  up  into  a  high 
mountain  ajiart  by  tliemseh'es:  and 
he  was  tran.sfigured  before  them. 
.')  And  his  raiment  became  shining, 
exceeding  J  white  as  snow;  so  as  no 
fuller  on  earth  can  white  them. 

4  And  there  appeared  unto  them 
Elias  with  Moses  :  and  they  were 
talking  with  Jesus. 

5  And  Peter  answered  and  said  to 
Jesus,  Master,  it  is  good  for  us  to  be 
here;  and  let  us  make  three  taber- 
nacles ;  one  for  thee,  and  one  for 
Moses,  and  one  for  Elias. 

C  For  he  wist  not  what  to  say;  for 
the.v  were  sore  afraid, 

7  And  there  was  a  cloud  that  over- 
shadowed them:  and  a  voice  came 
out  of  the  cloud,  saying,  This  is  my 
beloved  Son:  hear  him. 

8  And  suddenly,  when  they  had 
looked  round  about,  they  saw  no 
man  any  more,  save  Jesus  only  with 
themservcs. 

U  '-'And  as  the.v  came  down  from 
the  mountain,  he  charged  (hem  that 
they  sbcnild  tell  no  man  what  things 
they  had  seen,  till  the  Son  of  man 
were  risen  from  the  dead. 

10  And  they  kept  that  sa.ying  with 
tliemselves,  "  (|ii(stioiiing  one  with 
another  what  tlie  rising  from  the 
dead  should  mean. 

U  IT  And  they  asked  him,  saying, 
Wh.v  say  the  scribes  'that  Elias 
must  first  come? 

12  And  he  answered  and  told  them, 


lie  castcth  out  a  dumb  iqjirit. 


ST.  MARK.        Chrint  foretellcth  Ms  om/i  deaih. 


^i.'i.' 

2,6. 
2.  ic. 
9.20. 

h  I.uk 

ri..i 

c  2.1.11 
2.7. 

1  .M»lt 
A  17 
Luke 

11.  U 
li 

1.  n. 

Lak> 

.17.11. 
9.37. 

Elias  verily  coinrth  first  and  rc^tor- 
cth  all  things;  and  fallow  it  is  written 
of  the  8on  of  man,  that  he  iiuist 
suffer  many  things,  and  1'  be  fcet  at 
n.iuLiht. 

l.'i  l5ut  I  say  unto  you,  Tliat  i  Klias 
is  indeed  conic,  and  tliey  liiivc  done 
unto  liim  "wliatsoevcr  tiicy  listed,  as 
it  is  written  of  him. 

14  II  kAnd  when  he  came  to  liis 
disciples,  lie  saw  a.  prcat  multitude 
about  them,  and  the  scribes  ques- 
tioning^ with  them. 

15  And  straightway  all  the  people, 
when  they  beheld  him,  were  greatly 
amazed,  and  running  to  Aim  saluted 
him. 

IG  And  he  asked  the  scribes,  What 
question  ye  |[  with  them? 

17  And  I  one  of  the  multitude  an- 
swered and  said,  Ma.ster,  I  have 
brought  unto  thee  my  son,  which 
hath  a  dumb  spirit; 

18  And  wheresoever  he  taketh  him, 
he  II  tcarcth  him  ;  and  he  foameth, 
and  gnashcth  with  his  teeth,  and 
Itiiutii  away:  and  1  spake  to  tby  dis- 
ciple,^ that  they  should  cast  him  out; 
and  tliey  could  not. 

Ill  He  answereth  him,  and  saith,  O 
faithless  generation,  how  long  shall 
1  be  w  ith  von?  how  long  shall  I  suf- 
n-r  vou?  liriiighim  unto  me. 

•JO  Audth.'.v  l.ruiight  him  unto  him: 


hiin 


,'htv 


the  spirit  tare  him  :  and  1 

tlie  ground,  and  wallr>wed  foaming. 

'21  And  he  asked  his  father.  How 
long  is  it  ago  since  this  came  uuto 
him?    And  he  said.  Of  a  child. 

'J2  And  ofttimes  it  hath  cast  him 
into  the  fire,  and  into  the  waters,  to 
destroy  him  :  but  if  tluni  canst  do 
anv  thing,  have  compassion  ou  us, 
anil  help  us. 

Ui  .lesus  said  unto  liim,  "If  thou 
canst  believe,  all  things  uie  possible 
to  him  that  believelli. 

L'4  And  straightway  the  father  of 
the  child  cried  out,  and  said  with 
tears,  I.ord,  I  believe;  help  thou 
mine  unbelief. 

L',')  When  Jesus  saw  that  the  people 
came  runninf;  together,  he  rebuked 
the  foul  spirit,  saying  unto  him, 
Tlioii  dumb  and  deaf  spirit,  I  charge 
thee,  come  out  of  him,  and  enter  uo 
more  into  him. 

28  And  ll(e  /spirit  cried,  and  rent 
him  sore,  and  came  out  of  him:  and 
he  was  as  one  dead;  insomuch  that 
many  said,  lie  is  dead. 

•27  lint  Jesus  took  him  bv  the  hand, 
and  lifted  him  up;  and  be  an>se. 

ffl  "And  when  he  was  come  into  the 
house,  his  diseiphs  asked  him  ini- 
vately.  Why  could  not  wo  cast  him 
out? 

•£)  And  he  said  nnto  them.  This 
kind  can  come  forth  by  nothing,  but 
bv  praver  and  fastins. 

;!»  TT  "And  they  departed  thence, 
and  passed  througli  (ialilcc;  and  lie 


would   not  that   any  man   ehould 

know  It. 

"1  1'  For  he  tau^-ht  his  disciples,  and 
said  nnto  them.  The  .Son  of  man  is 
(hlivericl  into  the  hands  of  men,  and 
Ihev  shall  kill  him  ;  and  after  that  he 
i.s  killed,  he  shall  rise  the  third  dav. 

":;  Hut  they  understood  not  tliat 
saying,  and  were  afraid  to  ask  bini. 

;»!  IT  ''And  he  eame  to  Capernaum: 
and  being  in  the  house  he  asked 
them.  What  was  it  that  ye  disputed 
among  vonrselves  bv  the" way  ? 

;;4  But  they  held  their  peace:  for  by 
the  wav  they  had  disputed  among 
themselves,  who  sliouhl  be  the  great- 
est. 

<*o  And  he  sat  down,  and  called  the 
twelve,  and  s:iit!»  unto  them,  ^  If  anv 
man  desire  to  be  first,  the  fi:mc  sliafl 
be  last  (.fall,  and  servant  of  all. 

."Hi  .\nd  ■■'he  to<ik  a  child,  and  set 
him  ill  the  midst  of  th*m:  and  when 
he  luul  taken  him  in  his  arms,  he 
said  unto  them, 

'.]7  Whosoever  shall  receive  one  of 
such  children  In  my  name,  receivcth 
me;  and  ^whosoever  shall  receive 
me,  receivcth  not  me,  but  him  that 
sent  nic. 

oy  H  "And  John  answered  him,  say- 
ing. Master,  we  saw  one  casting  out 
devils  ill  thy  name,  and  he  followcth 
not  us;  and"  we  forbade  him,  because 
he  lOlloweth  not  us. 

.'I'.)  lint  Jesus  said.  Forbid  him  not: 
^Ibr  there  is  no  man  which  shall  do 
a  miracle  in  my  name,  that  can 
lightly  speak  evil  of  me. 

40  For  >  he  that  is  not  against  us  is 
on  our  part. 

I  41  '  For  w  hosoever  shall  give  you  n 
cup  of  water  to  drink  in  my  name, 
I  because  ye  belong  to  Christ,  verilv  1 
Isay  unto  you,  he  shall  nut  lose  liis 
jrewajd. 

■i'2  "And  whosoever  shall  ofTend  one 
of  tliefc  little  ones  that  believe  in 
me,  it  is  better  for  him  that  a  mill- 
stone were  hanged  about  his  neck, 
and  he  were  cast  into  the  sea. 

4.'i  I'And  if  thv  hand  ||oHend  thee, 
cut  it  ofi':  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter 
into  life  maimed,  tluin  having  two 
hands  to  go  into  hell,  into  the  tire 
that  never  shall  be  quenched : 

44  •"  Where  their  worm  dieth  not, 
and  the  fire  is  not  quenched. 

4.5  And  if  thv  fiwt  otf'eud  thee,  cut  if 
off:  it  is  better  for  thee  to  enter  halt 
into  life,  than  having  two  feet  to  be 
east  into  hell,  into  the  fire  tliat  never 
shall  be  qiHiiched: 

4(i  Where  their  worm  dieth  not,  and 
the  fin'  is  not  quenched. 

47  .Vnd  if  thine  eve  ||  offend  thee, 
pluck  it  out:  if  is  fK-tfer  for  thee  to 
cuter  into  the  kinpdom  of  God  with 
one  eve,  fhiin  having  two  eyes  to  be 
cast  iilto  lull  fire: 

48  Where  their  worm  dieth  not,  and 
the  fire  is  not  quenelu  il. 

4!)   For  every  one  sliall    be  salted 
4-! 


Christ's  answer  cmicernino  divorce.    ST.  MARIC. 


The  danger  cf  riches. 


A.  D.82, 


dLsT.  2. 13. 

!::>.  43.  21. 
•  Mutt.  S.  1^ 

Lu:iS  11.  31. 
f  Eph,  4.  29. 


•n'ith  fire,  <lnml  every  sacrifice  sliall 
be  salteil  witli  snlt. 
50  "Salt  t.s  good:  but  if  tlio  salt 
have  lost  his  Baltucss,  ■wlierewitli 
will  ye  Bcason  its'  fllave  salt  in 
yourselves,  and  6  have  peace  ouc 
with  another. 

ciiapteh  X. 

2  Christ    ditputeth    with    the     Pharisees 
touching    divorcement:   13   Ucsscth    the 
children  that  are  brought  unto  him:  17 
resolvcth  a  rich  man  how  he  may  inher- 
it life  everlasting:  23  telleth  hi»  diaei- 
ylea  of  the  danger  of  riches:    £3  ^iroin- 
teeth    rewards    to    them    that    forsake 
any  thi  ,ij  for  the  iJosjiH:  32  foreteVcth 
Ua  death  and  resurrection:  35  biddeth 
the  two  ambitious  suitors  to  think  rath- 
er cf  entering  with  him:    4[i  and  re- 
etoreth  to  liartimeua  his  sight. 
A  ND  "lie  arose  from  thence,  and 
J  V  Cometh  into  the   coast.s   of  Ju- 
dca  by  the  farther  side  of  Jordan: 
and    the    people    resort    unto    him 
a;^^;iin  ;    and,    as    lie    was    wont,  he 
tau;;ht  thenr  aj^ain. 

2  TI  I'And  the  Pharisees  came  to 
him,  and  asked  him,  Is  it  lawi'iil 
for  a  man  to  put  away  hU  wife  ? 
tempting;  him. 

3  And  ho  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  "What  did  Moses  command 
you? 

4  And  they  said,  ^  Moses  suffered  to 
write  a  bill  of  divorcement,  and  to 
put  her  away. 

5  .\nd  Jesus  answered  and  said  un- 
to them.  For  the  liardncsa  of  your 
heart  he  wrote  you  this  precept. 

6  But  from  tlic  bejrinninp:  of  the 
creation  J  God  made  them  male 
and  female. 

7  'For  this  cause  shall  a  man 
leave  his  father  and  mother,  and 
cleave  to  his  wife; 

8  And  they  twain  shall  be  one  (lesh : 
so  then  they  arc  no  more  twain,  but 
one  flesh. 

y  Wliat  therefore  God  hath  joined 
together,  let  not  man  put  a.sun'dor. 

10  ,\nd  in  the  house  his  disciples 
asked  him  again  of  the  B.inie  mat- 
ter. 

11  And  he  saith  unto  them,  f  Who- 
soever shall  put  away  his  wife,  and 
marry  anotlicr,  cominitteth  adultery 
acain'st  her. 

12  And  if  awomtin  shall  put  away 
her  husband,  and  be  married  to 
another,  she  committcth  adnlterv. 

i;3  IT  "^And  they  brought youii-  chil- 
dren to  him,  that  he  t^honbl  touch 
them;  and /(/>■■  disciples  rebuked  those 
that  bronprbt  them. 

14  IJut  wlien  Jesus  saw  7/,  ho  was 
much  displeased, and  said  unto  them, 
Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  un- 
to mc,  and  forbid  them  not;  for  hof 
such  is  the  kinjjdom  of  God. 

1,'i  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  i  Who- 
soever shall  not  receive  the  kim;- 
dotn  of  God  as  a  little  child,  lie 
shall  not  enter  therein. 


IC  And  he  took  them  up  in  his 
arms,  put  his  hands  upon  them,  and 
blessed  tlicm. 

17  IT  kAnd  when  he  was  gone 
forth  into  the  way,  there  came  one 
running;,  and  kneeled  to  him,  and 
asked  him,  Good  Master,  what  shall 
I  do  that  I  may  inherit  eternal  life? 

IS  And  Jesus  said  unto  him.  Why 
callest  thon  mc  pood?  there  is  none 
good  but  one,  thut  is,  God. 

I!)  Thou  knowcst  the  command- 
ments, I  Do  not  commit  adultery. 
Do  not  kill.  Do  not  steal.  Do  not 
bear  false  witness.  Defraud  not, 
Honour  thy  father  and  mother. 

20  Ami  he  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  Slnster,  all  these  have  I  ob- 
served from  my  youth. 

21  Then  Jes\is  beholding  b.im  loved 
him,  and  said  tinto  him.  One  thing 
thon  lackest:  go  thy  w:iy,  sell  what- 
soever thou  liast,  and  give  to  the 
])oor,  and  thou  slialt  have  "'treasure 
m  hea^'on:  and  come,  take  up  the 
cross,  and  follow  mc. 

22  And  he  was  sad  at  that  saying, 
and  went  away  grieved:  for  he  had 
great  possessions. 

2'!  IT  "And  .Tesns  looked  round 
about,  and  saith  unto  his  disciples. 
How  liardly  shall  thcv  that  have 
riches  enter  into  tlic  kingdom  of 
God  I 

24  And  the  disciples  were  astonished 
at  liis  words.  lUit  Jesus  answereth 
again,  and  saith  unto  them.  Chil- 
dren, how  hard  is  it  for  them  "that 
trust  in  riches  to  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God  I 

2.'>  It  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go 
through  the  eye  of  a  needle,  than 
for  a  rich  man  to  enter  into  tl;e 
kingdom  of  God. 

2(1  And  they  were  astonished  out  of 
measure,  saying  among  themselves. 
Who  then  can  be  saved? 

27  And  Jesus  looking  upon  them 
saith.  With  men  it  is  impossible, 
but  not  with  God  :  for  I' with  God 
all  things  are  possible. 

28  IT  1  Then  Peter  began  to  say  un- 
to him,  I..0,  we  have  left  all,  and" have 
followed  thee. 

2!)  And  Jcsns  answered  and  said, 
"Verily  I  say  unto  you.  There  is  no 
man  that  hath  left"housc,  or  breth- 
ren, or  sisters,  or  fath.er,  or  mother, 
or  wife,  or  children,  or  lands,  for  my 
sake,  and  the  gospel's, 

.".0  '  But  lie  shall  receive  a  hund- 
redfold now  in  this  time,  houses, 
and  brethren,  and  sisters,  and  moth- 
ers, and  children,  and  lands,  with 
persecutions  ;  and  m  the  world  to 
conic  cterntil  life. 

.SI  '  But  manv  thnt  are  first  sliall  be 
last;  and  the  last  flrst. 

Ri  IT  'And  they  were  in  the  way 
going  up  to  Jcrusalein  ;  and  Jcsiia 
went  before  tlicni  :  ami  they  wore 
amazed:  and  as  tliov  followed,  they 
were  afraid.     ".\ml  he  tiKik  jigain  the 


Christ  forctellcth  his  own  death.        ST.  SIARK. 


His  entry  into  Jerusalem. 


twelve,  and  besaii  to  tell  tlietn  what 
tliin;i9  slioiild  liap]>eu  unto  liini, 
•TO  Sailing,  liohold,  we  go  >ip  to 
Jerusalem ;  and  tlic  Son  of  man 
shall  be  delivered  unto  the  chief 
priests,  and  unto  the  pcril)03  ;  and 
thev  shall  condemn  him  to  death, 
and  sliall  deliver  liim  to  the  Cicn- 
tilcs: 

34  And  they  sliall  nioek  him,  and 
shall  seoursb  him,  and  sliall  spit 
upon  liim,  and  shall  kill  liim;  and 
the  third  dav  he  shall  rise  attain. 

35  IT  "Ana  James  and  John,  the 
sons  of  Zcbedec,  come  unto  him, 
sayins.  Master,  wc  would  that  thou 
shouldest  do  for  us  whatsoever  we 
shall  desire. 

36  And  he  said  unto  them,  'What 
would  ye  that  I  should  do  for  you? 

37  They  said  unto  him.  Grant  unto 
us  that  we  may  sit,  one  on  thy  right 
hand,  and  the  "other  on  thy  left  hand, 
in  thv  glorv. 

;iS  But  Jesus  said  unto  them,  Ye 
know  not  what  ye  ask:  can  ye  drink 
of  tlie  cup  that  I  drink  of?  and  be 
baptized  with  the  baptism  that  I  am 
baptized  with? 

39  And  they  said  unto  him,  Wc 
can.  And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  Ye 
shall  indeed  drink  of  the  cup  that  I 
drink  of;  and  with  the  baptism  that 
I  am  baptized  withal  shall  yc  be 
baptized: 

40  But  to  fit  on  my  right  hand  and 
on  mv  left  Jiand  is  not  mine  to  give; 
but  iisliaU  Ix  given  to  Ihcm  for  whom 
it  is  prepared. 

41  y  And  when  the  ten  heard  it, 
thev  liegan  to  be  much  displeased 
with  James  and  John. 

42  But  Jesus  called  them  to  him, 
and  saith  unto  them,  '  Ye  know  that 
they  which  llarc  accounted  to  rnle 
over  the  Gentiles  exercise  lordship 
over  them;  and  their  great  ones  ex- 
ercise authority  upon  them. 

4.'>  "But  so  sVialt  it  not  be  among 
you:  but  whosoever  will  be  great 
among  vou,  shall  be  your  minister: 

44  Ani  whosoever  of  you  will  be 
the  ehiefest,  shall  be  senant  of  all. 

4.5  For  even  I' the  Son  of  man  came 
not  to  be  ministered  unto,  hut  to 
minister,  and  '  to  give  his  life  a  ran- 
som lor  manj'. 

41)  V  il  And  they  came  to  Jericho: 
and  as  he  went  out  of  Jericlio  witli 
his  disciples  and  a  great  number  of 
people,  blind  Bartimeus,  the  son  of 
Timcus,  sat  by  the  highway  side 
be-'ing. 

4(  And  when  he  heard  tliat  it  was 
Jesus  of  Nazareth,  lie  began  to  cry 
out,  and  say,  Jesus,  t/ioti  Son  of  Da- 
vid, have  niercy  on  me. 

4.S  And  nianv  charged  him  that  he 
should  hold  his  peace:  but  he  cried 
the  more  a  great  deal,  Tlinu  Sou  of 
David,  have  mercy  on  me. 

49  And  Jesus  stood  still,  and  com- 
manded him  to  bo  called.  Andthey 
5'Z 


call  the  blind  man,  saying  unto  him, 
Be  of  good  comfort,  rise;  he  calleth 
thee. 

50  And  he,  casting  away  Jiis  gar- 
ment, rose,  and  came  to  Jesus. 

51  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  him.  What  wilt  thou  that  I 
Khould  do  unto  thee?  The  blinrl 
man  said  unto  him,  Lord,  that  1 
might  receive  my  sight. 

.IJ  And  Jesus  said  unto  him,  Go 
thy  wav ;  "^thv  faith  batli  l|  made 
thee  whole.  And  immediately  he 
received  his  sight,  and  followed  Je- 
sus in  the  way. 

CII^U'TER  XI. 
1  Chrial  ritlcth  with  triumph  into  .Tcruia- 
(tin  .•  12  curecllt  the  fruillcsn  leafy  tree  : 
15  pttrffeth  the  temple:  HO  exhorteth  his 
diaciptea  to  gteailfaatncaa  of  faith,  and 
to  forgive  their  enemica  :  27  and  defend- 
elh  the  lawfidncaa  of  hia  neliona,  by  the 
Kitncaa  of  John,  who  waa  a  mim  ecnt  of 
Uod. 

AND  "when  they  came  nigh  to 
Jerusalem,  unto  Bothphagc  and 
Bethanv,  at  the  niouiit  of  Olives,  he 
sendetli  forth  two  of  his  disciples, 

2  And  saith  unto  them.  Go  youi 
way  into  the  village  over  against 
vou:  and  as  soon  as  yc  be  entered 
into  it,  yc  shall  find  a  colt  tied, 
whereon *iievcr  man  eat;  loose  him, 
and  bring  him. 

3  And  if  any  man  say  unto  you. 
Why  do  ye  this?  say  ye  that  the  I.ord 
hatli  nec"d  of  him;' and  straightway 
he  will  send  him  hither. 

4  And  thev  went  their  wnv,  and 
found  the  colt  tied  by  the  door  with- 
out in  a  place  where  two  ways  met; 
and  they  loose  him. 

,')  .\nd  certain  of  them  that  stood 
there  said  unto  them.  What  do  yc, 
loosing  the  colt? 

(i  And  they  said  unto  them  even  as 
Jesus  had  commanded:  and  they  let 
them  go. 

7  And  tliey  brought  the  colt  to  Je- 
sus, and  cast  their  garments  on  him ; 
and  lie  sat  upon  him. 

8  l),\iid  many  spread  their  garments 
in  the  wav;  and  others  cut  down 
branches  oif  the  trees,  and  strewed 
tlicm  in  the  way. 

0  And  thev  tliiit  went  before,  and 
tliev  that  followed,  cried,  saying, 
'Hosanna;  Blessed  is  be  that  Com- 
eth in  the  name  of  the  Lord: 

10  Blessed  be  the  kingdom  of  our 
father  David,  that  conicth  In  the 
name  of  tlic  Lord:  J  Uosanna  in  the 
highest. 

11 'And  Jesus  entered  into  Jerusa- 
lem, and  into  the  temple:  onil  when 
he  had  looked  round  about  iinon  nil 
things,  and  now  the  eventide  was 
come,  he  went  out  unto  Bctliany 
with  the  twelve. 

VZ  II  'And  on  the  morrow,  when 
they  were  come  from  Bethany,  lie 
was  hungry: 

13  s  And  seeing  a  fi(^  tree  afar  off 


Exhortation  to  faith  in  prayer.         ST.  MARK 


The  2Mrablc  of  the  rineyard. 


It.  21. 12. 

•  la. «. 

1  2.  11. 


Luko  ID.  47 
1).  lliitt.  7.ffi 
lU,  1.22. 
Luke  i.  32. 


liaving  leaves,  he  came,  if  liaply  he 
might  find  any  thin.i^  tlicreoii:  and 
wlien  he  came  to  it,  lie  found  nothing 
but  leaves;  for  the  time  of  figs  was 
not  ;/ct. 

14  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  it.  No  man  eat  fruit  of  thee 
hereafter  for  ever.  And  his  disciples 
heard  it. 

13  H  h  And  they  come  to  Jerusalem : 
and  Jesus  went  into  the  temple,  and 
began  to  cast  out  them  that  sold  and 
bought  in  the  temple,  and  overthrew 
tile  tables  of  the  money  changers, 
aivl  the  seatsof  them  that  sold  doves; 

Hi  And  would  not  suffer  that  any 
man  should  carry  any  vessel  through 
tlic  temple. 

17  And  he  taught,  saying  unto 
them.  Is  it  not  written,  iJIy  house 
shall  be  called  ||  of  all  nations  the 
house  of  prayer?  but  kyc  have  made 
it  a  den  oftliieves. 

15  And  1  the  scribes  and  chief 
priests  heard  tV,  and  sought  how 
they  might  destroy  him  :  for  they 
feared  him,  because  '"all  the  people 
was  astonished  at  his  doctrine. 

11)  And  wlicn  even  was  come,  he 
went  out  of  the  city. 

20  IT  "  And  in  tlie  morning,  as  they 
passed  by,  they  saw  the  fig  tree  dried 
up  from  "the  roots. 

til  And  Peter  calling  to  remem- 
brance saitb  unto  him.  Master,  be- 
hold, the  fig  tree  which  thou  cursedst 
is  witherccf  away. 

22  And  Jesus  answering  saith  unto 
them,  II  Ilave  faith  in  God. 

2.'!  For  "verily  I  say  unto  you. 
That  whosoever  shall  say  unto  this 
mountain,  Be  thou  removed,  and  be 
thou  cast  into  the  sea ;  and  shall 
not  doubt  in  his  heart,  but  shall 
believe  that  those  things  which  he 
saith  shall  come  to  pass;  he  shall 
have  whatsoever  he  saith. 

24  Therefore  I  say  unto  you, 
P  What  things  soever  ye  desire, 
when  ye  pray,  believe  tliat  ye  re- 
ceive tliein,  and  ye  shall  have  tlicm. 

25  And  when  ye  stand  praying, 
''forgi\'e,  if  ye  have  aught  against 
any;  that  j-our  Father  also  wliich 
is  in  heaven  may  forgive  jou  jour 
trespasses. 

2()  But '  if  ye  do  not  forgive,  neither 
will  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven 
forgive  your  trespasses. 

27  IT  And  they  come  again  to  Jeru- 
salem: "and  as  he  was  walking  in 
the  temple,  there  ooinc  to  him  the 
chief  priests,  and  the  scribes,  and 
the  elders, 

2S  And  say  unto  him,  By  what 
authority  doest  thou  these  things? 
and  who  gave  thee  this  authority 
to  do  these  things? 

L'lt  And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  them,  I  will  also  ask  of  yon 
one  (I  (luestuui,  and  answer  me,  and 
I  will  tell  you  by  what  authority  I 
do  these  things. 
•Iti 


30  The  baptism  of  John,  was  il 
from  heaven,  or  of  men  ?  answer 
me. 

;  31  And  they  reasoned  with  them- 
selves, saying.  If  we  shall  sav.  From 
heaven;  he  will  say.  Why  tlien  did 

'  ye  not  believe  him  ? 

32  But  if  we  shall  say.  Of  men; 
they  feared  the  people  ;  for  *  all 
7nen  counted  John,  that  he  was  a 

,  prophet  indeed. 

33  And  thev  answered  and  said 
unto  Jesus,  We  cannot  tell.  And 
Jesus  answering  saith  unto  them, 
Neither  do  I  tell  vou  by  what  au- 
thority I  do  these  tilings. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

I  In  a  parable  of  the  vineyard  let  out  to 
unthankful  huBbandmen,  Christ  foretell- 
ctk  the  reprobation  of  the  Jett'Bf  and  the 
eallintj  of  the  (fentiles.  13  He  avoiJeth 
the  enare  of  the  Phariteea  and  Uerodi- 
ana  about  paying  tribute  to  Cesar :  18 
convinceth  the  error  of  the  Saddueees, 
tvho  denied  the  resurrection;  28  reaoiu- 
cth  the  scribe,  who  questioned  of  the  first 
eommandment :  3^  refuteth  the  opinion 
that  the  scribes  held  of  Christ:  38  bid- 
ding the  people  to  beivare  of  their  ambi- 
tion and  hiipocrisy  :  41  and  commendeth 
the  poor  widow  fur  her  two  mites,  above 
all. 

AND  "he  began  to  speak  unto 
them  by  parables.  A  certain 
man  planted,  a  vinejard,  and  set  a 
hedge  about  it,  and  digged  a  phice 
J'or  the  winefat,  and  built  a  tower, 
and  let  it  out  to  husbandmen,  and 
went  into  a  far  country. 

2  And  at  the  season  he  sent  to  the 
husbandmen  a  servant,  that  he  might 
receive  from  the  husbandmen  of  the 
fruit  of  the  vineyard. 

3  And  they  caught  him,  and  beat 
him,  and  sent  liini  away  emptj'. 

4  And  again  he  seiit  unto  them 
another  servant ;  and  at  him  they 
cast  stones,  and  wounded  /i!»!  in  the 
head,  and  sent  him  away  shamefully 
handled. 

5  And  again  he  sent  another;  and 
him  they  killed,  and  many  others; 
beating  some,  and  killing  some. 

i>  Having  yet  therefore  one  son,  his 
well  beloved,  he  sent  him  also  last 
unto  them,  saying,  They  will  rever- 
ence mv  son. 

7  Buttliose  husbandmen  said  among 
<hemselves.  This  is  the  heir;  come, 
IjCt  us  kill  liim,  and  the  inheritance 
shall  be  ours. 

,8  And  they  took  him,  and  killed 
ttim,  and  cast  him  out  of  tlie  vine- 
yard. 

!)  What  shall  therefore  the  lord  of 
the  vineyard  do?  he  will  come  and 
destroy  the  husbandmen,  and  will 
give  tlie  vineyard  unto  others. 

10  And  have  ye  not  read  this 
Scripture;  li  Tlie  stone  which  the 
builders  rejected  is  become  the  head 
of  the  corner: 

II  This  was  the  Lord's  doing,  and 
it  ia  marvellous  in  our  eyes  ? 


Of  paying  tribute  to  Cesar. 


ST.  MARK. 


The  poor  trndoufs  tivo  mites. 


I  M>tl.  18. 


1:;  '^  And  they  soiislit  to  lay  liold  on 
him,  but  feared  tlio  people ;  for  they 
knew  that  he  liad  spoken  the  para- 
ble against  them:  and  they  lelt  liini, 
and  went  their  way. 

1.'!  TT  <t  And  thev  send  unto  him  cer- 
tain of  the  Pharisees  and  of  the  Uero- 
dians,  to  cateli  him  in  hif  words. 

14  And  when  thev  were  eonu^,  they 
say  unto  him.  Master,  we  know  that 
thou  art  true,  and  enrest  for  no  man : 
for  thou  repardest  not  the  person  r.f 
men,  but  teaehest  the  way  of  G(fd  in 
truth;  Is  it  lawful  to  t;ive  tribute  to 
Cesar,  or  not? 

15  Shall  we  give,  or  sliall  wc  not 
give?  But  he,  knowing  their  hy- 
pocrisy, said  unto  them.  Why  tempt 
ye  me?  bring  nic  a  || penny,  that  I 
may  see  it. 

l(i  And  they  brought  il.  And  he 
saitli  unto  them,  Whose  is  this  image 
and  Kuijerscriptioii?  And  they  said 
unto  him,  Cesar's. 

17  And  Jesus  answering  said  tnito 
them,  Kender  to  Cesar  the  things 
that  are  Cesar's,  and  to  God  the 
things  that  are  God's.  And  they 
marvelled  at  him. 

IS  TI  •'Then  come  unto  him  the 
Sadducees,  fwhieh  say  there  is  no 
resurrection;  and  they  asked  him, 
say  in", 

1!)  Master,  s  Moses  wrote  unto  11.% 
If  a  man's  brother  die,  and  leovc  his 
wife  hehiiiil  him,  and  leave  no  chil- 
dren, that  his  brother  should  take 
his  wife,  and  raise  up  seed  unto  his 
brother. 

'M  Now  there  were  seven  brethren : 
and  the  first  took  a  wife,  and  dying 
left  no  seed. 

21  And  the  second  took  her,  and 
died,  neither  left  he  any  seed:  and 
the  third  likewise. 

22  And  the  seven  had  her,  and  left 
no  seed:  last  of  all  the  woman  died 
also. 

2'i  In  the  resurrection  therefore, 
when  they  shall  rise,  whose  wife 
shall  she  be  of  them?  for  the  seven 
had  her  to  wife. 

2-1  And  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
them,  Uo  ye  not  therefore  err,  be- 
cause ye  know  not  the  Scriptures, 
neither  the  power  of  God? 

2.5  For  when  they  shall  rise  from 
the  dead,  they  neither  marry,  nor 
are  given  in  marriaj^e;  but  iMirc  as 
the  angels  which  are  in  heaven. 

20  And  as  touching  the  de:id,  that 
they  ri.se;  have  ,ve  not  read  in  the 
book  of  Closes,  how  in  the  bush  God 
spake  unto  him,  saying,  >I  (tfti  the 
God  of  Abraham,  and  the  God  of 
Isane,  and  the  God  of  Jacob? 

27  lie  is  not  the  (iod  of  the  dead, 
but  the  God  of  the  living:  yc  there- 
fore do  greatly  err. 

2S  TT  t  And  one  of  the  scribes  came, 
and  having  heard  them  ren.soning 
together,  and  perceiving  Unit  lie  had 
answered    tlieni   well,   asked    liiin, 


Which  is  the  first 
all? 


iidment  of 


21>  And  Jesus  answered  him.  The 
first  of  all  the  commandments  l«, 
'  Hear,  O  Israel;  The  Lord  our  God 
is  one  Lord: 

.",0  And  thou  shalt  love  the  Lord 
thy  (iod  with  all  thv  lunrt.and  with 
all  thv  soul,  and  with  all  thv  mind, 
and  with  all  thy  strength:  this  ,,<  the 
first  commandment. 

.11  Anil  the  .-i  i  oiul  !.■!  like,  nnmrht 
this,  "'Tliou  shalt  love  thy  neigh- 
bour as  th\  mU.  There  is  none  other 
eoinnmnilTnent  grealer  than  these. 

.12  Aiul  the  scribe  said  unto  him. 
Well,  .Master,  thou  hast  said  the 
truth:  for  there  is  one  God;  "and 
there  is  none  other  but  he; 

Xi  And  to  love  him  with  nil  the 
heart,  and  with  all  the  understand- 
ing, and  with  all  the  soul,  and  with 
all  the  strength,  and  to  love  ///< 
neighbour  as  himself,  "is  more  tluin 
all  whole  burnt  oti'erings  and  sacri- 
fices. 

lU  And  when  Jesus  saw  that  he  an- 
swered discreetly,  he  said  unto  him, 
Thou  art  not  far  from  the  king<loni 
of  God.  1'  And  no  nnin  after  that 
durst  ask  him  ntiii  queslioii. 

.'i.i  H  'I  And  Jesus  answered  and 
said,  while  he  taught  in  the  temple. 
How  say  the  scribes  thot  Christ  is 
the  son  of  David? 

.'>G  For  David  himself  said  'by  the 
Holy  Ghost,  '  The  LoKU  said  to  mv 
Lord,  Sit  thou  on  my  right  hand, 
till  I  make  thine  enemies  thy  foot- 
stool. 

.'V  David  therefore  liimself  calleth 
him  l.,ord;  and  whence  is  he  theu 
his  son?  And  the  common  people 
heard  him  gladly. 

.'WIT  And  'he  said  unto  them  in 
his  doctrine,  "  IJeware  of  the  scribes, 
which  love  to  go  in  long  clothing, 
and  "  loie  eulututions  in  the  market- 
placcB, 

3!)  And  the  chief  scats  in  the  syna- 
gogues, and  the  uppermost  rooms  at 
leasts: 

40  >  AVhich  devour  widows'  houses, 
and  ibr  a  pretence  make  long  pray- 
ers: these  hhall  receive  greater  dam- 
nation. 

41  U  '  And  Jesus  sat  over  against 
the  treasury,  and  beheld  how  the 
people  east  ||  money  "into  the  treas- 
ury: and  many  that  were  rich  cast 
in  much. 

42  And  there  came  a  certain  poor 
widow,  and  she  threw  in  two  |i  mites, 
which  make  a  farthing. 

i"i  And  he  called  •iiiln  him  his  dis- 
ciples, and  saith  nnto  them,  "N'erily  I 
say  nnto  .vou.  That  ''this  poor  wid- 
ow hath  cast  more  in.  than  all  they 
which  have  east  into  the  treasiirv: 

44  For  all  Iht^ii  did  cast  in  of  their 
abundance;  but  she  of  her  want  ilid 
east  in  all  tliat  ehe  had, '  even  all  her 
living. 


The  signs  of 


ST.  MARK. 


Christ's  second  coming. 


Matt.  10.21. 
&  '24.  in. 
Luke  21.  18 


Eov,  2.  10. 
BMMt.  211.'!. 
■  I>an.  d.  27. 


CHAPTER  XIII. 

1  Chritt  forctcHcth  the  ileslrurtion  of  (he 
teniiHe:  0  tltc  pcrsccjttionn  for  the  ffog- 
]}ci:  l<i  that  the  gospel  iniiet  be  preached 
to  (lit  nations  :  H  that  great  catamitiee 
shall  happen  to  the  Jews :  24  and  the 
tnanner  of  his  coming  to  judgment:  32 
the  hoar  ivhereof  being  known  to  none, 
every  man  is  to  watch  and  pray,  that  ivc 
be  not  found  unprovided,  when  he  Com- 
eth to  each  one  particularly  by  death. 
AND  '•'as  he  Vent  out  of  the  tem- 
ple,  one   of  his  disciples  saitli 

unto  him,  Master,  see  what  manner 

of  stones   and  -what  buildings   arc 

here  ! 

2  And  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
him,  Secst  thou  these  great  build- 
ings? iitlicrc  shall  not  be  left  one 
stone  upon  another,  that  shall  not 
be  thrown  down. 

3  And  as  he  sat  upon  the  mount 
of  Olives,  over  against  the  temple, 
Peter  and  James  and  John  and  An- 
drew asked  him  privately, 

4  "^  Tell  us,  when  shall  these  things 
be?  and  what  shall  he  the  sign  wlicii 
all  these  things  shall  be  fulfilled? 

5  And  Jesus  answering  them  began 
to  say,  'I  Take  heed  lest  any  man  de- 
ceive you : 

(i  For  many  shall  come  in  my  name, 
saving,  I  am  Christ:  and  shall  de- 
ceive many. 

7  And  when  ye  shall  hear  of  w.irs 
and  rumours  of  wars,  be  ye  not 
troubled:  for  siich  thhirjs  must  needs 
bo;  but  the  end  shall  not  he  yet. 

8  For  nation  shall  rise  against  na- 
tion, and  kingdom  against  kingdom: 
and  there  shall  be  earthquakes  in 
divers  places,  and  there  shall  be 
famines  and  troubles:  *=  these  arc  the 
beginnings  of  ||  sorrows. 

1)  IT  But  I  take  heed  to  yourselves: 
for  they  shall  deliver  you  up  to 
councils;  and  in  the  synagogues  ye 
shall  be  beaten  :  and  ye  shall  be 
brouglit  before  rulers  and  kings  for 
my  sake,  for  a  testimony  against 
them. 

10  And  Bthe  gospel  must  first  bo 
published  among  all  nations. 

11  hBut  when  they  shall  lead  i/oh, 
and  deliver  you  up,  take  no  thought 
beforehand  what  ye  shall  speak,  nei- 
ther do  ye  premeditate:  but  whatso- 
ever shall  be  given  you  in  that  hour, 
that  speak  ye:  for  it  is  not  ye  that 
speak,  1  but  "the  Holy  Ghost. 

12  Now  k  the  brother  shall  betray 
the  brother  to  death,  and  the  father 
the  son  ;  and  children  shall  rise 
up  against  their  parents,  and  shall 
cause  them  to  be  put  to  death. 

l.'l  I  And  ve  shall  be  hated  of  all  mm 
for  my  name's  sake:  but  '"he  that 
shall  endure  unto  the  end,  the  same 
sliall  be  saved. 

14  IT  "  Put  when  ye  shall  see  the 
abomination  of  desolation,  "spoken 
of  by  D.aniel  the  prophet,  standing 
where  it  ought  not,  (let  him  that 
48 


readeth  understand,)  then  I'  let  them 
that  be  in  Judca  flee  to  the  mount- 
ains: 

15  And  let  him  that  is  on  the  house- 
top not  go  down  into  the  house,  nei- 
ther enter  therein,  to  take  any  thing 
out  of  his  house: 

10  And  let  him  that  is  in  the  field 
not  turn  back  again  for  to  take  up 
Ills  garment. 

17  'I  But  woe  to  them  that  are  with 
child,  and  to  them  that  give  suck  in 
tlu.se  days  I 

I.s  And  pray  ye  that  your  flight  be 
not  in  the  wfnter. 

1!)  ■■  For  ill  those  days  shall  be  afflic- 
tion, such  as  was  not  from  tlie  be- 
ginning of  the  creation  which  God 
created  unto  this  time,  neither  shall 
be. 

20  And  except  that  the  Lord  had 
shortened  those  days,  no  flesh  should 
be  s.aved  :  hut  for  the  elect's  sake, 
whom  he  hath  chosen,  he  hath 
shortened  the  days. 

21 'And  then  if  anv  man  sh.nll  say 
to  you,  ]<o,  here  is  Christ;  or,  lo,  he 
is  there;  believe  him  not: 

22  For  false  Christs  and  false  proph- 
ets shall  rise,  and  shall  shew  signs 
and  wonders,  to  seduce,  if  it  tccrc 
possible,  even  the  elect. 

2';  But  '  take  ye  heed  :  behold,  I 
have  foretold  you  all  things. 

24  TT  "Butin'those  davs,  after  that 
tribulation,  the  sun  shall  be  darken- 
ed, and  the  moon  shall  not  give  her 
light, 

2.5  And  the  stars  of  heaven  shall  fall, 
and  the  powers  that  arc  in  heaven 
shall  be  shaken. 

2li  "  And  then  shall  they  seethe  Son 
of  man  coming  in  the  clouds  with 
great  power  and  glory. 

27  And  then  shall  he  send  his  an- 
gels, and  shall  gather  together  his 
elect  from  the  four  winds,  from  the 
uttermost  part  of  the  earth  to  tlie  ut- 
termost part  of  heaven. 

28  >  Now  learn  a  parable  of  the  fig 
tree:  "When  her  I)raneh  is  yet  tender, 
and  piitteth  forth  leaves,  ye  know 
that  summer  is  near: 

2;i  So  ye  in  like  manner,  when  ye 
shall  see  these  things  come  to  pass, 
know  that  it  is  nigh,  ereii  at  the 
doors. 

SO  Verily  I  sav  nnfo  you,  that  this 
generation  shafl  not  pass,  till  all  these 
things  be  done. 

.31  'Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass 
away:  but  ^niy  words  shall  not  pass 
away. 

"2  TT  But  of  that  day  and  that  hour 
knoweth  no  man,  no,  not  the  angels 
which  are  in  heaven,  neither  the 
Son,  but  the  Father. 

;!■">  ■'  Take  ye  heed,  watch  and  pray: 
for  ve  know  not  when  the  time  is. 

.14  li  For  the  Son  of'  man  is  as  :i  man 
taking  a  far  .journey,  who  left  his 
house,  and  gave  authority  to  his 
servants,   and    to    every    man    his 


A  conspiracy  against  Christ. 


Christ  foretelleth  the  traitor. 


\,  M«U.  SB.  e. 
Jul.  mi.  1.3. 
Seu  Luke  7. 


'x::. 


work,  and  commanded  the  porter  to 
watch. 

So  '  Watch  yc  tlicrefore :  for  je  k  now 

not  wlien  the  master  of  tlie  house 

meth,  lit  even,  or  at  midnight,  or 

at  tlie  cockcrowing,  or  in  the  moru- 

3b  Lest  coming  suddenly  he  find 

you  sleeping. 
37  Anil  what  I  say  unto  you  I  say 

unto  all,  Watch. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

1  A  connpiniey  ijfftiinst  C/irist.  3  Precious 
ointment  is  lu.urcd  un  hits  head  by  a  u-o- 
man.  10  Judas  selleth  Hs  Master  /or 
money.  12  Christ  himself  foretelleth  how 
he  shall  be  betrayed  of  one  of  his  tl'sci- 
pies:  22  after  the  passover  prepared, 
and  eaten,  instittUeth  his  supper:  £0  de- 
clareth  aforthand  the  flight  of  all  his 
diseiples',  and  Peter's  denial.  43  Judas 
letrayeth  him  with  a  kiss.  40  He  is  ap- 
prehended in  the  garden,  &3  falsely  uc- 
eused,  and  impiously  condemned  of  the 
Jews'  council:  00  shamefully  abused  by 
them:  C6  and  thrice  dented  of  Peter. 

VFTEK  "two  days  was  the  feast 
of  the  passover,  and  of  unleav- 
ened hread :  and  the  chiet  priests  and 
the  scrihes  sought  how  tliey  might 
take  him  by  craft,  and  put  Itiin  to 
death. 

2  But  they  said,  Not  on  the  feast 
daij,  lest  there  be  an  uproar  ot  the 
people. 

SHI"  And  being  in  Bethany,  in  the 
house  of  Simon  the  leper,  as  he  sat 
at  meat,  there  came  a  woman  hav- 
ing an  alabaster  box  of  ttiiitmeiit  of 

(spikenard  very  precious;  and  she 
brake  the  box,  and  poured  it  on  his 
head. 

4  And  there  were  some  that  liad 
indignation  within  themselves,  and 
said.  Why  was  this  waste  of  the 
ointment  made? 

5  For  it  might  have  been  sold  for 
more  than  tliree  hundred  ||  pence, 
and  have  been  given  to  tlic  poor. 
And  thev  murmured  against  her. 

G  And  "Jesus  said,  l.,et  her  alone; 
why  trouble  ye  her  V  she  hath 
wrought  a  good  work  on  me. 

7  For  ''ye  have  the  poor  with  you 
alwavs,  and  whensoever  ye  will  ye 
may  "do  them  good:  but  me  ye  have 
not  always. 

8  She  hath  done  what  she  could: 
she  is  come  aforehand  to  anoint  my 
body  to  the  burying. 

9  X'erily  I  sav  unto  .Tou,  Whereso- 
ever this  gospel  shall  be  preached 
throughout  the  whole  world,  this 
also  that  she  hath  done  shall  be 
spoken  of  for  a  memorial  of  her. 

10  W  <1  And  Judas  Iscariot,  one  of 
the  twelve,  went  unto  the  chief 
priests,  to  betrav  him  unto  them. 

U  And  when  thev  heard  it,  they 
were  glad,  and  promised  to  give  him 
monev.  And  he  sought  how  he 
might  conveniently  betray  him. 

12  IT  "And  tlie  first  day  of  unleav- 
ened bread,  when  they  ||  killed  the 


pa.'isovcr,  his  disciples  said  unto  him, 
Where  wilt  thou  that  we  go  and  pre- 
pare that  thou  niayest  cat  the  pass- 
over? 

l.i  And  he  sendeth  forth  two  of  his 
disciples,  and  suith  unto  them.  Go 
ye  into  the  city,  and  there  shall 
iiieet  von  a  ni:iii  bearing  a  jiitcher  of 
water:  follow  him. 

14  And  wheresoever  he  shall  go  in, 
say  ye  to  the  giioilman  of  the  hou.^^e. 
The  Master  saith.  Where  is  the 
gucstchaiohcr,  where  I  shall  cat  the 
passover  with  my  disciples? 

lb  And  he  will  siicw  you  a  large 
upper  room  furnished  mid  prepared: 
there  make  ready  for  us. 

11!  And  his  disciples  went  forth,  and 
came  into  the  city,  and  found  as  he 
had  said  unto  them:  and  they  made 
ready  the  passover. 

17  'And  in  the  evening  lie  cometh 
with  the  twelve. 

15  And  as  thev  sat  and  did  cat,  Jc 


BUS  said.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  (tne 
of  3'ou  which  eatetli  wii" 
betray  me. 


ith  me  shall 


111  And  they  began  to  be  sorrow- 
ful, and  to  say  unto  Iiim  one  bv  one, 
y>  it  I  ?  and  another  saiil.  Is  it  1  ? 

20  And  he  answered  and  said  unto 
them.  It  is  one  of  the  twelve,  th.it 
dippeth  with  me  in  the  dish. 

21  *i  The  Son  of  man  indeed  goetn, 
as  it  is  written  of  him:  but  woe  to 

I  that  man  liv  whom  the  Son  of  man 
lis  betiuyiil!  good  were  it  for  that 
man  if  In-  had  in.\  er  been  born. 

22  ^  liAiid  as  tlu-v  did  eat,  Jesus 
took  bread,  and  lili-ssed,  and  brake 
l^  !ind  gave  to  them,  and  said.  Take, 
eat;  this  is  my  body. 

23  And  he  took  the  cup,  and  when 
he  had  given  thanks,  he  gave  it  to 
them  :  and  they  all  drank  of  it. 

24  And  he  safd  unto  them.  This  is 
mv  blood  of  the  new  testament, 
which  is  shed  for  many. 

2,">  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  I  will 
drink  no  more  of  the  iruit  of  the 
vine,  until  that  day  that  1  drink  it 
new  in  the  kingdom  of  God. 

2(1  H  i  And  when  they  had  sung 
a  II  hymn,  they  went  out  into  the 
mount  of  Dlives. 

27  k  And  Jesus  saith  unto  them.  All 
ye  shall  be  oHcnded  because  of  me 
this  night:  for  it  is  wrilteii,  U  will 
smite  the  Shepherd,  and  the  sheep 
shall  be  scattered. 

2H  But '"  after  that  I  am  risen,  I  will 
go  before  vou  into  Galilee. 

211  "But"lVter  said  unto  him,  Al- 
thoiigh  all  shall  be  oilended,  yet  uill 
not  f. 

30  And  Jesus  saith  nnto  him,  Verilv 
I  say  unto  tlue.  That  this  day,  <iv« 
in  this  night,  b.^d.re  the  cock  crow 
twice,  tluiu  thall  denv  me  thrice. 

31  But  he  .^pake  the  more  velnnient- 
ly.  If  I  should  die  with  thee,  I  will 
liot  deny  thee  in  any  wise.  Like- 
wise also  said  they  all. 


Christ's  agony  in  the  garden. 


ST.  MARK. 


lie  is  falsely  accused. 


o  Mult,  ai  ;i6. 

Luke  a.  39 
Jubu  18.  1. 


3i  "And  they  came  to  a  place  vliich 
was  named  Gethaemane :  and  he 
saith  to  Ills  disciples,  Sit  ye  here, 
while  I  .shiiU  prav. 

.■iJ  And  he  tiikith  with  hinn  Peter 
and  James  and  .lohn,  and  licfjan  to 
be  sore  amazed,  and  to  be  very 
heavy : 

.14  And  saith  imto  them,  P  Mv  soul 
is  exceeding  sorrowful  unto  death: 
tarrv  ye  here,  and  wateli. 

50  "A'nd  he  went  torward  a  little. 
and  li'U  on  the  Krouud,  and  prayed 
that,  if  it  were  possible,  the  liour 
mijiht  pass  from  him. 

;!(!  And  lie  said,  'i  Abba,  Father,  'all 
thin;^s  arc  possible  unto  thee;  take 
away  this  cup  from  me:  "neverthe- 
less, not  what  1  will,  but  what  thou 
wilt. 

.'!"  And  he  conieth,  and  findeth 
them  sleepinjj.  and  saith  unto  Peter, 
Simon,  sleei)est  thou?  couldest  not 
thon  watch  one  houry 

<\H  Watch  ye  and  pray,  lest  ye  enter 
into  temptation.  'The  spirit  truly 
is  ready,  but  the  flesh  i.s  weak. 

311  And  again  lie  went  away,  and 
prayed,  and  spake  the  same  words. 

40  Ami  when  he  returned,  he  found 
them  asleep  again,  (for  their  eyes 
were  heavy,)  neither  wist  they  what 
to  answer  him. 

41  And  he  eomcth  the  third  time, 
and  saith  unto  them.  Sleep  on  now, 
and  take  ]/ottr  rest  :  it  is  enough, 
"the  hour  is  come;  behold,  the  Son 
of  man  is  betrayed  into  tlie  hands  of 
sinners. 

42  "Rise  up,  let  us  go;  lo,  he  that 
betrayeth  me  is  at  hand. 

4'!  IT  >  And  immediately,  while  he 
yet  spake,  cometh  Judas,  one  of  the 
twelve,  and  with  him  a  great  multi- 
tude with  swords  and  staves,  from 
the  chief  priests  and  the  scribes  and 
the  elders. 

44  And  he  that  betrayed  him  had 
given  them  a  token,  saying,  Whom- 
soe\'er  I  shall  kiss,  th:it  same  is  he; 
take  him,  and  lead  fiini  away  safelv. 

4.>  And  as  soon  as  he  was  come,  ne 
goeth  straightwav  to  him,  and  saith, 
Master,  IMaster;  and  kissed  him. 

41;  IT  And  tlii'V  laid  tlieir  hands  on 
him,  and  took  liim. 

47  And  one  of  them  that  stood  by 
drew  a  sword,  and  smote  a  servant 
of  the  high  priest,  and  cut  off  his  ear. 

48  ''And  Jesus  answered  and  said 
unto  them.  Arc  ye  come  out,  as 
against  a  thief,  with  swords  and 
with  staves  to  take  me? 

411 1  was  daily  with  you  in  the  tem- 
ple teaehing,  and  ye  took  nie  not: 
hut  "the  Scriptures  must  be  ful- 
filled. 

.10  li  And  they  nil  forsook  lilm,  and 
fled. 

51  And  there  followed  him  a  certain 
voung  man,  having  a  linen  I'loth 
cast  about  ///s  mike. I  hnh/,-  and  the 
young  men  laid  hold  011  him: 

50 


52  And  he  left  the  linen  cloth,  and 
fled  trom  them  naked. 

."i!  II "  And  they  led  Jesus  away  to 
the  high  priest:  and  with  him  were 
assembled  all  the  chief  priests  and 
the  elders  and  the  scribes. 

,';4  And  Peter  followed  him  afar  off, 
even  into  the  paliiee  of  the  high 
priest:  and  he  sat  witli  the  servants, 
and  warmed  himself  at  the  fire. 

r>.i  <i  And  the  chief  priests  and  all 
tlie  council  sought  for  witness 
against  Jesus  to  put  him  to  death; 
and  found  none. 

5(>  For  many  bare  false  witness 
against  him,  but  their  witness 
agreed  not  together. 

HT  And  there  arose  certain,  and 
bare  false  witness  against  him,  say- 
ing, 

5,S  We  heard  him  say,  "■!  will  de- 
stroy this  temple  that" is  made  with 
hands,  and  within  three  days  I  will 
build  another  made  without  hands. 

511  liut  neither  so  did  their  witness 
agree  together. 

80  f  And  the  high  priest  stood  up 
in  the  midst,  and  asked  Jesus,  say- 
ing, Answerest  thou  nothing?  what 
!S  it  which  these  witness  against 
thee? 

(it  But  ^he  held  his  peace,  and 
answered  nothing,  h  Again  the 
high  priest  asked  him,  and  said 
unto  him.  Art  thou  the  Christ,  the 
Smi  of  the  Blessed? 

02  And  Jesus  said,  I  am:  iand  ye 
shall  see  the  Son  of  man  sitting  on 
the  right  hand  of  power,  and  coming 
in  the  clouds  of  heaven. 

(i."  Then  the  high  priest  rent  his 
clothes,  and  saitli.  What  need  we 
any  further  witnesses? 

<H  Ye  have  heard  the  blasphemy: 
what  think  ye?  And  they  all  con- 
demned himto  be  guilty  of  death. 

(rt  And  some  began  to  spit  on  him, 
and  to  cover  his  face,  and  to  buffet 
him,  and  to  say  unto  him.  Prophesy: 
and  the  servants  did  strike  him  with 
the  palms  of  their  hands. 

(iG  IT  li  And  as  Peter  was  beneath  in 
the  palace,  there  cometh  one  of  the 
maids  of  the  high  priest: 

(ir  And  when  she  saw  Peter  warm- 
ing himself,  she  lookeil  upon  him, 
and  said.  And  thou  also  wast  with 
Jesus  of  Nazareth. 

(is  But  he  denied,  saying,  I  know 
not,  neither  understanil  I  what  thou 
sayest.  And  he  went  out  into  the 
liorch;  and  the  cock  crew. 

CD  I  And  a  maid  saw  him  again,  and 
l)egan  to  s.ay  to  them  that  stood  by. 
This  is  OHC  of  them. 

70  And  he  denied  it  again.  '"And 
a  little  afl.r,  tlu'V  that  stood  by  said 
again  to  l*eter,  Suieh'  thou  art  one 
of  them:  "for  thou  nrt  a  Galilean, 
and  thy  speeeh  agreeth  Ihfrclo. 

71  But  lie  began  to  curse  and  to 
swear,  sciiiimj,  I  know  not  this  man 
of  whom  ye  speak. 


Jesus  is  accused  before  Pilate. 


ST.  MARK. 


Jesus  is  ertidHed. 


''l*^  Awi\  the  Bccond  time  tlie  cock 
crew.  And  Peter  called  to  mind  the 
word  that  Jesus  suid  unto  liim,  I!e- 
ibre  the  eoek  eruw  twiee,  thmi  shalt 
deny  me  thricn'.  And  ||  when  lie 
thought  thereon,  lie  wept. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1  J<:itu»  hrought  hound,  and  acnt&ed  be- 
fore Pilale.  15  Upon  the  clamour  of 
the  common  people,  the  viurdcrcr  Jtii- 
rabbaa  ia  loosed,  and  Jenun  delivered 
up  to  he  crueified.  1"  lie  it  crowned 
with  thorns,  I'J  tpit  on,  and  mocked: 
21  fainteth  in  hearing  hit  cross:  27 
hangeth  between  two  thieves :  S9  sii^er- 
eth  the  triumphing  reproaches  of  the 
Jews:  39  but  confessed  by  the  centu- 
rion to  be  the  Hon  of  God :  id  and  is 
honourably  buried  by  Joseph. 

AND  "straightway  in  the  mom- 
ins  t'lP  chief  priests  hold  a  con- 
BUltation  with  the  elders  and  serilios 
and  the  whole  council,  and  hound 
Jesus,  and  carried  liiiii  away,  and 
delivered  him  to  Pilate. 

21' And  PiUite  asked  him.  Art  thou 
the  Kin;;  of  the  Jews?  And  he  an- 
swering said  unto  him.  Thou  sayest 
it. 

.S  And  the  chief  priests  accused  him 
of  nniny  things  ;  but  lie  answered 
nothing. 

4  '^  And  Pilate  asked  )iim  n^ain, 
saving,  Answerest  thou  nothing  r 
beliold  how  nnmy  things  they  wit- 
ness against  thee. 

5  il  But  Jesus  yet  answered  noth- 
ing; so  that  Filate  marvelled. 

t!  Now  "  at  l/ial  feast  he  released  un- 
to them  one  prisouer,  whomsoever 
thev  desired. 

7  And  there  was  one  named  Barab- 
has,  irlii<-li  Ini/  bound  with  them  that 
hud  made  insurrection  with  him, 
who  had  committed  murder  in  the 
insurrection. 

H  And  the  mnltitude  crying  aloud 
began  to  desire  liini  to  do  as  he  had 
ever  done  unto  them. 

',1  But  Pilate  answered  them,  say- 
in".  Will  ve  that  I  release  unto  you 
the  King  of  tlic  Jews? 

10  For  he  knew  that  the  chief  priests 
Iiiid  delivered  him  tor  envy. 

11  But  I  the  chief  priests  moved  the 

S'ople,  that  he  slioiilil  rather  release 
arablins  unto  them. 

\1  And  Pilate  answered  and  said 
again  unto  them,  Wlmt  will  ye  then 
that  I  shall  do  viilo  linn  whom  ye 
call  the  King  of  the  Jews? 

l:{  And  they  cried  out  again, 
Crucifv  him. 

H  Then  Pilate  said  nnto  them. 
Why,  what  evil  hath  he  done?  And 
they  cried  out  the  more  exceedingly, 
Crucifv  him. 

15  IT  eAud  .«o  Pilate,  willing  to  con- 
tent the  peoi)le.  released  Barabbas 
unto  them,  and  delivered  Jesus, 
when  ho  liad  scourged  liiiii,  to  be 
crneilied. 

10  iiAnd  the  soldiers  led  him  away 


into  the  hall,  calletl  I'retiirium;  and 
they  call  together  the  whole  band. 

17  And  tliev  idothed  him  with  jiiir- 
jilc,  and  iiliitl.d  a  crown  of  thorns, 
and  put  itahoiit  his  l,.,„l, 

IS  And  h.-nii  to  salute  him,  Hail, 
King  of  the  Jews! 

I'.l  And  thiv  f  mote  him  on  the  head 
with  Hie.il.'iind  did  spit  \ipon  him, 
and  bowing  t/itir  knees  worshipped 
him. 

20  And  when  they  had  mocked 
him,  they  took  otf  the  purple  from 
liini,  an*d  put  his  own  clothes  on 
him,  and  led  hiui  out  to  crucify 
him. 

L'l  iAnd  tlicv  compel  one  Simon  n 
Cyrenian,  who  passed  by,  coming 
out  of  the  country,  the"  fatluT  of 
Alexander  and  Uiifus,  to  bear  his 
cross. 

•JJi-And  they  bring  him  unto  the 
place  (iol^ntlin,  which  is,  being  in- 
terpreted, 'I'he  place  of  a  skull. 

2.')  IAnd  tluy  gave  him  to  drink 
wine  mingliil  with  myrrh:  but  he 
received  il  not. 

L'4  And  wlien  they  had  enicified 
him,  "'they  parteif  his  garments, 
casting  lots  upon  them,  what  every 
man  should  take. 

a")  And  "  it  was  the  third  hour,  nnd 
thev  cnuiHed  him. 

•Ji,  .And  "tlie  superscription  of  his 
acclimation  was  written  over,  TUE 
KING  Of  'JIIK  JKWS. 

27  And  I'  with  him  they  eruci)\-  two 
thieves;  the  one  on  his  right  hand, 
and  the  other  on  his  left. 

2.S  .And  the   Scripture  was  fulfilled, 
wliich  saith,  1  And  he  was  numbered 
with  the  tran.sgressors. 
2'J  And  '  they  that  passed  by  railed 
on    him,   wagging  their  heads,  and 

saving,    -Ml,   "  thou    that    destroyest 

the  temple,  and  buildcst  it  iu  three 

dnvs, 
;'.(}   Save  thvself,  and  come   down 

from  the  cross. 
,•51    Likewise  al.so  the  chief  priests 

mocking     .said    among    themselves 

with   the   scribes.  He  saved  others; 

himself  he  e;Miiiot  save. 
.".2   L(t    fluist   the   King    of  Israel 

desceiiil  now  trmii  the  cross,  that  we 

may  see  and  believe.     And   'they 

that  were  crucified  with  him  reviled 

iiim. 
;«  And  "when  the  sixth  hour  was 

come,  there  was  darkness  over  the 

whole  land  until  the  ninth  hour. 
34   Ami    at    the   ninth   hour  Jesus 

cried    with    a    loud    voice,    saying, 

«Eloi.     Eloi,      lama      sabaclillianiy 

which     is,    being    interpreted.     My 

Go<l,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken me? 
."'i  And  some  of  them  that  stood  by, 

when   thev  heard  tt,  said.   Behold, 

ho  calleth'Elias. 
.;(!  .\nd  >onc  ran  nnd  filled  n  sponge 

full  of  viiic'.'ar,  and  put  i(  on  n  reed. 

und  '  gave  him  to  dnnk,  saying,  J.et 


Christ's  death,  resurrection, 


ST.  MARK. 


and  ascension  into  heaven. 


A. 

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JuUu  211  I, 

ILi 

l<o23.56. 

Vo21,  1. 
JU-O.  I. 

alone;  lot  us  see  whether  Ehas  will 
come  to  take  him  down. 

Sr  "And  Jesus  cried  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  gave  up  tlie  phost. 

SS  And  I'the  vail  ot  the  temple  was 
rent  in  twain  from  the  top  to  the 
bottom. 

Gl)  ^  And  'when  the  centurion, 
which  Btood  over  against  him,  .saw 
that  ho  so  cried  out,  and  pave  up  the 
ghost,  he  said.  Truly  this  man  was 
the  Son  of  God. 

40  <l  There  were  also  women  look- 
ing on  "al.ir  otl':  amonjj  whom  was 
JIarv  Ma'_'ilnlene,  and  Slary  the 
miittier  ot'  ,Jumes  the  less  and  of 
Josos,  an<l  Salome; 

41  Wlio  also,  when  he  was  in 
Galilee,  ffoUowed  him,  and  minis- 
tered unto  him;  and  many  other 
women  which  came  up  with  him 
unto  Jerusalem. 

42  IT  f'And  now  when  the  even  was 
come,  because  it  was  the  prepara- 
tion, that  is,  the  day  beibre  the  sab- 
liath, 

4">  Joseph  of  Arim.athea,  an  honour- 
able counsellor,  which  also  li  waited 
for  the  kingdom  of  God,  came,  and 
went  in  biihlly  unto  Pilate,  aud 
craved  the  liody  of  Jesus. 
41  And  I'ihito  marvelled  if  he  were 
already  dead:  and  calling  lailo  /lim 
tlie  centuriiin,  he  asked  him  whether 
he  had  lieen  any  while  dead. 
45  And  when  lie  knew  U  of  the 
centurion,  he  gave  tlie  body  to  Jo- 
sepli. 

41!  iAnd  ho  bought  fine  linen,  and 
took  him  down,  and  wraiiped  him 
in  tlie  linen,  and  laid  him  in  a  sep- 
nleliro  which  was  hewn  out  of  a 
rock,  and  rolled  a  stone  unto  the 
door  of  tlie  sepulclire. 
47  And  Mary  Magdalene  and  Mary 
t/ic  iiiiitho-  ot  Joses  beheld  where  ho 
was  laid. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
1  An  nngcl  dcrlarcth  the  rcfurreetion  of 
Cltrisl  to  three  leomen.  9  CIcriet  himaei/ 
appetireth  to  Mary  M'lfjdalenci  12  to  tw» 
going  into  the  couuiri/:  H  then  to  the 
apostUa,  15  7(>/ioi)i  he  icnJcth  forth  to 
preaeh  the  gospel:  10  and  ascendeth  into 
heoven. 

AND  "-when  the  sabbath  was  p.ist, 
Mary  Magdalene,  and  JMary  the 
)Hof//f>rof  Jiimes,  and  Salome,  I' had 
bouglit  sweet  spices,  that  they  might 
come  and  anoint  him. 

2*^  And  very  early  in  the  morning, 
the  first  diii/'of  the  week,  they  came 
unto  tlie  sepulchre  at  the  rising  of 
the  sun. 

.'!  And  they  snid  among  themselves, 
"Who  sliall  roll  ns  away  the  stouo 
from  the  door  of  the  sepulchre? 


4  And  when  they  looked,  they  saw 
that  the  stone  was  rolled  away:  for 
it  was  very  great. 

oil  And  entering  into  the  sepulchre, 
thcv  saw  a  voung  man  sitting  on  the 
right  side,  ■clnthed  in  a  long  white 
garment;  and  th.v  w.t.'  allrighted. 

(i'And  he  saith  init.i  them.  Be  not 
afirighted:  ye  seek  Jesus  of  Nazareth, 
wliich  was  crucilied:  lie  is  risen;  he 
is  not  here:  behold  the  place  where 
thev  laid  him. 

7  But  go  your  way,  tell  his  disciples 
and  Peter  that  he  goeth  beibre  you 
into  Galilee:  there  shall  ye  sec  him, 
fas  he  said  unto  you. 

8  And  thev  went  out  quickly,  and 
fled  from  the  sepulchre  ;  for  they 
trembled  and  were  amazed:  s nei- 
ther said  they  any  thing  to  any  man  ; 
ior  they  were  afraid. 

1)  1  Now  when  Jesus  was  risen  early 
the  first  till!/  of  the  week,  l'  he  ap- 
peared first  to  .Mary  Magdalene,  ■  out 
of  wliom  he  had  east  seven  devils. 

10  V,.l»(/  she  went  and  told  them 
that  had  been  with  him,  as  they 
mourned  and  wept. 

U  I  -Viid  thev,  wlien  they  had  heard 
that  he  was  alive,  and  ha(l  been  seen 
other,  believed  not. 

12  TT  After  tliat  he  appeared  in  an- 
other form  "'  unto  two  of  them,  as 
they  walked,  and  went  into  the 
country. 

1)  And  they  went  and  told  it  unto 
the  residue  :  neither  believed  they 
tlicm. 

14  1  °  Afterward  he  appeared  unto 
the  eleven  as  they  sat  ||  at  meat,  and 
upbraided  them  with  their  unbelief 
and  hardness  of  heart,  because  they 
believed  not  them  which  had  seen 
him  after  he  was  risen. 

15  "And  he  said  unto  them,  Gove 
into  all  the  world,  1' and  preach  the 
gospel  to  every  creature. 

IG  MUe  that  beheveth  and  is  bap- 
tized shall  be  saved;  ''but  he  that 
believeth  not  shall  be  damned. 

17  And  these  signs  shall  follow  them 
that  believe;  "In  my  name  shall 
they  cast  out  devils;  'they  shall 
sjieak  with  new  tongues; 

IS  "They  sludl  take  up  serpents; 
and  if  they  drink  any  deadly  thing, 
it  shall  not  hurt  them  :  ^  they  shall 
lay  hands  on  the  sick,  and  they 
shall  recover. 

IDH  So  then,  >  atter  the  Lord  had 
spoken  unto  them,  ho  was  "received 
np  into  heaven,  and  ''sat  on  the  right 
hand  ot  God. 

20  And  thev  went  forth,  and  preach- 
ed every  wlicre,  the  Loril  working 
with  l/ii'iii,  li  and  coiifirniing  the  word 
with  signs  following.    Amen. 


•  Hcl.,  2.  3. 
lP«t.  5  1. 

2  r«t.  I.  in. 

1    J..I.U    1      1. 


l.a.  1.  i 
M.  3.  6. 


ichr.  8.  U. 

131.2. 
lEi.  30.  7.  8. 

1  Sai.1-  2.  2S. 

lllir.13.  IJ. 

2Chr.2J.  U. 
TO  L«».  IB.  17. 

Ko>.  8.  3, 4. 


THE  GOSPEL  ACCORDING  TO 

ST.  LUKE. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  TJiP-  preface  of  Luke  to  hia  ivholc  poBpct. 

5  The  coneciitwiiof  Juhn  Vie  Unptitt,  SO 

nn.(  <,/  C\ri«l.  SO  Tlic  projiliecy  of  Klisa- 

bcth.  and  of  Mary,  conetruing    Chrial. 

57    The  nativity  anU    circume,th,n    vf 

John.    07    The  j^ro/ihcry  <,('  Zachttriat, 

both  vf  Christ,  70  <i.i.(  of  John. 

I^ORASMICII     ns     iiiniiv     have 

r    taken    in   liaml   t.>   set  Vorlli   in 

order  a  deeluratiun   i.f  (liose    thiii-s 

wliieli    are     must    surely    lielieved 

amoiifx  us, 

2  •'  Even  ns  they  delivereil  them  un- 
to us,  wliicli  Mroni  tlic  l>e;;innin(i 
were  eyewitnesses,  and  ndnistcrs  of 
tlie  word; 

3  '^  It  seemed  p;ood  to  me  also,  liav- 
in"  had  pcrfeet  undcrstandini;  of  nil 
tlini^:s  from  tlie  very  first,  to  write 
unto  tliee  •Un  order,  "most  excellent 
Theophilus, 

4  f'lliat  thou  mishtest  know  the 
eertainty  of  those  tlnnf;s,  wherein 
thou  hast  been  iiistnuled. 

SirTlir.HE  was  Bin  tlic  days  of 
1  Herod,  the  kiiic  of  Judea,  a 
certain  priest  named  Zaeliarias,  hof 
tlie  course  of  Abia:  and  his  wile  was 
of  the  daughters  of  Aaron,  and  her 
name  wax  Klisabetli. 

G  And  tliev  were  l>oth  i  riprhteous 
before  God,"  walkinj;  in  all  the  com- 
mandments and  ordinances  of  tlic 
i,ord  blameless. 

7  And  they  had  no  child,  because 
that  Klisabetli  was  barren ;  and  they 
both  were  now  well  stricken  in  years. 

8  And  it  came  to  pass,  tliat,  while 
lie  cNceutcd  the  priest's  office  before 
God  tin  the  order  of  his  course, 

'J  Accordin;;  to  the  custom  of  the 
liricst's  office,  his  lot  was  1  to  burn  in- 
cense when  ho  went  into  the  temple 
of  the  Lord.  ,      „  , 

10  '"And  the  whole  multitude  of  the 
people  were  prayin;;  without  at  the 
time  of  incense. 

11  And  there  appeared  unto  liim 
an  an-elof  the  Lord  stundiii;;  on  the 
ri:;ht  side  of  "  the  altar  cnncense. 

Li  And  when  Zaeharias  s.iw  liim, 
°hc  was  troubled,  and  tear  fell  upon 
him.  ,         .      ,  . 

1:5  nut  the  an-el  said  unto  Imn, 
I'car  not,  Zaeliarias:  fiir  thy  prayer 
is  hcavd:  and  thy  wife  Llisaheth 
shall  bear  thee  a  son,  and  I" thou 
bhalt  call  his  name  John. 

14  And  thou  slialt  have  joy  and 
Kladm^s;  and  ''many  shall  rejoice 
at  his  birth.  ,       .  ,, 

1.5  Tor  he  shall  be  jreat  in  the  fight 
of  the  Lord,  and  'shall  drink  neither 


wine  nor  strnnj:  drink;  and  he  shall 
he  lilhd  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  'even 
from  his  mother's  womb. 

lU  '  And  inanv  of  the  children  of 
Isriul  shall  he  turn  to  the  Lord  their 
God. 

1"  "  And  he  shall  go  before  him  in 
the  spirit  and  power  of  Klias,  to  turn 
tlie  hearts  of  the  fathers  to  the  cliil- 
dieii,  and  the  disobedient  ||  to  the 
wisiloni  of  the  in>t;  to  make  ready  a 
liooplr  prepared  for  the  Lord. 

IH  .\nd  /arhaiias  said  unto  the 
an^cl,  ^  Whereby  shall  1  know  tliis? 
for  I  am  an  old'nian,  and  my  witi; 
well  stricken  in  years. 

I'J  And  the  an^cl  nnswcrins  said 
unto  liini,  I  am  >  Gabriel,  that  stand 
in  the  presence  of  God;  and  am  sent 
to  epeak  unto  thee,  and  to  shew  tliee 
these  ;;hld  tidin-s. 

•Jl»  And,  behold,  'thou  shall  be 
diinih,  and  not  able  to  speak,  until 
the  day  that  these  tliinjis  shall  be 
jierfornKil,  because  tliou  believest 
not  niv  words,  wliich  sliall  be  ful- 
filled in  their  sea,soii. 

'.'1  And  the  jieople  waited  for  Zaeh- 
arins,  and  marvelled  that  he  tarried 
soloni;  in  the  temple. 

'J'J  And  w  hen  he  cainc  out,  he  could 
not  speak  unto  them:  niid  they  per- 
ceived that  he  had  seen  n  vision  in 
the  temple;  for  he  beckoned  unto 
them,  and  remained  siieechless. 

•£i  And  it  came  to  pass.  that,  as 
soon  as  "the  davs  of  liis  ministration 
were  Bceoniplished,  he  departed  to 
his  own  house. 

•'4  .\iid  after  those  days  his  wife 
Elisabeth  ec.necived,  and  hid  herself 
jive  months,  saying, 

L'5  Thus  hath  the  Lord  dealt  with 
me  ill  the  davs  wherein  lie  looked 
on  Die,  to  iitakc  away  my  reproach 
anion;;  men. 

•J(i  And  in  the  sixth  month  theansel 
Gabriel  was  sent  from  God  unto  a 
citv  of  Galilee,  named  Nazareth, 

2f  To  avir^'iii  '  cs|K.iiscd  to  a  man 
whoso  name  was  Joseph,  ol  the 
house  of  David  :  and  the  virKHi'ii 
name  i<vi.i  Mary.  . 

■'S  And  the  an:;e1  came  in  unto  her, 
and  .said.  ''  Mail,  Ihon  that  arl\i  liigh- 
ly  favoured,  'the  I^nd  i.-iwith  thcc: 
lilesstd  nit  thou  nmons  women. 

L'.l  And  when  she  saw  Aiiii,  fsho 
was  troubled  at  his  soyinR,  and  cust 
in  her  mind  what  manner  of  talutu- 
tion  this  should  bo. 

;«)  And  the  anircl  said  unto  her. 
Fear  not,  Mary :  for  thou  hast  (buud 
favour  with  God. 


Kttorr  the 
callril  A!t:ia 
'"Oil  i'"- 

•  Jrr    IS. 


•  SxIKlop 
11   .'.. 
1  lUr   9.  IS. 


10    IV. 
|Or.  r«- 


•  J.Jf   I 


The  angel's  visit  to  Mary. 


ST.  LUKE 


Mary's  song  of  thanksgiving. 


Itrfore  tbe 
nllrdAxNC 


k2S«m 
U. 
P..  132 

7  11 
U. 

IB  5. 

5. 
7. 

IDnn    2 
4  7.  U 

41. 

27. 

M.c.  i. 
Jol.o  1 
H«b   1. 

7. 

.31. 

8. 

mMxt. 

.20. 

t  :Mal,  3.  12. 

cii.  u.  '1:7. 

ul"..  71.19.  i 

il>i.  2. 3 
iT..  111.9. 
yCon.  17.7. 

Ki.  ■.';(,  <i. 

!••  103.17,18. 

•  r.  w,  1. 4 

lis.  15. 


31  BAmi,  behold,  thou  shalt  con- 
ceive in  thy  womb,  and  brin^'  forth 
a  son,  and  "li  shalt  call  his  name  JE- 
SUS. 

32  He  shall  be  preat,  "and  shall  bo 
called  the  Son  of  tlie  l[i;;hcst;  and 
k  the  Lord  Uod  shall  K'^'e  unto  him 
the  tlirone  ofhis  father  Uavid: 

.'W  I  And  ho  shall  rei^n  over  the 
house  of  Jacob  for  ever;  and  of  liis 
kingdom  there  shall  bo  no  end. 

.'!4  Tlicn  said  Mary  unto  the  an;;el. 
How  shall  this  be,  seeing  I  know  not 
a  man '! 

3j  And  the  angel  answered  and 
said  unto  her,  "*  The  Holy  Ghost 
shall  come  upon  tlice,  and  the  power 
of  the  Highest  sliall  overshadow  thee: 
therefore  also  that  holy  tiling  wliieh 
shall  be  born  of  thee  shall  be  called 
"the  Son  of  God. 

31)  And,  behold,  thy  cousin  Elisa- 
beth, she  h.ith  also  conceived  a  son 
in  her  old  a"e;  and  this  is  the  sixth 
month  with  her,  who  was  called  bar- 
ren. 

37  For  "with  God  nothing  sliall  be 
impossible. 

3a  And  Mary  said.  Behold  the  hand- 
maid of  tlie  Lord;  be  it  unto  me  ac- 
cording to  tliy  word.  And  the  angel 
departed  from  her. 

3D  And  Atary  arose  in  those  days, 
and  went  into  the  hill  country  with 
haste,  1'  into  a  city  of  Judu; 

40  And  entered  into  tlie  bouse  of 
Zacharias,  and  saluted  Elisabeth. 

41  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Elisabeth  heard  tlie  salutation  of 
Mary,  the  babe  leaped  in  lier  womb; 
and  "Elisabeth  was  tilled  with  the 
Holy  Ghost: 

41  And  she  snake  out  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  said,  'i Blessed  uit  thou 
among  women,  and  blessed  is  the 
fruit  of  thy  womb. 

4'i  And  wlieneo  in  this  to  me,  that 
tlie  mother  of  my  Lord  should  come 
to  me? 

44  For,  lo,  as  soon  as  the  voice  of 
thy  salutation  sounded  in  mine  ears, 
the  babe  leaped  in  my  womb  for 
joy. 

4.j  And  blessed  is  she  ||  that  believed: 
for  there  shall  be  a  performance  of 
those  things  which  were  told  her 
from  the  Lord. 

4(;  And  Mary  said,  'My  Boul  doth 
magnify  tho  Lord, 

47  And  my  spirit  hath  rejoiced  in 
God  my  Saviour. 

4.S  For  "he  hath  regarded  the  low 
estate  of  his  handmaiden:  iijr,  be- 
hold, from  henceforth  'all  genera- 
tions shall  call  mo  blessed. 

4'J  For  ho  that  is  mighty  "hath  done 
to  me  great  things;  uinl  "holy  ts  his 
name. 

M  And  yhis  mercy  is  on  them  that 
fear  hiiu  from  generation  to  genera- 
tion. 

il  ''He  hath  shewed  strength  with 
his  arm;  "he  hath  scattered  the 
54 


proud  in  the  imagination  of  their 
hearts. 

52  iiHc  hath  put  down  the  mighty 
from  thi'ir  seats,  and  exalted  them 
of  low  degree. 

Rl  •=  He  hath  filled  the  hungry  with 
good  things;  and  the  rich  lie  hath 
sent  empty  away. 

54  He  hath  holpen  his  servant  Is- 
rael, ilin  remembrance  odnx  mercy; 

5.)  "  As  he  spako  to  our  fathers,  to 
Abraham,  and  to  his  seed  for  ever. 

5(i  And  jNIary  abode  with  lior  about 
three  months,  and  returned  to  her 
own  house. 

5"  Now  Elisabeth's  full  time  came 
that  she  should  bo  delivered;  and 
she  brought  forth  a  son. 

M  And  her  neighbours  and  her 
cousins  heard  how  the  Lfird  had 
shewed  great  mercy  upon  her;  and 
fthey  rejoiced  with  her. 

5'J  Anil  it  came  to  pass,  that  Son 
the  eighth  d:iy  they  came  to  circum- 
cise the  child;  and  they  called  him 
Zacharias,  after  the  name  of  his 
father. 

CO  And  his  mother  answered  and 
said,  liNotso,-  but  lie  shall  be  called 
John. 

(il  And  they  said  unto  her,  There 
is  none  of  thy  kindred  that  is  called 
by  this  name. 

Oi  And  they  made  signs  to  his  fa- 
ther, how  he  would  have  him  called. 

()■}  And  he  asked  for  a  writing  ta- 
ble, and  wrote,  saying,  >  His  name 
is  John.     And  they  marvelled  all. 

04  kAnd  his  month  was  opened 
immediately,  and  his  tongue  loosed^ 
and  he  spalce,  and  praised  God. 

<Jo  And  fear  eaine  on  all  that 
dwelt  round  about  them:  and  all 
these  \\  sayings  were  noised  abroad 
throughout  all  Uhe  hill  country  nf 
J  udea. 

Wi  And  all  they  that  heard  them 
■"laid  them  up  in  their  liearts,  say- 
ing. What  manner  of  child  shall  this 
be  I  And  "  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
with  him. 

(i7  And  his  father  Zacharias  "was 
filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and 
prophesied,  saving, 

U8  I'  Blessed  'be  the  I-ord  God  of 
Israel;  for '1  he  hath  visited  and  re- 
deemed his  people, 

U'J  "^And  hath  raised  up  a  horn  of 
salvation  for  us  iu  the  house  of  liis 
servant  David; 

71)  ''As  he  spake  by  the  mouth  of 
his  holy  prophets,  which  have  been 
since  the  world  be^an: 

71  That  we  should  he  saved  from 
our  enemies,  and  from  the  hand  of 
all  that  hate  us: 

72  '  To  perform  the  mercy  promised 
to  our  fathers,  and  to  remember  his 
lioly  covenant: 

73  "  The  o:itli  which  lie  swarc  to 
our  father  Abraham, 

74  That  he  would  grant  unto  us, 
that  we,  being  delivered  out  of  the 


p..  Jl.  l:i  i 


T)ie  nativity  and 


ST.  LUKE. 


circinncinion  of  Christ. 


Kctare  lh( 

r.ilU-.l  As: 
Domini  ( 
siill.  yfu, 


>  Bom.  e.  l!i. 

H%b  9   11. 
7  '"  3i.  39, 

Kph.  i  21 


2  Til 


;  11 


2  Ptt.  1. 1. 
1 1.  10.  3. 

M»l.  3  1.  i 

4.  5. 

M..lt    11.10. 

T.r.  17. 
>  Milk  1.  4. 

I  Or.  /.r, 

'^:.;:^:^ 

R    12.     Slal.  1 


f.nl.  je>r. 
iOr.  cHroU* 
ftAcU5.  37. 


JolinT.  12 
cM»lt.  MS. 
ch.  1.27. 


7.5  >  In  holiness  and  rightcnusnos.s 
before  him,  all  the  davs  ofmir  liCo. 

7l!  And  thou,  child,  "slialt  In-  culled 
the  prophet  of  tlie  lli-h.-st :  Cor 
''  thou  shall  >;o  before  the  fiicu  of  the 
Lord  to  prepare  his  wavs; 

77  To  Kive  kiiowled^'e  of  salvation 
unto  hi.s  people  '  ||  by  the  remissiou 
of  their  sin.'*, 

'a  Throu;;h  the  ||  tender  mercy  of 
our  God;  whereby  the  l|  dayspring 
from  on  Jii^h  hothvisited  us, 

71)  hTo  nivc  light  to  them  that  sit 
in  darkness  and  ui  the  sliadnw  uf 
death,  to  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 
of  peace. 

8f)  And  *^the  child  fjrew,  and  waxed 
(jtron;;  in  spirit,  and  'I  was  in  the 
deserts  till  the  day  of  ]iis  shewing 
unto  Israel. 

or.  i™it^J.  Num.  21,  17.  I..  11,  1,  Zcek.  3.  8.  (t 
2,  l.lt.  <».  2.  fc  12.  7.  AIJ  9,  JIhII.  1,  IC.  Act!  2«. 
,     JM«lt.3.  1.4  11  7. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  AuffUBtuB  tnxeth  all  the  Romnn  empire. 
0  riie  nativity  of  Chritt.  8  One  angel 
rrlateth  it  to  the  shepherds :  13  matti/ 
sing  praises  to  Oo<t  for  it.  21  Chritt  is 
eireumeised.  22  Mary  j>urified.  28  .S'iwi- 
eon  and  Anna  prophesy  of  Christ:  40 
who  inereascth  in  u'isUom,  40  question, 
the  temple   with   the  doctors,  51 


nts. 


VND  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  that  there  went  out  a  de- 
cree from  Cesar  Au;:ustus,  that  all 
the  world  should  be  ||  ta.xed. 

2  ("And  tills  taxing  was  first  made 
when  Cyrcnius  was  governor  of 
Syria.) 

3  And  all  went  to  be  taxed,  every 
one  into  his  own  city. 

4  And  Joseph  also  went  up  from 
Galilee,  out  of  the  city  of  Nazareth, 
inti).Judea,  unto  bthe'oitv  of  Uavid, 
which  is  called  Bcthloliem,  ('be- 
cause he  was  of  the  house  and  line- 
ajie  of  David,) 

5  To  be  taxed  with  Mary  J  bis  es- 
poused wife,  being  great  with  child. 

(i  And  so  it  was,  that,  while  they 
were  there,  the  davs  were  accom- 
plished that  she  shoiUd  he  delivered. 

7  And  "■  she  brought  forth  her  first- 
born son,  and  wrapped  him  in  swad- 
dling clothes,  onil  laid  him  in  a 
manger;  because  there  was  no  room 
for  them  in  the  inn. 

8  And  there  were  in  the  same 
conntrv  shepherds  abiding  in  the 
field,  keeping  ||  watch  over  their 
flock  bv  night. 

i)  And,  lo,  the  angel  of  the  Lord 
came  up<iu  them,  and  the  glory  of 
the  Lord  shone  round  about  them; 
land  thev  were  sore  afraid. 

10  .Vnd'the  anirel  said  unto  them, 
Fear  not:  for,  behold,  I  bring  you 
good  tidings  of  great  joy,  « which 
shall  be  to  all  people. 

11  liFor  unto  you  ia  bom  thia  day 


in  the  city  of  David  ta  Saviour, 
I  which  is  C'hiistthe  Lord. 

12  And  this  dIkiII  In-  a  sign  unto 
you;  Vc  shall  find  the  babe  wnip- 
jied  in  swaddling  clothes,  lying  in  a 
manger. 

lo  lAnd  sudiienly  there  was  with 
the  angel  a  multitude  (tf  the  heav- 
enlv  host  praising  Cod,  and  saving, 

11"'"  Glory  to  God  in  the  highest, 
and  on  earth  "peace,  "good  will 
toward  men. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  the 
angels  were  gone  awav  from  them 
into  heaven,  )  tlie  sliephenls  said 
one  to  anotlier.  Let  us  now  go  even 
unto  Hethlehem,  and  see  tins  thin- 
which  is  come  to  pass,  which  the 
Lord  hath  made  known  unt<»  us. 

llj  And  they  came  with  haste,  and 
found  Mary  and  Joseph,  and  the 
babe  lying  in  a  manger. 

17  And  when  they  jiad  seen  l^  they 
made  known  abroad  the  saying 
which  Mas  told  them  concerning 
this  child. 

18  And  all  tliey  that  heard  it  won- 
dered at  those  things  which  were 
told  them  by  the  shepherds. 

I'J  I'  lint  Slary  kept  all  these  things, 
and  pondered  t/ie/n  in  her  heart. 

a)  And  the  shepherds  returned, 
glorifving  and  |>raising  God  for  all 
the  tfiinns  tluit  thev  had  heard  and 
seen,  as  it  was  li.ld  unto  tliein. 

I'l  t  And  whin  eight  days  were 
accomplished  for  the  circinncising 
of  the  child,  his  name  was  called 
■■JKsrs,  whieli  was  so  named  of 
the  angel  before  he  was  conceived 
in  the  womb. 

•."J  And  when  'the  days  of  her 
purification  according  to  the  law 
of  Moses  were  accomplished,  they 
brought  him  to  Jerusalem,  to  pre- 
sent/iim  to  the  Lord; 

•£l  (..Ka  it  is  written  in  the  law  of 
the  Ijord,  '  Kvorv  male  that  opencth 
tlie  womb  shall  be  called  holy  to  the 
Lord;) 

2i  And  to  offer  n  sacrifice  accordinu' 
to  "that  which  is  saiil  in  the  law  of 
the  Lord,  A  pair  of  turtledoves,  or 
two  vinmg  iiigcons. 

M  And,  behold,  there  was  a  man  in 
Jerusalem,  whose  name  ico.«  Simeon : 
and  the  same  man  »•«.<  just  and 
devout,  "  waiting  for  the  consolation 
of  Israel:  and  the  Holy  Ghost  was 
upon  him. 

•'(!  And  it  was  revealed  unto  him 
by  tlie  IIolv  Ghost,  that  be  should 
not  >  see  death,  before  ho  had  seen 
the  Lonl's  Christ. 

•.T  .Viid  he  came  '  bv  the  Spirit  into 
the  teinpie:  anil  when  the  parents 
lin.ie.'lit  in  llle  child  Jisiis,  to  do  for 
him  iiftir  the  i  ii>lom  of  the  law. 

•>  'lliin  toi.k  he  him  up  in  his 
arms,  anil  bli»-.d  (iod,  and  saiil, 

:.",)  Loiil.  "now  hllest  thou  thy 
servant  depart  ill  peace,  ucuordiug 
to  thy  word: 


Simeon  and  Anna  prophesy. 


ST.  LUKE. 


Preaching  of  John  the  Baptist. 


7 
1 

53. 

J.i.u 

-:. 

■    r" 

SO  For  mine  eyes  I'havo  seen  thy 
Balvntian, 

31  Which  tlinii  hast  prepared  be- 
fore tlie  f.R-f  of -.ill  iicciplo; 

3J  'A  li-lit  ti>  li-hli-u  tlie  Gentiles, 
anil  tl>o  fjlory  of  tliy  iioople  Israel. 

3.!  Anil  Joseph  anil  liis  mother  mar- 
velleil  at  those  things  whieh  were 
spolten  of  him. 

Si  And  Simeon  l)lcsscd  them,  and 
said  unto  Mary  his  mother,  Ijchold, 
tliis  chilrl  is  set  ibr  the  J  fall  and 
risin;^  ajrain  of  many  in  Israel;  and 
for  ''a  si^n  whieh  shall  be  spoken 
against; 

3.1  (Yea,  fa  sword  shall  pierce 
tlironsli  thy  own  soul  also;)  that 
the  thoughts  of  many  hearts  may 
be  revealed. 

3(>  And  there  was  one  Anna,  a 
proi)Iietess,  tiie  dau^^Iitcr  of  Phanuel, 
of  the  tribe  of  Ascr:  slio  was  of  a 
great  ago,  and  liad  lived  with  a 
husljand  seven  years  froni  her  vir- 
ginity; 

37  And  slie  iras  a  widow  of  about 
fourscore  and  four  years,  which 
departed  not  from  t!ie  temple,  but 
served  dud  wit'i  fastings  and  pray- 
ers Bnip:ht  and  day. 

38  And  she  comfng  in  tl\at  instant 
gave  tlianks  likewise  unto  tlie  l..ord, 
and  spake  of  liini  to  all  them  tliat 
li looked  for  redemption  in  ||  Jeru- 
salem. 

31)  And  when  they  had  iierfonned 
all  things  according  to  the  law  of  the 
Lonl,  tiiey  returned  into  Galilee,  to 
their  own  city  NaEareth. 

40  iAud  the  child  grew,  and  waxed 
strong  in  spirit,  filled  with  wisdom; 
and  the  grace  of  God  was  upon 
liim. 

41  Now  his  parents  went  to  Jerusa- 
lem k  every  year  at  the  feast  of  the 
passover. 

42  And  when  lie  was  twelve  }'cars 
old,  they  went  up  to  Jerusalem  after 
the  custoni  of  tlie  feast. 

4'!  And  when  tliey  had  fulfilled  the 
daj-s,  as  they  returned,  tlie  child 
Jesus  tarried  behind  in  Jerusalem; 
and  Joseph  and  his  mother  knew 
not  of  it. 

4i  l!nt  tlicy,  supposing  him  to  have 
been  in  tin;  f:>nii»:iiiv,  went  a  diw's 
j<niiiu'y;  and  t!i<'v"  sought  hiiu 
among  their  kinsfolk  and  aeiiuaiut- 
anee. 

4.')  And  when  they  found  him  not, 
they  turned  back  again  to  Jerusa- 
lem, seeking  hhn. 

4I>  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  after 
three  davs  thev  found  him  in  the 
temple,  sitting  in  the  midst  of  the 
doctors,  both  hearing  them,  and 
asking  thi'm  iiuestions. 

47  And  I  all  that  heard  him  were 
astonished  at  his  understanding  and 
answers. 

4,S  -Vnd  when  they  paw  him,  they 
were  amazed:  and' his  mother  said 
unto  him.  Son,  Mhy  hast  thou  thus 


dealt  Avith  us  ?  behold,  thy  father 
and  I  have  sought  thee  sorrowing. 

41)  And  he  said  unto  tliem.  How  is 
it  tliat  ye  sought  me?  wist  ye  not 
that  1  must  be  about  '"my  Father's 
business  ? 

lO  And  "they  unders;tood  not  the 
saving  which  he  spake  unto  them. 

,11  -Vnd  he  went  down  with  them, 
and  came  to  Nazareth,  and  was  sub- 
ject unto  them  :  but  his  mother 
"  kept  all  these  sayings  in  her  heart. 

52  And  Jesus  V  increased  in  wisdom 
and  II  stature,  and  in  favour  with 
God  and  man. 

CHAPTER  III. 

1  TtiC  prcaclung  and  liiptUm  of  John:  Ij 
Aid  testimony  of  ClirUt.  20  Jlerott  im. 
prisoncth  John.  21  Christ  baptized,  re- 
ccivcth  testimony  from  heafen.  2i  The 
{tffc,  and  geneaiofjy  of  Chriat  from  Jo- 
Bcp'i  upwards. 

NOW  in  the  fifteenth  year  of  the 
reign  of  Tiberius  Cesar,  Pon- 
tius Pilate  being  governor  of  Judea, 
and  Herod  being  tetrareh  of  Galilee, 
and  his  brother  Philip  tetrareh  of 
Iturea  and  of  the  region  of  Tracho- 
nitis,  and  Lysanias  the  tetrareh  of 
Abilene, 

2  "  Annas  and  Caiaplias  being  the 
high  priests,  the  word  of  God  came 
inito  John  the  sou  of  Zacharias  in 
the  wilderness. 

3  liAnd  he  came  into  all  the  country 
about  Jordan,  preaching  the  baptism 
of  repentance  "  for  the  remission  of 
sins; 

4  As  it  is  written  in  the  book  of  the 
words  of  Ksaias  tlie  prophet,  saying, 
il  The  voice  of  one  crying  in  tlie  wil- 
derness, IVejiarc  3'e  the'  way  of  the 
Lord,  make  his  paths  straight. 

5  Every  valley  shall  be  filled,  and 
every  mountain  and  hill  shall  he 
brought  low;  and  the  crooked  shall 
be  made  straight,  and  the  rough 
ways  .thall  he  made  smooth; 

(j  And  ''all  flesh  shall  see  the  salva- 
tion of  God. 

7  Then  said  he  to  the  multitude  that 
came  forth  to  be  baptized  of  him,  f  O 
generation  of  vipers,  who  hath  warn- 
ed you  to  Hee  fiom  the  wratli  to 
come? 

.S  Hring  forth  therefore  fruits  ||  wor- 
thy of  rcpcntanee,  and  begin  not  to 
say  within  yourselves.  We  have  Abra- 
ham to  (iiir  father:  for  I  sav  unto 
you,  TIkU  C.d  is  able  of  these  stones 
to  raise  up  children  unto  Abraham. 

',)  And  now  also  the  a.xe  is  laid  unto 
the  root  of  the  tives  :  P every  tree 
therefore  whieh  bringeth  not  forth 
pood  fruit  is  hewn  down,  aud  cast 
into  the  fire. 


11  He  answereth  and  saith  unto 
them,  i  He  that  hath  two  coats,  let 
him  impart  to  him  tliat  hath  none: 
and  he  that  hath  meat,  let  Jiiui  do 
Ukewise. 


The  baptism  and 


ST.  LUKR 


geiiea'ogy  of  Christ. 


12  Then  k  cnnic  also  pul)lii-ans  to  lie 
b-jptizod,  aiwl  said  unto  him,  Mas- 
tor,  what  shall  wo  do  ? 

13  And  he  baid  nnto  thcni,  1  Exact 
no  more  than  that  which  is  nppoiut- 
cd  jou. 

14  And  the  Foldiors  likewise  de- 
manded of  him,  Hayin;:,  And  what 
shall  we  do?  And  he  said  untothom, 
II  J)o  violence  to  no  man,  "'neither 
accuse  oh;/  falsely;  and  be  content 
with  your  \\  wa;^es. 

15  And  as  the  people  were  ||  in  ex- 
pectation, and  all  men  |l  mused  in 
their  hearts  of  John,  whctlier  he  were 
the  Clirist,  or  not ; 

11!  John  answered.  Bay  in;;  unto //icm 
all,  "  I  indeed  baptize  you  with  wa- 
ter; but  one  miKhtior  tKan  I  conicth, 
the  latchet  of  whose  shoes  I  am  not 
worthy  to  unloose:  he  shall  baptize 
you  with  the  Holy  Ghost  and  with 
lire: 

17  Whoso  fan  is  in  his  hand,  and  lie 
will  thoroughly  purjje  his  floor,  and 
"will  pather  the  wheat  into  his  ear- 
ner; but  the  chaff  ho  will  burn  with 
fire  un(|uenehable. 

18  And  many  other  thinss  in  his 
exhortation  preached  he  unto  the 
people. 

]'J  I' But  Herod  the  tetrarch,  beinp; 
reproved  by  him  for  llerodias  his 
brother  Philip's  wife,  and  for  all  tho 
evils  which  llerod  had  done, 

20  Added  yet  this  above  all,  that  ho 
shut  up  John  in  prison. 

21  Now  when  nil  the  people  were 
baptized, '' it  came  to  pass,  that  Je- 
sus also  bcinp;  baptized,  and  prayinj;, 
the  heaven  was  opened, 

22  And  the  Holy  Ghost  descended 
in  a  bodily  shape  like  a  dove  upon 
him,  and  a  voice  came  from  heaven, 
which  said.  Thou  art  my  beloved 
Son;  in  thee  I  am  well  pleased. 

2.3  And  Jes)is  himself  bepin  to  bo 
■■about  thirty  years  of  a^c,  bein^  (as 
w.as  supposed")  "the  son  of  Joseph, 
wl\ieh  was  the  fon  of  Ileli, 

24  Which  was  the  ffiii  of  JIatthaf, 
which  was  llip  fnii  of  Levi,  which 
was  llif  son  of  Jlelchi,  which  was  llir. 
snn  of  Janna,  which  was  the  son  of 
Joseph, 

2.'i  Which  was  the  son  of  Mattathias, 
which  was  Ihn  son  of  Amos,  which 
was  tlir  son  of  Naum,  which  wa.s  the 
."t>n  of  Esli,  which  was  the  son  of 
NacKC 

2(i  Which  Avns  the  son  of  Mnath, 
which  was  the  son  of  Jlattathins, 
wliirl\  was  the  son  of  Semei,  which 
was  tin  foil  of  Joseph,  which  wa.s  the 
>..H  of  Juda, 

2"  Which  was  the  son  of  Joanna, 
wliich  was  the  son  of  Rhcsa,  which 
wasMcwii  of  Zorobahcl,  whieli  was 
the  son  of  Salathiel,  which  was  the 
son  of  Neri, 

2H  Which  was  the  son   of  Melehi, 

which  was  the  son  of  Addi,  which 

was  the  son  of  Cosam,  which  was  the 


son  of  Elniodnm,  which  was  the  son 
ofEr, 

29  Which  was  the  son  of  .lose,  which 
was  the  son  of  Eliezer,  which  was  the 
son  of  Jorim,  which  was  the  sou  of 
Mntthnt,  which  was  the  son  of  Levi, 

.'M)  Which  was  the  son  of  Simeon, 
w  liicli  was  the  son  of  Juda,  which 
was  the  son  of  Joseph,  which  was  the 
son  of  Jonan,  which  was  the  son  of 
Kliakim, 

31  Which  was  the  son  of  Melea, 
which  was  the  son  of  .Mcnan,  whieli 
was  the  son  of  ISlattatha,  which  was 
the  son  of  'Nathan,  "  which  was  the 
son  of  David, 

32  *  Which  was  the  son  of  Jesse, 
which  was  the  son  of  Ohed,  which 
was  the  son  of  Booz,  wliich  was  the 
son  of  Salmon,  which  was  the  son  of 
Naasson, 

33  Which  was  the  son  of  Aminadah, 
which  was  the  son  of  Aram,  which 
was  the  son  of  Esrom,  which  was  fJte 
son  of  Pharos,  which  was  the  son  of 
Juda. 

34  Which  was  the  son  of  Jacob, 
which  was  the  son  of  Isaac,  which 
was  the  son  of  Abraham,  >  which  was 
the  son  of  Thara,  which  was  the  son 
of  Nachor, 

,3.5  W'hich  was  the  son  of  Saruch, 
which  was  the  son  of  Kapau,  which 
was  the  son  of  Phalcc,  which  was  the 
son  of  Hcber,  which  was  the  son  of 
Sala, 

3(>  '■  Which  was  the  son  of  Cainan, 
which  was  the  son  of  Arplmxad, 
*  which  was  the  s<oi  of  Sem,  which 
was  the  son  of  Noe,  which  was  the 
son  of  I^amcch, 

.3"  Which  was  the  son  of  Alathusaln, 
which  was  the  son  of  Enoch,  which 
was  the  son  of  Jared,  which  was  the 
son  of  SlalelccI,  which  was  the  son  of 
Cainan, 

."S  Which  was  the  son  of  Enos, 
which  was  the  son  of  Scth,  which 
was  the  son  of  Adam,  b which  was 
the  son  of  God. 

CII.VPTER  IV. 

1  The  temptation  anU  faetinff  of  CTlriet. 
13  He  overeometti  ttie  ticvit :  H  beginneth 
to  prcnclt.  10  Tlie  people  of  y,isnreth 
admire  hie  graeioue  vorile.  IH  Ue  cureth 
o»c  poeeeeeed  ofadevil,  38  I'eter'^  moth- 
er in  laiVt  40  and  divem  other  eiek  per- 
eona.  41  The  devilK  arlcnoirledtre  Chriet, 
and  are  reproved  for  it.  ii  IJe  preaeheth 
through  the  eiliee. 

\Nn  'Jesus  beinfT  full  of  tho  Holy 
Ghost  returned  from  Jordan, 
and'>was  led  by  the  Spirit  into  Uic 
wilderness,  j 

2  Uein^  forty  days  tempted  of  the  i 
devil.  .\iid  "in  those  <Iays  he  did  \ 
eat  nothin;;  :  and  when  thev  wore 
ended,  he  aftcrwanl  hungered. 

3  And  the  devil  said  unto  him.  If 
thou  he  the  i'oii  of  God,  command  i 
this  stone  that  it  be  made  bread. 

4  And  Jesus  answered  him,  snrini;, 

dit  is  written,  That  iiinu  isliall  not  I  ■'"•"■'•* 
67 


Christ  is  tempted  of  the  devil. 


ST.  LUKE. 


Christ  heginneth  to  preach. 


oJnhn  12.31, 
i  U.  .11). 
Kov.  13.2.7. 


U  lU.  '2». 
g  M alt.  i.  5. 


k  John  H.  3(1 
Ucli.  -1.  Ij. 
A.  D.  30. 


live  by  bread  alone,  but  by  every 
word  of  God. 

5  And  the  devil,  taking  him  up  into 
a  hiKli  mountain,  slicwcd  unto  bim 
all  the  kinftdoiiia  of  tlie  world  iu  a 
moment  of  time. 

6  And  the  devil  said  unto  him,  All 
this  power  will  I  give  thee,  and  tlic 
Sloi-y  of  them:  for  'that  U  delivered 
unto  mej  and  to  whomsoever  I  will, 
I_pive  it. 

/  It  thou  therefore  wilt  B  worship 
me,  nil  shall  1)0  thine. 

S  And  Je.iiis  answered  and  said 
unto  him,  Get  thee  behind  me,  Sa- 
tan :  for  'it  is  written,  'J'hou  shalt 
worship  the  l.,ord  thy  God,  and  him 
only  ehalt  tliou  serve. 

y  "  And  he  brought  him  to  Jerusa- 
lem, and  set  him  on  a  pinnacle  of 
the  temple,  and  said  unto  him.  If 
thou  be  the  Son  of  God,  east  thyself 
down  fi'om  hence: 

10  For  hit  is  written,  lie  shall  pive 
liis  angels  charge  over  thee,  to  keep 
thee: 

U  And  iu  their  hands  they  shall 
l)ear  thee  up,  lest  at  anv  time  thou 
dash  tl),v  foot  against  a  sione. 

12  And  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
liim,  i  It  is  said.  Thou  shalt  not 
tempt  the  J..ord  thy  God. 

V,  And  when  the  devil  had  ended 
all  tlie  temptation,  he  departed  from 
him  kfor  a  season. 

14  IT  'And  Jesus  returned  "in  the 
power  of  tlic  Spirit  into  "  Gali- 
lee: and  there  went  out  a  fame  of 
him  tlirough  all  the  region  round 
about. 

15  And  he  taught  in  their  syna- 
gogues, being  glorified  of  all. 

It)  If  And  he  came  to  "Nazareth, 
where  ho  had  been  brought  up:  and, 
as  his  custom  was,  f  lie  went  into  the 
synagogue  on  the  sabbath  day,  and 
stood  up  for  to  read. 

V  And  there  was  delivered  unto 
him  tlie  book  of  the  prophet  Esains. 
And  when  he  had  opened  tlie  book, 
he  found  the  place  where  it  was 
written, 

18  'I  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  upon 
me,  because  he  hath  anointed  mo  to 
preach  the  gospel  to  the  poor  ;  he 
hath  sent  me  to  heal  the  broken- 
hearted, to  preach  deliverance  to  the 
captives,  and  recovering  of  si.ght  to 
the  blind,  to  set  at  liberty  theiii  that 
are  bruised, 

19  To  preach  the  acceptable  year  of 
the  lyord. 

20  And  he  closed  the  hook,  .ind  he 
gave  it  again  to  the  minister,  and  sat 
down.  And  the  eves  of  all  them  that 
were  in  the  synagogue  were  fastened 
on  him. 

'Jl  And  he  began  to  say  nnto  them, 
Tills  day  is  this  Scripture  fultilled  in 
your  ears. 

'Zi  And  all  hare  him  witness,  and 
■"wonderefl  at  the  gracious  words 
which  in-oeeedcd  out  of  his  mouth. 


And  they  said, '  Is  not  this  Joseph's 
son? 

2'i  And  he  said  unto  them.  Ye  will 
surely  say  nnto  me  this  iiroverb. 
Physician,  heal  thyself:  whatsoever 
we  have  heard  done  in  *  Capernaum, 
do  also  here  in  "  thy  country. 

24  And  he  said,  \'erily  I  say  unto 
you.  No  "  prophet  is  accepted  in  his 
own  country. 

25  But  I  tell  you  of  a  truth,  >many 
widows  were  in  Israel  in  the  days  of 
Ellas,  when  the  heaven  was  shut  up 
three  years  and  six  months,  when 
great  famine  was  throughout  all  the 
land: 

2ti  But  nnto  none  of  them  was 
Ellas  sent,  save  unto  Sarepta,  a  cilij 
of  Sidon,  unto  a  woman  that  was  a 
widow. 

27  ■'And  many  lepers  were  in  Israel 
in  the  time  of  Eliseus  the  prophet; 
and  none  of  them  was  cleansed,  sav- 
ing Naaman  the  Syrian. 

2H  And  all  they  in  the  synagogue, 
when  ihey  heard  these  things,  were 
filled  with  wrath, 

2'.t  And  rose  up,  and  thrust  him 
out  of  the  city,  and  led  him  unto  the 
\\  brow  of  the  hill  whereon  their  city 
was  built,  that  they  might  cast  him 
down  headlong. 

3()  But  he,  •■  passing  through  the 
midst  of  them,  went  his  way, 

31  And  '>came  down  to  Capernaum, 
a  city  cf  Galilee,  and  taught  them 
on  the  sabbath  days. 

;i2  And  they  were  astonished  at  his 
doctrine:  'for  his  word  was  with 
power. 

3.3  11  d  And  in  the  svnagogue  there 
was  a  man,  ■which  had  a  sjiirit  of  an 
unclean  devil,  and  cried  out  with  a 
loud  voice, 

34  Saying,  ||  Let »«  alone;  what  have 
wc  to  do  with  thee,  thou  Jesus  of 
Nazareth?  art  thou  come  to  destroy 
us?  ■'I  know  thee  who  thou  art;  fthe 
Uoly  One  of  God. 

.35  And  Jesus  rebuked  him,  saying. 
Hold  thy  peace,  and  come  out  cf 
him.  And  when  the  devil  had  thrown 
him  in  the  midst,  he  came  out  of 
him,  and  hurt  him  not. 

Si;  And  they  ■vverc  all  amazed,  and 
spake  among  themselves,  saying. 
What  a  word  is  this  1  for  with  author- 
ity and  power  he  eommaudeth  the 
unclean  spirits,  and  they  come  out. 

Si  And  tlie  fame  of  him  went  out 
into  every  place  of  the  country  round 
about. 

.'IS  IT  B  And  he  arose  out  of  tlio  syna- 
gogue, and  entered  into  Sinion's 
house.  And  Simon's  wife's  mother 
was  taken  with  a  great  fever;  and 
they  besought  him  for  her. 

;SI  And  he  stood  over  her,  and  re- 
buked the  fever;  and  it  left  her:  and 
immediately  she  arose  and  minister- 
ed nnto  them. 

41)  U  liNow  when  the  sun  was  set- 
ting, all  they  that  had  any  eick  with 


Ths  iniraeuloits  draught  of  fishes.     ST.  LUKE. 


Chrint  ckaiueth  the  leper. 
A.  n.3i. 


(livers  diseases  brouplit  them  unto 
liiin;  and  lie  laid  his  liands  on  every 
one  of  tlicni,  and  licaled  tlicni. 

41  I  And  (jcx'iii;  also  eamc  out  of 
nmn.v,  ervin^'  cut,  and  snvinc.  Thou 
art  Cluisttlie  Son  (pf  God.  And  ^  lie 
rebnkin);  l/icni.  suftered  them  nut  ||to 
sjteak:  ibr  they  knew  that  lie  was 
Christ. 

4a  1  And  when  it  was  day,  he  de- 
parted and  went  into  a  desert  plaec: 
and  the  people  soU);ht  him,  and  came 
unto  him,  r.nd  staved  him,  that  he 
sh-ould  not  depart  from  them. 

4-'I  And  he  said  unto  them,  1  must 
preach  the  kingdom  of  Ciod  toother 
cities  also;  tor  tliereforc  am  I  sent. 

44  '"Ami  he  preached  iu  the  iyna- 
gogues  of  Galilee. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  Chriet  tcacheth  the  people  out  of  Peter's 
ehip :  Una  miracutoue  taking  of  fiihen, 
eheweth  how  ha  ivitt  make  him  and  hie 
partners  fiehers  of  men:  I2ctean9eth  the 
leper;  10  prat/etft  in  the  wilderness  :  Is 
healcth  one  sick  of  the  patsy  :  £7  ealtcth 
SlaWiew   the   publican  ;    29  eatclh  with 
einnerst  as  being  the  phi/sicinn  of  souls: 
Si  foretctleth  the  fastings  and  a^ictiuns 
of  the  apostles  after  his  ascension:    30 
and  likcncth  fainthearted  and  wnk  dis- 
ciples to  old  bottles  and  worn  garments. 
AND  "it  came  to  pass,  that,  an  the 
people  pressed  upon  him  to  hear 
the  word  of  God,  ho  stood  by  the 
lake  of  Genncsaret, 
2  And  saw  two  ships  standing  by 
the  lake  ;    but   the  nshermen  were 
pone  out  of  them,  and  were  washing 
their  nets. 

.'?  And  he  entered  into  one  of  the 
ships,  which  was  Simon's,  and  prayed 
him  that  he  would  thrust  out  a  little 
from  the  land.  And  he  sat  down, 
and  taught  the  people  out  of  the  ship. 

4  Now  when  he  had  left  speaking, 
he  said  unto  Sim<m,  li  Launch  out 
into  tlic  deep,  and  let  down  your 
nets  for  a  tlraught. 

5  And  Simon  answering  said  unto 
him,  blaster,  we  have  toiled  all  the 
night,  and  have  taken  nothing:  nev- 
ertheless at  thy  word  I  will  let  down 
the  net. 

G  And  when  they  had  this  done, 
they  inclosed  a  great  multitude  ot 
fishes:  and  their  not  brake. 

7  And  they  beckoned  unto  Hirir 
partners,  wlVich  were  in  the  other 
ship,  that  they  should  come  and  help 
them.  And  they  c:ime,  and  filled 
both  the  ships,  so  that  they  began  to 
sink. 

8  When  Simon  Peter  saw  iV,  he  fell 
down  at  Jesus'  knees,  saying,  '  De- 
part from  me;  for  I  am  a,  sinful  man, 
O  Lord. 

1)  For  he  was  astonished,  and  nil 
that  were  with  him,  at  the  draught 
of  the  fishes  which  they  luul  taken: 

10  And  so  n'os  also  James,  and  John, 
the  sons  of  Zebedee,  which  were 
partners  witli    Simon.     And  Jesus 


said  unto  Simon,  Fear  not;  <lfrom 
henceforth  thou  shalt  catch  men. 

11  And  when  they  had  brought 
their  ships  to  land,  "^  ihcy  forsook  all, 
and  followed  him. 

lli  V  f  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  in  a  eeilain  cilv.  liohold  n  man 
full  orlepiosy:  who  "seeing  .Jesus  lell 
on  /(IS  face,  liiid  lusouulit  liini,  sav- 
ing. Lord,  if  thou  wilt,  thou  canst 
make  nie  clean. 

l.'i  And  he  put  forth  hi.'  hand,  and 
touched  him,  saying,  I  will:  he  thou 
clean.  And  immediately  the  leprosy 
departed  from  him. 

14  f  And  he  charged  him  to  tell  no 
man:  but  go,  and  shew  thyself  to  the 
priest,  and  offer  fiir  thy  cleansing, 
1)  according  as  Moses  conimunded, 
for  a  testimony  unto  them. 

15  Hut  so  much  the  more  went 
there  a  fame  abro:id  of  him:  laml 
great  multitudes  camo  together  to 
near,  and  to  be  healed  by  him  of 
their  infirmities. 

li;  TT  k  And  he  withilrew  himself  in- 
to the  wilderness,  and  prayed. 

ir  Ami  it  came  to  pass  on  a  certain 
day,  as  he  was  teaching,  that  there 
were  Pharisees  and  doctors  of  the 
law  sitting  by,  which  «  ere  come  out 
of  every  town  of  Galilee,  anil  Jndea, 
and  Jerusalem  :  and  the  power  of 
the  lAird  wasjtrrscnt  to  heal  them. 

18  IT  1  And,  behold,  men  brought 
in  a  bed  a  man  whieh  was  taken 
with  a  palsy  :  and  they  sought 
7ncaitA  to  bring  him  in,  and  to  lay 
him  hefiire  him. 

in  And  when  thev  could  not  find 
by  wliat)/(i7  Ihi'V  inight  bring  him 
in  l)ec:iuse  of  the  nuiltituile,  thev 
went  upi'U  the  hoUMtop.  and  let 
him  down  through  tlie  tiling  with 
his  couch  into  the  midst  before 
Jesus. 

3)  And  when  he  saw  their  faith,  he 
said  unto  him,  Man,  thy  sins  arc  for- 
given thee. 

»'l  "'  And  the  scribes  and  the  Phari- 
sees began  to  re;isi)n,  saying,  "Who  is 
this  which  speakcth  blasiibemies  ? 
"Who  can  forgive  sins,  but  God 
alone? 

22  But  when  Jesus  jierceived  their 
thoughts,  he  answering  said  unto 
them.  What  reason  yc  in  your 
hearts? 

2.'!  Whether  is  easier,  to  say.  Thy 
sins  be  forgiven  thee;  or  to  say,  Kisc 
up  and  walk? 

24  But  that  ye  may  know  that  the 
Son  of  man  liatli  |)ower  npnn  earth 
to  fiirgive  sins,  (he  said  unto  the  sick 
of  the  p:dsy,)  I  say  unto  thee,  .\rise, 
and  take  up  thy  couch,  and  go  into 
thine  house. 

2.'>  And  immediately  lie  rose  up  be- 
fore them,  and  ti«>k  up  that  where- 
on he  lay,  and  departed  to  his  own 
house,  glorifying  God. 

211  And  thev  won'  all  amazed,  and 
they  glorifled  God,  and  were  Jillcd 
69 


Matthew  called. 


ST.  LUKE. 


The  twelve  apostles  chosen. 


M.  n.  10. 

xk2.  15. 
.  15.  1. 


t  Mnll. !).  1,1. 

I  Tun.  1.  1«. 
iMntt.  0.  11. 

M«.k  2. 18. 


with  fear,  saying,  We  have  seen 
strange  thincs  to  day. 

^7  11  "  Aiicf  alter  "tlicsc  thinss  he 
went  fortli,  ami  saw  a  imblican, 
named  Levi,  sitting  at  tlie  receipt 
of  custom  :  and  Jio  uaid  unto  him, 
Ffdlow  me. 

2H  And  he  left  all,  rose  up,  and  fol- 
lowed him. 

2!t  I'  And  l,cvi  made  him  a  srcat 
feast  in  his  own  lionse:  and  1  tlierc 
was  a  great  company  of  publicans 
and  of  others  that  sat  down  with 
them. 

30  But  their  scribes  and  Pharisees 
murmured  against  his  disciples,  say- 
ing. Why  do  ve  eat  and  drink  with 
publicans  and  sinners? 

31  And  Jesus  answering  said  unto 
them,  They  that  are  wliolc  need 
not  a  physician  ;  but  they  tliat  arc 
sick. 

3:J  '^I  came  not  to  c.ill  the  righteous, 
but  sinners  to  repentance. 

3'i  TI  And  tliey  said  unto  him,  'Why 
do  the  disciples  of  John  fast  often, 
and  make  prayers,  and  likewise  titc 
(/(«'!;;?('.<  of  the  Pharisees;  but  thine 
cat  and  drink? 

34  And  he  said  unto  them.  Can 
ye  make  the  children  of  tlic  bridc- 
diamber  fast,  while  the  bridegroom 
is  with  them  ? 

,35  But  the  days  will  come,  when 
the  bridegroom  shall  be  taken  away 
from  them,  and  tlien  shall  they  fast 
in  tliose  days. 

.30  U  ^  And  he  spake  also  a  parable 
unto  them;  No  man  puttctli  a  piece 
of  a  new  garment  upon  an  old  ;  if 
otherwise,  then  botli  the  new  mak- 
etli  tt  rent,  and  the  piece  tliat  was 
tcikrn  out  of  the  new  agreeth  not 
witli  tlic  old. 

37  And  no  man  putteth  new  wine 
into  old  bottles  ;  else  tlie  new  wine 
will  burst  tlie  bottles,  and  be  spilled, 
and  the  bottles  shall  perish. 

as  But  new  wine  must  be  put  into 
new  bottles;  and  both  are  preserved. 

.311  No  man  also  having  dnink  old 
loinf  straightway  desirctn  new ;  for  lie 
saith.  The  old  is  better. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  CUriet  rcproveth  the  Pharisees'  hUnd- 
nes»  about  the  obtcrvntion  of  the  sabbath, 
by  Seri2'ture,  reason,  and  miracle:  13 
chooseth  twelve  apostles :  17  hcaleth  the 
diseased :  20  preaeheth  to  his  disciples 
before  the  people  of  blessings  and  cnracs  : 
27  how  we  must  love  our  cytemics  :  46 
and  join  the  obedience  of  good  u'orks  to 
the  hearing  of  the  jvord  .•  lest  in  the  evil 
dat/  of  temptation  we  fall  like  a  house 
butlt  upon  the  face  of  the  earth,  tvithout 
an;/  foundation. 

AND  "  it  came  to  pass  on  the  sec- 
ond .sabbath  after  tlio  first,  that 
he  went  through  tlie  corn  fields;  and 
his  disciples  plucked  the  cars  of  corn, 
and  did  cat,  rubbing  thciii  in  their 
hands. 

2  And  certain  of  the  Pharisees  said 
CO 


unto  them.  Why  do  ye  that  ii  which 
is  not  lawful  to  do  on  the  sabbath 
days? 

3  And  Jesus  answering  them  said. 
Have  ye  not  read  so  much  as  tliis, 
■^what  Uavid  did,  wlicn  himself  was 
a  hungered,  and  they  which  were 
with  him ; 

4  How  lie  went  into  the  house  of 
God,  and  did  take  and  eat  the  shcw- 
bread,  and  gave  also  to  tliem  that 
were  with  him;  il which  it  is  not 
lawful  to  eat  but  for  the  priests 
alone? 

5  And  he  said  unto  them.  That  the 
Son  of  man  is  Lord  also  of  the  sab- 
bath. 

G  "  And  it  came  to  pass  also  on 
another  sabbath,  that  he  entered  into 
the  synagogue  and  taught:  and  there 
was  a  nian  whose  right  hand  was 
withered. 

7  And  the  scribes  and  Pliarisces 
watched  him,  whether  he  would 
heal  on  the  sabbath  day  ;  that  tliey 
might  find  an  accusation  against 
him. 

8  But  lie  knew  their  thoughts,  and 
said  to  the  man  which  had  the  witli- 
cred  hand,  Kisc  up,  and  stand  forth 
in  the  midst.  And  he  arose  and 
stood  forth. 

0  Then  said  Jesus  unto  tliem,  I  will 
ask  you  one  thing;  Is  it  lawful  on 
the  sabbath  doys  to  do  good,  or  to  do 
evil?  to  save  life,  or  to  destroy  it  ? 

10  And  looking  round  about  <ipon 
them  all,  he  said  unto  the  man. 
Stretch  fortli  thy  hand.  And  he  did 
so:  and  his  hand  was  restored  whole 
as  the  other. 

11  And  they  were  filled  with  mad- 
ness; and  communed  one  with  an- 
other what  they  might  do  to  Jesus. 

12  f  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  that  he  went  out  into  a  mount- 
ain to  pray,  and  continued  all  night 
in  prayer  to  Clod. 

13  H  And  wlien  it  was  day,  he  call- 
ed iiiilo  liim  liis  disciples:  Sand  of 
tliem  lie  cliose  twelve,  whom  olso  he 
named  apostles; 

14  Simon,  (hwhom  he  also  named 
Peter,)  and  Andrew  his  brother, 
James  and  John,  Philip  and  Bar- 
tholomew, 

15  JIatthew  and  Tliomas,  James 
the  son  of  Alphcus,  and  Simon  call- 
ed Zelotes, 

111  And  Juda-s  i  the  brother  of  James, 
and  Judas  Iscariot,  which  also  was 
the  traitor. 

17  U  And  he  came  down  with  them, 
and  stood  in  tlie  plain,  and  the  com- 
pany of  his  discinles,  k  and  a  gre.it 
multitude  of  people  out  of  all  Judea 
and  Jenisalein,  and  from  the  sea 
coast  of  Tyre  and  Sidon,  which 
canio  to  licar  liiiii,  and  to  be  healed 
of  their  di.seascs; 

IS  And  they  that  were  vexed  with 
unclean  spirits:  and  they  were  heal- 
ed. 


Christ  teacheth  lessons 


ST.  LUKE. 


of  moral  duty. 


19  And  the  whole  multitude  isouprht 
to  toucli  liim:  for  '"  tJiere  went  vir- 
tue out  of  him,  .and  healed  them  all. 

20  IT  And  he  lifted  up  his  eves  on 
his  disciples,  and  said,  "Blessed  h' 
IK  poor:  for  yours  is  the  kingdom  of 
God. 

2\  "Blessed  are  i/c  that  hunger 
now:  for  ye  shall  be  filled,  l"  Bless- 
ed nre  i/e  that  weep  now:  for  ye 
shall  laujih. 

22  1  Blessed  are  ye,  when  men  shall 
hate  you,  and  when  thcj'  ''shall  sep- 
arate you  from  their  compmnj^  and 
shall  reproach  you,  and  east  out  your 
name  as  evil,  for  the  Son  of  man's 
sake. 

'2S  f  Rejoice  ve  in  that  day,  and  leap 
for  joy;  for,  oehold,  your  reward  m 
Rreat  in  heaven:  for  'in  the  like 
manner  did  their  fathers  unto  the 
prophets. 

24  "But  woe  unto  you  'that  are 
rich!  for  J  ye  have  received  your 
consolation. 

25  "Woe  unto  you  that  arc  full!  for 
ye  shall  hunger.  •'  Woe  unto  you 
that  laugh  now!  for  ye  shall  mourn 
and  weep. 

2t)  hWoc  tinto  you,  when  all  men 
shall  speak  well  of  vou !  for  sn  did 
their  fathers  to  the  false  prophets. 

27  TI  i^But  I  say  unto  you  which 
hear,  I^ove  your  enemies,  do  good 
to  them  which  hate  you, 

28  Bless  them  that  curse  you,  and 
<l  pray  tor  them  which  despitefully 
use  you. 

29  "^And  imto  him  that  smiteth 
thee  on  the  one  cheek  offer  also  the 
other;  fand  him  that  taketh  away 
thy  cloak  forbid  not  to  take  Ihij  coat 
also. 

3(1  S  Give  to  every  man  that  asketh 
of  thee;  and  of  him  that  taketh  away 
thy  goods  ask  thent  not  again. 

M  li  And  as  ye  would  that  men 
should  do  to  you,  do  ye  also  to  thcni 
likewise. 

;!2  i  For  if  vc  love  them  which  love 
you,  what  ihank  have  ye?  for  sin- 
ners also  love  those  that  love  them. 

.T,'!  And  if  ye  do  good  to  them  which 
do  good  to  you,  what  thank  have 
ye?  for  sinners  also  do  even  the 
same. 

34  k  And  if  ye  lend  In  them  of  whom 
ye  hope  to  receive,  what  thank  have 
ycV  for  sinners  also  lend  to  sinners, 
to  receive  as  much  again. 

X5  But  I  love  ye  your  enemies,  and 
do  good,  and  "'lend,  hoping  for 
nothing  again:  ai\d  vonr  nwai-d 
shall  be  gre;it,  and  "v.-  shall  be  the 
children  of  the  Highest:  for  he  is 
kind  unto  the  unthankful  and  lu  the 
evil. 

3(i  "Be  ye  therefore  merciful,  ns 
your  Fatlier  also  is  merciful. 

37  I' Judge  not,  and  ye  shall  not  be 
judged;  c<indemu  not,  and  yo  shall 
not  he  eondeunicd:  forgive,  and  yc 
shall  be  (brgiveu: 

53 


Rx'iGive,  and  it  shall  be  given 
unto  you;  good  measure,  presseil 
down,  and  shaken  together,  and 
running  over,  shall  men  give  into 
your  'bosom.  For 'with  the  same 
measure  that  ye  mete  withal  it  shall 
I  be  measured  ti)  you  again. 

39  And  he  spake  a  parable  unto 
them;  '  Can  the  blind  lead  the  blind? 
shall  they  not  both  fall  into  the 
ditch? 

40  "The  disciple  is  not  obovc  his 
ma.ster:  but  every  one  ||  that  is  per- 
fect shall  be  as  his  master. 

41  "  -■Vnd  why  behohlest  thou  the 
mote  that  is  in  thy  brother's  eye,  but 
perecivest  not  the  beam  that  is  in 
thine  own  eye? 

42  Either  Kow  canst  thou  say  to  thy 
brother.  Brother,  let  me  pnlTout  the 
mote  that  is  in  thine  eye,  when  thou 
thyself  beholdest  not  "the  beam  that 
is  in  thine  own  eye?  Thciu  hypo- 
crite, >cast  out  first  the  benm  out  of 
thine  own  eye,  and  then  shall  thou 
see  clearly  to  pidl  out  the  mote  that 
is  in  thy  brother's  eye. 

43  "  For  a  goo<l  tree  bringeth  not 
forth  corrupt  fruit;  neither  doth  n 
corrupt  tree  bring  forth  good  fruit. 

44  For  "  everv  tree  is  known  by  his 
own  fruit,  for  of  thorns  nu'u  do 
not  gather  figs,  nor  of  a  bramble 
bush  gather  they  t  grapes. 

4.'>  1>A  pomi  man  out  of  the  good 
treasure  of  his  heart  bringeth  forth 
that  which  is  good  ;  and  an  evil 
man  out  of  the  evil  treasure  of  his 
hci-.rt  bringeth  Ibrth  that  which  is 
evil  :  tbr  '^  of  the  abundance  of  the 
heart  his  mouth  speaketh. 

41)  TT  iiAnd  why  call  ve  me,  Lord, 
Lord,  and  do  not  the  things  which  I 
sav? 

4?  "^  Whosoever  Cometh  to  me,  and 
heaveth  my  sayings,  and  doeth  them, 
I  will  shew  you  to  whom  he  is  like: 

48  lie  is  hke  a  man  which  built 
a  house,  and  digged  deep,  and  laid 
the  foundation  on  a  rock:  aii<l  when 
the  flood  arose,  the  stream  beat  ve- 
hemently upon  that  house,  and 
could  not  shake  it ;  tor  it  was 
lbnnde<l  upon  a  rock. 

49  But  he  that  hearelh.  and  doeth 
not,  is  like  a  man  that  without  ft 
fimndation  built  a  hou.se  )ii>on  the 
earth;  against  which  the  stream  did 
beat  vehemently,  and  iunnediatcly 
it  fell :  and  tlie'  ruin  of  tliat  house 
was  great. 

CIFAPTKR  Vir. 
1  nrhl  amltlli  n  prcatcr  faith  in  Hit  cm- 
luHun  n  Oenlilc,  than  in  aiiu  if  ttie 
Jfivn:  10  heateth  hia  terpnnt  bciiip  <ifr- 
«i»i(;  11  raitclh  frum  dral/l  the  tciJotc't 
ton  at  Xain:  18  antnrercth  John't  mra 
eerifft'ra  with  the  dtclartition  of  hit  miv 
aclct:  24  tcttifielh  to  the  pcolilt  mhal 
c/iinioH  he  hrU  of  John:  3U  inveii/heth 
ttgainat  the  Jewt,  who  with  ncit/icr  the 
mannert  of  John  nor  of  Jetut  could  be 
won:  80  and  thewrlh  by  oeeation  of 
Mary  itagdatene,  how  he  it  a  friend 
61 


The  centurion's  servant  healed. 


ST.  LUKE. 


Christ's  testimony  of  John. 


b  ch.  S.  54. 
John  II.  43. 
Atl.  0.  40. 
IU..,i.  4.  17. 

cch.  1.6.'.. 

ach.21. 11. 
J.,l,i.J.lfl.* 
6.  U.  &:».  IT. 


to  ginncrs,  not  to  mnintain  them  in  aint. 
hut  to  forj/ivc  them  their  linn,  upon 
their  faith  and  repentance. 

NOW  when  he  had  ended  oil  his 
R.iyin;^.s  in  tlie  audience  of  the 
people,  "he  entered  into  Capernaum. 

2  And  a  certain  centurion's  serv- 
ant, who  was  dear  unto  hira,  was 
sick,  and  ready  to  die. 

o  And  when  he  heard  of  Jesus, 
he  sent  nnto  him  tlie  ciders  of  the 
Jews,  beseeching  him  that  he  would 
come  and  Ileal  his  servant. 

4  And  when  they  came  to  Jesus, 
they  liesouj^ht  him  instantly,  sayini;, 
That  ho  was  worthy  for  whom  he 
should  do  this: 

5  For  he  lovcth  our  nation,  and  he 
hath  built  us  a  syna^O'^uc. 

G  Then  Jesus  went  with  them. 
And  when  he  was  now  not  tar  from 
the  house,  the  centurion  sent  friends 
to  him,  saying  unto  him.  Lord, 
trouble  not"  thyself;  for  I  am  not 
wortliy  that  thou  shouldest  enter 
under  my  roof: 

7  Wlierefiire  neither  thought  I  my- 
self worthy  to  ennie  nnto  thee:  but 
say  ill  a  word,  and  my  servant  shall 
be  healed. 

8  Tor  1  also  am  a  man  set  under 
authority,  having;  under  me  soldiers, 
and  I  say  unto  1  one.  Go,  and  he 
poeth  ;  and  to  another.  Come,  and 
he  Cometh;  and  to  my  servant.  Do 
this,  and  he  doeth  il. 

i)  When  Jesus  heard  these  things, 
he  marvelled  nt  him,  and  turned 
him  about,  and  said  unto  the  people 
that  followed  him,  I  say  unto  you, 
I  have  not  found  so  great  faith,  no, 
not  in  Israel. 

10  And  they  that  were  sent,  re- 
turning to  the  house,  found  the  serv- 
ant whole  that  had  been  sick. 

U  IT  And  it  came  to  pass  the  dav 
after,  that  he  went  into  a  city  call- 
ed Nain  ;  and  many  of  his  disci- 
ples went  with  him,  and  much 
people. 

12  Now  when  he  came  nigh  to  the 
gate  of  the  city,  behold,  there  was  a 
dead  man  carried  out,  the  only  son 
of  his  mother,  and  she  was  a  widow: 
and  much  people  of  the  city  was  with 
her, 

l.j  And  when  the  Lord  saw  her,  he 
had  compassion  on  her,  and  said  un- 
to her.  Weep  not. 

14  And  ho  came  and  touched  the 
(Ibier:  and  they  tliat  bare  Aim  stood 
still.  And  he  "said.  Young  man,  I 
say  nnto  thee,  ii.Vrise. 

15  And  he  that  was  dead  sat  up,  and 
began  to  speak.  And  he  delivered 
him  to  his  mother. 

]U  'And  there  came  a  fear  on 
nil:  and  they  glorified  God,  saying, 
il  That  a  great  prophet  is  risen  up 
among  lis;  niul,  'That  God  hath 
visited  his  people. 

17  And  this  rumour  of  him  went 
forth  throughout  all  Judca,  and 
(52 


throughout  all  the  region  round 
about. 

IS  fAnd  the  disciples  of  John 
shewed  him  of  all  these  things. 

ID  IT  And  John  calling  vnto  him 
two  of  his  disciples  sent  them  to 
Jesus,  saying.  Art  thou  he  that 
should  come?  or  look  we  for  an- 
other? 

20  When  the  men  were  come 
unto  him,  they  said,  John  Baptist 
hath  sent  us  unto  thee,  saying,  Art 
thou  he  that  should  come?  or  look 
we  for  another? 

21  And  in  that  same  hour  he 
cured  many  of  llieir  infirmities  and 
plagues,  and  of  evil  spirits  :  and 
nnto  many  that  iverc  blind  he  gave 
sight. 

Tl  BThen  Jesus  answering  said 
unto  them.  Go  your  way,  and  tell 
John  what  things  ye  have  seen 
and  heard  ;  t  how  that  the  blind 
ace,  the  lame  walk,  the  leners  are 
cleansed,  the  deaf  hear,  tlie  dead 
are  raised,  ito  the  poor  the  gospel 
is  preached. 

'l.\  And  blessed  is  he,  whosoever 
shall  not  be  oflended  in  me. 

24  IT  k  And  when  the  messengers 
of  John  were  departed,  he  began 
to  speak  unto  the  people  concern- 
ing John,  What  went  ye  out  into 
the  wilderness  tor  to  sec?  A  reed 
sh.iken  with  the  wind? 

25  But  what  went  ve  out  for  to 
sec?  A  mail  clothed  in  soft  rai- 
ment? Behold,  they  which  are  gor- 
geously apparelled,  and  live  deli- 
cately, are  in  kings'  courts. 

20  But  what  went  yc  out  for  to  see? 
A  prophet  ?  Yen,  I  say  nnto  you, 
and  much  more  than  a  prophet. 

27  This  is  lie,  of  whom  it  is  written, 
1  Behold,  I  send  my  messenger  be- 
fore thy  face,  which  shall  prepare 
thy  way  before  thee. 

28  For  I  say  unto  you.  Among  those 
that  arc  born  of  women  there  is  not 
a  greater  prophet  than  John  the 
Baptist:  but  he  that  is  least  in  the 
kingdom  of  God  is  greater  than  he. 

2'.)  And  nil  the  people  that  heard 
him,  and  the  publicans,  justified 
God,  "'being  baptized  with  the  bap- 
tism of John. 

SO  But  the  rharisces  and  law- 
yers II  rejected  "the  counsel  of  God 
!l  against  themselves,  being  not  bap- 
tized of  him. 

31  IT  And  the  Lord  said,  "Wherc- 
unto  then  shall  I  liken  the  men  of 
tills  generation  ?  and  to  what  are  they 
like? 

.32  They  are  like  unto  children  sit- 
ting in  the  marketplace,  and  calling 
one  to  another,  and  saying.  We  have 
piped  unto  you,  and  ye  have  not 
danced:  we  have  mourned  to  you, 
and  vc  have  not  wept. 

Si  For  fJohn  the  Baptist  came 
neither  eating  bread  nor  drinking 
wine;  and  ye  sny,  lie  hath  a  devil. 


ChrisVs  feet  anointed. 


ST.  LUKR 


The  parable  of  the  sower. 


34  Tlic  Son  of  mnii  is  come  cntinj: 
and  drinking;  and  yc  say,  Behold 
a  gluttonous  man,  and  a  wlnobibbcr, 
a  t'riond  of  publicans  and  sinners  I 

Ro  'I  But  wisdom  is  justified  of  all 
her  children. 

BOH  'And  one  of  the  Pharisees  de- 
sired him  that  he  would  cat  with 
him.  And  he  went  into  the  Pliari- 
scc's  house,  and  sat  down  to  meat. 

S7  And,  behold,  a  woman  in  the 
city,  which  was  a  sinner,  when  she 
knew  that  Jcsits  sat  at  meat  in  the 
Fliarisec's  house,  brought  an  ala- 
baster box  of  ointment, 

38  And  stood  at  his  feet  behind  him 
weepinj;,  and  began  to  wash  liis  feet 
with  tears,  and  did  wipe  t/icm  with 
the  hairs  of  her  head,  and  kissed  his 
feet,  and  anointed  t/icm  with  the 
ointment. 

3y  Now  when  the  Pharisee  which 
had  bidden  him  saw  it,  he  spake 
witliin  himself,  saving,  "This  man, 
if  he  were  a  prophet,  would  have 
known  who  and  what  manner  of 
woman  litis  in  that  toucheth  him; 
ibr  she  is  a  sinner. 

40  And  Jesus  answerinp:  said  unto 
him,  Simon,  I  have  somewhat  to  say 
unto  thee.  And  he  saith,  Master, 
say  on. 

41  There  was  a  certain  creditor 
which  had  two  debtors  :  the  one 
owed  five  hundred  ||  pence,  and  the 
other  fitly. 

42  And  when  they  had  nothing  to 
pay,  he  frankly  forgave  thciu  both. 
Tell  mc  therefore,  which  of  them 
will  love  him  most? 

43  Simon  answered  and  said,  I  sup- 
pose that  lie,  to  whom  he  forjiave 
most.  And  he  said  unto  liim,  Uhou 
hast  rightly  judged. 

44  And  he  turned  to  the  woman, 
and  said  unto  Simon,  Secst  thou  this 
woinan  'i  1  entered  into  thine  hmise, 
thou  gavcst  me  no  water  for  my  feet: 
but  she  hath  washed  my  fc'ct  with 
tears,  and  wiped  titcin  with  the  haire 
of  her  head. 

45  Thou  gavcst  me  no  kiss:  but  this 
woman,  since  the  time  I  came  in, 
hath  nut  ceased  to  kiss  my  feet. 

4(1 '  Sly  head  with  oil  thou  didst  not 
anoint  :  but  this  woman  hath  an- 
ointed niv  feet  with  ointment. 

47  "  AVlicrcforc  I  say  imto  thee,  Iler 
sins,  which  arc  many,  arc  forgiven; 
for  she  loved  much:  but  to  whom 
little  is  forgiven,  tlie  same  lovcth 
little. 

48  And  he  said  unto  her,  ^  Thy  6ins 
are  forgiven. 

40  And  they  that  sat  at  meat  with 
him  began  to  K;iy  within  tliciii- 
sclvcs,  >'  Who  is  this  that  fur^'iveth 
sins  also? 

,10  And  he  said  to  the  woman,  '  Thy 
faith  hath  saved  thee;  go  in  peace. 

ClIAPTEll  VIII. 

3  Women  minittcr  unto   CliriU  of   ihnr 

tuhHunce.      4    CUriil,    after    lin     had 


preached  froin  place  to  place,  attended 
uith  Am  ntio*tlcn,  propouadelh  the  par- 
able of  the  •oifcr,  16  an  J  of  the  candle: 
21  de'clarelh  uho  arc  hie  mother,  and 
brethren:  iirelukclhlheKindt:  iieatl- 
elh  the  legion  of  deviU  out  of  the  man 
into  the  herd  of  eui'ic:  37  i»  rejected 
of  the  Gadarcvct:  iJ  hcalclk  the  woinan 
of  hrr  bloody  iitue,  tO  and  rateeth  from 
death  Jairue^  dauj/htcr. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  afterward, 
that  he  went  thimighont  every 
city  and  village,  preaching  and  shew- 
ing the  glad  tidings  of  the  kingdom 
of  God:  and  the  twelve  utie  with 
him, 
a  And  "certain  women,  which  had 
been  healed  of  evil  sjiirits  and  in- 
firmities, Mary  called  Magdalene, 
bout  of  whom  went  seven  devils, 

3  And  Joanna  the  wife  of  C'huza 
Herod's  steward,  and  Susanna,  and 
many  others,  which  ministered  unto 
him  of  their  substance. 

4  IT  "^  And  when  much  people  were 
gathered  together,  and  were  come  to 
him  out  of  every  city,  he  spake  by  a 
parable: 

5  A  sower  went  out  to  fow  his 
seed:  and  as  he  sowed,  some  fell 
by  the  way  side:  and  it  was  trod- 
den down,  and  the  fowls  of  the  air 
devoured  it. 

6  And  some  fell  npon  a  rock;  and 
as  soon  as  it  was  sprunp  up,  it  with- 
ered away,  because  it  lacked  moist- 
ure. 

7  And  some  fell  among  thorns;  and 
the  thorns  sprang  up  with  it,  and 
choked  it. 

8  And  other  fell  on  good  ground, 
and  sprang  up,  and  bare  fruit  a 
hundredfold.  And  when  he  had 
said  these  things,  he  cried,  lie  that 
hath  cars  to  hear,  let  him  hear. 

y  i  And  his  disciples  asked  him, 
saving,  What  might  this  parable  be? 

lb  And  he  said,  "I'ntoyou  it  is  given 
to  know  the  mysteries  of  the  king- 
dom of  God:  biit  to  others  in  para- 
bles ;  'that  Fceiiijr  they  might  not 
see,  and  hearing  they  might  not  un- 
derstand. 

11  I  Now  the  parable  is  this:  The 
seed  i.i  the  word  of  God. 

12  Those  by  the  w  ay  side  arc  thev 
that  hear  ;  "then  coiiicth  the  devil, 
and  taketh  away  the  word  out  of 
their  hearts,  lest  they  should  believe 
and  be  saved. 

l.'i  They  ('n  the  rock  are  Ihetj, 
w  Inch,  w'hen  they  hear,  i-cceivc  the 
word  with  ]0v;  and  these  have  no 
root,  w  liich  for  a  w  hile  lielieve,  and 
in  time  of  lemptatirn  full  away. 

14  .\iid  that  which  fell  among 
thorns  arc  tbtv.  vhieh,  when  they 
have  heard,  go'linrth.  and  nrecluiked 
with  cares  and  riches  and  pleasures 
of  lliif  life,  and  bring  no  fruit  to  per- 
fection. 

l.')  But  t.int  on  the  good  ground  arc 
thev,  which  in  an  luuicst  and  good 
lieart,  having  lieard  the  word,  keep 


Christ  stilleth  a  tempest. 


ST.  LUKE. 


The  legion  of  devils  cast  out. 


kMatt.  12.46. 
Marts.  31. 


it,  and  bring  forth  fruit  witli  pa- 
tience. 

l(i  IT  B  No  man,  when  he  hath  liglit- 
od  a  candle,  coveretli  it  witli  a  vessel, 
or  putteth  it  under  a  bed;  but  scttcth 
it  on  a  candlestick,  that  they  which 
enter  in  may  see  the  li;;ht. 

1"  li  For  nothing  is  secret,  that  shall 
not  be  made  manil'est;  neither  aiii/ 
l/iinrj  liid,  that  shall  not  be  known 
and  come  abroad. 

lt>  Take  heed  therefore  how  ye  hear: 
i  for  whosoever  hath,  to  liim  shall  be 
g:i%'eii  ;  and  whosoever  hath  not, 
from  him  shall  be  taken  even  that 
wliieh  he  |l  sccmeth  to  have. 

]!)  IT  k  Then  came  to  him  his  mother 
and  his  brethren,  and  could  not 
come  at  him  for  the  press. 

'M  And  it  was  told  him  bij  ccrlniii 
which  said.  Thy  mother  and  thy 
bretliren  stand  without,  desiring  to 
see  thee. 

^1  And  he  answered  and  said  imto 
them,  JNIy  mother  and  my  brethren 
arc  these  which  hear  tlic  word  of 
God,  and  do  it. 

L'2  f  1  Now  it  came  to  pass  on  a  cer- 
tain day,  that  he  went  into  a  ship 
with  his  disciples:  and  he  s:iid  unto 
them,  Let  us  go  over  unto  tlic  other 
side  of  the  lake.  And  they  launched 
forth. 

i.*.>  But  as  they  sailed,  lie  fell  asleep: 
and  there  came  down  a  storm  of 
wind  on  the  hike;  and  they  were 
filled  with  ^catel■,  and  were  in  jeop- 
ardy. 

24  And  they  came  to  him,  and 
awoke  him,  saying.  Master,  piaster, 
we  perisli.  Tiieu  he  arose,  and  re- 
buked tlio  wind  and  the  raging  of 
the  water :  and  they  ceased,  and 
tiierc  was  a  calm. 

'Jo  And  he  suid  unto  them.  Where 
is  your  faith '/  And  they  being 
afraid  wondered,  saying  one  to 
another,  AVhat  manner  of  man  is 
tliis!  for  lie  eommandeth  even  the 
winds  and  water,  and  they  obey 
him. 

•M  II  ■"  And  they  arrived  at  tlie 
countrj'  of  tlie  Gadarenes,  whicli  is 
over  against  Galilee. 

'27  Aiul  when  he  went  forth  to  land, 
there  met  him  out  of  the  citv  a  cer- 
tain man,  whicli  had  devils  long 
time,  and  ware  no  clothes,  neither 
abode  in  an;/  liouse,  but  in  the 
tombs. 

28  When  he  saw  Jesus,  hecricd  out, 
and  fell  down  before  him,  and  with 
a  l.uid  voice  said.  What  liavo  I  to  do 
wilh  tlice,  Jesiis,  thou  Son  of  God 
most  high?  I  beseech  thee,  torment 
me  not. 

L".»  ( I'or  he  had  commanded  the  im- 
eli'an  spirit  to  come  out  of  the  man. 
For  oftc^ntimes  it  had  cnuglit  liim  : 
and  he  was  kept  bound  witli  chains 
and  in  fetters;  and  ho  brake  the 
bands,  and  was  driven  of  the  devil 
into  tlic  wilderness.) 
B4 


">0  And  Jesus  asked  him,  saying. 
What  is  thy  name?  And  he  said. 
Legion :  because  many  devils  Averc 
entered  into  him. 

31  And  they  besought  him  that  he 
would  not  command  them  to  go  out 
"into  the  deep. 

32  And  there  was  there  a  herd  of 
many  swine  feeding  on  the  moimt- 
ain:  and  they  besought  him  that  lie 
would  sutler  them  to  enter  into 
tlicm.    And  he  sufiercd  them. 

3-'5  Then  went  the  devils  out  of  the 
man,  and  entered  into  the  swine  : 
and  the  herd  ran  violently  down  a 
steep  place  into  the  lake,  and  were 
choked. 

34  When  they  that  fed  them  saw 
what  was  done,  they  fled,  and  went 
and  told  )(  in  the  city  and  iu  the 
country. 

35  Tl\en  they  went  out  to  sec  what 
wag  done  ;  aiid  came  to  Jesus,  and 
found  the  man,  out  of  whom  the 
devils  were  departed,  sitting  at  the 
feet  of  Jesus,  clothed,  and  in  his 
right  mind:  and  they  were  afraid. 

3U  They  also  which  saw  it  told  them 
by  what  means  he  that  was  possessed 
of  the  devils  was  healed. 

3711°  Then  the  whole  multitude  of 
the  country  of  the  Gadarenes  round 
about  1'  besought  him  to  depart  from 
them ;  for  they  were  taken  with  great 
fear:  and  he  went  up  into  the  ship, 
and  returned  back  again. 

38  Now  1  the  man,  out  of  whom  the 
devils  were  departed,  besought  him 
that  he  might  be  with  him  :  but 
Jesus  sent  liim  away,  saying, 

39  Return  to  thine  own  house,  and 
shew  how  great  things  God  liath 
done  unto  tliec.  And  he  went  his 
way,  and  published  throughout  the 
whole  city  how  great  things  Jesus 
had  done  unto  him. 

40  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
Jesus  was  returned,  the  people  (jlatl- 
hj  received  him:  for  they  were  all 
waiting;  for  him. 

41  11  '  And,  behold,  there  came  a 
man  named  Jairus,  and  he  was  n 
ruler  of  tlie  synagogue;  and  lie  fell 
down  at  Jesus'  feet,  and  besought 
liini  that  he  would  come  into  his 
hou.se: 

42  For  he  had  one  only  daughter, 
about  twelve  years  of  age,  and  she 
lay  a  dying.  But  as  he  went  the 
people  thronged  him. 

4-j  IT  ^  And  a  woman  having  an  issue 
of  blood  twelve  years,  which  had 
spent  all  her  living  upon  physicians, 
neither  could  be  healed  of  any, 

44  (\ime  behind  hi)it,  and  touched 
the  border  of  his  garment:  and  im- 
mediately her  issue  of  blood  sbinehed. 

4.j  And  Jesus  said.  Who  touched 
me  ?  When  all  denied,  I'oter  and 
they  that  were  with  him  said.  Mas- 
ter, the  multitude  throng  thee  and 
press  thee,  aud  saycst  thou,  Wiio 
touched  me  ? 


Jairus'  daughter  raised  to  life. 


ST.  LUKE. 


Christ  fcedeth  five  thousand. 


(J  KAnd  tliey  (Ic'imrtcd,  mid  wiiit  I 
(lirm!j;h  the  tnwjis,  piiucliiiiK  the 
j;'is|uT,  nnd  lioahii>r  *'verv  whi-n'. 

7  11  liNow  IIiToil  tlic  tctniicli  licard 
of  nil  thnt  WHS  d.inc  liy  him :  and  he 
Wiis  iMTpli'M'd,  lu'i'atii'e  that  it  was  i 

s;ud   ft'  ^ c,  that  John  was   rit>cii 

(rom  tluMload; 

H  And  of  Kimc,  tlint  Elias  liad  np- 
peared;  and  of  others,  tlmt  one  of  the 
old  piupluts  was  risen  a;;ain. 

1)  AikI  Jliiod  said,  John  have  I  ho- 
headed;  hut  who  is  this,  of  whom  I 
liear  such  thingsy  'And  ho  desired 
to  see  him. 

10  TI  k  And  the  npostlcs,  when  tliev 
werir  returned,  told  lii.n  all  that  tliev 
had  done.  I  And  he  t,.ok  them,  and 
went  aside  privately  into  a  d<-sert 
plaee  hclonging  to  the  city  called 
liethsaida. 

11  And  the  people,  when  they  knew 
it,  followed  him:  and  he  reeeived 
them,  and  spake  unto  them  of  the 
kin;,'dom  of  God,  and  healed  them 
that  had  need  of  healinf;. 

12  ■"  And  when  the  day  hcgan  to 
wear  away,  then  came  the  twelve, 
nnd  said  "unto  him.  Send  the  mul- 
titude away,  that  they  nniy  po  into 
tiui  towns  and  country  round  ahout, 
and  lodge,  and  pet  victuals:  for  we 
arc  here  in  a  desert  place. 

i;!  But  he  said  unto  them,  Give  ve 
them  to  cat.  And  they  said,  We 
have  no  more  hut  five  loaves  and 
two  fishes;  except  we  should  po  and 
buy  meat  for  all  this  people. 

H  For  they  were  about  five  thou- 
sand men.  And  he  said  to  his  dis- 
ciples. Make  them  eit  down  by  fiflics 
in  a  company. 

1.5  And  they  did  so,  nnd  made  them 
all  sit  down. 

10  Then  he  took  the  five  loaves  and 
the  two  fishes,  and  looking  up  to 
heaven,  he  blessed  them,  and  lirnke, 
and  cave  to  the  disciples  to  set  be- 
fore tiic  multitude. 

17  And  they  did  cat,  and  were 
oil  filled  :  and  there  was  taken  up 
of  fragments  that  remuined  to  them 
twelve  baskets. 

LS  H  "  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
was  alone  pravinc,  his  disciples 
were  with  him:  and  lie  asked  them, 
sayinp.  Whom  say  the  people  that 

HI  They  answeriiiK  said  "John  the 
Baptist;  but  some  f«!i,  Eliag :  mid 
others  sail,  that  one  of  tlic  old  proph- 
ets is  risen  apain. 

•-O  He  said  unto  them.  But  whom 
sav  ye  that  I  am  ?  •'  IVter  aiiswerniK 
said.  The  Christ  of  Gixl. 

L'l  'l.\iid  he  stniitly  chapped  them, 
and  commanded  lliim  to  tell  no  inun 
thatthiup: 

"-'  Sayinp,  'The  Son  of  man  mnst 
BufTcr  'many  thiiips,  and  be  rcjccte<l 
of  the  ciders  ami  chief  priests  and 
scribes,  and  be  slain,  and  be  raised 
the  third  day.  ,,- 


lMi»rl£  .■;.  30. 


■  Matt.  B.4.& 

9.  SO. 
UuL  6.  a. 


MMivtt.  10.  1. 
Murk  3.  13. 
iO.  7. 


46  And  Jesua  said.  Somebody  hath 
touched  me  :  for  I  perceive  that 
'virtue  is  pone  out  of  me. 

4"  And  when  the  woman  saw  that 
she  Avus  not  hid,  she  came  trein- 
blinp,  and  fallinp  down  lirlnre  him, 
she  declared  unto  him  before  all  the 
people  for  what  cause  she  hud  touch- 
ed him,  and  how  she  was  healed  im- 
mediatelv. 

48  And  lie  said  nnto  her.  Daughter, 
be  of  pood  comfort:  thy  faith  hath 
made  thee  whole;  po  in  peace. 

40  IT  "  While  he  yet  spake,  there 
Cometh  one  from  the  ruler  of  the 
synapopuc'a  liuii.-^,  tayinp  to  him. 
Thy  dauphtcr  is  dead;  trouble  not 
the  Master. 

50  But  when  Jesus  heard  it,  he 
answered  him,  sayinp.  Fear  not : 
believe  only,  and  she  shall  be  made 
whole. 

51  And  when  he  came  into  the 
house,  he  suflcred  no  man  to  po 
in,  save  I'eter,  nnd  James,  nnd 
John,  and  the  father  and  the  moth- 
er of  the  maiden. 

5:i  And  all  wept,  and  bewailed  her: 
but  he  said.  Weep  not;  she  is  not 
dead,  "  but  sleepeth. 

5.'!  And  they  hiughed  him  to  scorn, 
knowinj;  that  she  was  dead. 

54  AntT  he  put  them  all  out,  and 
took  her  by  the  hand,  and  called, 
sayinp.  Maid,  J  arise. 

55  And  lier  spirit  came  apain,  nnd 
she  arose  straightway:  and  he  com- 
manded to  pive  her  meat. 

56  And  lier  parents  were  aston- 
ished:  but  "he  charged  them  that 
they  should  tell  no  man  what  was 
done. 

CnAVTER  IX. 

1  ChrM  tendetli  hit  nposlteH  lo  wurk  mira- 
clea,  anil  to  preach.  7  Iltrod  dcuircit  lo 
see  Christ.  17  Chritt  fcclcth  fiva  thou- 
sand .•  18  inquireth  what  opinion  the 
world  had  of  him:  forelctleth  hia  pat- 
aion:  2'i propoeeth  io  all  the  pattern  of 
hia  patience.  23  The  tran»fii/u ration. 
37  JJe  healeth  tho  lunatic  :  4:i  ai/ain  fore- 
warncth  hia  diaciptca  of  liia  pa-aion  :  46 
eomviendeth  humility:  blbiddcthtlicm 
to  ahew  viildncaa  towarda  alt,  without 
deairc  of  revenue.  67  Diyera  would  fol- 
low  him,  but  upon  conditions. 

nEN  "he  called  his  twelve  dis- 
_    eiples  together,  and  K;ive  them 

power  and  authority  over  all  devils, 

and  to  cure  diseases. 

2  And  bhe  sent  them  to  preach  the 
kin"dom  of  God,  and  to  heal  the 

3  «  And  he  said  unto  tlicm.  Take 
nothing  for  V'Mir  journey,  neither 
staves,  nor  scrip,  neither  bread,  nei- 
ther money;  neither  have  two  coats 
apiece. 

4  il  And  whatsoever  liouse  ye  enter 
into,  there  abide,  nnd  thence  depart. 

5  '  And  whosoever  will  not  receive 
you,  when  ve  go  out  of  that  city, 
ishakc  off  the  very  dust  from  your 
feet  for  a  testimony  ngainst  them. 


T^ 


ST.  LUKE 


CMst'^^ransJiguration. 

■^j  II     And  he  said  to  t/iem  all    Tf      Ii      i     r~r —_ 

anyma,,  will  come  after  me  let liim  I  fti^fhi^"''  ■'''!""   anWrinp   said    oi 
deny  hunself,  and  take  uu  i  s VrZ    [^  .'^'?r-'^   ""^  ..Perverse    «?nS,n" 


./aw^j?  a?id  Jo/m  reproved. 


--.,  -■■-.-.  ..iLi^uiiie  nicer  me   let  him    < 
j;4  >or  whosoever  «ill  save  his  lifo 


,.„„,- "^perverse    generation   I 

ow  long  shall  I  be  witlT  von    and 

4"VT.U^'"'^  "'^  son -hither.""* 
drvil  .hi„  t?  "■","  J*^' "  coming,  the 
l"!'.']'™"  hmi  down,  and  tart/.i"n  I 


shall  come  in  his  m  ,,     i   '  ''■"''!.'    •''■•'cil'le.S  '  ""   "'""  "'^ 


efil  dtv,''  i'ft  *Tk  *"  P'''-'^  about  an 
f.iH   Tj  ?■>"  "'^'er  these  ||  savinss    he 

went^n7n?"^  ^"^'"  ""^  Ja^nef  'and 
9^1  1  ^?  '"'k  "  mountain  to  pray. 
A)  And  as  he  praved,  the  fashioA  nf 
his  countenance  was  Llte?ed  and  hi, 
raiment  ,.«^  white  and  glisterfnK 
^0  And,  behold,  there  talked  with 
andEh's:'"'"'  ^'^"^'^  >-"e  M^l'es 
„^\ '^Vh'? .  appeared   in    glory     and 

a?comf,fM?  tr"^'^  whielf  he-^shou"d 
o.^°,T'i'"il'  at  Jerusalem. 

.n.n.8,13.iUvrth    hin,    ^*'wer„""l'^    ""^^    ?'^'"    ^'^^'^ 

and  when      .l"^?    .\!^ry  _^^"."  sleep 


s^^rb^•s;e:rIrt^:;1.ilJ^?^ 
s|^i,^'^.^^f^[^?:irfhS'^ 

that  they  perceived  it  not:  and  thev 
4?!  wV-nr''  ^,'"  ""'''"  saying.  '^ 
40  IT  s  Ihen  there  arose  a  reason  in. r 

nf'^.h '"'  ■?'■*"''•  perceiving  the  thoucht 
llXllinr •'''"'' '''^'^"'^•"'''^"' 

r.fn/^','^,!""'^    ""'"    *'iem,    h  Whoso. 

over  shall  receive  this  cl  il<l  in   niv 


f  Mark  9.  32. 
ch.  2  30.  Si 
U.  31. 


'""  -^■^17,and  the  two  ^.lu  tit  \  t^^ST^P^^-^H^^^l'^' 


sawl...,^.„,_,,„, 
stood  with  him. 


M  And  Jesus  said  unto  him.  rJrhi^l  I 
usisZ- nf  '^'^  ">"'  '^  -ot'oS|,s„„..u, 
.51  IT  And  it  cnme  to  pass,  when  the  I 
line  was  come  that  ■''he  shourd     e 
received  up,  he  steadfastly  set  hu 
'fe  to  go  to  Jerusalem,        ^  '"H 

f-H^e  ■  "nn^rH'  '"essengers  before  his 
•   "vll'rL  "■.<■"'•,"•"•  entered 


into  a  village  ^of   I  cSuZitansto 
make  rendi- <h,.  1,;.,,     "-""""'"Us,  to 


and  the.y  il^rcd  as  , I'ey  eXe  1  in!  =    '"'Z  »  village  ^of    I 
the  cloud.  -^  entered  into    make  ready  for  Jiim 

Dccausc  his  face  was  as  though  ht' 


I  the  M?,i.""'™-'''''"''e  a  voice  out  of 

J5ed's:^n:^;;^fh-™^-"yb/ 
Uu^s^!;^^,/'i-:-i-r«s^ 

kept  ,<  close,  and  told  no      L„  i;\ 
therhtT.:e!.',',^ '''■"-- """S-vhiJi; 

fli<:xtS^;:^i;y-*;;.p-^«-^on 

aown.  from   the  hill,  much    p^:;;;ie^ 
;w  And,  behold,  a  man  of  the  com 
panv  cried  out,  saving,  M.ister  I  be 
seecli  thee,  I,»k  unou  my  soi-   ibr 
)  he  IS  mine  onlv  child.  '    ^ 

,;0  And.  l„,  ,1  ,,,i  .-t  taketh  him,  and 


D3oha4.  4,  9, 


o  a  Kinj,  1. 


would  go  to  Jerusalc' 

«i^ii^^.^i^\^;i:t;i^T'--?-es| 

wilt  thou  that  wo  commn,  '«,,'• 
come  down  from  heave  ''„f cm" 
sume^them,  even  as  "  ICIins  d  li  "" 
f  But  he  turned,  and  rebuked 
hem.  and  said.  Ye  icnow  not  what 
manner  of  spirit  ye  are  of.  ' 

o(>Forl'theSonofmanisnotc 
to  destroy  men's      ves,  but  to  s„v„  , 

vMlaW.  ""'"'   "''^  ""'''"    """''^^^^ 


Christ  sendeth  out 


ST.  LUKE 


the  seventy  disciples. 


I,  9.  37, 
il.  35. 


t,  10.11. 

■.  10,  ir7. 

1. 10  10. 


low  me.  But  he  said,  Lord,  sufter 
rae  first  to  go  and  bury  my  father. 

60  Jesus  said  unto  him,  Let  the 
dead  bury  tlieir  dead:  but  "o  thou 
and  jireacn  the  kinttdoni  of  God. 

01  And  another  also  said,  l.ord,  "I 
will  follow  thee;  but  let  nie  first  go 
bid    them    farewell,    which    are    at 


man,  having  put  his  hand  to  the 
plough,  and  looking  back,  is  fit  for 
the  kingdom  of  Cjod. 

CHAPTEK  X. 

I  Christ  9enJeth  out  at  onei!  levtnty  di$ei- 

flea  to  vurk  miruclce,  anil  to  yrtach: 
7  admonUhcih  them  to  be  humble,  and 
wherein  to  rejoice:  til  thanketh  hia  Fa- 
ther for  his  grace:  23  viai^nifieth  the 
happy  estate  of  his  church:  25  teacheth 
the  lawyer  how  to  attain  eternal  life, 
and  to  take  everyone  for  his  neighbour 
that  necdeth  his  mercy:  41  rejn-ehcnd- 
eih  Martha,  and  commendcth  Mary  her 

AFTER  these  things  the  Lord 
appointed  other  seventy  also, 
and  'sent  them  two  and  two  be- 
fore his  face  into  every  city  and 
place,  whither  he  liimself  would 
come. 

2  Therefore  said  he  unto  them, 
bThe  harvest  truly  i.<  great,  but  the 
labourers  aid  fevi:  ""pray  ye  there- 
fore the  Lord  of  the  harvest,  that  he 
would  send  forth  labourers  into  his 
harvest. 

3  Go  your  ways:  d  behold,  I  send 
you  forth  as  lambs  among  wolves. 

4  "Carry  neither  purse,  nor  scrip, 
nor  shoes:  and  f salute  no  man  by 
the  way. 

5  CAnd  into  -whatsoever  house 
ye  enter,  first  say,  I'eace  le  to  this 
house. 

G  And  if  the  son  of  peace  be  there, 
vour  peace  shall  rest  upon  it:  if  not, 
it  shall  turn  to  you  again. 

"  hAnd  in  the  same  house  remain, 
i  eating  and  drinking  such  things  as 
they  give:  for  t  the  labourer  is  wor- 
tliy  of  hia  hire.  Go  not  from  house 
to  house.  I 

8  And  into  -whatsoever  city  yc  on-! 
ter,  and  they  receive  you,  eat  such 
things  as  are  set  before  you:  j 

9  lAnd  heal  the  sick  that  are  there-l 
in.  and  sav  unto  them,  "'The  king- 
dom of  Go"d  is  come  nigh  unto  you. 

10  But  into  whatsoever  city  ye 
enter,  and  they  receive  you  not,  po 
your  ways  out  into  the  streets  of  the 
same,  and  sav, 

n  "Even  the  verv  dust  of  your 
city,  which  cleaveth  on  us,  we  do 
wipe  off  against  you:  notwithstand- 
ing, be  vc  sure  of  this,  that  the 
kingdom"  of  God  is  come  nigh  unto 
you. 

12  But  I  sav  unto  you,  that  °it 
shall  be  more'  tolerable  in  that  day 
for  Sodom,  than  for  that  city. 

13  I'Woe    uuto    thee,     Chorazin! 


woe  unto  thee,  Bethsaidal  Tor  if 
the  mighty  works  had  been  done  in 
Tyre  and  Sidon,  which  have  been 
done  in  you,  they  had  a  great  w  liile 
ago  repented,  sitting  in  sackclotii 
and  ashes. 

14  But  it  shall  be  more  tolerable  for 
Tyre  and  Sidon  at  the  judgment, 
thau  for  vou. 

15  'And  thou,  Capernaum,  which 
art  ^exaltcil  U\  heaven,  'shalt  be 
thrust  down  to  hell. 

10  "lie  that  hearcth  you  hearcth 
me;  and  "he  that  despiseth  you 
despiseth  me  ;  >  and  he  that  de- 
spiseth uic  despiseth  him  that  sent 
me. 

17  IT  And  '  the  seventy  returned 
againwithjoy,  saying.  Lord, even  the 
devils  are  subject  unto  ua  through 
thy  name. 

liS  And  he  said  unto  them,  'I 
beheld  Satan  as  lightning  fall  from 
heaven. 

lil  Behold,  1)  I  give  unto  you  power 
to  tread  on  serpents  andscarpions, 
and  over  all  the  power  of  the  enemy  ,• 
and  nothing  shall  by  any  means 
hurt  vou. 

20  Kotwithstanding,  in  this  rejoice 
not,  that  the  spirits  are  subject  unto 
you ;  but  rather  rejoice,  because 
■^  vour  names  are  written  in  heaven. 

21  IT  '1  In  that  hour  Jesus  rejoiced 
in  spirit,  and  said,  I  thank  thee,  O 
Father,  Lord  of  hoavin  ami  earth, 
that  thou  ha.'-t  hid  these  things  from 
tlic  wise  and  prudent,  and  hast  re- 
vealed them  uul.)  babes:  even  so. 
Father;  for  bo  it  seemed  good  in  thy 
sight. 

22  '  II  All  things  are  delivered  to  me 
of  mv  Fatlur:  and  fno  man  know- 
eth  who  Ibe  Son  is,  but  the  Father; 
and  will!  tlie  Father  is,  hut  the  Son, 
and  Itc  to  whom  the  Son  will  reveal 
him. 

'£'>  IT  And  he  turned  him  unto  hit 
disciples,  and  said  piivatelv,  f  Bless- 
ed (Of  the  eyes  which  sec  the  things 
that  ve  see: 

24  For  1  tell  you,  I  that  many 
prophets  and  kings  have  desired  to 
sec  those  things  which  ye  see,  and 
have  not  seen  IIkih;  and  to  hear 
those  things  which  yo  hear,  and 
liave  not  heard  them. 

25  IT  And,  behold,  a  certain  lawyer 
stood  up,  and  tempted  him,  saying, 
1  Master,  what  shall  1  do  to  inherit 
eternal  life  ?  . 

2(i  He  said  unto  him.  What  U 
written  in  tho  lowV  liow  readcut 
thou? 

27  .\iid  he  onswering  said,  k  Thou 
Shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  (iod  with  all 
thv  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
aiul  with  all  thv  strrugth.  ami  with 
all  thv  mind;  und  I  thy  neighbour 
a.s  thvself.  . .   •    „t 

2S  And  he  said  unto  hini.  Thoii 
hast  answered  right:  thin  do,  and 
'"  tliou  sholt  live. 


Parable  of  the  good  Samarifa>,.        ST.  LUKE 


-'?  But  he,  willing  to  "  justify  him 

ao  And  jesua  answcrins  said  A 
salem  to  Jericho,  and  fell  amonc 
raiment  "^f^  ''"'^P''*!  him  J?  hil 
m  pT  1  ""^  ^OH'«lt-d  Mm,  and  de- 
p.ii  ted,  leaving  /„„,  halfdead. 

,Lt"t  ^J  ?^?"r  .'here  came  down 


ChriH  teacheth  to  pray. 


a  certain  pricsHhat  way  rand' X,"J    t!::^'>^\  ffo  '^'^d  -"o^int^ 
^f.!?T.  >""•  °he  passe-i'  by  on  the    ')^7^'^^l})^'.^^^^  "^  torn  evil 


■■  >""<.Bi  luai  way;  and  when 

o^'he^^:id'^•°''^^''-'^^»'^-th^ 

v^'Vt''.hl''^T''^  *  ^''=^''''-  -"-hen  he 
was  at  the  place,  came  and  looked 
onhun,  and  passed  by  on  the  other 


2  And  he  said  unto  them,  "When  vp  I  A  n  m  " 
pray,  say,  "Our  Father  which  art  N^^^^^l 
...  Wen    Hallowed  be  thy  name     .^^I^^XT 

dmfe  aTf;,"?""   •='""*^-     T''/ will  be 
uonc,  as  in  heaven,  so  in  earth.  ' 

biefd.      "'  "'^''^  ^^  ^■''y  «"■•  daily 

i  And  forgive  ns  our  sins:  for  we 

aeMc^i^-7p,^^i;-^^in- 


lide. 


I  Or. /.MA. 


QJohn  U.  1. 
4  li  2,  3. 
:.  7.  34 


r  A  i,  '  .  .  "^  ^'-"*er  us  irom  evil 
vr.f".''  nV'^''  """>  'hem,  AvKch  of 
J  ou  shall  have  a  friend,  and  shall  i?o 

lin'f  l'"^  ^i  midnight,  and  sav  un^o 
1   in   I  riend,  lend  me  three  loaves- 

(>  I  or  a  friend  of  mine"in  hU  Your- 

"n'^to  s'eH!/"  T-  ""11  hav"^o"h.  I 
ing  to  set  before  him  ' 

and  so^v'">.^'''''"ir"'''°  ^hall  answer 

|^^sM;;^re''hVii?L^- 

-ou.hthimtoanlnn.a„dtS^U.?;i^"-.on,_.Tho^^ 
n„';t^?'\,°°.  "',•=  "i"'-™^''  "-hen  he  de-    tuniii''V5  ■^•?,' '«:cause  of  his  "impor- 


./•  wP"  u  '  ••  "'"  repay  thee. 

Jj  Wh.ch  now  of  these  three,  think- 1    in  V  "- 
est  thou,  was  neighbour  unto  him  Lc-L^h""  "^VI  ","<'  'hat  asketh  re- 
that  fell  among  the  thieves?  "    and  tn  .;;?"'.', ''?    hat  sceketh  findeth; 

m^re^y^^u'li^jr"'  '^}fen"'s1id^"?-'^'"  "p^"'                            "^  "  ''"'  ""^ 

V"'»  hi.u.  Go,  and  do  thou  likewTs"'  r.fVl.?.''  ?,  '?"  ''"■■'"  "^"^  h.-ead  of  any 

.«  f  Now  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  ,1^"  ''"''','"  a.fiither,  will  he  giv^ 

went,  that  he  entered  into  a  certain  1  «•  ^  ''*2"?-  ?•"  ''  ''<'  ""^  a  fi.^h    will 

vil  age:  and  a  certain  woman  named  'I'.n'.i (*.'''  ^"?, '"'"  =^  serpent?       " 

he^^d^'jii^'^or;-'  "'  ^--'  ^■-'.  -d    'o  V/vrg'*'o!f  •g'Jl^rn^n^i!-  .^-^ J- 
«  IJut  Slartha  was  cumbered  abonf    ^         '  ,'^°}V  '""eh  more  shall  vour 

41    And   Jesus  answi'ed    a   d  said  UT."   '«  P?^''.  "''e.i   the  devil   was 
things:  -"Jout  many      hi  But  so.nc  of  them  «aid    fiT„o„. 


42  Hut  'one  thing  is  needful-  nr,,i  I  .i  '  t"" ,. —  ""■  """ui; 
Mary  hath  chose.,  tl.a  °ood  „arf  '  n?  '"'''ef  of  the  devils? 
wh.ch  Shall  not  be  take..  ^  fi    «l^J^.^fcg.M^„,^-. 

Mded  against  iUclf  is  brouX  to'  le '.  |   *...u V-ir 

if^riir'^2i^''^ifii-c: 

'•>  And  if  1  by  Ueelzebiib  cast  out 
A  ND  it  came  to  pass,  that,  ns  he    S.  on/v'^H"™/'"  •^"'?"'"  "'"^  east 

s:.id  ..ntoKVLTtcl.  '  stZ'r    e?•t'!rt';;?v^""'>  "T  «,'■"""'"■  f^-^d 
as  John  also  t:.ught  Ids  disciples^™^'  I  ^l^t,'.  of  G^o^i'  ^con?eti  .'j'i'u'  '"" 


CUAPTER  XI. 

ttanlly :    11  aesiici,,^,  f/,„(  tf^j  .^^ 
»I7«  »s  ,/oOii  thiniia.     14  Z/i,  eaalin,, 
"dumb  JcviLrcOu/ccth  the  Ua3,,l,vm..„ 
I,l7j.!',"',k  ""''    »''^'"'f"<    w/w    are 

„«T  ,  •■  ?  !•"'"■''<•"'  >o  the  people 
and  reprelicmleth  ,l,e  outward  ihe, 
liolinest  in  the  JViarUcea,  ecHbca. 


68 


Christ  reproveth  the  Pharisees,  ST.  LUKE  aiid  pronouneeth  xcoes  agaiiut  them. 


tJIitt.  7.  21. 
ch.  8.  21. 
J.mo  1.  1i. 

■  Mall.  12.  33. 


21  'When  a  stronR  man  armed  kecp- 
eth  )iis  palace,  his  ^oods  arc  in  pea<;c: 

22  But  "'  when  a  etron^-er  than  he 
shall  come  iiiwjn  liiin,  ami  <)V(Teoinc 
him,  lie  taketh  from  liini  all  lii.s  iirm- 
our  wherein  lie  trusted,  and  divid- 
eth  his  spoils. 

23 "lie  that  is  notwitlimc  is  against 
mc;  and  lie  that  gathereth  nut  with 
me  seattereth. 

24''AVhcn  the  xinclean  spirit  is  pone 
out  of  a  man,  he  walketh  through 
dry  places,  scekin;  rest:  ami  fiiuliiij; 
none,  he  Baith,  I  will  return  unto  my 
house  whence  I  came  out. 

25  And  wlien  he  cometh,  he  iindeth 
it  swept  and  {garnished. 

2G  Then  poeth  he,  and  taketh  io 
him  seven  other  spirits  more  wicked 
tlian  liiniself;  and  tliey  enter  in,  and 
dwell  there:  and  fthe  last  !'(ute  of 
that  man  is  worse  than  the  lirst. 

27  TT  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  he 
spake  these  things,  a  certain  woman 
of  the  company  lilted  up  lier  voice, 
and  said  unto  him,  't  Blessed  is  tlie 
womb  that  bare  thee,  and  the  paps 
which  tiiou  liast  sucked. 

2S  But  he  said.  Yea,  "■  rather,  bless- 
ed are  they  that  hear  the  word  of 
God,  and  keep  it. 

29  IT  'And  when  the  people  were 
gathered  t'lick  to»etlier,  he  began  to 
say.  This  is  an  evil  generation:  they 
seikasi{rn;  and  there  eluiU  no  sii;n 
be  given  it,  but  the  siyii  of  Jonas  the 
prophet. 

30  For  as  'Jonas  waa  a  sign  unto 
the  Nincvites,  so  shall  also  the  Son 
of  man  be  to  this  generation. 

31  "  The  queen  of  the  south  shall 
rise  up  in  tire  judgment  with  the 
men  of  this  generation,  and  con- 
demn them:  for  she  came  from  tiie 
utmost  parts  of  the  earth  to  hear  the 
wisdom  of  Solomon ;  and,  behold,  a 
greater  than  Solomon  is  here. 

32  The  men  of  Nineveh  shall  rise 
up  in  the  judgment  with  this  gen- 
eration, and  shall  condemn  it :  for 

"  they  repented  at  tlie  preaching  of 
Jonas;  and,  behold,  a  greater  than 
Jonas  ii  here. 

3;!  >  No  man,  when  he  hath  lighted 
a  candle,  putteth  it  in  a  secret  place, 
neither  under  a  |!  bushel,  but  on  a 
candlestick,  that  tliey  which  come 
in  may  see  the  light. 

;U  '"the  light  of  the  body  is  the  eye: 
therefore  when  thine  eye  is  single, 
thy  whole  body  also  is  full  of  light: 
but  when  tliitte  eye  is  evil,  thy  body 
also  IS  full  of  darkness. 

35  Take  heed  therefore,  that  the 
light  which  is  in  thee  be  not  dark- 

sJ  if  thv  whole  body  therefore  6c 
full  of  light,  having  no  part  dark, 
the  whole  shall  be  full  of  light,  as 
when  tthe  bright  shining  of  a  cau- 
dle doth  give  thee  light. 

.37  II  And  as  he  spake,  a  certain 
rharisce  besought  him  to  dine  with 


him :  and  he  went  in,  and  sat  down 
to  meat. 

.".S  And  "  when  the  riiariscc  naw  it, 
he  marvelled  that  he  had  not  first 
washcil  beti>rc  dinner. 

;;!•  l'.\nd  the  Lord  said  nnto  him. 
Now  do  yo  IMiarisecs  make  clean  the 
outside  of  the  cnp  and  the  platter: 
but  'your  inwaril  part  is  full  of  rav- 
ening and  wickedness. 

40  IV  tuols,  did  not  he,  that  made 
that  which  is  without,  make  that 
which  is  within  ul^o? 

41  J  But  ruthcr  g\jc  alms  I'gf  RU£h 
things  as  y£  hijyc  ;  anTir  behold,  all 
things  are  clean  nnto  you. 

42  "^But  woe  unto  you,  PharisoesI 
for  ye  tithe  mint  and  rue  ond  all 
inanncrof  herbs,  and  pa.'s  over  judg- 
ment and  the  love  of  Goil :  these 
ought  ye  to  have  done,  and  not  to 
leave  the  other  undone. 

43  fWoe  unto  you,  riiarisees!  for 
ye  love  the  u|>p"ermost  scats  in  the 
synagogues,  and  greetings  in  the 
markets. 

44  I!  Woo  nnto  you,  scribes  an'l 
Pharisees,  hypocrites!  Hbrye  areas 
graves  wiiich  apjiear  not,  and  the 
men  that  walk  over  tliciii  arc  not 
aware  of' them. 

45  IT  'I'hen  answered  one  of  the 
lawyers,  and  said  unto  him,  Mae- 
ter,'thus  saying  thou  rcproachot  us 
also. 

4C  And  he  said.  Woe  unto  you  also, 
ye  lawyers  I  ifor  ye  lade  men  with 
burdens  grievous  to  be  borne,  .niid 
ye  yourselves  tnucli  not  the  burdeus 
wit1i  one  of  your  fingers. 

47  k.  Woe  unto  you !  for  yc  build  the 
sepulchres  (>f  the  prophets,  and  your 
fatheru  killed  them. 

4.S  Truly  ve  bear  witness  that  yc  al- 
low the  'deeds  of  your  fathers  :  for 
thev  indeed  killed  them,  and  ye 
build  their  .sepulchres. 

411  Therefore  also  said  the  wisdom 
of  God,  II  will  send  them  prophets 
and  apostles,  and  runic  of  them  they 
shall  Slav  and  pers.cute: 

M  Tha't  the  blood  of  all  the  proph- 
ets, whirli  was  slicd  from  the  foun- 
ibiticiu  (  f  tlie  worlil,m:iy  be  required 
of  this  geiicriition: 

n  '"Kmni  the  blood  of  Abel  unto 
"the  blood  of  Zaih.irias.  which  per- 
ished hdwccn  the  altar  and  the  tem- 
ple: verily  1  sny  unto  you.  It  shall 
be  required  of  this  generation. 

52  "Woe  unto  you,  lawyers  1  for  ye 
have  taken  away  the  key  of  knowl- 
ed-e:  ve  entered  not  in  yourselven, 
and  them  that  were  entering  in  yc 
II  hindered. 

.V!  .\nd  as  he  said  these  things  unto 
them,  the  scribe«  and  the  I'harisces 
began  to  urge  Ami  vehemently,  and 
to  provoke  him  to  speak  of  many 


:A  Laying  wait  for  him,  and  Pscfk- 
ing  to  catch  soinething  out  of  hi» 
mouth,  that  Ihcy  might  accuse  hini. 


Christ  teacheth  to  avoid  hypocrisy.    ST.  LUKR 


Against  worldly  carefulness. 


cM«lt.  in  26 
th.  B.  11. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

1  Christ  prenchelh  to  hi>  digciyiUa  to  nvoid 
hypocrigj/,  and  ftarfulne»»iti  publishing 
hie  doctrine  :  13  tvamcth  the  people  to 
beivarc  of  covetousnetl,  ty  the  parable  of 
the  rich  man  who  set  up  greater  bam». 
a  We  muat  not  be  over  careful  of  earthly 
things.  31  but  seek  the  kingdom  of  God, 
33  give  alma,  30  be  ready  at  a  knock  to 
open  to  our  Lord  whensoever  he  comcth. 
41  Christ's  ministers  are  to  see  to  their 
charge,  49  atid  look  for  persecution.  54 
The  people  must  take  this  time  of  grace, 
M  because  it  is  a  fearful  thing  to  die 
without  reconciliation. 

IN  "the  mean  time,  when  there 
were  gatlicrcd  together  an  in- 
numerable multitude  of  people,  in- 
somuch that  they  trode  one  upon 
another,  he  began  to  say  unto  his 
disciples  first  of  all,  i>  Beware  ye  of 
the  leaven  of  the  Pharisees,  which  is 
hypocrisy. 

2  "^  For  there  is  nothing  covered, 
that  shall  not  be  revealed  •,  neither 
hid,  that  shall  not  be  known. 

o  'rherelbre,  whatsoever  ye  have 
spoken  in  darkness  shall  be  heard 
in  the  lipht;  and  that  which  ye  have 
spoken  in  the  ear  in  closets  shall  be 
proclaimed  upon  the  housetops. 

4  J  And  1  sav  unto  you  "-'my  friends, 
Be  not  afraid  ot  thein  that  kill  the 
body,  and  alter  that  have  no  more 
that  they  can  do. 

5  But  1  will  forewarn  you  whom 
ve  shall  fear:  Fear  him,  which  after 
)ie  hath  killed  hath  power  to  cast 
into  hell;  yea,  1  say  unto  you,  Fear 
him. 

(J  Arc  not  five  sparrows  solil  fiir  two 
II  farthings,  and  not  one  of  them  is 
forMtten  before  God? 

7  But  even  the  very  hairs  of  your 
head  are  all  numbered.  Fear  not 
therefore:  ye  are  of  more  value  than 
many  sparrows. 

S  f  Also  I  say  unto  you,  'Whosoover 
shall  confess  me  belore  men,  him 
shall  the  .Son  of  man  also  confess  be- 
fore the  angels  of  God; 

y  But  he  tliat  denieth  me  before 
men  shall  be  denied  before  the  angels 
of  God. 

10  And  f  whosoever  shall  speak  a 
word  against  the  Son  of  man,  it  shall 
be  forgiven  him:  but  unto  him  that 
blaspheineth  against  the  Holy  Ghost 
it  shall  not  be  forgiven. 

11  h  And  when  they  bring  you  unto 
the  synagogues,  and  vnia  magis- 
trates, and  powers,  take  ye  no  thought 
how  or  what  thing  ye  shall  answer, 
or  what  ye  shall  sav: 

U  For  the  Holy  "Ghost  shall  teach 
you  in  the  same  hour  what  ye  ought 
to  say. 

1.'5  TT  And  one  of  the  company  said 
unto  him.  Master,  speak  to  my 
brother,  that  he  divide  the  inherit- 
ance with  me. 

14   And  he  said  unto  him,  '  Man, 
who  made  me  a  judge  or  a  divider 
over  you?     „ 
70 


15  And  he  said  unto  them,  I  Take 
heed,  and  beware  of  covetousness  : 
for  a  man's  life  consisteth  not  in  the 
abundance  of  the  things  which  he 
possesseth. 

I(j  And  he  spake  a  parable  unto 
them,  saying.  The  ground  of  a  cer- 
tain rich  man  brouglit  forth  plenti- 
fully: 

17  And  he  thought  within  himself, 
saying.  What  shall  I  do,  because  I 
have  no  room  where  to  bestow  my 
fruits  ? 

1«  And  he  said.  This  will  I  do:  I 
will  pull  down  my  barns,  and  build 
greater;  and  there  will  I  bestow  all 
my  fruits  and  my  goods. 

I'J  And  1  will  say  to  my  soul,  1  Soul, 
thou  hast  much  goods  laid  up  for 
many  years ;  take  thine  case,  eat, 
drink,  and  be  merry. 

20  But  God  said  unto  liim,  T7iou 
tool,  this  night  ||  "thy  soul  shall  be 
required  of  thee:  "then  whose  shall 
those  things  be,  which  thou  hast  pro- 
vided ? 

21  So  IS  he  that  laycth  up  treasure 
for  himself,  "  and  is  not  rich  toward 
God. 

2211  And  he  said  unto  his  disciples. 
Therefore  I  say  unto  you,  i"  Take  no 
thought  for  your  life,  what  ye  shall 
eat:  neither  for  the  body,  what  ye 
shall  put  on. 

23  The  life  is  more  than  meat,  and 
the  body  !<  more  than  raiment. 

24  Consider  the  ravens  :  for  they 
neither  sow  nor  reap;  which  neither 
liave  storehouse  nor  barn ;  and  **  God 
fcedeth  them:  how  much  more  are 
ye  better  than  the  fowls? 

2.5  And  which  of  you  with  taking 
thought  can  add  to  his  stature  one 
cubit? 

2G  If  ye  then  be  not  able  to  do  that 
thing  which  is  least,  why  take  ye 
thought  for  the  rest? 

27  Consider  the  lilies  how  they  grow: 
they  toil  not,  they  spin  not;  and  yet 
I  say  unto  you,  that  Solomon  in  all 
his  glory  was  not  arrayed  like  one  of 
these. 

28  If  then  God  so  clothe  the  grass, 
which  is  to  d.iy  in  the  field,  and  to 
morrow  is  cast  into  the  oven ;  how 
much  more  imll  he  clulhc  you,  O  ye 
of  little  faith? 

2!)  And  seek  not  ye  what  ye  sh.all 
eat,  or  what  ve  shall  drink,  ||  neither 
be  ve  of  douhttui  mind. 

.■50"  For  all  these  things  do  the  na- 
tions of  the  world  seek  after  :  and 
your  Father  knoweth  that  ye  have 
need  of  tliese  things. 

31 TT  '  But  rather  seek  ye  the  king- 
dom of  God;  and  all  these  things 
shall  be  added  unto  yon. 

.'!2  Fear  not,  little  flock;  for  "it  is 
your  Father's  good  pleasure  to  give 
you  the  kingdom. 

33  '  Sell  that  ye  have,  and  give  alma; 
"  provide  yourselves  bags  which  wax 
not  old,  a  treasure  in  the  heavens 


The  duty  of  Christ's  ministers.  ST.  LUKE. 


Christ  foretelleth  of  division/. 


I.  v..  30. 


that  faileth  not,  wliere  nn  thiof  ap- 
proacheth,  neither  moth  ei/rntpteth. 

34  For  where  your  treasure  is,  there 
will  your  heart" be  also. 

.15  '''Let  your  loins  be  Rirtled  about, 
and  y  iioiir  lights  burning: 

.'il>  And  ye  yourselves  like  unto  men 
that  wait  for  their  lord,  when  he  will 
return  from  the  wcddin;;;  that,  when 
he  Cometh  and  knoekcth,  they  may 
open  unto  him  immediately. 

o"  ^  Blessed  are  those  servants, 
whom  the  lord  when  he  Cometh 
shall  find  watching :  verily  I  say 
unto  you,  that  he  shall  gird  niniseir, 
and  make  them  to  sit  down  to  nieat, 
and  will  come  forth  and  serve  them. 

."W  And  it'  he  shall  come  in  the  sec- 
ond watch,  or  come  in  the  third 
watch,  and  find  them  so,  blessed  are 
those  servants. 

S9  "  And  this  know,  that  if  the  k""<1- 
nian  of  the  house  had  known  what 
hour  the  thief  would  come,  he  would 
have  watched,  and  not  have  sutfercd 
his  house  to  be  broken  tliroujrh. 

40  bBe  ye  therefore  ready  also:  for 
the  Son  of  man  Cometh  at  an  hour 
when  ye  think  not. 

41  TT  Then  Peter  said  unto  him, 
Lord,  speakest  thou  this  parable 
unto  us,  or  even  to  all  ? 

42  And  the  Lord  said,  "^  Who  then 
is  that  faithful  and  wise  steward, 
whom  /lis  lord  shall  make  ruler  over 
his  household,  to  E've  <liem  their 
lX)rtion  of  meat  in  due  season? 

4.}  Blessed  is  that  servant,  whom 
his  lord  when  he  cometh  shall  tiud 
so  doing. 

44  "l  Of  a  truth  I  say  nnto  you,  that 
he  will  make  hiiu  ruler  over  all  that 
he  hath. 

45  «But  and  if  that  servant  say  in 
his  heart.  My  lord  dclayeth  his 
coming;  and  shall  begin  to  beat  the 
menservants  and  maidens,  and  to  eat 
and  drink,  and  to  be  drunken; 

46  The  lord  of  that  servant  will 
come  in  a  day  when  he  looketh  not 
for  him,  and  at  an  hour  when  he  is 
not  aware,  and  will  |1  cut  him  in 
sunder,  and  will  appoint  liim  hia 
portion  with  the  unbelievers. 

47  And  fthat  servant,  which  knew 
his  lord's  will,  and  prepared  not 
himseW,  neither  did  according  to 
his  will,  shall  be  beaten  with  many 
stripefi. 

48  s  But  he  that  knew  not,  and  did 
commit  things  worthy  of  stripes, 
shall  be  beaten  with  few  s^/i'/x  .-■.   For 


of  him  thev  will  ask  the  more. 

49  IT  tl  am  come  to  send  fire  on  the 
earth;  and  what  will  I,  it  it  bo  al- 
ready kindled? 

50  But  ■  I  have  a  baptism  to  be  bap- 
tized with;  and  how  am  1 1|  straiten- 
ed till  it  be  accomplished! 

51  li  Suppose  ye  that  1  nra  come  to 


I  peace  on  earth?  I  tell  you, 
is'ay;  I  but  rather  division: 
b'i  "'  For  from  henceforth  there 
liall  be  five  in  one  house  divided, 
three  against  two,  and  two  against 
tlirce. 

!  The  father  shall  be  divided 
against  the  son,  and  the  son  against 
the  father:  the  mother  against  the 
daughter,  and  the  daughter  against 
the  mother;  the  mother  in  law 
against  her  daughter  in  law,  and 
the  daughter  in  law  agaiust  her 
mother  in  law. 

54  H  And  lie  said  also  to  the  peo- 
jile,  "When  ye  see  a  cloud  rise  out 
of  the  west,'  straightway  yc  say. 
There  eometli  a  shower:  and  so  it  is. 

55  And  when  ye  see  the  south  wind 
blow,  yc  snv.  There  will  be  heat; 
and  it  eometli  to  pass. 

X  Ye  hypocrites,  yc  can  discern 
the  face  of  the  sky  and  of  the  earth; 
but  how  is  it  that  yc  do  not  discern 
this  time? 

57  Yea,  and  why  even  of  your- 
selves judge  yc  not  what  is  right? 
5S  H  "  When  thou  goest  with  thine 
adversary  to  the  magistrate,  !'«.« 
than  art  in  the  wav,  give  diligence 
that  thou  niavest  lie  delivered  from 
him:  lest  he  liale  thee  to  the  jud'c, 
and  the  judge  deliver  thee  to  the 
othoT,  and  the  olliccr  cast  thee  into 
prison. 

.Ill  I  tell  thee,  thou  shalt  not  depart 
thence,  till  thou  hast  paid  the  very 
last  li  mite. 

CHAPTER  Xin. 
1  ChrUt  prencheth  repfntuiicf  upon  the 
pHtiiifhmcnt  of  the  tlatilcatie,  and  other*. 
0  Tlie  fruilU'ei  fig  tree  man  not  BtanJ 
n  Be  hcjleth  (Au  crooAfJ  icoman:  Id 
ahcweth  the  poiierful  working  of  the 
word  in  the  hcarte  of  hit  choien,  ly  the 
parable  of  the  grain  of  muttard  eced, 
and  of  le'ai'rn  :  14  ezhorleth  to  enter  in 
at  t'ie  ttrait  gate,  31  and  reprovcth  Uer- 
od  and  Jeruautctn. 

"■priERE  were  present  at  that  sen- 

1  son  some  that  told  him  ot  the 
Galileans,  whose  blood  Pilate  had 
mingled  with  their  sacrifices. 

2  And  .Jesus  answering  said  unto 
them.  Suppose  yc  that  these  Gall- 
leans  were  sinners  above  all  the  Gal- 
ileans, because  they  sutlcred  euch 
things? 

3  1  tell  vou.  Nay:  but,  CTCcpf  yc 
repent,  yc  shall  all  likewise  perish. 

4  Or  those  eighteen,  upon  whom 
the  lower  in  Siloain  (ell,  and  slew 
them,  think  ve  that  they  were  li  sin- 
ners above  all  men  that  dwelt  in 
Jerusalem? 

5  I  tell  you,  Nav:  but,  except  yo 
repent,  yc  shall  oil  likewise  p»Ti»h. 

ti  H  He  spskc  also  this  iiarablc:  *  A 
certain  man  had  a  fig  tree  planted  in 
his  vineyard:  and  he  came  and 
sought  fruit  thereon,  and  found 
none.  ,      ,  , 

7  Then  said  he  unto  the  dresser  of 
71 


Christ  healeth  the  crooked  woman.    ST.  LUKE. 


Ue  lamenteth  over  Jerusalem. 


1  Molt.  7.  13. 

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3-2  n. 

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ou.a.io. 

his  vineyard,  Behold,  these  three 
years  1  come  eeekin«r  fruit  on  this 
fijr  tree,  and  find  none;  cut  it  down; 
vn\y  cumbereth  it  the  {ground? 

8  And  he  answering  said  unto  him. 
Lord,  let  it  alone  this  year  also,  till  I 
shall  dig  about  it,  and  dun^  il: 

y  Andif  it  bear  truit,  icdl :  and  if 
not,  then  after  that  thou  shalt  cut  it 
down. 

10  And  he  was  teaching  in  one  of 
the  synagogues  on  the  sabbath. 

U  IT  And,  behold,  there  was  a  wo- 
man which  had  a  spirit  of  infirmity 
eighteen  years,  and  was  bowed  to- 
gether, and  could  in  no  wise  lift  up 
Jicrselt. 

12  And  when  Jesus  saw  her,  he 
called  her  to  him,  and  said  unto  her. 
Woman,  tliou  art  loosed  from  tliine 
infirmity. 

}'i  11  And  he  laid  his  hands  on  her: 
and  immediately  she  was  made 
straight,  and  glorified  God. 

14  And  the  ruler  of  the  syniigogue 
answered  with  indignation,  because 
that  Jesus  had  healed  on  the  sabbath 
day,  and  said  unto  the  people,  'There 
are  six  days  in  which  men  ought  to 
work:  in  thcni  therefore  come  and 
be  healed,  and  J  not  on  the  sabbath 
day. 

15  The  Lord  then  answered  him, 
and  said,  'Ilioti  hypocrite,  '-'doth  not 
each  one  of  you  ou  the  sabbath  loose 
his  o.x  or  hts  ass  from  the  stall,  and 
lead  him  away  to  watering? 

It)  And  ought  not  this  woman,  fbe- 
ing  a  daughter  of  Abraham,  whom 
Satan  hath  bound,  lo,  these  eighteen 
years,  be  loosed  from  this  bond  on 
"the  sabbath  day? 

17  And  when  he  had  said  these 
things,  all  his  adversaries  were  a- 
shamcd:  and  all  the  people  rejoiced 
for  all  the  glorious  things  that  were 
done  by  him. 

IS  IT  BThen  said  he.  Unto  what 
is  the  kingdom  of  God  like  ?  and 
whereunto  shall  I  resemble  it? 

VJ  It  is  like  a  grain  of  mustard  seed, 
which  a  man  took,  and  cast  into  his 
garden  ;  and  it  grew,  and  waxed  a 
gre:it  tree  ;  and  the  fowls  of  the  air 
lodged  in  the  branches  of  it. 

:.'(l  And  again  he  said,  Whereunto 
shall  I  liken  the  kingdom  of  God? 

21  It  is  like  leaven,  which  a  woman 
took  and  hid  in  throe  l|  measures  of 
meal,  till  tlie  whole  was  leavened. 

•£i  li.Vnd  he  went  through  the  cities 
and  villages,  teaching,  and  journey- 
ing toward  Jerusalem. 

'S  Then  said  one  unto  him.  Lord, 
are  there  tew  that  be  saved?  And 
ho  said  unto  them, 

24  IT '  Strive  lo  enter  in  at  the  strait 
gate;  for  kiuany,  I  say  unto  you, 
will  seek  to  enter  in,  and  shall  not 
be  able. 

L'.5  1  When  once  the  master  of  the 
house  is  risen  up,  and  '"  hath  shut  to 
the  door,  and  ye  begin  to  stand  with- 
72 


out,  and  to  knock  at  the  door,  say- 
ing, "Lord,  1-ord,  open  unto  us;  and 
he  shall  answer  and  say  unto  you, 
"  I  know  you  not  whence  ye  are: 
20  Then  shall  ye  begin  to  say,  Wc 
have  eaten  and  druuK  in  thy  pres- 
ence, and  thou  hast  taught  in  our 
streets. 

27  V  But  he  shall  say,  I  tell  you,  I 
know  you  not  whence  ye  are  ;  i  de- 
part from  me,  all  j/e  workers  of  initj- 
uity. 

28  "^  There  shall  be  weeping  and 
gnashing  of  teeth,  '  when  ye  shall 
see  Abraham,  and  Isaac,  and  Jacob, 
and  all  the  proiihets,  in  the  kingdom 
of  God,  and  you  i/outselivs  thrust 
out. 

2y  And  they  shall  come  from  the 
east,  and  front  the  west,  and  from 
the  north,  and  from  the  south,  and 
shall  sit  down  in  the  kingdom  of 
God. 

30  '  And,  behold,  there  are  last 
which  shall  be  first;  and  there  are 
first  which  shall  be  last. 

31  H  The  same  day  there  came  cer- 
tain of  the  Pharisees,  saying  unto 
him.  Get  thee  out,  and  depart  hence; 
for  Herod  will  kill  thee. 

32  And  he  said  unto  them.  Go  ye, 
nnd  tell  that  fox,  Behold,  1  cast  out 
devils,  and  I  do  cures  to  day  and  to 
morrow,  and  the  third  duy  "  1  shall 
be  pei-fected. 

,'>>  Nevertheless  I  must  walk  to  day, 
and  to  morrow,  and  the  duy  follow- 
ing; for  it  cannot  be  that  a  prophet 
perish  out  of  Jerusalem. 

?A  ^  O  Jerusalem,  Jerusalem,  which 
killest  the  prophets,  and  stonest  them 
that  are  sent  unto  thee  ;  how  olten 
would  I  have  gathered  thy  children 
together,  as  a  hen  doth  gather  her 
brood  under  her  wings,  and  ye 
would  not! 

35  Behold,  >'  your  house  is  left  unto 
you  desolate;  and  verily  1  say  unto 
you.  Ye  shall  not  see  me,  until  the 
time  come  when  ye  shall  say,  *  Bless- 
ed i.<  he  that  coineth  in  the  name  of 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

2  CIlriH  healeth  tlic  dropsy  on  the  ialhath: 
7  tcaclieth  humUilt/  ;  12  to  feast  the  pour: 
15  U7ittcr  the  paraUe  of  the  great  supper, 
eheweth  how  tvorldly  minded  men,  who 
contemn  the  word  of  Ood,  thall  be  thul 
out  of  heai'en.  25  Thoee  who  will  be  his 
disciples,  to  bear  their  cross  must  make 
their  accounts  a  forehand,  test  tcitlt  shame 
thexj  revolt  from  him.  afterward,  SI  and 
become  altiujether  uti profitable ,  lika  ealt 
that  liath  toil  his  savour. 

AND  it  came  to  pass,  as  he  went 
into  the  house  of  one  of  the 
chief  Pliarisees  to  eat  bread  on  the 
sabbath  d.iv,  that  they  watched  him. 
2  And,  beliolil,  there  was  a  certain 
man  before  him  which  had  the 
dropsy. 

.'!  And  .Tesus  nnswcrinp  spake  nnto 
the  lawyers  and  Pharisees,  saying, 


The  parable  of 


ST.  LUKE. 


the  marriarie  sxtpper. 


A.  D.  aj. 

kMKtt.l2.iU. 


IE,  .23,  5. 
Dcul,  '12.  4. 
cb.  13.  li. 


"  Is  it  lawful  to  heal  on  the  sabbath 
day? 

4  And  they  held  their  pence.  And 
he  took  hint,  and  healed  him,  and  let 
iiiiii  go; 

!i  And  answered  them,  saying, 
l«  Which  of  you  shall  have  an  ass  or 
an  ox  fallen  into  a  pit,  and  ^viIl  not 
straijthtwuy  pull  him  out  on  the  sab- 
bath day? 

C  And" they  could  not  answer  him 
again  to  these  things. 

I  H  And  he  put  ihrth  a  parable  to 
those  which  were  bidden,  when  he 
marked  how  they  chose  out  the  chief 
rooms;  saying  unto  them, 

8  When  thou  art  bidden  of  any  man 
to  a  wedding,  sit  not  down  in  the 
highest  room;  lest  a  more  honoura- 
ble man  than  thou  be  bidden  of  him; 

U  And  he  that  bade  thee  and  him 
come  and  say  to  thee.  Give  this  man 
place;  and  thou  begin  with  shame 
to  take  the  lowest  room. 

10  ^  But  when  thou  art  bidden,  go 
and  sit  down  in  the  lowest  room; 
that  when  he  that  bade  thee  cometh, 
he  may  say  unto  thee.  Friend,  go  up 
higher:  then  shalt  thou  have  wor- 
ship in  the  presence  of  them  that  sit 
at  meat  with  thee. 

II  H  For  whosoever  cxalteth  himself 
shall  be  abased;  and  he  that  hum- 
bleth  himself  shall  be  exalted. 

12  IT  Then  said  he  also  to  him  that 
bade  him.  When  thou  makest  a  din- 
ner or  a  supper,  call  not  thy  friends, 
nor  thy  brethren,  neither  thy  kins- 
men, lior  tli;/  rich  neighbours;  lest 
they  also  bid  thee  ngam,  and  a  rec- 
oni"i)ense  be  made  thee. 

I'i  But  when  thou  makest  n  feast, 
call  '  tlic  poor,  the  maimed,  the  lame, 
tlic  blind: 

14  And  thou  shalt  be  blessed;  for 
they  cannot  recompense  thee  :  for 
thou  shalt  be  recompensed  at  the 
resurrection  of  the  just. 

15  U  And  when  one  of  them  that 
sat  at  meat  with  him  heard  these 
things,  he  said  uuto  lum,  fIJlessed  is 
he  that  shall  cat  bread  in  the  king- 
dom of  God. 

1()  exhen  said  he  unto  him,  A  cer- 
tain man  made  a  great  supper,  and 
bade  many: 

17  And  I"  sent  his  sen-ant  at  supper 
time  to  say  to  them  that  Avere  bid- 
den. Come;  for  all  things  are  now 
readv. 

18  And  they  all  with  one  consent 
began  to  make  excuse.  The  first 
said  unto  him,  I  have  bought  a  piece 
of  ground,  and  I  must  needs  go  and 
see  it:  I  prav  thee  have  me  excused. 

19  And  another  said,  I  have  bought 
five  yoke  of  oxen,  and  I  go  to  jirove 
them  :  I  prav  thee  have  me  excused. 

20  And  another  said,  I  liiive  married 
a  wife,  and  therefore  I  cannot  come. 

21  So  that  servant  came,  and  shewed 
his  lord  these  things.  Then  the  mas- 
ter of  the  house  being  angry  said  to 


his  servant,  Go  out  quickly  into  the 
streets  and  lanes  of  the  city,  and 
bring  in  hither  the  poor,  and  the 
maimed,  and  the  halt,  and  the  blind. 
22  And  the  servant  said.  Lord,  it  is 
done  as  tliuu  hast  commanded,  and 
yet  there  is  room. 

'2.'!  And  the  lord  said  unto  the  serv- 
ant. Go  out  into  the  highways  and 
hedges,  and  compel  Ihcni  to  ciimc  in, 
that  my  house  nuiy  be  filled. 

24  For  1  say  unto  you,  i  That  none 
of  those  men  which  were  bidden 
shall  taste  of  my  supper. 

25  H  And  there  went  great  multi- 
tudes with  him:  and  he  turned,  and 
said  unto  them, 

2(>  k  Jf  any  man  come  to  me,  l  and 
hate  not  his  father,  and  mother,  and 
wife,  and  children,  and  brethren, 
and  sisters,  '"yea,  and  his  own  Ufc 
also,  he  cannot  be  my  disciple. 

27  And  "  whosoever  doth  not  bear 
his  cross,  and  come  arter  me,  cannot 
be  mv  disciple. 

28  1-Vr  "which  of  you,  intending  to 
build  a  tower,  sittefh  not  down  first, 
and  counteth  the  cost,  whether  he 
have  siijhciciit  to  finish  i(  ? 

2U  I,,e&t  haply,  after  he  hath  laid  the 
foundation,  and  is  not  able  to  finish 
!^  all  that  behold  it  begin  to  mock 
him, 

MO  Saying.  This  man  began  to  build, 
and  was  not  able  to  finisTi. 

Itl  Or  what  king,  going  to  make 
war  against  aiu)ther  king,  sittoth  not 
down  first,  and  consulteth  whether 
he  be  able  witli  ton  tliousainl  tci  meet 
him  that  cometli  against  him  with 
twenty  thousand  ? 

32  Or  else,  while  the  other  is  yet 
a  great  way  oil',  he  sendelh  an  am- 
bassage,  and  dcsireth  conditions  of 
peace. 

33  So  likewise,  whosoever  he  be  of 
you  that  forsjikcth  not  all  that  he] 
hath,  he  cannot  be  mv  ilis<:iple.  I 

34  TI  1' Salt  i.<  good:  but  if  the  salt 
have  lost  his  savour,  wherewith  shall 
it  be  seasoned? 

35  It  is  neither  fit  for  the  land,  nor 
yet  lor  the  dunghill;  but  men  cast  it 
but.  lie  that  hath  ears  to  hear,  let 
him  hear. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1   Tlic  parable  of  the  Inst  theep :   8  of  th« 

piece  of  gUvcr:  11  of  the  prodigal  aun. 

THEN  "drew  near  iinto  him  all 
the  publicans  and  sinners  lor  to 
hear  him. 

2  And  the  Pharisees  and  scribes 
murmured,  saying.  This  man  re- 
ceiveth  sinners,  l^aud  eateth  with 
them. 

3  1  And  he  spake  this  parable  unto 
them,  saying, 

4  'What  man  of  you,  having  a 
hundred  sheep,  if  he  lose  one  of 
them,  doth  not  leave  the  ninety  and 
nine  in  the  wilikrness,  ami  go  after 
that  which  is  lost,  until  he  find  il? 


1«H  51.  «l 
.cu  U.  «0. 


.  13.11. 


.  10.  IT. 
..  1).  13. 
r.  12.  IL 

1. 1S2L 

If  M. 

•ZS. 
G  .1.  VL 


Parable  of  the  x>rodigal  son, 


ST.  LUKE. 


and  of  the  unjust  steward. 


licrs  tri 


(Mark  12.41. 


.5  And  Mlicn  he  hath  found  il,  ho 
layctli  it  on  liis  shoulders,  rejoieiuff. 

0  And  when  ho  Cometh  home,  he 
calleth  together  A  !s  friends  and  neigh- 
bours, saying  unto  them,  Keioiec 
with  me;  for  X  have  found  my  sliccp 
'1  wliich  was  lost. 

7  I  say  unto  you,  that  likewise  joy 
shall  be  in  heaven  over  one  sinner 
that  repentcth,  "^niore  than  over 
ninety  and  nine  j.ust  persons,  which 
need  no  repentance. 

8  IT  Either  what  w'oman  bavins  ten 
(Ipieccs  of  silver,  if  she  lose  one  piece, 
iloth  not  light  a  candle,  and  sweep 
the  house,  and  seek  dilijjently  till 
she  find  !(.? 

y  And  when  she  hath  found  it,  she 
calleth  har  friends  and  her  ncifjh- 
bours  together,  saying.  Rejoice  with 
me;  for  I  have  found  the  piece  which 
I  had  lost. 

10  1/ikewise,  I  say  unto  you,  there 
is  joy  in  the  ijresence  of  the  angels 
of  God  over  one  sinner  that  repent- 
cth. 

11  IT  And  ho  said,  A  certain  man 
had  two  sons: 

VI  And  the  younger  of  them  said  to 
his  iiitbcr.  Father,  give  me  the  i)or- 
tion  ot  goods  that  talleth  to  me.  And 
he  divided  unto  them  ihis  living. 

1.3  And  not  many  days  after  the 
younger  son  gathered  all  together, 
and  took  his  journey  into  a  far  coun- 
try, and  there  wasted  his  substance 
with  riotous  living. 

H  And  when  he  had  spent  all,  there 
arose  a  mighty  famine  in  that  land; 
and  he  began  to  be  in  want. 

15  And  he  went  and  joined  him- 
■r^clf  to  a  citizen  of  that  country;  and 
he  scut  him  into  his  tields  to  feed 
swine. 

!(>  And  ho  would  fain  have  filled 
his  belly  with  the  husks  that  the 
swine  did  cat  :  and  no  man  gave 
unto  hiin. 

17  And  when  he  came  to  himself, 
he  said.  How  many  hired  servants  of 
my  father's  Innc  bread  enough  and 
to  spare,  and  I  perish  with  hunger! 

18  1  will  arise  and  go  to  my  father, 
and  will  say  unto  him,  i'atbcr,  1 
have  sinned  against  heaven,  and  be- 
fore thee, 

l!i  And  am  no  more  worthy  to  bo 
called  thy  son:  make  mc  as  one  of 
thy  hired  servants. 

211  And  he  arose,  and  came  to  his 
father.  Hut  "when  he  was  yet  a 
great  way  off,  his  father  saw  "him, 
and  had  compassion,  and  ran,  and 
fell  on  his  neck,  and  kissed  liim. 

L'l  And  the  son  said  unto  him,  Fa- 
tlier,  I  have  sinned  against  heaven, 
band  in  thv  sight,  iind  am  no  more 
worthv  to  hi-  calh'd  thv  son. 

2.'  liut  tlu-  fhtluT  said  to  his  serv- 
ants, liriiig  torlli  the  best  robe,  and 
{)ut  it  on  him  ;  and  put  a  ring  on  his 
land,  and  shoes  on  liix  feet: 

23  And  bring  hither  the  fatted  calf, 
74 


and  kill  it;  and  let  us  eat,  and  be 
meiTV: 

24  il'or  this  my  son  was  dead,  and 
is  alive  again  ;  he  was  lost,  and  is 
found.    And  they  began  to  be  merry. 

25  Now  his  elder  son  was  in  the 
field:  and  as  he  came  and  drew  nigh 
to  the  house,  he  heard  music  and 
dancing. 

20  And  he  called  one  of  the  servants, 
and  asked  what  these  things  meant. 

27  And  he  said  unto  him,  Thv 
brother  is  come;  and  thy  father  hatli 
killed  the  fatted  calf,  because  he 
hath  received  him  safe  and  sound. 

28  And  he  was  angry,  and  would 
not  go  in:  therefore  came  his  father 
out,  and  entreated  him. 

21)  And  he  answering  said  to  his  fa- 
ther, 3jO,  these  many  years  do  I  serve 
thee,  neither  transgressed  1  at  any 
time  thy  commandment ;  and  yet 
thou  never  gavest  me  a  kid,  tha't  I 
might  make  merry  with  my  friends: 

30  But  as  soon  as  this  thy  son  was 
come,  which  hath  devoured  thy  liv- 
ing with  harlots,  thou  hast  killed  for 
him  the  fatted  calf. 

31  And  he  said  unto  him.  Son,  thou 
art  ever  with  me,  and  all  that  1  have 
is  thine. 

32  It  was  meet  that  we  should  make 
merry,  and  be  glad:  kfor  this  thy 
brother  was  dead,  and  is  alive  again; 
and  was  lost,  and  is  found. 

ClIAPTEK  XVI. 

1  The  parable  of  t/te  uajust  strward.    14 

Clirist    rcprovetli  the  liypocriatj   of  the 

coveloua  I'ltariicet.   19  The  rich  glutton, 

and  Lazarita  the  beggar. 

AND  he  said  also  unto  his  disci- 
ples. There  was  a  certain  rich 
man,  which  had  a  steward;  and  the 
same  was  accused  unto  him  that  he 
had  wasted  his  goods. 

2  And  he  called  him,  and  said  unto 
him.  How  is  it  that  I  hear  this  of 
thee?  give  an  account  of  thy  stew- 
ardship; for  thou  inayest  be  no  long- 
er steward. 

3  Then  the  steward  said  within 
himself,  "What  shall  I  do?  for  my 
lord  taketh  away  from  me  the  stew- 
ardship: 1  canuot  dig;  to  beg  I  ara 
ashamed. 

4  I  am  resolved  what  to  do,  that, 
when  I  am  put  out  of  the  steward- 
ship, they  may  receive  me  into  their 
houses. 

5  So  he  called  every  one  of  his 
lord's  debtors  imlo  him,  and  said  un- 
to the  first.  How  much  owcst  thou 
unto  my  lord? 

I!  And  ho  said,  A  hundred  ||  meas- 
ures of  oil.  And  he  said  unto  him. 
Take  thy  bill,  and  sit  down  iiuickly, 
and  write  fifty. 

7  Then  said  he  to  another.  And 
how  much  owest  thou  ?  And  he 
said,  A  hundrcil  l|  measures  of  wheat. 
And  he  said  unto  him,  Take  thy 
bill,  and  write  fourscore. 

8  And  the  lord  commended  the  un- 


The  rich  man 


ST.  LUKK 


and  Lazarus. 


f  ch.  10.  29. 
g  Pa.  7.  f). 
U  1  S»ra.  IB,1 


just  ptcwanJ,  because  lie  had  done 
wi-sely:  tor  tlip  cliildiTn  oftliis  world 
arc  iu  tlicir  pcncratiun  wiser  thau 
"tlic  children  cilli^'ht. 

y  And  1  say  inito  you,  i>Makc  to 
yourselves  friends  of  the  ||  niannnon 
of  unrighteousness  ;  that,  » lien  ye 
fail,  they  may  receive  you  into  ever- 
lasting; hahitations. 

1(1  ^  He  tliai  i.s  fhithfid  in  tliat  whicli 
is  least  i,s  faithful  al.-^o  in  inu<-h:  and 
that  i.s  unjust  iu  the  least  is  un- 


inZeiih.lt.12. 

n  ii.  en.  21. 

MBrk  9.  41, 


just  also  ill 


eh. 


11  If  therefore  yc  have  not  been 
faithful  iu  the  unrij;hteous  ||  main- 
nion,  who  will  commit  to  your  trust 
the  true  riches  f 

12  And  if  ye  have  not  been  faithful 
in  that  which  is  another  man's,  who 
shall  give  you  that  which  is  your 
own? 

13  IT  <!  No  sei-vant  can  serve  two 
masters:  for  cither  he  will  hate  tl»c 
one,  and  love  the  other;  or  else  he 
will  hold  to  the  one,  and  dospLse  the 
other.  Yc  cannot  serve  God  and 
mammon. 

14  And  the  Pharisees  also,  '^who 
were  covetous,  lieard  all  these  things: 
and  they  derided  him. 

15  And  he  said  unto  them,  Yc  are 
they  which  fjustify  yourselves  before 
mcii;  but  *^God  knowcth  your  hearts: 
for  tithat  which  is  highly  esteemed 
among  men  is  abonuuatiou  iu  the 
si^htof  God. 

hi  i  The  law  and  the  prophets  trrrc 
until  Joliu:  since  that  time  the  king- 
dom of  God  is  preached,  and  every 
man  presseth  into  it. 

17  kAnd  it  is  easier  for  heaven  and 
earth  to  pass,  thau  one  tittle  of  the 
law  to  fail. 

I.S  IWhosoever  puttcth  away  Ids 
'wife,  and  marrieth  another,  commit- 
teth  adultery:  and  whosoever  mar- 
rieth her  that  is  put  away  from  licr 
husband  committeth  adultery. 

I'.l  II  There  was  a  certain  rich  man, 
wiiieh  was  clothed  in  purple  and 
fine  linen,  and  fared  sumptuously 
evcrv  day : 

ai  And  there  was  a  certain  beggar 
named  I/azarus,  which  was  laid  at 
his  gate,  full  of  sores, 

21  And  desiring  to  be  fed  with  the 
crumbs  which  fell  from  the  rich 
man's  table :  moreover  the  dogs  came 
and  licked  his  sores. 

'J2  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  the 
beggar  died,  and  was  carrieil  by  the 
angels  into  Abraham's  bosom:  the 
rich  man  .also  died,  and  was  buried; 

2.3  And  in  hell  he  lifted  up  his  eves, 
being  in  torments,  an<l  secth  Abra- 
ham afar  oil',  and  Lazarus  ni  his 
bosom. 

•24  And  he  cried  and  said.  Father 
Abraham,  have  meny  on  me,  and 
send  Lazarus,  that  he  may  dip  the 
tip  of  his  finger  in  water,  and  '"cool 
my  tongue;  for  1  "am  tormcntcu  in 
this  flame. 


25  But  Abraham  said.  Son,  "re- 
member tliat  thou  in  thv  litetimc  re- 
c.'ive(l..^t  thy  good  things,  and  like- 
wise Lazarus  evil  things:  but  now 
he  is  I'onilorted,  and  thuu  art  tor- 
mented. 

2(>  .\nd  beside  all  this,  between  us 
and  you  lliere  is  a  great  gulf  fixed: 
so  that  they  whii-h  W(nild  puss  from 
hence  to  you  cannot ;  neither  can 
thev  pass  to  us,  that  uouUI  iu)iie from 
thiiiee. 

27  Then  lie 
lore,  father,  I 
him  foinv  fallur's  liou.^e: 

•M  For  1  have  fivi-  liretliren;  flint  he 
may  testify  unto  them,  lest  they  also 
come  into  this  phiee  of  forment. 

•£)  Abraham  taitli  unto  him,  I' They 
have  .Moses  and  the  prophets ;  let 
tliein  hear  them. 

.■;il  And  he  said.  Nay,  father  Abra- 
ham: but  if  one  went  unto  them  from 
the  (lead,  they  will  repent. 

;;!  And  he  said  unto  him.  If  they 
hear  not  Moses  and   tlie    prophels. 
''neither    will    they    be    persuaded, 
though  one  rose  from  the  dead. 
CHAPTER  XVIL 

1  Vhritt  teachcth  to  aviiitl  orentiottt  of  it,f- 
fe^ir.e.  i  Onetoffri/ifc  anollicr.  0  The 
'power  of  failh.  7  How  wc  arc  bound  to 
(loll,  ami  not  lit  to  lis.  i\  JIc  htnltlh  Icn 
Icpem.  22  Of  the  kingitom  of  Uod,  and 
the  coming  of  the  Son  of  man. 

'"pllKN  said  he  unto  the  disciples, 

1  -It  is  impossible  but  that  offences 
will  come :  but  woe  iiiilu  lain,  through 
whom  tliey  come! 

2  It  were  better  for  him  that  a  mill- 
stone were  hanged  abmit  his  neck, 
and  he  cast  into  the  sea,  thau  that  he 
should  otlend  one  of  these  little  ones. 

•■•j  H  Take  heed  to  yourselves:  I'lf 
thy  brother  trespass  against  thee, 
■^^  rebuke  him;  and  if  he  repent,  for- 
give him. 

4  And  if  he  trespass  against  thee 
seven  times  iu  a  day,  and  seven 
times  in  a  day  turn  again  to  thee, 
saving,  I  repent;  thou  shall  forgive 
hi'm. 

5  And  the  apoefles  said  unto  the 
Lord,  Increase  our  tiiitli. 

t)  >l  And  the  Lord  said.  If  yc  hod 
faith  as  a  grain  ot  mustard  seed,  yc 
might  sav  unto  this  sveaminc  tree. 
He  thou  plucked  up  bv  the  root,  and 
be  tlu'U  phinted  in  the  sea:  and  it 
should  obev  von. 

7  lint  which  of  you,  having  n  serv- 
ant plcuiL'liing  or  feeding  cattle,  will 
sav  unto  him  bv  and  by.  when  he  is 
come  from  the  field.  Go  and  sit  down 
to  nieati' 

«  And  will  not  rather  sav  unto  him, 
Make  readv  wherewith  I  nniy  sup, 
and  gird  tliyselt,  •'aud  serve  me.  tdl 
I  liave eaten  and  drunken:  and  bIVt- 
ward  thou  shalt  eat  and  drink/ 

II  Doth  he  thank  that  servant   be- 
cause he  did   the  Ihiugs  that  were 
commanded  him?    I  trow  not. 
75 


A.  0.33. 

o.'..1.21.  13. 


Christ  healeth  ten  lepers. 


ST.  LUKR 


The  importunate  widow. 


fJoli  22.  3.  St 
3.I.  7. 
P..  16,  2. 
Mjilt. '25  30. 
Kom  3. 12.* 


h  Lev.  13,  46. 


LT^T,  13,  2,  i 


k  Matt.  9.  22. 
M.irk  5.  31. 
i  111.  Oi 
cU.  7,  50.  & 
8.  IS,  4  13. 


n  Soo  Matt.  9, 
I.'.. 
John  17.  12. 


10  So  likewise  ye,  when  ye  shall 
have  done  all  tlio.se  things  wnich  are 
comnmnded  you,  say.  We  arc  I'un- 
protitablc  servants :  we  have  done 
that  which  was  our  duty  to  do. 

11  f  And  it  came  to  pass,  Sas  he 
went  to  Jerusalem,  that  he  passed 
through  the  midst  of  Samaria  and 
Galilee. 

12  And  as  he  entered  into  a  certain 
village,  there  met  him  ten  men  that 
were  lepers,  li  wliich  stood  afar  oft': 

13  And  they  lifted  up  their  voices, 
and  said,  Jesus,  Master,  have  mercy 
on  tis. 

H  And  when  he  saw  them,  he  said 
unto  them,  i  Uo  shew  yourselves 
unto  tlic  priests.  And  it  came  to 
pass,  tliat,  as  tlicy  went,  they  were 
cleansed. 

15  And  one  of  them,  when  he  saw 
that  he  was  healed,  turned  bacl<,  and 
with  a  loud  voice  glorified  God, 

16  And  fell  down  on  his  face  at  his 
feet,  givinf;  him  thanks:  and  he  was 
a  Samaritan. 

17  And  Jesus  answering  said,  Were 
tliere  not  ten  cleansed  i"  but  where 
are  tlie  nine  ? 

IS  There  arc  not  found  that  re- 
turned to  give  glory  to  God,  save 
tliis  stranger. 

11)  kAnd  he  said  nnto  him.  Arise, 
go  tliy  way  :  tliy  faitli  hatli  made 
thee  whole. 

20  IT  And  when  ho  was  demanded 
of  tlie  Pharisees,  when  the  kingdom 
of  God  should  come,  he  answered 
them  and  said.  The  kingdom  of  God 
comcth  not  ||  with  observation: 

21  1  Neither  shall  they  sav,  IjO  here! 
or,  lo  there!  for,  behold,  ""the  king- 
dom of  God  is  II  within  you. 

22  And  he  said  unto  the  disciples, 
"  The  days  will  come,  when  ye 
shall  desire  to  sec  one  of  the  days 
of  the  Son  of  man,  and  yc  shall  not 
see  it. 

ai  "And  thcv  shall  say  to  yon.  See 
here;  or,  see  tliere:  go  not  alter  t/iein, 
nor  follow  tliem. 

24  I'  For  as  the  lightning,  that  light- 
eneth  out  of  the  one  part  under 
heaven,  shincth  nnto  the  other  jinrt 
under  heaven;  so  shall  also  the  Son 
of  man  be  in  his  day. 

2.')  'I But  first  must  he  suffer  many 
things,  and  be  rejected  of  this  gener- 
ation. 

20  "^And  as  it  was  in  the  days  of 
Noe,  so  shall  it  be  also  in  the  days 
of  the  Son  of  man. 

27  They  did  cat,  they  drank,  they 
married  wives,  they  were  "iven  iii 
marriage,  until  the  d;iy  that  Niw 
entered  into  the  ark,  an'd  the  flood 
came,  and  destroyed  them  all. 

25  "Likewise  also  as  it  was  in  fhc 
days  of  r,.,t;  they  did  cat.  thoy 
drank,  thcv  bought,  they  sold,  they 
planted,  thcv  buildcd; 

20    But    'the    same    day   that    I,nt 
went   out  of   Sodom  it  rained  fire 
7B 


and  brimstone  from  heaven,  and 
destroyed  them  all. 

30  Even  thus  shall  it  be  in  the  day 
when  the  Son  of  man  "  is  revealed. 

31  In  that  day,  he  "which  shall 
be  upon  the  housetop,  and  his  stuff 
in  the  house,  let  him  not  come 
down  to  take  it  away:  and  he  that 
is  in  the  field,  let  him  Ukewise  not 
return  back. 

32  >  Kemcmber  loot's  wife. 

33  ^  Whosoever  sliall  seek  to  save 
his  life  shall  lose  it;  and  whosoever 
shall  lose  his  life  shall  preserve  it. 

34  "1  tell  you,  in  that  night  there 
shall  be  two  wen  in  one  bed  ;  the 
one  shall  be  taken,  and  the  other 
shall  he  left. 

35  Two  women  shall  be  grinding 
togetlier ;  the  one  shall  be  taken, 
and  the  other  left. 

31)  II  Two  men  shall  be  in  the  field; 
the  one  shall  be  taken,  and  the  other 
left. 

37  And  they  answered  and  said 
nnto  him,  iiWhere,  Lord?  And  he 
said  unto  tlieni.  Wheresoever  the 
body  !>,  thither  will  the  eagles  be 
gathered  together. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 

3  Of  the  importunate  widow.  0  Of  the 
Pharisee  and  the  piMiean.  15  CItildrcn 
brouglit  to  Christ.  18  A  ruler  tliat 
•would  follow  Christ,  but  is  hindrrcd  by 
his  riehea.  28  The  reward  of  them  that 
leave  all  for  his  sake.  31  He  foreslirw- 
eth  his  death,  a5  and  rcBtorcth  a  Hind 
manto  his  sight. 

ND    he   spake   a   parable    nnto 
them  to  tliif  cnri,  that  men  ought 

"always  to  pra3',  and  not  to  faint; 

2  Saying,  There  was  fin  a  citv  a 
judge,  which  feared  not  God,  ncitlicr 
regarded  man : 

3  And  tlierc  was  a  widow  in  that 
city;  and  she  came  unto  liiin,  say- 
ing. Avenge  me  of  mine  advcrsarv. 

4  And  he  would  not  for  a  while  : 
bnt  afterward  he  said  within  him- 
self. Though  I  fear  not  God,  nor 
regard  man ; 

,^bYet  because  this  widow  tronb- 
leth  me,  I  will  avenge  her,  lest  by 
her  continual  coming  she  weary  me. 

0  .\nd  fhc  I^ord  said,  Hear  what  the 
unjust  judge  saith. 

7  And  ^"  shall  not  God  avenge  his 
own  elect,  which  cry  day  and  night 
nnto  him,  though  he  bear  long  with 
them  ? 

8  I  tell  you  rtthat  lie  will  avenge 
them  speedily.  Nevertheless,  when 
the  Sou  of  'man  Cometh,  shall  he 
hud  faith  on  the  earth? 

0  And  he  spake  this  rarable  unto 
certain  ^'  which  trusted  in  them- 
selves II  that  they  were  righteous, 
and  despised  others: 

10  Two  men  went  up  into  the 
teniple  to  pniv;  the  one  a  Pharisee, 
and  tlicthera  pulili.an. 

11  The  Plinrisce  >  sic.i.d  and  pravcd 
thus   with   hiuisuir,    c  God,   1   thank 


A 


The  Pharisee  and  publican. 


ST.  LUKE.        Christ  forctcllclh  his  own  death. 


thee,  that  1  am  not  as  otiier  iiu-n  arc, 
cxtiirtioiicrs,  xinjust,  udultvi'crs,  or 
even  as  this  puhhcan. 

12  1  fast  twite  in  the  week,  1  g^ivc 
tithes  of  nil  that  I  possess. 

13  And  the  publican,  standinj^  afnr 
oft',  would  not  lift  up  so  much  as  Itts 
eyes  unto  heaven,  but  smote  upon 
his  breast,  saying,  God  be  merciful 
to  mc  a  sinner. 

14  I  tell  you,  this  man  went  down 
to  his  house  justified  rather  than  tlie 
other:  bfbr  every  one  that  exalteth 
himself  shall  be  abased;  and  lie  that 
humbleth  himself  shall  be  exalted. 

15  iAnd  they  brought  unto  him 
also  infants,  that  lie  woidd  toui'h 
them  :  but  when  liis  disciples  saw 
it,  they  rebuked  them. 

11!  But.Tesus  called  them  tmto  him, 
and  said.  Suffer  little  children  to 
come  unto  me,  and  forbid  them  not: 
for  k  of  such  is  tlic  kinf;dom  of  (Jod. 

\7  l\'crily  I  say  unto  you,  'Who- 
soever sh;dl  not  receive  the  kiup- 
dom  of  God  as  a  little  child  shall  in 
no  wise  enter  therein. 

IS  '"And  11  certain  ruler  asked  liim, 
sayinR,  Good  Master,  what  shall  I 
do  to  inherit  eternal  life? 

in  And  Jesus  said  unto  him,  W'liv 
eallest  thou  me  good?  none  us  good, 
save  one,  that  is,  God. 

20  Thou  knowest  the  command- 
ments, "  Do  not  commit  adulterv. 
Do  not  kill.  Do  not  steal,  Do  not 
bear  false  witness,  "Honour  thy 
father  and  thy  mother. 

21  And  he  said.  All  these  have  I 
kept  from  my  youth  up. 

22  Now  when  Jesus  heard  these 
things,  he  said  unto  him.  Yet  Uck- 
est  thou  ouc  thing:  I'sell  all  that 
thou  hast,  and  distribute  unto  the 
poor,  and  thou  shalt  have  treasure 
in  heaven:  and  come,  follow  me. 

21  And  when  he  heard  this,  he 
was  very  Borrowful :  for  he  was 
very  rich. 

24  And  when  Jesus  saw  that  he 
was  very  sorrowful,  he  said,  "UIow 
hardly  shall  they  that  have  riches 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God  I 

23  For  it  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go 
tlirough  a  needle's  eye,  than  for  a 
rich  man  to  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  God. 

26  And  they  that  heard  it  said.  Who 
then  can  be  saved? 

27  And  he  said,  '  The  thing.s  which 
are  impossible  with  mcu  are  i>o»si- 
ble  witli  God. 

28  '  Then  Peter  said,  Lo,  wc  have 
left  all,  and  followed  thee. 

29  And  he  said  unto  them.  Verily 
I  sav  unto  vou, '  There  is  no  man 
that"  hath  left  house,  or  parents,  or 
brethren,  or  wife,  or  children,  for 
the  kingdom  of  God's  sake, 

30  "Who  shall  not  receive  mani- 
fold more  in  this  present  time,  niid 
in  the  world  to  come  life  cvcrlast- 

54 


yi  IT  "  Then  he  took  vntn  huii  the 
twelve,  and  said  unto  them,  Behold, 
we  go  up  to  Jerusalem,  and  all 
things  >  that  are  written  by  the 
pronnets  concerning  the  Son  of  man 
shall  be  accomplished. 

;12  For  ^h«  shall  be  delivered  unto 
the  Gentiles,  and  shall  be  mocked, 
and  spitefully  entreated,  and  spitted 
on: 

y.'i  And  they  shall  scourge  him,  and 
put  )iim  to  death;  and  the  third  day 
he  shall  rise  again. 

;H  "And  they  understood  none  of 
these  things:  and  this  saying  was 
hid  from  them,  neither  kiiew  they 
the  things  which  were  spoken. 

?!•'>  H  iiAnd  it  came  to  pass,  that  as 
he  was  come  nigh  unto  Jericho,  a 
certain  blind  man  sat  by  the  way 
side  begging: 

oU  And  hearing  the  multitude  pass 
by,  he  asked  what  it  meant. 

iSi  And  they  told  him,  that  Jesus 
of  Nazareth  passeth  by. 

?ii  And  he  cried,  saying,  Jesus, 
th(ia  Sun  of  David,  have  mercy  on 
me. 

u'.l  And  they  which  went  before 
rebuked  him,  that  lie  should  holil 
his  peace:  but  lie  crii.d  so  much  the 
more,  'J'liuii  Son  of  David,  have 
mercy  on  me. 

40  And  Jesus  stood,  and  command- 
ed him  lo  bo  brought  unto  him; 
and  when  he  was  come  near,  he 
asked  him, 

41  Saving,  'U'hnt  wilt  thou  that  I 
shall  do  unto  thee?  And  be  said, 
Lord,  that  I  may  receive  inv  sight. 

42  And  Jesus  said  unto  Iiiin,  Re- 
ceive thv  sight:  "thy  faith  hath 
saved  the"e. 

4'!  And  immedintely  he  received 
his  sight,  and  followed  him,  ■!  glo- 
rifying God  :  and  all  the  people, 
wlieu  they  saw  it,  gave  jiraise  unto 
God. 

CHAPTER  XIX. 
1  Of  Zacchcut   a   jmUirnn.     11   The   ten 
}neeci  of  money,    28  Cliritt  ritlcth  into 
Jcrugnlcm    witU    triump/i :    41  tveepettt 
over  it:  45  driveth  thebuyem  and  aelleri 
out  of  the  temple:  47  leiirliint/  daitu  in 
it.     'The  rtUere  would  have    deatroyed 
him,  but  for  fear  of  llie  rco/.tr. 
AND  Jcsiui   entered   and  passed 
J\  through  Jericho. 
2  .\nd,   iK'bold,   thtrr  ira»  n  man 
named    Zaeeheus,    which    was    the 
chief  aniuug  tlie  publicans,  and  he 
was  rich. 

:!  And  he  sought  to  see  Jesus  who 
he  was:  and  could  not  for  the  press, 
because  he  was  little  of  stature. 
4  And  he  ran  before,  ond  climbed 
up  into  a  sycamore  tree  to  see  hiai; 
for  he  was  to  pass  that  iraii. 
.',  And   when    Jesus    came    to    ths 
place,  he  h>oked  up,  and  saw  him, 
and  said  unto  hini.  Zaeeheus.  make 
haste,  and  come  (h.wii:   for  to  day 
I  must  abide  at  ihv  bouse. 
77 


The  ten  pieces  of  money. 


ST.  LUKE. 


Christ  rideth  into  Jerusalem. 


<IRom.4.  n, 

12.  Hi. 

Gul.  3.  7. 
ech.  13.  16. 
IM.1U.  18. 11. 

StoMill.lO. 

6.  i  15.  21. 


G  And  lie  nifitle  haste,  and  came 
down,  and  received  him  joyfully. 

7  And  wlieii  tliey  taw  it,  they  all 
murmured,  snyiiis,  "That  he  was 
gone  to  be  },'ue!5t  with  a  man  that  is 
a  sinner. 

8  And  Zacehciia  stood,  and  said 
unto  the  Lord;  Behold,  Lord,  the 
lialf  of  my  poods  I  pive  to  the  poor; 
and  if  1  have  taken  any  thinj;  from 
any  man  by  i'  false  accusation,  '^  I 
restore  him  lourfold. 

9  And  .Jesus  said  unto  him.  This 
day  is  salvation  come  to  this  liouse, 
forasmuch  as  <l  he  also  is  "  a  son  of 
Abraham. 

10  fFor  the  Son  of  man  is  come 
to  seek  and  to  save  that  which  was 
lost. 

11  And  as  they  heard  these  things, 
he  added  and  spake  a  parable,  be- 
cause he  was  nigh  to  .leriisalem, 
and  because  stlioy  thouglit  that  tlie 
kingdom  of  God  should  immediately 
appear. 

1-'  li  He  said  therefore,  A  certain 
nobleman  went  into  a,  far  country 
to  receive  tor  himself  a  kingdom, 
and  to  return. 

13  And  he  called  his  ten  servants, 
and  delivered  them  ten  ||  pounds, 
and  said  unto  tlicm,  Occupy  till  1 
come. 

14  i  But  his  citizens  hated  him,  and 
sent  a  message  after  him,  sa,^'ing, 
Wc  will  not  have  this  iiiaii  to  "reign 
over  us. 

15  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  when 
he  was  returned,  having  received 
tlie  kingdom,  then  he  commanded 
these  servants  to  be  called  unto  him, 
to  whom  he  had  given  tlie  t  money, 
that  he  might  know  how  much  every 
man  had  gained  by  trading. 

16  Then  came  the  first,  saving, 
Lord,  thy  pound  hath  gained  ten 
pounds. 

17  And  lie  said  unto  him,  AVell, 
tliou  good  servant :  because  thou 
hast  been  k  faithful  in  a  very  little, 
have  tliou  authority  over  ten  cities. 

18  And  the  second  came,  saying. 
Lord,  tliy  pound  hath  gained  five 
pounds. 

19  And  he  said  likewise  to  him,  Be 
thou  also  over  five  cities. 

20  And  another  came,  saying.  Lord, 
behold,  here  is  thy  pound,  which  I 
have  kept  laid  up  in  a  napkin: 

21  I  For  I  feored  thee,  because  tliou 
art  an  austere  man:  thou  takest  up 
that  thou  layedst  not  down,  and 
reapest  that  tliou  didst  not  sow. 

22  And  he  saith  unto  him,  '"  Out  of 
thine  own  mouth  will  I  iudge  thee, 
lliou  wicked  .servant.  "  Thou  knew- 
cst  that  I  was  an  austere  man,  taking  ! 
up  tliat  I  laid  not  down,  and  reaping  i 
that  I  did  not  sow:  1 

2.1  Wherefore  then  gavest  not  thou 
my  money  into  the  bank,  that  nt  my  I 
coming  I  might  have  rcciuired  mine  1 
own  with  usury?  I 

78 


24  And  he  said  unto  them  that  stood 
by.  Take  from  him  the  pound,  and 
give  il  t(i  him  tliat  hatli  ten  pounds. 

25  (And  they  said  unto  him,  Lord, 
he  hatli  ten  pounds.) 

2G  For  I  say  unto  you,  °  That  unto 
every  one  which  hath  shall  be  given; 
and  from  him  tliat  hath  not,  even 
that  he  hath  shall  bo  taken  away 
from  him. 

27  But  those  mine  enemies,  which 
would  not  that  I  should  reign  over 
them,  bring  hither,  and  slay  them 
before  me. 

28  Tl  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 
•"he  went  before,  ascending  up  to  Je- 
rusalem. 

29  1  And  it  came  to  pass,  when  he 
was  come  nigh  to  Bethphage  and 
Bethany,  at  the  mount  called  ///^ 
mount  of  Olives,  he  sent  two  of  his 
disciples, 

30  Saying,  Go  ye  into  the  village 
over  against  tjoii;  in  the  which  nt 
your  entering  ye  shall  find  a  colt 
tied,  ■whereon  yet  never  man  sat : 
loose  him,  and  bring  him  hither. 

"A  And  if  any  man  ask  you.  Why 
do  ye  loose  hunt  thus  shall  ye  say 
unto  him.  Because  the  Lori  hath 
need  of  him. 

-"j2  And  they  that  were  sent  went 
their  way,  and  found  even  as  he  had 
said  unto  them. 

■"'!  And  as  they  were  loosing  the 
eolt,  the  owners  thereof  said  unto 
them.  Why  loose  ye  the  colt? 

34  And  tliey  said.  The  Lord  hath 
need  of  him. 

35  And  they  brought  him  to  Jesus: 
'and  tliey  cast  their  garments  upon 
the  colt,  and  they  set  Jesus  thereon. 

38  'And  as  he  went,  they  spread 
their  clothes  in  the  way. 

37  And  when  he  was  come  nigh, 
even  now  at  the  descent  of  the  mount 
of  Olives,  the  whole  multitude  of 
the  disciples  began  to  rejoice  and 
praise  God  with  a  loud  voice  for  all 
the  mighty  works  that  they  had  seen ; 

38  Saving,  ' Blessed  (je  the  King  that 
cometii  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  : 
"peace  in  heaven,  and  glory  in  the 
highest. 

39  And  some  of  the  Pharisees  from 
among  the  multitude  said  unto  him, 
Ma.ster,  rebuke  thy  disciples. 

40  And  he  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  I  tell  you  that,  if  these  should 
hold  their  peace,  "the  stones  would 
immediately  cry  out. 

41  TF  And  when  he  was  come  near, 
he  beheld  the  city,  and  >  wept  over  it, 

42  Saving,  If  thou  hadst  known, 
even  tliou,  at  least  in  this  thy  day, 
the  things  which  beloug  unto  thy 
peace  I  but  now  they  are  hid  from 
thine  eyes. 

43  For  the  days  shall  come  upon 
thee,  that  thine'eneniies  shall  'cast 
a  trench  about  thee,  and  compass 
thee  round,  and  keep  tlicc  in  on 
every  side,  I 


The  parable  of  the  vineyard 


ST.  LUKE. 


let  out  to  irickcd  husbandmen. 


A. 

D.33. 

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ch.  7.  2U. 


44  And  "shall  lay  thee  even  with 
the  Rrounrt,  aiul  thy  children  witliin 
tlice  ;  and  hthuy  bliall  not  leave  in 
tlice  one  ttone  upon  another;  ^be- 
cause thou  Itnewcst  not  the  time  of 
thy  visit.ition. 

•io  <IAnd  he  went  Into  the  temple, 
and  began  to  cast  out  tliein  tliat  bold 
therein,  an<l  them  that  boup:ht; 
4(i  Savins  unto  them,  -^  It  is  written. 
My   house   is  the  house  of  iiraycr; 
biit  f  ye  have  made  it  a  den  of  tiiievos. 
47  And  he  taught  daily  in  the  tem- 
ple.   But  »the  chief  priests  and  the 
scnbc.s  and  the  chief  of  the  people 
sought  tn  destroy  him, 
4S'And  could  not  tind  what  they 
niiRht  do:   for  all  the  people  ||  were 
very  attentive  to  hear  hini. 
CHAPTER  XX. 
1  Christ  avonchcth  his  authority  hy  a  ques- 
tion of  John't  baptiem.    0  the  parable 
of  the  vineyard.    19  Of  {jiving  tribute  to 
Cesar.    27  He  eonvinceth  the  Sadducces 
thai  denied   the   resurrection.     41  JJuw 
Christ  is  the  l<on  of  David.   45  He  warn- 
eth  his  diseiplcs  to  beware  of  the  scribes. 

VND  "it  came  to  pas.s  tlint  on  one 
of  those  days,  as  he  taught  the 
people  in  the  temple,  and  preached 
the  gospel,  the  chief  priests  and  the 
scribes  came  upon  him  with  the 
elders, 

L'  And  spake  unto  him,  saying.  Tell 
us,  hbv  what  authority  docst  thou 
these  t"hings?  or  who  is  he  that  gave 
thee  this  authority? 

.'!  And  he  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  I  will  also  ask  you  one  thing; 
and  answer  nic: 

4  The  baptism  of  John,  was  it  from 
he.iven.  or  of  men? 

.'i  And  they  reasoned  with  them- 
selves, saving.  If  we  shall  say.  From 
heaven;  tie  will  say,  Why  then  be- 
lieved ve  him  not? 

i;  But  and  if  we  say.  Of  men  ; 
all  the  people  will  stone  us:  'for 
they  be  persuaded  that  John  was  a 
prophet. 

7  And  they  answered,  that  they 
could  not  tell  whence  il  wis. 

H  And  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Nei- 
ther tell  I  you  by  what  authority  I 
do  these  things. 

'.)  Then  began  he  to  speak  to  the 
people  this  parable:  i  A  certain  man 
planted  a  vineyard,  and  let  it  forth 
til  husbandmen,  and  went  into  a.  far 
loiiutrv  for  a  long  time. 

Ill  Anil  at  the  seiLson  he  sent  a  serv- 
ant tn  the  husbandmen,  that  they 
should  give  him  of  the  fruit  of  the 
vineyard:  but  the  husbandmen  beat 
him,"  and  sent  him  away  empty. 

11  And  again  he  sent  another  serv- 
ant:  and  thev  beat  him  also,  and 
entreated  hiiii  shamefully,  and  sent 
hint  away  emptv. 

12  And  again  he  sent  a  third:  and 
they  wounded  him  also,  and  cast 
him  out. 

i:3  Then  said  the  lord  of  the  vine- 


yard, What  ehall  I  do?  1  will  send 
my  beloved  eon:  it  may  be  they  will 
reverence  Ai'hi  when  they  see  him. 

14  But  when  the  husbandmen  saw 
him,  they  reasoned  uinoiig  them- 
selves, saying.  This  is  the  heir : 
come,  let  us  kill  him,  thi'.t  the  in- 
heritance may  be  ours. 

lo  So  they  cast  him  out  of  the  vine- 
v:ird,  and  killed  /,i»i.  What  llierc- 
inre  sh^iil  the  lord  of  the  vineyard 
do  unto  them? 

Hi  lie  shall  come  and  destroy  these 
huslKindnien,  and  shall  give  the 
viiMvard  to  others.  And  vilien  they 
hearil  //,  tluy  said.  Cod  forbid. 

17  And  he  beheld  them,  and  said, 
What  is  this  Ihen  that  is  written, 
'The  stone  which  the  builders  re- 
jected, the  same  is  become  the  head 
of  the  corner? 

18  Whosoever  shnll  fiill  upon  that 
stone  shall  be  broken  :  hut  fon 
whomsoever  it  shidl  fall,  it  will 
grind  him  to  powder. 

1'.)  IT  .\nd  the  chief  priests  and  the 
scribes  the  same  hour  sought  to  lay 
liands  on  him;  and  they  feared  the 

{)eople  :  l()r  thev  i>ereeived  that  he 
lad  spoken  tfiis  parable  against 
them. 

•M  s  And  they  watched  Aim,  .ind 
sent  forth  siiies,  which  should  feign 
themselves  just  men,  that  thev 
might  take  liold  of  his  words,  that 
so  they  might  deliver  him  unto  the 
power  and  authority  of  the  governor. 

L'l  And  they  !i.-ked  him,  saying, 
li  .Master,  we  "know  that  thou  say- 
est  and  teaehcst  rightly,  neither 
acceptest  thou  the  persiui  o/  ftnf/^ 
but  teachest  the  way  of  God  ||  truly: 

22  Is  it  lawful  for  us  to  give  tribute 
unto  Cesar,  or  no? 

2;>  But  he  perceived  their  craftiness, 
and  said  unto  them,  Why  tempt  ye 
me? 

24  Shew  me  a  ||  penny.  Whose 
image  and  superscription  hath  it  ? 
'I'liev  answered  and  said,  Cesar's. 

25  And  he  said  unto  them.  Ben- 
der therefore  unto  Cesar  the  things 
which  be  Cesar's,  and  unto  God  the 
things  which  be  God's. 

2i;  And  thev  could  not  take  hold  of 
his  words  beiore  the  people :  and  they 
marvelled  at  his  answer,  and  held 
their  peace. 

27  IT  iThen  came  to  him  certmn 
of  the  Sadducees,  k  which  deiiv  that 
there  is  any  resurrection;  and  they 
asked  him," 

2.S    Saving,    Master,  I  Moses    wrote 
unto  us.  It'  any  man's  brother  die, 
having  a  wife,  and  he  die  without 
children,    that    his    brother    should 
take  his  wife,  and  raise  up  seed  un- 
;  to  his  brother. 
2!)    There     were    therefore     seven 
brethren:  and  the  Hr>t  took  a.  wile, 
and  died  without  children. 
I    :!()  And  the  second  took  her  to  wife, 
landhediedehildles.-. 
79 


The  Sadducees  confuted. 


ST.  LUKE. 


The  signs  of 


a.  4!(.  5i 
lJo]m3.  2. 
1  Tvom.  8.  23. 


.Malt.  2a.  S. 
ch.  11.43. 


gSc«Miukl2. 
k  2  Coi.  8.  1«. 


31  And  tlie  third  took  her;  and 
in  like  manner  tlic  seven  also:  and 
they  left  no  children,  and  died. 

Si  Last  of  all  the  woman  died  also. 

."■J  Tliereforc  in  tlio  resurrection 
whose  wife  of  them  is  she?  for  seven 
had  her  to  wife. 

34  And  Jestis  answerinj^  said  unto 
them,  The  children  of  this  world 
marry,  and  are  Riven  in  marriage: 

3.3  hut  they  whicli  shall  be  ac- 
counted worthy  to  obtain  that 
world,  and  tlie  resurrection  from 
the  dead,  neither  marry,  nor  are 
j^iven  in  marriage: 

3<i  Neither  can  they  die  anymore: 
for  ""tliey  arc  equ.il  unto  the  an- 
Rels_;  and  are  the  children  of  God, 
"  being  the  children  of  the  resurrec- 
tion. 

37  Now  that  the  dead  arc  raised, 
"even  Moses  shewed  at  tlic  bush, 
when  he  callcth  the  l>ord  the  God 
of  Abraliam,  and  the  God  of  Isaac, 
and  the  God  of  Jacob. 

38  For  he  is  not  a  God  of  the  dead, 
luit  of  tlie  living:  for  I'all  live  unto 
him. 

S^d  TT  Then  certain  of  the  scribes 
answering  said.  Master,  thou  hast 
well  said. 

40  And  after  that  they  durst  not 
ask  hitn  any  ((tfr.-^tion  iit  itll. 

41  And  he  said  unto  thoni,  1 1Iow 
s.ay  tliey  that  t'liri>t  is  Duxid's  sou? 

42  And  David  himself  saith  in  the 
book  of  Psalms,  'Tlie  Lord  said 
unto  my  Lord,  Sit  thou  on  my  right 
hand, 

43  Till  I  make  thine  enemies  thy 
footstool. 

44  David  therefore  calleth  him 
Lord,  how  is  he  then  liis  son  ? 

43  ir  "Then  in  the  audience  of  all 
the  people  he  said  unto  his  disciples, 
4(;  'Beware  of  the  scribes,  which 
desire  to  walk  in  long  robes,  and 
"  love  greetings  in  the  markets,  and 
the  highest  scats  in  the  synagogues, 
and  the  chief  rooms  at  feasts; 
47  "  AVhicK  devour  widows'  houses, 
and  for  a  shew  make  long  prayers: 
the  sa(ne  shall  receive  greater  dam- 
nation. 

CHAPTER  XXL 
1  Chrirt  commcmtcth  the  poor  wUlsur.  5 
He  forctclUlh  the  dcsli-uetion  of  the  tern- 
]i!e,  and  of  the  city  Jerunalem :  25  the 
eiffnn  alito  u'>iich  thnlt  he  before  the  laift 
day.  34  He  cxhurteth  them  to  be  watehfut. 

AND  he  looked  up,  "and  saw  the 
rich  ineu  casting  their  gifts  into 
the  treasury. 

2  And  he  saw  also  a  certain  poor 
widow  castin;;  in  thitlu'r  two  ||  mites. 

3  And  he  said.  Of  a  truth  1  say  unto 
you,  htliat  this  poor  widow  hath  cast 
in  more  than  they  all: 

4  For  all  these  liave  of  their  abund- 
ance cast  in  unto  the  offerings  of 
God  :  but  she  of  her  peiuirv  hath 
cast  in  all  the  living  that  slic  had. 

5  TT  ''And  as  some  spake  of  the  tem- 

80 


pic,  how  it  was  adorned  with  goodly 
stones  and  gifts,  he  said, 
0  As  for  these  things  which  ^e  be- 
hold,   the   days  will    come,  in    the 
which  d  there  shall  not  be  left  one 


7  And  they  asked  him,  saying.  Mas- 
ter, but  when  shall  these  things  be? 
and  what  sign  irill  there  be  when 
these  things  shall  come  to  pass? 

8  And  lie  said,  'Take  heed  that 
ye  be  not  deceived:  for  many  shall 
come  in  my  name,  saying,'  I  am 
C/irist;  Hand  the  time  dr'awetli  near: 
go  ye  not  therefore  after  them. 

',»  But  when  ye  shall  hear  of  wars 
and  commotions,  be  not  terrified : 
for  these  things  must  first  come  to 
pass;  but  the  end  is  not  by  and  by. 

10  'Then  said  he  unto  them.  Nation 
shall  rise  against  nation,  and  king- 
dom against  kingdom: 

11  And  great  eartluiuakes  shall  be 
in  divers  places,  and  famines,  and 
pestilences ;  and  fcarftil  sights  and 
great  signs  shall  there  be  from 
heaven. 

iL'  KBut  before  all  these,  they  shall 
lay  their  hands  on  you,  and  perse- 
cute !/ou,  delivering  you  up  to  the 
synagogues,  and  hiuto  prisons,  >  be- 
ing brought  before  kings  and  rulers 
k  for  my  name's  sake. 

13  And  lit  shall  turn  to  you  for  n 
testimony. 

14  '"  Settle  it  therefore  in  your 
hearts,  not  to  meditate  before  what 
ye  sliall  answer: 

15  For  I  will  give  j-ou  a  mouth  and 
wisdom,  "which  all  your  adversaries 
shall  not  be  able  to  gainsay  nor  re- 
sist. 

10  "And  yc  shall  be  betrayed  both 
by  parents,  and  brethren,  and  kins- 
folks, and  friends;  and  )' sonie  of  vou 
shall  they  cause  to  be  put  to  death. 

17  And  lye  shall  be  hated  of  all 
}7icn  for  my  name's  sake. 

IS  'But  there  shall  not  a  hair  of 
your  head  perish. 

19  In  your  patience  possess  yc  your 
souls. 

20  '  And  when  yc  shall  see  Jerusa- 
lem compassed  with  armies,  then 
know  that  the  desolation  tliereof  is 
nigh. 

21  1'hen  let  them  which  arc  in  Ju- 
dca  flee  to  the  moimt.iins  :  and  let 
them  which  are  in  tlic  midst  of  it  de- 
part out;  and  let  not  tlii'iu  that  arc 
ill  the  countries  enti-r  thereinto. 

2J  For  these  be  tlie  diivs  of  venge- 
niice,  that  'all  thin''s  which  arc  writ- 
ten may  be  fulfilled. 

2-'i  "liut  woe  unto  them  that  are 
with  child,  and  to  them  that  give 
suck,  in  tho.sc  days  I  for  there  shall 
be  great  distress  in  the  land,  and 
wrath  ujiou  this  people. 

24  And  tliev  sluiU  fall  bv  the  edge 
of  the  sword,  ami  sliall  l>"e  le.l  away 
ca[)tive  into  ail  luitiuns:  audJcrusa- 


Christ's  necond  cominr/,  ST.  LUKE.     The  apostles  prepare  the  passovrr 


A. 

1).  83. 

Tim 

A  1 

2.7. 

llo 

n.  11.  23 

tM 

u.  24.2) 

k  Ul.  :■!. 

ar 

t.  3.  JU, 

a  Matt.  21. 30. 
KoT.  1.  7.  i 
11.  11. 


iIUm.13.  13. 

1  Tlies..  .1.  ti. 
1  I'.l.  4.  7. 


lem  shall  be  trodden  down  of  tl 
(Icntiles,  "until   the    times   of  the 
Gentiles  be  fulfilled. 

a.5  Tl  S'And  there  slmll  be  Bifrns  in 
the  sun,  and  in  the  moon,  and  in 
the  stars  ;  and  upon  tiie  earth  di.-*- 
tress  of  nations,  with  perplexity ;  tlic 
sea  and  the  waves  roaring';  j 

2G  Men's  hearts  failing  them  for 
fear,  and  for  looking  after  tlnsc 
things  which  arc  eomint;  on  tlie 
earth:  'for  the  powers  of  lieaven 
shall  be  shaken. 

'27  And  then  shall  they  sec  the  Son 
of  man  "coming  in  a  cloud  with 
power  and  great  glory. 

28  And  when  these  things  begin  to 
come  to  pass,  then  U>ok  up,  and  litt 
up  your  heads  i  for  byour  redemp- 
tion draweth  nigh. 

2t*  '^And  he  spake  to  them  a  para- 
ble; Behold  the  tig  tree,  and  all  tlie 
trees; 

3U  When  they  now  shoot  forth,  ye 
see  and  know  of  your  own  selves  that 
summer  is  now  nigh  at  hand. 

31  So  likewise  ye,  when  ye  see  these 
things  come  to  pass,  know  ye  tliat 
tile  kingdom  of  God  is  nigh  at  hand. 

32  Verily  I  say  unto  you.  This  gen- 
eration shall  not  pass  away,  till  all  be 
fuimied. 

;{3  i  Heaven  and  earth  shall  pass 
away ;  but  my  words  shall  not  pass 
away. 

34  IT  And  °  take  heed  to  yourselves, 
lest  at  any  time  your  hearts  he  over- 
charged with  surfeiting,  and  drunk- 
enness, and  cares  of  tliis  lite,  and  so 
that  day  come  upon  you  unawares. 

.'io  For  fas  a  snare  shall  it  come  on 
all  tliem  tliat  dwell  on  the  face  of  the 
whole  earth. 

aO  BWateh  ye  therefore,  and  tpray 
always,  that  ye  may  be  accounted 
worthy  to  escape  all  these  things  that 
shall  come  to  pas.s,  and  ■  to  stand  be- 
fore the  Son  ot'man. 

S7  tAnd  in  the  daytime  he  was 
teaching  in  the  temple';  and  lat  niglit 
lie  went  out,  and  iiliodc  in  the  mount 
tluit  is  called  l/i'j  iwiiiHl  of  Olives. 

as  And  all  tlie  jH-oplo  came  early 
ill  the  morning  to  him  in  tlie  temple, 
lor  to  hear  him. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

1  The  Jcwa  conspire  agfttnst  C/tritt.  3 
Satan  prepareth  Judas  to  betray  him.  ' 
The  apostles  prepare  the  passover.  19 
Christ  institutelh  his  holy  supper,  SI 
covertly  foretelleth  of  the  traitor,  W  ile- 
horteth  the  rest  of  his  apostles  from 
ambition,  31  aasurelh  Peter  his  faith 
should  »ioe  fail :  34  and  yet  he  should 
deny  him  thrice.  39  He  praycth  in  the 
mount,  and  sweateth  blood,  47  is  be- 
trayed with  a  *i«»  ■  60  he  healeth  Mai- 
chus'  ear,  54  he  is  thrice  denied  of  J'e- 
ter,  03  shamefully  abused,  iM  and  con- 
fcascth  himself  to  be  the  Hon  of  Uod. 

>TOW   "the   feast   of  nnleavenod 
>i    bread  drew  nigh,  which  is  called 
the  passuver. 


(Vnd  lithe  chief  priests  a 
sought  how  they  might  kill  him;  Ibr 
they  feared  the  people. 

S  11  "^Thcn  eiilerid  Satan  into  .7u- 
dassuniam(<l  iM-ariot,  being  of  the 
number  of  IlietwcUe. 

4  Anil  he  went  hi.<  way,  and  com- 
nuiiud  Willi  the  clii.f  liri<>t»  and 
captains,  how  he  miglit  betray  him 
unto  tlieni. 

And  they  were  glad,  and  J  cove- 
nanted to  give  liim  money. 

(i  And  he  promised,  and  sought  op- 
portunity to  betray  him  unto  them 
II  in  the  absence  of  the  multitude. 

7  U  "  Then  came  the  day  of  un- 
leavened bread,  when  the  passover 
must  be  killed. 

8  And  he  sent  IVtcr  and  John, 
saying,  (jo  and  jirepare  ua  the  i)ass- 
over,  that  we  mav  cat. 

y  And  they  said  unto  him,  "Where 
wilt  thou  that  we  prepare  / 

lU  And  he  said  unto  them,  Be- 
hold, when  ve  arc  entered  into  the 
city,  there  shall  «.  man  meet  yon, 
bearing  a  pitcher  of  w:iter  ;  tollov. 
Iiim  into  tlie  house  where  he  cn- 
tereth  in. 

U  And  ye  shall  sav  unto  the  good- 
man  of  the  house,  'I'lie  Master  sailh 
unto  thee.  Where  is  the  guest- 
chamber,  where  I  shall  cat  the 
passover  with  my  disciples? 

12  And  he  shall  shew  you  a  large 
upper  room  furnished:  there  niake 
readv. 

i;i  And  they  went,  and  found  as  he 
had  said  unto  them:  and  they  made 
readv  the  passo\  er. 

14  i"And  when  the  hour  was  come, 
he  sat  down,  and  the  twelve  apostles 
with  him. 

15  And  he  said  unto  them,  ||With 
desire  I  have  desired  to  cat  thin  pass- 
over  with  vou  before  I  sull'er; 

IG  For  l"say  unto  you,  1  will  not 
any  more  eat  thereof,  t  until  it  be 
fulfilled  in  the  kiii'-dom  of  God. 

17  And  he  took  the  eni),  and  gave 
thanks,  and  said.  Take  this,  and 
divide  it  among  yourselves 

IH  For  I'l  say  unto  yon.  I  will 
not  drink  of  the  truit  of  the  vine, 
until  the  kingdom  of  God  shall 
come. 

19  II  i.Vnd  he  took  bread,  and  gav: 
thanks,  and  brake  it,  and  gave  unto 
them,  saving.  This  is  inv  body  which 
is  given  tor  you:  k  this  do  in  reinem- 
brnnce  of  nic. 

20  Likewise  also  the  cup  after 
supper,  saying,  'This  cup  "  'I"" 
new  testament  in  my  blood,  which 
is  shed  for  you. 

21  U  '"But.  behold,  the  hand  ofhmi 
that  betrayeth  me  is  w  ilh  me  on  the 
tohle. 

22  "And  truly  the  Son  of  man 
goeth,  "a»  It  was  determined  :  but 
woe  unto  that  man  by  whom  he  is 
betrayed! 

23  I'And    they   began    to   inauirc 


I  Or.  ^a 

I  M.ll.'.'B 
Uuk  14.  Vi. 


Christ  dehorteth  from  ambition.        ST.  LUKE. 


Judas  betraycth  him^ 


•2  Cot.  1.7. 

■2  Tim.  2.  11 
o  M«tt.  B.  II. 

ch.  11.  1.5. 

lUr.  la.  9. 
bPi.  49.  11. 

Matt.  iil.  28. 

1  Cor.  0.  2. 

Ro».  3.  21. 
c  1  Pol.  5.  S. 


.tk  It.  36. 

r.  M. 


among  tliemsclves,  ■\vliieh  of  them 
it  was  that  should  do  this  thins- 

24  IT  ''And  tlicre  was  also  a  strife 
among  them,  which  of  them  should 
be  accounted  the  greatest. 

2o  ■'And  he  said  unto  them,  The 
kings  of  the  Gentiles  exercise  lord- 
ship over  them;  and  they  that  exer- 
cise authority  upon  them  are  called 
benefactors. 

■J(i  "But ye  sliall  not  be  so:  'but  he 
that  is  greatest  among  you,  let  liim 
be  as  the  younger ;  and  he  that  is 
chief,  as  he  that  doth  serve. 

27  "  For  whether  is  greater,  he  that 
sitteth  at  meat,  or  he  that  serveth?  is 
not  he  that  sitteth  at  meaty  but  ^I 
am  among  you  as  he  that  serveth. 

28  Ye  are  they  which  have  con- 
tinued with  me  in  >  my  temptations. 

'2'J  And  ''I  appoint  unto  you  a 
kingdom,  as  my  Father  hath  ap- 
pointed unto  me; 

30  That  "ye  may  cat  and  drink  at 
my  table  in  my  kingdom,  band  sit 
on  tlirones  judging  the  twelve  tribes 
of  Israel. 

31  IT  And  the  Lord  said,  Simon, 
Simon,  behold,  ^  Satan  hath  desired 
to  hare  you,  that  he  may  ilsiil  t/ou 
as  wheat: 

32  But  "  I  have  prayed  for  thee,  that 
thy  faith  fail  not:  f  and  when  thou  art 
converted,  strengthen  tliy  lintliron. 

33  And  he  said  unto  him,  J.nrd,  I 
am  ready  to  go  with  thee,  both  into 
prison,  and  to  death. 

34  SAnd  lie  said,  I  tell  thee,  Peter, 
the  cock  shall  not  crow  this  day,  be- 
fore that  thou  shalt  thrice  deny  that 
thou  knowest  me. 

35  hAnd  he  said  unto  them.  When 
I  sent  you  without  purse,  and  scrip, 
and  shoes,  lacked  ye  any  thing?  And 
they  said.  Nothing. 

30  Then  said  he  unto  them.  But 
now,  he  that  hath  a  purse,  let  him 
take  il,  and  likewise  his  scrip:  and 
he  that  hath  no  sword,  let  him  sell 
his  mrment,  and  buy  one. 

37  For  I  say  unto  you,  that  this 
that  is  written  must  yet  be  accom- 
plished in  me,  iAnd  he  w.is  reck- 
oned among  the  transgressors  :  for 
the  things  concerning  me  have  an 
end. 

as  And  they  said.  Lord,  behold, 
here  die  two  swords.  And  lie  said 
unto  them.  It  is  enough. 

31)  IT  k.\nd  he  came  out,  and  Iwent, 
as  he  was  wont,  to  the  mount  of  Ol- 
ives; and  Ihs  disciples  also  followed 
him. 

40  '"  And  when  he  was  at  the  place, 
he  said  unto  them.  Pray  that  yc  cu- 
ter not  into  temptation. 

41  "  And  he  was  withdrawn  from 
them  about  a  stone's  east,  and  kneel- 
ed down,  and  prayed, 

42  Saying,  Father,  if  thou  be  t  will- 
ing, remove  this  cup  from  me:  )iev- 
ertlieless,  "not  my  will,  but  thiue,  be 
done. 

82 


43  And  there  appeared  Pan  angel 
unto  liim  from  lieaven,  strengthen- 
ing him. 

44  IAnd  being  in  an  agony  lie 
prayed  more  earnestly  :  and  his 
sweat  was  as  it  were  great  drops  of 
blood  falling  down  to  tlie  ground. 

45  And  when  he  rose  up  from 
prayer,  and  was  come  to  liis  disci- 
ples, he  Ibund  them  sleeping  for  sor- 
row, 

4(j  And  said  unto  them.  Why  sleep 
,ye?  rise  and  ''pray,  lest  ye  enter  into 
temptation. 

47  IT  And  while  he  yet  spake, '  be- 
hold a  multitude,  and  he  that  was 
called  Judas,  one  of  the  twelve,  went 
before  them,  and  drew  near  unto 
Jesus  to  kiss  him. 

48  But  Jesus  said  unto  him,  Judas, 
betrayest  thou  the  Son  of  man  witli 
a  kiss? 

4'.l  When  they  which  were  about 
him  saw  what  would  follow,  they 
said  unto  him.  Lord,  shall  we  smite 
with  the  sword? 

£0  IT  And  'one  of  them  smote  the 
servant  of  the  high  priest,  and  cut 
off  his  right  ear. 

.11  And  Jesus  answered  and  said. 
Suffer  ye  thus  far.  And  he  touched 
his  ear,  and  healed  him. 

52  "  Then  Jesus  said  unto  the  chief 
priests,  and  captains  of  the  temple, 
and  the  elders,  which  were  come  to 
him.  Be  ye  come  out,  as  against  a 
thief,  with  swords  and  staves? 

53  Wlien  I  was  daily  with  you  in 
the  temple,  ye  stretched  forth  no 
hands  a.gainst  me:  ^  but  this  is  your 
hour,  and  the  power  of  darkness. 

rii  TT  y  Then  took  they  him,  and  led 
him,  and  brought  him  into  the  high 
priest's  house.  ^And  Peter  followed 
afar  off. 

^o  *  And  when  thev  had  kindled  a 
fire  in  the  midst  of  the  hall,  and 
were  set  down  together,  Peter  sat 
down  among  them. 

5U  But  a  certain  maid  beheld  him 
as  he  sat  by  the  fire,  ami  earnestlv 
looked  upcMi  him,  and  said.  This 
man  was  also  with  him. 

57  And  he  denied  him,  saying,  Wo- 
man, I  know  him  not. 

as  i>And  after  a  little  while  another 
saw  him,  and  said.  Thou  art  also  of 
them.  And  Peter  said.  Wan,  I  am 
not. 

,VJ  "^And  about  the  space  of  one  hour 
after  nn<.»ther  confiaentl^*  afhrmed, 
saying.  Of  a  truth  this  /I'llow  also 
was  witli  him :  for  he  is  a  Galilean. 

GO  And  Peter  said,  Man,  I  know 
not  what  thou  sayest.  And  irmiiedi- 
ately,  while  lie  yet  spake,  the  cock 
crew. 

01  And  the  Lord  turned,  and  lixiked 
upon  Peter,  tl  And  IVter  remem- 
bered the  word  of  the  Lord,  how 
he  had  said  unto  him,  "Before  the 
cock  crow,  thou  shall  deny  me 
thrice. 


Christ  accused  before  Pilate 


ST.  I,UKE. 


Barahhas  is  released. 


tJUU.  2B.67. 
JI»tk  U.  65. 


Mark  LL  UJ. 


^co  Mutt.  17. 
7.  i'J'2.  21. 
lark  1.!.  17. 


tell.  9.9. 
iMMl  11.1. 


(I'i  And  Peter  went  out,  and  wept 
bitterly. 

GSTT I  And  the  men  that  lield  Jesus 
mocked  liim,  and  smote  ithn. 

(14  And  when  they  had  blindfoUlcd 
him,  they  etrueic  him  on  the  t'aee, 
and  asked  him,  sayinj;,  Prophesy, 
who  is  it  that  smote  thcci* 

f!5  And  many  other  things  hlasplie- 
mously  spake  they  against  him. 

m  TT'SAnd  as  siion  as  it  was  dav, 
lithe  elders  of  the  people  and  the 
eliief  priests  and  the  seribes  eame  to- 
gether, and  led  him  into  their  coun- 
cil, saying, 

(17  iArt  thou  the  Christ?    tell   us. 
And  he  said  nnto  them.  If  I  tell  you, 
ve  will  not  believe: 
"(l.S  And  it  1  also  ask  )/oii,  ye  will  not 
answer  me,  nor  let  nir  go. 

(ii)  k  Hereafter  shall  the  Son  of  man 
sit  on  the  right  hand  of  the  jiower  of 

God. 

70  Then  said  they  all.  Art  tliou 
tlien  the  Son  of  God?  And  he  said 
nnto  them,  I  Ye  say  that  I  am. 

71  ■"  And  they  said.  What  Jiced  we 
any  further  witness  ?  tor  we  our- 
selves have  heard  of  his  own  mouth. 

CUAPTEIl  XXIII. 
1  Jeaua  t»  accused  before  Pilate,  and  eent 
to  Herod.  8  Uerod  mockcth  him.  12 
JleroU  and  Pilate  are  viade  friends.  Vi 
Barabhaa  i»  desired  of  the  pcojAe,  and  is 
loosed  by  Pilate,  and  Jesus  is  given  to  he 
crucified.  27  He  telleth  the  women,  that 
lament  him,  the  destruction  of  Jerusa- 
lem: Si  pruyeth  far  his  enemies,  i'i  Two 
evil  doers  are  crucified  with  him.  40  Jlis 
death.     00  His  burial. 

AND    "the   whole   multitude   of 
them  arose,  and  led  him  unto 
Pilate. 

2  And  they  began  to  accuse  him, 
saying.  We  found  this  fellow  '■  per- 
verting the  nation,  niid  •^forbidding 
to  give  tribute  to  Cesar,  saying  J  that 
he  himself  is  Chii-t  a  king. 

3  "^And  Pilate  a.-k.-d  him,  saying, 
Art  thou  the  King  ul  the  Jews?  And 
he  answered  him  and  said.  Thou 
sayest  it.  .  , 

4  Then  said  Pilate  to  the  chief 
priests  and  to  the  people,  1 1  liiid  no 
fault  in  this  man. 

5  And  they  were  the  more  fierce, 
saying,  lie  stirreth  up  the  people, 
teaching  throughout  all  Jewry,  be- 
ginning from  Galilee  to  thi<  piMi'C. 

0  When  Pilate  livar.l  of  (,;ililee,  he 
asked  whether  the  man  weie  a  liab- 
le'''"- ,      ,  .111 

7  And  as  soon  as  )ic  knew  that  he 
belonged  unto  6  Herod's  jurisdiction, 
he  sent  him  to  Herod,  who  himsclt 
also  was  at  Jerusalem  at  that  time. 

8  IT  And  when  Herod  saw  Jesus,  lie 
was  exceeding  glad:  for  h  he  was  de- 
sirous to  see  liim  of  a  long  season, 
because  ibe  liad  heard  many  things 
of  him:  and  he  hoped  to  have  seen 
some  miracle  done  by  him. 

9  Then  he  (luestioned  with  him  in 


many  words;  but  he  answered  him 
nothing. 

10  And  the  chief  priests  and  scribes 
stood  and  vehemently  accused  him. 

11  k  And  Herod  with  liis  men  of  war 
set  him  at  nought,  and  mocked  liim, 
and  arrayed  him  in  a  gorgeous  robe, 
and  sent  him  again  to  I'ilate. 

12  IT  And  the  same  day  'Pilate  and 
Herod  were  made  friends  together; 
lor  before  they  were  at  enmity  be- 
tween tliemsefves. 

I'J  IT  "And  Pilate,  when  he  had 
called  together  the  chief  priests  and 
the  rulers  and  the  people, 

U  Said  unto  them,  "  Ye  have 
brought  this  man  unto  me,  as  one 
that  perveiteth  the  iieople:  and,  be- 
hold, "I,  having  examined  hint  be- 
fore you,  have  found  no  fault  in  this 
man" touching  those  things  whereof 
ye  accuse  him : 

lo  No,  nor  vet  Herod :  for  I  sent  you 
to  him;  ami,  lo,  nothing  worthy  of 
death  is  done  nnto  him. 

If)  I'l  will  therefore  chastise  him, 
and  release  hint. 

17  i(For  of  necessity  he  must  re- 
lease one  unto  them  at  the  feast.) 

IS  And  '  they  cried  out  all  at  once, 
saying.  Away  with  this  jikih,  and  re- 
lease unto  us  Barabbas: 

I'J  (Who  for  a  certain  sedition  made 
in  the  city,  and  for  murder,  was  cast 
into  prist^n.) 

•lO  Pilate  therefore,  willing  to  release 
Jesus,  spake  again  to  them. 

21  Put  tiny  cried,  saying.  Crucify 
him,  criirilv  him. 

•£i  And  he  said  unto  them  the  third 
time.  Why,  what  evil  hath  he  don.y 
I  have  found  uo  cause  of  death  in 
him  :  I  will  therefore  chastise  Uim, 
and  let  Aim  go. 

a'!  And  they  were  instant  with  loud 
voices,  reiiuiriiig  that  he  mi^ht  be 
and  the  voices  ol   them 
iiief  priests  prevailed. 
date  II  gave  sentence  that 

it  should  be  as  they  required. 


tl 
into 
but  1 

l;Iid  1 


And  he  rele 


.■diti 


And  as  they  led  I 


lid  upon 


iitofti 


I  unto  them  him 
d  minder  was  cast 
Ibev  bad  desired; 
leir  will. 
iway,  they 
1,  a  Cyrc- 
iiitrv,uiid 
ss.  that  he 


on  him  thev   laid  tl 
might  bear  ;r  alUcr  Jesus. 

•J7  II  And  there  followed  him  a  great 
compaiiv  of  people,  and  of  women, 
which  also  bewailed  and  lamented 
him. 

2.S  Hilt  Jesus  turning  unto  tliciii 
said.  Daughters  of  Jerusalem,  weep 
not  for  me.  but  weep  lor  yourselves, 
and  for  your  children. 

•Ji)  "  Per,  behold,  the  days  arc  com- 
iii"-.  in  the  which  thev  shall  say. 
Blessed  nrc  the  barren,  and  the 
wombs  that  never  bare,  and  the  l>apa 
which  never  g:ive  mck. 

■M  "^  Then  slmll  tluv  begin  to  say  to 
S3 


.  19.  i. 

1157  li 


ii.;7. 91. 


Christ  is  crucified. 


His  resurrection. 


iProT.  11.31. 

Jcr.  25.  29. 

Ki.  2U.  n.  li 

21.3.4. 

1  Pel.  1.  17. 
«  U.  53.  12. 


Jllu 


.  27.  38. 


.M-. 

u.  5.41 

Act 

.7.(i0. 

cAo 

I.  3.  17. 

IM 

11. 27.35 

Mil 

U  15.  21 

the  mountaina.  Full  on  us;  and  to  the 
hills,  Cover  us. 

31  5'  For  if  they  do  these  things  in  a 
tureen  tree,  what  shall  be  done  in  the 
dry? 

3:i  *  And  there  "were  also  two  others, 
malefactors,  led  with  him  to  be  put 
to  death. 

33  And  "when  they  were  come  to 
the  place,  which  is  called  ||  Calvary, 
there  they  crucified  him,  and  the 
malefactors,  one  on  the  ri^jht  hand, 
and  the  other  on  the  left. 

34 II  Then  said  Jesus,  Father,  b  for- 
give them;  for  *^they  know  not  what 
they  do.  And  <1  tliey  parted  his  rai- 
ment, and  cast  lots. 

35  And  "  the  people  stood  beholding. 
And  the  frulcrs  alsowitli  them  de- 
rided hhn.  sayincr.  He  sived  otliers; 
let  him  save  himself,  if  ho  be  Christ, 
the  chosen  of  God. 

30  And  the  soldiers  also  mocked 
him,  coming  to  him,  and  otlering 
him  vinc^arj 

3"  And  saying.  If  thou  be  the  King 
of  the  Jews,  save  thyself. 

38  s  And  a  superscriiJtion  al.'^o  was 
written  over  him  in  letters  of  Creek, 
and  Latin,  and  Ilelircw,  THIS  IS 
THE  KINU  OF  THE  JEWS. 

3y  IT  1"  And  one  of  tlie  malefactors 
which  were  hanf;ed  railed  on  him, 
saving,  If  thou  be  Christ,  save  thy- 
self and  us. 

4!)  But  the  other  answering  rebuked 
him,  saying,  Dost  nut  thou  fear  God, 
seeing  thou  art  in  the  saone  con- 
demnation? 

41  And  wo  indeed  justly;  for  we  re- 
ceive the  due  reward  of  our  deeds: 
but  this  man  hath  done  nothing 
amiss. 

i'i  And  he  said  unto  Jesus,  liOrd, 
reineinhermo  when  thou  comest  in- 
to thy  kingdom. 

43  And  Jesus  said  unto  him,  Verily 

I  say  unto  thee.  To  day  shalt  thou  bo 
with  me  in  paradise. 

44  "And  it  was  about  the  sixth  hour, 
and  there  was  a  darkness  over  all  tiio 

II  earth  until  the  ninth  hour. 

4.5  And  the  sun  was  darkened,  and 
kthe  vail  of  the  temple  was  lent  in 
the  midst. 

4()1T  And  when  Jesus  had  cried  with 
a  loud  voice,  he  said,  IFatlier,  into 
thy  hands  I  commend  my  spirit : 
'"and  having  said  tlius,  ho  gave  up 
the  ghost. 

47  ''  Now  when  the  centurion  saw 
what  was  done,  he  glcirilied  God, 
saying,  "Certainly  this  was  a  right- 
eous man. 

48  And  all  the  people  that  came 
together  to  that  siglit,  beholding  the 
things  which  were  done,  smoto  their 
breasts,  and  returned. 

4!)  "And  all  liis  nciiunintanee,  and 
the  women  tliat  followed  him  from 
Galilee,  stood  afar  ofl',  beholding 
these  tilings. 

iO  IT  I'And,  liehold.  Mere  xnas  a  man 
84 


named  Joseph,  a  counsellor;  and  he 
u-fvi  a  good  man,  and  a  just: 

51  (Tlie  same  had  not  consented  to 
the  counsel  and  deed  of  them:)  he 
jcasof  Arimatliea,  a  city  of  the  Jews; 
''who  also  himself  waited  lor  the 
kingdom  of  God. 

52  This  man  went  unto  Pilate,  and 
begged  the  body  of  Jesus. 

53  ''And  he  took  it  down,  and 
wrapped  it  in  linen,  and  laid  it  in  a 
sepulchre  that  was  hewn  in  stone, 
wherein  never  man  before  was  laid. 

54  And  that  day  was  *the  prepara- 
tion, and  the  salibath  drew  on. 

55  And  the  women  also,  'which 
came  with  him  from  Galilee,  fol- 
lowed after,  and  "beheld  the  sepul- 
chre, and  how  his  body  was  laid. 

5(j  And  they  returned,  and  ^pro- 
pared  spices  and  ointments ;  and 
rested  the  sabbath  day  >  according  to 
the  commandment. 

CUAPTEK  XXIV. 

I  ChrisVs  resurrection  is  declared  by  two 
antjels  to  the  vomen  that  come  to  the 
scpiilelire.  9  Tlicsc  report  it  to  others. 
la  Christ  himself  appeareth  to  the  two 
disciples  that  went  to  Emmaus:  35  after- 
wards he  appeareth  to  t>u  apostleSj  and 
rcproveth  their  ■unbelief :  47  giveth  them 
a  charge :  49  promiseth  the  Uobj  Ghost : 
01  and  so  ascendeth  into  heaven. 

NOW  » upon  the  tirst  day  of  the 
week,  very  early  in  the  morn- 
ing, they  came  unto  the  sepulchre, 
l>  bringing  the  spices  which  they  had 
prepared,  and  certain  others  with 
them. 

ii  "^And  they  found  the  stone  rolled 
away  ti"om  tlie  sepulchre. 

3  il  And  they  entered  in,  and  found 
not  the  body  of  the  I-ord  Jesus. 

4  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  they  were 
much  perplexed  thereabout,  "be- 
hold, two  men  stood  by  them  in 
shinin."  garments: 

.5  And  as  thej^  were  afraid,  and 
bowed  down  t/iei'r  faces  to  the  eartli, 
tliey  said  unto  them,  AVhy  seek  ye 

II  the  living  among  the  dead? 

(i  He  is  not  here,  but  is  risen  :  fre- 
member  how  he  spake  uuto  you 
when  he  was  yet  in  Galilee, 

7  Saying,  The  Son  of  man  must  be 
delivered  into  the  liunds  of  sinful 
men,  and  be  crucified,  and  the  third 
day  rise  again. 

8  And  sthey  remembered  his  words, 
U  h  And  returned  from  the  sepulchre, 

and  told  all  these  things  unto  the 
eleven,  and  to  all  the  rest. 

ID  It  was  Mary  Jlagdalone,  and 
'Joanna,  and  RIary  the  mother  of 
James,  and  other  iVoi/icm  that  vere 
with  them,  which  told  these  thiugs 
unto  the  apostles. 

H  k  And  their  words  seemed  to 
them  as  idle  tales,  and  they  believed 
them  not. 

12  I  Then  arose  Peter,  and  ran  unto 
tlie  sepulchre;  nnil  stooping  down, 
he  behold  tiio  linen  clothes  laid  by 


Christ  appcarcth  to  his  apostles.       ST.  LUKE. 


lie  ascendeth  into  heaven. 


r  Act.  7.  22. 
■  cU.  23.  I. 

Act.  13.  27. 

23. 
tcU.  1. 18.  i 

AcU  1.  6. 


a  Mall.  23.  8. 
aUrk  115.  10. 
v«.  9.  10. 


D.ut.  13. 15. 
br>  10.9. 11. 
i;  22.  Si  132. 


puss. 

l.t  ir  "And,  hchold,  two  of  thorn 
vent  tliat  same  diiy  to  a  villaj;c 
callud  Kniinau.s,  which  was  from  Jc- 
nisalcm  a'.otU  thrc'scorc  furloujjs. 

U  And  thi-y  talked  to-ethcr  of  all 
these  tliiiij^-s  which  liad  happened. 

1.5  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  whilj 
they  communed  tO(/ether  and  reason- 
ed, "Jesus  himself  drew  near,  and 
went  w  ith  them. 

lli  But  "their  eyes  were  holden 
that  they  should  not  know  him. 

17  And  he  said  unto  them,  What 
manner  of  communications  are  these 
that  ye  have  one  to  another,  as  ye 
walk,  and  arc  sad? 

l.S  And  the  one  of  them,  1' whose 
name  was  Cleopas,  answering  said 
unto  him.  Art  thou  only  a  stranger 
in  Jerusalem,  and  hast  not  known 
the  things  which  are  come  to  pass 
there  in  tlicse  days? 

I'J  And  he  saiil  unto  them.  What 
things?  And  they  said  unto  him. 
Concerning  Jesus  of  Nazareth, 
1  which  was  a  prophet  "'mighty  in 
deed  and  word  belore  God  and  all 
t!ie  people: 

HO  'And  how  the  chief  priests  and 
our  rulers  delivered  him  to  be  con- 
demned to  deatli,  and  have  crucified 
him. 

21  But  we  trusted  '  that  it  had  been 
he  which  should  have  redeemed  Is- 
rael: and  beside  all  this,  to  day  is 
the  third  day  since  these  things  were 
done. 
2ii  Yea,  and  "  certain  women  also 

of  our  company  made  us  astonished, 

which  were  early  at  the  sepulchre; 
•Si  And  when  they  tbund  not  his 

body,  they  came,  saying,  that  they 

had   also   seen   a  vision  of  angels, 

which  said  that  lie  was  alive. 

24  And  ^certain  of  them  which 
were  with  us  went  to  the  sepulchre, 
and  found  it  even  so  as  the  women 
had  said:  but  him  they  saw  not. 

25  Then  he  said  unto  them,  O  fools, 
and  slow  of  heart  to  believe  all  that 
the  prophets  liavc  spoken: 

20  '  Ought  not  Christ  to  have  suf- 
fered these  things,  and  to  cuter  into 
ills  glory  ? 

27  "^  And  beginning  at  "  .AFoscs  and 
ball  the  prophets,  he  expounded 
unto  them  in  all  the  Scriptures  the 
things  concerning  himself. 

28  And  they  drew  nigh  unto  the 
village,  whither  thev  went:  and  "^^  he 
made  as  though  he  would  have  gone 
furtlier. 

29  But  dthcv  constraincil  him,  say- 
ing. Abide  with  us;  lor  it  is  toward 
evening,  and  tlie  day  is  far  spent. 
And  he  went  in  to  tiirry  with  them. 

30  And  it  cume  to  pass,  as  he  eat  at 
meat  with  tlicm,  'ho  took  bread,  and 
blessed  it,  and  brake,  and  gave  to 
them. 


HI  And  their  cye.s  were  opened,  anil 
they  knew  him;  and  he  ||  vunished 
out  of  their  sight. 

.;.'  And  tliev  said  one  to  another. 
Did  not  otir  heart  burn  within  us, 
while  he  talked  with  us  by  the  way, 
and  while  he  opened  to  us  the  Scrip- 
tures? 

:•)  And  they  rose  up  the  same  hour, 
and  returned  to  Jerusalem,  anil 
found  the  eleven  gathered  together, 
and  them  that  were  with  tbcni, 

it  Saying,  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed, 
and  fhath  appeared  to  Simon. 

;i5  And  they  told  what  things  tccre  1 
ilonc  in  the"  way,  and  how  lie  was 
known  of  them  in  breaking  of  bread. 
.Mi  IT  •:  And  as  thev  thus  spake,  Jesus 

liniself  stoocl  in  the  midst  of  them, 

and  saith  unto  them,  I'eaee  6e  uuto 
you. 
.17  But  thev  were  terrified  and  af- 
frighted, ami  supposed  that  they  had 

seen  t>  a  spirit. 
:W  And  he  said  nnto  them,  Why  are 

yc  troubled?  and  why  do  thoughts 

arise  in  your  hearts? 
;ii)  Behold  my  hands  and  my  feet, 

that  it  is  1  myself :   ihandlc  me,  and 

sec  ;  for  a  spirit  hath  not  flesh  and 

bones,  as  ye  sec  me  have. 
41)  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 

he  shewed  them  /lis  hands  and  Ais 

feet. 

41  And  while  they  yet  believed  not 
kfor  jov,  and  wondered,  he  said 
unto  tlicm,  Ulavc  yc  here  ony 
meat? 

42  And  thev  gave  him  a  piece  of  a 
broiled  fish,  "and  of  a  honeycomb. 

4.i '"  And  he  took  i(,  and  did  eat  be- 
fore them. 

44  And  he  said  unto  them.  "  These 
are  the  words  which  I  spake  nnto 
you,  while  1  was  vet  with  you,  that 
all  things  must  be  fulfilled,  which 
were  written  in  the  law  if  JRises, 
and    in   the    prophets,    and    i>»    the 


lM»rli  ia.lt. 
JoLuJU  19l 
1  U.I.  li.  i. 


jisalms,  . ^ 

4.)  Then  "opened  he  their  under- 
standing, that  they  might  under- 
stand the  Scriptures, 

4(;  And  said  unto  them,  l"  Thus  it  is 
written,  and  thus  it  behooved  Christ 
to  suffer,  and  to  rise  from  the  dead 
the  third  day : 

47  And  that  repentance  and  I  remis- 
sion of  sins  should  be  preached  in 
his  name  '  among  all  nations,  begin- 
ning at  Jeru.saleui. 

48  And  "ye  arc  witnessca  of  these 
things.  ,  ,     ^ 

4'J  ir  'And,  behold,  I  send  the 
promise  of  mv  I'alher  upon  you: 
but  tarrv  vc  in  the  eitv  of  Jernsaleni. 
until  ye  b"c  endued  with  power  from 
on  hi^h. 

50 1  .\nd  he  led  them  out  "  as  far  as 
to  Bethany,  and  he  lilted  up  his 
hands,  and  blessed  them. 

.'.1  "  .\nil  it  came  to  pass,  while  he 
bles.sed  them,  he  was  parted  from 
them,  and  carriud  up  into  heaven. 


ni  A.li  laiL 
iiM>tt  10  21 

k  17  •a.  IL 

■n  IS. 

Muk  S  31 
rl,  tLiLIt 
is  31. 


!■•  v^  2« 

I..  Ill  n.n 

J.r  ;,1.  M. 
Hu>  «.  21. 
Uie  <.]. 
M>1  I  II. 
■  Jok.  13  n 
AcKl.  ».tL 


The  divinity,  humanity. 


ST.  JOHN. 


and  office  of  Jesus  Christ. 


bl'r 

.V.  R  30 

IJ 

l.o  1    2. 

or. 

11    1  1 
33  G. 

fi'i 

..  3.  9. 
1.  Hi. 

n  r,.  i  u.3i, 

1.  ci..  3.  19 
A.  I).  2S. 


jA.,ie..  1.  IS. 
1  IVI.  1.  2.1. 
qMatt.  1.  10. 


5'J  y  And  they  wornhipped  liim,  and  i  5.'!  And  were  continually  "  in  the 
returned  to  Jerusalem  with  t;reat  temple,  praisinf;  aud  blessing  God. 
joy:  I  Amen. 


THE  GOSPEL  ACCORDING  TO 

ST.  JOHN. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  T/ic  divuiity,  humanity,  and  cfllce  of 
Jeaus  CItriet.  li  T/ic  testimony  o'f  John, 
oi  The  CilhHg  of  AnJreui,  J'eor,  ii;. 

IN  the  bef;inning  "  was  the  Word, 
and  the   Word   was   bwith  God, 
'  and  the  Word  was  God. 
'J  't  The  same  was  iu  the  bc;rinninK 
with  God. 

3  "^  All  thinps  were  made  by  liim: 
and  without  him  was  nut  any  thing 
made  that  was  made. 

4  fin  him  was  lite;  and  Etho  life 
was  tlie  lij;ht  ormon. 

5  And  lithe  li;,'ht  fhinoth  in  dark- 
nessi  and  the  darkness  eomprchend- 
ed  it  not. 

(J  V  <  There  was  a  man  sent  from 
God,  whose  name  ?r((s  John. 

7  li  The  same  eamc  tor  a  witness, 
to  bear  wifnes.s  of  the  Liyht,  tliat  all 
iiicH  through  liim  mij;ht  believe. 

H  He  was  not  that  Light,  but  ivas 
feiit  to  bear  witness  of  that  Light. 

IH  7711(1  was  tlie  true  Liglit,  which 
lighteth  every  man  that  eometh  into 


rkl. 


10  He  was  in  the  world,  and  '''the 
world  was  made  by  him,  aud  tlie 
world  knew  him  not. 

H  "  He  came  unto  his  own,  and  his 
own  received  him  not. 

V2  But  "as  many  ns  received  him, 
to  them  gave  he  ||  power  to  become 
the  sons  of  God,  eren  to  them  that 
believe  on  liis  name: 

13  I*  Which  were  born,  not  of  blood, 
nor  of  the  will  of  the  flesh,  nor  of  the 
will  of  man,  but  of  God. 

14  1  And  the  Word  'was  made 
^  flesh,  and  dwelt  among  us,  (an(l 
'we  beheld  his  gli>ry,  the  glory  as  of 
the  only  begotten  of  the  Father,) 
"full  of  grace  and  truth. 

].'>  U  *  John  bare  witness  of  him,  and 
cried,  saying,  Thi.s  was  be  of  whom 
I  spake,  ^  He  that  eometh  after  me 
is  preti'rred  before  mc;  >  for  he  was 
before  me. 

I(i  And  of  his  ^fulness  have  all  we 
received,  ami  grace  for  grace. 

ir  For  -'the  law  was  given  by  ]\Io- 
fos.biit  li grace  and  ''truth  eanio  by 
J.'sus  Christ. 

15  il  No  man  hath  seen  God  at  any 


M»tl  11.27.    Luk.lO. 

1. 1. 17.  &  (I.  IG.   iJoi.u  4. 1-2,  ::a. 
96 


time;  'the  only  begotten  Son,  which 
is  in  the  bosom"  of  the  Father,  he  hath 
declared  him. 

I'J  TT  And  this  is  f  the  record  of  John, 
when  the  Jews  sent  priests  and  Lc- 
vites  from  Jerusalem  to  ask  him. 
Who  art  thoui" 

'M  And  I!  he  confessed,  and  denied 
not :  but  confessed,  I  am  not  the 
Christ. 

21  And  they  asked  him.  What 
then?  Art  thoii  hElias?  And  he 
saith,  I  am  not.  Art  thou  i  l|  that 
Prophet?    And  he  answered.  No. 

Ii2  Then  said  they  unto  him.  Who 
art  thou?  that  we  may  give  an  an- 
swer to  them  that  sent  us.  What 
sayest  thou  of  thj'self  ? 

'£^  k  He  said,  I  am  the  voice  of  one 
crying  in  the  wilderness.  Make 
straight  tlie  way  of  the  Lord,  as 
Isaia  the  prophet  Fsaias. 

24  And  they  which  were  sent  were 
of  the  Pharisees. 

25  And  they  asked  liim,  and  said 
nnto  him.  Why  baptizest  thou  then, 
if  thou  be  not  that  Christ,  nor  Ellas, 
neither  that  Prophet? 

2(i  John  answered  them,  saying, 
"'I  baptize  with  water:  "but  there 
standeth  one  among  you,  whom  ye 
know  not; 

27  "  He  it  is,  who  coming  after 
me  is  preferred  before  me,  whose 
shoe's  latchet  1  am  not  worthy  to 
unloose. 

28  These  things  Avere  done  Tin 
Bethabara  beyond  Jordan,  where 
John  was  baptizing. 

2'J  IT  The  next  day  John  seetli  Je- 
sus coining  unto  him,  and  saith. 
Behold  'Ithe  Lamb  of  God,  ''which 
II  taketh  away  the  sin  of  the  world  1 

oO  "  This  is  he  of  whom  I  said. 
After  nic  Cometh  a  man  which  is 
Jirefcrred  before  me ;  for  he  was  bc- 
tbrc  me. 

31  And  I  knew  him  not:  but  that 
he  should  bo  made  ni:inifest  to  Is- 
rael, 'therefore  am  I  come  baptizing 
w  ith  Avater. 

yj  "And  John  hare  record,  saying, 
I  saw  the  Spirit  descending  "frimi 
heaven  like  a  dove,  and  it  abode 
upon  him. 

S.!  And  1  knew  him  not:  but  he 
that  sent  me  to  baptize  with  water, 
the  same  said  nnto  me_.  Upon  whom 
thou  ehalt  see  the  Spirit  descending, 
and  remaining  on  liim,  "the  same 


John's  testimony  of  Christ. 


ST.  JOHN.         Christ  turneth  water  into  %nne. 


>  M>tt.  VS.  IS. 
I  Or.  e<ur. 


It  r«.  G2.  2.  i 


i  Malt.  11.31. 
k  Mfttt.  21.  5. 

Jt27.  11.  12. 


is  lie  which  baptizeth  with  tlic  Uoly 
Ghost. 

.'U  And  I  saw.  and  bare  record  that 
this  is  the  Son  of  God. 

35  TT  Asain  tlie  next  day  after,  John 
stood,  and  two  of  liis  disciples; 

oG  And  lookinfj  upon  Jcsua  as  he 
walked,  he  saith,  J  Behold  the  Lamb 
of  God  1 

;?7  And  the  two  disciples  heard  hi'ii 
speak,  and  tliey  foll()\\  cd  Je.^iis. 

SS  Then  Jesus  turned,  and  saw 
them  following,  and  saith  unto 
them,  What  seek  ye?  Tlvcy  said 
unto  him.  Itabbi.  (which  is  to  say, 
being  interpreted.  Master,)  where 
lldwellest  thou? 

3!t  He  saith  unto  tliem.  Come  and 
see.  They  tame  and  saw  where  he 
dwelt,  and  abode  with  him  that 
day:  for  it  was  ||  about  the  tenth 
hour. 

40  One  of  the  two  which  heard 
John  speak;  and  followed  him.  was 
*Andrcw,  Simon  Peter's  brother. 

41  lie  first  Hndutli  his  own  brullicr 
Simon,  and  saitli  unto  liim,  \Ve  lia\e 
found  the  Messias.  which  is,  being 
interpreted,  ||  the  Christ. 

42  And  he  brought  him  to  Jesu.s. 
And  when  Jesus  beheld  him,  he 
said.  Thou  art  Simon  the  son  of 
Jona:  "thou  shall  be  called  Ce- 
phas, which  is  by  interpretatiou, 
II  A  stone. 

43  IT  The  day  following  Jesus  would 
go  forth  into  Galilee,  and  findeth 
PhiUp,  and  saith  unto  him,  Follow 
me. 

44  Now  triiilip  was  of  Bethsaida, 
the  city  of  Andrew  and  Peter. 

ij  Pliilip  lindcth  'Nathanael.  and 
saith  unto  him.  We  have  found  him. 
of  whom  i  Moses  in  the  law,  and 
the  "^prophets,  did  write,  Jesus  'of 
Nazareth,  the  son  of  Joseph. 

4lj  And  Nathanacl  said  unto  him, 
s  Can  there  any  good  thing  come 
out  of  Nazareth?  Philip  saith  unto 
him.  Come  and  see. 

4"  Jesus  saw  Nathanacl  coming  to 
him,  and  saitli  of  him.  Behold  lian 
Israelite  indeed,  in  wliom  is  no  guild 

45  N.athanael  saith  unto  him, 
■\Vhence  kuowest  tliou  me?  Jesn.s 
answered  and  said  unto  him.  Be- 
fore that  Philip  called  thee,  when 
thou  wast  under  the  lig  tree,  I  saw 
thee. 

4i)  Nathanacl  answered  and  saith 
unto  him,  Kabbi,  ifliou  art  the  Son 
of  God;  thou  art  l  the  King  of  Is- 
rael. 

50  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
him.  Because  I  said  unto  thee,  I  saw 
thee  under  the  fig  tree,  bclievest 
thou?  thou  Shalt  see  greater  things 
tlian  these.  . 

51  And  he  saith  unto  him,  A  erily, 
verily,  1  say  unto  you,  1  Hereatter  ye 
shall  see  heaven  open,  and  the  angels 
of  God  ascending  and  desceudiug 
upon  the  Sou  cf  man. 


CHAPTEU  II. 

1  Chritt  tumcth  water  into  uint,  12  e/c- 
parteth  iytto  Capt;rnaum,  anU  to  Jeru- 
saUm,  14  where  he  purgeth  the  tempte 
oftmyera  amttelUrt.  19  Ih  Jureleltcth 
hit  death  and  reaurrectivn.  2a  .Vniij, 
believed  beeauite  of  hie  miraeUt.  but  he 
would  not  truet  himself  uHh  them. 

\ND  the  third  day  there  was  a 
marriage  in  "  Caiia  of  Galilee; 
and  the  iiiotlier  of  Jesus  was  there: 
li  And  both  Jesus  was  called,  and 
his  disciples,  to  the  marriag*. 
;!  And  when  they  wanted  wine, 
the  mother  of  Jesus  saith  unto  him. 
They  liave  no  wine. 

4  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  ••'Womnn, 

'  what  have  I  to  do  with  thee  ?  , 
<1  mine  liour  is  not  yet  come. 

5  His  mother  saith  unto  the  nerv- 
ants.  Whatsoever  he  saith  unto  you, 
do  It. 

0  And  there  were  set  there  six  wa- 
teriMits  of  stone,  'alter  the  manner 
of  the  jiuriiyiiig  of  the  Jews,  con- 
taining tw(»  or  three  firkins  apiece. 

7  Jc.Mis  saitli  unto  them.  Fill  the 
waterpots  with  water.  And  they 
tilled  them  up  to  the  brim. 

8  And  lie  saith  unto  thcni.  Draw 
out  now,  and  bear  unto  the  govern- 
or of  the  feast.     And  thev  bare  it. 

•J  When  the  ruler  of  the  feast  had 
tasted  fthc  water  that  was  made 
wine,  and  knew  not  whence  it  was. 
(but  the  servants  which  drew  the 
water  knew.)  the  governor  of  the 
feast  called  the  bridegroom, 

111  And  saith  unto  him,  Kvcrv  man 
at  the  beginning  doth  set  forth  gi«pd 
wine  ;  and  when  nun  have  well 
drunk,  then  timl  which  is  worse:  hit 
thou  ha.^t  kept  the  good  wine  until 

"<>"'•  .  ... 

11  This  beginning  of  miracles  did 
Jesus  in  Cana  of  Galilee,  k  and  man- 
ifested forth  his  glory;  and  his  disci- 
liles  believed  on  liim. 

12  H  Alter  this  he  went  down  to  Ca- 
pernaum, he.  and  his  nu'tlicr,  and 
lihis  brelliren.  and  his  disciples:  and 
thev  continued  there  not  many  days. 

P'.'H  lAnd  the  Jews'  pussover  was  at 
hand,  and  Jesus  went  up  to  Jerusa- 

14  kAnd  found  in  the  temple  those 
that  sold  oxen  and  sheep  and  doves, 
and  the  chanirers  of  money  sitting: 

15  And  when  he  liad  made  a 
scourge  of  small  cords,  he  drove 
them  all  out  of  the  temple,  and  the 
sheep,  and  the  oxen  ;  and  poured 
out  the  changers'  money,  and  over- 
threw the  tables; 

K;  And  said  unto  them  that  sold 
doves,  Take  these  tilings  lienec ; 
make  not  I  my  Father's  house  a 
I  house  of  merchandise. 

17   And    his  disciples  remembered 
that  it   was   written.  "'The   zeal  of 
thine  house  hath  eaten  me  up. 
I    IS  n  Then  answired  the  Jews  and 
I  said  unto  hiiii,  "Wliatsigii  bhewest 


.HX1.I1.3& 


Christ's  covference 


oM«ll  IUSA 

4  ■r.  lu. 

Mark  11,58 
i  15  29. 


Mnilc  2.  8. 
ch.  K.  61.  1 
10.  30. 


ch-9.  IB,  33, 
Act.  2.  22. 
Acti  10.  38. 


Jam..  1.  18. 
I  Pet.  1.23. 
1  JcLn  3.  9, 


thes"e'thi'n>''' v'  ^'^''°"  *'*'"  "'°"  ''*"■'' 

»hL^*'l"M\"^^"'''5!l  ""<!  "aid  "ito 
them,  "  Destroy  this  temple,  and  in 
tlirec  .lays  I  will  raise  it  up.  ' 
-")  Ihen  said  the  Jews,  Forty  and 

da  '4  '  '"*'''"' ''  "P  '"  "^'■'^« 

h'is  hm\^^  ^^'^'^'^  P  of  the  temple  of 

f^l.Th*''1  *'?'',';fP™  ''«  ^raa  risen 
hIVi  1  ,?  'V'-'i'''  V"''.'^'™'P''^s  remem- 
bered that  he  lind  said  this  unto 
hem;  and  tliey  believed  the  Serip- 

laid'  ""  "'"'''^  ^''''''^''  ■''''"^  '"''' 

2.i  T  Now  when  lie  was  in  Jerusa- 
lem at  the  passover,  in  the  feast  iltvi 
many  believed  in  Ins  name  when 
they  saw  the  miraelcs  whieh  he  did. 
-'4  lint  Jesus  did  not  commit  him- 
self unto  thein,  beeause  he  knew  all 

M  And  needed  not  that  any  should 
testify  ot  man;  lor  Mie  knew  what 
was  in  man. 

CHAPTER  Iir. 

1  ChriH  Uachcth  Au-o.temue  the  neceititv 
.       of  regener.iHun.       U    of  /„,(/,    ,,,     i,,-' 

1r"'-  ^;'TUeyr'„tlovcyi!.UtolarZ 
tlie  world.     13  CunUenmation.   for  unt,/. 

'^L  ^fJ'r  '"""""•  -',""« -"1=- 

trine  0/  John  concermni/  Christ. 
'yUKKE  was  a  man  of  the  Phari- 

JL  sees,  named  Nicodemus,  a  ruler 
ot  the  Jews: 

-  17^^  same  came  to  Jesus  by 
niRht,  and  .said  unto  him,  Kabbi.  we 
know  that  thou  art  a  teacher  come 
trom  Ood :  for  u  no  man  can  do 
these  miracles  that  thou  doest.  ex- 
cept "=  God  be  with  him. 

3  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
hini.  Verily,  verily,  1  say  unto  thee, 
li-xcept  a  man  be  born  lla^ain,  he 
cannot  see  the  kiiiKdom  of  God 

4  Nicodemus  saith  unto  him.  How 
can  a  man  be  born  when  he  is  ohl ' 
can  he  enter  the  second  time  into 
his  mother's  womb,  and  be  born? 

5  Jesus  answered.  Verily,  verily  1 
say  unto  thee,  '^Except  a  man  be 
born  ot  water  and  of  the  Spirit   he 


ST.  JOHiV. 


We  speak  that  we  do  know,  and  test 
ily  that  we  have  seen;  and  i  ve  re- 
ceive not  onr  witness. 
Jr!/!  ^'''i-''  '"'■'  -™,"  eartlily  things, 
n  V  ^"fH^V  "°'-,l>o»'  ''hall  ye  be- 
lie\  e,  ill  tell  you  ot  heavenly  things" 

1 J  And  k  no  man  hath  ascended  up 
to  hc-iven.  but  he  that  came  down 
Irom  heaven,  even  the  Son  of  man 
wnicn  is  in  heaven. 
14  T  !And  as  Moses  lifled  up  the 
Sf.'P''"'  ;"  jhe  wilderness,  oven  so 

mii.st  the  Son  ol  man  be  lifted  up: 
Jo  J  hat  whosoever  believeth  in  him 
should  not  perish,  but  "have  eternal 

f  hJ  n  "For  God  so  loved  the  world, 
I  l^J  '"f  save  his  only  be-otten  Son 
iitiat  -Bhosoevcr  believeth  in  him 
should  not  perish,  but  have  ever- 
flastui";  lile. 

.y.i'  ""■  V!."''  ''*^"'  ""'  li's  Son  in- 
mt    fh)^^'"''?"'  ^•"■'.'''^n"'  the  world; 

m^.l.M?i    "'e   world   through   him 

might  be  saved. 

.  IS  ^  ■■  lie  that  believeth  on  him 
s  no  condemned:  but  he  that  be- 
le^eth  not  is  condemned  already 

because   he    hath    not    believed   in 

of*'G"d'"''  °"'^'  '^'■So'teu  Son 

rrh.-^V*"!'.'"'  '*  *''<=  condemnation, 
that  light  is  come  into  the  world 
and  men  loved  darkness  rather  than 
light,  because  their  deeds  were  evil 
i.'T.Jh""".!  ••■'',''7.''""=  "'at  doelh  evil 

the  light  lest  his  deeds  should  be 
I  reproved. 

eth  to  the  light,  that  his  .leeds  may 
manifest,    that   they    are 


■with  Nicodemxts. 


51.  e<2.  it  It: 

Acl.l  34. 

ll"r,  15  4.-. 

El'l"  4.  a.  10. 
ISuiu  21.  9 
mcl..9.28.  4 


tU.  6  17. 
o  Rom.  5.  8 
1  Juhu  1.  9. 


-    ...ade    , 

wrought  in  God. 

21  IT  After  these  things  came  Je- 
sus and  his  diMipU.,  iiTto  the  la,,,i 
of  Judea:  .-md  there  he  tarried  with 
them,  'and  baptized. 

23  IT  And  John  also  was  baptizin- 
in   Enon   near  to    "Salim,   because 
there  was  much  water  there:  "and 
'llf  V";"",'  ""'1  ^'•'^^re  baptized, 
prismr  "■■"  ""'i<-'cast  into 

e^iot-eni;:;i;;i;r ihe'k^uS l^  ^l^^lJ^J^l^ 

■  That  which  is  born  of  the  flesh  i-  '    -    — •'  —"'  """'^i"- 


flesh ;  and  that  which  is  born  of  the 
Spirit  IS  spirit. 

7  Marvel  not  that  I  said  unto  thee. 
Ye  must  be  born  (|  again. 

8  f  The  wind  bloweth  where  it  li-it- 
eth.  and  thou  hearest  the  sound 
thereof,  but  canst  not  tell  whence  it 
Cometh,  and  whither  it  poeth:  so  is 
every  one  that  is  born  of  the  Spirit. 

.»  ^leodemus  answered  and  said 
unto  him,  KHow  can  these  things 

in  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
him.  Art  thou  a  master  ot  Israel 
and  knowest  not  these  thin"s'' 

11  k  Verily,  verily,  1  ,ay  unto  thee, 


-t.  And  the^  came  unto  John,  and 
said  unto  him.  Kabbi.  he  that  was 
with  thee  beyond  Jordan.  ^  to  whom 

hou  barest  witness,  behold,  the  same 
bapt'zeth,  and  all  men  come  to  him 

Ii  John  answered  and  said  •  A 
man  can  |(  receive  nothing,  except 
"be  given  him  from  heaven. 
td^L?  yourselves  bear  me  witness, 
wc  :,".";'•  '■'  "'"  ""'  the  Christ, 
but  •-  that  I  am  sent  before  him 

-'!!  <tlle  that  hath  the  bride  is  the 
bridegroom:  but  'the  friend  of  the 
bridegrooin,  which  standeth  and 
heareth  hini,  rejoieeth  greativ  be- 
cause of  the  bridegrooni's  voice- 
this  my  joy  therefore  is  fulfilled 


■ch  120.27, 
rH>l  3  I. 
M.,k  I  2. 


Kl.K  5  '25.27. 
Il««.  21  9. 


Christ  talkcth  with 


ST.  JOHN. 


a  woman  of  Samaria. 


hlCor.15.47. 
Ich.  R.  33. 

I  Cor.  15.  47. 

Eph.  1.  :i. 


;  John  5.  10. 
mch.  7.  IG. 
nth.  I.  16. 
»M«lt,  11.Z7. 

i  i8.  Ifl. 

Luke  1(1.22. 

ch.a.  Zl^^^•2. 

i  13,3.417.2. 


,  2  8. 
al..  2.  4. 
.1.12.4:6. 

r.  14.  16. 
.m.  1.  17. 
lobnS.  10. 


30  lie  must  increase,  but  I  iiiitst  dc- 
;rc;isc. 

;!l  I  He  that  Cometh  from  above  ^\s 
above  all:  lihc  that  is  of  the  earth  is 
arthl.v,  and  speaketh  of  the  earth  : 
he  tliat  coinctli  from  licaveu  is  above 


bGen.33.I9.& 

4W.  22. 
Jo.k.  21.  32. 


Liiko  9.  52, 

Kl. 

AcU  10.  28. 


all. 

uL'  And  kwhat  he  hath  seen  and 
heard,  that  he  tcstitieth  ;  and  no 
man  rcceiveth  his  testinionv. 
Si  He  that  hath  received  his  testi- 
mony Ihathset  to  his  seal  that  Uod 
is  true. 

04  "'  For  he  whom  Cod  liath  sent 
speaketh  the  words  of  tlod  :  for 
(iod  givcth  not  the  Spirit  "  by  meas- 
ure viito  him. 

;i5  "The  Father  lovoth  the  Son,  and 
hath  Eivcn  all  thiii;,'s  into  his  hand. 
;!l!  I' He  that  belicvetli  on  the  Son 
hath  everlasting'  lite  :  and  he  that 
believeth  not  the  Son  shall  not  see 
life;  but  the  wrath  of  Uod  abideth 
on  him. 

CIIAPTEIt  IV. 
1  Chritt  talkcth  with  a  wovian  of  Samf 
ria,  and  rcvcalelh  himself  unto  hir.  1:7 
Hit  liiecipUt  marvel.  31  Jle  deelnreth 
to  them  his  zeal  to  OoU't  jilory.  ail  .lAiiiy 
Samaritant  believe  tin  him.  43  J/a  <U- 
jiartcthinto  Oalilee,  and  hralelh  the  rul- 
er's eon  that  lay  siek  at  Capernaum, 

\A 7 HEN  therefore  the  Lord  knew 
W     how  the  rharisees  liad  heard 

that  Jesus  made  and  "  baptized  more 

di.sei|)li's  tlian  Jolin, 
■1  '(.'I'lHin^'h  Jesus  himself  baptized 

n.it,  but  his  disciples.) 
.■;  He  lell  Judea,  uud  departed  aj;ain 

into  Gahlce. 

4  And  he  must  needs  go  throu;;h 
Samaria. 

5  Then  cometh  he  to  a  city  of  Sa- 
maria, which  is  called  Sychar,  near 
to  the  parcel  of  Rround  l>  Uiat  Jacob 
save  to  his  son  Joseph. 

U  Now  Jacob's  well  was  there. 
Jesus  therefore,  bcins  wearied  with 
Ills  journey,  sat  thus  on  the  well: 
and  it  was'about  the  sixth  hour. 

7  Thei-e  cometh  n  woman  of  Sa- 
maria to  draw  water :  Jesus  saith 
unto  her.  Give  me  to  drink. 

S  (For  his  disciples  were  Rone  away 
unto  tlie  city  to  buy  meat.) 

a  Then  saith  the  woman  of  Sa- 
maria unto  him,  How  is  it  that 
tliou,  being  a  Jew,  aske.st  drink  of 
me,  whicli  am  a  woman  of  Sama- 
ria ?  for  "^  the  Jews  ha\  u  no  deal- 
ings with  the  Samaritans. 

10  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
her.  If  thou  knewest  the  K'ift  of 
God,  and  who  it  is  that  saith  to 
tliee,  Give  mc  to  dnnk  ;  tlion 
wouldest  have  asked  of  liim.  and 
he  would  have  given  thee  il  living 
water. 

11  The  woman  saith  unto  him.  Sir, 
thou  hast  nothing  to  draw  with,  and 
the  well  is  deei):  from  whence  then 
hast  thou  that  living  water? 

l:!  Art  thou  greater  tliau  our  lather 


Jacob,  which  gave  us  tlic  well,  aiid 
drank  tliereof  liimscif,  and  Ida  chil- 
dren, and  his  cattle? 
I^J  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
her.  Whosoever  drinkcth  of  this 
water  shall  thirst  again : 

tI4  But  '  whosoever  drinkcth  of  the 
vuter  that  I  shall  give  him  shall  nev-, 
jT  thirst;  but  the  water  that  1  slialli 
give  him  f^hall  be  in  him  a  well  of  | 
water  springing  up  into  cverlastingi 
life. 

15  EThe  woman  saith  unto  him. 
Sir,  give  me  tliis  water,  that  I  thirst 
not,  neither  come  hither  to  draw. 

Ill  Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Go,  call  thy 
husband,  and  come  hither. 

ir  The  wfunan  answered  and  said, 
I  have  no  liusband.  Jesus  said  un- 
to her.  Thou  liast  well  said,  1  hove 
no  husband: 

IS  For  thou  hast  had  five  husbands; 
and  he  whom  thoii  now  bust  is  not 
thv  husband  :  in  that  saidst  thou 
triilv. 

I'J  The  woman  saith  unto  him.  Sir, 
li  I  perceive  that  thou  art  a  prophet. 

20  Our  fathers  worshipped  in  >  this 
mountuiii;  and  ye  say,  that  in  k  Je- 
rusalem is  the  iilacc  where  men  ought 
to  worship. 

21  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  Woman, 
believe  me,  the  hour  cometh,  I  when 
yc  shall  neither  in  this  mountain, 
nor  vet  at  Jeruealcni,  worship  the 
Fath'er. 

22  Vc  worship  ""  ye  know  not  what : 
we  know  what  we"  worship;  for  "sal- 
vation is  of  the  Jews. 

2.J  But  the  licMir  cometh,  and  now 
is,  when  the  true  won-hippers  shall 
worshin  the  Father  in  ".-pirit  P  and 
in  truth:  (or  the  Father seekcth  such 
to  worship  him. 

I  24  iGod  is  a  Spirit:  and  thev  that 
'worship  him  must  worship  Aim  in 
(spirit  and  in  truth. 


__  riic  woman  saith  unto  him,  I 
know  that  Messias  cometh,  which  is 
called  Christ:  wlien  he  is  come,  'he 
will  tell  us  all  things. 

20  Jesus  saith  unto  her,  'I  that 
si>eak  unto  thee  am  he. 

2"  TI  And  upon  this  came  his  dis- 
ciples, and  marvelled  that  he  talked 
with  the  woman:  yet  no  man  said, 
Whatseekest  thou?  or.  Why  talkest 
thou  with  her? 

2."^  The  woman  tlien  left  her  water- 
pot,  and  went  her  way  iuto  tlie  city, 
and  .saith  to  the  men, 

2U  Come,  see  a  man,  'which  told 
me  all  things  that  ever  1  did :  in  not 
this  the  Chri>t?  . 

;W  Then  they  went  out  of  tho  city, 
and  came  unto  him. 

,!1  IT  In  the  mean  while  hi»  disciples 
proved  him,  saying.  Master,  eat. 

.•12"  But  he  Niid  unto  them,  1  hove 
meat  to  eat  that  ye  know  not  of. 

.l-;  Therefore  said  the  disciples  one 
to  another.  Hath  any  iiiau  liruuglit 
him  UHulit  to  eat? 


Christ  healeth  a  nobleman's  son,       ST.  JOHN. 


a7id  an  impotent  man. 


ch.  2.  23.  4 
3.  2. 
dDout.  16.16. 

cb.  2.  1.  11. 


34  Jesus  saith  unto  them,  "  My  meat 
is  to  do  the  will  of  liim  that  sent  me, 
and  to  finish  his  work. 

35  Say  not  ye.  There  are  yet  four 
months,  and  titen  comotli  liarvest  ? 
behold,  I  say  rinto  you,  Lift  up  your 
eyes,  and  look  on  the  lields  ;  "for 
they  are  white  already  to  harvest. 

3G  >  And  he  that  reapeth  reccivcth 
wages,  and  gathercth  fruit  unto  life 
ctenial:  that  hoth  he  that  soweth  and 
he  that  reupeth  may  rejoice  together. 

.37  And  herein  is  that  saying  true, 
One  soweth,  and  anotlier  reapeth. 

.'58  1  sent  you  to  reap  that  whereon 
ve  bestowed  no  labour :  other  men 
laboured,  and  yo  are  entered  into 
their  labours. 

30  IT  And  many  of  the  Samaritans 
of  that  eity  believed  on  him  '  for  the 
.saying  of  the  woman,  which  testified, 
lie  told  nie  all  that  ever  1  did. 

40  So  when  the  Samaritans  were 
come  unto  him,  they  besought  him 
that  he  would  tarry  with  them:  and 
he  abode  there  two  days. 

41  And  many  more  believed  be- 
cause of  his  own  word; 

42  And  said  unto  the  woman.  Now 
we  believe,  not  because  of  thy  sav- 
ing: for  "we  have  heard  Jiiiii  our- 
selves, and  know  that  this  is  indeed 
the  Christ,  the  Saviour  of  the  world. 

43  IT  Now  after  two  days  he  departed 
thonce,  and  went  into  Galilee. 

44  For  b  Jesus  himself  testified,  th.at 
a  prophet  hath  no  honour  in  his  own 
country. 

4.5  Then  when  he  was  come  into 
Galilee,  the  Galileans  received  him, 
"  having  seen  all  the  things  that  he 
did  at  Jerusalem  at  the  feast:  <lfor 
they  also  went  unto  the  feast. 

4(!  So  Jesus  came  again  into  Cana 
of  Giililce,  ''where  he  made  the  wa- 
ter wine.  And  there  was  a  certain 
!l  nobleman,  whose  son  was  sick  at 
Capernaum. 

47  When  he  heard  that  Jesus  was 
come  out  of  Judea  into  Galilee,  he 
went  unto  him,  and  besought  him 
that  he  would  come  down,  and  heal 
his  son:  for  he  was  at  the  point  of 
death. 

48  Then  said  Jesus  unto  him,  f  Ex- 
cept ye  see  signs  and  wonders,  yc 
will  not  believe. 

49  The  nobleman  saith  unto  him. 
Sir,  come  down  ere  my  child  die. 

50  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  Go  thy 
wav;  thy  son  liveth.  And  the  man 
believed  the  word  that  Jesus  had 
spoken  unto  him,  and  he  went  his 
way. 

51  And  as  he  was  now  going  down, 
his  servants  met  him,  and  told /u'ni, 
saying.  Thy  son  liveth. 

52  iTien  inquired  he  of  them  the 
hour  when  he  began  to  amend.  And 
thev  said  unto  him,  Yesterday  at  the 
seventh  hour  the  fever  left  him. 

ffi  So  the  father  knew  that  it  was 
at  the  same  hour,  in  the  which  Je- 
90 


sus  said  unto  him.  Thy  son  liveth: 
and  himself  believed,  and  his  whole 
house. 

54  This  IS  again  the  second  miracle 
thnt  Jesus  did,  when  he  was  come 
out  of  Judea  into  Galilee. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  Jesus  on  the  a<ibl,iil/i  d,iy  curcth  him  that 
wtH  diseased  eight  and  thirty  yettrg.  le 
The  Jews  there-fore  cavil,  and  persecute 
liim  for  it.  17  He  anewcreth  for  him- 
ecJf,  and  reproveth  them,  /ihctvinff  by  the 
testimony  of  Ma  Father,  32  of  John,  36 
of  Ilia  works,  3i)  ami  of  tho  iScrijjtureB, 

AFTER  'this  there  was  a  feast  of 
the  Jews;  and  Jesus  went  up  to 
Jerusalem. 

2  Now  there  is  at  Jerusalem  ''by 
the  sheep  ||  market  a  pool,  which  is 
called  in  the  Hebrew  tongue  Be- 
thesda,  having  five  porches. 

3  In  these  lay  a  great  multitude  of 
impotent  folk,  of  blind,  halt,  wither- 
ed, waiting  for  the  moving  of  tlie 
water. 

4  For  an  angel  went  down  at  a  cer- 
tain season  into  the  pool,  and  troub- 
led the  water:  whosoever  then  first 
.after  the  troubling  of  the  water  step- 
ped in  was  made  whole  of  whatso- 
ever disease  he  had. 

5  And  a  certain  man  was  there, 
which  had  an  infirmity  thirty  and 
eight  years. 

(i  when  Jesus  saw  him  lie,  and 
knew  that  he  had  been  now  a  long 
time  in  that  case,  he  saith  unto  him, 
AVilt  thou  be  made  whole? 

7  The  impotent  man  answered  him. 
Sir,  I  have  no  man,  when  the  water 
is  troubled,  to  put  me  into  the  pool: 
but  while  I  am  coming,  another 
steppeth  down  before  me. 

8  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  "Rise,  take 
up  thy  bed,  and  walk. 

!)  And  immediately  the  man  was 
made  whole,  and  took  up  his  bed, 
and  walked:  and  don  the  same  day 
was  the  sabbath. 

10  IT  The  Jews  therefiire  said  unto 
him  that  was  cured.  It  is  the  sabbath 
day:  '  it  is  not  lawful  for  thee  to  cax- 
ry  th;/  bed. 

11  He  answered  them.  He  that 
made  me  whole,  the  same  said  unto 
me.  Take  up  thy  bed,  and  walk. 

12  Then  asked  they  him,  What  man 
is  that  which  said  unto  thee.  Take 
up  thy  bed,  and  walk  ? 

13  And  he  that  was  healed  wist  not 
who  it  was:  for  Jesus  had  conveyed 
himself  .away,  ||  a  multitude  being  in 
t/iat  place. 

14  Afterward  Jesus  findeth  him  in 
the  temple,  and  said  unto  him.  Be- 
hold, thou  art  made  whole:  fsin  no 
more,  lest  a  worse  thing  come  unto 
thee. 

15  The  man  departed,  and  told  the 
Jews  that  it  was  Jesus,  which  had 
made  him  whole. 

IG  And  therefore  did  the  Jews  per- 


Christ  appealeth  to  the  testimony      ST.  JOHN. 


of  John,  and  of  the  Father. 


4  .■!.  II. 
CoL  2.  13. 


)r.  15.  .W. 
leu.  4.1«. 
t..  12.  2. 

It.  25.  32. 


tMnU.26.  39. 
cit  1.  31.  4 
6.38. 


secute  Jesus,  nnil  soujiht  to  slay  him, 
bpcausc  lie  liad  done  these  things  on 
the  sabhatli  da}-. 

17  IT  But  Jesus  answered  them, 
s  My  Father  worketh  hitherto,  and  I 
Tvork. 

18  Therefore  the  Jews  k  soupht  the 
more  to  kill  him,  because  he  not  onlv 
had  broken  the  sabbath,  but  sai'd 
also  that  God  was  his  Father,  i  mak- 
ing liinisclt' equal  with  God. 

I'J  Then  answered  Jesus  and  said 
unto  them,  \'erily,  verily,  I  sav  unto 
vou,  t  The  Son  "can  do  nothiuf;  of 
himself,  but  what  he  seeth  the  Fa- 
ther do:  for  what  thinjrs  soever  lie 
docth,  these  also  doeth  the  Sou  like- 
wise. 

a)  For  1  the  Father  loveth  the  Son, 
and  sheweth  him  all  things  that 
himself  doeth:  and  he  will  shew  him 
greater  works  than  these,  that  yc 
may  marvel. 

21  For  as  the  Father  raiseth  np 
the  dead,  and  quickeneth  them ; 
'"  even  so  the  Son  quickeueth  whom 
he  will. 

'J2  For  the  Father  judgeth  no  man, 
but  "hath  eouimitted  all  judgment 
unto  the  Son: 

2.3  That  all  tiien  should  honour  the 
Son,  even  as  they  honourthe  Father. 
"He  that  Jionoureth  not  the  Son 
honoureth  not  the  Father  which 
hath  sent  him. 

24  \'erily,  verily,  I  saj'  unto  vou. 
Pile  that  heareth  my  word,  ani\  he- 
lievetli  on  him  that  sent  me,  hath 
everlasting  life,  and  ehall  not  come 
into  condemnation  :  'ibut  is  passed 
from  death  unto  life. 

25  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you. 
The  hour  is  coining,  and  now  is, 
when  '  the  dead  shall  hear  the  voice 
of  the  Son  of  God:  and  they  that 
hear  shall  live. 

26  For  as  the  Father  hath  life  in 
himself:  so  hath  he  given  to  the  Son 
to  have  life  in  himself; 

27  And  "hath  given  him  authority 
to  execute  judgment  also,  'because 
he  is  the  .Son  or  man. 

28Mar^-elnot  at  this:  for  the  hour  is 
coming,  in  the  which  all  that  are  in 
the  graves  shall  hear  his  voice, 

29  "And  shall  come  forth;  ^  they 
that  have  done  good,  unto  the  resur- 
rection of  life  ;  and  they  that  have 
done  evil,  unto  the  resurrection  of 
damnation. 

30  J  I  can  of  mine  own  self  do  noth- 
ing :  as  I  hear,  I  judge:  and  niv 
judgment  is  just;  because  'I  seek  I 
not  mine  own  will,  but  the  will  of 
the  Father  which  hath  sent  me. 

.SI  "If  I  bear  witness  of  myself, my 
witness  is  not  true. 

32  H  h  There  is  another  that  heareth 
witness  of  me:  and  I  know  that  the 
witness  which  he  witnesseth  of  me  is 
true. 

Si  Ye  sent  unto  .John, '  and  he  bare 
witness  unto  the  truth. 


34  But  I  receive  not  testimony  from 
man :  but  these  things  1  say,  thot  yc 
might  be  saved. 

."W)  He  was  a  burning  and  <<  a  shining 
light:  ond  '^ye  were  willing  for  a 
season  to  rejoice  in  his  light. 

3ii  IT  Hut  (1  have  greater  witness 
than  tlial  of  John:  for  Hhe  works 
which  the  Father  hath  given  me  to 
finish,  the  same  works  that  1  do, 
bear  witness  of  me,  that  the  Father 
hath  sent  me. 

."7  And  the  Father  himself,  which 
hath  scut  me,  lilmth  borne  witness 
of  me.  Ye  have  neither  heard  his 
voice  at  any  time,  i  nor  seen  his 
shape. 

SH  And  yc  have  not  his  word  abid- 
ing in  you:  for  whom  he  hath  sent, 
him  ye  believe  not. 

31)  if  k  Seal  eh  the  Scriptures;  for  in 
them  ye  think  ye  have  eternal  liR-: 
and  I  they  arc  tliey  which  testify  of 
me. 

40  "*  And  ye  will  not  come  to  me, 
that  yc  might  have  life. 

41  "  I  reei'ive  not  honour  from  men. 

42  But  1  know  you,  that  yc  liavc 
not  the  love  of  GoVl  in  vou. 

43  I  am  come  in  my  I'*ather'8  name, 
and  ye  receive  me  not:  if  another 
shall  come  in  his  own  name,  him  yc 
will  receive. 

44  "How  can  ye  believe,  which  re- 
eei^■e  honour  one  of  another,  au<l 
seek  not  I'  the  honour  that  cumeth 
from  Go<l  only? 

4.'i  Do  not  think  that  I  will  accuse 
you  lo  the  Father:  <i  there  is  one  Ihiit 
acciiseth  you,  eicn  Muses,  in  whom 
ye  trust. 

4(i  For  had  ye  believed  Moses,  ve 
would  have  believed  nic:  'lor  lie 
wrote  of  me. 

47  But  if  ye  believe  nothiswrilinge, 
how  shall  yc  believe  my  words? 

CII.XPTER  VI. 

1  Chritt  fttdcth  five  Ihoutand  mrn  irt'M 
five  toavea  and  tu-o  fishet.  !.'>  Thfreupcn 
the  people  woutd  have  mnde  him  kxng. 
16  But  inthdrtxicing  himgetf.  ht  tratkelh 
on  the  ten  to  hit  d\»eiple§  :  26  rr;*rr-rrfA 
the  jieojAe  fioekinij  after  him,  and  nil  1h4 
flefhlj^  hearert  of  hit  word:  33  dtelareth 
himtelf  to  be  the  bread  of  life  to  be- 
lievers. G*»  Manj/  dieciptet  deport  from 
him.  08  I'eter  confeteeth  him.  TO  ^u- 
dne  it  a  devil. 

VFTER  "these  Ihinp  Jesus  went 
over  the  sea  of  Gaulee,  which  is 
t/ie  sea  of  TitH'rias. 

2  And  a  great  multitude  followed 
him,  because  they  saw  his  miracles 
which  he  did  on  them  that  were 
diseased. 

3  And  Jesus  went  up  into  a  mount- 
ain, and  there  he  sat  with  liis  dis- 
ciples. 

4  i>  .\nd  the  passovcr,  a  feast  of  Uie 
Jews,  was  nigh. 

.5  1'  When  Jesus  then  lifte<l  up  hu 
eyes,  and  saw  a  great  ctimpuiiv  roine 
unto   him,    he    saith    unto  Thilip, 
PI 


Christ  feedeth  five  thousand. 


ST.  JOHN. 


He  reproveth  the  people. 


Whence  shall  we  buy  bread,  that 
these  may  eats' 

0  And  this  he  said  to  prove  him: 
for  he  himself  knew  what  he  would 
do. 

7  Philip  answered  him,  A  Two  hund- 
red pennyworth  of  bread  is  not  suf- 
ficient for  them,  that  every  one  of 
them  may  take  a  little. 

8  One  of  his  disciples,  Andrew,  Si- 
mon Peter's  brother,  saith  unto  him, 

9  Tliere  is  a  lad  here,  which  hath 
five  barley  loaves,  and  two  small 
fishes:  "^  but  what  are  they  among  so 
many  ? 

10  And  Jesus  said.  Make  the  men 
sit  down.  Now  there  was  much 
grass  in  the  place.  So  the  men  sat 
down,  in  number  about  five  thou- 
sand. 

11  And  Jesus  took  the  loaves;  and 
when  ho  had  given  thanks,  he  dis- 
tributed to  the  disciples,  and  the 
disciples  to  them  that  were  set  down; 
and  likewise  of  the  fishes  as  much 
as  they  would. 

12  When  they  were  filled,  he  said 
unto  his  disc"iples.  Gather  up  the 
fragments  that  remain,  that  nothing 
be  Tost. 

l.i  Therefore  they  gathered  them  to- 
gether, and  filled  twelve  baskets 
with  the  fragments  of  the  five  barley 
loaves,  which  remained  over  and 
above  unto  them  that  had  eaten. 

14  Then  those  men,  when  they  had 
seen  the  miracle  that  Jesus  did,  said. 
This  is  of  a  truth  f  that  Prophet  that 
should  come  into  the  world. 

1511  When  Jesus  therefore  perceived 
that  they  would  come  and  take  him 
by  force,  to  make  him  a  king,  he 
departed  again  into  a  mountain 
himself  alone. 

1(5  s  And  when  even  was  nnw  come, 
his  disciples  went  down  unto  the 
sea, 

17  And  entered  into  a  ship,  and 
went  over  the  sea  toward  Caper- 
naum. And  it  was  now  dark,  and 
Jesus  was  not  come  to  tliem. 

18  And  the  sea  arose  by  reason  of  a 
great  wind  that  blew. 

19  So  when  they  had  rowed  about 
five  and  twenty  or  thirty  furlongs, 
they  see  Jesus  walking  on  the  sea, 
ana  drawing  nigh  unto  the  ship: 
and  they  were  afraid. 

a)  But  he  saith  unto  them,  It  is  I; 
be  not  afraid. 

21  Then  they  willingly  received  him 
into  the  ship:  and  immediately  the 
ship  was  at  the  land  whither  they 
went. 

22  IT  The  day  following,  when  the 
people,  which  stood  on  the  other 
side  of  the  sea,  saw  that  there  was 
none  other  boat  there,  save  tl\at  one 
whereinto  his  disciples  were  enter- 
ed, and  that  Jesus  went  not  with  his 
disciples  into  the  boat,  but  llial  his 
disciples  were  gone  away  alone; 

23  llowbeit  there  came  other  boats 

92 


from  Tiberias  nigh  unto  the  place 
where  they  did  eat  bread,  ailer  that 
the  Lord  had  given  thanks: 

24  When  the  people  therefore  saw 
that  Jesus  was  not  there,  neither  his 
disciples,  they  also  took  shipping, 
and  came  to  Capernaum,  seeking 
tor  Jesus. 

25  And  when  they  had  found  him 
on  the  other  side  of  the  sea,  they 
said  unto  him,  Kabbi,  when  earnest 
thou  hither  i' 

21!  Jesus  answered  them  and  said, 
A'erily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you.  Ye 
seek  me,  not  because  ye  saw  the 
miracles,  but  because  ye  did  eat  of 
the  loaves,  and  were  filled. 

27  II  Labour  not  for  the  meat  which 
perisheth,  but  h  for  that  meat  which 
endureth  unto  everlasting  life,  which 
the  Son  of  man  shall  give  unto  you: 
■  for  him  hath  God  the  Father  sealed. 

2.S  Then  said  they  unto  him.  What 
shall  we  do,  that  we  might  work  the 
works  of  God? 

'/',)  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  k  This  is  the  work  of  God,  that 
ye  believe  on  him  whom  he  hath 
sent. 

PA>  They  said  therefore  unto  him, 
1  What  sign  shewc-^t  thou  then,  that 
we  may  see,  and  believe  thee?  what 
dost  thou  work? 

.'il  '"  Our  fathers  did  cat  manna  in 
the  desert;  as  it  is  written,  "  He  gave 
tliem  bread  from  heaven  to  eat. 

32  Then  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Ver- 
ily, verily,  I  say  unto  you,  Moses 
gave  you  not  that  bread  from  heav- 
en ;  but  mv  Father  giveth  you  the 
true  bread  from  heaven. 

3,'i  For  the  bread  of  God  is  he  which 
Cometh  down  from  heaven,  and  giv- 
eth life  unto  the  world. 

34  "Then  said  they  unto  him.  Lord, 
evermore  give  us  this  bread. 

35  And  Jesus  said  imto  them,  I' I 
am  the  bread  of  life:  'ihe  that  Com- 
eth to  me  shall  never  hunger ;  and 
he  that  believeth  on  me  shall  never 
thirst. 

3G  'But  I  said  unto  you.  That  ye 
also  have  seen  me,  and  believe  not. 

37  'AH  that  the  Father  giveth  me 
.shall  come  to  me;    and   Miim   that 

Cometh  to  me  1  will  in  no  wise  cast 
'out. 

38  For  I  came  down  from  heaven, 
"  not  to  do  mine  own  will,  "  but  the 
will  of  him  that  sent  me. 

.3i»  And  this  is  the  Father's  will 
which  hath  sent  me,  y  that  of  all 
which  he  hath  given  me  1  should 
lose  nothing,  but  should  raise  it  up 
again  at  the  last  day. 

40  And  this  is  the  will  of  him  that 
sent  mo,  'that  every  one  which  seeth 
the  Son,  and  boliovcth  on  him,  may 
have  evorlasting  life:  and  I  will  raise 
him  lip  at  the  lust  day. 

41  The  .lews  tlun  murmured  at 
him,  because  he  .said,  I  am  the  bread 
which  came  down  from  heaven. 


Christ  the  bread  of  life. 


ST.  JOHN. 


Peter's  confession 


ch.  1.  18.  .It 
7.  S).  i  8.  19. 
r  ch.  3.  JC.  IS. 
36. 

voc.  40. 
\  Tcr.  y3.  35. 
vet.  31. 
I  rer.  SI.  58. 


,r.  27.  40. 
.4.11. 


42  And  t)icy  Raid,  "Is  not  tliis  Jesus, 
the  son  of  Joseph,  wliose  father  and 
mother  we  know  ?  how  is  it  tlien 
tliat  lie  eaith,  1  came  down  from 
heaven  'i 

4.*J  Jesus  therefore  answered  :ind 
said  unto  tliem,  Jlunuur  not  among 
jt'ourselves. 

44  I'  N(j  man  can  conic  to  nic,  cxrept 
tlie  Father  wliieli  hath  sent  niu  draw 
liim-  and  1  will  raise  him  up  at  the 
last  day. 

45  ^It  is  written  in  tlie  proplu'ts, 
And  they  sliall  he  all  taupht  of  God. 
rt  Every  man  therefore  that  liatl; 
heard,  and  liath  learned  of  the  Fa- 
ther, Cometh  unto  nie. 

4(J  ■=  Ni)t  that  any  man  hath  seen  the 
Father,  fsa\'C  he  which  is  of  God,  he 
liatli  seen  the  Father. 

4;"  Verily,  verily,  1  say  unto  yon, 
s  lie  thatbelieveth  on  nic  hath  ever- 
lasting life. 

4.S  li  1  am  that  bread  of  life. 

41)  "  Your  fathers  did  eat  manna  in 
the  wilderness,  and  are  dead. 

50  k  This  is  the  bread  which  Cometh 
down  irom  heaven,  that  a  man  may 
eat  thereof,  and  not  die. 

51  1  am  the  living  bread  1  which 
came  down  from  lieaven  :  if  any 
man  cat  of  this  bread,  lie  shall  live 
for  ever:  and  '"the  bread  th.at  I  >yill 
give  is  my  flesh,  which  1  will  j;ive 
for  the  life  of  the  world. 

,5-'  The  Jews  therefore  "strove 
ainonc;  themselves,  sayiuf?,  "How 
can  this  man  give  us  Itis  flesh  to 
eat? 

5.';  Then  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Ver- 
ily, verily,  I  say  unto  vou.  Except 
Vyc  cat  the  flesh  of  the  Son  of  man, 
and  drink  his  blood,  ye  have  no  lifi; 
in  you. 

54  'I  Whoso  eateth  my  flesh,  and 
drinketh  my  blood,  Iiatli  eternal  life; 
and  I  will  raise  him  up  at  the  last 
day. 

55  F"or  my  flesh  is  meat  indeed,  and 
my  blood  "is  drink  indeed. 

5(i  He  that  eateth  my  flesh,  and 
drinketh  my  blood,  ''dwelletli  in  me, 
and  I  in  him. 

5"  As  the  living  Father  hath  sent 
me,  and  I  live  by  the  Father;  so  he 
that  eateth  me,  even  he  shall  live  by 
me. 

58  *This  is  that  bre.ad  which  came 
down  from  heaven:  not  as  your  fii- 
thcrs  (lid  eat  manna,  and  are  dead: 
he  that  eatetli  of  tliis  bread  shall  live 
for  ever. 

51)  These  things  said  he  in  the  syna- 
gogue, as  he  taught  iu  Capernaum. 

(JO  'Many  therefore  of  his  disciiiles, 
when  thev  had  heard  llnf.  said.  This 
is  a  hard  saving:  wlio  .-an  bear  it;' 

C.lWhen  J.'sii>  knew  in  liimsilf  that 
his  disciples  miirmured  at  it,  be  said 
unto  them,  Doth  this  otlend  y<Mi.' 

(U  "  What  anil  if  ye  shall  sec  the  .Sin 
of  man  ascend  up  where  ho  was  bc- 
Ibrc  i       _  _. 

35 


(*i  '  It  is  the  Spirit  that  quickeneth; 
the  flesh  protitcth  nothing ;  the  wordB 
that  I  speak  uutoyou,  tliiyurv  spirit, 
and  tlic !)  urc  life. 

(;4  But  >  there  arc  some  of  you  that 
believe  not.  For 'Jesus  knew  from 
the  beginning  who  they  were  that 
believed  not,  and  who  should  betray 
liiui. 

()5  And  he  said.  Therefore  'said  I 
unto  you,  that  no  man  can  conic 
unto  me,  except  it  were  given  unto 
him  of  niv  Father. 

(»i  n  h  Fioiii  that  timi-  mauv  of  his 
disciples  wiiit  back,  and  walked  no 
more  with  iiim. 

1)7  Then  said  Jesiis  unto  the  twelve, 
Will  ve  also  go  away? 

li.S  I'hen  Simon  'Peter  answered 
him,  l,ord,  lo  whom  shall  we  go? 
thou  hast '  the  words  of  eternal  lite. 

()'.)  •'  .'Vnd  we  believe  and  arc  sure 
that  thou  art  that  Christ,  the  Son  of 
the  living  God. 

70  Jesus  answered  them,  '^  I  lave  not 
1  chosen  you  twelve,  fand  one  of 
you  is  a  devil? 

71  He  spake  of  Judas  Iscariot  the 
S071  of  Simon  :  for  he  it  was  that 
should  betray  him,  being  one  of  the 
twelve. 

CHAPTEU  VII. 

1  JgBuB  reprovcth  the  nnilition  an<l  botj' 
ntta  of  hit  kinrmcn  :  III  ffo.'rA  up  frum 
Oalilcr  la  llic  fcitKl  of  Inliirnartce:  14 
Icachellt  in  tlie  (cmjilf.  40  Divert  opiii- 
tons  of  Aim  nmoyiti  the  inople.  45  I'hc 
Pharisees  are  unary  thtit  their  n^eers 
ttiok  Jiim  not.  and  ehide  with  yieo'temua 
for  taking  >ii«  ptirt. 

AFTER  these  things  Jesus  walked 
in  Galilee:  for  he  would  not  walk 
in  Jewry,  "  because  the  Jews  sought 
to  kill  him. 

2  I'N'ow  the  Jews'  feast  of  taber- 
nacles was  at  hand. 

3  ■■  His  brethren  therefore  said  unto 
him.  Depart  hence,  and  go  into  Jii- 
dca,  that  tliv  disciples  also  may  see 
the  works  tliat  thou  doest. 

4  For  llieic  is  no  man  that  i\oeth 
any  thing  in  secret,  and  he  himself 
seeketli  to  be  known  openly.  If 
thou  do  these  things,  shew  thyself 
to  the  world. 

5  For  'I  neither  did  his  brethren  be- 
lieve in  him. 

i;  Then  Jesus  said  unto  them,  '  My 
time  is  not  yet  come:  but  your  time 
is  alwavs  ready. 

7  <  The  world  cannot  hate  you;  but 
me  it  liateth,  i^  because  I  testily  of  it, 
that  the  works  thereof  arc  evil. 

,S  Go  ve  up  unto  this  feast:  I  go  not 
lip  vitnnto  this  feast;  liliirmy  time 
is  nl.t  vet  full  conic. 

1)  When  he  hud  said  these  wonls 
unto  them,  he  abode  .^tilt  in  Gali- 
lee. 

Ill  IT  Hut  when  his  hrcthivn  were 
gmie  up,  then  went  he  also  ii|i  un- 
to the  least,  not  openly,  but  ua  it 
were  in  secret.  _„ 

SB 


Christ  teacheth  in  the  temple. 


ST.  JOHN.       Divers  opinions  concerning  him. 


A.  D.  33. 

icb.  n.x. 

V  ch.  9,  IG.  i 

\U.  19. 
1  Matt.  21.46. 

Luko  7.  16. 

cl.   (1.  11. 

tu.  40. 


1  Matt.  13..M. 
Mark  C.  2. 
I.-ika4.  22. 


Mark  3.  (i. 
ck.  5.  1,;,  If 
i  ID.  Sl.ia 


.12.3. 
I.  17. 10. 


lawoJMo- 

y  ch.  5.  8,  9. 

10. 

trout.  1.  ifi, 

17. 

ProT.  21.  23. 
ch.  fl.  U. 
James  2.  I. 

•  T.».  48. 

■b  JIalt.  13.55. 

Mark  B.  3. 

I-iiko4.  22. 
o Seech.  8.14. 
ilch.5.  43.  i 

8.  42. 
ech..-i.  32.  It 

8.  ■la. 


B  Matt.  H.27. 

ch.  10.  15. 
hMarkll.lS. 

I.ukc  10.  47. 


H  Then  ithe  Jews  sought  liim  at 
tlie  feast,  and  saul,  Where  is  lie  'i 

12  And  k  there  was  iiiueh  mur- 
muring among  the  people  eoneern- 
ing  him:    tor   isoinc    snitl,   lie   is   a 

Soofl  man:  others  said,  Nay;  but  he 
eeeiveth  the  people, 
l.'i  llowbeit  no  man  spake  openly 
of  him  '"  fur  fear  of  the  Jews. 

14  ir  Now  about  tlic  midst  of  the 
feast  Jesus  went  up  into  the  temple, 
and  taught. 

15  "  And  the  Jews  marvelled,  say- 
ing, How  knoweth  this  man  ||  let- 
ters, having  never  learned? 

hi  Jesus  answered  them,  and  said, 
"Sly  doctrine  is  not  mine,  but  his 
that  sent  me. 

ir  I' If  any  man  will  do  his  >vill,  he 
shall  know  of  the  doetrine,  whether 
it  bo  of  God,  or  whether  1  speak  of 
mvsclf. 

l.S  'I  lie  that  speakcth  of  himself 
seeketh  his  own  glory:  hut  he  tluit 
.sceketh  his  glory  that  Bent  him,  the 
same  is  ti-ue,  and  no  unrighteous- 
ness is  in  him. 

10  ■'Dill  not  Moses  give  you  the 
law,  and  i/et  none  of  3"ou  keepeth 
the  law  't  "  "Why  go  ye  about  to  kill 
me? 

'20  The  people  answered  and  said, 
« Thou  hast  a  devil:  who  goeth  about 
to  kill  thee? 

21  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  I  have  done  one  work,  and 
ye  all  marvel. 

I'J"  Closes  therefore  gave  unto  you 
circumcision;  (not  because  it  is  of 
JIoscs,  "but  of  tlio  fathers;)  and  ye 
on  the  sabbath  day  circumcise  a  man. 

23  If  a  man  on  the  sabbath  day 
receive  circumcision,  H  that  the  law 
of  Sloses  should  not  be  broken  ; 
arc  vc  angry  at  me,  because  >  I  have 
made  a  man  every  whit  whole  on 
the  sabbath  day  ? 

24 ''Judge  not  according  to  the  ap- 
pearance, but  judge  righteous  judg- 
ment. 

25  Then  said  some  of  them  of  Je- 
rusalem, Is  not  this  he,  whom  they 
seek  to  kill? 

2G  But,  lo,  he  speaketh  boldly,  and 
they  say  nothing  unto  him.  "IJo  the 
rulers  know  indeed  that  this  is  the 
very  Christ? 

27  b  llowbeit  we  know  this  man 
whence  he  is :  but  when  Christ 
Cometh,  no  man  knoweth  whence 
he  is. 

28  Then  cried  Jesus  in  the  temple 
as  lie  taught,  s:iying, "  Yo  both  Uikav 
me,  and  ye  know  wlienee  I  :un :  and 
J I  am  not  come  of  myself,  but  he 
that  sent  me  "-'is  true,  fwhom  ye 
know  not. 

:;'.)  lint  "I  know  him;  for  I  am 
from  him,  and  he  hath  sent  me. 

•M  Then  li  they  sought  to  take  him: 
but  "no  man  hiid  bunds  on  him,  be- 
cause his  hour  was  not  yet  coi'.ie. 

31  And  V  many  of  the  people  bc- 
94 


licved  on  him,  and  said,  AVhcn 
Christ  Cometh,  will  he  do  more 
miracles  than  these  which  this  man 
hath  done? 

u2  IT  The  Pharisees  heard  that  the 
people  murmured  such  things  con- 
cerning him;  and  the  Pharisees  and 
the  chief  priests  sent  officers  to  take 
him. 

S.'i  Then  said  Jesus  unto  them,  1  Yet 
a  little  while  am  1  with  you,  and  tlicn 
I  go  unto  him  tlia'  seiit'me. 

o4  Yc  "  shall  seek  me,  and  shall  not 
find  via:  and  where  I  am,  thither  ye 
cannot  come. 

So  Then  snidlho  Jews  among  them- 
selves, "Whither  will  he  go,  that  we 
shall  not  Jiiid  him  ?  will  he  go  unto 
"llie  dispersed  among  the  |]  Gentiles, 
and  teach  the  tientiks? 

iXt  AVhat  iitaiiiier  of  saying  is  this 
that  he  said,  Yc  shall  seek  mc,  and 
shall  not  iind  mc :  and  where  I  am, 
thi(hrr  yc  cannot  come?  o. 

"ii  "In  the  last  day,  that  great  da'j 
of  the  feast,  Jesus  stood  and  cried, 
saj-ing,  I'lf  any  man  thirst,  let  him 
come  unto  me,  and  drink. 

."S  T  lie  that  belicvcl!i  on  me,  as  the 
Scripture  hath  s;'.id,  'out  of  his  belly 
shall  flow  rivers  of  living  water. 

.j'J  ('Put  this  spake  he  of  the 
Spirit,  which  they  that  believe  on 
hnn  should  receive  :  for  the  Holy 
Ghost  was  not  yet  ffiven;  because 
that  Jesus  was  not  yet  'glorified.) 

40  IT  Many  of  the  jieople  therefore, 
when  they  heard  this  saving,  said, 
Of  a  truth  this  is  "  the  Prophet. 

41  Others  said,  "This  is  the  Christ. 
But  some  said.  Shall  Christ  come 
>out  of  Galilee? 

ii  '^Ilath  not  the  Scripture  said. 
That  Christ  cometh  of  the  seed  of 
IJavid,  and  out  of  the  town  of  Beth- 
lehem, "where  Uavid  was? 

4.3  So  1)  there  was  a  di^■ision  among 


taken  him;  but  no  man  laid  hands 
on  him. 

45  H  Then  came  the  officers  to  the 
chief  priests  andPharisees;  and  they 
said  unto  them,  "Why  have  ye  not 
brought  him? 

46  The  officers  answered,  i)  Never 
man  sp.nke  like  this  man. 

47  Then  answered  them  the  Phari- 
sees, Are  ye  also  deceived? 

48  *•■  Have  any  of  the  nilcrs  or  of  the 
Pharisees  believed  on  him? 

40  But  thi.s  people  who  knoweth  not 
(lie  hwvare  cursed. 

."ONicodemus  saith  unto  them,  (rhe 
that  came  f  to  Jesus  by  night,  being 
one  of  them,) 

.01  SI)oth  our  law  judge  an]/  man, 
before  it  liear  him,  and  know  what 
he  doeth  ? 

52  Thev  answered  and  said  unto 
him.  Art  thou  also  if  Galilee? 
Search,  and  look :  for  li  out  of  Galilee 
ariseth  no  proi)het. 


The  woman  taken  in  adulter]/.  ST.  JOHN. 


ChrUt  justifictli  his  doctrine. 


dLuko 
i  12 
ch.  3 

9.J(! 
1. 

eoh.  i. 

11, 

fch  1.4,  s.g 
4  3    19.  A  a 
n   4  U.  35, 
36,16. 

light 


CHAPTEK  Vm. 

Chriet  .lelivmth  ll,t,  uoman  taken  In 
adultery.  1-i  Uc  jireac/ictU  himecif  the 
f  the  worl.l,  undiustifirtli  litt  due- 
■trie:  33  angiverclh  the  Jeivn  that  lioaat- 
I  of  Abraham,  5;)  and  culivcycth  him- 
eclffnm  their  cruelty. 

JE.SI'S  went  unto  the  mount  of 
Olives. 

2  And  early  in  the  mornin;(  he  cinic 
PKain  into  the  temple,  uikI  ;i11  tlie 
Jieoplc  eume  unto  him  ;  and  lie  sat 
down,  and  taught  tliem. 

;•  And  the  .serihes  und  Pharisees 
broujjht  unto  him  a  woman  taken 
in  adultery ;  and  wlicii  tliey  liad  set 
her  in  the  midst, 

4  They  say  unto  him.  Master,  this 
woman  was  taken  in  adultery,  in  the 
very  aet. 

5  "Now  Sloses  in  (lie  law-  eoni- 
inanded  us,  tliat  Mieh  sliould  be 
stoned:  init  what  saye.'-t  tliou? 

<i  This  tliev  said,  teniiitins  him, 
that  Ihey  mi-ht  have  lo  aceiisc  liim. 
lint  .lesus  sloopecl  thn\u,  and  with 
Ins  finder  wrote  on  the  Hrouud,  <(s 
tlwi«]ll  /ic  litai,/  t/iim  mil. 

7  So  when  they  eontinued  asking 
liim,  he  lilted  u\>  himself,  and  said 
unto  them,  I'lle  that  is  without  sin 
among  you,  let  him  first  cast  a  Btonc 
at  her. 

H  And  again  he  stooped  down,  and 
wrote  on  the  ground. 

'.I  And  thev  whieh  heard  i7,  ■■  being 
eonvieted  by  llitii-  uwii  eonscieiiee, 
went  out  one  bv  one,  beginning  at 
the  eldest,  crcii  unto  the  last:  and 
.Ksus  was  left  alone,  and  the  woman 
st:inding  in  the  iiudst. 

Ill  When  Jesua  liiul  lifted  up  him- 
self, and  saw  none  but  the  woman, 
he  said  unto  her,  Woman,  where 
are  tho.sc  thine  aecu.sers?  hath  no 
man  eondemiied  theey 

11  She  said.  No  man.  Lord.  And 
.Jesus  said  unto  her,  J  Neither  do  1 
etindemn  thee;  go,  and  '■'sin  no  more. 

12  IT  'J'hen  spake  Jesus  a:,'ain  unto 
them,  saving,  f  1  am  the  liglit  of  the 
world:  he  that  lolloweth  me  shall 
not  walk  in  darkness,  but  shall  liavc 
the  light  o(  life. 

1'!  The  Pharisees  therefore  said  unto 
him,  t^Thou  be:irest  reeord  of  thy- 
self: thy  reeord  is  not  true. 

U  Jrsus  answered  and  said  unto 
thein,  Though  I  hearreeord  of  mv- 
sclf,  i/it  my  reeord  is  true  :  for'  I 
know  whence  1  came,  and  whither 
1  gOi  but  liye  cannot  tell  whence  1 
come,  and  whither  I  go. 

15  i  Ye  judge  after  the  flesh;  k  I 
judge  no  man, 

1<;  And  yet  if  I  .indge,  m,v  judgment 
is  true:  for  II  :im  not  alone,  but  I 
and  the  Father  tinit  sent  me. 

1"  "'It  is  al.so  written  in  your  law, 
that  the  testimony  of  two  men  is  true. 

IS  I  am  one  that  bear  witness  of 


myself,  and  "the  Father  that  sent 
ine  bearetli  witness  ot  me. 

Ill  Then  said  they  unto  him.  Where 
IS  thy  Fatlieri'  Jesus  answered,  "  Ve 
neitlier  know  me,  nor  my  Father: 
{•if  ye  had  known  me,  ye  should 
have  known  my  Father  also. 

a)  These  w  oids  spake  Jesus  in  ■'  the 
treasury,  as  he  taught  in  the  temple: 
and  ''no  man  hiid  hands  on  him;  (or 
'his  hour  was  not  yet  come. 

21  Then  said  Jesus  again  unto  them, 
I  go  my  way,  and  'ye  shall  seek  me, 
hall  die  in  your  sins:  whither 


Will  he  kill 
ith,  W  hither 


I  go,  ye  cannot  come. 

22  Then  said  the  Je\ 
himself ;'  because  he 
I  go,  ye  caiiniit  come. 

2.'i  And  he  said  unto  them,  «  Ye  are 
from  beneath:  I  am  from  above: 
S  ve  are  of  tins  woild;  1  am  not  of 
this  vorld. 

24  '  1  said  tlieieforc  unto  you,  that 
ye  shall  die  in  your  sins:  •' tiir  if  ve 
believe  not  that  1  am  Ac,  ye  shall  die 
111  your  Bins. 

2.j  'I  hen  said  they  unto  liim,  Who 
art  Ihou  ?  And  Jesus  saitli  unto 
them,  Kven  f/ic  uniir  that  1  said  unlo 
you  t'loni  the  lieginning. 

'J'l  I  have  many  things  to  snv  and 
to  judge  of  yon:  but  I'he  Hurt  sent 
nic  13  true:  and  '  I  speak  lo  the  worlil 
those  things  which  I  have  heard  of 
him. 

27  They  understood  not  that  ho 
spake  to  them  ol  the  Father. 

2.S  Then  said  Jesus  unto  them, 
\\  hen  ye  have  'i  litlcd  uii  the  Son  of 
man,  ••  then  shall  ye  know  that  1  am 
hr.  and  I  l/tti/  I  do  nothing  ol  myself; 
but  Pas  my  Father  hath  tauglit  me, 
I  s|U-ak  these  things. 

211  And  lihe  that  sent  me  is  with 
me:  i  the  Father  hath  mit  letl  me 
alone:  *■  forXdo  ulwavs  tlusc  things 
that  plea.se  him.    ~"  ^ 

U)  .VsTTe  spalte  these  words,  I  many 
believed  on  him. 

.';i  Then  said  Jesus  to  those  Jews 
which  believed  on  him.  If  ye  con- 
tinue ill  mv  word,  t/icn  uic  yc  my 
di.H-iphs  indeed: 

•  12  And  ye  shall  know  the  truth,  and 
°'tlie  truth  shall  make  yon  free. 
S3 1!  They  iinswercd  him,  "  Wc  be 
Abrahams  seed,  an<l  weie  never  in 
bondage  to  any  man  ;  how  saycet 
thou.  Ye  shall  te  made  free? 
G4  Jesus  answered  them,  "I'crily, 
verily,  I  sa)'  unto  you,  "  Wliosnever 
eomtnitteth  sin  is  the  servant  ot  sin. 
.w  ,\nd  I' the  servant  abideth  not  in 
the  house  lor  ever ;  tut  tlic  Son 
abideth  e\er. 

3(>  'I  If  the  Son  therefore  shall  make 
you  free,  ye  shall  l>e  free  indeeil. 
.'!"  I  know  that  ye  ore  Abraham's 
seed  ;  hut  'ye  seek  to  kill  me,  lic- 
eausc  my  word  hath  no  place  in 
you- 

."s  *  I  speak  that  which  I  have  reen 
witli  ray   Father :    and  ye  do  that  I 
96 


f  h,  IV  19.  k 
17,  I'l. 
IJulml.  S. 


ck.  3.  11. 
<h   11.10,11. 


Jmm,,\.V. 
hi.  li. 
«I,>r.  JV41 
U>ll,3,  0. 


I  cli  X  ».  k 
f,  1",  y.  It 
U.  lu,  SL 


Christ's  authority  and  dignity. 


ST.  JOHN. 


One  born  blind  receiveth  sight. 


tMa 

tl.  3 
33. 

9. 

tl 

i 

",26. 

I.rli.lfi  27.4 

17.  8.  & 
crh.  .'■>,  43.  4 

7.  :».  2y. 
d  ch.  7.  17. 


mcl..  «.  31. 
..  .-h   .'..  41.  Ji 

IK.  14.  4  17. 

1. 

Act.  3.  13. 

..  cU.  7.  i:^,  'JJ. 


which  jc  have  Been  ■with  your  fa- 
tlicr. 

'in  Thcv  answered  and  s.nid  unto 
him,  '  Aliraiiain  in  our  latlicr.  Ji'siis 
Kaitli  unto  thcni,  "  II  ye  were  Abra- 
ham's children,  yc  would  do  the 
winks  of  Abraliain. 

4'l  "  But  now  yc  seek  to  kill  me,  a 
man  that  hath  told  vou  the  truth, 
^  which  1  have  heard  of  Uod;  this 
did  not  Abraham. 

41  Yc  do  the  deeds  of  your  father. 
Then  said  they  to  him.  We  be  not 
l>orn  of  iiirnicatioii;  ^  we  liave  one 
rather,  erru  Ood. 

42  .lesus  said  unto  them,  "If  God 
were  your  Father,  ye  woulil  love  inc: 
littir  I  proceeded  forth  and  came 
from  God;  '^neither  came  I  of  my- 
self, hnt  he  sent  me. 

43  >l  Why  do  ye  not  understand  my 
speech?  crcu  because  yc  cannot  liear 
my  word. 

41  '■  Ve  are  of  i/onr  father  the  devil, 
and  the  lusts  of  your  father  yc  will 
do:  he  was  a  murderer  from  the  he- 
Kinnin;^,  and  f  abode  not  in  the  truth, 
because  there  is  no  truth  in  him. 
When  he  speaketh  a  lie,  he  speaketh 
of  his  own:  for  he  is  a  liar,  and  the 
father  of  it. 

)."i  .Vnd  because  I  tell  you  the  truth, 
ye  bi'hevc  me  not. 

4'i  Which  of  you  convinceth  me  of 
sin?  Ami  if  I  say  the  truth,  why  do 
ve  not  believe  me? 
■  47  K  He  that  is  of  God  heareth  God's 
words:  ye  therefore  hear  llicm  not, 
because  ye  are  not  of  God 

4<S  Then  answered  the  Jews,  and 
said  unto  him,  Say  we  not  well  that 
thou  art  a  Samaritan,  and  I'hast  a 
devil? 

4!»  Jesus  answcredt  I  have  not  a 
devil ;  but  1  honour  my  Father,  and 
ye  do  dishonour  me. 

,'/)  And  1 1  seek  not  mine  own  g:\oTy : 
there  is  one  that  scekcth  and  judg- 
eth. 

.11  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  you, 
k  If  a  man  keep  "my  saying,  he  shall 
never  see  death. 

.U  Then  said  the  Jews  unto  him. 
Now  we  know  that  thou  hast  a 
devil.  I  Abraham  is  dead,  and  the 
prophets;  and  thou  sayest.  If  a  m'ln 
keep  my  saying,  he  shall  never  t:isto 
of  death. 

.')'l  Art  thou  greater  than  our  father 
Abraham,  which  is  dead  ?  and  the 
prophets  are  dead :  whom  inakest 
tlioii  thy.self? 

.^4  Jesus  answered,  ""If  I  honour 
myself,  my  honour  is  nothini}::  "it 
is  my  Father  that  hououreth  me  : 
of  whom  ye    say,  that  lie  is  your 

,%'t  Yet  "ye  liave  not  known  him; 
but  I  know  him:  and  if  I  should  sav, 
I  know  him  not,  I  shall  be  a  liar  like 
niito  you  :  but  1  know  him,  and 
keep  his  savim^. 

M  Your  father  Abraham  I'rejoiced 


to  see  my  day:  'land  he  eaw  it,  and 
was  ijlad. 

ir  Then  said  the  Jews  unto  him. 
Thou  art  not  yet  fifty  years  old,  and 
hast  thou  seen  Abraham ! 

5.S  Jesus  said  unto  them.  Verily, 
verily,  I  say  unto  you,  ISclorc  Abra- 
ham Was,  '  I  am. 

59  Then  "took  they  up  stones  to 
cast  at  him:  but  Jesus  hid  himself, 
and  went  out  of  the  temple,  't;oins 
thiou^'h  the  midst  ot  them,  and  so 
passed  by. 

ClIAl'TEK  IX. 

1  T'lC  man  lliat  u;ta  Imrii.  blin.l  rcntored  to 
tiilht.  8  lie  it  hrouiiht  to  l/ie  I'haritcci. 
13  T!iey  arc  offe'nlcd  at  it,  anU  incum- 
viunicatc  him-  35  but  he  ia  rvcciveii  I'f 
Jitiit.  anil  cinfesKeth  him.  39  Who  thcj/ 
arc  whom  Christ  cnliijUteneth. 

AfJ  D  as  Jcsu!^  passed  liv,  he  saw  a 
man  which  wa.s  blind  from  his 
birth. 

2  And  his  disciples  asked  him,  sa.v- 
iufc.  Master,  "  who  did  sin,  this  man, 
or  his  parents,  that  he  was  born 
blind? 

S  Jesus  answered.  Neither  hath  this 
man  sinned,  nor  his  parents:  l>  but 
that  the  works  of  God  should  be 
made  manifest  in  him. 

4  °  1  must  work  the  works  of  him 
that  sent  me,  while  it  is  day;  the 
ni:ibt  cometh,  when  no  man  can 
work 

5  As  Ions  as  I  am  in  the  world,  Jl 
am  the  li;;ht  of  the  world. 

(i  When  he  had  thus  spoken,  'he 
spat  on  the  :;round,  and  made  clay 
of  the  spittle,  and  he  ||anointed  the 
eves  of  the  blind  nmu  with  the  clay, 

7  And  said  unto  him,  (In,  wash  '"in 
the  pool  ot  SiliKim,  ^whieli  is  by  in- 
terpretation. Sent.)  *^  lie  went  his 
way  therefore,  and  washed,  and 
came  seeinc. 

S  1  The  neighbours  therefore,  and 
they  which  before  had  seen  him  that 
he  was  blind,  said.  Is  not  this  he  that 
sat  and  beiiKcd? 

i)  Simie  said.  This  is  he:  others 
ncml.  He  is  like  him;  but  he  said,  I 
am  hp. 

Irt  Therefore  said  they  unto  him. 
How  were  thine  eyes  openetl? 

11  lie  answered  and  said,  l>A  man 
that  is  called  Jesus  made  clay,  and 
anointed  mine  eyes^  and  said  unto 
me,  Go  to  the  pool  of  Siloam,  and 
wash:  and  I  went  and  washed,  and 
I  received  si^bt. 

12  Then  said  they  unto  him.  Where 
is  he?    He  .said,  I  know  not. 

n  ^  They  brouKht  to  the  Pharisees 
liim  that  aforetime  was  blind. 

U  And  it  was  the  sabbath  day  when 
Jesus  made  tiie  clay,  and  opened  his 
eves. 

i,i  Then  aiiain  the  Pharisees  also 
asked  bim  how  he  had  received  his 
si'jbt.  He  said  unto  them.  He  put 
day  upon  mine  eyes,  and  X  washed, 
and  do  see. 


The  Pharisees  ciwstinn  the  mirnde,    ST.  JOHN'. 


and  excommunicate  the  maju 


■  Job  27.  9.  Ic 
3.1   li. 

I-..  IX.  41.  & 
31.  IS.  4  60. 


]fl  Tlieioforc  ciiid  foinc  of  llie  I'linr- 
iai'O.s  Thi.s  man  is  not  of  (iod,  1h- 
cansf  lie  keopctli  not  tlie  wilihatli 
(lav.  Dtliors  said,  i  How  can  a  man 
tliat  i>i  a  sinner  do  siu'li  miraelo? 
.\nd  li  tliere  waa  a  division  among 
tlicm. 

17  They  say  nnio  tlic  blind  man 
again,  What  savest  thou  of  him, 
that  he  lialh  opencil  thine  eves?  He 
sanl.  lIle..sarro|,lu-t. 

l.s  lint  the  .hws  did  not  believe  con- 
eeiniii;;hMii,thatlK  had  been  blind, 
and  received  his  sij^lit.  until  (hey 
called  the  |iaieiits  of  liim  that  had 
received  Ills  si.,'ht. 

I'J  And  they  asked  them,  sayinjr. 
Is  this  your  son,  who  ye  say  was 
born  blind?  how  then  doth  hi.'  now 
see  i* 

2(1  His  parents  answered  them  and 
said.  We  know  that  this  is  our  son, 
and  tliat  he  was  born  blind: 

L'l  But  by  what  means  he  now 
seeth.  we  know  not;  or  wlio  hath 
o|)ciud  his  eyes,  we  know  not:  be 
IS  of  u-e:  osfe  him:  he  shall  sneak 
lorliiniself. 

'.'2  These  irnnlf  spake  his  parents, 
beeaiisc  '"they  feared  the  Jews:  tiir 
the  Jews  had  asreed  already,  that  if 
any  man  did  confess  that  he  was 
Christ,  Jic  "should  be  put  out  of  the 
synatro;;ne. 

2.".  Therefore  said  his  parents.  He  is 
of  a;;e:  ask  him. 

24  Then  au'iiiii  called  they  the  man 
that  w.is  blind,  and  said  unto  bun, 
"(;ive  (ioil  the  jiraise  :  I'we  know 
that  this  man  is  a  sinner. 

2.')  He  answered  and  eaid,  Whether 
he  bo  a  sinner  or  no,  1  know  not' 
one  thin"  I  know,  that,  whereas  I 
wa.s  blind,  now  1  see. 

211  Tlicn  said  they  to  him  asain. 
What  did  he  to  thee?  how  opened 
he  thine  eyes? 

2?  He  answered  Iheni,  I  have  told 
you  already,  and  ye  did  not  hear; 
wherefore  would  ye  bear  it  ii;;ain? 
will  ve  also  be  his  disciples? 

2H'f'lien  thcv  leviled  liim.and  -said. 
Thou  nit  his  disciple;    but  we   are 

M.is,.^- disciples. 

2'.l  Wc  know  that  God  spake  nnto 
Moses:  o.^ /o;- thi.s /.//(>«■,  1  we  know 
not  Imni  whence  he  is. 

.•!!)  The  man  answered  and  said  unto 
them,  'Why  bereiii  is  a  marvellous 
thin;;,  that  .ve  know  notfrom  whence 
he  IS,  and  tfcf  he  hath  opened  mine 
eyes. 

31  Now  we  know  that  '  God  liear- 
etli  not  sinners:  but  if  any  man  be  a 
worshipper  of  God,  and"  doelli  his 
will,  him  he  heareth 


in  sins,  and    dost    thou    tench    us? 
And  they  |'  cast  liim  (.lit. 
.v.  Je-us  licard  that  thrv  had  east 
him  <oit;  ami   when   be  "liad   tomid 
him,  he  said  nnin  bim.   Dost  tli 


beli: 


Mill 


nftiod? 


.•;tl  He  answcicd  and  said.  Who 
he.  Lord,  that  1  niiijht   believe  on 
him? 

:;7  And  Jesus  said  unio  him.  Thou 
hast  both  seen  hini,  and  l*  it  in  lie 
that  talketh  wilh  thee. 

;«  And  he  s^id,  Lord,  I  believe. 
And  he  worshipped  him. 

.'I!)  H  And  Jesus  sukI,  'For  judg- 
ment I  am  come  into  this  worbl, 
•■that  they  wlmli  sec  not  mi;;lit 
see;  and  that  they  which  sec  ini;;ht 
be  made  bhinl. 

40  And  fiiiiir  of  the  rhnrisees  which 
were  with  him  heard  these  words, 
i>aiid  said  unto  hini)  Are  we  blind 
als 


•tl    Jesus  said   unto  them,   'If  ye 

were  blind,  ye  slmiild  have  no  sin; 

but  now  ye  say.  W^e  b«c  ;  therefore 

your  sill  remainrth. 

CHAPTKR  X. 

1  Chr\tt  ia  llio  do<'r,  nnj  the  pood  nhep- 
hcrU.  l()/iri.<ir«o),rniun«o//.i»i.  ".'4  .'/c 
jirovelh  III  hia  icurAa  that  he  it  CliHal 
the  Son  of  (loJ;  »9  etc.ipeth  the  Jeu». 
411  ftnd  iiTiK  ni/oitl  tei/otiU  Jordan,  whtre 
vtotii/  l.,lieved  o,i  /.on. 

\'"KKn.Y,  verilv,  I  sav  nnto  ^-nu, 
Hethatcntcnth  not  by  the  door 
into  the  sheeplold,  but  cliinbeth  up 
some  other  way.  the  same  is  a  thief 
and  u  robber. 

2  Hilt  be  that  entereth  in  by  the 
door  is  the  sb<  pherd  of  the  sheep. 

;!  To  hini  the  porter  opeiielh;  and 
the  sheej)  bear  his  voice  :  and  he 
callcth  his  own  sheep  by  name,  and 
leadcth  them  out. 

4  And  when  be  piitteth  forth  bis 
own  sheep,  he  poelli  before  lliem. 
and  the  sliccp  iollow  him;  lor  liny 
know  his  voice. 

i  And  a  slran;;er  will  they  not  (i.l- 
low,  but  will  lice  fiom  hiin;  (or  Ihev 
know  not  the  M.ice  ol  stnin;;crs. 

i;  This  paiiible  snake  Jons  unto 
them;  but  tliey  understood  nut  what 
tliiii(,'s  they  wcie  which  he  spake  un- 
to them. 

"  Then  said  Jesus  nnto  them  np;ain. 
Verily,  verily.  1  say  unto  you,  I  nin 
the  door  of  tlie  sheep. 

H  .All  tliat  ever  came  before  mo  are 
thieves  and  robbers:  but  the  fhcep 
did  not  hear  llicin. 

U  '  I  am  the  door:  hy  me  if  nn.v 
man  enter  in,  he  shall  lienived,  anil 
shall  to  in  and  out,  and  tind  pnstiin'. 

10  The  thief  conieth  not,  but  lor  to 
Id  l.esin  was  it  not  '  steal,  and  to  kill,  and  to  destroy:  I 
.111  opened  the  ey 


etlii    

heard  that  any  man  opened  the  eyes    am  come  that  they  miiibt  have  life 
of  one  that  was  bill  II  blind.  land   that  they   mi^ht  have  i(  more 

Xl '  If  this  man  were  not  of  Ood,  he    abundantly, 
could  do  nolliiiiff.  11   i' I  am    the  pnot\  shepherd:    the 

.14  Thev  answered  and  said  unto    booiI  shepherd  ijiveth  his  lite  for  the 
liim,   "  Thou  wust  altogether   born  '  sheep. 

97 


Christ  is  the  good  shepherd. 


The  sicktiesg  and 


fell.  15.  13. 

E  ii.  x.  a. 


it 
II 

a 

T.s.i:. 

kc 

h  2 

w. 

1 

.  10 

.21.32. 

9 

in. 

O.  4 

"«. 

1.; 

13, 

20.  i 

A.  D.  33. 


eli.S.2.<l5. 


12  l!ut  he  tlint  is  a.  Iiireliiif;.  and  not 
the  uluplierd,  mIkisc  own  the  slippp 
arc  not,  sectli  tlie  wolt  ccjniins,  and 
"Ipnvi'th  the  tlipop,  and  flpctli:  and 
the  wolf  catchfth  tliciii,  and  scatter- 
eth  the  sheep. 

l-l  The  liiroHn<r  flceth,  beeansc  he 
is  a  hirehiiK,  and  earetli  not  for  the 
sheep 

14  I  am  the  Rood  sliephcrd,  .ind 
J  know  my  sltcc/i^  and  am  known  of 
mine. 

15  "^As  the  Father  knoweth  nie,  even 
so  know  I  the  Father:  fand  1  lay 
down  my  life  for  the  sheep. 

10  And  t  other  sheep  I  have,  which 
are  not  of  this  fold:  them  also  I  must 
brill",  and  they  shall  hear  my  voice; 
liand  tliere  shall  be  one  fold,  ami 
one  sliephcrd. 

17  Therefore  doth  my  Father  love 
nie,  i  because  1  hiy  down  my  life, 
thiit  I  mi-litt:iUe  it'a-uiii. 

bs  .\o  man  takelli  it  from  me,  hut  I 
lay  itdown  of  myself.  1  have  power 
to  lay  it  down,  and  I  ^  have  power  to 
take  it  apain.  '  Tills  eommandnieiit 
have  I  received  of  my  Fatlicr. 

19  IT  ■"  There  was  a  division  tliere- 
fore  a^aiii  amoii^  the  Jews  for  these 
sayings. 

20  And  many  of  them  said,  "  lie 
hath  a  devil,  and  is  mad;  why  hear 
ye  him? 

21  Others  said.  These  are  not  the 
words  of  him  tliat  hath  a  devil. 
"  Can  a  devil  ''  open  tlic  eyes  of  the 
blind? 

22  IT  And  it  was  at  Jerusalem  the 
feast  of  the  dedication,  and  it  was 
winter. 

2.1  And  Jesus  walked  in  the  temple 
lin  Solomon's  porch. 

24  Then  came  t!ie  .!o\v<i  round  about 
him,  and  snid  nnt.i  liim.  Ilowlon- 
clost  thou  II  make  ns  to  d..ul.t  ?  Jf 
thon  be  the  Cliii-t,  ti'll  us  plainly. 

2.)  Jesus  answered  them,  I  told  yon, 
and  ve  believed  not:  ''llie  works 
that  1  do  in  my  Father's  name,  they 
bear  witness  of  me. 

2<i  lint  '.ve  believe  not,  because  ye 
are  not  of  my  sheep,  as  1  uaid  niito 
you. 

*27  '  My  sheep  hear  my  voice,  and  I 
know  them,  aiul  fhev  iitllow  me: 

2H  And  I  five  unto  them  eternal 
life;  and  "they  shall  never  perish, 
neither  shall  any  titan  pluck  them 
out  of  my  hand. 

i'.CMy  Father,  >\vhich  pave  Uwiit 
me,  is  i^reater  than  all;  and  no  junn 
is  able  to  pluck  l/iciii  out  of  my  Fa- 
ther's hand. 

.",0  '^  1  and  JH.v  Father  are  one. 

!il  Then  "tlie  Jews  took  lip  stones 
n^ain  to  stone  liiin. 

."(2  Jesus  answered  them.  Many  f^ood 
works  have  I  shewed  voii  from  my 
Fathert  for  which  of  tliose  works  do 
ye  stone  me? 

".'!•'!  'I'hc  Jews  answered  him,  sayinp;. 
For  a  ;,'ood  work  wo  stoiio  thco  not; 

an 


bnt  for  blasphemy;  and  because  that 
thou,  being  a  man,  iimakest  thyself 
(Jod. 

;!4  Jesus  answered  them,  ''la  it  not 
written  in  your  law,  I  said,  Ye  are 
Kods? 

"5  If  he  called  them  gods,  ''unto 
whom  tlie  wonl  of  (iod  came,  and 
the  Scripture  cannot  be  broken; 

■'^i!  Sav  veofhim,  ''whom  the  Father 
hatli  sniutilicd,  and  i  sent  into  tlic 
world,  Tliou  hlaspheniest;  i^  because 

I  saiil,  I  am  li  the  Son  of  God? 

37  '  If  I  do  not  the  works  of  my  Fa- 
ther, believe  me  not. 

3.S  IJut  if  I  do,  though  ye  believe 
not  me,  k  believe  the  works:  that  ye 
may  know,  and  believe,  I  that  the 
Father  h  in  me.  and  1  in  him. 

.111 '"  Therefore  they  sought  again  to 
take  him ;  but  lie  escaped  out  of  their 
hand, 

4it  .\nd  went  away  again  beyond 
Jordan  into  the  place  "where  John 
at  tirst  baptized;  and  there  he  abode. 

41  And  many  resorted  unto  him, 
and  said.  John"  did  no  miracle:  "  but 
all  things  that  John  spake  of  this 
man  were  true. 

42  ''  And  many  believed  on  him 
there. 

CIIAI'TFU  XL 
1  Cliristrmscthf.aztirua.fourdaijalurieit. 
45  Maiii/  J,nn  tfticvc.  47  The  high 
pricsia  <tnit  Plniriacca  t/nther  a  council 
agningt  Chrtet.  40  CaKtjtUtta  projilic- 
aieth.  51  ,/csioi  hid  himself.  05  At  the 
patiaovcr  they  inquire  after  him,  and  lay 
wait  for  him. 

NOW  a  certain  man  was  sick, 
itattifd  liazanis,  of  liethany, 
the  town  of  "Mary  and  her  sister 
Martha. 

2  (''It  was  t/int  Slary  which  an- 
ointed the  Lord  with  ointment,  and 
wiped  his  fi-et  witli  her  hair,  who.se 
brotlier  Lazarns  was  sick.) 

,*1  Therelorc  his  sisters  sent  unto 
him,  saying.  Lord,  beliohl,  he  whom 
thou  lovest  is  sick, 

4  When  Jesus  heard  t!int,  he  said, 
This  sickness  is  not  unto  death, '  but 
for  the  glorv  of  God,  that  the  Son  of 
God  might  l)c  glorified  thereby. 

5  Now  Jesiis  loved  Martha,  and  her 
sister,  and  Lazarus. 

(•'  Wlien  he  had  heanl  therefore  that 
he  was  sick,  'i  he  abode  two  days  still 
in  the  same  place  where  he  was. 

7  'I'hen  after  th<it  sailli  be  to  /(i,<  dis- 
ciples. Let  us  go  into  Jiulea  again. 

H  7/w  disciples  say  unto  him,  5Ias- 
ter,  "^  the  Jews  of  lato  sought  to  stone 
thee;  and  goe.st  thou  thither  again? 

9  Jesus  answered.  Are  there  not 
twelve  hours  in  the  day?  '  If  anv 
man  walk  in  tlie  dav,  he  stumbleth 
not,  because  he  seetli  the  light  of  this 
woilil. 

10  But  5  if  a  man  walk  in  the  night, 
he  stiimbletli,  because  there  is  no 
light  111  bim. 

II  These  tilings  Bald  lie:  and  after 


death  of  Lazarus. 


ST.  JOHN. 


Chritt  rafseth  him  to  life 


ll.n   12.  2. 
M.-.lt.  !l.  21. 

1  LVr.  i  j.  18. 


k  Luk 

=  11.14 

Icli.  S 

2S. 

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li.  3). 

40, 

II. 

mch 

.1 

ft: 

k\ 

4 

1J..I. 

n  1 

1, 

2.  io 

.  1 

IJuli 

..'. 

HI. 

ic. 

oMaK 

10 

in. 

that  he  saith  unto  theni,  Our  fru-nil 
Lazarus  l.skiintli  ;  but  I  «(>,  that  1 
luav  awake  liini  uut  ot'sle<'|). 
Ij'Theii  said  his  discipk-a,  Lord,  if 


he  shall  (1., 


I;;  IIn\\ii.it.I,siiss|iuUeofhi»<leatli: 
but  tlu'y  thou-ht  that  he  had  bpukeu 
oftakin;;  ofre-st  in  sleep. 

14  Then  said  Jesus  unto  them  plain- 
l.v,  Lazarus  is  dead. 

l.">  And  I  am  ^lad  for  your  (takes 
that  I  was  not  there,  to  the  intent  ye 
niiv  hrhevc  ;  nevertlicless  let  us  go 
uiit.i  liiin. 

hi  Then  said  Thomas,  which  is  call- 
ed Didyuius,  nnti)  his  fellow  disci- 
ples. Let  us  also  go,  that  we  may  die 
with  him. 

17  Then  when  .Tesuscame,  he  found 
that  he  had  IdiiL  in  the  grave  four 
days  already. 

Is  Now  Uethany  was  nigh  unto  Je- 
rusalem, II  about  lifteen  furlon;;s  oif : 

19  And  many  of  the  Jews  came  to 
Martha  and  Marv,  to  comfort  them 
concerning  their  l)rother. 

2<l  Then  Martha,  as  soon  as  she 
lu^ard  that  Jesus  was  coming,  went 
and  met  him:  but  Mary  nut  si  ill  in 
the  house. 

L'l  riieu  said  Martha  unto  Jesus, 
Lord,  if  thou  hadst  been  licrc,  my 
brother  had  not  died. 

1.'2  Uut  I  know,  that  even  now, 
"  whatsoe\'er  thou  wilt  ask  of  God, 
God  will  give  iMIiee. 

i!  Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Thy  brother 
shall  rise  again. 

24  Martha  saith  unto  him,  k  I  know 
that  he  shall  rise  ag.iin  in  the  resur- 
rection at  the  hist  day. 

2.5  Jesus  Biid  unto  her,  I  am  I  the 
resurrection,  and  the  '"  life:  "  he  that 
beUeveth  in  nie,  though  he  were 
dea.l,  yet  shall  he  live: 

2li  .\nd  whosoever  liveth  and  be- 
lieveth  in  me  shall  never  die.    Be- 


st th. 


1  tii: 


•7  Slie  saith  unto  him.  Yea,  Lord: 
"  I  helieve  tliat  thou  art  the  Chri.st, 
till'  Son  of  (iod,  which  should  come 
into  the  world. 

2.S  And  when  she  had  so  said,  she 
went  her  wav,  and  called  -Mary  Iier 
sister  seeretl.v,  saying,  The  JMaster  is 
come,  and  ciiUeth  for  thee. 

29  As  soon  a.s  she  lieard  that^  she 
arose  riuickly,  and  came  unto  luni. 

30  Now  Jesus  was  not  yet  come  in- 
to the  town,  but  was  in  that  jilacc 
whiTC  Martha  met  him. 

yi  f  The  Jews  then  which  were  with 
her  in  the  house,  and  comforted  her, 
wlieii  tliey  saw  Mary,  that  she 
np  hastily  nnil  went  '  '  " 
luT,  saying,  .Sh 
to  weep  there. 

.'!2  'I'heu  when  Sfary  was  come 
where  Jesus  was,  and  saw  him,  slie 
f.U  down  at  his  feet,  saying  unto 
him,  1  Lord,  iftlion  hidst  been  here, 
mv  brother  liad  not  died. 

yj  Wheii  Jesus  therefore  saw  her 


lit,  f)llov 
goeth  unto  the  gr 


weeping,  and  the  Jews  also  weeping 
which  came  witli  her,  he  groaned  in 
tile  spirit,  anil  I  \vas  troubled, 
.".I  .\nd  said.  Where  have  ye  laid 
him?    Tiny   say    unto   liun,  Lord, 


iTi  'Jesus  wept. 

.'JU  Then  said  the  Jews,  Beliold  liow 
he  loved  him! 

37  And  some  of  them  saiil.  Could 
not  this  man,  'which  opened  the 
eyes  of  the  blind,  have  caused  that 
even  this  man  should  not  have  died-' 

.'J8  Jesus  therefore  again  groaning  in 
himself  Cometh  to  the  grave.  It  was 
a  cave,  and  a  stone  lay  up(in  it. 

!VJ  Jesus  said.  Take  ye  away  the 
stone.  .Martha,  the  sister  of  liim  that 
was  dead,  saith  unbi  him.  Lord,  hv 
this  time  he  stinketh:  for  he  hath 
been  (/.(k/ four  days. 

411  Jesus  saith  nuto  her.  Said  I  not 
nnto  thee,  that,  if  thou  wouldest  be- 
lieve, thou  shouldest  'sec  the  glory 
oftiod? 

41  Then  they  took  awny  the  stone 

I'roiit  the  iiliice  where  the  dead  was 
laid.  And  Jesus  lifted  up  /;w  eves, 
and  said.  Father,  1  thank  thee  that 
thou  hast  heard  me. 

4J  Anil  I  knew  that  thou  hearest  me 
alwavs:  but  "because  of  the  people 
wliieh  stand  bv  I  said  iV,  that  tliev 
miv  bilieve  that  thon  hast  sent  me. 

4i"And  when  he  thus  had  spoken, 
he  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  Lazarus, 
eome  forth. 

44  And  lie  that  was  dead  came  forth, 
honnil  hand  and  foot  with  grave- 
clothes;  nnd  "his  face  was  bound 
about  with  a  napkin.  Jesu.s  saith 
unto  them,].,oose  him,  and  let  himgo. 

4.)  Then  many  of  the  Jews  which 
camo  to  Mary,  ^^and  had  seen  the 
things  which  Jesus  did,  believed  on 
him. 

41!  Uut  some  of  them  went  their 
ways  to  flic  Pharisees,  nnd  told  them 
what  things  Jesus  had  done. 

47  IT  "  Tlien  gathered  the  chief 
pricst.s  and  the  Pharisees  a  council, 
anil  said,  "What  do  we  '/  forlhisman 
doeth  inanv  miracles. 

■IS  If  we  ht  him  thus  alone,  all  men 
will  lK'lie\e  on  him;  anil  Ihe  Itomans 
shall  come  and  take  away  both  our 
place  nnil  nation. 

I'.l  .\\ul  one  of  them,  nomei/ b  Caia- 
plias,  bring  the  high  priest  that  same 
year,  said  unto  them,  Ye  know  noth- 
ing at  all, 

."HI '  Noreonsiderthat  it  is  expedient 
fir  us,  that  Olio  man  should  die  for 
the  people,  and  tliat  the  whole  nation 
jierish  not. 

.',1  .Villi  this  spake  he  not  of  him- 
self: but  bring  hijrhjiriest  that  year, 
he  prophesieil  that  Jesus  should  die 
for  (hat  nation; 

,W  And  ''not  for  that  nalion  only, 
'but  that  also  ho  shmihl  gather  to- 
gether in  one  the  children  of  God 
that  wore  gcattcred  abroad. 
98 


Mary  anointeth  the  feet  of  Jesus.      ST.  JOHN. 


Christ  rideth  into  Jerusalem. 


f.-li,  4.  1.  3.  i 


cT.iikolO.  38. 
cU.  U.  2. 


S3  Then  from  that  day  fortli  thoy 
took  counsel  together  for  to  put  him 
to  death. 

51  Jesus  ftherefnrc  wnlked  no  more 
openly  aimmf;  the  Jews;  hut  wi'Ul 
thence  unto  ii  country  ne:ir  to  the 
wihlerness,  intoa  city  ealU'd  "  Kphra- 
hn,and  there  continued  with  liis  dis- 
ciples. 

5.5  ^  li  And  the  Jews'  passover  was 
nij;h  at  hand:  and  many  went  out 
of  the  country  np  to  Jerusalem  be- 
fore the  passover,  to  purity  them- 
selves. 

51!  i  Then  sought  they  for  Jesus,  and 
spake  amouK  themselves,  as  they 
stoo<l  in  the  temple.  What  think  ye, 
that  lie  will  not  come  to  the  feast? 

n7  Now  both  the  chief  priests  and 
the  I'harisees  had  given  a  comman<l- 
ruent,  that,  if  anv  man  knew  where 
he  were,  he  .should  shew  it,  that  they 
might  take  him. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  Jesus  excusetK  Mary  anointing  his  feet. 
9  The    people  flack  to  see  Lazarus.     30 
The  high  priests  cuniiult  to  kill  him.     12 
Christ  rideth  into  Jerusalem.  20  Greeks 
ilesirc  to  sec  Jesus.      23  He  foretelleth 
his   death.    37  Tha   Jews   are   generally 
Uin(lc<t :   42  yet  many  chief  rulers  be- 
lieve, but  do  not  confess  him:  44  there- 
fore Jesus  calleth  earnestly  for  confes- 
sion of  faith. 
''piIEN    Jesus     six     days     before 
L    the  passover  came  to  Bethany, 
^  where    l^azarus    was    v/hieh    Inid 
been  dead,  whom  he  raised  from  the 
dead. 

L'  li  There  they  made  him  a  supper; 
and  Jlartha  served :  hut  l^azarus 
was  one  of  them  that  sat  at  the  table 
with  him. 

.'!  Then  took  "  Jfary  a  pound  of 
ointment  of  spikenard,  very  costly, 
and  anointed  the  feet  of  Jesus,  and 
wiped  his  feet  with  her  hair;  and  the 
house  was  filled  with  the  odour  of 
the  ointment. 

4  Then  saith  one  of  his  disciples, 
Judns  Iscariot,  Simon's  $0)i^  wliieli 
should  betray  liiiu, 

5  Why  was  not  this  ointment  sold 
for  three  hundred  pence,  and  given 
to  tlie  poor? 

(>  This  he  said,  not  that  he  cared  for 
the  poor;  but  because  he  was  a  thief, 
and  il  had  the  bag,  and  bare  what 
was  put  therein. 

7  Tlien  said  Jesus,  Let  her  alone: 
against  the  day  of  my  burying  hath 
she  kei)t  this. 

.s  For  "the  poor  always  ye  have  with 
you;  luit  me  ye  have  not  always. 
"'.)  Much  people  of  the  Jews  there- 
fore knew  that  he  was  there:  and 
they  eiuno  not  for  Jesus'  sake  only, 
but  that  they  might  see  Lazarus  also, 
f  whom  he  liad  raised  from  tl>o  dead. 

Ill  TT  K  l!ut  the  chief  priests  ronsnlt- 
ed  that  they  might  put  I>azaru3  also 
to  death; 

H  iiUec.auso  that  by  reason  of  him  1 
100 


many  of  the  Jews  went  away,  and 
believed  on  Jesus. 

12  11  i  On  the  next  day  much  people 
that  were  come  to  the  feast,  when 
the}'  heard  that  Jesus  was  coming  to 
.Jerusalem, 

l.'i  Took  branches  of  palm  trees, 
and  went  fortli  to  meet  him,  and 
cried,  k  Hosanna :  Blessed  is  the 
King  of  Israel  that  comctli  in  tlic 
name  of  the  Lord. 

H  I  And  Jesus,  when  he  had  found 
a  young  ass,  sat  thereon ;  as  it  is 
written, 

15  "'Fear  not,  daughter  of  Sion: 
behold,  thy  King  conieth,  sitting  on 
an  ass's  colt. 

](i  These  things  "understood  not 
his  disciples  at  the  lirst:  "but  when 
Jesus  was  glorified,  ''then  remem- 
bered they  that  these  things  were 
written  of  him,  and  tliut  they  had 
done  these  things  unto  hini. 

17  Tlie  people  therefore  that  was 
with  him  when  he  called  I^azarns 
out  of  his  grave,  and  raised  liim 
from  the  dead,  bare  record. 

LS  'I  For  this  cause  the  people  also 
met  him,  for  that  they  heard  that  he 
had  done  this  miracle. 

1'.)  Tlie  Pharisees  therefore  said 
among  themselves,  'Perceive  ye 
how  ve  prevail  notiiing?  behold,  the 
world  is  gone  after  him. 

a)  11  And  there  "  were  certain 
Greeks  among  them  '  that  came  up 
to  worship  at  the  feast: 

21  The  same  came  therefore  to  Phil- 
ip, "  which  was  of  Bethsaida  of  Gal- 
ilee, and  desired  him,  saying,  Sir, 
wc  would  see  Jesus. 

22  Philip  Cometh  and  telleth  An- 
drew: and  again  Andrew  and  Philip 
tell  Jesus. 

2.'J  IT  And  Jesus  answered  them,  say- 
ing, "The  hour  is  come,  that  the 
Son  of  man  should  be  glorified. 

24  Verily,  verily,  I  say  mito  you, 
>■  Except  a  corn  of  wheat  fall  into  the 
ground  and  die,  it  abideth  alone : 
hut  if  it  die,  it  bringetli  forth  much 
fruit. 

25  ''He  that  loveth  his  life  shall  lose 
it;  and  he  that  liateth  his  life  in  this 
world  shall  keep  it  unto  life  eternal 

21!  If  any  man  serve  me,  let  him 
follow  me;  and  "where  1  am,  there 
shall  also  my  servant  be:  if  any  man 
serve  nie,  him  will  niij  F:ither  hon- 
our. 

27  IjNow  is  my  soul  troubled;  and 
what  shall  I  say?  Father,  save  me 
from  this  hour:  "■  but  for  this  cause 
came  I  unto  this  hour. 

2.S  Father,  glorify  thy  name,  d  Then 
came  there  a  voice  from  Iieaven,.'.'n//- 
tnij.  I  have  both  glorified  it,  and  will 
glorifv  it  again. 

2!)  The  people  therefore  that  stood 

)y,  and  heard  it,  said  that  it  tliun- 

li'red  :  others  said.  An  angel  spake 
to  him. 

oO  Jesus  answered  and  said,  "  This 


The  Jews  are  generally  blinded.        ST.  JOHN.       Jesus  uashelh  hig  disciplen'  feet. 


eh    11.  10 
IJuUn'i.  11. 
Luk<  16  3. 


ver.  35.  36. 
ach.  .■;.  4.5.  i 

».  i.'j.  ai. 

bcU  3.  17. 
c  I.uko  10. 16. 


cti.  8.  38.  & 
11.  10. 
Ueul.  18.  1». 


voice  cnnic  not  because  of  mc,  but 
for  your  sakcs. 

.^l  Now  i»  the  iiidswient  of  this 
worlil:  now  sliall  i  the  i)rincc  of  this 
world  be  east  out. 

;y  And  I,  Kif  I  1)0  liftpd  up  from  the 
earth,  will  draw  \<  all  mi  n  unto  lue. 

.'3  iThis  he  said,  si;;iiifyin;;  what 
death  he  should  die. 

u4  The  people  iinswcrcd  liiin.k'VVe 
have  heard  out  of  the  law  that  Christ 
ahidcth  for  ever :  and  liow  sayest 
thou.  The  Son  of  man  must  be  lifted 
upi*  w!io  is  this  Sou  of  niaiii' 

M  Then  Jesus  snid  unto  them.  Yet 
a  little  while  Us  the  li-lit  with  you. 
'"  Walk  while  ye  liavc  the  li-lit,  lest 
darkness  come  upon  you  :  tor  "  he 
that  walketh  iu  darkness  knoweth 
not  whither  he  Koeth. 

'M  "While  ye  have  lisht,  believe  in 
the  li^'ht,  that  ve  may  he  "the  chil- 
dren of  li-ht.  ■  These  things  spake 
Jesus,  and  departed,  and  ''did  liide 
himself  from  them. 

H7  IT  Uut  thoii^'h  he  had  done  so 
many  miracles  before  them,  yet  they 
believed  not  on  him: 

Si  That  the  saving  of  Esaias  the 
prophet  ini;;ht  be  fiilHlUil,  which  he 
spake,  -I  Lord,  who  hath  believed 
our  report  ?  aiul  to  whom  hath  the 
arm  of  the  Lord  been  revealed;' 

;!;i  Therefore  thev  eould  not  believe, 
because  that  Ksaias  s-.iid  apaiu, 

40  'lie  hath  blinded  their  eves, 
aii<l  hardened  Iheir  heart;  that  they 
shimld  not  see  wilh  l/u  ir  eves,  nor 
understand  with  (A.  (/■  heart,  and  be 
cunverted,  and  1  slmuld  heal  them. 

41  "These  thin;;s  said  Ksaias,  when 
he  saw  bis  Riorv,  and  spake  of  him. 

42  IT  Nevertheless  anions;  "'e  chief 
rulers  also  many  believed  on  him; 
l)ut  t  because  of  the  riiarisees  they 
did  not  confess  liiin.  lest  they  should 
be  put  out  of  the  syna;^of;ue: 

4.'!  "  Kor  they  loved  the  praise  of 
men  nnirc  tluni  the  praise  of  God. 

44  ^  Jesus  cried  and  said,  ^  He  that 
helieveth  on  me,  believcth  uot  on 
me,  but  on  him  that  sent  me. 

4."i  .\nd  >  he  that  seeth  mc  seeth  him 
that  sent  me. 

40  '1  am  come  a  liKht  into  the 
world,  that  whosoever  lielicveth  on 
me  should  not  abide  in  darkness. 

4"  And  if  any  man  hear  my  word?, 
and  believe  not,  "  I  judge  him  not: 
lor  111  came  not  to  judge  the  world, 
but  to  save  the  world. 

4H  MIe  that  rejectcth  mc,  and  rc- 
ceivctb  not  my  words,  hath  one  that 
judnctli  him:  J  the  word  that  I  have 
snoken,  the  same  slmll  judge  him  in 
the  last  dav. 

4!l  For  ■■  J  have  not  spoken  of  my- 
self; but  the  F'atbir  which  sent  me, 
he  gsve  mc  a  commandment,  'what 
I  should  say,  and  what  1  should 
speak. 

5(1  And  I  know  that  Ids  commnnd- 
nient  is  life  everlasting:  whatsoever 


1  speak  therefore,  even  as  the  Father 
said  unto  me,  so  1  siieuk. 

CHAPTER  xnr. 

1  JetuiiwaaluHi(/:e  .lixcipUii'  J\rl:  rihort- 
elk  llicm  I:,  l,i,.,iililii  mt.tr '••irilji.  18  lie 
fi.rrttlli  th.  an.l  ilini-ovrrclh  fo  .lulin  by  a 
tukrn,  tiMt  .lwla»  rhould  bctrny  l,im  .■  :il 
commanUetU  Ihcm  la  l,.ve  cne  anulhir,  30 
imU  furcwurncti,  Peter  uf  hit  tttuial. 


hour  was  come  that  he  shunld  depart 
out  of  this  world  niilo  (he  Fallier, 
having  loved  his  own  which  were  in 
tlie  world,  be  loved  them  unto  the 
end. 

2  And  supper  beinj:  ended,  *"tbe 
devil  having  now  put  into  the  heart 
of  Judas  Iseariot,  Simon's  fon,  to  be- 
tray him; 

.']  Jesus  knowing  il  that  the  Father 
had  Kiven  all  Ihiiigs  into  bis  hands, 
and  '  lliat  he  was  come  from  Gotl, 
and  went  to  Cod: 

4  I  lie  riseth  triim  supper,  and  laid 
asiile  his  gannents;  and  took  a  tow- 
el, and  ginled  himself. 

.".  Alter  that  he  pmireth  water  into  a 
basin,  and  lagan  to  wash  the  disci 
pies-  leet,  and  l.i  wipe  l/„in  wilh  the 
l.iwel  wberewilh  he  was  uirded. 

(I  Then  Cometh  he  to  Simon  I'etcr: 
and  f  I'eter  saith  unto  him.  Lord, 
Kdost  thou  wash  111 v  feet:' 

7  Jesus  answercif  and  said  unto 
him,  What  I  do  thou  knowcst  not 
now  ;  li  but  thou  shalt  know  here- 
afler. 

5  I'lter  faith  unto  him.  Thou  sbnit 
never  wash  mv  feet.  Jesus  answered 
him.  I  It  1  wash  thee  not,  thou  hast 
no  part  with  me. 

II  Simon  I'eter  saith  unto  him,  Lord, 
not  mv  lilt  only,  but  also  mi/ hands 
and  »-■//  bead. 

III  Jesus  s:iith  to  him.  He  that  is 
washed  mcdeth  not  save  to  wash  Iih 
feet,  lint  is  clean  every  whit:  ond 
ic  ve  are  clean,  but  not  all. 

l"l  For  I  he  knew  who  should  betray 
him;  therefore  said  he.  Ye  ore  not 
all  clean. 

IL'  So  after  he  had  washed  their 
feet,  and  had  taken  his  garments, 
and  was  set  d<iwn  again,  be  said 
unto  them.  Know  ye  what  1  have 
done  to  you? 

);(  '"Ye  call  me  Master  and  Lord: 
and  ve  say  well;  for  .«o  I  am. 
14  "  If  I  then.  I/O'"'  LonI  ond  Mas- 
ter, have  washe<l  yourdct:  "yeol.sei. 
;ought  to  wash  one  another's  feet.  | 
i  l.i  For  I'  1  have  eiven  you  an  exoni- 
Iplc,  thot  ye  bhoufd  do  o"s  1  hove  doiid 
'to  vou.  / 

!  Ill  '1  Vcrilv,  vcrilv.  I  sa.v  nnto  you. 
The  servant  is  not  greater  Ihon  bis 
lord;  niilliir  be  tlnit  is  sent  greater 
than  111'  Ihats.nt  birn. 
ir  Mfyi-  knew  these  things,  happy 
are  ve  if  ve  do  them. 
l.S  it  1  speok  not  of  you  oil:  I  know 
whom  1  have  chosen:   but  tliut  tlic 


Jemis  pointeth  out  the  traitor. 


ST.  JOHN. 


lie  comfortcth  his  disefplt's. 


M.tt.  2n.?i, 

M«c'i  11.  H 
l.iik.^  ti  21. 
cl.    la.  27. 


ech 
11 

gcU 

12 
11 

IT 
I'J 

2). 
13. 
.  11 
1.4 

23. 

«.  4  3. 11.2a. 

k  i.  21. 
It  I  John  2.  5. 

li  i.  20. 
1.-S.  21,  Ifl. 

2  1VI.  1.  II. 
in  M.MI.  2C.ru. 


niu: 


11.29. 
31. 
ka  22.  33. 


Scripture  may  1)C  (iiltilkMl,  '  lie  that 
ciitcth  l)reail  witli  iin;  liatli  litleil  up 
hia  liot-'l  aixainst  inc. 
I'.l  Ml  N"W  I  tell  ymi  before  it  come, 
tliat,  wluii  it  i.-i  coiue  to  pass,  yc  may 
believe  tlint  I  am  lie. 
•M  "  Verily,  verily.  I  Ray  uuto  you, 
lie  that  reeeiveth  whomsoever  I  t^end 
reeciveth  me;  and  he  that  reeeiveth 
me  reeeiveth  him  that  sent  me. 

^  When  Jesus  had  thus  said,  >  he 
troubled  in  spirit,  and  testified, 
and  said.  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto 
you,  that  ''one  of  you  shall  betray 
me. 

•22  Then  the  disciples  looked  one 
on  another,  doubting  of  whom  lie 
spake. 

2.'>  Now^thcre  was  leauinp:  on  Je- 
sus' bosom  one  of  iiis  disciples,  whom 
Jesus  loved. 
24  Simon  Peter  therefore  beckoned 
to  him,  that  he  should   ask  who  it 
should  be  of  whom  lie  spake. 
•2')  He   then  lym^  on  Jesus'  lireast 
saith  unto  him,  J^onl.  who  is  it;' 
•_'(!   Jesus    answered,    lie    it    is,    to 
whom  1  shall  ^i^c  n  II  sop,  when  I 
have  dipped  il.     And  when  he  had 
dipped  the  sop,  he  {;ave  it  to  Judas 
Iscariot,  t/if  fail  of  Simon. 
•27  liAnd  after  the  sop  Satan  entered 
into   him.      Then    said  Jesus    uuto 
him.  That  thou  doest,  ilo  quickly. 
iS  Now  no  man  at  the  table  knew 
for  what  intent  he  spake  this  uuto 
him. 

•2'J  For  some  of  Hicm  thonjrht,  be- 
cause 'Judas  had  the  ba;;,  that  Jesus 
had  said  unto  l\im,  Buv  t/o^e  lliiiii/s 
that  we  have  need  of  against  the 
feast:  or,  that  he  should  give  some- 
thing to  the  poor. 

;iO  lie  then,  havini;  received  the 
sop,  went  iiunicdiutely  out;  and  it 
was  niuht. 

.■'.I  ^  Therefore,  when  he  was  pone 
out,  Jesus  said,  'I  Now  is  the  Sou  of 
man  plorilied,  and  "  Ciod  is  );lorilied 
in  him. 

;',-2  Hf  God  be  prlorified  in  him,  God 
shall  also  <;lorilV  him  in  himself,  and 
S shall  strai^'htwav  glorify  bin 
Si  Little  children,  yet  a  little  while 
I  am  with  you.  Ve  shall  seek  me: 
hand  as  1  said  uuto  the  Jews,  Whith 
er  I  f;f>.  jc  cannot  come;  so  now  I 
sny  to  you. 

84  'A  new  commandment  I  cive 
unto  you.  That  ye  love  one  another: 
as  I  have  loved  you,  that  ye  also  love 
one  another. 

y.5  k  By  this  shall  all  mni  know  that 
ye  ate  my  disciples,  if  ye  have  love 
one  to  another. 

;«)  1  Simon  Teter  said  unto  him. 
l/Ord,  whither  L'oest  tlion  /  Jesus 
answered  him.  Whither  I  po,  thou 
canst  not  follow  me  now;  but 'thou 
Shalt  liiUow  me  afterwards. 
:)7  I'eter  said  unto  him,  Lord,  why 
cunni.t  I  lullow  tlioe  now?  1  will 
"'lay  down  my  lite  lor  thy  sake. 
102 


.".S  Jesus  answered  him,  'Wilt  thou 
lay  down  thy  lile  for  my  sake? 
Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee.  The 
cock  shall  liot  crow,  till  thou  hast 
denied  me  thrice. 

CHAPTEK  XIV. 
1  Chritt  comfurtclh  Ma  discijihs  mill  the 
ho,,c  of  heivcn:  0  prufcetclh  himtclf  the 
way.thctrulli.and  Ihclifr.,  nntl  oiicivith 
the  Father:  \i  nseurcth  their  pratjcrt 
in  hia  name  to  he  effectual:  15  rcqacrt- 
cth  luve  antl  olieiHeiicc.  10  jiriimiseth  the 
JMy  tlhoat  the  Comforter,  27  ami  leaveth 
hia  peace  with  them. 

LET  "not  your  heart  be  troubled: 
ye  believe  in  God,  believe  also 
in  me. 

2  In  my  Father's  house  are  many 
mansions:  if  it  icerc  not  .w,  1  would 
have  told  you.  ""l  go  to  prepare  a 
place  for  you, 

.!  And  it  1  go  and  prepare  a  place 
for  you, '  I  will  come  again,  and  re- 
ceive you  unto  myself:  that  J  where 
1  am,  i/ierr  ve  may  be  also. 

4  And  whfther  I  go  ye  know,  and 
the  way  ye  know. 

5  Thomas  saith  unto  him,  I-ord,  we 
know  not  whither  thou  goest;  and 
how  can  we  know  the  ways' 

(i  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  1  am  •'the 
way.  ithe  truth,  and  sthe  life:  !■  no 
man  cometh  unto  the  Father,  but 
by  me. 

7  ill  vc  had  known  me,  yc  should 
have  known  my  Father  also:  and 
trom  henceforth'  yc  know  him,  and 
have  seen  him. 

,S  Philip  saith  unto  him,  Lord, 
shew  us  the  Father,  and  it  sutticeth 
us. 

1»  Jesus  saith  nnto  him,  Have  I  been 
so  long  time  with  you,  and  yet  hast 
thou  not  known  me,  Philip!'  ^he 
that  hath  seen  me  hath  seen  the 
Father;  and  how  sayest  thou  ihcti. 
Shew  us  the  Father!' 

10  Bclievest  thou  not  that  II  am  in 
the  Father,  and  the  Father  in  me? 
the  words  that  I  speak  unto  you 
'"1  speak  not  of  mvself:  but  the 
Father  that  dwelleth  in  me,  he  doeth 
the  works. 

11  Believe  me  that  1  am  in  the  Fa- 
ther, and  the  Father  in  me:  "or  else 
believe  me  for  the  very  works'  sake. 

12  "  Verilv,  verily,  I  say  nnto  you, 
1  lie  that  believeth"  on  me,  the  works 

that  I  do  shall  he  do  also;  and 
greater  icni-H  than  these  shall  he  do; 
because  I  go  unto  my  Father. 

l:i  l'.\nd  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  in 
niv  name,  that  will  I  do.  that  the 
I'litlur  uuiv  be  glorified  in  the  Son. 

14  If  ye  shall  ask  any  thing  in  my 
name.l  will  do  it. 

l.'i  IT  'I  If  yc  love  me,  keep  my  com 
maiidments. 

Hi  And  1  will  prny  the  Father,  and 
'he  sluiU  give  you  another  Com- 
forter, that  he  may  abide  with  you 


ir  EccH  '  the  Spirit  of  truth; '  whom  I 


The  consolation  and  mutual  love      ST.  JOHN.       between  Clirinl  and  his  member*. 


t!ie  world  cannot  receive,  bcranse  it 
SL'ftli  liini  not,  neitlicr  knowotli  iiini: 
but  yc  know  him:  for  lie  dHclleth 
with  joii,  "anil  shall  he  in  you. 

18  '^  I  will  not  lea^'c  you  |[ comfort- 
less: >  I  will  come  tf»  voM. 

10  Vet  a  little  while,"  niul  the  worlil 
sceth  me  no  more;  hut 'ye  sec  me: 
** because  1  live,  ve  sluill  liVe  also. 

L'll  At  that  day"ye  shall  know  that 
I>1  nm  in  my  father,  and  yc  in  me, 
and  1  in  yon. 

L'l  '  lie  that  hath  my  command- 
ments, and  keeiieth  tl'ieni,  he  it  18 
that  lovcth  me:  and  he  that  loveth 
mc  shall  be  loved  of  my  Father,  and 
I  will  love  him,  and  "will  inauii'eBt 
myself  to  him. 

L'li  <l.JuilnH  saith  unto  him,  not  Is- 
carint.  Lord,  how  U  it  that  thou  wilt 
manifest  thyself  unto  us,  and  not 
unto  the  world? 

'S\  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  'If  a  man  love  me,  he  will  keep 
my  words:  and  my  l-'ather  will  hjvc 
him,  fand  wc  will  come  <into  him, 
and  make  our  oboile  with  him. 

24  lie  that  loveth  mc  not  keepeth 
not  my  sayini^s :  and  *^the  word 
which  jc  hear  is  not  mine,  but  the 
Father's  which  sent  me. 

2.')  These  thin<;s  have  I  spoken  unto 
you,  lieiii'4  III  I  present  with  von. 

L'O  Huti.  Ilie  CinturtiT.  iihirl,  ,\- the 
Holv  GlK.st.  whom  tlie  1-ather  will 
send  in  mv  name,  'he  shall  teach 
you  all  thili-s,  .tiuI  brinj;  all  things 
to  your  remriiihrance,  whatsoever  1 
have  s'.iid  unto  vuu. 

'Jj  H'eaee  I  leave  with  you,  my 
peace  1  pive  unto  you:  not  as  the 
world  eiveth,  (,'ivc  1  unto  you.  i  I.et 
not  your  heart  be  troubled,  neither 
let  it  be  afraid. 

2.S  Ve  have  heard  how  "  1  said  unto 
you,  I  j;o  away,  and  come  nijaiit  un- 
to you.  If  ye  luveil  me,  ye  wonhl 
rejoice,  because  I  said,  "  I  po  unto 
tlie  Father:  for  "my  Father  is  great- 
er than  I. 

at  And  I' now  I  have  fold  you  be- 
fore it  come  to  pass,  that,  when  it  is 
come  to  pass,  ve  mi^ht  believe. 

'M  Ilerei;fter"l  will  not  talk  much 
with  yon:  "'for  the  prince  of  this 
world  Cometh,  and  hath  notliin;;  iu 
me. 

;il  Hut  that  the  world  may  know- 
that  I  love  the  Father;  and  'as  the 

Father  gave  me  commandment,  even 
60  I  do.     Arise,  let  us  go  hence. 
ClIAPTER  XV. 

1  The  conaoliitiun  ami  mittuct  love  bettvfen 
'  Clirist  and  hit  riicmtcra,  uiutei'  the  pur- 
able  of  the  vine,  la  .i  comfort  m  the  ha- 
tred and  jiiraeeulinn  ut  the  Wfrld  ai 
The  olRce  vf  the  y/Wy  O' /■■-»(,  and  of  tin 
apuatUs. 

IA>t  the  true  vine,  and  my  Father 
is  the  husbaiulman. 
2  "Kverv  branch  in  me  that  bear- 
clh  not  iVnit  he  taketh  away:  uinl 
every  Iniiicli  that  bearcth  fruit,  ho 


piin;efh  it,  that  it  may  briug  forth 
more  fruit. 

.'!  Ii  Now  yc  arc  clean  fhrou;;h  the 
word  which  1  have  sjiokeii  unto 
yon. 

4  '  Abide  in  me,  and  I  in  vou.  As 
the  branih  cannot  hearfruit  rf  itself, 
except  it  abide  in  the  vine;  no  mure 
can  ye,  except  ye  abide  in  nie. 

3  I  am  the  viife.  \  e  tiri'  the  branch- 
es, lie  that  abiili  til  in  nie,  and  1  in 
hiin,  the  same  brin;;eth  forth  much 
<<  fruit;  tor  ||  without  nic  yc  cau  do 
nothing;. 

(J  if  a  man  abide  not  in  me, 'he  is 
cast  forth  as  a  branch,  and  is  wilh- 
cr<'d  ;  and  men  gather  thein,  and 
ca>t  t/iri/i  into  the  lire,  and  they  ore 
burned. 

"  If  ve  abide  in  me,  and  mv  words 
abide  in  v.mi,  '  ve  shall  ask  what  ye 
will,  amllt  shall  be  done  unto  von. 

«  tlliniii  is  mv  Father  (,-l"'Hlied, 
that  ye  bear  niucli  fruit;  I'so  bhall  yc 
be  mv  disciples. 

1)  As  the  Father  hath  loved  me,  so 
have  1  loved  you:  continue  ye  ill 
my  love. 

10  ilf  vc  keep  my  eommnndmcnts, 
ve  shall  abide  in  "my  love;  even  as 
1  have  kept  my  Father's  conunand- 
ments,  ami  abide  in  his  love. 

11  These  things  have  1  sptiken  unto 
yon,  that  mv  joy  mi^ht  niiiain  in 
"vou,  and  t  itial  your  joy  ini(;ht  be 
'lull. 

1.'  I  This  is  my  commandment.  That 

•c  love  one  niiotlier,  us  1  have  loved 
you. 

l:i '"  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than 
this,  that  u  man  hiy  down  his  life  fur 
his  friends. 

14  "  Yc  arc  my  friends,  if  yc  do 
whatsoever  I  comniund  you. 

I."i  Ilenccforth  1  call  you  not  serv- 
ants ;  for  the  servant  knowclh  not 
what  his  lord  doeth  :  but  I  have 
called  vou  frienils  ;  "for  all  things 
that  1  "liave  heard  of  my  Father  1 
liave  m:ide  known  unto  you. 

Hi  I'Vc  ha\e  not  chosen  me,  hut 
I  have  chosen  vcni.  and  1„rdained 
von,  th.it  ve  should  go  and  brins 
"forth  fruit.  iindMof  voiirfVuit  should 
remain:  that  'whatsoever  ye  shall 
ask  of  the  Father  in  my  name,  he 
inay  give  it  vou.  | 

I  17  'These  thiiiKs  I  command  youj 
that  ve  love  cue  another.  I 

^  IS  •  If  the  world  hate  you,  yc  know" 
that  it  hated  me  before  il  Imlnl  you. 

19  "  If  ve  were  of  the  world,  the 
world  would  love  his  own :  but  "  Ih- 
canse  vc  arc  not  of  the  worhl.  but  I 
hove  ehosen  vou  out  of  the  world, 
theredire  the  world  liateth  yon. 

•_1I  Hemeniber  the  wonl  that  I  said 
unto  von.  >  The  8er>-ant  is  not  cmit- 
er  thiin  hi>i  lord.  II  they  have  jM-rse- 
lutcd  mc,  they  will  also  |Hri.ecule 
vou;  »  if  they  have  kept  my  sayiii);, 
tlicv  will  keep  youm  also. 

2l'lliit  ■'all  these  thinpi  will  they  do 
103 


brk  1.1.10.* 

u  ir. 


<i,  II  13.11. 

U  1(1.  ?J. 
,M«o  .V  11. 

11,. I.  I    II. 
Il  th.  ».  3L  h 

li.li. 


krh   ia.?l.k 


•  <   ID. 

1  5K.H. 


II    U. 
>    12. 
Jok>  X  1. 


•u  11  Id. 
I  K*.  1  7. 

.«.ll  It.tt. 


Christ  cowforteth  his  disciples 


ST.  JOHN.        bij  a  promise  cf  the  Iloly  Ghost. 


fP..  3.5.  19.  4 
(a.  i. 
gLuk«21.  49. 


33.  4  .■!  3^. 
&  10.  39.  Ic 
13  31. 

1  Pet.  .I.  I. 

2  Pot,  1.  16. 
k  I.uke  1.  2. 

IJobn  1.1,2. 


c  Aetj  8    1.  i 

9.  I.  &2«.y, 

10.11. 
dell.  15-21. 

llum.  II).  2. 

1  r„t.  2.  ». 

1  Tim.  1.  13, 
orh.  13.  19.  i 

11.29. 


lcV..7. : 
1).  Hi. 
13.  26. 


unto  you  ii>r  my  imiiif's  s'kc,  be- 
cause they  know  nut  liim  thut  sent 
ine. 

'12  I'  If  1  had  not  come  nnil  spoken 
niito  thoni,  they  had  not  liad  sin; 
'  i)ut  now  tliey  have  no  i|  cloak  for 
their  sin. 

'J.'i  'I  He  tliat  liatcth  mc  liatoth  my 
latlier  also. 

24  It'  1  had  not  done  amonj?  them 
^  the  works  wliieh  none  other  man 
did,  they  had  not  luid  sin:  hot  now 
have  tliey  hoth  seen  and  liated  both 
me  and  my  Father 

25  But  lliix  coiiiplli  to  pasx,  that  the 
word  mijilit  be  i'ulHlled  tliat  is  writ- 
ten ill  their  law,  iThey  hated  mc 
without  a  cause. 

'X  ^  Hut  when  the  Comforter  is 
etmic,  whom  I  will  send  unto  you 
from  the  Father,  f-nn  the  Spirit  of 
trutht  which  iiroeeedeth  from  tlic 
Father,  Mie  shall  testifv  nl'nie: 

L'7  .\nd  lyeal.s.)  shall"  bear  witness, 
heeause  kye  have  been  with  me  from 
the  beginninj^. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

1  Christ  cmfurtel'i  Ida  diaciples  ngainst 
tribulation  by  the  Jimmige  of  the  Iloly 
tlhiist.  ami  by  hia  ,-esurrection  anil  as- 
rtnsion:  ii'iaitstircth  their  prayers  mode 
in  hia  name  to  be  aeeejitable  to'hia  In- 
ther.  33  I'cace  in  (Jurist,  and  in  the 
world  ajjlletion. 

THESE  things  have  I  spoken  unto 
you,  that  ye  "  should  not  be  of 
fended. 

2  I' They  shall  put  you  out  of  the 
synat^0fj;ues;  yea,  the  time  comcth, 
'that  whosoever  killeth  you  will 
think  that  he  doeth  God  service. 

'A  And  iithesc  things  will  they  do 
unto  yon,  because  they  have  not 
known  the  Father,  nor  mc. 

4  Hut  *■  these  thimjs  have  I  told  you, 
that  when  the  time  shall  come,  ye 
may  remember  that  1  told  you  of 
them.  And  f  these  things  I  said  not 
unto  you  at  the  begiuiimK,  because 
I  was  with  yon. 

.5  But  now  Sim  my  way  to  liim 
thatsent  me;  and  m^ne  of  you  asketh 
me.  Whither  jiocst  thoni' 

(1  But  because  I  have  said  these 
thin;,'s  unto  J'uu,  li  sorrow  hatli  filled 
your  heart. 

"  Nevertheless  I  tell  you  the  truth: 
It  is  expedient  for  you  that  I  m 
away  :  for  if  I  po  iiot  away,  i  the 
Comforter  will  not  come  unto  you; 
but  k  if  I  depart,  I  will  send  him  un- 
to you. 

5  And  when  he  Is  come,  he  will  ||  re- 
prove the  world  of  sin,  and  of  rii;ht- 
eousness,  and  of  juiliiment: 

'J  I  Of  sin,  because  they  believe  not 
on  me; 

10  '"Of  righteousness,  "because  I 
KO  to  my  Father,  and  ye  see  mc  no 
more; 

11  "Of  judsment,  because  ''the 
prince  of  tliia  world  is  judsed. 

12  I  have  yet  many  thinsa  to  say 


unto  you,  ''  but  ye  cannot  bear  them 
now. 

].'!  llowbcit  when  he,  'the  Spirit  of 
Itriith,  is  come,  'he  will  },'uide  you 
into  all  truth:  fiir  he  shall  not  speal 
of  hinisell;  hut  whatsoever  he  shall 
hear,   thnt  shall   he   speak:   and  Iv 

vill  siu'W  you  thinj^s  to  conic. 

U  He  shall  glorify  me:  for  he  shall 
receive  of  mine,  and  shall  shew  tt 
unto  ^'ou. 

1 J  '  All  things  that  the  Father  hath 
are  mine:  therefore  said  I,  that  he 
shall  take  of  mine,  and  sh;ill  shew  it 
unto  y<iu. 

l(i  "  A  little  while,  and  ve  shall  not 
sec  mc:  and  ai,'ain,  a  littfc  while,  and 
ye  shall  see  mc,  "  because  1  so  to  the 
Vather. 

ir  Then  said  $nme  of  his  disciples 
nmon;;  themselves.  What  is  this 
tliat  he  saith  unto  us,  A  little  while, 
and  \'e  shall  net  see  me;  and  a,;;ain, 
;i  little  while,  and  ye  shall 


,a,  lie 


>  to  the  Fathi 


1  therefore.  What  is  this 
that  he  saith,  A  little  while?  we  can- 
nnt  tell  V  hat  he  saith. 

l',(  Ntiw  .Jesus  knew  that  they  were 
desirou.s  to  ask  him,  and  said  unto 
them.  Do  ye  imiuire  amon<^  vour- 
selvcs  of  that  I  said,  A  little  while, 
and  ye  shall  not  see  me:  and  ajt.ain, 
a  little  while,  and  ye  shall  see  me? 

2(1  Verilv,  verilv,  I  say  unto  you. 
That  ye  shall  we"ep  and  lament,  but 
the  wiirhl  shall  rejoice;  and  ye  shall 
he  snrrowtul,  hut  your  sorrow  shall 
hetoiiie.l  iiitojuy. 

21  '  A  wuuian  when  she  is  in  travail 
hath  sorrow,  because  her  hour  is 
come:  but  as  soon  as  she  is  delivered 
of  the  child,  she  remembcrcth  no 
more  the  anjruish,  for  joy  tliat  a  man 
is  born  into  the  world. 

22  ''  And  ye  now  therefore  have  sor- 
row: but  I  will  see  you  a^;ain,  and 
■'your  heart  sliidl  rejoice,  and  your 
joy  no  man  taketh  (rum  you.     " 

2.''l  And  in  that  day  ye  shall  ask  me 
nothing.  ''  Verilyi  verily,  I  s;iy  nn- 
[to  you.  Whatsoever  ye  shall  ask  the 
Fa'ther  in  my  name,  he  will  give  il 
you.  „ 

I  24  Hitherto  have  ye  asked  nothinpr 
in  my  name:  ask,  and  ye  shall  re- 
ceive, "  that  .your  joy  nuiy  he  full. 

2.')  These  th'inirs  liaVe  I  spoken  unto 
you  in  l|  )>n>verhs;  but  the  tiineeom- 
eth,  when  I  shall  no  more  speak  un- 
to vou  in  II  proverbs,  but  I  shall 
shew  vou  plainly  of  the  Father. 

■S<  il  At  that  day  ye  shall  ask  in  my 
name:  and  I  sav  "not  unto  you,  that 
I  will  prav  the  Father  for  vou: 

27  'For  "the  Father  himself  lovetli 
vou,  because  ye  have  loved  me,  and 
i  have  believed  that  I  came  out  from 
(iod. 

2.S  f  I  came  forth  from  the  Father, 
and  am  come  into  the  world;  lujain, 
I  leave  the  world,  and  go  to  the  Fa- 
ther. 


Christ  praijeth  for  his  apostles,  ST.  JOHN. 


and  far  all  believers.' 


y  Malt.  a!.31. 
Mark  11. '27. 
IcK.  20.  10. 


ch.  11  27. 
Rom.  .'i.  1. 
Kfli.  2   U. 


•  ch,  I2.23.i 

13.  3J, 
kDim.  7.  U 

>l>it.  11.27. 

4  vat  IS. 

ch   X3i.tc 


.  U.  25, 


Phil.  2.  10. 

Il.h.  2.  8. 
c»er  (!.  A21, 

cl,.  G.  37. 
dl.  £).  n.    , 

Jcc.  !>.  21. 
•  1  Cor.  8.  i. 

1  lUc...  1.  9, 
rch  3.  34.  & 

5.3C.  37  Sell. 

Z).  67  4  7 

2^.  &  10  36 

ill.  12. 
(ch    13  31  & 

11.13. 
hch.  4.  31.  Si 

5  36.  i  9.  3. 

6  Id.  3J 
Ich.  11  31.  Ji 

15.10 
kch    I.  1.  2. 
&  10.  3U.  it 
11.9 

Phil.  2.  e. 
I'ol.l.l.'i  17. 
Iltb.  1.  3. 10. 


i  10.  E).  i 
15.  19. 
neh.  8,  2&  * 
li.  49.  Sill 


pWuIki.5.19. 
<!  ch  111.  15. 
Ich    13.  1.  & 

11).  2S. 


l.',t  His  ilisi'iplcs  sn'id  unto  liim,  Lo, 
711PW  spvakLst  tliou  plainly,  ami 
spfake>t  111)  II  provcrli. 

ai  Now  arc  we  sure  that  litliou 
kuowest  all  tilings,  and  iiccilcst  not 
that  any  man  shoiiM  ask  thee:  by 
1  we  be[ic\'c  that  tliou  earnest 
forth  from  God. 

01  Jesus  answered  them,  Do  ye  now 
believe? 

SJ  k  Uehold,  the  hour  cnnicth,  j-ca, 
Ls  now  eoine,  tlmt  yc  shall  be  seatler- 
cd,  'every  man  to  ||  liiii  own,  and 
shall  leave  me  nlone:  and  '"yet  1  an. 
not  alone,  because  the  i'uther  is  with 
me. 

0.'!  These  thinpcs  I  h.ivc  spoken  un- 
to you,  that  "i:i  me  vc  mi;:lit  have 
jieiiec.  "In  the  wmld  yc  shall  liavc 
tribulation:  I'biit  be  ot"  j:oiid  elieer; 
'11  liavc  overcome  the  world. 
CHAl'TEK  XVII. 

1  Cliritt  prayctli  (u  /lis  r,ill,cr  lo  plnrift/ 
him,  G  la  ]ireitervc  kin  ajimltfn,  11  In 
unity,  li  and  Irulli,  2i)  f  u  i/loi-ifi,  tl<cm, 
and  ali  other  believers  Kith  hiiiiin  heuv- 


'X'HESK  word.s  spake  Jesus,  and 
X  Titled  up  hU  eyes  to  heaven, 
and  said.  Father,  "the  hour  is  eome: 
slority  thy  .'•on,  that  thy  Sou  also 
may  glority  thee: 

2  1'  As  tuini  hast  given  him  power 
over  all  ilesh,  that  he  should  irivc 
eternal  life  to  as  many  '  as  thou  nast 


earth :  li  1  have  linished  the  work 
i  which  thou  gavest  me  to  do. 

5  And  now,  O  Father,  plorily  thou 
me  with  thine  own  self  with  the 
glory  iv  wliieli  1  had  with  thee  before 
the  world  was. 

U  II  have  manifested  thy  name  un- 
to the  men  '"which  thou  pivest  mc 
out  of  the  world  :  thine  they  were, 
and  thou  gavest  thcni  me;  aud  they 
have  kept  thy  word. 

7  Now  they  liave  known  that  all 
things  whatsoever  thou  Iiast  given 
me  arc  of  thee. 

8  For  I  have  given  unto  them  the 
words  "which  thou  gavcst  me;  and 
thev  have  received  Ilit-in.  "and  have 
known  surelv  that  1  came  out  Irom 
thee,  and  they  have  believed  that 
thou  didst  scnil  mc. 

•J  I  prav  for  them:  fl  pray  not  for 
the  world,  but  for  them  which  thou 
hast  given  me;  (or  they  are  tlune. 

10  Aud  all  mine  arc  thine,  and 
1  thine  arc  mine;  and  I  am  gloriHcd 
in  them. 

11  '  .\nd  now  I  am  no  more  in  the 
worhl,  but  these  are  in  the  world, 
and  1  eome  to  thee,  llolv  Father, 
'keep  tliioiigh  thine  own  name 
those  whom  thou  hast  given  mc, 
'  that  Uicy  may  be  one,  " aa  we  mc. 


V2  AVhilc  I  was  Avitk  thcni  in  the 
world,  ^I  kept  them  in  thy  name  : 
those  that  thou  gavcst  me  1  have 
kept,  and  >  none  of  them  is  lo«t, 
Mmt  the  son  of  lurilition:  "that  the 
Scripture  mightlie  tultilled. 

1!  .\nd  now  eome  I  to  thee;  and 
these  things  I  speak  in  the  world, 
that  they  might  liave  my  joy  fulfilled 
in  themselves. 

H  III  have  given  them  thy  word; 
■^and  the  world  hath  hatcil  them, 
because  they  are  not  of  the  world, 
it  even  as  lam  not  of  the  world. 

l.j  1  pray  not  that  thou  shouldest 
take  tlieni  out  of  the  world,  but 
'that  thou  shouldest  keep  them 
from  the  evil. 

)()  1  They  are  not  of  the  world,  even 
as  I  am  not  of  the  world. 

IT  ■=  Sanctify  them  through  thy 
truth :  li  thy  word  is  truth. 

IS  "As  thou  hast  sent  me  into  the 
world,  even  so  have  1  also  sent  them 
into  the  world. 

Ill  And  Ifor  their  sakes  I  sancti- 
fy myself,  that  they  also  might  be 
jl  sanctified  through  the  trnlh. 

a)  Neither  pray  I  for  these  alone, 
but  for  them  al.so  which  shall  believe 
on  me  through  their  word; 

•Jl  I  That  they  all  may  be  one;  as 
'"tlion,  I'athcr,  art  in  mc.  and  1  in 
thee,  that  they  al.so  mav  be  one  in 
us:  that  the  w'orld  may  "believe  that 
thou  hast  sent  me. 

•^2  And  the  glory  which  thou  gavcst 
mc  I  have  given  them  ;  "  that  they 
may  be  one,  even  as  we  are  one: 

ai  I  in  them,  and  thou  in  me,  "that 
thev  may  be  made  perfect  in  one  ; 
and  that'  the  world  imiy  know  that 
thou  hast  sent  me,  and  hast  loved 
them,  as  thou  hast  loved  nie. 

1'4  1'  Father,  I  will  that  they  also, 
whom  thou  hast  given  me,  lie  with 
me  where  I  am:  that  they  may  be- 
hold mv  glory,  which  thou  hast  given 
me:  'Mor  tl:ou  lovcdst  me  belure  the 
foundation  of  the  world. 

•Jo  O  righteous  Father,  'the  world 
hath  not  known  thee  :  but  » I  have 
known  thee,  and  'these  have  known 
that  thou  hast  sent  me. 

:ili  "And  I  liave  declared  unto 
them  thv  name,  and  will  declare  i(.- 
that  the"lovc  » wherewith  thou  host 
loved  mo  may  be  in  them,  and  1  iu 
thcm.j 

CIIArXER  XVJU. 

1  Ju-laa  hctroijcth  Jctiia.  6  Thr  o^rcn 
fnll  to  the  ground.  10  Peter  tmittth  ojf 
'Malchut'  enr.  12  Jcnuii  i«  tnkm,  and 
ltd  unto  Annat  ond  C'iiii;.»n..  15  Pf 
ter't  denial.  19  Jc»u«  eiamintd  Ufort 
Vaiaphat.  23  Bit  arraignment  Ixfore 
J'ilale.  XUit  kingdom.  40  Tht  Jew 
atk  Jlaral,tat  to  Iki  let  liote. 

'W'lIEN  Jesus  hod  spoken  these 
>  »  wortls,  "he  went  torlh  with  his 
disciples  over  I'lhe  briH.k  Cedroii. 
where  w;is  a  garden,  into  the  which 
he  entered,  aud  his  disci  plrs. 
106 


:x^-,. 


l:.mL  is. ». 
O.I.  3.29. 
mch  in.  .•«. 
&  II    11. 

IJ-ilmltj. 
&  3.  21. 
o  Col.  3.  14. 


|.ch.  12.2G.li 
14  3 
ln,Ma.4.17. 


Christ  is  apprehended. 


ST.  JOHN. 


He  is  hrought  before  Pilate. 


A.  D.  33. 

«I...k«Cl.37. 


i  Luko  3.  2. 

Hn4  Jnoot 


2  And  Jtidiis  also,  which  betrayed 
him,  knew  the  pliice:  'Inr  Jesus  oft- 
tiinea  resorted  tliither  witli  lii.s  disci- 
ples. 

;>  tl  Judas  then,  havinj;  received  a 
band  ol'  mrii  and  otticers  from  the 
chief  priests  and  Pharisees,  Cometh 
thither  with  lanterns  and  torches 
and  weapons. 

4  Jesus  therefore,  knowin;^  all 
thin-^s  that  should  come  ui)on  him, 
went  forth,  and  said  unto  them, 
Whom  seek  ye? 

.I  Thev  answered  him,  Jesus  of 
Nazaretk.  Jesns  siiith  unto  tliem, 
I  am  hr.  And  Judas  also,  which 
betrayed  him,  stood  with  tlicni. 

(!  As'soou  then  us  he  had  said  unto 
them,  I  am  he.  they  went  backward, 
ancl  fell  to  the  j^round. 

7  Then  asked  Tie  them  njiain,  AVhom 
peek  ve?  And  they  s.aid,  Jesus  of 
Niizafeth. 

■S  Jesus  answered,  I  hare  told  you 
tlut  I  am  III':  if  therefore  yc  seek 
me,  let  these  {;o  their  way: 

'.I  Thr.t  tlie  saving'  nii^'ht  befidfiUed, 
ke,   'llf   them    which 


e,t  me  h; 


1  li.stl 


10  I  Then  yimon  IV'ter  havin;j  a 
swor<l  di'cw  it,  and  smote  the  lu.i^b 
priest's  servant,  and  cut  off  his  I'i^ht 
ear.  The  servant's  name  was  Jlal- 
chus. 

11  Then  said  Jesus  unto  Peter,  Put 
up  thy  sword  into  the  sheath:  Sfhc 
cup  which  my  Father  hath  given 
me,  shall  I  not  drink  it? 

\I  Then  the  band  and  the  captain 
and  ottieers  of  the  Jews  took  Jesus, 
and  bound  him, 

l;!  And  liled  him  away  to  "Annas 
first ;  for  he  was  futher  in  l:iw  to 
Caiaphas,  wbieli  was  the  hi^^h  priest 
that  same  year.|| 

14  k  Now  Caiaphas  was  he,  which 
gave  counsel  to  tlie  Jews,  that  it  was 
expedient  that  one  man  should  die 
for  the  i)eo|ile. 

I.)  TI  lAiul  Simon  Peter  followed 
Jesus,  and  .^o  tliil  another  disciple: 
that  (Useiplc  was  known  unto  the 
hi;;h  priest,  and  went  in  with  Jesus 
into  the  palace  of  the  hij;h  priest. 

1(>  "'J3ut  T'eter  stood  at  the  door 
without.  Then  went  out  that  other 
disciple,  which  was  known  unto  the 
hi;;h  jiriest,  and  spake  unto  her  that 
kei)t  tlie  door,  and  brou-lit  iu  Peter. 

li  Then  saith  the  damsel  that  kept 
tlie  door  unto  I'eter,  .\it  not  thou 
al-o  onii  of  this  man's  disciples?  Ue 
saitli.  I  am  nut. 

bS  And  the  servants  and  othcers 
stood  there,  who  had  made  a  fire 
of  coals,  for  it  was  cold;  and  they 
warmed  themselves:  and  I'eter  stood 
with  them,  and  wanned  himself. 

1!)  IF  The  hijih  priest  then  asked  Je- 
sus of  his  disciples,  and  of  his  doc- 
trine. 

;;o  Jesus  answered  him,  "I  spake 
openly  to  the  world;  I  ever  taujjht 
106 


in  the  EynaftoRue,  and  in  the  temple, 
whither  the  Jews  always  resort;  and 
in  secret  have  I  said  nothing'. 

21  AVhy  askest  thou  me?  ask  them 
which  heard  me,  what  I  have  said 
unto  them:  behold,  they  know  what 
I  said. 

2li  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 
one  of  the  officers  which  stood  b}' 
"struck  Jesus  II  with  the  palm  of  his 
hand,  sayinj;,  Answercst  thou  the 
liiKli  priest  so? 

2'i  Jesus  answered  him.  If  I  have 
spoken  evil,  bear  witness  of  the  evil: 
but  if  well,  why  smitcst  thou  me? 

■A\  I' Now  Annas  had  sent  him  bound 
unto  Caiafilr.is  flic  hi^'h  priest. 

•Ih  And  Kinion  Pi'li-r  slooil  and 
warmed  himself,  'i  They  said  tliere- 
iiwe  unto  him.  Art  not  tliou  also  one 
of  his  disciples?  lie  denied  it,  and 
said,  I  am  not. 

'3>  One  of  the  sen-ants  of  the  hifih 
priest,  beinj;  Ais  kinsman  whose  ear 
Peter  cut  off,  saith.  Did  not  I  sec  thee 
ill  the  garden  witii  him? 

L'7  Peter  then  denied  again  ;  and 
''immediatelv  tlie  coek  crew. 

lis  TT  sTheu  led  thev  Jesus  from 
Caiaphas  unto  ||  the  liall  of  jud^'- 
meut:  and  it  was  early;  'and  they 
themselves  went  not  into  the  judR- 
nient  hall,  lest  they  should  be  de- 
filed; but  that  they  might  cat  the 
passover. 

'1',)  Pilate  then  went  out  unto  them, 
and  said.  What  accusation  bring  ye 
against  this  man? 

."lO  They  answered  and  said  unto 
liim.  If  lie  were  not  a  malefactor,  we 
would  not  have  delivered  him  up 
unto  thee. 

.'II  Then  said  Pilate  unto  them. 
Take  ye  him,  and  judge  him  ac- 
cording to  your  law.  The  Jews 
therefore  said  unto  him.  It  is  not 
lawful  fi>r  lis  toiiutany  man  to  death: 

S2  "That  the  saying  of  Jesus  might 
be  fulHlled.  which  he  spake,  signify- 
ing what  death  he  should  die. 

.'!.■>  "Then  Pilate  entered  into  the 
judgment  hall  again,  and  called  Je- 
sus, and  said  unto  him,  Art  thou  the 
King  of  the  Jews? 

.'!4,iesiis  answered  him,  Sayest  thou 
this  thing  of  thyself,  or  did  others 
tell  it  thee  of  me? 

;'.>  Pilate  answered,  Am  I  n  Jew? 
Thine  own  nation  and  the  chief 
priests  have  delivered  thee  unto  me: 
what  hast  thou  done? 

.'i(>>  Jesus  answered,  ^  Mv  kingdom 
is  not  of  fliis  worlil:  if  my  kingdom 
were  of  tliis  world,  then  would  my 
servants  fight,  that  I  should  not  be 
delivered  to  the  Jews  :  but  now  is 
my  kingdom  not  from  hence. 

.'i?  Pihitc  therelbre  said  unto  him. 
Art  thou  a  king  then  ?  Jesus  an- 
swered. Thou  sayest  that  1  am  a 
king.  To  this  euil  was  1  born,  and 
for  this  e:iuse  eauic  I  into  the  world, 
that  1  should  bear  witness  unto  the 


Christ  is  scourged. 


ST.  JOHN. 


condemned,  and  crucified. 


.ch,B.47 
HohnS 
4  4.6. 

10. 

b  Mall.  27 
Luki.  23. 
cl..  19.  1. 

4.' 
6. 

cMnH.27  15. 
M».k  1.5.  e. 
Luto  23.  17. 

dAcU  3.  14. 

«  Luke  23 

la. 

truth.  Every  one  that  "is  of  the 
truth  lieareth  uiy  voice. 

".S  Pilate  saitli  unto  liim,  What  i,<i 
trutlii*  And  \\licu  lie  had  said  this, 
he  went  out  a-jaiu  xmtothe  Jew.**,  and 
^aith  unto  thoin,  I>1  liud  in  hiiu  no 
fault  nf  nil. 

."'J  '  liut  ye  have  a  custom,  tliat  I 
should  release  unto  you  one  at  the 

fiassover:  will  ye  therefore  that  1  re- 
case  unto  you  "the  Kinj;  of  tlie  Jews? 
40ilTheu"cried  they  all  amiu,  say- 
ing. Nut  this  man,  but  Barabbaa. 
"  Now  Uarabbas  was  a  robber. 

CIIAPTEU  XIX. 

1  Chriet  ia  tcounjcU,  rromicil  irilh  tltornt, 

and  beaten,     i  J'iittte  is  dcniruun  to  re 

Ie<i9C  ?tim,  but  being  ovcretime  ivitti  the 

oulrtiffe  of  the  Jetvs,  he  delivered  him  to 

be  crucified.    £;(  XVifiy  cftet  lotn  for  his 

garmenta.    26  Jfe  commentieth  /lia  mother 

to  John.    28  Jle  dicth.    SI  Jlia  aide  is 

pierced.    33  He  ia  buried  by  Juaejih  and 

I^'icodcmlta. 

''j-'IIEN  -TiLitc  therefore  took  Jc- 

Ji    fills,  and  scourjied  fiiin. 

•>  And  the  soldiers  platted  a,  crown 

of  thorns,  and  juit  (7  on  his  head, 

and  tlii'V  put  on  him  a  [jurple  robe, 

,■!  And'stiid,  Hail,  Kin- of  the  Jews! 

audlhrv  siuute  him  Willi  tlH'ir  hands. 

4  Pilat;-  thcrrloio  wmt  f.nth  a-aiu, 
and  s.iith  unto  them,  H.huld,  1  l.riu;; 
liiiu  forth  to  M>u,  liihat  ve  iiiav  know 
that  I  tiud  no  fault  in  him. 

5  Then  came  .Ksus  forth,  wearing 
the  erown  of  th.inis,  and  the  purple 
rolio.  And  I'ilatc  saith  uuto  them, 
Behold  the  man  1 

i; '  When  the  chief  priests  therefore 
and  offie.TS  saw  him,  thev  cried  out, 
savin;;,  t'rueifv  him,  rrneify  liini. 
rilate  saith  unto  thcni.  Take  ye  liim, 
and  cruelly  him:  for  I  liud  no  fault 
in  him. 

7  The  Jews  answered  him,  il  We 
have  a  law,  and  by  our  law  he  ou^'ht 
to  die,  bceauso  'he  made  hinisclf  the 
Sou  of(.iod. 

S  TT  When  niato  therefore  heard 
that  savin;;,  lie  was  the  more  afraid; 

0  Auil  went  a'.;aiu  into  the  judg- 
ment hull,  and  saith  unto  Jesus, 
Whence  art  thou?  fUut  Jesus  ^avc 
him  no  answer. 

10  Then  saith  Pilate  unto  him, 
Speakest  thou  not  unto  me?  know- 
est  thou  not  that  1  have  power  to 
cnu'ifv  tliee,  and  have  power  to  re- 
lease thee? 

11  Jesus  answered,  G  Thou  conldest 
have  no  power  lit  nil  o^ainst  me,  e.x- 
ceiit  it  were  piven  tliee  from  above: 
therelbre  he  that  delivered  me  uuto 
thee  hath  the  Rrcater  sin. 

\-l  And  from  theneeforlh  Pilate 
son-ht  to  release  him:  but  the  Jews 
eiied  out.  saving',  !•  If  thou  let  this 
man  -o,  thoir  art  not  Cesar's  friend: 
iwlioMiever  nniketh  himself  a  kin^' 
speaketh  n^iainut  Cesar. 

IJ!  ir  When  Pilate  therefore  lieanl 
that  sayiu^',  lie  brought  Jesus  forth, 


and  pat  down  in  the  judgment  Fcat 
in  a.  place  that  is  culled  the  Pave- 
ment, but  ill  the  Hebrew,  (iubbutlm. 

14  And  1.  it  was  the  preparation  of 
the  passover,  uml  ubout  the  liixth 
hour:  :md  he  saith  unto  the  Jew», 
Ueliold  your  Kins  ! 

I."i  Unt  they  cried  out.  Away  with 
him,  away  with  him,  crucify  him. 
Pilate  saith  unto  them.  Shall  I  cru- 
cify your  Kini;?  The  chief  priestii 
answered,  IWc  have   no  kin;;    but 

Hi  '"Then  delivered  he  him  there- 
fore unto  them  to  be  crucilied.  And 
thev  took  J.sus.  and  led  him  away. 

I7""And  he  hearim,'  his  en-.-s  "  went 
forth  into  a  place  ciill.-.l  the  pitwr  of 
a  skull,  which  is  culled  in  the  He- 
brew (iol;;ollui: 

15  Where  thev  cnieified  him,  and 
two  others  witll  him,  in  either  side 
one,  and  Jesus  in  the  nlid^t. 

I'J  IT  I'Aud  Pilate  wrote  a  tide,  anil 
put  it  oil  the  cross.  And  the  writ- 
ing' was,  JKSIS  OK  NAZ.MtKTi: 
THIC  KINti  t)K  Tin:  JKWS. 

aCI'his  title  then  read  mauv  of  the 
Jews:  for  the  Jilaec  where  Jesus  w:is 
erueilieil  was  ni;.'h  to  the  city:  and  it 
was  w  litten  in  llebrew,  uml  Cireek, 
in,-/ Latin. 

L'l  Thin  .'^aiil  the  rhief  priests  of  the 
Jew.s  to  Pilate,  Write  not,  Tbe  Kin;; 
of  tlie  Jews;  but  lliat  lie  suid,  lam 
Kin- ottlie  Jews. 

■2-1  Pilule  answered.  What  I  have 
written  I  have  written. 

2.i  U  'I  Then  the  soldiers,  when  they 
hud  crucified  Jesus,  took  hia  pir- 
inents,und  made  tour  parts,  to  every 
soldiera  part;  and  iif-o /</.■< tout:  now 
the  co:\t  \»;is  wilhont  seam,  jt  woven 
from  the  top  throughout. 

■li  Thev  ^iiidtheriloreumon- them- 
selves. Let  us  not  rend  it.  but  cast 
lots  for  it,  whose-  it  shidl  be:  Ihiit  the 
Scripture  nii-ht  be  fultilled,  wliieb 
suitli,  'They  parted  my  rninient 
anion-  them,  and  for  niv  vesture 
thev  (lid  cast  lots.  These  tliins» 
theref;)re  the  M)ldiers  did. 

•2h  U  '  Now  there  stixid  by  tlic  rm«« 
of  Jesus  hia  motlier,  nnd  his  mother's 
sister,  Marv  the  v  [ic  of  ||  •  Cleophiw, 
and  Mary  ila;;dalenc. 

ai  When  Jesus  therefore  paw  his 
mother,  and  "the  discijiie  ulandiuK 
hv,  w  bom  he  loved,  he  saith  uuto  hi« 
inothei-,  "  Wouniii,  behold  Ihv  son! 

•_'7  'fheu  saith  he  to  the  disciple, 
nehold  thv  mother!  And  from  lluil 
hour  that  ilisciple  took  Iier  >  unto  hn 

L'.S1T  After  this,  Jesus  knowlnp  Ihnt 
nil  thinsrs  were  now  necnmphshed. 
•that  the  .Scripture  niislit  be  (ul- 
tilled.  snith,  I  thirst. 

•.tl  Now  thero  was  sit  n  vessel  full 
of  vinei;ttr:  nnd  "tliey  tilled  tt  spoiitfv 
with  viiiecar.  nnd  jiiit  il  ii|»u  liyn- 
soi>,  and  put  il  to  Ins  mouth. 

yu  When  Jesus  theniiin:  had  rc- 
107 


Christ's  death,  burial, 


ST.  JOHN. 


and  resurrection. 


.  17. 1. 
irk  15. 42, 


f  Kr.  12.  4fi. 
Num.0.  12. 
I's.  a.  20. 


gr^rn.  1P,17, 

Zo.  II.   \1     11) 

Kcv.  1.  7. 


ceivcd  the  vinoRar,  he  sard,  bit  is 
finished:  and  he  bowed  liis  liead, 
and  cave  up  the  pho>t. 

.'!1  Tlic  Jews  thcrelorc  *■  Iiceanse  it 
was  tlic  pi-'.'parntion,  '1  tlmt  the  bodies 
elioul<l  not  i-eiii!iin  iiiion  tlu'  cross  on 
the  siUiIiatli  dav,  (tor  tliut  salibatli 
dav  was  a  lii^-h  a.iv.)  bf.-onirht  I'ilutc 
tliat  tlieir  Ii;'<  iiiiu-lit  lie  lirokcn,  and 
that  tliey  ini-ht  lie  talien  away. 

olj  Then  eanie  the  soldiers,  and 
br.alie  the  lejrs  of  the  first,  and  of  the 
otlier  wliicli  was  crucified  witli  liini. 

Xi  But  wlien  tlicy  came  to  Jesns, 
and  saw  tliat  lie  was  dead  alreadj", 
th<'vhraI<enotliisle^'s: 

.■U"Jiut  ow  of  tlie  soldiers  with  a 
spear  piereed  liis  side,  and  ibrthwith 
"eaiiie  tliere  out  lilood  and  water. 

S.)  And  lie  that  sav.-  it  hare  record, 
and  his  record  is  true;  and  he  know- 
cth  that  he  saith  true,  that  ye  luiirht 
believe. 

.'16  For  these  things  were  done,  rthat 
the  Seriptiuc  should  he  fulfilled,  A 
bone  of  him  shall  not  he  broken. 

3"  And  a^aiii  another  Scripture 
saith,  STIiey  shall  look  ou  him 
whom  they  pierced. 

38  IT  liAnil  after  this  Joseph  of 
Arimathca,  beius  a  di.sciple  of  Jesus, 
but  secretly  ifor  fear  of  the  Jews, 
besought  I'ilatc  that  he  mifrlit  take 
away  the  body  of  Jesus:  and  Pilate 
Rave /i!/«  leave.  lie  came  therefore, 
and  took  the  body  of  Jesus. 

31)  And  there  came  also  kNicode- 
mus,  (which  at  the  first  came  to  Je- 
sus by  iii.slit.)  and  brought  a  mixt- 
ure of  mvrrh  and  aloes,  about  a 
hundred  iK.undirc/r//,(. 

4(1  Then  tcK.k  they  the  body  of  Je- 
sus, and  1  wound  it  in  linen  clothes 
with  the  spices,  as  the  manner  of  the 
Jews  is  to  bury. 

41  Now  in  the  place  where  he  was 
crucified  there  was  a  garden;  and  in 
the  jj:arden  a  new  scpulehre,  wherein 
was  ne\'er  man  yet  laid. 

42  '"There  laid  they  Jesus  there- 
fore "because  of  the  "Jews' i>repara- 
tion  (liiji;  for  the  sepulchre  was  n\^\\ 
at  hand. 

CHAPTER  XX. 

1  Mnry  Cometh  to  the  fcjiulclirc:  3  to  do 

Pcti:r  and  John,  iijnornttt  of  the  reitur- 

rertion.      11   Jcsite   appenrcth  to  jMary 

Mandatenc,  19  and  to  Ida  disr.iplei.    24 

The    inereduUty,    and     coiifestion    of 

Thomas.    30  The  Seripture  18  tufficicnt 

to  miration. 

ri'^IIE  "firstrfn.vof  the  week  Cometh 

JL    Slary  Masdalene  early,  when  it 

was  yet  dark,   unto  the  tepulchre, 

and  seeth  the  stone  taken  away  from 

thescpulclire. 

•1  Then  she  runnetli.  and  conieth 
to  Simon  retcr,  and  to  the  l.other 
iliseiple,  whom  Jesns  loved,  and 
saith  nnto  Iheiu,  Thev  have  taken 
away  the  Lord  out  of  the  sepulehre, 
and  we  know  uot  where  they  liuvu 
laid  him. 

108 


3  "^  Peter  thercffirc  went  forth,  and 
tliat  other  disciple,  and  came  to  the 
sepulchre. 

4  So  thev  ran  both  together:  and 
the  otherdisciple  did  outrun  Peter, 
and  came  lir^t  to  tlie  sepulchre. 

5  And  lie  .ttoopins  down,  (uiil  Umk- 
iiuj  in,  saw  ■!  tlie  linen  clothes  lying; 
yet  went  he  nf>t  in. 

0  Then  conieth  Simon  Peterfollow- 
inc  him,  and  went  into  the  sepul- 
clire,  and  seeth  the  linen  clothes  lie, 

7  And  ^the  napkin,  that  was  about 
his  bead,  not  lyinj:  with  the  linen 
clothes,  hut  wrapped  together  in  a 
place  by  ilself. 

,K  'J'hen  went  in  ako  that  other  dis- 
ciple, which  came  first  to  the  sepul- 
chre, and  he  saw,  and  believed. 

t)  For  as  yet  th.ey  knew  not  the 
f  Scripture,  "that  lie  must  rise  again 
from  the  dead. 

10  Then  the  disciples  went  away 
ajrain  unto  their  own  home. 

U  ir  BBut  Mary  stood  without  at 
the  sepulchre  weeping:  and  as  she 
wept,  she  stooped  down,  ami  looked 
into  the  sepulchre, 

12  And  seeth  two  anpels  in  white 
sitting,  the  one  at  the  head,  and  the 
other  at  the  feet,  where  the  body  of 
Jesus  had  lain. 

13  And  they  say  unto  her.  Woman, 
why  wcepest  thou?  She  saith  unto 
them.  Because  they  have  taken  away 
my  I>ord,  audi  know  not  where  they 
have  laid  him. 

14  h  And  when  she  had  thus  said, 
she  turned  herself  hack,  and  saw 
Jesus  standing,  and  i  knew  not  that 
it  was  Jesus. 

],5  Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Woman, 
why  weepest  thou  'I  whom  seekest 
thou  ?  She,  supposing  him  to  be  the 
pardener,  saith  unto  him.  Sir,  if  thou 
nave  borne  him  hence,  tell  me  where 
thou  hast  laid  him,  and  1  will  take 
him  away. 

10  Jesu3"saith  unto  her,  Mary.  She 
turned  herself,  and  saith  nnto  him, 
Rabboni;  which  is  to  say,  Master. 

17  Jesus  saith  unto  her.  Touch  me 
uot;  for  I  am  not  yet  ascended  to 
my  Father:  hut  go  to  l^  my  brethren, 
and  sav  unto  them,  II  ascend  unto 
my  Father,  and  your  Father;  and  to 
"'mv  God,  and  your  Ciod. 

15  '^  Mar\'  JMagtialene  came  and  told 
the  disciples  that  she  had  seen  the 
Lord,  and  tliat  he  had  spokeu  these 
thin.gs  unto  her. 

10  ii  "Then  the  same  dav  at  cven- 
iu'j,  being  the  first  (/ni/ ot'tlie  week, 
wlieu  the  doors  were  shnt  where  the 
di.sciples  were  assembled  for  fear  of 
the  Jews,  eaine  Jesus  and  stood  in 
the  midst,  and  saith  unto  thcni, 
Peace  ho  unto  vou. 

20  And  when  he  had  so  said,  be 
.shewed  unto  Ibeni  Ins  hands  and  his 
side.  I'  Then  were  the  diseiiilesglad, 
when  they  saw  the  Lord. 

:il  Then  Bald  Jesus  to  them  again, 


The  incrcchility  of  Thomas. 


ST.  JOHN.      Chrfufs  repeated  charrie  to  Peter. 


1  Pet.  I.  a. 

«ch.21,M. 


•  cl..  .Til,  le. 
1  F=l.  1.  8,  8. 


•  ch.  20.  II, 
dl.uk»21.41. 


Peace  5c  unto  you:  'ins  m.v  Fiithcr 
hath  sent  ine,  even  kg  send  I  voii. 

•2-i  And  when  lie  liad  said  this,  he 
breathed  on  Ihrm,  and  naith  nnto 
tlieni,  Keeeive  ye  the  Moly  (ihost: 

2.J  '"  Whosesoever  sins  yc  remit,  they 
are  remitted  unto  them;  tnirf  v  linse- 
soever  si«s  yc  retain,  tliey  arc  re- 
tained. 

24  IT  But  Thomas,  one  of  the  twelve, 
'called  IJidvmus,  was  not  with 
them  when  .J'esus  came. 

'ja  The  other  disciples  therefore  said 
unto  him,  Vt'e  have  seen  the  Lord. 
But  he  said  unto  them,  Kxcept  I 
shall  sec  in  his  hands  the  print  of  the 
nails,  and  put  my  liiiji;cr  into  the 
print  of  the  nails,  and  thrust  my 
hand  into  his  side,  1  will  not  be- 
lieve. 

X  TT  And  after  eisht  days  aprain  Ids 
disciples  were  within,  and  'riiomas 
with  them  ;  llirii  came  Jesus,  the 
doors  beiiij;  sluit,  and  stood  in  the 
niidsf,  and  said.  I'eace  /.r  unto  von. 

■>T  Then  saitli  he  to  Thomas,  Ijeacli 
hither  thy  tin;;er,  and  lichold  my 
hands;  and  'reach  hither  thy  banii, 
and  thrust  it  into  my  side; "and  be 
nnt  f'uithlcsM,  but  believing. 

lis  And  Thcim.is  answered  and  said 
unto  him,  .My  Ixird  and  my  (iod. 

L',1  Jesus  saith  unto  him,  Thomas, 
because  thou  lia.st  seen  me,  thou  hast 
believed;  "  lilcsscd  are  they  that  have 
not  seen,  and  >/ct  ha\e  believed. 

.30  H  "And  iiiany  other  si;j;ns  truly 
did  Jesus  in  the  presence  of  bis  dis- 
ciples, which  arc  not  written  in  this 
book : 

31  >  But  these  are  written,  that  yc 
misht  believe  that  Jesus  is  the  Christ, 
the  Sou  of  God;  'and  that  believ- 
ins  ye  might  have  life  throujjU  his 
name. 

CHAPTER  XXI. 
1  CItriat  rtppe<irin!;(t!inin  ta  hit  ilitcipUn 
«•(!•  known  uf  lliem  bi/tlic  grtut  draught 
of  fiahet.  12  He  dincth  with  them  :  IS 
earnestly  commandeth  I'ctrr  to  feed  hit 
tnnbf  and  sheep:  18  foretellelh  him  of 
hi*  death:  22  rcbnkelh  hit  enrxotity 
touching  John.     2o  The  cunctuaion. 

AFTER  these  things  Jesus  shewed 
himself  asaiu  to  the  disciples  at 
the  sea  of  Tiberias;  and  on  this  wise 
shewed  he  liiinseW. 

2  There  were  together  Simon  Peter, 
and  Thomas  called  nidymus,  and 
"Nathauacl  of  Cana  in  (ialilee,  and 
i>  the  .«0H.«  of  Zebcdce,  and  two  other 
of  his  disciples. 

3  Simon  Peter  saith  unto  them,  I 
<ro  a  tishing.  Thev  sav  unto  him. 
We  also  go  with  tfioe. "  They  went 
forth,  and  entered  into  a  ship  imme- 
diately; and  that  night  they  caught 
nothing. 

4  But  when  the  morning  was  now 
come,  Jesus  stood  on  the  shove;  but 
the  disciples  ''Uncw  not  that  it  was 
Jesus. 

5  Then  •' Jesus   saith  unto   them, 

36 


II  Children,  have  ve  any  iiicut/  They 
answenHl  him,  No. 
(I  And  he  said  unto  them,  "■  Cast  the 
net  on  the  right  siilc  of  the  ship,  and 
yc  shall  timl.  'I'hey  cast  therefore, 
and  now  thev  were  "not  able  to  draw 
it  tiirthemul'titudeoflishes. 

7  Therefore  (that  disciple  whom 
Jesus  loved  saith  unto  Peter,  It  is 
the  I,ord.  Now  when  Siiuou  Peter 
heard  that  it  was  the  l.oni,  he  girt 
Ill's  tisher's  coat  viiln  liiiii,  (for  he 
was  naked,)  and  did  cast  himself 
into  the  sea. 

8  And  the  other  disciples  came  in 
a  little  ship,  (for  they  were  not  far 
from  land,  hut  as  it  were  two  biiiid- 
red  cubits,)  dragging  the  net  with 
fishes. 

i)  As  soon  then  as  they  were  come  to 
land,  thev  saw  a  fire  <if  coals  (here, 
and  fish  laid  thereon,  and  liread. 

lit  Jesus  saith  unto  them.  Bring  of 
the  fish  wbii'h  yc  have  now  caught. 

11  Simon  Peter  went  up,  and  drew 
the  net  to  land  full  of  great  fishes,  a 
liundred  and  fifty  and  three:  and  for 
all  there  were  so  many,  yet  was  not 
the  net  broken. 

12  Jesus  saith  unto  them,  '  Come 
(tn<l  dine.  And  none  of  the  disciples 
durst  ask  him,  Whoart  thou?  know- 
ing tliat  it  was  the  Lord. 

1.'^.  Jesus  then  couicth,  and  taketh 
bread,  and  givetli  them,  and  fish 
likewise. 

14  This  is  now'  lithe  third  time  that 
Jesus  shewed  himself  to  bis  <lisci- 
ples,  after  that  he  was  risen  from 
the  dead. 

1,'i  H  So  when  they  had  dined,  Jesus 
saith  to  Simon  Peter,  Simon,  fun  of 
Jonas,  bivcst  thou  mo  more  than 
these  y  He  saith  unto  liim.  Yen, 
Ixird;  thou  knowcst  that  I  love  tbcc. 
He  saith  unto  him.  Feed  my  lambs. 

bi  lie  saith  to  him  ajrnin  the  sec- 
ond time,  Simon,  .son  of  Jonas,  lovest 
thou  me?  He  saith  unto  him.  Yen, 
1/ird;  thou  knowcst  that  1  love  thee. 
1  lie  saith  unto  him.  Feed  mv  sheep. 

ir  He  saith  unto  him  the  tliinl  time. 
Simon, .«"«  of  Jonas,  lovest  thou  me? 
Peter  was  grievcci  because  he  said 
unto  him  the  third  time,  Lovest  thou 
me?  And  be  said  unto  him,  Ixinl, 
ktboti  knowcst  all  things;  thou 
knowcst  that  I  love  tbir.  Jesus 
saith  unto  him.  Feed  my  sheep. 

in  1  Verily,  verilv,  I  sav  unto  Ihec, 
When  thou  wnst"voung,  thou  gird- 
cdst  thvsclf,  and  walkedst  whither 
Ihoii  wouldest:  but  when  thou  shalt 
he  old,  thou  shalt  stretch  forth  thy 
iKiiicls,  and  nuolber  sluiU  gird  thee, 
and  carry  line  whither  thou  would- 
est not. 

Ifl  This  spake  he,  signifNing  "bv 
what  death  be  should  glorilV  Gijl. 
And  when  he  had  simken  thin,  he 
saith  unto  bini.  Follow  me. 

20  Then  Peter,  turning  alxuit,  seelh 
tlic  disciple  °  whom  Jesus  loved  fol- 
109 


A.  n.  XI. 


Christ's  asccimon 


THE  ACTS. 


info  heaven. 


Kvf  2  W.  A 


lowing ;  which  also  leaned  on  his 
liniist  at  Slipper,  and  said,  J.ord, 
which  is  lie  that  hetravelli  thee? 

L'l  IVtiT  i-i'c-iii'_'  hiiil  sailh  to  Jesus, 
]-.jnl,  and  v  hat  ^/lall  this  man  -/.).'' 

22  JesuH  Ru.th  unto  Jiiiii,  II'  I  will 
that  he  tarry  "till  I  come,  what  is- 
l/iiit  to  thcu?  follow  thou  me. 

•2:i  Then  went  this  sayini;  aliroad 
anion;;  the  hrethren,  that  that  disei- 
jilo  (ihoulil  not  die:  vet  Jesus  said 
not  unto  him,  lie  bhall  not  die;  but, 


ir  I  will  that  he  tarry  till  1  conic, 
what  IS  llial  to  thee;' 

'M  This  is  the  disciple  which  testifi- 
etli  ol  these  tliin"s,  aiiil  wrote  these 
things:  and  P  we  Know  that  liis  testi- 
mony is  true. 

i.i'iAnd  there  arc  also  many  other 
things  which  Jesus  did,  the  which, 
if  they  should  he  written  every  one, 
'  I  suppose  that  even  the  world  it- 
self could  not  contain  the  books  that 
should  be  written.    Aineu. 


THE 


ACTS  OF   THE  APOSTLES. 


CIIAPTEU  I. 

1  CItri/it.  jyrcparitftj  hin  npoHttcs  to  the  ^c■ 
huliliii,/  uf  /lis  Mceiuion.  i/atlicrctli  lliem 
tuyellu-r  into  ttie  mount  Otivrt,  Cftn- 
■mumltth  them  to  ex/iccl  in  Jemmlein 
the  temlinu  down  of  the  Holy  (ilwet, 
promitcth  after  few  days  to  ncn.t  it :  hij 
virtue  whereof  tUey  should  be  tntneHsea 
unto  hiintCvcn  to  the  utmost  yitrtis  of  the 
ciirth.  a  After  his  aeecnnun  they  nre 
warned  by  two  an(/els  to  depart,  and  to 
set  their  viiuds  ujwh  his  second  coming. 
Vi  They  aceordint/ly  rcturnf  and,  giving 
tfu'mHetves  to  prayer,  choose  Matthias 
itjiosfte  in  the  place  of  Judas. 

""PIIE  former  treatise  have  I  made, 

1  (J  ■'  Theophilns,  of  all  that  Jesus 
began  both  to  do  and  teach, 

2  i>l'ntil  the  dav  in  which  he  was 
taken  up.  after  that  he  through  the 
Holy  (Jliost  'had  given  commaiid- 
nieiits  unto  the  apostles  whom  he 
had  chosen : 

;i  '1  To  whom  also  he  shewed  him- 
self alivo  after  his  passion  by  many 
infallihle  proofs,  being  seen  of  them 
forty  davs,  and  speaking  <.ftlic  things 
pertaining  t.i  the  kingiloni  of(;..d: 

4  "-■And,  l|  being  assenihleil  to-cther 
with  t/iiin.  eoninianded  tlieni  that 
they  should  not  depart  fiom  Jeru- 
salem, bnt  wait  i'iir  the  piomise  of 
the  Father,  fwliieli,  .inilh  hr,  ye  have 
heard  of  me. 

/i  R  For  John  truly  baptized  with 
water ;  1'  hut  yc  shall  be  baptized 
with  the  Holy  Ghost  not  many  days 
hence. 

(J  When  they  therefore  were  come 
together,  they  asked  of  him,  say- 
ing, iLord,  wilt  thou  at  this  tiine 
k restore  again  the  kingdom  to  Is- 
rael? 

7  And  he  said  unto  them,  lit  is  not 
for  vou  to  know  the  times  or  the 
seas,">iis,  which  the  Fatlier  hath  put 


ill  hi 


llo' 


lint  ye  shall  receive  |l  power, 
"after  that  the  Holy  (ihost  is  come 
upon  you:    and  "ye  shall  be  wit- 

i.lc«n.>ri/<i|.«nyou.     n  Luke  21. 19.     oLuIls  21. 'la 

'"■"uo" 


nesses  unto  me  both  in  Jerusalem, 
and  in  all  Jiidea,  and  in  Samaria, 
and  unto  the  uttermost  part  of  the 
earth. 

il  I'  .\nil  when  he  had  spoken  those 
things,  while  they  beheld,  'i  he  was 
taken  up;  and  a  cloud  received  him 
out  of  their  sight. 

1(1  And  while  they  looked  stead- 
fastly toward  heaveii  as  he  went  uji, 
behold,  two  men  stood  by  them  "^iii 
white  apparel ; 

II  Which  also  said,  "Ye  men  of 
Galilee,  why  stand  ye  gazing  up  into 
heaven?  tliis  same  Jesus,  which  is 
taken  up  from  you  into  heaven, 
'shall  so  come  in  like  manner  as 
vc  have  seen  hiiii  go  into  heaven. 
"IJ  "  Then  returned  tliev  unto  Jeru- 
salem trom  the  in.mnt  called  Olivet, 
which  is  from  Jerusalem  a  sabbath 
day's  journey. 

1".  And  when  they  wore  come  in, 
they  went  up  "into  an  upper  room, 
w  here  abode  both  !  Teter,  and  James, 
and  John,  and  Andrew,  I'hilip,  and 
Thomns,  Bartholomew,  and  Mat- 
thew, James  the  sun  of  Alpheus,  and 
''Sinuni  Zelotes,  and  "Judas  llic 
hrntlit  r  ,4  .hiuwa. 

U  I' These  all  continued  with  one 
accord  in  prayer  and  snp])Ilcation, 
with  '^the  women,  and  .Mary  the 
mother  of  Jesus,  and  with  'Uiis 
brethren. 

1j1  .\nd  in  those  days  Peter  stood 
up  in  the  midst  of  the  disciple-s,  and 
said,  (the  number  ^of  nanus  to- 
gether were  about  a  hundred  and 
twenty.) 

lU  Men  (Dill  brethren,  this  Serip- 
tnre  must  needs  have  been  fulfill- 
ed, rwhieh  the  Holy  Ghost  by  the 
mouth  of  David  spake  betiire  con- 
cerning Judas,  « which  was  guide 
to  them  that  tni>k  Jesus. 

ir  I'orlihe  was  niinihered  with  us, 
and  liad  obtained  part  of  "this  iniu- 
istry. 

18  V  Now  this  man  luirchascd  a  field 
with  'the  reward  of  iiiiiiuity  ;  and 


The  descent  of 


THE  ACTS. 


the  Holy  Ghent. 


m  P«.  69.  25. 

o  Pi  UN.  8. 

lOr,  oiB«, 


qjobn  15.27. 
ch.  4.33. 
rch. 13   23. 

.lS.n..I(;.  ; 
1  Chr  2S  9. 

Jtr    U   20. 
*  17.  la 


^ch 

.  1.5 

eM 

rkir 
m  4 

17 

11 
1  1 

.'r  la 

10 

'/•!. 

1.1 

1    &  14. 

i 

(alliiif;  hcailloii-,  he  hurst  asiiiiilor 
ill  tlie  midst,  uiul  all  liis  bowvls 
KUsl.ud  ...It. 

in  And  it  \vii»  known  unto  all  the 
dwellers  at  JeriiMilem  :  insoniiieli 
as  tli.it  Held  is  ealled,  in  their  proper 
tiini;iie,  .\i-elilama,  that  is  to  sav, 
The  Held  of  hlood. 

•Ji\  For  it  is  written  in  the  Ixiok 
of  I'sahiis,  '"  Let  his  hahitatioii  he 
desolate,  and  let  no  man  dwell 
therein:  and,  "His  ||  bisliupriek  let 
another  take. 

'1\  Wheretore  of  these  men  whieh 
have  ooinpanieil  with  lis  all  the 
time  that  the  I^ord  Jesus  went  in 
and  out  anion;;  ns, 

L'i'°lleKinnin;;  from  the  haplism  of 
John,  unto  that  same  day  that  'he 
was  taken  up  from  us,  must  one  be 
ordained  'i  to  be  a  witness  with  us  of 
his  resurrcetion. 

S\  vVikI  the>'  appointed  two,  Joseph 
ealled  '  liarsabas,  who  was  suriiamed 
Justus,  and  .Matthias. 

1^4  And  they  pravcd,  and  said. 
Thou,  J.ord,  "  wliieli  knowest  the 
hearts  of  all  men,  shew  whether  of 
these  two  thou  hast  ehosen, 

•£i  '  That  he  may  take  part  of  this 
ministry  and  apostleship, iVom  whieh 
Judas  by  traiis;;ressi(Hi  tell,  that  he 
inif;ht  go  to  his  own  jilaee. 

Lli  And  thev  L'ave  tortli  their  lots: 
and  the  lot  fell  upon  .Matthias:  and 
he  was  numbered  with  the  eleven 
apostles. 

CHAPTKR  II. 
1   The  apostlo.  filleil  witli  the  Ihly  Oho>l. 


by 


unge: 


III  deriilCil  by  others. 
14  Whom  J'eterdinpruviytir,  nnii  Hhcwinff 
that  the  apottlca  spake  by  the  power  of 
the  llohi  (Jhuet,  that  Jentt  li/iM  rigen 
from  the  ilenil.  atrcmlcd  into  heaven, 
had  poured  Uoun  the  tame  Holy  tlhoet. 
and  was  the  iletiiaa.  a  man  known  to 
them  to  be  approved  of  God  by  h\a  mira- 
ele*,  wonders,  and  siyns,  and  nut  eruei' 
fied  without  his  determinate  eounsel  and 
foreknowledge:  37  he  baptizeth  a  great 
number  that  were  eonverleU.  41  »'ho 
afteru'ards  devoutly  and  ehirritably  con- 
verse together  :  the  apostles  uiirking 
many  miracles,  anil  God  daily  increas- 
inn  his  church. 
A  ND  when  "the  dav  of  Tenteeost 

^•V  was  fnllve e,  I'tliev  were  all 

with  one  aeeord  in  one  place. 
'J  .Vnd  suddenly  there  eame  a  sound 
from  heaven  as  of  a  rushiii;;  niij;hty 
wind,  and  'it  filled  all  the  house 
where  they  were  sitting. 
H  And  there   appeared  nnto  tliem 
cloven  tongues  like  as  of  Hre,  and  it 
sat  upon  eaeh  of  them. 
4  And  1  thev  were  all  filled  with  the 
IIolv   r.h.>st",  and   began   'to  speak 
witli    other    tongues,  ns    the    Spirit 
ga\  e  tlieui  nItiTanee. 
ii  And  there  were  ilwelling  at  Jeru- 
salem   Jews,    devout    men,    out   of 
everv  nation  under  heaven. 
0  IS'ow   t  wlieu    this    was    noised 


abroad,  the  ninltitiide  eaiiic  to);elhcr. 
and  were  ||  eonfoiinded,  lie<-aiise  that 
every  man  heard  them  speak  in  liis 
own  language. 

7  .\nd  they  were  all  amazrd  and 
mar^■elled,  ha\'ing  one  to  another. 
Heboid,  are  in'.t  all  these  whieh  speak 
Kialileans? 

S  And  how  hear  we  every  man  in 
our  own  tongue,  wherein  wc  were 
born? 

11  rarthians,  and  .Medes,  and  Klam- 
ites,  and  the  dwellers  in  .Misopo- 
tamia,  and  in  Jiidea.  and  C'nppa- 
lUpeia,  ill  I'ontus,  and  Asia, 

10  I'hrygia,  and  Painphylin,  in 
Kgypt,  and  in  the  parts  ii'f  Libya 
about  Cyreiie,  and  strangers  of 
Home,  Jews  and  proselytes, 

11  C'retes  and  ,\rahians,  wc  do  bear 
them  speak  in  onr  tongues  the  woii- 
deriiil  works  of  God. 

12  And  thev  were  all  ninnzed,  and 
were  in  doubt,  saving  one  to  another. 
What  iiieanetb  this? 

l.'t  Others  nioeking  said,  These 
men  are  full  of  new  wine. 

14  If  Hilt  I'eler,  standing  up  with 
the  eleven,  llHed  np  his  voice,  and 
said  unto  them,  Ve  nun  of  Jiidca, 
and  all  .i/e  that  dwell  at  Jerusalem, 
be  this  known  unto  yon,  and  heark- 
en to  my  words: 

l.'i  For  these  are  not  drunken,  as  yp 
suppose,  « seeing  it  is  but  the  third 
hour  of  the  dav. 

Ill  Hut  this  is  that  whieh  was  spok- 
en bv  the  pr.iph.t  J..el: 

17  I'  And  it  shall  cnie  to  pass  in  Ihe 
last  days,  saith  tiod.  i  I  will  pour  init 
of  my 'Spirit  upon  all  flesh:  and  your     j,.ua  7  su. ' 
sons    and     l^your    daughters    fball    i«ii.  lats. 
prophesy,  anil  vouryonng  men  shall  .  kch.zt.ft. 
sec  visions,  uiul  your  old  iiieu  t-liall    irh.:;i  4,0. 
dream  dreams:  |   i\ 

15  ,\nd  on  mv  servants  and  on  my     i,'!','/  ,™ 
handmaidens  1  will  pour  out  in  tboHe  L 
days  of  my  Sjiirit;  land  they  i>liull  | 
prophesy: 

lU  '"  And  I  will  shew  wonders  in 
heaven  above,  and  signs  in  the  earth 
beneath ;  blood,  and  fire,  and  va^Hiur  I 
ofsinoke:  I 

20  "The  snn  shall  be  tiirneil  info 
darkness,  and  the  moon  into  blixal, 
before  that  great  and  notable  day  of 
the  Lord  come: 

•Jl  .\iid  it  shall  eome  to  jmss,  thnt 
"whosoever  shall  call  on  the  name 
of  the  Lord  slnill  be  saved. 

22  Ye  men  of  Isniel,  hear  these 
words :  Jesus  of  Nazareth,  n  man 
approved  of  God  among  you  ''by 
miracles  and  wonders  and  signs, 
whieh  Ood  did  by  him  in  the  midst 
of  voii,  as  ye  vonrselves  aUo  know: 

2^  Ilim,  'I  being  delivered  by  the 
determinate  eounsrl  ami  I'oreknowl- 
edge  of  (iiwl.  '  ve  have  taken,  and 
bv  wieked  liand's  have  erueilied  and 

24  *  Whom   God    hath    raised    up, 
having   loosed  tho  pnine  of  death: 
Ul 


mjMlJ   30. 

II 

•  M.iistn. 

Mmk  1.1   It. 

i..k>n  ;«. 

oKom  10  U. 

),J..l.i,]  t  k 

14  a-.  11. 


iK  3  IS.  fc 
4  111  k  10. 
40  kl3  'jn. 


Peter's  sermon  on 


THE  ACTS. 


the  day  of  Pentecost 


cl..  1.  i. 
d.h.  10.4.5. 
tl.li.l.  8. 


IJortJ  28. 
ch.  3.  25. 

keh-ln.4-'>.  ft 
11.  15.  18  it 
U.  27.  li  13. 


Ich. 1    U. 
rim    12    U. 


because  it  wns  not  jwssible  that  lie 
should  be  liolileii  of  it. 

^5  For  I>uvi(l  sjieaketh  oouccrninK 
him,  'I  foresaw  llie  J^ord  alwayn  be- 
ioH!  my  face  ;  <br  he  is  on  my  riRht 
liaud,  that  I  should  uot  be  moved: 

ai  Therefore  did  my  heart  rejoice, 
and  my  toui^ue  wa.-*  ^lad:  moreover 
also  my  flesli  shall  rest  in  hope:  t 

I  2"  Uecausc  thou  wilt  not  leave  ms 
soul  ill  hell,  neither  wilt  thou  sutler 
thine  Holy  One  to  sec  corruption.  | 
I  ;iS  Thou  luist  made  known  to  me 
the  ways  of  li(e;  thou  shalt  make  nic 
full  of  joy  with  thy  countenance. 

lit  Men  and  brethnn,  ||  let  inc  freely 
speak  unto  you  "of  the  ))ntriarcli 
David,  that  he  is  both  dead  and 
buried,  and  his  eepulehrc  is  with  us 
unto  this  day. 

M  Therefore  bcins  a  prophet,  '  and 
knowing'  that  God  had  sworn  with 
an  oath  to  him,  that  of  the  fruit  of 
his  loins,  according  to  the  flesh,  he 
would  raise  up  Christ  to  sit  on  his 
throne; 

■il  He,  sceiuK  this  before,  spake  of 
the  resurroction  of  Christ,  s  that  his 
soul  was  not  left  in  hell,  neither  liis 
flesh  did  see  corruption. 

."2  '  Tills  Jesus  hath  God  raised  up, 
*  whereof  we  all  are  witnesses. 

33  Therefore  l>  bein;;  by  the  risht 
hand  of  God  exalted,  and  "^  having 
received  of  the  Father  the  promise 
of  the  Holy  (Jhost,  he  ■!  hath  shed 
forth  this,  which  je  now  sec  and 
hear. 

34  For  David  is  not  ascended  into 
the  heavens:  but  he  saith  himself, 
'The  Lord  said  unto  my  Lord,  Sit 
thou  on  my  right  hand, 

35  Until  1  make  thy  foes  thy  foot- 
stool. 

."iG  Therefore  let  all  the  house  of 
Israel  know  assuredly,  that  God 
'hath  made  that  same  Jesus,  whom 
ye  have  crucirted,  both  Lord  and 
Christ. 

37  V.  Now  when  they  heard  l/iif, 
Sthey  were  pricked  iu  their  heart, 
and  said  unto  I'eter  and  to  the  rest 
of  the  apostles,  Men  <i«!/  brethren, 
what  shall  we  do? 

."S  Then  I'eter  said  unto  them,  li Re- 
pent, and  be  baptized  every  one  ( 
you  in  the  name  of  Jesua  Christ  ft 
the  remission  of  sins,  and  ye  shall 
receive  the  gift  of  the  Holy  Ghost. 

39  For  the  promise  is  unto  you,  and 
ito  your  children,  and  kto  all  that 
are  afar  off,  even  as  many  as  the 
Lord  our  God  shall  call. 

40  And  with  many  other  words  did 
he  testify  and  exhort,  saying,  Su\e 
yourselves  from  this  untoward  geii- 
cratii>n. 

41  IT  Then  they  that  (;ladly  reeci\od 
his  word  were  baptized :  and  the 
same  dav  there  were  added  uiilo 
lln-m  about  three  thiMisand  souls. 

42  1  And  tiny  coutiniied  steadfastly 
iu  the  apostles'  doctrine  aud  fellowf- 

U2 


ship,  and  in  breaking  of  bread,  and 
in  prayers. 

43  And  fear  came  upon  every  soul: 
and  '"  many  wonders  and  signs  were 
done  by  the  apostles. 

44  And  all  that  believed  were  to- 
gether, and  "  had  all  things  com- 
mon; 

45  And  sold  their  possessions  and 
goods,  and  "parted  them  to  all  me?!, 
as  every  man  had  need. 

40  I'And  they,  continuing  daily 
with  one  accord  'i  in  the  temple,  and 
'' breaking  bread  (jfrom  house  to 
house,  did  cat  their  meat  with  glad- 
ness and  singleness  of  heart, 
47  Praising  God,  and  '* having  fa- 
vour with  all  the  people.  And 'the 
Lord  added  to  the  church  daily  such 
as  should  be  saved. 

CHAPTER  in. 
1  Peler  prea*hing  to  the  people  that  came 
to  eee  a  lame  man  rettorcU  to  hit  feet,  I'J 
profeiKtth    the    cure  not    to    have  been 
wrought  by  hit  or  John's  own  power,  or 
holiness,  hut  by  Oott,  and  hie  Son  Jesus, 
and  through  faith  in  his  name :  Vi  niilh- 
at    reprehending    them    for  crucifying 
Jesus.     17  M'hich    because    they    did    it 
through    ignorance,    and    that    thereby 
were  fulfilled  God's  rteterntinate  eoun' 
set,  and  the  Scriptures  :  19  he  exhortcth 
them  by  repentance  and  faith  to  seek  re- 
mission of  their  sins,  and  salvation  in 
the  same  Jesus. 
"VfOW  Peter  and  John  went  up  to- 
ll   gether  "into  the  temple  at  the 
hour    of  prayer,   ^beiiig    the    niuth 
/tour. 

2  And  ^a  certain  man  lame  from 
his  mother's  womb  was  carried, 
whom  they  laid  daily  at  the  gate  of 
the  temple  which  is  called  Beautiful, 
iito  ask  alms  of  them  that  entered 
into  the  temple; 

3  Who,  seeing  Peter  and  John  about 
to  go  into  the  temple,  asked  an  alms. 

4  And  Peter,  fastening  his  eyes  up- 
on him  with  John,  ssid.  Look  on  us. 

5  And  he  gave  heed  unto  them, 
expecting  to  receive  something  of 
them, 

G  Then  Peter  said,  Silver  and  gold 
hiive  I  none;  but  such  as  I  have  give 
I  thee:  "In  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ 
of  IS'azareth  rise  up  and  walk. 

7  And  he  took  him  by  the  right 
hand,  and  lifted  //i»i  up:  and  inime- 
diatelv  his  teet  and  ankle  bones  re- 
ceived strength. 

8  And  he  'leaping  up  stood,  and 
walked,  and  entered  with  them  into 
the  temple,  walking,  and  leaping, 
aud  praising  God. 

SlK.Vnd  all  the  people  saw  him 
walking  ami  praising  <iod: 

10  And  they  knew  that  it  was  he 
which  lisat  for  alms  at  the  Heautiful 
gnte  of  tl'.e  teTi]|ilc:  mid  they  were 
lilUd  Willi  w.MoUr  and  ama/enient 
at  that  which  had  happened  unto 
him. 

1 1  And  as  Uie  lame  man  which  was 
healed  held  Peter  aud  John,  all  the 


Peter  exhorteth  to  rejmitancc. 


THE  ACTS. 


The  nilerg  offended  at  it. 


lUb.  12  lU.  & 


.  1.  11. 
Ill   17.11 
»ke  1.  70. 


people  ran  to^ctl 
the  jioreh  i  tlint  is 
sveatly  w„mlerinK. 
IL'  11  And  when  Peter  saw  i7,  lie 
answered  unto  the  people.  Ye  men 
of  Israel,  why  marvel  j  e  at  tliiH?  or 
why  look  ye  so  earnestly  on  us,  as 
though  by  our  own  power  or  lio- 
liuess  wc  liad  made  this  man  to 
walk? 

13  kThc  God  of  Abraham,  and  of 
Isaac,  and  of  Jacob,  the  God  of  our 
fathers,  Uiath  gloritied  his  Son  Je- 
sus; whom  yc  '"delivered  up,  and 
"denied  him  in  tlie  presence  of  I'i- 
late,  when  he  was  determined  to  let 
himp,. 

14  llut  ye  denied  "the  Holy  Or.e 
I' and  the  Ju.st,  and  desired  a  mur- 
derer to  Ix'  ;;rant<'d  unto  you; 

15  And  killed  the  ||  Prince  of  life, 
Iwhoni  God  hath  raised  from  the 
dead;  '  whereof  we  arc  witnesses. 

Ki  'And  his  name,  through  tiiith 
in  his  name,  hath  nixdc  this  man 
strong;,  whom  ve  see  and  know:  yea, 
the  faith  which  is  by  him  hath  jjiven 
him  this  iiertcct  soundness  in  the 
presence  ot  you  all. 

17  And  no"w,  brethren,  I  wot  that 
'through  ignorance  ye  did  it,  aa  UtU 
also  your  rulers. 

l.S  lint  "  those  things,  which  God 
before  had  sluwiil  ^  bv  the  mouth 
of  all  his  propliets.that  Christ  should 
sutler,  he  hath  so  fumUcd. 

VJ  U  >  Kepent  ye  theretbre,  and  be 
converted,  that  your  sins  may  be 
blotted  out,  when  the  times  of  re- 
freshinf;  shall  come  from  the  pres- 
ence of  the  Lord; 

•M  And  he  shall  send  Jesu«  Christ, 
which  before  was  preached  unto 
you : 

L'l  ''Whom  the  heaven  must  receive 
until  the  times  of  ** restitution  of  all 
thins-s  I' which  God  hath  spoken  by 
the  nioutli  of  all  his  holy  prophets 
since  the  world  lir-au. 

:;-'  For  Moses  truly  said  unto  the 
fathers,  '  A  I'rophct  shall  the  Lord 
your  God  raise  up  unto  you  of 
your  brethi-en,  like  unto  me  :  him 
shall  ye  hear  in  all  tliin};s  whatso- 
ever he  shall  sav  unto  you. 

a;  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  t>iat 
every  soul,  which  will  not  hear  that 
Prophet,  shall  be  destroyed  from 
amonjr  the  people. 

24  Yea,  and  all  the  prophets  from 
Samuel  and  those  that  t<>llow  after, 
as  manv  as  have  spoken,  have  like- 
wise )i)ietold  of  these  (lavs. 

I'o  .lYe  are  the  diihfren  of  the 
prophets,  and  of  the  covenant  which 
God  iiimle  with  our  fathers,  saying 
unto  AbraliHiii,  'And  in  thy  seed 
shall  all  the  kindreds  of  the  earth  be 
blessed. 

•M  I  Unto  you  first  God,  hnviuR 
raised  up  his  Son  Jisus,  ^^sent  him 
to  bless  you,  liin  turn  in;;  away  every 
one  of  you  from  his  iiiiiiuitics. 


CHAPTEU  IV. 

1  ne  rul.r»  of  the  Jew  offended  teilh 
J'eler'e  eermun,  *  (Ihuugh  Diuuinndt  of 
the  jieojde  trrre  ennverted  that  heard  the 
irorti.)  imjirieon  hitn  tmd  John.  6  Aft- 
er, upon  e:iiimination  Peter  bvtdl^ 
avouehinff  the  tome  man  to  be  healed  6y 
the  name  of  Jetue.  and  that  by  the  etime 
JefUB  only  we  matt  be  eternutly  em^ed, 
13  they  command  him  and  John  to 
preach  no  more  in  that  name,  adding 
aleo  Ihrentenina,  23  uhereupon  the 
church  f\ceth  to  jtrayer.  31  And  (Jod,  by 
«iui'f/itf  the  jilaee  where  they  were  ae- 
tcmUrd,  tcelified  that  he  heard  their 
jtrat/er:  confirming  the  church  with  the 
eift  of  the  Holy  (Jhott,  and  uith  mufuul 
love  and  charity. 

\ND  as  thev  spake  unto  the  peo- 
ple, the  priests,  and  the  t  cap- 
tain of  the  temple,  and  the  Saddu- 
cees,  came  uj^ui  them, 

2  "lieini^  grieved  that  tliey  taught 
the  people,  and  preached  through  Je- 
sus the  resurrection  frtun  the  deail. 

;t  And  they  laid  hands  on  Hum, 
and  put  t'lein  in  hold  unto  the  next 
day :  lor  it  was  now*  eventide. 

4  llowbeit  manv  of  them  which 
hearil  the  word  believed  ;  and  tlie 
number  of  the  men  was  about  five 
thousand. 

5  U  And  it  come  to  pass  on  the  mor- 
row, that  their  rulers,  and  elders,  and 
scribes, 

(1  And  bAnnas  the  high  priest,  and 
(^aiiiphas.  and  John,  and  Alexander, 
anil  as  many  u*  were  of  the  kinilred 
of  the  high  priest,  were  gathered  to- 
gether :it  Jerusalem. 

7  And  when  they  hart  set  them  in 
the  midst,  they  asked,  '  I!y  what 
power,  or  by  what  name,  liavc  ye 
done  this? 

«  .1  Then  Peter,  filled  with  the  Holy 
Ghost,  said  unto  them.  Ye  rulers  oV 
thejieople,  and  rlder^i  of  Israel, 

1*  If  we  this  day  be  examined  of 
the  good  deed  done  to  the  inijiotent 
man,  by  what  means  he  is  made 
whole: 

It)  lie  it  known  unto  vou  all,  and 
to  all  the  people  of  Isriiel,  'that  by 
the  name  ot  Jesus  Christ  of  Naza- 
reth, w  houi  ye  crucified,  fwluim  God 
raise<i  fr<im*  the  dead,  even  by  him 
doth  this  man  staud  here  before  you 
whole. 

11  s  This  is  the  stone  which  was  set 
at  nought  of  yon  builders,  whieli  is 
become  the  lii'i:d  of  the  corner. 

JJ  !■  Neither  is  thei-e  salvation  in  any 
other:  )<ir  there  is  none  other  name 
under  heaven  given  among  men, 
w  lierebv  we  must  be  saved. 

I'i  1[  Now  when  they  saw  the  bold- 
ness of  Peter  and  John,  >an<l  per- 
ceived that  they  were  unlearned  and 
ignorant  men, "they  marvelled;  and 
they  took  knowledge  of  them,  tlmt 
thev  had  been  with  Jesus. 

14'Aiid  beholding  the  man  whirh 
was  healed    ^  standing  with    them, 
they  could  say  nothing  against  it. 
113 


The  church  prayelh  to  God. 


THE  ACTS.        Sin  of  Ananias  and  Sapphira. 


yT.Ul 

'12  2.i 

il.ul. 

1.35. 

"j'lu 

\.  1». 

Icfc 

a.  13. 

,23    i 

15  But  when  they  liarl  oomnianded 
tliim  to  RO  nsiilc  out  of  the  eoiineil, 
tl\cv  c.iiilVrred  .Tiiimij;  thciiisclve», 
Hi"  Savin-,  IWh:it  sli:ill  ve  do  to 
these  Mu-n;'  i'nr  that  iiKk'Cil  a  nota- 
l)le  iiiiraele  liath  heen  done  hv  them 
/s  •"  manifest  to  all  tliem  that  dwell 
in  Jerusalem ;  and  wc  eannot  deny  il. 
ir  But  that  it  ppiead  mi  further 
amonj;  the  people,  let  U3  Btraitly 
threaten  them,  that  they  speak 
heneeforth  to  no  man  in  this  name. 
IS  "And  they  called  them,  and 
commanded  them  not  to  speak  at 
all  nor  teaeh  in  the  name  of  Jesus. 
]'.»  But  IVter  and  John  answered 
and  said  unto  them,  "Whether  it 
he  right  in  the  sight  of  Ciod  to 
hearken  unto  you  more  thun  unto 
(iod,  judge  ye. 

i;n  I' For  we  cannot  hut  spe.ak  the 
things  which  'I  we  liave  seeu  and 
heard. 

'.'I  So  when  they  had  further 
threatened  them,  tliey  let  them  go, 
finding  nothing  how  they  might 
punish  them,  'heeauso  of  the  peo- 
ple :  ti)r  all  men  glorified  God  lor 
» that  which  was  done. 

•>i  For  the  man  was  above  forty 
years  old,  on  whom  this  miracle  of 
liealing  was  shewed. 

■Si  IT  And  Ijeing  let  go,  'they  went 
to  their  own  company,  and  reported 
all  that  the  chief  prie^.ts  and  elders 
liad  said  unto  them. 

L'4  And  when  they  heard  that,  they 
lifted  up  their  voice  to  God  with  one 
ai'cord,  and  said.  Lord,  "thou  nrt 
God,  which  hast  made  heaven,  and 
earth,  and  the  sea,  and  all  that  iu 
tliem  is; 

M  Who  by  the  mouth  of  thv  serv- 
ant I>avid"hast  said,  "Why  did  the 
heathen  nige.aud  the  people  imagine 
vain  thmgsy 

a;  Tlie  kings  of  the  earth  stood  np, 
and  the  rulers  were  gathered  togeth- 
er against  the  Lord,  and  against  his 
Christ. 

•J7  For  yof  n  truth  against  'thy 
holy  child  Jefius,  "whom  thou  hast 
anointed,  both  llerud,  and  Pontius 
Pilate,  with  the  Gentiles,  and  the 
people  of  Israel,  were  gathered  to- 
gether, 

•JH  !■  For  to  do  whatsoever  thy  hand 
and  thy  counsel  determined  before 
to  bo  done. 

•jy  And  now.  Lord,  behold  their 
thrcatenings  :  and  grant  nnto  thy 
servants,  '  that  with  all  boldness 
thev  may  speak  thv  word, 

.'iO'Bv  stretching  forth  thine  hand  to 
heal;"'' and  that  signs  niul  wonders 
may  be  done  ^' by  the  name  of  (thy 
holy  child  Jesus. 

.11  IT  And  when  they  had  prayed, 
sthc  place  was  shaken  where  they 
were  assembled  together  :  and  they 
were  all  tilled  witli  the  Holy  Ghost, 
hand  they  spake  the  word  of  God 
witii  boldness. 
114 


P,2  And  the  multitude  of  them  that  i 
believed  iwcre  of  one  heart  and  of 
one  soul:  k neither  said  any  or  thnm 
that  aught  of  the  thipgs  which  he  \ 
]ios«es.sed  wa.'i  his  own;  but  they  had  j 
all  things  enninion. 
;'.:;  And  with  l great  power  gave  the 
apostles  "'  witness  of  the  resurrection  ' 
of  the  Lord  Jesus:  and  "great  grace  i 
was  upon  them  all.  i 

34  Neither  was  there  any  among  ! 
them  that  laeked:_  "tor  as  many  .is 
were  iiossessors  of  lands  or  Iiouses 
sold  them,  and  brought  the  prices  of 
the  things  that  were  sold, 
3.1  I' And  laid  l/ieiii  down  at  the 
apostles' ii?et:  land  distrihnticm  was 
maile  unto  every  man  according  as 
he  had  need. 

.".0  And  Joses,  who  by  the  upostles 
was  surnamed  Barnabas,  (which  is, 
being  interpreted.  The  si>n  of  conso- 
lation,) a  Levite,  mid  of  the  country 
of  Cvprus, 

37  '^llaving  land,  sold  i^  and  brought 
the  money,  and  laid  it  at  the  apos- 
tles' feet. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  After  that  Ananina  and  Sappliim  hi» 
U'ifp  for  thirir  Uypocri»y  at  Peter's  re 
liuke  'had  fallen  down  dead,  12  and  that 
the  rest  of  the  aposttcg  liad  wrought  many 
tniraclet,  14  tc  the  increase  of  the  faith : 
IT  tlienpo>ttUa  areagain  imprisoned,  19 
but  d^'Urcrr-d  by  an  angel  bidding  them 
iu  pr,'iich  openly  to  all :  21  when,  after 
their  teiicliini;  accordingly  in  the  temple, 
i'Janil  before  the  conncit,SS  they  are  in 
danger  tc  be  killed,  through  the  advice  of 
<JantalH-l,  et  great  counsellor  amonff  the 
Jcics,  they  be  kept  alive,  iO  atut  are  but 
bcati-n  :  for  which  they  glorify  Ood,  and 
cease  )to  day  from  preaching. 

BUT  n  certain  man  named  Anani- 
as, w  ith  Sapphira  his  witi-\  sold  a 
possession, 

•2  And  kept  back  pnrt  of  the  price, 
his  wife  also  being  privy  In  il.  -"and 
brought  a  certain  part,  and  laid  it  at 
the  apostles'  feet. 

3  ''But  Peter  said.  Ananias,  why 
hath  '  Sat:;n  filled  thine  heart  |l  to  lie 
to  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  to  keep  back 
l>art  of  the  price  of  the  land? 

4  While  it  remained,  was  it  not 
thine  own?  and  after  it  was  sold, 
was  it  not  in  thine  own  power?  why 
hast  thou  conceived  this  thing  in 
thine  heart?  thou  hast  not  lied  unto 
men,  hut  unto  God. 

5  And  Ananias  hearing  these  words 
'Ifell  down,  and  gave  up  tlie  ghost: 
and  great  fear  came  on  all  them  that 
heard  these  things. 

(i  And  the  young  men  arose,  'wound 
him  lip,  and  carried  him  out,  and 
buried  /lim. 

7  And  it  was  about  the  space  of 
three  hours  alter,  when  his  w  ife,  not 
knowing  what  was  done,  came  in. 

H  And  Peter  answevid  unto  her, 
'I'ell  me  w  hether  ye  sold  the  land  for 
so  much?  And  she  said,  Yea,  lor  so 
much. 


kali.  ?.  41. 
Id..  1,8. 
inch.  1.2!. 


The  apostlen  imprisoned. 


THE  ACTS.        They  are  beaten,  and  dinnitged. 


mcli 

i.: 

2.  47.  & 
1. 

Or 

in  „;r, 

oil. 

tl.  0.  21 

I.  :ki. 

ID.  12. 

.^u 

.k  16  17. 

Jul 

u  U.  12. 

IJuliuS.  11, 
teli.  4    6.  6 


9  TluMi  IVtiT  said  unto  Iht,  How  ia 
it  tliiit  ve  have  agreed  tiiui'ther  fto 
tempt  tf.e  Spirit ofthe  Lord?  I.eliold, 
tlie  fe.t  I.I'  tlu'iii  wliicli  liave  Imried 
tliv  Imstniiid  lire  at  the  door,  uiul 
sluill  ranv  thee  out. 

1(1  -  TlicM  r.ll  slie  dnwn  stmi-Iitwav 
at  liis  feet,  mid  \  ii'lded  up  Uie  ^:ll..^t: 
and  the  voiiie,'  men  eauie  ill,  and 
I'onnd  lier  dead,  and,  earryin;;  /I'.r 
Cortli.  Imried  her  by  her  iuibliaud. 

11  i>.\nd  great  fear  came  upon  nil 
tlie  eliineh,  and  upon  us  ruuny  ns 
heard  these  tilings. 

1:;  TT  -Vnd  i  'ly  "'^  hands  of  the  apos- 
tles ^vere  many  signs  and  wonders 
wriniglit  anicing  tliu  people;  (tnnd 
tliey  were  ad  with  one  aecord  in  Si  l- 

1'!  Ami  lot'  the  rest  durst  no  man 
)iiin  liiniselt'tii  them:  "'butthepeo- 
pli-  ma-nihed  them. 

U  And  believers  wcro  the  more 
added  to  tlie  Lord,  multitudes  both 
tifnien  and  women:) 

1.^.  Inscimneli  tliat  thev  brought  forth 
the  s-ieti  |i  into  the  .streets,  and  laid 
llirm  on  beds  an<l  eonelies,  "  that  at 
tlie  least  the  sjnulow  of  Peter  p.iss- 
iug  by  might  overshadow  bouie  of 
them. 

Hi  There  came  also  .a  multitude  nut 
of  the  eities  round  nljout  unto  Je- 
rusal.iii,  bringing  "siek  (iilks,  and 
thrill  wliieh  were  vexed  with  un- 
elean  spirits:  and  they  were  healed 
every  one. 

ir  a  I' Then  the  high  priest  rose  up, 
and  all  tluv  that  were  with  him, 
(which  is  tlie  seet  of  the  Saddueees.) 
and  were  hlled  with  ||  indignation, 

l.s;  'I  And  laid  tlieir  hands  on  the 
apostles,  and  put  them  in  Uic  com- 
mon prison. 

lil  Hut  'the  nngrl  of  the  I-ord  by 
night  oi)ened  the  prison  doors,  and 
brought  them  ti>rth,  and  said, 

•M  tJo,  stand  and  sneak  in  the  tem- 
ple to  tlie  people  ''all  the  words  of 
this  life. 

21  And  when  thev  heard  tlinf,  thev 
entered  into  the  temple  earlv  in  the 
iiiuniiiig,  and  taie.'ht.  •  Uut  the  lii:;li 
priest  eame,  and  llu'V  that  were  with 
liiiii,  and  ealled  the  ei>nueil  together, 
and  all  the  senate  of  the  chihiren  ol 
Israel,  and  sent  to  the  prison  to  have 


ght. 


U'li  lint  wlien  the  oflReers  came,  and 
found  tliem  not  in  the  prison,  they 
n-tnrned,  and  told, 

•Si  Saving,  The  prison  truly  found 
we  shut  with  all  safety,  and  the 
keepers  standing  without  heti)re  the 
doors:  but  wlun  we  had  opened,  wc 
tijund  no  man  within. 

L'4  Now  when  the  bi^'h  priest  and 
"the  captain  of  the  temple  and  the 
chief  priests  heard  these  things,  they 
doubled  of  them  whereunto  this 
would  grow. 

■J.")  'J'heii  came  one  and  told  them, 
saying,  Uehokl,  the  men  whom  yc 


put  in  jirison  nre  standing  In  the' 
temple,  and  teaching  the  people. 

LV,  'rheii  went  the  captain  willi  tin' 
ollicers,  and  bronght  llieni  willi..nt 
vi.iielH-e:  Mi.r  lllev  lear.d  the  people, 
lest  tin  v  should  Inne  Ih<ii  slomd. 

i;r  And  when  they  had  brought 
them,  they  set  tli'-in  before  the 
enuneil  :  and  tiie  high  priest  asked 
them, 

as  Saying,  J  Did  not  we  straitly 
command  you  that  yc  .shonhl  ml 
teach  in  tfiis  name  ?  an<l,  behold. 
ye  have  filled  Jerusalem  with  your 
'doctrine,  "and  intend  to  bring  this 
man's  **  blood  upon  us. 

•_'!)  IT  Then  IVter  and  the  allirr 
apostles  answered  and  s:iiil,  l.V>"c 
ought  to  ohev  (iod  rather  t!ian  nien. 

;at  ^'fhe  tied  of  our  tatlwrs  rtiised 
up  Jesus,  whom  yc  slew  and  'Mianged 
on  a  tiee. 

!',l  "  Jlim  hath  Ofxl  exalted  with  his 
right  baud  tt)  Ih'.  tii  l*rinee  and  >^n 
Saviour,  b  for  to  give  re^untancu  to 
Israel,  and  f()rgivencss  ot  sins. 

.■52  And  i  we  arc  his  witnesses  of 
the.«e  things ;  and  so  is  also  the 
Holy  Chost.  W  whom  God  liath  given 
to  them  that  obev  him. 

.i;  IT  IWlien  they  heard  Hint,  they 
were  cut  In  l/ir  /icciiV,  and  took  coun- 
sel to  slay  them. 

;!4  Then  stooil  there  up  one  in  the 
council,  a  I'harisee,  nani<<l  '"(Ja- 
maliil,  a  doctor  of  the  law,  bad  in 
reputation  among  nil  tlu-  people, 
and  commanded  to  put  the  apostles 
Ibrth  a  liule  space; 

.'l.)  And  said  unto  them,  Yc  men  of 
Israel,  take  heed  to  yourselves  what 
ye  intend  to  do  as  touching  these 
men. 

.'ii;  For  before  these  days  rose  up 
Thcudas,  boa.sting  himself  to  be 
somrboil\';  to  whom  n  nnmlicr  of 
men,  almiit  four  hundred,  joined 
tl^emsilves :  who  was  slain  ;  ami 
a;l,  es  nnriiv  as  ||  obeyed  him,  were 
seatti  red,  iiiid  brought  to  nought. 

.■7  Alter  this  man  rose  up  Judas  of 
Galilee  in  thedavsotthe  ta.xing,  and 
drew  aMav  nuMh  people  alter  him: 
be  also  p'lrisb..!  ;  and  all,  ir-«  as 
manv  as  oheved  him,  were  dispersed. 

rw  And  now  I  say  unto  you,  Ilc- 
frain  from  these  men,  and  let  thcni 
alone:  "for  if  this  counsel  or  tins 
work  be  of  men,  it  will  comic  to 
nought: 

IK)  "Hut  if  it  be  of  God,  ye  cnnnot 
overthrow  it;  lest  bnpiv  ye  be  tbuud 
even  l' to  fight  against  God. 

41)  And  to  him  they  agreed  :  nnrt 
when  thev  had  'UalUd  the  niKwtles. 
f  and  beaten  l/irm,  they  conmniniled 
that  thev  should  nid  speak  iu  the 
name  ofjesus,  and  U  t  them  go. 

41  IT  And  they  ileparted  fmm  the 
presence  of  the  conneil,  'rejoicing 
that  they  were  counled  worthy  to 
suffer  shame  for  his  name. 

i>  And  daily  >iu  the  temple,  and 
116 


-  w. 

-  l:i.  13. 


.ich  10. 3a.ii 
i;i.  2S. 

Oil  3.  IX 
1  r.l.  2.  24. 

•oh,  2.  Si.  an. 

I'hU.  2.  ». 
Il»k.  2. 10.  h 
li.  2. 
f<h.  3.  li 

iM>u.  i.:i. 

I,  I.<ili<:4.47. 
th.  ?.  2S.  A 

13.  ;.H. 

K|.l..  1.  7. 
Cul.  1.  14. 
iJnIm  13.  IC 

k.li.  2.<.  * 

I'l.  il. 
1,1.   2.37.  * 

m  cb.  22.  3. 


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1  Cor.  1.  £3. 
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1  ch.  4.  IS. 
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J.»..il  2. 
I  l'>t.  4.  a. 
I". 


Steven  chosen  men  ordained  deacons.  THE  ACTS. 


Stephen's  apology. 


Ich.  9.29.  & 

11.  2i). 
ecti.  4.33. 


I  Dont.  1. 13. 
cli.  1.  21.  & 
W.  2. 
I  Tim.  3.  7. 


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B.17.A9. 
A  13.  3. 
ni.  4.  11. 


i4.ia 

17. 
.21.10. 


in  every  liouse,  "they  ceased  not  to 
tuach  aud  prcacli  Jesus  Christ. 

CIIAPTEIl  VI. 

1  Tha  aposilea,  tlfniruus  to  hava  the  poor 

regarded  for  tUeir  bodily  euetencntce,  aa 

aleo  careful  tItemsclvcB  to  di/ipcTtee  the 

ward  of   Ood,   the  food  of    the   euiii,   3 

appoint  the  office  of  deaconahip  to  aeven 

chosen  men.    "5  Of  whom  SlcpheJir  a  man 

full  of  faith,  a7td  of  the  Holy  Ohott,  ie 

one.    12  JVho  ia  taken  of  thoae,  ichom  he 

confounded  in  diaputing,  13  and  after 

falaely   accuaed    of   btaaphcmy   against 

the  law  and  tlte  temple. 

A  ND  in  those   days,    "when  the 

J\  iinniher   of    the    diaciplcs   vas 

multipUed,  tliere  arose  a  murmuring 

of  the   ''Grecians  against    the   Ile- 

hrewa,  because  their  widows  were 

negleeted  "  in  tlie  daily  ministration. 

2  Then  the  twelve  called  the  mul- 
titude of  the  disciples  unto  them, 
and  said,  '*It  is  not  reason  that  we 
should  leave  the  word  of  God,  and 
serve  tables. 

3  Wheretorc,  brethren,  'look  ye 
out  among  you  seven  men  of  honest 
report,  full  of  the  Uoly  Ghost  and 
wisdom,  whom  we  may  appoint 
over  this  business. 

4  But  wo  I  will  give  ourselves  con- 
tinuallv  to  prayer,  and  to  the  min- 
istry of  the  word. 

!)  IT  And  the  saying  pleased  the 
whole  multitude  :  and  they  chose 
Stephen,  ^a  man  full  of  faith  and 
of  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  h  Philip,  and 
Prochorus,  and  Nicanor,  and  Ti- 
mon,  and  Parmenas,  and  i  Nicolas 
a  proselyte  of  Antioch; 

fi  Whom  they  set  before  the  apos- 
tles :  and  twhen  they  had  prayed, 
Uhey  laid  tlirir  hands  on  them. 

7  And  '"the  word  of  God  in- 
creased ;  and  the  number  of  the 
disciples  multiplied  in  Jerusalem 
greatly  ;  and  a  great  company  "  of 
the  priests  were  obedient  to  tha 
faith. 

8  And  Stephen,  full  of  faith  and 
power,  did  great  wonders  and  mir- 
acles among  the  people. 

9  IT  Then  there  arose  certain  of  the 
synagogue,  which  is  called  the  sf/na- 
gorine  of  the  Libertines,  and  Cvre- 
nians,  and  Alexandrians,  and  ofthem 
of  Ciliciaand  of  Asia,  disputing  with 
Stephen. 

10  And  "they  were  not  able  to  re- 
sist the  wi.sdom  and  the  spirit  by 
which  ho  spake. 

U  •'Then  they  Bubornod  men, 
which  said,  AVe  have  beard  him 
speak  blasphemous  words  against 
Mnscs,  and  aiKitiiKl  God. 

\\i  And  tliey  stirred  up  the  people, 
and  the  elders,  and  the  scribes,  and 
came  upon  liim.  and  caught  him, 
and  brought  A(m  to  tlie  ccpuneil, 

1.'!  And  set  up  false  witnesses,  which 
said,  This  man  ceaseth  not  to  Biieak 
blasphemous  words  against  this  holy 
place,  and  the  law: 
116 


14  ipor  we  have  heard  him  say, 
that  this  Jesns  of  Nazareth  shall 
"■  destroy  tliis  place,  and  shallchange 
the  II  custunis  whicli  Moses  delivered 
us. 

l.'>  And  all  that  sat  in  the  council, 
looking  steadfastly  on  him,  saw  his 
face  as  it  had  been  the  face  of  an 
angel. 

CHAPTER  VII. 
1  Stephen,  permitted  to  answer  to  the  ae- 
cuaation  of  blasphemy,  2  aheweth  that 
Abraham  worshipped  Ood  rightly,  and 
how  Hod  chose  the  fathers  2U  bifore  Mo- 
tea  tuaa  born,  and  before  the  tabernacle 
and  temple  were  built :  37  that  Moses 
himself  witnessed  of  Christ:  44  and  that 
all  outward  ceremonies  were  ordained 
according  to  the  heavenly  pattern,  to  last 
but  for  a  time :  61  reprehending  their 
rebellion,  and  vittrdering  of  Christ,  the 
Just  One,  whom  the  prophets  foretold 
should  come  into  the  world.  54  Wiere- 
upon  they  stone  him  to  death,  who  com- 
inendeth  his  aoul  to  Jesua,  and  humbly 
prayeth  for  them. 

THEN  said  the  high  priest.  Arc 
these  things  so? 

2  And  he  said,  "Men,  brethren,  and 
fathers,  hearken;  The  God  of  glory 
appeared  unto  our  father  Abraham, 
when  he  was  in  Mesopotamia,  before 
he  dwelt  in  Charran, 

.'?  And  said  unto  him,  b  Get  thee  out 
of  thy  country,  and  from  thy  kin- 
dred, and  come  into  the  land  which 
I  shall  shew  thee. 

4  Then  '^  came  he  out  of  the  land  of 
the  Chaldeans,  and  dwelt  in  Char- 
ran:  and  from  thence,  when  his  fa- 
ther was  dead,  he  removed  him  into 
this  land,  wherein  ye  now  dwell. 

5  And  he  gave  him  none  inheritance 
in  it,  no,  not  .so  much  tis  to  set  his 
i'oot  on:  ilyet  he  promised  that  he 
would  give  it  to  him  for  a  possession, 
and  to  his  seed  after  him,  when  as 
iji't  he  had  no  child. 

(i  And  God  spake  on  this  wise, 
*^  That  his  seed  should  sojourn  in  a 
strange  land;  and  that  they  should 
bring  them  into  bondage,  and  en- 
treat them  evil  f  four  hundred  years. 

7  And  the  nation  to  whoni  they 
shall  be  in  bondage  will  I  judge, 
said  God:  and  after  that  shall  they 
como  forth,  and  ^  serve  me  in  this 
place. 

8  li  And  he  gave  him  the  covenant 
of  circumcision  :  iand  so  Ahriilinm 
begat  Isaac,  and  circiuociscd  him 
the  eighth  day;  t-and  Isuae  hiyal 
Jacob;  and  1  J;icob  fctyciMhe  twelve 
Iiatriarchs. 

y  "'  And  tlic  patriarchs,  move<l  with 
envv,  sold  Joseph  iuto  Egypt:  "but 
Gt^d  was  with  him, 

10  Aud  delivered  liim  out  of  all  his 
affliclioiis,  "and  gave  him  favour 
and  wi.sdom  in  the  sight  of  Pharaoh 
king  of  Egypt ;  and  he  made  him 
poviTuor  over  Egypt  and  all  his 
house. 

11  ''Now  there  came  a  dearth  over 


fEi.  1 
Ual.  3 

2.  40. 
17 

«Es.  3 

12. 

kOo.. 

17.9 

Oi  Gen.  37.  «. 

1 1.  ■-«. 

r..  1U5    17. 
n  Oeu.  39.  2, 


Stepken'8  apology. 


THE  ACTS. 


Stephen's  apology. 


:.  10. 21. 
..  45  5. 
..  it.  33. 


ch.  1.  7. 

IE..  2  \',.11. 
k  1.  W.  i  18. 
3.  1. 

taV.1   3.2. 


all  tlic  land  of  Kf^ypt  and  Chanaun, 
and  Rrcat  nfflii-tioii:  and  our  I'atliers 
found  no  susteuanct>. 

\i  iBut  wlR-n  Jacob  lioard  that 
there  was  corn  in  K(;ypt,  he  hent  out 
our  fathers  tiri^t. 

VA  'And  at  the  second  time  .Tn.-icph 
was  made  known  to  lii.s  lirethrcii; 
and  Joseph's  kindled  was  made 
known  unto  I'haraoh. 

14  "  Then  sent  Jo.«eph,  and  called 
his  father  Jacob  tc/m/i,  and  'nil  his 
kindred,  threescore  antl  httecn  souls. 

15  "  So  Jacob  went  down  into  K^y  pt, 
^and  died,  he,  and  our  fathers, 

I(i  And  >  were  carried  over  into 
Syeheni,  and  laid  in  ''  the  sepulchre 
that  Abraham  bought  for  a  sum  of 
money  of  the  sons  of  limmor,  titc 
J'utlier  of  Sychcm. 

17  But  when  "  the  time  of  the  prom- 
ise drew  nigh,  which  God  had  sworn 
tD  Abraham,  bthe  people  i^rew  and 
multiplied  in  Egypt, 

IS  Till  another"  kins  arose,  which 
kuew  not  Joseph. 

19  The  same  dealt  eubtilely  with 
our  kindred,  and  evil  entreated  our 
fathers,  '  so  that  they  cast  out  their 
young  children,  to  the  end  they 
might  not  live. 

a)  d  In  which  time  Moses  was  born, 
and  •'wasjl  exceeding  fair,  and  nour- 
ished up  in  his  father'a  house  three 
months: 

L'l  And  fwhen  he  was  cast  out, 
Pharaoh's  daughter  took  him  up, 
and  nourished  liim  for  her  own  son. 

'li  And  Jlose.ii  was  learned  in  all  tlie 
wisdom  of  the  Egyptians,  and  was 
Kmiiihtv  in  words  and  in  deeds. 

23  hAiid  when  he  was  tuU  forty 
years  old,  it  came  into  his  heart  to 
visit  his  brethren  the  cliildreu  of  Is- 
rael. 

'H  .\nd  seeing  one  of  llirm  suffer 
wrong,  he  defended  liini,  aiul  aveng- 
ed liim  that  was  oppressed,  and 
smote  the  Egyptian: 

L'5  !|  For  he  supposed  his  brethren 
would  have  understood  liow  that 
God  by  his  hand  would  deliver 
them;  but  they  nnderstcMxl  not. 

•X  <  .\nd  the  next  day  he  shewed 
himself  unto  them  ns  they  strove, 
and  would  have  set  them  jit  one 
again,  s.iying.  Sirs,  ye  are  brethren; 
wliv  do  ve  wrong  one  to  another i* 

27"But"lie  that   did   his  neighbour 
wrong    thrust    him    away,    sa^vin 
k  SVho  made  thee  a  rulerund  ajud; 
over  usV 

i;8  Wilt  thou  kill  me,  as  thou  didst 
tlie  Egvptian  yesterday  ? 

L"J  I  Tfien  fled  .Moses  at  this  saying, 
and  was  a  stranger  iii  the  land  of 

M-.uliiin,  where  he  begat  two  sons. 

;:0  '"  And  when  forty  years  were  ex- 
pired, there  appeared  to  liim  in  the 

wilderness  of  mount  Sina  an  angel 

of  tlie  Lord  in  a  llame  of  lire  lu  a 

bush. 

21  When  Moses  saw  i^  he  wonder- 


ed at  the  sight:  and  as  he  drew  near 
to  belnild  il,  the  voice  of  the  Lord 
eume  unto  him, 

;;.'  .^a,„„,i.  "  I  am  the  God  of  thy  fa- 
thers, the  liod  of  .M>raham,  nndtlic 
(ioil  of  Isaac,  and  the  Gi«l  <.f  Jacob. 
Tlu  n  .Moses  trembled,  and  durst  not 
behold. 

Kl  "Then  said  the  Lord  to  him.  Put 
ort'thy  shoes  fV..m  thy  feet:  for  the 
place  where  tliuu  staudcst  is  holy 
ground. 

;14  •'  I  have  seen,  I  have  scon  the 
affliction  of  my  people  which  in  in 
Egyjit,  and  I  have  heard  their  croan- 
ing,  and  am  come  down  to  deliver 
them.  And  now  conic,  I  will  send 
thee  into  Egypt. 

.".J  Tins  .Moses  whom  they  refused, 
saving,  AVho  made  thee  a 'ruler  and 
a  judge?  the  same  dill  GfKl  sendfo/.c 
a  ruler  ami  a  deliverer  'i  by  the  hand 
of  the  angel  wliich  appeared  to  him 
in  the  biisli. 

^0  '  lie  brought  them  out,  after  that 
he  had  "shewed  wonders  anil  signs 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  'and  in  the 
Bed  sea,  "  and  in  the  wilderness  for- 
ty _years. 

Ill  IT  This  is  that  SIoscs,  which 
said  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  *  A 
Prophet  shall  the  J.ord  your  God 
raise  tip  unto  you  of  \our  brethren, 
II  like  unto  me;  >  him"shall  ve  hear. 

•M  "Thi.s  U  he,  that  was  in  the 
church  in  the  wilderness  with  "tile 
angel  which  ppake  to  liim  in  the 
mount  Sina,  and  ?/-(//i  our  fathers: 
ii  who  received  the  lively  '  oraelea  to 
gi\'e  unto  us: 

;>'J  To  whom  our  fathers  would  not 
obey,  but  thrust  him  from  them,  niid 
in  their  hearts  turned  back  again 
into  Egypt, 

W  J  Saying  unto  Aaron,  Slake  us 
gods  to  go  before  us:  for  aj.;c>rthis 
.Moses,  which  brought  us  out  of  the 
f  Egypt,  we  wot  not  what  is 


lii'i 


ifhi 


41  '-Vnd  tliey  made  n  onlf  in  those 
(l.iys,  and  oliercd  sacrifice  unto  the 
iilol,  and  rejoiced  in  the  works  of 
their  own  liands. 

42  Then  'God  turned,  and  pave 
them  up  to  worship  6  the  host  of 
hiaven;  ns  it  is  written  in  the  book 
if  the  prophet.s,  hO  ye  house  of  Is- 
rael, have  ye  offered  to  nic  slain 
beasts  and  sacrifices  bij  the  fpace  of 
tortv  vears  in  the  wilderness? 

4  ".  Yin,  ve  took  ii|>  the  tabemnclc  of 
Moloch,  "anil  tlio  star  of  your  god 
Ileuiphan,  lignres  which  ye  made  to 
worsliip  till  111 :  and  I  will  carry  you 
awuv  hevoMil  liulivlon. 

44  i)iir  fiilhers  had  the  tabernocle 
of  witness  in  the  wilderness,  as  he 
lKi.la|M"'i"l<il.  II  speaking  unto  .M.>- 
ses,  ithnt  he  slioulil  muke  it  accord- 
ill  '  to  the  l.isbion  that  lie  bad  seen. 

4.-.  k  Which  also  our  fatb.re  ||  that 
eiinic  alter  brought  in  with  Jesus  into 
the  possession  ul'the  Gentiles,  1  wlioiu 
117 


Stephen  is  stoned. 


THE  ACTS. 


Simon  the  sorcerer  baptized. 


rlKm.8,2 
2cl.r,2.C. 
0.  18. 
ch.  17.  21. 


.  I.OV.  26.  41. 

Ucut.  10.  Irt. 

Jcr4.  4.&6. 

10.  li  9.  26. 

F.Z.  41.9. 
l2Chr.3S.ll!. 

Matt.  21.  35. 

&  2,1.  31. 37. 

1  Theu.2.15. 
n  ch.  3.  ll 
20.  I. 


i'.ul. 


.  19. 


Ilcb.  2.  2. 


HI. 
20. 

7.7. 
4  22. 

fch 

9 

11. 

.P«  3 

Luko 

.S. 

•a.  40. 

l.cl 

31. 

40,  & 
iJl 

God  dravo  out  lict'orc  the  face  of  our 
fathers,  unto  Uu-  ihivs  of  David; 

4i; '"  Wlio  found  favour  hofiire  God, 
anil  "  (hsind  to  liud  a  talierniiclc  for 
the  God  of  Jacob. 

47  "But  Solomon  built  him  a 
lionse. 

4S  Uowboit  I"  the  INIost  Hiprh  dwpll- 
etli  not  in  temples  made  with  hands; 
as  saith  the  proiiliet, 

41)  '1  Heaven  i.s  my  throne,  and  cartli 
i.s'  my  footstool:  what  house  will  ye 
build  me?  Baitli  the  Lord:  or  what] 
i,s  the  place  of  my  rest?  ; 

51)  Ilath  not  my  hand  made  all  I 
these  things? 

.'il  H  Ye  "■stifTneckcd  and  'uncir- 
cumeised  in  heart  and  ears,  ye  do' 
always  resist  the  Holy  Ghost:  aa 
your" fathers  lU'/.  so  ilii  Ve. 

52  '  Which  of  the  prophets  have  not 
your  fathers  persecuted?  and  they 
liave  slain  tliem  wliieh  shewed  heibie 
of  tlieeomin-  of  "the  Just  One;  of 
whom  }'C  have  been  now  the  be- 
trayers iind  murderers: 

A'J  "  Who  have  received  the  law  by 
the  disposition  of  angels,  and  have 
not  kept  it. 

.'H  Tl  >  When  they  beard  these  thinsa, 
they  were  cut  to  the  heart,  and  they 
quashed  on  him  with  t/irir  teeth. 

5.)  Hut  he,  Miein-  full  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  looked  u|)  steadfastiv  into 
heaven,  and  saw  the  tjlorv'  .ifCJod, 
and  Jesus  standing  on  the  right  hand 
<irG.)d, 

M  And  said,  Behold,  "I  see  the 
heavens  oiiened,  and  the  '•  Son  of 
man  standing  on  the  right  baud  of 
God. 

.'i"  Then  tbev  cried  out  with  a  loud 
voice,  and  stopped  their  ears,  and 
ran  u|>on  him  Nvith  one  accord, 

.VS  And  'cast  /////(  out  of  the  city, 
'land  stoned  /liia:  and  ''the  wit- 
nesses laid  down  their  elothe.4  at  a 
voung  man's  tiiet,  whose  name  was 
'Saul. 

.V.I  And  they  stoned  Stephen,  fcall- 
ing  upon  Cih/,  and  .saying.  Lord  Je- 
sus, «  receive  my  spirit. 

(iO  .\nd  hi'  Il  kneeled  down,  and  cried 
with  a  loud  voice,  i  Lord,  lay  not  this 
sin  t<)  their  charge.  And  when  be 
had  said  this,  be  iell  asleep. 

CHAPTER  VHL 

1  By  occasion  uf  the  persecution  in  >Jeru- 
aaiein,  the  church  being  planted  in  Sa- 
maria, 5  by  J'hilip  the  tieacon,  mho 
preached,  did  miracles,  and  baptized 
many,  among  the  rest  Simon  the  aurcer. 
cr,  a  great  seducer  of  the  people:  14 
I'elcr  and  John  come  to  confirm  and  en- 
targe  the  church:  u'here,  by  prayer  and 
iinpo^iition  of  hands  giving  the  Uoly 
aiiual,  18  when  ,^'tm„n  ic.iifJ  have  liought 
the  like  power  of  tUcot.  '2(^  J'eter  sharply 
reproving  his  liyiiucritoj,  and  covetous- 
ness,  and  exhorting  hioi  to  repentance, 
together  ivith  .lohn  prcicliiiig  the  word 
of  the  Lord,  return  to  .rcruKnlem.  20 
jSut  the  angel  s.nd.-lh  I'hilip  to  teach 
and  baptice  the  Kthiopian  eunuch. 
118 


AND  "Saul  was  consenting  unto 
his  death.  And  at  that  time 
there  was  a  great  persecution  against 
the  church  which  was  at  Jerusalem: 
and  li  they  were  all  scattered  abroad 
throughout  the  regions  of  Jiideaand 
Samai-ia.  except  tiie  aj)0stles. 

2  ^Vnd  ile\'out  men  carried  Stephen 
Id  /lis  hiiniil,  and  '•made  great  1am- 
entafion  o\-cr  him. 

.'5  As  for  Saul,  <lbe  made  havoc 
of  the  church,  entering  into  every 
bouse,  and  haling  men  and  wonicu 
committed  them  to  prison. 

4  Therefore  "they  that  were  scat- 
tered abroad  went  every  where 
preaching  the  word. 

5  Then  f  Philip  went  down  to  the 
city  of  Samaria,  and  preached  Christ 
unto  them. 

t;  And  the  people  with  one  necord 
gave  heed  unto  those  things  which 
Pliilip  spake,  bearing  and  seeing  the 
miracles  which  he  did. 

7  For  "  unclean  spirits,  crying  with 
loud  voice,  came  out  of  many  that 
were  jiossessed  wil/t  Ihcni:  and  many 
taken  with  palsies,  and  that  were 
lame,  were  healed. 

S  And  there  was  great  joy  in  that 
city. 

'J  But  there  was  a  certain  inan, 
culled  Simon,  which  beforetime  in 
the  s:ime  city  li  used  sorcery,  and 
bewitched  tile  people  of  Samarin, 
I  giving  out  that  himself  was  some 
great  one: 

10  To  whom  tbcy  all  gave  herd, 
from  the  least  to  the  gre:ite.>it,  say- 
ing. This  man  is  tbe  great  power  of 
God. 

11  And  to  him  they  had  regard, 
because  that  of  long  time  be  h:id 
bewitched  them  with  sorceries. 

\>  But  when  they  believed  Philip 
preaching  the  tliiMi;>i  i- concerning 
the  kingdom  of  God,  and  the  name 
of  Jesus  Christ,  they  were  baptized, 
both  men  and  women. 

Vi  Then  Simon  himself  believed 
also:  and  when  lie  was  baptized,  be 
continued  with  Philip,  and  wonder- 
ed, beholding  the  t  miriiclesand  signs 
wliich  were  done. 

14  Now  when  tbe  apostles  which 
wei-e  at  Jerusalem  lieaid  that  Sama- 
ria had  received  the  word  of  God, 
they  sent  unto  them  Peter  and  John: 

10  Who,  when  they  were  come 
down,  praved  for  them,  ithat  they 
might  receive  the  Holy  Ghost: 

111  (Tor  '"  as  yet  he  was  fallen  upon 
none  of  them  :  only  "  they  were 
baptized  in  "the  name  of  the  Lord 
Jesus.) 

17  Then  ''laid  they  ^/ic/c  hands  on 
them,  and  they  received  the  Holy 
Ghost. 

bS  And  when  Simon  saw  that 
through  laving  on  of  the  apostles' 
hands  the'Iliilv    Gh.ost  was  given. 


[illc 


•d  them  Ml 


I'J  Saying,  Give  me  also  this  power. 


Hig  hypocrisy  reproved. 


TITE  ACTS. 


The  convention  of  Saul. 


u  Ocn.  20.  7. 

i;. 

K«,P.  8. 
Num. '^l.  7. 


that  (111  wliomsncvcr  I  l;iv  litimls,  he 
inavivruive  tliu  lliilv  (Jlinst. 

lid  lint  I'.trr  Kiiid  "unto  liim.  Thy 
nioiu'V  iiciisli  with  tliic,  hrnuisV 
'Ulicm  bust  tll()ii;.'llt  tli:it  'thu  ;;in 
of  tiod  may  be  purchasi'd  with 
inoiK-y. 

21  Tliou  hast  neither  part  nor  lot 
in  this  matter;  lor  thv  lieart  is  not 
ri^htin  the  si^'ht  of(io<l. 

•>■•  H.-iRnt  therilbre  of  this  tliy 
wickedness,  and  prav  (iod,  "if  per- 
haps the  tlionjlit  uf  tliine  heart  may 
be  iWr^iven  tliee. 

2--1  lor  1  iiirceive  tliat  tlnni  art  in 
Uhe  -uU  of  bitterness,  und  iii  the 
bondofini.inity. 

114  Then  answered  Simon,  and  sni.l, 
"Pray  ve  to  tlie  Lord  fi.r  ine,  tliat 
none  of  these  tl\inj;s  w  liich  yu  have 
siioken  eonie  upon  mo. 

23  And  they,  when  they  had  testi- 
fied and  preached  the  word  of  the 
Lord,  returned  to  Jerusalem,  and 
prea<luHl  the  j;ospcl  in  many  villaf^es 
(jf  tlie  Samaritans. 

211  And  tlie  an;;el  of  the  Lord  spake 
unto  l*hilip,  savin;:,  .\rise,  I'.nd  p) 
toward  tlie  sout'h,  unto  tlie  way  tliat 
poeth  down  fioni  .Iirusalem  unto 
Gaza,  which  is  desert. 

27  And  he  arose  and  went:  and, 
behold,  "a  man  of  Kthiojiia,  a 
eunuch  of  s;reat  aiithoritv  under 
Cundaee  queen  of  the  Kthiopians, 
wlio  had  the  eluir^je  of  all  lier  treas- 
ure, and  >  had  coniu  to  Jerusalem 
for  to  worship, 

as  Was  returning,  and  sittinp;  in  his 
chariot  read  Esaias  the  prophet. 

L'.)  Then  the  Spirit  Bai<l  unto  Philip, 
Go  near,  and  join  thyself  to  tliis 
chariot. 

.'ill  And  Philip  ran  thither  to  //oji, 
and  heard  him  read  the  prophet 
Ksains,  and  saiil,  I'nderstandest 
thou  what  thoii  readcst? 

.•11  And  he  said,  I  low  can  I,  ex- 
cept some  man  should  Ruidc  me? 
And  he  desired  Philip  that  he  would 
come  up  and  sit  with  him. 

\i-l  The  place  of  the  Serii>tiire  which 
lie  read  was  this,  "lie  was  led  as  a 
sheep  to  the  slanshter  ;  and  like  a 
lamb  dumb  hefoie  his  shearer,  60 
op.^nrd  he  not  his  month: 

.';';lii  his  liiiiiiiliatii.n  his  jud;;ment 
was  taken  away:  and  who  shall  de- 
clare his  generation  y  lor  his  life  is 
taken  from  the  eartli. 

,'.4  .Vnd  the  eunuch  antwerf  d  Philip, 
and  said,  1  prav  thee,  of  whom  speak- 
cth  the  prophet  this?  of  himself,  or 
of  some  oIluT  man? 

;;".  Tlun  riiilip  opened  hi.<  month, 
"and  bej;an  at  the  same  Scripture, 
and  preached  unto  him  Jesus. 

."i;  And  as  lluv  went  on  tlnir  var. 
thev  eanie  untii  a  certain  water:  and 
theeuuneh  said.  See,  Ae/e  is  water! 
1.  what  doth  liinder  me  to  be  bap- 
tized? 

or  And  Philip  eaid,  '  If  thou  bo- 


lievest  with  all  thine  heart,  thon 
mavest.  And  he  answered  nnil 
saiil,  ■!  I  believe  that  Jesus  Christ  is 
the  Son  of  God. 

."S  And  he  eoinmanded  the  chariot 
to  stand  Hill:  niid  Ihrv  went  down 
both  into  the  water,  bo"tl\  Philip  and 
the  eunneh;  and  he  baptized  him. 

-jII  And  when  they  were  eonie  up 
out  of  the  water,  Mhe  .Spirit  of  the 
Lord  can^■llt  away  Philij),  that  the 
eunuch  saw  him  *no  more:  and  lie 
went  on  his  way  rejoieiii;:. 

411  lint  Philip  "was  louiiil  at  Azotus: 
and  nassinjj  throu;:h  he  preached 
in  all  the  cities,  till  he  came  to 
C'csarca. 

CHAPTER  IX. 


!0  He  preacheth  Chritt  (o/i 
(j/.  S3  The  Jtnt  lay  wuit  to  kill  Mm: 
•2<t  MO  <lo  Vie  (Ireeinnif,  litl  he  feapeth 
both.  31  The  church  havini)  rttt,  I'eter 
hfilclh  Kncnt  of  the  palty,  30  and  re- 
etorcth  TaMha  to  life. 

AND  °.Saul,  yet  brpathinR  out 
threateiiinps  and  slauphter 
a;;ainst  the  diseijiles  of  the  Lord, 
went  unto  the  hi;rh  priest, 

2  Anil  desired  of  him  letters  to  Da- 
mascus to  the  syna^rogiies,  that  if  he 
found  any  lot'  this  way,  whether 
they  were"  men  or  women,  he  nii;jhj 
brill;;  them  bound  unto  Jernsaleiu. 

."And  i'«s  he  journeyed,  lie  came 
near  Damascus:  and  su<ldenly  thei-e 
shiiied  round  about  him  a  ligfit  from 
heaven: 

4  And  he  fell  to  the  earth,  and  heard 
a  voice  saying  unto  him,  Saul,  Saul, 
•^whv  persecutest  thou  me? 

r,  A"nd  he  said,  Who  art  thou.  Lord? 
And  the  Lord  said,  I  am  Jesus  whom 
thou  persi  (litest:  <l  il  is  hard  for  liiec 
to  kick  a;;ainst  the  pricks. 

(>  And  he  trembling'  and  astonished 
said.  Lord.  '  what  wilt  tbnu  have  me 
to  do?  And  the  Lord  s(ii</  unto  him. 
Arise,  and  jro  into  the  eily,  and  it 
shall  lie  told  thee  what  thou  must  do. 

7  And  'the  men  which  journeyed 
with  him  stoi>d  speechless,  hearing 
a  voice,  but  scein;;  no  man. 

8  And  .Saul  arose  from  the  forth: 
and  when  his  even  were  oiiened,  he 
saw  no  man:  but  they  led  him  by 
the  hand,  and  brought  liiin  into  Du- 
maseus. 

!)  Ami  be  was  three  days  without 
siu'lit,  and  neither  did  cat  nor  drink. 

10  V  And  there  was  a  certuin  disci- 
ple at  Dama.seiis,  'named  Ananias: 
and  to  him  said  the  Lord  in  a  vision, 
Ananias.  And  ho  taid,  Ueliuld,  1 
oiii  liirr.  Lord. 

11  And  the  Lord  fnid  unto  him. 
Arise,  and  po  into  the  street  which 
is  called  Straight,  and  ini|uire  in  the 
hons.-of  Jndas  lor  on-  calle.l  Soul, 
hof 'I'ai-slis:  for.  behold,  be  pmyolh, 

12  And  hath  seen  in  a  vision  u  man 

U9 


The  Jews  seek  to  kill  Said. 


THE  ACTS. 


Pim.  2.  22, 
Ich.  1X2.4 

22. 21.  &  20. 

17. 

Rom.  1.  1. 

1  Cor.  1.5. 10. 

Gal.  1.  IS. 

Ei.li.  3   7.  8. 
I  1  Tim.  2.  7. 

2Tlin.l.  11. 
m  Rom.  t.  5. 

&  11.  13. 

0«1.  2. 7.  8. 
n  cU.  25.  22. 

2:1.  &  20.  1, 

och.  20  23.i 

21.  U. 

2  1W.  11  a. 
yell.  22  12,13. 
<  «ti.  8.  17. 
reli.2  4  A  4. 

31.  .V  8.  17.li 

13.  02. 
•  cli.  28.  20. 


:!..  8.  3. 

.T.    1, 

•1.  i.ia.ii 


named  Ananias  coming  in,  anil  init- 

tin;;  /lis  hand  on  him,  that  he  miKlit 

receive  his  si^ht. 
]:!  Tlien  Ananias  onswcrcd.  Lord, 

I  liave  heard  by  many  of  tliis  man, 

'liinr  inueh  evil  ho  hatli  done  to  thy 

saints  at  Jeru.salcm: 
H  And  here  he  hath  authority  from 

tlie  chief  priests  to  bind  all  k  that  call 

on  thy  name. 
1.5  But  the  Lord  said  unto  him.  Go 

tliy  way:  for  1  he  is  a  chosen  vessel 

unto  me,  to  bear  my  name   before 

"'the  Gentiles,  and  "kiiifjs,  and  the 

children  of  Israel: 

Hi  For  "I  will  shew  him  how  Rreat 

things  lie  must  suffer  for  my  name's 
sake. 

]/■  ''And  Ananias  went  his  way, 
and  entered  into  the  house;  and 
2^puttins  his  hands  on  him  said, 
Brother  Saul,  the  Lord,  even  Jesus, 
that  appeared  unto  thee  in  the  way 
as  thou  earnest,  hath  sent  me,  that 
tliou  miKlitest  receive  thy  siKht,  and 
'  be  filled  with  the  Holv  Ghost. 

IS  And  immediately  there  fell  from 
his  eyes  as  it  had  been  scales :  and  he 
received  sight  forthwith,  and  arose, 
and  was  baptized. 

la  And  wlien  he  had  received  meat 
he  was  strengthened.  "  Then  was 
Saul  certain  days  with  tlie  disciples 
WMieh  were  nt  Damascus. 

^1)  And  straightway  he  preached 
Uirist  in  tlie  s.vnagogues,  '  that  he  is 
the  Son  of  God. 

21  But  all  tliat  heard  Idm  were 
amazed,  and  said;  "Is  not  lhi<:  he 
that  destroyed  tliem  which  called  on 
(Ins  name  in  Jerusalem,  and  came 
uthcr  tor  that  intent,  that  he  might 
hnng  them  bound  unto  the  chief 
J)ne.its? 

L'J  But  Saul  increased  the  more  in 
strcngtli,  «  and  confounded  the  Jews 
which  dwelt  at  Damascus,  proving 
that  tins  IS  very  Clirist. 
,--/JI,^^,"^v"t'"^'^  "'•■■'  '"'^"y  <lavs  were 
ulhlled,  J  the  Jews  took  counsel  to 
kill  lum: 

'2i'  But  their  laying  wait  was  known 
of  Saul.    And  they  watched  the  gates 


Peter  healeth  Eneas. 


against  the  f  Grecians:  e  but  they 
went  about  to  slay  him. 

.'!0  Wliirh  when  "the  brethren  knew, 
they  brought  him  down  to  Cesarea, 
an<l  sent  him  forth  to  Tarsu.i. 

•■!!  I'  Then  had  the  churches  rest 
throughout  all  Judca  and  Galilee 
and  Samaria,  and  were  edified:  and 
walking  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  and 
111  the  comfort  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
were  multiplied. 

3211  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  Peter 
passed  'throughout  all  tiunrter.i,  hi 


of  Saul.    And  they  watehe 
day  and  night  to  kill  him. 

25  Then  tlie  disciples  took  him  by 
night,  and  •'  let  him  down  by  the  wall 
in  a  basket. 

•M  And  bwhen  Saul  was  come  to 
Jerusalem,  he  assayed  to  join  him- 
self to  the  disciples:  but  they  were 
all  afraid  of  him,  and  believed  not 
tliat  he  was  a  disciple. 

lir  ••  But  Barnabas  took  him,  and 
brought/,,,,,  to  tlie  apostles,  and  de- 
clared unto  theiM  how  he  had  seen 
the  J,onl  in  the  way,  and  that  he 
i.u  Bpo.dM  to  Iiim,  iland  how  he 
Uad  priMclicd  boldly  at  Damascus  iu 
the  name  ol  Jisus. 
2.S  And  ■^he  was  with  them  coiuin" 
in  and  going  out  at  Jerusalem. 
•f  And  he  spake  boldly  in  the  name 
of    Uie    Lord   Jesus,   ijnd    disputed 


came  down  also  to  the  saints  which 
dwcltatLydda. 

y.'J  And  there  he  found  a  certain 
man  named  Eneas,  which  ha<l  kept 
his  bed  eight  years,  and  was  sick  of 
the  palsy. 

''A  And  Peter  said  unto  him,  Eneas, 
I  Jesus  Christ  maketh  thee  whole- 
arise,  and  make  thy  bed.  And  he 
arose  immediatelv. 

;»  And  all  that  dwelt  at  Lvdda  and 

I  Sarou  saw  him,  and  '"turned  to  the 
Lord. 

•")<>  ir  Now  there  was  at  Joppa  a  cer- 
tain disciple  n.amed  Tabitha,  which 
by  interpretation  is  called  ||  Dorcas: 
this  woman  was  full  "  of  good  works 
and  almsdeeds  which  she  did. 
S;  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those 
days,  that  she  was  sick,  and  died- 
whom  when  they  had  washed,  they 
hud  ho-  in  "an  upper  chamber. 
■xS  And  forasmiieh  as  Lvdda  was 
nigli  to  Jopiia,  and  the  disciples  had 
heard  that  Peter  wa.s  there,  they  sent 
unto  him  two  men,  desiring  him 
that  he  would  not  /|  delay  to  come 
to  them. 

JV.)  Then  Peter  arose  and  went  with 
them.  When  he  was  come,  they 
brought  him  into  the  upper  cham- 
ber: and  all  the  widows  stood  by 
lum  weeping,  and  shewing  the  coats 
and  garments  wliich  Dorcas  made, 
while  she  was  with  thein. 
*\  P,"'  T'^'T  ''  P''t  them  all  forth, 
and 'I  kneeled  down,  and  prayed;  and 
turning  him  to  the  body  ''said,  Tabi- 
tha, arise.  And  she  opened  her  eyes: 
and  when  she  saw  Peter,  she  sat  up. 
,.••'  4',"^  ''®  K"^''  ^^^  '"•'  hand,  and 
lifted  her  up:  and  when  he  had  call- 
ed the  saints  and  widows,  he  pre- 
sented her  alive. 

42  And  it  was  known  throughout 
all  Joppa;  "and  many  believed  in 
the  Lord. 

■Vi  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  he 
tamed  many  days  iu  Joppa  with 
oue  '  Simon  a  tanner. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1   Cornelius,  a  ilevaut  man.  5  bring  com- 
mandcd  l,j  an  angel,  ttmlethfor  Peter: 

II  iMo  by  a  vimoH  15,  20 1>  tauglit  not  to 
despise  the  OentUes.  31  At  he  preurh- 
eth  Cliriatto  Cornelius  and  his  eompunn. 
44  (/,.  //„/,,  Ohost  falleth  on  them,  48  a,"d 
they  are  baptized. 

1  MI  ERE    was   a   pertain    man    in 
Cesarea  called  Cornelius,  a  ccu- 


A.  D.  38. 

ch.  8.  14. 


[Or.  Do*, 
or.  Ra,. 
>1  Tim.  2. 10 


pM«U.  9.  25. 

1  ch.  7.  CO. 
r,>I«rk5.  41. 

Johall.43. 


Comeliits  gcndeth  for  Peter. 


THE  ACTS. 


Peter  goeth  to  Cesarea. 


'2tK  is. 
lioul. 14.3.7, 
E..  i.  11. 
iMstt.  IS.  11. 
Horn!  U.  11. 

17.  'a. 

lO.r.  10.  2.5. 
1  nm.  4.  4. 
Tit.  1. 15. 


turion  of  the  band  called  the  Italian 

2  "A  devout  vinn,  nnd  one  tlint 
'ifearcd  God  with  all  liis  house, 
whk'h  cave  niurli  alms  to  the  peo- 
ple, and  prayed  to  (Jod  al\vay:>. 

.'i  '  He  saw  ill  a  vision  evidently, 
about  the  ninth  hour  of  the  day,  an 
angel  of  God  cominR  in  to  him,  and 
saying  unto  him,  Corneliufi. 

4  And  when  he  looked  on  him,  he 
was  afraid,  and  said,  What  is  it, 
I-ord?  And  he  said  unto  him.  Thy 
prayers  and  thine  alms  are  come  up 
ii>r"a  memorial  before  God. 

5  And  now  send  men  to  Joppa,  and 
call  for  one  Simon,  whose  surname 
is  I'eter: 

<!  He  lodgeth  with  one  <1  Simon  a 
tanner,  whose  house  is  hv  the  sea 
side:  Mic  shall  tell  thee  what  thou 
oiijrhtest  to  do. 
I  And  when  the  angel  which  spake 
unto  Cornelius  was  departed,  he 
called  two  of  his  household  servants, 
and  11  devout  soldier  of  them  that 
waited  on  liiiii  eontinuiillv; 
S  And  when  lie  had  declared  all 
tliose  things  unto  them,  he  sent  them 
to  .loppa. 

;t  V  On  the  morrow,  as  they  went 
on  tlieir  journev,  and  drew  nigh 
nnto  the  city,  fl'eterwent  up  upon 
the  housetop  to  pray  about  the  sixth 
hour: 

10  And  he  became  very  hungry, 
and  would  have  eaten:  hut  while 
they  made  ready,  he  fell  into  a 
trance, 

U  And  Ksaw  heaven  opened,  and 
a  certain  vessel  descending  unto 
him,  as  it  had  been  a  great  sheet 
knit  at  the  four  corners,  and  let 
down  to  the  earth: 

12  Wherein  were  nil  manner  of 
(burfooted  beasts  of  the  earth,  and 
wild  beasts,  and  creeping  things, 
and  fowls  of  the  air. 

l.t  And  there  came  a  voice  to  him, 
Kise,  Teter;  kill,  and  eat. 

14  But  Peter  said.  Not  so.  Lord: 
hfor  I  have  never  <'nten  any  thing 
that  is  common  or  uiulean. 

l.'i  And  the  voice  .--/jrUe  unto  him 
again  the  second  time,  iWhat  (iod 
hath  cleansed,  that  call  not  thou 
common. 

IG  This  was  done  thrice:  and  the 
vessel  was  received  up  again  into 
heaven.  .    ,  . 

17  Now  while  Teter  doubted  in  hmi- 
self  what  this  vision  which  he  had 
seen  should  mean,  behold,  the  men 
which  were  sent  from  Cornelius  had 
made  Inquiry  tWr  Simon's  house, 
and  stood  before  the  gate, 

18  And  called,  and  asked  whether 
Simon,  which  was  surnamcd  Peter, 
were  lodged  there. 

lil  IT  Wliile  Peter  thought  on  the 
vision,  ktho  Spirit  said  unto  him, 
Behold,  three  men  seek  thee. 

•M  1  Arise   thcrclbrc,  and   get  tliec 


down,  and  go  with  them,  doubting 
nothing:  tor  I  have  sent  them. 

21  Then  Peter  went  down  to  the 
men  which  were  sent  unto  liini  from 
Cornelius;  and  said,  BelioUl.  I  am 
he  whom  ye  seek:  what  is  tlie  cause 
wherefore  ve  are  eoine? 

22  And  they  said,  "'  Cornelius  the 
centurion,  a  .just  man,  and  one  tluit 
feareth  God,  n:ul  "of  pood  report 
among  all  the  nation  of  the  Jews, 
was  warned  from  God  by  a  holy 
angel  to  send  for  thee  into  his  house, 
and  to  liear  words  of  thee. 

i  Then  called  he  them  in,  and 
lodged  tlieiii.  And  on  the  morrow 
Peter  went  away  with  them,  "and 
certain  hrethren  from  Joppa  accom- 
panied him. 
L'l  And  the  morrow  after  they  en- 
tered into  Cesarea.  And  Cornelius 
waited  for  them,  and  had  called  to- 
gether his  kinsmen  and  near  friends, 
ii  And  as  Peter  was  coming  in, 
Cornelius  met  him,  and  fell  down  at 
his  feet,  and  worshipped  /liiii. 
lid  But  Peter  took  iiim  up,  saying, 
1*  Stand  up;  I  myself  also  am  a  man. 
27  And  as  lie  talked  witii  him,  he 
went  in,  and  found  many  that  were 
come  together. 
L'S  And  he  said  nnto  them.  Ye  know 
how  itliat  it  is  an  imlawfnl  thing  for 
a  man  that  is  a  Jew  to  keep  eom- 
paiiv,  or  come  unto  one  of  anotlier 
nati'on;  but  '(iod  hath  shewed  me 
that  1  should  not  call  ony  man  com- 
mon or  unclean. 

L".l  TlierelV>re  came  I  tmlo  i/oii  with- 
out gainsaying,  as  toon  as  1  was  sent 
for:  I  asktheretbre  for  what  intent 
vc  have  sent  for  nie? 
",in  And  Cornilins  said.  Four  days 
ago  1  was  fasting  until  this  hour: 
and  at  the  ninth  hour  1  prayed  in  my 
house,  and,  behold,  >a  man  stood  be- 
fore me  'in  bright  clothing, 
31  And  said,  Cornelius,  "  thy  praver 
is  heard,  '  and  thine  alms  are  Iind  in 
remembrance  in  the  eight  of  God. 
3l'  Send  therefore  to  Joppa,  and  call 
hither  Simon,  whose  surname  is  Pe- 
ter: he  is  lodged  in  the  house  of  <mr 
Simon  a  tanner  by  the  s.a  side:  who. 
when  he  eometli,  shall  siieak  unto 
thee. 

Xi  Immediately  therefore  I  sent  to 
thee;  and  thou"hast  well  dmu-  tliat 
thou  art  come.  Now  therefore  are 
we  all  here  present  before  God,  to 
hear  all  things  tliat  are  commanded 
thee  of  God. 

;i4  n  Tlien  Peter  opened  m.i  mouth, 
ond  said,  >  Of  a  truth  I  perceive  that 
God  is  no  respecter  of  persons: 
Xi  But  "in  everv  nation  he  that 
feaittli  him,  nnd  worketh  righteous- 
ness, is  aeeipt.il  with  him. 
;!(;  Tile  Kind  wliieli  (!<><l  sent  nnto 
the  childnn  of  Israel,  "preaching 
peace  by  Jesus  Christ:  (l>he  i»  Lord 
of  nil;) 

37  That  word,  I  sail,  ye  know,  which 
121 


Peter  preacheth  to  Cornelius, 


THE  ACTS. 


and  inaketh  his  defence. 


oJolm3.  2, 
fell.  2,  32, 


tlal.  4  2 
cli.  21!.  22. 
rcli'  IS.  9.  * 
21).  18. 


•  oh.  II.  13. 
(i>l.  3. 11. 
let.  U.  17.  i 


n.  10.  12. 
;or.  1. 17. 

.  2.  sei  4 


was  piilplislK'd  thrniisliout  nil  Jiidoa, 
and  '^  Ix'^Mii  IVoiii  (ialilw,  lifter  the 
bapti.'^iii  wliieli  Juliii  prcaelu'd; 

.'W  How  il  Clod  amiiiitod  Ji'sus  of 
Nazareth  with  the  Holy  Gliost  and 
with  power:  who  wentahoiit  doiiij; 
;;0()cl,  and  liealinp;  all  tliat  were  op- 
pressed of  tlio  devil;  "tor  God  was 
with  liitii. 

'".)  And  fwc  arc  witnesses  of  all 
thin-s  whieli  he  did  both  in  the  land 
of  tlie  Jews,  anil  in  .leriisaleni  ; 
B  whom  they  slew  and  lianj^ed  on  a 
tree; 

41)  llim  liGod  raised  up  tlic  third 
day,  and  shewed  liim  openlv: 

41  iNot  to  all  the  people, 'hilt  nnto 
witnesses  i-hosen  before  of  God,  mn 
tons,  k  who  did  eat  and  drink  with 
him  after  he  rose  froni  the  lU-ad. 

4L'And  Ihc-eiiriinKouU-d  ustiipreaeh 
unto  the  people,  and  to  tcstilv  '"  that 
it  is  he  which  was  onlaimcrof  G.id 
tn  he  the  ,Jmli;e  "of<iiiiel<  and  dead. 

4.-;  "To  hini  f;ive  all  the  ]>ioplicts 
witness,  that  thronsh  his  name  I'who- 
soi'ver  helieveth  in  llim  shall  receive 
remission  of  sins. 

41  ir  While  I'etor  yet  spake  tliese 
words,  'I  tlie  Holy  Ghost  fell  oil  all 
them  which  liearil  the  word. 

45  'And  the.v  of  the  eireiimcisioii 
which  believed  were  astonished,  as 
many  as  came  with  Peter, -bccauiio 
that  on  the  Gentiles  also  was  poured 
out  the  Kirt  of  the  IIipIv  (;host. 

4li  For  they  heard  them  speak  with 
ton;;nes,  and  ma(;nify  God.  Then 
answered  Peter, 

4r  Can  .iny  man  forbid  water,  that 
the.sc  should  not  be  baptized,  which 
have  received  the  Holy  Ghost  'as 
well  as  wc  V 

•Hi  "  And  he  commanded  them  to  bo 
baptized  "in  the  name  of  the  l>ord. 
Then  prayed  they  him  to  tarry  cer- 
tain days. 

CHAPTER  Xr. 

1  Peter,  being  acciiaed  for  itoing  in  to  the 
Gentiles,  bvtahcthltiR  defence,  16  tvftieh 
ie  accepted.  I'J  The  t/osjtcl  beinij  spread 
into  Fhenice,  and  Cyprus,  and  Antioch, 
Jtitrnahas  is  sent  to  eonfirnt  them.  2G 
The  disciples  there  arc  first  called 
Christians.  27  Tttey  send  relief  to  the 
brethren  in  Judea  in  time  of  famine. 

VNI)  the  apostles  and  brethren 
that  were  in  Jndea  heard  that 
tlie  (ientiles  had  also  received  the 
word  of  God. 


2  And  when  Peter  was  come  up  to 
.liMnsalem,  'they  that  were  of  the 
eireiimeision  contended  with  him, 

.1  Sayinir,  ''Thou  wentest  in  to  men 
uneii'enmeised,  '  and  didst  cat  witll 
them. 

4  lint  Peter  rehearsed  the  matter 
from  the  be^iinnin^',  and  expounded 
il  'I  liv  order  unto  them,  savin;;, 

r>  'i  was  in  the  eilv  of  .loppa  prav-  '  sent  f.ilh  ' 
uvi:  and  in  a  traiiee  1  saw  a  vision,    nii  as  far  as 
A'eertain  vessel  deseend,  as  it  had      ■.'.■1  Who, 
been  a  ;;re;it  sheet,  let  down   from  i  seen  the  gr 
122 


heaven  by  four  corners;  and  it  came 
even  to  me: 

0  I'pon  the  which  when  I  had  fas- 
tcncil  mine  eves,  I  considered,  and 
Raw  f  mrlooted  beasts  of  the  earth, 
and  wild  beasts,  and  creeping  thiiipi, 
and  fowls  of  the  air. 

7  And  I  heard  a  voice  Baying  unto 
me.  Arise,  Peter;  slay  and  cat. 

«  But  I  said.  Not  so.  Lord :  for  noth- 
ing; common  or  unelean  hath  at  any 
time  entered  into  my  month, 

il  l!ut  the  voice  answered  mo  aj^ain 
from  heaven.  What  God  hath 
cleansed,  Hint  call  not  tlioii  common, 

lUAud  this  was  done  three  times: 
and  all  were  drawn  up  again  into 
heaven, 

II  And,  behold,  immediately  there 
were  three  men  already  come  nnto 
the  house  where  I  was,  sent  from 
C.sarea  unto  me, 

IJ  .\iid  I  the  Spirit  bade  me  RO  with 
them,  notliinu'  dr>iibting.  Moreover 
K  these  si.\  lirethivn  aeeompanied  me, 
and  we  entered  into  the  man's  house: 

l.'{  hAnd  he  shewed  us  how  he  had 
seen  an  nugel  in  his  house,  which 
stood  and  said  nnto  him,  .Send  men 
to  Joppa,  !-,ud  call  for  Simon,  whose 
snrmime  is  Peter: 

14  Who  shall  tell  thee  words,  where- 
by thou  and  all  thy  house  shall  be 
B.aved. 

15  And  as  I  bepran  to  speak,  the 
Holy  Ghost  fell  on  them,  mis  on  us 
at  the  beginniivir. 

III  Then  remembered  I  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  how  that  he  said,  >.John 
indeed  baptized  with  water:  but  lye 
shall  be  baptized  with  the  Holy 
Gliost. 

17  '"  Forasmuch  then  ns  God  gave 
them  the  like  gift  as  Ac  f/ir/  unto  us, 
who  believed  on  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  "what  was  J,  that  1  could 
withstand  (iixl? 

IH  When  they  heaid  these  things, 
they  held  their  peace,  and  glorilied 
God,  saving,  ^'1  hen  hath  God  also 
to  the  Oentilcs  granted  reiientance 
unto  life. 

I'J  11  I'  Now  they  which  were  scat- 
tered abroad  upon  the  perBecution 
that  arose  about  Stephen  travelled 
as  far  ns  Pheniee,  and  Cyprus,  and 
Antioeh,  ineaehing  the  word  to  none 
but  unto  the  Jews  only. 

20  And  some  of  them  were  men  of 
Cyprus  and  Cyrene,  which,  when 
tliev  were  come  to  Aiitioeh,  spake 
unto  "Ithe  Grecians,  preaching  the 
I>ord  Jesus. 

21  And  'the  hand  of  the  Lord  was 
with  them:  and  a  great  number  be- 
lieved, and  *  turned  unto  the  Lord. 

'J2  H  Then  tidings  of  these  things 
came  unto  the  ears  of  the  chnreli 
which  w:is  ill  .leriisalem:' and  thev 
sent  11. lib  <  lianialKls,  that  he  should 


.\litioeli. 


and   had 
e  of  God,  was  glad,  and 


The  gospel  i)rcacked  at  Antioch.       THE  ACTS.         Peter's  miractilmm  deli 


A.  i>.  a. 

ch.  13. 13.  & 


I.E.  rj, 11,15. 
eJohn  '21.  18 


"  cxlioiti'd  tluni  ull,  timt  witli  piir- 
pi)sc  ofliuart  they  would  cli'iivc  unto 
the  Lord. 

'M  For  he  was  a  ROnd  man,  nnd 
''full  of  tlie  Holy  (iliost  mid  of 
fiiitli:  >  and  much  peojile  was  added 
unto  the  Lord. 

il  Then  departed  Barnahas  to  "Tar- 
sus. fi)r  til  seek  Saul: 

•S,  And  when  he  had  found  him,  he 
lirou'-lit  him  unto  Ant 


lliev  as. 


to    p; 


that 


vliole 


liiled  til. 


iiiselves  i.witli  (he 
ht  mueli  people, 
viere  culled  Chris- 


h. 
And  tlie  diseipl 
tians  first  in  Antioeli. 

L'7  t;  And  in  these  davs  came  "proph 
ets  from  Jerusalem  unto  ,\ntioeli. 

•JS  And  there  stood  up  one  i.f  tlir.i 
muned  liApilms,  and  si-nilied  liv  i 
tlie  Spirit  that  there  should  be  ^reat  I 
dearth  throu;;liout  all  the  world  : 
wliieh  came  to  pass  in  the  days  of 
Claudius  Cesar. 

li'.l  Tlien  the  disciples,  overv  man 
aceordiu^-  to  his  aliilitv.  detiTUiiued 
to  send  '  relief  nulo  "the  hrethreu 
Hhieh  dwelt  in  .Judea: 

.■;o  il  ■Wliieh  alsu  tiiey  did,  and  sent 
it  to  the  elders  by  the  liands  of  Bar- 
nabas and  Saul. 

Cn.VPTEK  XII. 

1  ICinr/ Herod  pcraecutelh  tlii-  dirialianii, 
tillftli  JntncD,  and   impriKmcllt   J'clcr : 
U'hum    an    nrnjel    dcUvrrc-tli    ujiun    tlir 
prayers  of  t'le  church.     -H  In  /tin  pride 
taking  to  Itimecif  the  honour  due  to  ttod, 
he  w)  stricken  by  an  angel,  and  dieth  jnis- 
craUy.    24  After  hie  death,  the  word  of 
Ood  proajicrcth. 
X^OW  about  that  time  Ilerod  tlie 
i\    kiuR  II  stretched  lorth  Aw  hands 
to  vex  certnin  of  the  church. 
2  And  he  killed  James  ■•  the  brother 
of  John  with  the  sword. 
:t  And  because  he  saw  it  pleased  the 
Jews,  he   proceeded  further  to  take 
Peter  also.    (Then  were  I'thc  da^  s 
of  unleavened  bread.) 
4  And  "^  when  he  had  npprehciided 
him,  he  put  lihii  in  prison,  and  de- 
livered liini   to  four  (juaternions  of 
soldiers  to  keep  him;  inteiidiii);  after 
Ea.stcr  to  briuK  liiui  Ibith  to  the  peo- 
ple. 

j  Peter  therefore  was  kept  in  prison : 
but  I  prayer  was  made  witliont  ceas- 
ing of  the  church  unto  (oid  for  him. 
(i  ,\iid  when  Ilerod  would  have 
brou(;lit  him  forth,  the  same  mu'lit 
Peter  was  blecpin,?  between  two  sol- 
diers, bound  with  two  chains:  and 
the  keepers  bellire  the  door  kept  tlie 
prison. 

7  And,  behold,  •!  the  aniel  of  the 
lyOrd  came  upon  liiiii,  and  a  li^'ht 
sliined  in  the  origin:  ;uid  he  smote 
Peter  on  tlie  sidcMlid  rai>ed  hiiu  up, 
savin;;,  Ari-e  up  ipiiekly.  And  his 
chains  fell  olffiom /((.<  hands. 
H  And  the  aii^'cl  said  unto  hiui. 
Gird  thvself,  and  bind  on  thy  .san- 
dals: uud  60  he  did.    And  ho  BUitli 


unlo  liiin.  Cast  thy  gunnent  nbuut  { 
thee,  and  follow  me. 

'.I  And  he  went  out,  nnd  followed 
him;  and  ^'wist  not  that  it  wn.s  true 
which  was  done  by  the  unjiel ;  but 
thon^rlit '  he  saw  u  vision. 

10  When  thev  were  iiast  the  first 
and  tlie  M'cond  wind,  tin  v  came  iiii- 
tliiit  b 


veratux. 

A.  D  44. 


.itv 


vhieh 


'd  to  111. 


il:  and  they  went  out,  and 
passed  on  through  one  street ;  and 
forthwith  the  aiiKcl  departed  from 
liim. 
11  And  when  Peter  Vtts  come  lo 
himself,  he  said.  Now  I  know  of  n 
surety,  that  li  the  Lord  hath  pent  his 
an-el,  and  .hath  dclivend  nie  out  of 
the  hand  of  Ilerod,  and  iin„iu\\  the 
evpictatir.u  of  tbc-peopleoribej.ws. 

IJ  And  wIku  he  had  cousiilercd  the 
lliiiKi,  I.  he  CMiue  to  tbelnniseof  .Mary 
the  nintluT  of  I  Jiilin,  wluwe  siiriianie 
was  Mark:  where  many  were  Katli- 
ered  to;;ether  '"  praving. 

1.5  And  as  Peter  knocked  at  the 
door  of  the  sate,  a  damsel  cuiiie  ||  to 
hearken,  named  Ithoda. 

14  And  when  she  knew  Peter's 
voice,  she  opened  not  the  ;;ate  tor 
cindncss,  but  ran  in,  and  told  how 
Peter  stood  befiire  the  jjate. 

1.")  -Vnd  they  said  unto  her.  Thou  art 
mad.  Hut  she  constantly  attirmcd 
that  it  was  even  eo.  Then  said  they, 
"It  is  his  uii;;el. 

Hi  lint  I'eter  continued  knocking: 
and  when  they  had  cpeiieil  //;.  >/i;„; 
and  saw  him,  thev  were  asliiiii>lii  d. 

17  But  he,  "beckoning.'  niiM  Ibem 
with  the  hand  to  hold  tlieir  peace, 
declared  unto  them  how  the  Lord 
hail  bron-ht  him  out  <if  the  prison. 
Anil  he  said,  tio  shew  these  lliiiiKs 
unto  James,  and  to  the  brethren. 
And  he  departed,  and  went  into 
another  place. 

hS  Now  as  soon  as  it  was  day,  there 
was  iifi  small  stir  amon;:  the  holdiers, 
what  was  lucume  of  I'eter. 

11)  And  when  Il.iod  had  soukIiI  for 
him,  and  touiid  him  not,  lie  e.\am- 
iiied  the  keepers,  and  commuiided 
that  t/i'>i  should  be  put  to  death. 
And  he  went  down  fiom  Judea  to 
Ccsaren,  and  (fii'rr  alwxle. 

■J)  T\  And  Ueiod  ||was  highly  dis- 
pleased with  tliein  of  Tvre  nnil  Si- 
don:  but  thev  came  with  one  accord 
to  him,  and,  bavin''  made  Blastiis 
I  the  king's  cbiimberliiin  Iheirfriend, 
desired  iH'ace;  beciinse  i  their  country 
was  nourished  liy  the  kiiiu's  coimfr;/. 

L'l  .\nd  upon  a  set  day  llctod,  nr- 
raved  in  royal  appnrel,  sat  iiiKiii  his 
throne,  anil  liuide  aii  uruliuu  unto 
them. 

l.'-J  And  the  people  pivc  n  Khout, 
fiiiiiint,  Il  tf  the  voice  ol  a  god,  and 
not  of  11  man. 

•£',  -And  immediatelv  the  niiixcl  or 
the  Lord  •! smote  him,  because  'he 
uavc  uut  Liud  the  ulury :  and  he  won 
123 


oi  his :  (•!•.  ill.  IS. 


>  IV  1L9.  L 


Elymas  smitten  with  blindncM.       THE  ACTS. 


Paul  preacheth  at  Antioch, 


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ii.a 

30. 

Ich 

13  5 

13 

bch.  11.  22- 
26. 
0  Rom.  16.21. 


n  Moll.  13.3S. 
J..l>ii8.  li. 
IJol.oS.  8. 


eaten  of  worms,  and  gave  up  the 
(;liost. 

24  IT  But '  the  word  of  God  prew  and 
multiplied. 

25  And  Baniab.13  and  Saul  return- 
ed from  Jerusalem,  when  tliey  had 
fulfilled  tlieir  ||  ministry,  and  'took 
with  them  "John,  whose  surname 
was  Mark. 

CHAPTER  Xlir. 

1  Paid  and  Itarnahas  are  choncn  to  go  to 
the  Oentilca.     7  Of  Scrgiua  I'aulus.  ami 
Elymaa  the  torcerer.    14  Paul  prcachcth 
at  Antioch,  that  Jetui  i»  Chritt.    42  The 
Gentitee  believe;  45  but  the  Jewe  gaineay 
and  blaaphcinc:  46  wltereupon  they  turn 
to  the   Ueiitilet.     48  Aa  many  at  were 
ordained  to  life  believed, 
"VJOW  there  were  "in  the  church 
1\    that    was     at    Antioch    certain 
prophet.^  and  teachers!   as  li  Barna- 
bas, and    Simeon    that    was    called 
Nitfer,  and  "^lyucius  of  Cyrenc,  and 
Manaen,  II  which  had  been  brouftht 
up  with   Herod   the    tetrarch,  and 
Saul. 

2  As  they  ministered  to  the  Lord, 
and  fasted,  the  Holy  Ghost  said, 
<1  .Separate  nie  Barnabas  and  Saul  for 
the  work  "  whereunto  I  have  called 
them. 

3  And  fwhen  they  had  fasted  and 
prayed,  and  laid  their  hands  on  them, 
they  sent  tliciii  aw?,y. 

4  IT  So  they,  bcin^  sent  forth  by  the 
Holy  Ghost,  departed  unto  Seleueia; 
and  from  thence  they  sailed  to  «  Cy- 
prus. 

5  And  when  they  were  at  Salamis, 
li  they  preached  the  wrjrd  of  God  in 
the  synagOKues  of  the  Jews  :  and 
they  had  also  "John  to  their  min- 
ister. 

(1  And  when  they  had  sone  thronph 
the  islcur.to  Paphos,  they  found  k  a 
certain  sorcerer,  a  false  propliet,  a 
Jew,  whose  name  ivas  Bar-jesus: 

7  Wliich  was  with  the  deputy  of  the 
country,  Sergius  Piiulus,  a  prudent 
man;  wlio  called  for  Barnabas  and 
Saul,  and  desired  to  hear  the  word  of 
God. 

8  But  I  Elymas  the  sorcerer  (for  so 
is  his  name  by  interpretation)  with- 
stood them,  seekinji^  to  turn  away  the 
deputy'  from  the  faith. 

i*  Then  Saul,  (who  also  isi  cnlfrd 
Paul,) '"filled  with  the  Holy  Ghost, 
set  his  eyes  on  him, 

10  And  said,  O  full  of  all  subtilty 
and  all  mischief,  "thou  child  of  tlie 
devil,  thoH  enemy  of  all  righteous- 
ness, wilt  thou  not  cease  to  pervert 
the  right  ways  of  the  Lord? 

11  And  now,  behold,  "the  hand  of 
the  Lord  is  upon  thee,  and  thou  sluilt 
be  blind,  not  seeinj;  the  sun  for  a 
sea.son.  And  immediately  tliere  fell 
on  him  a  mist  and  ii  darkness;  and 
he  went  about  seckinj;  some  to  lead 
him  by  the  hand. 

\i  Then  the  deputy,  when  he  saw 
what    was    done,    believed,     being 
124 


astonished  at  the  doctrine  of  the 
Lord. 

l.'j  Now  when  Paul  and  his  company 
loosed  from  Paphos,  they  came  to 
Perga  in  Pampliylia:  and''' John  de- 
parting from  them  returned  to  Jeru- 
salem. 

14  IT  But  when  they  departed  from 
Perga,  they  came  to  Antioch  in  Pi- 
sidia,  and  1  went  into  the  synagogue 
on  the  sabbath  day,  and  sat  down. 

1.5  And  'after  the  reading  of  the  law 
and  the  prophets,  the  rulers  of  the 
svnagogue  sent  mito  tliem,  saying, 

fe  men  nnti  brethren,  if  ye  have 
"any  word  of  exhortation  for  the 
people,  say  on. 

l(i  Then  Paul  stood  up,  and  '  beck- 
oning with  hif  hand  said,  Jlcn  of  Is- 
rael, and  "yc  that  fear  God,  give 
audience. 

17  The  God  of  this  people  of  Israel 
"chose  our  fathers,  and  exulted  the 
people  >  when  they  dwelt  as  strangers 
in  the  land  of  Egypt,  "^and  with  a 
high  arm  brought  he  them  out  of  it. 

18  And  "about  the  time  of  forty 
.vears  t  suffered  he  their  manners  in 
the  wilderness. 

19  And  when  lihc  had  destroyed 
seven  nations  in  the  landof  Chanaan, 
'^  he  divided  their  land  to  them  by  lot. 

20  And  after  that  ilhc  gave  wilo 
them  judges  about  the  space  of  four 
hundred  and  lifty  years,  "^  until 
Samuel  the  prophet. 

21  f  And  afterward  they  desired  a 
king:  and  God  gave  unto  them  Saul 
tlie  son  of  Cis,  a  man  of  the  tribe  of 
Benjamin,  by  the  space  of  Ibrty 
years. 

22  And  Swhen  he  had  removed 
him,  h  he  raised  up  unto  them  Da- 
vid to  be  their  king;  to  whom  also 
he  gave  testimony,  and  said,  '  I  have 
found  David  the  son  of  Jesse,  ka 
man  after  mine  own  heart,  which 
shall  fulfil  all  my  will. 

23  I  Of  this  man's  seed  hath  God, 
according  '"to  hif  promise,  raised 
unto  Israel  "a  Saviour,  Jesus: 

24  "When  John  luad  first  preached 
before  his  coining  tlie  baptism  of  re- 
pentance to  all  the  people  of  Israel. 

25  And  as  John  fullilled  his  course, 
he  said,  P  Whom  think  ye  that  I  am  ? 
I  am  not  lie.  But,  fieliold,  there 
Cometh  one  after  me,  whose  shoes  of 
hia  feet  I  am  not  worthy  to  loose. 

20  Men  and  brethren,  children  of 
the  stock  of  Abraham,  and  whoso- 
ever among  you  fearefh  God,  'i  to 
you  is  the  word  of  this  salvation 
sent. 

27  For  they  that  dwell  at  Jerusa- 
lem, and  their  rulers,  ''because  they 
knew  him  nc>t,  nor  yet  the  voices  of 
tlie  prophets  "which  are  read  every 
subbath  day,  'they  luivc  fulfilled 
thrin  in  condemning  hint, 

28  "And  tliongh  they  found  no 
cause  of  death  in  him,  *vct  desired 
they  Pilate  that  he  should  be  slain. 


that  Jesus  is  Christ. 


THE  ACTS. 


The  Jews  raise  a  persecution. 


Jo 

.k=lS.3l. 
1  44, 
.n  19  2S, 
36,37. 

M 

Ml  27  a). 

!:■■ 

■>(l  2S.  S 
2  24  i3 

h  J 

«lt  28.16. 
1.3 
or.  1.5.5.6, 

Jke  J».  4T. 
Iol.o2.  12 
.53.  11. 


20  >  And  when  they  had  fulfilled 
all  that  was  written  of  him,  'they 
took  Inm  down  fn)in  the  tree,  and 
laid  Jmn  in  a  sepulchre, 
.ill  "  But  God  raised  hira  from  the 
dead: 

•il  And  iihe  was  seen  many  days 
of  theni  whict  canit  up  with  him 
'■from  Galilee  to  Jerusalem,  J  who 
arc  his  witnesses  unto  the  people. 
:i2  And  we  declare  unto  you  i;lad 
tidinss,  how  that  ^  the  nromisc  which 
was  made  unto  the  fathers, 
S."  God  hath  fnltillcd  the  same  unto 
ns  their  children,  in  that  he  hath 
raised  up  Jesus  aj^ain:  as  it  is  also 
written  in  the  second  psalm,  fTliou 
art  my  Son,  this  day  have  I  begotten 
tliee. 

;U  And  as  concernin*x  that  he  raised 
him  up  from  the  dead,  nuw  no  more 
to  return  to  corrujition,  he  said  on 
this  wise,  61  will  give  you  the  sure 
t  mercies  of  David. 

•\r>  Wherefore  he  saith  also  in  an- 
other ;).«f(?m,  hXhou  shall  not  suffer 
thine  Holy  One  to  see  corruption 

;!()  For  David,  |!  after  he  had  served 
liis  own  ;;cneration  by  the  will  of 
God,  i  foil  on  sleep,  and  was  laid  iin 
to  his  fathers,  and  saw  corruption: 

37  But  he,  whooi  God  raised  again, 
saw  no  corruption. 

US  11  Be  it  known  nntoyon  therefore, 
men  and  brethren,  tluit'kthruii^'h  this 
man  is  preached  unto  you  the  for 
givcness  of  sins: 

as  And  I  by  him  nil  that  believe  arc 
justified  from  all  thinj;s,  from  which 
ye  could  not  be  justiticd  by  the  law 
of  Moses. 

40  Beware  therefore,  lest  that  come 
upon  you,  which  is  sijokcu  of  in 
'"the  prophets; 

41  Behold,  ye  dcspiscrs,  and  won- 
der, and  perish:  for  1  work  a  work 
in  vour  days,  a  work  whicli  yc  shall 
in  "no  wise  believe,  though  a  man 
declare  it  unto  J-ou. 

42  And  when  the  Jews  were  pone 
out  of  the  Fvnngogue,  the  Gentiles 
besought  that  these  words  might  be 
preached  to  them  \  the  next  sab- 
bath. 

4-'5  Now  when  the  congregation  was 
broken  up,  many  of  the  Jews  and 
religious  proselytes  Ibllowed  Paul 
and  Barnabas !  who,  speaking  to 
them,  "  persuaded  them  to  continue 
in  "the  grace  of  God. 

44  U  And  the  next  sabbath  day 
came  almost  the  whole  city  together 
to  hear  the  word  of  God. 

4,T  But  when  the  Jews  .saw  the  mul- 
titudes, thev  were  filled  with  envy, 
and  I' spake  osainst  those  tlungs 
which  were  spoken  bv  Paul,  contra- 
dicting and  bhi.^phcmnig. 

4li  Then  Piiul  and  Barnabas  waxed 
bold,  and  said,  'Ut  was  necessary 
that  the  word  of  God  should  first 
have  been  spokin  to  you:  but ''see- 
ing yc  put  it  from  you,  and  judge 

37 


yourselves  unworthy  of  everlasting 
life,  lo,  "we  turn  to  t"lie  Gentiles. 

47  For  so  hath  the  Lord  eonwunnd- 
ed  us,  .•'iii/ii/ii,  <  I  have  set  flue  to  be 
a  light  of  the  Gentiles,  that  tliou 
shouUlest  be  for  salvation  unto  the 
ends  of  the  earth. 

48  And  when  the  Gentiles  heard 
this,  tbey  were  glad,  and  glorified 
the  word"  of  the  Lord:  "and  us  many 
as  were  ordained  to  eternal  life  be- 
lieved. 

4'J  And  the  word  of  the  Ixird  was 
l)ubli.-hed  throughout  all  the  region. 

5tP  But  the  Jews  stirred  up  the  de- 
vout and  lionourabh'  women,  and 
tlie  chief  men  tifthe  city,  and  ^  raised 
persecution  against  Paul  and  Barna- 
bas, and  expelled  them  out  of  their 
coasts. 

51  >  But  they  shook  off  the  dust  of 
their  feet  against  them,  and  came 
unto  Iconium. 

51  And  the  disciples  'were  filled 
with  joy,  and  with  the  Holy  Ghost. 

CIIAPTEK  XIV. 

1  Paul  and  JJtiruabiis  rre  persecuted  from 
Jeotiiiim.  8  At  Lystrrt  Paul  healclh  a 
cripple^  u-licrcupon  they  are  reputed  aa 
gode.  i'J  Paul  \8  ttoncd.  21  I'tiry  pafH 
t/trvuaU  dwera  ehurchea.  confirming  the 
diaeiylct  in  faith  arid  patience,  '-'li  J!c- 
turmii[i  to  'Atttiochf  they  report  what 
O'od  had  dune  tvith  them. 

AND  it  came  to  pass  In  Iconium, 
that  they  went  both  together 
into  the  synagogue  of  the  Jews,  and 
so  spake,  that  a  great  multitude  both 
of  the  Jews  and  also  of  the  Greeks 
believed. 

2  But  the  unbelicyin"  Jews  stirred 
up  the  Gentiles,  nncl  made  their 
minds  evil  affected  against  the  breth- 
ren. 

;;  Long  time  therefore  abode  they 
speaking  boldly  in  the  1-ord,  "which 
gave  tcstimonj'  unto  the  word  of  his 
grace,  and  gniuted  signs  and  won- 
dci-s  to  be  done  bv  their  hands. 

4  But  the  multitude  of  the  city  was 
divided ;  and  part  held  with  the 
Jews,  and  part  w  ith  the  ''  apostles. 

a  And  when  there  was  on  assault 
made  both  of  the  Gentiles,  and  also 
of  the  Jews  with  their  rulers,  '  to  use 
them  despitefully,  and  to  stone  them, 

G  They  were  ware  of  !',  and  ''fled 
unto  I'vstra  and  Derbe.  cities  of 
Lycaonia,  and  unto  the  region  that 
lieth  round  about: 

7  And  there  they  preached  the  gos- 

?<■'•  .  . 

.S  IT  'And  there  sat  a  certain  man  nt 
Lv.stra,  impotent  in  his  feet,  being 
a 'cripple  from  his  mother's  womb, 
who  never  hnil  walked: 

!l  The  same  heard  Paul  speak:  who 
steadfastly  beholding  him.  nnti  (iier- 
cciving  that  he  had  faitli  to  be  heal.Ml. 

JO  Said  with  a  loud  voice.  ►  Stand 
upright  on  thy  feet.  And  he  IcaiicU 
and  walked. 

11  And  when  the  people  eaw  what 
126 


Paul  2.S-  stoned  at  Lystra. 


A.  I).  4(5. 
Iich.  8.10.4 


1  Pot.  4.  3, 

r... 

17.  27. 
n.  1.  20. 

'.  21.  4. 

I.  11.11 
s.  12. 

5,  10. 

lUa 

iU7  8 
11.22. 
t.  i.  43. 

tc)i 

1.^  «. 

a'Ti 

lu.  3.  11, 

I  Ma 
tGr. 

1»,„/ 

1.23.19. 
had 

V:iul  ]i:iil  (IniiP,  thf.v  lifted  up  thci. 
voices,  .sii.vin:,'  in  tlie  speech  oC  ],vp- 
ao.iia  I:  The  Kod.s  iire  come  down  to 
u«  in  the  hkeiiesd  ofiiion. 
12  And  they  called  Barnab.xs,  Ju- 
piter; and  Paul.  .Merenrius,  because 
Jit  \\  lis  the  cliipf  sin-nUcr 
iw^'i'";"  "'>;,I";i'''-t.<'f.lMpiter.  which 
«.is  before  then-  cLty,  Incnifiht  o.\en 
and  -arlnnd.s  unto  the  ^'ate.s  iand 
woulil  Jiavc  done  sacrilicc  with  tlie 

n  n7iMi\vhon  the  apostles,  Bar- 
nahris  and  Paul,  heard  of,  kthey  rent 
their  cluthe.s,  and  ran  in  among  tlie 
peoi.le,  crying' out,  ^ 

J,'-.  And  .sayniK,  Sirs,  1  why  do  ve 
those  things  ?  ffi  We  also  are  men  of 
hke  passions  with  you,  and  preach 
"nto  you  that  ye  shoul.l  tun',  from 

these  vani.es  "unto  the  living  God,  ' 
'  w  hieh  made  heaven,  and  earth,  and 
the  sea,  and  all  things  that  arc  there- 


™EjAXTS.     Dissension  tmching  circutndst07i. 


2  Tin,,  2.  li, 
12.  &  3.  12. 
"Tit.  1.5. 


]i.  iT\]io  in  times  past  RufTercd  nil 
iiutions  to  walk  lu  their  own  wnvs. 
]/     ^ever  helcs.s  he  leflt  not  himself 
without  witness,  in  that  he  did  good 
and    gave  us  rain  from  heavcnCand 
fruitful   seasons,  tilling   our   hearts 
with  food  and  gladness? 
18  And  with  these  savings  scarce 
res  rained  they  the  peoi;ie,^hat  they 
'',u'J'?^''";'^''^'^"«™  ""'o  them     -^ 
I'J  TI  'And  there  came  thither  rrr 
tain  ,Iew8  from   Antioch  and  Iconi 
um,who  persuaded  the  iieopl,.  u,,,,,  " 
having  stoned  Paul,  drew  /,i„i'out  of' 
'  I?  'i'.'y-  f'PPosing  he  iKHl  been  dead. 
20  Uowbeit,  as   the   disciples  stoo 
round  about  him,  lie  rose  up    an 
came  into  the  city:  and  the  next  day 
he  departed  with  IJarnabas  to  Derf'e^ 
-'1  And  when  they  had  i.reached  the 
gospel   o  that  city,  "and  f  liad  taught 
and  > :  y;f>'.'-^*""'«  nfjain  to  Lystra 
.?r/.    ''.""i""i,  and  Antioch, 
cini,  ■"",;"'' "">  """■  -"""''*  °''  "ic  rtis- 
ti„  ,^;^  ,'!    •/>; '°'''"',-  tl'omtocon- 
u      ''  ^V^h,""''^  that  Mve  must 
1  mgh    nueiitnl.ulatiou  enter  into 
tiie  kiugdnm  of  God. 

f^L',^"'i'i "'"'•"  ""'•^  '^"'^  "ordained 

on   el, lers   in   every  church,   and 

had  prayed  with  (iisting.  they  com- 

Soytelieve'd!'''""^'''-'^''^'-^'^-'--" 

l4m|rhylia  '    ^  ^''^    '^"""^    '" 

L'j  And   when  they  had  iireaehcd 

intoAtt.^Ii":-'^""'''""^^^""''--'' 
L'G  And  thence  s.iiled  to  Antioch 
yron,  whence  they  had  been  " reel 
H,'o';',.''"l;'  ,'",*l','-'  Sriicc  of  God  for 
the  work  wh, eh  they  fulfilled. 

./And  when  they  were  come,  and 
had  gatheied  the  church  to^.Jfher 
''they  rehear.sed  all  that  C.d  li'id' 
done  with  them,  and  how  lie  IimI 
^opened  the  door  of  faith  unto  tiie 
Ucntiles. 

128 


2f|  And  there  they  abode  Ion™  time 
with  the  disciples.  ° 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1  Orent  ,lieaen,i,m  arUcth  tvucMrtt,  Hr- 
cumcigton.     6  y/ie  apuHlcs  congult  al,«ul 

I;,;;.",  -',""'',"""■  ■'««'••'•'"•"<•(.■<,.,  i^ 

I,  \'°  ":"  «'""•<••'•"•  so  Paul  and 
Jiariiabat.  thinking  to  vUit  the  brethren 
together.  Jail  at  Hrifc,  and  depart  a,un- 

A  ND  "certain  men  which  came 
if,.*,,""^'""  ''■''I"  J'l'lca  taught  the 
biethren,  oud  »,i,l,  MCxcept  ve  be 
circumcised  'alter  the  manner  of 
'^'oses,  ye  cannot  be  saved. 
.'When  therefore  Paul  and  Bar- 
i  no",  h"'  "".,■■:"';',"  'h-ssension  and 
di..putatio,i  wilh  them,  tliev  deter- 
mined tliat  .1  P.,„|  and  BanuiWa  id 
certain  other  of  them,  should  go  np 
to  Jerusalem  unto  the  apostles  and 
*^.',<lcrs  about  this  question. 
^,.  And  'being  brought  on  their  way 


>\.r  ti  ,"'t  "oiiS'it  on  their  way 
by  the  church,  they  passed  through 
1  hcnice  and  Samaria,  Ideclariiv  the 
conversion  of  the  (Jcntiles:  and'thev 
caused  great  joy  unto  all  the  breth"- 

4  And  when  they  were  come  to  Jc- 
ru.saloni,  they  were  received  of  the 
church,  and  o/-  the  apostles  and  cld- 
"s,  and  1- they  declared  all  things 
t.iat  God  had  done  with  them. 

c''„t  "f.'i  '!;?■  'i  ''•"■'"^  "1'  certain  of  the 
sect  of  the  Pharisees  which  believed 
s.aymg,  I.  That  it  was  needful  to  cir- 
cmneise  them,  and  to  command  t/,cm 
to  keep  the  law  of  Jloses. 

b  TT  And  the  apostles  and  elders 
came  together  for  to  consider  of 
tins  matter.  I 

7  And  when  tl-.ere  had  been  mncli 
di.spn  ing,  Peter  rose  up,  and  said 
unto  them,  i  Men  an//  brethren,  ve 
know  how  that  a  good  while  ngo 
God  made  choice  among  us,  tliTit 
the  Gentiles  by  my  month  should 
hear  the  word  of  the  gospel,  and  be- 

I  8  And  God,  k  which  knoweth  the 
hearts,  bare  them  witness,  liriviii''- 
them  the  Holy  Ghost,  even  as  h"e 
tlHl  unto  us; 

a  "'And  put  no  difference  between 
by  fUhh       "'  °^'"''">''"S  their  liearts 

10  Now  therefore  why  tempt  re 
God,  to  put  a  yoke  upon  the  ne'ck 
of  the  disciples,  which  neither  our 
tathcrs  nor  we  were  able  to  bear' 

11  But  I' we  believe  that  thinu-Ii 
the  grace  o(  the  Lord  Jesus  C'hrTst 
'*\'^,  ^^"!.l', ''"  '^a^'cil,  even  as  thei-. 

12  TT  Ihen  all  the  multitude  kept 
silence,  and  gave  uu.lienee  to  IJir- 
nabas  and  Paul,  declaring  what 
miracles  end  won,l,.is  G„d  had 
thei  "iiio";,'   the   Geutiles  by 

i;i  IT  And  after  they  Iiad  hold  their 
J,'y,'VT'  Vi'"'"''* ''""">''<'''•  «'.ving,  Jleii 
"',  s'i-  '""'^";  hearken  unto  me: 

XI    himeon  hath  declared  how  God 


.».  51. 

U.  2.  12. 
bJohn?.  22. 


21.  V\. 
A.  I).  52 


The  case  of  Gentile 


THE  ACTS. 


converts  deculed. 


I  Pel.  1  3. 
al ;.-.,.  a  4. 
I.cv  .'1.  17. 
liout.  l-J  16, 

I.Hi.  13.  15, 
27. 
ecU.  1.23. 


at  the  first  did  vi.sit  tlio  (iiMitdcs,  to 
take   out  of  thciii  a  pfoplc  lor  his 
name. 
15  And  to  tliis  nf;rcc  tlic  vord»  of 
the  jiropliets;  as  it  is  written, 
IC.   'Alter    this   I    will    return,   and 
will    hnild    iij;ain    the    taliei  luicle   of 
l):ivi(l,  whieli  is  fallen  down;  ;ind  I 
will    build    apiin   the  ruins   thereof, 
and  I  will  set  it  up: 
17  That  the  residue  of  men  niifrlit 
seek    alter    the    Lord,    and    all    the 
Gentiles,  upon  whom  my  name  is 
called,  saitli  the  Lord,   who  doeth 
all  these  things. 

IS  Known  unto  God  are  all  his 
works  from  the  bej;inninj;  of  tlic 
world. 
V.I  AVliereforc  "  my  sentence  is,  that 
we  trouble  not  tliem,  whieli  from 
oinons  the  Gentiles  ''are  turned  to 
God  : 

•^1  But  that  we  write  unto  thcni, 
that  they  abstain  >  from  pollutions 
of  idols,  and  '^  from  litrmeation,  and 
Oom  things  strangled,  "  and  fioiii 
blood. 

L'l  For  Moses  of  old  time  hath  in 
every  city  them  t!»at  in'eaeli  him, 
iibei'us  read  in  the  synagoguea  every 
sabbath  day. 

!'•_'  Then  pleased  It  the  apostles 
and  elders,  with  the  winilo  <'hurch, 
to  send  chosen  men  of  their  own 
company  to  Antioeh  with  I'aul  and 
Uarnaba's;  iiaiiieli/,  .Judas  surnnnied 
"Barsabas,  and  Silas,  chief  men 
anions  the  brethren : 

L'.'i  And  thev  wrote  Irlln-n  bv  them 
after  this  manner;  The  apostles  and 
elders  and  brethren  .«r,,(/  meeting 
unto  the  brethreu  which  are  of  the 
Gentiles  in  Antioeh  and  Syria  and 
Cilicia: 

24  Forasmuch  as  we  have  hoard, 
that  <1  certain  which  went  out  fn>m 
us  have  troidjled  you  with  words, 
suhvertins  vonr  soids,  savin;.',  l'« 
must  be  eircu incised,  and  keep  the 
law ;  to  whom  we  ^ave  no  .«ia7i 
commandment: 

i5  It  seemed  good  unto  us,  heinp; 
assembled  with  one  accord,  to  send 
cho.sen  men  unto  you  with  our  be- 
loved Barnabas  and  I'aul, 

LI)  'Men  that  have  ha/arded  their 
lives  for  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

1'7  We  have  sent  therefore  .Tudns 
and  Silas,  who  shall  al.M)  tell  yua  the 
same  things  by  )  mouth. 

ffl  For  it  seemed  ^'ood  to  the  Iloly 
Ghost,  and  to  us,  to  lay  upon  you  no 
greater  burden  than  these  necessary 
thinjis;  .       ^ 

•)!)  I  That  ve  abstain  from  moats 
offered  to  idols,  and  Sfiom  bUiod, 
and  from  thiuKs  stranjiled,  and 
from  fornication:  from  w;  iich  it  ve 
keep  yourselves,  ye  shall  do  well. 
Fare  .ve  well. 

;iO  So  when  they  were  dismissed, 
they  came  to  Antioeh  :   and  wlien 


they  had  patlicred  the  multitude 
together,  thev  delivered  the  epistle: 

."1  Whirl,  wlun  they  had  read,  they 
re.ioiced  for  the  HccMisohition. 

'■',i  And  Jiida.s  and  Silns,  being 
prophets  also  themselves,  lie.xhorted 
the  brelhien  with  many  word.s,  and 
coiilirmcd  Ihrm. 

:T.  And  alter  they  had  tarried  there 
a  space,  they  were  let  i;;o  in  peace 
from  the  brethreu  unto  the  apos- 
tles. 

,'J4  Notwithstanding  it  plcaeed  Silas 
to  abide  there  still. 

-V)  k  Paxil  also  and  IJarnabafi  con- 
tinued in  Antioeh,  teaching  and 
preaching  the  word  of  the  Lord, 
with  many  others  also. 

,''(i  U  And  some  days  after,  Paul 
said  unto  Barnabas.  Let  ns  ^n  n;:«in 
and  visit  our  brethren  I  in  every  city 
where  we  have  preached  the  word  of 
the  Lord,  iwil  .«fc  how  they  do. 

;i7  And  Barnabas  dcterniined  to 
take  with  them  "'John,  whose  sur- 
name was  Mark. 

;W  But  I'aul  thonsht  not  pood  to 
take  him  with  thorn,  "who  ilepartcd 
from  them  from  I'aniphylia,  and 
went  not  with  them  to  the  work. 

.'!9  And  the  contention  was  so  sharp 
between  them,  that  the^v  departed 
asunder  one  from  the  other:  and  so 
Barnabas  took  Alurk,  and  sailed  un- 
to Cyprus; 

40  And  Paul  chose  Silas,  and  de- 
parti'd,  "beiiij;  reeoinniciided  by  the 
brethren  not.)  the  grace  of  God. 

41  And  he  went  tliroii-h  Syria  and 
Cilicia,  ''confirming  the  churches. 

CIIAPTEK  XVL 
1  Fanl  haviin  nVcumci.nJ  Timothj,,  7 
and  leintj  culled  by  the  Sfirit  from  one 
eimntryta  another,  Heonverteth  tydia, 
10  enelelh  out  a  ipirit  of  divinotion.  I'J 
For  which  eauee  he  and  ^ilae  arc  whip- 
ju'd  and  intprieoHcd.  2li  The  jtneon 
doors  are  opened,  ol  The  falter  ia  eon- 
rcrted,  37  and  tliey  arc  delivered. 

THEN  came  he  to  "  Derbc  and 
Lvstra:  and,  behold,  a  certain 
disciple  was  there,  L named  Tinn>- 
theus,  '=thc  son  of  aeert:nM  woiinin, 
which  was  a  Jewess,  and  believed; 
but  his  father  icn.v  a  Greek: 

a  Which  J  was  well  roimrted  of  by 
the  brethren  that  were  Kt  Lystra  and 
Iconium.  ,    ., 

,i  Ilim  would  Paul  have  to  po  forth 
with  him:  and  'took  and  circum- 
cised him  because  of  the  Jews  which 
were  in  those  «|uarters :  for  they 
knew  all  that  his  father  was  a  Greek. 

4  And  as  thev  went  tlirouph  the 
cities,  thev  delivered  them  the  de- 
crees for  "to  keep,  (that  were  or- 
dained of  the  apostles  and  ciders 
which  were  at  Jerusalem. 

,'>  .\nd  "^  so  were  the  churches  estab- 
lished in  the  faith,  and  increased  in 
number  dailv. 

(J  Now  when  they  bad  pone  tln^uph- 
out  Plirygia  audthe  region  of  Gala- 
127 


PatU  convertcth  Lydia. 


THE  ACTS. 


tia,  and  were  forbidden  of  the  Holy 
(iliost  to  preach  the  word  in  Asia 


Paul  and  Silas  imprisoned. 


/   After  tlicy  were  come  to  IMvsia, 
■y  assayed  to  po  into  Bithynia: 


ipi.ii,  1. 1 

nor,  I4,>, 


n  Ocn.  19.  3. 


fSEoMarkl. 

as.  34. 

»  Mark  16.  17 

■  ch. 19. 25,28. 

l2Cor.  (!.  ,1. 
u  51.XII.  10  18. 


but  the  Spirit  Buftered  them  not. 

H  And  they  paasinjj  by  Jlysiahcamc 
down  to  Troas. 

U  Andavi.sion  appeared  toTaulin 
the  ni-liti  Tliere  ^tood  a  i  man  of 
-Macedonia,  and  prayed  liini,  saving- 
Come  over  into  Macedonia,  andhcfii 

US.  ' 

10  And  .after  he  had  seen  the  vision, 
inimcdiately  we  endeavoured  to  go 
kinto  Macedonia,  assuredly  g.athcr- 
ni;,'  that  the  l^ord  had  called  us  for 
to  preach  the  gospel  unto  them. 
U  Therefore  loosing  from  Troas, 
we  came  with  a  straight  course  to 
Samothracia,  and  the  ne.\t  day  to 
rseajiolis; 

]-'  And  from  thence  to  I  Philippi, 
whi'-h  13  II  the  chief  city  of  that  part 
ot  Macedonia,  and  a  eolonv:  ancl  we 
were  in  that  city  abiding  certain 
days. 

Vi  And  on  the  t  sabbath  we  went 
out  ot  the  city  by  a  river  side,  where 
prayer  wa.<  wont  to   be  made;   and 
we  sat  down,  and  spake   unto   the 
women  whicli  resorted  tliidicr. 
14  IT  And  a  certain  woman  named 
Lydia,  a  seller  of  puriile,  of  the  citv 
pt  Ihyatira,  which  worshipped  God, 
heard  vs:   whose  ■"  licart  the  Lord 
opened,  that  she  attended  unto  the 
thin''s  which  were  spoken  of  Paul. 
!■>  And  when  she  was  baptized,  and 
her  household,  she  besought  t«,  sav 
in''.  If  ye  have  judged  me  to  be  faith 
tul  to  the  l>ord,  come  into  mv  house 
ami   abide  there.     And  "  slie    con- 
strained us. 

10  IT  And  it  came  to  pass,  ns  we 
went  to  prayer,  a  certain  d.imsel 
possessed  with  a  spirit  ||of  divin.a- 
tiou  mot  us,  wliich  brought  her  mas- 
ters P  much  gain  by  soothsaying: 
17  The  same  followed  Paul  and  us, 
and  cried,  saying.  These  men  are 
the  servants  of  the  most  high  God, 
which  shew  uuto  us  the  way  of  sal- 
vation. 

IS  And  this  did  she  many  days. 
But  Paul,  'i  being  grieved,  turned  and 
said  to  the  spirit,  I  eominaiul  thee  in 
the  name  of  .lesii.s  Christ  to  come 
out  of  her.  ''And  he  came  out  the 
same  hour. 

lit  IT  And  "when  lier  masters  saw 
that  the  hope  of  fheirgains  was  gone 
'they  caught  Paul  and  Silas,  an(I 
drew  ll„;,i  into  the  ||  marketplace 
unto  the  nilers, 

'M  And  brought  them  to  the  ma"- 
Kstratcs,  saying.  These  men,  beiu" 
Jews,  "do  exceedingly  trouble  our 
city, 

-\  ;^"''.  t''^'''  "^I'stoms,  which  are 
not  luwtnl  for  us  to  n'eeive,  neither 
o  oli-ii/rve.  heiiig  Hniiiriiis. 
-:,-^"''  ♦.'"■  loultituile  rose  up  to- 
Igcther  against  them:  and  tlie  iiiagis- 
128  " 


trates  rent  off  their  clothes,  ^and 
commanded  to  beat  llii-m. 
j-'-i  And  when  tluy  had  laid  many 
stripes  upon  tliom,lhrv  c:ist  Ihcm  in- 
to prison,  charging  the  jailer  to  keep 
them  safely:  ' 

2i  AVho,  having  received  such  a 
charge,  thrust  them  into  the  inner 
prison,  and  made  their  feet  fast  in 
the  stocks. 

SoTT  And  at  midnight  Paul  and  Si- 
las prayed,  and  sang  praises  unto 
oez.'"'  .  'he  prisoners  heard  them. 
A>  And  suddenly  there  was  a  great 
carthriuake,  so  that  the  foundations 
of  tiie  prison  were  shaken:  and  im- 
mediately =  all  the  doors  were  opened 
aiul  every  one's  bands  were  loosed. 
-''  And  the  keeper  of  the  prison 
awaking  out  of  his  sleep,  and  seeing 
the  jirison  doors  open,  he  drew  out 
his  s^vord,  and  would  have  killed 
himself,  supposing  that  the  prison- 
ers had  been  fled. 

as  But  Paul  cried  with  a  loud  voice 
saying.  Do  thyself  no  harm:  for  we 
ire  all  here. 

a  Then  he  called  fijr  a  light,  and 

^prang  in,  and  came  trembling,  and 

fell  down  before  Paul  and  Silas,  ,,^ 

And  brought  tliem  out,  and  said,) 

h  Sirs,  what  must  1  do  to  be  saved?     I 

-1  And  they  said,  '^^  Believe  on  tK5< 

„.ord  Jesus  Christ,  and  thou  slialt  bW 

saved,  and  thy  liouse.  ij 

32  And  they  spake  unto  him  th4 

word  ot  the  Lord,  and  to  all  that 

were  in  his  house. 

3.J  And  he  took  them  the  same 
hour  of  the  night,  and  ^vashed  their 
stripes;  and  was  baptized,  he  and  all 
his,  straightway. 

.04  And  when  lie  had  brought  them 
into  his  house,  J  he  set  meat  befijre 
them,  and  rejoiced,  believing  in  God 
with  all  his  house. 

35  And  when  it  was  day,  the  magis- 
trates sent  the  Serjeants,  saying.  Let 
those  men  go. 

36  And  the  keeper  of  the  prison  told 
this  saying  to  Paul,  The  magistrates 
have  sent  to  let  j'ou  go:  now  there- 
tore  depart,  and  go  in  peace. 

37  But  Paul  said  unto  them.  They 
have  beaten  us  openly  uncondemu- 
•-■d,    being  Romans,  and  have  cast !« 

nto  prison;  and  now  do  they  thrust 
us  out  privily v  nay  verily;  but  let 
them  come  themselves  and  fetch  us 
out. 

3S  And  the  Serjeants  told  these 
wtirds  unto  the  magistrates :  and 
they  feared,  when  they  heard  that 
they  were  Romans. 

3!t  And  they  came  and  besought 
them,  and  brought  them  out,  and 
f  desired  them  to  depart  out  of  the 
city. 

40  And  they  went  out  of  the  prison, 
^and  entered  into  the  house  or' 
I.ydin:  and  when  thev  had  seen  the 
brethren,  they  cointbrted  them,  and 
departed. 


Paul  preacheth  at  Thessalomca^     THE  ACTa 


14  9cnz  iif  ^cft«f  -  prctich 

13  Ueina  pertecuUd  at   Theim- 
lonica.  lb  he  camttli  to  Athene    "-'  ■'"■ 
vutctii,  and  jtrciitlielh  tlie  livi 
them  unkn:iim,    S4  Khcrehij 
crleU  I 


ng  iJod  to 


at  Berea,  andjit^ 

^,.,T  I  ccivinK  a  oommninlment  unto  SUob 

CHAPTER  XVII.  ami  rmidtlu-UK  lor  to  come  to  hii 

'       whollv  "ivVn  to  i.lolatry.        .       ^ 

U   T  ..-rHon-    <li-i.i.t.,r  he    in    the 

„•,'".»'•  «itl>  tl!..  Ji'W.,  nnd  with 

reniicritu  ■•...»  - I    .;"''p   ■;     ,  .....cnn'i   uii<l  in  th<!  mar- 

N*i^,..^^"n,&?r:!n,,''^i^  u;;t^^i;Vit.rth.\u  that  ..a  .ith 

'^ili^^e  ^i^a^^n^f  ;«H  J^ilV-^^S 'llFr-Ef  i^ 

2  And  I'aul,  as  lus  »  f "    "  ^^-'^"l  *; m n tcrc'l    liim-      And    BOn.c    said 

•■"wont  in  unto  tluni,, and  thrcc>.aD  lou                       ||boljhler  Fay?  other 

hath  .lav«  n-aBOncd  with  them  out  of  \\  h-.t  j^J^' '_^^?^.;;f^. {i,  ,„  ,„,  ^  ,ettvr  forth 

the  Scriptures,                    .           i,»hnt  of  stran"e  L'ods:  iKCause  he  |)re»clieU 

1  x::';^ „^::L^!::^<-^^!^  r " '--  ■'--•  ■'"■^ '''"  "^"""- , 

"  ■*•  ri' ena'-ain  from  tl>c  dead;  and  that    »";">;        ^      j^^  him,  and  hroueht 

«.  thiViesus,   llNvhon,   1  preach    "»'"    ,  (^^^^    to  7Ar-M.a.us'.  suyinj.'.  May 

'•  vou,  is  Christ.                  ^,.        ,    „„,iwpk,,..«-   «'. at  this  new   doctrine, 

,om.      -Vr'.':,i  „„,.,or,f  them  helicvcd,  and    we  K"' .",_*'"• ,,._,   ;^; 


Athent. 


A.B.H. 


|0,./.1I./ 


,  vou,  is  Christ.  ^    ,.        ,    „„,,  I  „p  know   wliat  this  new   doctrine, 

-4  "viid  Bome  of  them  \'^\%r.<-^'_  ""f^    ^.h„ '       lu^i  Muake.t,  M  . 
consorted  with  Vaul  and  ''  ^•'■'^   "(^  1    ^,Tor  thou  1, 'i..;;est  eertain  Ftranpc 
.  vs.  24.       of  the  <177'' <.-"-V,'?,^.'VTren  not  a    tlVm^s  to  our  ears 
,.  15.22.27.    tudc,  and  ot  the  cuiel  women  tliere 

few 


.uld  know 
tilerPfore  wimt  tiie.w  things  mean, 
•li    (For    all    tlie    Athenians,    and 
inin'er'i  -ttliich   were    there,  spt-nt 
irtime  in  nothins;  else,  but  either 
t,U  or  to  hear  some  now  thins. ) 
v'li  Tlien  Paul  stood  in  the  midst 
ofll  Mars'  liill,  and  said,  1 '^,, ";;•"''' 
Athens,  I  perceive  that  m  all  thinRS 
ve  are  too  superstitious.         ,  ,    ,    ,, 
^B  For  as  I   passed  by,  and  hehc  d 
.  II  ,i..v<itinns     I  found  an   altar 
thevd^ewTaVouaiVl  certain  brethren  I  JJ.jr      le^om^^^^^^^^ 

unt-o  the  rulers  of  the  <•  tv,  cry.i.j.,     V.^!,'^;; ;,";,,!).      Wbon,   therefore 
T  ,ese  that  have  t'Tued  the    -.  'd     ^\  >,,,„„     ,,„rship,  lum  declare 


%\  But  the  Jews  which  believed 
not^  moved  ^vjth  envv  took  unto 
them  certain  lewd  fellows  ot  tut 
baser  sort,  and  i;athered  a  co.npa  v , 
and  set  all  the  etty  on  a-MjI'L"  '  ad 
nssiulted  the  house  of  "'Jason,  aim 
sought  to  bring  them  out  to  the  peo 
"i'Xn.l  when  they  found  tl.em  not 
thev  drew  .Ta?on  and  certain  bn  thi  (  n 


|Or.fM/fr&«l 

t  TlMH.  'X  4. 


7^.^:^P^"r^^:^^^^^'iUt^  made  the  ^M^and  | 
other  kin?,  one  Jesus. 


.„      |^^^SandIVi^eb;^.heScrip... 

.  i«  2*.  duilv,  whether  those  ''.'"^«y,,'^^, ;"",:. 
■  -  12 'iMicreforc  manv  ot  hem  bihe\ 
ed-  also  of  honourable  w.. men  wnicu 
were  Greeks,  and  of  men,  ""' a  .'^:^-. 
v(  Hnt  when  the  Jews  ot  T  hessa- 
,^'„-,?a"LV'knowle,^e,that  the  word 

of  Of  " 
Berca, 
stirred 


rv  one  Ol  u»; 

-H  1-or  Mn  him  wc  live,  and  move, 
a;VhaVc"urbein,;>  as  certain  uls. 

of  vourown  poets  ha\t  s 
are  also  his  oflVpnn" 


d,  Porwe    ,Tii.  1. 12. 


n,.h'tln"n  a«  wc  arc  tljc 
ought  not  to 


icii.  18. 5.     I  brought 


brethre 

re  to  th.  ^ 
theus  abode  the 


WBSh;:^^''^^^!F^^ 


Paul  preaeheth  at  Corinth. 


THE  ACTS. 


He  is  aceused  before  Gallio. 


.  2  21. 


r.  111.  19. 
u.  4.  I'J. 


dell.  17.14,15. 


rcl>.  13  is. 


.  4.  4. 


e  Nell.  S.  13. 

>l>tt.  10.  14. 

cU.  13.  61. 
h  Lev.  5».  ». 

11.  12. 

2S»iu.  1.  16. 

E..  ID.  U.  i 

33.4. 
i  E>  3.  18.  19. 

<i  33.  9- 


world  ill  rijrhteovisness  hythalnx^n 
whom  lie  iiuth  ordiiiiied;  w/KCfO/ho 
liatli  (I  j;iven  assurance  unto  all  men., 
in  that  "i  he  liatli  raised  liim  from  the 
dead. 

32  IT  And  vrhcn  they  heard  of  the 
re.su  rreetion  of  the  dead,  some 
iiiooked:  and  others  said.  We  will 
hear  thee  a^'ain  of  this  linitlrr. 

;i3  8o  Paul  departed  from  amoug 
them. 

."4  lloWbeit  ccrt.ain  men  clave  unto 
him, and  believed:  amonp:  the  which 
icas  Dionysius  the  Areopa;iite,  and 
a  woman  named  Damaris,  and  others 
with  them. 

CIIAPTEIl  xviir. 

3  Paul  lubourcth  with  Ma  hanJa,  and 
jireachetU  at  Corinth  to  the  Uentilee.  9 
The  Lord  encouragcth  him  in  a  viaion. 
12  He  is  accused  before  Oallio  the  dep- 
uty, but  ia  diamiaaed.  ]U  Afterwnrda 
paaainff.  from  city  to  city  he  atrcnythen- 
eth  the  diseiptea.  24  Apulloa,  being  more 
perfectly  instructed  hy  Aquila  and  Pria- 
cilia,  lili  preaeheth  Chriat  with  great 
e^caey. 

A'  FTEK  these  things  Paul  depart- 
ed from  Athens,  and  came  to 
Corinth; 

2  And  found  a  certain  Jew  named 
'Aquila,  born  in  Pontus,  lately  come 
from  Italy,  with  his  wife  J'iisoilla, 
(because  that  Claudius  had  com- 
manded all  Jews  to  depart  from 
Kome,)  and  came  unto  them. 

3  And  because  he  was  of  the  same 
eratl,  he  abode  with  them,  i<and 
wrou^rlit:  (for  by  their  occupation 
tliey  were  tentmakers.) 

4  'And  he  reasoned  in  the  syna- 
gopne  every  sabbath,  and  persuaded 
the  Jews  and  the  Greeks. 

5  And  ilwhen  Silas  and  Timotheus 
were  come  from  Maecdoni.T,  Paul 
was  "pressed  in  the  6))irit,  and  test- 
ified to  the  Jews  that  Jesus  ||  was 
Christ. 

G  And  fwhcn  they  opposed  them- 
selves, and  blasphemed,  ^  he  shook 
Ais  raiment,  and  said  unto  them, 
h  Your  blood  he  upon  your  own 
heads;  il  «ni  clean:  kfrom  lienee- 
fbrth  I  will  fio  unto  the  Uentiles. 

7  TT  And  he  departed  thence,  and 
entered  into  a  certain  uinn'.-i  lnuise, 
named  Justus,  uiie  that  woisliiiipvd 
God,  whose  house  joined  hard  to  tlie 
synasofjue. 

»  I  And  Crispus,  the  chief  ruler  of 
the  syna}j:o^ue,  believed  on  the  Ivord 
witli  all  his  house;  and  many  of  the 
Corinthians  hearing  believed,  and 
were  baptized, 

a  Then  "'  spake  the  Lord  to  Paul  in 
the  ni-lit  bv  a  vi^ioll,  lie  not  afraid, 
but  spoak,  and  liold  not  thy  peace: 

10  "For  I  :im  with  thee,  and  no 
man  shall  set  on  thee  to  hurt  thee: 
for  I  have  much  pcopU'  in  this  city. 

11  And  he  tcontiniud  llicrc  a  year 
and  six  months,  tcaehiu;;  the  word 
of  God  ainon^  them. 

130 


12  IT  And  when  Gallio  was  the  dep- 
uty of  Aehaia,  the  Jews  made  insur- 
rection with  one  accord  aj;ainst  Paul, 
and  brou;jht  him  to  the  judgment 
Beat, 

lo  Saying,  This  filloii)  persuadeth 
men  to  worshii)  God  contrary  to  the 
law. 

14  And  when  Paul  was  now  about 
to  open  hh  mouth,  (iallio  said  unto 
tlie  Jews,  "If  it  were  a  matter  of 
wroiij^  or  wicked  lewdness,  U  ;/<? 
Jews,  reason  would  that  I  should 
bear  with  you: 

1,">  liut  if  it  be  a  question  of  words 
and  names,  and  o/'j'our  law,  look  ye 
lo  It:  for  1  will  be  no  judge  of  such 
viallcr.i. 

1(>  And  he  drave  them  from  the 
judgment  seat. 

17  Then  all  the  Greeks  took  P  Sos- 
thencs,  the  chief  ruler  of  the  syn:i- 
Rogue,  and  beat  A/hi  before  the  judg- 
ment seat.  And  Gallio  cared  tor 
none  of  those  things. 

18  IT  And  Paul  a/ler  this  tarried 
there  yet  a  good  while,  and  then 
took  his  leave  of  the  brethren,  and 
sailed  thence  into  Syria,  and  with 
liim  Priscilla  and  Aquila ;  having 
'I shorn  his  head  iu  'Cenchrea:  lor 
he  had  a  vow. 

19  And  he  came  to  Ephesus,  and 
left  tlicm  there:  but  he  himself  en- 
tered into  the  synagogue,  and  rea- 
soned with  the  Jews. 

20  When  they  desired  him  to  tarry 
longer  time  with  them,  lie  consented 
not; 

21  But  bade  them  farewell,  saying, 
'*  1  must  by  all  means  keep  this  feast 
that  eoineth  in  Jerusalem:  but  1  will 
return  again  unto  you, 'if  God  will. 
And  he  sailed  from  Ephesus. 

22  And  when  he  liad  landed  at  Ces- 
area,  and  gone  up,  and  saluted  the 
church,  he  went  down  to  Antioch. 

2^!  And  after  lie  had  spent  some 
time  there,  he  departed,  and  went 
over  all  the  country  of  "  Galatia  and 
Phrygia  in.  order,  "strengthening  all 
the  disciples. 

24  IT  >  And  a  certain  Jew  named 
Apollos,  born  at  Alexandria,  an 
eliiipieiit  man,  tiud  mighty  in  the 
Scriptures,  came  to  Ephesus. 

!'.">  Tliis  man  was  instructed  in  the 
way  of  tlie  Lord;  and  being ''fervent 
in  the  spirit,  he  spake  and  taught 
diligently  the  things  of  the  I.ord, 
"  knowing  onlv  the  baptism  of  John. 

2(;  And  he  began  to  speak  boldly 
in  the  synagogue  :  whom  when 
Aquila  and  Priseilhi  had  heard, 
they  took  him  unto  them,  and  ex- 
pounded unto  him  the  way  of  God 
more  jierfeetly. 

27  And  when  he  wa.s  disposed  to 
pass  into  Aehaia.  the  brethren  wrote, 
exhorting  the  diseiplis  to  receive 
him  :  who,  when  he  was  come, 
I' helped  them  inueli  which  had  be- 
lieved through  grace: 


The  Holy  Ghost  conferred  by  Paul.   THE  ACTS.  Demetrius  raispth  an 


l,Seo  laan 
3.  7. 
cb.  a.  If!. 


olI..  8.  16. 
fch.  6.  e.  4  8. 


'«h 

1.3 

i23 

A 

D 

07. 

k2n 

.m.l.lJ 
=  10. 

is™ 

Cll 

9.  2 

f.S«cU>rk9 

an. 

Lisko  d.  49. 


as  For  he  iiiij^htily  coiivinceil  the 
Jews,  anil  lliiU  jmhliely,  'shewing; 
hy  the  Scripturea  that  Jesus  ||  was 
Christ. 

CIIAPTEK  XIX. 

0  The  n>ily  Olwut  is  given  ly  PauVa 
hanjK.  'J  The  Jcw»  hUuitUeyne  hit  due- 
trine,  wliirh  18  eonfirmed  by  miraeles. 
13  'I'lie  JeinzU  exarriala  10  are  beaten 
hij  the  ilei'il.  Ill  C<i7ijiirinii  buoke  are 
burnt,  '^i  Demetrius,  for  luve  of  yain, 
raihetk  an  uproar  aguhiat  Puul,  35 
whieh  ia  appeased  by  the  towneterk. 

A  ND  it  came  to  pass,  that,  wliilc 
^'V  "Ap.ill.-s  w:.s  at  C'oi-intli,  I'aiil 
having'  pu.^.-^ccl  lhniii).'li  the  upjier 
CDa.sIs  came  Ici  Kiihe.'iiib  ;  and  liiid- 
ilih'eertaiuaiseiple.-^. 

^  He  saiil  initn  thoin.  Have  ve 
received  the  llnlv  (Jhc.st  smcc  "ve 
helievod?  And  they  said  mitci  hini, 
1' We  Iiave  in»t  so  imicli  as  lieard 
whetluT  there  he  anv  II. .Iv  (iliost. 

.■!  And  )ie  said  nnto  tl'iem.  Unto 
wliat  tlien  were  ve  hapli/edi'  And 
thev  said,  ''i:nt.i.tuliii's  liantisni. 

4  "Tlien  said  I'anl.  .IJ..Iin  verily 
baptized  witli  tlie  laiptisni  of  repent- 
ance, saving  unto  tlie  peoph-,  that 
they  should  believe  on  liini  wliieh 
sliould  come  after  him,  that  is,  on 
Christ  Jesus. 

,'■>  Wlien  tliey  heard  Mi>,  they  were 
baptized  "^  in  "the  name  of  the  l,ord 
Jesus. 

(!  And  when  Paul  had  flaid  /ii.< 
hands  upon  them,  the  Holy  Gliost 
came  on  them  :  and  ^  they  spake 
with  tongues,  and  propliesied. 

7  And  all  the  men  were  about 
twelve. 

8  b  And  he  went  into  the  syna- 
gOfTue,  and  spake  boldly  for"  the 
space  of  three  months,  disputins 
and  pcrsuailing  tlu>  things  i con- 
cerning the  kingdom  of  tiod. 

i)  But  twlien  divers  were  hard- 
ened, and  believed  not,  but  spake 
evil  I  of  that  w.-iy  befor.'  the  multi- 
tude, he  departed  from  tliiin.  and 
separated  the  disciples,  disputing 
dailv  in  the  school  of  one  Tvrannus. 

10  "And  "'this  continued  liy  the 
space  of  two  years;  so  that  all  they 
whieh  dwelt  in  Asia  beard  the  word 
of  the  Lord  Jesus,  both  Jews  aud 
Greeks. 

11  And  "  God  wrought  special  mir- 
acles by  the  hands  of  I'aul: 

lli  "So  that  from  his  bodv  were 
brought  unto  the  sick  haiulk.rehiefs 
or  aprons,  and  the  diseases  departed 
from  them,  aud  the  evil  spirits  went 
out  of  them. 

i:!  H  I'  Then  certain  of  the  vaga- 
bond Jews,  exorcists,  'i  took  upon 
them  to  call  over  them  whieh  had 
evil  sjiirits  the  name  of  the  Lord 
Jesus,  saying.  We  ndjuro  you  by 
Jesus  whom  I'aul  preaeheth. 

14  And  there  were  sevfn  sons  of 
otie  Sceva,  a  Jew,  and  chief  of  the 
priests,  whicli  did  io. 


Ij  And  the  evil  spirit  answered 
and  said,  Jesus  1  know,  and  I'aul  I 
know;  but  who  are  ye? 

l(i  And  the  man  in  whom  the  evil 
spirit  was  leaped  on  them,  and  over- 
came them,  and  prevaileil  against 
them,  so  that  they  Hed  out  of  that 
liouse  naked  and  wounded. 

17  And  this  was  known  to  all  the 
Jews  and  Greeks  also  dwelling  at 
Kphesui; :  and  'fear  fell  on  them 
all,  and  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus 
wjis  magnitied. 

l.S  And  nniny  that  believed  enme, 
and  'confessed,  and  shewed  their 
deeds. 

in  Many  of  them  also  whieh  used 
curious  arts  brought  their  books  to- 
gether, and  burned  them  before  all 
iiHH  :  and  thev  counted  the  price  of 
them,  and  ti.und  it  liltv  thousand 
y,/.e,..  of  silver. 

L'O  '.So  mightily  grew  the  word  of 
God  and  prevailed. 

•Jl  IT  "  After  these  things  were  en<led, 
Paul  ^purposed  in  the  sjiirit,  when 
he  had  passcl  througli  .Mniedonra 
and  Aehaiu,  to  g.i  to  Jenisali-m,  sav- 
ing. After  1  have  been  tliere,  >  I  nnist 
also  see  Kome. 

t^L'  So  he  sent  into  Mueedoina  two 
of  ^  them  that  nnnistercd  nnto  him, 
Tiniotheus  and  "Erastus;  but  he 
himself  stayed  in  Asia  tor  a  sea* 
son. 

i"  And  i<the  same  time  there  arose 
no  snudl  stir  about '  that  way. 

'J4  For  a  certain  vian  named  De- 
metrius, tt  silversmith,  whieh  made 
silver  shrines  for  Diana,  brought 
<i  no  small  gain  unto  the  eraftsnun  : 

L'5  Whom  he  calleil  tog.  Iher  with 
the  workmen  of  like  <»ceupation, 
and  said.  Sirs,  ye  know  that  bv  this 
craft  we  have  our  wealth. 

L'd  Moreover  ve  sec  and  hear,  that 
not  alone  at  Kphesus,  hut  olmost 
through. .ut  all  Asia,  this  Paul  hath 
persuaded  and  turned  awav  much 
pi-ople,  s:ivilig  that  'thev  he  "no  gods, 
whieh  are  made  with  hands; 

•27  So  that  11. .t  oiilv  this  our  craft  is 
in  danger  to  he  set  at  11.  iughl;  hutals.i 
that  the  t.lnple  of  the  great  g.-ihliss 
Diana  should  he  despise.l.  ami  her 
maguitieeiiee  should  he  destroyed, 
whom  all  Asia  and  the  world  wor- 
shippeth. 

•JH  And  when  they  lieard  llic.<r  saii- 
iiKif,  they  were  tiill  of  wrath,  and 
eri.'.l  out.  saving.  Great  i.«  Diana  of 
th.'  Kpli.sian's. 

•.".I  .\n.l  the  whole  city  was  filled 
with  contusion:  and  Inning  caught 
'Gains  ond  f  .■\ristar<-hus.  men  of 
Macedonia,  Paul's  companions  in 
travel,  they  rushed  with  one  accord 
into  the  theatre. 

.'at  -And  when  Paul  would  have  en- 
tered in  unto  the  people,  the  disci- 
ples suffered  him  not. 

.'.1  And  certain  tif  the  chief  of  Asio, 
which  were  his  frieiidf,  sent  unto 
!31 


Paul  potifk  to  Hdfi-doma. 


THE  ACTS. 


Evtgtiau  rttlertd  to  life. 


kllSa.I.a 


him.  desirlBr  iim  th«I  he  •<roxild  EC-S 
•drenrure  himself  ir  so  the  thearrt. 
it;  Soiiie  lirTtftre  cne\i  one  tiiin?, 
asd  jocie  ii5,<±ic:r:  f^r  lite  fcv>eE;t>l.T 
w*»  C(>Dfii5*«i ;  aau  uie  nK-nt  part 
kaev  MK  wiw-iciutc  tney  vac  cuow 


S  ABd  Oct  drev  AlesBBder  o«t  cf 
Aa4  kAlexaader  ibc^- 


Bade  iBs  defaBoe  nrto  tke  people. 
St  Bitt  riMB  ther  kM»  IfaC  ke  VK 
a  Jew,  al  villi  oae  'naee  abeat  Ike 

sfMce  of  two  ImmisubliI  <Mi^  Gfcrt 
uDiaBaarike  "  ' 


appfai'd  the  peo^e,  ke  sod.  Tt 
»em«frpkfr«Mrhat  Mis  there 
tkatkacnreA  sot  hov  Ikat  the  ci^ 
of  the  Bt*f  "»■■'  >■  **  vonkiner 
of  the  great  eoddess  Dina,  aai  af 
theHM«e«lSchfeS4inmfriB  te- 


as Scene  Aot  flMt  these  ttaass 
SBBOtbe  spokoi 
iabe4net,aMlk> 


'      doaollBKs  ladk- 


SForTehmc. 
men,  vUck  aie  innther  robbecs  at 

ckBiehcB«  nop  7^  ainfhnBecs  oc 

as  Wkeretae  if  Beaelins,  aad  the 
fia8  Mil  ■  Tkiek  are  wilh  him,  hare 
a  matter  mKmmtt  aar  maa.  I  ttte  lav 
is  tni.  nkl  there  ae  *  pklii  1 :  fet 
them  iinlead  oae  aao&er. 

as  Bat  V  ye  iafuK  aay  thiaar  eiK- 
cenbig  other  Batten,  it  ^all  be  de- 
teiBiaed  in  a  |  bvfal  asse^Mr. 

9Vm  ai  111  la  iea„ii  In  >i  "1  till  il 
IB  %i  ilBMi  tar  this  dirt  lauai, 
thae  heiag  ■• 
Ba^-  gire  aa 


cimdQs:  and  *  Gaias  of  Deike,  aad 
'  Tisaotkens:  aadaf  Asa,  'Trckieai 
and  STinjifciBBii 

oTbesegoias  hc&re  tanied  ftras 
atXnias. 

6  A»d  we  sailed  avay  fi  ui  PkiBppI 
after  kOe  dars  of  aaloneacd  knia. 
aad  f  laif  aaio  tkeaa  ite  Traas  ia 
fire  d^j%;  vhere  ve  akate  serea 
dajFS. 

7  Aad  avoa  lOe  fint  *tr  of  Oe 
week.  Tbea  the  dimpies  mar  te- 
ScOmt  I  to  break  kicad,  Iteal  preach- 
ed aato  thca^  icadr  to  depart  aa 
the  mamm ;  aad  'eoatiaaed  kis 
^eech  aalO  ^odal^tt. 

SAadtkereveie  aaaar  fi^ts  "ia 
the  n^er  rkaiber,  vhere  mejr  voe 
jsdieredtQsetker. 

SAad  dne  sat  ia  a  viadov  a  ea>- 
taia  yon*  ana  aaawd  £al;iAa*, 
beiajr  tdea  iato  a  deey  de^:  aad 
asB«ialwaslDBSpnarkiaf..kie«aric 
dorva  vitk  eIcc9.  aad  Ul  dsva  6«B 
tke  thiid  k^  aad  vas  takaa  a* 
dead. 

MAadFSud  v« 


*  TnMbte  aot  joaxsclreB;  Sir  kis  fifc 
is  la  kiaL 

U  WlMmbe  OacAre  was  cnaae  aa 
^aiB,  aad  kad  bnikea  bread,  aad 
catn.aad  tafcedaln^  abih.er^ 
tfflkteak  of  dar,  sd  hedcvaited. 

\*  And  Okt  braa^ht  tke  yva^ 
mm  afire,  aad  vereaataBtaeiioas 

13  V  .lad  ve  vent  kefcre  to  dria. 
aad  saSed  aato  Assos,  theic  iatead- 
1^  to  take  ia  Bull:  fiirsokaCheap- 

;  poiBted.  miBdjEgMinsfW'to '"" 

14  Aad 


aAadvkea  he  kad  firas  syolDa^ 
ke  diaMssed  the  aasemhiy. 

CHAPTER  XX. 
I  faU  fwck  te 
UvUth  Urn  Zm^t 

Ik  nBiA  tim  <Mct«  tng«T*ii.  ttBeik 
tttm  m*m  akril  »rf^  ta  kuuvtf.  S 


"^t 


Hitjrleae. 

IS  And -ve  tailed  Oocr,  aad  c^ae 
flie  aext  dt^  over  agiiaiit  Chwa. 
aadtheaext  d^  ve  aziired  at  Sa- 
■aos.  aad  tanied  at 
tkeaextAnvecai 

WFerltalk 
br  lyir  II'.  becaase  ke  -avald  aat 
rpead  the  tiiae  ia  Asia:  far  'he 
kastcd.  if  it  -rere  pmrilile  tar  hoa. 
«to  be  at  JerasakB  'tte  dar  «f 


il.Ik.«i. 


VXD  after  Oe 
Bud  esBed  aatoUaaK  fiset- 
pl<s,aad  I  labiafi  d 
paned  Ar  to  «  iato 
S  .Aad  vbea  ke  kad  p 
parts,  aad  kad  jjica  Ottam  laae^  ex- 
hoftatiaa.  he  ease  iato  Greece, 
3  Aad  tkere  abode  ttne  awalhs. 


>  17  T  .Aad  fioas  SOetaa  he  reat  to 
I  Efihesas,  aad  called  tke  ddets  of  tke 
jekarch. 
IS  Aad  vhea  OkT  vo*  eoaw  to 
kim,  ke  sud  aato  OKOi.  Tc 
■fioB  &e  fiistdarlkat  I  can 
Asia,  after  vhat  Biaaaer  I  hare 
vitkToaataB 


l^^oftond.  aad  vitk  aaaay  J 

aad  tfanptatmas.  akick  bfwa 


'  «f  Benw  aad  of  the 

i  Thmalnaiaa'i.  'Aiistorekaa  aad  Se- 


19  SeiT^«  tke  Loed  «ift  all  kaiail 

br  the  trias  ia 

at-tladVoa-'Ikepthaefc  aetUat; 
that  vas  piadUde  Mto  poa.  bM 
■have  shewed  pm.  aad  bare  ta^kc 
:TX)a  paMJcty,  lad  fcoaa  keaae  to 


I  a'Ta6Cr>BSb<Atotte2evB,aBd 


cit- 
ing vu. 
ni.i.:2. 

tA  !1.9l 

tTs^.i.m. 
kEi.  :<  u. 

tc^i.  a. 


i.e. 


Paul's  charge  to  the  elders. 


He  joumeyeth  to  Jerusalem. 


Cl.  IX 

T.i.'iii. 


li   Clj.  H. 
■.|.h    1,  IS. 

■ul.    1.   U.  I 

lei..  9.  15. 


12.  t  12. 
E|.1..4.2 
1  'l'lteu.4 


also  to  the  Greeks,  >  repi'iitaiu'c  to- 
ward Owl,  nnd  fuith  toward  our 
Lord  .Tesiis  Christ. 

'£i  And  liow,  behold,  •!  po  bound 
in  tlie  spirit  unto  Jcrusiileni,  not 
knowing  the  things  that  shall  lietall 
me  tliere: 

L'-i  Save  that  "the  IIolv  Cliost  wit- 
nesseth  ill  everv  eitv,' s:n  ini;  that 
bonds  !in<l  aillietions  !;:il.i,le  n.e. 

•.'4  But  l.noneof  the.sL- thiiiL's  niove 
nie,  neither  count  1  niv  lile  clear  ur.- 
to  invself,  '  siitliat  I  m'ijjht  finish  inv 
eomse  with  j,. v.  .land  tlu-  niinistrv, 
'  which  1  have  received  of  tlie  Lofd 
Jesus,  to  testify  the  gospel  of  the 
grace  of  Cou. 

a5  And  now,  behold, '  I  know  that 
ye  all,  anions  whom  I  have  gone 
prcaehint;  thekingdoiu  of  Uod,  shall 
sec  mv  faee  no  more. 

^J  \Vherel(»re  1  tjike  you  to  record 
day,  that  I  ani  Bpure  from  the 


CHAPTER  XXI. 

1  Paul  teill  not  ^J/  any  mean*  b«  ti 


ltd 


iiaughtgrt  jtrophttfMtv*.  17  Paul 
to  JcrumaUin :  27  where  he  ie  ayjtrt- 
hendcJ,  and  in  great  danger^  31  liut  ity 
the  cUiff  captain  it  retcued,  and  per- 
tnitted  to  epeak  to  the  people. 

VND  It  came  to  pass,  thnt  after 
we  were  gotteu  from  them,  and 
had  launeheil,  we  cnmc  with  a 
straight  course  unto  Coos,  and  the 
(/(('/  following  unto  Uhodes,  and 
from  thencp  unto  I'atara: 
2  And  finding  u  ship  sailing  over 
unto  Pheuiciu,  we  went  aboard,  and 
set  forth. 

.'}  Now  when  wc  had  discovered 
Cyprus,  we  left  it  on  the  left  hand, 
and  sailed  into  Syria,  and  landed  at 
Tyro:  for  there  tlie  ship  was  to  un- 
lade her  burden. 

4  And  finding  disciples,  we  tarried 
blood  of  all  men.  there  seven  days:  "who  said  to  Paul 

27  For  li  I  have  not  shunned  to  de-    through  the   i^pirit,  that  he  should 
lare  unto  you  all  itlie  counsel  of    not  go  up  to  Jerusalem. 


God. 


And  when  we  had  accomplished 


28    U    I  Take  heed    therefore    unto  !  those  days,  wc  departed  and  went 


yourselves,  and  to  all  the  flock, 
over  the  which  the  Holy  Ghost 
1  hath  made  you  overseers,  to  feed 
the  church  "of  God,  '"which  he 
hath  purchased  "with  his  own 
blooil. 

L'.l  For  I  know  this,  that  after  my 
departing  "shall  grievous  wolves 
enter  in  among  you,  not  sparing  the 
ll,)ck. 

.■;i)  Also  1' of  your  own  selves  shall 
men  arise,  speaking  perverse  things, 
to  draw  away  disciples  alter  them. 

.*il  Therefore  watch,  and  remeniher, 
tliut  'I  by  the  space  of  three  years  I 
ceased  not  to  warn  every  one  night 
nnd  day  with  tears. 

.y  And  now,  brethren,  I  commend 
you  to  God,  and  'to  the  word  of  his 
"grace,  which  is  able  "to  build  you 
up,  and  to  give  you  'an  inheritance 
ainiuig  all  then!  which  are  saucti- 

fied. 

o;i  "  I  have  coveted  no  man's  silver, 
or  gold,  or  apparel. 
."4  Yea,  ye  yourselves  know,  "that 

these  haiuls  have  ministered  unto  my 

necessities,  and  to  tliein  that  were 

with  me. 
;«  I  have  shewed  you  all  things, 

>  how  that  so  labouring  ye  ought  to 

support  the  weak,  and  to"  remember 

the  words  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  how  he 

said.  It  is  more  blessed  to  give  than 

to  receive. 
;!(i  X  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 

he  'kneeled  down,  and  prayed  with 

them  all 


&7  And  thev  all  wept  sore,  nnd  "fell    tl 
I  Paul's  neck,  and  kissed  him,  |    1 

S    Sorrowing  most  of  all  for  the  ;  suudeil.  w 


our  way  ;  and  they  all  brought  us 
on  our  WMy,  with  "wives  and  chil- 
dren, till  lie  t/e/c  out  of  the  city  : 
and  I*  we  kneeled  down  on  the  shore, 
and  prayed. 

(!  And  when  wc  had  taken  our  leave 
one  of  another,  we  took  ship  ;  and 
they  returned  ^  home  again. 

7  And  when  we  had  finished  our 
course  from  Tyre,  we  came  to  Ptol- 
emais,  and  sainted  the  liR^thren, 
and  abode  with  them  one  day. 

K  Anil  the  next  iliiii  wc  that  were 
of  Paul's  company  departe<l,  and 
came  unto  Cesarea:  and  we  entered 
into  the  house  of  Philip  •'the  evan- 
gelist, '  w  Inch  was  one  of  the  seven; 
and  abode  with  him. 

'J  And  the  same  man  had  four  daugh- 
ters, virgins,  f  w  Inch  did  prophesy. 

10  And  ai  we  tarried  there  many 
days,  there  came  down  from  Jiidea 
a  certain  pri>|iliet,  named  •=  .\gabus. 

11  And  when  he  was  come  unto  us, 
he  took  Paul's  girdle,  and  bounil  his 
own  hands  anil  feet,  and  said.  Thus 
saith  the  Holy  Ghost.  !■  So  shall  the 
Jews  at  Jerusalem  bind  the  man  that 
owneth  this  girdle,  nnd  shall  deliver 
Aim  into  the  hands  of  the  Gentiles. 

12  And  when  we  heanl  these  things, 
both  we,  and  they  of  that  place,  be- 
sought him  not  to  go  up  to  Jerusa- 

'f'"-  ■       .„..    . 

l.t  Then  Paul  answered,  i«hat 
mean  ve  to  weep  and  to  break  mine 
lieart?"for  I  am  ready  nottohi'  bound 
only,  but  also  todie"at  Jerusalem  for 


words  li  which  he  spake,  that  the. 
should  see  his  face  no  more.     And 


14  And  when  he 


of  the  I.onI  bi 
1.^.  And  ufle 


of  the  Lortl  J<su 


•  tiv.k  up     jitt. 


they    aceonipauied    him    uuto    Uic    our  carriages,  and  went  up  to  Jeru- 
ship.  '  ealeiu. 


Paul  Cometh  to  Jerusalem, 


THE  ACTS.        and  is  assaulted  in  the  temple. 


Of  11.15  4,12. 

lUtii.  15.  VH, 

19. 
o  cU.  1.  IT.  4 


<1  Sum.  6.  2. 

i:i.  IS. 

ell.  lit.  13. 


«1».  20.  4. 
,ch.2e.21. 


]l>  There  went  with  us  also  ci'r- 
hiiii  of  the  disciples  of  Cesareu,  and 
broii^lit  with  them  one  Mnason  of 
C'yiniis,  an  old  diseiple,  with  whom 
we  should  lodge. 

17  lAnd  when  we  were  come  to 
Jerusalem,  the  brethren  received  us 
glndly. 

1.S  And  the  rfrfj^fiiUowingPiuil  wont 
in  with  us  untu  '"James;  aud  all  the 
elders  were  present. 

VJ  And  when  he  had  saluted  them, 
"  he  declared  particularly  whatthinj^s 
God  had  wrou^l'.t  amonj^  the  Gen- 
tiles "liv  his  miiiistry. 

ai  And  wlan  tlicy  hoard  iV,  they 
Kloritiod  tlie  J^ord,  and  said  unto 
him.  Thou  soest,  brother,  how  many 
thousands  of  Jews  there  are  which 
believe;  aud  they  are  all  f  zealous  of 
the  law: 

21  And  they  arc  informed  of  thee, 
that  thou  teachest  all  the  Jews  which 
are  amon*!:  the  Gentiles  to  ibrsake 
Mo.ses,  saying  that  they  ought  not 
to  circumcise  tJteir  chililren,  neither 
to  walk  after  the  customs. 

22  What  is  it  therefore?  the  multi- 
tude must  needs  come  together:  for 
they  will  hear  that  thou  art  come. 

2^  Do  therefore  this  that  we  say  to 
thee:  We  have  four  men  which  have 
a  vow  on  them ; 

24  Them  take,  and  purify  thyself 
with  them,  and  be  at  charges  with 
them,  that  they  may  'l  shave  their 
heads:  and  all  may  know  that  those 
things,  whereof  they  were  inibrmed 
concerning  thee,  are  nothing  ;  but 
l/ial  thou  thyself  also  walkest  order- 
ly, and  keepVst  the  law. 

25  As  touching  the  Gentiles  which 
believe,  'we  lia\'e  written  and  con- 
cluded that  they  observe  no  such 
thing,  save  only  that  they  keep  them- 
selves from  tilings  offered  to  idols, 
and  from  blood,  and  from  strangled, 
and  from  fornication. 

2lj  Then  Paul  took  the  men,  and 
the  next  day  purifying  himself  with 
them  ^ entered  into  the  temple,  'to 
signify  the  aecompUshment  of  the 
days  of  i)uriticatiou,  until  that  an 
ottering  should  be  otfered  for  every 
one  of  them. 

27  And  wlien  the  seven  days  were 
almost  ended,  "  the  Jews  which  were 
of  Asia,  when  tliey  saw  him  in  the 
temple,  stirred  up  iiU  the  people, and 
"■laid  hands, >u  him, 

2SCrvcngont,  Men  of  Israel,  help: 
This  is  the  man,  >  that  teachelli  all 
well  every  wliere  au'ainst  tlie  pcii|>le, 
and  the  law,  and  this  place:  ami  fur- 
ther brought  (Jreeks  also  into  the 
temple,  and  hath  polluted  this  holy 
I>laee. 

21)  (Kor  they  had  seen  before  with 
him  in  the  eitv  ''  Trophimns  an 
Kphesian,  whom"  thcv  supposed  that 
I'aul  had  himight  into  the  temple.) 

M  An<l  "all  the  city  was  moved, 
aud  the  peciple  ran  together:  and 
134 


they  took  Paul,  and  drew  him  out  of 
the  temple:  anil  forthwith  the  doors 
were  shut. 

.".1  And  as  they  went  about  to  kill 
him,  tidings  e:ime  unto  the  chief  cap- 
tain of  the  band,  that  all  Jerusalem 
was  in  an  uproar: 

,'J2  h  Who  immediately  took  soldiers 
and  centurions,  and  ran  down  unto 
thi'm:  and  when  they  saw  the  chief 
captain  and  the  solilicrs,  they  left 
beutiuf^  of  Paul. 

?i3  Then  the  chief  captain  came 
near,  and  took  him,  and  '  command- 
ed him  to  be  bound  with  two  chains: 
and  demanded  who  he  was,  and 
wluit  he  had  done. 
.■i4  And  some  cried  one  thing,  some 
another,  among  the  multitude:  and 
when  he  could  not  know  the  cer- 
tainty- for  the  tumult,  he  command- 
ed him  to  be  carried  into  the  castle. 
^5  And  when  he  came  upon  the 
stairs,  so  it  was,  that  he  was  borne 
<if  the  soldiers  for  the  violence  of 
tlie  people. 

."i;  For  the  multitude  of  the  people 
followed  after,  crying,  J  Away  with 
him. 

37  And  as  Paul  was  to  be  led  into 
the  castle,  he  said  unto  the  chief 
captain.  May  1  speak  unto  thee? 
Who  .said.  Canst  thou  speak  Greek? 
.'IS  "Art  not  thou  that  Kgvptian, 
which  before  these  daj  s  mailest  an 
uproar,  and  leddest  out  into  the  wil- 
derness four  thousand  men  that  were 
murderers? 

;ill  Hut  Paul  said,  fl  am  a  man 
which  am  a  Jew  of  Tarsus,  a  city 
in  Cilieia,  a  citizen  of  no  mean  city: 
and,  I  beseech  thee,  suti'er  uie  to 
sjieak  unto  the  people. 
40  And  when  he  had  given  him 
license,  Paul  stood  on  the  stairs,  and 
"beckoned  with  the  hand  unto  the 
people.  And  when  there  was  made 
a  great  silence,  he  spake  unto  them 
in  the  Hebrew  tongue,  saying, 

CHAPTER  XXII. 
1  Faid  deelarclh  at  Uinjc,  how  he  wa%  con- 
verted to  the  faith,  17  and  called  to  hit 
apoxtlcnhip.  '22  At  the  very  mentioning 
of  the  (rentilet,  the  people  exelaini  on 
him.  S4  Jle  nhould  have  been  eeourged, 
2ii  but  claiming  the  privilege  of  a  Roman, 
he  escapotli. 

MEN,  "  brethren,  and  fathers,  hear 
ye  my  defence  ichich  I  make 
now  unto  you. 

2  (And  when  they  heard  that  he 
spake  in  the  Hebrew  tongue  to  them, 
tliev  kept  the  more  silence:  and  he 
sait'h,) 

.3  III  am  verilv  a  man  which  am  a 
Jew,  born  in  Tarsus,  «  cilij  in  Ci- 
lieia, yet  brought  up  in  this  city  °at 
the  feet  of  »'  Gamaliel,  OMtl  taught 
•-' according  to  the  perfect  manner  of 
the  law  of  the  fathers,  and  i  was  zeal- 
ous toward  God,  8  as  ye  all  arc  this 
day. 

4  "And  I  persecuted  this  way  unto 


He  dedaretli  his  conversion, 


THE  ACTS,    and  is  brought  before  the  cmincil. 


I  the   ik';itli,   biiulin;;    and  di'livcring 
into  [)risoiis  hotli  men  und  women. 

5  As  nlso  the  hi(;h  priest  doth  hear 
nie  witness,  und  i  all  the  estate  of  tlic 
elders:  k  from  wliom  also  I  received 
letters  unto  the  brethren,  and  went 
to  Damascus,  to  brin^  them  whieh 
were  there  bound  uuto  Jerusalem, 
for  to  be  ]>unished. 

6  And  I  it  came  to  pass,  that,  as  I 
made  iny  journey,  and  was  conic 
ni;;h  unto  Damascus  about  noon, 
suddenlv  there  slume  from  heaven  a 
preat  lii^lit  ruuml  about  me. 

T  And  i  fell  unto  the  >;iound,  and 
heard  a  voice  savin;.'  unto  me,  Saul, 
Saul,  whv  iierseeutest  thou  me'/ 

8  And  t  answered,  W)io  art  thou. 
Lord!'  And  he  said  unto  nie,  I  am 
Jesus  of  Nazareth,  whom  thou  pcr- 
seeutest. 

y  And  "'they  that  were  with  nic 
saw  indeed  the  lipht,  and  were 
afraid;  but  thev  heard  not  the  voice 
of  him  that  spuVe  to  me. 

10  And  I  said,  What  shall  I  do. 
Lord?  And  the  Lord  said  unto  me. 
Arise,  and  ^'o  into  Damascus;  and 
there  it  shall  be  told  thee  of  all 
things  which  are  appointed  for  thee 
to  do. 

11  And  when  I  could  not  sec  for 
the  Klorv  of  that  lisht,  beiuR  led  by 
the  hanil  of  them  tluit  were  with  me. 


:  into  Dan 


L-  US 


devout 

man  aeeordin;;  to  the  law,  "  havinf?  a 
;;ood  report  of  all  the  ''Jews  which 
dwelt  tJiere, 

Vi  Came  unto  nie,  and  stood,  and 
said  unto  me.  Brother  Saul,  receive 
thy  EJKht.  And  the  same  hour  1 
looked  up  upon  him. 

14  And  he  said,  'i  The  Cod  of  our 
fathers  'hath  chosen  thee,  th:it  thou 
shouldest  know  his  will,  ami  >see 
'that  Just  One,  and  "  shouldest  hear 
the  voice  of  his  mouth. 

15  "For  thou  slialt  be  his  witness 
unto  all  men  of  >  what  thou  hast 
seen  and  heard. 

1(1  And  now  why  birriest  thou? 
arise,  and  he  baptized,  ^und  wash 
away  thy  sins,  "calling  on  the  name 
of  the  Lord. 

17  And  liit  came  to  pass,  that,  when 
I  was  come  a^ain  to  Jerusalem,  even 
while  I  prayed  in  the  temi>le,  1  was 
in  a  trance: 

IS  And  'saw  him  savins  unto  mc 
•'Make  haste,  and  (tet  thee  quickly 
out  of  Jerusalem:  tor  they  will  not 
receive  tliy  testimony  concerning 
me. 

19  And  I  said,  I,ord,  'the/  know 
that  I  imprisoned  and  fbeat  in  every 
sviia"o;;ue  them  that  believed  on 
thee: 

•iO  SAnd  when  the  blood  of  thy 
inartvr  Stephen  was  shed,  I  also  was 
standing  bv,  ami  !•  emisentiii);  unto 
his  death,  and  kept  the  raiment  of 
them  tliat  eIcw  him. 


21  And  he  said  unto  ine.  Depart: 
i  for  1  M  ill  send  thee  lar  hence  uuto 
the  Gentiles. 

L':i  And  they  Rttve  him  audience 
unto  this  Word,  anil  (/«■«  litUd  ui> 
their  voices,  and  said,  k  Awav  with 
such  a  I'flliiir  from  the  earth:  ibr  it  is 
not  lit  that  i  he  should  li 


And 


tin 


.1  out.  and 


otl'(A>  ir  clothes,  und  threw  dust  into 
the  air, 

24  The  chief  captain  commanded 
him  to  be  broujilit  into  the  castle, 
and  bade  that  he  shoulil  be  exam- 
ined by  BcourKinKi  that  he  nii(;ht 
know  whcrelbre  they  cried  so  against 
him. 

M  And  as  they  hound  him  witli 
thongs,  Paul  said  unto  llic  centurion 
that  sto.)d  by, '"Is  it  laulul  fur  you 
to  scourge  a  man  that  is  ;v  Ketnian, 
and  uneondemned? 

Lfi  When  the  .-.•nturion  li.ard  lliiil. 
he  went  and  told  the  ehiet  captain, 
saying,  'i':ike  heed  what  thi>u  doest; 
for  this  man  is  a  Koman. 

27  Then  the  chief  captain  came, 
and  said  unto  him.  Tell  me,  art  thou 
a  Koman?     lie  s:iid.  Yea. 

2K  And  the  eliief  captain  answered, 
'With  a  great  sum  (d)tained  1  this 
freedom.  And  i*uul  said,  But  1  was 
free  born. 

•£l  Then  straightway  they  departed 
from  him  which  should  "have  ||  ex- 
amined him:  and  the  chief  captain 
also  was  afraid,  after  he  knew  that 
he  was  a  Koman,  und  because  he 
h:id  bound  him. 

;t()  On  the  morrow,  because  he 
would  have  known  the  certainty 
wherefore  he  was  aecusiil  ol  the 
Jews,  he  loosed  him  from  /./>  bands, 
anil  commanded  the  chief  priests 
ami  all  their  council  to  api>car,  and 
brought  I'aul  down,  and  set  him 
belore  them. 

CH.\PTER  XXIII. 

1  At  Paul  ptcndclh  hit  cnutt.'l  Ananiat 

commandtlll  Hum  to  tmile  Aim.     7  Hit- 

eouratfetfl  /ti»«.  H  The  Jeut  Inyinif  wait 
for  Paul  2U  til  dtelared  l<n(u  the  e/iit/ 
euiitain.    £7  Jle  letidilli  him  to  ftliz  the 

guvcrnor. 

\ND  Paul,  earnestly  beholding 
the  council,  saiil.  Men  uml 
brethren,  "I  have  lived  in  all  gisid 
conscience  belbi-e  (Jod  until  this 
day. 

2  And  the  high  priest  .Ananias  coni- 
niandcd  them  that  stood  by  him  bio 


ilc  him  . 


I  th. 


nth. 


1  Thin  said  Paul  unto  him.  Cod 
shall  smite  thee,  tlmii  wbited  wall: 
tbrsittest  thou  to  judge  mc  oiler  the 
law,  and  '  comniandest  me  to  be 
smitten  I trnrv  to  the  law? 

4  .Vnil  thev  that  sti«id  bv  said.  Re- 
vilest  thou  (iiKl'^  high  priest? 

.'>  Then  said  Paul,  •!  I  wist  not, 
bnthren,  that  be  was  the  high 
iiriust:  for  it  is  writtun,  "■  Thou  slialt 
*  135 


A  conspiracy  against  Paul. 


THE  ACTS.     Jle  is  sent  to  Felix  the  governor. 


I  ch.  Q5.  23.  t 

ai,  31. 

k  ch.22.7.17, 

18. 
1  ch.  S.  39. 


not  Bpeak  evil  of  the  ruler  of  thy 
people. 

6  lint  wlien  Paul  perceived  that  the 
one  piirt  were  Suddiicees,  and  the 
other  Pharisees,  he  cried  out  in  the 
council,  Men  and  brethren,  rl  nm  a 
Pliarisee,  the  son  of  a  Pliarisee:  «of 
the  JioDc  and  resurrection  of  the 
dead  I  am  called  in  question. 

7  And  when  he  had  so  said,  there 
arose  a  dissension  between  tlie  Pliar- 
isees  and  the  Sadducees:  and  the 
multitude  was  divided. 

_  8  b  For  the  Sadducees  say  tliat  there 
is  no  resurrection,  neitlier  ani;el,  nor 
spirit:  but  the  Pharisees  confess  both. 

9  And  there  arose  a  great  cry:  and 
the  scribes  that  were  of  the  Phari- 
sees* i>art  arose,  and  strove,  sayin;;, 
i  We  find  no  evil  in  this  man:  but 
k  if  a  spirit  or  an  angel  hatli  spoken 
to  him,  I  let  us  not  fight  against  God. 

II)  And  when  there  arose  a.  great 
dissension,  the  chief  captain,  fearing 
lest  Paul  should  liave  been  pulled  in 
pieces  of  them,  commanded  tlie  sol- 
diers to  go  down,  and  to  take  liim 
by  force  from  among  tliem,  and  to 
bring  liim  into  the  castle. 

11  .\nd  '"the  niglit  following  the 
Lord  stood  bv  liim,  and  said,  lie  of 
good  clieer,  Paul:  for  as  tliou  liast 
testified  of  me  in  Jerusalem,  so  must 
tliou  bear  witness  also  at  Rome. 

11  And  wlicn  it  was  day,  "certain 
of  the  Jews  banded  together,  and 
bound  themselves  ||  under  a  curse, 
saying  that  tliey  would  noitlier  eat 
nor  drink  till  they  liad  killed  Paul. 

13  And  they  were  more  tlian  forty 
whicli  had  made  this  conspiracy. 

14  And  thev  came  to  the  eliief 
priests  and  elders,  and  said,  Wc  liave 
bound  ourselves  under  a  great  curse, 
tliat  we  will  eat  nothing  until  we 
have  slain  Paul. 

15  Now  tlicrefore  ye  with  the  coun- 
cil signify  to  the  cliief  captain  tliat 
he  bring  him  down  unto  you  to  mor- 
row, a.s  though  ye  would  inquire 
something  more  perfectly  concern- 
ing him :  and  we,  or  ever  he  come 
near,  are  ready  to  kill  him. 

1()  And  when  Paul's  sister's  son 
heard  of  their  lying  in  wait,  he  went 
and  entered  into  the  castle,  and  told 
Paul. 

17  Then  Paul  called  one  of  the  cen- 
turions unto  him,  and  said.  Bring 
this  young  man  unto  the  chief  cap- 
tain: lor  he  hath  a  certain  thing  to 
tell  him. 

in  .•>■)  he  took  him,  and  brought  him 
to  the  chief  c-:ii)tMin.  and  said.  Paul 
the  prisoner  chilled  me  unto  ////»,  and 
prayed  lue  to  bring  this  youn^  man 
unto  thee,  who  hath  something  to 
say  unto  thee. 

\\i  Then  the  chief  captain  took  him 
by  the  hand,  and  went  vilh  him 
aside  privately,  and  asked  Aioi,  What 
is  that  thou  hast  to  tell  me? 

20  And  he  said,  "The  Jews  have 
13d 


agreed  to  desire  tliee  that  thou  would- 
cst  bring  down  Paul  to  morrow  into 
tlie  council,  as  though  they  would 
inquire  somewhat  of  him  more  per- 
fectly. 

L'l  fiutdonotthou  yield  unto  them: 
for  there  lie  in  wait  for  him  of  them 
more  than  forty  men,  which  have 
bound  themselves  with  an  oath,  that 
they  will  neither  eat  nor  drink  till 
they  have  killed  him:  and  now  are 
they  ready,  looking  for  a  promise 
from  thee. 

21  So  the  chief  captain  then  let  the 
young  man  depart,  and  charged /ii'm, 
.See  thou  tell  no  man  that  thou  hast 
shewed  these  things  to  me. 

23  And  he  called  unto  him  two 
centurions,  saying,  Ulake  ready  two 
hundred  soldiers  to  go  to  Cesarea, 
and  horsemen  threescore  and  ten, 
and  spearmen  two  hundred,  at  the 
third  hour  of  the  night; 

2i  And  provide  tliem  beasts,  that 
they  may  set  Paul  on,  and  bring  him 
safe  unto  Pelix  the  governor. 

L'o  And  he  wrote  a  letter  after  this 
manner: 

a!  Claudius  Lysias  unto  the  most 
excellent  governor  Felix  seiuieth 
greeting. 

27  v  This  man  was  taken  of  the 
Jews,  and  should  have  been  kilted 
of  them:  then  came  I  with  an  army, 
and  rescued  him,  having  understood 
that  he  was  a  Koman. 

as  'I And  when  I  would  have  known 
the  cause  wherefore  they  accused 
him,  1  brought  him  forthinto  their 
council: 

2i)  Whom  I  perceived  to  be  accused 
'of  questions  of  their  law,  'but  to 
have  nothing  laid  to  his  charge  wor- 
thy of  death  or  of  bonds. 

30  And  '  when  it  was  told  me  how 
that  the  Jews  laid  wait  for  the  man, 
I  sent  straightway  to  thee,  and  "gave 
commandment  to  his  accusers  also 
to  say  before  thee  what  thetj  had 
again.st  him.    Farewell. 

31  Then  the  soldiers,  as  it  was 
commanded  them,  took  Paul,  and 
brought  him  by  night  to  Antipatris. 

32  On  the  morrow  they  lert  the 
horsemen  to  go  with  him,  and  re- 
turned to  the  castle: 

33  Who,  when  thev  came  to  Cesa- 
rea, and  delivered  tlie  epistle  to  the 
governor,  presented  Paul  also  before 
him. 

'M  And  when  the  governor  had  read 
the  k'tter,  he  asked  of  what  province 
he  was.  And  when  he  understood 
that  he  ira.t  of*  Cilieia; 

.3.5  SI  will  hear  thee,  said  he,  when 
thine  aeeusers  are  also  come.  And 
he  commanded  him  to  be  kept  in 
^Herod's  judgment  hall. 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

1  Paid,  l/eiiig  accused  by  Tcrlullui  the 
orator.  10  antwcrctli  for  hi,  life  and 
doctrine.  24  lie  preaclielh  Cliriil  to  <A« 
governor  and  tlie  wife.    20  Ttte  governor 


Paul  anmccrcth  in  defence 


THE  ACTS. 


o/  his  life  aiul  doctritie. 


ch. 

k.  23.  2. 
6.  U.  4 
Jl.  4  17. 

1  Pit.  2.  12. 

dch 

21.28. 

gJo 

in  19.  31 

rch 

21.33. 

A.  i>.  ra. 


I2Ti 

ra.  1.  3. 

tc-a 

2(1.  22. 
.23. 

aii.e 

20. 

23.1!.  4 
.7.i2a. 

».  12.  2. 

nS.28,a). 

pch. 

23.1. 

hojKtIi  for  a  lirilc  liitt  in  vain.    17  yll 
Ingt,  ining  out  of  Aia  o^cc.  In  learcth 

VND  after  "five  dn.vs  '•.Vnanin.s 
the  hi^li  priest  descended  with 
the  ehlers,  iiiui  with  u  cert.aiii  orator 
numal  Tertiillns,  who  iiilormed  the 
governor  a^'ninst  Paul. 

•1  And  when  lie  was  called  forth, 
Tcrtiillus  began  to  aecu.se  /n'm,  say- 
ing. Seeing  that  hy  thee  we  enjoy 
great  (iuictncs.s,  and  that  very  wor- 
thy deeds  are  done  unto  this  nation 
by  thy  providence, 

.'J  We  accept  it  always,  and  in  all 
places,  most  noble  lelix,  with  all 
thankfulness. 

4  Xntwithstandin'.',  that  I  be  not 
further  te. lions  unto  thee,  I  prav 
thee  that  tliou  w. .oldest  hear  us  <jf 
thy  cl.'Tneney  a  few  words. 

5  "^  For  we  liave  found  this  man 
a  pestilent  j'rlton;  and  a  mover 
of  sedition  among  all  the  Jews 
throughout  the  world,  and  a  ring- 
leader of  the  sect  of  the  Nazarenes: 

G  rtWho  also  liath  gone  about  to 
profane  the  temple:  whom  we  took, 
and  would  "have  judged  according 


■lai 


7  Hint  the  chief  captain  l..vsiascnme 
vpon  fr<,  and  with  great  violence  look 
liiiii  awa.v  out  of  our  hands, 

.S  K  C\>ninKiiuliiig  his  accusers  to 
come  unto  thee  :  b.v  examining  of 
whom  thvself  niavest  tjike  knowl- 
edge of  all  these  tilings,  whereof  we 
accuse  him. 

9  And  the  Jews  also  assented,  say- 
in.g  that  these  things  were  so. 

1()  Then  I'niil,  after  that  the  gov- 
ernor had  beckoned  unto  him  to 
speak,  answered,  Korastnuch  ns  1 
know  that  thou  hast  been  of  many 
years  a  judge  unto  this  nation,  I 
do  the  more  cheertully  answer  for 
m.vsclf: 

11  Because  that  thou  maycst  under- 
stand, that  there  arc  j'ct'but  twelve 
da.\s  since  I  went  up  to  Jerusalem 
tfor  to  worship. 

12  i  And  the}'  neither  found  mc 
in  the  temple  disputing  with  any 
man,  neither  raising  up  the  people, 
neither  in  the  synagogues,  nor  in 
the  city: 

1  !  Xelther  can  they  prove  the  things 
whereof  they  now  accuse  me. 

14  Uut  this  I  confess  unto  thee, 
that  after  k  the  wav  which  thev 
call  heresy,  so  worslup  I  the  1  Cod 
of  mv  fathers,  believing  all  things 
which  arc  written  ill  '"the  law  and 
in  the  prophets: 

15  And  "have  hope  toward  Cod, 
which  they  themselves  also  allow, 
"that  there  shall  be  a  resurrection 
of  the  dead,  both  of  the  just  and 
unjust. 

10  And  P herein  do  I  exercise  my- 
self, to  have  always  a  consciince 
void  ofott'cncc  toward  God,  and /o- 
uard  mcu. 


17  Now  after  ninny  years  ''I  came 
to  bring  alius  to  my  nation,  and  of- 
ferings. 

l.s  'Whereupon  certain  Jews  from 
Asia  found  me  purilicd  iu  the  tem- 
ple, neither  with  multitude,  nor  w  ith 
tumult. 

r.>  *  Who  ought  to  have  lieeii  here 
before  thee,  and  object,  if  they  liad 
aught  against  me. 

a)  Or  else  let  these  same  lirm  say, 
if  they  have  ii>und  any  evil  doing 
in  mc,  while  1  stood  bclijro  the  coun- 
cil, 

21  Except  it  be  for  this  one  voice, 
that  I  cried  standing  among  them, 
'Touching  the  resurreetioii  of  the 
dead  I  am  called  in  question  by  yuu 
this  day. 

T2  Aiid  when  Felix  heard  these 
things,  having  more  jierfeet  knowl- 
edge of  t/iut  wav,  he  deferred  them, 
and  said.  When  "  l.vsias  the  chief 
captain  shall  come  down,  I  will 
know  the  uttermost  ofymir  matter. 

Zi  .\iid  he  commanded  a  centurion 
to  keep  Paul,  and  to  let  lihn  hove 
liberty,  and  ^  that  he  should  forbid 
none  of  his  acquaintiinee  to  minister 
or  come  unto  him. 

L'4  And  after  certain  days,  when 
Felix  came  with  his  wifcDrusilla, 
which  was  a  Jewess,  he  sent  for 
Paul,  and  heard  him  concerning 
the  faith  in  Christ. 

2.5  And  as  he  reasoned  of  right- 
eousness, temperance,  and  judg- 
ment to  come,  Felix  trembled,  and 
answered.  Go  thy  way  ftir  this  time; 
when  I  have  n  convenient  season, 

1  will  call  for  thcc. 

2(i  lie  ho|)ed  also  that  ynioftey 
should  have  been  given  him  of 
Paul,  that  he  might  ItKise  him  : 
wherefon'  he  sent  (or  him  the  olt- 
ener,  and  communed  with  him. 

27    But    after    two    years    Porciiis 
Festus  came  into  Felix'  room:   and 
Felix,  'williiig   to  shew  tlie  Jews  a 
pleasure,  left  Paul  bound. 
CHAPTER  XXV. 

2  Tht  Jcict  ttccime  Paul  before  Ftttut.  8 
i/«  antuxrclti  for  tiimtelf.  11  nn</o;.;>eil(. 
eth  unto  Cesar.  14  .ifterH-anlt  feilui 
openetli  hiii  matter  to  kinp  Aprippa,  '£i 
and  he  ■'<  ItrouglU  forth.  2i  Frtlui,  elear. 
eth  him  to  tiiive  Uone  uottiiuy  u-orthjf  of 
death. 

"V'OW  when  Festus  wna  come 
.lN  into  the  province,  after  three 
days  he  nscended  from  Cesnrea  to 
Jerusalem. 

2  "Th<n  the  high  priest  and  the 
chief  of  the  Jiws  inll.rinid  him 
against  Paul,  and  besought  him, 

;{  .\nd  desired  favour  against  him, 
that  he  would  send  for  him  lo  Jeru- 
salem, Maying  wait  in  the  way  to 
kill  him. 

4  But  Festus  nnswen'd,  that  Paul 
shiaild  be  kept  ot  Cesar<-n,  and  that 
he  himself  would  deimrt  shortly 
Ihillar.  j„ 


Paul  appcaleth  unto  Cesar. 


THE  ACTS.        Agrippa  dcsireth  to  hear  raid. 


feh.  21.  27. 
gv«r.20. 


5  Let  them  therefore,  Raid  lie,  whieh 
among  you  arc  able,  };o  down  with 
J7(C,  ami  arcuse  this  man,  "^  if  there 
he  any  wiikciliu  sm  in  him. 

(J  And  '\\  ln'n  lie  It;id  tarried  anionp 
tliem  |l  more  than  ten  days,  lie  went 
down  nnto  Cesarea ;  and  the  next 
day  pittin;.;  on  the  judgment  seat 
eommandeil  Paul  to  be  broiight. 

7  And  w  hen  he  was  eonie,  the  Jews 
wliieli  eame  clown  from  .Jerusalem 
stood  round  about,  <land  laid  many 
and  );rievons  complaints  against 
Paul,  whieh  they  eould  not  prove. 

H  While  he  answered  for  himself, 
"■  ISeither  against  the  law  fif  the  .lews, 
neither  against  the  temple,  nor  yet 
against  Cesar,  have  I  offended  .any 
thing  at  nil. 

11  Hut  Kestn?,  fwilling  to  do  the 
Jews  a  pleasure,  answered  P.aul, 
and  said,  t^  Wilt  thou  go  up  to  Je- 
rus.alem,  and  there  be  judged  of 
these  things  before  me? 

]0  Then  said  Paul,  I  stand  at  Ce- 
sar's judgment  seat,  where  I  ought 
to  be.iudged:  totlie.Iews  have  I  done 
no  wrong,  as  thou  very  well  knowcst. 

U  h  For  if  I  be  an  offender,  or 
have  committed  any  thing  worthy 
of  death,  I  refuse  not  to  die:  but  if 
there  be  none  of  these  things  where- 
of these  accuse  me,  no  man  niav  de- 
liver me  unto  them.  "I  appeal  un- 
to Cesar. 

12  'I'lien  Festu.s,  when  he  had  con- 
fi'rrcd  >vith  the  council,  answered, 
llast  thou  appealed  unto  Cesar?  un- 
to Cesar  shalt  thou  go. 

I.'J  And  alter  certain  days  king 
Agrippa  and  Bernicc  came  unto 
Cesarea  to  salute  Festus. 

It  And  when  they  had  been  there 
many  days,  Festus  declared  Paul's 
cause  unto  the  king,  saying,  k  There 
is  a  certain  man  Jett  "in  bonds  by 
Felix: 

15  1  About  whom,  when  I  was  at 
Jcrusrdem,  the  chief  priests  and  the 
ciders  of  the  Jews  informed  mr.  de- 
siring ^>  liiirr  iudgment  al;ain^t  him. 

ir, '"To  whonl  laiisweiTd,  It  is  not 
the  muiiiier  of  the  Kom.nis  to  d.liver 
any  man  to  die,  before  that  lie  wliieh 
is  "aeensed  have  the  accusers  face  to 
face,  and  have  license  to  answer  for 
himself  ctnicerning  the  crime  laid 
against  him. 

17  Thcrefm'e,  when  they  were  come 
hither,  "  without  any  delay  on  the 
mornjw  1  sat  on  the  judgment  seat, 
and  commanded  the  man  to  be 
brought  liirth. 

18  Against  whom  when  the  ac- 
cusers stood  up,  thev  brought  none 
aei'usation  of  such  tilings  as  I  sni)- 
posed: 

111  "15ut  had  certain  questions 
against  him  of  their  own  Riipersti- 
tion,  and  of  one  Jesus,  which  was 
dcail,  whom  Paul  attirmed  to  be 
alive. 

L1J  And  because  ||  I  doubted  of  such 
13H 


manner  of  questions,  I  asked  liim 
whether  he  would  go  to  Jerusalem, 
and  there  be  judged  of  these  matters. 

L'l  But  wheii  Paul  had  appealed  to 
be  reser\*ed  unto  the  |)  hearing  of 
Augustus,  I  eonimniided  him  to  be 
keiit  till  I  miL.'lit  send  him  to  Cesar. 

22  Then  I'-^LMijipa  said  unto  Festus, 
I  would  also  hear  the  man  myself. 
To  morrow,  said  he,  thou  shalt  hear 
him. 

2.'^  And  on  the  morrow,  when 
Agrippa  was  come,  and  Berniee, 
with  great  pomii,  and  was  entered 
into  the  plate  of  hearing,  with  the 
chief  captains,  and  principal  men  of 
the  city,  at  Festus'  eonim.andment 
Paul  was  brought  forth. 

24  And  Festus  said.  King  Agrippa, 
and  all  men  whieh  are  here  jircsent 
with  us,  ye  see  this  m.an,  about  whom 
*lall  the  multitmleof  the  Jews  have 
dealt  with  me,  both  at  Jerusalem, 
and  tthn  here,  crying  that  he  ought 
•"not  to  live  anv  longer. 

25  But  when '1  found  that  "he  had 
committed  nolliiiig  wortliv  of  death, 
'and  th.at  he  himself  liath  appealed 
to  Augustus,  I  have  determined  to 
send  him. 

2f>  (_>f  whom  1  ha\'e  no  certain  thing 
to  write  nnto  my  lord.  Whereibre  I 
have  brought  him  forth  before  von, 
and  specially  before  thee,  O  king 
Agrippa,  that,  after  examination  had, 

1  itiight  have  somewhat  to  write. 

27  For  it  seemeth  to  me  unreason- 
able to  send  a  prisoner,  and  not  with- 
al to  signify  the  crimes  laid  against 
him. 

CHAPTER  XXVI. 

2  Pmd.  »'*  the  presence  of  Atjrijfpa,  df 
clarcth  Jus  life  from  his  ehildlwod.  12 
and  hojo  7niraci<louBti/  he  was  converted, 
and  called  to  hie  apoetlcehip.  24  jf'c«- 
tus  chargcth  him  to  be  mad,  tvhereuntu 
he  annwcreth  viodettly.  C8  Agrippa  i« 
ahnoet  persuaded  to  be  a  Christian.  31 
The  ii'holc  company  pronounce  him  in- 

THEN  Agrippa  said  nnto  Paul, 
Thou  art  pcnuittcd  to  speak  for 
thyself.  Then  Paul  stretelucl  t,nth 
the  hand,  mid  answered  for  himself: 

21  thiukmyself  happy,  king  Agrip- 
p.i,  hec.iiise  I  shall  answer  fir  my- 
self this  day  beloie  thee  touching  all 
the  things  whereof  1  am  accused  of 
the  Jews: 

y  Especially  hernttse  I  l-tioir  thee  to 
be  expert  in  nil  customs  and  ques- 
tions whieh  are  among  the  Jews: 
wherefore  1  beseech  thee  to  hear  me 
patientl.y. 

4  ^Iv  manner  of  life  from  my  youth, 
wliieli  was  at  the  lirst  amoiig  mine 
own  nation  at  Jerusalem,  know  all 
the  Jews; 

5  Whieh  knew  me  from  the  begin- 
ning, if  they  would  testify,  that  after 
•' the  most  si  raitest  sec  t  of  our  religion 
I  lived  a  Pharisee. 

ti  ''And  now  1  stand  and  am  judged 


Paul's  drjence  hcfnrc  Agrippa.  THE  ACTS. 


lie  is  ilrc'arrd  innncnit. 


lii.  a.  4 


ITim.  1,  13. 


lor  the  liupc  nC '  tin'  pruiuise  made  of 
GoU  unto  our  luthcrs: 

1  Unto  which  pmiiiift'  ilnur  twrh-o 
trihos.  iiistiuitly  soiviii-;  IhiU  i  *^iUiy 
anil  iii;;ht.  'hojir  toconu'.  For  which 
hope's       '       '  ' 

fused 

«  Wh 


witnessing;  botli  to  si 
H:i\in;;  none  <ither  tlii 
>  wliiili  the  prophets: 


idd  I 


and  ;rrent, 
tluiii  tllO»P 
^Mosesdid 


:ike,  kiiif:  Ai;rippa,  I  am 
.f  the  Je 


td  it  be  thoujilit  a  tliintr 
lihle  witli  vou,  that  Uod  sliould 
niisetlie  dead.'" 
y  SI  verily  tliought  with  inyKcIf, 
that  I  ouL'lit  to  do  many  thinps  con- 
trary to  tlic  name  of  Jesus  ot  Naza- 
retli. 

10  li  Wliich  thins  I  also  did  in  Jeru- 
salem: and  many  of  tlie  saints  did  I 
shut  up  in  prison,  having  received 
antliority  ifrom  the  chief  priests;  and 
when  tliey  were  put  to  death,  I  f;ave 
my  voice  against  tliciii. 

11  kAnd  1  punislied  them  oft  in 
every  syna^o^ue,  and  coinpelled 
them  to  "blaspheme:  and  being  ex- 
eeedinfily  mad  against  them,  I. per- 
secuted them  even  unto  stranpe  cities. 

12  '  Whereupon  as  1  went  to  Damas- 
cus with  authority  and  commission 
from  the  chief  priests, 

13  At  midday,  O  kiii!;,  I  saw  in  the 
■way  a  liRht  from  lieavcii,  iiliovo  llie 
brightness  of  the  sun,  .shining'  roiinil 
about  me  and  them  which  journey- 
ed with  me. 

14  And  when  we  were  all  fallen  to 
the  earth,  I  heard  a  voice  sneaking 
unto  me,  and  saying  in  tlie  llebrew 
tiiiigue,  Saul,  Siiul,  wliy  perseeutest 
thou  me?  it  I'.t  hard  for  thee  to  kick 
against  the  pricks. 

l")  And  I  said.  Who  art  thou,  Lord? 
.\n(l  lie  said,  I  am  Jesus  whom  thou 
peiveeiitest. 

IG  But  rise,  and  stand  upon  thy 
feet:  for  I  have  appeareil  unio  thee 
for  this  purpose,  "'to  make  thee  a 
minister  and  a  witness  liolli  of  tliese 
things  whieli  thou  hast  seen,  and  of 
those  things  in  the  which  1  will  ap- 
pear unto  thee: 

17  Delivering  thee  fVom  the  iwoplc, 
and  front  the  Gentiles,  "unto  whom 
now  I  send  thee, 

18  "To  open  their  eyes,  and  ''to 
turn  tlicm  from  darkness  to  light, 
and  frijia  the  power  of  Satan  unto 
God,'  ''that  they  may  receive  for- 
giveness of  sins,  and  'inheritance 
among  them  which  are  "sanctified 
bv  faith  that  is  in  me. 

Ill  Whereupon,  O  king  Agrippa,  I 
was  not  disobedient  unto  the  heav- 
enly vision: 

•31  But  'shewed  first  unto  them  of 
Damascus,  and  at  Jerusalem,  and 
throughout  all  the  coasts  of  Judea, 
and  flicii  to  the  Gentiles,  that  thev 
should  repent  and  turn  to  God,  and 
do  "  works  meet  for  rcpentiiiu'e. 

i;l  For  these  causes  ^the  Jews 
caught  me  in  the  leiiiple,  and  went 
about  to  kill  //"■. 

L'J  ll.Tving  tliireforc  obtained  help 
of  God,  I  continue  unto  tliis  day. 


L'.l'Tliat  (  lirist  should  sutler,  nri</ 
I' that  he  should  be  the  first  that 
should  rise  from  the  dead,  and 
'  shouhl  shew  light  unto  the  jK-oplc, 
and  to  the  tJentiles. 

:.'-l  .\ikI  as  he  th  us  sjiake  for  himself, 
I'esliis  said  with  a  loud  voice,  I'uul, 
'I  thou  :irt  beside  thvself:  much 
learning  doth  make  thee  mad. 

i'l  But  lie  said,  I  .am  not  mad,  most 
noble  Fistiis:  but  speak  tlirth  the 
words  of  truth  :md  soberness. 

•M  For  the  king  knoweth  of  these 
things,  belon-  whom  also  I  speak 
fre.lv:  for  I  am  jieiMinded  that  mine 
of  tliese  things  are  hidden  from  him; 
for  this  thing  was  not  done  iu  a  cor- 

'^  King  Agripna,  believcst  thou  the 

firophetsi'  1  know  that  thou  be- 
ievest. 

L*8  Then  Agrippa  said  unto  l*aul. 
Almost  thou  jiersuadest  me  to  be  a 
Christiiin. 

L'.l  And  I'aiil  said,  'I  would  to  G.id. 
tlKitiu.t  onlv  thou,  hut  iilso  all  Unit 
hear  me  this. hiv,  were  both  almost, 
and  alliigethersueh  as  1  am,  except 
these  bonds. 

."A)  And  when  he  had  thus  spoken, 
the  king  rose  up,  and  the  g<ivernor, 
and  Bernicc,  and  they  that  sat  with 
them: 

31  And  when  they  were  pone  a.5ide, 
they  talked  between  themselves,  say- 
ing,'This  man  doeth  nothing  wor- 
thy of  death  or  of  bonds. 

."i  Then  said  Agrippa  unto  Festus, 
This  man  might  have  been  s<'t  nt 
liberty,  i;  if  be  had  not  appealed  unto 
Cesar. 

ClI.VrTF.U  XXVII. 

1  Pnut  tliipinng  toiiarU  Rrme,  W  fore- 
teUeth  n/  the  tlanjfer  of  ttie  voiiage.  U 
but  t«  not  btlitveit.  14  T/i<y  art  lottfl 
to  anil  fro  ifilli  trmpetl.  <1  nnii  tuJTcr 
aftipwreck,  Uli,  34,  44  yee  atl  come  aitfe  to 
lamt. 

AND  when  "it  ■van  deferminert 
that  we  should  sail  into  Italy. 
thev  delivered  Paul  and  certain  other 
nriMiiiers  unto  anc  named  Julius,  a 
eentuiioli  ,.f  AugilstiLs-band. 

2  .\iul  entering'  into  a  ship  of  .\dm- 
mvttium,  we  launched,  meaning  to 
sail  bv  the  coasts  of  Asia:  nix-  i>  Aris- 
tarchiis.  a  .Macedonian  of  Thessa- 
lonie:i.  being  with  us. 

.'i  .\nd  the  ne.xt  'laii  we  touched  nt 
Sidon.  .\nd  Julius  •courteously 
entreated  Fatil,  and  gave  Ai»i  liberty 
to  go  unto  his  triends  to  refresh  him- 
self. 

4  And  when  we  had  launebed  from 
theiiec,  we  sailed  under  fyprud,  be- 
cause the  winds  weri>  eontr:iry. 

r,  And  when  we  had  sail.-d  over  the 
sea  of  t'ilieia  ami  ramphvlia,  we 
came  to  Myra,  <i  ril;i  of  Lycia. 


uk.siai. 


Paul's  voyage  toward  Mome. 


lie  is  shipwrecked. 


0  And  there  the  centurion  found  a 

ship  of  Alexandria  sailing  into  Italy; 
and  lie  put  us  tlierein. 

7  And  when  we  jiad  sailed  slowly 
many  days,  and  scarce  were  come 
over  af^ainst  Cnidus,  the  wind  not 
sulferinjj  us,  wc  sailed  under  ||  Crete, 
over  a;;ainst  Salmone; 

8  Andjliardly  passing  it,  came  unto 
a  place  wliieh  is  called  the  Fair 
Havens  ;  ni;;h  whercunto  was  tlic 
city  o/'Lasea. 

"J  Now  when  much  time  was  spent, 
and  when  sailing  was  now  danger- 
ous, A  because  the  fast  was  now  al- 
ready past,  Paul  admonished  thum^ 

10  And  said  imto  tliem.  Sirs,  I  per- 
ceive that  this  voyapic  will  be  with 
(I  hurt  and  much  d'amacre,  not  only  of 
tlie  lading  and  ship,  but  also  of  our 
lives. 

11  Nevertheless  the  centurion  be- 
lieved the  master  and  the  owner  of 
the  ship,  more  than  those  things 
which  were  spoken  by  Paul. 

12  And  because  the  haven  was  not 
commodious  to  winter  in,  the  more 
part  advised  to  depart  thence  also,  if 
by  any  means  they  mi^^iit  attain  to 
Phcnicc,  ayt'l  there  to  winter;  which 
IS  a  haven  of  Crete,  and  licth  toward 
the  southwest  and  northwest. 

IJ  And  when  the  south  wind  blew 
softly,  Rupposin;;  that  they  had  ob- 
tained thrir  purpose,  loosing  thence, 
they  sailed  close  by  Crete. 

It  But  not  long  "after  there  h  arose 
against  it  a  tempestuous  wind,  called 
Euroelydon. 

15  And  when  the  ship  was  caught, 
and  could  not  bear  up  into  the  wind, 
wc  let  lier  (lri\'e. 

Ui  And  running  under  a  certain  isl- 
and whicli  is  called  Clauda,  wc  had 
mneh  worlc  to  eonie  by  the  boat: 

17  Which  when  thej'  had  taken  up, 
they  used  helps,  undcrgirding  tlic 
ship;  and,  fearing  lest  they  should 
fall  into  the  quicksands,  strake  sail, 
and  so  were  driven. 

IS  And  we  being  exceedingly  tossed 
with  a  tempest,  the  next  ilai/  they 
lightened  the  ship; 

i'.t  .\nd  the  third  daij  '  wc  cast  out 
with  our  own  hands  the  tackling  of 
the  ship. 

1!0  And  when  neither  sun  nor  stars 
in  many  daj's  appeared,  and  no  small 
tempest  lay  on  ?(.s',  all  hope  that  we 
should  be  saved  was  then  taken  away. 

21  But  after  long  abstinence,  Paul 
stood  forth  in  the  midst  of  theiu,  and 
said.  Sirs,  ye  should  have  liearkened 
unto  me,  lind  not  have  loosed  iVtPin 
Crete,  and  to  have  gained  tliis  harm 
and  loss. 

22  And  now  I  exliort  you  to  he  of 
good  cheer:  for  there  shall  be  no  loss 
of  o;i.v  »»<(«'»•  life  amoug  you,  but  of 
the  ship. 

2.'5  f  l'"or  there  stood  liy  mc  this  night 
the  angel  f)f  God,  whose  1  uui,  and 
s  whom  I  serve, 
140 


24  Saying,  Fear  not,  P.aul ;  thou 
must  be  brought  before  Cesar:  and, 
lo,  God  hath  given  thee  all  them  that 
sail  with  thee. 

25  Wherefore,  sirs,  be  of  good  cheer: 
h  for  I  believe  God,  that  it  shall  be 
even  as  it  was  told  mc. 

20  Howbeit  iwe  must  be  cast  upon 
a  certain  island. 

27  But  when  the  fourteenth  niglit 
was  come,  as  we  were  driven  up  and 
down  in  Adria,  about  miduiglit  the 
shipmen  deemed  that  they  drew  near 
to  some  country; 

2.S  And  sounded,  and  found  it  twen- 
ty fathoms:  and  when  they  had  gone 
a  little  further,  they  sounded  again, 
and  found  it  tifteeii  fathoms. 

2!)  Then  fearing  lest  we  should  have 
fallen  upon  rocks,  they  cast  fcmr 
anchors  out  of  the  stern,  and  wished 
for  the  day. 

30  And  as  the  shipmen  were  about 
to  flee  out  of  the  ship,  when  they 
had  letdown  the  boat  into  the  sea, 
under  colour  as  thougli  they  would 
have  cast  anchors  out  of  the  foreship, 

31  Paul  said  to  the  centurion  and 
to  the  soldiers.  Except  these  abide 
in  the  ship,  ye  cannot  be  saved. 

32  Then  the  soldiers  cut  off  the 
ropes  of  the  boat,  and  let  her  fall  off. 

33  And  while  tlie  dny  was  coming 
on,  Paul  besought  thrm  all  to  take 
meat,  sayin",  This  day  is  tlie  four- 
teentli  day  that  ye  have  tarried  and 
continued  fasting,  having  taken 
nothing. 

34  Wlierefore  I  pray  J'ou  to  take 
some  meat ;  for  this  is  for  your  health : 
for  k  there  shall  not  a  hair  fall  from 
tlie  head  of  any  of  von. 

35  And  when  he  fiiul  thus  spoken, 
he  took  bread,  and  I  gave  thanks  to 
God  in  presence  of  theni  all;  and 
when  he  had  broken  if,  ho  began  to 
eat. 

3G  Ti  en  were  they  all  of  good  cheer, 
and  they  also  took  .sy»jc  meat. 

."7  And  we  were  in  all  in  the  ship 
two  hundred  threescore  and  sixteen 
■"  souls. 

.38  And  when  they  had  eaten 
enough,  they  lightened  the  ship,  and 
cast  out  the  wheat  into  the  sea. 

SO  And  when  it  was  day,  they  knew 
not  the  land:  but  they  discovered  a 
certain  creek  with  a  shore,  into  the 
which  they  were  minded,  if  it  were 
possible,  to  thrust  in  tlie  ship. 

40  And  when  they  had  ||  taken  up 
the  anchors,  they  committed  thcm- 
mlres  unto  the  sea,  and  loosed  the 
rudder  bands,  and  lioised  up  the 
mainsail  to  the  wind,  and  made  to- 
ward shore. 

41  And  falling  into  a  place  where 
two  sens  met,  "  tiiev  ran  the  ship 
aground;  and  the  forepart  stuck  fast, 
and  remained  nnnioveable,  but  the 
binder  part  was  broken  with  the 
violence  of  the  waves. 

42  And  the  soldiers'  counsel  was  to 


The  viper  on  Paul's  hand. 


THE  ACTS. 


lie  Cometh  to  Rmne, 


kill  the  prisoiifm,  lest  niiy  of  thi'm 
should  swim  out,  and  cscnpe. 
4.i  But  tliucolitlirion.williiistnsavr 
I'uiil,  ki'Ht  them  IVom  thrir  purpusi': 
and  coiiiiiKindcd  tliat  tliev  which 
could  swim  sliould  cast  tficm.'^eh-cs 
first  inin  llic  sen,  and  got  to  land: 
44  And  the  rest,  some  on  boards, 
LUd  some  on  broken  piecps  of  the 
hip.  And  so  it  came  to  pass,  ^  that 
they  escaped  all  safe  to  laud. 

CUAPTKR  XXVIII. 

I  Paul  after  hie  shiptvreck  is  kindly  en- 
tertained of  the  b(trbariane.  5  The  vijter 
on  hie  hand  hurlelh  him  not.  S  He  her.- 
ethmaity  diaeanenintheislund.  11  Thry 
depart  toivarde  Home,  IT  He  deetareth 
to  the  Jeive  the  eauee  of  hiH  eoming.  24 
-ifter  hi«  preaching  stnne  were  jier- 
euaded,  and  eome  believed  not.  30  iet 
he  preacheth  them  two  t^eara. 

*  ND  when  they  were  escaped, 
/\  then  thev  knew  that  "  the  island 
was  called  Mclitn. 

2  And  the  I'  barharous  people  shewed 
us  no  little  kindness:  for  they  kin- 
dled a  fire,  and  received  us" every 
one,  because  of  the  present  niin,  and 
because  of  the  cold. 

;l  And  when  Paul  had  gathered  n 
luindle  of  sticks,  and  laid  llifiii  on 
the  fire,  there  eame  a  viper  outof  the 
heat,  and  fastened  on  bis  hand. 

4  And  when  the  barbarians  saw  the 
iv'»f>;iioi>.«  beast  hani;  on  his  hand, 
they  said  atnoug  themselves,  No 
doiibt  this  man  is  a  murderer,  wliom, 
thoujih  he  hatli  escaped  the  sea,  yet 
ven;;eanec  suf^eretli  not  to  live. 

.1  And  ho  shook  oft'  the  beast  into 
the  fire,  anil  '  felt  no  barm. 

C  Ilowbeit  they  looked  when  be 
should  have  swollen,  or  falli'U  down 
dead  suddenly:  but  afler  they  had 
looked  a  great  while,  and  saw  no 
hann  come  to  bim,  they  changed 
their  minds,  and  J  said  that  he  was  a 
god. 

7  In  the  same  quarters  were  posses- 
sions of  the  chief  man  of  the  island, 
whose  name  was  Publius:  who  re- 
ceived US,  and  lodi;ed  us  tlirce  days 
courteously. 

H  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  the  fa- 
ther of  Publius  lav  sick  of  a  fever 
and  of  a  bloodv  flvix:  to  whom  Paul 
entered  in,  and  'praycil,  and  (laid 
his  hands  on  him,  and  healed  him. 

9  So  when  this  was  done,  others 
also,  which  had  diseases  in  the  island, 
came,  and  were  healed: 

10  Who  also  honoured  us  with  many 
Slionours;  and  when  we  departed, 
they  laded  ?(.«  with  such  thinsa  as 
were  necessarv. 

U  And  aftff  three  months  we  de- 
parted in  a  ship  of  Alexanilria,  which 
had  wintered  in  the  isle,  whose  sigu 
was  Cnstorand  Pollux. 

iL'  And  lauiliiv  .Tt  I^yracuse,  wc  tar- 
ried Ifirrc  three  da^■s. 

l;!  Ami  from  thence  we  fetched  a 
compass,  and  came  toKliesium:  and 

5S 


aflcrone  day  the  south  wind  blew, 
and  wc  came  the  ne.\t  day  to  Pu- 
tc.ili: 

14  Where  we  found  brethren,  anil 
were  desireil  to  tarry  with  them 
seven  days:  and  so  we  went  toward 
Konie. 

I.T  And  from  thence,  when  the 
brethren  heard  of  us,  they  came  to 
meet  us  as  far  as  Appii  Forum,  ami 
the  Three  Taverns ;  whom  wlien 
Paul  saw,  he  thanked  God,  and  took 
courage. 

It)  And  when  wc  can)c  to  Rome,  the 
centurion  delivered  the  prisoners  to 
the  captain  of  the  Ruard:  but  hPa)il 
was  suftered  to  dwell  by  himself 
with  a  soldier  that  kept  him. 

17  And  it  cuine  to  pass,  that  afler 
three  days  Paul  callc-d  the  ebief  of 
the  Jews  toKctber:  and  when  they 
were  eonie  togellier,  he  said  unto 
them,  Men  tnul  brethren,  i  though  I 
have  committed  nothing  against  the 
people,  or  customs  of  our  fathers,  vet 
*^  was  I  delivered  prisoner  from  Je- 
rusalem into  the  hands  of  the  Ko- 
mans: 

15  Who,  I  when  tbej'  bad  examined 
me,  would  have  let  vir  go,  l>ecausc 
there  was  no  cause  of  deuth  in  mo. 

I'.l  Hut  when  the  Jews  spake  against 
it,  "'  I  W.1S  constrained  to  appeal  un- 
to Cesar;  not  that  1  h:id  aught  to  nc- 


called  for  J'ou,  to  see  i/o".  an<l  to 
speak  with  i/oii :  because  that  "for 
the  hope  of  Isruel  1  Kn>  bound  with 
"this  chain. 

L'l  And  they  said  unto  him.  We 
neither  received  letters  out  of  Judea 
concerning  thee,  neither  any  of  the 
bretliren  that  came  shewed  or  spake 
any  bann  of  thee. 

•ji  Hut  we  desire  to  hear  of  thee 
what  thou  thiukest:  for  as  concern- 
ing this  sect,  we  know  that  every 
where  I'  it  is  spoken  against. 

•j:(  And  when  they  had  appointed 
bim  a  dav,  there  e:ime  many  to  him 
intr)  l<i.<  IndL'ing:  ito  whom  he  ex- 
poundid  and  testified  the  kiugilini 
of  God,  persuading  them  concerning 
Jesus,  ■'both  out  of  the  law  of  .Moses, 
and  out  of  the  pn)phcLs,  from  morn- 
ing till  evening. 

•J4  And  "some  belicve<l  the  things 
which  were  spoken,  and  some  be- 
lieved not. 

2.)  And  when  thev  agreed  not 
among  themselves,  they  departed, 
aller  that  Paul  bad  spoken  one  wonl. 
Well  spake  the  Holy  <;ho-t  by 
Ksaias  the  prophet  unto  our  falhetv, 

21)  .Saving,  '  (io  unto  this  ii<o|>le, 
and  say.  Hearing  ve  shall  hear,  and 
shall  riot  understand:  and  seeing yc 
shall  see,  and  not  perceive: 

27  For  the  heart  of  this  people  is 
waxed  gross,  and  their  ears  are  dull 
of  bearing,  and  their  eves  have  thev 
closed  :  lest  they  should  see  with 
141 


Irl,    JlVl   I, 

■Jl.  in.  &  ■&. 


4  1.  k  f:  m 


rt.  '.'4  .'..  Ik 
1  IVt  ■-'  li 
k  1.  II. 
ql..,l..?l77. 
rb  17.3.4  U. 
8. 

cb.  Oi.  C.  22. 


U>».  13.  U 

l.v 

M>rk4.  IS. 


Paul  comincndeth  his 


ROMANS. 


cnlUng  to  the  Rnman^. 


■11 


Val.  1.  15. 


:U  13.  33. 
h  IIoli.  9,  11. 
I  eh.  12.  3.  4 


ch.  16.  2H. 

1  Act!  9  la. 

meh   9.21. 


.  1.  a 


f/trir  eyes,  and  hear  \vitli  ^//r/r  ears, 
and  understand  with  t/icir  heart,  and 
should  be  converted,  and  1  Khould 
heal  them. 

1^8  He  it  known  tliereforc  unto  you, 
that  the  salvation  oi*  (lod  is  sent 
"  unto  the  Gentiles,  and  l/iiit  they 
will  hear  it. 

2y  And  when  lie   Iiad   said   these 


words,  tile  .Jews  departed,  and  had 
great  reasoninji  anions  themselves. 

■M  And  Paul  dwelt  two  whole  years 
in  his  own  hired  house,  and  reeeived 
all  that  came  in  unto  him, 

.'U  ^  Preachinii  the  kin^iloni  of  God, 
and  teaeliini;  those  thini;s  whieli  eon- 
oern  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  with  all 
confidence,  no  man  forbidding  him. 


THE  EFISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 

TO  THB 

ROMANS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  /•(III!  rommcn,li-lh  his  eallinrl  to  the  Ro- 
miinfi,  11  and  his  desire  to  cinnc  to  them. 
16  What  hm  fjonjtcl  is.  and  the  right- 
eousneag  which  it  ahcwcth.  IS  Hod  it 
anqruwilh  all  manner  of  tin.  lil  )»7ia( 
were  the  tint  of  the  OcntUea. 

I)AlfL,  a  servant  of  .lesiis  Christ, 
"railed  lij  hi;  an  apostle,  I'sepa- 
rated  unto  the  gospel  of  God, 

2  (^"  Which  he  had  promised  nfitrc 
ilhy  his  prophets  iu  the  holy  Scrip- 
tures,) 

3  Concernini;  his  Son  Jesus  Christ 
our  liOrd,  "which  was  fniade  of 
the  seed  of  David  according  to  the 
flesh: 

4  And  fS  declared  to  he  the  Son 
of  God  with  iiowcr,  aeeonling  Ii  to 
the  Spirit  of  holiness,  by  the  resur- 
rection from  the  dead: 

5  By  whom  iwb  have  received 
{jracc  and  ajiostleship,  l(  for  It  obedi- 
ence to  the  faith  amonj;  all  nations, 
I  for  his  n  amc : 

G  Anions  whom  are  ye  also  the 
called  of  Jesus  Christ: 

7  To  all  that  be  in  Rome,  beloved 
of  (Jod, '"  called  to  hi;  saints:  "  Grace 
to  voii,  and  peace,  from  (iml  our  Fa- 
ther and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

H  First,  "I  thank  my  God  tlirouph 
Jesiis  Christ  for  you  all,  that  I'your 
faith  is  spoken  of  throughout  the 
whole  world. 

!(  For  '1  God  is  my  witness,  ''whom 
I  serve  l|  with  my  spirit  in  the  gospel 
of  his  Son,  that  'without  ceasing  I 
make  mention  of  you  always  in  my 
prayers; 

'Making  request,  if  hy  any 
means  now  at  length  I  might  liave 
a  Iirosnerous  .iourney  "by  the  will 
of  God  to  come  unto  you. 

11  For  I  long  to  see  you,  that  'T 
may  impart  unto  you  some  spiritual 
gift,  to  the  cud  ye  may  bo  estab- 
lished; 

12  That   is,  that  I  may  bo   com- 


pel, in.  19. 
iriicu.  1.8. 

och  9  I-  2C.T.1.2.1  PhlLlS.  1  Tic 
1  3  llOr.  ,.i  m'i'f»-it.  J'.litj  1.  2:1  : 
t  cb.  15.  Zl,  3i.     lTh<:>».  3.  m.     uJc,i 


forted  together  (|  with  3'ou  hy  J  the 
mutual  faith  both  of  you  and  inc. 
1'!  Now  I  would  not  have  you  ig- 
norant, brethren,  that  'ol'tintimes  I 
jiurposed  to  come  unto  \(iu,  (lint 
"was  let  hitherto,)  that  I  uiight  have 
some  li  fruit  ||  among  voii  also,  even 
as  among  other  (Jentites. 

14  '  I  am  debtor  both  to  the  Greeks, 
and  to  the  Uarbariaus  ;  botli  to  the 
wise,  and  to  the  unwise. 

15  So,  as  much  as  in  me  is,  I  am 
ready  to  preach  the  gospel  to  you 
that  are  at  Rome  also. 

II!  For  <l  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the 
gospel  of  Christ:  for  'it  is  the 
power  of  God  unto  salvation  to 
every  one  that  belicveth  ;  ito  the 
Jew  first,  and  also  to  tlie  Greek. 

17  For  '^therein  is  the  righteous- 
ness of  Gotl  revealed  from  faith  to 
fiith:  as  it  is  written,  1.  The  just 
sliall  live  bv  faith. 

LS  i  For  the  wrath  of  God  is  re- 
vc;iled  from  heaven  against  all  iiu- 
godlincsa  an(l  unrighteousness  of 
men,  who  hold  the  truth  in  nnright- 
e<nisness; 

V.)  IJecause  k  that  which  mav  be 
known  of  (Jod  is  iiianilctt  ||  iu  ificm; 
for  I  God  h:.thshew,-,l  ,7  untndu.ni. 

•20  For  "'the  invisible  thinu-s  of  liim 
from  the  ciealion  of  the  woiM  are 
clearly  seen,  being  understood  by  the 
things  that  arc  made,  <■(•(■;»  his  eter- 
nal power  and  Godhead;  ||  so  that 
they  arc  without  excuse: 

21"  Because  that,  when  they  knew 
God,  they  gloritied  >iiiii  not  as  God, 
neither  were  thankful;  but  "  became 
vain  in  their  imaginations,  and  tlieir 
foolish  heart  was  darkeiuil. 

22  "Professing  themselves  to  be 
wise,  tliey  became  fools, 

'2^  And  changed  the  glory  of  the 
uncorruptible  1' God  into  n'li  image 
made  like  to  corruptible  man,  and 
to  b'rds,  and  fourtboted  beasts,  and 
creeping  things. 

24  'I  Wherefore  God  also  gave  them 
up  to  uneleanncss,  through  the  liisLs 
of  their  own  hearts,  '  to  dishonour 


The  sins  of  (he  Gentiles. 


ROMANS. 


God's  impartial  judijment. 


olinS  20. 
41.  20 
10  11  & 


tlifir  own  budics  '  bitwccn  tlicm- 
sclv<\<: 

•>o  Who  clianitcil  <  tlip  truth  of  God 
"into  a  lie,  niid  wiir.'i|ii|>inil  and 
scrvid  the  trcatiirc  ||  nmru  tlwin  tlie 
Creator,  who  is  blesbed  for  ever. 
Amen. 

L1>  I'or  this  cause  God  Rave  them 
up  unto  "vile  atleetions  ;  lor  even 
their  women  did  elian^c  the  natural 
use  into  that  which  is  against  na- 
ture: 

'H  And  likewise  also  the  men, 
leaviu;;  the  natural  use  of  the  wom- 
an, hurntd  in  their  lust  one  toward 
another;  men  with  men  w"orkiiij^ 
th;it  «hii-h  is  unsei-nily,  anil  leeeiv- 
iiiLT  in  themsehcs  that  reeoinpensc 
of  tlieir  error  whhh  was  meet. 

L'S  And  cv.Mi  as  Ihiv  did  not  like 
I'to  iitaiu  (i..d  in  //»  ,i- knowled-e, 
(iod  ^ave  tlicm  over  to  ||  a  repro- 
bate mind,  to  do  tho.se  things  >  which 
arc  not  eouveiiient: 

2y  Being  tilled  with  all  nnripht- 
eonsness,  foruiention,  wicke<lness, 
eovetousness,  malieiousness;  full  of 
envv,  murder,  debate,  deceit,  mu- 
li^'iutv;  whisperers, 

30  ISackliilers,  haters  of  God,  de- 
spiteful, proud,  boasters,  inventors 
of  evil  things,  disobedient  to  par- 
ents, 

;!1  'Without  understanding,  cove- 
nant-breakers, II  without  natural  af- 
feeti'tn,  iiui)laeahle,  unmerciful: 

.iJWlio, 'knowing  tlie  judgment  of 
Goil,  that  tliey  which  commit  such 
tilings  'are  \vi>rthy  of  death,  not  only 
do  the  same,  but  ||  I'liave  pleasure  in 
thciu  that  do  them. 

CII.VPTEH  II. 

1  They  that  tin,  llimyh  tlir<j  conifcmn  it  in 
oth'ra.  cmnut  cicuK  thtmaclvct,  <j  a«J 
much  IciiB  escape  the  judgment  t*f  Hod, 
9  whctUtr  they  be  Jews  or  Ucntilo.  U 
The  di-ntitei  cannot  ctrape,  17  nor  yet 
the  Jew;  25  u'h.nn.  their  circumeitxon 
than  not  profit,  if  they  keep  not  the  law. 

TIIKUEFOHK  thou  art  "incvcns- 
nhle,   I)    man,   w!i<is,iever    tli.iu 
art  that  judgest:  '•fnr  wherein  thou 


.tiM 


th. 


thyself;  f"r  thou  that  judgest  duest 
the  same  things. 

2  15ut  we  arc  sure  that  the  judg- 
ment of  God  is  necording  to  truth 
n_'ainst  them  which  commit  such 
things. 

.-!  And  thinkest  thou  this,  O  man, 
that  juilgest  tliem  whieli  do  such 
things,  and  doest  the  same,  that  thou 
Shalt  escape  the  judgment  of  God? 

4  Or  despiscst  tlnui  '  tlie  riches  of 
his  goodness  and  .1  f..rl>enniMce  and 
'longsnffcring;  fnot  knowing  that 
the  goodness  of  God  leadeth  thee  to 
repentance  y  . 

5  But,  after  thv  hardness  and  im- 
penitent heart, '(•■treasurest  up  unto 
thvself  wrath  against  the  day  of 
wrath  and  revelation  ot  tho  right- 
eous judgment  of  God; 


(!  hWho  will  render  to  every  man 
according  to  his  deeds: 

7  To  them  who  by  patient  continu- 
niiee  in  well  doing  fcek  for  gl»»ry 
and  houour  uiid  iinniortalitv,  ctef- 
iiat  life: 

H  But  nnto  them  that  nrc  rontcn- 
tifMis,  and  Ml.)  not  obey  the  truth, 
but  ohi'V  nurighteouauess,  indigna- 
tion and"  wrath, 

y  'rrilnilaliiin  anil  anguish,  upon 
everv  tool  of  man  tliat  d.Kth  evil;  of 
tlie  Jew  k  first,  and  also  of  the  i  Gen- 
tile; 

!l)  I  But  glory,  honour,  and  peace, 
to  every  man'that  worketh  giKnl;  to 
the  Jew  first,  and  also  to  the  I  Gen- 
tile: 

1 1  For  "  there  is  no  respect  of  per- 
sons with  (iod. 

\'2  For  as  many  ns  have  sinned 
without  law  fhairalso  perish  without 
law;  and  as  many  as  have  sinned  in 
the  law  shall  be  judged  by  the  law: 

i:j(ror  "m.t  the  hearers  of  the  law 
arc  just  111  lore  tio.l.  hut  the  doers  of 
the  law  shall  be.iostitied. 

H  For  when  the  Gentiles,  which 
have  not  the  law,  do  by  nature  the 
things  contained  in  the  law,  these, 
having  not  the  law,  ore  a  law  unto 
themselves: 

l.i  Which  shew  the  work  of  the  Uw 
written  in  their  hearts,  ||  their  con- 
seience  also  bearing  wihiess,  siid 
(Aiir  thoughts  |)  the  mean  while  ac- 
cusing or  else  excusing  one  an- 
other:) 

ll'i  "  In  the  day  when  God  shall 
rets  of  men  I' I 


list  1  according  to  my  gospel. 
lichi'ld.  'thou  art  callid  a  Jew, 


and  "  re^te^t  in  the  law,  'and  makest 
thy  boast  of  (Jod, 

1«  And  "knowcst  hi»  will,  ond 
ll'approvest  the  things  that  arc 
more  excellent,  being  instructed  out 
of  the  law; 

I'.l  And  >  art  confident  that  thou 
thvself  art  a  guide  of  the  blind,  a 
li'ht  of  thiin  which  are  in  darkness, 

•JO  .\n  inslructor  of  the  fi.ilish,  a 
t.aihir  nf  liMliis,  'which  lei.t  the 
fiinii  nf  knowledge  and  of  the  truth 
in  the  law. 

'.'1  "Thoii  therefore  which  tcaclicst 
onothir,  teochest  thou  not  tlivbelf? 
thou  that  pre.achest  n  man  should 
not  steal,  dost  thou  ste.nl ? 

•J-.'  Thiiu  that  savest  a  man  should 
not  eonimit  adiiltirv,  dost  thou  com- 
mit ailullerv  !  lho"ii  that  abhorrcst 
idols,  hdost  "ihou  c.inimit  sacrilege? 

"■!  Thou  thai  '  makest  Ihv  Imast  nf 
law,  thriingh  breaking  the  law 


dish, 
L't    F. 
phemc 


iiurcst  thi 


I  God? 


of  GihI  is  hMs- 
iig  the  (ieiitiUs  through 


•r  ciriumiisinn  verilv  proflf- 
|,.,u  klip  the  law:  but  if  thou 
■akeriit  the  law.  thy  circum- 
I  made  uncircumcision. 
iii 


•  rh  0   IT. 

•I  TI.I.    1    U. 
k3  i. 

.ri.i«i«,»«. 

Mill.  £1  3, 

WMid.X>, 

•  .t».  17. 

4;i>.i.ll.it. 


The  Jnm'  prrroriatiro. 


KOMANS. 


jSn  flc.s-h  justlfii'd  hi/  the  law. 


2.  i».  & ! 
.  in,  16. 


•  Jnliii  3.  33. 
fr..  (T2.  9.  i 

116.  11. 
Br^Sl.  4. 


i  ii.  iric. 


oV:  11' 

I.P..  in. 


aj  'J'luTi'lbrc,  (if  the  iiiicirciiri 
ion  keep  tlie  rightcoiif*nr.«3  of  tlic 
hiw,  sliull  not  his  uiicircuincision  be 
counted  ibr  eirciiiiicision? 

LT  And  fihall  not  uncircumcision 
which  is  hv  nature,  if  it  fulfil  tlic 
law,  K.jiidsc  thee,  who  by  the  letter 
and  circumcision  dost  transgicsa  the 
law? 

'M  For  libc  is  not  a  ,Icw,  which  is  one 
outwardly ;  neither  i.<  thfit  circunicis 
ion,  which  is  outward  in  the  flesh: 

L1I  But  he  IS  a  Jew,  i  which  is  on 
inwardly;  and  k  circumcision  is  that 
of  the  licart,  I  in  the  epirit,  ami  not 
in  the  letter;   '"whose  praise  is  not 
of  men,  but  of  God. 

CIIArTEll  iir. 

I  Th<i  Jews*  prt-roi/'itivc :  3  tvfiich  they 
iHive  vot  tost:  0  huu'bcit  the  law  c-jnvinc- 
cth  them  also  of  lin :  20  therefore  no 
ilcth  it  justified  ly  the  law,  2S  but  all, 
will/out  tliffcretiee,  by  faith  only:  31  and 
yet  the  law  is  nut  abolished. 

\\rnAT  advant.nRC  tlicn  hatli  the 
>  V  Jew  ?  or  what  profit  is  (Aci-c  of 
circumcision? 

2  Much  every  "way;  chiefly,  because 
that  "  unto  them  were  committed  the 
oracles  of  God. 

3  For  what  if  ^some  did  not  be- 
lieve? '"shall  their  unbelief  make  the 
faith  of  God  without  effect? 

■1  <l  God  forbid:  yea,  let  "God  be 
true,  but  fovery  man  a  liar;  as  it  is 
written,  '''That  thnu  nii;;hte?t  be 
justified  in  thy  sayini^s,  and  mi;;ht- 
est  ovcreomo  when  thou  art  jud;;cd. 

5  But  if  our  nnrijjhteousncss  com- 
mend the  righteousness  of  God, 
what  shall  we  say?  Is  God  unrisht- 
eons  who  takctli  vengeance?  (Iil 
speak  as  a  man) 

(J  (ioil  forbid:  for  then  ihow  ehall 
God  .judge  the  world? 

"  For  if  the  trntli  of  God  hath  more 
abounded  through  my  lie  unto  bis 
glorv;  wliy  yet  am  I  also  judged  as 
a  sinner? 

S  And  not  rafhri;  (as  we  he  slan- 
derously reported,  and  as  some  af- 
firm that  we  s.ay,)  kJ/Ct  ns  do  evil, 
that  good  may  come?  whose  dam- 
nation is  just. 

It  What  then?  are  wc  better  tJimi 
f/ic'!/?  No,  in  no  wise:  f(.)r  we  have 
before  f  proved  both  .Tews  and  Gen- 
tiles, that  ithey  arc  all  nndersin; 

10  As  it  is  written,  '"There  is  none 
righteous,  no,  not  one: 

II  There  is  none  flint  nnderstand- 
eth,  there  is  none  that  seeketh  after 
God. 

1:;  They  are  all  gone  out  of  the  way, 
they  are  together  become  nnprolit- 
able;  there  is  none  that  doeth  good, 
no,  not  one. 

1.'!  "Their  throat  i.-j  an  open  sepul- 
ehre;  witll  thc-ir  tongues  they  have 
use«l  deceit;  "the  poison  of'usps  i.s 
under  their  lips: 

H  I'  Whose  mouth  is  full  of  cursing 
and  bitterness: 
144 


].")  •"  Their  feet  are  swift  to  died 
blood: 

11)  Destruction  and  misery  arc  in 
their  w.ays: 

I"  And  the  way  of  peace  have  they 
not  known: 

IS  '  There  is  no  fear  of  God  before 
their  0}'cs. 

]'J  Now  we  know  that  what  things 
soever  'the  law  saith,  it  saith  to 
tliem  who  arc  under  the  law:  that 
'every  mouth  may  be  stopped,  and 
"all  the  world  may  become  || guilty 
before  (iod. 

20  Therefore  "  by  the  deeds  of  the 
law  there  sb.all  no  flesh  be  justified 
in  his  sight:  for  >  by  the  law  is  the 
knowledge  of  sin. 

'2\  Hut  now  ■'the  righteousness  of 
Tifxl  without  the  law  is  manifested, 
"being  witiics.sed  by  the  law  band 
the  prophets; 

22  Kven  the  righteotisness  of  God 
K-/iirk  i.<  <■  hv  faith  of  Jesns  Christ 
iinto  all  anff  upon  all  them  that  be- 
lieve: for  fi  there  is  no  difl'orence: 

2.3  For  "all  have  sinned,  and  como 
short  of  the  glory  of  God ; 

2-1  Being  justified  freely  fby  his 
grace  R  through  the  redemption  that 
is  in  riirist  .Tesus: 

2.".  "Whom  Cod  hath  l|  set  forth  "to 
l:r  a  iiri.pitiatioii  through  faith  iin 
his  blooil,  to  declare  his  righteous- 
ness k  for  the  II  remission  of  I  sins 
that  are  past,  through  the  forbear- 
ance of  God; 

2f»  To  decbire,  I sai/,  at  this  time  his 
righteousness:  that  he  nii'.;ht  be  just, 
and  theiustificrof  him  which  beltev- 
cth  in  Jesus. 
2"  "' Where  is  boasting  then?  It  is 
excluded.  Bv  what  law?  of  works? 
Nay;  but  by  the  law  of  faith. 
28  Therefore  we  conclude  "that  a 
man  is  justifieil  by  faith  without  the 
deeds  of  the  law. 

2!l  /.■.■  /ic  tlie  God  of  the  Jews  only? 
is /f  not  also  of  the  Gentiles?  Yes, 
of  the  (;cntiles  also: 
•SO  Seeing  "it  is  one  God,  which 
shall  justify  the  circumcision  bv 
faitli,  and  uncircumcision  through 
faith. 

.'!1  Do  wc  then  make  void  the  law 
through  faith?  God  forbid:  yea,  we 
establish  the  law. 


qr« 


.  1.  111. 


la.  7.  e. 
tT,.x,.i. 

■  Jal,n  10.  ». 
&  15. 25. 

iJol. .5.  lir. 


.42. 


.AcU  «.  U. 

th    1-  17. 

Phil,  3.  9. 

Heb.  11.4, 

ic. 
>.T„l,n.';.  in. 

A.I.  'X.  2i 
jcl.    1,  2. 

1  Pel.  1.  10. 

0.'ro„Ehool. 
Ich,  111.  12. 
0»1.  3.  23. 
Col.  3.  11. 


1  JuLn  2  a. 

A  4.  ID. 
ie.,1.  1.20. 
k  Act.  13.  3.S. 


or.' 1.211. 


1  13. 


I.',  13. 


.  .fl. 


:r,  20,  21.  22. 
.  2S. 


ch.  8.  3.     C*l.  2.  It;,     o  cb.  10. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Abraham's  faith  was  imputed  to  him  for 
Htrhleoutness,  10  before  he  was  eireum- 
eiaed.  13  lly  faith  only  he  and  ;«»  seed 
received  the  promise.  10  Abraham  is 
tho  father  of  all  that  believe.  24  Our 
faith  also    shall  bo  imputed  to  us  for 

'I'tril.VT  flndl   we    say  then   that 
y\     "Abraham  our  fither,  as  per- 
taining to  the  flesh,  l\ath  found? 
2  For  if  Ahniham  were  bjustifiod 
bv  works,  he  bath  ic/icrco/ to  glory; 


but  not  befo 


1  God. 


>I. 

.51.  2. 

11.3  9. 

J,. 

iqS.33, 

2t 

or.  ll.2i 

hoh 

3.20,27, 

The  advantages  and  extent 


ROMANS. 


of  JnsHfieatinn  hy  faith. 


7.  « 

10 

r. 

11. 

.VSd. 

.3 

o.ia 

3.4. 

2t. 

ou^.  3 

22. 

•  Cell.  IS.  5. 
1 0^.1.  17.  U. 
IH.  Jl. 


3  For  what  saith  tlio  Scripture? 
•■Aljialiaiii  iR-licv.-d  (;..(!.  aiul  it  was 
comitrd  iiiitu  him  liir  ri-lil.-misiiess. 

4  Now  J  to  liiiu  tliat  wurkitU  i.s  the 
reward  not  reckoned  of  ;:race,  but  of 
del)t. 

5  But  to  him  that  worketh  not,  but 
believetli  on  liim  tluit  justitieth  •=  tlio 
ungodly,  his  faith  is  counted  tor 
rii^hteousness. 

U  Kven  as  l^avid  also  describeth  the 
blessedness  of  the  man,  unto  whom 
(jod  iinputetU  riybteousness  without 
iv.,iks, 

7  S'liiing,  <  Blessed  are  they  whose 
iiuiiuities  arc  forgiven,  and  whose 
sins  are  covered. 

S  likssed  is  the  man  to  whom  the 
].ord  will  not  impute  sin. 

'.)  <  'uniilh  this  blessedness  then  upon 
the  eiicumcision  uiih/,  or  upon  the 
iiiieireunicision  also?  for  wc  say  that 
laitb  was  reckoned  to  Abraham  for 
ri<;bteousness. 

10  How  was  it  then  reckoned  ?  when 
lie  was  in  circumcision,  or  in  nncir- 
cumeision  ?  Not  in  circumcision, 
but  in  uneircumeisioii. 

U  And  She  received  the  sign  of 
circumcision,  a  seal  of  the  iip;hteons- 
iiess  of  the  faith  wliieli  Ac  /mil  lid 
bein"  uncireuincised  :  that  hhc, 
mi.'ht  be  the  fatlier  of  all  them  that  | 
believe,  thou^'h  thev  be  not  circum- 
cised ;  that  ri>;hteousness  inisht  be 
imputed  unto  them  also: 

IJ  ,\nd  the  father  of  circumcision 
to  them  who  are  not  of  the  circum- 
cision oulv,  but  who  also  walk  in 
the  steps  of  that  faith  of  onr  father 
Abraham,  which  tie  hail  bein^  i/ii 
uncireuincised. 

I'J  I'or  the  promise,  that  he  Khould 
be  the  i  heir  ot  the  world.  i<vi.<  not  to 
Abraham,  or  to  his  seed,  tbrouch 
the  law,  but  through  the  rigUteoua- 
ness  of  iiiitli.  ,..,     , 

1-1  For  k  if  they  which  are  of  the  law 
he-  heirs,  faith  is  made  void,  and  the 
promise  made  of  none  ett'ect: 

l.i  Because  I  the  law  worketh  wrath: 
for  where  uo  law  is,  tliera  is  no  trans- 
gression. „  -  ...     ,,    1   ., 

It!  Therefore  U  u  of  faith,  that  it 
might  he  °'  by  grace;  "  to  the  end  tlic 
pi-omise  might  besure  toall  tliesee.lj 
not  to  that  only  which  is  ot  the  law, 
but  to  that  also  which  IS  ot  the  tailli 
of  Abraham  i  °  who  is  the  father  ot  us 

17  (As  it  is  written,  fl  have  made 
thee  a  father  of  many  nations  )  ||  be- 
fore him  whom  he  beuved,  ^.v:« 
God,  '1  who  iiuiekeiieth  tb.;  t  ead,  ami 
calleth  those  Mhiu-s  which  be  not 
asthough  they  were: 

18  Who  against  hope  believed  in 
liope,  that  he  might  becoiiie  the  U- 
ther  of  many  nations,  neeordiiig  to 
that  which  was  spoken, '  ho  sliall  thy 
seed  be.  ,   .     -  .,•.    ,  i,„ 

HI  And  being  not  weak  in  faith,  ■  he 
considered  not  his  ywu   body   now 


our  l..ord  from 


dead,  when  he  was  nlioiit  a  hundred 
years  old,  neither  yet  tlie  dcadnesn 
of  Sarah's  womb: 

■J)  He  staggered  not  nt  the  promise 
of  God  tlinmgh  nnlieliel  :  but  was 
strong  in  faith,  giving  ghiry  to  (io<l; 

S!l  And  being  fully  iiei-Miaded,  tliat 
what  he  had  prouiiseu,  "he  was  able 
also  to  iK'rform. 

:."J  And  therefore  it  was  imputed  to 
hiui  (or  righteousness. 

:iT  Now  ^it  was  not  written  for  his 
sake  alone,  that  it  was  imputed  to 
him: 

•2i  l!ut  for  lis  also,  to  whom  it  shall 
be  iiniiuted,  if  we  bel' 

that  raised  up  J 

the  dead; 

L'5'Whowaa  delivered  for  our  of- 
fences, and  *  was  raised  again  ior  our 
justification. 

CIIAPTEU  V. 

1  /;,171(7  }uslifir<l  ly  faitk,  Hc  kavt  pract 
M1//1  (.uJ,  2  and  joy  in  our  hope,  8  r/i<i( 
$ince  we  were  rceonriled  by  hit  tlood, 
when  we  were  eiietnUe,  10  we  thall  much 
more  U  laved  being  reconciled.  12  At 
tin  and  death  enme  by  Adam.  ;;  ao  •nuc'i 
viore  righleautneet  and  life  by  Jetut 
CItritt.  1*0  }Vltere  tin  abounded,  grac4 
did  »uper.tbonnd. 

rpIIKRICFORF  "being  justified  by 

1  Ihilli,  we  have  i.  peace  with  God 
throngliour  l.ordJesus  Christ: 

li  '  liy  whom  also  we  have  access 
bv  faith  into  this^'raee  Hwhen^n  we 
stand,  and  'riyoice  in  hoiw  ot  the 
glory  of  God. 

;i  .\nd  not  only  .w,  but  f  we  glory  in 
tribulations  ol.so :  f  knowing  that 
tribulation  worketh  patience; 

4  l'.\iid  patience,  cxi>erieucc  ;  ond 
experience,  hope:  | 

■■liAnd  hope  niaketh  not  nshamed:  ' 
k  because  the  lovo  of  God  is  sheil  j 
abroad  in  our  heorts  tiy  the  Jloly 
Ghost  w  hicli  is  given  unto  us.  I 

(i  For  when  we  were  yet  without 
stn^ngth,  II  in  due  time  f  C'liU"'  •liii' 
lor  the  uu^xJU'. 

/  l^of  scarcely  for  a  righteous  man 
will  one  die:  yet  penidventure  li^r  a 
good  man  some  would  even  dare  to 

H  hut  ""God  eommchdeth  his  love 
toward  ns.  in  that,  while  we  were  yet  I 
sinnei-s.  t'lirist  dJsjlX'"'  US- 

•I  Much  more  then,  being  now  jnsti- 
fied  "  bv  llis  bl.MMl.  we  shall  be  saved  ' 
"from  wrath  through  bun. 

10  For  I' if,  when  we  were  enemirn,  | 
*t  wc  were  reconciled  to  God  liv  llie  . 
death  of  his  .Son:  much  mi>rf,  Ix-iiig 
reconciled,  we  sliall  be  saved    by  his 

li<"<^-  ,  .     .  .      .- 

11  And  not  only  so,  but  we  also  'jo.v 
in  GtKl  through  our  I.onl  Jesuj 
Christ,  bv  whom  we  have  now  re- 
ceive<l  the  11  atonement. 

12  Wherefore,  us  'by  one  man  ua  cn- 

rJoha  .1  3n.»  11   la       ICoi 


.1..  5.  i.v  h 
i  C.  k  »  XL 

»(or  1  a. 


.u  in. .'?. 
>.  21.  3U. 
*.  ?.  1 1. 


1.  r.r.\ 
ivl.  1.  IM. 
cJahulO.  ». 


..>.  IJ   10: 
.1.  i  i:. 

^nl.  1. 


4  <  u.  la. 

•  >l>   1   XL 


We  irmy  not  live  in  sin. 


Christians  obliged  to  holiness. 


<;»1.  3  l!i.?3. 
,  I.,.k<i7.  j:. 

1T..U.  1.  U, 


K|.U.  4.ii23, 
C.l.  3.  W. 


tcTiJ  into  tlie  world,  anil  "death  by 
Kin  ;  and  so  death  jiassed  iipuu  oil 
men,  ||  for  thatuU  liave  hiiined: 
1.!  ( For  until  flie  law  sin  was  in  the 
world:  but  "sin  is  not  imputed 
when  there  is  no  law. 

14  Xeverthcless  death  reijined  from 
Adam  to  Moses,  even  over  them  thiit 
liad  not  sinned  after  the  similitude 
of  Adam's  transgression,  ^  who  is  the 
figure  of  him  that  was  to  come. 

15  But  not  as  the  ott'enee,  so  also  is 
the  free  gift:  for  if  through  the  of- 
fence of  one  many  bo  dead,  much 
more  the  grace  of  God,  and  tlie  gift 
by  grace,  which  in  by  one  man,  Jesus 
Christ,  hath  abountlcd  ''unto  many. 

11)  And  not  as  it  iccts  by  one  tliat 
sinned,  .to  is  the  gift:  ibr  the  judg- 
ment irns  by  one  to  condemnation, 
but  tlie  free  gill  w  of  many  ottcnces 
u n to  iusti Hcation. 

17  tor  if  II  by  one  man's  offence 
death  reigned  by  one  ;  much  more 
they  which  receive  abundance  of 
grace  and  of  the  gift  of  righteousness 
shall  reign  in  liie  by  one,  Jesus 
Christ.) 

18  Therefore,  as  ||  by  the  offence  of 
one  jmltjmont  came  upon  all  men  to 
condemnation  ;  even  so  ||  by  the 
righteousness  of  one  the  free  gift 
r(ime"upon  all  men  unto  justifica- 
tion of  lite. 

I'J  For  as  by  one  man's  disobedience 
many  were "mad«  sinners,  so  by  the 
obedience  of  one  shall  many  be 
made  righteous. 

•JO  Moreover  lithe  law  entered,  tlint 
the  offence  might  obound.  J5ut 
where  sin  abounded,  grace  did  much 
•^  more  abound : 

21  That  as  sin  hath  reigned  unto 
death,  even  so  might  gi-acc  reign 
through  righteousness  unto  eternal 
life  by  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

I  TVa  mny  not  live  in  tin,  2  for  we  are 
df,td  unto  it,  3  ii9  apjtearcth  ly  our  bap- 
tidm.  1-  Let  not  «{»*  reii/n  any  more,  18 
tecaulieweh.il'e  vieldcd  ouraelves  to  lite 
tervice  of  rinMeoumieaa,  '^.i  and  for  that 
death  ia  the  wayea  of  ain. 

WTll\T  shall  we  say  then  ?  '  Shall 
lV     we  eoiitinuc  in  sin,  tliat  grace 

mav  ahoniid;'' 
•J  Clod  ibrhid.    How  shall  we,  that 

are  bdead  to   sin,  live  any  longer 

therein  ? 

3  Know  ve  not,  that '=  so  many  of  us 
ns  II  were  haptizcd  into  Jesus  Christ 
<i  were  baptized  into  his  death? 

4  Therelbrc  we  are  'buried  with 
him  by  baptism  into  death:  that 
ililic  as  Christ  was  raised  ui)  from 
the  dead  by  B  the  glory  of  the  rather, 
lievcn  so  Ve  also  should  walk  iu 
newness  of  life. 

5  i  For  if  we  have  been  planted  to- 
gether in  the  likeness  of  his  death, 
we  shall  be  also  in  the  lUcmsi  of  his 
resurrection: 

(J  Knowing  this,  that  k  our  old  man 
J4li 


is  crueitied  with  him,  that  I  the  body  i 
of  sin  might  be  destroyed,  that 
henceforth  we  shcmld  not  serve  sin. 

7  For  "'he  that  is  dead  is  t freed 
from  sin. 

H  Now  "if  we  be  dead  with  Christ, 
we  believe  that  we  shall  also  live 
with  him: 

U  Knowing  that  "Christ  being  raised 
from  the  dead  dicth  no  more;  death 
liath  no  more  dominion  over  him. 

10  For  in  that  he  died,  I'he  died 
unto  sin  once:  but  in  that  he  liveth, 
'iheliveth  unto  God. 

11  Likewise  reckon  ve  also  your- 
selves to  be  ''dead  imteed  unto  sin, 
but  "alive  unto  God  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord. 

l:i  '  Let  not  sin  therefore  reign  in 
your  mortal  body,  that  ye  should 
obey  it  iu  the  lusts  thereof. 

13  "Neither  yield  ye  your  "  members 
ff,<!  f  instruments  of  unrighteousness 
unto  sin:  but  Mield yourselves  unto 
God,  as  those  that  arc  alive  from  the 
dead,  and  your  members  <is  instru- 
ments of  righteousness  unto  God. 

14  For  >  sill  shall  not  have  domin- 
ion over  3'ou:  for  ye  are  not  under 
the  law,  but  under  grace. 

13  What  then?  shall  we  sin,  'be- 
cause we  are  not  under  the  law,  but 
under  grace?    God  fiirbid. 

Kj  Know  ye  not,  that  "to  whom  ye 
Yield  yourselves  servants  to  obey, 
his  servants  ye  are  to  whom  ye  obey; 
whether  of  s!n  unto  death,  or  of  obe- 
dience unto  righteousness? 

17  Hut  G<xl  he  thanked,  that  ye 
were  the  servants  of  sin,  but  ye  have 
obeyed  from  the  heart  i>that  form  of 
doctrine  t  which  was  delivered  you. 

].S  Being  then  ^  made  free  from  sin, 
ye  became  the  servants  of  righteous- 
ness. 

10  I  speak  after  the  manner  of  men 
because  of  the  intirmity  of  your 
flesh:  for  as  ye  have  yielded  your 
members  servants  to  uncleaiiness 
and  to  iniquity  unto  iniquity;  even 
so  now  yield  your  members  senauts 
to  righteousness  unto  holiness. 

a)  For  when  ye  were  J  the  servants 
of  sin,  j'c  were" free  t  from  righteous- 
ness, 

21  '^  What  fruit  had  ye  then  in  those 
things  wlicreof  ve  are  now  ashamed? 
i<ir  'the  end  of  tlu.se  things  is  death. 

22  But  now  K  being  niade  free  from 
sin,  and  become  servants  to  CJod,  ye 
have  your  fruit  unto  holiness,  and 
the  end  everlasting  life. 

2't  For  lithe  wages  of  sin  is  death; 
but  'the  gift  <if  (!od  is  eternal  life 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 

CHAPTER  VII. 
1  No  law  hath  power  over  a  man  longer 
than  he  liveth.  4  But  ve  arc  dead  to  the 
laiv.  7  i'et  ianot  thetaWBin.libutholy. 
juat,  pood.  K  aa  I  aekuuwledye,  who  am 
grieved  l.cCiiuae  I  cannot  keep  it. 

KNOW  ve  not,  brethren,  (for  I 
bpeak  "to  them   that  kuow  the 


The  laro  of  sin  in  our  tnemhers.        KOMAXS. 


Work»  of  the  flesh  and  Spirit. 


A.  I>.  CO. 

>1  Cor.  7.3a. 


1  Or.  e..n,u- 

1  v,t.  •/!.  n. 

Dent.  5.  21. 
AoUiO  33. 
ch.  13.  9. 
kcli,  i.  U.  i 
5.  23. 

iicor.  ij.sa. 
m  I*r.  IS.  .■:. 


law,)  how  that  the  law  hath  ilmnin- 

iian  as  loiiir  n.<  ho  livcthi 


;  r. 


^•tii. 


vhi.h   hiilh 


h:iiiil  i.<  hiMiiid  hvt 
hushLind  ii.i  l.m;,'  as  lie  livi-tli;  hut  il' 
the  husband  1)C  dead,  she  is  h»oscd 
from  the  law  ufhcr  husband. 

."!  So  then  liif,  while  Ac)-  hn.shand 
liveth,  she  be  married  to  another 
man,  she  nhall  be  ealUd  an  adulter- 
ess: but  if  her  husband  be  d<ad,  bhe 
'i  free  from  that  law;  so  that  she  is 
!io  adultere.ss,  thou;;h  she  be  inar- 
-itd  to  aiiotlier  man. 

4  Wlicrerore,  my  brethren,  ve  also 
ue  hcn.nic  'dead  to  the  law  bv  tlie 
b.Mlv  of  Christ;    that  vc   should  ho 


olKin.Sl.M. 

2.J. 
2Kio.n.l7. 


■a  to 


<a\v 


,  toll' 
ad.    t 


d    tiom    the 

should  >l  brill- fortli  I 

5  For  when  we  were  in  the  flesh, 
the  t  motions  of  sins,  Avhieh  were  by 
tiic  law,  "^did  work  in  our  inenibeis 
f  to  brin^  forth  fruit  unto  death. 

fi  Hut  now  we  are  delivered  from 
the  law,  II  that  bein;?  dead  wherein 
we  were  held;  that  we  bhould  serve 
Kin  newness  of  spirit,  and  not  in  the 
oldness  of  the  letter. 

7  What  shall  we  say  then?  7.s-  the 
law  sin?  God  forbid".  Nay,  !•  I  had 
not  known  sin,  but  by  the  law:  for  I 
luiil  iii't  kiinun  II  lust,  c.xeept  tlie  law 
had  said,  i  'I'lioii  shall  not  covet. 

8  IJut  i-siii,  taking  oecasion  by  the 
coniinandment,  wrou;;ht  in  me  all 
manner  of  eoneiipiscence.  Forlwith- 

ut  the  law  sin  )/«.<  dead. 

il  For  I  was  alive  without  the  law 
once:  but  when  the  (■oinmandment 
came,  sin  revived,  and  I  di«l. 

in  And  the  eoiiiiuaiidinent,  "'which 
./•<rs  onlaiiieU  to  life,  I  found  to  be 
unto  death. 

11  For  sin,  takins  oecasion  by  the 
commandnicnt,  deceived  me,  and  by 
it  slew  MS. 

12  Wherefore  "the  law  i.<  holy,  and 
the  commandnient  holy,  and  jn.st, 
and  ciMid. 

l.J  Was  then  that  which  is  good 
made  death  unto  me?  God  forbid. 
But  sin,  that  it  ini^'ht  appear  sin, 
working  death  in  me  by  that  which 
is  good;  that  sin  by  the  command- 
ment might  become  exceeding  sin- 
ful. 

14  For  we  know  that  the  law  is 
spiritual:  but  1  am  carnal,  "sold 
under  sin.  ,    ,    ,, 

1.5  For  that  which  I  do,  I  tallow 
not-  for  I'what  I  would,  that  do  I 
not;  but  what  I  hate,  that  do  I. 

lU  If  then  I  do  that  which  I  would 
not,  I  consent  uulo  the  law  that  it  is 

"l"  Now  then  it  is  no  more  I  that  do 
it,  hut  sin  that  dwelleth  in  me. 
18  For  I  know  that  ''in  me  (that  is, 
in  my  flesh,)  dwelleth  no  ctKxl  thin;:: 
lor  to  will  is  present  with  me;  hut 
how  to  pertbrm  that  which  is  RWd  1 
find  no>- 


11)  For  the  pi"'l  that  I  would.  1  do 
not:  but  the  evil  wliich  I  would  not, 
that  I  do. 

■JO  .\..w  if  I  do  that  I  would  not.  it 
is  no  more  1  tliat  do  il,  but  sin  that 
dwdhth  in  me. 

^1  I  find  then  a  law,  that,  when  I 
would  do  good,  evil  is  present  with 
me. 

'11  For  I  ''deli;;ht  in  the  law  ufUud 
alU-r'the  inward  man: 

S!  Hut  'I  see  another  law  in  "iny 
members,  warriii;;  against  the  law 
of  my  mind,  and  bnii^iii;;  me  into 
captivity  to  the  law  ol  siu  which  is 
in  my  members. 

:;(  ()  wrctcheil  man  that  I  am!  who 
from  II  the  bo<ly  of 


death? 


1  thank  God  through  Jeen 
Christ  our  Lord.  So  then  with  th^ 
mind  I  myself  serie  the  law  of  God-, 
but  witli  tlie  flesh  the  law  of  sin. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  They  that  are  in  Cliritt,  ami  live  aeeortl- 
ing  to  the  i!pirit,  arc  free  fruin  eomlrm- 
ticitiun.  b.  U  ll'.'Kit  h.irm  eoinetk  <//  llic 
fleuli,  0,  H  and  nlint  goodof  the  ."/.iril: 
i;  and  what  of  l>eini/  (Jod'e  child.  1'.. 
whove  glorious  deliverance  all  thinge 
tona  for.  20  miet/eforch.md  decreed  fri,m 
Uod.  ii  It'Aat  can  tever  us  from  his 
tovc  r 

TIIEltE  I'.i  therefore  now  no  con- 
demnation to  tlieni  which  are  in 
iChrist  .lesiis,  who  "walk  not  uflcr 
ithe  flesh,  but  after  the  Spirit. 

:;  For  I'llu-  law  of '' the  Spirit  of  life 
ill  Clirist  Jisus  hath  made  me  free 
Iroiii  <\  llie  law  of  sin  and  death. 

.-!  For  '^what  the  law  could  not  do,  |  ■ 
in  that  it  was  weak  thn)U;.'h  the  flesh,  i  , 
fGud  sendiii;;  his  own  Son   in   the', 
likeness  of  sinful  flesh,  and  ||  for  sin, 
condemned  siu  in  the  flesh: 

4  That  the  ri-Iileiiusnesa  of  the  law 
nii-ht  he  fulfilled  in  ns.  c  who  walk    , 
notatUrthe  flesh,  butan.rthe  Spirit. 

r,  For  I'tliev  that  are  iifi.  r  the  fl.sh 
do  mind  the  thiii^-s  ,.f  th.- fl.  .-h;  but, 
thiv  that  are  atter  the  Spirit,  Ulie  | 
thii'ins  of  the  Spirit.  .    .    .   ' 

i;  1  i.r  >■  t  lo  be  caniallv  minded  is  , 
death:  but  I  to  be  spiritually  minded 
IS  lite  and  peace.  . 

7  Hecause  1 1  the  carnal  mind  i.«  en- 
mity a;;aiiist  (iiKl:  li.r  it  is  not  sub- 
ject to  the  law  ol  God,  '"  neither  in- 
deed can  be.  ,     .,     .«     i 

8  So  then  thcv  tliot  ore  in  the  flesh 
cannot  please  (iod.  .... 

".( lint  ye  are  not  in  the  flesh,  luif  In 
the  Spirit,  if  so  be  that  "  the  Spirit  of 
God  dwell  in  you.  Now-  if  any  man 
have  not  "the  Spirit  of  Christ,  be  is 
none  of  his.  ..     ,     , 

10  And  if  Christ  N'  m  yon.  the  liodv 
IS  d.-ad  iH-eaiisc  of  sin;  but  the  Spint 
in  life  because  of  ri;;htcoii»ness. 

11  But  if  the  Spirit  of  ''him  that 
raised  up  Jesus  from  the  dead  dwell 
in  you,   ihe   that  rai.seil   iili  Christ 

*  147 


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I.CI..II 

13,  U. 

.'.M. 

t/Jmlit 

s  I  Co. 

liSI. 

1  c.    i.  It. 
k-1.    II   21. 


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1  «. 

mir... 

i  IL 

hii.  1 

3.14 

oJ.I,. 

3  5i. 

The  ground  and  assuraiice 


ROMANS. 


of  t)ie  Christian's  hope. 


I'.ph.  4.  22. 
Gul.S.  18. 


«T».  SB.  5. 

i:^l.  4,  5.  C. 
a '..lurk  11.30. 
1. 1  Cor.  1.  'il. 


lcu2(!.  IS. 
al.  J.  7. 
\ci3  11.  22. 
I.il.  1.29. 


1  John  3.  2. 
Cen.  3.  13. 


L'ul.  1.  23. 
i.Ier.  12.  U. 
k  2  Cor.  5.  5. 

I'.l.U.  1.  U. 


1-rov.  17.  3. 
Jor.  11.20.  it 
17.  10.  i2U. 


i'rom  tlio  dead  sliall  also  quicken 
your  mnrtal  bodies  ||  by  hia  Spirit 
that  dwcllcth  in  you. 

IJ  '  Tlicrcfciic,  biethrcn,  wc  arc 
debtors,  not  to  the  ileali,  to  live  after 
tiie  flesh. 

]:;  For  "  if  ye  live  after  the  flesh,  yc 
shall  die:  hut  if  yc  throufjli  t!ie  Spirit 
do  'mortify  the  deeds  of  the  body, 
ye  shall  live. 

14  For  "as  many  as  are  led  by  the 
Spirit  of  God,  tliey  are  the  sons  of 
God. 

1.5  For  "ye  liavc  not  received  the 
spirit  of  bondage  again  ^  to  fear:  but 
ye  have  received  the  ■'  Spirit  of 
adoption,  whereby  ve  cry,  "Abba, 
Father. 

](i  h  The  Spirit  itself  bearcth  -witness 
with  our  spirit,  that  Ave  arc  tlie  cliil- 
drcn  of  God: 

17  And  if  children,  then  heirs ; 
■^  heirs  of  God,  and  joint  heirs  witli 
Clirist;  liif  so  lie  tha't  we  sutler  witli 
7am,  that  we  may  be  also  fjloriticd 
to<j:ether. 

18  For  I  reckon  that  "  the  sufferings 
of  this  present  time  are  not  wortliy 
to  he  coitipwcd  with  the  glory  which 
shall  be  revealed  in  us. 

19  For  fthe  earnest  expectation  of 
the  creature  waitcth  for  the  Eraani- 
fest.itiou  of  the  sons  of  God. 

'Id  For  li  the  creature  was  made  sub- 
ject to  vanity,  not  willingly,  hut  by 
reason  of  him  who  hatll  Bubjected 
the  Sfnne  in  hope; 

'21  Jiecau.-ie  the  creature  itself  also 
shall  be  delivered  fiom  tlie  bondage 
of  corruption  into  tlie  glorious  liberty 
of  the  children  of  God. 

'J'l  For  we  know  that  ||the  whole 
creation  i  groauctli  and  travaileth  in 
pain  together  until  now. 

2.1  And  not  only  tJic//,  but  ourselves 
also,  wlilch  have  kthe  lirstfruits  of 
the  Spirit,  '  even  we  ourselves  groan 
within  ourselves,  '"waiting  for  the 
adoption,  to  wit,  the  "redemption  of 
our  body. 

li  For  we  arc  saved  by  hope:  but 
"hope  that  is  seen  is  not  hope:  for 
what  a  man  aeeth,  why  doth  he  yet 
hope  for? 

'2r>  But  if  we  hope  for  that  we  sec 
not,  then  do  we  with  patience  wait 
for  it. 

2G  Ijikewise  the  Spirit  also  help- 
cth  our  iniirmitics:  for  P  we  know 
not  what  wo  sliould  pray  for  as  we 
ought:  but'ltlio  Spirit  itself  ni.akcth 
intorcession  Ibr  us  with  groanings 
wliicli  cannot  lie  uttered. 

27  jVnd  '  Jie  that  Bcarclieth  the 
hcarls  knowi-tli  what  ix  tlie  mind 
of  the  Spirit,  II  licxausc  he  m:iketli 
intercession  (or  the  saints  'accord- 
ing to  ^/(,>  vill  or  iioi\. 

2S  .Vnd  we  knoH-  tliat  all  things 
work  togetlier  for  good  to  tlicni 
tliat  love  God,  to  tlicm  'who  are 
tlie  called  according  to  hiA  purpose. 

29  For  wliom  "lie  did  ibrcknow, 
148 


"he  al.so  did  predestinate  ^  to  be 
coiifoniicd  to  tlie  image  of  his  Son, 
'tliat  he  miglit  be  the  firstborn 
amoii,g  many  bretlircn. 
.'lU  Moreover,  whom  he  did  pre- 
destinate, tliem  lie  also  "  called : 
and  wliom  he  called,  tliem  he  also 
li  justifred  :  and  wliom  he  justified, 
them  he  iilso'' glorified. 

01  "VVliat  shall  we  then  say  to  these 
things?  tl  If  God  he  for  us,  who  can 
he  against  us? 

?ii  '  lie  that  spared  not  his  own 
Son,  but  fdelivered  him  up  for  us 
all,  how  shall  he  not  with  him  also 
freclv  give  lis  all  things? 

Si  Who  shnll  lay  any  thing  to  tlie 
charge  of  God's  elect?  >^ Jt  i.<  God 
that  justifieth. 

."1  liWho  IS  he  that  condemnclh? 
It  in  Christ  tliat  died,  yea  ratlier, 
that  is  risen  again,  i  who  is  even  at 
the  riu;ht  hand  of  God,  l.  wlio  also 
niaketh  intercession  ibr  us. 

u,5  Who  shall  separate  us  from  the 
love  of  Christ?  slinll  tribulation,  or 
distress,  or  persecution,  or  famine, 
or  nakedness,  or  iicril,  or  sword? 

.'!lj  As  it  is  written,  1 1'or  thy  sake  we 
are  killed  all  tlie  day  long;  we  arc 
accounted  as  sheep  for  the  slaughter. 

37  ""Nay,  in  all  these  things  we 
are  more  than  conquerors  through 
him  that  loved  us. 

as  For  I  am  persuaded,  that  nei- 
ther death,  nor  life,  nor  angels,  nor 
"jirincipalities,  nor  powers,  nor 
things  present,  nor  things  to  come, 

.'!'j  Nor  height,  nor  depth,  nor  any 
other  creature,  shall  be  able  to  sepa- 
rate us  from  the  love  of  God,  which 
is  in  Christ  Jesus  our  I.,ord. 

CUAPTEll  IX. 

1  Paul  ia  mrry  for  the  Jews.    7  All  the 
BCcd  of  Abraliatn  were  not  the  chitilrcJi 
of  the  promise.    18  Corf  hath  viercy  upon 
whom  tie  will.    21    Tlie  putter  ituiy  do 
with  hit  clny  what  he  Hat.    25  Ttie  call- 
ing of  the  Gentilca  and  rejcctinj/  of  the 
Jetva  were  foretold.    32  I'he  cauae  why 
BO  few  Jewa  embraced  the  rifflileouaneaa 
offmtli. 
T  "  SAY  the  truth  in  Christ,  I  lie 
X  not,  my  conscience  also  bearing 
me  witness  in  the  Holy  Ghost, 

2  b  Tliat  1  h.avc  great  heaviness  and 
continual  sorrow  in  my  heart. 

3  For  "I  could  wish  that  myself 
were  ||  accursed  fronx  Christ  for  my 
brethren,  my  kinsmen  according  to 
the  flesh: 

4  tl  Who  are  Israelites  ;  '  to  whom 
pcrtaliielh  the  adoption,  and  fthe 
glory,  and  Bfho  ||  covenants,  and 
"the  giving  of  the  law,  and  'the 
service  of  God,  and  ktlic  promises; 

.")  1  Whose  nre  the  fathers,  and 
"■of  whom  as  concerning  the  flesh 
Clirist  came,  "  who  is  over  all,  God 
blessed  lor  ever.    Amen. 


.  12.     1  Iloi 


hr<.  117.  11.    ill.K 


k  Acta  13.  32.     cli.  3.  2. 
.111.1-1.     ,1,.  11.  2J.      ml.uke3.23.    ck.  1.  3. 
20.  -.8.    noli.  1.  8.    1  Johu  S.  20. 


God  hath  mercy 


ROMANS. 


on  whom  he  trill. 


«y.  13.21. 
«1.  1.  2.J. 
•  It,  10.37. 


.V.  in.  1. 

.  IS.  0. 
Lm.  2.OT. 


(;  "Nut  lis  tli(.u-li  the  word  of  (!od 
liath  tiikin  none  cftVct.  For  I'tlny 
we  not  all  Israel,  which  art'  of  Js- 
rat-l: 

7  ''  Neither,  because  they  are  the 
seed  of  AhraluiMi,  «;■<■  l/ir:/  all  chil- 
dren: liiit.  In  ■■  Isaac  shall  lliy  seed 
he  called. 

.S  That  is.  They  which  are  the  chil- 
dren of  the  flesh,  these  arc  not  tlic 
children  of  God:  but  "the  children 
of  the  promise  arc  counted  ibr  Uic 
seed. 

il  For  this  is  the  word  of  promise, 
'  .\t  this  time  will  I  come,  and  Sarah 
shall  have  a  son. 

Ill  And  not  only  lliis;  but  when 
"Kebccca  also  had  conceived  by 
one,  ercn  by  our  father  Isaac, 

11  (For  Me  chihlifii  bein;?  not  yet 
born,  neither  havin;^  done  any  }.'o<id 
or  evil,  tliat  the  i)uri)ose  of  (Jod 
accordiii;jj  to  election  mi;;ht  shnul, 
not  of  works,  but  of  ^  him  that 
calleth;) 

12  It  was  said  unto  her,  yiho 
II  elder  shall  serve  the  ||  younger. 

l.'i  As  it  is  written,  ".Jacob  have  I 
loved,  but  Esau  have  I  hated. 

14  What  shnll  we  say  then?  "Ts 
there,  unrighteousness  with  God  ? 
Godfi)rbid. 

l.j  For  he  saith  to  Moses,  1)1  will 
have  inerey  on  whom  1  will  have 
mercy,  and  I  will  have  compassion 
on  wiiom  1  will  have  compassion. 

H;  So  then  it  i.<  not  of  him  that 
wilkth,  nor  of  him  tluit  niuncth, 
but  of  God  that  shcwcth  mercy. 

17  For  'the  Scri|)ture  saith  unto 
Pharaoh,  d  Even  for  this  same  pur- 
pose have  I  raised  thee  up,  that  I 
mi;;ht  shew  my  power  in  thee,  and 
tliat  my  name  mijrht  be  declared 
throughout  all  the  earth. 

15  Therefore  hath  he  mercy  on 
whom  he  will  /tare  inrrcf/,  and 
whom  he  will  lie  hardeneth. 

Ill  Thou  wilt  say  then  unto  me, 
Whv  doth  he  vet  find  fault?  For 
e  wlio  hath  resisted  his  will? 

3)  Nay  but,  (>  man,  who  art  thou 
that  llrepliest  iigaiust  God?  f  Shall 
the  thin^  formed  say  to  him  that 
formed  it.  Why  hast  thou  made  uio 
thus? 

•Jl  Ilath  nottlie  Spotter  power  over 
the  clay,  of  the  same  lump  tu  make 
hone  vessel  unto  honour,  and  an- 
other unto  dishonour? 

•J'2  W/iat  if  God,  willing  to  shew 
/lis  wrath,  and  to  make  his  ])ower 
known,  endured  with  much  lon;;- 
sufferins  i  the  vessels  of  wrutli  ]|  t  Ut- 
tcd  to  destruction: 

2y  And  that  he  misht  make  known 
1  the  riches  of  bis  i;lory  on  the  vessels 
of  mercy,  which  he  had  ■"  afore  pre- 
pared unto  glorv, 

L'4  Even  us,  whom  he  hath  called, 
"not  of  the  Jews  only,  but  also  of  the 
Gentiles? 

•Jo  As  be  saiUi  also  in  Osec,  "  I  will 


call  them  my  people,  which  were  not 

my  people:  and  her  beloved,  which 
wasiL.t  lnl..vid. 

•Si  1'  And  it  shall  come  to  pass,  tlnit 
in  the  lilace  where  it  was  bai<l  unto 
them,  Ve  (ire  not  mv  people:  there 
shall  tinv  \h-  called  the  cliildten  of 
the  livi.i^i  God. 

•J?  Esaias  also  cricth  concernins  Is- 
rael, 'I  Though  the  number  ot  the 
children  of  Israel  be  as  the  sand  of 
the  sea,  ''a  remnant  shall  be  saved: 

•2H  I'or  he  will  (inish  ||  the  work,  and 
cut  it  short  in  righteousness:  •be- 
cause a  short  work  will  the  Lord 
make  upon  the  earth. 

•-'.*  And  OS  Esaias  said  before,  '  Ex- 
cept the  Lord  of  Sabaoth  had  Icit  us 
a  feed,  "we  bud  Inen  as  Sodcnna. 
and  been  made  like  uuto  Gomor- 
rah. 

.TO  What  shall  we  say  then  ?  »  That 
the  Gentiles,  which  followed  not 
after  righteousness,  have  attained  to 
righteousness.  Seven  the  righteous- 
ness which  is  of  faith. 

SI  But  Israel,  '■'which  followed  after 
the  law  of  rigbtet;)usness,  '*hath  not 
attained  to  tlie  law  of  righteousness. 

oj  Wliercforc?  Uccause  titet/souffht 
it  not  by  faith,  but  as  it  were  by  the 
works  of  the  law.  For  I' they  stum- 
bled at  that  stumblingstone: 

Si  As  it  is  written,  ^  lichold,  I  lav 
in  Sion  .a  stnmbliniistiine  and  rock 
of  oflenec  :  and  J  whosoever  belicv- 
eth  on  him  shall  nut  be  ||  ashamed. 

CHAPTER  X. 

5  Tilt  Scripture  thcuctit  i/,c  Jifcrenee  he- 
tuxxt  tl<c  riyliteoutnctt  of  the  loir,  and 
titia  of  }\iitli,  11  and  that  n(/,  i</fA  Jew 
and  aeiilite,  lliiit  bMeie,  eliall  not  tu 
eitnfi^undtd,  la  and  that  tlie  Uentittt 
sluill  rceeivc  the  word  and  licliefe.  19 
lariii-l  was  not  it/norant  of  l/ine  tliinut. 

BRETHREN,   my   heart's   desire 
and  pniyerto  God  for  Israel  i«, 
that  they  might  be  saved. 

2  For  I  bear  them  record  *  that  they 
have  a  zeal  of  God,  but  not  accorif- 
inzto  knowledge. 

3  For  they,  being  ignorant  of  hGod'n 
righteousness,  and  going  about  to 
establish  their  own  ^  rightcousncBs, 
have  not  submitted  themselves  un- 
to the  righteousnc><s  cf  God. 

4  For  '1  Christ  M  the  end  of  the  law 
for  righteousness  to  every  one  tliat 
believeth. 

I  5  For  Jloses  deseribeth  the  right- 
eousness which  is  of  the  law,  '  That 
the  man  which  doetli  those  things 
sliall  live  by  them. 

(i  But  the  righteousness  which  is  of 
faith  s|Kakelh  on  this  wise,  i  Say  not 
in  thine  heart,  AVho  shall  a.-ceiid  into 
heaven  ?  (that  is,  to  bring  Christ 
down  n-iiin  alitirr :) 

7  Or,  Who  shall  descend  into  the 
deep  ?  (that  is,  to  bring  up  Christ 
again  from  thedca.l.) 

«  Hut  what  saith  it?  ^Thc  word  is 
nigh  thee,  mii  in  thv  mouth,  and  in 
149 


ii  uio.a.z>. 

rch.  U.S. 


io.  iO. 

J  tV.  1.  17. 

irh.  1<I.2.  J. 

11    T. 
>U«1.  2  t. 


I,  !.,< 


.  1.2J. 


'/**.  11!. 
Mntt  21   43 

le.i.vc.rx 

Jch.  13.  II. 


•  !i.n>. 
'i.i<.ii 


«.  17. 

S««ch.!)  71, 
.ch.  1.  17  U 

rkil.}.  0. 


<IM>< 


.I.»T  H.5. 
N,>h  V  '.-) 
K,.  ^Ml.li. 


fialvatiftn  open  to  all  believerx. 


I50MANS. 


The  Gentiles  are  cavtiotied 


LI«,  23.  16.  i 

4t.  Zl. 

.Ur.  17.7. 

cU.  a.  33. 
k  Acl,  i',.  a. 

cli.H.  '22. 

CiHl.  3.  '28. 
I  Aoli  l<\.  36. 


:L  i  8. 

..i.mei 
II.  u. 


.  1  3am  13  M. 

Jor  ji.  a;. 

l.'2for.  ll^i. 

yuA.j.o. 


thy  heart:  tliat  is,  the  word  of  faith, 
which  we  preach; 

II  That  h  if  tlioii  phalt  confess  with 
thv  month  the  l.onl  .TcRiis,  anil  shiilt 
Ix'lieve  in  tliine  lieart  that  (ioilliath 
raised  him  from  the  dead,  thou  tilialt 
be  saved. 

10  For  with  the  heart  man  helicv- 
etli  unto  ri;;liteou8!iess;  andwitlithc 
mouth  confession  is  made  unto  sal- 
vation. 

11  For  the  Scripture  saifh,  iWhoso- 
ever  helievetli  on  liim  sliall  not  be 
ashamed. 

12  For  k  there  is  no  difference  be- 
tween tlie  Jew  and  tlie  Grcelc  :  for 
1  tlie  same  Lord  over  all  "'  is  rich  un- 
to all  that  call  upon  him. 

I.i  "  For  w  liosoever  shall  call  "  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord  shall  he  saved. 

14  How  tlien  .'-hall  they  call  on  him 
in  whom  tliey  liave  not  believed  ? 
and  how  shall  they  believe  in  him  of 
whom  they  have  not  hoard?  and 
how  shall  they  hear  ''  without  a 
proaeher:' 

15  And  how  shall  they  preach,  ex- 
cept they  be  sent?  as  it  is  written, 
'I  How  beautiful  arc  the  li;et  of  them 
that  preach  the  pospel  of  peace,  and 
hrinj;  glad  tidings  of  pood  tiling's! 

16  Hut  'they  have  not  all  obeyed  the 
gospel.  For  Esaias  saith,  '1-ord,  who 
h.ttli  believed  I  our  ||  report? 

17  So  then  faith  comelh  by  hearing, 
and  hearing  by  the  word  of  God. 

hS  But  I  say.  Have  they  not  heard  ? 
Yes  verily,  'their  sound  went  into 
.-.11  the  earth,  "and  their  words  unto 
the  ends  of  the  world. 
1:)  IJut  I  say.  Did  not  Israel  know? 
First  Moses  saith,  ^I  will  provoke 
you  to  jealousy  by  tlicin  that  are  no 
people,  and  by  a  Jibolish  nation  1 
will  nnpter  you. 

'JO  But  Esaias  is  very  bold,  and 
saith,  "I  was  found  of  them  that 
sou;;ht  me  not;  I  was  made  mani- 
fest unto  them  that  asked  not  after 
me, 

:.'l  But  to  Israel  he  saith,  "All  day 
Ions;  I  have  stretched  forth  my  hands 
inito  a  disobedient  and  Kiunsaying 
people. 

CHAPTER  XI. 
1  Oo.l  hnth  not  cnat  off  alt  Itrnel.  7  Some 
wen  eU'ctel.  thuiinh  the  rctt  iwrj  lutnl- 
CJicil.  Hi  riiere  is  hopn  of  their  convcr- 
tion.  18  r/.e  dculilct  iiuty  not  intuit 
npon  them:  CO  for  there  is  a  promise  of 
their  Hidr^ition.  oU  (Jud'aJuUf/mentiurc 
unscurehiMc. 

TS.VY  then,  "ITath  God  cist  away 
his  people?  God  forbid.  For  b"I 
also  am  an  Israelite,  of  the  seed  of 
Aliraham,  or'  tlio  trilie  of  Benjamin. 
2  (Jod  hatli  not  east  awav  his  peojile 
which  'he  foreknew.  Wot  ve  not 
what  the  Scripture  saith  I  of  Klias? 
how  he  mukelh  intercession  to  God 
a;;ainst  Isra'l,  savin", 
;)  J  Lord,  they  have  killed  thy  proph- 
ets, and  diu'^ed  down  thine  altars; 
IDO 


and  I  am  left  alone,  and  they  seek 
my  life. 

4  But  what  saith  the  answer  of  God 
nnto  him  ?  *'  I  have  reserved  to  my- 
self peven  thousand  men,  who  have 
not  bowed  the  knee  to  tJic  tmage  of 
Baal. 

5  I  Even  so  then  at  this  present  time 
also  there  is  a  remnant  aecordinj;  to 
the  election  of  j;racc. 

G  And  Sif  by  Rrace,  then  is  it  no 
more  of  works:  otherwise  grace  is  no 
more  grace.  But  if  it  be  of  works, 
then  is  it  no  more  grace:  otherwise 
work  is  no  more  work. 

7  What  then  ?  li  Israel  hcth  not  ob- 
tained that  which  he  seeketli  for; 
but  the  election  hath  obtained  it,  and 
the  rest  were  ||  blinded 

8  (According  as  it  is  written,  i  God 
hatli  given  them  the  spirit  of  ||  slum- 
ber, tcyos  that  they  should  not  see, 
and  cars  that  they  should  not  hear;) 
unto  this  dav. 

U  And  liavid  saith,  I  Let  their  table 
be  made  a  snare,  and  a  trap,  and  a 
fatiimblinj^block,  and  a  recompense 
uatothciu; 

lU  '"  Let  their  eyes  be  darkened, 
that  they  may  not  see,  and  bow 
down  their  back  alway. 

11  I  say  then,  Ilavc'thev  stumbled 
that  the'y  should  fall?  (iod  forbid: 
but  rallicr  "throu;;h  their  fall  salva- 
tion !.f  comi?  nnto  the  tJentilcs,  for  to 
provoke  them  tojcalousv. 

12  Now  if  the  hill  of  them  he  the 
riches  of  the  world,  and  the  l|  dimin- 
ishing of  them  the  riches  ot  the  Gen- 
tiles; how  much  more  their  fulness? 

13  For  I  speak  to  you  Gentiles,  in- 
asmuch as'*!  am  the  apostle  of  the 
Gentiles,  I  m.agnify  mine  oftice: 

14  If  bv  any  means  I  may  provoke 
to  einulation  t/n-iii  ii-liii:h  are  my 
flesh, and  i'mi^;lit  save  some  of  them. 

15  For  if  the  casting  away  of  them 
he  the  reconciling  of  the  world,  what 
!:!iall  the  receiving  of  tlicm  ic,  but 
life  from  the  dead? 

K;  For  if  1  the  tirstfrnit  ?«  holy,  the 
lump  i.<  also //o/,v;  and  if  the  root  6e 
holy,  so  lire  the  branches. 

17  And  if  ■'Bome  of  the  branches  he 
broken  olf, 'and  thou,  being  a  wild 
oUve  tree,  wcrt  grafled  iu  ||  among 
them,  and  with  tlicni  partakest  of 
the  root  and  f:itne.«s  ol  the  olive  tree; 

IS  '  r.onst  not  against  the  branches. 
But  if  thou  hoast,  tlinii  bearest  not 
ther.H.t,  but  the  root  thee. 

I'J  Tlicju  wilt  say  then.  The  branch- 
es were  broken  oft,  that  I  might  bo 
graflV-d  in. 

20  Well ;  l)ccanso  of  nnbclief  they 
were  broken  off,  and  thou  stanilest 
by  faith.  "  Be  not  highminded,  but 
"  fear: 

21  For  if  God  s iiared  not  the  natu- 
ral branches,  take  Itccd  lest  he  also 
spare  not  thee. 

22  Behold  therefirc  the  goodness 
and  severity  of  God:  on  them  which 


not  to  ins^dt  the  Jexcs. 


ROMANS. 


A.  D.OO. 


lick.  12.  IC. 


«I...'.9,  20. 

tituP..  11.  7. 
fli  VT  a 

Jcr.  ;il.  CI. 

JLc. 

lUI.  s.  s.  & 

10.  lli. 
:  Kcal  7  8  i 


U.  .0.  i  10  15. 
bNuHi  .23.19. 
i  Ei.h.  2.  2, 

I  ul.  3.  7. 

(Or,  otryftjf. 


o  1  for.  8.  ( 

lol.  I.  ic:. 

rOiil    l.S. 


cl'j  .' 

1.13.11. 

13.  10. 

.  0.  13. 

aii<i 

10  20. 

..1  r. 

1.  1-  U. 

1  J.. 

fttii 

1.  13.  i 

fi-U,  eeverity;  hut  toward  thop,  pood- 
-,  S  if  tlioii  continue  in  his  pood- 
i:  otliirwisc  'thou  ulso  bhalt  b« 
cut  off. 
■£',  .\nd  tliov  also,  "if  tlicy  ahidc  not 
still  ill  unhi'Iiif,  bluill  bo  ^ratted  in: 
tor  God  ia  ubic  to  [rnft  tluiii  in 
agr.in. 

■^i  For  if  thou  wort  cut  out  of  the 
olive  trre  wliich  ia  wild  by  nature, 
and  wcrt  gratlcd  contrary  to  nature 

into  a  s; 1  olive  tree;    how  much 

more  shall  these,  which  be  the  natii-  | 
ral  hrnnrlKH,  be  grafted  into  t)ic;r 
own  olive  tree? 
■J5  For  I  would  not,  brethren,  that 
re  should  be  ijinomnt  of  this  inys- 
terv,  lest  ye  should  be  liwise  in  your 
own  conceits,  that  "^  |!  blindness  in 
part  is  happened  to  Israel,  J  until  the 
fulness  of  the  Gentiles  be  come  in. 
a;  And  so  all  Israel  shall  be  saved: 
as  it  is  written,  '■There  shall  come 
otit  of  Sion  the  neliverer,  and  sbull 
turn  awav  ungodliness  from  Jacob: 
LT  rFor"this  li  iiiv  C(.vcnaiit  unto 
them,  when  I  shall  take  away  their 
sins. 

2S  As  concemins  the  gospel,  they 
are  enemies  for  vour  sakes:   but  as 
touehin^  *■":  election,  t/icij  are  «  be- 
loved for  the  fathers'  sakes. 
29  For  the  Rifts  and  calling  of  God 
ore  h  without  repentance. 
SO  For  as  vc  >  in  times  past  have  not 
II believed  "God,  yet    have   now  ob- 
tained mercy  through  their  uubelicf: 
31  Even  so  have  these  also  now  not 
II  believed,  that  throu^-h  your  mercy 
thev  also  mav  obtain  mercy. 
.^2"For  kGwl  hatli  ||  concluded  them 
all  in  unbelief,  that  he  inij,'ht  have 
mercy  upon  all. 

r;i  I)  the  depth  of  the  riches  both  of 
the  wisdom  and  kiiowledw  of  God! 
I  how  unsearchable  lire  bis  judg- 
ments, and  "'his  ways  past  fiudiug 
out  I  ,  .     , 

"A  "  For  who  hath  known  the  mmd 
of  the  Lord '/  or  "  who  hath  been  his 
counsellor?  . 

;«  Or  V  who  hath  first  given  to  him, 
and  it  shall  be  recompensed  unto 
him  aj;aiir? 

."i;  For  ''of  him,  and  through  him, 
and  to  him,  arc  all  thiu^-s  :  'to 
t  whom  iM  glory  lor  ever.    Amen. 

CHArXEK  XII. 
1  God'l  mcrcUt  mu.(  movf  u.  to  r''-" 
(Joti.  3  .Vo  man  muat  tUtnk  too  tvcll  o/ 
himtclf.  ibut  atUtul  rvery  one  on  Ihal 
calling  wherein  he  it  placed.  9  Love.anU 
many  other  duties,  are  rejutred  oj  m. 
19  Ilevenge  i.  e,,ccially  forMden. 

I  "BESEECH  you  therefore, breth- 
ren, by  the  meivies  of  G<k1,  >■  that 
vc  ■:  present  your  bodies  <l  a  living 
sacrifice,  holy,  acceptable  unto  God, 
icAi'cA  is  your  reasonable  service. 
2  And  '^be  not  eonfonned  to  this 
world:  but  fbc  ye  transformed  by 
the  renewins;  of  your  luiud,  tuut  ye 
1  23    CJ.  1. 2i.2i4  3.  la 


A  n  exhnrtatinn  to  hoUnex*. 

A.  D.  M. 


may  t  prove  what  h  that  eoort,  nod 
ncceplidile,  and  perfect  will  of  God. 
;!  I'or  I  nay,  » through  the  grace 
given  unto  me,  to  every  man  that 
19  among  you,  i  not  to  think  oi'  him- 
."i  //■  more  higiiiv  than  he  ought  to 
think:  but  In  "think  t  sotierlv,  nc- 
eordingas  Gml  luith  dealt  k  to  every 
man  the  measure  of  laith. 

4  For  'as  we  have  many  memlier* 
in  one  body,  and  all  meiiibers  have 
not  the  same  ottiee: 

5  So  '"  we,  tiriiKj  many,  are  one  body 
n  Christ,  and  every  one  nienibere 
me  of  another. 

I,  "  Having  then  gifts  differing  "nc- 
nordiiig  to  the  grace  that  is  given  to 
lis,  whether  !■  prophecy, /(7  tis  iiropli- 
rsii  according  to  the  proportion  of 
faith ; 

7  Or  ministrj-,  let  «.<  vnit  on  ntir 
ministering;  or  ''he  that  teaeheth, 
oil  teaching; 

H  Or  '  he  that  cxhortclh,  on  exhort- 
ali<.n:  'he  that  I'giveth,  hi  him  tlo 
it  i|with  simjilieity:  'he  that  ruleth, 
with  diliwiiee;  he  that  shewetli  nier- 
cv,  "with  ciieerfulness. 
I  il  « /.t(  love  be  without  dissimula- 
tion, y  Abhor  that  which  ia  evil; 
Ideavc  to  that  which  is  good. 

10  'Ac   kiudiv   affcctioned    one    to 
another  ||  willi   brotherly  love;  "in 
hi'iiour  preferring  i  nc  another; 
I  11  .Not  slothful  in  business;  ftrvcnt 
|in  spirit;  serving  the  I.oiil; 


ir.|A,^|i>.l7. 
111..-.  1  3 


12  l>  K<goicing  in  hope;  'jiotient  in 
tribulation;  "I continuing  lustunt  in 
praver;  . 

I   1.!"'=  Distributing  to  the  necessity  of 
[saints;  rgiveu  to  hospitality. 
It    B  KKsa    them    which    iwrsecutc 
you:  bless,  and  curse  not. 
1.')  h  Iteioiec  with  them  that  do  rc- 
oice  and  weep  with  them  that  weep. 
l(i  •y>  of  the  same  mind  (iiic  toward 
lanotlur.      k^  Mind    nut  high   thing", 
Ibut  II  condescend  to  men  of  low  cs- 
itate.    I  Ue  not  wise  in  your  own  cou- 

I  l"  '"  Recompense  to  no  man  evil  for 
evil.  "  I'nivide  things  honest  in  tiic 
sight  of  all  men. 

IS  If  it  he  iio..vsible,  as  much  n«  lielh 
lin  voii,  "  live  neaceahly  with  all  men. 

m"  Dearly  dilovid,  I'avmgB  not 
voiintelves.  but  n'lh.  r  give  place  un- 
to wrath:  for  it  is  written,  t  \  enge- 
nnee  ts  mine;  I  will  repay,  saith  the 
I^ird. 

I  •!) '  Therefore  if  thine  enemy  hnn- 
gir,  feed  him:  if  be  thin-t,  give  him 
Idriiik:  for  in  so  diing  Ihou  ehalt 
Ihcap  coals  of  Arc  on  his  head 

I.      *^..,.-      in..    «ia>is      J .. ^._ 

I  Cm 
.    T. 

I  Cm.  li  M.     Ilk. 
1  a      k  ■■•    C\.  I. 

. 14.^    I  r...  X 

tw.  II  a.  ■•  r...  ».".»•"  isj- 
_ _..n    .ck  Itin.    «c-.  •  !L    .«-»■ 

T"  Ti  To     11. b   1*  II     »l-»    IS   Ul     ri»».I4.2a.    m»».l7. 


lOt. 


in>fc.  13. 1. 
I  l-.l.  I  w. 
t :!.  17.  4  >. 


,1,  H-hli. 

u 

1'k.l.  >  I.  k 
«.  i 

1TI._5IA. 


i5.7.     IM   »    ia.3»     4L«k.  W  I 
Hi.     E|.k   6.  1*     l.l   4.  »     ITU— 4  I 


j'l.  H     'Htm   I"  *IJ.  '" 
».     ll.U  13.  i     I  I'rt   «  » 
A<u  7.  (H.    I  r-'  *.  li 
.    I  c. 


lJ,.<.a3    17.     (I  Til 
'11.11    S    4i       L.W« 
1  -.3  k3  » 


:i>k.;i  IT 
I1.J>  •  II. 

H.k  I0  3t.k 

U  I 

UU  1.0.  k 

in  I.    I  Ime. 
9  I    T.l.  1. 


Of  subjection  to  tnagistrates. 


ROMANS.         Against  uncharitable  Judgment. 


d  1  Tol.  2.  11. 


.  20.  13. 
ut.S.  17. 


21  Ec  not  overcome  of  evil,  but 
overcome  ovil  witli  good. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 

1  Sahjeetion,  atiU  inany  other  tluties,  ive 
owe  to  the  in'igistraten.  8  Love  is  the 
fulfilVmu  of  the  law.  11  Gluttony  and 
drunkenness,  and  the  tvorlca  of  ditr'c- 
ttest,  are  out  of  season  in  the  time  of  the 
gospel. 

IET  every  soul  "be  subject  unto 
J  the  hi.Efhcr  powers.  For  b  there 
is  no  power  but  of  God:  the  powers 
tlmt  be  are  ||  ordained  of  God. 

2  Wliosoevor  therefiire  rcsisteth  ■■  the 
power,  resisteth  the  ordinance  of 
God:  and  they  tliiit  resist  sliall  re- 
ceive to  themselves  damnation. 

3  For  rulers  are  not  a  terror  to  good 
works,  but  to  the  evil.  Wilt  thou 
then  not  be  afraid  of  the  jiower? 
ddo  that  which  is  pood,  and  thou 
shalt  have  praise  of  the  same: 

4  For  he  is  the  minister  of  God  to 
thee  for  good.  But  if  thou  do  that 
wliich  is  evil,  be  afraid;  for  he  bear- 
eth  not  the  sword  iuvain:  for  he  is 
the  minister  of  God,  a  revenger  to 
execute  wrath  upou  him  that  doeth 
evil. 

5  Wherefore  'ye  must  needs  be 
Buhject,  not  only  for  wrath,  fbut 
also  for  conscience'  sake. 

(i  For,  tor  this  cause  pay  ye  tribute 
also:  for  they  are  (Jod's  ministers, 
attending  continually  upon  this  very 
thing. 

r  sjiender  therefore  to  all  their 
dues  :  tribute  to  whom  tribute  is 
Ouc ;  custom  to  whom  custom;  fear 
to  whom  fear ;  lionour  to  whom 
honour. 

S  Owe  no  man  any  thing,  but  to 
love  one  another:  fur  li  he  that  lovetli 
another  hath  fulKUed  tlie  law. 

y  For  this,  i  Thou  shalt  not  com- 
mit adultery.  Thou  slialt  not  kill, 
Thou  shalt  not  steal.  Thou  slialt 
not  bear  false  witness,  Thou  shalt 
not  covet;  and  if  tliere  l>c  any  other 
eojnmandment,  it  is  briefly  com- 
prehended ill  this  saying,  namely, 
t  Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbour  as 
thyself. 

li)  Love  worketh  no  ill  to  liis  neigh- 
bour: therefore  Hove  is  the  fulfilling 
of  the  law. 

11  And  that,  knowing  the  time, 
that  now  %t  is  high  time  ■"  to  awake 
out  of  sleep :  for  now  is  our  sjil- 
vatiou  nearer  than  wlicn  we  be- 
lieved. 

lii  The  night  is  for  spent,  the  day  is 
at  hand:  ''let  us  therefore  cast  off 
the  works  of  darkness,  and  "let  us 
put  on  the  armour  of  light. 

\'i  PLet  us  walk  |l  honestly,  as  in 
the  day;  1  not  in  rioting  and  drunk- 
enness, 'not  in  chambering  and 
wantonness,  "not  in  strife  and  en- 
vying: 

H  But  'put  ye  on  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  '^make  not  provision  for 
the  Hesh,  tn.AtlJil  the  lusts  t/icrcof. 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

3  Men  may  not  contemn  nor  condemn  6ne 
the  other  f,r  thinyt  indifferent :  13  bat 
ttike  heed  that  they  give  no  offence  in 
them;  Vj  for  that  the  apostle  jtroveth 
ttnluaful  l<y  many  reasons. 

HI.M  that  "is  weak  in  the  faith  re- 
ceive ye,  but  (I  not  to  doubtful 
disputations. 

2  For  one  believeth  that  he  l>may 
cat  all  things:  another,  who  is  weak, 
eateth  herbs. 

t'i  Let  not  him  that  eateth  despise 
him  that  eateth  not;  and  Met  not 
him  which  eateth  not  nidge  him 
that  eateth:  for  God  hath  received 
him. 

4  iiWho  art  thou  that  judgest 
another  man's  servant?  to  his  own 
master  he  standeth  or  falleth;  yea, 
he  shall  he  holden  up  :  for  God  is 
able  to  make  him  stand. 

.5  "One  man  esteemeth  one  day 
above  another :  another  esteemeth 
every  day  tilile.  Let  every  man  be 
II  fullv  persuaded  in  his  own  mind. 

U  He  that  f||regardeth  the  day, 
regardeth  it  unto  tlie  Lord ;  and 
he  that  regardeth  not  the  day,  to 
the  Lord  he  doth  not  regard  it. 
He  that  eateth,  eateth  to  the  Lord, 
for  ^he  giveth  God  thanks;  and 
he  that  catetli  not,  to  the  Lord  he 
eateth  not,  ami  giveth  God  thanks. 

7  For  li  none  (.f  iis  liveth  to  himself, 
and  no  man  dieth  to  himself. 

5  For  whether  Me  live,  we  live  unto 
the  Lord;  and  whether  we  die,  we 
die  unto  the  Lord:  whether  we  live 
therefore,  or  die,  we  are  the  Lord's. 

!l  For  ito  this  end  Christ  both 
died,  and  rose,  and  revived,  that  he 
might  be  k  Lord  both  of  the  dead 
and  living. 

10  But  why  dost  thou  judge  thy 
brotlier  ?  or  why  dost  tl'iou  set  at 
nought  thv  b.-otlier  ?  for  1  we  shall 
all  stand  belbre  the  judgment  seat 
of  Christ. 

11  For  it  is  written,  ""vis  I  live, 
saith  the  Lord,  every  knee  shall 
bow  to  me,  and  every  tongue  shall 
confess  to  God. 

M  So  then  "every  one  of  us  shall 
Igive  account  of  himself  to  God. 

l;I  IvCt  us  not  therefore  judge  one 
another  any  more  :  but  judge  this 
rather,  that  "no  man  piit  a  stum- 
blingbloek  or  an  occasion  to  fall 
in  /lis  brother's  way. 

14  I  know,  and  am  persuaded  by 
the  Lord  Jesus,  P  that  t/iere  is  noth- 
ing t  unclean  of  itself:  but  'I  to  him 
that  esteemeth  any  thing  to  be  f  un- 
clean, to  him  It  is  unclean. 

15  But  if  thy  brother  be  grieved 
with  i/i.y  meat,  now  walkest  thou 
not  f  charitably.  ■■  Destroy  not  hiin 
with  thy  meat,  for  whom  Christ  died. 

]<J "  Let  not  then  your  good  bo  evil 
sjioken  of: 

17  'For  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not 
meat  and  drink;  but  righteousness, 


Paid  prayeth  for  vnanimity. 


KOMAXS.    The  cxtensivcncsg  of  h's  prcac/ihiff. 


and    peace,  ami  joy    in    the    Holy 

til  lost. 

18  Tor  lie  that  in  these  things  Ferv- 
eth  Christ  "  i.<  nei-cptiiblo  to  Gud, 
and  iiiiproved  ofiiion. 

1!1  ^  Let   lis  therefore    follow  after 
the    thiiiKS   whieh   muku  tor  pcne 
and    thing's    wherewith    >  one 
edify  another. 

t'jO  ^  For  meat  destroy  not  the  work 
jof   God.      "All    things    iiid.'ed 
jpure  ;    ''but  it  is  evil 


riui  2. 4.  a. 

Jc\,.  u.  13. 
oMMt.2fi.39. 
Jul, o  5.30.  i 


J.,1,1.  1.  11. 
.<cl.?J5,'2(i. 
.t  13.  40. 
nch.3.  3, 


for  that  nuiuj 
th  offenee.  " 

!■  tf 
nor  to  drink  wine,  nor    (iii.v  tliniij 
whereby  thy  brother  Ktiinibleth,  ve 
is  oftended,  or  is  made  weak. 
•2->  Hust  thou  faith  ?  have  it  to  thy- 
self before  God.    <1  Happy  i.*  he  that 
condcinneth    not    himself    in    that 
thing  whieh  lie  alloweth. 
■s;     And    he     that     ||  doiibtcth     is 
damned  if  he  eat,  because  he.  tnletk 
nut  of  liiitb :  for  "^  whatsoever  is  not 
ot  faith  is  sin. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1  TOe  etrongmutt  benrifilh  thf,  x'CirJr.  2 
We  may  not  ]}lca>c  ourgi-lvcn,  3  fo 
Christ  did  not  to,  7  6i((  rcccivo  one  III 
other,  an  Christ  did  us  all,  8  both  Jew 
9  and  Gentiles.  Ij  Paul  ezeuscth  his 
writinij,  "8  and  promiseth  to  see  them, 
30  and' reijucsieih  tluir  jirayers. 

■\'\7'E  'then  that  are  strong  ought 
>  V  to  bear  the  b  infirmities  of  the 
weak,  and  not  to  please  our-selves. 
2  '  Let  every  one  of  us  please  //(.' 
neighbour  for  his  good  dto  edifica- 
tion. 

.3  "■  For  even  Christ  pleased  not 
himself;  but,  as  it  is  written,  fThc 
reproaches  of  them  that  reproached 
thee  fell  on  me. 

4  For  s  whatsoever  things  were 
written  aforetime  were  written  for 
our  learning,  that  we  thnuiirh  pa- 
tience and  eomibrt  of  th,;  t5cripturcs 
might  have  hope. 

5  hXow  the  God  of  patience  and 
consolation  grant  voii  to  be  like- 
minded  one  toward  another  ||  ac- 
cording to  Christ  Jesus: 

G  That  ve  may  >with  one  mind 
ami  one  inouth  glorify  God,  even 
the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

7  Wherefore  k  receive  ye  one  an- 
other, las  Christ  also  received  ua, 
to  the  glory  of  God.  . 

8  Now  I  say  that  ""Jesus  Christ 
was  a  minister  of  the  circumcision 
for  the  truth  of  God,  "  to  confirm  the 
promises  mnrle  unto  the  fathers: 

9  And  "that  the  Gentiles  might 
glorilV  God  for  Jon  mercy ;  as  it 
is  written,  I' For  this  c:iiise  I  will 
confess  to  thee  among  the  Gentiles, 
and  sing  unto  thy  mime. 

m  And  again  he  saitli,  H  Rejoice,  yc 
Gentiles,  with  his  people. 

H   And  again,   'l-raise    the    Lord 
all  ye  Geutiles;  and  laud  him,  all 
ve  people. 
'12  And  again,  Esaias  Baith,  •lhcr« 


shall  be  a  root  of  Jesse,  and  he  that 
shall  rise  to  reign  over  the  Gentiles; 
in  him  shall  the  Gentiles  trust. 
V^  Now  the  God  of  liope  fill  you 
with  all  'joy  and  pence  in  befiev- 
ing,  that  jc  may  abound  in  hope, 
through  the  power  of  the  Holy 
ay  I  Ghost. 

^  14  And  "Imvselfalsonm  I'cr^uaded 
of  yon,  my  brethren.  Hint  ye  also 
are'fnll  of  goodness.  ^  filled  with  all 
knowled<;e,  able  also  to  admonish 
one  nnotner. 
15  Nevertheless,  brethren,  1  hove 
written  the  more  boldly  unto  you  in 
some  sort,  as  putting  "vou  in  mind, 
"  because  of  the  grace  that  is  given  to 
me  of  God, 
K;  That  >  I  should  be  the  minister 
of  Jesus  Christ  to  the  Gentiles,  min- 
istering the  gospel  of  (iod,  that  the 
[| '  ottering  up  of  the  Gentiles  might 
be  acceptable,  being  sanctiticd  by 
the  Holy  Ghost. 

17  1  have  therefore  w  hereof  I  may 
glory  through  Jesus  Christ  "  in  those 
things  which  pertain  to  God. 
K  For  I  will  not  dare  to  speak  of 
any  of  those  things  i' which  Christ 
hath  not  wrought  by  me,  '  to  make 
the  Gentiles  obedient,  by  word  and 
deed, 

i;(  <i  Through  mighty  signs  and 
vonders,  bv  the  power  of  the  .Spirit 
of  God;  so  that  from  Jerusalem,  ami 
round  ab"iit  unto  Illvricum.  1  have 
fullv  preached  the  gospel  of  Christ. 
;;0  "Yea,  so  have  I  strived  to  preach 
the  gospel,  not  where  Christ  was 
named,  ""lest  I  should  build  upon 
another  man's  tbundation: 
^11  But  as  it  is  written,  f  To  whom 
he  wxs  not  spoken  of,  they  shall  see: 
and  they  that  have  not  heard  shall 
understand. 

S2  For  which  cause  also  'I  have 
been  !  much  hindered  trom  coming 
to  vou.  , 

•£i  But  now  having  no  more  place 
in  these  parts,  and  hhaviiig  a  great 
desire  these  many  years  to  come  un- 
to vou; 

•>A  Whensoever  1  t.akc  my  journev 
into  Spain,  I  will  come  to  you:  lor  I 
trust  to  see  vou  in  my  journey,  land 
to  be  brought  on  my  way  thither- 
ward bv  VI ai.  if  first  I  be  somewhat 
filled  t  "wfth  vour  compdii;/. 
[i5  Hut  now  kl  CO  unto  Jerusalem 
to  minister  unto  the  saints. 
"t;  For  lit  hath  pleased  them  of  Mac- 
edonia and  Achaia  to  make  a  certain 
contribution  lor  the  poor  saints  which 
are  at  Jerusalem. 
"7  It  hulh  pleased  them  venlv:  ond 
their  debtors  they  are.  For  "'if  the 
(ieotilis  luivi'  been  made  iiartakerv 
of  their  spiritual  things.  "  tlieir  duty 
is  aWo  to  minister  unto  them  in  cor- 
nal  things. 

IM  When  therefore  I  have  iwrfomied 
this,  mid  have  sealed  to  tlii-m"lhis 
fruit,  1  will  come  by  you  into  Spain. 
153 


A.  II 

cu. 

Itl..  12 

n.h 

c.t  I  It. 

f.fh.  3.  7.  B. 

,rh  II  n. 

0>l  < .  s.». 

ITMn    ?    7. 
2Tii,i.l    II. 


><>21   ID. 
•  li.lk  ML 


B2Cor.  10  13. 
Ili.n  13. 


Paul  requcsMh  their  prayers. 


ROMANS. 


lie  smdeth  divers  sahitationf. 


A. 

D.  00. 

r2l. 

Col 

1.  11. 
1.2.  1. 
ur.   1    11. 

■  lli  18. 
7.  13. 
>.  I.  Id. 


•.V" 

.  in.  19. 
.  l.i. 

.IX  IS 

'J^J  ''And  1  am  sine  thiit,  when  ] 
come  unto  J'ou,  I  elinll  ooine  in  the 
f'uliR's.s  of  tile  blessing  of  tlie  KOKjiel 
of  Christ. 

M  Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  for 
tlic  Lord  Jesiis  Christ's  sake,  and 
Hfor  the  love  of  the  Spirit,  ^  tliat  .vc 
strive  toj^ether  with  me  in  your  in-ay^ 
crs  to  (iod  for  me; 

."1  '  Tliat  I  ma}'  be  delivered  fmm 
tliem  that  ||tlo  not  believe  inJudea; 
nnd  that  'my  service  which  /  /(ure 
i<>r  Jerusalem  may  be  accepted  of 
tlic  saints; 

3:3  "  That  I  may  come  unto  you  witli 
joy  "  by  the  will  of  God,  and  may 
with  you  be  V  refreshed. 

Si  Now  ^  the  God  of  peace  be  with 
you  all.    Amen. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 

3  Paul  H'ilUlh  the  lircthmn  to  ijrcrt  mnvy, 
17  and  advim-th  them  to  ta^a  heed,  nf  those 
tvhieh  cmuc  distenniin  and  offences,  21 
and  after  sundry  salutations  endethwith 
jiraisc  and  than/is  to  God. 

FCDM.MEND  unto  you  Phebe  our 
sister,  which  is  a  servant  of  the 
church  which  is  at  "  Cenchrea: 

2  ii  That  ye  receive  lier  in  the  Lord, 
as  bccomcth  saints,  and  that  ye  as- 
sist her  in  whatsoever  business  she 
hath  need  of  you:  for  she  hath  been 
a  succourer  of  many,  and  of  myself 
also. 

A  Greet  "^  Priscilla  nnd  Aquila,  my 
lielpera  in  Christ  Jesus: 

4  Who  have  for  my  life  laid  down 
tlieir  own  necks :  unto  whom  not 
only  I  ;;ive  thanks,  hut  also  all  the 
churches  of  the  Gentiles. 

.')  Likewise  greet  il  the  church  that 
is  in  their  house.  Salute  my  well 
beloved  Epenetus,  who  is  "  the  iirst- 
fruits  of  Aehaia  unto  Christ. 

G  Greet  Mary,  who  bestowed  much 
labour  on  us. 

7  Salute  Andronicus  and  Junia,  my 
kinsmen,  and  my  fellow  prisoners, 
who  are  of  note  amona;  the  apostles, 
who  also  fwere  in  Christ  before  me. 

«  Greet  Amplias,  my  beloved  in  the 
I.,ord. 

9  Salute  Urbane,  our  helper  in 
Christ,  and  Stachys  my  beloved. 

10  Salute  Apelles  approved  in  Christ. 
Salute  them  which  are  of  Aristobu- 
lus'  II  hniixvhold. 

11  Salute  llerodion  my  kinsman. 
Greet  them  that  be  of  the  Whousrhohl 
of  Narcissus,  which  are  in  tlie  Lord. 

yj.  Salute  Tryphena  and  Tryphosa, 
who  labour  iu.  the  Lord.    Safuto  the 


beloved  Persis,  which  laboured  much 
in  the  Lord. 

I'J  Salute  Rufus  "chosen  in  the 
Lord,  and  his  mother  nnd  mine. 

M  Salute  Asy  iicritus,  PhU'j;on,  ller- 
mns,  Patrolias,  Hermes,  and  the 
bretliren  which  are  with  them. 

l.i  Salute  Philolo^'iis,  and  Julia, 
Nereus,  and  his  sister,  and  Olympas, 
and  all  the  saints  which  are  with 
them. 

]()  Il  Salute  one  another  with  a  holy 
kiss.  The  churches  of  Christ  salute 
you. 

17  Now  I  beseech  you,  brethren, 
mark  them  i  which  cause  divisions 
and  offences  contrary  to  the  doctrine 
which  ye  have  learned;  and  k  avoid 
them. 

18  For  they  that  arc  such  serve  not 
our  J-ord  Jesus  Christ,  but  I  their 
own  belly;  and  '"by  good  words  and 
fair  speeches  deceive  the  hearts  of 
the  simple. 

lU  For  "  3'our  obedience  is  come 
abroad  nnto  all  ??/e«.  I  am  glad 
therefore  on  your  behalf:  but  yet  1 
would  h.ive  you  "wise  nnto  that 
which  is  good,  and  || simple  concern- 
ing evil. 

a)  And  I"  the  God  of  peace  1  shall 
II  bruise  Satan  under  your  feet  short- 
ly. ""The  prace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  he  with  3*011.    Amen. 

21  "  Timotlieus  my  workfellow,  and 
'Lucius,  and  "Jason,  and  ^  Sosipa- 
ter,  mv  kinsmen,  salute  you. 

21  I  Tertius,  who  wrote  this  epistle, 
salute  .vou  in  the  Lord. 

2'»  ^  Gains  mine  lK)st,  nnd  of  the 
whole  church,  saluteth  ^'ou.  ^Eras- 
tus  the  chamberlain  of  the  city  sa- 
luteth vou,  and  Quartus  a  brother. 

24  "T'hc  ^race  of  our  lyord  Jesus 
Christ  he  with  you  all.    Amen. 

2.5  Now  II  to  hini  that  is  of  power  to 
stablish  you  "^  according  to  m^'  gos- 
pel, and  the  preaching  of  Jesus 
Christ,  »1  aecordin2:  to  the  revelation 
of  the  mystery,  "  which  was  kept  se- 
cret since  the  world  began, 

2I>  But  fnow  is  made  manifest,  and 
by  the  Scriptures  of  the  prophets, 
according  to  the  commandment  of 
the  everlasting  God,  made  known  to 
all  nations  tor  sthe  obedience  of 
faith: 

27  To  1>  God  only  wise,  he  glory 
through  Jesus  Christ  tor  ever.  Amen. 

ir  Written  to  the  Romans  from  Co- 
rinthus,  antl  sent  by  Phebe  serv- 
ant of  the  church  at' Cenchrea. 


e.n.ii.3.  so. 

■In   -i.  13. 
■2  I'ot.  3.  12. 
Mir.  ytvtla- 

C\.l'.'3.  4. 
p  ITho..  n.13. 
1 1-..1.  1.  22. 


1  Jul.ti  1.  3. 
Il.>ra.  12.  16. 


:li.  11.  18. 
ch.  3.  4. 
Act!  Id.  24. 


THE  rillST  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


CORIIMTHIANS. 


.i/,c 


CIIAPTEU  I. 

nlulnlianoml  thankty 

„ily,  ,uul  la 


a.  1" 


czhortcttt  tit 
prvvclll  their  dteteniiuns.'  18  Ovl  i/i 
tiroyelh  the  wiailom  of  the  «.i»c,21  6v  th^ 
/ooIt«/me»»  of  prenehiiia,  and  26  c-ilMh 
nut  the  H'ifli-.  miyhly,  and  iwble,  but  "1 , 
as  the  fuuliah,  weiiA,  and  men  of  no  ac- 
count. 

1)AUIj,  "called  in  Itr  an  apostle  of 
Jesus   Christ  I'tlirnuKh   tlic   will 
of  God,  and  ■■  Scslluiu-s  ..»/•  Iimtlior. 

2  Unto  the  chi.r.-h  of  (lod  w  liii  li  is  , 
at  Corinth,  <1  to  tln'iii  tlKit '  are  i-;iiic- 
tified  in  Cliri»t  Jesus,  i  called  lo  lf\ 
saint'!,  witli  all  that  in  every  jilace 
R  call  upon  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ 
hour  ]yOid,  1  both  theirs  and  ours: 

3  k  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace, 
from  God  our  Father,  and  y>om  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

4  1 1  thank  iny  God  always  on  your 
behalf,  for  the  <;race  of  God  which  ia 
Riven  you  by  Jesus  Christ; 

.'i  That  in  every  thins  yc  arc  en- 
riched by  him,  '°in  all  utterance, 
and  in.  alt  k!iowled;;e: 

(i  Even  as  "  tlie  testimony  of  Christ 
was  confirmed  in  you: 

"  So  that  ye  come  behind  in  no  pift; 
"waiting  "tiir  the  1  coming  of  our 
Ixird  Jesus  Christ: 

8  I'  Who  shall  also  confirm  you  un- 
tt  the  end,  'Ulint  i/e  wo;/  /«  blame- 
less in  the  day  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

;i  'God  i>  faithful,  by  whom  yc 
were  called  unto  Mhc  IcUowship  of 
his  Son  Jestis  Clirist  our  l,ord. 

10  Now  1  beseech  you,  brethren,  by 
tlie  name  of  our  ]/onl  Jesus  Clirist, 
•that  vc  all  speak  the  same  thm;;, 
and  lliat  there  be  no  f  divisions 
anions  vou;  but  that  ve  be  perfectly 
joined  "together  in  the  same  mind 
and  ill  the  same  indsnient. 

il  For  it  hath  'been  declared  unto 
me  of  vou,  my  brethren,  by  them 
ichich  are  nt'tlir  hoiife  of  Chloc,  that 
there  are  contentious  amnns  you. 

l-.i  Now  this  I  sav.  "  that  every  one 
of  vou  saith,  I  am  of  Paul:  and  I  of 

"A'pnllos;  and  I  of  >  Cephas;  and  I 


of  Christ.  „     , 

13  » l3  Christ  divided  ?  was  Taul 
crucified  for  you?  or  were  ye  bai>- 
tizedin  the  name  of  Paul? 

U  I  thank  God  tliat  I  btiplized  none 
of  vou,  but  *  Crispus  and  i.  Gams: 

is"  Lest  anv  should  say  that  I  had 
baptized  in  'mine  own  name. 

16  And  1  baptized  also  the  house- 


hold of  Stephana.'-.;  liesidec,  I  know 
not  whetlier  I  baptized  anv  other. 
17  For  Christ  sent  me  not"to  baptize, 
but  to  preach  tlie  gospel:  ■luotwilli 
wisdom  of  II  W.irds.  lest  til,'  CM-s  „f 
Christ  should  be  uiaileof  iiMTortlrct. 

IS  Forlhe  preacbin-of  the  cross  is 
to  'them  that  iierish,  f loolishness; 
but  unto  us  1=  which  arc  saved,  it  is 
the  1.  power  of  God. 

I'J  For  it  is  written,  il  will  destroy 
the  wisdom  of  the  wise,  and  will 
lirinK  to  nothini;  the  understanding 
of  the  prucleut. 

L'O  k  Where  is  the  wise?  where  is  the 
scribe?  where  ;s  the  dispuler  of  this 
world?  I  hath  not  (o.d  made  foolish 
the  wisdom  of  thi..<  world? 

■n  "'  For  after  lluit  in  the  wisdom  of 
God  the  world  bv  wisdom  knew  not 
God,  it  pleased  God  by  the  loolish- 
ness of  preaching  to  save  them  that 
believe. 

'£i  For  the  "Jews  require  n  eign, 
and  the  Greeks  seek  nller  wisdom: 

2.'!  But  we  preach  Christ  criicilieil, 
"unto  the  Jews  a  stuiiihrMii;blo.k, 
and  unto  the  Greeks  I'  loolishness; 

•.'4  But  unto  them  which  ;iieiaMed, 
both  Jews  and  (Jrceks,  Christ  'i  the 
power  of  God,  and  'the  wisdom  of 
God. 

L'5  Beeause  the  foolishness  of  God 
is  wiser  llnin  men  ;  anil  the  weak- 
ness of  (iod  is  stroucer  than  men. 

25  For  ye  see  \  our  calling,  brethren, 
how  th;i"t  ~not"maiiy  wise  luen  alter 
the  flesh,  not  many  mighty,  nut  many 
noble,  «/e  cnlkil: 

27  But  '  God  hath  chosen  the  foolish 
things  of  the  world  to  confound  the 
wise;  and  (iod  hath  chosen  the  weak 
things  <  t  the  world  to  conlbund  the 
things  which  are  mighty; 

2.S  Ami  base  things  „f  the  world, 
and  things  which  are  despised.  Imth 
God  chosen,  -/-  n.  and  "  things  which 
are  not,  "  to  bring  to  nought  things 
that  are:  

2'J  '  That  no  flesh  Bhould  glory  in 
his  presence.  .       „,    .  . 

.'iO  But  of  liiin  arc  yc  in  Christ 
Jesus,  who  of  God  is  made  unto  us 
'wi.sdom,  and  "  righteou.snf ss,  and 
I'sanctiliention,  and  'redemption: 

■M  That,  according  as  it  is  written, 
il  He  that  glorieth,  let  him  glory  m 
the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  II. 

Ue  fleelarelh  Ih^il  hin  preaching,  1  f»o»/i* 
it  hrinn  noi  exectieney  of  fffceeh,  or  of  \ 
'      hutnanwitdom:  ytt  eontisUtk  in  ihs  i, 
1.56 


Manner  of  Paul's  preaching.      I.  CORINTHIANS.       Christians  are  God's  temple. 


■  18.1,6. 
•  r.il.k 


Hell.  5.  11. 
kch.  1.-20.  Jc 
3.  ID. 
ver    1.  a. 
2C.ir    1.  12. 


•m. 

Kph.  3.  .^.  9. 
Col.  1.  -n;. 
2Tiiik  1.  9. 
nMolt.  U.M. 
John  7.  41. 
Acli  13.  27. 


&  jmmr  of  Oud:  and  to  far  ezcMrthd 
till  wiaJu'in.  of  thin  Kurld.  and  0  human 
tcnee,  at  tliai  H  the  natural  man  cannot 
tindcrstand  it. 

VND  I,  brethren,  -nhpn  I  cnmc  to 
villi,  "fame  iH.twith  oxetllcncv 
of  speech  or  of  wisiliirn,  rlci'liiiin"}; 
iintD.vou  lithe  te.'^tiinoiiy  of  God. 

2  Tor  I  detennincd  lint  to  know 
any  thinj^  ainoii;^  you,  *■  save  Jesus 
Christ,  and  liim  crucified. 

3  And  ill  was  witli  you  'in 
weakness,  and  in  fear,  and  in  much 
tremhlin;;. 

4  And  my  speech  and  my  preach- 
ing ''icrr.s  not  witli  ||enticinj^  words 
of  man's  ■wisdom,  ^but  in  demon- 
stration of  tlic  Spirit  and  of  power: 

5  Tliat  yonrfaitli  sliould  not  f  stand 
in  tlic  wisdom  of  men,  but  I'in  tlie 
power  of  God. 

0  Ilowbeit  we  speak  wisdom  amonfj 
them  itliatarc  perfect:  yet  not  1- the 
wisdom  of  tliis  world,  nor  of  tlic  prin- 
ces of  this  world,  'that  come  to 
nought: 

7  But  we  speak  the  wisdom  of  God 
in  a  mystery,  even  the  hidden  n'is- 
(loni,  "'which  God  ordained  before 
the  world  unto  our  plory ; 

8  "Which  none  of  the  princes  of 
this  world  knew :  for  "  liad  tliey 
known  il,  they  would  not  have  cru- 
cified the  Lord  of  itlory. 

0  But  as  it  is  written,  PEye  hath 
not  seen,  nor  car  heard,  neitlier  liavc 
entered  into  the  heart  of  man,  the 
things  which  God  hath  prepared  for 
them  that  love  liim. 

10  But  'iGoil  hath  revealed  tJicm 
unto  us  by  his  Spirit :  for  the  Spirit 
searcheth  "all  things,  yea,  the  deep 
tliiussof  God. 

U  For  what  man  knowcth  the 
tliins-s  of  a  man,  ■'save  the  spirit  of 
man  which  is  in  him?  'even  so  the 
thinpcs  of  God  knoweth  no  man,  but 
the  Spirit  of  God. 

)'J  Now  wc  have  received,  not  the 
spirit  of  the  world,  but  'the  Spirit 
which  is  of  God ;  that  we  mi^lit 
know  the  things  that  are  freely 
given  to  us  of  God. 

l:!  "Which  things  also  wc  speak, 
not  in  the  words  which  man's  wis- 
dom tcacheth,  but  which  the  Holy 
Ghost  tcacheth  ;  cominirint;  spirit- 
ual things  witli  spiritual. 

14  "But  the  natural  man  recciv- 
cth  not  the  things  of  the  Spirit  of 
God:  >  for  they  are  fooli.shness  unto 
him:  ^neither "can  he  know  f//cm,  be- 
cause thov  are  spiritiiallv  discerned. 

}■•  "Hut"he  that  is  spii'itntil  Hjudg- 
eth  all  things,  vet  he  himself  is 
lljiidgi'dornonKin. 

n;  1'  For  who  Iiatli  known  the  mind 
of  tlie  l.ord,  that  he  tniay  instruct 
him?  'But  we  have  the  iiiiud  of 
Christ. 

ClIAPTKU  III. 
2  Mlllt  t»  Jit  for  •.■Jdtdrcn.    li  Klrifc  and  di- 
vision, ariinmcnla  of  a  flcalilj/  mind.     7 
156 


Jlc  that  iilantclh,  and  he  that  walcrclh, 
i«  nothing.  0  The  mimncra  arc  Ood't 
fellow  workmen.  11  Christ  the  only 
foundation.  10  Men  Ih^  temples  of  Ood. 
U'hieh  17  niuet  be  kept  holy.  19  The  wis- 
dom  of  this  world  is  foolishness  with 
Ood. 

\  ND  I,  brethren,  could  not  speak 
i\  unto  you  as  unto  '^ spiritual,  but 
as  unto  b  carnal,  even  as  unto  '"  babes 
ill  Christ. 

2  I  have  fed  you  with  <1  milk,  and 
not  with  meat:  "^for  hitherto  ye  were 
not  able  to  bear  if,  neither  yet  now 
are  ye  able. 

3  For  ye  are  yet  carnal :  for 
f  whereas  there  is  among  you  envy- 
ing, and  strife,  and  II  divisions,  are 
ye  not  carnal,  and  walk  f  as  men? 

4  For  while  one  saith,  ^1  am  of 
Paul:  and  another,  1  am  of  Apol- 
los;  are  yc  not  carnal? 

,5  Who  then  is  Paul,  and  who  ix 
Apollos,  but  1' ministers  by  whom 
ye  believed,  i  even  as  the  Lord  gave 
to  cvory  man? 

(i  kl  have  planted,  1  Apollos  wa- 
tered; *"  but  God  gave  the  increase. 

7  So  then  "  neither  is  he  that  plant- 
cth  any  thing,  neither  he  tiiat  wa- 
tereth;  but  God  that  giveth  the  in- 
crease. 

8  Now  he  that  planteth  and  he  that 
watercth  arc  one:  "and  every  man 
shall  receive  his  own  reward  accord- 
ing to  his  own  labour. 

0  For  1'  we  are  labourers  together 
with  God:  yc  are  God's  I|  husband- 
ry, !/c  are  1  God's  building. 

10  ■■  According  to  the  gr.acc  of 
God  which  is  given  unto  me,  as  a 
wise  masterbuilder,  I  have  laid 
"the  foundation,  .and  another  build- 
eth  thereon.  But  'let  every  man 
t;ikc  heed  how  he  buildeth  there- 
upon. 

11  For  other  foundation  can  no  man 
lav  than  "that  is  laid,  "which  is  Je- 
stis  Christ. 

12  Now  if  any  man  build  upon  this 
foundation  gold,  silver,  precious 
stones,  wood,  hay,  stubble; 

1.1  i  Every  man's  work  shall  be 
made  manifest:  for  the  day  *  shall 
declare  it,  liecanse  "it  f  shall  be  re- 
vealed hy  fire;  and  the  fire  shall  trj- 
every  man's  work  of  what  sort  it  is. 

14  If  anv  man's  work  abide  which 
he  hath  "built  thereupon,  Hie  shall 
receive  a  reward. 

l.'i  If  any  man's  work  shall  be  burn- 
ed, he  sliall  suffer  loss:  but  he  him- 
self shall  be  saved ;  '  yet  so  as  by 
fire. 

1(»  <1  Know  ve  not  that  ve  are  the 
temple  ofGnd,  and  th((t  the  Spirit  of 
Gcwl  (Iwelleth  in  vuii? 

17  If  aiiv  man  l! "defile  the  temple  of 
God,  hin'i  shall  God  destroy:  for  the 
temple  of  God  is  holy,  which  leiiijile 
ye  are. 

" l.S  "  JjCt  no  man  deceive  himself.  If 
any  man  among  you  sccmcth  to  be 


All  distinctions  are  from  God.  I.  CORINTHIANS. 

nnkcd, nnd 


Incest  reproved. 


wise  in  this  world,  let  him  become  a 
fool,  that  he  lyav  be  wi.sc. 

Vi  For  rthc  wisclom  of  this  world  is 
foolishness  with  God:  fur  it  is  writ- 
ten, i  lie  taketh  the  wise  in  their 
own  craftiness. 

:.'0  And  a;,'ain,  h  The  Lord  knoweth 
the  thoughts  of  the  wise,  tliat  they 
arc  vain. 

21  Therefore  ilet  no  man  glory  in 
men :  for  k  all  thin^rs  arc  yonrs; 

•2i  Whether  Paul,  or  ApoUos,  or 
Cephas,  or  the  world,  or  life,  or 
death,  or  things  present,  or  things  to 
come;  all  arc  yours: 

2j  And  lye  are  Christ's;  and  Christ 
is  God's. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

I  In  what  account  the  minietcrs  ouffht  to 
be  had.  7  We  have  vothiiig  tvhicli  tec 
have  tiot  received.  9  The  aponttce  gpec- 
taeleetothCKorld,  anijetl,  and  men,  l;i 
the  filth,  and  offecourina  of  the  world:  15 
yet  our  fathers  in  Christ,  10  whom  we 
ought  to  follow. 

IET  a  man  so  account  of  us,  as  of 
J  "the  ministers  of  Clirist,  I'and 
stewards  of  the  mysteries  of  God. 

2  Moreover  it  is  required  in  stew- 
ards, that  a  man  he  found  faillifiil. 

;\  But  with  mo  it  is  a  vitv  small 
thing  that  1  should  be  .judged  of  you, 
or  of  man's  t  judgment:  yea,  Ijudge 
not  mine  own  self. 

4  For  I  know  nothin;;  by  mvsclf; 
■^  yet  am  1  not  hereby  justified:  but 
he  that  jutlgeth  me  is  the  Lord. 

.■i  H  Therefore  jnd-e  n-.tliini;  before 
the  time,  until  the  Lord  come,  "  who 
both  will  bring  to  light  the  liidden 
things  of  darkness,  and  will  make 
manifest  the  counsels  of  the  hearts: 
and  I  then  shall  every  man  have 
praise  of  God. 

(i  And  these  things,  brethren,  C I 
have  in  a  figure  transferred  to  my- 
self and  to  Apollos  tor  your  sakus; 
''that  ye  might  learn  in  us  not  to 
think  of  men  above  that  which  is 
written,  that  no  one  of  you  ibe 
pufl'ed  up  for  one  against  another. 

7  For  who  tmaki'th  thee   to  differ 

I'roni  iwollirrf  and  ^  what  Ii;ist  thou 
that  thou  didst  not  receive:'  now  if 
thou  didst  receive  il.  why  dost  thou 
glory,  as  if  thou  liadst  not  received 
if! 

H  Now  ye  arc  full,  inow  ye  are 
rich,  yc  liavc  reigned  as  kings  with- 
out us:  and  1  would  to  Goil  yc  did 
reign,  that  wc  also  might  rcigu  witii 
vou. 

9  For  I  think  that  God  hath  set 
forth  II  us  the  apostles  last,  '"as  it 
were  appointed  to  death :  for  "  we  are 
made  a  t  spectacle  unto  the  world, 
and  to  angels,  and  to  men. 

10  "Wc  lire  f  fools  for  Christ's  sake, 
but  yc  fire  wise  in  Christ;  '>wc  »/r 
weak,  but  ve  mo  strong  :  \  e  arc 
hoimurablc.'bnt  we  <i,r  .IcspiMd. 

11  ■'Kven  unto  this  present  hour  we 
both  hunger,  and   tnixst,  and   'arc 

39 


re  butleted,  nnd  have 

no  certain  dwcllingplaee; 

12  "  .\nil  labour,  working  with  our 
own  hiirids:  ^  being  reviled,  wc  blcns; 
being  |u  rsecuted,  we  sutler  it: 

l.'i  lienig  defamed,  we  entreat:  Twc 
are  nuule  as  the  Hllh  of  the  world, 
and  arr  the  offscouring  of  all  things 
unto  this  day. 

14  I  write  not  these  things  to  iihame 
you,  but  'as  my  beloved  sons  I  warn 
l/oii. 

1  j  For  though  yc  have  ten  thousand 
instructors  in  Christ,  yet  hare  tie  not 
many  fathers:  lor  "in"  Cliri.st  Jc«U8  I 
have  begotten  you  through  the  gos- 
pel. 

Hi  Wherefore  I  beseech  you,  hbc  yc 
followers  of  me. 

1?  For  this  cause  have  I  sent  unto 
vou  ''Timotheus,  d  who  is  my  bo- 
loved  son,  and  faithful  in  the  Lord, 
who  shall  bring  you  'into  remem- 
brance of  my  ways  which  be  in 
Christ,  as  I  f teach  every  where  'in 
every  church. 

18  hNow  some  arc  puffed  up,  as 
though  1  W(nild  not  come  to  vou. 

HI  i  Hut  I  will  eome  to  vou  "shortly, 
k  if  the  Lord  will,  and  will  know,  not 
tlie  s|ii(mIi  of  them  which  are  pulled 
up,  hut  the  power. 

20  For  I  the  kingdom  of  God  is  not 
in  woi'd,  but  in  power. 

21  What  will  ye?  "shall  I  come 
unto  3'ou  with  a  ro<l,  or  in  love,  and 
m  the  spirit  of  meekness? 

J>iii»«.  IS.     Ich.2.  <.     IThcu.  I.  {.     m2r«r,  10. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  The  incestuous  person  &  is  cause  rather 
of  shame  unto  them,  than  of  rejoicing.  7 
The  old  leaven  is  la  lie  purged  out.  10 
Ueinous  offenders  are  to  be  shunned  and 
avoided. 

TT  is  reported  commonly  thai  there 
t.<  foriiicalion  among  you,  nnd 
such  fomicatitm  as  is  not  so  much 
as  "named  among  the  Gentiles, 
iithat  one  should  have  his  'father's 
wife. 

2  •<  And  yc  nre  pulled  up,  nnd  hnvc 
not  rather  •"mourned,  tliat  he  that 
bath  done  this  deed  might  be  taken 
awav  from  among  you. 

^  fVor  I  verily,  as  absent  in  body, 
but  present  in"  spirit,  have  ji  judged 
alreadv,  as  Ihougli  I  were  present, 
cone  niinij  him  that  liuth  so  done 
this  deed, 

4  In  the  name  of  our  Ixird  Jesus 
Christ,  when  ve  are  gathered  to- 
gether, and  my  si)irit,  'with  the 
power  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 

.I  h'To  deliver  such  n  one  unto 
i  .<!atan  for  the  destruction  of  the 
flesh,  that  the  spirit  inav  be  savcU  in 
the  diiv  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

(i  II  Your  gloniiig  is  not  good. 
Know  ve  not  that  lo  little  leaven 
leavene"th  the  whole  lump? 

7  Purge  out  Ibereforc  the  old  leav- 
en, that  yc  may  Iw  n  new  lump, 
OS  yo  ore  unleavened.  For  cvcu 
137 


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Against  going  (o  law. 


I.  CORINTHIAXS. 


Against  fornication. 


Eph   5   11. 
•2ilio...31i. 

•ch.  10  n. 


I  17  15. 

II  r,.  in. 

IS  17, 


2  J..lm  10. 
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■  M>rli4   II. 


•  Fl.  V>.  11 
I>»n.  7. 22. 
Matt.  1»  2t 
Luke  '22  3I>. 

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3  2L.&20  4. 

b2  Pet.  2.  4. 


I  I2.1IA 
■«.  I  J. 


"■  Chihst  our  " passover  {|  is  Racrificod 
for  u.s: 

S  Therefore  "let  us  keep  ||  the  feast, 
I' not  with  old  leuvcn,  neither  'I  witli 
the  leaven  of  iiiariee  and  wicked- 
ness; tint  with  tlie  unleavened  bread 
of  sineerity  and  tnitli. 

U  I  wrote  unto  you  in  an  epistle 
'not  to  eiiinpuiiy  with  fornicators: 

10  ••  Yet  not  altogether  with  the  for- 
nicators 'of  tliis  world,  or  with  the 
covetous,  or  extortioners,  or  with 
Idolaters!  for  then  must  yc  needs  ro 
"  out  of  the  world. 

11  But  now  I  have  written  unto 
you  not  to  keep  company,  "if  any 
man  that  is  called  a  brotlier  be  a  for- 
nicator, or  covetous,  or  an  idolater, 
or  a  railer,  or  a  drunkard,  or  an  ex- 
tortioner; with  such  a  one  >  no  not 
to  eat. 

12  For  what  have  I  to  do  to  iud^c 
^them  also  that  are  without!'  do  not 
ye  jud^e  "  them  that  are  within  ? 

i:5  But  them  that  arc  without  God 
jud^eth.  Tlicrefore  1>  put  away  from 
anion;;  yourselves  that  wicked  per- 

1.  2.  3,  1.      1>  Deut. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  The  Corinthians  mutt  not  vex  tUir 
brethren,  in  guing  to  law  with  them  ;  0 
eKpecially  under  infideU.  0  The  unriyht' 
eoua  ehalt  not  inherit  ilie  kinffdotn  of 
Ooil.  15  Our  bodies  are  the  members  of 
Christ,  VJ  and  temples  of  the  Uoly  Uhost. 
10, 17  They  must  not  therefore  be  ttefiUd. 

D.\RE  any  of  you,  having  a  mat- 
ter against  another,  po  to  law 
before  the  unjust,  and  not  before  the 
saints? 

2  Do  yo  not  know  that  "the  saints 
shall  judge  the  world?  and  if  the 
world  shall  be  judged  by  jou,  are 
ye  unworthy  to  judge  the  smallest 
matters  ? 

3  Know  ye  not  that  we  shall  ''judge 
angels?  how  much  more  things  that 
pertain  to  this  life? 

4  '  If  then  ye  have  juil^ments  of 
things  pertaining  to  this  life,  set 
them  to  judge  who  arc  least  esteem- 
ed in  theehun-h. 

a  I  speak  to  your  shame.  Is  it  so, 
that  there  is  not  a  wise  man  among 
you?  no,  not  one  that  shall  be  able 
to  judge  between  bis  brethren? 

(i  Hut  brother  goeth  to  law  with 
brother,  and  that  before  the  unbe- 
lievers. 

7  Now  therefore  there  is  uttcrlv  a 
fault  among  you,  because  ve  go"  to 
law  one  with  another,  'i  Whv  do  ve 
not  rather  take  wrong?  Whv  do  ve 
not  rather  mifer  >/oursi>lrc»  to  be  de- 
frauded ? 

>t  Nay,  ye  do  wrong,  and  defraud, 
""and  that  iiniir  bri'thren. 

!l  Know  ye  not  that  the  nnright- 
eouM  shall  not  inherit  the  kin;;(lom 
of  Ood?  He  nit  .leeeived:  f  neither 
Ibrnieators,  noi  idolaters,  nor  adul- 
lotj 


terers,  nor  effeminate,  nor  abusers 
of  themselves  with  mankind, 

10  Nor  thieves,  nor  covetous,  nor 
drunkards,  nor  revilers,  nor  extor- 
tioners, shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
God. 

11  And  such  were  Ssomc  of  you: 
libut  ve  are  washed,  but  ye  arc 
sanctifietl,  but  ye  are  justilied  in  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Jesus,  and  by  the 
Spirit  of  our  God. 

12  iAll  things  are  lawful  unto  me, 
but  all  things  are  not  |1  expedient: 
all  things  are  lawful  for  me,  but  I 
will  not  be  brought  under  the  power 
of  anv. 

13  k'Mcats  for  the  belly,  and  the  bel- 
ly for  meats:  but  God  shall  destroy 
both  it  and  them.  Now  the  body  is 
not  for  fornication,  but  1  for  the 
Ixird;  ""and  the  Lord  for  the  body. 

14  And  "  God  hath  both  raised  up 
the  I.iord,  and  will  also  raise  up  us 
'•  by  his  own  power. 

lo  Know  ye  not  that  ''your  bodies 
are  the  members  of  Christ?  shall  I 
then  tiikc  the  memlKTS  <if  Christ, 
and  make  them  the  members  of  a 
harlot?    God  forbid. 

1<;  What  I  know  yc  not  that  he 
which  is  joined  to  a  harlot  is  one 
body  ?  for  'i  two,  saith  he,  shall  be  one 
flesh. 

17  'But  ho  that  is  joined  unto  the 
Lord  is  one  spirit. 

15  *  riee  fornication.  Every  sin  that 
a  man  doeth  is  without  the  body; 
but  he  that  committeth  fornication 
sinneth  'against  his  own  body. 

la  Wh.at!  "know  ye  not  that  your 
body  is  the  temple  of  the  Ilolv  tihost 
vliic/i  i.«  in  you,  which  yc  nave  of 
God,  "  and  ye  are  not  your  own  ? 

20  For  >  ye  are  bought  with  a  price: 
therefore  glorify  God  in  your  body, 
and  in  your  spirit,  which  are  God's. 

CHAPTER  VJl. 

2  lie  treatcth  of  marriage,  4  shewing  it  to 
be  a  reme<ly  against  forniration  :  10  and 
that  the  bond  thereof  ought  not  lightly  to 

•  be  dissolved.  K,  »)  Etery  man  must  be 
content  unth  his  voeatiim.  2&  Virginity 
wherefore  to  be  embraeed.  U5  .ind  for 
what  resjieets  we  may  either  knarry,  or 
abstain  from  marrying. 

NOW  concerning  the  things 
whereof  ye  wrote  unto  me  : 
'  //  i.s-  goi>d  for  n  man  not  to  touch 
a  woman. 

2  Nevertheless,  to  avnitl  frimica- 
tion,  let  every  man  have  his  own 
wife,  and  let  every  woman  have  her 
own  husband. 

3  iiLet  the  husband  render  unto 
the  wife  due  benevolence:  and  like- 
wise also  the  wife  unto  the  husband. 

4  The  wife  hath  not  power  of  her 
own  bodv.  but  the  husband  :  and 
Iikewi.se  idso  the  husbmid  bath  not 
power  of  his  own  bodv.  hut  the  wife. 

.I  '■  Defi-Hiid  ye  not  one  the  other, 
except  it  h'  with  consent  for  a  time, 
that  yo  may  give  yourselves  to  fast- 


.Eom  117.S. 


Duties  of  (he 


I.  CORIXTHIANS. 


married  utate. 


inj;  and  prayer;  nnU  cmnc  tojiitlipr 
11^11111,  that  J  Satan  ti'mpt  you  not  for 
y<nir  iiioontincncv. 
(i  Hut  1  hiK'ak  tliis  hy  permission, 
^  futil  n4>t  ut'etimniandiiiont. 

7  For  fl  wouUl  that  all  men  were 
l^even  ns  1  liiysolf.  Uiit  h  every 
man  hath  hia  pn)pcr  gift  of  (Jod, 
one  after  this  manner,  and  another 
after  that. 

8  1  pay  tliercfore  to  the  unmarried 
and  widows,  i  It  iSL'Ood  for  them  if 
thev  ahiile  even  ns  I. 

U  liut  t  if  they  cannot  contain,  let 
them  marry:  fur  it  is  hettcr  to  marry 
than  to  hum. 

1(1  And  unto  the  married  1  com- 
mand, I'/ct  not  I,  liut  the  Lord, 
'"  Let  n")t  the  wife  deimrt  froin  htr 
hnshand: 

11  But  and  if  the  depart,  let  her 
remain  unmarried,  or  he  reconciled 
to  her  hushand  ;  and  let  not  the 
luisbantl  i)ut  away  Iha  wife. 

12  But  to  the  rest  speak  I,  "not 
the  Lord :  If  nnv  brother  hath  a 
wife  that  believetK  not,  and  she  he 
pleased  to  dwell  with  him,  let  him 
not  put  her  awav. 

l.i  And  the  woman  whieh  hath  a 
hushand  that  helieveth  not,  and  if 
he  he  pinaseil  to  dwell  with  her,  let 
her  not  leave  him. 

14  For  the  nnhelievin"  hnshand 
is  s.anctified  by  the  wife,  and  the 
unbelieving  wife  is  snnctifled  hv 
the  husband:  else  "were  your  chil- 
dren unclean;  but  now  arc  they 
holy. 

l."i  But  if  the  unbelieving  depart, 
let  him  depart.  A  brolhi'r  or  a 
sister  is  not  nmler  homlagc  in  fiieli 
cmvf :  but  God  hath  called  us  f  |  to 
pence. 

ICi  For  what  knowest  thou,  O 
wife,  whether  thou  shalt  ''save  llii/ 
hushandi'  or  )  how  knowest  thou, 
O  man,  w  hether  thou  thalt  save  tlnj 
wife? 

17  But  as  God  hath  distributed 
to  every  man,  nn  the  Ixird  hath 
called  every  one,  M»  let  him  walk. 
.\nd  'so  ordain  1  in  all  churches. 

is  U  any  man  called  being  cir- 
cumcised V  let  him  not  become 
uncireumciscd.  Is  any  called  in 
nneireiimcision  ?  "let  him  not  be 
eircumeiscd. 

m  t  Circumcision  is  nothing,  and 
uneircumcision  is  nothing,  but  "  the 
keeping  of  the    commaiidnicntM  of 

'M  Let  every  man  abide  in  the 
same  calling  wherein  he  was  called. 

21  Art  thou  called  hriiifi  a  servant? 
care  not  for  it:  hut  if  thou  maycbt 
he  made  free,  use  i^  rather. 

■'•J  For  he  that  is  called  in  the  l/>nl, 
himi  a  servant,  is  '  the  l,or<l's  t  free- 
man: likewise  also  he  that  is  called, 
hlii.i  free,  is  >  Christ's  serviuit. 

■Si  *  Ye  arc  bought  with  a  price;  be 
not  yc  the  scrvuiitu  of  men. 


;;4  Bri'tbren,  "let  ev*'ry  innn,  where- 
in he  is  called,  thenm  abide  with 
Go<l. 

2.1  Now  concerning  virgins  l-l  have 
no  ciimmaiiilnieiit  of  the  Lord:  vet 
1  give  my  judgment,  na  one  'that 
hath  obtained  merey  of  the  Lord  *  to 
be  faithful. 

2i!  1  suppose  thercforo  that  this 
is  good  for  the  present  |i  distress,  / 
fttf/,  ^  that  it  is  good  for  a  man  bo  to 
be. 

27  Art  thou  bound  unto  n  wife? 
seek  not  to  be  liKised.  .\rt  thou 
liHised  from  a  wife?  seek  rot  a  wife. 

•JH  But  and  if  thou  marry,  thou 
hast  not  sinned  :  and  if  a  virgin 
iiiarrv,  she  hath  not  siiiiieil.  Nev- 
ertheless such  shall  have  trouble  in 
the  flesh:  but  I  spare  von. 

2;t  But  fthia  I  siiy.'brethrrn,  the 
time  is  short :  it  reniaiiu'th,  that 
both  they  that  have  wivcK  be  as 
though  tliey  had  none; 

;«)  And  they  that  weep,  aa  though 
they  wept  not ;  and  tliey  that  re- 
joice, as  though  they  rejoiced  not; 
and  they  that  buy,  as  though  they 
possessed  not; 

;!1  And  they  that  use  this  world, 
as  not ''abusing  il :  for  '•the  fashion 
«f  this  world  passeth  awav. 

:U  But  1  would  have  you  with- 
out carefulness.  'lie  tliut  is  un- 
married carcth  for  the  things  f  that 
belong  to  the  Lord,  how  he  may 
please  the  Lord: 

:'",  But  he  that  is  married  corclh 
for  the  things  that  are<if  the  world, 
Iiow  he  may  please  Ai.«  wife. 

'M  There  is  difference  abo  between 
a  wife  and  a  virgin.  The  unmarricil 
woman  l  eareth  for  the  things  of  the 
Lord,  that  she  may  he  holv  both  in 
bodv  and  in  spirit:  but  >-nc  that  is 
marrieil  carcth  for  the  things  of  the 
world,  how  she  may  please  her  hue- 
band. 

Xi  And  this  I  speak  for  your  own 
profit;  not  that  1  may  cast  n  snare 
uixin  y.iii,  but  for  that  which  is 
comely,  and  that  yc  may  attend 
upon  the  Lord  without  distraction. 

:»;  But  if  any  man  think  that  he 
bchavcth  himself  uncomely  toward 
his  virgin,  if  she  pass  the  flower  of 
hir  age,  and  need  so  rciiuire,  let 
him  do  what  he  will,  he  siniicth  not: 
let  them  marry. 

.•!7  Nevertheless  he  that  standelh 
steadfast  in  his  heart,  having  no  ne- 
cessity, but  hath  iKiwcrovcr  his  own 
will,  and  bath  so  decreed  in  his 
heart  that  he  will  keep  his  virgin, 
docth  well. 

;!«  I  So  then  he  that  giveth  lirr  In 
marriage doeth  well:  but  lie  that  giv- 
eth hrr  not  in  marriage  di»  Ih  belter. 

;SI  '"The  wife  i»  bound  hy  the  law 
as  long  as  her  husband  liveth:  hut 
if  her  husband  lie  dead,  sli«  is  at 
liberty  to  Iw  married  to  whom  she 
will;''ouIy  in  the  l.<'r<l. 
159 


Olm^atsj^ered^doU.  I.  CORINTHIANS.  Pmd's  Christian  liberty. 


A.  D.  50. 

i  TI.eu.  1 


40  But  Bhc  is  happier  if  she  po 
nbidi-,  "alter  my  jutlsmcnt:  ami  I' I 
think  also  that  1  have  the  Spirit  of 
God. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 
1  To  ahulain  from  meats  offered  to  i.loU. 
8,  0  We  must  not  abuse  our  CUristiaa 
hberty,  to  the  offeuec  of  our  brethren: 
11  but  must  triUle  our  knomteUge  with 
charity. 

NOW  as  touching  tilings  offered 
unto  idols,  we  know  that  wc 
all  have  i'knowlcd;;e.  "^  Kn(iwled"e 
pufl'eth  up,  but  charity  editieth.      " 

2  And  ilif  any  man  think  that  he 
knoweth  any  thins,  lie  knowcth 
nothing  yet  as  he  ousht  to  know. 

3  But  if  any  man  love  God,  'the 
same  is  known  of  him. 

4  As  roiicernin','  therefore  the  eat- 
ing of  tliose  things  that  are  offered  in 
sacrifice  unto  idols,  we  know  that 
fan  idol  is  nothing  in  the  world, 
^and  that  there  is  none  other  God 
but  one. 

,5  For  though  there  be  that  are 
h  called  gods,  whether  in  heaven  or 
in  earth,  fas  there  be  gods  many, 
ana  lords  many,) 

G  But  i  to  us  there  is  hut  one  God, 
the  I'ather,  k  of  whom  arc  all  things 
and  we  ||in  him:  and  lone  l,or<l  Je- 
sus Christ,  ■"  by  whom  am  all  things, 
and  we  by  him. 

7  Uowbeit  there  is  not  in  every  man 
that  knowledge:  for  some  "with  con- 
science of  the  idol  unto  this  hour  cat 
It  as  a  thing  offered  unto  an  ilol; 
and  their  conscience  being  weak  is 
"defiled. 

S  But  Pmcat  commendeth  us  not  to 
God:  for  neither,  if  we  cat,  ||  are  we 
the  better ;  neither,  if  we  cat  not, 
II  are  wc  the  worse. 

i' ■"",?,'?,'''''''  ^^"'^'^  '"^"t  l>y  »ny  means 
this    llhberty  of  yours    become    'a 
j  fitumblingblock    to   them    that    arc 
weak. 

lU  For  if  any  man  sec  thee  which 
hast  knowledge  sit  at  meat  in  the 
idols  temple,  shall  not  "the  con- 
science of  him  which  Is  weak  be 
femlioldened  to  eat  those  thin-'s 
which  are  offered  to  idols: 
11  And  'through  thv  knowledge 
shall  the  weak  brother  perish,  for 
whom  Christ  died? 
\1  But  "when  ye  ein  so  against 
the  brethren,  and  wound  their 
weak  conscience,  yc  sin  against 
Ciirist. 

l.i  Wherefore,  ^if  meat  make  mv 
brother  to  offend,  I  will  eat  no  flesh 
while    the    world    st^mdctli,    lest    I 
make  my  brother  to  ofteiid. 
CHAPTER  IX. 
1  lie  sheweth  his  liberty,   7  and  that  the 
m\n\ster  ought  to  hve  bij  the  giincl :  15 
yet  that  himself  hall,  of  his  ownaeeord 
abstained,  IS  to  be  either  chargeable  un- 
to  them,    ■.'2  or  olfensivo  unto   an,,,   in 
matter)  indifferent.    21  Our  lift  it  like 


160 


AM  1  not  an  apostle?  am  I  not 
free?  thave  J  not  seen  Jesus 
Clirist  our  Lord?  "^arc  not  ye  my 
work  in  the  Lord  ?  .>         j 

2  If  1  be  not  an  apostle  unto  others, 
yet  doubtless  1  am  to  von:  fiir  d  the 
seal  of  mine  apostleshiii  are  yc  in  the 
Lord. 

.i  iMine  answer  to  them  that  do  ex- 
amine me  is  this: 

4  •=  Have  we  not  power  to  cat  and  to 
drink? 

5  Have  we  not  power  to  lead  about 
a  sister,  a  ||  wife,  as  well  as  other 
apostles,  and  as  f  the  brethren  of  the 
Lord,  and  K  Cephas? 

>>  Or  1  only  and  Bamahas,  thave 
not  we  power  to  forbear  working? 

7  Who  ^poeth  n  warfare  an  v  time  at 
his  own  charges?  who  kpfnntcth  a 
vineyard,  and  eateth  not  of  the  fruit 
thereof?  or  who  I  feedeth  a  flock 
and  eateth  not  of  the  milk  of  the 
flock  ? 

8  Say  I  these  things  us  a  man?  or 
saith  not  the  law  the  same  also? 

y  For  it  is  written  in  the  law  of  Mo- 
ses, ""Thou  Shalt  not  muzzle  the 
mouth  of  the  ox  that  trcadeth  out 
the  corn.  Doth  God  take  care  for 
oxen? 

10  Or  saith  lie  it  altogether  for  our 
sakes?    For  our  sakes,  no  doubt,  this 

13  written:  that  "he  that  plougheth 
should  plough  in  hope;  and  that  he 
that  thresheth  in  hope  should  be 
part,ikcr  of  his  hope. 

11  "If  we  have  sown  nnto  vou  spir- 
itu.M  things,  is  jt  a  great  tiling  if  wc 
shall  reap  your  carnal  things? 

12  If  others  be  partakers  of  this 
power  over  you,  are  not  we  rather' 
''Nevertheless  we  have  not  used  this 
power;  but  sufl'or  all  thin"s,  1  lest  we 
should  liinder  the  gospel  of  Christ. 

L'i  ■■  Do  ye  not  know  that  thev  which 
minister  about  holy  things  f|  live  p/' 
the  thiitfis  of  the  temple?  and  they 
which  wait  at  the  altar  arc  partakers 
with  the  altar? 

14  Even  so  »hath  the  I,ord  ord.ained 
'that  they  which  preach  the  gospel 
should  live  of  the  gospel. 

1.5  But  "  I  have  used  none  of  these 
things:  neither  have  I  written  these 
things,  that  it  should  be  so  done  un- 
to me:  for  ^it  were  better  for  me  to 
ilie,  than  that  aiiv  man  should  make 
my  glorying  void. 

1(>  For  though  I  preach  the  gospel, 
I  have  nothing  to  glory  of:  for  >  ne- 
cessity is  laid  upon  me;  vea.  woe  is 
unto  me,  if  I  preach  not  tlie  gospel! 

I"  For  if  I  do  this  thing  williiiglv, 

I  have  a  reward:  but  if  against  niv 
will,  "a  dispensation  of  the  gospel  is 
committed  unto  me. 

IS  What  is  mv  reward  then?  Vrrihi 
that,  liwhen  I  preach  the  gospel,  I 
may  make  the  go^m•l  of  Christ  with-  I 
out  charge,  that  I  ''abuse  not  my 
power  in  the  gus|nl. 
ly  For  though  1  bo  'Ifrce  from  all  I 


2  <„,.  1, 

O.I.  2. : 


I...W»6.  15. 

C«l.  1.  19. 
sM.lt,  8.  14. 
li2TlieM.3R, 


V.  27.  IS. 
3,  C.  7.  B. 
Unho  21.15. 


rAct.  2»1.  33 

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2Cnr   11,7. 

n    k  U.  13. 

1  ThcM  2,  6. 
q2Cor.ll.l2, 
r  I.eT.fi,IR.26. 


N..ra.5!1.10 

*  IS.  R_2il. 

r>«ul.W.9.  1 

IS.  1. 
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•  Mntt.  in.IO. 

Lak.  10.  7. 
1  n.i  C.  (!. 


•  li    «    12. 

1  Tl,o„.  2.  9. 

2  TbcM.  3.  8. 
<2Cor.  11.10. 
jRoro.  1.  IL 


P1..I.  1.  17. 
Cul  1,  ^5. 
■oh    10  io. 


Pmd'a  sel/denial. 


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wcH,  yet  have  '^I  iniule  iiivsolf  serv- 
ant unto  all,  I  that  1  iiiiKlit  L'ain  flic 
more. 

■M  And  s  unto  the  Jews  I  Ijccamr  as 
a  Jew,  that  I  inifjht  L'ain  tlie  Jews: 
to  tlieiii  that  are  iiinTcr  the  law  as 
under  tlie  law.  that  I  :.ii^'lit  L-aiu 
them  that  are  under  tlie  law: 

21  I'l-o  itlieni  that  are  without  law, 
as  without  law,  (tbeinj^  not  without 
law  to  (;od,  but  under  the  law  to 
Christ.)  that  I  might  gain  them  that 
are  without  law. 

22  1  'I'o  the  weak  bceainc  I  as  weak. 
that  I  mifiht  gain  the  weak:  '"  I  am 
in;ule  all  tliin-js  to  all  win,  "that  1 
iniKlit  by  all  lueans  save  some. 

2.->  And  this  I  do  (or  the  gospel's 
sake,  that  I  nii^'ht  be  partaker  there- 
of with  !/on. 

24  Know  je  not  that  thev  which 
run  in  a  race  run  all,  but  one  receiv- 
eth  the  luizc?  " So  run, that  jc  may 
obtain. 

25  And  every  man  that  ■'striveth 
for  the  mastery  is  temperate  in  uU 
thinffs.  Now  they  ilo  it  to  obtain  a 
corruptible  crown;  but  we  '' un  in- 
corruptible. 

2('>  I  therefore  so  run,  'not  as  un- 
certainly: so  fight  1,  not  as  one  that 
beateth  the  air: 

27  »  But  I  keep  under  my  hodv,  and 
•  bring  it  into  subjection  :  lest  that  by 
any  means,  when  I  have  pr.ached  to 
others,  I  myself  should  be  "u  cast- 
away. 

CHAPTER  X. 

/  the  Jeiia  0  are  tripca 

,  7  anU  their  ),i,.ii«/im.-.if.,  11  ti- 

S^tr  u».      H    We  mutt  tlij  from 

Uttry.      £1     Mo   «inji(   n„t   make    the 

-d'a  tahlc  the  tabU  of  dcvilt:  '2*  and 

Ihiniit  indifferent    Ice  mi«(  ha 


I.  CORINTITTANS.      Chrutians  immt  flee  idolatry. 


1  The 
ofo,. 
a,nph 


■d  ,,f  , 


ithr 


MOREOVER,  brethren,  I  would 
not  that  ye  should  be  ignorant, 
how  tliat  all  our  fiithers  were  under 
"the  cloud,  and  all  passed  through 
l>the  sea: 

2  And  were  all  baptized  unto  Moses 
in  the  cloud  and  in  the  sea; 

3  And  did  all  eat  the  same  ''  spiritual 
meat; 

4  And  did  all  drink  the  same  ■! spir- 
itual drink;  for  tliov  dnink  of  tliat 
spiritual  Rock  th.at  f|  followed  them: 
and  that  Rock  was  Christ. 

.";  But  with  many  of  them  God  was 
not  well  pleaseil  :  for  they  ■'were 
overthrown  in  the  wilderness. 

(i  Now  these  tilings  were  tour  ex- 
amples, to  the  inteiit  we  should  not 
lust  alter  evil  things,  aa  fthey  also 
lusted. 

7  sjCeither  be  ye  idolaters,  as  were 
some  of  them:  as  it  is  written,  I'  The 
people  sat  down  to  eat  and  drink, 
and  rose  up  to  play. 

8  'Neither  let  us  commit  fornica- 
tion,  as  some  of  thein  eunimitted, 

I.  11   4.  33.  31.     ly  ion.  U.    f  >ct.  14.     b  £t.  32.  IS. 


and  I  fell  in  one  day  three  and 
twenty  lliousand. 

y  Neither  let  us  tempt  Christ,  m 
I  Mime  of  them  also  tempted,  and 
"'  wire  destroyed  of  serpent.i. 

10  Neither  murmur  ye,  as  "some 
of  them  also  murmured,  and  "were 
destroyed  of  I' the  destrover. 

11  Now  all  these  things  happened 
unto  them  lor  ||  ensamples ;  and 
■ithcy  are  written  Ibr  our  admoni- 
tion, 'upon  whom  the  cuds  of  the 
world  are  come. 

12  Whcretl.rc  Met  him  thai  thiuketh 
he  M:urileth  Uke  heed  WA  he  hill. 

I.i'riicre  iK.tli  no  tem|,tMti,,n  taken 
vou  but  suih  ;is  is  ||  (■..iiHiiuu  toman: 
but  '  God  IS  faithtul,  "  who  will  not 
sulhryoii  to  be  tempted  above  that 
ye  arc  able:  but  will  w  ilh  the  tempt- 
ation also  '  make  a  wav  to  eseupr, 
that  ye  may  be  able  to  bear  it. 

14  «'herefore,  iny  dearly  beloved, 
J  flee  from  idolatry. 

1.)  I  speak  aa  to  "wise  men;  judge 
je  what  1  say. 

H)'''J'lie  cup  of  blessing  which  we 
bless,  is  it  not  (he  rommunion  of  the 
hlooil  of  Ihrist ;'  I.  The  bread  which 
we  break,  is  it  not  the  comniuuiou  of 
the  body  of  Christ? 

17  For  'We  bi'iun  many  arc  one 
bread,  <oi(/  one  body:  for  we  arc  all 
partakers  of  that  one  bread. 

18  IlehoWl  J  Israel  'atter  the  flesh: 
fare  not  they  which  eat  of  the  sacri- 
tiees  partakers  of  the  altar? 

ISI  What  say  I  then?  «that  the  idol 
is  any  thing,  or  that  which  is  oHered 
in  sueritice  to  idols  is  anv  thing? 

21)  But  /.«<!'/.  that  the  things  which 
the  Gentiles  li.sacritiec,  thev  saerilice 
to  devils,  and  not  to  Gml  :  and  I 
would  not  that  ve  should  have  fel- 
lowship with  devils. 

21  '  Ve  eaniiot  drink  the  cup  of  the 
Lord,  and  k  the  cup  of  devil,<:  vc 
cannot  be  jiartakers  of  the  l.,or(i's 
table,  and  of  the  table  of  devil.n. 

22  Do  wc  ! provoke  the  I-ord  to  jeal- 
ousy? '"arc  we  stronger  than  he? 

23  "All  things  are  lawful  for  ine, 
but  all  things  are  not  ex|K'dient:  all 
things  are  lawful  for  nie,  but  all 
things  edify  not. 

24  "  Let  no  man  seek  lii.i  own,  but 
every  man  anodicr's  itrnllh. 

2.-.  'i' Whatsoever  is  told  in  the 
shambles,  tlmt  eat.  asking  «o  quc*- 
tion  for  eouseieiu-e'sake: 

2':  lor  'I  llie  e:irtli  IS  the  Lord's,  and 
the  fulness  thereof. 

27  If  any  of  them  that  lielievo  not 
bid  you  to  a  JtMst,  and  ye  Ijc  dis|>os- 
ed  to  go;  '  whiitsocver 'is  set  before 
you.  eat.  asking  no  i|uestioii  for  con- 
seieuee'sake. 

2H  But  if  a 
Tliisisotferi' 
eat  not  ")i)r  I 
and  for  com 
earth  i.<  the  J^urd's,  and  the  fulness 
thereof: 


man  cay  unto  roti, 
n  sneriliec  unto  Idols, 
sake  Hint  shewed  it. 


161 


Rules  for  divine  worghip, 

A.D.69. 


I.  CORINTHIANS. 


0/  the  Lord's  siipper. 


uK^ 

u.  U  10. 

|Or, 

<t<ini>- 

gtut 

ir- 

...  U.  (1. 

ITi 

»>.  4.3,1. 

yCol 

3.  17. 

.  IS. 
.1.  1. 

ITl. 
2  Tl. 

pu.  1.  n. 
-.3.  a 

u.  2.  IL 
.3.  l.S. 


l.i.  '.'7.  5H. 

J"l.il.i,7,S.9. 
Bch.  12.  in,2s. 

<i  U.  1.  L,. 
l»Atl.21.!). 
iDcut.21. 12. 


2!)  Conscience,  1  say,  not  thine  own, 
but  of  the  otlicr:  for  "  why  is  my  lib- 
erty judged  of  another  man's  coii- 
Bcieneei* 

yo  For  if  I  by  ||  jjracc  be  n  partaker, 
why  am  I  evil  spoken  of  fur  that 
*  tor  whioli  I  ;;ive  thanks? 

31  i  Whetlier  therefore  ye  eat,  or 
drink,  or  wliatsoover  ye  do,  do  all  to 


the  Jews,  :ior  to  the  r  Gentiles,  nor 
to  *  the  church  of  God : 
."..■>  Even  as  'i  1  please  all  virn  in  all 
t/iintj^,  '^  not  seeking;  mine  own  profit, 


1.5  But  if  a  woman  liavc  Joiier 
it  is  a  Rlory  to  her:  for  her  Ii 
given  her  tor  a  ||  coverinj;- 

l(i  But  "if  any  man  .neem  to  be  con- 
tentious, we  have  no  such  custom. 
^  neither  the  churches  of  God. 

17  Now  in  this  that  I  declare  iiiitu 
!/oii  I  praise  ;/o«  not,  that  ye  come 
to.;ether  not  for  the  better,  but  ibr 
the  worse. 

IH  For  tlrst  of  all,  when  ve  come  to- 
Sether  in  the  church,  "1  hear  that 
there  be  I' divisions  ainont^you;  and 
1  partly  believe  it. 
.  .  r.l  For  'there  must  be  also  llhere- 
but  the  ]in>lit  of  many,  that  they  j  sies  amoii>;  you,  >  that  they  which 
are  approved  may  be  made  mauifest 
anions  you. 


may  be  suvcd. 

COAPTER  XI. 

1  He  reproveth  thfin,  becauee  in  hojy  a«- 
eemhliea  4  t/teir  men  prayvtt  with  their 
heailn  covered,  and  G  wuiuen  with  their 
hettde  uncovered,  17  and  becauee  general^ 
Ijj  their  yneetinffe  were  not  for  the  better 
but  for  the  wttrse,  at  21  natnettf  in  pro- 
faning  with  their  own  feaeta  the  Lord'» 
supper  '23Laettt/,  he  calleth  them  to  the 
first  inetitution  thereof, 

BE  "  ve  followers  of  me,  even  as  I 
also  «»i  of  Christ. 

2  Now  1  praise  you,  brethren,  hthat 
yc  remember  me  in  all  thinss,  and 
"keep  the  ||  ordinances,  as  1  delivered 
them  to  vou. 

.3  But  I  would  iiave  you  know,  that 
<<the  head  of  every  "man  is  Christ; 
and  •■  the  head  of  the  woman  i.s  the 
man;  and  fthe  head  of  Chri.st  is  God. 

4  Every  man  praying  or  Bprophe- 
syinji,  having  /its  liead  covered,  dis- 
honoureth  liis  head. 

5  But  li  every  woman  that  prayeth 
or  iirophesieth  with  /ler  head  un- 
covered dishonoureth  her  head:  for 
that  is  even  all  ouc  as  if  she  were 
ish;iven. 

(i  For  if  the  woman  be  not  covered, 
let  her  also  be  shorn:  but  if  it  be  t  a 
shame  for  a  woman  to  be  shorn  or 
shaven,  let  her  be  covered. 

7  For  a  man  indeed  ought  not  to 
cover  Ai,<  head,  forasmuch  as  >  he  is 
the  imajje  and  clory  of  God:  but  the 
woman  is  the  glory  of  the  man. 

8  For  "'the  man  is  not  of  the  wo- 
man: but  the  woman  of  the  man. 

y  "  Neither  was  the  man  created  for 
tlie  woman;  but  the  woman  for  the 
man. 

10  For  this  cause  ought  the  woman 
°  to  hav('  II  power  on  her  liead  ''  be- 
cause of  the  angels. 

1 1  Nevertheless  'I  neither  is  the  man 
without  the  woman,  neither  the  wo- 
man without  the  man,  in  the  Lord. 

12  For  as  the  woman  m  of  the  man, 
even  so  /.<  the  man  also  hv  the  wo- 
man: ■■  but  all  things  of  Gii'd. 

l.'{  Judge  ill  yourselves:  is  it  comely 
that  a  woman  pr:iy  unto  Ciod  uncov- 
ered? 

14  Doth  not  even  nature  itself  tench 
you,  that,  if  n  man  have  long  hair,  it 
IS  a  shame  unto  him? 
162 


2IJ  When  yc  come  tojiether  therefore 
into  one  place,  ||  tliu  is  not  to  cat  the 
Lord's  supper. 

21  For  in  eating  every  one  taketh  be- 
fore other  his  own  supper:  and  one 
is  hungry,  and  'another  is  drunken. 

22  What!  have  ye  not  houses  to  eat 
and  to  drink  in?  or  despise  ye  "the 
church  of  God,  and  ii  shame  Ijthem 
that  have  not?  What  shall  I  say  to 
you?  shall  I  praise  you  in  this?  I 
praise  i/on  not. 

21  For  '■  I  have  received  of  the  Lord 
that  which  also  I  delivered  unto 
you,  •!  That  the  Lord  Jcsiis,  the  name 
night  in  which  he  was  betrayed,  took 
bread : 

24  And  when  he  had  given  thanks, 
he  brake  tt,  and  said.  Take,  eat;  this 
is  my  body,  wliich  is  broken  for  you: 
this  do  Ii  in  remembrance  of  me. 

25  After  the  same  manner  also  Ac 
took'  the  cup,  when  he  had  supped, 
saying.  This  cup  is  the  new  testa- 
ment in  mv  blood:  this  do  ye,  as  oft 
as  yc  drink  it,  in  remembrance  of 
me. 

2ti  For  as  often  as  ye  eat  this  bread, 
and  drink  this  cun,  ||  ye  do  shew  the 
Lord's  death  '^  till  he  come. 

27  'Wherefore  whosoever  shall  eat 
this  bread,  and  drink  rAr.<  cup  of  the 
Loril,  unworthilv,  shall  be  guilty  of 
the  bodv  and  bloud  (.fthe  Lord. 

2.S  But'Bl.t  a  man  e.\:unini-  hiinself, 
and  so  Ut  him  cut  of  l/uit  bread,  and 
drink  oi' that  cup. 

2'J  For  he  that  enteth  and  drinketh 
unworthily,  eatetli  and  drinketh 
II  damnation  to  himself,  not  discern- 
ing the  Ijord's  body. 

.'ill  For  this  cause  mony  are  weak 
and  sickly  among  you,  ond  many 
sleep. 

.'!1  For  liif  wc  would  judge  our- 
selves, we  should  not  be  judged. 

.'ij  But  when  we  arc  juilged,  i  we 
are  chastened  of  the  Lord,  that  we 
should  not  be  condemned  with  the 
world. 

,"►!  Wherefore,  my  brethren,  when 
ve  come  together  to  eat,  tarry  one  lor 
another, 

.'14  And  if  any  man  k  hunger,  let 
him  cut  at  ■  home;  that  ye  come  not 


Of  spiritual  gifts. 


I.  CORINTHIANS.      Clmntians  one  myslical  body. 


Kuii.'Mi.i: 
ri'i,...  1 1 


[I  Or. 


Jol.u 

111.  17, 

i.i.  at 

3.5. 

fBom 
Ac 

12.  «. 

2.  < 
i   10 

eE,.h 

4.1. 

<h  U.  2)! 
Euli.  4  7 
iV.t.* 


prer  2H.  2D, 
Hkfk  ir>  17. 
Gal    3   1> 

,nom.  12  B 
cli  U  2.  & 
11.  1.  1^0. 

rcli.  II.  C9 


<;.i  3  10. 

•  Rum,  6,  5 

•  U>l   3  23 
K|.li,2U,ll, 


toj;otiier  unto  [Icoiideninntion.    Ami 

the  rest '"  will  1  set  in  ordiT  when  "1 

cuinc. 

CUAPTEK  XII. 

I  Spiritual  giUt  4  arc  divert,  7  yet  all  to 
profit  withal.  8  And  to  that  end  are  di. 
versely  bentowed:  12  t/iat  by  tltc  tike  jiro- 
portion,  as  the  vtembera  of  a  natural 
body  tend  all  to  the  10  mutual  decency, 
2i  service,  and  20  euccuur  of  the  tame 
body:  27  to  we  tituuld  do  one  j'ur  another, 
to  make  up  the  myetical  body  of  Christ. 

"VfOW  "  coni-'crninc  epirituul  <iift', 
xi    bvothrcn,  I  would  not  liavc  you 

iKiioruiit. 

2  Yc  kuow  lithat  ye  were  tientiUs, 
carried  away  unto  theise  "  dumb 
idols,  even  as  yc  were  led. 

3  Wherefore  I  give  you  to  under- 
stand, <lthat  no  man  speaking  by 
the  Spirit  of  God  ealleth  Jobub  ||  ac- 
cursed: and  *^lfiat  no  nuin  can  Bay 
that  JcBUB  is  the  Lord,  but  by  the 
Holy  Gho.st. 

4  rCow  I  there  ore  diversities  of  Bifls, 
but  sthe  Bume  Spirit. 

5  liAnd  there  are  dill'erenccs  of  l|  ad- 
miuistrations,  but  the  simie  Lord. 

(i  And  there  are  diversities  of  opera- 
tions, but  it  is  the  same  God  •  which 
worketh  all  in  all. 

7  k  But  the  manifestation  of  the 
Spirit  Is  (jiven  to  every  man  to  xiroKt 
withal. 

8  For  to  one  is  piven  by  the  Spirit 
I  the  word  of  wisdom;  to  another 
"'the  word  of  knowlcd^'e  by  the 
same  Spirit ; 

It  "  To  another  faith  by  the  Bume 
Spirit;  to  another  "the  i;Mx  of  heal- 
ing by  the  same  Spirit; 

1(>  rTo  another  the  workinj;  of 
miracles;  to  another  'i  prophecy; 
'to  another  discerning  of  spiritB: 
to  another  'ilit-cm  kinds  of  tongues; 
to  another  tlie  interpretation  of 
tonpies: 

11  Hut  all  these  -wnrketh  that  one 
and  the  selfsame  Spirit,  'dividing;  to 
everv  man  severally  "us  he  will. 

12  ]For  'as  the  body  is  one,  and 
hath  many  members,  and  all  the 
members  of  that  one  Iwidy,  beinc 
many,  are  one  body:  >  bo  also  /.■' 
Christ. 

l.'t  For  'by  one  Spirit  are  we  all 
baptized  in"to  one  body,  "whether 
ICC  he  Jews  or  t  Gentiles,  whether 
Hv  lie.  bond  or  free;  and  l>hnve  been 
all  made  to  drink  into  one  Spirit. 

14  For  the  body  U  not  one  mem- 
ber, hut  manv. 

15  If  the  foot  shall  say,  Kcoanse 
1  am  not  the  hand.  I  am  not  of 
the  body;  is  it  therelbrc  not  of  the 
bodv? 

li;  And  if  the  car  shall  say,  Becnuse 
I. am  not  the  eve,  1  am  iii>t  of  the 
bodv;  is  it  Iherc'liire  not  of  the  body  .' 

17  If  the  whole  lH>dy  «<•'■<■  an  eve. 
where  iccrc  the  hearing '/  It  the 
whole  Hire  hearing,  where  weie  tlie 
Emelliu^? 


hath 


1,S   But    n 
members  every  one  of  Iheiii  in  the 
bodv,  <i  as  it  bath  pleased  him. 
I'.l  And  if  they  were  all  one  mem- 
ber, w  here  «■«;■<■  the  iKidy  ? 
aJ  But  now  <i;r  lliiii  many  mem- 
bers, yet  but  one  Inidy. 
21  And  the  eye  cannot  say  unto  the 
hand,  I  have"  no  need  ot  thee:  nor 
a;;uin  the  head  to  the  feet,  1  Imvu  no 
ueeil  of  you. 

2'.'  Nay,  much  more  those  members 
of  tlie  body,  which  seem  to  be  more 
feeble,  are  iice(-ssary : 
■S;  A.iil  thoM.  w.inUr.i  of  the  bodv, 
which  we  think  to  be  less  honour- 
iible,  npun  tlu-ye  we  ||  Im'sIow  more 
abundant  honour;  and  our  uncome- 
ly iiail.-<  have  more  abundant  come- 
liness. 

24  For  our  comelv  )>ort.t  havo  no 
need  :  but  God  hiith  tempered  the 
liody  to;;ether,  bavin-.;  n'veii  more 
abundant  l.'mour  to  that ;>ui't  which 
hick.-.l : 
2.')  That  there  should  lie  no  |l  schism 
in  the  body;  but  (An*  the  membei-s 
should  have  the  same  care  one  for 
another. 
2<i  And  whether  one  member  suffer, 
all  the  members  suffer  with  it;  or 
one  meiiilier  be  honoureil,  all  the 
nicnilK  rs  njoice  with  it. 
27  Now  '"ye  are  the  bodv  of  Christ, 
and  I  members  in  particular. 
2.S  And  KGod  hath  set  some  In 
the  cbiiri'h,  first  lia|H>stles,  second- 
arilv  •prophets,  thirdly  leachem,  all- 
ertluitk  miracles,  then  Itrills  of  lieol- 
in^'s,"  helps,  "novcrnmentJi,  llUivens- 
itiisortouiiues. 

2'.).I/c  all  apostles?  arf  all  proph- 
ets? are  oil  teachers?  ore  all  ||  work- 
ers of  niirach's? 

aO  Have  all  the  giOs  of  hcolins? 
do  all  s|>cttk  with  toMgucs';  du  all 
interprcty 

I  :M  But  "covet  oomestly  the  best 
Igifls  ;  and  yet  shew  1  unto  you  a 
more  excellent  way. 

CHAPTER  xm. 

1  Alt  yifl;  2.  i  how  eicelleni  stirrer,  art 
notlting  trorth  without  charily.  4  The 
praises  thereof,  unU  Vi  prslalion  before 
ho  in:  and  faith. 

rpIIOI  :(;H     I     tiieak     with     the 

1  tonu'ues  of  men  and  of  angi'ls, 
and  have  not  charity,  I  am  Ik  come 
O.I  Bonndiii;;  bra.'<B,  or  a  tinklin:; 
cvmbal. 

2  .VikI  thou-h  I  have  llif  iHi^  oi 
'propheev.  and  nnden.tanil  all  mys- 
teries, ond  oil  knowlnlce:  oml 
though  I  have  oil  fnitb,  ''so  that  1 
could  remove  mountains,  and  have 
not  charity,  I  am  nothing. 

.!  And  '  though  I  bestow  nil  my 
goods  to  freil  the  ;»w)r.  and  tliongli 
1  give  niv  bodv  to  be  burned,  and 
have  niit  charilv,  it  jiroliteth  nic 
nothin..;. 

4  'M'huritv  snfTenlh  long,  ««</  Is 
kind;  charity   cnvieth   not;  charity 

ua 


Prophecy  is  commended. 


I.  CORINTHIANS. 


och    10.21. 

Phil.  2.  4. 
fP«    10  3. 

Hum.  I.  32. 


1  .Malt.  19.  16. 
1  JuUu  3.  -i. 


•  ch.  12.31. 
b  Num.  ll.2£i 


l.ivaunteth  not  itself,  is  not  puffed 
ui). 

5  Doth  not  behave  itself  unsecmlv, 
"seelcetli  not  her  own,  is  not  easily 
provokffi,  thinkcth  no  evil; 

(J  niejoiceth  not  in  iniquity,  but 
e  rcjoicuth  ||  in  the  truth: 

7  I'Beareth  all  things,  believcth  all 
thins.s,  liopeth  all  things,  endureth 
all  things. 

S  Charity  never  faileth  ■  but  whether 
lliere  be  prophecies,  they  shall  fail; 
whether  there  he  tongues,  they  shall 
cease:  wliether  there  be  knowledge, 
it  shall  vanish  away. 

"J  '  For  we  know  in  part,  and  we 
projihesy  in  part. 

10  But  when  that  which  is  perfect 
is  come,  then  that  which  is  in  part 
shall  he  done  away. 

11  Wlien  I  was  a  child,  I  spake  as 
a  child,  I  understood  as  a  child,  1 
II  thought  as  a  child:  but  when  I  be- 
came a  man,  I  put  away  cliildish 
things. 

VZ  For  know  we  see  through  a  glass, 
tdarkly;  but  then  'face  to  face:  now 
I  know  in  part;  but  then  shall  1 
know  even  as  also  I  am  known. 
\'i  And  now  abideth  faith,  hope, 
charity,  these  three;  but  tlie  greatest 
of  these  is  charity. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 
1  Pro-pheey  is  coinmtnJeJ,  2,  3,  4  and  pre- 
ferred hofare  spcahing  with  tonguea,  6 
by  a  eompari»on  drawn  from  immical  in- 
Btrumentn.  12  Doth  viust  he  referred  to 
edification,  22  as  to  their  trite  and  proper 
end.    2li  The  true  me  of  each  is  taught, 

27  and  the  abuse  taxed-    34  U'o-n —  

forbidden  to  speak  in  the  church. 


Utiles  for  the  exercise 


17<OT<LOW  after  charity,  and  "  de- 
sire spiritual  gO't!',  libut  rather 
that  ye  may  prophesy. 
:i  For  he  that  '  speaketh  in  an  vn- 
known  tongue  speaketh  not  unto 
men,  but  unto  God  :  for  no  man 
t  understandeth //im  ,•  howbeitin  the 
spirit  he  speaketh  mysteries. 

3  But  he  that  propHesieth  speaketh 
unto  men  to  cditication,  aud  ex- 
hortation, and  comfort. 

4  He  that  speaketh  In  an  unknnu-n 
tongue  edifleth  lilmself;  but  he  that 
prophesieth  edifieth  the  church. 

5  I  would  that  ye  all  spake  with 
tongues,  but  rather  that  ye  prophe- 
sied: for  greater  is  ho  tli"at  proplie- 
sieth  than  he  that  speaketh  with 
tongues,  except  he  interpret,  that  the 
L'hurcli  may  receive  editylng. 

C  Now,  brethren,  if  I  come  unto  vou 
speaking  with  tongues,  what  sha"ll  I 
prolit  you,  except  I  blinll  speak  to 
vou  either  by  il  revelation,  or  by 
Knowledge,  or  by  prophesying,  or 
by  doctrine? 

7  And  even  things  without  life  giv- 
ing sound,  whether  pipe  or  harp,  ex- 
cept thoy  give  a  distinction  in  the 
II  sounds,  how  shall  It  be  known 
what  is  |)iped  or  harped  ? 

8  For  it  the  trumpet  give  au  unccr- 


tain  sound,  who  shall  prepare  him- 
self to  the  battle? 

y  So  likewise  ye,  except  yc  utter  by 
the  tongue  words  f  easy  to  he  under- 
stood, how  shall  it  be  known  what 
is  spoken?  for  ye  shall  speak  into 
the  ii\T. 

10  There  are,  it  may  be,  so  manv 
kinds  of  voices  in  the  world,  and 
none  of  them  is  without  signitica- 
tiou. 

U  Therefore  if  I  know  not  the 
meaning  of  the  voice,  I  shall  he  un- 
to him  that  speaketh  a  barbarian, 
and  he  that  speaketh  shall  le  a  bar- 
barian unto  me. 

12  Even  so  ye,  forasmuch  as  vo  arc 
zealous  f  of  spiritual  qit'ts,  seek  that 
ye  may  excel  to  the  edifying  of  the 
church, 

l.'J  Wherefore  let  him  that  speaketh 
in  an  vuhunvn  tongue  pray  that  he 
may  interpret. 

H  For  if  I  pray  In    an    unhiomi 
tongue,  my  spirit  praveth,  but  my 
-inderst.inding  is  unfruitful. 
15  What  is  it  then?    I  will  prav  with 
the  spirit,  and  I  will  pray  with  the 
understanding  also:  ^'  1  will  sing  with 
the  spirit,  and  1  will  sing  fwith  the 
understanding  also. 
10  Else,  when  thou  shalt  bless  with 
the  spirit,  how  shall  he   that  occu- 
pieth  the  room  of  the  unlearned  say 
Amen  Kat  thy  giving  of  thanks,  see- 
ing he  understandeth  not  what  thou 
say  est? 
1/    For   thou   verily  givest    thanks 
well,  but  the  other  is  not  edified. 
IS  I  thank  my  God,  I  speak  with 
tonijues  more  than  ye  all: 
I'J  Yet  in  the  church  1  had  rather 
speak    five   words   with  mv   under- 
standing, that  bi/  vii/  voice  I  might 
teach  others  also,  than  ten  thousand 
words  in  an  unknown  tongue. 
I'O  Brethren,  libe  not  children    in 
understanding :    howbeit    in   malice 
1  be  ye  children,  but  in  understand- 
ing be  t  men. 

•A  t  In  the  law  it  is  i  written.  With 
vien  ot  other  tongues  and  other  lips 
will  I  speak  unto  this  people;  and 
yet  for  all  that  will  they  not  hear  me. 
saith  the  I-ord. 

22  Wherefore  tongues  are  for  a  sign, 
not  to  them  that  believe,  hut  to  them 
that  believe  not :  but  prophesvlng 
serveth  not  for  them  that  bclieve"not, 
but  for  them  which  believe. 
•Z.i  If  therefore  the  whole  church  be 
come  together  into  one  place,  and 
all  speak  with  tongues,  and  there 
come  in  those  that  are  unlearned, 
or  unbelievers,  "'will  they  not  say 
that  ye  are  mad? 

24  But  if  all  prophesy,  and  there 
Come  in  one  that  believeth  not,  or 
one  imlearned,  he  is  convinced  of 
all,  heisjndge<lofall: 
li.1  And  thus  are  the  secrets  of  his 
heart  made  manliest;  and  so  falling 
dowu  on  /lis  face   lie  will  worship  I 


h  p..  131.2. 

MhII.  11.2.1. 

4  18.3.4  19. 

II. 

Kom.  10.  19. 

«h,3.  I. 

Elih.l.  11. 

H„1,.5.1J.13. 
i  M.ll.  IS.  3. 

1  I'.l.  2.  2. 


.  r«r/«, 


ch.  2.  0. 
tJol.n  10.31. 
ll..'.2i.  11. 12. 


0/  spiritual  gifts. 


I.  CORINTHIANS. 


God,  and  report  "that  (iod  is  in  jou  j 
of  a  truth. 

2G  Uow  is  it  then,  brethren?  when  ! 
ye  come  together,  every  one  of  you 
hath  a  psalm,  "hath  n  doelrinc,  hath  | 
a  tongue,  liatli  a  revelation,  hath  an  ! 
interpretation.  I'Lct  all  thing's  be 
done  unto  edil'yinK. 

27  If  any  man  speak  in  an  uiikiioirn 
ton;;ue,  let  il  ),e  by  two,  or  at  the 
most  hi/  three,  and  tluu  by  course; 
and  let  one  interpret. 

28  But  if  there  be  no  interpreter,  let 
him  keep  silence  in  the  church;  and 
let  him  speak  to  himself,  and  to  God. 

211  Let  the  prophets  speak  two  or 
three,  and  1  let  the  other  judge. 

30  If  (oiv  Ihing  be  revealed  to  anoth- 
er that  sitteth  by,  'let  the  first  hold 
his  peace. 

31  For  ye  may  all  prophesy  one  by 
one,  that  all  niay  learn,  and  all  may 
be  comibrtort. 

32  And  "the  spirits  of  the  prophets 
arc  subject  to  the  prophets. 

33  For  God  is  not  l/ie  author  of 
t confusion,  but  of  peace,  'as  in  all 
churches  of  the  saints. 

34  "  Let  your  women  keep  silence 
in  the  churches:  for  it  is  not  permit- 
ted unto  them  to  speak:  but  ^t/iri/ 
are  comnniniled  to  be  under  obedi- 
ence, as  also  saith  the  S  law. 

33  And  if  they  will  learn  any  thing, 
let  them  ask  ttieir  husbands  at  home: 
lor  it  is  a  shame  for  women  to  speak 
in  the  church. 

3(!  What !  came  tbe  word  of  God  out 
from  vou?  or  came  it  unto  you  only? 

37  *If  any  man  think  himself  to  be 
a  prophet,  or  spiritual,  let  him  ac- 
knowled^■e  that  the  things  that  I 
write  unto  you  arc  the  command- 
ments of  the  Lord. 

as  But  if  any  man  be  ignorant,  let 
him  be  ignorant. 

39  Wheretbre,  brethren,  *  covet  to 
prophesy,  and  forbid  not  to  speak 
with  tongues. 

4(»  ^  Let  all  things  be  done  decently 
and  in  order. 

ClIArTEU  XV. 
3  Jly  Chriaft  resurrection,  12  he  provcth 
theiiccesBity  of  vurreturreetion, against 
alt  lucti  OS  Ucntj  llie  returreelionof  the 
body.  21  T/ie  fruit, So  and  manner  tlitrt- 
of.  bl  ami  of  the  chun.jing  of  them,  that 
ihall  he  found  alive  al  the  latt  day. 

MOKF.OVEIl,  brethren,  I  declare 
unto  you  the  gospel  "which  I 
preached  unto  you,  wnich  ulso  ye 
iiave  received,  and  l>  wherein  ye 
stand; 

2  '  liy  which  also  ve  are  saved,  if  ye 
Il  keep  in  niemo:-y "(  what  I  preached 
nnto  you,  unless  Jyc  have  believed 
in  vain.  „    »    ^ 

.1  For  "  I  delivered  unto  you  first  of 
all  that  f  which  I  also  received,  how 
that  Christ  died  for  our  sins  taccord- 
ing  to  the  Scriptures; 

4  And  that  he  was  buried,  and  that 
10.    Acu3.  iliaJ.a,    iroL  1.  11.  4  2.  21. 


Of  the  resrtrreetitm. 
A.  n.to. 


he  rose  again  tlie  third  day  boccord- 
ing  t4i  the  Scriptures: 

3  'And  that  he  was  seen  of  Cephajt, 
then  1.  of  the  twelve: 

(>  Alter  that,  he  was  Been  of  above 
five  hundred  brethren  at  once:  of 
whniii  the  greater  part  remain  unto 
this  present,  but  some  arc  fuUeii 
asleep. 

7  .\l1er  th-it,  he  was  seen  of  James; 
then  I  of  all  the  anostles. 

S  "'Anil  lust  of  all  he  was  seen  of  me 
ulso,  us  of  II  one  born  out  of  due  time. 

'J  For  I  am  "  the  least  of  the  apos- 
tles, that  am  not  meet  to  be  called 
an  apostle,  becuuso  "I  persecuted 
the  church  of  God. 

10  lint  I'by  the  ^raco  of  God  I  am 
what  1  am:  and  liis  grace  which  irct* 
liffldiird  upon  mc  wa»  not  in  vain; 
but  **  I  laboured  more  abundantly 
than  thev  ull :  'yet  not  I.  but  the 
grucc  of  God  which  was  with  me. 

11  'i'hereibre  whether  it  iroce  1  or 
they,  BO  we  preach,  and  to  ye  be- 
lieved. 

12  Now  if  Christ  be  preached  that 
he  rose  from  the  dead,  how  say  Bomc 
among  you  that  there  is  no  resurrec- 
tion of  the  dead? 

13  But  if  there  be  no  resurrection  of 
the  dead, '  then  is  Christ  not  risen: 

14  And  if  Christ  be  not  risen,  then 
i.t  our  preaching  vain,  and  your  faith 
IN  also  vain. 

15  Yc.1,  and  we  arc  found  fidsc  wit- 
nesses of  God  ;  because  '  we  have 
testified  of  tioil  that  he  rui.sed  up 
Christ:  whom  he  raised  not  up,  if  so 
be  that  the  (hud  ri^c  ni>t. 

Pi  lor  if  the  ilcad  rise  not,  then  is 
not  Christ  raised: 

17  And  if  Christ  be  not  raised,  your 
faith  is  vain;  "ye  arc  yet  in  your 
bins. 

IM  Then  they  also  which  arc  fallen 
asleep  in  Christ  are  perished. 

I'J  ^  If  in  this  life  only  we  have  hope 
in  Christ,  wc  arc  ot  all  men  most 
miserable. 

2U  But  now  )  is  Christ  risen  from 
the  dead,  «ii(/  become  '  the  firbtfruits 
of  them  thatsleiit. 

21  For  ^ since  bv  man  came  death, 
li  bv  man  come  also  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead. 

22  For  OS  in  .\dam  all  die,  even  to 
in  Christ  shall  all  be  made  alive. 

2.'l  But  'every  man  in  his  own  or- 
der: Christ  the  tirstfruits:  afterward 
tliey  that  are  Christ's  at  his  coming. 

24  Then  rumitli  the  enil,  when  he 
shall  have  delivered  up  ''the  king- 
dom to  God,  even  the  Inthrr;  wln-n 
he  shall  have  put  down  all  rule,  and 
ull  authorilv  and  power. 

•jr,  lor  he 'must  reign, 'till  he  h«Ui 
put  all  enemies  under  his  feet. 

2ti  'The  lust  enemy  lliat  shall  be 
destmvcd  i.<  death. 

27  For  he  «  hath  put  oil  things  un- 
der his  feet.  But  when  he  saith.  All 
lliiugs  ore  put  under  liim,  it  u  uiani- 
165 


k  I-k  J.  7.  k 
!•:.  10, 
I,  a.  in. 
ir»«  II  t. 

l..ka'J«.in. 
VI 

Jl.  h  11.  X\, 

M.  a.  k  V. 


I  r.i  I.  iL 
ii.tik>;i.M. 

kMul  n  17. 
Mitk  in   IL 

J,.li>  !0.  IOl 

at. 

Aril  la  <|. 
ll.MkvSI.  ^ 

A<ul.  3.  «. 
niA<U««.17. 

*  -i!    11.  IS. 

tl>.  ».  1. 
lOt   .. 


.  I.  13 

I.  s. «. 


1' ,.  _ 

1  T,i»  1.  13. 
p  K|.h.  3. 7.  «L 
iSCor.ll.n. 

*  II  II. 
r  Mall.  10.10. 


.  li.  IS, 


I'l..l.  i  13. 
•  ITl.>L<.lt. 
lAcUi^l.Ii 


l>  SO  fi. 

!  i.'n. 


.1  rwa.  7.  U 

•  rm.  iin  I 

A.ui  31  31. 
tiM    I.  ti. 

>:<.  1. 11  k 
III.  U 
riTi»  1. 13. 

lU'  »  II. 


Maimer  of  the  resxirrection.        I.  CORINTHIANS.      Exhortation  to  gteadfastiiess. 


Luke 
q  II.,.,. 

11 IJ. 

6. 

l.T  11. 

rlThe 

•  ci>.  n 

»  4.5 

5 

.3. 

fest  that  he  is  excepted,  which  did 
put  all  things  under  him. 

'£i  hAnd  when  all  thinss  shall  he 
subdued  unto  him,  then  i  shall  tl; 
Son    also    himself  be  euhjeet    unto 
him  that  put  all  things  under  him, 
that  God  may  be  all  in  all. 

lit)  Else  what  shall  they  do  which 
are  baptized  for  the  dead,  if  the  dead 
rise  not  at  all?  why  are  they  then 
baptized  for  the  dead? 

SI)  And  k.  why  Btand  we  in  jeopardy 


protest   by  Hiyour    reioicing 


every  hour? 

,S1    I    protest   by  [I   . 
which   I  have  in  Christ  Jesus  our 
Lord, '"  I  die  daily. 

.',2  If  i|  after  the  manner  of  men  "  I 
have  fought  with  beasts  at  Kphesus, 
what  advanta{?eth  it  me,  if  the  dead 
rise  not?  "let  us  eat  and  drink;  for 
to  morrow  we  die. 

;{8  Be  not  deceived:  Pevil  commu- 
nications corrupt  t,'0(>il  manners. 

.'M  1  Awake  to  righteousness,  and 
sin  not;  "^for  some  have  not  the 
knowledge  of  God:  "I  speak  this  to 
your  shame. 

I'lo  But  some  wnn  will  say,  *  How 
arc  the  dead  raised  up  ?  and  with 
what  body  do  they  come? 

»;  TIam  fool,  ''that  which  thou 
Bowest  la  not  quickened,  except  it 
die: 

.37  And  that  which  thon  sowest, 
thou  sowest  not  that  bf>dy  that  shall 
he,  but  bare  grain,  it  may  chance  of 
wheat,  or  of  some  other  ijnnn  . 

38  But  God  giveth  it  u  body  as  it 
hath  pleased  him,  and  to  every  seed 
his  own  body. 

;«)  All  flesh  IS  not  the  same  flesh  : 
but  there  is  one  ktmt  o/"flesh  of  men, 
another  flesh  of  beasts,  another  of 
Hshes,  (7«(/ another  of  birds. 

40  Thrvr.  are  also  celestial  bodies, 
and  bodies  terrestrial:  but  the  glory 
"f  tlie  celestial  is  one,  and  the  glory 
of  the  terrestrial  i.«  another. 

41  There  is  one  glory  of  the  sun,  and 
another  glory  of  the  moon,  and  an- 
other glory  of  the  stars:  for  owe  star 
differeth  from  another  star  in  glory. 

4J  "  So  also  IS  the  resurrection  of 
the  dead.  It  is  sown  in  corruption, 
it  is  raised  in  incorruption: 

4:i  lit  is  sown  in  dishonour,  it  is 
raised  in  glory:  it  is  sown  in  weak- 
ness, it  is  raised  in  power: 

Ai  It  is  sown  a  natural  body,  it  is 
raised  a  spiritual  body.  There  is  a 
natural  body,  and  there  is  a  spiritual 
body. 

4.5  And  so  it  is  written.  The  first 
man  Adam  *  was  made  a  living  soul; 
*tlie  last  Adam  was  made  I' a  quick- 
ening spirit. 

4(i  Ilowbeit  that  ica.s  not  first  which 
is  spiritual,  but  that  which  is  nat- 
ural ;  and  afterwaid  that  whicli  is 
spiritual. 

47  '  The  first  man  is  of  the  earth, 
■I  earthy  :  the  second  man  U  the 
liurd  '  from  heaven.  I 


4S  As  IS  the  earthy,  euch  arc  they 
also  that  are  earthy:  faml  as  in  the 
heavenly,  8uch  are  they  also  that  are 
heavenly. 

49  And  E  as  we  have  borne  the 
image  of  the  earthy,  h  we  shall 
also  bear  the  image  of  the  heav- 
enly. 

50  Now  this  I  say,  brethren,  that 
(flesh  and  blood  cannot  inherit  tiiu 
kingdom  of  God;  neither  doth  cor- 
ruption inherit  incorruption. 

51  Behold,  I  shew  you  a  mystery; 
k  We  shall  not  all  sleep,  1  hut  we  shall 
all  be  changed. 

52  In  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of 
an  eye,  at  the  last  trump:  '"for  the 
trumpet  shall  sound,  and  the  dead 
shall  DC  raised  incorruptible,  and  we 
shall  he  changed. 

5'5  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on 
incorrujition,  and  "this  moital  viugt 
put  on  immortality. 

54  So  when  this  corruptible  shall 
have  put  on  incorruption,  and  this 
mortal  shall  have  put  on  immortal- 
ity, then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the 
s.aying  that  is  written,  "Death  is 
swallowed  up  in  victory. 

.W  V  o  death,  where  is  thy  sting?  O 
11  grave,  where  iV  thv  victory  ? 

:i>  The  sting  of  death  is  sin;  and 
'I  the  strength  of  sin  is  the  law. 

57  ■■But  thanks  te  to  God,  which 
giveth  us  "the  victory  through  our 
Lord  .Tesus  Christ. 

.'VS  >  Therefore,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren, be  ye  steadfast,  nninovcable, 
alw.ays  aliounding  in  the  work  of  the 
Lord,  forasmuch  as  ye  know  "that 
vour  labour  is  not  in  vain  in  th« 
Lord. 

CHAPTER  XVL 
1  He  exhorlclh  them  to  relieve  the  want  of 
the  brethren  at  Jerusalem.  10  Com- 
mendeth  Timothy,  13  and  after  friendly 
aJmonilioTiB,1Q  shutteth  up  his  epiatle 
with  Jiven  talutationt. 

NOW  concerning  "the  collection 
for  the  saints,  as  I  have  given 
order  to  the  churches  of  Galatia, 
even  so  do  ve. 

2  b  Upon  t1ie  first  ilai/  of  the  week 
let  every  one  of  you  lay  by  him  in 
store,  as  Gttd  hath  prospered  him, 
that  there  be  no  gatJierings  when  I 
come. 

'i  And  when  I  come,  *^  whomsoever 
ye  shall  approve  by  t/oiir  letters, 
them  will  I  send  to  bring  your  1  lib- 
erality unto  Jerusalem. 

4  i'  And  if  it  bo  meet  that  I  go  also, 
they  shall  go  with  me. 

5  Now  I  will  come  unto  you,  'when 
I  shall  pass  througli  Macedonia:  for 
I  do  pass  throuijh  Macedonia. 

Ci  And  it  may  be  that  I  will  abide, 
yea,  ond  winter  with  you,  that  ye 
may  f bring  me  on  my  journey 
whithersoever  I  go. 

7  for  I  will  not  see  you  now  by  the 
way ;  but  I  trust  to  tarry  a  while 
with  yuu,  e  if  the  Lord  permit. 


Timothy  commended. 


11.  CORINTHIANS. 


Seasonable  adinmution*. 


1  The™.  3  S 
2The*a.  2  15 


N  Hut  I  will  turry  at  Kpluuus  until 
Ptnterost. 

1)  For  lia  prcat  door  and  effectual  ia 
opened  unto  me,  and  '  there  are 
many  adversaries. 

10  Now  k  if  Timotlieiis  come,  see 
that  he  may  be  with  you  witliuut 
fear:  for  i  he  worketli  the  work  of  the 
Lord,  as  1  also  do. 

11  '"Let  no  man  therefore  despise 
him:  but  eonduct  him  lorth  "in 
peace,  that  be  may  come  uutti  me: 
lor  1  look  for  him  with  the  brethren 

12  As  touchini;  our  brother  "A|)<ii- 
los,  1  greatly  uesired  him  to  come 
unto  you  with  tlie  brithn'n :  but  his 
will  was  not  at  all  to  come  ut  Ihix 
time;  but  he  will  roine  when  liebhull 
have  convenient  tmie. 

13  I' Watch  yo.  ''stand  fast  in  the 
fiiith,  ciuit  you  like  men, '  be  strong. 

14  '  Let  all  yourlhinpi  l>e  done  with 
charity. 

15  I  beseech  you,  brethren,  (ye 
knovr'the  house  of  Stephanas,  that 
it  is  "the  firstfruits  of  Achaia,  and 
timt  they  have  addicted  thenittelves 
to  "the  ministry  of  the  saint-",) 

10  >  That  ye  submit  youmclvcB  un- 


to stich,  and  to  every  one  that  hclp- 
elli  » ilh  us,  and  '  laboureth. 
ir  1  am  j;lad  of  the  cnminj;  of 
Steplmnas  and  Knrtunatus  and 
Achaicus:  'lor  that  which  was  lack- 
ini;  on  jiour  part  Ihey  have  supplied. 
IS  I'  1  or  they  have  refreslieu  my 
spirit  and  yours:  therefore  '«c- 
knowled;:c  ve  them  that  are  such. 
IIP  'I'he  ehiirehes  of  Asia  salute  you. 
AipiilaniMl  rriscillii  salute  Vdu  much 
in  the  l.ord,  Jwitli  the  eliurch  that 
is  in  their  house. 

a)    All     the     brethren     preet    vou. 
I  *■  (irt'ct  ye  one  another  w  ith  a  holy 

kiss. 
,    al  '  The  nalutation  of  wie  Taul  » ith 
mine  own  hand. 
i'.J  If  ony  man  «lovc  not  the  Ix>nl 
.ItiiUK  Christ,  blet  liiiii  be  Anathema, 
I  Marnn  ntha. 

•Si  k  The  ^:racc  of  our  lx)rd  Je«u« 
I  Christ/*  with  you. 

'M  My  love  tx  with  you  all  in  ChrUt 
]  Jesus.     Amen. 

j    H  The  Urstc/x.t/Ho  the  Corinthians 
I         was    written    from    Philippi    by 
Stephanas,  and  Kortiiiiutus,  and 
I         Achaicus,  and  Tiniotheus. 


THE  SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


CORINTHIANS. 


CHAPTER  L 

3  Tin  apoillt  riiruuraiirlh  litem  ngaintt 
truubUt,  ^|/  Hit  comfurf  .iii.i  dtliicr- 
anrca  which  llfJ  hwl  given  him,  ai  in 
all  hit  afflietivnt.  8  to  pnrtirularli,  in 
/.i>  tale  dcnyer  in  Ati,t.  12  And  eoUiiig 
buth  hit  <jwn  eaniHenee  and  Iheirt  lo 
uiilnett  of  hit  tinrerr  manner  of  preaeh- 
ing  the  immutahle  truth  of  the  gonpet, 
15  he  exeutcth  hit  not  et/ming  to  them,  at 
pr,»-eeding  not  of  lighlnett,  but  of  hit 
tentty  towarJt  them. 

1).\l'L,  "  an  npostle  of  Jesus  Christ 
bv  the  will  of  (i(Hl.  and  Timothy 
oio-  brother,  unto  the  church  of  tiod 
wlii.h  is  at  Corinth,  >•  with  all  the 
saints  which  are  in  all  .\cluiia: 

•.; '  Grace  h'  to  vou.  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father",  and  from  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ.  _ 

,•{  ■!  Blessed  V  God,  even  the  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Chri-t,  the  Father 
of  mercies,  and  the  God  of  all  com- 

fort:  .       „ 

4  Who  comfortelh  us  in  all  our  tnb- 
ulation.  that  we  may  be  able  to  com- 
fort them  whiih  are  in  any  trouble, 
bv  the  comlort  wherewith  wc  our- 
selves are  comforted  of  (Jod. 

.">  For  as  'tlie  sutlirin.'s  of  Christ 
alxiiiMil  in  1H.  so  our  consolation  aUo 
aboiiiKletli  bv  Christ. 

GAuawhetlier  wo  be  afflicted,  Ut 


is  for  your  consolation  and  salvation, 
whicli  II  is  effectual  in  the  endiirini; 
of  the  same  sutlerincs  which  w c  olso 
suffer:  or  whether  we  he  comforted, 
if  is  for  your  eonsolatiou  and  salva- 
tion. 

(  And  our  hope  of  you  *.«  sleadrnst, 
knowiuK,  that  "as  ye  are  partnkrrs 
of  the  suffering,  so  nhatt  |«'  Oe  olso  ot 
the  consolotion. 

8  For  we  would  not,  brethren,  have 
vou  ignorant  of  kour  trouble  which 
came  to  us  in  Asia,  that  wc  werr 
pn-ssed  out  of  nieasurf,  above 
hlrencth,  insomuch  that  wo  de«|Mur- 
edevenoflile: 

11  lint  we  had  the  l|  sentence  of  death 
in  ourselves,  that  we  should  'not 
trust  in  ourselves,  but  In  God  which  i 
paiseth  the  dead: 

HI  k  Who  delivered  us  from  so  preal  ' 
a  death,  anil  doth  deliver:  in  whom 
wc  trust  that  he  will  yet  deliver  !«.• 

11  Yo  al.so  Ihelpinz  to^'ither  by 
praver  for  us.  that  "'for  the  gift  U- 
tlouril  upon  us  by  the  means  of  1 
manv  ixrsons  thniiks  may  \<c  Riven  i 
bv  niany  on  our  tx-hnlf. 

\l  For  our  n-joieini:  is  this,  the  testi- 
mony of  our  coii>rienee.  that  in  sim- 
plicity and  "psllv  »indrity,  "iiot 
with  llvbbly  wibtluiii.  but  by  Uui  I 
iSI 


..k  1  17.* 


Pavl'g  sincerity  in  preactiino.    II.  CORINTHIANS. 


Success  of  his  labours. 


r  1  Cor.  4.  19. 
•  Bom.  1.  U. 
1  Or,  j,r«.. 


3-Hel,.  n.  8. 
1  lium.  13,8.9. 
>lJohu2.20, 
27. 
uEi.l..l.lH 

■iVim.  2.  19. 


I.  4  1;I2.10. 

p.i.i.'a.' 

liiu.  11.80. 


h.  7.  10.  i 

•ts.  10. 


Krace  of  God,  we  liavc  liail  our  con- 
versation in  the  woilit,  and  more 
abundantly  to^vou-ward. 

13  For  wc  write  none  other  things 
unto  .von,  than  what  yc  read  or  ac- 
kno\vle(I;;c;  and  I  trust  ye  shall  ac- 
knowledge even  to  the  end; 

14  As  also  ve  liavc  acknowledged 
lis  in  part,  l*tliat  wc  are  your  rejoic- 
ing, even  as  'lyc  also  are  ours  in  the 
day  of  the  I^ord  Jesus. 

15  And  in  tliis  contidence  ""I  was 
minded  to  conic  unto  you  before, 
that  ye  might  have  *  a  second  11  bene- 
fit; 

10  And  to  pass  by  you  into  Mace- 
donia, and '  to  come  again  out  of  Mac- 
edonia unto  you,  and  of  you  to  be 
brought  on  my  way  toward  Judca. 

ir  When  I  therefore  was  thus  mind- 
ed, did  I  use  lightness?  or  the  things 
tliat  I  purpose,  do  I  purpose  "ac- 
cording to  the  flesh,  tliat  with  nie 
there  should  be  yea,  yea,  and  nay, 
nay? 

IS  But  as  God  i;  true,  our  |!  word 
toward  you  was  not  yea  and  nay. 

lit  For  ^thc  Son  "of  God,  Jesus 
Clirist,  who  was  preached  among 
you  by  us,  even  by  me  and  Silvanus 
and  Timotheus,  was  not  yea  and 
nay,  >  but  in  him  was  yea. 

20^  For  all  the  promises  of  God  in 
him  are  yea,  and  in  him  Amen,  unto 
tlie  glory  of  God  by  us. 

L'l  Now  he  which  stablishetli  us  with 
you  in  Christ,  and  "hath  anointed 
us,  IS  God; 

*22  Who  bliath  also  sealed  us,  and 
"given  the  earnest  of  the  Spirit  iu 
our  hearts. 

2.1  Moreover  <!  I  call  God  for  a  rec- 
ord upon  my  soul,  'that  to  spare 
you  I  came  not  as  yet  niito  Corinth. 

24  Not  for  '"that  we  have  dominion 
over  your  faith,  but  are  helpers  of 
your  joy :  for  ^  by  faitli  ye  stand. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Saving  shewed  titf.  mason  ivhy  he  eame 
not  to  them,  0  he  requireth  thciii  to  for- 
give  an  J  to  comfort  that  cxcommuniealcd 
person,  10  even  as  himself  also  upon  his 
true  repcntanea  had  forgiven  him,  \i 
declaring  tftthat  why  he  departed  from 
Troas  to  Macedonia,  11  and  the  happy 
success  which  Oodffavo  to  his  preaching 
in  all  places. 

I)UT  I  determined  this  with  my- 
y   self,  "tliat  I  would   not  como 
again  to  you  in  heaviness. 

2  For  if"!  make  you  sorry,  who  is  he 
then  that  nuiketn  me  glad,  but  the 
same  which  is  maile  sorry  by  me? 

3  And  I  wrote  tliis  eame  unto  von, 
lest,  when  I  came,  b  I  should  Iiave 
sorrow  from  them  of  whom  I  ought 
to  rejoice;  '■having  confidcnee  in 
you  all,  that  my  joy  is  the  joy  of 
you  all. 

4  For  out  of  much  affliction  and 
anguish  of  lieart  I  wrote  unto  voii 
with  many  tears;  .1  not  that  ye  should 
be  grieved,  but  that  ye  miglit  know  I 

lt>S 


the  love  wliich  I  have  more  abund- 
antly unto  you. 

5  liut  *^  if  any  have  caused  ^rief,  he 
hath  not  fgrieved  me,  but  in  part: 
that  I  may  not  overcharge  you  all. 

(i  Siiflicient  to  such  a  man  is  this 
II  punishment,  which  ivas  inflicted 
s  of  many. 

7  h  So  that  contrariwise  ve  ouffht 
rather  to  forgive  him,  an<I  comiijrt 
him,  lest  perhaps  such  a  one  should 
be  swallowed  up  with  overmuch 
sorrow. 

8  Wherefore  I  beseech  you  that  ye 
would  confirm  your  love  toward  him. 

y  For  to  this  end  also  did  I  write, 
that  I  might  know  the  proof  of 
vou,  whether  ye  be  'obedient  in  all 
things. 

10  To  whom  ye  forgive  any  thing, 
1  forgire  also:  for  it  I  forgave  any 
thing,  to  whom  I  forgave  it,  for  your 
sakes  fonjave  I  it  \\  in  the  person  of 
Christ; 

Jl  Lest  Satan  should  get  an  advant- 
age of  us:  for  wc  arc  not  ignorant  of 
his  devices. 

12  Furthermore,  kwhen  I  came  to 
Troas  to  preach  Christ's  gospel,  and 
'  a  door  was  opened  unto  me  of  the 
I..ord, 

1.3  '^'  I  had  no  rest  in  my  spirit,  be- 
cause I  found  not  Titus  my  brother; 
hut  taking  my  leave  of  them,  I  went 
from  thence  into  Macedonia. 

14  Now  thanks  te  unto  God,  which 
always  causcth  us  to  triumph  in 
Christ,  and  maketh  manifest  "the 
savour  of  his  knowledge  by  us  in 
cvcrv  place. 

l.'i  i'or  we  are  unto  God  a  sweet 
savour  of  Christ,  "in  them  that  are 
saved,  and  I'in  them  tliat  perish: 

10  iTo  the  one  ice  are  the  savour 
of  death  unto  death;  and  to  the  other 
the  savour  of  lil'e  unto  life.  And 
■■who  I'j  sufficient  for  these  things? 

11  For  we  arc  not  as  many,  which 
II 'corrupt  the  word  of  God:  but  as 
tof  siucerit.v,  but  as  of  God,  in  the 
sight  of  God  speak  we  ||  in  Christ. 

CHAPTER  III. 

1  Lest  their  false  teachers  should  charge 
him  with  vainglory,  he  shewcth  the  faith 
and  graces  of  the  CorinthiaJis  to  be  a 
su/Tieicnt  commendation  of  /tie  ministry. 
G  \yhcreupon  entering  a  comparison  be- 
tween the  ministers  of  the  taw  and  of  the 
gospel,  12  he  proveth  tliat  his  ministry  is 
so  far  the  more  excellent,  as  the  gospel 
of  life  and  liberty  is  more  glorious  than 
the  lauf  of  cundejnnativn. 

DO  "  wc  begin  again  to  commend 
ourselves?  or  need  we.  as  some 
othej-s,  '•  epistles  of  commendation  to 
you,  or  letters  of  commendation  from 
you? 

2 '  Vc  are  our  epistle  written  in  our 
hearts,  known  and  read  of  all  men; 
;!  Foriismiirh   as  i/r  arr   mmiifestiv 
deelaied   to  be  tlio  epistle  of  Chri.it 


■d   b' 


.Tit ten  not 
ink,  but  with  the  Spirit  of  the  living 


Paul's  faithful  diligence 


II.  CORINTHIANS. 


1)1  jireadiing  the  ffotpeL 


m.  I,  11, 

m    1.  U. 
■.  31.  31. 


'..  13.11. 


U  6,  21 
cch,  2-  17. 
1  Theu.  2.  3. 


God:  Hilt  'in  tables  of  stone,  but  fin 
fleshly  tables  of  the  heart. 

•4  .\n(l  siR'h  trust  have  we  through 
Christ  to  i;..J-war<l: 

5  SXot  that  wo  nrc  Kufticicnt  of  our- 
selves to  think  any  thin;;  as  of  our- 
selves ;  but  hour  suilicicncv  is  of 
Uodi 

G  Who  also  hath  made  ua  able 
i  ministers  of  k  the  new  testament; 
not  I  of  the  letter,  hut  of  the  spirit: 
for  '"the  litter  killeth,  "but  the 
spirit  [|  j;iveth  life. 

I  But  if  "the  luinistratiou  of  death, 
^' written  ancf  en;^raven  in  stones, 
was  glorious,  1  so  that  the  ehitdrcn 
of  Israel  could  not  steadfastly  behold 
tlie  face  of  Moses  for  the  glory  of  his 
countenance;  which  ylory  was  to  be 
done  nway; 

8  lluw  shall  not  'the  ministration 
of  the  spirit  be  rather  glorious  y 

'J  For  if  the  ministration  of  condem- 
nation l)e  glory,  much  more  doth  the 
ministration  "of  righteousness  ex- 
ceed in  glory. 

10  For  even  that  which  was  made 
glorious  liad  no  glory  in  this  respect, 
by  reason  of  the  glorv  that  excelleth. 

II  For  if  that  whicn  is  done  away 
teas  glorious,  much  more  that  which 
rcm.Tincth  I'.s  glorious. 

I'i  Seeing  then  that  wo  have  such 
hope,  •  we  use  great  ||  plainness  of 
speech ; 

]•'!  And  not  as  Moses,  "  uliirh  put  n 
vail  over  his  face,  that  the  children 
of  Israel  could  not  stcadfa.stly  l..ok  to 
'the  end  of  that  which  is  ;il)olished: 

U  But  J  their  minds  were  blinded: 
for  until  this  day  remaineth  the  same 
vail  untaken  nway  in  the  reading  of 
the  old  testament;  which  vail  is  done 
away  in  Christ. 

1.5  "But  even  unto  this  day,  when 
Moses  is  read,  the  vail  is  ujion 
their  heart. 

IG  Nevertheless.' -when  it  shall  turn 
to  the  Lord,  'the  vail  shall  be  taken 
awav. 

17  Now  l>the  Ix>rd  is  that  Spirit: 
and  where  the  Spirit  of  the  J.ord  i.«, 
there  is  liberty. 

IH  But  we  all,  with  open  face  be- 
holding "^  as  in  a  glass  ■!  the  glory  of 
the  Lord,  ''arc  changed  into  the 
same  image  from  glory  to  glory,  eicit 
as  II  by  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  m  declarcth  how  he  hnth  uteJ  all  •fn- 
rcritii  and  faithful  Jiligenec  in  prearh- 
ing  the  pi'prl,  1  ami  hnm  the  troublet 
and  perteeutiont  which  he  daily  endur- 
ed for  the  eame  did  redound  to  the 
pra'ite  of  Qodt  yiower,  12  to  the  benefit 
of  the   church,   16   and  to  the  apottle'e 

TIIEREFORK.  seeing  we  have 
"this  ministry,  ''as  we  have 
receive<i  mcrcv,  we  faint  not: 
2  But  have  rcnounccil  the  hidden 
things  of  t  dishonesty,  not  walking 
in    craftiness,    'nor    handling    tlin 


word  of  God  deceitfully  ;  but,  *t  by 
manifestation  ot  the  truth,  ^'coni- 
metiding  ourselves  to  everv  man's 
conscience  in  the  siglit  of  (i™!. 
:!  But  if  our  g>'s|Hl  be  hid,  fit  is 
hid  to  them  that  arc  lost: 

4  In  whom  «the  god  of  this  world 
hhath  blinded  the  minds  of  them 
which  believe  not,  lest  ithe  light 
of  the  glorious  gosjiel  of  Chri»t. 
k  who  is  the  image  of  God,  should 
shine  unto  them. 

5  1  For  we  preach  not  ourselves, 
but  Christ  Jesus  the  I.,ord ;  ami 
"'ourselves  your  servants  for  Jesus' 
s.ikc. 

G  For  God,  "  who  commanded 
the  liglit  to  shine  out  of  darkness, 
fhath  "sinned  in  our  hearts,  to 
[lire  Pthe  light  of  the  knowledge 
iif  the  glory  of  God  in  the  face  of 
Jesus  Christ. 

7  But  we  have  this  treasure  in 
'I earthen  vessels,  'that  the  excel- 
lency of  the  power  may  be  of  God, 
and  not  of  us. 

.S  M'c  are  "troubled  on  evcrj-  side, 
vet  notilistressed;  tec  nrc  perplexed, 
liut  II  not  in  <lespuir; 

II  IVrsccutcil,  but  not  forsaken ; 
'  c:ist  down,  but  not  destroyed; 

III  ".Vhvavs  bearing  alwut  in  the 
body  the  Ojing  of  the  Ix>rd  Jesus. 
"  that  the  fife  also  of  Jesus  might 
be  maile  manifest  in  onr  body. 

II  For  we  which  live  >  arc  alw»y 
iblivircd  unto  death  for  Jesus' sake, 
th:it  the  life  also  of  Jesus  might  be 
made  manili'st  in  our  mortal  flesh. 

IJ  So  then  'deatli  worketk  iu  us, 
but  life  in  you. 

i:!  We  having  *the  same  spirit 
of  faith,  aceonfing  as  it  is  written. 
Ill  believed,  and  therefore  have  I 
spoken;  we  also  l>clie%'e,  and  there- 
fore speak : 

14  Knowing  that  ''he  which  raised 
up  the  Lord  Jesus  shall  raise  up  ns 
also  liv  Jesus,  and  shall  present  its 
with  vou. 

1.')  for  Jail  things  nre  for  your 
sakcs,  that  'the  abundant  grace 
might  thnuigh  the  thanksgiving  of 
manv  redound  to  the  glory  of  God. 

K;  {'or  which  cause  we  faint  not: 
but  though  our  tuitward  man  per- 
ish, yet  'the  inward  ni<m  i»  re- 
newed clay  bv  dav. 
r  17  For  i^our  light  aflliclion,  which 
is  but  l^ir  a  moment,  workelli  for  «• 
a  far  more  exceeding  unit  ctenial 
weight  of  glorv: 

bS  h  While  we  look  not  at  the 
things  which  are  seen,  but  at  the 
things  which  are  not  seen:  for  the 
tilings  which  an'  seiii  <iic  temporal: 
but  the  tliiugs  which  arc  nut  seen 
are  eternal. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  Tliat  in  hit  a*»ur<d  Aw;t*  of  immortal 
glory.  9  and  in  eri^elnnce  of  if.  and  of 
the  i/eneral  judgment,  he  lahoureth  to 
A«n  a  food  eomcimce,  11  Hoi  (tel  ht 


Paul's  hope  of 


II.  CORINTHIANS. 


irmnortal  glory. 


>  4    19. 

1.7. 

:t.  \   13, 


lM.ll.!a.3I.| 
lUm.  11.  10. 


q  Rom.  5.  15. 
rItom.f1-  U. 

1'.!.  jilt.;.  8. 

1  Cor  «.  19 

(Ssl.  1.  30. 

1  Thm.  6  10. 

1  F>l.  i.  2. 

•  M>tt  13.  ra 

Jolinl.!.  11. 

riiii.  a.  7. 8. 
i\.i.  J.  11. 
t.Toi.nfi.  ro. 

•ilL.ni.  K.  Lt.& 
I'i.  7. 


mny  herein  hoa»t  of  himeetf^  14  fcuC  at 
one  that,  having  received  Ufa  fro,, 
Christ,  endeavourcth  to  live  a»  a  Tieu 
creature  to  Chriet  only,  1&  and  by  hii 
ministry   of  reconciliation 


othc 


)  ala: 


;  Chriet  t 


FOR  we  know  that,  if  "our  earth- 
ly house  of  tliif  tabernacle  were 
(lissolvoil,  we  have  a  building  of 
God,  a  house  not  made  with  hands, 
eternal  in  the  licavcns. 

2  For  in  this  'iwc  prroan,  earnestly 
desiring  to  be  clothed  upon  with  our 
house  which  is  from  heaven : 

.'1  If  Ro  be  tliat  '  beins  clothed  we 
shall  not  be  found  naked. 

4  For  we  that  arc  in  tliis  taber- 
nacle do  groan,  beins  burdened  : 
not  for  that  we  would  bo  unclothed, 
but  ii  clothed  upon,  that  mortality 
Mii;;ht  be  swallowed  up  of  life. 

.5  Now  'he  that  hatli  wn)Ufrht  us 
for  the  selfsame  thins  is  God,  who 
also  I  hath  given  unto  us  the  earn- 
est of  the  Spirit. 

6  Therefore  toe  are  always  confi- 
dent, knowing  that,  wliilst  we  are 
at  home  in  the  body,  we  are  absent 
i'roTU  the  I>ord: 

7  (For  Kwe  walk  by  faith,  not  by 
siglit:) 

H  Wo  are  confident,  /  sail,  and 
li  willin";  rather  to  be  ab.'ieut  from 
tlie  ho(ly,  and  to  be  present  with  the 
l.ord. 

U  Wherefore  wo  ||  labour,  that, 
whether  present  or  absent,  we  may 
be  accepted  of  him. 

10  "For  we  must  all  appear  be- 
fore the  judgment  seat  of  Christ ; 
kthat  every  one  miy  receive  the 
things  ihmc  in  his  body,  according 
to  that  he  hath  done,  whether  i«  6c 
good  or  bad. 

11  Knowing  therefore  I  the  terror 
of  the  Lord,  we  persuade  men;  but 

"we  are  made  manifest  unto  God; 
and  I  trust  also  are  made  manifest 
in  your  consciences. 

I'i  For  "  we  commend  not  ourselves 
again  unto  you,  but  give  you  occ.i- 
sion  "to  glory  on  our  behalf,  th;\tye 
mav  have  somewhat  to  ff/*.«K'crthem 
which  glory  t '»  appearance,  and  not 
in  heart. 

I.'t  For  I"  whether  Ave  be  beside  our- 
selves, it  is  to  (Jod  :  or  whether  we 
be  sober,  it  is  for  your  cause. 

II  For  the  love  of  Christ  constrain- 
cth  us;  because  we  thus  judge,  that 
'Uf  one  died  for  all,  then  were  all 
dead: 

l.'i  And  that  he  died  for  all,  'that 
they  which  live  should  not  hence- 
forth live  unto  themselves,  but  unto 
him  which  died  for  them,  and  rose 
again. 

11)  »  Wherefore  henceforth  know  wo 
no  man  after  the  ticsh:  yea,  tliough 
we  have  known  Christ  attiT  the 
tlesh,  'yet  now  henceforth  know  we 

17  Thenli.ru    if  any    man   "hn    in 
170 


Christ,  ll  Ac  ij;'' a  new  creature:  >oId 
things  are  passed  away;  behold,  all 
things  are  become  now. 

la  And  all  things  are  of  God,  ^  who 
hath  reconciled  us  to  himself  by  Je- 
sus Christ,  and  hath  given  to  us  the 
ministry  of  reconciliation; 

I'J  To  wit,  that  "God  was  in  Christ, 
reconciling  the  world  unto  himself, 
not  imputing  their  trespasses  unto 
them;  and  hath  t committed  unto  us 
the  word  of  reconciliation. 

HO  Now  then  we  are  li  ambassadors 
for  Christ,  as  °  though  God  did  be- 
seech ;/<>n  by  us :  we  pray  ymi  in 
Christ's  stead,  be  ye  reconciled  to 
God. 

'11  For  ilhe  hath  made  him  tn  he  sin 
for  us,  who  knew  no  sin  ;  tliat  we 
might  be  made  ^the  righteousness 
of  God  in  him. 

Cftl.  3.  13.    1  Pet. 2. 22,  21.    lJoh»3.5.    o Rom.  1. 17.  i 3.  la.  A  10.3. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

1  That  he  hath  ajiproved  himself  a  faith- 
ful minister  of  Christ,  both  by  hit  ex- 
hortations, 3  and  by  integrity  of  life,  4 
and  by  patient  endarinn  all  UinJs  of  af- 
fliction and  disgraces  for  the  pospel.  10 
Of  which  he  sjteaketh  the  more  boldly 
ainonyat  then,  because  his  heart  is  open 
to  then,  liand  he  cxpecteth  the  like  af- 
fection fro,n  them  ayain,  H  exhortinff 
to  fiee  the  society  and  pollutions  of  idol- 
aters, as  being  the,naelvc9  temples  of  tht 
livi,ig  (Jod. 

WE  then,  as  "workers  together 
irilh  hint,  l>l)Oseech  .voii  also 
'  that  ye  receive  not  the  grace  of  God 
in  vain. 

2  (For  ho  saith,  ''I  have  heard  thee 
in  a  time  accepted,  and  in  the  day  of 
salvation  have  I  succoured  thee:  be- 
hold, now  IS  the  accepted  time;  be- 
hold, now  is  the  day  of  salvation.) 

3  '  Giving  no  offence  in  any  thing, 
that  the  ministry  be  not  blamed: 

4  But  in  all  Ihinns  1  approving  our- 
selves fas  the  ministers  of  God,  in 
much  patience,  in  afflictions,  in  ne- 
cessities, in  distresses, 

5  ^  In  stripes,  in  ini|irisonmcnts,  ||in 
tumults,  in  labours,  in  watehings,  in 
tastings; 

(i  I!y  pnroness,  by  knowledge,  by 
longsuitVring,  bv  kindness,  by  the 
llolv  (;host,  bv  lov(  unfeigned, 

7  li"l?y  the  word  of  truth,  by  i  the 
power  of  God,  by  kthe  armour  of 
righteousness  on  "the  right  hand  and 
on  the  le«, 

8  Uy  honour  and  dishonour,  by 
evil  report  and  gtiod  report:  as  de- 
ceivers, and  yft  true; 

il  As  unknown, and  li/e<  well  known; 
'"as  dying,  and,  behold,  wc  live;  "as 
chastened,  and  not  killed; 

ID  As  sorrowful,  yet  alway  rejoicing; 
as  poor,  yet  niakuig  many  rich ;  as 
having  nothing,  and  'jct  possessing 
all  things. 

II  O  !/!■  Corinthians,  our  mouth  is 
open  unto  you,  "our  heart  is  en- 
larged. 


Exhortation  to  holiness. 


II.  CORINTIIlAya        Good  effect  of  godly  sorrote. 


Jer.  31. 3.3.4 

3-2.38. 


Zneli.  8.  8.  & 
13.9. 
X  Ii.  02.  II. 
oh.  7.  1. 


tionp 


12  Yc  arc  not  ttmitcncd  in  us,  Imt 
■'yc  nrc  strniti'ncd  in  your  own 
bowels. 

I;J  Now  for  a  recompense  in  tlie 
same,  ('il  speak  as  unto  unj  eliil- 
(Iroii,)  be  ye  also  cnlarsei!. 

14  'l5e  ye  not  unennally  yoked  to- 
gether with  unbelievers:  Ibr  "wliat 
fellowship  hath  righteousness  witli 
unrifjliteousness  't  and  what  eoni- 
inunion  hath  li;,'ht  with  darkness^ 

i,'>  And  what  concord  hath  Christ 
with  lielial  't  or  what  part  hath  h', 
that  believeth  with  an  inlideU 

10  And  what  n^reement  hath  the 
temple  of  God  with  idols?  for  'yc 
arc  the  temple  of  the  livin<;  (iod;  as 
God  hath  said,  "  I  will  dwell  in  them, 
and  walk  in  tficm;  and  I  will  be  their 
God,  and  they  shall  be  iiiv  people. 

1'^  Wherefore  come  out  tVoin  amoi 
them,  and  be  yc  separate,  saith  tl 
Lord,  and   touch    not   the  unclean 
Ihiii'j ;  and  I  will  receive  you, 

W  '  And  will  be  a  Father  unto  you, 
and  ye  shall  be  my  sons  and  daugh- 
ters, saith  the  Lord  Almighty. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

1  ITc  proccctltth  in  exhorting  them  to  puri- 
ty of  life,  2  .m.i  („  benr  him  like  «ffeetiun 
at  he  doth  to  them.  3  Whereof  leat  he 
inight  feem  to  ilouht,  he  deelitreth  what 
comfort  he  took  in  hit  iifflietiont,  by  the 
report  which  Titttt  gttve  of  their  yoitly 
Borrow,  whieh  hit  former  epittte  hint 
wrought  in  them,  13  ami  of  their  tofinj/- 
/cindnett  and  obedience  towardt  Titut, 
antwcrabte  to  hit  former  boattingt  of 
them. 

HAVING  "therefore  these  prom- 
ises, dearly  beloved,  let  us 
cleanse  ourselves  fnim  all  filthiness 
of  the  flesh  and  spirit,  perfectinK 
holiness  in  the  fear  of  God. 

2  Receive  us;  we  have  wron;ced  no 
man,  we  have  corrupted  no  man, 
h  we  have  defrauded  no  man. 

3  I  speak  not  tfu.t  ti>  condemn  i/ou: 
for"l  have  said  before,  that  ye  are 
in  our  heart.s  to  die  and  live  with 
tjnii. 

4  <l  Great  is  my  lioldness  of  speech 
toward  you,  *"  great  ^s"  my  glorying  of 
you :  f  Tarn  filled  with  comfort,  1  am 
exceeding  joyful  in  all  our  tribula- 
tion. 

5  For,  Rwhcn  wo  were  come  into 
Macedonia,  our  flesh  had  no  rest,  but 
hw'e  were  troubled  on  every  side; 
i  without  were  fightings,  within  iccrc 
fears. 

C  Nevertheless  k  God,  that  eomfort- 
eth  those  that  arc  cast  down,  com- 
forted us  bv  1  the  coming  of  Titus; 

7  Anil  not  bv  his  I'nniing  only,  hut 
by  the  consofatiun  wherewith  he  was 
comforted  in  vmi,  when  he  tohl  us 
your  earnest  desire,  ymir  iiioiirning, 
your  fervent  mind  toward  mo  ;  80 
that  I  rejoiced  the  more. 

8  For  though  1  made  you  sorry  with 
a  letter,  I  do  not  repent,  '"though  I 
did  repent :  for  I  iierceivc  that  the 


same  rpistio  hath  made  you  sorry,  I    A.  I 

though  tt  ucre  but  for  a  season.  

It  Now  I  rejoice,  not  that  ye  were 
made  sorry,  but  that  yc  sonowed  to 
repentance:  for  ye  wire  made  sorry 
II  albr  n  godly  manner,  that  ve  might    i"r.. 
receive  damage  by  us  in  iiotliing.        I    '"'" 

10  For  "godly  sorrow  worketh  re-  I  niKu 
pentnncc  to  salvation  not  to  be  re- 
pented of:    "but  the  eorrow  of  the 
world  wiirketh  death. 

11  For  behold  thi.s  selfsame  thing, 
that  yc  sorrowed  alter  a  godly  sort, 
what  carefulness  it  wrought  in  you, 
yea,  icAof  clearing  of  yourselves,  veo, 
wliiit  indignation,  yea,  uinit  fear, 
yea,  k7/<i(  vehement  ilesirt>, yea, uhiit 
zeal,  yea,  i/7m(  revengcl  In'all  Minf/s 
ye  have  approved  yourselves  to  be 
clear  in  this  matter. 

12  Whcri'fore,  though  I  wrote  unto, 
vou,  /  (litl  it  not  for  his  cause  that 
liad  done  the  wning,  nor  Ibr 
cause  that  suffered  wrong,  P  but  that 
our  eare  iiir  you  in  the  sight  of  God 
might  appear  unto  you. 

i;)  Then-fore  we  were  comforted  in 
your  comfort:  yea,  and  exceedingly 
the  more  joyed  we  for  the  joy  of 
Titus,  because  his  spirit  'I  was  re- 
freshed by  you  all. 

14  For  if  I  have  boasted  anv  thing 
to  him  of  you,  I  am  not  ashamed: 
but  as  we  spake  all  things  to  you 
truth,  even  so  our  boasting,  which  / 
mfif/e  before  Titus,  is  found  a  truth. 

15  And  his  f  inward  afieetion  is 
more  abundant  toward  you,  whilst 
he  i-emembcreth  ""the  obedience  of 
you  all,  how  with  fear  and  trembling 
ye  received  him. 

10  1  rejoice  therefore  that  "I  have 
confidence  in  you  in  all  thtwjs, 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  lie  ttirreth  them  up  to  a  liberal  contri- 
bution for  the  poor  tuintt  at  Jerutalrm, 
by  the  example  of  the  Maeedoniant,  7  by 
commendation  of  their  former  forward- 
»!<-•>,  U  by  the  examide  of  Chritt,  14  end 
by  the  Ijnrilual  prufit  that  thall  redound 
to  themtclvet  thereby:  IG  eotnmendini/  to 
them  the  integrity  and  tcittingnett  of 
Titut,  and  thote  other  brethren,  leho 
ujHin  hit  rctjuett,  exhortation,  and  com- 
mendatioH,  were  puryotely  eomt  to  them 
for  Ihit  butineit. 

MOREOVER,  brethren,  we  do 
you  to  wit  of  the  gnu-e  of  GikI 
bestowed  on  the  churches  of  -Mace- 
donia: 

2  How  that  in  a  great  trial  of  afflic- 
tion, the  nluindani-e  of  their  joy  and 
"their  drip  poverlv  abounded  unio 
the  1  iohis  of  their  t'liberality. 

.'!  For  to  i/ii  II-  power,  I  bear  record, 
yea,  and  lu-voml  thru-  power  thry 
'ill  IV  willingof  themselves: 

4  Praying  us  with  much  entreaty 
that  we  would  receive  the  gill,  and 
liikc  tifinn  v*  I' the  fellowship  of  the 
ministering  to  the  saints. 

!<  .-Viid  thin  llirii  iliil,  not  as  wc 
hoped,  but  first  gave  their  own 
171 


The  Macedonians'  liberality.      II.  CORINTHIANa  Almsgiving  recommended. 


:  n.  15. 


1  M«rk  12. 43, 
41. 
Luko  ;i.  3. 


selves  to  the  Lord,  and  unto  us  bv 
the  will  of  God. 

6  Insomuch  tliat ''  we  desired  Titus, 
that  as  he  had  lic^inn,  so  lie  would 
also  tini,sh  in  you  the  Bamo  |l  grace 
also. 

7  Therefore,  as  J  ,vc  abound  in  cvcrv 
thintj.  in  faith,  niid  utterance,  an'd 
knowledge,  and  in.  all  dili{,'cnce,  and 
m  your  love  to  us,  ace  ''that  ye 
abound  in  tliis  ;jrncc  also. 

H  fl  speak  not  by  commandment, 
but  by  occasion  of  the  forwardness 
of  otiiers,  and  to  prove  tlio  sincerity 
of  your  love. 

^9  For  ye  know  the  praco  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Clirist,  «  that,  tliouu'h  he 
was  neb,  yet  for  your  sake.s  lie  be- 
came poor,  that  ye  throUL'h  his  pov- 

^crty  niiKht  be  rich. 

10  And  herein  hi  give  mi/  advice: 
for  'this  is  expedient  for  you,  who 
liave  begun  before,  not  only  to  do, 
but  also  to  be  1 1  forward  a.  year  ago. 

11  Now  therefore  perform  the  doing 
ol'it:  that  as  there  vas  a  readiness  to 
will,  so  there  mm/  he  a  performance 
also  out  of  that  which  vo  have 


concerning  you:  or  our  brethren  be 
uiriKiretlnf,  then  arc  '  the  messengers 
of  the  churches,  and  the  glory  of 

24  'Wherefore  shew  j-e  to  them,  and 
before  the  churches,  the  proof  of 
your  love,  and  of  our  'boasting  on 
your  behalf. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  III  yieldcth  the  reaeon  why,  though  he 
knrtv  their  forvnrilncrs,  yet  he  cent  Ti- 
tus and  h  is  brethren  beforehand,  i  And 
he  proeeedeth  in  stirring  them,  up  to  a 
bountiful  atrnt,  as  beinj  but  a  kind  of 
solving  of  teed,  10  whieh  ehalt  return  a 
great  inereaae  to  titem,  13  and  occasion 
n  great  sacrifice  of  thanksgivings  unto 

the  ministering 
superfluous  for 


" 


FOR  as  touchins 
to  the 


-  --.c  saints,  it 
me  to  write  to  you : 

2  For  I  know  b  the  forwardness  of 
your  mind,  'for  which  I  boast  of  you 
to  them  of  Macedonia,  that  ilAchaia 
was  ready  n  year  ago;  and  your  zeal 
hath  provoked  very  many. 

3  '  Yet  have  I  sent  the  brethren,  lest 
ourboastingofyou  should  be  in 


v>  v-r^r  iif  .1 r    J-     i  -r,-         ournoastingotyou  should  be   n  vain 

r,tJ   i,   ■       ""  K'""«'  a  willing    in  this  behalf;  that,  as  I  said,  ye  may 
Tiind,  It  15    accented    accord  n.r    in    i,»  .»„,■.,.  '  •)  j  >- "mj 


mind,  it  is   accepted   according   to 
that  a  man  hath,  and  not  according 
to  that  he  hath  not. 
l"  For  /  vieini  not  that  other  men 
be  eased,  and  ye  burdened: 

14  But  by  au'erjiialitv,  that  now  at 
this  time  your  abundance  mm/  tie  a 
siiii/di/  for  their  want,  that  '  their 
abundance  also  may  be  a  fitpph/  for 
your  want;  that  there  may  be  equal- 
ity : 

15  As  it  is  written,  '"He  that  had 
gulhered  much  h.ad  nothing  over; 
and  he  that  had  y«(/ieretnittlc  had 
no  lack. 

V'l  But  thanks  he  to  God,  which  put 
the  sime  earnest  care  into  the  heart 
of  Titus  for  you. 

I"  For  indeed  ho  accepted  "the  ex- 
hortation; but  being  more  forward, 
of  his  own  accord  he  went  unto  you. 

\A  .\w\  we  have  sent  with  him  ""  the 
brother,  wliose  praise  i,<  in  the  gos- 
pel throughout  all  the  churches; 

11)  And  not  tliat  onlv,  but  who  was 
also  P  chosen  of  the  chnrches  to  tr.ivel 
with  us  with  this  ||  grace,  which  is 
adniiuistered  by  us  <ito  the  glory  of 
the  same  Lord,  and  dectaration  of 
your  ready  mind: 

20  .\voiding  this,  that  no  man  should 
blame  us  in  this  abundance  which  is 
administered  by  us: 

21  ''Providing  for  honest  things,  not 
only  in  the  sight  of  the  Lord,  but 
also  in  the  sight  of  men. 

22  And  we  have  sent  with  them  our 
brother,  Mhom  we  have  ol'tcntiuu's 
proved  diligent  in  mauv  tilings,  hut 
now  much  more  dilitri'iit,  upon  the 

lOr.h.h.ih.    great  confidence  wliich  \H  hare  in 
you. 

2'i  AVhcther  oni/  do  inquire  of  Titus, 
1  /le  is  my  partner  and  fellow  helper 
172 


..  12.  IT, 

4   ". 
..  2.  1-2. 


1  Cor.  IC.  1. 
cl..  8.  4. 
Oal.  2.  10, 


>  ch.  S.  C.  17,  ( 

18,  22. 


33.  11. 
1. 2.'i.27. 
».  5.  15. 


A  1".  17. 'i  '. 

22.  .1. 

OnL  0.  7,  0.  4 


be  ready : 

4  I^cst"  haply  if  they  of  Macedonia 
come  with  me,  and  find  you  unpre- 
pared, we  (that  we  say  not,  ye)  should 
be  ashamed  in  this  same  confident 
boasting. 

5  Therefore  I  thought  it  necessary 
to  exhort  the  brethren,  that  thev 
would  go  before  unto  you,  anil 
make  up  beforehand  your  fbountv, 
llwhereof  ye  had  notice  before,  that 
the  same  might  be  ready,  as  n  matter 
0/  bounty,  and  not  as  of  covetous- 
ness. 

[  C  fBut  this  I  .ia;i.  He  which  soweth 
sp.-iringly  shall  reap  also  sparingly; 
and  he  which  soweth  bountifully 
shall  reap  also  bountifully. 

7  Every  man  according  as  he  pur- 
posctli  in  his  heart,  .«o  let  him  r/ii-c; 
Snot  grudgingly,  or  of  necessity:  for 
li  God  lovclh  a  cheerful  giver. 

8  iAnd  God  is  able  to  make  all  grace 
abound  toward  you;  that  re,  aUvavs 
having  all  anfliciency  in  "all  thinffs, 
may  abound  to  every  good  work : 

!)  (As  it  is  written,  k  He  hath  dis- 
persed abroad:  he  hath  given  to  the 
poor :  his  righteousness  reraaineth 
for  ever. 

10  Now  he  th.it  Irainistereth  seed  to 
the  sower  both  minister  bread  for 
I/our  food,  and  multiply  your  seed 
60^yn,  and  increase  the  fruits  of  your 
"'righteousness:) 

11  Being  enriched  in  everv  thin"  to 
nil  II  t  brmntifulness.  "  which  cau.-,"'th 
throii-h  us  tliauksgiving  to  G,,,!. 

12  For  the  a(lmiuistrati,.ii  of  this 
service  not  only  "supplieth  the  want 
of  the  saints,  but  is  ahundant  also  by 
manv  thnnksgiviugs  unto  God;  i    .... 

I'i  While  by  the  experiment  of  this    <"■>••''■  n. 
ministration  they  l' glorify  God  for  I  p"""  •' m 


1  u.  M.  10. 


oh.  1.11.  t, 


Paul's  spiritual  ])ower. 


II.  CORINTHIANS.      lie  cxeusethhU  ulf  hoasting. 


h.  5.  13. 
ios»,  5.  8. 
im.  1.18. 
m.  2.  3. 
t  7.  22. 
.r.  2.  5. 
1.7.  i  13. 


1  John  1.  C. 
a  1  Cot.  3.  23. 

iO.  1. 

cl..  11.  23. 
och.  13.  10. 
iich.  7.  U.  4 

12.  C 


yoiir  i)rc:('csscd  sulycction  unto  the 
ffdsjic]  fit*  Christ,  niul  tor  iiout-  lihoral 
'iilistrihiitiou  unto  them,  and  unto 
all  tun,: 

11   And  hy  their  prayer  for   you, 
which   lull';    alter   ynu  for    the  cx- 
ci'cditi'.;  '  i^racc  of  God  in  you. 
].-|  Tliauks  he  unto  God  '"for  his  un- 
Ejjcakablc  s'lfl- 

CHAPTER  X. 
Against  the  fatte  apoitte^t  who  diatjroepd 
Via  u<eitf:nfS8  of  hia  person  ami  bfidity 
prenrncr,  he  tettcth  out  the  ppintun' 
might  and  authority,  with  which  he  ia 
armed  against  all  adversary  powers,  7 
assuring  them  that  at  his  coming  he  will 
be  found  as  mighty  in  word,  as  he  isnow 
in  writing  being  alacnt,  Iti  and  withal 
taxing  them  for  reaching  out  themselves 
beyond  their  compass,  and  vaunting 
themsefvrs  into  other  vien'a  labours. 

NOW  "I  Paul  nij'se'.f  beseech  you 
by  the  mecliness  and  Rcntlcuesa 
of  Clirist,  liwho  |l  in  iiresenee  «m 
base  anions  you,  but  being  absent 
am  iiold  toward  you: 
1!  Hut  I  hcscceli  ,vom,  "^that  I  may 
not  be  l>old  when  I  am  present  with 
tliat  coiitidence,  wlierewitli  I  tliink 
to  lie  1)old  afjaiiist  pome,  whicli 
lltlii.ik  of  lis  as  if  we  walked  accord- 
ing to  the  flesh. 

3  For  thoufch  we  walk  in  the  flesh, 
we  do  not  war  after  the  flesh: 

4  (ilFor  the  weapons  'of  our  war- 
fare arc  not  carnal,  but  finijjiity 
II  throuRh  God  Bto  the  pullinj;  down 
of  strong  holds:) 

5  'i  Casting  down  (I  imajjinations, 
and  every  hi;xh  thin'.^  that  cxalteth 
itself  aprainst  the  kii.jwled^re  of  God, 
and  bringing  into  c:i]itivitv  e\ery 
thousht  to  the  ohedicTU-e  of  t'hri.st; 

0  iAnd  liaving  in  a  readiness  to  re- 
vensc  all  disolu'diince,  when  kyour 
obedience  i.s  fulfill. 'il. 

7  11)0  yo  look  on  things  after  the 
outward  appearance?  '"If  anv  man 
trust  to  himscir  that  he  is  Christ's, 
let  hiui  of  himself  think  this  a-ain, 
that,  as  he  is  Christ's,  even  so  are 
n  we  Christ's. 

8  For  though  I  should  boast  some- 
what more  "of  our  authority,  wliieh 
the  Lord  hath  given  us  for  cditicn- 
tion,  and  not  for  vour  destruction, 
PI  should  not  be  ashamed: 

9  That  I  may  not  seem  as  if  I  would 
terrify  you  by  letters. 

ID  iVr  /lif  letters,  f  sav  they,  arr 
wci-htv  and  powerful:  but  t//i.< 
bodily  presence  i.<  weak,  and  lii.i 
■■eneceh  contemptible. 

U  Let  such  a  ..iie  think  this,  that, 
such  as  we  are  in  word  by  letters 
when  we  arc  absent,  such  i/i7/  ue  U: 
also  in  deed  when  we  are  present. 

]J  «  For  we  dare  not  make  oursehes 
of  (he  immber,  or  compare  ourselves 
with  some  that  commend  them- 
selves: but  thev.  mi'iisnring  them- 
selves by  (hemsMves.and  comparing 
themserves  uinong  themselves,  ||  arc 
not  wisc.,.„ 

60 


l[i  •  lint  wc  will  not  boaiit  of  tliingo 
without  our  measure,  but  neconliiig 
to  the  measure  of  the  ||  rule  which 
(fOdhath<listributed  tons, ameaeure 
to  reach  even  unto  you. 

14  For  we  stretch  iiot  ourselves  be- 
yond our  lufasiirr,  as  though  we 
reached  not  unto  yon:  "Ibrwc  are 
come  as  far  as  to  you  also  in  jtrcur/t- 
i«r/ the  gr.spel  of  Christ: 

1.5  Not  boasting  of  things  without 
our  measure,  llinl  in,  "  of  other  men's 
labr)urs :  but  having  liope,  when 
your  faith  is  increased,  that  we  simll 
be  II  enlarged  hy  you  aecordinj;  to 
our  rule  abundantly. 

Hi  To  preach  the  "gospel  in  the  rr- 
tftous  b<'\ond  you,  awt  not  to  bon.st 
in  nnotlier  man's  ||  line  of  things 
made  ready  to  our  liand. 

IT  >  Uut  lie  that  glorietb,  let  him 
glory  ill  the  Lord. 

bS  For  'not  he  that  cominendelh 
himself  is  approved,  but  "whom  the 
Lord  coliimeudcth. 

CHAPTF.K  XL 

1  Out  of  his  jealousy  over  the  Corinthians. 

who  seemed  to  viake  more  account  of  the 

false  aposttea  than  of  him,  he  entereth 
into  a  forced  commcmtatiunof  himssif, 

6  of  hia  eiiuality  with  the  chief  ajnistlts, 

7  of  his  preaching  the  gospel  to  them 
freely,  and  without  any  their  charge,  13 
shewing  that  he  was  not  inferior  to  those 
deceitful  workers  in  any  legal  preroga- 
tive, 23  and  in  the  service  of  Christ,  and 
in  all  kind  of  sufferings  for  his  minis- 
try, far  superior. 

WTOVhU  to  God  yc  could  bear 

y\  with  me  a  little  in  "ihi/ folly: 
ami  indeed  |i  bear  w  ith  me. 

It  I'or  I  an>  bjealons  over  you  with 
godly  jealousy :  for'  I  have  espoused 
\'mi'to  one  iiusband,  *!  that  1  may 
"present  J/oie  'as  a  chaste  virgin  to 
Christ. 

;!  Hut  I  fear,  lest  by  any  means, 
as  f  the  serpent  beguiled  Ev"e  through 
his  subtilty.  so  your  minds  K should 
be  corrupted  from  the  siinplicily  that 
is  ill  Christ. 

4  For  if  he  that  cometh  preneheth 
another  Jesus,  whom  we  have  not 
preached,  or  iV  ye  i-eccive  onolber 
spirit,  which  yc  liavc  not  received, 
or  li another  gospel,  which  yc  have 
not  accepted,  yo  might  well  bear 
|l  with  liim. 

a  For  I  suppose  '  I  was  not  a  whit 
behind  the  very  chiefest  apostles. 

(i  Itiit  tlioiigh  k//«'  rude  in  B|>erch, 
vet  not  I  in  knowledge;  but  "we 
liave  hern  thoiougbly  made  mani- 
fest among  yon  in  nil  things. 

"  Have  1  ci'.inmilted  an  otfrnee  "in 
abasing  mvseir  that  yc  might  be  ex- 
alted, because  I  have  prenehrd  to 
you  the  gospel  of  God  friely '! 
"S  I  robbed  other  churches,  taking 
wages  n/l/inu,  to  do  you  service. 

!>  .\iid  when  I  was  present  with  you, 
and  wanted,  "  I  was  chiirgcnble  to  no 
man:  (or  that  which  was  hieking  to 
me  'the  brethren  which  came  from 
173 


Paul's  sufferings 


II.  CORINTHIANS. 


and  revelations. 


ich.i;.  u.  .t 

7.  :l.  ,V:  12.13. 
u  1  Cot.  9.  IJ, 


,  Acl.l'..2*. 
K.,i,i.  li.  18. 
Hal.  1,  V.  i 

VwZ  1.  1.5. 
2  IVl.  2.  I. 
1  .Inlin  4.  1. 


l.rb.l.  3.  19. 

c  rer.  1. 
cl..  12.  fi,  11. 


cell.  9.1. 
frjiil.  3.3.  i 
B  1  Tor.  4.  10. 
l.«(.1.2.  4.  i 


ch.  (i.  4,  fi. 
n  1  Ci.r.  1.5.  30, 
31.32. 
cli.  1.  9.  in. 
Ji  4.  11.  &li. 

].  Ucut.  2.5.3. 
T  Act.  10.  22. 
r  Act.  11.  19. 
.Acl.!7.  41. 
lAcUO,  2).  4 

1.1.  60.  &  1 1. 

.5.  i  17.  5.  t 

20.3.  121. 

31.4  23.  10. 

a   .<i25,  3. 
uAcUll.S.4 


Macedonia  Bupplicd :  and  in  all 
lliiiiija  1  liavc  Itcpt  myself  ifrom  be- 
ing burdensome  unto  you,  and  so 
will  I  Iteep  mii,<i-(f'. 

10  ■'As  the  truth  of  Christ  is  in  me, 
fno  man  shall  stop  me  of  this  boast- 
ins  i'l  the  regions  of  Aehaia. 

11  Wherefore?  'because  Hove  you 
not?    God  knoweth. 

IJ  But  what  I  do,  that  I  will  do, 
"  that  1  may  cut  off  occasion  from 
them  which  desire  occasion ;  that 
wherein  they  glory,  they  may  be 
found  even  as  we. 

1.'5  For  such  ^  are  false  apostles, 
y  deceitful  woi-kers,  transforming 
themselves  into  the  apostles  of 
Christ. 

14  And  no  marvel:  for  Satan  him- 
self is  transformed  into  ^i.n  angel  of 
light. 

15  Therefore  it  is  no  great  thing 
if  his  ministers  also  be  transfoimed 
as  the  "ministers  of  rigliteousnessi 
ii  whose  end  shall  be  according  ij 
their  works. 

IG'^^I  say  a";ain,  Let  no  man  think 
mc  a  fool;  if  otherwise,  yet  as  a  fool 
II  icccivc  nie,  that  I  may  boust  my- 
sclfa  little. 

ir  Tliat  which  I  spe.ik,  <1 1  speak 
i<not  ailer  tlic  Lord,  lint  as  it  were 
foolishly,  •'ill  this  confidence  of 
boasting. 

13  I  Seeing  that  many  glory  after 
the  flesh,  I  will  glory  also. 

]'J  For  ye  sutt'er  fools  gladly,  Ssce- 
iiig  ye  !/iiiirsclres  are  wise. 

'20  I'or  ye  suffer,  h  if  a  man  bring 
jou  into  bondage,  if  a  man  devour 
;/o((,  if  a  man  take  of  yoii,  if  a  man 
e.\alt  himself,  if  a  man  smite  you  ou 
the  face. 

21  I  si»cak  as  concerning  reproach, 
i  as  tlKMigh  we  had  been  weak, 
llowbeit,  V.  whereinsoever  any  is 
hold,  (1  speak  foolishly,)  I  am  bold 
also. 

22  Arc  they  Hebrews?  'so  am  I. 
Are  they  Israelites?  so  am  I.  Are 
they  the  seed  of  Abraham?  so  nm  I. 

23  Are  they  ministers  of  Christ? 
(I  speak  as  a  fool,)  I  am  more;  '"in 
labours  more  abuixlant,  "in  stripes 
above  measure,  in  prisons  more  fre- 
quentj  "in  deaths  oft. 

24  Ot  tlic  Jews  five  times  received  1 
P  forty  strij}es  save  one. 

23  Thrice  was  I  'i  beaten  with  rods, 
""once  was  I  stoned,  thrice  I  '^sufVeretl 
shijiwreck,  a  night  and  a  day  I  have 
been  in  the  deep; 

26  //(  jouriieyings  often,  in  perils  of 
waters,  in  penis  of  robbers,  'in.  perils 
by  mine  turn  countrymen,  "  in  perils 
by  the  heathen,  in  p'ri-Wi  in  tlie  city, 
in  perils  in  the  wihb'riu'ss,  in  i>iTils 
in  the  sea,  in  perils  among  false 
brethren; 

2"    In   weariness    and    painfulness, 
^in  watchings  often,  >  in  linngcr  aii<l 
thirst,  in  fastings  often,  in  cold  and 
nakedness. 
174 


28  Beside  those  things  that  are 
without,  that  which  cometh  upon  me 
daily,  'the  care  of  all  the  churches. 

29  "Who  is  weak,  and  1  am  not 
weak?  who  is  offended,  and  1  burn 
not? 

;30  If  I  must  needs  glory,  M  will 
glory  of  the  things  wiiich  concern 
mine  infirmities. 

.'!1  "^  The  God  and  Father  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  •!  which  is  blessed 
for  evermore,  knoweth  that  I  lie  not. 

32  "  In  Damascus  the  governor  un- 
der Aretas  the  king  kept  the  city  of 
the  Damascenes  with  a  garrison,  de- 
sirous to  apprehend  mc: 

31  And  through  a  window  in  a 
basket  was  I  let  down  by  the  wall, 
and  escaped  his  hands. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

1  For  commending  of  hia  apostleship, 
though  he  might  glory  of  hia  tvondcrfut 
rcvclittiona,  9  yet  he  rather  ehooaelh  to 
glory  of  his  infirmitice,  H  blaming  them 
for  forcing  him  to  this  vain  boasting. 
14  He  jtromiseth  to  come  to  them  again: 
hut  yet  altogether  in  the  affection  of  a 
father,  20  although  he  Jearelh  he  shall  to 
his  grief  find  jnaity  offenders,  and  yttb- 


lic  disordc 


r  the. 


XT  is  not  expedient  for  mc  doubt- 
less to  glory,    f  I  will  come  to  vi- 
sions and  revelations  of  the  Lord. 

2  I  knew  a  man  "in  Christ  above 
fourteen  years  ago,  (whether  in  the 
bodv,  1  cannot  tell;  or  whether  out 
of  the  body,  I  cannot  tell  :  God 
knoweth  :)  such  a  one  1>  caught  up  to 
the  third  lieaven. 

3  And  1  knew  such  a  man,  (wheth- 
er in  the  bodv,  or  out  of  the  body,  1 
cannot  tell:  6od  knoweth:) 

4  How  that  he  was  caught  up  into 
'' paradise,  and  heard  unspeakable 
words,  which  it  is  not  H  lawful  for  a 
man  to  utter. 

5  Of  such  a  one  will  I  glory:  J  yet 
of  myself  I  will  not  glory,  but  in 
mine  infirmities. 

0  For  '  though  I  would  desire  to 
glory,  I  shall  not  be  a  fitol;  for  I  will 
say  the  truth:  but  7ton^  1  forbear,  lest 
any  man  should  think  o{'  me  above 
that  which  he  seeth  me  to  he,  or  that 
he  hearcth  of  mc. 

7  And  lest  I  should  be  exalted  above 
measure  through  the  almndanee  of 
the  revelations,  there  was  given  to 
me  a  ftlunii  in  tlie  firsh,  Kthc  mes- 
senger of  Siitan  to  biitfet  me,  lest  I 
should  bo  exalted  above  measure. 

8  bFor  this  thing  I  besought  the 
Lord  thrice,  that  it  might  depart 
from  me. 

i)  And  he  said  unto  mc,  ]\Iy  grace  is 
suHicient  for  tliec  :  for  my  strcu;;th 
is  made  perluet  in  wc:ikness.  l\lost 
gladly  therelure  i  will  I  rather  glory 
in  mv  iulirmilies,  I.  (hat  the  power  of 
Chri.it  in:iv  rest  upon  me. 

ID  'I'liercfore  1 1  take  pleasure  in  in- 
firmities, in  reproaches,  in  necessi- 
ties, iu  persecutions,  in  distresses  for 


Paul  threateneth 


II.  CORINTHIANS. 


unreclaimed  offenders. 


Christ's  sake:  "tor when  lam  weak, 
then  am  1  stronj;. 

Ill  am  become  "  a  fool  in  glorj-inci 
yc  have  compelled  me:  lor  I  ought 
to  have  been  commended  of  you: 
for  "in  nothing  am  I  behind  the 
very  chiefest  apostles,  though  ''  1  be 
notliing. 

12  1  '1  ruly  the  signs  of  an  aiioBtle 
were  wrought  amo!!*:  you  in  all  i>a- 
tienee.  in  signs,  and  wonders,  and 
mighty  deeds. 

115  '  1'  or  what  is  it  wherein  yc  were 
inferior  to  other  churches,  except  it 
he  that  "I  myself  was  not  burdensome 
to  you  ?  forgive  me  '  this  wrong. 

H  "Behold,  the  third  time  I  am 
ready  to  come  to  you;  and  I  will  not 
be  burdensome  to  you:  for  "1  seek 
not  yours,  but  you:  J'for  the  chil- 
dren ought  not  to  lay  up  for  the  par- 
ents, but  the  i)arcnt3  for  the  chil- 
dren. 

I.')  And  'I  will  very  gladly  spend 
and  be  spent  "for  fyou;  though 
I'the  more  abundantly  1  love  you, 
the  less  1  be  loved. 

It!  But  be  it  so,  "^I  did  not  burden 
you  :  nevertheless,  being  cratly,  1 
caught^tou  with  guile. 

ir  i  Di'd  1  make  a  gain  of  you  by 
any  of  them  whom  I  sent  unto  von? 

IS  "I  desired  Titus,  and  with  liiiii  I 
sent  a  f  brother.  Did  Titus  make  n 
gain  of  )ou?  walked  we  not  in  the 
same  spirit 't  tcalkcd  wc  not  in  the 
.same  steps? 

ly  SAgain,  think  yc  that  we  excuse 
ourselves  unto  you?  liwe  speak  be- 
fore God  in  Christ:  i  hut  xce  <lo  all 
things,  dearly  beloved,  for  your  cdi- 
fving. 

"a)  1'  or  I  fear,  lest,  when  I  come,  1 
shall  not  hnd  you  such  as  I  would, 
and  thitt  k  I  shall  be  found  unto  you 
siK-h  as  ye  would  not:  lest  there  lie 
debates,  envyings,  wraths,  strifes, 
backbitings,  whisperings,  swellings, 
tumults: 

■1\  Ami  lest,  when  I  come  again, 
my  Ijod  I  will  huinhli'  nie  among 
vou,  and  Hint  I  shall  l)ew:iil  many 
'"which  have  sinned  already,  and 
have  not  repented  of  the  nnelean- 
ncsa  and  "  fornication  and  lascivi- 
ousuess  which  they  have  committed. 
CIIAPTEK  XIII. 

I  lie  thnatcnilh  KVcrilii,  lOi.i  tht  poiver 

h\t..     5  An,l  ii.l,.i,ui.j  i:,em  t«  n  tnitl  vf 
their  fmtii,  7  anJ,  In  a  rv/vrmatwn  of 


elu'teth  hit  efiintte  with  a  gcmcrai  <xhort' 
ation  and  a  jiraytr. 

a 'HIS  I.'! "  the  third  lime  I  am  com- 
ing to  you.  bin  the  mouth  of 
two  or  three  witnesses  shall  every 
word  be  cstublished. 

•1  'I  told  you  before,  and  foretell 
you,  as  if  I  were  presi  iil,  the  second 
time;  and  being  ahsent  now  1  write 
to  them  t'  which  hrretotiire  have  sin- 
ned, ami  ti>  all  (ithcr,  tliat,  if  1  conic 
again,  '  I  will  not  spare: 

o  Since  ye  seek  a  prcmf  of  Christ 
tspeakingin  me,  which  to  you-ward 
is  not  weak,  but  is  mighty  "  in  you. 

4  h  For  though  he  was  crucified 
through  weakness,  yet  'he  liveth  by 
the  nower  of  God.  For  k  wc  also  are 
weak  II  in  him,  but  we  shall  live  with 
him  by  the  power  of  God  toward 
you. 

A  1  Examine  yourselves,  w  hethcr  yc 
be  in  the  faith  ;  prove  your  own 
selves.  Know  yc  not  your  own 
selves,  "how  that  Jesus  Christ  is  in 
vou,  except  vc  be  "  reprobates? 
"(J  But  I  trust  that  yc  shall  know  that 
we  arc  not  reprobates. 

7  Now  I  pray  to  God  th.it  ye  do  no 
evil;  not  that  wo  should  aiijiear  ap- 
proved, but  that  ye  should  do  that 
which  is  honest,  though  "wc  be  as 
reprobates. 

8  For  we  can  do  nothing  ogainst  the 
truth,  but  l(>r  the  truth. 

!)  For  wc  are  glad,  ''when  we  arc 
weak,  and  yc  are  strong:  and  tlii« 
also  we  wish,  'ificn  vour  perlection. 

10  'Therefore  1  write  tfuse  things 
being  absent,  lest  being  present  M 
should  use  sliarpness,  'according  to 
the  power  which  the  l.ord  linth  given 
me  to  edification,  and  not  to  destruc- 
tion. 

11  Finally,  brethren,  farewell.  Be 
perfect,  be  of  good  comlbrt,  "ho  of 

lOnc  mind,  live  in  peace  ;  and  the 
God  of  love  "and  jicace  shall  be  with 
von. 

'  \l  'Greet  one  another  with  a  holy 
kiss. 

1.!  All  the  saints  eaUitc  you. 
14  '  The  grail-   of  the  l^oril  Jesiii 
Christ,    anil    the    love   of    <ind.   and 
"the  coniiMiiiiion  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 
Ih-  with  villi  all.     .Vincn. 
TI  The  Meoiidc;i/«(/c  to  the  Corinthi- 
ans WHS  written  tniiu  I'hilippl,  n 
city  of  ^laccdouia,  by  rilua  and 
Ltico:!. 


Eph.I.  2. 
Phil.  1.  2. 
C.,1.  1.  2. 


:.  2.  It. 
in  l/i.  la. 


IJoIioS.  19. 
i  ch.  5.  8. 
k2Cot.  11. 1 
lA-l.  111.24. 

2  C.ir.  2.  17. 

&  11.  I'J. 

ch.  S.  10.  12. 
i>lCar.l(;.22. 
n  Dcut.  1.2.11 

12.  32. 

Pror.  .10.  a 

Ker.  22.  19. 
<ilTlicu.2.4. 
plS«m.24.7. 


M.>l 


.  2«.  U, 


r>3.  IJ. 
qITI.«u.2. «. 
Ja.uo.  1.  4. 
r  1  Cor.  1.5.  1. 
•  ICor.lSl.3. 

T.t.    1. 

t  EpH.  3.  3. 


Murk  7.  S. 
A.  D.  3.-|. 
•  I-.W.  1.  3. 


THE  EriSTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


GALATIANS. 


ClIArTEU  I. 

G  77j  wonrhrcth  that  they  have  90  eoon  left 
hiifi  ami  the  gospel ,^  and accuraeththoec 
that  preaeh  nnjf  other  gospel  than  he  di<l. 
II  He  learned  the  ffoepelnot  of  men,  but 
ofClo.l:  iianUehewethtohat  he  u'as  be- 
fore his  ealUng,  \1  and  what  he  did  pres- 
ently of  ter  it. 
PAUL,  nn  apostle,  ("not  of  men, 
neither  bv  iniui,  but  li]iy  Jcsu.s 

Christ,  ai»l  Ood   the   Fiitlier,  "who 

raised  liini  from  the  flead:) 

2  And  all  the  brethren  <l  which  are 
with  nie,  ''unto  the  churches  of 
Galatia: 

3  'Grace  he  to  yon,  and  peace,  from 
God  the  i'atlier,  and  Jrom  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ, 

4  s  Who  pave  himself  for  our  sins, 
that  he  miirht  deliver  us  li f.om  this 
present  evil  world,  accordin;^  to  the 
will  of  God  and  our  Father: 

5  To  Avhom  be  glory  for  ever  and 
ever.     Amen. 

(J  I  marvel  that  j-c  arc  so  Foon  rc- 
mo"f>d  i  from  him  that  called  you 
into  the  grace  of  Christ  unto  another 
gospel : 

7  k  Which  is  not  another;  but  there 
he  some  I  that  trouble  you,  and 
would  pervert  the  Rospel  of  Christ. 

8  But  tI)ou;;li  '"  we,  or  an  angel 
from  heaven,  preach  any  other  gos- 
pel unto  you  than  tliat  wliich  we 
have  preached  unto  you,  let  him  be 
accursed. 

y  As  we  said  before,  so  say  I  now 
again.  If  any  man  preaeh  any  other 
gospel  unto  vou  "  than  tliat  yc  have 
received,  let  Iiim  be  accursed. 

10  For  "  do  I  now  •'  persuade  men, 
or  (}od?  or  1  do  I  seek  to  please  men  ? 
for  if  I  yet  pleased  men,  1  should  not 
be  the  servant  of  Christ. 

11  '  But  I  certify  you,  brethren,  that 
the  gospel  which  was  preached  of 
me  is  not  after  man. 

12  For  "1  neither  receivedit  of  man, 
neither  was  I  taught  il,  but  'by  the 
revelutiou  of  Jesus  Christ. 

I'i  For  ye  have  heard  of  my  conver- 
sation in  time  past  in  tlie  Jews'  re- 
ligion, how  that  "  beyond  measure  I 
cuted  the  church  of  God,  and 
ted  it: 

H  And  profited  in  the  Jews' religion 
above  many  my  te(|ual6  in  mine 
own  nation!  >'  being  more  exeeeding- 
Iv  zealous  *  of  the  traditions  of  my 
('athcrs. 

15  But  when  it  pleased  God,  'who 

J«r.  l.S.     AcUO.  15. 1,  13.  2.k>U.lt,  16.    Kom,  1.  1. 

176 


?"* 


separated  mo  from  mv  mother's 
womb,  and  called  i»e  by  fiis  grace, 
l(i  l>To  reveal  his  Son  in  me,  tliat  "^  I 
might  preaeh  him  among  the  hea- 
then :  immediately  1  conferred  not 
with  il  flesh  and  blood : 

17  Neither  went  1  up  to  Jerusalem 
to  them  which  were  opostles  before 
me;  but  1  went  into  Arabia,  and  re- 
turned again  unto  Damascus. 

18  Then  after  three  years  "^  1 1|  went 
up  to  Jerusalem  to  see  Peter,  and 
abode  with  him  fifteen  days. 

ly  But  f  other  of  the  apostles  saw 
I  none,  save  s  James  the  Lord's 
brother. 

au  Now  the  things  which  I  write 
unto  you,  li  behold,  before  God,  1  lie 
not. 

21  i  Afterwards  I  came  into  the  re- 
gions of  Syria  and  Cilicia; 

22  And  was  unknown  by  face  V  un- 
to the  churches  of  Judea  which  '  were 
in  Christ: 

23  But  they  had  heard  only.  That 
he  which  persecuted  us  in  tiiiics  past 
now  preacheth  the  faith  which  once 
he  destroyed. 

24  And  they  glorified  God  in  rae. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  lie  sheit'cth  when  lie  tvent  up  again  to 
JerusaUtn,  and  for  what  purpose:  3  and 
that  Titus  was  not  circumcised:  11  and 
that  he  resisted  Peter,  and  told  liim  the 
reason,  14  why  he  and  other,  beinijJcws, 
do  believe  in  Christ  to  be  justified  by 
faith,  and  not  by  works:  20  and  that  they 
'live  not  in  sin,  who  arc  so  justified. 

TriEN  fourteen  years  after  "I  went 
up  again  to  Jerusalem  with  Bar- 
nabas, and  totik  Titus  with  me  also. 

2  And  I  went  up  by  revelation, 
band  communicated  unto  them  that 
gospel  which  I  preach  among  the 
Gentiles,  but  ||  privately  to  them 
wliich  were  of  reputation,  lest  by 
any  means  "^I  should  run,  or  had 
run,  in  vain. 

3  But  neitlier  Titus,  who  was  with 
me,  being  a  (Jreck,  was  compelled 
to  be  circumcised: 

4  And  that  because  of  .1  fiil.se  breth- 
ren unawares  brought  in,  who  came 
in  privilv  to  spv  out  our  ■■  libertv 
winch  we  have  in  Clirist  Jesus,  i  that 
thev  might  bring  us  into  bondage: 

5  To  whom  we  gave  place  by  snl>- 
jcetion,  no,  not  for  nn  hour;  that 
*tbe  truth  of  the  gospel  might  con- 
tinue with  yon. 

(i  But  of  those  liwbo  seemed  to  be 
BOiuewhat,  whatsoever  tliey  were,  it 


Paul's  expostulation  ivith  Peter.     GALATIAN'S. 


Of  justification  by  faith. 


Rom.  l,i.  23. 


makcth  no  matter  to  mc:  >  (;<iil  oc- 
ct'ptetli  no  inan'8  person  :  lur  they 
who  socincd  to  Ix  tifiitiew/tnt  ^-Iq  con- 
ference n<lde(l  notliing  to  mc: 

7  Jiiit  contrariwise,  Iwlien  they  saw 
that  the  ^'ospelot'tlic  nncircumei»ion 
'"was  coinniittcj  unto  mo,  us  the 
.O'o.s-/)^'/ of  the  circumcision  was  unto 
I'etcr; 

H  (Fur  he  that  wrought  effectually 
in  I'ctcr  to  the  apostleship  of  the  cir- 
cumcision, "  t!ie  same  was  "mighty 
in  me  toward  the  Gentiles:) 

U  And  when  James,  Cephas,  and 
John,  who  seemed  to  be  ''pillars, 
perceived  'Uhe  grace  that  was  Riven 
unto  mc,  they  f;»ve  to  mc  and  Bar- 
nahas  the  right  liands  of  fellowship; 
that  we  shoiilil  i/d  unto  the  heathen, 
and  tlifV  onto  tlie  circumcision. 

II)  DnlV  tli'ij  irciil,/  that  we  should 
remcmbor  tlie  ponr:  'the  same  wliich 
I  also  \v:islorw:ir(l  to  do. 

II  'But  when  IVter  w.as  come  to 
Antioch.  I  withstood  him  to  the  face, 
because  he  was  to  be  blamed. 

1>  For  before  that  certain  came 
from  James,  '  lie  did  cat  with  the 
Gentiles:  but  when  they  were  come, 
he  withdrew  and  separated  himsclti 
fcarins  them  which  were  of  tlic  cir- 
cumcision. 

i;t  And  the  other  Jews  dissembled 
likewise  with  him:  insomuch  that 
Barnabas  also  was  carried  away  with 
their  dissimulation. 

14  But  when  I  s:iw  that  they  walked 
not  uprightly  accordinfr  to  "the  truth 
of  the  gospel,  I  .s:ud  unto  I'otor  ^  be- 
fore theiii  all,  >  If  thou,  being  a  Jew. 
livest  after  the  manner  of  Gentiles. 
and  not  as  do  the  Jews,  why  coni- 
pellest  thou  the  Gentiles  to  live  as 
do  the  Jews? 

15  '  We  ivho  are  Jews  by  nature, 
and  not  "sinners  of  the  Gentiles, 

10  ii  Knowing  that  a  man  is  not 
iustilied  by  the  works  of  the  law, 
but  '  by  the  faith  of  Jesus  C'hri.it, 
even  wc  have  believed  in  Jesus 
Christ,  that  we  might  be  justitied  by 
the  faith  of  Christ,  and  not  by  the 
works  of  the  law  :  lor  J  by  the  works 
of  the  law  shall  no  tlosh  be  justiHed. 

17  But  if,  while  we  seek  to  be  justi- 
fied by  Christ,  we  ourselves  also  arc 
found  "sinners,  U  therefore  Christ 
the  minister  of  sin  l'     God  forbid. 

IS  For  if  I  build  again  the  things 
which  I  destroyed,  I  make  myself  a 
transgressor. 

rj  For  I  I  through  the  law  Bam  dead 
to  the  law,  that  I  might  1"  live  unto 
t^od.  .  ,     _,    .  . 

iO  I  am  icrucincd  with  Christ: 
nevertheless  I  live  :  yet  not  I,  but 
Christ  liveth  in  me :  and  the  life 
which  I  now  live  in  the  fiesh  >■  1 
live  bv  the  faith  of  the  Sun  ol  God, 
I  who  "loved  mc,  and  gave  himsclt 
for  me.  ,  „ 

"1  I  ilo  not  frustrate  the  grace  of 
God:  for  "'if  lighteousuess  come  by 


O' 


tha    law,    then    Christ  1.-1     dead    in 
vain. 

CnAPTER  III. 

1  lie  atkcth  tihat  nu^ved  thrm  to  Itnvf  t\t 
fnitli,  nnd  hang  upfin  tin  Uivt  0  Tkty 
that  btliive  are  juHifled,  i  and  lUittd 
Willi  AbnUiain.  lU  And  thit  A<  tUtattK 
by  xinriy  reaiom. 

FOIII.ISII  Galatians,  "who  hath 
11(1  N..II.  that  vc  should 
not  obey  'the  truth,  before  whose 
eyes  Jvmis  Christ  hath  been  evident- 
ly set  forth,  crucified  among  you? 

2  This  only  woulil  I  learn  of  you, 
Iteeeived  ye  'the  Spirit  by  the  works 
of  the  law,  ilor  by  the  licariuj;  of 
faith  ? 

3  Arc  ye  so  foolish?  'having  begun 
in  the  "Spirit,  are  ye  now  made  per- 
fect bv  I  the  flesh? 

4  s  f lave  ye  suffered  ||  so  man}' 
things  in  vani?  if  it  >■<■  vet  in  vain. 

5  lie  therefore  hthat  ininistcretli  to 
you  the  Spirit,  and  worketb  miracles 
"among  vou,  din  ili  l,r  it  In  tlir  works 
ofthe'law,  or  bv  the  luaring  of  faith? 

CEven  as  i  Abraham  believed  God. 
and  it  waa  ||  accounted  to  him  for 
righteousness. 

/  Know  ye  therefore  that  k  they 
which  are  of  faith,  the  same  arc  the 
children  of  .\braham. 

S  And  Uhe  Scripture,  foreseeing 
that  God  would  justify  the  heathen 
throiii;h  faith,  pica,  bed  beh.re  the 
gospi'l  unto  Abrulmm.  .'iii/iarj,  ""In 
thee  shall  all  nations  be  l,le•.^.•,l. 

'.)  So  then  thev  which  he  of  laith  arc 
bles-rd  with  taithl'irl  Abriiliam. 

10  For  as  manv  as  uiv  of  the  works 
of  the  1.1W  arc  under  the  curee:  for  it 
is  written.  "Curaed  t.«  every  4ine 
that  continucth  not  in  all  things 
which  are  written  in  the  book  of  the 
law  to  do  them. 

11  But  "  that  no  man  is  justified  b,v 
the  law  in  the  sight  of  God,  it  u  evi- 
dent:   for,  ''The  just  bIiuU  live   by 

ii  And  "ithc  lawis  notof  fiiilh:  but, 
"■  The  man  tliat  doeth  them  shall  live 
in  them.  ,  ,         , 

1.!  » Christ  hath  rcileemed  us  from 
the  curse  of  the  law,  being  made  a 
curse  for  us:  for  it  is  written. '  Cursed 
i.i  cverv  one  that  hangelh  on  n  free: 

U  "I'hat  the  blessing  <.f  Abraham 
might  come  on  the  Gentiles  through 
Jesus  Christ!  that  we  might  receive 
^  the  promise  of  the  Siunt  through 

''"'">•  .      »      .. 

15  Brethren,  I  speak  after  the  man- 
ner of  men  :  >  Though  i7  if  but  « 
man's  ||  covenant,  yet  it'  tl  he  cim- 
finncd,  no  man  disannuUeth,  or 
addeth  thereto. 

Ii>  Now  '  to  Abraham  and 
were  the  promises  made, 
not.  And  to  seeils,  as 
as  of  one,  And  to  thy 
•  Christ. 

17  And   thii  I  say.  Ilml  the  cove- 
nant, that  wiu  coiitlriiK-d  bvforv  of 
177 


Fl.h    1.  IX 

u.w.c.  t. 

d  P.«m.  10.  le. 


scrd 
siiilh 
of  manv:  l>ut 
,  which  is 


oth  J.  IS. 
pllak  14. 

r..n.    I    17. 

H>W.  ID  S.1 


All  believers  arc  justified. 


GALATIANS.     The  allegory  of  Agar  and  Sara/ 


f  John  U.  23. 
I:om.'l.  U  .': 
i.  20.  i  7.  i'. 


oT.om.i.  11. 

IJ.  1.;. 

pMatt.  .•:.  17. 
r.om.  1 ),  4. 
Col.  i.  17. 

niii>.y.<i.  10. 

qAcun.  D9. 


r  Joli 


4:  17.51.  21. 
Up!. .2.11.15. 
10.  ki.4,  Ij. 
yOen.  21.  in. 

•u.  9.7.    B.k.  11.13. 


Goil  in  Cliri-st,  the  law,  liwliieh  was 
lour  luindrod  and  tJiiity  years  after, 
c'ann(.it  disannul,  *-"that  it  sliould 
make  tlic  jiromisc  of  none  effect. 

IS  For  if  «1  the  inheritance  be  of  the 
law,  "it  is  no  more  of  promise:  hut 
God  p:ave  it  to  Al^raham  by  promise. 

yj  'W'lierefore  then  servclh  the  law? 
fit  was  added  because  of  transgres- 
sions, till  »'the  seed  should  come  to 
whom  tlio  promise  was  made;  mul 
it  teas  h  ordained  by  an;;el3  ia  the 
hand  i  of  a  mediator. 

21*  Now  a  mediator  is  not  a  mediator 
of  one,  k  but  God  is  one. 

'2\  y.-t  the  law  then  against  the  prom- 
ise.! of  God?  God  forbid:  Ubr  if 
tliore  had  been  a  law  K'nen  wliicli 
coiilil  have  K'^en  lile,  verily  ri.jlit- 
eoiisness  should  have  been  by  the 
law. 

2J  Eut  "the  .Scripture  hath  con- 
cludfd  "all  under  ein,  "that  the 
promise  b^  faith  of  Jesus  Christ 
miffht  bo  Riven  to  tlicm  tliat  believe. 

23  But  bel'orc  faith  came,  we  were 
kept  under  the  law,  shut  up  unto 
the  (Kith  which  should  afterwards  be 
revealed. 

L'4  Wherefore  Pthe  law  was  our 
schoolmaster  In  tiriiit;  it.-i  unto  Christ, 
''that  we  mi-ht  be  justified  by  faith. 

i'5  liut  after  tliat  tuitli  is  comv,  we 
arc  no  lonj^er  under  a  selu^olmaster. 

1*6  Tor  ye  ■'are  all  tlie  children  of 
God  by  faith  in  Christ  Jesus. 

'J!  For  'as  many  of  you  as  have 
been  baptized  into  Christ 'have  put 
on  Christ. 

L'S  "  There  is  neither  Jew  nor  Greek, 
there  is  neitlierbond  nor  free,  there 
is  neither  male  nor  female :  for  ye 
arc  all  ^  one  in  Christ  Jesus. 

•J'J  And  Jif  ye  be  Christ's,  then  are 
ye  Abraham's  seed,  and  ^  heirs  ac- 
cording; to  the  promise. 

8.  17.    ell.  4.  7.  2fi.    Ej.h.  3.  6. 


ch.2  l..V5,l. 
Col.  2.  II.  20, 
ri.^U.  0.  IJ. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

1  nV  wire  under  the  luw  till  Cliriit  came, 
OS  tl,a  hair  is  uwlir  his  auarJian  till  he 
U  of  age.  6  But  Christ  frccU  lis  from 
the  Inw;  7  thcnfura  we  are  servants  no 
l,jiu:er  ta  it.  14  2Ie  rftiiembereth  their 
gaud  Kill  ta  him,  and  his  to  tliem,  22 
uii.i  sfiewcth  that  wj  are  tha  tons  of 
Abraham  liy  the  free  woman. 

NOW  I  say,  T/int  the  heir,  as  Ions 
as  he  is  a  child,  ditt'erctli  noth- 
ing from  a  servant,  though  lie  be 
lord  of  all; 

2  Hut  ia  under  tutors  and  povemors 
until  the  time  ajipointed  of  the  fa- 
ther. 

'J  Kvcn  so  WP,  when  wc  were  chil- 
dren, "were  in  bondnge  under  the 
llelcments  of  the  world: 

4  Hut  h  when  tiie  fulness  of  the  time 
was  come,  (iod  sent  forth  his  Sou. 
■^made  ilof  a  wor.nin, ''made  under 
tlie  biw, 

3  ''To  redeem  tlicm  that  were  under 


the  law,  Kthat  we  might  receive  the 
adoptitm  of  sons. 

G  And  because  ve  are  sons,  God 
hath  sent  forth  li"lhe  Spirit  of  his 
Son  into  your  hearts,  crying,  Abba, 
Father. 

7  Wherefore  thou  art  no  more  a 
servant,  but  a  po:i ;  iand  if  a  pon, 
then  an  heir  rf  God  tliroug'.i  Christ. 

8  Ilowbeit  then,  Iiwhcn  ye  knew 
not  God,  lye  did  service  uiito  them 
whieji  by  nature  arc  no  gods. 

9  But  now,  "'after  that  3e  have 
known  God,  or  rather  are  kiiown  of 
God,  "how  turn  ye  || again  to  "the 
weak  and  bcpgarly  |[  elements,where- 
unto  ye  desire  again  to  be  in  bond- 
age? 

il>  I'  Ye  observe  days,  and  months, 
and  times,  and  years. 

11  1  am  afraid  of  you,  'Uest  I  have 
bestowed  upon  voulabour  in  vain. 

12  Brethren,  1  licseech  .von,  be  as  I 
O!?;;  fur  I  am  as  ye  are:  'ye  have 
not  injured  me  at  all. 

13  Ye  know  how  "through  infirm- 
ity of  the  flesh  1  preached  the  gospel 
unto  you  'at  the  first. 

14  And  my  temptation  which  was 
in  my  flesh  ye  despised  not,  nor  re- 
jected; but  received  me  "as  an  an- 
gel of  Gild,  ^even  as  Christ  Jesus. 

1,5  II  Where  is  then  the  blessedness 
ye  .«p.ake  of?  for  1  bear  you  record, 
that,  it"  it  hwl  Itcen  possible,  yo  would 
have  plucked  out  your  own  C3'es, 
and  have  given  them  to  me. 

IG  Am  1  therefore  become  your  en- 
emy, >  because  I  tell  you  the  truth  ? 

17  Thcv  '  zealously  affect  you,  btit 
not  well ;  yea,  they  would  exclude 
II  .vou,  that  ye  might  affect  them. 

18  But  it  is  good  to  be  zealously  af- 
fected alwavs  in  a  good  tliinrj,  and 
not  only  wlien  1  am  present  with 
you. 

]'J  ^My  little  children,  of  whom  I 
travail  in  birth  again  until  Christ  be 
formed  in  you, 

201  desire  to  lie  present  with  you 
now,  and  to  change  my  voice;  for  ||I 
st.ind  in  doubt  of  you. 

21  Tell  nie,  ve  that  desire  to  be  un- 
der the  law,  do  ye  not  hear  the  law  ? 

22  For  it  is  written,  that  Abraham 
had  two  sons,  i>the  one  by  a  bond- 
maid, ''  the  other  by  a  free  woman. 

23  But  he  xiho  was  of  the  hond- 
woinan  ilwas  born  after  the  fiesh; 
'■  but  lie  of  the  free  woman  u<is  by 
prom  ise. 

24  Which  things  are  an  allegory  : 
for  these  are  the  two  || covenants; 
the  one  from  th«  mount  f'Sinni, 
wliich  gendereth  to  bondage,  which 
is  Agar. 

2.'>  I'"or  this  Agar  is  mount  Sinai  in 
Arabia,  and  ||  answercth  to  Jerusa- 
lem which  now  is,  and  id  in  bondage 
with  her  idiildrcn. 

2li  But  1=  Jerusalem  which  is  above  is 
free,  whii'h  is  the  mother  of  us  all. 

27  For  It  is  written,  lillejoice,  thou 


Tlie  liherty  of  the  gospel. 


GALATIAXS. 


The  fruits  of  <Ae  Spirit. 


1,  1  C'or.  7.  la. 
ch.3.  2S.  li 
(t.  15. 
Col.  3.  II. 


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1«. 

barren  that  bcnrcst  not;  break  forth 
and  erv,  thou  tlnit  travailc.<it  not:  for 
(he  ilcVolate  liatli  many  inoru  chil- 
dren than  Bhe  which  "hatli  a  lins- 
band. 

28  Now  wc,  bretliren,  as  Isaac  was, 
are  "the  children  of  promise. 

29  13ut  as  tlien  k  he  that  was  horn 
after  the  flesh  persecuted  him  thct 
was  bom  after  the  Spirit,  leveii  bo  it 
ii  now. 

SO  Nevertheless  what  saith  ""  the 
Scripture?  "  Cast  out  the  bondwo- 
man and  her  son:  fur  "the  son  of  the 
bondwoman  shall  not  be  heir  with 
the  son  of  tlie  free  woman. 
,"1  So  then,  brethren,  wc  arc  not 
children  of  the  bondwoman,  1' but  of 
the  free. 

CHAPTER  A^ 
1  He  movtih  litem  to  atand  in  their  Uhcrtij, 
3  and  nut  to  ulaervecircuinciaion:  IJtuf 
rather  love,  which  i>  the  t>tm  of  the  law. 
19  He  Tcckoneth  uji  tlie  worlia  of  Ihejlcsh, 
22  and  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit,  io  and 
exhorteih  to  walk  in  the  Spirit. 

STAND  fjst  therefore  in  "  the  lih- 
.^  ertv  wherewith  Christ  hath  made 
nsfree,  and  be  not  entangled  again 
bwilh  the  vokeof  hondagc. 

2  beliokl,"!  Paul  say  nntn  yon,  that 
■'if  ye  bo  circumcised,  Christ  shall 
proHtyon  nothing. 

3  For  I  testify  again  to  every  man 
that  is  circumcised,  ■!  that  he  is  a 
debtor  to  do  tlie  whole  law. 

4  "■  Christ  is  become  of  no  effect  un- 
to von,  whosoever  of  von  me  jnsti- 
fieil  by  the  law;  f ye  arc  fallen  from 

5  ror  we  through  the  Spirit  Swait 
for  the  hope  of  righteousness  by 
faith. 

0  For  hin  Jesus  Christ  neither  cir- 
cumcision avuileth  any  thing,  nor  uu- 
cireumcision ;  but  i  tiiith  wdiich  work- 
cth  bv  love. 

7  Ye  idid  run  well;  l||who  did 
hinder  you  that  ye  should  not  obey 
the  truth?  ,        ^     „ 

8  This  persuasion  cometli  not  ot 
him '"that  calleth  you. 

"J  "  A  little  leaven  Icaveneth  the 
whole  lump. 

10  "  I  have  confidence,  in  you 
through  the  I^ord,  that  ye  will  be 
none  otherwise  minded  :  but  i  he 
that  troubleth   you  1  shall  bear  Ins 

iudgment,  whosoever  he  he. 

11  'And  I,  brethren,  if  I  yet  preach 
circumcision,  "why  do  1  yet  surter 
persecution?  then  is  'the  oflence  of 
the  cross  ceased. 

12  "  I  would  they  were  even  cut  oil 
^  which  trouble  you. 

i:i  For,  brethren,  ye  have  been  call- 
ed unto  liberty;  only  >,"•■«•■",''  ": 
erty  for  an  occasion  to  the  llesn,  uui 
"  by  love  serve  one  another. 

U  For  "all  the  law  is  I'lfi""!  '" 
oneword,civ,iin  this;  i. '1  Iv.u  shall 
love  thv  neighbour  as  thyselt. 

1j  Hut  if  ye  bite  and  devour  one 


another,  take  heed  that  yo  bo  not 
consumed  one  of  another. 

lU  riiii  I  say  then,  'Walk  in  the 
Siiirit,  and  ||ye  shall  not  lullil  the 
lustoftiie  Hesh. 

ir  For  '1  (lie  (Ush  liisteth  against  the 
Spirit,  and  the  Spirit  agailo-t  the 
(lesU:  and  llu-^e  u:e  contrary  the  one 
to  the  other:  "'so  tliat  ve  cannot  do 
the  tilings  that  vc  would. 

ISDut  (if  ye  1)0  led  of  the  Spirit, 
yc  are  not  under  the  law. 

I'JNow  8  tlie  works  <f  t'.ie  flesh  ore 
manilest,  which  are  llic.-^c,  Adultery, 
fornication,  uneleanness,  lasclvious- 
ncss, 

20  Idolatry,  witchcraft,  liatrcd,  vari- 
ance, emulations,  wrath,  striti',  sedi- 
tions, heresies, 

21  Kn  wings,  murders,  drunkenncRS, 
rcvcUinjjs,  and  smh  like:  of  the 
which  1  tell  yon  before,  as  I  have 
also  told  i/oii  in  time  past,  that  hthey 
which  do  such  things  shall  not  in- 
herit the  kingdom  of  (Jod. 

I  22  lint  1  the  IViiit  of  the  Spiritislove, 

Ijov,   peace,   longsutl'erins,    tK«n">^ 

|ne"ss,  I  goodness,  "'faith, 

'  21  IMeckness,  temperance:  "against 

Isuch  there  is  no  law. 

'  24  And  they  that  are  Christ's  "have 

crueilied  the  flesh  with  the  ||  allcc- 
tioiis  ami  lusts. 

25  ''If  we  live  in  the  Spirit,  let  us 
also  walk  in  the  Spirit. 

'I  Let  us  not  be  desirous  of  valn- 
plory,  provoking  one  another,  envy- 
ing one  another. 

CIIAVTKR  VI. 

I  lie  moveth  them  to  deal  mitdll/  tit'f*  a 
brother  that  hath  tlipjied,  2  and  to  tear 
one  another's  tur^len:  C  to  I'O  tilierat  to 
their  teachers,  {land  not  iieary  of  yell 
J<,inj.  12  lie  shticcth  tihal  th,y\nlent 
that  preach  elrcuoicition,  14  lie  ^lorielh 
In  nothinij,  save  in  the  cross  of  Chritt. 

BRETHREN,  "  ||  if  a  mon  be  over- 
taken in  a  fault,  ye  !■  which  are 
spiritual,  restore  such  n  one'  in  the 
spirit  of  meekness;  con.sidcnng  tliy- 
self,  a  lest  thou  a^o  be  teniphd. 

2  "Bear  ve  one  anc.tliei'.Onirdens, 
andsofnliil(thul:iwofCliri>t 

;i  For  K  if  a  man  think  himi-clf  to  lie 
something,  when  I'lio  is  nothing,  lie 
d.^eeivetli  himself. 

4  Hilt  i  h  t  every  man  prove  lus  own 
work,  anil  tlnii  shall  he  have  rejoic- 
ing in  liimsclf  olone,  and  !■  not  In 
aiiiitlier.  .    „  ,         ,  . 

r,  For  I  every  man  ehall  bear  huown 

(""'Let  him  that  Is  taught  in  the 
word  comninnieate  niilo  him  that 
teacheth  in  all  pood  thingj. 
7  "Be  not  deceived:  "Ood  Is  not 
inioi-ked  :  for  1' whatsoever  u  niuii 
Isoweth,  that  shall  he  also  reap. 

5  '1  For  he  that  soweth  to  his  flc»b 


U  K   I.  4.  U 
4  1]   IL 


in»n>. 

ml  Co 

1S.K. 

.117. 

u  1  Tin 

.  1.8. 

oRom. 
l:l.  11 

(I.e.* 

U  1  Cor.  2.  li 
111.  I. 
e  I  C„,.  4. 11. 

V  Th«M  :i  15. 

V  T.i«.  i  as. 

J  1  Cor.  7.  S. 

k  lu.  U. 
.  R.m.  U.  L 


.I>n<»  I.  K 
lJoh>4.2l. 
I  Tom.  »1 


is.  n.    1  Rom.  7.  d.    1  Cor.  n.  «.    m  n™i.  I 
I.      ..I  /....   I,   n    ^  1^  r.t      o  Jph  IX  s.     1*1 


k<Cor  IL 
*  II  II. 

llCr.  ii.a, 
t  Co>.  a.  i. 

k  ft«t  Lttka 
I  I  or.  >.  IL 
J»l.  II  «.     |.l.-k«  l«.  »■ 


.  d  1-n.T.  II.  IS.  »  It  e.  B<«.  a. ; 


Paul  (ilorieth 


EPHESIANS. 


HI  Christ  onhj. 


1  Till)   6.  18 

TU.  3.  8. 
I  Epli.  2.  19. 

neb.  3.  6. 
J  ch  2  3.  H. 
I  Fhil.  3.  18. 
•cb.  &  11. 


Tit 

■i.  li. 

1  Ko 

a.  8   29. 

Wl 

vo 

.  U. 

kJ. 

linl.  13. 

1  Mr 


shall  of  the  flesh  reap  corruption  ; 
but  he  that  sowetli  to  the  Spirit  shall 
of  the  Spirit  reap  lite  everlasting, 
y  And  '  let  us  not  be  weary  in  well 
doing:  for  in  due  seasuu  we  shall 
reap,  "if  we  faint  not. 

10  'As  we  have  therefore  opportuni- 
ty, "let  us  do  good  unto  all  men, 
especially  unto  them  who  are  ol 
^  the  household  of  faith. 

11  Ye  see  how  large  a  letter  I  have 
written  untoyouwitTi  mine  own  hand. 

12  As  many  a.s  desire  to  make  a  fair 
shew  in  the  flesh,  >thcy  constrain 
you  to  be  circumcised;  ^only  lest 
they  should  "sutt'er  persceutiou  lor 
the  cross  of  Christ. 

l.i  For  neither  they  thomsclvcs  who 
are  circumcised  keep  the  law;  but 
desire  to  have  you  circumcised,  that 
they  may  glory  in  your  flesh. 


14  bBut  God  torbid  that  I  should 
glory,  save  in  the  cross  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  ||  by  whom  the  world 
is  'crucified  unto  me,  and  I  unto  the 
world. 

Ij  ior  din  Christ  Jesus  neither  cir- 
cumcision iivaileth  any  thing,  nor 
nnciicumcision,  but  ■'a  new  crea- 
ture. 

lU  f  And  as  manj'  as  walk  I!  accord- 
ing to  this  rule,  peace  he  on  tlicni, 
and  mercy,  and  upon  lithe  Israel  of 
God. 

17  From  henceforth  let  no  man 
trouble  me:  for  i  I  bear  in  my  body 
the  marks  of  the  ].,ord  Jesus. 

18  Brethren,  l-  the  grace  of  our  Lord 
Jesus    Christ   he   with   your   spirit. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


EPHESIANS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  After  the  Kalutntioti,  3  and  ihanlcsgiving 
far  tlm  £filiesianB,  4  he  treatctU  uf  our 
cUcti'jn,  6  anil  adoption  by  gruee,  11 
whicli  IS  the  true  and  proper  fountain  of 
man's  salualion.  13  And  liecause  the 
fieight  of  this  mystery  cannot  easily  be 
attained  unto,  13  he  prayeth  that  they 
may  come  18  to  the  full  knoivledfje  and 
2i)  poaeeaaion  thereof  in  Christ. 

13AUL,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ 
"by  the  will  of  God,  bto  the 
saints  which  are  at  Ephesus,  *^and  to 
the  faithful  in  Christ  Jesus: 

2  ii  Grace  he  to  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father,  aixd  Jiuiii  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ. 

;i  "Blessed  he  the  God  and  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  who  hath 
blessed  us  with  all  Bpiiituul  blessings 
in  heavenly  H/jlace.'ihi  Christ: 

4  According  as  f  he  hatli  chosen  us 
in  him  B  before  the  foundation  of  the 
world,  that  we  should  li  be  holy  and 
without  blame  before  him  in  loVe: 

5  i  Having  predestinated  us  unto 
kthe  adoption  of  children  by  Jesus 
Christ  to  himself,  'according  to  the 
good  pleasure  of  his  will, 

U  To  the  praise  of  the  glory  nf  his 
grace,  '"  wherein  he  hath  made  us 
accepted  in  "the  beloved: 

7  "In  whom  we  have  redemption 
through  his  blood,  the  forgiveness  of 
sins,  according  to ''the  riches  of  his 
grace ; 


2  Cur.  0.  IS. 
"1.1.  1.  5. 
1  JolioS.  1. 

Il.2rt.    LuV«  12.  .n     1  (-or.  I.  21.    »or.O.     a 

11  Mull  ;i.  17  ,1. 17.  a.  j,.hn  3.  in.  *  iii,  n. 

1.   1.  11.      lleb.  ».  Ij.      1  Pot.  1.  IH.  II 


11  lt..i 


,.  i  3. : 


lau 


.  2.  7.  &  3.  3,  Hi.     I'll 


8  Wherein  he  hath  abounded  to- 
ward us  in  all  wisdom  and  pru- 
dence; 

'J  ''Having  made  known  nnto  ns 
the  mystery  of  his  will,  according  to 
his  good  pleasure  "■  which  he  hath 
purposed  in  himself: 

10  That  in  the  dispensation  of '  the 
fulness  of  times  'he  might  gather 
together  in  one  "  all  things  in  Christ, 
both  which  are  in  t  heaven,  and 
which  are  on  earth;  even  in  him: 

11  "In  whom  also  we  have  obtained 
an  inheritance,  >  being  predestinated 
according  to  *the  purpose  of  him 
who  worketh  all  things  alter  the 
counsel  of  his  own  will: 

12  "  That  we  should  be  to  the  praise 
tif  his  glory,  Ij  who  first  ||  trusted  in 
Christ. 

13  In  whom  ye  nl.'io  iniftcrl,  after 
that  ye  heartl  '^  "the  word  of  truth,  the 
gospel  of  your  salvation:  in  whom 
also,  after  that  ye  believed,  d  ye  were 
sealed  with  that  Holy  Spirit  of  prom- 
i.-ie, 

14  '"Which  is  (lie  earnest  of  our  in- 
heritance 'until  the  redemption  of 
*^the  purchased  possession,  liunto 
the  praise  of  his  glory. 

15  Wherefore  I  also,  i  after  I  heard 
of  your  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus,  and 
love  unto  all  the  saints, 

Ifl  k  Cense  not  to  give  thanks  for 
you,  making  mention  of  you  in  my 
pravers; 

17"That  I  the  God  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  the   Father  of  gloiy,  '"may 

1  C.l    1.4.     l'liil.-ni.  5.     k  Rom.    1.  fl.     riji.  1    3, 

rni«...  1. 2.   2T110U.  1. 3.   ij.,i...  ai.  IT.   i,it.\,i. 


Pmil  prayeth  for  the  Ephes-ians.     EPIIESIANS. 


Salration  by  Chrint. 


Col.  3.  1. 
Ueli.  1.  3.  Ji 
lU.  1^. 
I  Phil.  2.9.10, 


give  unto  you  the  spirit  of  wisiluiu 
and  revelation  ||  in  tlie  knowletl;;e  uf 
liini: 

IS  "  The  oyc3  of  jour  understand- 
ing beiiijj  enliglituuiil;  tinit  ye  may 
know  what  is  "tlie  hope  of  Ilis  call- 
int;,  and  v.liat  tlie  riihe.s  of  the  glory 
of  his  ''  inheritance  in  the  saints, 

ly  And  what  is  the  exceeding;  great- 
ness of  hi»  power  to  us-ward  who 
believe,  1  aeeordin^j  to  the  workinj; 
t  of  his  mighty  power, 

a)  Whieh  he  wrou^'ht  in  Clirist, 
wlien  ""he  raised  him  fronr  tlie  dead, 
and  'set  hint,  at  his  own  j'i};ht  hand 
ill  the  heavenly  placts, 

'11  '  Far  above  all  "  principality,  and 
power,  and  niisht,  and  dominion, 
and  every  name  that  is  minicd,  nut 
only  ill  tnis  world,  but  also  iu  that 
wliicli  is  to  come: 

22  And  "hath  put  all  thiiirjs  under 
his  feet,  and  cave  liim  >  (o  l,c  the 
head  over  nil  (AiHf/.i  to  the  chureh, 

2.'!  *  Which  is  his  bodv,  "  the  fulness 
of  hiiu  Ij  that  lilleth  all  iu  all. 

I  Rom.  12  3. 
C'ul.  1.  13,  U.     a  eul  -i.  U. 

CHAPTER  n. 

1  Jly  eomparinff  what  we  u<er«  by  3  nalure, 
with  what  we  are  6  by  grace ;  U)  he  tie- 
clureth,  that  we  are  made  for  good  ivorka: 
and  13  beitiff  brought  near  by  t'hrtet, 
thoutd  not  live  in  11  Genlihs,  and  U 
farcigmrain  time  pant,  but  .i«  111 cifisein 
uith  the  s^iinta,  and  thej\initly  ,./  Uod. 

AND    'you    ?i(ith    lie    quirkvncit, 
bwho  were  dead  in  trespasses 
and  sins; 

2  ■■  Wlicrcin  in  time  past  yc  walked 
aceordinj;  to  the  course  of  this  world, 
accordinji  to  J  the  prince  of  the  pow- 
er of  the  air,  the  6|)irit  that  now 
worketh  iu^the  chililreu  of  disobe- 
dience: 

3  f  Anions  whom  also  wo  all  had 
our  conversation  in  times  past  in 
sthe  lusts  of  our  llesli,  fullillius  t  the 
desires  of  the  flesh  and  of  the  mind; 
and  li  were  by  nature  the  children  of 
wrath,  even  as  others. 

4  Uut  God,  iwho  is  rich  in  mercy, 
for  his  great  love  wherewith  he  loved 
us, 

5  k  Even  when  we  were  dead  in  sins, 
hath  1  quickened  us  together  with 
Christ,  ( 1|  bv  grace  yc  are  saved;) 

C  And  liath  raised  i«  up  together, 
and  made  us  sit  together  ""in  heav- 
eiilv  ;j/ir«'.<  in  Christ  .le.sus: 

7  I'hat  in  the  ages  to  come  he  mifht 
shew  the  exceeding  riches  of  his 
grace,  in  "Ai's  kindness  toward  us, 
through  Christ  Jesus. 

8  "For  bv  grace  arc  yo  caved 
I' through  faith;  and  that  not  of 
yourselves :  1  it  is  the  L'ifl  of  (ioil : 

9  'Not  of  works,  lest  any  man 
should  boast. 

om.  4.  I(T.     oM«Ul6.l7.     J..l,ii  C.  41.  C5.      T.on,.  in.  1 1.  11.  P. 

1. 1'j.    ri.u.  1.  a.   tKom.j.  ■.11.  v;. 'it.  *  4. 2.  4  a.  II  *"•"■ 

.■ur,  1.  29.  30.  31.    2  TUu.  L  1).    T.l.  3.  i. 


ciCor.  6    II. 

CoL  i.  21.  4 

l' John  5.  19. 
dcli.0.  12. 

•  ok.!!.  6. 

Cul.  3.0. 


e„l,2  12.13, 
4  3.  1.  3. 
I,  Or.  by  wboit 


•  II 

.u:io. 

!■ 

1:1  ».  ii 

'.U.  k  u. 

VI 

J. 

hnj  3.  3 

1 

o.  S.1I 

> 

„r  i  i,^^ 

t  II. 

I 

LI.  It. 

10  lor  we  are  'hia  workinaiisliip, 
created  in  Christ  J»*sus  unto  good 
works,  'whieii  (lod  hath  l)eforc||  or- 
dained that  we  sl'.ould  walk  in  them. 

U  Wherefore  "  reinemlier,  thut  yo 
U'lut/  in  time  past  iientiles  in  tiio 
tlesh,  who  are  called  rncirt'uineis- 
ion  by  that  which  is  called  *  Hie  Cir- 
cumcision in  the  Hcslt  luaUo  by 
hands; 

IJ  >  That  at  that  time  yc  were  with- 
out Chri^t,  'being  aliens  fioin  the 
eoinmonweaUh  ot  Israel,  ond  Ktran- 
ger-i  fn_iiu  "the  covenants  of  promise, 
b having  no  hojie,  'and  without  God 
in  the  world: 

l.i  J  But  now,  in  Christ  Jesus,  yc 
who  sometime  were  *' far  otf  arc 
made  nigh  by  the  bl.nd  of  Christ. 

H  I'or  I  he  is  our  piaee,  "who  hath 
made  both  one,  and  hath  broken 
down  the  middle  wall  of  imititiuu 
bfticfcn  us: 

1j  !■  Having  abolished  iin  liis  fleoh 
the  enmity,  ( irii  the  law  of  eoin- 
inandments  cuutaiui-tt  in  ftrdinaiices; 
for  to  mukc  in  himself  of  twain  uujd 
I  new  man,  .to  making  |K'ace; 

li;  And  that  he  might  I  reconcile 
both  unto  (iod  iu  one  body  by  the 
cross,  "'  having  blaiu  the  enmity 
|i  thereby : 

ir  And  came  "nnd  preaelicd  peace 
to  you  which  were  afur  otf,  aud  to 
"tlicm  that  were  nigh. 

IS  For  'through  him  ire  both  have 
access  ''  by  one  Spirit  unto  the  Fa- 
ther. 

I'J  Now  therefore  yc  arc  no  more 
strangers  anil  foreigners,  but  'fellow 
citizens  with  the  saijits,  and  of  "tlic 
household  of  (Jod; 

20  And  are  'built  "upon  the  foun- 
dathm  of  the  "apostles  ami  proph- 
ets, Jesus  Christ  himself  being  >  the 
eliief  corner  slfnte  ; 

21  "In  whom  all  the  building 
titlv  framed  together  groweth  unto 
"a1i<.lv  t.iiiplc  ill  the  I.ord: 

22  I'll!   whom  ye  also  are  budded 
together    for    a    habitation    of    Uod     JJ_;;  "J  ^ 
through  the  Spirit.  1  .1.  3.  ii 

HM,,  4,  1(1,  J>  10  VI.  20.  1  Pel  3.  IS.  ,1  Cor  II.  H  'b  4  4. 
in.il  3  Zil.  U<b  li»J.  23.  >l.>ialO.  .L.3.U.  •"."'  '  "■ 
III  rii  4  12  I  I'd  2  4.  i.  «!«»'■»  10.  K  *-*^  *■**•  »:**  *l- 
U  .icor  lia  Vh  4  11.  ,1-.  ll»»i  l.ffl.ltl.  M...214 
•  ' Ii.  1.  U  10.    •  1  CW.  3.  17.  i  U  IS.    11  C«..  0,  U.    H  !•••.  «.  ». 

CMArTER in. 

5  Tilt  hidden  tuyitery,  0  that  Ihi  Ornlilet 
ihould  be  taxed.  3  ir<n  made  knoun  It 
I'aul  by  revelation:  8  and  to  him  Kin 
r;i.l(  grace  given,  that  U  he  ehould  yrtaek 
it.  13  lie  deeiretk  them  not  to  fainl  /or 
hie  tribulation.  14  and  yrayrlh  VJ  thai 
they  may  f^rvei»4  th4  great  tov*  of 
Chriet  toward  them.  .AtulirJ 

1:^011  this  cause  I  roul,' the  prisoner    \;^  ,;'ii. 
'   of  Jesus  Ihrist  iiforyoii  (.enUlen,      ,1,  4. 1.»c 
2   If  yc   have  heord   <.f  ''I'"  <•'»:     "ii  1  7.0. 
pensatiun     of    the    grace    of   ."o"      11.  m 
J  which  it  piven  mo  to  you-w  arU :        I   e.i.  4. «.  i». 


c„i.  J.  11. 
r.k.  4.  i<. 

kot     I.  SI. 

iii.oi'.>.i3  g. 

Jul,n   10,  Id, 
•  i:.iu.,9.4.tl. 


I'll..u,  4,S, 
JCal   3.2!l. 
•  A>U139. 


liml.  3.  'iS. 

kcui.a.ii.so. 

1  Col.  1.  5i 
klCot.  3.  17. 


■n  n/im.  0.  0. 
*s.  3. 
Cut.  i.  14. 


K..iii   i   I. 
•  .f   13.  I L 

oTt.  IU.  11. 
,.  J.kn  10.  e. 


k  9.  9.    riilUi 

,  c..,,  1,  :i,  4  1 

IJ,  k  U.  2.     I"' 


1.  »    1.  (..1  J.  U.    rM.  1  »l 


STiM.  I,  ft. 
«  Tix    t.  10. 

i.  I.  :J.    i  Aau  a. 


The  hidden  mystery. 


EPHESIANS. 


Exhortations  to  unity. 


tU.  1.W.27 
hcb.  I.  \i,  lU 
',  a  UttU 


iS. 

ch.  2.  U. 
I1C1..2.  13. 10. 

o(;.i.  3.  li. 

J.  Rom.  l.'i.  IR. 
"  1.  1.23.  2i. 
q  Horn.  1.  5. 
rRom.lS.  IS. 

cli.  1.  19. 
lul.  1.  29. 
.[  Cor.  \r,.  9. 
1  T.ju.  1.  a. 
15. 


3  *^  How  that  ihy  revelation  6  he 
made  known  unto  me  the  mys- 
tery ;  (li  us  1  wrote  ||  afore  in  tew 
words ; 

4  Wliercliy,  when  ye  read,  ye  may 
understand  my  kuowletl^c  iin  tlie 
mystery  of  Christ,) 

5  k  Whieli  in  other  ages  was  not 
made  known  unto  tlic  sons  of  men, 
las  it  is  now  revealed  unto  his 
holy  apostles  and  prophets  by  the 
Spirit; 

(i  'J'hat  the  Gentiles  ""should  be 
fellow  licirs,  and  "of  the  same  body, 
and  "  partakers  of  his  promise  in 
Christ  by  the  gosjjcl: 

7  I'  Whereof  1  was  made  a  minister, 
laceordinj;  to  the  girt  of  the  grace 
of  God  given  unto  me  by  'the  ef- 
fectual working  of  his  power. 

8  Unto  me, "  who  ar.i  less  than  the 
least  of  all  saints,  is  this  grace  given, 
that  'I  should  preach  among  the 
Gentiles  "  the  unsearchable  riches  of 
Christ; 

y  And  to  make  all  men  sec  what 
is  the  fellowship  of  "the  mystery, 
>  which  from  the  beginning  of  tlie 
worlil  h.ith  been  hid  in  God,  '■'who 
created  all  things  by  Jesus  Christ: 

21)  "To  the  intent  that  now  li un- 
to the  principalities  and  powers  in 
heavenly  plncea  *■  might  be  known 
l)V  the  church  the  manifold  wisdom 
of  God, 

U  "I  According  to  the  eternal  pnr- 
pr)se  wliich  he  purposed  ill  Christ 
Jesus  our  IjOrd: 

\i  In  whom  wo  have  boldness  and 
"^access  ('with  conlidence  by  the  faith 
of  him. 

r;  B  Wherefore  I  desire  that  ye 
f.iint  not  at  my  tribulations  ^  ibr 
you,  >  which  is  your  glory. 

14  For  this  cause  I  bow  my  knees 
unto  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ, 

1.")  Of  whom  lithe  whole  family  in 
heaven  and  earth  i.i  named, 

10  That  he  would  grant  you,  lac- 
cording  to  the  riches  of  liis  glory, 
"'to  he  strengthened  with  iniglit  by 
his  Spirit  in  "the  inner  man; 

17  "Tliat  Christ  may  dwell  in  your 
hearts  by  faitli;  thatye,  1'  being  rooted 
and  grounded  in  love, 

15  '1  May  be  able  to  comprehend 
with  all  saints  'what  i-s-  the  lireadtli, 
and  length,  and  depth,  and  height; 

l!l  And  to  know  the  love  of  Christ, 
which  passeth  knowledge,  that  ye 
might  be  tilled  "with  all  the  fulness 
of  Cod. 

^(1  Now  'unto  him  that  is  able  to 
do  exceeding  abundantlv  "above  all 
that  we  ask  or  think,  ^according  to 
the  jK.wiT  that  worketh  in  us, 

■1\  >  Unto  him  If  glory  in  the 
church  by  Christ  Jesus  through- 
out all  ages,  world  without  cud. 
.Vmen. 

iver.7.    C»l.  1.  23.    y  Rom. 


in.  21.    Ju.1^21.    ul< 


CHAPTER  IV. 

1  Ila  exhortcth  to  unity,  7  and  declareth 
that  (Jod  therefore  yiveih  divert  11 
Oifit  unto  men,  tlutt  Ilia  ctlurch  might 
be  13  edified,  and  IS  yrown  iij>  in  Cliritt. 
IS  He  calletit  them  from  the  impurity  of 
the  Gentiles,  24  to  put  on  the  ueiv  man, 
2o  to  caat  off  lying,  and  23  corrupt 
comjnunication, 

ITHEKKFORE,"the  prisoner  |l  of 
the  Lord,  beseech  you  that  ye 
Ijwalk  worthy  of  the  vocation 
wherewith  ye  arc  ciUed, 

2  *^With  all  lowliness  and  meek- 
ness, with  longsuifering,  Ibrbearing 
one  another  in  love; 

S  Endeavouring  to  keep  the  unity 
of  the  .Spirit  J  in  the  bond  of  peace. 

4  '^  There  is  one  body,  and  'one 
Spirit,  even  as  ye  are  called  in 
one  •-'  hope  of  your  calling; 

.')  liOne  Lord,  ione  faith,  kone 
baptism, 

G  I  One  God  and  Father  of  all,  who 
is  above  all,  and  "'through  all,  aud 
in  yon  all. 

7  But  "unto  every  one  of  us  is 
given  gr.acc  according  to  the  meas- 
ure of  the  gift  of  Christ. 

8  Wherefore  he  saith,  "When  he 
ascended  up  on  high,  I'lic  led  \\  cap- 
tivity captive,  and  gave  gifts  unto 
men. 

'J  ('I  Now  that  he  ascended,  what 
is  it  but  that  he  also  descended 
first  into  the  lower  parts  of  the 
earth  y 

10  He  that  descended  is  the  same 
also  "^that  ascended  up  far  above  all 
heavens,  'tliat  he  might  ||  till  all 
things.) 

11  'And  he  gave  some,  apostles; 
and  some,  jirophets  ;  and  some, 
"evangelists;  aud  some,  'pastors 
and  >  teachers; 

IJ  '  For  the  perfecting  of  the  saints, 
for  the  work  of  the  ministry,  "for  the 
edifying  of  l>the  body  of  Christ; 

l.'i  Till  we  all  come  ||  in  the  unity 
of  the  faith,  *^and  of  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  Son  of  God,  unto  <lft 
perfect  man,  unto  the  measure  of 
the  II  stature  of  the  fulness  of 
Christ: 

14  That  we  hcticer'orth  be  no  more 
*' children,  f tossed  to  and  fro,  and 
carried  about  with  every  Swind  of 
doctrine,  by  the  sleight  of  men, 
(iiiil  cunning  craftiness,- liwhereby 
they  lie  in  wait  to  deceive; 

li  But  i  II  speaking  the  truth  in 
love,  k  may  grow  up  into  him  in 
all  things,! wliich  is  the  head,  even 
Christ: 

b)  '"  From  whom  the  whole  body 
fitly  joined  tc'gethcr  and  compacted 
by'll'iat  whicli  every  juint  supplieth, 
according  to  the  ellcetual  working 
in  the  measure  of  every  part,  inakcth 
inere;ise  of  the  body  unto  the  edify- 
ing of  itself  in  love. 

1"  'I'his  I  say  therefore,  and  testify 
in    the  Lord,   that    "yc    henceforth 


holiness,  and  love. 


EPHESIANS. 


To  acoid  fornication. 


■  lUiu.  G.  C. 


ch  G.  11. 

Col.  J.  la. 
cch.  2.  10. 
B  Or,  Ai>^'n«j 


mCol.  3.  10. 
s  I<.  7.  U.  Ii 
Kl.  10. 


walk  not  as  other  Gentiles  walk,  "iu 
the  vanity  oftlieir  iniinl, 
IS  I'  IhiviMK  thi-  iiii(h-,.-.tundin-  (lurk- 
eneil,  'i  hfiii-  iili.'imt.il  tViiiii  the  life 
of  Go.l  thn)ii;:h  the  i-nonuu'c  thut  is 
in  them,  hecuunc  of  the  ''H  blindnCbH 
of  their  lieart: 

19  'Who  beins  past  feeling  'have 
j^iven  themselves  over  unto  Inseivi- 
oiisness,  to  work  all  uueleaunebs 
with  greediness. 

20  Uut  ye  have  not  so  learned 
Christ; 

21  "  If  so  be  that  yc  have  heard  hiin, 
and  have  been  taught  by  liini,  as  the 
truth  is  ill  Jesus: 

22Thatyc  ^ put  oJT concerning;  i'the 
former  conversation  *the  old  man, 
which  is  corrupt  uccordinj;  to  the 
deceitful  lusts; 

23  And  "  be  renewed  in  the  cpirit 
of  your  mind; 

24  And  that  yc  I'put  on  the  new 
man,  which  after  God  'is  created  in 
righteousness  and  1|  true  holiness. 

25  Wheretbre  putting  away  lyins, 
d speak  every  man  truth  with  his 
neighbour:  for  'we  are  membeis 
one  of  another. 

2(>  flic  ye  anpry,  and  sin  not: 
let  not  the  sun  go' down  upon  your 
wnith : 

27  c  Neither  give  phiee  to  the  devil. 

28  Let  him  tliat  stole  steal  no  more: 
but  rather  h  let  him  labour,  working 
with  /li.i  hands  the  thing  which  is 
good,  that  he  may  have  ||  to  give  "to 
him  that  iieedeth. 

2UkI.iet  no  corrupt  coninninication 
proceed  out  of  vour  mouth,  but  1  that 
which  is  good  ||  to  the  use  of  edify- 
ing, ■"  that  it  may  iiiinister  grace  un- 
to the  hearers. 

■M  And  "grieve  not  the  Holy  Spirit 
of  God,  °  whereby  ye  arc  sealed  unto 
the  day  of  ^  redeinptioii. 

31  "I  Let  all  bitterness,  and  wrath. 
and  anger,  and  clamour,  and  'evil 
speaking,  be  put  away  from  you, 
'  with  all  malice: 

,32  And  '  be  ye  kind  one  to  another, 
tendeihearte'd,  "forgiving  one  an- 
other, even  as  God  lor  Curist'a  sake 
hath  forgiven  you. 

ch.  I.  11.     iCol  xt.  11. 


J»IM.  4.    U.     I  I'ct.  ■.".  1. 

1;;.     uMatt.  (J.  li.    Mark  11.  2 


.  1.  10. 


CHAPTER  V. 

!  Af(er  otnoal  ex'.orf.itwin,  (o  lore,  3  to 
fiu  fornUutiijn,  4  and  alt  uiic(«.i>i.if«», 
1  n;t  to  conlrrte  ii-ilh  the  uickcJ,  U  to 
tvalt  iviiriln,  ami  (u  be  IS  filled  ivilh  f»« 
Spirit,  '-"-  /*<  deecendcth  to  tlie  particutr- 


ii(«.  i.'i  ( 


idli 


ndeth t 

a  vuiil't  to  olttg  tilt 
tbanda  oui/hl  to  lov 
u«  Cltrigt  doth  hi 


church. 

BE  »  ve  therefore  followers  of  God, 
as  Uear  children;  ^,    . 

2  And  Iwalk   in   love,   "^ns   Christ 
also  hath  loved  us,  and  hath  given 

1  .T„l,„  3,  11.  !3.  *  1  CI.     .n»i.  l.J.  4  5.  a).    D.b 


himself  lor  us  nn  ofl'ering  and  a  soc- 
ritiee  to  God  ^  for  u  BWeetsmelliog 
.savour. 

.*;  liut  ^fornication,  and  all  uiielean- 
ncss,  or  covetousnesi,  Mel  it  not  be 
once  named  among  you,  ajt  Ueuiueth 
saints; 

4  « Neither  filthiness,  nor  foulith 
talking,  nor  jesting,  i>  which  arc  not 
(Mtin-eiiieut :     but    rather    giving    ot 


i  For  thi 


:  kno 


ngrr. 


luith 


1  Ti».  a.  17. 
I<:>l  i.V. 
lUf.  £1    IS. 


,  that  '  no  whore- 
elean  jMTson,  nor 
nlio  is  an  iilolaler, 
nnv  inheritanec  in  tlie  king- 
.lom(.f^•il^i^tandofGod. 
(i  '"  l*<'t  no  man  deceive  vou  with 
vain  words:  for  because"  of  these 
things  "  Cometh  the  wrath  of  (iod 
"upou    the    vhildreu  of  ||disobedi- 


7  Jle  not  yc  therefore  partakers  witli 
them. 

H  V  For  ye  were  »nmetimo  darknesB, 
but  now"'la/y  tji:  liglit  in  the  ].urd: 
walk  as  ■•chililren  of  light: 

'.)(KorMho  fniit  of  the  Spirit  if  in 
sll  g<ii>ducss  and  rightcousuess  and 
truth:) 

10  '  I'loving  what  is  acceptable  unto 
the  l.or,l. 

11  And  "have  no  fellowship  with 
"the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness, 
but  nither  >  reprove  t/ti'ni. 

12  '  For  it  is  a  shame  e\  en  to  speak 
<if  those  things  which  are  done  of 
them  iu  secret. 

13  But 'all  things  that  arc  II  reprov- 
ed arc  m:ide  manifest  bv  the  light: 
for  \\  hatsoevcr  doth  make  manifest 

is  light. 

II  Wherefore  ||  he  snith,  'Awake 
thou  tluit  hhepest,  ami  '  arise  fiuiii 
the  dead,  and  Christ  bhall  give  thee 
light. 

I.l  J  See  then  that  ye  walk  eir<;um- 
spirtlv,  not  lis  tools,'  but  as  wise. 

l(i  "fledeeming  the  time,  ■  because  I 
the  davs  are  evil. 

17  "Wherefore  be  vc  not  unwise, 
but  bunilerstanding"'what  the  will  I 
of  tlic  I,ord  is.  i 

IS  And  kbe  not  drunk  with  wine, 
wherein  is  excess;  but  be  filled  with 
the  Spirit:  .  i 

lil  SiH-akingtoyourselvesIin  psalms  I 
and  hvmns  aiid'spirilual  soiip'.sing-  j 
ing  a'nd  making  nielo«ly  ui  your 
heart  to  the  J^ml:  ^„ 

2<i  "'(Jiving   thanks   nlwnvs  ftir  nil  I    ii_, 
[things  unto  God  niid  the  I  »ther  "in 
[the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ: 

"I  "  Suhiniltiiig  vourselves  one  to 
another  in  the  I'eafuf  G<hI. 

Ii2  1' Wives  submit  yourselves  unto 
vour  own  liusbauds,  '>a*  uutu  Uiv 
Lord. 

fEc.  II.  J  *  11  I.  .J»>»  l.i  Si  J*  "J[i.  ^' 


•-'  <  or   3.  is 

kin. 

I  lt.«K  i  5. 

I  j.x.^a.u. 

,  I  uk>  IS.  8. 
J.bii  IX  •.«. 


II  *  I"  '.V 
veor  b  li 
:  Tl»«.  3.  < 


ISO. 
«.  13. 


I  O..  ... 


.  IS    M     I       1^ 

13  n    1 1 


i    f  •-.,„  ^.  10.    1 1 


IL  3L    CoL  X  U 


Duties  of  husbands. 


EPHESIANS. 


The  Christian  viarfare. 


1  Col.  3.20,22. 
Til.  2.  3. 
I  C..1.  3.  19. 


>Jolia3.  S. 

Heii.  io.'  22. 

1  Jubn  b.  0. 
•  Jolin  IS  3.JI 

17.  17. 
b2Cor.  11.2. 

Col.  1.  2-i. 


.  1.  7. 


Jch.  1.1. 


I'ol.  3.  19. 
1 1  Tot.  3.  0. 


.r. 

.  20.  12. 

I>o 

it.S.lli.i 

•II 

l(i. 

.In 

.  ;-5. 18. 

K. 

2-i  7. 

Ml. 

1.  1.  fl. 

ni. 

It.  1.1.  4. 

a^ 

>k  7.  10. 

cCo 

.3.51. 

ao 

ti.  18.  19. 

1  I'.l.  2.  18. 
f 2  (or.  7.  13. 

riiil.  2.  12. 
g  1  llir.  2^.17. 


2.3  For  ■'the  liuslmnd  is  the  lioad  of 
tlie  wife,  even  as  '  Clirist  is  tlie  head 
of  the  eluireh:  and  Jie  is  tlie  Saviour 
of 'the  body. 

24  Tlierefoie  as  the  church  is  sub- 
ject unto  Ciirist,  so  let  the  wives  he  to 
their  own  liusbands  "in  every  tiling. 

25  '^Husbands,  love  your  wives, 
even  as  Clirist  also  loved  tlie  church, 
and  5' save  himself  for  it; 

2G  That  lie  mi^ht  sanctify  and 
cleanse  it  ^  with  the  washing  of  water 


"ly  the  word, 
2(  tThat   he 


he  might  present  it  to 
himself  a  glorious  church, '  not  hav- 
ing spot,  or  wrinkle,  or  any  such 
thing ;  il  but  that  it  should  be  holy 
and  without  blemish. 

2.S  So  ought  men  to  love  their  wives 
as  their  own  bodies.  Ho  that  lovetli 
his  wife  loveth  himself. 

21)  Tor  no  man  ever  yet  hated  his 
own  flesh;  but  nourisheth  iind  cher- 
isheth  it,  even  as  the  Lord  the 
church: 

yo  For  *  we  are  members  of  his 
body,  of  his  flesh,  and  of  his  bones. 

31  I  For  this  cause  shall  a  man  leave 
Ills  father  and  mother,  and  shall  be 
joined  unto  his  wife,  uud  they  s  two 
shall  be  one  flesh. 

'ii  This  is  a  great  mystery:  but 
I  speak  coneeruiug  Chiist  and  the 
church. 

33  Nevertheless,  l"let  every  one  of 
you  in  particular  so  love  his  wife 
even  as  himself;  and  the  wife  see 
that  she  i  reverence  her  husband. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  T)tc  diiiii  of  children  tuKarda  their  par- 
cnis,  6  If'tervnnta  townrda  tlieir  mat- 
ter). 10  Our  life  is  a  uarfarc,  VI  not 
only  against  flesh  and  ttood,  btit  also 
s/nriluat  enemies.  13  Tile  cumplele  arm- 
our of  a  Christian,  ISniiJ  how  it  aught 
to  be  used.    'Jl  Tgchieua  is  commended. 

CUIIiDREN,  "obey  your  parents 
in  the  Lord:  for  this  is  right. 

2  b  Honour  thy  father  and  imtther; 
which  is  the  first  commandment  with 
promise; 

3  That  it  may  be  well  with  thee, 
and  thou  luayest  live  long  on  the 
earth. 

4  And,  ''  ye  fathers,  provoke  not 
your  cliildren  to  wrath:  but  »i  bring 
them  up  in  the  nurture  and  admo- 
nition of  the  Lord. 

.5  '-Servants,  be  obedient  to  them 
that  are  i/oiir  masters  according  to 
the  flesh,  'with  fear  and  trembling, 
"in  singleness  of  your  heart,  as  unto 
Christ; 

G  II  Not  with  eyeservice,  as  men- 
plcascrs;  but  as  the  servants  of 
Christ,  doing  the  will  of  (Jod  from 
the  heart; 

7  With  good  will  doing  service,  as 
to  the  Lord,  and  not  to  men : 

8  i  Knowing  that  whatsoever  good 


thing  any  man  doeth,  the  same  shall 
he  receive  of  the  Lord,  k  whether  /le 
be  bond  or  free. 

9  And,  ye  'masters,  do  the  same 
things  unto  them,  || '"  forbearing 
threatening:  knowing  that  II  "your 
Master  also  is  in  heaven  ;  ''neither  is 
there  respect  of  jjersous  with  him. 

10  Finally,  my  brethren,  be  strong 
in  the  Lord,  and  ''in  the  power  of 
his  might. 

11  'I  Put  on  the  whole  armour  of 
God,  that  ye  may  be  able  to  stand 
against  the  wiles  of  the  devil. 

12  For  we  wrestle  not  again.stf  'flesh 
and  blooil,  but  against  'principali- 
ties, against  powers,  n°:ainst  'the 
rulers  of  the  darkness  of  this  world, 
against  ||  spiritual  wickedness  in 
II  high  filftcett. 

13  "  Wherefore  take  unto  you  the 
whole  armour  of  God,  that  "ye  may 
be  able  to  withstand  "  in  the  evil 
day,  and  \\  having  done  all,  to  stand. 

14  Stand  thcretbre,  'having  your 
loins  girt  about  with  truth,  and 
'■'  having  on  the  breastplate  of  right- 
eousness; 

I  j  "  And  your  feet  shod  with  the 
preparation  of  the  gospel  of  peace; 

llj  Above  all,  taking  iithe  shield  of 
faith,  wherewith  ye  shall  be  able  to 
quench  all  the  fiery  darts  of  the 
wicked. 

17  And  "^  take  the  helmet  of  salva- 
tion, and  J  the  sword  of  the  Spirit, 
which  is  the  word  of  God: 

18  "-'Praj'ing  always  with  all  prayer 
and  supplication  in  the  S|)irit,  iind 
f  watching  thereunto  with  all  perse- 
verance and  8  supplication  for  all 
saints; 

r.)  Il  And  for  mc,  that  utterance 
may  be  given  unto  me,  that  I  may 
open  my  mouth  i  boldly,  to  make 
known  the  m\stery  of  the  gospel, 

20  For  which  kl  am  an  aniba..iS!idor 
l|!in  bonds;  that  ||  therein  '"  1  may 
speak  boldly,  as  I  (.mght  to  speak. 

21  Hut  "tliut  ye  al.so  may  know  my 
afl'airs,  and  how  I  do,  " 'rvehieus,  a 
beloved  brother  and  faithful  minis- 
ter in  the  Lord,  shall  make  known 
to  you  all  things: 

22  HWhom  I  have  sent  unto  you 
for  the  same  purpose,  that  ve  might 
know  our  afl'airs,  and  lliat  lie  might 
comfort  your  hearts. 

23  '1  Pc:um;  hr  to  the  brethren,  and 
love  with  I'aitb,  from  God  the  Fa- 
ther and  the  J.ord  Jesus  Christ. 

24  Grace  be  with  all  them  that  love 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  ^  II  in  sincer- 
ity.   Amen. 

II  Written    from   Home    unto    the 
Epliesiaus  by  Tychieus. 


12.9.  rhilom.lO.  |Or,  <n<i 
I'l.il.  1.  SO.  rilio...  2,  2.  I.  C 
Til.  3.  12.     J.  Cul.  ■!.  8.     <1  I  I't 


I  Or.  Ih,m/. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 

TO   THE 

PHILIPPIANS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

3  nc  Icstifieth  hit  thankfulnrtt  to  Ootl.and 
Aid  love  (ou'tirU  them,  for  llic  fruilt  of 
thtir  faith,  and  fcUotvehip  in  his  suffer- 
ingg,  1>  daily  praying  to  him  for  their 
increase  in  grace :  12  he  sheteeth  what 
good  the  faith  of  Christ  had  received  tiy 
hit  troubles  at  Itotne,  21  and  hour  ready 
he  is  to  glorify  Christ  cither  hy  his  life 
or  dsnih.  27  exhorting  them  to  unity,  23 
and  to  fortitude  in  persecution. 

PAUIy  niKl  Tininthciis,  the  serv- 
ants of  JCS119  t'liiist,  to  all  the 
saints  "in  Clirist  Jcsns  which  are  at 
Philippi,  with  the  biehops  and  dea- 
cons: 

2  i>  Grace  tie  unto  you,  and  peace, 
from  God  our  Father  and  ^'roiii  the 
I-ord  Jesus  Christ. 

3  "^  I  thank  my  God  upon  every 
II  rcmemlinince  of  you, 

4  Ahviiys  in  every  prayer  of  mine 
for  you  lill  nKikint; "request  with  joy, 

5  d"  I'or  your  fillowship  in  theKOspel 
from  the  first  (lav  until  now; 

G  BeiuK  contiilciit  of  this  very  thin^', 
that  he  wliieh  hath  bei;un  "'a  f;ood 
work  iu  you  ||  will  perform  it  f  until 
the  day  of  Jesus  Christ: 

7  Even  as  it  is  meet  for  me  to  think 
this  of  you  all,  because  |i  I  have  you 
Sin  my  heart;  inasmuch  as  both  in 
bmy  bonds,  and  in  i  the  defence  and 
confirmation  of  the  C'spel,  kyc  all 
are  l|  partakers  of  my  fjraee. 

8  Eor  IGod  is  my  record,  ""how 
crcatlv  1  Ions  after  you  all  in  the 
bowels  of  Jesus  Christ. 

y  And  this  I  pray,  "  that  your  love 
mav  abound  vet  more  and  more  in 
kuc")wled^-e  ;iu"d  in  all  jl.iud-nuiit; 

K)  That  "ve  iiiny  ||  approve  tliin-s 
that  II  arc  excellent;  1'  tliat  ye  may  be 
sincere  and  without  oflcnce  'i  till  the 
day  of  Christ; 

11  BeiuK  filled  with  the  fruits  of 
ripbtcousness,  ■■  which  are  by  Jesus 
Christ,  >  unto  the  glory  and  praise  of 
God. 

12  But  I  would  vo  shoidd  under- 
stand, brethren,  that  the  thinjis  ii/iich 
hapjicni'il  unto  mc  have  fallen  out 
rather  unto  the  furtherance  of  the 
cospel ; 

]:i  So  that  mv  bonds  ||  in  Christ  arc 
manifest  'in  iill  ||  the  p:ilace,  and  ||  in 
all  other  ^/ri'-..<;  .  .     „ 

14  And  many  of  the  brethren  m  the 
Eord,  waxinj;  confident  by  mv 
bonds,  are  much  more  bold  to  epcak 
the  word  without  (ear. 

eb.  1.  22.       |Or.  Cnor.covM.     |  Or,  ro  oH  ol»»i<. 


1.5  Some  indeed  preach  Christ  oven 
of  envy  and  "strife;  and  bonic  olso 
of  Rood  will: 

1()  The  one  preach  Christ  of  con- 
tention, not  sincerely,  supposing  to 
add  aflliction  to  my  bonds; 

17  Hut  the  other  of  love,  knowing 
that  I  am  set  for  "  the  delencc  of  the 
pospil. 

],s  What  then  ?  notwithstanding, 
every  wav,  whitbir  in  preti  nee,  or 
iu  tnitb, "Christ  is  prerulnil;  and  I 
therein  do  rejoice,  yen,  and  will  re- 
j(>ice. 

I'J  For  I  know  that  this  shall  turn 
to  my  salvation  >  through  ^oiir 
prayer,  and  the  supply  of '  the  bpirit 
oCfesus  Christ, 

a)  According  to  my  "earnest  ex- 
pectation and  mil  hope,  that  tin 
nothing  I  shall  lie  ashamed,  but  that 
■^  with  all  boldness,  OS  always, .«o  now 
also  Christ  sliiill  be  mognitled  in  my 
body,  whether  it  be  by  life,  or  by 
death. 

21  For  to  mc  to  live  is  Christ,  and 
to  die  ?>gain. 

•••i  l!ut  if  1  live  in  the  flesh,  this  in 
'he  fruit  of  my  labour:  yet  what  1 
ohall  choose  1  wot  not. 

23  For  il  am  in  a  strait  betwixt 
two,  having  a  desire  to  'depart, 
and  to  bo  with  Christ;  which  is  far 
better: 

24  Nevertheless  to  abide  in  the  flesh 


know  that  I  sli:ill  obide  and  continue 
Willi  voii  nil  li^ir  your  furtherance 
ami  iov  nfliiiUi: 

■Ji;  I'lint  Kviuir  rejoicing  may  bo 
mure  abiiiuliiiit  in  Jesus  Christ  for 
me  bv  my  eiiining  to  you  again. 

27  Only  I' let  \oiir  conversation  be 
ns  it  becometh" the  gospel  of  Christ: 
that  whether  1  come  and  see  you,  or 
else  be  absent,  1  may  hear  of  your 
aft'airs,  Uliat  ve  stand  fast  in  one 
spirit,  k  with  o"iie  mind  I  striving  to- 
gether for  the  faith  of  tlie  g<isnel; 

28  And  iu  nothing  tcrrifled  by  your 
adversaries:  '"which  is  to  tbeni  an 
evident  token  of  perdition.  "  but 
to  vox  of  salvation,  and  that  of 
Goil. 

2".'  For  unto  von  "it  is  given  in  the 
behalf  of  Clirist,  I'  not  onlv  to  believe 
on  hini,  but  also  to  suffer  for  hi« 
sake; 

;!0  1  Having  the  same  conflict 
'wbicli  ye  gaw  iu  me,  and  now  hear 
to  lr\n  inc.  ^ 


Paul  exhortelh  to  uniti/. 


PHILIPPIANS. 


Timothy  commended. 


1  1  or.  1   in. 

2  Cor.  U.  1 1. 
th.  1.27.Ji3. 
in.  H  4.  2. 


iJohn  1.  1,2. 


IcJohn.!.  18. 

&  11).  S3. 
1  r«.  22.  B. 

Ii.  M.  3. 

D.n.  9  21. 

UarlL9    12. 

Bom.  IS.  3. 
mlv42.1.  k 

«  3, «.  4  .'.2. 

13.  ka  a. 


L>ko  2i.  27. 
Djohnl.  II. 
r-.m.  1. 3.  i 


J.jhn  10.  in. 
Heb.  £.  8.  l€ 
12.  2. 


Acti  2.  ra. 

JUb.  a.  0. 
1  Epk.  1.  20. 

Hob.  1  <. 
1 1..  «.  23. 

Mitlt.  2-4.  IS. 

n.„a.  11.  u. 


CHAPTER  II. 

I  77e  erhorteth  t/tcm  to  unity,  and  to  all 
humtiUneea  of  mind,  by  tlie  example  of 
Cliriifa  hamilily  and  exaltation:  12  to 
It  careful  jirocteding  trt  the  way  of  •nl- 
vation,  that  tfi<;y  be  aa  liy/its  to  the  wick- 
e  I  uorld,  llj  and  comfort)  to  him  their 
apostle,  who  i»  nolo  ready  to  he  offered 
up  to  Ood.  19  lie  hopelh  to  tend  Timo- 
thy to  them,  wfiom  he  greatly  commend' 
clh,  25  as  Epaphroditue  aUo,  whom  he 
jireaently  tendcih  to  them. 

IV  there  he  therefore  any  consola- 
tion in  Christ,  if  any  coniCnrt  of 
love,  "if  any  fellowship  of  the  Spirit, 
if  any  li  bowels  and  mercies, 

2  '•Fnlfil  ye  my  joy,  ilthat  ye  ho 
likeniiniled,  having  the  same"  love, 
being  of  one  accord,  of  one  mind. 

3  "Let  nothing  be  done  through 
strife  or  vainglory;  but  Hn  lowliness 
of  mind  let  each" esteem  other  better 
than  themselves. 

4  K  I,ook  not  every  man  on  his  own 
things,  hut  every  man  .ilso  on  the 
things  of  others. 

5hl,ct  this  mind  he  in  you,  which 
was  also  in  Christ  Jesus: 

(!  Who,  i  being  in  the  form  of  God, 
kthoiiglit  it  not  robbery  to  be  equal 
with  God: 

7  I  But  made  himself  of  no  reputa- 
tion, and  took  upon  him  t!ic  fijrm 
'"of  ascrvant,  and  "was  made  in  the 

II  likeness  of  men: 

8  And  being  found  in  fashion  a.s  a 
man,  he  humblcil  himself,  and  "be- 
came obedient  unto  death,  even  the 
death  of  the  cross. 

•J  Wherefore  God  also  •'hath  highly 
exalted  him,  and  Igiven  him  a  name 
wliich  is  above  every  name: 

10  'That  at  the  name  of  Jesus  ev- 
ery knee  should  bow,  of  thimjs  in 
heaven,  and  lliinr/s  in  earth,  and 
t/iin;is  under  the  earth; 

11  .\nd  'Hint  every  tongue  should 
confess  that  Jesus  Christ  is  Lord,  to 
the  plory  of  God  the  Father. 

12  Wherefore,  my  beloved,  J  as  yc 
have  always  obeyed,  not  as  in  my 
presence  only,  but  now  much  more 
in  my  absence,  work  out  your  own 
salvation  with  "  fear  and  trembling: 

1.3  For  "  it  is  God  which  worketh  in 
you  both  to  will  and  to  do  of  Aw 
good  pleasure. 

14  Do  nil  things  J  without  murmur- 
ings  and  '  disputin"5: 

l.'i  That  yc  may  be  blameless  and 
II  harmless,  ■'the  sons  of  God,  without 
rebuke,  1' in  the  midst  of '^  a  cnioked 
and  perverse  nation,  among  wliom 
II  rtye  shine  as  lights  in  the  world; 

IG  Holding  forth  tlie  word  of  life; 
tliat  'I  mav  rejoice  in  the  day  of 
Christ,  that  <I  have  not  ruu  iu  vain, 
neither  lalioured  in  vain. 

17  Yea.  and  if  ^  I  be  1  ofTerod  upon 
the  sacrifice  I' and  Bcrvicc  of  your 

ir.ll.  9.  •r.om.U.  I.  I  Ot.  ..netr..  »M..ll.  .V 
.  I  li  1  I'd.  2.  U.  c  D.«l  3J.  6  I  Or.  ,;.,„•  y: 
1.11.  Ei.b  .',  H.  e2Cor.  I  II.  ITh..,  !.  U.  /0.,1. 
<.  3.  i.     e  2  rrui.  1.  0.     I  Ur.  j<.ur.J  /vrii.    Ii  lUim. 

1S6 


faith,  il  joy,  and  rejoice  with  you 
all. 

18  For  the  same  cause  also  do  yc 
joy,  and  rejoice  with  me. 

Jy  II  lint  1  trust  in  the  l<ord  Jesus  to 
send  k'J'imothcus  shortly  nuto  you, 
that  I  also  may  be  of  good  comtbrt, 
when  I  know  your  6t;ite. 

20  For  I  have  no  man  1 1|  likcmind- 
ed,  who  will  naturally  care  for  your 
state. 

il  For  all ""  seek  their  own,  not  the 
things  which  are  Jesus  Christ's. 

2J  But  yc  know  tlie  proof  of  him, 
"  that,  as  a  eon  with  the  father,  he 
hath  served  with  me  in  the  gospel. 

2'!  Him  therefore  I  hope  to  send 
presently,  so  soon  as  I  shall  see  how 
it  will  go  with  me. 

24  liut  °  I  trust  in  the  Lord  that  I 
also  myself  shall  come  shortly 

I'.j  Yet  1  supposed  it  necessary  to 
send  to  you  l*  Epajjhroditus,  my 
brother,  aiid  companion  in  labour, 
and  1  fellow  soldier,  ''but  your  mes- 
senger, and  'he  that  ministered  to 
my  wants. 

'A) '  For  he  longed  after  you  all,  and 
was  full  of  heaviness,  because  that 
yc  had  heard  that  he  had  been 
sick. 

27  For  indeed  he  was  sick  nigh  un- 
to death  :  but  God  had  mercy  on 
him  ;  and  not  on  him  only,  but  on 
mc  also,  lest  I  should  have  soiTow 
upon  sorrow. 

:&  I  sent  him  therefore  the  more 
carefully,  that,  when  yc  sec  liim 
again,  ye  may  rejoice,"  and  that  1 
may  bethc  less  sorrowful. 

21)  Keceivc  him  therefore  in  the 
Lord  with  all  gladness;  and  ||  "hold 
such  in  reputation: 

•iO  Because  for  the  work  of  Christ 
he  was  nigh  unto  death,  not  regard- 
ing his  lile,  "  to  supply  your  lack  of 
service  toward  me. 

CILVPTER  III. 

1  Ife  toameth  them  to  beware  of  the  falee 
teachers  of  the  circumcision,  4  shewing 
that  himself  hath  greater  cause  than  they 
to  trust  in  the  righteousness  of  the  law: 
7  tvhich  notwithstanding  he  eounteth  as 
dung  and  loss,  to  gain  Christ  and  his 
righteousness,  12  therein  acknowledging 
his  own  imperfection.     15  He  exhorteth 


FINALLY,  my  brethren,  'rejoice 
in  the  Lord.  To  write  the  same 
things  to  you,  to  me  indeed  ii  not 
grievous,  ijut  for  you  it  is  safe. 

2  l>  Beware  of  dogs,  beware  of  '  evil 
workers,  'I  beware  of  the  concision. 

'i  For  we  arc  "the  circumcision, 
fwhieh  worship  God  in  the  spirit, 
and  K  rejoice  in  Christ  Jesus,  and 
have  mi  ccuitidcnci'  iu  the  flesh. 

4  Tlii.n.'h  Ii  I  iiiigbl,  uNii  have  confl- 
deiwe  ill  the  llc^-h.  Ifaiiv  other  man 
thiuketh  IJKit  he  liiith  "whereof  he 
might  trust  iu  the  flesh,  I  more: 


Paul  ffiveth  xtp  all  for  Chrixt.       PHILIPPIAKS.  Exhortation  to  all  <7o.«J;i^x<. 


Jcr  ;l.JH5L 
John  IT.  3. 

C..1. 

i.  2. 

nKor 

D.in.n.i. 

4.1. 

-1.  1    17. 

i  loTi.6. 
2.  IB. 

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n.B  .I.!. 

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7. 

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in  3.  2. 
1.  13. 
t.  li.  X. 


5  i  Circumcised  the  eighth  day,  kof 
the  ftocic  of  Israel,  'of' the  tribe  of 
Benjamin,  ""a  Ilcbifw  of  tlic  He- 
brews; as  toucbing  the  law,  "aPhar- 
iBce; 

G  "  Conccrnins  zeal,  ^  pci  scenting 
the  church:  'itonching  the  risht- 
eousiiess  which  is  in  the  law,  'blame- 
less. 

7  Bnt  *what  things  were  gain  to 
me,  those  I  counted  loss  for  ChrisL 

8  Yea  doubtless,  and  1  count  all 
things  bill  loss  '  for  the  excellency  of 
the  knowledge  of  Clirist  Jesus  my 
Lord:  for  whom  I  h:ive  jutfcred  the 
loss  of  all  things,  and  dn  count  them 
but  dung,  that  1  may  win  Christ, 

0  And  bo  found  in  him,  not  having 
"mine  own  righte(»usness,  which  is 
of  the  law,  hut  *  that  which  is  through 
the  faith  of  Ihri.-t,  the  righteousness 
which  isof  Codby  f:dth: 

10  That  I  may  know  him,  and  the 
power  of  his  resurrection,  and  >  the 
fellowship  of  his  sntrerings,  being 
made  conformable  unto  his  death; 

11  If  by  any  means  I  might  'attain 
unto  the  resurrection  of  the  dead. 

12  Not  as  though  1  had  already 
•■"attained,  either  were  already  ii per- 
fect: bnt  I  lollow  after,  if  that  I  may 
apprehend  that  for  which  also  I  am 
apprehended  of  Christ  Jesus. 

hi  Brethren,  I  count  not  myself  to 
have  apprehended:  but  /Ais one  thing 
tilo,  '■forgetting  tho.se  things  which 
arc  behind,  and  'I  reaching  lorth  un- 
to those  things  which  are  before, 

\i  '  1  jiress  toward  the  mark  for  the 
prize  of  (the  high  calling  of  God  in 
Christ  Jesus. 

1.5  Let  us  therefore,  as  many  as  be 
s  perfect,  h  be  thus  minded:  and  if 
in  anv  thing  ve  he  otherwise  minded, 
God  shall  reveal  even  this  unto  von. 

l(i  Nevertheless,  whereto  we  have 
already  attained.  Met  us  walk  >■  by 
the  same  rule,  I  let  us  mind  the  same 
tiling. 

1"  Brethren, ""  be  followers  together 
of  me,  and  mark  them  which  walk 
so  as  "  vc  h.avc  ns  for  an  ensamplf . 

l.'^CFor  many  walk,  of  whom  1  have 
told  vou  otien",  and  now  tell  you  even 
weeping,  thiit  llnij  iti-c  "  the  cueinics 
of  the  cross  of  Christ: 

19  1' Whose  end  is  destruction, 
'1  whose  (iod  i.<  their  belly,  and 
'irAo-r  glory  i«  in  their  bhame, 
'who  mind  cartlily  things.) 

yl  For  "our  conversation  is  in 
heaven  ;  "  from  whence  also  we 
'^look  for  the  Saviour,  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ:  .,,... 

•11  IWho  shall  change  our  vile  body, 
that  it  niav  be  fashioned  like  unto 
his  glorious  IkmIv,  'according  to  the 
working  wherehv  he  is  able  -evcu  to 
subdue  all  things  unto  himself. 
CH.\rTER  IV. 

1  From  jwrfirnf.ir  .i./.iu.Mi(i""«  4  »e  pfV- 
tetdtth  to  <jr>irr,il  ciliortaltfm.h' tlific- 
ing  hour  hi  rtJoutU  at  their  li4*roli(y 


tovorda  him  tf/ing  in  priton^  not  fa  mufh 
for  rA«  tuppljf  «/  hia  oipn  irfiHr*,  at  for 
lltt  iiract  o]  Uoil  in  Ihtm.  lU  An-t  to  hi 
eonctutlfth  with  prnytr  nnd  tatntattont. 

'■plIF.KKKORE,  my  brethren  dear- 

L  ly  beloved  and  "longed  for,  l»niy 
joy  find  erown,  1.0  ''stand  fast  in  the 
Lonl.  wi/  dearly  beloved. 

2  1  Deseech  fIuo<1ia.s,  and  beseech 
Syntvche,  J  that  they  be  of  the  bame 
mind  in  the  Lord. 

.'!  .\nd  I  entreat  thee  also,  true  yoke- 
fellow, help  those  women  wbicfi  Ma- 
boiin-d  with  ine  in  the  gospel,  with 
Clinunt  also,  and  iriVA  other  my 
fellow  lalxoirers.  whose  names  are 
in  fthe  Inxik  ot  life. 

4  S  Uijoice  in  the  Lord  always:  ami 
again  I  say,  Kejoice. 

,*»  l*et  your  moderation  be  known 
unto  aHincn.    I>  The  Lord  /.<  at  hand. 

(*,  I  Be  careful  for  nothing:  but  in 
every  thing  by  prayer  and  supplica- 
tion with  thanksgiving  let  your  re- 
quests be  made  known  unto  GimI. 

I  And  kthe  iK-acc  of  Got],  which 
passeth  all  understanding,  shall  keen 
your  hearts  and  minds  tlirougn 
Christ  Jesus. 

I  .S  Finally,  brethren,  whatsoever 
'things  are"  true,  whatsoever  things  1 
[Ore  II  honest,  w  hatsoever  things  <irr 
just,  whal.soe^■er  thintrs  are  pure, 
wliatsopvcr  things  (iiv  lovely,  'whal- 

I soever  things  oi-c  of  gvxxl  re|)ort;  if  1 
.there  bf  any  virtue,  and  if  there  Ije 
lanv  praise,  think  tin  these  things. 
'  y'""  Those  things,  which  yc  have 
both  learned,  and  received,  and  | 
heanl,  and  seen  in  me,  do:  and  "tlie 
God  of  pence  shall  lie  with  yon. 
10  But  I  rejoiced  in  the  Lord  great- 
ly, that  now  at  the  la.st  "vourcarr  of 
liie  II hath  flourished  apin:  wherein 
ye  were  also  careful,  but  ye  lacked 
opportunity. 

II  Not  that  I  speak  in  respect  of  1 
w;iiit:  for  1  have  learned,  in  whaLso- 
ever  st:ite  1  am,  l"  therewith  to  be 
content.  I 

1>  1 1  know  both  how  to  l>e  aliased, 
and  1  know  how  to  abound:  everj- 
where  and  in  all  thinp  I  am  in- 
structed iHith  to  be  full  and  to  lie 
hungry,  both  to  abound  ond  to  suf- 
fer necil. 

l.t  1  can  do  all  Ihinirs  'Ihrongh 
Christ  which  strengthenelh  me. 

14  Notwithstanding,  ye  have  well 
done,  that  'ye  did  eominuDicate 
with  mv  affliclion. 

I.l  Now  ve  rhilrppians  know  also, 
that  in  the  beginning  of  the  co»p<l. 
when  I  departed  from  Mam^donia, 
I  no  chun'li  communicated  with  me 
as  eonccrning  giving  and  receiving, 
but  ve  only. 

1)1  for  even  in  Thrssaloniea  yc  aent 
once  and  again  unto  my  ni-ciiwily. 

I'  Not  Ui-aiisc  I  desire  a  gift:  but 
I  desire  "IVnit  that  may  abound  to 
your  account. 
"IS  But  'l  have  all.  and  ab.'und:  1 


IT1,«>  i.M. 

I  r«.  t.  u. 
kn.i,.  10  rs. 


■i  i" 
ir^i!  a 


iina^ia. 
Btk.  3.  i;. 

■  Rns  U.X1 


DiU.  II  till 
o2  Cor.  II.  a. 


Paul  dencribeth 


COLOSSIANS. 


the  true  Christ. 


A.  U 

C4. 

ich.  1 

2i. 

yllcb. 

1,1.  10. 

.2  Cor 

0.  12. 

«  !•■,  2.1 

1. 

h  E|,h, 
3.  16. 

1.7.4 

°u«ri 

in.  27. 

4. 

!U»1.    1.3. 

1  1  Cor.  1.  4. 

Epli.  1.  IC. 

I'ImI.  1.  J.  ti 

i.G. 
» Ej.h.  I.  15. 

Tcr.  9. 

riiilem.  .5. 


IM 

m    ID 
r.  23. 

■  nil 

18 

a 

Hi, 

>l.  1. 

1. 

k2 

Cor.  1 
h,  3. 

,  1. 

Kph.  6  111.  17. 
K|.h.  1.  8, 
K|,l,,  i,  1. 
I'lnl,  1.  27. 


am  full,  havin)^  receivcU  "of  Kpaph- 
roditus  tlie  things  wliicli  were  sent 
from  you,  '  an  odour  of  a  sweet 
Bmell,  "a  sacrifice  acceptable,  well 
pleasiiif;  to  (Jod. 

ly  But  my  God  "nhall  supply  all 
your  need  baccordin*^  to  liis  riches 
111  Klnry  by  Christ  Jesus. 

'20  'Now  unto  God  and  our  Father 
6€  glory  for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 


chief- 
ly they  that  arc  of  Cesar's  Iiouse- 
hold. 

;i,'3  fThe  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
C^hrist  be  with  you  all.     Amen. 
If  It  was  written  to  the  I'hilippians 
from  Kome  by  Epaphroditus. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 

TO  THE 

COLOSSIANS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  After  talutation  he  thankcth  God  for 
tlicir faith,!  confirmetli  the  doctrine  of 
£p'ipftra8,  0  prttyeth  further  fur  their 
increase  in  grace,  14  deecribeth  the  true 
Cliriat,  21  cneourageth  them  to  receive 
Jeftus  Christ,  and  commcHdeth  his  own 
ministry. 

1)AUL,  "an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ 
by  the  will  of  God,  and  Xinio- 
theiis  our  brother, 

2  To  the  saints  band  faithful  breth- 
ren in  Christ  which  arc  at  Colossc: 
•^  Grace  be  unto  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  Father  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

3  <i  We  give  thanks  to  God  and  the 
Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
praying  always  for  you, 

4  "Since  weheard  of  your  faith  in 
Christ  Jesus,  and  of  f  the  love  u'liicli 
ye  hare  to  all  the  saints, 

5  For  the  hope  k  which  is  laid  npfor 
you  in  heaven,  whereof  ye  heard  be- 
fore in  the  word  of  the  truth  of  the 
gosjiel ; 

0  Which  IS  come  unto  you,  h  as  it  is 
in  all  the  world;  and  i  briii;;cth  forth 
fruit,  as  it  iloth  also  in  you,  since  the 
day  ye  heard  of  it,  and  knew  k  the 
grace  of  God  in  truth: 

7  As  ye  also  learned  of  lEpajihras 
our  dear  fellow  servant,  who  is  for 
yon  '"  a  faithful  minister  of  Clirist; 

8  Who  also  declared  unto  us  your 
"love  in  the  Spirit. 

9  "  For  this  cause  we  also,  since  the 
day  we  heard  it,  do  not  cease  to  pray 
for  vcni,  and  to  desire  1' that  ve  miglit 
be  tilled  witli  '1  tlie  knowledge  of  his 
will  ""in  all  wisdom  and  spiritual  un- 
derstanding: 

lO'Tliut  ve  might  walk  worthv  of 
the  Lord  '■unto  all  pleasiiiu-,  "  bi-hig 
fruitful  in  cverv  go,.d  work,  iiiid  in- 
creasing ill  the  knowledge  oltiod; 

11  "Stivngtheneil  with  all  might, 
according  to  his  glmiinis  power, 
>  unto  all  pitienee  and  lungsuil'ering 
•■••with.inylulruss; 

Vi  "  Giving  thanks  unto  the  Father, 
138 


which  h.ath  made  us  meet  to  be  par- 
takers of  lithe  inheritance  of  the 
saints  in  light: 

13  Who  hath  delivered  us  from  ^  the 

flower  of  darkness,  tiand  hath  trans- 
ated  xts  into  the  kingdom  of  ]  his 
dear  Son : 

14  "In  whom  we  have  redemption 
through  his  blooil,  eren  the  forgive- 
ness of  sins: 

15  Who  is  f  the  image  of  the  invisi- 
ble God,  Ethe  firstborn  of  every 
creature: 

KJ  For  h  by  him  were  all  things 
created,  that  are  in  heaven,  and  that 
are  in  earth,  visible  and  invisible, 
whether  th'y}/  be  thrones,  or  i  domin- 
ions, or  principalities,  or  powers:  all 
things  were  created  !■  by  him,  and 
iVir  him : 

17  I  And  he  is  before  all  things,  and 
bv  him  all  things  consist: 

i.S  And  "'  he  is  the  head  of  the  body, 
the  church  :  who  is  the  beginning, 
"  the  firstborn  from  the  dead  ;  that 
II  in  all  things  he  might  have  the  pre- 
eminence. 

11)  For  it  pleased  the  Fnthcr  that  °  in 
him  should  all  fulness  dwell; 

■20  And,  II  I' having  made  peace 
through  the  blood  of  his  cross,  i  by 
him  to  reconcile  'all  thinjjs  unto 
himself;  by  him,  1  snii,  wlictlier  (Ae.i/ 
hr  things  iu  earth,  or  things  in  heav- 
en. 

■Jl  And  you,  'that  were  sometime 
alienated  and  enemies  ||  in  7/oio- 
mind  'by  wicked  works,  yet  now 
hath  he  reconciled 

•1-1  "  In  the  body  of  his  flesh  through 
death,  "  to  present  you  holy  and  iin- 
lihimcable  and  unfepioveable  in  liia 
sight: 

li;!  If  ve  continue  in  the  faith 
>'grnun<!ed  and  settled,  and /if  "not 
moved  away  from  the  hope  of  the 
gospel,  which  ye  have  heard,  '^nml 
which  was  preached  l>  to  every  crcat- 

\n.     X  l.uko  1,7.1.     Ej.h.  1.  4.  4  .'..  27.     ITI.oo.  4 


Exhortation  to  constancy. 


COLOSSIANS. 


The  ritual  law  aMinlied. 


E|.U.  3.7. 
•rer.  M. 
ITira,  2.  7. 


Ei.li,3.1,l3. 

tiCn  x.a.e. 
Pliil.  -i.  lu. 


gEph.  1.23. 
hlC.r.  9    17 

0»1  i.  7. 

K|jli.  3.  2. 


»riiil.  I.  30. 

ci..  1.  2a. 

1  Tbihu.  2.  2. 
li  2  Cor.  1.6. 
:  eh.  3.  U. 


U„U.  U.  9. 
nSUll.  1-..  2. 
l^ul.  I    11. 


pjihnl.  U. 
<li.  1.  1:1. 
qjghn  1.16. 


urewliicli  is  under  heaven;  '  where- 
of I  Paul  am  made  a  minit^tcr; 

'H  J  Who  now  rejoice  in  my  siiffer- 
inga  'lor  you,  and  fill  up  i  that 
whicli  is  Ijeliind  ol'  the  atllietions  of 
Christ  in  my  fle.sh  lor  Khi«  body's 
siike,  wliieh  isllieehiiieh: 

2.5  Whereof  1  am  made  a,  Miinister. 
acoordin',' to  I.  tlie  dispen.sntion  of  (iod 
wliieli  i.s  ;;ivfu  to  me  lor  you,  I|  to 
fullilthe  wonlufGod: 

L'U  Ki;  II  '  (he  mystery  whicli  liatli 
been  bid  from  n;.:e.s  and  from  ;;enera- 
tioiis,  k  Ijiit  now  is  made  manifest  to 
his  saint!-: 

'27  I  To  whom  God  would  make 
kiiown  wliat  i>  "'  the  riches  of  tlie 
({lory  of  this  mystery  amon^  tlie 
Gentiles  ;  wbieh'is  Clirist  ||  ill  you, 
"thebopeofKlory: 

2S  Whom  wc  preach,  "warninf; 
every  man,  and  teacliinj;  every  man 
in  all  wisdom ;  1'  tliat  we  may jireseut 
every  man  perfect  in  Clirist  Jesns: 

iy'l  Whereuntol  also  labour,  'striv- 
ing *  accordin;,'  to  his  workin;;,  which 
worketli  in  me  mightily. 


CHAPJEK  II. 

1  JTe  etill  cxiiurtcth  them  It,  lie  eottKlanl  in 
Chritt,  8  to  beware  of  pliiloeu/ilip,  and 
vain  traditione,  18  icorghip^inij  of  an' 
gels,  2Ua)t(^  legal  eercmonice,  w/iich  are 
ended  in  Chritt. 

IT'OK  I  would  that  ye  knew  what 
great  ||'' conflict  I  have  for  you, 
and./b/*  them  at  Ijaodirea,  anil./i//*  as 
maiiv  as  liave  not  eeeii  iiiy  liicc  in 
the  flesh; 

'i  li  That  their  hearts  mivtht  be  com- 
forted,'bein^'  knit  toj;etlier  iu  love, 
and  unto  all  riches  of  the  full  a.s»ur- 
ancc  of  understandinj;,  'I  to  the  ac- 
knowledgment of  tlie  mystery  of 
God,  ouJ  of  the  Father,  and  of 
Christ; 

;!  II  •  Iu  whom  arc  hid  all  the  treas- 
ures of  wisdom  and  knowled;;e. 

4  And  this  I  eay,  fle^t  any  man 
should  beguile  you  with  enticing 
words. 

.5  For  f  though  I  he  absent  in  the 
flesh,  yet  am  1  with  y<m  iu  the  spirit, 
joying  and  beholding  liyour  ortler, 
and  the  isteadfastiiessof  yourfuithin 
Christ. 

0  k  As  ve  have  therefore  received 
Christ  Jesus  the  Lord,  so  walk  ye  iu 
him: 

7  1  Konted  and  built  up  in  lum,  and 
stalilisheil  in  tlie  faith,  as  ye  have 
Ijeeu  taught,  abounding  therein  with 
thanksgiving. 

8  '"  Beware  list  nnv  man  spod  you 
through  plli^.^.M'bv  and  vain  <leceit, 
after  "the  traaiu.ni  i.f  men,  a«er  the 
II  "rudiments  of  the  world,  aud  not 

il  For  I' in  him  dwellcth  all  the  ful- 
iie.-s  of  the  Godhead  bodily. 
]0  lAnd   ye  are  complete  In  him, 

61 


y  which  is  the  head  of  all '  principal- 
ity and  power: 

11  In  whom  also  yc  arc  'cirrum- 
cised  with  the  circumcision  inade 
without  hands,  in  "  pnttiiiK  oil  the 
body  of  the  sins  of  the  flesh  bv  the 
eireumeision  of  t'hrist: 

I'J  ^  liuried  with  him  in  baptism, 
wherein  also  1  ve  ure  risen  with  him 
through  Mbe  iaith  of  the  operation 
of  God,  "who  luith  raised  liim  iroiii 
the  dead. 

I'i  I' And  you,  being  dead  in  your 
sins  and  the  uneircumcisioii  of  voiir 
flesh,  hidh  he  quickened  togetlier 
with  him,  having  forgiven  you  ull 
trespasses; 

14  '  liiotting  out  the  handwriting  of 
ordinances  that  was  against  us,  wliieh 
w  :iii  contrary  to  ns,  and  tcHilc  it  out 
of  the  wav.  nailing  it  to  his  eros«; 

l.'»  Anil  'fbaN  iiig  spi/iled  '"  prihcipnl- 
ities  and  po\vei>.  he  made  a  shew  of 
them  openly,  triumphing  over  tliem 
II  in  it. 

IU  I.ctno  man  therefore  fjiidge  you 
II  Sin  meat, or  in  drink,  or  ||  in  lesiHCt 
liof  a  holvd.TV.  or  of  the  new  moon, 
orof  tiie  sabliaih  <^i//s; 

ir  I  Wbieli  are  a  shadow  of  things  to 
come;  but  the  body  I.<  of  Christ. 

18  I.  Let  no  man  ||  beguile  you  of 
your  rewanl  [  in  a  voluntary  humil- 
ity and  worshipping  of  ang<  Is,  in- 
truding into  those  things  i  which  he 
hatli  not  seen,  vainly  puHed  up  by 
his  fleshly  mind. 

lit  And  not  holding  ""the  Head, 
from  which  all  the  biKly  by  joint.H 
and  bunds  li:'.\  ing  noiirishineiit  min- 
ivti-red.  an<l  knit  together,  incix'iuicth 
with  llie  ii»Tea:-eofGod. 

•.II  Wiierelore  if  yc  be  "dead  with 
Clirist  from  "tlie  ||  rudiments  of  the 
world,  1'  whv,  as  though  living  in  the 
world,  are  ye  subject  to  ordiuiim.  s, 

21  (''Touch  not)  ttotc  not;  handle 
not; 

22  Which  nil  arc  to  perish  with  the 
using:)  'after  the  commandmciitji 
and  di«-trini's  of  men'/ 

•J.'t  •Which  things  have  indeed  a 
shew  of  wisdom  in  '  will-worship, 
and  humilitv,  and  II  neglecting  of  the 
body  ;  not  in  any  honour  to  the 
satisfying  of  the  fleah. 

,,0.1.4.8.0     ,lTlii.  1   n      rl.  Ml.r     M.tl-lll).     TIL  I.  It, 
•  1  iiiD.  4.  8.    I  »»r.  1.1    I  Or.  f.««u*t>ar.  •».  ••*  •;— n"#. 

CHAPTER  III.  I 

1  JTe  tSetvelh  where  u-e  ehould  reek  Chritt.  I 
6  Ue  ezhortelh  to  murlifleatian.  111  (o  fail 
o/r  the  aid  man.  and  til, .ut  on  f»n.t.  U  I  .1U«.(U. 
exhortina  to  ekarity.  humUitj/.and  uther 
teveral  dutiet. 

IF  ye  then  "be  risen  with  Christ, 
seek  those  things  « liicli  ore  aliove, 
where  liChrint  sitteth  ou  tho  right 
hand  of  God. 

I  2    Set    voiir    llnfTection    on    things 
laliove,  not  on  things  on  the  earth. 
.'1 '  I'.ir  ve  lire  dead.  •!  and  >our  IifJi 
isbid  with  (Hiri>tiu  God. 
4  "Wlien  Christ.  tWio  i.«  'our  life,     *'»•"• 
18B 


.s  1.  u 

V  U  m    KM. 

KH,.  I.  Kl 
111,.  ..W. 

.  rwm  a  t. 
uu  1  v. 

•k  i.  s. 
<jr..  «.7. 

<li.  I  4. 
•  IJ'k^Lt. 
IJ.k>ll.U. 


Exhortation  to  holiness. 


COLOSSIANS. 


Precepts  and  gahitations. 


k  Eph.  5.  :i 
1 1  Tho^s.  1 
m  Eph    5.  ; 


shall  np[X'ar,  then  shall  ye  also  ap- 
pear with  hiia  Bin  t;l""y- 

5  li  Mortify  tliercCorc  iyour  membcrB 
which  are  upon  the  earth;  k  fornica- 
tion, unclcannc?^;^,  inordinate  affec- 
tion, lovil  concupiscence,  and  covet- 
ousness,  '"  which  is  idolatry: 

0  "For  whicli  tilings'  sake  the 
wrath  of  God  cometh  on  "  the  chil- 
dren of  disobedience: 

7  I'  In  the  wliich  ye  also  walked 
sometime,  when  ye  lived  in  them. 

8  'I  But  now  ye  also  put  off  all 
these ;  an.:rcr,  wrath,  malice,  blas- 
phemy, 'filthy  communication  out 
of  your  mouth. 

y  'Lie  not  one  to  another,  'see- 
ing that  ye  have  put  off  the  old 
man  withliis  deeds; 

10  And  have  put  on  the  new  man, 
which  "is  renewed  In  kuowled^-e 
^  after  the  image  of  him  that 
y  created  him: 

U  Wlicre  there  is  neither  ''Greek 
nor  Jew,  circumcision  nor  uncir- 
cumeision,  Barb:iri.an,  Scythian, 
bond  7tor  free:  "but  Christ  /■••■  all, 
and  in  all. 

IJ  iiPut  on  therefore,  ''as  the 
elect  of  Ood,  holy  and  beloved, 
<1  bowels  of  mercies,  kindness,  hun\- 
blcnesa  of  mind,  meekness,  long- 
suffering; 

l.'j  "Forbearing  one  another,  and 
forgivin"  one  another,  if  any  nuui 
have  a  11  quarrel  against  any:  even 
as  Christ  forgave  you,  so  also  do  ye. 

14  fAnd  above  all  these  things 
Spilt  oil  charity,  which  is  the  libond 
of  perfectness. 

15  And  let  '  the  peace  of  God  rule 
in  your  hearts,  kto  the  which  also 
ye  are  called  '  in  one  body  ;  "'  and 
be  ye  thankful. 

lU  Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell 
in  you  richly  in  all  wisdom;  teach- 
ing and  ndmouishing  one  another 
"in  psalms  and  hymns  and  spirit- 
ual songs,  fi:igin:'  "with  grace  in 
your  hearts  to  the  Lortl. 
■]"  And  l'wlr.^t^^oevl•r  ye  do  in 
word  or  deed,  (fo  all  in  tlio  name  of 
the  Loid  Jesus,  'i giving  thanks  to 
God  and  the  Father  by  liim. 

18  'Wives,  submit  yourselves  unto 
vour  own  husbands,  'as  It  is  fit  in 
"tlie  Lord. 

ID  '  Husbands,  love  ;/niir  wives,  and 
be  not  "  bitter  against  them. 

a)  "  Children,  obey  i/oitr  parents 
>'in  all  things:  for  this  is  well 
pleasing  unto  the  Lord. 

;il  "  Fathers,  provoke  not  your 
children  to  aiir/er,  lest  they  be  dis- 
couraged. 

22  'Servants,  obey  iiin  all  things 
i/oiir  masters  •'according  to  the 
ffcsh  ;  not  with  eycsorvice,  as  inen- 
pleasers:  but  in  siugleucss  of  heart, 
fearing  God: 


I  I'.l.  3.  I. 
■  Eph.  £.  3. 
tEph.S.  m.  2S,  33.    ir.l.  3.  7. 

i.  'H.    Til.  2.  ».     s  Kph.  (I.   4. 

•i  ».     1  I'.i.  'i  18.     k  r.r.  20.     , 


Euli.  0.  1.    y  E..1.. 
iVim.  a.  1.    Tit. 


23  iiAnd  whatsoever  ye  do,  do  it 
heartily,  as  to  the  Lord,  and  not 
unto  men; 

'  Knowing  that  of  the  Lord 
ye  shall  receive  the  reward  of  the 
inheritance:  ffor  yc  serve  the  Lord 
Clirist. 

2.5  IJut  he  that  doeth  wrong  shall 
receive  for  the  wrong  which  lie  hath 
done  :  and  8  there  is  no  respect  of 
persons. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  He  cxhortctU  them  to  be  fervent  in 
prayer,  5  to  wal/c  wisely  towttrd  them 
that  are  not  yet  come  to  the  true  knowl- 
eil'je  of  Chrilt.  10  lit  ualuteth  them, 
and  tviaheth  them,  all  prosperity. 

MASTERS  *,  give  unto  your  serv- 
ants that  which  is  just  and 
equal ;  knowing  that  ye  also  have 
a  Master  in  heaven. 

2  li  Continue  in  prayer,  and  watch 
in  the  same  "  with  thanksgiving; 

.'(  il  Withal  praying  also  for  ns,  that 
God  would  •'oi)eu  unto  us  a  door  of 
utterance,  to  spunk  fthe  nivstervof 
Chiist,  K  for  which  I  am  also  in  bonds: 

•4  That  I  may  make  it  manifest,  as  I 
ought  to  spealt. 

5  "Walk  in  wisdom  toward  them 
that  are  without,  i  redeeming  the 
time. 

C  I^et  your  ppeech  he  always  t  with 
grace,  '  seasoned  with  salt,  '"  that  ye 
may  know  how  ye  ought  to  answer 
every  man. 

7  "AH  my  state  shall  Tvehicus 
declare  unto  jou,  irho  i.<  a  beloved 
brother,  and  a  faithful  minister  and 
fellow  servant  in  the  Lord: 

8  "Whom  I  have  sent  unto  you 
for  the  same  purpose,  that  he  might 
know  your  estate,  and  comfort  your 
hearts; 

U  With  I'Onesiinus,  a  f.iithful  and 
beloved  brother,  who  is  one  of  you. 
They  shall  m:ike  known  unto  you 
all  things  which  are  done  here. 

Ill  ''Aristarchus  my  fellow  pris- 
oner saluteth  you,  and  ■■  Marcus, 
sister's  son  t«>  IJarnabas,  (touching 
whom  ye  received  commandments: 
if  he  come  unto  you,  receive  him;) 

U  And  Jesus",  which  is  called 
Justus,  who  are  of  the  circumcision. 
These  only  are  my  fellow  workers 
unto  the  kingdom  of  God,  which 
liave  been  a  comfort  unto  me. 

12  'Epaphras,  who  is  one  of  you, 
a  servant  of  Christ,  saluteth  yon, 
always  ||' labouring  fervently  for 
you  111  prayers,  that  ye  may  stand 
^  perfect  atid  ||  complete  iu  all  the 
will  of  God. 

13  For  I  bear  him  record,  that  he 
hath  a  great  zeal  for  you,  and  them 
llial  tire  in  Laodicea,  and  them  iu 
Hierapolis. 

14  ^Luke,  the  beloved  physician, 
and  >  Denias,  greet  vou. 

15  Salute  the  brethren  which  arc 
in  l^aodieea,  and  Nymphas,  and 
'tile  church  which  is  iu  his  house. 


Paul  commetideth 


I.  THESSALONIANS. 


tlie  Themiatoniaiu. 


4.  Hi 

ELic».  I.  7. 
LCtfl2.  21. 


]ti  And  when  "this  epistle  ix  road 
aniong  yoii,  cause  tliat  it  be  rentl 
ulso  in  flu-  rhuiTh  <if  the  I,:iiHlicv- 
ans  ;  und  tli:it  yp  lilji'wiau  read  tlie 
eyiUtle  t'mni  Laodicea. 

17  And  Bay  to  i'  Areliippus,  Take 
heed  to  '^  the  ministry  wliieh  thou 


hast  received  in  tlie  lA>rd,  that  thnii 
tiillil  it. 

IS  .1  The  salntntinn  by  the  hand 
of  rnc  Paul.  *"  l{enteniber  my  iMiiidh. 
I  (irai'c  /X'  with  \'ou.     Amen. 

IT  Written  troiii  Home  to  the  Ciiloa- 
siuns  by  Tychieua  und  Unesimun. 


THE  FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


THESSALONIANS. 


criArTEU  I. 

1  The  ThCftnliiniiint  are  i/ivcn  to  under- 
stand  both  Iww  mindful  of  them  Siiinl 
Paul  wan  at  all  titnea  in  thanlisgivinff, 
and  Jtrayrr:  5  and  aleo  holt'  well  he  wna 
pemuaiU-d  of  the  truth  and  tincerity  of 
their  faitht  and  convemion  to  Ood. 

PAUL,  and  » Silvanns,  and  Ti- 
motheiis,  unto  the  church  of  the 
Thessah>iiiiiii9  n-l,lrl,  if  in  (iod  the 
Father,  and  in  tlic  Lord  .Icsus  Christ: 
l>Grace  /»■  unto  you,  and  peiin-,  from 
God  our  Father,  und  tlic  1-ord  Jesua 
Christ. 

2  '■  We  jjive  thanks  to  C.oil  always 
for  you  all,  making  mention  of  you 
in  our  pi-ayers; 

3  'I  Ueuieniherine  without  ceasini^ 
"your  work  of  faith,  'and  labour  of 
love,  and  patience  of  hope  in  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ,  iu  the  tight  of 
God  and  our  Father; 

4  Knowin;;,  biTthren  ||  beloved, 
"your  election  of(iod. 

r>  For  liour  (jospel  came  not  unto 
you  in  word  only,  but  ulso  in  power, 
and  iin  the  Holy  Ghost,  kand  in 
much  assurance;  as  lye  know  what 
manner  of  men  we  were  umon;;  you 
for  vour  sake. 

(!  And  '"  ve  became  followers  of  us, 
and  of  the"  Lord,  having  received  the 
word  in  much  alHictiou,  "with  joy 
of  the  Holy  Ghost: 

7  So  that  ve  were  ensamples  to  nil 
thatbelievoMi  Maccdoniuand  -Vehaia. 

8  For  from  you  "soumUil  out  the 
word  of  the  T^ird  not  only  iu  Mnc- 
edouia  and  ,\chaia,  but  also  I*  in 
every  place  your  faith  to  God-ward 
ia  spread  abroad  ;  so  that  we  need 
not  to  speak  any  thinx- 

9  For  thev  thcuiselvcs  shew  of  us 
1  what  nuiu'ner  ofcuI.Tins  iu  we  hud 
unto  vou,  'i\ni\  hcjw  ve  turned  to 
God  iVoui  idols  to  serve  the  living 
and  true  (inil; 

10  And  'to  wait  for  his  Son  'fmm 
heaven,  "  whom  he  raised  fmni  the 
dead,  even  .lesus,  which  delivered  us 
"from  the  wruth  to  eonie. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  In  what  manner  the  ,joii)nt  wan  brought 

and  preached  to  the  TheeeaUjniantt  and 


in  what  tort  alto  they  received  II.  19  A 
reaeon  ie  rendered  both  why  Saint  I'oul. 
wae  to  long  abtent  from  them,  and  alto 
why  ha  waa  to  deairoua  to  ece  thtin. 

F^OK  "yourselves,  brethren,  know 
our  eutrance  iu  unto  you,  that 
it  waa  not  in  vain: 

2  But  even  after  that  we  had  suf- 
fered before,  and  were  shnnu'fully 
entreati'il,  as  ve  know,  at  <>I'hilippi, 
*'  we  were  biUtl  in  our  G(»*l  «'  to  siH-ak 
unto  you  the  yosiK'l  of  God  'with 
uiuchcontenthin. 

.'!  fl'or  our  exhortation  tras  not  of 
deceit,  nor  of  uueleuuneiw,  nor  In 
jruile: 

4  lint  as  Ewe  were  nlloweil  of  God 
>>to  be  put  in  trust  with  the  l-os^hI, 
even  so  we  spcuk;  i  not  as  picaaint; 
null,  but  God,  k  which  trieth  our 
hearts. 

.'>  For  1  neither  at  any  time  used  w« 
fluttering  words,  ns  ye  know,  nor  u 
cloak  of  covetousueaa;  "'  God  h  wit- 
ness: 

t)  "  Nor  of  nu-n  sought  we  glory, 
neither  of  you,  nor  yel  of  others, 
when  "we  might  have  ||  Ix-en  I'hiir- 
densoine,  'las  the  aiK)slle»  of  Christ. 

7  But  'we  weie  gentle  among  yon, 
even  as  a  nurse  cTierisheth  her  chil- 
dren: 

8  So  being  affi'Otionntely  desimua 
ofyou,  we  were  willing  "to  have  im- 
parted unto  you,  not  the  gospel  of 
God  only,  but  also  'our  own  kouU, 
because  ye  were  ilear  unto  us. 

1)  For  ve  n'mcnibiT,  brethren,  our 
lalxi\ir  and  travail:  liir  "lulwMiring 
night  and  dav,  'because  we  would 
not  lie  chargeable  mtUt  any  tifyiui, 
wc  preaclMMl  unto  you  the  gosjiel  of 
God. 

10  S  Ye  are  witnesses,  and  Gml  nl/o, 
'how  holily  and  justly  und  unblaim-- 
ably  we  behaved  ourselves  anH>ng 
you  that  believe: 

11  As  ye  know  how  we  exhorteil 
and  eoiiifortiil  und  cluirgeil  every 
one  of  you,  us  a  futlier  </ort  his  chil- 

12  "'That  ve  would  walk  worthy  of 
God,  >'who  huth  called  you  unto  bis 
kingdom  and  glory. 

191 


im  I  r. 

r..i  1  m 

cK   I   1 

IIT>.«.  1  It. 

Paul's  great  love 


L  THESSALONIANS. 


for  the  Thesxaloniang. 


H.T,,i'.l.tiil. 

6.1:1.  M«  12. 

A  H  0.  4  ii. 

'Jl. -22. 
mOeo.  1.5.1fi. 

M.lt.  2:1.32. 
nM«lt.2«.  0. 


■  Frov.  10.31. 
11  Cor.  1.1.2:). 


1  r,jr 

lef.  lU. 
1  I'J. 

dKph 

3.  13. 

U,  2. 
2.T    & 

9.  in.  «i 

21.11. 

l.'i  For  thi.s  cause  also  tliank  ve  (iod 
'^  witliout  ccasiiij?,  because,  wlicu  ye 
received  tlie  word  of  God  wliicli  ye 
heard  of  us,  ye  received  it  <l  not  fii< 
the  word  of  inon,  Imt,  as  it  ia  iu 
truth,  the  word  of  (lod,  wliieh  eftect- 
iially  worketh  also  iu  you  that  lie- 
lieve. 

14  For  ye,  hiethreu,  became  fol- 
lowers '^  oi'the  churches  of  (Jodwhicli 
in  Judea  arc  ill  Christ  Jesus  :  for 
fyo  also  have  suftcri^d  Uke  tliiM;;s 
of  your  own  cnuntryineii,  *^evcii  aii 
they  linic  of  the  Jews: 

J5  hWho  both  killed  the  l^ord  Je- 
sus, and  i  their  own  projilu'ts,  ami 
have  (I persecuted  us;  and  tliey  i)lcase 
not  God,  It  and  are  contrary  to  all 
men: 

Ki  I  Forbiddinp  us  to  speak  to  the 
Gentiles  that  they  nii^ht  be  savetl, 
"'t<j  till  u^  their  sins  always:  "for 
the  wratli  is  come  upon  them  to  the 
uttermost. 

17  But  we,  brethren,  beins  taken 
from  ycm  tor  a  short  time  ''in  itres- 
euce,  not  in  heart,  endeavoured  the 
more  abundantly  ''to  see  your  face 
with  great  desire. 

18  Wherefore  wc  would  have  come 
unto  you,  oven  I  I'aul,  once  and 
af;ain ;  but  '1  Satan  hindered  us. 

I'J  For  ''what  is  our  hoiie,  or  joy,  or 
"  crown  of  II  rejoicin^y  Are  not  even 
ye  in  the  presence  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  '  at  liis  coming? 

!iO  For  ye  are  our  glory  and  joy. 

CIIArXER  III. 

1  Saint  Paul  Icalifielh  his  great  love  to  the 
T/ieeatdoitiane,  parity  hy  Bcnditiff  Timo- 
thy  unto  them  lo  strengthen  and  eomfurt 
them:   partly  by  rejoicing  in  their  well 
doing:    10   and   partly  by  praying  for 
thenit  and  desiring  a  safe  conUng  unto 
them.  . 
ITrllEREFORE  "when  wc  could 
VV    no  lont,'er  1'urbear,  bwe  tliouf,'ht 
it  (rood  to  lie  left  at  .Mlions  alone; 
2  And  sent '  Tini..thens,  our  broth- 
er, and  minister  of  God,  and  onr  fel- 
low labourer  in  the  gospel  of  Christ, 
to  establish  you,  and  to  comfort  you 
concerning  your  faith: 
;i  il  That  no  man  should  be  moved 
by  these  afHictions  :    for  yourselves 
know  that  "wo  are  appointed  there- 
unto. 

4  fFor  verily,  when  we  were  with 
you,  we  told  you  before  that  w<' 
"should  snlVer  tribulation;  even  as  it 
came  to  p:i.''s,  ami  \'i-  know. 

5  For  tliis  eanse,  i;  when  I  eonld  no 
longer  forbear,  I  sent  to  kn..w  your 
faitli,  Me^t  by  some  means  the  tempt- 
er have  tempted  yon,  and  lOur  la- 
bour be  in  vain. 

(1  k  Hut  now  when  Timotheus  came 
from  yon  unto  us,  and  brought  lis 

g 1  tidings  of  your  faith  auilchar- 

ity,  and  that  ye  have  good  remem- 
brnui'e  of  us  always,  desiring  greatly 
to  see  us,  I  us  we  also  to  sec  you: 

7  Therefore,  brethren,  "'  wo  were 
192 


coniforted  over  you  in  all  our  afflic- 
tion and  distress  by  your  faith: 

8  For  now  wc  live.  If  ye  "  stand  fast 
in  the  Ijord. 

'J  "  For  what  thanks  can  we  render 
to  God  again  for  you,  tijrall  the  joy 
wherewith  we  joy  tor  your  sakes  be- 
fore our  Go<l; 

10  P  Night  and  day  1  praying  ex- 
ceedingly 'that  wc  "might  see  yimr 
face,  Mmd  might  perfect  that  which 
is  hieking  in  your  faith? 

11  Now  God  himself  and  our  Fa- 
ther, and  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
II  *  direct  our  way  unto  you. 

l:i  And  the  J^ord  "niake  you  to  in- 
crease and  abound  in  love  *  one  to- 
ward another,  and  toward  all  j/ic/i, 
even  as  M'c  do  toward  you; 

l.'i  To  the  end  he  may  5  stablish 
your  hearts  unblameable  in  holiness 
before  God,  even  our  Father,  at  the 
coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
*  with  all  his  saints. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  lie  exhorteth  them  to  go  on  forward  in 
all  manner  of  godliness,  6  to  live  holily 
and  justly.  9  to  love  one  another,  11  and 
quietly  to  follow  their  own  business:  IS 
and  last  of  all  to  sorrow  moderately  for 
the  dead.  17  And  unio  this  last  exhort, 
ation  is  annexed  a  brief  description  of 
the  resurrection,  anil  second  coming  of 
Christ  to  judgment. 

T,^URTIIERMORE  then  wc  ||  be- 

I  seech  you,  brethren,  and  jj  ex- 
hort ijou  by  the  Lord  Jesus,  'that 
as  ye  have  received  of  us  l^how  ye 
ought  to  walk  '  and  to  please  God,  so 
ye  would  abound  more  and  more. 
"2  For  ye  know  what  command- 
ments we  gave  you  by  tlie  Lonl 
Jesus. 

a  For  this  is  >l  the  will  of  God,  even 
"  vour  Banctification,  f  that  ye  should 
afistain  from  fornication: 

4  s  That  every  one  of  you  should 
know  how  to  "jiossess  his  vessel  in 
sanctification  and  honour; 

,')  liNot  in  the  lust  of  concupiscence, 
ievcn  as  the  Gentiles  *i  which  know 
not  (iod: 

(»  1  That  no  man  go   beyond    and 

II  defraud  his  brother  ||  in'  ami  mat- 
ter :  because  that  the  Lord  '"is  the 
avenger  of  all  such,  as  we  also  have 
forewarned  yon  and  testified. 

7  For  Goilhath  not  culled  us  unto 
uneleanness,  "  but  unto  holiness. 

H  "  He  therefore  that  II  despiseth,  de- 
spiseth  not  man,  but  God,  I'who  hath 
also  given  unto  us  his  llolv  Spirit. 

U  lint  as  tonehing  brotherly  love 
"lye  need  not  that  1  wril<'  unto  you: 
for  'vc  vonrselvcs  are  taught  of  God 
■'tolove"onean<.tlier. 

lIM.Vnd  iuileecl  ve  doit  towanl  all 
the  brethren  which  are  in  all  Macc- 
ilonia:  but  we  beseech  you.  brethren, 
"  that  ye  invrcaso  more  and  more; 

ocl..  .1.  1.  rJ.r.  9131.  J,.l.tin.  «.  i  11  2(1.  ll,.l. 
2.  20.  'iT.  •  »l«ll.  22.  39.  J..I1U  1:1,  SI.  *  15.  12.  K| 
1.8.     IJuhii  3.  U,  23.  &  4.  21.     tell.  1.7.     u  ih.  3. 


Of  Christ's  second  comiiiff.        I.  THESSALONIANS. 


Divers  exJiorlatioiu. 


t.  51. 41, 
t  12,  31). 
1.  3.  10, 


f  Kom.  13,  12. 
13. 

1  JoUn  2,  8, 

tEph,  5.  8. 

W.  5. 

jll.24  il. 

%•>.  1.1. 

13.  11, 


liH< 


U  And  that  vc  ntujy  to  be  quiit, 
and  'to  do  jimr  own  biisiiic-sK,  and 
>  to  work  with  your  own  liuudb,  n» 
we  coinniaiuk'd  ytiii; 

12  "  That  yc  iniiy  wnik  honestly  to- 
ward tliein  tliat  arc  without, "and 
tliiitYc  may  have  lack  ||  of  imthiii'', 

l:i  But  I  wouhl  not  have  you  In  l)c 
ignorant,  bietliren,  eoneeriiiii;,'  thiin 
wliicli  arc  nslei'p,  that  ye  koitow  not, 
"even  as  others  b wliicli  have  no 
liope. 

14  Kor'if  wc  believe  that  Jobus  iliod 
an«l  rose  n;;ain,  even  ko  (Ithcni  also 
which  sleep  in  Jckus  will  God  bring 
witli  him. 

15  I'"or  this  we  Bay  unto  you  ■'by  the 
word  of  the  Jyord,  that  fwe  w'hieb 
are  ahvc  ami  remain  nnto  tlic  com- 
ing of  the  Lord  shall  not  prevent 
them  which  arc  asleep 


1«  Kor^tl 
scend  fron 
with  the  vc 
Willi  lithe 
dead  in  Ch 

17  k  Then 


Lord  hi 
lu-.iv.Mi 


self  shall  de- 
ith    a   shout. 


L*e  fif  the  archangel 
umii  of  (iod  :   'and  tl 
st  shall  ri.se  first: 
vc  wliich  are  al 


B^ 


12.  1 


remain  shall  be  eau^'ht  up  to^etlie'r 
with  tht^iii  tin  tlie  clouds,  to  inret 
the  Lord  in  the  air:  and  su  '"bhull 
we  evor  he  with  the  Lord. 
18  "Wherefore  ||  comfort  one  an- 
other with  tht'HC  words. 

CHAPTER  V. 
I  Ho  prorredeth  in  tUe  former  tieneription 
of  Chrilt't  cominti  to  juilgmtHl,  10  rm./ 
givefh  divert   preci-pte,  23  anil  eo  cjn- 
■ludcth  the  epiflU. 
UT  of  "the  times  and  the  sea- 
brethren,    bye    have    no 
need  that  1  write  unto  you. 

2  For  yourselves  know  perfectiv 
that '  the  day  of  the  Lord  so  eometli 
as  a  thief  in  the  night. 

3  For  when  they  shall  say,  Peace 
and  safety;  then  il sudden  destrnc- 
tion  Cometh  uixm  them,  "as  travail 
upon  a  woman  with  child;  and  they 
shall  not  escape, 

4  fBut  ye,  brethren,  are  not  in  dark- 
uesii,  that  that  day  should  overtake 
vou  as  a  thief. 

"5Yc  are  all  =tho  children  of  light, 
and  the  children  of  the  dav ;  we  arc 
not  of  the  night,  nor  of  darkness. 

t!  li  Therefon!  let  us  not  sleep,  as 
rfo  others;  but  ilct  us  watch  aud  be 
sober. 

7  For  k  they  that  sleep  sleep  in  the 

!,  S.     kLukall.  3^30.     Kom.  13,  13.     I  Cor,  IS,  M. 


ation  by 


night;  and  they  that  be  drunken  'are 
drunken  in  the  night. 

s  Hut  let  us,  who  arc  of  the  day,  br 
sober,  "'putting  on  the  breaslplato 
of  faith  and  love;  and  for  a  helmet, 
the  hope  of  salvation. 

!l  For  "  God  Initb  n(<  appointed  n» 
to  wrath,  "liut  to  obtain  salva  ' 
our  Lord  .lesus  Christy 

1(1 1'  Who  died  for  us,  that,  whether 
wc  wake  or  sleep,  we  tliould  live 
bigelherwilh  him. 

11  'I  Wherellire  li  comfort  yonrwlvcs 
together,  and  edily  one  another,  even 
as  al.so  vc  do. 

12  .Vnd  we  beseech  you,  brethren, 
'  to  know  them  which  labour  anioni; 
you,  and  are  over  \  ou  in  the  Lord, 
andnilmonishyoii;' 

1.1  .\iid  toesliem  them  very  highly 
in  love  liir  their  work's  take.  Miirf 
be  ut  peace  amoug  .\  ourselves. 

14  Now  we  II  exhort  you,  brethren, 
'warn  them  that  are  i|  uurulv,  "com- 
fort the  (eeblemiiulcil,  ^slilVort  the 
weak,  >  he  patient  l.iwiird  all  ;/,-■,). 

I.l  '.See  th.1t  none  render  evil  for 
evil  unti>  aiiv  man:  but  evj^r  "fol- 
low that  whieli  jjj  L'nod.  both  oiudB^ 
~^  ill"  all  men* 


111  1.  Uejoiee  cv 

1/  '  I'lay  without  ceasing. 

iH  il  In  every  thing  give  thanks:  (br 
this  is  the  will  of  GoU  in  Christ  Jc- 
sns  concerning  vou. 

Ht'tineuch  no't  the  Spirit. 

1*0  I'  Despise  not  prophesvings, 
I  21  K  Trove  all  things;  bhuld  fast  that 
'which  is  good. 

I  22  lAbstain  from  uU  appearance  of 
'evil. 

2.'t  .\nd  k  the  verv  GimI  of  peace 
I  sanctify  you  wholly;  and  /  ;>im/ 
(itttf  ynur  whnle  spirit  and  soul  and 
tii>dv""'lH>  pre.-irved  hianu'less  unto 
the  coming  of  .nir  Lonl  Jesus  Christ. 

24  "Faillilnl  m  he  that  calleth  you, 
who  also  will  do  I/. 

2.'>  Brethren,  *'  pray  for  us. 

2li  •'  (Jreet  all  the"  brethren  with  a 
holv  kiss. 

27  I  II  ebarjre  vou  by  the  1/Ord,  that 
'I  this  epistle  tic  read  unto  all  the 
holy  brethren. 

2N  '  The  grace  of  our  Ixird  Jesus 
Christ /»•  with  vou.     Amen. 

It  Thr  first  <;;i.//e  unto  the  Tliesaa- 
lonians  was  written  from  Athens. 


.,  1-,.,,, 


■ilCu  1  s. 

a  10  13    3n<-.  a  >,  .Coi  1 1.  9tii»  i  i. 

in.lR._|Or,  oJ,«r«.     qCoU^IO,     aTb«>.>.lL     ■  aoM. 


.2  Cor.  I.  19. 
l>lThcu.  II 
ol  Cor,  1.3. 

dlTheM  1,2, 


lTlieu2.19, 


llThcu.2.11. 
kBor.  6.  10, 


1  Thou.  i.  5. 
p  Kom.  2.  8. 
qPhil  3.  J9 


THE  SECOND  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


THESSALONIANS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Saint  Paid  rertifieth  them  of  the  good 
opinion  which  he  had  of  their  faith,  love, 
and  patience;  11  and  therewithal  uaeth 
divers  reasons  for  the  comforting  of 
them  in  pcrscciction,  whereof  the  chief  est 
is  taken  from  the  righteous  judgment 
of  Ood. 

1>AUL,  "and  Silvnnus,  nnd  Ti- 
mothcus,  unto  the  church  of 
the  Thessaloniana  hin  Uod  our  Fa- 
ther and  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ: 

2  ^  Grace  unto  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  rather  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

3  *  Wc  arc  bound  to  thiink  God  al- 
ways for  you,  brethren,  as  it  is  meet, 
because  that  your  faith  proweth  ex- 
ceedinj;ly,  and  the  charity  of  every 
one  of  you  all  toward  each  other 
aboundeth; 

4  So  that  ^we  ourselves  plory  in 
you  in  the  churclies  of  God,  ffor 
your  patience  and  faith  sin  all  your 
persecutions  and  tribulations  that  yc 
endure: 

5  Which  h  h  a  manifest  token  of  the 
rislitcous  juilgment  of  God,  tliat 
yc  may  be  counted  worthy  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God,  i  for  which  30  also 
suffer: 

G  li  Seeing  it  in  a.  righteous  thinj; 
with  God  to  recompense  tribulation 
to  them  that  trouble  you; 

7  And  to  you  who  are  troubled  I  rest 
with  us,  when  "'the  Jjord  Jesus  shall 
he  revealed  from  heaven  with  f  his 
mifihty  an;j;els, 

8  "In  flaming  fire  lltakinR  venge- 
ance on  them  "that  know  not  (iod, 
and  I'  that  obey  not  the  gospel  of  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ: 

9  'iWho  shall  be  punished  with 
everlasting  destruction  fnin  th  • 
presence  of  the  Lord,  and  '  from  me 
frlory  of  his  power; 

10  '  When  he  shall  come  to  bcplori- 
ficd  in  his  saints,  'and  to  be  adiiiirerl 
in  all  them  that  believe  (because  our 
testimony  among  y6u  was  believed) 
in  thut  day. 

11  Wliereforc  also  wc  pniy  nlwavs 
fur  voii,  that  our  God  would  ||  "  count  ■ 
yoii  wortliv  of  this  calling,  nnd  fiilHl 
all  the  f;ood  pleasure  of  hi.i  good- 
ness, and  "the   work  of  fUith  with' 

1.'  y  That  the  name  of  our  Lord  Je- 
sus Christ  may  he  jrlorified  in  yi>u, 
and  ye  in  hirn,"aerordin;;  to  the  jrrace 
of  our  God  and  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

194 


CHAPTER IL 

1  ITe  willeth  them  to  continue  steadfast  in 
the  truth  received,  3  sheweth  that  there 
shall  be  a  departure  from  the  faith, i  and 
a  discovery  of  antichrist,  before  the  day 
of  the  Lord  come.     15  And    thereupon 
repcateth  his  former  exhortation,  and 
praycth  for  them. 
"VTOW  we  beseech  you,  brethren, 
.».  1    ^  by  the  comin;^  of  our  J^ord  Je- 
sus Christ,  ii  and  by  our  gathering  to- 
gether unto  him, 

2  '■  That  ye  be  not  soon  shaken  in 
mind,  or  be  troubled,  neither  by 
spirit,  nor  bv  word,  nor  by  letter  as 
from  US,  as  tbat  the  day  ot'  Christ  is 
at  hand. 

3  tl  I..et  no  man  deceive  you  by  any 
means:  for //(0<  ilaij  shn)l  )int  come, 
•^except  there  come  a  falling  awnv 
first,  and  '"that  man  of  sin  be  reveal- 
ed, f^  the  son  of  perdition; 

4^110  opposeth  and  I'exalteth  him- 
self 1  above  all  that  is  called  God,  or 
tliat  is  worshipped  ;  bo  that  ho  as 
God  sitteth  in  the  temple  of  God, 
shewin:;  himself  that  he  is  God. 

5  Remember  ye  not,  that,  when  I 
was  yet  with  you,  I  told  you  these 
things? 

6  And  now  ye  know  what  ||  with- 
holdeth  that  he  might  he  revealed  in 
hi.s  time. 

7For  k  the  mystery  of  iniquity  doth 
alreadv  work:  onlv  he  who  now  let- 
teth  uill  let,  until  lie  be  taken  out  of 
the  way. 

H  And  then  shall  that  'Wicked  be  re- 
vealed, I  whom  the  Lord  shall  con- 
sume '"  with  the  sjiirit  of  his  mouth, 
and  shall  destroy  "  with  the  bright- 
ness of  his  coming: 

!l  /ircn  hnii,  who.5e  coming  is  "after 
the  working  of  Satan  with  all  power 
and  P  signs  and  lying  wonders, 

10  And  with  all  deceivableness  of 
unrighteousness  in  Ithem  that  per- 
ish; because  they  received  not  the 
love  of  the  truth,  that  they  might  he 
saved. 

11  And  'for  this  cause  God  shall 
send  them  strong  delusion,  'that 
they  should  believe  a  lie: 

)-J  That  they  all  might  he  damned 
who  believed  not  flic  truth,  but '  had 
lileasurein  uiiritrhleuusness. 

I.'t  lint  "  we  nre  bomHl  to  give  thanks 
nlw:ivsto  (;oil  tor  v.iii,  liretliren  be- 
loveil  of  the  Lord,  hl'i-ause  (iod  Miuth 
>fn)m  the  beginning  chosen  von  to 
salvation  ''through  sanetilieatum  of 
the  Spirit  and  heliet  of  tlic  trutli:         I 


The  idle  and 


I.  TIMOTHY. 


dinnrderly 


A. 

D.  64. 

1  rh 
1  1" 

1.  17.  22. 
f..  2  12. 
t.  5.  10. 

r.  IB  13 
.  1.  1. 

clr 

r.  11.  2. 

J.  (1. 

«lJn 

1.1.4  10. 

■1.1.1.31 
abtnrd. 
■  21.21. 


f2Cor.  7.  IB. 
G.-.I  5.  10 
glCl.r.  28.1S- 


14  Wlicreiinto  lie  called  .vou  by  our 
gospel,  to  "the  obtaiiiin;:  bfthc  glory 
of  our  Lord  Jes.ua  Christ. 

1.5  Thcreiore,  brethren,  i.ftiiiid  fast, 
and  liokl  'the  traditions  which  yc 
have  been  tau;;ht,  whether  by  word, 
or  our  epistle. 

Ifi  .1  Now  our  Lord  .Icsus  Christ  him- 
self, and  God,  even  our  Kather, 
•■which  hath  loved  us,  and  hath 
given  ».<  everlasting  consolation  aud 
I  good  hope  tliroiiKh  grace, 

n  Conitbrt  y.Hir  hearts,  «  and  6tab- 
lisli  you  in  "every  good  word  and 
work. 

CHAPTER  in. 

1  Uc  cravcth  their  prayers  for  himielf,  S 

tettifieth  what  confidence  lie hathin  them, 

5  maketh  rc^ucet  to  GoU  in  thetr  behalf, 

6  ffivcth  titem  divert  prceeptt,  enpeciatty 
to  ahun  idtenc9»,  and  ittrotitpany,  iOan<l 
last  of  all  conciudeth  with  prayer  and 
taUu'atiun. 

Ir'lNALLY,  brethren,  "prnvforns, 
that  the  word  of  the  Lord  f  ini 
have  fvfi'   course,  and  be  glorifi. 
even  as  it  is  with  you : 

2  Aud  I' that  wc  may  be  delivered 
from  t  unreasonable  and  wicked 
men:  '^ibrallmcH  have  not  faith. 

;!  But  lithe  Lord  i.s  faithful,  who 
shall  stabhsh  you,  and  "keep  you 
from  e^■il. 

4  And  i'wc  have  confidence  in  the 
Lord  touching  you,  thatyc  both  do 
and  will  do  the  tilings  which  we 
command  you. 

5  And  "the  Lord  direct  vonr  hearts 
into  the  love  of  Uod,  and  into  ||  the 
patient  waiting  for  Christ. 

G  Now  we  command  vou,  brethren, 
in  the  name  of  our  Lord  .lesiis  Christ, 
'■■thatyc  withdraw  youreclvcs  "from 
joLnio.   i  U'oc.  2.  a.  1.:. 


Bed, 


every  bnither  that  walketh  !>  di 
dcrly,   and  not  after  I  the  tradition 
which  lie  received  of  us. 

7  For  yourselves  know  "*finw  yo 
ought  to  follow  us:  for  °  we  behaved 
not  ourselves  disorderly  among  you; 

.S  Neither  did  we  eat  any  man's 
bri'ad  for  nought;  but  "wrought 
with  labour  anti  travail  night  and 
duv,  that  wc  might  nut  be  chargeable 
toaiiv  of  \ou: 

;)  ''  N\it  because  we  have  not  power, 
but  to  make  '■  ourselves  an  cnsample 
unto  \'ou  lo  follow  us. 

10  I'or  even  when  we  were  with 
you,  this  we  commanded  j'uu,  ''that 
if  anv  would  not  work,  neither 
sliouhl  he  cat. 

11  For  wc  iicor  that  there  arc  Mime 
•  which  walk  among  you  disorderly, 
'  working  not  at  all,  but  arc  busy- 
bodies. 

\'i  "  Now  tbem  that  are  Fuch  ve 
command  and  exhort  bv  our  lx>rd 
Jesus  Christ,  "that  with  tiuietness 
they  work,  and  eat  their  own  bread. 

l.'iHut  ^e.  brethren,  >  || be  not  weary 


ell  do 
nd  if  1 

llby  thi 


IV  man  obey  not  our 
word  llby  this  epistle.  n..te"tlnit  man, 
and  'liave  no  eoniptniv  with  him, 
that  be  may  be  nsliamrd. 

l.'i  "  Vet  count  /iiiH  not  as  nn  enemy, 
bbut  admonish  liim  as  a  brotlur. 

IG  Now  '  the  Ixml  of  (icace  himself 
give  vou  peace  alwavs  by  all  means. 
'I'he  l-ord  («■  with  you  all. 

17  d  The  salutation  of  Paul  with 
mine  own  band,  which  is  the  token 
in  everv  epistle:  so  I  write. 

in  ^'  Tlic  grace  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  be  w  ilh  you  all.     Amen. 

H  The  second  eiiirtle  lo  the  'I'hcssn- 
luniaus  w  ad  written  from  Athens. 


THE  FIRST  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 

TO 

TIMOTHY. 


CUAPTEU  \. 

I  Timothy  ia  ]mt  in  Viind  of  the  charge 
which  was  tjivcn  unto  him  ty  I'aiil  at  hie 
going  to  Macedonia.  6  Of  the  right  we 
and  end  of  the  law.  11  of  Saint  I'auVe 
calling  to  be  an  ayoetle,  1*0  and  of  Uymen- 
eus  and  Alexander. 

PADL,  an  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ 
»by  the  eommandmeiit  I'of  (iod 
our  Saviour,  and  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
'n/iicli  i.<  onr  hope; 

2  llnto  il 'I'imolhv,  '  ii'.vowu  son  m 
the  faith:  f  (iraee,"ineicy,  au'l  peace, 
from  God  our  Itlhcr,  and  Jesus 
Christ  onr  Lord. 

3  As  1  besought  thee  to  abide  still 

•  Tit.  1*.    fO»l.l.  3.    2Ti,,i.l  2.    ir.i.  l.J. 


at  Ephesus,  ^  when  I  went  into  Mace- 
donia, that  tlioiiinightest  charge  some 
h  that  they  teach  no  other  diHtrine, 
4  i  Neither  give  heed  to  fables  and 
endless  genealogies,  k  which  minis- 
ter questions,  rather  than  gtKlly  edi- 
fving  which  is  in  faith:  fo  tlo. 

I  5  Now  I  the  end  of  the  command- 
ment is  charity  "'out  of  a  pure  heart, 

land  of  o  goo'd  conscience,  and  it' 

.faith  unfeigned: 

'  li  From  which  sonic  11  having  swerv- 
ed have  turned  aside  unto  "vain 
iaiigling;  .  ,     , 

'7  Desiring  til  Ivc  tenehcm  oflhc  law: 
"unilerslandiug    neither   what    they 
say,  nor  whereof  llicy  uHirm. 
1» 


l>|Tl.n»t.lL 

(kS   It 

•  •rll.12.lt. 
1  ck.  X  IJ. 
B>  1  r',t  t  m 

ti  II    I 

17I...4.   I     ». 

n  I  Th.-  I. 


I  Tl,.u.  1.  0. 
rl.-n  3   l<l 


s  Erh.  t.  a 

J  <:.l.  (1.  ». 


I.  Til   3.  10 
«R~ni.  13.33. 

4  I'l  H> 


dlCor.  IA2I. 
I  ul   t.  IS. 
•  Bom  IS.  21. 


lArliUn  l.x 
l-kll.  >.  M. 

hi:.l  IK.  7. 
<h  0.3.  IX 

i.k.t.  7.4a. 

4.  .O 

2Tii«.  t  It. 
IS..-1. 
Til.  1.  11.4 


The  use  of  the  Jaw, 


I.  TIMOTHY. 


Ilow  bishops  aiul  deacons^ 


5. 'Ai. 
ich.  0.  3. 

•iTiin.  4.3. 

Tit.l.U.42.1. 
Bch.  G.  1.1 
1 1  Oor.  0.  17. 

Cftl.  y.  7. 

fiui.  1.  a.'i. 

1  Tlieu.  2.  4. 
oil.  2.  7. 


Pliil.  .1.  «. 
•  Luke  2:).  M. 
John  9.  30, 


1  Cur.  15.  10. 
o2Tim.  1.13. 
d  Luko  7.  -17. 


i  19.  10.  I 
R..m.  .0.  8. 
IJolinJ.  5.  I 
e  2  Cor.  1.  1. 
!■  13.  3D. 
V>.  10.  10.  i 
11.5.  13. 
Uiui-  7.  14. 


hA< 


.  16. 


8  ISiit  Me  know  that  I'lhc  law  I'j 
j;oofl,  if  a  man  ii.-^e  it  Imvfullv; 

I1 1  Kiiowin-  tlii^  tliiit  tlio  law  in  not 
maile  I'or  a  ri;;litcoii3  iii;iti,  but  for 
the  lawless  anil  di.-Johciliont,  for  tlie 
iinsoilly  and  for  Binneis,  for  unholy 
and  profane,  for  niiirdeivrs  of  fathers 
and  murderers  of  mothers,  for  man- 
slayers, 

10  For  whoremongers,  for  them  that 
defile  thern.selves  with  mankind,  fiir 
meustealers,  for  liars,  for  perjured 
person.-",  and  if  there  be  any  other 
thin;;  that  is  contrary  ■'to  sound  doc- 
trine; 

11  According;  to  the  clorious  {Gospel 
of  'tile  l)lcsscd  (Jod,  '  whicli  was 
committed  to  niv  trust. 

]:i  Antl  1  tlnink  Clirist  Jesus  our 
Lord,  "who  iiath  enabled  me,  "for 
that  he  counted  mo  faitliful,  >  put- 


ito  thenii 


Ir'j  ^VViio  was  before  a  blasphemer, 
and  a  persecutor,  and  injurious:  Imt 
I  obtained  mercy,  because  "I  did  il 
i;j:norantly  in  unbelief. 

14  liAnd  the  grace  of  our  Lord 
was  exeeedin;'  abundant  ''with  faitli 
•land  love  which  is  iu  Christ  Je- 
sus. 

15  "This  is  a  faithful  saying,  and 
worthy  of  all  acceptation,  tliatf  Christ 
Jesus  came  into  the  worhl  to  save 
sinners;  of  whom  I  am  chief. 

16  Howbeit  for  this  cause  <^I  ob- 
tp.ined  mercy,  that  in  me  first  Jesus 
Christ  might  sliew  forth  all  lonRsuf- 
ferinff,  lifbra  pattern  to  tiiem  which 
should  hereafter  believe  on  him  to 
life  everlasting. 

17  Now  unto  ithe  Kins  eternal,  kjm- 
inortal,  Unvisil)le,  '"the  onl/  wise 
God,  "be  honour  and  glory  lijr  ever 
and  ever.    Amen. 

18  This  charge  "I  commit  unto 
thee,  son  Timothy,  P  according  to 
the  prophecies  which  went  before 
on  thee,  tliat  thou  by  them  mightcst 
'I  war  a  gof)d  warfare; 

li)  'Holding  faith,  and  a  good  con- 
science ;  which  some  having  put 
away,  conceruiug  faith  "have  made 
shipwreck: 

'Jf)  Of  whom  is  'Ilvmoncns  and 
"Alexander;  whom  I  liave '^deliver- 
ed unto  Satan,  that  they  may  learn 
not  to  >  blaspheme. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  Thnt  it  ie  meet  to  pmy  and  give  thanks 
fur  all  men,  and  the  reason  why.  9  How 
women  should  be  attired.  VI  They  are 
7iot  permitted  to  teach.  1.5  Thc^i  shall  be 
saved,  notw'ithstaiidioii  the  tcatimumea 
of  Ood's  wrath,  in  childbirth,  if  they 
eontinue  in  faith. 

T  II  EXHORT  therefore,  that,  first 

1  of  all,  supplications,  prayers,  in- 
tercessions, mill  giving  of  tliaiiUs,  be 
made  for  all  men  : 

2  ■'  For  kings,  an<l  ^\l'nr  nil  that  are 
in  llauthority  ;  that  we  may  lead  a 
Huict  and  peaceable  life  iu  all  godli- 
uess  and  honesty. 

196 


3  For  this  ix  ''good  and  acceptable 
in  tlie  sight  -lof  (iod  our  Saviour; 

4  ""Who  will  have  all  men  to  be 
saved,  land  to  come  unto  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  truth. 

5  sFor  there  is  one  God,  and  hone 
mediator  between  God  and  men,  the 
man  Christ  Jesus; 

li  iWlio  gave  himself  a  ran.som  for 
all,  k  II  to  be  testified  1  in  due  time. 

7  '"  "Whcrcunto  I  am  ordained  .1 
preacher,  and  an  apostle,  ("I  Bpcak 
the  truth  in  Christ,  «?«/  lie  not,)  "a 
teacher  of  the  Gentiles  in  faith  and 
verity. 

■S  I  will  therefore  that  men  pray 
f  every  where, 'ilifting  npholyhauds, 
without  wrath  and  doubting. 

9  In  like  manner  also,  that  ''women 
.adorn  themselves  in  modest  apparel, 
with  shamefacedness  and  sobriety: 
not  with  II  braided  hair,  or  gold,  or 
jiearls,  or  costly  array; 

10  "  But  (which  becometh  women 
professing  godliness)  with  good 
works. 

U  l^et  the  woman  leam  in  silence 
with  all  subjection. 

lii  But  'I  softer  not  a  woman  to 
teach,  "nor  to  usurp  authority  over 
the  man,  but  to  be  in  silence. 

l.'J  For  "Adam  was  first  formed, 
then  Eve. 

14  And  !'  Adam  was  not  deceived, 
hut  the  woman  being  deceived  was 
in  the  transgression. 

15  Notwithstanding  she  shall  be 
saved  in  childbearing,  if  thev  con- 
tinue in  faith  and  charity  and  holi- 
ness with  sobriety. 

CHAPTER  nL 

2  Eoio  bishops,  and  deacons,  and  their 
wives  should  be  qualified,  14  and  to  what 
end  Saint  Paul  wrote  to  Timothy  of 
thest  things.  15  Of  the  church,  and  the 
blessed  truth  therein  taught  and  pro- 
fessed. 

""['HIS  "!,'!  a  true  saying.  If  a  man 

1  desire  the  office  of  a  i>  bishop,  he 
desireth  a  good  '-'  work. 

2  JA  bishop  then  must  be  blame- 
less, '^the  husband  of  one  wife,  vigi- 
lant, sober,  II  of  good  behaviour, 
given  to  hospitalitj-,  fapt  to  teach; 

3  S  II  Not  given  to  wine,  h  no  strik- 
er, i  not  greedy  of  filthy  lucre;  but 
li  patient,  not  a  brawler,  not  covet- 
ous: 

4  One  that  ruleth  well  his  own 
house,  I  having  his  children  in  sub- 
jection with  all  gravity; 

5  (For  if  a  man  know  not  how  to 
rule  his  own  house,  how  shall  he 
take  care  of  the  church  of  God?) 

()  Not  II  a  novice,  lest  being  tilled 
up  with  pride  '"he  fall  into  the  con- 
demnation of  the  de^'il. 

7  Moreo\er  he  must  have  a  good 
report  "of  them  which  are  without; 
lest  he  fall  into  reproach  "and  the 
snare  of  the  devil. 

S  1/ikewisc  viust  I'the  deacons  he 
grave,    not    double-tongued,    ''not 


I.  n.l,.8.6.i 


should  be  qualified. 


I.  TIMOTHY.       Instructions  given  to  Timothy. 


ks2  13. & 

1. 

in  20.  \!. 


2  Tim.  3.  I, 

:  Pet.  3.  3. 

lJohn2.  18. 

Jti.la  i.  18. 
1>  1  rcl.  1.  20. 
c  2  Tim.  3.  13. 

2  Pel  2.  1. 


kRom.  n.  fl. 
1  Cor.  10.  30. 
1  nom.  14.  It. 


plven  to  much  wine,  not  fireedy  of 
lilthy  lucre; 

9  '  lloldin;;  the  mystery  of  the  faith 
in  a  pure  conscience. 

10  And  let  these  also  first  be  proved  j 
then  let  them  use  tlio  ofliee  of  a  dea- 
con, bcin.^./bHn'/  liUimeless. 

U  'Even  so  iiiinit  tlicir  wives  lie 
grave,  not  slanderers,  sober,  faithful 
in  all  tliiuf^s. 

12  Let  the  deacons  be  the  husb.ands 
of  one  wife,  ruliu;;  their  children 
and  their  own  lioiisos  well. 

i:;  For  'they  that  hcve  ||  used  the 
olliec  of  a  deacon  weU  purchase  to 
themselves  a  ^ood  dc;^ree,  and  ^reat 
linUlness  in  the  faith  which  is  in 
Christ  Jesus. 

14  These  things  write  I  unto  thee, 
hoping  to  come  unto  thee  shortly: 

15  Hut  if  I  tarry  long,  that  thou 
mnyest  know  how  thou  oughtest  to 
behave  thyself"  in  tlie  house  of  God, 
wliich  is  the  cluirch  of  the  living 
God,  the  pillar  and  ||  ground,  of  the 
truth. 

in  And  without  controversy  great 
is  the  m.vstery  c>f  godliness  :  '^  God 
was  t  manifest  in  the  flesh,  > justi- 
fied in  the  Spirit,  ^seen  of  angels, 
"preached  unto  the  Gentiles,  li be- 
lieved on  in  the  world,  '^  received  up 
into  glory. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  He  foretMeth  that  in.  the  latter  timet 
there  shall  be  a  departure  from  the 
faith.  0  And  to  the  end  that  Timnthy 
might  not  fall  in  doing  hia  duty,  lie  fur- 
nisheth  him  with  divers  2)recepts  be- 
lowjinr/  thereto. 

NOW  the  Spirit  "speaketh  ex- 
presslv,  that  I' in  the  latter  times 
some  shall  depart  from  the  faith, 
giving  heed  '"to  seducing  spirits, 
dand  doctrines  of  devils; 

2  •■  Speaking  lies  in  hypocrisy ;  f hav- 
ing their  conscience  seared  with  a 
hot  iron; 

.'!  s  Forbidding  to  maiTj,  >>«»(/  com- 
vmncUtin  to  abstain  from'meats, which 
God  hath  created  i  to  be  reeei\'e(l 
k  with  thanksgiving  of  them  Avliich 
believe  and  know  the  truth. 

4  For  I  every  creature  of  God  ?'.< 
pood,  and  nothing  to  be  refused,  if 
it  be  received  with  thanksgiving: 

.5  For  it  is  sanctified  by  the  w  ord  of 
God  and  prayer. 

G  If  thou  put  the  brethren  in  re- 
membrance of  these  things,  thou 
shalt  be  a  good  minister  of  Jesus 
Christ,  ""nourished  up  in  the  words 
of  faith  and  of  good  doctrine,  where- 
unto  thou  hast  attained. 

7  But  "  refuse  profane  and  old 
wives'  fables,  and  "exercise  thyself 
rather  unto  godliness. 

8  For  ''bodily  exercise  profiteth 
lllittle:  Ibut  godliness  is  pniHtablc 
uuto  all  things,  "^  having  promise  of 


23  &4  4.  Tit.  1.  I),  oHeli 
lOr./orol.i/l.l.me.  qcl,.  li. 
&  145.  la.    M&tt.  ti.  33,  &  1:^.  1 


5.   14.     pi  C. 


the  life  that  now  is,  and  of  that 
which  is  to  come. 

'J  '  This  is  a.  faithful  saying,  and 
worthy  of  sU  acceptation. 

1(1  For  thercibre  '  He  both  labour 
and  sutler  reproach,  because  we 
"trust  in  the  living  God,  "who  is 
the  Saviour  of  all  men,  specially  of 
those  tliat  believe. 

U  J"  These  things  command  and 
teach. 

12  "  Let  no  man  despise  thy  youth; 
liut  "be  thou  an  example  of  tlie  be- 
lievers, in  word,  in  conversation,  in 
charity,  in  spirit,  in  faith,  in  purity. 

1.'?  Till  I  come,  rIvc  attendance  to 
rcadinj;,  to  exlmrtjition,  to  doctrine. 

14  li Neglect  not  the  gift  that  is  in 
thee,  wliich  was  given  tliee  '  by 
jno|)hecy,  il  witli  the  laying  on  of  the 
hands  of  the  presbytery. 

15  Meditate  upou'these  things;  give 
thyself  wholly  to  them  ;  that  thy 
proliting  may  appear  ||  to  all. 

l(i '  Take  heed  unto  thyseltj  and  un- 
to the  doctrine;  continue  in  tliein: 
liir  in  doing  this  thou  shalt  both 
fsave  thyself,  and  Ktliem  that  hear 
thee. 

CII.VPTER  \. 

I  Rulc»  to  be  obncrred  in  reproving.  3  Of 
widows.  \7  Of  elders,  ia  A  precept  for 
Timothy's  health.  24  Some  men's  sins  po 
before  unto  Judgment,  and  some  men's 
do  follow  after. 

rjEBlTKE  "not  an  elder,  but  cn- 
fc'  treat  tiiin  as  a  father;    cfiid  the 
younger  men  as  brethren; 

2  The  elder  women  as  mothers;  the 
younger  as  sisters,  with  all  puritv. 

3  Honour  widows  l>that  are  widows 
indeed. 

4  But  if  any  widow  have  children  or 
nephews,  let  them  learn  first  to  shew 

II  piety  at  home,  and  '  to  reouite  their 
parents  :  J  for  that  Is  good  and  ac- 
ceptable before  God. 

5  '■  Now  she  that  Is  a  widow  Indeed, 
and  desolate,  trusteth  in  God,  anil 
feontinueth  in  supplications  and 
prayers  t  night  and  daj'. 

G  li  But  she  that  liveth  II  in  pleasure 
is  dead  while  she  liveth. 

7  i  And  these  things  give  in  charge, 
that  they  may  be  blameless. 

8  But  if  any  provide  not  for  his 
own,  k  and  specially  for  those  of  his 
own  I' house,  'he  hath  denied  the 
faith,  ^'*  and  is  worse  than  an  infi- 
del. 

II  Let  not  a  widow  he  ||  taken  into 
the  number  under  threescore  years 
old,  "having  been  the  wife  of  one 
in:in, 

III  Well  reported  of  for  good  works; 
if  she  have  brought  up  children,  if 
she  have  "lodged  strangers.  If  slie 
have  I' washed  the  saints' feet,  if  she 
have  relieved  the  afflicted,  if  she 
ba\'e  diligently  followed  every  good 
work. 

11  But  the  younger  widows  refuse; 
for  when  tliey  have  begun  to  wax 
197 


iitt:ittli;i„ 
ukins  thing's 


.'■'  '-inu  withMl  th 
Kile,  wandciiML,'  hIkiih 
lii>use;  nnil  in.t  ciih-  i. 
alsoniul  biisvlmiliis,  ... 
wliiHi  Ihvy  Cw^ht  not.  ,    ,, 

H  1  wiM  therefore  thnt  tlieyounsor  corriint 
till-  liciu.se,  »Kive  none  occasi.m  to  the  ■-  " 
iijlversary  f  to  speak  reproaeiifiiUv. 


;.ii  6.(5. 
■ii.  2.a). 
rri.eu., 

X  Act>  28.  10. 

1.  2i  4. 


1 1  19. 1.5. 

l^l'ill.U, 

1.  13, 

i.n.  11. 


I  aside  after  Satan. 

Ii"!.'/!"."^  '"".n  ">■  woman  that  be- 
o\eth  have  wkI.iws,  k-t  tlimi  iviiiMu 
them,  and  let  not  tli<.  ehiuch  he 
chni-ed;  that  it  ni.ay  reUeve  '  tlie  n 
I  that  are  widows  indeed. 
I'  "Let  tliG  chlers  tliat  rule  well 
»  be  counted  worthy  or  double  hon- 
our, especia  ly  they  who  labour    „ 

I  the  word  and  doetrinc. 
.r.u"''.""'  ^'^■■.'I'tii'-c  salth,  J  Thou 
Shalt  not  muzzle  the  ox  thnt  tread 
eth  out  the  corn.     And    "r 

I  bourer  w  worthy  <,n,is  reward. 
„;.,., ^i"-'""',""  ,'■'•'''■"  'Cfi^'ivc  not  an 


■arn   to  he  I    i  lie  is  ||  p7-ou,f,  1.  knowin,r  nothiu" 

.house  to  I  In.     lUlotin.  a,  out    upiertio,"'  ami 

:    V,.     ,"•,■  ''■"!','!''•    ■"•I'creof    eonielh 

ik-Vr^      ''•  '•"il'"'-'''-''''''  surmisiiiRs, 

S  Ml  I  erverse  disputniKR  ofi  men  of 

mds.  and  destitute  of  the 

iPPo^ni- that  pain  is  godli- 

I  ,•  n    »  ,  ''"";,?"tl>  wilbdraw  thvself. 

0  liut    godliness  with  contentment 

M.f  (Treat  Rain. 

I  7  I'or  I'  we  hrousht  nothing  into  /his 
^^  <irl(l,  (iwl  it  is  certain  we  can  carry 
iintliMi;;  out.  ■' 

•s  And  'ihavin-  food  and  raiment, 
kt   IS  be  therewith  content. 
.J  i.ut   ^they  that  will  bo  rich  fall  I 
into   temptation  'and  a  snare    and 
•"/omanv  foolish  and  hurtful  iu..t^ 
which  drown  men  in  destructioi 


kU'or.  u.in. 
c:..  1.  a. 
(Or.  (MlinjM 


HdU.  IJ.  5. 


and  perdition.  i   -■■'■ 

I  '".*>■"„"'«  '"^"P  f^f  money  is  the    "'/"V  iv' 
(root  of  all  evil :   which      ■    ■  '  ' 


I  all,  "  that  othersalso  may  te-ir 
^  "ir^l-'f!^^  Christ,  and  the'elec" 


An,i  "V';p,""7'"|"""\'".  "11  fvii  :   whicli  while  t-oni. 

And,   '  riie   'a-    coveted  after,  Ihcy  have  II  erred  tV,,,.  i   ......  w 

tie   faith,    and    jiierced    themselves    '."'"■  ^•™- 
through  with  many  sorrows  "'•■''•  '■•  ^ 

n  ^  But  thou,  J  O  man  of  God,  flee 
these  tliiiv;.s;  and  follow  after  ri- 


•M  liThem  thnt  dn    ,.„i„  i      >,  i-         '"<'se  tliiivi.s;  and  follow  after  ri-'iit 


tience,  meekncso. 

12  ''Fi-ht  the  pood  fight  of  faith, 
lay  hold  on  eternal  life,  whereim 


I  doh. 
i'l.'i'. 


1.1. 


12  John  II. 
B  r«.  104. 15. 
h  Ual.  5.  19. 


,  uiiiii"  iiotl 

W.  hands  i-uddeniV  on  no 
iian  .'neither  bo  partaker  of  othe? 
nen'ssins:  keep  thyself  pure. 
vtl,  '■  "°  lonj-'Pi-  water,  but  use  a 
little  wine  i-'for  thv  stomach's  sake 
and  thine  often  infi-rmities 

torehaiid,  going  before  to  .iudgiiicnti 

-10  w-»  tliey  follow  after. 

-'..  Likewise  .-il-soth..  good  works  o/- 

t^liey  tliat  are  otlierwise'  ca'nnot'"b'e 

CHAPTER  VL 

1  Of  the  duty  of  ,,rvant,.    3  Kot  to  have 
fclhn,^h,p  ,,UI,  ucwfanyl.d  tcchc,;.     0 

'jo.Hincit  l»  preat  gain,  10  and  lova  of 
numiy  the    root    of   all    evil.     H    m.at 

1  imothy  i«  to  flee,  and  what  tofolloiv,  17 
",,,,  "•hereof  to  admonish  the  rich.  20 
Jo  keep  the  jmrity  of  true  doctrine,  and 
to  ui'oul  profane  janglinDa. 

r  KT  as  many  "servants  as  arc  nn- 
Li  ,  "'"...voke  count  their  own 
ma.ster3  worthy  of  all  honour.  1.  th.it 
the  name  of  God  andA«  doctrine  be 
not  blasphemed. 

2  And  they  that  have  believin"- 
masters,  let  them  not  despise  //;'»: 

rallii'i  <ii,  III,  III  service,  ic-eaiise  thev 
nre  II  faithful  and  l„.|oved    p- rfikers 

3  If  any  man  "-teach  otherwise,  and 
198 


4  1"  ai.  k 

!»  50. 

M»".  ln.23. 

J«iuc.S.  1. 
ich.  3.  7. 
Ich.  1.10. 
«  F.x.  23.  8. 

0=ut.  18. 19. 


J.'V^'^i'^','''*' ,*'"■"  Ptiargc  in  the  sight 
ot  Ood,.lwho(]uickeiiethall  things 
and  before  Christ  Jesus,  « who  be- 
kirc  Pontius  PUate  witnessed  a  good 
li  confession! 

U  That  thou  keep  lln.'<  command- 
ment without  spot,  nnrebukeable 
uiiitil  the  appearing  of  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ: 

ir,  Whieh  in  his  times  ho  shall  shew, 

''■ho  ij!  1-  the  blessed  and  only  Poten-  i  V,: 

J^Jlilrds''"  ^''""  '"■''"'"»•  ""<!  Lord|  YS;^? 

,il!'„u^^'"?  '^l''y,. '',""'  immortality, 
dHelling  in  the  light  which  no  man 
can  approueh  unto;  k  whom  no  man 
iiatn  seen,  nor  can  sec:  I  to  whom 
Ije  honour  and  power  cverlastin- 
Amen.  " 

Lvl  m'I^-I '.',"■"'  ,*'""'  """«  "'■'<  '■"  this 
'^;orkl,  that  they  be  not  liighminded. 
"'ii<;r   trust   in    I '■  uneer 
but  in  "the  living  (;,„!,  !•  who  L'iveth" 
us  richly  all  tliin^Js  to  enjov; 


t2Tiin.2.22. 
rDe.it.  3.1.  I. 
2  Tim.  3.  17. 
ilCor.  9.  2.;. 

cli   1.  IS. 


M*lt.?7. 11. 
J..1...  l.s,  S7. 


3.1-1. 
I  1  Or.  rr^fa. 

frhil   1  d.l 


'  8ch.  1,  11.17. 


I«Tlmtth-  . 
rich  in  good 
Itribute,  ll-wil 


ork 


•   ■  ^'V'".'  '  leu.  I.  17. 

od,  thnt  'I  they  be    kFv  3.1.  so. 


liold  on  eternal  life 

•^   11       M.rk  10  21.     I 


ready  to  "dis 

•ommiinieate; 

■tore  for  them- 

1011  against  the 

that  they  may  "iay 


'^^'■  12.21.       tOr. 


;,"'-.ji-"k.i2n.  >:.; 


est  city  of  I'lirjgia  I'acatiaua. 


-Liili.  1,  IB. 
oAtl.22.  a.i 

ffl.  1.  4  24. 

U.  k  17.  23. 

Kom.  1.  9. 

(M.  I.  U. 
fLTh<u.  1.2. 

i  3.  10. 
ECh.  4.9.  21. 
li  1  Tin 

Jj  4.6. 
i  AcU  IR.  1. 
tlThiMSl 


1.5. 


■  IThm,  4.  7. 

Il.b.  3.  1. 
t(!nni,3.  20. 

A  9. 11. 

Til.  3.5. 
u  Rora.  8.  28. 

I  Horn.  IS  <a. 

i:|.h.  1.4.  & 

3.  a. 

.  1.2. 


I  Pel 


THE  SECOND  EPISTLE   OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


TIMOTHY. 


CITAPTER  I. 

1  PauVe  toir  In  Timothy,  nml  ihe  vvf.-ipn- 
cd  faith  wldrh  «('.i«  ill  Tivwtliy  himtelf, 
hie  THcthcr,  nnd  grandmother.  G  i/c  t« 
exhorted  to  stir  up  the  gift  of  God  which 
was  in  hint,  8  to  be  etcadfaet,  and  patient 
in  perBCCution,  13  and  to  jjcrgint  in  the 
form  and  truth  of  that  doctrine  which  he 
had  learned  of  him.  15  PhygeUua  and 
Jlermogcnci'.  and  euch  like,  are  noted, 
and  Onciijjhorus  ia  highly  commended. 

PATTL,  "an  apostle  of  Jo.«us  Christ 
by  the  will  of  tioil,  aec-ordiiif;  to 
lithe  iiromise  of  life  wliicli  is  in 
Clirist  Jesus. 

2  "■  To  Timothy,  ih.v  dearly  helovcd 
son  :  (irace,  iiiorey,  luid  i)eaee,  from 
(xod  the  Father  and  Christ  Jeaus 
our  Lord. 

."  <l  I  thank  God,  '  whom  I  ser^'o 
from  rny  forefathers  with  pure  con- 
science, that  iwithout  coasiii};  I  have 
rcmeinbrancc  of  thcc  in  my  prayers 
nijiht  and  day; 

4  "^  Greatly  aesirinj  to  sec  thee,  be- 
ing mindful  of  thy  tears,  that  I  may 
be  filled  with  ioy; 

.5  VVlien  I  call  to  remembrance  l'  tlic 
iinfei;xned  faith  that  is  in  thee,  which 
dwelt  first  in  thy  grandmother  J.ois, 
and  ithy  mother  Eunice  ;  and  I  am 
persuaded  that  in  tliec  also. 

li  Wherefore  I  put  thcc  in  remem- 
brance, k  that  thou  .'itir  up  the  cift  <f 
God,  which  is  in  thee  by  tlie  putting 
on  of  my  hands. 

7  For  I  God  hath  not  piven  lis  the 
spirit  of  fear;  '"  but  of  power,  and  of 
love,  and  of  a  sound  mind. 

H  "  Be  not  thou  therefore  ashamed 
of  "the  testimony  of  our  l>ord,  nor 
of  me  ''his  prisoner:  fbut  be  thou 
partaker  of  the  afHictions  of  the  gos- 
Iiel  according  to  the  power  of  God; 

9  ''Who  luith  saved  us,  and  'called 
us  with  a  holy  eallinp;,  'not  accord- 
ing to  our  works,  but  "according  to 
his  own  purpose  and  grace,  which 
was  given  us  in  Christ  Jesus  "  before 
the  world  began; 

10  Cut  i'is  now  made  manifest  by 
the  appearing  of  onr  Saviour  Jcsns 
Christ,  "who  luith  abolishcil  deiitli, 
and  liath  brought  life  and  iniinurtal- 
itv  to  light  through  the  gusjicl: 


11  "Whcronnto  I  nm  appointed  a 
preacher,  and  an  apostle,  and  a 
teacher  of  the  Gentiles. 

12  I' For  the  which  cause  I  also 
suffer  these  things:  nevertheless  I 
am  not  nsliamed;  '  ibr  1  kiKiw  whom 
I  have  II  lielicvcd,  and  am  pei-snadcd 
that  he  is  able  to  .1  keep  that  which 
1  ha\c  cuininitted  unto  liiiu  ''against 
that  d.iy. 

13  f  Hold  fast  Sthe  form  of  >•  sound 
words,  "which  thou  hast  heaid  of 
me,  Hu  faith  and  love  which  is  in 
Christ  Jesus. 

14  I  That  pood  thing  whiclx  was 
connnitted  unto  thee  keep  by  the 
Holy  Ghost  '"which  dwcllcth  in  lis. 

15  This  thou  knowest,  that  "nil 
they  which  are  in  Asia  be  'turned 
awn3'  from  me;  of  "whum  are  I'hy- 
gellus  and  llermogenes. 

](J  The  Lord  ''pive  mercy  nnto  Itbe 
house  of  Oncsiphorns;  'for  lie  oft 
refreshed  me,  and  "was  not  ashamed 
of '  my  chain : 

17  But,  when  he  was  in  llonie,  he 
sought  me  out  very  diligently,  nnd 
fbiiud  me. 

18  The  Lord  grant  unto  him  "that 
he  may  find  mercy  of  tlie  Lord  >■  in 
that  day:  and  in  how  many  things 
he  >' ministered  unto  me  at  ipjiesiis, 
thou  knowest  very  well. 

CHAPTER IL 

1  Ue  ia  exhorted  again  to  conaifincy  and 
perstvcranec,  and  to  do  the  dutu  of  a 
faithful  tervant  of  the  Lord  in  divliing 
the  word  aright,  and  etayinir  profane 
and  vain  liabblinqa.  17  Uf  Hymevcuf 
and  Philetul.  19  The  foundation  of  the 
Lord  it  sure.  22  Ue  i'a  taught  whereof 
to  leware,  and  what  to  follow  offer,  ami 
in  what  sort  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
ought  to  behave  htmeclf. 

THOU   therefore,    "my  Fon,   lihe 
strong    in    the  grace  that  Is  in 
Christ  Jesus. 

2  '  And  the  things  that  thou  hast 
lieard  of  mc  II  among  many  wit- 
nesses, <l  the  same  commit  tVou  to 
faithful  im»n,  who  ishall  be  "^  able  to 
teach  others  also. 

S  I  Thou  therefore  endure  hardness, 
e  as  a  good  soldier  of  Jcsns  Christ. 
4  li  No  man  that  wanith  cntiingletli 
1S>9 


Timothy  exhorted  to  constancy.      II.  TIMOTHY.   Evil  characters  in  the  last  days.' 


.  a.  17. 

.  i.  U. 
.10,53. 


am.  23.19 
kl  Tim. 6. 21. 
<|  e.  U. 


&C.  4. 
Tit.  3.  9.  11. 
dl  Tim.  1.7. 


I  Or. 

•im.  1.  20. 
f  ITim.  R.  21. 
g  1  Cor.  15. 12. 

liMalt  2121. 

JU..I,  8  3.i. 

lJolm2.  19. 
H  Or,  ttiatli/, 
IN»>1.1.7. 

JuUii  10. 11. 


olTim.e.  11. 
pArl.n  u. 


^  I  Tim.  I.  5. 
&4. 12. 

rlTira.  1.4. 

ui.y.&e.i. 

T«r.  10, 
Til.  3.  0. 
•Tit.  1.2. 


liimsclf  vitli  the  nffiiira  of  l.'ii.i  lifos 
that  lie  may  ploase  liim  wlio  hath 
clioscn  liiin  to  be  n  Boldicr. 

5  And  "if  a  man  also  strive  for 
masteries,  ?/<■(  is  he  not  crowned, 
except  lie  etiivc  lawfully. 

0  k  II  Tlic  Jiubhmidman  th.at  laboiir- 
oth  must  be  first  partaker  of  the 
fruits. 

7  Consider  what  I  eay;  and  the 
l.onl  give  thee  understaiidin;;  in  all 
tliiu-s. 

H  Jlemembor  that  Jesus  Christ  lof 
the  seeil  of  Daviil  "■  was  raised  from 
the  dead,  "  aceordinj;  to  my  gospel: 

I>  "Wherein  I  sutler  trouble,  as  nn 
evil  doer,  I'cvcii  unto  bonds;  1  but 
the  word  of  (lod  is  not  bound. 

II)  Therefore  '' I  endure  all  things 
f(»r  the  elect's  Bake,  ''that  they  ma^y 
al.so  obtiiu  the  salvation  which  is 
in  Chri;^t  Jesus  with  eternal  glory. 

II  '/f  i.s-  a  faithful  saying:  For  "if 
we  be  dead  with  /a;/i,  wc  shall  also 
live  with  /lini : 

i2  ''If  wc  suffer,  wc  shall  also  reign 
with  liini:  J  if  wo  deny  him,  he  also 
will  deny  ns: 

l.'{  ^If  wc  believe  not,  j/ct  he  abideth 
faithful:  "  he  cannot  i\iM\y  himself. 

14  Of  these  things  put  llicm  in  re- 
membrance, t charging  l/ieni  before 
the  I-ord  '  that  they  strive  not  about 
words  to  Jio  i)rofit,  6ii<  to  the  subvert- 
ing of  the  hearers. 

15  Study  to  shew  thyself  approved 
unto  Ciod,  a  workinau  that  needeth 
not  to  be  ashamed,  rightly  dividing 
the  word  of  truth. 

1(»  But  I'shuu  profane  an^f  vain 
babblings  :  for  they  will  increase 
unto  more  ungodliness. 

17  And  their  word  will  cit  as  doth 
a  II  canker:  of  whom  is  ''Hynicncus 
and  Philetus! 

\H  Who  fconcerning  the  truth  have 
erred,  "saving  that  the  resurrection 
is  past  already;  and  overthrow  the 
faith  of  some. 

I'J  Nevertheless  lithe  foundation  of 
God  standeth  ,l|sure,  having  thisseal, 
The  Lord  ikiioweth  tlieui  that  are 
his.  And,  ].ietcvcry  one  tluitnarneth 
the  name  of  Christ  depart  from  in- 
iquity. 

:iO  k  But  in  a  great  house  there  are 
not  only  vessels  of  gold  and  of  silver, 
but  also  of  wood  and  of  earth;  1  and 
some  to  honour,  and  some  to  dis- 
honour. 

21  "'If  a  man  therefore  i>urge  him- 
self from  these,  he  shall  bo  a  vessel 
unto  honour,  sanctified,  and  meet 
for  the  master's  use,  and  "i>rep:ired 
unto  t'very  good  work.  ^ 

•JJ  Flee  also  youthful  lusts  :  but* 
"follow  righteousness,  faith,  charitv, 
peace,  with  them  that  I' call  on  tlie' 
l,ord  'lout  of  a  pure  hcirt.  , 

il  But  'foolish  and  unlearned 
uucstions  avoid,  knowing  that  tlicy 
uo  gender  strifes. 

m  And  *  the  servant  of  the  Lord 
200 


must  not  strive;  but  be  gentle  unto 
all  men,  '  apt  to  teach,  ||  patient; 

25  "In  meekne.s.'j  instructing  those 
tliat  oppose  thninselvcs  ;  *  if  CJod 
per.adventure  will  give  them  rcpent- 
nneo  >  to  the  acknowledging  of  the 
truth; 

2(!  And  that  they  may  t  recover 
themselves  ^out  of  the  snare  of  tlio 
devil,  who  arc  f  taken  captive  by 
him  at  his  will. 

CHAPTER  III. 

1  nc  n'lvrrlitelh  him  of  the  times  to  come, 
0  dcscribcth  the  encmiet  of  the  truth,  10 
prupuHfuIeth  unto  him  hie  own  example, 
10  and  commcndelh  the  holy  Scriptures. 

THIS  know  also,  that  "In  the  last 
days  perilous  times  shall  come. 

2  For  men  shall  be  l>  lovers  of  their 
own  selves,  ''  covetous,  d  boasters, 
^' proud,  I  blasphemers,  f^  disobedient 
to  parents,  unthankful,  nnholv, 

,1  h  Without  natural  affection,  i  truce- 
breakers,  II  false  accusers,  I.  incon- 
tinent, fierce,  dcspiscra  of  those  that 
are  g^»od, 

4  I'l'raitors,  heady,  highniinded, 
'"  lovers  of  pleasures  more  than 
lover.s  of  God; 

5  Having  a  form  of  godliness,  but 
"denying  the  power  thereof:  "from 
such  turn  away. 

li  For  ''of  this  sort  arc  they 
which  creep  into  houses,  and  leall 
captive  silly  women  laden  with  sins, 
led  away  with  divers  lusts, 

7  Ever  learning,  and  never  able  1  to 
come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  truth. 

8  ''Now  as  Jannes  and  Jambres 
withstood  Moses,  so  do  these  also  re- 
sist the  truth:  "men  of  corrupt  minds, 
>  I!  reprobate  concerning  the  faith. 

!)  But  they  shall  proceed  no  fur- 
ther: for  their  folly  shall  be  manifijst 
unto  all  men,  "  as  theirs  also  was. 

10  "  But  II  thou  hast  fully  known 
my  doctrine,  manner  of  life,  pur- 
pose, faith,  longsuft'ering,  charity, 
patience, 

11  rersccutions,  afflictions,  which 
came  unto  me  ^  at  Antioch,  "at 
Iconium,  "at  I/j-stra ;  what  perse- 
cutions I  endured  :  but  l>out  of 
thi^m  all  the  Lord  delivered  mo. 

12  Vea,  and  'all  that  will  live  godly 
in  Christ  Jesus  shall  suffer  iicrsecu- 
tion. 

I."  ilBut  evil  men  and  seducers 
shall  wax  worse  and  worse,  deceiv- 
ing, and  being  deceived. 
14  But  'continue  thou  in  the 
things  which  thou  hast  learned  and 
bast  been  assured  of,  knowing  of 
whom  thou  hast  learned  thcin  ; 

And    that    from    a    child    thou 
last    known    fthc    holv   Scriptures, 
'  'nh   ;ire  able   to  maTte   theo  wisel 
)  salvatiou  through  faitli  whichj 
rhri-t.Tesus.  ^ 

i^All  Scripture  (1  given  by  inspi- 
iration  of  God,  liaiid  i.v  profitiiblc  for 

echl.13.  t2.a.    {Jolioi.  ;n.    (2  I'M.  1.  20.  21.    li' 


J'aut'n  golcinn 


TITUS. 


charge  to  Timothy. 


^):::r-  | 


flTim.  I.  10. 
gch.a  0. 
hlTin..l.4  4 


CI.  1.  as.  i 

IPbil.  2.  17. 


a  1  Cor.  9.  21 

2J. 

Piiil  3.  It. 


doctrine,  for  reproof,  for  correction, 
for  instruction  in  ri;iliteousness: 
17  iTIiat  tlie  mini  of  God  may  be 
perfect,  II  k  tlioi-ouslil.v  furnislicd  un- 
to all  good  works. 

CIIAl'TF.Il  IV. 

1  Sa  tzhortcth  Mm.  to  <!o  hia  duly  tittCh  all 
eare  and  diligence^  G  certifieth  hint  uf 
Vie  ncarnesa  of  hia  death,  'Jwilleth  hhn, 
to  come  speedily  unto  him,  and  to  bring 
JUarcua  with  him,  and  certain  other 
thinga  which  he  wrote  for,  14  warnelh 
him  to  beware  of  Alexander  the  tmilh, 
K  informeth  him  tfhat  had  befallen  him 
at  hia  first  anawering,  10  and  aoon  after 
he  concludeth. 

X* CHARGE  thee  therefore  before 
God,  and  tlic  I,ord  Je?U3  Christ, 
Wwho  shall  jiidjic  the  quick  and  the 
dead  at  his  appearing  and  his  king- 
<loni;  .  . 

2  Preach  the  word  ;  be  instant  in 
season,  out  of  season  ;  reprove, 
•^rcliuke,  >l  exhort  with  all  longsuf- 
fcring  and  doctrine. 

;!  '  For  tlie  time  will  come  when 
they  will  not  endure  fsound  doc- 
trine ;  ebut  after  their  own  lusts 
shall  they  bean  to  themselves  teach- 
ers, having  itching  ears; 

4  And  they  shall  turn  away  thtir 
cars  from  the  truth,  and  li  shall  be 
turned  unto  failles. 

i  But  watch  thou  in  all  things, 
i  endure  altiictious,  do  the  work  of 
kail  evangelist,  ||  make  full  proof  of 
thv  ministry. 

1>  For  1 1  am  now  ready  to  be  of- 
fered, and  the  time  of  "'"my  depart- 
ure is  at  hand. 

7  "I  have  fought  ft  good  fight.  I 
have  finished  i»y  course,  I  have  kept 
thefiiith: 

8  Henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for 
nic  "a  crown  of  rigliteousness, 
which  the  Lord,  the  righteous 
judge,  shall  give  me  I'at  that  day: 
and  not  to  me  only,  but  unto  all 
them  also  that  love  liis  appearing. 

y  Do  thy  diligence  to  come  shortly 
unto  me: 

10  For  'inemaa  bath  forsaken  me, 
■■having   loved  this  present  world, 


and  is  departed  unto  Thessalonica; 
Crescens  to  Galatia,  Titus  unto  Dal- 
matia. 

11  "Only  '  Luke  is  with  mp.  Take 
"jNlark,  anil  brinjr  him  with  theo: 
for  be  is  profitable  to  me  tor  the 
ministry. 

12  Anil  "Tydiicus  have  I  sent  to 
Ephesus. 

y.i  The  cloak  that  1  left  at  Troas 
with  Carpus,  when  thou  eomest, 
bring  iritk  ilicc,  and  the  books,  but 
cspcciallv  the  parchments. 

U  >  Alexander  tlie  coppersmith  did 
me  much  evil:  ^tlie  Lord  reward 
him  according  to  his  works: 

13  Of  whom  be  thou  ware  also; 
for  he  hath  greatly  withstood  ||our 
words. 

IG  At  mv  first  answer  no  man 
stood  witli  "me,  "but  all  men  forsook 
me:  ^Ipvwj  Coil  that  it  may  not  be 
laid  to  their  charge. 

17  "Notwithstanding  the  Lord 
stood  with  me,  and  etrengthencd 
me;  <1  that  by  me  the  iircachiii'' 
mi''ht  be  fully  known,  and  that  all 
the  Gentiles  might  liear:  and  1  was 
delivered  ^  out  of  the  inoutli  of  the 

IS  f  And  the  I>ord  shall  deliver 
me  from  every  evil  work,  and  will 
preserve  Hie  unto  bis  heavenly  king- 
dom: i^to  whom  he  glory  for  ever 
and  ever.    Amen. 

19  Salute  b  I'risca  and  Aquila,  and 
ithe  household  of  Onesiphorus. 

•JO  kErastus  abode  at  Corinth:  but 
1  TrophimuB  have  I  left  at  Miletuni 
sick. 

21  "'Do  thy  diligence  to  come  be- 
fore winter.  Eubulus  grecteth  thee, 
and  I'udens,  and  Linus,  and  Clau- 
dia, and  all  the  brethren. 

22  "  The  Eord  Jesus  Christ  he 
with  thy  spirit.  Grace  be  with  you. 
Amen.  ,         _     _. 

U  The  second  epiftle  unto  Timo- 
tbeus,  ordained  the  first  bishop 
of  the  church  of  the  Ephesians, 
was  written  from  Rome,  when 
Paul  was  brought  before  i  Nero 
the  second  time. 


r  Act.  19.  31. 
1  ■l.m.  1.  »V. 
i2.S»m.  3.  2a. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL 

TO 

TITUS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  For  what  tnd  Titus  was  left  in  Crete.  0 
How  they  that  are  to  be  ehoaen  minxstera 
ought  to  be  qualified.  11  The  moutha  of 
evil  teachers  tu  he  sto]:pcd :  12  and  what 
manner  of  mentUey  be. 

PAUL,  a  servant  of  God,  and  an 
apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  according 


to  the  faith  of  God's  elect,  and  "the 
acknowledging  of  the  truth  "which 
is  after  godliness; 

2  II '  In  hope  of  eternal  life,  which 
God,  ilthat  cannot  lie,  promised 
•^  betbre  the  world  began; 

3  f  But  hath  in  due  times  manifest- 

2Tiiii.2.13.    «Rom  1C.25.    2Tiin.l.9.    IP.1.1.2 

201 


II  cb. 

13. 

21. 

■  Art. 
Koiu 

IS 

2. 
3. 

2Ti. 

a.l 

IB. 

Kou. 

II 

21 
23. 

'i'A' 

29 

i. 

The  had  character  of  the  Cretians.       TITUS. 


The  pure  doctrine  of  the  goxpei. 


•  M«lt.21.1,5 
1  C.r.   1.  1.  2 

tL.T. 

10.9. 
3.13. 
.3.3.8 

«lTi 

».  3.  3. 

I  Pel 

5.2. 

ilTi 

H.  3.  2 

'S^ 

o<Ki 

5r2,Th 

u.2.1.5 

ch-  2   I. 
1<  1  Tim.  1.  6. 
cRom.  IS.  IS. 


I.  13. 


10.  &  3.  U. 
1  P.I.  3.3.4. 
(Or,  *o(y«... 


ed  his  word  tlirmi^^h  prcachiiij;, 
f^  wliich  is  conimitti.'d  unto  me  tt  ac- 
cordini^  to  the  cuuiiiiandiuent  of  God 
our  Siiviour; 

4  To  1  Titus,  ki/iDie  own  Fon  nfter 
Uhe  coniiiion  faith:  "'  (ir.ico,  mercy, 
and  peace,  from  Uod  tlic  Kather  and 
the  Lord  Jesus  Clirist  our  Saviour. 

5  For  tliis  cause  left  I  thee  in  Crete, 
that  thou  shouldest  "  set  in  order  the 
things  that  are  Hwantin;;,  and  "or- 
dain elders  in  every  city,  as  I  liad 
appointed  thee: 

6  ''If  any  be  blameless,  ''the  hus- 
band of  one  wife,  'having  faithful 
children  not  accused  of  riot  or  un- 
rulv. 

7  i'or  a  bishop  must  bo  blameless, 
as  'tlic  steward  of  Go<l ;  not  selt- 
wiUed,  not  soon  an);r.v,  '  not  given  to 
wine,  no  striker,  "  not  given  to  filthy 
lucre: 

S  ^But  a  lover  of  hospitality,  a  lover 
of  II  good  men,  sober,  just,  holj',  tem- 
perate ; 

UJlIoldine  fast  Mho  faithful  word 
II  as  he  hatli  been  tauglit,  that  he 
may  be  able  ''by  sound  doctrine 
both  to  exhort  and  to  convince  the 
guinsayers. 

10  For  '•  tliere  are  many  unruly  and 
vain  talkers  and  "^deceivers,  J  spe- 
cially they  of  tlie  circumcision: 

11  Whose  mouths  must  be  stopped, 
''who  subvert  wlmle  houses,  teach- 
ing things  which  they  ought  not,  rfor 
filthy  lucre's  sake. 

lii  1 0ne  of  themselves,  eren  a 
prophet  of  their  own,  B.iid,  The 
Cretians  we  always  li.ars,  evil  beasts, 
slow  bellies. 

yi  This  witness  is  true,  h  Wlierefore 
rebuke  them  sharply,  that  they  may 
be  '  sfinnd  in  the  iaith; 

H  IcNot  giving  heed  to  Jewish  fa- 
bles, and  'commandments  of  men, 
that  turn  from  the  truth. 

15  '"Unto  the  pure  all  things  are 
pure:  but  "unto  them  that  are  de- 
filed and  unbeheving  n  nothing 
pure;  but  even  tlieir  mind  and  con- 
science is  defiled. 

lii  Tiicy  (irofess  that  they  know 
God;  biifm  works  they  deny  Ai»i, 
beinv;  abominable,  and  disobedient, 
I' and  unto  every  good  work  ||  repro- 
bate. 


13.9.  Col.  2.  23.  HI  Luke  11.  39,  4".  11.  Rom.  U.  11.  20. 
n.  12.  4  10.  21,  25.  ITim  i.  3,  4.  n  11  ..n.  U.  23.  o  2  T.i.i. 
Jude4,     l»Kom.l.2S.    2  Xiiu.  3.  8.      il  Of,  vo.<U/juJy»w.u. 

CII.\PTEU  II. 

I  Directions  given -unto  Titutbothfar  Ma 
doctrine  and  life.  9  Of  the  duty  of  serv- 
ants, and  in  generiit  of  alt  Christians. 

I)lITspeak  thou  the  things  which 
)  become  "  sound  doctrine: 
2  That  the  aged  men  he  ||  sober, 
grave,  temperate,  li  sound  iu  faith,  in 
charity,  in  patience. 
:i  "  The  aged  women  likewise,  that 
tlicj/  be   in   behaviour  ns    beeometh 

II  holiness,  nut  ||  falso  accusers,  uot 

I.     h  Or,  waW"i'«,     2  Tiiti.  3.  3. 

203 


given  to  much  wine,  teachers  of  good 
things; 

4  I'hat  they  may  teach  the  young 
women  to  be  |!  sober,  ''to  love  their 
liusbands,  to  love  their  chiblren, 

.')  7b  he  discreet,  chaste,  keepers  at 
liomc,  good, 'obedient  to  their  own 
husbands,  'that  the  word  of  God  he 
not  blasphemed. 

f>  Youn;;  men  likewise  exhort  to  be 
II  soberminded. 

7  sin  all  things  shewing  thyself  a 
pattern  of  gttod  works:  in  doctrine 
a/irtvinff  uncorruptucss,  gravity, 
l*  sincerity, 

H  'Sound  speech,  that  cannot  be 
condemned;  It  that  he  that  is  of  the 
contrary  part  I  may  be  ashamed, 
having  no  evil  thing  to  say  of  you. 

'.I  E.rliort  "'servants  to  be  oliedient 
unto  their  own  masters,  and  to  please 
tliem  well  "in  all  things;  not  ||  an- 
swering again; 

10  Not  purloining,  but  shewing  all 
good  fidelity;  "that  they  may  adorn 
the  doctrine  of  God  our  Saviour  in 
all  things. 

U  For  I'the  grace  of  God  ||  that 
briniicth  salvation  ^  hath  appeared 
to  alVmenj 

lli  Teaching  us  'that,  denying  un- 
godliness "and  worldly  lusts,  we 
should  live  soberly,  righteously,  and 
godiv,  in  this  present  world; 

1.1  '"l.ookiiig  fur  that  blessed  "  hope, 
and  the  gloriuus  ''appearing  of  the 
great  God  and  our  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ; 

14  >  Who  gave  himself  for  us,  that 
he  might  redeem  us  from  all  in- 
iquitv,  ^and  purify  unto  himself  "a 
peculiar  people,  "zealous  of  good 
works. 

1.5  These  things  speak,  and  ^ex- 
hurt,  and  rebuke  with  all  authority. 
I'l  I..et  no  man  despise  thee. 


u  31. 

S,  22. 

1. 11 

■  ,  2   U. 


I>  Kph. 

e  21. 

i  ITim 

0.3. 

k>%h. 

5  3. 

IPet. 

'.  l.^ 

15.  i  3.  10. 

12Th.u3.11 

mEph 

(i.  6. 

Ii.1.2 

1  P«l. 

2.  IS. 

nKph. 

3.21. 

jOr. 

!/lHJ. 

o  Alatt 

.3.  Hi 

PLil. 

.  13. 

pRom. 

3.  U. 

.  3.  2J. 
t.  3  11. 
•  21.15. 


rim.  4.  1.  6.    Eel..  9  2 
2.  20.     >.,.h.  5  2      1  Ti 
l)oul.7.0  i  11  2.  i 
'.  Tim.  4.  2.     il  1  Tim.  4. 12. 


1  7      1  J..hi.  3.  S 

il.'ch.  9.  11.     hL 

IS.     1  Pel.  2. 9.      kEpli. 


CHAPTER  III. 

I  Titus  is  yet  further  directed  ly  Paul, 
both  concerning  the  things  lie  should 
teach,  and  not  teach.  10  Ue  is  willed  al- 
so to  n-jecl  obstinate  heretics  ;  13  which 
done,  he  ajiiiointeth  him  both  time  and 
vlace,  wherein  he  should  come  unto 
him,  and  so  eoneludelh. 

PVT  them  in  mind  "  to  be  subject 
to  principalities  and  jKiwers,  to 
obey  magistrates,  bto  be  ready  to 
every  good  work, 

'.;  '  To  speak  evil  of  no  man,  ^  to 
be  no  brawlers,  hut  'gentle,  shew- 
ing all  f  meekness  unto  all  men. 

3  For  owe  ourselves  also  were 
sometime  foolish,  disobedient,  de- 
ceived, serving  divers  lusts  and 
pleasures,  living  in  malice  and  en- 
vv,  hateful,  and  hating  one  another. 

4  But  after  tliat  l>  the  kindness  and 

II  love  of  >  Gud  our  Saviour  toward 
man  appeared, 


•  Ron 
1  P. 

p,  1 
1.  10.' 

h!-u 

13.  21. 

cErl 

4  31. 

a2T. 

25. 

jj-  2.  24, 

(  Kpl. 

4  i 

3    11 

gl  To 

r.  <;.  11. 

C.'.l. 

1.  21.  1, 

Paul  intercedeth  unth  Philemon      PHILEMON. 


for  the  pardon  of  Oneisimus.^ 


Joel  2  28. 
Jolm  1  IS. 
Act*  2. 33.  It 


ch.  1.  9. 
rch.  2.  14. 

vcr.  1.  14. 
■  1  11,11.  1   4. 

2Tiai.  2.23. 

ch    1.11. 
15  Tim.  2.  11. 
u2Cor.  13.2. 


I.  PImI.  2.  23. 

eCol.4.  17. 
•1 1'Lil.  2.  25. 
•  llom.  in.  5. 
1 1  or.  lU.  19. 
f  E,.h.  1   2. 
jE|.h.  1.  16. 


i.  1.  2. 


2  Tljou.  1.  3. 
I>  E|.l>.  I.  15. 


5  k  Not  by  works  of  righteousness 
which  we  have  done,  but  ueeorilinj^ 
to  his  mercy  ]ic  suvcd  us,  by  'the 
washing  of  rescneration,  and  re- 
newing of  the  Holy  Ghost; 

G  '"  Which  he  shed  on  us  I  abund- 
antly through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Saviour; 

7  "Tliat  being  justified  by  his 
grace,  "we  should*  be  made  licirs 
?  according  to  the  hope  of  eternal 
life. 

8  ITIds  is  a.  fnithful  saving,  and 
these  things  I  will  that  thnii  aftirin 
constantly,  that  they  which  have 
beheved  "in  God  might  he  careful 
''to  maintain  good  worliT.  These 
tHnigs  are  good  and  profitable  unto 
men. 

9  But  'avoid  foolish  questions, 
and  genealogies,  and  contentions, 
and  strivings  about  the  law;  ^lor 
they  are  uuprotitable  and  vain. 

10  A  man  that  is  a  heretic,  "after 


the  first  and  second  admonition, "  re- 
ject: 

11  Knowing  tliat  lie  that  is  such 
is  subverted,  and  smneth,  >  being 
condemned  of  himself. 

l:j  When  1  shall  send  Artemas  un- 
to thee,  or  '  Tychicus,  be  diligent 
to  come  unto  me  to  Nicojjolis:  fori 
have  determined  there  to  winter. 

13  Bring  Zenas  the  lawyer  and 
"ApoUos  on  their  journey  dili- 
gently, that  nothing  be  wanting 
unto  them. 

14  And  let  ours  al.so  learn  tto 
II  maintain  good  works  for  neces- 
sary uses,  2iat  they  be  'not  un- 
fruitful. 

15  All  that  are  with  mc  salute  thee. 
Greet  them  that  love  us  in  the  faith. 
Grace  be  with  you  all.    Amen. 

TT  It  was  written  to  Titus,  or- 
dained the  first  bishop  of  the 
church  of  the  Cretians,  from 
Nicopolis  of  Macedonia. 


THE  EPISTLE  OF  PAUL 

TO 

PHILEMON. 


4  Be  rejoiceth  io  hear  of  Hie  faith  and 
love  of  J^JiUemon,  0  whom  he  desircth  to 
forgive  hia  eervant  Oneeimua,  and  lov- 
ingly to  receive  hitn  ai/ain. 
PAUL,  'a  prisoner  of  Jesus  Christ, 
and  Timothy  our  brother,  unto 
Philemon  our  dearly  beloved,  I'and 
fellow  labourer, 

2  And  to  our  beloved  Apphia,  and 
■■Archippus  ''  our  fellow  soldier,  aud 
to  ''the  church  in  thy  house: 

3  f  Grace  to  you,  and  peace,  from 
God  our  i'ather  aud  the  L,ord  Jesus 
Christ. 

4  SI  thank  my  God,  making 
mention  of  t)\ca  always  iu  my 
prayers, 

5  li  Hearing  t'f  thy  love  and  faith, 
which  thou  l.a!;t  "toward  the  Lord 
Jesus,  and  toward  all  saints: 

G  Th.at  the  communication  of 
tliy  faith  may  become  efiectual  i  by 
the  acknowledging  of  every  good 
thing  which  is  in  you  in  Christ  Je- 

T  For  we  have  great  joy  and  con- 
solation in  thy  love,  because  the 
bowels  of  the  saints  tare  refreshed 
by  thee,  brother. 

8  Wherefore,  1  though  I  might  be 
much  bold  in  Christ  to  enjoin  thee 
that  which  is  convenient, 

H  Yet  for  love's  sake  I  rather  be- 
seech tfiee^  being  such  a  one  as 
Paul  the  aged,  "and  now  also  a 
prisoner  of  Jesus  Christ. 

10    I    beseech    thee   for    my    son 


"Onesimn.=,  "whom  I  have  begotten 
in  mv  bonds: 

11  ^Vhich  in  time  past  was  to  thee 
unprofitable,  but  now  profitable  to 
thee  and  to  mc: 

12  Whom  I  have  sent  again:  thou 
therefore  receive  him,  that  is,  mine 
own  bowels: 

l.'i  Whom  I  would  have  retained 
with  me,  fthat  in  thy  stead  he 
might  have  ministered  unto  mc  in 
the  bonds  of  the  gospel: 

14  But  without  thy  mind  would  I 
do  nothing;  'ithat  tfiy  benefit  should 
not  be  as  it  were  of'  necessity,  but 
willingly. 

15  '  i'oT  perhaps  he  therefore 
departed  for  a  season,  that  thou 
shouldest  receive  him  for  ever; 

IG  Not  now  as  a  servant,  but 
above  a  Eerv.int,  'a  brother  be- 
loved, specially  to  me,  but  how 
much  more  unto  tliec,  'both  iu 
the  flesh,  and  in  the  Lord? 

li"  If  thou  count  me  therefore  "a 
partner,  receive  him  as  myseltl 

IS  If  he  hath  wronged  thee,  or 
oweth  thee  aught,  put  that  on  mine 
account; 

19  I  Paul  h.ivc  written  it  with 
mine  own  hand,  1  will  repay  it  : 
albeit  I  do  not  say  to  thee  how  thou 
owcst  unto  me  even  tliine  own  self 
be.'.ides. 

'M  Yea,  brother,  let  me  have  joy 
of  thee  in  the  Lord :  ^  refresh  my 
bowels  in  the  Lord. 

203 


Christ's  preeminence 


above  the  anqels. 


t.  21.  38. 

IM. 
a  3.  S.!. 


Col.  1.  l.i. 
eJohn  1.  4. 
Oul.  I   17. 


12.  AlJ.i 
1  Pot.  3,: 
k  E|,h.  1,  S 


ch.  5.  5. 
m2Sam.7.11. 
1  Cl.r.  22.  lU. 


'cl,  3. 22. 
pP<.  lOJ.  1. 


21  y  Having  confidence  in  thy 
oliedience  I  wrote  unto  thee,  know- 
ing that  thou  wilt  also  do  more  than 
I  say. 

22  Hut  witlial  prepare  nic  also  a 
lodging:  for  ^I  trust  that  "through 
your  prayers  I  shall  he  given  uiito 
you. 


23  There   salute   thee  I'Epaphras, 
my  fellow  prisoner  in  fJhrist  Jesus; 

24  "^Marcus, «!  Aristarclius,  "^Dcraas, 
fLucas,  my  fellcjw  labourers. 

2.')  _f^  The  grace  of  <nir   Ijord  JcsuB 
Christ  itf  with  your  spirit.     Amen. 
TT  Written  from  Kome  to  I'hilemon, 
by  Onesimus  a  Gcrvaut. 


THE   EPISTLE   OF  PAUL  THE  APOSTLE 


HEBREWS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

I  Christ  ill  tliuM  last  times  coming  to  us 
from  the  Father,  4  is  preferred  above 
the  angels,  both  in  person  and  ojjiee. 

(^  OD,  who  at  sundry  times  and 
T  "in  divers  manners  (ii)fike  in 
time  past  unto  the  fathers  by  tlie 
prophets, 

2  Hath  l>in  these  last  days 
*^  spoken  unto  us  by  /(/..■  Son, 
ilwhom  he  hath  appointed  heir 
of  all  thing.s,  ^' by  whom  also  he 
made  the  worlds; 

3  fWlio  being  the  brightness  of 
/(/.<  glory,  and  the  express  image 
of  his  person,  and  eupliolding  all 
things  by  the  word  of  his  power, 
hwhcn  he  had  by  himself  purged 
our  sins,  isat  down  on  the  right 
hand  of  the  Majesty  on  high; 

4  Being  made  so  much  better  than 
the  angels,  as  khe  hath  by  inherit- 
ance obtained  a  more  excellent  name 
than  they. 

5  For  unto  which  of  the  angels 
said  he  at  any  time,  iThou  art 
my  Son,  this  day  have  I  begotten 
thee?    And    again,    '"1    will    be    to 

I  a  Father,  and  he  shall  be  to 
me  a  Son 't 

I  And  again,  when  he  bringeth 
in  "the  firstbegotten  into  the  world, 
he  saith,  "And  let  uU  the  angels  of 
God  worship  him. 

7  And  tof  the  angels  he  saith, 
PWho  maketh  his  angels  spirits, 
and  his  ministers  a  flame  of  tire. 

8  But  unto  the  Sou  he  miith,  'I  Thy 
throne,  O  God,  is  for  ever  and  ever: 
a  sceptre  of  t  righteousness  is  the 
sceptre  of  thy  kingdom. 

1)  Tliou  hast  loved  righteousness, 
and  hated  ini(iuitv;  therefore  God, 
evi'ii  thy  God,  Mi'ath  anointed  thee 
with  the  oil  of  gladness  above  thy 
fellows. 

10  And.  "Thou,  Lord,  in  the  be- 
;inning  hast  laid  the  foundation  of 
the  earth;  and  the  heavens  arc  the 
works  of  thine  hands. 

II  '  Tliey  sliall  perish,  hut  thou 
remainest:  and  they  all  shall  wax 
old  as  doth  a  garment; 

204 


12  And  as  n  vesture  ehalt  thou 
fold  them  up,  and  they  shall  bo 
changed  :  but  thou  art"  the  same, 
and  thy  years  shall  not  fail. 

13  But  to  whieli  of  the  angels  said 
he  at  any  time,  "  Sit  on  my  right 
hand,  until  I  make  thine  enemies 
thy  footstool  ? 

14  "Are  they  not  all  ministering 
spirits,  sent  ffiith  to  minister  for 
thoni  who  shall  be  ^  heirs  of  sal- 
vation ? 

L.iko  1,  11.  .t  2.  II.  13.  Ael.  12.  7.  ic.  1 27.  23.  vH 
3.  7.     J«m<.J  2.  ti.     1  Ptl.  3.  7. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  We  ought  to  be  obedient  to  Christ  Jesus, 
5  and  that  because  he  vouchsafed  to  take 
our  nature  upon  hitn,  14  as  it  was  nec- 
essary. 

rpiIEREFORE  we  ought  to  give 

1  the  more  earnest  heed  to  the 
things  which  we  have  heard,  lest 
at  any  time  wo  should  f  let  them 
slip. 

2  For  if  the  word  "spoken  by 
angels  was  steadfast,  and  bcvery 
transgression  and  disobedience  re- 
ceived a  just  recompense  of  reward; 

3  ■'  How  shall  we  escape,  if  wc 
neglect  so  great  salvation;  "Jwhicli 
at  the  first  began  to  be  spoken  by 
the  Lord,  and  was  "-'confirmed  unto 
us  by  them  that  heard  Jiini  ; 

4  fGod  also  bearing  them  witness, 
Sboth  with  si^ns  and  wonders,  and 
with  divers  miracles,  and  1(1' gifts  of 
t!ie  Ilolv  Ghost,  "according  to  his 
own  will? 

5  For  unto  the  angels  hath  he 
not  put  in  Bubjection  kthe  world 
to  come,  whereof  we  speak. 

(!  But  one  in  a  eeitain  place  testi- 
fied, saving,  IWhat  is  man,  that 
thou  aft  mindful  of  him  ?  or  the 
son  of  man,  that  thou  visitcst  him  ? 

7  Thou  UKide.-t  him  ||  a  lillle  lower 
tlian  theangels;  thou  crownedst  him 
with  glory  and  honour,  and  didst  set 
him  o\'er  the  works  of  thy  hands: 

8  '"Tliou  hast  put  al[  things  in 
subjection  under  his  feet.  For  in 
that  he  )iut  all  in  subjection  under 
him,  he  Iclt  nothing  l/iut  is  not  put 


eCol.4.  u. 
f2Tim.4.  IL 
g2'fim.  4.  £2. 


rli  12.  »!. 
ko20.4;!. 

Cll 

10.11 

xG.n    M.  IR. 
432. 1.2.24. 
P..  -M.  7.  * 
91    11. i  103. 

7. 
■l.i 

■>.  3  2S.  * 
l.illlll. 

It.  18.  10. 
17.    Til. 

I)oul.4  3.* 
17.2.  6.12.  i 
27.  20. 
och.  10,  2». 
29.  4  12.  2\ 


Koiu.  15. 18. 

Ill, 

1  Cor.  2.  4. 


Q».MRtt.23.1S. 
1  Cor.  13.  27. 
Epk.  1.  22. 


Whij  Christ  assnnied  our  nature.       HEBREWS. 


The  danger  of  iinbeUcf, 


n  3.  16. 
.32. 
-  5.  18. 


Ee».  «.  a. 
r  Luke  21.  46. 
•  Eora.ll.3C. 
«  AcU  3.  U.  k 


U.  12.  2. 
cits.  IS. 
dJ..hnin.  29. 

4  17.6.9.11. 


2  Pet 

I.  10. 

.Rom 

IVR. 

A  6.  i 

1.  4R. 

1.4  9 

11.4 

under  him.  But  now  "we  6cc  not 
yet  nil  things  ]Mit  under  iiini. 

J*  But  we  see  Jesus,  "^whowns  made 
a  little  lower  than  the  angels  !|  for  the 
sufterinj;  of  death,  I' crowned  with 
jjlory  and  honour  :  that  he  by  the 
grace  of  God  should  taste  deatli  'I  lor 
every  man. 

lU  '  For  it  became  him,  'for  whom 
aif  all  things,  and  by  whom  arc  all 
things,  in  bringing  many  sons  unto 
glory,  to  make  'the  captain  of  their 
salvation  "perfect  through  suffer- 
ings. 

U  For  "  both  he  that  snnctifieth  and 
they  who  are  sanctified  >  are  all  of 
one  :  for  which  cause  ^hc  is  not 
ashamed  to  call  them  brethren, 

12  Saying,  **  I  will  declare  thy  name 
unto  my  brethren,  in  the  niidst  of 
the  church  will  I  sing  praise  unto 
thee. 

l.'i  And  again,  l>  I  will  put  my  trust 
in  him.  And  again,  "^  Behold"  I  and 
the  children  J  which  God  hatti  given 
me. 

14  Forasmuch  then  as  the  children 
are  partakers  of  flesh  and  blood,  he 
'  also  himself  likewise  took  part  of 
the  same  ;  f  that  through  death  he 
might  destroy  him  that  had  the  power 
of  death,  that  is,  the  devil; 

15  And  deliver  them,  who  ^through 
fear  of  death  were  all  their  lifetime 
subject  to  bondage. 

ll>  For  verily  the  took  not  on  him 
thenatmc  ol  angels;  but  he  took  on 
Idin  the  seed  of  Abraham. 

17  Wherefore  in  all  things  it  be- 
hooved him  hto  be  made  like  unto 
/lis  brethren,  that  he  might  be  i  a  mer- 
ciful and  faithful  high  priest  in  things 
l>ertaining  to  God,  to  make  reconcil- 
iation for  the  sins  of  the  people. 

18  kFor  in  that  he  himself  hath 
suffered  being  tempted,  he  is  able  to 
succour  them  that  are  tempted. 

CHAPTER  ITI. 
1  Ckritt  t«    OTore  tvorthy   than    Moica,  T 
therefore  if  we  belii-ve  not  in  him,  ice 
»hijU  Ite  more  ivorthy  punishment  than 
hardhearted  Israel. 
\\ THEREFORE,    holy    brethren, 
»»     partakers    of    "the    heavenly 
eallin,>r,  consider  l>the   Apostle  and 
Higli  Priest  of  our  profession,  Christ 
Jesus; 
•1  Who   was  faithful    to   him    that 
f  appointed     him,    as    also    ■=  Moses 
iras  jaithnil  in  all  his  house. 
3     For     this     wan     was     counted 
worthy  of  more  glorv  than  Mose«, 
inasmuch  as  d  he  who  hath  builded 
the  house  hath  more  honour  than 
the  house. 

-  For  every  house  is  huilded  bv 
some  ma)i:  but  "he  that  built  all 
things  is  God. 

5  f  And  Moses  verily  vnx  fi^ithful 
in  all  his  house  as  *■'»  servant,  li  for 
a  testimony  of  those  things  which 
were  to  be  spoken  after; 

Doul.3.21.    Joili.  I.  2.  4  6.01.    hDoul.18. 15,  18. 19. 

6'Z 


G  But  Christ  as  ia  son  over  his 
own  house;  k  whose  house  are  we, 

1  if  we  hold  fast  the  confidence  ami 
the  rejoicing  of  the  hope  firm  unto 
the  end. 

7  Wherefore  as  "'the  Holy  Ghost 
saith,  "  To  day  if  ye  will  near  his 
voice, 

■S  Harden  not  your  hearts,  as  in 
the  provocation,  in  the  day  of  tempt- 
atioTi  in  the  wilderness: 

!l  When  your  fathers  tempted  me, 
proved  me,  and  saw  my  works  forty 
years. 

1(1  Wherefore  I  was  grieved  with 
that  generation,  and  said.  They  do 
always  err  in  Hicir  heart;  and  "they 
have  not  known  my  ways. 

11  So  I  sware  in  my  wrath,  f  They 
shall  not  enter  into  mj'  rest. 

12  Take  heed,  brethren,  lest  there 
be  in  any  of  you  an  evil  heart  of  un- 
belief, in  departing  from  tlic  living 
God. 

1.'?  But  exhort  one  another  daily, 
while  it  is  called  To  day  i  lest  aiij' 
of  you  be  hardened  through  the 
deceitfulness  of  sin. 

14  For  we  are  made  partakers  of 
Christ,  "if  we  hold  the  beginning 
of  our  confidence  steadfast  unto  the 
end; 

1.0  While  it  is  said,  PTo  day  if 
ye  will  hear  his  voice,  harden*  not 
your  hearts,  as  in  the  provocation. 

II)  'I  For  some,  when  they  had 
heard,  did  provoke :  howbeit  not 
all  that  came  out  of  Egypt  by 
Moses. 

17  But  with  whom  was  he  grieved 
forty  years  ?  vas  if  not  with  them 
that  had  sinned,  'whose  carcasses 
fell  in  the  wilderness? 

18  And  'to  whom  sware  he  that 
they  should  not  enter  into  his  rest, 
but  to  them  that  believed  not? 

1!>  *  So  we  see  that  they  could  not 
enter  ia  because  of  unbelief. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

1  The  rest  of  Christiana  ia  attained  by 
faith.  12  The  power  of  OoiVs  umnl. 
14  By  our  hi[th  priest  Jesua  tfie  Son  of 
Ood,  auhject  to  infrmitiea.  but  not  ein, 
10  we  initat  and  may  go  boldly  to  the 
throne  of  grace. 

IET  "us  therefore  fear,  lest,  a 
J  promise  being  left  vs  of  enter- 
ing into  his  rest,  any  of  you  should 
seem  to  come  short  of  it. 

2  For  unto  us  was  the  gospel 
preached,  as  well  as  unto  them  : 
l)ut  f  the  word  preached  did  not 
profit  them,  ||not  being  mi.xed  with 
faitli  in  tliem  that  heard  it. 

a  ii  For  we  which  have  believed 
do  enter  into  rest,  as  he  said,  "^As 
I  have  sworn  in  my  wrath,  if  thev 
shall  enter  into  my  vest :  althougli 
flic  works  were  finished  from  the 
foundation  of  the  world. 

4  F^or  he  spake  in  a  certain  place  of 
the  Bcvcuth  cicaj  on  this  wise,  dAud 
20a 


Of  Christ's  priesthood. 


HEBREWS. 


et.  I.  SJ. 

[   iProT.  a.  1. 

k  Ei.h.  6.  17. 

KoT.  1. 16.  It 

2.19. 

I   1 1  Cor.  14.  21, 


Iieli.  7.  W.  & 

a.  12.21. 
qcli.  10.  23. 
il«.  53.  3. 

eh.  2.  18. 
■  Luk«  22.  28. 
1 2  Cor.  5.  21. 

ch.  7.  26. 

1  Pot.  2.  22. 

IJoliuS.  S. 
n  Eph.  2.  13. 


eh.  8.  3. 
■  t!..  2.  17. 

cl..  S.  3.  1.  k 
U.'J.i  10.11. 


God  did  rest  the  seventh  day  from 
all  his  works. 

.5  And  in  this  place  ogain,  If  they 
sh;ill  enter  into  my  rest. 

0  Seeing;  tlicrefbre  itremaincth  that 
some  nuist  enter  therein,  "and  thev 
to  whom  II  it  was  first  preached  eii- 
t'/red  not  in  hocause  of  unbelief: 

7  .\^'ain,  lie  limiteth  a  certain  day, 
s^iymj?  in  David,  To  dav,  after  bo 
long  a  time;  as  it  is  said,  fTo  day 
if  ye  will  hear  his  voice,  harden  not 
your  hearts. 

N  For  if  II  Jesus  hid  ;,'iven  them  rest, 
then  would  he  not  afterward  have 
spi;ken  of  another  day. 

'J  There  remaineth  t'hereforc  a /I  rest 
to  the  people  of  God. 

Ill  For  he  that  is  entered  into  his 
rest,  ho  also  hath  ee.ascd  from  his 
own  works,  as  God  i/id  fi-oni  liis. 

U  Let  us  labour  therefore  to  enter 
into  that  rest,  lest  any  man  fall 
"after  the  same  example  of  ||  unbe- 

]-'  For  the  word  of  God  is  l>  quick, 
and  powerful,  and  isharper  than  any 
ttwoed^'cd  sword,  piercin-  even  to 
the  divKlin^  asunder  of  soul  and 
spirit,  and  (.f  the  joints  and  marrow 
anil  i.s-  la  diseerner  of  the  thoughta 
and  intents  of  the  heart. 

]•!  "'Neither  is  there  any  creature 
that  IS  not  manifest  in  his  Bi^ht:  but 
all  tlunjjs  arc  naked  "and  opened 
unto  the  eyes  of  him  with  whom  we 
have  to  do. 

14  Sccinfc  then  that  we  have  "a 
Sreat  hi<.'h  priest,  Pthat  is  passed  into 
the  heavens,  Jesus  the  Sou  of  God, 
'I  let  us  hold  fast  our  profession. 

15  For  ■'we  have  not  a  high  priest 
which  cannot  be  touched  with  the 
feeling  of  our  infirmities;  but  "was 
in  nil  points  tempted  like  as  ice  arc 
•.J/e(  without  sin. 

Hi  "Let  us  therefore  come  boldly 
unto  the  throne  of  grace,  that  we 
may  obtain  mercy,  and  find  grace  to 
help  m  time  of  need. 

CHAPTER  V. 
I  The  authoritit  and  hunnur  of  our  SnV' 
priesthood.     11  Aeglipcnee  in  the 
imowicUgs  thereof  is  reproved. 

J^OK  every  high  priest  taken  from 
among  men  "is  (.rdnincrl  for  men 
bin  things  pertninin,,  to  (;,„1,  fthat 
he  m.ay  otfer  both  gifts  end  .sacrifices 
lor  sms: 

2  J  Who  II  can  have  cnmpas.sion  on 
the  Ignorant,  and  on  them  that  are 
out  of  the  way;  for  that  '  ho  himself 
also  13  compassed  with  infimiitv. 

3  And  fby  reason  hereof  he  o"u"ht 


The  {luilt  of  ajwstasy. 


n^^ikit''^^^^'^^^'  ^-  orv^oa'a^vLiriuiTpt:^^,/^^ 


-     ItVrfor 

•t  f-'Aiid  no  man  takelh  this  honour 
;'.,  '/     "i'"'.'"'  ''"'  '"^  "'^'  ''*  railed  of 

.5i.Soa!sotl,;i.;'t'!;";,,.i(ied  not  hini- 
selttob,.  ma.leahi^h  priest;  but  he 
tliat  said  unto  liin,,  1.  Thou  art  my 
bou,  to  d;iy  have  1  begotten  thee. 
2IJ() 


«  Ashesaith  also  in  another  >,/nrp 
'  S''0"  «i<  "  priest  tbr  ever  after  the 
order  ot  Mclcliisedcc. 

7  Who  in  the  days  of  his  flesh,  when 
he  hiid  ofJered  up  prayers  and  sui>- 
phcations  "with  strong  erviii"  and 
tears  unto  him  "that  was  atile  to  save 
hnn  from  death,  and  was  heard  lll'lu 
that  he  feared; 

8  ■!  Though  he  were  a  Son,  vet 
learned  he  '  obedience  by  the  thiiVs 
which  he  suftered;  " 

»  And  ■•  being  made  perfect,  he  be- 
came the  author  of  eternal  salvation 
unto  all  them  that  obey  him; 

10  Called  of  God  a  high  pricBt  'after 
the  order  of  Melchisedec. 

U  Of  whom  "  we  have  many  things 
to  say,  and  hard  to  be  uttered,  Bceiii' 
ye  are  ^  dull  of  hearing.  " 

12  For  when  for  the  time  ve  ou-'ht 
to  be  teachers,  ye  have  ncccf  that  one 
teach  you  again  which  Ije  >  the  first 
priuciiilesof  the  oracles  of  God;  and 
are  become  such  as  h.avc  need  of 

milk,  and  not  of  strong  meat. 

1.3  F'or  every  one  that  useth  milk  f  is 
unskilful  in  the  word  of  righteous- 
ness: for  he  is  "a  babe. 

14  But  strong  meat  belnngeth  to 
them  that  are  ||  of  full  age,  eren  those 
who  by  reason  \\  of  use  have  their 
senses  exercised  i)to  discern  both 
good  and  evil. 

1  Cor.  2.  6.  Eph.  4.  13.  ThiX.  3.  15.  1  Ot.  cf  a  /„ 
"on.     h  1,.  7.  1...     1  c„,  2    ,j    jj 

CHAPTER  VI. 

1  Be  cThortcth  not  to  foil  haek  from  the 
faith,  WbnttobettradUn,  li^ililiiicHI. 
andjMittent  to  ic.ifu/w,,  God,  ISbecause 
Uod  f«  moet  aurc  in  hii  proyniee. 
-yilEREFORE  » leaving  |i  the  prin- 
L    ciples  of  the  doctrine  of  Christ 
et   us  go  on   unto    perfection;    not 
laying  again  the  foundation  of  re- 
pentance hfrom  dead  works,  and  of 
faith  toward  God, 

2"_Of  the  doctrine  of  baptisms,  dand 
of  laying  on  of  hands,  >  and  of  res- 
urrection of  the  dead,  land  of  eternal 
judgment. 

3  And  this  will  we  do,  ejf  God 
permit. 

4  For  hit  i.f  impossible  for  those 
'Who  were  once  enlightened,  and 
have  tasted  of  k  the  heavcnlv  -iff 
aiul  Iwcre  made  partakers  of '"the' 
Holy  (Jliost, 

5  And  have  tasted  the  good  word  of 
God.  and  the  powers  of  '"  the  world 
to  come, 

G  If  they  shall  f.dl  nwav,  to  renew 
them  again  inito  re  iKutancc  ;  "soe- 
ng  they  crucily  to  themselves  the 


I«tl  26.39. 

41. 
at  14.  36, 

hn  17.  1. 
i.  22   1. 
.11.  27.  46. 


>I«'t.2l1  53. 
I»rk  11.  36. 
)r./„r*i. 


I.  0.  20. 
'ol.n  16.  12. 
P=l.  3.  10. 
ilalt.  a.  15. 


in  open  shame. 

7  For  the  earth  which  drinketh  ..i 
the  rain  that  coineth  oft  niwn  it,  and 
bringelh  forth  herbs  meet  for  them 
[I  by  whom  it  is  .Iressed,  "reeeivcth 
bics.singiiom  God:  o...  oo.  „ 

•S    'lint  that  which  bcarcth  thonis    i.u.5.0. 
and   briers  u  rejected,  and   i.<  ui-h  I 


«Phii.  3. 12. 

1:1.  11. 

eh.  5.  la. 


l«  21.  25. 
1U.2.  16. 
1>  !S.  21. 


Christ  a  priest  of  a  higher 


HEBREWS. 


order  than  that  of  Aaron. 


2  Tim.  1.  IS. 
n«b.3.  n.  11. 
iCol.2.  2. 
T  cl..  10.  35. 


ch. 

r.  in 
J.  7. 

15. 

fch. 

i.  1 

.& 

*«.  (1 

3.1 
10. 

4 

t7. 

unto  cursing ;  whose  end  is  to  be 
liurnod. 

U  Hut,  beloved,  wc  arc  persuaded 
bettor  tliiu;;s  ot'  you,  and  things  that 
aceompuny  salvation,  tliou^h  we 
tliiiaspeali. 

1(1  'I  lor  '  God  i>  not  unrighteous  to 
iorsct  "yourwork  aud  labourof  luve, 
wliicli  yc  Iiave  shewed  toward  liis 
name,  in  that  ye  have  '  ministered  to 
tile  saints,  and  do  minister. 

11  Aud  we  desire  that  "every  one 
of  you  do  shew  tlie  same  dili;^eneo 
^  to*  tlie  full  assurauee  of  hope  unto 
the  end: 

12  Tliat  ye  be  not  slothful,  but  fol- 
lowers of  them  who  throuj^h  faith  and 
patience  >  iniierit  the  promises. 

1:3  For  when  God  made  jiromisc  to 
Al>raliam,  because  he  could  swear  by 
no  j^reater,  ^  he  sware  l)y  himself, 

14  Saying,  Surely  blessing  I  will 
bless  tfieei  and  multiplying  I  Avill 
niultipiv  thee. 

15  And  so,  after  he  had  patiently 
endured,  he  obtained  the  jiromisc. 

10  For  men  verily  swear  by  the 
greater:  and  "an  oatli  for  con- 
lirmation  is  to  them  an  end  of  all 
strife. 

17  AVherein  God,  willing  more 
abundantly  to  shew  unto  lithe  heirs 
of  iiromisc  '^  the  immutability  of  his 
e(Uinsel,  f  conlirmed  it  bv  an  oath: 

18  That  by  two  immufal)le  things, 
in  wliieli  it  xvk  impossible  for  God 
to  lie,  we  mi.glit  have  a  strong  con- 
solation, who  have  fled  for  refuge 
to  lay  hold  upon  the  hope  ''set  be- 
fitre  us: 

11)  AVhieh  hope  wo  liave  as  an 
anchor  of  the  soul,  both  sure  and 
steadfast,  "^and  which  entereth  into 
tliat  within  the  vail; 

2<i  fWliitlier  the  forerunner  is  for 
us  entered,  even  Jesus,  *5inade  a 
high  priest  for  ever  after  the  order 
of  Melchisedcc. 

ClI-iPTER  VII. 

1  Christ  ./(■«!(«  is  a  priest  after  the  order 
of  MclchitC'lec.  U  au.l  to,  fur  more 
excellent  than  the    priests  of   Aaron^s 

17"0R  this  "Melchisedcc,  kin"  of 
Salem,  priest  of  the  most  high 
God,  who  met  Abraham  returning 
from  tlie  slaughter  of  the  kings,  and 
blessed  him; 

2  To  wliom  also  Abraham  gave  a 
tenth  part  of  all;  lirst  being  by  in- 
tei-pretation  King  of  righteousness, 
and  alter  that  also  King  of  Salem, 
whieli  is.  King  of  peace; 

.'!  ^^■ithollt  father,  without  mother, 
f  w  it hnut  descent,  having  neither  bc- 
ginninj;  of  days,  nor  end  of  life;  but 
made  like  iinlo  the  Son  of  God ; 
i  abideth  a  jiriest  continually. 

■i  Now  consider  how  great  this 
man  ir<is,  bunto  whom  even  the 
patriarch  Abralioiu  gave  the  tenth 
of  the  spoils. 


5  And  verily  ■^they  that  arc  of 
the  sons  of  Levi,  who  receive  the 
office  of  the  priesthood,  have  a 
conimandnient  to  take  titlics  of  the 
people  according  to  the  law,  that  is, 
of  their  brethren,  though  they  come 
out  of  the  loins  of  Abraham: 

0  But  lie  whose  ![  descent  is  not 
counted  from  them  received  tithes 
of  Abraham,  •!  and  blessed  'him 
that  had  the  promises. 

r  And  without  all  contradiction 
the  less  is  blessed  of  the  better. 

H  And  here  men  that  die  receive 
tithes  ;  but  there  he  rcceiretli  then., 
fof  whom  it  is  witnessed  that  he 
liveth. 

9  And  as  I  may  so  say,  l>evi  also, 
who  receivetli  tithes,  paid  tithes  in 
Abraham. 

10  For  he  was  yet  in  the  loins  of 
his  father,  wheil  Melchisedcc  met 
him. 

11  ^If  therefore  perfection  were 
liy  the  Lcvitical  jiriesthood,  (for 
under  it  the  people  received  the 
law,)  what  further  need  ir(i.s  there 
that  another  priest  should  rise  alter 
the  order  of  Slelchiscdec,  and  not  be 
called  after  the  order  of  Aaron  ? 

12  For  thepriesthood  being  changed, 
there  is  made  of  necessity  a  change 
also  of  the  law. 

1.3  For  he  of  whom  these  things 
are  spoken  pcrtaineth  to  another 
tribe,  of  which  no  man  gave  at- 
teiuhincc  at  the  altar. 

14  For  it  is  evident  that  hour  Lord 
sprang  out  of  Juda;  of  which  tribe 
Moses  spake  jiotlung  concerning 
priesthood. 

15  And  it  is  yet  far  more  evident: 
for  that  after  the  similitude  of  Mel- 
chisedcc there  ariseth  another  priest, 

)i>  Who  is  made,  not  after  the  law 
of  a  carnal  commandment,  but  after 
the  power  of  an  endless  life. 

17  For  he  testitieth,  i  Thou  art  a 
priest  for  ever  alter  the  order  of 
Nielcbisedec. 

18  For  there  is  verily  a  disan- 
nulling of  the  commandment  going 
betbre  tor  k  the  weakness  auu  un- 
profitableness thereof. 

I'J  For  I  tile  law  made  nothing 
perfect,  ||  but  the  bringing  in  of  "'a 
Ix'ttcr  hope  iliil ;  by  tlic  which  "we 
draw  nigh  unto  God. 

20  And  inasmuch  as  not  without 
an  oath  lie  n-as  tmnte  j'rirst  : 

21  (For  those  priests  were  made 
!|  without  an  oath  :  but  this  with 
an  oath  by  him  that  said  unto  him, 
"The  I<oid  sware  and  will  not  re- 
pent. Thou  art  a  priest  for  ever 
after  the  order  of  Melchiscdec:) 

22  By  BO  much  ^  was  Jesus  made 
a  surety  of  a  better  testament. 

2.'J  And  they  truly  were  many 
priest.s,  because  they  were  not 
sutlered  to  continue  by  reason  of 
death: 

24  But  this  >/iaH,  because  he  con- 
207 


Aaron'n  prienthond  ahnlixhed. 


HEBREWS. 


The  sacrifices  of  the  lata 


1  Julm  2.  1. 
lok.  ».  15. 

•  r.|.h.  1.21). 

&  i.  10.  I 

ch.8.  1. 
tI..T.9.  7.  i 

16  6.  1 1. 

ch.  6.3.1 9.7. 
uLer.  1(1.  15. 


tiiHietli    ever,   hath   11  an   uiichanjrc- 


ahle  piicstlidiicl. 
2!>    vVheielore    he 


c  is  able  also  to 
save  them  ||  tn  the  iitterninst  tliat 
come  unto  God  Ijy  liiiii,  seeinj;  he 
ever  livcth  'I  to  make  intercession 
for  them. 

HO  For  such  a  his;h  priest  Iiecame 
us,  ^K'fi(}  if  holy,  liarniless,  undelilcd, 
sepanite  from  sinners,  '•and  made 
lii^her  than  the  Iieavcns; 

'St  Who  needetli  not  daily,  as  tlinse 
hi;;h  priests,  to  otfer  up  saeritiec, 
'first  for  his  own  sins,  "and  then 
for  the  people's:  for  *'this  he  did 
once,  when  he  offered  up  himself. 

'M  For  the  law  maketli  >  men  high 
priests  which  have  infirmity;  but 
the  word  of  tlie  oatli,  which  was 
since  the  law,  miiki^th  the  Son,  ^  who 
is  t  consecrated  for  evermore. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

1  By  the  etermU  pritttliaod  of  Chritt  the 
Leviticrtl  jirU-stlwod  vf  ,l.iro»i  is  abot- 
ithed.  7  An.l  tlis  tcmpnral  covenant 
with  thafatluri,  by  the  cternul  covenant 
of  the  yospel. 

"VTOW  of  the  things  which  we  have 
i.^  spoken  (/(i.s  is  the  sum:  We  have 
such  a  high  priest,  "who  is  set  on 
the  right  hand  of  the  throne  of  the 
Majesty  in  the  heavens; 

2  A  minister  !|  of  lithe  sanctuary, 
and  of  "^  the  true  tabernacle,  which 
tlie  I..ord  pitched,  and  not  man. 

3  For  ti  every  high  priest  is  ordained 
to  offer  ^ifts  and  sacrifices:  where- 
fore '■  it  !.<  of  necessity  that  this  man 
have  somewhat  also  to  offer. 

4  For  if  he  were  on  earth,  he  should 
not  be  n  priest,  secin;;  that  ||  there  are 
priests  that  offer  gifts  according  to 
the  law: 

5  AVho  serve  unto  the  example  and 
fshadow  of  heavenly  things,  as  Mo- 
ses was  admonished  of  God  when  he 
was  about  to  make  the  tabernacle: 
i^for.  See,  saitli  he,  thut  thou  make 
all  things  according  to  the  pattern 
shewed  to  tliec  in  the  mount. 

(!  But  now  li  hath  he  obtained  a 
more  excellent  ministry,  by  how 
much  also  he  is  the  mediator  of  a 
better  II covenant,  which  was  estab- 
lisluMl  upon  better  promises. 

7  I  For  if  that  first  corciitiiil  had  been 
faultless,  then  should  no  place  have 
been  sought  for  the  second. 

8  For  finding  fault  with  them,  he 
saith,  k  Behold,  the  davs  come,  saith 
the  Lord,  when  I  wifl  make  a  new 
covenaTit  with  the  iK'Use  of  Israel 
and  with  the  house  of  .ludah: 

y  Not  accordiiig  to  the  covenant 
that  I  made  with  their  fathers,  in 
the  dav  when  I  took  thoin  liv  the 
hand  to  lead  them  ovit  of  the  land  of 
Egypt;  beeause  they  eontiinied  not 
ill  niv  covenant,  anu  1  regarded  them 
not,  s;iith  the  i.ord. 

PI  For  I  this  !s  the  covenant  that  I 
will  make  with  the  house  of  Israel 
after  those  days,  saith  the  Lord;  1 
•MS 


will  f  put  my  laws  into  their  mind, 
and  write  them  ||in  their  hearts:  and 
'"  I  will  be  to  them  a  God,  and  they 
shall  be  to  me  a  people: 

11  And  "they  shall  not  teach  every 
man  his  ncignlnmr,  and  every  mail 
his  brother,  8:iying,  Know  the  I.,ord: 
for  all  shall  kiiow  inc,  from  the  least 
to  the  greatest. 

IJ  For  I  will  be  inercifnl  to  their 
unrighteousness,  'land  their  sins  and 
their  iniquities  will  I  remember  no 
more. 

].■?  I' In  that  he  saith,  A  new  roiy- 
tiditt,  he  hath  made  the  first  old. 
Now  that  which  decayeth  and  wax- 
eth  old  is  ready  to  vanish  away. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  The  tleeeription  of  the  rites  and  bloody 
taerifieee  of  the  law,  11  far  inferior  to 
the  dignity  and  perfection  vf  the  blood 
and  tru-rijiee  of  Christ. 

''["'HEN  verily  the  first  corennn«  had 

I  also  l| ordinances  of  divine  serv- 
ice, and  "a  worldly  sanctuarv. 

*J  i»  For  there  was  a  tabernacle  made; 
the  first,  ^Wherein  trcis  'I  the  candle- 
stick, and  "^the  table,  and  the  shew- 
brcad;  which  is  called  ||  the  sanctu- 
ary. 

3  TAnd  af^er  the  second  vail,  the 
tabernacle  which  is  called  the  holiest 
of  all; 

4  Which  had  the  golden  censer, 
and  ^''the  ark  of  the  covenant  over- 
laid round  about  with  gold,  wherein 
was  ithe  golden  pot  that  had  manna, 
and  iAarou's  rod  that  budded,  and 
kthe  tables  of  the  covenant; 

,5  And  lover  it  the  cherubim  of 
glory  shadowing  the  mercy  seat;  of 
which  we  cannot  now  speak  par- 
ticularly. 

G  Now  when  these  things  were  thiK 
ordained,  '"the  priests  went  alwavs 
into  the  first  tabernacle,  accomplisK- 
ing  the  service  of  God. 

7  But  into  the  second  went  the  high 
priest  alone  "once  every  year,  not 
without  blood,  "  which  he  offered  for 
himself,  and  for  the  errors  of  the 
people : 

.S  I'  The  Holy  Ghost  this  signifying, 
that  1  the  way  into  the  holiest  of  all 
was  not  yet  made  manifest,  while  as 
the  first  tabernacle  was  yet  standing: 

y  Which  wa.<  a  figure  lor  the  time 
then  present,  in  wliich  were  offered 
both  gifts  and  sacrifices,  ''that  could 
iu)t  make  him  that  did  the  service 
perfect,  as  pertaining  to  the  con- 
bcience; 

Id  Wliich  stood  only  in  'meats  and 
drinks,  and  'divers "washings,  "and 
Ciirnal  (I  ordinances,  imposed  on  them 
until  the  limeof  rcliirnKition. 

II  But  Christ  being  come  » a  high 

priest  >of  K 1  things  to  come, 'by 

a  greater  and  more  iicrtcct  taber- 
nacle, not  made  with  liands,  that  is 
to  sav,  not  of  this  building; 

VI  Neither  "by  the  blood  of  gi>ats 
and  calves,  but  l"  by  his  own  blood 


c.i,  1.  u. 

1  Prt.  1.  19. 

n^T.  1. «.  I, 


jar  inferior  to  that  of  Christ. 


HEBREWS.  The  locakness  of  the  law  sacrifices. 


ch.  lU.  lU. 
d  DuL  9.  21. 
«L«.  IS   11. 


Ich.  C.  I. 
mLuksl.Tl. 
Kum.  U.  13, 


s  1  Tim.  2.  S. 
och.7.  23.  4 
8.  U.  4IJ.21. 
pRoB   3.  2S. 


truuy/.;  in. 
rU>l.  3.  13. 
•  Ec.Zl.O.Jic 
I  Or. 


uL«r.  11.1. 

C,  7.19.il.J2. 
HOp.  j.urf/.. 
I  Ei.  21.  8. 

M.u.'.:0.  23. 
jEi.  29.  12. 

36. 

Lor.  8  i;.  19. 

4  Ifi.  11,  U, 

19,  19.  19. 


b  ch.  6.  10. 
c  cL.  8.  2. 
dRom.  S  31, 


..  1.  10. 
a.  3.  19. 
.  3.  20. 


he  entered  in  ''onic  into  the  holy 
place,  il  having  obtained  eternal  re- 
demption fur  us, 

li  I'or  if  « the  blood  of  bulls  and 
of  ^oat*^,  and  i  the  nshes  of  a  heifer 
sprinkling  the  unelcan,  sanctitieth 
to  the  purifying'  of  the  flesh: 

14  How  niiah  more  Kshall  the 
blood  of  Chri.st,  li  who  throiif^h  the 
eternal  .'Jplrit  i  oftVred  himself  with- 
out Ij  spot  to  God,  k  purge  your 
conscience  from  I  dead  works  ""  to 
serve  the  livinj;  God? 

15  "And  for  this  cause  °he  is  the 
mediator  of  the  new  testament, 
•"that  by  means  of  death,  for  the 
redemption  of  the  transgressions 
that  tvcre  under  the  first  testament, 
ithey  which  are  called  might  re- 
ceive the  promise  of  eternal  inherit- 
ance. 

hi  For  where  a  testament  is, 
there  must  also  of  necessity  ||  be 
the  death  of  the  testator. 

17  Jr'or  'a  testament  t.-t  of  force 
after  men  are  dead:  otherwise  it 
is  of  no  strength  at  all  while  the 
testator  liveth. 

18  *  Whereupon  neither  the  first 
te:>tameitt  was  ||  dedicated  without 
blood, 

I'J  For  when  Moses  had  spoken 
every  precept  to  all  the  people 
according  to  the  law,  'he  took 
the  blood  of  calves  and  of  goats, 
"with  water,  and  ||  scarlet  wool, 
and  hyssop,  and  sprinkled  both  the 
book  and  all  the  peoi)le, 

20  Saying,  ''This  is  the  blood  of 
the  testament  which  God  hath  en- 
joined unto  you, 

lil  Moreover  >  he  sprinkled  likewise 
with  blood  both  the  tabernacle,  and 
all  the  vessels  of  the  ministry, 

22  And  almost  all  things*  are  by 
the  law  purged  with  bkiod;  anil 
^without  shedding  of  blood  is  no 
remission, 

2.J  It  wast  therefore  necessary  that 
*the  patterns  of  things  in  the'heav- 
ens  should  be  i^urified  with  these; 
but  the  heavenly  tilings  themselves 
with  better  sacritices  than  these. 

24  For  b  Christ  is  not  entered  into 
the  holy  places  made  with  hands, 
ic/iiWi  are  the  figures  of  "^  the  true; 
but  into  heaven  ifself,  now  J  to  ap- 
pear in  the  presence  of  God  for  us: 

25  Nor  yet  that  he  shouhl  otter  him- 
self often,  as  *^the  high  priest  enter- 
eth  into  the  holy  place  every  year 
with  blood  of  others; 

26  For  then  must  he  often  have 
sutfered  since  the  foundation  of  the 
world:  but  now  fonce  s^in  the  end 
of  the  world  hath  he  appeared  to 
put  away  sin  by  the  sacrifice  of  him-. 
,self, 

27  l>And  as  it  is  appointed    iinti 
men  once  to  die,  i  but  after  thii 
Ijiidgment: 

2.S  So  k  Christ  was  once  loficred 
to   bear  the   sins    "'of  many;    and 


unto  them  that  "  look  for  him  shall 
he  appear  the  second  time  without 
sin  unto  salvation. 

CHAPTER  X. 

1  The  vjealnena  nf  the  law  tncrifices.  10 
Tlie  t.ierijire  of  CItritl'a  boily  onee  offer- 
<■./.  14  f.,r  cirr  hall,  taken  awaii  nil,,.  I'J 
An  rxhurtatiun  tu  fiold  fant  the  faith, 
with  jjatitnrc  and  thanlcnyiviny. 

f'^OR  the  law  having  "a  shadow 
I'of  good  things  to  come,  anil 
not  the  very  image  of  the  things, 
"^can  never  with  those  sacrifices, 
which  they  oft'ered  year  by  year 
continually,  make  the  comers  there- 
unto 'I  perfect. 

2  For  then  [|  would  they  not  have 
ceased  to  be  offered?  because  that 
the  worshippers  once  purgeil  should 
have  had  no  more  conscience  of 
sins, 

3  'But  in  those  sacri_fii-€S  there  h 
a  remembrance  again  made  of  sins 
every  year. 

4  lor  tit  is  not  possible  that  the 
blof)d  of  bulls  and  of  goats  ehoiild 
take  away  sins. 

5  Wherefore,  when  he  Cometh  into 
the  world,  ho  saith,  ^  Sacrifice  and 
offering  thou  wouldcst  nt»t,  but  a 
body  II  hast  thou  prepared  mc: 

t;  in  burnt  otferiugs  and  sacrifices 
for  sin  thou  hast  had  no  pleasure. 

7  Then  said  I,  l.o,  1  come  (in  the 
volume  of  the  hook  it  is  written  of 
me)  to  do  thy  will,  O  God, 

8  Above  w"hcn  lie  said.  Sacrifice 
and  offering  and  burnt  ott'erings 
and  fijl'ennij  for  sin  thou  wouldcst 
not,  neither  hadst  jjleasure  therein; 
which  are  offered  by  the  law; 

i>  Then  said  he,  l^o,  I  come  to  do 
thy  will,  O  God.  He  taketh  away 
the  first,  that  he  may  establish  the 
second. 

10  li  By  the  which  will  we  are  sanc- 
tified i  through  the  offering  of  the 
body  of  Jesus  Christ  once  for  all. 

11  And  every  priest  standeth 
k  daily  ministering  and  offering  fift- 
entimes  the  same  sacrifices,  1  which 
can  never  take  away  sins: 

12  ""But  this  man,  after  he  had 
ottered  one  sacrifice  for  sins  for 
ever,  sat  down  on  the  right  hand  of 
God; 

I'J  From  henceforth  expecting  "till 
his  enemies  be  made  his  footstool. 

14  For  by  one  offering  "he  hath 
perfected  for  ever  them  that  are 
sanctiiied. 

15  llVioro/ the  Holv  Ghost  also  is 
a  witness  to  us:  for  af'ter  that  he  had 
said  before, 

llj  ''This  ts  the  covenant  that  I 
will  make  with  them  after  those 
days,  saith  the  Lord;  I  will  put 
my  laws  into  their  hearts,  and  in 
their  minds  will  I  write  them; 

17  1  And  their  sins  and  iniquities 
wWX  I  remember  no  more, 

IS  Xow  where  remission   of  these 
IS,  there  is  no  more  ofiering  for  sin. 
209 


Exhortation  to  steadfast  faith. 


HEBREWS. 


The  7iattire  of  faith. 


q  Rum.  &.  2. 

£|*)>.2.  IS.  A 

3.  12. 
(  Or.  tibfrl)/. 


1 1  Tim.  3, 15. 
y  <•!>.  i.  IS. 

I  r.t.li.  3. 12. 

Jamu  1.  6. 

1  J.>l.u3.  ^I. 
•  ch.  9.  U. 
LEt.  3B.  :i5. 


1  TI...I.S.SI. 


hNunil3.30 
cU.  (i.  i. 
i  2  Pot.  2.  20, 


.  I  for  11.29. 
ch.  1.1.  211. 
|>U>U.  12.31, 


Col.  2.  I. 
J  1  Car.  4.  9. 
•  Phil.  1.  7.  & 

4.  U. 

1TI..M.2.U. 
«  Pl.il.  1.7. 

2  Tim,  1.  IG. 
I.  M«ll.  5.  12. 


I'J  Having  therefore,  brethren, 
1 1I  boiaiie.is  t.>  entir  'into  the  holi- 
est bv  the  blood  of  Jesus, 

iH)  15y  -a  new  ami  living  way, 
whieh  he  hatli  ||  consecrated  for  ns, 
'througli  the  vail,  that  is  to  say,  his 
flesh; 

21  And  havint/  "  a  hij;h  priest  over 
"the  liouse  of  God; 

2t  )  J.et  113  draw  near  with  a  true 
heart  ''in  full  assurance  of  faith,  bav- 
ins; onr  hearts  sprinkled  '^froni  an 
evil  Conscience,  and  bour  bodies 
washed  with  pure  water. 

2S  '■■J>et  ii.i  liold  t'.ist  tlic  profession 
of  our  faitii  witiinut  waveriiij;;  for 
*lhe  IS  faitlitiil  tiiat  promised; 

24  And  let  us  consider  one  another 
to  provoke  unto  love  and  to  f;ood 
works: 

25  "Not  forsaking  the  assembling 
of  ourselves  to;i-ether,  as  the  manner 
of  Bome  U;  but  exhorting  une  an- 
other: and  fso  much  the  more,  as 
ye  see  Ethe  day  approaching. 

20  For  luf  we  sin  wilfully  laftcr  that 
we  have  received  the  knowledge  of 
the  truth,  there  rcmainetU  no  more 
sacrifice  for  sins, 

27  But  a  certain  fearful  looking  for 
of  judgment  and  l^licry  indignation, 
which  shall  devour  the  adversaries. 

28  llle  that  despised  Jloses'  law 
died  without  mercy  '*'  under  two  or 
three  witnesses: 

29  "Of  how  much  sorer  punish- 
ment, suppose  ye,  shall  he  be  thought 
worthy,  who  hath  trodden  under 
foot  the  Son  of  God,  and  "hath 
counted  the  blood  of  the  covenant, 
wherewitli  he  was  sanctified,  an  un- 
holy tiling,  I'and  hatli  done  despite 
unto  the  Siiirit  of  grace? 

;W  Kor  we  know  him  that  hath  said, 
"I  A'engeance  bclongclli  unto  me,  I 
will  recompense,  saith  the  Lord. 
And  again,  ■'The  Lord  shall  judge 
his  people. 

31  'It  is  a  fearful  thing  to  fall  into 
the  hands  of  the  living  God. 

32  But  'call  to  remembrance  the 
former  (lays,  in  which,  "after  ye 
were  illuminated,  ye  endured  "a 
great  fight  of  atllietions; 

33  Partly,  wliiUt  ye  were  made  >a 
gazingstoek  Imtli  bv  repru;ulu-s  and 
afflictions;  ami  partly,  wliilst'ye  be- 
came companions  of' them  that  were 
BO  used. 

31  For  ye  had  compassion  of  mo  *  in 
my  bonds,  and  ii  took  joyfully  the 
spoiling  of  your  goods,  knowing  ||  in 
yourselves  that  "'ye  have  in  heaven 
a  better  and  an  enduring  substance. 

30  Cast  not  awav  thereliire  your 
confidence,  <1  which  hath  great  rec- 
ompense of  reward. 

SG  "For  yc  liave  need  of  patience, 
that,  alter  yc  have  done  the  will  of 
God,  fye  might  receive  the  promise. 


37  For  Syct  a  little  while,  and  hhe 
that  shall  come  will  come,  and  will 
not  tarry. 

38  Now  "the  just  shall  live  b.v  faith: 
but  if  «(»/  iiitiii  draw  hack,  my  soul 
shall  have  no  pleasure  in  him.* 

,"',»  But  wc  are  not  of  them  I  who 
draw  back  unto  perdition;  but  of 
them  that  l  believe  to  the  saving  of 
the  Boul. 

CIIAPTF,R  XI. 

1  WhatfnithiD.  6  ^yilhoat  faith  we  can- 
nut  pUuaa  Ooil.  7  Tlie  worthy  fruila 
thereof  i;i  the  fathers  of  old  time. 

"VTOW  faith  is  the  ||  substance  of 
l!\  things  hoped  for,  the  evidence 
'"of  things  not  seen. 

2  For  b  by  it  the  elders  obtained  a 
good  report. 

3  Through  faith  wc  understand  that 
"the  worlds  were  framed  by  the  word 
of  God,  so  that  things  which  are  seen 
were  not  made  of  things  which  do 
appear. 

4  By  faith  .1  Abel  offered  nnto  God 
a  moVe  cxeelleiit  saciiliee  than  Cain, 
by  whieli  ill-  ohlaiiud  witness  that  he 
was  righteous,  (;,,d  testilyiiig  of  his 
gitls:  and  by  it  he  being  dead  '  ||  yet 
speaketh. 

5  Bv  faith  f Enoch  was  translated 
that  ne  should  not  see  death  ;  and 
was  not  found,  because  God  liad 
translated  him:  for  before  his  trans- 
lation he  had  this  testimony,  that  he 
pleased  God. 

()  But  without  faith  it  is  impossible 
to  jilease  him:  for  he  that  cometh  to 
God  must  believe  that  he  is,  and  that 
he  is  a  rewarder  of  them  that  dili- 
gently seek  him. 

7  By  faith  B  Noah,  being  warned 
of  God  of  things  not  seen  as  yet, 
;|  moved  with  fear,  h  jircpared  au"ark 
to  the  saving  of  his  house;  by  the 
wliieh  lie  condemned  the  worlj.  and 
became  heir  of  i  the  rigliteousness 
which  is  by  faith. 

8  By  faith  ^Abraham,  when  he  was 
called  to  go  out  into  a  place  which 
he  should  after  receive  fx>ran  inlier- 
itancc,  obeyed  ;  and  he  went  out, 
not  knowing  whither  he  went. 

',(  By  faith  lie  sojourned  in  the  land 
of  promise,  as  in  a  strange  country, 
I  dwelling  in  tabernacles  witli  Isaac 
and  J;icob,  '"the  heirs  with  him  of 
the  same  promise: 

10  For  he  looked  for  "  a  city  which 
hath  foundations,  "whose  builder 
and  maker  is  God. 

11  Through  f-iith  also  P  Sarah  her- 
self received  strength  to  conceive 
seed,  and  'i  was  delivered  of  a  child 
when  she  was  past  age,  liceause  she 
judged  him  '  faithful  who  Inul  jironi- 
ised. 

12  Therefore  sprang  there  oven  of 
one,  and  ''him  as  good  as  di-ail,  i.<f> 
mnnii  as  the  stars  of  the  skv  in  nuil- 

1  which  isbv 


i-able 


13  These  all  died  fin  faith,  "not 


The  fruits  of  faith 


HEBREWS. 


in  the  fathers  of  old  time. 


119 
1  P 

n 

12 
1 

*2 

1 

ch. 

13 

11. 

h  Phil  3.  20. 
cli.  13.  U. 
.Ocii.22. 1.9. 
<lJamea2.21. 


.21.12. 
.9.7. 
.  1.  17. 


h  (ias.  48.  5, 

111.  20. 
i  Giu.  47.  31. 


El.  13  19. 
(Or.  r,„™. 


qcl 

.  10.  35. 

4:' 
17 

10  2<1.29. 
■i  37.4 13. 
IS. 

•  »« 

r.  13. 

IE 

.  12.  21. 

haviiifc  received  the  promise.^,  but 
*  havinj;  seen  them  alar  oftj  and  were 
persuaded  of  titttm.  and  embraced 
them,  and  >  confessed  that  they  were 
Btrangers  and  pilgrims  on  the  "earth. 

\i  For  they  that  say  BUeh  tliin|:;s 
'declare  plainly  that  they  seek  a 
country. 

I,"i  Anil  truly,  if  they  had  been 
mindful  of  that  cod/i^v/ from  whence 
they  came  out,  they  nii^lit  have  had 
opportunity  to  liavo  returned. 

Iti  But  now  they  desire  a  better 
miiiitrif,  that  is,  a  heuM'nly:  where- 
fore God  is  not  ashamed  ''  to  be  called 
their  God:  tor  lihe  liath  prepared  for 
them  a  city. 

17  IJy  faith  "Abraham,  when  he  was 
tried,  offered  up  Isaac:  and  lie  that 
liad  received  the  promises  <l  offered 
up  his  only  begotten  sun, 

18  II  Of  whom  it  was  said,  'That  in 
Isaac  shall  thy  seed  be  called: 

IK  Accounting  that  (iod  Hras  able 
to  raise  him  up,  even  from  the  dead; 
from  whence  also  lie  received  him  iu 
a  fip:ure. 

liO  By  foith  E  Isaac  blessed  Jacob 
and  Esau  concerninf;  thinj^s  to  come. 

•21  By  faith  Jacob,  wlieu  he  was  a 
dyin<;,  I'  blessed  both  the  sons  of 
Joseph  ;  and  i  worshipped,  leanhiij 
upon  the  top  of  his  staff; 

22  By  faith  k  Joseph,  when  he  died, 
l|  made  mention  of  the  departinjr 
of  the  children  of  Israel  ;  and 
gave  commaudment  concerning  his 
bones. 

2'!  By  faith  l  Sloses,  when  he  was 
born,  was  hid  three  months  of  his 
parents,  because  they  saw  /le  was  a 
proper  child;  and  they  were  not 
atiuid  of  the  king's  "'  commandment. 

L'4  By  faith  "Sloses,  when  he  was 
lomu  to  years,  refused  to  be  called 
the  sou  of  Pharaoh's  daughter; 

LV)  "  Choosing  rather  to  suffer  afflic- 
tion with  the  people  of  God,  than  to 
enjoy  tlie  pleasures  of  sin  for  a  sea- 
son; 

a!  Esteeming  Pfhc  reproach  |lof 
Clirist  greater  riches  than  the  treas- 
ures in  Egypt:  for  he  had  resjiect 
unto  Ithc  recompcn.se  of  the  reward. 

27  By  faith  'he  forsook  Egypt,  not 
fearing  the  wrath  of  the  king  :  for 
he  endured,  as  'seeing  him  who  is 
invisible. 

28  Through  faitli  '  he  kept  the  pass- 
over,  and  the  sprinkling  of  blood, 
lest  he  tliat  destroyed  the  firstborn 
should  touch  them. 

all  Bv  faith  "they  passed  through 
tile  lied  sea  as  by  dry  ktiiil :  which 
the  K'gyptians  assaying  to  do  were 
drowned. 

.■!0  liy  faith  ^the  walla  of  Jericho 
fell  down,  after  they  were  compassed 
about  seven  davs. 

ol  liy  iiiith  >  the  harlot  Rahah  per- 
ished not  w  ith  them  ||  that  believed 
not,  when  'she  had  received  the 
spies  with  peace. 


.32  And  what  shall  I  more  say? 
for  the  time  would  fail  me  to  tell 
of  "Gideon,  anil  of  i.  Barak,  and 
o/"  ■■  .Samson,  and  o/' d  Jephthah;  nf 
'  David  also,  and  f  Saurucl,  and  of 
the  prophets: 

;J3  Who  through  faith  subdued 
kingdoms,  wrought  righteousness, 
K obtained  promises,  li stopped  the 
mouths  of  lions, 

34  i  (Quenched  the  violence  of  fire, 
kescaped  the  edge  of'the  swurd,  lout 
of  weakness  were  iikiiIi-  .stmng,  w:ix- 
cd  valiant  in  tight,  '"  turned  to  flight 
the  armies  of  the  aliens. 

Sii  "  Women  received  their  dead 
raised  to  life  again :  and  others  were 
"  tortured,  not  ai^cepting deliverance: 
that  they  migiit  obtain  a  better  res- 
urrection: 

3(i  And  others  liad  trial  of  cntcl 
mockings  and  scourgings,  yea, 
moreover  Pof  bonds  and  imprison- 
ment: 

.'17  1  They  were  stoned,  thcv  were 
sawn  asunder,  were  temiiteil,  were 
slain  with  tlie  swurd:  "^tlKv  wan- 
dered about  "in  sheepskins  mid  goat- 
.skins;  being  destitute,  afflicted,  tor- 
mented; 

38  Of  whom  the  world  was  not 
worthy:  they  wandered  in  deserts, 
and  iu  mountains,  and  '/«  dens  and 
caves  of  the  earth. 

39  And  these  all,  "  having  obtained 
a  good  report  through  faith,  received 
not  the  promise: 

4"  God  having  ||  provided  ''some 
belter  thing  fi.r  us,  that  tliey  without 
us  should  not  be  1  made  perfect. 

4.  8:19.  9.  uTerS.  13.  |  Ot. /oi-<.«».  i  ch,  7.  2; 
S.9.  il2.23.     KcC.  11. 

CUAPTEn  XII. 

1  An  exhortation  to  conBiant  faith,  pa- 
tience. atiU  go.llincss.  22  A  c'ommciula- 
iion  of  the  new  tcetament  above  the  old. 

WHEREFORE,  seeing  we  also 
are  compassed  about  with  so 
great  a  cloud  of  witnesses,  'let  us 
hiy  aside  every  weight,  and  the  sin 
wliich  doth  so  easily  beset  lis,  and 
I'let  us  run  ''with  patience  the  race 
that  is  set  before  us, 

2  Looking  unto  Jesus  the  ||  author 
and  finisher  of  our  faith;   ''who  for 

he  joy  that  was  set  before  him  en 
lured  the  cross,  despising  the  shame 
md  "  is  set  down  at  the  right  hand! 
^fthc  throne  of  God.  ' 

3  fFor  consider  him  that  endured 
such  contradiction  of  sinners  against 
himself,  eiest  ye  be  wearied  and 
iiiint  in  your  minds. 

4  t  Ye  have  not  yet  resisted  unto 
blood,  striving  against  sin. 

.5  And  ye  have  forgotten  the  ex- 
hortation which  Sl;i':iketh  Ulilo  votl 
as  unto  ebildien,  i  .My  .<ion,  ilrv'pise 
not  thou  the  chastening  of  the  l.i.rd, 
nor  faint  when  thou  art  rebuked  of 
liim : 

0  For  kwhom  the  I.ovd  lovcth  he 
211 


l.J.idg.  4.6. 
;Juds,  13.24. 
IJn.lB.  11.  1. 


hJuJg.  14.6. 
6. 

1  s.ni.  17.34. 
5S>. 
Uan.  (I.  22. 


llKiDgi21. 
13. 

2Chr  21  21. 
Art.  7.  IS.  4 
11.  la. 

Matt.  3.4'. 
iZ.cl..  13.4. 


B  Col.  3.  8. 

1  eet.  2.  1. 
MCor.  !1.  21. 

Pbil.3.U1.14. 
cn«m,  12.  12. 

cli.  IU.  36. 
J  Or. 

itl..ik.2l»8. 


stt.  10. 24. 
Iin  ir,.  20, 


Kxhortation  to  constant  faith, 


HEBREWS. 


patience,  and  godliness. 


n  Nam.  1(1.22, 
&  '.I?.  10. 
Jolj  1-2. 10. 
Kcc.  12.  7. 
U.  j2.  0.  li 


•  OaI.  C.  1. 

•  P..  31.  11. 

Ham.  12.  18. 

ti  n.  ly. 

2Tim.  2.  C2. 
J1M.UI.  5.  8. 

2l'ur.7.  1. 

EpU.  5.  6. 
1 2  C.r.  6. 1. 
yC.oi.i.i. 


■  Do„l.  29.  IS. 
ch.  3.  12. 
«E|.h.5.  3. 


1-19  12.18. 
Kk  20.  18. 
o.<t.i.Il.li 

22. 
U..1.O.U.J1 

1'.. 

I'lm.  I.  7. 
f  Ki.  20.  19. 


i;o..3.  12.i 
•/I.  2,  10. 

k  riiii.  3. 20. 
ll>cnl.  3:!.2. 

l-..li-l.  IT. 

Ju.Ull. 

.I...i'.-.'l"l.3. 
i:«r.  11.  1. 
n  l.iiko  10.20. 
1-lul.  i.  3. 
Iter.  13.  8. 


cha.stenctli,  and  scour^^cth  every  son  1  are  |I  written  in  lieaven,  and  to  God 
whom  lie  reccivetli.  "the  Jud^'e  of  all,  and  to  the  spirita 

7  lit'  je  endure  chastening,   God    of  just  nun ''made  jierfect, 
dcaleth  with  you  as  with  sons;  for     24  And  to  Jesus  "ithe  mediator  of 
what   son    is    he  whom    the  father    the  new  |l  covenant,  and  to 'the  lilood 
chnstenoth  not?  I  of  siirinklinjr,  that  ppeaketh  better 

8  But  if  ye  be  without  chastisement,  I  thinss  'tlian  lliat  p/"Abcl. 
"     Iiereof  all  are  partakers,  then  are  ||  25  See  that  ye  refuse  not  him  tha^ 


ye  I)ast;irds,  and  not 
;»  Furtheniii)rc,we  have  had  fathers 
of  our  tiesh  which  corrected  uk,  and 
we  Ka\e  t/teni  reverence :  shall  we 
not  much  rather  be  in  subjection 
u  n  to  "the  Father  of  spirits,  an  d  live  ? 

10  For  they  verily  for  a  few  days 
cliastened  us  ||aftcr  their  own  pleas- 
ure; but  ho  for  our  profit,  "that  we 
mi.:^ht  be  pai'takers  of  his  holiness. 

11  Now  no  chastening  for  the  pres- 
ent scemcth  to  be  joyous,  but  griev- 
ou.s:  nevertheless,  afterward  it  yield- 
ctli  I' the  jieaceablc  fruit  of  rij^hteous- 
ness  unto  them  which  arc  exercised 
thcrcbv. 

12  'W'hereforo  nnft  up  the  hands 
which  hanjj  down,  aud  the  feeble 
knees; 

l.'J  'And  make  ||  straight  paths  for 
your  feet,  lest  that  whicli  is  lame  be 
turned  out  of  the  way;  'but  let  it 
rather  be  healed. 

14  '  Follow  peace  with  all  men,  and 
holiness,  "  without  which  no  man 
sliall  see  the  Lord: 

15  '^Ijooking  diligently  5" lest  any 
man  ||  fail  of  the  grace  of  God;  'lest 
any  root  of  bitterness  sprinsing  up 
trouble  you,  and  thereby  many  be' 
defiled; 

16  "  Lest  there  he  any  fornicator,  or 
profane  person,  as  Lsau,  l»who  f<.>r 
one  morsel  of  meat  sold  Ills  bivth- 
right. 

17  For  ye  know  how  that  after- 
ward, "^  w'hcn  he  would  have  inher- 
ited tlie  blessing,  he  wiis  rejected: 
tlfor  he  found  no  |(  place  of  repent- 
ance, tliough  he  sought  it  carefully 
witli  te.^ra. 

IS  For  vo  are  not  come  unto  ^thc 
mount  tliat  might  be  tuuclicd,  ami 
that  burncil  witii  lire,  nor  unto  black- 
ness, and  daikuL-s.  and  t.-mpo.st, 

r.)  Ami  till-  s'lunil  of  a  truni|Ht,  and 
the  voice  of  words;  whicli  ro/cc  they 
that  heard  feutreated  that  the  word 
should  not  be  .spokeu  to  them  any 
more: 

20  (For  they  could  not  endure  that 
which  was  commanded,  -^  .Vnd  if  t^o 
much  as  a  beast  touch  tlio  mountain, 
it  sliall  be  stoned,  ur  thrust  through 
with  a  dart: 

21  h  And  so  terrible  was  the  sight, 
t/i(il  Moses  said,  I  exceedingly  tear 
and  quake;) 

22  lint  ve  are  come  iunto  mount 
Sion,  I- and  unto  the  citv  of  the  liv- 
ing God,  the  heavenly  .Tcrusalcm, 
i:nul  to  an  innumerable  company  of 

2'i  To  the  general  assembly  and 
church  of  '"the  lirstborn,  "which 
212 


peaketh  ;  for  'if  they  escaped  nol 
who  refused  him  that  spake  on  earthj 
much  more  shtdl  itot  we  ei^rnjie,  if] 
we  turn  away  from  him  that  speaLj 
\cth  from  heaven :  'J 

2(!  "  Whose  voice  then  shook  the 
earth:  but  now  he  hath  promised, 
saying,  ^  Yet  once  more  I  shake  not 
the  earth  only,  but  also  heaven. 
27  And  this  word.  Yet  once  more, 
signifieth  >  the  removing  of  those 
things  that  H  are  shaken,  as  of  things 
that  are  made,  that  those  things 
which  cannot  be  shaken  may  re- 
main. 

2S  Wherefore  we  receiving  a  king- 
dom which  cannot  be  moved,  |)  let 
us  have  grace,  wherebv  we  may 
serve  God  acceptably  witli  reverence 
and  "lodly  fear: 

20  For  ''our  God  is  a  consuming 
fire. 

CHAPTER  XIII. 
1  Divera  adtnonitxons,  aa  to  chanty,  4  to 
honest  life,  5  to  avoid  eovctousnesa,  7  to 
rcgitrd  (Jud'a  preachers,  9  to  taAe  heed 
of  strange  doctrinea,  10(o  confess  Christ. 
IG  to  give  atmit,  17  to  obey  ffovernora,  16 
to  pray  for  the   apoatU.     20    The  con- 

f  '^'""■""- 

'T  ET  ''brotherly  love  continue. 
1j  2  b  Be  not  forgetful  to  entertain 
strangers  :  for  thereby  '  some  have 
entertained  angels  unawares. 
.3  J  Kemcmber  them  that  arc  in 
bonds,  as  bound  with  them  ;  aiiJ 
them  which  suli'er  adversity,  as  be- 
in"  vourselves  also  in  the  body. 

4  Marriage  i.s  honourable  in  all,  and 
the  bed  undefiled:  *^biit  whoremon- 
gers and  adulterers  God  will  judge. 

5  Let  your  conversation  be  without 
covetousness;  and  fbe  content  with 
such  tilings  as  ye  have:  for  he  hath 
said,  SI  will  never  leave  thee,  nor 
forsake  thee. 

G  So  that  we  may  boldly  say,  h  The 
IvOrd  is  my  helper,  and  I  will  not 
fear  what  man  shall  do  unto  me. 

7  i  Remember  them  which  |1  have 
the  rule  over  you,  who  have  spoken 
unto  you  thc'word  of  Go<l :  t  whose 
faith  ibllow,  considering  the  end  of 
Ihcir  con\'ersation. 

.s  Jesus  Christ  'tlie  same  yestcrdav, 
and  to  (lav,  and  for  ever. 

0  "'  lie  ii^t  carried  alxnit  with  divers 
nnd  str;nigc  doctrines:  foriV  i'.<  agood 
thing  that  the  lieart  be  established 
with  grace;  "not  with  meats,  which 
have  not  iirofitcd  tliein  that  have 
been  occupied  therein. 


pPbU  3.  u. 

cb.  IL  40. 
qcb.8.S.k9. 


;h.  11.4. 
ch.  2.2.3.  Jk 
)  IT.i  10.26, 


12.  IJolmS.  48.  th.  I.  12. 
<  Col.  2.  4,  8.  I  JuUu  1.  1. 
.  4.  3. 


.  11.  17.     e^l.  2.  16- 


Divers  exhortations. 


JAMES. 


The  concluding  prayer. 


A. D.  (4. 


«  1  Cor.  9    13. 

k  111.  18. 
p  Ei.  29.  U. 

I.or.4.  11,12. 

21. 4  6. 31).  * 

9U  *lli.27. 

Kum.  19. 3. 
q  John  19.  IT, 
li  7.  IS. 


uL«».  7-  12. 

Pi  40  11,  23. 

&  PH  3(1.  31. 

St  107.  22.  4 

116.  17. 
X  lloi.  11.  S. 
tGr.«n- 


ftPhil.2.  29. 
lTh«u.5.12. 
I  Tlra.  S.  17. 


10  "  "W'c  have  an  altar,  wlicreof  tlioy 
liavc  IK)  right  to  eat  wliicli  serve  the 
tiibornaclc. 

11  I'or  ''the  bodies  of  those  beasts, 
whose  blood  is  brouj^ht  into  the 
sanctuary  by  the  liijrh  i)ric.*-t  for  sin, 
arc  burned  without  the  camp. 

12  AVliercf<^)rc  Jesus  also,  that  lie 
niiflht  sanctity  tlie  people  with  his 
own  blood,    'i suffered  without   the 

1.3  Let  us  po  forth  therefore  unto 
him  without  the  camp,  bearing  'his 
reproach. 

14  '  For  here  have  we  no  continuing 
city,  but  we  seek  one  to  come. 

15  'By  him  therefore  let  us  offer 
"  the  sacrifice  of  praise  to  God  con- 
tinu.all.y,  that  is,  "the  fruit  of  our 
lips,  t  givin;;  thanks  to  his  name. 

II!  1  But  to  do  good  and  to  communi- 
cate forget  not:  for  ^  with  such  sacri- 
fices God  is  well  pleaied. 

17  ^Obey  them  that  ||  have  the  rule 
over  you,  and  submit  yourselves: 
for  I'  tliey  watch  for  your  souls,  as 
they  that  must  give  account,  that 
they  may  do  it  with  joy,  and  not 
witli  grief:  for  that  is  unprofitable 
for  you. 

Ev  3.  17.  4  33.  2.  I     AcU  20.  21!.  28. 


18  '  Pray  for  us  :  for  we  trust  we 
have  J  a  good  conscience,  in  all 
things  willing  to  live  honestly. 

li)  But  I  beseech  ifun  *-' the  rather  to 
do  this,  that  1  may  be  restored  to  you 
the  sooner. 

20  Now  fthc  God  of  peace,  ^that 
brought  again  fvoni  tlie  (had  our 
I.ord  Jesus,  lithat  great  Slupherd 
of  the  sheep,  i  tin  ough  the  blood  of 
the  everlasting  H  covenant, 

21  ^  Slake  you  perfect  in  every  good 
work  to  do  his  will,  |(  1  working  in 
you  that  which  is  well  jileasing  in  his 
sight.through  Jesus  Christ;  "'to  whom 
be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 

22  And  I  beseech  you,  brethren, 
suffer  the  word  of  exhortation  :  for 
"  I  have  written  a  letter  unto  you  in 
few  words._J 

2.'J  Know  ye  that  '^  our  brother  Tim- 
othy 1*13  set  at  liberty;  with  whom, 
if  he  come  shortly,  I  will  sec  you. 

24  Salute  all  tl'iem  H|hat  have  the 
rule  over  you,  and  all  the  saints. 
They  of  Italy  salute  you. 

2.5  '  Grace  he  with  vou  all.    Amen. 

IT  Written  to  the  Hebrews  from  Italy 
by  Timothy. 


A. 

D.  M. 

'r"? 

■I    15  30 

.  c.  le. 

IT) 

e..  «  2.5. 
....  3.  1. 
i.23.1.i 

.  3.  2.     II 1  '^>°>.  S.  12.     i  T 


.4.19.     P.er.  1    n. 
7.  17.     r  Til. 


IP.t.  1.21. 
l.Ii.  40.  11. 
K».  31,  23.  & 
37.  21. 

J..lm  10.  11, 
U. 
1  P.l.  2  25.4 


UVl.  J.  10. 
I  Or.  J»ii.i7. 
n  1  P«l,  i.  11 
3.15. 


•  Act.  12.  17. 
4  15    13. 
Gil.  1.  19.  1 


kTil.  1.  1. 
M.  21).  7. 
!ul,  32.26. 


Ill  Kin.  3.  9. 


THE   GENERAL  EPISTLE 


JAMES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

are  to  rejoice  under  the  crosB,  5  to 
jmt'ienee  of  God.  ii  ayiU  inourtriula 

,  VJ  hut  rather  to  hearken  to  the  worj, 
•  eUilate  in  it,  and  to  do  thereafter, 
imay  eeem,  but  never  bo 


y  truly  rclii/ioua. 
"TAMES,  bas 

the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  "^to  the 


M 


IMES,  baservant  of  God  and  of 


twelve  tribes  d  which  are  scattered 
abroad,  greeting. 

2  My  brethren,  'count  it  all  joy 
fwheii  ye  fall  into  di\ers  tempta- 
tions; 

3  B  Knowing  Mi.«,  that  the  trying  of 
your  faith  worketh  patience. 

4  But  let  patience  have  /ler  perfect 
work,  that  ye  may  be  perfect  and 
entire,  wanting  notning. 

5  I"  If  any  of  vou  lack  wisdom,  i  let 
hiin  nsk  of  C'od,  that  giveth  to  all 
jiiCH  liberally,  and  uphraideth  not; 
and  k  it  shall  be  given  him. 

G  I  But  let  him  ask  in  faith,  nothing 
wavering:  for  he  that  wavereth  is 
like  a  wave  of  the  sea  driven  with 
the  wind  and  tossed. 

Uukll.  24.     LukoU.  9.    John  II.  13.  Ik  U. 7.  i  1(5.  23.     kj.r.  29. 
12.     1  John  5.  14.  15.     IMuk  11.21.     1  Tim.  2.8. 


7  For  let  not  that  man  think  that  he 
shall  receive  any  thing  of  the  Lord. 

8  *"  A  doublennnded  man  (;>  unsta- 
ble in  all  his  ways. 

y  Let  the  brother  of  low  degree  ||  re- 
joice in  that  he  is  exalted: 

10  But  the  rich,  in  that  he  is  made 
low:  because  "as  the  flower  of  the 
grass  he  shall  pass  away. 

11  For  the  sun  is  no  sooner  risen 
with  a  burning  heat,  but  itwithereth 
the  grass,  and  the  flower  thereof  fall- 
eth,  and  the  grace  of  the  fashion  of 
it  perishcth  :  so  also  shall  the  rich 
man  fade  away  in  his  ways. 

12  "  Blessed  is  the  man  that  endur- 
eth  temptation:  for  when  he  is  tried, 
he  shall  receive  '*  the  crown  of  life, 
1  which  the  Lord  hath  promised  to 
them  that  love  him. 

l.>  Let  no  man  say  when  he  is 
tempted,  I  am  temiited  of  God:  for 
God  t^aniiot  be  tempted  with  ||  evil, 
neither  tempteth  he  any  man: 

14  But  every  man  is  tempted,  when 
he  is  drawn  away  of  his  own  lust, 
and  enticed. 

15  Then  '  when  lust  hath  conceived, 
itbringeth  forth  sin:  and  sin,  wlien 
It  is  finished, '  bringcth  forth  death. 

2H 


1. 40.  e. 


'.Ji. 


ch  4.  11. 

lP,:t    1.21. 

1  John  2  17. 

0  JoL  5.  17. 
Pior.a.  11, 
12. 

Hcb.  12.  5. 

Kiv.  3.  19. 
p  I  Cor.  9  25. 

VTini.  1.  8. 

ch.2.5. 

1  Pet  5.  4. 

B«T.  2.  10. 
qM.lt,  10.21 

&  19.  2H,  29. 

ch.  2.  5. 

1  Or.  rvil.. 


God  is  the  author  of  all  good. 


JAMES. 


We  must  not  despise  the  poor. 


1  for,  4  15. 
1 1'et.  I.  23, 
3-  Eph.  1.  11 


<1C,I   3  8, 

1  I'd.  2.  I. 
•  Aeti  13. 2S. 

Koiii.  1.  If). 

1  Cor.  l.V  2. 

Kiili.  1.  13. 
2.  11. 


Hcl 


2.3. 


1 1-el.  1.  9. 


h  2  Cor.  3.  13. 
i  ch.  2.  12. 
IJohnlJ.  17. 
tOr.Jo.ny. 
1  r..  34. 13.  4 


>  1  Cor.  2.  B. 
I,  I.er.  19.  1.5. 

.  i.n.& 


1(1.  ID. 
Vro..  S 
A  2M.  21. 


.  24.  23. 

.21. 

.  22.  16. 
vur,  !). 
Judo  18, 


10  Do  not  err,  my  beloved  breth- 
ren. 

17  *  Every  good  gift  and  every  per- 
fect j;ift  in  from  altove,  and  cimu'th 
down  from  the  l-ather  of  li^'hts, 
"witli  wliom  is  no  variableness,  nei- 
ther shadow  ofttirnin''. 

IS  "  Of  liis  own  will  be);at  lie  us 
with  the  word  of  truth,  >  that  wc 
should  be  a  kind  of  "  firstfruits  of 
his  ereatiires. 

VJ  Wherefore,  my  beloved  brethren, 
"let  every  man  be  swift  to  hear, 
!>  slow  to  speak,  "  slow  to  wrath : 

a)  For  the  wrath  of  man  worketh 
not  the  righteousness  of  God. 

21  Wherefore  'Uay  apart  all  filthi- 
ness  and  superfluity  of  nauglitiness, 
and  receive  with  meekness  the  en- 
grafted word,  "  which  is  iible  to  save 
your  souls. 

22  But  fbe  ye  doers  of  the  word, 
and  not  hearers  only,  deceiving  your 
own  selves. 

2.'i  For  B  if  any  bo  a  hearer  of  the 
word,  and  not  a  doer,  lie  is  like  unto 
a  man  beholding  his  natural  face  in 
a  glass: 

24  For  he  beholdeth  himself,  and 
goetli  his  way,  and  straightway  ior- 
getteth  what  manner  of  man  he  was. 

2.1  But  li  whoso  looketh  into  tlie  per- 
fect i  law  of  liberty,  and  continueth 
therein,  he  being  not  a  ftjrgetful 
hearer,  but  a  doer  of  the  work,  k  this 
man  sliall  be  blessed  in  his  ['deed. 

211  If  any  man  among  you  seem  to 
be  religious,  and  I  bridtcth  not  his 
tongue,  but  (li'ceiveth  his  own  heai't, 
this  Hum's  religion  is  vain. 

2"  Pure  religion  and  undefilcd  be- 
fore Cod  and  the  Father  is  tliis. '"  To 
visit  tlie  fatherless  and  widows  in 
their  aliliction,  "  luul  to  keep  himself 
unspotted  from  the  world. ) 

CHAPTER  Iir 

1  It  ia  not  agrceubU  to  Christian  profca- 
eiutt  to  regard  the  rich,  and  to  deapise 
the  poor  brethren:  13  rather  we  are  to 
be  lovinr,,  and  merciful:  14  and  not  to 
bottat  of  faith  where  iia  deeds  are,  17 
tehich  is  but  a  dead  faith,  19  the  faith  of 
devils,  21  not  of  Abraham,  ^0  and  liahab. 

MY  brethren,  have  not  the  faith 
of  our  Ijord  Jesus  Clirist,  "^t/ie 
Lord  of  glory,  with  b  respect  of  per- 
sons. 

2  For  if  there  come  unto  your  t  ai!- 
sembly  a  man  with  a  gold  ring,  in 
goodly  apparel,  and  there  come  in 
also  a  poor  man  in  vile  raiment; 

3  And  ye  have  respect  to  him  that 
we-oretli  the  gay  clothing,  and  say 
unto  him,  Sit  tliou  here  l|  in  a  good 
place;  and  say  to  the  poor.  Stand 
thou  there,  or  sit  here  under  my  foot- 
stool : 

4  Are  ye  not  then  partial  in  your- 
selves, and  are  become  judges  of  evil 
thoughts? 

,5  Hearken,  my  beloved  brethren, 
'"Hath  not  (Jod  chosen  the  poor  of 
this  world  <<  rich  iu  faith,  and  heirs 
214 


of  lithe  kingdom  'which  he  hath 
promi.sed  to  them  that  love  him? 

0  But  fye  have  despised  the  poor. 
Do  not  rich  men  oppress  you.  Band 
draw  you  before  the  judgment  seats? 

7  Do  not  they  blaspheme  that 
worthy  name  by  the  wliich  j-e  are 
called? 

.S  If  yii  fulfd  tile  royal  law  according 
to  the  .Scripture,  h  Thou  shall  love 
thy  neighbour  as  tliy.self,  ye  do  well: 

U  But  1  if  ye  have  respectto  persons, 
ye  commit  sin,  and  are  convinced  of 
the  law  as  transgressors. 

10  For  whosoever  shall  keep  the 
whole  law,  and  yet  offend  in  one 
jioiiit,  k  he  is  guilty  of  all. 

11  For  II  he  that  said,  I  Do  not  com- 
mit adultery,  said  also.  Do  not  kill. 
Now  if  tliou  commit  no  adultery,  yet 
if  thou  kill,  thou  art  become  a  trans- 
gressor of  the  law. 

12  So  speak  ye,  and  so  do,  as  they 
that  shall  be  judged  by  '"  the  law  of 
liberty. 

l;!  For  "he  shall  have  judgment 
without  mercy,  that  hath  shewed  no 
mercy;  and  "mercy  ||  rejoiceth 
against  judgment. 

14  ''  Wliat  ih,lh  it  profit,  my  breth- 
ren, though  a  man  say  he  hath  faith, 
and  have  not  works?  can  faith  save 
him? 

15  'I  If  a  brother  or  sister  be  naked, 
and  destitute  of  daily  ibod, 

10  And  ■■  one  of  you  say  unto  them. 
Depart  ill  iicacc."lie  (/(•  "warmed  and 
filled;  notwithstanding  vegive  them 
not  those  things  which  are  needful 
to  the  bodv;  what  dutli  it  profit? 
I  17  Even"  so  faith,  if  it  hath  not 
[works,  is  dead,  being  t  alone. 

IS  Yea,  a  man  m:iy  say.  Thou  hast 
faith,  and  1  have  works;  shew  me 
thy  faith  ||  without  thy  works,  "and 
I  will  shew  thee  my  faith  by  my 
works. 

I'J  Thou  believest  that  there  is  one 
God;  thou  docst  well:  'the  devils 
also  believe,  and  tremble. 

20  But  wilt  thou  know,  O  vain  man, 
that  faith  without  works  is  dead? 

21  Was  not  Abraham  our  father 
justified  by  works,  "  when  he  had  of- 
fered Isaac  his  son  upon   the  altar? 

22  II  Seest  thou  "how  faith  wrought 
with  his  works,  and  by  works  was 
faith  made  perfect? 

2;5  And  the  Scripture  was  fulfilled 
which  saith,  >  Abraham  believed 
God,  and  it  was  imputed  unto  him 
for  righteousness:  and  he  was  called 
•'the  Friend  of  God. 

24  Ye  see  then  how  that  by  works  a 
man  is  justified,  and  not  by  faith 
only. 

2.51/ikewisc  also  "was  not  Rahab 
the  harlot  justitied  by  works,  when 
she  had  received  the  messengers, 
and  luul  sent  them  out  another  way? 

211  For  as  the  body  without  tlie 
llspiiit  is  dead,  so  faith  without 
works  is  dead  also. 


Of  governing  the  tongue. 


Against  pnde  and  detraction: 


olKin.  8. 16. 

aciir.  n.  3ii. 

Pro».  20.  9. 

Kcc.  7.  20. 

1  J»lm  1.  8. 
i  Pi.  31. 13. 

ch.  1.  26. 

1  Pel.  3.  10. 
c  Mali.  12.  37. 
f  P..  32.  9. 

t  Pro'.  12.  IS. 

&  15.  i. 
h  P.  12.  3.  k 

73.  8,  9. 
I  Or,  uood. 
i  Prov.  16.  27. 


nO«l. 

5.1. 

och.  S 

.  18. 

pch. 

.21. 

qP^iti 

.13.13 

I  Rom 
23. 

2.  17. 

•  Phil 
eh.  1 

a.  19. 
17. 

|Cr, 

tlOo 

.  3.3. 
5.20. 

CIIAPTEU  III. 

1  We  are  not  rashly  or  arrogantly  to  re- 
profc  ot/icm :  b  but  rather  to  bridle  the 
tongue,  a  little  member,  but  a  fownrful 
instrument  of  nuieh  good,  and  ffreut 
harm.  13  They  who  be  truly  teinc  be 
mihl.  and  peaceable,  without  envying, 
and  strife. 

MY  brethren,  "be  not  many  mas- 
ters, l> knowing  that  we  shall 
receive  the  greater  (I  condenmatinn. 

2  For  ^in  many  t!iin''s  we  iiilLnil 
all.  il  If  any  manoftena  nitt  in  w^ml, 
*^  the  same  7.s-  a  peri'ect  man,  and  able 
also  to  bridle  the  winile  body. 

o  Behold,  fwc  put  bits  ia  the  horses' 
mouths,  that  they  ma.v  ohev  us;  and 
we  turn  about  tKcir  whole  body. 

4  Behold  also  the  ships,  which 
though  "'e.V  lie  so  great,  and  (tic 
driven  of  tierce  winds,  yet  arc  thev 
turned  about  with  a  very  small 
helm,  whithersoever  the  i;''^'<^''nor 
listeth. 

5  Even  bo  6  the  tongue  is  a  little 
member,  and  '•  boastetli  great  things. 
Behold,  how  great  ||  a  matter  a  little 
fire  kindleth! 

G  And  '  the  tongue  A^  a  fire,  a  world 
of  iniquity;  sols  the  tongue  among 
our  members,  that  tit  dehledi  the 
whole  body,  and  setteth  fni  tire  the 
t  course  ot  nature;  and  it  is  set  on 
tire  of  hell. 

7  For  every  f  kind  of  beasts,  and 
of  birds,  and  of  serpents,  and  of 
things  in  the  sea,  is  tamed,  and 
hath  been  tamed  of  tmankind: 

8  But  the  tongue  can  no  man 
tame;  it  is  an  unruly  evil,  ifull  of 
deadly  poison. 

U  Therewith  bless  we  God,  even 
the  Father;  and  therewith  curse 
wc  men,  "'which  are  made  after 
the  similitude  of  God. 

10  Out  of  the  same  mouth  prncecd- 
eth  blessing  and  cursing.  My  breth- 
ren, these  things  ought  not  so  to  be. 

11  Doth  a  fountain  send  forth  at 
the  same  ||  place  sweet  water  and 
bitter? 

12  Can  the  fig  tree,  my  brethren, 
bear  olive  berries  ?  either  a  vine, 
figs?  so  can  no  fountain  both  yield 
salt  water  and  fresh. 

13  "  Who  /.'i  a  wise  man  and  en- 
dued with  knowledge  among  you? 
let  him  shew  out  of  a  good  conversa- 
tion "  his  works  I'  with  meekness  of 
wisdom. 

14  But  if  ye  have  ''bitter  envying 
and  strife  in  your  hearts,  '' plory'not, 
and  lie  not  against  the  trutli.'s 

15  "  This  wisdom  descendeth  not 
from  above,  but  i;?  earthly,  ([  sens- 
ual, devilish. 

10  For  'where  envying  and  strife 
is,  there  is  t  confusion  and  every 
evil  work. 

17  But  "the  wisdom  (hat  is  from 
above  is  first  pure,  then  iieaeeable, 
gentle,  and  easy  to  be  entreated, 
full    of    mercy '  and    good    fruits, 


III  without  partiality,  "and  without  I 
hviM-icrisv.  ^ 

I  its  >  Anil  the  fruit  of  righteousness  I 
is  sowu  iu  peace  of  them  that  muke 

peace.  1 

I  Pel.  1  22.  *  2.  1.     I  Jolin  3.  is.     rfror.  11.  IS. 
KuH,  6.  0.     Pl'il.  1.  It.     Hell.  12.  il, 

CIIAPTEU  IV. 

1  11*1!  are  to  strive  against  eovetousncss,  4 
intempcrmtee,  6  pride,  11  detraction, 
and  rash  Judgment  of  others  :  JJand  not 
to  be  confident  in  the  good  success  of 
worldly  business,  but  mindful  ever  of  the 
uncertainly  of  this  life,  to  commit  our- 
selves and  all  our  affairs  to  God'a  prov- 
idence. 

FEOM  whence  come  wars  and 
II  fightings  among  you  ?  cnun- 
t/ipf/  not  hence,  efen  of  your  |I  lusts 
"that  war  in  your  members? 

H  Ye  lust,  and  have  not:  ye  ||kill, 
and  desire  to  have,  and  euunot  ob- 
tain: ye  fight  and  war,  yet  yo  have 
not,  because  ye^ask  not.  ~ 

IT  i>  Yc  ask,  an(r"receive  not,  *"  be- 
cause ye  ask  amiss,  that  ye  may 
consume  it  upon  your  |1  lusts. 

4  il  Ye  adulterers  and  adulteresses, 
know  ye  not  that  ""the  friendship 
of  the  "world  is  enmity  witli  (Jod? 
'"whosoever  theretbre  will  be  a  friend 
of  the  world  is  the  enemy  oftoid. 

5  Do  ye  think  that  the  Scripture 
saith  in  vain,  «  The  spirit  that  dwell- 
eth  in  us  lustcth  ||  to  envy? 

(!  But  he  giveth  niore  grace. 
Wherefore  he  saith,  liGod  resistetli 
the  proud,  but  giveth  grace  uuto 
the  humble. 

7  Submit  yourselves  therefore  to 
I  God.  i  Resist  the  devil,  and  he  will 
flee  from  you. 

■  K  liDraw  nin;h  to  God,  and  he 
will  draw  nigli  to  you.  l  Cleanse 
ijonr  hands,  ye  sinners;  and  "'  purify 
liour  hearts,  >/«  °  doubleminded. 

9  "Be  alflicted,  and  mourn,  and 
weep  :  let  your  laughter  be  turned 
to  mourning,  and  your  joy  to  heavi- 
ness. 

10  y  ITumble  yourselves  in  the  sight 
of  the  Lord,  and  he  shall  lift  you  up. 

II  '1  Speak  not  evil  one  of  another, 
Ibrcthrcn.     lie  that  speaketh  evil  of 

Ais  brother,  'andjudgeth  his  broth- 
er, speaketh  evil  of  the  law,  and 
judgeth  the  law:  but  if  thou  judge 
the  law,  thou  art  not  a  doer  of  the 
law,  but  a  judge. 

12  There  is  one  lawgiver,  'who  is 
al)le  to  save  and  to  destroy:  'who 
art  thou  that  jud.gest  another? 

i;!  "  Go  to  now,  ye  that  say.  To  day 
or  to  morrow  we  will  go  into  such  a 
jcity,  and  continue  there  a  year,  and 
buy  and  sell,  and  get  gain: 

14  AVhereas  ye  know  not  what 
Wiall  be  on  the  morrow.  For  what 
IS  your  life  ?  I|  ^  It  is  oven  a  vapour, 
that  appeareth  for  a  little  time,  and 
then  vanisheth  away. 

I..iko  12.  15.  Sc.  I  Or.  For  ,•(  I'r.  i  Job  7.7.  P«. 
10.     IPel.  I.  21.    lJal.u2. 17. 

•215 


P...m.  12.9. 
tl»<,  lU.  1.1 


Wicked  rich  men  threatened. 


I.  PETER. 


Exhortatitm  to  patience. 


•  Lukol2.  47. 
Jolm9.41.JC 
15  'J2.  ' 


•  FroT.  11.  28. 
Luke  6.  24. 
1  Tina.  S.  9. 


il  r.o».  1!1,  13. 

J.r.'lli,  Vi.  ' 
M,.l.  3.  5. 

.I)«ut.  24  15. 

fJubSl,  13. 


J. 

.11. 11.14 
.  5.  21. 

Jo 

tl  2.  23. 
Il    10.  1. 

H. 

fl.  4   5. 
b.  lU.  25. 

f//;/  to  say,  >  If  the 
Lord  will,  wc'  shall  live,  arid  do  this, 


1.5  For  that  vc  o 
i>rd  V 
that 

III  Hut  now  yc  rejoice  in  your 
hoastings  :  '  all  such  rejoicing  is 
evil. 

17  Therefore  "  to  him  thatknowpth 
to  do  t'ood,  and  dooth  il  not,  to  him 
it  is  sin. 

CHArXEK  V. 
1  Wicked  rich  wien  arc  to  fear  Ood^a  venge- 
ance. 7  We  ought  to  be  patient  in  aJUic- 
tiune,  after  the  example  of  the  prophetg, 
and  Job:  12  to  forbear  awearing,  13  (o 
pray  in  adversity,  toaingin  proaperity : 
lli  to  acknowledge  vintually  our  several 
faulta,  to  pray  one  for  another,  19  and 
to  reduce  a  straying  brother  to  the  truth. 

C10  "to  now,  1/e  rich  men,  weep 
T  and  howl  lor  your  miseries  that 
shall  come  upon  you. 

li  Your  riches  are  corrupted,  and 
I'vour  garments  are  niothcaten. 

o  Your  sold  and  silver  is  cankered; 
and  the  rust  of  them  shall  be  a  wit- 
nes.s  against  j'ou,  and  shall  eat  your 
flesh  as  it  were  Arc.  "  Ve  have  heaped 
treasure  together  for  the  last  days. 

4  liehold,  •!  the  hire  of  the  labourers 
who  have  reaped  down  your  fields, 
which  is  of  you  kept  bacK  by  fraud, 
crietb:  and  'the  cries  of  them  which 
have  reaped  are  entered  into  the  cars 
of  the  Lord  of  Sabaoth. 

5  f  Yc  have  lived  in  pleasure  on  the 
earth,  and  been  wanton ;  yc  have 
nourished  your  hearts,  as  in  a  day 
of  slaiij^hter. 

G  ^  Ye  have  condemned  and  killed 
the  just;  and  he  doth  not  resist  you. 

7  II  He  patient  therefore,  brethren, 
unto  the  coniinj;  of  the  Lord.  Be- 
hold, the  husbandman  waiteth  for 
the  precious  fruit  of  the  earth,  and 
hath  lonj^  patience  ftir  it,  until  lie 
receive  I'the  early  and  latter  rain. 

8  lie  ye  also  patient;  stahli.sh  your 
hearts:  ifor  the  coming  of  the  Lord 
draweth  nigh. 

9  k  II  Grudge  not  one  against  an- 
other,   brethren,    lust    yc    be    con- 


demned: behold,  the  judge  istand- 
cth  before  the  door. 

10  "'  Take,  my  brethren,  the  proph- 
ets, who  have  spoken  in  the  name 
of  the  Ijord,  for  an  example  of  Butter- 
ing atfliction,  and  of  i)atience. 

11  Itehold,  "we  count  them  happy 
which  endure.  Ye  have  heard  of 
"the  patience  of  Job,  and  have  seen 
f  the  end  of  the  Lord ;  that  'i  the  Lord 
is  very  pitiful,  and  offender  mercy. 

12  But  above  all  things,  my  breth- 
ren, ^  swear  not,  neither  by  heaven, 
neither  by  the  earth,  neither  by  any 
other  oath:  but  let  your  yea  be  yea; 
and  1/our  nay,  nay;  lest  ye  fall  into 
condemnation. 

y,  Is  any  among  you  affiicted?  let 
him  pray.  Is  any  merry?  'let  him 
sing  psaims. 

14  Is  any  sick  among  you?  let  liim 
call  for  tlie  elders  of  the'churih;  and 
let  them  prav  over  him,  'anointing 
him  with  oil  in  the  name  of  the 
Lord: 

15  And  the  prayer  of  faith  shall 
save  the  sick,  and  the  Lord  shall 
raise  him  up;  "  and  if  he  have  com- 
mitted sins,  they  shall  be  forgiven 
him. 

1(>  Confess  i/nttr  faults  one  to  an- 
other, and  pray  one  for  another,  that 
ye  may  bo  healed.  "  The  ctlectual 
fervent  prayer  of  a  righteous  man 
availeth  much. 

17  Elias  was  a  man  J  subject  to  like 
passions  as  we  are,  and  ^he  prayed 
II  earnestly  that  it  might  not  rain: 
"and  it  rained  not  on  tlie  earth  by 
the  space  of  three  years  and  six 
months. 

IS  And  t>he  prayed  again,  and  the 
heaven  gave  rain,  and  the  earth 
brought  forth  her  fruit. 

W  Brethren,  'if  any  of  you  do  err 
"•omthe  truth,  and  one  convert  him; 

.1)  Let  him  know,  tliat  he  which 
eonverteth  the  sinner  froni  the  error 
of  his  way  Jslndl  save  a  soul  from 
death,  an'd  "shall  hide  a  multitude 
of  sins. 


THE  FIRST  EPISTLE  GENERAL 


PETER. 


CIIAPTEU  I. 

1  He  Ueaaclh  Ofd  for  his  7ii.in 
ti.il  graces:  111  e/iciring  tha 

proplie 


thing 


sled    of    old:    M  and    cxhortclh 
xc-ordinijUj   to  a  ^odly  conversa- 
tion,   forasmuch  as  they  are  now  born 
anew  by  the  tvord  of  (JoU. 

L)KT1;R,     an     apostle     of    Jesus 
Christ,  to  the    strangers   "scat- 
21t> 


tered   throughout   Pontua,    Galntia, 
Cappadocia,  Asia,  and  Bithynia, 

2  1)  Elect  'according    to    the   Ibrc- 
knowUdge    of    God     the     Katln 
<1  through  sanctification  of  the  Sp 
it,  until  obedience  and  'sprinkling 
of  the  blood  of  Jesus  Christ:  f  Grace 
unto  vou,  and  peace,  be  multiplied. 

3  e  l5lesscd  («•  the  God  and  Eathci 

fBom.  1.7.     2r.t.  1.2.     Ja,lo2.     j  2  Cor.  1.  3.     Evh.  1.  3. 


S.m.  11.  I 
l>eui.  H.  IS. 

19.  :fo. 

Jo.li.  10  I'i 
lS.n,.|2IS. 
IKin.  13.  tl 
2Kiii  4.  33. 
«■  H   13  ;«. 


.34.  a.  k  lli. 
It. 

rroT  li.  2a 

4c  2S.  9. 

Jol.n  9   31. 

IJol,  113.22. 
jrAcuM.  15. 
•  1  Kin.  17.  L 
I  Or. 

i.ilii.j)my«-. 
.I-uk.  1.  25. 
t.lKii..l8.4S, 


'Uriu..  4.  16. 

oT.in,  11 


Exhortation  to  holiness. 


I.  PETER. 


and  to  miitiial  love. 


Jimu  1.  18. 
k  1  C«r.  15.21). 

IThcu.'i.ll. 

cli.3.  21. 
Icb.  S.  1. 

n  Col.  1.  S. 

2Tiiii.  4.  8. 
|Or./or,u. 
nJohn  10.28, 

29.  &  17.  11, 

12,  15. 

Judi  I. 
o  M«tt.  .S.  12, 

Kom.  1^.  12. 


of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  winch 
liaccordiiiK  to  his  t  nhuiulaiit  niircy 
■  hath  begotten  us  ngaiti  untoaHve- 
ly  liope  >.  by  tlic  resurrection  of  Jc- 
Bus  ChrLst  from  the  dead, 

4  To  an  inheritance  incorruptible, 
and  undefiled,  !and  that  fadeth  not 
away,  '"reserved  in  lieavcn  )l  fi)r  yon, 

5  "Who  are  kept  by  tlic  power  of 
God  througli  faith  iinto  salvation 
ready  to  be  revealed  in  the  last 
time. 

(i  "Wherein  ye  greatly  rejoice, 
though  now  Tor  a  season, If  need  be, 
'lye  are  in  heaviness  through  mani- 
fold temptations: 

7  That  'the  trial  of  yourfaith,  beinjj 
much  more  precious  than  of  gold 
that  perisheth,  though  "it  be  tried 
with  tire,  'might  be  found  unto 
praise  and  honour  and  glory  at  the 
appearing  of  Jesus  Christ: 

8  "  Whom  having  not  seen,  ye  love; 
''in  whom,  though  now  ye  see  Jiim 
not,  3'et  believing,  ye  rejoice  with 
joy  unspealcable  and  full  of  glory : 

y  Receiving  >  the  end  of  your  faith, 
even  the  salvation  ofi/nm-  souls. 

10  '  Of  which  salvation  the  prophets 
have  inquired  and  searched  diligent- 
Iv,  who  prophesied  of  the  grace  that 
sfioitJd  come  unto  you: 

11  Searching  what,  or  what  manner 
of  time  "the  Spirit  of  Christ  which 
was  in  them  did  signify,  when  it 
testified  beforehand  i>the  sufferings 
of  Christ,  and  the  glory  that  should 
follow. 

12  "^  Unto  whom  it  was  revealed, 
that  dnot  unto  themselves,  but  un- 
to us  they  did  minister  the  things, 
which  are  now  reported  unto  you 
by  them  that  have  preaclied  the 
gospel  unto  you  with  'the  Holy 
Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven  ; 
'which  things  the  angels  desire  to 
loolc  into. 

lo  Wherefore  Cgird  up  the  loins 
of  your  mind,  li  be  sober,  and  lioi>e 
f  to"  the  end  for  the  grace  that  is  to 
be  brought  unto  you  i  at  the  revela- 
tion of  Jesus  Christ; 

14  As  obedient  children,  knot 
fashioning  yourselves  according  to 
the  former  lusta  'in  your  igno- 
rance: 

15  "'But  as  he  which  hath  called 
you  is  holy,  so  be  ye  holy  in  all  man- 
ner of  conversation; 

IG  Because  it  is  written,  "Ee  ye 
holy ;  for  I  am  holy. 

17 "And  if  ye  call  on  the  Father, 
"who  without  respect  of  jiersons 
judgeth  according  to  every  man's 
^york,  I'  pass  the  time  of  your  'i  so- 
journing here  in  fear: 

IS  Forasmuch  as  ye  know  ""that 
ye  were  not  redeemed  with  corrupt- 
ible things,  as  silver  and  gold,  from 

ch.1.2.    IAct.lT.30.       lThtM.4.5.    m  Li.k«  1.  71.  7.1,     2  rnr  7, 

I.  ITheu  4  3,  4.  7.     Hcb.  12.  11.    2  Pel.  3.  11.     nI,«T.  11    41. 

6  19.  2.  j>  20.  7.     oneul.IU.I7,     AtU  10.  34.     I!..ra.2.11      p2Cor. 

7  1.    Fliil.  2.  12.     Heb.  12.  28.    Q  2  Cor.  S.  6.     Uel>.  11. 13.     ch.  2. 

II.  llCor.e.  20.  &7.23. 


b.  11.1.27. 
J  Rum.  6.  22. 
■  Gen.  49.  10. 

Bou-  2.  41. 

H»g.  2.  7. 


Dim.  8. 13.  Se 


g  Luke  12.  a5. 


h  Luke  21. 34. 


jtr/eetli/. 


your  vain  c<.>nversation  'received  by 
tradition  from  your  lathers; 

I'J  But  'witli  the  precious  blood 
of  Christ,  "  as  of  a  lamb  without 
blemish  and  without  spot: 

•J)  ^  Who  verily  was  Ibreordained 
before  the  foundation  of  the  world, 
but  was  manifest  >  iu  these  last  times 
for  you, 

21  Who  by  him  do  believe  in  God, 
^that  raised  him  up  from  the  dead, 
and  "gave  him  glory;  that  your  faith 
and  hope  might  be  in  God. 

22  Seeing  ye  lihave  purified  your 
souls  in  obeying   the  truth  through 
the  Spirit  unto  unfeigned  •■  love  of 
the   brethren,  see   that  ye  love  one      tu,  1.2. 3. 
another  with  a  pure  heart  fervently:       •!"•  1^-  8. 

23  >1  Being  born  again,  not  of  cor-    yOM  4.  4. 
ruptible  seed,  but  of  incorruptible, 
'by  the  word  of  God,  which  liveth 
and  abideth  for  ever. 

24  II  For  fall  flesh  is  as  grass,  and 
all  the  glory  of  man  as  the  flower  of 
grass.  The  grass  withereth,  and  the 
flower  thereof  falleth  away: 

2,5  BBut  the  word  of  the  Lord  cn- 
dureth  for  ever.  liAnd  this  is  the 
word  which  by  the  gospel  is  preached 
unto  you. 

1  Thcu  4  9.  1  Tire.  1.  ,1.  Heb.  13,  1.  ch.  2.  17.  *  3,  8.  t  4.  8, 
2Pel.l.7.  1  Jolm3.  18.  i4,  7,  21.  d  John  1. 13.  4  3.  .1.  cj>n.e> 
1.18  IJohnS.  9.  I  Or. /■«r  rAoc.  f  P..  103.  1.1.  Ii.  40.  li.  *  .'.1, 
12.  J»nie«  1.  10.  g  P..  102.  12,  26.  1..  40.  8,  Luke  10.  17, 
hJohal.  1,  11,     IJohn  1.  1.  3. 


CHAPTER  II. 

1  ITc  dehortelh  them  from  the  breach  of 
charity:  4  thcwing  tlrnt  Chritt  it  tttc 
foundation  wliereupon  they  are  buill.  11 
Se  bcteecheth  them  alto  to  abttain  from 
fiethly  tuett,  Vi  to  be  obedient  to  magit- 
trutet.  13  and  tcacheth  tervantt  liow  to 
obey  their  mattert,  20  patiently  tuffer- 
ing  for  tcell  doings  after  the  example  of 
Chritt. 

TirnEREFORE  => laying  aside  all 
T  T     malice,  and  all  guile,  and  hy- 
pocrisies, and  envies,  and  all   evil 

speakings, 
2    t'As  newl)orn    babes,   desire  the 

sincere  'milk  of  the  word,  that  ye 

may  grow  thereby: 
,3   If  so  be  ye  "have    <1  tasted  that 

the  Lord  !S  gracious. 

4  To  whom  coming,  as  unto  a  living 
stone,  "^disallowed  indeed  of  men, 
but  chosen  of  God,  aud  precious, 

5  f  Ve  also,  as  lively  stones,  ||  are 
built  up  "^a  spiritual  house,  I'a  lioly 
priesthood,  to  offer  up  i  spiritual 
sacrifices,  k  acceptable  to  God  by 
Jcsns  Christ. 

G  Wherefore  also  it  is  contained 
in  the  Scripture,  1  Behold,  I  lay  in 
Sion  a  chief  corner  stone,  elect,  pre- 
cious: and  he  that  believeth  on  him 
shall  not  be  confounded. 

7  Unto  you  therefore  which  be- 
lieve he  is  II  precious  :  but  unto 
them  which  be  disohedient,  "'the 
stone  which  the  builders  disallowed, 


I  10.  IJ. 

.  n.  4. 

.  11.20. 


10.     kPhil.  4.  IS.      el..  4.  11.      II.  2S.  1«     P.om. 
Aonour.     mPa.  lis.  22.     M>tU  21.  42.    AcU  4.  11, 

217 


1  Ho,.  11.  2. 
Jlal  1.  11, 
Bom.  12  1. 
Heb.  13.  1.% 


Christ  the  chief  corner  stone. 


I.  PETER. 


Duties  of  wives  and  hnsbands. 


ch.  I,  i 
»E,.  19.  5.  6. 

R<i».  I.  6.  Il 

li.  I'l. 
.John  17.  11. 

1  Cor.  H,  i;. 

2Ti.n.  1.  9 


lAct.K.  13. 
Ei.lt.  5-  K, 
Col.  1.  i:). 


4  2  23. 

Ho.!..  9.  2.5. 
y  I  Chr.251  15. 

1*1.  H^t.  U.  & 

lia   19. 

H.I..  II.  13. 

eh.  1.  17. 
•  Rom.  13.  14. 


Phil.  2.  IS. 
Til.  2.  8. 
cb.  3.  16. 


f  Rom  13.  4. 
jUom  13.3. 
hTit.  2.  8. 

Ter.  li 
1  Gul.  5.  1. 13. 
1C.r.;,»...n,. 
k  I  Cor.  7.  22. 
1  Rom   12.  10. 

Ik.l.  2.  3. 
\  Or,  Etteam. 
jj.  Hth.  1).  1. 

ch.  1.  22. 
nPror  21.21. 

M»tt.  2J  21. 


<a.     Huh.  12.  3 


the  same  is  made  tlic  head  of  tlie 
corner, 

iS  "x\nd  a  Btone  of  stiimblinff,  nnd  n 
rock  ot  oft'cnce,  "mn  In  llirm  which 
Ktiimhle  at  the  wurd,  hciiis  disnhe- 
dient  :  ^  whcreunto  also  they  were 
appointed. 

9  But  ye  are  la  chosen  ficnera- 
tion,  'a"  royal  priesthood,  "a  holy 
nation,  '  l|  a  peculiar  people;  that 
ye  should  shew  forth  the  ||  praises 
of  liim  who  hath  called  you  out 
of  "  darkness  into  his  marvellous 
li-ht: 

10  ^  Which  in  time  past  7corc  not  a 
people,  hut  are  now  the  people  of 
God:  which  had  not  obtained  mercy, 
but  now  have  obtained  mercy. 

11  Ucarly  beloved,  I  hc.'ccch  ynu 
y  as  strangers  and  pilj^rims,  ^ab- 
stain from  fleshly  lusts,  •' which  war 
ap:ainst  the  soul; 

VI  h  llnvins  your  conversation 
honest  amonj?  the  Gentiles :  that, 
11  whereas  they  speak  a;;ainst  you 
as  evil  doers,  ''they  may  by  ynttr 
cood  works,  which  they  shall  be- 
hold, glorify  God  Jin  the  day  of  vis- 
itation. 

1'!  '  Submit  yourselves  to  every 
ordinance  of  iiian  for  the  Lord's 
sake:  whether  it  be  to  the  kinj;,  as 
supreme; 

14  Or  unto  governors,  as  unto 
them  that  arc  sent  bv  him  ffor  the 
punishment  of  evil  doers,  and  sfor 
the  jiraisc  of  them  that  do  well. 

1.5  For  so  is  the  will  of  God,  that 
h  with  well  doing  ye  may  put  to 
silence  the  ignorance  of  foolish 
men: 

1(>  "As  free,  and  not  t  using  your 
liberty  for  a  clorik  of  maliciousness, 
but  as  ^  the  servants  of  God. 

17  I II  Honour  all  men.  "'Love  the 
brotherhood.  "  Fear  God.  Honour 
the  king. 

15  "  Servants,  he  subject  to  your 
masters  with  all  fear  ;  not  only  to 
the  good  and  gentle,  but  also  to  the 
froward. 

1',)  For  this  !.s  ||  I'  thankworthy,  if  a 
man  for  conscience  toward  G'hI  en- 
dure grief,  suffering  wrongfully. 

20  For  'I  what  glury  is  it,  if,  when 
ve  be  butt'ctcd  fur  your  faults,  ye 
shall  take  it  piitieiitlv?  hut  if,  wlicn 
ye  do  well,  and  sutler  ./'«/•  it.  ye  t;ike 
It  patiently,  this  is  ||  acceptable  with 
God. 

■Jl  For  ''even  hereunto  were  ve 
called :  because  ^  Christ  also  suflered 
II  for  us,  •  leaving  us  an  example,  that 
ye  should  follow  his  steps: 

•11  "  Wlio  did  uo  sin,  neither  was 
guile  f^.nnd  in  his  mouth: 

•J'.  ^  AVho,  when  he  was  reviled,  re- 
viled iH.t  ii-:iin  ;  when  he  siiHcred. 
he  thrcatine.l  not;  but  y||coniniiUed 

r,  IhaM.  r  Mull  II).  24.  Acta  1 1.  22.  I  Th«.»  3.  3. 
■  rh  3.  m.  I  SoiiiO  r.-ad.  /.-••  wi>»i.  t  John  IX  ir, 
John  2.  1.  t>  l>.  a.  9.  I.uk>  2;!.  41.  John  S.  4':. 
lUh.  1.  1.1.  «  li.  K>.  7.  M«u  27.  39.  John  8.  IS, 
11      I  Or.  coMW>tt«<i  hi!  c»u>i«. 


218 


him.irif  to  him  that  judgeth  right- 
eonslv: 

L'4'VVhohisown  selfbarcoursins  in 
his  own  body  ||on  the  tree,  "that  we, 
being  <lead  to  sins,  should  live  unto 
righteousness:  t» by  whose  stripes  ye 
were  healed. 

'15  For  "^yc  were  as  sheep  going 
astra.v:  but  are  now  returned  "unto 
the  Shepherd  and  Bishop  of  your 
souls. 

dEi.  31.  73.  4  37.  21.     John  Ifl.  11. '  I,  16.    Heh.  t3. 

CHAPTER  HI. 

1  He  tcachetti  llie  duty  of  ifivct  and  hut- 
bandu  to  eiicli  oilier,  8  cztiorlinr)  nil  mf  n 
to  utUti/  and  love,  14  and  to  tuffur  per- 
teeulion.  K  He  declareth  nleo  ths  bene- 
filf  of  CItritt  toward  the  old  world. 

rIKEWISp;,  "ye  wives,  tie  in  suh- 
J  jeetion  to  your  own  husbands; 
thati  if  any  obey  not  the  word,  I' they 
also  may  "without  the  word  '  be  won 
by  the  conversation  of  the  wives; 

2  il  While  they  behold  your  chaste 
con^'ersation  eriupleii  witli  fear. 

o  ''Whose  adorning,  let  it  not  he 
that  outward  niloriiiiir/  of  plaiting 
the  hair,  and  of  wearing  of  gold,  or 
of  putting  on  of  a|iparel: 

4  But  let  it  he  ftlie  hidden  man  of 
the  heart,  in  that  which  is  not  cor- 
ruptible, ereu  the  ornament  of  a 
meek  and  quiet  spirit,  which  is  in 
the  sight  of  God  of  great  price, 

5  For  after  this  manner  in  the  old 
time  the  holv  women  also,  who 
trusted  in  God,  adorned  themselves, 
being  in  subjection  unto  their  own 
husbands: 

G  Even  as  .Sarah  obeyed  Abraham, 
^calling  him  lord:  w'hose  f  daugh- 
ters ye  are,  as  long  as  ye  do  well,  and 
arc  not  afraid  with  any  amazement. 

7  h  l.,ikewise,  ye  husbands,  dwell 
with  tfieni  according  to  knowledge, 
giving  honour  unto  the  wife,  ins  un- 
to the  weaker  vessel,  and  as  being 
heirs  together  of  the  grace  of  life  ; 
k  that  your  prayers  be  not  hindered. 

8  Filially,  Ifce  ye  all  of  one  mind, 
having  compassion  one  of  another; 
'"II  love  as  brethren,  "be  pitiful,  6c 
courteous: 

y  "Not  rendering  evil  for  evil,  or 
railing  for  railing:  but  contrariwise 
blessing;  knowing  that  ye  arc  there- 
unto called,  ''that  ye  should  inherit 
a  blessing. 

I  10  For  'ihc  that  will  love  life,  and 
'sec  good  daj's,  ''let  him  refrain  his 
|tongue  froiii  evil,  and  his  lips  that 
they  speak  no  guile: 

lll.et  him  'eschew  evil,  and  do 
Igood  ;   '  let  him  seek  peace,  and  en- 

\1  For  the  eyes  of  the  Lord  ore  over 
the  righti-ons,  "and  his  eiirs  iire  o,„n 
unto  thi'ir  prayers  :  but  the  f:icc  of 
the  Lord  is  1  against  them  that  do 
evil. 

,  i;!  «And  who  I'.i  he  that  will  harm 
you.  if  ye  be  foUowcra  of  that  which 
13  good ! 


Exhortation  to  cease  from  sin. 


I.  PETER.  Motives  of  comfort  tinder  persecution. 


M 

u.  5 

10, 

ch"' 

.0  1 
•2.  19 

12. 

S.  12 

13. 

r.' 

nil.  1.27. 
113.  48. 

iiH«i..  n.  18 


.2  C„r.  13.  l. 
fCol.l  21,22. 
gr.om.l.  4.  & 

8   11. 
h  ch.  I.  12.  i 

4.  6. 
1  U.  42  T  4  49. 

9.  L  61.  I. 
kGcit.6.  3,.^ 

13. 


rP..  110    1. 

8.  .14. 

K|>h. 

..  21). 

1. 

Heb 

;.  3. 

Rom 

8.38. 

llur 

15.34. 

•  ch.  3.  IS. 
bRom.fl.2.' 
G>1.  5.  21. 


ch.  2. 1. 

d  GM.  2.  20. 
ch.  J.14. 
cJnhn  1.13. 


ch. 

.16. 

A-t 

10.42. 

It  I 

.81. 

i;.,i 

.  14.  10. 

12 

ICo 

r.l5.tl. 

14  s  But  and  if  ye  sufl'cr  for  rislit- 
cousncss'  sake,  happy  uic  .i/r ;  ami 
^  be  not  afraid  of  tlieir  terror,  neither 
be  troubled; 

15  Hut  sanctify  the  Lord  God  in 
your  licarts  :  and  *bc  ready  always 
to  give  an  answer  to  every  man  that 
asketli  you  a,  reason  of  the  liope  that 
is  in  you,  witli  meekness  and  Ijfcar: 

IG  li  llavin}^  a  pood  conscience; 
'^  that,  wliercas  they  s]ieak  evil  of 
you,  as  of  evil  doers,  they  may  be 
"ashamed  that  falsely  neeiise  your 
good  conversation  in  Christ. 

17  For  tt  is  better,  if  the  will  of  God 
be  so,  that  vc  sutler  for  well  doing, 
than  for  evil  doing. 

IS  For  Christ  also  hath  nonce  suf- 
fered for  sins,  the  .just  tor  the  unjust, 
that  he  might  bring  us  to  God,  "^  be- 
ing put  to  death  'in  the  Hcsh,  but 
Squickened  by  the  Spirit: 

It)  By  which  also  he  went  and 
h  preached  unto  the  spirits  lin  pris- 

'M  Which  sometime  were  disobedi- 
ent, t  when  once  the  longsntlering 
of  God  waited  in  the  days  of  Noah, 
while  I  the  ark  was  a  preparing, 
'"  wherein  few,  that  is,  eight  souls 
were  saved  by  water. 

21  "  The  like  figure  whereiinto  cvvn 
baptism  doth  also  now  save  us,  (not 
the  putting  away  of  "the  filth  of  the 
flesh,  I' but  the  answer  of  a  good 
conscience  toward  God,)  'Iby  the 
resurrection  of  Jesus  Christ: 

22  Who  is  gone  into  heaven,  and 
''is  on  the  right  hand  of  God  ;  *  an- 
gels and  authorities  and  powers  be- 
ing made  subject  uuto  him. 

CHAPTER  IV. 
1  77e  tzhorUth  them  to  cease  from  «m  t,y 
the  example  of  Christ,  and  the  eontiUer- 
ation  of  the  general  end  that  now  ap. 
proacheth ;  12  and  eomfortcth  them 
against  persecution. 

FOR.\SMlICII  then  "as  Christ 
hath  suffered  for  us  in  the  flesh, 
arm  yourselves  likewise  with  the 
same 'mind:  for  t'hc  that  hath  suf- 
fered in  the  flesh  hath  ceased  from 

2  "^That  he  no  longer  il  should  live 
the  rest  of  his  time'  in  tlie  flesh  to 
the  lusts  of  men, "  but  to  the  will  of 
God. 

3  fFor  the  time  past  of  our  life 
may  suffice  us  J^to  have  wrought 
the  will  of  tlie  Gentiles,  when  we 
walked  in  hiscivitusness,  lusts,  ex- 
cess of  wine,  revellings,  ban(iuct- 
ings.  and  abominable  idolatries: 

4  Wherein  they  think  it  strange 
that  ye  run  not  with  tttfui  to  the 
same  excess  of  riot,  tspcaking  evil 
of  t/on : 

5  Who  shall  give  account  to  him 
that  is  ready  i  to  judge  the  quick  and 
the  dead. 

G  For,  for  this  cause  V  was  the 
gospel  preached  also  to  them  tliat 
ore  dead,  that  they  iiiight  be  fudg- 


ed according  to  men  in  the  flesh, 
but  live  according  to  God  in  the 
spirit. 
7  But  'the  end  of  all  things  is  at 
hand:  ""be  yo  therefore  sober,  and 
watch  unto  prayer. 
»  "  And  above  all  things  have 
fervent  charity  among  yourselves; 
for  "charity  ||  shall  cover  the  mul- 
titude of  sins. 

I  1)  ''Use  hospitality  one  io  another 
If  without  grudging. 
1  10  "^As  every  man  hath  received 
'the  gilt,  €V€)i  po  minister  the  same 
lone  to  another,  ^as  good  sfewaras 
lof  '  the  manifold  grace  of  God. 

11  "If  any  man  speak,  let  7iim 
sjiertk  as  the    oracles    of   Gol;    "it 

I  any  man  minister,  let  him  do  it  ns 
'of  the  ability  which  God  giveth;  that 
>  God  in  all  tilings  may  be  glorified 
through  Jesus  CKrist:  'towhoni  be 
praise  and  dominion  for  ever  and 
ever.     Amen. 

12  Beloved,  think  it  not  strange 
concerning  '*the  fiery  trial  which  is 
to  try  you,  as  though  some  strange 
thing  happened  unto  you: 

13  I'But  rejoice,  inasmuch  as  ''yc 
are  partakers  of  Christ's  sufferings; 
lUhat,  when  his  glory  shall  be  re- 
vealed, ye  may  bo  glad  also  with 
exceeding  joy. 

14  '■'If  ye  be  reproached  for  the 
name  of  Christ,  happy  ore  ye;  for 
the  Spirit  of  glory  and  of  God  rest- 
eth  upon  you:  Con  their  part  he  is 
evil  spoken  of,  but  on  your  part  he 
is  glorified. 

15  But  '^let  none  of  vou  suffer  as 
a  murderer,  or  «.>f  a  tfiief,  or  tis  an 
evil  doer,  li  or  as  a  busybody  in  otlier 
men's  matters. 

](>  Vet  if  any  man  suffer  as  a 
Christian,  let  him  not  he  ashamed; 
i  but  let  him  glorify  God  011  this  be- 
half. 

17  For  the  time  is  come  k  that 
judgment  must  begin  at  the  house 
of  God:  and  'if  it  first  ber/iii  at 
us,  '"what  shall  the  end  be  of  them 
that  obey  not  the  gospel  of  God'/ 

18  "  And  if  the  righteous  scarcely 
be  saved,  where  shall  the  ungodly 
and  the  sinner  appear? 

I'J  Wherefore,  let  them  that  .ouffer 
according  to  the  will  of  God  "com- 
mit the  keeping  of  tlieir  souls  to 
him  in  well  doing,  as  unto  a.  faith- 
ful Creator. 


Msi. : 


1  Luke  23.  31. 


11.31.    I.uke23.3l.    or..31. 


Luk 


CHAPTER  V. 

1  ITe  exhorlelh  the  ciders  to    feed  their 
Jfockg,  5  the  yrnmner  to  ohey',  8  and  all 
to  be  ..c.6cr.  mitc.'ifnl.   and   constant  in 
the  faith:  ^  to  resist  the  cruel  adversary 
the'ritvil. 
T'^IIE  elders  which  are  among  you 
i.    1  exhort,  who  am  also  '  an  elder, 
and  ba  witness  of  the  sufferings  of 
Christ,  and  also  ''a  partaker  of  the 
glory  that  shall  he  revealed: 
219 


The  apnstle  cxhnrteth 


to  several  duties. 


1  Cor  3.  f). 

2  C^.r.  1.  21. 
liri.33  12.4 


2  ■!  Focil  tlic  nock  of  God  ||  which 
ia  ainoiiK  you,  takin;;  the  ovcrsipht 
thereof',  "not  by  constraint,  hut 
willin'ily;  fnot  for  filthy  hicrc,  but 
of  a  ready  mind; 

3  Neitlter  na  f|f^bcinj^  lords  over 
ii  Go'Ts  hcrita;?o,  but  i  beinj^  cn- 
sainplea  to  the  Hock. 

4  And  when  kthc  chief  Shepherd 
ehall  ajipear,  ye  sliall  receive  la 
crown  of  glory  "'that  fadeth  not 
away. 

5  Likewise,  ye  youn;;er,  submit 
yourselves  unto  the  elder.  Yea, 
"all  of  yini  be  Bul'.ject  one  to  an- 
other, and  be  clothed  with  humility: 
for  "  God  resistcth  the  proud,  and 
I'Kivetli  prace  to  the  humble. 

0  ''Humble  Yourselves  therefore 
under  the  mij^hty  hand  of  God, 
that  he  may  exalt  you  in  due  time: 

7  ■'Castinijall  yourcare  upon  liim; 
for  he  carcth  for  yon. 

8  'JJe  sober,  be  vMlant;   because 

Itom.  mil.     E|ih.  .1.  21.     riS"  2.^57   o  Jome.  4?!;. 


uk«12. 11.  22.     riiil.  4.  C.     Ileb.  IJ.  e.     »J,uko21.  31. 


'your  ad_vcrsary  tly:  devil,  as  !i_ 
roarjnj;  lion,  walk ctfialioii?7 Be cFiflJ' 
wlinni  he  iiKiyTTcvfijir:  ~ 

Tr""\VlTniii  rcsiTT  stcidfast  in  the 
faith,  "kiiowin-  that  the  same  af- 
flictions arc  accomplished  in  your 
brethren  that  are  in  the  world. 

10  But  the  God  of  all  prace,  J  who 
hath  called  us  unto  his  eternal 
plory  by  Christ  Jesus,  after  that  ye 
have  sulfered  *a  while,  "make  you 
perfect,  bstablish,  strengthen,  settle 
you. 

11  '-  To  him  he  glory  and  dominion 
for  ever  and  ever.    Amen. 

12  <l  I3.V  Silvanus,  a  faithful  brother 
unto  .voii,  as  I  suppose,  I  have  '  writ- 
ten hriolly,  cxhortinp,  and  testifying 
fthat  this  is  the  true  grace  of  "God 
wherein  ye  stand. 

13  The  rhurch  that  is  at  Babylon, 
elected  to;,'ethcr  with  ;/iiii,  Kilutcth 
you;  and.-.',  iloHi  K  Jlarcns  my  son. 

14  h  Greet  ye  one  another  with  a 
kiss  of  charity,  i  IVaee  be  with  you 
all  that  .ire  in  Christ  Jesus.    Amen. 

1  Cur.  10.  20.      2  Cor.  13.  12.      1  TIk-i,.  ."i.  2C.      i  El>l 


l...ki.22.  31. 
Kor.  12.  12. 
nE|.l,  |;.11.I3. 


2  Tim.  3.  U. 
cl..  2.  21. 
y  1  Cor.  1.  9. 


.12  Cor.  I.  la. 
•  Ilel..  13.  22. 
f  Aeti  2I>.  24. 


THE  SECOND  EPISTLE  GENERAL 


PETER. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  Cortflrming  them  in  hope  of  the 
of  ttoWa  {/racee,  6  tie  exiiortcth  tliettt,  by 
faith,  atid  good  workg,  to  make  their 
calling  sure:  12  whereof  lie  is  e, ireful  to 
remember  them,  krtowing  tfiot  his  Utath 
is  at  hand:  16  and  warneth  them  to  he 
constant  in  the  faith  of  Christ,  n-ho  is 
the  true  Son  of  Ooil.  by  the  eyewitness  of 
the  apostles  beholding  his  viajcsfy,  and 
by  the  testimony  of  Vie  Father,  anii  the 

||C;IMON  Peter,  a  servant  and  an 
O  apostle  of  Jesus  Christ,  to  them 
that  have  obtained  "like  precious 
faith  with  us  through  tlie  righteous- 
ness tof  God  and  our  Saviour  Jesus 
Christ: 

2  ii  Grace  and  peace  be  ninltiplicd 
unto  you  through  the  knowledge  of 
God,  and  of  Jesus  our  Lord, 

3  According  as  hi.s  dlvino  power 
hath  piven  unto  us  all  tliincs  that 
jierlKiu  unto  life  and  godliness, 
'through  the  knowledge  of  him 
■1  that  hath  called  us  ||  to  glory  and 
virtue: 

4  '  Whereby  are  given  unto  us  ex- 
ceeding great  and  ineciou.s  promises; 
that  by  these  ye  might  be  f  partakers 
of  the  <liviMe  nature,  *^  having  escapi-il 
the  corru|itiou  that  is  in  the  world 
through  lust. 

6  And  besides  (his,  h  giving  all  dili- 


ggnCT,  add  to  your  faith  virtue;  and 
to  virtue,  i  knowledge; 

I  6  And  to  knowledge,  temperance; 

.and  to  temperance,  patience;  and  to 

(patience,  godliness; 

I  7  And  to  godliness,  brotherlv  kind- 
ness ;    and   kto   brotherly   kindness, 

'charity. 
H  For  if  these  things  be  in  you,  and 
abound,  they  make  ynn  that  ye  fhitll 
neither  lie  1  barren  I  nor  unt'riiitful  in 
the  knowledge  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ. 

11  Hut  he  that  lacketh  these  things 
■"is  blind,  and  cannot  see  afar  off, 
and  hath  forgotten  that  he  was 
"  purged  from  his  old  sins. 

10  Wherctbre  the  rather,  brethren, 
give  diligence  "  to  make  your  calling 
and  election  sure:  for  if  ye  do  these 
things,  I" ye  shall  never  fill: 

11  For  so  an  entrance  shall  be  min- 
istered unto  von  alnmdantl.v  into  the 
everlasting  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and 
Saviour  Jesus  Christ. 

12  AVherefbre  'i  I  will  not  bo  neg- 
lii^ent  to  put  you  alwa^'s  in  reniem- 
brance  of  these  thingsj  ''tliongh  .ve 
know  Ihrm,  and  be  established  in 
the  present  truth. 

]•".  Yr:i,  I  think  it  meet,  'as  long  as 
T  :ini  ill  this  tabernacle,  *  to  stir  yon 
up  by  putting  ;/iii(  in  remenibranee; 

14  "  Knowing  that  shortly  I  must 


ici.1.  e.  11. 

1TL,«.3.12. 
4  S.  15. 
lJohii4.31. 


Ilel..  a.  II. 
1  Jul.iil.7. 
[.lJaliii3.19. 


.  3.  17. 
.m.  15.11. 


False  teachers,  and  tlieir 


wicked  principles,  described. 


■J  I  Cor.  I.  17. 

Ji  2.  1.  4. 

2  Cor.  2.  17. 

ji  1.2. 
•  Mslt.17.1.2. 

Uark9.  2. 

John  1.11. 

IJoUsl.l.A 


Uuk  1.11.1; 

».7. 

I.UI1.3.22.& 

9.  U. 
bSeo  Ee.3.  5. 

Jo.k.  S.  1^. 

9I«tt.  17.  6. 
cFi.  119.  105. 

John  i.  3J. 
d  Sco  2  Cor.l. 

4.6. 

r.ir.  2.  23.  & 

22.  10. 
o  Rom.  12.  6. 
f2Tira.  3.  10. 


.23.2.1 
..'lO.'fcl 


2T™3  1-5. 


d  I  Cor.  C.  20. 


.  I.  16. 
ifut.32  33. 
>Jo  1,  15. 
>b  1.  18. 


me. 

15  Moreover  I  will  endeavour  that 
ye  mav  be  able  after  my  decease  to 
have  tnese  tilings  always  in  remem- 
brance. 

16  For  we  have  not  followed  '^  cun- 
ningly devised  fables,  when  we  made 
known  unto  you  the  j)ower  and 
coming  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
but  '  were  eyewitnesses  of  his  maj- 
esty. 

1/  For  he  received  from  God  the 
Father  honour  and  glory,  when  there 
came  such  a  voice  to  him  from  the 
excellent  glory,  *  This  is  my  beloved 
Sou,  in  whom  I  am  well  pleased. 

18  And  this  voice  whicli  came  from 
heaven  we  heard,  when  we  were 
with  him  in  i>the  lioly  mount. 

I'J  We  have  also  j.  more  sure  word 
of  prophecy;  whereuuto  ye  do  well 
that  ye  take  heed,  as  unto  'a  light 
that  shincih  in  a  dark  place,  until 
the  day  dawn,  and  >lthe  daystar 
arise  in  your  hearts; 

20  Knowing  this  first,  that  'no 
prophecy  of  the  Scripture  is  of  any 
private  interpretation. 

21  For  f  the  prophecy  came  not  ||  in 
old  time  by  the  will  of  man:  s  but 
holy  men  of  God  spake  as  tUey  were 
moved  by  the  Iloly  Ghost. 

CHAPTER  II. 

1  He  foretellelh  tUcin  of  f,iht  lemhr.'t, 
Bfteteittff  the  impiefy  and  punishment 
both  of  them  *nU  their  followert:  T  fr-m 
which  the  godly  shall  be  delivered,  as  Lot 
wat  out  of  Sodom:  V>and  more  fully  de- 
ecriheth  the  manner)  of  those  profane 
and  blasphemous  seducers,  lohereliy  they 
may  be  the  better  known,  and  avoided, 

BUT  'there  were  false  prophets 
also  among  the  people,  even  as 
b  there  shall  be  false  teachers  among 
you,  who  privily  shall  bring  in 
damnable  heresies,  even  "^denying 
the  Lord  »1  that  bought  them,  *  and 
bring  upon  themselves  swift  destruc- 
tion. 

2  And  many  shall  follow  their  |i  per- 
nicious wa\'3  ;  bv  reason  of  whom 
the  way  of  truth  slioll  be  evil  spoken 
of. 

3  And  fthrough  covetouaness  shall 
they  with  feigned  words  s  make 
merchandise  of  you  :  li  whose  judg- 
ment now  of  along  time  lingcreth 
not,  and  their  damnation  slumber- 
eth  not. 

4  For  if  God  spared  not  ■  the  angels 
k  that  sinned,  but  1  cast  them  down  to 
hell,  and  delivered  them  into  chains 
of  darkness,  to  be  reserved  unto 
judgment; 

.5  And  spared  not  the  old  world,  but 
saved  ■"  Noah  the  eighth  person,  °  a 
preacher  of  righteousness,  "  bringing 
in  the  flood  upon  the  world  of  the 
ungodly; 

m  Gon.  7. 1. 7, 23.    Heh.11.7.    lPet.3.20.     nlP.l. 
6. 

63 


G  And  !•  turning  the  cities  of  Sodom 
and  Gomorrah  into  flshes  condemn- 
ed them  with  an  overthrow,  1  making 
them  an  ensamplc  unto  those  that 
after  should  live  ungodly; 

7  And  ''delivered  .lust  Lot,  vexed 
with  the  fllthy  conversation  of  the 
wicked: 

8  (For  that  righteous  man  dwelling 
among  them, "  in  seeing  and  hearing, 
vexed  his  righteous  Boui  from  day  to 
day  with  their  unlawful  deeds:) 

'J  '  The  Lord  knoweth  how  to  de- 
liver the  godly  out  of  temptation, 
and  to  reserve  the  unjust  unto  the 
day  of  judgment  to  be  punished: 

lU  Hut  chiefly  "  them  that  walk  after 
the  flesh  in  the  lust  of  unclcanness, 
and  despise  || government.  "Pre- 
sumptuous are  the//,  selfwilled,  they 
are  not  afraid  to  speak  evil  of  digni- 
ties. 

11  Whereas  ^  angels,  which  are 
greater  in  power  and  might,  bring 
not  railing  accusation  1]  against  them 
belbre  the  Lord. 

12  But  these,  ^  aa  natural  brute 
beasts  made  to  be  taken  and  de- 
stroyed, speak  evil  of  the  things  that 
they  understand  not;  and  shall  ut- 
terly perish  in  their  own  corruption : 

13  ■*  And  sliall  receive  the  reward  of 
unrighteousness,  as  they  that  count 
it  pleasure  bto  riot  in  the  daytime. 
*^  Spots  they  are  and  blemishes,  sport- 
ing themselves  with  their  own  de- 
ccivings  while  'Uhey  feast  with  you; 

14  Having  eyes  full  of  fadultcry, 
and  that  cannot  cease  from  sin;  be- 
guiling unstable  souls:  ''a  heart  they 
nave  exercised  with  covetous  prac- 
tices: cursed  children: 

13  Which  have  forsaken  the  right 
way,  and  are  gone  astray,  following 
the"  way  of  f  Balaam  the  sou  of  Bosor, 
who  loved  the  wages  of  unrighteous- 
ness: 

lU  But  was  rebuked  for  his  iniquity : 
the  dumb  ass  speaking  with  man's 
voice  forbade  the  madness  cf  the 
prophet. 

17  s  These  are  wells  without  water, 
clouds  that  are  carried  with  a  tem- 
pest; to  whom  the  mist  of  darkness 
IS  reserved  for  ever. 

15  For  when  li  they  speak  great 
swelling  wonts  of  vanity,  they  allure 
through  the  lusts  of  theflesh,  throiujh 
much  wantonness,  those  that  iwore 
|l  clean  escaped  from  them  who  live 
in  error. 

19  While  they  promise  them  ^  lib- 
erty, they  themselves  are  I  the  serv- 
ants of  corruption:  for  of  whom  a 
man  is  overcome,  cf  the  same  is  he 
brought  in  bondage. 

20  i  or  "'  if  after  they  "  have  escaped 
the  pollutions  of  the  world  "through 
the  Knowledge  of  the  Lord  and  Sav- 
iour Jesus  Christ,  they  are  again 
entangled  therein,  and  overcome, 
the  latter  end  is  worse  with  them 
than  the  beginning. 

221 


0/  Christ's  srcond  cominrt. 


II.  PETER. 


The  day  of  the  Lord  described. 


rR«n.  l.d.  9 

r.,  33.  6 
neb.  11. 3. 


^'1  For  l-it  hud  been  better  tor 
them  not  to  have  known  the  way 
of  righteousness,  than,  after  they 
have  known  i/,  to  turn  from  the 
holy  coniniundment  deUvcred  unto 
tliem. 

22  But  it  is  happened  unto  them  ne- 
cordins  to  tlie  true  proverb,  i  Tlie 
do^  m  turned  to  liis  own  vomit  a^ain ; 
and.  The  sow  that  was  washed  to  her 
wallowiuj;  in  tlie  mire. 

CHAPTER  in. 

1  2Te  asBuretli  them  of  the  certainty  of 
ChrisVa  coming  to  judgment,  againgt 
those  ecornert  who  dispute  against  it:  8 
warning  the  godly,  for  the  long  patience 
of  God,  to  hasten  their  repentance.  10 
He  describeth  also  the  manner  how  the 
tvortd  shall  be  destroyed :  11  exhoiting 
them,  from  the  expectation  thereof,  to  all 
holiness  of  life:  Viand  ai/ain,  to  think 
the  patience  of  God  to  lend  to  their  sal- 
vation, as  Paul  wrote  to  them  in  his 
epibttes. 

THIS  second  epistle,  beloved,  1 
now  write  unto  you  ;  in  l/oth 
which  "^  I  stir  up  yo\ir  pure  minds  by 
wav  of  remembrance: 

2  *rhat  ye  may  be  mindful  of  the 
words  which  were  spoken  before  by 
the  holy  prophets,  band  of  the  com- 
mandment of  us  the  apostles  of  the 
Lord  and  Saviour: 

3  *■'  Knowinj^  this  first,  that  there 
shall  come  in  the  last  davs  scotfers, 
d  walking  after  their  own  lusts, 

4  And  saying,  ^  Where  is  the  prom- 
ise of  his  coming:?  for  since  the  fa- 
thers fell  asleep,  all  things  continue 
as  l/ifi/  wore  from  the  beginning  of 
the  creation. 

5  For  this  they  willingly  arc  igno- 
rant of,  that  I  by  the  word  of  God 
the  heavens  were  of  old,  and  the 
earth  t  ~  standing  out  of  the  water 
and  in  the  water: 

6  li  Whereby  the  world  that  then 
was,  being  overflowed  with  water, 
perished : 

7  But  i  the  heavens  and  the  earth, 
which  are  now,  by  the  same  word 
are  kept  in  store,  reserved  xmto 
l^fire  against  the  day  of  judgment 
and  perdition  of  ungodly  men. 

8  llut,  beloved,  bo  uot  ignorant  of 


this  one  thing,  that  one  day  is  with 
the  Ijord  as  a  thousand  years,  and  I  a 
thousand  years  as  one  day. 

1) '"  The  -Lord  is  not  slack  concern- 
ing his  promise,  as  stime  men  count 
slackness;  but  "is  longsuifering  to 
us-ward,  "not  willing  that  any 
should  perish,  but  ''that  all  should 
come  to  repentance. 

ID  liut  "I  the  day  of  the  Lord  will 
come  as  a  thief  in  the  night:  in  the 
which  '  the  heavens  shall  pass  away 
with  a  great  noise,  and  the  elements 
shall  melt  with  fervent  heat,  the 
earth  also  and  the  works  that  are 
therein  shall  be  bunied  nn. 

11  Sceinr/  then  l/iat  all  tnese  things 
shall  be  dissolved,  what  manner  i>r' 
persotis  ought  ye  to  be  *  in  all  holy 
conversation  and  godliness, 

12  '  Looking  for  and  I!  hasting  unto 
the  coming  of  the  day  of  God,  where- 
in the  heavens  being  on  tire  shall 
"be  dissolved,  and  the  elements  shall 
^  melt  with  fervent  heat? 

].'!  Nevertheless  we,  according  to  his 
promise,  look  for  >  new  heavens  and 
a  new  earth,  wherein  dwelleth  right- 
eousness. 

14  Wherefore,  beloved,  seeing  that 
ye  look  for  such  things,  be  dili- 
gent ^  that  ye  may  he  found  of  him 
in  peace,  without  spot,  and  blame- 
less. 

lo  And  account  Oint  'the  longsuf- 
fering  of  our  Liml  is  salvation;  even 
as  our  beloved  brother  Paul  also  ac- 
cording to  tlie  wisdom  given  unto 
him  hath  written  unto  you; 

IG  As  also  in  all  hi:*  epistles,  bgpcak- 
ing  in  them  of  these  things ;  in 
which  are  some  things  hard  to  be 
understood,  which  they  that  are  un- 
learned and  unstable  wrest,  as  thet/ 
do  also  the  other  .Scriptures,  unto 
their  own  destruction. 

17  Ye  therefore,  beloved,  ^seeing  ye 
know  thc^e  tttiugs  before,  tl  bewaVe 
lest  ye  also,  being  led  away  with  the 
error  of  the  wicked,  fall  from  your 
own  steadfiistness. 

l.S  "  But  grow  in  grace,  an<l  i«  the 
knowledge  of  our  Lord  nn<l  .Saviour 
Jesus  Christ.  'To  him  lie  glory  both 
uuw  anil  lor  ever.    Araeu. 


1  p..  'jO.  4. 
m  H»b.  2.  3. 
H.li.  10.  37. 


IJohn  1.  11. 
2  Pit.  1.  16. 
oL,4.  It 


Acl.  2.  32. 
5ch.5  20. 
UJclm  1.1.2 


i  I'i,  24. 
2  Julitt  13. 
iiieli.3.  11. 


THE  FIKST  EPISTLE  GENERAL 


JOHN. 


CHAPTER  I. 

1  He  dettrihcth  the   ]icrson  of  Chriat,  in 

whom  ive  have  etermtl  life,  Ay  a  e<nninuit- 

ion  uiilh  Ood:  0  to  which  wc  mutt  ajjoin 

holine%9   of  life,  to  testify  the  truth  of 

tiutt  otir  communion  anU  profeseion  of 

faith,  ae  aiao  to  assure  us  of  the  fort/ive- 

ncss  of  our  sins  by  ChrisVa  death. 

'J^UAT  "which  was  from  the  be- 

A-    pinninjj,  wliich  we  have  heard, 

which  we  have  seen  with  our  e.ves, 

b  which  we  have  looked  upon,  and 

''our  hands   have    handled,  of  the 

Word  of  life; 

2  (For  tithe  life  •'was  manifested, 
and  we  have  seen  it,  land  boar 
witness,  Sand  shew  unto  you  that 
eternal  life,  li  which  was  with  the 
Father,  and  was  manifested  unto 
us;) 

3  iThnt  which  wc  have  seen  and 
heard  declare  we  unto  you,  tliat  .ve 
also  may  have  fellowship  with  us: 
and  truly  tour  fellowshi|)  i,*  with 
the  Father,  and  with  his  Son  Jesus 
Christ. 

4  And  these  things  write  wc  unto 
vou,  I  that  your  joy  may  he  full. 

5  ■"  This  then  is  the  message  which 
we  have  heard  of  him,  and  declare 
unto  you,  that  "  God  is  li^ht,  and  in 
him  is  no  darkness  at  alt. 

(>  "If  we  say  that  we  have  fellow- 
ship with  him,  and  walk  in  dark- 
ness, wc  lie,  and  do  not  the  truth: 

7  But  if  we  walk  in  the  liirht,  as  he 
is  in  the  lij?ht,  we  have  fellowship 
one  with  another,  and  I'the  hlood 
of  Jesus  Christ  his  Sou  cleanseth  us 
from  all  sin. 

*!  '1  If  we  say  that  we  have  no  sin, 
we  deceive  ourselves,  ''and  the  truMi 
is  not  in  us. 

!•  "If  we  confess  our  sins,  he  is  faith- 
ful and  just  to  ibrjrive  ua  our  sins, 
and  to  1  cleanse  us  from  all  uiirij,'ht- 
eousiiess. 

10  If  we  say  that  we  have  not  sin- 
ned, we  iiKi'ke  him  a  liar,  and  his 
word  is  not  in  us. 

CUAPTKR  IT. 

1  lie  comfortith  them  atiainst  the  tins  of 
infirn.ily.  i  llinliltij  to  knmv  Hod  is  to 
keep  hin  commandtiwiils,  U  to  lul'e  our 
brethren,  Ij  and  not  to  love  th,-  world. 
18  We  mult  beware  of  B,-dut;-rs:  20/nmi 
tehose  deceits  the  yodly  are  safe,  pre- 
served by  perseverance  in  faith.'anU  ho- 
liness of  life. 

MY   little  children,  these   thinffs 
write  I  unto  you,  that  ye  sin 

not.    And  if  any  man  siii,  "  we  have 


an  advocate  with  the  Father,  Jesus 
Christ  the  righteous: 

2  And  the  is  the  propitiation  for 
our  sins:  and  not  for  ours  only,  but 
'  also  for  the  sins  o/the  whole  world. 

3  And  hereby  we  do  know  that  we 
know  him,  if  we  keep  his  couimand- 
ments. 

4  ii  He  that  saith,  I  know  him,  and 
keepeth  not  his  commandments,  *is 
a  liar,  and  the  truth  is  not  in  him. 

■1  But  fwhoso  keepeth  his  word,  "in 
him  verily  is  the  love  of  God  per- 
fected :  li  hereby  know  we  that  we 
arc  in  him. 

G  i  He  that  saith  he  ahideth  in  him 
k  ought  himself  also  so  to  walk,  even 
as  he  walked. 

7  Hrcthren,  II  write  no  new  com- 
mandment unto  you,  but  an  old 
commandment  '"w'hich  ye  had  from 
the  licginning.  The  old  command- 
ment is  the  word  which  ye  have 
heard  from  the  beginning. 

8  Again,  ":i  new  commandment  I 
write  unto  you,  which  thing  is  true 
in  him  and  in  you:  "because  the 
darkness  is  past,  and  I'the  true  light 
now  shineth. 

i)  'I  He  th;it  saith  he  is  in  the  light, 
and  hateth  his  brother,  is  in  dark- 
ness even  until  now. 

II)  MIe  that  lovoth  his  brother 
ahideth  in  the  light,  and  ■''there  is 
none  t  occasion  ofstnmhling  in  him. 

11  Hut  he  that  hateth  his  brother  is 
in  darkness,  and  '  walkcth  in  dark- 
ness, and  knowcth  not  whither  he 
goeth,  because  that  darkness  liath 
blinded  his  eyes. 

12  I  write  unto  you,  little  children, 
because  "  your  sins  arc  tbrgiven  you 
for  his  name's  sake. 

13  I  write  unto  yon,  fathers,  he- 
cause  ye  have  known  bim  ^  lliat  is 
from  the  beginning.  I  write  nnto 
you,  young  men,  because  ye  have 
overcome  the  wicked  one.  I  write 
unto  von,  little  children,  because  ye 
have  knciwu  the  Father. 

14  I  have  written  unto  you,  fathers, 
because  ye  have  known  him  tliat  is 
from  the  beginning.  I  have  written 
unto  yon,  voung  men,  because  *  ye 
are  strong,  and  the  word  of  God 
ahideth  in  yon,  and  ye  have  over- 
come the  wicked  one. 

1,'i  ''  Love  not  the  world,  neither  the 
things  t/iiit  arc  in  the  world.  "If 
aiiv  man  love  the  world,  the  love  of 
the  Father  is  not  in  him. 

10  For  all  that  is  in  tlie  world,  the 
223 


Warning  against  false  teachers. 


I.  JOHX. 


God's  singular  love  to  u*. 


kEoe.  i.  11. 
c  I  Cor.  7.  31. 

Jjiiun  1.  10. 

hi   II. 

1  P>t  1.  21. 
d  John  21.  5, 
•  Heb.  1.  2. 


2  Tim.  2.  19. 
1  1  Cor.  11. 19 
iii2Cor  1.  21. 


I.<-h   1  3. 

2  Joliii  7. 
,  John  15.  23. 

2  John  9. 
rJohi»U.7.9. 

10. 

ch.  1.  i-l. 


!l<22.  U. 
.  3.  7,  10. 


nJ 

hn  1 

12. 

h.l 

.hnl 

It 

A  10. 3.4 

i: 

Si. 

i-T 

Sd 

m.8 

1.1, 

4 

6. 

d  n„m.  R 

11 

2  Co..  i 

17. 

lust  of  the  flesh,  l^iiinl  the  lust  nf  the 
eyes,  and  the  pride  of  life,  is  not  of 
the  Father,  but  is  of  the  world. 

17  And  "the  world  passeth  away, 
and  the  lust  thereof:  but  he  that 
(loeth  the  will  of  God  abideth  lor 
ever. 

18  J  Little  children,  "it  is  the  last 
time:  and  as  ye  have  heard  that 
f antichrist  sliall  conic,  Seven  now 
are  there  many  antichrists;  whereby 
we  know  b  that  it  is  the  last  time. 

IS)  iThey  went  out  from  us,  but 
they  were  not  of  us;  for  k  if  they  had 
been  of  us,  they  would  no  iloiiiil  have 
continued  with  us:  but  they  went 
out,  I  that  they  mi^ht  be  made  mani- 
fest that  tlicy  were  not  all  of  us. 

aj  Hut  '"ye  have  an  unction  "from 
tlie  Holy  One,  and  "ye  know  all 
tliinp. 

lil  I  have  not  written  unto  you  be- 
cause ye  know  not  the  trutli,  but 
because  ye  know  it,  and  that  no  lie 
is  of  the  truth. 

2-2  l-Wlio  is  a  liar  but  he  that  de- 
nieth  tliat  Jesus  is  the  Christ?  He  is 
antichrist,  that  denieth  the  Father 
and  tlio  Son. 

•£i  'I  Whosoever  denieth  the  Son, 
the  same  hath  not  the  Father:  [liut] 
'he  tlidt  nrKiiowledjjclh  the  Hon  hath 
the  I'alhei-  aho. 

24  I..et  tliat  therefore  abide  in  you, 
'which  ye  have  heard  from  the"  he- 

f;iunins.  If  that  which  ye  have 
leard  from  the  bepinnin;;  "shall  re- 
main in  you,  'ye  also  shall  continue 
in  the  Son,  and  in  the  Father. 
i;5  "And  this  is  the  promise  that  he 
hath  promised  us,  even  eternal  life. 
213  These  thinjjs  have  I  written  unto 
you  'concerning  them  that  Bed ucc 
you. 

27  But  J  the  anointing  whicli  ye 
have  received  of  him  abidetli  "in 
you,  and  'ye  need  not  that  any  man 
teach  you:  but  as  the  same  anointing 
'  teacheth  you  of  all  tilings,  and  is 
truth,  and  is  no  lie,  and  even  as  it 
hath  taught  you,  yc  shall  abide  in 
II  him. 

28  And  now,  little  children,  abide 
in  him;  that,  bwhen  he  shall  appear, 
we  may  have  confidence,  *^and  not 
be  aBhanied  before  him  at  his  coming:. 

2y  J  If  ye  know  that  he  is  ri;;hteons, 
II ye  know  tliat  'every  one  that  doeth 
righteousness  is  born  of  him. 

CHAPTER  III. 

1  He  iliclarclh  the  »iii»ui.<r  ( 
tttwarda  u8,  in  makintf  ha  h 
who  therefore  ought  ubeiUently  to  keep 
hi»  commanitme7tt$,  11  as  atao  brotherly 
to  love  one  another. 

BEHOLD,  what  manner  of  love 
the  Father  hath  bestowed  upon 
us,  that  "^we  should  be  called  the 
sons  of  God :  therefore  the  world 
knowcth  us  not,  Ij  because  it  knew 
him  not. 

2  lielovccl,  '  now  are  we  the  sons  of 
God,  and  <i  it  doth  not  yet  appear 


of  God 


\  what  we  shall  be:  but  we  know  that, 
when  he  shall  appear,  "■  wc  shall  be 
like  him;  for  (we  shall  see  him  as 
he  is. 

3  »?  And  every  man  that  hath  this 
hope  in  him  purilieth  himself,  even 
as  lie  is  pure. 

4  Whosoever  conimitteth  sin  trans- 
gresscth  also  the  law:  for  i  sin  is  the 
transgression  of  tlie  law. 

5  And  ye  know  i  that  he  wa-s  mani- 
fested kto  take  away  our  sins;  and 
'in  him  is  no  sin. 

G  Whosoever  abideth  in  him  sm- 
neth  not:  "  whosoever  sinneth  hath 
not  seen  him,  neither  known  him. 

7  Little  children,  "let  no  man  de- 
ceive you:  "he  that  doeth  righteous- 
ness is  righteous,  even  as  he  ia  riglit- 
eous. 

8  1'  He  that  committeth  sin  is  of  the 
devil;  for  the  devil  sinneth  from  tlie 
beginning.  For  this  purpose  the  Son 
of  God  was  manifested,  Ifhat  he 
might  destroy  the  works  of  the  devil. 

9  ''Whosoever  is  born  of  God  doth 
not  commit  sin  ;  for  *  his  seed  re- 
maineth  in  him:  and  he  cannot  sin, 
because  he  is  born  of  God. 

10  In  this  the  children  of  God  are 
manifest,  and  the  children  of  the 
devil:  'whosoever  doeth  not  right- 
eousness is  not  of  God,  "neither  he 
that  lovcth  not  his  brother. 

11  For  "this  is  the  ||  message  that 
ye  heard  from  the  beginning,  >  that 
we  should  love  one  another. 

12  Not  as  'Cain,  who  was  of  that 
wicked  one,  and  slew  his  brother. 
And  wherefore  slew  he  him?  Be- 
cause his  own  works  were  evil,  and 
his  brother's  righteous. 

1'!  -Marvel  not,  my  brethren,  if  "the 
world  hate  you. 

14  1)  We  know  that  wc  have  passed 
from  death  unto  liti',  because  we  love 
tlic  brethren.  '^  He  tliat  loveth  not 
//(s  brfither  abideth  in  death. 

15  fl  Whosoever  hafeth  his  brother 
is  a  murderer:  and  ye  know  that 
•^no  murderer  hath  eternal  life  abid- 
ing in  him. 

1(J  I  Hereby  perceive  we  the  love  of 
God,  because  he  laid  down  his  life 
for  lis:  and  we  ought  to  lay  down 
our  lives  for  the  brethren. 

17  But  s  whoso  hath  this  world's 
good,  and  seeth  his  brother  have 
need,  and  shutteth  up  his  bowels  o/" 
roiniia.i.iioH  from  him,  li  how  dwellcth 
the  love  of  God  in  him? 

18  My  little  children,  ilct  us  not 
love  in  word,  neither  in  tongue;  but 
in  deed  and  in  truth. 

I'J  And  hereby  we  know  k  that  we 
are  of  the  truth,  and  shall  f  assure 
our  hc:irts  before  him. 

21)  I  For  if  our  heart  condemn  ns, 
God  is  greater  than  our  heart,  and 
knowcth  all  things. 

21  "'  Beloved,  if  our  heart  condemn 
us  not.  "  then  have  we  contideuce 
toward  God. 


fJoh  19  26. 
Pi  16.11. 
lUtt  S.  H. 

1  C.r,  13  12. 


th.  i.  17. 
ich.  12. 

kiM.a.s.e, 


3  Jobn  It. 
nch.  2  20. 
.F.I  18.5-9, 


Luko  10. 18. 
John  IK.  11. 
Ueh.  2,  11. 


2  T....  3.  12. 
ch.  2.  10. 
ch   2.  9.  1 L 
Mall.  5.  '21. 

ch,  I.  20. 
O.I.J.  21. 
lU..  21.  8. 
JohnSie.k 


I.oko3.  U. 
b  ch  1.  20. 
iEi.  33  31 


h  22.  26. 

I.,  10  22. 

!.2a.k*. 


Ilow  to  try  the  sjnrits. 


I.  JOHX. 


Exhortation  to  brotherly  love. 


Malt.  7.8.  t, 
81.  2-2.  ' 

M.rk  11.24. 
JolinU.  13.1 
k  U  7.  k  IS. 
23.  !t. 
Jamc.S.  16. 
cl<.  5.  14. 
pJolmS.  29. 


22  And  °  whatsoever  "vve  ask,  we 
receive  of  him,  because  we  keej) 
his  commandments,  ►and  do  those 
tilings  tliat  are  pleasinj;  in  his  sight. 

23  "TAnd  this  is  his  coinmandnieiit, 
Tliat  we  sliould  believe  on  tlie  name 
of  his  Son  Jesiis  Christ,  ""and  love 
one  anotlicr,  "as  he  gave  us  com- 
mandment. 

24  And  'he  that  keepcth  his  com- 
mandments "dwelleth  in  him,  and 
he  in  him.  And  "hereby  we  know 
that  he  abideth  in  us,  by  the  Si^irit 
which  he  hath  given  us. 


cb.  4.  12.     uJolmlT.  21.  ic, 


I  Hoi 


ch    2 

IR. 

2  Jo 
dl  Co 

r.  12 

3. 

rch   5 

77 

2  Jo 

n  . 

■2T11 

r.<   2 

7 

ch.  2 

IK. 

22. 

.  3.  16. 
1.5.  11. 
.Im  l.V  1". 
.m.5  8,11J. 


1  T.m  0.  16, 


CHAPTER  IV. 

1  ITt  warncth  them  not  to  IcHcve  all 
teaelicrs,  who  boast  of  the  Spirit^  but  to 
try  them  by  the  ruici  uf  the  eatliolie 
faith:  7  and  by  many  reaeone  cxhortnth 
to  brotherly  love. 

BELOVED,  "believe  not  every 
spirit,  but  btry  the  spirits  whetb- 
er  they  are  of  God:  because  ''many 
false  prophets  are  gone  out  into  the 
world. 

2  Hereby  know  ye  the  Spirit  of 
God:  <l  Every  spirit  that  confesscth 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  come  iu  the 
flesh  is  of  God: 

3  And  "^  every  spirit  that  confesscth 
not  that  Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  the 
flesh  is  not  of  God:  and  this  is  that 
npiril  of  antichrist,  whereof  yc  have 
heard  that  it  should  come;  and  f  even 
now  already  is  it  in  the  world. 

4  SYe  are  of  God,  little  children, 
and  have  overcome  them:  because 
greater  is  he  that  is  in  you,  than  h  he 
that  is  in  the  world. 

5  i  They  are  of  the  world :  therefore 
speak  they  of  the  world,  and  k  the 
world  heaVeth  tlicm. 

(1  We  are  of  God :  1  he  that  knowcth 
God  hearcth  us;  he  that  is  not  of 
God  hearcth  not  us.  Hereby  know 
we  ™  the  spirit  of  trutli,  and  the  spirit 
of  error. 

7  "  Beloved,  let  us  love  one  another: 
for  love  is  of  God;  and  evcrv  one 
that  loveth  is  born  of  God,  and  know- 
cth God. 

.S  He  that  loveth  not,  °  knowcth  not 
God;  for  P  God  is  love. 

y  '1  In  this  was  manifested  the  love 
of  God  toward  us,  because  that  God 
sent  his  only  begotten  Son  into  tlic 
world,  'that  we  might  live  through 
him. 

10  Herein  is  love,  ^not  that  we 
loved  God,  but  that  he  loved  ns, 
and  sent  his  Son  ^to  be  tlie  propitia- 
tion for  our  sins. 

11  Beloved,  "  if  God  so  loved  us,  we 
ought  also  to  love  one  another. 

12  ^Nn  man  hath  seen  God  at  any 
time.  If  we  love  one  auotlier,  God 
dwelleth  in  us,  and  5  his  love  is  per- 
fected in  us. 

13  ^  Hereby  know  we  that  we  dwell 


in  him,  and  he  in  us,  because  he  hath 
given  us  of  his  Spirit. 

14  And  •*  we  have  seen  and  do  testify 
that  lithe  Father  sent  the  Son  to  be 
the  Saviour  of  the  world. 

lo  'Whosoever  shall  confess  that 
Jesus  is  the  Son  of  God,  God  dwell- 
eth in  him,  and  he  in  God. 

16  And  we  have  known  and  be- 
lieved the  love  that  God  hath  to  us. 
<l  God  is  love;  and  *he  that  dwell- 
eth in  love  dwelleth  in  God,  and 
God  in  him. 

17  Herein  is  four  love  made  per- 
fect, that  f  we  may  have  boldness  in 
the  day  of  judgment:  s  because  as  he 
is.  so  arc  we  in  this  world. 

18  There  is  no  fear  in  love ;  but 
perfect  love  castcth  out  fear :  be- 
cause fear  hath  torment.  He  that 
feareth  his  not  made  perfect  in  love. 

■»  19  Wc  love  him,  because  he  first 
floved  us. 

20  '  If  a  man  say,  I  love  God,  and 
hateth  his  brother,  he  is  a  liar:  for 
he  tliat  loveth  not  his  brother  whom 
he  hath  seen,  how  can  he  love  God 
k  whom  he  hath  not  seen? 

21  And  Ithis  commnndment  have 
we  from  him,  Tliat  he  who  loveth 
God  love  his  brother  also. 

CHAPTER  V. 

1  He  that  loveth  God  loveth  ht3  children, 
andkcepeth  hiteommandmente:  irvhich 
tothefaithfnlarclight,andnotgrieiov.e. 
9  Jctut  i»  the  .S'oit  of  Ood.  able  to  euvc 
UB,  14  and  to  hear  our  praycre,  K'hich 
wc  make  for  oureelvca,  and  for  olhen. 
W/'IIOSOEVER    "belicveth    that 
\\     I) Jesus  is  the   Christ  is  ""born 
of  God:  iland  every  one  that  loveth 
him  that  begat  loveth  him  also  that 
is  begotten  of  hini. 
2  Bv  this  we  know  that  we  love  the 
chiltfren  of  God,  when  wc  love  God, 
and  keep  his  commandment.'^, 
y  .•!  ■=  For  this  is  the  love  of  God,  that 
|we  keep  his  commandments  :  and 
fhis  commandments  are  not  griev- 
ous. 

4  For  s  whatsoever  is  born  of  God 
nvercometh  the  world:  and  this  is 
the  victory  that  overcometh  the 
world,  even  our  faith. 
1  5  "Who  is  he  that  overcometh  the 
IworUl,  but  hhe  that  believeth  that 
IJcsus  is  the  Son  of  God? 
(i  This  is  he  that  came  i  by  water 
and  blood,  eicii  Jesus  Christ;" not  bv 
water  only,  but  bv  water  and  blood. 
t.'Vnd  it  !s  the  Spirit  that  hearcth 
witness,  because  the  Spirit  is  truth. 

7  For  there  aie  three  tliat  bear  rec- 
ord in  heaven,  the  Father,  Ithc 
Word,  and  the  Holy  Ghost:  "and 
these  three  are  one. 

8  And  there  are  three  that  bear  wit- 
ness in  earth,  the  spirit,  and  the 
water,  and  the  blood :  and  these 
three  agree  in  one. 

0  If  we  receive  "  the  witness  of  men, 
the  witness  of  God  is  greater:  "for 
22o 


A 

D 

00. 

«Jo 

,» 

.  11 

bJo 

,1 

.17. 

rHn 

in 

ell. 

S.  1 

i. 

John  13,34.' 
i  1.1.  12. 
«li.3,  23. 


1  Tim.  3.  IC. 
IJohn  1.  1. 

Itcv.  19.  13. 
m  John  10.30. 


m  John  8.  17. 

IS. 
o  M«ll.  3.  18, 


The  iixitnessea 


11.  JOHN. 


of  our  failli. 


t  ell.  2.  25. 
•  John  1.4. 


l:,,h..'i  I 

1  hi  4. 1 


k.lol.n  II.  IS. 
21.  A  1.1.  II). 
1  .r,.l,i,2.  0. 


this  13  the  witness  of  God  whicli  lie 
liath  tcstiliert  cil'his  Son. 

II)  He  that  helicveth  on  the  Son  of 
(Jiid  1'  hntli  flic  witness  in  himself:  lie 
tliat  hi'Ufvvtli  not  Ciod  'i  Imth  made 
him  a  liar;  biccause  )ie  bclievcth  luit 
tlie  record  that  God  gave  of  Iub 
Son. 

11  'And  this  is  the  record,  tluit  God 
hatli  f;ivcn  to  us  eternal  life,  and 
niiislit'e  is  in  liis  Son. 

VI '  He  that  hath  the  Son  hath  life: 
mi'l  he  that  hatli  not  the  Son  of  God 
hath  not  life. 

i:!  "  These  thinKS  have  I  written 
nnto  you  that  believe  on  the  name 
of  the  Son  of  God;  "that  ye  may 
know  that  ye  liave  eternal  life,  and 
that  ve  may  believe  on  tlie  name  of 
tiie  Son  of  God. 

14  And  tliia  is  the  confidence  tli.at 
we  have  H  in  liim,  tliat,  >if  we  ask 
any  tiling  according  to  his  will,  lie 
heareth  us: 

).")  And  if  we  know  that  he  hear  lis, 
whatsoever  wc  ask,  we  know  tliat 


we  liave  the  petitions  that  wo  desired 
of  liim. 

lU  If  any  man  see  his  brother  sin  a 
sill  wliicU  is  not  unto  death,  he  shall 
ask,  and  ^  he  shall  Rive  liim  life  for 
them  that  sin  not  unto  death.  "There 
is  a  sin  unto  death:  I'l  do  not  Bay 
that  he  shall  pray  lor  it. 

17  ''AH  unrighteousness  is  sin:  and 
there  is  a  sin  not  nnto  death. 

IM  Wcknow  that  J  whosoever  is  horn 
of  Godsinneth  not;  but  he  that  is  be- 
polten  of  God  "  kcepcth  himself,  and 
that  wicked  one  foiicheth  him  not. 

11)  And  we  know  that  we  arc  of 
God,  and  fthc  whole  world  lieth  in 
wickedness. 

L'll  And  we  know  that  the  Son  of 
God  is  come,  and  ''hath  given  lis  an 
understanding,  Uthat  we  may  know 
him  that  is  true!  and  we  arc  in  him 
that  is  true,  crc«  in  his  Son  Jesus 
Christ.  >  This  is  the  true  God,  taud 
eternal  life. 

L'l  Little  children,  I  keep  yourselves 
from  idols.    Amen. 


TUE  SECOND  EPISTLE 


JOHN. 


1  /Ttf  exh«rUth  a  certain  honournhU  maU 
run,  with  her  children,  to  pertct'Ci-c  in 
ChriHlixn  love  and  belief,  8  lent  then  loee 
tlie  reward  of  their  former  profesiion.- 
10  and  to  have  nothing  to  do  with  those 
eeduerre  that  briny  nut  the  true  doctrine 
of  Chriet  ,U»u». 
''pHIO  elder  nnto  the  elect  lady  and 

1  her  cliildicn,  "whom  I  love  in 
the  truth;  and  not  I  only,  hut  also 
all  they  that  have  known  I'the 
truth; 

'J  For  the  truth's  sake,  which  dwell- 
cth  in  us,  and  shall  be  with  ua  for 
ever. 

S  "  Grace  fbe  with  you,  mcrcv,  niid 
peace,  from  God  tlie  Father,  and 
from  the  Lord  .Jesus  Christ,  the  Son 
of  the  Father,  <l  in  truth  and  love. 

4  1  rejoiced  greatly  that  I  found  of 
thy  children  '•'  walking  in  truth,  as 
we  have  received  a  eommaudment 
from  the  Father. 

.'>  .Vnd  now  I  beseech  thcc,  lady, 
fuot  as  tlioimh  I  wrote  a  new  eoin- 
inandinciit  unto  thee,  but  that  which 
wc  had  from  the  beginning,  tfh.at 
wc  love  one  another. 

i;  And  lithis  is  love,  that  we  walk 
after  his  commandments.     This  is 


the  commandment.  That,  ias  ye 
hava  heard  from  the  beginning,  ye 
should  walk  in  it. 

7  For  t  many  deceivers  are  entered 
into  the  world.  1  who  confess  not  that 
Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  the  Hesh. 
"'  This  is  a  deceiver  and  an  anti- 
christ. 

(j  "Look  to  yourselves,  "that  we 
lose  not  those  things  which  we  have 
l|  wrought,  but  that  wc  receive  a  full 
rewariL 

'J  I'  Whosoever  transgresseth,  and 
abidcth  not  in  the  doctrine  of  Christ, 
hath  not  God.  He  that  abidcth  in 
the  doctrine  of  Christ,  he  haUi  both 
the  Father  and  the  Son. 

Ill  If  tlu'ic  come  nny  unto  yon,  and 
bring  not  this  doctrine,  receive  him 
not  info  your  house,  ''neither  bid 
him  God  speed: 

11  For  he  that  biddeth  him  God 
speed  is  partaker  of  his  evil  deeds. 

IJ  ''llavin";  ninny  things  to  write 
unto  you,  I  would  not  icrile  with 
paper  and  ink:  but  I  trust  to  come 
unto  von,  and  speak  f  face  to  face, 
MhatVoiir  i.iv  may  be  full. 

!.■;  '  'flic  children  of  thy  elect  sister 
greet  thee.    Amen. 


t  Or.  worthy 
d  I  Cor.  9.  12, 


Jolin  17. 11. 

12.  1.5. 

I  Pet.  1.  5. 


THE  THIRD  EPISTLE 

OF 

JOHN. 


He  cammendeth  Oaiui  for  his  piety,  6 
and  honpitality  7  to  true  prcachcrit:  0 
eomplaitiinff  of  the  unkind  dealiiiy  ofitm- 
bitiouB  DiotrepheB  on  the  coiitrari/  side, 
11  whose  evil  example  l«  not  to  le  fol- 
lowed; 12  and  yiveth  speeiat  teetimony 
to  the  good  report  of  Demetrius. 

'I'^HE  elder  unto  the  well  beloved 
A  Uaiua,  "  whom  I  love  ||  in  the 
truth. 

2  Beloved,  I  ||  wish  above  all  thinRa 
that  thou  maye.st  prosper  and  be 
in  health,  even  as  thy  soul  pros- 
pereth. 

3  For  I  rejoiced  greatly,  when  the 
brethren  came  and  testified  of  the 
truth  that  is  in  thee,  even  as  I'thou 
walkest  in  the  truth. 

4  I  have  no  greater  jov  than  to  hear 
that  ^  my  children  walk  in  truth. 

5  Beloved,  tljou  dogst  fiiithfulty 
wjiatsauj'or  thou  doest  to  the  breth- 
ren, and  to  strangers; 

II  Whii'li  have  borne  witness  of  thy 
charity  before  the  church;  whom  If 
thou  bring  i()rward  on  their  journey 
)  after  a  godly  sort,  thou  shalt  do 
well: 

7  Because  that  for  his  name's  sake 
they  went  forth,  <t  taking  iiothin;;  of 
the' Gentiles. 


8  We  therefore  ought  to  receive 
Bucli,  that  we  might  be  fellow  helpers 
to  the  truth. 

It  I  wrote  unto  the  church  :  but 
Diotrcphcs,  who  loveth  to  have  the 
preeminence  among  them,  receiveth 
us  not. 

10  Wherefore,  if  I  come,  I  will  re- 
member his  deeds  which  he  doeth, 
prating  ag.iinet  us  with  malicious 
words;  and  not  content  therewith, 
neither  doth  he  himself  receive  the 
brethren,  and  forbiddcth  them  that 
would,  and  casteth  them  out  of  the 
church. 

11  Beloved, ''follow  not  that  which 
is  evil,  but  that  which  is  good,    file 

■»that  doeth  good  is  of  God;  but  he 
(that  doeth  evil  hath  not  seen  God. 

\'l  Demetrius  Ehath  good  report  of 
all  men,  and  of  the  truth  itself;  yea, 
and  we  aho  bear  record ;  h  and  ye 
know  that  our  record  is  true. 

1.3  i  I  had  many  things  to  write,  hut 
I  will  not  with  ink  and  pen  write 
unto  thee; 

14  But  I  trust  I  shall  shortly  see 
thee,  aiul  wc  shall  speak  1  f;K'e  to 
face.  l*eace  be  to  thee.  Oxr  li-iends 
salute  thee.      Greet  the  friends  by 


THE  GENERAL  EPISTLE 

OF 

JUDE. 


He  exhortcth  them  to  he  constant  in  the 
jrrofession  of  the  faith.  4  False  teachers 
are  crept  in  to  seduce  them:  for  whose 
damnable  doctrine  and  manners  horrible 
punishment  is  prepared:  £0  whereas 
the  godly,  by  the  assistance  of  the  Holy 
Spirit^  and  prayers  to  God,  may  per- 
severe, and  grow  in  grace,  and  keep 
themselves,  and  recover  others  out  of  the 
snurcs  of  those  deceivers. 

TUDE,'the  servant  of  Jesus  Christ, 
and  ^brother  of  James,  to  them 
that  are  sanctified  hv  God  the  Fa- 
ther, and  I' preserved  in  Jesua  Christ, 
aivl  'called; 

2  Mercy  unto  rou,  and  J  peace,  and 
love,  he  multiplied. 

3  Beloved,  when  I  gave  all  diligence 
to  write  unto  you  'of  the  common 
salvation,  it  was  needful  for  nie  to 


write  unto  you,  and  exhort  you  that 
fye  should  earnestly  contend  for  the 
faith  which  was  once  delivered  unto 
the  saints. 

4  6  For  there  are  certain  men  crept 
in  unawares,  1' who  were  before  of 
old  ordained  to  this  condemnation, 
ungodly  men,  i  turning  kthe  grace 
of  our  "God  into  lasciviousness,  and 
idenving  the  only  Lord  God,  and 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

5  I  will  therefore  put  you  in  remern- 
branco,  though  ve  once  knew  this, 
how  that  '"the  Lord,  having  saved 
the  people  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
afterward  "  destroyed  them  that  be- 
lieved not. 

(i  And  "the  angels  which  kept  not 

37.  4  2fi.  M.     IV  101)  2e.     Bcb.  3   17,  19.     ojol.nt 

227 


The  xninishmcnt  of  certain 


RE\'ELATIOX. 


false  teacherg  foretold. 


liVot.  2.  17. 
sEph.  4  11. 
k  Matt.  U  13. 
i  Jj.  57.  3). 
k  Phil.  3.  19. 
1  2  Pet.  2. 17. 
mGtn.  5.  18. 


e.U.jcl2. 
ohn  1.  1. 


their  ||  first  estate,  but  left  their  own 
habitation,  I'lic  hath  reserved  in 
cverlastin;;  ehains  under  darkness 
'I unto  the  judgment  of  the  great 
day. 

7  £vcn  as  '  Sodnm  and  Gomorrah, 
and  the  cities   about  tlieni   in    like 


savins,  Behold,  "the  Lord  cometh 
witli  ten  thousand  of  his  saints, 
15  To  execute  judgment  upon  all, 
and  to  convince  all  that  are  ungod- 
ly among  them  of  all  their  ungodly 
deeds  which  they  have  ungodly 
committed,  and   of  all   their  "har'd 


manner,  giving  themselves  over  to    .s;)?!";-/!?.?  which  ungodly  sinners  have 
fornication,  and  going  after  1  strange    spoken  against  him. 
flesh,  are  set  forth  for  an  example,      1(J  These  are  murmurers,  complain- 
suHering  the  vengeance  of  eternal  j  ers,  walking  aflcr  their  own   lusts; 
fire.  I  and    P their    mouth    epcakcth    great 

8 'Likewise  also  these  fUtlni  dream-  I  swelling  vot-r/s,  1  having  men's  per- 
crs  defile  the  flesh,  despise  dominion,  I  sons  in  admiration  because   of  ad- 


•  anta^e, 

17  'But,  beloved,  remember  re  the 
words  which  were  spoken  before  of 
the  apostles  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ; 

18  How  that  they  told  you  Mhere 
should  be  mockers  in  the  last  time, 
who  should  walk  after  their  own  un- 
godly lusts. 

19  These  be    they    'who    separate 
not  the 


and  '  speak  evil  of  dignities. 

!t  Yet  "  Michael  the  archangel, 
when  contending  with  the  devil  he 
disputed  about  the  body  of  Moses, 
"durst  not  biing  against  him  avail- 
ing aceusation,  but  said,  >  The  Lord 
rebuke  thee. 

IIJ  *  But  these  speak  evil  of  those 
things  which   they  know  not:    but 

what  they  know  naturallj^,  as  brute    themselves,  "sensual,  h; 
beasts,  in  those  things  they  corrupt  ',  Spirit, 
themselves.  I    20  But  ye,  beloved,   ^building  up 

11  Woe  unto  them!  for  they  have  ,  yourselves  on  your  most  holy  faith, 
gone  in  the  way  "  of  Cain,  and  ^  ran     >  praying  in  the  Holy  Ghost, 
greedily  after  the  error  of  Balaam  li  21   Keep  vourselvcs  in  the  love  of 
tor   reward,  and    perished    =  in    the  !'God,  ^looking  for  the  mercy  of  our 
gainsaying  of  Core.  :  Lord  Jesus  Christ  unto  eternal  life. 

12  il  These  are  spots  in  your 'feasts  |    22  And  of  some  have  compassion, 
of  charity,  when  they  feast  with  you,  ;  making  a  difi'erence: 

feeding    themselves    without    tear  :  j    2-3  And  others  "save  with  fear,  bpull- 
f  clouds  they  fire  without  water,  Bear-  |  ing  them  out  of  the  fire;  hating  even 


ried  about  of  winds  ;  trees  whose 
fruit  withereth,  without  fruit,  twice 
dead,  h  plucked  up  by  the  roots; 

l.'J  1  Raging  waves  of  the  sea,  k  foam- 
ingout  their  own  shame;  wandering 
stars,  1  to  whom  is  reserved  the  black- 
ness of  darkness  for  ever. 

14  And  Enoch  also,  "'the   seventh 


from   Adam,    prophesied   of  these,  I  Amen. 


the  garment  spotted  by  the  flesh. 

24  il  Now  unto  him  that  is  able  to 
keep  you  from  falling,  and  *  to  pre- 
sent j/ou  faultless  before  the  presence 
of hisglory  with  exceeding. loy, 

25  f  To  the  only  wise  God  our  Sav- 
iour, he  glory  and  majesty,  domin- 
■^  and  power,  both  nowand  ever. 


THE  REVELATION 


ST.   JOHN   THE   DIVINE. 


CHAPTER  L 

4  John  wrileth  hit  revetation  to  the  tcvcn 
churches  of  Asia,  fignijicd  by  the  seven 
goUlen  cnndleslicke.      7    The  cominff  of 
Christ*     14  JJis  glorious  power  and  maj- 
esty. 
THE  Revelation   of  Jesus   Christ, 
*  fl'hich   God  gave  unto  him.  to 
shew  unto  his  servants  tilings  which 
''must  shortly   come  to   pass;    and 
'he  sent  and  signified  it  by  his  angel 
unto  bis  servant  John: 
2  ■!  Who  bare  record  of  the  word  of 
God.  and  of  the  testimony  of  Jesus 
Christ,  and  of  all   things  'that  he 

3 1  Blessed  i.the  that  readeth,  and  they 

228 


that  hear  the  words  of  this  prophecv, 
and  keep  those  things  which  are  writ- 
ten therein  :  tor  s  the  time  its  at  hand. 

4  lOlIN  to  the  seven  churches 
ft  wliich  are  in  Asia:  (Jracc  l>e 
unto  you,  and  peace,  from  him 
h  which  is,  and  >  which  was,  and 
which  is  to  come  :  ^  and  from  the 
seven  Spirits  which  arc  before  his 
throne; 

.')  And  from  Jesus  Christ,  Wr/(0  A*: 
the  faithful  witness,  ami  the  •"  first- 
begotten  of  the  dead,  and  "the  prince 
of  the  kings  of  the  earth.  T^nto  him 
"that  lovoil  us.  Pand  washed  us 
from  our  sins  in  his  own  blood, 

19.li;.    oJol,iil3.3«.liU.9.    0>l.!. 


Vision  of  the  Son  of  man. 


REVELATION.     John's  message  to  the  churches. 


ch.  S.  10.  1. 
20.6. 

■IT.ra.e,  11!. 
Hrb.  l;l,  21. 

1  r«t.  i.  a. 

Ui.  11 
,  Don.  7.  13. 
Malt.  21.  30. 


ch-  1  8ill. 
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4  10.  10. 
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b  Ttr.  12.  &e. 


6  And  Iiath  ''made  U3  kiii^s  and 
priesta  unto  God  and  his  Father ; 
'  to  him  he  plory  and  dominiou  for 
ever  and  ever.    Anicn. 

7  '  Behold,  he  comctli  with  cloud.":; 
and  every  eye  shall  sec  him,  and 
I  they  aho  which  pierced  him:  and 
all  kindreds  of  the  earth  shall  wail 
because  of  him.    Even  so,  Amen. 

8  "  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  be- 
ginning and  the  ending,  saith  the 
Lord,  "which  is,  and  which  was, 
and  which  is  to  come,  the  Almighty. 

9  I  John,  who  also  am  vour  brother, 
and  >  companion  in  tribulation,  and 
*  in  the  kingdom  and  patience  of  Je- 
sus Christ,  was  in  the  i.sle  that  is 
called  Patmos,  "for  the  word  of  God, 
and  forthctestimony  of  Jesus  Christ. 

}0  b  I  was  in  the  Spirit  on  *"  the 
Lord's  day,  and  heard  behind  me 
da  great  voice,  as  of  a  trumpet, 

]  1  Saving,  "  1  am  Alpha  and  Omega, 
fthe  lirst  and  the  lust:  and,  Wiiat 
thou  seest,  write  in  a  hook,  and  send 
it  unto  the  seven  churches  which 
are  in  Asia;  unto  Ephesus,  and  un- 
to Smyrna,  and  unto  Pergamos,  and 
unto  Thyatira,  and  unto  Sardis,  and 
unto  Philadelphia,  and  unto  Laodi- 
cea. 

12  And  I  turned  to  see  the  voice 
that  spake  with  nic.  And  being 
turned,  SI  saw  seven  golden  can- 
dlestick: 


CHAPTER  II. 

What  is  commanded  to  be  written  to  the 
angclt,  that  l«,  the  minittert  of  the 
churches  of  1  Epheeue,  8  Smyrna,  Vi 
Pcnjamoa,  IS  Thyatira  :  and  what  it 
coinnicnded,  or  found  wantingin  them. 

T'l'NTO  the  angel  of  the  church  of 
L'  Ephesus  write:  These  things 
saith  "he  that  holdcth  the  seven 
stars  in  his  right  hand,  bwho  walk- 
eth  in  the  midst  of  the  seven  golden 
candlesticks; 

2  "^  I  know  thy  works,  and  thy  la- 
bour, and  thy  patience,  and  how 
thou  canst  not  bear  them  which  are 
evil:  and  <l  thou  hast  tried  them 
'which  say  they  are  apostles,  and 
are  not,  and  hast  found  them  liars: 

3  And  hast  borne,  and  hast  patience, 
and  for  my  name's  sake  hast  labour- 
ed, and  hast  f  not  fainted. 

4  Nevertheless  1  have  .mmeicfiat 
against  thee,  because  thou  hast  left 
thy  lirst  love. 

5  Remember  therefore  from  whence 
thou  art  fallen,  and  repent,  and  do 
the  first  works;  Sor  else  I  will  come 
unto  thee  quickly,  and  will  remove 
thy  candlestick  out  of  his  place,  ex- 
cept thou  repent. 

e  But  this  thou  hast,  that  thou 
hatest  the  deeds  of  li  the  Nicolaitans, 


13  h  And  in  the  midst  of  the  seven    which  I  also  hate. 


candlesticks  ioiic  like  unto  the  Son 
of  man,  k  clothed  with  a  garment 
down  to  the  foot,  and  1  girt  about  the 
paps  with  a  golden  girdle. 

14  His  head  and  '"/ji.s-  hairs  icere 
white  like  wool,  as  white  as  snow: 
and  °  his  eyes  u-ere  as  a  flame  of 
tire; 

15  "And  his  feet  like  unto  fine 
brass,  as  if  they  burned  in  a  fur- 
nace; and  Phisvoice  as  the  sound 
of  many  waters. 

16  '1  And  he  had  in  his  right  hand 
seven  stars;  and  ""out  of  his  mouth 
went  a  sharp  twoedged  sword:  ^and 
his  countenance  was  as  the  sun  shin- 
eth  in  his  strength. 

1"  And  'when  I  saw  him,  I  fell  at 
his  feet  as  dead.  And  "he  laid  his 
right  hand  upon  me,  saying  unto  me. 
Fear  not;  ^1  am  the  first  and  the 
last: 

18  y  7  am  he  that  liveth,  and  was 
dead;  and,  behold,  'I  am  alive  for 
evermore.  Amen  ;  and  "have  the 
keys  of  hell  and  of  deatli. 

li)  Write  lithe  things  which  thou 
hast  seen,  "^and  the  things  which 
are,  <'  and  the  things  which  shall  be 
hcrcatler; 

'JO  The  mystery  '  of  the  seven  stars 
which  thou  sawest  in  my  right  hand, 
fand  the  seven  golden  "candlesticks. 
The  seven  stars  are  i^tlie  angels  of 
the  seven  churches:  and  hthe  seven 


.  2.  l.&c.    hZecl 


7  'He  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  unto  the 
churches;  To  him  that  overcomcth 
will  I  give  k  to  eat  of  Uhe  tree  of  life, 
which  is  in  the  midst  of  the  paradise 
of  God. 

8  And  unto  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  Smyrna  write;  These  things  saith 
'"the  tirst  and  the  last,  which  was 
dead,  and  is  alive; 

9  "  I  know  thy  works,  and  tribu- 
lation, and  poverty,  (but  thou  art 
"rich)  and  /  f:now  the  blasphemy 
of  I'  them  which  say  they  are  Jews 
and  are  not,  'i  but  are  the  synagogue 
of  .Satan. 

10  "^  Fear  none  of  those  things  which 
thou  shall  sulTer:  behold,  the  devil 
shall  cast  fume  of  you  into  prison 
that  ye  may  be  tried:  and  ye  shall 
liave'tribulation  ten  days:  ^  oe  th 
faithful  unto  death,  an"d  I  will  give 
tliee  'a  crown  of  life. 

11  "He  that  hath  an  car,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Sjiirit  saith  unto  the 
churches;  He  that  ovcrcometh  shall 
not  be  hurt  of  ^  the  second  death 

IJ  And  to  the  angel  of  the  church 
in    Pergamos    write;    These   thin 
saith    >  he    which    hath    the    sharp 
sword  with  two  edges; 
1.1  ^  I  know  thy  works,  and  where 
thou  dwellest,  even  ^  where  Satan' 
scat  i.'s;   and  thou  boldest  fast  my 
name,  and  hast  not  denied  mv  faith, 
,2      even  in  those  days  wherein  Antipas 
rbii. 2.  15.    'was   my  faithful    martvr,  who 
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What  John  teas  commanded 


REVELATION. 


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slain  ainoM"  jou,  wlicre  Satan 
ilwcllctli. 

14  But  I  have  a  few  tliinji^s  apainst 
thee,  because  thou  Iiast  there  tliciii 
that  hohl  the  doctrine  of  b  Balaam, 
who  tauRht  Balak  to  ca.st  a  stum- 
blingblock  before  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, '•  t(j  cat  thinfjs  sacrificed  unto 
idols,  'I  and  to  commit  fornication. 

15  So  hast  thou  also  them  that  hold 
the  doctrine  ''of  the  Nicolaitans, 
which  tliinj^  I  hate. 

IG  Repent;  or  else  I  will  come  unto 
thee  qiiicklv,  ami  1  will  tiKht  against 
them  witli  t'lic  sword  of  my  mouth. 

17  eilc  that  hath  an  car,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  saitii  unto  the 
churches;  To  him  that  overcometh 
will  I  give  to  eat  of  the  hidden 
manna,  and  will  f^ive  him  a  white 
stone,  and  in  the  stone  1'  a  new  name 
written,  which  no  man  knowcthsav- 
in^'  lie  that  recoivcth  it. 

IS  .Vnd  unto  tlie angel  of  thecliureh 
in  Tliyatira  write;  These  thin^issaith 
the  Sijn  of  God,  i  who  hath  his  eyes 
like  unto  a  Hame  of  tire,  and  his  feet 
arp  like  fine  brass; 

111  k  I  know  thy  works,  and  charity, 
and  service,  and  faith,  and  thy  pa- 
tience, and  thy  works;  and  the  last 
to  lie  more  than  the  first. 

LI)  NiitwithstandiuR  I  have  a  few 
thiuirs  aj^ninst  thee,  beeausethou  suf- 
ferer t  tluit  woman  IJezebel,  which 
cnllith  lu-rscir  a  prophetess,  to  teach 
and  to  s<'(lm-e  my  servants  "*to  com- 
mit I'oriiiiMtion,  and  to  eat  thiu.i^s sac- 
rificed unto  idols. 

:il  And  I  j^ave  her  space  "to  repent 
of  her  fornication;  and  she  repented 
not. 

2l'  Behold,  I  will  cast  her  into  n 
bed,  and  tliciu  that  commit  adultery 
with  her  into  ;creat  tribulation,  ex- 
cept thev  repent  of  their  deeds. 

2.t  And'l  will  kill  her  children  with 
death;  and  all  the  churches  shall 
know  that  "I  am  he  which  scarch- 
eth  the  reins  and  hearts:  and  1'  I  will 
pive  unto  every  one  of  you  aceord- 
in;;  to  your  works. 

24  But  unto  voti  I  say,  and  unto 
the  rest  in  Tliyatira,  "as  many  as 
have  not  this  doctrine,  and  which 
have  not  known  the  depths  of  Satan, 
as  they  speak;  ''I  will  put  upon  you 
none  other  burden. 

25  But  ''that  which  ye  have  ahead!/, 
hold  fast  till  I  come. 

2(i  And  he  that  overcometh,  and 
keepcth  "mv  works  unto  the  end, 
'to  him  will  I  give  jiower  over  the 
nations: 

2r  "And  he  shall  rule  them  with  a 
rod  of  ir(ni;  as  the  vessels  of  a  pot- 
ter shall  thc.v  be  broken  to  shivers: 
even  as  I  received  of  mv  Father. 

2.S  And  I  will  give  him  '^  the  morn- 
ing star. 

2S)  >  lie  that  hath  an  ear,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  unto  the 


chu 


230 


CUAPTER  III. 

2  The  angel  of  the  church  of  SarclU  i»  rr- 
]n-oved,  3  exhorted  to  repent,  and  threat- 
ened if  he  do  not  repent.  8  Tlie  anael  of 
the  chureh  of  I'hiladelphia  10  i»  ap- 
proved for  hie  diliyenee  and  patience. 
15  The  anyei  of  Laodicea  rebutted,  for 
being  neither  hut  nor  cold,  19  and  ad- 
monished to  be  more  zealous.  20  Christ 
standeth  at  the  door  and  knocketh. 

AND  unto  the  angel  of  the  church 
in  Sardis  write  ;  These  things 
saith  he  'that  hath  the  .seven  Spirits 
of  God,  and  the  .seven  stars;  I'l  know 
thy  work.s,  that  thou  hast  a  name 
that  thou  livest,  "^and  art  dead. 

2  Be  watchful,  and  strengthen  the 
things  which  remain,  that  arc  ready 
to  die  :  for  I  have  not  found  thy 
works  perfect  before  God. 

o  ('  Remember  therefore  how  thou 
hast  received  and  hear<l,  and  liold 
fast,  and  *-* repent,  f  If  therefore  thou 
shalt  not  watch,  I  will  come  on  thee 
as  a  thief,  and  thou  shalt  not  know 
what  hour  I  will  come  upon  thee. 

4  Thou  hast  Pa  few  names  even  in 
Sardis  which  have  not  li  defiled  their 
garments;  and  they  shall  walk  with 
ine  1  in  white:  for  they  are  worthy. 

5  lie  that  overcometh,  k  the  siiinc 
shall  be  clothed  in  white  raiment; 
and  I  will  not  I  blot  out  his  name 
out  of  the  ■"  book  of  life,  but  "  I  will 
confess  his  name  before  my  Father, 
and  before  his  angels. 

(J  "lie  that  hath  an  car,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  saith  unto  the 
churches. 

7  And  to  the  an.gel  of  the  church 
in  Philadelphia  write;  These  things 
s:iith  I' he  that  is  holv,  ''he  that  is 
true,  he  that  hath  'tin;  key  of  David, 
"he  that  opcneth,  and  no  man  shut- 
teth  ;  and  'shutteth,  and  no  man 
opcneth; 

8  "  I  know  thy  works  :  behold,  I 
have  set  before  thee  "  an  open  door, 
and  no  man  can  shut  it :  for  thoi; 
hast  a  little  strength,  and  hast  kept 
my  word,  and  hast  not  denied  my 
name. 

'.»  Behold,  I  will  make  >'  them  of  the 
synagogue  of  Satjin,  which  sav  they 
arc  Jews,  and  are  not,  but  do  lie; 
behold,  '  I  will  make  them  to  come 
and  worship  before  thv  feet,  and  to 
know  that  I  have  loved"  thee. 

II)  Because  thou  hast  kept  the  word 
of  m.v  patience,  **  I  also  will  keep 
thee  from  the  hour  of  temptation, 
which  shall  conic  upon  I'all  the 
world,  to  try  them  that  dwell  '  upon 
the  earth. 

11  Behold,  (11  come  quickly:  *hold 
that  fa.st  which  thou  hast,  that  no 
man  take  fthv  crown. 

12  lliin  thatoveicomcth  will  I  make 
Sa  pillar  in  the  temple  of  my  God, 
and  he  shall  go  no  more  out:  and  li  I 
will  write  upon  him  the  name  of  m.v 
God,  and  the  name  of  the  citv  of 
my  God,  w/iic/i  i'.<  (new  Jerusa"lcm, 


of  the  seven  churaics. 


REN'ELATION.      A  hook  scaled  with  seven  seals. 


V  Jh.  22. 1. 
Ich,  2.7. 


.  Il  22.  e. 

■.r.7. 

.1.  1. 15. 


M:Ut    l:l.  i4. 


lich.  11.12. 
cch.  1.  19.  Ji 

■a.e. 

dcV.  1.  10  i 


E..  1.  26.  i 
10.  1. 
D»n.  7.  9. 
fEi.  1.28. 


which  coinpth  down  out  of  heaven 
from  my  God:  kand  1  ivitl  write  up- 
on him  mv  new  name, 
l:!  Ule  that  hath  an  car,  let  him 
hear  wliat  tlie  Spirit  saith  unto  the 
churclies. 

14  And  unto  the  angel  of  the  church 
II  of  the  Laodiccans  write  ;  '"These 
thinj;.s  saitli  the  Amen,  "the  faithful 
and  true  witnes.s,  "the  beginning  of 
tlie  creation  of  God; 

15  I' I  know  thy  works,  that  thou 
art  ncitlier  cold  nor  hot:  I  would 
thou  Wert  cold  or  hot. 

l(i  So  then  Ijecause  thou  art  luke- 
warm, and  neither  cold  nor  liot,  1 
will  Rpew  thee  out  of  my  mouth. 

ir  liecausc  tliuu  saycst,  'II  am  rich, 
and  increascil  with  poods,  and  have 
need  of  notliinp;;  and  knowest  not 
that  thou  art  wretched,  and  misera- 
ble, and  poor,  and  blind,  and  naked: 

IS  1  counseL  tliec  "^to  buy  of  me 
);oId  Irieil  in  tlic  lire,  that  thou  may- 
cst  hv  rich;  and  "white  raiment,  tliat 
thou  raayest  be  clothed,  and  that  tlie 
shame  of  tliy  nakedness  do  not  ap- 
pear ;  and  anoint  tliine  eyes  with 
eyesalvc,  that  thou  niayest  see. 

iu  'As  many  as  1  hive,  1  rebuke  and 
chasten :  be  zealous  therefore,  and 
repent. 

liO  Heboid,  "I  stand  at  the  door, 
and  knock  :  ^if  any  man  hear  iiiv 
voice,  and  open  the  door,  -  I  will 
come  in  to  him,  and  will  sup  with 
him,  an<l  lie  with  me, 

21  To  him  that  overcometh  ^  will  I 
p-ant  to  sit  with  me  in  my  throne, 
c\'cn  as  I  also  overcame,  and  am  set 
down  witli  my  Father  in  his  tlirone. 

2i  "  He  tliat  hath  an  ear,  let  him 
hear  what  the  Spirit  Eaith  unto  the 
churches. 

CnAPTER  IV. 

IJolm  teeth  the  throne  uf  God  in  hcnvcn. 

i   Th,    four  cinU  tireiil'v    elders.     0   The 

four  bcntts  full  of  etjct  before  and  be- 
hind. lU  The  elders  lay  dozen  their 
eroivns.  and  worship  him  titat  sat  on 
the  throne. 

*  FTER  this  I  looked,  and,  behold, 
X\-  a  door  teas  opened  in  heav- 
en :  and  "the  first  voice  which  I 
heard  u-(ts  as  it  were  of  a  trumpet 
talking  with  me;  which  said,  li  Come 
up  hither,  "^  and  I  will  shew  thee 
things  which  must  be  hereafter. 

2  And  immediately  <1 1  was  in  the 
Spirit:  and,  behold,  '^a  throne  was  set 
in  heaven,  and  one  sat  on  the  throne. 

."  And  he  that  sat  was  to  look  upon 
like  a  jasper  and  a  sardine  stone  : 
fand  there  was  a  rainbow  round 
about  the  throne,  in  sight  like  unto 
an  emerald. 

4  SAnd  round  about  the  throne 
were  four  and  twenty  seats :  and 
upon  the  scats  I  saw  four  and 
twenty  elders  sitting,  t  clothed  in 
white  raiment;  iand  they  had  on 
their  heads  crowns  of  gold. 

5  And  out  of  the  llirouc  proceeded 


It  lightnings  and  thunderings  and 
voices:  land  there  irere  seven  lamps 
of  fire  burning  before  the  throne, 
which  are  ""tlie  seven  Spirits  of 
God. 

U  And  before  the  throne  there  was 
"a  sea  of  glass  like  unto  crystal: 
'^and  in  tlie  midst  of  the  throne,  and 
round  al)f)ut  the  throne,  icere  four 
beasts  full  of  eyes  before  rand  be- 
hind. 

7  lAnd  the  first  beast  tcn.f  like 
a  lion,  and  the  second  beast  like  a 
calf,  and  the  third  beast  had  a  face 
as  a  man,  and  tlie  fourth  beast  was 
like  a  flying  eagle. 

8  And  tlie  four  beasts  had  each 
of  tliem  'six  wings  about  ^i'»i,'  and 
thet/  iccrc  full  of  eyes  "within:  and 
f  thevre.st  not  day  and  night,  saving, 
'Ilofy,  h..!y,  holy,  "Lord  God  Al- 
mighty, "which  was,  and  is,  and  is 
to  coine. 

t*  And  when  those  beasts  give  glory 
and  honour  and  thanks  to  him  that 
bat  on  tlie  throne,  >  who  liveth  tor 
ever  and  ever, 
HI  ^  The  lour  and  twenty  elders 
fall  down  before  him  that  sat  on  the 
throne,  "and  worship  him  that  liv- 
cth  for  ever  and  ever,  h  and  cast  their 
crowns  before  the  throne,  saving, 
11  '^  Thou  art  worthy,  O  Lord,  to 
receive  glory  and  lioiiourand  power: 
il  lor  tlioii  hast  created  all  things,  and 
for  tliy  iileasuro  they  are  and  were 
created. 

CHAPTER  V. 
1  The  book   scilcil  uilh   seven   seals:    0 
tuhieh  only  the  Lamb  tha'  was  slain  i' 
worthy  to  ojien.     Vi  Therefore  the  elders 
praise  him,  9  and  confess  that  he  re- 
deemed them,  with  his  blood. 
AND  I  saw  in  the  right  hand  of 
him  th;it  eat  on  the  throne  "a 
book    written    within    and    on    the 
back  side,  I' sealed  with  seven  seals. 

2  And  I  saw  a  strong  angel  pro- 
claiming with  a  loud  voice.  Who 
is  worthy  to  open  tlie  book,  and  to 
loose  the  seals  thereof? 

3  And  no  man  "^in  heaven,  nor 
in  eartli,  neither  under  tlie  eartli, 
was  able  to  open  the  book,  neitlier 
to  look  thereon. 

4  And  I  wept  much,  because  no 
man  was  found  worthy  to  open  and 
to  read  the  book,  neither  to  look 
thereon. 

5  And  one  of  the  elders  eaith 
unto  mc,  "Weep  not:  behold,  «ltbe 
Lion  of  the  tribe  of  Jnda,  ''the 
Root  of  David,  hath  prevailed  to 
open  the  book,  fand  to  loose  the 
seven  seals  thereof. 

C  And  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  in  the 
midst  of  the  throne  and  of  the  four 
beasts,  and  in  the  midst  of  the  elders, 
stood  t'a  Lamb  as  it  had  been  slain, 
liaving  seven  horns  and  li  seven 
eyes,  which  are  ithc  seven  Spirits  of 
C'iod  sent  forth  into  all  the  earth. 

7  And  he  came  and  took  the  book 
231 


The  02)ening  of  the 


iJol.n  1    7. 
ch    11   4. 
•  I)"!!.  4.  1.  k 

6.  ii, 

ch   7,  9.  k 

U  9.  <Si  U.S. 

..  19  6. 


IPm 


ch.  l'  e.  i. 


1  Tim.  0.  10, 
I  I'ot.  4.  a. 
*6.  II. 


c  Zech.  5,  3. 
cU.  19.  11. 
<i  Pi.  45.  4,  5. 


lieh.4.  7. 
i  Ztch.  6.  2. 
(Thoirord 


out  of  the  right  hand  kof  him  that 
sat  upon  the  throne. 
H  Ami  when  he  had  taken  the  book, 

I  the  four  beasts  and  four  ami  twenty 
elders  (ell  down  before  the  Lamh 
h.ivins  every  one  of  them  "'harp., 
and   Rolden   rial.s  full   of   ||  odours 

which  are  tlie  prayers  of  saints. 
■  ""  ■>  rJ,'"'y    """S    1    lew    sonff, 
aayins,    "'Ihou  art  worthy  to  take 
the    book     and    to    open    the    seals 
tliereof:   Ifor  thou  wast  slain,   and 
hast  redeemed  us  to  God  by  thv 
blood  "out  of  every  kindred,  antl 
lA'pi"''.'',"'*  people,  and  nation ; 
M  'And  hast  made  us  unto  our  God 
Kin^sand  priests:  and  we  shall  rei"-n 
on  the  earth.  ° 

II  And  I  beheld,  and  I  heard  the 
^hTfh°'  '"»"yfnpls  "roundabout 
the  throne,  and  the  beasts,  and  the 
elders:  and  the  number  of  them  was 

ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand, 
and  thousands  of  thousands • 
y  w  ^/y'°p  j:''h  a  loud'  voice, 
>  Worthy  IS  the  Lamb  that  was 
slain  to  receive  power,  and  riches, 
and  wisdom,  and  strcn-th,  and 
liononr.  and  (jlory,  and  blcs-^^in?. 
IJ  And  "^every  creature  which  is 
in  heaven,  and  on  the  earth,  and 
under  the  earth,  and  such  as  are  in 
the  sea,  and  all  that  are  in  them, 
heard  I  saying,  "Blessinj;,  and  hon- 
our, and  glory,  and  power,  he  unto 
him  Mhat  sitteth  upon  the  throne, 
and  unto  the  I,arab  foreverand  ever 
14  'And  tlie  four  beasts  said,' 
Amen.  And  the  four  and  twenty 
elders  fell  down  and  worshipped! 
him  d  that  Iiveth  for  ever  and  ever 

CHAPTER  VI. 
1   The  opening  of  the  ecala  in  ortler.  anil  ' 
what  followed  thereupon,  containing  a 
prophecy  to  the  end  of  the  world. 

AND  '  I  saw  when  the  Ivamh 
opened  one  of  the  seals,  and  I 
heard,  as  it  were  the  noise  of  thun- 
der,  i.one  of  the  four  beasts  savin'' 
Come  and  see.  "' 

2,  .A",''    ^    ^=^^'    ""id    behold    <^a  I 
white   horse:   daiid   he   that  sat  on  ' 
him  had  a  how;  'and  a  crown  was 
given  unto  him:  and  he  went  forth 
conquering,  and  to  conquer. 

3  And  when  he  had  opened  the 
second  seal,  fl  heard  the  second 
Deast  say,  Oome  and  see. 

4  KAnd  there  went  out  another 
hor^e  t/„,r  »vr^•  red:  and  pnwrr  was 
given  to  him  that  sat  thereon  to  take 
peiicc  from  the  earth,  and  that  they 
should  kill  one  another  :  and  there 
•was  given  unto  liim  a  great  sword. 

5  And  when  ho  had  opened  the 
thirtl  seal,  I.I  heard  the  third  beast 
sa.y.  Come  and  see.  And  I  beheld 
and  lo  la  black  horse;  and  he  that 
sat  on  him  had  a  p;iir  of  balances  in 
Ins  hand. 

!J,-^'"i  ^  'T""'  "  ™'<^c  '1  t'lc  midst 
ot  the  four  beasts  say,  |IA  measure  of 
wheat  (or  a  penny,  and  three  lueas-  I 
232 


REVELATION. 


1  ures  of  barley  ("or  n  penny;  and  i-see 
thou  hurt  not  the  oil  and  the  wine 
7   And  when  he  had  opened    the 
fourth  seal,  1 1  heard  the  voice  of  the 
o"m  .     , 'J*'  ^'^y^  Cnme  and  see. 
«     And  I  looked,  and  behold  a  pale 
horse:  and  his  name  that  sat  on  him 
was  Death    and  Hell  (bllowed  with 
him.    And  power  was  given  (|  unto 
,  them    over  the  fourth    part  of  the 
earth,  °  to  kill  with  sword,  and  with 
hunger,  .md  with  death,  "and  with 
the  beasts  of  the  earth 
9   And  when   he  had  opened   the 
hrth   seal    I  saw  under  i'  the    altar 
Ithe  souls  of  them  that  were  slain 
for  the  word  of  God,  and  (or  >  the 
testimony  which  they  held: 
Jit  And  they  cried  with  a  loud  voice 
saying,  tjion-  long,  o  Lord,  "holy 
and  true,  "dost  thou  not  judge  and 
avenge  our  blood  on  them  that  dwell 
on  the  earth  ? 

H  And  >  white  robes  were  given 
unto  every  one  of  them:  and  it  was 
said  un  o  them  nhat  they  should 
rest  yet  for  a  little  season,  until  their 
fellow  servants  also  and  their  breth- 
ren, that  should  be  killed  as  they 
were,  .should  be  fulfilled.  ^ 

12   And    I    beheld    when    ho    had 
opened  the  sixth  seal,  "and,  lo,  there 
was  a  great  earthquake;   and  bfhe 
sun   became   black  as  sackcloth  of 
I    !■>' r'i*"!l  'l*'  '"°°''  Ijecame  as  blood; 
!■'   And  the  .stars  of  heaven  fell  un- 
[  to  the  e.irth,  even  as  a  fig  tree  cast- 
eth  her  ||  untimely  figs,  when  she  is 
shaken  of  a  mighty  wind. 
14  rtAnd  the  heaVen  departed  as  a 
scroll  when  it  is  rolled  together;  and 
every  mountain  and   island  were 
moved  out  of  their  places, 
lo  And  the  kings  of  the  earth,  and 
the  great  men,  and  the  rich  men,  and 
the  chief  captains,  and  the  mighty 
)  men,  and  every  bond  man,  and  ev- 
ery free  man,  f  hid  themselves  in  the 
dens  and  in  the  rocks  of  the  mount- 

IGSAnd  said  to  the  mountains  and 
rocks.  Fall  on  us,  and  hide  us  from 
the  face  of  him  that  sitteth  on  the 
throne,  and  from  the  wrath  of  the 
Lam  I): 

.ir  li  For  the  great  day  of  liis  wrath 
is  come  J  land  who  shall  be  able  to 

CHAPTER  "VII. 
3  An  angel  eealcth  the  itervanta  of  Ood  in 
their  forcheadt.    4  The  number  of  them 
that  tvere  tealed :  ofthctriliea  of  Israel 
a  eertaln  numbtr.   9  Of  all  other  nationa 
an  innumerable  multitude,  whieh  atanrt 
brjore     he  throne,  clad  in  while  robes, 
and  palm,  ,n  their  h.inda.  14  Their  robea 
were  ivaahed  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb. 
\  ND  after  these  things  I  saw  four 
I  v.  angels  standing  on  the  four  cor- 
ners of  the  earth.  Mi,.Iding  the  fo;ir 
winds  ot  tlie  e:irth,  I'tliat  the  wind 
should  not  blow  on  the  earth,  nor 
on  the  sea,  nor  on  any  troo.  J 


seals  in  order. 


ch.  li  17.  k 
19.  10. 
tSeoZ«ch,  1. 


li. 

nch 

3.7. 

ii-h 

11. 18.  & 

^'^9 

3.  4.  5.4 
11. 

■  He 

•.  11.  40. 
14.13. 

.•><h. 

16.  18. 

b.Io,- 

k:< 

M.l 

V.  i. 

15. 

t.  24.  ra. 

2.  20. 

e.  10.  & 

il  r,.  102. 26. 

I»  34.  4. 

Bel).  1,12.13. 
tJer.  3.  23.4 


sHoi.  10  8. 
luk.23.  30 
ch.  9.  6. 

hi. 

13.0.  Jic 
•11.  1.14. 

10.  14. 

r. 

76.  7. 

The  number  of  the  sealed. 


REVELATION.  Four  angels  sound  their  trumpets. 


a  ch.  6. 6.  &  9. 

4. 
d  E>.  9.  i. 

cl>.  11. 1. 
eck.  22.  4. 
fell.  9. 16. 
gch.  U.  1. 


l.E«ni.  U.25. 
ich.S.  9. 


2  And  I  saw  another  anjjel  ascend- 
ing from  the  east,  having  the  seal  of 
the  living  God  :  and  he  cried  with  a 
loud  voice  to  the  four  angels,  to 
whom  it  was  given  to  hurt  the  earth 
and  the  sea, 

3  Saying,  '  Hurt  not  the  earth,  nei- 
ther the  sea,  nor  the  trees,  till  we 
have  d  sealed  the  servants  of  our 
God  '^in  their  foreheads. 

4  fAnd  I  heard  the  nuniher  of  them 
which  were  sealed  ;  and  thfjre  zcere 
sealed  ^a  hundred  and  forty  and 
four  thousand  of  all  the  tribes  of  the 
children  of  Israel. 

5  Of  the  tribe  of  Juda  were  scaled 
twelve  thousand.  Of  the  tribe  of 
Reuben  ivere  sealed  twelve  thou- 
sand. Of  the  tribe  of  Gad  uere 
sealed  twelve  thousand. 

6  Of  the  tribe  of  Aser  vcie  sealed 
twelve  thousand.  Of  the  tribe  of 
Nephthalim  ivere  sealed  twelve  thou- 
sand. Of  the  tribe  of  Mauasses  u'cie 
sealed  twelve  thousand. 

7  Of  the  tribe  of  Simeon  were  sealed 
twelve  thousand.  Of  the  tribe  of 
I^evi  ivere  sealed  twelve  thousand. 
Of  the  tribe  of  Issachar  ivere  sealed 
twelve  tliousand. 

8  Of  the  tribe  of  Zabulon  were  seal- 
ed twelve  thousand.  Of  the  tribe  of 
Joseph  ivere  sealed  twelve  thousand. 
Of  the  tribe  of  Benjamin  icere  scaled 
twelve  thousand. 

y  After  this  I  beheld,  and,  lo,  l>a 
great  multitude,  which  no  man  could 
number,  iof  all  nations,  and  kin- 
dreds, and  people,  and  tongues, 
stood  before  the  throne,  and  before 
the  Lamb,  k  clothed  with  white  robes, 
and  palms  in  their  hands; 

10  And  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  say- 
ing, '  Salvation  to  our  God  '"  which 
sitteth  upon  the  throne,  and  unto 
the  Lamb. 

11  "And  all  the  angels  stood  round 
about  the  throne,  and  about  the  cid- 
ers and  the  four  bea.sts,  and  fell  be- 
fore the  throne  on  their  faces,  and 
worshipped  God, 

12  "Saying,  Amen:  Blessing,  and 
glor3',  and  wisdom,  and  thanksgiv- 
ing, and  honour,  and  power,  and 
might,  be  unto  our  God  ibr  ever  and 
ever.     Amen. 

l.'J  And  one  of  the  elders  answered, 
saying  unto  me,  AVhat  arc  these 
which  are  arrayed  in  I' white  robes? 
and  whence  caine  they? 

14  And  I  said  unto  him.  Sir,  thou 
knowest.  And  he  said  to  me, ''  These 
are  they  which  came  out  of  great 
tribulation,  and  have  ''washed  their 
robes,  and  made  them  white  in  the 
blood  of  the  Lamb. 

15  -Therefore  are  they  before  the 
throne  of  God,  and  serve  liim  day 
and  night  in  his  temple:  and  he  that 
sitteth  on  the  throne  shall  *  dwell 
among  them. 

lf>  ^  They  shall  hunger  no  more, 
neither  thirst  any  more  ;    "  neither 


shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  nor  any 
heat. 
17  For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the 
midst  of  the  throne  "  sluill  fr  i-d  them, 
and  shall  lead  them  imto  liviii.- 
fountains  of  waters:  Sand  God  .■.hall 
wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes. 

CHAPTER  Vni. 

I  At  the  opening  of  the  tevcnth  teal,  2 
gevcH  angels  had  tcven  trumpets  given 
them.  6  i'uur  of  them  eound  their  trump- 
ete,  aitd  great  plagues  fotiviv.  '-i  An- 
other angel  putteth  incenee  to  the  pray. 
era  of  the  eainti  on  the  golden  c.ltar. 

AND  'when  he  had  opened  the 
seventh  seal,  there  was  silence 
in  heaven  about  the  space  of  half  an 
hour. 

2  l)  And  I  saw  the  seven  angels 
which  stood  before  God;  'and  to 
them  were  given  seven  trumpets. 

3  And  another  angel  came  and 
stood  at  the  altar,  having  a  golden 
censer ;  and  there  was  given  unto 
him  much  incense,  that  he  should 

II  offer  it  with  J  the  prayers  of  all 
saints  upon  ''the  golden  altar  which 
was  before  the  throne. 

4  And  I  the  smoke  of  the  incense, 
w/iieli  came  with  the  prayers  of  the 
saints,  ascended  up  before  God  out 
of  the  angel's  hand. 

5  And  the  angel  took  the  censer, 
and  filled  it  with  fire  of  the  altar,  and 
cast  it  II  into  the  earth:  and  B  there 
were  voices,  and  thunderines,  and 
lightnings,  b  and  an  earthquake. 

()  And  the  seven  angels  which  had 
the  seven  trumpets  prepared  them- 
selves to  sound. 

7  The  first  an^cl  sounded,  i  and 
there  followed  hail  and  fire  mingled 
with  blood,  and  they  were  cast  ^  up- 
on the  earth :  and  the  third  part  1  of 
trees  was  burnt  up,  and  all  green 
grass  was  burnt  up. 

»  And  the  second  angel  sounded, 
■"  and  as  it  were  a  great  mountain 
burning  with  fire  was  cast  into  the 
sea:  "and  the  third  x^art  of  the  sea 
"  became  blood; 

y  fAnd  the  third  part  of  the  creat- 
ures which  were  in  the  sen,  and  liad 
life,  died;  and  the  third  part  of  the 
ships  were  destroyed. 

10  And  tlie  third  angel  sounded, 
'land  there  fell  a  great  star  from 
heaven,  burning  as  it  were  a  lamp, 
'and  it  fell  upon  the  third  part  of  the 
rivers,  and  upon  the  fountains  of 
waters; 

11  '  And  the  name  of  the  star  is 
called  Wormwood:  'and  the  third 
partof  the  waters  became  wormwood; 
and  many  men  died  of  the  waters, 
because  thev  were  made  bitter. 

12  "And  tlie  fourth  angel  sounded, 
and  the  third  part  of  the  sun  was 
smitten,  and  the  third  part  of  the 
moon,  and  the  third  partof  the  stars; 
so  OS  the  third  part  of  them  was  dark- 
ened, and  the  day  shone  uot  ibr  a 

233 


A  star  falleth  from  heaven. 


REVELATION.  An  angel  appeareth  with  a  book. 


>  I,uko  10. 18. 


alieS  31. 
r.  2.11. 
17.  8.  ji 


li.SooKj,12. 


third  part  of  it,  and  tlic  night  lilse- 
wisc. 

13  And  I  beheld,  ^nnd  Iieard  an 
angel  flyinp;  tliroiish  the  midst  of 
heaven,  saying  witli  a  loud  voiec, 
>  Woe,  woe,  woe,  to  the  inhabiters  of 
the  earth  liy  reason  of  the  other 
voiees  of  the  truin|iet  of  the  three 
angels,  whieh  are  yet  to  suuudl 

CHAPTER  IX. 

1  At  the  aounUiiii/  of  the  fifth  angel,  a  star 
falU-th  frmil  hcuvcn,  to  lohum  ia  i/ivcn 
the  kty/  of  the  iottomtcaa  pit.  2  He  open, 
cth  the  pit,  and  there  come  forth  locuatH 
like  acorjiiont.  Vi  The  firHtwos  patt.  Vi 
The  eijclh  trumpet  Koundeth.  14  Four 
anijets  are  let  loose,  that  were  bound. 

AND  the  fifth  angel  sonnded,  "and 
1  saw  a  star  fall  from  lieaven 
unto  the  earth:  and  to  him  was  given 
the  Icey  of  1' the  bottomless  i)it. 

'2  And  he  opened  the  bottomless  pit; 
''and  tlierc  arose  a  sniolte  out  of  the 
pit,  as  the  smoke  of  a  great  fiirnaee; 
and  the  sun  and  the  air  were  dark- 
ened by  reason  of  the  smoke  of  the 
pit. 

.".  .\nd  there  came  out  of  the  smoke 
.ll(.c-usts  uiiiin  the  eartll:  and  unto 
them  was  given  power,  >=as  the  seor- 
piuliHof  the  earth  liave  power. 

4  And  it  was  enmnunided  them 
fthatllievsh.iuld  not  hurt  -  the  grass 
of  the  earth,  neither  any  green  thing, 
neither  au.v  tree;  but  oiil.v  those  men 
whieh  have  not  lithe  seal  of  God  in 
their  toreheads. 

,")  And  to  them  it  was  given  that  thev 
should  not  kill  them,  i  hut  that  thev 
hi    he   tormented 


id  th- 


of 


,'Ut»' 
Whe 


J  as  thetornie 
he  striketh 


G  And  in  those  days  k  shall  men 
seek  death,  and  shall  not  find  it;  and 
shall  desire  to  die,  and  death  sliall 
flee  from  them. 

r  And  I  the  shapes  of  the  locusts 
ircre  like  nuto  horses  pre])ared  nnto 
battle;  '"and  on  their  heads  irrrr  as 
like  gold,  "and  their 


111.-  fa 


;he  hair  of 
women,  and  "their  teeth  were  as  the 

tri'lh  of  liens. 

;>  And  they  had  breastplates,  as  it 
were  hreast|ilates  of  iron;  and  the 
s(nind  of  their  wings  mis  I'as  the 
sound  of  ehariots  of  many  horses 
running  to  battle. 

10  And  they  had  tails  like  unto 
scorpions,  and  there  were  stings  in 
their  tails:  'land  their  imwor  was  to 
hurt  men  five  months. 

1 1  ''.'Vnd  thev  bad  a  king  over  them, 
irhh'h  !.■< » tlie  angrl  (.f  tlie  liottonil.ss 
pil,  whose  UMUli'  in  the  llelu.w 
tongue  /s  Ab;idilou,  but  in  the  tireek 
tongiu-  liath  liin  name  ||Apollyon. 

I'J  'One  woe  is  past;  ohi/,  behold, 
there  come  two  woes  more  hereafter. 

l.'l  And  the  sixth  aiiL'el  sounded, 
and  1  heard  a.  voice  from  the  (bur 
234 


horns  of  the  golden  altar  vhieh  is 
befiire  (lod, 

14  Saving  to  the  sixth  angel  whieh 
li;id  the  trum|)ct,  Loose  the  four  an- 
gels which  are  bound  "in  the  great 
river  Euphrates. 

l.'j  And  the  tour  angels  were  loosed, 
which  were  prepared  ||  for  an  hour, 
and  a  day,  and  a  month,  and  a  year, 
for  to  slay  the  third  part  of  men. 

IG  And  "the  number  of  the  army 
y  of  the  horsemen  irere  two  Jiundred 
thousand  thousand  :  ^and  1  heard 
the  number  of  them. 

1"  And  thus  1  saw  the  horses  in 
the  vision,  and  them  that  sat  on 
them,  having  breastplates  of  fire, 
and  of  jacinth,  and  brimstone:  "and 
the  heads  of  tlie  iiorses  were  as  the 
heads  of  lions  ;  and  out  of  their 
mouths  issued  tire  and  smoke  and 
brimstone. 

18  By  these  three  was  the  third 
part  of  men  killed,  hv  the  fire,  and 
hv  the  smoke,  and  hv  the  hrinistoue, 
w'hieh  issued  out  of  their  nioutlis. 

li)  For  their  pipwer  is  in  their 
mouth,  and  in  their  tails:  I'for 
tlieir  tails  were  like  nnto  serpents, 
and  had  heads,  und  with  them  they 
do  hurt. 

21)  And  the  rest  of  the  men  which 
were  not  killed  by  these  iilagues 
•^j'et  repented  not  of  the  works  of 
their  hands,  that  they  should  not 
worship  <l  devils,  '"and  idols  of  gold, 
and  silver,  and  brass,  and  stone,  and 
of  wood;  whieh  neither  can  see,  nor 
hear,  nor  walk: 

'21  Neither  repented  they  of  their 
murders,  'nor  of  their  sorceries,  nor 
of  their  fornication,  nor  of  their 
thefts. 

ClIArXER  X. 
1  A  miglily  strong  anyel  appeareth  with 

a  book  open  in  his  hand.    6  JJe  sweareth 

hy  him  that  liveth  for  ever,  that  there 

shall  he  no   more  time.    'J  John  ta  com- 

vtandeU  to  take  and  eat  the  book. 

A  Nn  r  saw  anotlier  niightv  angel 
J\  coiiieil.,«utV<.mheav,-n.cloti;rd 
with  a  cloud:  ■ami  a  ruiubow  ir,,< 
upon  his  head,  and  I'liis  face  mix 
as  it  were  the  sun,  and  '  liis  feet  us 
pillars  of  fire: 

■J  And  he  bad  in  bis  band  a  little 
bo<dc  open:  dand  he  set  his  right 
foot  upon  the  sea,  and  his  left  /hot 
on  the  earth, 

.'!  And  cried  with  a  loud  Aoiee,  as 
irheii  .a  lion  roareth  :  ami  when  he 
had  cried,  '"seven  thunders  uttered 
their  voiees. 

4  And  when  the  seven  thunders 
had  uttered  their  voices,  1  was  alnult 
lo  write:  and  1  he:ird  a  voice  from 
liea\eu  saving  unto  me,  iSe:iI  up 
those  things  which  the  seven  thun- 
ders uttered,  and  write  them  not. 

.5  And  the  angel  wdiicb  I  saw  stand 
upon  the  sea  and  iij>nn  tlio  earth 
s  lifted  up  his  hand  to  heaven, 

G  And  Bware    by  him   tluit  liveth 


The  two  jyrophesying  witnesses.      REVELATION.        The  seventh  trumpet  sounded. 


I  Ei.  3.  3. 
>  Et.  2.  10. 


Lo  21.  21. 
LU.  8. 10. 
.  13.  5. 


Jer.   I.  10.  Ic 

5    11. 
E.  4.1.  3. 


for  ever  and  ever,  ^  wlio  created 
heaven,  and  the  things  that  tlieicin 
are,  and  the  earth,  and  the  thinj^s 
that  therein  are,  and  the  sea,  and 
the  things  wliioh  arc  tln-reiii,  i  tliat 
there  sliould  he  time  no  lunger: 

7  lint  kin  the  days  of  tlic  voire 
of  the  seventh  angel,  when  he  shall 
hegin  to  sunnd,  the  niyBtcrv  of  God 
should  be  tinished,  a.s  he  "hath  de- 
clared to  his  servants  the  prophets. 

8  And  'the  voice  wliich  I  heard 
from  heaven  spake  unto  me  again, 
and  said.  Go  and  take  the  little 
book  which  is  open  in  the  hand  of 
the  an^el  which  standeth  upon  the 
sea  and  upon  the  earth. 

y  And  I  went  unto  the  angel,  and 
said  unto  him,  (Jive  me  the  little 
book.  And  he  said  unto  nic,  "'  Take 
it,  and  eat  it  up;  and  it  shall  make 
thy  belly  bitter,  but  it  shall  be  iu  thy 
mouth  sweet  as  honev. 

10  And  I  took  the  "little  book  out 
of  the  angel's  hand,  and  ate  it  up; 
"and  it  was  in  my  mouth  sweet  as 
hone.v:  and  as  soon  as  I  had  eateu 
it,  "  my  belly  was  bitter. 

11  And  he  said  unto  me.  Thou 
must  prophesy  again  betiire  many 
peoples,  and  nations,  and  tonj^ues, 
and  kings. 

CIIAPTEU  XL 

3  2710  two  witnesses  prophesy.  0  Tliey 
have  power  to  shut  heaven,  that  it  rain 
not.  7  The  beast  ehatl  fiiiht  against 
them,  and  Hll  them.  8  The;/  lie  unlurieil, 
11  and  after  three  days  anil  a  half  rise 
aijain.  14  The  second  u'oe  is  past.  10 
The  seventh  trumpet  eoundeth. 

\ND  there  was  given  me  "a  reed 
like  unto  a  rod:  and  the  angel 
stood,  .sa.ving,  '<  Rise,  and  measure  the 
temple  of  God,  and  the  altar,  and 
them  that  worship  therein. 

2  But  '^the  court  which  is  with- 
out the  temple  (leave  out,  and 
measure  it  not;  ilfor  it  is  given  un- 
to the  Gentiles  :  and  the  holy  citv 
shall  they  'tread  under  foot  i  forty 
au(t  two  months. 

3  And  II I  will  give  power  imto  mv 
two  s witnesses,  hand  thev  shall 
prophesy  ia  thousand  two  llundred 
aitti  threescore  days,  clothed  in  sack- 
cloth. 

4  These  are  the  ktwo  olive  troe.i, 
and  the  two  candlesticks  standing 
before  the  God  of  the  earth. 

5  And  if  an.v  man  will  hurt  them, 
I  fire  proceedeth  out  of  their  mouth, 
and  devoureth  their  enemies:  '"and 
if  any  man  will  hurt  them,  he  must 
in  this  manner  be  killed. 

6  These  "have  power  to  shut 
heaven,  that  it  rain  not  in  tlie  days 
of  their  prophecy:  ami  "]ia\-t-  power 
over  waters  to  turn  thmn  to  lilood, 
and  to  smite  the  cartlwvith  all  plagues, 
as  often  as  they  will. 

7  And  when  they  ''shall  have 
finished  their  testimonv,  'i  the  beast 
that  ascendeth  'out  of  the  bottom- 


less pit  ^ shall  make  war  against 
them,  and  shall  overcome  them, 
and  kill  them. 

8  And  their  dead  bodies  fhall  lie 
in  the  street  of  Uhe  great  eit.v, 
which  spiritually  is  called  Sodoin 
and  Egjpt,  "where  also  our  Lord 
was  crucitied. 

'J  "And  they  of  the  people  and 
kindreds  and  tongues  and  nations 
shall  see  their  dead  bodies  three  d:ij^s 
and  a  half,  J  and  shall  not  sutler  their 
dead  bodies  to  be  put  in  graves. 

10  'And  they  that  dwell  upon  the 
earth  shall  rejoice  over  them,  and 
make  merry,  "and  shall  send  gifls 
one  to  anotlier;  l*  because  these  two 
propliets  tormented  them  that  dwelt 
on  the  earth. 

11  ''And  after  three  da.vs  and  a  half 
il  the  Spirit  of  life  from  (Jod  entered 
into  them,  and  they  stood  upon  their 
feet;  and  great  fear  fell  upon  them 
which  saw  them. 

12  And  they  heard  a  great  voice 
from  heaven  sa.ving  unto  them, 
Come  up  hither.  '^.\nd  thc.v  ascend- 
ed up  to  heaven  tin  a  cloud;  ^and 
their  enemies  beheld  them. 

l.'J  And  the  same  hour  li  was  there 
a  great  earth(iuake,  'and  the  tenth 
part  of  the  eit.v  fell,  and  in  the  earth- 
quake were  slain  f  of  men  seven 
thousand :  and  the  remnant  were 
atfrighted,  kand  gave  glory  to  the 
God  of  heaven. 

H  I  The  second  woe  is  past;  amd, 
behold,  the  third  woe  Cometh  quick- 
l.v. 

15  And  ""the  seventh  angel  sound- 
ed; "and  there  were  great  voices  in 
heaven,  sa.ving,  "The  kingdoms  of 
this  world  "are  become  the  kingdoms 
of  our  Lord,  and  of  his  Christ;  I'and 
he  shall  reign  tor  ever  and  e\'er. 

10  And  'I  the  four  and  twentv  elders, 
which  sat  before  God  on  their  scats, 
fell  upon  their  faces,  and  worshipped 

17  Saving,   We  give   thee   thanks, 

0  Lord  God  Almighty, ''which  art, 
and  wast,  and  art  to  come;  because 
thou  hast  taken  to  thee  thy  great 
l>ower,  "and  hast  reigned. 

18  'And  the  nations  were  nngrv, 
and  thv  wrath  is  come,  "and  the 
time  of  the  dead,  that  they  should 
be  judged,  and  that  thou  shouldest 
give  reward  unto  thy  servants  the 
prophets,  and  to  the  saints,  and 
them  th.at  fear  thv  name,  "small 
and  great;  J  and  shoiilde.-.t  destroy 
them  which  I!  destroy  the  earth. 

HI  And  "the  tt-mplc  of  (iod  was 
opened  in  heaven,  and  there  was 
seen  in  his  temple  the  ark  of  Ids 
ti'stamcnt:  and  "there  were  liglit- 
nings,  and  voices,  and  thunderings, 
and  ail  earthquake,  I'and  great  hail. 
CHAPTER  XIL 

1  A  woman  elolhed  xvllh  the  sun  travail- 
elh.  4  The  ijreat  red  druqon  standeth 
before  her,  rcaihj  to  devonr  her  child  :  0 

235 


The  dragon  ctwt  out  of  heaven.      RK\''ELATION'.         A  beast  riseth  out  of  the  sea. 


A 

1).  IW. 

ror 

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ffi,7. 

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cck 

17.  9. 10. 

Jcl 

13.  1. 

•  ch.9.  10.19.  1 

fell 

17.  IS. 

gliivn,  8,  10.     1 

1.. 

1.18. 

kP 

IJ. 

2.9. 

2,  87.  & 
IJ. 

Ito 

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„c 

I  11.3. 

hD 

n.  10.  13. 
i  li  1. 

.1. 

■iO.  2. 

-;: 

k«  10. 18. 
u  14  3!. 

\^i 

n.  3.  1,  4. 

ao.  2. 

•  cU 

0.  1. 

teh 

u.is.  & 
1 

nJobl.  ».  & 
Z.cl..  3. 1. 

I  Rom.  ».  ,33. 
SI.  37.  &  10. 
20. 

yLuk«ll.26. 

'u 

96. 11. 
I'l,  13. 
IS.  ■!<>. 

«rli 

a  13.  & 
10. 

Lull 

10.0. 

CTO 

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dK 

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fcU 

17.3. 

when  the  waa  delivered  the  Jlecth  intfi 
tile  witderncsl.  7  Michael  and  his  an- 
t/els  fiffht  with  the  drat/on,  and  prevail. 
la  T/te  dragon  being  cant  down  into  the 
earth,  pereeeateth  the  woman. 

AND  there  appeared  a  great  l|  won- 
der in  lieaveii;  a  woman  clothed 
with  the  sun,  and  the  moon  under 
her  feet,  and  upon  her  head  a  crown 
of  twelve  stars: 

2  And  she  being  ^¥ith  child  cried, 
"travailiiiK  in  birth,  and  pained  to 
be  delivered. 

3  And  there  appeared  another 
II  wonder  in  heaven  ;  and  behold 
ba  preat  red  dragon,  *' having  seven 
heads  and  ten  horns,  J  and  seven 
crowns  upon  his  heads. 

4  And  'his  tail  drew  the  third  part 
fof  the  stars  of  heaven,  Sand  did 
cast  them  to  the  earth :  and  the 
dragon  stood  li  before  the  woman 
which  was  ready  to  be  delivered, 
i  for  to  devour  her  child  as  soon  as  it 
was  born. 

5  And  she  brought  forth  a  man 
child,  kwho  was  to  rule  all  nations 
with  a  rod  of  iron:  uikI  her  child 
was  caught  up  uuto  God,  and  to  his 
throne. 

G  And  1  the  woman  fled  into  the 
wilderness,  where  she  hath  a  jilace 
prepareil  of  God,  that  they  should 
feed  her  there  '"a  thousand  two 
hundred  ayul  threescore  days. 

7  And  there  was  war  in  heaven: 
"  Michael  and  his  angels  fought 
"against  the  dragon;  and  the  dragon 
fuuglit  and  his  angels, 

S  And  prevailed  not;  neither  was 
their  place  found  any  more  in  heav- 

U  And  Pthc  great  dragon  was  cast 
out,  'I  that  old  serpent,  called  the 
Devil,  and  Satan,  ''which  deceiveth 
the  whole  world:  *he  was  cast  out 
into  the  earth,  and  his  angels  were 
cast  out  with  him. 

10  And  I  heard  a  loud  voice  saying 
in  heaven,  'Now  is  come  salvation, 
and  strength,  and  the  kingdom  of 
our  God,  and  the  power  of  his  Christ: 
for  the  accuser  of  our  brethren  is 
cast  down,  "which  accused  them 
before  our  God  day  and  niyht. 

11  And  ''they  overcame  him  by  the 
blood  of  the  Jjamb,  and  by  the  word 
of  their  testimony;  5  and  they  loved 
not  their  lives  urito  the  death. 

\2  Therefore  "rejoice,  ye  heavens, 
and  ye  that  dwell  in  them.  "Woe 
to  the  inhabiters  of  the  earth  and  of 
the  seal  for  the  devil  is  come  down 
unto  you,  having  great  wrath,  ''be- 
cause he  knowetli  that  he  hath  but  a 
short  time. 

1.'!  And  when  the  dragon  saw  that 
he  W!is  cast  unto  the  earth,  he  ]>er- 
seeuted  "^  the  woman  which  brought 
forth  the  man  rliild. 

14  d  And  to  tlie  woman  were  given 
two  wings  of  a  great  eagle,  "  that  she 
might  fly  I  into  the  wildcrucss,  into 
236 


her  place,  where  she  is  nourished 
ffor  a  time,  and  times,  and  half  a 
time,  from  the  face  of  the  serpent, 
l.j  And  the  serpent  licast  out  of  his 
mouth  water  as  a  flood  atter  the 
woman,  th;it  he  mipht  cause  her  to 
be  carried  away  of  the  flood. 
10  And  the  earth  helped  the  woman ; 
and  the  earth  opened  her  mouth, 
and  swallowed  up  the  flood  which 
the  dragon  cast  out  of  his  mouth. 
17  And  the  dragon  was  wroth  with 
the  woman,  >  and  went  to  make  war 
with  the  remnant  of  her  seed, 
k  which  keep  the  commandments  of 
God,  and  have  Uhc  testimony  of 
Jesus  Christ. 

CnAFTER  XIII. 
1  A  Watt  rieelh  out  of  the  tea  with  eeren 
hea.lt  and  ten  horns,  to  ivhom  the  dragon 
givelh  hit  power.  11  Another  heatt  Com- 
eth up  oat  of  the  earth:  14  causcth  an 
image  to  be  wade  of  the  former  beatt,  16 
and  that  men  thould  worthip  it,  10  and 


up  out  of  the  sea,  l'h.aving  seven 
heads  and  ten  horns,  and  upon  his 
horns  ten  crowns,  and  upon  his 
heads  the  i\  name  of  blasphemy. 

2  *^And  the  beast  which  I  saw  was 
like  unto  a  leopard,  *' and  his  feet 
were  as  the  feet  of  a  bear,  *'and  his 
mouth  as  the  mouth  of  a  lion;  and 
fthe  dragon  gave  him  his  power, 
l''and  his  scat,  liand  great  authority. 

.3  And  I  saw  one  of  his  heads  ias 
it  were  f  wounded  to  death  ;  and 
his  deadly  wound  was  healed;  and 
kail  the  world  wondered  alter  the 
beast. 

4  And  they  worshipped  the  dragon 
which  gave  power  unto  the  beast : 
and  thev  Avorshipped  the  beast,  say- 
ing, I  AVho  is  like  unto  the  beast  ? 
who  is  able  to  make  war  with  him? 

5  And  there  was  given  unto  him 
'"a  mouth  speaking  great  things 
and  blasphemies ;  and  power  was 
given  unto  him  (J  to  continua  "forty 
wnt  two  months. 

0  And  he  opened  his  mouth  in  blas- 
Tihcmy  against  God,  to  blaspheme 
Iiis  name,  "and  his  tabernacle,  and 
them  that  dwell  in  heaven. 

7  And  it  was  given  unto  him  ''to 
make  war  with  the  saints,  and  to 
overcome  them:  land  i)owcr  was 
given  him  over  all  kindreds,  and 
tongues,  and  nations. 

8  And  all  that  dwell  upon  the  earth 
shall  worship  him,  'whose  names 
arc  not  written  in  the  book  of  life 
of  the  I.amb  slain  "from  the  founda- 
tion of  the  world. 

il '  If  any  man  have  an  car,  let  him 
hear. 

10  "lie  that  leadeth  into  captivitv 
shall  go  into  captivitv:  ^\\e  that  kill"- 
eth  with  tlie  sworcrmust  be  killed 
with  the  sword.  >  Here  is  the  pa- 
tience and  the  faith  of  the  saints. 


The  Lamb  with  his  company         REVELATION. 


standing  on  mmint  Sion. 


thtm. 
l.h,  11.  11. 
t  ch.  15.  2. 
Ich,  17.9. 
■id..  15.2 
»  ch,  21.  17. 


19.6. 
ech.  5.  8 


11  And  I  beheld  another  beast 
'coming  up  outot  the  earth;  and  he 
had  two  horns  like  a  lamb,  and  he 
spake  as  a  draijon. 


no  guile:  for  "  they  are  without  fault 
before  the  throne  of  God. 
()  And  I  saw  another  an^jel  "fly  in 
the  midst  of  heaven,    v  having  the 


keh..';.  9. 
IJamei  I.  16. 
n.  Pv  32.  2. 
Zci.li.  3.  13. 


12  And  he  cxerciseth  all  the  power    everlasting    gospel    to  preach    unto 

'        ■    them  that  dwell  on  the  earth,  'i  and 

to  every  nation,  and  kindred,  and 
tongue,  and  people, 

7  Saying  with  a  loud  voice.  Tear 
God,  and  give  glory  to  him;  for  the 
hour  of  his  judgment  i.s  come:  'and 
worship  him  that  made  heaven,  and 
earth,  and  the  sea,  and  the  fountains 
of  waters. 

8  And  there  followed  another 
angel,  saying,  'Babylon  is  fallen, 
is  fallen,  "that  great  city,  because 
she  made  all  nations  drink  of  the 
wine  of  the  wrath  of  her  ibrnica- 
tion. 

9  And  the  third  angel  followed 
them,  saying  with  a  loud  voice,  "  If 
any  man"  worship  the  be.nst  and  his 
image,  and  receive  his  mark  in  his 
forehead,  or  in  his  hand, 

]U  The  same  >  shall  drink  of  the 
wine  of  the  wrath  of  God,  which 
is  '  poured  out  without  mixture  into 
"the  cup  of  his  indignation;  and 
bhe  shall  be  tormented  with  "^  tire 
and  brimstone  in  the  presence  of 
the  holy  angels,  and  in  the  presence 
of  the  l.,ainb: 

11  And  ■!  the  smoke  of  their  torment 
ascendeth  up  for  ever  and  ever:  and 
they  have  no  rest  day  nor  night,  who 
worship  the  beast  and  his  image,  and 
whosoever  receivcth  the  mark  of  hi.'s 
name. 

VI  '  Here  is  the  p.itience  of  the 
saints:  f  here  arc  they  tliat  keep  the 
commandments  of  God,  and  the 
faith  of  Jesus. 

13  And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven 
saying  unto  mc.  Write,  s  Blessed  are 
the  dead  h  which  die  in  the  Lord 
II from  henceforth:  Yea,  saith  the 
Spirit,  i  that  they  may  rest  from  their 
labours;  and  their  works  do  follow 
them. 

14  And  I  looked,  and  behold  a  white 
cloud,  and  upon  the  cloud  one  sat 
Hike  unto  the  Son  of  m.Tii,  I  having 
on  his  head  a  golden  crown,  and  in 
his  hand  a  sharp  sickle. 

15  And  another  angel  "came  out  of 
the  temple,  crying  with  a  loud  voice 
to  him  that  sat  on  the  cloud,  "  Thrust 
in  thy  sickle,  and  reap:  for  the  time 
is  como  fir  thee  to  nap;  for  the  har- 
vc>it  "of  the  earth  is  jjiipc. 

Hi  And  he  that  sat  on  the  cloud 
thrust  in  his  sickle  on  the  earth;  and 
tlip  earth  was  reaped. 

\7  And  nuother  angel  came  out  of 
the  temiile  which  is  in  heaven,  he 
also  having  a  sharp  sickle. 

IS  And  another  angel  came  out 
from  the  altar,  i' which  bad  power 
over  fire;  and  cried  with  a  loud  cry 
to  him  that  had  the  sharp  sickle,  say- 
ing, '1  Thrust  in  thv  sharp  sickle, 
aud  gather  the  clusters  of  the  vine 


of  the  first  beast  before    him, 
canseth  the'  earth  and  them  which 
dwell  therein  -to  worship   tlie    first 
beast,  "  whose   deadly    wound   was 
healed. 

l.j  And  bhe  doeth  great  wonders, 
'^so  that  he  maketh  tire  come  down 
from  heaven  on  the  earth  in  the 
sight  of  men, 

U  And  d  deceiveth  them  that  dwell 
on  the  earth  ''by  the  meaun  q/'tho.se 
miracles  which*  he  had  power  to  do 
in  the  sight  of  the  be:ist;  saving  to 
them  that  dwell  on  tlie  earth,  that 
they  shouM  make  an  image  to  the 
beast,  which  had  the  wound  by  a 
sword,  fand  did  live. 

15  And  he  h:id  power  to  give  flife 
unto  the  image  of  the  beast,  that  the 
image  of  the  beast  should  both  speak. 
Sand  cause  th'it  as  many  as  would 
not  worship  the  image  of  the  beast 
should  be  killed. 

16  And  he  causeth  all,  both  small 
and  great,  rich  and  poor,  free  and 
bond,  li  t  to  receive  a  mark  in  their 
right  hand,  or  in  their  foreheads: 

17  And  that  no  man  might  buy  or 
sell,  save  he  that  had  tlie  mark,  or 
ithe  name  of  the  beast,  tor  the  num- 
ber of  his  name. 

18  I  llere  is  wisdom.  Let  him  that 
hath  understanding  count '"the  num- 
ber of  the  beast:  "  for  it  is  the  lunn- 
ber  of  a  man;  and  his  number  lA  Six 
hundred  threescore  and  six. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 
1  The  Lamb  standing  on  vwunt  Sion  with 
his  company.  0  An  anffel  preac/teth  the 
gospel.  8  the  fall  of  Babylon.  Ij  The 
/larvcst  of  the  world,  and  putting  in  of 
the  sickle.  2U  The  vintage  and  winepress 
of  the  wrath  of  Ood. 

AND  I  looked,  and,  lo,  "  a  Lamb 
stood  on  the  mount  Sion,  and 
with  him  ha  hundred  forty  and 
four  thousand,  '  having  his  leather's 
name  written  in  their  foreheads. 

2  And  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven, 
<los  the  voice  of  many  waters,  and 
as  the  voice  of  a  great  thunder:  and 
I  heard  the  voice  of  "^  harpers  harp- 
ing witli  their  harps: 

3  Aud  f  they  sung  as  it  were  a  new 
song  before  the  throne,  and  before 
the  four  beasts,  aud  the  elders:  ami 
no  man  could  leai-ii  that  song  f^biit 
the  hundred  and  fiirty  and.  fair 
tUousanil,  which  were  redeemed 
from  the  earth. 

4  These  are  thej'  which  were  not 
defiled  with  women;  b  for  they  are 
virgins.  These  are  they  i  which 
follow  the  Lamb  whithersoever  he 
goeth.  These  t  ^  were  redeemed 
from  among  men,  ^behirj  the  first- 
fruits  unto  God  and  to  the  Lamb. 

5  And  *"  in  their  mouth  was  found 

64 


The  geven  last  plagiieit. 


RLTELATION.    The  angels  potir  ovt  their  rials. 


X  ch.  19.  IS. 

.!•.  63  3. 

L»m.  1.  15. 
I  HcIj.  1,1.  12, 

ch.  11.  8. 
ti  ch.  19.  li. 


Jcr.  10.  7. 

■n  I..  66.  23. 
qSocXuid.  I 


1  E..9.9.  10. 

11. 

nh.  13.18,17. 


of  tlie  earth;  lor  licr  grapes  are  fully 
ripe. 

r.)  And  the  nnpcl  thrust  in  his  sickle 
into  the  earth,  and  gathered  the  vine 
of  the  earth,  and  cast  it  into  'the 
great  winepress  of  the  wrath  of  God. 

2<)  And  ''  the  winepress  was  trodden 
'without  the  city,  and  blood  came 
out  of  the  winepress,  "  even  unto  the 
horse  bridles,  by  the  space  of  a  thou- 
sand and  six  hundred  furlongs. 

CHAPTER  XV. 

1  The  irven  anqels  tvith  the  teven  last 
plagues.  3  The  song  of  them  that  over- 
cimu:  lilt  beast.  7  T/ie  teven  vials  full  of 
the  wrath  of  Ooil. 

AND  "  I  saw  another  sign  in  heav- 
en, great  and  marvellous,  1' seven 
angels  having  tlie  seven  last  plagues: 
'  for  in  them  is  tilled  up  the  wrath  of 
God. 

2  And  I  saw  as  it  were  il  a  sea  of 
gla.?a  "mingled  witli  tire:  and  them 
that  had  gotten  the  victory  over  the 
beast,  fand»verhis  image,  and  over 
jiis  mark,  anil  over  the  numhcr  of 
his  name,  stand  on  the  sea  of  glass, 
•■'  having  the  harps  of  God. 

.'i  And  tliey  sing  hthe  song  of  Moses 
the  servant  of  God,  and  the  song  of 
tlic  I, anil),  B:iying,  i  Great  and  mar- 
vellous tiir  tliy  works,  Lord  God  Al- 
miglity;  I- .jiistand  true  a/'C  thy  ways, 
thou  King  c.r  II  saints. 

4  1  Wlio  sliiill  not  fear  thee,  O  Lord, 
and  glorify  tliy  name  ?  for  t/inu  only 
art  holy :  for  '"  all  nations  shall  come 
and  worship  before  thee  ;  for  thy 
judgments  are  made  manifest. 

,")  And  after  that  I  looked,  and,  be- 
hold, "the  temple  of  the  tabernacle 
of  the  testimony  in  heaven  was 
opened: 

(J  "And  the  seven  angels  came  out 
of  the  temple,  having  the  seven 
plagues,  1' clothed  in  pure  and  white 
linen,  and  having  their  breasts  gird- 
ed with  golden  girdles. 

7  1  And  one  of  the  (bur  beasts  gave 
unto  the  seven  angels  seven  golden 
vials  full  of  the  wrath  of  God,  ■■  who 
liveth  for  ever  and  ever. 

8  And  'the  temple  was  filled  with 
smoke  'from  the  glory  of  God,  and 
from  his  power  ;  and  no  man  was 
able  to  enter  into  the  temple,  till  the 
seven  plagues  of  the  seven  angels 
were  fulfilled. 

CHAPTER  XVI. 
2  The  angels  pour  out  their  vials  fullof 
Krath.     a  The  plagues  that  follow  there- 
upon.    15     Christ    Cometh    as    a    thief. 
Mlcseed  are  they  tlat  watch. 

AND  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of 
the  temple  saying  '  to  the  seven 
angels.  Go  your  ways,  and  jioiir  out 
the  vials  ^oi  the  wrath  of  God  upon 
the  earth. 

2  And  the  first  went,  and  poured 
out  his  vial  "upon  the  earth;  and 
J  there  fell  a  nf)isome  and  grievous 
BOre  upon  the  men  ''  which  had  the 

238 


mark  of  the  beast,  and  v/jon  them 
f  which  worshipped  his  image. 

3  And  the  second  angel  poured  out 
his  vial  Snpon  the  sea;  and  hit  be- 
came as  the  blood  of  a  dead  mnn : 
land  every  living  soul  died  in  the 

4  And  the  third  angel  poured  out 
his  vial  k  upon  the  rivers  and  fount- 
ains of  waters;  'and  they  became 
blood. 

5  And  I  heard  the  angel  of  the  wa- 
ters say,  ■"  Thou  art  righteous,  O 
Lord,  "  which  art,  and  wast,  and 
Shalt  be,  because  thou  hast  judged 
thus. 

6  For  **they  have  shed  the  blood 
P of  saints  and  ]>rot)hets,  "land  thou 
hast  given  them  blood  to  drink;  for 
they  are  worthy. 

7  And  I  heard  another  out  of  the 
altar  say.  Even  so,  ■■  Lord  God  Al- 
mighty, **  true  and  righteous  arc  thy 
judgments. 

8  And  the  fourth  angel  poured  out 
his  vial  'upon  the  sun;  "and  power 
was  given  unto  him  to  scorch  men 
with  tire. 

U  And  men  were  |l  scorched  with 
great  heat,  and  ^  blasphemed  the 
name  of  God,  which  hath  power  over 
these  plagues  :  >  and  they  repented 
not  ^  to  give  him  glory. 

10  And  the  tilth  angel  poured  out 
his  vial  "^  upon  the  seat  of  the  beast; 
band  his  kingdom  was  full  of  dark- 
ness ;  "^  and  they  gnawed  their  tongues 
for  pain, 

11  And  <1  blasphemed  the  God  of 
heaven  because  of  their  pains  and 
*^  their  sores,  land  repented  not  of 
their  deeds. 

12  And  the  sixth  angel  poured  out 
his  vial  ^  upon  the  great  river  Eu- 
phrates; band  the  water  thereof  was 
dried  up,  ithat  the  way  of  the  kings 
of  the  east  might  be  prepared. 

1.3  And  1  saw  three  unclean  k spirits 
like  frogs  come  out  of  the  mouth  of 
ithe  dragon,  and  out  of  the  mouth 
of  the  beast,  and  out  of  the  mouth  of 
"'  the  false  prophet. 

14  "  For  they  are  the  spirits  of  dev- 
ils, "working  miracles,  irhich  go 
forth  unto  the  kings  of  the  eartli 
Pand  of  the  whole  world,  to  gather 
them  to  '1  the  battle  of  that  great  day 


Blessed  i.s  he  that  watcheth,  and 
keepeth  his  garments,  *lcst  he  walk 
naked,  and  tncy  see  his  shame. 

10  '  And  he  giithered  them  together 
into  a  place  called  in  the  Hebrew 
tongue  Armageddon. 

And  the  seventh  angel  poured 
out  his  vial  into  the  air;  and  there 
came  a  great  voice  out  of  the  temple 
of  heaven,  from  the  throne,  saying, 
"  It  is  done. 

18  And  "there  were  voices,  and 
thunders,  and  lightnings;  J  and 
there  was  a  ;;ieat  earthquake,  '  such 


Vision  of  the  great  ivhore. 


RE\^ELATION. 


Th/>  victory  of  the  Lamb, 


17. 

U 

la. 

8.  4 

bck 

18 

5. 

oil 

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11. 

17.22. 
l.i.lt). 
10. 

dcU 

c. 

11. 

•  cb 

11 

13. 

11.  K.  4  Ifi 
114.  4  18.  2. 
10.  21. 
•  ch.  18.9.  4 


as  was  not  since  men  were  upon  the 
earth,  so  mighty  an  cartliquake,  and 
BO  great. 

]'J  And  "  the  great  city  was  divided 
into  three  parts,  and  the  cities  of  the 
nations  full :  and  great  IJabylon 
ij came  in  remembrance  before  God, 
"to  give  unto  lier  the  cup  of  the  wine 
of  the  fierceness  of  liis  wrath. 

20  And  i  every  island  fled  away, 
and  the  mountains  were  not  founil. 

21  "^And  there  fell  upon  men  a  great 
hail  out  of  heaven,  ciuty  stone  about 
tlie  weight  of  a  talent:  and  fmcn 
blasphemed  God  because  of  ^the 
plague  of  the  hail ;  for  the  plague 
thereof  was  eiceediug  great. 

CHAPTER  XVir. 

3,  4  .^  woman  arrayed  t»t  purple  and  Bcar- 
let,  with  a  golden  cup  in  tier  hajid,  sit- 
teth  upon  the  beast,  i}  which  ia  great  Bab- 
plan,  the  mother  of  all  nbo7mnation8.  9 
The  interpretation  of  the  seven  heads,  12 
and  the  ten  horns.  16  Tfis  punishment 
of  the  whore.  U  The  victor]/  of  the 
Lamb. 

AND  there  came  "one  of  the  seven 
angels  which  had  the  seven  vials, 
and  talked  with  me,  saving  unto  me. 
Come  hither;  ^1  will  sliew  unto  thee 
the  judgment  of  "the  great  whore 
dthat  sitteth  upon  many  waters; 

2  "With  whom  the  kings  of  the 
earth  have  committed  fornication, 
and  fthe  inhabitants  of  the  earth 
have  been  made  drunk  with  the 
wine  other  fornication. 

3  So  he  carried  me  away  in  the 
spirit  Sinto  the  wilderness:  and  I 
saw  a  woman  sit  liupou  a  scarlet 
coloured  beast,  full  of  >  names  of  1 
blaspliemy,  k  having  seven  heads 
and  1  ten  horns.  1 

4  And  the  woman  ""  was  arrayed  i 
in  purple  and  scarlet  colour,  "and  I 
t  decked  with  gold  and  precious 
stones  and  pearls,  "having  a  golden 
cup  in  her  hand  P  full  of  abomina- 
tions and  iilthiness  of  her  fornica- 
tion: 

5  And  upon  her  forehead  wax  a  name 
written,  'i  MYS  TKKY,  BABYLON 
'THE  GREAT,  'THE  .MOTHER 
OF  !|  HARLOTS  AX1>  ABOIIIN- 
ATIOXS  OF  THE  EARTH. 

()  And  I  saw  'tlie  woman  drunken 
"with  the  blood  of  tlie  saints,  and 
with  the  blood  of  ''the  martyrs  of 
Jesus:  and  when  I  saw  her,  I  won- 
dered with  great  admiration. 

7  And  tlie  angel  said  unto  me. 
Wherefore  didst  thou  marvel  ?  I 
will  tell  thee  the  mystery  of  the  wom- 
an, and  of  the  beast  that  carrieth 
her,  which  hath  the  seven  heads  and 
ten  horns. 

8  The  beast  that  thou  sawest  was, 
and  is  not:  and  1  shall  ascend  out  of 
the  bottomless  pit,  and  '  go  into  per- 
dition: and  they  that  dwell  on  the 
earth  "shall  wonder,  li  whose  names 
were  not  written  in  the  book  of  life 
from  the  foundation  of  the  world. 


when  they  behold  the  beaut  that  was, 
and  is  not,  and  yet  is. 

9  And  '^^here  is  the  mind  which 
hath  wisdom.  J  The  seven  heads  are 
seven  mountains, on  which  the  wom- 
an sitteth. 

10  And  there  are  seven  kings:  five 
are  fallen,  and  one  is,  ontl  tlie  other 
is  not  yet  come;  and  when  he  Com- 
eth, he  must  continue  a  short  space. 

11  And  the  beast  that  was,  and  is 
not,  even  he  is  the  eighth,  and  is  of 
the  seven,  "^  and  goeth  into  perdition. 

12  And  I  the  ten  horns  which  thou 
sawest  are  ten  kings,  which  have  re- 
ceived no  kingdom  as  yet ;  but  re- 
ceive power  as  kings  one  hour  with 
the  beast. 

1.3  These  have  one  mind,  and  shall 
give  their  power  and  strength  unto 
the  beast. 

14  6  These  shall  make  war  with  the 
Lamb,  and  the  Lamb  shall  overcome 
them  :  ''for  he  is  Lord  of  lords,  and 
King  of  kings  :  i  and  they  that  are 
with  him  are  called,  and  chosen,  and 
faithful. 

15  And  he  saith  unto  me,  kThe 
waters  which  thou  sawest,  where  the 
whore  sitteth,  lare  peoples,  and  mul- 
titudes, and  nations,  and  tongues. 

l(i  And  the  ten  horns  which  thou 
sawest  upon  the  beast,  ""these  shall 
hate  the  whore,  and  shall  make  her 
desolate  "and  naked,  and  shall  eat 
her  flesh,  and  °  burn  her  with  fire. 
17  fi'ot  God  hath  put  in  their 
hearts  to  fulfil  his  will,  and  to 
agree,  and  give  their  kinsdom  unto 
the  beast,  i  until  the  words  of  God 
shall  be  fulfilled. 
IS  And  the  woman  which  thou 
sawest  Ms  that  great  city,  'which 
reigueth  o\er  theliings  of  the  earth. 

CHAPTER  XVIII. 
2  Babj/lon  is  fallen.  4  The  people  of  God 
cominanded  to  depart  out  of  her.  0  The 
kings  of  the  earth,  U  with  the  merchants 
and  mariners,  lament  over  her.  20  The 
saints  rejoice  for  the  Judgjnents  of  God 

AND  "after  these  things  I  saw 
another  angel  come  down  from 
heaven,  having  great  power:  ''and 
the  earth  was  lightened  with  his 
glory. 

2  And  he  cried  miphtily  with  a 
strong  voice,  saying,  '■  Babylon  the 
great  is  fallen,  is  fallen,  and  '1  is  be- 
come the  habitation  of  devils,  and 
the  hold  of  every  foul  spirit,  and  ■■  a 
cage  of  every  unclean  and  hateful 
bird.  ,      ^ 

3  For  all  nations  Miave  drunk  of 
the  wine  of  the  wrath  of  her  forni- 
cation, and  the  kings  of  the  earth 
have  committed  fornication  with 
her,  ^and  the  merchants  of  the  earth 
are  waxed  rich  through  the  ||  abund- 
ance of  her  delieacies. 

4  And  I  heard  another  voice  from 
heaven,  saying,  hCome  out  of  her, 
my  people,  that  ye  be  not  partakers 

23J 


,  Dent,  10.17. 
1  T.m.  fi.  li 
ch.  IH.  10. 


ch.  18.  16. 
och.  13.8. 
p2Thoii2.ll. 
qch.  10.7. 


.  13.  19.  4 

rV.n.a 


17.2. 
t<er    11.  IS. 

1..  17.  IS. 
lOt.  po«.»-. 
b  la.  48.  SO.  4 

62   11. 


The  kings  of  the  earth 


REVELATION. 


lament  over  Babylon. 


cL,  U.  10. 
m  cb.  U.  10. 
uch.  10.  19. 


qlH.  47   9. 

vcr.  10. 
.ch.  17.  Its. 
sJcr.  5U.  .14. 

ch.  11.17. 
tE..  OT.lUn. 

oh.  17.  a. 

ver.  3. 
uJcr.  S0.4S. 


of  her  sins,  and  that  ye  receive  not 
of  her  plagues. 

5  "For  her  sins  have  reached  unto 
heaven,  and  k  God  hath  remembered 
lier  init^uities. 

G  I  Keward  her  even  as  she  reward- 
ed you,  and  double  unto  her  double 
according  to  her  works:  ™  in  the  cup 
which  she  hath  filled,  "fill  to  her 
double. 

7  "How  much  she  hath  glorified 
herself,  and  lived  dcliciously,  so 
much  torment  and  sorrow  gi\'e  lier: 
for  she  saith  in  her  heart,  1  sit  a 
P  queen,  and  am  no  widow,  and  shall 
see  no  sorrow. 

8  Therefore  shall  her  plagues  come 
'i'm  one  day,  death,  and  mourning, 
and  famine;  and  ^shc  shall  be  ut- 
terly burned  with  fire:  *for  strong  is 
thcLord  God  who  judgeth  her. 

9  And  'the  kings  of  the  earth,  who 
liave  committed  fornication  and  lived 
deliciously  with  her,  "  shall  bewail 
her,  and  lament  for  lier,  '^  when  they 
shall  see  the  smoke  of  her  burning, 

10  Standing  afar  off  for  the  fear  of 
her  torment,  saving,  >'Alas,  alas,  that 
great  city  Uabvlon,  that  mighty  city ! 
^for  in  one  hour  is  thy  judgment 
come. 

U  And  "the  merchants  of  the  earth 
shall  weep  and  mourn  over  her;  for 
no  man  buyetli  their  merchandise 
any  more: 

1:!  I)  The  merchandise  of  gold,  and 
silver,  and  precious  stones,  and  of 
pearls,  and  fine  linen,  and  purple, 
and  silk,  and  scarlet,  and  all  ||  thyine 
wood,  and  all  manner  vessel's  of 
ivory,  and  all  manner  vessels  of 
most  precious  wood,  and  of  brass, 
and  iron,  and  marble, 

l.j  And  cinnamon,  and  odours,  and 
ointments,  and  frankincense,  and 
wine,  and  oil,  and  fine  flour,  and 
wheat,  and  beasts,  and  sheep,  and 
horses,  and  chariots,  and  ||  slaves, 
and  '•'souls  of  men. 

14  And  the  fruits  that  thy  soul  lust- 
ed after  are  departed  from  thee,  and 
all  things  which  were  dainty  and 
goodly  are  departed  from  tlioe,  and 
thou  .«halt  find  them  no  more  lit  all. 

15  J  The  merchants  of  these  things, 
which  were  made  rich  by  her,  shall 
stand  afar  off  for  the  fear"  of  her  tor- 
ment, weeping  and  wailing, 

18  And  saying,  Alas,  alas,  that  preat 
city,  "that  was  clothed  in  fine  linen, 
an'd  purple,  and  scarlet,  and  decke(l 
witli  gold,  and  precious  stones,  and 
poails! 

17  f  I'or  in  one  hour  bo  great  riches 
is  come  to  nought.  Ami  K  every 
shipmaster,  and  all  the  company  in 
ships,  and  sailors,  and  as  many  as 
trade  by  sea,  stood  afar  off, 

IS  liAnd  cried  when  they  saw  the 
smokeof  her  burning,  saying,  'What 
city  in  like  unto  this  great  citv  I 

19  And  kthcy  cast  dust  on  their 
heads,  and  cried,  weeping  and  wail- 

240 


ing,  saying,  Alas,  alas,  that  groat 
city,  wnerein  were  made  rich  all 
that  had  ships  in  the  sea  by  reason 
of  her  costliness !  l  for  iu  one  liour  is 
she  made  desolate. 

^O*"  Rejoice  over  her,  thou  lieavcn, 
and  j/e  holy  apostles  and  prophets; 
for  "  God  hath  avenged  you  on  licr. 

21  And  a  mighty  angel  took  up  a 
stone  like  a  great  millstone,  and  cast 
it  into  the  sea,  saying,  "Thus  with 
violence  shall  that  great  city  Babv- 
lon  be  thrown  down,  and  ■'shall  be 
fuuiid  no  more  at  all. 

L'2  l-Vnd  the  voice  of  harpers,  and 
musicians,  and  of  pipers,  and  trump- 
eters, shall  be  heard  no  more  at  all  in 
thee;  and  no  craftsman,  of  whatso- 
ever craft  tie  be,  shall  be  found  any 
more  in  thee;  and  the  sound  of  a 
millstone  shall  be  heard  no  more  at 
all  in  thee: 

K5  'And  the  light  of  a  candle  shall 
shine  no  more  at  all  in  thee;  'and 
the  voice  of  the  bridegroom  and  of 
the  bride  shall  be  heard  no  more  at 
all  in  thee:  for 'thy  merchants  were 
the  great  men  of  the  earth:  "for  by 
thy  sorceries  were  all  nations  de- 
ceived. 

'2i  And  ^in  her  was  found  the 
blood  of  prophets,  and  of  saints,  and 
of  all  that  y  were  slain  upon  the 
earth. 

CUAPTER  XIX. 
1  Ood  ia  pritiaed  in  heaven  fur  judging 
the  great  ichore,  and  avenyinff  the  blood 
of  /.ID  eatnts.  T  The  marriage  of  Iho 
Lamb.  VI  The  angel  kM  not  be  wor- 
shipped. 17  The  fowla  called  to  the 
great  alaughter. 

VND  after  these  things  "I  heard 
a  great  voice  of  mucli  people  iu 
heaven,  saying.  Alleluia;  b  Salvation, 
and  glory,  and  honour,  and  power, 
unto  thcLord  our  God: 

2  For  *^true  and  righteous  are  his 
.indgmcnts;  for  he  hath  judged  the 
great  whore,  which  did  corrupt  the 
earth  with  her  fornication,  and  il  hath 
avenged  the  blood  of  his  servants  at 
her  hand. 

.".  And  again  they  said.  Alleluia. 
And  'her  smoke  rose  up  for  ever 
and  ever. 

4  And  f  the  four  and  twenty  elders 
and  the  four  beasts  fell  down  and 
worshipped  God  that  sat  on  the 
throne,  saying,  SAmen;  Alleluia. 

H  And  a  voice  came  out  of  the 
throne,  saying,  li Praise  our  God,  all 
ye  his  servants,  and  ye  that  fear  him, 
•  both  small  and  great. 

0  k  And  I  heard  as  it  were  the  voice 
of  a  great  multitude,  and  as  the  voice 
of  many  waters,  and  as  the  voice  of 
mighty  thunderings,  saying.  Alle- 
luia: (or  I  the  Lord  God  omnipotent 
reigneth. 

7  Let  us  be  glad  and  rejoice,  and 
give  honour  to  him :  for  '''  the  mar- 
riage of  the  Ijamb  is  come,  and  his 
wife  hath  made  herself  ready. 


kKi  1.  :i.  It 


The  marriage  of  the  Lamb. 


REVELATION. 


The  first  resurrection. 


nPi.  M,  13, 

e;.  16.  10. 

ch.  3   1><. 
6.'t>At. 

Pi.  132.  9. 

M>lt.  22.  3. 
3. 
Luks  11.  15. 


10; 


8  And  "  to  her  was  granted  that  she 
should  be  arrayed  in  fine  linen,  clean 
and  II  white:  "  for  the  fine  linen  is  the 
righteousness  of  saints. 

9  And  he  saith  unto  me,  Write, 
I"  Blessed  are  they  which  are  called 
unto  the  marriage  supper  of  the 
Lamb.  And  he  saith  unto  me, 
1  These  are  the  true  sayings  of 
God. 

10  And  'l  fell  at  his  feet  to  worship 
him.  And  he  said  unto  ine,  ''See 
thou  do  it  not:  1  am  thy  fellow  serv- 
ant, and  of  thy  brethren  'that  have 
the  testimony  of  Jesus :  worship  God : 
for  the  testimony  of  Jesus  is  the  spirit 
of  prophecy. 

11  "  And  1  saw  heaven  opened,  and 
behold  "a  white  horse;  and  he  that 
sat  upon  him  wits  called  >  Faithful 
and  True,  and  'in  righteousness  he 
doth  judge  and  make  war. 

12  "  His  eyes  ii'ere  as  a  flame  of  fire, 
b  and  on  his  head  were  many  crowns; 
"  and  he  had  a  name  written,  that  no 
man  knew,  but  he  himself. 

13  il  And  he  was  clothed  with  a 
vesture  dipped  in  blood  :  and  his 
name  is  called  ^  The  Word  of  God. 

14  fAiid  the  armies  tvliirh  were 
in  heaven  followed  him  upon  white 
horses,  B  clothed  in  fine  linen,  wliite 
and  clean. 

15  And  l>out  of  his  mouth  goeth 
a  sharp  sword,  that  with  it  he  should 
smite  the  nations;  and  ihe  shall  rule 
them  with  a  rod  of  iron:  and  *;he 
trcadeth  the  winepress  of  the  fierce- 
ness and  wrath  of  Almighty  God. 

18  And  Ihe  hath  on  his  vesture 
and  on  his  thigh  n,  name  written, 
'"KING  OF  KINGS,  AND  LORD 
OF  LORDS. 

n  And  I  saw  an  angel  standing 
iu  the  sun ;  and  he  cried  with  a  loiul 
voice,  saying  "to  all  the  fowls  that 
fly  in  the  midst  of  heaven,  "Come 
and  gather  yourselves  togetlier  unto 
the  supper  of  the  great  God; 

18  I'That  ye  may  eat  the  flesh  of 
kings,  and  the  flesh  of  captains,  and 
the  flesh  of  mighty  men,  and  the 
flesh  of  horses,  and  of  them  that  sit 
on  them,  and  the  flesh  of  all  incii, 
both  free  and  bond,  both  small  and 
great. 

19  lAnd  I  saw  the  beast,  and 
the  kings  of  the  earth,  and  their 
armies,  gathered  together  to  make 
war  against  liim  that  sat  on  the 
horse,  and  against  his  army. 

20  ''And  the  beast  was  taken,  and 
with  him  the  false  prophet  that 
wrought  miracles  before  liim,  with 
which  he  deceived  them  that  had 
received  the  mark  of  the  beast,  and 
'them  that  worshipped  his  image. 
^  These  both  were  cast  alive  into 
a  lake  of  fire  "  burning  with  brim- 
stone. 

21  And  the  remnant  ^were  slain 
with  the  sword  of  him  that  sat  up- 
on the  horse,  which  sicord  proceed- 


ed out  of  his  mouth  :  '  and  all  the 
fowls  "were  filled  with  their  flesh 

CHAPTER  XX. 

2  Satan  houml  fur  a  tUoumiuU  years. 
T/ie  first  resurrection  :  thai/ blessed  that 
have  part  therein.  7  Satan  let  louse 
again.  8  Oog  and  Magog.  10  The  devil 
cast  into  the  lake  of  fire  and  brimslune. 
12  The  last  and  general  reeurrccliun. 

AND  I  saw  an  angel  come  down 
from  heaven,  "having  the  key 
of  the  bottomless  pit  and  a  great 
chain  in  his  hand. 

2  And  he  laid  hold  on  bthe  dragon, 
that  old  serpent,  which  is  the  I^evil, 
and  Satiin,  and  bound  him  a  thou- 
sand years, 

3  And  cast  him  into  the  bottomless 
pit,  and  shut  him  up,  and  "  set  a  seal 
upon  him,  J  that  he  should  deceive 
the  nations  no  more,  till  the  thou- 
sand years  should  be  fulfilled:  and 
after  that  he  must  be  loosed  a  little 
season . 

4  And  I  saw  "thrones,  and  they 
sat  upon  them,  and  'judgment  was 
given  unto  them:  and  J /aw  Rthe 
souls  of  them  that  were  beheaded 
for  the  witness  of  Jesus,  and  for  the 
word  of  God,  and  h  which  had  not 
worshipped  the  beast,  "neither  his 
image,  neither  had  received  his  mark 
upon  their  foreheads,  or  in  their 
hands;  and  they  lived  and  k  reigned 
with  Christ  a  thousand  years. 

5  But  the  rest  of  the  dead  lived  not 
again  until  the  thousand  years  were 
finished.  This  is  the  first  resurrec- 
tion. 

(i  Blessed  and  holy  is  he  that 
hath  part  in  the  first  resurrection: 
on  such  'the  second  death  hath  no 
]iower,  but  they  shall  be  "'  priests  of 
God  and  of  Christ,  "  and  shall  reign 
with  him  a  thousand  years. 

7  And  when  the  tliousand  years 
are  expired,  "  Satan  shall  be  loosed 
out  of  his  prison, 

8  And  shall  go  out  Pto  deceive  the 
nations  which  arc  in  the  four  quarters 
of  the  earth,  1  Gog  and  Magog,  'to 
gather  them  together  to  battle:  the 
number  of  whom  is  as  the  sand  of 
the  sea. 

9  '  And  they  went  up  on  the 
breadth  of  the  earth,  pnd  compassed 
the  camp  of  the  saints  about,  and 
the  beloved  city :  and  fire  came 
down  from  God  out  of  heaven,  aud 
devoured  them. 

10  'And  the  devil  that  deceived 
them  was  cast  into  the  lake  of  fire 
and  brimstone,  "  where  the  beast 
and  the  false  prophet  (ire,  and  ^shall 
be  tormented  day  and  night  for  ever 
and  ever. 

11  And  I  saw  a  great  white  throne, 
and  him  that  sat  on  it,  from  whose 
face  J'the  earth  and  the  heaven  fled 
away;  ^and  there  was  found  no 
place  for  them. 

12  And  I  saw  the  dead,  "small  and 
great,  stand  before  God  ;   ''and  the  I '' "nn.  7. 10. 

2^1 


A  description  of 


REVELATION. 


the  heavenly  Jerusalem. 


dJer.  17.10.& 
SI.  19. 

Mall.  10  27. 
Bom.  2.  0. 
cU  2.'i3.i  22. 


2  Ptt  3.  13. 
1)  cli.  20.  11. 
e  I..  52.  1. 


ch.  20.  II. 
.  U  33.  10.  & 
01,3.^05.  11. 
ch.  i.  9.  9.  A 


1  cU.  19.  g. 
m  cli.  IC.  17. 
Iicli.l,S.i22. 

13. 
o  Ii.  12.  3.  li 

i.i.  1. 

Johiil.10.11. 

&  7.  37. 

ch.  22.  17. 


Ual.  5.  1S.20. 

Epli.  5.  5. 

llol..  li.  11. 

cL.20.  U.15. 

ch.  13, 1, 0.7. 

.1..  19.  7. 

uch.  1.  10.  k 

books  ■were  opened ;  and  another 
'■  hook  was  opened,  whieli  is  the  hook 
of  life:  and  the  dead  were  judt;ed 
out  of  those  thiup;3  which  were  writ- 
ten in  the  books,  il  according  to  tlieir 
works. 

l.'i  And  the  sea  gave  up  the  dead 
whidi  were  in  it;  *^and  death  and 
]l  hell  delivered  up  the  dead  which 
were  in  them :  (and  they  were  j  nd;^ed 
every  man  accordin;:;  to  their  worKs. 

14  And  s  death  and  hell  were  cast 
into  tlie  lake  of  tire.  1"  This  is  the 
second  death. 

1.5  And  whosoever  was  not  found 
written  in  the  book  of  life  » was  cast 
into  the  lake  of  tire. 

CHAPTER  XXr. 

I  A  neiv  heaven  and  a  nnii  earth.  10  The 
heavenly  Jerusalem,  with  a  full  deacrip- 
tiun  thereof.  23  She  needeth  no  aun,  the 
glory  of  God  it  her  light.  24  The  kingu 
of  the  earth  bring  their  riches  unto  her. 

AND  °I  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a 
new  earth:  Itfor  the  lirst  heaven 
and  the  iirst  earth  were  passed  away; 
and  there  was  no  more  sea. 

2  And  I  John  saw  "^  the  holy  city, 
new  Jerusalem,  coming;  down  from 
God  out  of  heaven,  prepared  d  us  a 
bride  adorned  for  her  husband. 

3  And  I  heard  a  great  voice  out  of 
heaven  saying.  Behold,  "the  taber- 
nacle of  God  IS  with  men,  and  he 
will  dwell  with  them,  and  they  shall 
be  his  people,  and  God  himself  shall 
be  with  tliem,  and  he  their  God. 

4  fAnd  God  shall  wipe  away  all 
tears  fVom  their  eyes ;  and  S  there 
shall  be  no  more"  death,  h neither 
sorrow,  nor  crying,  neither  shall 
there  be  any  more  pain :  for  the 
ibrmcr .things  are  passed  away. 

5  And  i  he  that  sat  upon  tlie  throne 
said,  k  Behold,  1  make  all  thing.s 
new.  And  he  said  unto  me,  Write: 
for  I  these  words  are  true  and  faith- 
ful. 

()  And  he  said  unto  me, ""  It  is  done| 
"  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  begin 
ning  and  the  end.  "  I  will  give  unti 
liim  that  is  athirst  of  the  (buutain  of 
the  water  of  lifi?  freely. 

7  He  that  overcomcth  shall  inherit 

II  all  things;  and  t- 1  will  be  his  God, 
and  he  shall  he  my  son. 

S  '1  But  the  fearful,  and  unbelieving, 
and  the  abominable,  and  murderers, 
and  whoremongers,  and  sorcerers, 
and  idolaters,  and  all  liars,  shall 
have  their  part  in  'the  lake  which 
burnetii'  with  fire  and  brimstone: 
which  is  the  second  death. 

y  And  there  came  nnto  me  one  of 
•the  seven  angels  which  had  tlie 
seven  vials  full  of  tlie  seven  last 
plagues,  and  talked  with  me,  saying, 
Come  hither,  I  will  shew  thee  'the 
bride,  the  l^amb's  wife. 

Ill  And  he  carried  me  away  "in  the 
spirit  to  :i  great  and  liigh  monntiiin, 
and  shewed  me  "  that  great  city,  the 
242 


holy  Jerusalem,  descending  out  of 
heaven  from  God, 

11  i  Having  the  glory  of  God:  and 
her  light  u-as  like  unto  a  stone  most 
precious,  even  like  a  jasper  stone, 
clear  as  crystal; 

12  And  liad  a  wall  great  and  high, 
and  had  ''twelve  gates,  and  at  the 
gates  twelve  angels,  and  names  writ- 
ten thereon,  which  are  the  names  of 
the  twelve  tribes  of  the  children  of 
Israel: 

I'i  "On  the  east  three  gates;  on  the 
north  three  gates;  on  the  south  three 
gates;  and  on  tlie  west  three  gates. 

14  And  the  wall  of  the  city  had 
twelve  foundations,  and  bin  them 
the  names  of  the  twelve  ajiostles  of 
the  Lamb. 

15  And  he  that  talked  with  me 
'had  a  golden  reed  to  measure  the 
city,  and  the  gates  thereof,  and  the 
wall  thereof. 

IG  And  the  city  lieth  foursquare, 
apd  the  length  is  as  large  as  the 
breadth:  and  he  measured  the  city 
with  the  reed,  twelve  thousand  fur- 
longs. The  length  and  the  breadth 
and  the  height  of  it  are  equal. 

17  And  he  measured  the  wall  there- 
of, a  hundred  and  forty  and  four 
cubits,  accordinr/  to  the  lireasure  of  a 
man,  that  is,  of  the  angel. 

IS  And  the  building  of  the  wall  of 
it  was  o^'jaspcr:  and  the  city  u\is 
pure  gold,  like  unto  clear  ghii^s. 

VJ  ilAnd  the  foundations  of  the  wall 
of  the  city  were  garnished  with  all 
manner  of  precious  stones.  The  first 
foundation  was  jasper;  the  second, 
sapphire:  the  third,  a  chalcedony; 
the  fourth,  an  emerald; 

20  The  fifth,  sardonyx;  the  sixth, 
sardius;  the  seventh,  chrysolite;  the 
eiglith,  beryl;  the  ninth,  a  topaz; 
the  tenth,  a  chrysoprasus ;  the  elev- 
enth, a  jacinth;  the  twelfth,  an  ame- 
thyst. 

21  And  the  twelve  gates  were  twelve 
pearls;  every  several  gate  was  of  one 
])earl:  "and  the  street  of  the  city 
wn.1  pure  gold,  as  it  were  transparent 
glass. 

22  fAnd  I  s.aw  no  temple  therein: 
for  the  Lord  God  Almighty  and  the 
Lamb  are  the  temple  of  it. 

2.'!  6  And  the  city  had  no  need  of 
the  sun,  neither"  of  the  moon,  to 
sliine  in  it:  for  the  glory  of  God  did 
lighten  it,  and  the  Lamb  is  the  light 
tliereof. 

24  11  And  the  nations  of  them  which 
nrc  saved  shall  walk  in  tlie  light  of 
it:  and  the  kings  of  the  earth  do 
bring  their  glory  and  honour  into  it. 

2.5  i  And  the  gates  of  it  shall  not  be 
shut  at  all  bv  day:  for  t there  shall 
be  no  niudit  tfiere. 

2i;  l.\nd  thev  i-luill  bring  the  glory 
and  h. 


1(1   '"till 


shall 


27  A 

enter  into  it  anything  that  delilith, 
neither  whatsoever  worketh  abom- 


The  river  and  tree  of  life. 


REVELATION.         Christ's  coming  and  eteriiili/. 


heh,3.  12.  4 
11.  1. 
1  cl.  21.23.25. 


■  n>i>.  R.26.JI 
12.1.9. 
ch.  10.  «. 


imition,  or  tnoketh  a  lie  :  but  tlioy 
which  arc  written  in  the  Lomb's 
"book  of  life. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

1  The  river  of  the  water  oj  life.  2  The  tree 
of  life.  6  The  light  of  the  city  of  UoU  tj 
himself.  9  The  angel  trill  not  be  ii'oi- 
thij>ped.  18  Nothing  may  be  udiled  to 
the  word  of  God,  nor  taken  therefrom. 

AND  he  shewed  me  "a  pure  river 
of  water  of  life,  cleiir  as  crystal, 
proceefling  out  of  the  throue  ol  Uod 
ind  of  the  Lamb.  | 

2  liln  the  midst  of  the  street  of  it, 
ind  on  eitlicr  side  of  the  river,  was 
here   '  the  tree  of  life,  which   bare 

twelve  timnner  of  fruits,  and  yielded 
her  fruit  every  month:  and  the  leaves 
nf  the  tree  were  J  for  the  healing  of 
the  nations.  \ 

3  And  'there  shall  be  no  more 
cnrse:  fbut  the  tlirone  of  God  and 
of  the  Lamb  shall  be  in  it;  and  his 
servants  shall  serve  him  : 

4  And  Kthey  shall  see  his  face;  and 
hhis  name  shaUbe-  in  their  foreheads. 

5  iAnd  there  shall  be  no  night  there: 
and  they  need  no  candle,  neither 
light  of  the  sun;  for  kthe  Lord  Goil 
gneth  them  light  :  I  and  tliey  shall 
reign  for  ever  and  ever. 

6  And  he  said  unto  nic,  '"These 
sayings  arc  faithful  and  true  :  and 
the  Lord  God  of  the  holy  prophets 
"sent  his  angel  to  shew  unto  liis 
servants  the  things  which  must 
shortly  be  done. 

7  ^'Behold,  I  come  quickly:  P bless- 
ed is  he  that  keepeth  the  sayings  of 
the  prophecy  of  this  book. 

8  And  I  John  saw  these  things,  and 
heard  them.  And  when  1  had  heard 
and  seen,  II  tell  down  to  worship 
before  the  feet  of  the  angel  which 
shewed  me  these  things. 

9  Then  saith  he  unto  me,  "■  See  thou 
do  it  not:  for  I  am  thy  fellow  serv- 
ant, and  of  thy  brethren  the  proph- 
ets, and  of  them  which  keep  the  say- 
ings of  this  book:  worship  Gnd. 

10  'And  he  saith  uBTti  me,  Seal  not 


the  sayings  of  the  prophecy  of  this 
book:  Mbr  tire  time  is  at  hand. 

11  "He  that  is  unjust,  let  him  be 
un.just  still:  and  he  which  is  lilthy, 
let  him  be  filthy  still:  and  he  that  is 
righteous,  let  him  be  righteous  still: 
and  he  that  is  holy,  let  him  be  holy 
still. 

IJ  *^And,  behold,  I  come  quickly; 
and  i'  my  reward  ;.'  with  me, '  to  give 
every  man  according  as  his  work 
shalf  be. 

l.'i "  1  am  Alpha  and  Oniegn,  the  he- 
ginning  and  the  end,  the  first  and 
the  last. 

14  I'  Blessed  are  they  that  do  his 
commandments,  that  they  may  have 
right  'to  the  tree  of  life,"  <l  and  may 
enter  in  through  the  gates  into  the 
city. 

15  For  'without  are  'dogs,  and 
sorcerers,  and  whoremongers,  and 
murderers,  and  idolaters,  and  who- 
soever loveth  and  maketh  a  lie. 

I(J  ^  I  Jesus  have  sent  mine  angel  to 
testify  unto  you  these  things  in  the 
churches,  h  I  am  the  root  and  tlie 
offspring  of  David,  and  '  the  bright 
and  morning  star. 

And  the   Spirit  and  kthe  bride) 


18  For  I  testify  unto  every  man  that 
heareth  the  words  of  the  prophecy  of 
this  book,  "^  If  any  man  shall  add 
unto  these  things,  God  shall  add  un- 
to him  the  plagues  that  are  written 
in  this  book: 

10  And  if  any  man  shall  take  away 
from  the  words  of  the  book  of  this 
prophecy,  "  God  shall  take  awav  his 
part  II  oiit  of  the  book  of  life,  and  out 
of  "the  holy  city,  and. />om  the  things 
which  are  written  in  this  book. 

2(1  He  which  testifleth  these  things 
saith,  P  Surely  I  come  quickly : 
lAmen.  ■■  Even  so,  come.  Lord  Jesus. 

21  '  The  grace  of  our  I.,ord  Jesus 
Christ  be  with  you  all.    Amen. 


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